Episode Title:
Wisdom Visits From the East
Episode Description:
Faust travels to North America and Meg is abruptly visited by Inori, Sage of Wisdom, who explains Faust is investigating damage to the environment, so Inori has agreed to keep an eye on Meg. Inori explains humans are damaging the environment and want witches to somehow fix it with magic, though the damage might be irreversible already. Deciding she likes her, Inori asks Meg to become her assistant after her apprenticeship with Faust ends so they can create new medicines. Meg is reluctant and explains about her curse and that the difficulty in collecting the tears has left her unsure how to keep going. Just saying this out loud causes Meg to realise she has been mentally preparing herself for death instead of survival. Inori temporarily darkens the moon, allowing Meg to see a nearby meteor shower. Meg realises the universe, and magic itself, is unlimited in its potential and decides she wants to live. Faust returns and finds it amusing Meg and Inori are already acting like sisters. Several weeks later the Otherworld Festival arrives, with Faust chosen to open the portal to the Other World so visitors can interact with other worldly beings. Unfortunately Faust injures her back but cannot afford to miss the festival, since opening the portal every year consumes the wild magic causing problems to the environment. To ensure the portal is opened Faust summons Sage Sophie Hayter, whom Meg is jealous of due to already becoming a Sage despite being the same age as her.
