Pale Fallen Angel, Parts 1 & 2 by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Author:Hideyuki Kikuchi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Published: 2012-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

After Taki dashed away, only the young man in black was left in the clearing that swam in the white sunlight. His stern face was beautiful to the point of violence, looking as if solitude and all other worldly matters and every human emotion from grief on down had no bearing on him.

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II

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Soon after the sun went down the baron returned.

“So, you haven’t found the child?” he asked.

May and Taki were by the side of the campfire, gazing vacantly into the flames.

“We’re setting out,” D said from where he leaned back against a tree. A cyborg horse was by his side. He’d gone back to town to procure it.

“This is a rather abrupt departure,” the baron said, turning a pained gaze in May’s direction. “Let’s take another day to search for the child.”

Neither Taki nor even May could keep the surprise from showing on their faces as they stared at the Noble who’d just shattered their preconceptions.

“There are no objections to that, I take it?” he said as he turned to D, and then there was the dry whistle of dead wood and a white needle stuck in the ground at the Nobleman’s feet. There was a note of some sort attached to it.

Pulling it off, the baron read it.

Continue your journey. The child will show up along the way.

“Who left this, and when?”

“A white rabbit carried it here around noontime.”

The speechless baron gazed at D.

“It’s true,” said Taki. “It stuck it on the door of the carriage—and stood up on two legs to do it! When D put a needle through it, it exploded.”

“I suppose you can’t have a magician without rabbits,” the baron remarked with a wry smile. “In that case, we had best proceed. But before we do—”

Perhaps the baron noticed the swish of fabric to his rear. Miska’s white dress had a hazy glow, as if it were a thin fog that shrouded her.

“Have you had any problems?”

“You needn’t worry on my account. I am the very picture of health,” the beautiful woman said with a smile. Even a human out for her blood would’ve been left disarmed by her allure.

Although her air was the same as always, the baron’s brow crinkled slightly, as if he sensed something.

“That’s fine, then. What I said still stands. We leave immediately.”

“For the child’s sake?” Miska asked, eyes wide with feigned disbelief. “Is your travel itinerary to be determined by the life of a human child?”

“Do you have a problem with that?”

“Don’t be absurd. I owe you my life. I wouldn’t think for a moment of questioning your wisdom.”

“Then return to your carriage. A journey by night can be a pleasure, too.”

“One thing first,” said the Hunter.

His remark paralyzed everyone—and even made the flames seem to freeze.

“What is it?”

The baron looked at D, and then quickly stared at Miska. He was following D’s gaze.

“Last night, there was a sizable explosion,” D said, his gaze still locked on Miska. “And you alone were on the scene. The surrounding air hadn’t been disturbed in the least.

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