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00:00The three-year contract ended, and our engagement was supposed to be fulfilled, at this banquet.
00:04But unexpectedly, my lover, Lord Alan, brought Alice along as well.
00:09In the hall, candlelight flickered, as guests raised their glasses and chatted.
00:13Alice, her cheeks flushed with drink, looked at me provocatively.
00:17Alan and I once had a child.
00:19She adjusted her navy blue wool shawl, and slowly added another sentence.
00:24Not just one. Both times he personally accompanied me to see the physician.
00:29I turned to look at Alan. His face was pale, but he didn't utter a single word of denial.
00:33I clutched the deep-sea vow brooch in my pocket.
00:36My fingertips were cut painfully by the shell's edge.
00:39Originally tonight, I wanted to give him this token, and ask him to enter into a vow with me.
00:44Now, I only felt a ball of fire in my palm.
00:47Using the excuse of going to the terrace for air, I found the harbour messenger, and booked a one-way
00:51ticket to Silver Bay Port.
00:53Alan sent a note urging me. I didn't reply.
00:56At high tide, the merchant ship weighed anchor.
00:59This time, I only bought a one-way ticket for myself.
01:02The merchant ship docked at the stone pier of Silver Bay Port, as the morning mist cleared.
01:07I pressed the sound conveying conch to my ear.
01:09This was a mermaid artefact that could carry sound across a thousand miles.
01:12Alan's messages came so frequently, it was suffocating.
01:31I stood on the stone steps of the pier, carrying a rattan suitcase, the conch burning slightly in my palm.
01:37Taking on a commission.
01:38As soon as the message wasn't, the conch vibrated faintly.
01:41Cecilia, where are you?
01:43Silver Bay Port.
01:44The sound of waves on the other end of the conch paused for a moment.
01:47Are you crazy?
01:48Just because Alice said a few drunken words at the banquet, you took a ship out to sea overnight.
01:52Do you know what season it is?
01:54The currents around the autumn swington!
01:56It wasn't drunken talk.
01:58I heard the sound of his knuckles tapping on a wooden table.
02:01Those were all things before I met you.
02:05Cecilia, you can't ask me to erase the life I had before I knew you.
02:09Things from before, do they count for nothing?
02:11He seemed to grow irritated.
02:13Cecilia, I have no obligation to account for every bit of my past before I met you.
02:17How I've treated you these three years, you should know in your heart.
02:20I hummed softly.
02:21So, I also have no obligation to stay by your side.
02:24Alan was silent for a moment.
02:26Don't say angry words.
02:28Send me your accommodation address.
02:31I'll have a servant arrange an inn in Silver Bay Port.
02:34Rest first, and I'll take a fast sail to find you tomorrow morning.
02:37No need.
02:38Cecilia.
02:39I could hear his gritted teeth.
02:41It's been three years.
02:42You know where my bottom line is.
02:44I don't like people threatening me by disappearing.
02:47If you want something, you can say it.
02:48But don't do it this way!
02:50I suddenly remembered when Alice said those words.
02:53There was a precise certainty in her expression.
02:55Everyone was looking at me, and Alan was just silent.
02:57Alan, I'm not threatening you.
03:00Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the other end of the conch, followed by Alice's mumbling.
03:05Alan, my head hurts like needles stabbing.
03:10Drink some hot herbal soup first.
03:12It's warming on the stove.
03:13I had them add calming herbs.
03:15You heard that.
03:16She drank too much, and she's still uncomfortable.
03:19The physician said her constitution can't take such turmoil.
03:21Don't cause trouble at a time like this, okay?
03:23So my leaving counts as causing trouble, too.
03:26Cecilia, you know that's not what I meant.
03:28Then what did you mean?
03:30He paused.
03:32You take care of her.
03:33I need to find a place to stay.
03:35Cecilia, try hanging up and see!
03:37I hung up.
03:38The conch vibrated a few more times.
03:40I shoved it into the bottom of the rattan suitcase, under the change of clothes, and
03:45patterned parchment.
03:46The pier was bustling with people.
03:48A young man stood at the pier exit, holding a wooden sign.
03:51The sign was engraved with the iris crest of the Royal Weaving Workshop.
03:55When he saw me, he waved from afar, jogged, over, and took my luggage.
04:01Minnet Cecilia, welcome back to Yimbay's port.
04:04The Royal Weaving Workshop's autumn twine gallinery is already set up.
04:07The chief weave officer said that if you're willing to stay fe this me, the per chief twine
04:11designer has been kept for you.
04:12My fingertips accidentally touched the shell brooch in my pocket.
04:17The deep sea vow required mermaid tears, embedded in moonshell, then twisted with silver, thread
04:23into wave patterns.
04:24I had carved it under candlelight for three whole months.
04:26On the inside of the base, a very small line was engraved.
04:28The tide recedes, no regrets.
04:31I looked up at the grey-blue sky.
