Kurenai 17

Chapter 17

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Yuuno: You mustn't...
Yuuno: use that in actual battle yet.
Yuuno: If you use it now, you could shorten your lifespan considerably...

Shinkurou: Sorry, Yuuno-san.
Text: He wants to save her no matter what he must sacrifice!!

Shinkurou: But there's something more important than that.

Shinkurou: I want to show her...
Shinkurou: what I can do.

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Text: Release!!
Title: Chapter 17 Wish

Shinkurou: "Houzuki-Ryuu" Type 1 Class 2 Fighting Demon
Shinkurou: Kurenai Shinkurou

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Shinkurou: Give your name, "Tetsuwan".
Shinkurou: Let's battle.

Tetsuwan: I'm a member of the Akuu Company.
Tetsuwan: "Tetsuwan" Daniel Blanchard!!!

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Tetsuwan: Th...!!
Tetsuwan: This power...!!

Tetsuwan: ...So that's it...!!
Tetsuwan: His body is so solid because it has to keep this power in check...!!

Shinkurou: You're surprisingly light.

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Ryuuji: He...!!
Ryuuji: He's a monster...!!

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Ryuuji: D-do you understand what you're doing!?
Ryuuji: It's already over for you, you idiot!
Ryuuji: Anyone who opposes the Kuhouins is executed!!

Ryuuji: Ee...!!

Ryuuji: Stay back, you monster!!
Ryuuji: If you get any closer, I'll...!!

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Ryuuji: Eeeeeh!!
Ryuuji: S-stop...!!

Murasaki: Shinkurou...

Shinkurou: Murasaki...

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Shinkurou: Murasaki!!

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Ryuuji: Y...
Ryuuji: You!!

Ryuuji: Lin Cheng-Shin!!

Ryuuji: As one of the Imperial Guards, how dare you point a blade at me!!
Shinkurou: Imperial Guards...
Shinkurou: Is she one of the leaders?

Lin: Quiet.

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Lin: My lord is coming.

Ryuuji: F...!!
Ryuuji: Father is!!?

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Renjou: I return to the country early and this is what I find...?
Renjou: You fool.

Ryuuji: F-father...
Ryuuji: This is...

Shinkurou: This is Murasaki's father...
Renjou: I am well aware of the situation.
Renjou: I do not need to hear your excuses.
Shinkurou: The head of the Kuhouin Family, Kuhouin Renjou

Renjou: I have made my decision.
Renjou: Ryuuji shall be confined to the mansion.

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Renjou: Murasaki will be brought back to the Inner Sanctuary.
Renjou: That is all.

Shinkurou: W-wait!!
Shinkurou: Do you know what you're doing to your daughter...!!

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Lin: Silence, servant!!

Shinkurou: Please listen to me!!
Shinkurou: Murasaki has something she wants to tell you...!!
Shinkurou: That she wants to tell the Kuhouin Family!!

Murasaki: Shi...
Shinkurou: It's okay.

Shinkurou: I'm with you.

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Murasaki: F...
Murasaki: Father...

Murasaki: I...
Murasaki: I want to leave the Inner Sanctuary!

Renjou: That is not even worth considering.

Renjou: Living in the Inner Sanctuary is the fate of Kuhouin women.
Renjou: That system will never change.

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Shinkurou: Then let that family be destroyed.

Renjou: What?

Shinkurou: If the Kuhouin family can't continue on without that fucked up system...
Shinkurou: then let it be destroyed!!!

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Renjou: You certainly can roar...
Renjou: Little Demon of Houzuki.

Lin: You servant!!!
Lin: I'll take off your head!!

Benika: Oh, I see we made it in time.

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Benika: It's been a while...
Benika: General of the Kuhouin.

Renjou: So this was your doing after all...
Renjou: Juuzawa Benika.

Lin: Kh...!!
Lin: You damn dog of Juuzawa....!!
Yayoi: Indeed I am.

Renjou: What is your purpose here?

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Benika: To keep a promise.

