Earl and Fairy: Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 5] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub

The earl’s manor was located a small distance away from the rest of the village. After leaving the building, Lydia had passed through a grove of trees and had been walking for some time since. The dobie stopped at the back door of a detached building that sat on the very edge of the village. Lydia peered inside, but there was no pot to be seen.

“Where is my baby? The pot was just there!” The dobie started to wander around on the dirt floor. “I put lots of potatoes in the pot to keep my baby warm because it’s so cold!”

“Someone’s coming, Lydia!” Nico warned her.

Quick as a flash, she hid herself behind a post. An older woman appeared at the back door carrying a pot full of potatoes. If Lydia had to guess, she was Martha’s mother-in-law. The potatoes were submerged in water. The woman placed the pot on the stove and lit it.

“Wait a moment!” Lydia jumped out from behind the post. Pushing past the woman, she thrust her hands into the pot, fishing through the potatoes until she felt soft cloth, and pulled the baby out.

“Who might you be?” stammered the woman.

“What on earth were you doing? The baby is soaked through! Not to mention you were about to cook it!” Lydia cried.

The woman frowned, looking from the baby in Lydia’s arms to the pot and back again. “I didn’t know there was a baby in the pot. My daughter-in-law asked me to boil these potatoes for her. To think it is soaked through and it isn’t even crying... I suppose there really must be something wrong with it.” Taking her eyes from the baby, the woman sat hunched over in her chair.

The baby was slightly smaller than a human infant, and while that could be excused, its face was another matter. Its skin was dark and wrinkled, and its ears clearly pointed. The magic cast on it to make it appear human was somewhat lacking. It was no wonder its mother suspected a changeling, when it had quickly taken on such an appearance. Its supposed grandmother, too, seemed perplexed and distressed.

The dobie had sunk to the floor and was crying, clearly disturbed by its child’s near-death experience. Naturally, she remained invisible to the elderly woman. When she threatened to wipe her face on Nico’s tail, he hurriedly yanked it away.

“Forgive me, madame, but while this baby may be a changeling, you mustn’t be cruel to it. Please dress it in a clean change of clothes, and do not lay it in the pot.”

The woman looked up again, puzzled. “Sorry, but who are you?”

“I am a fairy doctor.”

“A fairy doctor? Yes, well, those who claim they can see fairies have an awful habit of taking their side. It’s always about doing whatever it takes to please the creatures.”

“That isn’t true. There are cases in which fairies are punished for wicked acts.”

“In that case, I should think that this baby—” The woman cut herself off. She must have remembered the advice given by the impostor, that the changeling be left alone.

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