-colour page-
Takiko : Haagasu...no, Urumiya! Your brother, Tegu, the other Urumiya
Takiko : I'll definitely find him...no matter what you say!

-page 01- (page 7 on the scan)
Soruen : ...Not good...there's too many of them here.
Haagasu : Miko, why don't you try going to Touran yourself?
Haagasu : To the capital where Tegu is imprisoned.

-page 02-
Haagasu : Temdan-ou has invited you to go there.
Haagasu : Don't move!
Haagasu : Soruen, isn't it...If you don't want your Miko to be killed here, restrain yourself. [lit. be unskilled, contrary to what you are]

-page 03-
Takiko : ...Stay still, Namame...! Even if we fight and escape from here...I'll definitely have to go to Touran someday.
Takiko : I'll do it! In return, let Soruen-san go...
Soruen : No! I'll go too!
Takiko : Soruen-san...
Soldier : Ok, tie them up!
Takiko : Uruki...I actually want to go to where you are but...
Shigi : What?
Shigi : Are you saying that we are to leave the Miko to Temdan-ou?
Soldier : Yes.
Hien : This isn't funny. We were the ones who captured her!
Hakei : Shigi! Hien!

-page 04-
Hien : Yes.
Shigi : Hakei-sama.
Soldier : The Miko's life will end either way.
Hakei : Prepare the joint army. If Haagasu has left us, it'll be troublesome dealing with the seven seishis.
Hakei : It'll take about 5 days to get to Touran from here, even on a fast horse. We'll see if we reach there first, or if they decide what to do with the Miko first.
Shigi : Then, the army
Hakei : Announce to everyone that the plans are changed! We'll depart early tomorrow morning!
Everyone : Yes!

-page 05-
Hakei : The seven seishis...I wonder in what situations will we meet in battle.
Hakei : But why, Uruki...Wind Demon Rimudo...
Inami : Oh, you're awake, Uruki?
Uruki : Inami...
Inami : Hatsui has fallen asleep from exhaustion. Hikitsu and Tomite went out for a while.

-page 06-
Inami : The snow isn't stopping.
Inami : But this season has come to fast to this northern part. This isn't the 'snow-in-midyear' Kokureishin-zan.
Inami : Meanwhile, you should rest here until your wounds heal...

-page 07-
Inami : Idiot!! What are you doing, you'll open your wounds!
Uruki : In that case, take off all this hair!
Uruki : I am...going to where Takiko is...!!
Inami : That again...you can't use your powers if your character doesn't appear right!? What did you say to Soruen last night?
Uruki : I won't die!!
Uruki : I won't let Takiko die either!! ...I am going to meet her so we can both live together!!

-page 08-
Inami : That Miko might be strong-willed, but I respect your determination too.
Inami : So, what do you plan to do against that huge army?
Uruki : ...no.
Uruki : ...Soruen's scent is moving away from the Kutou army.

-page 09-
Uruki : Soruen must be by Takiko's side, in my place.
Inami : You can tell?
Uruki : I can...Soruen is like a part of me.
Uruki : These 16 years, my...only family.
Uruki : But if the Kutou army is moving too...
Hikitsu : They aren't.
Uruki : Hikitsu, Tomite.
Hikitsu : We went to investigate.
Hikitsu : We only looked from far, but it doesn't seem like they're moving yet.
Hikitsu : This is the horse and sword we bought from the village. Use it, Uruki.

-page 10-
Hikitsu : We'll leave the Miko to you.
Hikitsu : We'll stop the Kutou army.
Tomite : Alright! Let's go, hold on tight, Uruki!
Uruki : ...You mean you're going with me!?
Tomite : Of course!!
Uruki : ...Inami.
Uruki : When I come back...tell me more about what happened in the palace!
Inami : ...Rimudo...ouji is it..... [ouji=prince]

-page 11-
Inami : That kid is definitely one of the Roun tribe...
Uruki : Wait for me, Takiko...Soruen!
Soruen : Takiko.

