Marsh of Epidemics | 1st Anniversary

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MahoYaku Masterpost & Translator's Notes
Index | Granvelle Castle | Forest of Dreams | City of Rain | Observatory of the Undeveloped Lands | Marsh of Epidemics

CHAPTER 1

???: Are you Talia? Good evening. Nice to meet.....
.....Ouch.....! What a woman! I can’t believe you just whipped me with briars......!
You weren’t trying to hurt me? Stop lying! Look at this wound on my face..... ....Ah....
I see..... So that’s why.
I.... I’m sorry for yelling at you..... I thought you were making a fool of me, you see.... .....Because everyone pokes fun at me......
Um..... Oh, this....? This is my puppet. You move it like this.
"Move out of my way, you rascals! The genius of the ages is coming through!! I’ll invent something under that ass of yours!"
Ahaha! Did you enjoy it? I’m glad!
You must be bored. This world is so lifeless and boring. Only the chosen ones get to have fun.
But within my puppet show.....
You can become the genius of the ages, or the demon king, or a queen. How about it?
Excellent! Now, let’s destroy the world together. Once upon a time.....

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Mitile: Phew.... It’s always hot around here.
But there are tons of plants and bugs that I’ve never seen before! I’m glad we could drop by after our mission.
Ah....! Water honey bees left their beehive behind! It’s so big.....!
I’ll take it home as a souvenir for Riquet! I can melt it into beeswax and then turn it into a candle lantern.
Hehe. It smells so sweet — I bet he’ll love it!
What should I bring home for Sir Sage? I remember him saying.....


CHAPTER 2

Mitile: What should I bring home for Sir Sage? I remember him saying.....


> Option

Mitile: I’d love something yummy.
Mister Leno said that the fruit he was eating was very sweet.
But it looks just like a bug, so it might scare Sir Sage.


> Option

Mitile: I’d love something fun.
Maybe the marbled red-blue stone will do?
It turns red when you hold it, and goes blue when you put it in water! Maybe Sir Sage will think it’s cool!


(Splash)

Mitile: Woa....h? Who is it? Nii-sama? ....Mister Leno....?
O-or is it a crocodile.....!? ......Ahh! Dr. Figaro.....!

Green-eyed girl: ............

Mitile: ......Ah..........
(....It’s a little girl..... She’s wearing a cute green brooch. I got so flustered, how embarrassing.....)
(But isn’t it dangerous for her to be out here all alone....?)
(Her eyes are as green as Riquet’s.....)



Green-eyed girl: Um......

Mitile: Wh-what is it?

Green-eyed girl: It’s dangerous around here.

Mitile: ....She said it before I could. I’m a wizard, so I’ll be fine! I’m the son of the great witch Tiretta!

Green-eyed girl: But I’m currently conducting an experiment.....

Mitile: ....An experiment?

Green-eyed girl: Please be careful not to get eaten.

Mitile: Ah....!
She disappeared.... Is she a wizard too....?


CHAPTER 3

Rutile: Mitile! Mitile~!

Mitile: It’s nii-sama and the others.... Hey~, I’m over here! Mister Leno! Dr. Figaro!

Figaro: Oh, there he is. We should head home soon. The sun is about to set.

Mitile: Yes. Um.....

Rutile: Wow....! That’s such a huge water honeybee hive! Great job finding that, Mitile!

Mitile: Ehehe.... Remember how we made beeswax together? I want to make the same thing for Riquet.

Rutile: How kind of you, Mitile. I’m sure Riquet will love it.

Figaro: ....Huh? Was Oz around here?

Mitile: Sir Oz....? I haven’t seen him around......

Figaro: ......... Then maybe it’s just my imagination......

Rutile: Dr. Figaro, you and Sir Oz are very close, right?

Figaro: Are we?

Rutile: You are! You often drink together, and you ask each other for favors!
We’ve only just become Sage’s wizards; we haven’t known Sir Oz for very long, and yet....
The greatest wizard in the world trusts you so much! As expected of Dr. Figaro, the beloved doctor of the Town of Clouds!
— That’s what I think. I feel so proud.

Figaro: Thank you, Rutile. I’ll keep doing my best so that I’ll always be seen as the reliable, trustworthy Dr. Figaro.

Lennox: I’ll pray for your success. Mitile, why were you yelling? Did something surprise you?

Mitile: D-did you hear me? I was surprised by a little girl.

Figaro: A little girl? Out here alone?

Mitile: Yes. She was younger than me, and her eyes were the color of the grass shining underwater......

