Jurgen Wigner

[Jurgen]

You seem to have a lot of luggage. Are you OK?

It looks a lot and large.

How about cutting down some?

Are you a fan of mine? Did you make an appointment? If you are a guest of mine, why don't you go see my father over there?

Dear adventurer, I am glad that you are still here. Sorry about my bad manners earlier. I wanted to have more conversation with you. However, if I make any mistakes while I talk in front of my mother, I get scolded.

Not that she would be harsh on my, but it still kind of bothers me so I had to leave. I am sorry.

Dear adventurer, since you are already here, may I introduce my family to you? This elegant lady here is my sister, Katrin Wigner.

[Katrin]

You shouldn't call me your sister, but the first daughter of the Wigner family in this occasion.

Dear adventurer, I am honored to meet you. I hope you have a restful stay with the Wigners.

This is my brother, Isaac Wigner.

He is the youngest child of the Wigner family. Unlike my sister and I who are not interested in the family business, he is a prodigy who will shine the name of the Wigner family.

[Isaac]

Hello? I am Isaac Wigner. What a trouble you are going through to visit a boring family like this. I hope you have fun here if you can...

Isaac, I have warned you about such manner of speaking before.

You are also being disrespectful to Jurgen who has just introduced you. Are you going to put us all to shame?

It is a joke, just a joke! Sister, you are so inflexible.

In a dreary atmosphere like this, this adventurer deserves to laugh a little, right?

You are not being funny but disrespectful to the guest. Dear adventurer, please excuse the bad manners. I am sorry.

By the way, I want to go home as soon as possible. This place is too narrow and gloomy.

I would like to be in the Banquet Hall at least.

There must be a lot of people who want to see me. I am obliged to show my face.

My presence will light up the dark palace, you know. I should entertain the bored people there.

You are insulting the Royal Assembly. You need to do your best. Royal Assembly is more sacred that you think.

You shouldn't forget that you are one of the candidates for the throne who will lead the kingdom with the seven royal families.

It means that you shouldn't act like a child. I have told you not to take the weight of your responsibility and duty so lightly.

Of course, I know that well. That's why I have tidied up my looks and fixed my hair perfectly.

I tried not to loosen up, you know.

You need to be able to groom yourself up well to take care of greater matters.

Of course, I am well-prepared.

Would you like to see my new cape?

It goes with the color of my eyes. It would definitely brighten up the palace.

Oh, not again. Dear adventurer, you should be used to this to have a conversation with my brother at our home.

Oh, there he goes again. I should get going now. Dear adventurer, I would like to see you later.

Dear adventurer, I guess that is it for today. If you are not busy, why don't you go have a cup of tea with our parents?

My parents love to hear the stories of adventurers.

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It is a good idea. Please excuse me then.

Our parents are over there. They'd like to talk to you.

By the way, are there many people waiting outside the door?

They are waiting for me. However, it is a little tiring to meet them all one by one.

It is very demanding to guard the world's peace with my beauty.

It seems that my sister has lost something. I couldn't understand her words since she was in such a hurry.

Would you please ask her what it is about?

Whatever she has lost, it must be very valuable to her. I feel that she'd better get someone to help her to find it.

Well, then she would be scolded by our father though...

I wonder if you can look into it as fast and quietly as possible.

My sister's fate depends on your hands.

It seems that she may drop dead if she doesn't find whatever she has lost.

Dear adventurer, you are here. How did it go?

No. Everyone has seen it there, but no one has seen it taken.

How about the one who has taken it? Oh, right, the one who has taken it wouldn't say so.

By the way, people seem to have a strange prejudice about Katrin. I know the words they say are not true, but you'd better to something about it.

What do you meant?

Well, please don't take it wrong. Some people have said that Katrin may have done it to draw attention or they cannot trust Katrin.

What a nonsense! Phew... This is exactly why I have told her to open her heart to others and talk more...

Why should I do that? I don't care about the people who don't know me well anyway.

Sister, when did you come back?

I came here just a minute ago. However, I heard what you said. So, do you think it's my fault to hear such things?

You are to blame to a certain level. Look at me. I always to treat others with all my hearts. They all love me for that.

Do you think people like you for your attitude?

Don't you remember the trouble that all the family members have been through because of your attitude issue during the Royal Assembly?

If it is not my attitude, then for what?

What do you think?

