276 - The Challenger
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The kingdom of Fiore,
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the blooming capital of Crocus.
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During the Grand Magic Games,
the yearly festival
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which decides Fiore's
number one wizard guild,
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the town is always bustling with people.
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Mercurius, the kingdom of
Fiore's Flower Light Palace,
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is at the center of town.
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The Grand Magic Games stadium, Domus Flau,
is by the mountains to the west.
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And I'm living in this house.
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At 8,000 jewel, the rent is a little more
expensive than my old place in Magnolia.
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But there are all kinds of shops nearby.
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It's very convenient for shopping and dining.
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At any rate, I found a good place.
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Back in Magnolia, I would be
doing the same thing.
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I'd take a bath, and when I
returned to the living room...
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Stop it!
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Come on! It's the beginning of a new morning!
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Nothing can beat the first
glass of water in the morning!
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My body is filling up with energy!
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Fruit really is the best breakfast.
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And it gives the skin a glossy sheen, too.
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What should I wear today?
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All right!
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I'll do my best today, too!
SIGN The Challenger
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One year after the battle
with Tartaros.
SIGN The Imperial Capital of Crocus, 792
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The year 792.
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The Imperial Capital of Crocus.
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The annual festival of magic!
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It's the fourth day of the Grand Magic Games!
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I'm your emcee, Chapati Rola,
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and next to me is former Magic Council member,
Yajima-san, who will provide commentary.
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Yajima-san, I look forward to
working together as always.
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Likewise.
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Now, what kind of passionate battles
are going to unfold today?!
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If I don't hurry, I'll miss the opening!
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Let me see your pass, please.
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Huh? Sure!
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Huh? I don't have it...
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Maybe I left it in my room?
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You can't get by without a pass.
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Can you let me go, just this once?
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Forget it.
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Please! Come on!
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No means no!
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You stubborn old man!
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How about this classic tactic?
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Um... Can I ask you for
this favor, just for today?
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You wonderful older man...
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No!
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What's with you guys?! Meanies!
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What was that?!
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Guess my sex appeal strategy flopped...
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Then, next up...
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Hey! Get back here!
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Let go of me!
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I have important work to do!
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You're not going anywhere!
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There it is!
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All right! The semifinal!
In the first battle,
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the wizard who's shown us overwhelming
strength throughout the games,
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Crexerc of Dullahan Head!
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Yahoo!
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What kind of battle will he show us today?
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His opponent is Berwick of Dwarf Gear!
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This should be an interesting fight!
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Yajima-san! What should
we look for in this match?
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All I can say is, you won't want
to take your eyes off of it.
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And why is that?
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Because Crexerc-kun
is a really strong wizard.
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In fact, the match may be over in an instant.
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Cool! Cool! Cool!
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I think I can get an interesting
article out of this!
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Cool!
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Senpai! Sorry I'm late!
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I had a little trouble on the way...
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Lucy!
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You're cool as always today!
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Thank you!
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Has the match already started?
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It's just about to!
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That being said, Crexerc hasn't lost once,
so it could be over soon.
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All right! I'll get fired up and cover this!
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Cool!
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A year has passed.
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I work as an editor for the Weekly Sorcerer.
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Although I'm still an apprentice...
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Natsu and Happy suddenly set out on a journey,
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and the guild was disbanded the next day.
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I couldn't accept any of it.
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I was depressed for a while.
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But...
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Yahoo!
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...everyone else started off
on their separate ways.
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They were surprisingly positive
about starting down another path.
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Maybe they realized Master's true intent.
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Yahoo!
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I have to go down my own path, too.
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After I came to that conclusion,
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Jason-senpai offered me work...
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...as a pinup model.
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That's great!
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Cool!
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After that, Jason-senpai's plan was approved,
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and I was called back several times.
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That last pictorial was a real hit!
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I wanna be more aggressive with this one.
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Okay...
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But still,
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why an octopus?!
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A beauty versus an octopus!
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Cool! Cool!
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That's great!
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Cool!
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All right, that's a wrap!
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Great job!
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Thank you!
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You were awesome as always today, Lucy.
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I want you to be an exclusive model for us!
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U-Um...
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I...
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I want to be a writer.
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A writer?
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Yes.
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Cool! That's a great idea!
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You oughta try it!
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Then will you hire me?
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Cool! Me?
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Yes!
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I always read Weekly Sorcerer,
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and like the pictorials
and the articles, too!
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If I can train somewhere to be a writer,
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I want it to be at my favorite magazine!
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Please!
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You put me on the spot here...
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Can you please do something?
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Well, I can ask my boss...
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You would do that?!
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However! Even if we do hire you,
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it would be as an apprentice editor.
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If you hire me, I'll do anything!
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I'll do my very best!
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And there's one more thing!
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We've been using you as a model,
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but if you become an apprentice editor,
you'll be working with me,
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and as the lowest person on the ladder,
I'll be especially strict with you.
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Right. I have no problem with that!
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Don't hold anything back when you train me.
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Great! Great! That's great!
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Cool! Cool! Cool!
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All right, that's a wrap. Good work!
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Thank you!
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Cool!
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Lucy! Robe!
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Right!
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Where's her drink?
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Right!
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Prepare for the interview!
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Right!
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Um, I've thought of several
questions to ask, too...
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You won't be ready for another hundred years.
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R-Right!
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No time before deadline...
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...and it's just not coming together.
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Excuse me...
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That last interview...
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I kind of wrote it up into an article...
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What do you think?
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It reads like you wrote a novel!
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You won't be ready for another ten years!
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But I'm 90 years closer than last time!
