Mahou Sensei Negima! 337

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Mahou Sensei Negima!
Period 337: I Want To Help!
[Insert text: Are you... making yourself feel good?♡♡]
[TN: no, really?]
Chachamaru: ...Nnhh... // Aahh... // Ooh... // Aa...hhh... / ...N... // Ne...gi... // ...sen...se...

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Eva: What are you doing, Chachamaru? // Those noises sound positively obscene.
Chachamaru: M - Master! I wasn't - // This is - ah - I mean - it's not -
[Canister: VALUE! / Magic In A Can]
Eva: Oh...? You're actually charging yourself up with magic? Is that possible?
Chachamaru: Y - Yes! I seem to have managed to get it working!
Eva: I could have sworn I heard you saying somebody's name...
Chachamaru: You must have been mistaken!
Eva: Hm... You really have grown right up. I'm proud of you, Chachamaru. I never expected you to come so far. // Chao Lingshen must be happy for you too, wherever she is in the far-flung future.

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Eva: I'm awfully sorry for interrupting. Please, carry on with your "self-charging" for as long as you like. / I'll pretend I didn't see anything. // Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. / Oh, and if you want my advice? Stay away from those economy goods. / [aside]seriously, they're worse than trash.[/aside]
Chachamaru: I'm very sorry! I'm so sorry, Master! Please don't abandon me!
Eva: Hahahah... // You know, Chachamaru, if you like him that much, you should be more proactive. // Seduce him away from those other hussies. // [aside]I'll help out.[/aside]
Chachazero: Just force yourself on him already, jeez.
Chachamaru: No, no, it... it really isn't like that at all... / The charging wasn't going very well, so I thought getting myself in the mood a little might help, and the next thing I knew... // E... Erm... Master... Please could you promise... / ...not to tell Sensei about this, at least...? I couldn't bear it if he thought I was strange...
Eva: Hmph...

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Eva: In a way, I think you might even be the perfect match for the boy right now. // More so than any of the other girls in your class.
Chachamaru: Huh...?
Eva: The boy's working himself to a vicious schedule. // That kind of pressure would honestly kill any ordinary human.
Chachamaru: I... don't think I... // What exactly do you...?
Eva: Well, you know. I can't see that Fate boy being very cooperative... / And Kagurazaka Asuna is as clueless an idiot as ever. // [aside]hahahah...[/aside] / The boy may have become superhuman enough to withstand all that effort... / ...but that doesn't mean he couldn't use the help of a capable secretary.

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Chachamaru: Sensei has hardly been to school at all since the summer holidays... // He really must be busy... // But I don't know any of the details of what he's actually doing... // I'm sure he hasn't told any of our other classmates... // ...who were travelling with him, either...
Flashback!Chachamaru: Master... Has Negi-sensei told you what exactly it is that he's doing?
Flashback!Eva: Hmph... Well, yes. // But I didn't really listen. He was tossing about all these technical scientific terms, and frankly, I can't stand that stuff. / I'm interested in the boy himself, but when it comes to the bigger picture, I honestly couldn't care less.
Chachamaru: (The only worthwhile attribute I have is my robotic nature, but...) // ...*sigh*... // If there is any way I can... // I would love to be able to help you...

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Chachamaru: A secretary, huh...
Fantasy!Negi: Wow...! // You sorted this all out already? // Thank you, Chachamaru-san! You really are amazing!
Fantasy!Chachamaru: Oh, no, it was nothing... // Negi-sensei, shouldn't you be getting a little more rest?
Fantasy!Negi: Not at all! I can't possibly rest until this is all over! // But thank you anyway... Chachamaru-san.
Fantasy!Chachamaru: Sweet dreams, Sensei...
Fantasy!Negi: Today's conference in Megalomesembria is absolutely critical! I'm counting on you, Chachamaru!
Fantasy!Chachamaru: You can rely on me, Negi!
Asakura: Negi-kun's secretary, eh? Sounds pretty sweet!
Chachamaru: Aahhh...
Asakura: And I suppose he'd wind that key of yours for you every day, right?
Chachamaru: Mnhh...

