Hakushaku to Yousei - Volume 13 - Chapter 6

Chapter 6 ♦ The Blue Knight and the Red Knight

“Lydia, hang in there!”
A voice came.
Edgar?
Have you recognised me?
Lydia desperately wanted to open her eyes. She tried open her heavy eyelids, not wanting to miss the slight sensation of light.
There was a hazy figure of a person gazing at her.
It wasn’t Edgar, but a girl.
“...Lota...?”
“Lydia! Thank goodness, you’re still alive.”
Lota hugged Lydia. As her blurry vision was gradually able to see her surroundings, she found herself in a cave with rocks all around.
There wasn’t a trace of a river anywhere, but Lydia’s whole body was drenched.
“Why am I here…?”
“The giant used magic. Seeing you washed up here with the water frightened me.”
It’s the Trow. Lydia turned.
Fergus, who was behind Lota, looked at her worriedly. At that moment, she suddenly felt a shadow overhead, and once she looked up, she found a tall bearded man.
It seemed that the giant was using the Moonstone ring to pull Lydia back here.
Edgar was still unable to discover her in the end, and so the two were separated. Lydia thought this, and resisted the feeling of wanting to cry.
She felt as though Edgar yelled her name. If the feeling of his kiss was an illusion, then only Lydia, who mumbled goodbye at the end, was ready to push this reality onto herself.
“Lota, I’m sorry, I wasn’t able to bring reinforcements.”
“It doesn’t matter, in any case, there’s no way for Edgar to deal with the giant.”
But being brought back by the giant like this, even I can’t deal with the giant.
As Lydia hung her head, the giant’s voice came from above.
“This is indeed your ring, therefore you are our clan’s bride.”
The giant held the Moonstone ring for Lydia to see. She held out her hand, and the giant quickly took the ring back.
“Before entering our country, this will be safeguarded by me.”
This was in order to not let Lydia escape.
After the giant finished speaking, he turned his body away. Because her dress was drenched, Lydia felt cold, and softly sneezed.
“Hey, think of something, Lydia will catch a cold like this. If anything happens to her, you guys will also be very troubled.”
Lota’s words made the giant turn his head and glance. After a slight nod, he waved his wooden staff.
Initially, Lydia’s whole body was soaked, but now not only her clothes, but the water drops in her hair had also dried instantly.
“Ah, that really is a handy tool.”
Fergus mumbled.
When the giant used his wooden staff to touch the rock wall, a pitch-black hole appeared on the wall. From that hole, he left. Lydia stole a glance at the cave, quickly determining that if she remained here, then she wouldn’t have the opportunity to escape.
“Trow, wait a minute.”
While she called the giant, she thought of what should be said.
“Umm, I have only heard rumors, but the giants truly are very powerful magicians.”
At any rate, she first grinned.
Most fairies had a very strong ego. In order to try and please them, and to avoid letting them do evil things, since ancient times, humans addressed fairies as “good people” or “the gentry”.
Even if they were a giant, as long as one praised them, there absolutely wouldn’t be evil deeds.
Just as expected, the giant responded back with, “of course”, and stopped its footsteps, seemingly waiting for more praise.
“Mr. Trow, I just happened to fall into the river a moment ago. Had it not been your use of magic to bring me back, I would’ve certainly drowned, therefore, I am very grateful to you.”
The giant nodded with satisfaction.
I must make him trust me.
While Lydia thought, she put out her hands for a handshake with a cute posture.
“Being able to become the bride of the giants, I really feel honored.”
Surely even Lota felt uneasy, and poked Lydia.
“What are you saying?” Lota whispered.
It’s all right, Lydia seemed to be saying through a gesture. She side-waved her hand to stop Lota as she turned to face the giant.
“Oh great Mr. Trow, can you let me see more of your powerful magic again? Certainly, you can do something to make humans gasp in amazement, right?”
“I can do anything. ”
“For example, can you transform into a bean?”
Although it was a very traditional bargain, Lydia could only think of this.
“Bean?”
“Ah, umm… I wonder…. is it impossible? Even if it was Mr. Trow, having such a large body turning into a very small bean is very difficult isn’t it?”