Benika: One I made...
Benika: with Souju, Murasaki's mother.

Renjou: ...Hmph.

Renjou: Such foolish sentimentality.

Renjou: That Little Demon of Houzuki...
Renjou: So he is your apprentice.

Renjou: His impertinent manner of speaking is exactly how you used to be.

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Benika: How rude.

Renjou: Hm.

Renjou: I am a busy man.
Renjou: I don't have time to spend on this trivial matter.
Renjou: I have made my decision.

Renjou: Murasaki!
Murasaki: Y...
Murasaki: Yes!?

Renjou: You may leave the Inner Sanctuary.
Renjou: That is all.

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Murasaki: Eh?

Ryuuji: F...!!

Ryuuji: Father, how can-....!!

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Benika: I see you know when to quit.

Renjou: It's not like there isn't a precedent for this.

Renjou: This outcome is also known to us.

Murasaki: Amazing...
Shinkurou: Huh?

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Murasaki: Amazing, amazing!!
Murasaki: You're amazing, Shinkurou!!

Murasaki: You won against father!!!
Benika: Well...
Benika: I wouldn't really say he won...

Murasaki: Were you worried about me?

Shinkurou: If I wasn't, I wouldn't have come all the way here.

Murasaki: Answer the question!
Murasaki: Were you worried about me?

Shinkurou: Yes, I was.

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Murasaki: Am I important to you!?
Shinkurou: Yes, you are.

Murasaki: Congratulations, Shinkurou!!
Murasaki: We have a mutual love!!!

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Murasaki: Marry me, Shinkurou!!!
Shinkurou: Eh...
Shinkurou: Ehhh!!?
Murasaki: Boys and girls who love each other are supposed to get married!!
Murasaki: There's no problem!!
Shinkurou: Yes, there is!!

Shinkurou: And like that...

Shinkurou: Murasaki's and my time of living together came to an end.

Shinkurou: And starting then...
Sign partially covered by the text box: Elementary School

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Shinkurou: Murasaki began living in the Kuhouin mansion instead of being brought back to the Inner Sanctuary.
Shinkurou: And she was allowed to attend an ordinary elementary school.

Shinkurou: On the other hand, my body was in bad shape for a bit from using the power of the "horn" I got from my master...

Shinkurou: Yuuno-san was mad that I had disobeyed her.

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Shinkurou: And Ginko...

Shinkurou: has been in a bad mood for a while now...

Shinkurou: And that is how...
Shinkurou: this long, long job as a dispute mediator...
Shinkurou: came to an end.

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Text in first panel: Present Time

Murasaki: Shinkurou!!

Shinkurou: Murasaki...
Shinkurou: Is school out?
Murasaki: Yes!
Murasaki: But more importantly, I wrote a love letter!

Shinkurou: Eh?
Shinkurou: A love letter?

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Murasaki: Did you forget?
Murasaki: I told you I was going to write one.

Murasaki: C'mon, hurry up and read it!
Shinkurou: Well...I'll read it after I get home...

Murasaki: Shinkurou...
Shinkurou: Hm?

Murasaki: To tell the truth...
Murasaki: I didn't hate the Inner Sanctuary.

Murasaki: I hated Ryuuji-niisama of course...
Murasaki: but it really was a kind place.

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Murasaki: It's just...
Murasaki: It was missing something.

Murasaki: And then I remembered...
Murasaki: what my mother told me...

Murasaki: She said that she was satisfied with loving father.
Murasaki: That it made her happy.
Murasaki: So...I wanted to love someone, too.

Murasaki: Shinkurou...
Murasaki: I'm happy.

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Murasaki: I want to be with you forever...

Murasaki: Ah.

Murasaki: Oh, no!!
Murasaki: I just told you what I wrote in the love letter!!

Murasaki: Forget everything I just said!!
Shinkurou: Ha ha.
Murasaki: Okay, Shinkurou!?

Shinkurou: Thank you,
Shinkurou: Murasaki...

Text in left margin: For the sake of that irreplaceable ordinariness.