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Table of Contents

  • 1. Chapter 1. Kill The Empress
  • 2. Chapter 2. Tanatos’s Cripple Empress
  • 3. Chapter 3. She's Really Here
  • 4. Chapter 4. The Empress Is Going To Die
  • 5. Chapter 5. How Did This Happen?
  • 6. Chapter 6. Swallowing Eyes
  • 7. Chapter 7. Natasha Roanti
  • 8. Chapter 8. The Crying Sound
  • 9. Chapter 9. Are You Throwing Yourself Away?
  • 10. Chapter 10. Why Did This Woman...?
  • 11. Chapter 11. Then Bite If Off And Kill Me
  • 12. Chapter 12. Ability To Save
  • 13. Chapter 13. The Shadow She Left Behind
  • 14. Chapter 14. Into His Realm
  • 15. Chapter 15. Tamon's Purpose
  • 16. Chapter 16. This Damn Woman!
  • 17. Chapter 17. I've Never Hated You
  • 18. Chapter 18. How About Love?
  • 19. Chapter 19. A Night Walk
  • 20. Chapter 20. How Do You Want To Die
  • 21. Chapter 21. Ronasso's Anxiety
  • 22. Chapter 22. How To Let Go Of Sadness
  • 23. Chapter 23. Lersha Resha
  • 24. Chapter 24. It’s Not Ugly
  • 25. Chapter 25. Where Is The Empress's Treasure?
  • 26. Chapter 26. The Reason For Death
  • 27. Chapter 27. The Consolation Of The Unashamed
  • 28. Chapter 28. A New Name
  • 29. Chapter 29. A Small Change
  • 30. Chapter 30. Out Of Control
  • 31. Chapter 31. There's Always Trouble
  • 32. Chapter 32. Dazzling Silver Hair And Purple Crystal Eyes
  • 33. Chapter 33. My Silver Fox
  • 34. Chapter 34. Is It Okay To Eat This Poisonous Plant?
  • 35. Chapter 35. Don't Be Weak
  • 36. Chapter 36. Don’t Leave Me
  • 37. Chapter 37. An Unfamiliar Peace
  • 38. Chapter 38. Warmth Of The Palm
  • 39. Chapter 39. Give Me Your Right Foot
  • 40. Chapter 40. That’s Right
  • 41. Chapter 41. The Bride's Scream
  • 42. Chapter 42. You Are Like A Gift
  • 43. Chapter 43. Ensemble Drink
  • 44. Chapter 44. I Think It’s Her
  • 45. Chapter 45. Exactly One Month
  • 46. Chapter 46. I’m Disappointed
  • 47. Chapter 47. She Doesn’t Know
  • 48. Chapter 48. To The Lady Of The Pink Rose Forest
  • 49. Chapter 49. Red Stigma On The Chest
  • 50. Chapter 50. That Person Will Come
  • 51. Chapter 51. Smile Next Time
  • 52. Chapter 52. I’m The Owner Of That Leg
  • 53. Chapter 53. The Twins’ Dream
  • 54. Chapter 54. Karen Turasia
  • 55. Chapter 55. Red Passion In The Desert
  • 56. Chapter 56. Cassion Krasis
  • 57. Chapter 57. Brothers
  • 58. Chapter 58. He Did Not Know How To Be Patient
  • 59. Chapter 59. An Unpleasant Visitor
  • 60. Chapter 60. My Brother's Mistress
  • 61. Chapter 61. Tomorrow, Lunch, Together
  • 62. Chapter 62. Roselyn's Anger
  • 63. Chapter 63. Red-eyed Savior
  • 64. Chapter 64. He’s Back
  • 65. Chapter 65. Bloody Master
  • 66. Chapter 66. Welcome Back
  • 67. Chapter 67. I Missed You
  • 68. Chapter 68. Thank You For Staying Alive
  • 69. Chapter 69. It's All Coming Together
  • 70. Chapter 70. Hope That Shine At The End Of Despair
  • 71. Chapter 71. A Mean Woman
  • 72. Chapter 72. Ronasso's Adversity
  • 73. Chapter 73. Preparation To Go Out
  • 74. Chapter 74. Each Person's Heart Flows Differently
  • 75. Chapter 75. Smile, Rosie
  • 76. Chapter 76. Do You Want Me To Show You My Specialty?
  • 77. Chapter 77. Aim And Shoot
  • 78. Chapter 78. The Gap
  • 79. Chapter 79. Arrows That Burn Flesh
  • 80. Chapter 80. I’ll Bring You The Proof
  • 81. Chapter 81. Even If I Die Like This
  • 82. Chapter 82. The Reason She Was Confident In Winning
  • 83. Chapter 83. An Unexpected Guest
  • 84. Chapter 84. Love That Couldn't Overcome Hatred
  • 85. Chapter 85. Aranrosia
  • 86. Chapter 86. The Rightful Owner
  • 87. Chapter 87. Can I Trust You?
  • 88. Chapter 88. A Blind Man
