1 00:00:04,005 --> 00:00:07,008 [♪ epic choral music playing] 2 00:00:07,758 --> 00:00:10,011 [narrator] The True Demon King has died. 3 00:00:11,721 --> 00:00:15,433 The enemy of the world that filled the horizon with fear, 4 00:00:15,516 --> 00:00:17,435 was defeated by somebody. 5 00:00:18,352 --> 00:00:20,688 To this very day, 6 00:00:20,771 --> 00:00:23,816 that lone Hero remains unknown, both in name and existence. 7 00:00:24,942 --> 00:00:27,737 Now the age of fear has come to an end, 8 00:00:28,446 --> 00:00:31,782 that person has to be chosen. 9 00:00:35,161 --> 00:00:37,204 [♪ theme music playing] 10 00:00:46,797 --> 00:00:50,676 ISHURA 11 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:05,835 Episode 4 12 00:02:05,918 --> 00:02:08,504 Nihilo the Vortical Stampede and Kia the World Word 13 00:02:08,587 --> 00:02:12,550 Aureatia Central Detention Center 14 00:02:12,633 --> 00:02:15,010 - [approaching footsteps] - [gasps] 15 00:02:18,723 --> 00:02:22,017 Lord Hidow, we've received a report from headquarters in Mage City. 16 00:02:22,101 --> 00:02:26,814 Jeez. Do New Principality issues fall under my jurisdiction already? 17 00:02:26,897 --> 00:02:27,898 Yes, sir. 18 00:02:27,982 --> 00:02:31,235 The Third Minister sent notification this morning. 19 00:02:31,819 --> 00:02:32,945 Jelki, huh? 20 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,490 So he's still working at breakneck speed then. 21 00:02:36,574 --> 00:02:37,992 All right, what was the report? 22 00:02:38,075 --> 00:02:42,079 Regular communication from 10 members of our secret service has stopped. 23 00:02:42,663 --> 00:02:45,207 In a matter of one day… 24 00:02:45,291 --> 00:02:47,376 Their base must have been surrounded. 25 00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:50,087 What about survivors? Did nobody escape? 26 00:02:50,171 --> 00:02:52,131 [guard] No, sir, not a single person. 27 00:02:52,757 --> 00:02:55,117 All were elite agents commanded by the Seventeenth Minister. 28 00:02:55,468 --> 00:02:56,552 [Hidow] Hmm… 29 00:02:58,721 --> 00:03:01,557 How many will you need? 30 00:03:02,057 --> 00:03:04,018 For this tactical squad, 31 00:03:04,518 --> 00:03:06,520 I'd want the 64 members of Squad 16. 32 00:03:06,896 --> 00:03:08,481 I'd probably need a sniper team too. 33 00:03:08,564 --> 00:03:10,524 Does Miss Elea know about this? 34 00:03:10,608 --> 00:03:11,609 Miss Elea? 35 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:13,652 The Seventeenth Minister. 36 00:03:13,736 --> 00:03:15,571 Elea the Red Tag. 37 00:03:15,654 --> 00:03:18,032 - [grunts] - [Hidow] She leads the tactical squads. 38 00:03:18,115 --> 00:03:21,118 You should probably report to her first, not me. 39 00:03:21,577 --> 00:03:25,122 Although I heard she's currently undercover on a different operation. 40 00:03:25,206 --> 00:03:26,207 Yes, sir. 41 00:03:26,582 --> 00:03:30,419 She appears to be in a remote region where radzio communication isn't possible. 42 00:03:30,503 --> 00:03:33,714 So I thought I'd report to you first, as you're the person in charge. 43 00:03:33,798 --> 00:03:35,257 The person in charge? 44 00:03:35,341 --> 00:03:36,342 Come on. 45 00:03:36,425 --> 00:03:38,844 I haven't been officially appointed yet. 46 00:03:38,928 --> 00:03:40,262 That may be true, but… 47 00:03:40,763 --> 00:03:41,889 [keys jangling] 48 00:03:41,972 --> 00:03:42,973 [lock clicks] 49 00:03:43,891 --> 00:03:47,686 Man, everyone around here just does as they please. 50 00:03:47,770 --> 00:03:50,397 [guard] Shall we send in new undercover agents? 51 00:03:50,481 --> 00:03:53,567 We'd only be sending them to their deaths. 52 00:03:53,651 --> 00:03:55,444 We need to try something else. 53 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:59,240 [Hidow] To the east of Mage City Headquarters, 54 00:03:59,323 --> 00:04:01,992 there's sunken ground that's been carved out by a stream. 55 00:04:02,451 --> 00:04:05,037 Have your men set up camp there. 56 00:04:05,621 --> 00:04:07,373 I know of that sunken ground, 57 00:04:07,456 --> 00:04:10,042 but it's extremely far out from headquarters. 