313 - Dragon Seed

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    Huh?
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    What did you say?!
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    I was the queen of the dragons.
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    It all began approximately 400 years ago,
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    in a kingdom on Isghar called "Dragnof."
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    Wow wow
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    Oh We'll get strong!!
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    Wow wow
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    Hey! Mr. Pain!!
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    Bring it!! Bring it!!
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    I won't let you do as you like!!
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    I'll get stronger than you.
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    I've already made up my mind to be so!!
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    Yeah, I'm an out-and-out dreamer
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    heading to where my heart sings
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    Obstacles in the way of tomorrow? Bring 'em on!
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    ey Yo!! Bring it! Anytime, anywhere!
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    Mr. PAIN
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    I'll tear challenges right in half, non-stop
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    I'm not gonna lose to anything
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    (Raise a flag!!)
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    Even if I get covered in bruises
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    (Raise a flag!!)
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    I have friends who'll fight by my side
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    A brilliantly shining new world!!
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    I'll gouge the darkness blocking the light
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    and break through my so-called limits
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    to grab the new world with my own two hands!!
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    I'll mercilessly unleash critical hits
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    into the boundless future
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    Wow wow
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    Oh We'll get strong!!
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    Wow wow
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    Sounds like people on the western
    continent got attacked again.
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    By the dragons?
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    I'm not surprised. The western dragons
    apparently do lack intelligence.
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    S-Sage Dragon Belserion!
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    You've returned from
    your reconnaissance mission!
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    Mm. The situation in the west
    is far worse than I imagined.
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    Is Irene here?
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    Yes. Her Majesty is in the courtyard.
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    Irene.
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    Belserion. You've returned.
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    You don't look well.
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    I fear it is only a matter of time
    until the dragons to the west
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    consume all the humans there
    and make their way here to Isghar.
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    It may be too late to stop them.
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    Dragons... eating people...
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    The very idea is blasphemous in Ishgar.
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    We've only come this far
    by working with humans.
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    Yes.
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    And the dragons' knowledge and power
    have helped humans progress this far as well.
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    People and dragons
    can coexist naturally, and yet...
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    If the western dragons' way
    of thinking reaches our shores,
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    will our bond between humans
    and dragons fall apart?
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    We won't allow it.
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    We will protect humankind!
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    This marked the beginning of the war
    that was later called the Dragon King Festival.
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    Indeed, it was a war sparked
    by the kindness of dragons.
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    "Dragon Seed"
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    Four hundred years ago?!
    How are you still young?!
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    I'll get to that eventually.
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    I think you'll really like this next part, Erza...
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    As will you...
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    ...little Dragon Slayer girl.
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    Huh?
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    For generations, humans and dragons
    lived and worked in harmony in my kingdom.
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    Several such kingdoms
    existed in Ishgar back then.
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    She broke an iron sword with a wooden stick!
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    Your Majesty! How did you do that?!
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    I used a type of imbuement magic
    called an enchantment.
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    I temporarily enhanced the wooden stick
    by making it harder than iron.
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    Awesome!
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    It can make our dragons even stronger!
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    We can win this war!
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    However, the war was not at all in our favor.
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    Not only did the western dragons
    greatly outnumber ours,
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    there were also some dragons in Isghar
    who didn't want to coexist with humans.
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    Irene...
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    Belserion.
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    We can't win.
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    Oh... I see.
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    My wish to protect the humans
    still remains unchanged.
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    I am determined to protect humans,
    regardless of how many brethren I lose.
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    What drives you to sacrifice
    so much for humans?
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    Remember when I told you how
    your late predecessor once saved my life?
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    That can't be it.
    You've more than repaid that debt.
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    You serve me and you fight for humankind...
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    Yet, why do you sacrifice so much more?
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    Irene.
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    I won't consider my debt repaid until
    I've ensured your safety for all time.
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    Even if it takes me a lifetime.
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    Belserion.
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    Please let me fight, too.
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    Surely you jest!
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    We're fighting dragons, not people!
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    Not even an entire band of people
    has the strength to defeat one!
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    I've found a way. A certain technique.
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    Would you allow me to imbue myself
    with your power as a dragon?
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    The power of a dragon... in a human?
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    A wizard who fells wicked dragons
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    with the power needed to fight them.
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    A Dragon Slayer.
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    Huh?
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    You're saying you created that form of magic?!
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    That's right.
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    I am the mother of the Dragon Slayers.
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    He's not warming back up at all.
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    Come on, Natsu!
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    Natsu. Please. Wake up!
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    Natsu!
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    Anna said that Dragon Slayer magic
    was created by someone named Irene.
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    Wendy! When did you get here?!
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    Quit actin' shocked inside your own mind.
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    You guys are starting to tick me off!
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    Aren't you supposed to explain why
    I'm on the verge of death?!
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    Don't blame us.
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    All of this is just a way to help you
    remember it on your own.
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    It's not far now, Natsu!
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    Natsu...
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    Natsu!
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    The plan to give people the power
    to fight dragons was technically a success.
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    After producing numerous Dragon Slayers,
    we gained the upper hand in the war.
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    But that great power began
    to corrode the humans' bodies.
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    Some, unable to suppress
    their power, went berserk.
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    The mismatch of dragons' sight and humans'
    sense of balance caused extreme vertigo.
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    And...
