E20 - Return of the Alchemist I

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[00:09] Kensei
    That was a rather violent
    way to knock, wasn't it?
[00:13] Kou
    Well, you gave me a warmer
    welcome than I expected.
[00:18] Kensei
    You're...
[00:19] Kou
    Pleased to meet you, Kanase Kensei-san.
[00:23] Kou
    My name is Kou.
[00:24] Kou
    Amatsuka Kou.
[00:26] Kensei
    I do recall a student by that
    name under Nina Adelard.
[00:30] Kou
    Good. That will save us some time.
[00:33] Kou
    In that case, you must also
    know why I've come here, yes?
[00:38] Kou
    You will give me my master's keepsake.
[00:43] Kensei
    Wiseman's Blood...
[00:46] Kensei
    I see... The one who destroyed
    Adelard's monastery was...
[00:51] Kou
    This time, I'm taking back
    the other half of my body
[00:53] ---
    that my master stole from me!
[02:39] Yukina
    A shikigami? It broke my barrier...
SIGN    Training Camp
[02:53] Nagisa
    This is delicious!
[02:56] Nagisa
    Ice cream from RR's really is the best!
[02:59] Nagisa
    The rich flavor and mild
    aftertaste are just heavenly!
[03:03] Kojou
    Jeez... I wondered what this important
    favor was that you wanted,
[03:07] Kojou
    and it was carrying your bags?
[03:08] Nagisa
    Well, training camp is coming up.
[03:10] Nagisa
    I've got a lot to do to get ready.
[03:12] Nagisa
    And I can't shop when I'm
    loaded down with bags.
[03:15] Nagisa
    I'm treating you to ice cream to thank you,
[03:17] Nagisa
    so stop complaining and tag along.
[03:19] Kojou
    Yeah, yeah.
[03:20] Kojou
    But training camp, huh?
[03:23] Kojou
    I guess it's already that time...
[03:25] Kanon
    You went last year, too, didn't you?
[03:28] Kojou
    Yeah. It takes 11 hours to
    get to the mainland by boat,
[03:31] ---
    and it's a really stuffy place.
[03:33] Kojou
    It wasn't all that great.
[03:34] Nagisa
    I don't care!
[03:36] ---
    I'm just looking forward to
    sleeping over with everyone!
[03:39] Nagisa
    Right?
[03:45] Kojou
    Bet you're glad you get to attend
    the training camp, too, huh?
[03:48] Yukina
    Yes. I had given up on going,
[03:51] Yukina
    but the Lion King Organization
    contacted me this morning.
[03:55] Yukina
    They said Schneesturm Wolfin's
    powers would be sealed
[03:58] Yukina
    for four days starting at
    midnight the day after tomorrow,
[04:00] Yukina
    so I'd be freed from my observer
    duties in the meantime.
[04:03] Yukina
    Taking my eyes off of you
    worries me, though...
[04:07] Kojou
    Don't worry about me. Count yourself lucky.
[04:10] Kojou
    Just enjoy your time off.
[04:12] Yukina
    Are you that eager to have me gone?
[04:16] Kojou
    I didn't mean that...
[04:17] Nagisa
    Yukina-chan, let's go in that store!
[04:20] Yukina
    Okay.
[04:21] Kojou
    Hey, Himeragi...
[04:24] Nagisa
    We've gotta be careful what
    underwear we take on a trip, too.
[04:27] Nagisa
    Oh, Kojou-kun, you wait out here.
[04:30] Kojou
    I wouldn't go in there if you asked me to!
[04:34] Kanon
    You're really not coming?
[04:38] Kanon
    I wanted to know... what type you liked...
[04:43] Kojou
    Er, I don't really have a preference...
[04:45] Kojou
    G-Go on.
[04:46] Kojou
    Nagisa and Himeragi are waiting.
[04:48] Kanon
    Okay.
[04:50] Kojou
    Good grief...
[04:52] Kou
    That silver-haired girl is quite pretty.
[04:57] Kou
    Is she your girlfriend?
[05:00] Kojou
    I smell blood...
[05:02] Kojou
    And who are you?
[05:04] Kojou
    You don't look like a talent scout.
[05:06] Kou
    Oh, me? I'm a seeker of truth.
[05:14] Kojou
    What is this guy?!
[05:16] Kou
    You can block that?
[05:18] Kou
    You're not human, I see.
[05:20] Kou
    I was hoping to kill you in a way
    that wouldn't draw attention...
[05:29] Kojou
    Are you trying to take Kanase?
[05:31] Kou
    No. I only wanted to use her as an offering.
[05:36] Kojou
    An offering?
[05:37] Kou
    Oh?
