E9 - A Stone Cast Into the Pond

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[00:01] Holdem
    You really don't want to come back with me?
[00:03] Holdem
    I'll take you to the Forbidden
    Library, as promised.
[00:06] Los
    Right now I am more preoccupied with
    my ducklings than The Grimoire of Zero.
[00:12] Los
    They grow dramatically
     before one knows it.
[00:15] ---
    I can't take my eyes off them.
[00:17] Holdem
    Well, to you, a few years
    is like the blink of an eye.
[00:22] Los
    True.
[00:23] Los
    I didn't see thee for a short
    time and thou hast grown old.
[00:27] Los
    The next time I see thee,
    thou mightest be dead of old age.
[00:31] Holdem
    I always look young and spry!
[00:44] Hort
    You got your memories back?!
[00:48] Saybil
    Yeah. But they're not very good memories.
[00:53] Hort
    Do you wanna forget again?
    Want a smack to the head?
[00:56] Saybil
    No thanks.
[00:57] Saybil
    But it barely feels like I remembered.
[01:01] Saybil
    I thought things would be
    different once I remembered.
[01:04] Saybil
    But I still know nothing...
[01:06] Hort
    What do you mean?
[01:11] Saybil
    What is it like to have
     feelings for someone?
[01:14] Hort
    Huh?!
[01:16] Saybil
    Professor Los says that
    you're in love with me.
[01:21] Hort
    What?! Um...
[01:22] Hort
    I...
[01:26] Saybil
    I was wondering what normally
    happens when you like someone.
[01:30] Hort
    Well... you want to be
    special to them, I guess...
[01:36] Saybil
    You are special to me, Hort.
[01:39] ---
    Is this love?
[01:41] Hort
    What?
[01:44] Hort
    No. I don't think it is.
[01:48] Saybil
    Oh. Sorry.
[01:50] Hort
    It's okay!
[01:52] Hort
    I'm happy you're asking
    me for love advice, Sayb!
[01:56] Hort
    Oh, how about this.
[01:58] Hort
    Who comes to mind when
    you think you might die?
[02:02] Saybil
    When I think I might die?
[02:09] Saybil
    Oh...
[02:10] Saybil
    I think I might like Professor Los.
[02:19] Hort
    I get that.
[02:21] Hort
    I adore Professor Los, too!
[02:25] Hort
    You can always talk to me, so promise me!
[02:29] Hort
    That you'll come to me for love advice first!
[02:34] Saybil
    Th-Thanks.
[02:36] Saybil
    I wish there were something
    I could do for you, too.
[02:40] Hort
    How about a morning magic supply?
     Is that okay?
[02:44] Hort
    Thanks!
[02:45] Saybil
    Sure.
[02:57] Saybil
    I can't!
[02:58] Hort
    What?
[03:00] Saybil
    Sorry, Hort.
[03:02] Saybil
    I need to go see Professor Zero.
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[04:51] Saybil
    I think I might like Professor Los.
[04:57] Los
    Yes! I shall pretend I never heard that!
[05:00] Hort
    Professor Los! Professor Los!
[05:02] Hort
    Sayb says he likes you!
[05:08] Hort
    P-Professor Los?
[05:13] Los
    Hort, one should not go around blabbing
    someone else's feelings to others.
[05:29] Saybil
    Professor Zero,
[05:31] Saybil
    I, um...
[05:34] Zero
    Sit down, young man.
[05:36] ---
    Then we can talk.
[05:40] Hort
    Professor Los, you won't leave us, will you?
[05:43] Los
    Why dost thou ask that?
[05:45] Hort
    'Cause teachers run when a
    student falls for them, right?
[05:50] Hort
    Since it's a burden and a pain.
[05:53] Hort
    I know, because something like
    that happened at the Church!
[05:58] Los
    I should like to dissemble,
    but I am fond of keen insight.
[06:02] Los
    Just as thou fearest,
    I am the type of teacher who runs.
[06:08] Hort
    No! Please, no!
[06:10] Hort
    I don't want you to leave, Professor!
[06:13] Hort
    And it would be so sad for Sayb, too,
    if the person he likes disappears!
[06:18] Los
    That's why I was going to pretend
    not to have heard anything...
[06:22] Los
    Worry not. I have yet to
    tire of observing you three.
[06:32] Zero
    It happened sooner than I expected.
[06:35] Zero
    And your reaction is calmer
    than I feared it would be.
