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shivalriesChapter 8: Moonlit Rebellion
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[Leo Palace – Balcony]
Leo: I can no longer remain the naked king. I am the King of Knights.
Arashi: Ufufu♪ I don’t know what happened, but you have such a wonderful look on your face…☆
Leo: Wahahaha! So you came too, Naru! And Suo~!
But where’s Sena? Is he too shy to come out?
Heeey, Sena! Come on out, grumpy~!
Tsukasa: Hm? I heard Sena-senpai stayed behind at the bar, but then, why is Ritsu-senpai here…?
Ritsu: Hey. You know what happened, right, Ecchan?
Harriet: He should also be in the palace right now. I had no doubts that he has failed to meet up with anyone yet.
Yuu: But considering those things that attacked us, wouldn’t it be dangerous to be alone…?
Arashi: Mmm, you’re right. We shouldn’t be sitting around here right now.
Tsukasa: I agree. Let us hurry and find Sena-senpai.
[Leo Palace – Throne Room]
Izumi: What’s up with this…? I don’t see Ousama here anywhere.
Are you kidding me? I came all this way just to pick him up.
But this place feels like him, somehow. It’s a flashy but lonely throne, no one approaching it.
It’s my fault it became like this. I was supposed to be a knight to protect him.
If I had done my job to support him, he might not have been crushed by all the malice around him.
He wasn’t the kind of person who liked to hurt people, but, just as I had wished, he threw away everything he held dear.
But even then I just acted the part of a bystander, and kept saying things to shake him off me like it was okay.
Even though I was the one who hurt him, he fought desperately to fulfill my dreams. He fell into despair and self-hatred, and couldn’t even compose anymore.
He thought that if he couldn’t write songs, there was no worth to him. That he’d be abandoned by me, and by the people around him.
I didn’t do a single thing for him, until everything fell apart.
If I had stayed close to him, maybe our future would have been completely different.
Instead of being on this throne of conceit. Putting himself down, calling himself the “naked king”.
Rook: Zushin, zushin. Zushin, zushin.
Izumi: Shut up. I don’t know who you are, but quit staring at me.
You’re different from those tiny ones. Did you come to take Ousama’s throne? Or do you just plan to be a nuisance to me?
Rook: Zushin, zushin. Zushin, zushin.
Izumi: There’s no use in trying to argue with you, I see. God, it’s all sooo annoying♪
You have no chance of winning, you know. I’m a knight, and this is his throne.
I don’t wanna be a bystander forever, you know? Running away won’t work anymore.
Rook: Zushin, zushin. Zushin, zushin.
Izumi: Cracks in the ground…? Is it using the whole room to crush me?
Rook: Zushin, zushin…!
Izumi: I was right! This bastard, suddenly getting in a frenzy…!
Rook: Zushin, zushin…!
Izumi: Shit?! The shaking made me lose my footing!
Leo: Sena…!!
Izumi: Guh?!
Leo: Uhyah?! Got here just in the nick of time!
Izumi: Leo-kun…? What are you doing here?
Leo: Wahahaha♪ Haven’t heard that name in a while!
Explain everything later, Sena. First, let’s do something about this rook-looking guy.
And also, Sena! You said you’re a bystander, but you’re wrong, you know~?
You didn’t abandon me. You protected my home all this time.
Isn’t that right? I'm the King of Knights. And you, who protected it all, are a knight of the chessboard…!
Rook: Zushin, zushin, zushin.
Leo: Hey, Sena. I’m gonna bring this kingdom down. This Kingdom of Conceit, ruled by the naked king!
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< Chapter 7: Rondet of the King of Knights || Merc Storia Masterlist || Chapter 9: The Cocoon World >
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[Leo Palace – Balcony]
Leo: I can no longer remain the naked king. I am the King of Knights.
Arashi: Ufufu♪ I don’t know what happened, but you have such a wonderful look on your face…☆
Leo: Wahahaha! So you came too, Naru! And Suo~!
But where’s Sena? Is he too shy to come out?
Heeey, Sena! Come on out, grumpy~!
Tsukasa: Hm? I heard Sena-senpai stayed behind at the bar, but then, why is Ritsu-senpai here…?
Ritsu: Hey. You know what happened, right, Ecchan?
Harriet: He should also be in the palace right now. I had no doubts that he has failed to meet up with anyone yet.
Yuu: But considering those things that attacked us, wouldn’t it be dangerous to be alone…?
Arashi: Mmm, you’re right. We shouldn’t be sitting around here right now.
Tsukasa: I agree. Let us hurry and find Sena-senpai.
[Leo Palace – Throne Room]
Izumi: What’s up with this…? I don’t see Ousama here anywhere.
Are you kidding me? I came all this way just to pick him up.
But this place feels like him, somehow. It’s a flashy but lonely throne, no one approaching it.
It’s my fault it became like this. I was supposed to be a knight to protect him.
If I had done my job to support him, he might not have been crushed by all the malice around him.
He wasn’t the kind of person who liked to hurt people, but, just as I had wished, he threw away everything he held dear.
But even then I just acted the part of a bystander, and kept saying things to shake him off me like it was okay.
Even though I was the one who hurt him, he fought desperately to fulfill my dreams. He fell into despair and self-hatred, and couldn’t even compose anymore.
He thought that if he couldn’t write songs, there was no worth to him. That he’d be abandoned by me, and by the people around him.
I didn’t do a single thing for him, until everything fell apart.
If I had stayed close to him, maybe our future would have been completely different.
Instead of being on this throne of conceit. Putting himself down, calling himself the “naked king”.
Rook: Zushin, zushin. Zushin, zushin.
Izumi: Shut up. I don’t know who you are, but quit staring at me.
You’re different from those tiny ones. Did you come to take Ousama’s throne? Or do you just plan to be a nuisance to me?
Rook: Zushin, zushin. Zushin, zushin.
Izumi: There’s no use in trying to argue with you, I see. God, it’s all sooo annoying♪
You have no chance of winning, you know. I’m a knight, and this is his throne.
I don’t wanna be a bystander forever, you know? Running away won’t work anymore.
Rook: Zushin, zushin. Zushin, zushin.
Izumi: Cracks in the ground…? Is it using the whole room to crush me?
Rook: Zushin, zushin…!
Izumi: I was right! This bastard, suddenly getting in a frenzy…!
Rook: Zushin, zushin…!
Izumi: Shit?! The shaking made me lose my footing!
Leo: Sena…!!
Izumi: Guh?!
Leo: Uhyah?! Got here just in the nick of time!
Izumi: Leo-kun…? What are you doing here?
Leo: Wahahaha♪ Haven’t heard that name in a while!
Explain everything later, Sena. First, let’s do something about this rook-looking guy.
And also, Sena! You said you’re a bystander, but you’re wrong, you know~?
You didn’t abandon me. You protected my home all this time.
Isn’t that right? I'm the King of Knights. And you, who protected it all, are a knight of the chessboard…!
Rook: Zushin, zushin, zushin.
Leo: Hey, Sena. I’m gonna bring this kingdom down. This Kingdom of Conceit, ruled by the naked king!
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< Chapter 7: Rondet of the King of Knights || Merc Storia Masterlist || Chapter 9: The Cocoon World >
