Re:BIRTH－The Lunatic Taker－ 14

[Scanlation with this translation reserved for Muda]

Re:Birth
Chapter 14
Accident


p.01
Natsuhi: Whoa~

Natsuhi: It’s pretty hot, even though it’s only May.
Natsuhi: And there weren’t as many places I could live in then I thought...

Natsuhi: Geez~ what a pain...! Should I just buy an entire apartment?

Natsuhi: ...!


p.02-03
Natsuhi: ...!?

Chapter 14: Accident


p.04
Can use a unique phantom skill

Ayaka: There’s... a new skill!
Reiji: Phantom? Did you learn it at 30 life points?

Reiji: You can retain it even if your life points go down because it’s a unique skill, right?
Ayaka: According to the information from this, yes. Check yours too, Reiji.

Can use a specialized skill against phantom skills

Reiji: The skill name is... similar to Nee-san’s...
Ayaka: ......

Reiji: The names are similar, but I wonder what kind of techniques they are.
Ayaka: Since it’s the same sorcery device, they should have analogous abilities...


p.05
Ayaka: We should look into this a little further. It wouldn’t be funny if we don’t know how to use them when the time comes...
Reiji: ...
Ayaka: Especially since we had a hard time against the enemy’s skill earlier.

Reiji: About that...
Only one of them appeared, right...?
Ayaka: !

Ayaka: Naturally, right? The other one only had 1 life point left...
She must’ve gotten killed trying to steal them from the other.

Like I would ever throw away...!! The life that Kagami gave me!!

Reiji: Um... what I think is that
Natsuhi: I’m back~!
Ayaka: Oh, it seems Natsuhi-chan’s back...

Ayaka: Welcome home.
You haven’t eaten yet, have you?
Natsuhi: It’s hot~! Water first~!! Put in a lot of ice~
Reiji: ...


p.06
Natsuhi: So, I found this thing...
Natsuhi: While walking today.

Natsuhi: They don’t seem that expensive... but I thought I might as well take them to the police offi...
Reiji: No!!

Natsuhi: Wh- what’re you... yelling for all of a sudden...?
Reiji: ...!

Reiji: N- no... I just... thought they might look good on you...
I... like them.
Natsuhi: Hmm?


p.07
Reiji: R-right, Nee-san? Aren’t they perfect for Natsuhi!?
Try them on once! I’m telling you they’d look great on you!!
Reiji: Don’t you think so too, Nee-san?
Natsuhi: ......
Ayaka: Huh...? Oh, sure...

Natsuhi: Whaa? Would these look good on me? But you have to open holes in your ears for piercings...
Reiji: Why don’t you? It’s an unusual design, but they don’t look so expensive!!
Reiji: I bet the owner won’t show up!!

Reiji: You’ve got a great body, so it’d be killer if you wore those!
Natsuhi: You’re really weird all of a sudden... are you complementing me? Or fooling around with me?
Ayaka: ...

Natsuhi: Well, if you recommend it that much, I’ll try to think about it again~
Natsuhi: It’s hot so I’ll go take a shower.


p.08
Ayaka: Reiji... That accessory...
Reiji: Yeah...

No way... No way...!! I don’t think that can be...
It couldn’t have... happened to Natsuhi, too!!


p.09
I’m sure they’d look staggeringly good on you if you wore them!

What should I do...
Maybe I’ll take them...

Ayaka: Natsuhi-chan? Would you like a snack?

Ayaka: Those earrings... you said you picked them up?
Natsuhi: Mm?


p.10
Natsuhi: Yup. They’re not in bad shape... but I don’t know who was wearing them, so yeah...
Ayaka: True...

Ayaka: I wouldn’t really want... something someone else was wearing...

Ayaka: If it was me, I think I’d throw them out.
That, or hand it over to the police office.

That’s how it is.


p.11
Natsuhi: I’ll wear them after all.

Natsuhi: Reiji did say they’d suit me~
Natsuhi: You saw it too, right Nee-san? That eager face of his ...

Ayaka: ...

Natsuhi: Huh? What’s wrong? Could it be you don’t like how Reiji complemented another girl?
Ayaka: Oh come on~ You’re also pretty much a younger sister. How could that be?

Natsuhi: You, who incited him on to kick me out...?
Natsuhi: Oh, that’s right! I recently found a book I’d like to recommend to you.


p.12
Natsuhi: It’s a manga named “Zero –The Beginning–”*... There’s a girl who is in love with and clings to her younger brother.
*[This is a manhwa by Im Dal-Young and Park Sung-Woo, also called Zero – The Gate of Beginning, or, more commonly, Zero.]
Natsuhi: But the younger brother chooses another woman...

