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Prelude to the Festival and Miracles | Chapter 10
Chapter 9 << | index | >> Chapter 11
Villager: Aaah.....
Villager: The < Great Catastrophe > has appeared...! The village is going to be destroyed....!
Snow in the Portrait: Oh dear...! The creature in the village lake was a multi-headed remora!?
White in the Portrait: Looks like Mithra crushed its head and it's causing a mess in the village!
Snow in the Portrait: To think such a huge remora would show its head from the ground.... My, my, it's certainly grown quite big.
Villager: Help....!
White in the Portrait: Do not fear! Stay with us...! We're leaving the frame, Snow.
Snow in the Portrait: Understood. We can only move as far as our shadows reach, but let us protect the villagers. Old man, please help us out.
Villager Holding the Portrait: ....Yes...
Snow and White in the Portrait: Here we go.... Muhh....
Snow and White: << Noscomnia >>
✦✧ ☾✧✦
(Slash)
Heathcliff: .....Kuh.....
Shino: Heath...! Zasha, you.....!
Zasha: .....It's your fault! It's all your fault!
Akira: Are you okay, Heath.....!
I run towards Heath.
His whole shoulder and chest are soaked in blood. Heathcliff crouches in pain, curled up as if hugging his own arm.
Heathcliff: ......Uugh.......
Akira: Heathcliff! Heath, use this.....
I take off my jacket and try to press it against his wound.
(Slap)
But then Heathcliff roughly slaps my hand away.
Akira: .....Heath....?
I thought this uncharacteristic gesture was because of the pain.
But slowly his pained breathing turns into a growl.
Heath’s gentle, lonely eyes — like a window on a rainy day — begin to glimmer like those of a cold beast.
He shakes like a beast raising its fur, and places his bloody hand on the ground.
His nails are terrifyingly long.
Akira: (...Don't tell me.....)
(His bizarre wound, where he becomes a black beast....)
Akira: H... Heathcliff...! Shino! Heath is...!
Shino, who was cornering Zasha, turns around and looks at us.
At that moment, the ground begins to shake wildly.
(Thundering sounds)
Shino: ....What's going on...?
Zasha: We've angered the < Great Catastrophe >.... This world is coming to an end....
Shino: Tch....
Shino clicks his tongue and grabs the axe out of Zasha's hands.
He burns it with fire, turning it into melting iron as he runs towards us.
(Footsteps.)
Shino: The axe was rusty. The wound might carry an infection. We need to treat it with magic potions...
Heath growls from the depths of his throat, as if to overwhelm Shino as he approaches.
Seeing the change in Heath, Shino is lost for words.
Shino: .....Heath.....
Heathcliff: ..........
Akira: ......hh, ah....!
(Crash)
In the next moment, Heathcliff leaps onto me.
He pushes his fist on my chest with force.
Akira: ...........
Shino: Sage....!
Violent, fierce, cold eyes gaze down on me like a beast looking at its prey. His injured shoulder is soaked red with blood.
Sharp and terrifying fangs peer from the mouth that had been smiling with such grace.
As I feel the blood leaving my body, Shino’s voice reaches my ears.
Shino: Sage, are you all right!?
Akira: I... I'm okay....
Shino: Good. I'll definitely save you. ...Don't move. Don't provoke Heath.
Shino’s calm voice is steady and reliable amidst the fear and tension that nearly drives me mad.
(Rumble)
The eerie rumble from the ground grows increasingly louder.
Mixed with the deep growl coming from the back of Heath’s throat....
I hear the sound of water moving at great speed beneath my body.
Akira: (Water...? Why...?)
Shino: Heath, there's a good boy.... That's right, look me in the eye. I'll put you to sleep in an instant....
In that moment—.
A tremendous amount of water erupts out of the floor.
(Splash) (Screech)
Akira: ........!
Zasha: Gyaaaah....!
Zasha screams. The creature that appears along with the geyser of water is the face of a fish, the size of Shino’s body.
Its rhombus-shaped mouth is filled with sharp fangs; its eyes are golden and wide-open like a full moon.
Shino: Wh....!
(Splash) (Screech)
The head of the fish moves at the speed of water splashing.
It sinks its teeth into Shino's body.
(Splash)
Shino: .......gh.
Akira: ....Shino....!
Within the dim light, Heath's eyes also shine like those of a fish.
✦✧ ☾✧✦
Villager: Aaaaagh....
Villager: Eeeek....
Mithra: I can hear screams from all over. Seems like trouble.
Faust: .......gh.
Mithra: Woa.....h.
Faust: That's why I told you not to provoke it!
Mithra: Do you know what you're doing? You’re just an Eastern wizard — do you know whose collar you're grabbing right now?
Faust: Who cares!? The Sage and Shino and Heath are all in there!
If something happens to them, I'll curse you for the next thousand years till your death!
Mithra: .........
....Yeah, I think they hold deep grudges.
Faust: Why should I care! Nero, I'm going to look for them. Let’s divide up the work; help me out!
Nero: Got it!
Bradley: I'll help too. I don't know what the hell it ate to get this big, but it seems like trouble.
Come with me, Nero. Let's make a mess, the way we used to.
Nero: ...........
Bradley: What? Follow me.
Nero: This isn't the past. I'm not going with you.
Bradley: ............
Nero: Take care of them if you find them.
