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Translation: +C sword and cornett 26

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:20:30 +0000

【 For IEM 】

Even if what you believe is but a fleeting path----

p.2

{left side text box}
At the castle, Orcelito is...

Orcelito: The situation at the Kuklant road... // Are you certain that it's the great plague?

Kiliko: It is currently under investigation...

Orcelito: I hope that it's just an epidemic but... / Make sure that the gates can be barricaded any time... // It's said that more than thirty percent of the population was sacrificed because of the great plague in the past.

p.3

Orcelito: Like what happened that time... / We must not let the Angel of Death in to Neue Favrille.

The Amontel, the "watchdogs"... and now the great plague... // For a new Crown Prince... / Things couldn’t get any worse than this.

You said that the Amontel who appeared at the ceremony, and the “watchdogs” / were all part of the plan of Lord Lagen's real son, Francesco. // Wasn’t he also snooping around for the Rovisco documents?

So he's the man in soldier’s uniform who took Belca away... //
...Really, / Lord Lagen dropped quite a bad seed.

p.4

Kiliko: About His Highness Prince Belca... / It seems that he has made a favorable impression on the nobles and the priests // when they saw him protect you during the investiture ceremony, Prince Orcelito.

Kiliko: Although I do hope that with his disappearance... / those impressions would fade away.
Orcelito: ...Do you think that, // someone might push for Belca to become king?

- - - - - -

Noble: ---Hm? / Oh...It's the Crown Prince.

p.5

Elders: This is unusual on a rest day... // Well then...shall we greet him before going back to the teritorries---

Orcelito: ...Taine! / Perfect. Just the person I wanted to see.
Taine: Well, well, if it isn't His Highness, the Crown Prince.

Ruebelli: ...!?

Kiliko: Lord Taine, / About the incident that happened in the Crown Prince's territory a couple of days ago, // His Highness, the Crown Prince has given his pardon.

Orcelito: It's none other than you. // Because I think you only did that for the country's best interest.

Taine: ---Oh...! I am glad that you understand what I did, Your Highness! //
My sincerest apologies to Prince Hector but, to have Amontel servants in the Royal Family's estate...

p.6

Ruebelli: ......

- - - - - -

Eco: Hey--- / Please take Eco-tan with you, // To where the High Priestess is!!!

Belca: ....No.

p.7

Eco: But you're going to ask about // the "Rovisco fleet" records, right?

Eco: Ever since I left home, / All I ever wanted was to know the truth about those documents.

The first time we met, you said that... // you wanted to know what’s really going on in this country, right?

It's just bits and pieces but, there was a copy of the manuscript at home... / And I've always wanted to confirm if those written accounts are really true. // I even studied the Hokulea language just for that!

p.8

Eco: There's no one in the village who knows about those days. // So, once we got down from the mountain, I was thinking of going on another journey to search for clues again.

Eco: But...!! / The ancient history of this land might have been passed down to the High Priestess...
Belca: NO!!!

Belca: I can’t take you to a place where we don't even know if we could make it out alive!! // I’ll go and ask about the documents...So just wait for me in a town somewhere!

I’ve had enough... / ...of people I know, dying on me.

Eco: ...... // Belca... / you’re mean.

p.9

Eco: ... Belca, You're so mean!!!
(I'll say it one more time!!!)

Belca: You're so persistent! / I don't care if I'm mean!

Tenrou: Oh, Belca, I was just about to call you. / Saisei says he wants to talk to you.

Saisei: ------Belca

p.10

Belca: Yes, what is it? / It’s okay, you don’t have to force yourself. Besides I can’t understa...

Saisei: Belca... // ---I'm sorry...

Belca: Wha... / He can speak...
Tenrou: He said he wanted to apologize to you so I only taught him that word.

"Because of us, your comrade was... / After all that you’ve done to save our priestess."

Tenrou: ...He said.
Belca: ......

That's true.

p.11

Belca: If they hadn't come to the palace, // This never would have happened.

Saisei: I...promise to make up for it so, / I'll do anything for Belca---...
Taihaku: Hey...Don't move around too much or your wounds will reopen!

Belca: ......

Belca: But...that's not right. // I can't simply put the blame on them.

[If those records are true,]

p.12

Belca: Don't say anything more. //
[Then it's...] //
I'll...find the reason why it all turned out this way.

Just think about / getting your wounds healed. //
[...all connected to Reitz I. ]

sfx: *rustle* *rustle*

sfx: *jump*

Belca: ----Ouch

p.13

Belca: Huh? / What's this...? // A little animal...

Tenrou: A squirrel-mouse? It's not hibernating...? What a strange little guy. // This type of species aren't usually seen around this area.
(Belca: Is it...edible?)

Eco: Hold on...That's probably...
Tenrou: Huh?

sfx: screeech
Belca: Whoa!

Tenrou: What was that all of a sudden...?

p.14

Eco: That animal is probably being used by the soldiers... // There might be Azelprade guards nearby!!

- - - - - -

[Around the same time, / At Neue Favrille]

Sfx: step, step

Musca: I made it! They didn’t notice me at all! / Maybe I’m...suited to be a mercenary?

---But, but, but! // This is just while I'm taking a break from being a lady!!
sfx: hmph

p.15

Musca: Seamrog!! Where have you been all this time?!

Seamrog: Shhh---!! // Please keep quiet, or else the soldiers will find us.

Seamrog: I was... / investigating what happened after the investiture ceremony was cancelled.
Musca: Cancelled...? You mean it's finished?

Musca: Hey...Seamrog, could you come back with me to the palace? // You see...I think that my knight should always be at my side.

Seamrog: I'm sorry but I can't do that. / Because my head would get cut off.
Musca: Huh...? B...but why ?

p.16

Seamrog: I brought you here, so the people in the palace probably think that I am a / companion of the bandit who let the monsters out and took Belca away. // That is why...I will just be supporting you behind the scenes, Princess.

Musca: ...Could you speak a bit slower please... // Um...Support?

Seamrog: If there is any chance of escaping from here, it will take some time and preparation... // So if there is anything that you would like to know, I will be here to help you.

Musca: Okay. / And also because I don't want Seamrog's head to get cut off.
Seamrog: Alright then Princess...

Seamrog: There is something I would like to ask you... / While you are taking a break from being a lady // would you like to become a cool mercenary girl?

p.17

Musca: A 「mercenary」 / means, // um... if I remember correctly, / a knight who likes jewels very much, right...?

- - - - -

Musca: Let’s see… // It’s not true that the Commoner was kidnapped---… / What really happened was, he “escaped” with the meanie bard…

(First...)
Then… / the “plague” that was discovered outside the palace is some kind of scary sickness…. // (Second…) / A “cadaver” is something that a dead person leaves behind…

And if that “cadaver” was taken into Big Brother Hector’s palace…
(Which is now Big Brother Orcelito’s palace…)

Then that means the wicked man must be planning on something…
(The / wicked man)

Musca is so smart!!! / She remembered everything that Seamrog said!!!

p.18

sfx: *looks around*
And then… // If it looks dangerous, I should immediately run away.
Because that’s what a mercenary does…
(A mercenary is like a fairy!)

A mercenary doesn’t go near dangerous places! / She should listen quietly, and even if she gets surprised at what she hears, she musn't talk and should stay put!!

Musca hates stairs… / And then…Oh, that's right!

If I get caught, I should smile and greet them, // And say, “Good day. Do you know where the bathroom is?”

It’s perfect!

p.19
sfx: yawn
sfx: step, step, step

sfx: turn
Guard: Huh? Did someone just pass by?!
sfx: hide

Guard: …? / But there’s no place for a person to hide in here….

Musca: Oh…? / There’s a light! // I wonder if the “cadaver” is in there?

p.20

sfx: scuttle…
Guard 1: Looks like it found something.
Guard 2: -----On the other side.

p.21

Shimon: Are they the advance party for the Hokulea attack…?

Shingetsu: And just when actual winter is about to come, huh. / Soon, this area is going to be closed off by snow too.

Guard 1: There's no one here… / We can’t even see tracks…
Guard 2: …I truly apologize.

Guard 1: The thick herbs underneath the snow in this area / might have confused the little one's sense of smell.
Guard 2: …Shall we go back to the road for now and ask for some backup?

Guard 1: ------Where on earth is Prince Belca...?

Eco: Are they the knights from that time? / They got off their horses and came to search for us on foot? They don’t know when to give up, do they?

p.22

Eco: But what am I gonna do now? // If they’re looking for Belca, then that means they’re looking for me too…
(Coz I was the culprit after all…)

If there are checkpoints at the town gates… // Eco-tan will get caught because they already know how I look like!!

Shimon: Oh ♥ // I told you I'll protect you~~~~
Eco: No thanks!!!

Eco: Hey! Hey! Belca-tan!!! / Please take me with you! Think of it as helping me out. Pretty please?
(It's because of the guards and that homo!!)
Belca: I told you, I can’t...

Taihaku: He...hey, what's wrong!?
Saisei: You...

p.23

Saisei: You... You're that weird man from that time... / The friend that you wanted to rescue... // ...was Belca?

Eco: Yeah.

p.24

Saisei: Why didn't... / ...you tell us about Belca when you led us into the palace? // If we had known it was Belca then......

Tenrou: Hm? / So the one who led them into the palace was you, Eco?

Belca: ......

Eco: I didn't really "take you there"... / Didn't you threaten me into leading you into the palace? // And...do you think that I would tell the people who want to kill the royal family, that one of them is an acquaintance of mine?

p.25

Saisei: ......
sfx: pat
Taihaku: Perhaps a lot has happened but, / as it turned out, he was risking his life to save Belca. // Can't really blame him.

Taihaku: Well, we better get going. / And Eco-san...please try not to use words that might upset someone.
sfx: nod
Eco: Okay. I'm sorry.
Shingetsu: ......
Alright then... / From here on, we'll go on three separate directions.

p.26

Eco: Belca---! I'm scared of just the two of us traveling together! Please take me with you!!
Belca: You're still saying that?! You're gonna be fine. You'll manage somehow at the checkpoints...

Shingetsu: ----Wait.
Belca: Shingetsu...?

Shingetsu: Bard, / you could come along with us. // Of course...there's no guarantee that you could come back alive, just like what I told Belca.

Shingetsu: Rather than a hunted man, but as a traveler…
Belca: Wait...Shingetsu / What are you saying...
Shingetsu: …Wouldn’t it be better to risk your life for the sake of pursuing your goal?

p.27

Eco: -----Well, of course! / Shingetsu-san, I have always seen you as a person full of wisdom, like a fountain in the early morn, however... // To think, such a kind and warm heart is hidden underneath all that... Very much like an obscured moon...!

{Note: Shingetsu's name means "new moon", which is the lunar phase when the moon is not visible.}

Shingetsu: Let me go. // Alright then… Let’s hurry, / because it’s not going to be a quick and easy journey for both of you.

Belca: ……Shingetsu?

{End}

Translation: +C sword and cornett 25

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:11:09 +0000

p.1

Belca: Reitz I… killed Captain Rovisco who was originally the leader----

Then, he likened the natives of the land, the Hokulea, to mystical creatures from a “fairy tale”…and drove them away…?! / What on earth does that mean…?

Does that mean the history that we have been taught // was all a lie?

p.2

Eco: I’m not exactly sure… / Because it’s also possible that the author…just made up this story in order to slander the Hero King…Reitz I.

But the question is---- // If it’s just a story, / Is there a reason why Prince Hector went through all this trouble of hiding the pages in another book and entrusting it to you?

Kiliko: If we did not stop Prince Hector, // then… // this country would have probably been ruined.

Belca: Kiliko Lagen said… / If they didn’t stop Brother’s plans, this country probably would have been ruined…

He was probably talking about these records. // What do you think will happen if the public knew about this?

p.3

Eco: Er… // They might laugh and say that it’s just a story…?
Belca: Uhh…y…you really think so…?

Eco: Well, that’s… / what would happen under normal circumstances…

Eco: However, if Prince Hector would be the one to reveal these records… / the people would probably believe that it’s true.

Eco: It’s not difficult to imagine, / how great the threat Prince Hector was to the Elders.

Belca: …Brother // …Was this your trump card?!

p.4

Eco: Belca, are you all right? / You look kind of pale.

Eco: Let's rest up a bit, because we really haven't had enough sleep yet. // And you had to hear such a shocking story in that condition...
Belca: No, // It's all right. Let's continue our conversation.
Eco: Belca...

Belca: ....... / Come to think of it, you don't look very surprised about this.
Eco: Huh?
Belca: I wonder if all bards and scholars are like that.

p.5

Eco: Belca..., / you know, the truth is----
Shingetsu: Excuse me for interrupting.

Belca: Shingetsu! / Those clothes...
Shingetsu: Sorry for making you wait.

Shigetsu: It seems that the village elder and the priestess / would like to hear your story.

- - - - -

Musca: ---They've really given me quite the trouble this time!

p.6

Musca: I have to look for them!!

Musca: Because... // the maid and Seamrog are just lost!!

Musca: Ah----! // Someone's coming...I need to hide or else they'll take me back to my room!

Man: Count... Please wait! // Please refrain from going outside! / The monsters' carcasses are still...

Count: Yes, I know. / However... how should I say it…I'm a little uneasy.
Man: About what, sir?

p.7

Count: All of this started the moment Prince Orcelito became Crown Prince---- // It's like a curse, don't you think so?

Man: ! / I think that is a bit too much, Sir.

Count: Haha...I am only joking. You know I would never seriously think of something like that.
Musca: Did he just say something bad about Big Brother Orcelito...?
That rude man...I have to teach him some manners!!!

Guard: Hey! / What are you doing there?

p.8

Musca: Wh... What am I gonna do now? // I got caught...

Guard: Um... May I ask where you are from...? // The emblem on your hat is said to be the Hero King's beloved Star of Protection in voyages... / You must be from a noble family because you are wearing that...
Musca: Huh?

Guard: Hey! What's going on? / We'll soon be changing shifts.
Guard: Ah...it's because of this young master...
(He just came out of nowhere...)

Guard: Well...Perhaps it is all right to take a stroll outside... / But the windmill up ahead seems to be collapsing, so please don't go near it.

Musca: ...!!!
Young master...!?

Looks like they didn't recognize me...!!!
(But they thought I was a little boy...)

p.9

Guard: Hey, have you heard the rumor that Sir Kiliko had something moved into the Regia Solaris Palace...
Guard: Really!?
Guard: I heard it was as big as a cadaver.

Musca: Regia Solaris... // Big Brother Hector used to stay in that palace...
Guard: I don't wanna hear something disturbing like that!! // And your voice is too loud!!

Musca: Cadaver? / I wonder what that is. // I’ll have to follow them so I could ask about it.

Musca: I can't--- / catch up…with them--- // I really don't like stairs...
Guard: Hey--- // This isn't good... The blade is going to fall...

Musca: ...Huh? // I think I heard someone...

p.10

Guard: Uh-oh... / It's no good after all... // Hey...there wasn't anyone down there, right? Hurry up and check it!!!

