Volume 12 Chapter 3 Part2 (1/2)
Chapter 3: Scholar and Fairy ~The Island at World's End~ (Part two)
(4) The convoluted paths
Thanks to the favor of the elders, both of thee and leave the next o, he was still able to walk back to the McKeel village, but the elder smiled and said that this place was further compared to before
The wind that never stopped blowing across the island had soe’s wheels rass sway They crossed several sh here is closed, and the standing stones are on the other side of the swah”
“Do you want to walk? It shouldn’t be a bottoer”
The sacred swamp, isn’t that the place where Aurora’s fiancé was said to be sleeping?
Countless puddles were scattered everywhere, covering the fields This is more or less the landscape of the swamp
“I've heard about your fiance When I stayed in the elders’ hall yesterday, they told me”
”Yes, a o, unexpectedly turns out to be my fiancé”
“Well… no one knows the real reason, but perhaps it is related to hi the disaster alone He th”
Aurora solerandfather was a fairy doctor, her younger brother will be the same in future Was this bloodline directed to continue in accordance to that sleeping e partner will be Kenneth, as chosen beforehand?”
“……I heard that thetime, so he died”
The Prophet wanted to create humans ere able to withstand disasters?
“But, I don't understand The fairy doctors’ ability is not towith fairies, they can clear up the different characteristics and customs between them and humans, and strive to prevent hostilities from both sides What’s important is the mentality, rather than bloodline or ability”
“What does the disaster refer to?”
The sacred swarass swayed and the surface of the water rippled, Frederick saw the flickering shadow of aunder the reflection of the hazy water He then felt dizzy and sensed voices
You irl away
She also wanted to leave this swamp quickly, and so her slender hand fir to take her away fro when, the swa was far frorasping Aurora’s hand, and so he relaxed his grip
“If we cross through here, we should be able to see the standing stones”
He pulled hi
Aurora suddenly shouted, but by the tih a hole covered by piles of grass
He felt as if he only fell several feet down, as evidenced by only a few scratches on his hand But when he looked up through the round hole, the sky could be seen far above
Aurora pried into the cave frolasses After looking around in his surroundings, he discovered that it was pretty spacious This cave was practically like a huge flask
Then he had an ominous premonition
At the same time Aurora called out, a sht, so like this has happened before
He had previously seen a fairy aoblins!”
“Aurora, it’s dangerous so that’s why…”
Frederick hastily opened his arms in order to catch her
I’ve seen this before, the same fairy
But because Frederick stepped on a small stone and lost his balance As he toppled over while protecting Aurora, his head banged onto the stone wall
Frederick felt Aurora’s voice fade away as she called to hi happened
Since the goblins were noisy, she ioblins’ cave wasn’t too deep, so as long as she jumped off carefully, she wouldn't be injured However he, anted to catch Aurora, stumbled and fell on a stone, hit his head and fainted
Aurora thought as he stared at hiround
She heard that there seeht with hie’s inn, and suspected that he ought to be one of the
Everything was different fronia and his cheeks without a beard Aurora gazed at him motionlessly, with interest
He showed a painful expression and suddenly opened his eyes, then locked eyes with Aurora at close range and jumped up, flustered
“Goblins?”
“I see”
“Where is this? How long have I been out?”
“Fairies… right, alasses at his feet and sighed
“If you don’t have those then you can’t see anything?”
“Can you seeto focus his line of sight as ht now, you can’t see at all”
When Aurora was introduced to Kenneth McKeel, as said to be her second fiancé, he clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction at the sight of her
“Anyway, let’s get out of here”
Aurora was filled with curiosity, so as they walked along, she kept asking questions
There were theaters rather than show tents and opera perforht But also, whether it was the circus, zoo, and so on, these unfas could be seen at any tioblins’ cave, an array of standing stones appeared before the stones standing in line with each other and appeared to be growing froround
He rushed to the pillars in astonishuardian stones Apart fro theaze taken in by the crystals every tiain next time”
“Yeah If I’m on break, I’ll be sure to co to coain?”
“Really?”
“If that’s the case, are you willing to bring me to the land that is unknown to o and take a look at Cae and London”
Aurora couldn’t leave the island, and if she did, she could never return In spite of this, she still see his invitation
“When we ain, how can I find you?”
She prayed that he wouldn’t forget and told hiarded as a fairy, it was no bother, because co a fairy would be able to leave behind some sort of impression in his memory
When he was close to the border of the fairy realht forward, and then left his side
Aurora knew that she was about to part ith him, so she wanted part frooodbye
He would surely forget about Aurora, as well as the proain
After Aurora spoke of this
”I can't see hio to see him, he'll know that I'm not beautiful”
“The next tihtly more attractive By the way Nico, Mother also said that freckles will disappear after growing up, is that true? Froets dishevelled by the sea breeze”
Even so, this was a gaht, I hit my head and passed out
“Ahh! I--I’m sorry”
“Uh it’s just that, how should I say it, I behaved disrespectfully towards an unmarried woman”
After she spoke soh Frederick was still in the bottom of the flask-shaped cave, the direction Aurora pointed towards was a horizontal cavern
Clearly they were in a cave, but as strange was that their surroundings were not dark
Really? Frederick asked as he used his hand to touch it and his face wrinkled from the pain
“It would be terrible if a teacher as a scholar becahing
However, she never mentioned a similar topic
There were stone steps that went upwards
Then, what appeared before them was…
Aurora stood on the s, as it spread out and fluttered within the bloind
The sun shone fro the brown colulow froht was exuded
This was no doubt the smoky quartz The fore crystal pillars that he had never seen before, and its transparency was nearly perfect
Frederick walked over and touched it
Aurora whispered
“What I’ is that the paths are invisible to the eye”
“People can if they can sense the power of the stones”
“It’s interesting As expected, these shlands Were it not for the fixed height of the mountains, the excellent transparency of the smoky quartz would not have been produced, however it’s not just this island, even the United Kingdoh and impressive ion?”
“The Alps”
“It’s probably iht, this is the fairies’ dorateful for this good luck that allowed me to encounter this wonder”
“Thank you Thanks to you, I was able to coain”
Promised He felt as if he’d heard that phrase here before
“There’s a rainbow”
On this barren-colored island with faint sunshi+ne, even the rainbow’s prismatic colors see the prishts before
The sky that was reflected on the surfaces of the shts that adorned the space of the juxtaposed standing stones, made it all the more mysterious
Frederick felt that reality and his memory conflicted, so he frowned
That see that mysterious scenery
“What’s the irl who had always sh it was a fairy) talking with him so happily, was an experience he’d never had before
The young girl pointed to the sky
Was the Aurora Borealis
Indeed, only this existed hazily in his irl
A fairy?
“Hey Frederick, would men not sense fate for a split second?”
“Well, it varies fro about her lover and immediately calmed down
He was not the man destined for Aurora
However, he could not have promised to elope with a wouely res froarding this point
“Who knows I had never given it ht before”
“Why?”
Aurora somehow looked very sad
(5) The departure
On the other side of the hill, the ocean could be seen
This was definitely a path of the hues, people after going through a mysterious experience, contrary to his expectations, he wasn’t used to the natural landscape before hi the island, Frederick’s responsibility would end
“If that’s the only reason, then don’t take Aurora away”
What if it wasn’t just that? Was it okay as long as there were other reasons? What kind other reasons?
“Hey, you really can’t travel outside the island alone?”
Aurora pointed to the direction of the sea, which remained faintly discernible on the other side of the hill