Tegami Bachi, Chapter 10 translation
Finally, the last missing chapter :D Thanks again to haya5h1 for the raws ♥
This translation can be found at MangaHelpers.
Chapter 10
You're welcome to use this for scanlations/international translations, just please credit Niphredil @ MangaHelpers.com. Thanks ^^
Blank line = new manga panel
Line break = new speech bubble/box/text within the same panel
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-073-
Text: Chapter 10 "Beneath The Light"
-074-
Text: a rude sketch (uniform)
Text: a rough sketch of the uniform
-075-
Lag: ......
Lag: My Lady...
Lag: It's the Empress...
Lag: From the side, the face in the picture...
Lag: Reminds me of Mother...
Lag: ......
Lag: Huh...?
SFX: *sits up suddenly*
Lag: Oh, right...
Lag: This is...
Sylvette: HEY!!!
Lag text: bikku (shocked)
-076-
Sylvette: NICHE!!!
Sylvette: GET BACK HERE!!!
Sylvette: Honestly...
Sylvette: It's the same thing with you every day!
-077-
Sylvette: But you're naïve!
Sylvette: Do you really think...
Sylvette: That you can get away from this wheelchair girl?!
Sylvette: Right then, Niche!!
Sylvette: Come here and brush your teeth!!
Niche: Don't wanna
Lag: M...
SFX: step
Sylvette: Brush your teeth!!
Lag: Morn...
-078-
Lag: ..ing...
Lag: Niche...! P-P-P...
Lag: P-Put...
Sylvette: Brush them!!
Sylvette: Brush them properly!!
Lag: Put some pants on!!!
Box: Three days have passed since the exam
Box: Lag, who has been officially employed as a Bee, a government postal office worker, and Niche...
Box: Have come to Sylvette's home in the north of Yuusari Central, and are renting out a room which used to belong to Gauche, who is currently missing
-079-
Box: Today...
Box: Lag is about to start his first day as a Letter Bee...
Text above Niche's head: glare
Sylvette: Niche just won't listen to anyone but you, Lag!
Lag: What happened while you were doing laundry...?
Sylvette: ...You saw her... it's indecent!...
Lag: What?! No...
Lag: Here's your water, Niche!
Lag: You can rinse your mouth out with this
Sylvette: She only listens obediently when *you* tell her to do something!
Sylvette: What's wrong with her?
Bubble: clank
Bubble: clunk
Lag: ......
Lag: Sylvette...
Lag: Thanks for letting us stay with you...
Lag: I don't have enough credit to be able to rent a flat yet...
-080-
Sylvette: Well, Brother's room is just sitting there unused anyway...
Sylvette: And the Bee Hive isn't far from us here at Cassiopeia Ramp
Sylvette: Plus, you're doing me a favour by renting out the room... that's all
Lag: It's a little weird sleeping in Gauche's room, but...
Lag: I'll accept your offer and use it gladly, Sylvette...
Lag: Until the day I find Gauche...
Lag: And bring him back here with me...
Sylvette: ......
Sylvette: Thank you...
Sylvette: Lag...
Sylvette: But...
Sylvette: Promise me one thing
Sylvette: Since you're living here now...
-081-
Sylvette: That no matter what happens...
Sylvette: That...
Sylvette: You'll come back to this house!
SFX: rattle
Lag: ......
Lag: Yeah...
Sylvette: It's done! Okay Lag, eat up!!
Sylvette: Brother used to love this too! It's my original Special Soup!!
Lag: Wow!! It looks delicious!! I wonder what it tastes like?!
Lag: Thank you for the meal!!
Top text (both large and small): It tastes like... the super gross soup I remember so well...
-082-
Sylvette: Oooh! It's good!!
Sylvette: Perfect!!
Text: Y-yeah...
Bubble: Ding Dong
Sylvette: Oh my...
Sylvette: A visitor...? I wonder who it could be at this hour?
Sylvette: O-Okay...
Lag: Let me go and see!!! I'll go!! I'll go see for you!!!
Lag: I wonder if Gauche's weird tastes are because of Sylvette...
Lag: *hack*
Lag: !!
