Haha, did I trick you?
Did you think it was the web novel, or perhaps even the light novel?
This joke of a chapter took me close to an hour.
We should make a Batoto group! Maybe we can call ourselves Arousing Imouto Scanlations or something!
Also, Future Redrawer-san, it’ll your your job to scale this shit up with waifu2x or something. These images are tiny!
You know, if we were to map out the world of web novel translators in chuunibyou terms, you’d sort of have the Gravity Commonwealth, the Alyschu Federation, and naturally the Wuxiaworld Empire as the really big players. They’d be the ones with heaps of treasures, and heaps of high-quality top-tier experts.
I guess beneath them, you’d have the relatively large nations with mixed-quality experts, like the RTD Confederation, and the Re:Translations Bandit-Tribe-in-the-Mountains Chiefdom.
Go even further down, and only then do you have small nations like the Kingdom of Scrya, the Kingdom of Ziru, and the Kingdom of Oniichanyamete where far from having a mixed bag of experts, they only have a single one sustaining the entire country.
Indeed… Oniichanyamete has always been supported by the illustrious but solitary and somewhat lazy Estelion.
But no more!
For today, a second, slightly crappier expert has appeared amongst our ranks! And if Chinese web novels have taught me anything, when a second expert appears in a crappy kingdom with only a single expert, he is actually the protagonist, and drags the kingdom upwards in a meteoric rise!
Let us applaud Sir Jaon for being the second expert to appear within our borders and hope for great things from him!
I’m not really sure when this happened, but go oniichanyamete I suppose.
My translations will be slowing down a little because I have a networking quiz next week, so I’m ostensibly studying for that.
I’m actually sitting in the library, studying now. Application layers, transport layers, demuxing blah blah blah.
I wonder if anybody in this university reads web novels. I wonder if anybody here follow my blog. Considering the relatively small number of readers I have, probably not huh. But maybe someday, haha.
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Sensei told me to collect the notes we made in class for her.
Together with Class Pres, I brought them to the staff room just as Sensei had created some documents to hand over to the Student Council.
I immediately declared that I would deliver them.
The committee chairman was giving me an ambivalent gaze again. I don’t care!
*imouto*
When I entered the student council room, Romeo-senpai was eating a high class Ginza rusk.
When I handed him the documents, he gaze me a dazzling smile. Uu, his gaze is shooting through mee!
“You’re such a hard worker, Kisshouin-san. How about entering the Student Council next year? Should I recommend you?”
“No…! I would not be suitable at alll…”
There’s no meaning in a Student Council with no Romeo-senpai. The only reason I’m so hard-working is because I have another motive.
“I don’t think I’d agree, but, well, you are still a Pivoine huh. I guess it’d be impossible for you to join. I personally think it’d be great if you acted as a bridge for us, though.”
“That is… But if there is something I can do, I will do my very best to assist.”
“Really? Then if anything happens, I’ll count on you, okay?”
“Yess…!”
My wonderful senpai saw me out with a smile.
Man, he’s cool as everr.
But…
…A high class Ginza rusk?
After that, I headed straight for the Pivoine Salon.
*imouto*
*imouto*
A few people were in, and drinking tea gracefully while chatting.
An oneesama from the high school section was playing chopin on the piano.
I looked at the various things on the platter on the table.
Financiers.
Dacquoise.
Galette.
Nougat.
Rusk…
High class Ginza rusk.
There’s no mistake.
A Pivoine member other than me has been smuggling sweets to Senpai.
*imouto*
When I first met Senpai, what he said at the time made me go, “Huh?”
“I nicked it from the Pivoine though!”
How, I wondered. Only Pivoine members were allowed in the salon, so sneaking in to steal them would make you an amazing thief. And since it was the Pivoine you were stealing from, it would turn into a huge issue too.
But I never heard anything about a person charging in to steal things. Of course, neither did I hear anything about Senpai getting permission to enter.
But despite that, Senpai occasionally eats sweets. In Zui’ran, you aren’t allowed to bring sweets. Although, for events like Valentine’s, they’ll turn a blind eye.
Anyway, the only ones who can eat snacks at Zui’ran are the Pivoine, inside the salon. Of course, the Student Council, who are supposed to act as models for the ordinary students, are definitely not allowed.
Then that means one of the Pivoine members supplies him with the sweets.
Who?
It’s time to make a comeback as a spy.
*imouto*
*imouto*
Starting the next day, I began keeping a lookout in the Pivoine Salon, and started to check who was bringing snacks home with them.
Normally, you wouldn’t expect anybody to regularly do this.
Even I worry about what people think, so I’ve only procured offerings for Senpai a few times.
Anyway, while I was watching, I noticed a senpai get the concierge to separate a few snacks for her.
She left the salon, so I followed.
If I remember correctly, that’s Fukakusa Kasumi-sama from the middle school’s third year.
She isn’t as gorgeous as Yurie-sama’s group in the Pivoine’s main faction, but she’s tidy, clean-looking and peaceful.
Fukakusa-senpai went as far as a small flowerbed behind the school building.
She started looking left and right, as though to check for any onlookers, before a voice called out,
“Kasumi.”
It was Romeo-senpai.
Fukakusa-senpai ran over in delight. Then, the two sat down by the flowerbed, and enjoyed a happy chat together.
They were talking quietly so I couldn’t hear the contents, but from stuff like how Fukakusa-senpai happily watched him eat the sweets, or how Romeo-senpai stroked her head, I could more or less guess.
I left.
After a while, Fukakusa-senpai emerged from behind the school building. She seemed like she was about to leave for home, so before she reached the car park, I called out to her.
“Fukakusa-senpai.”
“Kyaa-!”
When I did, she let out an adorable scream.
“Eh-, Kisshouin-san? What’s the matter?”
“Senpai, I shall go straight to the point. Are you in a relationship with the Student Council President?”
Her face immediately stiffened.
“Why?”
“Earlier, I spotted the two of you by chance. And occasionally, the Student Council President will eat sweets from the Pivoine. And thus I wondered whether he was close to somebody on the inside, you see.”
“…”
After that, I found out various things from her.
About how they were in the same class last year, and gradually grew closer.
About how after they changed classes in third year, Romeo-senpai confessed to her.
About how Romeo-senpai was the StuCo President, so they had to keep things a secret from everyone else.
About how Romeo-senpai got hungry a lot, she would occasionally bring sweets from the Pivoine to him.
About how so that she wouldn’t be found out, he claimed that he “nicked” them etc. etc.
“Must you go so far to hide it?”
“Because the Pivoine and Student Council have always opposed each other. And this year’s Pivoine President, Okishima-senpai, really loathes the Student Council. Senju said that we should just be open about it, but I’m afraid. The Pivoine might give me the cold shoulder.”
