01x13 - Memories of Arcturus

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Hey there,

Arc.

I'm glad to see you're safe.

It's a shame what happened to Rigel.

What a pathetic fool.

He couldn't even complete a simple errand.

How was he ever going
to be the next leader?

I guess Claude was too much for him.

Don't torment her, Haut.

We obtained a lot of data with her help.

The day of the Order's return draws near.

I have high hopes for you, Arc.

Yes, sir.

"High hopes," my a*s.

I don't want to hear it from
someone with such dead eyes.

Claude...

Spica...

I'll destroy you next time.

Brr, it's freezing.

You're back from your errands.

Oh, hey, Professor...

Why are you here?!
Shouldn't you be at Diana?!

The principal wanted
me to check up on you.

Also, since I can't return to my
human form without you anyway,

there's no point in being at school.

So I was wandering around outside,
and your sister let me in.

Don't do that, little sis...

You can't just let a cat in.

And we need to discuss Arc.

You're part of this now.

There are things you need to know.

I want to know.

Why did a former student become a cultist?

What happened to her?

I'll tell you everything.

First, about the cultists.

They're a lineage that
uses Ophiuchus Magic.

They're convinced that they're
a special group chosen by God.

Their teachings are the opposite of what
we're taught in the religion of Selene.

As a result, we've been at
odds for hundreds of years.

And Arc is the daughter
of the head of their order.

Their leader's daughter?

Yeah.

Her Rebirth Magic could undo any
and all diseases and injuries.

The Order used her power
to grow their ranks.

So they're a good church, then.

Actually, I'm told they treat
these new recruits quite horribly,

making them participate in
terror attacks and such.

Oh, no...

They don't consider anyone
outside their lineage to be human.

But Arc was different.

She longed for a normal life and ran away.

The principal took her in, and she
hid her identity to attend school.

The principal and I hoped she could
become a bridge between our religions.

At the time, anyway.

Two years ago...

Arc!

Hey, Arc!

Where has that troublesome kid gone?

Fly!

Oh, Claude!

So, what do you think you're doing?

Practicing flying.

I'm supposed to be a Sagittarius magician.

I don't want the other students thinking
I'm a dolt who can't use magic.

It's fine.

You're special here.

You're here to facilitate
cultural exchange.

You're so cold, Claude.

And you call yourself an educator?

Watch your manners.

This isn't the Order. This is school.

I have no intention of spoiling you.

Fine.

It feels kinda weird having
you as my teacher, Claude.

You aren't even that much older than me.

Who do you think you're talking to?

Have you gotten used to school yet?

Of course.

Everyone squeals when they see me.
I'm the center of attention.

Arc, there's a snake coming toward you!

It's okay! It's my friend.

Your... friend?!

They're just curious about you.

I'm having fun, though.

Back home, I was told what
to think and what to do.

But now, I can live my own life.

I'm so happy.

Although I love the Order
and my family, too.

I wonder what they're
up to now that I'm gone.

A stray cat.

Poor thing. Let's give it a burial.

Not yet!

I can save it!

Hey!

I know your Rebirth Magic can heal
injuries, but that cat is clearly...

It's still warm.

It hasn't been that long
since its heart stopped.

It'll be fine.

Ophiuchus Magic: Ouroboros!

Is she...

That cat was definitely dead.

This goes beyond healing magic.

Resurrecting the dead...

Is this the true power of Rebirth Magic?

I'd get flogged if Dad saw that.

I'm not allowed to use my power for
anything other than the Order's goals.

That's a shame.

It's your own power.

You ought to use it how you see fit.

Your abilities could bring
happiness to a lot of people.

My own power?

Nah. I'd get found out
if I used it willy-nilly.

It'd freak people out if they
knew I was with the Order.

Maybe in the beginning.

But so long as you use your
power for good and not evil,

people will come to understand you.

Yeah...

You might be right.

I'll give it a try.

Will you support me?

Yeah.

She was such a good girl!

She's nothing like the Arc that I saw!

But the next day, she vanished.

I went to the Order, but they
wouldn't even let me see her.

I didn't get to ask her how she felt...

before that wretched incident happened.

The cultists' attack on Diana.

At the center of several hundred
faithful marching toward Diana...

was Arc.

This is bad, Principal!

The cultists are conducting
terror attacks on the capital!

I'm aware.

I sent the first-class and second-class
magicians to assist the police.

We'll leave them to handle the capital.

Are you all right?

I'm glad you made it out.

R-Right...

You're strong, aren't you?

