Belmonde le VisiteuR 3

I'm quite amazed how fast this series has picked up fans. I honestly didn't expect such a response here.
Due to the public outcry, here's ch 3.

Feel free to use the translation as needed, and even to tweak the dialogue as you see fit (i've even noted some areas were you might want to change things). All I ask for is credit...thanks!

I've got a couple of announcements, see the bottom of this post.

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Le VisiteuR - The third act: The man with the foul mouth

読書も、拷問も、彼の日常
Books by day, torture by night...that's his daily routine
(t/n - i took quite a liberty here. it was too boring to trans literal)

bottom right: ishioka shouei (author)

upper right: Things are getting even more exciting! This new series' third installment comes in center color and a huge 23 pages!!
blue: Thank you for the overwhelming response to this "strange tale of baroque torture!!"

02
right: There's someone who isn't afraid of Belmonde!! Why is he so angry!?

-You spoiled brat!!
box: Rivière Saint Michel's Vice-Abbot Andre
(t/n well, looks like no one has found out so vice-abbot it is. Don't know if that's correct though, i'll be using it until further notice)

-He hit monsieur Belmonde!
-What's going on!?

-What are you doing, all of a sudden!
-You must be losing it in your old age, viellard (=older man insult in french. credit to silver_sea)

bottom: About the story - The stage is 17th century France! At that time, there was a man who lurked underground...His name was Belmonde. Every night, his job was to make criminals confess the truth by any means necessary...in other words, by "torture"!!

03
-HOW MANY TIMES DO I GOTTA TELL YA
-NOT TO LEAVE FOOD ON YER PLATE!!

-...haa?

-Listen up, sonny! The food ya eat every day was grown by the hard work and sweat of all the monks here!
-If ya really appreciate it, then the least ya can do to show yer gratitude is finish yer plate!

---but,
-I hate carrots

-Quit actin' like a kid!!
-GUWAH--!!

04
-I'm gonna teach ya a thing or two--!! (t/n - sfx across top of the panel are lecturing/complaining sfx)
-Belmonde upset him
-over something so trivial...!!
no bubble: he's pretty lively for an old man
-But I really hate car--
SFX - wham
-GUWA--!!

-Uh...is the vice-director always like this with monsieur Belmonde?

-Well, yes...he's something like a father to all the young monks, me and Belucchi included
no bubble: Belucchi??
box: Friar Georges

-Because Belucchi's a descendant of the witches, no one wants to have anything to do with him.
-But the abbot's the only one who didn't mind
-Ever since he was little, Belucchi has never listened to anyone but the abbot.

-Hey, Georges
-What's up?

-You've got cooking duty this month, right? If you serve up that red stuff on my plate again, you're going to be the main dish (t/n - more lit. like I'll make you into the food's ingredients, or in context = i'll chop you up)
-Quit making carrots or else!!
-ha...ha...

-You know I can't do that...we're not allowed to go by our preferences
-Hmph...then where shall I begin... (t/n - so tempted to put "so what would YOU like on your tombstone"...lol...get it?)
no bubble: Your nose is bleeding!!

05
-If there's one thing I've learned over the past few weeks,
sfx - un un (like deidra's thingy, he's agreeing w/ himself)
-it's that everyone has their weak points...

-Monsieur Bell! Roland's saying that he thinks he's figured out your weakness!
-He's getting carried away!
-That's not true! Quit joking around!
-I mean, most adults can't handle carrots...

-I'm extremely sorry...it's just been decided that you'll feed the livestock tonight
-I'll have to mince you fine enough for the pigs to be able to chew
-EEEEK! I ADMIT IT! I'M SORRY FOR GETTING CARRIED AWAY!

-He----y! The three of you retards over there!

06
-Did ya drag me here just to listen to your friggin' comedy routine!? (t/n - my liberty here. original line is lit. "I/a place like this/dragged to/what/as you please/talking about", clearly unimpressive in english)

-Three retards? who's he talking about?
-Dunno...after all there's only one here
-Let me guess who you're referring to...