04:33I am willing to stay.
04:34The assistant grinned, revealing a slightly crooked canine tooth.
04:38That's great!
04:39The chief weaving officer will definitely be happy.
04:41The conch at the bottom of the rattan suitcase vibrated faintly again.
04:45It was Alan.
04:46Come back once you've had enough of your tantrum.
04:48Alice needs to go see the physician for a check-up tomorrow.
04:51I don't have time to be distracted coaxing you.
04:53I pressed the conch under a stack of design drafts and closed the lid.
04:56The wind at the pier made my cloak flap loudly.
05:00The assistant led the way ahead, chattering about the recent changes at the Royal Weaving Workshop.
05:05I followed him up the stone steps.
05:07Behind me was the long blast of a merchant ship's horn departing.
05:11This time, I didn't look back.
05:14I looked up at the grey-blue sky.
05:16I am willing to stay.
05:17The assistant grinned, revealing a slightly crooked canine tooth.
05:20That's great!
05:21The chief weaving officer will definitely be happy.
05:24The conch at the bottom of the rattan suitcase vibrated faintly again.
05:28It was Alan.
05:28Come back once you've had enough of your tantrum.
05:31Alice needs to go see the physician for a check-up tomorrow.
05:33I don't have time to be distracted coaxing you.
05:36I pressed the conch under a stack of design drafts and closed the lid.
05:39The wind at the pier made my cloak flap loudly.
05:43The assistant led the way ahead,
05:45chattering about the recent changes at the Royal Weaving Workshop.
05:48I followed him up the stone steps.
05:50Behind me was the long blast of a merchant ship's horn departing.
05:54This time, I didn't look back.
05:57Halfway through the port registration procedures,
05:59the sound conveying conch lit up.
06:01The assistant held the parchment documents covered in wax seals for me,
06:04his glance sweeping over the blue glowing conch on my desk.
06:07Do you need to listen, miss?
06:09I shook my head.
06:10No need.
06:11The assistant pushed a newly drafted contract in front of me,
06:14the parchment giving off a faint herbal scent.
06:16Miss Cecilia,
06:17this joint and project with the Northern Wool Guild requires your real signature.
06:20The Silver Bay Port Chamber of Comments will also post a public notice on the billet and board.
06:23Is that acceptable?
06:24I twirled my quill between my fingers.
06:26Behind the Wool Guild was Allen Family's overseas trading company.
06:29Five months ago, I was the one who brokered this project for him.
06:33It was a night in late spring and early summer.
06:35He sat before the study fireplace, his tone gentle.
06:38Once this joint pattern is completed, we'll make our vow.
06:42I'll have the family priest witness it for us on the autumn festival day.
06:47Now that I think about it, it was just foam washed ashore by the waves crumbling as soon as the
06:52sun dried it.
06:53All right.
06:54I signed my name.
06:55The blue light of the conch suddenly grew urgent.
06:58Then, Alice sent a greeting through the public channel of the sound conveying conch.
07:02Sister, Allen has been going crazy looking for you.
07:05He checked every merchant ship in the harbor last night.
07:07Don't make him worry.
07:08I stared at the word worry and turned the conch over.
07:11She quickly sent another memory crystal image.
07:14In the image, Allen sat in a clinic built of coral rock.
07:17The physician held a prescription covered in scribbled handwriting.
07:20Alice's slender fingers rested on Allen's sleeve, her fingertips coated with crushed pearl powder.
07:25Sammy, I'm just getting through a t-tier and checkup.
07:28After all, my body has been pleated has always a quilt.
07:30He said it.
07:31This time must-y-must best physios to help me fully recuperate.
07:35I didn't reply.
07:37Then, she retracted a message.
07:38But I still saw it that sentence flashed briefly in her conch message.
07:42I slammed the conch face down on the table, producing a dull thud.
07:45The chief weaving officer of the Royal Weaving Workshop looked up at me.
07:48He was a man over 50, with greying hair.
07:52Not feeling well.
07:53You look a bit pale.
07:55No.
07:56Just a headache from the wind at the pier.
07:58He looked at me for a few seconds, but didn't press further.
08:01Take a look at this.
08:04Norther the Normole Guild proposed a theme called Old Drum Come Fulgwell.
08:08They require Shenhai Mubul Intue, with the main twat inferencing a real person.
08:14The moment the parchment was unrolled, I saw the note in the bottom right corner.
08:17Main visual reference, Miss Alice.
08:20Her name was written in gold ink.
08:23Fancy cursive script, with a silhouette sketch of her attached beside it.
08:27I stared at that line of text for a long, long time.
08:31The Northern World Guild.
08:32Alan really knew how to arrange things.
08:34I had built him a bridge to royal connections, through this joint pattern.
08:38And he made Alice the muse.
08:40The chief weaving officer watched my expression, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly.
08:44If you don't want to take this...
08:45I'll take it.
