E1 - And So, Our Story Begins

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[00:01] Narration
    In the beginning, God created humanity,
    and then He created witches.
[00:07] Narration
    God shared His power
    with the witches and told them,
[00:13] Narration
    "In my place, you shall guide
    the powerless humans."
[00:18] Narration
    The witches agreed
    and swore to dedicate themselves
[00:22] Narration
    to helping humans
    in the name of friendship.
[00:29] Narration
    But in the present day...
[00:31] All
    We don't need witches!
[00:33] All
    Kill them!
[00:35] All
    Kill the witches!
[00:36] All
    Eradicate them!
SIGN    World Empire of Redia
SIGN    Witch Hunt Commemorative Meeting
[00:47] Witch
    I hope you die, humans!
SIGN    Redia Empire, Solsavian Region
[00:57] Adonis
    Hey, are we at the border yet?
[01:01] Adonis
    My legs are killing me.
[01:03] Adonis
    It's so hot, I could die.
[01:06] Adonis
    Chloe, are you listening?
SIGN    Witch's Apprentice
    Adonis
[01:09] Chloe
    Be quiet.
[01:11] Chloe
    I'm checking our location now.
[01:11] Adonis
    Aw, man. This is exhausting.
[01:14] Adonis
    Can't you use magic?
[01:16] Adonis
    At least make it cooler.
[01:18] Chloe
    You idiot. My magic isn't that cheap.
SIGN    Ice Witch
    Chloe Morgan
[01:22] Chloe
    If you keep complaining,
    I'll leave you behind.
[01:25] Chloe
    Let's see. This way is north, so...
[01:29] Adonis
    I found our location.
[01:32] Chloe
    Hey!
[01:34] Chloe
    Didn't I tell you not to use weird machines
    because they'll use them to find us?
[01:37] Adonis
    It's not a "weird machine."
    It's a smartphone.
[01:40] Adonis
    Besides, I made this myself,
    so they can't use it to track us.
[01:44] Adonis
    It uses free-form summoning magic to replace
[01:46] Adonis
    its radio waves with
    multidimensional photons,
[01:49] Adonis
    so not even the army's
    triangulation technology can find us.
[01:51] Adonis
    And it doesn't need batteries.
[01:53] Adonis
    Pretty handy, right?
[01:55] Adonis
    Besides, using paper maps
    in this day and age is lame.
[01:58] Adonis
    I'll make you your own sometime.
[02:06] Chloe
    You cheeky little brat.
[02:09] Chloe
    Okay, got it.
[02:11] Chloe
    How long are you going to stay down there?
[02:13] Chloe
    Stand up.
[02:16] Chloe
    What is it?
[02:19] Adonis
    Why do we have to keep running?
[02:24] Chloe
    Because I'm a witch.
[02:26] Chloe
    Attitudes towards witches have changed.
[02:29] Chloe
    Now simply living is a struggle.
[02:32] Chloe
    Blending in when in human cities,
    living away from human towns...
[02:36] Chloe
    I'm more like a ninja than a witch.
[02:39] Chloe
    Nin...
[02:48] Chloe
    Let's go, Adonis.
[02:51] Adonis
    Okay.
[02:54] Chloe
    Until we cross the border,
    no talking unless necessary.
[02:58] Adonis
    Okay.
[02:59] Chloe
    We need to find a place
    that's tolerant towards witches,
[03:03] Chloe
    so we can reclaim our peaceful, happy life.
[03:06] Chloe
    We need to find a school
    for you to attend, too.
[03:09] Chloe
    You just might get to do what you want.
[03:13] Adonis
    I thought we weren't supposed
    to talk unless necessary.
[03:16] Adonis
    I don't care about school.
[03:19] Adonis
    I'd rather keep studying under you.
[03:22] Chloe
    You like older women, Adonis?
[03:25] Adonis
    It's not like that!
[03:26] Adonis
    What are y-you even saying?
[03:33] Adonis
    Hey, Chloe.
