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What could this man

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possibly need from me?

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I'm exhausted today

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and I want to go home now.

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So, what did you want me to join you for?

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For a mock battle.

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A-a mock battle?

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I don't think I've had a training partner

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since I went to those schools.

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I may not seem like it,

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but I'm quite famous in the royal capital.

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Choose whatever you'd like.

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Let me see what

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you're truly capable of, Mr. Hero.

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This is a godsend for a budding adventurer!

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Right, let's start our battle.

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I don't know how much of a challenge

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I'll be for him,

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but I'll take this as a chance to train

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with someone more skillful than me.

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A mock battle with Captain Gilbert?

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Who even is that guy?

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Hope he enjoys the afterlife.

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All right, let's do this.

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Such polished movement,

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and the way he controls

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his pace is impressive.

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He had to have trained like crazy

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to get himself to this level.

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But...

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why's he so slow?

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Oh, I think I get it.

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With me as his opponent,

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he sees no point in showing

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even a glimpse of what he can really do.

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Time out.

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What?

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I know you're taking it easy on me,

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but you don't have

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to hold back that much.

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Noted.

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Was I taking it down a notch

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because he's a normal human?

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Sorry about that.

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He's much faster than before.

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But, more importantly...

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the moment I evade him,

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he leaves himself completely open.

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It's like he's luring me in...

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Why?

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Why won't my spear touch him?

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No, this is a trap.

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I don't think he's seriously fighting.

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Damn... Try this on for size!

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He changed it up there!

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Gotcha!

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Not even close!

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I can still handle more.

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You can speed up.

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Oh yeah?

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Could it be that...

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he's already giving it all he's got?

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After all that solitary training I did...

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I might actually be getting stronger.

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Then even I... could maybe wi-

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Dragrave!

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Okay. This one's my loss.

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That was close.

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Unbelievable.

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How could anyone

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evade the captain's Dragrave?

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He was using a practice spear

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with a wide tip

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so the wind force sent that guy flying.

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If it was a battle spear,

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he would have lost his head.

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Yeah, really.

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People with talent like Captain Gilbert

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are one in a million.

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Talent, huh?

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I noticed I had a gift for this

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the moment I held a spear.

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Enough!

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Gilbert is the winner!

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That's the guy they talk about

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in the royal capital...

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The difference in their power

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is clear as day.

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There's no one in this village

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that can beat that guy anymore.

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The more I trained,

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the more polished my technique,

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and the more strength I'd gain.

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But...

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Did you enjoy yourself in our village?

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Yeah, right. That was painfully boring.

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I hear you go around to various areas

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searching for the strong,

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but I don't think there's anyone

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around here that can match you.

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Well, I've beaten every worthy opponent

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in the royal capital.

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I left there with high hopes, but...

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According to the rumors,

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the balance of power between the kingdom

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and their foreign neighbors is falling apart.

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Right now, those countries

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are calling for strong troops,

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and those troops will gather

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in search of fortune and fame.

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Perhaps you should go home

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and see about that.

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Return to the capital

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that is assembling its power.

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I returned to the royal capital and

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single-mindedly continued hunting demons.

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When I heard someone formidable

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had joined the corps,

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I challenged them to fights,

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and I thoroughly trounced them.

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This isn't enough.

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Is there no one who can give me

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a real challenge?

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I'm tired of this.

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Every fiber of my being is bored.

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I am surrounded by weaklings!

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So this is where you are.

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Instructor.

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You're looking glum for someone who's had

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the honorable alias of "Spear Sovereign"

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bestowed upon them.

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Just another bothersome title

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thrust upon me.

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How rude.

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I didn't realize a title equal to my

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Sword Sovereign rank was such a burden.

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It's boring.

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I'm sick of all these chumps.

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What about Ines?

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Ines?

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It's like, she's strong

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in a different way.

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But in a simple mock battle,

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I'd come out on top.

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Is that so?

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It'd be so much more interesting

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if there were more competent people

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like you, Instructor.

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Like me, huh?

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That does sound amusing.

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You must be bored too, right?

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Training soldiers and adventurers

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who hardly equal the power

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of one of your pinkies.

