[♪ opening theme song playing]
[TETIA] Wow!
You're so fast, Coco!
[laughter]
Very fast, indeed!
Agott was speeding along as well.
Now I know why!
It was thanks to the shoes you prepared for her!
[screeches]
What was that? What's going on?
What did I do to Agott?
It's fine, really.
She is wearing them, isn't she?
I would take that to mean she likes your spell.
[Coco gasps]
Straight lines are your specialty, yes?
Perhaps there are other places they'll come in handy.
Uh, Master Qifrey? She's not listening.
[QIFREY] Uh?
[COCO] I had a smart thought like Agott!
[TETIA] Uh... Master Qifrey?
Is anything the matter?
Possibly. This is Alaira's hat.
[both gasp]
[QIFREY] Hats are very important to witches.
- We don't let them go unless... - [all gasp]
[QIFREY] A golem?
A forbidden spell this ancient shouldn't still be active!
It's them. The Brimmed Caps did this!
- [Qifrey grunts] - [BOTH] Master Qifrey!
[girls screaming]
FORBIDDEN MAGIC
[panting]
[EUINI] So, we're running away, but...
Where to?
[panting]
That was a Brimmed Cap!
No, we can't do this! We, uh...
[Euini whimpers]
[Euini grunts]
[SASARAN] Well, isn't this interesting?
You actually managed to hide from me.
[laughs]
Lucky for me, I adore hide-and-seek.
Ready or not, here I come!
[myrphons squeak]
[EUINI] Huh?
[Richeh gasps]
[Euini gasps softly]
That's right.
My cloak no longer...
- [myrphons screaming] - [RICHEH] Quiet!
[myrphons continue screaming]
[SASARAN] Who hides away in darkness?
The sinner, enshrouding their nasty little secrets.
The weakling scurrying in fear for their safety.
And the hunter, lying in wait for their prey.
Question is... Which one are you?
- [RICHEH] It's gone! - [AGOTT] It vanished!
[SASARAN] You can rule out the latter category
because the only hunter here is me.
[wind howling]
- [Euini gasps] - [BOTH] Euini!
[Euini whimpers]
Please, help me!
- Close your eyes, now! - Richeh!
- [EUINI] Ah! - [AGOTT] Euini!
You can stand, can't you?
Come on Richeh, let's go!
Have fun blathering at a dust cloud!
[panting]
[AGOTT] The magic affecting the cave makes it impossible
for us to fly away.
And stretching out the stones will only take us so far.
This isn't a foe we can escape through cleverness or trickery.
If even Alaira was no match for them,
what can I possibly be expected to do? [gasps]
[gasps] Of course!
[EUINI] What is it?
[AGOTT] When Alaira crossed the gap in the road,
she froze the air under her feet and skated forward.
- What if we freeze... - [RICHEH] There.
...the road itself?
Then the gaps in the seals won't be a problem!
[pen scratching]
[AGOTT] That should about do it.
We can slide faster than we can run!
Well done, Richeh, now let's be off!
- Come on! Hurry up! Go! - [EUINI] Uh?
♪
[Euini yelping]
[EUINI] Agott, why do your Sylph Shoes
have such incredible speed?
[AGOTT] I'd rather not discuss it!
We need to freeze the path ahead, and quickly!
[EUINI] Right! Allow me!
[Euini gasps softly]
At this rate, he's going to catch up.
Use a wind spell, we'll move faster!
[RICHEH] I...
I can't.
I don't know that many different spells.
Just my own.
[EUINI] Oh, well...
[RICHEH] Huh?
Here. You can use my spells.
It's embarrassing, but I'm glad I wrote them out.
If they can be of help to you.
♪
[AGOTT] This was my big chance to take the test.
So why did I have to get dragged into this?
[TETIA] Why did I have to get dragged into...
[AGOTT] The day that dragon was after us,
Tetia asked the same question.
Calamities of this magnitude
don't befall ordinary apprentices.
It's clear the Brimmed Caps are after something special.
And it isn't us.
[EUINI] Agott?
[AGOTT] You won't find who you're looking for!
She's not here!
She's gone.
Taken away from us by the Knights Moralis.
They erased her memories, and returned her to her village!
Therefore, to pursue us further is pointless!
Because the Outsider whom you seek
no longer resides within our atelier!
[Agott grunts]
[SASARAN] A declaration worthy of an apprentice
to those foremost of liars, the Pointed Caps.
You've learned well the art of deception.
- [RICHEH] Agott! - [Richeh and Euini panting]
- Agott? - [EUINI] Agott!
[SASARAN] Poor dear.
The Pointed Caps of the past were nasty sinners.
The Pointed Caps of the present are weaklings
who fear their own power.
Their weakness stifles you.
Binds you to the tyranny of their rules,
your vast potential unrealized.
[AGOTT] Smells like Conjuring Ink.
[SASARAN] The salvation you must dream of
may be found in forbidden magic.
You could grow up this instant, if you wished it so.
Or you could remain forever a child.
You could become your ideal self,
with no need to hide your magic from the eyes of others.
Even without your shoes...
- [Agott whimpers] - [SASARAN]...you could soar.
You could go wherever you wanted!
As you might have noticed,
I've liberated myself from the shackles of flesh!
There will come a day when the world remembers
what kind of hat witches were meant to wear.
That day is inevitable, I assure you.
We simply seek to hasten its arrival.
And to that end,
- there must be sacrifice. - [Agott grunts]
Agott!
[SASARAN] If she learns
the friend who lied to save her has fallen to harm,
and the means to undo the damage lie within reach,
with so much to be lost,
could she turn down the miracle our magic offers?
