Is there anything more cute than Fern dozing off and laying her sleepy head on Frieren
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While it would be useful for the party to have a thief so Frieren doesn't keep getting trapped by mimics, what would REALLY make the part complete is a sexy older woman. Or so says Sein. Repeatedly
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Just the party's luck that they run into a village under a curse that makes everyone fall asleep...and Stark follows them not long after. How many times are they going to have to lug Stark's unconscious body somewhere? Though Fern soon falls asleep herself. It is kind of cute how they end up sleeping next to each other
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Time for Sein to show off his skills! A priest is a natural enemy to all curse monsters thanks to their Holy Goddess abilities! And Sein is quick on his feet and has some holy magic, but the Chaos Flower deflects everything he throws at it. Thankfully Frieren is so skilled that just five seconds is enough for her to get a lay of the situation and resolve it with one blast. And to cap it all off, Stark wakes up with Fern resting on his shoulder
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The party is low on funds? Perfect opportunity for the lord of the next town they visit, Orden, to want to use Stark to pretend to be his son for a soiree with the full intention of paying for his services! Throw in a grimoire and mommy Frieren is more than happy to let them borrow Stark
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Orden's son looks like the spitting image of Stark's brother. Maybe their families really were distantly related
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Stark etiquette montage! Complete with Sein drinking and the girls eating sweets! Even Fern gets to join in on the etiquette training and gets to live like a noble girl a little, complete with tight corsets and learning to ballroom dance. And while she tries to play off Stark's charm when he holds her hand, the way she looked at her hands afterwards said everything
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Stark seeing Orden's second son Mut trying his best despite not being as exceptional as his big brother brings up a lot of flashbacks of Stark's own childhood...but unlike Stark's father, Lord Orden still believes in Mut and encourages him, which is great
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Everybody dressed up! Dapper Stark and Sein! Fern and Frieren in fancy dresses! And look at Stark taking the lead with Fern during the dance and the way the two start looking at each other and getting so into it! So romantic
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Stark can't replace Wert, no matter how much Orden wishes he could make up for the way he left things with his son before his last battle, and Orden can't replace Stark's father, or even his master Eisen who he intends to reunite with. But all the same, Orden still has Mut and Stark is happy to see things looking up for father and soon
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Poor Gabel. Half a day spent just waiting for Frieren to choose a grimoire
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