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.
SIGN    Wanted
[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"
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    The field program has finally begun.
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    The students lament their inexperience,
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    and fight to break through the walls they've hit.
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    Next time:
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    "Knowledge of Ignorance."
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    The preview's suddenly
    become awfully serious.