The Instituto Floresta Viva (IFV or Living Forest Institute, in english) was founded in 2003, but its history began in 1996, when members of the IESB (Institute of Social-Environmental Studies of Southern Bahia, in english) worked together in order to minimize the impacts of the new highway between the cities of Ilhéus and Itacaré, which would have paved through centennial trees, preserved rivers, and rural communities of cassava and lumber producers. Since then, a series of events explain the trajectory of the IFV.
The team understood that the highway – financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IBD) – could either be seen as a threat or a great opportunity. True to their nature, the team perceived a new concept of economy allied to local preservation and development: an economy capable of promoting prosperity for all its inhabitants.
Important legal landmarks created the conditions that made this group strong enough to interfere with the construction. The first of these is the 1988 Constitution, which marks the democratization of Brazil. It gave much power back to the citizens regarding the defense of the natural environment, and established the Atlantic Forest as a natural biome of national interest.
One year following the 1992 UNCED (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit), President Itamar Franco signed the Federal Decree No. 750, establishing the principles and norms of protection for the Atlantic Rainforest (13 years later it was renamed the "Atlantic Rainforest Law" by the National Congress). The Environmental Protection Area (APA, in portuguese) Costa de Itacaré-Serra Grande was also created in 1993.
That same year, Ceplac (Executive Commission for the Cocoa Plantations) and the Botanical Garden of New York published a report highlighting the incredible number of 456 species of trees found in a single hectare of preserved area next to Serra Grande, in the coastal district of Uruçuca. The record positioned Southern Bahia as a region with one of the highest concentrations of biodiversity on the planet.
In 1997, with the beginning of the highway construction, the same environmentalists from IESB helped design and create the Serra do Conduru State Park (PESC, in portuguese).
We asked for the environmental conservation of this region, and the community, who wanted the road very much, thought we would stop the work. During a presentation on the results of an environmental impact study on the watershed, we declared our support for the highway, provided it was done correctly. It was then that the locals realized that development and ecology could go together.
The IESB team thus influenced the layout and construction of the 65 km Ilhéus-Itacaré highway and the almost simultaneous creation of the Serra do Conduru State Park, alongside the APA Costa de Itacaré-Serra Grande. These protected areas strengthened a new culture of products and services associated with environmental conservation.
Between 1999 and 2000, the IESB planned and executed the Environmental Education and Tourism Program of the Itacaré-Serra Grande Environmental Protection Area, with the purpose of informing the residents of the municipalities of Itacaré, Uruçuca and Ilhéus about the existence of the protection area.
A broad communication strategy was implemented in these municipalities, including monthly newspapers, films in the square, and pamphlets for students and professors.
The Management Council of the APA was also created, the first of its kind in the Northeast region. It marked the beginning of a more developed and relevant social participation process, including the implementation of the Serra Grande sewage treatment plant.
In 2000, the IESB created the Floresta Viva Project. With the support of Funbio (Brazilian Biodiversity Fund) and the Ford Foundation, the project focused on the training and strengthening of about sixty farming families directly impacted by the construction of the highway.
At the time, sustainable agricultural practices were less widespread and the practice of burning the land to "clean" the soil before planting was widely prevalent. In addition, many people subsisted through the deforestation and sale of trees of the Atlantic Forest. As both activities were prohibited by environmental legislation and there was greater enforcement, farmers needed to find alternative ways of surviving. Many were indebted to development banks – which, in turn, facilitated access to credit, but failed to provide continued technical assistance to the producer.
The Floresta Viva Project helped bring about a permanent dialogue and adequate solutions between the farmer, the community and the environment. It was necessary to invest in long conversations to build bonds of trust with the local communities.
Forest engineer Salvador Ribeiro coordinated the project during this period, and his work was fundamental for consolidating a new perspective on the farmer, who came to be seen as the great ally for the preservation of the forest.
There was a conflict of interest in the region that, in order to be dissolved, required a deeper understanding. On the one hand, there was the need to protect one of the most bio-diverse environments on the planet; on the other, traditional farmers, living in precarious conditions with few economic alternatives, sought survival by cutting and burning the forest to create subsistence farm plots. The solution was to transform farmers – agents of degradation – into conservation protagonists. We needed to create new economic alternatives linked to the forest and its conservation, and to establish a deeper affective bond with the farmers and their forests.
The experience was so transformative that many remember the details of the strategy and its lasting impacts.
We brought about new things such as seedling production, seed sales and the production of vegetables as income-generating alternatives. We also created a Payment for Environmental Services program, in which the farmer received half a minimum wage (brazilian national salary) not to deforest. It was a big change.
There were only four walls at the beginning [of the Association], built with the sweat of the farmers. One day, they knocked on our door, Rui and Salvador, with backpacks. They helped to write a vegetable production project that came in good time, because we were not prepared for the arrival of the Conservation Unit. We managed to make this house a beautiful place. My whole family participated in this construction. I do everything to keep this place standing.
Currently, the Association is a partner of the professional master's degree course of the Ecological Research Institute (ESCAS/IPÊ), which, since 2009, carries out its classes at headquarters.
As the work took shape, the results soon appeared and the project transformed into an institution. The Floresta Viva Institute (IFV) trusted in forest restoration and the reconciliation of man and nature. In this way, IFV began to direct its energy and resources towards the Serra do Conduru, in Southern Bahia, while IESB invested in emerging research of conservation of biodiversity.
At that time, IFV was a pioneer in proposing a vision focused on landscape management and defending the conviviality between environmental preservation and a forest economy. Today, Floresta Viva is a center of knowledge production and dissemination of information about the Atlantic Rainforest, native species and aspects related to its preservation.
This has to do with the origin of the group, formed by the IESB in conjunction with an innovative agenda of natural conservation with society. The leadership of Floresta Viva has considerable teaching and research expertise in different areas and universities. This is how the organization became a reference for teachers, researchers and students, who rely on the IFV as a university extension space.
In 2009, six years after its foundation, the Institute became part of the Pact for the Restoration of the Atlantic Forest, in partnership with the SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation and, in the same year, built the Viveiro (nursery), which functions as the main space for the Institute's team, partners and visitors.
In 2002, Floresta Viva Project was recognized as one of the best Brazilian initiatives in sustainable local development and received the World Bank's Innovative Social Experiences Award. The following year, IFV received the FERFA/CRA and Super Ecology awards from Superinteressante Magazine.
Farmers participated in the creation of the Instituto Floresta Viva. Renata Santos de Oliveira's father, who currently works at the nursery, is one of them.
From the beginning, Reinan Trindade de Oliveira enthusiastically supported the proposed changes. He quickly understood the benefits of departing from slash-and-burn tactics and transmitted this perspective to his children who, like Renata, continue to advocate for a sustainable relationship with nature.
Here it was common to see gigantic trees felled. If we had continued as before, we would have had nothing remaining, nothing left at all.
Over the years, the organization has developed key initiatives in the region. These include the restoration of degraded areas (in partnership with public agencies and civil society entities), the identification and formalization of five quilombola nuclei, and a campaign to discuss the impacts of the Project of Porto Sul.
With this, IFV consolidated its image as an organization that significantly engages the local population while positively influencing public policies and producing knowledge about the region's importance.
IFV has been important in promoting social capital in the region. From our work, directly or indirectly, we have attracted and cooperated with a number of local and regional organizations, events, initiatives and movements. This is our greatest legacy, in the long run, along with nature conservation.


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Housing subsidy for middle income earners now available
The government has urged citizens who earn between R3501 and R22 000 a month to apply for a housing subsidy to buy their first property.
by Lyse Comins
Minister of Human Settlements Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, has called on citizens who want to buy a home or property for the first time to apply for a government housing subsidy.
The government's Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) aims to encourage home ownership among people who earn between R3501 and R22 000 a month. The applicants must have applied for a home loan with an accredited banking institution or a non-bank financial institution.
The government's housing subsidy for middle-income earners can be used as a deposit or reduce the bond balance. The once-off financial assistance for qualifying beneficiaries ranges from R27 960 to R121 626, depending on the level of household income.
"We have designed this subsidy to assist low income workers, both in the private and public sectors. I have directed National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) or Human Settlements Development Bank (HSDB) to make sure that they have a call centre and capacity to process all applications and to go on a roadshow to educate the public about this subsidy," Sisulu said.
"This subsidy is to encourage home ownership among our teachers, factory workers, receptionists, nurses and police among others," she said.
She added that a budget of R461million has been set aside for the housing subsidy this financial year. This is expected to benefit 7600 qualifying beneficiaries and leverage about R3,2 billion from the private sector financial institutions.
