E4 - I'm Not Afraid to Die

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[00:01] Priest
    You three are mages?
[00:04] Priest
    From the field program, then.
[00:06] Hort
    What?
[00:07] Saybil
    You know about that?
[00:08] Priest
    Of course the residents of the target village
    for the program would know about it.
[00:15] Priest
    Are you simpletons?
[00:18] Priest
    I beg your pardon.
[00:19] Priest
    I held ill will for witches
    for a long time. It was reflexive.
[00:24] Kudo
    Wh-What a jerk.
[00:26] Hort
    Shh!
[00:27] Laios
    These people protected me.
[00:30] Priest
    Oh, my...
[00:32] Priest
    You confronted the mercenary
    and did not run?
[00:35] Priest
    Somewhat reckless of you.
[00:37] Hort
    U-Um, what's going on here?
    Who is that beastfallen?
[00:43] Priest
    Leave this place.
[00:44] Hort
    What?!
[00:46] Priest
    That beastfallen is a guard,
[00:49] Priest
    who solidifies the witch's
    control over this village.
[00:53] Priest
    
[02:23] Priest
    It was two years ago that control
    of the village changed hands.
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[02:28] Priest
    The witch who was to be your supervisor
[02:31] Priest
    surrendered the village to an invader
    without a fight and vanished.
[02:36] Priest
    Ever since, no one has been
    able to oppose her.
[02:40] Kudo
    Wh-What's the deal?
[02:42] Kudo
    Does the Headmaster know?
[02:44] Kudo
    Wh-What's the point
     of sending us here if—
[02:49] Saybil
    Of the five special program students,
[02:53] Saybil
    three were working
    with the anti-witch faction,
[02:56] Saybil
    one is a badly-behaved beastfallen,
[03:00] Saybil
    and one is a remedial student.
[03:03] Saybil
    We're all problems for the Academy.
[03:06] Hort
    Y-You mean... she took students
    she wanted to be rid of
[03:10] Hort
    and sent them to the field program?
[03:11] Hort
    Would going back to the Academy now
    mean we flunk and get expelled?
[03:17] Hort
    It wouldn't, right?
[03:18] Kudo
    Why do something so roundabout when—
[03:20] Priest
    Not fulfilling one's duties
[03:23] Priest
    is a serious issue in large organizations.
[03:26] Kudo
    Damn it!
[03:28] Kudo
    Then why don't we go notify the Church
    & Mage Army and defeat the witch?
[03:31] Priest
    Battling a powerful witch
    could mean losing 1,000 soldiers.
[03:37] Priest
    It's not worth it to them.
[03:39] Kudo
    The Church & Mage Army doesn't
    operate based on profit and loss!
[03:42] Priest
    In these parts, they call
    themselves the Church Knights.
[03:47] Priest
    The troubles of a witch village
[03:50] Priest
    would not move them in the slightest.
[03:53] Los
    Why would you trust him?
[03:55] Los
    Do you not find him fishy?
[03:58] Los
    What proof do you have that this priest
    is not in league with that beastfallen?
[04:03] Saybil
    Professor Los.
[04:05] Hort
    But the father here is blind...
[04:07] Los
    What does that matter?
[04:09] Los
    I look like no more than
    an adorable young girl,
[04:12] Los
    but in fact I am a renowned
[04:15] Los
    witch.
[04:16] Los
    In the absence of sufficient
    reason for trust,
[04:19] Los
    I maintain skepticism.
[04:22] Priest
    A sudden appearance
    followed swiftly by rudeness.
[04:26] Los
    That beastfallen knew
     I was the students' escort.
[04:32] Los
    'Tis strange, is it not?
[04:34] Los
    What aspect of mine adorable visage
    would have suggested that?
[04:39] Los
    But what if the Arbiter who attacked us
    ran back to the Church and provided intel?
[04:45] Los
    And then a priest shared that information
    from the Church with the witch?
[04:51] Priest
    I see. Suspicious indeed.
[04:53] Priest
    If you encounter someone so suspicious,
[04:56] Priest
    wouldn't the effective strategy
    be to kill them immediately?
[04:59] Los
    'Twould be simple to kill them.
[05:01] Los
    However, I am fond of careful
    scrutiny of the circumstances.
[05:05] Los
    If thou insist thou art not our enemy,
[05:08] Los
    show us around the village.
[05:11] Los
    I should like to see
    the villagers' reactions.
[05:14] Priest
    As you please.
[05:19] Laios
    Daddy!
