A Long Night in Autumn Translation pt.2
Kouyuu
At least be more self-conscious of your disposition before you make your remarks.
Ryuuki
My disposition?
Kouyuu
You’ve declared that you’re bisexual!
Ryuuki
Ahhh, that.
Shuuei
Your majesty, I’ve wanted to ask for some time, what triggered you in that area?
Ryuuki
Trigger? Yes, this story is only for here. Actually, Seien-aniue was my first.
Kouyuu
(Spits tea, cough cough cough)
Shuuei
Ahh, wait a minute. I mean, how old were you at that time?
Kouyuu
(cough cough cough) Shuuei, that’s not what you should be commenting on. (cough cough cough)
Ryuuki
At the time, aniue had such beautiful features that stood out even to my young mind.
Shuuei
Yeah, that’s definitely true.
Kouyuu
What, Shuuei, you’ve met him before?
Shuuei
A long time ago. When I was a child, my brothers brought me from Ran Province to visit the palace. At the time, Prince Seien was quite an extremely handsome youth.
Ryuuki
That’s right, I was very proud of my aniue.
Kouyuu
So?
Ryuuki
One time, aniue was teaching a young me lessons, and I dozed off. When I woke up, Seien-aniue was also asleep right near me, with his cheek resting on his hand. He had such a beautiful sleeping face. His porcelain forehead, the straight bridge of his nose, his eyelashes putting shadows on his cheeks, made my young heart pound.
Shuuei
That’s amazing. For many reasons, it’s a precious view.
Ryuuki
Hahaha. He’s my pride.
Kouyuu
And?
Ryuuki
The hand that’s the opposite from the one his cheek was resting on was thrown on the desk, so I decided to carefully observe it. But that hand was coarse and rough, and his palm was full of calluses.
Shuuei
Since he was learning sword fighting, that’s to be expected.
Ryuuki
Yeah. To think that it was that hand that always protected me, I began to feel that it was my favorite part, and so I couldn’t help…
Shuuei
Couldn’t help…
Kouyuu
Couldn’t help… what?
Ryuuki
I carefully took his hand in both of mine, and lightly kissed his fingertip.
Kouyuu
huh
Shuuei
huh
Ryuuki
Then, that finger moved and he petted me on my head, and lifted me on his lap. I thought he would get mad, but he smiled kindly, so I was happy and I kissed him all over his cheek, and forehead, and nose. Meaning, the first person I ever kissed was my aniue. I was used to seeing aniue, who was prettier than the average woman, and after that, I would occasionally kiss him on places other than the lips, like his hand or face, it must be that I never developed any resistance toward men because of that.
Kouyuu
Is he an idiot?
Shuuei
Ah hum, speaking of Prince Seien, I also have something that I can only say now.
Ryuuki
Eh, what is it, what is it?
Kouyuu
That’s right, this spring, when you saw Seiran, you mentioned that you figured out his identity from his swordsmanship.
Shuuei
Ah, that’s why I grabbed him and tried to trick him, but he was pretty stubborn.
Shuuei
Hey, Seiran.
Seiran
Ran-shogun.
Shuuei
You must have heard about story about the emperor and Kou-kihi this morning. What do you think?
Seiran
Nothing much. I think the emperor only went to bridge the gap between himself and his wife.
Shuuei
Seiran, there’s only one deed to bridge the gap between a husband and wife.
Seiran
Is that right. It’s unexpected that the way for Ran-shogun to bridge the gap with women is to have the other party to call you by your name.
Shuuei
Is that so.
Seiran
That’s what he said, and he enthusiastically went to the inner palace.
Shuuei
By the way, last night, were you on duty to guard the emperor’s bedroom?
Seiran
Yes.
Shuuei
Oh, that’s boring. You’re too composed even though you’re young, so it’s not fun to tease you. Emm, how old are you now?
Seiran
I’m turning 21.
Shuuei
Oh really? I heard you were found by Shouka-sama 13 years ago. Where were you and what were you doing before then? And why is it that you hide your handsome face with bangs on purpose?
Seiran
What is it that you want to say?
Shuuei
Nothing much. It’s just that I feel like I’ve seen your swordsmanship somewhere, a long time ago.
Seiran
It’s probably just your imagination.
Shuuei
Seiran, the swordsmanship learned when young isn’t that easy to get rid of. It may not seem like it, but I am a shogun. My eyes aren’t cloudy-
Seiran
Ran-shogun, let’s drop this.
Shuuei
But I want you-
Seiran
Let’s drop this. I am someone who has thrown away his past.
