Kara no Teikoku : The Empty Empire written and illustrated by Naoe Kita translation by ryuuen yanagi Chapter Three: Counterfeit Love VI --page 68 *guns all being drawn at once* --page 69 Himmel: "You mustn't kill him. He received a precious inheritance, because he is a clone of Idea." Ririka: "Rose...." Rose: "Well, then, Ririka isn't a part of this." Himmel: "All those involved with Idea cannot ignore the fact that she was the one Idea had feelings for." --page 70 *SMASH* Rose: "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" Ririka: "Incredible." Rose: If he had been serious when using that kind of power.... (I'm gonna die...) Bloody: "Be caught like an adult." --page 71 Rose: "Don't wanna." Bloody: "You little..." Ririka: "Rose!?" --page 72 Dust: "Hey, woman! Here!" Ririka: "Eh?" Rose: "Dust!" Ririka: "Mine~ *heart*" --page 73 guards: "It's an escapee! Shoot him!" Dust: "WAA~~" Rose: "Ririka!" Ririka: "Yeah!" guard: "Ah?! The clone ran away!" Idem: "Why doesn't he use Idea's power?" Migime: "Idem. You are not to follow them!" Idem: "!" (background: follow theeeeem!) --page 74 guard: "Moron! We've been told not to kill him! Shoot his legs! !?" Rose: "Outta my way!" guard: "WA~" --page 75 guards: "WAAA~" Ririka: "You over there! What are you doing to Rose!?" guard: "UWA~" Rose: "Ririka, this way!" --page 76 Idem: "Migime, why? Why won't you allow me to go?" Migime: "I've told you, haven't I? There's no reason to risk danger." Idem: "What are you saying is dangerous!? You mean I might lose to him!?" --page 77 Migime: "I'm not saying that." Idem: "Aren't you!? I would never lose to him! Please! Let me fight him!" Migime: "No." Idem: "Why! Because of Idea's inheritance? But even before that happened, you never let me act, even at the most crucial times!" --page 78 Migime: "It's best that you yourself do not know the reason for that." Idem: ".....!?" Rose: "We can get out from here." Ririka: "It's narrow, isn't it..." (And it looks far...) --page 79 Rose: "Anyway, I'm glad you're safe, Ririka. Let's hurry and go home to Eiri's place." Ririka: "..............." Rose: "Ririka?" Ririka: "Rose, I... can't go back to Eiri's place." Rose: "Why?" --page 80 Ririka: "Because of this face." Rose: "Ow, ow. What?" Ririka: "Because of Idea. Because Eiri... if Idea hadn't loved me, then Eiri probably wouldn't care about me." Rose: "....... I don't think that's the case, but..." --page 81 Rose: "And anyway, if you don't ask Eiri about it, you'll never know, right?" Ririka: "And what would I do if he says 'yeah, you're right', huh!?!?!" Rose: "Eh~ Ririka." Ririka: *sniffle sniffle* "Eiri loves you, Rose, so you can't possibly understand my feelings of unrequited love." Rose: "Loves me?" (Eiri image: *evil chuckle*) Rose: "Although he treats me terrible, you know~~~" --page 82 Ririka: "But Eiri loves you Rose. Must be nice... I wanted to be you, Rose, because then Eiri would love me." Rose: "But that's half Idea's fault, isn't it?" Ririka: "And by the same Idea's fault, he'll never love me." --page 83 Ririka: "Isn't it awful? And I've never even met Idea." Because Idea Is already dead --page 84 Because he's dead... Rose: "Ah! I forgot about Idea!! I was gonna get Idea out of here!" Ririka: "Eh? Impossible! How would you get a corpse out in these circumstances!?" (And besides that I don't wanna! Carrying around a dead body...) "Eh? Huh?" Rose: "Ririka, be careful!" --page 85 Ririka: "KYA~~~" Rose: "UWAA LET GO!!" Bloody: "Hiding out in a place like this?" Rose: "UWA~" Ririka: "Rose!?" --page 86 Rose: "Ow ow ow" Ririka: "Kya~" Bloody: "This is as far as you go. The army has been strengthened on all roads leading down." Rose: (He's strong.) *throbbing pain* --page 87 Bloody: "Don't cause an unreasonable amount of trouble. I should have torn off your arms and legs." *bang* Bloody: "!" Dust: "Are you alright, 'Idea'!?" Rose: "Dust!" *plink plink* Bloody: "........." Dust: "Geh, it's not working~" --page 88 Rose: "UWA~ LET GO!" Bloody: "Hmph. I'm not supposed to kill you, am I. Humans break so easily... so fragile... and die so soon." --page 89 Bloody: "....die... so soon...." Ririka: "Let go of Rose!!" Bloody: "!" Ririka: "Kya~!" Rose: "Ririka!" Bloody: "!" --page 90 Ririka: "That huuuuuuurt!" *spacing out* Rose: "!" He let up! *KICK* Bloody: "..............." --page 91 Himmel: "What are you doing, Bloody?" Bloody: "Himmel!" Himmel: "Have you gone and remembered something from the past?" Bloody: "......." Himmel: "You were created to kill people, so you mustn't hesitate." Although, this time it would be bad if you killed them. Bloody: ? What are these memories? "I understand. I just had a small flashback, is all." --page 92 Ririka: "Rose, even if we go up to the top, there's nowhere there to run!" going around and around~ Rose: "If we get caught, we can run away by jumping down." Ririka: "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ if it's from this high then we'll die!" Rose: "But if we go down, we'll get captured. This is the top." --page 93 Rose: "Idem!" Idem: "Rose, you couldn't fly, could you." --page 94 Idem: "No matter what Migime says, I'm going to bring an end to this." guard: "Idem-sama in a place like that!!" Migime: "Eh? Idem, you're over-reacting... this should have been left to that android...." Himmel: "Migime. If I recall, being king is fairly easy, but..." --page 95 Himmel: "It might be good to let Idem use his powers." Migime: "That's not possible. Idem is not perfect. If he uses too much of his power, then..." Himmel: "Well, goodness, if he becomes useless, then we can just make another one." --page 96 Himmel: "Because so long as we have Idea's body, we can make as many clones as we'd like." Count: "Eiri, something's happening at the castle." Eiri: "Yeah... Well, then, shall we go?" --page 97 Idem: "This is the second time I've fought you, isn't it. I thought you were dead... and to think that you've gotten Idea's inheritance since!" --page 98 *loud noise* --page 99 Rose: "UWA~?!" Ririka: "Rose!? Rose, are you okay!?" Rose: "Yeah..." Whoa, that startled me... Idem: "Show me." --page 100 Idem: "The power of Idea's inheritance. If you don't, then you'll die." Rose: I don't even know myself what will happen! Before, it was based on my emotional state, and everything got confusing! "If I use the power, then Ririka will become involved, because I can't control it. Idem, you might be killed, too." Idem: "!" --page 101 Idem: "Under these circumstances... you intend to be compassionate?" Rose: "......... I just want you to leave me alone." Idem: "You little!!" Ririka: "Rose!" Rose: "!" --page 102 Rose: "Kid and the rest?" Idem: "Ch'" --page 103 Kid: "We came to rescue you!" Rose: "Kid! Eiri! Everyone!" Kid: "Try and jump up here!" Rose: "Um, no way..." Ririka: "Eiri...." Rose: "Ririka?" Ririka: "Rose, I..." Rose: "Anyway, we have to get out of here first!" Idem: "Wait!" --page 104 Idem: "If I have to give that girl that the real Idea loved to you, then... I'll kill her!" Ririka: "Eh?" Rose: "IDEM!?" Count: "Kid!? Can't you do something!?" Kid: "Not from here! Not when the target is one person!" --page 105 Rose: Can't I somehow get away from Idea's influence? Idea... --page 106 If I could control Idea's power... I would somehow make it so that it can't hurt anyone... That this power would only be... --page 107 To protect... Count: "This castle! Eiri, that's..." Eiri: "Yeah... that's Idea's power." --page 108 Rose: "Ririka?" *cough* Ririka: "I... wasn't expecting that." Rose: "Ririka!" --page 109 Rose: "Thank goodness, you're okay!" Ririka: (I really wasn't expecting that...) Rose: "Idem!? IDEEEM! IDEEEEEEM!" Ririka: "......... Did Idem fall off or something?" *loom* Ririka: "Kya~?!" --page 110 Ririka: "!" (Why, you!) Idem: "Ugh..." Ririka: "......? Are you okay?" You're not trying anything anymore! Idem: "I can't use my power..." Ririka: "You're not really hurt." Just all scruffed up. (background, Rose: IDEEEEM? Huh? Ririka's gone, too?) --page 111 Ririka: "Ro-" Idem: "Hey, woman!" Ririka: "What." Idem: "This is an order." Ririka: "Huh?" Idem: "He's the one person you can't fall in love with." Ririka: "Eh?" --page 112 Idem: "Rose alone you are not to fall in love with. Eiri's fine. Any other man is fine. Any human being on the planet is fine. But DO NOT FALL IN LOVE WITH ROSE." I won't allow him to