Aria: Good morning
Aria: Lag Seeing
-083-
Lag: Ari-
Lag: Deputy Director!!
Sylvette: Miss Aria...?
Aria: Long time no see, Sylvette...
Aria: Work hasn't started yet, but I need to talk to you for a little while
Aria: Lag Seeing...
Aria: Would you come along with me?
Lag: Ah... yes!
Lag: But where to...
Aria: I've got a carriage waiting outside
Aria: Starting today you'll have duties
Aria: So please put this on
-084-
Lag: Sorry to keep you waiting!!
Aria: The hats only come in one size, so have it adjusted for next time...
Lag: It's okay! I like it this way!
Sylvette: Lag...
Sylvette: Be careful!
Lag: Thank you...
-085-
Text: Gauche's Nocturne...
Aria: Come along, Lag Seeing
Lag: O-Okay! Let's go, Niche!
Lag: See you later, Sylvette!!
Sylvette: No...
Sylvette: Why am I crying...?
Lag: ......
Lag: Sylvette...?
Sylvette: Niche! Steak!
Sylvette: Do your best...
Sylvette: Help Lag out, okay?
Sylvette: Come home safe...!
Sylvette: Lag Seeing!!
-086-
Lag: See you later!!
-087-
Lag: Where are we headed?
Aria: You'll understand when we get there
Aria: Lag Seeing
Lag: Yes?
Aria: So you were delivered by Gauche Suede as a Letter
Aria: I read it the delivery report compiled with information from Connor Culh
Aria: And that's what inspired you to become a Letter Bee
Lag: Y-Yes! Actually...
Lag: I know about you, Deputy Director!!
Lag: While we were travelling, I saw it from Gauche's Heart Bullet!! So I know about you too, Miss Aria...
Aria: ......
Aria: Is that so...
Aria: You saw that much...
Lag: Yes...
Aria: We're here
Aria: This is the place
-088-089-
Lag [top of 088]: W...
Lag [top of 089]: Wow!!!
Lag [bottom of 088]: ......
Lag [bottom of 088]: It's...
Lag [bottom right of 089]: It's amazing!!
Lag: I never thought I could get close enough...
Lag: For the light to be this bright!
-090-
Aria: "The Hill of Prayer"...
Aria: In all of Central, this is the place where you feel the closest to the light of the man-made sun
Aria: Ever since he was little,
Aria: Gauche... loved this hill
Lag: Gauche did?!
Aria: As you know, Amberground is ruled by the Empress
Aria: The Empress rules the country, and at the same time is the object of worship for the Church... she's the Head of the Church
Aria: This is a famous spot even in Yuusari, as a sacred place where people offer up prayers to the Empress beneath the light
Aria: Gauche and I...
Aria: Would come here every day when we woke up
Aria: To pray for protection during the day
Aria: But those times came to an end...
Aria: On that day...
-091-
Aria: 12 years ago, on the 311th day!!
Aria: The day they call "The Day of the Flicker"
Aria: On that day, Gauche stood on this hill...
Aria: And lost...
Aria: An important piece of his Heart...
Lag: ......
Lag: Gauche...
Lag: The Day...
Lag: Of the Flicker...?
Midwife: Where's Gauche?!
Aria: He went to the Hill of Prayer to pray for his mother and the baby...
Midwife: The mother's condition is strange!! Call him back right away!!
-092-
Midwife: Hurry, Aria!!
Aria: O-Okay!!
Midwife: What's going on, all of a sudden...
Midwife: Even if the baby doesn't make it, if we don't get it out...
Midwife: Bring hot water!!
Aria: Haaaa
Aria: Haaaa
Aria: Haaaa
Aria: Haaaa
Aria: Haaaa
Aria: ......
Aria: What's going on...
Aria: Huh?...
-093-
Aria: !!
SFX: thud
Aria: Ow!
Aria: Wh...
Aria: What's happening...?!
Text: All alone amongst the stars...
Text: It felt like I'd been completely abandoned...
Text: The man-made sun disappeared... and for a moment, the world was covered in darkness...
Text: The fear of losing the light was so strong that it felt like I'd forgotten how to breathe....
-094-
[no text]
-095-
Text: And then...
