Episode 8

Awakening is the 8th episode of Anime series.

Synopsis
Sei is given access to the forbidden section. Yuri Drewes notices her as she states that she's looking up poisonous plants to made new medicines. Yuri then gives her a small lesson on how all living things have a bit of magic in it. He also notes how Sei's magic is much stronger than others and how she could in theory imbue the herbs themselves with magic.

Back at the institute, Sei tries imbuing water itself with magic but to no avail. Sei remembers holy water was a thing in video games in her world so she asks Yuri about blessings. While Yuri hasn't heard of the concept, he finds it fascinating. He then mentions a spell known as the Saintly Conjury, a spell that has barely any information on how it's cast. It does purify miasma and destroys monsters born of it. Sei thinks of it as a dead end and continues to try and bless plants.

This continues late into the night and Sei does find out that plants respond to holy magic. Johan notices and talks with Sei about it. After the talk Sei goes for a walk in the garden and thinks about everyone she helped. This inadvertently lets her cast a spell of golden light from her chest. This light forms tiny orbs which burst onto the plants of the garden making them shine. Johan asks Sei what happened as the spell wraps up.

The herbs are used to make Sei's effective potions that can be made by anyone. Johan apologizes and mentions that she's been called into the woods to help with the next expedition. Sei is slightly melancholic but agrees to go. Jude and Johan see her off as Albert goes to accompany her. Yuri also tags along hopeful to get more info on Sei's Saintly Conjury. As the knight order makes camp, Albert comes clean about the enchantment and that he's happy that she's wearing it.

The expedition goes smoothly for the most part but things pick up as the miasma grows denser. The knight order finds a pack of wolves and a salamander protecting the miasma swamp. The attack goes south and Albert is badly hurt. Sei tries to help him and activates her saintly conjury purifying the area. Everyone is either happy or relieved that the expedition was a success.

Characters

 * Sei Takanashi
 * Yuri Drewes
 * Jude
 * Johan Valdec
 * Albert Hawke