Chapter 9 << | index | >> Chapter 11
Villager: Aaah.....
Villager: The < Great Catastrophe > has appeared...! The village is going to be destroyed....!
Snow in the Portrait: Oh dear...! The creature in the village lake was a multi-headed remora!?
White in the Portrait: Looks like Mithra crushed its head and it's causing a mess in the village!
Snow in the Portrait: To think such a huge remora would show its head from the ground.... My, my, it's certainly grown quite big.
Villager: Help....!
White in the Portrait: Do not fear! Stay with us...! We're leaving the frame, Snow.
Snow in the Portrait: Understood. We can only move as far as our shadows reach, but let us protect the villagers. Old man, please help us out.
Villager Holding the Portrait: ....Yes...
Snow and White in the Portrait: Here we go.... Muhh....
Snow and White: << Noscomnia >>
✦✧ ☾✧✦
(Slash)
Heathcliff: .....Kuh.....
Shino: Heath...! Zasha, you.....!
Zasha: .....It's your fault! It's all your fault!
Akira: Are you okay, Heath.....!
I run towards Heath.
His whole shoulder and chest are soaked in blood. Heathcliff crouches in pain, curled up as if hugging his own arm.
Heathcliff: ......Uugh.......
Akira: Heathcliff! Heath, use this.....
I take off my jacket and try to press it against his wound.
(Slap)
But then Heathcliff roughly slaps my hand away.
Akira: .....Heath....?
I thought this uncharacteristic gesture was because of the pain.
But slowly his pained breathing turns into a growl.
Heath’s gentle, lonely eyes — like a window on a rainy day — begin to glimmer like those of a cold beast.
He shakes like a beast raising its fur, and places his bloody hand on the ground.
His nails are terrifyingly long.
Akira: (...Don't tell me.....)
(His bizarre wound, where he becomes a black beast....)
Akira: H... Heathcliff...! Shino! Heath is...!
Shino, who was cornering Zasha, turns around and looks at us.
At that moment, the ground begins to shake wildly.
(Thundering sounds)
Shino: ....What's going on...?
Zasha: We've angered the < Great Catastrophe >.... This world is coming to an end....
Shino: Tch....
Shino clicks his tongue and grabs the axe out of Zasha's hands.
He burns it with fire, turning it into melting iron as he runs towards us.
(Footsteps.)
Shino: The axe was rusty. The wound might carry an infection. We need to treat it with magic potions...
Heath growls from the depths of his throat, as if to overwhelm Shino as he approaches.
Seeing the change in Heath, Shino is lost for words.
Shino: .....Heath.....
Heathcliff: ..........
Akira: ......hh, ah....!
(Crash)
In the next moment, Heathcliff leaps onto me.
He pushes his fist on my chest with force.
Akira: ...........
Shino: Sage....!
Violent, fierce, cold eyes gaze down on me like a beast looking at its prey. His injured shoulder is soaked red with blood.
Sharp and terrifying fangs peer from the mouth that had been smiling with such grace.
As I feel the blood leaving my body, Shino’s voice reaches my ears.
Shino: Sage, are you all right!?
Akira: I... I'm okay....
Shino: Good. I'll definitely save you. ...Don't move. Don't provoke Heath.
Shino’s calm voice is steady and reliable amidst the fear and tension that nearly drives me mad.
(Rumble)
The eerie rumble from the ground grows increasingly louder.
Mixed with the deep growl coming from the back of Heath’s throat....
I hear the sound of water moving at great speed beneath my body.
Akira: (Water...? Why...?)
Shino: Heath, there's a good boy.... That's right, look me in the eye. I'll put you to sleep in an instant....
In that moment—.
A tremendous amount of water erupts out of the floor.
(Splash) (Screech)
Akira: ........!
Zasha: Gyaaaah....!
Zasha screams. The creature that appears along with the geyser of water is the face of a fish, the size of Shino’s body.
Its rhombus-shaped mouth is filled with sharp fangs; its eyes are golden and wide-open like a full moon.
Shino: Wh....!
(Splash) (Screech)
The head of the fish moves at the speed of water splashing.
It sinks its teeth into Shino's body.
(Splash)
Shino: .......gh.
Akira: ....Shino....!
Within the dim light, Heath's eyes also shine like those of a fish.
✦✧ ☾✧✦
Villager: Aaaaagh....
Villager: Eeeek....
Mithra: I can hear screams from all over. Seems like trouble.
Faust: .......gh.
Mithra: Woa.....h.
Faust: That's why I told you not to provoke it!
Mithra: Do you know what you're doing? You’re just an Eastern wizard — do you know whose collar you're grabbing right now?
Faust: Who cares!? The Sage and Shino and Heath are all in there!
If something happens to them, I'll curse you for the next thousand years till your death!
Mithra: .........
....Yeah, I think they hold deep grudges.
Faust: Why should I care! Nero, I'm going to look for them. Let’s divide up the work; help me out!
Nero: Got it!
Bradley: I'll help too. I don't know what the hell it ate to get this big, but it seems like trouble.
Come with me, Nero. Let's make a mess, the way we used to.
Nero: ...........
Bradley: What? Follow me.
Nero: This isn't the past. I'm not going with you.
Bradley: ............
Nero: Take care of them if you find them.
Chapter 9 << | index | >> Chapter 11