Seamrog: Are you hurt?

p.11

Musca: Seam...rog...?

Musca: You dummy...! // Where have you been...!?

Seamrog: Well... / I was planning to escape, but... // the payment you gave me was too much.

Seamrog: So... // I think I'll stay a bit longer and work for you, Princess.

p.12

Elder: I see. // Prince Belca, your message has certainly been heard.

Elder: You are saying that the people of the Stone Capital will try to take the mountains away from us...

Elder: The Priestess said that we tried to put our hopes in Prince Hector's hands... / But the people of the Stone Capital do not want to be our allies.

p.13

Elder: So, you are telling us to flee from this valley... // and leave behind our homeland?

Belca: That is not what I meant! / As I said...the Crown Prince is sending the soldiers only to the crown territories. / ...That is why // you must leave this place for the time being and take everyone to safety----

Elder: Ever since ancient times, we have always lived in this valley, in these mountains. // We cannot survive away from the mountains.

p.14

Elder: We now know that the soldiers of the Stone Capital are on the move. // If the other villages find out that you are here, they might become suspicious so we must ask you to leave.

...However, / I am truly grateful because you put yourself in danger and personally came all the way here to inform us.

You must be tired from the journey. Please join the banquet and rest here for the night.

Tomorrow...I shall send some of the villagers to accompany you until you reach the road to the Stone Capital.

Belca: .... / Elder, // Lastly, may I ask about something?

Elder: What is it?

Belca: Rovisco... / and Tri Cantina... are you familiar with those names by any chance?

p.15

Elder: Are they visitors? Those names do not seem to be Hokulea. / Unfortunately, I have not heard of them before.

- - - - - -

Eco: I heard what you talked about. / I think we already did the best that we could. // The rest is up to the villagers now.

Belca: ----But all I did was just inform them, that's all.

Belca: If I am a prince... / then there must be something else that I can do... // Something more...

p.16

Eco: I'm afraid ... // there's nothing else we can do here...

Eco: A person's title does not hold any kind of mysterious power in itself. // Besides, we're not in the "Stone Capital"

You left the palace by yourself. So the only thing you can do now... is that, which you can do by yourself.

Say, Belca... / If it's okay, won't you come with me in my travels?

Belca: What...?

Eco: We'll go to different places, learn their traditions and sing about them... I think that kind of lifestyle isn't so bad.

And I think... // Orhaldi would be happy for you too, / even if you choose that kind of peaceful life.

p.17

Shimon: Sorry to keep you waiting ♥ // The banquet is ready!!

Shimon: Huh?

Shimon: Mr. Blondie!! It's been a while!!! // Please drink lots and lots tonight!!

Eco: Wh... Who are you?! / ...Rather, I want to drink with the ladies!!

Taihaku: Oh--- / Sorry but the ladies don't go near men from the Stone Capital...

Eco: You're kidding!? Didn't Prince Hector go out with a Hokulea!?
(Heeelp!)

Shimon: What do you mean by that!? You don't like me!?

(Belca: What banquet...?)

Tenrou: ---Belca

p.18

Tenrou: I've made arrangements so that he couldn't disturb you tonight---

Belca: Arrangements...?

Tenrou: You should rest well and sleep by yourself tonight.

Belca: Uh...alone? Why is that...?

Tenrou: Because you're exhausted. // And you look terribly pale. / You'll die in that condition---

Tenrou: Here. You should eat this. I packed the food from the banquet for you.
And here are your clothes. They're already dry.

Belca: It's alright...I'm not tired. // More importantly, we have to find a way to help the people here---

Shingetsu: Don't worry about it. Even though the Elder spoke that way, he will make sure to tell the villagers about the situation.

There may be a few who would choose to leave this land... but he probably would not stop them.

p.19

Tenrou: Also...Shingetsu and I will be leaving tomorrow to inform the High Priestess---
Belca: High Priestess? / Tenrou... who is that?

Tenrou: ...Oops

Shingetsu: ...She is the head of the priestesses who have loosely kept us Hokulea together. / She inherited the ancient bloodline...Her ancestors lived in the time when the people of the Stone Capital have not yet come to this land.
{sfx. Sigh}
No one except the Hokulea is supposed to know this, so please pretend you didn't hear that.

Tenrou: Th... that's right! Since the current situation does not concern only this village, // we'll ask the High Priestess to send messengers to the other villages as well...

Tenrou: So you don't need to worry! // Okay then...I'll come pick you up tomorrow.

p.20

Belca: I see... / It looks like they're going to see a very important person.

Belca: Hm...
I wonder if it's all right to think... / ...that this wasn't all for nothing...

That I came here... // ...and left him in those cold waters...

Belca: I guess... / I'm not hungry after all...
Even if I choose to go with Eco in his travels, /
For sure...Linna would never blame me for doing that.

p.21

Belca: Fried fish? / ...it's delicious...
But...

Fish from the roadside and seaside towns were also delicious. // He...bought all kinds of food for me...

I...
That's right... / I wanted to..

I want to...
...eat lots more, together with you...

p.22

I want to be the king's son after all--- // The king's son, who Linna risked his life for.

Belca: Wait a minute... Earlier, / Shingetsu said something about...

An ancient bloodline...
The High Priestess... // Perhaps she knows something about Azelprade...

I don't have the power // to move people through words like Brother, but...

Perhaps--- / If I can find out about the truth,

p.23

This could become… // A bargaining chip with Azelprade.

- - - - - -

Eco: No way… / We’re leaving already? // Eco-tan hasn’t slept at all last night...

Eco: Taihaku-tan…please carry me until we reach the roadside!
(Taihaku: I also wasn’t able to sleep yesterday!)

Taihaku: Can’t you see?! I have to carry the wounded to the neighboring village!

Tenrou: All right, let's go.

Tenrou: Shingetsu and I, Taihaku's group, and Belca's group, / All of us are headed in the same direction until the mountain pass.

Belca: Hey...
Tenrou: Hm? / What is it, Belca?

p.24

Belca: Could you… // …please let me meet the High Priestess too?

Eco: …”High Priestess”…?

Belca: Eco… I’m sorry but I can’t go with you. // I have to know if those records are true, no matter what.

Tenrou: ........
Shingetsu: My goodness… I told you not to tell anyone!

Shingetsu: …… / Belca, I realize that this also somehow concerns you. //
I would like to take you along with us, however…

p.25

Shingetsu: We cannot let outsiders know the way to the sacred land. // If you come with us, we can’t let you go back alive.

Belca: I understand.
Eco: Huh? / What are you guys talking about!?

Belca: But, // I won’t just stand by and let myself get killed.

p.26

Tenrou: Haha! / What’s up with this kid? He said the same thing Hector did! // What the heck, just let him come if he wants to. / At least until midway.

(Shimon: Hey--- What are you still doing there? / We’re gonna leave you behind, you know!)

Shingetsu: Oh alright, come along. / But the mountains are dangerous. // If that determination of yours is half-baked, you’ll probably just give up along the way and run back home.

Translation: +C sword and cornett 24

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:01:42 +0000

【for IEM 】

p.1

The person who kept the prisoners together... / ...was a prisoner himself on the ship, No.A-778-25.

A-778: Yo, // It's quite a storm out there, Captain.

A-778: What brings you down here in the prison quarters? // Did you come here to be eaten?
(Yawn---)

Captain: Prisoner A-778-25, and all of you... // Listen carefully.

p.2

Captain: This evening, the Syllogismos Accelerator Furnace went out of control... //
And because of that, our homeland, Tri Cantina―――is now gone.
Prisoners: !?

Captain: My duty was to take all of you to the island prison. / However,
Communications: We can't get through――― / We've lost all contact...
Captain: Now that the homeland is gone, the people on the island prison can no longer survive.

Shipmate: Where's the Captain?
Man: He hasn't come back yet! Let's believe in him and wait.

p.3

A-778: Hey...you're kidding, right? // That's...impos...

Captain: That is why I want you to choose now... // Do you want to be sent to that island prison and slowly die? / Or,

Rovisco: Work with us...and together risk our lives // in search for a place where we can survive.

p.4

A-778: Hey...

A-778: Are you sure you wanna remove our handcuffs, and collars too? Maybe an insect got into your brain or something? // Have you even thought of the possibility that we might kill you immediately and take over the ship?

Captain: Do you want to try it? // Let's see if you could move this Palme d'Or Class Walter ship, the "Azelprade".

(A-778: Uh...yeah, I think that's impossible..)

Captain: Right, what are your names by the way?
A-778: Huh? It's A-778-25...
Captain: Not that, your real name.

A-778: What? // Prisoners don't have such a thing. It's part of our sentence.

p.5

Captain: Prisoner numbers are difficult to remember. // If you don't have one...just choose any name you want.

A-778: A name, huh? Let's see--- // Reitz... / How about "Reitz the First"?

Captain: Ah, the Knight-King from the fairy tale. / The one who led the seven knights to save the Lady of Light from the Amontel monsters...
A-778: Poetic, isn't it? // I'm educated too, you know.

Captain: I'm Rovisco. / I look forward to working with you.

p.6

Then--- // Two weeks passed since the exiled fleet sailed from the home port Franche...

Reitz: Hey, Captain!!!

Rovisco: What is it Reitz!?
Reitz: We're surrounded by a damn horde of giant octopuses! // And there aren't any grenades left...

Shipmate: The main cannon can fire one more shot, but there are too many of them!
Shipmate: Captain, what are we gonna do?!

p.7

Rovisco: The neighboring country has not responded to our request for aid. //
And we are running low on fuel...That being the case,

Rovisco: All of you... / Are you willing to go along with my gamble?
Reitz: Gamble? What gamble...?

Rovisco: We sail to the edge of the world--- / and descend the waterfalls!!!

The exiled ship crew... and the surviving citizens of Tri Cantina--- /
The No.3 ship Azelprade, the lifeboat Quelle, and the research vessel Mermat.

p.8

[The three ships sailed to the edge of the world and descended the waterfalls,]

Reitz: Dammit!!!

Reitz: What did he say!? Suppress the impact of the fall through the cannon's blast and recoil!? // What the hell is he thinking, acting like he's the boss!?

[To that place where they say no one has ever returned from.]

p.9

And this was written in Rovisco's journal:

"I've forgotten that they were prisoners."

"I think," // "We might probably get along with each other---"

p.10

Belca: The story that Brother once told me ended there.

Eco: Do you want to know what happened next? // Orhaldi said that... / you didn't seem interested in it.

Belca: ---Yes.

Belca: If...this is the truth behind the founding of Azelprade, // ...then I want to know.

p.11

Belca: I... / ...have to know---

- - - - -

The world at the foot of the waterfalls... // ...was a peaceful place. A place that those on the ship never expected.

Prisoner: Whoa... / I've never seen a place with so many trees before.

Prisoner: Hey...Reitz. / We've now reached dry land. What are we gonna do now? // Are we gonna let the ship's crew live?

p.12

Reitz: Until we figure out if this place is heaven or hell... don't lay a finger on them. // Make sure you tell the others.

Reitz: ...Especially that doctor. We'll need that one in case something happens.

Prisoner: ...Maybe, // you're starting to like them?

Reitz: Who knows...

In that land, there lived the dark-skinned people, the Hokulea, // and the Concolor, whose features were not that different from the ship's crew.

p.13

The Hokulea are able to use a certain power unknown to the crew of the ship.

The Concolor revered the Hokulea and learned from their ways.

And so Rovisco and the others also started to learn from the Hokulea.

However,

There were also some in the crew who were against it.

Reitz: That Rovisco... What is he thinking...? // Mingling with those hideous creatures...

Rovisco: We're back. We have learned new things today.
Reitz: ...Rovisco
Rovisco: Reitz... you should come with us next time---

p.14

Reitz: They are, // Amontel!

Rovisco: Amontel? That's just a fairy tale. // The Hokulea are bit different from us. But it's because they are humans, / ---who have evolved.

Rovisco: And more importantly, how can we survive in this unfamiliar land? / It's by learning from those who came before us.

Reitz: Then what...? Be attacked from behind with that creepy power of theirs?

p.15

[And with that, / the crew was divided into two factions... ]

Reitz: If that's the case, then you people should just live near their village from now on. / We'll be staying in the ship.

[The pro-Hokulea group headed by Rovisco, / and the anti-Hokulea group led by Reitz. ]

- - - - -

Man: Captain! / I don't think it's a good idea to go near them! Recently, they've been causing trouble around here. // ...Captain!! Please wait!!

Rovisco: Reitz... Winter is coming. / It will be cold inside the ship. Won't you come and take shelter from the wind and snow in our homes, at least for the winter?

Reitz: ......

p.16

Reitz: Hey... Rovisco

Reitz: I've been thinking... // I was born in a damned place... and lived a damned life. / I thought that God abandoned me right from the very beginning...
Rovisco: The captain's room is wrecked... / What on earth---?

Reitz: But... that's not the case. // God... led me all the way here, / in order to grant me this land.

p.17

Rovisco: Hey...Reitz! Get a hold of yourself! // There are no such things as gods!!

Reitz: You're wrong. They do exist. / We conquered the Great Waterfalls, and we're here right now...you and me.

Reitz: Everybody else says so, right? They say it's god's miracle.

Reitz: Hey, Rovisco. / You have everything, don't you? // Popularity, position, power...and women too.

p.18

Reitz: ...That's why, / ...you wouldn't mind, right?

Ship crew: Captain, are you finished with your conversation? / It's already sunset so we've come to pick you up---

p.19

Reitz: The miracle of god that you performed, / I'll take it for myself.

[And so the long holy war began.]

[The Hero King, Reitz I, took the sword and freed the land from the Amontel, / who were the descendants of the Evil Deity.]

[Thus it was written as the history of the founding of the kingdom of Azelprade.]

p.20

Guard: Hold it tight and then pull! That weird sludge will ooze out if the ropes snap!

[Royal Prefecture---Neue Favrille]

(But it's already oozing out...)

Guard: Get the waterwheel out of the way first!! / If that gets damaged, we're the ones who will have to fetch the water from underground!!

- - - - -
Woman: Your Royal Highness, Princess Musca, // All of us... / have been waiting for your safe return.

Woman: We are the replacements of the former servants. // We are pleased to be in your service.

Musca: What...?

p.21

Musca: Hey, where's my maid? / Hasn't she come back yet?
Woman: It appears that the previous maid was held responsible for what happened in Florel, hence she was relieved of her duties.

Musca: I...I haven't heard anything about that!! Even though she's my maid... / And what did you mean by held responsible...?
Woman: ...Even if you ask me, I do not know anything about it.

Musca: ...And what about Seamrog!? / Is he gone!? // There were monsters in the castle...then Seamrog---...

Woman: Ah, that commoner who saved your life. I hope that they find him safe and sound but... // since they have not found him yet, then the "watchdogs" probably...
(Musca: You're wrong! Seamrog is my knight...)

p.22

Musca: I hate you!! / I don't need a new maid!!
Woman: Princess!!

Musca: Leave me alone!!

Woman: Princess...A lot has been going on. It can't be helped. / It will be a problem if you do not let at least one maid to attend to you. // Please don't give me a reason to get angry!