08:46I pressed the parchment down on the table, my fingertip tracing along Alice's silhouette sketch.
08:51Why wouldn't I?
08:52In the evening, I returned to the attic.
08:54The royal weaving workshop had rented for me.
08:57I had just opened the rattan suitcase, when the iron ring on the door was knocked.
09:00The messenger was a half-grown boy, handing me a linden wood box.
09:05Sender, Alan Wind.
09:06The wax seal bore the anchor crest of the Wind family.
09:09I opened the wooden box.
09:11Inside was a sealskin shawl.
09:12There was also a parchment note, written in Alan's handwriting.
09:15The fur was soft and thick, lined with fine, plain silk.
09:20The shawl was new.
09:21The wax seal tag of the Northern World Guild was still unbroken.
09:25But the smell was very familiar.
09:28Lavender essential oil.
09:29That expensive spice from the southern islands.
09:31Even a tiny amount, lingered for a long time.
09:34The kind Alice always used.
09:36I opened the public channel of the sound-conveying conch.
09:39Alice had posted something, half an hour ago.
09:41Someone bought two shawls, one for me.
09:44One to coax someone else.
09:45Honestly, even coaxing needs to be learnt.
09:47Lord Alan sure knows how to handle both sides.
09:49Not at all.
09:50He said I'm afraid of the cold, so he let a few years ago.
09:53But no time temperature drops, he's than I am.
09:55I refolded the shawl, and placed it back in the wooden box.
09:58The lavender scent from the lining crept into my nostrils.
10:01Alan's message came again.
10:03His voice softened a bit, carrying a deliberately gentle tone.
10:07Did you receive the thing?
10:11I received it.
10:13Do you like it?
10:14I specially had someone order it from the best fur merchant in the north.
10:18Just in time for winter.
10:19I stared at the outline of the wooden box in the corner.
10:21The firelight casting dancing shadows on it.
10:24The one Alice picked over.
10:26The sound conveying conch was silent for a moment.
10:29Cecilia, do you have to talk like this?
10:32Otherwise?
10:34I bought you something to coax you, not for you to nitpick.
10:38Alan, you know I'm allergic to seal skin.
10:40He seemed momentarily choked.
10:42After a few breaths, he finally spoke.
10:45I forgot.
10:46I closed the wooden box.
10:48Then remember next time, don't send anything.
10:51Cecilia, the pattern review meeting is next week.
10:54You'd better get your emotions in check.
10:56Business is business.
10:58Don't drag personal conflicts into it and make a spectacle.
11:01I looked down at the name I had signed on the contract.
11:03The ink had long dried.
11:05Don't worry.
11:07Also, Alice is the inspiration guest for this project.
11:10Her health is poor, so you need to...
11:13I hung up the communication and put the conch in a drawer.
11:16Under the candlelight, I took the shell brooch out of my pocket
11:19and placed it on the table.
11:21The engraving on the base was still there.
11:23The tide recedes, no regrets.
11:25I stared at it for a long time,
11:27then locked it at the very bottom of the wooden chest.
11:30Under old design drafts and dried up silver powder jars.
11:34The Northern Wall Guild posted a new announcement on the bulletin board.
11:37Before the pattern review meeting started,
11:39Alan was a quarter of an hour late
11:41when the mercury mirror used for video transmission lit up.
11:43The background behind him was the stern,
11:46council hall of the Northern Wall Guild.
11:48Alice sat next to him.
11:49Less than an arm's length away,
11:51she wore that seal skin shawl
11:52with a pearl brooch pinned at the collar.
11:54Sister Cassilia, haven't seen you for days.
11:57You look so much thinner in Silver Bay Port.
12:00Is the sea wind too harsh,
12:02or are you not used to the climate?
12:04I spread the parchment documents in front of me.
12:06Let's begin.
12:08Today's agenda has three items.
12:11Don't you have anything else to say?
12:12Alan frowned.
12:13Haven't seen you for days, and not even a greeting?
12:16Even through the mercury mirror,
12:17his displeasure was still clearly visible.
12:19I raised my eyes to look at him.
12:21What would his lordship like to hear?
12:23The council hall suddenly fell silent.
12:25Alan, don't be like that.
12:26Sister is still angry with me.
12:28Sister, it really was my fault at the banquet that day.
12:31But the past can't be changed.
12:33You can't keep blaming Alan for this.
12:35He had a hard time back then too.
12:37Couldn't sleep after night.
12:38It hurt my heart to watch.
12:40I capped my quill.
12:41Miss Alice,
12:42today we discuss pattern design.
12:45We do not discuss reproductive history.
12:47Someone on the other side of the mirror
12:48coughed,
12:49their shoulders shaking slightly.
12:50Cecilia, mind your words.
12:53She could publicly say those things
12:55at my third year contract banquet.
12:57Can't I ask her to shut up on today's occasion?
12:59That's not what I meant.
