Chapter 240: Hera / Star on the Rooftop (1/2)

Chapter 239: Kazane / I saw a Bride Chapter 241: Hera / Conspiracy

Translator: Reflet

Editor: ryunakama

Taiyou Castle at nighttime, on the tiled roof.

The butterfly-winged fairy was flapping her wings in the air, floating above the tiles.

Ahead of her gaze was dark red harvest moon floating in the sky.

There was a satisfied smile on her face as she gazed at the moon.

「So you were here」

「Ooo, well if it isn’t Yuri-chan~」

「Don’t call me by that name」

Hera turned around 180 degrees midair.

Ahead of her gaze was the twintailed Youran, climbing up the ladder to the roof.

While smiling wryly, Youran came to Hera’s side, pushing in her skirt and sat atop the tiles.

Even atop the unstable roof, Youran’s back was straight as ever.

「You call Kohaku-san『Kohaku-tan』, so why do you hafta call me that?」

「Cause Yuri-chan is Yuri-chan. Did you not call yourself that when we first met？」

「Oof」

「So it’s the same with Kohaku-tan~」

「But what about the real『Yuri』」

「Mmm, but no, Yuri-chan is still Yuri-chan」

Youran’s face become more and more bitter.

Yuri-chan was the name she had called herself when meeting Taiyou for the first time.

Yurikago.

That was the alternate way to say 揺籃 Youran, taken from the same kanji.

It was meant at the time to be a dig at Shirokiyami, telling her to call her「Yuri」.

It was a mere prank; childishness spurred on from the hesitation of a single moment.

Because she had said that she was only tagging along with Taiyou for that period of time.

「Anyhow, calling me『Yuri』will just make things confusing, so quit while you’re ahead」

「It will indeed make things confusing？」

「Won’t it？」

「Indeed, I see」

Hera clapped her hands after thinking about it briefly.

「I indeed understand. Then I will call the next Yuri-chan『Yuri Yuri』」

「……Well, guess that’s alright」

「Yes indeed」

Youran nodded silently at Hera, who was smiling innocently.

She had no inclination to interject, so the air between the two of them didn’t change at all.

「So whatcha doing here？」

「I was indeed looking at the moon」

「You always have such interests？」

「I like Moon-san. I indeed like looking at it~」

「Yeah?」

「Come to think of it, Yuri-chan is New Moon-san, right?」

「New Moon Director, yeah. Well, it does have some relation to the new moon itself」

「That is indeed very cool」

「Cuz it’s old」

As Youran said that, Hera slowly flew over, landing on her shoulder.

Hera had been truly doing this sort of thing a lot recently.

Stopping on the shoulders of Taiyou’s「brides」.

It had once just been Taiyou she did that to, but now she did it often to the brides.

「Umm, might I have a bit of a serious conversation with you？」

「Mm? Well I won’t refuse――Just didn’t see that one coming」

「Yes indeed. I’m the happiest about Yuri-chan becoming Taiyou-chan’s wife」

「You are？」

「Yes indeed」

「Why？」

「It is because you were the first one that Taiyou-chan had to conquest」

「……」

Youran’s expression changed.

Not unpleasantly. It wasn’t like she couldn’t understand.