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Bow to 10-Year-Old Archmage Aldric
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00:01At three, I had no voice. House Malvern cast me as a magicless wretch along with my sick mother.
00:14Yet today, you call me back.
00:16Young master, we've arrived.
00:18A mute heir to a magic house. No wonder he was thrown away.
00:26As a thousand-year house of magic, we have no place for a magicless wretch who can't cast a single
00:33spell.
00:35Get out!
00:37Last year, illness took mother from me.
00:40You and my cowardly father just stood by.
00:43Now you use bloodline to falsely reel me in.
00:47You think I'm still that dumb kid?
00:49Queen Victoria's banquet is in two days.
00:51The Malverns need full attendance to escape punishment.
00:54That's why I'm really here.
00:57After a seven-year absence.
00:59Could you show me the way to the main hall?
01:00I'm lost.
01:01What are you waving for, little mute cull?
01:03I don't get mute signs.
01:12Insolent fool.
01:14I've killed countless before.
01:16I'm sorry, young master, that the main hall is straight ahead.
01:19I see a mute wretch, but my soul is the dark sorcerer dreaded by all demons, Mar-Logos.
01:31Ohh.
01:36You don't fly.
01:44No.
01:50You don't fly.
01:54I'm tired of them.
01:55Alright, you're not the answer.
02:15The Abyssal Curse has found me.
02:18There is no escape.
02:28To regain my past prime, I started the Silence Curse at three.
02:34It left me mute, unable to cast ordinary spells.
02:37Aldrich, say, Grandpa.
02:41Congenital muteness.
02:45I planned to break Mother's dying wish and stay away.
02:49But since I'm here, I'll make you all kneel and repent at my Mother's grave.
03:03Silent Freak.
03:04What gives you the nerve to keep us waiting?
03:07Come here and apologize.
03:11How have you been all these years?
03:14Grandpa, why bother?
03:14He is mute.
03:15Are we keeping a maid here just to read his hands?
03:20The Queen's banquet nears.
03:21If our coldness shames this house, none of us will escape the consequences.
03:27I...
03:29Father, please.
03:30Don't be mad.
03:31Child.
03:33I know the family failed you and your mother.
03:37But Grandpa will set things right now.
03:48You are a Malvin, and you shall never wander again.
03:53Grandpa, have you lost your senses?
03:55He's a wretch who can't even chant.
03:57Keeping him will shame us all.
03:59Enough!
04:00My decision is final.
04:01Aldric, thank your grandpa.
04:03Quickly!
04:11You threw me away like refuse.
04:13Now you call this mercy?
04:15What does he mean?
04:17He says you threw him away like refuse.
04:21Aldric, how could you say that?
04:23Refute.
04:23At least the wretch knows his place.
04:25I offered you a second chance for the sake of our bloodline.
04:28I saved you from wandering like a stray.
04:31House Malvern was never worthy of me.
04:33I returned to make you kneel at Mother's grave.
04:37What is all that?
04:40What is it?
04:42The young master said he's not settled in yet.
04:45That's all.
04:45Please, Master Aldric.
04:47I'm just trying to keep my job.
04:49Not so fast.
04:50There's something you must do first.
05:01The Queen's invitation is inside.
05:03It opens only with every family member's mark.
05:07So that's why you brought me back.
05:09Don't waste your breath, Grandpa.
05:11A mute cannot chant.
05:13No chant, no spell.
05:15He is useless.
05:18If he can't chant, I'll teach him signal casting.
05:21No chant needed.
05:22I will demonstrate only once.
05:25Watch carefully.
05:28Did you see that?
05:31Aldric, perhaps I could explain the magical flow itself.
05:34Good Lord.
05:35Even infants grasp signal casting faster than him.
05:43Good boy.
05:51That little bastard does not deserve the Queen's banquet.
05:55Once he leaves his seal, kill him.
06:07It worked!
06:10No!
06:25They really know the ancient, forbidden magic.
06:30The Thornheart curse?
06:32Not even an archmast would dare act under that curse.
06:35One struggle, and the body tears itself apart.
06:40Father, Aldric is only ten.
06:42That kind of attitude deserves punishment.
06:45He stays here to reflect on his actions.
06:51Once the silence curse is complete,
06:54every one of you shall beg for death.
