E1 - Like a Lone Sword

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SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy
[00:06] Finn; narration
    What is valued most highly at the
    prestigious Rigarden Magical Academy?
[00:15] Finn; narration
    Naturally, it's a talent for magic.
[00:19] Finn; narration
    So what of those with no aptitude for it?
[00:22] Finn; narration
    Is there any way for the talentless
    to advance at this academy?
SIGN    Dungeon, Floor 7
[00:34] Finn; narration
    To answer that question...
[00:40] Will; internal
    I come to the dungeon to slay monsters!
[00:59] Will; internal
    Even I...
[01:01] Will; internal
    Even I can do it if I try!
[01:03] Will; internal
    Even if I can't use magic!
SIGN    Episode 1
    Like a Lone Sword
SIGN    Urbus Rigarden
    The Capital of Magic
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy
[01:21] Lyril
    Channeling a minute amount of magic
    into the balca ore and agni dust
[01:26] Lyril
    creates a lump of sulfur.
[01:28] Lyril
    Subsequently, it is possible
    to catalyze a brilliant flame.
[01:32] Edward
    Correct.
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Professor
    Edward Serfence
[01:33] Edward
    Now, let's see...
[01:35] Edward
    I'll have you come up front.
[01:38] Edward
    Will.
SIGN    Familiar
    Kiki
[01:40] Edward
    Will Serfort.
[01:42] Edward
    Will Serfort!
[01:45] Will
    Y-Yes, sir! What is it, Professor Edward?
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Student, Sixth Year
    Will Serfort
[01:49] Edward
    I told you to come down
    to the front of the class.
[01:53] Will; internal
    This again?
[01:55] Will
    Of course.
[02:03] Edward
    What's wrong? It's a simple practical exercise.
[02:06] Edward
    As you know, you need only use
    the catalyst to conjure the flame.
[02:13] Will
    O flames...
[02:16] Will
    spring forth!
[02:32] Colette
    Will...
[02:34] Edward
    Silence.
[02:38] Edward
    To think a student at our institution is
     unable to use even the most basic of magics...
[02:44] Edward
    As expected of a book learner.
[02:46] Edward
    No wonder they say you're only an
    honor student when it comes to note-taking.
[02:50] Edward
    You are entirely beyond help.
[02:54] Sion
    O flames...
[02:56] Sion
    obey me.
[03:07] Edward
    Refrain from demonstrations
    without permission,
[03:10] Edward
    Sion Ulster.
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Student, Sixth Year
    Sion Ulster
[03:12] Sion
    I'm sorry, Professor Edward.
[03:15] Sion
    It seems like Will isn't in top form,
[03:18] Sion
    so I thought I'd help in his place.
[03:22] Edward
    Well, as it happens, this will do.
[03:24] Edward
    As all of you just saw...
[03:29] Edward
    in this world, the supremacy
     of magic is absolute.
[03:33] Edward
    Magic is authority.
[03:35] Edward
    Strength of magic is power.
[03:37] Edward
    Our heroes are mages!
[03:40] Edward
    And here at this academy,
    your talent for magic is how you earn esteem.
[03:44] Edward
    A no-talent who has theoretical knowledge,
    but cannot perform even one bit of magic,
[03:49] Edward
    is unfit to stand in these halls
    that give rise to sages.
[03:52] Edward
    Fools who dream above their stations
[03:56] Edward
    should withdraw from
    this academy immediately.
[04:09] Sion
    Flaunted your ineptitude
    yet again today, didn't you, laggard?
[04:13] Will
    Sion...
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Student, Sixth Year
    Lyril Mars
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Student, Sixth Year
    Gordon Vally
[04:14] Sion
    I hear you went into the dungeon again, too.
[04:18] Sion
    Taking out small fry
    to scrape up some credits...
[04:20] Sion
    Aren't you embarrassed?
[04:23] Colette
    That's enough out of you boys!
[04:25] Sion
    Well, well, Colette.