58 00:04:10,125 --> 00:04:12,878 [guard] It's not a particularly useful position for defense. 59 00:04:12,962 --> 00:04:14,839 [Hidow] We'll use it to attack. 60 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:18,050 Those pesky wyverns won't spot us there. 61 00:04:18,133 --> 00:04:21,637 I'll send over a few fortification experts tomorrow. 62 00:04:21,846 --> 00:04:22,930 [guard] Understood. 63 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:24,181 Incidentally, 64 00:04:24,849 --> 00:04:27,476 about the release of the Vortical Stampede… 65 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:28,894 Lord Hidow, 66 00:04:28,978 --> 00:04:30,604 will you be in control of this? 67 00:04:30,688 --> 00:04:33,190 - Sure, move out of the way. - [surprised grunt] 68 00:04:42,825 --> 00:04:44,577 [Hidow] I know you're awake, Nihilo. 69 00:04:46,245 --> 00:04:47,246 [Nihilo grunts] 70 00:04:51,041 --> 00:04:52,459 [Nihilo] Don't worry, 71 00:04:52,543 --> 00:04:53,961 I'm awake now. 72 00:04:54,044 --> 00:04:56,797 Apparently, 10 secret service members based in the New Principality 73 00:04:56,881 --> 00:04:59,133 were all killed in a single day. 74 00:04:59,216 --> 00:05:00,509 [Nihilo] Interesting… 75 00:05:00,593 --> 00:05:02,469 How many would you need? 76 00:05:03,554 --> 00:05:04,638 One. 77 00:05:05,180 --> 00:05:08,267 - [♪ uneasy music playing] - [Hidow] Nihilo the Vortical Stampede. 78 00:05:08,559 --> 00:05:13,105 This girl single-handedly annihilated a whole regional army in Aureatia. 79 00:05:13,731 --> 00:05:15,941 [fire blazing] 80 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:25,409 [Nihilo] Or should I say, 81 00:05:26,201 --> 00:05:27,995 one being and one body. 82 00:05:28,078 --> 00:05:30,497 [Hidow] According to all current records, 83 00:05:30,581 --> 00:05:33,375 she's the most horrific bioweapon there is. 84 00:05:33,459 --> 00:05:36,378 Eta Sylvan Province 85 00:05:39,214 --> 00:05:41,425 [water lapping] 86 00:05:49,183 --> 00:05:51,894 Minia Seventeenth Minister: Elea the Red Tag 87 00:05:53,729 --> 00:05:55,481 [Elea] My great-grandmother used to say 88 00:05:56,523 --> 00:06:00,277 that beauty is a talent given to us by an angel when we're born. 89 00:06:01,528 --> 00:06:02,529 But… 90 00:06:03,906 --> 00:06:05,491 I don't think that's true. 91 00:06:08,661 --> 00:06:11,789 Beauty appears with talent and hard work. 92 00:06:12,665 --> 00:06:16,168 It requires continuous and meticulous maintenance. 93 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:22,925 Yawika? 94 00:06:23,425 --> 00:06:24,426 Oh. 95 00:06:24,510 --> 00:06:25,511 Ms. Elea! 96 00:06:25,594 --> 00:06:26,804 [Yawika] But why? 97 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:29,056 I thought you'd gone back to Aureatia. 98 00:06:31,767 --> 00:06:32,768 [exclaims] 99 00:06:33,352 --> 00:06:35,562 Your body is so beautiful! 100 00:06:35,646 --> 00:06:37,439 - [Yawika giggles] - Y-You think so? 101 00:06:37,940 --> 00:06:39,066 Thank you. 102 00:06:39,149 --> 00:06:41,819 [♪ calm music playing] 103 00:06:42,987 --> 00:06:44,321 [Elea exhales softly] 104 00:06:44,405 --> 00:06:46,532 Lessons are over now, 105 00:06:46,615 --> 00:06:48,867 but I'll be in this village until tomorrow. 106 00:06:48,951 --> 00:06:51,328 I thought I'd take a bath before I go. 107 00:06:51,412 --> 00:06:52,413 Right! 108 00:06:52,830 --> 00:06:54,270 Will Kia be here until tomorrow too? 109 00:06:54,331 --> 00:06:55,332 Of course. 110 00:06:55,416 --> 00:06:58,585 She'll come and say bye to everyone when we leave. 111 00:06:58,669 --> 00:07:00,462 Ms. Elea, 112 00:07:00,546 --> 00:07:01,547 teach me something. 113 00:07:01,630 --> 00:07:02,965 A private lesson for me! 114 00:07:03,048 --> 00:07:04,800 I guess I have no choice. 115 00:07:05,467 --> 00:07:07,553 Okay, but Words Arts systems only. 116 00:07:07,636 --> 00:07:08,887 I don't want you getting dizzy. 117 00:07:08,971 --> 00:07:09,972 Yay! 118 00:07:12,474 --> 00:07:15,936 [Elea] In Word Arts, there are four main systems. 