Earl and Fairy: Volume 10 [Parts 1 to 4] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, fantasy, adventure, drama, romance, female protagonist, aristocracy, victorian britain, shoujo, folklore, heart
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

Edgar was staying at an inn in the neighboring town. Following a sleepless night, he was sitting at the windowside table in his dressing gown and opening the letter that had arrived just that morning. The food on the plate before him had grown stone-cold.

“Would you like me to reheat your breakfast, my lord?” Raven offered the moment the earl, who had been deep in thought all this time, showed the slightest hint of movement. He had certainly been concerned about his master’s lack of appetite but hadn’t wanted to make the suggestion at an inopportune moment.

“That’s quite all right,” Edgar replied. “Forgive me, but would you mind leaving me be?”

“Not at all, my lord. Would you like some warm milky tea?”

“Please.”

After being driven out of town by Kelpie yesterday, Edgar had made several varied attempts to re-enter to no avail. Taking a right at a fork in the road eventually returned him to the same spot via the left path. He had wandered around in endless circles. He had walked in one direction down a single road only for the same signpost to appear in the distance again and again. Nico had persuaded him that, since he had been driven out, it was now impossible to return, so he had reluctantly taken a room at the inn. However, he presently had more to think about than just retrieving Lydia.

A letter had come that morning from Scarlet Moon, a secret organization investigating the Prince’s movements in London. It reported that one of the society’s members, a young artist named Paul Firman whom Edgar considered a friend, had gone missing. Paul acted as a liaison between the earl and Scarlet Moon, which was by no means a dangerous duty. Quite apart from anything else, he possessed an honesty that was typical of the lower middle class, making him unsuited to being a proper spy. Having said that, he was a frequent visitor to Edgar’s estate and was known to the Prince’s right-hand man. It was quite possible that he had been singled out.

“The last thing anyone had heard from him was that he was going to visit the sick children at the almshouse in the East End...” Edgar murmured as Raven brought him his tea.

Paul had given art lessons to those children a number of times. Presumably, he thought it would help lift their spirits.

“I wonder whether the children at the almshouse are afflicted by the illness that is spreading through the area.”

“That may well be the case.”

“Perhaps the painter has also fallen victim to it,” Nico remarked as he sipped his tea in front of the fire. He had finished his breakfast some time ago.

“And he is therefore unable to make contact with anybody?” Edgar asked.

The disease itself wasn’t fully understood. Those afflicted developed a lasting high fever similar to the symptoms of a nasty cold until their lungs could take no more damage and they perished. However, they did not lose consciousness immediately.

“My lord, I cannot shake the sense that the Prince is in some way connected to this disease,” said Raven.

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