1. Like a fairy tale
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2. It's a sign the story has reached its end
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3. Like a single passage taken from
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4. A journey that was too long
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5. Of the evil that once cast a shadow
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6. Across this land
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7. And the memories of the short journey
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8. With the hero who defeated it
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9. Beyond Journey's End
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10. The story ends
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11. And the hero goes to sleep
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12. Leaving this land with
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13. Days of peace and quiet
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14. The passage of time heartlessly
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15. Makes people forget
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16. Even the tracks left behind by his life
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17. Begin to rust
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18. Just the same
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19. Your words and wishes and courage
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20. Are still inside of me
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21. And they live on
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22. We chose the same path
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23. That's all it was supposed to be
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24. Why is it that at some point
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25. I wanted to understand the reason for
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26. The tears that fall down my cheeks
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27. Even now
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28. If I retrace the journey we walked together
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29. Even though you're not there
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30. I know I'll be able to find it
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31. 27 years after the death of Himmel the Hero,
in the trade city of Warm, located in the central lands
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32. Let's split up and replenish
our traveling supplies.
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33. "Split up"? You've assigned me
most of the necessities.
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34. Food, water, daily essentials.
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35. What are you going to buy?
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36. Herbs and stuff.
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37. That's the face she makes when
she's hiding something from me.
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38. I've known Ms. Frieren for a long time.
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39. Nothing good ever happens
when she makes that face.
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40. She's definitely going to buy
something we don't need.
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41. I bought this.
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42. What are you going to use that for?
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43. This potion only dissolves clothing.
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44. Go return it.
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45. It's a book on magical history.
Classroom study is important, too.
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46. Well, I wouldn't call that one unnecessary.
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47. I'll meet you at the inn later.
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48. We can't afford to waste
our traveling funds.
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49. I'd better keep a close eye on her.
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50. An accessory shop?
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51. You went to sleep without
drying your hair again.
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52. So she's interested in fashion after all.
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53. She seems really conflicted.
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54. What's with that face?
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55. I've never seen Ms. Frieren
look so troubled before.
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56. She spent a lot of time on that.
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57. I suppose an accessory wouldn't hurt.
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58. It's better than weird bones or medicines.
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59. Maybe I'll resume my shopping soon.
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60. Is there a shop around here
that sells good desserts?
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61. Now that's not fair.
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62. There's a tavern in the basement
of that building. Try asking there.
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63. Thank you.
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64. I haven't eaten anything sweet in months!
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65. This must be it.
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66. Is there a shop around here
that sells good desserts?
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67. This clearly isn't the right
place to ask about desserts.
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68. A dessert joint? Who do you
think you're talking to?
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69. Gulp.
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70. You better believe this city's got
mountains of delicious desserts.
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71. We can recommend you places all over.
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72. So they do know about desserts here.
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73. For such rough-looking guys,
you know a lot about desserts.
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74. A bit of sugar gives us the energy
we need to adventure.
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75. Nothing beats rewarding yourself with
something sweet after a hard day's work.
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76. So they're adventurers. Though I'd say
even "rough" is an understatement.
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77. They're terrifying.
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78. See ya.
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79. Is she going to a dessert shop?
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80. Huh? She's heading in
the direction of our inn.
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81. Is she going back?
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82. I'm not even close to finishing my shopping.
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83. You're late.
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84. I'm sorry.
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85. Well, no matter. Put your things down.
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86. Shall we go get something sweet to eat?
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87. What a nice view. No wonder
they recommended this place.
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88. Ms. Frieren, I'm sorry for doubting you.
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89. What are you talking about?
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90. Nothing.
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91. Choose whatever you'd like.
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92. Can we afford it?
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93. I've been saving up secretly.
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94. She's been keeping secret savings?
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95. Ms. Frieren, what will you have?
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96. Well, today I feel like...
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97. Merkur pudding, right?
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98. You feel like eating Merkur
pudding today, don't you?
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99. How did you know?
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100. How many years do you think
we've traveled together?
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101. I can just tell.
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102. I don't know anything about the rest of you.
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103. Then maybe I'll try harder
to teach you about myself.
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104. Incidentally, my favorite
food is Ruf-omelette.