13:00I just thought since the pattern theme
13:02is old dream come circle,
13:03maybe,
13:03maybe my personal experience should...
13:05Alan said my silhouette
13:07with the design and outline.
13:08Alan pushed a cup of warm honeyed herbal tea
13:10to her hand.
13:11Don't cry.
13:12Then he turned to the mercury mirror
13:13and looked at me.
13:14Alice is the inspiration guest
13:16for this project.
13:17You need to listen to her opinions.
13:18That's the guild's rule.
13:21I unrolled the initial design draft.
13:23All right.
13:24I held the parchment up to the mirror.
13:25My suggestion is to change the threem
13:27to broken thal.
13:29The pern the brakes in the middle,
13:31young inque Scythian's gauld Zenger,
13:33Sidrui spoil yuning that crack.
13:34The pattern manager
13:35of the Northern Wool Guild
13:36was an old man
13:37with a goatee.
13:39He squinted
13:39and leaned closer to the mirror.
13:42This idea has depth.
13:43A broken pattern is more unique.
13:46But wouldn't a crack
13:47be too unlucky?
13:48Didn't Alan say
13:49he wanted this series
13:50to have a sense of regret
13:51yet fulfillment?
13:52A dream's full circle.
13:54The full circle
13:54is the key, isn't it?
13:55Alan, look to the design drawing
13:57in the mercury mirror.
13:58Change it to a complete
13:59circular pattern.
14:01Circular patterns
14:01have no memorability.
14:03Every guild
14:03is doing circular patterns.
14:07What the guild wants
14:08is patterns
14:09that cater to public taste.
14:11Not your personal emotions.
14:13Cecilia,
14:13you've been unstable lately.
14:15Don't be too stubborn.
14:16I looked at his hand.
14:18That hand
14:18had once held my fingers,
14:20drawing wave pattern sketches
14:21stroke by stroke
14:22under the candlelight
14:23by the fireplace.
14:24Your patterns
14:25hold their sharpness
14:26in the lines
14:27and at the turning points
14:28they are restrained
14:29just right.
14:30That's what I like
14:31most about you.
14:32he said.
14:33Now he wanted me
14:33to pull out all my thorns
14:35and go along
14:35with Alice's full circle.
14:38The chief weaving officer
14:39of the royal weaving workshop
14:40sat beside me,
14:42silent,
14:42all along.
14:43Now his poke.
14:44Lord Alan,
14:45Cecilia's proposal
14:46is more inclined
14:47with the aesthetic preferences
14:48of the southern city-stays.
14:50At last month's
14:51Silver Bay Port
14:51Autumn Fabric Expo,
14:53the broken pattern
14:54shell inlay technique
14:54achieved the highest
14:55order volume
14:56of the entire event.
14:57The northern market
14:58is handled by
14:58Wind Trading Company.
14:59I said change it.
15:01Maybe.
15:02Forget it.
15:03Sister doesn't like me.
15:04Whatever I say
15:05she won't accept.
15:05Maybe I should withdraw
15:06from this project
15:07to avoid making things
15:08difficult for everybody.
15:10Apologize to Alice.
15:11I thought I had misheard.
15:13What?
15:14She just made a suggestion
15:15and you embarrassed her
15:16in public.
15:17That's not the demeanor
15:18a chief pattern designer
15:18should have.
15:20Alan Wind,
15:21at the pattern review meeting
15:23in front of the Bathegild
15:23and Royal Weave Ghost
15:24you're asking me
15:25to apologize to her?
15:26This is a work setting.
15:28Personal emotions
15:29shouldn't affect
15:29professional judgment.
15:31So?
15:32So don't make me feel
15:34that you lack
15:34even basic
15:35professional ethics.
15:36Three years of a contract
15:37shouldn't have produced
15:38a pattern designer
15:39like this.
15:40No one spoke
15:40in the council hall.
15:41Alice looked down
15:42at the parchment
15:42in front of her
15:43but the corner
15:44of her mouth
15:44lifted
15:45almost imperceptibly.
15:46I withdrew
15:47the design draft
15:47I had held up
15:48to the mirror.
15:49Miss Alice,
15:50I'm sorry.
15:51The tension in Alan's eyes
15:52relaxed slightly.
15:53I'm sorry.
15:55I shouldn't have
15:56underestimated
15:57your talent
15:57for packaging
15:58your private life
15:59as professional credentials.
16:01In that regard
16:02you are indeed
16:02a leader in the industry.
16:05Alice's face
16:06turned pale.
16:08Cecilia!
16:09I unplugged
16:10the connection spell
16:10of the Mercury Mirror.
16:13This meeting
16:14ends here.
16:15I'll provide
16:16written feedback
16:16on the revisions.
16:18Before hanging up
16:18I heard Alan's voice.
16:19You'd better think
16:20clearly about
16:21the consequences.
16:21this project
16:23isn't just your whim.