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Fantasy!Chachamaru: Well, I'll see you bright and early tomorrow at 07:00. Good night, Negi!
Fantasy!Negi: Oh, Chachamaru - why don't you join me for some tea?
Fantasy!Chachamaru: Oh...? // Negi...? Aren't you going to drink any...
Fantasy!Negi: Chachamaru...that was just an excuse. Here, let me wind your key.
Fantasy!Chachamaru: Wha - ? Th - There's really no need! I can wind it perfectly well myself, how many times do I have to -
Fantasy!Negi: There's no need to be shy. I want to repay you for everything you do for me. I'm not leaving until you agree! // Now, just relax. Don't worry, I'll do it gently...
Fantasy!Chachamaru: Ahh - y - you mustn't... // No... Aahh...!
Fantasy!Negi: Here goes...
Chachamaru: Aaaaaahhhhh! I said no - you really mustn't - aaaahhhh...
Negi: What are you getting so worked up about, Chachamaru-san?
Chamo: [aside]to think that innocent little robot would grow up so fast...![/aside]
Chachamaru: N-Ne-?! / W-w-w-w-why are you...?! // Asakura-san?!
Asakura: You won't believe this, Chachamaru! I bumped into Negi-kun just nearby, so I've been trying to get all the juicy info out of him, but he won't tell me a thing!
Negi: I'm very sorry. / [aside]I'd love to tell you, but it's all classified information and confidentiality agreements, so...[/aside]
Asakura: Yeah, yeah, you stingy kid you.
Chamo: E~~heheheheh!
Asakura: There is something pretty thrilling about that kind of intimate working relationship, huh?
Chachamaru: Eh...?! I...ahh...
Asakura: [aside]you should be a little more careful next time you drift off into a fantasy world, kay?[/aside]

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Negi: ?
Chachamaru: ......!
Negi: ...?
Chachamaru: (Th... This is so strange... There must be something wrong with me... Just seeing him look at me like that makes all my magic circuits start overheating... Why is this happening...?)
Negi: E - Erm... Chachamaru-san? / Are... Are you feeling all right...?
Chachamaru: (N - No... but still... could this... this moment right now... be my chance...?! / Aside from Asuna, barely anyone in the the class has even seen Negi-sensei recently... If I don't ask him now, I might never... // I want... I want to help him!!) // N... / Negi-sensei!
Asakura: Oh?!
Negi: Y - Yes?
Chachamaru: I have heard that you have been extremely busy recently. Are you holding up all right?!
Negi: Y...Yes...
Chachamaru: Do you have all the help you need? / No - my Master has already told me that you do not!

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Chachamaru: Please, allow me to assist you! // I have no need for rest or sleep! I can be of assistance whenever you need me!
Negi: B...But... / That's...
Chachamaru: Is that a no, Negi-sensei?
Negi: I - I'm not -
Chachamaru: Are we not your companions any more, now that we're safely back in Japan?
Negi: Th - This task is a path that I have chosen for myself. You all have your own school life, your own futures to think about! // I can't keep getting my students mixed up in -
Asakura: Negi-kun.
Chamo: Aniki.
Negi: Eh?
Flashback!Chao: Chachamaru... // You are an individual being now. Live your life however you wish.
Chachamaru: This is... // This is what I want to do, Negi-sensei. / This is the path that my heart desires.
Negi: Chachamaru-san...!

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Negi: It will be three to eight years before we can even predict whether the plan will be successful... // And once it is set in motion, the work will go on for ten years, thirty years... Most likely even a hundred. // There really is no end in sight. // It won't be easy, Chachamaru-san.
Chachamaru: (The eyes of a boy gazing far into the distance... // Once, they gazed after his father...) // O... // (But now, they look far beyond the clouds, to the future...)
Chamo: Heheh...
Chachamaru: (It was those eyes that gave me a soul...) // Of course!!

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Yue: *sigh*... // Confessing... / ...my feelings... // ......
Flashback!Makie: We'll all help you out, Yue-chan! Let's do this thing!
Yue: Unnhh...
[Right-hand labels: Third Term / Spring Holiday / First Term / Summer Holiday / Second Term]
[Middle labels: Ayase Yue / Memories Missing / Yue Farandole]
[Left-hand labels: Negi becomes teacher / Field Trip / Mahora Festival / Magical World]
Yue: (But... I still have no memories of the time between Negi's appointment as our teacher and the summer holidays... I can't even remember how I came to feel this way about him...)

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Flashback!Fate: Only one who has seen the things he has seen and can truly identify with what he is undertaking... // ...can possibly hope to stand by Negi-kun's side now.
Yue: (Aahhh... // I suppose the fact that I'm worrying pointlessly about all this... // ...just proves that I'm not nearly ready to confess how I feel...) // ? // Hello? // Who is this?
Collet: Ahhhh! Yue-Yue! / All right! I got through~!
Yue: Erm... // Who exactly is this?
Collet: It's me, Yue~! It's me~!
Yue: Eh...? // C - Collet?! Is that you?!
Collet: You bet it is~! // Hey there, Yue~!
vonKatze: Oh~? You really got through~?!

