MaruMA:DramaCD56:Track18
18. Box and Key[edit]
FX:*fire cracking*
Murata: 'That person' is dead, it's a corpse. Or rather, it's not at the LEVEL of a corpse anymore. She has been mummified. Seisakoku's emperor has been living with his mother's corpse all this time.
Wolfram: But... would the god of the Shinzoku allow something so audacious?
Murata: I don't know much about the Shinzoku's religion either.
Conrad: I don't think their faith is completely unrelated, but these circumstances are different, right?
Venera: Though in Central and South America there were such cultures. Cultures that contemplate living with the dead I mean[1].
Murata: In any case, Yelshi has been living with his mummified mother. Furthermore, he believes that his mother, Alazon, is still alive. Because she speaks...
Wolfram: SHE SPEAKS...!?
Murata: It's only what Yelshi perceives. It's the residual thoughts left by the dead. In times like this, people with supernatural powers sure have it rough, huh? Like telepaths and psychometers.
Conrad: Anyway, your Highness, why can't we get close to that place?
Murata: The reason is obvious. Because it's dangerous, Lord Weller. What Yelshi possesses, of all things, is the "Inferno of the Frozen Land". I'm not so crazy that I would let a Bielefeld get anywhere close to it.
Wolfram: What do you mean?
Murata: I mean that someone from the Bielefeld family is the key.
Wolfram: ...!
Murata: That doesn't mean it is you for sure. One person of that family is the key. That was decided a long time ago. The keys to the four boxes where the soushu was sealed, was entrusted to each of the brave and trustworthy families who fought the soushu.
Conrad: And they are...?
Murata: Three of them were mazoku and one of them was human. The Bielefelds and the Wellers were two of them. Ah... back then they weren't called Wellers, but Berards...
Conrad: And the other two? Could it be that one of them were the Voltaires?
Murata: That's right.
Wolfram: That means...
Conrad: Then, what's the last one?
Murata: The Wincotts.
Conrad: The Wincotts?!
Wolfram: I heard that the key is stored in a part of the body[2].
Murata: Well, only as a matter of convenience.
Wolfram: In the case of the Wellers, that would be the left arm. Then, what about my older brother and me?
Murata: And what are you going to do if I tell you? We're not even sure that you are the key...
Wolfram: But...!
Murata: If you want to know for sure, you'd have to find out your exact date of birth. Unless you're born at the exact same time as someone in your family died, the chances of inheriting the key are low. However the mazoku do not keep such good track of their birthdays, right?
Wolfram: That's right. Wait... in other words what you're talking about is reincarnation?
Murata: Rather than reincarnation.... it's more like a soul being implanted. In each of the families, there's one person who has been using the same soul since the first one (who received the key).
Wolfram: So this matter is related to the soul...?
Murata: That's right, just like with maryoku. There was no other way to securely transmit it, don't you think?
Conrad: Your Highness...
Murata: What?
Conrad: Don't tire yourself too much, it's not good for your health. You'll worry his Majesty.
Murata: Well, well... at the very least I don't want to hear that from you, Lord Weller. Who do you think made my Yuu-chan worry so much?
Conrad: If by any chance that would be me, I would be extremely delighted.
Murata: Uwah... you're making me feel uncomfortable.
Venera: *chuckles* You two sound like TEEN girls, you know?
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References[edit]
- ↑ She might be talking about pre-Columbian cultures. In the 1500s there was a tribe in Colombia, whose people would remove the guts of the corpse, fill it with colored cotton, and then they'd put the corpse in a hammock near the fire where they ate. But in the novels, Venera talks about people who made their dead smoke and slept in the same bed with them and talked to them like they were alive. She also mentions that she saw that herself, but I couldn't find any information about such cultures in the late 1800s, when she was supposed to be alive having adventures on Earth.
- ↑ In the novels Wolfram and Murata are alone from this moment on and until Conrad comes back and tells Murata not to tire himself too much.
