E28 - It Would Be Embarrassing When We Met Again

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[00:03] Fern
    I am Ms. Frieren's student.
[00:08] Serie
    You pass.
[00:12] Serie
    Next.
[00:23] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    You're there like the wind
[00:27] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    Closing your eyes at sunset
[00:31] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    I wonder what's on your mind
SIGN    Beyond Journey's End
[00:41] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    With your eyelids open
[00:45] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    Your eyes shone like glass
[00:50] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    It faintly smelled like a sunny day
[01:03] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    Clear up the sky, let flowers bloom
[01:08] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    Bloom and blame it on the sunny sky
[01:12] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    Even the rain, when it stops
[01:17] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    Will make you shine in the sunlight
[01:22] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    Calm the stirring sounds in my heart
[01:27] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    We go like the sunny wind
[01:31] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    Go on and fly over that cloud
[01:35] [SONG] Op Lyrics
    Further and further away
[01:45] Serie
    Denken the Imperial Mage.
    I know all about you.
[01:51] Denken
    I'm honored.
[01:54] Serie
    A self-made military mage who rose to be
    the most influential in the northern lands.
[02:02] Serie
    It's an oft-heard heroic tale.
[02:05] Serie
    Honestly, I wish I could've met you
    when you were still young,
[02:12] Serie
    full of drive and ambition.
[02:19] Serie
    I have no interest in burnt-out ashes.
[02:25] Serie
    Or so I believed.
[02:31] Denken
    Do you feel differently now?
[02:33] Serie
    When you saw me, you thought about
    how you'd fight me, didn't you?
[02:41] Denken
    Only for a moment.
    I immediately abandoned the idea.
[02:46] Serie
    You pass. There's still a fire in you.
[02:50] Serie
    Normally it wouldn't even occur
    to someone to fight me.
[02:55] Serie
    Next.
[03:01] Serie
    You pass.
[03:02] Übel
    What? But we haven't even spoken yet.
[03:07] Serie
    Do we need to?
[03:10] Übel
    I guess not.
[03:12] Serie
    Next.
[03:17] Serie
    Is this some kind of joke?
[03:20] Land
    What do you mean?
[03:21] Serie
    This is the first-class mage exam.
[03:23] Serie
    What kind of idiot never even sets foot
    into the examination grounds?
[03:28] Land
    As you can see, my flesh-and-blood
    body is here, too.
[03:34] Land
    I wouldn't want to be disqualified.
[03:35] Serie
    Throughout the exam period, your actual
    body never left your hometown.
[03:42] Serie
    Are you enjoying some tea right now?
[03:48] Land
    I'm surprised.
[03:50] Land
    Not even Übel noticed.
[03:53] Serie
    You've got guts. You pass.
[03:56] Serie
    Next.
[03:59] Serie
    You're Wirbel, captain of
    the Northern Magic Corps.
[04:03] Serie
    Of the second-class mages I know,
    you're the most combat-oriented.
[04:08] Serie
    With a single look, you realized
    you couldn't beat me in battle.
[04:13] Serie
    But that wasn't a judgment made out of fear.
[04:16] Wirbel
    An idiot prone to picking fights he can't win
    wouldn't even make it to second-class mage.
[04:21] Serie
    That's true.
[04:25] Serie
    Tell me, what's your favorite spell?
[04:27] Wirbel
    Magic is a tool for killing.
[04:30] Wirbel
    I neither like nor dislike any spells.
[04:34] Serie
    You pass.
[04:35] Seire
    Next.
[04:41] Serie
    What did you think when you saw me?
[04:45] Methode
    Um, I thought you were small and cute.
[04:52] Serie
    What's wrong with this year's test-takers?
[04:56] Serie
    You pass.
[05:04] Serie
    Sense.
[05:06] Serie
    My apologies. We do have
    a bumper crop this year.
[05:15] Scharf
    I failed.
[05:16] Wirbel
    There's always next time.
[05:18] Land
    Stop following me.
[05:21] Kanne
    Three years, huh?
[05:24] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, I passed.
[05:28] Frieren
    Well done.
[05:31] Denken
    Frieren.
[05:34] Denken
    I made it this far because of you two.
[05:38] Denken
    Finally, I can visit a certain grave
    in my hometown.
[05:43] Frieren
    I see.
[05:52] Stark
    Hey, Fern.
[05:54] Stark
    Have you decided yet?
[06:07] Fern
    I'd like—
[06:07] Laufen
    Old man, I want these.
[06:12] Denken
    Well, well.
[06:18] Denken
    Don't be shy. Eat up.
[06:21] Denken
    When I was young, I hardly
    ever got to eat sweet things.
[06:27] Fern
    Thank you.
[06:34] Stark
    What's going on here?
