# E2 - A Succession Dispute? Are You Kidding Me?
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**[00:00] A**
**[00:00] J**
**[00:07] W**
Is this the post-meal...
**[00:10] W**
water?
**[00:11] J**
What are you saying?
**[00:13] J**
It's mate.
**[00:19] W**
What a difference.
**[00:35] (Flashback) Al**
You see...
**[00:42] (Flashback) Al**
I want to pass my magic on to you.
**[00:45] (Flashback) W**
What?
**[00:46] (Flashback) ---**
You'll teach me magic?
**[00:49] (Flashback) Al**
Yes.
**[00:55] (Flashback) W**
But why?
**[00:57] (Flashback) W**
I don't have any money, you know?
**[01:03] (Flashback) Al**
I don't want money.
**[01:09] (Flashback) Al**
I just...
**[01:28] (Flashback) Al**
I just want a disciple.
**[01:33] (Flashback) W**
Anyway, I'll do anything if I can learn magic!
**[01:36] (Flashback) W**
Please teach me, master!
**[01:42] (Flashback) Al**
Then we begin training tomorrow.
**[01:45] (Flashback) Al**
Oh, right.
**[01:46] (Flashback) Al**
Keep the magic thing between us.
**[01:50] (Flashback) W**
I have to keep it secret?
**[01:53] (Flashback) Al**
If people find out you can use magic,
**[01:55] (Flashback) Al**
some retainers or subjects might say
you should be the next lord instead,
**[02:00] (Flashback) Al**
leading to a succession dispute.
**[02:03] (Flashback) W**
Me? The next lord?
**[02:05] (Flashback) W**
But I'm the eighth son.
**[02:13] (Flashback) Al**
Well...
**[02:16] (Flashback) Al**
Magicians hold more power than you think.
**[02:21] (Flashback) Al**
You could become the rightful successor
and next lord in a heartbeat.
**[02:30] (Flashback) W**
Me? Really?
**[02:33] Al**
* That said, a succession dispute is*
* too dangerous for a child like you.*
**[02:38] Al**
* For now, I think it'll be better*
* if nobody finds out.*
**[02:43] K**
What? You can't have any more bread, okay?
**[02:48] W**
*I see.*
**[02:50] ---**
*I can become the lord, huh?*
**[02:53] W**
*So bland!*
***SIGN*** The 8th Son?
Are You Kidding Me?
***SIGN*** The 8th Son?
Are You Kidding Me?
***SIGN*** The 8th Son?
Are You Kidding Me?
***SIGN*** The 8th Son?
Are You Kidding Me?
***SIGN*** The 8th Son?
Are You Kidding Me?
***SIGN*** The 8th Son?
Are You Kidding Me?
***SIGN*** The 8th Son?
Are You Kidding Me?
***SIGN*** The 8th Son?
Are You Kidding Me?
**[04:27] Al**
Let's start with matching capacities.
***SIGN*** Episode 2
"A Succession Dispute? Are You Kidding Me?"
**[04:30] W**
Matching what?
**[04:31] Al**
A training method where one can match their
**[04:35] ---**
mana capacity to someone who has more.
**[04:38] W**
You mean my capacity will
become the same as yours?
**[04:41] Al**
Yes.
**[04:42] Al**
Hold out your hands.
**[04:47] W**
You have cold hands.
**[04:52] Al**
Listen, Well.
**[04:53] Al**
Picture mana circulating through both our
bodies over this circuit we've formed.
**[05:00] W**
Circulate mana...
**[05:03] W**
Circulate mana...
**[05:05] W**
Circulate mana...
**[05:16] W**
This is...
**[05:18] ---**
your mana?
**[05:23] Al**
I was right about you.
**[05:27] Al**
A person's maximum mana capacity
is determined at birth.
**[05:31] Al**
It doesn't increase any further.
**[05:34] Al**
So I was thinking that maybe you
wouldn't be able to reach my capacity,
**[05:40] Al**
but you matched... and even surpassed it.
**[05:43] Al**
We didn't even hit your maximum mana capacity.
