# E9 - Explore
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**[00:03] Oliver**
I'm back.
**[00:13] Oliver**
Pete? Are you okay, Pete?!
***SIGN*** Reign of the Seven Spellblades
**[01:55] Oliver**
This is a healing art.
**[01:57] Oliver**
I'm sending my mana inside you to adjust
the manaflow within your body.
**[02:01] Oliver**
It won't cure the root cause,
but it should help.
**[02:05] Pete**
I feel so much better...
**[02:08] Oliver**
Your body isn't used to handling magic
while it's in its female form.
**[02:12] Oliver**
You need to learn to direct its flow.
**[02:16] Oliver**
Like this.
**[02:18] Oliver**
Relax, Pete, please.
**[02:20] Oliver**
There's nothing to be worried about.
**[02:22] Pete**
Have you done this stuff before?
**[02:25] Oliver**
Yeah.
**[02:26] Oliver**
A disrupted manaflow
is actually fairly common.
**[02:30] Oliver**
It can result from sickness, puberty,
**[02:33] Oliver**
and...
**[02:37] Shannon**
That feels good.
**[02:39] Shannon**
Thank you, Noll...
**[02:44] Pete**
Hey, are you still doing that?
**[02:48] Oliver**
Oh, sorry.
**[02:50] Oliver**
How do you feel?
**[02:51] Pete**
Like I was never in pain at all.
**[02:53] Oliver**
Good.
**[02:55] Oliver**
But you should know it'll keep happening
until your body gets used to the change.
**[02:59] Oliver**
I'm sleeping right next to you,
so don't hesitate to call if you need me.
**[03:06] Pete**
Don't just pat me on the head like that.
**[03:08] Oliver**
Sorry. I couldn't help myself.
**[03:11] Pete**
W-We have to get up early tomorrow.
**[03:13] Pete**
Let's get to bed.
**[03:17] Oliver**
Pete.
**[03:18] Oliver**
It's going to be hard to keep this a secret
from everybody for much longer.
**[03:27] Katie**
A reversi?
**[03:28] Katie**
Wow, that's incredible!
**[03:30] Chela**
That's something rare and special.
**[03:32] Chela**
Congratulations, Pete.
**[03:34] Pete**
I'm not sure "congratulations"
is the right word.
**[03:37] Pete**
I have no idea how I'm supposed to use this.
**[03:40] Chela**
Hm...
**[03:42] Chela**
I'll give you one thing
you can use right away.
**[03:46] Pete**
Where are you touching me?
**[03:47] Chela**
Don't be embarrassed. Just listen.
**[03:49] Chela**
By taking a female form, you've gained
an organ you didn't have before.
**[03:54] Chela**
Yes, your womb.
**[03:57] Chela**
They sometimes call a witch's womb
her "second heart."
**[04:01] Chela**
It's one of the best places
to store your mana.
**[04:04] Pete**
Store my mana...?
**[04:06] Chela**
When the rest of the body's mana runs out,
**[04:08] Chela**
it will open on its own and supply you
with all the mana you put into it.
**[04:12] Chela**
You'll also learn to open
and close it, with training.
**[04:15] Chela**
Let me show you how to open it.
**[04:22] Pete**
Wh-What is this?
**[04:24] Pete**
This power...
**[04:27] Chela**
That's the stored mana being released.
**[04:30] Chela**
You'll see an increase in mana output
of several dozen percent.
**[04:32] Chela**
The strength of your magic
will increase, as well.
**[04:37] Chela**
I've closed it again.
**[04:39] Chela**
Well?
**[04:40] Chela**
See? The female form's not so bad, is it?
**[04:43] Nanao**
I see... The womb...
**[04:45] Nanao**
I suppose I, too, am a woman.
Can I do that, as well?
**[04:50] Oliver**
Put your skirt down, Nanao!
**[04:51] Katie**
Hey, Pete! Any interest in fancy clothes?
**[04:55] Katie**
I've always thought you'd look
good in something lacy!
**[04:57] Katie**
Let's get you a bunch of outfits to try on!
**[04:59] Pete**
I refuse!
**[05:01] Rossi**
I see you fellas are having fun, as usual.
**[05:05] Pete**
Him!
**[05:06] Rossi**
Say, don't get so tense.
I'm just here to complain.
**[05:10] Katie**
Complain?
**[05:11] Rossi**
I've been on a losing streak
ever since our fight, see.
**[05:13] Rossi**
I've learned just how much
I really suck, and I'm done.
**[05:16] Rossi**
I forfeit.
**[05:18] Oliver**
You fought someone else after you fought me?