06:58Huh?
06:58What's this?
07:01Ruth.
07:01Oh, wow.
07:02So this is what your mother left you.
07:06Look at that!
07:07The mute's so desperate, he's nearly speaking.
07:12All right.
07:13Here you go.
07:21Dying for a useless little freak like you?
07:24Your mother was truly pathetic.
07:30Algric!
07:35Aldric!
07:38Stop it once!
07:39Your body will be torn apart!
07:41Algric!
07:42Please don't!
07:43No!
07:50No!
07:54No!
07:56No!
08:02Prepare!
08:03To die!
08:06To die!
08:17He broke through the Thornheart curse.
08:20Aldric, was this your true power all along?
08:29High Mage Emery?
08:33The silence curse remains incomplete.
08:35Forcing this much power out is still too taxing.
08:41So that power came from a High Mage after all?
08:46Exactly!
08:47He's still nothing but a useless mutt freak!
08:55Lady Emery, House Malvern welcomes your arrival.
09:00So this is the mute failure you wished me to train?
09:03The Queen's invitation has been destroyed.
09:06I can take you to the banquet myself.
09:10Aldric!
09:11I shall overlook your actions this once.
09:14Go to your room and rest.
09:16Young Master, follow me.
09:43Silence curse mutes me to forge my core.
09:47Two more days.
09:48I will get my power back.
10:07What kind of power is this?
10:09What kind of power is this?
10:20A Supreme Maget is channeling nearby.
10:23If I continue, my mana will collapse.
10:28Master Merlin!
10:29Her Majesty suffered a mana backlash.
10:32She's coughing blood!
10:39What?
10:47A grand Archermeist.
10:50Still alive at this age.
10:55Heavens!
10:56I have seen such crushing power.
10:59Mana like this.
11:01From the forgotten Malvern estate.
11:04Whoever he is, he could swallow a city.
11:07How could a fallen miner house deserve such a master?
11:11Before him I am nothing.
11:13I dare not seek him out.
11:17I'd give up the crown for a master like that.
11:24Just one more step to refining my core.
11:27Now my voice can reach their minds.
11:32To be continued...
11:36To be continued...
11:38To be continued...
11:38So you're the mute reject.
11:40I'm Emery, your grandfather hired me to teach you basic magic.
11:43Only Bloodline keeps him in this house.
11:46Who does he think he is?
12:04Seven Hardest Grimmatores
12:05Pick one, memorize it in a day
12:07I'll only guide you three times
12:09Children's primers, and she calls them difficult
12:12I am well aware your mind is empty
12:14And you have never known such high arts
12:16But, shh, choose, now
12:26Magic most evil?
12:31What is this supposed to mean?
12:34Are you refusing to study any of them?
12:37All seven?
12:38Who do you think you are, a god of magic?
12:40These take decades to master, not ours
12:47Worthless wretch
12:48Are you mocking me?
12:50I am a high mage of-
12:51Every spell in these seven books
12:53I had mastered them
12:55All by the age of three
12:56Telepathy?
12:58Even an archmace would need decades
12:59He is ten
13:01How?
13:02Have you lost your voice as well?
13:04Fine, you have some talent
13:06But mastering these at three?
13:08Absurd
13:12Prove it
13:14Use all that spellcraft you read in those ancient books
13:17Jewel me
13:22A stick
13:23You mean to impress a high magus with that?
13:28Impossible!
13:38What is happening?
13:40Is the earth splitting apart?
13:49No earthquake
13:50A mage is casting powerful spell
13:53To the courtyard, now!
13:55I'm right
14:01Oh, I like this
14:05Stop it
14:10Take a back
14:19Lots of power
14:20This power
14:22It is incomprehensible
14:26Do your worst
14:27What the hell?
14:29Has the sky fallen?
14:34It's far beyond the Grinachors
14:36But that's all
14:37Isn't it?
14:38You little shit
14:44No, no, no
14:45No, no, no, no
15:00No, no, no, no
15:15Aldrich
15:17Madam Emery
15:18What happened?
