Chapter 57

## Chapter Guide

**"Beyond Repair"** (破 (は) 鏡 (きょう) 不 (ふ) 照 (しょう) , *Hakyō Fushō*?) is the fifty-seventh chapter of the Shadows House manga series.

## Summary

An angered Barbie orders for Gil and Ben to apprehend the Belle twins and the rest of the children are sent to their rooms. The Star Bearers check the Soot Pipes where soot is collected and ground, with Oliver confirming someone, possibly a man, left the heavy door open and allowed Scorches to escape. An argument escalates but get interrupted by Eve and Gil from the First-Aid Team with a report of casualties. Barbara announces that the Belle twins will be forced to clean the Soot Pipes and Kate is interrogated who angrily refutes the claims.

## Plot

Barbie rings her bell as Ben and Gil rush to capture the Belle twins who claim to not have broken the bottles. Every Doll was sent back to their room and forbidden from leaving their rooms for the rest of the day. The Star Bearers check the Soot Management Facility also known as the Soot Pipes where soot is ground up to be sent to the Lord Grandfather's Wing. Oliver confirms the Phantom originated from there as the door in the pulverisation room was open with the Veiled Dolls guards suffering from soot sickness. Scorches were to be destroyed in the room but the door was instead opened when there was a high amount in the room and they flooded out. Susanna blames her Face and Barbara for their actions but the fight is interrupted by Gil and Eve from the First-Aid Team who give a report on casualties, stating that Rosemary is unable to speak in her current condition. Barbara becomes anxious as the coffee failed to be handed out, many were Living Dolls afflicted with soot sickness, and the motive for the crime is unknown which puts the Star Bearers' authorities in a dangerous position. She decides not to report the incident to Edward, resolving with the rest of the Star Bearers to solve the incident with their own powers. They decide to punish the Belles, holding off on Rosemary until her testimony is heard, tightening security, and turning their attention on Kate as Edward had told them to earlier.

The children gather in the Star Bearers conference room where Barbara announces the Belle twins and their Shadows will be forced to clean the Soot Pipes. It is considered an insult to the Shadow to clean but cruel to the Doll as the number of Scorches that form in the pipes will force the Doll to suffer soot sickness repeatedly, breaking in the process. The children are ordered not to speak of the incident and are dismissed but Kate is held back in the room where she is interrogated. Angered by the accusations and Edward's manipulations, she compares the Star Bearers to Christopher and accuses them of being manipulated. Giving off a large amount of soot, she exclaims that she is being blamed without reason and slams her hand down on the table.

## Characters

1. Belle Twins (Non-speaking Role)
2. Barbie (Non-speaking Role)
3. Ben (Non-speaking Role)
4. Bertie (Background)
5. Shaun (Background)
6. Randall's Face (Background)
7. Emilico
8. Kate (Non-speaking Role)
9. Benjamin
10. Barbara
11. Oliver
12. Olly (Non-speaking Role)
13. Susanna
14. Susie (Non-speaking Role)
15. Gil (Debut)
16. Eve (Debut)
17. Edward (Non-speaking Role)
18. Lord Grandfather (Fantasy)
19. Douglas (Background)
20. Doug (Background)
21. James (Background)
22. Jim (Background)
23. Laurence (Background)
24. Larry (Background)
25. Ricky (Background)
26. Patrick (Background)
27. Margaret (Background)
28. Maggie (Background)
29. Loretta (Background)
30. Loretta's Face (Background)