**[05:54] K**
What's the matter, Father?
**[05:57] Ar**
You see, the crystal ball
**[05:59] Ar**
was up here before, I'm sure.
**[06:03] Ar**
Who moved it?
**[06:08] Ar**
Was it Wendelin?
**[06:10] Ar**
Was he hoping that he had
an aptitude for magic?
**[06:16] K**
He probably despaired at his mediocre self
**[06:19] K**
and cried his heart out.
**[06:31] Al**
That's a nice magic spell.
**[06:33] Al**
I can't believe you learned
advanced magic in just a few days.
**[06:37] W**
It's all thanks to you.
**[06:39] W**
If I were training alone,
**[06:41] ---**
I don't know if I'd have even learned
how to use basic magic yet.
**[06:43] W**
Uh...
**[06:44] W**
What's with the basket?
**[06:46] Al**
Oh, it's mountain vegetables.
**[06:49] Al**
You told your family you were
going out to find food, right?
**[06:54] Al**
This will help you avoid any suspicion.
**[06:58] J**
Look, Amalie!
**[07:00] J**
We have so many ingredients
for our soup tonight.
**[07:02] Am**
It seems Well may have a knack
for foraging mountain vegetables!
**[07:10] Ar**
Hey...
**[07:12] Ar**
How did you get this?
**[07:14] Ar**
I know it only grows on the other side
of the river, and there's no bridge across.
**[07:19] Ar**
You're only five. How did you get across?
**[07:22] Ar**
Did you use magic to fly?
**[07:27] Ar**
Of course not!
**[07:30] J**
If only...
**[07:34] K**
*Magic... Surely he couldn't...*
**[07:42] Al**
Listen.
**[07:43] Al**
Tracking magic is an application
of advanced wind magic.
**[07:47] Al**
Sense the vibrations in the
web of air all around you.
**[07:57] W**
Found one!
**[08:11] W**
Go!
**[08:15] W**
I got it!
**[08:17] Al**
Got what?!
**[08:24] W**
Grilled bird is so yummy!
**[08:25] Al**
The horohoro bird, huh?
**[08:27] Al**
What's that?
**[08:28] W**
Oh, it's wasabi I found deep
in the woods the other day.
**[08:32] W**
Would you like to try some, Master?
**[08:34] ---**
It's good.
**[08:36] Al**
I'm sure it is, if you're recommending it.
**[08:40] Al**
Do I use it like this?
**[08:46] Al**
Yes, this is great!
**[08:52] Al**
Well, can I say something?
**[08:55] W**
G-Go ahead.
**[08:56] Al**
Don't go too deep into the woods.
**[08:59] W**
Why?
**[09:00] Al**
The Enchanted Forest there
is home to lots of monsters.
**[09:04] W**
Monsters?!
**[09:05] Al**
Savage beasts that ordinary
humans are no match for.
**[09:10] W**
I nearly lost my life getting wasabi.
**[09:14] Al**
May I have more?
**[09:18] Al**
That said, an Enchanted Forest
**[09:20] Al**
is also home to foodstuffs and
herbs you won't find elsewhere.
**[09:25] Al**
Many people still waltz into
them looking to get rich quick.
**[09:30] W**
And?
**[09:34] Al**
They never come back, of course.
**[09:42] W**
I feel like Brother Kurt's
been watching me lately.
**[09:51] Al**
He may have realized that you have magic.
**[09:57] Al**
He's afraid he'll lose his succession rights.
**[10:00] W**
That again?
**[10:02] ---**
I don't know what to think
about becoming a lord.
**[10:06] Al**
Don't you want to be the lord?
**[10:08] W**
I considered it,
**[10:11] W**
but it sounds like a pain in the butt,
especially if it causes trouble with Brother Kurt.
**[10:21] Al**
Being the lord sounds like
a pain in the butt, huh?
**[10:25] W**
That said, it's not like I have
anything else I want to do.
**[10:30] Al**
Then how about adventuring?
**[10:35] Al**
I think your adaptability makes you an
ideal candidate to be an adventurer.