Lydia didn’t know whether or not the giant would sense her attempt and lose his temper. While she was afraid she stiffly smiled and gradually moved back.
Lota also probably knew what Lydia was worried of, and she held her breath, watching quietly from the side.
“Didn’t I say that I could do anything?”
The giant waved the wooden staff, and the tall figure disappeared instantly. A pea fell from the area where he originally stood.
“Hey, Fergus, now is the time to eat it!”
Lota lowered her voice and commanded Fergus, and he gazed at her with an astonished face.
“M-me? I don’t want to, how could I eat the giant?”
“That’s a bean, legends say that if you eat it, you’ll be able to have a happy ending.”
“I said I don’t want to, so why don’t you go and eat it?”
Fergus’ retort made her not know what ought to be said, and it seemed that she certainly didn’t want to eat it.
“What do you think? Are you guys astonished?”
A proud voice came from the bean.
Lydia felt a burst of anxiety.
“Y-yes, it’s truly astonishing, how amazing.”
Lota was still behind Lydia, and quietly answered back.
“Are you considered a man like this? By not eating it now and not showing Lydia your strong points, you won’t be able to beat Edgar!”
“If I have an upset stomach and die because I ate that, what are you going to do? There aren’t any damn chances of winning either!”
“What are you guys whispering about?”
“We weren’t, everyone was very impressed!”
Despite Lota and Fergus promptly shutting their mouths, confronting a bean who simultaneously spoke and subtly moved, let alone saying to eat it, even coming near required courage.
“But, Mr. Giant, beans won’t speak nor move. If you can resemble a real bean, then no matter what happens, you’d be motionless and quiet, and we would be even be more impressed!”
Lydia tried to persuade him like this.
“So that’s it.” After the bean mumbled this, there was no more movement.
Lydia softly walked over and picked up the bean; there was completely no difference between that and a genuine bean.
“Lydia, don’t do this, tell Fergus to eat it. We’re facing this kind of matter because of this guy.”
Fergus was ruthlessly pushed over by Lota, but he appeared to be resisting all along.
Lydia herself didn’t want to eat it.
But she also didn’t know how long the giant will maintain this state.
She looked around, then her eyes stopped at a small crack in the rock wall.
Lydia threw the bean in and hastily picked up the giant’s wooden staff afterwards.
“At any rate, let’s escape quickly.”
“If we do this, that guy can’t budge?”
“I don’t know, perhaps we’ll only win a little more time.”
After she used the front of the wooden staff to tap the rock wall, an entrance opened.
From there, the three ran out of the cave.
After they arrived outside, vast plains were before them, while an immense rock towered behind them. They knew that what they just escaped from was shut in this rock.
After that, they ran together. On the other side of the plains, a forest could vaguely be seen. They instinctively headed towards the forest in order to hide.
As soon as they reached the entrance of the forest, they all heard a loud sound, and the ground began to shake.
Frightened, they look back and saw what looked like the dust of a volcanic eruption coming out incessantly from the nearby rocks that they were concealed in.
“Was it that giant guy who destroyed the rock, and came out from that small crack…?”
Fergus muttered while shivering.
“Luckily, you didn’t eat it.”
He answered with an annoyed look to Lota, who spoke these words frankly.
“The wooden staff is calling the giant.”
Lydia felt the wooden staff in her hand produce a gloomy moan. That way, the giant would know of their whereabouts.
While Lydia fled into the forest, she searched for the mountain-ash tree.
After finding it at long last, she laid the wooden staff beside the tree trunk.
The wooden staff no longer groaned. This was because the mountain-ash tree possessed formidable exorcism powers.
“That way, the giant will have to spend a little bit of time to be able to find the wooden staff.”
“But Lydia, if that guy obtains the wooden staff, he would use the Moonstone ring to bring you back again, right?”
That was quite so. But if things went smoothly, Lota and Fergus will be able to return to the human world.
“Speaking of that, what happened to Nico and Raven?”
“Ohh, those two escaped first, they said they were going to get help, then they left me.”
If Raven and Nico were together, then he should have returned to the human world by now. But she couldn’t expect anyone coming to save her.
Since Nico could not lead anyone else besides Lydia into the fairy world.
