Chapter 52 - Volume 1
TL: I’ll see if I can squeeze in a JP chapter after I wake up.
TL: So before you start reading the chapter, I just want to say that Danganronpa is out. This is one of the best mystery visual novels (novel + voiced lines + graphics) you can get right now if you haven’t played it before. Some of you might not know this, but I first came from the visual novel side before translating webnovels. I highly recommend this game.
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Chapter 52 – Little Romaine couldn’t possibly take such a risk
Romaine raised her head and looked at the wooden signature board. Her face was slightly flushed under the cold night air. Even though it was early summer, the temperature in the highland area during the night time was very low.
The wooden signature board had turned black from decades of rain and wind, and on it was a running horse. She did not recognize the words on them but she guessed she was at the right place. Both her hands were placed on her precious bag, and she rubbed her leather boots together.
[This should be the place right? That ‘Running Horse Inn’ or something?]
“Certainly, just think who your uncle Khodrum is? I have made transactions with man-eating devils before.” The dwarf described everything that had transpired, but Puck smacked his forehead and yelled. “Marsha above, Uncle Khodrum, what are you doing, she definitely knows we’re here! She won’t sit in your horse cart. We have messed things up!”
“What’s wrong?”
“Uncle, which merchant would do business at a loss, operating at a tenth of the original cost, you overdid things uncle! She must have suspected from the very beginning, what else did she say?” The young man had a grim expression as he did not expect his uncle to mess things up with his good intentions.
“She said she had to seek her companions opinions.”
“Companions?” Puck looked at his partner and they went out immediately. The dwarf shouted behind them.
“I say, wait, you two little wankers, where’s my promised money!”
He was fuming.
“These youngsters nowadays have no respect for the elderly.” When he looked back, he saw one of his worker running over.
“Boss, the horse cart that you arranged has driven away.”
“The horse cart that I arranged, what cart?” Khodrum looked at his worker in confusion.
“The horse cart which you said to fulfill any requests that the girl wants. That girl is really pretty and polite. Is she Master Puck’s lover?”
“What!” The dwarf looked at the worker as if he was going to kill him.
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“Miss, where are we going to?”
The horse cart advanced forward with the wheels turning against the rocks. The monotonous sounds were accompanied with the scenery changing quickly, and the girl looked on with interest. But she replied quickly-
“I like the scenery around here, can we go to the south gate? Then let’s go one round to the north gate? Is there anything of interest around here?”
“Of course. We should pass by the Knight Everton’s residence.”
“Everton? Who’s that?”
“Knight Everton was a famous hero……….”
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Brendel and Ciel climbed up to the peak tower of the Pine Fortress. They took in a sharp breath when they saw the troops surrounding the fortress. The disorganized mercenaries had lit up their torch in a random order, and it looked like there were stars on the ground, forming a fiery dragon that coiled around the fortress.
The private army of the nobles had already broken through the gate and were advancing in the courtyard. The wind bullet that caused a loud explosive earlier had alerted them and they prepared to attack with force.
Both of Brendel and Ciel’s faces were slightly pallid. It would be a miracle if they managed to escape from this. Even though they could rely on the gargoyle, but it might not be able to fly high enough.
Brendel held his breath as he felt that things were spiraling out of his calculations. He pointed at another fiery dragon that was appearing in the distance: “Do you see that? The white-mane army is also coming over-”
“I wish that I didn’t see that, my lord.”
“That’s true.”