Volume 3 Chapter 5 (1/2)
Just over half-way point!
In case anyone was checking the status update (or if you went back to read the previous parts), you’d know that I’ve changed all of Amaniji-senpai’s pronouns in speech to third person This change was made because Amaniji-senpai refers to herself as 私くん (watashi+-kun), which translated literally nore it, based on two reasons:
That I thought that it wasn’t is
Since LP in his teaser didn’t translate it out either
However, by reading this chapter, you’d know that it actually is relevant, and so I’ve went back and changed the previous chapters to reflect Amaniji-senpai’s unique speech pattern In this chapter, there are only two instances where this isn’t the case:
”Hehe, aren't you kind, Yuu-chan? Still, if Yuu-chan's curious, we'll talk about it Since Yuu-chan willseriously to my story”
”At first, I didn't understand it's significance But then, I realised it right away That I was a worthless hu with no personality - that I was a nor bad
All other instances are fair game, please feel free to point them out Please also free feel to post corrections to any weird grammatical errors
Incidentally, while it’ll probably still be around 6 months away,
Take that, anime-only status-desu!
there’s this in chapter 7
Also, lmao at some of the sites that ‘host’ this translation You’d think they’d, at the very least, remove my comments at the top
Next update’s probably in 3 months time
Chapter 5: Princess☆Ashes
The first thing we did after all the athered was to introduce ourselves once again
Currently, ere all gathered around the reception table Four of us were seated on the sofa - Rikka, as to my left; shi+chimiya, as in front of Rikka; kumin-senpai (she woke up quickly), as in front ofin front of the principal's desk, giving off the impression that she was both the president of the club and the chairperson of the , was Amaniji-senpai
”First things first Yuu-chan, DevTru Rikka-chan, Sofia-chan - for agreeing to helping out with the play, we really appreciate it Seriously, thanks so ently as she bowed her head deeply
Her body was completely perpendicular Fro really sincere
I've already seen it ant prayer
It gave off the impression that she wasn't allowed to raise her head However, Amaniji-senpai did eventually return her posture back to normal
Her returning her posture back to normal also felt like a very refined action
Then, she flashed a smile in our direction
”And, although it sha prepared for the two of you as co out As a result, e'll do instead for thanks, DevTru Rikka-chan and Sofia-chan, is to do any one thing that you would like for us to do for you Is that okay?”
”Nyahaha, there's no need for you to thank me at all”
E her hands back and forth to decline Amaniji-senpai's offer
”Anything?”
In contrast, Rikka replied energetically, sounding out the offer
As expected, there was no hesitation at all fro sudden contracts
Well, there shouldn't be a proble
”Yeah, anything you want! Oh, but the request can't be for anything normal! Let's see, for exa like that!”
…Rather than a request, that's just a dream for the future…
If you were able to make wishes like that co like that
Yeah,was a bit chuuni-ish, if I may say so myself
”Understood - cannot be nor”
”Yeah, think about it! Oh, right, if Sofia-chan refrains fro, then you'll be able to request for three things! For the tiic lamp!”
”A lamp's…!? Can you read my mind!?”
”Hehe, yep, we can read it~ You're thinking about… Togashi+ Yumeha!”
”Don't suddenly pretend to be Akinator[1]!”
Moreover, how did you knohat my sister's full name was!? There definitely wasn't a reason for Amaniji-senpai to know her full name…
Is she the real Akinator!?
”Well, for whatever it is that the three of you have decided on, leave it to us! Now that that's settled, it's time for us to hand over the script for the play!”
It seems that Amaniji-senpai had prepared the scripts well in advance, as the three of us each had a script to ourselves
kumin-senpai also seemed to have her own script as well, as she pulled a copy of it out fro
Moving iven to me, I saw the words 'Princess☆Ashes' printed in a sans-serif typeface
When I turned the cover page over, the role list for this play was printed
The number of roles - there were exactly 5
In the space next to leading role, 'Cinderella', to shoas casted - it was blank
Blank - or to be more precise, it was erased
It seemed like a correction pen was used to erase what used to be there
The next entries on the list were 'Prince', 'Lord of Witches', 'Emperor', and 'Queen'
Like with the main role, there were traces of correction fluid in the space where the cast member's name was supposed to be
…This script, weren't there way too s for me to retort about?
