# E21 - The World of Magic
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**[00:20] (Flashback) Serie**
It's been a while, Flamme.
**[00:44] [SONG] ---**
**[00:53] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
You're there like the wind
**[00:57] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Closing your eyes at sunset
**[01:01] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
I wonder what's on your mind
***SIGN*** Beyond Journey's End
**[01:12] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
With your eyelids open
**[01:16] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Your eyes shone like glass
**[01:20] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
It faintly smelled like a sunny day
**[01:33] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Clear up the sky, let flowers bloom
**[01:38] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Bloom and blame it on the sunny sky
**[01:42] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Even the rain, when it stops
**[01:47] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Will make you shine in the sunlight
**[01:52] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Calm the stirring sounds in my heart
**[01:57] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
We go like the sunny wind
**[02:01] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Go on and fly over that cloud
**[02:05] [SONG] Op Lyrics**
Further and further away
***SIGN*** Episode 21: The World of Magic
**[02:21] Richter**
Bargland.
**[02:43] Denken**
The young are too hot-blooded.
**[02:47] Denken**
The so-called privilege is nonsense.
**[02:51] Frieren**
What makes you say that?
**[02:54] Denken**
Do you even have to ask?
**[02:57] Denken**
The greatest joy of magic
lies in searching for it.
**[03:03] Denken**
That's all.
**[03:06] Frieren**
I see.
**[03:09] (Flashback) Serie**
Time passes quickly.
**[03:13] (Flashback) Serie**
The student I chose to train on a whim
has already returned with her own student.
**[03:18] (Flashback) Flamme**
This is Frieren.
**[03:20] (Flashback) Serie**
An elf, huh?
**[03:22] (Flashback) Serie**
She's strong. I like her.
**[03:27] (Flashback) Serie**
Tell me what spell you desire.
**[03:29] (Flashback) Serie**
I shall grant you just one.
**[03:32] (Flashback) Frieren**
A spell that I desire?
**[03:35] (Flashback) Serie**
I have knowledge of nearly every grimoire
that's ever been written.
**[03:41] (Flashback) Serie**
Mages spend their entire lives
searching for the spell they desire.
**[03:48] (Flashback) Serie**
Tell me what yours is,
and I shall grant it to you.
**[03:52] (Flashback) Frieren**
I don't want one.
**[03:55] (Flashback) Frieren**
The greatest joy of magic
lies in searching for it.
**[04:01] (Flashback) Serie**
Flamme, this girl is no good after all.
**[04:05] (Flashback) Serie**
She lacks a burning ambition.
**[04:09] (Flashback) Flamme**
Master, someday this girl
will defeat the Demon King.
**[04:16] (Flashback) Flamme**
It will be a mage like her
who clears the way to a peaceful era.
**[04:21] (Flashback) Serie**
Are you saying I cannot?
**[04:23] (Flashback) Flamme**
As one who seeks battle,
you cannot kill the Demon King.
**[04:28] (Flashback) Flamme**
We can't do it.
**[04:31] (Flashback) Flamme**
After all, you can't imagine yourself
living in a peaceful era, can you?
**[04:41] (Flashback) Flamme**
Frieren is a mage of a peaceful era.
**[04:51] Frieren**
Good answer.
**[04:53] Frieren**
This is how mages ought to be.
**[05:09] Lawine**
*Damn it. He won't freeze at all.*
**[05:13] Lawine**
* The difference between*
* our mana is too great.*
**[05:15] Lawine**
Nephtear.
**[05:24] Richter**
Weak.
**[05:30] Lawine**
Kanne, defense!
**[05:31] Kanne**
I know!
**[05:35] Richter**
You two put on quite the show earlier,
**[05:38] Richter**
so I believe I know most of your tricks.
**[05:44] Richter**
Relatively non-lethal ice magic,
**[05:48] Richter**
and a mage who can't fight without water.
**[05:53] Richter**
What am I even doing here?
**[05:56] Richter**
This really is just babysitting.
