[translation] Saiunkoku Monogatari Bangaihen 3, Track 2: 「秀麗と劉輝」 ("Shuurei and Ryuuki"), Part 2/2
Ryuuki: “I mean, Kouyuu. . .”
Kouyuu: “Yes?”
Ryuuki: “I just remembered it, but. . . Now that I think of it, the Chamberlain of Civil Affairs was looking for you! In such an amazing threatening attitude, he said, ‘Come immediately!’”
Kouyuu: “Eh?! . . .R-really?”
Ryuuki: “W-w-w-w-w-w-w-why would I need to t-t-t-t-t-t-t-tell a lie?” [I’m not exaggerating here; you can basically hear his nose growing, a la Pinocchio. XD]
Kouyuu: “Seems like a lie. . .” [Such intuition!]
Shuuei: “Now, now, Kouyuu, why don’t you just go and find out, like you said? I’ll keep watching His Majesty.”
Kouyuu: “Ah, I appreciate it.”
{The sound of Kouyuu’s footsteps fades.}
{Ryuuki giggles.}
Ryuuki: “Too easy, too easy. . . Well, with this course of action, that hopeless Kouyuu will be lost in the palace for at least half the day. Though he’ll need to return, he won’t come back for a long time.”
{Ryuuki’s voice deepens until it’s low and “devious”-sounding.}
Ryuuki: “Next I just need to get rid of Shuuei. . .”
{Ryuuki’s voice returns to normal.}
Ryuuki: “Shuuei?”
Shuuei: “Yes?”
Ryuuki: “You’re fond of women, aren’t you?”
Shuuei: “I love them! . . .But. . .what about it?”
Ryuuki: “I find it interesting that it’s just the two of us here. Thus, because I’m here, too pro~~perly serious, not to mention doing my work just so wonderfully-{seductively} what do you say we take a little break~?”
Shuuei: “Thanks very much for the offer, but I can’t do something like that. Since there’s a lot of work, isn’t there?”
Ryuuki {under his breath}: “Che.”
Shuuei: “Chi?”
{Ryuuki laughs nervously.}
Ryuuki: “N-no, it’s nothing! Aaaah, that’s right! Sou-taifu said he was looking for you!”
Shuuei: “Eh?”
Ryuuki: “No, it’s nothi- Didn’t he say, ‘Come immediately!’ and, ‘My muscles are about to burst violently and end like this!’”
Shuuei: “U-uh-eh?!”
Ryuuki {to himself}: “Kuhh. . . As if muscles would burst violently like that. Hah, that’s impossible.”
Shuuei: “M-muscles? T-t-that’s terrible! I’ll be going for a little bit!”
{Shuuei runs out of the room.}
{Ryuuki chuckles to himself.}
Ryuuki: “Hah, I could have said anything, and it would have worked.”
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{sound of rainfall continues}
Ryuuki {singing}: “Hmhmhmm~! Shuurei~, Shuurei~, wait for me-nyo! [“Nyo”, like “nyan”, is the equivalent of “meow”.] I, I, I’m coming now-nyo~~hohoho~!”
{Ryuuki laughs while singing; he catches sight of Shuurei [and Seiran] and runs to her.}
Ryuuki: “Shuu~~rei~~!”
Shuurei: “Huh? Ryuuki?!”
Seiran: “Your Majesty? Is your work going well?”
Ryuuki: “Geh-! {mutters} Of course, Seiran had to be here, too, didn’t he?”
Seiran: “Wha-?”
{Ryuuki laughs nervously.} [He’s been doing a lot of that lately.]
Ryuuki: “Aaah, n-no, it’s nothing.{mutters} Seiran should still be banished, shouldn’t he . . I had wanted to lead Shuurei into my passionate thoughts-then, again! Aaah~, Seiran! Are you finished with your work?”
Seiran: “Since my job is to protect Miss. . .”
Ryuuki: “It was like that, wasn’t it. . . Seiran, Shouka was calling you! He just needed a little help with something in the treasury.”
Seiran: “Really?”