Princess Ashes - I assu Cinderella, since the japanese translation of Cinderella is 'Ash Covered Princess', but aside fro like Cinderella at all
More precisely, the only common elements were the royals!
Briefly skiraphs to collect, and that instead of a ball, there was a martial arts tournament to attend… crap, the script's so weird that I've started sweating
”H role is super cool!”
”Nyahaha, the 'Lord of Witches' role seems to suit me well!”
”Rikka-chan and Satone-chan seeht not be a need for me to have any screen time~”
Unlike me, Rikka and shi+chimiya seemed to enjoy how nonsensical the script was In addition, for some reason, kumin-senpai also joined in on their conversation It see well…
After seeing our reactions, Amaniji-senpai told us the name of the story that the script was based on
”Right, so; but we're sure you have already figured it out after looking at the script That's right, it's Cinderella”
”No no, what part of this is Cinderella-like!?”
”We'll be charging you for that ordinary response”
”You're pressing me for money!?”
”Still, Yuu-chan's right We've added quite a bit to the original story, since doing a 'standard' version of Cinderella would be way too boring!”
nobody retorted - nor one, but it see any
In addition, there's also a fee to retort now
”We-well then! First of all, let's start with the casting; if no one has any particular role inus decide?”
shi+fting her gaze away from us, Amaniji-senpai asked for our approval
There didn't seem to be any objections fro along in agreement
I mean, it's not like I had any objections to A on the cast either, so I also nodded along in agreement
”Thanks for agreeing, everyone! We really didn't expectno objections sometimes can be nice In that case, for the role of Cinderella - DevTru Rikka-chan, play that role for me please!”
Amaniji-senpai pointed her hand towards Rikka
I was struck by how char she looked with her palm intentionally upturned, but -
”Um, nor the leading role…?”
I was a bit reserved in voicingwas
I thought that I wouldn't have any objections, but it see by theto be their last play…?
”It's fine, it's fine! Doing things like this makes it even less nor DevTru Rikka-chan the lead role anyway, so there's no probleuess you could say that casting her as Cinderella was the nor”
”Well… if that's the only part you are depressed about… what about your thoughts, Rikka?”
It didn't seem like she had any objections, but all the same I should double-check with her just in case
”Please leave it to me! Jet Black Cinderella - I recall that she too was once a wielder of the Devilish Truth Stare, so this role is perfect for me”
”No no! Even if your hand is on your chest and you're full of self-confidence with your reply, you're not going to overturn the already established ie of Cinderella, okay!?”
”I' ie”
”…Sure, that ie like that!”
Then again, now that you ives the feeling that she wouldn't have dropped the glass slipper, nor would she have been bullied
In fact, she seeain, there's no 'older sister' role in this play
”Ahaha, so you're fine with that?Since DevTru Rikka-chan agreed to it as well, then the cast member for Cinderella has been decided on! Good luck!”
Losing interest infor the role had been decided upon
Well, then again, this was the outcome that both A more for me to say…
More importantly
Why are situations like these the only tiet invoked - I'm curious
”Now then, onto the next role! The Lord of Witches! Please play this role, Sofia-chan! Although it's regrettably nor you as the Lord of Witches, you sie of the role all too perfectly”
”Nyahaha, entrust this to ical Demon duchess, or the Demonic Sorceress[2] for short! As so a mere witch, this role is perfect for me!”
Although shi+chireat thing for her to be cast in such a role, with her appearing more lively than usual, it honestly didn't really feel like so all that impressive…
Then again, it's not like I had any particular objections here either
There was nothing for ht that shi+chimiya was perfect for the role
As for the rest of the roles -
”Then, in that case, ill be playing E the Queen”
”'Kaaay Since e, I'm fine with it~”
”Yep, the roles for us two are the same as before! Finally, since Yuu-chan's the only person re as the Prince!”
