E21 - Necessity has no law

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[00:02] Elias
    I've lived in this world for a long time.
[00:07] (Flashback) Lindel
    I see. You're leaving.
[00:09] (Flashback) Lindel
    Be well.
[00:10] (Flashback) (A)
    Oh look, it's the failure.
[00:13] (Flashback) (B)
    Don't bother with him.
[00:14] (Flashback) Angelica's Dad
    This is my daughter, Angelica.
[00:18] (Flashback) Angelica
    Hello.
[00:19] (Flashback) (A)
    Poor half-assed monster.
[00:22] (Flashback) Simon
    Nice to meet you, though we may
    not know each other for long.
[00:32] Elias
    The only one who would look just at me
[00:36] Elias
    was you.
[02:17] Spirit A
    Have you heard? A dragon went on a rampage.
[02:20] Spirit B
    Where? London?
[02:22] Spirit A
    I heard a human child tamed it.
[02:25] Spirit C
    Not bad.
[02:27] Spirit D
    Who did that?
[02:29] Spirit A
    It's that Sleigh Beggy who can talk to us.
[02:33] Adolf
    Here, work on this, please.
[02:35] Alice
    Okay.
[02:36] Adolf
    Oh, wait.
[02:37] Adolf
    I'll leave a note for Tory, too.
[02:42] Alice
    Are you okay?
[02:44] Adolf
    I don't think I've slept much since then.
[02:47] Alice
    So you aren't okay.
[02:50] Alice
    Do you need anything?
[02:52] Adolf
    A bowl of mashed potatoes.
[02:54] Adolf
    With plenty of bacon.
[02:56] Alice
    They had leek soup at the cafeteria today.
[02:58] Adolf
    A mug full.
[03:00] Alice
    Got it.
[03:01] Adolf
    Thanks.
[03:07] Adolf
    What else did I have to do?
[03:09] Adolf
    Pick a date to return the dragon,
    contact them, and then...
[03:17] Lindel
    You seem tired.
[03:20] Adolf
    I hear Master's voice.
[03:24] Adolf
    Meri.
[03:27] Adolf
    Lindel.
[03:29] Lindel
    I'm sorry to exhaust you like this.
[03:34] Adolf
    It was necessary.
[03:36] Adolf
    You can't leave that place.
[03:39] Adolf
    Not until we find the next caretaker,
    or the dragons go extinct.
[03:45] Lindel
    You're a kind child.
[03:48] Lindel
    Hey, I'm only here because I couldn't
    come to like the new times.
[03:54] Adolf
    But...
[03:56] Lindel
    Don't be so conceding.
[03:58] Lindel
    What have you done wrong?
[04:01] Adolf
    I couldn't become a mage.
[04:06] Adolf
    I wanted to be of use to you.
[04:11] Adolf
    I'm a half-assed failure.
[04:15] Adolf
    If I can't do this much,
[04:19] Adolf
    I have no right to be here.
[04:25] Lindel
    He's tired himself out and become a child.
[04:28] Lindel
    Silly you.
[04:30] Lindel
    Really, first that redhead, now him.
[04:33] Lindel
    Humans are strange.
[04:35] Lindel
    Why not just run away from what upsets you?
[04:39] Lindel
    It's like they put effort into
     making themselves suffer.
[04:44] Lindel
    I'll never figure that out,
    no matter how old I get.
[04:51] Chise
    Now we just need to sleep?
[04:54] Chise
    That's it?
[04:55] Elias
    Those are the instructions on the invitation.
[04:57] Elias
    We just have to do what it says.
[05:00] Elias
    Let's have faith in it for now.
[05:39] Marielle
    Thank you for coming.
[05:41] Chise
    Marielle-san.
[05:42] Phyllis
    Greetings, young ones.
[05:46] Phyllis
    I am Phyllis, high priestess of the coven.
[05:50] Phyllis
    I'm something of a coordinator.
[05:54] Chise
    This person's grown roots...
[05:57] Elias
    Thank you for your invitation.
[06:01] Chise
    Thank you.
[06:03] Phyllis
    Marielle has told me that you're looking
[06:05] Phyllis
    for a way to rid yourself of the
    curse without killing the dragon.
[06:12] Elias
    Yes.
[06:14] Phyllis
    My apologies, but we have no
    knowledge of how that may be done.
[06:21] Marielle
    Phyllis!
[06:22] Phyllis
    Marielle, I appreciate your sentiment.
[06:26] Phyllis
    However, it would be uncouth
    of us to ask for their aid
[06:31] Phyllis
    when we can't grant their wishes.
[06:36] Marielle
    But...
[06:39] Chise
    Aid?
[06:42] Phyllis
    I attempted to seal away the curse
    that has bound me to this tree,
[06:48] Phyllis
    but I failed.
[06:51] Phyllis
    Marielle is trying to use your
    dragon's power to save me.
[06:59] Phyllis
    Don't mind me.
[07:01] Phyllis
    All people eventually perish.
[07:03] Marielle
    But...
[07:05] Chise
    Um...
[07:10] Phyllis
    Worry about yourself for now.