**[05:21] Rossi**
Take care, Oliver.
**[05:23] Rossi**
Some of those fellas are real bad news.
**[05:26] Rossi**
Ya get any stronger, glasses?
**[05:28] Rossi**
I'm looking forward to this afternoon's class.
**[05:31] Rossi**
See ya!
**[05:34] Garland**
Okay, next!
**[05:36] Pete**
Ready!
**[05:38] Stacy**
I'm going to pay you back
for how you humiliated me.
**[05:43] Katie**
She seems like she's in a bad mood.
**[05:45] Katie**
Was she mad at Pete about something?
**[05:48] Garland**
Even if you score a point,
keep fighting until time is up.
**[05:53] Garland**
Now... Begin!
**[05:56] Oliver**
Try and keep your cool, Pete!
**[05:57] Oliver**
Start by focusing on landing a hit on her!
**[06:00] Stacy**
I guess he doesn't think I'm that strong, huh?
**[06:03] Stacy**
Come and get me, ordinary.
**[06:09] Stacy**
Stand up.
**[06:11] Stacy**
There's still time left.
**[06:19] Stacy**
You're completely worthless at this.
**[06:21] Guy**
Pete, calm down!
**[06:23] Guy**
You can use spells in this match!
**[06:27] Stacy**
Fool.
**[06:28] Stacy**
You think you can best me with magic?
**[06:33] Pete**
Tonitrus!
**[06:36] Katie**
He's not using his reversi powers?
**[06:38] Katie**
If he uses them...
**[06:39] Chela**
No, he's not at that point yet.
**[06:43] Stacy**
Are you even trying to aim?
**[06:46] Stacy**
Tonitrus!
**[06:53] Stacy**
Now you understand, right?
**[06:55] Stacy**
This is the difference between you and me.
**[06:57] Stacy**
Don't get so full of yourself just
because you got a bit of attention.
**[07:03] Stacy**
*You read every volume, you say?*
**[07:05] Stacy**
* You embarrassed me*
* in front of Uncle Theodore!*
**[07:12] Katie**
I can't watch him get beaten like this!
**[07:15] Oliver**
No, Pete hasn't given up yet.
**[07:18] Oliver**
And we don't know for sure
that he's going to lose.
**[07:20] Oliver**
Ms. Cornwallis underestimates Pete.
**[07:24] Oliver**
That gives him an opening!
**[07:31] Stacy**
Tonitrus!
**[07:44] Garland**
Time's up!
**[07:45] Garland**
That's enough!
**[07:49] Garland**
Bow, and make room for the next pair.
**[07:57] Katie**
You did great, Pete!
**[08:00] Pete**
I didn't land a single hit.
**[08:04] Oliver**
You don't need to cry.
**[08:05] Oliver**
You did great not giving up!
**[08:07] Chela**
Yes.
**[08:08] Chela**
Your Rizett-style sword art,
the Hero's Charge.
**[08:11] Chela**
You almost landed it.
**[08:14] Stacy**
Did *you* teach him that, Michela?
**[08:16] Stacy**
Are you willing to go that
far to humiliate me?
**[08:19] Stacy**
You make me so mad!
**[08:23] Chela**
Ms. Cornwallis...
**[08:27] Guy**
Don't let it get you down.
**[08:29] Guy**
You almost had her.
**[08:30] Rossi**
Almost, but a loss is a loss.
**[08:34] Rossi**
But, well... Ya did better
than most, glasses.
**[08:42] Rossi**
I guess I'll start learning
from the basics, too, then.
**[08:46] Rossi**
Let's give these traditional
schools of yers a shot!
**[08:53] Katie**
How are you feeling?
**[08:57] Katie**
I wish they'd give you a
nicer place to stay...
**[09:03] Katie**
A familiar?
***SIGN*** Reign of the Seven Spellblades
**[09:15] Guy**
Are you nuts?
**[09:18] Guy**
This was Miligan's old workshop, right?
**[09:21] Guy**
I know she said you could have it, but...
**[09:24] Katie**
She says it's her way
of apologizing, though!
**[09:27] Katie**
And this is about the only way for a
first-year to get a workshop, right?
**[09:31] Katie**
Don't you guys all want a secret base, too?
**[09:34] Guy**
Well, yeah...
**[09:36] Chela**
Listen to me, Katie.
**[09:37] Chela**
While you're still learning
to protect yourself,
**[09:39] Chela**
the risks of venturing into the labyrinth
**[09:41] Chela**
outweigh the benefits of
having your own workshop.