Do you mean that it is for my looks?

Can you deny it? Since you were young, when you are doing nothing, no, even when you are rude, people have been nice to you.

They all smiled at you to please the pretty-looking heir of the Wigner family, the candidate to the throne.

You say that is for my looks?

Looks have played an important role. You cannot deny it. Looks are part of your talent, right?

Especially, in our family. You should know it by now.

Even if it's all for my looks, have I ever wanted it to be that way?

Even when I am not doing anything wrong, I am always compared to my handsome brother, and bad rumors follow me. Do you think I have ever wanted it to be that way?

That's why you need to open up to others and act nice...

The best way not to cause misunderstanding is to be silent. When I don't talk, I don't make a mistake.

That doesn't always work. About what happened today, you know. Even when you were silent...

I am already doing my best! You know what? The darkest shadow is always right next to the brightest light! It is just like me next to you! I have been trying!

However, people don't see who I really am! What else should I do now?

Both of you should calm down.

Yes. Whatever it is, you'd better calm down. I could hear you yelling at each other from the other end of the hallway.

Our family is supposed to have a reputation to keep, isn't it?

What you have ruined last time is about to be recovered now, brother.

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By the way, isn't it your box, sister? It was on the table while there are a bunch of people hanging out. I kept it not to get it lost.

This... Was it you who had taken it?

You should have let me know when you were taking it. Do you know how much trouble I have been through for this?

Wait, this is unfair! No? I have taken it with me for your sake, sister.

You know how our father gets furious if anything goes missing in our house!

He would go on and on about how we don't need a person who cannot manage even a small thing in the Wigner family and how management skill is the greatest virtue of our family... Just think about it scares me.

What is in there? Why did you fuss about it so much?

There is nothing which is considered valuable by others in it. However, it is the most precious thing to me. Look.

A note?

A diary?

It is better to avoid a futile conversation. If you don't talk, you don't make mistakes. However, there are moments that you want to be honest with yourself.

This diary has been capturing the moments that I want be true to myself.

Nevertheless, I still am mistaken by others even I stay quiet. I guess silence has not been the best policy after all. Since I have my diary back, I should get going.

Dear adventurer, please excuse me for all the trouble.

Sister, I...

That's all right now. I'll forget it all. You don't have to care about it either.

She walks so fast. What was it all about?

It's all because you have taken the box without a word... Phew... Well, long story short, our sister is upset.

Argh! Why is she upset?

It is complicated. I guess there are some bad rumors about her out there.

Oh, I have heard about it before. However, I thought you would take care of it since it is mainly your fault.

You knew about that? Why didn't you tell me about it?

Even if I did, you wouldn't have taken it seriously. It is true that you were born with that blessed looks.

That's why the people around you have looked up to you. Not that our parents have been hard on us. No wonder you have grown up to be so carefree.

Are you picking up a fight with me?

No, listen to me. I am telling the truth here. No hard feelings.

Due to your superlative looks, we have been quite disadvantaged, growing up.

Do you remember what our sister has said? How the darkest shadow is always right next to the brightest light? It is true.

I don't get it. Beauty is a good thing. Everyone likes it.

The people who see it may appreciate it. However, the people right next to it are being compared to it.

Among the three of us, it must have been the hardest for our sister.

Imagine a plain person standing next to an angelic beauty. Despite looking completely normal, she or he would look unattractive and somber. We have been compared to you like that, all our lives.

Our sister must have suffered from the stress even more. She has managed to endure it with her extraordinary patience and generosity. In fact, I think she could be an angel.

I didn't know that... At all..

What should I do now?

I don't think it is entirely your fault. It was our parents who have created you like that.

Oh, well, you are to blame for your carefreeness though.

Anyway, who we need to worry about is our sister. Has she ever been mad at us? What should we do when she is upset?

Well, she has been mad at me once when I was young.

I guess it was somewhat similar to what has just happened. She said something about comparison then...

I was too young to remember it. However, I do remember how our sister became very quiet after arguing with you.

You have been the main culprit of it after all.

It is not the time to waste time to distinguish between right and wrong. What should we do, dear adventurer.

I don't know. Have you ever tried to countervail someone's anger?

No. No one's ever been mad at me, except our sister.

Dear adventurer, please help us out here.

Leave me out of it. I wasn't the one who got her mad.

You were the cause of the problem.