15:19Say nothing
15:20I am not ready for them to know
15:22It was
15:24Nothing more than a demonstration
15:25I was Madam Emery
15:27For a moment
15:28I thought this magicless Rhett
15:30Had caused all that noise
15:32If that is all
15:33We shall leave you to your lesson
15:40Alright, your magic's strong
15:41But don't act like my ruin magic's inferior
16:07Is that Madam Emery's true power?
16:09Magnificent!
16:10Damn
16:11Emery's rune magic is beyond anything I have seen
16:14No, it was not from Emery
16:16I must see it myself
16:28Does this mastery of the array satisfy you?
16:32A storm trick
16:33Nothing more
16:47Water
16:48Water
16:48Water's now
16:58Curse it!
16:58Is Madam Emery showing off again?
17:00All this for a mute boy
17:01Meaningless
17:06Enough!
17:06Aldrich, stop!
17:07Your strength is far beyond my expectations
17:10I beg you
17:11Stay your hand
17:18Aldrich, I apologize
17:20I have no right to be your master
17:21But I have one request
17:24Please
17:25Accept me as your disciple
17:26The curse upon my tongue is not yet broken
17:29Not yet time
17:30Maybe
17:34Thank you, master
17:36I shall not fail you
17:40Master
17:41The Queen Victoria's banquet tomorrow
17:43You must be there
17:45Alderac did not fail the Highmaster
17:47Keeping him in was a fair decision
17:50Aldrich's talent is boundless
17:52His power shall soon dazzle the whole of Theros
17:57Dazzle will his name truly around after tomorrow's royal banquet
18:06Cronimages
18:07Such talent for a ten-year-old
18:09Could it be he was never truly a mute?
18:13Record every mark
18:14Lock it in the library's core vault
18:16No one touch it
18:17My lord, is it truly that valuable?
18:20More valuable than everything in our faults
18:23Fail me
18:24And you answer with your life
18:26Understood, my lord
18:38At last
18:39The silence curse is shattered
18:41Even at ten
18:42No one could match me
18:45Behold, Marlogos
18:47The Dark Dread is here
18:56Where is Aldrich?
18:58The Queen is waiting, Grandpa
19:00Why delay for a magicless wretch?
19:02Theros Elite will be there, Father
19:03Bringing that rude mute will make us a laughing stock
19:07Aldrich comes with us
19:08That is final
19:11The talent he has shown these past days
19:14It is utterly terrifying
19:16Aldrich's talent is boundless
19:18His power shall soon dazzle the whole of Theros
19:22If he shines before the Queen
19:24House Malvern may rise again
19:31All are present
19:32Set forth
19:34To the Royal Palace
19:42The Royal Palace will see what House Malvern discarded
19:48Caelan, all the great houses are here tonight
19:51This is your chance to honor the Malverns
19:55Seize it
19:55I will, Father
19:56I've waited years
19:58Tonight
19:59I will show them House Malvern has a true prodigy
20:05Aldrich
20:06Your cousin Caelan will surely impress the Queen tonight
20:08And receive her favor
20:09Just stay humble and serve him
20:11He'll go easy on you
20:13I bow to no one
20:14And I follow no man
20:15How can you be so stubborn?
20:17I am only trying to protect
20:20You spoke
20:21Luke
20:22What are you doing?
20:24You'll know soon enough
20:29Seriously, Emre
20:30A ten-year-old Mastodarch
20:31Even you cannot rival?
20:34A mute child who can't chant?
20:36Impossible
20:37Presenting
20:37The Noble House of Malvern
20:39If you doubt my eyes
20:41Come
20:41Witness the miracle of this millennium for yourselves
20:45Then let us see what this boy truly is
20:49The petty Malverns?
20:51Why would three high mages greet a minor house?
20:55It must be for Caelan
20:56They say he has some talent
20:59Caelan?
21:00He's a mere pretender
21:01Not worthy of their gaze
21:14Caelan, look
21:15Three high mages
21:17All of Theris must know your name
21:19My son
21:20You have brought glory to us
21:22Missing only her majesty
21:24They came for me
21:34Master Merlin
21:35What troubles you?
21:37Your majesty
21:37The mana is shifting
21:39The Grand Archmist is near
21:42Truly?
21:43Then we must hasten
21:44I must see myself
21:46You honor our name today, Masters
21:48By coming to receive us in person
21:50Just as I thought
21:51They are all here for me
21:58What is the meaning of this?
