Doll's Folklore 13

Yeah, I'm almost at the finish line. Of course it's when you're closest to your goal that disaster usually catches up.



(Side text- Chapter 13)

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Chapter 13: Altered wish.

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Yousuke: She’s gotten a bit bigger huh?
Though the fact that she still pities me hasn’t changed…
I guess that’s something I shouldn’t be saying now huh?
In any case, just wait for me…
I’ll definitely defeat Makina and save you…
Sis...
{Yo-chan you’ll protect me…}
{As well won’t you?}
{Promise me?}

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Yousuke: Sorry Makina.
The promise I made with you…
Isn’t something that I can keep.
(Sfx- Botshhh *fwooom*)

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Yousuke: Guuhh!!
I won’t let you lay a finger…
On her…!!
Agh!!

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(Sfx- Baaiiiiinn *craaaash*)
Makinanno: You have to…
Keep your promises…
Yo-chan…

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Tachibana: Yousuke!!!
Souma: Rokudo…
I’m sorry but I’ll need to leave the rest to you.
Rokudo: Yeah….I understand.
Tachibana: Souma…
Aren’t you satisfied with what you’ve done to this girl already?!
Souma: I wonder…
Though that too is an issue from long ago.

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???: Isn’t that the little sister of Souma from class four?
Oh, you mean that little girl who sees monsters?
???: Why…?
???: Yeah, she’s the ‘Oh woe is me’ type of weirdo…the one who tries to act pathetic for attention.
If she’s gonna jump she should just do it already.
???: Gyaahahaha!! You’re cold man!
Souma: STOP THIS KAEDE!!
???: I defeated the dolls but…

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{Even now there’s so much that I don’t understand.}
{What ‘she’ saw and laughed at….what she heard and was hurt by.}
{What she thought as she died…}
Souma: There’s only one thing I did understand.
The supposed doll that killed my little sister wasn’t a monster…
But just an ordinary human.

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Tachibana: People’s ‘feelings’ are capable of becoming ‘curses’ as well…this is fact.
But those ‘curses’ can only be undone by the ‘feelings’ of people.
{It is wishes from their hearts that are able to rend the curses apart…the powers of each wish are able to take form.}
{This form is what the torcher is.}
Tachibana: You know that much at least?
If you can see that then…
…..
No way…
You mean it’s…

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Souma: That’s right, Tahchibana-san.
The hope that will save people…
The perception of despair that will come and judge them…
In short the doll that watches over them..

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Souma: It is Makina who will judge them
Against the thing known as ‘Indulgence’.
Tachibana: That’s insane…
???: Tachibana…
You do know what happens if you are unable to..
Hold up your guarantee in regards to Souma.
Tachibana: I understand…
Just wait a little more, would you?

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Souma: I’m well aware of your intent to kill me….
But it seems you’ve got your own problems as well, Tachibana-san.
The ‘curse’ that is my abilities will…
become perfection upon my death.
And then a perfect Makina will envelope this entire world.
Tachibana: Even if that is the truth of the matter, I cannot allow you to run…
Since I can’t afford to be embarrassed any more.
Besides..

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Tachibana: I just don’t feel like letting you do what you…
Want any more.

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(Sfx- Hyuuhh *wffft*)
Souma: My…aren’t we impatient…
I know hand to hand combat is your specialty.
At this age, you still have those moves….impressive.

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Tachibana: ‘That age’?! Why are you treating me as some sort of relic?!
I’m still only around forty! Only AROUND forty!!
(Handwritten- I’m not at the age that I’m ready to abandon my forties!!)
Tachibana: Geez…
I suppose I’ll have to burn myself out to take care of you…
I hope you’re prepared….
{Torcher ‘Sukeprabaz’.}

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{Lepidoptera}
Rokudo: This is…
Souma: He’s using the moth’s scales to create an illusion?
Tachibana: Since this is an open area, the effect isn’t as pronounced..
But this is good enough for where we are.

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Souma: Uwaaah!
Tachibana: I’ll lock your consciousness away for good~

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Makinanno: Because you didn’t keep your promise…
I ended up like this.

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Makinanno: I’ll have to kill..
Yo-chan…kill…kill..kill..kill…
Yousuke: Makina…

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Yousuke: I wasn’t able to…
Grant the promise I had made to you…
I have to do whatever it takes to bring the Hamilin incident to a close…
So that this time I can save sis with my own hands.
That’s why….
It’s absolutely fine if you want to curse me too.

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{So that at least…}
{I can defeat you.}
Natsume: Yousuke!!
Saburo: Yousuke-kun!!

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Yousuke: Uuuh…

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Yousuke: Oooooo
Oooooorhhh
RRAAAAH!!

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{Makina….}

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Makinanno: OOOOOOOOOHHH
{I’m sorry…}
Natsume: Ah!! He’s falling!!
(Handwritten- What will do?)
Saburo: I’ll use my ‘lost memory’ to stop him..
(Sfx- Gacha gacha *Clack clack*)
Saburo: Natsume…support….

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Yousuke: Makina…!!
Saburo: She wasn’t defeated?!
Natsume: But…she looks kinda weird…

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Makinanno: Yo-chan…please…
You have to quickly…
I….

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Rokudo: I won’t…
Give Kei to you again.
Souma: This is for the best…
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Souma: My sin must be judged…
This judgment is for the sake of my ‘curse’ being able to bloom.
With this…
I can finally…
Tachibana: Souma!!!

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