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

Chapter Five: Counterfeit Love II

--page 128

*SLAM*


--page 129

Rose : "Ow~ OW!! What a violent way to treat a guy."

guard: "Be careful! That's Idea-sama's clone."

guard 2: "He's like a monster."


--page 130

Rose: "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY, YOU--!!"

guard: "Waa~~"

Rose: "!! Waa! ....wha?!"

guard: "That cell has a strong electric current and uses an anti-ESP device.
If you don't want to die, then don't touch it."

Rose: (Geh...) "Kid...." (This isn't going to work...) Hurry up and come
rescue me-----!


--page 131

Kid: "Look, Ayako, it's Rose's reward. Money~ Money~" *heart*

Ayako: "Kid, aren't you going to go help Rose?"

Kid: "........"

Ayako: "Aren't you getting a little tired of this?" You promised you would go
help him, but...

servant: "Eiri-san."


--page 132

servant: "It seems there have been no newcomers to any of the brothels."

Eiri: "I see."

servant: "No matter how you look at it, if it's THAT RIRIKA, nobody would
buy her, anyway. To look at, she seems like quality merchandise, but her
personality is just..." It'd be almost masochistic... Touch her and she'd
kill you! 

(background: I'll kill you~)

Eiri: "Well, she's that way with other people. But with me, she's very obedient."

servant: O... oh.


--page 133

old man: "Hm? If you're talking about Ririka, then I've seen her."

Eiri: "Eh?"

old man: "A tall man draped in a cloth was carrying her, I think. He was heading
towards the palace."

servant: "What did you say?!"

old man: "It seemed like he was going home from a big upset at the brothel, but..."

Eiri: "To a larger one at the palace."

Ayako: "What? Ririka-chan was sold to the palace?"

Eiri: "Hm? Ayako-san."


--page 134

Ayako: "Rose went there too, with Kid, to get the reward."

Eiri: "What do you mean?"

Ayako: "Well, they made a plan that they would get the reward from the palace,
and then Rose would escape afterwards, but...." I told them to stop it, but...

Eiri: "...............  Why doesn't anyone tell me anything anymore?" Hhmmm.
"At any rate, Kid is under-estimating the palace."

Ayako: "Eh?"

Eiri: "If it were the old palace, there would be holes in the security, but..."


--page 135

Eiri: "It's different now. Now Himmel is there."

Rose: "!?"


--page 136

Himmel: "We caught you pretty easily, didn't we."

Rose: "Who're you?" If I remember right, this guy was with Idem's group....

Himmel: "You've laid out a plan, right?"

Rose: "EH?!"

Himmel: "You haven't revealed anything, but your face says it all."


--page 137

Rose: "EH!"

Himmel: HA HA HA HA "You really can't hide anything, can you, kid?" How cute~~
"You really are different than Idem. You were created by that genius Eiri, so
I had thought you might be a challenge, but...."

Rose: "A challenge?"


--page 138

Migime: "Himmel-dono*, that's dangerous. What are you doing?"
 * -dono is an old-fashioned version of -san.

Rose: "Ah! Migime!!"

Migime: "Well, how savage."

Himmel: "It's not dangerous. He doesn't need to take me hostage, he can just
escape anytime; the electricity's cut."

Rose: "A~"

Himmel: "Someone's coming to rescue him; that's what he's waiting around for,
right? I wonder if it's that pirate-kun who got the reward money?"


--page 139

Migime: "Alert the guards."
 
Himmel: "That's right. I've taken great pains to make this boy the bait... to
capture Kid."

Migime: "He's really an idiot, that clone. Trying to get his own reward money..."

Himmel: "Right." heh heh heh "Idea would never have done that."


--page 140

Himmel: "The person who is trying to be the same as Idea, and the person who is
trying to be different from Idea... I wonder which is the stronger? But, a strong
person is not always a necessary one, of course."

Rose: Kid! What should I do? We've been discovered! It's my fault; stay away!
STAY AWAY, KID!


