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I'm so bored.

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Alto's stuck in his test…

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wonder if I can buy something sweet around here.

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Man, sounds like this year's practical

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was really tough for everyone.

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Oh, absolutely.

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That means the written must be tougher this year, too.

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At least it will mean the mages that pass

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will be far more skilled.

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Eh, I don't think that'll be a problem for my Master.

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Honestly, he's more than just studious. He's obsessed.

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Studying

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Practice

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All-nighters

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Studying

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Practice

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Why does he push himself so hard?

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I want to be stronger. Strong enough to protect Vermeil!

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Ugh! I just want the test to be over with!

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All right.

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After skimming the test, it doesn't look like

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I'll get stuck on any questions.

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The calculations for Question 4 will take time, though,

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so I'll skip it for now…

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He's sleeping?!

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Th-the test just started! Is this guy right in the head?

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Gah! I don't have time to worry

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about someone else! I have to focus!

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I'm going to pass this exam

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and get promoted to Bronze Square!

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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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QUESTIONS

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I got this feeling on the practical, too,

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but the questions seem harder than previous years.

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Sure, I can handle them, but…

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This one's asking to calculate the interference

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and resonance for more than two formulae.

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Shouldn't a question like this

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be on the Silver Square exam?

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The Ministry of Magic might've gone a little too far

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when they made these questions…

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Good nap!

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H-he was asleep this whole time?!

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Unfortunately, he doesn't have enough time now

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to get through every question…

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All right, let's look at this Bronze Square exam.

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All done!

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Huh?

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He's done?! Who is this guy?!

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How 'bout you? You finished? Super easy, right?

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Wh-why's he talking to me?!

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Whoa, you're actually explaining your answer?!

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You don't need to do that! Just write the answer!

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Stop, stop, stop, we're in the middle of the test!

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You two! Stop talking over there!

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I-I-I'm sorry!

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What the hell? Way to be rude.

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Whoa, whoa, can you please stop?

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Why should I? Not like anyone's

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gonna finish the test today, anywho.

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What's that supposed to mean?

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Pardon the interruption, sir, but it's urgent!

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It better be urgent, they're still taking the test.

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To hell with the exam!

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A student was found dead in the restroom!

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What?!

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That can't be right,

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we have every student accounted for…

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Boy, you guys figured that out faster than I thought.

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Huh?

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No…

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Alto!

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Y'know, it was kinda fun taking the test.

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Reminded me of the good old days.

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But whatever.

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Wh-who are you?

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Me? Quickest explanation, I'm your enemy...

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...little Demon Master.

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Wait, is he...

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You there! Stop right there!

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I am First Lieutenant Mackenzer,

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and by the authority of the Royal Militia,

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I hereby place you under arrest

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for murder and destruction of property!

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Raise your hands and come quietly!

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Pipe down, would you?

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I'm in the middle of something here.

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All right, whatcha gonna do?

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I knew it! He's the one who helped Professor Obsidian…

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Watch out, MacKenzer!

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Alto!

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Vermeil!

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He's dangerous! Cover me!

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O-on it!

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He blocked Vermeil's attack?!

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Nice! This is fun!

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You hang in there, MacKenzer!

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C-Colonel… I'm all right!

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Not bad, old man.

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Most people can't kick through my rook's armor.

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I know you. You're Iolite of Heaven's Will!

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Huh?

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H-Heaven's Will? So he's...

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That's right.

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That's Iolite of Heaven's Will, the youngest mage

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to be promoted to Platinum Square!

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He's a prodigy that outclasses

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every other mage out there!

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Though I believe there was one person

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who got a perfect score on every exam.

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Bronze, Silver, Gold, every exam, every question correct.

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No way… that's him?

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Some've said his ability to create life

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was stolen from God himself.

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Why is a prodigy like you doing something like this?

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Stop it, you're making me blush!

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You're Colonel Pharanx of the Royal Mage Corps, yeah?

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The expert in battle magic.

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And that lady over there is glaring holes into me.

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Wow, am I the baddie?

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Alto!

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Let go of me! Alto's still in there!

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Hey! Come on, get out of here, hurry!

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No! Alto!

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Lilia!

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You certainly let everyone escape rather easily.

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You sure you don't need hostages?

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Hostages? C'mon, I wouldn't stoop to that level.

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Oh yeah, there's one thing I wanted to ask you.

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You don't actually think you can stop me, do you?

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Let me in! Alto's still in there!

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Are you insane?! Let us handle this! You three evacuate!

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I don't care! Alto is still inside the building!

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Could we just take a look inside?

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We're going to assist the Colonel. Follow me!

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Alto!

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Hey, you!

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Dammit! Let's go!