**[10:40] Al**
And I used to be an adventurer,
so you can believe me.
**[10:44] W**
You did?
**[10:46] Al**
You have what it takes to enjoy
what the wide world has to offer.
**[10:49] W**
An adventurer, huh?
**[11:02] A**
* Please, not yet... I need*
* a little more time!*
**[11:09] Ar**
I see.
**[11:10] Ar**
So you want to be an adventurer, Wendelin.
**[11:13] K**
Oh?
**[11:15] J**
So you wish to go to the Adventurers' Academy?
**[11:18] W**
Yes. I'm thinking of enrolling
once I turn twelve.
**[11:22] Am**
But isn't that on the other
side of the mountains?
**[11:25] Ar**
So you'll be leaving the Baumeister domain?
**[11:32] Ar**
But you see, there's one big problem with that.
**[11:36] W**
What is it?
**[11:37] Ar**
We don't have enough money to enroll
you in the Adventurers' Academy.
**[11:46] Al**
Listen up.
***SIGN*** Baumeister Knightdom
***SIGN*** Great Rieg Mountains
***SIGN*** Undeveloped Land
**[11:47] Al**
This is the Baumeister Knightdom.
**[11:50] Al**
And to the north, past the mountains,
***SIGN*** Dukedom of
Bleichröder
***SIGN*** Breichburg
**[11:53] Al**
is the Dukedom of Bleichröder
and Breichburg.
***SIGN*** Dukedom of
Bleichröder
***SIGN*** Breichburg
**[11:57] W**
That's the town where the
Adventurers' Academy is, right?
**[12:00] Al**
Yes. It's a mercantile town.
**[12:02] Al**
There, even children can join merchant guilds,
**[12:05] Al**
and sell what they gather.
**[12:08] W**
Then I can earn my tuition that way!
**[12:10] Al**
However, Breichburg is quite far away.
**[12:14] Al**
You'll need to learn traveling magic, too.
**[12:17] W**
And by that, you mean teleporting and stuff?
**[12:21] W**
Maybe flying?
**[12:23] Al**
Flight magic, yes.
**[12:24] Al**
Once you get used to it,
you can travel at great speeds.
**[12:28] Al**
Like so.
**[12:45] Al**
Well, this is the wide world that awaits you!
**[13:34] Al**
Your training ends tomorrow.
**[13:39] W**
Ow...
**[13:41] W**
Uh, why end so abruptly?
**[13:43] Al**
It's not abrupt.
**[13:45] ---**
You'll be fine.
**[13:46] W**
But I only just started practicing flight magic.
**[13:49] Al**
You have the basics down.
**[13:51] W**
But... I can't control it very well yet.
**[13:55] Al**
It'll grow stable if you practice every day.
**[13:57] W**
But it's only been two weeks since we started...
**[14:00] Al**
Well...
**[14:14] Ar**
I heard a Whispering Dead
was spotted in the woods.
**[14:20] Am**
Um, what's a Whispering Dead?
**[14:23] Ar**
An undead that has retained
its cognitive powers.
**[14:25] ---**
It can even hold conversations.
**[14:27] K**
I've heard that they don't look
very different from humans.
**[14:30] Ar**
But they're still corpses.
**[14:32] Ar**
Their bodies go cold,
their senses stop functioning,
**[14:36] Ar**
and their skin grows terrifyingly pale.
**[14:51] Ar**
And in a few years, they lose their minds
**[14:54] Ar**
and become zombies that hunt
people to sate their hunger.
**[15:11] W**
Master...
**[15:15] Al**
What brings you here at this hour?
**[15:20] W**
Master!
**[15:21] ---**
It seems a monster called a Whispering
Dead has showed up in the woods!
**[15:28] W**
It's dangerous here, so come
to the mansion with me!
**[15:36] Al**
Well...
**[15:38] W**
Please, master! It's dangerous here!
**[15:41] Al**
It's all right. The danger
you speak of doesn't exist.
**[15:44] W**
How do you know?
**[15:46] ---**
There's a Whispering Dead here!
**[15:49] Al**
So you realized.