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I'll rewrite it!
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First make the arrangements for the
photographer and stylist for tomorrow.
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I already did!
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Please check it.
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You won't be ready for another eight years!
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Two more years down!
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Please check it!
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You won't be ready for another year!
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Almost there!
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Please check it!
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You wanna learn layouts, too?
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Yes!
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Thank you, Senpai!
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But I've already started studying layouts!
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Cool!
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I've sent all the material for
the latest issue to press.
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Good work.
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One of your articles is being
published at last, huh?
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Yes. I'm thrilled!
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It's all thanks to you, Senpai.
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Nah, it's the result of your efforts.
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Oh, I wouldn't...
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This is one of our occasional days off.
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You should use it to relax.
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Right!
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I'm coming off of an all-nighter,
but I think I'll get started!
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And that takes us to now.
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So I'll do the article and the layout.
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You're a lifesaver.
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But still...
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This year's Grand Magic Games
lack oomph, you know?
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No Sabertooth, Lamia Scale, Mermaid Heel...
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No Blue Pegasus or
Quatro Cerberus either, right?
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And Fairy Tail...
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...doesn't exist anymore, huh?
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That crest on the back of your hand...
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But they're gone.
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It really is a shame.
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I haven't been in touch with
any of them this past year.
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I've been busy.
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No. That may just be an excuse.
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Maybe I didn't want to see anyone...
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...after they started going down a new path.
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That's a lie, too.
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I want to see them.
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I didn't have the courage to go see them.
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I want to see everyone!
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Neighbor! Keep it down!
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I... I'm sorry.
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That's why I became a reporter.
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So I could gather as much
information as possible
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on everyone after we split up.
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Eyewitness sightings...
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Rumors...
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Anything...
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I've been looking for
everyone this past year.
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No info on Natsu and Happy today, either.
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I want to bring us all together once more.
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If I can get everyone together
one more time...
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If we gather together, then what?
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Fairy Tail is no more...
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All right! I'll do my best...
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...today, too.
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Okay! It's the final day
of the Grand Magic Games!
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Fiore's number one guild
is about to be decided!
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Again, I'm your emcee, Chapati Rola,
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and Yajima-san is the commentator.
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Thank you.
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And we've also got Mato-kun with us today.
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Thank you-kabo!
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In the finals, we've got Dullahan Head,
led by the mighty Crexerc!
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Yahoo!
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Versus...
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...the miraculous guild that has won its way
through to the finals with several comebacks,
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Skull Milione!
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The rules of this year's Grand Magic Games
are based on a knockout tournament system,
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so for the final, these two guilds
will go head-to-head,
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vying for victory!
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Cool! Cool! Cool!
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This should make for an interesting article!
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Right, Lucy?
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Lucy?
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Sorry! What were you saying?
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Look! The final! It's about to start.
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Oh. The farce?
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It's no farce!
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Skull Milione has been making
comeback wins from the start!
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Maybe this time they'll actually...
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No, wait...
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That's the farce.
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Certainly, Crexerc is strong.
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But from my memos and observations,
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the members of Skull Milione are stronger.
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Each of them has nearly double
the magic power of Crexerc,
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but they've likely been
hiding it all this time.
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But why would they have to do that?
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They probably wanted to
raise the bookmakers' odds.
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Skull Milione is going to win.
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And it'll be a complete victory.
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Cool!
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Unbelievable! This is unbelievable!
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I'm astonished.
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Kabo!
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The winner is Skull Milione!
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The odds were 100 to 1
against them! What a win!
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It worked.
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Skull Milione is Fiore's number one guild!
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We just made a killing.
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That's amazing, Lucy!
You saw right through them!
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Sure, they're strong,
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but people like that are the
best Fiore has to offer?
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Who's that?
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Oh, my!
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The whole stadium is abuzz...
What's going on?
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Kabo?
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What in the world is it?!
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It seems a suspicious person
has made their way into the arena!
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What the hell do you want?
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An invader?!
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I sense... incredible magic power!
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We have to evacuate everyone!
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You've got guts, picking a fight
in the Imperial Capital.
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Don't tell me he's that guy
in the black cloak...
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It can't be!
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Are you guys Fiore's number one guild?
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Who the hell are you?
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I'm... the challenger!
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He attacked!
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We have to gather wizards who can fight!
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What is this?!
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What heat!
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Hot-hot-hot!
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It's so hot that our clothes are...
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No, the whole stadium is melting?!
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What is this heat?!
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Heat!
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Natsu?!
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Cool!!
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Natsu!
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Natsu-kun!
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Kabo!
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Long time no see, Lucy!
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Happy!
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What's...
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Well...
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Natsu was insistent on fighting
the winners of the tournament.
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They're already exhausted...
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Anybody will do! Come and get me!
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Here we go!
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Somebody stop him!
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I'm fired up!
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The arena!
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What heat!
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H-He's a monster!
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Run!
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Aww. You went overboard, Natsu.
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Hey! Long time no see, Lucy!
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At the time, a voice in my head said...
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How have you been?
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...that Fairy Tail wasn't gone, after all.
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Wasn't it great to see Lucy again, Natsu?
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Yeah, it's been a year.
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But I'm shocked about Fairy Tail...
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Yeah. It must've been tough on Lucy.
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Hey, Natsu, isn't there anything
we can do for her?
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I've got it! How about this, Happy?
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Uh-huh. Uh-huh...
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That's my Natsu!
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All right! I'm fired up!
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Next time: Flaming Message!
SIGN Flaming Message
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Let's go, Happy! It's the
beginning of a new adventure!
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Aye!
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