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[1][JPN][シン回想終了]
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[3][JPN][ープ開始]
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[4][JPN][ABEL]
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[8][JPN][▼G0000　ロローグ]
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[9][JPN][Prologue]
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[11][JPN][Dir Lifyna. The world born from the union of human industry and]
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[13][JPN][the works of gods.]
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[14][JPN][Using power and magic passed down through the ages, a growing]
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[15][JPN][city-state produces new inventions every day, desired by all.]
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[16][JPN][Located inland, far from trade routes, and surrounded by many]
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[17][JPN][different races, it was once a poor border city.]
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[18][JPN][But thanks to the hard work of its residents, it overcame its]
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[19][JPN][disadvantageous location.]
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[20][JPN][They learned to gather the sparse resources from the forests and]
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[21][JPN][ground, and mastered the art of excavating ancient ruins.]
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[22][JPN][Alchemists worked hard and it became a technological city, the]
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[23][JPN][likes of which had never been seen before.]
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[24][JPN][The name of this city is Yuidora.]
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[25][JPN][A city crowded with countless workshops that came to be known as]
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[26][JPN][the Workshop City.]
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[30][JPN][When the monarchy collapsed 18 years ago, it was able to grow]
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[31][JPN][further by founding a new government under the alchemists.]
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[32][JPN][The inventions they produced amazed other nations, but their]
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[33][JPN][rapid growth also caused friction with their neighbors.]
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[35][JPN][In Yuidora, a young man who is about to take his first step]
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[37][JPN][forward as an alchemist...]
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[38][JPN][It's finally time. I... Wilfred Dion... will take my final test]
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[40][JPN][and become an alchemist.]
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[41][JPN][I've been cramming in everything I've ever learned so I can be]
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[42][JPN][sure that I'm ready.]
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[43][JPN][I can't take over the workshop that my parents left me until I'm]
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[44][JPN][officially certified as an alchemist.]
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[45][JPN][Learning it all has been hard, but since I was born here, I]
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[47][JPN][can't say how much it means to me to become an alchemist.]
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[48][JPN][Just thinking about being able to build up this small home to]
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[49][JPN][something bigger makes me tremble with excitement.]
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[50][JPN][I have to use every moment that I have left so that I can]
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[51][JPN][fulfill my childhood dream.]
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[53][JPN][I take a short break from reviewing and look around my tiny,]
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[54][JPN][worn-out workshop.]
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[55][JPN][The forge is sooty and I don't have enough room for all my]
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[56][JPN][tools, but they're all lined up neatly.]
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[61][JPN][Nothing's wrong with my forge and all my tools are where they]
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[62][JPN][should be.]
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[63][JPN][By carefully budgeting and pooling my family's money, I've]
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[64][JPN][managed to save up 500Ｓ (Santoeril) as my starting capital.]
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[65][JPN][I can open my store any time.]
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[66][JPN][When I was little, I looked at this workshop with bright eyes,]
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[67][JPN][but soon it's going to become where I work.]
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[69][JPN][I walk out of the dark workshop and into the street.]
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[70][JPN][I take a deep breath and try to calm my racing heart.]
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[71][JPN][「Has it already been a year? It felt like nothing...」]
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[73][JPN][I took the test to become an alchemist a year ago.]
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[74][JPN][But my parents died during the testing period, and I couldn't]
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[75][JPN][concentrate enough to finish the exam.]
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[76][JPN][This year, for the sake of my parents, I will light the fire in]
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[78][JPN][this workshop again.]
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[79][JPN][As I think about how hard the last year's been, I keep glancing]
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[81][JPN][at the clock out of the corner of my eye.]
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[82][JPN][It's almost time.]
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[83][JPN][I have to get ready soon.]
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[84][JPN][「Oh? A visitor now? Yeees? I'll be right there!」]
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[85][JPN][「Oh? It's just you, Leguna...」]
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[86][JPN][It's disappointing to see him. I don't need this unlucky guy]
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[87][JPN][here so close to the final exam.]
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[88][JPN][Leguna Ashys. He's been my terrible friend since I was young. He]
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[89][JPN][also passed the test last year so he's already an alchemist.]
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[99][JPN][「That's how you greet me? Is it really that rare to see anybody]
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[100][JPN][else?」]
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[102][JPN][「I was just about to leave. Well, they're a little late, so]
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[103][JPN][come in, My Esteemed Visitor, Sir!」]
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[109][JPN][「I'm happy to hear the sarcasm. I was sure that you'd have]
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[111][JPN][worked yourself sick and collapsed...」]
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[113][JPN][「What are you talking about? Today's the day I take my first]
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[114][JPN][step as an alchemist. I can't break down on a day like today.」]
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[116][JPN][「Then it sounds like you remember your appointment.」]
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[117][JPN][「My appointment?」]
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[119][JPN][「Didn't you say that you were going to be one of Yuidora's]
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[121][JPN][alchemists? You need to keep your promises.」]
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[122][JPN][「What are you talking about? I've had today reserved for]
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[123][JPN][months. I wouldn't have made any appointments...」]
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[124][JPN][I pull out my pocketbook that contains my schedule and all my]
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[125][JPN][notes.]
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[126][JPN][There's nothing in there about an appointment with him...]
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[127][JPN][「I don't remember anything and it's not in my notes. Sorry, but]
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[128][JPN][can we do it another time? I'm busy today and on my way out.」]
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[129][JPN][「I believe right now will be fine. I'd think that's what you]
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[130][JPN][would prefer as well.」]
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[132][JPN][「Although... Somebody appears to be outside. ]
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[133][JPN][Go have a look.」]
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[134][JPN][「...You are not busy?」]
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[135][JPN][A girl stops in front of my workshop and looks in.]
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[136][JPN][Her clothes are foreign, but I've seen similar ones before.]
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[138][JPN][She's also carrying a sword.]
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[139][JPN][「Um, is there something I can do to help you?」]
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[140][JPN][The girl remains quiet, but moves forward a step.]
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[141][JPN][「...This is a workshop?」]
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[142][JPN][「Well, it is, but it's also not...」]
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[143][JPN][It'll be hard to explain Yuidora's Alchemist Guild to a]
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[145][JPN][foreigner.]
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[146][JPN][It does certainly look like a workshop, and of course, my]
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[147][JPN][parents were alchemists.]
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[148][JPN][But since I'm the current owner and I'm not certified as an]
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[150][JPN][alchemist, I can't take on customers as a workshop.]
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[152][JPN][So it is a workshop in form, but it would be illegal to use it]
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[153][JPN][as a workshop...]
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[154][JPN][「You are saying that it is not an ordinary workshop?」]
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[156][JPN][「Well, I wouldn't really say that either...」]
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[157][JPN][「I see... Then...」]
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[158][JPN][「Good grief. What are you doing? Aren't you busy?」]
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[159][JPN][「Oops, you're right.」]
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[161][JPN][「I'm sorry you came all the way here. Is there anything I could]
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[162][JPN][just quickly help you with?」]
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[163][JPN][「...」]
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[165][JPN][「Ah...」]
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[166][JPN][She looks at us suspiciously for a moment, then turns and]
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[167][JPN][leaves.]
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[169][JPN][「She left without saying anything. I wonder if I offended]
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[170][JPN][her...」]
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[171][JPN][「You remain more concerned for others than you are for]
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[173][JPN][yourself. The same as always.」]
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[175][JPN][「Sorry. I can't stop myself from trying to help people in]
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[176][JPN][need.」]
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[178][JPN][「I did not say it was a bad thing. It's my job to hold your]
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[179][JPN][reins.」]
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[180][JPN][「Since when have we been like that...」]
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[181][JPN][「...Ah! Damn!」]
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[182][JPN][I suddenly remember and rush back into the workshop.]
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[183][JPN][...And look at the clock.]
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[184][JPN][「Crap, it's almost time. I have to go!」]
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[185][JPN][「...Indeed, you've solved the riddle.」]
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[186][JPN][「I have some words of advice for you.」]
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[187][JPN][「Give me a break here. This is important. I can't afford to be]
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[189][JPN][late.」]
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[191][JPN][「Your final exam? I'm aware of that.」]
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[193][JPN][「If you are, then go away. I won't get my alchemist's license]
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[194][JPN][if I don't pass.」]
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[195][JPN][「I have four things to say.」]
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[196][JPN][「Say whatever you want. Let's see, my tools... and I need a]
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[197][JPN][weapon, and...」]
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[198][JPN][「First, you must keep your word as an alchemist of Yuidora.」]
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[199][JPN][「I know that. That's why I'm in a hurry.」]
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[201][JPN][「Second, an unlicensed alchemist must not accept any requests]
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[202][JPN][in Yuidora.」]
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[203][JPN][「I know that too. I've turned people down when they asked.」]
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[204][JPN][I gather up my tools.]
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[205][JPN][「Third, an alchemist of Yuidora must properly maintain their]
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[206][JPN][tools and equipment.」]
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[207][JPN][「...Hm?」]
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[208][JPN][The clock on the counter catches my eye. I look between it and]
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[209][JPN][the larger clock that I checked a moment before.]
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[210][JPN][I realize it as soon as I look between the two.]
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[212][JPN][「Mm. That large clock is surprisingly slow.」]
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[213][JPN][「...J-Jerk! Tell me that sooner!」]
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[215][JPN][I'll be disqualified on the spot if I'm late to meet the proctor]
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[216][JPN][for the final exam. I race toward the exit in a panic.]
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[217][JPN][「Out of the way! I can make it in time if I run!」]
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[219][JPN][「There's no need for that.」]
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[220][JPN][「And lastly... I am the proctor for your final examination.」]
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[221][JPN][「Huh...?」]
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[223][JPN][「Since you did keep your appointment and meet with your proctor]
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[224][JPN][by chance, it seems that your luck is rising.」]
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[226][JPN][「I was going to disqualify you, but I'll forego any penalties]
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[227][JPN][since you were just in time for the start of your exam.」]
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[228][JPN][「What are you worried about? You should be able to overcome]
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[229][JPN][adversity like this easily with your abilities.」]
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[230][JPN][「Adversity? I'm fired up! Wait, no, hold it... Why is it you?」]
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[231][JPN][「That question is unrelated to the examination. I am not]
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[232][JPN][required to answer it.」]
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[233][JPN][「No, no, no, I mean...」]
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[234][JPN][「By the way, since you're already late for the exam, would you]
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[236][JPN][like to study some more?」]
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[237][JPN][「No, I'd rather not... Hey! How can you be so calm!?」]
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[239][JPN][「How would panicking help?」]
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[240][JPN][「Please hurry!」]
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[241][JPN][I finish getting ready and rush toward the examination grounds]
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[242][JPN][despite Leguna not hurrying at all.]
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[244][JPN][We soon arrive at the ore mine next to Yuidora.]
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[246][JPN][Beyond here is an area managed by Yuidora's Alchemist Guild. You]
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[247][JPN][can't go in without a license.]
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[248][JPN][I can't go in normally, but with Leguna escorting me now, I've]
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[249][JPN][been allowed to enter.]
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[250][JPN][Besides mithril and seton steel, this place is famous for the]
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[251][JPN][rare reyshia steel in its deeper shafts.]
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[252][JPN][You could call it the cornerstone of the growth of Yuidora's]
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[253][JPN][Alchemist Guild.]
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[254][JPN][The final test is to enter the Yuidora Mine and fulfill the]
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[256][JPN][specified goal.]
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[258][JPN][「Still, that was a surprise. I never thought you'd be my]
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[259][JPN][proctor. That really saved me.」]
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[260][JPN][「Just the result of minor coincidences. Weren't you originally]
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[262][JPN][at my level?」]
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[263][JPN][「...」]
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[265][JPN][I reluctantly think back to a year ago.]
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[267][JPN][Leguna passed easily and has spent the last year as an]
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[268][JPN][alchemist.]
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[269][JPN][「It's embarrassing for me to have my former rival be so far]
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[270][JPN][behind me. I'm looking forward to this as well, you know.」]
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[272][JPN][「Don't you know best of all how good I am?」]
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[273][JPN][Although we're joking around, I'm starting to feel nervous.]
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[275][JPN][Laguna matured and became an examiner in the year that I did]
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[276][JPN][nothing.]
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[277][JPN][My test may even be similar to the one that Leguna took to]
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[278][JPN][become certified.]
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[279][JPN][Is the gap between us from that single year going to exist]
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[280][JPN][forever? The difference stings my whole body.]
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[281][JPN][「...What is it?」]
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[282][JPN][I feel his eyes on me and laugh to drive off those dark]
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[284][JPN][thoughts.]
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[285][JPN][「Nah, just thinking that if I cause problems during the test,]
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[286][JPN][you could get demoted back down instead.」]
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[287][JPN][「You'll just lose another year.」]
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[288][JPN][「Then maybe you should have hurried with me. What ever happened]
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[289][JPN][to our youthful friendship?」]
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[290][JPN][「No thank you. I've got a much higher goal. I'm not going to]
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[291][JPN][stumble over a pebble like you.」]
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[292][JPN][「Even pebbles can be useful. Enough put together can be used to]
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[293][JPN][craft something amazing.」]
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[294][JPN][Yes. I might just be a pebble now, but for my parents and for my]
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[295][JPN][friend waiting for me, I've got to pass.]
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[296][JPN][「Okay, I'm ready.」]
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[297][JPN][「Very well. Now, let's go in.」]
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[298][JPN][「Roger.」]
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[299][JPN][There's no point worrying now. This is too important.]
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[300][JPN][Okay, let's go!]
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[302][JPN][▼G0001　チューリアルマップクリア後]
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[304][JPN][「Well done, I believe they say.」]
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[305][JPN][「Do you have the results?」]
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[306][JPN][「I will return and give my report now. If we hurry, you could]
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[307][JPN][get the results as early as today.」]
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[308][JPN][「...But it might not be until tomorrow?」]
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[309][JPN][「Perhaps.」]
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[310][JPN][「I see. I really wanted to be able to put my sign up today.」]
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[311][JPN][「One day is nothing compared to an entire year.」]
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[312][JPN][「It feels like a year in a single day. My stomach hurts just]
[312][CHN][]

[313][JPN][thinking about it...?」]
[313][CHN][]

[314][JPN][]
[314][CHN][]

[315][JPN][「I understand how you feel.」]
[315][CHN][]

[316][JPN][「Oh? You had to wait too? You passed the test on your first]
[316][CHN][]

[317][JPN][try.」]
[317][CHN][]

[318][JPN][Leguna has always excelled.]
[318][CHN][]

[319][JPN][]
[319][CHN][]

[320][JPN][Even though we trained under different alchemists, I always]
[320][CHN][]

[321][JPN][]
[321][CHN][]

[322][JPN][heard that he was an impressive apprentice.]
[322][CHN][]

[323][JPN][]
[323][CHN][]

[324][JPN][「Should you pass, the lord will call for you. ]
[324][CHN][]

[325][JPN][]
[325][CHN][]

[326][JPN][You should kill time at the bar until then.」]
[326][CHN][]

[327][JPN][「Lordship...? Rosanna? Haven't you met her?」]
[327][CHN][]

[328][JPN][「She is very difficult to please. You should watch your mouth]
[328][CHN][]

[329][JPN][around her.」]
[329][CHN][]

[330][JPN][「Her workshop is huge. It's been passed down for generations. I]
[330][CHN][]

[331][JPN][hope I have one like that someday.」]
[331][CHN][]

[332][JPN][The size of one's workshop is an indicator for an alchemist's]
[332][CHN][]

[333][JPN][rank. It's determined by their position in the Guild.]
[333][CHN][]

[334][JPN][Alchemists enjoy this right in Yuidora. 18 years ago, they took]
[334][CHN][]

[335][JPN][]
[335][CHN][]

[336][JPN][over the government from the monarchy.]
[336][CHN][]

[337][JPN][The most skilled alchemist is the lord. So it's no surprise that]
[337][CHN][]

[338][JPN][every alchemist is aiming to be on top.]
[338][CHN][]

[339][JPN][]
[339][CHN][]

[340][JPN][That's the unique way of life here in the Workshop City.]
[340][CHN][]

[341][JPN][「In any case, first of all, you have to pass.」]
[341][CHN][]

[342][JPN][「I've done what I can. I'll just wait quietly for now.」]
[342][CHN][]

[343][JPN][「Do not accept any requests. If you accept one without]
[343][CHN][]

