
＄03-00-10-05-3-0


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Whenever I close my eyes, this is where I'd be.
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It didn't matter if I was awake or asleep. I'd still be shivering from the frigid wind.
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Howling. Howling.[sr]Wind strong enough to shatter your ears.
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With nothing to protect me, my body feels cold as ice.
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Surrounded by pitch darkness with nothing for warmth, and no hope of escape. That's how I grew up.
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For me, Britain was pure hell.
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＠Mother
The prophecy was true.
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＠Mother
She will be our salvation.[sr]She will be our absolution.
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＠Mother
She is the savior who washed up on our shore, along with the name “Altria.”
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＠Mother
May you grow, healthy and strong, to the age of sixteen. May the queen's soldiers never find you.
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＠Mother
Now, go on. Hurry.[sr]Hurry. Hurry. Hurry.
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＠Mother
Hurry and greet your sixteenth birthday.
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＠Mother
We have complete faith in you. Which is why you must give everything you have for us.
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[lr]A small newborn faerie washed ashore in a boat loaded with all kinds of treasure.
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＠C：Village Faerie
What an incredible stroke of luck.[sr]This girl must be the Child of Prophecy!
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＠D：Village Faerie
What a horrible omen. If the high queen finds out about her, we'll all be done for!
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[lr]The village faeries' opinions were split right down the middle, but they all agreed on what should be done.
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＠Village Faeries
“At least the Child of Prophecy should be useful.”[sr]“We'll raise her ourselves until she turns sixteen.”
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＠Village Faeries
“But she's the faerie of paradise, right?”[sr]“I don't like her. I'm sure she's going to mock us!”
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＠Village Faeries
“She doesn't deserve a proper house.”[sr]“What do humans do with creatures like that again?”
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＠Village Faeries
“I know! They raise them as livestock![sr]We can make her a lovely little stable!”
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＠Village Faeries
“The other villages will never find out about her if we say we're raising a horse! We can keep the Child of Prophecy all for ourselves!”
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[lr]The faeries of Tintagel treated[sr]me as a precious resource.
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I had almost no magical energy, which made them all worry about me.
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＠Village Faerie
It's been four years since she got here, and she still has barely any magical energy. Poor thing... She may as well be a human.
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＠Village Faerie
I can't believe she still can't do anything impressive. I'm worried. Will she be able to survive like this?
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＠Village Faerie
...I know. We need to train her.
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＠Village Faerie
We need to be harder on her. Methodical with her.[sr]We can't even give her time to sleep.
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＠Village Faerie
Forgive us, Caster. This is all for your own good.
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＠Village Faerie
The way you are now, you can't even dream of being the Child of Prophecy. And we don't have any time for dreams.
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＠Village Faerie
We really need to have her grow at least a little.
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＠Village Faerie
You can barely tell her apart from a human! No one will believe she's the Child of Prophecy like this, not even when she turns sixteen!
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＠Village Faerie
Who cares if she can defeat the queen or not?[sr]All that matters is that she's valuable.
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＠Village Faerie
It doesn't matter whether she's the real Child of Prophecy or not. She just has to look the part so we can get rich.
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＠Village Faerie
Why else would we bother taking in the faerie of paradise?
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＠Village Faerie
We just have to make sure she doesn't die. We don't have to worry about her running away. She's much too weak to do that.
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[lr]But the village faeries didn't know that my Fae Eyes still worked.
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However much I wished I couldn't, I always saw the true feelings they kept to themselves.
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Deep down, they all feared and loathed me.
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The faeries that feared me believed in the Child of Prophecy with all their hearts, and worked me like a slave.
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The faeries that loathed me hated the faerie of paradise, and abused me without a second thought.
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Aside from that, all anyone felt for me was indifference.
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I was considered a precious resource,[sr]but treated like I wasn't even there.
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...But I couldn't blame them for that. I more or less knew what my duty was.
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I was to bring salvation to the faeries of Britain, to free them from their suffering, and to save them in the true sense of the word.
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...Even as a child, I understood that fulfilling my duty would mean the end of Britain as it existed now.
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I could deal with the slave-driving, the abuse, and the disinterest, because I knew the reasons behind them. But this sound was too much to bear.
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Asleep or awake, there was never a time I didn't hear it.
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Howls of deceit. Howls of self-interest. Howls of selfishness. Howls of envy. The sounds I could never shut out[line 2]the sounds of the faeries' true feelings.
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It was enough to make me lose track of where I was, and where I was meant to go.
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I hear bells ringing. They tell me to go on a pilgrimage to save the faeries.
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...(Sigh) Honestly, this sound depresses me, too.
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I know it's supposed to be an honorable mission, but how in the world am I supposed to save faeries like that?
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＠Altria
Haaah![se adm14][sr]Yaaah![wt 0.5][se adm15] Diiie!
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[lr]So that's why I'm out in this nearby field again, hard at work on my training.
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Today's another day of close-quarters combat practice with the Staff of Selection, which arrived with me on my boat, as a weapon.
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I can't use anything like fae domains, so the only thing I can do with a staff is bop people!
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＠Altria
Hiyaaah![se adm15] Hraaah!
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＠Altria
R[se adm15]aaaaaah!!![sr]...Haaah.
