Mahou Sensei Negima! 257

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Mahou Sensei Negima!
Period 257: The Plan To Return To The Real World Begins!!
[Insert text: With a ball, of all things, ahead of them, the hearts of these maidens are already floating far above the clouds!♡]
Girls: Whaaaaa~~~~?! // An invitation to a ball~~?! // The Government-General... as in that palace on top of the mountain?!
Aisha: That's right! You've all been invited by the Governor-General himself!♪ And what's more... // You can choose any dress out of this selection to wear to it!♡
Girls: Aaahhhhhh~!♡ / It's dressing-up time~~~!

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Girls: Whoa~~~! That looks great on you, Makie~! / Ahhh, I wanted to try that one! // Huh~? What's all this? Japanese-style? There's Japanese-style stuff too? / Sayo-chan, that really suits you! It's great~! // Let me try that first - ! // Hey, hey, get in line! / What are you, housewives at a bargain sale?!
Guys: ...Are all of those Nagi's girls...? // Truly, the world is unfair... // [aside]what a harem... // that long-haired girl is so cute... // Yeah, I'm starting to think somebody does need to kick his ass one of these days...

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Negi: H - Hello there, everyone!
Yuuna: Ohhhhhh~~?! If it isn't the Nagi-Koji duo~~~!
Ako: (Ahh...)
KuFei: (Hm...)
Girls: Ahahah~~~~!♪ The celebrities arrive! / [aside]didn't think we'd be seeing you two like this again~![/aside] // Mmmm... Looking pretty good there, the both of you! / I'm a real fan, you know~~! Can I get an autograph~~?! // Kojirou-kun, you're pretty cool too! / Uh-huh, it's hard to believe you're really just Kotarou-kun!
Kotarou: Mmm? Really~? // [aside]ahahaha // doesn't feel too bad being complimented...[/aside]
Natsumi: (Hm...?)

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Negi: B - But are you really all... going to be coming with me? // I was just hoping to take people like Setsuna-san and Kaede-san... / ...who I know can take care of themselves no matter what might happen...
Haruna: Like hell we're going to let you guys go off to an awesome fun place like that on your own!!! // You little fool of a man!!!
Negi: Ehhhh~?
Makie: Uh-huh!♪ We get to wear these cute dresses and everything~~!
Yuuna: And I bet there'll be a huge feast to enjoy as well~~!♡
Haruna: And this is a Government-General party, so it'll be filled with the elite classes from all the different countries! // There's no better place than a party for making connections! // This is going to be mighty writer... no, mighty artist Paru Saotome's first step... // ...towards conquering this entire Magic World~~~!!!
Girls: So that's what she's got in mind... // I wouldn't put it past her to pull it off...
Asakura: Well, no worries! Rakan-san will be with us, after all... / And this Governor-General was an old friend of your father's as well, right? / [aside]it'll be fine![/aside]
Negi: Still...
Asakura: Besides... wasn't this supposed to be the whole point of this trip in the first place?

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Asakura: This Governor-General guy... he may not just have information on your father and mother... // We might be able to get him to tell us the secrets of this world itself!
[Book: The Fall of the Kingdom of Vespertatia & The Final Queen / Kazumi]
Asakura: You can't seriously think Journalist of Truth Asakura Kazumi is going to let you just leave her behind!♡ // Besides, I've been looking into things on my own, and something definitely stinks about all this... / The stench of a great evil!
Negi: ......
Chisame: That's right, Sensei... // After getting us all mixed up in things this far... / ...it would hardly be fair to try and leave us out of the juicy finale! // We're with you to the end.
Negi: ...Of course. // Chisame-san.
Haruna: Very true... and what's more... A grand ball at a palace on a festival night? // A couple alone on the terrace, illuminated by the fireworks... / The palace gardens, filled with beautiful flowers blooming under the stars...

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Haruna: You may never get a more romantic opportunity... // ...in your whole lives~~!♡
Girls: (?!!)
Yuuna: [aside]hmm...[/aside]
Akira: [aside]no, I...[/aside] // [aside]no, I...[/aside]
Negi: ? // ?
Girls: Come to think of it, we were in the middle of choosing dresses~! // Ahh - wait, me too, me too~!
Nodoka: Oh, that's right... if we're going off to the ball... // We might never come back to this city again...
Ako: Oh... you're right! I guess we should take this opportunity to go find all the people who've helped us along the way... // ...and say our goodbyes...