[344][JPN][]
[344][CHN][]

[345][JPN][permission, you will be permanently exiled.」]
[345][CHN][]

[346][JPN][「I understand, but is listening still okay? I won't formally]
[346][CHN][]

[347][JPN][accept any contracts.」]
[347][CHN][]

[348][JPN][]
[348][CHN][]

[349][JPN][「In theory, that is fine, but it may still be suspect.」]
[349][CHN][]

[350][JPN][「Roger. Give our lord my regards.」]
[350][CHN][]

[351][JPN][Since the test's done, I go back to my workshop.]
[351][CHN][]

[352][JPN][I know that I did good work back there.]
[352][CHN][]

[353][JPN][]
[353][CHN][]

[354][JPN][I just have to wait for the report from the Alchemist Guild.]
[354][CHN][]

[355][JPN][...But I won't get anything done by shutting myself up at home.]
[355][CHN][]

[356][JPN][]
[356][CHN][]

[357][JPN][I'll clean up...]
[357][CHN][]

[358][JPN][...]
[358][CHN][]

[359][JPN][]
[359][CHN][]

[360][JPN][.........]
[360][CHN][]

[361][JPN][Did I pass? ]
[361][CHN][]

[362][JPN][Or did I fail...]
[362][CHN][]

[363][JPN][I failed before the final exam last year and then got]
[363][CHN][]

[364][JPN][depressed...]
[364][CHN][]

[365][JPN][Leguna passed. I congratulated him, but I don't think that I was]
[365][CHN][]

[366][JPN][smiling.]
[366][CHN][]

[367][JPN][I wonder if he took the job as proctor because he was worried]
[367][CHN][]

[368][JPN][about me.]
[368][CHN][]

[369][JPN][...No, he's still just had one year. He can't have that kind of]
[369][CHN][]

[370][JPN][]
[370][CHN][]

[371][JPN][authority yet.]
[371][CHN][]

[372][JPN][All I can do is wait...]
[372][CHN][]

[373][JPN][]
[373][CHN][]

[374][JPN][I look at the clock again, but the hands have barely moved at]
[374][CHN][]

[375][JPN][all.]
[375][CHN][]

[376][JPN][I get up and go over to the ticking grandfather clock and adjust]
[376][CHN][]

[377][JPN][it so that it's showing the correct time.]
[377][CHN][]

[378][JPN][「This sucks. I can't just sit around.」]
[378][CHN][]

[379][JPN][I leave my workshop and head to the bar.]
[379][CHN][]

[380][JPN][Out on the street, the sounds of hammers and machines are]
[380][CHN][]

[381][JPN][everywhere.]
[381][CHN][]

[382][JPN][]
[382][CHN][]

[383][JPN][Workshops fill this town, so it's full of alchemists and the]
[383][CHN][]

[384][JPN][people that work with them. The city's backbone is alchemy.]
[384][CHN][]

[385][JPN][]
[385][CHN][]

[386][JPN][If I pass, I'll be a part of it too.]
[386][CHN][]

[387][JPN][As I think and walk, I hear a shout from down the street.]
[387][CHN][]

[388][JPN][It's coming from one of the nearby workshops. There's a man]
[388][CHN][]

[389][JPN][]
[389][CHN][]

[390][JPN][arguing with a girl.]
[390][CHN][]

[391][JPN][「Get out of here! I don't need brats getting in the way of my]
[391][CHN][]

[392][JPN][business!」]
[392][CHN][]

[393][JPN][]
[393][CHN][]

[394][JPN][「What!? You're kicking out a customer!?」]
[394][CHN][]

[395][JPN][「What customer? I ain't got time for brats. Get out of here]
[395][CHN][]

[396][JPN][before I throw you out!」]
[396][CHN][]

[397][JPN][「Aaah...! Hey! Don't touch me! Take this! Eeei!」]
[397][CHN][]

[398][JPN][The man's body flips into the air and spins before he falls onto]
[398][CHN][]

[399][JPN][the ground.]
[399][CHN][]

[400][JPN][]
[400][CHN][]

[401][JPN][What the heck just happened? He stays on the ground, looking up]
[401][CHN][]

[402][JPN][]
[402][CHN][]

[403][JPN][in blank surprise.]
[403][CHN][]

[404][JPN][「Alchemists like you should just get lost! Bleeeeh!」]
[404][CHN][]

[405][JPN][The girl sticks out her tongue and starts running.]
[405][CHN][]

[406][JPN][「Aah!」]
[406][CHN][]

[407][JPN][She ploughs headlong into me. I catch her and hold her up.]
[407][CHN][]

[408][JPN][「Whoa, careful there... ]
[408][CHN][]

[409][JPN][Are you okay?」]
[409][CHN][]

[410][JPN][]
[410][CHN][]

[411][JPN][「I-I'm sorry.」]
[411][CHN][]

[412][JPN][「Huh... Aren't you... Wilfred Dion!?」]
[412][CHN][]

[413][JPN][]
[413][CHN][]

[414][JPN][「Huh? You know who I am...?」]
[414][CHN][]

[415][JPN][We both look at each other in surprise.]
[415][CHN][]

[416][JPN][]
[416][CHN][]

[417][JPN][A little ways away, the fallen man staggers to his feet.]
[417][CHN][]

[418][JPN][「Damn it. Where'd that brat go...」]
[418][CHN][]

[419][JPN][He starts walking toward us, looking for her.]
[419][CHN][]

[420][JPN][She realizes it and looks up at me with pleading eyes.]
[420][CHN][]

[421][JPN][「Help me, Sir! There's a bad man after me!」]
[421][CHN][]

[422][JPN][「Uh, well, you know that I...」]
[422][CHN][]

[423][JPN][I'm not sure how to react to her sudden request, and she's]
[423][CHN][]

[424][JPN][obviously only pretending to cry.]
[424][CHN][]

[425][JPN][All the while, that man is coming toward us.]
[425][CHN][]

[426][JPN][「At this rate, he'll catch me, and send me to the garrison, and]
[426][CHN][]

[427][JPN][I'll be thrown in prison! Waaaaah!」]
[427][CHN][]

[428][JPN][When she breaks into tears, everybody looks at us.]
[428][CHN][]

[429][JPN][The man notices it too and comes straight here.]
[429][CHN][]

[430][JPN][]
[430][CHN][]

[431][JPN][「...H-Hurry up and get out of here. Go on, go.」]
[431][CHN][]

[432][JPN][I instinctively push the girl into the crowd.]
[432][CHN][]

[433][JPN][「Thanks, Wil!」]
[433][CHN][]

[434][JPN][「Whatever! Just go!」]
[434][CHN][]

[435][JPN][Immediately after she disappears, the man makes it to my side.]
[435][CHN][]

[436][JPN][「Hmmm... You... I've seen you somewhere before. Have we met?」]
[436][CHN][]

[437][JPN][]
[437][CHN][]

[438][JPN][「Whatever. Hey, you. You know that brat?」]
[438][CHN][]

[439][JPN][]
[439][CHN][]

[440][JPN][「No, I don't.」]
[440][CHN][]

[441][JPN][「Hmm? Really? What were you talking about with her?」]
[441][CHN][]

[442][JPN][The man stares at me suspiciously. I immediately point in the]
[442][CHN][]

[443][JPN][opposite direction that she went.]
[443][CHN][]

[444][JPN][「She went that way. I think she's gone already.」]
[444][CHN][]

[445][JPN][「Tch... Whatever. I'll get her next time.」]
[445][CHN][]

[446][JPN][The man turns around and starts to leave, but suddenly looks]
[446][CHN][]

[447][JPN][back.]
[447][CHN][]

[448][JPN][「I remember. You're the Dion boy. Your parents would roll in]
[448][CHN][]

[449][JPN][their graves knowing you were just screwin' around.」]
[449][CHN][]

[450][JPN][The man spits back the words as he leaves. I sigh in relief.]
[450][CHN][]

[451][JPN][I better get to the bar before I'm sucked into anything else.]
[451][CHN][]

[452][JPN][When I step into the bar like usual, Tian, the bartender, greets]
[452][CHN][]

[453][JPN][me with a broad smile.]
[453][CHN][]

[454][JPN][「Yo. Welcome, kiddo. I didn't expect to see you today.」]
[454][CHN][]

[455][JPN][「Hey there, old man.」]
[455][CHN][]

[456][JPN][]
[456][CHN][]

[457][JPN][Tian runs the bar where many of Yuidora's alchemists gather.]
[457][CHN][]

[458][JPN][He's someone that even alchemists respect.]
[458][CHN][]

[459][JPN][He took care of my parents too. We came here to eat a lot when I]
[459][CHN][]

[460][JPN][was young.]
[460][CHN][]

[461][JPN][When I don't have time to cook for myself, I usually come here.]
[461][CHN][]

[462][JPN][]
[462][CHN][]

[463][JPN][He's watched over me and supported me becoming an alchemist ever]
[463][CHN][]

[464][JPN][since I lost my parents.]
[464][CHN][]

[465][JPN][「I'm done with the test, but it'll be a little longer until I]
[465][CHN][]

[466][JPN][know how I did.」]
[466][CHN][]

[467][JPN][「It'll be fine. I know you passed.」]
[467][CHN][]

[468][JPN][「I really hope so.」]
[468][CHN][]

[469][JPN][「This year went fine. I think I'll start preparing something to]
[469][CHN][]

[470][JPN][celebrate the opening of your store.」]
[470][CHN][]

[471][JPN][「Do you mean a new drink? Something I'll get to try too?」]
[471][CHN][]

[472][JPN][]
[472][CHN][]

[473][JPN][「You'll have to look forward to it after you pass.」]
[473][CHN][]

[474][JPN][「Honestly, for this punk kid to have already taken the Guild's]
[474][CHN][]

[475][JPN][]
[475][CHN][]

[476][JPN][exam... You'll be surpassing me in no time.」]
[476][CHN][]

[477][JPN][「I don't know if I've passed yet.」]
[477][CHN][]

[478][JPN][Someone enters the bar and the crowd suddenly gets noisy. Even]
[478][CHN][]

[479][JPN][the old man looks surprised.]
[479][CHN][]

[480][JPN][I look behind me and see her walk straight to the counter.]
[480][CHN][]

[481][JPN][She's young and slender, with a thin face and smooth golden]
[481][CHN][]

[482][JPN][]
[482][CHN][]

[483][JPN][hair.]
[483][CHN][]

[484][JPN][There's a scent in the air around her that overpowers the]
[484][CHN][]

[485][JPN][liquor, men, and food. It's a calming, pleasant smell.]
[485][CHN][]

[486][JPN][She's a beautiful elf.]
[486][CHN][]

[487][JPN][She almost looks human, but she's clearly not. There's just a]
[487][CHN][]

[488][JPN][mystic kind of atmosphere around her.]
[488][CHN][]

[489][JPN][I stare at her, fascinated.]
[489][CHN][]

[490][JPN][]
[490][CHN][]

[491][JPN][Everybody here, including Tian, is staring at her just like me.]
[491][CHN][]

[492][JPN][]
[492][CHN][]

[493][JPN][It's unusual for elves to come to Yuidora.]
[493][CHN][]

[494][JPN][]
[494][CHN][]

[495][JPN][Reyshiamael]
[495][CHN][]

[496][JPN][]
[496][CHN][]

[497][JPN][Crystalline Forest]
[497][CHN][]

[498][JPN][, where the elves live, is northeast of Yuidora, but]
[498][CHN][]

[499][JPN][you rarely see any of them coming to human areas.]
[499][CHN][]

[500][JPN][The elf girl doesn't seem bothered by all the people staring at]
[500][CHN][]

[501][JPN][]
[501][CHN][]

[502][JPN][her. She smiles when she sees me and the old man.]
[502][CHN][]

[503][JPN][「Good day.」]
[503][CHN][]

[504][JPN][「Yeah, good day...」]
[504][CHN][]

[505][JPN][「Yeah... W-Welcome. What brings an elf to my bar?」]
[505][CHN][]

[506][JPN][「I am trying to find the lord's workshop. I think that I may be]
[506][CHN][]

[507][JPN][lost.」]
[507][CHN][]

[508][JPN][]
[508][CHN][]

[509][JPN][The old man looks relieved at her question.]
[509][CHN][]

[510][JPN][]
[510][CHN][]

[511][JPN][「Ah, then take a right as you leave here. Then turn left after]
[511][CHN][]

[512][JPN][]
[512][CHN][]

[513][JPN][you pass through the plaza.」]
[513][CHN][]

[514][JPN][「I can show you the way if you'd like.」]
[514][CHN][]

[515][JPN][I start to get up without even thinking about it.]
[515][CHN][]

[516][JPN][She doesn't look surprised or annoyed, she just smiles.]
[516][CHN][]

[517][JPN][]
[517][CHN][]

[518][JPN][「Haha. Thank you, but I will be fine.」]
[518][CHN][]

[519][JPN][Smiling radiantly, she leaves the bar.]
[519][CHN][]

[520][JPN][After I watch her disappear out the door, I sit back down and]
[520][CHN][]

[521][JPN][turn back to the old man.]
[521][CHN][]

[522][JPN][「I'm surprised an elf would laugh. I thought they were more]
[522][CHN][]

[523][JPN][collected.」]
[523][CHN][]

[524][JPN][「Me too. I've never seen that before.」]
[524][CHN][]

[525][JPN][「She must be from Reyshiamael. What do you think she wants with]
[525][CHN][]

[526][JPN][the lord?」]
[526][CHN][]

[527][JPN][]
[527][CHN][]

[528][JPN][]
[528][CHN][]

[529][JPN][]
[529][CHN][]

[530][JPN][]
[530][CHN][]

[531][JPN][「Who knows... Rosanna has studied eastern culture in depth.]
[531][CHN][]

[532][JPN][Maybe it's an exchange with the elves this time.」]
[532][CHN][]

[533][JPN][「...」]
[533][CHN][]

[534][JPN][]
[534][CHN][]

[535][JPN][After killing some more time in the bar, I go back to my]
[535][CHN][]

[536][JPN][workshop.]
[536][CHN][]

[537][JPN][There's nobody else here. The only sound is the clock ticking]
[537][CHN][]

[538][JPN][each second away.]
[538][CHN][]

[539][JPN][「Is it tomorrow yet...」]
[539][CHN][]

[540][JPN][I lean back in my chair, close my eyes, and think about the]
[540][CHN][]

[541][JPN][]
[541][CHN][]

[542][JPN][past.]
[542][CHN][]

[543][JPN][My parents were alchemists. This workshop used to belong to]
[543][CHN][]

[544][JPN][]
[544][CHN][]

[545][JPN][them.]
[545][CHN][]

[546][JPN][When they were alive, it was always full of people smiling.]
[546][CHN][]

[547][JPN][]
[547][CHN][]

[548][JPN][Every customer left satisfied.]
[548][CHN][]

[549][JPN][That's how I grew up, and why I want to become an alchemist. It]
[549][CHN][]

[550][JPN][]
[550][CHN][]

[551][JPN][must be like that for a lot of kids in Yuidora.]
[551][CHN][]

[552][JPN][]
[552][CHN][]

[553][JPN][First you help in the workshop. Then there's several years of]
[553][CHN][]

[554][JPN][apprentice training before becoming an alchemist.]
[554][CHN][]

[555][JPN][While studying under different alchemists, you learn difficult]
[555][CHN][]

[556][JPN][techniques and the basics of workshop management.]
[556][CHN][]

[557][JPN][Nearly everybody in Yuidora wants to be an alchemist. Where you]
[557][CHN][]

[558][JPN][]
[558][CHN][]

[559][JPN][were born and how you were raised don't matter.]
[559][CHN][]

[560][JPN][]
[560][CHN][]

[561][JPN][Some give up along the way and stay as assistants or]
[561][CHN][]

[562][JPN][apprentices, but I took the test to become an alchemist.]
[562][CHN][]

[563][JPN][That was a year ago. At the same time, my parents went to a]
[563][CHN][]

[564][JPN][]
[564][CHN][]

[565][JPN][dungeon with other Guild members and died there.]
[565][CHN][]

[566][JPN][They went to exterminate a powerful monster that had appeared,]
[566][CHN][]

[567][JPN][but never came back.]
[567][CHN][]

[568][JPN][I took the exam shortly after that, but I barely remember it. I]
[568][CHN][]

[569][JPN][]
[569][CHN][]

