Volume 2 Chapter 1 Part6 (1/2)
Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist Editor: Weasalopes
【Episode 1: Mansion and the Murder Case, Part 6】
「All right Now that I have everyone's undivided attention, there's so you need to hear」
Senpai's facial expression switched to a serious one, so it meant that what she wanted to talk about concerned her identity as a Nightkin She sat on the bed and we all gathered around her to listen to what she had to say
「Senpai, could it be that today or toerous day?」
Fujisato asked as she tilted her head while she was leaning on the sofa Kuhoh was standing beside her with her arms folded, probably ready to protect her Lord if she sensed even the slightest bit of danger coht Today is listed as another dangerous day in ood for you I guess」
Like shi+nahtkin that concealed her identity and lived her days a us ordinary humans She was actually the one who tried to kill senpai, and we had to fight her because of it Thankfully we e victorious from that ordeal, and now both Fujisato and senpai decided to form a kind of a union, or a mutual partnershi+p if you would like to call it as such Apparently they both thought that it was better not to get under the other's skin too much, and I shared that opinion They were both equally iain
「We didn't have an occasion to talk about this properly, Jiro-kun, so allow htkin terms」
「Thank you verythat I've never heard of before, I have tovery carefully
Just like Kuhoh, shi+ki and I were also positioned in strategic places near senpai: I was next to thethat faced the courtyard, and shi+ki stood between the door to the bathroom and the crate of the ventilation shaft Thanks to shi+ki's sensory perception granted to her by her Gift, 『The Demonic Gift Satori』, we'll be able to protect senpai frole in case there was a sudden eneerous Day』 means a day when, under certain conditions, the continuity of a Nightkin's story is threatened」
「Certain conditions, huh?」
Certainly, ent to the beach the other day, senpai did mention another part of her 『Story』 tolike…
「What does your story say about today, senpai?」
「「You, the one who is walking beyond the beaten path, and who has obtained a genuine heart: The time has come for you to return fro's life」」
shi+namachi-senpai told everyone the exact same words she said to 's life」? Does that ain, senpai?」
「That would be the ical conclusion, but we don't know that for sure」
The proble of the important parts was especially mudded and cryptic, so even e knehat the words were, we had no guarantee that theirwould be what it seems to be
「In other words, you don't want to jump to conclusions to avoid a potentially critical ain I had to rehtkin, not a human, and that her carefree persona was only one half of the picture that htkin stories are like a tangled web of intertwined subplots that are problematic to understand correctly That is why it is critical for us to correctly deduce what those words are about, especially since they concern Kaguya's life directly」
「 「The time has come for you to return fro's life」 So we don't know the exact conditions, but we knohat the result will be」
「The King is probably synonymous with The Lord, and by extension, shi+na further from that assumption, the 「The time has come for you to return from the midst of darkness」 bit would be either a condition for the curtain fall to happen, or a timeframe, but personally I think the first possibility is more probable」
「Ah, I see, that would indeed er if the requireoal of this current discussion is to pinpoint what exactly that require thing that I wanted to address
「Isn't the 「Dangerous Day」 a kind of an absolute happening that must be faced head on in order for the story to move on? Can we really prevent it?」
I asked, and Kuhoh ht nod
「The storywill happen today after sunset, so if we stay by shi+naht, then I think we'll at least have a shot at it Personally, I think it's worth a try, Monjiro-senpai」
So Kuhoh's idea was for Vassals to stay with their Lord and protect hiht That was so for those ere called 「The Night Tribe」 and their servants After all, they were always hiding both themselves and their true identities from society's eyes, so it would stand to reason that they could only act after the sun was down Even Fujisato and Kuhoh waited until it wasof Fujisato
「Fujisato, earlier you said that the current situation is good for senpai, why's that?」
「Oh, that's what you've been wandering about, Monjiro? I thought it was pretty obvious When it co happens in accordance hat is written in our stories Always It ame on easy mode or with cheats turned on, but since we know exactly what is going to happen and when, we can always prepare for it accordingly That way, even if someone will really try to assault shi+na to run straight into you, her Vassals, realizing that he's done goofed Then you just take him down and bam, case closed, senpai survived, and all lived happily ever after!」
「That's soive you that」
For a Nightkin, their story was likely similar to their fate, and when it comes to fate, there are two possible attitudes towards it: youunavoidable and accept it, or defy it with your whole body and soul, trying to blaze your own path towards to that was predetered the fate once, so it should be obvious which of the tere
To reassure me further, senpai serous, even if we roughly knohat to expect and prepare for it But that's exactly why I asked Fujisato-san and Kuhoh-chan to come with us on this trip, so we could overcoether」
「Yup, that's basically the gist of it And besides, if it turns out that there's yet another Lord targeting Kaguysama's life, they'll have to queue up or I'll rip them a new one! I am the only one who can claihtkin story could essentially be suhtkin」 It was the main reason she killed her in the first place, but once she lost to us, she decided to let it go, or so we thought Maybe she was still salty about it and wanted to settle the score?
『I have been thoroughly defeated, I ads turned out the way they did, especially since Monjiro's soul has returned, and ht, that settles it, let's be BFF's frouya… No, shi+namachi-senpai!』
Those were more or less the words she used after our battle to offer senpai an alliance I only glanced at shi+ki back then, but she just shook her head,that she did not detect any lies in Fujisato's words It ht be hard to believe, but that's the kind of person she was: always happy, always carefree and doing whatever she wanted without confor to anyone But that was only one side of her coin The other one was a Nightkin Lord who ruthlessly attacked us without even a shred of hesitation and intended to kill us all to progress her own story further I knew all that, and yet… and yet deep down in my heart I wanted to believe that the Fujisato I kneas the genuine one, and her Nightkin self was just a mask she had to take in order to keep her identity hidden I wanted to trust her
「Now senpai, with all that said, please try to stay away fro to be proble So if by any chance so would happen while no one was near you, just run away and screainal intention, but…」
「But…?」