[05:39] Kou
    It looks like you don't know what happened
[05:42] ---
    at Adelard's monastery five years ago.
[05:44] Kojou
    What does that mean?
[05:46] Kou
    Nothing you need to worry about.
[05:48] Kou
    Before you learn the truth...
[05:51] Kou
    you'll die!
[05:57] Yukina
    Are you all right, Senpai?
[05:59] Kojou
    Y-Yeah... Thanks. You saved me.
[06:02] Yukina
    Who is he?
[06:04] Kojou
    A "seeker of the truth."
[06:06] Yukina
    Seeker...
[06:08] Yukina
    I see.
[06:10] Kou
    A Schneewalzer...
[06:12] ---
    You're a Sword Shaman of
    the Lion King Organization?
[06:14] Kou
    Come to think of it, I heard that you're
    observing the Fourth Progenitor.
[06:22] Kojou
    What's he doing?
[06:24] Kojou
    His arm...
[06:27] Yukina
    I thought so.
[06:28] Yukina
    He's an alchemist!
[06:30] Kou
    A Sword Shaman and the Fourth Progenitor?
[06:32] Kou
    Looks like I'm at a disadvantage.
[06:35] Kou
    I guess giving up on eliminating
    Kanase Kanon is the prudent choice.
[06:41] Kojou
    Stop! Hey, Red Checkers!
[06:43] Yukina
    Don't, Senpai!
[06:52] Kojou
    He turned the tree into metal?
[06:57] Kojou
    What was that guy? Damn!
[07:00] Yukina
    Did that alchemist want Kanase-san?
[07:03] Kojou
    Yeah. He said something about an
    incident at a monastery five years ago.
[07:08] Yukina
    A monastery?
[07:13] Kojou
    Anyway, we can look into that later.
[07:16] Kojou
    Um... Thanks, Himeragi.
[07:19] Yukina
    I only did what was expected of me.
[07:22] Yukina
    I'm your observer, after all.
[07:24] Kojou
    Well, that, and... your front.
[07:27] Yukina
    My front?
[07:31] Yukina
    Senpai!
[07:33] Yukina
    Don't tell me... you just thanked me for...
[07:36] Kojou
    N-No! I wasn't thanking you for
    giving me an eyeful or anything!
[07:40] Yukina
    I understand that that's the
    kind of lewd person you are!
[07:43] Kojou
    You don't! You don't understand at all!
[07:46] Yukina
    That's why taking my eyes
    off of you worries me! Jeez!
[07:55] Kojou
    Sorry, Natsuki-chan.
    There's something I wanted to... ask...
[07:59] Astarte
    Master is not present.
[08:01] Astarte
    She departed earlier for the police station.
[08:04] Kojou
    Oh...
[08:06] Kojou
    Hey, Astarte,
[08:07] Kojou
    homunculi are created through alchemy, right?
[08:10] Astarte
    Affirmative.
[08:11] Kojou
    Then maybe you know.
[08:13] Kojou
    What is it that alchemists want?
[08:16] Astarte
    Ultimately, they seek to surpass human
    limitations and approach godhood.
[08:20] Kojou
    Godhood?
[08:22] Astarte
    To achieve nearly eternal lives,
    while retaining their physical bodies.
[08:26] Astarte
    There have been several
    instances of this in the past.
[08:29] Astarte
    One is you.
[08:31] Astarte
    The Fourth Progenitor, born as a human,
[08:34] ---
    who later acquired the powers of a vampire.
[08:36] Astarte
    Another is Wiseman's Blood.
[08:39] Kojou
    What is that?
[08:41] Astarte
    Details unknown.
[08:42] Astarte
    It is said that
[08:44] ---
    Nina Adelard used the power of
    the Wiseman's Blood she created
[08:47] Astarte
    to obtain an immortal body
    and unlimited magical power.
[08:52] Kojou
    Adelard?
[08:53] Astarte
    An alchemist of long ago.
[08:56] Astarte
    She is a being of legend.
[08:58] Astarte
    Were she alive, she would
    be over 270 years old.
[09:02] Kou
    It looks like you don't know what happened
[09:05] ---
    Adelard's monastery five years ago.
[09:09] Asagi
    Adelard's monastery?
[09:12] Asagi
    Oh, now that you mention it,
    I think it was called that.
[09:15] Asagi
    That haunted building behind Lookout Park?
[09:18] Kojou
    There was a huge accident
    there a long time ago, right?
[09:20] Kojou
    Do you know what caused it?
[09:23] Asagi
    I don't remember.
[09:25] Asagi
    I was in grade school at the time.
[09:28] Asagi
    Huh? It doesn't turn up in a search...