[05:23] Uls
    Laios!
[05:25] Uls
    You're safe. I was so worried!
[05:28] Priest
    It's all right. He is unharmed, Uls.
[05:32] Uls
    Father.
[05:33] Uls
    Who are these kids?
[05:35] Priest
    Field program students, apparently.
    They protected Laios from the mercenary.
[05:40] Saybil
    This is the field program village...
[05:43] Uls
    Thank you for bringing my boy back.
[05:47] Uls
    Father, is the danger to the village past?
[05:49] Priest
    Yes.
[05:51] Priest
    However, these folks appear to
    suspect me of working for the witch.
[05:56] Uls
    Yeah, you do seem fishy.
[06:00] Uls
    Still, that's quite some
    bad luck you guys have.
[06:03] Uls
    But don't lose heart!
[06:05] Uls
    Oh, you must be tired from your journey.
[06:08] Uls
    Even if you're going back,
    you should rest for the night.
[06:12] Laios
    And that's the school over there!
[06:14] Hort
    Wow, you have a school.
[06:17] Uls
    We take care of the orphaned
    kids as a village.
[06:21] Laios
    I'm the only kid who was
    born in the village.
[06:24] Laios
    When I was born,
    the nice witch lady did a spell
[06:28] Laios
    so everyone would like me!
[06:30] Laios
    She told me so.
[06:32] Laios
    That's why I'm the most
    precious child in the village!
[06:36] Laios
    Oh, um,
[06:38] Laios
    I'm talking about the previous witch lady.
[06:42] Laios
    Remember the barrier in the forest?
    She made that, too!
[06:46] Los
    'Twas a marvelous barrier.
[06:48] Uls
    Yes. She was the pride of the village.
[06:51] Kudo
    If that witch was so great,
[06:53] Kudo
    how come she fled without fighting?
[06:56] Hort
    Hey!
[06:57] Uls
    I just don't know. She'd been with us
    since the founding of the village.
[07:04] Los
    'Tis very quiet around here.
[07:07] Uls
    We hardly ever get any
    strangers visiting, so...
[07:11] Uls
    Here we are. This is it.
[07:17] Kudo
    Wh-What are those?
[07:20] Uls
    Dolls.
[07:21] Uls
    One for each person who used to live here.
[07:25] Hort
    Used to live here?
[07:28] Uls
    Well...
[07:30] Uls
    The witch and the mercenary
    aren't bad people,
[07:33] Uls
    but they don't tolerate escape.
[07:36] Uls
    The sight of those dolls stops
    people from trying to run.
[07:39] Uls
    Except for the kids who don't
    remember two years ago.
[07:43] Uls
    But life ain't that bad here.
[07:45] Uls
    If ya follow the rules,
    it's calm and peaceful.
[07:51] Laios
    See ya later!
[07:54] Los
    I see...
[07:56] Los
    Yes.
[08:03] Los
    I see...
[08:06] Los
    Very well!
[08:09] Los
    Let us kill the witch.
[08:13] Los
    And Albus, while we're at it.
[08:15] Kudo
    What now?!
[08:16] Hort
    P-Professor?!
[08:18] Hort
    Killing the Headmaster won't solve anything!
[08:22] Los
    But 'tis infuriating!
[08:24] Los
    That damned Albus!
[08:25] Los
    She duped not only you three,
[08:27] Los
    but me as well!
[08:30] Hort
    Oh, right. If there's no supervising witch,
    your job can't end.
[08:36] Los
    Precisely.
[08:38] Los
    So...
[08:42] Los
    The more I think about it,
    the more it infuriates me!
[08:44] Los
    The lass made a total fool of me!
[08:48] Los
    Listen up, my ducklings!
[08:50] Los
    I swear to complete my job!
[08:53] Los
    I'll teach her
[08:55] Los
    what happens if thou
    underestimate the Dawn Witch!
[09:05] Los
    My goodness. Youngsters these days.
[09:07] Los
    Utterly lacking in passion and drive.
[09:10] Kudo
    I'm pissed, too.
    But there's nothing I can do.
[09:14] Hort
    If we go back to Wenias, maybe the
    Church & Mage Army will help us!
[09:20] Saybil
    But...
[09:22] Saybil
    If we do that, the village
    is sure to become a battlefield.
[09:27] Saybil
    I'm not sure it's right to do that
    to the village just so we can graduate.
[09:33] Hort
    Th-That's...
[09:35] Saybil
    Which is why I feel we
    should do this on our own.
