Because I love my canon. And because I said I would, damnit!
SUPER ROUGH TRANSLATION FOR RETRACE 25, potential errors and mistakes, caveat lector! \o/
PS GUYS, APP ELIOT NIGHTLAY
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pg1
Gil: Looks like we've lost them ...
All right! Let's meet up with Oz and the others and go back!
And then finally I'll get out of these clooooothes!!
Alice: (Oz ... is Oz together with that idiotic-looking girl?)
Gil: Hey, stupid rabbit, let's hurry and go--
Caption: Right now, as they escaping--
Alice: !
pg2
Gil: ? What's wrong ... ?
Alice: ...... this feeling ...
Why ... are they here ... !?
Lottie: Alllll right ...
Shall I come greet you?
pg3
Lottie: Beloved little Master Oz ...
RETRACE 25: ELIOT & REO (about the death of a servant)
Ada: That earlier melody ... was something wrong about it? Big brother.
Oz: Ah ... no.
I just kind of liked it ...
pg 4
Oz: (I don't know its name ... but it's a nostalgic tune--)
I wanted to see if I could try and talk to the performer, if I met him ...
Ada: Oh, was that what it was.
That was almost certainly Eliot and Reo, right?
Oz: Eh ... ?
Ada: Anyone is allowed to use the piano here, but a four-handed melody that pretty, I think it must have been those two.
pg5
Oz: Ada!!
Do you know where I can meet those two!?
Ada: Eh ... eh!? Well, there's now class today, so ... I think most of the students have returned home ...
Ah ... however, maybe they're still in the library?
Oz: The library?
Ada: The room where everyone met up? It's not that far from here ...
pg6
Oz: Thank you, Ada!
Ada: Eh ... big broth....
(Are you ... leaving me behind again ...)
Oz: (That song wasn't just for this pocket watch.)
(And also)
pg7
Oz: (If he knows that melody, he might know something else--!!)
(There's ... no one here ... !!)
(... not only that, their collection is impressive. I wonder if the collection at the Vesalius mansion is anything like this ...)
pg8
Oz: Thi... this is ... !?
(The sequels to the "Holy Knight"!! Why!? Ah, that's right, during the ten years I was gone ... !!
And, waaaaaaaaaahh!! A lot of books came out-----!!?
This is amazing! I'm really interested in these sequels~ Ahhh, what should I do, I want to read them right here and now!!)
--and, huh ... there's a single volume missing?
Eliot: Ahh, sorry.
That one, I was borrowing.
pg9
Eliot: ... you
like this story ... ?
pg10
Oz: Eh ... yeah. I love it ...
Eliot: I see.
Then, what did you think of that holy knight's servant?
Oz: Edgar!?
Eh ... of course I love him!!?
"More than himself, he worries about others," a splendid person who doesn't mind being hurt if it protects others, right!
Eliot: Hmph.
Oz: ..... "hmph" ... ??
Eliot: Sorry, but ... I
Really HATE that piece of trash called Edgar ... !!
pg11
Eliot: First off, like you said, he's so self-righteous it irritates me
Oz: Eh ...
Eliot: Self-sacrificing is just plain annoying
Oz: That can't be ... !
Eliot: Why is that guy popular?
And speaking of, even the characters in the novel absolutely love him!
Oz: Hey ... what! Even though people say they like him ... !
Eliot: If that's the truth, there's no helping it.
But more than anything, what bugs me is that ending, where by his own will, in order to protect his master, he went and died by himself, praying for the happiness of his loved ones.
Where in the world does a guy like that---
Oz: EH
pg12
Oz: Edgar .... died ... ??
Eliot: ?
He died ... you know? I think it was somewhere halfway around volume sixteen--
Oz: Uwahhhhhhhh!! Finding that sort of spoiler out like this----!!
Eliot: Haaaa!? How should I've known!! If you're a fan, you would've read it!!
Oz: Shaddup, for me it's like the past ten years were a blank, damnit!!
Ahhhh, I've lost my determination-- I've totally lost my will to read----!
... anyway, what's with you?
Isn't it an admirable thing to die protecting your master like Edgar did?
Eliot: Ha!?
That was just going too far to for his own selfish purposes, you idiot!!
pg13
Oz: (This guy ...)
Eliot: (This bastard ...)
Oz/Eliot: (Somehow pisses me off ... !!)
Reo: Ahh, you two over there.
Could you please be a little more quiet?
Eliot: Reo!
Reo: Right now, Josephine (the character just introduced) is having a hard time.
And anyway, right now I think Eliot was wrong.
Eliot: Haa!? Why was I--
Reo: If you're asking someone else's opinion, you shouldn't try forcing your opinion on them if you don't like their answer.
Isn't that right?
Eliot: THAT'S NOT ... !! wr...ong, but ...
Reo: Right, so you should apologize.
Precisely. Like a man.
Eliot: ~~~~~~~~~~~~
... Ah ........
...
.....
pg15:
Eliot: Sorry 'bout that Piiiiiiipsqueak.
ANYWAY!! Reo, whose side are you on!
If you're a servant, you should be backing your master up! That's normal!!