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Aisha: I see... so you're heading straight from the ball to the ruins...
Nodoka: Yes... we don't know what might happen, so...
Aisha: I suppose it's finally time to say goodbye, then.
Nodoka: You've all done nothing but help me out in so many ways all this time... / Even saving us again today...

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Kris: We've helped you?! Come off it! You guys are the ones who saved us from those bounty hunters back then... / ...and thanks to you, I even got to meet Jack Rakan and the Thousand Master's own son! I can buy a house with this stuff, easy!♪ // [aside]check out the epic treasure!![/aside] // I even got Negi-kun's autograph both as the Thousand Master's son and as gladiator Nagi! Two for the price of one!
Aisha: [aside]for shame...[/aside] // Kris, could you perhaps be a little more careful about what you say...?
Lyn: Nodoka... your trap-sensing abilities were second-to-none. // When I think that we're going to have to rely on Kris for opening locks in future, it's frankly depressing.
Kris: [aside]geez, thanks![/aside] // Nodoka-chan... you're a student back in your own world, right? Kind of hard to believe... // Once you graduate, would you consider coming back here? You really could make it as a treasure hunter!
Craig: To be honest, I'd hoped to stick with you until you made it all the way back home... // ...but with a legendary hero and the son of another on your side, I don't think you really need ordinary guys like us. / Still, do be careful... Take care of yourself, yeah?
Nodoka: Thank you... // Craig-san...
Craig: Well, hey... when all this is over, make sure you come back and visit if you're free! / We'll always be happy to see ya!
Nodoka: I will... // I promise...!
Aisha: C'mon, this is our big goodbye, so take off those disguising glasses!
Nodoka: Eh? Ah - Aisha-san...!
Aisha: I think somebody wanted one last good look at your face without them.
Craig: Hmm? What're you talking about? // Ahh...

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Aisha: Heheh...
Craig: Man... I don't know what to say. // That's the face of a real treasure hunter, and don't you ever let anyone tell you otherwise!
Nodoka: N - No, I'm really not...
Hunters: Here's our contact details.
Nodoka: Right.
Hunters: Let's delve some dungeons together again sometime!
Nodoka: Right!
Hunters: Keep well, Nodoka!
Nodoka: Right! // Goodbye, you guys! / I promise I'll be back!

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Guys: Little ladies!
Yuuna: Johnny-san! / Toragoro-san!
Johnny: What's up with that mountain of souvenirs?
Toragoro: [aside]hey~![/aside]
Johnny: You heading home already? // ...Wait... / Whaaaaaaat?!! // You're going down to the ruins to use the Gateport in old Ostia?!
Yuuna: Shhhhhh!
Johnny: Well, I don't know...
Toragoro: Isn't that a pretty heavy crime? You sure you're gonna be okay?
Makie: Well, our Prince is pretty much the strongest guy in the world, and we've got great connections, so... // [aside]ehehe!♡[/aside]
Yuuna: We should be able to handle a few cops on our tail. / [aside]pretty much.[/aside]
Johnny: ...What's that meant to mean...?

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Makie: Well then, we've gotta be going!
Johnny: What's this, now? We're treating you!
Makie: You are not! We don't know when we might see each other again, after all~!
Yuuna: [aside]and you guys have been nothing but a help to us this whole time![/aside]
Johnny: Until we meet again!
Makie: You bet~!♪
Yuuna: Say hi to ol' Tempe from us, too~!♡
Johnny: Well, they certainly were in high spirits as ever...! / [aside]shining like the sun...[/aside]
Toragoro: Hahah... They must have been through an awful lot, but you wouldn't know it to look at 'em! / I'd say those girls could make it no matter where they ended up!
Furry: I see... / So this is goodbye...
Akira/Natsumi/Ako: Yes...
Ako: Eh-?

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Furry: Well, it's a fine shame! // You girls were the best workers I ever had!
Girls: mmph!
Furry: I hear it isn't too easy to find employment in this "Japan" of yours right now? / You can come back whenever you like! We pay good wages, you know!
Girls: Ch... Chief... can't breathe...
Furry: Oh - I'm sorry!
Tosaka: [aside]hmph...[/aside]
Negi: Tosaka-san!
Tosaka: Oh, it's you... Come off it. D'you really need to come say goodbye to the likes of me?
Negi: Don't be like that, Tosaka-san! // Could I... ask you one thing...?
Tosaka: What is it?

