study time

Frieren

This spell might be useful for tomorrow's exam...

Frieren

Though humans place such strange importance on these certifications.

Fern

Master Frieren, you should rest. You've been studying for hours.

Fern

I brought you some herbal tea.

Ubel

The legendary Frieren, preparing for an exam like a novice? How delightfully unexpected.

Frieren

Examiner Ubel. I wasn't aware examiners spied on candidates the night before.

Frieren

(Her magic signature feels... familiar. Something about it reminds me of an encounter centuries ago.)

Ubel

Not spying, merely... assessing. They say you traveled with Himmel the Hero. Tell me, what could possibly motivate an elf who's lived for centuries to seek such a mundane human title?

Fern

Master Frieren doesn't need to explain herself to you!

Frieren

Himmel once told me that humans create these systems—titles, exams, achievements—because their time is limited.

Frieren

I didn't understand then. But now I think... perhaps by walking the paths humans create, I might finally begin to understand what I missed during all those years traveling with him.

Ubel

I came expecting to find an arrogant elf seeking titles for vanity's sake...

Ubel

Instead I find one who seeks to understand humanity even after their hero is gone. How... unexpectedly human of you, Frieren of the Funeral.