119 00:07:16,478 --> 00:07:19,023 Though elves don't really differentiate between them. 120 00:07:19,106 --> 00:07:20,441 But in the Central… 121 00:07:20,899 --> 00:07:23,527 In minian education, that's not the case. 122 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:24,695 I know! 123 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:26,697 There's Thermal Arts, Craft Arts, 124 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:27,948 and… 125 00:07:28,365 --> 00:07:29,408 What else was there? 126 00:07:29,491 --> 00:07:31,076 Oh, well done! 127 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,911 You already knew two of them. 128 00:07:32,995 --> 00:07:34,913 Did you study this by yourself? 129 00:07:34,997 --> 00:07:37,833 [giggles] Nope! Muya from next door told me. 130 00:07:38,459 --> 00:07:40,794 I did know three but I forgot. 131 00:07:40,878 --> 00:07:42,546 Let's see… 132 00:07:43,547 --> 00:07:45,257 Thermal Arts, Craft Arts, 133 00:07:45,340 --> 00:07:47,301 Force Arts, and Life Arts. 134 00:07:47,384 --> 00:07:48,719 These are the four systems. 135 00:07:48,802 --> 00:07:49,970 Huh? [soft chuckle] 136 00:07:50,054 --> 00:07:51,180 Now I remember! 137 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:52,806 [giggles] 138 00:07:52,890 --> 00:07:54,391 What a good student you are. 139 00:07:54,475 --> 00:07:55,809 [giggling] 140 00:07:56,393 --> 00:07:58,687 [Elea] You understand Thermal Arts, don't you? 141 00:07:59,271 --> 00:08:03,400 It's the thing your mother uses all the time in the kitchen. 142 00:08:03,484 --> 00:08:04,651 [Yawika] I can use it too! 143 00:08:04,735 --> 00:08:05,736 [Elea] Oh! 144 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,616 Then next time I come, I'll have you cook something for me. 145 00:08:10,699 --> 00:08:12,743 Yay! Just leave it to me. 146 00:08:13,577 --> 00:08:15,204 [Elea] Now, as for Force Arts… 147 00:08:15,287 --> 00:08:17,081 From Elea to the waters of Eta. 148 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:18,415 [echoing] Wingless bug, 149 00:08:18,499 --> 00:08:20,834 swollen leaf, tender spine. Fly! 150 00:08:20,918 --> 00:08:22,252 [gasps, grunts] 151 00:08:22,336 --> 00:08:24,046 Oh, sorry about that! 152 00:08:24,129 --> 00:08:26,256 I'm not very good at Force Arts. 153 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:28,467 Don't worry, I'm fine! [giggles] 154 00:08:29,051 --> 00:08:30,511 But it worked, didn't it? 155 00:08:30,594 --> 00:08:32,763 Moving things, sending them flying. 156 00:08:33,347 --> 00:08:35,182 That's what Force Arts is all about. 157 00:08:35,516 --> 00:08:36,517 For example, 158 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,895 have you ever seen an arrow fired from a bow change direction mid-flight? 159 00:08:39,978 --> 00:08:41,063 I have! 160 00:08:41,146 --> 00:08:42,481 I think… 161 00:08:42,564 --> 00:08:45,150 Once you master Force Arts, 162 00:08:45,234 --> 00:08:47,820 you can even fly in the sky, 163 00:08:47,903 --> 00:08:49,780 even if only for a brief moment. 164 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:51,198 That's amazing! 165 00:08:51,281 --> 00:08:53,450 Then what about Craft Arts? 166 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:55,953 Okay, please watch. 167 00:08:56,745 --> 00:08:58,247 From Elea to the waters of Eta. 168 00:08:58,330 --> 00:08:59,832 [echoing] Twelve bones, ocean's floor, 169 00:08:59,915 --> 00:09:01,625 ashes of the end. Halt. 170 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:05,879 [gasps] 171 00:09:08,549 --> 00:09:09,633 Wow! 172 00:09:10,467 --> 00:09:11,468 Ice? 173 00:09:12,094 --> 00:09:15,013 [soft chuckle] But is it really? 174 00:09:16,932 --> 00:09:18,100 [gasps] 175 00:09:18,767 --> 00:09:21,979 It's warm. So it's not ice. But how? 176 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:24,690 Craft Arts are used to change the shape of things. 177 00:09:25,190 --> 00:09:27,752 Just like how we give a tree a new shape in the form of furniture, 178 00:09:27,776 --> 00:09:31,071 we can give shape to hot water like this. 179 00:09:31,155 --> 00:09:32,239 That's amazing! 