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Little grape flavoured men with their meow meows for cat day!!
Translation of chapter 20 of the event ‘Wondrous Tea Party On A Bitter Afternoon’ from ‘Helios Rising Heroes’.
Marion:I-I’m… I’m still thinking about it. This has nothing to do with you anyway.
Marion:Hmph, South is in first place after all…
Brad: That has nothing to do with it. Right now I am addressing you as the mentor leader, rather than a hero of South.
Brad: …If in the case you haven’t come to a decision yet, there’s a chance that Valentine’s fair held for this bookstore can be considered to be recognized as an effort on North’s behalf.
Marion:Eh…
Brad:As you’re well aware, this falls under South’s borders, and it could be quite the irregular decision to make…
Brad: But since this was done in the name of the city of New Million, for the sake of the citizens, it deserves to be considered.
Marion:…..
Brad: Only if all of you are on board with it, however… What do you think?
Gast: Ain’t that great, Marion! Wouldn’t that be a big win on our part if the fact that we helped here can be linked to sector points!?
Ren: ….Calm down, let him think about it in peace
Marion: ….I know that without you telling me.
Marion:Brad…. It offends me to take your charity, but given it’s a proposition from the mentor leader himself… I’ll have to go in on your offer.
Marion:No… rather, please take care of it for us.
Brad:Very well. I’ll go ask for Victor’s opinion and then try negotiating at the headquarters. If necessary I will also host a mentor meeting.
Gast:Nice, Marion!
Marion:…Yeah
Marion: Although it’s mostly about getting that permission… and it might make it a bit easier for the store to attract more customers.
Gast:Whaddya mean?
Marion: When a hero’s work gets recognized, the scope of what we can do ought to widen…
Marion: For example with yesterday’s reading, we might be able to present it a little bit different than before-
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—On the day of the LOM.
Marion:Go, Card Soldiers! Don’t let Alice escape!
Announcer: “What amazing cooperation! These Card Soldiers are cleverly cornering Alice while obeying Captain Marion!!
Marion: We’ll absolutely take him down. Everyone attack all at once!
Ren: Gah…! Kuh…!
Ren:Haah…!
Announcer: “But Alice is not giving in! Having seen an opening, he started to gun down each Card Soldier, one after the other~!”
Marion: Nice try…! I’ll have you know that stealing the King’s bagel sandwich is a grave crime, Alice!
Ren: Ngh…I didn’t steal it…!
Marion:Not bad…!
Announcer:“Go for it, Aliceeee!”
Announcer:“You are the protagonist here, the Alice who will not yield~~~!”
Victor: Mmm, what a wonderful flavour of black tea. A cup after wrapping up work does wonders…
Victor:Would you like some too? King of Hearts
Gast: I’ll have to pass. After all it’s a drink from the madman himself, no?
Announcer:“While Alice and the Card Soldiers are entangled in a heated battle, the Mad Hatter is gracefully drinking tea and the King of Hearts is calmly seated on his throne in the arena and smiling…”
Announcer:“What an intriguing sight for a match! And while leaving these two be, the battle is getting more and more heated up!!”
Marion: Now’s our chance. Soldiers, surround Alice!
Ren:Gh…!
Translation of chapter 19 of the event ‘Wondrous Tea Party On A Bitter Afternoon’ from ‘Helios Rising Heroes’.
Marion:(…Ren and Gast are continuing to help out at the bookstore, and I even said that I’ll be helping out…)
Marion:(I don’t want to withdraw, and if I decided to help out I’ll go in with everything I have. But…)
Victor:While it’s more calm compared to the other day, the sound is quite chaotic.
Marion:….Is saying that all you came here for?
Victor: No, I’ve simply returned from taking a shower. West’s Faith had been affected by substance thus Nova and I are currently in the process of making a specific medicine for it.
Marion:Huuuh…
Victor:Has any trouble arisen on your end?
Marion: Nothing in particular…
Marion:………
Marion:….I personally went to confront Ren and Gast about the book store
Victor:Aah, that reminds me how today was the day of the reading. I wonder if it went well
Marion:It was a success. However they haven’t reached their goal yet. Both of them will have their hands full with that place for at least two months.
Marion: They’re keeping Valentine’s in mind but… I’ll have to handle it on my own this time
Victor:…….
Marion:What’re you looking like that for
Victor:My apologies. Your decision making is not what I expected if I had to be honest.
Marion:Wha-….
Victor:I was fully convinced that you would prioritize the sector ranking.
Marion: What else is there to do. Make them handle too much at once and it’ll be clear as day that things will only end up half-assed.
Victor:Fufu, you’ve changed, Marion
Marion:S-shut up….! Don’t talk as if you know me
Marion:Anyway, leaving the LOM aside, we’re still looking for a method to gather points efficiently, you better get on it too.
Victor:Very well. Although I have to make my way back to the lab since Nova is waiting for me.
Victor:While it might not be the most ideal, I will try to think of something. I’ll be going now
Marion: (….He said something I didn’t expect from him. Although I don’t have high hopes here…)
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—The next day
Gast:Amazin’…. The crowd is huge in here…
Ren:Is this because of “Alice in Wonderland”? Would make sense since the owner’s collection is full with rare finds.
Marion:Still, the fact that it suddenly became this crowded is way beyond my expectations….
Marion: (If we take advantage of this and can do something more exciting, won’t this bookstore’s popularity increase and then attract even more people to it…?)
Brad:Hm, it’s quite lively.
Marion:Brad…! What are you…
Brad:I have some time left till the next meeting, and I had the chance to drop by due to being on patrol-
Female customer A: Aah! Aren’t they the ones from that one video on Milliontube?
Female customer B: It’s them! And the Queen too~!
Marion:Queen….?
Ren:Video?
Gast:Uwah, look at this! It’s recorded from the point Marion ordered us to go paint the balloons red…!
Ren: When… when did this…
Gast: The amount of views is already amazing, but the comment’s where stuff gets damn crazy…
Gast: “The Queen ordering these tough guys around made me laugh so hard I couldn’t stop” “IRL card soldiers” “Seeing those delinquents hold heart-shaped balloons is strangely cute for some reason”
Gast:I mean, yeah, kinda get where they’re comin’ from…
Ren: “I had gone to this reading the other day, but that Alice kid went way too hard, it was priceless.” “An Alice of the new era.” “This” “Like seriously” ….
Ren:What do they mean…
Brad: I had seen the video and also made my way over here. You have my gratitude for supporting an area outside of your own jurisdiction.
Marion: …It’s not like you needed to give your thanks or anything. Besides, it wasn’t me but the rookies who pitched in for help.
Brad:The rookies?
Gast:My lil bro’s dad owns this store.
Ren: I knew about this place since I was a child…
Brad: That’s why…
Brad:Then what do you intend to do for Valentine’s, Marion