[570][JPN][was distracted and couldn't think straight.]
[570][CHN][]

[571][JPN][]
[571][CHN][]

[572][JPN][For the past year, I've been struggling with reality.]
[572][CHN][]

[573][JPN][For my dead parents, and for myself, who has to live on alone, I]
[573][CHN][]

[574][JPN][swore that I would become an alchemist.]
[574][CHN][]

[575][JPN][]
[575][CHN][]

[576][JPN][I did well this year. I know I passed.]
[576][CHN][]

[577][JPN][And I'll take my first step forward as an alchemist.]
[577][CHN][]

[578][JPN][I'll develop new techniques, invent new items, and become a real]
[578][CHN][]

[579][JPN][alchemist.]
[579][CHN][]

[580][JPN][And...]
[580][CHN][]

[581][JPN][.........]
[581][CHN][]

[582][JPN][...]
[582][CHN][]

[583][JPN][]
[583][CHN][]

[584][JPN][「What are you doing?」]
[584][CHN][]

[585][JPN][]
[585][CHN][]

[586][JPN][「Nnh... Oh, Leguna? I... fell asleep...」]
[586][CHN][]

[587][JPN][「You feel no pressure at all. You will never be a real]
[587][CHN][]

[588][JPN][]
[588][CHN][]

[589][JPN][alchemist like that.」]
[589][CHN][]

[590][JPN][「I was too wound up to get any sleep yesterday.」]
[590][CHN][]

[591][JPN][I stand up from my chair.]
[591][CHN][]

[592][JPN][If Leguna's here, that means that he's got the results.]
[592][CHN][]

[593][JPN][]
[593][CHN][]

[594][JPN][「So, how'd I do?」]
[594][CHN][]

[595][JPN][]
[595][CHN][]

[596][JPN][「I have something to tell you before that.」]
[596][CHN][]

[597][JPN][「Keep it within three things.」]
[597][CHN][]

[598][JPN][「First, if you're a weak fighter, you should hire a guard.」]
[598][CHN][]

[599][JPN][「I believe that an alchemist of Yuidora should be able to]
[599][CHN][]

[600][JPN][manage on their own, but this will make it easier for you.」]
[600][CHN][]

[601][JPN][「Second. Don't go before the lord looking half asleep. ]
[601][CHN][]

[602][JPN][Wash your face.」]
[602][CHN][]

[603][JPN][Leguna points at my mouth.]
[603][CHN][]

[604][JPN][I wipe the drool off my face with my sleeve.]
[604][CHN][]

[605][JPN][「Just two? So, how'd I do?」]
[605][CHN][]

[606][JPN][Leguna chuckles to himself at my question.]
[606][CHN][]

[607][JPN][「Heheh. You haven't figured it out yet?」]
[607][CHN][]

[608][JPN][「Go see the lord as soon as you wash your face.」]
[608][CHN][]

[609][JPN][「Go see her... You mean... I passed?」]
[609][CHN][]

[610][JPN][]
[610][CHN][]

[611][JPN][「Honestly, you're slow. Aren't you ashamed as an alchemist to]
[611][CHN][]

[612][JPN][ask the same question over and over again?」]
[612][CHN][]

[613][JPN][「I passed... I passed... ]
[613][CHN][]

[614][JPN][I did it!!!!!」]
[614][CHN][]

[615][JPN][]
[615][CHN][]

[616][JPN][I shout without meaning to.]
[616][CHN][]

[617][JPN][]
[617][CHN][]

[618][JPN][I grab Laguna's hand and shake it vigorously in celebration.]
[618][CHN][]

[619][JPN][「Thank you! I knew that you were my best friend!」]
[619][CHN][]

[620][JPN][]
[620][CHN][]

[621][JPN][「I don't mind if you're excited, but do it on your own time.]
[621][CHN][]

[622][JPN][This is embarrassing.」]
[622][CHN][]

[623][JPN][]
[623][CHN][]

[624][JPN][「Okay, I'm off to see the lord!」]
[624][CHN][]

[625][JPN][I rush out of my workshop.]
[625][CHN][]

[626][JPN][...But immediately go back.]
[626][CHN][]

[627][JPN][]
[627][CHN][]

[628][JPN][I quickly wash my face, towel it off, and slap my cheeks to wake]
[628][CHN][]

[629][JPN][myself up as I look at myself in the mirror.]
[629][CHN][]

[630][JPN][「What are you doing, Leguna? Hurry up! Let's go!」]
[630][CHN][]

[631][JPN][]
[631][CHN][]

[632][JPN][「Honestly, you have no composure at all.」]
[632][CHN][]

[633][JPN][]
[633][CHN][]

[634][JPN][I race through the streets.]
[634][CHN][]

[635][JPN][]
[635][CHN][]

[636][JPN][I passed. I really passed. ]
[636][CHN][]

[637][JPN][]
[637][CHN][]

[638][JPN][I'm finally an alchemist.]
[638][CHN][]

[639][JPN][This is the first step toward fulfilling my dream!]
[639][CHN][]

[640][JPN][「Whoa!」]
[640][CHN][]

[641][JPN][「Aah!」]
[641][CHN][]

[642][JPN][Huh...? Why am I looking up at the sky?]
[642][CHN][]

[643][JPN][]
[643][CHN][]

[644][JPN][「Hey, be careful. Watch where you're running!」]
[644][CHN][]

[645][JPN][「...They're white.」]
[645][CHN][]

[646][JPN][「...! What are you looking at?! Pervert!」]
[646][CHN][]

[647][JPN][]
[647][CHN][]

[648][JPN][The raised foot comes hurtling down toward my face.]
[648][CHN][]

[649][JPN][]
[649][CHN][]

[650][JPN][I barely manage to avoid it, but it still kicks up a cloud of]
[650][CHN][]

[651][JPN][dust against my face.]
[651][CHN][]

[652][JPN][「Watch out! Don't aim for sensitive places!」]
[652][CHN][]

[653][JPN][「Huh...? Wilfred Dion... ]
[653][CHN][]

[654][JPN][Is that you again?」]
[654][CHN][]

[655][JPN][I finally see the girl's face and remember what happened]
[655][CHN][]

[656][JPN][earlier.]
[656][CHN][]

[657][JPN][「Hm...? Ah. Aren't you the girl that was in trouble this]
[657][CHN][]

[658][JPN][afternoon?」]
[658][CHN][]

[659][JPN][「Thanks for earlier, but you have to be more careful.」]
[659][CHN][]

[660][JPN][She reaches out her hand.]
[660][CHN][]

[661][JPN][「Sorry, I was in a hurry.」]
[661][CHN][]

[662][JPN][I take her hand and stand up.]
[662][CHN][]

[663][JPN][「You're in a hurry? You mean someone's after you?」]
[663][CHN][]

[664][JPN][Why are her eyes gleaming when she asks that?]
[664][CHN][]

[665][JPN][「No, I'm going to the lord's workshop.」]
[665][CHN][]

[666][JPN][「The lord's? Why would you go to that old lady's place? ]
[666][CHN][]

[667][JPN][You've got business there?」]
[667][CHN][]

[668][JPN][「I'm going to get my license.」]
[668][CHN][]

[669][JPN][「Eh...? You're an alchemist too!?」]
[669][CHN][]

[670][JPN][「Starting today. Sorry, but I'm in a hurry.」]
[670][CHN][]

[671][JPN][「Ah...」]
[671][CHN][]

[672][JPN][My running finally brings me to the lord's workshop.]
[672][CHN][]

[673][JPN][It's a huge building the head of the central plaza on the main]
[673][CHN][]

[674][JPN][road. Every lord before her has worked there.]
[674][CHN][]

[675][JPN][「You're late. What were you doing?」]
[675][CHN][]

[676][JPN][「Sorry, I got a little lost.」]
[676][CHN][]

[677][JPN][]
[677][CHN][]

[678][JPN][「Lady Rosanna has been waiting. ]
[678][CHN][]

[679][JPN][Hurry up and go in.」]
[679][CHN][]

[680][JPN][「Wait a minute.」]
[680][CHN][]

[681][JPN][I stop walking and take a deep breath.]
[681][CHN][]

[682][JPN][I'm trying to catch my breath after running here, but instead,]
[682][CHN][]

[683][JPN][that's making my heart pound even harder.]
[683][CHN][]

[684][JPN][I'm really nervous right now.]
[684][CHN][]

[685][JPN][I've heard that Rosanna is extremely hard to please.]
[685][CHN][]

[686][JPN][She's a noble from the monarchy era, married to Rudensterg]
[686][CHN][]

[687][JPN][Leviera, and the first to be elected lord by the Guild.]
[687][CHN][]

[688][JPN][]
[688][CHN][]

[689][JPN][A rookie alchemist could lose his job in an instant if he]
[689][CHN][]

[690][JPN][offends her.]
[690][CHN][]

[691][JPN][「One more time... ]
[691][CHN][]

[692][JPN][]
[692][CHN][]

[693][JPN][Aaah...haaa......」]
[693][CHN][]

[694][JPN][]
[694][CHN][]

[695][JPN][「You're not going to get any more relaxed than this. Just]
[695][CHN][]

[696][JPN][prepare yourself and go in.」]
[696][CHN][]

[697][JPN][「I-I got it. I'll go now.」]
[697][CHN][]

[698][JPN][I steel my already tense body and go in the back room.]
[698][CHN][]

[699][JPN][I just stand there, overwhelmed by the intricate designs all]
[699][CHN][]

[700][JPN][around me.]
[700][CHN][]

[701][JPN][「This is the lord's room... ]
[701][CHN][]

[702][JPN][It's amazing...」]
[702][CHN][]

[703][JPN][You can see the work of alchemists all over the room.]
[703][CHN][]

[704][JPN][The pillars, walls, ceiling, tables, chairs, sculptures, vases,]
[704][CHN][]

[705][JPN][]
[705][CHN][]

[706][JPN][windows, and curtains. It's like a collection of masterpieces.]
[706][CHN][]

[707][JPN][I can see the eastern influences in their design too. ]
[707][CHN][]

[708][JPN][It's very fitting considering Rosanna's thorough study.]
[708][CHN][]

[709][JPN][]
[709][CHN][]

[710][JPN][This mansion has been used since the monarchy... This is where]
[710][CHN][]

[711][JPN][the new government was built.]
[711][CHN][]

[712][JPN][Countless alchemists must have combined their efforts to build]
[712][CHN][]

[713][JPN][this workshop.]
[713][CHN][]

[714][JPN][I was born after that, so I don't remember any of it, but I've]
[714][CHN][]

[715][JPN][heard about it from older alchemists, including my parents...]
[715][CHN][]

[716][JPN][And now, I can see what they did.]
[716][CHN][]

[717][JPN][I wonder if the day will come when there'll be another massive]
[717][CHN][]

[718][JPN][project like this.]
[718][CHN][]

[719][JPN][If it does happen, I wonder if I'll get to take part in it.]
[719][CHN][]

[720][JPN][]
[720][CHN][]

[721][JPN][Something small would be fine. Just one tile. One window frame.]
[721][CHN][]

[722][JPN][]
[722][CHN][]

[723][JPN][One set of matching plates. A single candlestick.]
[723][CHN][]

[724][JPN][Now that I've chosen to walk the path of an alchemist, I want to]
[724][CHN][]

[725][JPN][leave something of myself behind. That's how I feel.]
[725][CHN][]

[726][JPN][Just looking at all the amazing works done by the people who]
[726][CHN][]

[727][JPN][came before me makes me excited.]
[727][CHN][]

[728][JPN][I want to try my best too.]
[728][CHN][]

[729][JPN][「Wait here a moment. She will be right with you.」]
[729][CHN][]

[730][JPN][]
[730][CHN][]

[731][JPN][「Y-Yeah, I'll be ready.」]
[731][CHN][]

[732][JPN][I barely answer Leguna as he leaves and continue looking around]
[732][CHN][]

[733][JPN][]
[733][CHN][]

[734][JPN][the room.]
[734][CHN][]

[735][JPN][On the back wall, there are weapons and armor that look like]
[735][CHN][]

[736][JPN][they're from the east. I'm sure they were made here.]
[736][CHN][]

[737][JPN][Although eastern culture came to Yuidora, Rosanna, our present]
[737][CHN][]

[738][JPN][lord, is the one who has mastered it the best.]
[738][CHN][]

[739][JPN][Female alchemists aren't unusual in Yuidora, but their]
[739][CHN][]

[740][JPN][techniques and results are quite different.]
[740][CHN][]

[741][JPN][]
[741][CHN][]

[742][JPN][Rosanna is the envy of all the alchemists in Yuidora.]
[742][CHN][]

[743][JPN][I'm suddenly startled out of my thoughts when I hear footsteps]
[743][CHN][]

[744][JPN][approaching.]
[744][CHN][]

[745][JPN][I hurriedly straighten my clothes.]
[745][CHN][]

[746][JPN][I cleaned myself off, but I still feel sooty and out of place]
[746][CHN][]

[747][JPN][with all the exquisite beauty in this room.]
[747][CHN][]

[748][JPN][]
[748][CHN][]

[749][JPN][A mature woman appears, moving gracefully.]
[749][CHN][]

[750][JPN][She walks up to me. I swallow nervously.]
[750][CHN][]

[751][JPN][This is Yuidora's current lord, the Grand Master Alchemist,]
[751][CHN][]

[752][JPN][]
[752][CHN][]

[753][JPN][Rosanna Leviera.]
[753][CHN][]

[754][JPN][ ]
[754][CHN][]

[755][JPN][ ]
[755][CHN][]

[756][JPN][ ]
[756][CHN][]

[757][JPN][In Yuidora, crowded with workshops, she is the most skilled and]
[757][CHN][]

[758][JPN][]
[758][CHN][]

[759][JPN][has the largest workshop.]
[759][CHN][]

[760][JPN][Even senior alchemists beg to be taught by her, and the nobles]
[760][CHN][]

[761][JPN][that supported the monarchy kneel before her.]
[761][CHN][]

[762][JPN][Overwhelmed by her sheer presence, I forget to greet her and]
[762][CHN][]

[763][JPN][just stand there silently.]
[763][CHN][]

[764][JPN][「Who are you? You have business with me?」]
[764][CHN][]

[765][JPN][]
[765][CHN][]

[766][JPN][「Huh... No, I was summoned...」]
[766][CHN][]

[767][JPN][I didn't expect this, and completely come apart.]
[767][CHN][]

[768][JPN][「You have a request for me? In that case, please tell it to one]
[768][CHN][]

[769][JPN][of my employees.」]
[769][CHN][]

[770][JPN][「No, I'm...」]
[770][CHN][]

[771][JPN][I finally come to my senses and realize that she's testing me.]
[771][CHN][]

[772][JPN][I kneel down and bow deeply before her.]
[772][CHN][]

[773][JPN][]
[773][CHN][]

[774][JPN][「I finished my examination today. I am here to receive my]
[774][CHN][]

[775][JPN][license and become an alchemist of Yuidora.」]
[775][CHN][]

[776][JPN][「Your name?」]
[776][CHN][]

[777][JPN][「Wilfred Dion.」]
[777][CHN][]

[778][JPN][I manage to say it despite my dry mouth. That alone makes me]
[778][CHN][]

[779][JPN][feel relieved.]
[779][CHN][]

[780][JPN][「I see. I have heard of you. ]
[780][CHN][]

[781][JPN][Congratulations.」]
[781][CHN][]

[782][JPN][She smiles brightly, then her eyes narrow and pierce me.]
[782][CHN][]

[783][JPN][「You were late to arrive. And when you come here, introduce]
[783][CHN][]

[784][JPN][yourself immediately.」]
[784][CHN][]

[785][JPN][]
[785][CHN][]

[786][JPN][「Y-Yes... My apologies...」]
[786][CHN][]

[787][JPN][「Missing the appointed time is unforgivable. As an alchemist of]
[787][CHN][]

[788][JPN][Yuidora, please be aware of that.」]
[788][CHN][]

[789][JPN][]
[789][CHN][]

[790][JPN][「Yes...」]
[790][CHN][]

[791][JPN][At Rosanna's signal, an employee places a box in front of me.]
[791][CHN][]

[792][JPN][Before me is a beautiful sword with an embroidered crest, and a]
[792][CHN][]

[793][JPN][]
[793][CHN][]

[794][JPN][sturdy wooden signboard.]
[794][CHN][]