180 00:09:32,990 --> 00:09:35,409 [Yawika exclaiming] 181 00:09:36,869 --> 00:09:38,245 - [yelps] - [chuckles] 182 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,540 Just one left. 183 00:09:41,623 --> 00:09:42,749 Life Arts. 184 00:09:42,833 --> 00:09:45,502 To put it simply, this is what doctors use. 185 00:09:46,128 --> 00:09:48,755 There are people who mend your wounds or heal your colds, right? 186 00:09:48,839 --> 00:09:50,757 Granny Micch does it for me. 187 00:09:51,383 --> 00:09:53,010 But recently, 188 00:09:53,093 --> 00:09:54,386 I don't get hurt at all. 189 00:09:54,469 --> 00:09:55,470 [Elea] I see. 190 00:09:55,971 --> 00:10:00,475 But no matter how amazing Granny Micch is, she wouldn't be able to heal my wounds. 191 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,102 The wounds of an outsider. 192 00:10:02,186 --> 00:10:04,021 Do you know why that is? 193 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:05,314 Um… 194 00:10:06,356 --> 00:10:09,610 If you haven't spent a long time together with a person, 195 00:10:09,693 --> 00:10:12,321 you won't understand the words to convey with Word Arts. 196 00:10:12,863 --> 00:10:14,573 The same goes for the wind, water, 197 00:10:14,656 --> 00:10:16,533 trees and iron. 198 00:10:16,617 --> 00:10:18,702 Wouldn't it work between us? 199 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:19,786 [Elea] No. 200 00:10:19,870 --> 00:10:23,707 However, water is obedient, different from living things. 201 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:26,293 It's been just under six months since I came here, 202 00:10:26,376 --> 00:10:28,795 but even I can use Word Arts with it. 203 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:32,049 Let me teach you something else that Life Arts can be used for. 204 00:10:32,633 --> 00:10:34,259 From Elea to the waters of Eta. 205 00:10:34,343 --> 00:10:36,178 [echoing] Hollow of the folding tree. 206 00:10:36,261 --> 00:10:38,222 Mound of dark sinews, reflecting shell. Dissolve. 207 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:41,516 Give it a lick. 208 00:10:43,435 --> 00:10:45,145 [surprised grunt] It's sweet! 209 00:10:45,229 --> 00:10:47,105 Unlike Craft Arts, 210 00:10:47,189 --> 00:10:49,524 which change the shape of things, 211 00:10:49,608 --> 00:10:52,152 Life Arts change the property of things. 212 00:10:52,236 --> 00:10:55,072 You can even change water to wine. 213 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:56,281 Really? 214 00:10:57,115 --> 00:10:59,952 When I asked Granny Micch why she can heal wounds, 215 00:11:00,452 --> 00:11:02,287 she said, "I just can." 216 00:11:02,871 --> 00:11:05,040 Elves are very good at Life Arts, 217 00:11:05,123 --> 00:11:06,917 so that would make sense. 218 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:10,128 Life Arts are what I'm best at too. 219 00:11:10,212 --> 00:11:11,296 Really! 220 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,966 Then heal me if I ever get injured. 221 00:11:14,049 --> 00:11:15,300 Of course. 222 00:11:15,384 --> 00:11:18,053 Yay! [laughs] 223 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:19,846 [Elea] But… 224 00:11:22,015 --> 00:11:24,559 my true talent lies in something else… 225 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:29,356 [ominous ringing] 226 00:11:31,566 --> 00:11:33,694 That's the end of this lesson. 227 00:11:34,486 --> 00:11:36,196 Let's pick up where we finished 228 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,448 - when I come back here. - Okay! 229 00:11:39,074 --> 00:11:40,367 Can I tell you something? 230 00:11:40,450 --> 00:11:42,119 Of course, what is it? 231 00:11:43,412 --> 00:11:44,454 - [giggles] - [Elea gasps] 232 00:11:44,538 --> 00:11:45,706 - [Elea] Hey! - [giggles] 233 00:11:45,789 --> 00:11:46,915 [Yawika] I love you! 234 00:11:47,833 --> 00:11:49,668 Even if you go back to Aureatia. 235 00:11:49,751 --> 00:11:50,752 [soft gasp] 236 00:11:50,836 --> 00:11:54,548 Yes, and I love you too, Yawika. 