# E9 - Conscience does make cowards of us all. I
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**[00:04] Seth**
I'm taking some time off.
**[00:05] Nicholas**
What?
**[00:06] Seth**
Someone in my family
seems to have collapsed.
**[00:08] Nicholas**
Your family?
**[00:11] Seth**
Stop asking questions and
head to the airport.
**[02:02] Chise**
Hey.
**[02:03] Zoe**
Hey.
**[02:05] Zoe**
How's Lucy?
**[02:09] Zoe**
She's been out for a whole ten days now.
**[02:12] Chise**
Yeah.
**[02:13] Zoe**
Are *you* okay, Chise?
**[02:15] Zoe**
You've been with her this
whole time, right?
**[02:17] Chise**
I'm fine.
**[02:20] Chise**
I guess I shouldn't tell him yet that
I have enough magic power to spare.
**[02:27] Alexandra**
Zoe, are you here?
**[02:29] Zoe**
Yes.
**[02:31] Zoe**
Gotta go.
**[02:33] Chise**
Your routine physical?
**[02:34] Zoe**
Yeah.
**[02:35] Zoe**
Don't push yourself too much.
**[02:37] Chise**
Thanks.
**[02:46] Chise**
I hope she's okay.
**[02:48] Elias**
You say that every day.
**[02:55] Chise**
I'm worried.
**[02:57] Chise**
We still don't know why she lost
her magic power all of a sudden.
**[03:02] Elias**
Hey, what is it like to feel "worried"?
**[03:07] Chise**
Your head and guts feel agitated.
**[03:10] Chise**
You keep thinking about a nasty future.
**[03:13] Chise**
And...
**[03:15] Elias**
It's scary?
**[03:17] Chise**
That's part of it, too.
**[03:19] Elias**
Ah.
**[03:21] Elias**
So like the time I couldn't focus on
anything while you were unconscious.
**[03:27] Elias**
Does what's happening to her bother you?
**[03:29] Chise**
Well, it does worry me.
**[03:36] Chise**
Elias...
**[03:37] Elias**
What is it?
**[03:38] Chise**
You and Lucy don't have the same role.
**[03:42] Elias**
I know, I know.
**[03:44] Elias**
I hope you know, too.
**[03:46] Elias**
I'm confident I'm the one who
worries for you the most.
**[03:51] Elias**
My guts cooled back down when you came back.
**[03:57] Elias**
What happened to your hair?
**[03:58] Chise**
I'm home.
**[04:00] Elias**
Welcome home.
**[04:01] Elias**
What happened to your hair?
**[04:03] Chise**
He can fill you in.
**[04:06] Elias**
I'm home, me.
**[04:08] Elias**
Welcome home, me.
**[04:14] Elias**
You sure do put yourself in danger.
**[04:17] Elias**
I can't look away for even a second.
**[04:19] Chise**
I couldn't have done anything
different this time.
**[04:22] Elias**
Well...
**[04:24] Elias**
Yes, you're right.
**[04:26] Elias**
Still, your first thought shouldn't have
been to go look for her by yourself.
**[04:31] Chise**
Right...
**[04:34] Elias**
Though, as a mage, it wasn't a bad decision.
**[04:40] Chise**
Th-Thank you.
**[04:43] Elias**
Also...
**[04:45] Elias**
The way you went about it was
something I would have done.
**[04:49] Chise**
I don't really get it, either.
**[04:53] Chise**
It felt like I could hear someone's
voice from somewhere deep.
**[05:07] Joseph**
And that's why you came to me?
**[05:12] Joseph**
Good night.
**[05:17] Chise**
You're the only one who's been
inside me for a long time.
**[05:21] Joseph**
Why am I the one person
you're so flippant with?
**[05:27] Joseph**
So, what do you think that voice is?
**[05:37] Chise**
Something bad.
**[05:42] Joseph**
It tried to stop something from killing you.
**[05:47] Joseph**
Is that evil?
**[05:49] Chise**
I don't think I should have gone so far.
**[05:53] Chise**
But that was all I could do, it said.
**[05:57] Joseph**
You're only here to regret
it because you survived.
**[06:02] Joseph**
Though, I can't imagine you would have
died so easily, given who you are now.
**[06:08] Chise**
Was that the voice of the dragon?
**[06:11] Chise**
Or...
**[06:12] Joseph**
Dunno.
**[06:13] Joseph**
One thing's certain...
**[06:16] Joseph**
The voice came from within you.
**[06:26] Joseph**
I'm sleepy.
**[06:28] Joseph**
Go.
**[06:32] Chise**
Thanks.