[06:39] Denken
    Have some, young man.
[06:43] Stark
    Thanks, old man.
[06:53] Stark
    Who is he?
[06:54] Fern
    Mr. Denken the Imperial Mage.
[06:58] Stark
    An imperial mage?
[07:05] Stark
    You mean he's a noble?!
[07:07] Stark
    I'm sorry for speaking so casually to you.
[07:11] Denken
    It's fine. I came to this city
    as a mage like any other.
[07:16] Stark
    But you shouldn't feel obliged
    to treat a stranger like me...
[07:20] Denken
    I have no other use for my money.
[07:23] Stark
    There must be something.
[07:26] Fern
    He's right. Don't you have grandchildren?
[07:30] Denken
    I have no children or grandchildren.
[07:33] Denken
    My wife passed away when
    I was in my mid-twenties.
[07:39] Denken
    She was always sickly.
[07:43] Denken
    She was the daughter of a frontier noble
[07:44] Denken
    of the Northern Plateau who was
    defeated in a political dispute.
[07:49] Denken
    Back then, I was in need of both
    wealth and influence.
[07:54] Denken
    Those were the only ways I knew to save her.
[07:59] Denken
    When Serie established the
    Continental Magic Association
[08:02] Denken
    and began offering the privilege,
[08:04] Denken
    it was just after my wife had already passed.
[08:08] Denken
    I'd never felt more powerless.
[08:13] Denken
    It's ironic. These days, I could
    order entire nations around.
[08:22] Denken
    Fern.
[08:23] Denken
    For me, magic was only ever a tool
    to resolve political disputes.
[08:29] Denken
    Tell Frieren she reminded me
    of how fun magic can be.
[08:38] Denken
    The whole reason I became a mage was because
[08:42] Denken
    I admired her deeds in the party of heroes.
[08:47] Fern
    You should tell her that yourself.
[08:49] Fern
    I'm sure she'd be glad to hear it.
[08:53] Denken
    You're right. That's what I'll do.
[09:06] Frieren
    The magical city of Äußerst didn't disappoint.
[09:09] Frieren
    I bought a bunch of good grimoires.
[09:19] Wirbel
    Hey, old woman.
[09:21] Wirbel
    You want those in this basket, right?
[09:27] Wirbel
    How could you just ignore her?
[09:30] Frieren
    Honestly, I did think about it a little.
[09:32] Wirbel
    Just a little?
[09:35] Wirbel
    I'm surprised. I thought one of Himmel's
    party members would be...
[09:39] Frieren
    Would be what?
[09:44] Frieren
    If anything, you surprised me.
[09:47] Frieren
    You tried to kill Fern's party
    during the first test, didn't you?
[09:51] Frieren
    Fern complained to me about it.
[09:53] Frieren
    She said you seemed like someone
    who'd kick a dog out of the way.
[09:56] Wirbel
    I get that a lot.
[09:59] Wirbel
    All I did was threaten them.
[10:02] Wirbel
    Though there was one of them whose death
    would probably make the world a better place.
[10:09] Wirbel
    I'd do anything to protect my hometown.
[10:14] Wirbel
    I wanted to become a first-class mage for
    the privilege of learning any spell I desired.
[10:20] Wirbel
    With a more powerful spell,
    I can slaughter more demons.
[10:25] Wirbel
    But even in other parts of the world,
    I do everything I can to help people in need.
[10:33] Frieren
    Why?
[10:37] Wirbel
    My hometown is on the northern frontier.
[10:41] Wirbel
    There are countless stories
    about Himmel the Hero there.
[10:48] Wirbel
    The conquest of the Thousand-Mirror Tower.
[10:50] Wirbel
    His battles against Böse the Immortal,
    the Seven Sages of Destruction,
[10:53] Wirbel
    and the Hell Emperor Dragon.
[10:55] Wirbel
    When I was a kid, I loved
    those adventure stories.
[11:01] Wirbel
    But the village elders hardly
    ever talked about them.
[11:07] Wirbel
    They'd talk about how he defeated the monsters
[11:10] Wirbel
    that attacked the village,
    or how he guarded some merchant,
[11:12] Wirbel
    or even how he just helped
    carry stuff like a porter.
[11:17] Wirbel
    They were hardly impressive.
    Just a bunch of boring stories.
[11:21] Wirbel
    That's what I thought, anyway.
[11:23] Wirbel
    But you could tell how happy the village
    elders were when they told those stories.
[11:32] Wirbel
    After Himmel the Hero died
[11:35] Wirbel
    and the remaining demons started
    acting up, I finally understood.
[11:49] Wirbel
    The Thousand-Mirror Tower, Böse,
    the Hell Emperor Dragon,
[11:54] Wirbel
    even the Demon King—none of that
    had anything to do with my village.