-page 12-
Takiko : Ah!?
Soruen : Have you regain consiousness?
Takiko : That's right, I...
Takiko : My weapon...even Namame was taken away...
Takiko : How long was I unconsious?
Soruen : It can't be helped, you must be tired out.
Soruen : It was hard for us to escape just now...
Soruen : The road to Touran is long...when there's a chance we must escape!
Takiko : ...Soruen-san, it'll be easier for you to escape alone.
Takiko : Please stop Uruki...stop Rimudo.

-page 13-
Takiko : I...will try and negotiate with Temdan-ou!
Soruen : Wh..!?
Takiko : I probably won't be killed immediately...I can be used as a decoy. But Rimudo can't meet the lord now.
Takiko : Because of the prophecy, the lord is after his son...for these 16 years he has hated his real father.
Takiko : That tragic prophecy...I won't let it become reality!
Takiko : I too, don't get along well with my father, I even hated him. But in reality, I always felt lonely...

-page 14-
Soruen : ...I understand your feelings!
Soruen : But the enemy is too terrible. Either way, your life is in danger...
Takiko : Even if there is a hundred obstacles in my way, I'll take it! When I became a Miko, I have already resolved myself to this.
Takiko : I believe that even the lord has a heart! A war will only result in sorrow!!
Takiko : ...Besides that, there's also the matter of Haagasu and Tegu, Urumiya.
Takiko : I can't just esc1
Soruen : ...? Have we reached a stop?

-page 15-
Takiko : The town is burning!? It can't be, the Kutou army.....
Haagasu : That's the work of bandits.
Haagasu : Or maybe soldiers...
Takiko : Haagasu! Soldiers!? This country's!?
Haagasu : The supplies from the city didn't reach them. It's a common occurence.
Haagasu : Especially this year, the freeze caused crops everywhere to fail.

-page 16-
Soruen : It's true, Miko. Pillage and rampage...even burning houses are happening constantly.
Takiko : That's...!!
Takiko : Haagasu, stop it!! This horrible thing...
Haagasu : Go ask the king ruling this country to do that.
Haagasu : Or you can even ask Genbu. However you like it, there's nothing you can do.

-page 17-
Takiko : There's nothing...I can do...?
Takiko : ...Why?
Takiko : WHY...!!

-page 18-
Tegiru : So the Kutou army has finally started moving!?
Tegiru : And I thought they'll move just before true winter hits our country.
Officer : Tegiru-heika! [heika=your majesty]
Tegiru : ...Do not panic, Rokubuin-domo. [Rokubuin is something like Six Guilds, so he's referring to 6 heads of guilds, or some high-up officers.]
Tegiru : Our country isn't exactly helpless.
Tegiru : For this, I've had forts built in many areas, and soldiers gathered. Kutou may have strength, but we have better weapons and techniques.

-page 19-
Tegiru : Besides that, Touran is very close
Tegiru : to the boundary of where 'that' is.
Officer : ...'that'...
Officer : Genbu seven seishi...
Officer : Urumiya.
Officer : By the way, we have lured the Miko here, but the other seishis...there are rumours that they have been seen in many areas...
Officer : Search parties are visiting those places in hopes of arresting them.
Officer : It may be unpleasant, but if we have someone with superhuman powers we can use him in battle.
Officer : No, two years ago Uruki...
Officer : Have you forgotten the Wind Demon Rimudo's attack on this place?

-page 20-
Officer : That's right! Temdan-ou who wanted to take over this country with that power...
Tegiru : ...my brother's name,
Tegiru : did I not say that I do not want it said it front of me...!?
Officer : Yes...!! Please forgive me!!
Tegiru : From now on, you are dismissed. Get out of the palace!!
Tegiru : The meeting is over!!
Temdan : So that's how it is...

-page 21-
Temdan : And he's holding a feast this evening to please the reinforcement troops from Eisei country. What a foolish brother.
Temdan : Built a lot of forts...? For that, so many crop fields were burnt.
Temdan : Those rag-tag soldiers you gathered, do you not realise how the people feel.
Temdan : Oh...the Miko is near Hanun River.
Temdan : Soruen is there too...?

