1. The path of the warrior is without end.
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2. You've taken yet another step
toward mastering its secrets.
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3. There is nothing left for me to teach you.
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4. You say that every time.
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5. Huh? Fern?
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6. Hmph.
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7. She's pissed? Why?
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8. I'm scared...
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9. You're there like the wind
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10. Closing your eyes at sunset
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11. I wonder what's on your mind
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12. BEYOND JOURNEY'S END
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13. With your eyelids open
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14. Your eyes shone like glass
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15. It faintly smelled like a sunny day
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16. Clear up the sky, let flowers bloom
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17. Bloom and blame it on the sunny sky
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18. Even the rain, when it stops
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19. Will make you shine in the sunlight
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20. Calm the stirring sounds in my heart
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21. We go like the sunny wind
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22. Go on and fly over that cloud
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23. Further and further away
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24. AN ERA OF HUMANS
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25. Ms. Frieren and I had an argument.
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26. Again? You've been arguing a lot recently,
don't you think?
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27. Isn't the third test the final one?
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28. This is hardly the time to be squabbling.
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29. She was truly awful this time.
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30. My staff broke in battle
in the Ruins of the King's Tomb,
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31. so I told Ms. Frieren
I wanted to get it repaired.
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32. She told me it'd be better to buy
a new staff than to repair my old one.
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33. You mean that staff, don't you?
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34. She said it couldn't be repaired
since it was already in pieces.
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35. Still, Mr. Heiter gave me that staff.
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36. It's been with me ever since I was little.
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37. We're talking about Frieren, though.
I doubt she meant any harm.
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38. At the very least, I never even
would have thought of throwing it away.
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39. Three years until the next
first-class mage exam, huh?
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40. Three years is a long time.
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41. Just make fun of me like you always do.
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42. Do you want me to?
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43. No.
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44. In that case, Little Miss Lawine,
shall I pat your head?
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45. What? You wanna fight?
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46. Hurry up.
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47. You're in really rough shape.
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48. Hey, it's Frieren.
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49. What's with the bag?
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50. Hey, how long are you going
to hang around here?
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51. I failed the test. There's nothing
keeping us together anymore.
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52. You're interfering with my business.
Get out of here.
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53. I'm here as a customer.
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54. Then hurry up and choose something.
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55. You can have some.
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56. I don't want any.
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57. You were unlucky this time.
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58. You got the short end of the stick.
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59. It could've happened to
anyone in that position.
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60. A loss is a loss. I wasn't strong enough.
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61. Either way, don't bring that up again.
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62. I may seem fine, but I'm actually
in a terrible mood right now.
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63. But you opened your shop regardless.
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64. Denken, you may not realize this,
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65. but people have to work to make a living
no matter how foul their mood.
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66. Is that right?
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67. Maybe it's for the best
that I'm the one who failed.
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68. The first-class mage exam
is held once every three years.
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69. A decrepit old man like you might not
be around three years from now.
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70. You're right.
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71. Don't agree with me.
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72. Richter, you truly are
an insolent youngster.
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73. You mock authority
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74. and have no qualms about mistreating
the weak in order to achieve your goals.
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75. Your behavior is hardly praiseworthy.
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76. And yet I feel no hatred for you at all,
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77. probably because I was once
an insolent youngster too.
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78. And now, I'm an imperial mage.
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79. What are you trying to say?
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80. I'm telling you not to be so discouraged.
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81. Three years from now, you'll be
far stronger than you are today.
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82. Laufen, let's go.
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83. Sorry. The old man's not good with people.
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84. What's your relationship
with Denken, exactly?
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85. Damn it, old man.
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86. He didn't buy anything after all.
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87. Is today my unlucky day or something?
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88. I asked around town and was told this shop
can fix any staff, no matter how broken.
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89. Show me.
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90. What is this broken pile of scrapwood?
Don't tell me this is meant to be a staff.
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91. I'm not a trash disposal
service, you know.
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92. It's not trash.
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93. Probably.
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94. My mood was starting to improve,
but because of you, I feel terrible again.
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95. I have the right to choose
which jobs I work on.
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96. You should give up on this staff.
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97. I see.
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98. If you can't do it, then never mind.
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99. Frieren, you really get on my nerves.
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100. When did I say I couldn't do it?
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101. Can you finish today?
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102. I want it to be repaired
in time for the third test.
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103. Don't be ridiculous.
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104. Frieren.
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105. What?