-096-
Man: The government airship...
Man: It crashed...?!
Man: It crashed right by the town!!
Aria: What's going on...
Text: Huh...
Aria: I wonder if Gauche is okay?
Aria: ......
Aria: Gauche...
Aria: Gauche!!
Aria: Gauche! Thank goodness...
Aria: ......
Gauche: ......
Gauche: The light...
Bubble [bottom corner]: *Haaaa*
Bubble [top left corner]: *Haaaa*
Aria: Huh?
Gauche: The light... right now...
Gauche: It keeps...
Gauche: It keeps flickering...
-098-
Aria: Gauche...
Aria: Come on...
Aria: We have to get back quickly...
Aria: Your mother's in trouble!!
Gauche: ......
Gauche: My...
Gauche: Mo...ther...?
Baby: Wahhhh
Baby: Wahhhh
Baby: Wahhhh
Midwife: Poor thing... she never even got to see the baby's face...
Bubble: Wahhhh
Midwife: It looked like she was going to be fine...
Gauche: It's a girl!!
-098-
Gauche: Nice to meet you, Sylvette!!
Sylvette bebeh: Wahhh
Sylvette: Wah
Sylvette: Wahh
Gauche: What's wrong with her? Her legs are...
Aria: Gauche...?
Midwife: Did you say Sylvette...?
Gauche: It's her name!
Midwife: You want to name her after your mother?...
Gauche: Mother?
Aria: Gauche... don't you get it?
Aria: Your mother...
Aria: Sylvette Suede is dead!
-099-
Gauche: Sylvette is my baby sister who's just been born!!
Gauche: Mo...ther...?
Gauche: That person...
Gauche: Is my...
Gauche: Mo...ther...?
Sylvette: Wahhhh!!
Gauche: There there
Gauche: Don't worry! I'm here, Sylvette!
Gauche: We're a family of two!
Gauche: We...
Gauche: We'll definitely...
Gauche: Be happy...
-100-
Gauche: We'll be happy together!!
Gauche: Sylvette!!
Aria: ......
Lag: So after he saw the "flickering" of the man-made sun...
Lag: Gauche lost all the memories of his mother?!
Lag: How is that possible?! Just what happened on this "Day of the Flicker"...
Aria: According to a government announcement, it was the day they went out for an investigation... and a modification of the man-made sun...
Lag: Investigation?!
-101-
Aria: The thing that crashed was the government's investigation airship...
Aria: However... the report stated that the crash was a malfunction of the hull, unrelated to the man-made sun
Lag: ......
Lag: Is that...
Lag: Really what happened...?
Aria: That's what the government says
Aria: Whether they had something to do with the man-made sun's "flickering"... I have no idea
Aria: What I do know, is that on that day, Gauche completely forgot about his mother, whom he loved so much...
Aria: And... in order to fill in the void left by the Heart he lost...
Aria: Gauche started focusing all his efforts on making his sister happy...
-102-
Aria: As a result...
Aria: He...
Aria: .........
Lag: Miss Aria...?
Aria: In the capital...
Aria: It's filled with things you can't see from here...
Aria: This is a warning to you, Lag
Aria: If you get too close
Aria: To the light...
Aria: The shadows turn to deep darkness...
Aria: That's what it means
Aria: To aim for the position of Head Bee...
-103-
Lag: ......
Lag: Miss Ari-
Connor: Helloooo!!
Lag: !!
Lag: Co...
Lag: Connor?!
Connor: Deputy Director!
Text: Haaaa
Text: Huff
Connor: Lag!
Text: *wheeze*
Lag: What are you doing here, Connor?!
Text: *wheeze* *wheeze*
Connor: Right near here... Zaji's on a delivery... she's fighting *wheeze*... a tough Gaichuu... and told me... to go get reinf...reinforcements... *wheeze*
Lag: Miss Aria...
Aria: Go, Lag Seeing
Lag: Okay!!
Lag: Niche!! Wake up!!
Niche: Zzzz...
Connor: Whoa
Lag: Niche~~~!! Steak~~~!!
-104-
Lag: Thank you!!
Lag: Aria!!
Aria: Huh...?
Text: Aria...?
