# E16 - God's mill grinds slow but sure
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**[01:39] Chise**
I wonder if I'll get to
see the fall next year.
**[01:53] (A)**
The sun is the light for the early sleepers.
**[01:55] (A)**
The moon and stars are
light for the night owls.
**[01:58] (A)**
Complete all the rituals by night.
**[02:01] (A)**
The night of Yule comes!
**[02:07] Heralds of Yule A**
Hey, beloved child of the night.
**[02:09] Heralds of Yule B**
Human child.
**[02:11] Heralds of Yule B**
Do you think you'll be
done preparing for Yule?
**[02:14] Chise**
Yule?
**[02:16] Elias**
We're preparing for Yule soon.
**[02:19] Chise**
Elias.
**[02:21] Heralds of Yule A**
You sleepy-head, the night will
be here before you know it.
**[02:24] Heralds of Yule B**
Set the Yule Log ablaze in your hearth...
**[02:27] Heralds of Yule A**
Before the Horned God and
his Dark Lady walk the earth.
**[02:34] Elias**
Thank you.
**[02:35] Elias**
Take care.
**[02:40] Chise**
Good morning, Elias.
**[02:43] Chise**
Who were they?
**[02:45] Elias**
Yule.
**[02:46] Elias**
I call them the Yule twins because they
always come on the day of the winter solstice,
**[02:51] Elias**
but I don't really know their names.
**[02:54] Elias**
We're going to be busy today.
**[02:57] Chise**
Okay.
**[02:58] Elias**
You have to tell me if you get tired.
**[03:01] Chise**
Okay.
**[03:04] Chise**
I'll tell you, I promise.
**[03:10] Ruth**
I'm a failure of a familiar.
**[03:13] Ruth**
I can't help Chise when she's in trouble.
**[03:15] Chise**
He's been like this ever since that day.
**[03:16] Ruth**
What's even the point?
**[03:18] Ruth**
I'm done for.
**[03:23] Elias**
You understand Chise far
better than I do, don't you?
**[03:28] Elias**
It may be tough for you to say anything
because Chise tends to hide things,
**[03:32] Elias**
but you can tell me sooner.
**[03:36] Elias**
I'll take care of it.
**[03:39] Chise**
This is painfully awkward.
**[03:42] Ruth**
She's a bit cold right now.
**[03:44] Elias**
Chise.
**[03:45] Chise**
It's because we just came inside.
**[03:51] Elias**
All right.
**[03:54] Elias**
Let's prepare for Yule.
**[05:22] Chise**
It's so pretty.
**[05:24] Elias**
Is this "pretty"?
**[05:27] Chise**
I think it is.
**[05:50] Elias**
There we go.
**[05:52] Elias**
They say that traditionally, it's okay
to kiss under the mistletoe.
**[05:57] Chise**
I see...
**[06:01] Elias**
Want to try it?
**[06:06] Chise**
He looks like he wants to.
**[06:08] Chise**
Um...
**[06:13] Chise**
Could you crouch for me?
**[06:16] Elias**
Okay.
**[06:30] Elias**
And back to you.
**[06:33] Chise**
How was it?
**[06:34] Elias**
Hmm...
**[06:36] Elias**
How to phrase it...
**[06:37] Elias**
My back? My waist? They feel tingly.
**[06:41] Elias**
Why?
**[06:42] Chise**
Dunno.
**[06:46] Chise**
One for you too, Ruth.
**[06:50] Elias**
All right, let's have dinner.
**[06:52] Chise**
Okay.
**[07:18] (A)**
Okay, sir, I'll be sure to deliver this.
**[07:23] Elias**
Sorry it's always so last-minute.
**[07:25] (A)**
It's no problem at all.
**[07:29] Chise**
Now's my chance.
**[07:30] Chise**
It'll be okay, I left a note.
**[07:34] (A)**
Bye.
**[07:44] Chise**
So many people.
**[07:46] Ruth**
Chise, I'll be inside.
**[07:48] Chise**
Okay.
**[08:00] Alice**
Sorry to drag you all the way out to London.
**[08:04] Chise**
So, um...
**[08:06] Chise**
A Christmas present, right?
**[08:09] Chise**
For Renfred-san.
**[08:11] Alice**
Yeah.
**[08:13] Chise**
You really don't know what to get for him?
**[08:18] Chise**
What did you get him before?
**[08:20] Alice**
Before, well...
**[08:23] Alice**
He was the one giving me gifts, so I thought
this year, I'd get him something.
**[08:29] (A)**
They're eating.
**[08:30] (B)**
They're really digging in.
**[08:33] Alice**
Aren't you getting that bonehead anything?
**[08:36] Chise**
Me?
**[08:40] Chise**
I'd never even thought about it.
**[08:43] Alice**
Let's go look for a present together, then.
**[08:48] Chise**
Wait...
**[08:50] Chise**
She's not giving me a choice, is she?
**[09:11] Chise**
Did you find anything good?
**[09:13] Alice**
Nope.
**[09:14] Alice**
There's the question of taste, too.
**[09:16] Alice**
What about you?
**[09:18] Chise**
I don't even know what his tastes are.
