E2 - As Though Undaunted

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SIGN    5 Years Earlier
[00:06] student A; female
    They say he can't use magic.
SIGN    Will Serfort (10 years old)
[00:08] student B; male
    People like him exist?
    I've never heard of that before.
[00:11] (Flashback) student C; male
    How did he get into the magical academy?
[00:14] (Flashback) student D; female
    Apparently, he was bait to lure
    Lady Elfaria to the school.
[00:18] (Flashback) student E; male
    Then we don't need him anymore, do we?
[00:21] (Flashback) student E; male
    Lady Elfaria has already become
    a Magia Vander, after all.
[00:24] (Flashback) student E; male
    He'll probably get kicked out.
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Professor
    Workner Norgram
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy
    Headmaster's Office
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Headmaster
    Caldron Anouve
[01:24] (Flashback) Caldron
    Very well, Workner!
[01:27] (Flashback) Caldron
    I shall allow him to continue
    attending at the academy.
[01:30] (Flashback) Workner
    A-Are you certain about this?
[01:33] (Flashback) Workner
    Will is unable to use magic.
[01:36] (Flashback) Caldron
    Yes. After all, it's quite interesting
[01:39] (Flashback) Caldron
    for a sword to yearn to be a wand.
[01:43] (Flashback) 10 yo Will
    If I study at this academy...
[01:45] (Flashback) 10 yo Will
    will I be able to ascend the tower?
[01:48] (Flashback) 10 yo Will
    If I'm strong...
[01:50] (Flashback) 10 yo Will
    will I be able to go to Elfie?
[01:52] (Flashback) Caldron
    If you are unfailingly diligent and your
    will stands firm, as though undaunted,
[01:58] (Flashback) Caldron
    then perhaps.
[02:12] (Flashback) Caldron
    I'm sorry.
[02:14] (Flashback) Caldron
    But as you have no guardian,
    this falls on you, you understand?
[02:19] (Flashback) Caldron
    Imagine a sword aiming to become a wand...
[02:23] (Flashback) Caldron
    Now, how will this all turn out, I wonder?
SIGN    Episode 2
    As Though Undaunted
SIGN    Familiar
    Kiki
[04:08] Workner
    When we say "ascend the tower,"
[04:10] Workner
    we generally mean advancing
    to the Upper Institute.
[04:14] Workner
    To become one of the Magia Vander
[04:16] Workner
    who reign from the topmost floor
    of Mercedes Caulis,
[04:19] Workner
    you must be recognized by the highest center
    of learning. That is, the Upper Institute.
[04:24] Workner
    There are two principal methods
    of advancement.
[04:27] Workner
    The first is to create a new type of magic.
[04:30] Workner
    The second is to earn at least
    seventy-two hundred credits at our academy.
[04:34] Workner
    Only a limited number of people
    can achieve the former.
[04:38] Workner
    Which means that the majority of students
    must rely on the latter.
[04:42] Workner
    However...
[04:45] Workner
    Everyone here is in danger
    of not making graduation,
[04:48] Workner
    much less the Upper Institute!
[04:51] Workner
    So today, I will thoroughly drill you
    in supplementary lessons!
[04:54] Will
    Sob, sob...
[05:01] Colette
    I heard that Professor Workner's
    supplemental class was unreal again.
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Student, Sixth Year
    Colette Loire
[05:05] Will
    Yeah.
[05:06] Will
    We did everything from consecutive
    mock exams to rigorous magic instruction.
[05:10] Colette
    Will, you've already earned
    every possible writing credit.
[05:13] Colette
    Professor Workner can be
     too strict sometimes.
[05:16] Will
    It's because I've completely failed spellwork.
[05:19] Will
    But being a failure doesn't mean
    I shouldn't work hard.
[05:23] Will
    Besides, Professor Workner is kind
    to give us supplementary lessons at all.
[05:27] Will
    Most professors wouldn't give us
    a second thought.
[05:31] Colette
    That's true.
[05:32] Colette
    Professor Edward in particular doesn't seem
    like he'd ever bother with extra classes.
[05:41] Lyril
    I'm telling you, it's true!