[03:34] Adonis
    How are you fine? Aren't you frustrated?
[03:39] Adonis
    I hate this place. The Redia Empire.
[03:44] Adonis
    We should eradicate humans with magic.
[03:50] Chloe
    Did you say something, Adonis?
[03:53] Adonis
    Chloe, something's coming.
[03:55] Soldier A
    This is Western Squad 8.
[03:58] Soldier A
    HQ, please respond.
[03:59] Soldier A
    A fugitive witch has been spotted.
[04:01] Soldier A
    Moving to engage and eliminate.
[04:03] Adonis
    I'll handle this.
[04:05] Chloe
    No.
[04:06] Chloe
    You're too inexperienced.
[04:08] Adonis
    Chloe!
[04:13] Chloe
    Ice Magic: Oliot.
SIGN    Ice Magic
SIGN    Oliot
[04:26] Chloe
    Honestly. They never learn their lesson!
[04:34] Official
    I'm sorry, Your Majesty.
SIGN    Redia Empire
    23rd Emperor Goethe
[04:40] Goethe
    Incompetent fool.
[04:42] Official
    Forgive me, but Chloe is
    a high-ranking witch who uses ice magic.
[04:47] Official
    A single squadron stationed
    at the border cannot—
[04:49] Guard A
    Know your place!
[04:50] Guard A
    You defy His Majesty?
[04:53] Guard B
    How dare you?!
[04:55] Official
    No, of course not.
[04:57] Goethe
    Enough. Bring her to me immediately.
[05:01] Goethe
    I won't allow you to escape,
    Chloe the Witch.
[05:15] Chloe
    I'm exhausted.
[05:17] Chloe
    Let's go.
[05:20] Chloe
    What's wrong?
[05:22] Adonis
    Why won't you let me do anything?
[05:27] Adonis
    I mean use magic.
[05:28] Adonis
    I can cast spells, so why can't I fight?
[05:32] Adonis
    I could've handled those wimps.
[05:35] Adonis
    Why am I studying magic
    if you won't let me use it?!
[05:37] Chloe
    Adonis, didn't I tell you?
[05:40] Chloe
    You're too inexperienced with magic.
[05:49] Adonis
    How could any student
    of yours be inexperienced?
[05:54] Chloe
    If you whine too much, I'll get mad.
[05:57] Adonis
    It's because I'm a human
    like them, isn't it?
[06:05] Adonis
    You don't want me to kill my kind
    because you're too nice.
[06:10] Adonis
    So no matter how much they mistreat you,
[06:13] Adonis
    you suppress your emotions
    so I won't fight humans,
[06:17] Adonis
    and you never allow me to fight them.
[06:20] Adonis
    But I can't stand...
[06:23] Adonis
    not being able to protect you anymore!
[06:29] Adonis
    After all, I... Chloe, I...
[06:38] Chloe
    Me, too, Adonis.
[06:44] Adonis
    Yeah.
[06:48] Radio
    Location information synchronized.
[06:54] Adonis
    What?
[06:57] Adonis
    We're floating. What is this?
[06:59] Chloe
    Could it be?
[07:00] Chloe
    They already completed it?
[07:02] Chloe
    Not even witches can achieve
    long-distance physical transfer.
[07:07] Adonis
    It's all right, Chloe.
[07:11] Adonis
    I'm right here with you.
[07:17] Operator A
    Source code entered.
[07:19] Operator A
    All modules active. No noise.
[07:22] Operator B
    Extra-dimensional QS transfer
    estimated success rate: 99%.
[07:27] Operator A
    Roger. Enact transfer protocol.
[07:31] Operator A
    Transfer location: Capital Central Plaza.
[07:34] Operator A
    Coordinates set to 23-94.
[07:37] Operator A
    Begin physical transfer countdown.
[07:40] Goethe
    Today, I'd like to speak to you not as your
    emperor but as a human being.
[07:49] Goethe
    Since long ago,
    we've been protected by magic.