I had the feeling so to happen…
Even though I thought that I was going to be cast as so like that
Although I didn't plan on raising any objections, this was so that I had to contest
”Um, I'm not sure if I'm suitable for such a prominent role like that… shouldn't you or kumin-senpai should take this role instead so you can have a more active part in the play…!?”
”No no, Yuu-chan Rest assured, the Prince role is actually the smallest role in the play”
”Ah… is that so?”
It see that it was a prominent role
How eht red!
And then
”Arc-san! Since the role of 'Prince' is nor to it called 'Dark Flame Master'!”
Without warning, Rikka raised her hand up and voiced a completely unrelated proposal
Although she usually doesn't do that sort of thing… why now!?
Moverover, even ifthat should make you so dissatisfied to the point where your checks were swollen…Besides, it would be extre to my role, as it would essentially expose my past to the entire school…!
All offrayed…
”Eh!? Nor, normal…? And, well, the, err, Dark Flame Master…? Hmm… well, true, we too did think that the 'Prince' role, which wasin terht that a prince that was generic, commonplace, and ordinary would be…”
”Isn't a prince that's co!? Is that even a prince anymore!?”
It see normal was crammed into this prince
”Togashi+-kun's doesn't have much of a presence, does he?” hat someone had said of the elementary school me!
Those words really depressedwords, then perhaps I may have never been inflected by chuunibyou…
”We see, we see… it's true that there isn't really a need for the prince to be normal A prince that appears to be nuood at all! As such, let's adopt DevTru Rikka-chan's, the leading actress', idea!”
”It's already been decided on!?”
”Yep, it's been decided A vote for aness! Besides, it's only the prince role, so whatever,” said Amaniji-senapi as she loosened her expression
However, it seee as her voice was a bit sharp - her words uilty
'A reluctance to etting from her
'Since we had no ties to the final manuscript' With the exception of that, the rest ofinto things too much
That was the sort of half-hearted reply she gave
”I did it, Yuuta! The Dark Flame Master shall finally descend into the world!”
”…Ah, yes, right”
Next to the delighted Rikka, I was unsure over whether the change was okay
Since A us for help, it's possible that she was finding it hard to voice her objections What should I do?
While I orrying over what to do alone, Aain This time, her words were so clear that it seemed her sharp tone from before were a lie
”Right, so now the cast is settled! Now then -”
”Hideri-chan, are you not going to talk about that~?”
The person who reacted to Amaniji-senpai's words was kumin-senpai
”Ah, right! Thanks, kumin!”
As she said that, A smile, and then continued:
”This play, it's going to be perforuerrilla play!”
It felt like she was giving off a a-like ”D~ON!!!” expression as she said that
Her hands were on her hip too
It was as if she had just announced so important
”Nononononononononono”
I said ”no” so many times that I didn't even kno many times I said ”no”
It was such a bo up from my seat
”Isn't so like that prohibited by the school!?”
”Naturally, the student council didn't approve this!”
”Why are you proud about that!?”
”Don't you think that it'd be too boring the play was scheduled in the programme as per normal? …But, well, that's just this upperclassman's opinion”
”Not at all, and I'm sure that the student council will be mad at us about this once they find out…”
”They can be nored The five of us will just think about how to act in accordance with the rules next tiain, there is no next time”
”'Within the rules but outside of the norline! What does everyone think?”
In response to Amaniji-senpai's query, shi+chimiya replied with, ”The Cultural Festival is a war! Surprise tactics are valid!” Rikka then added, ”We need to think of a title for this operation!” kuentle s~”
Aside froh spirits
…Huh, am I the weird one…?
Everyone being unified created such a misapprehension for me
Without a doubt, surely, probably, I'm the normal one, but…
However, as a result of the flow of events, I had no choice but to be silent
”In other words, it's been agreed to! Now, regarding practice, it'll co place will be here in the principal's office, after school to of the 'Eccentric Drama Club' has now come to a close Good work today! Look over the script when you get hoht?”