But. She tried to think positively. Edgar had the cooperation of Patrick. Perhaps Patrick could do something as a fairy doctor.
Besides, if Edgar came to save Lydia, then with regards to Lydia, the bond would be stronger compared to that of the Moonstone, and she would not be kidnapped by the giant.
She wanted to see Edgar. Lydia simply thought so. Not using Liz’s identity, but rather properly using the identity of Lydia to see him.
Using the identity as his fiancée, his lover to see him.
Perhaps she would never see him again. Lydia, whose mind was filled with this idea, as she single-mindedly longed for Edgar, completely forgetting about the pain.
“Well, we should try to go a little further.”
After leaving the rowan tree, the three ran into the middle of the forest once again.
 
*
 
After Edgar prepared his outfit, he met with Patrick in the small reception room of the mansion.
Patrick was probably woken up roughly by Raven and brought over from the hotel. Only his head with messy hair was seen, no necktie, and his coat just seemed to be barely put on.
He clearly showed an unpleasant expression, and felt quite unhappy about this.
“Earl, please forgive me for this kind of disrespectful attire to come and see you, after all, I did not have the time to prepare my appearance.”
Although he threw out sarcastic words once he opened his mouth, Edgar still sat in his chair smiling.
“Don’t mind it, I had something that I needed to find you for, I don’t intend talk about your clothes at all.”
“You fainted just yesterday, but your condition seems quite well.”
“Actually it’s not, so I don’t intend for small chat. Next, getting straight to the point, I have several things that I want to ask you.”
“May I sit down?”
After Edgar waved as an indicator, Patrick sat down in the chair in front of him.
“Before I ask questions, I must first clearly state that Lydia was able to be kidnapped, and that the responsibility is clearly on you guys. Not only did you guys want to make Miss Carlton, who already severed relations with the McKeel clan, return to the clan for your own benefit, you also made the giant, whom you’re familiar with, know of this matter, which would have brought about the current situation.”
Even if it truly was Ulysses’ organization who revealed Lydia’s existence for the giants to know, Edgar still wanted to blame Patrick, otherwise he would be unable to calm his mood.  
“In order to bring her back, I’ll have you guys take the most appropriate and best measures. If you guys still plan on having the chance to make Lydia the Prophet’s fiancee afterwards, then you had best abandon that kind of thought now, understand?”
Patrick neither said yes or no.
“Do you not intend to chat?”
“This is a very important matter. From now on, you should best remember how angry I am, otherwise you won’t be able to set foot in the Highlands again.”
Edgar didn’t need his reply at all. Besides, Patrick at the moment should not intend to resist him. For Edgar, there was a very important point, that is, he wanted Patrick to put up with him rather than aiding him.
Because he couldn’t owe this guy favors.
“In that case, I’ll ask you first. Is there a way to bring Lydia back from the giant’s hands?”
“There isn’t.”
“It’s not completely impossible, right?”
“The sun giants are those who won’t die.”
“They absolutely won’t die?”
Edgar and Patrick glared at each other for a while and finally Patrick conceded and said:
“There is only one legend as an exception, as the giants were also called the gods of ancient times, some philosopher said: ‘the sun giants absolutely won’t die, apart from being engulfed by the sea three times.”
“The sea engulfing the sun...doesn’t that refer to the sunset?”
Patrick nodded cautiously.
“Before, people believed that the so-called eternal daytime phenomenon was due to the giants carrying the sun, not letting it fall. Although this is only a legend, their magic is indeed related to the movement of the sun. Generally speaking, giants will turn into stone when shone on by the sunlight for the most part, but the giants will really avoid sunset, because their magic becomes weak.”
“In that case, if that opportunity is seized, then Lydia can be brought back.”
Patrick firmly shook his head, admonishing Edgar from urgently issuing a verdict.
“Their magic will only weaken a little regardless. On our island, the sun will set the same during the summer solstice, where daytime is the longest, but the giants won’t die. The important point of the interpretation of that sentence should be the words “three times”, but we’re not clear about the legend’s meaning, and we’re also unsure of what the giants could actually die from.”
Be that as it may, this also meant that it really wasn’t completely impossible to overthrow the giants. For Edgar, this was a thread of hope, but it was Patrick who allowed Edgar to hit a snag.
