Chapter 76

## Chapter Guide

**"Indelible Wound"** (消 (き) えない傷 (きず) , *Kienai Kizu*?) is the seventieth-sixth chapter of the Shadows House manga series.

## Summary

Christopher, a prominent member of the Children's Building, plans to put in place an educational system to raise the quality of children who pass the Debut. He wishes to make it so that becoming a Star Bearer will no longer be necessary to be invited. The next generation of Star Bearers are Christopher, Edward, Gerald, and Aileen with each of them responsible for teaching the children different things. The lives of the children flourish but quickly declines after Christopher is invited and the instructors stop meeting. Barbara is depressed, then angry, exploding with soot which throws Barbie, causing a deep cut in her head.

## Plot

Christopher and Maryrose discuss giving the children a proper education but a young Edward interjects with a complaint. He states that one shouldn't give the inferior attention but Christopher assures him that this plan is good for the future of the manor. Since he was already a prominent member of the building, Christopher was selected as a Star Bearer with his class, Edward, Aileen, and Gerald. They gather specific talented pairs to teach their skills with Barbie becoming a sports instructor due to her physical ability. Some children are picked out to be trained by the Star Bearers for the First-Aid and Research team and Christopher becomes well liked amongst the children with his stories. With these changes, Christopher's generation was considered the greatest but the state of things changed the day he was invited. Barbara walks around the manor, depressed, as it rains outside and knocks on Maryrose's door asking why no one came to the instructor's meetings. She begs Maryrose to help her but the older Shadow behind the door simply replies she no longer wants to become an adult as Barbara cries. Walking outside, Barbara unhappily claims she can't do anything alone which Barbie frantically counters is not true only for the Shadow to explode with soot from her helplessness. This causes an explosion and in the wreckage, Barbara is horrified to see Barbie bleeding heavily from the head.

## Characters

1. Anthony (Non-speaking Role)
2. Christopher
3. Rosemary (Non-speaking Role)
4. Maryrose
5. Barbie
6. Barbara
7. Edward
8. Ed (Non-speaking Role)
9. Aileen (Non-speaking Role)
10. Allie (Non-speaking Role)
11. Gerald (Non-speaking Role)
12. Jer (Non-speaking Role)
13. Benjamin (Non-speaking Role)
14. Ben
15. Susanna
16. Susie (Non-speaking Role)
17. Jeremiah (Non-speaking Role)
18. Jeremy (Non-speaking Role)
19. Oliver (Non-speaking Role)
20. Olly (Non-speaking Role)
21. Lydia (Non-speaking Role)
22. Liddy (Non-speaking Role)
23. Sarah (Non-speaking Role)
24. Mia (Non-speaking Role)
25. Doug (Background)
26. Henry
27. Hank (Non-speaking Role)
28. William (Non-speaking Role)
29. Billy (Non-speaking Role)
30. Bertie (Background)
31. Randall (Background)
32. Randall's Face (Background)
33. Douglas (Background)
34. Loretta (Background)
35. Loretta's Face (Background)
36. Robert (Background)

All characters in this chapter are from a flashback then it only be listed this way in case they show a flashback inside other flashback