Voluue (1/2)
title: Koushounin series 04
Koushounin wa Hamerareru [交渉人は嵌められる]
Chapter: Prologue
Page: 009 – 024
Author: Eda Yuuri [榎田 尤利]
Illustrator: Nara Chiharu [奈良 千春]
Publisher: Taiyō Tosob>
Year of Release: 2010
Disclaimer:
Eda Yuuri is the original author of this work, and this is a fan translation Feel free to re-post this elsewhere if you like but please credit this site I did buy the original copy of this book, along with the rest of the series, so it'll be great if you can support her by buying her books
By the way, this work contains BL, or homo-eroticism
Note:
As I have no for in translation theory nor alish, for the uarantee the quality of this translation work, but I promise I did my best
I have been a big fan of the Koushounin series by Eda Yuuri ever since I got my hands on the BLCDs for the first and second instal patiently for the BLCDs for the third instalment onward… to no avail It has been 8 years since the sensei published Koushounin wa Furikaeru, and I aht be no BLCD after all
Nevertheless, the fujoshi+ doesn't give up The following is lish translation of the rest of the series
Prologue
I dreamt
That I was in hardware store on the outskirts of town, standing in the packaging supplies section and staring dazedly up at the shelves
Shock-absorbers, corrugated cardboard boxes, wrapping , and rope
”Won’t this one do?” a voice called, from behind me
It was the fond voice, of a good friend
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The coolest job in the world is that of a swindler
shi+zu Kyousuke thought so He really did
One must be sufficiently quick-witted in order to work as one A keen eye is also alevel-headed, cal skills are necessary, and one should be more adroit than actual actors
When shi+zu was in prirandfather, as then still alive The ', and it was a story of hoindlers -shot gangsters He thought they were extremely cool and stylish, and he was sure he would like to be a swindler too when he grew up When he told his Grandpa this, his Grandpa rubbed his wrinkly hands together and laughed, ”That ht be ju-st a little bit too difficult for you, sonny You'll have to be quite ballsy to be one” Grandpa knew very well that shi+zu was a bit of a wimp
shi+zu only found out that Grandpa, as alive until a few years ago, was actually his great-grandfather only at his funeral His grandmother, as so old by then that she was all wrinkled up like a mummy, had come by to tell him that No other relatives turned up for his funeral Grandpa had taught shi+zu many life skills, but just before his death, he had told him: ”Please, just for my sake, do not take up the same trade as I did” When he died, shi+zu cried A lot
As Grandpa had pointed out, shi+zu was ti That hy he decided to becoe swindler He was a hundred and seventy six centihtly droopy eyes, along with light freckles on his face When he sh to be called a pretty boy, but that was a good thing Swindlers cannot stand out too much from the crowd
Further toallies; the hand phone and the internet And there was a wellspring of treasure called the dating website He didn't knoho thought up such things, but they make wonderful tools Grandpa often las done at work back then,” But to shi+zu things were much easier now
Sitting ducks were everywhere
He wasn't referring to woet married The perfect duck was a woman as lonely One should not be es their men on severe terms Will this htlessly? Is he into any strange religions? Does he dislike taking out the rubbish in the ? Does he have a mother complex, or a Lolita coy that they put into such stringent checks will put even the Tax Bureau to shaled out for a duck Wo for love are a much better choice
To bewomen in theirPreferably born in a rural area and living alone, and of a relatively honest personality, whose hobbies are reading and trying food at various restaurants with friends Who so to see less and less of her friends as they began to get ets a feeling that her wrinkles are starting to become obvious, but still does not buy the thirty thousand yen face creaazines Her parents back in her hoet s such as “woet h to s like, you see,I wonder if there is a person ill love me till the end of my days If such a person didn’t exist, will I live out my life by myself and die alone…?
