Hoshi o ou kodomo (Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below) Page #4

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Climb!

Please, you can do it!

Grab on!

Asuna!

Come!

You're... Shin?

Looks like you got it right this time.

This is a nest of Izoku.

They will devour you and your

so-called defiled blood.

We're getting out of here!

Shin! How did you know we were here?

Um, after we last met, I chased

after you into Agartha!

And that's caused me a whole

lot of trouble, thank you!

What? I just wanted to see you again...

Don't talk, just run!

They're coming after you!

I am running!

Shin! Shin, they're coming!

Asuna, jump!

Shin!

You okay?

Let's go!

Asuna, you have a fragment

of a clavis, right?

Yeah...

You should hand it over to me.

Shin!

I have to save him.

Hold it, little guy!

Asuna!

Hey, Asuna!

Asuna...

A horse?

He told you to give him the clavis?

It doesn't seem like those things

that snatched you off

were planning to give us a nice welcome.

And what'll we do with her?

What is it?

Something's over there?

Downstream?

Shin!

You're covered in sweat!

Asuna?

Shin!

You're safe, too?

Thank goodness. You're conscious...

Ah, right... We were swept away...

Wait, I'll get you water.

You!

You're from Arch Angel!

I know you have a clavis.

Leave it here and get out of Agartha!

Why?

How should I know?

This is what I've been tasked with!

Hand over the clavis!

Let's go where she pointed.

There might be a village there.

I'm bringing him with us.

Do as you wish.

There are people here!

The first living village.

Let's go, but watch yourself.

Dear...

It couldn't be...

They're Topsiders.

Really?

A bad omen...

I hope everything's okay...

Everyone, stand back!

It's the defiled child that was kidnapped

the day before yesterday.

The one who can no longer speak

after her mother passed away.

Halt!

Dinah's child, yes?

She sure has grown.

Thank you for bringing

our village's child back.

But you are Topsiders from the surface.

Our village of Amaurot

cannot accept Topsiders.

Please turn back.

U-Um, could you at least take

a look at this person?

Those clothes... He's from Canaan?

Why is someone of Agartha with

those from the surface?

I cannot.

Begone!

Wait!

Manna, I'm so happy you've come back!

Please, forgive my village's rudeness.

Not a word of thanks for saving

my granddaughter, eh?

Old Master!

Just for one eve... Must I suffer

the dishonor of not even doing that much?

This way.

Bringing you through the village would

cause you to stand out too much.

His fever will break soon.

Although it will be a little while before

he is able to move again.

He'll live, so there is no need for worry.

Thank goodness.

This is all thanks to you...

That was a wound from the Izoku, yes?

Izoku?

They hate both light and water...

They're a cursed tribe.

But they are part of the structure that maintains

this world in its current state.

That is why they hate it so when the

two sides are mixed together.

Mixed together?

So, that child...

Manna's father is a Topsider.

Things such as that happen not oft.

Get out of our village!

Get out!

I apologize, Miss...

But the coming of Topsiders is not

looked upon as a good omen to us.

Asuna.

In the past,

kings and emperors from the surface

came to steal the wealth and wisdom

of Agartha for hundreds of years.

The kings needed Agartha's

knowledge and treasure

to rule over the surface, you see.

And what they brought in return

were countless wars...

We were more glorious than

anywhere on the surface.

But our cities were all destroyed,

and our birth rate dwindled.

Now there are but a handful

of villages that remain.

And so we shut the gates with the clavises,

locking them to prevent anyone

from the surface from entering.

I'll show you to my archive.

Will you help me prepare dinner there, miss?

Yes.

This way.

Mimi...

Manna...

What next, Elder?

Would you cut up that bigroot for me?

Sure.

You mean this?

Yes...

A daikon...

Hey, Mimi!

I've never seen a Yadoriko get along

so well with a Topsider before.

Yadoriko? You mean a cat?

Animals in which reside God's children.

Raised along with humans,

after they serve their purpose,

they become one with the Quetzal Coatl

and live on for eternity.

God...

Isn't it nice to be mistaken for such a

wonderful creature like that, Mimi?

Now then, would you give Manna

a bath before dinner is ready?

A bath?!

Baths are amazing...

Hey Manna, hold it!

Mr. Morisaki...

How do you like this outfit?

I borrowed it from the Elder.

It doesn't suit you.

Don't cry while you eat.

But it's so delicious!

Elder, I was wondering if you could

answer my question from earlier.

It is forbidden to bring back

the dead here in Agartha.

If it is forbidden, that means there is a way.

Life and death are just part of the

flow of something much bigger.

Those humans who wish to interrupt

that flow shall not be permitted.

Permitted?

Why? Whose permission must I ask?

Elder, even we on the surface

know such platitudes.

What I want to know is where and how

one can reunite with lost loved ones.

That's all.

Grieving over the dead is proper,

but to continue to pity them is erroneous.

You should not have involved a girl of such

youth in your own delusional fallacy.

Asuna came here of her own free will!

Um! I...

All you do is sit here, staring up at the gods,

locked up in this cellar for 2,000 years!

Miss, I apologize,

but can you look after the boy?

Go.

Okay.

Those clothes don't suit you at all.

That's not a nice thing to say!

Why did you do it?

Why did you save me?

Because you saved me, too.

I was just forced to clean up after my brother.

Shun?

Shin!

Don't force yourself...

You can't stay here.

Damn it...

I should have let the Izoku kill you,

then taken your clavis.

No, I should have killed those

Arch Angels on the surface.

Leave.

Shin?

I said leave!

We'll leave early tomorrow.

Get right to sleep.

I'm sorry.

I can't shelter Topsiders for long.

I've said what I could to him.

Tonight, at least,

sleep together with Manna.

Mimi.

Brother...

Everyone set out on their journey

as a heartfelt cry for help.

If only somebody had been able to stop them...

Our time together made me feel like

my daughter had returned to me.

Elder...

Manna, take care!

The boat should get you across the

lake in two days and one night.

From there,

you will be near the place you seek.

You have my thanks for all that you've done.

Asuna.

Mimi, come here.

Hey, we're going...

Mimi?

I think the little one has fulfilled its duty.

People cannot decide

what the Yadoriko do, see.

But...

I thought we'd always be together!

Mimi!

Asuna, you just have to accept it.

Elder, please...

Mimi!

Mr. Morisaki, wait! I still...

Mimi!

Manna, take care of Mimi!

Mimi, listen to what Manna says, okay?

Farewell...

Mr. Morisaki...

Do you remember what you said in class?

About the myth of Izanagi and Izanami?

Yes...

I was curious about the end,

so I read the rest in the library.

What Izanagi saw at the bottom of the earth

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