[05:43] Lyril
    Sion defeated an Evil Sentinel!
[05:45] student A; male
    A monster worth ten credits?
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Student, Sixth Year
    Gordon Vally
[05:47] student B; male
    By himself? Really?
[05:49] Lyril
    Yes!
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Student, Sixth Year
    Lyril Mars
[05:50] Lyril
    It overwhelmed us immediately,
[05:52] Lyril
    but when we woke,
    Sion had slain the Sentinel!
[05:56] student A; male
    This'll increase Sion's standing.
[05:58] student B; male
    He'll probably replace one
    of the Top Three soon.
[06:00] student C; female
    That's Lord Sion for you!
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Student, Sixth Year
    Sion Ulster
[06:03] Sion; internal
    You're wrong.
[06:05] Sion; internal
    The truth is that...
[06:20] Sion
    This must be some kind of joke.
[06:22] Sion
    You're talentless, and yet...
[06:25] Colette
    Stop, Sion! Why are you doing this again?
[06:28] Colette
    What are you trying to accomplish?
[06:40] Lyril
    H-Hey, Sion!
[06:43] Colette
    What was that about?
[06:45] Colette
    Will, did something happen between you two?
[06:48] Will
    Yeah. Nothing much, though.
[06:53] Edward
    Will Serfort should be expelled!
[06:55] Edward
    Headmistress Caldron!
[06:57] Caldron
    My, my. What's brought all this on?
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy Professor
    Edward Serfence
[07:01] Caldron
    Edward.
[07:03] Caldron
    Will is already in his sixth
    and final year here.
[07:06] Caldron
    To expel him now when he's come this far...
[07:08] Edward
    This academy has no need of anyone
    who is a warrior and not a mage!
[07:12] Edward
    Someone who can surpass magic
    without being able to use it?
[07:22] Calrdon
    Will Serfort...
[07:25] Caldron
    He has good marks in writing.
[07:28] Caldron
    His reports have an interesting perspective.
[07:31] Caldron
    If we ignore the fact that he cannot use magic,
[07:34] Caldron
    he excels to the degree that calling it
    mere excellence is insufficient.
[07:37] Caldron
    A Magia Vander aside,
    he could become an artificer or a healer.
[07:40] Caldron
    There are many paths open to him.
[07:43] Caldron
    This academy has a duty to produce
    learned scholars for the Fated Day.
[07:48] Edward
    The boy in question doesn't seek
    to be a learned scholar,
[07:51] Edward
    but a Magia Vander. That's the issue here.
[07:56] Caldron
    Indeed, that is a problem.
[08:00] Caldron
    In that case, Edward, give him a test.
[08:04] Caldron
    And since you have now learned his secret,
    I'll have you administer the test personally.
[08:09] Caldron
    Should he fail to find his way
    through your test,
[08:12] Caldron
    I shall entrust the matter of his
    advancement or expulsion to you.
[08:17] Edward
    Are you certain?
[08:19] Edward
    I am not as lenient as Workner is.
[08:22] Caldron
    That is no object. I'll leave
    the content of the test up to you.
[08:31] Caldron; internal
    Test him to your utmost and
    determine the truth for yourself.
[08:35] Caldron; internal
    You understand the Magia Vander
    better than anyone, Dark Vipermage.
[08:48] Will
    Sorry, Colette.
[08:50] Will
    I'm always coming to you for help
    because I can't use magic.
[08:53] Colette
    It's fine! This is nothing.
[09:01] Colette
    You haven't changed, I see.
[09:03] Will
    Yeah. I'll never get permission
    to carry my sword on campus,
[09:07] Will
    and if I go back to the dorm,
    my roommate never lets me leave.
[09:11] Colette
    It's... Rosty, right?
[09:15] Colette
    You must be really good friends.
[09:19] Will
    Just regular ones, I'd say.
SIGN    Study Hall
[09:24] Will
    In year 344 of the Magical Era,
    the Battle of Garzaronso broke out.
[09:29] Will
    The dwarves, a race from another world,
    were angered by exploitation, overwork,
[09:34] Will
    and worse treatment than the elves,
[09:36] Will
    also from another world.