[09:31] Kojou
    Well, it's old news.
    Maybe there's no data on it left.
[09:35] Asagi
    I'm searching the Manmade Island
    Management Corporation archives.
[09:37] Asagi
    It must have been erased.
[09:41] Asagi
    This makes me suspicious.
[09:43] Asagi
    Anyway, you called me
    here just to ask me that?
[09:47] Asagi
    Don't you have anything else to ask me?
[09:49] Asagi
    With the training camp coming up...
[09:51] Asagi
    she's going to be away for a while, right?
[09:53] Asagi
    So I was thinking... if you wanted... well...
[09:56] Kojou
    Sorry, Asagi.
[09:58] Kojou
    I'm skipping afternoon classes.
[10:00] Kojou
    Cover for me.
[10:01] Asagi
    Huh? Hey, Kojou! Wait!
[10:08] Kojou
    Why are you following me?
[10:10] Asagi
    What about you?
    Why are you ditching school?
[10:14] Kojou
    Well, the cats...
[10:15] Asagi
    Huh? Cats?
[10:21] Kojou
    If she's been bringing more of them there...
[10:25] Asagi
    Kojou!
[10:30] Asagi
    N-No, Kojou... not here...
[10:34] Kojou
    Quiet!
[10:36] Natsuki
    To think you ditched classes
[10:38] Natsuki
    so you could pin your classmate
    down in a place like this.
[10:42] Natsuki
    You've got guts, Akatsuki Kojou.
[10:44] Natsuki
    I misjudged you.
[10:46] Natsuki
    And not in a good way.
[11:01] Natsuki
    Aiba, you've got to be more selective.
[11:05] Natsuki
    This is the problem with girls who
    look bitchy, but are lifelong virgins.
[11:09] Asagi
    Leave me alone.
[11:11] Asagi
    And I don't look bitchy.
[11:12] Kojou
    Anyway, Natsuki-chan, what happened?
[11:15] Kojou
    Why is the Island Guard...
[11:17] Natsuki
    Don't call me Natsuki-chan.
[11:22] Kojou
    A shikigami?
[11:24] Kojou
    Himeragi's?
[11:25] Natsuki
    You're not to breathe a
    word of this to anyone.
[11:29] Natsuki
    Do you remember Kanase Kensei?
[11:31] Kojou
    Yeah.
[11:32] Natsuki
    He was being held at the Island
    Management Corporation for observation,
[11:36] Natsuki
    but two days ago, he was attacked.
[11:38] Natsuki
    He survived, but he's in critical condition.
[11:41] Kojou
    Was the attacker an alchemist with
    a red and white checkered hat?
[11:44] Natsuki
    You know Amatsuka Kou?
[11:46] Kojou
    I didn't know his name.
[11:48] Kojou
    But I met him yesterday.
[11:50] Kojou
    It seemed like he was after Kanase.
[11:52] Natsuki
    I see.
[11:54] Natsuki
    Looks like Kanase Kanon will need
    to be kept under guard, after all.
[11:58] Natsuki
    But don't tell them anything.
[12:01] Natsuki
    It's safer if they go to the
    training camp as planned.
[12:05] Kojou
    So they take shelter
    outside of Itogami Island,
[12:08] Kojou
    while we catch the criminal?
[12:12] Kojou
    Is there any way I can help?
[12:14] Kojou
    What should I do?
[12:15] Natsuki
    Yes... there is something
    I'd like you two to do.
[12:19] Kojou
    What?
[12:21] Natsuki
    I want you to take supplementary classes.
[12:24] Natsuki
    With triple the intensity to
    make up for ditching today.
[12:27] Kojou
    That's what you meant?!
[12:34] Yukina
    Honestly...
[12:36] Yukina
    I can't believe you went out
    there without telling me!
[12:39] Yukina
    And you went with Aiba-senpai!
[12:41] Kojou
    When I thought about what would happen
[12:43] ---
    if Kanase ran into Amatsuka Kou there,
    I couldn't just sit around.
[12:48] Yukina
    What would you have done if
    you actually had run into him?
[12:51] Yukina
    The one in the most danger
    would have been Aiba-senpai!
[12:57] Kojou
    Sorry, Himeragi. I wasn't thinking.
[13:00] Yukina
    You can say that again!
[13:02] Yukina
    During training camp,
    I'll be with Kanase-san.
[13:06] Yukina
    You just lay low and don't try to butt in.
[13:10] Kojou
    I got it.
[13:11] Yukina
    And don't drink any other girls' blood.
[13:15] Kojou
    I promise.
[13:16] Kojou
    So I want you to stop worrying about others
[13:20] Kojou
    and just enjoy your time off.