"Our resolve to restore the dignity of our people through human settlements goes beyond us giving fully subsidised houses to the indigent. We are also committed to responding to the housing needs of our middle-income earners through FLISP. We call on our people to seize this opportunity and apply for financial assistance," Sisulu said.
During the 2020/2021 financial year, the HSDB processed 2815 applications and of these, 2120 were approved with a total value of R111 million, triggering more than R1 billion in home loans approved by banking institutions.
Sisulu said that plans to develop the housing subsidy policy to enable non-mortgage applicants to benefit from the programme was at an advanced stage and is expected to be concluded in the next few months. This will see people mainly in rural areas applying for financial assistance to add to their home loans to build their own homes.
The NHFC is also in the process of signing service level agreements with banking institutions as well as signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Banking Association of South Africa (BASA), once the policy has been approved in few months.
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David Lloyd predicts 4-0 win for England in the Ashes
England are all set to begin their Ashes campaign tomorrow at the Gabba. A number of former England cricketers have had their say on the Ashes, with some discussing the tactics they can employ or the selections they need to make. Now David Lloyd, former England coach, has added to the discussion – by claiming that England will win the Ashes 4-0.
Lloyd based his expectation around the return of Ben Stokes. The Durham all-rounder hasn't played a Test since England's tour of India earlier this year, but looks all set to make his comeback at the Gabba. He was a late addition to the Ashes squad, which in its original shape and form was deemed as "unexciting" by many. Lloyd was of a similar opinion at the time.
"It was all doom and gloom as far as I was concerned the day England announced their Ashes squad," Lloyd said, writing for Daily Mail. "Where was the fire? Where was the aggression? The pace? I couldn't see anything other than a 5-0 Australia win. But things have changed."
This change wasn't only down to the return of Stokes.
"Not only have they added a fit-again Ben Stokes — and I'm told he is firing on all cylinders — but there has been a massive shifting of the goalposts. And that's left me feeling much more optimistic," he said. "I'll now go 4-0 to the tourists!"
He continued the discussion with the weather conditions in Australia, stating how a wet summer could negate the pitch preparations in Brisbane and make the conditions more English.
"It sounds like it's going to be an English early-season type seaming pitch with no great pace, which brings England right into this Ashes."
Australia's woes in recent times are well-known to cricket followers. They had to change their skipper at the last minute. They've also had little Test match practice going into the Ashes. This was referenced by Lloyd, who believed that their preparation had been thrown off a bit.
"Australia have had just as little preparation as England — even less with the red ball — and have had to change their captain at the last moment, with the rarity of a fast bowler, Pat Cummins, taking over from Tim Paine. He's very capable and a wonderful bowler but I see Steve Smith has been shoved in as vice-captain and there's no doubt in my mind he'll lead the side in all but name."
He believed England did have issues of their own. One of these was the opening combination of Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed,
"My concern remains England's openers. Rory Burns is still batting with a technique that no-one has ever succeeded with in Test cricket, and Haseeb Hameed reminds me of a schoolboy trying to have his turn to bat. You can't block your way to success in Australia. Yes, you have to defend well — one of the greatest attacking batsmen of them all, Viv Richards, had a fantastic defence — but you have to score and I just don't see Hameed as 'game savvy'."
However, the former England player believed that the rest of team can more than make up for it. He was also in favour of giving a chance to Chris Woakes at No.8
"I would go with Woakes in that final bowling place because he adds to the batting strength at eight and his bowling should be perfect for these conditions."
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'6 billion Others', a Yann Arthus-Bertrand project, sponsored by BNP Paribas.
01.02.2007 | Press release
Following "Earth from Above", Yann Arthus-Bertrand has embarked on another ambitious project called 6 billion Others. The video project paints a portrait of man at the beginning of the 21st century, highlighting both the universal and individual aspects of responses to major questions affecting humanity collected from people living all over the world. What is happiness? What can we learn from the challenges we face? What is the meaning of life?
Today over 3,600 interviews have been filmed in 55 countries. They provide a clear outline of what separates us as human beings but also shows what we have in common. An additional 2,400 interviews will be carried out by the end of 2007.
This project will culminate in an exhibition that will open in Paris in early 2008, before beginning its world tour and featuring on television around the globe.
In the run up to 2008, the dedicated website www.6billionothers.org dedicated to the project is live.
Moreover, BNP Paribas and 6 Billion Others will be available to the public in the form of short extracts from these interviews, which will be broadcast on international television and available within in-flight entertainment on numerous airlines in 2007.
Driven by a spirit of enquiry, openness and exchange, BNP Paribas has proudly sponsored 6 billion Others since its conception.
Strong social and ethical values are integral to BNP Paribas and we appreciate that progress is impossible without respecting diversity. Far from developing along uniform lines, BNP Paribas makes every effort to reconcile world-wide influence with true respect for local cultures. The Group is present in 85 countries on five continents, and includes employees and partners from more than 100 different nationalities. BNP Paribas Group is driven by the conviction that great global companies have an important influence on local society. When Yann Arthus-Bertrand contacted BNP Paribas management and staff in early in 2005, they were impressed by the similarity between the underlying values of the Group and the message of diversity conveyed by the 6 Billion Others project. This is why the two parties decided to launch this unprecedented partnership between a major international business and a work of creative insight that marries artistic and human values on a planetary scale.
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This "All About My Catholic Faith" podcast lesson is about God and His perfections. We will learn about the power and perfection of God. God is all-knowing, all-good, and almighty. All these qualities of God are called His "perfections." He has all these powers without limit.


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Audi Sport GmbH gets a management shake up
After the departure of Stephan Winkelmann, who left Audi Sport for Bugatti, the Managing Director has been Michael-Julius Renz. However, at the age of 62,..
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PCMag Staff 10 Essential Microsoft Excel 2010 Tips for Beginners Fumbling with spreadsheets makes everyone feel like a complete dolt. These ten essential functions and tricks will make you feel much more adept at creating and managing charts, lists, and data.
If you like to keep your Excel workspace clean and efficient, you're probably mildly bothered that Excel always creates new workbooks with three sheets, when you probably only need one. Change Excel's default settings by going to the File menu, then General, and then adjust the settings under "When creating new workbooks." You can specify the default font and size, whether to open in normal or print-layout view, and the number of sheets to create.
Just as it's easier to remember your parents' names than their Social Security numbers, it's easier to work with a range of data by name than by its cell addresses. Select a block of cells. On the Formulas tab in the Ruler, click on Define Name. Enter a name—or use the one that Word suggests—and take a moment to enter an explanatory comment about the range so that you'll be able to remember why it's there. Now, whenever you want to select a range of data, you can find its name in the dropdown list available from the Name box at the left of the formula bar. Note that any spaces you include in a named range gets converted automatically to an underscore character. Read on for one use of named ranges.
You've probably wanted to format more than one sheet in a worksheet exactly the same way. Excel's grouped worksheets feature makes this easy. Ctrl-click the tabs of the sheets that you want to group together, and the grouped tabs will all turn white. (Normally, only the current sheet has a white tab, while the others are gray.) While sheets are grouped, anything you enter in one sheet also gets entered into the others. In the example shown here, I've applied blue background fill to a row in one sheet, and the same color gets applied to the same row in the other sheets in the group. After formatting grouped sheets, and perhaps entering the same headings in each, remember to click on the tabs to ungroup them, so that you don't accidentally insert or remove data in multiple sheets when you insert or remove data in one.
Speaking of multiple windows, sometimes you work on two or more separate worksheets at the same time, each in a separate window, and you know you'll want to work on the same set of worksheets again tomorrow. So, before you shut down Excel, go to the View menu and click Save Workspace near the right side of the Ribbon. In the Save Workspace dialog, enter a name and location for your saved view settings, and a Saved Workspace icon gets created in the location you choose, perhaps your desktop. When you want to open the same set of worksheets, simply double-click the Saved Workspace icon.
When you create a table in Excel, you can now click on the down arrow in the header cell and use the menu positioned to the upper left of it to filter the display—in other words, you can display only rows that contain subtotals and totals, or one or more specific rows that you select by checking a box in a list. You can display only rows that match a specific background color, or use the checkboxes to show or hide individual rows.
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint all have a new feature that saves documents that you've neglected to save when you closed them—including documents that you haven't even bothered to save with a name more specific than "Document1." This feature builds on Office's long-standing autosave feature, which automatically backs up the current version of your document every ten minutes (or whatever interval you set in the app's options). Earlier versions of Office deleted the last of these automated backups when you closed a document, but Office 2010 preserves the last automated backup and lets you open it. Click File, Recent, Recover Unsaved Documents, and then choose the document from a standard File/Open dialog box.