[04:27] Sion
    For a real honor student like you to defend
    a failure like him, I just can't understand—
[04:33] Colette
    Will is far kinder than you and
     works harder than anyone!
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Student, Sixth Year
    Colette Loire
[04:36] Colette
    I won't have you insulting my friend!
[04:40] Will; internal
    Colette...
[04:47] Sion
    Kindness and hard work alone
    won't make a great mage out of anyone.
[04:51] Sion
    Not to mention...
[04:53] Sion
    becoming a Magia Vander is simply
    a dream beyond dreams.
[04:57] Sion
    Now then, spending any longer with
     this no-talent would be a waste of time.
[05:02] Sion
    Like Professor Edward said, you should
    hurry up and leave this school already.
[05:12] Colette
    Don't let them get to you.
[05:14] Colette
    There's something wrong
    with Professor Edward too,
[05:17] Colette
    making a laughingstock of you like that!
[05:19] Will
    It's all right, Colette.
[05:21] Will
    After all, it's true that I can't use magic.
[05:25] Colette
    Will...
[05:28] Will
    Besides, if I've got a cute girl
    like you worried about me over it,
[05:32] Will
    then I count myself lucky.
[05:37] Colette
    Wh-Where did that come from?!
[05:38] Will
    What?
[05:38] Colette
    You say things like that now and again
    with that meek expression!
[05:41] Colette
    What are you after?
[05:43] Colette
    Flattery will get you nowhere, you hear me?
[05:45] Colette
    Wait, you don't use lines like that
    on anyone and everyone, do you?!
[05:49] Will
    I-I'm sorry.
[05:51] Will
    Ever since I was little,
    I was taught to compliment girls.
[05:55] Will
    But even objectively speaking,
    you are cute, Colette.
SIGN    CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE
[05:58] Will
    So I was just speaking the truth.
[05:59] Will
    I didn't mean anything—
[06:00] Colette
    Enough!
[06:02] Colette
    You don't have to say any more!
[06:04] Will
    A-All right.
[06:09] Colette; internal
    I lost it for a moment there.
[06:11] Colette; internal
    I'm Colette Loire,
[06:13] Colette; internal
    the daughter of a noble family,
    if in name only.
[06:15] Colette; internal
    I must maintain my composure.
[06:19] Colette
    Is something wrong, Will?
[06:23] Will
    No.
[06:25] Will
    I was just...
[06:26] Will
    thinking how beautiful it is again today.
[06:31] Colette
    It really is.
[06:35] Colette
    It's such a warm light.
[06:37] Colette
    The most powerful wizards,
    the Magia Vander, continue to uphold the sky.
[06:50] Will; narration
    Long ago, people knew nothing of the sky.
[06:55] Will; narration
    They were trapped in darkness.
[06:57] Will; narration
    The world was terrorized by the Celestial Host
[07:03] Will; narration
    until five wizards rose up against them.
[07:12] Will; narration
    These wizards turned back the invaders.
[07:15] Will; narration
    They cast a seal over the sky...
[07:18] Will; narration
    and brought peace to our world.
[07:26] Will; narration
    The Magia Vander...
[07:28] Will; narration
    That title that has been passed down
    ever since, given only to the strongest.
[07:32] Will; narration
    Everyone dreams of it at least once—
    the honor of becoming a mage.
[07:39] Colette
    Do you think that the Icemaiden's Wand,
    Albis Vina, is watching over us today, too?
[07:46] Will
    She is.
[07:47] Colette
    What?
[07:52] Will
    She's sitting by a window up top...
[07:56] Will
    looking this way.
[08:00] (Flashback) 5 yo Will
    The sun and moon?
[08:03] (Flashback) 5 yo Elfaria
    That's right!
[08:04] (Flashback) 5 yo Elfaria
    They say that the sun and moon are
     floating up there in the real sky.
[08:08] (Flashback) 5 yo Will
    Is that true, Elfaria?