As she announced the end of the nal our dissolution
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We parted ith our upperclassmen at the principal's office, and we returned to the fourth floor, where the first-year classrooms are - ere in front of the homeroom for class 1-2
Since I only planned on telling A in the classroom, and so we had to return so I could pick it up
Since ourfinished so soon, we had quite a bit of time before school closed for the today
It see for the cultural festival, as all the first-year classrooms looked quite busy
The voices of people practicing either a song or a play
The light-hearted chat between people preparing for their class' program
These sounds were flying at me from all directions
My classroo the stage for the dance
Seeing how the girls were absent, it's likely that they have borrowed another larger classroom somewhere else for practice
”Rikka, what are you going to do? Are you going to go to the dance rehearsals?”
”Yeah, I ao since everyone else is working so hard”
Ooooh Such were the words from Rikka's mouth
It's surprising to say that it was surprising, but for her to be able to say those unexpected words
Rikka's also diligently participating - she's changing
”I see In that case, work hard! shi+chi to do?”
”H planned for today - ah, since I'o play with Mori-sa
It was a mischievous kind of smile
”She'll be angry if you disturb her too much, so please keep it in moderation…”
”Oh, Hero, I wouldn't do so to dance along with her! By the way, Hero, what are you going to do?”
”I'm -”
Although it would have been better for e for the dance, I was a bit worried
The source of ative tone from before
In addition, there was also the uerrilla nature of our play Personally, I didn't think it was good for us to trouble others like this, and it seemed that noould be the only ti
There ithout a doubt so about it once, at the very least
”H about adding the 'Dark Fla into the play, but in the end, it's still uess I'll head back and talk with her about it a bit more”
”Nyahaha, that's right, it's Hero's original forht?”
”Indeed, it needs to be reported as soon as possible”
”Oh In that case, let ether”
Then -
After parting ith Rikka and shi+chimiya, I was back in the principal's office
Not even 10 minutes had passed since I was last here, as we had only recently parted ways from here Even so, there was still the chance that Amaniji-senpai had already left for home
And, as I started thinking about heading back to the classrooe for the dance, I once again knocked on the door of the principal's office and entered quietly
”Huh, Yuu-chan, what's the ?”
”Wait, why are you sitting over there as if it was the natural thing to do…!?”
Sitting ily in the chair that seemed to be for the principal's exclusive use was A my face when I entered the room, looked a bit surprised
I'm the one who should be surprised here
”…Ah, uet, it'sI'm a bit concerned about Err… where's kumin-senpai?”
”So you're concerned about? As for kuone ho?”
”No, that's not the case You're the one that I have some business with Is now fine?”
”With us? Yeah, now's fine We were only just adjusting the script a bit Take a seat, Yuu-chan”
Getting up from the chair, Amaniji-senpai moved to the sofa near the reception table
As she moved, she pulled out two cups and a teapot from somewhere out that appeared to be the principal's desk, and carried them over
…The principal's desk contained another dimension
Furthermore, it seemed that the said dimension was cold
Although I was curious about the desk's structure, I too took a sit on the sofa, sitting in such a way that I was face-to-face with Amaniji-senpai
”Once more, we'd like to say our thanks to you, Yuu-chan Okay?”, said Ahtfully as she poured tea into the cups for the two of us
”DevTru Rikka-chan and Sofia-chan - for bringing those tonderful girls here, seriously, thanks soto help out as well”
As she said that with a friendly smile, she placed one of the cups of tea in front of me
”Rather than thanking o and thank the people themselves As for me, I'm more like a freebie thrown in with Rikka”
Yeah, ere thinking of giving our thanks to those two once again Nevertheless, the fact that everyone illing to help someone as eccentric as us makes us really happy”
”Even you think of yourself as eccentric…”
Well, rather than eccentric, I get the impression that it'd be more accurate to call you a reckless person
”Ahahaha, but, well, it's not like this eccentricity is just for show,” stressed Amaniji-senpai, earnestly
For- itthat isn't 'normal' appealed to Amaniji-senpai, but even so, her words felt rather dark
Rather than dark, perhaps I should be saying that there was so hidden within her words
That her words hid another
As such - I orried
I hesitated for a moment over whether it was appropriate for me to continue on with the conversation
However, that hesitation was overwhel of anxiety
I'll keep listening - if it were the case that it was so she didn't want to talk about, it would be fine for us to just leave things at that As such, I decided to continue the conversation for just a bit longer
”…Amaniji-senpai, have you always been like this?”