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Lilia…

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All right, let's go, too!

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Right!

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O-okay, let's go, too!

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Right!

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Lilia?!

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Cheryl? Why'd you come, too?

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You guys?!

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This is transference magic…

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And on such a huge scale…

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Vermeil!

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Man, I'm invincible!

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I-impossible.

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He's too powerful.

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Figured not even demons could handle me.

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Kohakumiya and the gang should've been able

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to take you out on their own…

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Really? What're you doing?

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Let go of Vermeil!

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Alto!

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That's the same thing I saw during the practical exam!

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Golden light… the mana of a demon.

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Makes sense, seeing as you and her have…

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Really?!

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Silver mana?!

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Is this Alto's…

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I promised her! I promised I'd protect her!

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Wait, you're actually serious!

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No way!

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I'm going... to protect her!

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Alto!

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I'm impressed. You got me to pull out my knights.

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Huh. All right.

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Has no one seriously figured you out yet?

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Sheesh, everyone's so dumb.

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What are you going to do with Vermeil...?

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Huh?

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Oh, right. I haven't told you what my plan is.

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It's simple. Same thing every cliché bad guy wants to do.

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We're gonna destroy the world.

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To do that, though, we're gonna need her

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and the other demons' powers.

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C'mon, don't be so upset.

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Demons aren't all that good to begin with.

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Iolite!

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Calm down.

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Things are just getting fun.

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You wouldn't want to die before you get to watch.

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Wow. Does that mean you're getting "serious"?

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I'm going to take you out, here and now!

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What the...?

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C'mon, now.

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If you're gonna get serious,

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then you'd better give it everything you've got.

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All right, let's have a little fun with-

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Stay away from Vermeil...!

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Sheesh, don't be such a party pooper.

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Don't worry. I'll make good use of her, all right?

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Yeah right... I'm not letting a creep like you have her!

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I'm... Vermeil's master!

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You don't have to do this. I was gonna let you go.

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Why're you being so annoying?

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If you're gonna be mad, get mad at the guy

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who fell in love with his familiar.

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Vermeil, I…

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What?

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The book that Vermeil was sealed in?!

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Hello. We meet again.

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I saw her in my dream…

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Who are you?

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Me? I am the Mage of Beginnings.

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I was the first to reach that which you call

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the "Depths" of magical knowledge.

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And I was the mage who sealed Vermeil in this book.

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What's an ancient mage like you

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popping out of that book for at a time like this?

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Doesn't seem like you're actually "alive," either.

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The apparition before you now is not truly me.

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Perhaps you would call it a lingering memory?

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The day Vermeil was sealed in this book,

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I buried a part of myself within it

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to prepare for the day that would one day come.

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So you're the one who sealed her away!

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Oh, do not be so quick to blame.

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She told me to seal her away.

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I merely provided her with assistance.

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Huh?

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You may have an inkling

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as to why she made that request.

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Because I did LOTS of naughty things.

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Vermeil asked to be sealed away?

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Now, the only thing imprisoning her are memories.

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Her memories?

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Trauma, if you will.

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Emotion and memory sometimes become chains

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stronger than magic itself.

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A question. Are you prepared to accept her for all she is?

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Will you embrace the woman

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known as the strongest scourge?

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I will.

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I have strong feelings for Vermeil,

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though I'm not entirely sure what they all mean…

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Still, no matter what might happen,

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I'm always going to stand by Vermeil!

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I see. Then I can entrust you with this burden.

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If you are ready, then proceed.

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Don't worry. I will lead you to her.

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A key?

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Hold on. I've got no idea what's going on,

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but are you really gonna leave me out of it?

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Don't fret. This will be over quickly.

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I don't think so!

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After all, time does not exist...

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...in the world of the mind.

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Where am I?

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We are inside her mind,

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within the world of memories she wishes to forget.

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Wait, what about Iolite?!

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Worry not. The world of memory

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is detached from time and space.

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The time that passes here

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means nothing to the physical world.

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But do be careful.

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If you cannot save her, then your mind

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will be trappeed in this world forevermore.

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This took place 550 years ago,

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when Ortigia was still just the name of a continent.

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550 years ago? That's before

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the Kingdom of Ortigia was founded.

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Vermeil was alive back then?

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Sister!

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Look, there she is.

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Is that…

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Look! I made a flower crown!

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Vermeil!

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Does it get easier with time for the immortal?

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

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With the children, we link our arms

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Make a circle and sing a song

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Knowing there was no chair for me all along

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

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The world is too slow to understand

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Not all blossoms spark, And spikes may be sharp

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They only want to see the beautiful parts

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Sitting in a shower of scarlet rain

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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