I was trying to keep it safe... Please, dear adventurer, help us!

What can you do? You'd better wait until your sister lets off steam... Or, you could try giving her something she likes...

What doesn't she like? Do you know?

I know as much as you do.

Which means you know nothing, great!

She seems to value experiences and memories. Don't you have any good memories with her? Trace back your memory back a little.

Hum... Hum... There's no such... Wait! Yes, I remember one!

What? Is there any?

Do you remember how we walked around the Comodo beach together during the summer vacation? We picked up some pretty stones on the shore and in the cave.

Our sister really liked...This clear stone containing some sea water and a piece of coral inside.

The Sea Stone?

Yes, that's it! She lined up those stones near the window and enjoyed looking at them glittering in the sun.

Oh, I remember now. I remember seeing them glittering in her room.

The Sea Stone? What is it?

It is a pretty stone which can only be found in Comodo. It is called the Sea Stone because it looks as if there is the sea captured inside of it, with the sea water and corals.

Some romantics call it, the gift from a mermaid.

You may find them upon digging the ground on the Comodo beach once in a while. Our sister, Isaac and I used to dig them out whenever we are on summer vacation.

I have heard that it is not found on the beach these days. Instead, you can get it by killing the Medusa inside the cave in the west of Comodo.

What? Did the Medusa take them all?

Who knows? It is supposed to be the gift from a mermaid. Some say, the Mermen have given them to the Medusa. Well, this also sounds like a fairytale.

How do you know it so well?

I have once tried to distribute them all over the continent. You used to be able to get them by just digging the ground. Tourists used to pick them up as souvenirs or gamblers used to use them as talismans for their prayers to the sea-god.

Since it became hard to get them, I have given up the plan. The game is not worth the candle, having to kill the Medusa on the way.

I didn't know that. Anyway, I remember there was something else next to the stone.

There were some flowers, a bunch of them. What flower was that? I lasted so long that it never seemed to wither at all.

Dear adventurer, do you have any idea what flower that would have been?

If it didn't whither for so long, it could have been a Witherless Rose.

Is there such a thing? Why do you need a Witherless Rose when you can just buy another flower before the older one withers?

You want what you like to last long. If you replace it with another flower, it is not the same flower you liked anymore.

Hum... Well, I guess I can imagine myself being replaced with another person. I understand it now.

So, when are you going to get them for us?

What?

You didn't think that we would go there to get them ourselves, did you?

I am busy with my business, and Jurgen attracts too many people around him.

We need someone else we can trust, who happens to be right in front of us.

I was worried about it as well. Please, dear adventurer, help us. The loving relationship among us depends on you.

If you say so... How many of them do you need? Where can I get the Sea Stone?

Hum... I guess we need 1 Witherless Rose and 10 Sea Stones since we want to decorate the window with them.

We are depending on you.

Dear adventurer, you came! Did you bring what we asked you for? Please tell us that you did.

I wasn't able to bring them all.

Why? Did you forget what to bring by any chance? Let me tell you once more.

10 Sea Stones. You can get them while hunting Medusa in Comodo. They are valuable because it is difficult to kill Medusa.

And 1 Witherless Rose.

I know that's a lot of things to bring, but I believe we need them all to make our sister feel better.

Dear adventurer, did you bring what we asked you for? Please tell us that you did.

Yes, please tell us that you did. We tried our best to balance out her anger. However, she's been giving the cold shoulder to us.

I brought them. You'd better not to press an angry person so impatiently like that, you know.

Whoa, they are all here! You saved our lives. We should call our sister now. What if she is still mad at us...

I have already called her.

Why do you keep calling me? Please leave me alone for that I am not mad at you any more.

Sister, forgive us. Please stop being mad at us.

...Do you know what you have done wrong?

I don't think I am to blame, but I am sorry that I have taken your stuff without telling you.

Well, I am sorry about it all. I haven't been considerate of your feelings. However, it wouldn't have hurt you to open up to me a little, since we are family.

If we don't be honest to each other, we will just grow away. We will get our wires crossed again.

You are right. I have given it a thought as well. I think some part of it is my fault. I should have been honest with you, at least.

When we were young, we used to talk a lot, and have some good times. Look at these. We used to run around looking for things like these. Do you remember this stone? You liked to watch them glitter in the sun.

They are.. When did you get them...?