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＠Altria
...Haha. Ahaha. Hahaha, ha...
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[lr]It was an early afternoon in my sixth year.[sr]I had just collapsed from exhaustion.
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My melee combat training was the only time I had to myself once the villager keeping an eye on me left, figuring I was so weak I wouldn't be able to escape, anyway.
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＠Altria
...Aha. Hahaha... Haa... Huh?
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[lr]Then, just as my voice was trailing off...
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＠???
Ngh... Gaaah, that was nasty! The faeries at your place are pretty horrible, you know that!?
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＠Altria
H[messageShake 0.05 2 2 0.3]uh!? D-did you just talk, staff!?
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＠???
No, I'm not the Staff of Selection.[sr]I'm just a nosy old busybody.
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＠???
And I just couldn't take how awful Tintagel is anymore, or how sickening it is to see you doing everything they tell you...
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＠???
I just had to say something.
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＠???
Ugh, I swear. I wasn't planning on getting involved, but now I just don't think I have a choice.
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＠???
Listen up. I'm Merlin. Merlin, the Mage of Flowers.
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＠Merlin
I'm going to be your teacher from now on.[sr]Don't forget it.
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[lr]That was how I met Merlin[line 2]or at least,[sr]his voice coming from the Staff of Selection.
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That was how I began studying to be a mage.
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＠Altria
Magecraft!? I know about that! Queen Morgan uses that!
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＠Altria
...But, what exactly is it?[sr]What exactly are you going to teach me?
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＠Merlin
What do you mean? Magecraft, of course. Merlin magecraft. Trust me, it's really something.
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＠Altria
Ooh, will it let me fly like a bird!? Like zoom, whoosh, pchoo!?
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＠Merlin
...Flying. You'd like to fly, huh...[sr]That's a pretty tall order for your first spell.
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＠Altria
You don't know how to fly?[sr]What are you, some kind of quack?
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＠Merlin
Oh no, I can fly easily.[sr]I'm the Amazing Merlin!
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＠Merlin
But let's hold off on that one for now. Not even the Wind clan can fly, after all.
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＠Merlin
The sky is the dragons' domain. Only precious few upper-class faeries can go there.
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＠Merlin
So for your first spell, let's start with something closer to home. Something that'll make your life easier.
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＠Merlin
Tell me, is there anything you could use right now that would make you happy?
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＠Altria
Well... I guess I'd like it if nighttime was warmer.
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＠Altria
My house gets really, really cold. It even freezes over in the winter.
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＠Altria
I actually lost two toes last year 'cause of that...
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＠Altria
Ehehe... I haven't told anyone else, though.[sr]It's too embarrassing!
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＠Merlin
...[wt 1.0]Got it. I'll start study[line 2]Ahem, I mean, start getting a lesson ready for you right away.
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＠Merlin
Just give me three[line 2]no, two days to find some teaching materials.
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＠Altria
???
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[lr]Merlin taught me all sorts of spells.
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Heating. Detection. Healing. Linguistics. Camouflage. Lockpicking. Stealth attacks. Explosives. Obstacles.
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Every time I expressed interest in learning a new spell, he'd say:
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“Sorry, I can't today.[sr]You'll just have to wait until the next lesson.”
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And then we'd make magecraft items together. Those lessons formed the foundation of my Merlin magecraft.
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Looking back on it, he must have had to change the spells a lot just so I could use them with my tiny pool of magical energy.
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＠Altria
Say, why are you teaching me all this when every British faerie hates me?
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＠Merlin
Because I'm not a British faerie.[sr]Sorry, just kidding.
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＠Merlin
The fact is, you ARE the faerie of paradise, no matter what the faeries of your village think. Eventually, most faeries will come to follow you.
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＠Merlin
When they do, you'll need to be the ideal[line 2]No...
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＠Merlin
The kind of savior that everyone dreams of.[sr]A fantastical savior.
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＠Altria
Fantastical?
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＠Merlin
That's right. You'll need to be a character straight out of a children's story.
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＠Merlin
Everyone has different fantasies. Some want a strong king, some a kind king, some a scary king, and so on.
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＠Merlin
Your job is to be able to be all of those things.
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＠Merlin
You need to inspire hopes and dreams[line 2]or rather, bring them all together.
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＠Merlin
Everything wants something different, so a single name would only get in the way.
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＠Merlin
That's why you need to be a nameless king. Someone who stands at the edge of the world rather than its center...
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＠Merlin
...and serves as a beacon of hope for others just by virtue of existing[line 2]glowing starlight shining with possibilities.
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＠Merlin
That's the kind of king I'd like you to become.
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＠Merlin
The kind that can inspire people from atop castle walls, no matter the time or place.
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＠Altria
...Can I really be all that?
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＠Merlin
Sure you can. It might be impossible in reality, but anything's possible in fantasy.
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＠Merlin
And people have always had a way of making fantasy become reality. That's why futures we thought we could only dream of eventually stop being dreams☆
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[lr]Merlin was very talkative, and a lot of fun to be around.
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But that only lasted for a year.
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A faerie girl saw me laughing in the field and reported me to the village elder...
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...who responded by taking away the Staff of Selection until I turned sixteen and set out on my journey.
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From then on, every day was more painful than the last.
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That's the end of my winter memories.
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