[07:54] Goethe
    Whenever natural disasters
    or plagues occurred, we depended on witches,
[07:59] Goethe
    expressed our gratitude for them,
    revered them, and feared them...
[08:05] Goethe
    Due to their power exceeding
    human knowledge known as magic.
[08:09] Goethe
    Don't you think that's unjust?
[08:12] Goethe
    Are we weaklings who must bow to the whims
     of witches and beg for their assistance?
[08:18] Goethe
    Are we not allowed to live
    with our own dignity?
[08:24] Goethe
    Absurd!
[08:25] Goethe
    Behold!
[08:26] Goethe
    Our countless airships fly through the sky,
    and our metropolis fears no storm.
[08:33] Goethe
    The automatic trains driving through
    our cities will open up new frontiers.
[08:39] Goethe
    And in your hands you hold
    the fruit of our wisdom: the smartphone.
[08:44] Goethe
    Our empire has brought about this explosion
    of new technology. This Gear Expansion.
[08:51] Goethe
    We are not weak.
[08:54] Goethe
    Even without strange and occult magics,
[08:57] Goethe
    we can mold the natural world
    and control it with our own strength.
[09:03] Goethe
    My people,
[09:04] Goethe
    now is the time to eradicate witches and
    show the world that we are its supreme rulers.
[09:12] Goethe
    Let us extol ourselves, humanity!
[09:21] Queen
    That was a wonderful speech, dear.
[09:25] Goethe
    I know.
[09:26] Goethe
    The world will surely move
    in a positive direction...
[09:33] Goethe
    once the witches are eradicated.
[09:46] Adonis
    What's wrong with them?
[09:50] Goethe
    Chloe the Witch.
[09:52] Goethe
    We finally meet.
[09:54] Adonis
    That's...
[09:56] Chloe
    Emperor Goethe.
[09:58] Adonis
    Run, Chloe.
[10:01] Adonis
    I'll buy you time.
[10:03] Guard
    Don't do anything stupid!
[10:06] Adonis
    These bastards...
[10:08] Adonis
    Let go, damn it!
[10:10] Goethe
    I see.
[10:12] Goethe
    So that human was raised by a witch.
[10:15] Goethe
    What's the world coming to?
[10:18] Chloe
    Listen to me, king of humans.
[10:21] Chloe
    If you value the lives of your people,
    then let go of my apprentice.
[10:27] Chloe
    Now.
SIGN    Ice Magic
SIGN    Absolute Zero
[10:32] Chloe
    Is your silence your answer?
[10:36] Chloe
    Citizens, you are human like Adonis.
[10:41] Chloe
    I didn't want to fight you.
[10:43] Chloe
    If I were to destroy you, that boy
    wouldn't have a home to return to.
[10:50] Chloe
    So I've allowed you to live.
[10:55] Chloe
    But you're too dangerous!
[11:05] Chloe
    My magic... disappeared?
[11:09] Goethe
    Witch, you cannot understand
    the power of science we've acquired.
SIGN    Magic Photon Suppression Device SDAM-2
SIGN    Magic
    nullified
[11:21] Goethe
    I doubt you even considered that the humans
    you once helped would someday chase you down.
[11:30] Adonis
    Why isn't my magic activating?
[11:34] Goethe
    It's time you handed over the world.
[11:43] Adonis
    Chloe!
[11:51] Goethe
    A witch who can't use magic is a mere woman.
[11:58] Mob A
    She's exposed! Hilarious!
[12:00] Mob B
    Take pictures, everyone!
[12:01] Mob B
    Check out those witch tits!
[12:03] Mob C
    Don't hide 'em away!
[12:06] Mob D
    We can't get pictures!
[12:08] Adonis
    Now you've done it.
[12:11] Adonis
    I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
[12:15] Adonis
    Chloe, you just wait! I'll be right there!
[12:20] Goethe
    Such a noisy boy.
[12:22] Goethe
    Kill him.
