Saiunkoku Monogatari vol17
Shuuuuurei!!!!!
Rukaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Omg, Ruka... *whimpers and cries*
Edit:
Ruka's words are so touching, this volume. Her dignity and nobility makes her death all the more poignant. At least her death was a noble, sacrificial one and she did her duty to the end.
A little excerpt from a kind blogger and my English translation for it.
"나는 약자의 수호자, 천공의 궁의 여주인이다. 내가 있는 곳까지 온것은 마땅히 표가와 나의 비호 아래에 둔다. 요괴라도, 인간이라도 여우라도, 시체라도, 공정하고 평등하게.
이 목숨을 걸고. 그것이 .......내가 선택한 인생이다. .......이제 잠들려무나, 입향.
잘 돌아왔다. 자아, 자장가를 불러주마. 울지말거라."
"I am the protector of the weak, the mistress of the palace of the heavens. Those who come to where I am are under my protection. Be they demon, human, fox, or corpse, fairly and equally. On this life. That... is the life I chose...... Sleep now, --(the handmaiden's name, I don't know how to spell it with the alphabet). You did well in returning. Now, I will sing you a lullaby. Do not cry."
Rukaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Omg, Ruka... *whimpers and cries*
Edit:
Ruka's words are so touching, this volume. Her dignity and nobility makes her death all the more poignant. At least her death was a noble, sacrificial one and she did her duty to the end.
A little excerpt from a kind blogger and my English translation for it.
"나는 약자의 수호자, 천공의 궁의 여주인이다. 내가 있는 곳까지 온것은 마땅히 표가와 나의 비호 아래에 둔다. 요괴라도, 인간이라도 여우라도, 시체라도, 공정하고 평등하게.
이 목숨을 걸고. 그것이 .......내가 선택한 인생이다. .......이제 잠들려무나, 입향.
잘 돌아왔다. 자아, 자장가를 불러주마. 울지말거라."
"I am the protector of the weak, the mistress of the palace of the heavens. Those who come to where I am are under my protection. Be they demon, human, fox, or corpse, fairly and equally. On this life. That... is the life I chose...... Sleep now, --(the handmaiden's name, I don't know how to spell it with the alphabet). You did well in returning. Now, I will sing you a lullaby. Do not cry."