Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride)

Now, go.

You have your power now.

The last place upon which you stand will become your true home.

Chise!

Are you trying to mess with me?

Do you despise humans so much for tying you down?

She'll be back if she longs to come home.

Besides, it ought to be more convenient for you to keep her with you in a non-human form.

A human life is more brittle than that of a failure born in the forest.

You all avoid me, saying that's what I am.

But I hate the cold.

How absolutely endearing.

It's so beautiful and fun.

I'm, um...

What was I?

Chise...

It seems like someone's shouting by my ear.

How far should I go?

I feel like I could go on forever.

To where there are no people.

Are you leaving?

I am.

I'm being called.

Where to?

Over there.

Is that what you want?

Yes, it's what I want.

If it's what you want, I'll go with you.

But is there nothing left for you back there?

Back there?

I... What was it?

Chise.

Chise, there is a lot that I still don't know.

I need you with me.

Do you really?

Yes, I do.

Without you, it's so cold and lonely.

I hate the cold, too.

So I'll go home.

It still feels like there's a fog over my brain.

It's a kind of curse.

A curse?

This hide turns the wearer into a werebeast.

Though this hide is that of a fox.

The hide of a werebeast answers to one's wishes.

What an awful thing he left me with.

Ask me when you want to use it.

This certainly was mischievous of him.

And he's gone.

I don't want to use it.

What if I'd gone to the other side?

I'll stop you if that's not what you want.

Stop me even if I do want it.

Good night.

Good night.

Chise!

Save Joel!

Chise.

He hasn't woken up all day.

I can't do anything for him.

Chise, get on!

But...

It'll be fine!

You are a good lock, an old lock.

I am your good oil.

I am your golden key.

Mr. Joel!

Mr. Joel?

Mr. Joel!

Chise...

So this is why you bolted out.

Elias.

What's the matter with that man?

He's almost dead.

A Leannán Sídhe.

What's the matter? Aren't you going to eat him?

He's your prey, isn't he?

N-No.

I wouldn't eat him!

Not even a single drop of blood!

Not even a speck of his life!

A human's fate is sealed...

once they're haunted by a vampire, is it not?

No...

No!

I'm not haunting him.

I have to get away.

If I go away, he might...

It's too late.

You've already put your hand on him.

Elias...

No matter far you go, it's...

Elias!

I'm sorry.

Can you keep an eye on Mr. Joel?

Sure.

I don't love him.

No.

I don't love that man.

No.

No.

No.

I don't!

If I loved him, we would have to follow through with that love.

Night time...

How do you feel, sir?

Are you the grim reaper or something?

Something like that.

My girl has been in your care.

Her name is Chise.

She sure was a good girl.

You don't have much time.

It's not something you can have treated at the hospital.

Kind grim reaper, may I ask how much time I have?

A week at most.

Will I suffer?

Likely not.

That's pretty good, then.

It's been a pretty good life.

Are you not afraid?

Of course I am.

Everyone fears death.

It's not something I can avoid, though.

My wife passed away young.

We were introduced to each other through our parents.

We hadn't married for love, but still, I was devastated.

But the rose garden that my wife had left me saved me from my despair.

It must have been no more than a midsummer illusion,

but I met a beautiful woman there, too.

I'm content.

That said, if I could just meet that woman with eyes like red currants once more...

I ask for too much.

A fairy ointment?