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Right then, Alto Goldfield.

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Would you like to join the Executive Committee

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of the Student Council?

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You want ME to join the Council?

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Yes. I presume it's something

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you'd be interested in as well.

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Is it just so you can keep a closer eye on me?

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If that's how you'd like to see it, sure.

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You ARE harboring a demon

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within the walls of our academy.

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But I truly do want you on our Council.

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You dueled Chris, one of the top five

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most powerful mages at this institution.

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Your familiar may be a demon,

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but even so, she is a formidable opponent.

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Then there's this most recent incident.

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Where Chris got hurt...

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We still don't know what motivates the perpetrators.

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If you assert that your familiar acts with no ill intentions,

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then would you not be interested

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in using your powers to protect the Academy?

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Black or white? Tangled up, they turn gray

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Everything always seems so ambiguous

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I walk by your side as you smile, helpless

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Admiration clear as day

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Shining out across the endless distance

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Cast a spell on this pitiful situation with an Abracada-Boo

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There's a loneliness hidden beneath the darkness in your eyes

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I wish I could embrace it with a gentle song

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Even the whole world starts to shout it's all a lie,

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As long as you are as you are

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I'll sweep through with a glimmering wind and scream out the truth

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Even if the whole world yells out that it's a sin,

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Even if I'm all on my own

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I want to keep learning to understand you

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I'm on your side, I'll protect you

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SELECTION

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You're joining the Student Council?!

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Yeah.

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Why? How?! What happened for them to invite you on?!

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I-I'm not entirely sure myself,

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but the President herself wants me there.

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I can't tell them what the REAL reason is…

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Please tell everyone we saw you had potential

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and invited you to join.

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Well, you did beat Chris in a duel.

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With that in mind, it only seems natural you'd be invited.

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We've NEVER had a second-year student

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on the council before, either!

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R-really?

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Really! You should be proud of yourself!

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Well, this came out of the blue.

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I was worried for a bit, there, but…

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Hey, I'm happy for you!

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Huh?

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You've always wanted to move up.

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You're incredible, Alto.

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Th-thanks.

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All right! I won't let you get too far ahead of me!

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I'm gonna make sure I get a better score than you

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on the Bronze exam!

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Why the long face?

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Huh?

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Oh, I just… People ended up finding out what you are,

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and I feel like the Student Council

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forced us into this new position…

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Eh, even if they're spying on you,

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they won't be on you twenty-four seven.

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And I don't care that they know what I am.

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But I want you to be careful around the Council.

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That girl gives me a bad vibe…

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like she's not really human.

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You mean the President? I mean, she was kinda scary…

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Remember how I shook my head

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when she repeated her question?

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You were in real danger then.

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Same with that last invitation.

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If you'd turned her down,

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she might've taken off your head.

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O-oh, come on! She wouldn't have gone that far!

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True, maybe taking off your head's a stretch.

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But she's definitely not normal.

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Still, the President aside, yesterday was an eye-opener.

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If I'd been stronger,

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I might've been able to protect you better.

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I might've kept your identity a secret, too.

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If things like that keep happening, eventually,

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we won't be able to lie to everyone anymore.

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And if that happens, then you'll be in danger.

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I want to get stronger.

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Strong enough to keep you safe.

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D-don't get the wrong idea! I didn't mean that

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in a weird way! I just…

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Why not? That doesn't bother me.

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Huh? But, Vermeil…

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I was really happy to hear it.

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In that case, though, I'm going to have

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to help you get much stronger.

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Huh?

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Whoa, hey!

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What're you...?

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I can't hear you.

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You want to keep me safe, right?

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W-well yeah, but… this has nothing to do with that!

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Quiet, you! No one who lets me win can keep me safe!

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I gotta... I gotta get stronger!

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Vermeil is a demon.

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Finally… at long last, I've found it.

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Vermeil might be a demon, but she's not a BAD demon!

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The world's greatest scourge, is she?

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That's right. I'm gonna get even stronger than I am now.

