Nakaba opens the window and looks down upon hearing a noise.
To her surprise, it is Adele who looks equally surprised upon seeing her. In
the room, Adele asks what she is doing there at this time. He calls her
abnormal to specially come to this damp and dark place. Nakaba asks that didn’t
he also come here. Adele says that he came to ridicule her. Nakaba just glares
at him. While Nakaba is sitting on the chair, Adele says that if her hair is
like her mother’s, she wouldn’t have been locked up here by their grandfather.
Nakaba tells him not to talk about that anymore. To her surprise, Adele says
that for her hair to be of that color, it is her. He tells her that he cannot
imagine her with black hair. “Have you heard the commoners’ voice? Their assessment
of you is quite good. Saying that you have an inconceivable power. *sitting
beside Nakba* There are also rumors of you being either a holy woman[Joan] or a
witch. After that incident at the snowy mountain, all the more they say that
the red haired princess is their comrade.” Nakaba says is that so. She is
surprised that Adele, with his eyes closed, leans beside her. She immediately
stands up that Adele hits his head. Holding his forehead, he asks how come she
suddenly stood up, that hurts. Slightly flustered Nakaba asks what he is doing.
Adele says that this is no big deal because after all, she is his wife. Nakaba
mutters, no.. Adele starts to leave and say, “Ya, ya, don’t you want to say
that your heart belongs to the Belquat prince? Haha, how boring..” After Adele
left, Nakaba thinks no, it isn’t that. “Don’t be like that.. *somewhat
flustered* You shouldn’t.. make your heart close to mine--..! If it is the you
who insulted my red hair as a trash[/useless] color, you wouldn’t have leaned
your head on my knee. You will not expose your heart’s uneasiness to me. What I
want is to take Senan from you who hated me. But towards the current you, can I
still betray you--?” At the library, Ahkil asks Loki what he plans to do
afterwards. “After the king collapsed, Adele will become king and Nakaba will
become the queen. ..but as the queen..she is still under the king and she’ll
only be on the second spot.” Taking a book from the bookcase, Loki says that
Ahkil-sama should already be aware of it. “Completing the things that Nakaba
couldn’t do, that is my responsibility.” Serious Ahkil just looks at him. In
bed, Nakaba is having a nightmare. She ‘sees’ Loki apologizing to her. She
shouts what did he do. Holding up a bloodied sword, Loki says that [he is] but
just a wild beast. Nakaba immediately wakes up. She wonders if that is the
Arcana or just a dream. She recalls that she has seen this once before with the
Arcana. “And the one who is fallen down at Loki’s feet is –Adele..!”
Comment: This
confirms that the one who will be killed is Adele. Since it coincides with what
she wants, Nakaba would most probably let this happen without much fuss unlike
the tragedies she had seen before. Hm..unless that isn’t exactly what Nakaba
had in mind..like she would probably just lock Adele up or something since
Nakaba doesn’t have the stomach to kill someone. With Nakaba’s personality, it is
indeed a bit harder to be mean to someone who started acting nice to her. Adele
really do seem to let his guard down there especially since his future is now
unknown. I do think that Adele doesn’t really hate her but actually has
feelings for her and bullying her is his way to get her attention. He does seem
to be a tragic guy who perhaps wasn’t able to express his true feelings and got
into a loveless marriage with her. He seems to respect her enough not to force
himself on her when he has the right to do so. And, because of her, he will die
young. As usual, it is Loki who does the dirty work. He seems to be the only
main character, who is really staining his hands with blood. I’m curious though
if he will stay around when Nakaba and Caesar are together again and united
their countries. As for Caesar, it seems that his tantrum is more on his
frustration on himself and missing Nakaba. ^^; Scans by Rei'S工作室.
Quote of the day:
When written in
Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger
and the other represents opportunity. ~ John F. Kennedy