E1 - Ceremony
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[00:00] Narr
Kimberly Magic Academy.
[00:03] Narr
By the time they graduate,
20% of students who enroll here...
[00:09] Narr
have been "consumed by the spell."
[00:20] Oliver
Jack the Unblooming is blossoming beautifully.
[00:24] Dahlia A
Oh, my...
[00:25] Dahlia A
You there! You're quite nervous, aren't you?
[00:29] Oliver
Do I look it?
[00:30] Dahlia A
Yes, you do. Why not try to relax a little?
[00:33] Dahlia A
It's the day of your entrance ceremony!
[00:36] Dahlia A
No matter what terrible future awaits you...
[00:40] Oliver
Thank you, madam.
[00:45] Oliver
Terrible future?
[00:47] Oliver
That's probably just something
they say to scare all the new kids.
[00:51] Oliver
The problem is that I can't be sure.
[00:55] Oliver
After all, this is no
ordinary school I'm entering.
[01:01] Katie
That flower really scared me.
[01:04] Katie
What did she mean by "terrible future"?
[01:08] Guy
Don't worry about what the pride plants say.
[01:12] Guy
Magiflora like them absorb
magic particles from the ground,
[01:15] Guy
which affects their personalities.
[01:18] Guy
They say a lot of the ones around
here are particularly nasty.
[01:20] Katie
I see.
[01:22] Katie
I don't know a lot about plants.
I do love magical fauna, though.
[01:26] Guy
Really? Like which in particular?
[01:29] Katie
All of them! The little ones, the big ones,
[01:33] Katie
the slimy ones...
[01:35] Oliver
Slimy ones? What?
[01:37] Chela
You there. Yes, you!
[01:40] Pete
Me?
[01:42] Chela
Watch where you're going!
[01:45] Chela
You almost stepped on Madam's stem!
[01:49] Chela
Who knows what sort of invective
she'd hurl at you?
[01:52] Dahlia B
How rude!
[01:57] Pete
I didn't ask for your help!
[01:59] Pete
I'm fine!
[02:01] Dahlia A
Oh, my. You're certainly dressed strangely.
[02:06] Guy
Hey, is that...
[02:08] Guy
a samurai?
[02:10] Oliver
Yeah, it sure is.
[02:12] Katie
I've never seen one before...
[02:15] Oliver
What was it about her
that made me stop and stare?
[02:19] Oliver
Was it her strange foreign clothes?
[02:22] Oliver
Or...
[02:30] Oliver
Perhaps I felt something in my heart.
[02:34] Oliver
Something like a premonition,
or what people sometimes call "fate."
SIGN Reign of the Seven Spellblades
[02:49] Guy
A parade of magical fauna!
[02:59] Guy
That's Kimberly for you!
[03:01] Guy
First flora, then fauna!
[03:04] Guy
I've never seen a dragon like that!
[03:06] Guy
Do you know what it is?
[03:07] Oliver
Yeah, that's a fafnir.
[03:10] Oliver
Nothing else has scales that bright.
[03:12] Guy
Wow, you know your stuff.
[03:15] Oliver
Not really.
[03:16] Oliver
Just what I've read in encyclopedias.
[03:20] Guy
What's wrong?
[03:21] Guy
I thought you liked magical fauna.
[03:26] Katie
I do... But...
[03:29] Katie
Look.
[03:30] Katie
They're making a troll walk in the parade,
like the other magical beasts.
[03:34] Katie
That's wrong!
[03:36] Guy
What? It's a troll.
[03:40] Guy
They don't speak our language,
and the wild ones attack people.
[03:44] Guy
So of course we train them
to serve our needs.
[03:46] Katie
That's because humans
invade their territory!
[03:49] Katie
They're actually kind creatures!
[03:51] Guy
Where I'm from, in the country,
they mess up our fields every year!
[03:55] Guy
Or is it okay when they invade us?
[03:56] Katie
The land for those fields
used to be theirs, too!
[03:59] Pete
Would you two cut it out?
[04:03] Pete
I can't focus on my reading.
[04:05] Katie
I'm sorry.
[04:06] Guy
My bad.
[04:07] Pete
As long as you understand.
[04:11] Pete
So that's a griffin?
[04:13] Pete
The wings differ from how it's pictured here.
[04:16] Oliver
I understand how you feel,
but why don't we talk about this later?
[04:19] Oliver
After we've learned each
other's names, at least.
[04:22] Katie
O-Oh, that's true.
[04:25] Katie
My name is...
[04:27] Mackley
Iaas.
