02x19 - The Arcana of Invocation

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villagers: The trolls are crumbling...

villagers: What is this light?

Puck: His wound's healing!

Isidoro: This is...

: her magic?

Schierke: Somehow, I made it in time.

Pastor: What's going on? You did this?

Schierke: I told you...

: To protect the church, I erected a shield with magic.

Schierke: This shield will stand as long as it exists within my consciousness,

: and will destroy any spirit that tries to do us harm within the circle.

Pastor: Magic?

Pastor: Impossible.

Pastor: I will not accept this black magic.

Schierke: The four colored lights are the manifestation

: of the power of the great beings

: in the spiritual realm that are protecting us.

Schierke: Those great beings are the four guardian angels recorded

: in your Holy See's scripture.

Schierke: No matter how it's expressed,

: the sun is the sun, and light is light.

Schierke: No matter how different our scriptures,

: our cries for aid are the same, aren't they?

Schierke: Separating and condemning people over such a difference is foolish.

Schierke: The name of God is God's alone.

Schierke: It is not for humans to decide.

Farnese: But how?

: Our scriptures have nothing so powerful.

Farnese: They cannot call forth miracles, like your spells.

Schierke: The church is a shrine where people commune with angels and spirits.

Schierke: Mages have a shrine within their hearts.

Farnese: Within their hearts?

Pastor: That isn't possible.

Schierke: It isn't a belief in something that you cannot see.

Schierke: If you have no doubt,

: you can see it, feel it, and touch it.

Guts: Well, aren't you an impressive girl...

Title,Sign: The Arcana of Invocation

Villagers: What's that?

Isidoro: A monster?

Pastor: What is that monster?

Schierke: An ogre!

Isidoro: Og...

Puck: ...re!

: An ogre.

Schierke: Why is something like that in this world?

Isidoro: Holy crap...

Schierke: It's all right. An ogre cannot set foot within this shield.

Schierke: However...

Schierke: No!

Guts: What's going on?

Schierke: This shield protects against spiritual forms, not physical ones.

Guts: What?

Villagers: We're finished!

Villagers: With a monster like that...

Schierke: We need to buy time...

: Time for me to cast a spell.

Villager: Hey...

Guts: Got it, Commander.

Ivalera: Hey, hey! What the heck is he thinking?

Villagers: That's impossible! He'll be flattened!

Puck: Nah.

Puck: He's pretty used to this kind of stuff.

Schierke: No!

Puck: See? I told you.

Villager: I don't believe it.

Villager: Who the heck is that guy?

Isidoro: He really is amazing.

Puck: See? I told you!

Serpico: I knew he wasn't normal, but to think it was to this extent...

Ivalera: Well, would you look at that...

Ivalera: Now's your chance!

Schierke: He managed that much, using only his physical body without magic.

: How can a mortal go that far?

Guts: I guess you're as tough as you are big.

: Not like the small fry.

Guts: Before its arm attaches...

Guts: Water?

Schierke: That's a kelpie!

Serpico: Kelpie, as in the things that drown travelers in rivers?

Schierke: First an ogre, now a kelpie. But why?

Schierke: Rain... No!

Guts: What the hell?

: That monster can use magic?

Schierke: A kelpie is a mid-level water spirit.

Schierke: It easily controls elementals

: of the same type that are a lower level or without consciousness!

Schierke: A kelpie in the rain is highly dangerous.

Guts: Come on... It just goes after anything?

Schierke: They're following their desires.

Schierke: They want to devour the spirits of humans, which they rarely get.

Schierke: This isn't good!

: An ogre and a kelpie, on top of the trolls. It's completely unexpected!

Serpico: I'll go.

Farnese: Serpico!

Schierke: It's impossible! Dealing with trolls is one thing, but...

Serpico: It's all right.

: I shall deal with them and buy you some time.

: So, if you could cast the spell...

Schierke: But...

Serpico: Lady Farnese...

Farnese: Eh?

Serpico: Please make sure to protect Casca.

Farnese: Huh? Right...

Serpico: Now, then...

Farnese: Serpico!

Pastor: He flew.

Schierke: To think he was able to control the sylphs to this extent so quickly...

Serpico: Lady Farnese, I was unable to free you.

Serpico: Only stayed by your side.

Serpico: No, I never even considered doing so.

Serpico: I was surrounded by a dark repose beside another closed soul...

: Like the other half of myself.

Serpico: But that appears to be at an end.

Guts: Be careful. They aren't like the usual ones.

Serpico: But I'll at least ensure

Serpico: Good grief. I don't know what you consider usual ones.