[08:11] (Flashback) 5 yo Elfaria
    And what's more, on the other side of the sky,
    there's a beautiful sunset!
[08:16] (Flashback) 5 yo Elfaria
    It turns all kinds of things bright red.
[08:19] (Flashback) 5 yo Elfaria
    I hear it's the loveliest thing in the world!
[08:23] (Flashback) 5 yo Elfaria
    If we get as close as we can to the sky,
    at the top of the tower...
[08:27] (Flashback) 5 yo Elfaria
    If we become Magia Vander,
    maybe we can see the sunset.
[08:33] (Flashback) 5 yo Will
    Then let's go and see it together!
[08:40] (Flashback) 5 yo Elfaria
    Yeah! It's a promise!
[08:44] Will; narration
    It was nothing more than an
    innocent childhood promise.
[08:49] Will; narration
    But she was the real thing.
[08:53] Will; narration
    With her talent, she became the youngest
    ever to earn the Magia Vander title,
[08:57] Will; narration
    and left for the top of the tower.
[09:01] Will; narration
    As for me...
[09:03] Will; narration
    Being talentless, I'm even less than mediocre.
[09:06] Will; narration
    But, unable to give up on
    the promise we made that day,
[09:10] Will; narration
    I'm still scrambling, even now,
    to achieve my dream of standing beside her.
[09:16] Workner
    You...
[09:17] Workner
    idiot!
[09:21] Will
    P-Professor Workner, please calm down!
[09:24] Workner
    You hit the dungeon
    without permission again, didn't you?
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Professor
    Workner Norgram
[09:26] Workner
    And you went to the seventh floor solo?
[09:29] Workner
    You really are going to get
     yourself killed one day!
[09:32] Will
    I-I'm sorry, Professor Workner!
[09:38] Will
    But, um...
[09:41] Will
    about my credits...
[09:43] Workner
    Glare!
[09:48] Workner
    That's one Evil Guard kill confirmed.
[09:51] Workner
    You are hereby awarded two credits.
[09:54] Will
    All right!
[10:07] Workner
    So you still haven't given up
    on becoming a Magia Vander?
[10:11] Will
    Is that... wrong of me?
[10:18] Workner
    Listen, before you head up the tower,
    you need to advance to the Upper Institute.
[10:24] Workner
    And to do that, you'll need writing,
[10:27] Workner
    spellwork,
[10:28] Workner
    and praxis.
[10:29] Workner
    You need a tremendous amount
    of credits from the three curricula.
[10:32] Workner
    And since you can't use magic,
    you'll never be able to earn spellwork credits.
[10:37] Will
    I know, sir!
[10:38] Will
    That's why I'm focusing on praxis,
    collecting credits in the dung—
[10:41] Workner
    Will, I've told you this countless times,
[10:44] Workner
    but advancing through praxis alone
    is effectively impossible.
[10:51] Workner
    Especially for someone who can't use magic.
[10:55] Will
    Even so, I...
[11:06] Workner
    In any event...
[11:08] Workner
    stop thinking about becoming a
    Magia Vander when you may not even graduate!
[11:11] Workner
    I already know that you failed to earn
    any credits on your most recent exams.
[11:15] Workner
    That means you need to earn
    four credits by the end of the week!
[11:18] Will
    What? B-By the end of this week?!
[11:20] Will
    But there are only two days left!
[11:24] Will
    Now that it's come to this...
[11:25] Will
    I will devote everything I have...
[11:27] Will
    to searching my notes!
[11:30] Will
    Let's see, four credits...
    A four-credit monster...
[11:34] Will
    I seem to remember from
    Professor Bruno's lecture...
[11:37] Will
    Um, let me see... Maybe it's...
[11:39] Workner
    Well, you know...
[11:42] Workner
    I'm just talking to myself here,
[11:44] Workner
    but there have been reports of a
    Baskerville on the sixth floor.
