دانلود رمان انگلیسی “در یک سیاه چال پشت آب خنجر زده شد” – اصحاب مورد اعتماد من برای کشتن من تلاش کردند – جلد 8

The Onifolk Archipelago was the name given to a cluster of islands that lay west of the mainland, a good one-day trip away from where the majority of the other races lived. The islands had no dungeons or ancient relics, meaning adventurers rarely visited the nation, while their main industries were fishing and mining for precious metals, as well as exporting handicrafts, silk work, and porcelain. But since nothing about the Onifolk Archipelago really stood out, members of the other races didn’t make a habit of traveling there. Likewise, the onifolk rarely ventured to the mainland, since they largely preferred to focus on perfecting their crafts, whatever those might be. In other words, the Onifolk Archipelago was an insular, isolated nation. A castle in the capital on the main island was home to the Holy Princess of the onis, who was considered to be the highest-ranking person in the nation, though the position was strictly ceremonial and came with no authority to govern. At this particular moment in time, the young princess named Yotsuha was weeping in her bedroom, which was located in the far reaches of the castle. “I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die,” Yotsuha sniffled. “I don’t want to be a sacrifice. Why are they making me go through this? Please save me, mother.” Whenever Yotsuha appeared in public, she would wear traditional priestess garb, complete with an outer robe known as a chihaya. But seated as she was on a futon mattress that had been laid across a floor lined with tatami mats, she wore only a simple night-robe. Yotsuha’s silvery hair would usually feature two bunches on either side of her head during the day, but as it was nighttime, her hair was fully down and unadorned. As was common for onis, two horns sprouted from her forehead, and while Yotsuha was known throughout the land for her magnificent beauty, the streams of tears contorted her angelic face into an anguished mess. Yotsuha did her best to choke back her emotions, but her wailing eventually woke up her younger sister, Ayame, who had been asleep on the futon next to her.