[795][JPN][They both bear the crest of the Alchemist Guild.]
[795][CHN][]

[796][JPN][「This is your license. Always keep it with you. It is also]
[796][CHN][]

[797][JPN][]
[797][CHN][]

[798][JPN][necessary to enter the managed areas.」]
[798][CHN][]

[799][JPN][]
[799][CHN][]

[800][JPN][「Display the sword and signboard where they can be easily seen]
[800][CHN][]

[801][JPN][]
[801][CHN][]

[802][JPN][as proof that you are formally certified.」]
[802][CHN][]

[803][JPN][]
[803][CHN][]

[804][JPN][I stare at the crest of the Alchemist Guild.]
[804][CHN][]

[805][JPN][I solemnly reach toward them. ]
[805][CHN][]

[806][JPN][My hands are trembling.]
[806][CHN][]

[807][JPN][]
[807][CHN][]

[808][JPN][「I graciously accept them.」]
[808][CHN][]

[809][JPN][             『【Key】Initiate License obtained.』]
[809][CHN][]

[810][JPN][]
[810][CHN][]

[811][JPN][]
[811][CHN][]

[812][JPN][]
[812][CHN][]

[813][JPN][              『【Key】Guild Signboard obtained.』]
[813][CHN][]

[814][JPN][               『【Shop】Ornate Sword obtained.』]
[814][CHN][]

[815][JPN][I shiver as I touch it. I'm a full-fledged alchemist now.]
[815][CHN][]

[816][JPN][「Wilfred Dion. You have been accepted as a member of Yuidora's]
[816][CHN][]

[817][JPN][]
[817][CHN][]

[818][JPN][Alchemist Guild.」]
[818][CHN][]

[819][JPN][「Thank you very much.」]
[819][CHN][]

[820][JPN][I lower my head once more.]
[820][CHN][]

[821][JPN][「Stand.」]
[821][CHN][]

[822][JPN][I stand up right away as ordered. Rosanna looks into my eyes.]
[822][CHN][]

[823][JPN][「...As your lord, I have one question for you.」]
[823][CHN][]

[824][JPN][I swallow nervously.]
[824][CHN][]

[825][JPN][「What kind of alchemist do you want to be?」]
[825][CHN][]

[826][JPN][「What kind of... alchemist...?」]
[826][CHN][]

[827][JPN][I look at her in surprise. I'm not sure what to say or how I]
[827][CHN][]

[828][JPN][should answer her.]
[828][CHN][]

[829][JPN][I just say the words out loud as they appear in my mind.]
[829][CHN][]

[830][JPN][「A splendid alchemist. I want to develop new techniques and]
[830][CHN][]

[831][JPN][enlarge the workshop my parents left me.」]
[831][CHN][]

[832][JPN][「I see... Very well. You may leave.」]
[832][CHN][]

[833][JPN][Rosanna is curt. She looks like she's no longer interested in]
[833][CHN][]

[834][JPN][me.]
[834][CHN][]

[835][JPN][]
[835][CHN][]

[836][JPN][「Ah... I want to be a great alchemist to give back to Yuidora,]
[836][CHN][]

[837][JPN][]
[837][CHN][]

[838][JPN][and spread its name to the continent...」]
[838][CHN][]

[839][JPN][「I already said we were finished. Since we are done, go home.」]
[839][CHN][]

[840][JPN][Rosanna looks at me in annoyance.]
[840][CHN][]

[841][JPN][「...Excuse me.」]
[841][CHN][]

[842][JPN][I bow and quietly leave.]
[842][CHN][]

[843][JPN][Rosanna's question echoes in my mind.]
[843][CHN][]

[844][JPN][         『What kind of alchemist do you want to be?』]
[844][CHN][]

[845][JPN][What I told her wasn't a lie, but there's still something not]
[845][CHN][]

[846][JPN][quite right about it.]
[846][CHN][]

[847][JPN][The alchemist I want to be... ]
[847][CHN][]

[848][JPN][The kind of workshop I want...]
[848][CHN][]

[849][JPN][「Congratulations. It looks like you got it right.」]
[849][CHN][]

[850][JPN][「...Yeah...」]
[850][CHN][]

[851][JPN][「What's the matter? Shocked that you barely passed?」]
[851][CHN][]

[852][JPN][「No, it's not that... ]
[852][CHN][]

[853][JPN][]
[853][CHN][]

[854][JPN][Wait, I barely passed?」]
[854][CHN][]

[855][JPN][「Hmph. Don't think too highly of yourself.」]
[855][CHN][]

[856][JPN][「W-Whatever. I got my license. I just have to work hard now.」]
[856][CHN][]

[857][JPN][]
[857][CHN][]

[858][JPN][「Did she ask you that last year?　About what kind of alchemist]
[858][CHN][]

[859][JPN][]
[859][CHN][]

[860][JPN][you want to be...」]
[860][CHN][]

[861][JPN][]
[861][CHN][]

[862][JPN][「Yeah, she asked me.」]
[862][CHN][]

[863][JPN][]
[863][CHN][]

[864][JPN][I thought so. She asks everybody when they become alchemists.]
[864][CHN][]

[865][JPN][「What'd you tell her?」]
[865][CHN][]

[866][JPN][「I was aiming to be the best. In other words, I was aiming for]
[866][CHN][]

[867][JPN][]
[867][CHN][]

[868][JPN][her position.」]
[868][CHN][]

[869][JPN][]
[869][CHN][]

[870][JPN][「Oh...? That sounds big, but... with her, it also sounds pretty]
[870][CHN][]

[871][JPN][normal.」]
[871][CHN][]

[872][JPN][「Yeah, it was normal. I regret it now.」]
[872][CHN][]

[873][JPN][「You should've said Meister... or something along those]
[873][CHN][]

[874][JPN][lines?」]
[874][CHN][]

[875][JPN][「Indeed, that is more lofty. However, I do not think that's the]
[875][CHN][]

[876][JPN][right goal for you.」]
[876][CHN][]

[877][JPN][Meister is the highest title given by the Alchemist Guild.]
[877][CHN][]

[878][JPN][But nobody's ever attained that title. Even a lord like Rosanna]
[878][CHN][]

[879][JPN][]
[879][CHN][]

[880][JPN][is beneath that. You could call it a hopeless dream.]
[880][CHN][]

[881][JPN][「Did you say that was what you were aiming for?」]
[881][CHN][]

[882][JPN][「No, I...」]
[882][CHN][]

[883][JPN][「So what do you want to do? ]
[883][CHN][]

[884][JPN][What is it that you want?」]
[884][CHN][]

[885][JPN][]
[885][CHN][]

[886][JPN][What I want to do...]
[886][CHN][]

[887][JPN][I just wanted to be an alchemist. ]
[887][CHN][]

[888][JPN][I never thought about that.]
[888][CHN][]

[889][JPN][]
[889][CHN][]

[890][JPN][I want that. My goal as an alchemist... happiness...]
[890][CHN][]

[891][JPN][What comes to my mind as I think is that I spent my childhood in]
[891][CHN][]

[892][JPN][that workshop.]
[892][CHN][]

[893][JPN][「...Wait for me. I forgot something.」]
[893][CHN][]

[894][JPN][]
[894][CHN][]

[895][JPN][I turn on my heels and rush back toward the lord's room.]
[895][CHN][]

[896][JPN][When my parents were alive, I saw people come to the workshop]
[896][CHN][]

[897][JPN][all the time.]
[897][CHN][]

[898][JPN][Everybody came when they were in trouble, and afterward, they]
[898][CHN][]

[899][JPN][smiled as they thanked my parents.]
[899][CHN][]

[900][JPN][I want to be an alchemist like them. I want to please my]
[900][CHN][]

[901][JPN][customers. I want to make them smile.]
[901][CHN][]

[902][JPN][That's the kind of alchemist I want to be.]
[902][CHN][]

[903][JPN][「Lady Rosanna! Please listen!」]
[903][CHN][]

[904][JPN][As soon as I step into her room, the guards rush at me and pin]
[904][CHN][]

[905][JPN][me down.]
[905][CHN][]

[906][JPN][「No, wait, I just wanted to say something. Um... Please listen]
[906][CHN][]

[907][JPN][]
[907][CHN][]

[908][JPN][to me!」]
[908][CHN][]

[909][JPN][「Stubborn, aren't we? ]
[909][CHN][]

[910][JPN][]
[910][CHN][]

[911][JPN][Throw him out.」]
[911][CHN][]

[912][JPN][The guards pinning me down begin dragging me toward the door.]
[912][CHN][]

[913][JPN][I want Rosanna to hear my decision no matter what and shout the]
[913][CHN][]

[914][JPN][]
[914][CHN][]

[915][JPN][entire time I'm being dragged.]
[915][CHN][]

[916][JPN][「Let go of me! Please, Ma'am!　]
[916][CHN][]

[917][JPN][I know the answer to the question you asked me!」]
[917][CHN][]

[918][JPN][「Wha...!?」]
[918][CHN][]

[919][JPN][Rosanna's expression freezes and she strides up to me.]
[919][CHN][]

[920][JPN][She grabs my chin while I'm still pinned down and lifts it.]
[920][CHN][]

[921][JPN][]
[921][CHN][]

[922][JPN][「If you have something to say, then say it. If it is stupid,]
[922][CHN][]

[923][JPN][you will be hung from the roof of this home.」]
[923][CHN][]

[924][JPN][「I want to be an alchemist that makes his customers happy. ]
[924][CHN][]

[925][JPN][I want to be useful to people in trouble.」]
[925][CHN][]

[926][JPN][]
[926][CHN][]

[927][JPN][「I want every customer that comes to my workshop to leave with]
[927][CHN][]

[928][JPN][]
[928][CHN][]

[929][JPN][a smile. That's the alchemist I want to be.」]
[929][CHN][]

[930][JPN][I declare that and watch Rosanna patiently.]
[930][CHN][]

[931][JPN][]
[931][CHN][]

[932][JPN][She stares at me for a moment, then I think I see a tiny smile]
[932][CHN][]

[933][JPN][flicker across her lips.]
[933][CHN][]

[934][JPN][「That is a better answer than before. ]
[934][CHN][]

[935][JPN][]
[935][CHN][]

[936][JPN][Very well, release him.」]
[936][CHN][]

[937][JPN][「Thank you very much. ]
[937][CHN][]

[938][JPN][]
[938][CHN][]

[939][JPN][Please, excuse me.」]
[939][CHN][]

[940][JPN][「Wait. Let me give you one order.」]
[940][CHN][]

[941][JPN][「Huh? An... order?　I'm happy to accept it, but what is it?」]
[941][CHN][]

[942][JPN][ ]
[942][CHN][]

[943][JPN][ ]
[943][CHN][]

[944][JPN][ ]
[944][CHN][]

[945][JPN][「The next time you call me Ma'am, I will revoke your license.]
[945][CHN][]

[946][JPN][Remember that.」]
[946][CHN][]

[947][JPN][I kneel in panic and bow to her.]
[947][CHN][]

[948][JPN][「I-I humbly apologize... Um, well... You're about as old as my]
[948][CHN][]

[949][JPN][]
[949][CHN][]

[950][JPN][mother was, so I just...」]
[950][CHN][]

[951][JPN][I regretted that the moment it left my lips.]
[951][CHN][]

[952][JPN][「Leave immediately!」]
[952][CHN][]

[953][JPN][「E-Excuse me!」]
[953][CHN][]

[954][JPN][Leguna looks at me in shock as I race away from the manor.]
[954][CHN][]

[955][JPN][「What do you think you're doing? I don't want to be demoted]
[955][CHN][]

[956][JPN][because of you.」]
[956][CHN][]

[957][JPN][「Ah, don't worry, just doing something stupid... I think...」]
[957][CHN][]

[958][JPN][「But she's a really interesting person. I can't hate people]
[958][CHN][]

[959][JPN][like her.」]
[959][CHN][]

[960][JPN][]
[960][CHN][]

[961][JPN][「You're aiming for the big leagues.」]
[961][CHN][]

[962][JPN][「Thanks for the compliment. By the way, why haven't you]
[962][CHN][]

[963][JPN][congratulated me yet?」]
[963][CHN][]

[964][JPN][]
[964][CHN][]

[965][JPN][「I already said it. Are your ears just for show?」]
[965][CHN][]

[966][JPN][]
[966][CHN][]

[967][JPN][「No way! I didn't hear anything!」]
[967][CHN][]

[968][JPN][]
[968][CHN][]

[969][JPN][「Shut up. Stop making a commotion at the lord's workshop. It's]
[969][CHN][]

[970][JPN][]
[970][CHN][]

[971][JPN][unsightly.」]
[971][CHN][]

[972][JPN][「Er...」]
[972][CHN][]

[973][JPN][「Okay, let's go back. You need to figure out what to do from]
[973][CHN][]

[974][JPN][now on.」]
[974][CHN][]

[975][JPN][「Yeah.」]
[975][CHN][]

[976][JPN][We walk back to my workshop together.]
[976][CHN][]

[977][JPN][Once I'm home, I look around the workshop once again.]
[977][CHN][]

[978][JPN][It was larger when my parents were here, but it was reduced in]
[978][CHN][]

[979][JPN][size so that I could inherit it.]
[979][CHN][]

[980][JPN][The size of one's workshop is determined by their rank. There]
[980][CHN][]

[981][JPN][are strict laws regulating that.]
[981][CHN][]

[982][JPN][「Now then, you're going to have to manage this workshop by]
[982][CHN][]

[983][JPN][]
[983][CHN][]

[984][JPN][yourself from now on...」]
[984][CHN][]

[985][JPN][「You'll need rare and new materials in order to invent new]
[985][CHN][]

[986][JPN][]
[986][CHN][]

[987][JPN][items. I cannot help you personally search for those.」]
[987][CHN][]

[988][JPN][]
[988][CHN][]

[989][JPN][「But... and this may be difficult to hear, you still have a]
[989][CHN][]

[990][JPN][long way to go.」]
[990][CHN][]

[991][JPN][As I'd expect from my merciless friend.]
[991][CHN][]

[992][JPN][]
[992][CHN][]

[993][JPN][「You could still say it nicer. People have strengths and]
[993][CHN][]

[994][JPN][weaknesses, maybe I'm a late bloomer.」]
[994][CHN][]

[995][JPN][]
[995][CHN][]

[996][JPN][「You are aware of your current abilities, right? You don't seem]
[996][CHN][]

[997][JPN][to pick up on sarcasm very well.」]
[997][CHN][]

[998][JPN][「Back to the topic at hand... Anyway, if you do search, I]
[998][CHN][]

[999][JPN][wanted to remind you to hire a guard.」]
[999][CHN][]

[1000][JPN][]
[1000][CHN][]

[1001][JPN][「The problem is finding someone who would guard a completely]
[1001][CHN][]

[1002][JPN][unknown and amateur alchemist like you...」]
[1002][CHN][]

[1003][JPN][]
[1003][CHN][]

[1004][JPN][「How about I hire you?」]
[1004][CHN][]

[1005][JPN][「That would not be to either of our advantages. I believe that]
[1005][CHN][]

[1006][JPN][]
[1006][CHN][]

[1007][JPN][alchemists should be able to support themselves.」]
[1007][CHN][]

[1008][JPN][「I guess so...」]
[1008][CHN][]

[1009][JPN][He has his own work to do. And I came this far so that I would]
[1009][CHN][]

[1010][JPN][be able to work on my own.]
[1010][CHN][]

[1011][JPN][From now on, he's my rival. And I'm also competing with all the]
[1011][CHN][]

[1012][JPN][]
[1012][CHN][]

[1013][JPN][people that made Yuidora what it is today.]
[1013][CHN][]

[1014][JPN][「I got it. I'll take care of it myself.」]
[1014][CHN][]

[1015][JPN][「Finally, make sure to hang up your signboard. Do not forget]
[1015][CHN][]

[1016][JPN][that.」]
[1016][CHN][]

[1017][JPN][]
[1017][CHN][]

[1018][JPN][「Yes, sir. Thanks.」]
[1018][CHN][]

[1019][JPN][「See you later.」]
[1019][CHN][]

[1020][JPN][Leguna abruptly leaves my workshop.]
[1020][CHN][]

[1021][JPN][]
[1021][CHN][]

[1022][JPN][It's still a small workshop, and I'm just a novice alchemist.]
[1022][CHN][]