16:25The workshop
16:26of the Royal Weaving Workshop
16:27fell silent again.
16:29Did he always
16:30talk to you like this?
16:31I looked at my own hands.
16:32My fingertips
16:33bore fine lines
16:34from years of contact
16:35with silver powder
16:35and shell dyes.
16:37No.
16:38This is Cecilia
16:39my most treasured
16:40pattern designer
16:41and the most outstanding
16:42artisan of the Royal Weaving Workshop
16:43in Silver Bay Port.
16:44When he said that
16:45his hand would
16:46naturally rest on my shoulder.
16:47Later
16:48the most treasured person
16:49became an artisan
16:50who could be publicly
16:51scolded.
16:52A message from Alan
16:53came through the conch.
16:54Give Alice a formal apology
16:56before tonight.
16:57Otherwise
16:58the lead designer
16:59will be replaced.
17:00I stared at it
17:01for a long time
17:02so long
17:02that the chief weaving officer
17:04thought I had fallen asleep.
17:07Whatever.
17:08A quarter of an hour later
17:09an official letter
17:10from the Northern Wool Guild
17:11was copied
17:12and delivered to me.
17:13The wax seal
17:14bore the double crests
17:15of the guild
17:15and the wind trading company.
17:17The parchment
17:17was unrolled.
17:19Lead pattern designer
17:19Alice
17:20Special Advisor
17:21Cecilia
17:23The weaving exhibition
17:24evaluation
17:24was in seven days.
17:26The Northern Wool Guild
17:27sent an official invitation
17:28requesting me
17:29to return to the
17:30Northern Harbour City
17:31to attend the evaluation.
17:32You can refuse.
17:33The Royal Weaving Workshop
17:34side
17:35I have the final say.
17:37I looked at the small line
17:38Special Advisor
17:39on the invitation
17:40I'll go.
17:42Cecilia
17:43you are a patent designer
17:44who has received
17:45the Royal Craft Medal.
17:46You don't need to endure
17:47this humiliation.
17:48Back when His Majesty
17:49personally awarded you
17:50the medal
17:51Some things
17:51must be returned in person.
17:53The day I returned
17:54to the Northern Harbour City
17:55the weather was gloomy.
17:56When the merchant ship docked
17:57Alan came to the pier
17:59to meet me.
18:00He stood in the grey sea breeze
18:01his features as cold
18:02and hard as a reef.
18:03Seeing me carrying my luggage
18:04down the gangplank.
18:05He stepped forward
18:06and reached out
18:07to take the rat in case.
18:08I sidestepped
18:09and avoided him.
18:10His hands stopped mid-air
18:11his face darkening.
18:12Still not done
18:13with your tantrum?
18:14I walked up the stone steps
18:15with my luggage.
18:16The lead designer thing
18:17you brought it on yourself.
18:19If you'd just give Alice
18:20a proper apology
18:21I could change the name
18:21back immediately.
18:22I'll handle the review committee.
18:24No need.
18:24He suddenly reached out
18:25and grabbed my wrist.
18:26You weren't like this before.
18:27You used to be reasonable.
18:30Before
18:30you wouldn't have put another woman
18:32in my original place.
18:34Alan's eyes flickered.
18:35Alice is just temporarily
18:36in for you.
18:37Her kealth's poor
18:38and any decent credentials
18:39the guild over years.
18:40I'd just given her a hand
18:41showing you to compete to her.
18:43I nodded.
18:43You've always been
18:44very good helping her.
18:46How long are you going
18:46to dig up the past?
18:47How many times
18:48have you gone over it?
18:51Until I stop hurting.
18:53Two carriages
18:54were parked outside the pier.
18:55Sister!
18:56What a coincidence.
18:57I happened to be
18:58passing by to pick someone up.
19:00Never expected to get you.
19:02She gets seasick.
19:03Let her sit in the carriage.
19:04I got into the carriage behind
19:06without arguing.
19:07Halfway along the main road
19:08of the harbour city
19:09as the convoy passed
19:10through the market square
19:11the front carriage
19:13suddenly stopped.
19:14Alan, I'm a little sore.
19:16Like needles precking.
19:18Alan immediately ordered
19:19the driver to stop.
19:20Stop!
19:22Where's the medicine?
19:23In my carry-on medicine pouch.
19:25The left compartment.
19:27He rummaged
19:27through her medicine pouch.
19:28Sister,
19:29don't mind me.
19:30It's just some lingering issues
19:32from the surgery before.
19:33Comes and goes,
19:34never fully heals.
19:36Alan's used to
19:37taking care of me.
19:38He can't change.
19:39Alice.
19:40She immediately shut up
19:42but her eyes reddened.
19:43I'm sorry.
19:44I said the wrong thing again,
19:45sister.
19:46I really didn't mean it.
19:47I was just speaking casually.
19:48Drink the medicine first.
19:50The wind is cold.
19:51Don't talk.
