E2 - It Didn't Have to Be Magic...

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SIGN    Beyond Journey's End
[01:30] Frieren
    Long-range magic is a combination of
    three key factors essential to mages.
[01:39] Frieren
    There's the amount of mana,
[01:41] Frieren
    the strength with which it's fired, and the
    level of control the mage has over it.
[01:45] Frieren
    You know that much, don't you?
[01:47] Fern
    Yes.
[01:48] Frieren
    Earlier, your magic dissipated
    before it reached its target.
[01:51] Frieren
    That's a sign that your mana
    and firing strength are lacking.
[01:56] Frieren
    It's not something you can fix overnight.
[01:59] Frieren
    Regardless of your talent,
    it'll take years to master.
[02:08] Frieren
    However, your level of control
    over the magic is very high.
[02:13] Frieren
    That's what most people
    tend to have trouble with.
[02:15] Frieren
    But you've got no problems there,
[02:18] Frieren
    so just be patient with yourself.
[02:22] Fern
    Okay.
[03:34] Heiter
    Is Fern's training coming along smoothly?
[03:37] Frieren
    In just four years, she's learned more
    than most people do in ten.
[03:41] Frieren
    She's studying too hard.
    It's not a good thing.
[03:44] Heiter
    She's been spending all her
    time in the woods lately.
[03:48] Heiter
    She must really love magic.
[03:51] Frieren
    But she's still a long way
    from becoming a proper mage.
[03:55] Frieren
    I'll finish deciphering the
    grimoire before she does.
[03:59] Heiter
    I see.
[04:02] Frieren
    Say, Heiter.
[04:04] Frieren
    This grimoire probably...
[04:10] Frieren
    Heiter?
[04:18] Heiter
    Don't look at me like that.
[04:21] Heiter
    If anything, it's a miracle
    I've been mobile until now.
[04:30] Frieren
    I'll try to decipher the grimoire quickly.
[04:32] Heiter
    I'd appreciate that.
[04:39] Frieren
    Fern, put your training on hold.
[04:42] Frieren
    Heiter collapsed.
    I need you to stay with him.
[04:46] Fern
    But I still haven't hit the rock.
[04:49] Frieren
    You'll do it eventually. Right now—
[04:53] Fern
    Eventually isn't good enough.
[04:57] Fern
    Mr. Heiter will die before then.
[05:04] Fern
    He saved my life.
[05:18] (Flashback) Heiter
    It'd be a waste for you to die now.
[05:22] (Flashback) Fern
    A waste?
[05:24] (Flashback) Heiter
    A long time ago, I lost an old friend.
[05:31] (Flashback) Heiter
    Unlike me, he was straight as an arrow,
[05:35] (Flashback) Heiter
    and he never abandoned
    anyone who was in need.
[05:40] (Flashback) Heiter
    If he'd survived instead of me,
    he would've saved a lot of people.
[05:47] (Flashback) Heiter
    Since I'm not like him, I planned to
    live out the rest of my days quietly,
[05:53] (Flashback) Heiter
    but one day, I suddenly realized something.
[05:57] (Flashback) Heiter
    If I died without doing anything,
[05:59] (Flashback) Heiter
    all the courage, strength of will,
    and friendship I learned from him—
[06:03] (Flashback) Heiter
    even all my precious memories—
    would vanish from this world.
[06:12] (Flashback) Heiter
    If you have precious memories
    inside yourself as well,
[06:17] (Flashback) Heiter
    then I think it'd be a waste for you to die.
[06:22] Fern
    Mr. Heiter has always feared
    dying and leaving me alone.
[06:28] Fern
    He did the right thing.
[06:31] Fern
    I don't want him to regret saving me.
[06:34] Fern
    I don't care if it's as a mage
    or whatever else—
[06:37] Fern
    learning some kind of skill to support
    myself is my way of repaying him.
[06:42] Fern
    I want him to be glad he saved me
    and to know I'll be fine.
[06:51] Frieren
    You remember everything
    I've taught you, don't you?
[06:54] Fern
    Yes.
[06:55] Frieren
    Then do as you like.