**[06:05] Lawine**
That's not a nice thing to say.
**[06:07] Lawine**
Won't you run out of mana
casting such flashy spells?
**[06:13] Richter**
You graduated from magic school, didn't you?
**[06:16] Richter**
Are the old folks still teaching their students
to fight defensive battles of attrition?
**[06:23] Kanne**
What do you mean?
**[06:24] Richter**
Let me lecture you on the history of magic.
**[06:29] Richter**
The defensive spell developed to combat
Zoltraak is highly resistant to magic itself,
**[06:36] Richter**
but its effectiveness against physical
objects has hardly changed since then.
**[06:42] Richter**
Naturally, there's a clear reason for that.
**[06:46] Richter**
It's enough to defend against the physical
attacks of monsters and warriors.
**[06:52] Richter**
Defensive magic mustn't be over-engineered.
**[06:56] Richter**
If we aimed for perfection,
the technique would become too complex,
**[07:00] Richter**
which would have a fatal effect
on activation time.
**[07:03] Richter**
The history of magic is one
of attacking and defending.
**[07:07] Richter**
It's the reason there's a trend
for modern attack spells
**[07:09] Richter**
to involve controlling physical objects.
**[07:14] Richter**
Do you understand what I'm getting at?
**[07:19] Lawine**
Kanne, no! Move!
**[07:27] Richter**
My spells overwhelm my opponents
with high-volume physical attacks.
**[07:33] Richter**
Now stay down.
**[07:39] Richter**
Give me a break.
**[07:41] Richter**
I'm not interested in hurting you.
**[07:43] Richter**
Or do you want me to kill you after all?
**[07:47] Lawine**
Should you be approaching us so carelessly?
**[07:51] Lawine**
Sixty percent of the human body
is made of water.
**[07:55] Richter**
So what?
**[07:57] Richter**
Magic is a world of visual imagination.
**[08:00] Richter**
Can you picture how that water is distributed
throughout a person's body,
**[08:05] Richter**
and how you'd remove and manipulate it?
**[08:08] Richter**
How would you do that to a mage
protected by a large amount of mana?
**[08:14] Richter**
Spells can't produce effects
you can't picture.
**[08:17] Richter**
And even if there were water here,
a small girl like you is no threat to me.
**[08:24] Lawine**
Not even bluffing works?
I hate adults like you.
**[08:29] Lawine**
But I have figured out one thing.
**[08:32] Lawine**
You're lying.
**[08:35] Lawine**
If you loved fighting enough
to lecture us on it,
**[08:38] Lawine**
you would've beaten us
somewhere there was water.
**[08:42] Lawine**
What are you so afraid of?
**[08:48] Richter**
Behave yourselves.
**[08:51] Richter**
My job is just to put you two to sleep.
**[08:55] Richter**
As long as Denken doesn't lose, that is.
**[09:10] Denken**
* At this rate, this battle will end*
* when she exhausts my mana.*
**[09:16] Denken**
This is all a bit tough for this old body.
**[09:19] Denken**
My apologies, Frieren, but I'm
going to settle this quickly.
**[09:25] Denken**
Waldgose.
**[09:29] Denken**
Daosdorg.
**[09:37] Richter**
What is that decrepit old man doing?
**[09:42] Genau**
That old man fights rather spectacularly.
**[09:45] Sense**
Will the barrier hold?
**[09:47] Genau**
Of course. The barrier was created
by the great mage Serie.
**[09:53] Genau**
It cannot be destroyed by brute force.
**[09:56] Sense**
Oh? That's good, then.
**[09:59] Sense**
By the way, since around yesterday evening,
**[10:02] Sense**
someone's been analyzing the barrier.
**[10:05] Genau**
Why?
**[10:07] Sense**
I don't know.
**[10:08] Genau**
In any case, they're wasting their time.
**[10:12] Genau**
Do you really think there's a mage
in this world greater than Serie?
**[10:24] Denken**
Catastravia.
