E5 - I Decide Who's Worthy
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[00:01] (Flashback) Zero
Your eyes
[00:03] (Flashback) Zero
are the same as mine, young man.
[00:18] Saybil
I remember...
[00:22] Saybil
I remember her.
[00:34] Zero
Come.
[00:37] Zero
I have been waiting for you.
SIGN Episode 5 I Decide Who's Worthy
[02:11] Zero
What do you mean?
[02:14] Zero
Who are you?
[02:16] Los
Keep calm.
[02:17] Los
A witch's eyes house magical power.
[02:20] Los
If thou art not careful,
thou shalt be bewitched.
[02:26] Zero
You're in the way.
[02:35] Saybil
Professor Los!
[02:38] Saybil
Professor Los!
[02:40] Saybil
Professor Los!
[02:42] Zero
A pretender who cannot even use sorcery
calls herself a witch and stands at your side.
[02:48] Zero
I am exceedingly displeased.
[02:51] Zero
Young man, you are exceptional.
[02:55] Zero
Better than the pretender you hold.
[02:57] Zero
Better than the insects who
swarmed to you for your magic.
[03:04] Saybil
That's...
[03:06] Saybil
What'd you do to Hort?
[03:08] Zero
I let my mercenary have her.
[03:12] Zero
In order to recover you from Albus,
[03:16] Zero
I have gone to great lengths,
[03:18] Zero
including taking this village, all for you.
[03:21] Saybil
Because of me...
[03:24] Saybil
It's my fault...
[03:37] Zero
I shall love you.
[03:40] Zero
I shall guide you.
[03:43] Zero
If you are with me, no one
will be able to hurt you.
[03:48] Zero
Young man, come.
[03:51] Zero
I shall take you to a world befitting of you.
[03:57] Saybil
How are they not befitting?
[04:04] Saybil
Take Hort.
[04:06] Saybil
She was nice to me when there
was nothing special about me.
[04:09] Saybil
She said the thought of me dying scared her.
[04:13] Saybil
And Kudo!
[04:14] Saybil
He was honest and
treated everyone the same.
[04:18] Saybil
He had the courage not to change
his blunt disposition for anyone.
[04:22] Saybil
Professor Los, too.
[04:25] Saybil
She cast her treasured staff away for us!
[04:29] Saybil
She gladly taught us
anything we needed to know.
[04:34] Saybil
You were my only memory.
[04:38] Saybil
But of all my memories,
[04:40] Saybil
the one I could most do without...
[04:43] Saybil
is you!
[04:48] Zero
You rebuff me? A witch as great as I?
[04:53] Saybil
I'll decide who's worthwhile.
[04:58] Saybil
And you
[05:00] Saybil
don't qualify!
[05:06] Saybil
If I pour all my magic into a spell,
[05:09] Saybil
I might manage to save
Professor Los at least.
[05:18] Saybil
Bag Do Gla—
[05:31] Saybil
Wh-What?
[05:49] Los
I have not felt this in ages.
[05:52] Los
My whole body is surging with magical energy!
[05:58] Saybil
Professor... Los...
[06:00] Los
Out-of-control casting?
[06:02] Los
Self-destructive acts are foolhardy.
[06:04] Los
I know I have taught thee that.
[06:06] Zero
So you siphoned magical power from him.
[06:10] Zero
Still, long before you complete any sorcery,
[06:13] Zero
I can cast magic.
[06:16] Los
So thou thinkest.
[06:19] Los
Bag Do Glaht!
[06:22] Los
Kalpa fire, come forth!
[06:23] Los
Flare and blaze!
[06:26] Saybil
Professor Los? You can cast magic?
[06:28] Los
I can cast this level of spell
by imitating what I saw.
[06:32] Los
Since I'm a genius.
[06:35] Los
Chapter of Hunting, final verse!
[06:37] Los
Flagis!
[06:38] Los
Grant me power!
[06:40] Los
My name is Loux Krystas!
[06:49] Zero
Amusing.
[06:52] Zero
I deny your magic.
[06:54] Zero
Grant me power,
[06:56] Zero
for I am Zero.
[07:03] Zero
Watch your ego, Dawn Witch.
[07:05] Zero
That spell is mine.