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105. Mine's grapes. The sourer, the better.
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106. Mine is—
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107. Alcohol, right?
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108. I knew that already, you corrupt priest.
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109. That's nothing to blush about.
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110. It's not a good sign that the one thing
she remembers is your drinking.
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111. Fern, I'm sorry.
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112. Why are you apologizing?
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113. I don't know anything about you,
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114. so I don't know what you like.
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115. Come to think of it, it's my birthday today.
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116. What a beautiful hair ornament.
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117. Thank you. I'm delighted.
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118. Really?
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119. You seem to be hopelessly dense,
so let me be clear.
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120. I'm overjoyed that you
tried to get to know me.
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121. Only because I tried?
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122. You really don't understand
people's feelings, do you?
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123. Shall we get going?
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124. Sure.
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125. By the way, Ms. Frieren,
does this journey have a purpose?
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126. Not particularly. I'm satisfying
my desire to collect spells.
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127. But whenever possible,
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128. I'd like to retrace the adventures
I had with Himmel and the others
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129. before all sign of them fades away.
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130. That's something important to you, right?
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131. I don't know, so I'm trying
to figure that out.
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132. You've finally grown taller than me.
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133. I'm sixteen now. I could be your older sister.
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134. My older sister?
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135. Our diets are mostly the same,
so it can't be that.
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136. How strange.
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137. Episode 3: Killing Magic
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138. 27 years after the death of Himmel the Hero,
in Größe Forest, located in the central lands
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139. You've grown quite accustomed
to casting defensive spells.
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140. Let's put that into practice.
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141. What?
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142. I aimed for the gaps in your defenses.
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143. If this had been a real battle, you'd be dead.
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144. Now, then...
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145. How will you handle this?
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146. Like this.
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147. I see.
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148. Can you withstand this?
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149. That's enough for today.
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150. Defensive magic is powerful,
but it rapidly depletes your mana.
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151. You'll exhaust your mana supply in seconds
if you try to maintain it over a large area.
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152. So the best option is to cast it in select
locations at the moment of impact.
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153. Exactly.
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154. Hup.
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155. We've been practicing nothing
but defensive magic.
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156. It directly improves your chances of survival.
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157. You're right.
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158. A single defensive spell can defend
against most offensive spells.
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159. It's strange how powerful they are.
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160. Fern, you haven't read the book on
magical history I gave you, have you?
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161. Magic is about theory as much as practice.
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162. I suppose I'll have to read
it to you at bedtime.
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163. I'll read it myself.
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164. I'm not a child, after all.
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165. This village is where you wanted to go, right?
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166. Are you here to collect odd spells again?
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167. No, not this time.
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168. Now it's up to the weather.
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169. Yeah.
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170. I have a question.
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171. It's an elf.
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172. White hair...
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173. Are you Ms. Frieren?
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174. How did you know?
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175. You're here to see the place where
Qual was sealed, aren't you?
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176. I'll show you the way.
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177. Qual?
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178. The Elder Sage of Corruption, Qual.
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179. He's a demon who committed terrible
atrocities in this region eighty years ago,
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180. before being sealed away
by Himmel the Hero and his party.
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181. That seal will break soon,
so I'm here to defeat him,
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182. but how did you know?
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183. I haven't told anyone about this.
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184. Mr. Himmel visited this town every year
until about thirty years ago.
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185. He was apparently checking
on the condition of the seal.
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186. He always was a softie.
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187. He used to talk about you.
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188. He called you heartless
for not checking on him.
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189. She's cold, isn't she?
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190. Quite cold.
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191. Sorry about that.
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192. But she's not so heartless that
she'd leave the village to its fate.
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193. She'll come when the seal is about to break.
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194. That's what he said.
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195. I see.
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196. This is it?
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197. It's become rather unstable.
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198. I'll dispel the seal tomorrow
and take care of Qual.
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199. You're the one who sealed Qual, aren't you?
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200. Is there a reason you did that?
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201. He was simply too strong.
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202. I couldn't beat him.
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203. Even among the Demon King's forces,
Qual was an exceptional mage.
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204. He developed the first piercing spell
in history, which he called Zoltraak.
