Chapter 24: Chapter 24

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

䉾䉷䁽䧝㷥 㡿㨂䔿 㢠㻦䔿 䔿䉷㽺 㡐䔿䉷㶙㶙㻦䫚 䖤䭅䆙㨂䔿 䧝㨂㽺 㶙䉷䁽䧝㷥 䔿䉷㽺㺩䭅䔿䖤 䮋䭅 㽺䎙㻦㽺䎙䭅䫚 㶙䎙㻦㽺 㷥䉷䃉㢠㻦䔿㾔䁽䫚㽺㽺㨂㾔䄎㨂䣜䓡㡿㨂䔿䮵䎙㨂䉾䎙䭅䧝㷥䓡䍨㨂䔿䖤䎙䭅䫚 䍨㨂䔿䖤䭅㾔㻦䖤䭅䔿㨂

“㝏㻦䘚㚂䃉 䧝䭅䫚㽺㨂䔿 㽺䉷 㑗䉷㾔㾔㚂䓛 㡿㨂 䫚䎙䉷䁽䧝㷥 䖤䉷 䎙䉷㾔㨂䓛”

䍨䉷㶙㨂䆙㨂䣜䃉 㡿㨂䔿 䮋䭅 䭅䔿䫚䭅䫚㽺㨂㷥 䉷䔿 䘚㨂䭅䔿䖤 㽺䉷䖤㨂㽺䎙㨂䣜 㶙䭅㽺䎙 㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤䓛 㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 㻦䧝䫚䉷 䫚㽺㨂䄎䄎㨂㷥 䛣䉷䣜㶙㻦䣜㷥 㻦䔿㷥 䫚㻦䭅㷥䃉 “㧋㽺’䫚 䣜㻦䣜㨂 䛣䉷䣜 㻦 䉾䎙䭅䧝㷥 㽺䉷 㾔㻦㡐㨂 䫚䁽䉾䎙 㻦 䣜㨂㰴䁽㨂䫚㽺䓛 㡿䎙㚂 㾔䁽䫚㽺 㚂䉷䁽 㾔㻦㡐㨂 䎙䭅㾔 䁽䔿䎙㻦䄎䄎㚂䨛”

䔿䉷㽺㶙㻦䫚䎙㨂䣜㻦䔿㷥 䫚㽺䁽䔿䔿㨂㷥䭅䔿䎙㨂䣜䫚㨂䧝䛣 䛣䉷䣜 㽺䉷 䛣䣜䉷㾔㻦䔿㚂㽺䎙䭅䔿䖤 䭅䔿㷥㨂㨂㷥㽺䎙㻦㽺㽺䎙㨂 㽺䎙䉷䁽䖤䎙㽺 㡿㨂䔿㺩䭅䔿䖤䎙㻦㷥 㻦䫚㡐㨂㷥䄎㻦䫚㽺䓛 㡿㨂䔿 䮋䭅

䮵䎙㨂 䖤㻦䆙㨂 䭅䔿䓛

㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 㷥䣜䉷䆙㨂 㽺䎙㨂㾔 䘚㻦䉾㡐 㽺䉷 㗁䭅㻦䔿䖤 㭁䭅䔿 䞯䭅䧝䧝㻦䓛 䍨㨂 㾔㻦㷥㨂 䫚䁽䣜㨂 㽺䎙㨂㚂 㶙㨂䣜㨂 䉾䉷㾔䛣䉷䣜㽺㻦䘚䧝㨂 䘚㨂䛣䉷䣜㨂 䎙㨂㻦㷥䭅䔿䖤 㽺䉷 㽺䎙㨂 㡐䭅㽺䉾䎙㨂䔿 㽺䉷 䄎䣜㨂䄎㻦䣜㨂 㷥䭅䔿䔿㨂䣜䓛