**[09:44] Chela**
You know that, right?
**[09:47] Oliver**
I think it's too soon, too.
**[09:55] Katie**
Eight hundred and twenty per year.
**[09:58] Katie**
Do you know what that figure is?
**[10:01] Katie**
It's the rate at which they kill
demi-humans here at the academy.
**[10:06] Katie**
The way they treat magical
fauna here is terrible.
**[10:10] Katie**
They kill them for nothing.
**[10:12] Katie**
I want to change that!
**[10:15] Katie**
First, I want to make a name
for myself as a researcher.
**[10:18] Katie**
Which means I want a place
where I can raise magical fauna
**[10:21] Katie**
without having to answer to anyone.
**[10:23] Oliver**
And that's why you want a workshop?
**[10:25] Katie**
Yes.
**[10:26] Katie**
I know I can't do it all on my own.
**[10:28] Katie**
That's why I need all of you!
**[10:30] Katie**
Will you help me run my workshop?
**[10:32] Katie**
You'll be doing me a huge favor!
**[10:35] Nanao**
I'm in.
**[10:37] Nanao**
This workshop is akin
to your own castle, right?
**[10:42] Nanao**
So it's my job as a warrior to protect it!
**[10:46] Katie**
Nanao...
**[10:47] Nanao**
There's a light that shines in your eyes.
**[10:50] Nanao**
And someday, I hope to be able to see
that light illuminate the darkness!
**[10:57] Katie**
Nanao!
**[10:59] Chela**
I agree.
**[11:01] Chela**
Standing beside and supporting a friend
who's trying to move forward...
**[11:05] Chela**
That's what a good friend should do.
**[11:08] Guy**
I'm in, too.
**[11:09] Pete**
I'll do whatever everyone else does.
**[11:11] Pete**
You'll give me a spot to put my books, right?
**[11:19] Oliver**
The safety of everyone
in this group comes first.
**[11:25] Oliver**
If you can promise to stick to that,
**[11:28] Oliver**
then what are we waiting for?
**[11:31] Oliver**
First, let's go inspect it together.
**[11:33] Oliver**
It's the weekend.
**[11:35] Oliver**
We'll go tomorrow night, and stay
there overnight if we have to.
**[11:39] Oliver**
How about it?
**[11:42] Oliver**
You brought your broom?
**[11:44] Oliver**
There's nowhere here where you can fly.
**[11:47] Nanao**
For now, I just want us to spend
as much time together as possible.
**[11:53] Nanao**
It can have a mind of its own sometimes...
**[11:56] Oliver**
Yeah...
**[11:58] Guy**
Make sure we're on the right path.
**[12:00] Guy**
I don't want to get lost here.
**[12:03] Katie**
It's fine! It's fine!
**[12:05] Katie**
When we're together, nothing can scare us!
**[12:07] Oliver**
I don't want to spoil the mood,
**[12:09] Oliver**
but to be honest, there's all kinds of
scary things down here in the labyrinth.
**[12:13] Oliver**
Magical beast attacks,
getting caught in a trap and injured,
**[12:16] Oliver**
getting into fights with other students...
**[12:18] Chela**
We definitely don't want to run into
any nasty upperclassmen down here.
**[12:23] Oliver**
If we do get lost somehow...
**[12:27] Katie**
A nest of ball mice!
**[12:30] Guy**
Stop.
**[12:47] Guy**
There sure are a lot of magical
fauna on this route.
**[12:51] Katie**
A-Are there?
**[12:52] Katie**
It feels pretty normal to me.
**[12:53] Guy**
I knew it! You picked this
route deliberately...
**[12:57] Katie**
Wait.
**[12:59] Katie**
This place might be just a little dangerous.
**[13:01] Guy**
Dangerous how, specifically?
**[13:08] Katie**
Like that, specifically.
**[13:09] Guy**
That's more than a "little" dangerous!
**[13:11] Oliver**
It's filled with bowshells?
**[13:12] Katie**
Their spines aren't big enough to kill you.
**[13:16] Katie**
They might just hurt... a lot.
**[13:19] Pete**
How do we get through here?
**[13:21] Katie**
They'll go to sleep right away
if you use a special incense.
**[13:26] Katie**
Flamma.
**[13:28] Katie**
Impetus.
**[13:31] Katie**
Okay, now just wait a little.
**[13:34] Guy**
She came prepared.
**[13:37] Nanao**
Something's coming from behind us...
**[13:41] Oliver**
No! A trap!
**[13:43] Katie**
But the incense hasn't...
**[13:44] Oliver**
There's no time to waste! Go!
