Sudden Death - Romanticism Chapter 10
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shivalriesSeason: Winter
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Location: Downtown Osaka - Evening
Tsukasa: ...I repeat my demands, Crazy:B!
Answer the question! What on earth is the meaning of this?!
Rinne: Gyahahaha! ♪ Pretty sure it's obvious just from lookin' at it, but listen, we ain't so shameless as to come here just to point and laugh at the losers, alright?
Tsukasa: Losers...?
Rinne: —Unlike your "respected seniors", I'm lookin' at ya for the human being you are.
I'll treat ya like an equal and do what I can to answer your demands in good faith.
Ain't that just ironic, "Tsukasa Suou-kun"? Your enemy treats ya more like a real person than your own allies!
Tsukasa: I will allow no insult to my seniors.
Certainly, I do have many complaints about my seniors in Knights as people.
They slack off at any chance they get, they are always joking around, they insist on treating me like an infant...
They always put themselves and their own feelings first without sparing a thought to those around them...
And they never reflect upon their misdeeds, thus making them frustratingly self-centered all the time, and they never listen to what I have to say—
Arashi: Wow, he's not pulling any punches.
Ritsu: Just let him talk... Su~chan always listens very seriously to whatever stupid stuff we talk about, so it's our turn to return the favor.
Tsukasa: —However! I like them like this—my seniors, with whom I have so many qualms!
Ritsu & Arashi: ......
Tsukasa: I have never dared to think that simply because I earned the crown, my seniors would suddenly have a change of heart and wait upon me hand and foot.
Even during my predecessor's time, they still behaved with such insolence.
I mentioned that they never listen to me, but in truth—they listen to no one!
However, that is precisely what makes it all the more meaningful when I do manage to make my self-centered seniors submit to me with my own ability!
How truly satisfying it would be to see such incredibly rebellious individuals crawl at my feet—
—No! What I mean to say is there is meaning to having them trust me, respect me, and ride alongside me as I continue down my path!
To see them lay down their lives not simply because I have power—but because I am me!
Not because I am the head of the Suou family, nor because I am the king of Knights—
But because I am me, because they love me for who I am!
That is what I desire! Right now, I am still far from worthy and have yet to arrive at such an ideal future, but—
This is all due to my own incompetence, and not of any fault of my seniors! I shall have you retract your statement, Rinne Amagi-senpai!
Rinne: ......
...Haha ♪
Whew, now that's fascinating!
Really thought you were just one of those bland hard workers that are a dime a dozen on this earth, another poor lost lamb who believes in the just-world fallacy!
But you're takin' it to an extreme. Either that, or you're twisted in the same way we are.
I'm impressed you got here at that age. Knights' brand of individualism's sure doin' work—
So long as you don't take the wrong path, you'll be a great idol, for sure.
And not one of those cookie-cutter idols that ES keeps pushin' either, but an idol who can slot right into the hole in somebody's heart, who soothes and entertains and makes 'em happy—
The kinda idol I wanted to be, once upon a time.
Tsukasa: ...?
Rinne: Too bad your bright, promising future's got a huge storm brewin' over it right now, eh? Gyahahaha ☆
Any idiot can see what's goin' on here, but I'll say it like this just for you—it's checkmate, Knights. ♪
So nice of ya to fall so cleanly into the trap... You Knights are gonna be the sorriest, most miserable losers the SS prelims have ever seen.
Tsukasa: ......
Kohaku: What's this all about, Rinne-han?
Can't say I follow what's happenin' at all. Why'd things get so serious all of a sudden?
Thought we had a pact of non-aggression with Knights—weren't we s'posed to make sure we didn't get too involved with 'em?
Nobody's threatenin' us here, and we ain't even crossed swords with 'em once.
Or did somethin' happen between Knights and Crazy:B while I was out?
HiMERU: —Please allow HiMERU to apologize in Amagi's place.
We went along with Amagi's plot knowingly, and purposefully left you out of it. That makes us just as guilty as him.
Niki: Whaddaya mean, "knowingly"?! I don't know anything! Don't drag me into your crimes too!
HiMERU: Ignorance can also be a sin at times, Shiina—especially in cases like yours, where the guilty party does not even make an effort to think or understand.
Rinne: Can't help that the only thing goin' on in Niki's brain is food. The guy would straight up die if he doesn't try to fill his stomach all the time.
HiMERU: —Heh, still, it was no easy task pretending to know nothing.
It was difficult for HiMERU to hide his expression, as his order forbade him from wearing makeup...
It was quite nerve-wracking to think anyone with a sharp eye for beauty could read HiMERU's true intentions at any time.
Fortunately, it seems everyone had very little interest in HiMERU—he kept wondering when someone would finally catch on to our plans.
However, blind to our intentions, you Knights spoke so arrogantly and haughtily of justice—
It was simply so... comical.
How fortunate that you did not notice how HiMERU tried to hold back his laughter.
Tsukasa: ......