[04:39] Guy
What are you doing?
[04:41] Oliver
Stop! Don't get any closer to the parade!
[04:43] Katie
I don't want to!
[04:44] Katie
But my feet are moving on their own!
[04:46] Oliver
Magic?!
[04:49] Chela
Is something wrong?
[04:51] Pete
No, I'm not sure...
[04:54] Chela
Oh, no!
[04:55] Chela
That troll's heading straight for her!
[05:00] Pete
What is the meaning of this?
[05:02] Students
What's going on?
[05:04] Students
This isn't some kind of show, right?
[05:12] Katie
N-No...
[05:14] Oliver
This isn't good!
[05:28] Chela
We won't make it in time!
[05:34] Nanao
Halt!
[05:45] Nanao
Are you able to run?
[05:47] Katie
Oww...
[05:49] Katie
N-No, my legs...
[05:51] Nanao
Very well.
[05:52] Nanao
Then stay where you are.
[06:07] Pete
Is that samurai going to fight it?
[06:09] Chela
That's suicidal!
[06:11] Chela
We need to attract its attention somehow!
[06:14] Chela
Tonitrus!
[06:20] Chela
It didn't even glance this way?
[06:22] Guy
We'll all do it at once!
[06:23] Pete
R-Right!
[06:24] Oliver
Wait! You saw what happened!
[06:27] Oliver
We're not strong enough
to just fling spells at it.
[06:31] Guy
So we just watch her die?
[06:32] Oliver
No!
[06:33] Oliver
Can you use wind spells?
[06:36] Pete
Yes, a little.
[06:38] Oliver
I've got a plan.
[06:39] Oliver
Bring together a strong wind, and when
I give the signal, target it at that point!
[06:45] Chela
But wind by itself isn't...
[06:47] Oliver
There's no time!
[06:48] Oliver
Just do what I say, and don't ask questions!
[06:52] Chela
Very well.
[06:53] Chela
I'll follow your plan.
[06:54] Guy
I guess I don't have a choice.
[06:56] Pete
F-Fine.
[06:58] All
Impetus!
[07:04] Oliver
Don't stop the spell, no matter what happens!
[07:07] Oliver
Tibia!
[07:19] Oliver
Dragonvoice?
[07:20] Oliver
It's just a loud noise I changed
to sound like a dragon's roar!
[07:23] Oliver
But even a fake dragon's still a dragon.
[07:26] Oliver
If the troll senses a predator...
[07:31] Oliver
Good, now! Run!
[07:45] Oliver
Innocent Color?
[08:04] Nanao
What a sturdy skull!
[08:06] Nanao
It feels as though I washed
my hands with lightning!
[08:09] Nanao
Please, give me but one moment.
[08:11] Nanao
I'll carry you out of here as soon
as the numbness wears off.
[08:14] Katie
R-Right...
[08:16] Nanao
And you four. Thank you for your help.
[08:20] Nanao
You gave me the perfect
opening for an attack!
[08:24] Nanao
That roar was so intense!
[08:27] Nanao
I almost wet myself
before the entrance ceremony!
SIGN Reign of the Seven Spellblades
[08:43] Guy
We ended up separated from the others.
[08:47] Pete
I would've preferred to be
separated from you, too.
[08:51] Oliver
Then you didn't have a plan in mind
when you stood in front of that troll?
[08:56] Nanao
Plan?
[08:58] Nanao
Of course not!
[09:01] Nanao
The katana I've got with me
doesn't even have a cutting edge.
[09:05] Nanao
I would have been in quite the bind!
[09:07] Oliver
That was so reckless!
[09:09] Oliver
If our spell had failed, you'd have died!
[09:12] Nanao
Indeed!
[09:14] Nanao
It's my first day of school,
and someone's already saved my life!
[09:17] Nanao
Now that's what I call a good omen!
[09:19] Oliver
I don't quite understand this girl.
[09:21] Oliver
But the color of her hair back there—
[09:25] Oliver
Innocent Color.
[09:26] Oliver
Named for the crystal-like hair through
which magic particles easily flow,
[09:30] Oliver
it also signifies powerful mana
circulation within the body itself.
[09:35] Oliver
Which means she possesses
great potential as a mage.
[09:39] Garland
Be quiet, everyone!
[09:42] Garland
The headmistress is about to take the podium.
[09:58] Esmeralda
I am your headmistress, Esmeralda.
[10:00] Esmeralda
Firstly, let me apologize for
the incident during the parade.