-Quit screwing around, ya pony-tailed, narrow-eyed pansy!
-Just lookin' at this ugly dick-head makes me sick! (t/n - lit the words here are gloomy rotten dick...uh...wtf? Feel free to change any of these insults)

small: ...ugly...
(lit. "rotten"...reflecting on the previous insult about his...yeah... again, change as you feel fit. but you'll have to change the lines below too)

-Hey, Celine...what did this guy just say? Ugly what?
-Huh?! Gross! I'm can't say that!!
-Just what are you trying to make a noblewoman say!! You heard him perfectly well!!
-I think it was ulgy d--
-DON'T REPEAT IT!!

-HEY!! LISTEN TA ME, YA BASTARD!!
(original insult ビチグソ "bichi-guso")

07
-Oh my...You have quite a foul mouth
-Someone as elegant as me would never use such words

-You? Elegant? Don't make me laugh!! (t/n -stupid eggplant? ボケナス)
-I overheard something when I was transported here...something about you living down here your whole life
-Ah
-What's up with that?!

-You some kinda mole? Or rat? You've never stepped into daylight...makes perfect sense with that disgusting, pale face of yours
-This room's pretty musty too...must be from your stench after all!

-Shut up.

-Ha? What are ya talking about? You brought me here cuz ya wanted me to talk, isn't that right?

08
-All you need to do is answer the questions you're asked, stupid

-HUH?

-...this guy forced me to say it
-WHAAAT!?

俺ァガキでもいけるクチだぜ？
その細い首噛み切って血をすすってやろうか？
-Hah! You wanna take me on, kid?
-I'll bite that head of yours right off and suck your blood out!

(this is a sfx bubble - Chaki...no clue...sound of readying a sword??)

-Oooh. It's the age of Richelieu, and you're going to try to torture me or something?

-Precisely!

-WHA?!

09
-Roland, give me the details of tonight's request
-Huh? Ah, right away

-What the?
-It felt like he just cut me...

-This guy's name is Vieshii ヴェシィ
-He's a trafficker in the slave trade

10
-A few days ago, we took into custody a girl that was put up for sale from an unjust trade
-She's right over there, crouched in the corner

-She must have been through a lot
-Even if you try to speak to her, she won't listen to a single word

-We were eventually able to arrest this man but he's nothing more than a low ranking trafficker
-hmph
-The organization backing him kidnaps young girls similar to her from poor villages
-and pawns them off as "slaves" to turn a profit

11
-Tonight's request is simple
-We want you to find out who and where the leader of this slave trading ring is

-I heard that mother was also a slave before her death
-"Slave"...what an unpleasant word
-I think so too!

-Well then, potty mouth
-You've been pretty quiet for a while...but I suppose you'll want to start talking real soon
-Now that you mention it, it has been pretty quie...
-EEEK!!

12
-What is that!? What's happening to him!?

-I-I can't breathe!! No,
-I can inhale, but I can't exhale!!

13
-My sword sliced you not too long ago, remember?
-At that time, I created a valve pointing downward in your trachea
-The valve opens when you inhale,
-But closes when you try to exhale

-Oh, I see...his body is swelling up because he can only breathe in
no bubble: He' huge

-Who the hell is this guy?!
-There's no way he could use magic like that!

-A-a-aaaaaah!

-Oi oi, just how much do you think your lungs can stretch?
-It's going to be a huge problem for me if you explode...your guts will fly out everywhere
-Roland, you'll have to clean it
small in same bubble: M-m-
bubble: ME!?

14
-I-I can't take any more!
-My lungs are going to burst!

-If you promise to answer my questions then I'll make it so you can exhale again

-Hm? Did you just nod your head? It's like you can barely move so it's hard for me to tell
-I'm so swollen I can hardly move, you idiot!! Hurry up and figure it out!!

-Monsieur Bell! I don't think he can take any more!
-Listen to her!! I don't want to have to clean anything!!

15
-Is that so? Well then, I'll have to give in to Roland's selfish demands and put you back to normal
-WHO'S BEING SELFISH!?

----ah...!!
-I can breathe out! And talk!!

-So, tell me. Who is the leader of the organization and where is he right now?

sfx at top - depressed
-Ah...
-Guess I have no choice...

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--LIKE HELL I'D TELL YOU ANYTHING, YOU SON OF A BITCH!
-YOU WANT TO DIE?

