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Episode 7: Angel Hunt * 6
"You have a slave you want to buy, right?
When I asked Celeste that at breakfast the next day, he looked amazing.
"... no"
"Um, I'm sorry if I'm not. But I felt that way."
Celeste was gloomy, but a little bit later, now he looked more alert.
"... what are you going to do if you know that!
"No, I thought I'd buy it before someone else buys it."
"What about it?"
Celeste looks at me in such a hurried, vigilant, and even more troubled face. His eyes glimmered slightly with expectations.
"So... I thought maybe that's what happened when you gave me 50 gold coins and you were wandering around in front of the slave shop... and I wondered if someone important to you might be in that shop, but it's different."
I'll ask Celeste, who's completely stopped eating breakfast.
"If you want, I'm going to buy that guy and take him with me to the woods. So you can buy me back 50 gold coins."
When I said that, Celeste looked like she was crying. [M]
And keep turning around and leaning...
"... my sister"
He spoke with a trembling voice.
"My sister. Ange... was sold by my father... and I wanted to buy it back, and I made a fortune..."
"... I see."
I don't know what to do, but for now, I stroke Celeste's head.
Well, after breakfast, let's go buy it back first.
"... is that okay?"
Yeah, let's do that.
Yeah, I'm glad you talked to me. Now we can make sure Celeste doesn't have to worry. I'm sure it'll make you look like an angel. Perhaps I can draw with your sister. When I saw it at the slave shop, it looked like a doll or something, but if I left it with an angel, I might be an angel.
Then our shopping began.
The weapon shop in the back street headed first.... the slave shop is a little slow to open, so I decided to finish shopping at another shop in the back street before that.
Laocles helped me here. After all, I don't know the good or bad of the weapon, and Faye doesn't seem to be very good at it.
... so there are five fine and beautiful knives. I was able to achieve one of Claire's favorite lists.
Then wait until the store opens in front of the slave shop. Just for a little while, the shop people looked a little suspicious at first, but it quickly disappeared thanks to Celeste's happy face, which became beautiful, and the "thank you for showing me so much" we paid yesterday.
Instead, the person at the store cared about us, put us in the store before the opening, and served us tea.... Faye liked the tea served there and asked where the tea leaves were. I think I'll buy you a souvenir for Mr. Crowe, too.
... this is how time gradually progresses, and finally it's the official opening time.
As soon as that happened, Celeste said with a nervous voice.
"Ange Celeste! A 7-year-old girl named Ange Celeste! Please!"
... eh, maybe it was the last name "Celeste"?
Leaving aside my confusion, the shopkeeper brought a little girl with a smile. [M]
The little girl has a very similar colour to Celeste. The gray blonde hair is loose curly. Long eyelashes on empty eyes. His face is also similar to that of his brothers and sisters.
The child had a nervous look at first. Still trying hard to laugh.... it looked like a doll.
But....
"Ange!"
"... oniichan!
As soon as I found Oniichan, her face glowed. The nervous, tidy smile disappears, becomes a full smile, then the full smile collapses, tears gradually accumulate in your eyes, and eventually, it starts to blur out.
Seeing that, Celeste rushed in. I wonder if the person at the store can understand the situation somehow. There was no one to stop Celeste.
"Sorry, sorry to keep you waiting so long...."
"Oniichan... thank you, thank you..."
Then the little brother and sister stuck together and started crying.
... this time around, Celeste was not an angel, but a human, and Angel was not a doll, but a human.
By the time the two of us settled down, we had finished the procedure easily.
The point is, pay what you have to pay, exchange contracts and so on. Yeah. Much easier than Celeste.
"But the customer. Were you sure? Ange is certainly a beautiful girl, well disciplined, but a little to put into the workforce... and above all, when you saw her yesterday, she didn't seem to like it very much..."
The person at the store says such a thing while going through the procedure properly. Yeah, we'll go through the process.
"Oh, that's fine. She's better off, because he looks good."
But I really don't regret anything. I'm not in trouble with the money... and I think this would be better if I were in a bit of trouble.
