With Äußerst finally in sight, Frieren, Fern and Stark hitch a ride in a wagon to complete their journey. Fern thinks Frieren has the First-Class Mage Exam in the bag, but Freiren tells her only a handful of mages have ever made it to that level (cut to dark room full of some those mages). Frieren also notes that she’s lost eleven times to mages with less mana than she—six in duels with humans, four with demons, and one with an elf.
She’s not the only one on her way to Äußerst for the exam. We also encounter Übel, a mage who has no qualms about using her considerable magic to tear bandits to pieces. She encounters Kraft, who uses some martial arts to convince her would-be next victims to flee. He’s not there to lecture or judge her for killing in self-defense, but in this instance he simply saved some lives that where there to save.
The first-class exam is only held once every three years, so our party is lucky with their timing. The problem is, one needs proof that they are at least a fifth-class certification in order to take the exam. That’s not a problem for Fern, who has her proper paperwork. But Fern doesn’t have any confidence she’d be able to pass the first-class exam in her place.
When Frieren whips out her ancient rusted necklace, an older mage in line happens to notice and asks to take a look. He happens to be one of the few people in the world who recognize what it is and what it represented, because Frieren is allowed to take the exam. She remembers Himmel, Eisen, and Heiter didn’t recognize it, but they still knew she was an amazing mage. Fern and Stark tell her the same thing in the present.
On the day of the exams where all the applicants are gathered, we learn more about some of those applicants. Übel failed her last second-class test because she killed the proctor, while Fern is actually quite exceptional as she’s the youngest mage ever to reach third-class. She may doubt her abilities and her potential, but Frieren doesn’t, and neither do these proctors. She’s a star.
After a month of training together, Frieren and Fern end up split up, as all applicants are divided into groups of three, which Frieren notes is a clever means of evaluating a mage’s adaptability and teamwork. A first-class mage isn’t a specialist; they’re good at everything. So Frieren is a little concerned when the other two members of her party, Lawine (blue dress) and Kanne (red hair) are constantly at each others’ throats.
The objective of the exam is to catch a rare bird called a Stille within a cordoned-off space in the forest. Lawine and Kanne may bicker and grapple a lot, but when Lawine spots a Stille, she and Kanne are in perfect synch, with Kanne manipulating water around the bird and Lawine freezing that water. Unfortunately, they ignored Frieren’s request that they simply observe; Stilles are extremely strong and can fly faster than sound, and they end up soaked by half the lake.
The three spend the rest of the day observing the Stille (in between bickering and grappling). But that night, Kanne hears what sounds like rain, finds that Frieren is missing from her bed, and wanders off. She ends up on a cliff to get a better listen, but her shoulder is suddenly slashed by the tail of a birdlike monster (not a Stille). With her staff too far away, Kanne is about to be killed, when the monster is restrained with ease by Frieren, who scolds her for not keeping a sharp eye on the skies.
After Kanne has calmed down, Frieren asks her why she called out Lawine’s name before she was rescued, when by all accounts she hates her. Kanne says she does hate Lawine, but she also admits she’s “craven by nature.” Recalling the day she first used flying magic, Lawine complimented her until finally kicking her off a cliff. She was nice when it mattered.
Kanne, then, is only a third-class mage and working towards a first-class cert because of Lawine always pulling her along with her. At the same time, since Lawine has never been without Kanne, she is just as instrumental to where she is now. The two may butt heads, but they still care for one another, and each wants the other to realize their potential as mages.
No doubt Frieren recognizes her own old, long bonds with Himmel, Eisen, and Heiter, whom she always called “Corrupt Priest.” Sometimes the best of friends don’t always get along, but still bring out the best in each other. Now that we’ve met Frieren’s party, I’m curious to see how Fern is faring in hers, which also includes Übel.
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