become Idea's replacement! "He alone..." --page 113 Idem: "You can't fall in love with. If you do, I'll kill you." Ririka: "Idem...." --page 114 Ririka: "You want to become Idea that much?" Idem: "Yeah. So for that purpose, I will some day possess you." Ririka: "!" Rose: "Ririka!" Found you! "! Idem! What are you doing!?" *GRAB* --page 115 Rose: "!" Bloody: "It's incredible, isn't it. Idea's power." Rose: "Let go!" Bloody: "....... The power from just now made me remember. About when I first killed a person without being ordered to. Because I had such incredible power, I killed a person without meaning to." --page 116 Bloody: "But with a body that was manufactured to kill, that's only natural. There is nothing but what we are created to do. That clone Idem is the same. And you, too. If you consider this, you can't run away any more. Because you are 'Idea'." Rose: "......that has nothing to do with this!" --page 117 Rose: "How should anyone know what they were born for!? Shouldn't everyone be allowed to live as they like!? How can I live just to be Idea's replacement!? The fact that Idea had this power has nothing to do with it! I'm different than Idea!!" Kid: "Well, then, are you done talking? Oh, Mr. Android, you sure seem strong. Let go of Rose!" Rose: "Kid!" --page 118 Kid: "Well, you know.. no matter how durable your body's frame has been built, it won't make it through okay, right?" Idem: "Bloody, release him. The one to kill Rose will be me." Eiri: "That's wise. Also, if you return Rose unharmed, Idem, then you will no longer have any use." Idem: "! Eiri, you bastard..." Eiri: "It's the truth. On top of that, Himmel and his people want the clone that's closest to Idea, right? If a clone's all they want, then they can make as many as they want because they have Idea's body. If it's a clone like you, Idem." --page 119 Eiri: "They can make as many as they want." Idem: "... what are..." Eiri: "But, that is talk of 'if they have Idea's body'. It's an 'if'. If, they no longer had Idea's body, then they couldn't make another one. You would never become useless. You would become an even more precious clone." Idem: "..........." --page 120 Idem: "They couldn't make another? That would mean that I would be the only clone that Migime and his people could make into Idea?" Eiri: "Well, that's how it is, isn't it." guard: "Get away from Idem-sama!" Kid: "WA~ They're here!" Eiri: "Ririka! Into the ship!" --page 121 Eiri: "Ririka?" Ririka: "Eiri... Was it because Idea loved me that... um.... that I... but..." Eiri: "Ririka... let's go home together." --page 122 Ririka: I'm all alone. Eiri: Well then, come to my home. It's not 'going' is it. It's 'going home'. Let's go home together; this will become your home. Ririka: The fact that it was because of Idea... I know that, but... but... and it might be conceited, but... "Yeah." That's not all it is. "I'll go home." I... --page 123 Ririka: I really wanted to go home. Himmel: Fast ship... --page 124 Rose: "After all that, I didn't get Idea's body, did I." Iriya: "However, your safety is most important." Eiri: "We had no other options. You can remedy it later. And actually, Idem might do something about it, too." Kiara: Rose~ Rose: "Eh?" Eiri: "Ah, speaking of which, Ririka. Did Idem say anything to you?" --page 125 Rose: "EEEH?!" Ririka: "Oh, yeah, um... It was about Rose, and not to fall in lo---" Rose: "About me!?" Ririka: "....... No, just 'say hi to Rose'." Hi, Rose. Kirii: Blood. Rose: "What the hell's with that~~~" Ririka: "I love Eiri, but... I might love Idem, too. That disposition..." Rose: "EH?! What's this all of a sudden!?" Ririka: "But it's okay, Rose, I love you, too." Rose: "Eh?" Ririka: "....I love you." --page 126 Ririka: "I love everyone. *heart*" Eiri: "Ririka, that's..." Poor Rose. sign: DEMON Ririka: "Did I say something odd?" Rose: "~~~~~~~" Ririka: "But I HATE being ordered around. 'Don't fall in love with him', hmmmm?" Rose: "Eh?" Ririka: "AH! But I HATE Idea! Because I love Eiri! I love Eiri best of all!" Eiri: Oh, really. Chapter Three - Counterfeit Love VI - FIN don't take the translations, please! I'd hate to have to send Bloody after you. >:D