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So no matter what happens, I can keep Vermeil safe.

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Vermeil, just you watch.

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I'll be stronger than the Council members one day.

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No, I'll be the strongest person in the entire world!

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Setting aside how I got there,

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I'm on the Student Council now.

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I'll learn everything I can from them.

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I'll work hard so one day,

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I can say with pride that I'm Vermeil's master!

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Pardon me!

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Oh.

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Huh?

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ALTOOOO GOOOOOLDFIELD!

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Madame President!

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I must object to having this shameless boy

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join our illustrious Council!

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We made a mistake in forgetting to lock the door.

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This situation isn't his fault.

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You mustn't be so lax, Madame President!

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This is hardly reason for reprimand,

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nor reason to be distressed.

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What?!

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A…

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A man has seen our nearly-naked figures

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before our wedding days!

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Goodness, Jessica. You're more demure

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and traditional than I expected.

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Huh?! Am... am I the weird one here?! I can't be!

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Moving right along…

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Let me present you with the reason

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I've gathered you all here today.

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I want you all to examine this.

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What is it?

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A magical element used by the mage I fought.

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However, it's only one part of a much larger whole.

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I've never seen this kind of magic before.

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You said it was a simple paper golem, yes?

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Still, though…

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From the investigation performed

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by the Ortigia Police's appraisal specialists,

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this form of magic matched nothing recorded

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before in the Bank of Magicks.

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An unrecorded form of magic…

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Within that single piece of paper lies

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a magic formula more complex than fathomable.

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Not even the Gold Square

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appraisal specialists could decipher it.

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Then that means…

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No…

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"Those who plunge into the abyss of knowledge

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and craft new forms of magic..."

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"Those whose discoveries revolutionize our world..."

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"Unto those few do we bequeath a title

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deserving of the nation's utmost respect:"

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Our enemy may be a Platinum Square.

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This sucks!

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I'm exhausted!

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Huh? Hey, it's Kohakumiya!

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PLATINUM

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SQUARE

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KOHAKUMIYA

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"OF THE WAVES"

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Hello, Iolite.

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Did you get the stuff I got for you?

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Could you get a move on? It was a real chore, y'know.

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That's besides the point, Iolite.

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You've again broken the paper doll I gave you

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to communicate with me, haven't you?

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Man, I always forget how huge you are!

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Glad I made the trip out.

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Are you listening?

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At any rate, you took a while.

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It was such a pain! That old high priest

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was so stubborn! He just wouldn't give in!

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He didn't have to be so annoying!

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The high priest…

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You mean Haesval of the Gilded Tower?

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He's the most skilled caster of divine magic

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amongst the Platinum Squares!

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However did you get him to agree?

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I killed him.

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How else?

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Meh, it is what it is!

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Good luck with those demon parts, now!

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What's next?

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First, I gotta change. Then we can head out again.

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After all,

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we gotta go pick up the bits

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that SOMEONE forgot to take with them.

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I'm such a busy little bee!

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What is this place?

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A girl is crying. Who is she?

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I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

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I know. She's…

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Huh? Where…?

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Hello.

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What do you feel for her?

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Huh? Who's 'her'?

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A woman? Who is she?

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There are two paths before you.

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One is righteous and serves to benefit

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all of mankind, the path of justice.

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One is selfish and serves to benefit her

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and only her, the path of destruction.

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Oh, I understand.

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The girl she's speaking about must be…

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What…

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…do you feel for her?

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What was that?

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Goodness, you're still at it?

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Vermeil!

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You've been doing this every night.

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Tonight, you should try to sleep early, all right?

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I-I know, but the Bronze exam

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is almost here, and I'm nervous.

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True, but half the student body will pass this exam, yes?

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That's a piece of cake for you.

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I'd be more confident if it were just a written exam,

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but there's a practical part, too.

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And the Council members

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are pressuring me to do well, too...

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The incident is important,

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but you should focus on your Bronze exam.

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It's about that time, huh?

