After passing Fern, Serie passes Denken, because while he’s old, he still has a fire burning within. Übel passes too, as does Land, both of whom only need to show up and be precisely who they are (or in Land’s case, not show up, as he’s drinking tea at home). Wirbel passes, because Serie likes how he says magic is only good for killing. Methode passes because she’s extremely capable and talented … and she thinks Serie is small and cute, which she is!
Serie admits to Sense that she didn’t pass too many mages; it truly was a “bumper crop.” After the final exam, Denken makes sure to tell Frieren and Fern that he only made it as far as he did thanks to them, and now he can finally visit the grave of his wife in his hometown.
While in the bakery with Stark trying to decide what treats to buy, Fern encounters Denken and Laufen once more, and the four have tea and cookies together, on Denken’s dime. His wife passed just before Serie offered the opportunity to bestow first class mages with the spell of their choosing. He also only became a mage because of Frieren’s deeds in the Hero’s Party, and that encountering her during these exams reminded him that magic could be fun.
Wirbel has a little chat with Frieren, telling her how he was initially drawn to becoming a mage because of the deeds of Himmel’s party. He doubts he or his hometown would exist without that party’s deeds.
But he also doesn’t deny that it wasn’t Himmel’s big bold battles that drew him into this life, but the little things: his quieter and less exciting but still fun and rewarding adventures. It’s why even though he’s a hardened military mage, he’ll still help an old lady pick up a basket of oranges.
That’s the story of Frieren as a whole: I greatly enjoyed the big climactic battles, but they also stressed me out. I enjoyed the quieter moments and the little acts of kindness and beauty that define what it means to be a mage of peace like Frieren.
Now her student is one of less than fifty first class mages in the world. Fern may one day be more famous than her, but she’ll still remember Frieren telling her to stop and smell the roses. Serie childishly barring Frieren from the privilege-bestowing ceremony won’t change that.
Memory and history is foremost on the aged Lernen’s mind when he confronts Frieren outside the Association headquarters, and even picks a fight with her that doesn’t last. His reasoning is that he is one of the few people who remember the great mage Flamme, Serie’s first student, and he doesn’t want her to be alone in the future.
If he can kill Frieren, he’ll go down in infamy, but he’ll be remembered alongside Flamme. Frieren won’t fight him, and tells him something he may not realize: for all her petulance, Serie remembers every one of her students, and she’ll surely remember Lernen as well, even if he never etched his name into history.
Serie is basically a genie for first class mages: any one spell they desire is theirs forever. It is quintessentially Fern, then, that she chooses a spell that keeps clothes sparkling clean and pleasant-smelling. It’s here where I’m reminded that Proud Fern is as endearing as Pouty Fern.
It’s a funny spell to ask for, but also hugely practical, considering how dirty all the traveling they do gets, and how much she dislikes doing laundry. Freiren gives Fern an extra emphatic head pat not just because she chose such a practical spell, but because she chose a weird one, just like Frieren would have.
With their business in Äußerst concluded, Frieren, Fern, and Stark depart from the city to continue their journey north to Ende. We learn that while the mages were busy with their exams, Stark was making friends with virtually every damn person in the city, and receives heartfelt goodbyes from all of them.
Kanne and Lawine wait for Frieren on the bridge out of the city to say their goodbyes, promising her they’ll retake the exam in three years. They exchange matane, or see you later, rather than sayonara, a more permanent goodbye.
Fern notes that this goodbye was rather quick, just as it was with Sein. Stark also notes their goodbye with Kraft was just as fast. This too is something Frieren learned from Himmel, and follows in his footsteps as a means of remembering him and how much he meant to her and changed her.
Himmel always said quick goodbyes too, because odds were he’d see the other person again, and he didn’t want it to be awkward or embarrassing when they did. I’ll also take Himmel’s lesson to heart and trust that I’ll see Stark the warrior, Fern the first-class mage, and Frieren the legendary mage, again at some point.
This isn’t a goodbye, but a see-you-later. If by some misfortune we don’t, I’ll still treasure the time I spent watching their travels and trials. It will be impossible to forget not just the big moments, but the small, quiet, cozy, and kind ones. That desire to treasure and inability to forget can be its own kind of magic.
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