[1023][JPN][I have to sell goods, take requests, and enlarge my workshop]
[1023][CHN][]

[1024][JPN][quickly.]
[1024][CHN][]

[1025][JPN][That's the first step I have to take as an alchemist.]
[1025][CHN][]

[1026][JPN][First, I should hang up the signboard before I forget.]
[1026][CHN][]

[1027][JPN][This shows that I'm part of the Guild. If I don't hang it up, I]
[1027][CHN][]

[1028][JPN][]
[1028][CHN][]

[1029][JPN][can't run a workshop in Yuidora.]
[1029][CHN][]

[1030][JPN][Yuidora law is harsh on unauthorized workshops. I don't want to]
[1030][CHN][]

[1031][JPN][]
[1031][CHN][]

[1032][JPN][be involved in any kind of misunderstanding.]
[1032][CHN][]

[1033][JPN][It's just a small signboard now, but eventually I'll have one of]
[1033][CHN][]

[1034][JPN][the best in the city.]
[1034][CHN][]

[1035][JPN][First, display the sword in the store... Then I'll hang the]
[1035][CHN][]

[1036][JPN][]
[1036][CHN][]

[1037][JPN][signboard outside.]
[1037][CHN][]

[1038][JPN][「Okay, now where should I put it... Hm?」]
[1038][CHN][]

[1039][JPN][I sense somebody and turn around.]
[1039][CHN][]

[1040][JPN][「Oh, you're...」]
[1040][CHN][]

[1041][JPN][It's the swordswoman from earlier. She's looking into my]
[1041][CHN][]

[1042][JPN][workshop again.]
[1042][CHN][]

[1043][JPN][]
[1043][CHN][]

[1044][JPN][From her clothes, she looks like she's from Disnafrody in the]
[1044][CHN][]

[1045][JPN][east.]
[1045][CHN][]

[1046][JPN][「...You are the owner?」]
[1046][CHN][]

[1047][JPN][「Yeah, that's right. Can I help you?」]
[1047][CHN][]

[1048][JPN][]
[1048][CHN][]

[1049][JPN][「We will talk. I am coming in.」]
[1049][CHN][]

[1050][JPN][「All right. If you have a request, I can... H-Hey!」]
[1050][CHN][]

[1051][JPN][The girl suddenly pushes my chest and forces her way into my]
[1051][CHN][]

[1052][JPN][workshop.]
[1052][CHN][]

[1053][JPN][「What's the matter? Is it something urgent...?」]
[1053][CHN][]

[1054][JPN][She forces me onto my back and before I realize it, she has her]
[1054][CHN][]

[1055][JPN][]
[1055][CHN][]

[1056][JPN][sword drawn and is holding it in front of me.]
[1056][CHN][]

[1057][JPN][I hear her mantle fall onto the ground behind her and finally]
[1057][CHN][]

[1058][JPN][realize the situation.]
[1058][CHN][]

[1059][JPN][「H-Hold on a minute. You haven't even told me what you want.」]
[1059][CHN][]

[1060][JPN][]
[1060][CHN][]

[1061][JPN][I look at the sword right in front of me.]
[1061][CHN][]

[1062][JPN][「Huh? That sword...」]
[1062][CHN][]

[1063][JPN][The sword is shaped strangely, like an eastern one. She really]
[1063][CHN][]

[1064][JPN][is from Disnafrody.]
[1064][CHN][]

[1065][JPN][]
[1065][CHN][]

[1066][JPN][But there's also a sense of deja vu.]
[1066][CHN][]

[1067][JPN][To my surprise, the girl's eyes gleam.]
[1067][CHN][]

[1068][JPN][「...You recognize this sword?」]
[1068][CHN][]

[1069][JPN][「No, it's not that...」]
[1069][CHN][]

[1070][JPN][「You neck is forfeit if you do not answer honestly.」]
[1070][CHN][]

[1071][JPN][I swallow nervously.]
[1071][CHN][]

[1072][JPN][「I haven't seen this sword... but it's a Disnafrodian sword,]
[1072][CHN][]

[1073][JPN][right?」]
[1073][CHN][]

[1074][JPN][「Oh...? So you do understand some. Can you forge this sword?」]
[1074][CHN][]

[1075][JPN][]
[1075][CHN][]

[1076][JPN][I look at the sword pointed at me again.]
[1076][CHN][]

[1077][JPN][「In other words... You want me to reinforce your sword?」]
[1077][CHN][]

[1078][JPN][「That's right. You will work for me, or I will report you to]
[1078][CHN][]

[1079][JPN][the Alchemist Guild.」]
[1079][CHN][]

[1080][JPN][「Which will it be? Be arrested as an illegal alchemist, or]
[1080][CHN][]

[1081][JPN][]
[1081][CHN][]

[1082][JPN][cooperate with me?」]
[1082][CHN][]

[1083][JPN][「Illegal...? Me?」]
[1083][CHN][]

[1084][JPN][]
[1084][CHN][]

[1085][JPN][「Do not play stupid. I know that this is a black market]
[1085][CHN][]

[1086][JPN][workshop.」]
[1086][CHN][]

[1087][JPN][]
[1087][CHN][]

[1088][JPN][I get it. She thinks I'm unlicensed because I haven't hung up my]
[1088][CHN][]

[1089][JPN][signboard yet.]
[1089][CHN][]

[1090][JPN][But that's strange. This is nothing like what a black market]
[1090][CHN][]

[1091][JPN][workshop would be.]
[1091][CHN][]

[1092][JPN][That means...]
[1092][CHN][]

[1093][JPN][「You're a Disnafrodian swordsman?　If you go on a rampage, I'll]
[1093][CHN][]

[1094][JPN][report you instead. First, lower your sword.」]
[1094][CHN][]

[1095][JPN][「Mm...」]
[1095][CHN][]

[1096][JPN][She doesn't lower her guard.]
[1096][CHN][]

[1097][JPN][「I'm not black market. My signboard's right there.」]
[1097][CHN][]

[1098][JPN][「I became an alchemist today. I was just about to hang up my]
[1098][CHN][]

[1099][JPN][signboard.」]
[1099][CHN][]

[1100][JPN][The girl glances at the signboard on the floor, then looks]
[1100][CHN][]

[1101][JPN][straight into my eyes.]
[1101][CHN][]

[1102][JPN][She accepts it as the truth and finally lowers her sword.]
[1102][CHN][]

[1103][JPN][「One question. Have you really not seen this sword?」]
[1103][CHN][]

[1104][JPN][I hesitate for a moment. I know I've seen it somewhere before.]
[1104][CHN][]

[1105][JPN][...But I can't remember where... I shake my head.]
[1105][CHN][]

[1106][JPN][「I haven't seen it. There aren't many genuine Disnafrodian]
[1106][CHN][]

[1107][JPN][]
[1107][CHN][]

[1108][JPN][swords in Yuidora, and even fewer that well-made...」]
[1108][CHN][]

[1109][JPN][「I see... I apologize for my rudeness. ]
[1109][CHN][]

[1110][JPN][Excuse me.」]
[1110][CHN][]

[1111][JPN][The girl turns around and quickly leaves my workshop.]
[1111][CHN][]

[1112][JPN][「Wait a minute! Wait! Wait! Wait!」]
[1112][CHN][]

[1113][JPN][I chase after her in a brief panic.]
[1113][CHN][]

[1114][JPN][]
[1114][CHN][]

[1115][JPN][「...What?」]
[1115][CHN][]

[1116][JPN][「You don't need to go, you know.」]
[1116][CHN][]

[1117][JPN][]
[1117][CHN][]

[1118][JPN][「We're finished.」]
[1118][CHN][]

[1119][JPN][]
[1119][CHN][]

[1120][JPN][「You came to make a request. Since you're already here, please]
[1120][CHN][]

[1121][JPN][]
[1121][CHN][]

[1122][JPN][tell me it.」]
[1122][CHN][]

[1123][JPN][「You cannot do it.」]
[1123][CHN][]

[1124][JPN][「Because I'm a rookie alchemist? But I underwent all the]
[1124][CHN][]

[1125][JPN][training. I should be able to reinforce your sword.」]
[1125][CHN][]

[1126][JPN][「You can do it?」]
[1126][CHN][]

[1127][JPN][She looks me over like she's judging me.]
[1127][CHN][]

[1128][JPN][Maybe I was a little hasty.]
[1128][CHN][]

[1129][JPN][]
[1129][CHN][]

[1130][JPN][Despite what I said, I've only ever handled swords made by]
[1130][CHN][]

[1131][JPN][Yuidora's style.]
[1131][CHN][]

[1132][JPN][Eastern swords use different materials and methods. I may really]
[1132][CHN][]

[1133][JPN][not be able to reinforce it that easily.]
[1133][CHN][]

[1134][JPN][What should I do then?]
[1134][CHN][]

[1135][JPN][Should I just send this customer away?]
[1135][CHN][]

[1136][JPN][She has to be in trouble. There's no other reason that she'd]
[1136][CHN][]

[1137][JPN][specifically target a black market workshop.]
[1137][CHN][]

[1138][JPN][I'm sure that there's a reason she's so unfriendly too.]
[1138][CHN][]

[1139][JPN][]
[1139][CHN][]

[1140][JPN][As I finish that thought, I think of something.]
[1140][CHN][]

[1141][JPN][]
[1141][CHN][]

[1142][JPN][「Please come with me for a minute.」]
[1142][CHN][]

[1143][JPN][I beckon her toward the door.]
[1143][CHN][]

[1144][JPN][「...Where are we going?」]
[1144][CHN][]

[1145][JPN][「I doubt I can fix it, but there is someone in Yuidora who can.]
[1145][CHN][]

[1146][JPN][I'll introduce you to her.」]
[1146][CHN][]

[1147][JPN][「Unnecessary.」]
[1147][CHN][]

[1148][JPN][「But, you need it done, right?」]
[1148][CHN][]

[1149][JPN][「...」]
[1149][CHN][]

[1150][JPN][]
[1150][CHN][]

[1151][JPN][She shuts her mouth and follows after me.]
[1151][CHN][]

[1152][JPN][I was right, she does need it.]
[1152][CHN][]

[1153][JPN][We walk through the streets.]
[1153][CHN][]

[1154][JPN][She follows after me, being very careful to not draw attention.]
[1154][CHN][]

[1155][JPN][]
[1155][CHN][]

[1156][JPN][I stop in front of Rosanna's workshop.]
[1156][CHN][]

[1157][JPN][If it's an eastern weapon, then Rosanna is the one to ask. I]
[1157][CHN][]

[1158][JPN][know that she'll be able to reinforce her sword.]
[1158][CHN][]

[1159][JPN][「Here we are, okay...」]
[1159][CHN][]

[1160][JPN][When I turn around, she's gone.]
[1160][CHN][]

[1161][JPN][]
[1161][CHN][]

[1162][JPN][「Huh? Hey, where'd you go? Heeey...!」]
[1162][CHN][]

[1163][JPN][]
[1163][CHN][]

[1164][JPN][I look around and finally find her hiding in the edge of an]
[1164][CHN][]

[1165][JPN][]
[1165][CHN][]

[1166][JPN][alley.]
[1166][CHN][]

[1167][JPN][「What are you doing? Don't you need your sword reinforced?」]
[1167][CHN][]

[1168][JPN][「This is our lords' workshop. It's the best in the city and she]
[1168][CHN][]

[1169][JPN][knows eastern techniques. I'm sure she can help you.」]
[1169][CHN][]

[1170][JPN][She stubbornly stays where she is.]
[1170][CHN][]

[1171][JPN][「Is there some reason...?」]
[1171][CHN][]

[1172][JPN][Then I realize it. She was looking for a black market workshop.]
[1172][CHN][]

[1173][JPN][]
[1173][CHN][]

[1174][JPN][Maybe there's a reason she doesn't want to attract attention.]
[1174][CHN][]

[1175][JPN][「I got it. I'll go, so will you let me borrow your sword?」]
[1175][CHN][]

[1176][JPN][「...」]
[1176][CHN][]

[1177][JPN][]
[1177][CHN][]

[1178][JPN][I reach out my hand to her. She steps back, and holds her sword]
[1178][CHN][]

[1179][JPN][]
[1179][CHN][]

[1180][JPN][close to her.]
[1180][CHN][]

[1181][JPN][I guess she doesn't want to give it to me. She doesn't even want]
[1181][CHN][]

[1182][JPN][others to touch it.]
[1182][CHN][]

[1183][JPN][]
[1183][CHN][]

[1184][JPN][「...I understand. Then wait here. I'll go ask for you.」]
[1184][CHN][]

[1185][JPN][「Ah, I need to know one thing first. How do you want the sword]
[1185][CHN][]

[1186][JPN][]
[1186][CHN][]

[1187][JPN][reinforced?」]
[1187][CHN][]

[1188][JPN][「Its magic is lost. I want it recovered.」]
[1188][CHN][]

[1189][JPN][]
[1189][CHN][]

[1190][JPN][「Understood. I'll go talk to her.」]
[1190][CHN][]

[1191][JPN][「Ah...」]
[1191][CHN][]

[1192][JPN][I leave her there and enter the lord's workshop alone.]
[1192][CHN][]

[1193][JPN][As I look around the area, one of her employees promptly comes]
[1193][CHN][]

[1194][JPN][to see me.]
[1194][CHN][]

[1195][JPN][I told him about my business and he called for Rosanna.]
[1195][CHN][]

[1196][JPN][]
[1196][CHN][]

[1197][JPN][After waiting for a few minutes, she came to see me.]
[1197][CHN][]

[1198][JPN][「Thank you for waiting. Oh...? You still have more to say?」]
[1198][CHN][]

[1199][JPN][「No. This time I have a small favor to ask.」]
[1199][CHN][]

[1200][JPN][I look around the room again.]
[1200][CHN][]

[1201][JPN][I find the eastern sword I saw before on the wall and point]
[1201][CHN][]

[1202][JPN][]
[1202][CHN][]

[1203][JPN][toward it.]
[1203][CHN][]

[1204][JPN][「Ah, I knew it. It looks like that sword. I knew I had seen it]
[1204][CHN][]

[1205][JPN][]
[1205][CHN][]

[1206][JPN][before.」]
[1206][CHN][]

[1207][JPN][It's very different now that I take a good look, but the shape]
[1207][CHN][]

[1208][JPN][and design feel similar.]
[1208][CHN][]

[1209][JPN][That girl's sword is definitely Disnafrodian. Rosanna should be]
[1209][CHN][]

[1210][JPN][]
[1210][CHN][]

[1211][JPN][able to handle it easily.]
[1211][CHN][]

[1212][JPN][「...You recognize that sword?」]
[1212][CHN][]

[1213][JPN][Rosanna suspiciously steps up next to me.]
[1213][CHN][]

[1214][JPN][「Lady Rosanna, are you able to add magic to a Disnafrodian]
[1214][CHN][]

[1215][JPN][]
[1215][CHN][]

[1216][JPN][sword like that?」]
[1216][CHN][]

[1217][JPN][「It is technically possible, but without seeing the sword, I]
[1217][CHN][]

[1218][JPN][cannot say anything. Which sword exactly?」]
[1218][CHN][]

[1219][JPN][]
[1219][CHN][]

[1220][JPN][「I do not currently have it. Did you make this sword?」]
[1220][CHN][]

[1221][JPN][「It was forged in our workshop using eastern techniques.」]
[1221][CHN][]

[1222][JPN][]
[1222][CHN][]

[1223][JPN][「And how much does it cost to do that?」]
[1223][CHN][]

[1224][JPN][「That depends on the quality, but it would be approximately]
[1224][CHN][]

[1225][JPN][20,000S.」]
[1225][CHN][]

[1226][JPN][I almost faint when I hear the cost.]
[1226][CHN][]

[1227][JPN][「Special materials and techniques are used. That is why its]
[1227][CHN][]

[1228][JPN][cost is high.」]
[1228][CHN][]

[1229][JPN][]
[1229][CHN][]

[1230][JPN][「I see. I guess you're right...」]
[1230][CHN][]

[1231][JPN][I don't think that girl has any money at all.]
[1231][CHN][]

[1232][JPN][She probably knew that too, which is why she came to a novice's]
[1232][CHN][]

[1233][JPN][]
[1233][CHN][]

[1234][JPN][workshop like mine.]
[1234][CHN][]

[1235][JPN][]
[1235][CHN][]