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Second-year Alto, surely you wouldn't fail

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your exam after beating me, yes?

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So I've gotta pass, no matter what…

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You're naked! Put some clothes on!

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If you're worried about the practical exam,

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then you shouldn't be stuck at your desk.

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Hey!

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You're gonna use me for the exam, right?

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Then I'm gonna need lots of mana.

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But…

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She's draining me…

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C'mon, now you.

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You were going to stay up late anyways, weren't you?

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I'll suck it out of you, and you suck it out of me.

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Let's get that practice in, all right?

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All right, I have my pen, I have my notebook…

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And some textbooks, too, just in case…

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This is... the book Vermeil was sealed in.

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Feels like so long ago that I couldn't summon

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a familiar and was about to repeat the grade…

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Nope, still can't read it.

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Oh, yeah, a mage sealed her in that book, right?

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I wonder who they were...

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Alto, don't you have to get going soon?

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Huh? It's already this late?!

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It's finally time for the Bronze exam!

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Let's give it our best shot!

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Yay!

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Y-yeah.

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Hey! Liven up, now!

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S-sorry, I didn't sleep well…

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I swear! Taking care of yourself

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is an important skill, so get it together!

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R-right.

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I've got lots of mana now, and my heart's working fine.

271
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Maybe I was right to take Vermeil up on her advice.

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We're in Building A, right?

273
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We should be.

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It would've been so much easier

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if they'd just let us take it at the Academy…

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Apprentice mages from all over the nation

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will be coming to take the Bronze exam!

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They picked a neutral place

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so no one has an advantage!

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Hey, look at them.

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Those uniforms are Ortigia.

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Oh, them.

283
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They're from Ortigia.

284
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Why do I feel like we stand out?

285
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Our school is extremely competitive.

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50 percent of our students pass,

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but at other schools, only 10 percent may pass.

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Ortigia is also the only school

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that requires Bronze to advance to Fourth Year.

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Wow. That makes the Bronze exam

291
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feel like a way bigger deal.

292
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Y-yeah.

293
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And with that in mind, Marx…

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I'm surprised you got in here.

295
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But of course I did, because I have a secret weapon!

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Well, in either case,

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don't go getting careless on the exam!

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All right! I'm pumped!

299
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And we're starting off with the practical exam…

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A-all right! I'm gonna pass!

301
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That's the spirit!

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There's a lot of people here, and I heard

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this is only one of ten sites for the practical.

304
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Yeah.

305
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But what's everyone murmuring about?

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There's something inside that crystal… a flame?

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All right, everyone here?

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I'm only going to explain this once, so listen up!

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It's him!

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You know him, Cheryl?

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That's Colonel Pharanx of the Royal Mage Corps.

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He's the "demonic" mage

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specially selected for Special Ops.

314
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I can't believe he's our proctor…

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This year's practical exercise is all about mana provision!

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This giant crystal can measure the amount

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and quality of your mana!

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But don't think it's just a boring old measurement device!

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We're testing your ability to supply mana

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to an entity through a physical barrier

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by having you supply mana through the crystal

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to this amorphous flame!

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As such, you'll pour as much mana as you can

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into the contained flame!

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The amount you're able to provide

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will determine your score!

327
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Wh-what?

328
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That sounds kinda easy.

329
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So we just need to fill the crystal with mana, right?

330
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All right, let's start with Student #1!

331
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No... there's no way this is going to be THAT easy.

332
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Does it get easier with time for the immortal?

333
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If I was born normal, if I become normal, can I stay close?

334
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With the children, we link our arms

335
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Make a circle and sing a song

336
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Knowing there was no chair for me all along

337
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You locked me into the dark, I'm your preserved flower

338
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The world is too slow to understand

339
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Not all blossoms spark, And spikes may be sharp

340
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They only want to see the beautiful parts

341
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Sitting in a shower of scarlet rain

342
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It all used to be ours, I'm counting the hours

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Hours that stood between us like a river

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Once I crawled through the water

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All I ever knew have become distant past