  • 89. Chapter 89. The Wind Lantern Ceremony
  • 90. Chapter 90. If You're There, Come Out
  • 91. Chapter 91. Similar
  • 92. Chapter 92. Ignorance Is Bravery
  • 93. Chapter 93. I Can Tell You
  • 94. Chapter 94. Hartz’s Conditions
  • 95. Chapter 95. If You Kiss Me
  • 96. Chapter 96. Change
  • 97. Chapter 97. Anna
  • 98. Chapter 98. I’ll Have To Remove It
  • 99. Chapter 99. The Prophet's Gamble
  • 100. Chapter 100. Because He's So Good At It
  • 101. Chapter 101. A Mysterious Trend
  • 102. Chapter 102. The Conditions Of The Gift
  • 103. Chapter 103. The Tips Of His Ears
  • 104. Chapter 104. The Meaning Of Yellow Lily
  • 105. Chapter 105. God, Please Take Care Of Them
  • 106. Chapter 106. I'd Like To Meet Him
  • 107. Chapter 107. It’s Beautiful
  • 108. Chapter 108. What Do You Want Me To Do?
  • 109. Chapter 109. There's Only Two Of Us
  • 110. Chapter 110. Even If It Hurts A Little, It Will Last A Long Time
  • 111. Chapter 111. Does This Make Sense?
  • 112. Chapter 112. With Both Feet
  • 113. Chapter 113. Instinct
  • 114. Chapter 114. Did It Happen?
  • 115. Chapter 115. One Step, Two Steps
  • 116. Chapter 116. A Familiar Voice
  • 117. Chapter 117. I See The Glory Of Winter
  • 118. Chapter 118. That's Why It's Not Me
  • 119. Chapter 119. . It Was A Flash
  • 120. Chapter 120. When The Revenge Is Over
  • 121. Chapter 121. What Will He Get?
  • 122. Chapter 122. What Is Your Name?
  • 123. Chapter 123. Sweet
  • 124. Chapter 124. Black Canyon (1)
  • 125. Chapter 125. Black Canyon (2)
  • 126. Chapter 126. A Twisted Doubt
  • 127. Chapter 127. You Have To Save It
  • 128. Chapter 128. The Secret Of The Silver Horned Deer
  • 129. Chapter 129. His Sincerity
  • 130. Chapter 130. Into The Black Fog
  • 131. Chapter 131. Breaking In
  • 132. Chapter 132. Tell Me, Asha
  • 133. Chapter 133. Warmth
  • 134. Chapter 134. Evidence Of Longing
  • 135. Chapter 135. Under The Wheels
  • 136. Chapter 136. Natasha's Crime
  • 137. Chapter 137. Who Left The Flowers?
  • 138. Chapter 138. He Who Sees The Will Of God
  • 139. Chapter 139. Winter Can't Beat The Pines
  • 140. Chapter 140. Let’s Go There Together
  • 141. Chapter 141. Betrayal
  • 142. Chapter 142. A Vanished Home
  • 143. Chapter 143. Finally, At The Imperial Palace
  • 144. Chapter 144. Remove It
  • 145. Chapter 145. Your Worst Nightmare
  • 146. Chapter 146. July 16th
  • 147. Chapter 147. Pretend You Don’t See It. Pretend You Don’t Know It
  • 148. Chapter 148. Take The Child To His Mother
  • 149. Chapter 149. A Crack
  • 150. Chapter 150. Song Of The Fall
  • 151. Chapter 151. Anna’s Situation
  • 152. Chapter 152. Perso’s Anguish
  • 153. Chapter 153. A Suspicious Maid
  • 154. Chapter 154. Whose Baby Is It?
  • 155. Chapter 155. This Is My Answer
  • 156. Chapter 156. The Wild Dog Outside The Fence
  • 157. Chapter 157. The Main Characters
  • 158. Chapter 158. That Day
  • 159. Chapter 159. Let Me Tell You A Secret
  • 160. Chapter 160. Run Away
  • 161. Chapter 161. The Hunt Begins
  • 162. Chapter 162. To The Hell I Got Out Of
  • 163. Chapter 163. Let's Watch

Chapter 1. Kill the Empress

****

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***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 2. Tanatos’s cripple Empress

****

Sponsored by Marlien. Thank you 💖

***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 3. She's really here

****

Sponsored by Marlien. Thank you 💖

***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 4. The Empress is going to die

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***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 5. How did this happen?

