C Support

Erk: …… ……
Nino: Hey, it’s a mage! Hi! I’m Nino!
Erk: Hey… I’m Erk.
Nino: Oh, you’re reading a book! That’s good! So, what kind of book is that?
Erk: “General Compositional Theory of Anima Magic, Volume Eight.”
Nino: Is it good?
Erk: …Average. I suppose.
Nino: Wait! There was a picture on that page! Go back! What is it? What is it? There’s something written there.
Erk: …Err, Nino, was it? I’m sorry, but could you please leave me to read?
Nino: Oh… I-I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to disturb you… Forgive me!
Erk: Erk, you dolt……! Hahh… There was no reason to do that. Why can’t I talk to girls?

B Support

Erk: Nino.
Nino: Oh, Erk!
Erk: …Here.
Nino: Hm? What is it?
Erk: This is the book I was reading. I’m done with it, so you can have it if you want.
Nino: Really? That’s great! Oh…but…what should I do?
Erk: I’m sorry?
Nino: I’m still not very good at reading…
Erk: …Then… How do you use anima magic?
Nino: My mother… Not my real mother, but the one who raised me… She knew all kinds of magic, and I just imitated her from the time I was small.
Erk: You imitated her?
Nino: My mother would hold the tome and chant, right? Well, I just listened to her chants and practiced them over and over until I had memorized them!
Erk: And that…works? But it takes years of training to correctly hear and decipher a chant!
Nino: It does?
Erk: I’m just surprised. You must be a natural genius… …I have the deepest respect for you now…
Nino: … …
Erk: !? W-Why are you crying? Did… Did I say something terrible?
Nino: Unh-unh… You didn’t… It’s just… I’m so happy…that someone…finally…appreciates me…… Thank…you……
Erk: ……

A Support

Erk: Nino.
Nino: Oh, Erk! What’s new?
Erk: …You, uhh… You said you couldn’t read too well, right? Well…how’s this?
Nino: A book? Oh, it’s full of pictures!
Erk: It was mine…a long time ago…
Nino: So you couldn’t read, either?
Erk: No, just the opposite. I read only the most difficult books from the time I was small. My magic teacher was really amazing. I was really proud and happy to be his student. So, to gain his approval, I spent day and night studying, without even stopping to eat…
Nino: Wow! I bet that’s not very good for your body…
Erk: Haha! No, you’re right… One day I just collapsed. I really worried my teacher and his wife…
Nino: Yeah?
Erk: And that was when my teacher bought me this picture book… He said, “Look, Erk, this book is filled with pictures. There are fields of rolling, green grass, flowers that explode into color, and clouds that crawl across the seamless sky. Training to be a mage requires more than staying in your room studying all the time. You must go outside and commune with the spirits. When you get better, we’ll go for walks everyday. Until then, look at these pictures and think of how it will be.”
Nino: Commune with the spirits… I do that a lot. My mother just used them, and always said that talking to them was a waste of time, but… But it sounds like your teacher really got to know them. Eheheh. This makes me so happy…
Erk: …You never cease to amaze me, Nino. It’s as if you were born to do magic. You remind me of my teacher…
Nino: Of your teacher!? Oh, no way!! Even as a joke, that just sounds like an insult to your teacher!!
Erk: Nino, why do you doubt yourself so?
Nino: Because… My mother said……
Erk: Forget about that!! I believe in you!! Don’t you trust me?!
Nino: Erk…?
Erk: …Ah… I, ahh… ……Never mind.
Nino: Oh! Wait! …Erk.