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In any case, I am to protect

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the royal capital.

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I can't win a war by myself,

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no matter how strong I am.

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Besides,

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someday, there will appear someone

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who will surpass me.

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Someday, huh.

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I hope they show up

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while I'm still in this position.

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I might keel over from boredom first.

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A man who defeated a minotaur

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all on his own...

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I wanted to know what kind of person

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could do that, but he makes no sense.

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He showed not one ounce of interest

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in the most lavish of rewards,

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and he was so discourteous,

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even in audience with the king.

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I thought he was all right.

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However...

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it didn't feel like he had the power

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to kill that monster at all.

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But even so...

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Why?

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Why won't my spear touch him?

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I can still handle more.

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You can speed up.

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Oh yeah?

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In that case...

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I'm coming at you full-force, as you wish.

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Much faster than the speed of sound,

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and my most powerful technique-

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I knew that if I let something like that

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loose on a person they'd die.

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It was the only way I could make him

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feel my spear in that moment!

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Dragrave!

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I had no idea what happened.

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For the first time in a head-on battle,

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I was thoroughly defeated.

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Furthermore...

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I give up. I've lost.

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What'd you say?

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I get it.

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There's no point in continuing to fight.

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Was he showing concern for me because

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we were in front of my subordinates?

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I'd never been so humiliated.

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What? What is it that you "get"?

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Yeah, let's stop.

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We've fought plenty.

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Moreover, those words he said as he left...

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I look forward to

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meeting up with you again.

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What are those cracks?

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When did that happen?

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I have no idea how he did that...

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Regardless, he evaded my technique,

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and he did it while I was at full strength.

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Looks like things are

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finally going to get exciting.

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But jeez, that was an amazing attack!

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There I was,

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thinking I was becoming stronger...

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but even after using Physical Enhancement

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and Featherstep to avoid it...

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If he hadn't held back just enough

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so that I could get away,

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I'd be dead by now.

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He went out of his way to warn me

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that pride will lead to death.

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That Al-something...

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No, Gil...?

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Pretty sure it was something-"bird."

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Bird...

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Filbird?

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That can't be right.

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I'm grateful he did all that.

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I'm still weak.

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I have to toughen up even more.

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Oh, wow!

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This is shockingly good

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at getting that mud out!

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It even gets the stubborn stuff

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stuck at the bottom!

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This sword really is great!

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Hey, he sure made quick work of that.

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Didn't he? He does such a wonderful job.

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Just like Lynne's dad said,

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even if you're a little rough with it,

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it won't get a scratch.

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Well, it was pretty shabby when I got it,

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so maybe I'm just not paying attention.

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Noor!

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Can you take care of mine next?

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Yeah, leave it to me!

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I'm glad my ditch clearing job

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is going well, but...

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Thanks to that I've had to stop

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my soil hauling job for a while.

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Since I can only take F-rank jobs,

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if work in the royal capital dries up,

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there'll be entire days

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where I have nothing to do.

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Now that I've got this,

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I may as well use it to try to be useful

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to people or something.

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I could use this as an oar...

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Nah, I'd have to buy a boat first.

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And it costs money to rent an oven.

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Oh, yeah!

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As long as I have the space to do it,

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I can use it as a griddle.

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But... the problem is the fire power.

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Tiny Flame.

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With my abilities, the best I can do

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is light my fingertip about this much.

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Even though I trained

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so much at those schools,

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I could only acquire skills

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of the lowest level.

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Lord Noor, good morning.

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Lynne...

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You are not permitted to take on

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such a familiar manner as you did.

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...burg, my lady.

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Just call me Lynne.

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Did someone say something

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to you about that?

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Uh, no. Anyways, what are you doing here?

286
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Sorry for just showing up like this.

287
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I asked the guildmaster where you were...

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Am I bothering you?

289
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No.

290
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I didn't tell him the exact location though...

291
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Now that I think about it,

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she can find out where

293
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other people are using her skills.

294
00:14:28,125 --> 00:14:30,375
Why are you here to see me again?

295
00:14:30,375 --> 00:14:34,041
Well, I have a special request

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to ask of you today.