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***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 6. Swallowing eyes

****

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***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 7. Natasha Roanti

****

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***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 8. The crying sound

****

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***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 9. Are you throwing yourself away?

****

Sponsored by Marlien. Thank you 💖

***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 10. Why did this woman...?

****

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***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 11. Then bite if off and kill me

****

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***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 12. Ability to save

****

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***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 13. The shadow she left behind

****

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***

 

Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

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Tasha and Louie were twin sisters who were now 21 years old.

 

Although they had been adults for quite some time, many people saw them as younger than their age because of their bright shining eyes, round faces, and high toned voices.

 

Although they were twins, they were not difficult to distinguish.

 

Both had bright orange hair and crisp green eyes, but their colors were slightly different.

 

If Tasha’s were yellow-green like the leaves of a small tree with new sprouts, Louie’s eyes were dark green like the entire surface of a majestic, huge forest.

 

Louie had cute freckles on her nose.

 

Louie’s freckles were from her mother. Her father called her ‘strawberry’.

 

And when Louie was born, he laughed, saying that a small strawberry was born.

 

Tasha and Louie grew up happily in a large family of seven.

 

That was, until they were sixteen.

 

“The twins are here! It’s just in time. This is the first edition.”

 

As soon as they entered the printing house, the smell of paper welcomed the twins with open arms.

 

But what was more welcome was Bookman’s words, the owner of the printing shop.

 

“Whoa! Is this really our book?”

 

“Wow, it’s really amazing! The cover is so beautiful, sir! Is this ours? Are you sure?”

 

Tasha, who ran in first, quickly took the book from Bookman’s hands.

 

The binding was pure white, decorated with gold, and the title was beautifully embroidered.

 

The book had three hundred pages, and that was an awful lot for a single volume novel from a living author.

 

Louie, who was looking at the book late, spoke in surprise.

 

“It’s much fancier than I thought, Mr. Bookman.”

 

“The sponsorship is very strong. If we can get a good response, I think we can print about two hundred more copies.”

 

“Really? 200 more copies?”

 

About ten days ago, a benefactor suddenly showed up at the print shop to sponsor the twins.

 

The anonymous benefactor had expanded the budget ten times that could print 100 copies of cheap papers.

 

This made it possible to publish the twins’ first novel as a bound book on plain white paper, not an old clearing.

 

The design was beautiful, not too different from a novel that the ladies would read in a shop.

 

“I assure you, it is the most exclusive and sophisticated book published in the capital this year.”

 

 The book was designed by Bookman’s daughter, Marianne, who was the first secretary of the Central Library.

 

Bookman ran the largest printing shop in Ginesh, the capital of Amor.

 

His printing shop was booming, so much so that he belonged to a wealthy class of commoners called the Bourgeois.

 

He published most of the books in the capital, and was rewarded “the best book published in the capital of the year”.

 

This was no nonsense.

 

“Louie!”

 

“Tasha!”

 

The twins jumped up and down as they held each other’s hands.

 

They both loved to read and write.

 

Although they were poor and did not have access to a high quality education, all of their siblings were willing to buy them books if they wanted to read.

 

Their dream from the age of 12 finally came true, and it turned out to be a beautiful book.

 

They couldn’t be happier.

 

“I’m so excited! It’s amazing, really!”

 

 “Yes, it is! Wow! We’ve really published a book. If our siblings know, they would be very surprised.”

 

“Hahahaha! That’s right. They teased us like that. We should definitely take this book on the due date to surprise everyone.”

 

The twins giggled as they held each other’s hands.

 

Only Bookman, who was watching them, smiled sadly.

 

The twins came up to the capital after losing their family in a fire five years ago. 

 

They were at a young age when they started preschool and when they became independent.

 

Holding hands tightly, the two came to the capital in search of a patron.

 

“I’ll pay you back. I promise.”

