Season 1
- E1 - The Witch and the City of Blazing Red
- E2 - The Witch's Pastime: Opening Act
- E3 - The Witch's Pastime: Final Act
- E4 - Beauty and Death: Opening Act
- E5 - Beauty and Death: Final Act
- E6 - The Witch and the Demon Sword: Opening Act
- E7 - The Witch and the Demon Sword: Act II
- E8 - The Witch and the Demon Sword: Act III
- E9 - The Witch and the Demon Sword: Final Act
- E10 - Origin Witch
- E11 - Eloquence and Silence: Opening Act
- E12 - Eloquence and Silence: Final Act
E1 - The Witch and the City of Blazing Red
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SIGN Witches
[00:02] Narrator
Witches.
[00:03] Narrator
Since days of yore, one group has
always stood at the pinnacle of sorcery:
[00:09] Narrator
the original 17, known as Origin Witches,
[00:13] Narrator
and the mighty lineage that inherited all of
their magical power, craft, and knowledge.
[00:23] Narrator
These are the witches of our age.
[00:27] Narrator
Witches sometimes aid people
and sometimes curse them.
[00:31] Narrator
So how can one undo a witch's curse?
SIGN 1. A loving kiss from Prince Charming
[00:36] Narrator
One way is a loving kiss
from Prince Charming.
[00:42] Narrator
Another is if the hateful witch
has a change of heart.
SIGN 2. If the hateful witch has a change of heart
[00:47] Narrator
And...
[02:30] Guideau
Damn it, Ashaf.
[02:32] Guideau
She'd better really be here.
[02:35] Ashaf
Of course she's here. Although...
[02:43] Ashaf
Whether she's the one you're looking for...
[02:46] Ashaf
That's another story, Guideau.
SIGN The Witch and
the Crimson City
[02:55] Baker
A witch?
[02:56] Ashaf
That's right.
[02:57] Baker
If you're looking for a witch,
you should ask this person right here.
[03:03] Ashaf
Might you be a witch, perhaps?
[03:06] Baker
Apparently, they're looking for a witch.
[03:08] Mary
Oh, is that why you're visiting the city?
[03:10] Guideau
Where is she?
[03:12] Guideau
Tell me where the hell she is!
[03:14] Ashaf
Guideau.
[03:16] Ashaf
I beg your pardon.
[03:17] Ashaf
Any mention of witches tends
to make my friend excitable.
[03:20] Ashaf
You see, Guideau has business with one.
[03:23] Mary
Oh, really? What does this witch look like?
[03:25] Ashaf
Dunno.
[03:27] Ashaf
But we're certainly lucky to find
someone who knows a witch so soon.
[03:32] Mary
I wouldn't call it "luck" at all.
[03:35] Mary
I'm not the only one who knows Lady Witch.
[03:38] Mary
Everyone in the city knows her.
[03:41] Mary
I doubt you even need to ask around.
[03:44] Ashaf
What do you mean by that?
[03:58] Policeman
Fire!
[04:06] Ashaf
Well... That's certainly quite the beast.
[04:09] Ashaf
Whether he's using transformation or
manipulation, he must be a powerful mage.
[04:13] Guideau
Hah! Already showin' themselves!
[04:16] Guideau
It's a witch!
[04:17] Mary
Not at all.
[04:18] Mary
You've got it all wrong.
[04:20] Mary
That's not who you're looking for.
[04:24] Ione
You there...
[04:29] Ione
Could you hold this for me?
[04:31] Policeman A
Y-Yes, Lady Witch.
[04:53] Policeman B
Detain him!
[04:56] Male Bystander
Amazing, Lady Witch Ione!
[04:59] Ashaf
What do we have here?
Quite the celebrity, I see.
[05:03] Mary
Of course. She's the hero of our city.
[05:06] Ashaf
Hero? A witch?
[05:08] Mary
It's only fair judgment.
[05:10] Ashaf
You seem happy to say that.
[05:11] Mary
What student wouldn't be happy
to see their mistress succeed?
[05:15] Ashaf
That so?
[05:17] Mary
I'll head over first to introduce you.
[05:22] Ashaf
Well, that explains that. "Lady Witch," huh?
[05:25] Ashaf
At least we didn't waste any time finding her.
[05:31] Ashaf
Guideau, our mission comes first.
[05:35] Ashaf
No acting on impulse...
[05:38] Ashaf
Oh, my.
[05:39] Policeman
Lady Ione, as usual, thank you for your help.
[05:43] Policeman
You're the guardian angel of this city.
[05:46] Ione
You give me too much credit.
[05:47] Mary
Mistress!
[05:49] Ione
Mary, are you done shopping?
[05:52] Mary
I'm sorry. I got distracted by all the chaos.
[05:56] Mary
I'll be sure to get everything later.
[05:58] Mary
After all, tonight's the big night.
[06:01] Male
Don't you all remember
what those witches did before?
[06:04] Male
You're out of your mind
to treat her like a hero!
[06:06] Male
Mark my words, I'll kill you myself one day!
[06:08] Policeman
Shut up! Hurry up and take him away.
[06:12] Guideau
I've found you, you damn filthy witch!
[06:19] Mary
Huh? You...
[06:25] Guideau
Damn it! You bitch!
[06:27] Guideau
I know you've seen my face before!
[06:30] Mary
You know her?
[06:32] Ione
I'm not too sure.
[06:34] Guideau
Shut up, you liar!
[06:35] Policeman A
That's enough!
[06:36] Policeman B
You messed with the wrong person!
[06:38] Guideau
I dunno what made you believe in this bitch,
[06:42] Guideau
but witches bring only
disaster and misfortune.
[06:44] Guideau
You're all gonna die if this shit continues!
[06:46] Policeman
You little...
[06:49] Policeman
Wh-What?
[06:51] Policeman
Get off!
[06:53] Ashaf
My, my. It always goes like this.
[06:56] Ashaf
You need to leave it to me and stay back.
[06:58] Guideau
Shut up, Ashaf! Screw your damn orders!
[07:01] Ashaf
My sincere apologies.
[07:03] Mary
Was this the plan all along?
[07:06] Ashaf
It's all a misunderstanding.
[07:08] Ashaf
We have no ill intent. But...
[07:11] Ashaf
Seeing as how you're a witch,
we'd like to have a few words with you.
[07:16] Citizen A
Screw you!
[07:17] Citizen B
You're the one who attacked her!
[07:20] Citizen C
Hurry up and arrest them, too!
[07:22] Citizen C
They look suspicious enough!
[07:24] Ashaf
We will take our leave quickly, Guideau.
[07:26] Guideau
What? Screw that!
[07:28] Guideau
The witch is right there in front of us!
[07:30] Ashaf
Lady Witch, excuse us,
but we'll call at another time.
[07:34] Ashaf
Our regards to you, too, little miss.
[07:41] Mary
What was all that about?
[07:48] Ashaf
Roughly 400 years ago, a wicked
witch cast a curse on the city,
[07:52] Ashaf
turning it into a doomed land
consumed by hellfire.
[07:55] Ashaf
But the wicked witch was defeated,
and the curse was sealed.
[08:01] Guideau
The curse was sealed?
[08:04] Ashaf
That's the supposed history of this city.
[08:07] Ashaf
This castle is where the
curse is said to be sealed,
[08:11] Ashaf
as well as being the current
residence of that witch.
[08:14] Ashaf
Or so says the pamphlet.
[08:16] Guideau
How the hell can a witch
live in a place like this?
[08:19] Ashaf
It means she's built a better reputation
for herself in the last 400 years.
[08:25] Guideau
Bullshit.
[08:26] Ashaf
Sure, to you, all witches are evil.
[08:30] Ashaf
But I suppose it does raise some questions.
[08:34] Woman
Oh. Did you two get invites, too?
[08:37] Ashaf
Not exactly. We have
business with Lady Witch.
[08:41] Ashaf
Are we interrupting something?
[08:43] Woman
Well, there's a party tonight
for the anniversary.
[08:46] Ashaf
Oh? The anniversary of what, exactly?
[08:49] Mary
Thanks for coming, everyone! Come on in!
[08:56] Mary
What are you two doing here?
[08:58] Guideau
Picking up where we left off.
Now, let me through.
[09:01] Ashaf
I told you to stay back and keep quiet.
[09:03] Mary
I'm afraid not!
[09:05] Mary
There's no way I'm letting bad
people like you near my mistress.
[09:09] Ashaf
Huh? All witches have a screw loose!
[09:11] Ashaf
Why would you get so worked up defending one?
[09:13] Mary
That's exactly why I won't let you near her.
[09:17] Mary
In the past, this city treated witches
terribly because of the wicked witch.
[09:22] Mary
My mistress grieved over this and
put everything into helping the city.
[09:28] Mary
She protected the city from disasters
and evildoers using magic,
[09:33] Mary
saving many people in the process.
[09:36] Mary
Including me.
[09:40] Mary
Years of hardship finally bore fruit, and
she ended discrimination against witches.
[09:45] Mary
That's why I won't let her near anyone who
berates her simply because she is a witch!
[09:51] Ashaf
My, how heartwarming.
Really, that was quite moving.
[09:55] Ashaf
But I can't say I recommend
believing everything you hear.
[09:58] Mary
What do you mean by that?
[10:00] Ashaf
The story of that sealed hellfire.
[10:04] Ashaf
It's supposedly a witch's curse, but...
[10:10] Ashaf
That doesn't quite add up.
[10:13] Ashaf
A witch's curse is never something
that can just be "sealed."
[10:18] Ashaf
So if it really has been sealed,
[10:20] Ashaf
that makes it irrefutably
something other than a curse.
[10:23] Ashaf
Which raises some curious questions.
[10:26] Mary
How could I believe any of that?
[10:28] Ashaf
I don't assume you would.
[10:30] Ashaf
But our world is filled with hidden truths.
[10:34] Ashaf
So I'm saying, just as you don't trust us,
[10:36] Ashaf
you shouldn't put too much
trust in her, either.
[10:40] Ashaf
Every beautiful rose has its thorns.
[10:42] Ashaf
And witches always come with
two things: secrets and danger.
[10:46] Mary
That's enough! Stop talking as if my
mistress is plotting some evil scheme!
[10:50] Mary
How unbelievably rude. Leave now!
[10:54] Ashaf
One last thing.
[10:56] Ashaf
This anniversary that's happening...
What is it for, exactly?
[11:00] Mary
I couldn't tell you.
Mistress is the only one who knows.
[11:07] Guideau
Great. We'll have to force
our way in after all.
[11:12] Ashaf
Unfortunately, Guideau, I've found
something I need to research.
[11:15] Ashaf
Let's go back to our hotel.
[11:18] Ashaf
Hopefully, it's nothing,
but this is a witch we're facing.
[11:21] Ashaf
Better to be safe than sorry.
[11:27] Woman
Wow, they're so beautiful!
[11:29] Woman
I've never been here before!
[11:32] Mary
Mistress, the two people
from earlier were just here.
[11:36] Ione
Oh? Did you turn them away?
[11:38] Mary
They were talking about you like you
were evil, and I couldn't stand for it.
[11:45] Ione
Is that so?
[11:54] Ashaf
This is bad.
[11:57] Ashaf
The place where the fire was sealed...
[11:59] Ashaf
The meaning of today's date...
[12:01] Ashaf
A witch... And the true
history buried in the past.
[12:07] Ashaf
"Anniversary," huh? Just as I thought.
[12:10] Ashaf
I wanted to go about this amicably for
a change, but no chance of that now.
[12:13] Ashaf
I'll let you focus on your mission.
[12:22] Policemen
There they are! Stop right there!
[12:24] Policeman A
Lady Witch has requested
that we arrest you!
[12:27] Policeman B
That man's a mage. If you see
any strange movements, open fire.
[12:30] Guideau
Takin' orders from a damn witch?
[12:33] Ashaf
They are known to captivate
people's hearts, you know.
[12:36] Ashaf
But this proves it, unfortunately.
[12:38] Ashaf
Lady Witch is indeed evil.
[12:49] Ashaf
My, my. You are such hard-working folks.
[12:53] Guideau
That goddamn witch!
[12:55] Guideau
I swear I'll sucker punch that face of hers!
[13:09] Mary
Huh?
[13:11] Mary
Did I doze off?
[13:25] Mary
Mistress, what in the world has...
[13:28] Ione
Don't be afraid.
You're just becoming keys for me.
[13:34] Ione
I snuck a spell into your bodies
during your training.
[13:39] Mary
What spell? Keys for what?
[13:45] Ione
To release the hellfire
that sleeps in this city.
[13:49] Mary
B-But why would you...
[13:52] Ione
The wicked witch who once cursed this city...
[13:56] Ione
She was my grandmother.
[13:58] Mary
What?
[13:59] Ione
And as it happens, she wasn't a wicked witch.
[14:03] Ione
You see, she sealed away
the blaze and saved the city.
[14:08] Ione
The cause of the fire remains a mystery.
[14:11] Ione
But witches got blamed for all disasters.
[14:14] Ione
That was an immutable law back then.
[14:17] Ione
Because of that nonsense,
my heroic grandmother was murdered,
[14:23] Ione
and as a witch, I endured
countless attempts on my life.
[14:26] Ione
Tell me, could you forgive that?
[14:29] Mary
N-No. It's monstrous.
[14:33] Mary
But you're being monstrous, too, Mistress!
[14:36] Mary
Please stop this! If we reveal the truth,
we can surely find a better...
[14:40] Ione
I can't let this day pass me by.
[14:43] Ione
This day, exactly 417 years
since the seal was put in place,
[14:47] Ione
is the one day its power weakens.
[14:50] Ione
I've spent 120 years waiting for this day.
[14:55] Ione
Look.
[14:56] Ione
The first lock opens.
[15:01] Passerby
What the...
[15:14] Ione
Today marks the ultimate anniversary!
[15:21] Guideau
I've got you now,
[15:23] Guideau
ya stinkin' witch!
[15:49] Ione
Given your lack of skill,
I'm amazed you dared to challenge me.
[15:53] Ione
Or did you have another goal in mind?
[16:06] Ashaf
Well, goodness.
[16:08] Ashaf
I would have liked to at least
free the girls serving as keys.
[16:13] Ashaf
Forgive me. I should have been
clearer with my warning.
[16:18] Ione
You seem to have caught on to my goal.
[16:22] Ione
Just who are you?
[16:25] Ashaf
Good question.
[16:26] Ashaf
Who could we be?
[16:28] Ashaf
Everyone has something to hide.
[16:31] Ashaf
Witches, in particular.
[16:33] Ashaf
So you must not open your
heart to a witch. Not ever.
[16:38] Ione
That's called "prejudice."
[16:40] Ashaf
Prejudice? What's prejudiced
about this disaster?
[16:45] Ione
Prejudice caused this hellfire.
[16:49] Ione
I'm told the "wicked witch"
was burned at the stake.
[16:53] Ione
I'm only giving as good as she got.
[16:56] Ione
You have no right to criticize.
[16:58] Mary
You're just lashing out!
[17:00] Mary
All the people who deserved
your revenge are long gone!
[17:05] Mary
Everyone in the city adores you!
[17:09] Mary
You've done so much for this city.
[17:11] Mary
And all your time with us...
[17:13] Mary
What was it for, Mistress?
[17:18] Ione
Revenge isn't logical.
[17:22] Ione
I spent all that time just
laying the groundwork.
[17:26] Ione
Gaining your trust made
breaking the seal far easier.
[17:31] Mary
N-No...
[17:34] Ione
Getting revenge on someone whose face
you can't see is like killing an insect.
[17:39] Ione
Making friends and really
getting to know you
[17:43] Ione
let me appreciate you as targets.
[17:46] Ione
And look at the result.
[17:48] Ione
Watching you suffer...
[17:51] Ione
gives me such satisfaction!
[17:55] Ione
Revenge feels so wonderful!
[17:57] Ashaf
Stop! Don't unlock any more!
[18:00] Ione
I hate you all more than I can bear!
[18:03] Guideau
I know exactly what you mean.
[18:08] Guideau
I hate witches like crazy!
[18:12] Ione
What a resilient girl.
[18:14] Guideau
I'm dying to bash your brains in right now,
[18:17] Guideau
but you haven't given me a clear answer yet.
[18:20] Guideau
Take a good look!
[18:21] Guideau
Do you recognize me?
[18:24] Guideau
Or this mark?!
[18:31] Ione
Oh, I see. That mark...
[18:34] Ione
You want to undo a witch's curse, don't you?
[18:38] Ione
Though I don't know why you're
going about your search this way.
[18:42] Ione
But I see. So you want to be sure.
[18:46] Ione
A witch's curse, once cast,
is so difficult to remove
[18:50] Ione
that it's become known as
the "eternal malediction."
[18:54] Ione
There are only two ways to undo one.
[18:57] Ione
First, "a loving kiss from Prince Charming,"
[19:01] Ione
meaning a heartfelt kiss from
your partner in pure, mutual love.
[19:06] Ione
Second, "if the hateful witch
has a change of heart,"
[19:10] Ione
which means getting the one
who cursed you to undo it.
[19:14] Ione
But I'm sorry to tell you that
I'm not the witch you're looking for.
[19:20] Ione
So I can't undo your curse!
[19:26] Ione
I don't know which witch
you have me confused with,
[19:30] Ione
but you wasted your time.
[19:34] Ashaf
You have one thing wrong yourself.
[19:38] Ashaf
You don't need to be the witch
who cast the curse to lift it.
[19:55] Ashaf
Third...
[20:00] Ashaf
"Kiss a witch."
[20:06] Ashaf
There are more than two ways to undo a curse.
[20:16] Ione
Wha...
[20:17] Ione
What?
[20:37] Guideau
Seriously, nothing beats your own body!
[20:45] Ione
What is this menacing aura?
[20:49] Ione
I don't sense powerful magic, and yet...
[20:52] Ione
Is this her true self?
[20:55] Ashaf
I hope you're not too rusty, Guideau.
[20:58] Guideau
We're about to find out!
[21:28] Ione
How about this?!
[21:33] Mary
Aren't you going to help?!
[21:35] Ashaf
Regrettably, I'm a mere first-rate mage.
[21:40] Ashaf
I'd be of no help at all in this battle.
[21:43] Ashaf
Besides, I'm not needed.
[21:47] Ashaf
You see, Guideau is the most beautiful
and most terrifying of creatures,
[21:53] Ashaf
and the witches' greatest
and only natural enemy.
[21:59] Ione
Why?
[22:00] Ione
Why doesn't she stop?
[22:02] Guideau
Get ready...
[22:06] Guideau
for a gut punch!
[22:17] Ione
What is... this creature?
[22:49] Ashaf
I see they're finally getting
the fire under control.
[22:53] Guideau
Another dead end, damn it!
[22:56] Ashaf
It really is a shame.
[22:59] Ashaf
This method can undo
the curse, but not forever.
[23:02] Ashaf
For a more permanent solution,
we really need to find her.
[23:09] Rescuer
I see more collapsed over there!
[23:15] Rescuer
Are you okay?
[23:18] Mary
For better or worse, I guess you
can't judge people by appearances.
[23:26] (Flashback) Mary
Who in the world are you two?
[23:30] (Flashback) Ashaf
Bringing witches back
to the Order is our job.
[23:34] (Flashback) Mary
The Order?
[23:35] (Flashback) Ashaf
It tackles all manner
of magic-related trouble.
[23:39] (Flashback) Ashaf
An occult organization of magic,
by magic, for magic.
[23:44] (Flashback) Ashaf
That's us, the Order of Magical Resonance.
[23:48] Ashaf
Now then, Guideau, let's hurry home.
[23:50] Guideau
You're the one wasting time, jackass!
[23:55] Ashaf
Mind your language.
[24:00] Guideau
I'll find her and kill her.
[24:03] Guideau
This is revenge.
[24:05] Ashaf
Next time:
"The Witch's Pastime: Opening Act."
SIGN The Witch's Pastime
SIGN Opening Act
E2 - The Witch's Pastime: Opening Act
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[00:04] Narrator
Forbidden Instruments.
[00:06] Narrator
Merely possessing these sorcery tools
grants might approaching that of a witch.
SIGN Forbidden Instruments
SIGN Sorcery Tools
[00:12] Narrator
But while their wielders gain power,
SIGN Payment
[00:17] Narrator
they must make sacrifices in payment
or else forfeit their lives.
[00:24] Narrator
Thus, the use of Instruments
is strictly forbidden.
SIGN Sacrifice
[00:28] Narrator
Yet those who turn to them
are never in short supply.
[00:32] Narrator
For you see...
[02:11] Woman
What was that sound?
[02:13] Man
Did you hear something?
[02:15] Woman
Yeah.
[02:17] Woman
I'm going home.
[02:19] Man
If you're worried, I can walk you.
[02:20] Woman
I'll be fine. It's not far.
[02:23] Woman
Goodnight.
[02:35] Woman
There sure are a lot of crows.
[03:23] Shulk
Not yet. It's still not enough.
[03:27] Shulk
I've got to add more.
SIGN The Witch's Pastime:
Opening Act
[03:35] Guideau
Hey. Is there a witch around here?
[03:42] Ashaf
Beats me. They're supposed
to tell us the details in person.
[03:49] Ashaf
So what would you like us to do this time?
[03:52] Servant 1
Please keep this between us,
[03:55] Servant 1
but the master of the house
has a penchant for collecting.
[03:59] Servant 1
And I'm ashamed to say that a specimen
has escaped from his collection.
[04:04] Ashaf
Escaped? So it's an animal?
[04:07] Servant 1
Yes, sir. And quite a violent one at that.
[04:12] Servant 1
It has claimed many victims already.
[04:17] Ashaf
Since you called in the Order,
I assume it's not just a rare creature.
[04:23] Ashaf
Don't tell me you have a magical beast here.
[04:28] Servant 1
Yes.
[04:29] Servant 1
As you say, the creature is magical.
[04:39] Ashaf
So you want us to subdue that thing?
[04:42] Servant 1
You are to recapture it with the
utmost haste, and without harming it.
[04:46] Ashaf
Without harming it?
[04:48] Ashaf
I see. That explains why you're struggling.
[04:52] Ashaf
Hm? Where are you going, Guideau?
[04:54] Guideau
I'm done with this bullshit.
[04:57] Ashaf
Now, now. We're on the clock.
[04:59] Guideau
As if I care about a plain old beast.
[05:02] Guideau
You can handle the pet-sitting.
[05:05] Ashaf
Dear me.
[05:07] Ashaf
Who do you think you are, a king?
[05:16] Ashaf
Excuse me. Pardon the intrusion.
[05:19] Ashaf
Matter manipulation is the
most basic of magic spells,
[05:22] Ashaf
but controlling fluids
requires a particular knack.
[05:26] Ashaf
Honestly, I've always struggled with it.
[05:30] Guideau
You're full of it.
[05:32] Ashaf
You wound me, Guideau.
[05:34] Ashaf
It's not nice to call people liars.
[06:09] Ashaf
Will that do?
[06:15] Owner
Splendid work.
[06:18] Owner
I was right to call on you.
[06:21] Ashaf
We're honored.
[06:22] Owner
Magical beasts are illegal
in this country, you see.
[06:26] Owner
I wanted to handle this quietly.
[06:28] Owner
I heard that you'd take on any job,
and I see that info was correct.
[06:33] Ashaf
Oh, not quite.
[06:35] Ashaf
We only stick our noses into magical trouble.
[06:42] Ashaf
An occult organization of magic,
by magic, for magic.
[06:47] Ashaf
If you have any more difficulties,
call the Order of Magical Resonance.
[06:59] Ashaf
Treating oneself after work
sure hits the spot.
[07:04] Ashaf
What's wrong? Not eating anything?
[07:07] Guideau
Gimme a break.
[07:10] Guideau
Tell me what our last job was, jackass.
[07:14] Ashaf
We apprehended a petty burglar who had
committed heinous crimes using magic.
[07:20] Ashaf
Quite a good deed, if I do say so.
[07:22] Guideau
And before that?
[07:24] Ashaf
We exterminated a ghastly tree
that fed on magical power.
[07:27] Guideau
And before that?
[07:28] Ashaf
Let me think...
[07:31] Ashaf
Oh, yes. A stalker abusing magic—
[07:34] Guideau
Before that?!
[07:35] Ashaf
Babysitting a young magical beast.
[07:38] Guideau
Are you screwing with me?
[07:40] Guideau
What the hell do you think
I joined your shitty Order for?
[07:44] Ashaf
You don't need to remind me.
[07:48] Ashaf
Oh, dear. That was good wine.
[07:51] Guideau
Hurry up and find me a witch!
[07:53] Guideau
If you can't do that,
the Order's a waste of my time.
[07:56] Ashaf
You must realize that cases
involving witches don't grow on trees.
[08:01] Ashaf
And our relationship is give and take.
[08:05] Ashaf
In exchange for our full support
in achieving your goal,
[08:08] Ashaf
you agreed to serve
at the Order's discretion.
[08:11] Ashaf
We get priority when witch cases comes up.
[08:16] Ashaf
So until one does, do your job.
[08:19] Ashaf
If you slack off like you did today,
[08:21] Ashaf
we won't give you witches,
fine food, or anything else.
[08:27] Guideau
You didn't need me today, anyway.
[08:31] Ashaf
True enough.
[08:33] Waiter 1
Excuse me, sir.
[08:35] Waiter 1
I was asked to give you this.
[08:37] Ashaf
Thank you.
[08:41] Ashaf
It's from the Order.
[08:43] Guideau
Is it a witch?! Gimme!
[08:47] Ashaf
How many times must I tell you? You need
an Order signet ring to break this seal.
[08:55] Ashaf
Although you should have
one of these brands, too.
[09:02] Ashaf
Oh? Cheer up, Guideau.
[09:05] Ashaf
Speak of the devil.
[09:27] Guideau
A witch!
[09:28] Ashaf
This lady is merely our client.
[09:31] Guideau
So where's the damn witch, then?!
[09:33] Ashaf
We represent the
Order of Magical Resonance.
[09:36] Ashaf
I believe you have a job for us?
[09:38] Old Woman
I'm sorry to have you come
all this way. Please come in.
[09:44] Old Woman
I can't seem to open this case anymore.
Can you do something about it?
[09:53] Ashaf
I see. A runic inscription.
[09:57] Ashaf
You're in luck.
Undoing spells is my specialty.
[10:01] Old Woman
Goodness.
[10:14] Ashaf
Then what was that
"Speak of the devil" about?
[10:20] Guideau
Get ready for what's coming to you, asshole.
[10:25] Ashaf
I never said anything about a witch, did I?
[10:28] Ashaf
You should have realized that
when I left the coffin behind.
[10:32] Guideau
Then what was that
"Speak of the devil" about?
[10:34] Ashaf
I was just saying that you should
take non-witch cases seriously.
[10:38] Guideau
Bullshit!
[10:40] Ashaf
If you feel you were fooled,
consider it a learning experience.
