Volume 3 - Chapter 13 – Just Before the Preliminary Starts (1/2)

I’m sorry for being late, I don’t like using the scheduling system in case of issues. I have been preparing for finals, of which my last few are on Tuesday, so no problems after that. I’ll be out of town for a few weeks because of military training so I will need to use the scheduled release for the next chapter, as it’s already done, and as I said in the announcement post, I have training all of July, so the July chapters will be scheduled as well. For any scheduled chapter, if there are problems, I may not be able to fix them until I get back from my training as I may not have internet there.

Now, without further delay, here’s your chapter, translated by Falinmer.

03-13　Just Before the Preliminary Starts

The dawn of the next day. Fine weather. The day of the preliminaries for the golem boat race. (TL: I so wanted to say Dawn of the First Day, Majora’s Mask reference.)

The harbor was wrapped in a vibrant energy all morning. As for each of the participants,

「Aaaah, I’m a little nervous.」

「I couldn’t sleep well last night.」

「Fufufu, I’ll win today！」

「Everyone seems so great, I feel like renouncing.」

A tense person, a determined person, an uneasy person. They are showing various faces. Meanwhile, Jin was as usual.

「Well, there are a lot of ships. There are alos a lot of golems. But physical strength specialized types, well, it’s a poor idea, isn’t it?」

「Isn’t it unreasonable to compare them with father/Otou-sama?」

While Jin and Reiko’s exchange was heard, Marcia was becoming eager, too.

「Hey, Jin！」

「Oh, Reinhardt!」

Reinhardt rushed up with a girl in a yellow one-piece swimsuit behind him.

「This is Jin’s first time, this is Elsa, the operator of my ship and my cousin.」

「Elsa Randall, best regards.」

Although similar to Reinhardt, her semi-short platinum blonde hair and light-blue pupils are clearly those of a beautiful girl.She has a fair complexion and is not tanning.

「I’m Jin. This is Marcia who is the ship operator and my teammate, and this is Reiko.」

「I’m Marcia.」

「Best regards.」

The ship operators shake hands. Reinhardt interrupted at this point.

「Hahahaha, Elsa, your chest already lost… OUCH!」

Reinhardt who spoke out with sexual harassment accidentally fell into the sea after Elsa paid out a kick in silence.

「Good grief, Rai-nii should learn some delicacy.」

As they are talking, another person approaches them.

「Hi, Mr. Reinhardt and Ms. Elsa. This must be Marcia, and this is?」

It was the pompous man, Valentino.

「This is Mr. Valentino. He’s Mr. Jin.」

Reinhardt who has climbed up from the sea calls out to Jin while he is still dripping wet.

「Ah, so he had such a name, excuse me. Well, Ms. Elsa, Marcia, how’s your condition today?」

As though he couldn’t care about a man, Valentino focuses his attention only on Elsa and Marcia. Reiko is too young and doesn’t seem to have caught his eyes.

Marcia seems depressed to be looked at in such a manner.

「I am excelletn. It’s pleasant weather so it would be fun to start the qualifier early.」

And, as if Elsa doesn’t feel his eyes,

「A decent finish, …. for Mr. Valentino.」

After Valentino bows with his thin chest that has no muscle,

「Perfect! I will take first in the preliminary.」

He talked big, and then someone appeared from behind Valentino.

「Mr. Valentino, the preliminaries will start soon.」

It was a small beauty who put on a red one-piece swimsuit. She was glamorous.

「Is it Riche? I see, I will go now.」

And with a pompous bow,

「Well then, I wish you luck.」

And then walked out as he said so.

「As usual, Mr. Valentino.」

Elsa who was half disgusted.

「Yes, but that confidence also isn’t groundless.」

Unusually, Reinhardt said this with a serious tone.

And voice by <> sounds through harbor.

「Now then, we will soon start the 10th Golem Boat race preliminaries, participants board promptly and get ready.」

「Well then, I’m off」

Marcia calls out to Jin.

「Let’s each do our best.」

Reinhardt said as he left together with Elsa.

Jin saw the three of them off.

「When the competition starts, there will be nothing for me to do anymore. I believe Marcia is an arrow that can only be watched.」 (TL: I think this is supposed to be a reference comparing her to an arrow and him an archer, once the arrow is let fly he can do no more.)

「Yes, and I am your arm Father.」