[06:38] Saybil
    But I was frantic when I got here.
[06:41] Zero
    True, you were.
[06:44] Zero
    But you weren't trembling with fear,
[06:47] Zero
    nor were you a captive of despair.
[06:49] Zero
    You have gained the strength not
    to be crushed by your memories.
[06:54] Saybil
    Crushed by my memories?
[06:57] Zero
    Unpleasant memories can at times become a
    poison that eats away at you from the inside.
[07:08] Saybil
    Why did I suddenly remember?
[07:12] Zero
    I imagine because your life was in danger.
[07:15] Zero
    In other words, you sought to live.
[07:19] Zero
    Young man, you are no longer empty.
[07:23] Zero
    You sought a way to fight, even if it meant
    dredging up painful memories.
[07:29] Saybil
    My mother told me something.
[07:31] Saybil
    She said never approach a
    witch with eyes like mine.
[07:37] Zero
    These eyes are somewhat special.
[07:40] Zero
    They are something my brother
    and I inherited from our father.
[07:45] Zero
    And that brother is your father, Thirteen.
[07:55] Zero
    Thirteen and I are each other's
    last remaining brethren.
[08:02] Zero
    Perhaps that's why he would have done
    anything for me, even destroy the world.
[08:08] Zero
    Your magic is part of that.
[08:10] Zero
    He plotted for it all to be offered up to me.
[08:14] Zero
    He must have realized that if his
    blood and your mother's combined,
[08:18] Zero
    he would obtain a child with limitless magic.
[08:23] Zero
    Your mother caught on and fled.
[08:29] Saybil
    So then... you're...
[08:31] Zero
    That makes me your aunt.
[08:33] Saybil
    So there's not really
    any danger. Isn't that right?
[08:37] Zero
    Even so, most of the pain you've
    experienced is my fault.
[08:41] Saybil
    It may have been because of you,
    but that doesn't mean it was your fault.
[08:46] Saybil
    Besides. If not for you,
    Professor Zero, I would not exist.
[08:54] Zero
    You take after him.
[08:56] Saybil
    After my father?
[08:58] Zero
    Only in the good aspects, I mean.
[09:01] Saybil
    I want to hear about my father.
[09:04] Saybil
    Or, I mean, I want to know.
[09:07] Saybil
    To know just who I am...
[09:10] Zero
    Your father was a thorough rationalist.
[09:14] Zero
    If it was rational,
[09:16] ---
    he could even work with someone who
    was a mortal enemy moments earlier.
[09:19] Zero
    But rationality at times leads to cruelty.
[09:24] Zero
    As a result of his extreme rationalism,
    he committed a grave, irreparable misdeed.
[09:31] Zero
    The war.
[09:33] Zero
    To obtain a world for witches,
    Thirteen sacrificed countless lives.
[09:38] Zero
    An evil sorcerer whose name
    will go down in history.
[09:41] Zero
    That is my brother, your father.
[09:45] Saybil
    I feel like I know a little
    better what I want to be.
[09:50] Saybil
    This morning I went to supply Hort
    with magic, but I couldn't do it.
[09:56] Saybil
    I felt like I might kill Hort,
    and I got scared.
[10:01] Zero
    I see.
[10:02] Saybil
    But I want to keep being a magic supplier,
[10:07] Saybil
    at least during the field program.
[10:10] Zero
    For your friends?
[10:12] Saybil
    For me.
[10:14] Saybil
    Hort and Kudo are going to
    teach me magic in exchange.
[10:18] Saybil
    So please let me practice on you, Professor.
[10:20] Saybil
    Since even if I mess up,
    you won't die.
[10:28] Saybil
    What? Both hands?
[10:29] Zero
    We'll circulate magic between us.
[10:32] ---
    Keep adjusting so the amount stays constant.
[10:44] Saybil
    Kudo!
[10:47] Zero
    Be calm. Don't break your concentration.
[10:49] Zero
    Sorcery and magic require concentration.
[10:52] Zero
    If you stop your incantation every
    time a comrade screams in combat,
[10:57] Zero
    you'll lose people you could have saved.
[10:59] Saybil
    But...
[11:01] Saybil
    I'll become stronger.
[11:04] Zero
    Yes. You will indeed get stronger.
[11:07] ---
    Perhaps even stronger than I.
[11:10] Los
    My goodness.
[11:13] Los
    It seems we arrived quite a bit late.
[11:21] Los
    Oh, thou art younger than I thought.