[09:39] Hort
    What?
[09:41] Saybil
    The fact that she let us into
    the village means she isn't wary of us.
[09:45] Saybil
    With me around,
    you two can cast without limit.
[09:49] Saybil
    And we even have Professor Los!
[09:51] Saybil
    And if I grab the Staff of Ludens again,
    it can at least serve as a distraction—
[09:55] Kudo
    That's enough!
[10:00] Kudo
    The beastfallen in the forest
    has clearly seen war.
[10:04] Kudo
    Imagine the sort of witch he works for.
[10:06] Kudo
    You're telling us to die in a fight
    we have no shot at winning!
[10:11] Hort
    C-Calm down! That's not what Sayb meant.
[10:15] Kudo
    Who cares! It's what he said!
[10:19] Saybil
    So we just sit back and get expelled?
[10:22] Saybil
    If that happens, we'll have
    our memories erased.
[10:25] Saybil
    Including all memory of this journey,
    and of everyone else.
[10:29] Saybil
    Then I'll be empty.
[10:33] Kudo
    You'd die to avoid starting over?
[10:37] Saybil
    I realized something
[10:39] Saybil
    when we were attacked by the Arbiter
    and I decided to use the Staff of Ludens.
[10:50] Saybil
    I'm not afraid to die.
[10:57] Hort
    But just the thought scares me.
[11:00] Saybil
    I'm sorry. Of course it does.
[11:03] Saybil
    You and Kudo can leave
    the village and wait, then.
[11:08] Hort
    What are you talking about?
[11:13] Hort
    I was telling you
[11:15] Hort
    that I don't want you to die!
[11:18] Saybil
    Huh? Why?
[11:25] Saybil
    Huh? Um...
[11:29] Saybil
    Hort!
[11:30] Los
    What is the point of chasing after her?
[11:33] Saybil
    To apologize, of course.
[11:35] Los
    "I don't know what I did,
    but I'll just apologize." Is that it?
[11:40] Los
    'Tis an awful kind of apology.
[11:43] Los
    Excessively low regard for thyself
    can at times hurt others.
[11:48] Saybil
    Kudo, educate this numbskull
    about why Hort cried.
[11:55] Kudo
    It's because you're friends.
[11:58] Saybil
    What?
[11:59] Kudo
    Hort just doesn't want her
    friend to die like a dog.
[12:03] Kudo
    But you couldn't see why she would be sad.
[12:08] Saybil
    Friends...
[12:13] Saybil
    I don't want Hort to die, either.
[12:16] Saybil
    I'm going to apologize!
[12:20] Los
    Ah, youth.
[12:25] Hort
    What kind of mage am I?
[12:28] Hort
    This just screams "one of
    the Church's faithful."
[12:32] Lilly
    Is that bad?
[12:38] Hort
    D-Do you live here?
[12:42] Lilly
    I'm Lilly. I was cleaning.
[12:45] Hort
    O-Oh, I see. I'm sorry for interrupting.
[12:50] Hort
    Th-There's no rain.
    Why are you dressed like that?
[12:53] Lilly
    Um, I'm supposed to stay out of sight.
[12:57] Lilly
    But... you were crying.
[12:59] Hort
    Oh, um, I...
[13:03] Lilly
    Are you sad?
[13:04] Hort
    No, no. I just had a fight with a friend.
[13:09] Lilly
    Oh.
[13:11] Lilly
    Um, it's okay for a mage
    to follow the Church.
[13:16] Lilly
    The father says that all the time.
[13:21] Hort
    Hey, Lilly, do you love the father?
[13:25] Lilly
    Huh?
[13:26] Lilly
    H-How did you know?
[13:28] Priest
    Lilly.
[13:32] Hort
    Father...
[13:35] Kudo
    Hey, do we have a shot?
[13:38] Los
    I couldn't say.
[13:39] Kudo
    Then what's the point of fighting?
[13:42] Los
    To live.
[13:45] Los
    My purpose in life is entertainment.
[13:47] Los
    And right now, mine entertainment
[13:50] Los
    is you three!
[13:52] Los
    These past few days, I have completely
    inhabited the role of teacher.
[13:57] Los
    The ducklings I have protected and guided
[14:01] Los
    are about to be cruelly
    brought crashing down to earth.
[14:04] Los
    I detest simplistic tragedies.
[14:07] Los
    I shan't allow anyone to trample upon
    my beloved students' denouement.
[14:14] Los
    If it is to obtain the ending I desire,
[14:18] Los
    then I shall be willing to die.