Musca: I'm the one who's angry right now!!! / You mean snake lady!!!

Musca: Just as I thought...it's strange...

Musca: There's something strange about the castle...

p.23

Musca: My maid, / And Seamrog, and the monsters...I don't know what's going on...

Musca: They won't even let me see Big brother Orcelito, or the Commoner.

Musca: Fine then! / I'll find out for myself. // It's okay because I'm still taking a break from being a lady!!!

I'll put on my training clothes...and ride the horse that Big Brother Hector gave me! / It'll be easier to move around this way.
(Although, I haven't worn this before because I look like a boy.)

Woman: Geez... / What is that child's problem!?

p.24

(Musca: It's the mean snake lady!!!)
Woman: I wonder if she knows... / that the maid was executed because she ran away from Florel...

Guard: Be careful not to become like her.
Woman: Of course I'll be careful! I won't let myself get killed! / I'll use Sir Lagen's drug or whatever it takes to do my job well!

Musca: ----Huh?

Musca: No way... / What is she talking about...?

Musca: My maid just got lost on her way back here! / And Seamrog too... // If I look for those two, I'm sure I'll be able to find them!!

{text}
The truth that surrounds Musca...

Translation: +C sword and cornett 23

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:36:38 +0000

【for IEM】

p.1

Linna: I have been... / a heavy burden to you.

The truth is, // I only wanted to bring you to a place, // where you could bask in the warm sunshine.

p.2

Crow: Your Highness, // Why are you running away? / We have come to save you.

p.3

Belca: A gate...!? // Is it locked!?

Belca: I must give the letter... // to Shingetsu and the others no matter what!

Crow: ...What is that? // I see something written on it...Is it a telegram?

Crow: Don’t tell me... You don’t have an acquaintance... // ...among the Amontel, right?
Belca: Dammit... what should I do?

Belca: ...Huh? // What's that sound...?

p.4

Crow: Guh... my eyes... // Why are the gates opening!?

Belca: Now's our chance. / Hey... Can you run?
Saisei: ... / Huh?
Belca: I'll try to hold him off. Take this... Hurry...

Saisei: Is it all right for me to go!? // O... / Okay...

p.5

Crow: I... // won't… // let you!

Belca: Don't kill him---　Sto...

Crow: You’re finished! // Die! All of you monste...

p.6

Crow: ...”Sir Linna” // How did you get here---?

Linna: Well, // there were various equipment in the watergate's control room...

p.7

Belca: Linna...!? // You're… // safe---!
Linna: ...Your Highness! // Sorry for making you worry...

Belca: You idiot! // That's supposed to be my line!

- - - - -

Linna: ... The underground waterways?

p.8

Eco: Yup. // The guys who took Belca will probably escape through there.

Eco: Kiliko Lagen and the others would probably close the watergates as soon as they realize that possibility. // That's why... / I need you to somehow keep the watergates open, then we'll go and save Belca!

Eco: Meanwhile, I'll steal a horse and pick you up at the watergates... Orhaldi, // I want you to save Belca while Lagen's men are busy fighting the Hokulea.

Linna: ...Are we going to take His Highness away from the palace?
Eco: You don't like the idea?

p.9

Eco: Because, you know...Belca agreed to do whatever they ask him to do, // In exchange for your safety... // And about those books...

Linna: ...... // How about if we let His Highness decide if he wants to leave the castle or stay behind? // Would that be all right?

- - - - -

Crow: Sir Linna Dzintars.

p.10

Crow: Noble sir...I truly admire your loyalty to His Highness, Prince Belca.

Crow: As you can see...the Prince is safe. / Please put away your sword...and if you two would kindly come over here.

Linna: Your Highness, // If I may... Please come a little closer.

(whisper)
Linna: Sir Eco will be arriving soon on that road with a horse. // If you wish, you could leave the royal prefecture...

Linna: I shall stay with you, wherever you wish to---
Belca: Linna,

p.11

Belca: Please, // Take this kid and get out of here.

Belca: And... // give the message to the Hokulea---

Linna: ...... // Yes, Your Highness. / As you wish.

Belca: Hey, // Kid, lend me your knife.

Crow: ...Your Highness!? // What are you thinking...?

p.12

Belca: You will let them go... // You in the black uniforms! / Step back to the other side of the watergate.

Crow: Master...is this all right!?
Master: He is Prince Orcelito's brother after all... // Lutz will return any minute now. / We’ll leave it to him.

p.13

Belca: ...Good. // With this---

Belca: ...Huh?

p.14

Linna: Your... Highness...

Linna: tch…

Aaah...

p.15

Lutz: Someone did open the watergates...

Lutz: ...Well, I've already lowered the lattice so, / I'll go and check what's going on down there.

- - - - -

Belca: ...... // Owww...

Linna: Your Highness, / Are you hurt?
Belca: ...I'm all right. / Thanks Linna...You saved me...
(The water's just a bit cold...)

p.16

Belca: ...Wha...

p.17

Crow: ...tch

Belca: Wh... // What is this!?

Belca: Dammit... // It won't budge...
Linna: ―Your Highness

Belca: Linna... / I'm gonna get this thing off you, okay?
Linna: ...Your Highness

Linna: I am...very...sorry, // it turned...out this way... // ...Your Highness...would have to...go to them...in person // You can...make it, if... you go now... // Sir Eco will... be here soon...

p.18

Crow: ---Your Highness, Prince Belca / As of the moment, my subordinates are on the way here. // We will treat Sir Linna's wounds immediately, so please do not move from there.

Linna: Your Highness... Please hurry, // I will... be fine―
Belca: What are you saying...? // I can't leave you behind...

Linna: ...Your Highness, // You are...the King's son.

p.19

Linna: If the...Hoku...lea are...people...Then, they are... also the King's people... / You should...protect them.
Belca: ...You're wrong!!

Belca: You are... // the only person who thinks of me as the king's son!!!

Belca: I never was a 「prince」... // But,

Belca: Because you treated me as a prince... / That's why I began to think of myself as a prince. // Ever since that time...in the cave

p.20

Belca: Because of one, // and only one person in this country, because of you.

Linna: That is...not true... / I am... not the... only one... // who cares for you... and thinks that you are important...

Linna: Please... / save... everyone...

p.21

Eco: Belca---!

Crow: Their companion / is coming...

Linna: Your Highness
Belca: What is it?

Linna: For the last time, // would you please... allow me... // ......a kiss?

Belca: Don't say "last"...! // No! I won't allow...you...to leave me behind...
Linna: Please...

p.22

Linna: Please... // let me...swear, // my...eternal...pledge / of...loyalty---
Belca: ......

Belca: Do as you wish.

p.23

Linna: Even if...I am not...at your side, // ...I will...always... / ...be with you...Your Highness...

p.24

Eco: Belca... // Orhaldi......!!!

Eco: I can't stop because they're coming after me... // ...Come up by the road side!!!

Belca: ---Let's go. / You can walk, right?

Crow: ...Lutz, // Stop them.

p.25

Lutz: ...Please turn back, // Your Highness.

Belca: ...I refuse.

Lutz: In that case, // Please be prepared to get hurt a little.

p.26

Lutz: ----What? // Can't get it off...

Crow: This guy is still...

Saku: Haha... // I stopped the 「monster」. // Feels...good.

Eco: Belca!!

p.27

Eco: I see... // Orhaldi is, // not coming...

p.28

Tenrou: Hm― / We're really in a hurry. If you wanna pick a fight, can we do it some other time?
(We're gonna let you croak, ya know?)

Man: N...no...!! Take our money and our horse...please...just spare us...!!!

Tenrou: Horse?

Man: Dammit― And we thought that this was our chance, because they said that hunting Amontel will be prohibited soon~~
(My clothes got ripped!!)

Shingetsu: ... // Hey... Tenrou

Shingetsu: Look over there.
Tenrou: ―Huh?

p.29

Eco: What are we going to do? The guards... We can't easily shake them off after all...
(Ah― those winter coats look so warm...)

Eco: And Belca's soon gonna reach his limit...

Guard: ...Alright, we're catching up with them. // Go around and cut them off!

p.30

Guard: Damn... / They also had companions waiting for them outside...

Eco: Arrows...? // But who... Where did it come from...?

Tenrou: ---Hey

p.31

Eco: You guys...

Tenrou: We thought we recognized some familiar faces... // That was a close call back there!

Shingetsu: ...... / It appears that some of our kin have been quite rash and caused you trouble. // I'm sorry.

p.32

Eco: Um, let's... // ...talk later.

Shingetsu: Are you confident with riding on horseback? / From here on... it's going to be a bit dangerous, but if we get past the mountain, there'll be a forest path.

Eco: I'll be alright but, // Belca is...

Tenrou: Belca! // Did something happen? That big guy isn't with you today?

Belca: ...It's alright.

Belca: Because Linna promised, / that he'll always be here.

p.33

Belca: That's why... // I... // can be a 「prince」... // from now on.

Belca: ―Let's go.

p.34

Musca: Seamrog, // Seamrog ― !

Musca: Where could he be...? // How embarrassing for a knight to be lost...

Musca: Oh, it's fine...I can go by myself to the upper levels! / And maybe my maid has already come back. // Oh no! It's the guards! (They'll take me back to my room if they find me!)

Guard: It's an emergency! Someone send a messenger to the upper levels! / We can't let this get out to the public...send someone we can trust.
Guard: What happened? What is it this time?

Guard: An urgent news came... / The Kuklant trail... in the southern vicinity... // Symptoms of the great plague have been reported―!

{end}

Translation: +C sword and cornett 22

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:05:32 +0000

【for IEM】

p.2

Eco: It's been a long time, Nathanael.
Just as I thought.

Eco: Oh... / That's right. You’re called Kiliko now.

Kiliko: Francesco
Eco: Shall I give it to you? // Such a trivial thing.
Kiliko: What are you doing here?

p.3

Adine Guard: Sir...Francesco? // The one who ran away from home in the past...?

Kiliko: You no longer have a place to return to... // I will be the successor of the House of Lagen.

Eco: Huh? // Haven't I told you? I don't have any business with that house anymore.

Eco: A House bound by the archives of Rovisco, // ...like a golem that couldn't move at all.

p.4

Kiliko: Seize him!! / He's not a palace guard... He's the mastermind of the incident that happened the other day!
Adine Guards: Ye... / Yes, Sir!!

Eco: Waaah!!! // Eco-tan isn't good at fights!!!

Eco: ―Hm? // I think they’ll be here any time now...

p.5

Kiliko: Wha...

Kiliko: What is this!?
Adine Guard: Earl Kiliko! / It's dangerous, please stay back!

Kiliko: Impossible... / The watchdogs of the waterways...!?

p.6

Eco: Buh-bye Nathanael // Let's meet again some time♥

Kiliko: The watchdogs were created by the Lagen family using the technology recorded in the Rovisco documents. / They are the main protection of the castle.
Kiliko: But why...?

Kiliko: Wait...Francesco! // What are you planning to do!?

Eco: Waaaah! / A monster!!!

p.7

Guard: According to reports... They suddenly appeared from the first level sewage entrance... // But we couldn’t confirm it since the vicinity has collapsed into the waterways!!

Guard: Not just the Amontel... but this too! // Why did this happen on the day of the investiture's celebration...?

Noble: I’m getting out of here! Quickly open this door!!! //
Noble: Me too! Hurry and prepare the coach, I’m leaving...

Guard: Everyone... It is dangerous!! Please return to the basement citadel!!
Guard: Right now, // we cannot open the gates leading to the other levels!

Linna: Is this the commotion, // that Sir Eco was talking about?

p.8

Linna: This is... such a massive scale.

Linna: And... where did such monsters come from...

Linna: Should I go and help them...?

Guard: It is dangerous outside!!! // Please hurry to the basement citadel...!

Noble: A common soldier would dare defy a noble?! // Let us through!!!
Linna: However...

Linna: If I was given only one choice

p.9

Linna: Then that choice would have… // ...already been decided right from the beginning!

- - - - -

Kiliko: Do not be afraid! Tell the guards that the watchdogs are vulnerable to light. They will soon weaken... / And, open the chemicals storage room. Smear the blades with cantharis and arzenica.
Guard: Yes Sir!

Kiliko: ...... The watchdogs?

p.10

Kiliko: The watchdogs live in the waterways where light does not reach. If they are exposed to the sun they will go on a rampage because of the brightness.

Francesco worked with the researchers of Lagen family since childhood. // So there's no reason why he wouldn't know this...

Or perhaps letting the watchdogs out of the waterways was just too easy.
Kiliko: If... / the Amontel attack or the watchdogs’ rampage was instigated by him....

Which is the goal...and which is the diversion...? // Or perhaps, it’s both?

p.11

Musca: Hey---

Musca: What are they doing outside? Could you open the door please!?
(Seamrog: This is tasty...)

Guard: Sorry “princess”. // How many times do I have to tell you that I can’t open the door.

Musca: Hey Seamrog! I hear weird noises outside!!
(Musca: I don’t like that man.)
Seamrog: You’re right...
Musca: I want to go check and see what’s going on!

Seamrog: Well...what do I do now? With all this commotion, this is my chance to escape, but.....
Seamrog: I understand how you feel but, // a lady refrains from doing things that are dangerous.

p.12

Musca: It's okay, // because you know what...

Musca: I’m still… // taking a break from being a lady.

(Seamrog: Taking a break...?)

Seamrog: ...Okay, roger that. // If that's the case then.....

Seamrog: Hey you!! / Guard!!!
Seamrog: The princess says she has a stomachache!! Hurry! We have to take her to the doctor!!!

p.13

Belca: ...What the...? // I can hear someone talking... // Hokulea language?

Belca: Where...am I? It's so dark.

Belca: Oh right... // The foxes’ cave... they’re hiberna――

p.14

Belca: No,

Belca: This isn’t the foxes’ cave!

Belca: Let me go... / You terrorists!!!

p.15

Belca: What the... / water?

Belca: Is this...the castle's waterways? They say that monsters live here. //
I see... so this is how they infiltrated the castle...

Saku: You're awake? / ...Perfect. You'll die soon.

Saku: Taihaku, it’s fine, right? // I'm gonna pitch this kid's head and throw it to the castle.

Taihaku: Saku... // I told you, we ask his name first.

p.16

Saku: Ask his name…!? / What the hell did we come here for!?
Saku: It's to let them know that the Hokulea are not insects that they can just hunt down on their whims...

Saku: And, // to punish them for tainting the blood of the Kannagi!
{TL note: Kannagi - a maiden consecrated to a deity; a shaman, priestess, or oracle.}

Saisei: He's right, Taihaku... / The day Tsukishiro returned, we swore to take revenge on them, didn’t we?
Gyokuto: That's right... because of them...the bloodline of the Kannagi of the village has died out.

Saisei: At this rate...if the village is going to perish, then we should at least fight back. / Didn't we swear to teach the Stone Capital the pain of losing someone they need to protect!?

Belca: ......

p.17

Belca: Hey, / I want to ask you something... Is there anyone with you who can understand me?

