Bokura no Kiseki: chapter 107 [translation]
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Bokura no Kiseki
Comic ZERO-SUM
Issue: March 2021
Chapter 107
Page 1
[ What is her aim...?! ]
Minami: So you're saying that you weren't on Zerestria's side, but instead you just wanted to obstruct Lucas' plans?
Enomoto: That's right. I wanted to kill Lucas.
Enomoto: ...thought I've lost to him.
Page 2
Enomoto: He managed to turn the tables on me and I've died.
Bokura no Kiseki
#107
Page 3
Zeze: Nishina wants to know for whom Cordelia has worked and what was her aim, or so he said.
Zeze: So she was working for the crown prince Evan, but attacking Lucas was due to her personal reasons...
Zeze: What was that reason?
Minami: What was that reason?
Enomoto: That's... something I can't tell for now
Enomoto: because I believe it might be a trump card against him.
Zeze: Ah, that's sounds like a nice card up her sleeve... make her reveal it.
Minami: ...is that so? Then, I won't pry further.
Page 4
Zeze: Hey hey hey...
Zeze: That was precisely moment when you need to push more, Minami...
Minami: So if Lucas is also there... you think he might see you as a danger and may target you?
Enomoto: Yeah... I'm a nuisance to him.
Minami: But Nishina didn't make any move against her... why?
Zeze: Why indeed? Is Enomoto, as Cordelia, such a tough opponent for him?
Enomoto: I... I'm able to use magic.
Page 5
Minami: Oh, are you?
Minami: Is that why you decided to confess now, now when you have to undergo the magic trial?
Enomoto: Yeah, just as you said.
Minami: How come you can use magic? Is is priest's or knight's magic?
Enomoto: ...it's because I was an illegitimate child of a nobleman.
Zeze: So does it mean Cordelia's magic was ridiculously strong and Nishina didn't want to provoke her... or what...?
Minami: Then tell me... what do you want to do now?
Enomoto: I just want you to protect me from Lucas...
Enomoto: and if he were to appear, I want you to inform me...!
Enomoto: I'm too scared... to reveal everyone that I was a spy...
Enomoto: that's why I couldn't say it until now...
Page 6
Minami: Well, that makes sense...
Zeze: Good! Now, give her a cold shoulder and corner her swiftly...!
Zeze: Squeeze more information out of her as a bargain chip for taking under your protection...!
Minami: ...fine.
Minami: You can rest assured, Enomoto.
Zeze: ...too soft.
Enomoto: Thank you, Minami.
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Minami: But... you have to undergo the magic trial in the front of everybody
Minami: to prove that you're not Lucas... and to put everyone at ease.
Minami: If you don't want to reveal yourself as a spy or reveal your origins...
Minami: then we need to ask Ootomo for cooperation... so he won't ask you to use magic you can use during the trial.
Minami: Which kind of magic you can use? Which spells?
Enomoto: Just one.
Enomoto: Each noble is granted that one magic spell typical just for them, right? The individual magic... just that one.
Minami: Is it an offensive magic? How strong is it?
Enomoto: It looks like... a thin... beam of light? Coming from the sky...
Enomoto: I can fire only one beam per time.
Enomoto: If aimed well, it should be enough to inflict a fatal wound.
Page 8
Minami: Did Cordelia obtain any rank as a knight?
Enomoto: I... I was a child born between Moswick's knight and Zerestria's woman.
Enomoto: Furthermore, I was born after my mother married Zerestria's nobleman.
Enomoto: When I was 5 years old, it was found out that I wasn't a child of that man and it was quite a scandal.
Enomoto: Well, after that, many things happened...
Page 9
Enomoto: My real father, Moswick's knight, was a member of Evan's faction.
Enomoto: He recognized me as his child in absolute secret and trained me to be a spy.
Enomoto: I didn't have a choice but to accept that in order to survive.
Maki: The church... was also involved, wasn't it?
Enomoto: Yes. The priest who was also a member of that faction...
Enomoto: make me into Evan's "knight", even if in name only... so I could undergo a ritual of obtaining individual magic.
Maki: Somehow it's not even that surprising to me anymore what the church was doing in the shadows but...
Maki: it still makes my head ache.
Page 10
Enomoto: You heard a rumour that Evan might've been a scandalous child of the queen and the king's younger brother, right?
Enomoto: About that...
Enomoto: Had they conducted a proper investigation, looking into which bloodline could use which magic, they could easily figure it out.
Enomoto: Alas, if the church decided that Evan was in their way, they should only announce him as a "scandalous child".
Enomoto: And if the church decided it's in their favour if Evan was to sit on the throne, they should only announce him as a "legitimate heir".
Enomoto: This way the church could manipulate the ruler... and the whole kingdom.
Enomoto: And all of us, lower beings... couldn't help but be dragged into it.