**[09:25] Chise**
Sorry.
**[09:28] Chise**
I've never given anyone a gift before.
**[09:34] Alice**
I don't... well, I don't know too many people.
**[09:38] Chise**
M-Me, neither.
**[09:41] Chise**
I don't know anyone like that, either.
**[09:44] Alice**
We're in the same boat, then.
**[09:51] Chise**
In the same boat?
**[09:52] Alice**
You're a mage and I'm a sorcerer,
**[09:55] Alice**
but we both live our lives
studying with our masters.
**[09:58] Alice**
So we're in the same boat.
**[10:01] Chise**
Oh.
**[10:03] Chise**
You're right.
**[10:05] Hazel**
Hey, it's the lady from
Mr. Ainsworth's place.
**[10:12] Chise**
Hazel-san. Hello.
**[10:14] Alice**
Who are you talking to, Chise?
**[10:17] Hazel**
Oh, is your friend...
**[10:22] Hazel**
Unlike mages, sorcerers don't notice
people like us, who've disguised ourselves.
**[10:37] Hazel**
Nice to meet you, my lady.
**[10:42] Hazel**
Christmas presents, huh?
**[10:45] Chise**
Yeah...
**[10:52] Hazel**
What about something that
you can picture them using?
**[10:56] Hazel**
Think really carefully about them.
Imagine something that makes sense.
**[11:07] Alice**
Want to take another lap around?
**[11:09] Chise**
Okay.
**[11:11] Alice**
Something he uses all the time, huh?
**[11:18] Chise**
I think I have an idea.
**[11:20] Alice**
No fair! Tell me.
**[11:22] Chise**
You can't copy me, though.
**[11:25] Man with a Hoodie**
Hey, it's Alice.
**[11:28] Alice**
Let's go, Chise.
**[11:30] Man with a Hoodie**
What?
**[11:31] Man with a Hoodie**
Let's hang out, like old times.
**[11:36] Alice**
I'm not doing drugs anymore.
**[11:39] Man with a Hoodie**
Yo!
**[11:48] Bald man**
You...
**[11:55] Bald man**
Wh-Where the hell did you...
**[11:58] Alice**
Go!
**[12:06] Alice**
Sorry about that.
**[12:07] Alice**
They're just stragglers from my past.
**[12:12] Chise**
Alice-san...
**[12:15] Chise**
Do drugs taste good?
**[12:18] Alice**
Not at all.
**[12:20] Alice**
They're not my thing.
**[12:22] Alice**
I didn't start by choice, either.
**[12:27] Alice**
It's still like a dream.
**[12:37] Alice**
This isn't fun to talk about.
**[12:39] Alice**
Let's not.
**[12:40] Chise**
It's okay.
**[12:44] Chise**
I want to hear.
**[12:49] Alice**
My shitty parents got me into drugs.
**[12:53] Alice**
I had nothing going for me outside of selling
that crap, when Master took me in.
**[13:02] (Flashback) (A)**
Hey, have you seen the blonde brat?
**[13:05] (Flashback) (B)**
We need to teach her a lesson.
**[13:31] (Flashback) Alice**
What the hell are you looking at?
**[13:37] (Flashback) Alice**
What are you...
**[13:44] (Flashback) Renfred**
Do you want to stay here forever?
**[13:52] (Flashback) Alice**
No!
**[13:59] (Flashback) Renfred**
I haven't introduced myself yet.
**[14:03] (Flashback) Renfred**
I'm Mikhail Renfred.
**[14:05] (Flashback) Renfred**
Call me what you want.
**[14:08] (Flashback) Alice**
Hey, asshole...
**[14:13] (Flashback) Renfred**
Take a bath first.
**[14:16] (Flashback) Alice**
Wait...
**[14:36] Alice**
I didn't trust him in
the slightest at the time.
**[14:43] Alice**
Before that, I'd grown up in a trash pit.
**[14:47] Alice**
There was no way I could trust people.
**[14:52] Alice**
But, one day...
**[14:55] (Flashback) Alice**
What a pain.
**[15:00] (Flashback) Alice**
I can't read the title.
**[15:32] (Flashback) Renfred**
I told you not to open them!
**[15:35] (Flashback) Alice**
Ow!
**[15:40] (Flashback) Renfred**
No, that was my fault, too.
**[15:44] (Flashback) Renfred**
I should have told you more clearly.
**[15:49] (Flashback) Alice**
Why?
**[15:51] (Flashback) Alice**
Your face...
**[15:52] (Flashback) Alice**
You're hurt.
**[15:54] (Flashback) Renfred**
It's fine.
**[15:58] (Flashback) Renfred**
I'm glad, though.
**[16:00] (Flashback) Renfred**
You're finally getting better.
**[16:02] (Flashback) Renfred**
You shouldn't be getting yourself hurt again.
**[16:09] (Flashback) Alice**
This way.
**[16:13] (Flashback) Alice**
I'm used to treating wounds.
**[16:15] (Flashback) Alice**
I can do it.
**[16:17] (Flashback) Alice**
I'm self-taught, though.
**[16:32] (Flashback) Alice**
I'm sorry.