-DIE!! BASTARD!! DIE!! BASTARD! DIEEEEE!
(t/n - he says "shine"/"boke" over and over here. die idiot die basically but...sounds really weird to me)

-Anyways, your face made me sick the second I saw it!
-What's with that creepy stare of yours!? And you look like a friggin' woman with that hairdo!
-You thought you could make me do as you please?! I got news for you, ya piece of shit!

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-How vulgar! Roland, tell him to confess this instant!
-I'm not saying a word!

-I ain't telling ya anything, ya moron!
-You shithead!! You creep! You @#!%!!

-Hmph...
-As I expected, you can say quite a bit for only taking in one breath
-But I couldn't stand listening to so much foul language
-By the way, are you all right? You've exhaled quite a bit

-Huh? What are you---

-AAA!!

-T-this time I can't inhale!!

-I'm so sorry, I really meant to return you to normal, but
-at the last second my hand slipped and i ended up flipping the valve around
-You became able to exhale...but not inhale

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-I-It hurts...!!

-I-I re-ally pr--omise to c-c-onfess, --so
-F-fi--x i-it!!

-I refuse
-I've taken so much abuse...
-Just as a piece of venetian glass, your words have wounded my delicate heart

-H-he's becoming extremely thin...
-It's like...the life is coming out of him too...

-A...a....!
sfx bubble is him letting it out....

19
-Hey, no wetting your pants
-You ugly dick-head
(direct quote of line back from the beginning)

-Wha....!

-Go on, tell me the name and location of your leader

-OUVRIR! (unlock)

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-That's what he looks like
no bubble: Wow, he's good!
no bubble: a handlebar mustache? (t/n what's the name of this mustache!?)
-His name is Pesucoru (ペスコル), a lower ranked noble. I've marked his location on the map.

-We thank you for your cooperation in this case
-Hmph

-Hey, monsieur Bell? Could you draw my portrait next?
-I only draw women nude, though (:):):))
-EEEH!?

21
-Hey you!! Stop right there!

-Three years ago...
-I lost my parents to these men
-I was abducted from my village

-Let me take my revenge!

-I-I can't allow you to do that!

22
-Do it.

-You have every right to.
-No matter what, that man's going to be executed anyway

-Monsieur Belmonde! Please stay out of this!

-But you'd best prepare yourself
怨みで人を殺めた者の心の闇に
光が射すことは永遠にない

Light will never shine in the dark heart
of one who has killed because of a grudge.
(credit to zyndrir)

-fufu...I'm already covered in darkness
これまで何人の下衆な男どものもとを渡り歩くされてきたことか・・・
-Do you have any idea how many terrible men I've had to serve up until now? (thanks zyndrir for the help)
-My body and my heart are completely stained

-I don't care what happens anymore
-Because there's no place for me anywhere

23
-Do you...like carrots?

-I don't have any preferences
-There were times I've had to eat leftovers to survive
left: A basement for two!!

-All right! Starting from today this will be your place.
-Make yourself at home!

-Wait just a minute, monsieur Bell!! You mean you're going to live with her!?
-Just because she'll eat your carrots!? You're that afraid of the vice-abbot?!
-Quiet, Roland
-Hey, what's your name?

-Crowe (クロエ）

bottom right: The third act/end. Next time: Someone who knows of Belmonde's existence [does something shocking]!! (t/n - the sentence is incomplete. The [] is added by me, so i have no idea what it could imply. feel free to tweak as needed)

-END-

Good grief! I hope they get out of this basement soon because I'm already tired of looking at bricks every other panel.

All that's left is some feedback over the blue text. Let me know about the names, and I hope someone can give me input as to the translation questions near the end.

Thanks everyone for your support and comments.
To reiterate, I have exams upcoming so no promises on next week. This is on a if-I-find-the-time basis.

Oh and one more thing. I just noticed that there were changes in the HnC thread, namely cnet's trans'es are now non-exclusive. What this says to me is I no longer see any need for me to translate HnC(unless he goes on vacation, the scanlation group comes back, etc). If there is still some reason anyone wants me to translate it, pm me and we'll talk about it. I have a lot of backlog, not only in my personal responsibilities, but also in the group that i trans for.

Any other requests or comments, just pm me or post under my "vacation" thread in my forum. I'll still be floating around the forums throughout the week.