**[10:35] Denken**
*Impossible. A counterattack?*
**[10:37] Denken**
* That was a continuous volley*
* of spears of light.*
**[10:40] Denken**
*She shouldn't have had the opportunity.*
**[10:59] Denken**
*I'm out of mana. So this is the end.*
**[11:03] Denken**
*I don't believe it.*
**[11:05] Denken**
* She only used basic combat*
* spells until the end.*
**[11:10] Denken**
* This was practically a combat*
* lesson for a trainee mage.*
**[11:16] Denken**
I'm surprised.
**[11:18] Denken**
Even at my level, there was
still someone above me.
**[11:22] Frieren**
Tell me where Laufen is.
**[11:25] Frieren**
I know you know.
**[11:27] Frieren**
I'm taking back our Stille.
**[11:30] Denken**
If you were in my position,
do you think you'd tell me?
**[11:34] Frieren**
You're right.
**[11:46] Frieren**
Laufen, you're hiding nearby, aren't you?
**[11:50] Frieren**
Bring the Stille here.
**[11:53] Frieren**
If you don't, I'll kill Denken.
**[11:57] Denken**
Don't do it, Laufen.
She doesn't intend to kill me.
**[12:01] Denken**
You can tell, can't you?
**[12:02] Lauren**
*The old man was beaten.*
**[12:04] Lauren**
* She's a far better mage than me—*
* no, better than even Richter.*
**[12:10] Lauren**
*But she underestimates us.*
**[12:12] Lauren**
*She's not touching the old man's body.*
**[12:14] Denken**
Don't use Jilwer. Stay hidden.
**[12:19] Denekn**
If you release even the slightest bit
of mana, she'll detect you.
**[12:22] Lauren**
* From this distance, I could*
* retrieve the old man and flee!*
**[12:26] Denken**
Don't. It's a trap.
**[12:28] Frieren**
You leave me no choice.
**[12:30] Frieren**
I don't really want to do this, but...
**[12:35] Frieren**
Found you.
**[12:38] Denken**
You fool.
**[12:43] Denken**
You inexperienced fool.
**[12:45] Denken**
You knew she wouldn't kill me.
**[12:48] Laufen**
But she planned to hurt you
without killing you.
**[12:54] Denken**
We still would've won.
**[12:58] Laufen**
Why are you so desperate
to become a first-class mage?
**[13:03] Laufen**
You've got wealth, influence,
and everything else you could want.
**[13:12] Denken**
My homeland is located deep
in the Northern Plateau.
**[13:17] Denken**
Because the demons are acting up, only
first-class mages can enter the area now.
**[13:23] Denken**
I wanted to visit a grave
I haven't been to in a while.
**[13:27] Denken**
That's all.
**[13:30] Denken**
Shouldn't you go help the kids?
**[13:34] Denken**
Perhaps it's too late, though.
**[13:37] Denken**
Richter will kill them before he faces you.
**[13:42] Denken**
He's capable of making pragmatic choices.
**[13:46] Frieren**
They'll be fine. Kanne and Lawine will win.
**[13:52] Frieren**
I just finished analyzing the barrier.
**[13:57] Richter**
I wasn't expecting Denken to lose.
**[14:01] Richter**
Now, then.
**[14:03] Richter**
Babysitting time is over.
**[14:31] Lawine**
He's actually trying to kill us now.
**[14:34] Lawine**
We won't last a minute against him.
**[14:37] Laufen**
Analyzing the barrier?
**[14:40] Laufen**
What do you mean?
**[14:44] Denken**
Frieren. Don't tell me, you...
**[14:58] Sense**
Genau.
**[14:59] Genau**
It's not a problem. It's impossible.
**[15:03] Genau**
Even if the world were turned upside down—
**[15:13] Sense**
It's going to break.
**[15:21] Genau**
Sense, who is that elf mage?
**[15:26] Sense**
According to the list of test-takers,
her name is Frieren.
**[15:30] Genau**
That's the name of the mage who
traveled with the party of heroes.
