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Since we have such little information,
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we should prepare just in case
it doesn't have a mind.
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In that case, we'll have to
use sheer force.
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Is that possible?
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I don't know.
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Um, in that case...
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I might be able to kill Mistress Frieren.
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Yeah?
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Yes.
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Well then, let's draft up a plan.
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ORIGINAL STORY BY
KANEHITO YAMADA / TSUKASA ABE
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First, let's make sure
we're on the same page.
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In the event that the clone has a mind,
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we'll use Edel's hypnosis magic
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to break through my mental defense.
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-And to have Fern kill me. Is that right?
-Yes.
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How can you say "yes" so easily?
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Dünste.
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Where is Edel?
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We were attacked by Sense's clone,
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and she dropped out of the exam.
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I see. And Blei as well?
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I was able to run to safety
because he bought me time.
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I hope he was able to escape safely.
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Don't mind me! Go!
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But...
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Anything's better than having
zero participants pass.
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I have information.
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Will you cooperate with me?
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I was willing to do that
from the very beginning.
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Is there anyone who can heal?
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I have Scriptures, so I can
perform simple healing magic.
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Thank you.
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I see.
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So the clones don't have minds.
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That's right. According to Edel,
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they're just imitating the workings
of a mind very precisely.
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But they don't have a real mind.
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Now there is no easy way of defeating it.
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We have to draft up a plan
with that in mind.
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That being said,
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there are still too many unknown factors.
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The biggest issue to focus on
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is the identity of
those clones and the caster of the spell.
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We can't take action
until we understand their nature.
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We especially need to find out
if they really don't have any weaknesses.
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If that clone is really
on the same level as Frieren,
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some of us may end up dead.
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I won't give any answers.
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I thought so.
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It doesn't have any weaknesses.
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The one manipulating the clones
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is a monster from mythical times
called Spiegel.
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Lawine.
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How do you know?
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My oldest brother
was part of the advance party sent by
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the Continental Magic Association
to raid the Ruins of the King's Tomb.
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So you had information?
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No wonder you were
able to make it this far.
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But what you did wasn't very logical.
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If you knew, you should have
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shared this information
and cooperated with us from the beginning.
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No one seemed to be
in the mood to cooperate.
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Plus, Frieren and Fern went in ahead of us
before we knew it.
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And you, old man,
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are the type to abandon your comrades
if it's not against the rules.
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Why would we cooperate with you?
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You really got on their bad side.
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I am, indeed, an old man.
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But it hurts when you say it to my face.
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-You should probably apologize.
-Sorry about that, old man.
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According to the observations
of the advance party,
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Spiegel is on the other side of that door,
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inside the treasure vault.
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Supposedly, the monster itself
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is weak and has no means of attack.
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{\an8}If you defeat it,
all the clones will disappear.
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That matches up with the results
from our mana detection.
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The monster is beyond that door.
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But that door has
a powerful binding spell cast on it.
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I noticed that too.
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My clone must have done that.
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The spell that shuts the door of
a treasure vault at the risk of your life.
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It's one of the most powerful
binding spells in all folk magic.
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That door will not open
unless the caster dies.
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We could ignore the door completely
and break down the wall,
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but it probably has
a workaround for that too.
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Either way, in order to get to Spiegel,
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we have no choice
but to defeat that clone.
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Then you'd better hurry up.
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What do you mean?
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Spiegel creates clones of
everyone inside the dungeon.
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And those clones
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instinctively flock to
the innermost depths over time.
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Aside from my brother's unit,
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most of the members of the previous
advance party were annihilated.
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They were annihilated right here,
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just before the innermost depths.
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I see.
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Excuse me.
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The clones imitate the workings
of a mind very precisely, right?
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That means they have the same
behavioral weaknesses
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as their originals, right?
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Most likely.
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In that case, we might have a chance.
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What is this "weakness"
you're talking about?
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Mistress Frieren,
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can you please
stand by that wall over there?
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Sure.
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This is...
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It can't be...
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Unbelievable...
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Did you notice?
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-Do you get it?
-No.
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This is, indeed, Frieren's fatal flaw.
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Why didn't I notice this
when I fought her?
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No...
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I knew she was skilled, and that
preconception prevented me from noticing.
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The moment she uses magic,
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her mana detection is interrupted
for a split second.
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Isn't that a common mistake
made by apprentice mages?
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I've always been bad at that.
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If you were aware of it,
why didn't you tell us?
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Because it's embarrassing.
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Now is not the time to be saying that.
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But all her other skills
are just too exceptional.
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Very few mages would be able to actually
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take advantage of her flaw.
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Anyway,
let's just start a strategy meeting.
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Even if we get rid of Frieren's clone...
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Mistress Frieren,
you look like you're having fun.
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Yeah.
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Sounds like we have a plan.
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Eisen, you distract the monster
while I attack from the side.
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Frieren, you provide covering fire.
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What about Heiter?
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He has a hangover, so he's useless today.
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He's dead.
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I just remembered how
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we used to have discussions like this
when we fought dungeon bosses.
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All right.
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Let's start our raid.
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Can we win?
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Don't worry.
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There is no such thing as a dungeon
that can't be raided.
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I'm the mage from the party
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that has raided
the most dungeons in history.
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Are you sure you want to
fight Frieren's clone
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all by yourselves?
