# 6 - Magic Stones
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**[00:06] Mangetsu**
Again...
**[00:09] Shingetsu**
It was probably her thoughts and memories
flowing into you through magical power.
**[00:15] Mangetsu**
Through magical power?
**[00:17] Shingetsu**
As I told you before,
**[00:19] Shingetsu**
all the magical power in the
world is gathered in that space.
**[00:23] Shingetsu**
The concentration of
magic is extremely dense.
**[00:27] Shingetsu**
That magic responds to our wills,
**[00:30] Shingetsu**
creating the ARMANOX.
**[00:32] Shingetsu**
And through the ARMANOX, we use techniques
**[00:36] Shingetsu**
to control that magical power and fight.
**[00:40] Mangetsu**
So you're saying we all use this energy
that's like one big magic source
**[00:44] Mangetsu**
to fight each other?
**[00:47] Shingetsu**
That's a fair assessment.
**[00:50] Shingetsu**
You could also say we're all connected
to Magiaconatus through magic.
**[00:55] Mangetsu**
So why are we fighting, then?
**[00:58] Mangetsu**
I mean, there's this enormous power,
and each of us can use it, right?
**[01:05] Mangetsu**
Do we really need to fight, in that case?
**[01:07] Shingetsu**
That's what Magiaconatus wants.
**[01:10] Shingetsu**
It desires the one and only
mage capable of obtaining it,
**[01:14] Shingetsu**
or so they say.
**[01:21] Mangetsu**
Nene-chan?
**[01:23] Nene**
What are you so surprised about?
**[01:25] Nene**
Did you think I was dead?
***SIGN*** GRANBELM
***SIGN*** The Two Princeps
**[02:58] Nene**
I knew I'd be butting in,
**[03:00] Nene**
but I wanted to know more about
the mages that defeated me.
**[03:04] Mangetsu**
Oh...
**[03:06] Nene**
What mage family are you
from? What's your surname?
**[03:09] Mangetsu**
Kohinata...
**[03:12] Nene**
Kohinata? Never heard of them.
**[03:15] Nene**
Are they Scandinavian? East Asian?
**[03:18] Nene**
Wait, are they independent?
**[03:21] Nene**
Will you get over your surprise already?!
**[03:23] Nene**
The only thing you lose by being defeated
in GRANBELM is the right to battle!
**[03:27] Nene**
You didn't even know that?
**[03:29] Mangetsu**
It's not that... This is...
**[03:32] Shingetsu**
...the high school building.
**[03:34] Girl**
What's going on?
**[03:39] Nene**
Wh-What are you staring at?!
**[03:40] Mimi**
Stop!
**[03:42] Nana**
Hi there!
**[03:43] Nana**
Thanks for taking care of Nene-nee!
**[03:46] Mimi**
It's the middle school that takes
care of Nene-nee, not here.
**[03:50] Mangetsu**
Nene... nee?
**[03:53] Nene**
Anyway, I can't believe you
don't know your own lineage.
**[03:56] Mimi**
And yet you can still wield
so much magical power.
**[03:59] Nana**
I guess there's still a lot we don't know
**[04:02] Nana**
about both GRANBELM and Magiaconatus.
**[04:04] Mimi**
In fact, we've been told that *this* aspect of
Nene-nee is due to the influence of magic.
**[04:10] Nene**
Get your hand off me!
**[04:11] Nana**
I guess magic spells will always be
a challenging research subject...
**[04:15] Kibou**
Nene-chan!
**[04:17] Mangetsu**
There you are! Over here, Kibou!
**[04:20] Nene**
You're...
**[04:23] Nene**
These are my younger sisters, Mimi and Nana.
**[04:26] Kibou**
Huh?
**[04:27] Nana**
What a cutie! Who is this?
**[04:29] Nene**
Well, in a word, she's...
my best friend, I suppose.
**[04:37] Nene**
Anyway, if there's anything you
don't understand, just ask.
**[04:41] Nene**
I'll help you.
**[04:42] Mangetsu**
Huh? You will?
**[04:44] Shingetsu**
But, why?
**[04:46] Nene**
I want to see the moment
the one and only true mage,
**[04:50] Nene**
the Witch, is born.
**[04:56] Shingetsu**
The Witch...