237 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:57,968 You have such big boobs too! [giggling] 238 00:11:58,051 --> 00:12:00,679 That has nothing to do with anything. 239 00:12:00,762 --> 00:12:01,847 [laughing] 240 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,100 What are you like? 241 00:12:05,684 --> 00:12:07,978 [Elea] If only for a little while, 242 00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:11,356 I was able to forget the reason why I came to this village. 243 00:12:12,190 --> 00:12:14,067 I can never tell Yawika 244 00:12:14,151 --> 00:12:15,527 the true reason. 245 00:12:16,611 --> 00:12:20,532 Ishura This World Has No Common Language 246 00:12:20,615 --> 00:12:23,035 [water lapping] 247 00:12:23,702 --> 00:12:24,745 [sighs] 248 00:12:28,540 --> 00:12:31,168 [child] Who knew that minians took such long baths? 249 00:12:32,627 --> 00:12:33,712 [Elea] Kia? 250 00:12:33,795 --> 00:12:37,090 And to think you made Yawika stay in the bath with you the whole time. 251 00:12:37,174 --> 00:12:38,550 Professor Viper. 252 00:12:38,633 --> 00:12:42,387 You mustn't call people such things, Kia. 253 00:12:42,471 --> 00:12:43,680 [Kia] But it's true. 254 00:12:43,764 --> 00:12:45,557 You're a slob at home, 255 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,309 but outside, you act all sophisticated. 256 00:12:47,392 --> 00:12:48,393 [sighs] 257 00:12:48,894 --> 00:12:50,187 Never mind that. 258 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,314 What are you doing up there? 259 00:12:52,397 --> 00:12:55,734 I was going to take a bath once you got out. 260 00:12:55,817 --> 00:12:57,319 But you took forever. 261 00:12:57,402 --> 00:12:58,403 [soft grunt] 262 00:12:58,820 --> 00:13:01,114 Using Word Arts to peep isn't very nice either. 263 00:13:01,198 --> 00:13:04,242 [gasps] Who do you think I am? That's obscene. 264 00:13:04,326 --> 00:13:05,452 I can relax up here 265 00:13:05,535 --> 00:13:07,335 because there aren't as many bugs, that's all. 266 00:13:07,913 --> 00:13:10,499 [Elea] Were you hoping to take my lesson too? 267 00:13:10,916 --> 00:13:13,377 [Kia] No! I hate studying. 268 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:15,087 Yawika is the weird one. 269 00:13:15,170 --> 00:13:16,588 [soft chuckle] 270 00:13:16,671 --> 00:13:17,672 [sighs] 271 00:13:18,340 --> 00:13:20,467 Drop me off next to the professor. 272 00:13:20,550 --> 00:13:22,469 [creaking] 273 00:13:22,552 --> 00:13:25,472 [♪ mystical music playing] 274 00:13:29,684 --> 00:13:30,685 Now go back. 275 00:13:37,401 --> 00:13:38,568 You can have this back. 276 00:13:39,403 --> 00:13:40,487 [Kia] Thanks. 277 00:13:41,405 --> 00:13:42,823 [squelches] 278 00:13:43,532 --> 00:13:46,910 [Elea] Words Arts require both an understanding of the target object 279 00:13:47,369 --> 00:13:49,538 and a special incantation 280 00:13:49,621 --> 00:13:52,082 to weave words into the soul of the object. 281 00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:53,166 However, 282 00:13:53,250 --> 00:13:55,127 an exception to these rules exists. 283 00:13:55,210 --> 00:13:56,503 Just one exception. 284 00:13:56,586 --> 00:14:00,674 Kia's Word Arts alone, defy every fundamental rule. 285 00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:02,717 - [Elea] Kia? - Hmm? 286 00:14:03,343 --> 00:14:06,680 You mustn't use Word Arts for every little whim you have. 287 00:14:06,763 --> 00:14:07,973 Your power… 288 00:14:08,056 --> 00:14:11,852 Is a talent for bringing happiness to others, right? 289 00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:15,021 You're always saying that. 290 00:14:15,105 --> 00:14:17,649 Your power is special. 291 00:14:18,316 --> 00:14:20,986 So it would be boring if you just used it in a normal way. 292 00:14:21,069 --> 00:14:22,279 [Kia] Hmph. 293 00:14:23,238 --> 00:14:26,283 As long as I enjoy my life, then normal is fine by me. 294 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:29,161 What's normal here isn't normal outside of Eta. 295 00:14:29,744 --> 00:14:32,539 [Elea] You'll be enrolling in a school in Aureatia straight away. 296 00:14:33,081 --> 00:14:36,168 But aren't we about to set off for Lithia, not Aureatia? 