**[06:42] Joseph**
You heard the voice of a dragon
gone mad, having cursed a human.
**[06:49] Joseph**
You've had a taste of my past.
**[06:52] Joseph**
You saw the source of malice and animus.
**[06:57] Joseph**
Guided by the voice, you
learned to hurt another.
**[07:03] Joseph**
Once you know you can bare
your fangs at your enemy,
**[07:08] Joseph**
there's no going back to when
you didn't know anything.
**[07:16] Elias**
You went to ask Cartaphilus?
**[07:19] Elias**
Even though I'm your master?
**[07:22] Chise**
I mean...
**[07:23] Chise**
I thought it'd be best to ask
someone who knows what it's like.
**[07:25] Seth**
Hello.
**[07:33] Chise**
Seth-san.
**[07:34] Seth**
Well, well, Chise.
**[07:36] Seth**
Why are you here?
**[07:38] Chise**
I'm at the College right now.
**[07:40] Chise**
Why are you here?
**[07:43] Seth**
I was told that a family member collapsed.
**[07:45] Alexandra**
Seth Noel, correct?
**[07:48] Alexandra**
I believe I contacted you the day
after the practical, did I not?
**[07:52] Seth**
I was busy with work. I apologize.
**[07:55] Seth**
How is my sister, Lucy?
**[07:58] Alexandra**
She hasn't woken up yet.
**[08:01] Chise**
Huh, you're Lucy's brother?
**[08:04] Seth**
Oh, are you acquainted?
**[08:06] Chise**
She's my roommate.
**[08:08] Seth**
What a surprise.
**[08:10] Alexandra**
I'd like to explain Lucy's condition.
**[08:13] Alexandra**
Please come this sway.
**[08:15] Seth**
She's a difficult person, but I hope
you can give her your friendship.
**[08:26] Chise**
They were siblings...
**[08:33] Chise**
Lucy!
**[09:06] Lucy (young)**
Give them back!
**[09:08] Lucy (young)**
Give us back our spiders!
**[09:21] Lucy**
Chise.
**[09:23] Alexandra**
Lucy!
**[09:24] Alexandra**
You're awake!
**[09:30] Lucy**
Wh-Why are you here?
**[09:33] Seth**
I got word that you'd
collapsed while in a practical.
**[09:36] Seth**
You were out for ten days.
**[09:39] Lucy**
Ten days?
**[09:42] Lucy**
Go away!
**[09:44] Lucy**
Go away!
**[09:45] Alexandra**
You need to be in bed!
**[09:45] Lucy**
Leave!
**[09:47] Lucy**
I don't want a loser like
you to worry for me!
**[09:51] Lucy**
Just get lost!
**[09:53] Chise**
Lucy!
**[09:59] Seth**
I'll stay by her side for a while.
**[10:01] Seth**
She seems to still be unstable.
**[10:17] Chise**
What was that?
**[10:22] Chise**
I smell orange and lavender...
**[10:24] Chise**
Philomela?
**[10:38] Chise**
Were you practicing?
**[10:40] Philomela**
Y-Yeah.
**[10:43] Chise**
S-Sorry.
**[10:45] Chise**
I didn't mean to interrupt.
**[10:49] Chise**
It seems like you're still
holding onto that potpourri.
**[10:52] Chise**
How was the tea?
**[10:54] Chise**
Was it all right?
**[10:55] Philomela**
It was fine.
**[10:57] Chise**
I hope you'll let me know if you run out.
**[11:01] Chise**
I'll make some more.
**[11:05] Philomela**
Why do you do so much for me?
**[11:10] Chise**
I don't know.
**[11:11] Chise**
Sorry.
**[11:12] Chise**
I...
**[11:14] Chise**
I just felt an urge to talk to you.
**[11:17] Chise**
Er...
**[11:18] Chise**
I'll stop if it's bothering you.
**[11:27] Philomela**
Umm...
**[11:29] Philomela**
I'm not used to talking
in front of other people.
**[11:34] Philomela**
I don't mind when it's just the two of us.
**[11:40] Chise**
Got it.
**[11:41] Philomela**
Okay, bye.
**[11:47] Rian**
Chise.
**[11:48] Chise**
Isaac.
**[11:49] Chise**
Rian.
**[11:51] Chise**
I see.
**[11:52] Chise**
Because the boys showed up.
**[11:55] Isaac**
How's Lucy?
**[11:56] Chise**
She just woke up, but then she passed out again.
**[12:00] Rian**
I see.
**[12:01] Rian**
That's a relief.
**[12:03] Section Chief**
Explain!
**[12:04] Section Chief**
Are there any records of something being
taken from the Forbidden Books Storage?!
