I'M VERY GLAD IT WAS MASTER QIFREY WHO TOOK ME IN. REALLY... I MEAN IT.
HERE. JUST REMEMBER, THE TWO OF US AREN'T DONE .. YES. OF TALKING. COURSE. AND TALK WE SHALL, ONCE WE HAVE RETURNED... BECAUSE RIGHT NOW... „.Г WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO GET BACK HOME.
IK ٢ NU I UNDERSTAND PREDIS ОЇРКЕУ HAS DEPARTED, LORD BELDARUIT.
I WISHED TO SEE MY FORMER APPRENTICE OFF IN PERSON. „„ MOUTH CLOSED AND EYES AVERTED IN HER TIME OF NEED. WORRY NOT. I AM FEELING QUITE SPRY |; 7 (09 Ma jf i — V И 0 SHE HAS NO USE FOR YOU DIDN'T COME TO THE GARDEN AS SMOKE SURPRISED WHEN YOU WEREN'T IN YOUR CHAMBERS. PLEASE DON'T PUSH YOURSELF. YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH TO THINK OF. A SHAME YOU IT DIDN'T HAS BEEN ` JOIN US. A GREAT WHILE SINCE YOU LAST SAW YOUR SISTER RICHEH,
HMM. BUT TO MY EYES, YOU ARE NEITHER WEAK NOR LACKING COURAGE. AFTER ALL, YOU'VE FOUND THE STRENGTH TO COME OUT HERE TO THE ARGENTGARD, HAVE YOU NOT? „„IT 15 QUIET НЕВЕ, 0 VISITORS ARE FEW. сата ale TH ZO EN x Sil d pe 7” NZ ZN SY, ዌራ ' =. 5 I GAVE UP MY RIGHT TO SEE HER WHEN I FAILED TO ONLY BECAUSE...
BUT, THAT ONE REQUIREMENT FILLED, IT WILL GROW IN ANY CLIME, FROM BARREN WASTELAND AT EDGE OF WORLD, TO HERE, LEGEND ON BED OF DEEP, HOLDS THAT IT DEEP SEA. IS A MYSTICAL TREE, ABLE TO Le LIVE WHEREVER MEC о IT PLEASES. Ж Am THE MIGHTY SILVERWOOD, IT 15 SAID, ONLY TAKES ROOT IN PLACES IT KNOWS IT WILL FIND TRUE COMFORT. IT CHOOSES THE PLACE WHERE IT WILL LIVE? THAT SOUNDS VERY MUCH... 105
vee TO CALL #/5 OWN— A PLACE THAT BRINGS COMFORT AND SOLACE... ee LIKE WHAT A PERSON MIGHT DO. „. ON HIS DEPARTURE, I OVERHEARD HIM SPEAK OF THE ATELIER AS HIS HOME.
I PRAY HE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO TEAR IT DOWN AND WITH HIS OWN LOSE THAT HANDS... WHICH HE HAS FINALLY MANAGED TO FIND. SHE JUST D = WELCOME ! DREI, а ს HOME, DEAR HERSELF A "KW ATELIER! IT /5 KIND WE WERENT IT FEELS LIKE AWAY THAT WE WERE GONE FOR AGES/ WHERE’S MASTER QIFREY?
MASTER OLLY MUST BE... I SUPPOSE YOU'D LIKE TO PICK UP... HE STEPPED OUTSIDE A WHILE AGO. SAID HE WAS GOING TO CHECK ON THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.
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RETRACING EVENTS AT THE GREAT HMPH, QIFREY'S CONFINED AND THE 79; SEP GIRLS ARE BUSY WITH BELDARUIT'S MAKE-UP TEST. I CAME OVER TO DEEPWATER CASTLE THINKING I'D GET A BITE
I SHOULD' VE KNOWN BETTER... ^ THAN ТО SHOW UP AT LUNCHTIME. А А А А А C K 4 у a اب E IT'D BE A REAL HASSLE IF WORD SPREAD ‘ROUND THE GREAT HALL THAT OLRUGGIO'S (E ос or - CHA GUESS I'LL FIND SOME OTHER PLACE TO BURN A CLOCK MARK
IT WAS NOT MY INTENT TO STARTLE you! HOW I REALIZED SPLENDID YOU WERE HERE, TO SEE YOU : I SIMPLY COULD BACK AT THE "y NOT HELP BUT HALL... : LEAP DOWN! ..PREDIS A OLRUGGIO! N ABOUT THIS "PREDIS" BUSINESS.