Ah-, she just called him Senju like nothing.
“Kasumi” and “Senju”. Hehh~ Hohh~ Hmmm~
“Please, Reika-sama. Don’t tell anybody about this.”
“I shall not. I do not know if I can help you in any way, but I hope that you will be happy together.”
“Really!? Thank you! You know, Senju said that you might be able to become a bridge between the Pivoine and Student Council. I think so too!”
“You overestimate me. I have no intentions of entering the Student Council, either.”
Did he recommend me out of self-interest?
After all, at this rate the two of them won’t be able to openly date in high school either.
But with him openly eating Pivoine sweets like that, I think they’ll be caught eventually.
Could that also be part of his plans?
“You’re strong, Reika-sama. Even though you’re younger than me, I admire you a little bit, you know? Umm, I was thinking that it would be great if we could become closer. Is that no good?”
“No, I would be honoured.”
Fukakusa-senpai smiled happily at me. She seems unreliable, and cute. I wonder if this is what drew Romeo-senpai’s attention. She’s the complete opposite of me.
After that, I started calling her by name, and I agreed to occasionally hear her out about love.
*imouto*
*imouto*
I rode the car home, and then collapsed onto my bed.
Tomoe-senpai was Romeo, but his Juliet was Fukakusa-senpai.
Somebody like me was just a mob character, or Juliet’s wet nurse at best.
…I wanted to get all excited about love as well. Everybody always talks so happily about love, but only I’m the one living a dull life.
What the hell. Couldn’t they have let me dream a little longer?
I shouldn’t have investigated. All it did was needlessly show me reality.
UOHHH! What the heck am I going to do if I’m single for the rest of my life?
For some reason I can’t even picture myself in a proper relationship.
I mean, I got ‘curse’!
I bet in both lives, I’ve been stuck with the fate of being forever unpopular.
UOHHHH! I don’t want to spend life being a stalking horse! UOHHHH!
UOHHHHHH! …
*imouto*
*imouto*
The next free day I had, Oniisama brought me to a zoo in Hokkaido. I’ve been wanting to go for a while now, so I’m super happy!
A polar bear! A seal! A penguin!
“Oniisama, please bring me again, okay!?”
“Yeah. I really wonder when the next time will be.”
?? Does that mean Oniisama will be busy?
But he promised that he would definitely bring me here again someday, so I decided not to think about it.
“No…! I would not be suitable at alll…”
“No, I would not be suitable at all.” (←spoken ecstatically and breathily)
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I’m feeling so lethargic today. Studying is tiring. Reading is tiring. Even typing is tiring. Did some Mexicans visit me in my sleep and siphon away my life force? This is exactly why Australia needs a great wall as well…
Right after the athletics carnival was the mid-sem exams, and thanks to my remedials and cramming, I somehow made it back as far as 16th place. I let out a secret sigh of relief. With this, the teachers should trust me again.
But Enjou and Kaburagi are at the top as always. This time it was Enjou that was 1st place though.
I bet it’s because of that, right? Kaburagi was too busy training for the cavalry battle. I wonder what on earth makes him so obsessed with that.
Our next class was in another room, so I was walking with the friends in my class when I noticed a girl walking our way with her head hanging.
Hm? Wasn’t that girl in my remedials? What was her name again?
As she got closer, I noticed a group of girls laughing from behind her. When the girl noticed, she left with hurried steps.
“What was the name of the girl who just walked past us, again?”
“Who knows. I’ve seen her face though.”
“That girl is in the same class as Ayame-san, isn’t she? Remember? The one who messed up during the great skipping rope event.”
“Aahh, that girl.”
“Great skipping rope event? Speaking of which, I do believe I heard something about a big failure in Ayame-san’s class for that event.”
“Apparently she practised quite a bit, so Ayame-san was frustrated as well, wasn’t she.”
I see. So that’s the girl who stacked it?
The girls behind her seemed to be in the same class. I wonder if she’s finding it uncomfortable to be there.
*imouto*
“Ah, Mochida-san. She’s being isolated in class at the moment.”
At lunch break, I tried asking Oomiya Ayame-chan about the earlier girl, while we were eating together.
“Isolated? Why?”
“Everybody practised really hard for the event, so when she messed up at the very beginning and disqualified us, she earned a lot of ire. My class had quite a bit of confidence that we would do well, after all.”
Ehh~ Because of something like that?
“When it happened I was angry as well, but of course I am not angry any longer. Only, the problem is that it wasn’t just the skipping. She stumbled during the three-legged race as well, and even injured somebody else.”
“She injured somebody?”
“It was simply a scrape on the knees, but the issue is that the injured girl belongs to Tsuruhana-san’s group.”
Tsuruhana Maki. The leader of the gyaru group, huh. What terrible luck to injure a girl from that group.
I did the three-legged race too, but the girl I was paired with said “Reika-sama! Let us pace ourselves loudly!” and pulled me along, so we managed to run smoothly until the end.
If I remember correctly, one of the contending classes for top suddenly dropped in rankings. So that was Mochida-san, huh~
“Ever since then, Mochida-san has been eyed by Tsuruhana-san’s group.”
“Is she being bullied?”
“I wouldn’t say that. But I do hear them bad-mouthing and blaming her.”
Isn’t that bullying then?
“All this just because of the athletics carnival?”
“I understand what you mean. To us, simply watching Kaburagi-sama and Enjou-sama’s exploits is enough, but Tsuruhana-san’s group is a lot more athletic, and seem to be enthusiastic about sporting events like that.”
Aahh~ Yeah, there are girls like those too, huh.
The girls around me started to heatedly discuss the Two Tops.
“The dead heat during the relay!”
“Enjou-sama was so cool during sprint!”
“But the coolest really was the Emperor during the cavalry battle. He was so skilled~”
“Speaking of the cavalry battle, the Student Council President was wonderful as well, wasn’t he.”
WHAAT!?
“Yes, certainly. I had no idea that the middle school StuCo President was such a dreamy person. Tomoe-senpai, wasn’t it.”
“Yes, Tomoe Senju-senpai. He joined the middle school as an External, and his grades are always in the top three; a model student. He’s skilled in basketball too, you know.”
“He’s a little scary when he’s silent, but once he smiles he’s cute.”
“I know exactly what you mean~!”
OH MY GOD!
When did I get all these rivals!? And some of them know even more than me!
Pretty much the only thing I’ve ever done for him is smuggle him some sweets from the Pivoine after the athletics carnival.
When he thanked me with a smile, my heart fluttered so much. I really wanted to bring him some more stuff, but then I realised that with my personality, I might really be tricked by some bad guy, and turn into his wallet, so lately I’ve been a little uneasy.