Claude, hurry!

We've been ordered to return immediately!

I've taken care of most of the monsters.

That's not it!

The capital was a decoy!

They were distracting us from
their main objective in Diana!

Professor Procyon!

Professor Claude.

How are things inside?

The cultists have invaded
the lecture halls.

The principal and a few others
are fighting them now.

The students have evacuated underground.

We can only hope the
army gets here in time.

What is their objective?

I interrogated the enemies we
captured using Psychic Magic.

They seem to be intent
on destroying Diana.

And their mastermind is a
student of Diana named Arc.

Her?!

Why?

Who's there?!

Arc!

That one is mine.

The rest of you,
eliminate the other professor.

I'll take care of them here!

Stay safe, Claude!

Right!

Arc!

Do you have any idea what you're doing?

Shut up!

Do you know what you've done?

You traitor!

My eyes are open now.

We're of two different religions.

We were never going to see eye-to-eye.

What are you talking about?

Don't play stupid!

I'm going to bury you myself!

Can we not talk this out?

Professor Claude!

Help!

Pollux from the middle school division!

They haven't evacuated yet?

The cultists closed off the
escape route! We can't get out!

This is bad.

They haven't realized Arc is a cultist!

They're going to get
pulled into the battle!

It's me she's after.

I need to get away from here!

Professor Claude...

No...

The other professors are still here.

Pollux and the others will be all right.

I have to stop Arc myself!

You aren't getting away.

We're settling this now, Claude!

Is that all you've got?

All her injuries heal instantaneously.

Rebirth Magic is more
problematic than I expected.

Goodbye, Claude.

Ophiuchus Grand Magic...

I can't hold back. She's going to k*ll me!

I can't hold back!

Serpent God of Reincarnation!

What is this?! I've never
seen anything like it!

I can't stop it!

This magic forces the
flesh to be reincarnated.

Claude's body will vanish,
leaving only his soul.

You've ended up awfully cute.

But...

I see why you're first-class.

I used up all my magic defeating you.

Looks like the spell is
rebounding against me.

I'm not getting out of
this unscathed myself.

Arc...

Oh, well.

If I'm going to be reincarnated,
I want to be a carefree kitty.

That's the whole story.

The royal army arrived and
put an end to the attack,

but I still don't know why
Arc came to despise me.

So that's what happened...

It was Arc who turned you into a cat.

Yeah.

I thought Arc was annihilated
in that moment.

To be honest, I was surprised
when I saw her again.

But if we have to meet again as enemies...

I'll defeat her next time.

But you don't really want
to defeat her, do you?

What?

So long as she's after you,
we have to defeat her.

I can't bring myself to
believe Arc is truly evil.

I just told you what she did!

It's true that what she
did is beyond forgiveness.

But she managed to survive.

I just wish we could understand
each other this time.

Couldn't her atonement wait until after?

Good grief.

You were such a petrified little brat
when you were attacked by monsters.

Look at you now.

I-I wasn't petrified!

Are you sure?

Jeez!

Spica, could you help carry the dishes?

Coming.

Ooh, dinner's ready.

Could you at least help out if
you're going to eat with us?

I'm a cat, though.

Mrow!

Now you're acting like a cat.

I was right, though.

He didn't just ditch the students to flee.

Understand each other, huh?

It's strange.

Somehow, it's persuasive when she says it.

I've started reclaiming
my life since I met Spica.

No matter what happens going
forward, I'll make sure...

And so the night passed for each,
and their lives at school resumed anew.

I'm so sorry!

I put all of you through so much horror.

Shut it!

It's in the past. Quit moping about it.

Bring it up again, and I'll hit you.

You already did...

You would help if any of your friends
were being attacked, wouldn't you?

No one's holding it against you.

So sleepy...

She's right, Spica.

I'm going to master some
powerful poison magic

so that I can off that pigtailed
chick if we ever see her again.

- I'll protect you, Spica.

- HEH HEH HEH...

- H-Hana, you have scary eyes...

I'm holding it against you.

I thought I was dead.

Chiron!

What a petty guy.

I'm really sorry.

But you saved me, Chiron.

You're so courageous and dependable.

You were really awesome.

Thank you for helping me.

You owe me one.

Sorry, Spica.

Chiron isn't actually upset
with you, okay?

Wait, wait, wait...

Does she have a thing for me?!

She said I was awesome!

- What a pain.

- Thank you.

- She's not even my type at all.

She's not!

Chiron?

Oh, right, Spica...

'Sup?!

