Hayate no Gotoku! 231

Chapter 231:

01

Hayate: Umm...who are you?

Athena: Athena.
Athena: Tennousu Athena.

Hayate: Athena?
Athena: Yes...

Text in left margin: The girl named Athena that Hayate once swore eternity to.

02

Athena: That's the name of a great goddess of this world.
Text to the right: That memory is wrapped in gold...
Title: Chapter 231 "Beyond the Bounds"

03

Izumi: Uhh...
Izumi: Well, everyone...
Izumi: To our parting with Mykonos and for a safe trip afterwards...

Everyone: Cheers!!

Hayate: Mykonos Island...
Hayate: You can't see it anymore.
Nagi: Hm?
Nagi: Oh, you're right.

04

Nagi: What?
Nagi: Did you want to stay longer, Hayate?
Hayate: Ha ha...
Hayate: Yes, I did...

Hayate: It really was...
Hayate: fun in a lot of different ways...

Nagi: The trip isn't over.
Nagi: You don't have to be so solemn.

Nagi: This trip will have...
Nagi: a lot more fun parts...

Hayate: Milady...

Izumi: Now, it's time for the standard party!!
Izumi: The king game!!!

05

Hinagiku: Wait...!! What do you mean the king game...!?
Izumi: It's a game where everyone draws lots and the person who gets the one with "King" written on it gets to order the others around based on the number they drew. It pretty much reproduces the power of a king.
Hinagiku: I know that much!!

Izumi: Now then, round 1!! Who's the king!!
Miki: Ah!! Me!!
Miki: I'm the king!!

Izumi: Okay!! Then, Miki-chan!!
Miki: Hinagiku has to kiss the king's cheek.
Hinagiku: Wait...!! The numbers!! That has nothing to do with the numbers!!

Nagi: They certainly are into this.
Hayate: Ha ha.
Hayate: They certainly are...

Sonia: The Sanzenin family has a legendary treasure known as "The Power of Royalty"...

Hayate: Umm...by the way, milady...
Nagi: Hm?

Sonia: Your butler predecessor, Himegami-kun, was fired for trying to steal it.
Nagi: The person who said he would always be by my side and protect me left easily enough...

06

Nagi: What is it?
Hayate: N-no...!!
Hayate: It's nothing...!!
Hayate: That's right...

Hayate: I could end up touching the wounds in milady's heart...
Hayate: I can't do that just out of curiosity...

Nagi: You're weird.
Izumi: Now then, who's the next king.

Nagi: Ah, it's me.
Izumi: Okay, then, Nagi-chan!!
Nagi: Hmm, let's see...

Nagi: Then, Number 2 and Number 3...
Nagi: Crossdress Hayate.

Right Box: Number 2.
Left Box: Number 3

07

Hayate: Wait!! Come on, milady! That isn't using the numbers!!
Risa: Hayata-kun!! We have to do whatever the king tells us to!!
Hayate: No, no!! Like I said, isn't this against the rules!?
Maria: W-well, Hayate-kun. This is what the king said to do...
Hayate: No...Maria-san, you too...!! Kyaaaaah!!!

Nagi: Wow, everyone got quite worked up...
Maria: Going on a cruise like this is fun every once in a while.

Nagi: It sure is...

Nagi: Going on a trip with everyone like this...
Nagi: Isn't bad...

08

Nagi: Right? Don't you think so, Hayate?
Hayate: Can I change back into my butler uniform first?

Nagi: Oh. That's right. You've been like that this whole time.
Hayate: Geez... Everyone went and overdid things...

Hayate: And even Maria-san...
Maria: But you looked cute.

Nagi: But why would someone destroy that stone?
Hayate: Eh?

09

Nagi: I know that you need to take it to get the inheritance.
Nagi: But I don't understand why someone would destroy it.
Hayate: Well, I guess that's true...

Nishizawa: Come to think of it...
Nishizawa: What is that stone to begin with?
Hayate: Ah, Nishizawa-san.

Hayate: I don't really know...
Hayate: Do you know, Maria-san?
Maria: No...
Maria: I don't know any of the details...

Nagi: It's...
Nagi: A stone of bonds.

Hayate: ...A stone of bonds?

Nagi: It's a stone of wishes that a king made from gathering the power of the stars a long, long time ago.
Nagi: A stone of prayers that tests greed.

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Nagi: It's a stone that gives shape to the strong feelings...
Nagi: of wanting to protect someone and save someone...
Nagi: even if that means sacrificing your own body...
Nagi: A stone of bonds.

Nagi: If you're able to keep that light forever without losing it...
Nagi: one day, on the other side of eternity...
Nagi: you'll be able to know the meaning of love...
Nagi: That's what I was taught.

Hayate: Taught...
Hayate: By whom?
Nagi: Who knows? It was 8 years ago.

Nagi: I don't remember it very well anymore...

Hayate: Milady.
Nagi: Now then, we're almost to Athens. Prepare to go ashore, Hayate!!

11

Box: Athens...

Hayate: Wow...
Hayate: So this is Athens...

Nishizawa: But your villa in Athens is amazing too, Nagi-chan.
Nishizawa: Can we really stay here tonight?
Nagi: Yeah.
Nagi: It's already late and this is on the edge of the city, so going and getting you tomorrow would be a pain.

Hayate: This is...
Hayate: Athens...
[TN: "Athens" and "Athena" are both "Atene" in Japanese]

Nagi: What is it, Hayate?
Hayate: N-nothing...!!

12

Hayate: Athena...
Hayate: Tennousu Athena...

Hayate: It's been 10 years...
Hayate: Since that day...

13

Hayate: That day...
Hayate: Will the time for the still stopped time...
Hayate: to start again come...?

Hinagiku: Why are you out here by yourself?

Hayate: Hinagiku-san...
Hinagiku: What is it? You were staring up at the night sky by yourself...

Hayate: N-nothing...Why are you here, Hinagiku-san...?
Hinagiku: I dozed off a bit on the boat.
Hinagiku: So now I'm not really tired...

Hinagiku: Are you not tired either, Hayate-kun?
Hayate: No...
Hayate: I was thinking...

14

Hinagiku: Ohh...
Hinagiku: About what?

Hayate: About "Athena"...
Hayate: As a name...

Hayate: Was it the name...
Hayate: of a great goddess of this world...?

15

Hinagiku: Hee hee...
Hinagiku: Ah ha ha...

Hinagiku: Ah ha ha. Geez... I was wondering what you would say with that serious face...
Hinagiku: Oh, geez...
Hayate: Eh?

Hayate: Wh-why are you laughing, Hinagiku-san?
Hinagiku: But, Hayate-kun...
Hinagiku: If you say that all of a sudden, of course I'm going to laugh.

Hayate: Eh? Why?

Hinagiku: "Why"...?
Hinagiku: Well, that's...

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Hinagiku: That's because...
Hinagiku: isn't that what Tennousu-san would always say?

Hayate: I heard the sound...
Hayate: ...Eh?
Hayate: of the stopped time beginning to move.

Text in right margin: He didn't expect anyone to say her name. He didn't expect to feel her existence in this way. Even in his dreams.