[11:59] Wirebl
    Everyone had their hands full
    just maintaining their everyday life.
[12:05] Wirbel
    If Himmel the Hero
    hadn't come to my village,
[12:09] Wirbel
    then I doubt it'd still be there,
    whether he saved the world or not.
[12:14] Frieren
    I see. What are you trying to say?
[12:17] Wirbel
    Those stories of Himmel's less exciting
    adventures were what guided me here.
[12:26] Wirbel
    That's all I'm trying to say.
[12:31] Wirbel
    I've been talking for too long.
[12:34] Wirbel
    I'm heading back with those guys.
[12:41] Wirbel
    Frieren, you should treasure
    the encounters you have.
[12:45] Wirbel
    Death isn't the only goodbye in this life.
[12:51] Wirbel
    But I guess you already know that.
[13:01] (Flashback) Heiter
    Frieren, can't you magic us
    across one by one?
[13:07] (Flashback) Frieren
    Then I'd be left all alone on this side.
[13:10] (Flashback) Eisen
    Himmel, we need to defeat the
    Demon King as soon as possible.
[13:16] (Flashback) Eisen
    What point is there in helping people
    in these insignificant ways?
[13:23] (Flashback) Himmel
    You're right that they're insignificant.
[13:26] (Flashback) Himmel
    Such deeds won't change the world.
[13:32] (Flashback) Himmel
    But I won't ignore those in need
    right in front of me.
[13:48] Frieren
    Don't worry, Himmel.
[13:51] Frieren
    The world has changed.
[13:57] Fern
    We'll be granted our privileges tonight,
    and we're each allowed to bring guests.
[14:02] Fern
    Since we have the opportunity,
    let's all go together.
[14:08] Fern
    She looks really unhappy about the idea.
[14:12] Fern
    I was told we're allowed to bring guests.
[14:17] Clerk
    I'm sorry, but Ms. Frieren
    is prohibited per Ms. Serie.
[14:22] Clerk
    For the next thousand years,
[14:24] Clerk
    she is barred from entering any
    Continental Magic Association facility.
[14:28] Fern
    What exactly did she do to deserve this?
[14:32] Frieren
    It can't be helped.
    I rubbed Serie the wrong way.
[14:38] Frieren
    She's like a child.
[14:41] Frieren
    It's not as though
    I wanted to be here anyway.
[14:45] Frieren
    I'll wait outside.
[14:50] Stark
    I'll wait outside, too.
[14:54] Stark
    Hey.
[15:05] Stark
    That's the early evening bell.
[15:07] Frieren
    They should be done receiving
    their privileges soon.
[15:10] Stark
    Yeah.
[15:12] Frieren
    A first-class mage.
[15:14] Frieren
    The highest level of mage,
    of whom fewer than fifty exist.
[15:18] Frieren
    Fern has grown so much.
[15:25] Frieren
    In this era, Fern will probably
    become a more famous mage than me.
[15:33] Stark
    Frieren.
[15:35] Frieren
    I'm glad.
[15:39] Stark
    Me too.
[15:40] Lernen
    Ms. Frieren.
[15:45] Stark
    Who is he?
[15:46] Frieren
    A member of the Continental Magic Association.
[15:48] Lernen
    I'm the first-class mage Lernen,
    one of Ms. Serie's students.
[15:55] Lernen
    I'm sorry for the trouble
    Ms. Serie has caused you.
[15:59] Frieren
    It's fine. She's always been like that.
[16:06] Stark
    What is it, Frieren?
[16:10] Frieren
    You can see the fluctuations
    in my mana, can't you?
[16:15] Frieren
    You're incredibly skilled.
    This peaceful era doesn't suit you.
[16:20] Lernen
    You're right. I am an old-fashioned mage
    who only knows battle.
[16:27] Lernen
    Ms. Serie often says the same thing.
[16:30] Lernen
    If I'd been born during the era in which
    we fought the Demon King's forces,
[16:33] Lernen
    I would've gone down in history
    alongside the other famous heroes.
[16:39] Frieren
    I see. So what do you want from me?
[16:43] Lernen
    The only one of Ms. Serie's students
    whose name is remembered is her first,
[16:47] Lernen
    the Great Mage Flamme
    spoken of in fairy tales.
[16:52] Lernen
    Once I grow old and die, yet another
    proof of her existence will disappear.
[16:59] Lernen
    I don't want her to be alone in the future,
[17:05] Lernen
    even if it means going down in infamy
    as the killer of the legendary mage Frieren.
[17:30] Lernen
    I request a duel, Ms. Frieren.
[17:34] Frieren
    I won't fight you. It'd be a waste of time.
[17:38] Frieren
    Honestly.
[17:40] Frieren
    Mages who only know how to fight
    can be so awkward.