Long time no see.

- MORNING, SPICA! GET UP!
YOU LOOKED BORED, SO I'M HERE TO HANG OUT!

- Aria!

- "Long time," my butt!

- You showed up at my place all the time!

- Did I?

Morning, everyone.

Io! How've you been?

Good!

Let me see Pollux.

Only if you vanish from
the face of the earth.

Not happening.

Castor!

Astraea!

Merrow!

Oh! Spica!

Let's sing together!

Wait, why?

Good morning, fellow students!

Today is the day for a new Legend of Leo!

Don't even think about blinking!

She's always the center of attention.

This atmosphere...

- I can't wait for our new classes.

- My lively student life has returned!

- Spica, let's go.

I wanted to ask Spica
about that black cat...

Next time, I guess.

In addition to our usual classes,

we have a new class starting in
the new year: Zodiac Mastery.

It's a botanical garden!

- Everyone here is a Virgo.

- Hey, I'm Reticulum of Betelgeuse Coven.

- We get together with
people of the same sign

- I'm Ursa of Polaris Coven.
Nice to meet you, my fair lady.

- to study the magic we're specialized in.

- I'm Persephone. Good to meet you.

- I don't know anyone here. I'm nervous.

Nice to meet you.

So, who's our professor?

Hello, my jewels.

Welcome to my flower garden.

It's that weirdo, Professor Pegasus!

Why a rose bath?

What a nonsense question, pink girl.

The greatest spice for Plant
Magic is none other than love.

Amore.

I am becoming one with the
roses to heighten my amore.

Indeed!

Pegasus Yamada never fails to impress!

Good to know!

He's actually popular!

Now, my jewels, receive my gift.

I shall grant you the
babes of this garden.

But they're all rare plants!

That's right.

Treat them with care,
like they're your lovers.

With more flowers at your disposal,
your magic range will also grow.

Become strong, my jewels.

Yay!

I don't have space for these
in my room, though...

Just use the field guide.

The field guide?

Do you not know of the Herbarium Book?

D-Dunno.

All right. This, too, is a job for a man.

Allow me to give you a lecture!

Thanks.

First, open the book to a blank page.

Put a plant inside like a bookmark, and...

Virgo Magic!

Herbarium!

And there you go.

You've stored its shape and
likeness inside the book.

- TOO CLOSE TOO CLOSE TOO CLOSE

- It's like a photo!

- Too close, too close, too close...

- A-And you can get it back
out by undoing the magic.

I never knew we had something so useful!

I'd only ever kept as many seeds and
bulbs as I could hold in my pocket.

But now I can work with
all sorts of plants!

I have to get myself one!

How did you get one?

Y-You can buy one at the bookstyore.

They're that easy to get?!

Th-Th-They're 50,000 gold, thyough.

Too much.

I have 5,000 gold in allowance savings.

I need ten times that.

And Mom just bought me a new
uniform... I can't ask her!

Every Virgo's gotta have one, though!

You bougie!

So that happened.

You're so poor, Spica.

Hey! You could be a bit
more delicate about it!

What if you got a part-time job?

A part-time job?

Like a day job.

You can register for one.

Huh.

Do you have one, Hana?

Here and there.

Eating at the royal palace, for example.

What?! I'm jealous!

I test the food served to the
royals to make sure it's safe.

This is laced with arsenic.

You're a poison tester!

It's fine.

I have a tolerance for poison.

And it's good money.

Are you poor, too, Hana?

No, I just want to pay my parents
back for tuition as much as I can.

Such a good girl!

Working sounds fun, though.

I'd love to work at a bakery.

I want to try working as a maid!

Dressing up in a cute outfit, serving
in a fancy mansion... It sounds so nice.

Message received!

Leo?!

You're so loud.

There's a ball being held at
the Regulus house this weekend.

Wow!

You're an actual well-to-do lady!

A count's family, right?

They're wealthy.

But we're short-staffed and
looking for servants to fill in.

That's where you come in, Spica.

Why don't you work as a maid for us?

Me? A maid?!

I'll make sure you're paid handsomely.

I'm in!

That sounds fun.

Lucky!

Can I expect to see you there?

Yup!

Spica would soon learn just how
terrifying the Regulus family was.

I've always wanted to work as a maid,
and I'm doing it at Leo's place!

What will I find beyond the heavy doors?

Next episode:
"Maids at the House of Regulus."

Huh? Why don't the maids'
uniforms have sleeves?

EPISODE 14
MAIDS AT THE HOUSE OF REGULUS