: my other half isn't torn to shreds within the storm.

Serpico: Spirits of the wind, give me strength.

Puck: An anything-goes tag match.

Serpico: Now, then...

Serpico: It appears the frog horse is better suited to me.

Serpico: I'll take care of it.

Guts: Do what you want.

Guts: This thing is simpler and better for me to fight.

Villager: Whoa... He defeated it.

Villager: He defeated that monster by himself.

Guts: Of course.

Puck: And you've become the small fry.

Puck: You're an excellent small fry, though.

Isidoro: I can't do a single thing, at a time like this?

Pastor: What is this sight? Oh, God!

Scheirke: I must hurry.

Schierke: Deeper... Slightly beyond the spirit world's depths!

Schierke: That's a shrine...

Schierke: The spiritual form of the shrine that stood before the church was built.

Schierke: Water elementals... Undines!

Schierke: I see!

Serpico: It's no use.

: A wall of water is blocking all of my att*cks.

Serpico: On the other hand, I am unable to block everything.

Serpico: To think a splash of water was so powerful...

Serpico: I'm being pushed back...

: Though, since I'm a beginner to magic, that can't be helped.

Serpico: This is...

Serpico: I can't breathe!

Farnese: Something is wrong with Serpico! Serpico!

Serpico: I see...

: Splashing water at me wasn't the extent of its abilities.

Serpico: I was about to drown atop this hill.

Serpico: But because of that, now I know

: the wind doesn't only have the power to cut through things.

Serpico: I'm counting on you, little spirits.

Serpico: If we cannot cut through it, we just need to lift it up.

Farnese: Serpico!

Serpico: I lowered my guard...

Isidoro: This isn't good! Serpico's in trouble!

Farnese: Serpico!

Pastor: You fool! You'll fall!

Serpico: The water is moving away from the kelpie?

Guts: What the...

Pastor: Is this witchcraft, as well?

Farnese: That's...

Pastor: What? What do you see?

Ivalera: That's a water spirit.

: Right now, Schierke is one with the water spirit.

Ivalera: It's what you call possession.

Villager: An angel?

Schierke/Spirit: I am the kindred of water.

Schierke/spirit: I am the spirit that flows in the rivers of this land.

Schierke/spirit: In accordance with the ancient covenant,

: I purify the evil spirits that have soiled this land.

Schierke/spirit: On behalf of the Lady of the Depths, I order the undines.

Schierke/spirit: Wash into the underworld's dark depths

: the evil spirits that plague the land.

Schierke/spirit: Water...

Schierke/spirit: I am water.

Schierke/spirit: I am water itself.

Schierke/spirit: Gather, my kindred.

Schierke/spirit: Gather, gather, surge, and flow.

Guts: Rumbling?

Isidoro: Now what?

Serpico: This doesn't seem good.

Isidoro: The river's flooding! It's headed this way!

Guts: This is magic?

Villagers: Come inside, kid! You'll get swallowed up.

Puck: Dropey?

Guts: That's insane.

Villagers: The trolls... All the monsters were washed away.

Voices: We're saved!

Voices: We're somehow alive!

Voices: Lady Witch! Lady Witch!

Pastor: Witch...

Puck: We did it, Dropey!

Puck: Dropey?

Ivalera: That's enough, Schierke.

Ivalera: Looks like you defeated them all.

Ivalera: Schierke, we should wrap things up.

Farnese: What's the matter?

Ivalera: This isn't good.

: The connection to the water spirit's too strong. She's forgotten herself.

Ivalera: At this rate...

Farnese: The spell won't break?

Farnese: No... Schierke—

Ivalera: No, no! If you pull her out during a spell, who knows what will happen?

Ivalera: Right now, Schierke's in the spirit realm.

Ivalera: She probably melted into this flow when she became one with the water spirit.

Ivalera: If we wake her body before her soul is back,

: who knows what the effects may be?

Ivalera: Her soul might not be able to return, rendering her an invalid.

Farnese: Then what should we do?

Ivalera: Um, uh... I think for something like this...

Ivalera: Right, that's it! You use this wand and tap it in rhythm.

Ivalera: By tapping it in a constant rhythm,

: the caster's consciousness will concentrate on this world.

Ivalera: Or that's what Flora said.

Ivalera: The rhythm is seven-seven-seven. Seven, three times.

Schierke: Flow... Intensely. Surge.

Schierke: Anger that cannot be expressed using human words!

Schierke: This is...

Flora: Becoming one with the spirits is very important.

Flora: But you mustn't let them swallow you.