[10:04] Esmeralda
The troll that went out of control
has already been recaptured,
[10:07] Esmeralda
and the injured students have been treated.
[10:10] Nanao
Just looking at her makes me
break out in a cold sweat!
[10:13] Nanao
She must be incredibly strong!
[10:18] Esmeralda
This place, Kimberly Magic Academy,
[10:20] Esmeralda
is a house of learning where you students
will spend the next seven years.
[10:25] Esmeralda
We prioritize two things here:
freedom, and results.
[10:28] Esmeralda
To put it as simply as I can...
[10:31] Esmeralda
Your life and death are in your own hands!
[10:38] Esmeralda
That was no mere metaphor.
[10:41] Esmeralda
Only 80% of students make it
out of Kimberly intact.
[10:44] Esmeralda
The other 20% are permanently crippled
when their magic goes out of control,
[10:49] Esmeralda
or go missing when something they
summon drags them back with it,
[10:54] Esmeralda
or die after going mad and attempting
to slay their fellow students.
[11:00] Esmeralda
In the world of magic,
we say that these individuals are
[11:03] Esmeralda
"consumed by the spell."
[11:06] Esmeralda
But that is what it means to learn magic.
[11:09] Esmeralda
That's how we've made it
to where we are today:
[11:12] Esmeralda
by paving our road with
the corpses of the dead.
[11:15] Esmeralda
I'll say it again. Your life and
death are in your own hands.
[11:19] Esmeralda
But leave something behind when you die.
[11:21] Esmeralda
When a tiger dies,
it leaves behind its pelt.
[11:23] Esmeralda
You must become tigers, or there
will be nothing left of you here.
[11:29] Esmeralda
That is all I have to say.
[11:30] Esmeralda
If anyone has questions, I'll take them now.
[11:35] Nanao
May I say something, Headmistress?
[11:38] Esmeralda
Very well.
[11:39] Esmeralda
What is it?
[11:40] Nanao
When your head hurts, you can cure it by
rubbing in a circular motion right here!
[11:49] Esmeralda
Was that a question?
[11:51] Nanao
No, just a bit of advice.
[11:53] Nanao
You seem like you're in pain
for some reason!
[11:57] Esmeralda
If there's nothing else,
I'll continue the ceremony.
[12:01] Oliver
Are you stupid?
[12:03] Nanao
No, it really works!
[12:05] Oliver
Are you stupid?
[12:06] Nanao
Do you not believe me?
[12:09] Esmeralda
Next is the welcome banquet.
You are now free to talk among yourselves.
[12:14] Esmeralda
Eat and drink as you like, and join
your new classmates in conversation.
[12:18] Esmeralda
Now, please be seated.
[12:22] Nanao
Seated?
[12:28] Students
What?
[12:29] Students
What's going on?
[12:32] Nanao
How strange!
[12:45] Upperclassmen
Welcome to Kimberly,
our sparkling new freshmen!
[12:49] Upperclassmen
Our headmistress is scary, right?
[12:51] Upperclassmen
But just forget what she said for now.
[12:53] Upperclassmen
It's not as bad as she says!
[12:54] Upperclassmen
We older students are doing all
we can to make it safer for you!
[12:58] Upperclassmen
Come on, drink! Drink!
[13:00] Upperclassmen
The white grape juice here is
so good it's almost criminal!
[13:06] Guy
Oh, there you are.
[13:08] Pete
Hey, don't drag me like that!
[13:08] Guy
Hey!
[13:09] Oliver
Oh, hey, guys.
[13:11] Chela
We finally managed to meet up.
[13:13] Chela
All that's left is the girl they
took to the nurse's office...
[13:17] Katie
I'm sorry I'm late—
[13:24] Nanao
She's arrived.
[13:27] Oliver
Then everybody's here!
[13:29] Chela
Yes, we can finally introduce ourselves!
[13:36] Chela
I'll start with myself, then.
[13:39] Chela
My name is Michela McFarlane.
[13:43] Chela
I'm the eldest daughter
of the McFarlane family,
[13:46] Chela
a proud, dignified clan that's lived
in southern Yelgland since ancient times.
[13:50] Chela
Call me Chela.
[13:52] Guy
Wow!
[13:54] Guy
I knew you were a McFarlane girl!
[13:56] Guy
Hey, I've always wondered.
[13:58] Guy
Does your family have a curse on it that
makes everybody have those curly ringlets?
[14:02] Chela
How rude!
[14:04] Chela
This hairstyle is a symbol of our family.
[14:07] Chela
It's considered polite to faint from its sheer
beauty when you see it for the first time.