Ryuuki: “First Kouyuu, then Shuuei, now Seiran-why are you all, one by one, suspecting the things I say?!”
Seiran: “Jiiii~”
{Ryuuki laughs nervously again.}
Ryuuki: “Eh-aha. . .”
Seiran: “Jiiiiii~ . . . Your Majesty, please look directly into my eyes.”
Ryuuki: “Eh! Aaa, uh-”
Seiran: “Jiiiiiiii~”
Shuurei: “Now, it’s alright, isn’t it, Seiran? Why don’t you go?”
Seiran: “But-”
Shuurei: “I’ll prepare tea now, Ryuuki, and there’re manjuu, too.”
Ryuuki: “Yeah, yeah, yeah!”
Seiran {sighs}: “Well then, I’m going for a little bit.”
{The sound of Seiran’s footsteps fades.}
Shuurei: “Sit over there, Ryuuki.”
{Ryuuki starts talking in this deep, suave, utterly ridiculous voice.} [You’ve got to hear it. XD]
Ryuuki: “Just tea is fine, Shuurei.”
Shuurei: “Eh? But I went through the trouble of making these manjuu-”
Ryuuki: “I came to talk to Shuurei.”
Shuurei: “Ryuuki-?”
{Ryuuki takes Shuurei’s hand.}
{Ryuuki slips back into a really silly, goofy voice.}
Ryuuki: “Ohuhuhoho~~! It’s silky smooth, isn’t it, Shuurei’s hand~~”
Shuurei: “H-h-hey, you. . .”
{Ryuuki reverts to the deep voice.}
Ryuuki: “That’s not right-”
{Ryuuki clears his throat and continues to do so for the next few lines, as his voice keeps shifting back and forth of its own accord.}
Ryuuki: “That’s-”
{Ryuuki clears his throat again.}
Ryuuki: “That’s-that’s not it. What I actually wanted to talk about. . .”
{Back to semi-normal voice.}
Ryuuki: “Wait a second. If you want to marry someone, how do you go about telling her a thing like that?”
Shuurei: “Ryuuki?”
Ryuuki: “Wait for a little bit; now I’m going to remember something.”
Shuurei: “G-going to remember?”
{Ryuuki starts thinking aloud, rambling on to himself.}
Ryuuki: “If I remember correctly. . .Shou-taishi told me, didn’t he? ‘When you want to marry a woman, there are all kinds of words you can use.’ Hmm. . . ‘I’d like to try the food dishes you make.’ But I’ve been eating them up until now, haven’t I? ‘Smile at my dirty things.’ But there are people who specialize in that overnight job, aren’t there? ‘Let’s make a baby together!’ {laughs} No, no, that’s a little too straightforward, isn’t it? Eh- “Let’s buy babies’ diapers together!’ Ooooooo~~ And with this, that’s certainly life-it’ll come much faster this way, won’t it? Yeah.
“After that, I wonder what I should say. . . ‘Come have sex with me.’ But that sounds kind of sinister, doesn’t it? ‘Why don’t you come sleep with me?’ And now that’s settled. Mmmmmm? Hmmmmm.”
Shuurei: “Ummm, Ryuuki-?”
Ryuuki: “Wait just a little longer! Whichever you want to do-do you have a suggestion?”
Shuurei: “A suggestion. . .for what?”
Ryuuki {mutters}: “I came up with a lot; I wonder which words are the best? Cooking? Babies? Yaaa, or-sex?
- - - - -
{sound of rainfall continues}
{sound of footsteps}
Kouyuu: “Shit, the department disappeared! Where in the world did it go-and without my permission?!”
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{sound of rainfall continues}
{sound of footsteps}
Shuuei {sighs}: “It was a lie after all. . . Thanks to that, I pointlessly came face to face with Sou-taifu during his training. I bet it was because His Majesty was going to the harem, right? Going back’s not an option now. . . Huh? Kouyuu!”
{footsteps}
Kouyuu: “Oh, Shuuei! You came to just exactly the right spot!”