**[05:03] (Flashback) Anna**
I'll show you that I'm
qualified to be the Witch!
**[05:15] (Flashback) Clare**
Onee-sama...
**[05:18] (Flashback) Anna**
Please...
**[05:23] (Flashback) Anna**
Give me power!
**[05:28] (Flashback) Clare**
Wow...
**[05:37] (Flashback) Anna**
I did it...
**[05:39] (Flashback) Anna**
Ernesta... I did it!
**[05:43] (Flashback) Shingetsu**
Yes.
**[05:44] (Flashback) Anna**
My mother and grandmother couldn't even
perform that technique, and I did it!
**[05:48] (Flashback) Anna**
I did it!
**[05:50] (Flashback) Shingetsu**
That's great.
**[05:55] (Flashback) Anna**
I can become the one and
only true mage, can't I?
**[05:58] (Flashback) Anna**
I can be... the Witch!
**[06:02] (Flashback) Shingetsu**
Yes... I'm sure you can.
**[06:07] Suishou**
The puppet show begins on a moonlit night...
**[06:15] Suishou**
A puppet show in which
only one puppet is real...
**[06:23] Clare**
What's that song?
**[06:24] Suishou**
It's an old nursery rhyme.
**[06:27] Clare**
I've never heard it before.
**[06:28] Clare**
How does it end?
**[06:31] Suishou**
The last remaining puppet puts
its hands together and prays
**[06:36] Suishou**
that the puppet show might last forever.
**[06:39] Suishou**
The puppet show has begun.
It's begun again in the next town.
**[06:46] Clare**
Oh...
**[06:50] Clare**
Suishou!
**[06:51] Suishou**
What's the matter?
**[06:53] Clare**
Look!
**[06:57] Suishou**
So there really is a darkness approaching.
**[07:00] Clare**
Darkness?
**[07:02] Suishou**
Yes...
**[07:04] Suishou**
This household's guardian spirit
is saying danger is on the way.
**[07:11] Mom**
What are you doing?
**[07:12] Anna**
If you would listen to me,
I wouldn't have done it!
**[07:18] Mom**
I'm listening, but I believe
that discussion is long over.
**[07:22] Anna**
I wasn't given a satisfactory explanation!
**[07:25] Sasha**
At the family meeting—
**[07:26] Anna**
Who gave you permission to speak?! Be quiet!
**[07:29] Mom**
Anna!
**[07:35] ---**
As you are aware,
**[07:38] Mom**
the larger a magic stone grows,
the more difficult it is to use.
**[07:42] Mom**
Magiaconatus is a space surrounded
by extremely dense magical power.
**[07:48] Mom**
If the user isn't skilled enough...
**[07:51] Mom**
The magical power within
the stone will go berserk.
**[07:55] Anna**
Are you saying I'm unskilled—
**[07:56] Mom**
I am not. I'm saying...
**[07:59] Anna**
What?
**[08:01] Anna**
I participated in GRANBELM with the
smallest magic stone in this family,
**[08:06] Anna**
and I made it as far as the final five!
**[08:08] Anna**
I believe I'm more than qualified to use
the Fugo magic stone instead of this one!
**[08:14] Mom**
But Ernesta is still in
the battle, is she not?
**[08:18] Anna**
Why must you bring up Ernesta now?
**[08:22] Mom**
Ernesta has progressed to this point with the
tiny shard of magic stone you gave her long ago.
**[08:28] Mom**
Even with the magic stone you
have, you couldn't defeat her.
**[08:33] Mom**
Even if you used the Fugo magic stone,
**[08:36] Mom**
you could not defeat Ernesta.
**[08:39] Mom**
She is favored by magical power.
**[08:42] Mom**
You could say she has received
the blessing of the gods.
**[08:46] Mom**
To deny that would mean
defying the gods themselves.
**[08:53] Anna**
You're wrong...
**[08:55] Anna**
You're wrong! You're wrong! You're wrong!
**[08:57] Anna**
You're wrong!
**[08:58] Mom**
Anna!
**[09:00] Anna**
Even as such a young child,
**[09:02] Anna**
I succeeded in using the technique
you and Grandmother couldn't perform!
**[09:07] Anna**
If I could use the Fugo
magic stone, I know I could...
