When the Biting Wind Blows — Chapter 6
Dialogue Transcript
Dialogue Transcript When the Biting Wind Blows — Chapter 6 78
PANT...
PANT...
UGH...
UNBELIEVABLE...
UNBELIEVABLE...!
LORD OF SKADI!
WHAT IN THE HEAVENS ARE YOU TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS?!
INITIALLY, I ASSUMED THE MAN WAS PULLING A PRANK.
SPRINT IN CIRCLES... AROUND THE MARTIAL YARD?
DO YOU TRULY MEAN THAT...?
REGARDLESS OF HOW OFTEN I QUESTIONED HIM, HIS REPLY NEVER WAVERED.
MIGHT I INQUIRE AS TO THE PURPOSE?
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
OUR BUSINESS IS CONCLUDED, SO DISMISS YOURSELF.
I FIGURED ENDURING IT FOR A COUPLE OF MORNINGS WOULD SATISFY HIM, YET...
SOON ENOUGH, BEYOND MERELY JOGGING ACROSS THE TRAINING DIRT,
A RIDICULOUS SET OF DEMANDS STARTED GROWING LONGER.
CLEARING EVERY LAST BITE FROM MY PLATE.
ENDURING AN ICY DIP EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SIGH...
DON'T TELL ME...
IS THIS WHOLE ORDEAL SOME ELABORATE METHOD OF BULLYING?
A Newly Invented Form Of Torment?
DESPITE MY COMPLETE OBEDIENCE TO HIS BIZARRE RULES,
HE REFUSES TO GRANT ME THE PERMANENT TITLE OF INSTRUCTOR.
EVEN SO, HE SHOWS NO SIGN OF WANTING TO CAST ME OUT, EITHER.
IN FACT, HE GUARANTEED LIMITLESS FUNDING FOR ANY EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES I REQUEST...
Name Whatever You Require, And It Shall Be Yours!
BECAUSE THE LORD AND I HAVEN'T EXCHANGED A REAL WORD LATELY, I AM UTTERLY CONFUSED.
I JUST WISH
I COULD EASE THIS LINGERING DREAD, EVEN BY A FRACTION...
THERE WE GO.
WHAT IS YOUR VERDICT, ANA?
ARE YOU PLEASED WITH THE STYLE?
I-IT LOOKS INCREDIBLY, WONDERFULLY PRETTY...!
THAT IS TO SAY...
THE BRAIDS...
JUST LIKE A LITTLE CUB...
IN MY HUMBLE OPINION,
THE HAIRSTYLE AND THE YOUNG LADY WEARING IT ARE EQUALLY PRECIOUS.
SHOULD YOU PERMIT IT, ANA,
I WOULD LOVE TO WRAP YOU IN A WARM EMBRACE—
I-I WANT THAT TOO...
PLEASE LET ME HOLD YOU TIGHT AS WELL, INSTRUCTOR...!
!
YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.
A TENDER EMBRACE FILLED WITH SOOTHING HEAT.
RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
MEMORIES SURFACED OF MY YOUNGER SIBLING, WHO SHARED THIS GIRL'S SWEET NATURE.
DEAR SISTER, I LONGED FOR YOU EVERY SINGLE SECOND!
YOU CANNOT IMAGINE HOW ENDLESSLY THE HOURS DRAGGED BY!
JUST BEFORE, I SPENT THE AFTERNOON PREPARING LOAVES AND BISCUITS FOR YOUR RETURN, WHEN...
IS SHE STAYING SAFE AND HEALTHY?
HER HEART MUST BE ACHING WITH DREAD SINCE I VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE.
NATURALLY, GIVEN MY CURRENT STATE,
I LACK ANY COMFORTING TIDINGS TO OFFER THEM REGARDLESS...
MY SOLE PRAYER IS THAT MY DOWNFALL HASN'T DRAGGED MY LOVED ONES INTO MISERY.
MY DEAR KIN,
ALONGSIDE YOUNG MASTER MAEL...
GOODNESS...
WHETHER THE DUKE WILL GRANT PERMISSION IS UNCERTAIN,
YET ONCE AN OPPORTUNITY ARISES, I MUST BEG TO DISPATCH A NOTE.
BE IT SPRINTING ACROSS THE YARD OR ANY OTHER CHORE,
I SHALL FULFILL EVERY LAST ORDER HE ISSUES.
INSTRUCTOR.
THE SUN IS SHINING SO BRIGHTLY THIS AFTERNOON. MIGHT WE SET OUR BOOKS ASIDE JUST FOR TODAY?
AND HOW WOULD YOU PREFER TO SPEND THE HOURS INSTEAD?
WHY, COUNT- LESS WAYS.
WATCH A STAGE PERFORMANCE, ROW ACROSS THE LAKE,
OR PERHAPS ENJOY AN OUTDOOR FEAST UPON THE GRASS.
SURELY SUCH PASTIMES ARE MEANT TO BE SHARED WITH A SWEETHEART WHEN YOU ARE OLDER?
INSTRUCTOR.
DOZENS OF MY MISSIVES HAVE FLOWN YOUR WAY,
YET NOT A SINGLE WORD HAS RETURNED TO MY HANDS?
THE DREAD IS DRIVING ME TO MADNESS.
HOLD ON JUST A BRIEF WHILE MORE.
I...
SWEAR TO COME RESCUE YOU BEFORE LONG.
Chapter Summary
When the Biting Wind Blows Chapter 6 tells of Ana's warm moment with her teacher and the teacher's tension with the Lord of Skadi. While endless demands like running laps in the training yard, finishing her plate, and getting into ice-cold water push her to her limits, the lord refuses to grant the permanent teacher title. Praising Ana's braided hair and hugging her reminds her of her little sister and her longing for her family, and she decides to get permission from the duke to send a letter.