Volume 10 Chapter 38 Tears Of The Rose
Ciel visited Wilshark to clean up the mess caused by issues in the border territories like the Wisteria family, Edelstein, and the old Kirschtein.
And then, to trace Sylphina's footsteps.
To save Sylphina, who was imprisoned by the red moon, Ciel ascended to the red moon.
According to the memories of the monster children, Sylphina is the mother of Gem's People.
She is the one who created Gem's People.
Gem's People have been despised since their birth, and it's true that people call them monsters; they were indeed monsters themselves.
That said, he don't bitterly think about it now.
Back then──during the explosion of the Magic Stone in Edelstein, Ciel's body was damaged to the point of almost shattering while trying to contain it in the town.
──I don't want to die.
──But I didn't care about my own life at all.
──I never hesitated to die protecting everyone.
That's how Ciel had always been.
However, after being scolded by Lydia, reaching out to him, and crying, he thought for the first time that he didn't want to die.
It was the first time he felt something like a desire to cling to life was born within him.
So even now, he feels happy just to be alive, to be standing here.
If he's alive, he can see Lydia's face.
He can exchange words with her.
Being by her side──this, he doesn't know.
He wasn't the only one saved by Lydia.
Many others have feelings for her.
For the first time in his life, he loved someone, wanted them, and conveyed that.
But whether that can come true, the joy and anxiety of having conveyed it coexist in his heart.
He still doesn't know.
Just dying would mean the end.
He doesn't know what lies on the red moon, but the existence of the Witch that gives birth to monsters must have a stronger power, a greater magic than the monsters they've encountered so far.
If he can't heal with the power of the Saint, then he needs to hunt her down.
He hopes they can return to this country without losing anyone.
He won't overestimate his own abilities like before.
He wants to prepare as much as possible and head towards the final destination.
They talked about how the number of Gem's People coming down from Wilshark and Edelstein to the town is gradually increasing, and how what they really need, being pure and unaware of doubt, is education for the children.
They also discussed whether there are any jobs that utilize the Gem's People's characteristic of having a lot of magical power.
Then, they talked about the current situation of the Wisteria family and the imprisoned Margrave Wisteria.
Wilshark asked him, "When are you going to marry Saint? It's better to get married early; kids are cute, you know." He replied, "I hope that happens, but I don't know." Honestly, he really doesn't know.
He doesn't think he's disliked.
He doesn't regret what he's conveyed.
However, even if──if it doesn't work out, he thinks this feeling won't change.
After finishing the discussion with Wilshark, he explored the mansion where he currently lives.
He got his permission to look around as he pleased.
Wilshark's mansion is the Old Kirschtein Castle.
It's been restored after being engulfed in flames.
"It's too big to live in, and it feels unsettling," he said.
"I really want to return it to the Kirschtein people, but there are many Bernard people living in the castle town, so I can't do that." He said this with a troubled expression.
The castle is so spacious that he usually only uses the living quarters, reception rooms, and offices.
There are many servants living there too, but it's still too big, and he chuckled wryly, saying he's not the king, just someone entrusted with managing this land.
In the library, which hardly anyone enters, materials that survived the fire were haphazardly stuffed in.
He didn't mind being alone in the quiet library.
The relationship between Ciel and Wilshark wasn't a good one.
That's why he couldn't be in a place like this until now.
In the center of a room surrounded by towering bookshelves that reach up to the high ceiling, he quietly stands and looks around.
With a light flick of his fingers, books with fitting titles float gently up and begin to flip their pages in front of Ciel.
He suddenly finds a passage that catches his interest and reads it aloud in a soft voice.
"Monsters are products of imagination. A desire for powerful animals. A wish for creatures with mysterious forms. Like the doodles drawn by children."
In Ciel's knowledge, monsters were created by the Witch of the Red Moon.
But is it different for the Kirschtein people?
"Taking the doodles drawn by children, they weave magic to create them into reality. The Kirschtein people used that power to create monsters and dominate other lands. The way to wield that power was taught by the undead. They are no longer here. Bored with their long lives, they vanished."
Saintwise also has summoning magic.
It's the power to create pseudo-life.
It appears while pouring in magic, but disappears when you stop.
Since it consumes a lot of magic, it's rarely done.
Is Kirschtein's summoning magic similar? However, they might have had a clearer power to create life.
Just like Sylphina gives birth to monsters.
The ancient Kirschtein people must have possessed that same power.
"...The sky."
The room, which had been bright until just now, suddenly darkened as if the lights had been turned off.
An ominous wind creaks the windows.
Dark clouds gather in the sky that should have been clear, and lightning flashes across the dark clouds.
"...Tears of the Rose."
The occurrence of Tears of the Rose is not something new.
However, feeling a strange unease, Ciel returns the book to the shelf and uses teleportation magic to appear on the rooftop of Old Kirschtein Castle.
From the swirling clouds, a blood-red hue begins to spread across the sky.
The red moon starts to weep.
Monsters fall with the tears.
But this is──.
From the gap in the clouds, 2 gigantic female arms are stretching out like a ladder reaching up to the sky, as if they sprouted by some mistake.
Even from a distance, he can see the pointed claws and the sickly-colored arms that look like they're rotting in places──slowly starting to reveal themselves.
"This is..."
'Sir Ciel, in the skies above the Holy Capital, the Tears of the Rose have occurred. A monster we've never seen before──and a horde of monsters──are falling down.'
In his head, he could hear Leavis's usually calm voice, now unusually a bit flustered.
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