**[09:14] Clare**
Onee-sama...
**[09:16] Suishou**
Well, then...
**[09:19] Mangetsu**
Nene-chan told me it was a big house,
but this is bigger than I expected.
**[09:24] Shingetsu**
The Tsuchimikados are one of
Japan's most famous mage families.
**[09:33] Shingetsu**
Um...
**[09:35] Kuon**
Why...
**[09:42] Mangetsu**
We didn't know you had a cold.
Sorry for showing up unannounced.
**[09:45] Kuon**
It's all right.
**[09:46] Kuon**
It's common for mages who use
powerful magic to become unwell...
**[09:53] Kuon**
So, what brings you here?
**[09:55] Shingetsu**
We thought we should come and thank you
**[09:58] Shingetsu**
for your help in that last battle.
**[10:00] Mangetsu**
We couldn't have won without your help.
**[10:04] Kuon**
Is this necessary?
**[10:05] Mangetsu**
Huh?
**[10:07] Kuon**
We'll be fighting against
each other next time.
**[10:12] Shingetsu**
That is true.
**[10:15] Shingetsu**
Mangetsu, let's go.
**[10:17] Mangetsu**
Okay, but...
**[10:19] Mangetsu**
I just made all this...
**[10:23] Mangetsu**
Like it? Since you have a cold, I made
my special ginger sauce for dipping!
**[10:27] Kuon**
It's okay.
**[10:28] Mangetsu**
I figured...
**[10:30] Shingetsu**
I had no idea you lived by yourself.
**[10:34] Kuon**
I'm not by myself. My older sister is here.
**[10:38] Kuon**
She can't even eat meals
with me now, though...
**[10:42] Shingetsu**
I see.
**[10:44] Mangetsu**
Why not? Is she sick?
**[10:48] Kuon**
She's cursed.
**[10:53] Kuon**
I have to become a mage
so I can undo her curse.
**[11:01] Mangetsu**
I guess everyone has their own reasons
why they can't afford to lose.
**[11:07] Shingetsu**
What's the matter?
**[11:09] Mangetsu**
I feel bad, kinda.
**[11:12] Mangetsu**
I'm the only one who doesn't really have
a strong wish or reason or anything,
**[11:16] Mangetsu**
but I jumped in while the battle
was ongoing and ended up winning...
**[11:21] Shingetsu**
I tried to stop you.
**[11:24] Mangetsu**
Yeah... I know.
**[11:26] Shingetsu**
Do you regret all this?
**[11:31] Mangetsu**
It's strange, you know?
**[11:32] Mangetsu**
Going to that other space
and controlling WHITE LILY,
**[11:36] Mangetsu**
fighting and attacking the way
I envision it in my mind...
**[11:40] Mangetsu**
The better I get, the happier I feel.
**[11:44] Mangetsu**
It's like, "Wow, I can do this!"
**[11:47] Mangetsu**
I'm doing something other people can't do!
**[11:50] Mangetsu**
And it's just so thrilling...
**[11:52] Mangetsu**
Even now, I'm counting down the days
in my head until the next battle.
**[11:59] Shingetsu**
Long ago, when Magiaconatus was
discovered and GRANBELM began,
**[12:05] Shingetsu**
it was said that many mages asked
**[12:08] Shingetsu**
why this battle had begun...
**[12:11] Shingetsu**
and why Magiaconatus sought just one mage.
**[12:17] Mangetsu**
And why is it?
**[12:19] Shingetsu**
I don't know.
**[12:21] Shingetsu**
But there are some mages who say this:
**[12:25] Shingetsu**
"We mages control these dolls in
order to obtain magical power,
**[12:30] Shingetsu**
but it may be..."
**[12:33] Anna**
So cold...
**[12:40] Shingetsu**
"...that we are the ones being controlled."
**[12:48] Suishou**
Master!
**[12:50] Anna**
What?
**[12:52] Suishou**
Sorry, but I'm not gonna
be your disciple anymore.
**[12:57] Suishou**
I thought you had incredible
strength, but I was so wrong!
**[13:01] Suishou**
Ernesta's *way* stronger than you are.
**[13:05] Anna**
Why are you speaking in that tone?
