The Mansion Awaits Spring — Chapter 8

HELLO?

YOU ARE THE CHILD WHO WORKS HERE, RIGHT?

DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE FOG. THE OFFICERS HERE WILL PROTECT YOU...

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE YOUNG LADY AWAY!

MY LADY DID NOT CALL THE FOG! I SAW IT!

YES, THE OFFICERS WILL JUDGE THAT PROPERLY, SO DO NOT WORRY.

So it was not the fog you were worried about?

SHE REALLY DID NOT... I SAW IT...

WHY WOULD YOU SCARE A CHILD BY SPEAKING SO STIFFLY?

YOU SHOULD TREAT HER MORE KINDLY.

YOUR NAME IS HANNA KOSKI, RIGHT?

THE FOG IS THICK, SO WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FROM HERE FOR ABOUT FOUR DAYS.

We are not planning to take her away right now either.

YOU WILL BE BORED DURING THAT TIME, SO SHOULD I SHOW YOU A MAGIC TRICK?

A-A MAGIC TRICK?

DEAR, DO NOT GET YOUR HOPES UP TOO MUCH. IT IS NOTHING IMPRESSIVE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NOTHING IMPRESSIVE?

IT IS JUST THAT NO ONE HAS RECOGNIZED THE TRUE VALUE OF MY MAGIC YET?!

MY LADY! THE OFFICER SAYS HE WILL SHOW US A MAGIC TRICK!

REALLY? WHAT KIND OF MAGIC TRICK?

WELL, MY SPECIALTY IS CARD TRICKS~

NOW~ THIS IS NOT THE END!

THIS IS MY REAL, REAL FINAL ULTIMATE MAGIC TRICK!

HIIHAAAAH...

...IT IS S-SO BORING.

bad.

SUPERINTENDENT.

I THINK THE LADIES OVER THERE

ARE STARTING TO GET BORED OF LOGAN'S STRANGE CARD TRICKS TOO.

WHY DO WE NOT TAKE HIS CARDS AND PLAY A GAME INSTEAD?

I CAN HEAR ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW?

I ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT GIVE THEM TO YOU!

HMM... A CARD GAME, HUH.

WHAT SHOULD WE WAGER TO MAKE THE GAME FUN?

CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME? I SAID I WILL NOT LEND YOU MY CARDS.

SHALL WE WAGER CIGARETTES?

Haaah.. It is finally over.

HOW ABOUT THE WINNER GETS TO HIT ANYONE THEY WANT ONCE?

I WILL JOIN TOO.

THIS ROUND IS MY VICTORY AS WELL.

WINNING THREE ROUNDS IN A ROW...

WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD AT THIS?

BECAUSE I FOCUS ON WINNING.

DO YOU THINK I WAS TRYING TO LOSE?

YOU WERE NOT DESPERATELY TRYING TO WIN.

ONCE I HAVE A GOAL, ALL I THINK ABOUT IS HOW TO WIN, NO MATTER WHAT.

I CANNOT REST UNTIL I GET WHAT I WANT, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

AND WHAT I WANTED WAS TO CHOOSE WHO WOULD RECEIVE THE PENALTY.

I WILL BE ESPECIALLY CONSIDERATE SO YOU DO NOT LOSE FACE IN FRONT OF YOUR SUBORDINATES...

PEJIN DIEUS.

FOLLOW ME OUTSIDE.

DO YOU FEEL... A LITTLE BETTER?

HERE, HIT ME MORE.

IF YOUR HAND HURTS, I CAN CALL SOMEONE TO HIT ME IN YOUR PLACE.

THAT MAN ALWAYS ACTS IN A WAY THAT MAKES HIM CONFUSING, AS IF I UNDERSTAND HIM AND YET I DO NOT.

HE WAS LIKE THAT THAT DAY TOO.

THE DAY I TOOK A SMALL REVENGE ON THE GIRL WHO STOLE MY FIANCÉ.

AH!

OW, OW, OW...

YOU! DO NOT BULLY HEIDI...!

PEJIN THREW ACORNS AT ME, TELLING ME NOT TO BULLY HER.

BULLYING HER? THAT WAS JUSTICE TO ME.

YOU ARE THE ONE WHO SHOULD STOP FOLLOWING ME AROUND AND BULLYING ME!

PEJIN, YOU HATED ME BECAUSE OF YOUR "FIRST LOVE," DID YOU NOT?

AH.

YOU, STOP RIGHT THERE!

OW, OW, OW...

HE SHOULD HAVE JUST KEPT HATING AND DESPISING ME LIKE THAT.

IT HURTS...

APRIL!

APRIL! GOOD HEAVENS!

OUR DEAR CHILD... ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

WHO DID THIS TO OUR DEAR CHILD...

HE SHOULD HAVE JUST KEPT BULLYING ME.

AND YET, HE WAS ALSO THE ONE WHO SHOWED ME THIS INCOMPREHENSIBLE KINDNESS.

I FEEL MISERABLE.

BECAUSE SUCH A SMALL, INSIGNIFICANT ACT OF GOODWILL

REMINDS ME OF MY PARENTS' WARMTH...

WHEN I MISS THE PARENTS WHO WOULD COMFORT ME,

THE ONLY KINDNESS I CAN FEEL

BELONGS TO THIS MAN.

THAT IS ENOUGH. I AM DONE.

YOU...

SUPERINTENDENT!

IN FRONT OF THE MANOR...

SOMEONE SAYS THEY WANT TO MEET THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE...?

IN WEATHER THIS THICK WITH FOG? WHO IS IT?

WELL...

LADY WITCH...!

WOOF!

PLEASE TAKE MY LIFE...!

WOOF!

WOOF!

PLEASE...!!