**[12:09] Section Chief**
Has it been used in an experiment?!
**[12:11] Librarian A**
Not when we did our routine check.
**[12:14] Section Chief**
Then why has it fallen apart?!
**[12:17] Section Chief**
No...
**[12:19] Section Chief**
Has it been replaced with a fake?!
**[12:39] Liza**
Instructors, I thank you for coming.
**[12:43] Liza**
There's been a bit of an emergency.
**[12:47] Section Chief**
Upon inspections of the
Forbidden Books Storage today,
**[12:50] Section Chief**
the book in Storage Number 5
was found to have crumbled.
**[12:54] Instructor A**
A forbidden book?
**[12:55] Instructor B**
Even though it was in storage?
**[12:58] Section Chief**
Upon investigation, we've determined that
the book that had crumbled was a fake.
**[13:06] Simeon**
So that book was a fake
the entire time it was in storage?
**[13:12] Simeon**
Or was it swapped out recently?
**[13:15] Section Chief**
We believe it was swapped out
in the past several days.
**[13:18] Instructor A**
What is the nature of the book?
**[13:20] Instructor A**
What is it called?
**[13:21] Instructor B**
Is it dangerous?
**[13:23] Instructor C**
Is it an original manuscript or a copy?
**[13:26] Section Chief**
Let's see...
**[13:28] Section Chief**
It's a book called *The
Testament of Carnamagos*.
**[13:35] Tory**
Wasn't that the book you...
**[13:38] Section Chief**
It's said that simply reading
it can affect the reader.
**[13:42] Section Chief**
We librarians don't know much
about its contents ourselves.
**[13:46] Section Chief**
The book stored in the library
in England is a copy,
**[13:50] Section Chief**
and we suspect it won't have as
much of an effect as the original.
**[13:53] Section Chief**
But to be honest, we have no idea how
much of an effect that would be.
**[13:58] Elias (female)**
I've read that book before.
**[14:02] Tory**
Wait, wait, wait!
**[14:04] Liza**
And its contents?
**[14:05] Elias (female)**
I'd borrowed it from an acquaintance.
**[14:09] Elias (female)**
It offered a few insights, but I gave the
book back before I could make use of it.
**[14:15] Tory**
Well, he's not* lying*.
**[14:18] Liza**
Would it be possible for you to describe
it to an extent that won't affect us?
**[14:27] Elias (female)**
It can put the living in
mortal danger at times.
**[14:34] Elias (female)**
It describes ways to take in the life
force and magic power of others.
**[14:39] Elias (female)**
How to create immortals.
**[14:41] Elias (female)**
How to destroy them.
**[14:44] Elias (female)**
How to bring back the dead.
**[14:47] Liza**
I see.
**[14:48] Liza**
That does sound like something
that would be forbidden.
**[14:52] Liza**
Why did you choose to read it?
**[14:55] Elias (female)**
It was intriguing.
**[14:58] Elias (female)**
But it turned out that
I don't have a use for it.
**[15:01] Elias (female)**
Reading it comes at a
great cost for a person.
**[15:06] Tory**
I guess he's putting it out in the open
so there's no reason to suspect him.
**[15:12] Liza**
Thank you very much.
**[15:14] Liza**
That was very informative.
**[15:16] Liza**
We will continue investigations
both internally and more broadly.
**[15:21] Liza**
Please let us know if you learn of anything.
**[15:25] Liza**
Given that it can affect humans,
it could cause an incident.
**[15:32] Liza**
In that event, we'll be calling
upon you for cooperation.
**[15:36] Liza**
Keep that in mind.
**[15:38] Instructors**
Yes, ma'am.
**[15:39] Liza**
Please!
**[15:40] Liza**
This isn't the time to remind
us that you're free spirits.
**[15:42] Liza**
We need you to be serious.
**[15:43] Section Chief**
I'm sorry, there's one more thing...
**[15:46] Section Chief**
About the remains of the book...
**[15:49] Section Chief**
There's a special spider silk woven into the
cover and several other parts of the book.
**[15:55] Liza**
Spider silk?
**[15:58] Simeon**
Could it be...
**[15:59] Simeon**
Is that the Webster family's silk?
**[16:05] Liza**
It's possible.
**[16:07] Liza**
Please take care that this information
does not land on the ears
**[16:11] Liza**
of our student, Lucy Webster.
**[16:17] Liza**
Well...
**[16:18] Liza**
Please remember to be careful.
**[16:22] Liza**
And please don't get too
lost in your research.
**[16:31] Elias (female)**
What's this about the
Webster's family spiders?