[12:28] Chloe
    Your Majesty
[12:32] Chloe
    I am to blame.
[12:34] Chloe
    That boy has nothing to do with this.
[12:38] Chloe
    As you said, witches should be eradicated.
[12:42] Chloe
    But that boy is different.
[12:44] Chloe
    Like you, he is human.
[12:47] Chloe
    I kidnapped him and raised him as my slave.
[12:50] Chloe
    He is a poor, miserable human boy.
[12:55] Chloe
    Please... Please, as the emperor,
    have mercy and spare this child's life.
[13:03] Chloe
    I don't care what happens to me.
[13:08] Adonis
    A slave?
[13:09] Adonis
    What are you talking about?
[13:12] Chloe
    Have mercy.
[13:18] Adonis
    It's okay.
[13:22] Adonis
    I'll kill them all right now.
[13:39] Adonis
    What's going on?
[13:44] Adonis
    What is this?
[13:50] Chloe
    Adonis...
[13:54] Chloe
    Thank you for everything.
[14:13] Adonis
    In that moment...
[14:16] Chloe
    In that moment...
[14:18] Both
    I'm really glad I met you.
[14:24] Chloe
    I love—
[14:39] Adonis
    Stop!
[14:41] Aodnis
    Stop!
[14:45] Chloe
    I was truly, truly, truly happy.
[15:29] Narration
    And God said,
[15:31] Narration
    "Witches, the humans may
    fear you, as they are timid."
[15:38] Narration
    "I hope you shall become friends
    and bring eternal peace to this world."
[15:43] Narration
    "Should you hate one another and fight,
[15:45] Narration
    then may the darkness
    of chaos envelop the world."
[15:57] Narration
    "And So, Our Story Begins."
SIGN    And So, Our Story Begins
SIGN    10 Years Later
SIGN    Capital of the Redia Empire, New Nightmare
SIGN    Precinct 7, Mayhem Internment Camp
[17:41] Prisoner B
    Hey, this is mine!
[17:43] Prisoner C
    Screw you! It's mine!
[17:45] Prisoner B
    Don't be such a glutton, you pig!
[17:47] Prisoner C
    What did you call me?
[17:48] Prisoner B
    Let go.
[17:50] Prisoner C
    You let go, pig.
[17:52] Doroka
    Please stop fighting.
[17:56] Doroka
    You're welcome to have this
    if you'll please get along.
SIGN    Prisoner Girl
    Doroka
[18:05] Prisoner B
    Stay out of this, brat.
[18:09] Anna
    Doroka, are you all right?
[18:10] Doroka
    Anna.
[18:13] Anna
    Didn't you give your bread
    to someone else earlier?
[18:16] Doroka
    I'm fine. I'm full of energy.
[18:19] Doroka
    See?
[18:23] Anna
    You're such a good girl.
[18:25] Anna
    I only ever worry about myself.
[18:28] Anna
    No matter how much technology advances
     thanks to the Gear Expansion,
[18:31] Anna
    people keep fighting among themselves.
[18:33] Anna
    The wars never stopped.
[18:36] Anna
    They said humanity would be happy once
    the witches were gone, so what is this?
[18:47] Doroka
    Anna, raise your head.
[18:50] Knight Doll
    Anna, what are you crying for?
[18:54] Princess Doll
    Sir knight, we're prisoners.
[18:57] Princess Doll
    We lost to the empire and were brought here.
[19:01] Princess Doll
    We're very scared right now.
[19:04] Knight Doll
    I see. But don't worry.
[19:07] Knight Doll
    I'm sure it'll all work out.
[19:09] Knight Doll
    Doroka will do something in my place.
[19:15] Anna
    You're not going to do anything, sir knight?
[19:19] Prison Guard
    Number 218.
[19:21] Prison Guard
    Number 218, get up here.
[19:24] Prison Guard
    Where are you? Hurry up.
[19:26] Prison Guard
    Number 218.
[19:27] Prisoner D
    Nobody who gets called ever comes back.