**[13:10] Suishou**
This is how I normally speak.
**[13:24] Suishou**
You should just disappear already, loser.
**[13:28] Suishou**
You're a weakling with no magical power.
**[13:41] Mangetsu**
That girl...
**[13:44] Clare**
Shingetsu!
**[13:47] Clare**
Please, come back to us!
**[13:50] Shingetsu**
Clare...
**[13:51] Clare**
Onee-sama is in trouble!
**[13:54] Clare**
She hasn't come out of the
basement in five days!
**[13:58] Clare**
Please! I'll go with you to talk to her!
**[14:02] Clare**
I'll make sure you can patch things up!
**[14:07] Clare**
Shingetsu!
**[14:21] Mangetsu**
You did talk to her, after all.
**[14:25] Mangetsu**
And being honest with her didn't
work, right, Shingetsu-chan?
**[14:31] Mangetsu**
Hey, you know...
**[14:36] Mangetsu**
Sorry for inviting myself over like this.
**[14:39] Shingestu**
It's all right.
**[14:40] Mangetsu**
If you want to be left alone,
just tell me, and I'll go.
**[14:47] Mangetsu**
I kind of understand how you feel,
**[14:51] Mangetsu**
but this sort of thing
is really all I can do.
**[14:54] Mangetsu**
This is just like when we
went to see Kuon-chan, huh?
**[14:58] Shingetsu**
Mangetsu...
**[15:00] Mangetsu**
You know, for a long time, all
my dreams have been pure white.
**[15:06] Mangetsu**
There's nothing in them.
**[15:07] Mangetsu**
I can't tell if I'm falling or
floating, or anything else...
**[15:12] Mangetsu**
But all the nothingness makes me feel
anxious and scared... So scared.
**[15:19] Mangetsu**
When I wake up in the morning,
**[15:22] Mangetsu**
I see there's nothing in my dreams, either.
**[15:25] Shingetsu**
That's not true.
**[15:30] Shingetsu**
You have a heart.
**[15:33] Shingestu**
A heart that can care for others.
**[15:42] Mangetsu**
Do you like yourself, Shingetsu-chan?
**[15:46] Shingetsu**
No, I don't.
**[15:48] Shingetsu**
But lately, I've started to think that
very few people really like themselves.
**[15:54] Mangetsu**
Really?
**[15:55] Shingetsu**
Yeah.
**[15:57] Shingetsu**
I think everyone has an ideal version
of themselves within their hearts,
**[16:03] Shingetsu**
but most of the time, their real
selves can't catch up to it.
**[16:07] Mangetsu**
Yeah, maybe...
**[16:09] Shingetsu**
Perhaps that's why we grow up
**[16:12] Shingetsu**
and try to look ahead to the future.
**[16:16] Mangetsu**
I wonder if we'll ever catch up...
**[16:19] Shingetsu**
I doubt it.
**[16:21] Shingetsu**
I think we'll spend our
lives chasing that ideal.
**[16:26] Mangetsu**
Being alive isn't easy...
**[16:31] Shingetsu**
Is that so bad, though?
**[16:34] Shingetsu**
From the universe's perspective,
**[16:36] Shingetsu**
the few decades we spend living
here might as well be seconds.
**[16:40] Shingetsu**
And what's a few seconds of suffering?
**[16:43] Mangetsu**
I see...
**[16:44] Mangetsu**
You're so smart, Shingetsu-chan.
**[16:52] Shingetsu**
A long time ago, Anna cooked for me, too.
**[16:56] Shingetsu**
I had a cold, and she wanted to
make something German for me,
**[17:01] Shingetsu**
so she made mashed potatoes.
**[17:06] Shingetsu**
Mangetsu, would you mind accompanying me?
**[17:16] Anna**
Of course...
**[17:18] Anna**
There's barely any magic here. How could
I possibly strengthen the magic stone?
**[17:25] Mangetsu**
Are you sure?
**[17:26] Shingetsu**
Let's go.
**[17:30] Mom**
Come in.
**[17:33] Mom**
Ernesta!
**[17:35] Shingetsu**
Please forgive this sudden intrusion, ma'am.
**[17:39] Mom**
Are you back to stay?
**[17:43] Shingetsu**
I've come to tell Anna the truth.
