Volume 3 Chapter 1 Part2 (1/2)
Translator Corner
This is Yukkuri
demasu!
Sorry for the last
release…
My smartphone (also
function as modem) broke down and it really hard to search for public-wifi in
the middle of rice-paddies, palm plantation and secondary tropical jungles
(secondary since they had been tampered by human activity). So until it get
fixed, I can only depend on my work friend’s goodwill to borrow their internet
connection (internet is not a cheap thing in my country).
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guarantee that my translation is 100% correct. Please correct me if I was
wrong.
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor:
So-Chintzy
Postwar Arc
Chapter 1 Project Lorelei B
Among the things that we acquired after Amidonia Dukedom’s Capital 『Van』capitulated, the one who made me extremely delighted was the Royal
Broadcast Orb. This was the only orb that the Amidonia Dukedom possessed and was
able to broadcast images to every receiver set in this country. Although I was told
that the Royal Broadcast Orb is a leftover artifact from an ancient
civilization and still wasn’t able to be produced by current technology, the
number of orbs discovered was so numerous that excluding the const.i.tuent small
countries of the Eastern Nations Alliance and the sapient Dragons’ self-governing
region Star Dragon Mountain Range, each nation (the number of the orbs per
nation differed though) possessed one.
However, basically the broadcasts won’t be able to be received by other
countries. Well, if it was possible, then the information meant for domestic
use would be known by other countries, so of course, it could also be used to
incite citizens like what I did in Crimson Dragon Castle Town. Since the
receiver set and the broadcast orb’s wavelength need to be configured before
being used, then perhaps it was like an AM-FM radio or something to do with a frequency.
That’s why when I obtained Amidonia’s sole Broadcast Orb, it could be said that
I now have the broadcasting rights monopoly for all receiver sets inside the Amidonia
Dukedom. Adding the Elfrieden Kingdom’s Broadcast Orb that I had brought, then Elfireden’s
first 『Entertainment Program』 could be simulcasted to two countries. Would this broadcast bring any
changes to the Amidonia Dukedom? Or would it not change anything? I was really
excited for it.
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『Van』 didn’t have anything like the 『Plaza Fountain』 that was installed with receiver
set to display Royal Broadcasts. Instead, the receiver set was installed at a
plaza -- it was only in name as it was just an empty field – at one end side of
Van. In the first place, the Royal Broadcast in this country itself was only
used on New Year’s to broadcast the Duke saying 『Don’t ever forget the grudge against Elfrieden. It is national policy to
recover the lost territory』 and this country’s national
policy. Because the citizens must gather to watch this New Year’s broadcast or
they will be punished for lese majeste, even if the citizens were sick or
bed-ridden old people, they would be fastened and carried on a stool as they
must not miss watching the broadcast.
And today, that young king of Elfrieden who had made 『Van』 capitulate, would perform a Royal Broadcast. Since most of the citizens
had received extensive indoctrination over many decades, they didn’t have any
good impressions about Elfrieden. However, currently there was a ma.s.s of
citizens gathered at the field to watch the broadcast. Perhaps this was because
of the habits created over many years that they must watch the broadcast or be
punished. But the people who carried the ill were turned away by the soldiers
who guarded the venue, 「Don’t overdo it.」
As the sun completely sunk down in the twilight sky, half of the gathered 『Van』’s citizens made confused expressions, while the other half were angry.
Because the n.o.bles and the Knights had completely left Van, what was left in
Van were just the common citizens who didn’t have anywhere to go. Naturally
they hadn’t received any decent information. Here and there, whispering could
be heard as the citizens discussed their future worriedly.
「d.a.m.n that Elfrieden King……
What does he intend to do by gathering everyone?」
「I took a peek at him when he
entered the castle, he looks like an effeminate man.」
「Don’t judge him by his looks. He
is someone who had led His Majesty Gaius around by his nose.」
「He will use the Royal
Broadcast, right? What does he intend to make us listen to?」
Do he want another harem member? Such is the question.
Because of the lack of information, the discussion continued in erratic directions.
「He can’t be possibly…
intending to conscript all the men as soldiers and send them to the front lines
for conquering all of Amidonia after this…… right?」
「No way! I am the breadwinner of my family. If I am conscripted, then what
will happen to them!?」
「We are the people who are on the
occupied side. It wouldn’t be strange if they did that to us…」
「No, that might be better. What
if they ordered us to hand over the women and children as slaves……」
「Well, if that is the desire of
the strong, they will do it using force rather than asking us. Perhaps they will
tell us to hand over all the beautiful girls inside this town.」
「Really? Then I might have to
hide my wife.」
「Who will want your wife after
seeing her?」
「You’re wron-……! Hey, it seems
to have started.」
When they were in the middle of various absurd conversations, the receiver
set at the center of the field began to project an image. The people thought
that the young king in a military uniform would appear, but contrary to their
expectations, it was showing a brown-haired beautiful Elf woman sitting behind
a table. The woman crossed both of her hands on the long table placed in front
of her and for some reason she didn’t sit facing the front, but was a facing bit
diagonally to the left. Of course, only the woman’s head was turned towards the
front.
Just like the ghost from the Ring.
The woman sat in a 『Mona Lisa’s Smile』 pose, which made her beauty
more radiant and particularly grabbed the hearts of the Amidonian men. The men
felt that it was as if they were sitting at a counter in a bar and having a
conversation with the woman was sitting beside them. Then, that woman began to
speak.
『Good evening everyone. This is
Chris Tachyon.』
This is a white text.
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This is also a white text. Okay, I just trolling
reader with text reader.
「This program is 『NEWS Elfrieden』 a program that provides information to the citizens about the news from Elfrieden
Kingdom and the neighboring countries. The first news is……」
In a government affairs room at Van’s Castle, that had been hurriedly
transformed into a simple news studio (although we only placed a long table and
a chair, since there were already furnis.h.i.+ngs left-over in the room), Chris-san
began to read the news ma.n.u.script. Aisha and I were observing her from the
corner of the room that didn’t get projected by the orb. After watching her for
awhile, Aisha pulled my sleeve.
「What is it?」(Souma)
「Umm… Why do we project her diagonally
from the front?」(Aisha)
「Well…… Beauty style?」(Souma)
Aisha asked me with a small voice, but I can only answer her with such an answer.
The reason was because I remembered how the female news announcer in j.a.pan with
the 「Ometenas.h.i.+」 speech[1]
sat in this position and I was just mimicking her. But when we held the
rehearsal before, Chris-san begged in tears that 「Ugh, my neck is cramped」, so this diagonal way of
projection might be the first and the last.
The content of the news was how about the details of the events in this
war. She explained in a simple way about how in order to subjugate Gaius VIII
and Julius who incited disturbances in the Kingdom to invade our Kingdom’s
territory, how the Elfrieden King, Souma, performed a counter invasion against the
Dukedom, defeated Gaius VIII, and made the capital 『Van』 capitulate. Aisha then tilted her head.
「Isn’t it better for Your
Majesty to directly make a speech about this information? Even though Your
Majesty’s fame might increase just like the time of the food gathering.」(Aisha)
「The situation is different
from that time. This broadcast is also transmitted to the entire Amidonia