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Flowers for You, Magic for the Sky | Chapter 20
Chapter 19 << | index | >> Chapter 21
(Cawing) (Clash)
Nero: .......Behave! Or I’ll turn you into fried chicken!
Bradley: I don’t want fried chicken with a side of poisonous snake.
Nero: Mister Sage. We’ll move into position right above the courtyard. I can’t get a clear view of what’s happening below the briars, but......
If there’s anything shiny to use as a target, Brad can aim and shoot at it from above.
Akira: << Even against the Minotaur? >>
Bradley: Who do you think you’re talking to?
—That’s what I wanna say, but I’ve never gone up against that beast before. I can’t guarantee that I can take it down with one shot.
But I’ll load it with bullets until it goes down. That Central tiny’s magic tool is a lantern, right?
Akira: << You mean Riquet. Yes, his magic tool is a lantern. >>
Bradley: Get him to shine it above that damn bull’s head.
Akira: << Got it! I’ll let him know. >>
✦✧☾✧✦
Viridian: Be a good boy! Where are you going!? What is it about the castle windows....? There’s nothing over there!
Hey! Come back!
Mitile: ......Uu....hh....
Riquet: The Minotaur is distracted..... Hurry, now’s our chance! Let’s hide in the shadows of the trees! Mitile, are you okay!?
Mitile: ......I’m okay..... Mister Heathcliff..... Take this......
Heathcliff: A magic vial.....?
Mitile: It’s an herbal potion. Please use it on Mister Shino. Because his injuries are the worst.
Heathcliff: .....Thank you....! Shino, let’s stop the bleeding while that beast is wandering off somewhere.....
Shino: Pant..... Hah...... .......Dammit!
Akira: << Riquet, can you hear me? >>
Riquet: Sir Sage! Yes, I can!
Akira: << Please illuminate your lantern above that damn bull’s head. Bradley will shoot it down. >>
Riquet: That damn bull?
Akira: << Sorry.... I mean the Minotaur. Bradley’s wording rubbed off on me..... >>
Mitile: So Mister Bradley is going to save us! Sir Sage, is my brother doing all right....
Akira: << Rutile is with Mithra! He’s doing fi... Ouch.... Ah, give me one second. >>
Mitile: Sir Sage....?
✦✧☾✧✦
Obsius: What are you mumbling on about....!?
Akira: ....I’m just talking to myself!
Shylock: << Sir Sage, is someone with you? >>
Akira: Ah, um.... I’m with Obsius, the culprit behind all this madness.... ......!
Obsius: Silence!
✦✧☾✧✦
Figaro: The culprit? You’re with the culprit?
✦✧☾✧✦
Nero: Why didn’t you say so sooner!?
✦✧☾✧✦
Arthur: Sir Sage, are you in danger!?
✦✧☾✧✦
Akira: I’m fine! Don’t worry abou.....
Obsius: I told you to be silent! If you speak again, I’ll kill you!
Chloe: << Sir Sage! Where is Figaro!? >>
<< Cain’s life is in danger! Rustica said that Figaro is the only one who can heal him..... >>
Akira: ..........
Chloe: << He’s turning blue and his breath is growing faint! Please save Cain.....!! >>
Akira: ....Figaro! Please return to the castle. Cain is on the brink of death!
Please, Figaro! Return to the castle!
Obsius: .....You spoke. After I warned you countless times.
Akira: .........
✦✧☾✧✦
Figaro: Cain is? That’s terrible. All right. I’ll head over right now! Also, just one word!
I left the magic tools to seal the Leviathan in the main hall.
There are a few ingredients missing, but if you communicate that to my apprentice, he’ll know exactly what we need.
Tell him to gather the necessary ingredients before I get there. And take care of yourself.
✦✧☾✧✦
Akira: (He said one word, but that was really long.....)
(I wonder if I can say all that in one breath. Also, like, am I gonna die....?)
(.....Well, it is what it is!)
....Faust! The tools to seal the Leviathan are in the main hall of the castle! Please gather the missing ingredients and pass them on to Figaro....)
Obsius: << Volo Habere >> !
(Clash)
Akira: .........
✦✧☾✧✦
Faust: .....Sage?
Sage, are you all right....!?
✦✧☾✧✦
Black flames reach forward to consume my body.
But a cape the color of the night sky flutters into their path, fending them off.
Murr: << Eanul Rambul >>
Akira: Murr....!
Murr’s soul shard, which has once again regained physical form, haughtily lifts the tip of his hat.
He laughs, a mischievous sparkle in his narrowed eyes.
Murr: A bouquet for your courage!
He snaps his fingers, and a small bouquet drops into my hands.
He has to put on a show, even at a time like this. It makes me smile.
With the bouquet in my arms, I take a deep breath and look straight at Obsius.
Obsius: .....I’ll kill you....! Every last one of you, for making a mockery of me!