“Earl, the majority of fairies won’t die. Even if their form disappears, they will appear again somewhere like a cloud, with raindrops descending. For fairies, on the other hand, dying is having the magic to maintain their form being snatched away, could you do this?”
“Then what about you?”
Edgar asked in reply.
“Aren’t you a fairy doctor? You have proficient fairy magic abilities.”
How could I possibly do it...! Not only did he whisper in surprise, he also frowned, seemingly expressing that he was asked about an unpleasant matter.
“I only have the power that the seelie court shared with me. If I truly had the kind of power that could kill the unseelie court, then that is the ability of an unseelie.”
Was Lydia also like this?
She was a kind-hearted fairy doctor. Because of this, she became Edgar’s ray of hope.  However, Edgar had already become utterly filthy, because he inherited the Prince’s cursed core.
At the same time, the Prince was also the master of Ulysses, who controlled the unseelie court.
If Edgar was likely to become that kind of person, would Lydia loathe him like Patrick, who was before his eyes?
“Seelie court hold good intentions for mankind, occasionally also giving a portion of their unimaginable strength to humans, but it’s difficult for humans to go and access unseelie court magic. Not to mention, there has never been a person who obtained their magic, as humans are probably unable to bear those kinds of awful things. ”
Patrick simply didn’t know that humans can sometimes become something even more terrifying than unseelie court and demons. Edgar believed so.
He himself was likely to be that sort of human.
On the verge of death, the Prince said that Edgar would one day take the initiative to wish for the Prince’s status.
This was impossible. Edgar had already decided that no matter what would happen in the future, he needed to use the status of the Blue Knight Earl to survive.
On the other hand, he also pondered that if it was in order to save Lydia, he could even abandon the Blue Knight Earl’s name.
Could it be that Ulysses’s aim was......
If he began from this point, in order to make Edgar become the “Prince”......
Edgar used his feverish head that was yet to be reduced, to unwillingly reflect upon the matter, but he would feel dizzy if he tried.
“......First, putting aside the issue of whether or not humans are able to accept it, I’m asking you, is there a way to do it?”
Despite this, Edgar still tried to orient the discussion towards the core of the subject.
“What things?”
“A way to obtain unseelie court magic. ”
Patrick revealed a bitter laugh, a laugh at Edgar’s ignorance.
The fairy world was not simple enough to let one, who had Blue Knight Earl’s name in vain, and lacked the ability to communicate with fairies, rely on their interests to enter.
“Do you want to taste fairy flesh? However, they don’t have a physical body, so the correct wording should be fairy essence. It is said that one could rely on this method to ingest a fairy’s magic, but I do not know if it’s really false.”
At this time, a scene flashed through Edgar’s mind.
Some kind of substance very much like a worm wriggled in the middle of a furnace. In addition, the black bodily fluid was slowly dripping down from the rising smoke. It was similar to carrying out an alchemy experiment in a marvelous facility. Was it the Prince’s memories that made him have nightmares?
As he thought of this moment, he suddenly sensed a rotten odor that depressed his chest. The faint scent gave him cold sweats, even having the sense of complete paralysis.
This was Prince’s memories, the first disaster that the Prince of Calamity experienced. This was nothing more than a matter happening on someone else.
But the substance of the memory taught Edgar nevertheless. It forced Edgar to use the senses of his whole body to understand and to experience it again for himself. This was all for the purposes of making the new body recall that ominous memory.
“Lord Edgar. ”
Raven, who originally stood silently in a corner of the room, noticed that there was something odd about Edgar, thus he called out.
The feeling of nausea, chills and dizziness attacked Edgar in one breath, and he was unable to make a sound.
 
 
 
(My lord, do you wish to be associated with an unseelie court?)
He heard Arrow’s voice.
(If you wish for it in this way, even if it’s a mere bad thing, I won’t be able to disperse them.)

Although his whole body was very tired, and even his eyes couldn’t open, amazingly, his mind was completely awake.
Edgar wasn’t asleep at all, but he could clearly hear Arrow’s voice.
(The foreign matter inside your body may tell you the things that you want to know, but the more you know, the more your memories will bit by bit mix together with another person’s.)