[14:13] Chela
Now, you're next.
[14:15] Katie
Oh, I'm... Katie Aalto.
[14:19] Katie
I'm an exchange student from Farnland,
a Union country in the north.
[14:23] Katie
I like magical fauna—
actually, all kinds of animals!
[14:28] Katie
And thanks for saving me, everyone.
[14:32] Oliver
No, I'm just glad you're okay!
[14:34] Guy
So why'd you just start running like that?
[14:38] Katie
Um... It might've been
somebody playing a prank...
[14:42] Chela
We can talk about that later.
[14:44] Chela
For now, let's have fun!
[14:46] Chela
What's your name?
[14:48] Guy
I'm Guy Greenwood.
[14:50] Guy
I'm from a family of magical farmers
with a fairly long history.
[14:54] Guy
I'm pretty confident in
my knowledge of plants.
[14:57] Guy
And if you ever want some
yummy veggies, just ask me!
[14:59] Nanao
I'll definitely take you up on that!
[15:02] Guy
I'll send you some!
[15:05] Guy
You're up next.
[15:07] Pete
I'm Pete Reston.
[15:09] Pete
Both my parents are nonmagical.
[15:12] Pete
My family has no history.
[15:14] Pete
That's all.
[15:15] Chela
So you enrolled as an ordinary.
[15:17] Chela
It's tough to get one of those slots.
[15:19] Pete
I don't need flattery. I'm not here
to make friends with you.
[15:25] Pete
Wh-What?
[15:27] Oliver
I was just appreciating
the book you're reading.
[15:30] Oliver
That's Alfred Werner's
Introduction to Magic for Nonmagicals.
[15:35] Pete
You recognize it?
[15:37] Oliver
It's a fantastic book!
I've read it a bunch of times!
[15:39] Oliver
The little stories between
each chapter are so funny!
[15:42] Pete
That's right!
[15:44] Pete
Especially the one after Chapter 3,
where he talks with the magical judge!
[15:53] Pete
We're still introducing ourselves, right?
[15:56] Pete
You're next.
[15:57] Oliver
Right.
[15:58] Oliver
I'm Oliver Horn.
[16:00] Oliver
My family's been magical
since my grandfather's day.
[16:02] Oliver
But right now, I'm living with relatives.
[16:05] Oliver
I have a brother and sister—well, cousins,
actually—who are older students at Kimberly.
[16:10] Oliver
They've told me a lot about this place.
[16:12] Chela
That Dragonvoice surprised me.
[16:15] Chela
I've never seen someone
use a flute spell like that.
[16:19] Oliver
I'm pretty good at customizing spells
and coming up with new ways to use them.
[16:22] Oliver
I'm glad it helped out.
[16:24] Oliver
Now, you're last.
[16:27] Nanao
Indeed!
[16:29] Nanao
I was born to a samurai family
in Tourikueisen, Yamatsukuni.
[16:33] Nanao
My name is Nanao Hibiya!
[16:36] Chela
Yamatsu, right?
[16:38] Nanao
It was a strange twist of fate
that brought me here, actually.
[16:41] Nanao
I was about to be killed in a war
when a passing mage saved me.
[16:48] Nanao
This "McFarlane," as he called himself,
invited me here.
[16:55] Chela
Did you just say "McFarlane"?
[16:57] Nanao
Oh, that is also your last name, isn't it?
[17:01] Nanao
Your hairstyle is similar, too.
[17:04] Chela
That was probably my dad...
[17:07] Chela
He's a part-time lecturer here at Kimberly.
[17:10] Chela
I didn't know he went all the way to Azia
to find new students, though.
[17:13] Pete
You're not from a magical family, right?
[17:17] Pete
So you must've taken the same exam as me—
[17:19] Nanao
No, I took no test of knowledge of any sort.
[17:22] Chela
Kimberly's teachers each have the ability
to recommend one student.
[17:25] Chela
My father must've used his on her.
[17:27] Pete
A special recommendation...
[17:32] Guy
Well, we've all learned each
other's names. Let's eat.
[17:37] Katie
Yeah! I-I'm starving!
[17:40] Guy
Come on! Drink up!
[17:44] Nanao
I'm starving, too!
[17:47] Nanao
Oh, is this mine?
[17:50] Oliver
Wait, Nanao! That roast beef is
supposed to serve six people!
[17:54] Nanao
Aww, surely you jest.
[17:56] Nanao
I can eat the whole thing myself!