*imouto*
*imouto*
*imouto*
In order to give her the Snow White Akizawa-kun photo, I met up with Sakura-chan for the first time in a while.
Shockingly, we were chatting and drinking tea at a stylish open cafe. Having tea at a café? It’s like we’re totally friends! So nice!
I’ve been keeping in touch with her through lots of emails, because our schedules haven’t lined up, I haven’t been able to see her recently.
I only went to her house once during the summer break. That day I told her to keep our conversation a secret from Akizawa-kun, and did nothing but talk about Senpai.
“So since then, you’ve made no progress? That’s hopeless. You even had a chance to get close to him during the athletics carnival.”
“But…”
Getting closer to him, is actually pretty difficult you know?
Sakura-chan is tough when it comes to love, so if I let her be she’ll just keep lecturing me.
I changed the subject.
“Audibly badmouthing them? Yes, that does happen a lot, doesn’t it.”
“Mn.”
I decided to tell her about Mochida-san.
She’s been on my mind since then, and I tried observing her, and it turns out that she probably was being targeted after all.
They weren’t openly bullying her, but would whisper stuff while walking past her, before snickering to each other. They were clearly hurting her.
“It happens in my school as well, but I don’t suppose there’s much you can do about those things except wait them out.”
“I see.”
In my old life, there was a time when people suddenly started ignoring me. They wouldn’t even tell me why. But after a while, the target would change, and they would speak to me as well.
I guess this sort of stuff happens no matter the age or world, huh.
I feel bad for Mochida-san, but we’re in different classes, and don’t know each other at all, so it would be hard to help her.
But at the moment they’re just harassing her with sharp words, so I guess it might be fine?
Sakura-chan was really happy about the Snow White photo.
*imouto*
After I left the Cafe, I went and looked at some cute accessories with Sakura-chan at a miscellaneous goods store.
Having a look at misc. goods stores on a day off? It’s like we’re totally friends! So nice!
Anyway, while we were in the area, Sakura-chan suddenly said she wanted to go to a nearby shrine to a marriage god.
I wasn’t really into it, but Sakura-chan wanted a charm no matter what, so I decided to follow her.
Sakura-chan got ‘middle blessing’. I thought it was a plenty good result, but she said “I don’t know about that. Takumi still isn’t decisive about us, you know,” with a frown.
I brought Senpai’s face to mind, before pulling a charm. Bring it on! My first charm since ‘future blessing’!
“Hii!”
Shockingly, it was ‘curse’. It’s my first time getting a curse. So they really exist…
Sakura-chan peered in from the side, and then immediately backpedalled. Stop that! Stop treating me as cursed!
‘The awaited person, will not come. The things you lost, you will not find. Chance of proposal is far off. Very dim prospects.’
“Ummmm, when you get a bad fortune, apparently you’re supposed to tie it to a tree with just your left hand, okay?”
“…Really?”
“Y-, Yeah.”
I folded up my terrifying fortune, and tried to tie it just like Sakura-chan said.
But it was harder than expected.
It was so hard that I messed up and it fell on the ground.
Should I purify myself and go home?
“I’ve been keeping in touch with her through lots of emails, because our schedules haven’t lined up, I haven’t been able to see her recently.”
A reminder that Japanese phones use an email system in place of SMS.
If you’ve forgotten about the charm results, you can refresh yourself here:
https://oniichanyamete.wordpress.com/2015/12/25/reika-sama-038/
‘The awaited person, will not come. The things you lost, you will not find. Chance of proposal is far off. Very dim prospects.’
The way it was written was obviously done in the way of shrine charms, but since I don’t know of any famous precedence of those being translated into English, I just translated it however I liked.
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In the end I never did make a friend.
I followed Aoi-chan’s advice and each day I could greet kids sitting near me with a smiling “Gokigen’yoh,” but on the first day a few of them acted strangely. I continued doing that each day, and eventually they became able to greet me back normally.
But it never developed further. I decided to think of it as lucky just that they weren’t afraid of me anymore.
*imouto*
*imouto*
After that, school began again. When I met my group again for the first time in a while, they said,
“My, Reika-sama. Have you slimmed down?”
You guys… You really did notice that I was getting fat, didn’t you.
I won’t forgive you if you were secretly calling me drill-hair tanuki, okay?
Once they found out that I had been going to remedials, for some reason they said
“As expected of Reika-sama. Truly devoted in your studies.”
and interpreted things conveniently for me. I decided not to correct them.
*imouto*
*imouto*
The first order of business after school began again was working out the participation lists for the athletics carnival.
Now that we’re middle schoolers, we have a student council, meaning that we now had representatives from the clubs, as well as an athletics committee to do the work, instead of an executive committee like in primary.
Although, class representatives had to do various jobs together with the athletics committee instead.
I was enthusiastic about it.
I finally had a point of contact with the student council!
If it’s for Senpai’s sake, then I’ll move my hands and feet as much as he needs!
I immediately headed to the Student Council room to help organise!
There are more relays in middle school. I hate running, so I’m trying to avoid them as best I can.
Aside from the great skipping rope and ball toss events, I was invited by my friends to join the three-legged race.
The most troubling event was the boys’ cavalry battle. We had a hard time deciding on the candidates. And of course. Because that guy is going to appear in it for sure.
From the boys who had competed with him in it before, I once heard that he was apparently terrifying in his pursuit, and completely different to any other contender.
I bet that Emperor is busy deciding on his horse right now. Apparently if you’re chosen as the horse, you’ll be forced into secret after school training. That way even his horse stands above the rest.
Considering that, yeah, I doubt anybody would want to join. I’m glad I’m not a boy.
In the end, we decided to send some Externals who didn’t know the story, and some unlucky boys who lost in rock-paper-scissors. Try your best, guys.
Anyway, now that we managed to somehow get the participation sorted out, I was on my way to the meeting for the athletics carnival, organised by the Student Council. Come on, Class Rep, let’s go. Don’t dawdle like that.
Because Miharu-chan is going to the meeting as well, Class Rep was standing there, using the reflection in the window to do his hair. He’s a total maiden.
*imouto*
When we got there, everybody else had already arrived. And naturally, sitting in the middle was President Romeo-senpai.
Aahh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen him up close!
Perhaps he went to the beach during the break because he had this tan that gave him even more of a wild look.
The corners of my mouth started to rise naturally, so I grit my teeth to stop it. I don’t want him to think of me as some weirdo girl who smiles to herself all of a sudden. But my muscles just keep moving on their own!
Our gazes met! He looked at me weirdly! Do I really look strange after all!?
The meeting went over the assignment of responsibilities and important points to remember, and at the end of the meeting we handed in our class participation lists.
Suddenly, looking at printouts, Romeo-senpai said,
“Speaking of which, apparently there’s a crazy strong guy appearing in the cavalry battle?