Shuuei
(sigh)
At least be more self-conscious of your disposition before you make your remarks.
Ryuuki
My disposition?
Kouyuu
You’ve declared that you’re bisexual!
Ryuuki
Ahhh, that.
Shuuei
Your majesty, I’ve wanted to ask for some time, what triggered you in that area?
Ryuuki
Trigger? Yes, this story is only for here. Actually, Seien-aniue was my first.
Kouyuu
(Spits tea, cough cough cough)
Shuuei
Ahh, wait a minute. I mean, how old were you at that time?
Kouyuu
(cough cough cough) Shuuei, that’s not what you should be commenting on. (cough cough cough)
Ryuuki
At the time, aniue had such beautiful features that stood out even to my young mind.
Shuuei
Yeah, that’s definitely true.
Kouyuu
What, Shuuei, you’ve met him before?
Shuuei
A long time ago. When I was a child, my brothers brought me from Ran Province to visit the palace. At the time, Prince Seien was quite an extremely handsome youth.
Ryuuki
That’s right, I was very proud of my aniue.
Kouyuu
So?
Ryuuki
One time, aniue was teaching a young me lessons, and I dozed off. When I woke up, Seien-aniue was also asleep right near me, with his cheek resting on his hand. He had such a beautiful sleeping face. His porcelain forehead, the straight bridge of his nose, his eyelashes putting shadows on his cheeks, made my young heart pound.
Shuuei
That’s amazing. For many reasons, it’s a precious view.
Ryuuki
Hahaha. He’s my pride.
Kouyuu
And?
Ryuuki
The hand that’s the opposite from the one his cheek was resting on was thrown on the desk, so I decided to carefully observe it. But that hand was coarse and rough, and his palm was full of calluses.
Shuuei
Since he was learning sword fighting, that’s to be expected.
Ryuuki
Yeah. To think that it was that hand that always protected me, I began to feel that it was my favorite part, and so I couldn’t help…
Shuuei
Couldn’t help…
Kouyuu
Couldn’t help… what?
Ryuuki
I carefully took his hand in both of mine, and lightly kissed his fingertip.
Kouyuu
huh
Shuuei
huh
Ryuuki
Then, that finger moved and he petted me on my head, and lifted me on his lap. I thought he would get mad, but he smiled kindly, so I was happy and I kissed him all over his cheek, and forehead, and nose. Meaning, the first person I ever kissed was my aniue. I was used to seeing aniue, who was prettier than the average woman, and after that, I would occasionally kiss him on places other than the lips, like his hand or face, it must be that I never developed any resistance toward men because of that.
Kouyuu
Is he an idiot?
Shuuei
Ah hum, speaking of Prince Seien, I also have something that I can only say now.
Ryuuki
Eh, what is it, what is it?
Kouyuu
That’s right, this spring, when you saw Seiran, you mentioned that you figured out his identity from his swordsmanship.
Shuuei
Ah, that’s why I grabbed him and tried to trick him, but he was pretty stubborn.
Shuuei
Hey, Seiran.
Seiran
Ran-shogun.
Shuuei
You must have heard about story about the emperor and Kou-kihi this morning. What do you think?
Seiran
Nothing much. I think the emperor only went to bridge the gap between himself and his wife.
Shuuei
Seiran, there’s only one deed to bridge the gap between a husband and wife.
Seiran
Is that right. It’s unexpected that the way for Ran-shogun to bridge the gap with women is to have the other party to call you by your name.
Shuuei
Is that so.
Seiran
That’s what he said, and he enthusiastically went to the inner palace.
Shuuei
By the way, last night, were you on duty to guard the emperor’s bedroom?
Seiran
Yes.
Shuuei
Oh, that’s boring. You’re too composed even though you’re young, so it’s not fun to tease you. Emm, how old are you now?
Seiran
I’m turning 21.
Shuuei
Oh really? I heard you were found by Shouka-sama 13 years ago. Where were you and what were you doing before then? And why is it that you hide your handsome face with bangs on purpose?
Seiran
What is it that you want to say?
Shuuei
Nothing much. It’s just that I feel like I’ve seen your swordsmanship somewhere, a long time ago.
Seiran
It’s probably just your imagination.
Shuuei
Seiran, the swordsmanship learned when young isn’t that easy to get rid of. It may not seem like it, but I am a shogun. My eyes aren’t cloudy-
Seiran
Ran-shogun, let’s drop this.
Shuuei
But I want you-
Seiran
Let’s drop this. I am someone who has thrown away his past.
Shuuei
(sigh)