[17:58] Oliver
You definitely do not understand
how meals are eaten here!
[18:02] Oliver
You just sit tight, and I'll make you a plate.
[18:05] Chela
And I'll teach you all you'd ever
want to know about table manners!
[18:13] Nanao
One plate of food after another!
[18:15] Nanao
I feel like a princess!
[18:17] Katie
That looks fun!
[18:19] Katie
Oliver, get something for me, too!
[18:21] Guy
Hey, Oliver, you've got two
princesses to deal with now!
[18:26] Guy
Make me a plate, too!
[18:29] Oliver
How did this happen?
[18:31] Pete
Sheesh...
[18:34] Pete
Can't you eat a little quieter?
[18:37] Oliver
Your plate's all meat.
[18:40] Oliver
You need to eat a balanced diet.
[18:41] Oliver
Have some of this.
[18:42] Pete
Hey, I don't like vege—
[18:45] Guy
I see someone doesn't know
how wonderful vegetables are.
[18:48] Guy
Why don't I tell you all about them?
[18:49] Pete
Get away from me!
[18:54] Nanao
It's delicious!
[18:55] Nanao
I'll take more!
[19:14] Oliver
Oh, right, there are clocknoks here.
[19:22] Oliver
I would guess it's actually
a bit after five...
[19:31] Oliver
Morning, Pete.
[19:33] Oliver
You feel better?
[19:36] (Flashback) Pete
You're my roommate?!
[19:38] (Flashback) Pete
You'd better not make noise
while I'm trying to read!
[19:42] Oliver
It's your first day of classes today.
[19:44] Oliver
Don't catch cold.
[19:50] Oliver
The mana particles are thick here.
[19:55] Teresa
You're up early. Is something bothering you?
[19:59] Oliver
I just wanted to take a look at
the school while it's still quiet.
[20:03] Oliver
And who might you be?
[20:04] Teresa
Don't worry. I'm a covert
operative sent by Gwyn.
[20:09] Teresa
I was asked to watch over you
until you settled in.
[20:12] Oliver
Brother sent you, huh?
[20:14] Oliver
A covert operative seems a little much.
[20:16] Teresa
He's worried for your safety.
[20:19] Oliver
I know.
[20:20] Oliver
He always has been.
[20:22] Oliver
You'll be following me everywhere
for a while, right?
[20:25] Oliver
What should I call you?
[20:26] Teresa
Whatever you like.
[20:27] Oliver
That's the least helpful answer.
[20:29] Oliver
Just give me your name.
[20:31] Teresa
Teresa Carste, then.
[20:34] Oliver
All right, Ms. Carste.
[20:36] Oliver
One of these days,
I'll get to see your face, right?
[20:39] Teresa
Another time, yes.
[20:42] Teresa
Now, call for me any time you need me.
[20:56] Nanao
The water's so cold and clear.
[21:05] Nanao
Oh, is that you, Oliver?
[21:09] Nanao
You're early to rise!
[21:14] Oliver
Covell!
[21:21] Nanao
What is this?
[21:23] Oliver
What are you doing? You can't bathe here!
[21:26] Oliver
I know it's early, but this place is
in plain view of the men's dorms!
[21:30] Nanao
I'm not doing anything I wouldn't
want people seeing...
[21:33] Oliver
It's not something people should be seeing!
[21:35] Nanao
And in any case, I am not bathing.
I am purifying myself.
[21:39] Nanao
It only felt right to purify the blood
I bathed in during the last war.
[21:45] Oliver
Those scars...
[21:48] Nanao
Oh, these are from that war.
[21:51] Nanao
I'm sorry if they're not
pleasant to look at.
[21:54] Oliver
No...
[22:06] (Flashback) Chloe
Look all you like, Noll.
[22:08] (Flashback) Chloe
Now is the time for that.
[22:14] Oliver
Um... At least finish purifying
yourself as quickly as possible.
[22:20] Nanao
It is done.
[22:22] Nanao
Oh, no! I forgot to bring
something to dry myself.
[22:25] Oliver
Use this!
[22:27] Nanao
But...
[22:28] Oliver
Just do it!
[22:31] Nanao
I will, then.
[22:35] Nanao
I owe you a great debt, Oliver.
[22:40] Oliver
Nanao Hibiya...
[22:42] Oliver
A strange, innocent girl I met
at Kimberly Magic Academy.
[22:47] Oliver
But I smelled on her the faint scent of blood,
which nothing could wipe away.
SIGN Episode One
SIGN Ceremony
SIGN Next Time
SIGN Sword Arts