19:52The backstage of the evaluation
19:53was set up in the wing
19:55of the Wool Guild.
19:55I had just changed
19:56into formal attire.
19:57Miss Cecilia,
19:58this is your seat.
19:59I looked down
20:00on the wooden tag
20:01in gold lettering.
20:02Special advisor.
20:03Last row.
20:03Father's seat.
20:04Alice came over at some point.
20:06Her name tag,
20:07conspicuously reading,
20:08lead pattern designer.
20:09Sister,
20:09actually I didn't expect
20:10Alan either.
20:11I'm Ramis or I said
20:12this to you.
20:12I'm snooze with centripeans.
20:14But don't worry.
20:15I won't take what's yours.
20:17Whether it's Alan
20:18or the patterns,
20:19it nears will eventually be yours.
20:21I looked at her.
20:22Haven't you taken enough already?
20:24Her smile faded a little.
20:26That's also because
20:28he was willing to give it,
20:30isn't it?
20:31The evaluation exhibition began
20:33and the Guild's bronze bell
20:34rang nine times.
20:36The hall was filled
20:37with nobles,
20:38merchants,
20:39Guild representatives
20:40from the Northern Harbour City,
20:41as well as officials
20:42from the Royal Craft Bureau
20:43who had come specially
20:45from the capital.
20:46The host stood on the podium,
20:48introducing the lead pattern designer
20:49with a rhythmic cadence.
20:50Now, please welcome
20:52the lead creator
20:53of the Old Dream
20:54Comes Full Scorter series,
20:56Miss Alice,
20:57to explain the pattern concept
20:59to everyone.
21:00Alice stood up gracefully
21:01and walked to the podium.
21:03Every word she spoke
21:04was from my initial draft
21:05on parchment.
21:07Broken patterns,
21:08cracks,
21:09misalignment,
21:10the beauty of imperfection.
21:11Not a single word changed.
21:13Wave after wave of applause
21:15came from the nobles below.
21:16Some whispered,
21:21Alan sat in the very centre
21:23of the first row,
21:23a hint of restrained pride
21:25at the corner of his mouth.
21:26The Q&A session began.
21:28Merchants in the front rows
21:29took turns asking questions,
21:31mostly about
21:31trivial craft details.
21:33Suddenly,
21:34a fabric merchant
21:35from a southern city-state
21:36stood up.
21:37Miss Alice,
21:37at the Autumn Fabric Expo
21:39in Silver Bay Port,
21:40I once saw a set
21:41of initial drafts
21:42highly similar
21:43to the patterns
21:43displayed today.
21:45That draft
21:45was signed by Cecilia.
21:47Could you explain this?
21:50The hall suddenly fell silent.
21:52Alice's face turned pale
21:53and tears immediately
21:55filled her eyes
21:56as fast as a magic trick.
21:58Her lips trembled.
21:59She couldn't continue.
22:01Alan took the sound
22:01conveying conch
22:02from the podium
22:03and stood up.
22:06Everyone!
22:08Miss Cecilia is the
22:09special advisor
22:09for this joint-type project,
22:10providing a basic advisor
22:11aimwork in the early stages
22:12of the pattern.
22:13However,
22:14the core creativity
22:15and the completion
22:15of the final pattern
22:16were independently done
22:17by Miss Alice.
22:18This is recorded
22:19in the Guild's archives.
22:20He never once
22:21looked at me
22:21from beginning to end.
22:23The merchant did not
22:23sit down
22:24and continued to press.
22:27But the pattern sketch
22:28that circulated
22:29at the Southern Expo
22:29had only one signature
22:31in the bottom right corner,
22:32Cecilia stamped
22:33with the Royal Weaving
22:34Workshop's crest.
22:35Lord,
22:36does a basic advisor eye
22:37warrant an independent
22:38signature from
22:39the Royal Weaving Workshop?
22:41Alice suddenly let out
22:42a choked sob,
22:43her hands gripping
22:44in the edge
22:45of the podium tightly.
22:46She looked at me
22:47across several rows
22:48of seats,
22:49her eyes brimming
22:49with tears.
22:51If you mind the title
22:52of lead creator,
22:53I can give it back to you.
22:54I really don't care
22:55about these empty titles.
22:57I know,
22:58I know you've never
22:59really liked me.
23:00Maybe it's because
23:01of those old things
23:02between Alan and Iving
23:03a thorn in your heart.
23:06Before she finished speaking,
23:08many pieces of parchment
23:09suddenly fluttered down
23:10from the top.
23:11Floor of the hall,
23:12those were the physician's
23:13surgery records,
23:14yellowed parchment
23:15with blue mermaid scale seals.
23:17On the edges,
23:18the name Alice
23:19was clearly written on them.
23:21Accompanying signatory,
23:22Alan Wind.
23:23The uproar was like a beehive
23:25that had been poked.