**[15:34] Sense**
She apparently had a holy emblem, too.
**[15:38] Genau**
So she's the last great mage.
**[15:41] Serie**
Now you've done it, Frieren.
**[15:44] Serie**
It's been a thousand years,
and this is how you say hello?
**[15:49] Serie**
This is why I can't quit being a mage.
**[15:52] Serie**
In the world of magic, sometimes
the world is turned upside down.
**[15:58] Denken**
I can't believe you actually
destroyed the barrier.
**[16:02] Laufen**
Why would you do that?
**[16:04] Frieren**
Because I felt sorry for Kanne.
**[16:07] Frieren**
Magic should be free.
**[16:09] Denken**
She controls water, does she?
**[16:13] Frieren**
Magic is a world of visual imagination.
**[16:16] Frieren**
Can you imagine defeating a mage
who controls water in the rain?
**[16:21] Frieren**
At the very least, I can't.
**[16:24] Frieren**
I doubt Richter can either.
**[16:27] Richter**
The barrier...
**[16:29] Richter**
What happened?
**[16:31] Kanne**
It's raining.
**[16:32] Richter**
No, I can figure out what happened later.
**[16:36] Richter**
I have to finish them now—
**[16:38] Lawine**
You finally showed an opening.
**[16:40] Lawine**
Your panic is disrupting your mana.
**[16:43] Richter**
This will only buy you time!
**[16:47] Lawine**
I see now why you feared a spell
that could control water.
**[16:54] Lawine**
This is the perfect example of the
high-volume physical attacks you mentioned.
**[17:00] Kanne**
Lawine, don't let him get away.
**[17:04] Kanne**
Reamstroha.
**[17:09] Richter**
There's nowhere for me to run, anyway.
**[17:14] Richter**
This is why I don't like water.
**[17:31] Frieren**
Looks like you won.
**[17:33] Frieren**
Let's get away from here.
**[17:35] Frieren**
The sun sets in two hours.
**[17:37] Frieren**
You can conceal your mana
until then, can't you?
**[17:39] Lawine**
I don't have any mana left to conceal.
**[17:42] Frieren**
I see. You did well.
**[17:46] Lawine**
Don't pat my head.
**[17:50] Richter**
Sorry.
**[17:53] Denken**
It was inevitable.
**[18:00] Richter**
Denken and I are out of mana.
**[18:05] Richter**
We have two hours left.
**[18:07] Richter**
We're finished.
**[18:12] Denken**
Laufen, can you dispel the binding?
**[18:15] Laufen**
You must be joking.
This binding spell is ridiculously powerful.
**[18:19] Denken**
Then bring down the tree instead.
**[18:31] Richter**
Denken, there's nothing we can do.
**[18:33] Laufen**
I don't have the mana left
to use Jilwer anymore.
**[18:39] Denken**
Richter and Laufen, what do you think
an imperial mage does in this situation?
**[18:46] Denken**
He keeps fighting until the end.
**[18:51] Denken**
We'll search for signs of battles fought
by other parties and track them down.
**[18:57] Übel**
You know, Fern,
**[18:59] Übel**
you're really rather boring.
**[19:03] Übel**
You seriously do only cast basic spells.
**[19:07] Fern**
You should direct your
complaints to Ms. Frieren.
**[19:10] Übel**
Come to think of it,
that elf is your master, right?
**[19:17] Übel**
It's her fault we're soaking wet right now.
**[19:20] Übel**
Make sure you give her an earful, all right?
**[19:23] Fern**
I intend to.
**[19:25] Fern**
Also, she doesn't limit what spells
I cast outside of combat.
**[19:30] Übel**
Come to think of it, you did cast
a spell to catch that bird.
**[19:34] Übel**
What other spells can you use?
**[19:37] Fern**
Let's see...
**[19:39] Fern**
I have a spell that lets you
see through clothes...
**[19:43] Fern**
I'm not going to cast it.
