Dantalian no Shoka 7

001
Huey: [a dream..? ] // What is this place? // [ There is a dream I used to have sometimes when I was young. ]
Dalian: This place has no name. // Just like there is no one calling the realm a "realm".
Huey: is that so... // It sounds troublesome to me-
Dalian: In that case you can call it by any name you wish. // First person to wonder to here called this the "Labyrinth Library"

004
Pop-up book
001
The book of lifespan
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the book of eleventh hour.
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The book of Dalian's journey.
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005
Volume 2. of Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian.


006
Part 2, Pop-up book.


007
Huey: ....... // Isn't there anyone else here? // [ Soon after that, I couldn't hear her voice anymore,] // If thats the case then...
Dalian: ......
Huey: [ and the dream ended. ]


008
Huey: [ I wonder who was she... ]


009
Dalian: Answer me!! // Why did a Wes's grandchild come here now?
Huey: As my grandfathers last will I am here to look for a library.
Dalian: ..... tsp.
Huey: It's a mysterious private library that I am not sure of, if it even exists or not.. // Called the "Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian."


010
Dalian: ! // How do you know that name!?
Huey: ...from where?... // It was written in his last will, // what he sent to me right before his death.


011
Huey: "The mansion and all it contains will be left to you. " // However there was one peculiar condition.
Dalian: Wes... did that?
Huey: There was a strange request that I don't really comprehend, to inherit the "Library's door"? 　// Thats all he stated in his letter. // I am anxious to find that placeーーー


012
Dalian: There is no such thing here. // Yes. / No where in (B)this(b) world.


013
Huey: ....... // [ Whot is this girl, // She seems to know grandpa. Perhaps some kid from the village...? ] // My-my, I thought perhaps there'll be some books here that could give me hints ? // How can you be so sure to claim there aren't any? // It can't be... // that you have read each and every book here-


014
Dalian: The book in your hands is
Huey: huh?
Dalian: a book introducing the ancient Phoenician alphabet. // The rare, worlds oldest record of marine trading!!
Huey: way...
Dalian: There is a map of their course on the page 32. // The third book on that shelf is the worlds oldest medical book "Atharva-veda"
Huey: huh? // what!
Dalian: Next to that is the latin chronicle of Rome emperors. // And this one here, is the "Sauté's nuclear collapse theory". // I have just finished it.
Huey: ...... // Amazing. // You really have read all the books in here...


015
Huey: [ This library of books that my by bibliomaniac grandfather has devoted his life to gather-- // The old books that were used before Normans, most of them written in old english or latin... // Are you saying that // this little girl here read all of them!? // There are even books that professional linguistics toss aside. ] // Thats amazing, Who are you?


016
Dalian: Wes was my friend. // He was a kind .. person. // It's a shame he passed away.


017
Huey: .. I see. // After all he was a lonely old geezer. // [ Its not the truth nor lie, half this half that? / Well it can't be helped, it's our first meaning after all.] // I am glad that a girl like you lived near here. // I am not admiring the fact of you hiding in someones manor without permission though.
Dalian: ......
Huey: Oh well. // By the way, // Have you seen a cat or a dog around here?
Dalian: No. // Not that I know of.
Huey: Perhaps it is some sort of a rare reptile then... // the thing called Dalian.


018
Huey: The letter said "take care of Dalian for me." I assume it must be a pet of some sort.
Dalian: P... // Pet ... ?
Huey: That's why I had to rush over to care for it. // While living in the manor it must have gotten hungry and making a mess everywhere.
Dalian: This..... stupid Grandson!!!
Huey: The poor thing .....


019
Dalian: ....imbecile // You're an imbecile... / How could someone like you guard the key even for a second.
Huey: What's wrong?
Dalian: Fix yourself!!!
Huey: huh?


020
Huey: ....... ...... Tsh !!! // That hurts... what are you trying?
Dalian: Silence!


021
Dalian: Who are you calling a cat, dog or a reptile, that you have to clean after and feed... // Dalian is (b)my(b) name!!!
Huey: ..... huh?