**[17:48] Shingetsu**
I appreciate your kindness, but
if this goes on, Anna will—
**[17:52] Anna**
Ernesta!
**[18:03] Anna**
Die!
**[18:07] Mom**
How could you...
**[18:10] Anna**
Why?!
**[18:11] Anna**
How could you ignore everything
I said, and allow this...
**[18:14] Anna**
this *demon* to...
**[18:15] Mom**
Stop it!
**[18:22] Shingetsu**
Even if it means hurting Anna,
**[18:24] Shingetsu**
things cannot remain this way.
**[18:31] Shingetsu**
Your mother didn't want to force
you to bear the misfortune
**[18:36] Shingetsu**
of living as this family's mage.
**[18:39] Shingetsu**
She chose to adopt me out of love for you.
**[18:44] Anna**
What? The "misfortune" of living as a mage?
**[18:49] Anna**
Why is that misfortune?
**[18:50] Anna**
For one who lacks power,
it is great misfortune.
**[18:53] Anna**
Mother...
**[18:55] Mom**
If you were to bear the burden of
this family with the power you have,
**[18:58] Mom**
you would regret it.
**[19:00] Mom**
You would constantly feel powerless
and inferior as a mage.
**[19:06] Mom**
That is all you can do.
**[19:12] Anna**
Why won't you believe in me?!
**[19:14] Anna**
Didn't I tell you before?!
**[19:16] Anna**
I successfully performed that technique!
**[19:20] Anna**
In a world that has lost
nearly all of its magic,
**[19:23] Anna**
I succeeded, just like this!
**[19:31] Mangetsu**
Wow...
**[19:32] Anna**
Well? Can you still claim I have no power?
**[19:37] Anna**
That I'm unqualified?
**[19:39] Mom**
You still haven't realized?
**[19:44] Mom**
Why do you think you were successful
**[19:47] Mom**
at a technique that no one
can ever perform alone?
**[20:06] Shingetsu**
I shouldn't have done it.
**[20:09] Shingetsu**
I truly am sorry.
**[20:13] Shingetsu**
My deception took your hand,
**[20:17] Shingetsu**
giving you power as you
performed the technique.
**[20:24] Mom**
Ernesta loves you.
**[20:29] Mom**
She wanted to please you, to see
you happy. That's all it was.
**[20:36] Mom**
You were not born under a star
that would bless you as a mage.
**[20:41] Mom**
No matter how you wish for it,
**[20:43] Mom**
you don't have the power to use
the techniques Ernesta does,
**[20:47] Mom**
nor will you ever be
favored by magic as she is.
**[20:52] Mom**
But that's all.
**[20:55] Mom**
There are countless other stars,
and countless other good fortunes.
**[20:59] Mom**
My wish is that you would dedicate
yourself to making your own star shine.
**[21:19] Shingetsu**
Seeing your feelings toward mages
and your determination to be one
**[21:23] Shingetsu**
taught me what it means to be a mage.
**[21:27] Shingetsu**
I never would have been
born as a mage without you.
**[21:33] Shingetsu**
I will carry on your wishes as I strive
to become the Princeps mage.
**[21:39] Shingetsu**
While I do, please protect this family...
**[21:44] Shingetsu**
by being something other than a mage.
**[22:04] Anna**
Ernesta...
**[22:12] Anna**
Please do your best.
**[22:14] Anna**
I know you'll achieve your goal.
**[22:22] Shingetsu**
I will.
**[22:24] [SONG] Text**
To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Next Time
**[23:58] Na**
* It is because she loved her*
* that her heart aches.*
**[24:02] Na**
* It is because she loved her*
* that her obsession grows.*
**[24:05] Na**
*She wants to make Ernesta struggle.*
**[24:08] Na**
* She wants to make Ernesta notice*
* her so badly that it disgusts her.*
**[24:11] Na**
* She has wagered everything on*
* a way of life known as "stalking."*
**[24:17] Na**
*Next time on* GRANBELM*,*
**[24:19] Na**
*"Miss Ressentiment."*
***SIGN*** Miss Ressentiment
**[24:22] Na**
* What is the meaning of*
* "pure and innocent hatred"?*
***SIGN*** Look forward to the next episode!