23:26Noble ladies covered
23:27their mouths with feather fans,
23:29whispering among themselves.
23:30Alice covered her face,
23:32sobbing loudly.
23:33her shoulders shaking violently.
23:35Alan's face changed drastically.
23:37He suddenly stepped forward
23:38to block Alice,
23:39shielding her with his body.
23:41He turned around
23:42and walked toward me
23:43step by step.
23:47Cecilia,
23:48did you do this?
23:52I was stunned.
23:54No.
23:55He stopped in front of me,
23:56speaking in a voice
23:57only the two of us could hear.
23:58You can make a scene
23:59over personal matters.
24:00You can take your anger out on me,
24:01show attitude to my guild,
24:02all that's fine.
24:03But why did you have to expose
24:05her old wounds
24:06to all the nobles?
24:07Do you know what that means
24:07for a woman?
24:09I looked at my reflection
24:11in his pupils.
24:12You think it was me?
24:15Besides you,
24:17who else hates her that much?
24:19My throat felt blocked
24:21by a wad of rough cloth.
24:22Couldn't go up,
24:23couldn't go down.
24:24So in his heart,
24:25I had already become
24:26this kind of person.
24:28Alice stumbled down
24:29from the podium
24:29in tears,
24:31grabbing Alan's sleeve.
24:32Alan,
24:32don't blame sister.
24:33She just loves you too much.
24:35If were we,
24:36I'd go crazy too.
24:38Don't call her.
24:39Alan closed his eyes.
24:40When he opened them again,
24:42the warmth in his eyes
24:43had dropped below freezing.
24:44He called my name,
24:46his voice cold
24:46without a single crack.
24:47Cecilia,
24:49apologize to Alice.
24:51Now,
24:52in front of all the guests.
24:54I let out a laugh,
24:57so light that even I
24:58thought it sounded unreal.
25:00And if I don't...
25:02He stared at me,
25:02his gaze like a dagger
25:03pressed against my throat.
25:04Then Wind Trading Company
25:06will formally hold you
25:07responsible for malicious
25:08luring Yinsi
25:09and deliberately sabbating
25:10the Invaluation's action.
25:12Today's air officials
25:13from the Royal Craft Butte
25:14think carefully
25:16about the consequences.
25:17Countless pairs
25:17of eyes from the audience
25:18were fixed on me.
25:19I reached into my carry-on pouch
25:21and felt the shell broach.
25:23I took it out.
25:24The deep-sea vow
25:25shone dazzlingly
25:27in the candlelight.
25:28The moment Alan saw it,
25:29his pupils contracted sharply.
25:31He recognized it.
25:32I opened the shell clasp,
25:33revealing the tiny engraved line
25:35on the inside of the base.
25:36The tide recedes.
25:37No regrets.
25:40Orangely a night
25:41of the autumn festival,
25:42I want to give it to you.
25:45Alan's Adam's apple moved.
25:46The line of his jaw was taut.
25:48I placed the brooch
25:50on the edge of the display stand.
25:52Now I don't want to anymore.
25:54Alan reached out to take it.
25:56I closed the shell clasp first,
25:58turned around,
25:59and handed it to the guild
26:00attendant standing behind me.
26:02Please throw this away from me.
26:03The attendant was stunned,
26:04looking helplessly
26:05at Alan,
26:06then at me.
26:07I said,
26:08throw it away.
26:10The shell hit the copper wall
26:11with a clink,
26:12like something finally breaking.
26:13I said to Alan,
26:15your apology,
26:16I can't give it.
26:18His face was livid,
26:19his lips pressed
26:20into a pale line.
26:21Cecilia,
26:22once you walk out that door,
26:24don't come back begging me.
26:26This time,
26:27I won't give you a way out.
26:29I nodded.
26:32Fine.
26:33As I turned,
26:33I heard Alice call him softly.
26:35Alan,
26:36I hurt.
26:38My stomach hurts so much.
26:41Alan didn't chase after me.
26:42Once again,
26:43he chose to stand by her side,
26:45his hand on her shoulder.
26:46The sea wind hit my face
26:47fiercely outside the door,
26:48carrying salty moisture
26:49and the desolation of late autumn.
26:51My eyes finally welled up with heat,
26:53chilled by the wind.
26:55Taking out the sound-conveying conch,
26:57I called the chief weaving officer
26:58of the Royal Weaving Workshop.
27:01Chief,
27:02he answered promptly,
27:03as if he had been waiting in the workshop.
27:06Please take care of it.
27:11I asked if you released them.
27:13I looked at my reflection
27:15outside the carriage window.
27:17Yes.
27:18Did you have to take things this far?
27:20Alan,
27:21when you made me apologize publicly
27:22at the evaluation gibbet,
27:23did you ever think
27:24things would go this far?
27:26At that time,
27:27I thought...
27:28You thought I harmed her.
27:30You've always chosen
27:31to believe her first.