„Е YOU'D АССЕРТ МЕ AS YOUR APPRENTICE/ u TALK ABOUT ከ COMING ON خس STRONG... WHY, EVEN AT THIS AGE, I'D BE HONORED TO START ALL OVER AND STUDY UNDER COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT! WHAT MATTERS 15 THAT YOU ARE MY PREDIS AT HEART! YOU’RE HELPIN’ ME OUT AS AN ASSISTANT. IT’S NOT A BOND OF BROTHERHOOD. WE'RE NOT CONNECTED BY APPRENTICESHIP. TRUST ME, I HAVE NO EVEN IF I DID, I'D PREFER ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO BE QUIET. INTENTION OF TAKING ON AN APPRENTICE. у CE AND HEY, CORRECT! = DON'T YOU SHALL I Ss HAVE AN SUMMON = APPRENTICE x OF YOUR NO NEED! ‹ i NOT THE ——= TRYING TO MAKE. 115
I KNOW BETTER THAN TO LEAVE MY WAPECCABLE > TEACHER TOO LONG WITHOUT TIMING! > | С А 1 SUPERVISION. APOLOGIES FOR MASTER HIEHART'S CONDUCT, ALTHOUGH, MISTER I MUST SAY, I'M OLRUGGIO. QUITE HAPPY TO FIND YOU HERE AT THE HALL. ACTUALLY, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SEND YOU AN URGENT LETTER. IT’S ABOUT A JOB WE ASSISTED YOU WITH BEFORE! ЗӨ ВЭ» لر <.
I'VE GOT | А REAL BAD URGENT Sekt П FEELING LETTER... i | JOB FROM BEFORE... PLEASE, ACCOMPANY US. I GUESS I CAN ASK BELDARUIT AND SINOCIA TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM...
SURE YOU'RE ACQUAINTED WITH THE CREST OF MY GLORIOUS MARQUISATE— AND ITS COLOR, BLUE AS THE SKY AT MY DAUGHTER'S WEDDING APPROACHES. IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE IF THE FLOOR DID NOT SHINE THAT VERY SAME BLUE! BUT... MY LORD, I'M TOLD THE CEREMONY 15 BUT DAYS AWAY. NO EXCUSES, WITCH/ I AM | WELL AWARE OF THE THINGS | | | МЕ Weenie „.ჩ5 YOU YOU DO... BEGIN WORK CONDUCT YOUR ON THE HALL RITUALS AT MY ; | NOW... BEHEST/ /
FOR A SECOND, I THOUGHT HE MEANT HE'D DISCOVERED THE SECRET OF CASTING. I'VE SUPPLIED PLENTY OF GOLD TO THE GREAT HALL'S TREASURY. I DEMAND THAT MY WILL BE DONE! ки DNS DID YOU THINK I WOULD NOT DISCOVER YOUR EXPLOITS? LEAVING MY REQUESTS UNATTENDED... ሠል5 YOU SNEAK OUT TO THE CASTLE TOWN TO PROVIDE THE COMMONERS YOUR SERVICES FOR FREE?! IF YOU HAVE TIME FOR SUCH FRIVOLITIES, I SEE NO REASON FOR YOU TO COMPLAIN NOW! IS IT NOT THE WITCHES' DUTY TO USE THEIR MAGIC TO FULFILL THE DESIRES OF ALL THE WORLD'S PEOPLE? ጋብ 20 а morama У
DOES HE THINK WE JUST CHANT AN INCANTATION, SOMETIMES WAVE OUR HANDS, IWISH I COULD AND PRESTO? SHOW THEM HOW HARD IT 15 TO DO WHAT WE DO. LOOK AT ALL THIS! WE HAVE TO RETILE THIS ENTIRE FLOOR? HOW CAN НЕ | ASSUME OUR ee WORK I5 50 SIMPLE?!! HEY. PRINCIPLES. VIOLATION. SHUSH. JUST HARD NOT TO GRUMBLE.
= I'VE GOT АМ IDEA OR TWO ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT ONLY TROUBLE MANAGE THIS. IS, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE THE COOPERATION OF A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL. ASTOUNDING! HOW COULD I HAVE EVER TRULY, DOUBTED?! *PREDIS“ 15 N NOT ENOUGH! ALLOW ME TO STUDY UNDER YOU! HEY, WHY ARE YOU SO AGAINST TAKING ON AN APPRENTICE, ANYWAY? ISN'T IT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY ADULT WITCH TO HELP RAISE THE NEXT GENERATION?
