MaruMA:DramaCD55:Track16
16. At that time, in Shin Makoku[edit]
-- At the Blood Pledge Castle --
FX: * knock on the door* *the door opens*
Greta: Anissina!
Gwendal: ... !
Greta: Eh?
Gwendal: Greta....! *Anissina pushes him away* Ahh!
Anissina: Oh! What is it?
Greta: Say, why were you two so close like that?
Gwendal: W..w..w..w.w.we we're in the middle of an experiment...
Greta: Ah, could it be that you were in the middle of doing that thing that Beatrice's father and mother do so often, a love-making experiment?
Gwendal: AH! No! Something like that...
Anissina: If you were going to cry so much, you should have told me you couldn't do it from the start!
Greta: What happened to Gwendal?
Anissina: Regarding that matter with Seisakoku, I was thinking about gathering accurate information about it. That's why, to have a chance to take a good look at Seisakoku, I was going to open a hole in Lord Von Voltaire's skull and TA-DAH-DA-DA-TATA! the ultra-compact ma-powered surveillance equipment "Honest Mary"! But when I was going to stick it into his skull, he got so scared he started crying.
Gwendal: Before talking about whether I was afraid or not, there is a medical ethical problem here, don't you think?!
Anissina: Ethics? HAH! Do you think ethics come before Ma-power devices?... Oh my, Greta.... what is that luggage you're carrying?
Greta: Ah! You see... it's this!
FX: *she drops a bunch of bones on the floor*
Gwendal: What is this? Are these kotsuhizoku bones?
Anissina: The left over bones that have already been effectively used, end up turning into toys for children, right? [1]
Greta: You know, I heard a Kohi's soul scream coming from this bone.
Gwendal: What did you say?
Greta: I received some bone-statics... like this. If I put the bones to my ear, I can hear it!
Gwendal: What did your "received" and from where?
Anissina: Greta, what is it that you hear?
Greta: Uhm.. let's see... *static* Uhm... "Test, test, test,test" Uhm.. "That country has been isolated for a long time but the grave of that country's king is full of treasures." *static* "Ah... but then the grave won't be able to contain it" *static* "That's right, the one who is the happiest about this is "that thing". The amazing box that blows fire."
Anissina: A box that blows fire?
Gwendal: It can't be... the "Inferno of the Frozen Land" [2], can it? Is that thing in Seisakoku!?
Greta: Eww! Gwen, don't spit! It's dirty.
Gwendal: Ah, I'm sorry! But this is something very serious! If that Forbidden Box is really buried in a grave in Seisakoku... AHHH!!
Anissina: Calm down. What is the problem if there's a simple box or two with treasures in a grave?
Gwendal: It is not just a box! It is a forbidden box where the soushus[3] were sealed! And if we trust the current information, someone who could possibly be the key is close to that box, and knowing this, you want me to stay calm?!
Anissina: Don't be stupid. And who is this owner of the key? We still don't know exactly who that is, right?
Gwendal: We don't know, you say?! Lord Weller's left arm is the key to "The End of Wind". According to Gegenhuber's information, the key to "The End of the Land" is the left eye of a relative of a certain bloodline. And because his blood is so close to that of such person, his left eye was completely burned!
Greta: Then, Gwen's left eye is the key of "The End of the Land"?
Anissina: Don't say that Greta. There's still no proof of that.
Gwendal: No, it's fine. Even without proof I know that's the truth. And... the Bielefelds have been a noble family since the founding of Shin Makoku.
Anissina: I see... so that means that out of the two remaining boxes, "Mirror's Depth" and "Inferno of the Frozen Land", the chances of Wolfram being the key to one of them is very high.
FX: *Gwendal punches the desk*
Gwendal: CRAP... WHY IS IT...?! Why is it that every time that he acts on his own, it almost always backfires!
Greta: Gwen, don't hit the desk! Don't get angry!
Anissina: Please stop. You're scaring Greta.
Gwendal: Anissina...
Anissina: I understand that you're concerned about your little brother but, that's usually how it goes. Even though he tries his best and puts a lot of effort into it, he's someone whose plans always backfire, one after another. He's a man, who was born under that type of star.
Greta: Wolfram is the Prince from the Stars[4]?
Anissina: He might be. He might be a prince, but he's not a king. Yet that doesn't mean he's unfortunate. Because even though when he's all by himself he is not blessed with a chance for victory, when his ideal partner is around, and if he stands by that person's side, all of his innate strength comes out.
Greta: And.... who is that?
Anissina: Shhhh.... It is best if only he himself knows who that person is.
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References[edit]
- ↑ In the novels it is explained that kotsuhizoku and kotsuchizoku "shed" old bones and are completely reborn as new skeletons. It is also mentioned that no one clearly understands their nature. In any case, the old bones are used as toys for children, who try to form skeletons putting them together from all the different parts they have. Most children (not all of them) get tired of the game eventually and try to do other things with the bones. This is seen as the end of childhood for kids. And that's what was happening to Greta when she started "hearing" things.
- ↑ The box of fire Toudo no gouka (凍土の劫火). Toudo: frozen land, gouka: world-destroying blaze.
- ↑ Instead of talking about ONE soushu, the "creator" Gwendal talks about MANY soushu, creators. So apparently there's more than one soushu.
- ↑ She uses the title of the book "The Little Prince" which in Japanese is "The Prince from the Stars".
