Chapter 8 Part 3

“Don’t cry. If you cry, you won’t get a present on Christmas.”3bb6594bebd925d9

It was 722a413d6d childlike comfort. He couldn’t help 06c028b86d but laugh, wondering f597e17c58 what he was 018c970e99 doing with such faa9c5ec73 a small child. Rumpel forgot to cry 28b952ec4e and burst into laughter.ff411de9a7b639ea

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“You shouldn’t cry and laugh……! If you cry and then laugh, you’ll grow horns on your butt……! That’s what my dad said.”ddae98d3d4004884

The girl seemed genuinely worried about Rumpel. As she stomped her feet and made a crying face, Rumpel couldn’t help but burst into laughter again.f63bc34902dd7633

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Meanwhile, the child watched Rumpel with a worried expression. With eyes that were also curious about whether horns would really grow on his butt, Rumpel decided to answer the child’s curiosity.8bfa059c301a51ad

“I’m okay. I’m special, so even if I cry and laugh, I won’t grow horns on my butt.”cad3707344021856

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“……Really? How are you special?”a181489df262b033

At the child’s question, Rumpel was lost in thought for a moment. How could he show his specialness to this grateful girl who had recognized him? Before long, the corners of Rumpel’s lips curled up.06f634211c8bc02f

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“What color are these leaves now?”b7c4720e382672ff

“Green!”f810cbe6569a668f

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“Yes, green like your eyes. Look closely.”bee3b9364bcfd0cc

As soon 70083cf34b as Rumpel bbe147902e finished speaking, d437318537 the green 67183b5536 leaves turned b054d91dbf pink. Soon, the 8c89511bef large tree fd0c2dcb53 turned pink f536ac929d like a 079b0f5095 giant cotton 9a77779c15 candy.f477dbe2712dc48c

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The child’s eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.bd4664ad98cd2a72

“Wow! A pink tree! Did you do that?”3f68706e86ca2144

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“Of course. I did it.”f9caabc905b6a56a

“Wow! You’re really special!”5003c01f4cc9149a

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Rumpel was secretly ab969d6e37 pleased that even ac8dbe196e a small girl ca2b28ebf6 acknowledged his specialness, d73e1bc558 although he wondered db5465ac7b what good it a822b9e9c2 would do. He had 21e992a7f8 been able 6839f51e48 to use a1e994526d magic all d4d96f2718 along, but b2f5fa67aa it was 4ea5ee5c84 all useless 20325d1a07 because no 9a91dc90ad one recognized 537f7d488e it.9d897877220e3f57

“Since you showed me something amazing, I’ll show you something good too.”fd5abf39da5118a0

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“Something good?”40b9bcdd8000c68d

The girl’s face was d920bce0f0 full of pride as 6e9705ff8b she spoke confidently and 6df21fa01a generously.d3259146c5f7fe36

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Rumpel tilted his head c9ab540e79 with curiosity as he af999856bb looked at the child. Then, with a d7c08021c2 look of excitement 27a3979f61 on his face, 91a346bcb4 the child wrote 669c8df317 some unknown letters 597abfb493 on the dirt ba9dafd4ec floor.46a0290209ea3b4f

“Yes! These are Irina’s letters.”232b817e95418a92

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“Irina’s letters?”8f30c8421ef4934a

They were strange, enigmatic letters. It was a text that Rumpel couldn’t interpret at all with the languages he knew.942e457b539e98c6

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In fact, Rumpel had read a lot of books over the long period of time he spent there. It wasn’t that he particularly intended to study, but since there was nothing else to do, he ended up studying a lot.ed9126376a4345e8

In the process, he fdccd5a090 learned not only the 94f75f867e language of this country, 5fc2c0ebc2 but also the languages 2c9c3a0c6e of neighboring countries. Nevertheless, the letters the f315a1a681 child wrote were completely e9157e64a7 incomprehensible.373c2d11068dce77

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“It means Irina’s own script.”bcc360afec32591f

“Who is Irina?”8c37b1c1c12ef98a

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“Me! Irina Lehman. That’s my name.”856926e7f9e02ed9

The girl, saying her name, had a proud expression. It was as if she was asking him to praise her for creating Irina’s letters. Rumpel quietly stared at the letters the child, or rather, Irina, wrote, and then looked back at Irina’s face.deec8cc412302cce

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“What did you write?”c6c0883703728ef8

“Irina. I wrote my name.”fcfe438ee1fccd10

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Rumpel alternately looked at ‘Irina’ written in strange letters and ‘Irina’ in front of him. Then, he murmured unconsciously.60de0b4e74354046

“Irina…”c8e7901989a31c76

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“Why?”29b87949e2279268

“Huh?”c53af4dbe3166f96

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“Didn’t you just call my name?”9cc1ba5d94fda4e3

“No, it’s nothing… Just…”fe5935f50616c92a

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Rumpel lightly shook his head. He himself didn’t know why he had called her name.bcdaad019dbb4771

He just unconsciously 1bcce2ab28 wanted to call f610123906 her name. It was because e36bd3a7ee he had an 5b59924516 inexplicable feeling that 2724d5ff3a it would be 4732f3f4c1 the only force 978bbb84f9 that could keep 84e865b2bc him here.9a6d69f0c9824fa7