[10:43] Ashaf
It taught you a lesson.
[10:45] Guideau
Like hell I will.
Trusting you was my big mistake.
[10:50] Ashaf
"Mistake" is another word for "experience."
[10:53] Ashaf
They're both shortcuts to wisdom.
[10:55] Ashaf
Sorry, but we don't have time to argue.
[10:58] Ashaf
Our next job just came in.
[11:01] Ashaf
Hope for better luck on this one.
[11:06] Guideau
I'll let it slide, but only for the time being.
[11:09] Guideau
As soon as my curse has been lifted
and I don't need the Order anymore,
[11:13] Guideau
the first thing I'm gonna do is kill you.
[11:16] Ashaf
Glad to hear it.
[11:18] Ashaf
I'm looking forward to that day myself.
[11:27] Ashaf
A peaceful, witch-free month
has passed since then.
[11:32] Ashaf
What a tranquil afternoon.
[11:36] Ashaf
I'd say the day you reclaim your
real body is still a long way off.
[11:40] Guideau
I'll kill you later,
but I can always kick your ass now.
[11:44] Ashaf
Temper, temper.
[11:47] Ashaf
Anyway, eat your fill.
[11:49] Ashaf
Good, isn't it?
[11:50] Guideau
It's gross as hell.
[11:54] Waiter 2
For you, mister.
[11:56] Guideau
From the Order again?
[11:58] Ashaf
Yes.
[11:59] Guideau
More busy work, I bet.
[12:02] Guideau
To hell with that crap. Rip it up.
[12:05] Ashaf
No, you'll like this one, Guideau.
[12:09] Ashaf
It came in a black envelope.
[12:12] Guideau
So what?
[12:14] Ashaf
They only send these when a witch
is involved and central to the case.
[12:22] Ashaf
It seems a witch is committing serial
murders in Hayden, the capital of Pheres.
[12:28] Ashaf
They even make a point of
calling the case "grotesque."
[12:33] Ashaf
Besides which—
[12:34] Guideau
Enough. Gimme.
[12:36] Ashaf
You're so impatient.
[12:40] Ashaf
We're about to be busy.
[12:42] Ashaf
There's an ocean between us and this case.
[12:45] Ashaf
Pack your bags.
[12:51] Ashaf
So a witch and a grimoire?
[12:56] Ashaf
We won't have an easy time of it.
[13:07] Police Officer
Ms. Haines, it's dangerous!
[13:09] Haines
My children are in there!
[13:11] Haines
Shulk! Loran!
[13:24] Detective
You were groaning in your sleep.
[13:26] Detective
Are you okay?
[13:28] Haines
Yeah, I'm fine.
[13:30] Detective
If you say so.
[13:39] Detective
Sorry. She gave us the slip again.
[13:43] Haines
How many dead?
[13:44] Detective
At least five.
[13:47] Detective
And the bodies were...
[13:51] Haines
"Consumed, sacrificed,
or something similar by a witch"?
[13:56] Detective
How could anyone do something
so horrible? She must be crazy.
[14:01] Haines
"Crazy," huh?
[14:05] Haines
I've seen plenty of perps with a screw loose.
[14:08] Haines
They all had one thing in common.
[14:10] Haines
Know what that is?
[14:12] Detective
No.
[14:13] Haines
Unfulfilled desires born
from a sense of inferiority.
[14:18] Haines
Losing control of them can turn even
upstanding people into crazed villains.
[14:24] Detective
You mean no person is born evil?
[14:27] Haines
"Person," huh?
[14:29] Haines
Is a witch a person?
[14:32] Detective
Beats me.
[14:33] Detective
But witch or human,
anyone who can do this must be scum.
[14:40] Haines
I couldn't agree more.
[14:42] Detective
We didn't expect this fight.
[14:44] Detective
Is that why you didn't set
all your wards in time?
[14:48] Haines
You mean she wouldn't
have escaped if I'd finished?
[14:51] Detective
Er, no.
[14:53] Haines
Closing off the scene would've made
no difference. She slips through wards.
[14:58] Detective
What I meant was—
[14:59] Haines
I know.
[15:01] Haines
We need to box her in to make
her cast as many spells as possible,
[15:07] Haines
or we'll never figure out her magic.
[15:10] Haines
But even if we solve that mystery,
it's just the first step.
[15:13] Haines
The full force of the Hayden Police
still has to take this slow and steady.
[15:19] Haines
A feeble police force can't
fight a monster any other way.
[15:24] Detective
Ms. Haines, I shouldn't have to tell you
[15:27] Detective
that this goes way beyond
regular serial murder.
[15:31] Detective
You're the only mage we've got.
[15:34] Detective
If you feel powerless, talk to the mayor.
[15:39] Detective
Witches are the Paladin Corps' jurisdiction.
[15:42] Detective
Unless something changes,
the body count will just keep growing.
[15:46] Haines
I know.
[15:49] Haines
I know that.
[15:55] Detective
I know it's easier said than done,
[15:57] Detective
but try not to beat yourself up over
what happened to Inspector Cole.
[16:01] Haines
I've handled plenty of horrific cases.
[16:04] Haines
I thought people always
remembered the perpetrators
[16:08] Haines
and forgot the victims in no time.
[16:12] Haines
But then someone murdered
people I cared about,
[16:18] Haines
and I realized that I'd never
forget the names of either.
[16:22] Haines
Don't worry. I'll do my job.
[16:35] Ashaf
Oh, dear. It appears we're too late.
[16:38] Guideau
Don't give me that crap.
You let her slip right out from under us.
[16:42] Ashaf
Cut me some slack.
[16:44] Ashaf
And rest easy. The witch
in this case will be back.
[16:50] Ashaf
Grotesque mass murder committed by
a witch, a.k.a. the "Witch's Pastime" case.
[16:56] Ashaf
As of last week, the victims
numbered 36, including police officers.
[17:00] Ashaf
Quite a tough nut to crack.
[17:02] Ashaf
What did tonight make the body count?
[17:06] Haines
Who are you two?
[17:09] Haines
You're saying things
I don't want to think about,
[17:12] Haines
so I guess you know who I am.
[17:15] Haines
And you look suspicious.
[17:17] Haines
What's in that coffin?
[17:19] Ashaf
Grilling us already?
[17:22] Ashaf
Well, I can't blame you.
[17:24] Ashaf
Rest assured, we're perfectly respectable.
[17:28] Ashaf
So please, stay your hand.
[17:34] Ashaf
We mean you no harm.
[17:36] Ashaf
In fact, we'd like to help you.
[17:40] Haines
Help how?
[17:41] Ashaf
The Order of Magical Resonance sent us.
[17:45] Ashaf
A major incident is disturbing your city.
[17:47] Ashaf
If you suspect a witch is responsible,
then we have much to offer you.
[18:02] Haines
Hayden Police business.
[18:04] Haines
We'll take a table in the back,
but I'd like to set a soundproof ward.
[18:08] Waiter 3
S-Sure.
[18:10] Haines
I got confirmation.
[18:12] Haines
It seems the mayor really did
sign off on a request to the Order.
[18:16] Ashaf
I would never lie to a beautiful lady.
[18:19] Ashaf
By the way, could you hold off on that ward
until we've ordered and gotten our food?
[18:24] Haines
Of course. At least let me
have a cup of coffee.
[18:28] Ashaf
No, please wait for our full meal.
[18:31] Ashaf
Replacing wards is a hassle, no?
[18:40] Ashaf
For our part, we'd like to hear
about the case as soon as possible.
[18:44] Haines
Tell me your story first.
[18:46] Haines
You may have the mayor's approval,
but I don't trust you.
[18:50] Ashaf
But you have a witch case on your hands.
[18:53] Ashaf
Sooner or later,
the Paladin Corps will step in.
[18:55] Ashaf
But for some reason,
the mayor is stalling them.
[18:59] Haines
Making you our only hope?
[19:01] Ashaf
Looks that way.
[19:03] Ashaf
To begin with,
this whole situation is strange.
[19:06] Ashaf
Police forces aren't
equipped to combat witches.
[19:09] Ashaf
What you need is an army.
[19:12] Ashaf
That's why global peacekeepers
like the Paladin Corps handle witches.
[19:17] Ashaf
The mayor is probably refusing their help
[19:21] Ashaf
to claim the glory of
solving the case without them.
[19:24] Ashaf
Anyone can see how foolish that is,
so why do you all go along with it?
[19:29] Ashaf
As the Hayden Police's only mage,
I believe you're in charge of the case.
[19:34] Ashaf
You ought to protest. Why don't you?
[19:39] Guideau
Who gives a shit?
[19:40] Guideau
Just tell me everything
you know about the witch.
[19:44] Guideau
Then I'll kick all the witch ass you want.
[19:47] Haines
Why are you so fixated on the witch?
[19:50] Haines
Most people would steer clear
of a witch serial killer.
[19:53] Guideau
That's—
[19:54] Ashaf
Guideau, have a bone.
[19:58] Ashaf
For our organization, essentially.
[20:01] Ashaf
We collect the essence of magic.
Witches, naturally, and—
[20:05] Haines
Don't hide anything unless
you want to lose even more trust.
[20:09] Haines
I came up with this ward myself.
[20:13] Haines
Lies can't fool me inside it.
[20:17] Guideau
Asshole.
[20:21] Ashaf
Dear me. How shrewd of you.
[20:25] Haines
Answer me.
[20:32] Ashaf
Well, our circumstances aren't worth hiding.
[20:36] Ashaf
We just want to undo a curse.
[20:40] Haines
A curse?
[20:42] Ashaf
A witch's curse. You must know of them.
[20:45] Haines
Sure. Anyone who's even
dabbled in magic does.
[20:49] Ashaf
Then I'll be brief.
[20:51] Ashaf
My friend here is under a witch's curse.
[20:55] Ashaf
So we're looking for the
witch who cast the curse.
[20:58] Ashaf
And more or less at random,
since we have almost nothing to go on.
[21:01] Guideau
That's not all.
[21:03] Guideau
I'll find her and kill her.
[21:06] Guideau
This is revenge.
[21:08] Haines
Revenge...
[21:13] Ashaf
I don't believe we're lying.
[21:17] Haines
Right.
[21:19] Haines
No, I believe you.
[21:21] Haines
You have extremely personal reasons,
[21:24] Haines
but I can trust them over
great and noble causes.
[21:27] Ashaf
Oh? You need to use reasoning?
I thought you could tell if we were lying.
[21:32] Haines
I lied about that.
[21:34] Haines
I can't cast a spell that good.
[21:37] Guideau
What?! Screw you!
[21:39] Haines
All right, fine.
[21:41] Haines
I'll take your help.
[21:44] Haines
Our partnership starts tomorrow.
[21:46] Haines
Meet here at 9 AM.
[21:51] Guideau
Hey, when you get down to it...
[21:53] Ashaf
She found out what we knew
and gave us nothing.
[24:01] Ashaf
Now, shall we go see a witch?
[24:05] Ashaf
Next time: "The Witch's Pastime: Final Act."
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[01:52] Haines
We suspect a witch, based on
the overwhelming power.
[01:56] Haines
Then there are the messages
left at the crime scenes.
[01:59] Haines
Each one points to the killer being a witch.
[02:03] Ashaf
Oh? For example?
[02:05] Haines
"I live on and on without change.
I bear heir after heir without change."
[02:09] Haines
Do you know what that points to?
[02:11] Ashaf
A witch. Witches don't age
and their health doesn't decline.
[02:15] Ashaf
And a witch's power is
passed on to her descendants,
[02:18] Ashaf
so even having children doesn't change th—
[02:21] Haines
What is it?
[02:22] Ashaf
The killer wants to declare
that they are a witch.
[02:25] Ashaf
I bet all the answers are "witch."
[02:27] Haines
What about this one?
[02:28] Haines
"Four legs in the morning,
two legs at noon, three legs at night."
[02:32] Guideau
A witch.
[02:33] Ashaf
A human, I believe.
[02:35] Haines
Right. A human.
[02:37] Ashaf
How strange. Was that one of the messages?
[02:40] Haines
That's right. None of it
means much of anything.
[02:43] Haines
The killer's laughing at us.
[02:45] Haines
We call it the "Witch's Pastime" case
because it's all a game to them.
[02:56] Haines
But that game has come back to bite them.
[02:58] Haines
I realized that some of the riddles
were quotes from a book.
[03:04] Haines
And it seems this bookshop
had ordered a copy of it.
[03:07] Haines
Even the timing lines up.
[03:10] Ashaf
I'm impressed you traced the quotations.
[03:12] Haines
I just got lucky.
I have the same book at home.
[03:19] Guideau
Something stinks.
[03:24] Haines
What do you think you're doing?!
[03:27] Guideau
You guys go in.
[03:41] Haines
Damn it!
[03:45] Ashaf
The wound shows magical damage.
[03:47] Ashaf
It seems natural to conclude
that a witch inflicted it.
[03:51] Ashaf
She must have gouged out his eyes
because he saw something.
[03:54] Ashaf
An attempt at irony, I assume.
[03:57] Ashaf
If she intended to cover her trail this way,
[03:59] Ashaf
why bother leaving quotations
as messages in the first place?
[04:03] Haines
I told you. It's just a game to her.
[04:07] Haines
She probably just decided
she might as well kill this guy, too.
[04:10] Ashaf
We've lost our lead.
[04:13] Ashaf
You look exhausted.
Perhaps you could use some rest?
[04:17] Haines
You shouldn't get too close to me.
[04:20] Ashaf
Why not?
[04:21] Haines
Because of precedent.
[04:24] Haines
Nothing good happens to people I'm close to.
[04:30] Haines
What is it?
[04:31] Detective
Ms. Haines, we've found a new body here, too.
[04:35] Detective
And a message.
[04:37] Haines
What's it say?
[04:41] Loran
I'm a disease.
[04:43] Loran
Diseases propagate and spread.
[04:46] Loran
This disease is called a curse.
A witch's curse.
[04:53] Haines
Considering I took you to the crime scene,
you didn't manage to find out much.
[04:57] Ashaf
Oh, well. Corpses aren't my specialty.
[05:01] Haines
Well, I'm not expecting much, anyway.
[05:03] Haines
See you.
[05:09] Guideau
Ashaf.
[05:10] Ashaf
Yes?
[05:12] Guideau
Get ready. Something's here.
[05:14] Ashaf
Really? You must be joking.
[05:17] Ashaf
I left the coffin at the hotel.
[05:21] Ashaf
Idiot! Don't just rush in blindly!
[05:37] Guideau
She disappeared!
[05:39] Ashaf
That she did. Quite literally like smoke.
[05:43] Ashaf
So she's powerful and an escape artist, too?
[05:45] Ashaf
I'd say we have our work cut out for us.
[05:48] Ashaf
Still, why would the witch...
[05:50] Guideau
She was tailing her.
[05:52] Ashaf
What?
[05:53] Guideau
Ever since we met up with that woman,
I've felt someone watching us.
[05:57] Guideau
Looks like I wasn't imagining it.
[05:59] Guideau
Shit!
[06:06] Ashaf
I'd like to ask you something.
[06:09] Haines
What happened to you?
[06:11] Ashaf
We had a little run-in with the witch.
[06:13] Haines
And you lost her?
[06:14] Ashaf
Yes, completely.
[06:16] Haines
I see.
[06:17] Haines
There goes what little hope I had for you.
[06:20] Haines
You took quite a beating.
[06:22] Ashaf
I've already performed healing.
[06:25] Ashaf
More importantly,
please answer my question.
[06:28] Ashaf
How are you connected to the witch?
[06:31] Haines
What?
[06:32] Ashaf
It seems you were followed.
[06:35] Ashaf
The witch must know what you look like,
[06:37] Ashaf
so we can safely assume
she tailed you, not us.
[06:42] Ashaf
Why does the witch make a point
of announcing what she is?
[06:45] Ashaf
Presumably to mobilize the Paladins.
[06:48] Guideau
Who likes fighting small fry?
[06:50] Ashaf
But no matter how long she waits,
only the police oppose her.
[06:53] Ashaf
So to draw out the Paladins...
[06:57] Ashaf
Guideau, what would you do?
[07:00] Guideau
Kill all the small fry.
[07:02] Guideau
Or...
[07:03] Guideau
take out their boss.
[07:07] Ashaf
The mayor's egotism caused this situation.
[07:10] Ashaf
But only insiders know that.
[07:13] Ashaf
Most would assume the police would be
lost without you, their only real fighter.
[07:19] Ashaf
And yet, despite all of that
as well as shadowing you,
[07:22] Ashaf
the witch waited until we split up,
and then targeted us.
[07:26] Haines
Why?
[07:28] Haines
Why won't she go after me?!
[07:30] Haines
Why follow me if she
doesn't want to kill me?!
[07:33] Ashaf
I don't know. That's why I asked.
[07:36] Haines
Don't tell me...
[07:37] Haines
Could it be...
[07:39] Guideau
So you do know something. Cough it up!
[07:44] Haines
This case, needless to say, had a beginning.
[07:50] (Flashback) Reuben
I don't often see you this early, Kiera.
[07:52] (Flashback) Haines
I always run late. If I don't go home early
[07:55] (Flashback) Haines
and eat with the kids when I can,
what kind of mother am I?
[08:00] (Flashback) Detective
Ms. Haines!
[08:02] (Flashback) Haines
What is it?
[08:04] (Flashback) Detective
Your house just...
[08:09] (Flashback) Police Officer
Ms. Haines, it's dangerous!
[08:11] (Flashback) Haines
My children are in there!
[08:14] (Flashback) Haines
Shulk! Loran!
[08:22] (Flashback) Reuben
Were there any witnesses?
[08:23] (Flashback) Police Officer
Local residents have given us information.
[08:26] (Flashback) Police Officer
And we think the culprit left a
message on a wall across the street.
[08:33] (Flashback) Reuben
"I live on and on without change.
I bear heir after heir without change."
[08:38] (Flashback) Police Officer
What could it mean?
[08:41] (Flashback) Haines
A witch.
[08:45] (Flashback) Reuben
It's the time that was on the warning note.
[08:47] (Flashback) Haines
Yeah.
[08:51] (Flashback) Haines
Damn it! Not this purple smoke again!
[08:53] (Flashback) Detective
We can't get a clear view!
[08:55] (Flashback) Haines
Everyone, take shelter
in the magical array!
[08:57] (Flashback) Haines
What are you doing, Reuben?!
[08:59] (Flashback) Reuben
I'll take her down.
[09:00] (Flashback) Haines
Alone? That's crazy! She's a witch!
[09:02] (Flashback) Reuben
Yes, I know. The witch who killed those kids!
[09:20] Haines
I lost my sons and Reuben.
[09:24] Haines
He was my magic teacher... and my boyfriend.
[09:31] Ashaf
I suspect that warning was meant to...
[09:34] Haines
What you told me clinches it.
[09:37] Haines
It was to lure him out and murder him.
[09:40] Haines
The witch is targeting people I care about.
[09:44] Haines
You got too friendly with me.
[09:46] Ashaf
So we gave her the wrong idea, huh?
[09:49] Ashaf
But that clarifies things.
[09:51] Ashaf
The witch must hold a grudge against you.
[09:53] Ashaf
Any idea why?
[09:54] Haines
Of course not.
[09:56] Haines
But that's perfect.
[09:58] Haines
If she's hung up on me,
I may get a shot at revenge.
[10:03] Ashaf
Revenge, huh?
[10:05] Ashaf
I see. So that's why you went
along with the mayor's lies.
[10:09] Haines
Do you blame me?
[10:11] Haines
I put my revenge ahead
of the lives of citizens,
[10:15] Haines
and keep racking up needless sacrifices.
[10:18] Haines
I don't have the sense of duty
and justice a detective should.
[10:22] Ashaf
I won't fault you, but are you certain?
[10:26] Ashaf
You look miserable.
[10:27] Haines
Don't talk like you understand.
[10:30] Ashaf
Even if you do get your revenge,
who will celebrate it?
[10:33] Haines
I know!
[10:35] Haines
I know I'm not strong enough,
and that no one wants revenge.
[10:39] Haines
I don't need you to tell me that!
[10:41] Haines
But I still can't do anything
about this pain... this hatred.
[10:49] Guideau
What the hell?
[10:50] Guideau
You keep spouting crap that makes no sense.
[10:53] Guideau
If you wanna get even, you do it.
[10:56] Guideau
Who gives a shit who you do it for?
[10:59] Guideau
You said it yourself.
[11:01] Guideau
You'll kill her 'cause you hate her.
[11:02] Guideau
You'll kill her 'cause you want relief.
[11:05] Guideau
Revenge feels great.
[11:08] Haines
Wh-What do you...
[11:10] Haines
I'm not like you!
[11:11] Ashaf
Why would you encourage her?
[11:13] Detective
Ms. Haines!
[11:15] Detective
The witch has sent a warning!
[11:16] Detective
She's coming to the station in three days!
[11:19] Ashaf
Goodness. She must want to
kill someone there at any cost.
[11:23] Haines
Can I trust you?
[11:25] Haines
Can I really trust you to
measure up to the witch?
[11:29] Guideau
Damn right you can.
[11:32] Guideau
I'll teach you...
[11:34] Guideau
what makes revenge so sweet.
[11:44] Haines
The witch's main spell is purple smoke.
I don't know how it works.
[11:49] Haines
She can crush most things with it,
or send them flying.
[11:53] Haines
It also acts as a smoke screen.
[11:55] Ashaf
I suppose her vanishing spell
is our biggest concern.
[12:00] Haines
By the way, what did you do
with those leather sacks I got you?
[12:04] Ashaf
Oh, nothing much.
[12:07] Haines
About Guideau... I know what she said,
[12:11] Haines
but if we manage to beat this witch,
will that cheer everyone up a little?
[12:16] Ashaf
Yes, I'm sure it will.
[12:19] Guideau
She's late.
[12:21] Guideau
I've already digested everything I ate.
[12:23] Guideau
Give us a time of day, too, asshole.
[12:26] Haines
How are you feeling?
[12:27] Guideau
Huh?!
[12:28] Haines
What are you, some street thug?
[12:31] Haines
Anyway, how on earth do
you plan to fight the witch?
[12:35] Guideau
Shut up and watch.
[12:37] Guideau
Once I undo the curse on me,
this witch will be a pushover.
[12:40] Haines
Wait a minute!
[12:41] Haines
Don't tell me you're counting on that?
[12:43] Haines
You must know how to undo a witch's curse.
[12:46] Haines
You either kiss your true love, or get the
witch who cast the curse to undo it. That's it!
[12:51] Haines
Can you prove this witch
is the one who cursed you?
[12:54] Guideau
'Course not.
[12:56] Ashaf
Don't worry.
[12:58] Ashaf
You see, there's actually one
more way to undo the curse.
[13:03] Ashaf
That's what we're gambling on.
[13:06] Ashaf
If we face a witch and meet certain
conditions, we'll see the return
[13:10] Ashaf
of a monster even witches fear.
[13:14] Guideau
She's here.
[13:19] Haines
I see her.
[13:21] Haines
Get ready!
[13:22] Ashaf
Don't jump the gun, Guideau.
[13:24] Guideau
Huh?
[13:32] Ashaf
Good grief. Rampaging right out of the gate.
[13:37] Ashaf
What's that sound?
[13:38] Haines
Watch out! She's up to her old tricks!
[13:42] Guideau
What just happened?!
[13:44] Ashaf
Given how little we can see, we can't
attack recklessly because we have allies.
[13:48] Ashaf
But our opponent is free to cut loose.
[13:52] Ashaf
Hardly an enviable position.
[14:07] Ashaf
Are you all unharmed?
[14:09] Haines
Yeah. I can manage as long as
I focus solely on staying alive.
[14:15] Haines
Guideau!
[14:17] Guideau
That asshole!
[14:18] Haines
Thank goodness. That means
we kept our losses to a minimum.
[14:22] Guideau
This sucks. Just let me kill her ass already!
[14:26] Ashaf
What good will fighting do when
our enemy has a way to escape?
[14:30] Ashaf
We should corner her before we strike.
[14:32] Haines
I've done everything you've said so far.
[14:35] Haines
You'd better have a plan for what comes next.
[14:37] Ashaf
Not a problem. I've already found her.
[14:41] Haines
How on earth...
[14:43] Ashaf
Have you noticed that
there are more crows lately?
[14:48] Ashaf
Those are my familiars.
[14:51] Ashaf
And I can see everything they can.
[14:57] Ashaf
So she can't escape us now,
no matter where she goes.
[15:00] Ashaf
Now, shall we go see a witch?
[15:31] Guideau
Huh?!
[15:35] Ashaf
Honestly. Must you charge
in alone every single time?
[15:38] Guideau
Ashaf, there were two of 'em.
[15:41] Guideau
No, forget that. Damn it!
[15:45] Guideau
These assholes aren't witches!
[15:48] Shulk
Tch, another one. How'd they find us?
[15:52] Loran
Dude, you survived?!
[15:54] Ashaf
Yes. Did you think you'd killed me?
[15:57] Ashaf
Well, of course you would,
after a rampage like that.
[16:00] Ashaf
Unfortunately for you,
I have confidence in my wards.
[16:03] Shulk
Damn. This guy's a mage.
[16:06] Loran
Are you two alone?
[16:11] Haines
What's going on here? It can't be...
[16:15] Haines
You're alive, Shulk? Loran?
[16:20] Shulk
Ah, crap.
[16:22] Loran
You're the last person we wanted to find out.
[16:25] Ashaf
You know them?
[16:27] Haines
They're my sons.
The ones I told you the witch killed.
[16:32] Haines
But how?
[16:34] Haines
What are you doing here?
[16:37] Haines
Don't tell me...
[16:39] Haines
There's no way!
[16:41] Haines
Loran...
[16:41] Haines
Shulk...
[16:43] Haines
You were the witch?
[16:46] Haines
No, that can't be.
[16:48] Haines
I know you don't have that kind of power.
[16:51] Ashaf
Look at what they're holding, Kiera.
[16:55] Ashaf
There's the truth behind
their witch-like power.
[16:59] Ashaf
The two-volume grimoire, Sarnovasus.
[17:02] Haines
A grimoire?
[17:04] Ashaf
Grimoires provide power and
perform spells for their wielders.
[17:08] Ashaf
No magical aptitude is needed.
[17:10] Ashaf
Just holding one grants power
almost on par with a witch's.
[17:13] Ashaf
They're a type of Forbidden Instrument,
which are taboo tools of dark magic.
[17:17] Ashaf
And either part of a two-volume grimoire
[17:21] Ashaf
can summon its other half
instantly across space.
[17:24] Ashaf
But only up to a distance
of roughly one kilometer.
[17:28] Ashaf
So I was able to locate them
in next to no time.
[17:31] Loran
Who is this guy?
[17:32] Haines
Where did you get something like that?
[17:36] Shulk
What are you talking about?