A single keystroke lets you toggle between Excel's normal display, which shows the results of the formulas in the spreadsheet, and a display mode that shows the actual formulas. The keystroke is Ctrl-tilde (tilde is this key: ~); press it once, and Excel displays formulas instead of results. Press it again, and the results appear again. This single keystroke is a lot quicker to use than the alternate method of displaying formulas, which is to open the File menu, go to Options, then Advanced; then scroll down to Display Options for this Worksheet and check the box next to "Show formulas in cells instead of their calculated results." Uncheck the box to display results again.
Bonus tip: when you use this tip to display formulas in cells, select a cell with a formula, and Excel outlines the cells that are referenced in the formula.
Experienced Windows users know that Ctrl-A is the shortcut key that selects everything in a window or document; the A in Ctrl-A stands for All. Ctrl-A works this way in every application you can find—except Excel. When you press Ctrl-A in a worksheet with data in it, you select the current region (that is, all connected cells), not the whole worksheet. But wait—if you immediately press Ctrl-A a second time, you select the entire worksheet—unless the worksheet contains a table, in which case your second press of Ctrl-A will select the current region and the summary rows (typically the headers) of the current table. And if your second Ctrl-A selects the current table and its summary rows, then you'll need to press Ctrl-A a third time to select the entire worksheet. In the screen shot, I pressed Ctrl-A once, and only the table got selected.
Bonus tip: the one-step way to select the entire worksheet is to the click on the gray box at the upper left corner of the worksheet—the one at the corner of the lettered columns and numbered rows.
When you want to move quickly to the left, right, top, or bottom cell in a data set, just press Ctrl and one of the arrow keys. Let's say you want to select the cells in the current row of the data set, but only the cells with numbers, not the labels—for example, sales figures for January through December. If the current cell is in the middle of the row (for example, the cell with the sales figure for May) press Ctrl-Left to go to the first data cell in this set (the cell with the sales figure for January), then hold down the Shift key and press Ctrl-Right to select all the sales figures for January through December. In the screen shot, I started in cell G12, pressed Ctrl-left, then Shift-Ctrl-right to select twelve months of data.
Type a few numbers in some adjacent cells, or highlight some numbers in existing cells. Now look down at the status bar at the foot of the window. Excel displays the average of the numbers, a count of the cells, and the sum. You can also use this trick with non-adjacent cells. Here's how: click on one cell, then hold down the Ctrl key and click on a cell with a number that you want to add to the number in the first cell. Continue to add numbers by Ctrl-clicking in additional cells. The average, count, and sum in the status bar get updated each time you click another cell. By the way, when you use this tip, Excel ignores any cells you click that contain text or graphics instead of numbers.


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Jean Luc is one of the most successful czech producers, remixers and DJs. He has released his first single at the age of 15. Although he has been engaged in the music scene only for a few years he has already received very positive reviews to his work as well as support from all over the world. His music production has been supported among others by David Guetta, Blasterjaxx, Sam Feldt, Paul Van Dyk, EDX, Don Diablo, Bingo Players, Cedric Gervais, Alex Gaudino, Moguai, R3hab, Plastik Funk, Andy Moor, Markus Schulz, Juicy M, Nari & Milani, Kosheen, Marcel Woods, BORGEOUS, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Joachim Garraud, Daniel Portman, Judge Jules, Giuseppe Ottaviani and others. He is officially remixing and co-operating with names like Kosheen.
Jean Luc is becoming a post-producer of top DJs as well. His production can be heard in prestigious labels KONTOR Records, Universal Music, Peak Hour Music, Bonzai Music, Fektive Records, Diverted Recordings, Total Digital Recordings and others. These can be bought on famous servers such as Beatport, Juno, iTunes, Google Music, etc.
His DJ style features strong combination of hard beat and melody that is characterized by parts of progressive and electrotech style in an energetic set. He can adjust style of his sets to any kinds of audiance.
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After five years, I have finally begun work on this roman à clef as an exercise to get me back into writing condition, the same way a boxer or weightlifter gets into shape after a hiatus. It took me a huge portion of my day just to write the 3,300 words here, partly because it was painful for me to write, and partly because I fell out of writing shape.
It was the fourteenth of a snowy February that had yielded sidewalks lined with blobby lines of grimy slush. A young Travis came out of the one and only nice building of his Midtown college campus; one of the other buildings had been a reappropriated shoe factory for crying out loud. He hadn't yet discovered the comfortable bespoke suits and slicked back hair that would become his distinctive iconic image five years later. No, he still sported a short crewcut—a holdover from his days as a cadet and a symbol of his future in law enforcement—and dressed simply in jeans that were slightly tight in the thighs and hips with short-sleeved black polo shirts that hugged his then still athletic chest. His feet, clod in clunky Rockport shoes that were more comfortable than stylish, plodded down the stone stairs towards the subway station. Looking at the messy walkways, he heaved a sigh. Before he got down to the sidewalk though, his thin little smartphone rumbled and yelped. This was unusual for the young fellow. Friends were not something he had a good supply of, and nobody really ever messaged him.
He reached into his coat pocket and took out the phone. His heart skipped a beat when he saw what his phone was chirping about. It was a message from Malissa.
Travis had met Malissa through a Craigslist personal ad six months ago. Well, to say that he met her would be misleading. No, he had written her for a bit. The truth was that he was thrilled to have come across her ad. What she wrote had completely captured his heart and mind, and he was very much a heart and mind kind of man rather than an ass man or a breast man. You see, Travis was peculiar in that he was a romantic in the truest sense. He was unmoved by physical beauty, and enraptured by the heart of a woman rather than the glint of her eyes or the silken cascade of hair that delicately grazed her shoulder.
And so when he read Malissa's personal, he knew in an instant that he needed to pursue her. He knew from reading what she wrote that they were both looking for the same things in each other. Malissa wanted to find just one man with whom she could spend the rest of her life. To her, that meant building a life together, through the good and the bad. That meant being there for each other, even arguing with each other, because arguments meant that they cared. She wanted to build a warm home with a truly good and honest man where they felt safe to be each other, to make mistakes and to learn how to love each other.
Travis wanted all of this. He never really knew it before. At least, he never thought about it in words. He had an idea of who he wanted to be to his lover, and what she should be for him. After all, he'd daydreamed about being in a relationship with his true love for years now. But he'd never quite put it down on paper with such clarity the way that Malissa did. It was as if she had reached into his heart and pulled out the rosy wisps of romance inside him and reflected them back to him in a poetic fantasy of everlasting love. She showed him what he really wanted. And everything that he wanted was in her.
Malissa had replied to Travis' first email with a gentle curiosity and a mutually warm fondness towards him. She was quite taken by how earnest he was in his email. The way she responded to Travis, he felt that it was the beginning of something good. Being quite excited to see her in person, he suggested that they meet up to get to know each other, as emailing back and forth was no way to get to know anybody. As a young and unexperienced fellow, he let her choose a time and place to meet. He wanted her to feel safe and comfortable, especially since she was only meeting him for the very first time. They hadn't even exchanged photos.
In fact, what she looked like was something that never even crossed Travis' mind. That is, until Malissa wrote him back after several weeks of silence. She explained to him that she was sorry about the delay, as she was dealing with some things. It was a little vague, but she soon revealed that she was struggling with an eating disorder. Travis didn't know very much about eating disorders. But he did imagine that she would either be very thin or very heavy. Neither option seemed very appealing, though he was ashamed to say that he would prefer that she was overly light than heavy. That was about the only extent of his superficiality, but even this was enough for him to feel guilty over.
It wasn't guilt though that compelled Travis to pursue Malissa though, despite her admission of having an eating disorder. To him, she had the most perfect soul that he could ever ask for in a girl. It was love at first sight, but it wasn't the sight of a beautiful face; rather, it was the sight of her words that gave him a deep resonance that she and him were of the same rare ilk. He felt that he was so lucky to gain such an intimate glimpse into her heart's desires, and doubly so that he knew that he could satisfy her. What more could he ask for? Here was a woman who he knew he could be satisfied with for his entire life, who he was sure that he could satisfy for her entire life. At least that was what his young romantic heart told him. Travis was more the family oriented type and unconcerned with things like cars, bars, nightclubs, parties, or beautiful girls in bikinis, or how good a woman was in bed. All he wanted, at the naive age of twenty, was a caring woman to dote on, a loving woman to care for and to make happy. He wanted to appreciate the little niceties in life with his true love, to share in the small delights of romance with a special woman by his side.