“I’ll be participating too. I wonder if I can win.”
WHA-!?
Romeo-senpai is participating in the cavalry battle!? Then I definitely have to cheer him on!
When it came to my turn to hand my list over,
“Senpai. Please try your best in the cavalry battle,” I said, after gathering my courage.
Although Senpai looked a little surprised, he immediately smiled at me and said,
“Thank you.”
I did it!
*imouto*
*imouto*
My plan to get close to Senpai during the preparations went almost entirely unfulfilled.
The class reps did nothing but odd jobs for their class, and the preparations for the athletics carnival was almost all handled by the Student Council, the sports clubs, and the athletics committee.
Even so, whenever there was even a slight reason to head to the student council room, I would take the initiative to go.
The student council members gave me ambivalent looks, so I silently threatened them not to say anything uncalled for.
Just one time, when there were snacks left over in the Pivoine Salon, I secretly stole them all and presented them to Senpai. When I did, he said,
“Oohh! These are delicious. Thanks!”
with a dazzling smile, and I almost blurted out,
“For that smile, I’ll smuggle you as many sweets as you want!”
But geez, even though Senpai eats so many sweets, he doesn’t get fat at all. Speaking of which, Kaburagi is always eating macarons and chocolates in the salon, but he doesn’t have any needless flab either.
Isn’t that kind of unfair?
*imouto*
*imouto*
The day of the athletics carnival arrived. I once again put on the high strength sunscreen that Okaasama gave me, and participated as well.
I didn’t participate in any of the main events, so I tried my best to cheer for them.
When it came to the great skipping rope, the other classes made some mistakes, and it ended quite well for me. I never even imagined that it would be this tiring though.
For the club-vs-club costumed relay, Akizawa-kun from the Track and Field Club ran in a Snow White costume so I took a photo with my digital camera. I’ll show Sakura-chan later. You actually turned kind of beautiful, you know, Akizawa-kun.
As for Kaburagi and Enjou in their relays, they ended up surrounded by girls bringing honeyed lemon. Even if you give them that many, they won’t be able to finish them…
Honeyed lemon appears a lot in manga and novels as the clichéd thing you give to people in sports clubs, but I’ve never actually tried them. Are they yummy?
Anyway, the events went on, and in the afternoon, it was finally time for the cavalry battle.
When Team Emperor arrived, the cheering got noticeably louder. Emperor sitting with dignity on his heavily breathing horse. They must have trained a lot. Their confidence was palpable.
I could hear “Kaburagi-samaaa!” and “Emperor!” from here and there. Upfftpfft.
And then, Romeo-senpai and his team entered as well. Try your best, Senpai!
I wanted to actually say it aloud, but because of all the people around, I could only say it in my heart. Uwahh~ So vexing!
Besides the loud cheers for Kaburagi and Enjou, there started to also be cries of “Tomoe-kuuun! Try your beeest!” mixed in too.
This is bad. Senpai seems more popular than expected. I have lots of rivals. This is terrible.
While I was panicking, the battle began.
Kaburagi crushed nearby teams one after another, charging at teams that were trying to escape. T-, That was a team from my class. He’s being dragged along. He’s falling. Ah. He fell.
Yeah, you guys did your best. It looked like the other people crushed by Kaburagi were consoling each other. May you rest in peace.
Romeo-senpai hasn’t lost yet. While giving out accurate instructions, he captured enemies. How wonderful, Senpai!
After the battlefield ran out of prey, it was only Kaburagi and Romeo-senpai left over.
Romeo-senpai! Romeo-senpai, do your best!
While I was praying with all my heart, one of my friends sitting next to me said,
“Don’t worry. Kaburagi-sama will surely win.”
You’re wrong! I was praying for the other one!
As Emperor and Romeo-senpai fought, they seemed about even. Neither I nor the audience had ever seen the undefeated Emperor struggle like this. We were shocked.
Could it be that he’ll win!? Or so I thought, when Senpai’s horse stumbled, and Kaburagi used that gap to steal his headband.
The field was blanketed in loud cheers. It was the loudest it had ever been today.
Although Senpai lost, he still smiled like he was having fun. As for Emperor, who had been forced this far for the first time, seemed a little frustrated despite his victory.
That guy is definitely going to practice even harder next year, huh…
*imouto*
*imouto*
After the tallies, it was Romeo-senpai’s class that won overall. But the MVP was the Emperor, who won in both relays and the cavalry battle.
Emperor held his trophy in one hand, and raised it towards the sky. You really are having fun, huh.
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It’s been a few days since my remedials began, but I’m still living on a deserted island.
Even when the printouts were being passed from the front, they were oddly careful with me. And they wouldn’t look me in the eyes, either.
Am I scary? Everybody, am I really that scary?
Are you afraid that I’ll show you hell if you displease me?
I don’t mind at all when I’m alone at cram school. I’d be fine with it even now.
But to think that I would have to endure being alone at school…
Normally at school it’s always lively with my friends and followers around me.
But despite being in that very same school, right now I’m alone.
I finally know what Sakura-chan meant, that time when Akizawa-kun was home sick from cram school.
If you’re alone from the beginning then it doesn’t matter, but if you’re always with somebody else and have them suddenly taken away, it makes you feel really vulnerable and lonely.
Hmmm~ At this rate I’m going to start chatting with an imaginary friend, so this is getting quite scary if I do say so myself.
Because I don’t really want people to think I’m lonely, I’ve got this ‘I’m completely fine’ look on my face, with my textbook open in front of me. I’m not ‘lonely’, I’m a ‘loner’. I’m proud, and lofty and aloof.
But thanks to that, everybody is too afraid to approach me, so it’s just a vicious circle.
I wonder if by the time this ends, I’ll have made even one friend.
Because I’m Pivoine as well as the daughter of a powerful family, my appearance is flawless from my curled hair, to my nails, but I’m actually quite a nice girl, you know~ I won’t bully you, you know~ I’m not scary, you know~
I started my diet recently, so I haven’t been eating my favourite foods. Because of that, my heart is a bit weak it seems.
Before I began my ‘tanuki stomach removal plan’, I warned Otousama to stop bringing me presents.
Lately, he seemed to be bringing a lot of stuff, so although I was wondering what was up, I happily ate it anyway since he went out of his way to get it.
I’m just a poor person at heart, so I never leave behind food. Naturally, I appreciated Otousama’s feelings, but I was also thinking about the farmers and workers who would feel hurt if their efforts were thrown into the bin, so I couldn’t bring myself to waste any of it. I enjoyed every last bit.
And so I got round.
Otousama seemed shocked when I told him to stop, but when I bluntly said that I was getting fat, he replied with,
“Girls are cuter when they’re a little round.”
