Kara no Teikoku : The Empty Empire
written and illustrated by Naoe Kita
translation by ryuuen yanagi

Chapter Two: The New Emperor Idem VI

--page 37

Kiara: "Water. Water. Waaterrrrrrr~~~ We lost the Count and Kiriiiiii~~~~"

Rose: "No we didn't! Anyway, RUN RUN RUN!!"


--page 38

Ririka: "Eiri."

Eiri: "Ririka, this way!"

Count: "The exit should be in this direction. I don't know the way very well,
but this is the way we... .... The bridge is on the other side! We can't extend it!"

Eiri: "Ririka!"


--page 39

Ririka: "Eiri, you got it back for me? Leave it to me; this'll be easy, so it's 
okay! .... Heeeeh... this takes a long time...."

Count: "Wa... the water...."

Eiri: "Count, let's jump!"


--page 40

Count: "Wa~"

Ririka: "Waa... it worked."


--page 41

Ririka: "But we're still separated from Rose, huh..."

Eiri: "That's right, isn't it."

Ririka: "But, I'm so glad Rose is safe."

Eiri: "I told you, didn't I?"

Ririka: "Yeah. *heart*" (That's my Eiri for you...) "I feel a little more relaxed,
somehow..."

Count: "Eh?"

Ririka: "I don't think Rose will die as easily as Idea."


--page 42

Eiri: "No, perhaps not."

Ririka: "A... sorry, Eiri!" (I'm not crying, you know, right?)

Eiri: "That's okay."

Ririka: (I'm not crying! It's water! Water!)

Eiri: "I feel that way as well, so... hm? Count?"

Count: "I'm worried about Kirii and Kiara; I'm going back in once more."

Eiri: "It's no use. If you go back in there you'll either die or get lost. You
can't help them."

Count: "That's true, but... Himmel has Kirii.... so..."


--page 43

Migime: "We're fine if we don't do anything reckless, but... YOU! You knew that was
coming, didn't you."

Kirii: "Shut up! It was because you had the Count hostage! We care about the Count!"


--page 44

Migime: "...... He's that important to you?"

Kirii: "He's important."

Migime: "Well, then. You want to see that important person again, right?"

Kirii: "!"

Migime: "Or would you rather die here?"

Himmel: "Show us the way, please, faerie-chan. If you died here, the Count would
be horribly sad."

Kirii: "..... Count.... Kiara...."


--page 45

Rose: "Aaa.... I wasn't expecting that..." (I got all wet...)


--page 46

Rose: "Anyway, we haven't gotten any farther, have we. Hm? Which road is it?"

Kiara: ".........."

Rose: "You know the way, right? Tell me. What's wrong? You're not lively like always..."


--page 47

Rose: "This way? .....hm? ... UWAAHH~~!!"

Kiara: "It's probably that way."

Rose: "Eh?"


--page 48

Rose: "OH REALLY!!"

UWAAAAA~~~

Rose: "~~~~~~~~~ KIARA!! ...what's wrong? You're shaking.... Hm?"

Kiara: "Kirii....."


--page 49

Kiara: "Count..."

Count: "And another thing worries me. Kirii and Kiara... basically, they don't
trust people. I said that I found them in a pet dealership, but it was really a
horrible shop. Even when they were being fed, they must have been treated with
horrible violence. By the time I saved them, they had no trust in human beings.
They never said anything, but..."

--page 50

Count: "But one day..."

C: Kirii, Kiara...

K/K: !?

C: Hey, hey, don't run away! And don't get violent!! I'm just going to cut that
messy hair of yours! ... Hey, there we go. You didn't look so good that other way.

K/K: ......

C: And I gave you both a ribbon, too... (I put them in to see how it would look)


--page 51

C: It suits you.

K/K: Count... you're fun....

C: Eh? Ahh... Yeah, I guess, now that you mention it....

Count: "Whenever people came around, those two girls would hide... There was only
one other person to whom they looked with loving eyes."


--page 52

Count: "They're very delicate around people they don't trust. And if they think they
can't trust those people, there's nothing to stop them from killing them. The people
they are with are in danger. Neither Kirii nor Kiara thinks anything of killing
people; they were brought up in that kind of environment. Except for me and the other
person they trust, if they are uneasy, they might kill someone. However Himmel is
just the opposite... he knows the scent of killing people. Kirii will sense this from
him, most likely, but Rose-kun...."


--page 53

Count: "Rose-kun doesn't know that Kiara might kill him..."

Rose: "WHADDAREYA TRYING TO KILL ME?!"

Kiara: "That's right."

Rose: "Eh..."

Kiara: "But... because... my ribbon came undone..."


--page 54

Rose: "Does that "because" have any meanings?!"

Kiara: "It makes me uneasy!!"

Rose: "When you're uneasy, you kill?"

Kiara: "Yeah? Or otherwise that person might kill me."

Rose: "You don't think that when someone else is there, you should try to
help each other?"

Kiara: "Help? Why? Is there some merit in that?"

Rose: "~~~~~~~~~~ I dunno about that... but if your ribbon is undone, why don't
you just fix it?"


--page 55

Kiara: "But if I fix it then it'll look weird and uneven~~~~"

Rose: "There we go."


--page 56

Rose: "Ririka taught me how to tie even bows. There, that's okay, isn't it, Kiara.
Don't cry. I'll get you back to where Kirii and the Count are, so relax."


--page 57

Ririka: "Hey, you said that they're not uneasy around you and one other person, 
right? Who's the other person?"

Count: "Ah, that was, of course..."


--page 58

Kiara: "Idea."

Rose: "!? Did you say something?"

Kiara: "Nuh-uh... Rose. I'll show you the way!"

Rose: "Oh?"


--page 59

Rose: "Are you okay?" (You're a lot happier and livelier than before, huh...)

Kiara: "I'm okay---!"

Rose: "Hhhm? Well, it's good that you're cheered up, anyway. Ririka's power is
grand, isn't it..."

Kiara: "?"

Himmel: "Here? Hhmmmm. Hey, you over there. Open it."

Migime: "Himmel-dono!?"


--page 60

Himmel: "A test."

Migime: "......"

Guard: "UWAAAA!!"

Eileen: "Kya~"

Himmel: "So it won't even let anyone but Idea touch it, hmmmm... Idem, you
open it."


--page 61

Migime: "No, wait a minute, please."

Himmel: "Hm?"

Kiara: "This is it, Rose!"

Rose: "Wah!? Migime and them!?"

Himmel: "Oh, what good timing."

Kiara: "Kirii!? She's hurt!!"

Rose: "You guys...!!"

Kirii: "Kiara!"

Himmel: "Because she defied us."

Migime: "Rose! If you want to help this child, then you open it."

Rose: "Eh"


--page 62

Migime: "It's a door that Idea can open. That doesn't mean that a clone will be
safe. If Idea put some kind of limit on it..."

Eiri: "It might have something that knows when it's not Idea?"

Count: "Idea predicted the creation of a clone. And he told me that 'an Idea who
is not Idea' was coming. Would Idea unconditionally hand everything over to a clone,
Eiri? The way he was..."


--page 63

Eiri: "That's a good question, isn't it..."

A door that only Idea can open.

"I'm not Idea!"

"Not Idea!"

With that limitation, can I open it?

Kiara: "Rose."


--page 64

Rose: "But I promised, didn't I."

Kirii: "Idea....?"

Rose: "That I would get you back to where the Count is. And of course, Kirii, too."

Himmel: "Well, then... open it, if you will, 'Idea'..."




Chapter Two - The New Emperor Idem VI - FIN
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