Hokulea: ...?

Saisei: Taihaku...I don't... // ...understand what he's saying---

Saisei: ......Ah!

p.18

Hokulea: -----What the

Belca: No way... // Is he dead...? But how-----?

Saisei: Run towards the end of the passage! / There's something in here... It's not that giant creature. It's much faster...

Saisei: Wait a minute... / What about Gyokuto?

p.19

Taihaku: He's gone now. Quickly, go now!!!

Saisei: Tch... / You too, come with us!

Belca: ...Wha

......!

p.20

Crow: Your Highness... Please close your eyes for a while. // We shall exterminate the monsters.

Belca: Those clothes... That night in Sana… // They're the ones who chased us!

Belca: I see...so that was him. / The one we saw at the cathedral...he’s one of Kiliko Lagen's men.
Belca: ……

Belca: ...Is Orcelito, // and Linna alright?

p.21

......?

Saku: Didn't they...come to save this noble one...?

Crow: Yes... / Both of them are safe.
Crow: Prince Orcelito was not hurt.... and Sir Linna's wound is not serious.

Belca: ...I see.

Belca: Very well then--- take them as prisoners... let them be judged according to the law. / There's no need to kill them. // You're pretty strong… It shouldn’t be much of a problem for you.

Crow: ...Unfortunately, // Only people can be judged according to law.

p.22

Belca: ...But the Hokulea... // ...ARE people!

Taihaku: Hokulea...?
Saku: How does he know that name...?

Crow: That issue does not concern us. / ...Lott
Lott: Sir.

Crow: Secure the prince.

p.23

Crows: !!!

Crow: The watchdogs! Why did they have to show up now!?

Belca: Wha... what is this?
Saku: Come, noble...or else you'll be devoured!!

Crow: Wait!

Crow: I said wait, you bastards!!!

p.24

Hokulea: It looks like... // we lost them...

Belca: ...Dammit / It's too dark. I can't see anything... // Plus, I don't understand what they're saying...

Belca: ...Isn't there usually someone like Shingetsu and Tenrou who I could talk to...? // What am I supposed to do now!?

Saku: Shingetsu... // and Tenrou?

Taihaku: He knows the siblings... // and...he called us Hokulea.

p.25

Taihaku: Are you... Belca?

Belca: ....Huh?
Belca: 'Shingetsu'... 'Tenrou'... and then he said 'Belca'...

Saisei: Belca...? You mean the prince who the folks from neighboring village were talking about? / Surely, he must have been just an impostor pretending to be the prince. // But, if there's a slightest chance that he is the prince...they also may be trying to kill him, like Hector.

Taihaku: Belca...risked his life to save our comrades---to save the Kannagi.
Taihaku: Perhaps... he's the acquaintance of Shingetsu and the others?
Taihaku: If we hurt him, we would lose our pride as Hokulea.
Taihaku: If he is, // then perhaps...

p.26

Belca: I...

Taihaku: ...There might still be a way to save them somehow.

Belca: I am... / Belca.

Taihaku: We apologize. // We didn't know... / ...that we were about to hurt an ally of ours.

p.27

Taihaku: ---And, / Ah! // I forgot, you don't understand what we're saying.

Saisei: Belca, what are you doing? / Your finger is bleeding. Did you cut yourself?

Belca: A letter...
(I'm writing on a ribbon though.)
Belca: I want you to give this to Shingetsu or Tenrou.

Belca: Or...anyone in your village who can read this. // With this, I can warn them about Orcelito's plan.

Saku: ...... / Here they come.
Saisei: What? // You're kidding? I don't sense their presence.

p.28

Taihaku: Tch... // Who's the monster now...!?

p.29

Saku: Saisei, run through there! Taihaku and I will hold them off. / You'll reach the exit soon.

Belca: But the letter isn't finished yet---

Crow: ...What are you doing, // Your Highness?

Crow: Communicating with the Amontel... // Please do not give us any reason to suspect you.

p.30

Belca: Ah...!
Saku: You should go too...Belca.

Saku: The cloth that you were holding earlier...Do you want us to give it to the siblings? / I'm not sure I understand but...finish whatever you were writing and give it to Saisei. You can trust him with it.

Saku: ...Also, / Because of you, my younger brother was finally able to return to the village. // Thanks a lot!

p.31

Belca: ......

Crow: Go on, run. // You won't be able to escape anyway.

Saisei: Hey...Come on! // You can't see where you're going, right?

Saisei: The waterways' exit is right after the turn up ahead... // So hurry and finish what you were writing then give it to me.

Saisei: What the...?

p.32

Belca: What's wrong...? // I can't see very well...

Saisei: The way... // is blocked...

p.33

Guard: We have just confirmed the signal from the first level. / It appears that the blades smeared with the chemicals worked. // They are driving the watchdogs away!!

Guard: We shall continue to keep the water gates shut.
Guard: Do not open the wooden & lattice gates unless His Excellency gives permission!
Guard: Yes, sir!

Guard: Hm?
Linna: You, guard...open this door!!

Linna: It's an urgent message from Sir Kiliko. // I would like to speak to you immediately.

Guard: Did you just say “Sir Kiliko”? Who do you think you are!?

p.34

Linna: ...Oh, / So only his closest attendants call him by that name...?

Guard: Wh... // why you...!

Guard: What the… // He's strong...

Linna: ...phew. // It's a good thing their stance is similar to Sana's.

p.35

Linna: Now, // I will be able to save His Highness. // Please.... // Please be safe...

{End}

Translation: +C sword and cornett 21

Mon, 24 May 2010 12:33:45 +0000

☆ Thanks to kn1r and zerocharisma^^

{for IEM}

p.1

Belca: The terrace on the other side... // I saw something…a long thin reflection…

{Left side text}
The events occurring during the ceremony...

Linna: Your Highness, where are you going?
Belca: I'm gonna take a look.

Belca: Someone might be trying to take advantage of the ceremony to set some kind of trap...

p.2

Finally, the celebration of the Crown Prince's investiture...。
However, trouble brews behind the scenes―。

p.3

Belca: Hokulea...?

Crow: Please keep quiet Your Highness, Prince Belca.
Belca: This man― // Sometimes I see him inside the castle... He's one of Kiliko Lagen's men.

p.4

Crow: Please go back to your seat without disturbing the ceremony, // and without being noticed.
Belca: But... // I think I've seen him somewhere else...

Belca: Wait... Explain what just happened!!
Crow: I shall explain later, // because I have to take care of this first...And, there is an urgent matter I have to investigate.

Belca: Wait a minute! // Where did he come from――・・・

Crow: Your Highness, please behave and remember what Sir Kiliko said. // It will also “make things easier” for us.

Belca: ...... // Let's go back, Linna.
Linna: ―Yes...Your Highness...

p.5

Guard 1: More security personnel have been stationed at the entrance and exit. // There are no signs of Amontel in the vicinity of the cathedral as of this time.
Guard 2: Roger that. // But how were those filthy creatures able to enter the castle grounds?

Guards: How could the gods allow such creatures to exist? // It would be better off if every last one of them were exterminated.

- - - - -

Linna: Your Highness... // With all due respect... I think that we should inform them about the plans for the concentration camp...
Belca: I know― / But it’s―

p.6

Belca: Hokulea!? // Not again...

p.7

Hokulea: Alright, / on my signal... right above the 「prince」 // We'll show them.

Belca: Are they with the Hokulea we saw a while ago...!?
Cleric: Ah!
Belca: I'll borrow this.

Guard: Amontel...Don't tell me they came from the roof skylight!?
Hokulea: We are... // ...not that powerless!
Guard: Damn! // We’re not going to make it...!!

p.8

Amontel: Tch.......

Orcelito: Ah.... // Bel...

Belca: ...... // Linna!! Take care of Orcelito!!
Linna: ...Yes Your Highness...!!!

p.9

Guard: It's Prince Belca......!! / Alright, // Now's our chance... protect the Crown Prince!!

Hokulea: I won't― // ―let you!!!

Belca: ...Linna!! // What happened...Are you oka―――

p.10

Linna: Your... // Your Highness...!!!

Guard: Mr. Representative, this way please...! We must stop the bleeding!

Hokulea: Heh… // Good work, Taihaku.

p.11

Hokulea: Uh-oh.

Guard: ―Stop right there.

Guards: From here on, you will have to get through us. // If you value your lives, drop your weapons and surrender!

Guard: It's all right now Your Highness, Crown Prince. This way, please, to the other chamber―・・・

Orcelito: Wa... wait... // Belca’s still...

p.12

Hokulea: I have no idea what they're saying. // Well…perhaps they're telling us we're going to die here.

But we were already prepared for that right from the start. //

That prince, and you people as well.... / We will take you with us to the bitter end.

―Wait

This hair piece... Evidently this child is also a member of the royal family. / We will take him with us and return to the waterways.

What?!

p.13

Hokulea 2: Don’t tell me you’re scared!? / I don’t care any more if I don’t get out of here alive…

Hokulea 1: We will retreat for now.

Hokulea 1: Even if you people do not know what I’m saying, you understand don't you? // If you take one more step, this noble’s head comes off.

Linna: Let me go! You can stop the bleeding later!!
Guard: Sorry, but we can't do that!!!

...... // We cannot let the Hero King's blood be shed―

...His Highness, Prince Belca...

p.14

Guard: Damn those monsters... // They're making a fool out of us!

Guard: At this range, I could aim for those monsters... // But they've still got that troublemaker as a hostage... Perhaps just a scratch on him wouldn't hurt...

Guard: The Crown Prince has already taken shelter. We shall now take you to the doctor, Mr. Representative...

Linna: Wait! I must save His Highness...
Guard: What are you talking about? It's impossible in your current condition!

p.15

Mysterious Guard: You fools!!!

Mysterious Guard: You would dare fire a crossbow to retrieve the descendant of the Hero King? // Here…inside the cathedral!?

I know you cannot forgive those evil creatures, but you must lower your weapons!!

Guard: ―We... // We apologize...!!

Linna: Your Highness! // Your High... // ...

Guard: ...Huh? // Who was that? // Haven't seen him before... Maybe he's the leader of a different platoon?
(Weird…he looked a bit too flashy.)

Sfx: *sneak*

p.16

Seamrog: This is just great―

Musca: Hey― // Seamrog―

Musca: Why won’t they let us out of this room even if I’m the princess?

Seamrog: We're stuck.
(This is sooo uncomfortable...)

Musca: I'm worried about that meanie bar... Um, I mean 「maid」.

Seamrog: Huh? // Princess... I thought you didn't like him.

Musca: Yup, I don't like him. (I really don't.)

But, // I don't want him to get killed.

p.17

Guard: Um... // 「Princess」!

Musca: What is it?

Guard: There's a bit of a problem... // Before you meet with the palace guards, could you move somewhere else for the moment?

Seamrog: Problem? What happened?

(whisper)
Guard: Uh... actually, // there were Amontel who appeared in the cathedral.

Guard: They're probably the same Amontel who appeared earlier today... But it's still unclear how they infiltrated the palace. //
Seamrog: 「How they infiltrated the palace」?
Guard: For now, the princess must go to the nearest citadel at the basement of the castle ramparts...

Seamrog: It couldn’t be―

p.18

Doctor: I've finished the stitches. // I'll go and get some more painkillers. Could you put some pressure on it while I’m gone? //
Mysterious Guard: Roger!

Linna: Let me out of here! // I have to go...

Mysterious Guard: What are you talking about? // That's a serious wound you got there, you know?

Linna: I don't care about that! I have to rescue Prince Belca! // He was taken by the Amontel...

Mysterious Guard: Yup, yup. That IS serious...

Mysterious Guard: But it's Belca. // So I don't think he'll be killed that easily!

p.19

Linna: ...Huh? // Sir Eco!! You are safe! Uh...those clothes...
Eco: Hehe, does it suit me? // I borrowed it from the guards.

Eco: So, about the plan... // I'm about to cause a commotion...

Eco: While I do that, // I'd like you to do me a favor――

p.20

Crow: It looks like they already closed all the gates. / Heavily-equipped guards have also been deployed in each level.

Crow: With this, the Amontel will be trapped in the second level, Master.

Crow Master: No... // The Amontel were able to climb the roof of the cathedral and were strong enough to break through the skylight that easily. // Don't think of them as normal humans.

Palace guards: To the other side! Work with the third platoon and take the rear. // The tides will turn soon!!

Crow Master: Leave it to the palace guards to take care of matters here... Let's go, Lott, Lutz.

Crows: ...Yes, Master.

p.21

Hokulea: Taihaku, why did you take that kid as a hostage? // Turning back wasn't part of the plan in the first place...
Taihaku: There's something that’s been bothering me... We'll talk about it later.

Taihaku: Here they come.

Guards: Return the Prince to us quietly....

Guards: If you do that, // you will be given amnesty and we will overlook what has happened today.

p.22

Hokulea 1: So they think they can stop us with this?

Hokulea 2: No wait...look carefully.

Hokulea: There are more of them behind us. / And, there are archers standing by the windows of the building on the left... // They probably lured us here on purpose.

Guards: Prepare Arlon's poison smoke from the drug storage. // We'll bombard them... / when the direction of the wind changes.

Guard: ―What was that?

p.23

Guard: Wha… / what’s that sound...? // It’s coming from the lower level.

Hokulea: What’s going on...? A landslide!?

p.24

Guard: Wha― // What are those...

Guard: It can't be... // The 「watchdogs」...?

Taihaku: I don't know what's going on but, // Now's our chance to get out of here!!!

Uwaah!

p.25

Guard: Don't... // Don't let them get away... After them!! Archers, stop them...!

- - - - -

Guard: Sir Kiliko...where are you going?

Kiliko: I'm going back to see Prince Orcelito for now. // I have to report to him about what happened to Prince Belca...

Guard: Alright, Sir.

Kiliko: You over there! What do you think you're doing? Regular guards are not allowed to enter the drug storage―・・・

Kiliko: Hey― Why you... / Stop right there!!!

p.26

Eco: Owww! / Let go of me! That hurts!
Eco: Just kidding. / Ahaha. // It's been a long time, Nathanael.

Kiliko: Why... / What are you doing here?

Eco: Oh... // That's right...you're called Kiliko now.

{End}

Translation: +C sword and cornett 20

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:42:40 +0000

☆ Thanks kn1r and zerocharisma for proofreading!!

【 for IEM 】

p.2

{Left side box}
Inside Hector’s book….

Belca: Brother's book…

The page is actually 2 pages stuck together, and it looks like something’s written inside!!

I saw it when I held it against the light… //
I hope it peels off properly..

Guard: What’s that book? Is that the one from Prince Hector’s private study?
Those two reading a porn book…how embarrassing.

p.3

Linna: This is…

…ancient writing?

I have not studied it… // I only know that the ancient language is read from right to left

Belca: “To…towa heseru” // “Zemuriya…raika”

Linna: You can read it!?

Belca: Not really… I don’t understand this ancient language stuff but, // …When I was little, Brother showed this part to me.