[09:37] Will
    So they raised an army to wage war.
[09:39] Colette
    Will, haven't you studied this already?
[09:39] Will; background
    The dwarf army numbered ten thousand.
     In comparison, the tower had...
[09:42] Will
    Today, I'm reviewing
    other races' perspectives.
[09:45] Colette
    You're already incredible in writing,
    far better than me.
[09:48] Colette
    You don't need to work so hard.
[09:50] Will
    If I lose even one credit, I won't be able
    to advance to the Upper Institute.
[09:55] Will
    Besides, I can understand how the dwarves felt.
[10:02] Will
    The Battle of Garzaronso...
[10:05] Will
    Even in the face of the mightiest magics,
     they continued to fight.
[10:10] Will
    "Never give up."
[10:12] Will
    Such determination can surpass even magic.
[10:15] Colette
    Did you learn that from Professor Workner?
[10:17] Will
    Yes. I love that saying.
[10:19] Will
    It's why I have to do my very best.
[10:23] Colette
    Oh, Will...
[10:24] Colette
    You have a white hair.
[10:25] Will
    What?!
[10:26] Colette
    I told you! You're working too hard!
[10:30] Colette
    Sh-Shall I pull it out for you?
[10:33] Will
    N-No, I'm all right.
[10:36] Colette
    I want to!
[10:38] Colette
    Let me do it!
[10:39] Will
    Why?
[10:40] Edward
    What is this commotion?
[10:42] Will; Colette
    Professor Edward!
[10:44] Colette
    I-I'm sorry! We were studying.
[10:50] Edward
    Serfort.
[10:52] Edward
    Come to the Spellhall immediately. Alone.
SIGN    Rigarden Magical Academy
    Spellhall
[10:59] Edward
    As I cannot overlook how
    you continue to fail spellwork,
[11:02] Edward
    I'm giving you a supplemental lesson.
[11:03] Edward
    I trust you're grateful.
[11:05] Will
    You're giving a supplemental 
    lesson, Professor Edward?
[11:08] Will
    And one just for me?
[11:10] Edward
    That's right.
[11:11] Edward
    I will ascertain your worth myself.
[11:22] Edward
    Your assignment is to land
    a single strike on me.
[11:27] Edward
    Refusal is not an option.
[11:29] Edward
    Should you succeed,
    I will award you five spellwork credits.
[11:33] Edward
    However, should you fail,
    I will have you leave this academy.
[11:37] Will
    I-I'll be expelled?
[11:40] Edward
    Those without talent should not be permitted
    to even look upon the Magia Vander.
[11:47] Edward
    I've given you reason to fight.
[11:49] Edward
    Let's begin.
SIGN    Ashwind Wand
SIGN    Crystal for monitoring Will
SIGN    Workner Norgram
    
    Race: Rhizanth
    Age: 25
    Height: 178 cm
    Birthday:
    25th of Ellsmoon
    Likes: Ice candy
    Dislikes: Clairie and Eliza's cooking-offs
    First Dragon Love: Demon Dragon Fafnir
    
    Deepest Dungeon Floor Reached: 31st
    Equipment: Ashwind wand,
    crystal for monitoring Will
    Skills: Most forms of wind magic, Dragon's Pulse
    
    Magizoology professor. As one of the few who 
    understand Will, he's always worried for the
     young man. His strictness with students is a form 
    of love, but he is feared within the academy.
    He has many nicknames, including "the Demon 
    of Remedial Lessons," "the Bespectacled Fiend,"
     "The Magical Creature Loving Calamity," or, 
    alternately, "ThereThere," and "Workner 
    the Immortal." Friend and foe alike fear him.
SIGN    Darkviper Wand
SIGN    Edward Serfence
    
    Race: Rhizanth
    Age: 26
    Height: 177 cm
    Birthday:
    22nd of Roemoon
    Likes: Coffee so strong and black
    that it's like distilled darkness
    Dislikes: Clairie's deathly cooking
    First Magic Love: Dark Deathzone: Arnade Darnatia
    
    Deepest Dungeon Floor Reached: 33rd
    Equipment: Darkviper wand
    Skills: Most forms of dark magic,
     including spells of the highest order
    
    An ascendant who has risen to the highest reaches
     of the tower. He is qualified to become a Magia Vander, 
    but he was beaten by another candidate and now serves
     as a professor at the academy teaching dark magic
     and the history of magic.
