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But when he confronts Miss April, whom he believed to be the witch, he realizes his prejudice is shattered and stays at the mansion as a guest.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 9 of The Mansion Awaits Spring tells of 75-year-old former architect Baumann Grabner's journey to Lunos Mansion as the fog falls, to ask the Mist Witch to take his life. Having lost his wife and feeling forgotten, Baumann is willing to die to save a young person. But when he confronts Miss April, whom he believed to be the witch, he realizes his prejudice is shattered and stays at the mansion as a guest.","key_events":["Baumann admires the mansion architecture and explains silver osmanthus carvings welcome guests.","April takes a stray dog inside and offers it milk, showing compassion.","75-year-old former architect Baumann Grabner travels to Lunos Mansion in the fog to ask the Mist Witch to take his life.","Imperial Police are called out after report of an accident inside the fog.","Baumann meets Miss April who denies being the witch and urges him not to give up on life.","Baumann accepts April's offer to stay at the mansion until the fog lifts after a coughing fit."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"AT 75 YEARS OLD, MY LIFE IS NEARING ITS END.\nTHERE WAS ONCE A TIME WHEN THE NAME \"BAUMANN GRABNER\"\nWAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE GRAND DUCHY AS AN ARCHITECT, BUT...\n\nIN AN ERA WHERE IMPERIAL-STYLE ARCHITECTURE IS IN FASHION,\nI AM NOTHING BUT A DISCARDED OLD MAN WAITING FOR THE DAY I DIE.\nHAVING LOST MY WIFE AND LIVING ALONE WITHOUT CHILDREN,\nLIFE HAD NO MEANING TO ME.\n\nTHEN I HEARD THE STORY OF THE \"WITCH.\"\nTHE WEATHER WILL START GETTING COLDER AGAIN SOON.\nWHAT IF THE \"WITCH OF THE MIST\" STARTS RUNNING WILD AGAIN?\nCOME ON, WOULD THAT REALLY HAPPEN WHEN THE EMPIRE\nDISPATCHED POLICE THIS TIME TO CATCH THE WITCH?\n\nGood grief, you fool.\nDID YOU NOT HEAR? THEY LET HER GO BECAUSE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE!\nACCORDING TO THE RUMORS, THE REASON SHE KILLS PEOPLE WITH THE FOG\nIS SO SHE CAN TAKE SEVERAL LIVES AT ONCE.\nWHAT KIND OF NONSENSE IS THAT...?\nSHE WANTED TO TAKE LIVES.\n\nI THOUGHT OF A WAY TO USE THE LITTLE LIFE I HAD LEFT.\nI WOULD GO TO THE WITCH AND ASK HER TO TAKE MY LIFE INSTEAD.\nI THOUGHT THAT IF IT COULD SAVE EVEN ONE INNOCENT YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE,\nIT WOULD BE WORTH IT.\nAND SO, AS SOON AS I HEARD THAT THE FOG WAS ROLLING IN,\n\nI HEADED TO THE LUNOS MANOR.\nTHE AIR IS BAD, SO CLIMBING UP IS EVEN HARDER...\n\n...!\nHOW CAN IT BE THIS BEAUTIFUL...?\nIT HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED IN A LONG TIME, SO THERE ARE MANY PLACES THAT NEED REPAIR,\n\nBUT THIS MANOR HOLDS THE BEAUTY OF RIGHT ISLAND\nIN SUCH AN ELEGANT, OLD-FASHIONED WAY.\nTO THINK A WICKED WITCH LIVES IN A PLACE LIKE THIS...\n\nCOME ON, WOULD THAT REALLY HAPPEN WHEN THE EMPIRE\nDISPATCHED POLICE THIS TIME TO CATCH THE WITCH?\nGood grief, you fool.\nDID YOU NOT HEAR? THEY LET HER GO BECAUSE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE!\nACCORDING TO THE RUMORS, THE REASON SHE KILLS PEOPLE WITH THE FOG\nIS SO SHE CAN TAKE SEVERAL LIVES AT ONCE.\n\nWOOF!\nWOOF!\nA DOG?\n\nIS IT RAISED AT THIS MANOR?\nSEEING AS SHE DRIVES AN ANIMAL OUT IN THIS WEATHER,\nTHE OWNER OF THE MANOR MUST BE A COLD WITCH, JUST AS THE RUMORS SAY.\n\nLADY WITCH...!\nWOOF!\nPLEASE TAKE MY LIFE...!\n\nWOOF!\nWOOF!\nPLEASE...!!\n\nIN SUCH AWFUL WEATHER...\nWHAT BRINGS YOU TO MY HOUSE?\n\nWHEN I SAW THE WITCH'S FACE, ONE THOUGHT CAME TO MIND.\nPERHAPS THE TRUE NATURE OF THE WITCH WE HAD HEARD ABOUT IN RUMORS\nWAS ACTUALLY NOTHING MORE THAN OUR OWN MISUNDERSTANDING.