Chapter 36 (1/2)

36.A MAN BECOMING OF THE MOON

The hall quieted down. The mist cleared up and the nine dead bodies were being taken away from the place. n.o.body was paying attention to that gruesome sight. As if such thing wasn´t even entering their sights, their eyes were focused at only one place.

At the handsome face that was behind the white mask.

The white hair that even almost seemed translucent reflected the light of the candle stands, giving off a red shadow. Those eyes that had wisdom deepened his impression much more than when he was wearing a mask. The lump of rationality his body was with the elimination of any pointlessness in his training had a tender form and made people long for it.

It was a man becoming of the night. A man becoming of the moon. If one was to meet him under the moonlight, one would caught one´s breath by his [beauty]. The moon attracted people.

He was a man that was like the moon.

“…Karl-sama, due to my negligence, I have ended up letting one escape. Now, I will go track the a.s.sa.s.sin down, so please leave this matter to me.”

Word by word, the view was turning into a picture. Most of the people at the place didn´t even have recollections of what happened before. Not only that, the impression they had of Willian itself became entirely different. Having been painted into something else, the past wouldn´t surface in their minds at all. They were completely filled by Willian´s charm now that he was unleashed from his mask.

“Take care, ok!”

The only one calm was Karl, who had become used to it after seeing Willian regularly. Even Eahart and Baldias didn´t expect that a man of such charm would come out under that mask.

“I see. This acting really does its effect.”

Eahart was impressed. The strong image Willian had implanted in the people and his fascinating impression came about only because he would usually hide himself under the mask. Whether he was an ugly man, whether he was a handsome man; he would be leading people astray, would be bewildering them. The white mask would incite people´s interest.

It was because he had confidence in himself that the act of hiding his face had better effect. It was a cycle made for charming people. Both the people that saw what he was like under his mask and the people that didn´t became more interested in him the more they came to know about him. They were interested in the man named Willian Rivius. (TL note: Not sure what this was supposed to mean ->これは人を惹き付けるためのセルフプロデュース<- what=”” is=”” this=”” supposed=”” to=”” mean=”” -=””>セルフプロデュース<- self-produce?=”” ¬¬=””  even=”” for=”” the=”” english=”” words,=”” you=”” are=”” pretty=”” much=”” learning=”” a=”” completely=”” different=”” language=”” -.-=”” i=”” used=”” “cycle”=”” by=”” guessing=”” from=”” the=”” context.=”” maybe=”” the=”” “self-produce”=”” is=”” about=”” willians=”” own=”” “charm”=”” doing=”” something=”” by=”” itself=”” and=”” producing=”” something=”” (interest?)=””>

“Willian…sama.”

It was only the people that stood in the light…. (TL note: Too vague ;-; I´m not sure what the author meant by that ->輝きの中にいるものですら――<>

By the time Willian had already gone out from Baldias´ residence to pursue the one a.s.sa.s.sin he had let escape, the princesses and the n.o.blewomen had all been temporarily evacuated to another room, and Hilda and the others were working on sorting out the aftermath.

“So a tableware knife can deal such injuries… That´s really impressive.”