”Hm? Always?”
”Uet the impression that you've always been an eccentric person”
”Yep! That's right!”
She answered me extremely casually
Maybe that feeling froination…
”Well, various things did happen though,” said Aaze She kept her eyes averted for a while
This tiination, there definitely was so hidden within those words
”Was it not the same for you, Yuu-chan?”
Amaniji-senpai turned to our
Her words sounded frail
”What do you mean by that?”
”The desire to be more special than anyone else”
”The desire to be special…”
”Ah, was this the thing that Yuu-chan was talking about, the thing that you're worrying about?”
”Er, well…”
Uhh… I was at a loss as to what to say
I didn't knohere to place aze, as I wasn't sure how I should reply, and so I defaulted to hanging my head
To be honest, I was planning on talking about soain, I was very curious about Amaniji-senpai's personality Rather, perhaps it'd be more accurate to say that it's been on my mind for a while now
The uniquely distinctive rainbow upperclassman - how she became like this, her circumstances
On the topic of her personality, it also seemed to remind me of that
I wonder if A similar
Still, as you'd expect, ”Amaniji-senpai see that I could say to her
”Ahaha, but it's not a very pleasant story though See, it's not a story we're sure you'd be interested in, since it's the sort that people don't kno to react to”
”Woasn't expecting that the reason behind that desire was due to that sort of thing, but…”
”Hehe, aren't you kind, Yuu-chan? Still, if Yuu-chan's curious, we'll talk about it Since Yuu-chan willseriously to my story”
”We're sure that you'll believe our story Despite the fact that the two of us have only been acquainted for a short period of ti into your room after all”
”No, that's…”
”To be honest, we've been pleased with you ever since that time, Yuu-chan Ordinary people won't even hear us out Moreover, you've been listening to our weird story even now”
”…When you put things like that, on the contrary it makes it harder for me to ask about it”
”Really? In that case, we'll willingly tell you about it!”
”You're weird enough to be an Amanojaku[3], seriously!”
Honestly, I'm not sure if she's hard or easy to deal with
On one hand, she's declared that she can't do anything normally On the other, it's ad out her words
Still, in that sense – she's exactly what you'd expect
”Nevertheless, it's a bit hard to talk about that here… it seems that the principal is about to return as well, so how about the two of us change locations?”
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Following our conversation, I was brought to Amaniji-senpai's room
Her room - it wasn't sorounds Rather, as you'd normally expect, it was a room outside of the school cas
However, it was only a three-ates
She lived a section of the third storey of a low-rise condo located behind the school I didn't really associate it as being outside school grounds, since in rounds was linked with the need to commute very far
It was shorter to walk from the school to here than to walk from one end of the school to the other
Further wouldn't even take ato school in the
To think that she was able to prostrate herself in a place that's essentially her neighbourhood: the strength of herNaturally, I mean that in as a compliment
Amaniji-senpai's home, unlike Rikka's apartment, looked very lived-in
There were flowers (I have no idea what type of flowers they were) in a vase on top of the shoe shelf in the entryway, and the hallas clean to the point where it seemed that someone had just swept it
It was strange as to why the living roo, ”welcome home”, as it was just the two of us in the condo It see
Following Amaniji-senpai's lead, I entered her room
It's not like I had a hobby of evaluating other people's rooive my opinion of her room - bland
It was a clean and tidy room
Since it was this strange upperclassman, I was under the ie jack-in-the-box, so I was disappointed by, what I guess you could call, her unexpected room
However, there were a lot of rainbowed-coloured trinkets in her traditional japanese tatae
On the topic of strange things that I've noticed, howher roo my eye was the book with the rainbow-coloured book cover on her bookshelf