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205. It pierced not only defensive spells but
the magic resistance of armor as well.
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206. It directly targeted and destroyed the body.
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207. It's said that in this region,
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208. 40% of adventurers and 70% of mages
were killed by Zoltraak.
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209. That's too powerful.
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210. Yes, it was. Much too powerful.
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211. And that's why it backfired on him.
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212. What do you mean?
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213. You really haven't read that
history tome, have you?
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214. Are you sure I shouldn't read it to you?
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215. I'll start reading it right now.
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216. No, it's fine.
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217. It's more important that
you get a good night's sleep.
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218. You'll see tomorrow, anyway.
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219. I'm dispelling the seal.
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220. Don't let your guard down.
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221. It's been a while, Frieren.
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222. How many years has it been?
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223. Eighty.
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224. A mere eighty years, huh?
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225. For us, anyway.
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226. And the Demon King?
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227. We killed him.
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228. I see.
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229. Then I shall avenge him.
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230. Fern, cast a defensive spell in front of us.
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231. Zoltraak!
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232. I'm surprised.
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233. You blocked Zoltraak.
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234. That defensive spell of yours
must be powerful indeed.
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235. Ms. Frieren, what's going on?
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236. That was ordinary offensive magic.
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237. That's Zoltraak.
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238. The killing magic he developed.
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239. Qual, your magic was simply too powerful.
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240. After you were sealed away, mages across
the land studied and analyzed Zoltraak.
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241. In just a few years, Zoltraak was
incorporated into humankind's magic system,
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242. and powerful new defensive spells
were developed.
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243. The magic resistance offered by equipment
has improved significantly as well,
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244. making Zoltraak no longer killing magic.
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245. Now it's just "ordinary offensive magic."
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246. Eighty years is quite a long time for humans.
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247. Qual, if you don't resist,
I'll make your death painless.
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248. I see.
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249. I see, I see.
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250. It attunes itself to the offensive
magic and disperses its power.
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251. A complex spell indeed.
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252. It must consume a great deal of mana.
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253. He figured out the weakness
of defensive magic.
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254. Fern, you know what to do, right?
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255. Yes. I saw it in our practices.
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256. Then protect me as well.
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257. So you can fly? Interesting.
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258. Zoltraak.
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259. Frieren... My spell...
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260. Now we can live in peace.
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261. That hat...
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262. This thing?
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263. Around here, the sun's rays are strong
even at this time of year,
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264. so all farmers wear them.
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265. I've seen this hat before.
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266. You're the brat who flipped my skirt up.
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267. Take that!
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268. What do you think you're doing, brat?
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269. I'll kill you! You saw what I've
been wanting to see all this time!
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270. You'd better not kill him.
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271. I'll show you mine.
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272. Yikes.
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273. You're still alive.
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274. Thanks to you,
I'll be able to live even longer.
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275. I'm glad I trusted Himmel's words and waited.
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276. Ms. Frieren, they thanked you.
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277. They didn't thank me.
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278. The people of this village
believed in Himmel.
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279. I don't understand, exactly,
but I think Mr. Himmel believed in you.
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280. What is it?
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281. Nothing.
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282. And you alright
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283. Can you hear me
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284. Trailing along deserted train tracks
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285. Crying excessively
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286. Wanting you to smile
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287. I hold on to memories I'd like to keep fresh
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288. There's something I'd like to tell you
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289. With words more precious than a goodbye
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290. Unremarkable yet special
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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. So, if I were to be born again
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295. I would surely choose this place once more
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296. So, if we were to meet again
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297. I'd never let you go, I'd choose the present
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298. Even if no promises were made
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299. Even if I'm lost in days of loneliness
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300. Those tears will be alright,
dawn will surely break
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301. I'm whispering our lullaby
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302. for you to come back home
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303. Because I felt sorry for you.
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304. Because it's more convenient that way.
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305. She was an irresponsible person.
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306. That's enough depressing talk.
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307. Are you sure you haven't been
around since prehistoric times?
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308. You're more conscientious than you look.
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309. It was a long time ago.
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310. Aureole, the land where souls rest.
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311. Episode 4
The Land Where Souls Rest
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