Chapter 48: The Angel's Lake Part 2
So turns out Angel Douche had told the villagers that Cooro was the black-winged messenger of Death and now they're throwing rocks at him.
Nana drags him away into a tent to escape and finds out he's bleeding. Luckily, they're in the troupe's tent and they're attended to. They introduce themselves: Alan, Miranda (we know her name from the last chapter) and Dylan. They're all siblings. Cooro then asks for a hat and wig to protect his head.
The villagers are patting their backs for throwing rocks at an unarmed child while the group meets up again. Nana no longer wants to leave town...she wants to fuck up Angel Douche.
We get inside Angel Douche's head, him thinking he needs to be the White Angel because he can only see himself surviving as the White Angel. We then see Fly writing a report on him: He's about fourteen, he's a swan Anima (Nana was right) and he has some sort of plan for meeting him...
Next, we see the troupe perform again. The group are in the crowd and see Angel Douche watching Miranda. He spots them and, like the bitch he is, darts off. Senri catches him though. He cowers and when Husky asks him, gives his name as Cyranova. Husky threatens him into going into town and telling everyone he's a phony but he refuses. Husky ain't hearing his shit though, rightfully pissed that he sold out a fellow Anima to save his own ass. Shockingly, Cooro calls him off, saying that Cyranova is suffering the most. Nana points out that when he's an Angel, Cyranova acts so brave. Now he's just a puss-puss. It's here where Cyranova reveals his dark secret: he used to be fat.
He was an only child in a merchant's family. His parents died a year ago in an accident. His uncle inherited the shop and sent him out to work, calling it training. But he was clumsy and weak, making a useless kid who couldn't do his job. He would work him to the bone and starve him, forcing out Cyranova's Anima. Then he had swan wings and thought he became an angel. Everyone loved him and Miranda looks at him with admiration. However, Husky and Nana say that she's looking at the Angel, not him. He weakly argues that nobody notices the real him; if no one sees him, then he doesn't really exist. Then Cooro pats his chest, saying that he's right there so he's obviously real. If there's no one else around, does he disappear? If that was the case, he wouldn't be an Anima now, would he? Hearing that, he leaves to think a little.
Later, Nana comes upon Miranda practicing for a play. Miranda finds it difficult to be an angel, seeing them as too pure and innocent to emulate properly. Nana tries to quiz her on her feelings for the angel...but later, back in fog, the villagers are getting restless. They're wondering where the angel is. The group wonders if they drove Cyranova away and go to get him. The man of the hour is ready to take off...only for two guys from the Asteria Research Facility to approach him. One of the guys says if Cyranova comes with them, they can guarantee his livelihood. They begin to drag him off only for him to snatch back, saying he still has stuff he needs to do and doesn't want to go. The guys get aggressive, saying he (Fly) said to get as many bird Anima as they can so they're not taking no for an answer. They put a cloth over his mouth and Cooro drops out of nowhere to rescue him.
Senri backs him up and in the fight, Cyranova falls over into the water under the cliff. Husky swoops up and saves him from below though. Then Nana knocks them out with the ultrasonic screech and the fight's over.
Warming up at a campfire, Cyranova asks why they saved him. Cooro smiles and says that he didn't want to go so they made sure his decision was respected. Hearing that, later on Cyranova stops the troupe's wagon in the middle of the road to reveal himself as the angel...and ask to join their troupe. End of chapter.