Naive! If I get fatter, my clothes won’t match me. I’ll get flabbier too, and there’s nothing more disgraceful than having my stomach poke out when I sit down.
And to begin with, it’s a defeat for me as a girl. It has nothing to do with the tastes of men.
Okaasama was completely supportive of me. And she also said,
“Actually, I’ve been thinking for a while now that you’ve been getting fatter, Reika-san.”
…Please say that sooner.
Okaasama dragged me to a beauty salon, and I had my tummy meat ruthlessly massaged, and then warmed with infrared rays.
The result? Beauty salons cannot help me defeat my flab.
Anyway, right now I’ve gone back to my original plan of quietly and steadily exercising with a hula hoop in my room. Lately, I’ve even picked up the skill of spinning a hula hoop while walking. The plan is going well.
When school begins after summer break, I shall unveil Kisshouin Reika – The Remake!
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During the summer, besides my remedials I also have summer courses at cram school, as well as private lessons with Karin-sensei, so the days are filled with studying.
I think I’m studying even more than I did for my middle section entrance exams. I finished all of my holiday homework by halfway through July. Honestly, what a model student I am.
As for cram school, I’m happy that I can meet Aoi-chan there.
After experiencing days of being lonerised in my remedials, my time with Aoi-chan always soothes me.
Speaking of which, Aoi-chan used to be afraid of me too, didn’t she.
“I am actually attending remedials at my school at the moment, but it seems that I am being kept at a distance by my classmates. Am I truly so loathsome to befriend? Do I seem so malicious to others?”
“Ehh-”
Aoi-chan’s eyes began to swim.
“Umm, rather than loathsome to befriend, maybe it’s more like, you’re so gorgeous and flashy that they’re shy? I don’t think it’s stuff like looking malicious or anything. Yeah.”
“Shy, is it.”
“Mn. You’re a beautiful ojousama, so it doesn’t seem like you’d give normal people the time of day, or maybe I should say that it seems like you’d ignore us even if we spoke to you. Yeah, something like that, I think. But once they get to know you, I’m sure you’ll get along.
“Okay?” she added with a smile.
AOI-CHAAAAAAAN!
“Thank you, Aoi-chan!” I said in the confusion.
She looked a little shocked, but then she immediately smiled again and said,
“Try your best, Reika-chan.”
Anyway, Aoi-chan advised me that rather than awkwardly complimenting them, it would be better to try greeting them first.
Basically, if I keep greeting them each day, perhaps they’ll feel closer to me.
She said stuff like,
“I’m sure they’ll be happy to be greeted by a person like you, Reika-chan,”
so I’m totally happy right now. Try your best, me!
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Today my parents are out, so Oniisama is picking me up from cram school, and then we’re going out to have dinner.
When I told Aoi-chan about it, she said
“What a wonderful Oniisan. How nice~”
Oniisama has come to pick me up a few times already, so Aoi-chan has met him too.
Ever since, she often says “I’m jealous that you have such a wonderful Oniisan.”
Apparently she has two older brothers as well, but in the past when I asked her about what they were like, she only muttered “…Muscles, and otaku,” before averting her eyes.
The atmosphere that she gave off made me reluctant to press further, but I actually still want to know so badly. What exactly does she mean by ‘muscles, and otaku’?
Anyway, after Oniisama picked me up, we went and ate at an ethnic French restaurant.
An excessive diet is bad for the body, so I’ve been making sure to eat properly, and to just cut down on sweet things.
But you know, cutting down on sweet foods is really hard for a person like me~
When I looked at the menu, my eyes kept getting drawn to them. But I’ll endure.
If I eat it, I’ll be a baby tanuki for life.
“Are you, having trouble with remedials?” asked Oniisama.
“Once I grew used to it, they were fine. Although, having both homework assigned for the holiday, as well as homework for each day of remedials, might be a little difficult.”
“I see. You’re thinner than usual, so I was worried that it might have been the remedials.”
“Eh-, I have gotten thinner!?”
So the effects of the diet are…! I’ve been too afraid to use the scales, but when I smile in the mirror, I see my dimples have returned, so could this mean that I’ve gone back to normal?
Then maybe it’d be fine to order dessert…
“If you’re overdoing things, then you can take a break from cram school, okay?”
“I truly am fine. This is thanks to cutting down on sweets, and doing stretches every night. Ah, and the hula hoop as well. You saw me with it the other day, did you not?”
“Ahh, that, huh…”
The other day, Oniisama visited my room while I was in the middle of challenging my record, so he knew what I was talking about.”
“Well, leaving the hula hoop aside, Reika, I heard that you have somebody you like now?”
“EHH!”
The sudden change in subject caused my heart to stop.
“Why so suddenly… Ah-! Could it have been Imari-sama!?”
“Yeah.”
“Ehhh~! Even though he promised to keep it a secret from youu…”
“It’s your fault for talking to someone like him about it.”
It’s because I thought that Imari-sama would be able to give me some good advice. And he even came to our house at just the right time.
“Well, who is it?”
“Eh~…”
“So you can tell Imari, but not me…”
Oniisama’s expression turned sorrowful.
“That is not the case at all! It is the Student Council President of the middle school section!”
I immediately confessed.
“The Student Council President. Hmm~ What kind of kid is he?”
“He is a person who well suits Orff’s O Fortuna. But I have scarcely had the chance to talk to him. I simply watch him from afar.”
“Suiting that song is… Isn’t he pretty dangerous then?”
“Goodness, no. He is a very dynamic and cool person. As the Student Council President, he has leadership as well.”
“Hmm.”
I haven’t seen Romeo-senpai ever since summer break began. How lonely.
“That cookie practice was to give him some handmade sweets, right?”
“Yes, but Imari-sama advised that I did not, and so in the end I never did.”
Yeah. Thinking about it, if some strange underclassman suddenly gave you some kookies, you might really be surprised, huh.
Thank goodness I listened to Imari-sama.
“Oh yes, that reminds me, Oniisama. Will Imari-sama be coming over to play soon? Last time I received a wonderful biidoro glass toy from Nagasaki from him, remember? It is terribly cute, and I have grown quite fond of it, so I wish to thank him again.”
He bought it for me when he went to visit relatives there, and it’s really pretty and colourful.
When the light shines through it, it sparkles, and when you blow on it it makes cute pakkin pakkin sounds. Only, it’s supposed to be making poppin sounds instead, so why…?
But geez, Imari-sama really knows what girls like, doesn’t he.
“Imari is busy, so I doubt he’ll be coming over for a while.”
Oniisama gave me a bright smile.
Well that’s a shame…
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Nichol Jessica was reflecting.
During the attack on the Capital, the population was roughly halved. Only then did this battle, that would later be known as the “Royal Capital Disturbance,” come to an end.