**[16:37] (Flashback) Alice**
I'll be more careful.
**[16:41] (Flashback) Alice**
I'll protect you, as your bodyguard.
**[16:59] (Flashback) Renfred**
I'm counting on you next time.
**[17:04] Alice**
Thinking about that makes me feel like shit.
**[17:07] Chise**
I'm sorry.
**[17:09] Chise**
I don't know what to say.
**[17:15] Alice**
You don't need to think anything about it.
**[17:18] Alice**
I'll decide for myself whether
I'm happy or miserable.
**[17:23] Alice**
Thanks for hearing me out.
**[17:25] Alice**
All right, let's get back.
**[17:29] Chise**
Yeah.
**[17:36] Alice**
Oh yeah, is my servant bird at your place?
**[17:40] Alice**
It's this tiny thing.
**[17:46] Alice**
Oh, never mind.
**[17:49] Alice**
I'll write you a letter again.
**[17:51] Alice**
Thanks for coming out at the last minute.
**[17:53] Chise**
No, thank you, too.
**[17:57] Alice**
I hope it works out for both of us.
**[18:02] Ruth**
You have a friend now. I'm happy for you.
**[18:07] Alice**
As my big brother, do you approve?
**[18:09] Ruth**
She's not a bad person.
**[18:14] (A)**
Jeez, Ethan!
**[18:16] (A)**
I'm sorry!
**[18:18] (B)**
Stella! Ethan!
**[18:21] Chise**
Let's head home, then.
**[18:30] Elias**
Welcome home, Chise.
**[18:33] Elias**
You're late.
**[18:35] Chise**
Thanks, Elias.
**[18:38] Elias**
What did you want all the way out in London?
**[18:42] Elias**
And you even met with
Renfred's apprentice.
**[18:45] Chise**
Y-You were watching?
**[18:47] Elias**
Do you know how many times
you've put yourself in danger?
**[18:51] Elias**
You can't sneak out like that.
**[18:53] Chise**
I thought you'd say no.
**[18:56] Elias**
Of course I would.
**[18:58] Ruth**
I was with her.
**[18:59] Ruth**
Don't be too angry, Elias.
**[19:02] Elias**
Angry?
**[19:04] Elias**
This is angry? I am?
**[19:08] Chise**
I think so.
**[19:10] Chise**
I'm sorry.
**[19:11] Chise**
Um...
**[19:12] Chise**
I went to buy this.
**[19:14] Chise**
I know it's a day early, but...
**[19:19] Chise**
Merry Christmas.
**[19:25] Chise**
Elias?
**[19:27] Elias**
Oh, right.
**[19:29] Elias**
I didn't think you'd get me anything.
**[19:31] Chise**
I didn't think I'd get you anything.
**[19:33] Chise**
I'm sorry, Elias.
**[19:37] Chise**
Uh...
**[19:38] Chise**
You're always wearing the same one,
so I thought maybe it relaxes you.
**[19:43] Chise**
I-If you don't like it...
**[19:53] Elias**
Thanks, Chise.
**[20:00] Elias**
One for you, too, then.
**[20:08] Chise**
It's big.
**[20:10] Elias**
I've only made them for
Angelica and her family.
**[20:13] Elias**
I thought I'd make one for you, too.
**[20:15] Chise**
You made this?
**[20:17] Chise**
You did?
**[20:18] Elias**
Yeah.
**[20:19] Elias**
Angelica told me a long time ago that
she wanted a teddy bear as a gift.
**[20:26] Elias**
I think this year's is my best one yet.
**[20:30] Chise**
You've been doing it ever since?
**[20:33] Elias**
Yeah.
**[20:34] Elias**
I don't really know what else to do.
**[20:37] Chise**
Thank you.
**[20:39] Elias**
It has a bit of a trick, too.
**[20:41] Elias**
Also...
**[20:43] Elias**
Those are all gifts for you.
**[20:46] Elias**
Angelica, Simon, and Lindel
have gotten you gifts, too.
**[20:51] Elias**
Gifts are meant to be
opened on Christmas Day,
**[20:55] Elias**
so these are for tomorrow.
**[20:59] Chise**
Okay.
**[21:00] Chise**
All right, let's have dinner first.
**[21:03] Chise**
I'll scold you after.
**[21:06] Chise**
I was hoping he'd forgotten.
**[21:08] Elias**
You should have told me.
I would have gone with you.
**[21:11] Elias**
And I could have gotten some shopping done.
**[21:14] Chise**
I wouldn't agree to that.
**[21:19] Chise**
I had a secret talk with another
girl about girl stuff.
**[21:43] Chise**
Is this what Christmas
is supposed to be like?
**[21:49] Chise**
I can't believe I'm looking
forward to waking up.
**[22:11] Ashen Eye**
Oh?
**[22:15] Ashen Eye**
I see a pitiful child.
**[23:55] (A)**
An ancient being, Ashen Eye.
**[23:58] (A)**
Siblings that are at the
mercy of his eternal life.
**[24:02] (A)**
The mage and the girl
lend them a hand, but...
**[24:06] (B)**
Give him back! He's *my* brother!