[14:26] Priest
    My goodness. I told her not to come out.
[14:30] Hort
    She comforted me because I was crying.
[14:34] Hort
    So please, don't scold her.
[14:37] Priest
    Are you in a position to worry about others?
[14:40] Hort
    Huh?
[14:42] Priest
    I heard you had a fight with a friend.
[14:44] Hort
    Y-You heard that?
[14:47] Priest
    I have excellent hearing.
[14:50] Hort
    It's not a big deal.
[14:53] Hort
    I just...
[14:57] Hort
    Of course. I...
[14:59] Hort
    I should have used my words.
[15:03] Hort
    Sayb just didn't understand.
    I didn't have to get so upset.
[15:08] Hort
    I'm sure they're all worried about me.
[15:10] Hort
    I'll just use my words.
[15:12] Hort
    I better head back now.
[15:16] Hort
    Huh?
[15:16] Priest
    How utterly careless of you.
[15:19] Priest
    Going off alone in a village
    controlled by a witch.
[15:25] Hort
    His cane...
[15:27] Hort
    That symbol...
[15:29] Hort
    Dia Ignis!
[15:31] Priest
    Speaking of fights,
[15:33] Priest
    I heard you betrayed the Church.
[15:37] Priest
    I don't blame you.
[15:40] Priest
    You attended a mage academy
    for four whole years.
[15:44] Priest
    Of course it had an effect on you.
[15:47] Priest
    Furthermore, the Tyrant's barbaric
    nature is difficult to condone.
[15:54] Hort
    I-I can't move!
[15:57] Priest
    Let's have a little conversation.
[16:06] Hort
    S-Somebody!
[16:09] Priest
    Shh. Quiet.
[16:12] Priest
    If your heart is righteous,
[16:16] Priest
    then no one will be hurt.
[16:20] Los
    Thou art unable to find Hort?
[16:23] Saybil
    Correct. I've looked everywhere.
[16:25] Los
    Did any of the villagers see anything?
[16:31] Los
    There's no other option.
    We'll track her magic.
[16:35] Kudo
    Are you sure this is the right way?
[16:37] Los
    I can track any mage I have met.
[16:41] Kudo
    But why would she be in this forest?
[16:45] Los
    It appears she must be in there.
[16:49] Kudo
    A cave?!
[16:52] Los
    Wow!
[16:53] Los
    The cave is lit up! How convenient!
[16:56] Saybil
    Amazing!
[16:58] Saybil
    So you can cast Solm
    with no incantation, too.
[17:01] Kudo
    Of course I can!
[17:02] Kudo
    One day, I'll be able to cast any spell
    without doing the incantation.
[17:10] Saybil
    Professor Los?
[17:13] Los
    Blood.
[17:15] Los
    And the magical traces I sense
    from further in don't belong to Hort alone.
[17:22] Kudo
    Shit, this is a trap! Let's retreat!
[17:26] Los
    No, this is perfect.
[17:27] Kudo
    What?!
[17:27] Saybil
    Huh?
[17:29] Los
    If the village's ruler
    is granting us an audience,
[17:33] Los
    then let's graciously
    accept the offer, shall we?
[17:36] Kudo
    Are you stupid?! We'll be killed!
[17:39] Los
    A battle with a witch
[17:41] Los
    is all about evading
    the traps she has laid out.
[17:45] Los
    My dear Ludens and
    I shall discern those traps.
[17:49] Kudo
    That still won't change the fact
     we're at a disadvantage!
[17:53] Los
    The Church & Magic Army does
    not fear fighting witches.
[17:57] Los
    The symbol of that army is
[18:00] Los
    the king of a lost nation destroyed by a dragon,
[18:03] Los
    the Dragon Conqueror King.
[18:04] Los
    He found victory
    in a seemingly hopeless fight
[18:07] Los
    and became the master of a dragon.
[18:10] Los
    Wilt thou be a daring and resolute
     soldier or a fleeing civilian?
[18:15] Los
    The choice is thine.
[18:21] Kudo
    This is stupid!
[18:22] Kudo
    I ain't goin' along with this!
[18:24] Kudo
    I'm not as strong
    as the Dragon Conqueror King
[18:26] Kudo
    and charging to an obvious
    death isn't bravery!
[18:30] Kudo
    I don't care if I'll be expelled!
[18:32] Saybil
    Kudo!
[18:34] Los
    It seems I didn't push hard enough.
[18:37] Los
    Sayb, light, please.
