Hoshi o ou kodomo (Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below) Page #2

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Asuna...

I'm fine. I'm sure it's a mistake,

don't worry.

Since it's raining,

let's do dinner some other time.

I need to do my homework.

Asuna...

I'm fine, okay?

Shun!

Dad's not coming back anymore?

Is he, Mom?

To wish for something like that... I'm

sure he wouldn't want that, yes...

Dad said that death was

a part of life, after all.

Even so...

I...

And in that way, his wife died.

Overcome with grief,

Izanagi decided to travel to the land

of Yomi far underneath the earth,

in order to bring his dead wife,

Izanami, back from the dead.

After traveling deep underneath the earth,

he finally reunited with his wife,

and she said this:

"I have already become a resident

of the land of the dead."

"However, if the god of Yomi allows it,

I can return home with you."

"But for that to happen,

there is one condition."

"While I am talking with the god,

you must not look at my body."

But Izanagi broke that promise.

He opened the gate to Yomi.

And therefore Izanagi's wife can

no longer return with him.

That is what is written in the first

verse of the Kojiki Mythology.

Similar myths of people heading below

the earth to resurrect people

are found throughout the world.

The land of Yomi.

Underworld, Hades, Shambhala, Agartha...

They are called different names,

but they are all said to be worlds

underneath the earth.

People once believed that under the

earth held the secret to death itself.

Everyone, it is time to go home from school.

Is there something about Asuna?

No, she just seems very serious, so I was

wondering what kind of student she was...

Yes... She's well behaved,

and a very good girl.

But her father passed away

when she was young,

and her mother seems to be very

busy with her nursing work.

I do wonder if she's trying too

hard to be good, you know...

Is that so?

And they found that corpse of the

unidentified boy before, yes?

Asuna, aren't you going home?

Yuu... I have something

I'd like to ask Mr. Morisaki.

I don't really like him so much...

Today's lesson was kinda scary...

Scary?

I heard a rumor that his wife died...

Pardon me.

So?

Seems like he went home already.

Later!

See you tomorrow.

You're...

Um, I'm sorry, but I had something

I wanted to ask you.

Wait here just a moment.

Do you drink coffee?

Yes! If you could put some milk in it...

Thank you.

Um, I'm sorry for barging in like this.

I asked Ms. Ikeda where you lived.

As you can see, I live by myself.

Make yourself at home.

Of course, I've just arrived here...

All I really have are books.

So, what is it?

U-Um, about class today...

You were listening very intently, yes...

You have someone you want

to bring back from the dead?

So, it was you who met the boy

that came from Agartha...

Look at this.

We call them "Quetzal Coatl".

They are the gatekeepers that guard

the entrances to Agartha.

And what do you think of this one?

It looks similar to the one from before.

It's a 3,000-year-old statue

of a god from Sumeria.

Once there were gods like

this all around the world,

guiding the path of

the yet-young humanity.

Those are the Quetzal Coatl.

Eventually humanity grew up, and the existence

of gods was no longer necessary.

The Quetzal Coatl, realizing

their role had now ended,

hid themselves under the earth

as gatekeepers.

Along with a number of different clans.

Clans?

A small number of humans went with the

Quetzal Coatl underneath the ground.

In other words, to the underworld, Agartha.

In Agartha remain the gods that disappeared,

and knowledge yet unknown,

and it is said to be a place where

any kind of wish can be fulfilled.

Even resurrecting the dead!

Is Agartha real?

Who knows? Perhaps it is just a legend.

All I have been doing is researching

all the different theories.

But...

You should head home. It's getting dark.

Thank you.

I'm not sure I was much help...

No, you were... Um..

Mr. Morisaki, I'm sure that

Agartha really exists.

It'll be night soon. Go straight home,

and don't stray from the path.

Mimi?

Hey, wait... Mimi!

Wait, I said!

Mimi, where are you?

Shun, Shun!

I knew it!

Who are you?

Did he make contact with a Topsider?

Shun...?

He's gone.

Just forget everything that's happened.

Arch Angel? I have to go!

A boy from Agartha? Hand over the clavis.

Who are these people?

Damn it!

Don't hit them.

We'll let them lead us to it.

That jewel...

This clavis?

I came to the surface to get it back.

This way, they can't get in.

Wait until morning and then go home.

The surface?

So Agartha really is underground?

You've even heard about that?

Shun... Could you have lost your memories?

Now see here...

In there.

Damn it! They're coming in!

Hey, how far are we...

Hurry up and follow!

They're coming after us!

Shun, is this cave...

I told you already! I'm not Shun!

I'm under no obligation

to save you, you know.

Then what's the deal?

If you're not Shun, then who are you?

Quiet. You stay here.

What?

The gatekeeper.

The gatekeepers once guided

humans long ago.

But because of the polluted

atmosphere above,

most of them have lost their senses...

It'd be great if they remembered...

Shun!

Stay there!

Are you okay?

It's not over yet. Take the clavis.

I don't want to kill the gatekeeper.

I have to put the gatekeeper to sleep!

Shun!

If there's a Quetzal Coatl, then

this must be the entrance!

Are you okay?

Let's run...

This is a Pakicetus... They were

supposed to be extinct.

What is it?

An ancient whale from

But we have to recover all the evidence...

As long as we get that clavis, there

won't be any complaints.

Do it.

Stop!

Come here with that clavis!

If you don't, I'll kill the boy.

Don't do it.

I could just kill both of you.

Shun...

I'll save you when I see a chance.

Right.

Come, and don't stop halfway.

Watch over the boy here.

Is that the gate?

Most likely.

Neither explosives nor drills will be

effective, like at the South Pole.

Touch the clavis to that light.

What's the matter? Do it.

The Interstitial Sea...

Finally, it's within my grasp...

Good work, men.

Commander, what are you...

I'll be going alone from here.

Give the old men back at

Europa my best wishes.

Don't move!

Shun!

What's the meaning of this?

Mr. Morisaki?

Now that I've come this far, I have

no reason to be your enemy.

All I want to do is go to Agartha.

Agartha is falling into ruin.

Nothing Arch Angel hopes to find is there.

I do not seek the secret to eternal life

or the knowledge of the ancients.

All I want is to return

my wife to the living.

Do as you wish, I don't care.

My only mission was to retrieve the clavis.

What's your name?

Asuna.

I'm Shin. Shun's younger brother.

Shin? Then, Shun is...

My brother is dead.

He knew that he couldn't survive

on the surface for long,

yet he broke the rules and went anyway.

I'm leaving now.

You can open the exit even without a clavis.

I'm sorry about you getting involved,

Asuna...

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