Campione 08
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No, no. I'm the one that's troubled. Godou returned with a tsukkomi, in his heart.
Recently, the hime-miko have started to simply do whatever they wanted.
"Well then, actually I've had a few spare sets made. Yuri, come here and wear one too, and allow our King to feast his eyes upon that sight."
"No way!? Please don't say that suddenly. I have not yet prepared my heart ―― "
"What are you saying, didn't you just say that you'd accept his Majesty's hobby? Doing it together with Yuri, Ena would feel reassured, too. Look, just like this, quickly undress yourself......."
"P-please don't forcibly undress me!? U-um, I can do it myself...."
The uninhibited nature's child pulled off the overall apron from her willowy friend, unfastening the kimono's sash.
Thereupon, the beautiful hime-miko refused the officious support being offered, and with a discouraged face, loosened the collar of her kimono, and placed her hand on the sash ―― the rustling sound of clothes could be heard.
H-hey, what are you doing changing your clothes before me. An objection started to rise up in his throat.
However, being unable to find the voice to speak those words out, Godou could only gulp down his saliva.
Yuri's body which was delicate, and yet also put on sufficient enough flesh, was right before his eyes. Her ivory white skin, and the sight of that seductive back, caused his tension to increase greatly.
Not good! I have to get away from here!
Narrowly managing to heed the advice of his reason, Godou pulled the earlier mentioned futon over his head.
Cutting off all the information received from his sense of sight and hearing! Just as he resolved himself to disregard the paradise before his eyes, once again, his consciousness began to black out. The voices of both Ena and Yuri faded away.
Instead, he saw the back of a lone man.
His looks which had ought to have been graceful, was painted with fearlessness of long military service, like rust.
Surely, he must be one who has lost interest in battles, after a long time, and was exhausted of it all. However, once, he had stood tall on the battlefield, and should have certainly played an active role, like a fierce god.
Solemn and sorrowful was the man's back, and his profile.
That was certainly, the figure of a hero, weary of battle ――
"...... Although you seemed to be having a nightmare, but are you alright, Honored Uncle?"
Godou awakened, to Lu Yinghua's voice.
It looked like it was not yet morning. This classroom was the planned venue for Nanami, Sorimachi and Takagi's [school swimsuit + maid cafe] that had been changed to [Maid Cafe China Arrangement Inn] to be set up (The maid unit dispatched from the Lu family, had rejected both the school swimsuit and nekomimi idea).
The day before the school festival, the trio who looked back at the rousing festival eve with just a backward glance, had given all their efforts into the preparations.
Then, Godou had helped them out, and the four of them decided to stay overnight. The preparations ended somewhere close to one past midnight, and Kusanagi Godou + the idiot trio had gone to sleep like that ――
If he took a look, he would see that Nanami and the others, the trio, were sleeping like a log nearby. It did not look as if they were waking up.
"Why did I have that kind of dream....?"
Distinctly conscious of what had occurred, Godou recalled the chain of nightmares (?).
Hereupon, Lu Yinghua, with a know-it-all air, looked at the small bottle on the table. The one he had drank in the night while half-asleep.
"If it was a strange dream, then undoubtedly, it must be the effect of the drug, the Handan Dream[29]. The people who've taken a dose of that medicine, would dream a dream concerning the future."
"Future, you say?"
"Yes. Something that would happen a few years later, possibly, or even something that might happen decades later, it looks like."
"I see.... Because of that, I saw a strange dream."
Godou nodded his head in acknowledgement. Magic was ineffective against a Campione. However, oral intake was another story.
The secret medicine of paralysis that Liliana had made him drink before had splendid effect.
"Upon hearing that it had slipped into the materials that the trio had brought out from my family's warehouse, I came to retrieve it, even if it's early in the morning. It was truly unexpected that my Honored Uncle had consumed it."
"Sorry. I thought that it was alcohol that was left on the desk, and had drunk it while half-asleep."