[07:58] Frieren
    It didn't contain any spells for bringing
    back the dead or granting immortality.
[08:02] Heiter
    I see.
[08:04] Frieren
    Did you know that already?
[08:06] Heiter
    The fear of death is immeasurable.
[08:09] Heiter
    If such spells existed,
    Ewig would've cast them on himself.
[08:14] Frieren
    Then why?
[08:17] Heiter
    How is Fern?
[08:19] Frieren
    She has room for improvement in some areas,
[08:22] Frieren
    but it wouldn't be wrong
    to call her a proper mage.
[08:26] Heiter
    I see. Then she made it in time.
[08:31] Heiter
    Now she won't get in your way, Frieren.
[08:36] (Flashback) Heiter
    Will you bring her with you on your travels?
[08:40] (Flashback) Frieren
    I'm sorry, Heiter.
    That's the one thing I can't do.
[08:44] (Flashback) Frieren
    She'd only get in my way.
[08:46] Frieren
    You tricked me, Heiter.
[08:52] Heiter
    Your payment for deciphering
    the grimoire is in the desk drawer.
[08:56] Heiter
    Please leave this place tonight.
[08:59] Frieren
    Why?
[09:01] Heiter
    As you can see, I don't have much longer.
[09:06] Heiter
    I don't want her to experience
    losing anyone else.
[09:13] Heiter
    Frieren, please look after Fern.
[09:19] Frieren
    Are you trying to put on
    a brave face again, Heiter?
[09:25] Frieren
    Fern has been ready to say goodbye
    to you for some time now.
[09:29] Frieren
    What you need to do before your death
[09:32] Frieren
    is give her a proper farewell
[09:35] Frieren
    and make as many memories as you can.
[09:41] Heiter
    Frieren, you really are a kind girl.
[09:56] Frieren
    Why did you save Fern?
[10:16] Heiter
    It's what Himmel the Hero would've done.
[10:22] Frieren
    You're right.
[10:37] Frieren
    Then maybe I'll do the same.
[10:51] Fern
    Thank you.
[10:53] Fern
    Because of you, I was able to
    repay my debt to Mr. Heiter.
[10:59] Frieren
    He just tricked me, is all.
[11:03] Frieren
    This corrupt priest.
[11:10] Frieren
    Shall we go, then?
SIGN    Episode 2: It Didn't Have to Be Magic...
SIGN    26 years after the death of Himmel the Hero,
    in the Turk region located in the central lands
[11:34] Frieren
    That's enough, Fern.
[11:36] Frieren
    We're finished.
[11:41] Farmer
    Thank you for your help.
[11:43] Farmer
    Here's your reward.
[11:47] Fern
    We've been doing such simple work.
[11:50] Frieren
    That's how adventuring goes.
[11:52] Fern
    What were we paid in?
[11:54] Frieren
    Folk magic. It's a spell
    that produces warm tea.
[11:58] Frieren
    We'll try it out later.
[12:02] Fern
    The other day we learned a spell
    for removing rust from bronze statues.
[12:06] Fern
    Before that, we learned a spell
    for turning sweet grapes into sour ones.
[12:08] Frieren
    How is it?
[12:09] Fern
    Sour.
[12:11] Fern
    You keep collecting the strangest spells.
[12:13] Frieren
    It's my hobby, after all.
[12:15] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, you really do love magic.
[12:19] Frieren
    Only somewhat, like you.
[12:22] Fern
    I feel like we're a little different.
[12:26] Frieren
    We're the same.
[12:29] Herbalist
    Will you really do something for me?
[12:33] Herbalist
    Since I'm an herbalist,
    I don't have any spells to teach you.
[12:38] Frieren
    That's fine. Just learning about
    the local flora is helpful enough.
[12:48] Herbalist
    This is it.
[12:54] Fern
    It's a statue of Himmel the Hero.
[12:57] Herbalist
    It's in terrible shape, isn't it?
[12:59] Herbalist
    It's too much for one old woman to handle.
[13:04] Herbalist
    And the villagers don't care anymore.