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Negi: Tosaka-san... do you... do all of you... // ...harbour any... resentment... toward my mother...?
Tosaka: What's all this?
Negi: Well, it still hasn't really sunk in for me, either... / But according to the Governor-General, my mother was once the Queen of this country...
Tosaka: Oh... I see. // Ol' Queen Arika... // ...Crazy stuff. So you're what, the son of the world's hero and the final Queen of our country...? // Jeez, how big a VIP can one guy be? / [aside]if I leaked this info to the media, I could make a fortune, you know...[/aside]
Negi: ...Queen Arika was responsible for the destruction of Old Ostia... of your home... / ...and then from the intricacies of the usurpation of the throne of Vespertatia in the final stages of the war... / ...powerful evidence was brought to light suggesting that she may have been the true mastermind behind the secret society, Kosmo Entelecheia... she was tried in national courts...
Tosaka: ...and executed, eighteen years ago. / Even today, she's known as the "Witch of Calamity"... // And you think we resent her for that, huh?

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Tosaka: Dumbass. // Nobody resents her. Listen, okay? // Back when she was a Princess before the war, Arika-sama used to associate with the common people without any regard for her position. And everyone loved her for it. // I was lucky enough to see her up close myself, just the once. / I remember wondering if this is what angels are like. // And it was the same when Ostia fell. // She worked desperately to save every last citizen she could. // No Ostian who saw or heard of how she acted back then believes a word of that bullshit. // [aside]'course, it's tough being a refugee, so there are probably some people out there who resent her out of spite, but still...[/aside] // Fact is, the day I heard Arika-sama had been executed as a war criminal, it depressed the hell out of me... / Just having Arika-sama around was always a huge moral support for us Ostian refugees... // But you know...
Negi: ...
Tosaka: If you, ten-year-old Negi, really are Arika-sama's own son... / I guess that makes her supposed execution eighteen years ago a blatant government lie.

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Tosaka: I guess the real Arika-sama... / ...got rescued by a certain dashing young hero... // ...and lived her life in peace in some far-off country, at least until her kid was born. / [aside]...Sound about right?[/aside] // ...Yeah... that's something to be real happy about. Some real great news... // Man, if I could tell everyone else about this...
Negi: ......
Tosaka: H - Hey, don't get me wrong, okay?! It's just Arika-sama and the Thousand Master that I'm happy for! Got that?! / I'm sure as hell not accepting you or anything like that, so don't you go... // Ngh...
Negi: ...
Tosaka: Don't you go... getting the wrong... idea.
Negi: ...Of course!

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People: We're ba~ck! / We just got back!! / Negi-kun and the others are so late~! There's no time left! / Come on, come on, get changed, quickly~!
Makie: How do I look~?
Ako: Noooooooo! / Honestly, you're hopeless when it comes to makeup...! // Hurry up~! I need that mirror~! // This is ridiculous! Making so many girls get all dressed up in a beat-up old place like this! / It's like hell~! // Aaahhh~!
Kotarou: What's up, Natsumi-san? Not gonna get all worked up like the rest of 'em?
Natsumi: I'll just go last. / [aside]it's not like make-up's going to make much difference for me anyway...[/aside] // Hm... // Ooh! // What a huge world map~!♪

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Natsumi: The secrets of the world, huh... // Not that it's got much to do with a side character like me... // Hey, I've been thinking this for a while, but doesn't this world map look kind of like Mars~?
Kotarou: Huh? / [aside]what're you goin' on about?
Negi: Natsumi-san, what did you just say?!
Natsumi: Huh? / Wh - What's wrong, Negi-kun...?
Negi: N - No, it's just... I think what you were saying stirred up something in my memory... / P - Please, carry on!!
Natsumi: N - No, it's not like it's a big deal or anything... It's just, you know, Chizu-nee from our place is in the Astronomy Club, right? // ? // And as well as a normal Earth globe, she's got a globe of Mars sitting around as well, and I look at it sometimes myself, and, well... // Like this bit, for instance. // [aside]North and South are the other way round on here, so I didn't notice it for a while, but...[/aside] // There's this place on Mars called the "Vallis Marineris", and I was just thinking... / This place looks just like it...

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Negi: ...... // M... Mars... // Could it... really be...?
[TN: Congratulations! You've worked out what the fanbase figured out aeons ago. =p (Does it not help that Olympus Mons is marked right there?)]
[Insert text: The secret of the Magic World is finally revealed?!!]
[Bottom text: Next issue, Negima will be taking a break so that the author can collect data. See you again in Issue 34 (on sale 22nd July)!]