Page 11
(school ringbell)
Minami: Anyways, let's return to the classroom for now
Minami: but via different routes and timing (?)
Zeze: There are still many things left I wanna learn.
Zeze: Was she that servant... who killed Calvin?
Moto: I [Calvin] followed my hunch and was going through that one passage
Moto: on the second floor.
Moto: It was one strong magic... pale blue light.
Moto: Three bullets fly out...
Moto: they were coming at me swiftly while rotating.
Moto: I took a defensive stance and was knocked down.
Moto: It was wide range attack and left many deep gashes.
Page 12
Zeze: If it really was Cordelia, then it makes everything simple.
Zeze: It would mean that the subordinates of Evan and Ishmael, who were hostile toward each other, tried to eliminate the other.
Zeze: But the magic declared by Enomoto is different one...
Zeze: I wish you pressed her harder on this matter, Minami...
Minami: By the way...
Minami: Did Cordelia... or no, did crown prince Evan sniffed out what was Calvin's mission?
Zeze: Oh.
Enomoto: Calvin? ...what?
Minami: Calvin Plantard sneaked as one of prince Eugene's royal guards but he was prince Ishmael's knight.
Page 13
Enomoto: Was he?
Enomoto: Whether Evan knew about that or not... I don't know.
Minami: Calvin was killed by Zerestria's servant. With magic.
Enomoto: Eh?
Minami: Since you said you were a spy from Evan's faction I suspected that maybe...
Enomoto: It's coincidence! It wasn't me...
Zeze: Maybe she was just lying about magic she can use...
Zeze: Who knows, maybe she's just pretending to be scared of Lucas but her real aim is Calvin... which means Moto...
Zeze: She undergo a training to be a spy, after all!
Zeze: Grill her, Minami!
Page 14
Minami: Yeah. After hearing you out, I also think it wasn't you.
Enomoto: So you think that servant killed Calvin because they knew he was prince Ishmael's subordinate?
Enomoto: Or maybe, more like... just because they thought that every Moswick was an enemy...?
Minami: Who knows.
Minami: I just know it was a servant, who hide a fact of being able to use such an impressive magic...
Minami: and if it wasn't Cordelia, then it means there's someone else.
Page 15
Hiroki (chapter 83): I'll explain it to you, Shino.
Hiroki (chapter 83): But I can't do it on my own so let's go back to the school for now.
Hiroki (chapter 83): But please, you have to act like nothing happened.
Hiroki (chapter 83): Can you do that?
Shino (chapter 83): Is it for the sakes of Anna and Mika?
Hiroki (chapter 83): Yes. And for yours too.
Page 16
Zeze: (whisper) He should've been more pushy there, really!
Zeze: That Minami, argh...
Teshimano: Eh?
Zeze: Isn't he the perfect image of a guy, who's basically first accepting the other's request
Zeze: to make them feel at ease
Zeze: and then he patiently waits for them to open up?
Teshimano: Well... he probably thinks that it isn't a good thing to needlessly provoke others...
Teshimano: isn't "doing things peacefully" his credo, after all?
Zeze: And I'm saying it's just way too soft, duh.
Zeze: Letting the other set their own pace...
Zeze: despite not having any time to waste.
Minami: Zeze, do you have a minute?
Page 17
Minami: (whisper) Were you able to listen to the conversation in the morning? (through your smartphone)
Zeze: Yeah, it was spot on.
Minami: Then I'm glad.
Zeze: So? What next?
Minami: We will throw Enomoto and Nishina in one pit and see how it goes.
Minami: That will be the most efficient and quick way.
Page 18
Minami: It will also allow us to find Lucas' weakness... what do you think?
Teshimano: ...isn't it anything but "soft" now?!
Zeze: ...tell me your train of thoughts, leading you to that answer.
Minami: Enomoto's eyes were filled with hatred toward Lucas.
Minami: Deep inside she didn't care much for us providing her with protection...
Minami: on the contrary, she showed no sense of refusal, nor she let pride take over. (?)
Minami: All that truly mattered to her was obtaining information about Lucas.
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Minami: That made me think...
Minami: Rather than letting something happen between the two of them in the place out of our sight
Minami: it would more preferable if we could do it in controled enviroment under our supervision.
Minami: Then again, Enomoto is probably awfuly aware of his manipulative nature and strongly repulsed by it,
Minami: so she still decided to reach out to me and ask for cooperation.
Minami: That's all. Let me hear what do you think about it.
Page 20
Zeze: I agree with you in 90%.
Teshimano: Oi...
Zeze: Well, I'm impatient one too.
Minami: And the reason behind the other 10%?
Zeze: Regarding Cordelia, Nishina remained weirdly passive all this time.
Zeze: And we're talking about THAT Nishina here.
Zeze: If Nishina were afraid of her magic's strenght...
