# 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.