Oz: (Hah ... a servant? ... ? That guy?)
Reo: Making sure his master's conduct is proper is also a servant's job.
However ... I see.
What you want is a servant who will always agree with you no matter what the circumstances.
While I'd intended to keep working well with you ... too bad.
Eliot: WAIT WAIT WAIT---!!
No one said anything like that!!
Hey, you!
pg16
Eliot: Tell me what your student number and your professor's name!
We'll definitely settle this fight this time--
Reo: It's no good, Eliot.
That guy was one of the intruders who was causing a fuss earlier. (Probably.)
Eliot: OHO ... !?
Reo, why didn't you say so before!
Reo: Eh ... he wasn't someone that I'd seen in any classes, so ...
Eliot: THAT--ISN'T--THE--POINT!!!
Oz: Ahhhh, it's become really pointless now ... (Should I run ... ?)
Ada: Wait, Eliot!
pg17
Reo: Oh ... Miss Ada Vesalius?
Ada: You've got it wrong ... that person is--
!?
Eliot: I should've said it before, Ada Vesalius
pg18
Eliot: But don't call my name so freely ... !!
Reo: Eliot, saying things like that to an upperclassman ...
Eliot: Shut up, you be quiet too.
Anyway, what's with this? You know this intruder?
Ada: Ah ...
Eliot: And before, the guy who started all this was your uncle, right?
Hah, I knew it ...
Children of the Vesalius (kanji: heroic) House can really do whatever they like! [lit., it's envious how far they can push things]
pg19
Oz: Niiice, I can' use this.
Eliot: Ah, my stuff ... !?
Oz: Fufufu, if you want me to return this ...
Then you'll have to try catching up to these divine running legs! You spoiling bastard!
Eliot: You bastard ... WAIT UP!!
Oz: (... it's no good.
My being here makes Ada unhappy ...
It's my fault ...
I don't want to bother anyone ...)
pg20
Oz: (Did that guy catch up with me ... ?
No ... but ...
There's something ... not quite right ...)
... Who's there?
pg21
Ada: It's Ada ...
Umm ... I'm sorry ... ?
Oz: ................................................. no, it's fine.
Ada: Big brother, um ... please don't think badly of Eliot.
Oz: Eh?
Ada: There's no helping his dislike of me, but ... he's really a gentle ... and dependable person, know?
Oz: Hmmm .. ?
pg22
Ada: That's why, that [bag] ... please?
Oz: Ahh ... it's fine. I intended to return it.
Ada: Ah ... then, I could give it to him ...
Oz: No, something like this, I have to do it myself!
Ada: ... oh ...
Oz: ... anyway, this is a pretty big school, isn't it~~
Come on, so you don't get lost, take my hand--
(HAA)
(What am I doing!!
This isn't like ten years ago!! Doing this sort of thing to my now-older sister is ... !)
Ah ... let's see ... it just came out ...
pg23
Ada: Thank you, big brother!
Also, big brother, were you able to talk?
Oz: Eh? About what?
Ada: What, you say ... the piano song we heard, right?
pg24
Oz: Ah-- that's right--!! I totally forgot---!!
Thank you, Ada! Next time I see him, I won't forget----
A...?
Lottie: Ahh, don't worry about her, boy
pg26
Lottie: Leave that girl be. Won't you come with me instead ... ?
pg26
Eliot: Hey, you cat! It's annoying if you're crying in the hallway...s?
Ada Vesalius!?
pg27
Eliot: Hey, what happened!
Did something ...
This guy ... ?
Lottie: ... fufu, were you surprised?
Though this place is established as a school, a long time ago, it was used as a church and a prison, among many other things.
That's why sometimes, the people in charge would create all these multiple hidden paths.
pg28
Oz: Hmmm ...
(Then ... that was also one of those tunnels.)
Lottie: They're mostly not used any more, but ...
This place is a room that only we Baskervilles know about.
I'm back~~♥ Fang, Doug.
Fang: Welcome back, Miss Lottie.
Oz: Baskerville ... !?
pg29
Lottie: Oh my, did you think this was just a regular abduction?
Oz: (--this isn't good)
(If this were a normal situation, I could've thought of something ... but this ...)
Lottie: You ... already know what we want, right ... ?
Oz: (If these are my kidnappers---!)
Lottie: We ... with you ... want to come to deeeee~~ply understand each other♥
[this part is a bit tricky, with how Lottie breaks up her speech, but. That's the gist]
pg30
Oz: ..................... huh ... ??
Fang: Please, Miss Lottie. You'll frighten him.
Please excuse our intruding on such a busy time, Master Oz Vesalius.
Oz: Eh? ... hahh ...
Fang: Do not worry. We do not have any intention of putting you in danger. We're under a certain restriction, this time ...
Lottie: Hey, little boy! Tell me about yourself!
Oz: A...bout myself?
Lottie: That's right
pg31
Lottie: What are you thinking, what do you wish for ... won't you sweetly tell them to me ... ?
Eliot: Hey, is it really here!? There's nothing around!?
(... speaking of, what am I hoping for from a cat ..)
Aahh? Is there something about this candlestick!!