Linna: ---- Prince Hector did!?

p.4

{flashback}
Young Belca: Big brother… is this some kind of writing? I don’t understand it at all…
Young Hector: Looks weird doesn’t it? // But you know, this is a story book...

{written on the map}
[Edge of the ocean (Great Waterfalls)]
[The Great Ocean]
[Azelprade Kingdom]

Belca: It is said that, to the far west of Azelprade… // …there’s a great waterfalls at the edge of the ocean, right? // The story is about a crew of a ship from an unknown country beyond it.

Linna: There is a country… // …beyond the edge of the ocean?

p.5

Belca: There was a man named Rovisco, and he was the captain of a large ship… // One time, he set sail with many passengers on his ship. But those passengers were murderers and criminals who were exiled from their country…

Some time after they set sail, // they suddenly lost contact with their country.

Linna: …Somehow, it doesn’t seem like an interesting story that a child would listen to. //
Belca: No…not really...

Belca: In the middle of the ocean, // they encountered many dangers, and so Rovisco and the criminals had to work together to face it.

And… they ate giant octopuses // and giant squids…
(Linna: Ah, and I suppose there was quite a lot of fighting before they ate them…)

p.6

Belca: This brings back old times…I wonder if this is what Brother wanted to show me. // Let's look at the other two books later.

Linna: But… Your Highness, don’t you think it’s strange for a mere story to be written in the ancient language?

Perhaps this is some kind of record of what happened in the past… //

Belca: What are you talking about? It’s just make-believe. // How could there be a country beyond the waterfalls?

----Wait a minute…

Now that I think about it… The ship’s captain and his passengers… // lost contact with their country. // That’s right… because it was destroyed. // That’s the reason why everyone worked together in order to survive---

p.7

Linna: Your Highness…

If I may speak… // Maybe the hidden pages are Prince Hector’s message after all.

Perhaps he wanted to pass this on to you… // and entrust to you the things he learned…

Linna: Let's also investigate the other two books! If we could use it with discretion, we can discuss with Prince Orcelito. And about Sir Eco too…

Belca: No.

Linna: Wha--

Belca: We don't need to discuss this with Orcelito.

Linna: But... Sir Eco is...

p.8

Belca: This book is just a book… it’s only a story. // I think it’s better to leave it that way.

Linna: … Your Highness..

----Could you, // …not trust me?

Belca: What are you talking about? That has nothing to do with this. // I know how good you are…

Linna: ….

p.9

Noble1: When Prince Hector suddenly passed away, for a while, I was worried about what would happen. // It’s a relief that we’re able to hold Prince Orcelito’s investiture ceremony without any problems.

Noble2: ----Hm? // Who is that?

Noble1: Oh… It’s His Highness, Prince Belca. // I had the chance to see him when I visited the royal prefecture before.

Noble2: He's been here in the castle all along. // He being caught in a conspiracy and embarking on a journey was just a bard’s tale after all.

The people in the territories must be disappointed.

p.10

Kiliko: There seems to be no problem with Belca… // This will probably clear up that annoying rumor.

Lord Lagen: Kiliko―

About Orcelito and Belca, // It looks like you’ve taken care of that issue. Well done.

p.11

Kiliko: Father, I have been waiting for your safe return!

Lord Lagen: Kiliko, // You called the Knights of Adine here for the “dance”… // Are you planning on creating a new army?

Kiliko: No… // I did not realize it made that impression…I only thought that the ceremony was a good opportunity to introduce the “Caluone” soldiers into the castle…

Lord Lagen: ----I see. // In that case, make sure they’re well replaced, // without the old-timers knowing about it…

- - - - -

-----Hm?

p.12

What’s going on? There’s quite a commotion outside. // If there’s a crowd, send them away because Prince Orcelito is not scheduled to show himself on the ramparts.

---- No, // actually….

Princess Musca suddenly returned together with a single horseman. // It appears that she wants to attend the ceremony…

She returned from Chez with just a single horseman!? Are you sure she’s the princess!?

The nobles are attending the ceremony right now so we can’t contact them. // It looks like someone from the guards’ division will check to see if it’s really her or not.

p.13

Musca: Hey, doesn’t this lead to the north gate? // Why can’t we enter through the front gate?

Guard: We were ordered not to open the front gate until the ceremony over, no matter what happens,..
Musca: Hm―

Musca: Oh well, it’s fine. // It’s been a long time since I had my hair fixed so I’m in a good mood!

Eco: …So far so good, but…

Guard 1: That lady sure has broad shoulders.
Guard 2: And her eyes are purple too… It’s quite rare. // Ah! Speaking of which, I heard that the coachman who fell into the river had purple eyes too. They’re currently searching for him.

Eco: That incident just happened the other day… / It’ll only be a matter of time before they realize that this lady is really Eco-tan~~~~

p.14

Eco: Hmm, what if I use Princess Musca as a hostage…?

Seamrog: -----HEY

You fools! What are standing around for!!?

Eco: Seamrog…

Seamrog: Look to the east-northeast!!!!

p.15

Eco: Arrows!!?

Seamrog: Look.. // out!

…Princess…

p.16

Musca: Seamrog, why? // I’m taking a break from being a lady…

Seamrog: Are you all right Princess? / They'll come if you wait around, strolling along this area. // Because the Amontel already found this place.

Hokulea: Just as we thought… they said “princess” // …That means she’s a member of the royal family.

Hokulea: Oh Spirit of the Wind, // We are grateful to thee.

p.17

Seamrog: Hurry up and take the princess and the wounded inside the castle!! I’ll take the maid! / They’re in the trees by the cliff on the other side!!

Guard: Thank you! You should hurry up too because they’ll be firing crossbows from the ramparts!!

Hokulea: We won’t let you get away… / especially now that we’ve found a member of the royal family outside the castle!

Hokulea: Don’t chase after them! // Or else they’ll shoot!!
Hokulea: I don’t give a damn!

Guard: Here they come… Be careful not to hit the humans.

Hokulea: Damn… // They’re using crossbows…

p.18

Seamrog: Hey Mr. Eco, can you get up? / We have to go!
Eco: Uh…okay.

Eco: Eeeeouch!!

(Eco: Er--- my coat is stuck ---)
(Seamrog: What----!!?)

Hokulea: However… // until we get our revenge // we won’t die… // nor will we turn back.

p.19

Hokulea: We’ll be taking this one… // the princess got away but… // we’ll use this one as a hostage to buy us some time… We Hokulea will surely find a way to get past this stone wall.

And then… the Prince…

Eco: Prince…?

Seamrog: Hey, hey…. This is isn’t good. I can’t understand a word they’re saying!!! / If you’re gonna take a hostage then let’s negotiate with words everyone could understand----…

Eco: Seamrog

Seamrog: Huh?

p.20

Eco: 「I’m gonna be fine.」 // 「Just let them go.」

Eco: What? // Hey… wait…
(We’re going down this way!?)

Seamrog: Is…he really gonna be okay?

- - - - - -

Cleric: You who inherited the blood of the valiant savior, who descended from heaven in the ancient times,

p.21

Cleric: Orcelito, // Henceforth, // You shall become the Servant of the Hero King.

p.22

Belca: Finally, the main ceremony. After this, there will be singing and dancing…

Linna: …Servant of the Hero King… ?

(Yawn)
Belca: ----Yeah.

Apparently, to become Crown Prince means to become the servant of the Hero King. // When he ascends to the throne, he becomes the guardian who will protect this country with his own power…or so I heard.

…Anyways… I’m sleepy…

Linna: If you’re bored, would you like to read Prince Hector’s book?

Belca: …You brought that in here!?
(This is a cathedral!)

…I think. // I’ve had enough of that.

Linna: …Your Highness… // Could you not trust me?

p.23

{Note: In the next conversation, Eco speaks in the Hokulea’s language.}

Hokulea: So there’s a waterway in a place like this?

Eco: Yup. / This waterway drains the castle waste water into the river. // This way is safer than going on a suicide mission!

Hokulea: You are a strange one. Why are you helping us? Is it alright with you if we kill the citizens of the Stone Capital, your own people?

p.24

Eco: I already told you, I just want to rescue some friends of mine who were captured in the castle!

You really saved me earlier. // I was trying to enter the castle disguised as a lady, but they almost discovered who I really was.

Hokulea: Saku said that if you do anything suspicious you’ll be killed----
Eco: I know. // But…I’m the only one who knows how to navigate this place〰
(Ah, walk 60 paces forward then turn left ♥ )

Oh yeah----…. // I forgot to tell you that,

There are--- // scary monsters in here…
(But it’s a pity that they could only survive in these waters--- )

p.25

Hokulea: Why you… // You tricked us!!?
Eco: No! I didn’t trick you!!

Eco-tan can’t even see in this dark place!!! // Besides, I’ll be in trouble if you guys die on me!!! / I’m really scared, so hurry up and get rid of them!!!

- - - - - -

Maid: *sigh*
Guard: Oh, came to take the water out? Thanks for the hard work!
Maid: Yes. It's because we’re cooking lots of food for the guests.

p.26

Maid: Hey, // There’s a commotion at the lower levels. Did something happen?
Guard: Oh that. They said some Amontel appeared at the back gates.

Maid: Amontel!? That’s scary… // Is it going to be alright? Aren't the waterways connected to the outside?
Guard: Yeah, it’s going to be okay.

Fire or Ether Ore lamps can’t be used down there because of the exhaust fumes from the waste water. // They won’t be able to navigate through the waterways because it’s too dark. / And…

Those creatures that took the Royal family and the Elders a very long time to create…. / those "watchdogs" live down there...

- - - - - -

Linna: ----Your Highness,

p.27

Linna: I’m…not a child, // who couldn't do anything and make you worry.

I decided to come here on my own, // knowing how dangerous it will be.

…I beg you, please trust me.

p.28

Belca: …I, // it’s not … // …that I don’t trust you.

No. It's just that… // you’re the one, // and only-------

p.29

Linna: …Your Highness!? // What is it…?

Belca: …There’s, // something over there!

… I saw a long thin reflection of something over there!

- - - - -

Eco: …They didn’t kill me even if they already knew their way out… //
I guess the Hokulea doesn’t follow through with their plans after all.

Well then… // Shall I go and fetch my prince?

{bottom, right side text box}
Towards an eventful ceremony!?

End

Translation: +C sword and cornett 19

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:11:18 +0000

☆ kn1r감사합니다 and zerocharisma, thank you^^

{for IEM}

p.1

Belca: I should have / sent them on their way // first thing in the morning.

Then… // Both Eco and Linna would have gotten out of the castle safely.

They’re the ones who always come to my rescue, // yet I…

p.2

I depended too much on Linna, // and I tried to delay him because I didn't want to be left alone.

It’s all… // …all because of that….

p.3

Guard 1: How’s Prince Belca?

Guard 2: Quiet as a mouse.

Guard 2: But still, being locked up inside this creepy tower without even lights... // I hope he doesn’t go crazy.

Guard 1: Alright then, I’ll leave everything to you tonight.
Guard 2: ―Uh, master!

Guard 2: Why didn’t you shoot the coachman at the outer gates that time? // It’s not like you at all...

Guard 1: …Oh, that’s right, // you don’t know about that.

- - - - - -

Taine: I enjoyed tonight's dinner, Prince Orcelito. / I am looking forward to your proud moment during the ceremony!

p.4

Orcelito: Thank you. // Rest well tonight Lord Taine.

Orcelito: ...... / Now that we've taken care of that, // Next… we have to finish that letter to Lobnec.

Kiliko: Yes. / Also, we received the estimates for the Amontel detention camps. Please go over it within the day. // And there’s that other matter…

Orcelito: Yes, // I know.

Kiliko: ...Are you worried about Prince Belca?
Orcelito: ―Of course I am.

p.5

Orcelito: What happened to the poison user? You interrogated him, didn’t you? / If he isn’t a poison user, why did he pretend to be one and infiltrated the castle?

Kiliko: Sir Linna is a former soldier. Prince Belca rescued him from the Amontel at the Earl of Arlon’s estate… // He said, he felt indebted to Prince Belca, so he pretended to be a poison user to be able to stay at his side and protect him…

Orcelito: ...Do you think he’s telling the truth?
Kiliko: We have not confirmed it as of this time. / I sent a messenger to Noah’s place, but it will take some time before we receive any response.

Kiliko: ―However, I think we can use him, / as Prince Belca’s shackles.

p.06

Orcelito: Are you insane!? If that man plans to cause trouble here in the palace…

Kiliko: During the interrogation… he was desperately trying to defend Prince Belca. / I think that there is no doubt that he has somehow grown attached to Prince Belca.

Orcelito: …I see.

Kiliko: Would you like to change your clothes? …Then I shall assist you.

Orcelito: Alright. Continue what you were saying.

Kiliko: …… // And because Sir Linna treats him well, perhaps Prince Belca felt comfortable with him, as he felt toward Prince Hector…? // In that case…then it is natural that Prince Belca would not want to lose someone who is like an older brother to him.

p.07

Orcelito: Is that why he was so insistent in covering for that man?

Orcelito: But…I’m bothered about the person to whom the coachman is supposed to give the message. / The Crows heard something, right?

Kiliko: You are referring to this 「she」.
Linna: The message!
Kiliko: …However,
Linna: If she wishes it, please accompany her to wherever she wants to go―

Kiliko: I think that it is the coachman who we should be suspicious about, //
not Sir Linna nor this 「she」.

Orcelito: And why is that? / Isn’t the coachman just a servant?
Kiliko: …But, / more importantly, about this 「she」――

p.08

Kiliko: That person wants to know if you are the real Prince Orcelito, and wants to know if you are in your right mind… / Moreover, that person is not in the palace right now.

Kiliko: And speaking of someone, // who, like Noah and other nobles, could not openly contact the palace using birds or messengers――

Orcelito: Don’t tell me… // 「she」 is…

- - - - - -

Belca: Hm?

p.09

Belca: What’s that? // Something’s shining…

Oh… it’s the Cordiola crystal from the fox’s cave. // It’s beautiful so I took one.

The light is weak… // But if bring it closer, I wonder if it’s bright enough to be able to read.

……?

What the… // What’s this page?

p.10

Man: Good morning!! Excuse me! // Please open the door!

Seamrog: What the…? What’s with all the banging noise this early in the morning…

Innkeeper: Hey, keep it down! We’re not open yet. Who are you?!

Man: Sorry but I’m looking for someone. / My companion and I got separated when we entered town…

Man: It’s important that I find him by noon.

Innkeeper: …Oh, alright. What does he look like?

Innkeeper: A man with a curly blonde hair? There’s no one like that staying at this inn. / Why don’t you try asking the other inns?

p.11

Seamrog: Crap… // This is bad!!!

That man just now… he’s dressed as a merchant but he has a knight’s stance.

Princess!!! Maybe they failed…

Huh?

She’s gone…

p.12

{Note: From this scene onwards Eco is disguised as a woman.}

Eco: I don’t like this…the streets are already filled this early in the morning!!

But I’m glad I finally made it to town 〰〰
I really hope they think I died in the river…

Still, we failed…

I wonder how Belca and Orhaldi are holding up…

But it’s Belca’s fault, / ‘coz they suddenly came at the last minute!