**[13:57] Katie**
We made it through okay!
**[13:59] Guy**
M-My butt didn't!
**[14:06] Katie**
That hwurts!
**[14:08] Oliver**
I feel bad for Guy, but let's just
call it a learning experience..
**[14:13] Katie**
I-I smell something!
**[14:15] Guy**
Don't change the subject!
My stabbed butt demands justice!
**[14:18] Nanao**
I do smell something fragrant...
**[14:30] Oliver**
Um...
**[14:35] Girl**
Oh, freshmen?
**[14:37] Oliver**
Um, what is this?
**[14:40] Kevin**
The Labyrinth Gourmet Club's
new-member-welcoming BBQ!
**[14:44] Kevin**
Want to join in?
**[14:46] Student**
I found a really big leech!
**[14:49] Student**
Can we eat this?
**[14:50] Kevin**
We have a brave soul among us!
**[14:52] Kevin**
Sure, throw it on the fire
and see what happens!
**[14:54] Student**
My vision's going kinda hazy.
**[14:57] Student**
Is it that mushroom I ate?
**[14:58] Kevin**
That's exactly right!
Hurry and take this antidote.
**[15:01] Kevin**
Otherwise, you'll start
vomiting up blood and die!
**[15:04] Oliver**
Sorry, but we'll pass!
**[15:05] Oliver**
Enjoy your BBQ!
**[15:08] Katie**
Who were those weirdos?
**[15:12] Guy**
They're pretty famous...
**[15:14] Chela**
The one who invited us to join in
is especially famous.
**[15:18] Chela**
They call him the Survivor.
**[15:20] Oliver**
Oh, so that's Kevin Walker?
**[15:22] Guy**
Seriously?
**[15:24] Guy**
I should've talked with him more!
**[15:26] Katie**
Huh, is he that big a deal?
**[15:28] Chela**
He sure is.
**[15:30] Chela**
He went missing for six months
in the depths of the labyrinth,
**[15:33] Chela**
and then came back alive
after they'd already held his funeral.
**[15:37] Guy**
He spent six months down here? No way!
**[15:39] Oliver**
Maybe we should've taken him up
on his offer to join the BBQ.
**[15:44] Chela**
That's what they call a BBQ?
**[15:47] Guy**
You've never been to one before?
**[15:48] Guy**
Let's have one, then.
**[15:50] Katie**
But where will we get the ingredients?
**[15:52] Pamela**
Well, I'll be! Welcome!
**[15:54] Pamela**
You guys all first-years?
**[15:55] Pamela**
You shouldn't be gettin' used
to bein' out here this late!
**[16:00] Pamela**
Still, I'll take all the customers I can get!
**[16:05] Pamela**
Now, what can I do ya for?
**[16:08] Pamela**
Just want something to fill your belly?
**[16:10] Pamela**
Or the ingredients for a big ol' party?
**[16:11] Oliver**
Somewhere in the middle of those two.
**[16:14] Oliver**
We'd prefer something that tastes good.
**[16:21] Pamela**
Take it.
**[16:22] Pamela**
You're first-time shoppers,
so I'll cut you a big discount.
**[16:25] Pamela**
Just 3,000 belc for six people!
**[16:28] Oliver**
All this?
**[16:29] Pamela**
I like how incredibly reckless you are!
**[16:32] Pamela**
I want you to survive and become regulars.
**[16:35] Pamela**
Well, even if you don't, you'll
just end up on my store shelves.
**[16:42] Pamela**
Hey, I'm just jokin' around!
**[16:44] Pamela**
Here, I'll throw in drinks, too!
**[16:46] Guy**
Are we there yet? I'm getting tired.
**[16:50] Katie**
Just a little more, I think.
**[16:52] Katie**
Once we're down this hill...
**[16:55] Katie**
Here? I think this is it!
**[16:58] Katie**
It is!
**[16:59] Katie**
Um... Um, it's a sardine head...
No, a herring head, so...
**[17:03] Katie**
Caput allec!
**[17:11] Katie**
Come on in!
**[17:13] Katie**
This is our secret base!
**[17:19] Oliver**
This place is great!
**[17:21] Katie**
There's more!
**[17:32] Pete**
What? We get to use all this?
**[17:35] Katie**
Of course!
**[17:36] Katie**
For a workshop on the
first floor of the labyrinth,
**[17:38] Katie**
it's one of the better ones, apparently!
**[17:41] Chela**
We can start using it as
a workshop right away.
**[17:43] Guy**
I guess it was worth the butt-stabbing...