LOOK, WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND YOU GOTTA WEIGH YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A MASTER... eee AGAINST A . 2. WHATEVER WITHOUT г COMES UP, IF ANY HESITATION, YOU'RE NOT YOU'VE GOT ж == ТНЕ ТУРЕ ТО NO BUSINESS CHOOSE THE TAKING ON AN FORMER... APPRENTICE. š AHH. SURE. SOUNDS REASONABLE ENOUGH. DEPENDS ON AFTER ALL, A м ٢ WHAT YOU'RE ME, AND MASTER | 2 M WEIGHING YOUR იი ие "2 2 > RESPONSIBILITY 2 | ALL JUST PEOPLE! 4 _ A AGAINST. 123
IF YOU'VE GOT TWO THINGS THAT ARE 50 IMPORTANT IT'S HARD TO CHOOSE, I SAY, FORGET THE SCALE! I'D ASK FOR HELP FROM A FRIEND 50 I COULD STAY ON TOP OF 'EM BOTH, WITHOUT LEANING TO EITHER SIDE! WHAT AN INSPIRING APPRENTICE/ WHY, PERHAPS I OUGHT TO STUDY UNDER YOU! ‘CAUSE EVEN WHEN 1 BECOME A MASTER, I WANNA KEEP LIVING MY OWN LIFE... „„АКО I WANNA OFFER MY FRIENDS A HELPING HAND WHEN THEY’RE IN NEED, TOO!
I GUESS IN THE END, DESPITE ALL THAT STUFF HE SAID... „,, QIFREY DID CHOOSE TO PROTECT THE KIDS. HEH. OFFER 1 i A... see HELPING = HAND, HUH? =
MY APOLOGIES, SIR WITCH, FOR THE GREAT TROUBLE MY FATHER HAS IMPOSED. MY BETROTHED HAILS FROM NOUIHL, YOU SEE, AND THE TILES ARE MY FATHER'S WAY OF ASSERTING WHICH IS THE GREATER REALM. THE ROBES YOUR FIANCÉ WILL : | 79 | WEAR TO THE ABE Рав RIGHT. ; CEREMONY... б; NOUIHL’S CREST „AREN'T | (М IS A DEEP AND არაა цэг / 7 FIERY SUNSET BATHED IN BLUE LIGHT. 2 N АА 1 x N 7 LN
AND NOUIHL LOOK THE LESSER LAND. AND WHILE HE'S AT IT, HE EMBARRASSES THE WITCHES BY REQUESTING AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. THE MAN I'VE CHOSEN TO WED CARES NOT FOR SUCH THINGS—A FACT THAT DOES NOT ENDEAR HIM TO MY FATHER. HE DECIDES TO BADGER HIS DAUGHTER ABOUT IT ON HER WEDDING DAY... ? меддезо“е old man. 127 I FIGURED THIS MIGHT BE THE CASE. HE WANTS THE LADY TO SHINE RADIANT, THAT THE MIGHT OF THE MARQUISATE BE APPARENT... MY FATHER IS OF A TRADITIONAL MIND. HE LIKES TO MAKE CLEAR WHO STANDS ABOVE AND BELOW.
DO NOT SPEAK TO HIM. EXERT YOURYOU ARE FREE SELVES FOR TO 60. HIS SAKE. WORRY ABOUT THE TILES. 2 I'M SORRY, THE MY LADY, BUT REQUEST І CANNOT FOR OUR OBLIGE MARQUISATE HIMSELF. AFTER ALL, WE ARE WITCHES. WE SEE TO THE PEOPLE'S DESIRES. HOWEVER... IT WOULD GRIEVE ME TO DISAPPOINT YOU. 50... THERE'S REALLY NO NEED FOR
WOULD BE 50 KIND AS TO ASSIST US... „I BELIEVE I COULD ILLUMINATE THE WAY TO EVERYONE'S SATISFACTION. PRESUMPTUOUS FINISHED, WITCHES/ ON AND YOU SAY? ON ABOUT HOW MUCH WORK THIS WILL BE... FINISH IT ALL IN HALF A DAY!
ALIA WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS? PRECISELY AS IT WAS BEFORE/
THE ОШЕН >. z usw STANDING GUARD AT THE HALL’S 4: 2 xui d „ARE ENTRANCE... ет HARDLY THE FOCUS OF THE EVENING’S EVENT. NEITHER ARE THE GUESTS, WHO „ALONG WILL DANCE THE FRINGE. I HERE... ONLY ONE PORTION 8665 TO BE BATHED IN BLUE... ...50 THAT ONE PERSON MIGHT CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION.
| АМО ТНАТ 5РОТ 15 НЕКЕ--ТНЕ SITE OF THE LADY'S APPEARANCE, AS SHE STANDS AT THE CENTER OF ALL LOOK! IT WE ONLY HAD ი6დ 4 WHERE LADY TO REDRAW THE 27 DIN M TILES AT THE 4 HER FEET! CENTER OF THE % HALL... ^. AND NOW, NOT ONLY DOES LADY MIIA GET HER CHANCE TO SHINE...