Lennox: So a brilliant green. That’s a lovely way to describe it. Were you mesmerized?

Mitile: I-I was not. I just thought she was just like Riquet. The way she stared at me, too.

Figaro: And where is she now?


CHAPTER 4

Mitile: She disappeared. She said she was conducting an experiment, and that I should watch out so that I wouldn’t get eaten.

Figaro: ....An experiment?

Lennox: ....Get eaten?

(Bubbling sounds)

Rutile: Huh....? What’s that sound.... ......Ah....!
Look over there! The center of the lake is bubbling over.....

Lennox: .....What is that? This isn’t an overpopulation of microorganisms or algae, like we saw before.....

Figaro: Hmm. This is.....
Something that good boys had better run from.

Rutile & Mitile: Huh......!?

Figaro: Lennox.

Lennox: Got it. Rutile, Mitile. This way!

Mitile: Mister Leno....! There’s a huge shadow in the lake.....!

Rutile: Is that.... A living creature.....!?

Lennox: ..........!?
What’s going on? This marsh is too shallow for such a giant body......
If that dark shadow is a living being, it would be a monster that you should only be able to spot in the depths of the oceanic trenches.

(Splash)

Rutile: Look out....! Run, Dr. Figaro!

Figaro: Don’t worry. I’m the reliable and trustworthy Dr. Figaro, after all.
Hm?

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Green-eyed girl: ............

Mitile: Ah.... She’s.....!

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(Woosh)

Green-eyed girl: Watch out.

Figaro: ......You.....

Green-eyed girl: Get back, get back.

Figaro: What are you doing, looking like that!?

Green-eyed girl: It’s coming.
I warned you.


CHAPTER 5

Rutile & Mitile: What is that.....!?

Lennox: .....A dragon.....!? No, that’s.......!?

(Roar)

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Figaro: << Possideo >>

(Clash)

Green-eyed girl: .........!

Mitile: The giant monster stopped in its tracks! You’re amazing, Dr. Figaro.....!

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Figaro: .....No way..... I didn’t think I’d witness this creature in this era......
Leviathan, the master of the seas.

Green-eyed girl: .....Let’s run!
Come on!

(Roar)

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(Splash)

Rutile: .....! The giant monster is making its way underwater......!

Lennox: All the water is going to pour out of the marsh! It’ll create a tremor as powerful as a giant castle flipping upside down!
Watch out — don’t get swept away!
Mitile: Mister Leno! What about that girl....!?

Lennox: It’s coming!

(Splash)

Mitile: .....Woah......!

Rutile: Mitile.....! Hold onto my arm!

Mitile: .....Yes.....! Cough, cough cough..... Where did she go.....!?

Rutile: .....I don’t know....! Let’s get on our brooms and escape!

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(Woosh)

Figaro: ......It disappeared. And it still has the power of teleportation. This is bad.......
.....Ah.....
....Oh, this is awful..... The Marsh of Epidemics, overflowing with life.....


CHAPTER 6

Lennox: .....Cough..... The dust is reaching the skies; it’s like a pitch-black night......
The water has dried up; the trees have been knocked to the ground.....
Dozens of fish have been cast onto the shores..... Some of them were about to lay their eggs, too.....

Rutile: Let’s save the fish that we can by transferring them to the pools of water that remain. Let’s get the underwater plants, and the bugs, too.

Lennox: Rutile.....

Rutile: We might end up destroying their ecosystems by forcing them into cramped marshes, but.....
I want to do what I can. Even these trees have lived for longer than I have.

Figaro: You’re right, Rutile.

Rutile: Dr. Figaro......

Figaro: You’re all covered in mud. Is anyone hurt?

Rutile: We’re all right.

Mitile: Dr. Figaro, you were amazing! I can’t believe you’re just as strong as that giant monster....!
Will I be able to use powerful magic like you one day, Dr. Figaro?

Figaro: I’m sure you will. Remember what I told you?

Mitile: Ehehe! ....Ah, but that girl.....
Dr. Figaro, did she disappear along with the monster? Is that monster the enemy?
Does that mean that girl is the enemy too....?

Figaro: ............
No, it’s too early to decide whether or not they’re the enemy. Let’s head back to the magic headquarters and report what we’ve witnessed first.

Mitile: Yes.... I understand.

Figaro: ........The Leviathan, huh.....
One wrong step, and a couple of cities will bite the dust.

Index | Granvelle Castle | Forest of Dreams | City of Rain | Observatory of the Undeveloped Lands | Marsh of Epidemics