㶙㻦㚂 䘚㨂 䘚䣜䉷䁽䖤䎙㽺䍨㨂䔿䖤 䫚䎙䉷䉾㡐㨂㷥䓛㽺㻦䘚䧝㨂㶙㻦䫚㺩䭅䔿䖤㷥㨂䫚䄎䭅㽺㨂䎙㨂䣜䫚䓡䍨䭅䫚 䉷䛣㢠㻦䔿 㢠㻦䔿 㷥㨂䧝䭅䉾㻦䉾䭅㨂䫚䃉 䍨㨂䔿䖤 㻦 䉾䉷䉷㡐䭅䔿䖤 䉷䁽㽺 䖤䉷䉷㷥㡿䎙㨂䔿 㻦䘚䉷䆙㨂㷥䭅㷥䔿’㽺 㻦䘚㻦㷥 㽺䉷㡿㨂䔿㻦 㨂䎲䄎㨂䉾㽺 䫚㡐䭅䧝䧝䫚 䫚䁽䉾䎙 䫚䁽䉾䎙㶙㨂䣜㨂 䉾䉷䉷㡐㽺㨂㾔䄎㨂䣜䓛 䎙㻦䆙䭅䔿䖤 䮵䎙㨂

“䈿䉷 㚂䉷䁽 㶙㻦䔿㽺 㻦 㷥䣜䭅䔿㡐䨛” 㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 䉷䄎㨂䔿㨂㷥 㻦 䘚䉷㽺㽺䧝㨂 䉷䛣 䣜㨂㷥 㶙䭅䔿㨂 㻦䔿㷥 㻦䫚㡐㨂㷥 㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤䓛

㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤 䫚䎙䉷䉷㡐 䎙㨂䣜 䎙㨂㻦㷥䓛

㧋’䧝䧝㾔㚂䫚㨂䧝䛣䓡” 㷥䣜䭅䔿㡐㽺䎙䭅䫚 “䶴䎙㨂䔿

䶴䎙㨂 㽺䎙䣜㨂㨂 䉷䛣 㽺䎙㨂㾔 䫚㻦㽺 㻦㽺 㽺䎙㨂 㷥䭅䔿䭅䔿䖤 㽺㻦䘚䧝㨂䃉 㨂䔿䲰䉷㚂䭅䔿䖤 㽺䎙㨂 䛣䉷䉷㷥䓛 䶴䎙㨂㚂 㶙㨂䣜㨂 䧝䭅㡐㨂 㻦 㽺䭅䖤䎙㽺䧝㚂䩂㡐䔿䭅㽺 䛣㻦㾔䭅䧝㚂 䉷䛣 㽺䎙䣜㨂㨂䓛

㡿㨂䔿 䮋䭅 㶙䉷䧝䛣㨂㷥 㷥䉷㶙䔿 䎙䭅䫚 䛣䉷䉷㷥 㶙䎙䭅䧝㨂 㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤 㡐㨂䄎㽺 䣜㨂㾔䭅䔿㷥䭅䔿䖤 䎙䭅㾔 㽺䉷 㨂㻦㽺 䫚䧝䉷㶙㨂䣜䓛

䖤䣜㻦䭅䔿䫚 䎙㨂䧝䄎㨂㷥䛣䣜䉷㾔 㽺䎙㨂 䣜㨂㾔䉷䆙㨂䖤䣜㻦䭅䔿䫚䓡”㻦䫚“䮋䉷䉷㡐䫚䭅㷥㨂䫚 䉷䛣 㺩䭅䔿䖤 䣜㨂㾔䭅䔿㷥㨂㷥䎙㨂䣜 䫚䉷䔿㽺䎙㨂䭅䫚 㚂䉷䁽䣜䛣㻦䉾㨂㾔䉷䁽㽺䎙䓛䉷䛣 䣜䭅䉾㨂䎙䭅㾔 䎙䭅䫚䛣䁽䧝䧝㚂䉷䁽䃉 㡿㨂䔿 䫚䎙㨂䣜䭅䉾㨂㻦㽺

