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Baralda TaleAuthor: Makino Shinichi
| Original Title | バラルダ物語 |
|---|---|
| Author | 牧野 信一 |
| Genre | Fantasy & Sci-Fi |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a drought-stricken village where a creaking waterwheel sustains life, an aging scholar and his hosts—Yukigorō’s family—face ruin as creditors swarm their riverside mill. With streams dwindling and debts mounting, their fragile existence hinges on rain’s return. Yet darker threats loom: a cunning thief, Garadō, schemes to seize ancestral armor tied to a sacred festival’s drumming rites, while Yukigorō’s daughter hides from predatory demands. Visions blur reality—phantom deer flee celestial hunters; water mirrors dissolve into fractured omens; and the river itself becomes a conduit for cryptic messages from distant mountains. As tensions crest between desperation and defiance, the scholar clings to fragile hopes: his wife’s safe return, rare herbs whispering of renewal, and the mythic rhythm of a drum said to channel primordial storms. But when Garadō’s machinations collide with Yukigorō’s titanic strength, the line between ritual and reckoning shatters—and the waterwheel’s fate spins toward an unknown crescendo. |
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