[18:45] ---
    Damn it!
[18:46] Mercenary
    You abandoned them?
[18:51] Kudo
    Y-You...
[18:53] Mercenary
    If you cut ties with them,
[18:56] Mercenary
    then how about joining me?
[18:59] Mercenary
    You'll be able to learn magic.
[19:02] Kudo
    What?
[19:04] Saybil
    Chapter of Harvest, verse one, Solm!
[19:07] Saybil
    Grant me power!
[19:09] Saybil
    My name is Saybil!
[19:16] Los
    What the devil was that? An explosion?!
[19:19] Saybil
    S-Sorry, Professor.
[19:22] Los
    Thou hast not the least bit of control.
[19:25] Saybil
    Sorry.
[19:27] Los
    If I could use magic...
[19:31] Los
    I believe I've had a great idea.
[19:36] Mercenary
    Real witches can create magic.
[19:40] Mercenary
    That includes my employer.
[19:42] Kudo
    I-I only want to join
    the Church & Mage Army.
[19:46] Kudo
    There's no point learning
    magic if I'm expelled.
[19:50] Mercenary
    I can get you into the Army.
[19:52] Kudo
    What?!
[19:53] Kudo
    Is that true, old man?
[19:55] Mercenary
    "Old man?"
[19:57] Mercenary
    If you accept the conditions, I'll enter
    into a witch's blood contract with you.
[20:07] Mercenary
    Whaddya say?
[20:09] Kudo
    Where's Hort?
[20:10] Mercenary
    Huh?
[20:11] Kudo
    What did you do with Hort?
[20:13] Mercenary
    Hort?
[20:15] Mercenary
    Oh, the girl with the hat.
[20:19] Mercenary
    I killed and ate her.
[20:22] Mercenary
    She tasted great.
[20:24] Mercenary
    The flesh of young women is so tender.
[20:32] Kudo
    You cur!
[20:34] Kudo
    Over my dead body!
[20:36] Mercenary
    Fine. Get lost, then.
[20:39] Mercenary
    It's a pain, but I gotta kill your friends.
[20:44] Kudo
    Hold it!
[20:48] Kudo
    You're not going anywhere! You hear me?
[20:53] Mercenary
    I like your spunk. You pass.
[20:56] Mercenary
    Or so I'd like to say,
[20:59] Mercenary
    but first let's see what you've got!
[21:03] Saybil
    There's nothing here.
[21:06] Saybil
    No traps.
[21:07] Los
    It seems not.
[21:08] Los
    'Tis conciliation.
[21:11] Los
    An apprentice mage with limitless magic.
[21:14] Los
    Any witch would want thee,
[21:17] Los
    including the witch
    of this village, I dare say.
[21:21] Saybil
    The witch wants me?
[21:31] Los
    Sayb!
[21:33] Saybil
    I-I'm fine.
[21:36] Saybil
    I think I just remembered something.
[21:40] Los
    Listen, Sayb.
[21:43] Los
    None would blame thee
    if thou turnst back.
[21:46] Saybil
    What?
[21:48] Los
    There is no shame in running.
[21:50] Los
    Thou value thine own life too lightly.
[21:54] Los
    Wouldst thou try to save Hort alone,
    even if I were against it?
[22:01] Saybil
    I would.
[22:03] Los
    Why?
[22:06] Saybil
    Hort is a... f-friend. That's why.
[22:14] Los
    Ah, friendship.
[22:17] Los
    I, too, had that once.
[22:20] Saybil
    Y-You are, too, Professor.
[22:27] Saybil
    I would try to save you, as well.
    Without question.
[22:35] Los
    My goodness!
[22:37] Los
    Thou art certainly a sweet-talker!
[22:39] Saybil
    Professor Los.
[22:41] Los
    There are people who care for thee.
[22:43] Los
    There are people thou carest for.
[22:46] Los
    Never forget that.
[23:00] Los
    Sayb!
[23:04] Los
    Ludens!
[23:14] Los
    Ow!
[23:16] Los
    That was right in the stomach!
[23:17] Priest
    I warned you, didn't I?
[23:21] Priest
    That if you have suspicions,
[23:24] Priest
    you should kill me.
[23:55] Hort
    What's going on?
[23:56] Hort
    Did I die? Tell me! Tell me!
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[23:58] Los
    Hort, calm down.
[24:01] Saybil
    Next time: "I Decide Who's Worthy."
[24:04] Hort
    Address my death already!
[24:06] Los
    Be quiet!