Natsuhi: Ultimately, the sister couldn’t abandon her attachment to her brother and brings forth a calamity...
Natsuhi: That’s the kind of sad, painful story it is.

Ayaka: Why are you recommending such a scary story to me?
Natsuhi: Who knows~?

Natsuhi: I was curious how that story would look from your eyes, Nee-san...
Natsuhi: From the same standpoint of an older sister who has a younger brother...


p.13
Ayaka: I don’t really know, since I don’t read much manga.
Natsuhi: !

Ayaka: I think this book has a better story than that manga. “Anne of Green Gables.”
Ayaka: You know it, right? It’s a world-famous novel, after all.
Natsuhi: ...!

Ayaka: In that story, didn’t the siblings, Matthew and Marilla, spend their lives living together and supporting each other?
I think that’s beautiful... that kind of sibling relationship...

Natsuhi: How can you read that novel and see it like that?
Natsuhi: And do you think that’s normal?

Ayaka: Why? There’s nothing weird about it, is there?
Ayaka: They’re just living together because they’re siblings...


p.14

Ayaka: Well then, how about we go to bed?
Natsuhi: Y...yeah...
Ayaka: I hope you can find a good place tomorrow.

I thought she wasn’t normal, but...
Was she serious...


p.15
That woman...

Could it be that even Natsuhi...? No...!
It’s a coincidence! It’s gotta be! Like something like that could be happening around me so often...!

Hagiwara: Tanaka, don’t act like you’re so above us so much.
Reiji: !


p.16
Hagiwara: I’m just asking if we could eat lunch together you know?
Hagiwara: It’s free food, so there’s no reason to be indecisive, is there?

Hagiwara: Even I’d get a bit upset being ignored this much.

Reiji: Hey you... You’re not in this class, are you?
Tanaka: !

Reiji: Why don’t you return soon?
Fifth period’s about to start.


p.17
Hagiwara: Hmm...? Who’s this...?
Tanaka: Ta- Tachibana-kun...!

Hagiwara: Wow, student council?
But, look...

Hagiwara: Is it also your job to get in the way of people’s romances?
Is it that high and mighty of a position? Huh?

Reiji: Go.
Reiji: Don’t bother girls too much.

Hagiwara: Bother, you say...
Hagiwara: Are you saying that’s the kind of guy I look like...?

Hagiwara: I’m sorry I couldn’t fulfill your expectations, but it’s not my style to bully girls.
Reiji: !


p.18
Hagiwara: But I do like to hurt guys!!
Hagiwara: !?

Compared to fighting against angels...
Mutter: Hey, what’s wrong?
Guys like this...


p.19

Reiji: Leave, please...
Hagiwara: ...!

Reiji: It’s...
Reiji: Hard for me, too...


p.20

Lackey: Hey! Hagiwara! What’s wrong? You’re not actually scared are you?
Hagiwara: Shut up!

Just you watch...!
I won’t let you go like this! Definitely not...!


p.21

No matter how hard I try to remain calm, it’s useless...
It’ll be impossible to live a normal life at this rate...


p.22
Can you really...
Call this living...!?

Tanaka: Are you interested in women’s underwear?

Reiji: Tanaka...?
Tanaka: You were looking at that for a while... Could it be a present for someone?
Reiji: N- no... that’s not it...
Reiji: I didn’t notice at all... that I was standing in a place like this...


p.23
Tanaka: Thank you... for when we were at the classroom.
Reiji: It’s okay... it’s my natural duty as a part of the student council...

Tanaka: You’re brave, Tachibana-kun. Well, it’s how you always are...

Brave...?
Me...?

Reiji: That’s not it at all...
I’m a coward. A real big one.

Tanaka: If it’s a coward like Tachibana-kun... I think that’s good.


p.24
Tanaka: How about... we try going out, Tachibana-kun?
Tanaka: I’d be happy if you were my boyfriend...

Reiji: Wha...

Reiji: Are you...
SFX: nod
Reiji: Confessing... to me right now...?

Reiji: Haha... a confession... a confession, huh...

Why... Why is it...


p.25
To think...
I wouldn’t feel any emotion to this extent...

Tanaka: Oh no... was I rejected with just a look...?
Reiji: Oh... n...no! That’s not...!

Natsuhi: Oh~!? Isn’t that Reiji!?
Reiji: !


p.26
Natsuhi: Whoa!? Who’s that girl you’re with!?