... I think it's cheap because I think my loved one can buy it with money.
"Yeah, that's a nice look."
By the time they had signed the contract and paid, they both smiled at each other with tearful faces.
... ah, now that you're not human, you're an angel.
Wow, they're both angels. An angel makes a doll an angel....
... angels are infected.
Well then, let's change it. I am Kirigo Kamikami. I live in the Redgard Forest. Running away, but drawing. Nice to meet you. "
Then I introduced myself to the two children. [M]
Then....
"Ah... Lian Celeste. And," Celeste "is my last name...."
I see. Well, shouldn't I call you Celeste?
"Ange is Celeste, and my father is Celeste, so it's better."
Well, then, Celeste, let's change it, Lian. Nice to meet you. He held my hand with a smaller hand than me.
"Um... it's Ange. Pleased to meet you...?
And even smaller hands are holding my hand. [M]
"Nice to meet you, Ange. Um, you're going to spend about two months in the woods, okay?
Though it is a total ex post facto approval, I will ask for it. Ange nodded carefully.
"I'm so happy to be with you...."
And Ange smiles and laughs like a smile. You're a little strange, but it's respectful of you to keep hiding behind your brother while you talk to me.
"Well, thank you again. Lean and Ange."
When I called out my name again, all my siblings nodded together. [M]
"Well, then, before we leave, let's continue."
Then I went out to the next shopping meeting with satisfaction after seeing Celeste and Ange, who were in good hands.
At the beginning of the walk is a façade familiar with King's Landing, immediately followed by Lian and Angel. And behind it is me and Laocles.
There are two angels.
"... that's right, your expression is so soft."
Yeah, Lian's been talking to Ange for a while now. That face was the face of a boy who was trying to properly treat oniichan even though he was young, and it was also the face of a child who was relieved to finally meet his family.
The point is, Lian's expression was much brighter as he was less alert and hostile.
"... I'm glad."
"Yeah, I'm really glad."
When I speak, they both express a little tension and vigilance, but when they are alone, there is no tension and vigilance, just the appearance of brothers and sisters in harmony. That's what it looks like... two angels unfamiliar with humans.
"More things to draw."
"Does my sister paint too?"
Yeah, of course. Because there's more angels in the corner. Double. Double. The number of angels has doubled, and we have to draw more!
Then we stopped by the confectionery store, stopped by the bakery, and bought tea leaves... all but one of Crowe's treats were done.
Now, the last thing I'm going to do is "the most beautiful thing"... but I can't make Leann and Ange a souvenir to Mr. Crowe. Mm-hmm.
"... well, what's the matter?"
"No, I'm looking for something beautiful... do you know anything?
I was wondering if I should ask the people who lived in King's Landing because it was a corner, but I was wondering if I didn't know what "beautiful things" people said because I was an angel, so I asked Lian.
... and then...
Ange, who seemed to have noticed something, whispered something in Lian's ear.
"Eh... no, but that's not what these people want. That's not what these people are looking for...."
Ah, there seems to have been something in mind.
"Um, could you tell me? Maybe it'll be a hint."
"... hey, I don't think so."
... what the hell is that...?
Still, after being guided, we came to the back street of King's Landing again. The Celeste brothers and sisters are better guides here than Faye. Maybe this back street has always been their playground.
"Um... this way"
Lean tended to guide us and eventually arrived at Celeste's house. Um, I feel rust and rust from the rain leakage and tilt...
"... is there anything at home?
"No, not at home..."
Then Lian turns from the side of the house to the back of the house. It was more like a dump than a very small garden...
Lean headed to the corner of the place and started doing something nasty with Ange.
... I wonder what it is, but when we were watching, Ange finally showed me what he put on his hand with a little smile.
"This."
Pebbles and glass shards were on the small hands. Beautiful colored nuts. It was like that.
"... huh? It's useless, isn't it?
Lian said so uncomfortably and shook her shoulders.
Wow. I miss it. I used to collect stones when I was a kid. It's still in the empty box in the drawer in the room. "
Faye took a piece of glass from Ange's hand and looked through the light of the sun. The sparkling light blue glass shards are incredibly beautiful.
