Sorcerous Stabber Orphen (魔術士オーフェンはぐれ旅)

Don't look at me.

He couldn't help but look.

With his entire body paralyzed by the shock

he felt in that moment,

he was unable to avert his gaze from the horror before him.

I'm begging you. Don't look!

Why are you crying?! Azalie!

Please, get out of here right now, Krylancelo!

Where is Master?

You have to get away! Ah!

Azalie! Your hand is--

What's happening?

The Sword.

I am both the beginning and the end,

just as the beast called Time itself.

The Soon-Another.

The experiment was a failure.

Master!

Oh no.

It can't be.

Come, Lightning!

Don't do it!

I unsheathe thee! Come now, Sword of Light!

Krylancelo!

Azalie!

Azalie!

Azalie!

The Continent of Kiesalhima,

approximately 1,000 years ago.

The Dwarves inhabiting this land since time immemorial,

have been driven to the far edges of the continent

by invading Dragons.

And as the expanding human population begins

to comingle with the Dragons, a new breed arises.

The Sorcerer.

Stop running!

Dammit, I just told you to stop!

Hey!

Get lost!

I strike thee. Glass Hail!

[DORTIN, VOLKAN gasping, yelping]

What are you trying to pull?!

Hey, that's my line!

You guys haven't paid back any of what you owe me,

and your bill is a full three months overdue!

If your debt was a baby,

it would be able to hold its head up by now!

It's not even old enough to eat baby food you moron!

No, actually, I'm pretty sure that it could.

That's beside the point, ya twerps!

I lent you money so hurry up and pay it back!

You lent him the money,

so there's no reason for you to be threatening me!

What kinda coward would sell out his own

flesh and blood like that, Dortin?

Even if we're brothers, our bodies have been producing

different blood since we were in the womb,

meaning we technically don't share any blood with each other,

or our parents either for that matter so--

You idiots can talk about your blood later,

after you're done paying back the money you owe me!

I obviously can't right now, so how bout you stop hounding me

like some half-baked magic loan shark?

What did you just say, you little gremlin?

Flow Thus. Angel Breath!

Now stop whining and pay me back!

Hey! I finally found you!

You two are the wandering criminals.

Volkan and Dortin! And your time is up!

Wait, wandering criminals?

Do you guys run around making trouble everywhere you go

or what?

I've come all this way to bring you to justice!

Oh crap, she's an officer with

the Royal Security Police!

Run away!

I won't let you escape!

I'm so sorry! That's cheating!

You two are really small and hard to hit!

Cut it out with the darts already!

I'm going for high fun and low casualties.

Don't tell me how to do my job!

You shouldn't be causing any casualties!

I don't wanna hear that from someone slinging

his Sorcery around in the middle of a crowded street!

I'm not the one who took out a bystander!

They're getting away!

Right now, you've got bigger things to worry about!

That guy's going into convulsions!

Oh my gosh, I forgot I coated them with anesthetic.

Sorcerer. Can you heal him?

I repair thee. Scars of the Sunset.

That's a relief.

Now I don't have to arrest you for obstruction.

You're welcome.

How very kind of you.

I guess Sorcerers can be good to have around,

even if they happen to be drop-outs like yourself.

Even drop-outs like me, huh?

Food's ready! Here you go.

Wow. Looks great. Thanks, Majic.

Hey, Orphen. I was watching you from the windows earlier.

And I saw you using your Sorcery to take on those two

thieving Dwarves. It was really awesome!

Still, all the people I've met who called

themselves Sorcerers have turned out to be nothing but frauds.

Con artists who can cast one or two spells well enough to trick

people into givin' 'em money.

Orphen's not like that, Dad!

He's the real deal, I know it!

There's something I've been meaning to ask you for a while.

That pendant is the one they give to Black Sorcerers

who train at the Tower of Fangs, right?

Sure is.

So if you have that, it means you really did

study Sorcery there!

Yeah, that's right.

Then you learned Black Sorcery from some

of the very best in the land! Man, that's the coolest!

What brought that up?

You trying to become a Sorcerer or something?

Yeah, I am kind of interested. Mom's from a Sorcerer family.

If it runs in your family,

there's a chance that you have a knack for it.

Wow, do you mean it?

Yeah, in fact I can sense it in you.

Then, do you think you can teach me to use Sorcery?

Yeah, I could, though we would need to talk about compensation.

That's enough of that.

You're not gonna weasel out of your tab by tricking my son

into taking your phony lessons, so don't try it.

If you were that good of a Sorcerer,

you wouldn't have to scrape out a living making shady loans

to sketchy Dwarves, would you? And I'm betting that line

about him having the knack was a lie, too.

That's harsh, man.

I've been completely honest with you guys this whole time.

So what exactly makes you think Majic

might have a talent for Sorcery, anyway?

There are Sorcerers in his mother's bloodline.

And what's more. He has pure, sincere passion.

That's the most important part of Sorcery.

It's worth trying, at least.

Yeah, that's the truth. But for me...

Welcome.

Wow. I won't be your only customer for once.

Hey, buddy,

I've got a deal you're not gonna wanna miss.

It's you two!

That cop from before must be gone by now, right?

Come on, the coast is clear.

Why are you getting me involved in this?

You keep complaining

about not having your money back yet.

So this killer deal is my way of paying it off!

Your cut'll be half the profits.

Why would I take a job from you when you're the one who owes me?

Fine then! Have fun covering your tab, pal.

I only have a tab because of you!

Screw it, I'm in this monkey suit, now what am I doin'?

You'll know when we get there.

Yeah, that's weird. Uh. So, where is everybody?

I heard that something showed up in a village nearby.

What does "something" mean?

I don't know the answer to that,

but whatever it was, people are scared to go outside.

Who cares? Let's keep moving!

You better not've dragged me into some kinda

shady business.

Have we learned anything new?

"Because if we haven't, then I've been waiting

for nothing this entire time." Right?

Do you still not understand that reading people's thoughts

unbidden is an abuse of your abilities?

One should always make use of the abilities

they've acquired.

And what if you weren't able?

My answer to that echoes the thought that passed through

your mind just now. Indeed. I would become like him, or her.

Hm.

Can you not imagine an ability overpowering

the one who wields it?

When you speak of that, do you refer to us?

To follow your thinking to its conclusion,