Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride)

Hatori

You're not going to regret this later, are you?

I won't.

Hatori Chise

With that, the contract is complete.

Hatori Chise-san.

Can you breathe all right?

Let's go.

I'd heard rumors, but I've never seen one before.

There are things that are neither human nor inanimate.

They're different from the ones that I always see.

I never knew things like this existed.

I don't care.

I just want somewhere to go home to.

This is the product you've all been waiting for.

A rare item, even among our current offerings.

Starting at 500,000.

1,100,000!

1,500,000!

1,800,000!

2,000,000!

Look there.

Why is he here?

2,250,000!

I thought he hated being around people.

2,250,000!

2,250,000!

Anyone else?

Sir...

5,000,000.

It's decided.

I will make you my apprentice.

What's the deal with that creep?

Dunno.

Prepare a reception room.

Wait...

We will be receiving five million pounds.

Who is he, to want to spend so much money on me?

Age, fifteen.

Ethnicity, Japanese.

She's docile, so she should be easy to discipline.

I never thought I'd see you at this auction.

However, we must ask you to follow the rules.

Please don't wander onto the stage—

I don't need your lecturing nor small talk.

You, come.

You don't need to keep your head down.

Stand tall, and look forward.

Understood?

Yes.

I'll be borrowing your lobby.

By all means.

What is he, a monster?

He'll hear you.

Be quiet.

He's neither a conman nor a sorcerer.

He's the real deal, a rarity in recent times.

I can't believe we let him have that.

That Sleigh Beggy...

Sleigh Beggy?

So you can see them.

Y-You mean me?

You're the only one here with me.

What's your name?

Chise.

Hatori Chise.

My name is Elias.

Elias Ainsworth.

Nice to meet you, my puppy.

It appears that you possess the sight.

How fortunate.

Fortunate...?

She's too much of a burden to take in.

What would people think if we gave her to an orphanage, though?

She's being weird again.

Creepy.

She scares me.

What a brat.

No...

I've never once been fortunate!

Then let's see to it that you feel fortunate someday.

I can't have you being so helpless.

Dolls are fine, but I paid good money for you.

You need to make yourself worth looking at.

Um...

Now, close your eyes and stand close to me.

This may make you dizzy.

Nettles in the shadow...

Ring of holly...

Thoroughly entangle the branches as a spider's web.

Thorns?

You can open your eyes now.

As expected,

we made it in one leap.

This is my home.

It's also your home, as of today.

W-Wait a minute.

Where are we?

How did we get here from inside the building?

This is west of London.

A rural area on the outskirts of England.

E-E-England?

And what am I an "apprentice" of?

Oh, here.

You won't need that anymore.

You've become a mage's apprentice.

A mage?

We're an endangered, old-fashioned kind, mind you.

I welcome you as my apprentice, Sleigh Beggy.

Or rather... Chise.

No, no, no way...

I can do it myself.

I know how to take a bath.

You don't know how to use it, do you?

Besides, you're filthy, so I'll wash you.

Come now.

You're not a kitten. Stop fussing.

You need to soak to your shoulders, or you'll never be warm.

He saw everything.

Come out when you're warm.

I didn't think I'd ever get a proper bath again.

If you ever feel like giving up on life,

why don't you try giving yourself to someone who wants you?

Well, well, I thought I smelled something delicious.

It's an adorable human girl.

Fairies?

I suppose we'd be fairies, in human terms.

You better not use such unrefined words for us, though.

That's right!

Call us your neighbors.

Or your good friends.

Hey, you're a Sleigh Beggy, aren't you?

The Thorn Mage is so silly, taking in a Sleigh Beggy as his apprentice.

Honey wine, more valuable than gold coins of ancient times,

more precious than any flower of the land of fairies.

Adorable.

Adorable.

Our robin.

If you're going to become a mage, we'll give you all the help you need, my beloved.

Beloved?

Chise.

Are you all right?

You're not overheated?

Yes, I'm fine,