[11:25] Los
    Thy face was in quite a state last night.
[11:31] Hort
    What are you doing, Tyrant? Let go of him!
[11:38] the Tyrant
    Okey dokey.
[11:46] Los
    My dear Ludens,
[11:49] Los
    say hello!
[11:58] Hort
    You think he's here on
    orders from the Church?
[12:01] Kudo
    I bet so. To the Church,
    a penniless kid is just a pawn.
[12:07] [Hearthful?]
    There are many good-hearted
    people within the Church, too.
[12:13] [Hearthful?]
    I can't say I approve of
    such over-generalization.
[12:17] Los
    Ah, if it isn't Lady Hearthful!
[12:20] Los
    Shouldst thou not be at the school?
[12:23] [Hearthful?]
    I ended class in the morning today.
[12:26] [Hearthful?]
    I brought lunch for our patient.
[12:29] [Hearthful?]
    Only, I heard a scream on the way,
     so I came to investigate.
[12:35] [Hearthful?]
    Please forgive me for
    essentially eavesdropping.
[12:38] Los
    Thou hast a proper sense of
    yourself as being protected.
[12:43] Los
    Still, lately it smells like
    trouble is brewing, does it not?
[12:47] Los
    Dost thou not feel it is
    time to flee the village?
[12:51] [Hearthful?]
    Goodness, no.
[12:53] [Hearthful?]
    It is to be expected that the extremists
    within the Church would target a witch village.
[12:58] [Hearthful?]
    Everyone who came here was
    prepared for that possibility.
[13:03] the Tyrant
    Whaddya want?
[13:04] [Hearthful?]
    As I said, I brought you lunch.
[13:08] the Tyrant
    Oh... well, that was... kind of ya.
[13:13] [Hearthful?]
    This one is
[13:16] [Hearthful?]
    for him.
[13:18] [Hearthful?]
    He is still just a kid.
[13:21] [Hearthful?]
    Did the extremists not consider
    that a child like him would fail?
[13:28] Hort
    Good point.
[13:29] Los
    He is chum.
[13:32] Los
    To the anti-witch faction,
    this village is a murky swamp.
[13:36] Los
    They do not know what fish
    there might be, or how many.
[13:40] [Hearthful?]
    So then, he's...?
[13:42] Los
    They probably wished to see how this young man
    would be killed for attacking with clear hostility.
[13:52] Kudo
    He'll get no sympathy from me!
[13:54] Kudo
    He tried to stab not just
    me, but Professor Los, too!
[13:58] Kudo
    He attacked the one he thought
    was weakest to break through.
[14:02] Kudo
    He'd even have no qualms
    killing the village children.
[14:07] Los
    Ah, but, Kudo, no one said
    anything about sympathy.
[14:11] Kudo
    I don't... I didn't...
[14:14] Los
    Thou dost, right?
[14:15] Los
    Though dost have sympathy for him, right?
[14:19] Los
    Very well!
[14:20] Los
    I am fond of compassion
    that overcomes even hatred!
[14:23] Los
    Here, I shall pat thee for it!
[14:25] Hort
    I'm jealous!
[14:26] Kudo
    Stop it!
[14:27] Hort
    I'll show compassion, too! I will!
[14:28] [Hearthful?]
    That is bad manners.
[14:30] [Hearthful?]
    Would you like to sit and eat at a table?
[14:32] the Tyrant
    I'm an Arbiter, you know.
[14:35] [Hearthful?]
    Even for Arbiters and witches,
    etiquette and manners are important.
[14:40] the Tyrant
    Oh? Am I gonna etiquette
    my enemies to death?
[14:44] [Hearthful?]
    Other people's opinions of you can
    be a way of protecting yourself.
[14:48] [Hearthful?]
    Manners are a useful and efficient
    way of gaining positive regard.
[14:54] the Tyrant
    I'm only regarded for killing.
[14:58] [Hearthful?]
    You intend to build relationships with
    others in this village through killing?
[15:04] the Tyrant
    That's my job. Ain't that right, boss?
[15:08] Hort
    Your job is protecting, not killing!
[15:12] the Tyrant
    Ain't that the same thing?
[15:14] Hort
    Not at all!
[15:16] [Hearthful?]
    Ah, yes. If your job is to protect the village,
     then you need to learn about it.
[15:22] [Hearthful?]
    Might I show you around the village?
[15:25] Hort
    Huh? U-Um, I think that's
    dangerous. He's a killer.
