Rebel Against the Forbidden Crest 2

*Only for use by E-G.

tl by molokidan

59)
THE ASSISTANT

60)
1: So you WERE in here.
2: If the master found out about this, he would be so disheartened...

61)
1: Silence, Gohei. What do you want?
2: Please hurry. A servant from the castle here on urgent business is waiting at the front.
3: Urgent business?!
4: What could it be...? This is my day off, goddammit...
5: This is an emergency! Please hurry!

62)
1: Thank you for your trouble.
2: The man committing seppuku tonight suddenly requested that his assistant be changed...and that it be postponed until you got out here...
3: Wh-what?!
4: You mean I'm to be his assistant?!
5: Indeed. Please take care of things at once.
6: OK, who...

63)
1: M...Morimoto, you...!
2: Although I have no right, I beg you to listen to my final words. I, Morimoto Kanbei, will now be committing seppuku without any lingering regret in my heart.
3: I will now...
4: What are you doing? Hurry up and get ready...
5: But!
6(2b): But? What is your problem?! Hurry up and do the job!
7: N-no, b-but!
8: begin!
9: slice!
10: Nuuuuuuuuu

64)
1: Assistant!
2: Ahhh, wait!
3: This is the assistant's sword!
4: What are you doing?!

65)
1: clunk
2: Calm down!

66)
1: Wah

67)
1: His work as an assistant was truly disgraceful...
2: The attacks that rained on him afterwards...were the epitome of severity...
3: You cowaaaaard!
4: Idioooooot!
5: Die!
6: That is all I came here to say!
7: I can't even believe he still has the gall to live after pulling off such a shameful stunt!

68)
1: Why was a man like him made an assistant in the first place?
2: If you knew about what happened the other day, you'd understand Souzaemon's actions.
3: What happened the otherday?
4: You know, when that steward was killed.
5: When Souzaemon was waiting on someone, the steward and that man, Aizawa Kume, were in their lord's room.
6: Apparently Kume was just about to show off some acrobatic trick he learned...

69)
1: I would like you to clear them all out.
2: Clear them all out? There you go with your grand designs again...
3: And you know what he proposed there...?
4: Lately, you have been giving very hospitable treatment to people who excel in acrobatic tricks. Due to this, the young men in the castle have become interested, and slack off in their warrior training, wasting their time learning those tricks instead.
5: Has a warrior ever received glory from performing tricks...? Such a foolish period as that would never come.
6: I would also like you to practice moderation in your acrobatics from here on out as well.
7: Hrrm? Are you trying to admonish me?
8: Save your breath.
9: Performers, Kume, get out here! There's someone here who's trying to desecrate our art!

70)
1: You must be a truly insolent man to insult the lord's hobby like that.
2: Now, hurry out and get out of here! Do something about yourself before worrying about others!
3: Those tricks must really be something, if they've made you all this arrogant.
4: A man who talks like that deserves to commit seppuku, wouldn't you agree?
5: Mmm...true.
6: Do as you wish.
7: What?! Put a limit on that conceit of yours, Takazawa Genjirou!
8: What?
9: Ah

71)
1: Has this awakened you, lord?
2: Wh-wha?!
3: Everyone get in here! A man has gone crazy!
4: Morimoto Souzaemon has lost his mind! Get in heeere!
5: And well...that sums up the incident that happened the other day. Souzaemon probably thought he should have killed Kume there as well.
6: Finally, when it came time for him to commit seppuku, he realized he still had a card to play with the matter of the assistant.

72)
1: I see. That Kume bastard did a shit job, just like he was expected to.
2: Serves him right.
3: He should have just taken what he was told to heart, but instead he answered it with some inflated ego. Souzaemon probably just couldn't take it anymore.
4: So what happened to Kume afterward?
5: He was embarrassed of course, so it looks like he's been spending his days shut up in his manor as of late.

73)
1: Seppuku Request -
Ever since I have become bedridden, my illness has not gotten better in the least, and the only good thing I can say about my recent days is that I've been able to stay warm in bed. However, instead of living on like this and exposing my old, rotting body to the public, I would rather slit my belly outright and die like an honorable warrior. Also, I request that my foolish son be stationed as my assistant. -Aizawa Yazaemon
-to the chamberlain

74)
1: What?!
2: You're going to commit seppuku, and I'm going to be your assistant?! You went to go request that?!
3: Slice it off well. Cough
4: Our family, the Yajima house, comes from a long line of honorable warriors. cough
5: But now, we have been reduced to the laughingstock of the world. cough
6: Regardless, however, we must ensure that our line continues on. I can hardly face my ancestors after what has happened. cough
7: At the very least, restore my own honor and cut my head off properly in front of everyone.

75)
1: B-but! I can't do a thing like that, father!
2: You imbecile...cough
3: That's your fault for not even picking up a bamboo sword no matter how hard I scolded you.
4: There's no point regretting what's done, now, but I was wrong to have only been strict on Keiichirou...cough
5: In any case, take this sword and go out into the garden.
6: I'll teach you how to be an assistant now.
7: You miserable fool...you couldn't even cut off a cat's neck with that. cough
8: For starters, try beheading an animal... cough

76)
1: F-fatherrrrr! I-it bit meeeeee!

77)
1: You are truly a pathetic bastard.
2: You're scared of something like this...? cough
3: If you're bitten, then bite back!
4: Imbecile...
5: Calm yourself...if you can't be a beautiful, excellent assistant, then there is no point to any of this. Got it...?
6: In the remaining ten days, I want you to be able to cut off at least 15 animal heads properly.

78)
1: The reason why stray dogs suddenly vanished in great numbers from the premises
2: is of course because the Aizawa house's servants had begun collecting them.
3: It would be problematic if they were to bark while being hidden, so they were beaten to death and thrown in the horse stable.
4: Then, they were brought out one by one for Kume to behead -- but --
5: Over the time they had been in there, the stench had gotten quite fierce.
6: By this point, however, Kume's skill as an assistant had gotten gradually better.

79)
1: So it's finally tomorrow. Do it properly, you hear me? cough
2: As he listened to those words, Kume felt sorrow about his father's death for the first time.
3: Fatherrr
4: Don't cry - cough! It is my greatest desire to have you as my assistant.
5: The next day, the townspeople surrounded the father and son with their curious eyes.

80)
1: Got it? Don't hold back.
2: Now then...
sfx: cough
3: F-father!
4: Hey, hey!
5: What's going on?!

81)
1: Ahhh, father!
2: He died too soon...the strain on his body from walking all the way up to the castle had been the catalyst.
3: Now...having no other options, Kume stood surrounded by eyes, at his wits' end...
4: Soon, voices from the crowd began to mock him.
5: Your poor father! He must have been so ashamed at having to make his foolish son his assistant that he bit his tongue and died!
6: There's no way a man obsessed with acrobatic tricks like him would ever make a good assistant anyway!
7: A weakling like him couldn't possibly!

82)
1: Go away! Disappear!
2: Get out of here, you loser!
3: Kume left...carrying his father's head...
4: Leaving only his long and short swords behind...
THE END