"Thank you for showing me. It's a treasure, isn't it?
As Faye smiled and stroked Angel's head, Angel blushed and hid behind Lian.... these angels are strangers after all.
"If this is a treasure I collected at the corner, I'll take it to the forest. I have a bag."
When I gently handed out the bag, Ange received it with a small voice saying, "Thank you," and turned red again and hid behind Lian. However, it's so cute how you start packing 'treasures' in your bag while you're hiding.
"... will you take the stones and glass shards back to Krah? I might be delighted."
"Yeah, I feel like I'm surprised."
I don't think it's a bad idea to give this kind of "souvenir" to Claire. In fact, the pieces of glass that passed through the sun's light were very beautiful, with clear colors, moist gloss, cracked and sharp cuttings, and glare. Besides, I feel that what Claire is expecting as "the most beautiful thing" is not a luxurious dress or a large jewel.
So we're looking for beautiful stones and glass shards, too?
That might be fun. The one that returns to the child's heart.
... and I don't remember collecting stones when I was little. Pebbles, acorns, pine ponds, etc., when I brought them home, they were thrown away the next morning, so I didn't take them home or collect them.
When I think about it, I feel like I want to try it.
Then, while Lian and Ange wait to get a very small amount of their own belongings out of their house, I look for shards of glass and pebbles that are falling down the back street.
The tube fox was instrumental in this. The tube fox snapped... and immediately split into about 16 small palm-sized foxes, all of which scattered into the backstreets.
While surprised, the tube fox keeps picking up beautiful things and returning. About 32 come together while I find one. [M]
Slipped white round stone. Gradient glass shards from dark wine red to dark green. Fragment of pottery with a vibrant blue pattern hanging on a pure white ground. Acorns. These things gather and pile up one after the other...
"... when did you collect so much?"
And by the time Lian and Ange got out of the house, there was a beautiful little mountain. Next to that, the tube fox that returned to the body was bragging.
Yeah. Wow.
Then I decided to combine the treasure that the tube fox had collected with the one I had collected and pack it in a small bag and take it home. Well, even if I thought a little more about the souvenirs for Mr. Crowe, it was too late to throw away these beautiful, unexpected things.
"Wow... is your fox splitting apart?"
"Yeah, it's the first time I've heard of it."
I didn't think it would split. As I stroked the tube fox with such thoughts, the tube fox bragged and snapped again, and went back to the bamboo tube. Yeah, well done.
"... what was that?
It seems that Lian and Ange were interested in seeing it. From their point of view, I can't help but notice the mysterious fox splitting.
"Um, my Summoner. It's called a tube fox."
When I told him to come out again, the tube fox jumped out... and began to dive into the bottom of Lian's pants.
Hiya
"Oh, I'm sorry. I love the way it's shaped....."
Then the tube fox was in Lean's clothes for a while. Yeah, he still loves the gap.
"... cute"
Ange smiles when she looks at the tube fox while Lian is being thrilled.
"Well, I have friends, too."
And that's what they tell me.
"Friends?
"My treasure is a lot of things your friend gave me."
... I wonder what that "friend" is. Do you think Ange has a tube fox?
"Um, what about your friend?
When I asked, Ange... moved her hands fluffily near the flowers that were blooming in the corner of the garden.
Then, there was a small human figure, with sparkling feathers... a creature named "Fairy" playing with Ange's fingers.
... fairies are playing with angel fingers.
What a fantasy.
"... it's beautiful."
Ange smiled when I called. [M]
"This guy doesn't miss me. I'll bring all the presents to Ange."
Lian, who was looking at it, said so and stuck a fairy on Ange's fingertip. Then the fairy laughed joyfully with the shards and started playing with Lian's fingers. Yeah, it looks like we're getting along.
"Can I touch it?
It's a corner, so when I stretched my fingers to let the fairy touch me... the fairy shrunk like a surprise.
I wonder if it would have been useless for you to touch the boulder face-to-face for the first time. I'm sorry I did that.