**[17:47] Guy**
How are we laying it all out?
**[17:48] Katie**
No need to rush.
**[17:50] Katie**
Let's list what everyone wants to do.
**[17:52] Katie**
What about you, Oliver?
**[17:53] Oliver**
I'll probably be using this as my base
to search the labyrinth, for now.
**[17:59] Oliver**
I want to make sure I can
use it as a safe house, too.
**[18:01] Guy**
Sounds like a real secret base!
**[18:04] Guy**
A base needs to have good defenses!
**[18:06] Guy**
Let's put traps around it!
**[18:08] Pete**
Maybe ones that stab you in the butt?
**[18:10] Guy**
Pete, you asshole!
**[18:15] Oliver**
That was so much food...
**[18:17] Oliver**
It really was good.
**[18:19] Oliver**
Guy's BBQ, and Katie's stews, too.
**[18:22] Guy**
It's not the fanciest cooking,
but it's not bad, right?
**[18:25] Guy**
Feels like we're camping.
**[18:27] Katie**
Was it not to your liking?
**[18:30] Chela**
No, I'm sorry... Um...
**[18:33] Chela**
It was just so good, and so much fun
to eat, that it felt strange.
**[18:37] Chela**
I've never felt like this before.
**[18:41] Chela**
Um... I have a proposal.
**[18:45] Chela**
Why don't we give it a name?
**[18:47] Oliver**
A name?
**[18:49] Guy**
Give what a name?
**[18:51] Chela**
Our little group of six.
**[18:53] Chela**
It's just been so much fun that I want
to make it something special.
**[18:58] Chela**
This moment... This space... This group...
**[19:03] Chela**
I want to give it a name so that it will last.
**[19:06] Chela**
Is that strange?
**[19:08] Guy**
No, not at all.
**[19:10] Guy**
It's a little high-falutin', but that's okay.
**[19:13] Katie**
A name for our group?
**[19:15] Katie**
I'd never even thought of that.
**[19:18] Katie**
Hey, Pete, what do you think
would be a good name?
**[19:20] Pete**
Huh?
**[19:20] Pete**
I can't just come up with
something on the spot...
**[19:29] Nanao**
May I ask you all to come here
and draw your blades?
**[19:39] Nanao**
Form a circle, and hold
your swords out straight,
**[19:44] Nanao**
so that they all overlap.
**[19:50] Nanao**
In my homeland, we call this a sword rose.
**[19:57] Nanao**
It's a symbol of the bonds between warriors.
**[20:00] Pete**
Wow, so it's from Azia...
**[20:02] Katie**
Do we all swear to be friends
forever or something?
**[20:05] Nanao**
Nay. We swear no vow.
**[20:08] Nanao**
We simply remember the shape
of the rose that bloomed here.
**[20:15] Nanao**
Warriors cannot speak of the future.
**[20:18] Nanao**
All they can do is try their best to
burn the present into their minds.
**[20:24] Nanao**
No matter what the future holds,
**[20:26] Nanao**
the rose we brought together here and now
**[20:30] Nanao**
can never be torn apart.
**[20:33] Nanao**
And thus, I wish to name us the Sword Roses!
**[20:39] Oliver**
The Sword Roses...
**[20:41] Oliver**
It's a little violent,
but I think it's a good name.
**[20:49] Chela**
All flowers bloom without fear of dying.
**[20:53] Chela**
Let us be the same.
**[20:55] Chela**
The brief moments we share together
will be prouder than any eternity.
**[21:01] Guy**
Pete, your face is bright red.
**[21:03] Pete**
Yours is, too!
**[21:05] Chela**
I'm sorry.
**[21:06] Chela**
I just couldn't control my feelings.
**[21:09] Oliver**
I like it.
**[21:11] Oliver**
Maybe the embarrassment is part of what
makes this moment unforgettable.
**[21:16] Katie**
Chela, is this something special,
like you wanted?
**[21:19] Chela**
More special than anything!
**[21:21] Chela**
From this moment onward,
we are the Sword Roses!
**[21:27] Oliver**
* I'll burn this image into my mind,*
* so that its colors will never fade.*
**[23:09] Stacy**
I'm amazed you decided to participate,
as weak as you are.
**[23:16] Stacy**
Where've you been, Fay?
**[23:18] Fay**
I heard something interesting.
**[23:20] Fay**
Michela and her friends are
in the labyrinth right now.
**[23:25] Stacy**
The labyrinth?
**[23:27] Stacy**
Really? That's perfect.
***SIGN*** Episode Nine
***SIGN*** Explore
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** Master and Knight