[12:15] Workner
    You called for me, headmaster?
[12:17] Caldron
    I'm sorry to make you come
     all this way, Workner.
[12:21] Workner
    Not at all.
[12:23] Workner
    So, what did you need?
[12:25] Caldron
    I thought I should fill you in.
[12:29] Caldron; internal
    Clair Molda.
[12:37] Workner
    What?
[12:38] Workner
    Will? And Ed?
[12:41] Workner
    Wait a moment, please! What is this?
[12:44] Caldron
    Workner.
[12:45] Caldron
    Edward is currently conducting a test.
[12:49] Caldron
    You are forbidden from stopping him.
[12:53] Caldron
    Just as I have recognized your advocacy
    for Will, whom you have watched over,
[12:56] Caldron
    I must recognize Edward's concerns
     in equal measure.
[13:00] Caldron
    That is the decision I have made.
[13:03] Caldron
    I am having him ascertain whether Will is
    worthy of attempting to become a Magia Vander.
[13:10] Workner
    This can't be...
[13:12] Workner
    Why Professor Edward, of all people?
[13:16] Workner
    This is just...
[13:18] Workner
    It's just too cruel.
[13:20] Caldron
    Oh? And why is that?
[13:22] Workner
    Why? Because he...
[13:25] Workner
    He's the closest to actually
    becoming a Magia Vander!
[13:28] Workner
    He may have been defeated, but he's an
    ascendant! He's reached the top of the tower!
[13:33] Edward
    Dax Darbicans.
[13:40] Will; internal
    Dax Darbicans?
[13:41] Will; internal
    That's a low-level dark magic spell.
[13:44] Will; internal
    And yet look at this power!
[13:51] Edward
    Darge.
[13:53] Will; internal
    His defense is impregnable, too!
[13:56] Edward
    Kicking at a magical shield?
[14:00] Edward
    You truly are hopeless.
[14:13] Will; internal
    He's casting his spells with no incantations.
[14:16] Will; internal
    They activate so quickly!
[14:19] Will; internal
    There's not one hole
    in his offense or defense!
[14:24] Will; internal
    I can't even scratch him!
[14:29] Will
    He's so strong.
[14:36] Edward
    Two, Serfort.
[14:39] Edward
    The only magics I will use are my
     black flames to burn you
[14:43] Edward
    and my shield to repel your
    unsightly savagery. Just those two.
[14:47] Edward
    Magical Doctrine Number 27...
[14:52] Edward
    You, who shall never attain
     a thousand magics,
[14:55] Edward
    should strive to master a single one.
[14:58] Edward
    It shall become as a thousand arrows for you.
[15:01] Will; internal
    He's overlapping a single spell?
[15:04] Will; internal
    Is this a Series?
[15:06] Will; internal
    He's going to fire a barrage of Dax Darbicans!
[15:11] Edward
    The talentless should simply disappear.
[15:37] Will; internal
    I can't beat him.
[15:40] Will; internal
    So this is what a top-tier mage is like...
[15:42] Will; internal
    If only I had my sword!
[15:53] Colette
    I wonder if Will is all right.
[15:56] Colette; internal
    A solo supplemental lesson
    with Professor Edward?
[16:00] Colette; internal
    What if he's being lashed
    with a whip or tortured?
[16:05] Will
    No!
[16:06] Edward
    This is nice, isn't it? This is nice, isn't it?
[16:17] Colette
    Kiki?
[16:19] Colette
    Why are you injured like that?
[16:24] Colette
    That's Will's...
[16:26] Colette
    Don't tell me something's
    happened to Will!
[16:43] Edward
    This goes without saying,
[16:45] Edward
    but the Magia Vander are
     the pinnacle of all mages.
[16:50] Edward
    If you cannot overcome someone like me,
[16:53] Edward
    you have no chance to reach such heights.