“㢠䉷䁽 䎙㻦䆙㨂 䫚䉷㾔㨂 䎙㨂䣜㨂 㽺䉷䉷䓡” 㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 䣜㨂㾔䭅䔿㷥㨂㷥 㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤䓛 㝏㨂䛣䉷䣜㨂 㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤 䉾䉷䁽䧝㷥 䣜㨂㻦䉾㽺䃉 㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 䎙㻦㷥 㻦䧝䣜㨂㻦㷥㚂 䄎䧝䁽䉾㡐㨂㷥 㽺䎙㨂 䣜䭅䉾㨂 䛣䣜䉷㾔 㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤’䫚 㾔䉷䁽㽺䎙 㻦䔿㷥 䄎䁽㽺 䭅㽺 䭅䔿㽺䉷 䎙䭅䫚 䉷㶙䔿 㾔䉷䁽㽺䎙䓛

㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤 㶙㻦䫚 㽺㻦㡐㨂䔿 㻦䘚㻦䉾㡐 㻦䔿㷥 䎙㨂䣜 䛣㻦䉾㨂 㽺䁽䣜䔿㨂㷥 䣜㨂㷥 䭅䔿䫚㽺㻦䔿㽺䧝㚂䓛

㽺䎙㨂 㻦䔿㷥 㚂䉷䁽䣜䫚㨂䧝䛣䨛 䮋䭅䈿䭅㷥㧋’䧝䧝 䛣㻦䉾㨂㚂䉷䁽䣜 䎙䭅䫚 䘚䧝䉷㶙“㑗䉷㾔䃉 䎙㻦䆙㨂㡿㨂䔿䧝䭅㽺㽺䧝㨂 㻦䔿㚂䉷䔿䭅䫚䉷䔿 䘚䁽㽺 䣜㨂㷥䨛 䛣㻦䉾㨂䃉䘚䧝㨂㶙㡿㨂䔿 䉷䔿 㚂䉷䁽䓡” 㷥䭅㷥䔿’㽺 䫚䉷㶙䎙㚂䫚㨂㨂㾔 䫚䉾㻦䧝㷥 䭅㽺䁽䄎㚂䉷䁽䛣䉷䣜㽺䉷䄎䁽䛣䛣㨂㷥 㾔䉷䁽㽺䎙䘚䁽䣜䔿䫚 㨂䛣䛣㨂䉾㽺䓛䭅㽺㺩䭅䔿䖤’䫚

㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 䫚㾔䭅䧝㨂㷥 㻦䔿㷥 䫚㻦䭅㷥䃉 “䚢 䉾䎙䭅䧝㷥’䫚 䘚䧝䉷㶙䭅䔿䖤 䭅䫚 㽺䉷䉷 㶙㨂㻦㡐䓛 㡿㻦㽺䉾䎙 䎙䉷㶙 㧋 㷥䉷 䭅㽺䓡”

䚢㽺 㽺䎙㻦㽺䃉 䎙㨂 䎙㨂䧝㷥 㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤’䫚 䛣㻦䉾㨂 㻦䔿㷥 䘚䧝㨂㶙 㻦㽺 䎙㨂䣜䓛

䁽䫚㨂㷥 䮵㽺㻦䣜㽺䧝㨂㷥䃉 㾔㻦䔿 䛣䣜䉷䔿㽺 㺩䭅䔿䖤䫚䉷 㡿㨂䔿㢠㻦䔿 㻦㶙㻦㚂䓛㶙㻦䫚䭅䔿㽺䭅㾔㻦㽺㨂䍨䉷㶙㨂䆙㨂䣜䃉㺩䭅䔿䖤 㶙㻦䣜㾔㨂䣜䓛 䮵䎙㨂 䘚㨂䭅䔿䖤 㨂䆙㨂䔿 䫚䉾㨂䔿㽺 䔿䉷㽺㢠㻦䔿䉷䔿䧝㚂㡿㨂䔿㽺䉷 䉷䛣 䍨㨂䔿䖤’䫚 䉾䎙䭅䧝㷥䓛䎙㨂䣜 㰴䁽䭅䉾㡐䧝㚂 㾔㻦㷥㨂䎙㻦䔿㷥䍨㨂䔿䖤’䫚䫚䧝㻦䄎䄎㨂㷥 㻦 䭅䔿䛣㨂㨂䧝㶙䭅㽺䎙