[11:48] Workner
    And a certain book learner
    apparently hasn't defeated one yet.
[11:53] Will
    Thank you so much, Professor Workner!
[11:57] Workner
    You dolt!
    Stop clinging to me! It's stifling!
[12:00] Will
    You don't really mind, do you?
[12:02] Workner
    Let go, Will!
[12:06] Sion; internal
    A Baskerville on the sixth floor...
[12:10] Sion; internal
    With this, I'll be rid of that
    no-talent who's out of his league.
SIGN    Will Serfort
    
    Race: Rhizanth
    Age: 15
    Height: 168 cm
    Birthday:
    24th of Ellsmoon
    Likes: Ice candy
    Dislikes: Medicinal
    morrie herbs
    First Love: A girl he met when he was little
    
    Deepest Dungeon Floor Reached: XX 7th
    Equipment: Moria silver sword,
    battle garb precision crafted by Rosty,
    Promise Goggles
    Skill: Sword strikes that can fend off even magic
    
    He came from the same orphanage as his
    childhood friend, Elfaria. Being talentless, his
    inability to use magic has isolated him,
    but he is a warrior with a knack for
    close-quarters combat.
    
    °Workner has made an amendment to this page
SIGN    Albis Vina
    Icemaiden's Wand
SIGN    Elfaria Albis Serfort
    
    Race: Rhizanth
    Age: 15
    Height: 163 cm
    Birthday:
    24th of Ellsmoon
    Likes: Will's
    homemade salad,
    Will napping with his head in her lap,
    Will's sleeping face, Will's—
    Dislikes: Spicy food
    First Love: Will Serfort
    
    Deepest Dungeon Floor Reached: 37th
    Equipment: Albis Vina, Sacred Raiment of Crystal Ice
    Skills: Nearly every from of water magic and ice magic,
     El Glace Frosse
    
    An extraordinary genius and the youngest in history
    to achieve the title of Magia Vander. She watches over
    a certain young man from a window in the tower.
    According to close associates of hers, "She conceals
     her true nature behind a 'holy woman' facade
     and lacks sincerity as a Magia Vander."
SIGN    Dungeon, Floor 6
[12:32] Will
    All right!
[12:33] Will
    Tonight, I'm going to get myself four credits!
[12:36] Will
    After all, I've fought a Baskerville before!
[12:42] Will
    It'll be all right.
[12:44] Will
    As long as I'm mindful of its flame breath,
    we won't get burned to a crisp like last time.
[12:51] Will
    So, please, Kiki!
[12:54] Will
    I'm depending on your nose!
[12:58] Sion
    We have no need for the
     talentless at our academy.
[13:02] Sion
    You think the same, don't you?
[13:04] Gordon
    Yeah, you're right, Sion.
[13:07] Sion
    We'll take care of the monster
    before dealing with that laggard.
[13:10] Sion
    That way, he'll be expelled
    for falling short on credits.
[13:15] Lyril
    But is this really safe, Sion?
[13:19] Lyril
    Us three coming to floor 6 like this...
[13:24] Sion
    Huh?
[13:25] Sion
    Don't you know who I am?
[13:28] Gordon
    S-Sorry! He didn't mean it that way.
[13:31] Lyril
    Yeah, you're one of the elites, Sion!
[13:44] Sion; internal
    In this world, a guy who can't use magic
    shouldn't even speak of the Magia Vander.
[13:50] Sion; internal
    It's grating. The very sight
    of him offends me.
[13:52] Sion; internal
    He has no right to stay at the academy.
[13:57] Sion
    Our target is the Baskerville.
[14:00] Sion
    First, we'll cast Search on this area to—
[14:25] Will; internal
    That scream was...
[14:27] Will; internal
    Don't tell me someone
    on this floor is being attacked!
[14:32] Will; internal
    Based on the reverberations,
    they shouldn't be far from here.
[14:50] Will; internal
    An Evil Sentinel?