--page 141

Kid: "Hhhhmmmmm? That's weird; it seems like they're short on security. Yeah!
An easy victory!! Let's go, ya lugs!!"

crew: "Yeah!"


--page 142

Himmel: "Perfect. Congratulations. Bloody brought her here. Idem, you wanted
this girl, right?"

Idem: "Yeah."

"The girl Idea loved."


--page 143

If I can come to love this girl, then I might also be able to become more like
Idea.

servants: "WAAAHH?!"

Maid: "Kya~!"

Himmel: "Kid's here. But..."


--page 144

Himmel: "It's not time for you to come out yet."

Kid: "Uwaah~ What the hell! As soon as I get inside the castle, there's people
everywhere! UGAAA! You're in the way!! MOVE IT!!"


--page 145

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

What should I do? I shouldn't have let him talk me into this.
It's my fault.
If I were stronger I could do something........ like.... if I were Idea......

Rose: "Shit! That can't be right!! .....! WAH~?!"

Iriya: "Rose-sama."


--page 146

Rose: "Iriya!?"

Iriya: "The power has been cut. Kid is keeping the enemy busy. Quickly!"

Rose: "W... what are you doing here!? I heard you'd disappeared; I was worried."

Iriya: "Not at all. I knew that if I stayed here, you would certainly return
eventually."


--page 147

Iriya: "Right now, you are this place's master, are you not?"

Rose: "Iriya.... gee.... you're making too much of it..."

Iriya: "Am I?"

Rose: "I'm not impressive like Idea. I've come back, but it wasn't really for
fixing things up."


--page 148

Iriya: "It's the same. You're here, aren't you?"

Rose: "Iriya....." When you believe in me this much... "Iriya."

Iriya: "Yes?"

I feel like there's nothing I can't do.

Rose: "Beccause of you, Iriya, I feel like I can do anything!"

Iriya: Eh? What on earth?


--page 149

Maybe... even the so-called Almighty Idea felt like this at first.

Rose: "Let's go help Kid."

Kid: "SHIT! The enemy isn't thinning out at all! We can't gain any ground!"


--page 150

Kid: "Waa~ You bastard! Have a care for a guy's body!"

guard: "What'd you say!? From a pirate like you!?"

Kid: "Shut the hell up!! The only one who's allowed to scar my face... IS IDEA!!"

crew: "Aaa! They're making fun of Kid-sama, too! Hurry and find Rose!!"

servants: "Waa~" "Wa~"


--page 151

Rose: "Kid! Are you okay!?"

Kid: "Yo!" (Whoa, that scared me.) "You got out, Rose?"

Rose: "Yeah, Iriya let me out."

Kid: "Anyway, hurry and get rid of these guys with your ESP."

Rose: "Hhhhhmmmmmm; it seems like my powers are a lot stronger, but my control's
gotten worse. And it's a little dangerous, so it's faster to use my hands."

Kid: "What? Well, then, you're still no use."

Rose: "WAH~~?!"


--page 152

Kid: "Hey, lugs! We've got what we came for! Move out!"

Rose: Geh...

crew: Yaaay~~

Rose: "OWAAAA!! PUT ME DOWN!" Waa~~!!

Kid: "You'll be alright, too. If you get strong."


--page 153

Rose: "? What?"

Kid: "Just hurry and get strong. Yeah. You're a light-weight."

Rose: "THAT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE HUGE, KID!!" Heey! I said put me down!!

Kid: "If you're embarrassed, then try to beat me." heh heh heh I'm two meters tall~~

Rose: "Hey; I AM trying to beat you!!"

Iriya: "Quickly; this way. It's a shortcut."


--page 154

Rose: "Aaaah, my goal was Idea and I didn't get to see him."

Kid: "Fix it another time! We can't do anything more here; we'll win by running
away!"

Rose: "I know, but... " Cut it out and put me down! "Huh? Was that...?"


--page 155

Rose: "Ririka!?"


--page 156

Rose: WHY------!? "Kid, stop---! It's Ririka!!" She's here!?




Chapter Five - Counterfeit Love II - FIN
don't take the translations, please!
I'd hate to have to send Bloody after you. >=D