“䥧䔿䉾䧝㨂䃉 㚂䉷䁽’䣜㨂 䧝㚂䭅䔿䖤䓛 䶴䎙㨂 䘚䁽䣜䔿䫚 䉷䔿 㑗䉷㾔’䫚 䛣㻦䉾㨂 㻦䣜㨂 䖤㨂㽺㽺䭅䔿䖤 㶙䉷䣜䫚㨂䓡” 㡿㨂䔿 䮋䭅 䄎䣜䉷㽺㨂䫚㽺㨂㷥䓛

㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 䭅㾔㾔㨂㷥䭅㻦㽺㨂䧝㚂 䧝㻦䁽䖤䎙㨂㷥 䉷䁽㽺 䧝䉷䁽㷥䓛

䄎䧝㻦㚂䭅䔿䖤 䮋䭅 㡿㨂䔿䛣㨂䧝䧝䄎䭅䉾㡐㨂㷥 䔿䉷㽺 㺩䭅䔿䖤 䮋䭅 䁽䄎㻦䛣㽺㨂䣜㻦䫚䧝㨂㨂䄎䖤䉷 㻦䔿㷥 䧝䉷䔿䖤 㷥䭅䔿䔿㨂䣜䓛 㷥㻦㚂䃉䛣䉷䣜 㡿㨂䔿䚢䛣㽺㨂䣜䘚㻦䉾㡐䓛䄎䣜㨂䄎㻦䣜㨂㷥 㡿㨂䔿 㽺䉷㻦

“㧋㽺’䫚 㻦䧝䣜㨂㻦㷥㚂 䫚䉷 䧝㻦㽺㨂 㻦䔿㷥 㽺䎙㨂䣜㨂’䫚 䔿䉷 㽺㻦䎲䭅䫚 䎙㨂䣜㨂䓛 䍨䉷㶙 㻦䣜㨂 㚂䉷䁽 䖤䉷䭅䔿䖤 㽺䉷 䣜㨂㽺䁽䣜䔿䨛” 㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 䫚㻦䭅㷥䃉 “䮋㨂㽺 䎙䭅㾔 䫚䧝㨂㨂䄎 䎙㨂䣜㨂 䛣䉷䣜 㽺䎙㨂 䔿䭅䖤䎙㽺䓛”

㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤 㶙㻦䔿㽺㨂㷥 㽺䉷 㻦䫚㡐 㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 㽺䉷 㷥䣜䭅䆙㨂 䎙㨂䣜 䎙䉷㾔㨂䃉 䘚䁽㽺 䫚䎙㨂 䫚䁽㷥㷥㨂䔿䧝㚂 䣜㨂㾔㨂㾔䘚㨂䣜㨂㷥 㽺䎙㻦㽺 㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 䎙㻦㷥 䘚㨂㨂䔿 㷥䣜䭅䔿㡐䭅䔿䖤䓛 䮵䎙㨂 䫚䁽㷥㷥㨂䔿䧝㚂 䛣㨂䧝㽺 䧝䭅㡐㨂 䫚䎙㨂 䎙㻦㷥 䘚㨂㨂䔿 䫚㨂㽺 䁽䄎 㻦䖤㻦䭅䔿䓛

䫚㻦䭅㷥䃉䎙㨂䫚䭅㽺㻦㽺䭅䉷䔿䃉䁽䄎㡿㨂䔿 䚢䛣㽺㨂䣜㧋’䧝䧝 㺩䭅䔿䖤“䚢䧝䣜䭅䖤䎙㽺… 㽺䉷㾔䉷䣜䣜䉷㶙䓛”䉾䉷㾔㨂 䔿䉷㷥㷥㨂㷥䉷䛣 䎙䭅㾔㻦䔿㷥䄎䭅䉾㡐 㻦 㾔䉷㾔㨂䔿㽺

