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Chapter 1: Act 1: Scene 3


 * When I finished the story up until this point, Elluka, who was silently listening to my words, suddenlyed opened her mouth.
 * Elluka: "Her mother's home, huhhh...... that means--"
 * She seems to have gotten an idea.
 * Elluka: "The Octo Family?"
 * "Yes, that's right," I answered.
 * Narrator: (You know it well)
 * Elluka: "Just what little I've heard from Anan (阿南) and Kayo herself...... She seemed to have a rather complex domestic situation."
 * Narrator: (Yes)
 * Elluka: "Kayo's mother, Kagura, was originally the eldest daughter of the magistrate, Octo Gato.When she was 16, she fled from her family and eloped with a man, and then Kayo was born--that's what I heard."
 * She said such.
 * And that was the situation I very much witnessed.
 * Narrator: (You know more about that than I thought. Perhaps I simply don't need to spealk about it at great length)
 * Elluka: "Don't do that. I know the story because it's releveant to you--to the scissors."
 * Narrator: (......)
 * Elluka: "Back then, Kagura took the "treasure" passed down the Octo family."
 * Narrator: (It was these scissors and...... you don't want me to talk about that, do you?)
 * Elluka nodded.
 * Narrator: (...... In that case, then why were the scissors not taken from her possession when Kayo was taken into the Octo family?)
 * Elluka: "...... Is that supposed to be a riddle for me?"
 * Elluka was put in a slightly foul mood before understanding it immediately.
 * Elluka: "The answer to your riddle is the reason I didn't come after you--or perhaps I should say those scissors--for many years."
 * Narrator: (And so you realized the answer)
 * Elluka: "Yes. And so I came to this Jakoku. All the way to the island nation at the ends of the earth."
 * After that, Elluka's face changed to being a little more frustrated.
 * Elluka: "However, as soon as I thought I acquired what I desired, [I realized I was also in a situation where I was trapped in fumes. ]" (I think?)
 * Narrator: (Heheheh)
 * Before I realized it, I was laughing.
 * While her cautioness toward Elluka wasn't gone, since she hadn't had human interactions like this for a long time, she had unknowingly found the way she said it amusing.
 * Elluka: "...... Well it's fine for now. If I can hear a little more of your story, the answer would naturally come to light, right?"
 * As she said so, she proudly laughed.
 * Whether that smile came from her true feelings, I didn't know.
 * Narrator: (I also have a question for you)
 * Elluka: "What is it?"
 * Narrator: (You said you had to come to this country to get the scissors...... why didn't you immediately take the scissors from Kayo?)
 * To my knowledge, Elluka coming to this country was almost a year ago now.
 * Elluka: "...... There were various circumstances over here as well. Moreover, the scissors weren't the only reason I came to Jakoku...... You get my meaning, don't you?"
 * Something else of hers....... it was clearly by just looking at Elluka's current form.
 * But, that still didn't answer my question.
 * Elluka: "Now, please continue your story of Kayo."
 * Whether she didn't want to touch upon the story or felt it was too troublesome, Elluka was trying to change the subject.
 * Narrator: (Yes, it doesn't matter...... this story will be from four years after the fire. In other words, of the time you came to Jakoku)
 * Elluka: "So basically, I've become a character in your story."
 * Narrator: (So the story from this point on will involved what you already know)
 * Elluka: "It doesn't matter. How I--the one known as Elluka Ma Clockworker is seen by others...... that's what I care about, a little."
 * That sort of thing......?
 * Narrator: (Well then, I'll continue)
 * I resumed my old tale.