The Chrysalis and the King 4

Title: Sanagi to Ousama (The Chrysalis and the King) by Natsumi Rin
Volume: 1 (of 2)
Chapter: 4
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: Feb 12, 2007

Legend:
// - action
[] - translator's notes
() - character's thoughts

Pg 1:
Sekina: Yup..so I'll be staying one more day...
I'll make sure to take some medicine and sleep...I won't disturb him...
Sekina: I want to straighten everything out on my own before I go home....
...yeah...
Sekina: The party? No, it's okay. Just forget about it...
Sekina: (I'm exactly what he said I am.
I'm still just a small chrysalis.)
Sekina: I wouldn't mind meeting him...
Sekina: (But slowly, one step at a time...)
//click//

Pg 2:
Ageo: Congrats Sekina!
//splash//
Ageo: Happy
belated birthday!
Sekina: (And one day,
I'll...)

Pg 3:
Yanagi: And with A+B, the answer will be---
Yanagi: using formula 1, it becomes---
//tap tap//
//rustle rustle//

Pg 4:
Sekina: (hmm...)
[letter reads "Listen to this, Sekina! Yesterday when I talked over my choices for high school with Yanagi, he said I should go ahead and try for N High!"]
Sekina: (But knowing him, he probably said that with a "Well if you want to, go try it out" kind of attitude, right?)
//scritch scritch scritch//
[SL: Sekina: Instead of encouraging her, he was just probably going along with what she was saying.]
Yanagi: ---and the final answer changes to...
//throws//
[banner reads "The second one"]
Girl: (Wow--! How'd you guess? You're right on!)
Sekina: (Hahaha.)
Girl: (But since I wanted to go to that high school, him telling I should try out made me make up my mind, so I'm glad!]
Sekina: (Everyone's starting to realize..)

Pg 5:
Sekina: (how Yanagi's not a scary teacher.)
(In fact, he's really...)
Sekina: (Well, I know him more than anyone else...)
Sekina: (Haha, I'd like to think so anyway.)
//scritch scritch//
[SL: Sekina: I better write a reply!]
//slide//
Yanagi: Tsumura.
Yanagi: Answer question 2 on the board.
//bonk//

Pg 6:
Sekina: ...I can't. I don't know the answer.
Yanagi: Then stand for the rest of the class.
//rustle//
Yanagi: And next, concerning X...
Sekina: (What's your problem? I just complimented you... (In my mind))
Sekina: (Ah...)

Pg 7:
Sekina: (Hey, do you notice it too?
You and I are the only ones standing.)
Sekina: (We're...
seeing things from the same view...)

Pg 8:
Sekina: (It feels like we're in a special world of our own...)
Yanagi: And next, question 5---
//smile//
//draws back//
//school bell chime//
//flap flap//
Girl: So you've finally made up your mind to fill out the form!
//giggle giggle//
Sekina: Yeah...but I have no idea where I want to go...
Girl: Why don't you go and try visiting some of them?
Sekina: Uuunnn...
Girl: Sawaguchi-san..

Pg 9:
Girl: Here's the results of your last practice exam.
Sawaguchi: Ah, thanks...
Girl: You don't have what it takes to get into N High, so why don't you just stop trying?
[SL: Sawaguchi: Eh..]
Sawaguchi: D-Did you look at mine?!
Girl: I accidentally dropped it on my way here so I saw a bit of it.
Sawaguchi: What is your problem!? Why are you giving these out anyway?!
Sawaguchi: You wanted to suck up to Andou so you said you'd give them out, didn't you?!
It's so obvious!
Girl: So what?
Girl: If he likes me, I get an advantage over the exams. Why WOULDN'T I do it?
Sawaguchi: I don't care what you do! But you have no right to tell me what high school I should or shouldn't go to!
Sawaguchi: Yanagi-sensei even told me I should try out for N High!

