Vol 1 Chapter 6 (1/2)

Chapter 6 Arising Morning

A cold, steady rain fell in the darkness

Shall carried the corpses of the wolves that littered the floor of the rest stop

outside

However, as the rain daround, the stench of blood filled the air

The silver sugar that was in thedistilled had been trampled

under the feet of the wolves, dirtied with their blood, and was now

with the rainwater Each drop of rain sent ripples spreading out across its

surface

Ann was inside the box-shaped wagon Jonas had left behind

The inside of the wagon was constructed exactly like Ann‟s It was a

workshop for ar sculptures

The wreckage of several partially-finished sugar sculptures were strewn about

Pages containing drawings of sugar sculpture designs were scattered across

the top of the worktable All of thens Emma

had left behind

Inside the wagon there were five barrels, all full of silver sugar

---- Fro was a lie

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Jonas was in a position where he ht be able to become the leader of the

Radcliffe guild But for that, becoar master was an

indispensable requirement

Jonas had said that he participated in the sugar sculpture festival two times

before and had yet to be ar master And yet, the hadn‟t made

a proactive effort to participate in the sugar sculpture festival this year

She should have been suspicious of that

Perhaps failing twice in the past had cost Jonas to lose his confidence

However, he wanted to be a silver sugar master at any cost If he did that, he

uild Then he ht be

able to becoar Viscount like he wanted

People who received the royal ar masters were

sincere about sugar sculptures Profit was of secondary importance to them If

this weren‟t the case, they wouldn‟t be able to ar sculptures

Jonas was concerned only with garnering glory for himself

That meant that his sincerity was probably insufficient

Perhaps Jonas didn‟t care about sugar sculptures at all, as long as he could

becoar master

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Just then, a silver sugar master as unable to travel due to illness and her

daughter fell at Jonas‟s feet

There‟s no doubt that he‟d thought about how he could use this mother and

child to his benefit

First, he‟d secretly snuck into their wagon and copied down Ear

sculpture designs

However, even if he had the designs, he couldn‟t produce the kind of sculpture

he would have liked Even if he had faith in the technique, he didn‟t have faith

in the sculptures he created

“That‟s why he proposed to me…”

The reason he proposed to Ann was so that he could seduce her and get her to

ar sculpture for him, which he would try to use to obtain the title of

silver sugar master

But Jonas had failed at this, as well

There‟s no doubt that that hen Jonas had come up with the plan to

snatch the sculpture Ann ar sculpture festival as

his own

The entire Anders family had cooperated fully with this plan

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Mr and Mrs Anders had gone so far as to help Jonas by preparing the wagon

and guards

If their son were able to becouild, the benefit to

the entire Anders fareat

Then Jonas had caught up with Ann, who‟d left for the sugar sculpture festival,

traveled with her, and stolen soar

The one who‟d stolen the silver sugar was likely Kathy Since she could make

herself invisible, there was no doubt that on the night they‟d stayed at the

doctor‟s inn she‟d snuck in through the wagon‟s highand carried the

silver sugar out bit by bit

As a result, Ann had been forced to stop and ar sculpture while

distilling ar

If Ann ar left She‟d be

short of the required three barrels

Jonas had carried that deficient aon

inside the barrel that he‟d claimed was empty Like this, the very second the

sugar sculpture was coon

Then Jonas put his plan into action

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He had Kathy lure in the wolves to prevent Shall fro after him

Then he got into Ann‟s wagon and ran away

Jonas had obtained the full set: one sugar sculpture and three barrels full of

silver sugar

Lewiston was only half a day‟s travel away

During the day, Jonas could probably uard

All Ann had left were five barrels full of silver sugar, a new on,

and a pair of worn out old horses

She had enough silver sugar But the sugar sculpture festival was in two days

Now that it was nighttiht and one full

day left

There wasn‟t enough tiar sculpture appropriate for a

celebration

---- I won’t make it in time

The sugar sculpture festival was held every year Even if she didn‟t make it in

time this year‟s festival, there was always next year

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However, this year was the only chance to send Emma‟s soul to heaven on

Soul Ascension Day

Ear sculpture didn‟t particularly have to be made by Ann Perhaps

it would be fine to have a splendid sugar sculpture made for her by a more

veteran sugar craftsman

But Ann wanted to send Ear sculpture she‟d made herself

She wanted to send her beloved ar sculpture she‟d made

as a silver sugar master

That was the motivation that had supported her heart after she lost her mother,

and given her the strength to keep going

Having lost that motive, all of Ann‟s willpower had completely left her body

She was in shock after being betrayed by Jonas, whom she‟d believed was a

good person Furthermore, she felt foolish that she hadn‟t noticed Jonas‟s

behavior and intent, and that she‟d been unable to believe Mythrill Reed Pod,

suspecting that heMythrill‟s tearfilled

eyes, Ann felt a painful tightness in her chest

She‟d been so naive and foolish to believe in Jonas Ann was overcome with

regret, and anger

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These emotions filled up the empty spaces left by the loss of Ann‟s willpower,

ish

She couldn‟t le step

The wound on the back of her hand where she‟d been hit by Jonas‟s whip

throbbed painfully, as ifher for her own foolishness

“If I don‟t less,” Ann muttered,

setting both hands on the worktable She hung her head and laughed lightly

“Ithat sugar

sculpture…”

When she ai

A liquid that smelled like blood had been dumped over her head, and Ann‟s

body and dress were sticky and gave off a vile stench

Ann couldn‟t bear her own misery

Feeling eyes on her, Ann looked around Shall was underneath a large tree

beside the wall of the rest stop He had his ar at

her with his usual arrogant countenance

After all, she was a naive little 15 year old girl

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She was all alone, without any power or wisdom of her own nor anyone she

could depend on

Ann was humiliated to have Shall see her in this wretched state She couldn‟t

bear it She didn‟t want him to look

Violently yanking on the leather string that hung from her neck, Ann pulled

out a s

She walked quickly over to Shall and thrust out the bag

“I‟”

Shall didn‟t , he asked, “Lewiston is still a

ways ahead Besides, won‟t you go after Jonas? Aren‟t you going to take back

your sugar sculpture?”