[07:07] Zero
It is my magic.
[07:09] Zero
It is my wisdom and my power.
[07:13] Zero
To wield it against me is laughable.
[07:16] Zero
This art you call magic which
substitutes for sorcery,
[07:21] Zero
it all began with The Grimoire of Zero.
[07:24] Zero
I am that Zero.
[07:27] Zero
I wrote The Grimoire of Zero.
[07:31] Saybil
This is what she meant.
[07:34] (Flashback) Albus
I could let you meet the
author of the grimoire.
[07:38] Saybil
We never stood a chance of winning.
[07:45] Zero
I am she who discerns meaning
from meaninglessness,
[07:49] Zero
who creates something from nothing:
the Mud-Black Witch!
[08:09] Saybil
Huh?
[08:09] Saybil
Wh-What is this?
[08:11] Zero
And, starting today,
[08:14] Zero
I am also the witch who will
supervise you in the field program.
[08:19] Zero
By the way, the textbook
you use at the Academy,
[08:23] Zero
The Grimoire of Beginning From Zero?
I wrote that as well.
[08:27] Saybil
Uh... Um...
[08:29] Zero
Well done.
[08:31] Zero
I welcome you, young mage.
[08:36] Saybil
U-Um...
[08:43] Los
Didst thou see that, Sayb?
[08:45] Los
A real, live magic denial!
[08:49] Los
I am so moved!
[08:51] Los
My 300 years alive
have not been for nothing!
[08:55] Los
Pull it together! Look alive!
[09:00] Saybil
'Twas a test, a test!
[09:01] Los
Thou hast passed!
[09:03] Saybil
I... passed?
[09:05] Los
Precisely!
[09:06] Hort
Sayb!
[09:10] Hort
Congrats, Sayb!
[09:13] Saybil
Hort!
[09:19] Saybil
Hort, you're okay.
[09:23] Hort
If you had agreed to join Zero,
[09:26] ---
you would've been expelled on the spot.
[09:28] Saybil
What?
[09:30] Hort
Everyone in the village was part of it.
[09:32] ---
They were all testing us.
[09:35] Hort
The father tested me.
[09:37] Hort
He told me to pretend to be on your side
[09:39] Hort
and keep providing information
to the anti-witch faction.
[09:43] Hort
But the moment I spat in his face,
[09:48] Hort
he passed me!
[09:50] Hort
That priest is a pervert for sure.
[09:54] Priest
Who are you calling a pervert?
[09:56] Priest
Allow me to return this.
[09:58] Los
My dear Ludens!
[10:01] Los
I missed thee!
[10:01] Priest
You figured out that this
was a test, didn't you?
[10:06] Los
Of course I did.
[10:09] Los
The supposed house of a family that
died wretched deaths two years ago
[10:12] Los
was clean and had kitchen utensils,
water, and tea leaves to boot!
[10:18] Los
And the hanging dolls
showed not a sign of wear.
[10:22] Los
It was ridiculous.
[10:23] Hort
Now that you mention it...
[10:25] Priest
I told you the tea leaves were too much.
[10:28] Zero
But that was my special blend for relieving
the exhaustion of a long journey.
[10:35] Mercenary
Look who else passed.
[10:39] Kudo
Y-You guys!
[10:43] Saybil and Hort
Kudo!
[10:45] Kudo
Thank goodness.
[10:47] Kudo
You're both all right.
[10:50] Kudo
I was tested, too.
[10:52] Kudo
That guy told me he ate Holt.
[10:56] Mercenary
Direct your complaints to the priest.
He wrote the script!
[11:00] Priest
It was necessary to stir up the students'
rage, fear, and sense of inferiority.
[11:07] Zero
Dawn Witch Loux Krystas,
[11:10] Zero
though it was part of a test,
I ask your forgiveness for the insults.
[11:15] Los
Whatever dost thou mean?
[11:18] Los
As a pretender, I'm afraid
my memory is lackluster.
[11:34] Holdem
Did you just go into labor?
[11:36] Holdem
You weren't hiding a pregnancy
from me, were you?
[11:39] Holdem
Ow!
[11:40] Albus
Of course not, third-rate servant!
[11:43] Albus
I just received word from
Zero via witch's letter.
