Earl and Fairy: Volume 7 [Parts 1 to 6] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub

On a Lonely Night

London’s midnight was accompanied by a thick blanket of fog. The chimes of Big Ben rang out over the city, sleeping at the bottom of its mire. Though gas lamps lined the streets and offered blurred balls of light, they weren’t enough to clarify the cobblestones or shadowy buildings. Perhaps due to the freezing cold and the mist, there was barely a person in sight, nor were any carriages passing by.

Kelpie trotted down the road to the earl’s estate, seeing no reason to change from his horse form. Lydia had said she was coming to London, so he had gotten there first. As far as he was concerned, she should have extended her holiday indefinitely, but it seemed she didn’t agree. It bothered him too that she hadn’t simply canceled her engagement. He could easily whisk her back to the Highlands. He had the strength for it. And if he did that, Lydia ought to understand that he was trying to protect her, especially if it was only a temporary measure.

Kelpie quietly leaped over the briar-entwined fence onto the earl’s grounds and decided to go and take a rest in the fountain. He just so happened to glance up at the mansion’s second floor, which was where he spotted a figure extracting itself through a window.

“The selkie,” he muttered.

This wasn’t the first time he had caught Ermine behaving strangely. It seemed she was acting behind her master’s back, and that made Kelpie concerned—not for the earl’s sake, but for Lydia, who spent much of her time by his side. If Ermine was going out on an errand, she would have used the door, especially considering that she didn’t yet have a full awareness of her fairy self. Suspicious, Kelpie decided to tail her.

After leaving the estate, Ermine hurried down the street. She wasn’t slowed by the fog or the darkness, things that only rendered humans blind. She followed the path that ran alongside the park Kelpie had settled in while in London and walked for some time after that till she reached the suburbs. Eventually, she came to a marshland where the grass was dry and withered, and approached one of the few nearby buildings. The door opened immediately when she reached the entrance, as though someone had been waiting for her.

All Kelpie could see from his position was a smudge of light that quickly vanished as the door was closed again. He approached the building quietly. The boarded windows prevented him from seeing what was inside. There was no light seeping out between the boards either. He circled the building then, wondering how he might scope out the inside, when something fell down right in front of his feet.

“Och. That coulda hit me.”

It seemed to have been thrown from one of the building’s skylights, but when he looked up, there were too many tree branches in the way to be sure. He crouched down to investigate the object. It was a worn suitcase. He rocked it experimentally.

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