They were on your desk!
[17:38] Haines
What?
[17:40] Loran
You have no right to punish us!
[17:42] Loran
It's your fault we ended up this way!
[17:45] Loran
We don't kill because we like it!
[17:48] Loran
These grimoires give us power,
but we have to feed them lives!
[17:52] Shulk
They'll eat us if we don't
give them sacrifices!
[17:55] Shulk
Touching the grimoires made us this way!
[17:57] Loran
So we had to kill!
[17:59] Haines
No...
[18:03] Guideau
That's a good one.
[18:05] Guideau
I've seen the bodies of a few people you killed,
[18:08] Guideau
and I could tell you loved every moment.
[18:12] Haines
You had to? You had no choice?
[18:16] Haines
Then...
[18:18] Haines
Then why did you kill Reuben?!
[18:21] Haines
He loved you both, too!
[18:25] Loran
That's enough.
[18:26] Loran
We don't owe you all the answers.
[18:30] Loran
And this is a fight to the death!
[18:36] Ashaf
Unfortunately for you,
[18:37] Ashaf
there are three reasons why
you stand no chance against us.
[18:41] Shulk
Huh?
[18:42] Ashaf
First, you failed to pay
your grimoires' price.
[18:47] Loran
What are you talking about?!
[18:49] Loran
I know we killed at least ten people today!
[18:52] Loran
We made our sacrifices!
[18:53] Ashaf
Oh, you mean these?
[18:59] Shulk
What the hell is that?!
[19:01] Ashaf
A mere dummy. A leather sack
stuffed full of red liquid.
[19:05] Ashaf
Well, they don't stand up
to close inspection,
[19:08] Ashaf
but your smoke made it awfully hard to see.
[19:11] Loran
So what?!
[19:12] Loran
With this power, we can kill all we need!
[19:16] Shulk
I'll crush you!
[19:26] Ashaf
Second, even without undoing the curse...
[19:32] Ashaf
we're fairly strong.
[19:37] Ashaf
Well, what do you know?
We didn't need number three.
[19:40] Guideau
You punks don't have what it takes
to call yourselves witches.
[19:43] Guideau
Assholes.
[19:48] Haines
Why did you pretend to be witches?
[19:51] Loran
So we wouldn't have to fight you.
[19:54] Loran
You were too young to be our mother.
[19:59] Loran
We could only see you as a woman.
[20:02] Loran
We couldn't let anyone get near you, Kiera.
[20:06] Loran
We love you!
[20:08] Loran
You love us, too! Don't you, Kiera?!
[20:11] Guideau
If you won't end this,
get outta my way and I'll do it.
[20:15] Haines
I'm fine.
[20:18] Haines
I'll do it.
[20:19] Loran
W-Wait!
[20:21] Loran
Why?! You'd just abandon us?!
[20:23] Loran
You said you loved us!
[20:26] Haines
I did love you.
[20:28] Haines
But you crossed a line.
[20:31] Haines
Now I don't even pity you.
[20:37] (Flashback) Loran
Why'd you adopt us?
[20:41] (Flashback) Haines
Because I wanted you to know.
[20:43] (Flashback) Loran
Know what?
[20:43] Shulk
Know what?
[20:44] (Flashback) Haines
What it is to love and be loved.
[20:47] (Flashback) Haines
Ordinary things like that.
[20:53] Newscaster
The Witch's Pastime case,
which has long tormented Hayden,
[20:57] Newscaster
was thought to be the work of a witch,
[20:59] Newscaster
but we have just learned that
two boys committed the killings.
[21:04] Guideau
Damn it, Ashaf. You knew the
witch was a fake, didn't you?
[21:08] Ashaf
Well, you catch on quick when you know
as many dark secrets as the Order does.
[21:13] Ashaf
Nothing would have kept the
Paladin Corps out of a real witch case.
[21:17] Guideau
You'll pay once I'm done eating.
[21:19] Ashaf
Now, now. Be reasonable.
[21:22] Haines
Hey.
[21:23] Ashaf
Kiera.
[21:26] Haines
Thanks.
[21:27] Haines
We really wouldn't have had
a prayer without you two.
[21:30] Ashaf
Just doing our job.
[21:32] Ashaf
And we'll be taking the grimoires with us.
[21:35] Haines
The grimoires...
[21:37] Haines
I don't remember ever seeing them before.
[21:40] Ashaf
Forbidden Instruments
have wills of their own.
[21:42] Ashaf
They find the right person at the right time.
[21:45] Haines
You mean they got there on their own?
[21:47] Ashaf
That may just be what happened.
[21:50] Haines
They were never the best behaved of boys,
[21:53] Haines
but they never would have turned out
that way if not for those grimoires.
[21:59] Ashaf
The deaths they would have
suffered for failing to pay the price
[22:02] Ashaf
would likely have been far more horrible.
[22:09] Haines
I'll be going now.
[22:12] Ashaf
Kiera.
[22:14] Ashaf
Next time you run into trouble, drop us a line.
[22:21] Haines
Sure.
[22:23] Haines
I'll give you a call.
[22:25] Haines
If a witch shows up, you can count on it.
[24:00] Ashaf
Naturally, we retain a
necromantic specialist.
SIGN Beauty and Death
SIGN Opening Act
[24:06] Ashaf
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SIGN Necromancy
SIGN Necromancy
[00:05] Narrator
Necromancy.
[00:08] Narrator
The art of resurrecting
corpses as the undead.
[00:15] Narrator
Strict rules govern the
practice of resurrection.
[00:20] Narrator
It is forbidden to use necromancy without
consent from the patient prior to death,
[00:27] Narrator
or from a relative within
two degrees of kinship.
[00:31] Narrator
Before performing the resurrection,
the necromancer must also disclose
[00:36] Narrator
every detail of the
procedure to their patient.
[00:41] Narrator
For you see, becoming undead
carries with it a grave risk.
[00:48] Narrator
And that is...
[01:07] Necromancer
Hideous.
[02:41] Client
Thank you so much.
[02:43] Client
I really owe you one.
[02:45] Ashaf
I'm simply glad we could be of service.
[02:48] Ashaf
If you ever run into more magical trouble,
[02:51] Ashaf
please call us, the Order of—
[02:55] Ashaf
Oh? What have we here?
[02:59] Jeff
Freeze!
[02:59] Partner
Don't! There are too many bystanders!
[03:10] Ashaf
Don't finish him off, Guideau.
[03:16] Jeff
We're with the police.
Thank you for subduing him.
[03:19] Jeff
You aren't hurt, are you?
[03:21] Ashaf
No, we're fine. But would you
mind explaining the situation?
[03:25] Jeff
Oh, right.
[03:27] Jeff
This guy is undead,
[03:29] Jeff
but it looks like he went a long time without
necromantic maintenance and lost his mind.
[03:35] Guideau
He's undead?
[03:37] Ashaf
Is this your first time seeing one?
[03:38] Guideau
I figured they'd look freakier.
[03:41] Ashaf
Resurrection techniques
have improved in recent years.
[03:45] Ashaf
They hardly look different
from the living now.
[03:48] Ashaf
Oh, but for them to remain
sound in body and mind,
[03:52] Ashaf
regular maintenance by
the necromancer is required.
[03:56] Ashaf
Neglect it, and they end up like him.
[03:59] Ashaf
Of course, such cases are rare.
[04:01] Jeff
Funny thing about that lately.
[04:04] Jeff
Instead of being rare,
[04:06] Jeff
neglected undead folk have been
running wild one after another.
[04:09] Client
That's a real problem, isn't it?
[04:12] Client
If you've got trouble, how's this?
[04:14] Client
Magic's involved, so why not ask the
Order of Magical Resonance here to help?
[04:18] Jeff
The Order of Magical Resonance?
[04:20] Partner
You're with them?
[04:21] Ashaf
If what you've just described
or something worse is happening,
[04:25] Ashaf
turning to us would be
the quickest solution.
[04:27] Ashaf
But I'm sorry to say that the
undead are not my specialty,
[04:31] Ashaf
and as such, the two of us can't assist you.
[04:34] Jeff
Then...
[04:36] Ashaf
But rest assured.
[04:38] Ashaf
Naturally, we retain someone who can.
[04:41] Ashaf
The Order of Magical Resonance's finest...
SIGN Beauty and Death:
Opening Act
[04:45] Ashaf
necromantic specialist.
[04:52] Phanora
Quite chilly, this town.
[04:58] Johan
Nah, it's plenty warm.
[05:00] Johan
Blazing hot, if anything.
[05:03] Johan
But anyway, have you considered
carrying your own bags or—
[05:07] Phanora
Johan, what are you to me?
[05:10] Johan
Huh?
[05:11] Johan
Well, I'm your talented right-hand man.
[05:13] Phanora
Exactly. My servant.
[05:15] Phanora
Don't forget your role.
[05:20] Jeff
You're with the Order of
Magical Resonance, right?
[05:24] Jeff
I'm here to meet you. The name's Jeff Enker.
[05:29] Johan
Huh? Oh, okay. I'll do the talking.
[05:33] Johan
That's right. The Order of
Magical Resonance sent us.
[05:37] Johan
This is the necromancer Phanora Kristoffel.
[05:41] Johan
And I'm...
[05:45] Johan
uh, Lady Phanora's humble servant.
[05:50] Jeff
Right.
[05:56] Phanora
Now, could you give us the details?
[05:59] Jeff
S-Sure.
[06:01] Jeff
I'll start at the beginning.
[06:02] Jeff
Two months ago, crazed undead rampages
started becoming a frequent occurrence.
[06:08] Jeff
We currently have six
undead creatures in custody.
[06:12] Jeff
I can't explain it...
[06:13] Jeff
but the air seems colder around her.
[06:18] Jeff
And all of them are still waiting on
maintenance from their necromancers.
[06:25] Johan
How come?
[06:26] Johan
Hurry up and bring in
whoever resurrected them.
[06:30] Johan
No other necromancer can do
the maintenance, you know.
[06:34] Jeff
Yes, we are aware of that, of course.
[06:38] Jeff
But unfortunately,
we can't locate the necromancers.
[06:41] Jeff
Or rather...
[06:42] Jeff
We don't know who resurrected them.
[06:46] Jeff
We'd have records if it had been done legally,
[06:49] Jeff
but for some reason,
all six are undocumented.
[06:52] Jeff
If we could restore their sanity
through maintenance,
[06:55] Jeff
we might get some clue to
which necromancers are responsible.
[06:58] Johan
Sounds like a chicken-and-egg situation.
[07:02] Jeff
In any case, resurrection without following
the proper procedures is totally illegal.
[07:08] Jeff
We need to find these necromancers.
[07:12] Phanora
They could be strays.
[07:14] Jeff
What do you mean, "strays"?
[07:17] Phanora
How much do you know about resurrection?
[07:19] Jeff
Not much, I'm ashamed to admit.
[07:21] Jeff
Only that the person themselves
and their family need to consent to it.
[07:25] Phanora
And when performing a resurrection,
[07:27] Phanora
a necromancer must disclose all the facts
of the procedure to their patient.
[07:34] Phanora
A litany of other strict
regulations also apply.
[07:38] Phanora
Reviving oneself or a relative as an
undead person is a delicate subject.
[07:43] Johan
But sometimes, even all that isn't enough.
[07:45] Johan
"Strays" are people who were resurrected
illegally and given no explanation.
[07:49] Johan
They don't even fully
understand that they're dead.
[07:53] Johan
Turning undead comes with risks.
[07:56] Johan
Strays aren't ready for that, but they're
forced to suffer the consequences.
[08:00] Jeff
What risks?
[08:03] Phanora
Still, this is all simply speculation.
[08:06] Phanora
Right now, we don't know
[08:08] Phanora
if you really have strays here or if the
same necromancer raised all of them.
[08:14] Phanora
For now, let's take what steps we can.
[08:17] Jeff
R-Right.
[08:19] Jeff
Oh, that reminds me.
[08:21] Jeff
The gentleman who recommended
you to us left some instructions.
[08:26] (Flashback) Ashaf
Locate all the registered undead in
this province and their necromancers.
[08:33] (Flashback) Ashaf
Note their movements
and contact information.
[08:36] (Flashback) Ashaf
Have it all ready before
my colleagues arrive.
[08:39] (Flashback) Ashaf
They're sure to need it.
[08:41] Johan
Huh...
[08:43] Phanora
I wasn't told who referred the case,
but that will save us time.
[09:00] Necromancer
How long ago did he pass?
[09:06] Redhead
Two months.
[09:07] Necromancer
And you come visit every month?
[09:10] Redhead
Every week. Twice this week already.
[09:14] Necromancer
If you care that much for him,
this country allows necromancy.
[09:18] Redhead
I could never afford it.
[09:21] Necromancer
Not to worry.
[09:22] Redhead
What?
[09:24] Necromancer
Just leave everything to me.
[09:27] Necromancer
You'll see your love again.
[09:33] Necromancer
What lovely hair.
[09:35] Necromancer
Is that its natural color?
[09:41] Jeff
We have four necromancers in the province,
and each one oversees multiple undead,
[09:47] Jeff
for a total of 21 undead creatures.
[09:51] Johan
21, huh? That's a lot.
[09:54] Jeff
Is it?
[09:55] Johan
Sure it is. Most other provinces ban
it on ethical grounds or whatever.
[10:01] Jeff
Can you blame them?
[10:03] Jeff
Resurrecting the dead
goes against nature.
[10:07] Johan
Oh, so you're against it?
[10:09] Jeff
No, not entirely.
[10:13] Jeff
When you lose someone,
wishing to see them again is natural enough.
[10:18] Johan
I see.
[10:20] Johan
Well, hey...
[10:22] Johan
I won't tell you what to think.
[10:25] Johan
But if you want to stay
on Phanora's good side,
[10:29] Johan
you'd better stop calling them "creatures."
[10:33] Johan
She doesn't discriminate
between the living and the dead.
[10:40] Partner
Ms. Kristoffel,
what are we doing in this ruin?
[10:43] Phanora
I'd like to lure out any undead who
have lost their sanity or are about to.
[10:49] Partner
What?
[10:49] Jeff
But how?
[10:51] Phanora
I'll use this lantern.
[10:53] Phanora
Or rather, I already am.
[10:57] Jeff
Um, but it's not lit.
[11:00] Phanora
Only the undead can see this lantern's light.
[11:04] Phanora
And in the eyes of those who have lost
their reason through neglect,
[11:08] Phanora
it outshines all else.
[11:10] Phanora
Like a lighthouse in the dark.
[11:13] Phanora
Its rays reach quite far,
[11:15] Phanora
so we'll see how many more undead have
slipped through the cracks in the law once—
[11:25] Johan
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[11:30] Johan
Hey, Phanora!
[11:32] Johan
What the hell? Look at them all!
[11:52] (Flashback) Partner
I heard her parents won't opt
for resurrection. Too bad.
[11:58] (Flashback) Partner
If you'd made it official,
you would've had a say, too.
[12:04] (Flashback) Jeff
You're wrong.
[12:05] (Flashback) Partner
Huh?
[12:06] (Flashback) Jeff
It was never an option.
[12:09] (Flashback) Jeff
I've seen the undead go crazy
more than once. It wasn't pretty.
[12:15] (Flashback) Jeff
You call those things people?
[12:17] (Flashback) Jeff
Techniques may improve, but no way are they
"just like they were when they were alive."
[12:23] (Flashback) Jeff
I love her.
[12:26] (Flashback) Jeff
And that's why.
[12:30] (Flashback) Jeff
I could never turn someone
I love into one of those monsters.
[12:38] Johan
How the hell are there so many?!
[12:40] Johan
There's gotta be 40 of 'em!
[12:42] Phanora
I certainly didn't expect to attract
so many in such a short time.
[12:47] Phanora
And they've all suffered
severe mental degradation.
[12:50] Phanora
I doubt they have any reason left.
[12:54] Phanora
In which case...
[12:56] Phanora
Get to it, Johan.
[12:58] Johan
Damn it, Phanora!
[13:02] Johan
You lit me up like a beacon, didn't you?!
[13:07] Jeff
We have to help him!
[13:08] Phanora
There's no need.
[13:10] Phanora
My assistant Johan
handles the manual labor.
[13:14] Phanora
You can leave him to it.
[13:16] Jeff
But...
[13:19] Johan
Come on!
[13:21] Johan
Help me out here!
[13:23] Jeff
He seems to disagree.
[13:24] Phanora
Not to worry.
[13:26] Phanora
More importantly,
these numbers are abnormal.
[13:30] Jeff
Could your lantern have
drawn legal undead, as well?
[13:34] Phanora
I can't deny the possibility.
[13:37] Jeff
Then...
[13:37] Phanora
That's why I asked to have the legal
undead monitored for unusual activity.
[13:43] Phanora
Hence the request to gather their
addresses and contact information.
[13:48] Jeff
I see.
[13:49] Phanora
And I believe all these people
came from the same place.
[13:52] Jeff
Why?
[13:53] Phanora
The undead can't move instantaneously.
[13:57] Partner
Why, you...
[14:00] Johan
Take a hint!
[14:01] Jeff
You mean, if they'd been
scattered around town, laying low,
[14:05] Jeff
the distance would stop so many
from arriving at once like this?
[14:10] Phanora
Yes.
[14:11] Phanora
I doubt this many could even hide in town.
[14:16] Phanora
Just under 40 minutes have passed
since I lit the lantern.
[14:19] Phanora
They were somewhere a human
can reach on foot in that time.
[14:22] Phanora
I chose a deserted area
to minimize the risk,
[14:26] Phanora
but it appears we unintentionally
hit the nail on the head.
[14:39] Johan
Phanora!
[14:41] Johan
What good is your necromancy
if I always end up—
[14:45] Phanora
Well done, Johan.
You looked very dashing.
[14:50] Jeff
Watch out for beautiful women.
[14:52] Partner
My wife's got me whipped, too.
[14:55] Johan
I am not whipped!
[14:58] Phanora
What a shame.
[15:00] Johan
What is?
[15:02] Phanora
Their fingers haven't all grown in.
[15:05] Phanora
Some are missing arms, too.
And none have fully formed faces.
[15:10] Phanora
Such slapdash resurrections.
[15:12] Phanora
It's as if the necromancer who raised them
never intended to make people.
[15:19] Phanora
Necromancy once reached the heights
of prosperity as an art of control.
[15:24] Phanora
Essentially, undead are familiars,
[15:27] Phanora
and necromancers can switch them
between three states at will.
[15:33] Phanora
First, a state free of control in which the
undead obey only their own wills: Auto.
SIGN Autonomy
SIGN Autonomy
[15:41] Phanora
Second, a state in which the
undead retain their own minds,
SIGN Mind Control
SIGN Mind Control
[15:44] Phanora
but the necromancer imprints
an objective onto them: Semi-auto.
[15:50] Phanora
Third, a state in which the necromancer
fully usurps the undead's minds,
SIGN Domination
SIGN Domination
[15:54] Phanora
and controls them as they
would their own body: Manual.
[16:00] Phanora
The lantern only attracts undead
in Auto or Semi-auto states.
[16:05] Phanora
Though even in Semi-auto, they may prioritize
a definite imprinted objective over its light.
[16:12] Jeff
And what happens when they lose their minds?
[16:16] Phanora
They pursue imprinted objectives
in an even greater frenzy,
[16:21] Phanora
as if they have nothing else left to cling to.
[16:24] Johan
So what are you getting at?
[16:27] Phanora
I'm wondering why they were resurrected.
[16:30] Phanora
They must have simply been
let loose without any imprinting.
[16:36] Jeff
Maybe whoever did it just
didn't need them for anything.
[16:40] Phanora
Then what about when the
time came to call on them?
[16:44] Phanora
The necromancer would
need them close at hand.
[16:46] Phanora
Who knows where they
might go in their crazed state?
[16:50] Phanora
Most necromancers would lock them up
or imprint an order to stay put.
[16:54] Jeff
And since this one didn't,
they were already done using them?
[16:58] Johan
But done using them for what?
[17:00] Phanora
Who knows?
[17:02] Johan
Seriously?
[17:03] Phanora
Just being human-shaped and mobile
makes them suitable for any number of uses.
[17:08] Phanora
Even human experimentation.
[17:11] Jeff
We can't let someone get away with that!
[17:14] Jeff
You're saying these undead had not only
their bodies, but even their minds
[17:19] Jeff
in the hands of some necromancer
who used them, then abandoned them?
[17:24] Jeff
They might as well be toys!
[17:26] Jeff
I knew nothing good could
come from resurrection!
[17:34] Partner
Uh, I was looking at the undead you took down,
[17:38] Partner
and I see an awful lot of
redheads in this bunch.
[17:42] Partner
Mostly women, too.
[17:45] Johan
Hey, you're right.
[17:47] Phanora
Hmm...
[17:48] Johan
Maybe the necromancer's into that?
[17:50] Johan
Looks are pretty easy to tweak, after all.
[17:55] Jeff
Speaking of which,
we're here looking at them,
[17:58] Jeff
but these undead won't get up
and start moving again, will they?
[18:01] Johan
They'll stay put.
[18:03] Johan
I killed their bodies.
[18:06] Johan
Their souls are stuck
to their flesh by magic,
[18:10] Johan
so they can always come back
with proper maintenance.
[18:14] Johan
But on the other hand...
[18:15] Jeff
Without maintenance,
their broken bodies will never move again?
[18:21] Johan
Pretty much.
[18:27] Johan
Phanora!
[18:35] Johan
Sorry. I missed that one.
[18:40] Jeff
Are you all right?
[18:44] Phanora
Were we being watched?
[19:05] Johan
Oh, the trail keeps going this way.
[19:08] Johan
They passed through here.
[19:10] Johan
Man, a place this deep in the woods
has to be perfect for shady business.
[19:19] Jeff
I can see a building.
[19:26] Johan
It's an old mansion.
[19:32] Johan
What the hell is that smell?
[19:35] Johan
What happened in here?
[19:39] Jeff
Johan! Behind you!
[19:58] Necromancer
Ah, you're as lovely as I thought.
[20:04] Necromancer
Thank you for coming all this way.
[20:07] Necromancer
You saved me the trouble of coming to you.
[20:11] Jeff
Are you the necromancer?
[20:13] Phanora
I think not.
[20:15] Phanora
The mind is, but the girl isn't.
She's on Manual.
[20:19] Necromancer
Welcome. Please come in.
[20:23] Necromancer
Oh, and kindly drop your
communication devices.
[20:28] Jeff
Let's run for it.
[20:29] Jeff
Luckily, that big guy's
the only thing in our way.
[20:32] Necromancer
I would rather not leave so much as a mark
on that woman. Won't you please do as I say?
[20:39] Necromancer
I have no taste for violence.
[20:42] Necromancer
And I believe you lost someone dear to you,
[20:44] Necromancer
Sergeant Jeff Enker.
[20:47] Jeff
How do you know who I am?!
[20:49] Necromancer
I have undead stationed everywhere.
[20:53] Necromancer
The police are no exception.
[20:55] Necromancer
Losing your fiancée must have
caused you sorrow beyond imagination.
[21:01] Necromancer
But have no fear.
[21:05] Necromancer
With necromancy,
[21:08] Necromancer
no parting lasts forever.
[21:26] Jeff
What have you done?
[21:28] Jeff
What have you done?!
[21:32] Johan
Scumbag.
[21:37] Necromancer
This will suffice for him,
[21:39] Necromancer
but as for you, woman, despite my efforts,
I couldn't learn a thing about you.
[21:45] Necromancer
I'll avail myself of a bargaining chip now.
[21:56] Phanora
Johan!
[21:57] Jeff
No!
[21:58] Phanora
Let go of me!
[21:59] Phanora
I need to treat him now!
[22:00] Necromancer
Just what I hoped to see.
[22:03] Necromancer
You must care for him.
[22:05] Necromancer
Worry not.
[22:06] Necromancer
Do as I say, and you'll see him again soon.
[22:10] Necromancer
Now, follow me.
[24:00] Phanora
But even knowing everything,
some still offer themselves to necromancers.
[24:06] Ashaf
Next time: "Beauty and Death: Final Act."
SIGN Beauty and Death
SIGN Final Act
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[00:01] Phanora
Only the undead can see this lantern's light.
[00:05] Phanora
And in the eyes of those who have lost
their reason through neglect,
[00:08] Phanora
it outshines all else.
[00:12] Phanora
I chose a deserted area
to minimize the risk,
[00:16] Phanora
but it appears we unintentionally
hit the nail on the head.
[00:21] Johan
Oh, the trail keeps going this way.
[00:28] Necromancer
With necromancy,
[00:31] Necromancer
no parting lasts forever.
[00:39] Jeff
What have you done?
[00:41] Jeff
What have you done?!
[00:44] Necromancer
This will suffice for him,
[00:47] Necromancer
but as for you, woman, despite my efforts,
I couldn't learn a thing about you.
[00:52] Necromancer
I'll avail myself of a bargaining chip now.
[01:03] Phanora
Johan!
[01:06] Necromancer
Do as I say, and you'll see him again soon.
[01:10] Necromancer
Now, follow me.
[03:20] (Flashback) Coroner
Um... Performing her autopsy
must be hard for you.
[03:25] (Flashback) Coroner
Why don't I take over?
[03:28] (Flashback) Necromancer
There's no need.
[03:30] (Flashback) Necromancer
I'm perfectly fine.
[03:32] (Flashback) Coroner
Is that so?
[03:40] (Flashback) Necromancer
How hideous.
[03:44] (Flashback) Necromancer
Mireille, I shall bring you back
with flawless beauty.
SIGN Beauty and Death:
Final Act
[04:13] Jeff
Despite how she treated Johan,
[04:16] Jeff
she must've really cared about him.
[04:50] Necromancer
Ah, excuse me.
[04:52] Necromancer
This occasionally happens
when I disengage Manual.
[04:56] Necromancer
The undead person's mind
fails to return, I mean.
[05:02] Necromancer
Have a seat.
[05:07] Jeff
We saw plenty of other
servants on the way here.
[05:11] Jeff
Don't tell me they're all undead?
[05:14] Necromancer
Indeed they are.
[05:19] Jeff
This isn't a one-man crime.
[05:21] Jeff
You must have accomplices.
[05:23] Jeff
Even I know that resurrecting the
undead takes a ton of magical energy.
[05:28] Jeff
There's no way you could have
brought back this many on your own.
[05:32] Phanora
It is possible, even without help.
[05:35] Jeff
What?
[05:36] Phanora
Raising complete people and keeping them
that way with regular maintenance
[05:41] Phanora
is what consumes vast amounts of power.
[05:47] Phanora
Sloppy work, as seen in the undead in
that ruin, doesn't take all that much power.
[05:53] Phanora
He neglected their maintenance, too.
[06:00] Phanora
And while these girls seem
decent at first glance,
[06:05] Phanora
I'm sure they're barely there inside.
[06:09] Phanora
Unscrupulous necromancers often do
the bare minimum for functionality.