I want to pounce on this man, after witnessing Shino covered in blood, after hearing Riquet’s screams....
But I can’t use magic; I know such actions would be futile.
That’s why I use my words.
Because someone once told me: words, too, are magic.
They too can be blessings or curses.
Akira: Please put an end to all this. Why are you doing such horrible things?
I can never forgive you for hurting everyone! But.....
If there is a way to realize your desires without hurting anyone — I’ll do whatever I can to help you.
Obsius: ....My desires?
Murr: I’m shocked. You’re quite the negotiator.
Akira: (I’m hopelessly powerless before wizards. They might even be able to read my heart with magic.)
(All I can do is flail about frankly, like a fish on a chopping board.)
My wish... Is for you to call back those magical beasts, and return the castle to normal.
What is your wish? It’s to meet Miss Talia again, right....?
Obsius: I don’t care anymore! I don’t care about that woman.....!
Akira: ..... I get it — it’s difficult to harbor unrequited feelings.
And it requires a lot of courage to ask important questions.... You don’t want to hurt others, and you don’t want to get hurt either.
I think you and Talia — made many mistakes. You might have done something terrible....
But you did it all because you wanted to start over again, right?
Obsius: .............
Talia is dead. There’s no starting over.
This is the only way forward. Beasts — now is the time for us to fulfill our contract!
<< Volo Habere >> !
Akira: .......!? The castle is shaking.....!?
Murr: That’s the end of our negotiations. The holy sacrifices have been offered to the beasts.
Akira: Holy sacrifices....?
Murr: His daughters.
Obsius: Silence, lunatic scholar!! This is all your fault!!
<< Volo Habere >> !
(Crash)
Akira: Murr.....!
Murr: ......!
Black flames emerge from Obsius’s puppet.
Murr once again turns into a purple stone and rolls towards my feet.
I pick him up in a hurry. But the moment I raise my head, I turn pale.
Because Obsius has blown black flames my way.
Akira: ......!
The dark fire strokes my cheeks and slides into my mouth.
It doesn’t feel hot. Instead, my throat is overwhelmed with a disgusting, grainy sensation, as if I’ve just swallowed smoke.
I open my mouth while coughing. But no words come out.
He stole my voice.
Akira: ...... ........!
Obsius: Haha! You can no longer mumble to yourself!
Now stand there and witness this scene of destruction.....!
I glare at him, holding my neck with one hand while gripping the purple shard in my other.
The strange petal-shaped windows reflect the girls who have been cornered into ruination.
Chapter 19 << | index | >> Chapter 21
(Cawing) (Clash)
Nero: .......Behave! Or I’ll turn you into fried chicken!
Bradley: I don’t want fried chicken with a side of poisonous snake.
Nero: Mister Sage. We’ll move into position right above the courtyard. I can’t get a clear view of what’s happening below the briars, but......
If there’s anything shiny to use as a target, Brad can aim and shoot at it from above.
Akira: << Even against the Minotaur? >>
Bradley: Who do you think you’re talking to?
—That’s what I wanna say, but I’ve never gone up against that beast before. I can’t guarantee that I can take it down with one shot.
But I’ll load it with bullets until it goes down. That Central tiny’s magic tool is a lantern, right?
Akira: << You mean Riquet. Yes, his magic tool is a lantern. >>
Bradley: Get him to shine it above that damn bull’s head.
Akira: << Got it! I’ll let him know. >>
✦✧☾✧✦
Viridian: Be a good boy! Where are you going!? What is it about the castle windows....? There’s nothing over there!
Hey! Come back!
Mitile: ......Uu....hh....
Riquet: The Minotaur is distracted..... Hurry, now’s our chance! Let’s hide in the shadows of the trees! Mitile, are you okay!?
Mitile: ......I’m okay..... Mister Heathcliff..... Take this......
Heathcliff: A magic vial.....?
Mitile: It’s an herbal potion. Please use it on Mister Shino. Because his injuries are the worst.
Heathcliff: .....Thank you....! Shino, let’s stop the bleeding while that beast is wandering off somewhere.....
Shino: Pant..... Hah...... .......Dammit!
Akira: << Riquet, can you hear me? >>
Riquet: Sir Sage! Yes, I can!
Akira: << Please illuminate your lantern above that damn bull’s head. Bradley will shoot it down. >>
Riquet: That damn bull?
Akira: << Sorry.... I mean the Minotaur. Bradley’s wording rubbed off on me..... >>
Mitile: So Mister Bradley is going to save us! Sir Sage, is my brother doing all right....
Akira: << Rutile is with Mithra! He’s doing fi... Ouch.... Ah, give me one second. >>
Mitile: Sir Sage....?
✦✧☾✧✦
Obsius: What are you mumbling on about....!?
Akira: ....I’m just talking to myself!
Shylock: << Sir Sage, is someone with you? >>
Akira: Ah, um.... I’m with Obsius, the culprit behind all this madness.... ......!
