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True Love for the Blossoming Forest | Chapter 4
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We leave the syrup problem to Murr and Shylock and walk around to observe the town.
Rainflowers decorate the streets everywhere we go. From a distance, the hanging white flowers conjure up the image of a bride.
Akira: (...."True love," huh.....)
I think about what Shylock told me as I gaze at the clusters of flowers.
The rainflowers symbolize the "Tragic Bride." I was surprised to hear of their meaning in the language of flowers. How did the disappeared princess really feel?
(Wolf howls)
Akira: .... Was that sound....
Arthur: Yes. It’s one of the strange occurrences — the wolf’s howl.
Shino: The way it’s resounding isn’t normal... This isn’t your typical wolf cry.
Man: Not again... What in the world is going on? We hear it over and over again day after day.....
Old woman: How horrifying... Keep your young girls hidden. The white wolf will come to kidnap them.
Woman: My daughter is out at the flower festival. I need to tell her to come home soon....
Shino: ......
Akira: (Everyone looked really anxious when they heard the wolf’s cry.... They’re all afraid of the white wolf.)
Old woman: Are you travelers? You should be careful too. The wolf is a ruthless creature who kidnapped his bride. You never know what he’s going to do.
Akira: Y-yes....
The cries continue to echo throughout the town — a beast’s voice traveling through the streets to reach our ears wherever we go.
(Wolf howls)
Shino: I’m surprised he doesn’t get tired of howling.
Akira: But.... It’s a cry that you can’t get out of your head.
Shino: Considering how much he’s howling, I’d be more surprised if you could.
Akira: No, I mean... He sounds like he’s trying to say something.
Shino: Trying to say something?
Akira: This might just be my imagination, but it sounds like both a cry of anger and a cry of sorrow.
Arthur: So you thought so too, Sir Sage.
Akira: You too, Arthur?
Arthur: Yes.... It sounds like he’s desperately trying to tell us something.
Perhaps the wolf has a message for us. But we don’t understand his words; all we hear is howling. We can’t tell what he’s trying to say.
I feel frustrated — it’s like a song where you can recall the melody but not the lyrics.
Shino: You’re being too soft. Look at everyone in town. They’re terrified of the white wolf.
He’s an unwanted being. The princess that was forced to marry him probably loathes him too. He ruined her entire life, after all.
Akira: Shino....
Shino: We should enter the forest and put the wolf down before he turns his fangs on the town. If you leave him alone, he’ll become a threat.
Arthur: Wait. It’s too early to decide that the white wolf is going to cause harm.
That howl might not be a cry of anger or intimidation — maybe it’s one of sorrow. If the wolf is mourning, then I would like to help him out.
Shino: I understand that you’re a kind prince. But we’re talking about a beast here.
Even if we try to listen to what the wolf has to say, we won’t understand his words.
Akira: We won’t—but we do know one wizard who can.
Shino: ......Owen, huh.
✦✧☾✧✦
Owen: Ah-choo!
Cain: Huh, did you catch a cold?
Owen: Someone might be talking about me. I hope they’re having a lot of fun. So much fun that they’re tortured by nightmares.
Cain: Good thing you’re not Bradley. If you were, you’d have gone flying.
Owen: Maybe Bradley’s sneezing now because we’re talking about him.
(Wolf howl)
Cain: There he goes again.... How many times has he cried now?
Owen: He’s just like a human. He loves to bark.
Cain: So, Owen. Can you tell what he’s saying from this distance?
Owen: I wonder? We might still be a little too far off.
Cain: So we have to get even closer? .....But wow, this sure is a deep forest.
Owen: All I see are trees. I’m getting bored of the view. Can I burn it all to the ground?
Cain: Hey, please don’t! We were summoned to solve problems, not cause them.
Owen: There’s no reason for me to care about humans.
Cain: Sigh.... But you know, I’m honestly surprised you accepted this job without complaining.
Owen: How rude. I was simply responding to my precious comrade’s plea for help.
Cain: You’re not the kind of guy who would go out of his way to serve others. Even if you hypothetically liked Arthur.
Owen: .....
Ahaha, you’re jealous?
Cain: Hey, don’t change the topic, Owen. Why did you accept this job?
Owen: I made a bargain with the dear, charming prince, you see. I told him: "If you want my help, you’re going to have to make a sacrifice in exchange."
Cain: A sacrifice....? What did you request from Arthur?
You better not have taken advantage of Arhtur’s kindness to make some impossible demand.
Owen: ......
....Hey, Cain. Don’t you think I’d look good with a blue eye too?