[06:15] Phanora
They don't bother restoring
most of the organs or senses.
[06:19] Phanora
It takes hardly any magic.
[06:23] Necromancer
Well spotted.
[06:25] Necromancer
You know your necromancy.
[06:27] Phanora
The question is whether they're strays.
[06:34] Phanora
Of course, they're probably
all strays on Semi-auto.
[06:44] Phanora
I'm shocked.
[06:46] Phanora
Even you must know how
sinful creating strays is,
[06:48] Phanora
and how heavy a price the
dead pay for resurrection.
[06:55] Necromancer
Naturally.
[06:57] Jeff
What price?
[07:00] Phanora
Normally, after death, the soul
begins preparing for reincarnation.
[07:09] Phanora
Souls flow into the spiral
of death and rebirth,
[07:14] Phanora
and after a long time,
they achieve resurrection.
[07:17] Phanora
But necromancy drags them
back out of that current.
[07:26] Phanora
Magical resurrection doesn't last forever.
[07:31] Phanora
When the spell eventually fails
and they die a second time,
[07:35] Phanora
they cannot return to the cycle.
[07:39] Phanora
There is no way to rejoin
the stream after leaving it.
[07:44] Phanora
Wandering souls go somewhere that
has no up or down. No left or right.
[07:50] Phanora
No motion or pain.
No light or sound or heat.
[07:55] Phanora
Their minds simply exist.
[07:58] Phanora
And nothing changes for eternity.
[08:02] Phanora
That hell is called...
[08:05] Phanora
the Void.
[08:08] Jeff
So all undead go there?
They all fall into the Void?
[08:13] Phanora
Sooner or later.
[08:24] Phanora
To accept death and await reincarnation,
[08:28] Phanora
or to regain a temporary life in exchange
for a fate crueler than death?
[08:34] Phanora
You deprived them of the right
to make that crucial decision.
[08:40] Necromancer
Let the undead worry about that.
[08:43] Necromancer
It doesn't affect necromancers.
[08:47] Jeff
You piece of shit!
[08:49] Jeff
What the hell did you do this for?!
What could justify your atrocities?!
[08:54] Necromancer
My goal?
[08:57] Necromancer
Let me think...
[08:59] Necromancer
Put simply,
[09:01] Necromancer
it's you.
[09:02] Necromancer
I want your beauty.
[09:06] Necromancer
You see, I lost someone I loved,
just like both of you did.
[09:16] Necromancer
What beauty.
[09:18] Necromancer
She was a beautiful young
woman with fiery red hair.
[09:25] Necromancer
Fortunately, I had my necromancy.
[09:30] Necromancer
Reuniting with her should
have been a simple matter.
[09:34] Necromancer
But unfortunately, the manner of her
death burned away most of her skin.
[09:41] Necromancer
I can produce any number
of hideous creatures.
[09:45] Necromancer
Beauty, however, is challenging to recreate.
[09:48] Necromancer
Still, I need only gather those
who still have what she lost.
[09:55] Necromancer
I can supplement any
remaining deficiencies myself.
[10:01] Necromancer
Beautiful things appeal to me.
[10:03] Necromancer
I might as well give her the loveliest
possible body when I resurrect her.
[10:10] Necromancer
I practiced on those corpses you
saw to improve my technique.
[10:15] Necromancer
Sometimes more successfully than others.
[10:19] Jeff
That's it?
[10:21] Jeff
That's your only reason?
[10:24] Necromancer
Everyone values things differently.
[10:28] Necromancer
What do you think?
[10:30] Necromancer
All the undead and taxidermy specimens
in this room represent my successes.
[10:36] Necromancer
I think they came out well. And yet...
[10:40] Necromancer
They pale beside your beauty.
[10:43] Necromancer
I do hope you'll let me
use your body as a base.
[10:55] Phanora
How dull.
[10:58] Phanora
That's really your only reason?
[11:00] Phanora
I played along because
I expected there to be more to it.
[11:05] Jeff
Ms. Kristoffel...
[11:06] Necromancer
Such composure.
[11:08] Necromancer
I see. Given your knowledge of resurrection,
[11:13] Necromancer
you must be a necromancer, too.
[11:17] Necromancer
I wondered why the undead I'd abandoned
underground ran off all of a sudden.
[11:24] Necromancer
I suppose that was your doing.
[11:28] Necromancer
But even if you are a necromancer,
what can you do in this situation?
[11:33] Necromancer
You abide by the rules, don't you?
[11:39] Necromancer
As long as rules bind you,
[11:42] Necromancer
you cannot oppose me.
[11:45] Necromancer
Please don't try to be clever.
[11:58] Phanora
Sorry...
[12:00] Phanora
but I'm not just a necromancer.
[12:04] Necromancer
Your eyes!
[12:06] Necromancer
Those runes!
[12:14] Necromancer
No... It can't be...
[12:22] Necromancer
A witch!
[12:26] Phanora
I wasted my tears.
[12:34] Necromancer
Impossible!
[12:35] Necromancer
How could I have unwittingly
invited a witch here?
[12:40] Jeff
A witch? No way.
[12:43] Jeff
But come to think of it, it makes sense.
[12:47] Jeff
Since I first set eyes on her, her beauty
has seemed chilling, almost otherworldly.
[12:54] Necromancer
So I take it we're going
to do this the hard way?
[12:59] Phanora
Of course.
[13:00] Necromancer
Wait. You seem to have forgotten something.
[13:03] Necromancer
Why do you think I took a hostage?
[13:09] Necromancer
You can't resurrect someone
without a part of their corpse.
[13:13] Necromancer
If I have my undead reduce him
to ash, you'll never see him a—
[13:18] Phanora
Suit yourself.
[13:21] Phanora
He won't make a good hostage.
[13:24] Phanora
And regardless,
[13:25] Phanora
I won't stop until I've dealt with you.
[13:31] Necromancer
I see.
[13:33] Necromancer
Then it seems I must resort to force.
[13:43] Necromancer
"Prepare for the worst," and all that.
[13:47] Necromancer
Thank goodness I made combat models.
[13:52] Phanora
Combat models?
[13:54] Phanora
Don't you ever stop?
[13:56] Phanora
I don't know how much you tinkered
with them, but they're merely strays.
[14:02] Phanora
You can bind them with Semi-auto,
[14:05] Phanora
but they remain mindless automatons,
barely aware of themselves.
[14:11] Phanora
You can't beat me with those.
[14:14] Necromancer
You're bluffing.
[14:17] Phanora
Few people wish to become undead
knowing they'll fall into the Void.
[14:22] Phanora
Even fewer would put themselves
in a necromancer's service or control.
[14:29] Phanora
But even knowing everything,
[14:33] Phanora
some still offer themselves
to necromancers.
[14:37] Phanora
With the utmost respect, I call them...
[14:43] Phanora
Death Knights.
[14:50] Phanora
None of you lay a hand
on that bearded man.
[14:55] Phanora
As for everyone else, well...
[14:58] Phanora
Do as you please.
[15:15] Jeff
Stop!
[15:16] Jeff
Don't fight!
[15:18] Jeff
P-Please stop!
[15:34] Phanora
Sorry.
[15:35] Phanora
As long as the spell lasts, killing the
body is the only way to stop them.
[15:44] Phanora
I'll see to it that the
necromancer gets his just deserts.
[15:56] Necromancer
What a miscalculation!
[15:58] Necromancer
Why a witch, of all people?
[16:00] Necromancer
Damn, damn, damn, damn!
[16:03] Necromancer
How dare she ruin my plans?!
[16:07] Necromancer
But I'm not finished.
[16:09] Necromancer
I'll remodel your body into
the ultimate warrior right now.
[16:16] Johan
Man, seriously?
[16:18] Johan
What a scumbag.
[16:23] Johan
What happened to all that talk about beauty?
[16:29] Necromancer
Impossible! How are you alive?
[16:32] Johan
Oh, no. I'm good and dead.
[16:36] Necromancer
When did the witch resurrect you?
[16:39] Necromancer
She was with me until just a moment ago!
[16:41] Necromancer
She had no time to—
[16:43] Johan
Oh, come on. What's so weird about it?
[16:48] Johan
I've been undead this whole time.
[16:55] Johan
But undead can't get over physical death
without necromantic maintenance.
[17:01] Johan
So how am I standing here
good as new, you ask?
[17:06] Johan
The answer to that should be obvious.
[17:09] Johan
I'm not just any undead.
[17:16] Johan
I'm a witch's undead.
[17:20] Necromancer
S-Stay back!
[17:22] Necromancer
Stop!
[17:29] Johan
Basically...
[17:33] Johan
I'm built different.
[17:36] Necromancer
Wait!
[17:37] Necromancer
Calm down, now. Don't kill me.
[17:40] Necromancer
Don't kill me!
[17:42] Necromancer
If you kill me, all of those undead will...
[17:45] Johan
Kill you?
[17:47] Johan
Nah, I'm not gonna kill you.
[17:50] Johan
See, you crossed a line.
[17:54] Johan
You broke every taboo in the book.
[17:57] Necromancer
I... I know.
[17:59] Necromancer
I'll take responsibility for those undead.
[18:03] Johan
You pissed off Phanora.
[18:06] Johan
Death's way too good for you.
[18:10] Necromancer
S-Stop...
[18:13] Johan
I'll start with your fingers.
[18:15] Necromancer
Please stop!
[18:17] Necromancer
I-I beg—
[18:33] Jeff
Johan, you...
[18:37] Johan
I haven't killed him yet.
[18:44] Phanora
Listen.
[18:45] Jeff
Y-Yes?
[18:46] Phanora
I'm about to break the law, so could you
keep this whole incident to yourself?
[18:52] Jeff
What?
[18:53] Phanora
A promise won't do.
[18:55] Phanora
You'll need to consent to a contract spell.
[18:58] Jeff
I don't know...
[19:00] Phanora
The Order of Magical Resonance remains
shrouded in mystery despite its fame
[19:05] Phanora
because we require our clients
to watch their words.
[19:08] Jeff
You want me to turn a blind eye
to a crime? I could never—
[19:11] Phanora
Don't you want to save her?
[19:15] Phanora
If you want to save all the victims,
[19:19] Phanora
shut up and do as I say.
[19:35] Phanora
I'll have you maintain all the undead
you resurrected as complete human beings.
[19:44] Phanora
I'll provide the magical power,
so don't slack off.
[19:49] Necromancer
What have you done?
[19:52] Necromancer
What have you done?!
[19:54] Necromancer
Me, undead?
[19:56] Necromancer
How dare you?! How dare you?!
[19:59] Necromancer
This means I'll... I'll fall into the Void, and—
[20:05] Phanora
Worrying about the afterlife already?
[20:08] Phanora
I hate to break it to you,
[20:11] Phanora
but I won't give you a moment's peace
while you're in this world, either.
[20:19] Jeff
Ms. Kristoffel, does this mean
I can see her again?
[20:26] Jeff
The way she used to be?
[20:30] Phanora
Well, yes.
[20:32] Phanora
Her illegal resurrection means she'll
have to keep a low profile for now,
[20:36] Phanora
but I know ways to legitimize her.
[20:41] Jeff
Is that so?
[20:44] Phanora
Feeling conflicted?
[20:46] Jeff
I guess so.
[20:48] Jeff
I feel torn,
[20:50] Jeff
but thoughtless as it is,
I can't help being happy.
[21:00] Johan
Hey.
[21:01] Phanora
What?
[21:02] Johan
You're done now, right, Phanora?
[21:04] Johan
Get away from him.
[21:06] Johan
You're too close.
[21:09] Phanora
Johan.
[21:10] Johan
Yeah?
[21:11] Phanora
What did you do with my luggage?
[21:15] Johan
Huh?
[21:16] Johan
Uh, wait.
[21:18] Johan
Where'd I put it?
[21:19] Phanora
Are you saying you lost it?
[21:21] Johan
I mean, I had more important things—
[21:23] Phanora
Find it.
[21:25] Johan
Fine.
[21:27] Johan
Not even a thank you.
[21:29] Jeff
Johan.
[21:31] Johan
Yeah? What do you want?
[21:34] Jeff
I'm sorry.
[21:37] Jeff
I spoke thoughtlessly without
realizing you were undead.
[21:42] Jeff
And I warned you to
"watch out for beautiful women,"
[21:46] Jeff
but you never had a choice, did you?
[21:51] Johan
Do I look that unfortunate to you?
[21:54] Jeff
You don't seem well-treated.
[21:58] Johan
That figures.
[22:00] Johan
But whatever.
[22:02] Johan
Don't worry.
[22:04] Johan
This is fine by me.
[22:17] Necromancer
Wh-What are you doing?!
[22:19] Phanora
What do you mean?
[22:25] Phanora
That was for hurting Johan.
[24:01] Helga
I haven't even had a boyfriend yet!
[24:04] Ashaf
Next time: "The Witch and
the Demon Sword: Opening Act."
SIGN The Witch and the Demon Sword
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SIGN The Paladin Corps
[00:10] Narrator
The Paladin Corps.
[00:12] Narrator
Serving the world's largest international
organization, the Global Holy Church,
[00:17] Narrator
this magical army fights for world peace.
[00:23] Narrator
Their mission: to resolve equally
magical atrocities of massive proportions.
[00:30] Narrator
No other military organization
can handle witch-related incidents.
[00:37] Narrator
But the peace-keeping Paladin Corps has
a dark side that never enters the public eye.
[00:46] Narrator
Namely...
[02:48] Guideau
Ashaf! Stop holding out on me.
[02:51] Ashaf
What's the rush? Your food will get cold.
[02:55] Ashaf
What lovely weather.
[02:57] Ashaf
Maybe we should have eaten outside.
[03:00] Guideau
Quit stalling and give me the damn thing!
[03:04] Ashaf
Oh, honestly. When will
you learn some patience?
[03:16] Guideau
You got a death wish?
[03:18] Ashaf
I thought you said you'd kill me later.
[03:21] Ashaf
Now, listen.
[03:23] Ashaf
This letter describes a string of bodies
sliced to ribbons, seemingly by a witch's hand.
[03:31] Ashaf
But I suspect this case will prove
even trickier than usual.
[03:35] Guideau
Yeah?
[03:36] Ashaf
They would never miss a witch
case on the Third Continent.
[03:42] Ashaf
Unfortunately, our mission is
to make contact with the witch,
[03:48] Ashaf
and the Paladin Corps is
certain to stand in our way.
[03:56] Ashaf
Which means we'll have to fight to claim her.
SIGN The Witch and
the Demon Sword
Opening Act
[04:09] Townsperson A
That tower just...
[04:10] Townsperson B
They'll destroy the whole city at this rate.
[04:13] Townsperson C
The witch is on a rampage.
[04:15] Guideau
The hell are all these people doing here?
[04:17] Ashaf
Evacuating, I presume.
[04:19] Guideau
Drama queens. It's just a witch.
[04:22] Ashaf
That's why they're running.
[04:24] Ashaf
The Paladin Corps wasn't called in
for the Witch's Pastime case,
[04:29] Ashaf
and that sloppy handling stopped
panic from spreading to the townsfolk.
[04:35] Ashaf
This is what a witch scare
is supposed to look like.
[04:39] Ashaf
After all, a witch can level a city
or two without breaking a sweat.
[04:46] Paladin 1
Hold it. Everything beyond here is off-limits.
[04:50] Paladin 1
And how come you're dressed so lightly?
[04:53] Ashaf
We're from out of town.
[04:55] Ashaf
And fall only just started.
Mind explaining why it's so chilly out?
[05:01] Paladin 1
There's a witch on the loose.
Anything can happen.
[05:05] Ashaf
So when disaster strikes, blame a witch?
[05:08] Paladin 1
What was that?
[05:09] Ashaf
Oh, nothing.
[05:12] Ashaf
Still, this makes things tricky.
[05:14] Ashaf
My grandmother lives alone, you see.
[05:16] Ashaf
I can't reach her,
so I'd like to check that she's safe.
[05:21] Paladin 1
If that's the case, I'd love to give you a pass,
[05:24] Paladin 1
but I can't let your luggage through so easily.
[05:28] Ashaf
Well, I suppose not.
[05:31] Paladin 1
So, could I see some ID
and what's in the coffin?
[05:35] Ashaf
Will a brand do?
[05:37] Paladin 1
Yeah. Put it here.
[05:43] Paladin 1
A mage, huh? Thought so. Looks like
you're originally from around here.
[05:48] Paladin 1
Nothing too suspicious.
[05:50] Paladin 1
Next, the coffin.
[05:52] Ashaf
This thing won't be a problem.
[05:58] Paladin 1
Is that...
[06:00] Ashaf
A church permit for this magical instrument.
[06:03] Ashaf
It proves that I have no room
to smuggle anything illegal in it.
[06:08] Paladin 1
Yeah, I can trust anything the church issues.
[06:12] Paladin 1
Hey. Go with these guys.
[06:14] Paladin 2
Yes, sir!
[06:21] Paladin 2
Huh? Did you lose your way?
[06:23] Paladin 2
I can get out a map, if you'd like.
[06:26] Ashaf
Don't kill him, Guideau.
[06:33] Ashaf
Now, let's not dawdle.
[06:36] Guideau
He said you were from here.
So you must know your way around.
[06:41] Ashaf
That ID was fake, obviously.
[06:43] Ashaf
Isn't working for the Order of
Magical Resonance convenient?
[06:47] Guideau
Punching them would've saved time.
[06:50] Ashaf
Dear me. How barbaric.
[06:54] Ashaf
I'm cold even with a coat on.
[06:56] Ashaf
It may snow at this rate.
[07:11] Lowell
Commander Cugat, sir, we're facing a witch.
[07:15] Lowell
How could you leave your aides
behind and challenge her alone?
[07:18] Matt
Save your complaints for later.
[07:21] Matt
I lost track of the witch.
[07:23] Farmus
Sir, facing her again
without backup would be—
[07:25] Matt
Later.
[07:27] Matt
I trust all of you to continue
searching for the witch.
[07:31] Matt
When you find the target,
prioritize keeping her pinned down.
[07:39] Matt
Leave defeating the witch to me.
[07:43] Executioner
How reassuring.
[07:45] Executioner
But your mission is to capture the witch.
[07:49] Executioner
Under no circumstances are you to kill her.
[07:53] Farmus
Who's that?
[07:54] Lowell
An emissary from the Holy Church.
[07:56] Lowell
Apparently, he's been investigating
this witch for some time.
[08:00] Lowell
He deserves the credit for
uncovering this incident so early.
[08:04] Farmus
But what is he doing here?
[08:06] Lowell
Supplying information, or so I'm told.
[08:08] Lowell
He must know important
details about this witch.
[08:16] Ashaf
That's the Castle. The Paladin Corps
operates out of it while on missions.
[08:22] Ashaf
It's built out of special materials
and surrounded by multiple barriers.
[08:27] Ashaf
Even a witch would
have trouble destroying it.
[08:30] Ashaf
And the wards enclosing
this city are equally durable.
[08:36] Ashaf
Even if we did break them, the paladins
would detect it and come running.
[08:40] Guideau
How the hell do we get in, then?
[08:42] Guideau
The witch is in there, remember?
[08:44] Ashaf
The correct answer is to open
a hole without getting caught.
[08:47] Ashaf
And I have an astonishing aptitude
for pulling off tricks like that.
[08:52] Ashaf
I can undo spells at least as well as any witch.
[08:55] Ashaf
You've been blessed with an
excellent organization and partner.
[08:58] Guideau
Quit bragging and do it already!
[09:00] Ashaf
You can't rush these things.
[09:08] Guideau
What the hell?
[09:10] Guideau
That's...
[09:19] Guideau
The witch.
[09:21] Guideau
Ashaf! Get this thing open!
[09:23] Ashaf
Don't hurry me.
[09:26] Ashaf
I almost have it.
[09:32] Helga
Jeez. What's their problem?
[09:39] Helga
I don't want to die yet.
[09:41] Helga
I can't let myself die.
[09:44] Helga
I haven't even had a boyfriend yet!
[10:00] Matt
So she got them, too, huh?
[10:03] Paladin 3
Sir! I lost my Seekers
in combat with the witch!
[10:06] Lowell
Meaning she wiped out
the entire search team.
[10:09] Matt
Prepare for a second sweep.
[10:11] Lowell
Based on data from the first sweep,
the witch creates and controls blades.
[10:17] Lowell
She's roughly 170 centimeters
tall and has long black hair.
[10:21] Lowell
We've confirmed Ultoma
around her right eye.
[10:25] Lowell
But I don't see how this—
[10:26] Executioner
It's 168 centimeters.
[10:29] Lowell
Excuse me?
[10:30] Executioner
Her height.
[10:32] Executioner
And her hair is black with
a red tinge, to be precise.
[10:35] Executioner
She seems to prefer
neutral-colored clothing,
[10:39] Executioner
and she always carries
a tubular leather case.
[10:43] Executioner
Apart from that...
[10:44] Matt
You seem strangely well-informed.
[10:48] Matt
So maybe you know which
lineage this witch belongs to?
[10:53] Matt
That's the information we need most.
[10:56] Matt
Knowing her lineage will tell us
what powers she's inherited.
[11:03] Farmus
He's part of the pursuit team.
[11:05] Paladin 4
Sir! Seekers destroyed!
[11:07] Paladin 4
Cause unknown!
[11:08] Farmus
The pursuit team was
supposed to stay hidden.
[11:11] Farmus
What happened?
[11:13] Paladin 4
I was monitoring the witch from
outside her estimated attack range,
[11:17] Paladin 4
but I didn't see her make a move.
[11:20] Paladin 4
It seemed like something
attacked from my blind spot.
[11:29] Helga
What is it now?
[11:31] Ashaf
Dear me.
[11:33] Ashaf
Keep buying us time, Guideau.
[11:35] Guideau
I've got you now, you rotten witch!
[11:38] Guideau
Take a good look at me. Recognize my face?
[11:42] Helga
As if I'd know any woman
[11:45] Helga
with an evil mug like yours!
[11:57] Helga
You won't escape!
[12:22] Ashaf
Well done, Guideau.
[12:24] Ashaf
That was a long spell,
but fortunately, I finished casting it in time.
[12:36] Ashaf
It's a compression spell.
[12:37] Guideau
I didn't ask.
[12:39] Guideau
But she can't be the bitch I'm looking
for if you can lock her up in there.
[12:45] Guideau
She's weak as hell.
[12:46] Guideau
You sure she's the real deal?
[12:48] Ashaf
Oh, she's a witch, all right.
[12:51] Ashaf
For reasons I won't go into,
she can't wield her full power.
[12:56] Ashaf
I wouldn't have let you charge
head-on at a witch otherwise.
[13:01] Guideau
Huh? How can you tell what her deal is?
[13:05] Ashaf
Because I know.
[13:07] Ashaf
I recognized what type of witch she
was the moment I saw her Ultoma.
[13:16] Executioner
As a matter of fact,
she's the weakest witch I know of.
[13:20] Executioner
But she is still a witch. She may still
defy your expectations now and then.
[13:27] Matt
Our expectations would be more accurate
if you stopped withholding information.
[13:34] Executioner
I realize I'm not welcome here.
[13:37] Executioner
I was worried you'd kick me out
if I told you all I knew.
[13:42] Executioner
But very well.
[13:46] Executioner
Creating weapons and controlling them
doesn't require a witch to achieve.
[13:53] Executioner
But only one witch's mark—her
Ultoma—takes the shape of swords.
[14:01] Matt
You don't mean...
[14:06] Executioner
She's a descendant of an Origin,
the Dauntless Witch, Quena Velvette.
[14:13] Executioner
Helga Velvette.
[14:16] Executioner
Due to a certain factor, her entire lineage
has very little in the way of combat ability.
[14:22] Executioner
But you must take care.
[14:28] Executioner
I know this sounds strange,
but while she may be the weakest witch,
[14:32] Executioner
she also possesses the
ability to destroy the world.
[14:38] Ashaf
Come on. You must be joking.
[14:41] Ashaf
Don't tell me she brought...
[14:46] Ashaf
the Demon Sword.
[14:50] Executioner
Yes.
[14:51] Executioner
The true danger in this case
is not the witch herself.
[14:57] Executioner
It grants its wielder the
power to rule the world,
[15:00] Executioner
and brings ruin to everything else.
[15:03] Executioner
The witch is most likely carrying
the Demon Sword Ashgan.
[15:09] Matt
Mobilize every unit you can.
[15:12] Matt
If this witch has the Demon Sword,
we can't afford to bide our time.
[15:17] Matt
We'll hit her with everything.
[15:18] Paladins
Yes, sir!
[15:20] Matt
Farmus, remain here and take
command of the Seeker forces.
[15:24] Farmus
Yes, sir.
[15:25] Matt
And one more thing.
[15:27] Farmus
You want me to keep an eye on him?
[15:29] Matt
He doesn't try to hide
how suspicious he seems,
[15:33] Matt
but that doesn't strike me as
the confidence of an innocent man.
[15:36] Matt
And he's also a mage.
Don't let your guard down.
[15:48] Ashaf
Well, I give up.
[15:51] Ashaf
I doubt my compression spells can hold her.
[15:55] Ashaf
Compressing her alone took
quite a toll on my magical energy,
[15:59] Ashaf
and I didn't count on her
having the Demon Sword.
[16:02] Ashaf
It simply has too much mass.
[16:04] Ashaf
That's why my spell came undone.
[16:07] Guideau
What the hell is this Demon Sword thing?
Is it really that big a deal?
[16:11] Ashaf
Oh, yes. An enormous deal, in fact.
[16:15] Ashaf
The Demon Sword can't do much
unless someone draws it.
[16:18] Ashaf
But once unsheathed, it becomes too much
for anyone to handle, even a witch.
[16:26] Guideau
So it's strong as shit?
[16:29] Ashaf
Exactly.
[16:31] Guideau
Stronger than me?
[16:33] Ashaf
Who can say?
[16:34] Ashaf
But I'd be fascinated to learn
which of you comes out on top.
[16:40] Ashaf
Whoa, there.
[16:46] Helga
Found you.
[16:48] Helga
For now, would you do something
about those annoying crows?
[16:53] Ashaf
I'd like to talk.
[16:55] Ashaf
No more violence.
[16:56] Helga
Excuse me? Don't you think
it's a little late for that?
[17:00] Helga
If you wanted a friendly chat,
you should've said so before attacking me.
[17:04] Ashaf
And for that, I apologize.
[17:07] Ashaf
I would have preferred other methods,
but I had no choice.
[17:10] Ashaf
You see... How do I put this?
We don't look particularly trustworthy.
[17:15] Helga
Right.
[17:15] Ashaf
So would you honestly have
listened to us in this situation?
[17:21] Helga
No way.
[17:22] Ashaf
Well, there you have it.
[17:25] Ashaf
We'd like to shelter you in a safe place.
[17:28] Helga
"Shelter" me?