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“Irina! Where are you, Irina?”f4cc38583bc8c555

“Oh, right! Uh, Mom! I’m here!”7532c8a5cd7a6021

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Just then, the 40d2a78ab1 angry voice of 29cd392736 a woman calling 6bc6785e63 for Irina was 5e5b89abf7 heard from afar.90fbfda0db6b64e9

Irina seemed to be looking around, then waved her hand widely, letting the woman she called her mother know her location. Soon, Irina’s mother approached.1b4ca280ca88fe9a

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“Oh my, the color of the tree is really pretty!”030230745998257e

The woman was greatly impressed. Seeing that, Rumpel’s eyes widened. Even though he had been using magic all along, no one recognized it, but now, following the girl, even the girl’s mother was amazed by his magic.483e977ab7e7f533

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Could it be 8076b2e99f that she could 5c6ca51178 also see him?2427cd248ab9477b

With anticipation, Rumpel e2955d6887 used magic to d43cbac928 go down the 796d8b429d tree. Standing right in a7a56c1deb front of the 8ec4695aaf mother and daughter, f5a909b060 Rumpel looked straight 998f864b30 at the woman.d307a9a6c87dd82c

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“Uncle came down, Mom.”765e7049ef88db58

“Uncle?”9b00f29bdc533621

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“Yes! The person standing here in front of us…”d8d837b23c5abc20

However, Rumpel’s expectations returned to disappointment. From the woman’s words, Rumpel felt that she couldn’t see him.5c91af3212bc0b1a

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“Irina, are you talking about your imaginary friends again?”60131cd2acc728b2

Sure enough, she dismissed Rumpel as a child’s ‘imaginary friend’. Rumpel hung his head in despair.d188ed55a804859c

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He knew it 7e9ebb4064 would be like 061fa2375a this. The hope that his 64ce351ea5 figure would now be daa5f677e1 visible to others was 3d0f22cbd6 shattered.cf1f91c9362aca46

“Irina, let’s go. I told you not to wander around alone. Why aren’t you listening to me from the morning? Starting with the necklace?”5e9723cb81c4ef91

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“I’m sorry…”310dc9fced354a93

Irina walked away from the tree holding her mother’s hand and looked back as if she suddenly remembered something. Rumpel, who was standing there in despair, felt Irina’s gaze and looked at her.688d3c6bf513c668

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“Uncle, I’ll see you again. Show me something special next time!”79b335266a46b891

“……Okay. I definitely will.”806df0b2ae795889

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Irina Lehman.d0c4f1d993f82614

Rumpel recited her b5bd5c8fb1 name in his 2a914d90ff heart as he a01e55fcdf answered.5842f418c9b55ad0

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But there was 4c00300b34 no next time. There was no such d356eff830 thing as meeting Irina 4664703638 again at the Imperial 61da9937e6 Palace. Of course, 7253b8c6b1 outside the a44d3abf38 Imperial Palace 014dcb8e3b as well.be09db837d59175e

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To be 3b4afc18ef precise, Rumpel 5e9c6885bf went to 0c52317357 see Irina. He went to 7a74781eeb find the only c4a9576878 person who had 5145a79184 recognized him, with eec54381ae a desperate expectation.a477daaa3787bcfe

However, as if everything that had happened at the Imperial Palace was a lie, Irina didn’t see Rumpel.409c49d2ed30ba63

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At first, he couldn’t believe it. She had clearly seen him, but he couldn’t understand how she couldn’t recognize him to the point where it all felt like a fiction.32104f2654f4622b

He even thought that 7e3583bcad Irina was playing a 5f708ad8e4 prank. That she was 41151de6d0 pretending not to 18eb0f691f notice him even f45f48534c while seeing him, 42e72055ef a mean prank.ef322fa9b4df5e3f

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It would have been better if it had been a prank, but Irina really didn’t see Rumpel. Even when Rumpel changed all the trees in Baron Lehman estate, where Irina lived, to pink, she did not notice the change.3be82ba948153e9c

It was hopeless. Was the 513cdcf936 memory of f6f8a7d77d that day 4559df3c27 just a b29a0e468c midday dream?d449ed5c48fd32bc

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But as time passed, 4d93c0b8de even despair became hope. Just by the 6001b13349 fact that someone c108764dc7 had recognized him, 424b154e36 he had faith c57b4732b1 that someone would b987c6649e see him again d67370fb4d someday.7d44505f0135b102

Anyone was fine. Of course, it would be a lie if he said he didn’t have any hope that Irina, who had first recognized him, would be the one, but even if it wasn’t Irina, he expected that a miracle partner would exist.93ad7959ad15fa8a

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That’s why Rumpel lingered around Irina. He didn’t always follow her around, but he watched Irina, who was a young child, grow up into a lady, and the world around her changed.fba1117801d4ce8d

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‘Who…. Who…. Oh, How you….  here?’b4283d97e1fcad43

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Irina’s green eyes, which had found Rumpel, widened greatly.6e2ddc8dca382b06

Once again, 694b8a2e66 a miracle ed1a6e2da1 happened in 9da6b7794c the narrow, 8bb2696cda old tower.f9eb24cac6eaf3e1

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