[13:10] (Flashback) Villager
    Run!
[13:30] Herbalist
    When the village was attacked by a monster,
[13:34] Herbalist
    Mr. Himmel fought valiantly to defend us.
[13:37] Herbalist
    It saddens me to see him treated like this.
[13:40] Frieren
    No, it's what he deserves.
    It's Himmel's fault for wanting to show off.
[13:47] Frieren
    When the villagers offered to make a statue
    of him, he should have just declined.
[13:53] (Flashback) Himmel
    Is this okay?
[13:54] (Flashback) Himmel
    This pose isn't too handsome, is it?
[13:56] (Flashback) Eisen
    Just hurry up and pick something.
[13:57] Frieren
    He drove the sculptor mad
    by spending 18 hours choosing a pose.
[13:59] (Flashback) Frieren
    I'm hungry.
[14:02] Frieren
    In the end, they settled on
    a ridiculously plain one.
[14:07] Herbalist
    What a strange story.
[14:09] Herbalist
    Come to think of it, there was an
    elven mage in the hero's party.
[14:16] Frieren
    Shall we get this cleaned up?
[14:22] Herbalist
    Thank you.
[14:24] Herbalist
    Magic sure is amazing, isn't it?
[14:27] Herbalist
    There isn't a speck of rust left.
[14:32] Herbalist
    I wish there was a bit more color, though.
[14:34] Herbalist
    Perhaps I'll plant some flowers later.
[14:37] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, you have a spell that
    produces a field of flowers, right?
[14:41] Frieren
    You're right. I guess I could just
    conjure something up...
[14:47] Frieren
    No, blue moon weed flowers would be best.
[14:51] Fern
    What kind of flowers are those?
[14:54] Frieren
    I don't know. I've never seen them.
[14:56] Fern
    Then why?
[14:58] Freiren
    They grow in Himmel's hometown.
[15:00] Fern
    But you can't conjure flowers
    you've never seen before.
[15:10] Herbalist
    Blue moon weed...
[15:12] Herbalist
    Now that's a name I haven't
    heard in a long time.
[15:16] Herbalist
    Long ago, there used to be a
    field of them in those woods.
[15:27] Frieren
    They don't grow around here anymore?
[15:30] Herbalist
    They all died out.
[15:33] Herbalist
    It's been decades since they've
    been spotted in these lands.
[15:38] Frieren
    I see.
[15:42] Frieren
    Let's go, Fern.
[15:44] Fern
    Okay.
[15:50] Frieren
    You're hiding something.
[15:52] Frieren
    I won't be mad, so show me what it is.
[15:58] Frieren
    They're seed rats. Pests that consume seeds.
[16:02] Fern
    I'll release them in the woods.
[16:08] Frieren
    Fern, shall we go look for blue moon weed?
[16:12] Fern
    Are you serious?
[16:14] Frieren
    There was a field of them
    in these woods until recently.
[16:17] Fern
    That was decades ago.
[16:19] Frieren
    But they're worth looking for.
[16:22] Frieren
    If we find and analyze them, we can acquire
    a spell for conjuring blue moon weed flowers.
[16:28] Fern
    For Mr. Himmel?
[16:31] Frieren
    No...
[16:32] Frieren
    I'm probably doing this for myself.
[17:27] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, we've been searching for
    blue moon weed for six months now.
[17:33] Frieren
    You're right. Perhaps we should
    broaden our search area.
[17:46] Herbalist
    Oh, I don't often see you on your own.
[17:52] Herbalist
    It's been a while since you
    first came to the village.
[17:57] Herbalist
    Have you found any blue moon weed?
[18:01] Fern
    Do you think we'll find any?
[18:05] Fern
    Ms. Frieren's obsession with
    magic is extraordinary.
[18:09] Fern
    At this rate, she'll continue searching
    for years, if not decades.
[18:14] Fern
    She's a mage who possesses the
    power to save many people.
[18:20] Fern
    She shouldn't spend her time searching
    for something that doesn't exist.
[18:26] Herbalist
    You're so young.
[18:30] Fern
    Am I wrong?
