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.
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