[14:52] Will; internal
    That's worth ten credits!
[14:53] Will; internal
    A real over-five enemy in the flesh!
[15:00] Will; internal
    The sentinels' habitat should be deeper down.
[15:04] Will; internal
    Did it come up to this floor?
[15:06] Will; internal
    Moreover, that's...
[15:07] Will; internal
    Sion!
[15:09] Sion
    S-Stay away!
[15:10] Sion
    Stay away!
[15:16] Will; internal
    His magic isn't having any effect.
[15:18] Will; internal
    This monster's on a whole other level!
[15:22] Sion
    Blast it!
[15:25] Will; internal
    He doesn't stand a chance.
[15:35] Will; internal
    I have to help him.
[15:37] Will; internal
    No, wait...
[15:41] Will; internal
    Do I actually have any obligation to save him?
[15:48] Will; internal
    After the way he's made fun of me?
[15:53] Will; internal
    He's bullied me to no end, hasn't he?
[16:02] Will; internal
    If I run away, wouldn't it...
[16:06] (Flashback) 10 yo Elfaria
    I know, you know?
[16:23] (Flashback) 10 yo Elfaria
    I know, you know?
[16:26] (Flashback) 10 yo Elfaria
    Will, you're kind...
[16:28] (Flashback) 10 yo Elfaria
    and braver than anyone.
[16:40] Will; internal
    You're wrong, Elfie.
[16:43] Will; internal
    All I want is to stand beside you.
[16:48] Will; internal
    To be worthy of you.
[16:52] Will; internal
    I'm just a regular pathetic, shameful guy.
[17:01] Will; internal
    That's why, at the very least...
[17:10] Will; internal
    I will become like a lone sword!
[17:14] Edward
    Workner!
[17:16] Workner
    Professor Edward.
[17:18] Workner
    What brings you here at this hour?
[17:20] Edward
    Sion and his lot went to
    the dungeon without permission.
[17:22] Workner
    What did you say?!
[17:24] Edward
    That blasted whelp of a noble...
[17:26] Edward
    The dungeon is vast. Use your
    familiar to find their whereabouts.
[17:30] Workner
    What floor were they headed to?
[17:32] Edward
    Floor 6.
[17:38] Workner
    In that case, there's no need for this.
[17:41] Edward
    What?
[17:44] Workner
    Will is there.
[18:37] Sion; internal
    What's this?
[18:41] Sion; internal
    Is that really the same Will?
[18:52] Edward
    I-Impossible!
[18:55] Workner
    Will is a true outlier.
[18:58] Edward
    What do you mean?
[19:03] Workner
    Superhuman strength
    a mage would never possess.
[19:09] Workner
    A physique as robust as a dwarf's.
[19:17] Workner
    And the observational skills to grasp an
     enemy's strategies after seeing them just once.
[19:25] Will; internal
    I've already...
[19:28] Will; internal
    seen that!
[19:36] Workner
    It's true that Will can't use
    the slightest bit of magic.
[19:46] Workner
    However...
[19:48] Workner
    In this world full of magic,
[19:50] Workner
    he's the one and only warrior!
[20:17] Workner
    A slash of his sword...
[20:21] Workner
    surpasses even lightning!
[20:46] Will
    You're not hurt, are you?
[20:54] Edward
    You must be joking!
[20:55] Edward
    I won't stand for this!
[20:58] Edward
    Someone who can't even use magic
    is able to surpass it?!
[21:03] Workner
    Professor Edward!
[21:26] Workner
    Will Serfort is hereby awarded ten credits.
[21:32] Will
    All right!
[21:35] Finn; narration
    This is the story of a boy
    who would turn the world on its head.
[21:45] Finn; narration
    A tale of the joining of
    wand and sword, Wistoria.
[23:37] Will
    Next time on Wistoria: Wand and Sword,
[23:40] Will
    episode 2, "As Though Undaunted."
SIGN    Episode 2
    As Though Undaunted