Yup, that’s it!!

p.13

Eco: What do I do now… // It’ll be a while before I can enter the castle again, since I was already seen…

And If I do that…they might kill Orhaldi, //
Or worse, they might do lots of things to Belca that would incapacitate him―

Well, I suppose that too might turn out to be a good song…

A tragedy… / tragedy…

Tragedy! Tragedy! / Idea memo!!

Eco: Hmm…but it would probably be more interesting to be on Belca’s side… / Maybe the best thing to do is to just use Princess Musca―

Musca: Why? What did I do?

Eco: Huh?!

p.14

Musca: Um, that dress… you’re a “lady” right? // Could you please fix Musca’s hair?

Ah―! // Uh…It’s not what you think! I’m not Musca! I’m just a kid from this town!!

…You see, I have something to do at the castle…

…Er….

I thought… / I should fix my hair since I’m going to the castle.

My knight doesn’t know how to fix my hair! / And… // It’s no good if it’s not done by a lady…
Eco: It’s me, Eco-tan! (And these are just hair extensions…)

p.15

Musca: Kyaa―――!!! // Wh…what?! You can’t be the meanie bard!!!

Eco: Shhhh!!! Please keep quiet, Princess Musca!!
Musca: Let me go〰 I don’t remember giving you permission to hug me〰〰
Eco: Please listen, Belca and Orhaldi are in trouble―!!!

Musca: …What…?

p.16

Musca: Isn’t that your fault?
Eco: Oh well…I just wanted to watch the Adine dance so badly.

Eco: Even cute Eco-tan has a weakness… // But… / I think having a weakness is much more appealing than being perfect.

Musca: …I don’t care about any of that!!! // We have to hurry up and rescue them or else they might die!!!
Eco: Waaah!!! Keep your voice down!

Musca: ―Besides,

p.17

Musca: I have to see for myself what’s happening to Big brother Orcelito!! // Let’s go bard!!! // You’re coming with me!!
Eco: …I see.

Eco: Alright.
This looks even better than a tragedy.
Eco: I’ll help you.

Musca: Oh! / But before that, could you fix my hair first?

p.18

Guard: What is your rank? // Why did you use a false title and enter the castle?

Linna: I answered that so many times already. / I was a former soldier…but His Highness Prince Belca saved my life at the estate of the Earl of Arlon, / So I wanted to stay at his side to repay my debt, and―

Kiliko: …I see. No matter how many times we ask, your answer is consistent…

Guard: Sir Kiliko!

Kiliko: It seems that there’s nothing to investigate any further.

p.19

Kiliko: How are your wounds, Sir Linna…?

Linna: Sir Kiliko… // Are you planning to torture me this time?

Kiliko: No. / There’s no need for that now. // Tell His Highness to come in.

Guard: Yes sir.

p.20

Linna: …Your Highness…! // Thank goodness you're… / ...safe.

Belca: Linna, how’s... // ...your wound!?

Linna: Ah, it is nothing. // It is just a scratch, It is not that seri――

Belca: …Are you sure?

p.21

Belca: Hey, take these chains off!

Linna: …Your Highness?

Belca: I won’t allow you to hurt him any further!!

Kiliko: But of course…. // However, before that, I would like to ask you both about something…

About that person to whom Sir Linna was supposed to give the message… / 「She」, in other words, Princess Musca―

p.22

Belca: Wha― / How?
Linna: What are you talking about, Sir…

Kiliko: It seems that it is Princess Musca. / I’m glad that both of you are honest.

Princess Musca is not supposed to attend the investiture because she is in recovery. // You must tell us where she is, because we need to go and fetch her.

p.23

Kilko: Well then, / please return to Regia Nix Palace, Your Highness. // I think you should prepare for tomorrow’s investiture ceremony.

- - - - -

Linna: I never thought… // that they would also release me.
Belca: …Yes, but they’re still keeping an eye on you.

Linna: Your Highness, // (whisper...) I apologize for what happened earlier.

p.24

Linna: But Sir Eco has already gone to where Princess Musca is. //　Surely, they must have left the royal prefecture by now――

Belca: After that incident, the knights chased Eco and he fell into the river at the town district. / They haven’t found him since.

Linna: What?

Linna: Th...then we have to inform them somehow…

Belca: It’s okay.

It’s alright now, / …forget about it.

p.25

Belca: Ah! Linna, / About the book that we got the other day, I found something interesting… // Won’t you help me figure it out?

Linna: …Your Highness…

- - - - -

Tenrou: Whoa! What’s this!? // It's just as Izayoi said!!!

p.26

Tenrou: What are we gonna do, Shingetsu? // These rock markings… Looks like those from the neighboring village are really heading to the royal capital.

Shingetsu: So they choose to fight back and die with honor, huh? It's not that I don't understand how they feel, but they targeted the worst place. // It’s not the time to invite them for a skirmish…This might become an all-out war.

Tenrou: And that kid is supposedly at the Stone Castle too. / Shall we go? You’re worried too, right?

Shingetsu: Well, that’s because he seems to be the type of person that would die if he was shot by a stray arrow.

p.27

Neue Favrille
First Level
Cathedral

Elder: So the time has come...

Elder 1: Everything is going well with Prince Orcelito...That’s a relief.

Elder 2: However…that adopted Lagen plays his cards well. // Still, he is the puppetmaster… and if he is the real brains of the Crown Prince, / doesn’t this widen Lagen’s power within the council?

Should we make our move now, while there’s still time…?

p.28

Elder: No…That man may be easier to control than his father. // If he’s prepared to kneel before us, then it’s probably a good idea to let him become the successor.

―Well then, // it’s time for us to witness the birth of the Crown Prince…

{inset text}
Something happens during the Crown Prince’s investiture!?

Translation: Defense Devil 43

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:56:15 +0000

☆ Another chapter^^ Thanks to Rena Chan for the raws!

【 for I Eat Manga 】

Judgment-15: Kelsa

High praises for 「Devil Adventure Arc」!!
Here comes......Maria cat♥

p.4

Kyaa!!

Guaa―!!

Gyaaa!

Gaaah!!

The shocking reality about 「Salamander Hell」...

> The humans are being burned alive in hell......!? // Now I understand why this town is full of vigor!! // Their objective is to―

p.5

Gyaaaaaaaaaa―

Uoooooo―

> Idamaria!?

> What's wrong Idamaria!? // Are you okay!?

> Don't touch me, Kucabara...
> She's trembling!?

p.6

> I... really... // hate demons...

> Including you...

> We have to save them!
> No, Idamaria!!

> That place is crawling with death gods! / It's too dangerous!!
> Don't touch me! I can't just let this happen!!

> That's not what I meant! We'll approach them quietly!!
> But the people are suffering!!
> Will both of you keep your voices down!?

p.7

> You're one of them, aren't you!? // I no longer want to be with....

> ...I understand, Idamaria. // Those feelings you have.

> You're so angry, it's unbearable. // I......

> I'm so ashamed, / I can't stand it...

p.8

> Please...please have a bit more faith in me. // I'll save those humans, no matter what the cost!

> Hey, don't hug me all of a sudden! / You demon pervert!

> What's the matter?

> Oh, it's nothing☆

> What are you planning to do, master?

p.9

> The demons in 「Salamander Hell」 possess strong dark matter. / And, living humans are being thrown into this hell. // What all of these means is probably......

> Yes? // Probably what?

> It can't be!

> Master!!

p.10

> This!
> The reason why they throw humans into this hell...

p.11

Gyaaaa―!!

Guoooo―!!

> What is that!?
> It's a tamed animal in hell called 「Kelsa Marcati」. // It sucks in dark matter, which is accumulated inside its body, then distributes it to the demons. / But I've never seen a Kelsa that huge...

> If living humans are thrown into hell, the amount of dark matter / that can be obtained from their suffering is greater than normal...

> But that's strictly forbidden! That would cause too much strain on hell. // And just like that enlarged 「Kelsa」, the Demon world would become abnormal...

> You said it distributes dark matter to the demons... // How does it do that...?

p.12

> Brillheart-sama, it has started.

p.13

> Woooh! It's raining dark matter―!!
> The harvest rain! It's hell's blessing!
> We can increase our powers again―!! / This feels gooood―!!

> Gyahahaha―!
> Gyahaha!! This is the best feeling!!

p.14

> Legato....

> Is this the Demon world... / ...that you dreamed of...?

p.15

> Brillheart-sama, how is today's dark matter?

> It's not enough☆ / Or I should say.... // More please?☆

> Bichula, get ready to transform. // We'll sneak up on the Kelsa and kill it!

> We'll let this rotten system collapse, // and we'll save the humans.

p.16

> Hey, if I throw these guys into hell... / Will I become prettier?

p.17

> Bichula, look out!!

> Not bad!!

p.18

> But this is the end☆

p.19

> Who are these guys...!?

> Since we've been found, it can't be helped. // We'll change our surprise attack strategy.

> We'll show you... // Our power!!

Next issue, Collision!!!
■ To be continued in Issue#18 ■

Translation: Defense Devil 42

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:16:11 +0000

☆Um...once again another chapter...while Queenofmuffins is on tour. ^__^
Thanks to Rena Chan for the raws!

【For IEM】

p.1

See Idamaria in action in Volume 4! On sale on 3/18!

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
「Devil Adventure Arc」!!

Defense Devil
Judgment-14: Brillheart

p.2

Kucabara and Idamaria are struggling in the Demon World!
Meanwhile, Shugarl is recuperating in the Human world...

> Oh...

> Good morning.

p.3

> Life in the convent is modest and thrifty. So even the cooking ingredients are simple. //
I don't know if it suits your taste but please go ahead and help yourself.

> Did they go to... // ...the Demon world?

> Do you mean Kucabara-san? / Yes. He went together with the genius sister of our convent.

> Hmph...

> Don't underestimate the Demon world.

> What could a mere sister, / and a good-for-nothing demon possibly do?

p.4

> Hm? What's the matter, Jupiter? / You're blushing.

p.5

> Tastes awful.

> Th...that's why I said the cooking ingredients are simple...
> Just watch.
{small bubble}
> Maybe it needed more seasoning...?

> Out of my way.

> Cooking is synthesis.

> Even if the ingredients are lacking, or even if it's starting to rot, //
Cooking it in heat, and a perfect blend of seasoning will naturally bring out the flavor.

p.6

> Uh...shall we taste it?

> Wooow! It's delicious!!
> Kyaaa, it tastes good!!
> It's really sweet and tasty!!
> It's fantastic!!

> Everyone, bring out the food!! // It's Shugarl-san's special recipe―!! //
It's very delicious!!

p.7

> Wooh! This is awesome!! // This car is flying!!

> Wow! We'll reach our destination in no time!!
> That's right! And it even matches my speed!

p.8

> I gratefully accept your words of praise! / But I have a lot more cool functions!
> Really!? Like what?

> Um... That's a secre...
> Don't say that! Don't you dare say that!!
> Hey, Bichula!

> We're almost past "Dante's Gorge"! // At this rate, we'll be just a hop away from 「Salamander Hell」

> You heard that Jody? / Show us the images of that place.

> He can do that!?

> It's quite easy! It's just a matter of sending ultrasonic waves, getting the amplitude of the vibrations that bounce back and converting it into images.

> 「Salamander Hell」...
>　It appears that there are around 400 families living in the village.

p.9

> They live on abundant dark matter obtained from the hell that the village owns. //
It's a typical village in the Demon world.

> Thanks to dark matter, the demons are youthful and full of strength.

> Oh! I detected a large amount of dark matter!!

> In the outskirts of the village... // within the vicinity of the hell's entrance.

> Zooming-in on the image!!

p.10

> Oops, I regret to say that, / there's no zoom function.
> Why you―!!
> It's embarrassing when much is expected of you.

> Wait!

> There's no mistaking it...!! This figure from behind is... / Brillheart!
> Brillheart?

p.11

> Apart from normal demons, there are death gods who manage hell in the demon world. // And only a handful of strong demons become death gods.

> Brillheart chooses demons and appoints them as death gods. / An instructor of death gods, so to speak.
> It's an important duty entrusted to her by the royal family. / Meaning she's a high level death god.

> It's just the beginning and already we got a tough enemy to face. / This is bad...

> ...So everyone, // let's try to infiltrate the village quietly without getting noticed.

> Don't cause any disturbance, // and avoid going off on your own!

p.12

「Salamander Hell」

> Don't worry... we should be able to blend in as one of them. //
They won't suspect us if we act naturally.

p.13

> It doesn't seem... // ...that much different from the human world.

> Rather, it's much... // ...livelier than the human world.

> Everybody's got... // so much dark matter after all.

> I guess that's why everyone looks so contented...

> I heard that Legato completely changed the Demon world but, /
this place looks kind of better than before...

p.14

> Bichula's right. // It's true that the village seems more peaceful than before.

> But... // How should I put it... // this feeling?
> I couldn't quite say it right, but...

> It's too unnatural...!!

p.15

> Kucabara! I'm picking up // an evil aura from that direction.

> From the direction towards hell?
> So it's Brillheart after all?

> Hey! Where are you going!?

> Idamaria, wait! I said wait!!

> Hey you! Stop!!

> This is different. This... // ...isn't dark matter!

p.16

UGYAAAAAAAA!!

GUOOOOOOOOO!!

> This is hell. A lake of lead, with a temperature of more than 500 degrees Celsius, / where sinners are churned for 2000 years...

Gyaaa―!!

p.17

GEEEEEEEEE!!

GYAAAAAAAAA!!

> This is... // hell!? // This is the place that's written in the Bible... // How cruel......!!

> Master, over there!

p.18

> Kyaaaa―!!
> Somebody, help―

> They're... // real live humans...!?

AHHHHHHHHHH!!

Next issue, Hell's secret will be unraveled―!!

[Continued in issue 17]

Translation: +C sword and cornett 18

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:29:42 +0000

☆ kn1r, 감사합니다 and thanks to zerocharisma too ^__^

【for IEM】

p.1

Guard: The preparations in the assembly hall are complete.

Guard: Everyone… please take your seat.

Elders: Why, it’s … // Prince Orcelito…

{side text}
Orcelito appears before the Elders…

p.2

Elders: Wha… // …Your…Highness

Elders: What is this….

Orcelito: Elders of the Council… // Please…do extend your hand in guidance to this inexperienced youth.

Elders: …Your Highness! // Please stand up… //
We mere subjects, // are unworthy of such deference.

p.3

―Well then, // shall we begin?

Now― // Open the doors of the Council…!

p.4

Belca: Orcelito…. // What have you decided in the council…? //
The Hokulea // …are not monsters.

If they’re wounded, they use herbal medicines. //
And they eat fruits from trees, and do other things…. //

Belca: Even if they truly are descended from the followers of the Evil Deity… // Perhaps, living in the human world for so long has made them no different from people―

p.5

Orcelito: They are no different from people. //

I’m sorry to say, Belca… //

…Of course I know that!!! //

The Amontel are monsters.