Reo: Have you tried turning it?
pg32
Eliot: Reo!
Reo: Honestly ... I was looking for you, Eliot.
... so? Is there something down here ... ?
Eliot: ... who knows.
But probably ...
Reo: Well ... what shall we do ...
Lottie: Hey, little boy ...
Why have you been quiet up till now ... ?
pg33
Oz: That's because ... I lost my words because of your beauty, isn't it ...
Lottie: Is that so ... then why are you making this so difficult ... ?
Oz: That's ... because someone stole my ability to run away like the coward I am, isn't it ... [lit., "because someone stole my freedom in order that a coward like me couldn't run away"]
Lottie: Hey ... why is your breath coming so fast ... ?
Oz: ...... that's ...
Because there's a really scary Red Riding Hood sitting on top of me, isn't it!!
Lottie: My, how rude! I'm not that heavy~~
Anyway, it's because the little boy won't talk to me~~ I'm so bored~~
pg34
Lottie: You haven't resisted at all when you were brought here.
what? Do you want me to tease you that much?
Oz: That's not it ... It's because Ada was with me before ...
Lottie: I see. Then what about now?
All you have before you are your three kidnappers.
Do you want to try running away by yourself? Ah, if that's the case, shall I lend you a weapon?
Oz: (... what ... ?)
... it's fine, it's too much ...
Lottie: My~~ just like you'd expect from a little lord!
Oz: That's not it.
pg35
Oz: Hurting someone in order to protect myself, for me ... it's too much, so ...
Lottie: Hmmm ...
Then protecting someone is a good enough reason?
Oz: Eh?
Lottie: For example?
If your precious people had their lives in danger, and in order to save them, you had to die
pg36
Lottie: Would you ... put the gun to your own head and pull the trigger?
Oz: Yes.
If there was no other choice, then without faltering.
Lottie: ....... bu
pg37
Lottie: Ahaha~~~♥
I think i've come to understand the little boy's character a bit---!
Oz: Wha ...
Lottie: Fufuf ... however, it's too bad.
The little boy is clearly a "damaging person."
And also ... very much a bad friend type ...
Oz: Eh ... -----!?
Fang: Miss Lottie!
Lottie: It's a good thing, little boy.
pg38
Lottie: It's impossible to live without hurting anyone, you know?
You should learn to understand that quickly.
If you don't---
Who's there!
pg39
Oz: You two ... !?
Eliot: Hey, Reo, it's your fault we were found.
Reo: That's not true. The one who made the noise was Eliot.
Fang: You're lost ... that's not the case, is it.
Lottie: What do you need? Little boys.
Eliot: Hah ... that's obivous!
I came to get my stuff back!!
Oz: (That's ... !!)
pg40
Eliot: --and
I have a duty to apprehend all the people who happen to be here, as intruders.
If all of you would come to the headmaster's office with me.
Oz: Id--
Idiot! They're not normal people!
Hurry and ru--
Eliot: I know.
They're part of Baskerville, aren't they?
Fang: !!
Lottie: No way, now even children know our name?
Eliot: It might be difficult to believe, all of a sudden ...
pg41
Eliot: The Baskervilles were the great traitors of a hundred years ago!
Defeating them is the mission of the nobility, and their great pride
Oz: You've got to be kidding me, you idiot!!
This is my problem!
You're not involved--
Eliot: Shut up, you Edgar-wannabe. I have absolutely no interest in your situation!
Oz: Hah ... Ed--
pg42
Eliot: When I heard that previous conversation, I thought you were very similiar to Edgar from the Holy Knight's story.
Which means that you're completely annoying.
Oz: Shut up--!! This isn't the time for that sort of thing!
Fang: Miss Lottie ... what should we do?
Oz: You said you had no interest in me, so don't get any more involved!
Lottie: (That boy ... where have I ... ?)
Eliot: I said to be quiet.
Oz: I don't want innocent people to get involved any more!
So please ... I beg you, hurry and run away--
pg43
Eliot: I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP, YOU PEON!!!!
Run away from my bitter enemies!?
There isn't a drop of that sort of cowardly blood in my body!!
Reo!!
Reo: Yes.
Eliot: All right ... listen well.
Edgar died to save his master.
pg44
Eliot: I won't say that his death had no meaning.
However ... before he went to face death, he said this.
"I am not afraid of being hurt. If it's to protect my master, I will gladly face and accept death." And ... !
While he was supported by praying for the happiness of so many people, he personally broke the hearts of all those people!
"The fear of death is my weapon" ... ? Hah.
Don't make me laugh!!
pg45
Eliot: What's so brave about not being afraid to be hurt!!
That sort of thing ... those who are nothing but prepared to carry their "burden" --
pg46
Eliot: IT'S BULLSHIT!!!
You listen well, you of the Baskerville.
My name is Eliot ...
The legitimate child of the Nightlay Family of the Four Great Houses----
Eliot Nightlay!!!
pg47
Oz: Ha!!?
Eliot: Our family crest bears the black sword
Lottie: (I knew it ... Vincent's younger stepbrother ... !)
Eliot: From this, I will show you my conviction!!!