[18:33] Herbalist
    I don't think so,
[18:37] Herbalist
    but Ms. Frieren must see things differently.
[18:44] Herbalist
    But since she's so much more
    mature than we are,
[18:49] Herbalist
    I'm sure she'd understand if you honestly
    conveyed those feelings to her.
[19:12] Fern
    These are the seeds of a related species
    she kept for their medicinal properties.
[19:17] Fern
    Could we plant these around
    Himmel's statue instead?
[19:22] Frieren
    I get it, Fern.
[19:24] Frieren
    I made you worry.
[19:29] Frieren
    I'm not just spending my own time on this.
[19:32] Frieren
    It's time to go.
[19:34] Frieren
    I'll end my search soon.
[19:39] Fern
    How many years is soon?
[19:42] Frieren
    Soon.
[19:44] Fern
    You don't know when to stop—
[19:59] Frieren
    Shall we follow it?
[20:30] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, why do you collect spells?
[20:35] Frieren
    It's just a hobby of mine.
[20:36] Fern
    I find that hard to believe.
[20:39] Frieren
    It really is just a hobby.
[20:41] Frieren
    I used to live much more apathetically.
[21:11] (Flashback) Frieren
    Gross.
[21:21] Frieren
    But then I got to know an idiot who
    complimented the spells I gathered.
[21:25] Frieren
    That's all.
[21:28] Fern
    That's a silly reason.
[21:31] Frieren
    You're right.
[21:54] Fern
    Is that...
[21:55] Frieren
    It's a petal.
[21:58] Frieren
    They say seed rats bury their food
    in safe places away from enemies.
[22:03] Fern
    They're clever animals, aren't they?
[22:06] Frieren
    I wouldn't say that.
[22:08] Frieren
    Since they bury their food in so many places,
    they often forget where.
[22:17] (Flashback) Frieren
    Blue moon weed?
[22:19] (Flashback) Himmel
    It's a flower that grows in
    my homeland. It's beautiful.
[22:24] (Flashback) Himmel
    Not as beautiful as me, though.
[22:26] (Flashback) Frieren
    Shall we get going?
[22:29] (Flashback) Himmel
    Frieren.
[22:31] (Flashback) Himmel
    Someday, I'd like to show them to you.
[22:34] (Flashback) Frieren
    I see.
[22:36] (Flashback) Frieren
    If we have the opportunity, perhaps.
[22:45] Frieren
    I figured they'd be here,
    but I wasn't expecting so many.
[22:54] Frieren
    It took longer than I would've liked, Himmel.
[23:02] Fern
    I can't believe we really found them.
[23:05] Frieren
    Now we can create a spell for blue moon weed.
[23:08] Fern
    Why are you so passionate about magic?
[23:12] Fern
    I don't understand.
[23:14] Frieren
    But you do.
[23:16] Frieren
    You never gave up on becoming a mage.
[23:21] Fern
    That's different.
[23:23] Fern
    I would've been happy to learn any skill
    that allowed me to support myself.
[23:29] Fern
    It didn't have to be magic...
[23:32] Frieren
    But you chose magic.
[23:47] Fern
    You're right.
[23:50] Herbalist
    I never thought I'd see blue moon weed again.
[23:56] Herbalist
    They're beautiful.
[23:59] Herbalist
    Thank you, Ms. Frieren.
[24:01] Herbalist
    Now this statue will never be forgotten.
[24:05] Frieren
    Oh, I nearly forgot.
[24:10] Frieren
    There.
[24:12] Herbalist
    How cute.
[24:15] Frieren
    Shall we go?
[25:50] Fern
    That's too powerful.
[25:51] Man
    The Elder Sage of Corruption, Qual.
[25:52] Old Man
    He called you heartless for not checking on him.
[25:53] Frieren
    Let's put that into practice.
[25:53] Himmel
    How many years do you think
    we've traveled together?
[25:55] Fern
    Does this journey have a purpose?
[25:55] Frieren
    Classroom study is important, too.
SIGN    Episode 3
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Killing Magic
[25:57] Frieren
    Killing magic.