297 00:14:36,251 --> 00:14:38,420 The same goes for Lithia. 298 00:14:38,503 --> 00:14:39,838 Not only are there elves, 299 00:14:39,921 --> 00:14:42,132 there are even dwarves and leprechauns there. 300 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:44,092 What! There are races like that there? 301 00:14:44,176 --> 00:14:45,177 Yes. 302 00:14:45,260 --> 00:14:48,680 So you must think about how other people perceive you. 303 00:14:49,264 --> 00:14:51,349 People might talk badly of you. 304 00:14:51,433 --> 00:14:52,601 [chuckles] 305 00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:55,061 I wouldn't care at all! 306 00:14:55,145 --> 00:14:56,396 I could deal with them. 307 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,356 All I'd have to do is say the word "die." 308 00:14:59,357 --> 00:15:00,650 [chuckles] And they'd all die! 309 00:15:01,193 --> 00:15:02,861 [birds chirping] 310 00:15:06,448 --> 00:15:07,449 [Elea] Kia! 311 00:15:10,535 --> 00:15:12,204 [birds chirping] 312 00:15:12,287 --> 00:15:13,413 [happy gasp] 313 00:15:13,497 --> 00:15:14,498 Ms. Elea! 314 00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:15,582 Ms. Elea. 315 00:15:15,665 --> 00:15:17,667 - H-Hello. - [♪ light music playing] 316 00:15:17,751 --> 00:15:20,670 Oh. Good morning, Yawika. 317 00:15:20,754 --> 00:15:21,755 You too, Thien. 318 00:15:21,838 --> 00:15:24,132 Since you're both leaving today, 319 00:15:24,216 --> 00:15:26,676 Thien said he wanted to come and say bye too. 320 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,638 W-Well, I just… 321 00:15:29,721 --> 00:15:31,223 Is that true? 322 00:15:31,306 --> 00:15:34,226 I'm very happy you came too, Thien. 323 00:15:34,309 --> 00:15:35,519 [Thien] Y-Yes… 324 00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:37,145 M-Ms. 325 00:15:37,229 --> 00:15:40,232 I know Kia acts this way, but all the kids, 326 00:15:40,315 --> 00:15:41,650 and the adults of the village, 327 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:44,277 are all… grateful to you. 328 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:45,904 Me too. 329 00:15:45,987 --> 00:15:48,156 I'm hugely grateful. 330 00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:50,033 [Thien] Thanks to you, 331 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:52,160 we're all smarter now. 332 00:15:52,244 --> 00:15:53,328 It's true. 333 00:15:53,787 --> 00:15:55,288 If that's true, 334 00:15:55,372 --> 00:15:57,916 then I'm incredibly happy. 335 00:15:57,999 --> 00:16:01,419 - Oh. - [Elea] I'm sure I told you once in class. 336 00:16:01,503 --> 00:16:03,922 Knowledge is like a seed. 337 00:16:04,005 --> 00:16:06,341 So long as you water it with learning, 338 00:16:06,424 --> 00:16:07,926 it will grow all by itself. 339 00:16:08,009 --> 00:16:09,010 [Elea] Mm. 340 00:16:09,094 --> 00:16:10,929 The person who first planted that seed, 341 00:16:11,513 --> 00:16:13,056 is you, Ms. Elea. 342 00:16:13,515 --> 00:16:15,767 And yet I can't offer anything in return. 343 00:16:19,521 --> 00:16:21,189 - [surprised grunt] - [Elea] Come now. 344 00:16:21,773 --> 00:16:25,860 Finding such cute students as yourselves is all I could ever ask for. 345 00:16:25,944 --> 00:16:27,571 Isn't that right, Yawika? 346 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:28,697 [Yawika] Right! 347 00:16:29,239 --> 00:16:30,824 I love you! 348 00:16:30,907 --> 00:16:31,908 [irritated sigh] 349 00:16:31,992 --> 00:16:33,827 Such a barefaced lie. 350 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:36,204 This is what you call being a bad adult. 351 00:16:36,288 --> 00:16:39,541 K-Kia, you just don't want to go and study in Aureatia. 352 00:16:39,624 --> 00:16:42,335 [Kia] Kids who like studying are the weird ones. 353 00:16:42,419 --> 00:16:43,420 Oh, Kia. 354 00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:46,339 [Elea] Why don't you be honest with yourself for once? 355 00:16:46,423 --> 00:16:47,424 [soft grunt] 356 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,095 [soft chuckle] 357 00:16:53,263 --> 00:16:55,181 [♪ pensive music playing] 358 00:16:55,265 --> 00:16:56,808 [Elea] I assumed a false identity 359 00:16:56,891 --> 00:16:59,603 and secured a study abroad program in Aureatia for Kia. 360 00:17:00,061 --> 00:17:02,480 That was all for a single purpose. 