Editing Monster Side Stories (section)

==== Episode 4  - "Goodbye My Doll" -Epilogue- ====
When an adventurer touched a battered marionette that had washed up on Alberta, she slowly opened her eyes. The

marionette looked at the adventurer with resentment in her eyes, telling him that "humans cannot be trusted," but the adventurer felt something strange and decided to repair her.

While searching for someone who knows more about dolls, I met an elderly puppeteer named Drossel, and thanks to him I began to understand more about marionettes. Her name is Avanda. She is a rare, special monster whose soul is trapped in the body of a marionette when the soul of a previous doll feels anger or sadness towards humans.

As the adventurer listened to her story, he began to think, "Perhaps Avanda is the doll that he touched as a child and has now forgotten about."

Even though he did not know the truth, the adventurer felt a strong desire to save her, and using the information he had gained as a basis, he overcame many hardships and succeeded in repairing Avanda.

After the repairs were completed and Abanda's memories began to return, he became troubled by his own memories and the situation he was in. He said that even though he had once hated humans and become a marionette, now that he had regained his memories and self-awareness, he could no longer bear the life of attacking humans as a marionette.

She was touched by the adventurers' efforts to help her, despite her loathing of humans, and she began to trust humans and wish to live happily with them again as a simple doll.

To make her wish come true, she must defeat the Marionette Killer, the leader of the Marionettes who was trying to bind and exterminate her. Avanda alone was no match for him, but with the help of Drossel, Avanda's powerful attack took down the Marionette Killer.

Once a marionette, the soul is released and reincarnated as a doll somewhere. It is not known who owns the doll or whether she will be happy next time. However, Abanda says she is looking forward to her new life. Humans, dolls, and monsters have learned that they can trust each other... that was enough.

Avanda's soul departed from the marionette's body.

"I hope we can meet again," he

said, leaving behind only those words along with tears whose origins were unknown.

"trust"

Abanda remembered the importance of trust.

Even if there are temporary misunderstandings, trusting each other to the end may be the key to maintaining a relationship.