-page 22-
Soruen : Are you okay, Miko...!
Takiko : Yeah...
Soruen : Someone! Some water please!
Soldier : Water?
Soldier : I can't. Even our supply is finishing. The river nearby can't be used.
Soldier : It's an epidemic. Dead bodies are everywhere.

-page 23-
Takiko : Bandits and diseases...this is not a place for war...! Can't the royalty think of anything other than themselves!?
Soruen : You have to understand, Miko.
Soruen : Forgive me for being frank, but what you believe in is 'rationality'.
Soruen : The members of the Roun clan are not people who you can convince just by talking.
Soruen : And Temdan-ou is a man who betrayed his own country...
Takiko : That's true but...
Soruen : Hanun River...it brings back memories...
Takiko : Eh?

-page 24-
Soruen : This place...is where my father, Tauru, was killed by Temdan-ou's assasins.
Soruen : Subsequently, for the first time, Rimudo-sama's powers as 'Uruki' manifested.
Soruen : And then I...
Soruen : betrayed Rimudo-sama.
Takiko : Eh!?

-page 25-
Takiko : Betrayed Rimudo...?
Takiko : ...But that's...impossible...for you.
Soruen : It has been said that a man's heart can't be trusted...
(flashback)
Rimudo : Tauru, no....open your eyes!!
Soruen : Please stand, Rimudo-sama! Let's bury Father and quickly leave this place.
Soruen : The pursuers will come again...Rimudo-sama!

-page 26-
Soruen : After that...Rimudo-sama started acting strangely.
Rimudo : Uu....uu...
Soruen : Rimudo-sama?
Rimudo : Uu..aa....
Rimudo : AAAAAA!!!!
Soruen : Rimudo-sama!! What's wrong!?
Rimudo : The blood...

-page 27-
Soruen : Every night...it continued to be for many days.
Soruen : Rimudo-sama?
Rimudo : ...kill...
Rimudo : ...Tauru...
Soruen : Thinking about it, it's not hard to understand why.
Soruen : Tauru, who was like a father to him, was killed because of him.
Soruen : And the one who ordered it was his real father.
Soruen : Furthermore, the wind that suddenly appeared, and with his will, killed so many people.

-page 28-
(back to present time)
Soruen : It's not something an 8 year old boy's mind can bear.
Soruen : But I was young too...and I was nearing my limit...
(back to flashback)
Soruen : Rimudo-sama!?

-page 29-
Soruen : Rimudo-sama!!

-page 30-
Soruen : Argh...
Soruen : Rimudo-sama!! Hold on tight!!
Soruen : Damnit, I'm slipping!!
Soruen : Rimu...

-page 31-
Soruen : Now
Soruen : Let go of that hand.
Soruen : That's right. For whose sake did I lose Father? Since I was 12, my life has been all about running and fighting is because of...?
Soruen : Let go of this hand. I can end this.
Soruen : I will be free...

-page 32-
[no dialogue]

-page 33-
[basically sounds of Soruen crying.]
(end flashback)

-page 34-
Soruen : At that time, Rimudo-sama was smiling.
Soruen : Smiling at me...who was about to betray him.
Takiko : Soruen-san...Rimudo.
Takiko : How must they feel for each other, both of them, until now...

-page 35-
Soldier : Hey, both of you, get down!
Soruen : This is a chance, Miko! Somehow we must grab a horse and escape together...do you understand?
Soruen : Oroko Valley...? Why this place?

-page 36-
Haagasu : Soruen.
Haagasu : Call Uruki here.
Takiko : Wh...wait! What are you talking about!?
Haagasu : The order from Temdan-ou came just now.
Haagasu : The two of you must have some way of communicating.
Haagasu : It'll be easy for you to call Uruki.

-page 37-
Haagasu : 'Or else, the Miko will be killed here', is what he said.
Takiko : The lord just wants me, isn't it!? It has nothing to do with him.
Takiko : Most importantly, Soruen-san won't betray Rimudo...

-page 38-
Haagasu : You're totally surrounded on all four sides.
Soruen : So you're saying that refusing is not an option...
Takiko : Soruen-san!?
Soruen : Rimudo-sama...It's fine as long as I call Uruki, right?
Soruen : I will do it.

(end of Chapter 20)