The Royal Family, the Adventurers Guild, the citizens――all suffered grievous injury. But none so grievous as the Public Safety Force. With almost every member dead from Vice-Captain down, they were as good as annihilated. Having lost almost all her subordinates, the Captain, Remilia-sama, was desperate to recruit in the aftermath.
Meanwhile, the inhabitants of the city were trying just as hard to fix their destroyed homes, and return as quickly as possible to normal life. None of the survivors had the time to be grieving.
It became known that the invasion was the work of a secret organisation called the Malferands, and that they were the long-time enemy of Decarabia[Demon Destroying Pentagram]. Although a number of baffling points remained, such as huge spikes of mana observed here and there around the city, as well as the sudden retreat of the demon, the deaths of all the Decarabia[Demon Destroying Pentagram] members made the truth impossible to know.
The only thing they knew was that the demons had withdrawn, and that peace had returned to the Capital. Most of the residents believed that the desperate resistance of the human forces had repelled the demon attack.
But the truth was different.
All surviving individuals with enough strength or influence, found it suspicious. Why had the demons simply destroyed themselves? After the raid, these people now knew the strength of the demons, unwilling or not. The humans could not have won. They had already speculated that the mysterious deaths of the Malferand officers were likely the result of internal conflict without the demons. Nobody was optimistic enough to think that the humans had done the job.
But Jessica knew even more.
The efforts of one girl saved the nation. But this isn’t something I can tell anybody else. I still don’t know if I should. Even I’m not sure myself. It’s something I’ll need to think about.
That girl, the saviour of our country, was Tilea-san. Is there some reason she isn’t aware of her unrivalled fighting strength?
I can’t say that I don’t want to know, but for some reason I’m afraid of pursuing it.
At any rate, it seems that Tilea-san is going to live in the Capital. She said that she was going to start working here because she was worried about her sister, but is she going to be okay?
Tilea-san is such an airhead that I can’t help but worry. But well, if there’s anything I can do to help her, I will.
In the end, I never got to meet Timu-chan. I wonder if she’s as ridiculous as Tilea-san is.
I really wonder what kind of girl she is. I want to meet her. Well, I guess I can look forward to meeting her at school then.
And speaking of friends…
I hear that Edim is going to continue going to school, even as a vampire. Apparently the authorities don’t know about it. I have no intention of informing them either. If the Royal Family knew, she would be executed for sure.
But is this really fine? What if Edim isn’t the Edim I know anymore…?
Tilea-san told me, “Edim has her human heart back, so it’s fine.”
What’s the truth?
If she’s really still just a vampire, countless people will become victims again. No, I should stop this. I’m really just happy that my friend is alive. I don’t want a repeat of Lyris-chan. I can’t bear to lose another friend.
Thinking about Lyris-chan still hurts so much.
Why…?
For some reason, she feels like a friend I’ve spent years, no, almost all my life with. And who’s the “Aria” that she mentioned at the end?
I’ll find her. It’s Lyris-chan’s last will. There has to be some meaning to it.
Jessica opened the door, and leapt outside.
Now then. Time for school.
There’s no proof that this will be the last demon attack. To defend the country from a second, or third attack, it’s vital to rebuild.
Certainly, there were a number of mysteries surrounding this demon raid on the capital. But there’s nothing to be done, except to be thankful that we’re alive, and to move forward, one step at a time.
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Camilla Bo Malferand was agonising over something.
The other day, I received some presents from Oneesama.
Jessica and Edim, was it…?
With little strength, they would have little use in battle, but their appearances are not bad. More than suitable as toys. I’ll make sure to show them lots of love.
Oneechan has given me two such enjoyable toys. But whatever shall I gift her in return?
Camilla was troubled.
Perhaps a nation? No, no, the entire world is hers to begin with. It would be ridiculous to gift her with her own belongings.
Mn!? But then if everything in the world belongs to Oneesama, how could I possibly gift her something? Truly a conundrum.
What should I do…?
Camilla was troubled. How could she please her lofty and magnificent Oneesama? After thinking for a while, what she came up with was…
I know!
Oneesama once said that “the best presents are made by hand”.
Fumu. It stands to reason that I return her presents(humans) in kind(kin). I shall handcraft her the strongest kin to present to her. Oneesama will surely be pleased. I shall put all my heart into it. No more half-baked creations. I’ll use all my mana this time. After all, I already have plenty of foolish kin like Ortissio.
Camilla envisioned the strongest kin in her mind.
First is loyalty…
Naturally, this shall be set to the maximum. Those who would dare to rebel should be torn limb from limb. I will create a kin who thinks of Oneesama first, and puts her even above myself, its parent.
Now then, what type should it be…?
A mighty hero, or perhaps a wise general? Shall I try asking Oneesama indirectly?
“Oneesama.”
“Ye~s?”
“This may seem sudden, but may I know what your preferred type is?”
“Oohh! To think that you’d suddenly ask something like this.”
“Yes. I would very much like to know how you feel.”
“Hmmm~ This is kinda embarrassing, huh? Do I really have to say?”
“Yes. If possible, I would like to know, but…”
“I see~ To put it bluntly, an elf, I guess.”
“An elf…?”
Although inferior to a demon’s, elves certainly do have powerful bodies, and have long lives as well. Best of all, many of them are attractive. So this is Oneesama’s taste.
“I see. In other words, Oneesama desires a beautiful elf?”
“GUHAH-! That’s a very blunt way of putting it, but… I suppose so.”
“I understand, Oneesama.”
Alright. Let’s go with an elf as the base then. A demonic elf I suppose we could call it.
“Then, this is my second question. Please choose your preference from the following list.”
“W-, What? A continuation of your previous question? Well, that’s fine I guess. Go ahead.”
“Yes. The choices are, the military general type, the mighty hero type, the wise general type, and the all-purpose type.”
“F-, For some reason this feels like a military simulation game.”
“Oneesama, what is this ‘melee Terry simyuleh shon geme’ that you speak of?”
“Eh, it sounds a bit annoying to explain, so don’t worry about it. More importantly, could you explain these types in more detail?”
“Yes. The wise general type advises the army, and forms plans and tactics. A strategist, you could say. The great hero type cuts through enemy lines, and forges the way forward. The military general type is skilled not only in battle, but in commanding troops as well. The all-purpose type is skilled in both martial and mental aspects, but there is the risk that they will be a master-of-none. You could say that the Household Guard, Nielsen included, all fall within the great hero and military general types.”
“Then my choice is absolutely the wise general type. Honestly, I’ve had more than enough of idio――I mean, martial enthusiasts, already. We already have plenty of them around.”
“I see. Then the wise general type it is.”
“H-, Hey, Timu. What’s all this been about? ――Could it be that you’re taking new applicants for the Evil God Army?”