[17:29] Ashaf
Yes, shelter you. You have my word.
[17:32] Ashaf
We aren't your enemies.
[17:35] Ashaf
We came to help you escape
from the Paladin Corps.
[17:45] Ashgan
Interesting.
[17:47] Ashgan
Don't be so hard on them, Helga.
[17:51] Helga
Hey!
[17:52] Ashgan
So what if you can't trust them?
[17:54] Ashgan
You must be ready to grasp
at straws now. So no matter what—
[17:58] Helga
Ugh, stop talking!
[18:00] Ashaf
What a surprise. The Demon Sword speaks?
[18:05] Ashgan
Why act so startled?
[18:07] Ashgan
Swords talk. Everyone knows that.
[18:09] Helga
Ashgan! Don't make me repeat myself.
[18:12] Helga
You know I'm always
warning you to keep quiet.
[18:15] Ashgan
Speech is in a sword's nature—
[18:16] Helga
Can it!
[18:18] Ashaf
May I ask you something?
[18:20] Ashaf
I thought you descendants
of the Dauntless Witch
[18:24] Ashaf
kept the Demon Sword under
lock and key in a secret location.
[18:28] Ashaf
Bringing it out into the open carries risks.
I assume you have good reasons for doing so?
[18:33] Helga
That's none of your business.
[18:35] Helga
Right now, I refuse to trust anyone.
[18:39] Ashaf
Then you should finish us off quickly.
[18:42] Ashaf
Why don't you?
[18:44] Ashaf
If you doubt our sincerity,
then we're nothing but enemies in your eyes.
[18:51] Ashaf
This incident began with murders
committed by a witch. Six victims in all.
[18:57] Ashaf
If you did that, then why hesitate now?
[19:02] Helga
Stay back!
[19:05] Ashaf
It appears you lack the cold heart
required to kill defenseless people.
[19:11] Ashaf
You didn't kill them, did you?
[19:15] Ashaf
In which case, I'm all the
more eager to help you.
[19:19] Ashgan
What do you get out of it?
[19:21] Ashgan
What do you want?
I doubt you're just being charitable.
[19:26] Ashgan
This woman's life?
[19:28] Ashgan
Fine. Take it.
[19:31] Helga
Don't speak for me!
[19:33] Ashgan
Whatever they want, don't refuse them.
[19:37] Ashgan
Accept their terms.
[19:39] Ashgan
It will be more fun that way.
[19:50] Ashaf
What a rude interruption.
[19:52] Ashaf
Here comes the second wave.
[19:53] Guideau
What the hell are these guys?
[19:55] Ashaf
The paladins' avatars, essentially.
[19:59] Ashaf
Destroying them won't
do much to the paladins.
[20:03] Ashaf
They'll resupply with magical energy from
their base's tanks and come back for more.
[20:08] Guideau
So they just send in an endless supply
of soldiers that don't stay dead?
[20:12] Ashaf
Yes. That's the Paladin Corps's
standard playbook for hunting witches.
[20:19] Ashaf
Against the Seekers' guns,
two layers should suffice.
[20:31] Ashaf
Hurry! This way!
[20:35] Ashgan
Take his hand and stay with him.
[20:39] Ashgan
You can't survive alone.
[20:45] Helga
Sorry, but I have to go it alone.
[20:50] Helga
I don't need your help.
[20:53] Helga
But...
[20:57] Helga
Thanks anyway.
[21:01] Ashaf
I'd call that a rejection.
[21:03] Guideau
Hah! Serves you right.
[21:05] Ashaf
Why are you talking like
it's not also your problem?
[21:08] Ashaf
Go after her.
[21:10] Ashaf
I trust you understand, Guideau.
[21:12] Guideau
What?
[21:13] Ashaf
She's not the witch you're after.
[21:16] Ashaf
So switch gears and focus on
our mission to bring her back.
[21:21] Ashaf
Protect that witch for all you're worth.
[21:24] Guideau
I don't need you telling me to do my job.
[21:38] Ashgan
What a stubborn woman.
[21:41] Ashgan
Still, I'll enjoy seeing just how long
you can bear your solitude.
[21:46] Helga
Shut up! If it wasn't for you, I'd—
[21:52] Helga
This chill...
[21:54] Ashgan
Yes.
[21:55] Ashgan
It looks like he's here.
[22:00] Matt
Stop fighting the inevitable, witch.
[22:08] Matt
I've made up my mind not
to let you get away again.
[22:17] Guideau
Well, well. Here in the flesh this time?
[22:21] Guideau
Then you'll stay dead when I kill you.
[24:00] Ashgan
Everyone loses themselves
in pursuit of my power.
SIGN The Witch and
the Demon Sword
SIGN Act II
[24:05] Ashaf
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and the Demon Sword: Act II."
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[00:04] Paladin 2
Huh? Did you lose your way?
[00:07] Paladin 2
I can get out a map, if you'd like.
[00:10] Ashaf
Don't kill him, Guideau.
[00:22] Ashaf
Come here, Guideau.
[00:23] Guideau
You come here.
[00:29] Ashaf
Recognize the insignia?
[00:31] Guideau
Nope.
[00:33] Ashaf
Good grief. You really have no interest
in anything but witches, do you?
[00:38] Ashaf
Armies normally rely on strength in numbers.
[00:41] Ashaf
Against witches, in particular,
having an elite few makes no sense.
[00:45] Ashaf
They require a quantity
so vast, it seems infinite.
[00:49] Ashaf
But annoyingly, this force
is built not on numbers,
[00:52] Ashaf
but on overwhelming individual might.
[00:56] Ashaf
If you encounter someone
who looks like their commander,
[00:59] Ashaf
don't assume you can beat him.
[01:01] Ashaf
The Third Continent Paladin Corps's
6th Battalion is led by the "Man of Ice,"
[01:06] Ashaf
Matt Cugat.
[01:08] Ashaf
His power rivals that of a witch.
[01:12] Guideau
This must be him.
SIGN The Witch and
the Demon Sword
SIGN Act II
[02:58] Ashaf
Stop, Guideau.
[03:00] Ashaf
Save the kiss for later.
[03:02] Guideau
What? Why?
[03:04] Guideau
This guy's gotta be the boss, right?
[03:06] Guideau
If I take him out here, our job's done!
[03:09] Ashaf
Guideau, your strength
is our ace in the hole.
[03:12] Ashaf
We haven't gotten the
full picture of this case yet.
[03:15] Ashaf
Always hide your ace in the hole
until all the cards are down.
[03:20] Ashaf
For the moment, buy her time to escape.
[03:24] Ashaf
Just concentrate on that.
[03:27] Ashaf
Now...
[03:29] Ashaf
I believe my attention is needed here.
[03:32] Helga
What are you muttering to yourself for?
[03:34] Helga
Wait, were you talking to that hot—
uh, that guy from before?
[03:40] Helga
Hey! Put up a decent fight!
[03:42] Helga
He'll focus on me if you go down.
[03:45] Guideau
I'll help you escape.
[03:47] Guideau
Get lost while I keep him busy.
[03:50] Helga
What? But what will you do
once I've gotten away?
[03:53] Guideau
Shut up and move it.
[03:56] Guideau
Having a witch next to me
makes my damn skin crawl.
[04:00] Helga
Well...
[04:01] Helga
That works out great for me.
[04:05] Matt
So that's the Demon Sword?
[04:07] Matt
He was telling the truth.
[04:10] Matt
All the more reason to finish this now.
[04:12] Guideau
Look this way!
[04:13] Matt
I already am.
[04:25] Helga
What? She lost already?
[04:43] Guideau
Shit.
[04:45] Guideau
I heard you were bad news,
[04:46] Guideau
but you're not even a witch. How do
you fire off spells without moving?
[04:50] Matt
You surprised me, as well.
I didn't expect you to be so fast or strong.
[04:56] Matt
That weapon in your right
hand must be magical.
[04:59] Matt
Is it the secret to your superhuman strength?
[05:02] Matt
I have a lot of questions, but you can wait.
[05:11] Matt
Witches don't die easily,
even when you strike to kill.
[05:16] Matt
I hope that holds true.
[05:21] Helga
What the...
[05:31] Ashaf
It really is stunning
what an elemental can do.
[05:36] (Flashback) Guideau
He's on par with a witch?
[05:38] (Flashback) Guideau
How? You mean he's not human?
[05:41] (Flashback) Ashaf
No, he's human.
[05:44] (Flashback) Ashaf
But he made a pact.
[05:46] (Flashback) Guideau
A "pact"?
[05:48] (Flashback) Ashaf
Exactly.
[05:50] (Flashback) Ashaf
Matt Cugat forged a pact with a
primordial force to rival witches:
[05:53] (Flashback) Ashaf
a great ice elemental.
[05:58] (Flashback) Ashaf
He's an elemental mage.
[06:12] Helga
Ow.
[06:13] Helga
Who is this guy?
[06:16] Helga
He's practically a witch.
[06:19] Helga
Ashgan! Where are you?
[06:21] Ashgan
I'm here.
[06:23] Ashgan
Come to me.
[06:26] Helga
Thank good—
[06:27] Ashgan
No.
[06:28] Helga
Huh?
[06:29] Ashgan
I wasn't calling you.
[06:32] Ashgan
I meant...
[06:33] Ashgan
you.
[06:38] Matt
The Demon Sword. I'm glad I secured
it before you could try anything.
[06:43] Helga
Give it back!
[06:44] Matt
Really? Return a weapon this
dangerous to a murderous witch?
[06:55] Helga
I know I can't beat him.
But what else can I do?
[07:03] Guideau
This time...
[07:04] Guideau
I got you!
[07:07] Helga
You survived?
[07:08] Guideau
I bought you a few dozen seconds,
so why the hell are you still here?
[07:11] Guideau
You're a witch, right?!
[07:13] Helga
Well, excuse me for not being much of one.
[07:20] Guideau
Huh?
[07:22] Helga
No! Don't let them take it!
[07:27] Lowell
What strength.
[07:31] Matt
Hand over the Demon Sword.
[07:34] Guideau
Hah! You want this thing that bad?
[07:42] Guideau
I don't really give a shit about this thing,
[07:45] Guideau
but you assholes aren't
getting anything out of me!
[07:50] Lowell
Huh?
[07:53] Helga
What's wrong with you?!
[07:55] Matt
Of all the pointless....
[07:59] Helga
I don't believe it. She picked up
Ashgan, then let it go again.
[08:04] Helga
I've never seen a human do that before.
[08:14] Helga
Damn it!
[08:18] Ashgan
You again?
[08:19] Helga
Hey! Give it back!
[08:21] Helga
You've got no right to carry that!
[08:24] Ashgan
Yes, let go already. I can't stand you.
[08:27] Guideau
You want it? Do what I say.
Now, shut up and follow me.
[08:30] Helga
Excuse me?!
[08:31] Guideau
We're gonna meet up with Ashaf!
[08:34] Helga
Why should I listen to this brat?
[08:36] Guideau
Ashaf, where do you wanna meet?
[08:39] Ashaf
So you're safe, Guideau. What about her?
[08:41] Guideau
She's with me, and she'll do what I say.
[08:44] Ashaf
Come again?
[08:45] Guideau
Now we've just gotta get away and—
[08:49] Ashaf
Is something wrong?
[08:52] Guideau
Hey! Run like hell!
[08:59] Helga
Wha—
[09:05] Helga
Is he trying to freeze the whole city?!
[09:09] Guideau
Move it! He's gonna catch up to us!
[09:11] Helga
Over here!
[09:13] Guideau
What's your plan?
[09:15] Helga
Once we're through here, no matter what,
don't let go of my hand!
[09:24] Guideau
Hey, what's with these puny-ass spells?
[09:28] Helga
Never call them "puny" again, you hear me?
[09:30] Helga
I hate that word.
[09:33] Ashgan
You always say a woman's size isn't every—
[09:35] Helga
Shut up! Both of you!
[09:40] Helga
What?
[09:45] Helga
You're kidding me!
[09:52] Helga
What am I supposed to do against that?
[10:02] Helga
Pontevert.
[10:03] Helga
This city in the south of the Third
Continent is blessed with great weather.
[10:09] Helga
The food is delicious, too.
[10:11] (Flashback) Waiter
On the house.
[10:13] (Flashback) Helga
Goodness!
[10:13] Helga
And passionate men.
[10:16] Helga
My witch blood makes me such
a people magnet, it scares me.
[10:20] Helga
I love this town.
[10:23] Newscaster
Six corpses were discovered
in the city early this morning.
[10:27] Newscaster
All six bear cuts from
some kind of edged weapon,
[10:30] Newscaster
and the wounds show signs
of extreme magical corrosion.
[10:33] Newscaster
Reports suggest a single killer
using powerful magic.
[10:39] Helga
The victims are all people I met yesterday.
[10:44] (Flashback) Helga
Ashgan, did you do something again?
[10:48] (Flashback) Ashgan
What could I do, sealed away like this?
[10:52] (Flashback) Ashgan
But, Helga, if you want to
make me do something...
[10:59] Ashgan
Draw me, Helga!
[11:02] Ashgan
You have no other way out this time.
[11:05] Ashgan
Unless you draw me, you'll die.
[11:09] Matt
Save your breath, Demon Sword.
[11:12] Matt
The witch can't move.
[11:14] Ashgan
An elemental's protection?
[11:16] Ashgan
I don't like you, either.
[11:19] Matt
Put the witch and her ally in Armor.
[11:28] Matt
I doubt you've ever been put in Armor before.
[11:32] Matt
It hits pressure points that restrict
the release of magical energy.
[11:35] Matt
The perfect restraining
device for witches.
[11:40] Lowell
Come to think of it,
didn't they have an accomplice?
[11:43] Lowell
And quite a skilled one,
according to the reports.
[11:45] Ashaf
Quite skilled? You're too kind.
[11:49] Ashaf
You're astonishingly powerful yourself.
[11:53] Ashaf
I'll be in a real bind if you cart off
those two and the Demon Sword.
[11:57] Matt
Is that so?
[12:00] Matt
Too bad for you, then.
[12:10] Matt
Take them to the Castle.
I'll take care of this one.
[12:15] Lowell
I'll rendezvous with the commander.
[12:18] Lowell
Take the witch and her friend to base.
[12:21] Ashaf
I suppose I can't stop you from taking them.
[12:26] Ashaf
Still, this works out well.
I was hoping for a word with you.
[12:31] Matt
What?
[12:32] Ashaf
I have a good eye for people.
[12:35] Ashaf
Matt Cugat, the Man of Ice,
[12:38] Ashaf
you strike me as the type to listen
to an argument in good faith.
[12:42] Matt
Don't give me that.
[12:44] Matt
You obstructed our mission,
and now you talk about "good faith"?
[12:52] Ashaf
Speaking of that mission,
[12:55] Ashaf
don't you think it smells fishy?
[12:59] Ashaf
A witch and six victims.
[13:02] Ashaf
Each has a convenient witness,
[13:05] Ashaf
and the witch committed every murder
with her magical swordsmanship?
[13:09] Ashaf
If a witch simply wants to kill a human,
she has so many other ways of doing it.
[13:15] Ashaf
She's practically asking you
to send her to the gallows.
[13:18] Ashaf
A taunt like that shows true confidence.
[13:21] Ashaf
A typical witch, you might say.
[13:23] Ashaf
Fear of witches may have lessened,
but it remains deeply rooted in society.
[13:28] Ashaf
People are so on edge that
a witch just being near a death
[13:31] Ashaf
is enough to create a "witch incident."
[13:35] Ashaf
Framing a witch for a crime is simple.
No hard evidence is required.
[13:40] Ashaf
And that's just what happened here.
[13:43] Ashaf
Someone set a trap for Helga Velvette.
[13:50] Paladin 1
What?
[13:53] Ashgan
I'll teach you to put me on ice.
[13:56] Ashgan
Don't think a trick like that
will keep me asleep for long.
[14:00] Ashgan
Nothing can imprison me
[14:03] Ashgan
except a witch.
[14:04] Helga
Oh, no!
[14:06] Paladin 2
What are you doing? Don't struggle!
[14:08] Helga
Stop! Don't touch the Demon Sword!
[14:10] Helga
Don't even look at it!
[14:15] Paladin 4
What's gotten into you?!
[14:17] Paladin 3
Let go! It's mine!
[14:18] Paladin 5
Enough! Stop! That doesn't belong to you!
[14:21] Paladin 5
It belongs to me!
[14:23] Helga
It's begun.
[14:25] Helga
Even sealed, the Demon Sword's immense
power tempts and captivates people.
[14:32] Helga
Once it takes hold,
the temptation spreads like ripples.
[14:37] Ashgan
Everyone loses themselves
in pursuit of my power.
[14:42] Ashgan
Mere humans can't help themselves.
[14:46] Ashgan
The problem is that woman.
[14:49] Ashgan
Why isn't she tempted?
[14:51] Ashgan
What in the world is she?
[14:54] Farmus
What is all this?
[14:56] Farmus
What's happening here?
[14:59] Executioner
You seem to be having trouble.
[15:02] Executioner
Allow me to sort this out.
[15:05] Farmus
I instructed you to remain
in the command center!
[15:08] Farmus
That goes for all of you!
[15:10] Farmus
I didn't order you to deploy seekers!
[15:15] Farmus
Stop! Have you lost your minds, too?
[15:18] Helga
Ashgan?
[15:19] Helga
No. Humans tempted by Ashgan
aren't so well-organized.
[15:25] Executioner
Open fire.
[15:30] Matt
Someone framed the witch?
[15:33] Ashaf
Speaking from experience,
I have a good idea who.
[15:36] Ashaf
It's their oldest trick, after all.
[15:38] Ashaf
You couldn't know about them,
[15:40] Ashaf
but you do share a connection.
[15:44] Ashaf
This group targets all witches,
good and evil alike,
[15:49] Ashaf
and uses any means to
hunt them to extinction.
[15:51] Ashaf
The dark side of the
righteous Paladin Corps.
[15:56] Ashaf
A secret force of witch hunters:
[15:59] Ashaf
the Executioners.
[16:04] Executioner
I knew this would happen if you
brought the Demon Sword here
[16:07] Executioner
without knowing what to expect.
[16:11] Executioner
So, all according to plan.
[16:13] Executioner
Even amid all this chaos,
[16:16] Executioner
I can create loyal soldiers who won't fall
under the Demon Sword's influence.
[16:23] Executioner
With this Forbidden Instrument.
[16:30] Executioner
Now, where's Helga?
[16:33] Farmus
Where could she be?
[16:34] Executioner
Find her.
[16:40] Matt
The Executioners set up this witch incident?
[16:43] Ashaf
Yes.
[16:44] Matt
Impossible.
[16:46] Matt
The Executioners epitomize the Dark Ages.
[16:49] Matt
A detestable product of a millennium ago.
[16:51] Ashaf
The survival of the dark side would
never make it into the history books.
[16:55] Ashaf
Due to my work, I know the Holy Church
at least as well as you do.
[17:00] Ashaf
I can't prove the Executioners
orchestrated this.
[17:03] Ashaf
I'm merely speculating
based on experience.
[17:06] Ashaf
But are you sure my theory
doesn't ring any bells?
[17:10] Ashaf
Did no one approach you with a smile
plastered on their face, posing as a helper?
[17:19] Matt
You said you were speculating?
[17:21] Ashaf
Yes. Nothing more.
[17:24] Matt
You're talking nonsense. At least, for now.
[17:27] Ashaf
Yes. For now, that will do.
[17:32] Matt
Come in, command center.
[17:37] Matt
What's wrong? Come in!
[17:39] Ashaf
Does it sound a bit less like nonsense now?
[17:48] Lowell
Since you house a great elemental,
I wasn't sure I could run you through.
[17:53] Lowell
But thank goodness.
[17:54] Lowell
I see you're still weak to heat, Commander.
[17:58] Matt
Lowell...
[18:04] Lowell
Harming you provokes the
great elemental's wrath, yes?
[18:09] Lowell
Now that you've learned too much,
you won't make such a good pawn anymore.
[18:14] Lowell
Then again, I believe he always
planned to dispose of you.
[18:23] Lowell
Apparently, being so
righteous and by-the-book
[18:25] Lowell
made you harder for the
Executioners to make use of.
[18:29] Lowell
He said you're perfect for
sending against witches,
[18:32] Lowell
but still not worth as
much as the Demon Sword.
[18:35] Lowell
Heartless, don't you think?
[18:38] Lowell
Goodbye, sir.
[18:48] Helga
I have nowhere left to run
and no way of escaping.
[18:52] Helga
This is it for me.
[18:55] Helga
My life is going to end like this,
slandered as a serial killer.
[19:00] Helga
Ah, I so wanted a boyfriend.
[19:07] Executioner
What a nimble girl.
[19:09] Executioner
Vice Commander, I'll let you handle her.
[19:26] Executioner
I wonder who you are.
[19:30] Executioner
You can tell me the whole story later.
[19:37] Helga
Stop!
[19:39] Executioner
Oh? So that's where you were, Helga.
[19:44] Ashgan
Helga.
[19:46] Ashgan
Draw me.
[19:48] Ashgan
It's only a matter of time
until I'm unleashed now.
[19:53] Ashgan
If you can't avoid it, then the
smart choice is to draw me yourself.
[19:59] Ashgan
Drawing me is the only way you can survive.
[20:05] Helga
True.
[20:07] Helga
That man wants the Demon Sword.
[20:09] Helga
And in the shape I'm in,
[20:11] Helga
I won't be able to resist
telling him how to unleash it.
[20:16] Helga
But I won't let that happen.
[20:19] Helga
Anyone but me needs something
to draw the Demon Sword,
[20:23] Helga
and they'll never get it if I die.
[20:27] Helga
As long as I die, you won't be
able to have things your way.
[20:32] Helga
I wanted a boyfriend.
[20:35] Helga
I wanted to be happy.
[20:37] Helga
I don't want to go out like this,
[20:40] Helga
but there's no way I'll abandon my duty now!
[20:43] Helga
I keep the world safe
from the Demon Sword.
[20:46] Helga
That's the whole reason I've had
such rotten luck all this time!
[20:53] Executioner
How is she moving on her own?
[20:55] Executioner
Does my control have no effect on her?
[20:57] Executioner
Is she really human?
[21:01] Guideau
Hey! Cast some kind of spell!
[21:03] Helga
I can't yet. I only just got it off.
[21:11] Executioner
Naughty, naughty.
[21:13] Executioner
The witch and the Demon Sword?
What a greedy girl.
[21:20] Guideau
Hey! What the hell are you thinking?!
[21:25] Helga
Go! Forget me and protect the Demon Sword!
[21:28] Guideau
Like hell I will!
[21:29] Guideau
I've gotta take you with me,
or I've wasted my time!
[21:34] Helga
Then rescue me.
[21:37] Helga
If bringing me back is your job,
keep the Demon Sword safe!
[21:42] Helga
Come back and rescue me!
[21:48] Helga
As if that'll ever happen.
[21:52] Executioner
Quite right.
[21:54] Executioner
I know everything there is
to know about you.
[21:57] Executioner
Hope doesn't suit you.
[22:01] Executioner
This base and the witch are now mine.
[22:05] Executioner
And soon, the Demon Sword will be, too.
[22:08] Executioner
There's never been any hope for you,
and there never will be.
[22:13] Helga
I've gotten by on my own all this time.
[22:16] Helga
No one's coming to save me. I have no hope.
[22:20] Helga
I know all that.
[24:00] Ashaf
Now, shall we show our own ace in the hole?
[24:05] Ashaf
Next time: "The Witch and
the Demon Sword: Act III."
SIGN The Witch and
the Demon Sword
SIGN Act III
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[00:03] Guideau
Hey! What the hell are you thinking?!
[00:08] Helga
Go! Forget me and protect the Demon Sword!
[00:11] Guideau
Like hell I will!
[00:12] Guideau
I've gotta take you with me,
or I've wasted my time!
[00:16] Helga
Then rescue me.
[00:19] Helga
If bringing me back is your job,
keep the Demon Sword safe!
[00:25] Helga
Come back and rescue me!
[00:31] Helga
As if that'll ever happen.
[00:34] Executioner
Quite right.
[00:37] Executioner
I know everything there is
to know about you.
[00:40] Executioner
Hope doesn't suit you.
[00:44] Executioner
This base and the witch are now mine.
[00:47] Executioner
And soon, the Demon Sword will be, too.
[00:51] Executioner
There's never been any hope for you,
and there never will be.
[00:56] Helga
I've gotten by on my own all this time.
[00:59] Helga
No one's coming to save me. I have no hope.
[01:02] Helga
I know all that.
[02:42] (Flashback) Helga
Hey, are you Ashgan?
[02:48] (Flashback) Helga
I kind of figured the Demon Sword
would look like a bigger deal.
SIGN The Witch and
the Demon Sword
SIGN Act III
[03:05] Ashgan
Without Helga, lifting my seal is impossible.
[03:09] Ashgan
Turn back at once.
[03:10] Guideau
Shut up.
[03:12] Guideau
I don't take orders from you.
[03:13] Guideau
I'll drag that damn witch back
even if it leaves her spitting up blood.
[03:18] Ashgan
Where are you going? She's up there.
[03:21] Guideau
What do you expect me to do? Fly?
[03:23] Guideau
I'm gonna meet up with Ashaf.
[03:25] Ashgan
Oh, so you can't cast even one little spell?
[03:33] Ashgan
The wall has disappeared.
[03:43] Ashgan
So they fought to a draw.
[03:47] Guideau
You'd better not have died on me, jackass.
[03:55] Ashaf
Hi there, Guideau.
[03:58] Ashaf
I'm delighted to see you escaped.
[04:01] Ashaf
As you can see, I...
[04:04] Ashaf
Well, I'll be fine.
[04:08] Ashaf
He saved me.
[04:13] Ashaf
Still breathing, I see. I'll begin treatment.
[04:16] Guideau
Huh? What for? Just leave him.
[04:19] Ashaf
Guideau, did an Executioner show himself?
[04:22] Guideau
Yeah, he did.
[04:24] Ashaf
I convinced him they exist.
[04:27] Ashaf
He'll help us fight.
[04:36] Matt
So they left me alive. Barely.
[04:40] Ashaf
Why did you hold back?
[04:42] Ashaf
That can't have been the extent
of a great elemental's power.
[04:46] Matt
Magic comes in all types.
[04:49] Matt
Did my subordinate willingly betray me,
or was she controlled?
[04:55] Matt
I couldn't be sure.
[04:58] Matt
The elemental would have killed
her if I hadn't restrained it.
[05:05] Ashaf
That wasn't the only time.
[05:07] Ashaf
You pulled your punches quite a bit
against Guideau here, too.
[05:13] Ashaf
Matt Cugat, for a "Man of Ice,"
you're surprisingly soft.
[05:19] Ashaf
That soft heart will get you killed.