[17:46] Frieren
    There's no need for you to go down in history.
[17:51] Frieren
    Serie will remember you.
[17:57] (Flashback) Frieren
    One last thing.
[18:00] (Flashback) Frieren
    This field of flowers was conjured by magic.
[18:05] (Flashback) Serie
    So what?
[18:07] (Flashback) Frieren
    It was my master's favorite spell.
[18:10] (Flashback) Frieren
    Didn't you call it useless?
[18:17] (Flashback) Serie
    Honestly, Flamme was a failure.
[18:21] (Flashback) Serie
    Despite all her talent,
    she failed to reach my heights.
[18:28] (Flashback) Serie
    I taught many students after her.
[18:32] (Flashback) Serie
    Most died without ever reaching my level.
[18:37] (Flashback) Serie
    But it's strange.
[18:40] (Flashback) Serie
    They were students I chose on a whim,
[18:43] (Flashback) Serie
    but I can clearly recall each one's
    personality and favorite spell.
[18:50] (Flashback) Serie
    Frieren, for some reason, I've never
    regretted taking on any of my students.
[18:57] (Flashback) Serie
    Even if they never made their mark on history.
[19:02] Frieren
    She can't even tell her own students
    how she truly feels.
[19:07] Frieren
    She truly is a child.
[19:15] Fern
    Ms. Frieren.
[19:17] Fern
    I received my privilege.
[19:19] Frieren
    Shall we go, then?
[19:21] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, how did you get
    that injury on your shoulder?
[19:25] Frieren
    I'd better get it healed at the church.
[19:28] Frieren
    Do you think they're still open?
[19:31] Lernen
    Truly, we are awkward.
[19:36] Lernen
    Both you and I.
[19:42] Boy
    Stark, what are we gonna do today?
[19:45] Stark
    Sorry, but I can't play today.
[19:48] Townsfolk A
    Stark, did you have breakfast this morning?
[19:51] Stark
    I already ate.
[19:53] Townsfolk B
    Stark, have some of this.
[19:55] Stark
    Hey, thanks.
[19:58] Old Man
    The path of the warrior
    is long and treacherous.
[20:01] Old Man
    Take care.
[20:03] Stark
    I will.
[20:08] Frieren
    It's time to say goodbye to Äußerst.
[20:12] Fern
    People love you
    everywhere you go, Mr. Stark.
[20:15] Stark
    Yeah?
[20:17] Frieren
    By the way, Fern, what spell
    did you end up asking for yesterday?
[20:28] Fern
    Can't you tell?
[20:30] Frieren
    Your clothes are clean.
[20:35] Freiren
    And they smell vaguely floral.
[20:38] Frieren
    Could it be...
[20:41] Fern
    It's a spell to make clothes
    clean and spotless.
[20:44] Fern
    This will make laundry a breeze.
[20:47] Frieren
    Serie the Living Grimoire
    lived up to her name.
[20:50] Frieren
    That's a legendary-level spell
    from the era of mythology.
[20:56] Frieren
    Well done, Fern.
[20:59] Frieren
    That's my student.
[21:05] Fern
    Of course, Ms. Frieren.
[21:08] Fern
    Ms. Serie didn't seem at all
    happy about it, though.
[21:12] (Flashback) Serie
    Are you insane?
[21:15] Frieren
    I'm sure. Serves her right.
[21:21] Kanne
    They're here.
[21:24] Kanne
    Frieren, thank you for everything.
[21:28] Lawine
    We didn't pass this time,
    but we'll try again in three years.
[21:33] Frieren
    I see. That's good.
[21:36] Lawine
    It's been fun.
[21:37] Kanne
    Take care.
[21:39] Frieren
    See you later.
[21:40] Kanne
    Yeah. See you later.
[21:53] Fern
    That was a rather quick goodbye,
    just like with Sein.
[21:58] Stark
    And Kraft.
[22:10] (Flashback) Frieren
    Himmel, you always say quick goodbyes.
[22:15] (Flashback) Himmel
    You think that's strange?
[22:17] (Flashback) Eisen
    It doesn't seem like you.
[22:20] (Flashback) Eisen
    It was just a side job, but we still
    spent two weeks traveling together.
[22:24] (Flashback) Heiter
    And we drank with him practically every night.
[22:28] Frieren
    You corrupt priest.
[22:30] (Flashback) Himmel
    You're right.
[22:32] (Flashback) Himmel
    But I'm sure we'll run into each other again
    if we continue traveling.
[22:38] (Flashback) Himmel
    Tearful goodbyes aren't our style.
[22:46] (Flashback) Himmel
    After all, it would be embarrassing
    when we met again.
[24:05] Frieren
    It would be embarrassing when we met again.
[24:10] Fern
    What does that mean?
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