Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride)

Chise!

Chise! Chise!

Looks like the binding of her ring didn't hold up.

These Sleigh Beggy children just get weaker and weaker.

Chise's familiar, huh?

How's Chise?

You need to get in her shadows.

Hey, snap out of it, thorn child.

Time passes faster over here.

Come to the other side.

We can't show her to a human doctor, can we?

The land of fairies...

Good.

Silky, we're going to be away for a while.

Watch the house.

The entrance to the land of the fairies.

You refused to enter when you last came here.

To think that now I'm taking you inside...

What a twist of fate.

It's the failure.

The half-assed.

He smells awful.

The beloved child.

Adorable.

Don't touch.

Don't get so hot-headed.

Don't worry, we just met a good doctor.

She's a bit of an oddball, though.

You can't get up yet.

I'm taking the bandage off your eyes.

Um... Where am I?

This is one of the fairy kingdoms.

It's called The Ant Hill.

Fairy kingdoms?

Here, drink this.

Thank you.

Your skin and veins couldn't withstand the excess magic that was created in your body.

It's being held back by that charm for now.

Honestly...

You could have gotten more proper treatment at a human hospital.

The fairy king is so selfish.

He brought you here because he wanted you here on this side.

Um...

Nice to meet you, Chise.

My name is Shannon.

I'm a fairy, raised by human parents whose child I was swapped with.

A changeling.

Welcome, Elias.

How dare you show yourself!

Spriggan.

How is your adopted child?

Shannon took off with her. I'm sure she's fine.

I thank you for your concern.

It's my duty to help when a child is in danger.

You're covered in blood.

Say, Elias,

shouldn't you two live in this world?

Your Majesty, that's not...

This is my clinic.

Like humans and animals, some fairies can be ailed by sickness and age.

Um...

Where's Elias?

He's near enough to come if we call for him.

Don't worry.

I've been told that he's your husband.

Are you able to communicate with him well?

The people of this side have trouble understanding certain things with humans.

H-He's not so much my husband as he is my magic instructor.

Let's just leave it at that, then.

Shannon!

Shanahan.

Get off me.

But...

I was lonely.

It's only been three days!

I told you, the patients are my priority.

I know, but...

Hey, it's a Sleigh Beggy.

She's so cute.

This patient is critically ill!

Don't touch her so casually!

But...

Shannon!

We're having mushroom soup today.

Come home early.

Sorry he's so annoying.

That's my husband.

He's the former human that was raised here in my place.

We lived for half a century, swapped into each other's worlds.

Half a century?

When an ordinary human spends a long time here,

they become something not human.

The human world is toxic to the soul.

The toxins in the soul soon consume the body.

That may be fine for you, but Chise...

Say, Elias, she's closer to this side.

If you truly care for her,

she would find happiness if you allowed her to abandon humanity.

Otherwise, that girl

will surely die soon.

I...

For a while, I worked at a human hospital, believing I was human.

I creeped people out, though.

That's when Shanahan came to retrieve me.