As Arrow had said, Edgar fully knew himself that the way to understand unseelie court magic was in his own body; that is, within the Prince’s memories.
Patrick said that if one ate the flesh of a fairy, then one could learn their magic, and Prince probably did this.
They ought to have been in that area similar to a laboratory, extracting fairy essence and having the Prince drink it.
He thus became the Prince of Calamity -- as a human being who was able to manipulate the unseelie court.
However, Edgar only knew the things they had done and did not obtain the ability to manipulate fairy magic.
If one wished to obtain that kind of ability, it must have been after the memory of Prince drinking the horrible fairy essence that was extracted.
But as long as he understood unseelie court magic, then could this open the possibility of having Lydia rescued?
If that were the case, he won’t reject becoming aware of the memory’s contents.
Lydia was already hurt. He didn’t want to let her have anymore painful memories.
It was entirely him who put forward unreasonable demands on Lydia, making her cry, however she didn’t hesitate to use changeling magic and return to the human world. This was because Edgar hoped that she would stay by his side.
Even if Edgar suspected that she was Ulysses’s subordinate, she wanted to believe in Edgar until the last moment.
So, Edgar couldn’t give up.
“Arrow, can you leave for the time being?”
Ulysses wanted to let Edgar fight with the giant; in that case, the method to overthrow the giant was certainly inside of Edgar.
The Prince’s memories within his body must know the way.
(My lord, you really are very reckless.)
Arrow, who was shocked, disappeared like that.
Edgar shut his eyes, and felt a heavy drowsiness pulling at him. At the same time, he set a firm resolve in his heart.
If someone wanted to use him, then he will in turn, use them.
Edgar may go and slightly approach the Prince in accordance with Ulysses’ scheme, but Ulysses does not fully understand him.
Ulysses also doesn’t know how strong he will become for Lydia.
As long as he had Lydia by his side, even if Edgar have in contact with the Prince’s memories, he would be absolutely be able to preserve himself.
I will prove it for you guys to see.
 
 
 
 
Fairy essence was poured into the newborn infant’s mouth.
The infant that was still unable to comprehend the other things of the world, understood the secrets of the unseelie court first.
It was not something it could comprehend through reasoning, rather it is a feeling as if controlling its limbs required no thought.
Edgar did not drink the essence, so he only knew the things that Prince understood.
He understood what he knew in the end, merely gazing at the dream’s follow-up.
Not knowing when, fairies with grotesque forms surrounded Edgar. He instinctively felt fear towards the group of dreadful existences, thus he drew back.
Two hooded crows fluttered over his head and squawked while fairies with a monstrous appearance kneeled at the same time before him.
“Your Highness.”
Was the hooded crow using the honorific addressing the Prince to call him?
“Provided that you become the King, are you willing to achieve my awaited wish?“
“Supposing that you’re willing to promise, I will stay by your side when the chance arises.”
Was Prince exchanging promises with them? In order to ascend to the British throne and obtain the fairies’ strength, he accepted the unseelie court’s request?
Edgar was silent, thus the fairies approached him step by step, seemingly urging him to reply, reducing the surrounding circle.
He felt that he wanted to know what would happen next. As long as he knew everything about Prince, wouldn’t the fight become much simpler?
The giant’s matter was the same; the things that Ulysses knows, the Prince also must know.
Thus, he already knew what Prince planned to do in the human world, yet he still didn’t grasp the connection between him and the fairies, what was happening in the fairy world, as well as what might happen afterwards.
When this idea instantly appeared within his mind, a blue light flashed across the sky.
The hooded crows let out a blood-curdling screech and quickly backed away.
A sword, flashing a pale blue light, appeared in front of Edgar, piercing perfectly straight into the ground like a cross.
(You should have already obtained the matter that you wanted to know, assimilating with any more memories is very dangerous.)
“......Arrow.”
(Accessing that memory will not only let you know of its contents, it will also become a part of your body.)
Edgar held the sword.
He felt the sword’s magic seemingly combine with himself, and he had this feeling for the first time.
However, existing in Edgar’s body was unseelie court magic.
The sword, as if echoing that magic, appeared to slowly change the color of its light.
