Mahou Sensei Negima! 215

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Mahou Sensei Negima!
Period 215: Begin! Operation Return-To-The-Real-World!!
[insert text: Negi, closing in on Asuna's past...?!]
Asuna: S... Strange dreams...? // What do you mean...?
Negi: I don't know... dreams of strange places you've never seen... // Illusions of people you've never met...
Asuna: Ahh... // I have! I have! I totally have!
Negi: !
Asuna: I've been having all of those, Negi, I have!!
Negi: I... see.

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Negi: They wouldn't have been... becoming more frequent the closer you got to this city... or anything...?
Asuna: Uh-huh! They have! / All sorts of weird dreams about your dad, and that creepy Colonel-san, and stuff... // Oh, and there was a younger Takahata-sensei... and this cool sort of old guy... // They all kind of made a fuss of me... it was kind of nice... // ...Maybe I'm kind of screwed-up too... / [aside]am I frustrated...?[/aside]
Negi: Ah - no, I don't think that's quite right...
Asuna: Anyway, why the hell do you know all about the dreams I've been having, huh?!
Negi: Aaaahhh?! // Th - The truth is, there's a local disease going around here that causes strange dreams and illusions. / Well, it's just sort of like a common cold, it's not really harmful...
Asuna: Ohhhh? So that's all it was? / [aside]some weird disease? I guess this really is a fantasy world...[/aside]
Negi: If you just drink this medicine, you should get better.
Asuna: Man, Negi, you're still as handy as you ever were, huh!
Negi: [aside]whew~~[/aside]

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Asuna: Incidentally, I sure hope you're not hiding anything, now, are you.
Negi: Whaaaa?!
Asuna: 'Cause back there you were making this weird face and going all "I... see" and stuff.
Negi: I did not look like that!
Asuna: At any rate, if there is anything, then hurry up and spit it out -
Racan: A~~hahahh! // So this is Asuna, huh?
Asuna: Huh...?
Racan: Check it out. She sure has got kinda big, now, hasn't she.
Asuna: ?!!

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Asuna: THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!!
Racan: Buaghh?!
Asuna: Ah. // [aside]no way?![/aside]
Asuna/Negi: Whaaaaa?!
Negi: [aside]is this... a murder?![/aside]
Racan: Nguaaaahh~~~~~?! // Ju~st kidding!♡ Nice punch you've got there~♪
Asuna: [aside]who is this guy?[/aside]
AsunaGroup: Eh...?

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AsunaGroup: Eeehhhh?! A friend of Nagi-san's?! // Racan-dono of Ala Rubra?!
Racan: That's me!
[Label: Disguising Glasses. Contain magic to prevent people recognising you. 29,800 Drachma.]
Kaede/Setsuna: Your immense reputation precedes you, Racan-dono. / Particularly amongst the bounty-hunters of this world, you are practically a legend...
Racan: Whoa, whoa, no need for all the crazy formality or anything.
Konoka: Oh, if you're Nagi-san's friend, that means you must be friends with my father as well~!♪
Racan: Ohhh? I suppose you must be Konoka-chan, then! // Now this is a shock! How did that straight-laced old ponce manage to come out with a beautiful little girl like this?
Konoka: Eheheh!
Racan: Wahahahah! Good girl!
Kaede: Hmm...

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Kaede: I suppose he is... the genuine article?
Setsuna: Quite...
Kaede: At a glance, he seems almost absolutely defenceless, and certainly very... different from both Colonel-dono and Eishun-dono... // He isn't overbearing, but he carries an incredible atmosphere about him... / Just how many deaths must he have escaped over the years...?
Asuna: Oh, he's just a perv! / [aside]just like Colonel-san![/aside]
Setsuna: Hahah... // B - But still, it certainly is reassuring to have Racan-dono of Ala Rubra fighting on our side! // With you by our side, surely there is no obstacle we cannot overcome!
Racan: Hmm? Oh, I'm not planning on helping out.
Setsuna: Eh...
Racan: Don't get me wrong... There's only one guy I fight for, and that's myself. // That's just the kind of guy I am.

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Racan: Everybody gotta wipe his own ass, right?
Setsuna: Ahh...
Racan: Me, I"m just here to see the sights. / But hey, I'll help you out for, say, five million or so?
Konoka: [aside]no way~~[/aside]
Setsuna: [aside]five million...[/aside]
Negi: Well, that's just how he is...
Kaede: Then I guess there's no helping it~de gozaru.
Negi: Well, then, I suppose it's about time we all set about wiping our collective asses!
Asuna: [aside]is he a perv too...?[/aside]
Setsuna: [aside]ah... well...[/aside]
Negi: I have to be back at the arena before it closes up... / So I'll just tell you the important points. // There are three main things we have to accomplish if we are to succeed in our Returning To The Real World Operation! // 1) Free Ako-san and the others from their slavery! 2) Get the whole group back together! 3) Find the gate that's going to take us back, and release it! // Number 1 should be fine - Koutarou-kun and myself intend to win the tournament no matter what it takes. // As for number two, we have Asakura-san and Chachamaru-san... // ...currently putting everything they've got into finding the four people who are as yet unaccounted-for. // And then there's number 3...