**[16:34] Tory**
Oh, right.
**[16:36] Tory**
You're a mage, so you wouldn't know.
**[16:39] Tory**
Webster is...
**[16:40] Simeon**
Mr. Ainsworth.
**[16:50] Simeon**
Nice to meet you.
**[16:52] Simeon**
I'm Simeon Paladilhe.
**[16:54] Simeon**
I'd heard a mage was here,
so I've been eager to meet you.
**[16:57] Instructor A**
Ah, so *you're* the mage!
**[16:59] Instructor D**
Huh.
**[17:00] Instructor B**
I hear you're using a magic disguise!
**[17:02] Instructor C**
That's impressive. I would
have never known.
**[17:05] Instructor D**
Mages can transform, too?
**[17:10] Instructor C**
He's bone!
**[17:11] Instructor D**
A dog? A wolf?
**[17:12] Instructor A**
Do you swallow your food whole?
**[17:14] Tory**
Come on! He was in the middle of a question!
**[17:17] Simeon**
A question?
**[17:18] Tory**
He doesn't know about the Webster tragedy.
**[17:29] Simeon**
The Webster tragedy...
**[17:32] Simeon**
Around here, it could
have happened to anyone.
**[17:36] Simeon**
The Webster family made a living by
producing and duplicating magic books.
**[17:42] Simeon**
Their books were famous for
being just like the original.
**[17:47] Simeon**
They were also famous for
the spiders that they kept.
**[17:52] Elias**
Spiders?
**[17:54] Simeon**
The pages were made in part using
the silk that the spiders spun.
**[17:57] Simeon**
And they were bound using the silk, too.
**[18:02] Simeon**
They never revealed much of the details.
**[18:04] Simeon**
It's just what was surmised.
**[18:06] Simeon**
And eight years ago, the entire Webster
family, excluding one person, was murdered.
**[18:13] Simeon**
We don't know who did it.
**[18:16] Simeon**
The survivor is a student at the College.
**[18:20] Simeon**
But their spiders were all stolen.
**[18:24] Simeon**
There are rumors about a spy being involved.
**[18:26] Simeon**
Though that's not certain, either.
**[18:29] Simeon**
The eldest son, who was slated to inherit
the business, had no control of magic.
**[18:35] Simeon**
He'd been driven out of the family.
**[18:38] Elias**
Ah.
**[18:43] Simeon**
Plenty of people know about the incident,
but it's just, y'know... a lot.
**[18:48] Simeon**
It's better not to talk about it too much.
**[18:51] Elias**
Understood.
**[18:54] Elias**
Thanks.
**[18:57] Simeon**
You're welcome.
**[18:59] Instructor A**
He's a proper person.
**[19:00] Instructor B**
He's proper enough to say thanks.
**[19:02] Instructor B**
Well, we'll see you.
**[19:07] Elias**
The people here don't seem to
be bothered by the likes of me.
**[19:13] Simeon**
Your appearance, you mean?
**[19:14] Elias**
It's hard to ignore.
**[19:15] Simeon**
There are still plenty of people
who will talk behind your back.
**[19:19] Simeon**
But here, it's perfectly normal.
**[19:22] Simeon**
So long as you do your work,
people will support you.
**[19:24] Simeon**
I'm sure you'll like life here.
**[19:31] Simeon**
Later.
**[19:35] Tory**
That's Simeon Paladilhe.
**[19:38] Tory**
He's studying sound sorcery.
**[19:40] Tory**
He's pretty easy to talk to, huh?
**[19:43] Tory**
Hm?
**[19:45] Tory**
Why don't you try befriending him?
**[19:48] Elias**
Friend?
**[19:50] Elias**
Chise talks about her friends quite often.
**[19:54] Elias**
I don't really understand friendships.
**[19:58] Elias**
Are they different from acquaintances?
**[20:00] Tory**
Acquaintances are just acquaintances.
**[20:02] Tory**
Friends are more special.
**[20:05] Tory**
Not that I have all that many.
**[20:08] Tory**
Oh!
**[20:09] Tory**
Why don't we become friends
from now on, then?
**[20:17] Elias**
With you, I'll pass.
**[21:10] Lucy**
He has bags under his eyes.
**[21:18] Lucy**
What a dumbass.
**[21:20] Lucy**
I know you hate me.
**[21:32] Nicholas**
He said he'd be fine without
security in the College.
**[21:35] Nicholas**
I'm not so sure, though...
**[21:38] Nicholas**
Shoot, need smokes.
**[22:15] Inuo**
The guard has been picked off.
**[22:18] Inuo**
Let's clean this up and finish the pickup.