The sapphire transformed into a ruby.
He waved the sword before thinking, and used the pointed edge to slice the fairies before him into two halves.
After the fairies with grotesque appearances scattered, Edgar saw that there was a person’s figure at the other end.
They held a sword imbedded with a bright star ruby, gazing at him with astonishment.
Edgar was also shocked, because that was him.
This was the same with the dream which he didn’t know when it happened. Two people were standing opposite of each other, holding the sword with the ruby and sapphire, respectively.  Regardless of which, both were Edgar.
Which one is the real me? While Edgar still didn’t know, he felt both swords were about to slice down towards him at the same time, thus he spoke out to stop them.
(Please be careful, that is the power sealed within the Merrow’s sword.)
By the time Edgar noticed, he was already left alone in the darkness.
(What the sword originally held was seelie court magic, but you still aren’t able to use this magic, so you’ll be able to manipulate unseelie court powers. Even I can’t do anything to predict how the future will develop.)
He only heard Arrow’s voice.
“When the sapphire emits a red light, this sword can then kill fairies, correct?”
(This power that can kill such beings named fairies, whether it’s an unseelie or a seelie fairy, it doesn’t matter. Thus, this sword originally was dreaded by the fairies. The first Earl, that is, a person called the Blue Knight Earl, due to swearing loyalty to the British king, he was able to use the sword to pacify the situation that created threat in his own territory. The British king handed over the sword to the Earl, and safeguarded his territory together with his status as a retainer.)
“After the Blue Knight Earl obtained the sword, was it in order to seal the fairies’ power?”
(The Blue Knight Earl, by means of taking the star, that is; taking my engraved sapphire, he made the sword only belong to him. The Blue Knight Earl did not possess unseelie court magic, but as long as he did this, the red-powered sword originally wouldn’t awaken.)
However, as the sword’s master, Edgar knew the unseelie court’s strength, and besides, he really wasn’t the Blue Knight Earl even though he obtained the sword, so it’s no wonder that Arrow had difficulty predicting future developments.
“You used the sword’s strength to disperse the fairies, what’s the difference between this and the sword’s red power?”
(I am the same as Little Bow, as I can only purify the unseelie court magic. Purification is balance magic, letting it return to its natural condition, not killing the fairy at all. However, the ruby concealed within the sword will completely absorb any fairies that are killed, making them perish from this world, unable to return again.)
“...What about the sun giant? If the sword’s seal was undone, then there’s a way to kill the giant?”
(It’s best you don’t lift the seal. If it’s undone, then nobody can seal it again.)
Was he going to bury himself one day in the future? Like that sort of dream that he recently had.
“Is there a way?”
In spite of this, Edgar still asked.
Arrow paused and did not answer.
(If you do not understand the legend’s underlying meaning, then you’ll be unable to kill the giant.)
Perhaps Arrow thought that he was unable to converse with this kind of master. His breath escaped as if it disappeared all of a sudden. Edgar also woke up from his sleep and opened his eyes.
 
 
 
“Lord Edgar. ”
Raven watched Edgar intently. Although his expression was equally calm, he was certainly quite worried.
Edgar slept on the parlor’s sofa. He didn’t seem to have lost consciousness for a long time.
“Ah...Raven, did I faint?”
“Yes.”
“What about Patrick?”
“He’s waiting in the other room, do I need to ask him to come again another day?”
“No, no need.”
Edgar sat up and looked at his hands.
Apparently nothing had changed, he also felt that it merely seemed like a dream, but as he thought of the sword’s matter, he turned. Not knowing when, he saw that the sword was placed beside him.
Originally, it should have been in the bedroom.
Although it was the sword’s hidden power, did Edgar already acquire a way to manipulate its magic?
He extended his hand to pick up the sword.
In his dream, he sensed a feeling of him and the sword becoming one, but that kind of feeling didn’t appear now, and the the sapphire stone’s color also did not indicate a change.
Was the seal not so simple to undo?
Even if merely obtaining unseelie court power couldn’t be accomplished; or, as long as the enemy that he wanted to kill appeared before him, would he know what to do?
“Raven, I...... uncovered the Prince’s memories.”
Edgar spoke to him, while using his finger to stroke the sword placed by his knee.