'Hi Travis,' the message on his phone read. 'I hope your Valentine's Day is nice and warm. Stay cozy, M.' This was the first he'd heard from her in a what must have been several weeks. The last time they had spoken, she was apologizing that they hadn't met up yet. She reassured him that she was still very much excited to meet him. In this, Travis saw in her a rare maturity and courtesy, uncommon qualities to his young life's urban experience. Really, it shouldn't have surprised him to get a message from Malissa on Valentine's Day. But it was such a heart fluttering gesture to Travis that he could not help but break his usually stony visage by cracking a rare grin. The hardness in his cynical eyes softened and gave way to feelings of warmth, and a gentle glow of happiness began radiating from the center of his heart. Alas, that would be the last time that he felt the pleasantness of a budding pure and innocent love.
The snow had cleared up by the second of March. Travis was in Brooklyn, by Prospect Park. He had just come out of the subway station and messaged Malissa, telling her that he had arrived. That Thursday afternoon (or was it a Friday?) was not a particularly sunny one. Rather, it was overcast, the skies gray. But the weather was not reflective of the mood Travis was in. In his eyes, the day was sunny as though there weren't a single cloud in a summer sky.
It was one of the first dates he had ever been on. Well, to call it a date would be misleading. He'd only ever met girls through the Internet—probably less than three of them at that point of his life—and this was what he called an 'Internet first date'. It was the sort of date where neither the boy or the girl knew very much about each other, one where time was spent to get to know each other rather than to enjoy each other's company. It was the sort of date where one gauged the chemistry between each other, if it even existed.
Travis' cell phone rang. His heart skipped a beat. It was Malissa. She was calling him. He cleared his throat and let a low rumble roll through his throat before he answered.
"Hey Travis!" Mallissa greeted. She had an ordinary voice, and Travis was relieved. He wasn't sure if there was ever a voice he couldn't stand, but it was good that she didn't sound like a man.
"Hey, Malissa? I'm here. Where are you?" He looked left, and then he looked right. There didn't appear to be anybody on the entire block. He wondered if he was in the wrong place.
"I'm here. By the train exit."
"Oh." He looked around again. "Can you tell me what it looks like where you are?"
"Umm…" she said with an uncertain chuckle. "You got out at Prospect Park station, right?"
He looked back at the station sign, just in case. "Yeah, yeah. Uhh…what are you wearing? I'll come find you."
"I'm wearing jeans, and a white coat."
"Okay." Still on the phone, he started walking to his left, hoping to see a figure off in the distance. Some number of paces later, he did see a figure. "Oh, okay. I think I see you. I'll be right there."
As Travis walked towards the figure, he roughly calculated that Malissa was not particularly short or curvy. He'd had a dream several nights before in which he'd met a girl named Malissa. The dream took place in a dark bar, the colors dominated by dim browns. He'd bumped into her on the way up the wooden stairs up to the second level of the pub. In his dream, this Malissa was short and curvy, with chocolate brown hair that ended at her shoulders. As he turned to say sorry for bumping into her, he looked into her soft eyes that were the color of coffee with cream. He was about to say sorry, but instead frowned curiously and asked, "Malissa?"
As he closed the distance to the stranger, his eyes resolved the image of the previously faceless and formless entity who captured his heart so readily. Was this girl, with her long legs in slightly rumply jeans that rose and rose until they disappeared under a somewhat fluffy white fur coat, Malissa? With her head turned away from him, he wasn't sure yet.
The girl turned towards him and their eyes met. Instantly, a smile sparked across her face. "Travis?" she asked. Travis returned a warm smile. "Hey Malissa," he said.
Malissa raised her arms to hug him. Despite not being used to giving or receiving hugs, Travis managed to hug her back without fumbling too much. She was a little bit taller than he was, which some part of his unconscious registered as being ever so slightly disappointing. Though Travis was never a very superficial fellow, he did have a typical male preference for girls to be shorter than him. But of course, these thoughts did not occur to him at the time.
They took a short walk through Prospect Park and discovered an instant air of familiarity and comfort. There was no sense of artifice between them, and no games were being played—not that Travis even knew at the time what games could be played. They were simply a boy and a girl who were fond of each other, and who found each other's company to be a most pleasant thing to have. In time, Malissa led them to a quiet coffee shop some ways away from the park.
Being a gentleman—albeit a novice one, as he hadn't much practice being one for a date—he opened the door for Malissa. They walked down to the menu to order their drinks. On the wall behind the Bohemian looking hipster with stringy blond hair manning the counter was a blackboard with a dusty handwritten menu.
"What are you getting?" Malissa asked Travis.
Travis had decisively chosen the blackberry tea immediately upon reading it on the menu, and said as such. "What about you?"
"Hmm…I dunno…" she said with a feminine singsong tone of curiosity. Travis was immediately taken by her unwitting charm. "I think I'll have the black Japanese cherry tea," she decided.
As a gentleman, he had learned to order for a lady. This would be the first time that he did so. There were several other customers ahead of them, so the two of them continued chatting. When it was their turn to order, he turned to the Bohemian.
"I'll have the blackberry tea and-"
He had forgotten what Malissa wanted.
With a sheepish grin, he turned to Malissa. "Uhh, heh, what did you want again?"
"Hmm? Oh, the, uh…the black Jap-"
"Oh right," he remembered. "And she'll have the black Japanese cherry tea," he said to the clerk. The clerk asked him if he wanted honey or sugar in his tea, which surprised Travis. He'd never ordered a tea before and was accustomed to having tea plain: he wasn't aware that there were other choices. He said no to the honey or sugar. Malissa did the same, and they sat down at a square table. Rather than facing each other, they sat at adjacent sides of the table. Travis liked it better this way as they were sitting closer together than they were if they were across each other. They took their coats off and settled in. He noticed that she was wearing a white knit shawl sweater that draped along her long slender arms, the same color as her coat. It was probably her favorite color, he thought.
The two young lovers-to-be began chatting away, the conversation easy and flowing. After a small while, Malissa noticed that Travis had yet to take a sip of his tea.
"How come you haven't touched your tea?"
"Oh, it's still very hot," he replied.
"Oh, really? I like my tea piping hot," she said.
Travis acted according to his most natural gentlemanly ways and recorded this preference in his mind.
Over their hot teas, they talked on and on about anything and everything. Over the next several hours, Travis began to see what a sweet girl she was, the only sweet girl he'd meet for the longest time. He began to discover just how beautiful Malissa was, in her own ways. He found it endearing how she still hand-wrote letters to her grandmother in Poland, and how much she enjoyed doing things the old-fashioned way. A gentleman of the old school himself, these things resonated with him on a very deep level. He was rather impressed and taken by the care she took to stop and smell the roses.
In time, Travis noticed the sun had set and the skies had become dark. Their teas had been exhausted, so he asked Malissa if she wanted to get another drink.
"Oh, no, that's alright," she said in a voice that was ever so slightly tinged with a Polish accent. After listening to her talk for hours and hours, he had come to find the lilt of her voice to be rather unique to her, and endearing too. "Do you want to go see a movie?"
This was a good sign, Travis thought. "Sure. Is there a movie theater nearby?"
"Yeah, there's one right by the park where we met."
They collected themselves and left the coffee shop. Having exited into the dark evening, Malissa giggled.
"I'm not very good at finding my way around," she said sheepishly.
Travis chuckled. "Heh, I'm not very good at navigating either. I know I should be, but I'm not."	+	 After five years, I have finally begun work on this roman
"Which way did we come from?" she asked, looking left and right.
Travis looked to the right and decided instinctively that it was the right direction to travel. After a block, Malissa regained her orientation and they made their way to the theater.
There were several films playing at what seemed to Travis to be an independent cinema. He took the opportunity to suggest watching a movie that he had heard about. The Last King of Scotland was playing, and he wanted to hear the supposedly good accent work that was done for the film. Malissa didn't oppose watching, so he paid for their tickets—a gesture she was pleased about—and they seated themselves in the back of the dark auditorium by the wall.
As a gentleman, Travis would not try to put any 'moves' on his date. It was, after all, the very first time they had met. But more importantly, he didn't know any moves. It would be dishonest, however, to say that he did not feel an instinct to put an arm around her shoulder. He did note that she did not push down the arm of the theater seat and, whether consciously or not, edged ever so slightly closer to her. She must've done the same, because after they removed their coats, he could feel the warmth of her arm on his skin.
Before long, a few more people filled the seats and the already dim theater auditorium became even dimmer. The film started, and Malissa shifted in her seat. The heat from her body created currents of perfume that wafted into Travis' nose. He thought it was a pleasant enough fragrance, if a little too musky for a woman. It occurred to him that he was wearing cologne himself, and wondered what she thought about the scent he was wearing, if she thought or smelled anything at all.
