Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride)

Why would you come here?

You don't understand anything.

The feeling of rotting alive,

the pain and agony of being burned alive,

the sensation of insects eating the flesh off your bones...

No one... Not a single person knows what it's like.

Everyone scoffs at me and calls me a freak.

Do you want people to understand?

Or do you just want to believe you're the only one suffering?

Is that...

something you're in a position to say?

You're quite blessed, aren't you?

Every day, you're being targeted for your body, your blood, your soul...

But you had no trouble getting food, shelter, or education.

The only ones having trouble are the adults who have to raise a creepy child.

And yet,

you're the one who acts as though you're the one suffering most.

I lived my life despising and envying all sorts of things, too.

I thought I could do anything to escape the misery.

You and I may be alike...

and that's why I need to beat the hell out of you.

Huh?

What?

You think you're in the right just because you tried to die?

After you gave the people around you so much hell for it?

I don't think I'm in the right.

Ashen Eye!

You've become quite strong.

Why are you here?

I see the human child has served her purpose well.

No...

That's it.

A human heart in motion is so beautiful.

Joy, sadness, distress, anger...

These are the things that move the world.

You and he are both very, very beautiful to me.

You piss me off.

Elias! Ruth!

Well, well, he's finally arrived.

Ashen Eye!

Kids these days don't know how to treat their elders.

So you're the ones who scarred this girl so brutally.

Ariel...

Let's do this, you failure.

Why?

I'm not doing this for you.

We're aligned in our opinions.

A fairy with a mind?

She's going to be trouble.

I don't have time for this.

Ruth, keep an eye on Chise.

Yeah, got it.

Ashen Eye!

You aren't going.

Nettles in the shadow, ring of holly...

Maybe you've suffered more than me or anyone I've ever met.

But just because it hurts doesn't mean you can make others suffer with you,

or that you can do anything you want!

So it's only okay if it's you?!

What's the difference between what you tried to earn

by sacrificing yourself, and what I want?!

Ruth!

It's the same.

So let's end it.

Resound, resound, forest song of the night.

Hear, hear, the howling of the grave keeper.

Sleep magic doesn't work on me.

Not since you're here.

Too bad.

Goodbye.

Got you.

E... lias...

Elias,

I want you to bind us together so that

no matter what happens, we won't be separated.

All right.

He did it.

Let go!

Let go!

Why...

Why...

It hurts, doesn't it?

It hurts when no one understands.

One, two, where do you bloom?

Under the window where the children sleep,

white flowers on the night of a pale moon...

Three, four, where do you bloom?

On the frame of Mommy's mirror,

a little blue flower blooms...

Let's count, let's count, let's find and count the flowers...

Count to seven and eight...

In the dream in which the child sleeps.

Mommy will give you a bouquet of flowers.

Mommy will give you a bouquet of flowers...

Good night, Cartaphilus, Joseph.

Chise!

He's right. I wouldn't want to do this for millennia.

Don't try to talk.

Elias...

Hey, what's going on?

Chise...

It's a promise.

Hello.

I reached a bit of an understanding with the dragon inside of you.

I'm going to keep you alive, and the dragon will someday kill you.

We'll be inside of you, keeping each other in check.

So nothing will happen to you right away.

Oh, but that's how it is for all ordinary beings, isn't it?

Good for you.

Look, it's time.

Chise...

Go to the child. He's waiting for you.

Now, hurry.

Welcome home, Chise.

I'm home, Elias.

Now, Elias, let's hear your excuse.

Why did you do such a thing to Stella without even talking to me first?

If you're going to go there, I have something I want to say, too.

You're always the one who does things without consulting me.

I already apologized for that!

I just said we'd think things through together from now on,

and look at what you go and do!

But...

Silky...