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healingbonds ([personal profile] healingbonds) wrote2020-02-01 03:08 pm

Prelude to the Festival and Miracles | Chapter 1

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Murr: I’m glad the Ancient Temple in Central was successfully revived, just like the one in the West!

Cain: Yeah. We managed, somehow.

Mitile: I’m glad your injuries have healed too, Mister Cain.

Heathcliff: Seriously... I thought my heart was going to stop when they carried you back here, Cain. You're brave, but don't be so reckless.

Cain: You're kind, Heath. Sorry for making you worry.

Owen: Want me to pay you a visit as well? You're all better now, so can I injure you again and then drop by?

Cain: No thanks.

Murr: Isn’t it time for the next region to do the holy festival? Wonder who’s next? East? North? South?

Mitile: We have to bring order to the world in chaos, so we’re going to perform the holy festival and summon the original spirits to the ancient temples, right?

Cain: That’s right. It’s an important role we have to take on for the sake of the world. The Northern wizards haven’t participated in a single festival yet, so maybe it’ll be your turn soon.

Owen: Eeh? What a pain.....

Mitile: Working with the Northern wizards seems kind of scary...

Cain: The Northern wizards aren't scary, but I have a feeling they’ll play hooky. It'll probably be a whole job just to cooperate with them.

Owen: Yeah, and I won't be cooperating.

Heathcliff: Whoever gets paired with them is going to have a rough time....

Murr: You make it sound like it can't be you, but you guys usually hit the winning number on the roulette during times like these!

Heathcliff: Eh?

Snow: Heathcliff, Owen. Come here for a moment..

White: We’ve decided what the next holy festival is going to be! The Eastern wizards are going to perform the Eastern Country’s festival!

Snow: The Northern wizards will be their support!

Heathcliff: Eh........

Owen: What?

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The Eastern wizards have all gathered in the hall. But the Northern wizards are nowhere in sight.
They only arrive after much time has passed.


Faust: You're late.

Snow: Sorry, sorry.

White: Bradley disappeared while we were looking for Mithra, and then Owen disappeared too.

Snow: It's a chore just to get them all together.

Faust, the teacher of the Eastern wizards, gazes at the Northern wizards as if lost for words.
The Northern wizards are strong, but they can be selfish and tyrannical.
Meanwhile, the Eastern wizards are closed-off and misanthropic, but when the time comes, they're serious, and good at working together.
They don’t seem like a very good match. Before the discussion even begins, Faust looks at me, and says—.


Faust: Please let the Eastern wizards handle this job alone.

Shino: Agreed.

Nero: Agreed.

Heathcliff: If possible... I'd also like to......

Snow: Hey hey hey hey hey.

White: Don't treat us so coldly.

Shino: I hate waiting. I refuse to wait for you guys every time we have to do something.

Shino glares at the Northern wizards. The Northern wizards don’t even bother to glare back; Mithra even refuses to hide his yawn.

Mithra: Yaawn... I'm sleepy... Hm? Did you say something?

Shino: I’ll kill you, you bastard.....

Heathcliff: Shino! He's a Northern wizard.....

Bradley: Yeah. It’s better to be a good boy for the sake of the Eastern wizard babies.

Bradley shrugs and proceeds to put his elbow on Nero’s shoulder with strange familiarity.

Bradley: Plus, if you need our strength, that means you’ve got a pretty tough opponent, right?

Nero: I'm not your damn armrest....

Bradley: Oh? What's this? You're gonna defy me?

Nero: Get off of me. You're annoying.

Nero looks irritated, and shoves Bradley away. Bradley doesn’t seem to care; he’s laughing away.
The Eastern wizards are annoyed by the Northern wizards' haughty attitudes.


Akira: (I'm worried about how this will go....)

Snow: It’s just as Bradley says. There’s a sinister rumor about our destination, so you’ll need the Northern wizards’ power.

Shino: What, you're saying you don't trust us?

White: That's not it. We're saying it's good to have back-up just in case. The other festivals — West and Central — both involved cooperation from different wizards as well.
You lent your support to the Western wizards, remember? Do not mind such trivial issues; you should rely on our power as well.

Nero: ....So what's this sinister rumor?

Snow: They say there's a village where once a wizard enters, he can never return.

Shino: ...A village? You’re saying our opponents are humans? Why would we ever lose against humans?

White: It sounds strange, but that's precisely why we need to be careful. Here, look at the map.

Faust: ....It's by the mountains between the East and the North. I've never been there. How about you, Heathcliff?

Heathcliff: I don't know much about it either... It's far from Blanchette, too....

Owen: By the way, Heathcliff.

Heathcliff: ..........

Heath twitches nervously when Owen speaks to him.
Owen tilts his head, with a mean, cold grin upon his handsome face.


Owen: You're not going to play with me again?

Heathcliff: ....What do you mean?

Shino: It's nothing, Heath. Don’t listen to Owen.

Shino grabs Heath’s arm and glares at Owen. Owen gives him a meaningful smile.

Akira: (Maybe he’s talking about that.....)

Watching their exchange made me remember what Shino told me after the riot in Central’s royal capital.

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