Chapter 58: ending no.02 (1)
Author’s note: This chapter is a ‘what if’ supplementary story. Those of you who dislike Bad Endings can skip this chapter.
Ending conditions
1. Lapis Lazuli’s affection is lower than 30. 2. Dantalian’s infamy is above 150.
. . .
Imperial Calendar, 1506, the morning of the 22nd day of the 1st month. Today was a day where it didn’t matter whether it was the 21st or the 23rd, nor did it matter if it was the 12th month or the 2nd month. The only noteworthy thing about today was the fact that it was snowing. It was a blizzard. The snow poured down like rain. The wheels of carriages were buried under the snow and carters would avoid taking passengers unless offered a handsome fee.
“There is no certainty that we will arrive on time.”
Carters would say this even after being offered a handsome fee. The carter used his entire body to block the snow and wind before lighting his pipe.
“Hm, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a blizzard like this.”
That was a lie. It wasn’t last year, but this much snow had fallen the year before that. But why did that matter? Both the carter and the passenger knew what ‘first time’ implied here. In other words, they knew that the phrase only acted like an adverb like ‘very’ or ‘incredibly’.