A Fairy Tale Ending

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**"A Fairy Tale Ending"** is the fourth story quest in the "Weaver of Hearts" story from the Dark Fairytale Rerun.

## Info

Miss Rebecca is finally back, and meanwhile, the Joseph people are storming off to the Paradise Department...

## Notes

* Diane's troubles are based on the classic fairy tale "The Brave Little Tailor", in which a tailor tricks many powerful people into believing his exaggerated feats of strength and bravery, leading to him winning wealth and power.

## Transcript

### Story Chat 1

Rebecca: Dear Lady Ellenstein, long time no see! Did you miss me?

Magda: Miss Rebecca? You're finally back!

Rebecca: Haha, here is a small gift for you, a specialty of Rayorca-

Disguise as a police: Something bad happened! Lady Ellenstein! I need to see Lady Ellenstein!

Disguise as a police: No time for explanation! Sir Alan sent me to inform you that the elder son of the Josephs led a crowd to the Paradise Department!

Magda: Paradise Department? Something went wrong with the clothes Diane made?!

Magda: I’ll go and have a look right away! Thank you.

Rebecca: Ah? Are they preparing to complain about something? Let me go with you.

### Story Chat 2

Magda: Finally in time! And the people gathering around Paradise Department are...?

Joseph's family escort: Lady, our young master is talking business inside. Please don’t go in.

Rebecca: This is Lady Ellenstein, the owner of the Paradise Department, and I’m the chief designer here. I suppose both of us can get in since it’s business that your master wants to talk about?

Joseph's family escort: Eh... Well...

Magda: What's the matter? Or, Mr Joseph is not planing to talk about business but to harass my employee?

Joseph's family escort: Eh... You misunderstood, it’s just... Forget it, I will pretend that I didn’t see you, please get in!

Magda: ...

—

Rebecca: Now can you tell me what happened, Lady Ellenstein? What did Diane do?

Magda: It’s a bit complicated to explain. Let’s talk while walking.

Rebecca: Wait, hush... Lady Ellenstein, listen.

Joseph's eldest son: I told you, I want to withdraw that order I placed half a month ago!

Diane: Did I do something wrong? Boohoo... You are not satisfied? Why do you...

Joseph's eldest son: There is no “why”! No, I mean, I’m asking you to tell your master to let me cancel this order. I’m willing to pay your master for his loss...

Joseph's eldest son: ...I don’t know why the Killer King would hire an Oren to collect orders. Damn, you are completely unreasonable!!

Diane: Pay...? Boohoo, I’m sorry... I have used the down payment of your order...

Joseph's eldest son: It’s I who will pay you, little thing, this whole thing...ahem, is a complete misunderstanding. The gem is just a token of me being friendly to your master...

Diane: To... me? Why? I don’t understand...

Joseph's eldest son: Even that won’t do?? I guess I will just...

Rebecca: Stop! What are you doing to my apprentice?!

Magda: Mr Joseph, put down your weapon now! If I am correct, it’s you who placed the order to kill your younger brother, right?

Joseph's eldest son: ...You... found out?!

Magda: Everything can be pulled together now. It’s also the reason why you turned down the Guardsmen when they offered protection, and-

Joseph's eldest son: Please say no more!

Joseph's eldest son: Now I have fully realized my mistake. I lost my mind back then, thinking only about keeping my position as the patriarch and my fortune. I am guilty!

Joseph's eldest son: Though being treated like this, my younger brother still used the heirloom gem my father gave him to customize a suit for me... Ah, Goddess above, I shall be damned!!

Magda: ...Heirloom gem?

Joseph's eldest son: Yes, there are two precious gems handed down from our ancestors. My father gave one of them to each of us... Perhaps it was then that he decided to split the family fortune in two...

Joseph's eldest son: I repent of my cruelty. Please don’t tell this to my dearest younger brother who hasn’t stopped caring about me till the last moment...

Magda: ...I think it’s a complete misunderstanding......

Joseph's eldest son: Yes, it is! Little tailor, you made that suit, right?

Diane: Yes... I did... But, but... Lady Ellenstein, Master Rebecca, I don’t understand...

Joseph's eldest son: Then that’s it. We Josephs are grateful people. Thank you, little tailor. As a thank-you gift, I will give you this pair of golden scissors of my family.

Diane: They are even taller than me!!

Joseph's eldest son: I believe they will... eh, probably... shine in your hand... Anyway, let’s put an end to the whole thing. Lady Ellenstein, what do you say?

Magda: ...As you wish, Mr Joseph.

Joseph's eldest son: Great. Please keep it a secret from my brother about what happened today. I have things to do at home. Please excuse me!

Rebecca: ...

Rebecca: Well, now that everything is settled, Diane, show me your latest designs and works.

Diane: Boohoo...!

Magda: (This is really a farce. Speaking of which... So it wasn’t a story about an outsider who tried to rob the Joseph family, but a pair of brothers who turned against each other?)

Joseph's second son: Ahem, is anyone here?

Magda: Welcome, Mr Joseph Jr. Are you also here to cancel your order?

Joseph's second son: Of course... Wait, you mean...?

Magda: The assassination targeting your elder brother.

Joseph's second son: So you are the one who is behind that little Oren... I see now, after all, Paradise Department is your property.

Joseph's second son: Sorry, Lady Ellenstein.

Joseph's second son: I just saw my brother left Paradise Department, and the reason he came here was...?

Magda: He’s here to pay off the balance payment of the suit he ordered for you, Mr Joseph Jr. So what about you?

Joseph's second son: Ah... Well, I’m here for the same reason, of course! Look at this.

Magda: This is... a crown?

Joseph's second son: Yes, it has been in my family’s treasure vault for many years, and it’s said to be once the symbol of the Golden Lily Dynasty...