[1236][JPN][「We can do it, but if you are an alchemist, why not challenge]
[1236][CHN][]

[1237][JPN][yourself?」]
[1237][CHN][]

[1238][JPN][]
[1238][CHN][]

[1239][JPN][「...I don't think I have any other choice. Thank you very]
[1239][CHN][]

[1240][JPN][much.」]
[1240][CHN][]

[1241][JPN][]
[1241][CHN][]

[1242][JPN][「Please come again.」]
[1242][CHN][]

[1243][JPN][Her employees see me out of her workshop.]
[1243][CHN][]

[1244][JPN][The girl is still waiting for me in the alley.]
[1244][CHN][]

[1245][JPN][She watches me patiently as I walk up. She's probably expecting]
[1245][CHN][]

[1246][JPN][]
[1246][CHN][]

[1247][JPN][good news.]
[1247][CHN][]

[1248][JPN][But her face turns cloudy.]
[1248][CHN][]

[1249][JPN][She sees that I'm discouraged and realizes how it went.]
[1249][CHN][]

[1250][JPN][]
[1250][CHN][]

[1251][JPN][「It's technically possible, but it'll cost a lot of money. Do]
[1251][CHN][]

[1252][JPN][you want to know how much?」]
[1252][CHN][]

[1253][JPN][「Yeah.」]
[1253][CHN][]

[1254][JPN][I tell her.]
[1254][CHN][]

[1255][JPN][]
[1255][CHN][]

[1256][JPN][She closes her eyes for a moment, then gives a slight nod.]
[1256][CHN][]

[1257][JPN][「I have no choice. I must do it with my own strength.」]
[1257][CHN][]

[1258][JPN][We quietly walk back to my workshop.]
[1258][CHN][]

[1259][JPN][「Sorry for dragging you around. It didn't get anything]
[1259][CHN][]

[1260][JPN][]
[1260][CHN][]

[1261][JPN][done...」]
[1261][CHN][]

[1262][JPN][「No... I am grateful for your assistance.」]
[1262][CHN][]

[1263][JPN][「Oh yeah. I didn't catch your name. I'm Wil. You?」]
[1263][CHN][]

[1264][JPN][「...Yuela.」]
[1264][CHN][]

[1265][JPN][「Yuela? Are you a swordsman?」]
[1265][CHN][]

[1266][JPN][]
[1266][CHN][]

[1267][JPN][「That's right.」]
[1267][CHN][]

[1268][JPN][「Hey, this is just a suggestion, but is it okay if I take on]
[1268][CHN][]

[1269][JPN][your request to recover your sword's magic?」]
[1269][CHN][]

[1270][JPN][「I'm still a novice, but if I research it, I think I can do]
[1270][CHN][]

[1271][JPN][it.」]
[1271][CHN][]

[1272][JPN][Yuela closes her eyes and quietly thinks.]
[1272][CHN][]

[1273][JPN][「Leave it to me. I promise I'll take care of it.」]
[1273][CHN][]

[1274][JPN][]
[1274][CHN][]

[1275][JPN][「...Impossible.」]
[1275][CHN][]

[1276][JPN][「How can you be so sure? I'm an alchemist of Yuidora, nothing's]
[1276][CHN][]

[1277][JPN][impossible.」]
[1277][CHN][]

[1278][JPN][「And it's my job to help people like you.」]
[1278][CHN][]

[1279][JPN][「My problem is not your problem.」]
[1279][CHN][]

[1280][JPN][]
[1280][CHN][]

[1281][JPN][「Um... What do you mean by that?」]
[1281][CHN][]

[1282][JPN][]
[1282][CHN][]

[1283][JPN][Yuela hesitates.]
[1283][CHN][]

[1284][JPN][Her eyes search the air like she's embarrassed as I watch]
[1284][CHN][]

[1285][JPN][patiently, then she finally speaks again.]
[1285][CHN][]

[1286][JPN][「...Naught comes from naught.」]
[1286][CHN][]

[1287][JPN][「Huh? Um, what's that mean? ]
[1287][CHN][]

[1288][JPN][Is that a proverb from your country?」]
[1288][CHN][]

[1289][JPN][「It means that I have nothing to give.」]
[1289][CHN][]

[1290][JPN][「Give...? Ah, you mean money?」]
[1290][CHN][]

[1291][JPN][「Do not make me repeat myself.」]
[1291][CHN][]

[1292][JPN][Yuela's cheeks tinge red in embarrassment, making her look more]
[1292][CHN][]

[1293][JPN][]
[1293][CHN][]

[1294][JPN][feminine.]
[1294][CHN][]

[1295][JPN][「What? You don't need to worry about that.」]
[1295][CHN][]

[1296][JPN][She's sulking and has gone quiet. I can't just tell her that I]
[1296][CHN][]

[1297][JPN][don't want any compensation.]
[1297][CHN][]

[1298][JPN][If I let her leave, what's she going to do?]
[1298][CHN][]

[1299][JPN][]
[1299][CHN][]

[1300][JPN][She'd go looking for another black market workshop, and maybe]
[1300][CHN][]

[1301][JPN][get caught by the Guild. She'll get into real trouble.]
[1301][CHN][]

[1302][JPN][And I want her desire to have her sword reinforced fulfilled.]
[1302][CHN][]

[1303][JPN][Even if I won't see her again, I know that she'll still be in]
[1303][CHN][]

[1304][JPN][trouble.]
[1304][CHN][]

[1305][JPN][If I let her leave my workshop looking like this, why did I]
[1305][CHN][]

[1306][JPN][]
[1306][CHN][]

[1307][JPN][become an alchemist in the first place?]
[1307][CHN][]

[1308][JPN][]
[1308][CHN][]

[1309][JPN][I finally think of something.]
[1309][CHN][]

[1310][JPN][「I know. How about you work as my guard instead of paying for]
[1310][CHN][]

[1311][JPN][your sword? I was about to go looking for one.」]
[1311][CHN][]

[1312][JPN][「Your guard...?」]
[1312][CHN][]

[1313][JPN][「Yeah. You can do it as a swordsman, right? When I go exploring]
[1313][CHN][]

[1314][JPN][for materials or for requests, I'll need your help.」]
[1314][CHN][]

[1315][JPN][「...As an alchemist, you'll go to areas managed by the]
[1315][CHN][]

[1316][JPN][]
[1316][CHN][]

[1317][JPN][Alchemist Guild?」]
[1317][CHN][]

[1318][JPN][「Yeah. That's where the best materials are, and the only places]
[1318][CHN][]

[1319][JPN][where you can find a lot of them.」]
[1319][CHN][]

[1320][JPN][]
[1320][CHN][]

[1321][JPN][Yuela's eyes sparkle for a moment.]
[1321][CHN][]

[1322][JPN][「...That's not bad.」]
[1322][CHN][]

[1323][JPN][She mutters quietly, then smiles.]
[1323][CHN][]

[1324][JPN][「Okay, contract approved!」]
[1324][CHN][]

[1325][JPN][                  『New Quest: Yuela's Sword』]
[1325][CHN][]

[1326][JPN][『Quests are recorded on the information screen for future reference.』]
[1326][CHN][]

[1327][JPN][]
[1327][CHN][]

[1328][JPN][I happily reach out my hand to her.]
[1328][CHN][]

[1329][JPN][]
[1329][CHN][]

[1330][JPN][「Pleased to be working with you.」]
[1330][CHN][]

[1331][JPN][]
[1331][CHN][]

[1332][JPN][Yuela suspiciously looks at my outstretched hand.]
[1332][CHN][]

[1333][JPN][「Huh... They don't do that over there? It's a kind of greeting]
[1333][CHN][]

[1334][JPN][]
[1334][CHN][]

[1335][JPN][for agreements. You shake each other's hand.」]
[1335][CHN][]

[1336][JPN][「...There is no such custom.」]
[1336][CHN][]

[1337][JPN][]
[1337][CHN][]

[1338][JPN][Yuela still doesn't take my hand.]
[1338][CHN][]

[1339][JPN][                   『Yuela joins the party.』]
[1339][CHN][]

[1340][JPN][「Then call me when you need me.」]
[1340][CHN][]

[1341][JPN][She turns away from me and begins to leave.]
[1341][CHN][]

[1342][JPN][]
[1342][CHN][]

[1343][JPN][「Wait. Where are you staying?」]
[1343][CHN][]

[1344][JPN][「I haven't decided.」]
[1344][CHN][]

[1345][JPN][「Then how about staying with me? Nobody else is here.」]
[1345][CHN][]

[1346][JPN][「Wha!? W-W-What are you saying? I-I-I cannot live under the]
[1346][CHN][]

[1347][JPN][same roof as a man!」]
[1347][CHN][]

[1348][JPN][「Y-You surprised me... ]
[1348][CHN][]

[1349][JPN][Don't yell so suddenly.」]
[1349][CHN][]

[1350][JPN][「I am the one that was surprised. Never suggest such a thing to]
[1350][CHN][]

[1351][JPN][me ever again! Understand!?」]
[1351][CHN][]

[1352][JPN][She begins walking off angrily, but hesitates and looks back.]
[1352][CHN][]

[1353][JPN][「I will come here every day. When I do, tell me your]
[1353][CHN][]

[1354][JPN][schedule.」]
[1354][CHN][]

[1355][JPN][]
[1355][CHN][]

[1356][JPN][「Yeah, got it.」]
[1356][CHN][]

[1357][JPN][Yuela quickly leaves. I'm alone in my workshop again.]
[1357][CHN][]

[1358][JPN][I unexpectedly found a guard. This really is the start of my]
[1358][CHN][]

[1359][JPN][workshop.]
[1359][CHN][]

[1360][JPN][In Yuidora, alchemists work hard day in and day out with a gleam]
[1360][CHN][]

[1361][JPN][in their eyes.]
[1361][CHN][]

[1362][JPN][Every day, alchemists watch each other while jealously guarding]
[1362][CHN][]

[1363][JPN][]
[1363][CHN][]

[1364][JPN][their own techniques. A world where it's eat or be eaten.]
[1364][CHN][]

[1365][JPN][I stepped out into that world today.]
[1365][CHN][]

[1366][JPN][Tomorrow, I'm doing my best!]
[1366][CHN][]

[1367][JPN][Okay, today's my first day.]
[1367][CHN][]

[1368][JPN][]
[1368][CHN][]

[1369][JPN][I have a guard now. Next I need to manage my workshop...]
[1369][CHN][]

[1370][JPN][In the morning, the bell at the door rings just as I finish]
[1370][CHN][]

[1371][JPN][]
[1371][CHN][]

[1372][JPN][breakfast.]
[1372][CHN][]

[1373][JPN][「Hello! Welcome!」]
[1373][CHN][]

[1374][JPN][]
[1374][CHN][]

[1375][JPN][「...You again. I thought it'd be a customer this time.」]
[1375][CHN][]

[1376][JPN][「I'm so sorry to disappoint you. You won't have any customers]
[1376][CHN][]

[1377][JPN][yet looking like this.」]
[1377][CHN][]

[1378][JPN][「Not yet, not yet. ]
[1378][CHN][]

[1379][JPN][Ah, that's right. I found a guard.」]
[1379][CHN][]

[1380][JPN][「Oh? That was fast. If you're not that confident, might I]
[1380][CHN][]

[1381][JPN][suggest hiring another?」]
[1381][CHN][]

[1382][JPN][He still spits out the vitriol like it's nothing.]
[1382][CHN][]

[1383][JPN][「You're still a beginner. You need an instructor like me to]
[1383][CHN][]

[1384][JPN][teach you common sense.」]
[1384][CHN][]

[1385][JPN][「You've just got one year on me. But you're probably right...]
[1385][CHN][]

[1386][JPN][I'll think about it.」]
[1386][CHN][]

[1387][JPN][「I think you should pay your respects to the people in the]
[1387][CHN][]

[1388][JPN][]
[1388][CHN][]

[1389][JPN][city. You might even pick up a few requests.」]
[1389][CHN][]

[1390][JPN][「You're right. I'll go see them now.」]
[1390][CHN][]

[1391][JPN][]
[1391][CHN][]

[1392][JPN][「Excuse me then.」]
[1392][CHN][]

[1393][JPN][]
[1393][CHN][]

[1394][JPN][Leguna leaves after that.]
[1394][CHN][]

[1395][JPN][He's grating and sarcastic, but I'm still glad that he's around.]
[1395][CHN][]

[1396][JPN][Okay, I'll go pay my respects to the people in the city.]
[1396][CHN][]

[1397][JPN][▼G0002　薄桃色の染料エスト攻略後]
[1397][CHN][]

[1398][JPN][After we safely get the materials to make the requested item, we]
[1398][CHN][]

[1399][JPN][start heading back.]
[1399][CHN][]

[1400][JPN][]
[1400][CHN][]

[1401][JPN][「That was easy. Let's go home so I can synthesize it.」]
[1401][CHN][]

[1402][JPN][「Wait...」]
[1402][CHN][]

[1403][JPN][]
[1403][CHN][]

[1404][JPN][Yuela stops me in my tracks with a harsh look.]
[1404][CHN][]

[1405][JPN][「What's the matter?」]
[1405][CHN][]

[1406][JPN][「Ambush.」]
[1406][CHN][]

[1407][JPN][]
[1407][CHN][]

[1408][JPN][「An ambush!?」]
[1408][CHN][]

[1409][JPN][]
[1409][CHN][]

[1410][JPN][I quickly cover my mouth with my hands and look around the area.]
[1410][CHN][]

[1411][JPN][We only just left the managed area. There's still forest all]
[1411][CHN][]

[1412][JPN][around us.]
[1412][CHN][]

[1413][JPN][「I've felt someone watching us ever since we left.」]
[1413][CHN][]

[1414][JPN][「Why didn't you tell me from the start?」]
[1414][CHN][]

[1415][JPN][「They'd know if I said something.」]
[1415][CHN][]

[1416][JPN][「...You mean they're after this mushroom?」]
[1416][CHN][]

[1417][JPN][「I don't know, but be careful.」]
[1417][CHN][]

[1418][JPN][「Yeah, but we can't just turn back...」]
[1418][CHN][]

[1419][JPN][We keep moving forward cautiously.]
[1419][CHN][]

[1420][JPN][「There... Past that tree...」]
[1420][CHN][]

[1421][JPN][I follow Yuela's eyes and see an old massive tree.]
[1421][CHN][]

[1422][JPN][「There... It's waiting there...」]
[1422][CHN][]

[1423][JPN][I relax and step toward the figure.]
[1423][CHN][]

[1424][JPN][]
[1424][CHN][]

[1425][JPN][「Hello. Didn't we meet the other day in the bar?」]
[1425][CHN][]

[1426][JPN][]
[1426][CHN][]

[1427][JPN][「Oh? Hello. Thank you for the other day.」]
[1427][CHN][]

[1428][JPN][]
[1428][CHN][]

[1429][JPN][Yuela steps between me and the elf when I try to greet her.]
[1429][CHN][]

[1430][JPN][]
[1430][CHN][]

[1431][JPN][「Do not come any closer.」]
[1431][CHN][]

[1432][JPN][]
[1432][CHN][]

[1433][JPN][「Huh...? Ah, I'm sorry.」]
[1433][CHN][]

[1434][JPN][「It's okay, Yuela. I know her.」]
[1434][CHN][]

[1435][JPN][She stays quiet and steps aside, but doesn't let her guard]
[1435][CHN][]

[1436][JPN][relax.]
[1436][CHN][]

[1437][JPN][「Are you on your way somewhere?」]
[1437][CHN][]

[1438][JPN][「This is the edge of the area managed by the Alchemist Guild.]
[1438][CHN][]

[1439][JPN][Why'd you come here?」]
[1439][CHN][]

[1440][JPN][「I heard the forest cry. And this forest originally belonged to]
[1440][CHN][]

[1441][JPN][the elves.」]
[1441][CHN][]

[1442][JPN][「I see. Be careful, okay? This may have been the elves' forest,]
[1442][CHN][]

[1443][JPN][but you could be caught by the Guild if you intrude now.」]
[1443][CHN][]

[1444][JPN][「Haha, I'll be fine. I am aware of the borders of the Alchemist]
[1444][CHN][]

[1445][JPN][Guild and will respect them.」]
[1445][CHN][]

[1446][JPN][「All right. Yuela, let me introduce you... ]
[1446][CHN][]

[1447][JPN][Um... uh?」]
[1447][CHN][]