[16:56] Edward
    I will set you a question
    regarding the Battle of Garzaronso.
[17:01] Edward
    The foolish dwarves incited a rebellion
    with a force of ten thousand.
[17:08] Edward
    Now, how many mages
    did it take to quell the battle?
[17:15] Edward
    One!
[17:17] Edward
    With a wave of a wand, ten thousand
    dwarven warriors were annihilated!
[17:22] Edward
    That is the way of this world!
[17:24] Edward
    A sword will never reach a wand!
[17:27] Edward
    Never!
[17:29] Edward
    Abandon your foolish aspirations.
[17:33] Will
    Even so...
[17:35] Will
    Even so, I...
[17:38] Will
    I want to reach the Magia Vander!
[17:47] Edward
    What is it that drives you so?
[17:50] Edward
    Just what noble reason do you claim
    lives in that heart of yours?!
[18:01] Will
    I want to be with the person I love!
[18:07] Edward
    What?
[18:08] Will
    I want to keep the promise I made with Elfie!
[18:15] Edward
    What nonsense.
[18:17] Edward
    Impure! Immoral! Foul!
[18:19] Edward
    A foolish, pathetic, worldly love
    pushes you to reach for the apex of magic?
[18:24] Will
    Even if my reason seems ridiculous to you,
    and no matter how harsh my path may be...
[18:30] Edward
    Have some sense of shame!
[18:31] Will
    In spite of it all...
[18:32] Will
    I will go and see the sunset with Elfie!
[18:38] Colette
    Will!
[18:44] Will
    Thank you!
[18:45] Colette
    All right!
[18:54] Edward
    That isn't a wand...
[18:56] Edward
    That's a sword in your hand, you deviant.
[19:00] Edward
    I will defeat you!
[19:09] Edward; internal
    He sliced through my magic?
[19:11] Edward; internal
    Is that a Moria blade?
[19:14] Edward; internal
    Nevertheless!
[19:16] Will; internal
    Here it comes. Another magical barrage.
[19:19] Will; internal
    I'm scared. I'm scared!
[19:22] Will; internal
    I'll be burned again.
[19:23] Will; internal
    It's a terrifying volley of a thousand flames.
[19:26] Will; internal
    My arms and legs are shaking.
[19:28] Will; internal
    This is the barrier between me
    and the Magia Vander!
[19:32] Will; internal
    I want to run away!
[19:35] Will; internal
    But...
[19:36] Will; internal
    this is my only way through the barrier!
[19:38] Edward
    It's over!
[19:42] Colette
    Will!
[19:46] Will; internal
    There's more to the story
    of the Battle of Garzaronso.
[19:52] Will; internal
    A brave dwarven general named Gareth
    fought even as he lost all his brethren.
[19:57] Will; internal
    And in spite of everything,
    he landed a single blow.
[20:02] Will; internal
    In honor of his bravery,
    the mages recognized the dwarves' status.
[20:13] Will; internal
    That's right!
[20:15] Will; internal
    A sword saw a wand...
[20:17] Will; internal
    and reached it!
[20:45] Edward
    Will Serfort, you are hereby
     awarded five credits.
[20:49] Colette
    Will!
[20:56] Colette
    Will? Will, are you all right?
[21:00] Caldron
    Well done!
[21:07] Workner
    He chose to dive into the barrage.
[21:10] Workner
    He hid himself and attacked
    from a blind spot overhead.
[21:14] Caldron
    Yes, and with a strike powerful enough
    to break through that shield.
[21:19] Caldron
    He can manage a slashing attack
    capable of overcoming magic.
[21:26] Caldron
    It was truly as though he was undaunted.
SIGN    Detached Dorm, Magical Academy Outskirts
[23:15] Rosty
    Hup!
[23:17] Rosty
    And to finish it off, I'll add lots of love.
[23:21] Rosty
    Done!
[23:24] Rosty
    Will sure is late.
[23:27] Rosty
    I wonder if he'll be home soon.
[23:37] Will
    Next time on Wistoria: Wand and Sword,
[23:40] Will
    episode 3, "Order & Watcher."
SIGN    Episode 3
    Order & Watcher