Flora: In order to stop that,

: the mage must tap their wand to retain their consciousness.

Flora: Do not forget.

Flora: The way of magic is never about becoming one with power.

: The way of magic...

Schierke: That's right. I...

Ivalera: Schierke!

Farnese: Schierke?

Isidoro: Hey! What the heck's going on?

Guts: Grab on!

Isidoro: What are you doing? Wake up, witch!

Ivalera: Stop!

Schierke: Oh, no!

Farnese: Grab on!

Guts: Casca!

Serpico: Lady Farnese!

Villager: It's all over.

Guts: Well?

Isidoro: No good!

Isidoro: I can't find them anywhere.

Serpico: Lady Farnese... Have those two not been found?

Puck: You aren't supposed to move yet!

Ivalera: It's all right.

Ivalera: Currently, Schierke is tracing their od.

Schierke: This is all my fault.

Schierke: I drowned in the power...

: If I had only acted more properly...

Guts: Hey.

Guts: Let the tension out of your shoulders.

Guts: If you're that stiff, you won't be able to do things you normally can.

Guts: You did a great job. Honestly, I'm surprised.

Guts: You saved this village... Though you were a bit rough.

Guts: No one blames you.

Guts: And so, I'm counting on you, Lady Witch.

Schierke: I found them! I can sense them!

Schierke: Their od... They're both fine!

Isidoro: Really?

Schierke: But this is...

Guts: What's wrong?

Villagers: Thank you.

Villagers: Thank you, Lady Witch.

Girl: Hey, what do you need to be able to do something so amazing?

Schierke: You should be thankful.

Schierke: Um, well, I borrowed the power of an angel or spirit.

Schierke: The ones who protected you are the four great angels from your scripture,

: who protect the four cardinal points.

Schierke: And the Lady of the Depths,

: the river spirit who was worshiped here before this church was built.

Old villager: Come to think of it, I think my great grandfather mentioned that.

Old villager: Long ago, a shrine was on this hill, where the

Old villager: river goddess was worshiped.

Schierke: The river spirit was a bit unruly

: at being awakened after having been forgotten for so long.

Schierke: That's why the village was flooded...

: It's because I'm still inexperienced.

Villager: Don't worry about it.

: We can rebuild our houses again.

Villager: We're alive right now because of you.

Schierke: That isn't the only thing.

: My rage against the villagers also caused this to happen.

Schierke: Reverend, would it be possible to build a small shrine

: for the river spirit, in the west of this square?

Pastor: Very well. Tolerance is another of God's teachings.

Villager woman: But I'm so surprised!

Villager woman: To think a little girl like you could cause a miracle like that!

Villager woman: Can anyone use magic?

Schierke: You need many years of training to learn magic,

Schierke: but if you desire the angels or spirits to hear your wishes,

: you all can do something.

Schierke: The reverend is very familiar with the method.

Morgan: What's the matter, boy?

Isidoro: Leave me alone.

: Are you okay, Gramps? Walking around like that...

Morgan: Yes, I feel much better, thanks to that little girl.

Isidoro: I wanted to at least thank you.

Morgan: The hero who saved this village doesn't need to thank me.

Isidoro: Oh, stop it. I didn't do anything.

Isidoro: I couldn't do a thing.

Isidoro: I'm just a brat that was running around, flailing.

Morgan: Oh, that's right.

: There's something I wanted to give you.

Isidoro: What's this?

Morgan: Long ago, my old man won that in a bet with a sailor.

Morgan: It should be small enough that you can use it.

Isidoro: Are you sure?

Morgan: A parting gift from an old man.

Morgan: I just remembered.

Morgan: I ran away...

Morgan: From the village, my family business, my sick mother...

: From all of those heavy, complicated things.

Morgan: Dreams are strange things.

Morgan: They can seem like brave challenges or like cowardly running away.

Morgan: I wonder which your dream will be.

Isidoro: This is the problem with old people.

Isidoro: Listen up, Gramps!

Isidoro: My ambition isn't some half-assed, fluffy kind of bullshit.

Isidoro: I'll show you that mine is the real deal!

Isidoro: And so, I'll gratefully take this.

Guts: Well?

Puck: He won't die, but...

Ivalera: He won't be able to move immediately.

Schierke: My spell on the church hasn't completely worn off.

Schierke: With another night, I'm sure the wounds will heal.

Scheirke: But I don't know if we have time...

Serpico: Please go at once.

Serpico: And please take care of Lady Farnese.

Guts: I'm heading out.

Guts: Hey.

Guts: Quit standing around. I'm gonna leave you behind.

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