“Huhu, Oneesama, please look forward to it.”
“I-, I’m feeling a little uneasy, but… okay. I see. If it’s the wise general type, then I guess we’re recruiting smart people this time.”
“Yes. I will prepare an exceptionally wise general.”
“Haha, exceptionally, is it? Does that mean they’ll have intelligence points of above 90? Well, 100 is probably impossible.”
“Oneesama, how high is 100 exactly?”
“Oh, 100 points would mean an absolutely flawless strategist.”
“Absolutely flawless, you say!?”
“Yeah. But well, I bet nobody like that actually exists.”
So Oneesama desires a flawless strategist. I must absolutely fulfil her wish.
“Oneesama, does a flawless strategist mean that they never once give a mistaken command?”
“Yep, that’s it. For example, if before a fight with the enemy general, they famously say “They will surely become your subordinate,” then it absolutely has to go that way.”
“Could it be that in your past life, because of a strategist, you…?”
“Yeah. In my last life, back when I used to play a game like you guys do now, Timu, I――”
“As expected of you, Oneesama. Even world conquest is simply a game to you.”
“W-, Well, strictly speaking, it was an online game, but… Anyway, that guy went and said “He is surely awaiting your invitation, milord,” but when I sent a messenger I was rejected! And then the guy even stole the famous gift horse! Honestly, hard to deal with.”
“What insolence! Not only did they dare trample on my Oneesama’s invitation, but they even did something as foolish as taking your horse!”
“Right!? Right!? I saved and loaded so many times. All of it was because of that quack strategist’s fault.”
“A useless strategist brings all harm and no gain. In other words, you would have been better off without him?”
“Exactly. Honestly, that strategist was all talk. Everything always went opposite to plan. But well, I guess it was a bad idea to use a general with 80 intelligence as a strategist, huh.”
“I understand how you feel, Oneesama. Please leave it to me. I shall create a 100 intelligence wise general for you.”
“I-, I see. Good luck with your recruiting.”
“Huhu, Oneesama, he shall be an absolutely flawless strategist. No longer will you suffer mistakes that would deprive you of your horses. Or rather, the very moment anybody rejects your invitation will be the moment of their death.”
“Haha, if they’re dead I guess you can’t bribe them with gifts, huh.”
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Tilea was troubled.
I’ve been thinking ever since it was decided that Timu would be going to school. I’m going to live here in the Capital. Although I want Timu to gain independence, she’s still only 14. It’s obvious that she’d be lonely living away from family. Or rather, I would be lonely. So I decided to find a job in the Capital, and work while watching over her but…
Reality is cruel, tohoho(boo-hoo-hoo).
Relying on my skill as a chef, I asked absolutely every restaurant in the Capital to take me in, but I didn’t receive any favourable responses. It makes sense that you wouldn’t hire somebody whose origins you didn’t even know. There were even some rude people who seemed to be after my body. I immediately ran away though.
Hahh~ Looking for a job is so hard.
To think that I’d be experiencing this in this life as well…
Anyway, after suffering failure after failure, I decided that if I couldn’t be hired at a restaurant, I could just open my own.
Only, I unfortunately had no capital to start with. You’d need at some millions of gold to start a restaurant. It’d be impossible for me to prepare. I don’t want to put a burden on my parents, but I can’t rely on Loser(Bizef) either.
Loser(Bizef) already spent quite a lot of money on the procedures to get Timu into the Magic Academy.
Any more than this is, you know…? I’m not a wicked woman anymore, and I don’t to see him hang himself because of bankruptcy.
Aahh, I wish I had my own store.
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Afterword from the translator:
I’ve noticed that a lot of people aren’t too enthused by the side-character Aria.
I personally find her inclusion pretty cool, actually. As many authors are prone to do, Rina Shito-sensei reused character ideas from his previous works. Pretty much every story was abandoned shortly after he began, but having a look through them proves to be quite interesting for Tilea-fans.
①: Bikitan Empire’s Counterattack.
It’s… a misunderstanding story, but not quite the same as Tilea’s Worries.
PLOT SYNOPSIS: To put it simply, a really ugly Japanese guy lived a crappy life because of his appearance, and in the end was tricked by a hostess and died. When he was reborn in a fantasy world, he was the son of a powerful noble. His skill in magic was great, and it didn’t take long for him to rise in the world. Unfortunately he was still ugly. At any rate, he decided then to raise an orphan girl, Mion, as a bride in a sort of Hikaru Genji project(child grooming). As she grew older, she grew hotter, and eventually became a couple with a famous hot guy, Leo.
Naturally, the protagonist opposed, but they got married anyway and had a daughter. It gets a bit dark from here. The protagonist snaps, rapes Mion, and then uses body possession magic to take-over their silver-haired red-eyed daughter’s body.
Interestingly, this story was the first mention of the Kingdom of Arcudas.
②: Next on the list, a bit further back into his writing timeline, is Demon Milaine’s Otherworld Struggles.
PLOT SYNOPSIS: It’s about a demon girl, Milaine, and how she and a bunch of elves, humans and dwarves all end up teleported to some unknown continent. Everybody, her included, is panicked, with the exception of a strange pair of boys in strange clothing. They belong to the ‘WSLE Society’, and are named Shioda and Inoue respectively…
Incidentally, the girl is actually one of top executives for a demon named Zorg, and she’s also descended from one of the Three Great Demons.
Not only that, her name is Malferand Bo Milaine Radluf. Her close friends usually call her Milaine, while others often call her Mamira.
③: The most interesting one by far, is actually his first story, Aria’s Reversion Spiral.
PLOT SYNOPSIS: A somewhat cowardly, crybaby, teenaged girl named Lia is on the run with her parents. A crazed killer has massacred most of the village, which is now burning. Despite their efforts, her parents die to ‘Sen-san’, the killer, as they try to protect her. In the end, she dies as well, in terror.
When she wakes up, she finds herself in the 6-year-old body of the girl who she used to know as the biggest gangster of the village, Aria. As it turns out, Aria was orphaned at a young age, and lived with her abusive uncle. She finds that her body is currently suffering from a cold, but her uncle sends her out to steal alcohol.
As ‘Aria’, she finds her way back to Lia’s house, and after being stopped by the maid, she collapses in front of Lia’s parents. When she wakes up, Lia’s mother is nursing her, and terrified of being sent away from her beloved parents to that uncle’s side, she cries and begs Lia’s mother not to abandon her. Lia’s mother, Karin, sees ‘Lia’ in ‘Aria’, and convinces her unwilling husband to adopt her as a second daughter.
As a child, Aria meets Sen-san and crazily accuses him of being a mass murderer. He responds in a confused, but kind manner, and she’s struck by confusion and a headache. Eventually she reasons that perhaps she was simply insane with jealousy for the much loved and wealthy Lia, and in combination with her abusive uncle, she came up with a strange delusion about once being Lia.
