Earl and Fairy: Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 2] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub

The Arrival of the Pirates

Edgar slipped out of his bedroom late that night and descended the stone steps on the north side of his mansion, taking them down to the cellar. The candle in his hand wavered from the draft coming in from an unknown source, making his shadow writhe like it had a mind of its own. He shielded the flame with his hand so as not to lose its light and unlocked the door at the end of the passageway. Passing through it, he entered into another hallway with a second door at the end.

The first thing he saw past that was a large sapphire, its cross of a star glimmering against a dark, indigo surface. That jewel, known as the Star of the Merrow, was imbued with fairy magic. The ancient longsword in which it was embedded had belonged to the first Earl of Ibrazel, the Blue Knight. This treasured weapon had been conferred to him, along with his title, by the King of England. It was because he had obtained the sword that Edgar had been recognized by Queen and country, and had been able to make it this far. Without Lydia, his fairy doctor, it would have remained forever out of his reach. He might not have even survived long enough to lock eyes with its merrow guardians. The fairies had hidden it beyond a series of riddles to ensure that they granted it to the earl’s true descendant and no one else. Alone, Edgar would have been unable to solve the puzzles. In the end, they had entrusted him with the sword even knowing that he was not descended from the Blue Knight Earl, believing that the bloodline had ended.

Edgar might have obtained the earldom, but that was the end of it. He did not possess the mysterious powers of the title’s previous holders. While that hadn’t concerned him at the beginning, it had started to emerge as a weakness when it transpired that his long-time adversary was relying on occult magic. This enemy was the Prince, a man who stood at the top of the organization that had enslaved Edgar as a child after murdering his family. The earl had led a number of his fellow slaves, including Raven and Ermine, in escaping from their captor, but the majority of them had been killed in the process. Presently, Edgar plotted his revenge against the Prince while solidifying his position among Britain’s aristocracy. His principal concern at the moment was Ulysses, one of the Prince’s underlings. The young man was capable of commanding the loyalty of fairies and using them as he saw fit. Meanwhile, Edgar couldn’t even see the creatures. How, then, was he supposed to hold his own against Ulysses?

Edgar lifted the sword and pulled it from its sheath. Its silver blade was perfectly sharp and polished without a mark in sight, making one doubt that it truly came from the Middle Ages.

“So that is the sword belonging to the Blue Knight Earl! It certainly is a fine article,” came a disembodied voice.

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