... but when I tried to pull my fingers in, the fairy reached out and touched my fingertips.
As soon as possible.
The fairy jumped up on the spot, then looked up at me with her eyes round... and then disappeared.
... eh.
"I wonder if they hate me....."
Didn't you like the feel of your fingertips? Or was it because I did something rude? Hmm, I didn't mean to force you to touch it. Being bewitched by a fairy makes me a little depressed.
"... um..."
But Ange pulled the bottom of my depressed clothes.
"What's wrong?
"Well, this way...."
Ange takes her hand off the hem of my clothes and climbs up to the back of the garden... onto the wall, walking on it and moving on.
"Ah, Ange!? You're going that way!?
Lian's going after it, so I'm going after it.
The road keeps turning and turning. And all of them are cat paths. It's on the wall, on the roof, there's some kind of unclear gap...
... and there was something strange ahead of us.
"Um... flower fields?
I wonder why there are flower fields on the back street of King's Landing. Surrounded by walls, this is the backstreets of King's Landing. It was as if I had cut out the space in the flower fields and forced myself to fit here.
... but I know why Ange brought me here.
There were many fairies in the flowerfield.
And those fairies are staring at me.
... somehow, with that kind of look, admiration, respect, etc.
"She wants me to meet her other friends."
Ange explains that to me, but I don't understand the meaning of the scene in front of me.
I wonder... why do fairies come to me with pleasure or surprise?
"Well, why are they stopping by me?"
The fairy seems to be saying something, but I don't know what the fairy is saying.... but...
"... does it smell like forest? Is that why you're calming down? Do you like it?... well, that's right."
"Ah, that's right...."
Ange seems to understand fairy language. Strange.
... by the way, the scent of the forest? The woods? Does that mean that if you lived in the woods, you'd get stained?
"Oh, no, you were the Spirit of the Forest."
"Ah"
Finished.
Apparently, these fairies were surprised because I was the Spirit of the Forest.
I see. I'm sorry I surprised you.
After that, I was watching the fairies for a while.
The fairy seems to be able to talk to Ange. Ange seems to be having fun.
I wonder if Lian understands fairy language to some extent. The fairy jumped around trying to impress Lian, and from time to time, she jumped on Lian with pleasure in her heart.
"Angels and fairies... an amazing view."
"Um, corn. There's a fairy next to me, huh?
And I'm being followed by fairies.... no, you're reluctant, but the way you play fairy is a lot more mild than it is for Lian and Ange.
It's beautiful.
Still, these fairies are so beautiful.
A dwarf with feathers who thinly shaved the jewels. The grains of light sparkle after being jerked off by angels, stopped by flowers, or jumped.
... if there was a sparkling fluorescent fluorescent during the day, it might look like this. No, if it was flying at night, it would be beautiful. The flower fields under the blue sky are also suitable, but for example, the bamboo forest under the moonlight is also suitable.
"... I want to draw it."
"... hey. Are you going to take the fairies home?
I don't think so. Even though it's beautiful, I think Claire would be delighted.
Um, fairies.
First of all, I try to call out to the fairies.
Then the fairies immediately stopped moving and corrected their posture. Umm, um... okay.
"Who wants to live in the woods?
As soon as I heard, a fairy arrived around me. [M]
... um.
In the meantime, you did it...
"... Mr. Crowe, I wonder if you'll like my souvenir."
"I don't suppose Crowe thought it would be a souvenir for a large number of fairies to migrate to the woods..."
"Souvenirs? Are these fairies souvenirs?
"Um... migrants, souvenirs"
... so we left King's Landing behind.
Put Lian on Faye's Red Dragon and Ange on Laocles' Alicorn. And while I was grabbed by the phoenix, I was flying carrying a bag of fairies. [M] At first glance, it was a kidnapping, but it was properly bagged under an agreement. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to carry them with a small body.
"Still, your woods are getting more and more amazing..."
Yes. From now on, it will be a forest of fairies. I'm looking forward to it. I want to draw it quickly. I want to show it to Claire, too.
While I was excited, I enjoyed watching the redgard collar approach. [M]