[13:23] Yukina
    Understood.
[13:24] Yukina
    Then, before I go, I have a favor to ask.
[13:32] Kojou
    H-Himeragi...
[13:34] Kojou
    Is this...
[13:35] Yukina
    I'm sorry, Senpai. I'm a little nervous.
[13:39] Yukina
    Actually, this is my first time, too.
[13:44] Kojou
    Wait, Himeragi!
[13:45] Kojou
    Is this an order from the
    Lion King Organization?
[13:49] Yukina
    Yes. They told me to get it out of the
    way before leaving Itogami Island.
[13:53] Kojou
    "Get it out of the way"?
[13:55] Kojou
    The Lion King Organization would
    go that far to alleviate my lust?
[14:00] Yukina
    Senpai, I'm sorry...
[14:02] Yukina
    Would you close your eyes for a moment?
SIGN    Service Time Rest Stay
[14:06] Kojou
    H-Himeragi...
[14:07] Kojou
    But... isn't there a sort of...
    process to these things?
[14:10] Kojou
    Or preparation?
[14:11] Kojou
    You should value yourself more—
[14:13] Yukina
    Just be quiet and close your eyes, please!
[14:20] Yukina
    You can open them now. We're here.
[14:24] Yukina
    I had to guide you so we could
    get past the privacy barrier.
[14:28] Yukina
    This is the Lion King Organization.
[14:30] Yukina
    Or, more precisely, it's the
    Itogami Island branch office.
[14:37] Girl
    Welcome.
[14:38] ---
    What brings you here today?
[14:41] Kojou
    Kirasaka?!
[14:43] Kojou
    No... you're not her.
[14:46] Kojou
    Who is that?
[14:47] Yukina
    The teacher's shikigami.
[14:49] Yukina
    I believe it was made in
    the image of Sayaka-san.
[14:53] Kojou
    A shikigami? But she looks totally human!
[14:56] Kojou
    And why is she dressed like a maid?
[14:58] Cat
    It is a penalty dealt to subordinates
    who are under suspension
[15:02] ---
    for using equipment without permission.
[15:05] Cat
    Quite effective, don't you think?
[15:14] Guy
    So that's the real Wiseman's Blood?
[15:18] Kou
    Yes, though it's still sleeping,
    so right now it's just a lump of metal.
[15:23] Kou
    But...
[15:28] Guy
    That's the Hard Core?
[15:30] Kou
    By transferring one's consciousness into it,
[15:33] Kou
    one can merge with Wiseman's Blood
    and still retain one's own ego.
[15:38] Kou
    By replacing one's own body
    with metal that cannot die,
[15:42] Kou
    one can achieve something
    close to eternal life.
[15:46] Kou
    It's the culmination of alchemy,
    which my master achieved.
[15:51] Guy
    With that power, I could give those
    bastards at headquarters who
[15:54] ---
    threw me out to the sticks what they deserve!
[15:58] Guy
    Well done, Amatsuka!
[15:59] Kou
    I am grateful to you.
[16:02] Kou
    When I nearly died in the incident
    five years ago, you saved me.
[16:06] Kou
    And thanks to that, I was
    able to make this dummy core.
[16:10] Guy
    Don't worry. I will reward your loyalty...
[16:13] Guy
    once that power is mine.
[16:18] Yukina
    It has been a long time, Teacher.
[16:21] Yukina
    I, Himeragi Yukina, have arrived.
[16:24] Cat
    And the spear?
[16:26] Yukina
    It is here.
[16:31] Kojou
    "Teacher"? Isn't that a cat?
[16:35] Yukina
    That's her familiar.
[16:36] ---
    She herself is probably
    still at High God Forest.
[16:40] Yukina
    She is my teacher, Endou Yukari-sama.
[16:45] Cat
    It appears Schneesturm
    Wolfin has accepted you.
[16:49] Cat
    However, you rely too much upon your sight.
[16:51] Cat
    Looking ahead only to be swept away
    makes you only half an observer.
[16:56] Cat
    I have the spear.
[16:58] Cat
    As of this moment, you are freed from
[17:00] ---
    your duties as observer
    to the Fourth Progenitor.
[17:05] Cat
    You should live like a normal kid
    to recharge yourself now and then.
[17:09] Yukina
    With all due respect, Teacher,
[17:11] Yukina
    I am still worried.
[17:13] Yukina
    Can't you allow me to continue
    serving as his observer?
[17:19] Cat
    And that boy is the Fourth Progenitor?
[17:22] Kojou
    Seems that way.
[17:24] Cat
    I apologize for calling you here.
