Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride)

This is bad!

It's spewing fire!

I'd heard their fire-related organs had become vestigial!

Elias...

It's an atavism.

It's become like the dragons you'd read about in fairy tales.

Elias, he can still go home.

He wants to go home!

He has a place to go home to!

Please, teach me how to help.

Your selfish requests are never for yourself.

It's all right.

That's why I'm here to begin with.

Thank you.

First, touch the dragon.

That way, you can absorb its magic.

And I'll absorb that before your body breaks.

Okay.

Alice!

Right!

We're going to draw the dragon's attention.

Thanks.

Over here!

Take this!

This way!

Fire!

Merituuli!

You naughty boy!

We're going back home!

Now!

Here we go.

By the base of its neck.

There's a powerful flow there.

Chise!

It's trying to go outside!

Merituuli, distract it!

Gah, jeez!

This is bad!

It's going to cave!

Chise!

Chise!

Damn it! Be careful!

Ruth.

Chise, are you ready?

Elias!

Ruth!

Right.

Huh?

The moon looks odd.

Chise, are you all right?

Ruth, how's Elias?

Singed, but he's fine.

We're on our way.

The river.

Wait, Chise...

You don't have to come with me, Ruth.

Go get the others and then come get me.

Chise, you better not be...

It's okay.

Let's go home together.

Idiot!

Chise!

Hey, hang in there!

Ruth...

Where's Chise?

To think it escaped...

Shannon-san...

Why...

How do you feel?

Can you get up?

I'll get up.

Wow.

It might be tight, but don't take it off.

It feels like it's going to burst.

Chise!

Chise!

Angelica-san.

Jeez, you reek.

She beat you to her, loser.

I'd do the same to my own daughter.

I told you not to try to do everything by yourself.

I already gave him an earful.

I wonder what she did to him.

How's the dragon?

And the other people?

Everyone went home.

The dragon is sleeping.

Thank goodness.

Elias, are you burned or anything?

You don't realize you're in worse shape than I am, do you?

Actually, not really.

I know.

Well now, I can't let that lousy explainer explain, can I?

Lindel-san.

Your arm...

I've forced you into an unenviable role.

I'm sorry.

I only did it because I could.

That's why this is so bad.

You've been cursed by the dragon's powers.

Cursed?

It's going to fester in your body.

It'll attack, torment, and hex you.

No human body could contain it.

Sooner or later, your body will fall apart.

How long will this body last?

I don't know. I'm sorry.

I see.

So...

I've lived with two curses so far.

I was forced to live with them.

One is this, my Sleigh Beggy body.

The other...

As long as I live, it'll probably never leave me.

Taking on one more doesn't seem like such a big deal.

You're...

He's angry.

Huh? That's him angry?

I'm sorry.

I can't ask you to forgive me.

Please don't apologize.

This is proof.

That I was able to think of someone other than myself.

You do have the option of living on the other side.

But that's...

I'll think about it.

Chise!