-105-
Lag: You were worried about me...
Lag: And so you told me Gauche's story, right?!
Lag: I didn't know...
Lag: How you felt about Gauche now, but...
Lag: You haven't changed at all...
Lag: You're still looking out for Gauche...!
Lag: I know now..!!
Lag: That you...
Lag: Still love Gauche!!
Lag: Thank goodness...
Aria: ......
Aria text: Hmph
Aria: Hurry up and go!!
Aria: Go on!! Scramble Dash!!
Lag: Y-Yes!!
-106-
Lag: Oh!
Lag: By the way, Aria!
Lag: I mean, Deputy Director...
Lag: Actually, I'm the same
Lag: On that "Day of the Flicker"...
Lag: 12 years ago on the 311th day
Lag: That's when I was born too!
-107-
Text: Although I don't know...
Text: What's waiting for me up ahead...
Text: In order to see Gauche...
Text: I have to follow to same road he took...
Text: On the road ahead, I'm sure I'll find Mother too...
-108-
Zaji: Aotoge!!!! [Blue Thorn]
Zaji: Man...
Zaji: I know if the gaps were big, they'd be way too easy, but...
-109-
Zaji: Just how many of these Red Gaichuu are there?...
Text: They just keep on coming!
Vashuka: Rawr
Zaji: Vashuka...
** Zaji: Huh... where's Connor?
[TN: It says "ロナーは？" which I'm thinking is a typo forコナーは？(Connor)]
Zaji: I thought you went to get help-
Zaji: !!
-110-
Zaji: Uwahhh!!
Zaji: That was a huge blast...
Zaji: Who was...
Zaji: ?!
Zaji: L... Lag?!
Text: thud
Zaji: What the hell?!
Text: Huh?
Lag: I-I only fired one bullet...
Lag: But... everything's going white in front of me...
Zaji: Jeez... you're putting too much of your Heart shards into one hit!
Text: Frederick's Nocturne..?! That's really rare...
Zaji: Pull back your strength a little! If you just fire a huge shot with such a powerful Heart Bullet Gun
Zaji: Your memories and everything will go flying out too and never come back...
Zaji: You just gonna take a nap if you can't help me, newbie?
Lag: I... I can help!!
-111-
Zaji: Then get off your ass and follow me
Zaji: This is a great opponent for your first day...
Zaji: I'll be with you too!
Zaji: We'll start clearing them out from the one on the left!
Lag: Okay, Zaji!!
Zaji: All those holes on their heads are the gaps
Zaji: While I draw their attention from below, you shoot from above!
Text: Mother...
Text: Gauche...
Text: Our paths are connected!
Text: Starting today, as a Letter Bee...
-112-
Lag: Let's go!!!
Lag: Niche!!
Lag: Steak!!
Text: I've gathered up the courage in my Heart
Zaji: Celebrate your first day at work!
Zaji: Go all out
Text: And I'm setting out
Lag: Heart Bullet
Lag: Load!!
-113-
Lag: Cry out!!!!
Lag: AKABARI!!!! [Red Thorn]
Text: On the path to the light!!!
Connor: *wheeze*
Connor: *wheeze*
Connor: Laaaaag
Connor: Wait for meeee
-114-
Text right: We're back~!
Text top: *worn out and beaten up*
Text left: On your first day?!
- - - Chapter 10 END - - -
O mini!Gauche, how do I love thee? Aria's "the closer you get to the light, the darker the shadows become; that's what it means to aim for Head Bee" thing really hit me hard I'm a huge dork.
Wow, it feels so good to get this one done... the 8-10 gap is finally filled! :3 Next up is the Volume 3 info section (which scares the crap out of me; why can't Thunderland Sr. leave the explaining to his son once in awhile? It'd just be 12 years ago on the 311th day, commonly known as the Day of the Flicker, the govt airship crashed and RUINED ALL MY DISSECTION EXPERIMENTS. SUEDE, COME OVER HERE AND LET ME CUT YOU UP. NEEDS MOAR CORPSES. And so on. Much more fun.) Anyway. Also I plan on reworking Chapter 11; there are a few errors in there that need to be fixed now I actually know what was going on in previous chapters. Er okay, that's enough rambling from me.
