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Are you serious?
Yeah. Can you believe it?
So, tomorrow morning...
Get Hamyuts Meseta here.
Who are you, sir?
A monster.
Pl-Please wait a moment.
The Acting Director isn't here today.
I'll be more than happy to ask...
[Crowd screaming and panicing]
Huh? What the hell is this?!
Oh, war-machine of the past, the stone sword of spent time, Yor...
Oh...there it is.
Well now, are you going to read it?
[Zatoh] I've got a fascination for monsters.
Hey, Meats listen up, we brought you some food.
What's the matter? Didn't snag any?
Look here. There's a piece for you.
Ow!
What's the matter with you?
Is it cold over there?
Come sit by me.
It's warmer over here. Don't be afraid
My name is Bookwatt. Relia Bookwatt.
What's your name?
Enlike. Enlike Bishile.
What is it that you did, Enlike?
What did I do?
I went to a doctor to beg for some medicine.
I had a friend she was sick, suffering in pain from a terrible fever.
Why?
You should always help other people when they're suffering.
[Enlike] Why? [Relia] I don't remember.
But still, I feel like someone did something like that for me at one time in my life.
Get out.
Uh, is the girl alright?
She's alive and kicking.
She's alive...I'm glad to hear that.
What was that...
I remember seeing it long ago...
It's a smile...
A smile... He smiled.
I want to smile...
Well? What's the experiment for this time, old master?
A serum to forcibly bestow magic rights on these young boys.
An experiment.
I'm going to die...
You never tire of that, do you?
I don't need you to understand.
Each True Man is an isolated existence unto himself.
We don't need to see eye-to-eye.
Huh?
A Meat crying? Pathetic, but amusing.
Boramotte, pull him out of the cage.
Yes, sir.
Ganbanzel...
Sit him down here with us.
You want me to sit side by side with a Meat?
Disgusting!
Excellent. Sit right here with me.
Why are you crying boy?
I want to smile before I die...
But I can't, I can't do it.
Oh, but smiling is the easiest thing in the world, young man!
You just need to look around and do something fun.
Something fun?
It means to experience the joy of living.
You know, I just thought of something that would be good for that.
You need to kill!
Your opponent dies, and you are the one who lives.
Can you imagine any better means of realizing the joy of living than this?
You really should give it a try.
Killing is... Killing is fun?
Yes!
It's a lot of fun.
Have fun, then you'll smile.
Look at my hand.
These days, this old man's hand wouldn't even be able to kill a little infant.
For many years, I lived simply and modestly in a small trading town.
I destroyed my desire and lied to myself.
By the time I realized this, it was too late.
As such, I've made up my mind.
I shall create a superbeing to act for me.
It will be a monster who will be capable of killing Acting Director Hamyuts Meseta herself!
I'll be a monster?
Yes. My monster!
Minth don't!
Stop, Minth!
What in the hell was that?
An electric shock. He's projecting electricity from his body.
If your sword touches him, you'll be electrocuted!
He regenerated?!
He can use electricity, water cloth and even regenerate?!
How many magic attacks does this guy have?
Both of you stay away!
I'm the only one who stands a chance.
Highly doubtful.
We'll see about that.
He's still moving after that?
Milepoc! Toss me your gun!
He's out of bullets!
Okay!
Mattalast!
Minth the clothe!
Sorry about that. I still had one more shot left.
[Minth] Get back here, you ***!
Minth you're hurt!
You all right, Minth? Still with us.
Weren't you able to see all of that, Mattalast?
Who knows, maybe so.
Sneaky ***.
Milepoc, inform the guards about this.
Tell them that if they see a masked man, to let him through unopposed.
We're just letting him escape?
We can't stop him with our powers alone. Not untill we know more.
He was from the Church, wasn't he?
If there's anyone else who would have the temerity to attack the Library,
I'd really enjoy meeting them.
Do you think it has anything to do with the theft of Luimon's Book, Ireia?
Who knows... But...
I don't think that's the last we've seen of him.
Man, I just want to know who in the hell that guy was.
You know as well as I do, the Magic Bureau only bestows the right to one type of magic per person.
Trying to learn more magic than that would only lead to chaos of the mind and sickness.
Things like that.
And yet that guy...
Hey take look at this.
Huh?
It looks like glass.
Seems like he left something.
Does that look like it might be a hair, my friend?
That's translucent hair...
It can't be! Did you tell the Acting Director about this?
I did... She ordered a unit to pursue the monster,
and then she left.
Huh?!
Sometimes I wonder what's going through that woman's mind.
Yeah seriously... She never makes our lives easy.
Wait!
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
There he is.
I'm not letting you get away.
Give me back the old woman's purse, right now.
Get out of my way!
If you don't move, there's no telling what I'll do! Now move!
If you return it now, I'll recommend leniency to the police.
It really wasn't nice to take something that doesn't belong to you.
Shut up!
Are you having money problems?