361 00:17:02,564 --> 00:17:05,817 [crowd cheering] 362 00:17:06,401 --> 00:17:08,820 The Imperial Competition to determine the Hero. 363 00:17:09,404 --> 00:17:11,823 Kia is capable of beating any opponent. 364 00:17:12,449 --> 00:17:15,201 She could even face off against Aureatia itself. 365 00:17:16,036 --> 00:17:17,037 If she wins, 366 00:17:17,120 --> 00:17:18,872 then even I, the child of a concubine, 367 00:17:18,955 --> 00:17:21,458 will no longer be looked down upon by anyone. 368 00:17:22,042 --> 00:17:24,169 Kia! Let's go to our favorite place. 369 00:17:24,252 --> 00:17:25,629 I won't see you for a while. 370 00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,922 What? Why do we have to go to that place? 371 00:17:28,006 --> 00:17:29,924 What place might that be? 372 00:17:30,008 --> 00:17:32,260 Is it a favorite place of yours, Kia? 373 00:17:32,344 --> 00:17:35,055 No, it's not, Yawika likes it. 374 00:17:35,138 --> 00:17:36,806 I just went with her, that's all. 375 00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:38,683 Take me there! 376 00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:40,393 Okay, fine. 377 00:17:40,477 --> 00:17:43,396 [Kia] You don't need to come, Professor Viper. 378 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,273 It's not that great of a place. 379 00:17:45,357 --> 00:17:46,399 [Yawika giggles] 380 00:17:46,483 --> 00:17:48,151 Uh… Wait! 381 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:49,361 That's fine. 382 00:17:49,444 --> 00:17:52,364 - Or maybe I will tag along! - [Kia yelps] 383 00:17:52,947 --> 00:17:54,842 [in annoyed voice] You really don't need to come! 384 00:17:54,866 --> 00:17:55,867 [laughs] 385 00:17:58,703 --> 00:18:01,623 [footsteps thudding] 386 00:18:02,999 --> 00:18:04,834 [rustling] 387 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:08,546 I never knew that hill had a hidden path in the bushes. 388 00:18:08,630 --> 00:18:09,631 Right! 389 00:18:10,173 --> 00:18:13,551 It leads to a place where you can see the tip of the village watchtower. 390 00:18:15,345 --> 00:18:18,890 Wild boars or deer might use this path. 391 00:18:19,516 --> 00:18:21,184 Wild boars are no problem. 392 00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:23,144 I can get rid of them with my Force Arts. 393 00:18:23,228 --> 00:18:25,021 You're amazing, Thien! 394 00:18:25,105 --> 00:18:28,650 I could hook the whole pack on the top of a big tree. 395 00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:30,193 [Yawika] You're amazing too, Kia! 396 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:33,655 Don't leave your professor behind! 397 00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:37,662 [Elea] An adult minia can advance in single file 398 00:18:37,742 --> 00:18:39,327 without any real problems. 399 00:18:39,994 --> 00:18:42,414 This direction should bring us out at the Fourth Mountain. 400 00:18:42,956 --> 00:18:44,624 [♪ uneasy music playing] 401 00:18:44,708 --> 00:18:46,209 At the harvest festival, 402 00:18:46,543 --> 00:18:48,962 I recorded the defensive measures that were taken, 403 00:18:49,587 --> 00:18:53,508 while being mesmerized by the fervor and beauty of it all. 404 00:18:54,175 --> 00:18:57,220 While teaching the uses of forest plants, 405 00:18:57,804 --> 00:19:01,433 I sent detailed records of certain medicinal herbs to Aureatia by bird. 406 00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:05,895 I investigated this secluded region where dense fog hinders human passage. 407 00:19:06,479 --> 00:19:08,106 Eventually, the army of Aureatia 408 00:19:08,189 --> 00:19:10,859 will probably take everything from this village. 