Remembering the act, late at night, Godou apologized.
"But, I'm relieved. I was surprised by that absurd dream. It was actually the fault of that dodgy medicine."
"Well, although the medicine is indeed the cause......."
Knowing that the main cause of the dream was not his own latent desires, Godou felt relief wash over him.
Lu Yinghua then calmly said to him.
"In the case that the person taking the dose possesses great spirit vision, the medicine has reasonable probabilities of showing you [the near future], it looks like. The Campiones do excel in that regard, right? To disregard it as being a mere dream is too hasty. What kind of dream was it?"
"N-no, the contents aren't that important! Don't worry about it!"
Godou dodged the question, flustered.
If the term probability was brought up, then the authenticity of that should be low, he thought, as he instructed himself to forget it as soon as possible.
And the dream that Kusanagi Godou saw, was thus erased from his memories.
A few hours before the school festival started, those were the so-called happenings that occurred in the morning.
Translator's Notes and References
Meiji era: represents the first half of the Empire of Japan during which Japanese society moved from being an isolated feudalism to its modern form.[1]
Showa era: the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926, through January 7, 1989.[2]
Sudachi: small, round, green citrus fruit which belongs to the papeda subgroup of citrus plants. [3]
Sensei: In Japan, Sensei is not only used to refer to teachers, but also to artists, doctors and other educated people and figures of authority as well. It can be used to show respect to someone who has achieved a certain level of mastery in an art form or skill.
Tatami: type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms.
Miyagi:[4]
Aoyama Doori: Main street in Aoyama, Tokyo.
trying not to step on someone's shadow: In (Japanese?) magic, shadows have several meanings. One is the element opposing light, but it is also viewed as part of the soul. As such, it is sometimes seen as rude to step on the shadow of others, especially superiors. Alternatively, it's a reference to a Japanese children's game where a child, the it, needs to step on one of the other children's shadows to make that child it, rinse and repeat.
Replica Round Table at Winchester Castle: Ask Wiki[5]
Dōjinshi (同人誌?, often transliterated as doujinshi) is the Japanese term for self-published works, usually magazines, manga or novelsXiaolongbao: [6]
Shrimp dumplings: [7]
Pork dumplings: [8]
Yakshini: a broad class of female nature spirits from Hindu mythology, known to be beautiful but vengeful.[9]
Dry Curry:[10]
Claíomh Solais: The "Sword of Light" or "Shining Sword", one of the "Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann"[11]
Tuatha De Danann: They are the Irish gods. Later they moved underground and became fairy-like beings.[12]
Witenagemot: ("meeting of wise men" in Old English) a political institution dating from Anglo-Saxon England.[13]
Chi You(蚩尤): a mythical tribal leader best known as the tyrant who fought the Yellow Emperor.[14]
Hero of the Red Dragon: Henry
VII used the Red Dragon of Cadwaladr along with the Tudor colors of white and green as his flag at the Battle of Bosworth Field, defeating the House of York and ending the War of the Roses. Henry's claim to the throne was tenuous because it was derived through his mother and by illegitimate descent. [15]
Lugh: Irish deity represented as a hero and High King in the distant past. Has many epithets such as Lámhfhada (long arm), Ildánach (skilled in many arts), Samhildánach (equally skilled in many arts), Lonnbeimnech (fierce striker) and Macnia (boy hero).[16]
Rip Van Winkle: a short story about a man who wandered up a mountain away from his wife's nagging, took a nap and woke up twenty years later.[17]
Priory of Sion: a name given to multiple groups, both real and fictitious.[18]
Order of Cistercians: a Roman Catholic order of monks and nuns.[19]
Bruce Lee.
Kill Bill.
I'm sure you guys should know what Riajuus are.
Japanese sliding door
Basically, the title which I've translated as 'Vanity of Worldly Desires'. The Handan Dream has a really long story behind it, so I guess if you're curious you can go look it up. Google 邯鄲の夢.