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106. I'm sorry for calling it trash.
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107. It's a good, well-maintained staff.
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108. Someone must've taken
really good care of it.
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109. Fern, let's head back already.
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110. Ms. Frieren doesn't understand me at all.
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111. I don't understand you either.
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112. Stop! Don't take it out on me!
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113. What matters is that she
tries to understand you.
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114. I think Frieren is doing her best.
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115. You're Frieren's kid.
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116. Her student, right?
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117. Am I wrong?
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118. No, that's right.
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119. Either way, the second test
only ended yesterday,
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120. but I had another terrible day
because of your master.
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121. I would've made more profit
if you'd just bought a new one.
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122. Take good care of it.
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123. My staff.
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124. Frieren struggles to understand emotions.
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125. I'm sure it will cause
difficulties and disagreements.
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126. But there is one good thing about it.
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127. Frieren will worry and care
about you just as much.
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128. Few masters are better than her.
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129. Ms. Frieren, about yesterday...
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130. What?
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131. Actually, never mind.
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132. I see.
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133. The third test will now begin.
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134. Do you know why I came
all the way here, Sense?
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135. Nothing to say, huh?
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136. You always remain silent
in troublesome situations.
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137. Twelve test-takers passed the second test.
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138. It's an anomaly. It's too many.
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139. I have no problem with a test that
requires all participants to work together,
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140. as the current first-class mages
lack cooperativeness.
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141. Forgive us.
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142. But there is one among the test-takers
who is far too powerful.
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143. You mean Ms. Frieren.
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144. Because of her, many have passed
despite lacking the requisite strength.
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145. A typical third test
would kill all of them.
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146. Sense, that's hardly what you want,
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147. and not even I wish to see
such pointless deaths.
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148. Ms. Serie.
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149. There's no need to apologize.
It's all Frieren's fault.
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150. An anomaly calls for an anomaly.
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151. I will proctor the third test.
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152. It will be a peaceful selection.
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153. In past years, you've proctored the test.
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154. You don't object, do you, Lernen?
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155. Your willfulness is
nothing new, Ms. Serie.
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156. Besides, I could not
possibly test Ms. Frieren.
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157. I could tell at a glance that
she's suppressing her own mana.
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158. Her mana is tremendous, equal to yours.
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159. Falsch, did you notice?
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160. No, I have no idea
what he's talking about.
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161. I observed her mana myself
at the testing area.
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162. It didn't seem to me like
she was suppressing it.
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163. I observed none of the
typical fluctuations.
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164. No living creature with mana
can conceal these fluctuations.
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165. Even if it were possible, it would take
an extraordinary amount of time to master.
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166. It would hardly be a practical skill.
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167. Frieren has devoted her life
to mastering that impractical skill
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168. in order to deceive demons.
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169. Demons are far more sensitive
to mana than us humanoids.
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170. Without innate talent, it takes more than
a century or two of practice to fool them.
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171. It truly is a waste of time.
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172. You'd become far more powerful devoting
your efforts to training something else.
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173. It's incredibly inefficient.
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174. But that inefficiency
breeds weakness in others.
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175. In a battle between experienced mages,
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176. miscalculating your opponent's mana
can lead directly to death.
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177. Frieren is in fact relatively
unskilled for her age,
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178. and yet she's defeated demons.
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179. Her mana control is simply that refined.
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180. As far as I knew, only the Demon King was
able to see through it at first glance.
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181. That is, until this moment, Lernen.
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182. It was a coincidence. I just happened
to see a minor fluctuation.
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183. That's all.
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184. Ever modest and dependable.
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185. It's been more than half a century since
you became the first first-class mage.
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186. But you're still the same timid boy.
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187. That's my only disappointment.
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188. You've achieved this level, and yet
you don't have much longer to live.
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189. I doubt you'll ever get the
chance to fight Frieren,
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190. even if it's a battle you could win.
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191. I shouldn't take on human students.
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192. It's truly disappointing.
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193. In the end, that boy never saw
the fluctuations in my mana either.
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194. The third test will be an interview
with Serie the Great Mage.
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195. You will be called one at a time when
she is ready for you. - So that's how it's
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196. going to be.
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197. You will be called one at a time when
she is ready for you. - Serie intends to
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198. fail us both.
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199. - Please wait here until then.
- Serie intends to fail us both.
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200. You know her?
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201. From a long time ago.
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202. She probably intends to choose who passes
based on her intuition.
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203. But Serie's intuition is always right.