The adventurer helped us. I guess those were the times when we were the closest to one another. Look at this.

This stone is so clear that you can see the seawater and coral reef inside right through it.

I think people are just the same. We don't need to show everything, but we do need to show some to let others know how pretty we are inside.

Yes, you are right. I think you have got the point. I'll try. I'll do it to avoid any more misunderstanding.

By the way, when did you learn to talk like that? I think I am finally able to talk with you guys now.

You mean, you haven't been able to talk with us?

Well, thanks to my effort, we brothers and sister have become close to one another again.

Thank you for your work, dear adventurer. This is not much, but I hope you take it. Sorry about all the trouble you have been through for us.

Material reward has never seems to small before.

I guess what you have done for us is just that priceless.

I am sorry to cause such an embarrassing scene in front of you. If you have time, please come by again. We will make sure to receive you properly next time.

Dear adventurer, I have learned new lessons and earned many things, thanks to you. If you need our help, we will try to help you as much as we can. I wish you luck!

Jurgen, Hello?

Oh, dear adventurer, welcome.

Are you enjoying the banquet? Do you need any help by any chance?

No. I just wanted to talk to you for a second.

I wonder how your sister is doing these days as well.

Thanks to your help, we have never been better than this.

I've been talking to my sister much more, and..

[Maid]

Excuse me.

I am sorry. I thought no one was here. I just wanted to clean the room, I am really sorry. I'll come back later.

Not at all. Please come in. It is a nonsense that you cannot clean the room because of the people inside.

Hello, long time no see. Sorry about the trouble you went through last time. Fortunately, the box thing has been resolved well.

Oh... Yes... I see...

Hello...

Is this the person from the last time? Whom you asked about the box...?

Yes, she is.

I am sorry about that. We were desperate and in a hurry. I apologize if you were upset by it.

Thank you for telling me that. Since I am a maid, there are people who suspect me or treat me like a thief.

However, you seem different, dear prince. I am a little surprised. I thought people who belong to the high society didn't know how to apologize.

Oh, it was very presumptuous of me.

I am sorry.

No, that's OK.

Then, I should get going.

I am supposed to clean the room when there is no one inside anyway. Please excuse me.

You shouldn't have to... Well, she's gone...

Well, dear adventurer?

Well, I think I have fallen in love .

Oh, you have.

I have never met anyone who looks directly into my eyes like that.

I fell in love with her. I love her dignified and calm voice. Unaffected behaviors That tone of voice reflecting strong will...

All the women I have seen so far are like flowers in the greenhouse. However, she resembles a wild flower in the field.

She is totally different from the ladies I have met before.

Dear adventurer! How can I tell someone I have fallen in love at first sight how I feel? Should I go take her hands and say I love her?

What? You don't know anything about it?

She is my first love. My life will never be the same since I have met her.

Hum... Try to remember what all the people outside the door have done to you.

Well... Nothing that I can recall... Hum... There have been some impressive people though. There was this person who penetrated defense and hid behind the curtain in my room...

Hum... That's impressive. However, it is a crime. You should forget it.

There was this person who sent me a life-size golden statue. I sent it back since I didn't need it and it didn't look as good as real me.

How about sending her a gold statue looking exactly like me?

She will be repelled if you try too hard like that from the very beginning. How about sending her a letter with a small gift?

It is a good idea! Please wait a moment!

What? Wait for what?

Did you forget? If I take a step out of that door, I'll draw attention.

It would cause her trouble, wouldn't it. By the way, I didn't even get the chance to ask her what her name was.

Please send this letter to her with this box containing jewelry.

It will be difficult. I have other things to do.

Sorry about the difficult request. I guess I should go there myself. You may be able to see the news that the heir of the Wigner family has been crushed to death by his followers on Daily Rune-Midgarts tomorrow morning.

Or, the poor maid could be hospitalized by tomorrow. Anyway, I understand.

OK. I should get going then.

Dear adventurer! I've been waiting for you. How did it go? Has she said she loves me too?

No, I haven't been able to meet her yet. Let me go see her again.

Dear adventurer! I've been waiting for you.

How did it go? Has she said she loves me too?

No, actually... She turned it down. She returned what you had sent her as well.

She turned me down?

Why? Did she say that she didn't like my looks? Or wasn't what I had sent her enough for her?

