Kara no Teikoku : The Empty Empire written and illustrated by Naoe Kita translation by ryuuen yanagi Chapter Two: Name of the God II --page 48 Migime: "Does your wound hurt?" Rose: "Nah, it's okay now." (He's being awfully nice... They told me Migime was dangerous.) --page 49 Rose: (I think I'm getting used to him because of his eye.) Migime: "What?" Rose: "Uh... nothing." (Purple-colored. The same as Eiri. ...it couldn't be that the person Eiri was talking about, who helped Idea, ... is this person, could it?) --page 50 Rose: (I shouldn't think about Eiri.) (You planned it, didn't you.) (You know that you giving me a name wouldn't have as much meaning!) Rose: (Falling in love with Ririka... was because Idea loved her. And so I, the clone, did, too.) "...." --page 51 Rose: (Eventually, to be able to cross over Idea and to CROSS OVER Idea will become something that I will want. I can see it.) "Idea's body is here, isn't it!" (I've already decided to forget about Ririka.) "Show it to me! That's why I came." Migime: "Be my guest. This way." Rose: (I want to see Idea so that I can be freed of his curse.) Migime: "Eileen, please return home now." Eileen: (Eeeeh...) --page 52 Migime: "These stairs are difficult to walk, so please be careful." Rose: "'kay." (Idea is here?) "......" "WAAAH!" *thud* --page 53 Migime: "Rose?!" Rose: (WAAHH~~~~) Migime: "Are you alright?" Rose: "Ow ow ow... why do you know that name?" Migime: "Isn't that name your name? Rose?" --page 54 Migime: "It's your name because of that scar on your forehead, isn't it... doesn't it suit you?" (You have a flower-shaped scar on your forehead, so... 'Rose'.) Rose: "...suit me?" --page 55 (I don't know Idea! It's not that you resemble Idea! Emperor Idea resembles you!) Migime: "......anyway, you and Idea are not alike." Rose: "Eh?" Migime: "Why did Eiri only come close?" --page 56 Migime: "Look, please. It's Idea." *heartbeat* --page 57 Ririka: "Hey, Eiri? What kind of person was the person you gave your right eye to?" Eiri: "A person who hated Idea." Ririka: "Huh? But you said he helped Idea?" Eiri: "He helped him, but... because of that, his lover lost her life." --page 58 Eiri: "Originally, he was my assistant. We worked on the cloning project together. Sometimes, when I went to visit Idea, he would come to the castle with me. He knew her from when he was a guard for Idea, but..." --page 59 Eiri: "There was an assassination attempt, and protecting Idea, she was killed. 'Migime' was blinded, but..." nurse: "With cloning, we can heal it, but... would you like an artificial eye?" Migime: "N... no. Eiri, give me your eye." Eiri: "Eh?" Migime: "This is because I helped your precious Idea. As thanks, won't you give me one of your original eyes? If you give me yours..." --page 60 Eiri: "Because of my genetic make-up, we were unable to clone another eye. I made an artificial one. Idea regretted the loss of my eye, but..." Idea: "It was a pretty eye..." Eiri: "And from then on I didn't have a right eye. It's said that he never forgave Idea." Ririka: "Um... hey. Speaking of which.... why did Rose run off? You know, don't you, Eiri?" --page 61 Dust: "Yeah, yeah, Eiri! What did you say to him!? Let's ask the source, shall we?! If he doesn't know, then we're in big trouble!" Eiri: *glance* "-------- Ummmm.... .....I said that Idea loved Ririka... (sorry, Idea!).... that might have been it..." Dust: "WH--- WHAT?!?! IDEA DID?!?! You've got to be KIDDING! That's the first I've heard of it!!" Ririka: "...me? How? He'd never seen me?" --page 62 Rose: "I'm... I'm going to look!" Migime: "It's okay if you don't." Rose: "Lemme see! Move!! ...!" --page 63 Rose: (Nothing there.) "After all that!! Where did you put Idea!? Migime!! ....Migime? ? Where'd he go?" --page 64 Rose: "Migime! What's wrong with