022
Huey: Just to clear things up, // You weren't locked up in the cellar were you? // Our grandpa didn't kidnap you or make you do any horrible work... / or such.
Dalian: Its just your imagination!!
Huey: ...ha-ha


023
Dalian: I was just .. // waiting in that room.
Huey: Waiting? / For who?
Dalian: It is none of your business!!
Huey: well I don't really care anyway.
Dalian: .....
Huey: Do you want some? It'll warm you up.


024
Dalian: .... sugar. // If there is no sugar its just plain bread. // ... ah!
Huey: If it doesn't meet your taste you can throw it away. // Is there still time? // Please wake me up in an hour. // Before my meeting I'll take you home.


025
Dalian: What, // did you come for...
Huey: ... hey! // Don't touch the key!!
Salian: Were // you a soldier?
Huey: I'm sorry...


026
Huey: ... I was just a pilot. Just a serving soldier. // The war has already ended and even to start with I wasn't fighting to protect my homeland.
Dalian: Is that... // the reason you came to the manor?
Huey: ... perhaps. // I have no intention of returning to university at this moment, / I thought I'll lead an easy life for a while by taking all I can from grandpa's inheritance. // Even if it would not had been in the will, my uncle and cousins won't come near the manor.


027
Dalian: ... why so?
Huey: they're afraid of .. grandpa, or to say// more than grandpa they were afraid of his books. // Every fibber in my grandpa was bibliomaniac. // In order to get that one volume in his hands he exchanged half of his estate. // There is a story that in the midst of the books he collected, there is a book that will destroy it's owner. // Dandalian.. / its a name of a devil


028
Huey: .. how foolish. // Among the countless number of books describing the knowledge to control devils this one is the most fearful. / "Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian". // Because of grandpa I got exited and half hopeful. // However the books in the cellar are just normal books. // It was a fairytale after all.
Dalian: ....You're // You don't know nothing at all.


029
Huey: !
Man: Sir Disward
Dalian: W-what is that?
Huey: Seems like my escort is here.
Dalian: Escort?


030
Huey: The famous bibliomaniac among my grandpa's old acquaintance, // and the real murderer of grandpa, // The hotel king, Henry Conrad. // personally invited me.

031
Huey: What // on earth are you thinking about?
Dalian: While carelessly going to the Conrad's manor, what can I think about--- // I could be asking the same from you.


032
Huey: It is the real person who killed Wes.
Dalian: Wes was robbed because of a ancient book he was able to get hold of.
Huey: Thats probably why you tag along.
Dalian: I don't want to hear more of that! Are you confident?
Huey: I know there is no real proof, only rumours, but... // Conrad is powerful man, without any certain proof the police will not make a move. // On the other hand if we would be able to find some evidence... Wouldn't that be interesting? // But he is being careless.
Dalian: ....
Huey: why else would he invite us ?


033
Dalian: Its the full moon. // If Conrad indeed stole that book, he won't be able to resist looking at what should not be looked at.
Huey: Dalian... ?
Dalian: There are things in this world a human, // Should not know.


034
Dalian: If you actually posses the qualifications to be a "lock keeper" // then the forbidden library gate will open for you.
Huey: I have picked up a rather weird girl...
Dalian: .. huh... How rude!



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036
Huey: what a magnificent building, / as I should had expected from the Conrad family hotel.
Man: Thank you.
Dalian: Are the Conrad's also staying in this house?
Man: Yes. // In that tower is the library, above that is the master's study room.
Huey: .. I see...


037
Huey: Are you really coming along?
Dalian: ... I've made up my mind.
Man: how odd... // no one is here to greet. // I am very sorry. Please wait a moment.
Huey: .... what happened?
Dalian: ..... // we might be too late...
Huey: .. huh? // Dalian!?


038
Huey: Wait up, // Dalian...


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040
Huey: Dalian? / Ugh... // [ The smell of blood....? ]
Conrad: Welcome, // "Princess of the darkness" and "The young lock keeper"


041
Conrad: My name is Henry Conrad. // The master of this hotel.


042
?: Hey, / who's .. // who's there... // ..... Tsh.
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