Chapter 3 << | index | >> Chapter 5
We leave the syrup problem to Murr and Shylock and walk around to observe the town.
Rainflowers decorate the streets everywhere we go. From a distance, the hanging white flowers conjure up the image of a bride.
Akira: (...."True love," huh.....)
I think about what Shylock told me as I gaze at the clusters of flowers.
The rainflowers symbolize the "Tragic Bride." I was surprised to hear of their meaning in the language of flowers. How did the disappeared princess really feel?
(Wolf howls)
Akira: .... Was that sound....
Arthur: Yes. It’s one of the strange occurrences — the wolf’s howl.
Shino: The way it’s resounding isn’t normal... This isn’t your typical wolf cry.
Man: Not again... What in the world is going on? We hear it over and over again day after day.....
Old woman: How horrifying... Keep your young girls hidden. The white wolf will come to kidnap them.
Woman: My daughter is out at the flower festival. I need to tell her to come home soon....
Shino: ......
Akira: (Everyone looked really anxious when they heard the wolf’s cry.... They’re all afraid of the white wolf.)
Old woman: Are you travelers? You should be careful too. The wolf is a ruthless creature who kidnapped his bride. You never know what he’s going to do.
Akira: Y-yes....
The cries continue to echo throughout the town — a beast’s voice traveling through the streets to reach our ears wherever we go.
(Wolf howls)
Shino: I’m surprised he doesn’t get tired of howling.
Akira: But.... It’s a cry that you can’t get out of your head.
Shino: Considering how much he’s howling, I’d be more surprised if you could.
Akira: No, I mean... He sounds like he’s trying to say something.
Shino: Trying to say something?
Akira: This might just be my imagination, but it sounds like both a cry of anger and a cry of sorrow.
Arthur: So you thought so too, Sir Sage.
Akira: You too, Arthur?
Arthur: Yes.... It sounds like he’s desperately trying to tell us something.
Perhaps the wolf has a message for us. But we don’t understand his words; all we hear is howling. We can’t tell what he’s trying to say.
I feel frustrated — it’s like a song where you can recall the melody but not the lyrics.
Shino: You’re being too soft. Look at everyone in town. They’re terrified of the white wolf.
He’s an unwanted being. The princess that was forced to marry him probably loathes him too. He ruined her entire life, after all.
Akira: Shino....
Shino: We should enter the forest and put the wolf down before he turns his fangs on the town. If you leave him alone, he’ll become a threat.
Arthur: Wait. It’s too early to decide that the white wolf is going to cause harm.
That howl might not be a cry of anger or intimidation — maybe it’s one of sorrow. If the wolf is mourning, then I would like to help him out.
Shino: I understand that you’re a kind prince. But we’re talking about a beast here.
Even if we try to listen to what the wolf has to say, we won’t understand his words.
Akira: We won’t—but we do know one wizard who can.
Shino: ......Owen, huh.
✦✧☾✧✦
Owen: Ah-choo!
Cain: Huh, did you catch a cold?
Owen: Someone might be talking about me. I hope they’re having a lot of fun. So much fun that they’re tortured by nightmares.
Cain: Good thing you’re not Bradley. If you were, you’d have gone flying.
Owen: Maybe Bradley’s sneezing now because we’re talking about him.
(Wolf howl)
Cain: There he goes again.... How many times has he cried now?
Owen: He’s just like a human. He loves to bark.
Cain: So, Owen. Can you tell what he’s saying from this distance?
Owen: I wonder? We might still be a little too far off.
Cain: So we have to get even closer? .....But wow, this sure is a deep forest.
Owen: All I see are trees. I’m getting bored of the view. Can I burn it all to the ground?
Cain: Hey, please don’t! We were summoned to solve problems, not cause them.
Owen: There’s no reason for me to care about humans.
Cain: Sigh.... But you know, I’m honestly surprised you accepted this job without complaining.
Owen: How rude. I was simply responding to my precious comrade’s plea for help.
Cain: You’re not the kind of guy who would go out of his way to serve others. Even if you hypothetically liked Arthur.
Owen: .....
Ahaha, you’re jealous?
Cain: Hey, don’t change the topic, Owen. Why did you accept this job?
Owen: I made a bargain with the dear, charming prince, you see. I told him: "If you want my help, you’re going to have to make a sacrifice in exchange."
Cain: A sacrifice....? What did you request from Arthur?
You better not have taken advantage of Arhtur’s kindness to make some impossible demand.
Owen: ......
....Hey, Cain. Don’t you think I’d look good with a blue eye too?
Chapter 3 << | index | >> Chapter 5