[07:13] Phyllis
    It is right to save yourself
    before you save others.
[07:20] Phyllis
    I have lived for a long time.
[07:23] Phyllis
    This state of mine is
    something of a testament
[07:27] Phyllis
    to the fact that I was able
    to lend my hand to others.
[07:31] Marielle
    Some of them weren't worth helping.
[07:34] Phyllis
    Indeed.
[07:36] Phyllis
    But we have no way of knowing
    what the future will bring.
[07:41] Phyllis
    Everyone has the freedom to choose their
    own path and decide who they'd like to be.
[07:49] Phyllis
    Someday, that young lady there may
     cure someone else of their curse.
[07:54] Phyllis
    I will remain here, eagerly
    awaiting such happy news.
[08:00] Chise
    Someone I know said something similar.
[08:04] Phyllis
    Oh, it's nice to know another agrees.
[08:09] Elias
    All right.
[08:10] Elias
    As long as the dragon lives, if we
    don't even consider killing it,
[08:15] Elias
    we can neither undo nor return the curse.
[08:19] Elias
    Is that correct?
[08:22] Phyllis
    As far as we know.
[08:25] Phyllis
    I apologize for turning you away
    after you've come so far.
[08:30] Elias
    No.
[08:30] Elias
    I thank you for allowing us
     to join your gathering.
[08:37] Marielle
    Thorn...
[08:39] Marielle
    As my apology...
[08:49] Marielle
    It's difficult to have to choose
    one or the other, isn't it?
[09:03] Chise
    We might not have gained
     anything from that,
[09:08] Chise
    but let's keep trying.
[09:10] Elias
    Yeah.
[09:11] Chise
    I'm going to go help with breakfast.
[09:24] Marielle
    The only thing that can replace
    a life is another life.
[09:39] Ruth
    Are you going somewhere?
[09:41] Elias
    Ruth, you would choose Chise
    no matter what, would you not?
[09:48] Ruth
    Of course.
[10:00] Elias
    Denizen of the wind, you're
    there, are you not?
[10:03] Ariel
    Yes.
[10:05] Ariel
    What a lovely evening.
[10:07] Elias
    Lend me your ability to
    see and smell the wind.
[10:09] Elias
    Consume as much as you'd like.
[10:11] Ariel
    My, how generous.
[10:13] Ariel
    I like the way you taste.
[12:10] Simon
    Ainsworth?
[12:12] Elias
    Simon.
[12:13] Simon
    Glad I bumped into you.
[12:15] Simon
    I wanted to give this to Chise-kun.
[12:18] Simon
    Has there been some good news?
[12:21] Elias
    Why?
[12:23] Simon
    You have a clearer air about you,
[12:25] Simon
    like you have a goal in mind.
[12:30] Simon
    You've seemed quite listless for
    the ten years I've known you.
[12:40] Elias
    I suppose so.
[12:43] Elias
    This may be the first time I've been
    driven to accomplish something.
[12:51] Stella
    Ah, Elias!
[12:54] Stella
    Perfect, I was about to go hang out.
[12:57] Elias
    Yeah, this is perfect.
[13:01] Elias
    I don't have to search for you anymore.
[13:08] Chise
    Count to seven and eight...
[13:15] Chise
    In the dream in which the child sleeps.
[13:22] Chise
    Let's find and count the flowers.
[13:29] Chise
    Mommy will give you a bouquet of flowers.
[13:43] Ariel
    What an awful smell.
[13:46] Chise
    Ariel.
[13:47] Chise
    Long time no see.
[13:50] Ariel
    You idiot!
[13:52] Ariel
    What happened to your body? You look awful.
[13:55] Ariel
    You wouldn't have ended up like
    this if you'd come with me.
[13:59] Ariel
    You idiot.
[14:04] Chise
    It's nothing.
[14:06] Chise
    I'll be fine soon enough.
[14:08] Ariel
    It's like you've been reborn.
[14:11] Chise
    I decided to be more positive.
[14:14] Ariel
    Good girl.
[14:19] Chise
    Ariel, you wouldn't have worried about me
    if I hadn't been a Sleigh Beggy, would you?
[14:26] Ariel
    So what?
[14:30] Chise
    Elias is up to something.
[14:33] Chise
    Without telling me.
[14:36] Chise
    By himself.
[14:38] Chise
    We agreed to do this together.
[14:40] Chise
    Ruth might be in on it, too.
[14:43] Chise
    So...
[14:46] Chise
    I want someone who will do as I say,
    no matter what happens to me.
[14:52] Chise
    Right now.
[14:53] Ariel
    Why me?
[14:56] Chise
    You like Sleigh Beggies, not me specifically.
    Otherwise, you wouldn't side with Elias, right?
[15:04] Ariel
    You're not wrong, but I like you too, Chise.
[15:10] Chise
    Thanks.
[15:11] Chise
    I guess that means I can't give you the job.
[15:14] Ariel
    So you're going to ask the same
     thing of someone else?
[15:18] Ariel
    No way.
[15:21] Ruth
    What are you about to do, Elias?
[15:25] Elias
    Chise won't last.