409 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:15,071 A rumor from the era of the True Demon King talks of a village, 410 00:19:15,155 --> 00:19:18,241 where a certain individual has almighty Word Arts. 411 00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:20,764 I found the village's location from a captured Lithia soldier. 412 00:19:21,202 --> 00:19:23,621 That soldier is no longer in this world. 413 00:19:24,873 --> 00:19:25,874 All that's left, 414 00:19:25,957 --> 00:19:28,752 is to deal with anyone who knows about my relationship 415 00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:30,170 with the World Word. 416 00:19:30,253 --> 00:19:32,005 Look, we're here. 417 00:19:32,088 --> 00:19:33,506 That was tiring, huh? 418 00:19:33,590 --> 00:19:35,133 [Yawika] Are you tired too, Ms. Elea? 419 00:19:35,216 --> 00:19:36,968 Oh, yes. 420 00:19:37,051 --> 00:19:38,511 Is this really the place? 421 00:19:39,220 --> 00:19:40,513 [wind howling] 422 00:19:40,597 --> 00:19:43,725 See? It's nothing special. 423 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:46,311 This is why I told you not to come. 424 00:19:48,897 --> 00:19:50,523 [Thien] It's because of the clouds. 425 00:19:50,607 --> 00:19:52,567 Kia, why don't you just clear them away? 426 00:19:52,984 --> 00:19:54,611 [chuckles] Good idea! 427 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:56,196 I'm glad we have Kia here. 428 00:19:57,197 --> 00:19:58,198 [sighs] 429 00:19:58,281 --> 00:19:59,866 Clear them away? 430 00:19:59,949 --> 00:20:01,159 How would that work? 431 00:20:01,242 --> 00:20:02,702 - [Kia] Stop already. - Hmm? 432 00:20:02,786 --> 00:20:05,538 You both make it sound so easy. 433 00:20:05,622 --> 00:20:06,706 Still, 434 00:20:06,790 --> 00:20:10,126 I wouldn't want this to be my last memory of this village. 435 00:20:10,919 --> 00:20:14,130 It's not like I'm doing this just to prove I can. 436 00:20:15,089 --> 00:20:16,090 Hmm? 437 00:20:17,342 --> 00:20:18,343 Clear away. 438 00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:23,973 [gasps] 439 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:29,687 - [both gasp] - [♪ soft music playing] 440 00:20:30,313 --> 00:20:31,356 [amazed gasp] 441 00:20:48,331 --> 00:20:50,333 [♪ grand music playing] 442 00:20:54,003 --> 00:20:55,171 [Elea] She's invincible. 443 00:20:55,505 --> 00:20:57,507 This power makes her invincible. 444 00:20:57,924 --> 00:21:00,385 No matter who stands in her way, 445 00:21:00,468 --> 00:21:01,928 Kia will win. 446 00:21:02,011 --> 00:21:06,057 See? The view isn't that great. 447 00:21:06,140 --> 00:21:07,141 [surprised grunt] 448 00:21:07,225 --> 00:21:09,394 [breathes shakily] 449 00:21:09,477 --> 00:21:10,728 Ms.? 450 00:21:12,730 --> 00:21:14,482 Is something wrong? 451 00:21:14,858 --> 00:21:15,900 Ms.? 452 00:21:15,984 --> 00:21:17,360 [Yawika] Are you crying? 453 00:21:18,236 --> 00:21:19,487 I'm not crying. 454 00:21:19,988 --> 00:21:21,322 I'm not. 455 00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:23,283 I'm not crying. 456 00:21:28,079 --> 00:21:30,915 [narrator] She is the one who ignores all laws of nature, 457 00:21:30,999 --> 00:21:34,961 possessing the power to warp anything in existence. 458 00:21:35,545 --> 00:21:39,549 The one who surpasses all nature, 459 00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:42,343 dominating the entire world with a single word. 460 00:21:42,927 --> 00:21:46,556 The one who rejects all analyses 461 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:50,476 and predictions, a singularity beyond all else. 462 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:52,478 At present, 463 00:21:52,562 --> 00:21:55,148 the limits of this almighty savant 464 00:21:55,231 --> 00:21:57,650 are yet to be measured. 465 00:22:03,156 --> 00:22:06,826 She is a Wizard. She is an elf. She is Kia the World Word. 466 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:10,163 [♪ closing theme music playing] 467 00:23:38,418 --> 00:23:40,420 Translated by Zacarias Hicks 468 00:23:40,503 --> 00:23:41,504 Next: Episode 5 469 00:23:41,587 --> 00:23:43,507 Higuare the Pelagic and Nastique the Quiet Singer