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I want you to accept me as your page.

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What even is that?

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Well.

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A page is someone who takes care

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of your everyday necessities,

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as they learn techniques

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and absorb knowledge from you.

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If I had to say, it's somewhat close

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to an assistant, or having an apprentice.

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Just allowing me

307
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to be around you is enough.

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I will cause you no trouble,

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so if you could please let me-

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No, thanks.

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Huh?

312
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Th-then, there was something

313
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you were unhappy with from the other day?

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Or perhaps, you think someone

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as young as I would be unreliable?

316
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No.

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If you let me stay,

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I'm sure I can be of use to you.

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I may not look it,

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but I've achieved the highest marks ever

321
00:15:15,334 --> 00:15:18,666
in all six training schools!

322
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That isn't the problem.

323
00:15:20,916 --> 00:15:24,583
There's nothing at all that I can teach you.

324
00:15:24,583 --> 00:15:29,333
I don't think you can help me,

325
00:15:24,584 --> 00:15:29,333
because I can do what I need to on my own.

326
00:15:29,541 --> 00:15:33,416
Th-then my family will

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pay you a handsome instructor's fee.

328
00:15:33,416 --> 00:15:35,833
No, I don't need that.

329
00:15:35,833 --> 00:15:40,083
In that case, you can use me

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00:15:35,834 --> 00:15:40,083
to do whatever you'd like.

331
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As an assistant for requests from

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the adventurer's guild, or for odd jobs,

333
00:15:42,833 --> 00:15:44,000
anything at all!

334
00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,416
I don't need you to do that either.

335
00:15:45,416 --> 00:15:46,708
Th-then...

336
00:15:47,250 --> 00:15:49,208
I just don't have a need for you.

337
00:15:49,208 --> 00:15:50,375
I'm serious.

338
00:15:54,375 --> 00:15:57,541
I'll do whatever it takes to show you

339
00:15:54,376 --> 00:15:57,541
I can be of help to you...

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I hope this will make you believe me.

341
00:16:01,625 --> 00:16:03,583
Now, pardon me.

342
00:16:04,125 --> 00:16:05,541
Icicle Dance!

343
00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,208
Hellflare!

344
00:16:17,041 --> 00:16:20,541
This is one of the highest levels

345
00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:20,541
of magic skills that I can use.

346
00:16:21,166 --> 00:16:22,666
It's called Hellflare.

347
00:16:22,875 --> 00:16:24,083
And...

348
00:16:28,125 --> 00:16:29,541
Mist Blade.

349
00:16:41,583 --> 00:16:44,208
This is a secret of the thief class.

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The Sovereign of Shadows,

351
00:16:44,209 --> 00:16:45,875
Instructor Carew,

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00:16:45,875 --> 00:16:47,666
was kind enough to impart

353
00:16:45,876 --> 00:16:47,666
this knowledge unto me.

354
00:16:47,666 --> 00:16:48,541
And also...

355
00:16:54,208 --> 00:16:55,875
Divine Slash!

356
00:17:02,166 --> 00:17:06,708
What I just showed you is the sacred-class

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00:17:02,167 --> 00:17:06,708
skill of a swordsman, Divine Slash.

358
00:17:06,708 --> 00:17:08,583
It's a highly specialized technique,

359
00:17:08,583 --> 00:17:10,875
especially effective against the undead,

360
00:17:08,584 --> 00:17:10,875
and also-

361
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I get it. That's enough.

362
00:17:12,916 --> 00:17:15,291
Th-then do I have permission

363
00:17:12,917 --> 00:17:15,291
to become the page of-

364
00:17:15,291 --> 00:17:16,500
Still no.

365
00:17:18,041 --> 00:17:19,791
Why is she doing all this?

366
00:17:19,791 --> 00:17:24,333
It seems she's mistaken me for

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a person who's worth learning from.

368
00:17:24,666 --> 00:17:28,833
After seeing everything she just did,

369
00:17:24,667 --> 00:17:28,833
I understand her talents well.

370
00:17:28,833 --> 00:17:30,958
I almost feel pitiful compared to her.

