Jio to Ougon to Kinjirareta Mahou 7

I'm totally procrastinating...

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[1]

Chapter 7: Saza's Punishment

Guilty? Innocent?

Kirihata Ayumi

Jio and Gold and Forbidden Magic

[2]

1: A death penalty for Saza---?!

2: W... wait, but...

3: Saza just used it to see my past...
4: The one to blame should be---...

SFX: twitch

5: Don't move.

Text: The magical tool that was broken when used to see Jio's past turned out to be the 'national treasure'...

[3]

1: Y- // Your Majesty...

2: For the crime of destroying the national treasure, "Kakomi".
3: I will carry out the punishment on Sazaai'Aries.

[4]

1: Where's this...?
2: A dimension my father created out of magic.

3: Basically, the only person who's free to come and go as he pleases is Father.

SFX: rip rip rip

4: Look.
5: Speak of the devil.

[5]

SFX: gulp

1: Um.

2: I'm really sorry for breaking the national treasure!
SFX: bow

3: Heh.

[6]

1: Hahaha.
2: Hahaha.

3: ?

4: Saza,
5: Your friend's a pretty interesting one.

6: We're not really friends.
7: Eh.
SFX: shock

8: Ah, but what exactly makes a friend a friend...? // I'm not all that sure myself...?
9: Well, I do agree that he's an interesting fellow.

SFX: hehe
10: All the same, seems like you've taken an interest in him.

11: ...Mr King, are you not angry?
12: No.

[7]

1: After all, it was this stupid son of mine who broke it rashly.
Text: Don't just decide that on your own.
2: Besides, it isn't strange for that ancient thing to fall apart.

3: They both said the same thing // Maybe because they're father and son?
4: So, Father, what're we gonna do about my punishment?

5: !

6: ...

7: You will be treated as a prince, but you will be under house arrest for three months.
8: Right.

9: Thank goodness, it wasn't a death penalty.
SFX: sigh...

10: But you think I'll be a good boy and stay home for three months?
11: Never.

[8]

1: However, the equivalent punishment would be...

2: ...I see. Saza, am I right in saying this was intentional?

3: ?

4: And just as I was wondering why you'd report this so honestly when you usually slack off on your duties, it comes down to

this.

5: ?
6: ?

7: Ohhh, sorry, Jio.

8: And sorry again, but please take care of my foolish son, Sazaai-Aries.
9: Eh?!

[9]

1: His aim is to get freedom by intentionally getting punished.

2: I don't know his reasons for this, it's probably something to do with you, right?

3: ...!

4: Anyway, Saza, // I hereby pronounce that your punishment will be that, for three months, you cannot enter the palace, and

you will be stripped of your special powers as a member of the royal family and as a Winged Knight.
T/N: By powers I don't mean magical powers, I mean priviledges
5: As your Majesty commands.

SFX: sigh---
6: It'd be nice if Saza could keep his special powers, but...

7: This boy will do whatever he wants, powers or otherwise.
8: Haha.
9: ...

10 text: Before I forget
10: Jio,
11: Take it easy today.

[10]

1: Go on a tour around the capitol. // Though it'll be awkward for you to wander around the city in broad daylight...

2: All right.
3: Taking it easy and stuff...
4: I want to see the capitol!

5: ...

6: Wow---!

[11]

1: The capitol sure is a busy place!
2: ...

3: Wow, what's that?!
4: Say, you aren't at all interested about we saw in your past?

5: I am! // I'm super interested!
6: But I also want to see the capitol!
7: ...

[12]

1: Ooh--

2: Boy, is that a license?
3: Ah, // Yup!

4: You're quite something even though you're so young.
5: Give it your all!

6: Thank you!

7: Hehe.

8: Ah-

9: Come to think of it, I don't remember Iregauna wearing anything like this on him.
10: Doesn't he have a license from another country?

[13]

1: Licenses from different countries come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
2: Ohh--!

3: Then, Gin must be the same.

4: Gin...

5 Text: Ah
6: Gin
7: Is my senior apprentice.

8: Hmm,
9: So maybe that's why we didn't learn anything about him when we went to your past...

10: That looks delicious! // One of this please!
11: Coming up!
12: ...

[14]

1: 1800 taal.
2: Eh?!

3: I don't have enough...
sfx: rustle

4: We'll take two.

5: Here.
6: T-thank...

7: One moment please, sir. // I can't possibly find enough change for such a large sum of money.
8: Keep the change. // Let's go, Jio.
9: Eh, // Wai-
10: Okay.

11: That was yummy.

12: Thank you, Saza.
13: No problem.

[15]

1: Here! This is all the money I have.
2: I'll pay for the rest later!

3: I don't need---...

4: Sigh--- I said I wanted to become a rich man, but---

5: Iregaura... I'm poor, aren't I?

6: What's with this?

7: Eh? It's just what I took from our place.
8: These coins are very rare nowadays, so if you hold onto it it'll become money.

9: Really?!
10: That's why I'll take only one, and the rest can go back to you.

11: So they're rare---
12: ...

[16]

1: This coin was made 300 years ago...
2: And... // The past we saw was at least 40 years ago.

3: I knew it, there should be something special about this guy after all...

4: Jio, where's this 'Gin' guy at now?

5: Um, I dunno... // Gin's always very busy...
6: I haven't met him for almost three years...

7: So as far as we're concerned, the only clue we have is that masked man...

8: !

9: As I recall, there's a small country to the north-west where it's a custom for magicians to wear masks.

[17]

1: So...

2: If we go there, we can find out something about my past...?
3: Possibly.

4: But...

5: But?

6: A few months ago...
7: That country went to war against its neighbour, Parnoas.

8: No, war... doesn't quite nail it on its head.
9: Because the entire country was annihilated... by just a single magician.

[18]

1: Just one...

2: Everyone... was killed...?
3: Who knows?

4: In one night, an entire nation disappeared like smoke...
5: No matter how many times we investigate this peculiar event, we can't obtain any more information besides what I've told

you.

6: The only other thing we know is the name of that magician.

7: His name is

8: Gin Taxibises.
9: Sure is a coincidence, isn't it? The same name as your senior.

Text: He doesn't believe it's pure coincidence... // Can it be that the gentle Gin is...?!