No, not that... She has said she is currently not in the situation to go out with someone. She seems to have a reason.

Does she already have a boyfriend? I am not surprised. She is so attractive after all. No wonder I have fallen for her.

No, not that either... She just has said she is currently not in the situation to date someone.

Whoa... It is my first time to want something so badly in this life. Never did I know that it would be so difficult to get.

Is living such a difficult thing?

However, my father has told me that I should always try at least three times.

First try to begin, second try to confirm and the third try to give up since it is not meant to be.

So, dear adventurer. Please do this one more time for me.

Well, I think you should write the letter again...

I need something special. Something pretty and shiny which reflects my feelings...

The Sea Stone! And flower!

I want to send her the heart that is as wide and beautiful as the sea and the amaranthine heart for her.

Should I go get them all myself as well?

Please, dear adventurer, be the messenger of love for me. Please send her my heart wider than the sea which never withers.

If you say so, I'll do it.

Please send her my letter with 15 Sea Stones and 1 Witherless Rose.

As I told you before, you can get the Sea Stone from killing Medusa.

Dear adventurer, I will never forget this and make it up to you. We, Wigners, never forget any debt.

Not that I am doing it expecting something in return, but I will deliver them to her since you look so desperate.

Thank you! Oh, do you happen to get her name by any chance?

Mary, her name is Mary.

Mary. It is a common but pretty name. What is common means that it is well loved by many people. I'll get all my things embroidered with this name from now on.

Dear adventurer, you may set off now. Please deliver my feelings to her safely.

Did you deliver my heart to Mary safely? You have come back so early.

Have you forgotten what you have to bring with you?

You need to bring 15 Sea Stones which you can get from killing Medusa and 1 Witherless Rose.

Mary wouldn't feel uncomfortable if I express my feelings with ordinary things like these, right? Please send her my heart wider than the sea which never withers.

Dear adventurer! You are back!

I couldn't stop thinking about her even while you were gone.

Even when I eat, drink a tea, look into the mirror and talking to other people! I though about her all day. It was painful but I was in a flutter.

That's what falling in love is like.

Oh, then I must have been doing bad things to numerous people. There is nothing I can do for them.

By the way, since your hands are empty, I guess she has accepted my heart at last!

Well, hum... She didn't react negatively, but you'd better be careful since you don't know each other yet.

Why don't you spare her some time?

She must have not accepted my heart completely then. I am all right though! She hasn't turned me down yet!

I didn't know how painful it was to love someone. I did know how I would be fidgety about a word or gesture of her.

It is true. Winning someone's heart is the hardest thing.

I guess I should be nicer to the people who like me.

I don't think that is a good idea...

Dear adventurer, thank you again. Would you come by again tomorrow?

It seems like a good sign. Paddle as the wave approaches. That's one of the many mottos of our family.

I want to let her know of my blazing heart every day.

I have a feeling that everything will turn out great if you send it for me.

How about allowing her some time?

What if she forgets about me? Then, please send her my message once a day. You wouldn't say no, right?

Oh, I almost forgot. It is not much, but please accept this as my token of gratitude for the messenger of my love.

I'll see you tomorrow then!

Mary wouldn't feel uncomfortable if I express my feelings with ordinary things like these, right?

Please send her my heart wider than the sea which never withers.

Dear adventurer, I'd like to call you who has delivered my message of love to her, the Messenger of Love.

Please don't...

Cupid of Love...

Please stop it.

On the day Mary accepts my feelings, I would like to give you a huge pure gold statue.

You really don't have to do that.

However, this is the only thing I can offer you for now. Please visit our manor later. There are some real valuable things.

Then dear adventurer, I'll see you again tomorrow.

Dear adventurer, what brought you here around this time? May I help you?

Are you here to deliver my message of love to Mary?

Oh, well, it was you who had said that she would be repelled by my impatience.

I am trying hard not to send her my love letter every minute and second. Please comeback when the time comes.

Dear adventurer, you came! It seems that something good may happen today.

Please deliver her the message of my love with deliver my message of love with 15 Sea Stones and 1 Witherless Rose.

Do you remember? You can get the Sea Stone by killing Medusa.

Please send them to her and tell me how Mary is doing today. I am sad that she doesn't come here to clean the room anymore.

I want to go see her myself. However, I guess she will feel uncomfortable.

Dear adventurer, I am depending on you!