… And so on That sort of woman is ideal, soets lonely easily
”Kyou-chan” Chimako called as she waved a tiny hand At a seat in a nearby café, Chiht of shi+zu
Like her naests, Chimako was a tiny-sized woman She wore no makeup and sported a rather unsophisticated hairstyle She wasn't what you would call ugly, but there was nothing in her appearance that was particularly refreshi+ng or h-necked sweater that looked more like a turtleneck and a deep red skirt The coat that was draped over her seat was black Around her neck was a cheap string of pearls which shi+zu gave to her as a present last Christmas On the other hand, shi+zu was in a down jacket and denim pants in the style of a salary-reen spectacles and pretended to be boorish and unrefined, to match Chimako
”I’?”
Chimako was almost seven years older than shi+zu, who had recently turned twenty seven, but shi+zu still called her na the -chan suffix It seemed to make her happier that way
”Nope, I just ca cold Your favorite hot chocolate is delicious here, you know,” said Chimako as she handed him the menu Her s I touch docu work, so they take away the oil on my hands, Chimako had once complained to him
shi+zu ordered a hot chocolate, and immediately after he said: ”Chi he took out of his pocket It was a stick of solance would look like a ballpoint pen, but its plastic body was mostly pink and white
”Eh What is it?”
”Nail oil They said it was good for cuticles and nails”
Wah, Chimako exclaimed, and beamed as she took the nail oil applicator in her hands
”That's because Chi cuticles, but I like your dry and chapped fingers all the same It's proof that you work hard at your job, too”
What is this supposed to be, a scene from ‘Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds’? retorted shi+zu in hisoff these mawkishly sentimental lines Resistance to such e swindler
Wos; as uillotine with such banal words if they are spewed by a man she doesn't care much for, she would be pleased to hear them from a man whom she liked Chimako, with reddened cheeks, said, ”This makes me really happy With this, perhaps my nails would become pretty too!” as she promptly started to rub the oil into her cuticles
For a while, they made inane chatter
Even in such casual conversation that are many points to take note What is important to note is that one should never to repudiate anything your partner says For example, even if she were to say, ”You know, I sahite crow the other day”, you should never reject that notion by going: ”There is no such thing” You should go, oh, that is unusual, that is aweso about it It is the same hite cockroaches or a black polar bears If you do that, the woin to think that ”Oh, this person understands irl so there was no way she would say anything so outrageous, anyway
When his hot chocolate had been reduced to half, shi+zu decided to get down to business
”Chi I have said before, but,”
”Hm?”
”About et what I said, then I's like that”
On the previous date, he had requested a loan from her The money was purportedly for the sake of his mother who had collapsed from illness, and since he had sent most of his monthly salary to his parents' ho expenses… at least, that was the setting he created
It wasn't the first ti for a loan He had borrowed su to twenty to thirty thousand yen from her a few times, and had returned the money to her on all occasions But this tier than all previous a to him: ”Let me think about it”
”But, don't you have to use a lot of money for your mother?”
”I guess But I can e it on my own, somehow”
”Somehow… as in how?”
”A senpai froot into touch with ood teret turned down for loans froht? However, with my senpai's smooth talk…”
”You can't” Chi fir like that I don't want to be suspicious of your senpai but… It's too dangerous I've heard about black-ht be it”
”It's fine, really My senpai wouldn't…”
”I beg you, please don't If it comes to that, I'd rather lend you the money”
Alrighty, she's hooked
If he ht Instead, shi+zu flatly said: ”No, that won't do,” and shook his head
”I've reconsidered e to borrow from you, Chima-chan”
”It's okay I sis plan, that's all”
”That'll be such a pity Further for your future, isn't it?”
When he pretended to be obstinate, Chiallantly declared, ”But I would need Kyou-chan for irl she was She was the best sitting duck ever It was not just leek was she carrying on her back but a pot and a portable gas stove as well ”Furthermore, just the other day, Kyou-chan, you said that 'Chima-chan's father is liketo ent business trip… but you said that, didn't you?”
”Un I'm sorry about that time But that is how I truly think, you know”
”Then, Kyou-chan's mother is like my own mother, too”
”Chima-chan…”
Well then, now it is the ti scene
shi+zu tried his best not to blink as he tried to make his eyes look red It wasn't very difficult for shi+zu who already had dry eyes to begin with As tears caly said, ”Oh dear, please don't make me cry”
”… I'm sorry, really”