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...?