In the middle of a tense scene, Travis' leg made a realization. Their legs were touching! He felt warmer for it. Yes, it was a physical warmth that he felt that was nothing more than the result of thermodynamics. But it was also a tender warmth that grew in his heart. He was trying his best not to make very much of it, his very absolute best. He'd always had a tendency towards maintaining a very moderate temperament. Alas, his young and inexperienced heart just couldn't help but puff up just a little bit, swelling ever so slightly with the happiness of possibility.
At that moment, Malissa exhaled, and Travis smelled a bit of bad breath. He chuckled in his mind that it was good he did not try to kiss her. It wasn't the stomach-turning bad breath borne from garlic or anything. In fact, he recognized that it was the breath of someone who hadn't hadn't eaten or drank anything in a long time. He knew this because he himself had gone without food or drink for extended periods of time before—not that it was because he too had an eating disorder. After a quick mental pat-down, he determined that he did not have any mints or gum in his pockets to offer her.
The movie finished and the two of them left the theater. There was a cool breeziness to the air that night. They both breathed in the fresh air and saw a gentle smile on each other's faces. Both of them knew in each other that they did not want the night to end. But it was eleven o' clock at night, and it was time to return to their respective homes. Travis wished to take her home: he was of the old school, and protective as well. But he didn't express this desire because he was afraid to come off as too aggressive. After all, they'd only just met eight hours ago, and he was sure that she would prefer to protect her privacy until things got a little more serious.
Instead, he saw her off in the subway station. Her train arrived first, and before she boarded, she hugged him and gave him a peck on the cheek. It was the first kiss he'd ever gotten from a girl, and he would remember the girlish smile she had on her face and the fleeting sensation of her soft lips on his cheek for the rest of his life. On the way back home, he plugged his ears with a pair of earphones. He started listening to a song he'd recently found to be a real favorite of his. Have I the right to hold you? You know I've always told you, hat we must never ever part, went The Honeycombs.
He'd discovered the song while exploring his penchant for music from eras long past. He first started with the eighties, an era he was too young to have appreciated but was lucky enough to thanks to modern technologies like radio and music sharing websites. As he matured, so did his taste in music. And at the age of twenty, Travis was at a stage where he enjoyed music of the sixties, from forty years before. The song was entitled 'Have I The Right', and little did he know, he would be listening to that song many longing months to come ¶
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Arc 7, Chapter 51 – "The Demon City's Mistress"
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A placid breeze bathed in light gently caressed Subaru's bangs.
While savoring the ticklish feeling, Subaru felt the touch of a girl's hand linked with his, and the breath of the tall, beautiful woman standing to his back.
The location they were in was the top of the Crimson Lapis Castle, above the large room on the top floor. He stepped onto the roof tiles of the Castle, the "place closest to the sky", from which he could now view Chaosflame.
Subaru had led them to the place closest to an "abyss with a great view".
Subaru: [Olbart-san, I think you're a real jerk.]
The hand not linked with Louis's beside him, the one that Subaru was pointing with, was being directed at a small old man sitting on the edge of the Castle's roof.
Sitting cross-legged, spinning around on his rear, the monstrous old man―― Olbart, put his mouth to the gourd in his hand, gulping down the alcohol within.
And――,
Olbart: [No way, boy. You're not hungry, are ya?]
Subaru: […H-hungry?]
Olbart: [Yeah, that's right, ya hungry? After all, ya just woke up and had no time ta eat, did'cha? Yer hunger's got a lot ta do with both yer brain and yer body's functionin', ya know.]
While saying that and setting down his gourd, Olbart pulled out another package from his pocket. Before a slightly alarmed Subaru, Olbart gave a small "kakaka", and unwrapped the package.
Wrapped in the package was a black, round object the size of a golf ball.
Subaru: [That's…]
Olbart: [It's called a ration ball, it's portable food for us shinobi. One of these'll last'cha a day and keep yer head and body in shape. Tastes awful, tho'.] [1]
Plucking a ration ball from its wrapper with his fingers, Olbart waved it about as to show it off.
From the way it looked, it felt like it was emergency food made without taste in mind. It might be nutritious, but Subaru didn't think he'd want to eat it.
Olbart rolled it around in his palm, and said,
Olbart: [I've been a shinobi since I was young, so naturally, I've been familiar with this since I was a wee lad. And every time I ate it while workin', I thought ta myself, "Like the great ol' men of my village, I wish I could just retire and not eat this stuff anymore".]
Subaru: […Then, why not do just that? Olbart-san, you said you're the head honcho of the shinobi village, aren't you a big shot?]
Olbart: [Oh, you're right. What I'm sayin' is that, right now, I'm better and stronger than the ol' men who used ta work me to death all willy-nilly… But somehow, I'm still eatin' this stuff.]
With that, Olbart threw the ration ball that he'd been rolling in his palm into his mouth. He chewed and gulped down on his provisions, which the monstrous old man had described as not good.
After that, he opened his mouth to show that he'd eaten it all. Then,
Olbart: [After all, ya can't break a habit, that's what I'm sayin'. This mess of food I put together without regard ta taste or appearance's the best food for me. Doesn't hearin' this make ya cry? No? Kakakakka!]
Olbart showed a toothy grin, causing Subaru to remember something eerie.
Unsure of what he was trying to tell him with the current conversation, Subaru thought this seemed to be something unrelated to his childish youth. However, it seemed it shouldn't be ignored in its entirety.
He felt that maybe it was Olbart's way of praising or complimenting him.
Yorna: [――Old Man Olbart, this is my castle, do you recall?]
After the conversation died down, Yorna Mishigure, the Empress of the Demon City, having come to the roof of the Castle along with Subaru and Louis, spoke up at last.
Staring into Yorna's blue eyes, Olbart stopped laughing and said, "Yeah",
Olbart: [Of course, I know that. To be looked down on by the Lord of the Castle while sittin' on her castle's a nice feelin'. Doin' what'cha love's the secret to a long life.]
Yorna: [That's quite the indulgent hobby for a man of your stature. I would've never thought you'd do something like this.]
Olbart: [Ho, how's that so?]
Yorna: [It's only natural, isn't it? ――It'd be insane to know this secret of longevity and still shorten your own lifespan.]
Subaru could feel the heat from Yorna, who smiled seductively while putting her sleeve gently over her mouth. Yorna's anger was contained in her gentle gesture, and of course it was Olbart who it was directed to.
Olbart must have noticed Yorna's anger, but the monstrous old man remained seated on his haunches, throwing the next ration ball into his mouth from the package open on his lap.
Olbart: [So, why are ya three gettin' along again? A foxgirl and two lil' kids aren't friends in any way.]
Yorna: [Unfortunately, unlike the Vicious Old Man Olbart here, I have no taste for teasing children and no reason to torture them. When it comes to children, it's only natural that I'd treat them with courtesy. What's more――]
Cutting off her words there, Yorna twirled the golden kiseru around her finger. Then pointing the tip of the kiseru, the part from which smoke trailed, at Olbart, she continued.
Yorna: [If I hear that Old Man Olbart has misled these children and deceived my attendant… as the mistress of this city, I'll do what I must.]
Olbart: [Hoho, ho.]
Gently stroking his chin, Olbart's amused eyes turned to Subaru and Louis.
Subaru nodded deeply, sensing the intent of his gaze.
Subaru: [I'm sorry, but I had to tell on you. It's not really a foul under Olbart-san's rules. You had us get attacked too anyway.]
Olbart: [Kakakakka! You're never at a loss for words, boy. But that's the right answer. I'm the one who sicced 'em on ya, so ta whine 'bout it if it's done ta me'd be pretty pathetic. But…]
Subaru: [But?]
Olbart: [Good work comin' up with that when yer mind's gotta be havin' trouble keepin' up as well. Are ya mayhaps from the Vollachian Imperial Family? You're a match for 'em in underhandedness.]
Subaru: [Don't say such scary things…]
Considering only the hair color of Subaru and the current Emperor, Abel, they had a lot in common, but there were too many differences in other areas. Their facial structure and the length of their legs were proof of this.
In the first place, to say that his personality was as bad as that of those of the Vollachian Imperial Family would be slander.
For example――,
Subaru: [I always say thank you when someone does something nice for me.]
Yorna: [And with a smile and a loud voice too. That's what a child should be like. I'm going to tell Tanza to follow your example. Anyway――]
Parting her lips, Yorna gave her evaluation of Subaru's naughtiness, then lowered the tone of her voice. After that her eyes narrowed, and the harmonious atmosphere came to an end.