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    U-Um, Your Majesty...
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    Your face...
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    Huh?
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    Inside the humans, there grew Dragon Seeds...
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    Seeds that transform people into dragons
    and spell doom for any Dragon Slayer.
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    And, at the time, I was pregnant with you...
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    ...Erza.
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    Erza.
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    Your father was a general
    of a neighboring country.
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    Ours was a political marriage--a solution to
    a territorial dispute between humans.
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    --Are you okay, Irene?!
    --Yes!
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    The power of a Dragon Slayer
    never ceases to amaze me.
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    That's...!
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    This is it... This is the end for me...
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    Belserion!
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    Irene...
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    I've failed my duty to protect you...
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    I've failed to preserve our coexistence...
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    He fought by my side on many battlefields
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    and stayed with me as I watched Belserion die.
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    When Acnologia rose up, the war
    ended with neither side as the victor.
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    As if ridiculing the countless
    lives that were lost,
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    Acnologia, alone, stood victorious.
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    Then, one week after the war ended...
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    Stay back, monster!
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    I'll kill you!
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    It's me! Irene!
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    I'm certain my face can be healed!
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    Please...!
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    She's gonna end up just like Acnologia!
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    That's not true! I have love for dragons!
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    That makes you an enemy of humankind.
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    Huh?
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    Seize this hideous dragon woman!
    Lock her away!
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    Please, stop this! I'm carrying your child...!
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    What?!
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    Wait, does that mean...
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    The general's child is also...
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    No child of a monster is mine!
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    My life after that was utter misery.
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    Torture, beatings, humiliation...
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    And then...
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    Don't worry...
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    I promise I'll keep you safe. I promise.
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    Dragon woman.
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    The day of your execution has been decided.
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    Please... Please!
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    At least spare my child...!
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    Save me your nonsense!
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    No child takes three years to be born!
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    It's because I've cast a spell on it!
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    I can't have it here!
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    There is no child!
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    Shall I slit your belly
    right now so you can see?!
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    No! Stop! Please!
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    Don't!
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    See! You are just like Acnologia!
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    You're a threat to humanity!
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    M-Monst--!
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    --Wh-What's that sound?!
    --It's coming from the prison!
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    Oh, no! General Rung!
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    Hurry!
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    --A dragon?!
    --Is it that dragon woman?!
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    You'll pay for killing the general!
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    I'm human...
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    I'm human!
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    I don't want this body!
    I want to be a person again!
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    Somebody... Help me!
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    Centuries passed.
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    Inside me all that time, I still carried you, Erza.
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    Deep in the mountains, away from people,
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    I continued to search for a way
    to lift the curse on my body.
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    Then, one day...
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    What a rare sight. A dragon that still lives.
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    Who are you?!
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    Or perhaps I should call you human?
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    That's how I met His Majesty.
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    He was a magical genius.
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    He so easily solved the problem that I had
    spent centuries trying to figure out.
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    H-Human...!
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    I'm human!
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    You made me human again!
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    You only look like one.
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    Unfortunately, you'll never be human again.
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    No! That's perfectly okay!
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    Even just...
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    Even just looking like this again overjoys me!
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    But I quickly discovered the shortcomings.
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    There's no flavor...
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    Even after I ate and ate...
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    ...I couldn't taste anything.
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    Can't sleep... Can't sleep... Can't sleep...
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    I'm so itchy... So cold... So much pain!
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    What's happening to me?!
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    I... want to be a normal human again!
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    You only look like one.
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    You'll never be human again.
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    I am human! Human!
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    Human!
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    I want my baby to be born human...
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    Human...
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    Human...?
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    Inside me... is a human...
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    A human... life...
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    A human... body...
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    I could enchant myself onto the baby...
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    ...and gain a human body that way!
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    A new being... A new body...
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    A new life!
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    I will be you, and you will be me!
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    Let us join as one, child of mine!
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    But it didn't work.
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    Enchanting onto my child
    was impossible from the start.
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    So I lost all interest in you
    and threw you away like garbage
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    in the corner of some tiny village.
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    And that was Rosemary Village?
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    I don't remember its paltry name.
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    Erza...
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    It's all right.
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    I should probably offer you
    my appreciation for giving birth to me.
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    Being thanked by garbage
    means nothing to me.
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    How can you treat your own child that way?!
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    And...
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    ...I thank you for throwing me away.
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    I never would've met
    my real family otherwise!
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    This dawn seems like it could wake us
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    from the dream we had that day
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    Wouldn't you like to see
    that bright future again...
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    ...with those eyes that believed?
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    The wavering lights are about to go out
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    So let's light up our stories
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    one by one
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    I'm not going to go anywhere
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    as long as you're here
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    And when the freezing night comes
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    we'll sing all night long
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    a heartfelt lu-lu-lullaby
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    Your and my lullaby
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    to keep the dream warm
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    to keep the dream warm
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    Erza learns the secret of her birth
    from Irene, her biological mother.
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    Even so, she remains unfazed.
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    The memories of meeting her dear friends
    and all the pain and joy they've shared
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    make it clear who she needs to fight.
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    And so Fairy Tail's mightiest woman wizard
    now takes on the Scarlet Despair!
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    Next Episode: "Master Enchant."
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    "Master Enchant"
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    The power of strong, personal ties will be
    the hope that drives away despair.