[15:30] the Tyrant
    I ain't gonna kill anybody for free.
[15:33] the Tyrant
    But if there's money in it, then—
[15:37] [Hearthful?]
    I must inform you that
    acting fearsome like that
[15:40] [Hearthful?]
    will gain you nothing here.
[15:43] [Hearthful?]
    No one in this village will fear you.
[15:47] the Tyrant
    Oh, is that so?
[15:54] [Hearthful?]
    Professor Los, no need to escalate.
[15:58] [Hearthful?]
    I'm sure it was just a little test to
    see if I really wouldn't be afraid.
[16:04] Los
    Do not play games like this again, Tyrant.
[16:07] ---
    Next time thy head shall fly.
[16:10] the Tyrant
    My bad.
[16:13] [Hearthful?]
    Shall we go, then, Mr. Tyrant?
[16:18] Mercenary
    Hey, he's just a kid.
[16:21] Mercenary
    So the assailant was just some kid.
[16:24] Mercenary
    I wanted to get some
    information out of him,
[16:28] Mercenary
    but this changes the plan.
[16:30] Kudo
    What was the plan?
[16:33] Mercenary
    Torture.
[16:35] Kudo
    N-No torturing!
[16:38] Mercenary
    I'm saying I'm not gonna torture a kid.
[16:40] Kudo
    No adults, either!
[16:42] Kudo
    The plan was to send him to Wenias
    once his condition is stable!
[16:47] Kudo
    But torture?
[16:49] Kudo
    That ain't the rule of law!
[16:51] Hort
    W-Wow, Kudo!
[16:53] Hort
    You sound super smart!
[16:55] Hort
    I agree!
[16:57] Hort
    No torture!
[16:58] Mercenary
    You're quite right.
[17:00] Mercenary
    If torture's out, then this
    is a job for the priest.
[17:03] Kudo
    The priest?
[17:05] Hort
    True. The Father can use verbal torment—
[17:08] Hort
    Look out!
[17:11] Priest
    I'm surprised. That was intended to hit.
[17:15] Hort
    No violence! You call yourself a clergyman?
[17:18] Priest
    You never know who could be listening.
[17:22] Priest
    If you grasped that better, I would
    not need to resort to violence.
[17:29] Priest
    Also, look.
[17:31] Priest
    He's awake. Has been for a while.
[17:50] Priest
    Realize your position,
[17:52] Priest
    heretic who comprehends not a single
    ounce of the chaste Church's aims.
[17:56] [Kady?]
    Damn it! Is everyone in
    this village a monster?
[18:00] Priest
    What is evil?
[18:03] Priest
    Just what
[18:04] Priest
    is a monster?
[18:06] Priest
    If your head is for show and lacks even
    the sense an infant would retain,
[18:11] Priest
    shall I cut it off and replace it
    with the head of that monster there?
[18:16] Kudo and Mercenary
    Does he mean me?
[18:17] Hort and Los
    Yikes.
[18:19] Priest
    Can the room be made dark?
[18:22] Los
    Indeed.
[18:36] Hort
    Whoa! I-It's so dark!
[18:39] Los
    'Tis roughly a moonlit night.
[18:41] Los
    Perhaps a bit too bright
    for the priest's eyes.
[18:45] Priest
    No. This is enough.
[18:47] Priest
    I will ask you several questions,
    but you need not answer them.
[18:52] Priest
    If you wish to answer, I will not stop you.
[18:55] Priest
    But if you lie, I will know.
[19:02] Priest
    Were you the only one sent to this
    village with the Remnant of Disaster?
[19:09] [Kady?]
    Good question.
[19:10] Priest
    Affirmed. Well, as anticipated.
[19:14] [Kady?]
    What?! I didn't say—
[19:17] Priest
    Are further attacks with
    Remnants of Disaster planned?
[19:23] [Kady?]
    How should I know?
[19:25] Priest
    You showed signs of embarrassment.
[19:27] Priest
    I see. It appears you really don't know.
[19:30] Priest
    Furthermore, you are embarrassed
    you weren't informed.
[19:34] Priest
    Is there a plan to rescue you?
[19:36] [Kady?]
    D—
[19:38] Priest
    Strong negative.
[19:39] Priest
    It was made clear to you that you
    would not be rescued if captured.
[19:44] Hort
    What? How does he know? Is it a bluff?
[19:48] Los
    Facial expressions.
[19:49] Los
    Movements of the pupils, eyelids, and lips.