[11:47] Albus
The three remaining students
I sent to her all passed!
[11:52] Hort
All?
[11:54] Holdem
But not a single person passed last year.
[11:57] Albus
It's a remarkable feat!
[11:58] Albus
When I heard they were
attacked by an Arbiter,
[12:01] Albus
I was uncertain about what I should do.
[12:04] Albus
It seems I was right to believe in them.
[12:07] Holdem
Well, being in mortal danger together
probably cultivated some solidarity.
[12:12] Albus
Yeah, you may be onto something there.
[12:16] Albus
It feels odd,
[12:18] Albus
but if that's the case, I owe
the Arbiter my gratitude.
[12:22] Albus
Very well. I'll throw him a bone.
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[12:26] Albus
And, if we keep him alive,
we may find a use for him.
SIGN Dead or Alive
[12:31] Albus
Distribute this to all the mages, the Church
& Mage Army, and bounty hunters as well.
SIGN Wanted Alive
SIGN Dead or Alive
[12:38] Albus
He hurt my students.
[12:41] Albus
I won't let him get off scot-free.
[12:45] Uls
Now, then, raise a glass to the
first members of the field program!
[12:50] Uls
Cheers!
[12:54] Kudo
Where'd all these people spring up from?
[12:57] Zero
To avoid any accidental bean-spilling,
[12:59] Zero
they were all holed up at home
until the end of the test.
[13:03] Los
The village was littered
with beans to find, though.
[13:07] Zero
No need to be so harsh, Dawn Witch.
[13:11] Zero
Allow me to congratulate you again.
[13:14] Zero
We wholeheartedly sought your expulsion,
[13:18] Zero
but you prevailed.
[13:20] Hort
Um, question! Question!
[13:22] Hort
Why did you seek to expel us?
[13:26] Zero
Because your talent is too great.
[13:28] Kudo; Hort; & Saybil
Huh?
[13:29] Zero
If an exceptional mage is
swayed to the path of evil,
[13:32] Zero
it could mean the end of the world.
[13:35] Zero
We opted to test students
with great potential
[13:38] Zero
to see if they are virtuous,
[13:42] Zero
and expel them if they fail.
[13:47] Zero
The other two students were selected
to obtain evidence of their treachery.
[13:52] Zero
But you three were different.
[13:55] Zero
If any of you sought to destroy the world,
[13:58] Zero
the devastation might be greater
than what we've seen in the north.
[14:01] Hort
S-Surely you're exaggerating.
[14:05] Zero
Young antlered woman,
[14:07] Zero
your talent equals that
of the Mooncaller Witch.
[14:11] Zero
In other words,
the Headmaster of the Academy.
[14:14] Zero
In 10 years' time, you should have the power
to lay waste to a thousand troops in seconds.
[14:21] Hort
I-I should?
[14:23] Zero
Young lizard man, your
resourcefulness will be fearsome.
[14:27] Zero
Your talent for the Chapter of Protection,
[14:29] Kudo
if you continue to develop it,
[14:31] ---
will make you a name as the Immortal Mage.
[14:35] Kudo
Me?
[14:37] Zero
And limitless magic...
[14:41] Zero
Not even I can see your pinnacle.
[14:44] Zero
For the next several hundred years,
[14:45] ---
you may be the most long-lived mage.
[14:49] Zero
Furthermore, living a long life means
[14:52] Zero
endless time to sharpen your techniques.
[14:56] Zero
Right now, you are this sphere.
[14:58] Zero
However, in time,
[15:00] Zero
your power might pierce anything.
[15:03] Zero
Staggering, isn't it?
[15:05] Zero
I, too, am staggered
[15:07] Zero
by the force of this possibility.
[15:10] Saybil
Possibility...
[15:12] Saybil
So then... things won't
necessarily turn out that way.
[15:16] Zero
Indeed.
[15:17] Zero
If you neglect your training
and spend your days loafing,
[15:21] Zero
I can't even imagine what
lackadaisical mages you'll be.
[15:25] Zero
That is a staggering prospect itself.
[15:29] Zero
Now, then, let's discuss the field program.
[15:32] Zero
You will each have a store.
[15:35] Saybil
A store?
[15:36] Zero
Yes.
