Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (葬送のフリーレン)

‪ORIGINAL STORY BY ‪KANEHITO YAMADA / TSUKASA ABE

THE NORTHERNMOST POINT OF THE CONTINENT

I REACHED AUREOLE, THE LAND WHERE SOULS REST,

A PLACE WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD CALL HEAVEN

THERE WERE MANY SOULS GATHERED THERE

AND I TALKED TO MY FORMER COMRADES

THE GREAT MAGE FLAMME

Frieren.

The royal capital is within sight now.

The party of heroes is making a triumphant return home.

I bet they're filled with excitement.

Once we get back, I have to look for a job.

You're thinking about that already?

It's important.

It doesn't end just because we took down the Demon King.

We have our whole lives ahead of us.

-A job, huh? -I want a job where I can drink.

Excuse me, you're a priest.

That's true...

Frieren,

you are probably going to live for so much longer

than we can even imagine.

Maybe.

Himmel, the hero.

Eisen, the warrior. Heiter, the priest.

Frieren, the mage.

You did well in taking down the Demon King.

Now, an era of peace will come upon this world.

The king is apparently going to erect statues of us in the plaza.

Although, I'm still very skeptical whether they can accurately depict

how handsome I am.

What a self-serving man, that king.

He's the one who only gave us ten copper coins when we departed.

Now, now, Frieren.

Now we get to drink for free.

Let's call it a deal.

Corrupt Priest.

So it's over, huh?

Yeah.

Our adventure ends here.

Ten years, huh?

So many things happened.

Like the day we departed...

when Himmel and Eisen

spoke disrespectfully to the king and were almost executed.

In the worst-case scenario, our adventure could have ended there.

There was that time when Heiter was useless because of a hangover.

You look like an undead, but are you okay?

-I'm not. -You're not, huh?

He was like that at least once a week.

Compared to that, I'm a model student.

When you were almost eaten by a mimic, we thought about leaving you behind.

How many times did we say that it was a trap? Seriously?

Can we leave this elf behind?

Jeez...

We only have lousy memories.

But it was fun.

I'm glad I was able to go on an adventure with you all.

I agree.

Although it was only a short while.

Short? What are you talking about? It was ten years.

Look at Heiter. He's become such an old man.

-That's rude. -He was always like that.

That's rude.

It's about time.

The Era Meteor Shower, was it?

A meteor shower that happens once every 50 years.

It's a perfect start to an era of peace.

How beautiful.

It's hard to see in the middle of the city.

We're getting emotional over here. Can you try to read the mood?

Then, next time...

In 50 years, I'll show you to a place that I know with a better view.

-What? -No...

It's nothing.

Okay, let's all go to see it.

All right, I'm going this way.

What are you going to do now?

I'll continue my pursuit of magic.

I plan to travel around the central lands for about 100 years.

So, I'll visit from time to time.

An elf's perception of time is unfathomable.

Seriously, how long has she been alive?

I bet to her,

50 years and 100 years don't make much of a difference.

A shadow dragon's horn?

We don't sell that here.

I haven't seen a shadow dragon around for two to three decades.

I see. What should I do...? I need it to summon...

That reminds me, I entrusted the one I found

in the Demon King's castle to Himmel.

Um, it's exuding some kind of evil aura.

It's not harmful, is it?

-I don't know. -You don't know?

It's almost time for the Era Meteor Shower anyway.

I guess I'll go get it.

The townscape is quite different from the last time I was here.

It should be around here.

Frieren?

Himmel...

-You're a feeble old man... -Well, that's rude.

I've grown old, but I'm still handsome, aren't I?

It's been 50 years.

You look just like you did back then.

I thought I would never see you again.

The Era Meteor Shower, huh?

That brings back memories.

Also, about that thing I found in the Demon King's castle...

The shadow dragon's horn, right?

Not a day went by without me thinking about it.

After all, there was constantly an evil aura coming out of the drawer.

Sorry about that...

You could've just tossed it into a shed or something.

How could I do that?

You may have left it with me without much thought,

but to me,

it was something important that was entrusted to me by a special comrade.

It was something I needed to return to you one day, just like this.

It's really not that important.

Himmel, are you ready?

You're bald, so there's no point in caring too much.

Bald people still have their preferences.

All right, let's go see the Era Meteor Shower.

You look so distinguished now, Heiter.

I'm a bishop in the Holy City now.

You haven't changed at all.

Stop patting my head.

Eisen, you haven't changed much.

-Yeah? You think so? -You're a dwarf after all.

So, where is this place with a great view?

We're going there now?

It's still a little early for the Era Meteor Shower.

Yeah, so we'll walk for about a week from here.

-It's that far? -Jeez...

What a way to abuse the elderly.

This brings back memories. When we're like this,

I feel as if I've gone back in time.

We traveled to many places, didn't we?