Oh, by the way, imbrifer = avanyarima. I've been wanting a name change for awhile :9
This translation can be found at MangaHelpers.
Chapter 10
You're welcome to use this for scanlations/international translations, just please credit Niphredil @ MangaHelpers.com. Thanks ^^
Blank line = new manga panel
Line break = new speech bubble/box/text within the same panel
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-073-
Text: Chapter 10 "Beneath The Light"
-074-
Text: a rude sketch (uniform)
Text: a rough sketch of the uniform
-075-
Lag: ......
Lag: My Lady...
Lag: It's the Empress...
Lag: From the side, the face in the picture...
Lag: Reminds me of Mother...
Lag: ......
Lag: Huh...?
SFX: *sits up suddenly*
Lag: Oh, right...
Lag: This is...
Sylvette: HEY!!!
Lag text: bikku (shocked)
-076-
Sylvette: NICHE!!!
Sylvette: GET BACK HERE!!!
Sylvette: Honestly...
Sylvette: It's the same thing with you every day!
-077-
Sylvette: But you're naïve!
Sylvette: Do you really think...
Sylvette: That you can get away from this wheelchair girl?!
Sylvette: Right then, Niche!!
Sylvette: Come here and brush your teeth!!
Niche: Don't wanna
Lag: M...
SFX: step
Sylvette: Brush your teeth!!
Lag: Morn...
-078-
Lag: ..ing...
Lag: Niche...! P-P-P...
Lag: P-Put...
Sylvette: Brush them!!
Sylvette: Brush them properly!!
Lag: Put some pants on!!!
Box: Three days have passed since the exam
Box: Lag, who has been officially employed as a Bee, a government postal office worker, and Niche...
Box: Have come to Sylvette's home in the north of Yuusari Central, and are renting out a room which used to belong to Gauche, who is currently missing
-079-
Box: Today...
Box: Lag is about to start his first day as a Letter Bee...
Text above Niche's head: glare
Sylvette: Niche just won't listen to anyone but you, Lag!
Lag: What happened while you were doing laundry...?
Sylvette: ...You saw her... it's indecent!...
Lag: What?! No...
Lag: Here's your water, Niche!
Lag: You can rinse your mouth out with this
Sylvette: She only listens obediently when *you* tell her to do something!
Sylvette: What's wrong with her?
Bubble: clank
Bubble: clunk
Lag: ......
Lag: Sylvette...
Lag: Thanks for letting us stay with you...
Lag: I don't have enough credit to be able to rent a flat yet...
-080-
Sylvette: Well, Brother's room is just sitting there unused anyway...
Sylvette: And the Bee Hive isn't far from us here at Cassiopeia Ramp
Sylvette: Plus, you're doing me a favour by renting out the room... that's all
Lag: It's a little weird sleeping in Gauche's room, but...
Lag: I'll accept your offer and use it gladly, Sylvette...
Lag: Until the day I find Gauche...
Lag: And bring him back here with me...
Sylvette: ......
Sylvette: Thank you...
Sylvette: Lag...
Sylvette: But...
Sylvette: Promise me one thing
Sylvette: Since you're living here now...
-081-
Sylvette: That no matter what happens...
Sylvette: That...
Sylvette: You'll come back to this house!
SFX: rattle
Lag: ......
Lag: Yeah...
Sylvette: It's done! Okay Lag, eat up!!
Sylvette: Brother used to love this too! It's my original Special Soup!!
Lag: Wow!! It looks delicious!! I wonder what it tastes like?!
Lag: Thank you for the meal!!
Top text (both large and small): It tastes like... the super gross soup I remember so well...
-082-
Sylvette: Oooh! It's good!!
Sylvette: Perfect!!
Text: Y-yeah...
Bubble: Ding Dong
Sylvette: Oh my...
Sylvette: A visitor...? I wonder who it could be at this hour?
Sylvette: O-Okay...
Lag: Let me go and see!!! I'll go!! I'll go see for you!!!
Lag: I wonder if Gauche's weird tastes are because of Sylvette...
Lag: *hack*
Lag: !!
