Innocent 58

Then there's chapters like this where it seems to just keep going and going

[Innocent 58 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 79:
Title: n°58 Pitch-Black Decapitation
Louis: It was quite a great synopsis, if I do say so myself...
With this execution,
no matter what happens, my renown and desire will be endlessly satisfied...

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Louis: I, Lord Louis Philippe, truly am almighty...
Title: n¡ë58 Pitch-Black Decapitation
Louis: Truly a man that deserves to be king, don't you think...?

Page 82:
Guy: Just as I expected from you, Lord Louis Philippe.
These larme (teary) eyes would never have come up
with such an impeccable method of execution.
Louis: No matter how skilled that Monsieur de Paris is, it is certain that this execution will be a failure.
And it will be an example to the anti-king faction.
Even in the unlikely event it succeeds, as the "good arrangement" of showing the pride of nobles to the people, my name will echo across Paris.
Person: Your highness...
Louis: They seemed like quite soft,
red lips...

Page 83:
Louis: Get back.
Woman: !!
Louis: Larme, come here.
It seems I have an enquiring mind greater than most...
It makes me want to taste all things born in France becoming mine.
Even if it's a deadly poison everyone fears----------....

Page 84:
Charles: Decapitación de la Statue...?!!
You mean the cutting off a human head when they are standing at attention like a statue...?!!!

Page 85:
Charles: W-We can't...!!
That's obviously impossible!!!!
We cannot have a prisoner that's unrestrained be decapitated "while standing"!
Even with the techniques of the Sanson family handed down through four generations, that is utterly impossible!!!
Latour: H-Hey!
What are you talking about...... What is going to happen to me?!!
Marie: It even has the attorney-general's signature.
If we wanna be compassionate and don't want him to politely get down on his knees in front of common people and disgrace the nobility, we're gonna have to do it.

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Charles: ...You should be aware of this, too, Marie.
This is different from Lord Griffin when he was bent forward with his neck presented outward for you.
When one kneels and has their head hanging down, the space between their atlas vertebra
and the axis vertebra spreads and it is easy to insert your sword into it...
However, if they are standing at attention, the space between the atlas and axis is blocked, there is no room for the sword to pierce-----------!!!
Decapitación de la Statue...
The human that came up with this method of execution is a demon...
The strike is sure to be botched and the condemned will be writhing in pain as the sword must swing down on them many times!!!

Page 87:
[Oh, he's not happy.]

Page 88:
Latour: Wh-Where am I?!!
What time is it?! Is it a different day?!
A-Am I already dead?!!
Marie: Relax. It's the day of the execution, but dawn hasn't risen yet. There is still some time.
Latour: !?

Page 89:
Latour: M-Marie-Joseph...!!!
Wh-Why are you inside the cell...?!!
Marie: You belong to Marie now.
Marie is free to choose what you do.

Page 90:
Marie: It sounds like you were having quite a nightmare...
Even a proud Marquis of the French Army is afraid of death, it seems.
Latour: ......Yes, I am scared out of my wits.
The encroaching fear is so bad that my chest is being crushed and I can't breathe...
There is no man in this world more pathetic than me......

Page 91:
Latour: I can't believe the face I'm showing to the woman I love in my final hours
will be such a very dreadful, ugly thing...

Page 92:
Marie: Drink this.
Latour: !?

Page 93:
Marie: I got it from our mansion. It's a poison handed down through the Sanson family.
If you drink this, you'll be released from your fears immediately.
Latour: B-But
if you do such a thing, you'll be held responsible and will have to receive punishment!
I absolutely cannot do such a...
Marie: I don't plan on being embarrassed on the execution stand with you!!
Latour: Huh?!!
Marie: -----...In order for this decapitation to be successful, not only does the human wielding the sword have to have skill and vigor,
the human that will be the victim needs to have courage and self-control.

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Marie: If you are not a man that can measure up to Marie's sword,
then die here and now!!!
Latour: ......D-

Page 95:
Latour: Do not belittle me! I am not the least bit afraid of undertaking your sword!!
I hereby swear that I will not shrink a single step back from in front of you!!!
Marie: There it is...!!!
Do you understand this? If your body trembles from fear even a little,
the sword will slip to an improper place
and there will be no way to avoid your writhing in agony in a sea of blood.
Latour: A man never goes back on his word!!!
I will prove my love for you on the execution platform!!!

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Marie: Monsieur La Tour, se entendu (understood)!!!
Decapitación de la Statue. This's really got my heart racing--------------...!!!
Au revoir!!!