Because――,
Yorna: [I can't rebuke my faithful servant without her being here to respond to me. Now, where did you hide her, Old Man Olbart?]
Yorna's question was the main reason why she'd come along.
Olbart: [――――]
Feeling Yorna's tense pressure and its aftershocks directed at Olbart, Subaru firmly bit his lip and checked the sound of his own beating heart.
――Yorna had found Subaru downstairs, just inside the Castle, and after getting to know Yorna's personality, which he did not the previous day, Subaru had taken another big gamble.
He told Yorna as much as he could about their situation and the "hide-and-seek" game that was happening here in Chaosflame.
Of course, Subaru did not mention Abel's true identity, and he didn't tell anyone that he and the others had been "infantilized" by Olbart. What was important was that Subaru and his friends were playing "hide-and-seek" with Olbart, and that Tanza was helping the latter.
In order to appeal to her as sincerely as possible and clear up her suspicions as she listened patiently, Subaru had decided to prepare himself to face the situation with all his might, and confided in Yorna about the situation.
And after hearing Subaru's appeal, Yorna thought it over for a while――,
Yorna: [――I'm not a woman who can determine whether the words of a desperate child are true or false.]
Giving that answer, she then accompanied Subaru and Louis to the top of the Crimson Lapis Castle.
Subaru: [Honestly, I didn't think she was someone I could talk to so much, but…]
Louis: [Auau.]
Subaru: [Yeah, I know.]
Hearing Subaru's murmur, Louis shook the hand she was holding and pursed her lips.
In response, Subaru told himself that this was a stroke of luck that had come about from a bunch of coincidences turning up. If any of those factors were missing, this situation couldn't have been created.
That he had separated from Abel and his sinister designs.
That he had reached the Crimson Lapis Castle with the help of Ubilk's "counsel".
That he had been found by Yorna personally rather than by a guard.
That he had been together with Louis, not Al nor Medium.
And finally, that Subaru, the one most affected by the "infantilization", had taken a gamble.
The main reason why Yorna had listened to Subaru's words was because she'd seen no lie in them, and took them as a serious appeal from a child.
Just as there were grown-ups who wouldn't take children's words seriously and laughed them away.
Other adults would take them seriously because those words came from children, and because of that they would try to meet their expectations.
Subaru had not expected one of the Nine Divine Generals of the bloodthirsty Vollachian Empire to be one of the latter.
Subaru: [Who was it again that said Yorna-san's crazy…]
Perhaps an argument would be that she was treated that way because she didn't approve of Vollachia's mantra of "survival of the fittest".
At the very least, Subaru had no choice aside from thinking she did not, after being treated so nicely.
Yorna: [Old Man Olbart, I have two requests for you.]
As she said this, Yorna gently held up two fingers.
Subaru couldn't say anything to step into the conversation between the transcendental beings that disregarded him. All he could do was to be aware of the touch of Louis's hand so that he could move if something happened.
The only way to escape from the rooftop area would be to teleport downstairs.
Olbart: [Those demands of yers, let's hear 'em for the time bein'.]
Yorna: [First, you must return Tanza to me.]
Olbart: [Oh, com'on, that's a bit unreasonable. I'm sure that girl's got her own ideas. If she didn't, she wouldn't've planned somethin' without tellin' ya, Your Highness.]
Yorna: [――Silence.]
Olbart admitted that he had an idea where Tanza was somewhere in the middle there, but his mocking voice was cut short by a single, sharp word from Yorna.
The serene power of that word was enough to change the atmosphere.
In fact, even Subaru, who wasn't the one the word was directed at, held his breath.
So Yorna, having silenced Olbart's chatter, brought the kiseru she was toying with in her hand to her mouth and slowly filled her lungs with purple smoke.
Yorna: [Unfortunately, I've got no intention of hearing Tanza's complaints or thoughts from anyone other than from her own mouth. And I don't think I'd be able to bear to hear it after I've traced them to the tongue of the Vicious Old Man.]
Olbart: [Kakaka, seems no one likes me here.]
Yorna: [I'm sure down inside you know quite well why would that be, don't you?]
Yorna smiled aggressively and tilted her head, her hair ornaments swaying noisily. Even the kanzashi stuck in her luxuriously-tied hair and her adorned beauty seemed to Subaru to be Yorna's weapons.
――People of high status wished to be feared.
Yorna had been the one to tell Subaru about this idea. Maybe it was not only about scaring people, but also about making them feel her beauty.
Yorna: [One more thing, the game you're playing with these children, you must stop it.]
Olbart: [A game, huh? It's a game, but a serious one.]
Yorna: [As I said yesterday in the presence of His Excellency the Emperor. ――I'd like the messengers to be left alone and, regardless of what His Excellency might do or say, they'll be protected by me.]
――She would not let anyone touch Subaru's group.
Unexpectedly, Yorna's decision had been conveyed by Tanza's own mouth. And as Yorna herself intended to abide by that decision, she was angered that her wish had been broken.
In conclusion――,
Yorna: [Within this Demon City, you wish to make an enemy of me?]
Olbart: [Ohh, scary, scary. You're a scary lass… Oh, in a way, I didn't interfere with anyone, let's say that's my excuse.]
Yorna: [That is your interpretation, isn't it, Old Man Olbart? ――Whose town do you believe this is, anyway? Do you think I'm a woman so open-minded that I'd laugh and pardon it?]
Subaru felt the air boiling, his entire body covered in goosebumps.
He got that Yorna was getting worked up as she reached the second half of her words. Of course, Yorna was not one to lack the self-discipline as to show that in her tone of voice and facial expressions.
But he understood. Because Subaru had seen many really angry people.
When people were truly angry, with their lives on the line, their emotions would flare. And that much would be visible by just being by their side. There was very, very raw anger there.
Louis: [Uu…]
Feeling similar to Subaru, Louis gave a small growl due to the alarming atmosphere spreading.
On their way here, Louis might have proactively attacked the people who were chasing them, but the two people here were Yorna and Olbart―― people who were entirely different in strength from their pursuers.
It was an animal instinct, she probably knew that she couldn't win if she fought. Maybe she was worried about Subaru getting involved in the fight――,
Subaru: [――Hk, Olbart-san!]
For a moment, Subaru felt his thoughts about Louis begin to soften, but he shook them off. With that momentum spurring him on, he called out Olbart's name as he and Yorna continued their stand-off.
Olbart, still sitting on the roof, deftly kept one eye focused on Yorna and the other on Subaru.
Subaru: [H-how are you doing that…?]
Olbart: [Kakakakka! Body control's the foundation of the shinobi. Ya can't be a shinobi unless ya can do different things with yer right hand and left hand, and yer right foot and left foot. What of it?]
Subaru: [Huh?]
Olbart: [Ya called me just now. I'm tellin' ya, I'm in the middle of the riskiest situation of my life. Ya shouldn't be sparin' attention to that.]
It seemed that, even though he hadn't changed his laidback attitude, Olbart was perfectly aware that this was a critical juncture. If that was really the case, then Subaru was grateful that he'd spare him the attention.
Subaru placed a hand on his chest, took a few deep breaths, and said,
Subaru: [Oh, why don't we call it even?]
Olbart: […Mhm?]
Olbart, upon hearing Subaru's suggestion, opened his left eye wide. Drawing the attention of a single eyeball, Subaru raised his voice in frustration, "Like I said!",
Subaru: [We're even, we're even! Olbart-san, you tried to do something against the rules, and I told Yorna-san. Both are just as bad as each other, that's why we should…]
Olbart: [Quietly admit we're both at fault and leave it at, that's what ya wanna say?]
Subaru: [Oh yeah, yesyes! See, not bad, huh? We'll give Olbart-san what he wants, and that'll solve our problems!]
What Olbart desired was a secret of the Emperor, which was in Abel's possession.
Subaru didn't know the specifics, but if he could hand it over, it would make it easier to have Olbart withdraw. Originally, the "hide-and-seek" game was something like a test of wits, to see if the information could be believed.
Subaru: [We agreed on doing it three times, and we've only found you twice so far… Take it easy on us, though, we managed to get up to the top of the Castle.]
Olbart: [Hmmm… By the way, you're the one who figured out this was my hidin' place? Not that other one, the oni-masked young'un?]
Subaru: [Y-Yeah, that's right. An idea about the "abyss with a great view" happened to come up in my mind… There was another spot I was thinking of too, though.]
Perhaps Abel and the others were on their way there.
Even if they weren't right now, sooner or later, Abel's group would get to the answer and come to the Crimson Lapis Castle. Subaru had cheated with Louis's teleport skill and Ubilk's "counsel".