Idea!" Migime: "I have always hated Idea." Rose: "!" Migime: "When he died, my hatred for him increased a thousand fold. For what purpose did I lose my eye? I didn't know. And for what purpose did she die?" Rose: "!" --page 65 Migime: "You are different from Idea, but it true that you can use his abilities. You are most certainly 'Idea'." Rose: "Give back Idea!" Migime: "I will. If I complete my task." Rose: "Task?" Migime: "You should know, shouldn't you?" Rose: "!" --page 66 Migime: "It's an elegant name, isn't it, Rose-kun." Rose: (These are...) --page 67 Rose: (A warning. Idea's body is dangerous... why...?) Ririka: "Rose!" --page 68 Rose: "Ri-... Ririka?" *step step step step* *smack* Rose: "Wa~~ What're ya doing?! Without warning like that..." Ririka: "That's MY line!! What were you trying to pull!?" Rose: "Eh?" Ririka: "Eiri told me." Rose: "!" Ririka: "He said that Idea loved me." --page 69 Ririka: "So why then did you run off on me, Rose?! It was awful!!" Rose: " 'Awful' ..." Ririka: "Because Idea loved me!! I didn't know about it! Why did you have to go and run away?! You're different, aren't you?! You're not connected to Idea, right?! How do you feel, Rose, you're not Idea, right?! So then... do you hate me, Rose?" --page 70 Rose: "I love you. .... ACK!!" Ririka: "? Well, then that's alright, isn't it. What's to worry about?" --page 71 Rose: "...oh." Ririka: "?" Rose: (Idea loved Ririka, but Ririka didn't know Idea.) "Ririka, you didn't know anything about Idea." Ririka: "Nope. I didn't know of him." --page 72 Ririka: "How long did Idea love me, I wonder... It's puzzling. We never met." Rose: (Idea's undercover excursions... Ririka doesn't know about them. Even though she's met that person...) "Well, then... fall in love with me." Ririka: "?" Rose: "If you fall in love with me, then I win." --page 73 Ririka: "Win WHAT. I'm not some prize in your race with Idea." Rose: "Yeah, but still... it will be nice if you fall in love with me. It'll be okay, you'll see. I'll become a good man." --page 74 (But it was useless.) Ririka: "What?!" (I decided to forget, but...) Ririka: (Be more humble!! I was worried about you!!!) Rose: (Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.) (But I couldn't forget.) (Because of Idea.) Rose: "Eiri." Eiri: "It was wrong of me. Even if I did the work, the choice should have been yours. It was your decision, but--" Rose: "It's okay, Eiri. Even if you hadn't done the work. And Ririka, too." --page 75 Rose: "It would be the same, probably." Eiri: "Really." Rose: "WA~" Ririka: "Eiri." (Acting weird, aren't you...) Eiri: "Is this a wound bandaged?" Rose: "Oh! Oh, yeah! That 'Migime'. He said that he detested Idea. What did he mean by that? His eye was the same color as Eiri's." Eiri: "!" --page 76 Eiri: "So, it's as I thought." Eileen: "Heeeey, Migime. What are you making?" Migime: "A clone." Eileen: "Eh? What? Are you hurt somewhere? Your hand or your leg or somewhere under your cape?" Migime: "No. It's a whole body." Eileen: "Eeeee----. That's illegal, isn't it? What are you making?!" Migime: "Nothing in particular... until it opens its eyes." Eileen: "EH?!?" Migime: "It's about to... open its eyes." Eileen: "EEEEHHH???!!!" --page 77 Eileen: "Doesn't this mean you went and made a human being?! What are you doing?!" Migime: "That's not quite right. It's Idea's body, so you might say that I'm making a god." Eileen: "Eh... someone the same as Idea..." --page 78 Migime: "Theeeere we go." (Well, what will you do?) "There is another god. Idea's body has become two people. So... which is the god?" Chapter 2: Name of the God II - FIN translations copyright ryuuen 1999 reproduction in whole or in part is absolutely forbidden furthermore, if you do, i'll send Himmel after you and THEN you'll be sorry... ufufufu