# E1 - Ceremony
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU8EV87/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.*
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