Obsius: Silence!
✦✧☾✧✦
Figaro: The culprit? You’re with the culprit?
✦✧☾✧✦
Nero: Why didn’t you say so sooner!?
✦✧☾✧✦
Arthur: Sir Sage, are you in danger!?
✦✧☾✧✦
Akira: I’m fine! Don’t worry abou.....
Obsius: I told you to be silent! If you speak again, I’ll kill you!
Chloe: << Sir Sage! Where is Figaro!? >>
<< Cain’s life is in danger! Rustica said that Figaro is the only one who can heal him..... >>
Akira: ..........
Chloe: << He’s turning blue and his breath is growing faint! Please save Cain.....!! >>
Akira: ....Figaro! Please return to the castle. Cain is on the brink of death!
Please, Figaro! Return to the castle!
Obsius: .....You spoke. After I warned you countless times.
Akira: .........
✦✧☾✧✦
Figaro: Cain is? That’s terrible. All right. I’ll head over right now! Also, just one word!
I left the magic tools to seal the Leviathan in the main hall.
There are a few ingredients missing, but if you communicate that to my apprentice, he’ll know exactly what we need.
Tell him to gather the necessary ingredients before I get there. And take care of yourself.
✦✧☾✧✦
Akira: (He said one word, but that was really long.....)
(I wonder if I can say all that in one breath. Also, like, am I gonna die....?)
(.....Well, it is what it is!)
....Faust! The tools to seal the Leviathan are in the main hall of the castle! Please gather the missing ingredients and pass them on to Figaro....)
Obsius: << Volo Habere >> !
(Clash)
Akira: .........
✦✧☾✧✦
Faust: .....Sage?
Sage, are you all right....!?
✦✧☾✧✦
Black flames reach forward to consume my body.
But a cape the color of the night sky flutters into their path, fending them off.
Murr: << Eanul Rambul >>
Akira: Murr....!
Murr’s soul shard, which has once again regained physical form, haughtily lifts the tip of his hat.
He laughs, a mischievous sparkle in his narrowed eyes.
Murr: A bouquet for your courage!
He snaps his fingers, and a small bouquet drops into my hands.
He has to put on a show, even at a time like this. It makes me smile.
With the bouquet in my arms, I take a deep breath and look straight at Obsius.
Obsius: .....I’ll kill you....! Every last one of you, for making a mockery of me!
I want to pounce on this man, after witnessing Shino covered in blood, after hearing Riquet’s screams....
But I can’t use magic; I know such actions would be futile.
That’s why I use my words.
Because someone once told me: words, too, are magic.
They too can be blessings or curses.
Akira: Please put an end to all this. Why are you doing such horrible things?
I can never forgive you for hurting everyone! But.....
If there is a way to realize your desires without hurting anyone — I’ll do whatever I can to help you.
Obsius: ....My desires?
Murr: I’m shocked. You’re quite the negotiator.
Akira: (I’m hopelessly powerless before wizards. They might even be able to read my heart with magic.)
(All I can do is flail about frankly, like a fish on a chopping board.)
My wish... Is for you to call back those magical beasts, and return the castle to normal.
What is your wish? It’s to meet Miss Talia again, right....?
Obsius: I don’t care anymore! I don’t care about that woman.....!
Akira: ..... I get it — it’s difficult to harbor unrequited feelings.
And it requires a lot of courage to ask important questions.... You don’t want to hurt others, and you don’t want to get hurt either.
I think you and Talia — made many mistakes. You might have done something terrible....
But you did it all because you wanted to start over again, right?
Obsius: .............
Talia is dead. There’s no starting over.
This is the only way forward. Beasts — now is the time for us to fulfill our contract!
<< Volo Habere >> !
Akira: .......!? The castle is shaking.....!?
Murr: That’s the end of our negotiations. The holy sacrifices have been offered to the beasts.
Akira: Holy sacrifices....?
Murr: His daughters.
Obsius: Silence, lunatic scholar!! This is all your fault!!
<< Volo Habere >> !
(Crash)
Akira: Murr.....!
Murr: ......!
Black flames emerge from Obsius’s puppet.
Murr once again turns into a purple stone and rolls towards my feet.
I pick him up in a hurry. But the moment I raise my head, I turn pale.
Because Obsius has blown black flames my way.
Akira: ......!
The dark fire strokes my cheeks and slides into my mouth.
It doesn’t feel hot. Instead, my throat is overwhelmed with a disgusting, grainy sensation, as if I’ve just swallowed smoke.
I open my mouth while coughing. But no words come out.
He stole my voice.
Akira: ...... ........!
Obsius: Haha! You can no longer mumble to yourself!
Now stand there and witness this scene of destruction.....!
I glare at him, holding my neck with one hand while gripping the purple shard in my other.
The strange petal-shaped windows reflect the girls who have been cornered into ruination.
Chapter 19 << | index | >> Chapter 21