[19:52] Los
    He is reading unconsciously
    expressed emotion.
[19:55] Hort
    He can do that?!
[19:57] Priest
    I have the general picture.
[19:59] Priest
    You may let it be light again.
[20:04] Priest
    To be frank,
[20:05] Priest
    we gained little information.
[20:08] Priest
    Nor can we exclude the possibility that the
    boy was supplied with false information.
[20:14] Los
    From the fact that they acquired
    a Remnant of Destruction,
[20:18] Los
    a higher-up at the Church is involved.
    Someone fairly high up, at that.
[20:25] Priest
    Unfortunately.
[20:27] Los
    So someone is presenting themselves as
    a peace faction, but supporting the extremists.
[20:33] Mercenary
    The internal conflict within the
    Church is pretty messy right now, isn't it?
[20:37] ---
    How alarming.
[20:39] Los
    Someone so high up must have better
    cards to play than a powerless boy.
[20:44] Los
    In other words,
[20:46] Los
    further moves ought to be coming.
[20:49] Los
    But strangely, there has been no movement.
[20:53] Los
    What should be happening, isn't.
[20:55] Los
    Which means,
[20:56] Los
    the move has already been made in secret.
[20:59] Los
    We must assume so.
[21:00] Los
    For now, regarding that boy,
[21:03] Los
    it may be best to delay his
    transfer to Wenias for a bit.
[21:09] Hort
    The adults are deciding
    everything themselves.
[21:14] Hort
    I can fight, too, you know!
[21:17] Hort
    Yeah, right.
[21:19] Hort
    A student who can't take
    responsibility can't do anything.
[21:35] [Hearthful?]
    My, how rare for you to come by the school.
[21:40] [Hearthful?]
    I was just showing Mr. Tyrant around.
[21:44] Hort
    Oh.
[21:45] Hort
    What's that they're making?
[21:47] [Hearthful?]
    He says it's a trap to catch fish.
[21:50] [Hearthful?]
    He apparently worked at a workshop
    that made traps for hunting.
[21:54] Hort
    Did he say, "traps for hunting people"?
[21:58] [Hearthful?]
    Yes. First thing.
[22:02] [Hearthful?]
    Apparently he can't help but try to scare me.
[22:05] [Hearthful?]
    He's like a little kid.
[22:07] Laios
    Look, mister! I finished my trap!
[22:13] the Tyrant
    I'd say this looks pretty good.
[22:16] Laios
    Ms. Hearthful! I wanna go to the river!
[22:19] [Hearthful?]
    A fine idea. Why don't we all
    go there together tomorrow?
[22:23] Laios
    Yay!
[22:32] [Hearthful?]
    I suppose the idea of us going
    alone is still a little worrisome.
[22:36] [Hearthful?]
    Might I ask you to escort us?
[22:39] Hort
    O-Of course!
[22:41] Laios
    Are you coming, too, mister?
[22:42] the Tyrant
    Depends on the boss.
     I don't get to decide.
[22:46] Hort
    Of course you're coming, too!
[22:48] Hort
    Don't forget, you're my servant!
[22:52] the Tyrant
    Sure, sure.
[22:53] the Tyrant
    But are ya sure? You want a killer
    like me to be around kids?
[22:58] Hort
    Hey! Not in front of the children!
[23:01] Laios
    Mister, are you gonna kill us?
[23:04] the Tyrant
    Nah, I mean... I don't intend to.
[23:07] Laios
    Then it's fine for him to be
    around us. Right, everyone?
[23:11] Kids
    I agree!
[23:11] Kids
    Yeah!
[23:14] the Tyrant
    What're ya teaching these kids?
[23:17] [Hearthful?]
    As I told you.
[23:18] [Hearthful?]
    No resident of this village will fear you.
[23:22] [Hearthful?]
    If there isn't sufficient reason to fear,
[23:24] [Hearthful?]
    we won't be scared of anything.
[23:42] Kudo
    The transfer is postponed?
[23:47] [Kady?]
    Damn it!
[23:49] Kudo
    Hey.
[23:50] Kudo
    Come with me.
SIGN    Next Episode "Snack Time"
[23:55] Lilly
    Eating something yummy
    makes people feel better.
[23:58] Lilly
    So, I'm gonna make yummy food!
[24:01] Lilly
    Next episode: "Snack Time."
[24:03] Saybil
    Professor Los, you're awfully quiet.
[24:06] Los
    No comment. Wait for next week!