[17:27] Cat
    I wanted to meet and speak with you once,
[17:30] Cat
    to express my gratitude.
[17:33] Kojou
    Gratitude?
[17:34] Cat
    For saving Avrora.
[17:41] Yukina
    Senpai!
[17:42] Kojou
    You... know her?
[17:45] Cat
    We just have a bit of a connection.
[17:48] Cat
    Still, that sleeping beauty
    was in a pitiful state.
[17:52] Cat
    I'm grateful that you saved her.
[17:56] Cat
    And to think...
[17:57] Cat
    Not only did you save Avrora,
[17:59] ---
    but you managed to tame
    the straight-laced Yukina!
[18:03] Cat
    Not bad for such a wimpy-looking kid.
[18:07] Yukina
    H-He hasn't "tamed" me!
[18:10] Kojou
    Damn cat...
[18:15] Asagi
    Sorry to call out of the blue.
    I wanted to ask a favor.
[18:19] Kojou
    A favor?
[18:20] Asagi
    Do you remember the earrings
    you gave me for my birthday?
[18:24] Kojou
    Huh? Oh, those blue ones
    you made me buy for you?
[18:29] Asagi
    They're turquoise blue!
[18:31] Asagi
    I think I lost one of them when
    I was arguing with you today.
[18:35] Asagi
    I'm looking for it now.
[18:36] Asagi
    I want to find it before it gets dark.
    Could you help me out?
[18:41] Kojou
    Idiot!
[18:42] Kojou
    You're not near the monastery now, are you?!
[18:53] Guy
    Brilliant! It's actually moving!
[18:56] Guy
    I can feel it! I can tell!
[18:57] Guy
    My body is melting into it!
[19:06] Guy
    So this is the great alchemist, Nina Adelard!
[19:09] Kou
    Her consciousness preserved within
    the Hard Core has awakened.
[19:14] Kou
    If she isn't destroyed,
    we can't acquire Wiseman's Blood.
[19:18] Guy
    That's what the dummy core is for!
[19:20] Guy
    Now, begone, Nina Adelard!
[19:30] Guy
    M-My body... is being devoured!
[19:34] Guy
    Amatsuka, do something! Amatsuka!
[19:38] Kou
    No need to worry.
[19:40] Amatsuka
    It'll be over soon.
[19:44] Kou
    I've waited for this moment, Master!
[19:47] Kou
    Without your Hard Core,
    Wiseman's Blood is no more than scrap iron.
[19:52] Kou
    But, once awakened, you are
    immortal... which means...
[19:56] Kou
    To take it, I must destroy you from the
    inside before your awakening is complete!
[20:01] Kou
    Like this!
[20:05] Guy
    Stop!
[20:11] Guy
    Amatsuka!
[20:26] Kojou
    Anyway, just get out of there!
    The earring doesn't matter!
[20:29] Asagi
    It does matter!
    Those earrings meant a lot to me!
[20:33] Kojou
    I'll buy you all the earrings you want later!
[20:36] Kojou
    Just get away from there! Now!
[20:37] Asagi
    Then, can it be something besides earrings?
[20:40] Asagi
    Like... a ring?
[20:42] ---
    It doesn't have to be an expensive one...
[20:43] Kojou
    At this point, anything is fine!
[20:45] ---
    Just—
[20:49] Kojou
    Asagi! What was that sound?!
[20:51] Asagi
    I don't know... What is this thing?
[20:56] Asagi
    It looks like... blood...
[20:58] Asagi
    Or mercury...
[21:02] Asagi
    A... woman?
[21:04] Kou
    Oh? This is a problem.
[21:07] Kou
    Looks like I've been spotted.
[21:09] Kou
    Oh, well. You'll die soon, anyway.
[21:20] Asagi
    It... can't be...
[21:24] Kou
    She got away?
[21:26] Kou
    I guess it's not that easy after all.
[21:31] Kojou
    Hey! What happened, Asagi?
[21:33] Kojou
    Answer me! Hey!
[21:36] Asagi
    Sorry... Kojou.
[21:39] Asagi
    Looks like... I messed up...
[21:44] Kojou
    Asagi! Hey, Asagi!
[21:48] Kojou
    Say something! Hey!
[21:50] Kojou
    Hey! Asagi!
[21:52] Kojou
    Asagi!
SIGN    Next Time
[23:26] Yukina
    Get a hold of yourself, Senpai!
[23:28] Yukina
    If you don't, it would be
    too sad for Aiba-senpai!
[23:31] Yukina
    If you go on a rampage for her sake
    and everything ends, she would...
SIGN    Return of the Alchemist II
[23:36] Yukina
    "Return of the Alchemist II."