Aria: Good morning
Aria: Lag Seeing
-083-
Lag: Ari-
Lag: Deputy Director!!
Sylvette: Miss Aria...?
Aria: Long time no see, Sylvette...
Aria: Work hasn't started yet, but I need to talk to you for a little while
Aria: Lag Seeing...
Aria: Would you come along with me?
Lag: Ah... yes!
Lag: But where to...
Aria: I've got a carriage waiting outside
Aria: Starting today you'll have duties
Aria: So please put this on
-084-
Lag: Sorry to keep you waiting!!
Aria: The hats only come in one size, so have it adjusted for next time...
Lag: It's okay! I like it this way!
Sylvette: Lag...
Sylvette: Be careful!
Lag: Thank you...
-085-
Text: Gauche's Nocturne...
Aria: Come along, Lag Seeing
Lag: O-Okay! Let's go, Niche!
Lag: See you later, Sylvette!!
Sylvette: No...
Sylvette: Why am I crying...?
Lag: ......
Lag: Sylvette...?
Sylvette: Niche! Steak!
Sylvette: Do your best...
Sylvette: Help Lag out, okay?
Sylvette: Come home safe...!
Sylvette: Lag Seeing!!
-086-
Lag: See you later!!
-087-
Lag: Where are we headed?
Aria: You'll understand when we get there
Aria: Lag Seeing
Lag: Yes?
Aria: So you were delivered by Gauche Suede as a Letter
Aria: I read it the delivery report compiled with information from Connor Culh
Aria: And that's what inspired you to become a Letter Bee
Lag: Y-Yes! Actually...
Lag: I know about you, Deputy Director!!
Lag: While we were travelling, I saw it from Gauche's Heart Bullet!! So I know about you too, Miss Aria...
Aria: ......
Aria: Is that so...
Aria: You saw that much...
Lag: Yes...
Aria: We're here
Aria: This is the place
-088-089-
Lag [top of 088]: W...
Lag [top of 089]: Wow!!!
Lag [bottom of 088]: ......
Lag [bottom of 088]: It's...
Lag [bottom right of 089]: It's amazing!!
Lag: I never thought I could get close enough...
Lag: For the light to be this bright!
-090-
Aria: "The Hill of Prayer"...
Aria: In all of Central, this is the place where you feel the closest to the light of the man-made sun
Aria: Ever since he was little,
Aria: Gauche... loved this hill
Lag: Gauche did?!
Aria: As you know, Amberground is ruled by the Empress
Aria: The Empress rules the country, and at the same time is the object of worship for the Church... she's the Head of the Church
Aria: This is a famous spot even in Yuusari, as a sacred place where people offer up prayers to the Empress beneath the light
Aria: Gauche and I...
Aria: Would come here every day when we woke up
Aria: To pray for protection during the day
Aria: But those times came to an end...
Aria: On that day...
-091-
Aria: 12 years ago, on the 311th day!!
Aria: The day they call "The Day of the Flicker"
Aria: On that day, Gauche stood on this hill...
Aria: And lost...
Aria: An important piece of his Heart...
Lag: ......
Lag: Gauche...
Lag: The Day...
Lag: Of the Flicker...?
Midwife: Where's Gauche?!
Aria: He went to the Hill of Prayer to pray for his mother and the baby...
Midwife: The mother's condition is strange!! Call him back right away!!
-092-
Midwife: Hurry, Aria!!
Aria: O-Okay!!
Midwife: What's going on, all of a sudden...
Midwife: Even if the baby doesn't make it, if we don't get it out...
Midwife: Bring hot water!!
Aria: Haaaa
Aria: Haaaa
Aria: Haaaa
Aria: Haaaa
Aria: Haaaa
Aria: ......
Aria: What's going on...
Aria: Huh?...
-093-
Aria: !!
SFX: thud
Aria: Ow!
Aria: Wh...
Aria: What's happening...?!
Text: All alone amongst the stars...
Text: It felt like I'd been completely abandoned...
Text: The man-made sun disappeared... and for a moment, the world was covered in darkness...
Text: The fear of losing the light was so strong that it felt like I'd forgotten how to breathe....
-094-
[no text]
-095-
Text: And then...
-096-
Man: The government airship...
