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from baccano's novel translations
“What to do?”
“Don’t ask me. What normally happens?”
“In Sicily, traitors are executed… But this isn’t the same.”
“Killing someone just over something like this is really idiotic. Isn’t this good? Say she’s innocent.”
[...]
“Then what should we do? If it were a guy I’d beat him up until all his teeth have fallen off then leave it at that!”
“We can’t do that! Raising a hand against a woman is the worst!”
“I know that! Then, just say she’s innocent!”
“But we don’t have any reason to… Aah, pardoning her is no good, using violence is no good either…”
“Give her a chance, how’s that?”
“Chance?”
[...]
“That’s it! Use Big Bro’s poker cards! If she gets a Joker, then she’s guilty.”
“Right, right! We’ll take out the color Joker from the very start!”
“……”
Hearing this, a troubled expression once again crossed Luck’s face and he took a look at the poker cards in Keith’s hand.
“What? They’re all color Jokers!?”
“I’ve always wanted to ask- where’d you buy these kinds of cards?”
“You couldn’t have bought 52 packs of cards then took out the color Jokers one by one, right……? Big Bro?”
“……”
“Then, then let’s do this- if she gets the color Joker then she’s innocent!”
“I really don’t know what we’re doing!”
[...]
“Hey--- has Edith done something bad?”
Hearing Tick’s voice, Luck looked over with a perplexed expression.
“We can’t really say it’s anything bad- she didn’t break the law. Just did something that’s bad for us.”
“Edith’s hair is really long!”
“Eeh, yes, it is……!”
Suddenly, Luck understood. Tick’s abnormally innocent eyes were smiling faintly.
“Can I cut it?”
[...]
Hair was a woman’s life. This was true regardless of the era- though trimming a little was a completely different matter. After Edith comprehended such a simple concept, she immediately lost all strength in her body.
“Let me clarify first- using hair to pardon you was the final resort.”
Although the initial suggestion was to shave her clean, ‘using scissors are very difficult’, so in the end only half her hair was cut.
Tick manipulated the scissors with practiced moves, and her hairstyle seemed to look even better than before.
“What to do?”
“Don’t ask me. What normally happens?”
“In Sicily, traitors are executed… But this isn’t the same.”
“Killing someone just over something like this is really idiotic. Isn’t this good? Say she’s innocent.”
[...]
“Then what should we do? If it were a guy I’d beat him up until all his teeth have fallen off then leave it at that!”
“We can’t do that! Raising a hand against a woman is the worst!”
“I know that! Then, just say she’s innocent!”
“But we don’t have any reason to… Aah, pardoning her is no good, using violence is no good either…”
“Give her a chance, how’s that?”
“Chance?”
[...]
“That’s it! Use Big Bro’s poker cards! If she gets a Joker, then she’s guilty.”
“Right, right! We’ll take out the color Joker from the very start!”
“……”
Hearing this, a troubled expression once again crossed Luck’s face and he took a look at the poker cards in Keith’s hand.
“What? They’re all color Jokers!?”
“I’ve always wanted to ask- where’d you buy these kinds of cards?”
“You couldn’t have bought 52 packs of cards then took out the color Jokers one by one, right……? Big Bro?”
“……”
“Then, then let’s do this- if she gets the color Joker then she’s innocent!”
“I really don’t know what we’re doing!”
[...]
“Hey--- has Edith done something bad?”
Hearing Tick’s voice, Luck looked over with a perplexed expression.
“We can’t really say it’s anything bad- she didn’t break the law. Just did something that’s bad for us.”
“Edith’s hair is really long!”
“Eeh, yes, it is……!”
Suddenly, Luck understood. Tick’s abnormally innocent eyes were smiling faintly.
“Can I cut it?”
[...]
Hair was a woman’s life. This was true regardless of the era- though trimming a little was a completely different matter. After Edith comprehended such a simple concept, she immediately lost all strength in her body.
“Let me clarify first- using hair to pardon you was the final resort.”
Although the initial suggestion was to shave her clean, ‘using scissors are very difficult’, so in the end only half her hair was cut.
Tick manipulated the scissors with practiced moves, and her hairstyle seemed to look even better than before.