Aria lives peacefully. One day when she is fourteen, she visits the kindly ‘Sen-san’. He brings up the matter she brought up a long time ago, about accusing him of being a crazed murderer. She apologises, and states that she was simply confused. Though still in wonder, he concludes that it was likely just a coincidence, and murders her.
She once again wakes up as the 6-year-old Aria, and once again becomes adopted. This time, she vows to protect her family.
Along the way, she meets with the popular and beautiful Nichol Jessica. In her first life as Lia, Jessica was discovered as a child to have magical potential, and moved with her family to the Capital.
In this life, she befriends Jessica, and at the end of her life, Sen-san mentions ‘awakening’ and ‘regaining (his) true memories’. Shortly before murdering her again, he states that his true name is Nielsen.
In her third time as Aria, she notices that the training she did in the second time carried over for her, as well as the mana capacity. Having already enjoyed almost thirty years together with her original family, this time she resolves to be independent to toughen herself, after murdering her uncle.
This time as well, she befriends Jessica.
Anyway, she dies again, and the story gets a bit more complicated, and cuts off shortly afterwards.
Still, after considering the Tilea’s Worries profile page, the entry about Aria’s best friend Jessica, and Aria’s secret technique, we can venture some guesses about the Tilea’s Worries Aria.
In the story, Jessica never seemed to understand why Lyris always helped her. As far as Jessica knew, Lyris was just a stranger. On the other hand, during Lyris’ last moments, the story mentioned Jessica’s place in her heart.
Considering that our Aria had the ability to splinter her power and memories into ten clones, we can assume that Lyris inherited a friendship with Jessica. And from Rina-sensei’s previous work, we can venture a guess as to when this mysterious Aria even became friends with Jessica.
Presumably in one of her past loops, she became Jessica’s friend. Then, in one of the loops after she acquired the ‘Fist of Ten Bodies’, she split herself into multiple parts, and at least some of her friendship with Jessica was passed onto the clone, Lyris.
Following that, Lyris behaved as natural, and saved Jessica whenever she was in trouble. Upon her death, her memories returned to Aria.
Well, just some food for thought. Actually, perhaps some of you might think that Aria should be the protagonist. Were this not a ridiculous comedy series, I would have to whole-heartedly agree.
Anyway, that’s how it is. I hope you’ve enjoyed the first two arcs. I’ve tried my best to convey the humour, and now that I’ve gotten better at translating, I’ll probably be going back to see if there’s anything I could improve.
As for the Side Story, Arc 3 and Arc 4, I’m quite eager to translate them. But considering the places they begin chronologically, I’ll only begin translating Arc 4 and the Side Story once I reach certain milestones in Arc 3.
Finally, I’ve updated the character profile page to reflect the situation at the start of the Arc 3.
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Luxembourg’s violent attack severed the last holds Lyris had on life.
Ahh, my strength is leaving me. I guess this is the end.
In the decades since her birth, Lyris had gone through day after day of vicious training. She had long stopped commenting on the harshness. After completing that training, which pushed her beyond the limits of a human, she finally obtained a mana beyond ten thousand.
Via the heretical “Fist of Ten Bodies”, Lyris, or more accurately, Aria her original, succeeded in possessing ten clones. However, each one had only a tenth of her original memories and power.
One of the ten, Lyris, had succeeded in surpassing 10,000 mana. She wasn’t sure, but it was likely the other nine had succeeded as well. Once she died here, and returned to Aria, just how powerful would she become? She was sure that even Aria would be pleased.
Lyris certainly had regrets.
She never managed to tell Headquarters about the demonic threat, nor the identity of the Evil God.
Nor would she have the chance to train her juniors any longer.
She didn’t have the chance to protect the citizens until the end, either.
And the one regret that struck her the hardest, was that she never managed to save Jessica.
Ahh… I want to see her one more time. Even if my soul is already torn to pieces, and I’ve lost most of my memory…
Jessica, the few years I spent with you, and their memories won’t ever fade. Even in this torturous eternity, my memories with you will support my heart.
Aahh, I’m sleepy. I’m so tired. Jessica…
Just as she was about to fall asleep with her life playing before her eyes, the sounds of somebody’s footsteps approached.
“I-It can’t be! Lyris-chan!”
Jessica!?
I don’t know why, but you were saved?
Thank goodness.
With her biggest regret cleared, an expression of relief appeared on her face.
“Just wait. I’m going to go get help.”
“It… It’s, fine… Hahh, hahh, it’s, too late…”
“B-But!”
“I-, It’s fine… Jessica, I’m glad… you’re… safe…”
“Why? Why are you so worried about me? You’re always, always saving me. Hic-, I, never even got to do anything for you…”
Jessica began to plead as she sobbed.
You’re wrong. You’re wrong, Jessica.
Ahh, my voice… Please, just once more…
“Hahh, hahh, hahh, t-, thanks, for everything… if you’re… troubled… find… A-, Aria…”
“Lyris-chan, who’s Aria?”
“…”
“I-, It can’t be! Lyris-chan! Don’t diee!”
■ ◇ ■ ◇
Five, four, three, two, one… zero――beepbeep, Lyris is Dead.
“So Lyris died.”
In the Decarabia[Demon Destroying Pentagram] Headquarters sat a single mage, staring at the water screen. Her name was Aria, and although she looked no different from any other girl, her bearing was ancient.
“Aria-sama, it’s terrible! We received a report that the unit in charge of the Arcudas Kingdom, Team Alec, was completely annihilated.”
A man quickly reported to her.
“Umu. First, let us offer a prayer to our fallen comrades.”
“Milady. I shall relay your word to the others.”
“Also, in place of Team Alec, send Team Jasmar.”
“As you wish.”
No sooner had he heard her commands, the man left the room.
So Lyris is dead…
With this, Schuvarne, Krannich, Calvar, and now the fourth clone, Lyris had died. The souls of the deceased all returned to Aria, the original.
“Well done. You did well to gather this much power before you died.”
The offshoot soul had returned after its growth, and now became Aria’s flesh and blood. When that happened, she inherited not only the power, but the memory as well, imperfect though it might have been. The memories she obtained from Lyris went as far as the resurrection of the Demon King, but unfortunately the identity never reached her.
Well, that’s fine. I can narrow the candidates down, at least. I know for certain that the Demon King is hiding in Arcudas. Team Jasmar can act as the vanguard. First, we’ll have them gather more information.
Huhu, so the Demon King has returned. What perfect timing. After all, I finally have the power and foundation to exact my vengeance upon them.
I’ll kill them. I’ll definitely kill them. I’ll erase every last demon from the face of this world!
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