“Jonas should have arrived in Lewiston by now He‟s probably applied to

participate in the sugar sculpture festival and handed the sugar sculpture over

to the official already Even if I go now and insist, „I made that,‟ I don‟t have

any proof I won‟t be able to get anyone to pay attention”

“Are you fine with just leaving it at that?”

“Of course I‟ I can do about

it! Even if you‟re here, there‟s nothing you can do either So I‟ to set

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you free, already Go wherever you like!”

Ann tossed the words at hi her head

After afrom Ann‟s hand

“So noe‟re equals?”

Ann shook her head

“Fro, we‟ve always been equals… To the very end, even for

the sake of oals, I was never able to become a true master”

“When I saw you in the fairy market, somehow I knew that”

Shall‟s words were peaceful They fell like the sound of steady rain

“That‟s why I told you to buy irl like

you, I‟d easily be able to snatchback and run away”

“You s went exactly as you planned”

“I wonder I‟m not sure”

Shall moved his back away froainst

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He passed silently in front of Ann, then walked slowly towards the rest stop‟s

iron gate

---- I’m all alone now All alone…

Soain inside her head A sob

slipped from her mouth

The feelings that she‟d been holding back up until noith layer upon layer

of restraint began to overflow all at once She couldn‟t stop them The support

that had been propping Ann‟s heart up gave out all at once

“Mama! Mama! Why did you die?! Why did you leave me alone? You left me

all alone Why… Why?!”

Ann sunk to the ground where she was She lay her face on her knees and

continued to be pelted by the rain

How long had it been since he‟d last held his wing in his own hands?

Seventy long years…

No, it felt like it had been even longer than that

He stared at the s in his hand

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While being pelted by the falling rain, Shall Fen Shall reveled in the tranquil

atmosphere of the wilderness, unadulterated at the hands of men The rest stop

at his back grew further and further away, step by step

Further and further… The distance between hiirl

grew greater and greater

It was strange Although his freedom was there in his hands, he didn‟t feel any

joy

When he wondered why that was, he hit upon the reason instantly

It was because Shall hadn‟t listened to Ann‟s orders Although he himself

hadn‟t realized it at the time, he‟d obtained his freedom the moment Ann had

bought him That‟s why he wasn‟t overjoyed at this point

His wing had merely returned from Ann‟s hands into Shall‟s

The only thing that was different since taking back his as that he was

no longer carting around the baggage called Ann That sweet girl who had

done nothing but preciously cradle his wing to her breast

The freedoo anywhere

The freedo

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He‟d obtained absolute freedom, and now found himself unexpectedly

questioning himself

---- I’ve obtained my freedom Nohat do I want to do? Where do I want to

go?

Darkness was pressing in

“You‟re about to fall apart,” so whispered suddenly in his ear

----I won’t fall apart The one who’s falling apart is Ann The thing she was

chasing was torn away from her before her very eyes, and now she’s all alone

“Are you lonely?” that „soht

through him

---- Lonely?

He had nothing and no one he should be protecting, and no where he ought to

go

It was his moment of triumph, when he‟d finally obtained the freedom he‟d

drea a sensation like his

consciousness was being sed up inside of him; cut-off and isolated

from the world

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Suddenly he was overco

What he longed for was thethat he‟d lost in the far

distant past and could never get back, right?

--- Wrong

Me They only served to chill

Shall‟s heart

What he longed for was so that he could feel

more certainly

---- I was feeling it up until just recently That was…

A sweet scent The heat of a warm body

That sweet scent would probably break down and disappear completely in this

cold rain

The i before his eyes rose up

suddenly in Shall‟s heart Without thinking, he stopped walking He found

hiar with both hands

Ann‟s entire body was freezing cold fro continuously pelted by the

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rain Her tears had run dry

Even when the rain stopped just before dawn, Ann still couldn‟t raise her head

She was in a daze

But, when she felt the war sun on

her back, Ann finally regained her wits

When she raised her face, the sight of tiny clusters of blue berries growing

frorasses met her eyes

Bathed by the rain and catching the rays of ht, the berries

shi+ned glossily

That color and shi+mmer was a stain on her heart, from which absolutely

everything had fallen away

Without thinking about anything, Ann gazed at the berries

Suddenly, particles of light ca out from inside the tiny fruits, as if

wrapping around the surface of the blue berries It reseht that

appeared when Shall le

point on the berries and gradually began to solidify into a mass the size of

Ann‟s thu

Ann‟s eyes widened

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The particles forh it was

only the size of her thumb, there was no doubt it was shaped like a human

Two half-transparent wings grew out of its back

Wrapped in a veil of light, the figure of a tiny, delicate woman appeared It

was a fairy

“How beautiful…” Ann whispered without thinking

The fairy wos out to

the side looked around nonchalantly, then stretched her back and let out a

yawn

The moment of a fairy‟s birth… Ann was enchanted by the solemnity of the

ht

She wouldn‟t have believed that such a pure light existed in the entire world

“Fairies are born when soy condenses and takes form”

Suddenly a voice sounded behind Ann‟s back Ann turned around in surprise

“Shall…? Why…”