“Only a little, really only a little...... I wanted the power to be able to rescue Lydia. I think that if this is Ulysses’ plan, then accessing Prince’s memories is the only way to beat the giant.”
Raven stood motionless as he listened.
“However, this had absolutely breached a taboo against my initial determination, as I took the initiative to access those memories. I originally believed that I wouldn’t change, but now, perhaps I’m not at all alike with the me from before.  ”
Although he believed that he only changed a little, would there be a day where he will be dominated by the Prince? Perhaps Ulysses’s purpose was this point.
“Raven, you’re surely able to understand whether or not I’m beyond from my own mentality. If I am no longer myself, then you will have to dispose of me...... Afterwards, I want you to protect Lydia.”
Raven, after thinking for a moment, finally opened his mouth and said:
“No, Lord Edgar, the person who must protect Miss Lydia is you. Are you able to hand this matter over to other people?”
Once he thought that this was of course, the only logical reason, he then felt that he didn’t find himself to be quite funny.
“Ahh, I can’t do that, can I?”
As long as Edgar thought this way, he would still be himself. As long as he was able to see someone more important than himself, more important than anything else, he would be able to remain himself.
Raven’s words made him relax a little. With that being the case, now Edgar hadn’t changed.
“Bring Patrick here.”
After watching Raven leave the parlor, Edgar gazed at the Merrow’s glittering star sapphire.
The scarlet ruby was concealed within the star sapphire. Once the ruby awakens, Edgar would no longer be able to seal it, it was said that unseelie court bringing about changes in the sword was a bad sign for the Earl.
However, this was the sword’s original power, so this power also belonged to all of the Earl’s family. Despite the unseelie magic being a taboo kind of power, wasn’t this a power entrusted to the Blue Knight Earl?
Or rather, couldn’t Edgar use the name of the Blue Knight Earl to draw out this power?
As the Blue Knight Earl, who lacked the sapphire’s power, would this be prohibited?
The sound of knocking at the door made Edgar look up.
Patrick was led into the parlor by Raven again, and Edgar stopped thinking. Then, he picked up the Merrow’s sword and stood up.
“Patrick, you are an outstanding fairy doctor, correct? I want you to take me to the fairy world where the giants are now, can you manage that?”
“Now? Earl, you fainted just a moment ago.”
The black-haired man’s reason for asking wasn’t because he was worried about Edgar’s condition, rather he was unwilling to aid in this obviously reckless action.
“Rather than worrying about me, you should worry about whether or not you’ll become bedridden. Didn’t I tell you? I am very angry at you guys.”
“If you want to make enemies with the giants, I would rather stay in bed on your behalf as a matter of fact.”
He was also full of humor, but Edgar couldn’t give up on the idea.
“Regardless of whether or not you want to stay in bed, allowing your clan to disappear isn’t your real intention, right? Ahh yes, I am indeed just a brat who has the Blue Knight Earl’s name in vain, but the title of the Earl of England is genuine, even if I’m unable to use magic, I am very aware on how to use authority.”
“You want to threaten a person whose position is weak?”
“This has nothing to do with the position of being strong or weak. I will stop at nothing to deal with people who want to take what’s important to me, even if it’s your prophet who wants to put a hand on Lydia, then I’ll make him sleep forever, that’s all.”
Patrick bit his lip,  but this was his last act of resistance.
“The preparations are complete.”
For some reason, Raven was carrying Nico under his arm.
“Eh? What’s going on? Do I also have to go?”
Nico was holding a teacup, his face in a state of confusion, as if he were leisurely drinking tea when he was suddenly brought over by Raven.
“For Mr. Nico, Miss Lydia is the second most important person next to himself, therefore you should also be worried and restless, so leave it to me to bring you over.”
“Whaaat! No, but since the Earl wants to go, then I won’t......”
“From here on, there’s no way to enter the fairy world, so please travel a little further, Earl. ”
Nico spoke half his sentence, then was interrupted by a disgruntled Patrick, thus he had no choice but to be held by Raven and journey together.
 
*
 
Kelpie used his dark horse appearance to gallop across the white beach.