Reiji mutter: Na- Natsuhi...?
Natsuhi: Could it possibly be a date!? Is it a date!?

Natsuhi: Wow~ you’re pretty good, Reiji.
Natsuhi: She’s quite beautiful, isn’t she!?
Tanaka: Ta- Tachibana-kun? Who’s this...?

Natsuhi: I was committed to you since we were young and you betray me...! You’re horrible!!
Reiji: Wh- what’re joking about?


p.27
Tanaka: So that’s how it was... Tachibana-kun...

Tanaka: You could have just told me honestly... how you had such a beautiful girlfriend...
Natsuhi mutter: Huh?
Reiji: Huuh!? No, you’re misunderstanding...!

Tanaka: I’m sorry for causing so much trouble!!
Reiji: Tanaka! Wait!!
Natsuhi: !!

Reiji: !!

Natsuhi: Did it... go too far? My joke......
Reiji mutter: You... really are “dynamite”...


p.28
Natsuhi mutter: Okay? Okay?
Natsuhi: I’m really sorry~ I didn’t know you were being confessed to~
I’ll even go and tell her the truth now!

Reiji: It’s okay. I was going to reject her anyways...
Natsuhi: Whaa? What a waste! That girl just now was really high level, wasn’t she!?

I feel bad for Tanaka...
But I’m in no shape to be immersed in something like love...

Natsuhi: Are you interested in me perhaps?
Reiji: Is that what you want me to be?

Reiji: You put the earrings on...
Natsuhi: Oh, these?
Natsuhi: I pierced my ears. They said I shouldn’t take them out for a while.

Reiji: I’m glad...

Reiji: They suit you.
Reiji: Keep them on.


p.29
Hagiwara: I’ve been watching for a bit, but Tanaka, and this girl...
Reiji: !
Hagiwara: You were quite a playboy, eh...?

...!!

Reiji: You’re... from before...?


p.30
Reiji: I doubt we bumped into each other in a place like this by coincidence...

Reiji: Did you follow me? I’d like to turn down male stalkers.
Hagiwara: Don’t you go mouthing me off!! You piece of shit.

Reiji: We’re in the middle of town. If you have something to talk about, I’ll hear you out at school tomorrow.

Natsuhi: !


p.31
Reiji: !?

Reiji: Let go of her!!

Hagiwara: Are you doing well yourself while cockblocking others?
Reiji: ...!
Hagiwara: It’s my turn now. If you’re going home, do it alone.

Natsuhi: Hey, Reiji... Are these your friends...?

Reiji: No...
Natsuhi: Then can I fling this away?
Hagiwara: ...!

Hagiwara: You’re cheeky as well!! Each and every one of you...!!!


p.32

Hagiwara: Y- you little...

Hagiwara: If you keep messing around...!


p.33

What...!?

Hagiwara: Ah...

Hagiwara: Y...you...!?

Hagiwara: I’ll kill you!!
Hagiwara: You biiiitch!!!!


p.34
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p.35
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p.36

Lackey: He...hey! Hagiwara!!
Lackey: A- are you okay!!? Get a hold of yourself!!!

Reiji: Na- Natsuhi... what... in the world!?

Natsuhi: Oh, didn’t I mention it?
Natsuhi: I was in an extracurricular association in America...
Extracurricular...
Then, not like track, but... that was...


p.37
Boxing!?

Natsuhi: You know that this was self-defense, right?
Natsuhi: So I’d like you to go home without having a grudge on me.

Lackey2: You’d better quit making fun of us, bastards!!
Lackey: Crush them!!


p.38

Natsuhi: Uh oh... there’s a bit too many.
Reiji: This girl doesn’t have anything to do with this, right? I’m your opponent!!

Lackey2: Don’t mess around. We’ll kill both of you!!

Reiji: I’m telling you to stop!

Reiji: Natsuhi!! Get behind me!!
Natsuhi: Huh... Okay...


p.39

Passerby1: Oh no... a fight?
Passerby2: In broad daylight... seriously, kids these days...


p.40
Lackey: Didja think you could take the four of us by yourself!!? Dipshit!!
*[God, the bubble’s pointing at the wrong person again :/]
Natsuhi: Reiji!!

These guys...
I’ll seriously...!!

Lackey: This is it for you!!

Granny: Oops...


p.41
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p.42-43

Natsu...!?


p.44
Box: Earrings... and an accident... There’s only one path for Natsuhi to take...!?