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

Chapter Three: The New Emperor Idem VII

--page 66

A door that nobody but Idea can open.

If any person but Idea touches it, they die.


--page 67

Death.............?


--page 68

Or the emperor............?


--page 70

Rose: "......it opened."


--page 71

Soldiers: "OOOOOOOH!" "Incredible!!" "That's Idea's clone, for you!!"

Kiara: "Thank goodness, Rose!"

Soldiers: "Why did it open!? Last time it was flooded with electric current!!"

Rose: "......."


--page 72

Migime: "It appears to open by fingerprint recognition."

Soldiers: "Just as we thought! 'Nobody but Idea'...!?"  "He's a clone, so he's got
the same fingerprints as Idea, huhhh.... but then...."

They're realizing it.

Me...

That I'm Idea's clone...

That I'm Idea's replacement...

Rose: "......."


--page 73

Himmel: "Just you'd expect from Idea's clone."

Rose: (I didn't want to die, but...)

Kiara: "Rose?"

Rose: (I didn't want it to open, either.) "Nothing."


--page 74

Soldiers: "If it's open, then we can go in." "What's Idea's treasure!?"

Kirii: "Ah~ Rose!"

Rose: "Kirii!"

Soldiers: "UWAAAAAAAA"

Himmel: "Eh?"


--page 75

Rose: "!?"


--page 76

Eileen: "Kya, Migime! Those people..."

Migime: "It's because they were greedy."

Himmel: "Rose-kun, you go in."


--page 77

Rose: "!? Why me!?"

Himmel: "You feel like fighting Idem again? You wouldn't be able to protect
those two girls..."

Rose: "! Kirii, Kiara. You two stay here."

Kirii/Kiara: "Rose!"

Rose: ("If you get a chance, run away.") *sneak sneak*

Kirii: ("But Rose, what about you?")

Rose: "I'll be okay."


--page 78

Idem: "I can't go in?"

Migime: "You have another goal. Don't do anything to get hurt needlessly."

Idem: "........"

If Idea was MY clone...

Rose: ".........."

Would I give him everything, unconditionally?


--page 79

I wouldn't hand over something important when I didn't know what kind of person
they were. If it were me. If I were Idea..... If I were only Idea....

....to a normal person....

Kirii: "Rose! Use that thing on your head!!"

Rose: "This?"

Kirii: "He said if someone wore it, they'd know... Idea did."


--page 80

Be popular...

Rose: "Infrared rays! If I don't trip these, I'll be okay. I think."

And...

Be strong...

Rose: "Eh..."


--page 81

Rose: "Wa~ Erk~ EEEY!"

Be something...

A person who accomplishes things...

Rose: "!"


--page 82

Rose: "This is Idea's inheritance?   !?"


--page 83

Rose: "Wa... UWAAAAAAAA!!!"

Kirii/Kiara: "Rose!?"


--page 84

*rollrollrollroll*

Himmel: "This was a thing that... nobody else could have gotten, isn't it."

Eileen: "Wow! Diamonds! I wonder what carot?"

Himmel: "Let's withdrawl."

Migime: "What about Rose?"

Himmel: "He's not dead? I don't want to go into that trap, so he can wake
himself up."

Kirii/Kiara: "Rose!"

Idea...


--page 85

Count: "Rose-kun hasn't opened his eyes yet?"

Kirii: "......."

Kiara: "Rose!"

Ririka: "He's okay. I keep telling you, Rose is different from Idea."


--page 86

Ririka: "He won't die as easily as Idea did."

Kirii: "Yeah, huh."

Kiara: "He looks just like him, but... he's different, isn't he? He's nothing
like Idea?"

Migime: "Idem."


--page 87

Migime: "This is where you were? The crowning ceremony is starting."

Idem: "Why couldn't I open it?"

Migime: "Eh?

Idem: "The very first door! Why wasn't I allowed to open the door that only
Idea could open!? If it was based on fingerprints, then I should have been able
to open it, too! Because I'm Idea's clone, TOO!!"


--page 88

Migime: "..........there's no need to gamble without reason, right? How did it
open? We didn't know."

Idem: "! Migime, I'm the same as Idea, right? You made me that way, didn't you?"

Migime: "That's right. If I hadn't, then your name "Idem" would have no meaning, 
would it?"

Count: "Miss, your ribbon is untied."

Kiara: "It's true."

Count: "Shall I fix it?"


--page 89

Ririka: "Eh.... but...."

Rose: "....I'll do it."

Ririka: "!?"

Rose: "Ririkaaa... Huh? Where am I?"

Ririka: "ROSE!?"

"Thank goodness!! You opened your eyes~~!! Kyaaa~~~ Rose!!"

Rose: "Wa~! Ow ow ow!"

"Kyaaa~!"

Count: "Ooh, popular guy!"

Rose: "What happened to me?"

Count: "You got Idea's inheritance, and then collapsed."


--page 90

Rose: "The inheritance... I don't... have..."

Kiara: "It was a jewelled crown!"

Count: "Wrong. You should have received Idea's power. The crown goes along with
that."

Rose: "Then, I..."

Eiri: "It means you won."

Rose: "AH! EIRI!"

Eiri: "You could say it's the final victory."

Rose: "Well YOU'RE in a good mood... But... I went and opened it?"


--page 91

Rose: "Idea's door..."

Eileen: "Migime~~"

Migime: "Hm?"

Eileen: "Does the name 'Idem' mean anything?"

Migime: "Oh, yeah. Didn't I tell you? 'IDEM' in Latin means "the same thing".
So you could say it means "same"."


--page 92

The same....

Minister: "Idem. From hereafter thou art the new generation of Idea, the new emperor.
The placing of this crown upon thine head stands as proof."

The same as Idea...

...as him...


--page 93

Rose: "There."

Ririka: "Goooood!" (Cute?) "You've gotten strangely sweet, huh..."

Rose: "Not at all... it's helped me get this far."


Chapter Three - The New Emperor Idem VII - FIN
don't take the translations, please!
I'd hate to have to send Bloody after you. >=D