Children are loath to face life's tests,
but such is how they learn and grow.
In this case, I've devised a little test for her.
And you, child, will learn an excellent...
painful lesson.
[Agott yells]
[EASTHIES] In some cases,
the Brimmed Caps tattoo their bodies
with grotesque seals.
[Agott gasps]
Are you...
No! You mustn't!
I can't let everything I have be taken away from me!
I still need to prove myself to... [breathes shakily]
[RICHEH] Agott!
When you fall, grab this!
When I fall?
[Agott grunts]
[Richeh grunts]
[Agott gasps]
[thudding]
What just happened to the ice?
[RICHEH] Euini broke it from under that witch's feet.
If you leave the path,
you get caught in the labyrinth, right?
So in theory,
the same thing should happen if the path leaves you.
Good idea.
But hasn't that Brimmed Cap
been flying around here all along?
[EUINI] Looks like Agott's safe and sound.
What a relief that it worked!
To think covering up for my own weaknesses
could lead to something useful.
I'm so happy.
Maybe I'm not so hopeless after all!
Stop and listen to me, Master!
I...
I'm not as hopeless as I thought I was!
I'm not as hopeless as you've always told me I was!
Perhaps being unable to do the things
that others can
is actually an opportunity
to discover the things I can do that others can't!
[SASARAN] Very well said!
[Euini yells, grunts]
[SASARAN] And perhaps if you'd made
better use of your abilities and remained hidden,
I would have been willing to leave you be.
[EUINI] Help me...
[SASARAN] Being cloaked in shadow suggests a dark side.
A quality you're sorely lacking.
Oh, here's an idea:
I'll grant you a new form you'll be desperate to hide.
[RICHEH] Flying all along?
That shouldn't be possible.
Supposedly,
if something's not making direct contact with the road,
then it should be affected by the ancient spell
of the Romonons.
But if that doesn't apply to the Brimmed Caps,
we're still in danger!
Let's find Euini.
We need to get back to Master Qifrey fast.
- [AGOTT] Euini! - [RICHEH] Euini!
[AGOTT] Euini!
- [Agott gasps] - Euini?
[rustling]
[Euini muttering indistinctly]
[Euini groaning]
[rustling]
[Richeh gasps softly]
[Euini groaning]
[Richeh gasps]
[Euini grunting]
Agott...
Richeh, please, help me. [grunting]
[Euini growling]
[both gasp]
[Euini huffing]
[Euini growling]
[Richeh gasps]
No... Euini!
[gasps] Richeh!
We have to do something! We have to help Euini!
[SASARAN] Hmm.
[SASARAN] Isn't that fascinating?
To think the scalewolf fur from his cloak
would integrate with the spell.
You monster.
[SASARAN] You must understand,
information on forbidden spells has grown scarce over time.
[chuckles] We oft don't know
what they'll do until we cast them.
Not the result I was expecting,
but I suppose it worked out proper good that, eh?
I've heard enough out of you! Turn Euini back to normal!
[SASARAN] If it is your wish to save the boy, by all means,
I invite you to do so!
Magic has the power to grant all our wishes.
What happens next is up to you.
Where are you going, Richeh?
Isn't it obvious?
I'm saving Euini.
Because...
as much as I hate doing things I don't want to,
I hate abandoning friends even more!
You agree, don't you?
Yes, of course I do.
But what about the myrphons?
They're scared, and we're responsible for them.
I know it's no time for tests,
but we should at least get them back to their flock.
And someone has to report back about what's happened here.
To Alaira, and to Euini.
Why don't we split up?
I'll go after Euini.
You get the myrphons safely to the exit.
[RICHEH] I want to go after Euini!
Why are you the one who gets to decide?
[AGOTT] I know more spells than you do, Richeh.
I'm more prepared.
The spells at your disposal are limited
to those you have an interest in.
You can't be flexible in unexpected circumstances.
Sorry if this sounds harsh, but it's true.
As you are, you can't help Euini.
[Richeh inhales]
[Richeh sighs]
[wind howling]
[brushbuddy squeaking]
[brushbuddy sighs]
[brushbuddy squeaking]
[BRUSHBUDDY] Mm?
[brushbuddy squeaking]
Brushbuddy?
[Coco gasps softly]
♪
[COCO] Uh?
[COCO] What happened back there?
The serpent gate attacked us.
The ground caved in.
And then,
Master Qifrey protected me.
Master Qifrey?
Tetia?
[Coco gasps softly]
[Coco breathes shakily]
Is he all right?
His glasses are broken.
And he's bleeding.
[Coco gasps]
Uh... sorry about that.
- Your glasses were cracked. - [Tetia groans softly]
- [COCO] I wanted to make sure-- - Hush. Listen.
[distant clattering]
[QIFREY] Something's out there.
[FEMALE ROMONON] There are witches...
Witches among us.
[MALE ROMONON] Witches gave us these forms.
Vile, contemptible witches.
Um, Master, could they be...
Yes. Romonon citizens,
living on still as golden statues.
[Qifrey grunts]
[BOTH] Master!
[Qifrey groans]
[COCO] You're badly hurt.
[gasps] We're in trouble here.
Their resentment towards witches is deeply held.
[winces]
Therefore, we should assume
they'll attack us, given the opportunity.
You need to stay right where you are.
They won't be able to sense your presence.
As for my cloak, its spell appears to be ruined.
You got injured trying to protect us.
[Coco gasps]
[QIFREY] I did.
And I will...
because I'm your master.
- Hear me. - [BOTH] Huh?
[QIFREY] Both of you.
Stay close to me.
Very close.
[wind blows]
♪
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