I heard that there were Amontel at the Earl of Arlon’s estate. //
Perhaps…they put you under a spell.

Belca: No, wait! They didn’t do anything to me―
Orcelito: After the investiture, I’ll call for a skilled spell master.

Orcelito: Okay… // I'll go now because I have some official business to attend to. // And it looks like you’re feeling better now.
Belca: Wait…

p.6

Belca: I said wait!!!

Please tell me the truth… // We'll keep this from Lagen... // You’re planning something, right!?

Didn’t you tell me that // you’d like to think about why the rules turned out this way…?

But now, you’re―

Orcelito: ……

p.7

Orcelito: I did think about it.

Let go of me!

Putting them under supervision is much better than killing everyone.

Perhaps, in the next generations…. Their descendants may eventually find freedom.

Belca: Orcelito!

Orceilto: Until when are you going to follow me, Belca? // That matter has already been decided in the council. //
And no matter what you say, it won't change anything since you’re not eligible to participate in the Council….

Besides... // Each of the respective areas――Everyone is already making their move.

p.8

Guard: Open the doorway― // Prince Orcelito has arrived.

Guard: Open the doorway―

Orcelito: It's alright. // As long as they don’t resist, no harm will come to them… We have no intention of killing them. //
Haven’t I told you? You don’t need to worry about anything.

p.9

Belca: ―So he doesn’t even plan on // talking to me about it…

“As long as they don’t resist”!? // That’s… impossible!

In the end… // nothing has changed!

Orhaldi: …Your Highness
Belca: What is it, Linna…?

Orhaldi: Could you please… // lend me your ear for a moment?

p.10

Kiliko: Prince Orcelito, // is it alright to leave Prince Belca like this, and let him do as he pleases?

Orcelito: …What are you talking about? // You’re the one who said that Belca doesn’t have the strength to do anything by himself.

That he was just your spare in case your plans don’t go well with Brother and me.

The Third Prince was raised in an environment that you chose, so that as much as possible, he would grow-up demoralized, ignorant, and without self-esteem.

Kiliko: Yes, that is correct //… However,

p.11

Kiliko: People… // do not always stay the same.

- - - - - -

Eco: ―Hm,

What’s this? // There's an opening…

Oh my― // Looks like they found the hidden library.

I wonder who did this?

Maybe the old-timers? // Or...

p.12

Eco: Prince Orcelito… // …perhaps?

Eco: Alrighty…

Guard: Ah!? // Was I sleeping just now!? //
But it's okay, right? The keys are all here anyway... / Waah― / How did that happen!?
Eco: (Ah― Mr. Diet's medicine is handy―♥)

Guard: Hey there! // Did you watch the dance?
Eco: Sure did♥♥ Thanks very, very much!!

p.13

Eco: Mister guards, see you all again tomor…
Marik: HEY!!!

Eco: Marik-tan!? Why did you hit me all of a sudden!?
Marik: What were you doing!? You weren’t at the rehearsal area earlier when I called you!!

Eco: I couldn’t help it! I went to the toilet!!
Marik: …Nevermind! Hurry up ‘coz we got work to do!!

Eco: …Huh?

Marik: It's station number two! The stable gramps and I were asked to put the harness on the horses!!!
Eco: So…sorry…
Marik: Wear your clothes properly or you’ll regret it!!!

p.14

Orhaldi:「You’re late Eco.」// 「Where have you been?」

Eco: 「Sir」 Orhaldi… and… Prince Belca!?

Marik: See…? I told you it’s no ordinary job!

p.15

Orhaldi: 「His Highness, Prince Belca would like to eat some food from the town.」 // 「I shall go and buy it for him.」//
「I'll be asking you to drive. If we go now, we can return before the bell rings for the closing of the gates.」

Belca: Er... I’d like roasted skewers if you can find some, the ones seasoned only with salt. // If there’s none… flattened seafood or baked biscuits would be fine.

(Gramps: Street food? // He’s quite familiar with it.
Marik: Hmm, he is.)

(whisper)
Eco: …Orhaldi // What is this…?
Orhaldi: We must go and inform Her Royal Highness― // And… we have another errand to run.

p.16

Eco: I see. Belca’s… // not coming.

Orhaldi: It was His Highness' decision. // He has decided to stay and continue to try and convince Prince Orcelito.

Eco: …Convince Prince Orcelito? // I don’t know what’s going on― // Tell me all about it later, okay?

Guard: Signal from the station to the lower level control tower. // 「Clear the way to the outer gates」!
「The Earl’s coach is departing from station number two.」!

p.17

Belca: You two… // Sorry, I’m counting on you...

Eco: ―Okay...!

Guard: ―Hey, / What the? There’s a strange signal coming from the upper level control tower. // It says "emergency" though… //

Guard: I wonder if it’s alright to pass it on to the outer gates?

p.18

Marik: Um… Your Highness, would you like to wait in the hall?
Belca: ―Uh, // no, it's okay…
Gramps: Hey

Gramps: That control tower is giving weird instructions. Is that all right?
Marik: Huh?

Gramps: It says,「Lower the outer gate lattice」… // What does that mean? The Earl’s coach won't be able to leave if they do that.

- - - - -

Eco: Huh? // Belca…?

Belca: Dammit… // …I’m not going to make it―

Eco: What...? // I can’t hear him―

p.19

Belca: FASTER!!! // ―――GO FASTER!!!

Eco: …The outer gates!!!

p.20

Guard 1: They picked up speed. At this rate they’ll be able to escape.
Guard 2: I apologize… I took my eyes off of them for a moment...

Guard 1: Since that incident in Sana, I see that we'll be continuing to work as crows…

Guard 1: I’ll back you up. // Don’t kill them.

Guard 2: Yes sir.

- - - - -

Orhaldi: Sir Eco! The rear wheel has been shot… // And it looks like it's not just one arrow!

Eco: I know!! But we can still escape somehow. We have to hurry!!

p.21

Eco: Or else…

Orhaldi: Sir Eco, what’s wrong…?

Guard 2: …Such fine horses. // Not even scared of an “irregular”.

p.22

Eco: No way! // He cut the harness!!?

We’re slowing down…! No, the coach is going to turn over…!

Guard 2: Coachman… // Stop the carriage.

Eco: Even if you ask me for the third time, // I’ll still refuse!!!

p.23

Guard 2: …Wha…. // Arlon’s poison smoke…!!!

Eco: Waah☆

Eco: Ohhh―― // Eco-tan’s not really good at physical work〰!!! (I’m scared!)

Eco: Orhaldi!! Can you hear me!? Jump over here! // I'm now about to unfasten the last clasp... // The carriage is no good anymore. We'll have to force ourselves to ride on horseback―

p.24

Guard 2: I'm telling you to... // Stop!

Eco: The smoke has no effect on him!?

p.25

Eco: Thanks Orhaldi // I unfastened the clasps. // Get over here quickly…

Belca: What’s that? Isn’t that the poison smoke from the Earl’s mansion…? // What are they doing...!?

Eco: Orhal… // !!

Oh no! He’s already too far behind!!

If I go back for him, we won’t make it…

Orhaldi!!!

p.26

Orhaldi: Sir Eco…. // The message!!!

Eco: What… // Orhaldi, you’re…

Orhaldi: He is the real Prince Orcelito… // and he is probably not being controlled by anyone!!! // If she wishes it, please accompany her to wherever she wants to go…!

And another is… // about the Hokulea――

p.27

Eco: … // Orhaldi… // I’m sorry…

p.28

Guard 1: That “coachman”… // …It can’t be…!

- - - - -

Kiliko: Your Highness, Prince Belca,

p.29

Kiliko: Honestly… // I never thought you could do such a thing.

While trying to escape, the coachman fell into the Cassia River and has not yet been found. // The waters are freezing during winter... you must be worried.

Orcelito: Hey, Belca. // Someone told you to do this, that’s why you had no choice, right?

Was it the coachman? The poison user? The Earl of Arlon―

p.30

Belca: ―No… // I…wanted to inform the Hokulea // …so I ordered both of them to go.

Kiliko: ….. // Your Highness…Sir Linna is not a poison user, is he?

Poison users have been handling drugs since their youth, and so their stamina and physique is weaker than normal people.

However…he would not even need to catch his breath if he ran. // He could face five of my men with just a cane in hand.

Belca: ―Li… // Linna… Is he alright!?

Kiliko: He is fine. // But I sent someone to keep an eye on him just to be sure he keeps quiet.

p.31

Kiliko: He said that… // he did this on his own. // And that Your Highness had nothing to do with this.

Belca: NO!!! // It was I who ordered them!!!

Kiliko: ......

Kiliko: …Prince Orcelito, it’s time for your dinner meeting with Lord Taine. // We need to head for Regia Mare palace soon.

Orcelito: Ah!

Kiliko: The investiture will be on the day after tomorrow… please understand…
Orcelito: ―Yes, // I know.

p.32

Kiliko: Well then…Next time, I will be asking you little by little about various other things.

It is alright, you do not need to worry. // We will also find the coachman soon. //
In the meantime…please attend the investiture ceremony the day after tomorrow.

If you do, then I shall guarantee Sir Linna’s safety. // …I'm sure you understand what I mean.

{inset}
Belca, concerned about Linna’s safety, is struck by Kiliko’s words…
Amidst the turbulence, the investiture ceremony approaches!

Translation: Defense Devil 40

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:27 +0000

【 for I Eat Manga 】

☆ I heard that Her Muffiness is sick... I hope she doesn't mind me posting this... Get well soon!! Sorry guys for the crappy translation. Thanks to Rena Chan for the raws^^

p.1

> Idamaria, why are you here...!?
> When did you get on the car!?

> Hmm, so this is the Demon world... // Not so fancy, is it?

> What about Jupiter!?
> Go back! // Go back, right now!

p.2

Judgment-12: Man & Woman

> When did they......!?
> You're dumb as usual. // What was that special training for?

p.3

> Returned to childhood, // while visiting home?

> Unauthorized intruder sighted! // Torture her to death!!

> Idamaria!! // I don't know what you're up to but,
> You have to go back right now!! // This is no place for you!!

p.4

> With all due respect, Kucabara, // In the name of the Lord Jesus, I am merely... // going to eliminate the root of all evil.

> Master! There's more coming!!

> Retreat for now! If their numbers increase... // we'll be in trouble!!
> That's right!!

> Where's Idamaria!?

> Geeh!!

p.6

> She's... amazing...!
> You're kidding, right!? She's evenly matched with the sweepers...

> She might be stronger that I expected... // Idamaria...

> Warning! Warning! A massive dark energy will be generated in T-minus 1 minute!! Warning! Warning!
> Huh!? Wha..WHAT!?
> But...who!?

> No...No way.
> It can't...be.

> GUGIGIGIGIGIGIIIIIII!!

p.7

> Idamaria be careful!! // The sweepers are transforming into their combined form, the 「morbito」!!

p.8

> Kucabara! // Now!!

> ......!! Whaat!?

> Holy Aura!!

p.10

> Holiness Devil Blade!!

p.11

> Amazing! // They defeated... // ...that formidable creature in a split second. // In the past, even Master had a hard time dealing with it...

> But, with the both of them...
> Will you give me the signal properly!?
> ...Blockhead!
> They really might defeat Legato...!!

> ...Ah! You're awake.

p.12

> You've been unconscious for a long time. // It was a relief to see you breathing normally but...

> Your ability to recover from such severe wounds is truly remarkable.
> Impressive...... Ah, do you want to drink some water?

p.13

> ...If you push yourself too hard, // it'll be bad for your health.

> Thanks to you, // Jupiter was saved.
> I'm grateful.
> It's boring but... // please do rest, // Mr. 「Gary Peter Schugar」.

p.14

> ...Oh! And please feel free to take a shower. // ...But, it's not because you have a bad odor...

> Father Selma―
> Good morning!!

> Oh my!
> Everyone is so lively.
> Broke a good sweat〰!!
> Shower! Shower!

p.15

> Mr. Brown, have you seen Jupiter?

> She was playing here, making things out of dirt until a while ago....

> Ah! Father, about the shower rooms... I just finished switching them. //
The ladies' shower room was indeed quite cramped〰 // We have to make sure that folks don't make a mistake when using the ladies' and the men's shower.

> Ack...

> It's hot, hot〰!
> Awww, cute undies〰!!

p.16

> Really!?
> Kyahaha!!

> Everyone!! Stop!!
> There's a male visitor!!

> Huh?
> Kyaa!!

> He's not here!? That means...

p.18

> Whaaa...

> ...It's not what you think...

{Left side text}
Continued in Issue 15.

Both the Demon world and the Human world are pretty hectic...!!
DD takes a break in the next issue. In Issue 15, DD returns with a 22-page chapter and a new turn of events unfold!!

Translation: 15 - Meisetsu Kougyou Koukou Ragubii-bu 1

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:39:22 +0000

p.1
[Left side text]
A two-part story about youth rugby, presented by Naruse Yoshiki!!

> Thanks for the hard work.

15 Fifteen Meisetsu Industrial High School Rugby Club
p.2
[on white board]
Ajishima Middle School
2009 Graduation and School Closing Ceremony

[on ribbon]
Graduate / Congratulations

p.3
[written on rugby ball]
Akira

> ―... At last ...

p.4
> I can play rugby...
> with 「everyone」...
> I'm going to that place...!

> Aki!
> The boat has arrived // Hurry and come to the beach!

p.5
> Okay!!

[on ribbon]
Graduate // Congratulations

p.6 - p.7
You're not alone anymore.
It's a once in a lifetime experience...,

So...let's walk together, the 15 of us.

15 Fifteen: Meisetsu Industrial High School Rugby Football Club 【First Part】

A youth rugby story of 15 boys that chase after an elliptical ball...
A one-shot, presented in two parts!!

GWC 「Kyoudai -BROTHERS-」
All 3 volumes, on sale!!
Naruse Yoshiki

p.8
sign > Miyagi Prefecture Meisetsu Industrial High School

top of door > Rugby Club
sign on door > Rugby Club
poster > Rugby Club, recruiting members!!

p.9
{no dialogue}

p.10
box > WTB (wing), Second Year, Ebina Yui

p.11

headline > FB switching from defense to offense is the best!!
subheadline > A position of trust and courage

{right picture} Defense
{left picture} Kick ・Kick process
{bottom headline} Positioned behind the team and watches reassuringly

> ―... // He doesn't exist...

p.12
{poster on wall} Rugby Club
Recruiting members
> There are no members!!

box > SO (stand-off), Third Year, Sakai Makoto
> Hey...everyone!! // Why won't you join the Rugby Club!?
small text > You're too loud...
> Oh, the Soccer Club's poster is cool―

> This is so irritating!!
> Mako-chan we'll get scolded!

> Since the third years have graduated // we only have 12 people left.
box > SH (scrum-half), Third Year, Nagase Hiromi
> We have to do our best in recruiting members this year...

> That's right! // But first, to make them understand rugby, // how about letting them experience the actual thing!?
> I see! Like letting them handle the rugby ball? (Sounds fun)
> Nooo!! When you say rugby, it's all about...

p.13
> TACKLING!!
> No one would do that!! What if someone got hurt!?
> Ok then, SCRUMMAGING!!
> We won't let them do that either!