[15:27] Elias
    This is the only way for us not to lose her.
[15:33] Elias
    Well, Ruth?
[15:37] Ruth
    The answer's obvious.
[15:43] Chise
    Elia—
[15:44] Chise
    Stella!
[15:45] Chise
    Why—
[15:46] Elias
    I'm sorry.
[15:53] Chise
    Elias...
[15:56] Chise
    Ruth...
[15:58] Ruth
    Sorry.
[15:59] Ruth
    When you wake up, everything
    should be better.
[16:07] Chise
    No... don't...
[16:19] Chise
    Nevin.
[16:20] Nevin
    Don't worry.
[16:22] Nevin
    You'll be able to stand and catch up.
[16:26] Nevin
    Your ability to do so is growing.
[16:32] Chise
    But I'm really scared.
[16:36] Chise
    I don't want to know what
    I'll find when I catch up.
[16:39] Chise
    What Elias is trying to do.
[16:43] Chise
    What is he doing?
[16:45] Nevin
    It doesn't matter.
[16:47] Nevin
    What matters is to always be
    clear on what you need to do.
[16:57] Chise
    Why do you always come for me?
[17:01] Nevin
    I'm not guiding you at all.
[17:05] Nevin
    The me that exists here is the me that
    you've allowed to live inside your heart.
[17:12] Nevin
    You are the one guiding yourself.
[17:19] Nevin
    You need not drown yourself in hardships.
[17:23] Nevin
    Fly strong across the stormy oceans.
[17:29] Nevin
    What is it that you've decided you must do?
[17:33] Chise
    First, I need to know what
    Elias is trying to do.
[17:37] Nevin
    Now, go on.
[17:52] Chise
    Everything will better when I wake up,
    when I haven't done anything?
[17:59] Chise
    Nothing so magical has ever
    happened to me before.
[18:10] Chise
    Silky.
[18:16] Chise
    Thanks.
[18:32] Elias
    Ruth.
[18:33] Elias
    Get Chise.
[18:34] Ruth
    Yeah.
[18:35] Ruth
    She's awake.
[18:38] Joseph
    That's odd.
[18:42] Joseph
    You called me a monster,
    and now you do this?
[18:46] Elias
    You...
[18:48] Chise
    Elias!
[18:50] Chise
    Elias!
[18:51] Joseph
    If I'm a monster for serving
    myself at the expense of others...
[18:57] Joseph
    Then I knew it! You're a monster, too!
[19:01] Chise
    Elias!
[19:09] Joseph
    Help me, Chise!
[19:11] Chise
    Stella.
[19:12] Joseph
    Elias wants to sacrifice me in your place.
[19:16] Joseph
    He says he's going to transfer
    your curse to me.
[19:20] Joseph
    He's going to kill me.
[19:23] Elias
    Chise, get away from her.
[19:26] Elias
    She's...
[19:27] Chise
    Elias.
[19:30] Chise
    Elias, really?
[19:44] Chise
    Stella, I'll catch up to you later.
[19:47] Chise
    Run as far as you can.
[19:49] ---
    O-Okay!
[19:51] Elias
    Chise.
[19:52] Chise
    Don't come near me.
[19:54] Chise
    You don't go, either.
[20:02] Elias
    Sorry.
[20:03] Chise
    About what?
[20:06] Elias
    For trying to sacrifice
    Stella in your place.
[20:13] Chise
    I wanted you to let me think
    about this together with you!
[20:19] Elias
    I never promised anything.
[20:24] Chise
    Wh...
[20:26] Chise
    Are you...
[20:30] Elias
    I'd decided if it had to be
     done, it would be Stella.
[20:33] Elias
    You look at Stella with a different
    expression than you do me.
[20:38] Elias
    I can't stand that.
[20:40] Chise
    That's why...
[20:44] Elias
    As long as you'll live, I'm happy.
[20:59] Chise
    You were no different.
[21:05] Chise
    Ariel.
[21:06] Elias
    Chise!
[21:08] Ariel
    You aren't going anywhere.
[21:12] Ariel
    You fool.
[21:17] Chise
    Stella.
[21:22] Chise
    Car...
[21:24] Chise
    Joseph...
[21:27] Joseph
    Shucks, you got me.
[21:29] Chise
    Why are you doing this to Stella?
[21:33] Joseph
    Let's make a deal.
[21:34] Chise
    A deal?
[21:36] Joseph
    If you agree, I'll give you a spell
    that'll ward off your inevitable death,
[21:44] Joseph
    and I'll give this girl back.
[21:46] Joseph
    Well?
[21:47] Joseph
    If you don't...
[21:50] Joseph
    You understand, don't you?
[21:52] Elias
    Chise!
[21:55] Joseph
    Come on, they're going catch up.
[21:59] Joseph
    Well?
[22:02] Elias
    Chise.
[22:12] Chise
    I can't be with you as you are now.
[23:55] Chise
    The girl parts ways with the mage.
[23:58] Chise
    She follows Joseph down into
    the nightmare that torments her.
[24:04] Mom
    Forgive me.
[24:06] Mom
    Forgive me, Chise.