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< Romanticism Chapter 9 || Masterlist || Romanticism Chapter 11 >
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Location: Downtown Osaka - Evening
Tsukasa: ...I repeat my demands, Crazy:B!
Answer the question! What on earth is the meaning of this?!
Rinne: Gyahahaha! ♪ Pretty sure it's obvious just from lookin' at it, but listen, we ain't so shameless as to come here just to point and laugh at the losers, alright?
Tsukasa: Losers...?
Rinne: —Unlike your "respected seniors", I'm lookin' at ya for the human being you are.
I'll treat ya like an equal and do what I can to answer your demands in good faith.
Ain't that just ironic, "Tsukasa Suou-kun"? Your enemy treats ya more like a real person than your own allies!
Tsukasa: I will allow no insult to my seniors.
Certainly, I do have many complaints about my seniors in Knights as people.
They slack off at any chance they get, they are always joking around, they insist on treating me like an infant...
They always put themselves and their own feelings first without sparing a thought to those around them...
And they never reflect upon their misdeeds, thus making them frustratingly self-centered all the time, and they never listen to what I have to say—
Arashi: Wow, he's not pulling any punches.
Ritsu: Just let him talk... Su~chan always listens very seriously to whatever stupid stuff we talk about, so it's our turn to return the favor.
Tsukasa: —However! I like them like this—my seniors, with whom I have so many qualms!
Ritsu & Arashi: ......
Tsukasa: I have never dared to think that simply because I earned the crown, my seniors would suddenly have a change of heart and wait upon me hand and foot.
Even during my predecessor's time, they still behaved with such insolence.
I mentioned that they never listen to me, but in truth—they listen to no one!
However, that is precisely what makes it all the more meaningful when I do manage to make my self-centered seniors submit to me with my own ability!
How truly satisfying it would be to see such incredibly rebellious individuals crawl at my feet—
—No! What I mean to say is there is meaning to having them trust me, respect me, and ride alongside me as I continue down my path!
To see them lay down their lives not simply because I have power—but because I am me!
Not because I am the head of the Suou family, nor because I am the king of Knights—
But because I am me, because they love me for who I am!
That is what I desire! Right now, I am still far from worthy and have yet to arrive at such an ideal future, but—
This is all due to my own incompetence, and not of any fault of my seniors! I shall have you retract your statement, Rinne Amagi-senpai!
Rinne: ......
...Haha ♪
Whew, now that's fascinating!
Really thought you were just one of those bland hard workers that are a dime a dozen on this earth, another poor lost lamb who believes in the just-world fallacy!
But you're takin' it to an extreme. Either that, or you're twisted in the same way we are.
I'm impressed you got here at that age. Knights' brand of individualism's sure doin' work—
So long as you don't take the wrong path, you'll be a great idol, for sure.
And not one of those cookie-cutter idols that ES keeps pushin' either, but an idol who can slot right into the hole in somebody's heart, who soothes and entertains and makes 'em happy—
The kinda idol I wanted to be, once upon a time.
Tsukasa: ...?
Rinne: Too bad your bright, promising future's got a huge storm brewin' over it right now, eh? Gyahahaha ☆
Any idiot can see what's goin' on here, but I'll say it like this just for you—it's checkmate, Knights. ♪
So nice of ya to fall so cleanly into the trap... You Knights are gonna be the sorriest, most miserable losers the SS prelims have ever seen.
Tsukasa: ......
Kohaku: What's this all about, Rinne-han?
Can't say I follow what's happenin' at all. Why'd things get so serious all of a sudden?
Thought we had a pact of non-aggression with Knights—weren't we s'posed to make sure we didn't get too involved with 'em?
Nobody's threatenin' us here, and we ain't even crossed swords with 'em once.
Or did somethin' happen between Knights and Crazy:B while I was out?
HiMERU: —Please allow HiMERU to apologize in Amagi's place.
We went along with Amagi's plot knowingly, and purposefully left you out of it. That makes us just as guilty as him.
Niki: Whaddaya mean, "knowingly"?! I don't know anything! Don't drag me into your crimes too!
HiMERU: Ignorance can also be a sin at times, Shiina—especially in cases like yours, where the guilty party does not even make an effort to think or understand.
Rinne: Can't help that the only thing goin' on in Niki's brain is food. The guy would straight up die if he doesn't try to fill his stomach all the time.
HiMERU: —Heh, still, it was no easy task pretending to know nothing.
It was difficult for HiMERU to hide his expression, as his order forbade him from wearing makeup...
It was quite nerve-wracking to think anyone with a sharp eye for beauty could read HiMERU's true intentions at any time.
Fortunately, it seems everyone had very little interest in HiMERU—he kept wondering when someone would finally catch on to our plans.
However, blind to our intentions, you Knights spoke so arrogantly and haughtily of justice—
It was simply so... comical.
How fortunate that you did not notice how HiMERU tried to hold back his laughter.
Tsukasa: ......
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< Romanticism Chapter 9 || Masterlist || Romanticism Chapter 11 >