> (Aaaargh) Then what ―?
small text > Come on guys, please like rugby!
small text > Uh...
> I think it's enough to just let them watch our practice...

> I agree with Hiromi. // If we explain it to them, that it's similar to soccer but instead we carry the ball and run, // it would be easier...
box > HO (hooker), Third Year, Kubota Chisato

> Don't compare rugby to a sport where in you kick a round ball!!
> Look who's talking!? Aren't you originally a member of the Soccer club!? You're getting on my nerves!

p.14

small text > Well, a lot of things happened...
> ... But still, // It would be nice if someone who plays rugby would join the club...right?

> Almost everyone in high school rugby is a beginner...
> There are few like Yui-chan, Mao-chan, or Chi-chan, // who's been playing since junior high...

> That's why I'm saying we should let them experience how to tackle, and find someone who has potential!!
> Will you stop saying that already!

> Makoto has a point.

> We need a player who can accurately
> kick the ball.

p.15

> Yui... (what do you mean?)
> Tackling and scrummaging... // Do you think mere physical offense is what rugby's all about?

> Well yeah (isn't it?)
> There are many players in rugby who are well-built, // so if we don't have physical strength then we can't win...
> Are you speaking for yourselves?

> ...Huh?
> Is there someone in our team who is well-built?
> It's just Chisato, Ayumu, and Mikiyo. // The rest of us are all Backs.

> You're only trying to play 「power」 rugby. // We can't win with just that.
> (What...!?) Are you saying we don't even have the slightest chance of winning!?
> No, it's not that.
> I'm saying we need an excellent kicker.

p.16
> One way we can surely get into the opponents territory is
> by using an accurate 「high punt kick」.

> If we have someone who can control where the ball lands, kick it high, making it stay long enough in mid-air, // then it will be easier for the team mates to follow through.
illustration > [offense] [defense]
illustration > [opponent territory] [team territory]
> And then, they could immediately take down the opponent who catches the ball, retrieve the ball, // and widen the team territory at the same time.

> An “up and under” huh?
> The rules have changed through the years. // Right now, a kicker is considered a key player.
> In present rugby, // we can't win with power alone.

> And... // I think it's useless to train someone with no potential...

p.17
> I guess you're indirectly referring to us...
(Sorry, I'm not good at kicking myself...)
> I'm not saying that // It's just...
> “fun” is not enough anymore.

> The neighboring school has already started training for the nationals. // If we don't hurry up and find key players...
> We'll be left behind.

> I know that, but... // everyone is playing rugby because they enjoy it. // What'll happen if the fun's gone?
> Why are you're still saying that!?

> Every year, we lose the first match at the prefectural tournament.
> And even if we don't get good results, // you still keep saying it's 「fun」, that's why...

p.18

> ...we can never // go to *Hanazono!

small text > Ooops...

{Note: *Hanazono is the name of the oldest rugby stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is where the annual National High School Rugby Tournament is held. }

p.19

small text > Ok!
> ―That's right.

> We need to aim higher!
> It's just as Yui said!!

> B... but, // ...go to Hanazono? ...us?
small text > anyway, good morning...
small text sfx > *whistle!*
> Hey you! Negative attitude is not allowed!

> But we can't participate in a match because we lack players!
> So let's do our best to recruit new members!!

> ‘Coz that golden egg of a kicker... // might be out there somewhere!

p.20

> This year, let's chase the dream!!
outlined text > Alright― !
outlined text > Yeah― !
small text > Of course― !

> I understand why you're so upset about it though.
> But still...

> I think it's better to stay positive, cheerful, and have fun
> So that we could give our best everyday, right?

> ... ... .. // Um... ...

> I said some harsh things... // Sorry... (murmur.)
big text > SHOCKED!!

> OHO― ! The proud Yui-chan said "sorry!"
small text > Whoa― That's rare―
small text > I'm not proud!
small text > Stop teasing me, stupid!!

p.21

> Please join us!
> We're the Tennis Club.
> They're holding Basketball tryouts!
> The Brass Band Club will perform a concert after school!
not in bubble > Join the Judo Club― !!
> Won't you join the Athletics team?

not in bubble > Please come to the Girls' Ballet orientation―
> Listen...

> The ferry was out of service due to landslide...
> I understand how difficult that was... // but the fact remains that you're 2 weeks late.
> ...Teacher...

p.22

> May I go to the club orientations... ?

> Are you listening to me!?
> What are you talking about!? You have to quickly catch up with the lessons!!

> HERE!
> (Wha!?) What is this!?
> Supplementary lessons!

> Huh―!? This much!?
> Club activities are fine, but you can do that after finishing those!

> You're not allowed to go to the orientations until you're done with it!
> No way!
door sign > Staff Room

p.23

> Since it's come to this, I'll just have to finish up.

thought > Then after school, I'll go to the rugby club. And then do passes and tackle,
small text > Hahaha
small text > Come with us― !
> And lots of other stuff with seniors. Things that I wasn't able to do by myself
big outlined text > I d o l s

> ...Huh? Are you in our class?
> Uh...?

> It's the first time we've seen you.
small text > Right?
> Ah!
> That's right!! I need to make friends!!

> I'm not alone anymore. // With this many people, I can make 100 friends.

> Th... then someday, meet the 「best friend」 // I've always wanted to have...!!
small text > I'll watch your back

p.24

> My name is Akira!! Nice to meet you! // Please be my friend!!

> !?
big text > Shock
small text > Shake hands!
> Pleased to meet you!

> He... he's kinda scary!
> Come on...let's go.
> Uh... Huh?

> Wh... what's wrong?
small text > I'm not scary...

> Ah... maybe, // 「Hey I'm Aki! Let's be friends!」 would have been better.
> Or perhaps something wild like 「Yo! What's up my pal?」...

small text > Or maybe I should have mentioned rugby!? I wonder if they know what a “kanpei” is? Maybe if I talked about pickoff plays it would have been more interesting.
{Note: “Kanpei” is a Japanese term used to refer to pickoff plays}

> He's weird after all...
> I wonder what kind of upbringing he had...

p.25

> I did my best to promote the club but... // we only got two orientees... (swarthy kid and country kid)
> Please to make your acquaintance.
> I'll do my best!

> Alright, you two better make sure that you join us!!
not in bubble > You're not allowed to go to other club orientations!
small text > Ah! Juniors―?
> Yes― I've always wanted to play rugby!
> Me too!

big outlined text > Waaa～h
small text > 'Coz if you join us, we'll really take good care of you―
small text > senpai―
big text sfx > HUG
> ...Finally we have 14 members...
small text > we only need one more...

> Hey, Chi-chan...
> Hm?
> Perhaps rugby isn't that popular anymore...

> ...Not really...
> HEY! Negative attitude isn't allowed!! // If we show them the cool stuff then they'll like rugby!!

p.26

> ...Yeah, it would be nice if someone could show us // that “cool stuff”

not in bubble > I thought I told you that negative attitude isn't allowed, Hiromi!!!
not in bubble > Ouch!

> If there's someone like that, he'd be attending a prestigious school.

> Someone like that... // wouldn't go here...

p.27

> Excuse me!

> Um...

p.28-29

> Is today's club orientation...

> already finished...?

p.30

> Is it still // on-going!?

p.31

> Um... uh... er...
big text > Whoa― !!
> An orientee!? Are you serious!?

> Yes! It's okay! We're just about to start training so you can watch!!
> Alright! I made it in time―!!
> ...Huh? That ball............

> Could it be... // you have experience playing rugby!?
> Huh...!?

> Ah...no, I haven't participated in any match...
> ...Huh?

> Aha! So that's it! // You're one of those that don't play but are really big fans of rugby!
> No! I've been practicing alone for a long time now...

> Alone...?

p.32

> Ma... maybe it's image training!?
> Or he's an outcast...

> ... What is it that you were practicing by yourself?

> Kicking!
> I couldn't practice tackling because I had no friends...

> A lone kicker!?
not in bubble > Speak of the devil!!
> ―Hm... alright...

> Let's see that kick.

> Wait, Yui!!
> What?
> You're suddenly asking him to... (the poor kid!)
> Why not? He did come all the way here...

> A kick! Got it!
big text > YESS!
> He's so confident― ! (What's with this kid!?)

p.33

> Isn't this a bit too far... !?
> He chose this spot, so it's probably okay.
> Well... even if he misses the goal, I'll be amazed if the ball reaches that far.

> Here I go!

p.35

> WHAAAT!?
> It's so high... !!

> (Hm...) It's different from the one in the island, it's narrow...
> Th...

> THAT WAS AMAZING!!!
> Huh!?
> WHAT WAS THAT KICK JUST NOW!?

p. 36

> Hey! Yui! // Isn't this kid unbelievable!?
> ―... No way ...

> Come here!
> Whoa!
> Hey! What are you doing!?

> From this spot...

> Try kicking the ball between the posts.

> That's impossible!! It's too narrow...
> You can't bully first years!!
> Just stay there and watch!!

p. 37

> What's wrong Yui-chan... (he's scary... )
> If you can, try kicking the ball so that it barely misses the right post.
> Right post! Got it! (I'll try it!!)

p.38

> Ah!
small text > It hit the pole!

> He didn't let the ball spin to make it easier to control...
> He knows how to kick the ball!?

> Wahoo― !! That was awesome!! (So cool!!)
> It looked like a missile!!
> Does that mean,

> Does that mean this kid is...
> Hehe― (Thanks.)

> Next!
> You're still doing it!?
> I want to make sure!

p.39

> From the 22-meter line,
> Kick the ball towards me.

> Let the ball land right here, // precisely in my arms!

> (Okay!) I got it!!
(This is fun―!)
> Hey kid, stop saying yes to everything he asks you to do!!

> That's around 60 meters
> It's usually impossible...
> It's okay, we already know you can kick...

> But I think with the ball's shape... // Even if you kick it correctly, you have no idea which direction it'll fly... // It's different when I was playing soccer...
> But you like that right?
> Yeah, I love it.

p.40 -41
> ...go... SPINNN!!

p.43

> No...
> Way...

> I did it!
small text > Success★

sfx > huff // huff

p.44

> Y... you...
> ...can control the ball...?

p.45

> Of course!
> Because...

> It's my friend. // If I kick it in a different direction,
> It'll get lost, and that'll be a problem.

p.46

> Did you say the ball is your friend!?
> Don't make us cry, poor bullied kid...!
> Huh!? (bullied kid!?)
> What an admirable child!!

> Be sure to join the rugby club!!
not in bubble > Well, I'm not letting you go!!
> I wanted to play rugby so I entered high school!
> Don't make us cry!!
> With this, we now have our golden egg, or rather, golden hen!!

> Uh... er...
> Yes? What is it, golden hen?
> If I join you...

> Will I ...
> become one of your comrades!?

> Of course you will! You're our mate!
> Teammate!!

p.47

> So... um... // if it's all right ......
> Yeah, what is it?

> Please... // be my friend!!

sfx > *confuzzled*

> Fr... friend... ?
> And later on, may I call you my best friend!?
> He's so embarrassing!! (Maybe this is why he was bullied... )

> Uh... well, that's...
thought bubble > Embarrassing
thought bubble > Embarrassing
> A friend... isn't something you apply for...
thought bubble > Embarrassing...

> It's something that comes naturally... // well...

p.48

> ... I see...

> I understand...
> What the hell, the atmosphere is like between a couple who just started dating!

> Anyway... // let's try to get along!!
> Okay...
small text > I'm sorry...

written on ball > Akira

p.49

> Being in charge of the keys is such a pain...

flashback > What'll happen if the fun's gone?
flashback > But... // ...go to Hanazono? ... Us?

p.50

> Oh...

p.51

> High school is amazing!
> ... Huh?
> To have this many balls!

> I'm so happy!
> He kicked all of it!

> ... I'd like to hear your story.
> Come with me
> ?
> Okay!

p.52

> Bullied!?
> No... it's not that! // It's because I was alone...
> There were no other kids in the island...
not in bubble > Well, it looks like you were bullied!
> You lived on an island?
> Yes! // Oshikachouritsu Ajishima Middle School! // But the school was closed down this year...

> So you really were practicing “alone”...
small text > You really meant that literally.
> That's why I'm so happy to see so many people here.

small text > That's pretty normal around here...
> But it's seems difficult to make friends...

> ......

> So, // Why rugby?

p.53

> TV broadcasts don't reach the island, // and there's only one station that you can watch.
> But every year, that station // broadcasts the National High School Rugby tournament

> When I was little,
> It was the only program I watched.

> When they ask me what I want to become when I grow up...
> I'd always say that I'd like to become a rugby player... // But,

> In elementary school
> I was alone

> In middle school
> I was also alone

> Not only was I unable to play rugby, // but I was also unable to make friends.

p.54

> I had no choice so I started training by myself.

> Because I love rugby! (And I couldn't wait until high school.)

> What I like about rugby
> is that every player has a role.

> Even if you're small, or your body is not strongly built,
> You can do something for the team!

> That's why I concentrated on kicking!

> So that even if I can't be an all-around player, // at least someone like me can be good at something...
> And I was hoping that would be enough to become one of the 15 players in the team!

> Today, I was very happy // because everyone accepted me. // And not only that,

p.55

> It's because I was able to make comrades!

> From now on, // I can pass and tackle and participate in a match.

> ... ... // You...

> Here in the mainland, it's probably not that special, // but for me,
> To have 「comrades」 and to be able to play rugby...

> Is what makes me happy... // above all things!

> That's why, // this day, when I met everyone,
> Is the most,

p.56

> Important, and // the most special day of my life!!

> You're 「happy」... ?
> Huh?
> Is that enough for you?

> ―Of course not! // I also have a dream!
> That someday, for sure // I'll be able to go to that place
> which I could only watch on TV...

p.57

> To Hanazono!!

p.58

> ―hehe

> ... haha ...
> Uh... ?

> You put it very nicely, don't you? // Even though you have not yet participated in any match.
> Uh...

> One who doesn't know how to fight and run off blindly into battle // will just fail.
> But... it's my dream...!

> I know, because I have the same dream too. // That's why...
> You just, // leave that kick to me.

p.59

> Huh?
> I'll teach you how to fight.
> We'll control the team play...

> With your kick.

> I'll support you with all my strength, // so that you can dictate the flow of the match.

> We'll go there, right?
> To Hanazono?

> YES!!

p. 60

> Second Year, Class 1
> Ebina Yui

> First Year, Class 4 // Ujigawa Akira
> It's nice to meet you!!

p.61

> ... Alright
> From now on...

> I'll be your 「friend」

p.62

> Whaat!? (Friend... !?)
> (Why?) You don't like me?

♦ His first “meeting”... with his first “friend.”
The story concludes in the second part!!

big text > Waaaah!!
> Thank you very much!!
small text > I'll do my best!
Gaaaaaaah!!
Ow! Ow! Ow!!!
small text > Let me go, dummy!!