 

With red faces that still bore the sorrow of losing their family, the girls made a strong request for their patronage.

 

That’s right. The children demanded proudly.

 

They didn’t beg, they didn’t pester, they didn’t use their misery as a weapon.

 

It was this look in their eyes that led Bookman to sponsor the twins at a sponsorship meeting he attended by chance.

 

He was concerned because they were the same age as his daughter.

 

Anyway, Tasha and Louie helped out at the printing shop for a year and a half, and as soon as they came of age, they looked for work themselves.

 

With only a poor letter of recommendation from Bookman, the twins, who had somehow made it into the Krasis’ mansion, were well established.

 

“We’ll come to make a book someday. You’re going to make it for us, right?”

 

The art of printing was a very expensive craft, paper itself was an expensive material, and there weren’t many technicians.

 

The time and labor it took to produce a book was also considerable, and appointments were booked all year round.

 

But Bookman smiled proudly and said,

 

“I promise I will make your book with more sincerity than any other book. You must come!”

 

And now, five years later.

 

Seeking patronage with unflinching eyes, the twins really did come to print their own book.

 

Bookman was so proud of the twins that he even cried.

 

“Ah! Sir, you’re crying!”

 

“Huh? Huh? If you cry now, I’ll tell Lady Marche!”

 

“Be quiet, you punks!”

 

Bookman, who shouted, quickly turned around and pressed his nose.

 

The employees of the print shop chuckled under their breath at his appearance.

 

“Hmph, hmph! That’s it! And this is the first edition, the rest of the printing will go in after the first inspection today. Please take your time and look at it and tell me if there is anything that needs to be fixed or anything that doesn’t look right. If it’s going to be published, it has to be perfect.”

 

The twins faced each other with the two first editions in their hands.

 

Then they nodded at each other, as if they had read each other’s minds, though they said nothing.

 

“We are going to keep this one book, but there is someone we would like to give it to.”

 

“Are you talking about the one you are serving?”

 

“Yes!” 

 

Tasha said, staring into the air as if she was dreaming.

 

“She is so beautiful. I feel like my soul is being cleansed just by looking at her. Sir Bookman will never know what this feels like.”

 

“That’s right. Should I say that my eyes become clearer and the world becomes brighter? If I were her, I would be full just looking in the mirror all day.”

 

“Wow, just like that heroine in your book.”

 

Tasha and Louie didn’t deny it, they just laughed.

 

“Actually, she had lost her entire family in an accident, too.”

 

“Oh, dear…….”

 

“Maybe that’s why it bothers me even more. Still, we do have each other, don’t we?”

 

Tasha looked at Louie. Louie also looked at Tasha and nodded.

 

“She was the only one left. I just want to be nicer to her. It doesn’t matter who she is, or where she’s from.”

 

“Yes, that’s right. We want to treat her well, to make her feel better, to tell her it’s okay. We just want to do that for her.”

 

“Just like you did that for us.”

 

Tasha and Louie smiled brightly, looking at Bookman.

 

At those last words, Bookman’s tears, which he had been trying so hard to hold back, streamed down.

 

“You punks!”

 

Bookman was the only one who was embarrassed for no reason, and his voice shook as he shouted. He then hugged the twins.

 

“You two! You two!”

 

Bookman patted the twins with tears streaming down his face.

 

“I’m so proud of you. Tasha, Louie! You two are really impressive!”

 

At Bookman’s words, Tasha and Louie also swallowed tears by rubbing their noses.

 

The smiling twins’ wet eyes sparkled beautifully.

 

***

 

“Have they found Arsene?”

 

It was already the sixth day since Tamon left.

 

Tamon said that they would be able to track down the ship Arsene was on in about a week after they left.

 

Taking longer meant there was a possibility of the monsters appearing.

 

Her mind was complicated.

 

Roselyn looked out the window at the ocean, searching for his invisible ship.

 

Her hand touched the smooth surface of the book.

 

Aside from the bracelet Arsene kept, there were five other holy relics.

 

One of them was said to have been destroyed by an angry god.

 

 The object, known as a small wristwatch, was said to have been sealed with the ability to turn back time. 

 

The conditions for the expression of the ability were quite strict, but it was a very difficult ability, so they managed to use it. 

 

So, as the order of time was disrupted and the chaos in the world grew, the god of order himself came down and destroyed the holy object.

 

…that was the legend.

 

If the story was true, there were two implications.

Chapter 15. Tamon's Purpose