[05:25] Matt
I know I sent that girl and
the Demon Sword to base.
[05:29] Matt
And I don't see the witch.
[05:32] Matt
What happened up there?
[05:34] Guideau
An Executioner took over the
whole Castle. Your unit's done for.
[05:40] Guideau
Talk about pathetic.
[05:43] Matt
I see.
[05:47] Ashaf
Now, the Executioners
want the Demon Sword,
[05:51] Ashaf
so they'll most likely track it straight to us.
[05:55] Ashaf
Meanwhile, we have
one man at death's door,
[05:58] Ashaf
and a mage using up the last
of his own magic to heal him.
[06:02] Ashaf
We'll never manage to prepare a major spell.
[06:06] Matt
Then can't we at least hide
the Demon Sword somewhere?
[06:10] Ashaf
I doubt that would work.
[06:13] Ashaf
The Demon Sword would draw someone to it.
[06:16] Guideau
What the hell?
Don't draw people here, asshole!
[06:18] Ashgan
Unfortunately, I have no say in the matter.
[06:23] Ashaf
So what it all comes down to is...
[06:26] Ashaf
Struggling won't do us any good at this point.
[06:30] Executioner
What's this? I expected you
to scurry around out of sight.
[06:35] Executioner
I even mobilized all these
forces to hunt you down.
[06:38] Executioner
I feel a bit embarrassed.
[06:41] Matt
Mind control.
[06:43] Matt
So that's what your Forbidden
Instrument does, Executioner?
[06:47] Executioner
Hm? Oh, yes.
[06:49] Executioner
That's right, Commander.
[06:52] Executioner
Seventeen ancient kings, the ablest leaders
of a great but long-vanished nation,
[06:57] Executioner
had their skins sewn together to make this:
[07:01] Executioner
the Demon Hand Ishlingen.
[07:04] Executioner
And by placing a royal ring
imbued with mystical power
[07:07] Executioner
on the right index finger, a symbol
of authority, I enhance its effects.
[07:13] Executioner
One brush with this hand makes
everyone do whatever I tell them to.
[07:21] Executioner
But it seems that no amount of caressing
will make it work on a witch.
[07:26] Executioner
What a dilemma.
[07:27] Executioner
I've overused its power,
so I think it's time I paid the price.
[07:35] Matt
Don't!
[07:45] Executioner
I suppose this is the downside
of using Forbidden Instruments.
[07:53] Executioner
Don't let her get away!
[07:57] Guideau
What happened to not having anything ready?
[08:02] Ashaf
A makeshift spell like that
hardly counts as preparation.
[08:05] Ashaf
Take Helga and run, Guideau!
[08:11] Matt
I don't know if I'll be as much
help to you as you'd hoped.
[08:17] Ashgan
I see we didn't even need to go back for you.
[08:20] Helga
Oh, were you planning a rescue?
[08:23] Guideau
Cut the chitchat.
[08:24] Guideau
Now, get running!
[08:26] Helga
Behind you!
[08:27] Helga
Watch out!
[08:46] Executioner
"No amount of caressing
will make it work on a witch."
[08:50] Executioner
Forgive me.
[08:52] Executioner
That was a lie.
[08:59] Helga
Sorry, I guess.
[09:02] Helga
You did save me a bunch of times,
even if it wasn't out of kindness.
[09:13] Helga
Sorry for wasting all that.
[09:24] Executioner
Well done, Helga.
[09:27] Executioner
Come here.
[09:42] Executioner
In the proper hands at last.
[09:46] Executioner
Now...
[09:47] Matt
Stop! Don't draw it!
[09:50] Matt
Think this through!
[09:51] Matt
If the Demon Sword
does what the legends say,
[09:54] Matt
why did the witch refuse to draw it
when she was in so much danger?
[09:59] Matt
Because it could have taken things
in an even more horrible direction!
[10:06] Executioner
Oh, do pipe down.
[10:12] Executioner
Surprised?
[10:14] Executioner
Simply unsheathing the
Demon Sword means nothing.
[10:19] Executioner
I know all there is to know
about the Demon Sword.
[10:23] Executioner
For instance, her clan, the Dauntless Witches,
[10:27] Executioner
kept the Demon Sword under strict guard.
[10:31] Executioner
So why was she roaming around
with it in a place like this?
[10:35] Executioner
Naturally, I know the answer.
[10:38] Executioner
Because their hidden refuge burned down.
[10:43] Executioner
They were all forced to give up the
sword's secrets, then slaughtered.
[10:47] Executioner
The lone survivor, Helga, went on
the run to protect the Demon Sword.
[10:54] Executioner
And how do I know all this?
[10:57] Executioner
Well, I'll tell you.
[11:00] Executioner
I know because we Executioners were there.
[11:05] Helga
You...
[11:08] Helga
You!
[11:10] Executioner
Whoops! My control slipped.
[11:12] Executioner
Witches do put up quite a struggle.
[11:16] Executioner
Now, at last, let me tell you
what you most want to know.
[11:21] Ashgan
Stop!
[11:22] Ashgan
Don't you draw me!
[11:27] Executioner
Lifting the Demon Sword's seal requires...
[11:32] Executioner
a witch's heart.
[11:37] Guideau
Damn you!
[11:38] Guideau
What the hell do you think
we did all this crap for?!
[11:41] Guideau
Don't you dare let her die!
[11:43] Executioner
Now, come! I have released your seal,
[11:47] Executioner
Demon Sword Ashgan!
[11:56] (Flashback) Mother
Helga.
[11:57] (Flashback) Mother
Stop this, Helga.
[12:00] (Flashback) Mother
How many times must I tell you?
[12:02] (Flashback) Mother
Leave the Demon Sword asleep
in the basement. It's dangerous.
[12:07] (Flashback) Mother
Don't carry it around.
[12:11] (Flashback) Sister 1
Don't you realize how important
our family's duty is?
[12:16] (Flashback) Sister 1
Only you and I inherited witch powers,
so show some responsibility.
[12:22] (Flashback) Helga
But...
[12:24] (Flashback) Helga
I mean...
[12:51] (Flashback) Helga
What was that?
[13:02] (Flashback) Sister 2
Stop!
[13:02] (Flashback) Sister 2
Mom, stop it!
[13:10] (Flashback) Helga
What's going on?
What in the world could have...
[13:20] (Flashback) Helga
Big Sis—
[13:22] (Flashback) Sister 1
You were hiding,
so you must still be sane, Helga.
[13:26] (Flashback) Sister 1
If you've got the Demon Sword,
just take it and run.
[13:30] (Flashback) Sister 1
This place is doomed.
[13:33] (Flashback) Sister 1
They...
[13:34] (Flashback) Sister 1
Mom called them "Executioners."
[13:37] (Flashback) Sister 1
Everyone went crazy because of them.
[13:45] (Flashback) Sister 1
They even got to Mom.
[13:49] (Flashback) Sister 1
Listen. No matter what,
don't give them the Demon Sword.
[13:53] (Flashback) Sister 1
You have to protect it.
[13:56] (Flashback) Sister 1
I'll be a decoy or whatever
you need to get away.
[13:59] (Flashback) Sister 1
So please. Do this for me.
[14:20] (Flashback) Executioner
Oh, dear. She won't say a word.
[14:25] (Flashback) Executioner
My teacher warned me not to take away
too much hope or inflict too much despair,
[14:30] (Flashback) Executioner
but I have trouble
striking the right balance.
[14:38] (Flashback) Executioner
Listen. I'd at least like to know one thing.
[14:42] (Flashback) Executioner
Even if you won't talk,
I have my Forbidden Instrument.
[14:47] (Flashback) Executioner
Someone else, like your mommy, will
tell me all of the Demon Sword's secrets.
[14:54] Executioner
So why did you try so hard?
[15:09] (Flashback) Sister 1
You know, Helga...
[15:12] (Flashback) Sister 1
Sealing the Demon Sword
to keep the world safe,
[15:15] (Flashback) Sister 1
and working so hard for outsiders
we've barely even seen...
[15:20] (Flashback) Sister 1
It never really clicked with me.
[15:22] (Flashback) Sister 1
But we still put our lives on the line.
[15:27] (Flashback) Sister 1
Never throw that away.
[15:35] (Flashback) Ashgan
Do you hate them?
[15:39] (Flashback) Ashgan
If you crave vengeance, draw me.
[15:42] (Flashback) Helga
I want to get back at them.
[15:46] (Flashback) Helga
I want to kill them all.
[15:49] (Flashback) Helga
But I'll never draw you.
[15:53] (Flashback) Helga
My mom and sisters would never want that.
[15:57] (Flashback) Ashgan
Not even if you are in danger?
[16:01] (Flashback) Helga
I still won't draw you.
[16:03] (Flashback) Helga
Who knows what horrible things
will happen if I let you loose?
[16:18] Matt
What just happened?
[16:20] Matt
Don't tell me... that was a slash?
[16:23] Ashaf
Yes, it sliced them.
[16:25] Ashaf
And not just the city and the
Castle, but the wards, too.
[16:29] Ashaf
It didn't decipher the spell.
[16:32] Ashaf
It tore the Paladin Corps's barrier
apart by brute force.
[16:36] Ashaf
So this... is the power to destroy the world.
[16:41] Ashaf
I'm convinced.
[16:44] Executioner
This is the Demon Sword.
[16:46] Executioner
Magnificent! What magnificent power!
[16:49] Executioner
Demon Sword! Start by
putting an end to Matt Cugat!
[17:00] Ashaf
Executioner.
[17:01] Ashaf
You're laboring under a misconception
about the Demon Sword's nature.
[17:05] Executioner
A misconception?
[17:08] Executioner
No, I understand it perfectly.
[17:12] Executioner
"It grants its wielder the power to rule the
world, and brings ruin to everything else."
[17:19] Executioner
Mere superstition, I know.
[17:22] Executioner
Whoever wields the Demon Sword
gets one thing: a guarantee of survival!
[17:28] Executioner
The sword can strike anyone
except the person who drew it.
[17:33] Executioner
It's a privilege, but that's all.
[17:37] Executioner
I gain nothing else.
[17:40] Executioner
But no matter.
[17:41] Executioner
I have this Demon Hand that will
make the sword my loyal servant.
[17:46] Executioner
This Forbidden Instrument
bends even witches to my will,
[17:49] Executioner
and I've already sacrificed a
hundred of Cugat's men with it.
[17:54] Executioner
Both witches and the Demon Sword possess
power beyond human comprehension,
[17:59] Executioner
but the same can't be said for their minds!
[18:04] Ashaf
And I'm telling you that's a misconception.
[18:13] Ashaf
The witches locked away two
things: power and bestiality.
[18:19] Ashaf
I know a little about the Demon Sword
from before it was sealed.
[18:25] Ashaf
Besting so many witches with
that hand made you conceited.
[18:31] Matt
Stop!
[18:35] Ashaf
That Forbidden Instrument acts on
reverence and awe for those in power,
[18:39] Ashaf
amplifying those feelings to the
extreme before playing on them.
[18:44] Ashaf
But in its natural state,
the Demon Sword has no rationality.
[18:47] Ashaf
It has only a body and an
impulse for sheer destruction.
[18:51] Ashaf
How can you brainwash a monster
with no sense of reverence or awe?
[18:58] Ashaf
This is the Demon Sword's true nature.
[19:00] Ashaf
No human can hold a candle
to the monster you've unleashed.
[19:11] Matt
Great elemental,
take my left, too, if you want it.
[19:16] Matt
But don't let anyone else die.
[19:22] Executioner
My mind control doesn't work?
[19:25] Executioner
No, that can't be it.
[19:27] Executioner
Sacrifices! I need more sacrifices!
That must be the answer!
[19:35] Lowell
Hey! What's going on? I thought
you could control the Demon Sword!
[19:39] Lowell
Why do you think I went along with your plan?!
[19:42] Lowell
Do something about—
[19:45] Lowell
Hey!
[19:46] Executioner
More. I need more sacrifices.
[19:49] Executioner
So many more.
[19:53] Executioner
The Demon Sword can't touch me.
I can try as many times as it takes.
[19:58] Executioner
I'll just add more sacrifices and come back.
[20:02] Executioner
Oh, I know.
[20:04] Executioner
Where did the townspeople run off to again?
[20:08] Executioner
Go on. Rampage to your heart's content,
Demon Sword Ashgan.
[20:23] Helga
Ashgan.
[20:25] Ashaf
Have you come to?
[20:28] Helga
I broke the seal, didn't I?
[20:32] Ashaf
Yes.
[20:33] Helga
That's it, then.
[20:35] Helga
I can't stop Ashgan.
[20:38] Helga
Hurry. Leave me and run.
[20:42] Helga
You'll be better off far away from me.
[20:46] Helga
Ashgan...
[20:48] Helga
must carry one hell of a
grudge against my family.
[20:53] Helga
In the end,
[20:55] Helga
I failed in my duty,
and now I guess I'll die here.
[21:01] Helga
What a letdown.
[21:02] Helga
If only... If only...
[21:06] Helga
I could've at least gotten a kiss at the end!
[21:11] Ashaf
You've never kissed anyone?
[21:13] Helga
No! Is that a problem?!
[21:15] Guideau
Hey. Fix my legs, too.
[21:18] Guideau
I can't walk right.
[21:20] Ashaf
Guideau, it appears
all the cards are down.
[21:26] Ashaf
We only expected the Paladins,
[21:29] Ashaf
but a great elemental and
the Executioners turned up.
[21:31] Ashaf
And then the Demon Sword slipped its bonds.
[21:38] Ashaf
Anyone and everyone has joined the game.
[21:42] Ashaf
So what do you say we show
them our ace in the hole?
[21:48] Ashaf
Helga.
[21:49] Ashaf
Would you permit us to
grant that wish of yours?
[21:55] Helga
Huh?
[21:55] Helga
Wait, what?!
[21:58] Ashaf
Now, close your eyes.
[22:00] Helga
Huh?! Hold on! Not so fast!
[22:02] Helga
No! No way! I mean, not that I'd mind...
[22:05] Helga
But, um, when you say
you'll grant my wish,
[22:08] Helga
do you... really mean it?!
[22:12] Ashaf
Yes, of course.
[22:14] Ashaf
I mean just that.
[24:00] Ashaf
Power great enough to destroy
the world is hardly unique.
[24:05] Ashaf
Next time: "The Witch and
the Demon Sword: Final Act."
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[00:01] Executioner
My mind control doesn't work?
[00:04] Executioner
No, that can't be it.
[00:06] Executioner
Sacrifices! I need more sacrifices!
That must be the answer!
[00:13] Lowell
Hey! What's going on? I thought
you could control the Demon Sword!
[00:18] Lowell
Why do you think I went
along with your plan?!
[00:21] Lowell
Do something about—
[00:24] Lowell
Hey!
[00:25] Executioner
More. I need more sacrifices.
[00:28] Executioner
So many more.
[00:32] Executioner
The Demon Sword can't touch me.
I can try as many times as it takes.
[00:37] Executioner
I'll just add more sacrifices and come back.
SIGN The Witch and
the Demon Sword
SIGN Final Act
[02:16] Helga
Ashgan.
[02:18] Ashaf
Have you come to?
[02:20] Helga
I broke the seal, didn't I?
[02:24] Ashaf
Yes.
[02:26] Helga
That's it, then.
[02:28] Helga
I can't stop Ashgan.
[02:31] Helga
Hurry. Leave me and run.
[02:34] Helga
You'll be better off far away from me.
[02:37] Helga
Ashgan...
[02:39] Helga
must carry one hell of a
grudge against my family.
[02:44] Helga
In the end,
[02:45] Helga
I failed in my duty,
and now I guess I'll die here.
[02:51] Helga
What a letdown.
[02:53] Helga
If only... If only...
[02:56] Helga
I could've at least gotten a kiss at the end!
[03:02] Ashaf
You've never kissed anyone?
[03:04] Helga
No! Is that a problem?!
[03:06] Guideau
Hey. Fix my legs, too.
[03:08] Guideau
I can't walk right.
[03:11] Ashaf
Guideau, it appears
all the cards are down.
[03:16] Ashaf
We only expected the Paladins,
[03:19] Ashaf
but a great elemental and
the Executioners turned up.
[03:22] Ashaf
And then the Demon Sword slipped its bonds.
[03:26] Ashaf
Anyone and everyone has joined the game.
[03:30] Ashaf
So what do you say we show
them our ace in the hole?
[03:38] Ashaf
Helga.
[03:39] Ashaf
Would you permit us to
grant that wish of yours?
[03:46] Helga
Huh?
[03:47] Helga
Wait, what?!
[03:49] Ashaf
Now, close your eyes.
[03:52] Helga
Hold on! Not so fast!
[03:54] Helga
No! No way! I mean, not that I'd mind...
[03:58] Helga
But, um, when you say
you'll grant my wish,
[04:01] Helga
do you... really mean it?!
[04:03] Ashaf
Yes, of course.
[04:05] Ashaf
I mean just that.
[04:10] Helga
Blood's filling my mouth,
[04:13] Helga
so I can't tell what
my first kiss tastes like.
[04:24] Helga
But wow. A man's lips...
[04:28] Helga
sure are soft.
[05:16] Helga
Huh? What?
[05:31] Matt
What is this awful chill?
[05:36] Matt
Even the Demon Sword has stopped dead.
[05:41] Matt
What on earth are we in for now?
[06:16] Executioner
What's going on?
[06:23] Helga
Where'd that guy come from?
[06:27] Ashaf
Guideau.
[06:30] Ashaf
I'd prefer to take the Demon Sword alive.
[06:33] Ashaf
Don't use your right hand.
[06:35] Helga
Don't tell me he's going to fight!
[06:37] Ashaf
Of course. Someone has to put a stop to this.
[06:40] Helga
It's impossible! Why do you think
the Dauntless Witches kept it sealed?
[06:45] Helga
We weren't kidding when we
said it can destroy the world!
[06:48] Helga
There's nothing it can't cut if it tries.
[06:52] Helga
The Demon Sword Ashgan is
a blade that slices all creation!
[06:56] Ashaf
Yes, I realize that.
[06:59] Ashaf
The Demon Sword has immense power.
[07:01] Ashaf
We've established that beyond doubt.
[07:04] Ashaf
But you see...
[07:07] Ashaf
You have one thing wrong.
[07:17] Ashaf
It's not one of a kind.
[07:19] Ashaf
Power great enough to destroy
the world is hardly unique.
[07:24] Ashaf
Not in this world of ours.
[07:30] Matt
It's on its guard?
[07:33] Matt
The great elemental is warier of this
man than it is of the Demon Sword.
[08:22] Matt
Demon Sword...
[08:25] Matt
You must feel the same way.
[08:28] Matt
Just like the great elemental,
something unfathomable about this man
[08:34] Matt
fills you with fear.
[09:05] Matt
Now's my chance to finish it!
[09:50] Ashaf
It unleashed even more power.
[09:52] Ashaf
Could it be...
[09:54] Ashaf
But of course.
[09:57] Ashaf
The Demon Sword was just unsealed
for the first time in centuries.
[10:00] Ashaf
Of course it had lost its edge.
[10:03] Ashaf
So we've yet to witness
what it's truly capable of.
[10:10] Guideau
So it's strong as shit?
[10:13] Ashaf
Exactly.
[10:15] Guideau
Stronger than me?
[10:18] Ashaf
Who can say?
[10:22] Ashaf
But I'd be fascinated to learn
which of you comes out on top.
[11:02] Guideau
Don't worry.
[11:04] Guideau
I won't hit you with a right.
[11:07] Guideau
Now...
[11:09] Guideau
Grit those teeth!
[11:31] (Flashback) Quena
Ashgan,
[11:34] (Flashback) Quena
I'm going to seal you now.
[11:40] (Flashback) Ashgan
Damn you.
[11:45] (Flashback) Quena
You'll remain conscious
but unable to move.
[11:49] (Flashback) Quena
You'll live out an eternity of impairment,
denied even of sleep, Ashgan.
[11:56] (Flashback) Ashgan
You tricked me, Quena?
[11:59] (Flashback) Quena
Yes, I tricked you.
[12:02] (Flashback) Quena
You did too much killing.
[12:06] (Flashback) Quena
I can't make excuses for you anymore.
[12:10] (Flashback) Quena
I'd like to let you die quickly,
[12:13] (Flashback) Quena
but the others don't want that.
[12:18] (Flashback) Quena
I'd like to let you die,
but I also want you to suffer.
[12:23] (Flashback) Quena
I feel torn between hating you
and another emotion.
[12:31] (Flashback) Quena
I pray that my children, at least,
inherit the feeling that isn't hatred.
[12:48] Ashgan
I'm surprised.
[12:51] Ashgan
There's enough of the city left to recognize.
[12:56] Ashgan
I never dreamed someone would exist
who could stop me so quickly.
[13:02] Ashgan
Still...
[13:04] Ashgan
Thanks to them, I was spared killing you.
[13:09] Ashgan
No matter how much danger I brought you,
[13:12] Ashgan
you refused to draw me to the bitter end.
[13:17] Ashgan
Nothing goes my way with you.
[13:21] Ashgan
Helga...
[13:23] Ashgan
What an extremely
headstrong woman you are.
[13:50] Resident 1
It's the end of the world!
[13:52] Paladin 1
Calm down! Please remain calm!
[13:54] Resident 2
We're safe here, aren't we?!
[13:55] Paladin 2
Yes. Rest assured,
we have wards protecting us here.
[14:00] Paladin 3
The sky split apart, the earth quaked,
and the city is in shambles.
[14:04] Paladin 3
What the hell is going on?
[14:06] Paladin 4
We've lost contact with base, too.
[14:09] Paladin 3
Hey, look!
[14:13] Executioner
Help me!
[14:15] Executioner
Let me in!
[14:21] Ashaf
Guideau, straight ahead.
[14:37] Ashaf
Whoops. He started running.
[14:40] Ashaf
One millimeter to the right and three down.
[14:43] Guideau
As if I can aim that precisely.
[14:46] Ashaf
Oh, right. You lack your
other body's dexterity.
[14:51] Ashaf
Well, then, just pray he doesn't die,
[14:56] Ashaf
and go to town.
[15:12] Executioner
S-Stop...
[15:16] Executioner
P-Please, no more... Stop...
[15:26] Matt
Tell me, Executioner.
Why did you need to attack us?
[15:31] Matt
If your orders were to
retrieve the Demon Sword,
[15:35] Matt
you could easily have carried
them out with fewer sacrifices.
[15:40] Executioner
Not my mission. It was my personal goal.
[15:44] Executioner
Matt Cugat is inflexible,
[15:47] Executioner
and his elemental may
protect him from mind control.
[15:52] Executioner
That left one option:
take the sword by force.
[15:55] Executioner
I wanted the Demon Sword.
[15:58] Executioner
I spent such a long time trying to get it.
[16:01] Executioner
But I'm not the only one
who covets the sword's power.
[16:06] Executioner
Other Executioners! The Holy Church!
They all have their sights on it!
[16:11] Executioner
If Cugat retrieved the sword,
it would never make its way to me again.
[16:18] Executioner
So I...
[16:20] Ashaf
I see.
[16:21] Ashaf
I believe Executioners
typically operate in pairs.
[16:25] Ashaf
Given that his partner hasn't appeared,
he doesn't seem to be lying.
[16:29] Ashaf
And this appears to be all he can tell us.
[16:32] Ashaf
Executioners have their lips
sealed with contract magic.
[16:37] Ashaf
We can't hope to get more out of him.
[16:39] Ashaf
The only remaining use for them
[16:42] Ashaf
is to bear responsibility
for this unmitigated disaster.
[16:47] Ashaf
But the Executioners
belong to the dark side.
[16:49] Ashaf
They don't exist, so arrest them as
the true culprits and nothing more.
[16:56] Ashaf
Oh, but of course,
you don't need them alive.
[17:01] Ashaf
After a magical battle on this scale,
[17:03] Ashaf
no one would be surprised
to find them finely minced.
[17:06] Lowell
N-No, wait.
[17:09] Lowell
Please wait, sir! You have it all wrong!
[17:12] Lowell
I was only being used!
[17:15] Matt
You called me soft, didn't you?
[17:18] Ashaf
Yes. You are.
[17:21] Matt
You're right. I am soft.
[17:26] Matt
My form of justice won't
permit a good person to die.
[17:30] Matt
Or an evil person to die while
they might still turn out to be good.
[17:37] Matt
So I try to keep everyone alive as long
as I can, no matter who they are.
[17:42] Matt
But...
[17:45] Matt
Once someone crosses
the line, I have no mercy.
[17:50] Matt
Even so, the people I lost were soldiers.
[17:54] Matt
They died in the line of duty.
[17:57] Matt
I believe they took your family from you.
[18:01] Matt
What do you want to do?
[18:06] Helga
Nothing much.
[18:07] Helga
I'm as sensitive as the next person,
and I've had all I can stomach.
[18:12] Helga
I don't want to see any more.
If you finish the job, do it elsewhere.
[18:17] Matt
I see.
[18:19] Helga
I do have one request, though.
[18:22] Helga
Make them hurt so bad that
they wish they'd never been born.
[18:29] Matt
Understood.
[18:37] Helga
He left without even asking
who you shady guys are.
[18:42] Ashaf
He must have some inkling.
[18:44] Ashaf
We have a tacit understanding
with the Paladin Corps.
[18:49] Ashaf
Sparks that might ignite
a war are strictly taboo.
[18:52] Ashaf
So he feigns ignorance.
[18:54] Helga
Why?
[18:55] Ashaf
Because an all-out war between
us would annihilate the world.
[19:00] Helga
You've got to be kidding.
[19:02] Helga
Oh, well. Too late for second thoughts.
[19:06] Helga
You'll look out for me, right?
[19:08] Ashaf
Yes, of course.
[19:10] Ashaf
We can guard you like a precious gem.
[19:17] Ashaf
But we'd also welcome your help,
if you should feel so inclined.
[19:23] Helga
My help?
[19:24] Helga
You're after a witch's power, right?
[19:28] Helga
No can do, then.
[19:30] Helga
Most of my power goes to Ashgan's seal.
[19:33] Helga
I can only actually use
a teeny bit of it, so...
[19:39] Helga
Oh, right. I won't need the seal anymore.
[19:47] Ashaf
Guideau only threw left-handed punches.
[19:52] Ashaf
A monster of the Demon Sword's
caliber must have survived them.
[19:56] Ashaf
And our organization
should be able to repair it.
[19:59] Ashaf
It will take some time,
but the sword will revive.
[20:04] Helga
I'm sure the world would
be better off if it died.
[20:07] Helga
I thought that would've
been better for Ashgan, too.
[20:16] Helga
But what do you know? It's alive.
[20:24] Ashgan
Ah. This is a curse.
[20:31] (Flashback) Helga
Hey, are you Ashgan?
[20:34] (Flashback) Helga
I kind of figured the Demon Sword
would look like a bigger deal.