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Negi: The location of the return Gate. // I would like to ask you all to handle this part of the task.
Setsuna: !
[Labels: We Are Here // New Ostia // The centre of former Royal Capital Ostia]
Negi: To the west of this city lie the remains of the destroyed original capital Ostia. // The currently inactive Gate should be hidden somewhere amongst those ruins. // However, we are unaware of its exact location. // It seems to be highly classified information, and we have no way of acquiring it. // These former floating islands now lay covered in mist, teeming with monsters, and have essentially become one gigantic, labyrinthine "dungeon". / As the most dangerous region of the entire magical world, it is is off-limits to all but the most skilled adventurers, and even they need special permission. // This is a very dangerous mission. // But... there is nobody else for me to ask, and so...
Setsuna: We don't mind. No matter how dangerous the mission may be, Sensei... we are all just honoured that you have the faith in us to entrust us with a mission of this nature.
Kaede: Quite.

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Setsuna: Leave it to us!! // We will find that Gate for you!
Negi: ......
Asuna: All right, then that's that~! Let's go~~!♪ // [aside]sounds like fun![/aside]
Konoka: [aside]ya~~~y!♡[/aside]
Negi: No, Asuna-san, Konoka-san, you two can't go!
Asuna: Aww... but why? / I can handle monsters and stuff too, you know?
Negi: N - No, that's not it... it's just... well, monsters aren't the only dangers in there...
Asuna: What're you talking about? // [aside]what's in there except from monsters then~?[/aside]
Negi: W - Well, there's, um...
Setsuna: Ah! // Negi-sensei... you wouldn't happen to be talking about... Fate Averruncus...?
Racan: That's exactly right. Good intuition you've got there, girl.

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Racan: There's an excellent chance... // ...that you're gonna end up going up against those guys again before you get to leave.
Setsuna: R - Racan-dono...
Negi: ...
Setsuna: Why would you be aware of a thing like that...?
Racan: Why? Well... I know a thing or two about him. // I'd say that Fate guy is most likely... // ...a survivor of the "enemies" that we of Ala Rubra were fighting against.

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Tsukuyomi: A festival of peace...! / It looks like such fun... Is the official opening of celebrations the day after tomorrow?

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Tsukuyomi: You don't seem too interested, huh, Fate-han.
Fate: ...... / I could say the same of you.
Tsukuyomi: ...Heh. // Well, I've never been good at living amongst other people... // As long as there's blood and fighting... // That's enough for me.
Fate: Hm... // Tsukuyomi.
Tsukuyomi: Gehh... // What is it~~?
Fate: Quiet.
Tsukuyomi: Huuuh? // Ahhh...

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Tsukuyomi: Was that a submarine~~?
Fate: That was the Special Air Submarine from Ariadne.
Tsukuyomi: "Ariadne"? // Isn't that some tiny country somewhere off to the south? // [aside]an academic city or something[/aside] // Surely this is the territory of the major powers of the North? / Is it even okay for people like that to be hanging around?
Fate: It isn't just Ariadne. Thanks to the festival, there are undercover warships from both the southern empire and from the north hanging around here. It's an important strategic location. // This is a festival of peace in name alone. // But with all of them hanging around and providing a convenient diversion, it's much easier for us to move about. // Indeed, it would be extremely difficult for us to move about as we wish this close to Ostia at any other time.
Tsukuyomi: ...So can I slice up the people on that ship, then?
Fate: ...Were you even listening? // [aside]not that I daresay you'd have any trouble slicing them up...[/aside]
Tsukuyomi: Oh... // By the way...

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Tsukuyomi: I'm not really fussed what happens as long as I get to fight... // But how about you, Fate-han? / Well, I suppose I wouldn't really understand your plans if you did tell me, but...
Fate: ......
Tsukuyomi: What is it... // ...you're after?
Fate: ...... // To save the world.
Tsukuyomi: Ahh... // So you mean...
Girls: Sorry to keep you waiting, Fate-sama.
Tsukuyomi: ? // What's this, then~?

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Fate: Evocem Vos. / Shirabe... // Homura... // Shiori... // Koyomi... // Tamaki...
[TN: They all have single-kanji names which are actual Japanese words. Respectively, "Search", "Flame", "Bookmark", "Calendar", and "Bracelet". For what it's worth.]

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Fate: How prompt.

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Setsuna: So... // What is it that they're after...?
Racan: Ehhh, I dunno. They're, y'know, an evil secret society, so I guess... world conquest or somethin'?
Konoka: [aside]ah - that's not quite -[/aside]
[TN: Kanji-pun. He says "sekai seifuku", which means "world conquest"... except he uses the kanji for "uniform" instead of "conquest".]
Setsuna: You fought them without even knowing what they were after?!
Racan: Ah, I'm not good with all that stuff, y'know. // But if I remember right, that Al idiot mighta told me once... // ...that they were trying to "bring about the end of the world"... / ...or something like that? / [aside]well, we stopped 'em, though.[/aside] // Well, it's not like it's a big deal anyway.
Setsuna: It really is~! [aside]that's really terrible...![/aside]
[insert text: The countdown begins! Fate's ambitions and his beautiful assassins draw ever nearer to Negi and his friends!!]