[15:37] Zero
So that it's easy for the
villagers to seek your help.
[15:41] Zero
By the way, I operate a paltry magic
shop on the outskirts of town.
[15:50] Zero
I shall give you three days.
[15:52] Zero
Use that time to think about what
kind of store you want to op—
[15:55] Mercenary
Dig in!
[15:57] Mercenary
You'll think better after ya eat!
[16:01] Mercenary
There!
[16:02] Mercenary
Don't be shy! I'll keep it comin'.
[16:06] Kudo
This isn't... human meat, is it?
[16:09] Mercenary
Don't be silly.
[16:11] Mercenary
Look at the psychological wound you've
inflicted on these poor kids, killer priest.
[16:17] Saybil
"Killer priest?"
[16:20] Priest
You see, I used to be
an Arbiter in Dia Ignis.
[16:25] Mercenary
And just so ya know, he can see.
[16:28] Kudo; Hort; & Saybil
What?!
[16:30] Saybil
Then why do you wear that over your eyes?
[16:33] Hort
For fashion?
[16:34] Hort
Is it fashion?
[16:36] Priest
Light hurts my eyes.
[16:39] Priest
I can only remove this at night.
[16:42] Hort
So it's not fashion.
[16:44] Hort
Oh, is the little girl from the church here?
[16:48] Priest
There was no little girl at the church.
[16:51] Hort
But...
[16:52] Priest
If you mean Lilly, she's over 20 years old.
[16:56] Hort
No way! But she's smaller than me!
[17:00] Priest
She has a timid personality and
doesn't like large groups of people.
[17:05] Priest
I'll introduce you one of these days.
[17:08] Saybil
Um, Professor Zero...
[17:12] Saybil
Did you take me to the Academy?
[17:17] Zero
You don't remember?
[17:20] Zero
It's all right if you don't.
[17:23] Zero
If necessary, you'll remember
when you need to.
[17:28] Hort
A store, huh...
[17:31] Kudo
Some kind of magic store, too.
[17:34] Saybil
Oh, that reminds me. Where's Professor Los?
[17:37] Hort
She said something about visiting
Professor Zero's store.
[17:41] Hort
She wants to read the books
Professor Zero has written.
[17:45] Kudo
H-Hey, you two! Look up there!
[17:50] Hort
Is that...?
[17:54] Saybil
Kudo.
[18:10] Saybil
That's...
[18:15] Kudo
The Dragon Conqueror King!
[18:17] Dragon Conqueror King
Saybil, Hort, and Kudo. Are they here?
[18:22] Hort
Yes! Right here!
[18:25] Dragon Conqueror King
The dispatches from the Academy.
[18:28] Saybil
Th-Thank you.
[18:31] Zero
Dragon Conqueror King, it's been a while.
[18:34] Mercenary
Hey, Heath. You've gotten big.
[18:37] Dragon Conqueror King
I've told you not to call
me "Dragon Conqueror King."
[18:39] Zero
Loosen up. Your name is known worldwide.
[18:44] Dragon Conqueror King
It's overblown.
[18:46] Dragon Conqueror King
In reality, I'm just here
to handle little errands.
[18:51] Zero
That just shows how
important the letters are.
[18:58] Saybil
"As field program students,
[19:00] Saybil
you are hereby assigned to the witch village.
[19:03] Saybil
All restrictions on magic are lifted."
[19:08] Dragon Conqueror King
Students that haven't even graduated
are being authorized to use all magic?
[19:13] Dragon Conqueror King
That's essentially full authorization
to engage in battle.
[19:18] Zero
Naturally, the anti-witch faction
would have things to say.
[19:21] Zero
You might call these
[19:22] Zero
top secret dispatches.
[19:24] Zero
Quite befitting of delivery by dragon.
[19:28] Kudo
Excuse me!
[19:30] Kudo
I, um...
[19:33] Kudo
A long time ago, you saved me!
[19:37] Dragon Conqueror King
You're the beastfallen who
was at the freak show.
[19:40] Kudo
Y-You remember?
[19:43] Dragon Conqueror King
My heart isn't so dead as
to forget that atrocity.
[19:48] Dragon Conqueror King
I believe you said you wanted
to join the Church & Mage Army.