[20:38] (Flashback) Helga
Hey, can you hear me?
[20:40] Helga
Hello!
[20:40] Ashgan
Thinking back, I realized it the
moment I first set eyes on her.
[20:42] Helga
Is it sleeping?
[20:43] Helga
Actually, can it even talk?
[20:48] Ashgan
But I couldn't bring myself to admit it.
[20:52] (Flashback) Mother
Stop this, Helga.
[20:54] (Flashback) Mother
Leave the Demon Sword
asleep in the basement.
[20:58] (Flashback) Mother
It's dangerous.
[21:00] (Flashback) Helga
But... I mean...
[21:04] (Flashback) Helga
Don't you feel super bad for it?
[21:07] (Flashback) Helga
It was a big, scary sword.
People used to call it a disaster.
[21:10] (Flashback) Helga
But now it looks like this,
and all it can do is roll its eyeball around!
[21:14] (Flashback) Helga
And how can I "leave it asleep"
when it can't sleep?
[21:17] (Flashback) Helga
It just stares at the wall all day, right?
[21:20] (Flashback) Helga
And it's all dusty!
You've gotta feel bad for it!
[21:22] (Flashback) Helga
See here? Look at all the dirt
built up in these grooves!
[21:26] (Flashback) Mother
I get it, all right? Just put it back right now.
[21:29] (Flashback) Helga
Hey, there's even more dirt here.
[21:31] Mother
Enough, Helga.
[21:32] (Flashback) Sister 1
Being so earnestly pitied by a little girl
probably stings worse than anything.
[21:37] (Flashback) Sister 2
You said it.
[21:40] (Flashback) Sister 1
It's laughing.
[21:42] (Flashback) Sister 2
That was a laugh?
[21:43] (Flashback) Sister 3
Maybe it's one of those things, like when
you get so scared, you start laughing?
[21:47] (Flashback) Sister 4
Oh, so it's laughing because it blew its top?
[21:50] Helga
C'mon, say something for yourself!
[21:51] Ashgan
She's making a fool of me,
yet I don't feel even a twinge of anger.
[21:52] Helga
Hey! Are you listening?
[21:53] Helga
Are you not even capable of saying "thank you"?
[22:02] Ashgan
She could be Quena's double.
[22:05] Ashgan
And something that isn't hatred...
[22:09] Ashgan
Must I accept it at this point?
[22:13] Ashgan
No, never.
[22:17] Ashgan
This is a curse.
[22:22] Ashgan
A witch's curse. It must be.
[24:01] Angela
Long time no see.
[24:02] Angela
I've missed you.
[24:05] Ashaf
Next time: "Origin Witch."
SIGN Origin Witch
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[00:02] Ashaf
I see.
[00:03] Ashaf
I believe Executioners
typically operate in pairs.
[00:07] Ashaf
Given that his partner hasn't appeared,
he doesn't seem to be lying.
[00:11] Helga
Make them hurt so bad that
they wish they'd never been born.
[00:16] Matt
Understood.
[00:21] Helga
You'll look out for me, right?
[00:24] Ashaf
Yes, of course.
[00:26] Ashaf
We can guard you like a precious gem.
[00:33] Ashaf
But we'd also welcome your help,
if you should feel so inclined.
SIGN Origin Witch
[02:20] Helga
Hey.
[02:21] Ashaf
Hm?
[02:22] Helga
I missed my chance to ask earlier,
but did I have my precious first kiss with...
[02:36] Helga
Huh?
[02:37] Helga
Was there always a door here?
[02:39] Ashaf
No. Not until just now.
[02:42] Ashaf
But never mind that. You were saying?
[02:44] Helga
Never mind. I'd rather not know.
[02:48] Helga
So what is this place? The infamous
Order of Magical Resonance's HQ?
[02:55] Helga
No way, right? It's way too small.
[02:58] Ashaf
You're right. It isn't.
[03:00] Ashaf
For starters, we don't have a headquarters.
[03:03] Ashaf
At least, not one that anyone knows about.
[03:05] Ashaf
This is an entrance to the Corridors.
[03:08] Ashaf
Helga, this route is just for us,
so that I can escort you safe and sound.
[03:15] Helga
Huh.
[03:17] Ashaf
Anyway, I'll be right back.
[03:19] Ashaf
Be good and wait here, Guideau.
[03:23] Guideau
Patch me up. Moving like
this is a pain in the ass.
[03:26] Ashaf
You'll only be waiting.
[03:28] Ashaf
Why do you need to move?
[03:40] Helga
Are you sure about leaving her behind?
[03:42] Ashaf
Yes. The Order demands
confidentiality on several points.
[03:45] Ashaf
I know you agreed to a magical
contract to keep our secrets,
[03:50] Ashaf
but Guideau refused.
[03:52] Ashaf
As such, the Order's inner
workings remain off-limits.
[03:54] Helga
All the more reason not to risk leaving her.
[03:57] Helga
I can't see her sitting tight
and staying out of trouble.
[04:00] Ashaf
Don't worry.
[04:01] Ashaf
Following the mission and my orders is the shortest path to Guideau's goal,
[04:05] Ashaf
and Guideau knows it.
[04:08] Helga
Really?
[04:09] Ashaf
My partner is more rational
than you might think.
[04:12] Ashaf
We shouldn't need to worry
about pointless mischief.
[04:15] Ashaf
Then again, Guideau has been known
to act on instinct despite knowing better.
[04:20] Ashaf
A few exceptions fall into that category,
[04:23] Ashaf
but I hardly expect one to turn up
in a country town like this.
[04:31] Boy 1
A witch!
[04:33] Boy 2
I saw her! I saw her! A witch!
[04:35] Boy 3
For real?
[04:37] Boy 1
Yeah! I saw her brewing some kinda potion.
[04:40] Boy 2
She's really there!
A witch with a big cauldron!
[04:43] Boy 3
She's brewing up poisons to curse people!
[04:46] Angela
See? What did I tell you?
[04:49] Angela
And you didn't believe me!
[04:51] Boy 3
Yeah. That was our bad.
[04:53] Boy 3
So what do we do now?
[04:55] Boy 1
The grown-ups won't
believe us if we tell them.
[04:57] Boy 2
We'll have to get her ourselves.
[04:59] Guideau
Hey!
[05:00] Boy 1; 2; Angela
Huh?
[05:03] Boy 1
Did you hear something?
[05:05] Boy 2
Hey, look!
[05:10] Boy 1
Wh-What the...
[05:11] Guideau
Where?
[05:12] Boy 2
Huh?
[05:14] Guideau
Where's the witch? Take me to her.
[05:18] Boy 3
What?! Where'd you come from?!
[05:19] Boy 1
You're not making sense!
[05:23] Guideau
What a pain. I'll kill you one at a time.
[05:26] Guideau
Make up your minds before
there's only one of you left.
[05:31] Boy 3
W-We'll do it. We'll take you to her.
[05:48] Boy 3
Uh, this is the place.
[05:57] Boy 3
Huh? Y-You're going in? It's not safe!
[06:09] Old Woman
Oh? What charming little visitors.
[06:18] Old Woman
Oh, goodness gracious.
[06:21] Guideau
What the hell?
[06:22] Guideau
It won't move!
[06:24] Old Woman
Your leg froze up? That's serious.
[06:28] Old Woman
I'd better put it right for you.
[06:36] Guideau
Hey! What's your problem?!
Get out of my way!
[06:39] Guideau
Now my left arm's busted, too?
[06:41] Old Woman
Hey, now. Stop that.
[06:43] Old Woman
Injured people need care.
[06:49] Old Woman
No need to act so skittish.
[06:51] Old Woman
Customers love this ointment.
It's my secret recipe.
[06:55] Old Woman
Dear me.
[06:58] Old Woman
You certainly heal quickly.
[07:01] Guideau
This smell...
[07:02] Guideau
You're not a witch, are you?
[07:12] Receptionist
Welcome back.
Will you be using the Corridors?
[07:15] Ashaf
Yes, I'd like to.
[07:18] Ashaf
Where do these connect to?
[07:20] Receptionist
We're in contact with
rooms 5010, 6288, and 7006.
[07:26] Ashaf
And room 7006 would be?
[07:29] Receptionist
On the Sixth Continent, sir.
[07:31] Ashaf
Yes, that will do nicely.
[07:34] Helga
I have no clue what you're talking about.
[07:37] Helga
This will make sense to me one day, right?
[07:40] Ashaf
Of course. And unlike Guideau,
I'm happy to say you'll be worth teaching.
[07:44] Receptionist
Mr. Ashaf, this just arrived for you.
[07:49] Ashaf
Black...
[07:55] Helga
What's that?
[07:58] Ashaf
Excuse me. Wait here for a moment.
[08:00] Helga
Huh?
[08:02] Helga
Hey!
[08:03] Helga
What's wrong?
[08:08] Old Woman
Now, listen here. I do use magic,
[08:12] Old Woman
but I'm still only a humble herbalist.
[08:15] Old Woman
Calling me a witch is an insult to witches.
[08:20] Boy 2
We're sorry.
[08:22] Angela
This is so heavy. Hold it for me.
[08:24] Boy 3
Do your fair share.
[08:26] Boy 3
Your silly stories got us
into this mess, remember?
[08:34] Old Woman
Oh?
[08:37] Old Woman
My, my. So many visitors today.
[08:40] Guideau
Hey, where the hell did you come from?
[08:44] Guideau
I didn't sense you till the door opened.
[08:47] Boy 3
Huh?
[08:54] Guideau
You're...
[08:55] Guideau
an Executioner!
[09:15] Executioner
You must be wondering where we are.
[09:20] Executioner
This is my private world.
[09:23] Executioner
An alternate dimension reached
by passing inside this cloak.
[09:27] Executioner
You can't even perceive it
unless you have the cloak on.
[09:33] Executioner
Your senses don't function.
I doubt you can even think clearly.
[09:38] Executioner
But you're special.
[09:41] Executioner
I'll allow you a bit of freedom.
[09:45] Executioner
I have questions for you.
[09:48] Executioner
Executioners work in pairs.
I have a partner.
[09:54] Executioner
He started acting strangely,
so I followed him.
[09:59] Executioner
But I suppose I caught on too late.
[10:02] Executioner
By the time I arrived,
everything seemed to be over.
[10:08] Executioner
You stayed at the scene, so I shadowed you.
[10:11] Executioner
But what a surprise.
[10:13] Executioner
I could never have managed it
without this Forbidden Instrument,
[10:17] Executioner
which lets me vanish from the world.
[10:20] Executioner
The Order of Magical Resonance
lives up to its reputation.
[10:24] Executioner
Now you see where you stand.
On to business.
[10:29] Executioner
I have two questions for you,
both quite simple.
[10:34] Executioner
Where is my little brother
and his Forbidden Instrument?
[10:43] Angela
Hey, are you done now?
[10:47] Angela
I'd like to chat with this little one, too.
[10:58] Helga
Ashaf!
[10:59] Helga
Ashaf!
[11:00] Helga
What happened? What could
have rattled you this badly?
[11:04] Ashaf
Yes, I'm rattled, all right.
[11:07] Ashaf
There's a witch in this city.
[11:10] Ashaf
And not just any witch.
[11:13] Ashaf
The "hateful witch" who cursed Guideau.
[11:17] Ashaf
Her name is...
[11:26] Guideau
Angela!
[11:38] Guideau
You bitch!
[11:42] Angela
Long time no see.
[11:44] Angela
I've missed you.
[11:45] Executioner
Since this space isn't affecting you,
[11:49] Executioner
that cloak must be more
than a fashion statement.
[11:52] Executioner
I thought mine was one of a kind.
[11:55] Angela
Oh, this? I made one just like yours.
[12:00] Angela
Nice, right? It comes in handy.
[12:02] Executioner
Does she mean she copied it?!
[12:04] Executioner
This is no mere magical bauble.
It's a Forbidden Instrument!
[12:07] Executioner
And she recreated it,
function and all, just by looking at it?!
[12:14] Angela
But the ones I make wear out in no time.
[12:19] Angela
So, if you wouldn't mind...
[12:22] Angela
give me yours.
[12:33] Executioner
Impossible! How is she standing?!
[12:35] Executioner
I only granted this woman
minimal sight and hearing.
[12:40] Executioner
She's been deprived
of all her other senses!
[12:43] Executioner
So how?!
[12:46] Executioner
They're both freaks!
[12:52] Helga
Can you get in touch?
[12:53] Ashaf
No, unfortunately. What rotten timing.
[12:58] Ashaf
But even if I could, it wouldn't help.
[13:02] Ashaf
It's too late for that.
[13:06] Ashaf
The thread is already pulling.
[13:08] Helga
What? What are you talking about?
[13:11] Ashaf
A force that pulls people together.
[13:15] Ashaf
The cursed and the curser
develop a special type of bond.
[13:21] Ashaf
Those threads of fate
draw them to each other.
[13:26] Ashaf
We call that the threads' pull.
[13:29] Ashaf
While their power is in play,
I won't find it so easy to intervene.
[13:35] Ashaf
In any case, this doesn't look good.
[13:38] Ashaf
When I healed Guideau's body,
I left it fragile in places, just in case,
[13:42] Ashaf
so the kid couldn't cause any trouble.
[13:44] Ashaf
Of course, even in perfect health,
Guideau wouldn't stand a chance against her.
[13:50] Ashaf
But in this condition,
even escape will prove difficult.
[13:53] Ashaf
Not that Guideau would ever
try to run from her in any case.
[13:56] Helga
H-Hang on! Calm down!
[14:04] Ashaf
I'm quite calm. I sent out crows.
[14:07] Ashaf
Flailing blindly will get us nowhere.
[14:10] Ashaf
Regardless, you should go back inside.
[14:12] Helga
Why? I'll help you look.
[14:15] Ashaf
I've been entrusted with your safety.
[14:17] Ashaf
And this is Guideau's problem.
I can't drag you into it.
[14:22] Helga
But I owe you two for saving me.
[14:25] (Flashback) Guideau
I've gotta take you with me,
or I've wasted my time!
[14:29] (Flashback) Helga
Then rescue me.
[14:32] (Flashback) Helga
If bringing me back is your job,
keep the Demon Sword safe!
[14:36] (Flashback) Helga
Come back and rescue me!
[14:40] Helga
So just this once,
[14:42] Helga
Guideau's problem is my problem.
[14:45] Helga
She means a lot to you, right?
[14:51] Ashaf
Yes, a great deal.
[14:54] Ashaf
Far more than my own life.
[15:03] Angela
Funny, isn't it?
[15:06] Angela
I wanted to see you,
but not that guy who's always with you.
[15:13] Angela
So I hid in this town,
[15:15] Angela
and spread rumors the Church, the Order,
and the townsfolk would brush off.
[15:20] Angela
Rumors only you would
take seriously, Guideau.
[15:24] Angela
Just a few tall tales.
[15:28] Angela
And look how perfectly that little
bit of scheming worked out.
[15:32] Angela
We can see each other anytime,
as long as we both feel like it.
[15:36] Angela
Fate's handy that way.
[15:40] Angela
So, Guideau...
[15:41] Angela
How does it feel, using my body?
[15:45] Angela
A witch's flesh is all about adaptability,
[15:48] Angela
so I bet it adjusted to your soul
and made things a lot easier for you.
[15:56] Guideau
Hands off.
[15:59] Angela
You don't like being touched? Even though
you have no problem throwing punches?
[16:04] Angela
Talk about picky.
[16:27] Angela
You look so upset.
[16:29] Angela
Do you hate me?
[16:32] Angela
You know, I was playing with
someone else until recently,
[16:36] Angela
but maybe I got bored.
[16:38] Angela
It just wasn't much fun anymore.
[16:42] Angela
Tell me, Guideau...
[16:44] Angela
Is it about time we went at it for real?
[16:55] Angela
That was a close one.
[16:57] Angela
You were going for a kiss, right?
[17:00] Angela
Wow. So you know about that trick.
[17:03] Angela
But no.
[17:04] Angela
If you really want to undo
my curse, that isn't the way,
[17:08] Angela
and this isn't the time.
[17:12] Angela
Chase me, Guideau.
[17:14] Angela
I'll give you signposts.
[17:16] Angela
If you reach them all and catch up to me,
[17:19] Angela
I'll live up to your expectations, too.
[17:21] Angela
I forget how many decades it's been,
but let's pick up where we left off that day.
[17:29] Angela
The Order must have caught on by now.
[17:32] Angela
Oh, right. They can't
find me while I have this.
[17:36] Angela
What a lucky find.
[17:41] Angela
I mean, seriously...
[17:44] Angela
You just never break, do you?
[17:47] Guideau
I swear, Angela...
[17:50] Guideau
I'll kill you if it's the last thing I do!
[17:55] Angela
I like that look in your eyes.
[18:11] Ashaf
Guideau!
[18:15] Ashaf
Still breathing. Nothing to worry about.
[18:16] Helga
You call that "nothing"?
She's hanging on by a thread.
[18:19] Ashaf
As long as Guideau's breathing,
the rest works itself out.
[18:23] Helga
Hey, what's that?
[18:29] Helga
An Executioner!
[18:31] Helga
We weren't gone long,
and I don't see any sign of a struggle.
[18:34] Helga
Angela...
[18:35] Helga
Who in the world is that witch?
[18:39] Ashaf
A celebrity. You've heard of her, too.
[18:43] Ashaf
Angela the Origin Witch.
That should be all you need to hear.
[18:48] Helga
No way!
[18:49] Helga
You mean the Angela?!
[18:51] Helga
That can't be right!
There's no way she could still be alive!
[18:55] Helga
Witches are destined to
only live for 200 years!
[18:58] Ashaf
Oh, she's alive, all right.
[19:01] Ashaf
The "Eternal Witch," Angela Anne Huell,
[19:05] Ashaf
one of the world's most powerful witches,
[19:08] Ashaf
continues to live on in it to this very day.
[19:11] Helga
If that's true, Guideau chose one
hell of a person to pick a fight with.
[19:17] Ashaf
You said it.
[19:20] Ashaf
I suppose it was Angela
who carved those letters.
[19:25] Ashaf
I see.
[19:27] Ashaf
So it begins at last.
[19:39] Ashaf
Guideau, are you awake?
[19:43] Ashaf
I'm coming in.
[19:51] Guideau
Did you find her?
[19:53] Ashaf
No, can't say I have.
[19:56] Guideau
Then get lost.
[19:58] Ashaf
Why won't you touch your food?
[20:00] Ashaf
Just look at you, still covered in wounds.
[20:03] Ashaf
You eat and you heal, remember?
How could you starve yourself all this time?
[20:08] Ashaf
If you won't eat, at least let me treat you.
[20:11] Ashaf
Give me a look.
[20:13] Guideau
What kind of crap are
you gonna pull this time?
[20:18] Guideau
Back there, my arm and leg gave out on me...
[20:26] Guideau
because you did something
to them, didn't you?
[20:29] Ashaf
Stop, Guideau.
[20:46] Ashaf
You seem full of energy.
[20:49] Ashaf
I guess you won't need healing.
[20:53] Guideau
You won't get another chance.
[20:55] Guideau
Try it again, and I won't wait
to undo the curse to kill you.
[20:59] Ashaf
I'm sorry.
[21:01] Ashaf
But I had no intention
of setting you up to fail.
[21:06] Ashaf
I'm doing my best to
assure things go smoothly.
[21:11] Ashaf
Nothing I do is pointless, and I won't
do anything against your interests.
[21:16] Ashaf
You're a valuable human resource.
[21:18] Ashaf
I would never do anything
that might result in losing you.
[21:25] Ashaf
You understand that our interests align.
[21:28] Ashaf
That's why you've obeyed my orders.
[21:32] Ashaf
When you suspect I'm "pulling
something" in spite of that,
[21:36] Ashaf
I'm only doing so for the sake
of the larger picture.
[21:40] Ashaf
Let me repeat myself:
[21:42] Ashaf
I'm not your enemy,
and I won't do anything to harm you.
[21:47] Ashaf
I don't need your faith or trust.
[21:51] Ashaf
For now, just understand that with your head.
[21:59] Guideau
Get out already.
[22:01] Ashaf
Oh, I can't go anywhere until I heal up.
[22:04] Ashaf
I have broken bones, you know.
[22:08] Ashaf
Oh, that smarts.
[22:11] Ashaf
Dear me, what a mess you've made.
[22:18] Ashaf
This takes me back.
[22:21] Ashaf
To three years ago, when we first met.
[24:00] Ashaf
Lady Witch, would you return
to the Order with me?
[24:05] Ashaf
Next time: "Eloquence
and Silence: Opening Act."
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[00:03] Ashaf
You're a valuable human resource.
[00:05] Ashaf
I would never do anything
that might result in losing you.
[00:11] Ashaf
You understand that our interests align.
[00:15] Ashaf
That's why you've obeyed my orders.
[00:19] Ashaf
When you suspect I'm "pulling
something" in spite of that,
[00:22] Ashaf
I'm only doing so for the sake
of the larger picture.
[00:26] Ashaf
Let me repeat myself:
[00:28] Ashaf
I'm not your enemy,
and I won't do anything to harm you.
[00:34] Ashaf
I don't need your faith or trust.
[00:37] Ashaf
For now, just understand that with your head.
[02:16] Guideau
Get out already.
[02:18] Ashaf
Oh, I can't go anywhere until I heal up.
[02:21] Ashaf
I have broken bones, you know.
[02:25] Ashaf
Oh, that smarts.
[02:28] Ashaf
Dear me, what a mess you've made.
[02:34] Ashaf
This takes me back.
[02:38] Ashaf
To three years ago, when we first met.
SIGN Eloquence
and Silence
SIGN Opening Act
[02:56] Ashaf
A village on the Fifth Continent.
[02:59] Ashaf
Being so far from the Global Holy Church's
headquarters on the First Continent,
[03:06] Ashaf
this place hasn't developed
a magical civilization.
[03:09] Ashaf
A remote, utterly un-magical village
in an ordinary, utterly un-magical country.
[03:18] Child
A coffin! Hey, that was a coffin, right?
[03:21] Mother
Yes, yes. I'm sure it was.
[03:37] Ashaf
It couldn't be less remarkable.
[03:39] Ashaf
But a witch calls this village home.
[03:43] Ashaf
She's apparently lived here a long time,
[03:46] Ashaf
but until now, she's never caused a fuss.
[03:50] Ashaf
Which explains why her presence
went unremarked upon.
[03:53] Ashaf
But lately, it's been one
odd incident after another.
[03:57] Ashaf
And finally, the fuss drew attention.
[04:02] Ashaf
Now that this has happened, we must
take the witch under our wing at once,
[04:07] Ashaf
before someone turns up dead.
[04:11] Owent
Let's go.
[04:25] Owent
Well, this should do it for groceries.
Do we have anything else to buy?
[04:30] Owent
Falvell, do you want anything?
[04:36] Owent
Aw, come on. Don't hold back.
[04:38] Owent
The latest batch of tea leaves and dyed stuff
were a hit, so the mayor paid us extra.
[04:44] Owent
Treat yourself once in a while.
[04:47] Cowherd
You there!
[04:48] Owent
What do you—
[04:48] Cowherd
Look what you've gone and done!
[04:51] Cowherd
My cows!
[04:53] Cowherd
Those were my cows!
[04:55] Owent
I don't know what you mean!
We didn't touch them!
[04:57] Friend
Hey, lay off. We've got no proof,
and the mayor's on her side.
[05:01] Friend
You'll catch hell if you try anything.
[05:03] Cowherd
Who else but a witch could've
done something like that?!
[05:05] Cowherd
No human could've, that's for sure!
[05:08] Cowherd
A crazy witch must've done it!
[05:12] Craig
That's prejudice.
[05:14] Craig
Ideas like that belong
in the past, if you ask me.
[05:17] Owent
Craig.
[05:19] Craig
This is about what happened
two days ago, right?
[05:22] Craig
I didn't witness it myself,
but I hear livestock fell from the sky.
[05:28] Villager
Hm? Huh?
[05:31] Villager
What the...
[05:36] Cowherd
That's right. And in pieces, too.
[05:39] Cowherd
Could a human do something like that?
[05:42] Craig
I doubt it.
[05:44] Craig
But the same goes for her.
[05:47] Craig
She couldn't do something like that
in a million years, either.
[05:50] Cowherd
What?! But she's a witch!
[05:52] Cowherd
What makes this pair
of monsters so different?!
[05:56] Ashaf
Hi there. Excuse me.
[05:59] Ashaf
I hate to butt in on a quarrel,
[06:02] Ashaf
but yours involves someone
I came here to see,
[06:05] Ashaf
and your discussion piqued my interest.
[06:08] Ashaf
Why do you say that she, a witch,
couldn't have done it?
[06:14] Cowherd
Wh-Who are you?
[06:16] Owent
Why? Because it's true.
[06:19] Ashaf
Oh?
[06:21] Owent
Everyone calls my big sister a witch,
[06:24] Owent
but Falvell Farmington
can't cast a single spell!
[06:30] Ashaf
Well, now.
[06:30] Cowherd
What?! You expect me to believe she's
innocent because she can't use magic?!
[06:35] Cowherd
Anyone can make an excuse like that!
[06:37] Ashaf
Not so loud.
[06:39] Ashaf
I'm afraid I must ask you to leave us.
[06:52] Ashaf
Put him down.
[06:53] Cowherd
Sure.
[06:54] Ashaf
Go home.
[06:56] Cowherd
Sure.
[06:57] Friend
All right.
[07:00] Ashaf
Oh, are you single?
[07:03] Cowherd
No, I've got a wife.
[07:05] Friend
Me, too.
[07:06] Ashaf
Is that so? Then shower them with love.
[07:10] Ashaf
Why not buy flowers for them on your way home?
[07:12] Friend
Good idea. I'll do that.
[07:15] Cowherd
Once in a while, you know?
[07:18] Owent
Was that... magic?
[07:21] Ashaf
Well, just a bit.
[07:23] Owent
Yikes! Magic gives me the creeps!
[07:26] Craig
Don't tell me you're behind everything?
[07:31] Ashaf
I wonder.
[07:33] Ashaf
Well, all joking aside...
[07:35] Craig
He passed it off as a joke!
[07:37] Ashaf
Lady Witch, I'd like a word.
[07:41] Ashaf
I've been looking for you.
[07:43] Ashaf
I'm Ashaf. A first-rate mage, as you saw.
[07:48] Ashaf
As you are a witch,
I have an earnest request for you.
[07:55] Owent
Suspicious.
[07:56] Craig
You're super shady, Mister.
[07:58] Owent
But, well, you did help us out,
so I guess we owe you a thank you.
[08:10] Cowherd
Hey, watch it.
[08:11] Cowherd
You just jostled me.
[08:14] Cowherd
Are you listening?
[08:43] Ashaf
Really, now?
[08:53] Ashaf
I never thought I'd need three layers
against a flesh-and-blood opponent.
