#jun 18 2024

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François Arnaud for Bonsoir Bonsoir, June 18 2024

[abybweisse]

Ch213 (p3), Barnabus Fairchild III

A bellhop greets them upon arrival, and he asks for their names.

Before they can get out their aliases, they are interrupted by a voice belonging to someone they don't initially notice.

This guy is the hotel manager (a member of the Aurora Society) and has been waiting for them, and his name is Barnabus Fairchild III. Still looks like Milburn Pennybags to me. 😆

He knows they traveled all the way from London (initially, despite the major detour they made).

And then he calls them by name, making their aliases useless.

Of course, they really should have realized they couldn't walk into that hotel not even trying to disguise their appearances. Random people along the way might not recognize them or even care, but this is real Ciel's and Undertaker's territory, if you will. If Blavat knew them immediately when they went to Sphere Music Hall -- and he did -- so is anyone who is in charge of this hotel.

And yet... he welcomes them.

Instead of feeling welcomed, they should be very worried; I should think they are.

Idk when ch214 will be released, but I'm sure looking forward to the promised climax of the series after Yana-san's hiatus. 😃

Best wishes to Yana-san on her long-deserved vacation and travels. I hope she gets all the inspiration and research she needs to finish out the story in grand style.

[abybweisse]

Ch213 (p1), The draw of Brighton

While I wait for my Kobo order for the chapter, here it is from mangahour, minus the cover art without titles.

Title page, showing them get out of a hired carriage.

Apparently, our earl has never been to Brighton, and the great number of people and the activity surprises him, especially for a month like December.

Sebastian talks about what he's learned of the tourist trade and other entertainments to be found there.

Our earl comments that such attractions pull in a wide range of customers, though it's typically the wealthy who stay at resorts and do most of the shopping.

Sebastian jokes (half jokes?) that our earl should take the opportunity to relax, but there's no time for that: they are there for more important matters.

Part two soon.

[abybweisse]

Ch213 (p2), Recap, West Pier, and Colin Greville

We get a recap about what little is known about this resort hotel, now revealed to be called Nectar Springs.

Reasonably priced but service is so good that people decide to extend their stays or even move in. (Are they seen after that?) As I said before, in a spoiler post, the resort hotel is visually based off The Grand Brighton -- originally built in 1864 -- a highly expensive resort hotel in Brighton, where service is said to be "unparalleled".

Then a recap about Undertaker's reanimation of real Ciel and the other lords of the stars... or at least the fact they require a lot of blood. Also a reminder that their own purpose at the hotel is to discover whether it's a blood collection center, then destroy it, if it is.

Sebastian points out West Pier and explains some about the activities there. Apparently, you only see the sea from there during the winter. Is this a high tides thing? I'll have to look into this.

Then the demon goes on about how humans have such peculiar habits, like talking about nothing and putting themselves in situations that increase the likelihood of getting ill.

Our earl says that if they can see the pier, the resort hotel must be nearby.

It's time to talk about their aliases, and Sebastian explains his young master is Colin Greville, the 3rd son of Earl Warwick. Sebastian is to be his valet, James Blackwood.

Our earl gives Sebastian a mild compliment, since it would make sense for a sick child in a landlocked earldom to seek recuperation in a place like Brighton, by the seaside. Warwickshire is just about smack dab in the middle of England, sort of hugging the southeast outskirts of Birmingham. Unless our earl can pull off a more northern accent, he should pretend he's from southern Warwickshire... though I doubt Yana-san will bother with that detail.

😆 Not like it'll matter much anyway....

[abybweisse]

Ch213 (p0), Cover and title pages

My Kobo order arrived by the time I had finished posting part 3. 😌

[deiformity]

Clamoring for my attention

They never really learned that lesson:

You don't choose if you're the villian

Although, typically, usually

If one isn't trying to be,

They start with an apology

So what about these meaningless niceties?

What am I supposed think of them avoiding vulnerability?

Do they think this is a connection I'm craving?

Playing up nostalgia as an angle

Relying on the mutual connections that keep us entangled

As if it wasn't more than a friendship they mangled

If you're going to beg for my attention, then at least mean it