[1448][JPN][]
[1448][CHN][]

[1449][JPN][「Oh, I have not introduced myself yet, have I? I am Servalwi]
[1449][CHN][]

[1450][JPN][Endos.」]
[1450][CHN][]

[1451][JPN][「I'm Wilfred Dion. You can call me Wil. This is my guard,]
[1451][CHN][]

[1452][JPN][Yuela.」]
[1452][CHN][]

[1453][JPN][「Pleased to meet you, Yuela.」]
[1453][CHN][]

[1454][JPN][]
[1454][CHN][]

[1455][JPN][Yuela ignores her outstretched hand.]
[1455][CHN][]

[1456][JPN][「Yuela, I told you before. It's just an ordinary greeting.」]
[1456][CHN][]

[1457][JPN][She still doesn't take Servalwi's hand and keeps looking around]
[1457][CHN][]

[1458][JPN][]
[1458][CHN][]

[1459][JPN][the forest carefully.]
[1459][CHN][]

[1460][JPN][「...You've been watching us the whole time?」]
[1460][CHN][]

[1461][JPN][「Huh...? What are you talking about?」]
[1461][CHN][]

[1462][JPN][]
[1462][CHN][]

[1463][JPN][「H-Hey, Yuela... I'm sorry, Servalwi. She's trying to protect]
[1463][CHN][]

[1464][JPN][me.」]
[1464][CHN][]

[1465][JPN][「No, I should apologize for interrupting your work.」]
[1465][CHN][]

[1466][JPN][「Have a good day. I hope we meet again.」]
[1466][CHN][]

[1467][JPN][「Yeah.」]
[1467][CHN][]

[1468][JPN][Servalwi smiles and disappears into the forest.]
[1468][CHN][]

[1469][JPN][]
[1469][CHN][]

[1470][JPN][Yuela keeps looking around the area.]
[1470][CHN][]

[1471][JPN][I let out a small sigh. I wonder if everybody from Disnafrody is]
[1471][CHN][]

[1472][JPN][like this.]
[1472][CHN][]

[1473][JPN][「Yuela, you shouldn't glare at everybody. You might]
[1473][CHN][]

[1474][JPN][accidentally start a fight.」]
[1474][CHN][]

[1475][JPN][「...」]
[1475][CHN][]

[1476][JPN][]
[1476][CHN][]

[1477][JPN][I scratch my head.]
[1477][CHN][]

[1478][JPN][「Well, okay. Let's head back now.」]
[1478][CHN][]

[1479][JPN][We start walking back to my workshop again.]
[1479][CHN][]

[1480][JPN][]
[1480][CHN][]

[1481][JPN][「Hmm. A foreign swordsman and a forest elf? Wil is pretty]
[1481][CHN][]

[1482][JPN][impressive for a beginner.」]
[1482][CHN][]

[1483][JPN][「I knew it should be him. He helped me before, and is a good]
[1483][CHN][]

[1484][JPN][person who wouldn't suspect anything, and...」]
[1484][CHN][]

[1485][JPN][「Heheh. That settles it. This is going to be even more fun!」]
[1485][CHN][]

[1486][JPN][▼0003　死神との出会いクエスト攻略後]
[1486][CHN][]

[1487][JPN][「How is she so strong!?」]
[1487][CHN][]

[1488][JPN][「Ngh... I can't do it with this sword...!」]
[1488][CHN][]

[1489][JPN][「Don't worry about me! Get out of here!」]
[1489][CHN][]

[1490][JPN][We desperately run away.]
[1490][CHN][]

[1491][JPN][But the dark presence quickly approaches us from behind.]
[1491][CHN][]

[1492][JPN][「Aaaah!」]
[1492][CHN][]

[1493][JPN][「Go! Escape quickly!」]
[1493][CHN][]

[1494][JPN][]
[1494][CHN][]

[1495][JPN][「B-But...」]
[1495][CHN][]

[1496][JPN][Yuela takes a stance behind us and prepares to hold back the]
[1496][CHN][]

[1497][JPN][approaching shadow.]
[1497][CHN][]

[1498][JPN][]
[1498][CHN][]

[1499][JPN][「Ngh!」]
[1499][CHN][]

[1500][JPN][It immediately throws Yuela against a tree where she collapses.]
[1500][CHN][]

[1501][JPN][]
[1501][CHN][]

[1502][JPN][「Yuela!」]
[1502][CHN][]

[1503][JPN][The black form slowly approaches me as I run to help Yuela.]
[1503][CHN][]

[1504][JPN][]
[1504][CHN][]

[1505][JPN][「Don't! Run away!」]
[1505][CHN][]

[1506][JPN][The black shadow raises its large scythe. For just a moment, I]
[1506][CHN][]

[1507][JPN][could see her eyes under her hood.]
[1507][CHN][]

[1508][JPN][They send a chill down my spine.]
[1508][CHN][]

[1509][JPN][There's nothing in them. They're the eyes of a corpse.]
[1509][CHN][]

[1510][JPN][They think nothing of killing. Just hunting whoever's in front]
[1510][CHN][]

[1511][JPN][of them, and nothing else.]
[1511][CHN][]

[1512][JPN][「Urgh... Ngh!」]
[1512][CHN][]

[1513][JPN][My knees tremble.]
[1513][CHN][]

[1514][JPN][Her scythe wavers in the air, then comes down. ]
[1514][CHN][]

[1515][JPN][]
[1515][CHN][]

[1516][JPN][...I can't avoid it!]
[1516][CHN][]

[1517][JPN][Wind rushes past me. A moment later, the scythe passes right in]
[1517][CHN][]

[1518][JPN][]
[1518][CHN][]

[1519][JPN][front of my eyes.]
[1519][CHN][]

[1520][JPN][「W-What just...」]
[1520][CHN][]

[1521][JPN][I look in the direction the wind came from.]
[1521][CHN][]

[1522][JPN][]
[1522][CHN][]

[1523][JPN][「I'll buy you time! Use it to escape!」]
[1523][CHN][]

[1524][JPN][「Servalwi! What are you doing here!?」]
[1524][CHN][]

[1525][JPN][]
[1525][CHN][]

[1526][JPN][「I'll explain later!」]
[1526][CHN][]

[1527][JPN][]
[1527][CHN][]

[1528][JPN][「Winds of the forest, become mine strength and shatter the]
[1528][CHN][]

[1529][JPN][]
[1529][CHN][]

[1530][JPN][lifeless evil!」]
[1530][CHN][]

[1531][JPN][White wind wraps around the arrow as she draws back her bow and]
[1531][CHN][]

[1532][JPN][]
[1532][CHN][]

[1533][JPN][then releases it straight at the black creature.]
[1533][CHN][]

[1534][JPN][It winces when the arrow strikes it and staggers.]
[1534][CHN][]

[1535][JPN][「Ah! It worked! Can we beat it like this!?」]
[1535][CHN][]

[1536][JPN][「No, I still cannot effectively use the power here. We have to]
[1536][CHN][]

[1537][JPN][]
[1537][CHN][]

[1538][JPN][escape.」]
[1538][CHN][]

[1539][JPN][I rush over to Yuela and help her up.]
[1539][CHN][]

[1540][JPN][「Urgh...」]
[1540][CHN][]

[1541][JPN][]
[1541][CHN][]

[1542][JPN][「Are you okay? Can you run?」]
[1542][CHN][]

[1543][JPN][「...I'm fine... D-Don't touch me...」]
[1543][CHN][]

[1544][JPN][Yuela starts to walk on her own, her face twisting in pain.]
[1544][CHN][]

[1545][JPN][]
[1545][CHN][]

[1546][JPN][「Hurry to the exit!」]
[1546][CHN][]

[1547][JPN][「Okay!」]
[1547][CHN][]

[1548][JPN][「I shall cover you!」]
[1548][CHN][]

[1549][JPN][I continue holding Yuela up as we run to the exit.]
[1549][CHN][]

[1550][JPN][When I turn around, all signs of the black presence are gone.]
[1550][CHN][]

[1551][JPN][「I don't think it followed us.」]
[1551][CHN][]

[1552][JPN][「Maybe it just attacks people who come near.」]
[1552][CHN][]

[1553][JPN][]
[1553][CHN][]

[1554][JPN][「Indeed...」]
[1554][CHN][]

[1555][JPN][「It is safe here. Let us rest for a while.」]
[1555][CHN][]

[1556][JPN][「No, let's keep going until we're out of the managed area.」]
[1556][CHN][]

[1557][JPN][Yuela's my guard, and Emelita was with me from the start, but]
[1557][CHN][]

[1558][JPN][Servalwi doesn't have permission to be here.]
[1558][CHN][]

[1559][JPN][Even if she's an elf, there'd be trouble if she was found in]
[1559][CHN][]

[1560][JPN][here.]
[1560][CHN][]

[1561][JPN][「Yuela, Emelita, can you keep going?」]
[1561][CHN][]

[1562][JPN][]
[1562][CHN][]

[1563][JPN][「Yeah, I can...」]
[1563][CHN][]

[1564][JPN][「It is not important. There is no need to worry.」]
[1564][CHN][]

[1565][JPN][]
[1565][CHN][]

[1566][JPN][We keep moving and only stop once we're out of the area managed]
[1566][CHN][]

[1567][JPN][]
[1567][CHN][]

[1568][JPN][by the Guild.]
[1568][CHN][]

[1569][JPN][「This should be far enough.」]
[1569][CHN][]

[1570][JPN][「Aah, but I was really surprised. The outside world is as]
[1570][CHN][]

[1571][JPN][amazing as I thought it would be.」]
[1571][CHN][]

[1572][JPN][]
[1572][CHN][]

[1573][JPN][Emelita also catches her breath. Now that we're out of danger,]
[1573][CHN][]

[1574][JPN][she looks more excited than scared.]
[1574][CHN][]

[1575][JPN][]
[1575][CHN][]

[1576][JPN][Once I catch my breath, I thank Servalwi again.]
[1576][CHN][]

[1577][JPN][]
[1577][CHN][]

[1578][JPN][「You saved us, Servalwi. If you hadn't shown up, we would have]
[1578][CHN][]

[1579][JPN][]
[1579][CHN][]

[1580][JPN][all died.」]
[1580][CHN][]

[1581][JPN][]
[1581][CHN][]

[1582][JPN][「The winds told me.」]
[1582][CHN][]

[1583][JPN][「Who exactly was that?」]
[1583][CHN][]

[1584][JPN][「One who rules death, one who calls death. It is certainly]
[1584][CHN][]

[1585][JPN][]
[1585][CHN][]

[1586][JPN][closely tied with the deaths of humans.」]
[1586][CHN][]

[1587][JPN][「You mean it's dead then?」]
[1587][CHN][]

[1588][JPN][「Yes, that's right. It is of the pact of the dead souls that]
[1588][CHN][]

[1589][JPN][remain tied to the earth.」]
[1589][CHN][]

[1590][JPN][]
[1590][CHN][]

[1591][JPN][「The pact... So you mean that she's connected to people who've]
[1591][CHN][]

[1592][JPN][]
[1592][CHN][]

[1593][JPN][died?」]
[1593][CHN][]

[1594][JPN][]
[1594][CHN][]

[1595][JPN][「Yes. In Disnafrody, they are called reapers and are said to]
[1595][CHN][]

[1596][JPN][herald death. I have heard that they are greatly feared.」]
[1596][CHN][]

[1597][JPN][「Then she might know about the dead...」]
[1597][CHN][]

[1598][JPN][Emelita's face is hard to read.]
[1598][CHN][]

[1599][JPN][]
[1599][CHN][]

[1600][JPN][「If it's from Disnafrody, maybe you know something about it,]
[1600][CHN][]

[1601][JPN][Yuela?」]
[1601][CHN][]

[1602][JPN][「I have never seen one before...」]
[1602][CHN][]

[1603][JPN][]
[1603][CHN][]

[1604][JPN][Her words seem very carefully chosen, but that's all that she]
[1604][CHN][]

[1605][JPN][says.]
[1605][CHN][]

[1606][JPN][It seems like something's bothering her, but I can't tell what.]
[1606][CHN][]

[1607][JPN][]
[1607][CHN][]

[1608][JPN][「I've never seen them before either. I hadn't heard that there]
[1608][CHN][]

[1609][JPN][]
[1609][CHN][]

[1610][JPN][was one here.」]
[1610][CHN][]

[1611][JPN][]
[1611][CHN][]

[1612][JPN][「But it's strange. We were in an area managed by the Guild. Why]
[1612][CHN][]

[1613][JPN][wouldn't they warn people about something that dangerous?」]
[1613][CHN][]

[1614][JPN][]
[1614][CHN][]

[1615][JPN][「You are certainly right...」]
[1615][CHN][]

[1616][JPN][The areas that an alchemist can enter are determined by their]
[1616][CHN][]

[1617][JPN][rank.]
[1617][CHN][]

[1618][JPN][Putting it another way, alchemists are limited to areas where]
[1618][CHN][]

[1619][JPN][they won't get into too much trouble.]
[1619][CHN][]

[1620][JPN][We didn't violate that. We followed the rules and entered an]
[1620][CHN][]

[1621][JPN][area that should have been safe for us.]
[1621][CHN][]

[1622][JPN][]
[1622][CHN][]

[1623][JPN][Yet, we found a monster well beyond our capabilities.]
[1623][CHN][]

[1624][JPN][If not for Servalwi, it would have killed us.]
[1624][CHN][]

[1625][JPN][This place is managed by the Guild. It must not be native here.]
[1625][CHN][]

[1626][JPN][]
[1626][CHN][]

[1627][JPN][「In other words, the Alchemist Guild doesn't know it's here]
[1627][CHN][]

[1628][JPN][yet...」]
[1628][CHN][]

[1629][JPN][「Hey, do you think it could have something to do with what]
[1629][CHN][]

[1630][JPN][]
[1630][CHN][]

[1631][JPN][happened a year ago?」]
[1631][CHN][]

[1632][JPN][「What happened a year ago?」]
[1632][CHN][]

[1633][JPN][Servalwi looks confused.]
[1633][CHN][]

[1634][JPN][「Oh, maybe you don't know because you were still in the]
[1634][CHN][]

[1635][JPN][forest.」]
[1635][CHN][]

[1636][JPN][「Only vaguely. Some rumors reached the ears of the elves.」]
[1636][CHN][]

[1637][JPN][「You don't know either, Yuela?」]
[1637][CHN][]

[1638][JPN][「I don't... but I am interested.」]
[1638][CHN][]

[1639][JPN][]
[1639][CHN][]

[1640][JPN][「A monster appeared inside the Yuidora Mine, and the incident]
[1640][CHN][]

[1641][JPN][resulted in the deaths of a lot of alchemists.」]
[1641][CHN][]

[1642][JPN][The incident in the Yuidora Mine from a year ago.]
[1642][CHN][]

[1643][JPN][The details weren't made public, but the cause was said to be a]
[1643][CHN][]

[1644][JPN][]
[1644][CHN][]

[1645][JPN][powerful monster suddenly appearing there.]
[1645][CHN][]

[1646][JPN][Because it happened deep in the mine where younger alchemists]
[1646][CHN][]

[1647][JPN][weren't allowed, they weren't affected at all...]
[1647][CHN][]

[1648][JPN][Only upper-level alchemists were killed, including my parents.]
[1648][CHN][]

[1649][JPN][「My parents died because of it... ]
[1649][CHN][]

[1650][JPN][]
[1650][CHN][]

[1651][JPN][Do you think she was really behind it?」]
[1651][CHN][]

[1652][JPN][「But other than not explaining the cause, the Guild regained]
[1652][CHN][]

[1653][JPN][order in there and declared it safe again.」]
[1653][CHN][]

[1654][JPN][「And lots of senior alchemists, and the chiefs, and other]
[1654][CHN][]

[1655][JPN][strong ones died. Including your parents, right, Wil?」]
[1655][CHN][]

[1656][JPN][]
[1656][CHN][]

[1657][JPN][「Yeah.」]
[1657][CHN][]

[1658][JPN][The monster we met was strong, but I doubt it was strong enough]
[1658][CHN][]

[1659][JPN][]
[1659][CHN][]

[1660][JPN][to kill an entire group of senior alchemists.]
[1660][CHN][]

[1661][JPN][「This is just my opinion... but if it is related, wouldn't the]
[1661][CHN][]

[1662][JPN][]
[1662][CHN][]