[08:59] Guideau
Move! You're in my way!
[09:00] Ashaf
How fierce. What exactly
am I stopping you from doing?
[09:05] Guideau
Hand over that witch.
[09:07] Guideau
She's my prey.
[09:09] Owent
What's wrong with people today?
[09:12] Owent
What do you all want with Falvell?!
[09:17] Guideau
Remember this face?
[09:19] Guideau
Or this mark?!
[09:22] Owent
That mark...
[09:25] Guideau
Sounds like a yes.
[09:43] Owent
What's this freaky thing?
[09:46] Craig
It vanished.
[09:49] Ashaf
Did it protect her?
[09:54] Villager
Did you see that?
[09:55] Villager
What was that monster just now?
[09:57] Villager
There she is.
[09:59] Villager
The witch! The witch is right there!
[10:01] Villager
Then that monster was...
[10:03] Ashaf
Not good. People saw that.
[10:05] Owent
What?
[10:07] Owent
No. You're wrong!
[10:09] Owent
Falvell didn't do anything!
[10:11] Owent
She didn't!
[10:32] Owent
We don't have parents.
[10:34] Owent
The villagers don't treat us like people,
[10:37] Owent
but the mayor's always been good to us.
[10:41] Owent
Falvell uses plants from our garden and
the mountain out back for dyeing and tea,
[10:47] Owent
and the mayor sells what
she makes to acquaintances.
[10:51] Owent
Her stuff's popular.
[11:07] Ashaf
Well, I'll be.
[11:08] Craig
Hard to believe how good it tastes, right?
[11:10] Craig
It's the best tea I've ever had.
[11:14] Owent
She can't use magic, but she says this is
part of the witch knowledge she inherited.
[11:19] Ashaf
I see.
[11:21] Ashaf
Would you care for a cup, too?
[11:23] Ashaf
It tastes wonderful.
[11:30] Ashaf
What a surprise.
[11:32] Ashaf
I expected you to scream at me to
undo the spell, but you've stayed calm.
[11:37] Ashaf
I guess you don't like to waste effort.
[11:39] Ashaf
And I examined you
while you were unconscious,
[11:43] Ashaf
but I found no signs
of magical enhancement.
[11:47] Ashaf
Yet you're tough enough to have barely
a scratch on you. And that brute strength...
[11:53] Ashaf
You don't strike me as an ordinary human.
[11:58] Ashaf
That mark on your neck.
[12:00] Ashaf
It proves you're under
a witch's curse, doesn't it?
[12:04] Owent
A witch's curse?
[12:06] Ashaf
If my guess isn't wrong, you hoped
she'd give you a clue about the caster.
[12:12] Ashaf
Or you suspect her of
casting the curse herself.
[12:18] Ashaf
Why don't we start there?
[12:21] Ashaf
But first, may I have a second cup?
[12:27] Ashaf
Now, let me see. You are?
[12:30] Owent
My name? Owent.
[12:33] Ashaf
It's a pleasure, Owent.
[12:35] Ashaf
I'd like your confirmation.
[12:37] Ashaf
Falvell can't speak, can she?
[12:39] Owent
No, she can't.
[12:41] Owent
Not a single "witch" in our family ever can.
[12:45] Owent
They can't even make
noises in their throats.
[12:47] Craig
What? You told me she was sick.
[12:50] Owent
Well, I mean, it's a weird story, right?
[12:53] Owent
We just saw so many crazy things
that I figured I might as well come clean.
[12:58] Ashaf
I see. And as such, she can't cast spells.
[13:03] Ashaf
How much do you all know about magic?
[13:05] Owent
Not much...
[13:07] Ashaf
Thank you.
[13:09] Ashaf
In that case, time for a lesson.
[13:12] Ashaf
Generally speaking,
[13:15] Ashaf
a person with magical energy
casts spells by tracing runes.
[13:21] Ashaf
We either pour magic
into pre-written runes,
[13:25] Ashaf
or write runes using magical energy itself.
[13:37] Ashaf
Let me treat you.
[13:40] Guideau
Listen, asshole—
[13:46] Craig
She froze up?
[13:47] Ashaf
Well, anyway...
[13:50] Ashaf
As you can see,
writing forms the basis of magic.
[13:53] Ashaf
Spellcasting relies on
special letters called "runes."
[13:57] Ashaf
But there are exceptions.
[13:59] Ashaf
And Falvell, I suspect your
bloodline is one of them.
[14:05] Ashaf
Its Origin: the "Mystic Witch,"
Luna Farmington.
[14:10] Ashaf
A practitioner of vocative magic
who cast all her spells with speech.
SIGN Invocation
[14:17] Ashaf
But since you can't use your voice,
you naturally can't cast spells, either.
[14:24] Craig
For real?
[14:25] Owent
You sure know a lot.
[14:27] Owent
Do all mages know so much about witches?
[14:31] Ashaf
I don't believe so.
[14:33] Ashaf
Very few have knowledge of
the Mystic Witch, in particular.
[14:39] Ashaf
Well?
[14:40] Guideau
Huh?
[14:41] Ashaf
Falvell descends from the Mystic Witch.
[14:44] Ashaf
Does that match the witch who cursed you?
[14:47] Guideau
Being a different bloodline
doesn't prove shit.
[14:51] Guideau
That bitch swaps bodies.
[14:55] Ashaf
Oh?
[14:56] Guideau
And you're telling me she can't use magic?
[14:59] Guideau
What do you call that thing
that sent me flying, then?!
[15:03] Ashaf
Yes, that's the problem.
[15:05] Ashaf
I'm not saying it presents a contradiction.
[15:08] Ashaf
The problem is that we may have enemies here.
[15:12] Ashaf
That thing looked exactly
as though Falvell created it.
[15:17] Ashaf
But Falvell can't use magic.
[15:21] Ashaf
Working from that assumption,
[15:23] Ashaf
someone must have orchestrated
it to appear that way.
[15:27] Ashaf
Now that so many people have seen it,
if any more incidents occur,
[15:33] Ashaf
all the blame will fall upon the "wicked witch."
[15:38] Ashaf
Just to check, are there
any local spellcasters?
[15:41] Owent
No. Not even one.
[15:44] Ashaf
I hear these minor odd incidents
started about a month ago.
[15:48] Ashaf
Did any outsiders come through around then?
[15:51] Owent
Not really.
[15:53] Craig
Well, I guess I might count.
[15:58] Craig
My dad and I moved here half a year ago.
[16:01] Craig
Of course, neither of us can do magic, though.
[16:05] Owent
Craig and his dad help us out!
[16:08] Owent
They protect us like the mayor does!
[16:12] Ashaf
No need to be so protective.
[16:16] Ashaf
I won't pounce on every suspect I find.
[16:19] Ashaf
Half a year is too long ago.
He's in the clear.
[16:22] Ashaf
Hmm... No clues, then.
[16:25] Ashaf
Our guest still doesn't
seem convinced, either.
[16:30] Ashaf
Are you scared?
[16:32] Ashaf
A bestial woman,
a mysterious mage, the villagers...
[16:39] Ashaf
You and your brother are
surrounded by too many enemies.
[16:42] Craig
Do you have to spell it out like that?
[16:47] Ashaf
Don't worry. I've come to
protect you two from now on.
[16:54] Ashaf
Let me reintroduce myself.
[16:56] Ashaf
I come from an occult organization
of magic, by magic, and for magic:
[17:02] Ashaf
the Order of Magical Resonance.
[17:05] Ashaf
Lady Witch, would you return
to the Order with me?
[17:18] Craig
I'm back.
[17:20] Sven
You're home late.
[17:23] Craig
Hey! Are you drinking Falvell's tea again?
[17:27] Craig
That's the last of it.
[17:29] Sven
It's just so good, I can't help it.
[17:34] Craig
Good thing I got some more.
[17:36] Sven
Oh, that should keep us for a while.
[17:39] Craig
Falvell ought to start charging us already.
[17:43] Sven
We pay her, just not with money.
[17:47] Craig
Oh, you won't believe what happened today.
[17:51] Owent
What do you think?
[17:54] Owent
I've never seriously
considered leaving the village.
[17:58] Owent
It doesn't feel real.
[18:01] Owent
I mean, can you imagine
this hell ever ending?
[18:05] Owent
Then again, what's to say things
will get better if we go?
[18:10] Owent
To start with, that guy's really shady.
[18:12] Owent
I don't trust a word he says.
[18:15] (Flashback) Ashaf
I'll come back tomorrow.
[18:18] Owent
Don't worry. We're used
to having lots of enemies.
[18:22] Owent
This is nothing new.
[18:24] Owent
We can get by somehow.
[18:28] Owent
Just like we always have.
[18:31] Owent
It's all just like always.
[18:38] Owent
Hey, Falvell...
[18:40] Owent
Do you trust him? That Ashaf guy?
[18:47] Owent
Yeah. You're right.
[18:50] Owent
Okay! I'll whip up something
extra tasty tonight!
[18:56] Ashaf
You can't understand it?
[18:58] Ashaf
Sheltering a witch, you mean?
[19:00] Guideau
A witch with no magic is just dead weight.
[19:05] Guideau
What do you want her for?
[19:07] Ashaf
Oh, so you believe she can't cast spells now?
[19:12] Guideau
If I see someone up close long enough, I can
tell if she's that bitch or not on the inside.
[19:17] Ashaf
Is that so? I'm glad she's
been cleared of suspicion.
[19:21] Ashaf
But I wouldn't call her "dead weight."
[19:25] Ashaf
Do you remember how she
reacted to seeing your mark?
[19:30] Ashaf
It clearly rang a bell.
[19:34] Ashaf
You forgot?
[19:36] Ashaf
Maybe the hit that sent you flying
knocked a few memories loose, too.
[19:40] Ashaf
If you ask me, we shouldn't
be surprised she recognized it.
[19:45] Ashaf
She probably has a similar mark
somewhere on her own body.
[19:50] Ashaf
Don't you find it strange?
[19:53] Ashaf
Her voice is the source of her magic.
[19:55] Ashaf
Generations of witches,
and only witches, losing their voices
[19:59] Ashaf
couldn't be more contrived.
[20:02] Ashaf
So, could she be under a type of curse, too?
[20:08] Ashaf
Vocative magic boasts unparalleled power.
[20:11] Ashaf
Perhaps another witch got scared
and sealed it away with a curse.
[20:16] Guideau
So what? That makes her even more useless.
[20:20] Guideau
A witch's curse is a pain in the—
[20:22] Ashaf
True, it is a nuisance.
[20:24] Ashaf
Undoing curses is a challenge.
[20:27] Ashaf
Or it would be, if there
were only two ways to do it.
[20:32] Guideau
Hey! What do you know about—
[20:34] Ashaf
Not now.
[20:36] Ashaf
I hear a commotion across the way.
[20:42] Ashaf
Craig!
[20:44] Ashaf
What's all the fuss? What happened?
[20:47] Craig
It came back!
[20:48] Craig
That monster showed up again!
[20:51] Craig
And then, the mayor...
[20:53] Villager
How gruesome.
[20:54] Villager
Her greatest benefactor, of all people.
[20:57] Villager
Then we were right all along.
[20:59] Villager
That girl is a devil.
[21:00] Villager
We can't leave her alive!
[21:03] Craig
And it gets worse!
[21:04] Craig
An "expert witch hunter" showed up
and led the villagers to Falvell's house!
[21:11] Craig
He had this weird mask on and...
[21:22] Ashaf
An Executioner!
[21:24] Ashaf
This really is bad news!
[21:25] Craig
I'll go with you!
[21:27] Ashaf
That makes twice.
[21:36] Ashaf
Executioners work in pairs.
[21:40] Ashaf
I take it you're one of them.
[21:45] Craig
That's all the proof you
needed to pull the trigger?
[21:53] Craig
You said you'd cleared me,
[21:57] Craig
but you suspected me this whole time.
[22:00] Craig
Adults don't play fair.
[22:19] Owent
What?
[24:01] Ashaf
I want to teach you what love is.
[24:05] Ashaf
Next time: "Eloquence
and Silence: Final Act."
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[00:07] Ashaf
An Executioner!
[00:09] Ashaf
This really is bad news!
[00:10] Craig
I'll go with you!
[00:12] Ashaf
That makes twice.
[00:21] Ashaf
Executioners work in pairs.
[00:24] Ashaf
I take it you're one of them.
[00:30] Craig
That's all the proof you
needed to pull the trigger?
[00:38] Craig
You said you'd cleared me,
[00:42] Craig
but you suspected me this whole time.
[00:45] Craig
Adults don't play fair.
[01:04] Owent
What?
SIGN Eloquence
and Silence
SIGN Final Act
[02:59] Ashaf
Hi there.
[03:03] Guideau
Before you die,
tell me how to undo the curse.
[03:07] Guideau
You know something, don't you, jackass?
[03:10] Ashaf
Given the circumstances, I suggest
offering to save me in exchange.
[03:17] Guideau
I've got no clue how to help you,
and I'm gonna kill you anyway.
[03:22] Guideau
Hurry up and tell me,
unless you want it to hurt.
[03:25] Ashaf
That won't do at all.
[03:28] Ashaf
Threats can't get you everything.
[03:32] Ashaf
To get what you want,
you need to learn how to give, too.
[03:35] Guideau
Yap, yap, yap.
[03:39] Guideau
You sure don't know when to shut up.
[03:42] Ashaf
There is a way to undo a witch's curse.
[03:47] Ashaf
If you want to know what it is,
accept my terms.
[03:52] Ashaf
Protect the girl. Protect Falvell.
[03:56] Guideau
You expect me to guard a witch?
[03:59] Ashaf
You have to!
[04:01] Ashaf
You'll never undo the curse without her!
[04:24] Sven
Hi. You're home late.
[04:27] Sven
I had hoped to at least
let you say your goodbyes.
[04:42] Sven
Seize her.
[04:44] Villager 1
But...
[04:45] Sven
Don't worry. She won't resist.
[04:56] Sven
You're rather late.
[04:59] Craig
Did you kill Owent?
[05:01] Sven
Yes. The villagers wouldn't listen to me.
[05:09] Sven
Owent told me before he drew his last breath.
[05:12] Sven
She can't use her power
because of a witch's curse.
[05:20] Sven
Yes, there's the curse's mark.
[05:24] Sven
Good grief.
[05:26] Sven
We spent half a year investigating
in case she was hiding her power.
[05:34] Sven
What a shame.
[05:35] Sven
Undoing a witch's curse is beyond us.
[05:38] Craig
I guess we can't steal Falvell's power, then.
[05:42] Sven
Right. We'll just have to dispose of her.
[05:45] Sven
I hate to lose the Mystic Witch's power,
but it is what it is.
[05:51] Sven
But my biggest regret of all, Falvell,
[05:57] Sven
is that I won't be able to
enjoy your tea anymore.
[06:06] Craig
Sven, if you mind that much,
want to call off the execution?
[06:10] Sven
Craig, when it comes to tea,
the last drop in the pot is always the best.
[06:19] Sven
I've sheltered and supported you myself.
[06:22] Sven
You're a stranger to mistrust,
my sweet, innocent Falvell.
[06:28] Sven
I savored my days as your dear neighbor.
[06:32] Sven
Now, more than anything,
I want to taste the last drop.
[06:46] Guideau
Stir up hatred against a witch and
toss everything she's got into a fire.
[06:52] Guideau
"Dispel evil with purifying flame"
or something like that, right?
[06:57] Guideau
You really stick to that
playbook of yours, Executioners.
[07:02] Craig
What? I figured you had run away.
[07:05] Sven
Craig, is this the woman
with the coffin you mentioned?
[07:09] Craig
Yeah.
[07:10] Sven
Well, now.
[07:11] Sven
Don't tell me you came to protect Falvell?
[07:16] Sven
Where did you come from?
[07:24] Sven
How do you know how Executioners operate?
[07:28] Sven
Just who are you?
[07:34] Guideau
Out of my way!
[07:35] Guideau
Get lost already!
[07:37] Sven
A metal coffin?
[07:39] Sven
Carrying this thing around
makes you stranger than ever.
[07:43] Sven
What's inside it?
[07:54] Sven
Well, the woman can wait.
[07:57] Sven
I don't want anything
interrupting Falvell's execution.
[08:02] Guideau
What's wrong with you?! Run for it!
[08:07] Sven
How irritating.
[08:19] Sven
You couldn't possibly escape, could you?
[08:22] Sven
Kind little Falvell could never leave
Owent and run, even if he is a corpse.
[08:33] Sven
Do you hate me?
[08:35] Sven
I've never seen you make that face before.
[08:45] Ashaf
You can't possibly escape the
Executioners without magic.
[08:50] Ashaf
I know I promised to protect you.
I'm sorry it turned out this way.
[08:55] Ashaf
But Falvell, you're our only hope now.
[08:59] Ashaf
Now, listen closely, understand?
[09:11] Guideau
Huh? What're you doing here?
[09:15] Guideau
How many times do I have
to tell you... to run for it?
[09:19] (Flashback) Ashaf
To get what you want, you need to give.
[09:25] Guideau
Man, what a pain in the ass.
[09:29] Guideau
You hate those bastards, right?
[09:33] Guideau
I'll kick their asses for you.
[09:37] Guideau
So do what I say and get lost.
[09:41] Guideau
How will I undo this curse if you die on me?
[10:09] Sven
You've seemed to be in pain since you got here.
[10:15] Sven
As much as I hate to put you out of your
misery by dealing the coup de grâce...
[10:30] Craig
What?
[10:34] Craig
Who are you?!
[10:47] Craig
Who are you?!
[11:01] Guideau
Shit. I've gotten rusty.
[11:06] Ashaf
Now there's a surprise.
[11:09] Ashaf
I see. This means...
[11:15] Sven
What are you all standing around for?!
[11:17] Sven
Hurry up and grab the witch!
[11:19] Sven
They're desperate to protect her!
[11:22] Sven
Take her hostage!
[11:24] Villager 3
That's right!
[11:25] Villager 4
Quickly!
[11:27] Guideau
A hostage?
[11:30] Guideau
Like I give a shit.
[11:33] Guideau
I'm done with you.
[11:35] Guideau
I'll get revenge for you,
but protect your own damn self!
[11:41] Falvell
People, I command you:
[11:42] Falvell
don't move!
[11:46] Villager 5
Huh?
[11:47] Villager 4
I... I can't move a...
[11:53] Falvell
Fire, I command you:
[11:55] Falvell
go out.
[12:02] Sven
What?
[12:04] Sven
What's going on?
[12:05] Ashaf
Oh, I see now.
[12:08] Ashaf
So she has a witch's body, too.
[12:14] Ashaf
By kissing a witch,
they undid each other's curses.
[12:21] Ashaf
And you'd best brace yourself.
[12:23] Ashaf
You're witnessing vocative magic.
A true rarity.
[12:26] Ashaf
Everything in existence
is now hers to command.
[12:33] Falvell
Executioner...
[12:35] Sven
W-Wait!
[12:37] Sven
Don't be hasty, Falvell!
[12:40] Sven
Stop, Falvell!
[12:41] Falvell
I command you...
[12:42] Sven
Falvell!
[12:43] Falvell
Perish!
[12:54] Craig
Talk about power.
[12:58] Craig
Both Falvell...
[13:00] Craig
and that monster.
[13:03] Craig
Forget curses. Those were more like seals.
[13:09] Craig
Damn it. The whole world's full of monsters.
[13:24] Owent
No matter how many times I hear about
Falvell's magic, it still blows me away.
[13:29] Owent
It's only a day later,
and I couldn't be healthier!
[13:33] Ashaf
I'd say things worked out because
you only had a stopped heart.
[13:38] Owent
"Only"?
[13:40] Ashaf
Falvell's still a child.
[13:42] Ashaf
When she grows up, I doubt even
the dead will be beyond her.
[13:48] Ashaf
Now, what will you do?
[13:51] Ashaf
As I already told you, kissing a witch
only undoes a curse temporarily.
[13:59] Ashaf
And the power to dispel
curses dwells in purity,
[14:03] Ashaf
which means it only works once per witch.
[14:09] Ashaf
So that just leaves the conventional method.
[14:12] Ashaf
You need to find the one who cursed you.
[14:15] Ashaf
And the Order can teach you about witches
plus lots of other things you don't know.
[14:23] Ashaf
So what will it be?
[14:27] Guideau
Lift the spell first, then.
[14:29] Ashaf
What spell?
[14:31] Guideau
That weird broth you fed me.
[14:33] Guideau
I've been dying to have it
again for a while now.
[14:36] Guideau
What kind of spell was that?
[14:39] Guideau
Nothing I've eaten before
has ever made me feel like this.
[14:44] Guideau
You did something to my body!
[14:46] Guideau
Unless you've got a death wish, undo it now!
[14:50] Ashaf
Do you mean you really can't tell?
[14:55] Ashaf
Well, well. Dear me.
[15:00] Ashaf
I see you have a lot you need to learn.
[15:04] Guideau
Huh?
[15:05] Ashaf
Listen.
[15:07] Ashaf
No spell or curse caused that
strange sensation you're feeling.
[15:12] Ashaf
It's something everyone experiences.
[15:15] Ashaf
Given the way you speak,
I can guess how you'd describe it.
[15:20] Ashaf
Namely...
[15:21] Ashaf
"It was damn tasty."
[15:33] Ashaf
Guideau, you have a will of steel.
[15:37] Ashaf
You'll never bend or soak up
others' ways of seeing things.
[15:43] Ashaf
Your fierce sense of self can even
shake off magical brainwashing.
[15:50] Ashaf
Even so, you've learned a lot
in the three years since we met,
[15:53] Ashaf
and you've changed of your
own free will, albeit gradually.
[16:01] Ashaf
Yet just one unfortunate meeting
has sent you right back to that day.
[16:07] Ashaf
Angela Anne Huell.
What a despicable witch.
[16:14] Ashaf
I'm not fully recovered,
but I can more or less move now.
[16:19] Ashaf
I have faith that what we've
built up hasn't crumbled,
[16:23] Ashaf
and that this was just
a temporary outburst.
[16:27] Ashaf
I still have something I want
to teach you more than anything.
[16:34] Guideau
Wait.
[16:36] Guideau
What does that mean?
[16:38] Ashaf
Do you imagine I'm still keeping
useful information from you?
[16:46] Ashaf
It's nothing like that.
[16:49] Ashaf
Love, Guideau.
[16:52] Ashaf
I want to teach you what love is.
[17:05] Ashaf
I assume you know that
our world has eight continents.
[17:10] Ashaf
The world's most influential
organization, the Global Holy Church,
[17:14] Ashaf
has its headquarters on the First Continent.
SIGN First Continent
[17:17] Ashaf
The Second Continent lies east
of that, followed by the Third.
SIGN Second Continent
SIGN Third Continent
[17:24] Ashaf
The farther you go from the progenitor
of magic, the Global Holy Church,
[17:30] Ashaf
the lower the level of
magical civilization grows.
[17:34] Ashaf
But the Eighth Continent,
the farthest from the First,
[17:38] Ashaf
flourishes through its
own distinctive sorcery.
[17:42] Ashaf
You live on the Seventh Continent,
[17:45] Ashaf
but you likely find it quite comfortable,
thanks to having the Eighth next door.
[17:51] Ashaf
Well, that aside...
[17:54] Ashaf
This world of ours also
includes a few anomalous areas.
[18:00] Ashaf
Like the isolated island between
the Seventh and Eighth continents.
[18:06] Ashaf
It has a hole in it.
[18:08] Ashaf
A bottomless pit.
[18:15] Ashaf
You might think,
"Where that pit leads, no one knows."
[18:20] Ashaf
But not in the least.
[18:22] Ashaf
That question has already
been thoroughly answered.
[18:26] Ashaf
You can even book a tour, if you like.
[18:29] Ashaf
Although for that,
you'd need privilege, wealth,
[18:35] Ashaf
and the resolve to risk your life.
[18:39] Ashaf
The Order has all three,
so we got approval.
[18:44] Ashaf
This is the entrance to a hole
out of this world: the Fall.
SIGN (Tiered Worlds)
The Fall
[18:59] Receptionist
We appreciate your visit, Mr. Ashaf.
[19:05] Receptionist
Please proceed to your right.
[19:16] Ashaf
The Fall has seventeen levels.
[19:21] Ashaf
Each one connects to a
different, independent world.
[19:27] Ashaf
The letters Angela carved
into that Executioner...
[19:32] Ashaf
are part of a writing system from the Fall.
[19:34] Ashaf
To outsiders, this is the only
place that comes to mind.
[19:38] Ashaf
If we're going to pursue Angela,
we should find her or another clue here.
[19:50] Guide
Welcome to Level Four.
[19:53] Guide
Or the final floor leading
to Level Four, to be precise.
[19:58] Guide
This level can be rather dangerous.
[20:02] Guide
Even more so if its residents
recognize you as travelers.
[20:07] Guide
This floor offers services
including changes of wardrobe
[20:11] Guide
and local coordinators
well-versed in the level's customs.
[20:17] Ashaf
No, thank you.
[20:20] Ashaf
Show us to the dressing rooms.
[20:26] Stylist
What may I do for you?
[20:28] Ashaf
Let me see...
[20:29] Ashaf
We'd prefer middle-class outfits,
[20:32] Ashaf
and we'd like to visit
upper-class venues, as well.
[20:36] Stylist
Certainly, sir.
[20:38] Ashaf
Give us outfits for ten days,
plus a few spares.
[20:42] Stylist
That will be a lot to carry.
[20:45] Stylist
I'll prepare a servant and carriage, as well.
[20:49] Stylist
Or will you store them in that bag?
[20:53] Ashaf
No, I'd like the carriage for this coffin.
[20:57] Ashaf
As you guessed, my case can fit most things,
[21:01] Ashaf
but this has too much mass to compress.
[21:05] Stylist
Understood.
[21:07] Ashaf
And one last request.
[21:10] Ashaf
We'd like some all-black outfits.
[21:14] Ashaf
Several sets of those, too.
[21:17] Stylist
Um, wearing all black on this level signals...
[21:21] Ashaf
Oh, don't worry.
[21:24] Ashaf
I know.
[21:27] Stylist
Please wait a few moments, then.
[21:32] Ashaf
Now we're ready.
[21:36] Ashaf
How does your outfit feel?
[21:38] Guideau
Who cares? It's just cloth.
[21:41] Guideau
It's all the same as long as I can tear it up.
[21:44] Ashaf
You will, of course,
keep it all clean and intact.
[21:47] Guideau
In that case, it's a pain
in the ass to move in.
[21:51] Ashaf
Comfort aside, it suits you to a T.
[22:01] Ashaf
That said...
[22:03] Ashaf
You'll have no shortage of chances
to ruin your clothes in this world.
[22:09] Ashaf
Now, shall we go?
[22:13] Ashaf
Level Four: Orlencia Sett.
[22:17] Ashaf
A world where vampires dwell.