\nIS SHE NOT JUST AN ORDINARY LADY...?\n\nNO, HOW DO I KNOW SHE IS NOT ONLY INNOCENT ON THE OUTSIDE?\nWELL... IF IT WOULD NOT BE RUDE,\nCOULD YOU USE MY LIFE, THE ONLY THING I HAVE THAT IS OF ANY USE,\nTO LESSEN THE FOG, EVEN IF JUST A LITTLE?\nEVEN IF IT IS A VERY... VERY SMALL AMOUNT.\n\nTHIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE HAS ASKED ME TO TAKE THEIR LIFE.\nI AM NOT A WITCH,\nAND THAT FOG IS NOT MY DOING.\nAND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, BUT...\n\nPLEASE DO NOT TRY TO GIVE UP YOUR LIFE SO EASILY.\nWHEN I FACED THE WITCH I HAD ONLY HEARD ABOUT IN RUMORS UP CLOSE AND SPOKE WITH HER,\nTHE THOUGHTS THAT HAD BEGUN TO WAVER LITTLE BY LITTLE STARTED COLLAPSING COMPLETELY.\n\nYOU SHOULD GIVE UP ON THIS CONSTRUCTION METHOD.\nWHY IS THAT? IT IS THE STURDIEST METHOD FOR WITHSTANDING SEA WINDS.\nIT COSTS TOO MUCH.\nYOU KNOW IT TOO, DO YOU NOT?\nTHE METHOD NEWLY INTRODUCED FROM THE EMPIRE IS FAR MORE ECONOMICAL.\n\nBUT IT HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED WHETHER THAT METHOD IS SUITABLE FOR THE GRAND DUCHY'S CLIMATE...!\nBAUMANN, YOU STUBBORN MAN.\nSOMETIMES, FOR THE SAKE OF PRACTICALITY,\nYOU MUST KNOW HOW TO GIVE UP TRADITION.\nGIVE UP.\n\nIT WOULD BE BETTER TO GIVE UP.\nOLD PEOPLE LIKE US SHOULD GIVE UP...\n\nPLEASE DO NOT TRY TO GIVE UP YOUR LIFE SO EASILY.\n\nPERHAPS THE REAL WITCH WHO KILLS PEOPLE\nIS NOT LADY APRIL...\nBUT THE PEOPLE WHO WHISPERED INSIDE MY HEART,\nAND MYSELF.\nI SEE... I WAS MISTAKEN. I APOLOGIZE.\nAT MY ACCEPTANCE, THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE\nSIMPLY LET OUT A SHORT SIGH, AS IF SHE WAS USED TO IT.\n\nI SUPPOSE THERE MUST HAVE BEEN MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO CAME AFTER BELIEVING THE RUMORS THAT SHE WAS A WITCH.\nI AM SORRY FOR TAKING UP YOUR PRECIOUS TIME.\nTHEN I WILL TAKE MY LEAVE...\n\nTHE FOG...\nLEAVE ONCE THE FOG DISAPPEARS. THERE ARE PLENTY OF EMPTY ROOMS.\nN-NO! I CAME HERE BECAUSE OF A MISUNDERSTANDING. I CANNOT IMPOSE ON YOU AS WELL...\nKEUH.\n\nAH...\nTHEN... I WILL ACCEPT YOUR HOSPITALITY ONLY UNTIL THE FOG WEAKENS...\nDID THAT DOG COME WITH YOU TOO?\n\nPARDON? I THOUGHT IT WAS RAISED HERE... WAS IT NOT?\nNO. IT SEEMS TO BE A STRAY DOG.\nTHIS WEATHER IS HARSH EVEN ON ANIMALS, SO THERE IS NO HELPING IT.\nYOU COME INSIDE TOO.\nSEEING AS SHE DRIVES AN ANIMAL OUT IN THIS WEATHER,\n\nTHE OWNER OF THE MANOR MUST BE A COLD WITCH, JUST AS THE RUMORS SAY.\nI have a little milk. Would you like that, at least?\nTRULY, PEOPLE'S PREJUDICES\nKEEP STRETCHING IN THE DIRECTION THEY CHOOSE TO BELIEVE.\n\nSHAMEFULLY, I REALIZED THAT AGAIN AFTER TURNING 70.\n\nIMPERIAL POLICE? ARE THEY KEEPING WATCH...?\nHanna was one thing, but you really let anyone in, do you not?\nThis is my house, so mind your own business.\n\nTHIS IS TRULY A SPLENDID MANOR.\nIS IT? IT MUST BE A MESS SINCE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT.\nI SAW IT WHEN I ENTERED THE MANOR.\nSILVER OSMANTHUS PETALS WERE CARVED INTO THE FRONT GATE.\n\n...THAT IS SILVER OSMANTHUS?\nI HAVE LIVED IN THIS MANOR ALL THIS TIME AND NEVER KNEW.\nWHY SILVER OSMANTHUS?\nIN THE GRAND DUCHY, SILVER OSMANTHUS IS A FLOWER THAT WELCOMES GUESTS.\n\nYES, THAT IS CORRECT.\nMOST LIKELY, THE ARCHITECT WHO BUILT THIS MANOR\nCARVED IT AS A GIFT FOR THE MEMBERS OF HOUSE LUNOS, WHO WOULD WELCOME GUESTS TO THE MANOR.\nAS AN ARCHITECT MYSELF, I CAN FEEL IT.\n\nJUST HOW MUCH AFFECTION\nTHE ARCHITECT WHO BUILT THIS MANOR POURED\nINTO THE MANOR AND THE PEOPLE OF HOUSE LUNOS.\n\n...YOU ARE RIGHT. THIS WAS A HOUSE FULL OF AFFECTION.\n\nOFFICER!\nTHIS IS... THIS IS BAD!\n\nIN THE FOG...\nTHERE HAS BEEN... 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