Man: It crashed...?!
Man: It crashed right by the town!!
Aria: What's going on...
Text: Huh...
Aria: I wonder if Gauche is okay?
Aria: ......
Aria: Gauche...
Aria: Gauche!!
Aria: Gauche! Thank goodness...
Aria: ......
Gauche: ......
Gauche: The light...
Bubble [bottom corner]: *Haaaa*
Bubble [top left corner]: *Haaaa*
Aria: Huh?
Gauche: The light... right now...
Gauche: It keeps...
Gauche: It keeps flickering...
-098-
Aria: Gauche...
Aria: Come on...
Aria: We have to get back quickly...
Aria: Your mother's in trouble!!
Gauche: ......
Gauche: My...
Gauche: Mo...ther...?
Baby: Wahhhh
Baby: Wahhhh
Baby: Wahhhh
Midwife: Poor thing... she never even got to see the baby's face...
Bubble: Wahhhh
Midwife: It looked like she was going to be fine...
Gauche: It's a girl!!
-098-
Gauche: Nice to meet you, Sylvette!!
Sylvette bebeh: Wahhh
Sylvette: Wah
Sylvette: Wahh
Gauche: What's wrong with her? Her legs are...
Aria: Gauche...?
Midwife: Did you say Sylvette...?
Gauche: It's her name!
Midwife: You want to name her after your mother?...
Gauche: Mother?
Aria: Gauche... don't you get it?
Aria: Your mother...
Aria: Sylvette Suede is dead!
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Gauche: Sylvette is my baby sister who's just been born!!
Gauche: Mo...ther...?
Gauche: That person...
Gauche: Is my...
Gauche: Mo...ther...?
Sylvette: Wahhhh!!
Gauche: There there
Gauche: Don't worry! I'm here, Sylvette!
Gauche: We're a family of two!
Gauche: We...
Gauche: We'll definitely...
Gauche: Be happy...
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Gauche: We'll be happy together!!
Gauche: Sylvette!!
Aria: ......
Lag: So after he saw the "flickering" of the man-made sun...
Lag: Gauche lost all the memories of his mother?!
Lag: How is that possible?! Just what happened on this "Day of the Flicker"...
Aria: According to a government announcement, it was the day they went out for an investigation... and a modification of the man-made sun...
Lag: Investigation?!
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Aria: The thing that crashed was the government's investigation airship...
Aria: However... the report stated that the crash was a malfunction of the hull, unrelated to the man-made sun
Lag: ......
Lag: Is that...
Lag: Really what happened...?
Aria: That's what the government says
Aria: Whether they had something to do with the man-made sun's "flickering"... I have no idea
Aria: What I do know, is that on that day, Gauche completely forgot about his mother, whom he loved so much...
Aria: And... in order to fill in the void left by the Heart he lost...
Aria: Gauche started focusing all his efforts on making his sister happy...
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Aria: As a result...
Aria: He...
Aria: .........
Lag: Miss Aria...?
Aria: In the capital...
Aria: It's filled with things you can't see from here...
Aria: This is a warning to you, Lag
Aria: If you get too close
Aria: To the light...
Aria: The shadows turn to deep darkness...
Aria: That's what it means
Aria: To aim for the position of Head Bee...
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Lag: ......
Lag: Miss Ari-
Connor: Helloooo!!
Lag: !!
Lag: Co...
Lag: Connor?!
Connor: Deputy Director!
Text: Haaaa
Text: Huff
Connor: Lag!
Text: *wheeze*
Lag: What are you doing here, Connor?!
Text: *wheeze* *wheeze*
Connor: Right near here... Zaji's on a delivery... she's fighting *wheeze*... a tough Gaichuu... and told me... to go get reinf...reinforcements... *wheeze*
Lag: Miss Aria...
Aria: Go, Lag Seeing
Lag: Okay!!
Lag: Niche!! Wake up!!
Niche: Zzzz...
Connor: Whoa
Lag: Niche~~~!! Steak~~~!!
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Lag: Thank you!!
Lag: Aria!!
Aria: Huh...?
Text: Aria...?
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Lag: You were worried about me...
Lag: And so you told me Gauche's story, right?!