However, it might be easier to persuade Abel and the others about how to deal with Louis if they pulled off this achievement here. If it proved itself to be difficult, they could try to get Yorna on their side.
How Yorna would react once she found out about Louis's true identity was unknown, though.
Subaru: [Anyway! I wonder, Olbart-san. If you'd be willing to listen to my… No, to our suggestion.]
Shaking his head and pushing away any negative thoughts, Subaru looked at Olbart.
The reason why Subaru had used "our", plural, was because he needed Yorna's cooperation in this proposal of reconciliation. If Yorna said she wouldn't forgive Olbart for luring Tanza into a devious scheme, Subaru's proposal, thought up with utmost effort, would be in vain.
Yorna: [――――]
With one eye closed and the kiseru in her mouth, Yorna did not object to anything. Subaru thought the fact she hadn't opposed it meant that she respected his opinion.
Subaru was extremely, extremely grateful. He wanted to thank her so much.
He wished to not waste the trust and kindness that Yorna had entrusted to him.
Subaru: [Olbart-san.]
Once again, Subaru called out Olbart's name, hoping for a compromise.
In response to Subaru's hopeful black eyes, Olbart picked up the gourd he'd settled down, using his fingers. Putting his mouth to the gourd, he slurped down every last drop of the alcohol therein,
Olbart: [Ya know, boy. I dunno if that's somethin' only the current you could come up with, or if it's somethin' even the past you would've come up with…]
Subaru: [――――]
Olbart: [――I don't like the idea of throwin' away a game I've set in motion halfway thro'. ――This geezer's a stubborn man, ya know?]
The monstrous old man laughed, and with that, he crushed the gourd in his hand, shattering it to pieces that fell onto the floor.
With a peal the debris danced, causing Subaru to gasp.
Immediately afterwards――,
Yorna: [An old man who won't take the hand offered by a child, will mourn his own stubbornness.]
Yorna's long legs swung down as she rushed forth, and with a roar, the tower of the Crimson Lapis Castle split in two.
Her foot, wearing a thick-soled geta, was raised up high, then slammed straight down at tremendous speed. [2]
A moment later, the castle tower, being hit directly by her heel, bent, cracked, shattered and, after a beat, burst open with a thunderous roar as if it had exploded.
As the blown-off roof tiles flew up in the air and a thick cloud of smoke rose, Yorna, having dished out that immense strike, turned around at the epicenter of the explosion, the hem of her kimono waving gallantly.
In a single breath, Yorna had performed a jump and an axe kick in sequence, the consequence of their immense calamitous force being the partial destruction of the Castle.
A single strike by Yorna's heel had literally caused the keep to collapse, ruining the beautiful scenery of the Crimson Lapis Castle.
Subaru: [Whoaaaa――!?]
Seeing that sublime destructive power, Subaru crouched down with his head in his hands.
He'd not been caught in the destruction of the exploding castle by the skin of his teeth, but the incredible tremors nearly sent him tumbling off the roof.
However, Louis held him by the arm, stopping that from happening.
Louis: [Uau!]
Subaru: [Shit! Why's this happening…!]
He was pulled up by the tight grip on his arm, as he sat up, Subaru screamed with tears in his eyes.
The dancing cloud of dust had gone into his eyes, and because of that he had teary-eyes. Definitely not because that blockhead Olbart had rejected his proposal.
That also, was also rough obviously――,
Subaru: [Yorna-san!!]
Yorna: [Stay back, don't get swallowed up in this. I'm not very good at holding back, I'm afraid. ――Nevertheless.]
Yorna, without looking back, responded to Subaru's call from behind her.
Cutting off her words there, Yorna pulled her stuck foot off the roof, brushed the dirt from the hem of her kimono, and looked up high――,
Yorna: [As expected, he's a nimble one.]
Directly above Yorna, flying in a whirling motion, blending in with the billowing smoke and debris, was a small shadow―― Olbart's figure.
Basking in Yorna's gaze, Olbart let out a "Ha!" with a toothy grin, and said,
Olbart: [Thought we were supposed ta leave each other alone… So, anythin' goes now, right?]
Yorna: [I'm surprised you believe you can beat me in this city. If you've gone senile, then I recommend you relinquish your seat in the Nine Divine Generals to the younger generation.]
Olbart: [Kakakakka! Nah, no can do. I'm gonna be the longest livin' member of the Nine Divine Generals.]
One of them in midair and the other atop the roof, their lines of sight intersected, the pair exchanging their intentions to attack, and prepared themselves to go against each other.
Yorna put the kiseru to her mouth, and Olbart flipped around in midair―― she exhaled a plume of purple smoke, into which Olbart kicked the sky and dove with the speed of an arrow.
Olbart: [――Hk!]
His eyes blazing, Olbart's sidekick collided head-on with the purple smoke Yorna had spread before her.
The smoke from the kiseru, which should be both weightless and not solid, received Olbart's foot and scattered the impact with a motion as if it was bending.
Seeing this, Olbart's smile grew,
Olbart: [Ooshyaaaa――!!]
His short legs spun at high speed, and ten, twenty kicks were unleashed with fierce vigor.
The purple smoke diffused the impact of one, two blows, but one after another the force of the kicks scattered it; at last, once the smoke finally cleared, it could no longer serve as a shield or armor.
Of course, that even just this could be done in the first place was completely nonsensical――,
Olbart: [Interestin' thing ya got there. Don't have that written down in my book of techniques.]
Yorna: [My regrets. It's a secret technique that can't be imitated by shinobi who can't love anyone.]
The moment Olbart broke through the smoke, the figure of Yorna appeared beside him.
Leaping into the air, Yorna waved the fancy-looking kiseru in her hand, aiming for the back of Olbart's unguarded head.
It was too long and light to be considered a blunt weapon, however Olbart blocked it with an extremely rapid swing of his arm―― or rather, with the kunai held in his arm. [3]
Along with a shrill screech, the kunai that Olbart had concealed in his sleeve shattered.
It must have been fashioned from appropriate materials of course, yet the kunai was broken and Yorna's kiseru was undamaged. What in the world was Yorna's kiseru made of?
Olbart: [Kakaka, the elderly should be treated with kindness. Don't'cha dare harass me, lass.]
Yorna: [I don't deny that there are elders who should be treated with kindness. But, Old Man Olbart, you can't possibly be one of them. That being the case…]
Olbart: [Oh well, I'll just treat myself with kindness then.]
While exchanging banter, they hurled lethal attacks back and forth at each other.
Yorna's slender arms and long legs delivered blows that, despite their beautiful appearance, were mighty enough to bring down even castle walls.
In comparison, Olbart's attacks were not as flashy, and were generally fending off Yorna's attacks and throwing in a little interference in between.
Olbart: [Ya don't need the power to collapse a castle to kill someone. Ultimately, one long needle ta the forehead'll kill ya.]
Yorna: [If so, give it a try.]
Promptly after Yorna's quiet provocation, Olbart's cunning expression melted into the sky. ――No, he began moving at tremendous speed, too fast for the eye of a run-of-the-mill human to follow.
There was a famous boxer of yesteryear who was said to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, and that was exactly what Olbart's battle style was, the half-demolished castle tower as his stage. [4]
If one had to pick a more apt description for him, saying that he was combining flight like that of a fighter jet and a shot like that of a sniper rifle, might be more accurate.
Yorna: [You're a personage who flies about quite a lot. You're too roguish for your years.]
Perhaps due to Olbart's leg strength, the tiles he stepped on detonated and, in the following moment, Olbart's figure materialized from somewhere else and dealt a blow to Yorna.
Yorna made good use of her superhuman reflexes to either catch it with her kiseru or dodge it. Both of them were transcendental beings, so much so that the fierce battle made Subaru forget to breathe.
Louis: [Au…!]
Next to Subaru, Louis, who was watching the same spectacle, made herself smaller, curling up her body.
At the beginning of the battle, at a time he could not bear the continued state of the situation, he had been anxious about Louis jumping out.
But, the battle between Yorna and Olbart was no longer of that caliber.
Whichever side won, there would be an enormous amount of devastation.
That too, was an outcome far from ideal for Subaru.
Subaru: [But what can I do? There's nothing I can do to stop it…!]
With such a flashy battle, and considering the castle tower was being smashed up so violently, people everywhere in the city were most likely aware that something was going on at the Castle.
If so, it was possible that the people of the city, who loved Yorna, would come in droves, or that Olbart's comrades, the false Emperor and his entourage, would make a move.
If that happened, it would be the beginning of a major war in the whole city.
That's not what Subaru wanted.