[1663][JPN][Alchemist Guild have noticed it?」]
[1663][CHN][]

[1664][JPN][「Indeed... Because of that incident, the Guild would take]
[1664][CHN][]

[1665][JPN][special precautions...」]
[1665][CHN][]

[1666][JPN][It's hard to imagine that reaper was behind the incident from a]
[1666][CHN][]

[1667][JPN][]
[1667][CHN][]

[1668][JPN][year ago.]
[1668][CHN][]

[1669][JPN][But I wonder if it's really completely unrelated.]
[1669][CHN][]

[1670][JPN][「You know a lot, Emelita. Who told you all this?」]
[1670][CHN][]

[1671][JPN][]
[1671][CHN][]

[1672][JPN][It was a very internal matter. If my parents weren't alchemists,]
[1672][CHN][]

[1673][JPN][I wouldn't have known about it at all.]
[1673][CHN][]

[1674][JPN][Maybe she's close to someone who works in a workshop.]
[1674][CHN][]

[1675][JPN][「E-Everybody in Yuidora knows about it. More importantly,]
[1675][CHN][]

[1676][JPN][shouldn't we tell the Guild?」]
[1676][CHN][]

[1677][JPN][「You're right. It would be best if we informed them about what]
[1677][CHN][]

[1678][JPN][]
[1678][CHN][]

[1679][JPN][happened.」]
[1679][CHN][]

[1680][JPN][]
[1680][CHN][]

[1681][JPN][「Besides the Guild, we should share what we know about it at]
[1681][CHN][]

[1682][JPN][the bar.」]
[1682][CHN][]

[1683][JPN][「If other people have run into it too, then information might]
[1683][CHN][]

[1684][JPN][already be starting to spread.」]
[1684][CHN][]

[1685][JPN][「That's right. I'll ask about it at the bar later.」]
[1685][CHN][]

[1686][JPN][「I'd rather not run into her again.」]
[1686][CHN][]

[1687][JPN][「I wonder. Don't you think everybody'll be trying to defeat her]
[1687][CHN][]

[1688][JPN][once they know about her?」]
[1688][CHN][]

[1689][JPN][]
[1689][CHN][]

[1690][JPN][「I don't think that we can beat her yet. It's best if we don't]
[1690][CHN][]

[1691][JPN][]
[1691][CHN][]

[1692][JPN][run into her again...」]
[1692][CHN][]

[1693][JPN][]
[1693][CHN][]

[1694][JPN][「But it's really fun to think about the day that we can.」]
[1694][CHN][]

[1695][JPN][]
[1695][CHN][]

[1696][JPN][Many alchemists are also ambitious and aggressive. If they know]
[1696][CHN][]

[1697][JPN][]
[1697][CHN][]

[1698][JPN][of a challenge, they'll try to overcome it.]
[1698][CHN][]

[1699][JPN][]
[1699][CHN][]

[1700][JPN][Of course, many alchemists don't like to fight. They think about]
[1700][CHN][]

[1701][JPN][nothing but creating things. On the other hand...]
[1701][CHN][]

[1702][JPN][If there's a monster causing problems, there are a lot of people]
[1702][CHN][]

[1703][JPN][who'll try to take care of it.]
[1703][CHN][]

[1704][JPN][「I'll consider taking that on as a request. Let's go back now.]
[1704][CHN][]

[1705][JPN][]
[1705][CHN][]

[1706][JPN][Servalwi, would you like to come to my workshop with us?」]
[1706][CHN][]

[1707][JPN][「Is that all right?」]
[1707][CHN][]

[1708][JPN][「I'll make dinner for you as thanks.」]
[1708][CHN][]

[1709][JPN][]
[1709][CHN][]

[1710][JPN][「Eh? You're going to cook dinner!?」]
[1710][CHN][]

[1711][JPN][Emelita comes up to me with her eyes sparkling.]
[1711][CHN][]

[1712][JPN][]
[1712][CHN][]

[1713][JPN][「I'm confident that I can whip something up. My mother was a]
[1713][CHN][]

[1714][JPN][good teacher.」]
[1714][CHN][]

[1715][JPN][]
[1715][CHN][]

[1716][JPN][「That sounds wonderful. I shall accept your invitation.」]
[1716][CHN][]

[1717][JPN][「I want to come too! Let's all eat together!」]
[1717][CHN][]

[1718][JPN][]
[1718][CHN][]

[1719][JPN][「Yeah, let's.」]
[1719][CHN][]

[1720][JPN][「...」]
[1720][CHN][]

[1721][JPN][]
[1721][CHN][]

[1722][JPN][「What's wrong, Yuela?」]
[1722][CHN][]

[1723][JPN][「...You're easy-going.」]
[1723][CHN][]

[1724][JPN][I couldn't hear her and look in confusion.]
[1724][CHN][]

[1725][JPN][「You should come too, Yuela. You'll get to taste some Yuidora]
[1725][CHN][]

[1726][JPN][home cooking.」]
[1726][CHN][]

[1727][JPN][]
[1727][CHN][]

[1728][JPN][「...」]
[1728][CHN][]

[1729][JPN][]
[1729][CHN][]

[1730][JPN][「Dinner♪ Dinner♪ Tummy's rumbling♪ ]
[1730][CHN][]

[1731][JPN][]
[1731][CHN][]

[1732][JPN][What're you making? Rabbit stew with wine?」]
[1732][CHN][]

[1733][JPN][「Well, it's my treat, but I can still only do so much with my]
[1733][CHN][]

[1734][JPN][budget.」]
[1734][CHN][]

[1735][JPN][「Wil's still a rookie alchemist♪」]
[1735][CHN][]

[1736][JPN][Emelita keeps teasing me as we walk back.]
[1736][CHN][]

[1737][JPN][「Ahaha. This will be a fun dinner.」]
[1737][CHN][]

[1738][JPN][「Okay, everybody, eat up!」]
[1738][CHN][]

[1739][JPN][I spread a sheet on the yard behind the workshop and put down]
[1739][CHN][]

[1740][JPN][the plates as I call the others over.]
[1740][CHN][]

[1741][JPN][「Thank you!　Nmm...mmm...mmm... It's good... I'm surprised you]
[1741][CHN][]

[1742][JPN][]
[1742][CHN][]

[1743][JPN][can cook, Wil.」]
[1743][CHN][]

[1744][JPN][「Oh my. It really is delicious.」]
[1744][CHN][]

[1745][JPN][「Don't hold back. There's more too.」]
[1745][CHN][]

[1746][JPN][「...Thank you.」]
[1746][CHN][]

[1747][JPN][Yuela claps her hands together over her plate, bows her head,]
[1747][CHN][]

[1748][JPN][and takes out a slender box.]
[1748][CHN][]

[1749][JPN][She takes two thin, exquisitely carved wooden sticks out and]
[1749][CHN][]

[1750][JPN][skillfully uses them to reach toward her food.]
[1750][CHN][]

[1751][JPN][She uses them to cut her meat and potatoes, as well as carry the]
[1751][CHN][]

[1752][JPN][food to her mouth, all without touching her fork or knife.]
[1752][CHN][]

[1753][JPN][I've never seen anybody eat so nimbly before. I'm not entirely]
[1753][CHN][]

[1754][JPN][sure how she does it.]
[1754][CHN][]

[1755][JPN][Emelita and Servalwi are both using a knife and fork like me.]
[1755][CHN][]

[1756][JPN][「Emelita, you use a knife and fork very well.」]
[1756][CHN][]

[1757][JPN][「Eh? Really? I was taught to eat properly ever since I was]
[1757][CHN][]

[1758][JPN][]
[1758][CHN][]

[1759][JPN][little.」]
[1759][CHN][]

[1760][JPN][「Please teach me. I want to learn the customs of the human]
[1760][CHN][]

[1761][JPN][]
[1761][CHN][]

[1762][JPN][world.」]
[1762][CHN][]

[1763][JPN][「Okay. Heehee. Do you need me to teach you too, Wil?」]
[1763][CHN][]

[1764][JPN][]
[1764][CHN][]

[1765][JPN][「I can handle myself. My mom was pretty strict too.」]
[1765][CHN][]

[1766][JPN][Emelita keeps chattering every moment that she doesn't have food]
[1766][CHN][]

[1767][JPN][in her mouth.]
[1767][CHN][]

[1768][JPN][Servalwi nods as she listens.]
[1768][CHN][]

[1769][JPN][The three of them are different, but they all look happy and]
[1769][CHN][]

[1770][JPN][satisfied as they enjoy their meal together.]
[1770][CHN][]

[1771][JPN][「I knew eating dinner together was a good idea.」]
[1771][CHN][]

[1772][JPN][「It was. It's been a long time since I had a meal like this.」]
[1772][CHN][]

[1773][JPN][]
[1773][CHN][]

[1774][JPN][「Yep. We don't need to be formal. Just a group of people]
[1774][CHN][]

[1775][JPN][happily eating and talking together. Just like a dream.」]
[1775][CHN][]

[1776][JPN][「...」]
[1776][CHN][]

[1777][JPN][]
[1777][CHN][]

[1778][JPN][Yuela doesn't join our conversation. She just keeps quietly]
[1778][CHN][]

[1779][JPN][]
[1779][CHN][]

[1780][JPN][eating.]
[1780][CHN][]

[1781][JPN][]
[1781][CHN][]

[1782][JPN][「By the way, I wanted to ask you something, Servalwi.」]
[1782][CHN][]

[1783][JPN][「Er, I almost bite my tongue whenever I say your name... Sorry,]
[1783][CHN][]

[1784][JPN][but do you have a nickname? What do people normally call you?」]
[1784][CHN][]

[1785][JPN][]
[1785][CHN][]

[1786][JPN][「No, as far as that... I'm called in the wind 'Dream of a]
[1786][CHN][]

[1787][JPN][Drifting Gemseed', but that's not like a nickname.」]
[1787][CHN][]

[1788][JPN][「I see. Okay then... Can I call you Serawi?」]
[1788][CHN][]

[1789][JPN][「Serawi...?」]
[1789][CHN][]

[1790][JPN][「Sorry. You don't like it?」]
[1790][CHN][]

[1791][JPN][「Ah, not at all. I'm quite happy...」]
[1791][CHN][]

[1792][JPN][「It's my first gift from a human... It will surely become a]
[1792][CHN][]

[1793][JPN][treasured memory.」]
[1793][CHN][]

[1794][JPN][]
[1794][CHN][]

[1795][JPN][She clasps her hands against her chest and smiles... like she]
[1795][CHN][]

[1796][JPN][just received something precious.]
[1796][CHN][]

[1797][JPN][I'm glad she likes her nickname so much. It's making me happy]
[1797][CHN][]

[1798][JPN][too.]
[1798][CHN][]

[1799][JPN][Finding happiness in every change, and wrapping others in it. I]
[1799][CHN][]

[1800][JPN][]
[1800][CHN][]

[1801][JPN][feel like I've seen a glimpse of elven warmth.]
[1801][CHN][]

[1802][JPN][「Please, by all means, call me Serawi. It will be a pleasure.」]
[1802][CHN][]

[1803][JPN][「Thank you. Okay, I will from now on.」]
[1803][CHN][]

[1804][JPN][「You two as well. We are friends, so please talk to me using]
[1804][CHN][]

[1805][JPN][that name.」]
[1805][CHN][]

[1806][JPN][「Yep. I got it, Serawi.」]
[1806][CHN][]

[1807][JPN][「...」]
[1807][CHN][]

[1808][JPN][]
[1808][CHN][]

[1809][JPN][「So, what is it?」]
[1809][CHN][]

[1810][JPN][]
[1810][CHN][]

[1811][JPN][「Serawi, why did you come to Yuidora?」]
[1811][CHN][]

[1812][JPN][「I wanted to truly see the human world at least once.」]
[1812][CHN][]

[1813][JPN][Serawi smiles brightly.]
[1813][CHN][]

[1814][JPN][]
[1814][CHN][]

[1815][JPN][「What have you been doing in our world?」]
[1815][CHN][]

[1816][JPN][「Let me see... I touch the wind, listen to the water flow, feel]
[1816][CHN][]

[1817][JPN][the warmth of the earth, hear the voice of the trees...」]
[1817][CHN][]

[1818][JPN][「Are all elves like that?」]
[1818][CHN][]

[1819][JPN][「I would not say it's wrong to say that.」]
[1819][CHN][]

[1820][JPN][]
[1820][CHN][]

[1821][JPN][「That kind of life would be nice. But I still wanna run around]
[1821][CHN][]

[1822][JPN][]
[1822][CHN][]

[1823][JPN][outside and beat lots of monsters.」]
[1823][CHN][]

[1824][JPN][「Well, I was asking because I was hoping that you'd help me out]
[1824][CHN][]

[1825][JPN][if you had time.」]
[1825][CHN][]

[1826][JPN][「Are you in trouble?」]
[1826][CHN][]

[1827][JPN][]
[1827][CHN][]

[1828][JPN][「No, but I'm still a beginner. I think it'd be great if I could]
[1828][CHN][]

[1829][JPN][learn from somebody with a lot of experience.」]
[1829][CHN][]

[1830][JPN][]
[1830][CHN][]

[1831][JPN][「You seem like you know a lot, and as an elf, you know many]
[1831][CHN][]

[1832][JPN][things that humans don't.」]
[1832][CHN][]

[1833][JPN][]
[1833][CHN][]

[1834][JPN][「And above all, I want to learn more about elves. I'd love it]
[1834][CHN][]

[1835][JPN][if you would teach me.」]
[1835][CHN][]

[1836][JPN][「I see. That would be a delight for me as well. I am also quite]
[1836][CHN][]

[1837][JPN][interested in the lives of alchemists.」]
[1837][CHN][]

[1838][JPN][「That settles it.」]
[1838][CHN][]

[1839][JPN][                  『Serawi joins the party.』]
[1839][CHN][]

[1840][JPN][「Eh? Um... W-What about me?」]
[1840][CHN][]

[1841][JPN][「Hmm... Three people...」]
[1841][CHN][]

[1842][JPN][It could be tough to handle the equipment for three people]
[1842][CHN][]

[1843][JPN][alone. And there's living expenses too...]
[1843][CHN][]

[1844][JPN][But it'll be easy to collect a lot of materials and we can help]
[1844][CHN][]

[1845][JPN][]
[1845][CHN][]

[1846][JPN][each other out. There are both pros and cons.]
[1846][CHN][]

[1847][JPN][And the image of all four of us smiling around our meal won't]
[1847][CHN][]

[1848][JPN][leave my mind.]
[1848][CHN][]

[1849][JPN][I suddenly see the look on Emelita's face and realize that she's]
[1849][CHN][]

[1850][JPN][nervous as she watches me think.]
[1850][CHN][]

[1851][JPN][「Of course. You can join us too.」]
[1851][CHN][]

[1852][JPN][]
[1852][CHN][]

[1853][JPN][「Really? Yay!」]
[1853][CHN][]

[1854][JPN][「I just recently started taking requests, but now we can really]
[1854][CHN][]

[1855][JPN][get working with the three of you.」]
[1855][CHN][]

[1856][JPN][「Please tell me if there's anything you need.」]
[1856][CHN][]

[1857][JPN][「Yes! Cute clothes! Then makeup! Um, and then snacks! And a]
[1857][CHN][]

[1858][JPN][fluffy bed!」]
[1858][CHN][]

[1859][JPN][「I can't do it all at once! One at a time! One at a time!」]
[1859][CHN][]

[1860][JPN][「Haha. I'm happy to be with you, Wil. It will be fun.」]
[1860][CHN][]

[1861][JPN][「That's right. I'm looking forward to it too. I'm happy to keep]
[1861][CHN][]

[1862][JPN][working with you as well, Yuela.」]
[1862][CHN][]

[1863][JPN][「Nnmm... Thank you for the meal.」]
[1863][CHN][]

[1864][JPN][]
[1864][CHN][]

[1865][JPN][Yuela quietly claps her hands together again next to us.]
[1865][CHN][]

[1866][JPN][I now have three people employed as my guards.]
[1866][CHN][]

[1867][JPN][I'm a little worried about suddenly taking on so many, but a]
[1867][CHN][]

[1868][JPN][little chaos could be fun too. I'll have to keep working hard.]
[1868][CHN][]

[1869][JPN][For their sake too, I want to quickly make them new equipment.]
[1869][CHN][]