**[19:45] Land**
I hate to interrupt your
pleasant conversation,
**[19:49] Land**
but maybe you shouldn't reveal
too many of your tricks.
**[19:52] Land**
From the second test onward,
we'll be competing against one another.
**[19:57] Übel**
You're right.
**[20:00] Übel**
Sorry 'bout that.
**[20:02] Übel**
But I think you should've opened up
some more, four-eyes.
**[20:11] Denken**
There they are.
**[20:12] Denken**
It's a defeated party.
**[20:15] Denken**
The corpse of one of their
members was nearby.
**[20:18] Denken**
Even though there's no way for them to pass,
they're keeping a tight hold on their Stille.
**[20:28] Richter**
Are we going to negotiate with them, Denken?
**[20:31] Denken**
They wouldn't cooperate.
**[20:32] Denken**
If I were in their position,
I'd refuse even money.
**[20:38] Laufen**
Why?
**[20:39] Denken**
It wouldn't sit right with me.
**[20:42] Denken**
It's not about logic.
**[20:45] Denken**
Laufen, wait here.
**[20:47] Denken**
If you see an opportunity,
take their Stille.
**[20:50] Denken**
Richter, come with me.
**[20:53] Richter**
What do you intend to do?
**[21:05] Richter**
We're approaching them head-on?
**[21:07] Richter**
We don't have any mana left.
**[21:11] Denken**
Don't you get it?
**[21:14] Denken**
They're in the same boat.
**[21:26] Denken**
Prepare yourself.
**[21:31] Denken**
You're a man, aren't you?
**[21:35] Richter**
You're joking, right?
**[21:39] Denken**
Let's settle this with our fists!
**[22:10] Genau**
It's time.
**[22:13] Genau**
The first test is now over.
**[22:18] Genau**
Six parties—eighteen individuals—
have passed the first test.
**[22:22] Genau**
The second test will take place
three days from now.
**[22:25] Genau**
You will be informed of the details later.
**[22:28] Genau**
That's all. You are dismissed.
**[22:34] Stark**
It's been two days since
they left for the exam.
**[22:38] Stark**
I can stay up as late as I want,
and Fern isn't around to get mad at me.
**[22:42] Stark**
I'm so happy, it's scary.
**[22:46] Bartender**
Sounds like you've got it rough, buddy.
**[22:50] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
And I'm alright (I'll be alright)
**[22:53] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Yeah, I hear you (I care about you)
**[22:56] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
The wind teases this hair that's longer now
**[23:01] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
There's meaning in everything
**[23:04] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Even the days that came to a halt
**[23:07] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Now that I finally understand,
I've caught up to you
**[23:13] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
See, things that couldn't have been
**[23:17] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Seen if it weren't for these eyes
**[23:20] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Why? They begin to overflow
**[23:25] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
I won't ask to see you, so at least
**[23:31] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Let me remember the past, just for today
**[23:37] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
So, if we were to meet again
**[23:43] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
No more hesitations, I'd choose the present
**[23:50] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Anytime, anywhere, yah (wherever you are)
**[23:53] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Anytime, anywhere (smile for me)
**[23:57] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
I'll be there (close your eyes,
and I'll always be there)
**[24:00] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Even if there are no absolutes
**[24:03] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
I'm always aware of your thoughts
**[24:06] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
Those tears will be alright,
dawn will surely break
**[24:12] [SONG] Ed Lyrics**
I'm whispering our lullaby
for you to come back home
**[24:20] Laufen**
I'm not sharing.
**[24:20] Lecker**
Don't worry, Ms. Frieren.
**[24:21] Frieren**
Don't talk about that.
**[24:22] Kanne**
You're even more spoiled than me.
**[24:23] Fern**
It's not my birthday.
Can I really indulge myself like this?
**[24:23] Denken**
You must eat your vegetables, too.
**[24:26] Stark**
She's such a pain in the butt.
**[24:26] Richter**
We're no longer a party.
***SIGN*** Episode 22
Future Enemies
**[24:27] Lawine**
Next time, we'll be enemies.