INGENIOUS. NOTHING BUT THE BEST FROM PREDIS OLRUGGIO! AND WHEN YOU DO NOT DESIRE THE STAGE, SIMPLY STEP AWAY. „„ВИТ WHEN THE DANCE ENDS, AND SHE STEPS AWAY... „. THE RED OF HER NEW GROOM 5 ATTIRE WILL RETAIN ALL IT$ SPLENDOR. ONE 15 NEVER OBLIGED TO DANCE SIMPLY FOR BEING BROUGHT TO THE BALLROOM, MY LADY. DANCE AT THE PLACES AND TIMES YOU PLEASE.
«ТО ВАТНЕ АШ. WHO WATCH IN 115 WARM AND GENTLE GLOW. YOU CERTAINLY KNOW HOW TO PUT ON A SHOW, SIR WITCH. MY FATHER 15 STUNNED FILLS WITH PRIDE/ TO SILENCE. AND YOU, PERFECT. b MY LADY? 9 ARE YOU ALSO SATISFIED? WHY, I WOULD EVEN KEEP YOU HERE IN COURT.
I'M TOLD THAT IN AGES PAST, THE GREATEST MONARCHS KEPT WITCHES - THAT THEY MIGHT LEAD THEIR PEOPLE WITH THE AID OF SAGE ADVICE, WISDOM, AND MAGIC. IT WOULD BE HEARTENHADI ING... SOMEONE LIKE YOU AT MY SIDE WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR ME TO RULE MY FAMILY'S LANDS. I AM HONORED. BUT THE DAYS OF YORE WERE A TIME OF STRIFE AND WAR. 135
NO WITCH WISHES TO SEE THE ERRORS OF THE PAST REPEATED. WE SEEK ONLY A FUTURE FULL OF HOPE. „. МЕ ARE IN FULL ACCORD.
SURELY YOU NEEDN'T HURRY AWAY LADY MIIA WE GOTTA SEEMED A BE MORE LOT MORE p CAUTIOUS REASONABLE. ABOUT TAKING REQUESTS FROM THE MARQUISATE. I DIDN'T NOTICE BEING 5Р/ЕП ON WHEN I VISITED I GOTTA THE CASTLE BE MORE CAREFUL. >>. s 5 1 4 1 CON de
GOTTA SAY, I NEVER COULD'VE IMAGINED THE DIFFERENCE A LITTLE EXTRA LIGHT WOULD MAKE! IF ANYTHING, FINDING WAYS TO HELP THE TOWNSPEOPLE 15 OUR REAL CALLING. NO NEED FOR THANKS. MEANIN’ TO THANK YA FOR THE GLOWIN’ STONES YOU LAID IN THE ALLEYWAYS! WE'RE SEEIN' A LOT LESS OF THOSE RUFFIANS ON THE STREETS AT NIGHT! OBLIGED, WITCH/ A WITCH ISN'T ABOUT DECORATING CASTLES.
НЕ5 NOT LIKE THE OTHER CHILDREN. HIS EARS ARE REAL SHARP— SO SHARP, THE SOUNDS AROUND HIM CAUSE HIM I THINK HE MIGHTA BEEN BORN WITH THE GIFT/ ASSURE YOU, HE'S JUST AN ORDINARY BOY. I'M AFRAID WE CAN'T— %; Y y 139 THIS BOY WITH УОО/ W PLEASE, TAKE HIM WITH YOU. MAKE HIM AN APPRENTICE!
«ТО STEP ЕКОМ ТНЕ STAGE WHEN THEY CARE NOT TO ee TO CHOOSE WHERE THEY WILL STAND. AT LEAST TEACH HIM HOW TO CONTROL HIS POWERS! PLEASE! HE NEEDS HELP! - OTHERS ARE NOT AFFORDED THE MEANS...
IF YOU TAKE HIS HAND, YOU VIOLATE THE PRINCIPLES. I'M JUST OFFERIN' TO MAKE A SPELLSCARF TO CUT OUT SOME OF THE NOISE HE THIS SHOULD MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER. SORRY THERE ISN'T MORE I CAN DO.
WHAT WAS RUNNING THROUGH HIS „. WHEN HE MIND... TOOK COCO'S HAND IN VIOLATION OF THE PRINCIPLES? TO SAY? WHAT ARE 771 YOU KEEPING ГТ QIFREY? I SUPPOSE YOU'D LIKE TO PICK UP... ІН ა“ СА ብ wi AS < THE WHOLE STORY. AND ONCE YOU'RE DONE, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING 000 ТО I'M ASKIN’. ЇЕТ МЕ HELP YOU, QIFREY! CHAPTER 39 * END
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