If you are, tell me and let's talk!
I don't have much money myself, but I could try to...
Shut up and move. Hear me?! Or I'll cut you!
You need to hand it over, or I'll punch you.
I'd rather not have to.
Please return it at once!
It's gonna hurt and you wont like it.
[Old woman] This way, this way!
Yes right there! Police Officers, that man stole my purse.
Huh? That's an Armed Librarian.
Thank you very much.
Take care of yourself now!
That was quite commendable, Ms. Armed Librarian.
That was mpressive work.
Stealing from the elderly...
You shoulda beaten the crap out of that hoodlum. That's what I would have done.
Yeah, but I thought he might have had a pretty good reason for taking it.
To be totally honest, I'm really not a super big fan of punching people.
But you're an Armed Librarian...
Oh! Actually, I'm not an Armed Librarian.
I'm just an apprentice.
Just an apprentice.
The road to being an Armed Librarian is tough.
[Hamyuts] There she is.
Noloty!
Huh?
Yoo-hoo! Noloty!
A-Acting Director?!
Hi.
Um, what are you doing here?
[Hamyuts] Aren't you going to explain how you ended up here? [Noloty] Huh?
Your mission was to find and recover Luimon's Book, was it not?
Oh... Yes ma'am!
He was your training instructor and your mentor, right?
Yes ma'am.
[Hamyuts] Well report.
They found Luimon's Book in the area of Toatt Mine.
Once recovered it was brought here, to Bujuia, by train.
Then from here, it was scheduled to be transported to the port near the the Library by boat.
Then...
The train was attacked, and the Book was stolen.
I doubt there are many with enough power to attack a train that's moving.
I'm sure there are some strong enough.
I began my investigation with the local criminal organizations,
but I've yet to uncover anything.
Interesting...
Huh? What do you mean?
Oh, sorry, sorry. It's nothing.
But anyway, what are you doing here, Acting Director?
I heard from Milepoc that the Library was attacked. Was anyone hurt?
Shouldn't you be out there leading the search for the monster that did this?
Oh, Milepoc and Ireia are more than capable of leading the search monster.
But she said it looked like it might be the Church's doing...
Ooh, a fight!
Huh?
H-Hey!
[Noloty] What? It's glowing!
Such beautiful hair...
"Come and punch me, for a fee of 100 kiluwes per minute."
"Beat me and win 10,000 kiluwes"?
Don't you love these types of things?
Well, it's kind of scary.
What are you talking about? You're stronger than both of those idiots fighting.
I'm still scared.
What if someone gets hurt?
It's easy to get hurt fighting. It's not good.
Huh, strange girl.
[Hamyuts] Can you tell what's going on, Noloty?
Huh? Yes!
The one taking the punches is the stronger fighter.
But for some reason, he's deliberately taking the blows and pretending they hurt.
Time's up! That was one minute.
Stay home next time, idiot!
It's over!
Alright people, who's next?
Here!
Huh? A-Acting Director?
This girl is going to fight next!
Huh?
This isn't good...
Could she be testing me?
I know I look like a little girl, but I'm an apprentice Armed Librarian,
so I shouldn't be doing this...
Begin.
I-I'm asking you not to begin!
What should I do?
[Guy] Punch him! Come on!
Noloty! If you don't take this seriously, you'll stay an apprentice.
Huh?
Wow that's some punch.
That was nothing. I'll hit you for real this time.
Here I go!
No way.
Your time as expired.
Awesome!
Awesome! Awesome! Just awesome!
Mister, will you protect the world with me?
What the hell are you talking about?
You could make it as an Armed Librarian!
Let's save everyone who's in trouble or suffering...
No not that, let's save everyone who can be saved!
Save everyone?
Acting Director, this man is strong!
Acting Director?
I'm leaving now.
Huh?
Excuse me. I'll come back later.
Please think about it. See you later!
[Noloty] Why does he waste all of his strength doing something as silly as that?
What a waste...
Noloty.
I have something I want to tell you.
Then after that, I have some orders I need to give you.
Okay...
First, I'll tell you that man's name.
They call him Zatoh Rondohoon. Catchy huh?
He's the person who stole Luimon's Book.
Huh? Really? He's the one who took it?
But did he give it away? How could you know that?
Can't tell you that.
Next, my orders.
Now, you can't let the other Armed Librarians know this.
It's what professionals like to call a top-secret mission.
Top-secret?
Long ago, that man killed someone and then read that person's Book.
He then began to wish for death.
But what does this have to do with Luimon?
This is the mission. So you need to listen carefully.
Save that man, Zatoh.
When he's truly in peril, save him.
Save him...
But you can't tell anyone.
Catch ya later.
Hold on a minute!
Acting Director!
H-Huh?
Just what does she mean by that. I have to save him?
Hamyuts Meseta.
The woman named Noloty Malche.
She enters people's hearts with wanton disregard.
Indelible footprints.
Incurable claw marks.