27:32That night at the banquet,
27:33the review meeting,
27:34the evaluation exhibit,
27:36every time.
27:37Your first reaction
27:38is always to protect her,
27:40and then ask me
27:40why I'm resisting.
27:42I'll get to the bottom of this.
27:44I've already sent people
27:45to detain her maid.
27:49No need.
27:51The family lawyer my father sent
27:53was waiting for me.
27:54Miss Rosset,
27:55the shared weaving workshop,
27:57shares and partnership separation plan
27:59you previously commissioned us
28:01to organize
28:02are all defraffed.
28:04Also,
28:04your father asked me
28:05to convey a question.
28:07He sat down across from me,
28:08spreading out the documents,
28:09one by one.
28:10Are you certain
28:10you want to terminate
28:11all future private collaborations
28:13with Wynn Trading Company,
28:15including joint weaving,
28:17raw material supply,
28:18and that three-year
28:19private contract?
28:21Certain.
28:24I asked if you released them.
28:27I looked at my reflection
28:29outside the carriage window.
28:30Yes.
28:31Did you have to take
28:32things this far?
28:34Alan,
28:34when you made me
28:35apologize publicly
28:36at the evaluation exhibit,
28:37did you ever think
28:38things would go this far?
28:40At that time,
28:41I thought...
28:41You thought I harmed her.
28:44You've always chosen
28:45to believe her first.
28:46That night at the banquet,
28:47the review meeting,
28:48the evaluation exhibit,
28:50every time.
28:51Your first reaction
28:52is always to protect her,
28:53and then ask me
28:54why I'm resisting.
28:56I'll get to the bottom of this.
28:58I've already sent people
28:59to detain her maid.
29:03No need.
29:05The family lawyer
29:06my father sent
29:07was waiting for me.
29:08Miss Rosset,
29:09the shared weaving workshop,
29:11shares and partnership
29:12separation plan
29:13you previously commissioned
29:15us to organize
29:15are all defraffed.
29:17Also, your father
29:19asked me to convey
29:20a question.
29:20He sat down
29:21across from me,
29:22spreading out the documents,
29:23one by one.
29:24Are you certain
29:24you want to terminate
29:25all future private collaborations
29:27with Wind Trading Company,
29:28including joint weaving,
29:30raw material supply,
29:32and that three-year
29:33private contract?
29:34Certain.
29:38Alan,
29:40what makes you think
29:41that something thrown away
29:42when picked up again
29:44still belongs to you?
29:45His hand
29:46froze in the air.
29:48I know I wrongly blamed you
29:49at the evaluation exhibition.
29:53just the evaluation exhibit.
29:55I counted them off for him.
29:56That night at the autumn festival,
29:58you asked me to help
29:59the dead drunk Alice.
30:00She said had a child
30:01in front of all the guests
30:02and you didn't refute
30:03a single word.
30:04at the pattern review meeting.
30:06You made me apologize
30:07to her publicly.
30:08You said I had
30:09no professional ethics.
30:11At the evaluation exhibition,
30:13you made me take
30:13the blame for her.
30:14Every time.
30:16Alan, think carefully.
30:18Every time you stood
30:19on her side.
30:20I thought you were strong.
30:21I thought you could handle it.
30:24So strong people
30:25deserve to be wronged?
30:27Just because she can cry,
30:29faint and cry out in pain,
30:30you always put the shield
30:31in front of her first
30:32and then turn around
30:32and ask me why
30:33I don't stand up on my own?
30:34His eyes reddened.
30:35No.
30:36Then what is it?
30:40He couldn't answer.
30:41I didn't look at him again.
30:46Alan,
30:47what makes you think
30:48that something thrown away
30:50when picked up again
30:51still belongs to you?
30:52His hand
30:53froze in the air.
30:55I know I wrongly blamed you
30:57at the evaluation exhibition.
31:00Just the evaluation exhibit?
31:02I counted them off for him.
31:04That night at the autumn festival,
31:05you asked me to help
31:06the dead drunk Alice.
31:07She said had a child
31:08in front of all the guests
31:09and you didn't refute
31:10a single word.
31:11At the pattern review meeting,
31:13you made me apologize
31:14to her publicly.
31:16You said I had
31:17no professional ethics.
31:18At the evaluation exhibition,
31:20you made me take
31:21the blame for her.
31:22Every time.
31:23Alan,
31:24think carefully.
31:25Every time you stood
31:26on her side.
31:27I thought you were strong.
31:28I thought you could handle it.
31:31So strong people
31:32deserve to be wronged?
31:34Just because she can cry,
31:36faint,
31:36and cry out in pain,
31:37you always put the shield
31:38in front of her first
31:39and then turn around
31:40asking me why I don't
31:40stand up on my own?
31:41His eyes reddened.
31:42No.
31:43Then what is it?
31:47He couldn't answer.
31:48I didn't look at him again.
31:50I didn't look at him again.
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