Even if they had come to invite Yorna to enter the great conflict for Abel's return to the throne, what tragedy would result from a battle brought about without enough preparations?
Olbart: [Shiiihaaaa!!]
Raising a shrill cry, both feet of the spinning monstrous old man pierced the roof in front of Yorna. Immediately after, a shock traveled through the roof, causing an eruption beneath Yorna's feet and sending her body soaring high into the sky, resulting in a swap of their initial positions, between the one in midair and the one on the ground.
As Yorna rose up into the air, shuriken thrown by Olbart came at her from all sides.
Subaru had no idea of when he had thrown them. Perhaps he had hurled them after Yorna was tossed in the air, or maybe he'd known that she would be flung there beforehand; but either way, there was no escape.
Up in the air, a shuriken made a brutal wound on Yorna's soft, fair skin―― No,
Yorna: [You must understand. I am the ruler of this town, the leader of the Demon City.]
As Yorna responded, all around her, the revolving blades of the shurikens were stopped in their tracks.
They were not halted by Yorna, who could move at extraordinary speed. Yorna didn't even have to move. What had stopped the shuriken were pieces of roofing tiles that shot upwards.
It was not due to an enormous stroke of luck.
Because, no matter how lucky a person was, more than ten shuriken coming at a person from all directions being blocked by tiles could not happen by chance alone.
Yorna gave a gentle shake of her arms, Subaru and Olbart both holding that within their line of sight, gawking at the scene.
Then, as her arms moved, the tiles that had blocked the shuriken swam in the air and then stopped in midair, forming a spiral staircase around her.
Leisurely, Yorna's thick soles used the tiles as steps, making her way down to the castle tower.
That scene was a display of illusions or perhaps psychokinesis. Of course, it could be called magic in other words, but it differed slightly from the magic Subaru knew.
Neither fire nor ice nor wind nor earth were being manipulated, the building parts themselves were.
Olbart: [Kah, you're a real pain in the ass, ya know that? So that's the magic trick Cecilus and Araki were talkin' 'bout? How'd'cha do that?]
Yorna: [I told you so. It's a secret technique that can't be done by shinobi who can't love anyone… I'm a woman who takes good care of things, despite my appearance.]
With a smile, Yorna held the kiseru between her lips, then struck her now-free hands with a clap-clap.
As if on cue, a change occurred in the half-demolished castle keep. ――No, it was no simple change. It was a magic technique, one that distorted reality like a dream.
Subaru: [T-this is…]
The roof distorting beneath his feet, Louis hugged Subaru's arm as he gulped. While supporting her body, an aberrant event happened under Subaru's nose, as the half-demolished castle keep was restored before his eyes.
Little-by-little, the building repaired itself like a sped-up video of a wound being healed.
Combining Abel's guess about Yorna being a user of the Soul Marriage Technique and her words from earlier, a theory came to Subaru's mind about what happened.
It sounded very, very stupid, but Yorna Mishigure――,
Subaru: [S-she's using the same Soul Marriage Technique on the castle as well…?]
Indeed, he could not help but at a loss of words by the ability showcase of the ruler of the Demon City, a being literally out of this world.
Translation note:
[1] Ration balls, or hyorogan (兵糧丸), is a portable preserved food that is said to have been eaten by ninjas from the Sengoku Period to the Edo Period in Japan.
[2] Geta are traditional Japanese sandals that resemble flip-flops, which consist of a wooden platform raised by two or three "teeth". For more information, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geta_(footwear).
[3] Kunai are a Japanese tool that was originally used as a gardening and masonry tool, but is commonly associated to ninjas as a multi-use weapon. For more information, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunai.
[4] A reference to the iconic quote of the legendary boxer Mohammed Ali. The quote has a continuation, however: "his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see". And well, that's exactly what Olbart did here, can't hit someone if they "melt into the sky".
15 thoughts on "Arc 7, Chapter 51 – "The Demon City's Mistress""
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Lithium says:
I can't believe people are still doing this in 2022
Pridebaru says:
King_LAO2964 says:
I love that Subaru made a Mohammed Ali reference
Wow this is so epic very veryyyyyyyy hype omg I love it my new waifu yorna chan :3
Nick G says:
And so begins another d■■■h ■■o■
Barusu says:
When Naruto kick in…
Thank you for the translation and the cute picture of yorna.
Man I'm actually starting to like Yorna she's cool.
This is a epic battle going on here! Gosh if this really works out…Yorna was the trump card hidden all along!
I'll wait until the end of the this part before I judge her fully.
On the one hand, this seems to have short circuited the negotiations and everything else completely in Subaru and Abel's favor. No more dancing around, Yorna is now officially on their side.
On the other hand, they need Olbart to undo the infantilization. Kinda going to be hard for him to do that if Yorna smashes him into paste. Interesting to see where this goes.
Thanks for translation
Damn, she is like a goddess.


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Color Club Disco Dress is a color I say you need…but if you're still undecided, let the swatches do the talking for me.
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Get to the Hollywood Studios park 1 hour before it opens. They will let you through the actual gates 30 minutes before park opening and you will be able to line up in a holding area.
Go to the left. While most people will head right down the center of Hollywood Boulevard to line up, you should go to the left, like you are going to Echo Lake. The line is shorter and you will have a better chance at getting in the front. This is a holding area. The Cast Members will walk you to where the other line starts and both areas will be released at the same time about 15 minutes prior to the park actually opening.
You will then walk in an orderly fashion in front of Center Stage, down the steps toward Pixar Place, veering off to the right to line up under the umbrellas.
We followed the umbrellas and were able to walk straight on the ride with a wait of only 2 minutes!
You will find that if you queue up for Alien Swirling Saucers right after you get off, you will hardly have any line. We didn't wait at all!
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It is a slow ride. Nothing like the spinning you do on the Tea Cups in Magic Kingdom, but once you get going, there are some fun twists to be had on the Swirling Saucers.
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Why would I want to help a bill that is lowering the quality of care for patients?
Quality of care is one reason we are promoting Expanded Function Dental Assistants (EFDAs). Compare EFDAs to dental therapists, which is what will soon be proposed to supposedly solve the access to care problem.
EFDAs works under the supervision of a dentist, so no dental work leaves the office until it meets the quality standards expected by the dentist. If an assistant is not doing high quality work, find another. There are EFDAs with excellent skills already working all over the country.
Dental therapists work independently. They diagnose and treat without oversight by a dentist. Once they are licensed, they do as they wish.
EFDA is not a new position. In fact, I used them as early as 1980 while working in the Indian Health Service. One of my assistants created restorations much better than my own. They have been used in many states for over 30 years. We had a presentation at the recent Wisconsin Dental Association House of Delegates meeting in Stevens Point where two representatives from Ohio – one of which was a private-practice dentist – spoke about the efficiencies and advantages of EFDAs.
We need to promote this solution to help us reach those who claim they cannot afford dental care. This position will allow us to provide more restorative services in the time we are in our offices.
Spot on. Pennsylvania has used EFDAs successfully since I was in training there in the late 70s and early 80s. Their skills were impressive and their pride improved the office atmosphere. Dentists have complete control over quality of care and they provide a good example of a means to leverage your time cost effectively. Dental therapists represent a potential threat to our profession due to their lack of training in differential diagnosis in particular. Seek out the opinions of our colleagues in Minnesota before allowing this to happen here. EFDAs are clearly a better choice in my opinion.
Thanks for your post, Dr. Clemens. I appreciate your clarity and I value your opinion as someone who has already worked with EFDAs. I also worked with EFDAs in my residency at an IHS clinic. Skills varied just like with all assistants (and dentists) but they took great pride in their work and produced some beautiful results.
First off, I am all for EFDA's. I think it is the most viable way to try to improve access to care in a timely and cost-effective manner. Other options may become available as we continue to address this issue. People and powers outside of the dental office may try to decide what is best for us in this respect. I think we need to be at the table if this happens so that we have a say on how this may be defined and accomplished. It's our offices and our teams. The future of any options available will be decided by what works best for our own practices. So now I'm going to say it—- DT's may very well happen, but will it stand the test of time. Some offices may be able to make this work, but not mine. We know that EFDA's are a great way to address access and will stand the test of time (they already have as pointed out earlier). I just want to make sure that any other options have our input so that it is done for the right reasons. That means it should benefit our offices and our patients to continue the best dental care that we can.
If its a choice between EFDA or DT then clearly the former is preferable. I'm a little unsure of how this affects access however. Will restorations done by EFDA's be at a lower fee as Dave seems to suggest and if so how does this affect third party UCR,reimbursement etc? Seems as if there could be a lot of unintended effects and potential pitfalls.


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