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Yue: H - H - How are you doing this?! // I mean, we're in completely different worlds... / How the heck did you...?!
Collet: Oh, it was simple enough! We're just piggybacking on other communications signals between Megalomesembria and your world! // There's been tons more communication between the two worlds since the incident, so it wasn't too hard to pull off! / Well, at least not for Bea-san. She's pretty good at the whole hacking thing, you know!
Yue: Piggybacking on official communications streams?! / That can't be legal! What are you playing at?!
Collet: Right now? Well, actually, we're all in the class rep's room, having a sort of... pyjama party... Hm? What's that? / Okay, okay, sure thing! The class rep wants to speak to you, so I'll just hand over, 'kay?♪
Emily: W - What? I didn't say -
Collet: What're you getting all shy for?! C'mon, this is probably the only time we're going to get a connection like this!
Emily: Hey - ! // ......
Yue: ...... // Erm, hello. // ...... // ...... // ...Hello...?
Emily: Why haven't you come?
Yue: Hmm?
Emily: Why haven't you come back here yet?!
Yue: ?! Wha -
Emily: You promised you would come to visit! You must have had free time since then!
Yue: What are you talking about?! It's only been three weeks!
Emily: I don't care how long it's been! It's a matter of principle!
Yue: You can't be serious...!

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Yue: By the way... Class Rep... / Why do you want to see me so badly, anyway? // [aside]it's a little disturbing...[/aside]
Emily: Wha...? // Wh - wh - wh - / wh - wh - wh - whaaaa?! // I - I - It's not as though I want to see you or anything!
Yue: That's hardly the impression you're giving...
Emily: You've got it wrong! I - I'm not really - I'm just - that's right! // It's Negi-sama! I just want to see Negi-sama! // When you come to visit, I'm sure he'll be with you, won't he?!
Yue: R - Right...
Emily: Why, I hear Negi-sama is your class tutor, of all things! / To think that you are able to see him each and every day... It makes me so jealous! / Negi-sama, your class tutor...! Oh, I'm sure you must have plenty of special "after-school lessons" with him, just the two of you! I can see it now! / You truly are a shameless traitor! A filthy coward! Why, when I get my hands on you -
Yue: Erm... Bea-san, are you there? Could you step in about now? You know what I mean... // And just so you know, Class Rep, Negi-san has been busy ever since we returned. / He has barely had time to see me or any of the rest of my classmates.
Emily: ...I see... / Well, I suppose that can't be helped with all the travelling he's been doing.
Yue: Travelling? What travelling?
Emily: Haven't you heard?! He's been all around the world! He was campaigning here in Ariadne just a few days ago... // You wouldn't believe the commotion; it turned the whole city upside down! Sadly, I only got to see him from a distance...

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Emily: But he's been to Hellas, to Megalomesembria... // Every country in the Magical World has given him a hearty welcome! // His popularity has grown to rival even that of his father!
Yue: That... would explain why he's so busy... // (I had no idea... That wasn't the impression I got at all...)
Emily: At any rate, if you're not planning to come and visit us... / Then I'll just have to visit you!
Yue: Huh?
Emily: Hah! You're not stopping me now! The preparations are already well underway! So you just sit tight and wait! // Don't underestimate the skills I have worked so hard to hone! You'll get left well and truly behind if you're not careful!
Yue: Eh? Wait a moment... Class Rep, can you really come here? / [aside]even though you're not a Megalomesembrian...?[/aside]
Emily: Ahahahaha!
Bea: Yes... In the wake of the incident, the decision has been made to send an ambassador from Ariadne to the Old World... // For days now, Ojou-sama has been studying like mad to take advantage of the opportunity...
Collet: You have to see it to believe it! She's been studying 'til she collapses! Though it'll probably be quite a while before anything comes of it...
Yue: She's been going that far...? // (While I've been doing nothing but pointless worrying...)

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Collet: 'Course, not all of us can work as hard as our Class Rep can... // I just hope someday everyone will be able to travel freely between the two worlds...
Bea: Haha... I quite agree.
Yue: ...! // (Could it be that what Negi-san's trying to do is...?)
Collet: I'd love to see the country where you grew up someday... // It's a great place, right? / Japan...
Yue: Yes. / I'd love for you to come. // You're welcome any time!
[Insert text: Wishing for a world where all people can join hands and live in harmony forever...]
[Bottom text: Next issue, Negima will be taking a break so that the author can collect data. See you in Shonen Magazine Issue 43, on sale Wednesday 21st September!♡]