"What are you thinking, Marianne? You seem lost in thought." — The duke asked me as I did lower my head to consider about the Forest's creatures.
[ I was thinking about the marching feathers. ]
"Hmm… Have they not appeared again? They should come to visit you soon. It even surprises me you've seen it twice in this short time, sweetie."
The duke had told me that what I had seen was called "Marching feathers" and he said it was an unusual sight this place gave to very few.
"My father only saw it once… And I have never seen it. Yet, my lovely child easily saw it twice on her first visit… Mmm~ This father is jealous."
'... Really?'
"... Maybe it is also because you are the Ninth." — He then told me as I blankly pondered about it. — "The pact Calla made… It was allowed by Fenrir and her guardian spirit. Being Calla's Confidant already links you with a spirit's existence."