[19:51] Kudo
If I become a mage,
do you think I could get in?
[19:58] Dragon Conqueror King
Who knows?
[20:01] Dragon Conqueror King
I'm not in charge of recruitment.
[20:04] Dragon Conqueror King
But...
[20:06] Dragon Conqueror King
You seem like you'd be an asset in my squad.
[20:15] Dragon Conqueror King
I have great expectations.
[20:17] Kudo
Th-Thank you!
[20:19] Los
Why?
[20:20] Los
How come thou didst not call me?
[20:23] Los
I wanna see a dragon up close!
I wanna pet it!
[20:27] Los
I wanna ride it, if it'd let me!
[20:30] Saybil
Well, I'm sure there'll be another chance.
[20:30] Los
I wanna ride the dragon! I wanna!
[20:34] Los
But I might not be in the village then!
[20:40] Los
What is it?
[20:42] Los
What's wrong?
[20:44] Hort
So you're leaving after all.
[20:46] Kudo
I told you. She was just our escort.
[20:51] Los
Of course, I shall indeed set out
again in search of entertainment.
[20:55] Los
'Tis my way of life.
[21:03] Los
But until I've read all the books here,
[21:05] Los
I intend to remain in the village.
[21:09] Los
In fact...
[21:10] Los
I'd say it'll take three years.
[21:12] Los
But should I grow bored, I'll leave at once.
[21:15] Los
Study!
[21:17] Los
I am fond of growth!
[21:18] Los
I am fond of change!
[21:20] Los
As long as you three aim higher,
I shall lend a hand.
[21:24] Los
For that is my entertainment!
[21:27] Saybil
Professor Los...
[21:32] Los
'Tis too tight!
[21:36] Los
Enough, you bunch of big babies!
[21:41] Los
You're staying, Dawn Witch?
[21:43] Los
I should not wish to hear that a witch has
sunk her fangs into my precious ducklings.
[21:52] Zero
Fangs?
[21:53] Los
Thou art suffering magical depletion.
[21:57] ---
And a severe case at that.
[22:01] Zero
So you can tell.
[22:03] Los
Sayb would be a godsend to
a witch in thy condition.
[22:09] Zero
Your suspicions are justified.
[22:12] Zero
If you're staying, I should explain.
[22:16] Zero
The young man was born
with that peculiar trait.
[22:19] Zero
Thus, as you fear might happen now,
[22:22] Zero
he was once attacked by
a witch seeking power.
[22:27] Zero
The young man had his mother
killed before his eyes,
[22:30] ---
and the witch who sought power
[22:33] Zero
perished by magical overload.
[22:35] Zero
As a result, he sealed his own memories away.
[22:40] Zero
With no memories, he experienced
all manner of oppression
[22:44] ---
as practically a slave.
[22:48] Zero
By placing himself in a wretched environment,
[22:51] Zero
he was punishing himself.
[22:55] Zero
The emotional wound he
suffered is terribly deep.
[22:59] Zero
Thus, I thought it best to give him a new
lease on life as a student in the Academy
[23:05] Zero
with no memory of what happened.
[23:09] Zero
But his peculiar trait posed the danger that
[23:12] ---
his magic would occasionally
run wildly out of control.
[23:17] Los
So thou soughtest his expulsion.
[23:19] Los
Thou takest, then givest,
then takest again. How arrogant.
[23:24] Los
Why dost thou seek to
control his life like this?
[23:29] Zero
He's my nephew.
[23:31] Los
Thy nephew?! Then Sayb's father is...
[23:37] Zero
Thirteen.
[23:37] Los
Thirteen!
[23:39] Zero
Yes, the one who stole
The Grimoire of Zero from me
[23:43] ---
to create a world controlled by witches.
[23:46] Zero
The one who caused war in the
Kingdom of Wenias by spreading magic.
[23:51] Zero
That extraordinary evil sorcerer.
SIGN Next Episode "Knowledge of Ignorance"
[23:55] ---
The field program has finally begun.
[23:58] ---
The students lament their inexperience,
[24:01] ---
and fight to break through the walls they've hit.
[24:03] ---
Next time:
[24:04] ---
"Knowledge of Ignorance."
[24:06] ---
The preview's suddenly
become awfully serious.
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