371
00:17:31,166 --> 00:17:33,375
It's become more and more obvious

372
00:17:31,167 --> 00:17:33,375
there's nothing I can teach you.

373
00:17:34,625 --> 00:17:36,333
I-I'm...

374
00:17:36,333 --> 00:17:40,041
But my power has been recognized

375
00:17:36,334 --> 00:17:40,041
by the Six Sovereigns,

376
00:17:40,041 --> 00:17:43,500
and if you let me join you,

377
00:17:40,042 --> 00:17:43,500
I'm sure I can assist you in some way!

378
00:17:43,708 --> 00:17:48,750
I still think I'm nothing compared to you,

379
00:17:43,709 --> 00:17:48,750
but I beg of you!

380
00:17:48,750 --> 00:17:51,583
How can I make her understand?

381
00:17:51,583 --> 00:17:54,333
Maybe it's best

382
00:17:51,584 --> 00:17:54,333
to just show her the reality...

383
00:17:54,333 --> 00:17:58,791
Earlier, you showed me

384
00:17:54,334 --> 00:17:58,791
a lot of amazing skills you have,

385
00:17:58,791 --> 00:18:01,000
but I'll show you my own skills now.

386
00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:02,625
Tiny Flame.

387
00:18:10,250 --> 00:18:12,250
The young boy with no talent.

388
00:18:12,833 --> 00:18:16,458
The instructors at the royal capital's

389
00:18:12,834 --> 00:18:16,458
training schools would tell stories

390
00:18:16,458 --> 00:18:18,375
of this young boy.

391
00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:26,333
However, everyone interpreted them

392
00:18:19,834 --> 00:18:26,333
as fairy tales, created to teach lessons.

393
00:18:26,750 --> 00:18:32,083
Because the idea of that

394
00:18:26,751 --> 00:18:32,083
young boy was preposterous.

395
00:18:32,666 --> 00:18:34,916
As a twelve-year-old,

396
00:18:34,916 --> 00:18:36,875
he attended all six training courses

397
00:18:36,875 --> 00:18:40,750
known for their rigorous nature

398
00:18:36,876 --> 00:18:40,750
at the royal schools,

399
00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:43,208
and completed the full term for each.

400
00:18:43,416 --> 00:18:45,583
That sort of person cannot possibly exist.

401
00:18:45,583 --> 00:18:47,375
Everyone knows that.

402
00:18:48,208 --> 00:18:50,375
The brawniest warrior would give up

403
00:18:50,375 --> 00:18:54,708
after three days in that three-month

404
00:18:50,376 --> 00:18:54,708
long course, let alone a child...

405
00:18:55,125 --> 00:18:57,041
I thought the same thing...

406
00:18:57,750 --> 00:18:59,541
until I met that person.

407
00:19:00,750 --> 00:19:03,958
Instructor Oken

408
00:19:00,751 --> 00:19:03,958
showed me something once.

409
00:19:04,250 --> 00:19:07,000
What interesting thing

410
00:19:04,251 --> 00:19:07,000
do you have to show me?

411
00:19:07,250 --> 00:19:11,958
Lady Lynneburg, have a look.

412
00:19:14,833 --> 00:19:16,750
The Tiny Flame got bigger!

413
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,083
Aha!

414
00:19:18,083 --> 00:19:20,041
Interesting, yes?

415
00:19:20,333 --> 00:19:23,291
Depending on the training,

416
00:19:23,291 --> 00:19:26,875
even the base level skill

417
00:19:23,292 --> 00:19:26,875
Tiny Flame can grow this large.

418
00:19:28,750 --> 00:19:31,958
It has absolutely no practical use,

419
00:19:28,751 --> 00:19:31,958
and for me who has lived

420
00:19:31,958 --> 00:19:35,833
more than 200 years and has some time

421
00:19:31,959 --> 00:19:35,833
on his hands, it's just a bit of fun.

422
00:19:37,166 --> 00:19:38,416
Tiny Flame.

423
00:19:40,166 --> 00:19:43,291
I tried countless times

424
00:19:40,167 --> 00:19:43,291
to do it myself too,

425
00:19:43,291 --> 00:19:46,333
but I couldn't make the flame

426
00:19:43,292 --> 00:19:46,333
even slightly larger.