22:00They were not here for Caelan
22:02Here he comes
22:09Such an oppressive Herrera
22:14We have awaited your arrival
22:16Aldric
22:17He is the exiled kin of House Malwin
22:19Three high mages gathered to welcome a mute wretch
22:22Pure madness
22:24Your majesty
22:27Aldric
22:28On your knees
22:29Do not be insolent
22:32We're doomed
22:33This mute wretch is getting us all executed
22:35Bringing him was a goddamn mistake
22:38He has ruined us all
22:54So you're Queen Victoria
22:57So you're Queen Victoria
22:59I thought he was a mute
23:00He can talk
23:01How is he speaking?
23:03He was never mute
23:04This is impossible
23:07Insolence
23:08This is her majesty
23:09On your knees
23:16Stand down
23:17Your majesty
23:19Please forgive Aldric's
23:20Your majesty
23:21That outcast is not a member of House Malvern
23:22Reject
23:23Children often speak without thinking
23:26It's fine
23:26Rise
23:27Your majesty
23:28I heard several high mages came for a ten-year-old boy
23:31Naturally I wanted to see him myself
23:33Indeed your majesty
23:35I am here solely for Aldric
23:36Oh
23:37What makes this child so exceptional?
23:39Aldric knows more magic than most seasoned maces
23:46He's a prodigy
23:48A ten-year-old prodigy?
23:50Emery you've finally gone crazy
23:51He's only ten
23:53He's not even an apprentice
23:54Go run back to your mummy
23:55Oh that's right
23:56His mummy's gone
23:58You asked for this
24:05Enough
24:06Forget his age
24:07He's the strongest mage alive
24:13The strongest mage?
24:15Seriously?
24:22Gavin
24:23Is Emery telling the truth
24:25About your exceptionally powerful grandson?
24:27Your majesty
24:28I
24:28Your majesty
24:29My cousin is all show
24:31Emery must have fallen for some cheap trick
24:33You know nothing
24:34If you had a tenth of his power
24:35Alan Mulrond would already be the greatest in Theros
24:37A tenth?
24:39Has she gone completely mad?
24:41Absurd
24:41How can a spellless freak compare to my son?
24:44He's a real prodigy
24:47Words are cheap, boy
24:48If Emery thinks so highly of you
24:50Represent House Malvern in tomorrow's royal trial and prove yourself
24:54House Malvern doesn't deserve me
24:56No!
24:57I don't accept this!
24:59He's a useless mute!
25:00I'm the future of House Malvern
25:02I've trained for years!
25:03How can he take my place?
25:05Silence, Kaelin!
25:07No!
25:07I was meant to be the one!
25:10No!
25:11No!
25:13No!
25:13No!
25:14No!
25:15No!
25:15No!
25:15No!
25:15No!
25:16No!
25:16No!
25:21A high mage has spoken
25:23Your power isn't even a tenth of his
25:25Grandpa
25:26You will understand
25:28After tonight
25:32Everyone
25:33Let us proceed to the banquet
25:41Please, be seated
25:42Your majesty
25:51I saw the mark you left in the courtyard
25:53Child, your manner is unlike anything ordinary
26:02House Malvern has wronged you and your mother
26:04We need you, Aldric
26:06House Malvern's been looked down on for years
26:09Help us prove them wrong tomorrow
26:11I'm not a Malvern
26:12Why should I fight for strangers?
26:17Blood is law
26:18You are Aldric Malvern
26:19Your name is your legacy
26:23From now on, there is no Aldric Malvern
26:25Call me Marlogas
26:32Sir, the registration scroll for tomorrow's trial
26:35Please sign here
26:49Grandpa is begging you
26:51One condition
26:52Name it
26:53I shall grant whatever you say
26:55After my mother and I were cast out
26:57We suffered more than you could ever know
26:59I survived
27:00Yet my mother was swallowed by disease and died
27:03I'm not here to rejoin this family
27:06I'm here to get justice for my mother
27:08Father
27:08If I win tomorrow
27:09You'll all kneel at my mother's grave
27:12And admit you were wrong about us
27:16You bastard!
27:18How dare you say that!
27:19I'll be back to you
27:20I'll be back to you
27:20I'll be back to you
27:20You bastard!
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