Zeze: then he had plenty of chances to confront her before he discarded his priestly magic.
Zeze: Furthermore, he could use it under his disguise as Ashley
Zeze: but he still leave it be.
Page 21
Zeze: I find it extremely eerie.
Zeze: That part makes me object setting them on each other.
Minami: Is that so... I understand.
Minami: Then, let's ditch this plan.
Minami: Let's search for another way.
Zeze: ...did we just agree on something with each other? (what's that)
Teshimano: ...what's your problem?
- - -
Minami: Thanks, Kikuchi
Page 22
Minami: for cooperating and taking part in this magic trial.
Kikuchi: Well, now after Ootomo and Teshimano were attacked...
Kikuchi: I honestly don't really want to get involved any more
Kikuchi: so this is the last time I do.
Minami: Okay.
Ootomo: Are everyone gathered? Please step forward, Enomoto, Kikuchi.
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Minami: If one is either a priest or a knight, they will with no doubt remember their respective magic step-by-step, starting from the basic spells...
Minami: You cannot just skip that part and attain a high-level magic.
Minami: We conducted our trial so far, basing on this principle...
Minami: "You cannot acquire magic you are not qualified to use"...
Minami: that was what Hiroki proved when she checked it out with Glen.
Minami: But, what if someone else was like Cordelia...
Minami: A child of a nobleman, recognized behind the scenes, and acquiring an individial magic in the previous life.
Minami: If such an unbelievable conduct wasn't an exception
Minami: then it render our theory false
Minami: and it makes one able to slip from our net.
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Minami: It cannot be helped.
(point it upward) (just like that)
Ootomo: Okay! We're done.
Ootomo: It seems that neither Kikuchi nor Enomoto are a priest or a knight.
Hasebe: So does it prove "we are in clear!" now?
Page 25
Hasebe: I mean, all of us servants?
Minami: Well, about this...
Minami: Moto... his previous self, Calvin... he was killed with magic by Zerestria's servant.
Hasebe: Wha- what the heck?!
Moto: Yeah.
Moto: Thought I only saw an earring and a robe... and didn't see that person's face.
Page 26
Hasebe: Uh, hold on...?!
Hasebe: Wasn't the reason behind this trial to prove that neither of us can use magic...? Was it?
Minami: Circumstances have changed.
Minami: We discovered the trial has flaws.
Minami: If the magic used against Calvin was just a common one, we could run a test again and check it out, but...
Ootomo: It looks like it wasn't, huh?
Minami: If we don't know an offering and words needed to cast it... then there's no way to do it.
Hasebe: Oh no...
Hasebe: So someone among us, servants...
Hasebe: Ah (ba-thump)
Hasebe: I shouldn't look at anyone right now... it could be interpret as accusing that person of being suspected!
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Hasebe: Then again...
Hasebe: Isn't remaining silent and not doing anything exactly the thing a culprit would act like?!
Hasebe: Uwaa it's no good! What should I do?!
Moto: But hey... isn't an earring and a robe something anyone could obtain and wear? So we can't say it was one of Zerestria's servants for sure?
Ootomo: ...but why would anyone change into it?
Moto: Like hell I would know!
Minami: That's true. Besides...
Minami: it doesn't mean that this person is also plotting something in this life too.
Minami: No one is under any obligation of ending what they meant to do in the past life.
Minami: I want you to stay vigilant... but I don't want you to start being paranoid about others.
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Minami: I want you to stay true to your friends the way they are now.
Hasebe: I... In my previous life as Adele, I just died...
Hasebe: while remaining ignorant about a war waged by higher-ups, overflowing with struggling and killing each other.
Hasebe: I was but a servant. We were clearly but a victims there.
Hasebe: It only felt natural that those who put themselves on the front line in this world are royals, knights and priests, who could use magic.
Hasebe: After all, we couldn't provide any information nor be of any strenght.
Hasebe: Let's just try not to get in their way and step back.
Hasebe: But now...
Hasebe: It turned out that even among us were someone holding power
Hasebe: and it resulted in even me being questioned.
Hasebe: At least...
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Hasebe: Doesn't that mean that I should at least realize I'm also involved party here?!
Hasebe: I'm so ashamed of myself.
Hasebe: Instead of relying on others to solve that...
Hasebe: I should also think hard how I can help!
Hasebe: There are many unresolved issues dragging since our past lives...
Hasebe: so how we should face them in our current lives...
Minami: Hasebe? Are you alright?
Fukushima: Anna?
Hasebe: Minami...
Hasebe: After we're done today, you are going to explain things to Shino, right?
Hasebe: You said we should just leave it to you and Hiroki-chan, but...
Hasebe: But I also want to add a few words myself... Is it fine?
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Minami: Of course it is!
Hasebe: It's not my duty anymore to silently back off behind those person's back!
[ Setting their eyes on what is now! ]
End of chapter 107