KINGDOM 9

I think it's about time I stop messing with my boy and put up a translation, don't you agree?




page 5

title) Mountain dwellers.

page 7

b1) There isn't...
b2) anyone here.
b3) You're right.
b4) Hey!
panel1) Why they hell are you so calm?
b5) We just arrived first is all.
b6) Rest in whatever room you feel you like.

page 8

b1) Piao...
b2) Food is ready!

page 9

b1) OHHHHHHH!!!
b2) You made all this yourself!?
b3) yeah.
b4) How you like me now?
b5) Dinner?
b6) Yeah, come on in.
panel1) Sweet.
b7) Time to eat!
b8,9) mmmm arhmmm nom nom nom // gulp gulp gulp stahhhh
b0) What
b1) is
b2) this?
b3) Damn, you're a really good cook!

page 10

b1) hm?
b2) What's wrong you guys? Why aren't you eating? // You're not hungry?
b3) BECAUSE EATING NEXT TO A PIG IS MAKING ME SICK TO MY STOMACH!!!
b4) Since you have a poor upbringing, I wont ask for perfect manners, // but at the very least,
b5) could you keep quiet while you eat?
b6) Please try.
b7) s-shut up...
b8) Wait a minute!! Where did all this food come from!?
panel1) You only NOW noticed?
b9) Wenjun Chang must have had all this prepared before the start of things.
b0) hmm, // is that why there are mats and such in this place?
b1) But Xheng,
b2) that still doesn't explain this place.

page 11

b1) You said this was the summer house of the king from 400 years ago, and that it's also his burial ground and that no one even remembers that it exists.
b2) If that's the case, why is a forgotten place like this in such good shape?
b3) Unless someone was constantly cleaning and doing repairs, this place would've fallen apart a long time ago!
b4) Qin's king from 400 years ago, Mu Gong, was one of the rare benevolent lord's.
b5) A rare benevolent lord?

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panel1) He was a man that loved people from the bottom of his heart. // Even if that person happened to be a slave from an enemy country, it's said that he would he would show the same level of respect to him.
b1) Even to a slave from enemy territory...
panel2) There's also the story of when Mu Gong's war horse was killed and eaten by some savages that lived in the mountains.
b2) Whoa, that's messed up!
b3) Those are YOUR ancestors we're talking about here.
b4) So, what happened next? Did he wipe them all out?
b5) No.
b6) He gave them some liquor. // Liquor that would taste good with horse meat.

page 13

b1) WHAT!!? HE GAVE THEM ALCOHOL!!?
b2) WHY THE HELL WOULD HE DO THAT!?
b3) That's the kind of man he was.
b4) He loved his people, whether they were his citizens, or savages, he loved.
b5) But, his actions would bring great blessing to Qin.
panel) He opened up the hearts of the mountain dwellers.
b6) Mountain dwellers?

page 14

panel1) In China, Qin lies farthest west of all the nations. But even farther west lies the expansive world of the mountain dwellers. // The world of the mountain dwellers was one the other citizens were never to come in contact with.
panel2) The king of the mountain dwellers and Mu Gong...
panel3) met face to face, shaking hands.
b1) When the fighting was really bad in China, and the death of a village of a 10,000+ were wiped out,
b2) he went to the west and opened up the way to villages of hundreds of thousands.
b3) Wow.

page 15

b1) BUT WHAT ABOUT NOW!?
b2) I've heard NOTHING of Qin having any kind of good relationship with us mountain dwellers!
b3) Like I said earlier, he was a RARE breed of man.
panel) In the end, Mu Gong was the only one who really cared for the mountain dwellers. // So when he died, Qin cut all ties with them, and they returned to their own world.
b4) This place was built so Mu Gong could easily talk with the mountain dwellers, but after he died, people just forgot about it.
b5) Only royalty knows of this place for it's historical value.
b6) TH-THEN, // WHO KEPT CLEANING THIS PLACE?

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panel1) The mountain dwellers. // Even after 400 long years, they haven't forgotten about Mu Gong. // They consider this holy land and come here to make sure this place stay in good condition.
b1) Without anyone knowing.
b2) hngihh
b3) WAHHHHHHHh -small print- that was good story.

page 17

b1) fuh
b2) nuh // hoh // rah // coh // maaahhh

page 18

b1) Why are you just standing around out here?
b2) You're breaking my concentration.
b3) I was just moved by yesterday's story.
b4) For 400 years the mountain dwellers have kept this place in such good shape.
b5) YEAH, I WAS MOVED TOO!! MU GONG WAS THE MAN!!
b6) If you want to leave your name in history, you need to be like him, right!! // I want to be a man that's talked about 400 years after I've died!!
b7) No, that wasn't what I was talking about.
b8) I'M GOING TO BE THE BEST GENERAL IN HISTORY AND HAVE THE FUTURE PEOPLE SING ABOUT ME!!!!
b9) SHUT UP!! Did you have to ruin the mood!?

page 19

b1) but I guess you're happy, aren't you?
b2) Why?
b3) Because if you stay here, you'll eventually meet your people.
b4) I guess so.
b5) But man, that Wenjun Chang is taking forever to get here.
b6) Maybe he already died?

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b1) My people...?
b2) What an idiot...

page 21

b1) From as long as I can remember, I was raised in Qin.
b2) There's no way that I can up and go to a mountain village now. // If I could, you would never have found me in that village!
b3) BUT THAT'S FINE! // I've been promised a mountain of treasure from Xheng, so I'm going to be living the good life now!!
b4) Dammit, Wenjun Chang, get here already! My dream life is riding on whether or not you get here.
b5) If you don't come, the three of us will have to stay here...
b6) The 3 of us...
b7) here together?
b8) Hah! // I'm such a fool!
b9) Who'd want to be here with that expressionless man, and that stupid monkey? // I'm in it for the money!