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{footsteps}
Seiran: “Good grief, His Majesty is. . . For the sake of getting alone together with Miss, he went and told that awful lie!”
Shuuei: “Oh? Seiran!”
Kouyuu: “Seiran!”
Seiran: “Ran-shogun! Kouyuu-sama!”
{footsteps}
Seiran, Kouyuu, & Shuuei {exasperated}: “Honestly, that idiot emperor. . .!”
- - - - -
{rainfall tapers off}
Ryuuki {thinking hard}: “Ummmmm-! Errrrrr-!
{footsteps}
{voices from a little distance}
Seiran: “Miss, are you unharmed?”
Ryuuki: “Whu-?! He already came back!”
Shuuei: “Your Majesty!”
Kouyuu: “So you were in a place like this? GET BACK TO WORK!”
Ryuuki {gasps}: “Gah-! Anything but those two!”
{Ryuuki stutters quite a bit, carrying on, as the footsteps get closer.}
Ryuuki: “Uhuhuhuhuh, umumumumum-! Uh, uh, uh-! Come quickly, words; come quickly, words! Umm-cooking?! N-n-n-no, babies! Diapers? Yuuu~~ck! Uhh-sex?! W-with, w-with me-ehhhh, mine? N-nooo, ahhhh, ummmm-!”
Shuurei: “Ryuuki?!”
Ryuuki: “Ehhhh, ahhhh, ummmm-!”
Seiran, Kouyuu, & Shuuei: “HERE?!”
{Ryuuki shouts.}
Ryuuki: “Waaaaaa! Shu-shuurei!”
Shuurei: “W-what?!”
{Ryuuki’s voice is deep and dramatic. . .}
Ryuuki: “Please go buy diapers with me!” [* see note]
{birds chirping}
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{birds chirping}
Seiran: “Oh, Miss, the rain stopped.”
Shuurei: “That’s true~ Ah, the clouds are clearing. What a beautiful blue sky!”
Shuuei: “In reality, that real courage is dazzling, isn’t it~”
Kouyuu: “It’s so refreshing~ Summer’s short. . .”
Shuurei: “Oh, everyone, welcome! The tea is ready, and there’re manjuu, too!”
Shuuei: “Hah, how nice! How about we take a little break, Kouyuu?”
Kouyuu: “I agree. It’s necessary to take a break once in a while, too.”
Seiran: “Miss, I’ll help you with that.”
{sounds of footsteps, the clinking of silverware, and people slurping tea}
Shuuei: “Ahhh. . . Delicious!”
Kouyuu: “Yeah. . .it’s taking away the fatigue. . .”
Seiran: “As expected from Miss~”
Shuurei: “Well, since there is a lot-oh, would you like more tea? Here you go. . . . Ryuuki, how long are you planning to carry on like this? Come on. . .why don’t you come over here and sit down?”
Ryuuki: “Shuu~rei. . .”
Shuurei: “What kind of gloomy face are you making? {sighs} I’ll play the erhu, too.”
Ryuuki {listlessly}: “Un. . .”
Shuurei: “Then, hurry up and sit down.”
Ryuuki: “Un. . .”
{Ryuuki sits down.}
Shuurei: “Here, tea, manjuu. Since I didn’t know if Ryuuki would be coming, I made plenty of manjuu.”
Ryuuki: “Eh. . .? For my sake. . .? {Ryuuki takes a huge bite out of the manjuu.} . . . Delicious! This majuu-is honestly delicious! Shuu~rei~!”
Shuurei: “Then, I’ll play the erhu. Don’t just eat; make sure you listen properly.”
Ryuuki: “Yeah, yeah, yeah!”
{sound of Shuurei playing the erhu}
Ryuuki: “Shuurei. . .I. . .when it comes to Shuurei, I won’t give up. Someday. . .without fail. . .”
{sound of the erhu fades}
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*note: I’ve listened to it so many times, and Ryuuki might actually say, “Yo no oshime wo kaite kure,” but I couldn’t bring myself to write it that way. . . -_- Still, really? XD