**[15:53] W**
Let's go. Hurry.
**[15:56] Al**
Well, I am the Whispering Dead.
**[16:00] W**
No! You aren't dead!
**[16:04] W**
You're not...
**[16:09] Al**
It happened five years ago.
**[16:10] Al**
The previous duke's eldest son
contracted a deadly illness.
**[16:15] Al**
Looking for a panacea that could cure him,
**[16:18] Al**
the duke headed to an Enchanted
Forest to clear it of monsters,
**[16:22] Al**
with his court magician, me, in tow.
**[16:27] Al**
We had an army of two thousand,
but the monsters outnumbered us.
**[16:32] Al**
No matter how many we killed, they kept coming.
**[16:36] Al**
I was forced to fight while
protecting the duke and the troops.
**[16:42] Al**
Soon, my mana ran out, and I was overwhelmed.
**[16:51] Al**
But I held a deep regret that
turned me into a Whispering Dead.
**[16:56] Al**
Well, did you know?
**[16:59] Al**
When a Whispering Dead's wish
is fulfilled, they pass on.
**[17:04] Al**
And my wish was...
**[17:06] Al**
to meet someone I could pass the magic
I'd learned in my thirty years to.
**[17:13] Al**
So when I sensed your presence,
**[17:18] Al**
I was overjoyed.
**[17:28] Al**
But you were just a five-year-old child.
**[17:32] Al**
I thought you might run away if
I told you I was a Whispering Dead,
**[17:36] Al**
so I lied on the spot.
**[17:38] Al**
Forgive me.
**[17:42] Al**
Say, Well...
**[17:43] ---**
I want to confirm that you were
the person I was seeking.
**[17:48] Al**
Could you take my final trial?
**[17:52] Al**
Purge me.
**[17:56] Al**
I shall now teach you holy magic.
**[17:59] Al**
It's used to purge undead like me.
**[18:02] Al**
I can't use it anymore,
**[18:05] ---**
but I'm sure you'll be able to destroy me.
**[18:07] W**
Wait a second!
**[18:08] ---**
Are you asking me to destroy you?
**[18:11] Al**
Well, it's been five years since
I became a Whispering Dead.
**[18:17] Al**
I won't be able to preserve myself
in this state using mana much longer.
**[18:23] Al**
I don't want to lose my sanity and
become a zombie that attacks people.
**[18:28] W**
But...
**[18:30] Al**
Listen.
**[18:31] Al**
Holy magic is the same as
the life force of creatures.
**[18:35] Al**
Picture duplicating the life
force within you using mana.
**[18:40] Al**
Start, Well.
**[18:50] W**
Master!
**[18:52] Al**
This isn't enough, Well. Focus.
**[19:02] Al**
More, Well! Stronger!
**[19:07] W**
I can't! I can't erase you, Master!
**[19:11] Al**
Well!
**[19:13] Al**
Remember...
**[19:16] Al**
Remember what you've learned
in these two weeks.
**[19:34] (Flashback) Al**
Rest assured...
**[19:36] (Flashback) Al**
You will become a magician
far greater than I.
**[19:40] (Flashback) Al**
Rest assured...
**[19:43] Al**
Wendelin von Benno Baumeister,
my dear disciple,
**[19:50] Al**
could you please put me at ease?
**[20:03] W**
Thank you for everything, Master.
**[20:10] W**
It's my turn to erase your fears!
**[20:17] Al**
Thank you, Well.
**[20:33] Al**
This is a wonderful magic spell.
**[20:35] ---**
I'm being enveloped in a pleasant warmth.
**[20:44] Al**
You truly were the magician
I was looking for.
**[20:48] W**
Master...
**[20:56] Al**
Well, your life is only beginning.
**[20:59] Al**
Do your best, and do it smartly.
**[21:14] Al**
Let us meet in the afterlife,
**[21:16] ---**
maybe a hundred years from now.
**[21:45] W**
Your last teaching was,
"Do your best, and do it smartly"?
**[21:56] W**
I understand, master.
**[21:57] ---**
I'll give it a shot.
**[22:16] J**
Take care!