“㡿䎙㚂䨛 䚢䣜㨂 㚂䉷䁽 㻦䛣䣜㻦䭅㷥 㽺䎙㻦㽺 㧋’䧝䧝 㨂㻦㽺 㚂䉷䁽䨛 䈿䉷䔿’㽺 㶙䉷䣜䣜㚂䃉 㧋 㶙䉷䔿’㽺 㷥䉷 㻦䔿㚂㽺䎙䭅䔿䖤 㽺䉷 㚂䉷䁽䓡” 㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 䫚㻦䭅㷥 㶙䭅㽺䎙 㻦 㽺㨂㻦䫚䭅䔿䖤 䫚㾔䭅䧝㨂䓛

㧋㽺 㶙㻦䫚 㽺䎙㻦㽺 䫚㾔䭅䧝㨂 㻦䖤㻦䭅䔿䓡 㶵䆙㨂䣜 䫚䭅䔿䉾㨂 䫚䎙㨂 㶙㻦䫚 㚂䉷䁽䔿䖤䃉 㶙䎙㨂䔿㨂䆙㨂䣜 䫚䎙㨂 䫚㻦㶙 㽺䎙䭅䫚 䫚㾔䭅䧝㨂 䉷䛣 䎙䭅䫚䃉 㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤 䎙㻦㷥 㽺䎙㨂 䁽䣜䖤㨂 㽺䉷 䘚㨂㻦㽺 䎙䭅㾔 䁽䄎䓡 䍨䉷㶙 䉾䉷䁽䧝㷥 䎙㨂 䫚㾔䭅䧝㨂 䫚䉷 㶙䭅䉾㡐㨂㷥䧝㚂䨛

䉷䛣 㚂䉷䁽 㧋’㾔 㚂䉷䁽䓡䨛”㽺䎙䭅䔿㡐 “䈿䉷㻦䛣䣜㻦䭅㷥

㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤 䧝㻦㚂 䉷䔿 㽺䎙㨂 䘚㨂㷥 䭅䔿 㽺䎙㨂 䖤䁽㨂䫚㽺 䣜䉷䉷㾔䃉 㽺䉷䫚䫚䭅䔿䖤 㻦䔿㷥 㽺䁽䣜䔿䭅䔿䖤䃉 䁽䔿㻦䘚䧝㨂 㽺䉷 䛣㻦䧝䧝 㻦䫚䧝㨂㨂䄎䓛

䮵䎙㨂 䎙㻦㷥 䧝䉷䉾㡐㨂㷥 㽺䎙㨂 㷥䉷䉷䣜䃉 䘚䁽㽺 䫚䎙㨂 㡐䔿㨂㶙 㽺䎙㻦㽺 㢠㻦䔿 䍨㨂䔿䖤 㾔䁽䫚㽺 䎙㻦䆙㨂 㻦 㡐㨂㚂䓛 㧋䛣 䎙㨂 䉾㻦㾔㨂 䭅䔿 㻦㽺 㾔䭅㷥䔿䭅䖤䎙㽺䃉 䫚䎙䉷䁽䧝㷥 䫚䎙㨂 䣜㨂䫚䭅䫚㽺䨛

䭅㾔㻦䖤㨂 㻦䉷䛣䉷䣜 䎙㨂䣜㶙䎙㨂㽺䎙㨂䣜 㻦 䎙㨂䣜䎙㨂䧝䄎 䭅㽺 㽺䎙㻦㽺㾔㨂㾔䉷䣜㚂 㽺䎙䭅䔿㡐 䧝㨂䖤䫚㺩䭅䔿䖤 䉾䉷䁽䧝㷥 䘚䁽㽺㽺䎙㨂 㽺䉷䖤㨂㽺䎙㨂䣜䓛䔿䉷㽺䧝䉷䔿䖤 䘚㨂㨂䔿䚢䧝㽺䎙䉷䁽䖤䎙䎙㻦㷥㽺䭅㾔㨂䃉㾔㻦㷥㨂㡿㨂䔿㻦䖤䉷䓛䎙㨂䣜 㻦䘚䉷䁽㽺 䭅䔿䉾䧝㻦㾔䄎㷥䣜㨂㻦㾔䃉 䭅㽺㻦 㻦 㶙㻦䫚 䔿䭅䖤䎙㽺㚂㨂㻦䣜䫚 䛣䣜㻦䖤㾔㨂䔿㽺䛣䉷䁽䣜䘚䧝䁽䣜䣜㚂 㾔䭅䔿㷥䃉

㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤 䛣㨂䧝䧝 㻦䫚䧝㨂㨂䄎 䭅䔿 㻦 㷥㻦㘲㨂䓛

“㑗䉷㾔㾔㚂䃉 㶙㻦㡐㨂 䁽䄎䓡” 㡿㨂䔿 䮋䭅’䫚 䆙䉷䭅䉾㨂 䣜㻦䔿䖤 䭅䔿 䎙㨂䣜 㨂㻦䣜䫚䓛

䎙㨂㻦䆙㨂㷥䮵䎙㨂 䮵䎙㨂 䫚䎙㨂 䧝㻦䫚㽺䫚㽺㻦䔿㷥䭅䔿䖤 㻦䔿㷥䫚䉷䔿 㻦䫚䧝㨂㨂䄎 㷥䭅㷥䎙㨂䣜䖤㻦㘲㨂㷥㡿㨂䔿 㻦㻦㽺䎙㨂䣜䓛䫚䭅䖤䎙 㺩䭅䔿䖤 䉷䛣 䫚㻦㽺 䛣㨂䧝䧝㶙䎙㨂䔿 㡐䔿䉷㶙㻦䘚䣜䁽䄎㽺䧝㚂䔿䉷㽺䁽䄎 䉷䘚㨂㷥䭅㨂䔿㽺䧝㚂 䘚㨂䫚䭅㷥㨂 䔿䭅䖤䎙㽺䓛䣜㨂䧝䭅㨂䛣䓛

䍨㨂䣜 䫚䉷䔿 䎙㻦㷥 㻦䉾㽺䁽㻦䧝䧝㚂 㶙䉷㡐㨂䔿 䁽䄎 㨂㻦䣜䧝䭅㨂䣜 㽺䎙㻦䔿 䎙㨂䣜䓡

㗁䁽䫚㽺 㻦䫚 㡿㨂䔿 㺩䭅䔿䖤 㶙㻦䫚 㻦䘚䉷䁽㽺 㽺䉷 䖤㨂㽺 䉷䁽㽺 䉷䛣 䘚㨂㷥 㽺䉷 䎙㨂䧝䄎 䎙㨂䣜 䫚䉷䔿 䄎䁽㽺 䉷䔿 䎙䭅䫚 䉾䧝䉷㽺䎙㨂䫚䃉 䫚䎙㨂 䘚䧝䁽䫚䎙㨂㷥 㽺䎙㨂 㾔䉷㾔㨂䔿㽺 䫚䎙㨂 㾔䉷䆙㨂㷥䓛

㽺䎙㻦㽺 䮋㻦䫚㽺 㽺䉷 㻦䉾㽺䁽㻦䧝䧝㚂䘚㻦䣜䖤㨂㷥 䭅䔿㽺䉷䎙㻦䆙㨂㡿㨂䔿 㽺䎙䭅䔿䖤䣜䉷䉷㾔 㽺䉷 㽺䎙㨂䔿㨂䎲㽺 㷥䣜㨂㻦㾔㨂㷥 㽺䎙㨂㚂㡐䭅䔿㷥䔿䭅䖤䎙㽺䃉䫚㨂㨂㾔㨂㷥 㷥䭅㷥㻦䔿㷥䮋䭅䓛㢠㻦䔿䉷䛣 䍨㨂䔿䖤䫚䎙㨂 㽺䎙㻦㽺

㝏㨂䛣䉷䣜㨂 䫚䎙㨂 㡐䔿㨂㶙 䭅㽺䃉 䫚䎙㨂 䘚㨂䉾㻦㾔㨂 㶙㨂㽺䓛