[19:29] Prisoner E
    This is the fourth one.
[19:32] Prisoner F
    Who is it?
[19:37] Prison Guard
    Who is it? Step forward!
[19:40] Doroka
    I'm here. It's me.
[19:44] Prison Guard
    Follow me.
[19:47] Anna
    Doroka...
[19:48] Anna
    But that's my number.
[19:53] Palpol
    You look okay, and you're young enough.
[19:57] Palpol
    That just leaves...
[20:00] Palpol
    Let's have you strip.
[20:01] Doroka
    What?
[20:02] Palpol
    Don't act so surprised.
SIGN    Mayhem Internment Camp
    Chief Warden Palpol
[20:05] Palpol
    We've got to check your body so we don't
    offend the lord you're about to serve.
[20:11] Palpol
    Running this place costs taxpayers' money.
[20:14] Palpol
    The blood tax of the empire's people.
[20:16] Palpol
    So you have to serve the people, too.
[20:23] Palpol
    You understand?
[20:25] Palpol
    Don't worry. You'll get used to it.
[20:28] Doroka
    How awful.
[20:31] Palpol
    Who brought about the Gear Expansion
    and the explosive rise of human civilization?
[20:36] Palpol
    Who used their scientific and
    military might to defeat the witches
[20:39] Palpol
    and seize dignity for humanity?
[20:43] Palpol
    It was all us, the Redia Empire.
[20:48] Palpol
    That expression is simply too much.
[20:51] Palpol
    You'll fetch a good price.
[20:54] Palpol
    Send the photos I just took to HQ.
[20:58] Phone
    Photos sent.
[21:02] Palpol
    Ow!
[21:04] Prison Guard A
    Bitch!
[21:05] Palpol
    Catch her, quickly!
[21:08] Palpol
    Damn brat...
SIGN    Voice
    Authentication
[21:11] Prison Guard A
    Stop right there!
[21:13] Doroka
    I don't think so!
[21:15] Doroka
    I need to release the others.
[21:17] Doroka
    Mister Phone, open all the cells.
SIGN    The facility manager's voice must be authenticated to unlock the doors.
[21:27] Doroka
    Please release everyone!
[21:30] Phone
    Voice cannot be authenticated.
[21:32] Doroka
    Please, God!
[21:34] Phone
    Voice cannot be authenticated.
[21:35] Doroka
    Open the doors.
[21:37] Phone
    Unable to comply.
[21:38] Doroka
    Please open all the cells.
[21:42] Phone
    Voice authenticated.
[21:43] Doroak
    What?
[21:45] Prisoner A
    They're opening.
[21:46] Prisoner B
    But why?
[21:48] Prison Guard A
    Hey, what's going on here?
[21:50] Doroka
    Run, everyone!
[21:55] Prison Guard A
    Don't move! Stay where you are!
[21:57] Prison Guard B
    Get back in your cells!
[21:58] Prisoner A
    Out of the way!
[21:58] Prison Guard C
    I told you not to move! Hey, stop!
[21:59] Prisoner B
    I'm first!
[22:00] Prisoner C
    Ow! Don't push!
[22:00] Prison Guard D
    There's too many of them!
    Where's our backup?
[22:01] Prisoner E
    Hurry up!
[22:02] Prisoner L
    Shut up.
[22:02] Prison Guard E
    Hey, stop! Stop!
[22:03] Anna
    Doroka?
[22:04] Prison Guard A
    We need backup immediately!
[22:06] Prison Guard B
    Stay in your cells, slaves!
[22:08] Prison Guard B
    Damn it! You're in the way!
SIGN     Voice
    Authenticated
[22:13] Phone
    All cells unlocked.
[22:24] Prison Guard A
    You bitch!
[22:28] Prison Guard C
    This is bad. They're all open.
[22:31] Prison Guard A
    Seriously?
[22:32] Prison Guard B
    We're in big trouble.
[22:38] Prison Guard A
    Is that...?