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204. I still haven't become the mage
Serie wishes I were.
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205. Excuse me...
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206. You fail. Now leave.
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207. May I ask why?
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208. My mana frightens you.
You know the limits of your own abilities.
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209. You can't imagine yourself
as a first-class mage, can you?
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210. In the world of magic, that which
can't be visualized cannot be.
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211. It's the most fundamental principle.
Now leave.
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212. Fail.
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213. Fail.
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214. Frieren, you can't imagine yourself
as a first-class mage either,
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215. but for a different reason
from the rest of the test-takers.
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216. You don't believe I'd ever let you pass.
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217. It's true, isn't it?
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218. I'll give you one chance.
Tell me your favorite spell.
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219. A spell to create a field of flowers.
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220. That's the spell Flamme taught you.
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221. How truly useless.
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222. You fail.
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223. Uh-huh.
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224. You won't even stand your ground
when I mock you?
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225. I find it hard to believe a mage
like you defeated the Demon King.
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226. I didn't do it alone.
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227. Himmel, Eisen, Heiter, and me.
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228. If any one of us hadn't been there,
we couldn't have won.
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229. So you were blessed with strong allies.
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230. You were lucky.
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231. That's right. I was lucky.
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232. Himmel, why did you recruit me?
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233. Because I was looking for a powerful mage.
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234. There are plenty of powerful mages
in the royal capital.
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235. It didn't have to be me.
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236. I wanted you.
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237. Why?
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238. Frieren, you may not remember,
but I once met you a long time ago.
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239. Yeah, I don't remember that at all.
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240. I know you don't.
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241. When I was a child, I got lost
while gathering herbs in the forest.
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242. Wandering the woods for hours at night,
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243. I experienced loneliness
for the first time in my life.
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244. I thought I'd never be able
to return to my village.
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245. That was when a lone elf pointed me
in the direction of the village.
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246. All she did was show me which way it was.
She spoke not a word of encouragement.
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247. To the eyes of a child,
she seemed so cold-hearted.
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248. Perhaps she sensed my unease,
or perhaps it was on a whim...
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249. You showed me a spell
to create a field of flowers.
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250. I thought it was beautiful.
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251. For the first time in my life,
I thought magic was beautiful.
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252. It's probably just a coincidence,
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253. but it was that useless spell
my master taught me
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254. that brought me and my
companions together.
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255. Also, Serie, I'm sure you intend
to fail Fern as well,
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256. but I doubt you'll be able to.
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257. She will exceed your expectations.
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258. The era of humans has arrived.
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259. Exceed my expectations? Hardly.
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260. The sight of my mana
has her frozen in place.
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261. She's no different from
the other test-takers.
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262. Wait. What do you see?
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263. It's fluctuating.
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264. Fern, was it?
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265. Be my student.
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266. What? No.
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267. I'll treat you well.
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268. I can take you to greater heights.
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269. To heights no other mage has ever reached.
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270. Does this affect whether or not I pass?
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271. Perhaps.
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272. I see.
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273. Ms. Serie.
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274. Fern.
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275. I'm sure Serie will have
a lot of things to say to you,
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276. but there's no need for you
to accept her demands.
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277. Just as Serie will fail
me no matter what I say,
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278. she will pass you no matter what you say.
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279. After all, Serie's
intuition is always right.
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280. I am Ms. Frieren's student.
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281. Frieren coached you, didn't she?
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282. I'm not foolish enough
to overlook a promising mage.
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283. You pass.
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284. Next.
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285. And I'm alright (I'll be alright)
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286. Yeah, I hear you (I care about you)
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287. The wind teases this
hair that's longer now
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288. There's meaning in everything
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289. Even the days that came to a halt
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290. Now that I finally understand,
I've caught up to you
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291. See, things that couldn't have been
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292. Seen if it weren't for these eyes
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293. Why? They begin to overflow
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294. I won't ask to see you, so at least
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295. Let me remember the past, just for today
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296. So, if we were to meet again
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297. No more hesitations,
I'd choose the present
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298. Anytime, anywhere, yah (wherever you are)
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299. Anytime, anywhere (smile for me)
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300. I'll be there (close your eyes,
and I'll always be there)
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301. Even if there are no absolutes
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302. I'm always aware of your thoughts
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303. Those tears will be alright,
dawn will surely break
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304. I'm whispering our lullaby
for you to come back home
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305. EPISODE 28 IT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING
See you later.
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