Lag: I didn't know...
Lag: How you felt about Gauche now, but...
Lag: You haven't changed at all...
Lag: You're still looking out for Gauche...!
Lag: I know now..!!
Lag: That you...
Lag: Still love Gauche!!
Lag: Thank goodness...
Aria: ......
Aria text: Hmph
Aria: Hurry up and go!!
Aria: Go on!! Scramble Dash!!
Lag: Y-Yes!!
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Lag: Oh!
Lag: By the way, Aria!
Lag: I mean, Deputy Director...
Lag: Actually, I'm the same
Lag: On that "Day of the Flicker"...
Lag: 12 years ago on the 311th day
Lag: That's when I was born too!
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Text: Although I don't know...
Text: What's waiting for me up ahead...
Text: In order to see Gauche...
Text: I have to follow to same road he took...
Text: On the road ahead, I'm sure I'll find Mother too...
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Zaji: Aotoge!!!! [Blue Thorn]
Zaji: Man...
Zaji: I know if the gaps were big, they'd be way too easy, but...
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Zaji: Just how many of these Red Gaichuu are there?...
Text: They just keep on coming!
Vashuka: Rawr
Zaji: Vashuka...
** Zaji: Huh... where's Connor?
[TN: It says "ロナーは？" which I'm thinking is a typo forコナーは？(Connor)]
Zaji: I thought you went to get help-
Zaji: !!
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Zaji: Uwahhh!!
Zaji: That was a huge blast...
Zaji: Who was...
Zaji: ?!
Zaji: L... Lag?!
Text: thud
Zaji: What the hell?!
Text: Huh?
Lag: I-I only fired one bullet...
Lag: But... everything's going white in front of me...
Zaji: Jeez... you're putting too much of your Heart shards into one hit!
Text: Frederick's Nocturne..?! That's really rare...
Zaji: Pull back your strength a little! If you just fire a huge shot with such a powerful Heart Bullet Gun
Zaji: Your memories and everything will go flying out too and never come back...
Zaji: You just gonna take a nap if you can't help me, newbie?
Lag: I... I can help!!
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Zaji: Then get off your ass and follow me
Zaji: This is a great opponent for your first day...
Zaji: I'll be with you too!
Zaji: We'll start clearing them out from the one on the left!
Lag: Okay, Zaji!!
Zaji: All those holes on their heads are the gaps
Zaji: While I draw their attention from below, you shoot from above!
Text: Mother...
Text: Gauche...
Text: Our paths are connected!
Text: Starting today, as a Letter Bee...
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Lag: Let's go!!!
Lag: Niche!!
Lag: Steak!!
Text: I've gathered up the courage in my Heart
Zaji: Celebrate your first day at work!
Zaji: Go all out
Text: And I'm setting out
Lag: Heart Bullet
Lag: Load!!
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Lag: Cry out!!!!
Lag: AKABARI!!!! [Red Thorn]
Text: On the path to the light!!!
Connor: *wheeze*
Connor: *wheeze*
Connor: Laaaaag
Connor: Wait for meeee
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Text right: We're back~!
Text top: *worn out and beaten up*
Text left: On your first day?!
- - - Chapter 10 END - - -
O mini!Gauche, how do I love thee? Aria's "the closer you get to the light, the darker the shadows become; that's what it means to aim for Head Bee" thing really hit me hard I'm a huge dork.
Wow, it feels so good to get this one done... the 8-10 gap is finally filled! :3 Next up is the Volume 3 info section (which scares the crap out of me; why can't Thunderland Sr. leave the explaining to his son once in awhile? It'd just be 12 years ago on the 311th day, commonly known as the Day of the Flicker, the govt airship crashed and RUINED ALL MY DISSECTION EXPERIMENTS. SUEDE, COME OVER HERE AND LET ME CUT YOU UP. NEEDS MOAR CORPSES. And so on. Much more fun.) Anyway. Also I plan on reworking Chapter 11; there are a few errors in there that need to be fixed now I actually know what was going on in previous chapters. Er okay, that's enough rambling from me.
Oh, by the way, imbrifer = avanyarima. I've been wanting a name change for awhile :9