Joseph's second son: What do you think?

Magda: It must be very valuable, Mr Joseph Jr.

Joseph's second son: Of course, but it doesn’t generate any value since it’s stashed in a utility room, I mean, a collection room. So I think it’s better for me to give it to you...

Magda: It can cover the balance payment of the suit you ordered. But, Mr Joseph Jr, I won’t do anything more.

Joseph's second son: It will be enough as long as you stay out of the affairs between me and my brother, dear Lady Ellenstein, no matter what my brother said to you.

Magda: ...

Joseph's second son: I can take your silence as a “yes”, right?

Magda: Do you know what your brother told me?

Joseph's second son: I can imagine.

Magda: I believe... you might as well talk to your own brother first. That may change everything.

Joseph's second son: ...If it’s your suggestion.

Joseph's second son: Now, please excuse me.

Magda: (...Looks like the Joseph family’s fortune scramble isn’t over yet. But that’s not something I should get involved with...)

Magda: (Maybe I should check on Miss Rebecca and Diane?)

—

Rebecca: Yes! Pretty good designs, Diane, you did much better than I thought.

Rebecca: But here, and the cutting here can be adjusted like this... And the choice of decorative gems...

Diane: You are right. It looks five times better this way, no, ten times better!

Rebecca: You still have a lot to learn, little thing. But there is no need to rush. Take a look at the present I prepared for you.

Diane: It’s, it’s a dress!!

Rebecca: Go and change it.

Diane: Really? Is it for me? Is it really for me? Boohoo, thank you, Master Rebecca!!

Magda: Wait, Diane, and this!

Rebecca: This little crown...?

Magda: It’s the payment from Mr Joseph Jr who just came here, Diane. He was very pleased with the suit you made.

Diane: That's great! Then I will put on the little dress that Master Rebecca prepared for me!

Rebecca: Lady Ellenstein, that crown seems to be from the Golden Lily Dynasty?

Magda: If it’s not a fake, how could Joseph Jr be willing to give it away... A true crown would be worth much more than the whole Joseph family’s fortune.

Rebecca: I see...

Magda: I haven’t told you yet. Welcome back, Miss Rebecca, we’ll have a lot to do later!

Rebecca: Haha, designers are not afraid of challenges.

Diane: Woahhh -!!

Magda: What’s wrong, Diane?!

Diane: I, the yarn balls...

Magda: You are trapped?

Diane: I can’t help but to touch the yarn balls!

Rebecca: Sewing kit, tape measure, scissors, thimble... You put everything on you?

Diane: After all, my career depends on them!

Rebecca: Haha, right, that’s who you are, your devotion and love to tailoring... are really shiny.

Diane: Lady Magda, how do you think of me in this?

Magda: You are lovely! Come, let me give you a hug!

Diane: I can’t breathe, Lady Magda!

### Story Chat 3

Rebecca: Is it finally over? No more strange assassination orders for the department store, right?

Magda: I guess so, Miss Rebecca.

Rebecca: That's good. I wonder where this crazy rumor that the legendary Killer King works at the Paradise Department came from.

Magda: You may not believe this, I looked into it... The source of the rumor is probably a ballad of the Orens...

Rebecca: A ballad of the Orens?

Magda: Actually... They told a story about a brave little tailor who could finish off seven in one breath at first.

Rebecca: ...Little tailor?!

Magda: Although the original meaning was "finishing off seven orders"... But it only takes three days for a rumor to evolve beyond recognition, right?

Rebecca: Well, that’s really...

Lady B: I envy you, sis. I never expected such a beautiful dress out of that material... Now if I want that Oren to make clothes for me, I will have to wait till next month before I can place my order!

Lady A: Well, I was looking for Master Rebecca in the first place. Given the Orens’ careless nature, I thought I could blackmail-

Lady A: Eh, sorry, Master Rebecca, Lady Ellenstein!

Magda: Please do come back, madam.

Lady A: Of course I will, Lady Ellenstein. To be honest, this is the most satisfying dress I’ve got this year. Hehe...

Rebecca: I’m very pleased with Diane’s design, too, madam. See you.

Lady A: Goodbye...

Lady B: Phew... She didn’t hear what we said, right?

Lady A: I guess not...

Lady B: Where were we... Oh, right, madam, have you heard?

Lady B: The second son of the Josephs left Finsel yesterday...

Lady A: That’s nothing new, sis. We all know the tradition of the Josephs - only the real inheritor stays, and the rest leave after the ceremony...

Lady A: That’s a shame. That white-haired young man is pretty good...

Lady B: No, madam. My husband saw it with his own eyes that in the Josephs’ black wagon... No one was alive!

Lady A: Shush, sis! That’s not something that can be talked in public...

Lady A: Let’s go, in case anyone hears us!

Magda: ...

Rebecca: Don’t be sad, Lady Ellenstein.

Magda: I... Alas, I didn’t expect this...

Rebecca: The fissures of human hearts cannot be stitched by needles and threads. After all, we are not in a fairy tale word, are we?

Magda: It was all doomed the moment they placed the two assassination orders.

Rebecca: Maybe. But, Lady Ellenstein, please don’t tell Diane about this.

Magda: I won’t, Miss Rebecca.

Magda: It’s the adults’ duty to protect the fairy tales for children.

Diane: Lady Magda! Master Rebecca! What are you talking about? I am a grown Oren now. Can I hear it?

Magda: Ha, nothing, Diane. Has Vivianne prepared the desserts? Let’s have afternoon tea!

Magda: And we can thank Sir Alan, Lord Sakan and Sir Xavier at the same time.

Diane: So many guests. Will the cookies I prepared be enough?

Magda: Vivianne has gotten everything ready, Diane, you can also invite your Oren friends here!

Diane: Great!!