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It's easier to predict your opponent's
movements when there are fewer people.
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Yes.
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It's true that we would most likely win
if we all fought together,
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but most of us would die in the process.
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You probably won't even have time
to use your evacuation golem.
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So you're saying
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it is more important
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to stop the clones that will
come to the innermost depth?
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After all, we'd all be wiped out
if we got attacked from both sides.
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Okay, let's go according to plan.
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All right. I wish you good luck.
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Go ahead and open it.
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Well then...
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Let's go around and say who the toughest
opponent would be for each of us.
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Judradjim.
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It's moving exactly how
Mistress Frieren predicted.
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Vollzanbel.
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Its mana detection was interrupted.
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My clone will be wary of Fern,
who hid during that time.
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But it will be too busy fighting me,
its evenly matched opponent.
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It won't have time to search for Fern.
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After all,
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nobody knows how dangerous I can be
more than I do.
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Don't worry.
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When you perfectly conceal yourself,
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even I can't find you that easily.
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But are you sure that Zoltraak
is the spell I should
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use to attack?
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It's the quickest spell to fire.
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Plus, Zoltraak is
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a relatively newer spell among elves.
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It hasn't been around long enough
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for our reflexes to
automatically defend us.
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In order to counter it, we have to think,
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so it takes a little longer,
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even if it's just a split second.
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But not for you, Fern.
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For you, Zoltraak is something
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that has always existed
from the time you were born.
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It's fundamental magic
that comes naturally to you.
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Your Zoltraak would be able to kill me.
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Put in all the mana you have.
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Frieren,
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you don't like me, right?
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Why did you come see me?
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To tell you the truth,
I thought I'd never see you again.
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I came to deliver my master's will.
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It's been 50 years...
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I see. So Flamme died, huh?
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You're not sad?
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I only raised her on a whim.
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It's basically a report.
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What did she write?
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Apparently,
the emperor authorized the research
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of magic on a national level.
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Up until now, magic was viewed
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as the art of demons
among human societies,
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so studying it indiscreetly
was considered taboo.
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Flamme was the one who proposed the idea,
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and she took part in teaching
the newly established Imperial Mages.
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She basically wrote to me
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to ask me to take over in her place.
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How greedy is she?
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Just getting the authorization
for researching magic was a feat.
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But she wants more?
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Is this such a big deal?
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This means the largest empire
on the continent will begin researching
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and applying magic for military use.
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The nations around it
won't be able to ignore that.
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In just a few decades,
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magic will become
widespread throughout the continent.
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A day will come when all of mankind
will be able to use magic.
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In the not too distant future,
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mankind will gain the power
to fight against the Demon King's army.
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I see. That's pretty incredible.
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I know.
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But
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that is not what I want.
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Go home, Frieren.
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There is no way I am going to
agree to this will.
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It's extremely annoying.
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"A time where
anyone can use magic," you say?
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Magic should be special.
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I don't plan to
teach anyone without talent.
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To think she would send me this...
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Flamme and I could never agree
until the very end.
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She's just an apprentice I raised
on a whim, after all.
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Master said,
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"Serie will most likely get mad
and rip up the will."
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But she still wanted to tell you anyway,
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that her dream came true.
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Don't ask me why.
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Well, I'll be off now.
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I don't think we'll ever meet again.
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Frieren.
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Before that, want to take a little walk?
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We have all the time in the world, anyway.
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It was Flamme's dream to see
the day when anyone
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could use magic.
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At first, it had nothing to do
with wanting to save mankind
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or fight the Demon King's army.
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She didn't care about any of that.
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Do you know her favorite spell?
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The spell to create a field of flowers.
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It's a stupid spell
that has no use whatsoever.
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She really loved magic.
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She sincerely wished for everyone
in the world to be able to
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cast spells like that.
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It gave me the creeps.
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It sounded like
a little girl's cutesy dream.
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But that's exactly what it was.
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It was a pipe dream that
she shared with me when she was
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a little girl who was
much shorter than me.
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Honestly, I thought
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that day wouldn't come for a while
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and that she couldn't possibly
make it come true.
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But in her short lifetime,
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which amounts to
almost nothing in my eyes,
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she was able to become
the progenitor of mankind's magic.
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Master was always quick to make decisions.
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It was as if she was pressed for time.
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Humans have a limited lifespan.
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They are closer to death than we are.
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There are many times
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in life when you have to
make big decisions,
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and humans like her cannot afford
to postpone making them.
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For us, we could do it
100 or 200 years later.
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Even if we put it off for 1,000 years,
it wouldn't make any difference.
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The time we have is close to an eternity.
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Frieren,
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a long time has passed
since humans first created
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what we call civilization.
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From here, the generations
will come and go rapidly.
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In a mere millennium...
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In a mere millennium,
it will become the era of humans.
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Humans will overtake us.
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Don't neglect your training, Frieren.
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If anyone can kill you,
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it will be the Demon King
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or a human mage.
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How exciting, Serie.
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That means I will get to see lots of mages
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and all kinds of spells.
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Well then.
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-Let's get it over with.
-Both might die.
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-Wow.
-I'll leave it to you.
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-This won't work either.
-Mistress Frieren.
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-I expected it.
-I have no choice but to do it.
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So this is the height of magic?
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Subtitle translation by: Kiko Morita