Pg 10:
Girl: Really?
You actually trust what he says?
//giggle//
Girl: He's just some college student studying to become a teacher.
Girl: All he's doing is throwing around halfhearted comments here and there trying to make himself look good while he's at this school.
Sawaguchi: Ah...
Girl: There's no way a guy like him would seriously think about our futures.
Girl: I'm just saying you're going to regret it later if you don't go to a school that matches your level.
Girl: Just because the guy you like goes to N High isn't reason enough to go there.
Sawaguchi: You have no right...
Sawaguchi: How could she say that, Sekina?
How could she...

Pg 11:
//clank//
//slap//
Girl: Ow....
Girl: What was that for?!
//slap//

Pg 12:
//slap//
//crash//
//pull//
//slam//
Sawaguchi: Sekina...!
Sawaguchi: Stop it!
It's okay!
Sawaguchi: I SAID it's okay--!

Pg 13:
Sawaguchi: If you don't stop, it's going to go on your permanent record!
//tense//
Andou: Hey, you two! What are you doing!
//slide//
[sign reads "Classroom #3"]

Pg 14:
Girl: I didn't do anything...
//sob sob//
Girl: She just started punching me all of a sudden...
Girl: I didn't do anything at all!!
//uuuu//
Andou: Why did you punch Fujisaka,
Andou: Tsumura?

Pg 15:
Andou: I can tell without being told you were the one who hit her first.
Andou: There's no possibility that an excellent student such as Fujisaka would start something like this on her own.
Andou: You skip class,
and when you do attend, you are constantly disturbing other students.
Andou: You can't even get good grades.
Don't you have anything to say, Tsumura?
//slide//

Pg 16:
Sekina: Ah...
Yanagi: You hurt your hand again?
Yanagi: Andou-sensei, Tsumura has injuries as well.
Yanagi: It's unlikely for only one person to be at fault.
Girl: Ah...
//grip//
Andou: "Injuries"?
You call this an injury? It's a scratch!

Pg 17:
Andou: She got what was coming to her.
At least this way, she might feel regret for her actions.
//grip//
Yanagi: Don't go around grabbing your students like that. Even if it only looks like a scratch, it can feel very painful.
Yanagi: Well, I can't expect a dense old man like you to understand, now can I?
Andou: Wh--
Andou: You...

Pg 18:
Yanagi: All I'm saying, is you should think about her feelings too.
//squeeze//
Sekina: Yanagi..
Girl: WHaaa-----!!

Pg 19:
//sob sob//
Yanagi: Go to the nurse's room, Fujisaka.
Yanagi: Tsumura, you too.
//slide//
Andou: Hey...
Andou: Do you know what happens to people with an attitude problem like you...?
Andou: Do you not want to be a teacher...?
Yanagi: I don't care either way.
Yanagi: I don't want to end up being a teacher like you anyway.

Pg 20:
//click//
Sekina: Are you going to be okay? You made him really mad!
Yanagi: Don't worry about it.
Yanagi: I don't care what happens to me...
Sekina: ...you're reckless...
Yanagi: Look who's talking. Why weren't you denying anything he was saying?
Sekina: ...because...I was embarrassed...
Yanagi: Eh..?

Pg 21:
Sekina: I couldn't forgive her for what she said.
Sekina: But at the same time, when my friend said what I did would go on my record, I suddenly froze up.
Sekina: I ended up being exactly the same as Fujisaka.
Sekina: I did something wrong too..
Yanagi: You're such an idiot...
Sekina: Could you stop it with the name calling?! [SL: You don't have to tell me. I know I'm an idiot!]
Yanagi: You're too honest. You get into a fight, get hurt and lose....

Pg 22:
Yanagi: but even then,
you never try to change.
//slide//
//thump//

Pg 23:
Sekina: (Ah...)
Yanagi: Your cheek's a bit swollen.
Sekina: I don't care...
Sekina: I'm okay...
Sekina: (I feel...
like I'm being healed through his touch...)

Pg 24:
Sekina: (If I'm with him...
I feel like I can become stronger.
I want to stay by his side forever.)

Pg 25:
Sekina: (And one day..)
Sekina: (I want to be...)
(closer to him.)
Sekina: (I want to feel
his presence....always.)
[sign reads "Happy Birthday Sekina"]