Chise and Selkie climb aboard a dragon's back to meet Lindel, to have her own mage's staff made. Frustrated by Chise's acceptance of her being kept as a pet by Elias, he describes the time he found Elias in the darkness. Meanwhile, Elias, who had stayed at home by himself, receives a letter from a sorcerer's college.
But not many have been born in 
the past few hundred years.
.ولكن لم يولد الكثير خلال آخر مئات السّنين
aber in den letzten paar Jahrhunderten
wurden es immer weniger.
Pero no muchos han nacido
en unos cientos de años.
Pero en los últimos cientos de años
no han nacido muchos.
Mais ça fait des siècles
que ce n’est plus le cas.
Ma negli ultimi secoli
ne sono nati sempre di meno.
Mas não são muitos os que 
nasceram nos últimos séculos.
Но за последние пару сотен лет 
нас рождалось мало.