He was looking everywhere for Lydia, who should have been brought back to the fairy world by the giants, but he still couldn’t find her. Running alone wasn’t the answer, therefore he arrived at the seashore, running quickly while calling out to the sea.
“Hey Selkie clan, I want to ask you something!”
However, there wasn’t any response heard among the waves.
That was to be expected of course. Not only Selkies, regardless of which fairy race it was, they were afraid of being eaten, therefore they generally would not approach Kelpie.
Even if he were to dive into the sea, the Selkies would hide.
There was only one selkie, who wouldn’t care at all about coming into contact with Kelpie, and was only human not too long ago.
“Dammit! Where is that woman?”
She should be monitoring the giant’s every move, so she would know of Lydia’s whereabouts.
“Ermine, come out!”
Kelpie called out loudly as he stood in front of the cape.
After he called out several times, he felt that someone was standing behind him.
“Don’t call me so casually, Ulysses doesn’t know that I still have contact with you.”
Kelpie turned his head, seeing her stand at a somewhat distant area. Although she didn’t mind appearing in front of Kelpie, she wouldn’t come too close.
This Selkie was unable to change into the appearance of a seal, always appearing in men’s clothes from when she was alive, or human.
“That Ulysses guy is in the human world, he won’t be able to hear anyway.”
“I do not know if his demon dog subordinates are somewhere eavesdropping.”
Kelpie’s mane trembled, paying complete attention to his surroundings.
“There’s no smell of demon dogs.”
However, Ermine still had both hands on her hips as she stared at Kelpie.
Although she had much more changes in expression compared to her brother, Kelpie had never seen her smile, which he felt was very mysterious.
Her angry expression was quite perfect, possessing both an aggressive and very beautiful appearance was very rare in Selkies. However, Kelpie thought that since she used to be a human woman, she should be able to smile.
Even if this woman wasn’t Lydia, as long as Lydia exposed that kind of smile, it made Kelpie more content compared to eating people. Although in comparison, this interested Kelpie considerably, because he was completely unaware of what circumstances made humans smile, it couldn’t be helped.
“Well, I’ll be careful. I remember that you’re under someone’s command of forcing to obey Ulysses.”
Ermine never voiced a confirmation or denial to this matter, and now she had the expression of not having heard it.
“What did you want to see me for?”
“Lydia was brought back by the giant. This is all because of the Earl family’s engagement ring being kidnapped by the giant, and just when she was nearly able to return to the human world...... Do you know where she is?”
“If it’s the giant’s whereabouts, then it’s within the rocky region over the two hills. But a moment ago, there was a very great sound and I saw dust.”
“What did you say? Then how is Lydia?”
“I don’t know, I was just about to go and investigate.”
Kelpie intended to dash toward the hills.
“Wait a minute, Lord Edgar seems to have entered this world. No matter what, only he can bring Miss Lydia back, do you understand?”
If the engagement ring is still in the giant’s hands, then the circumstances would be like this. Because compared with the link between the ring and Lydia, the bond between her and her fiancé was certainly stronger. Therefore, if Edgar came here, he could bring Lydia back.
“But even if the Earl and the giants are enemies, then he can only be killed.”
“It’ll be the same if you go.”
She spoke this point bluntly like Lydia. Although he was displeased, Kelpie grinned.
“If the Earl was killed, the engagement ring would lose its significance, and maybe the giants won’t be able to bind Lydia.”
Although Ermine changed her facial expression, she still resolutely replied:
“You wouldn’t want to make Miss Lydia sad.”
“So what then, you have a way to save Lydia and the Earl at the same time?”
“No, at present I can only wait and see.”
Wanting to marry the Earl, it would turn out like this. Kelpie thought of Lydia, then had a burst of anxiety.
Even Lydia’s clan’s problem that was occurring was taken advantage of by Ulysses.
“But, if the Earl dies, then won’t Ulysses feel troubled?”
“In critical circumstances, his subordinates would save Lord Edgar on their own.”
Kelpie clicked his tongue.
To go as far as to wanting to abandon Lydia. What a joke.
“If things turn out like this, I’ll kill your prince, even if he is Lydia’s fiancé, it’s the same. You just tell those demon dogs this.”
Kelpie pushed Ermine away and broke into a run.