427
00:19:46,833 --> 00:19:49,708
This is not something

428
00:19:46,834 --> 00:19:49,708
that could be done in a day,

429
00:19:49,708 --> 00:19:52,541
but it requires devotion to your studies

430
00:19:49,709 --> 00:19:52,541
for a very long time.

431
00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:56,208
And that's precisely why

432
00:19:52,959 --> 00:19:56,208
I was stunned speechless.

433
00:19:56,208 --> 00:20:00,708
It was many times bigger than what the

434
00:19:56,209 --> 00:20:00,708
world's greatest sorcerer Oken had done.

435
00:20:01,375 --> 00:20:03,708
A Tiny Flame

436
00:20:01,376 --> 00:20:03,708
that far outclassed the others.

437
00:20:03,958 --> 00:20:06,291
This is my Tiny Flame.

438
00:20:06,791 --> 00:20:10,208
The other five class skills

439
00:20:06,792 --> 00:20:10,208
are just like this one.

440
00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:12,291
Do you understand what this means?

441
00:20:14,333 --> 00:20:18,916
Basically, all six of his class skills

442
00:20:14,334 --> 00:20:18,916
are extraordinary.

443
00:20:19,333 --> 00:20:23,916
What did I just show to that

444
00:20:19,334 --> 00:20:23,916
monumentally powerful person?

445
00:20:24,583 --> 00:20:28,375
Just showing off some high-level skills

446
00:20:24,584 --> 00:20:28,375
that I've only memorized?

447
00:20:29,083 --> 00:20:31,000
He repelled those attacks from that Minotaur's axe

448
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,750
with only a single broadsword

449
00:20:31,001 --> 00:20:33,750
in his hands numerous times.

450
00:20:33,750 --> 00:20:39,125
He didn't brag about his power and

451
00:20:33,751 --> 00:20:39,125
quietly went on working for other people.

452
00:20:39,833 --> 00:20:42,750
If I could put it into one word,

453
00:20:39,834 --> 00:20:42,750
I'd say he's strong.

454
00:20:42,750 --> 00:20:44,625
Not only in body, but in mind as well.

455
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,750
He has the fortitude

456
00:20:46,001 --> 00:20:48,750
to live life on his own,

457
00:20:48,750 --> 00:20:50,708
so he will never yield to anyone.

458
00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:56,083
In the future, I will be in the position

459
00:20:51,626 --> 00:20:56,083
to lead this kingdom alongside my brother.

460
00:20:56,791 --> 00:21:01,875
The motto of the Clays royal family is

461
00:20:56,792 --> 00:21:01,875
"Those of royal blood must be strong."

462
00:21:02,291 --> 00:21:07,125
That's why more than anything I must learn

463
00:21:02,292 --> 00:21:07,125
how to achieve strength like that.

464
00:21:19,166 --> 00:21:20,291
Thanks for the meal!

465
00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:27,041
Lord Noor. I've figured it out.

466
00:21:28,125 --> 00:21:31,291
My own pride, as well as my immaturity.

467
00:21:33,416 --> 00:21:37,666
Until the day comes when

468
00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:37,666
you will recognize me as your page...

469
00:21:38,416 --> 00:21:42,500
Until that happens, I will follow

470
00:21:38,417 --> 00:21:42,500
behind you wherever you may go.

471
00:21:42,916 --> 00:21:45,125
Lord Noor. No...

472
00:21:45,541 --> 00:21:46,750
Instructor Noor.

473
00:21:47,583 --> 00:21:49,000
"Instructor"?

474
00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:51,500
Because the answer

475
00:21:49,501 --> 00:21:51,500
that I am in pursuit of...

476
00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:54,541
no, the supreme "strength"

477
00:21:51,501 --> 00:21:54,541
that generations upon generations

478
00:21:54,541 --> 00:21:56,416
of the Clays royal family have sought

479
00:21:56,416 --> 00:21:59,375
resides within this man.

480
00:22:00,541 --> 00:22:03,791
How... did this happen?

481
00:22:06,041 --> 00:22:11,000
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