SSS-Class Suicide Hunter - Chapter 191
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Translator: Seven
3.
The Black Dragon Master and the Crusader seemed to have reached a mutual understanding.
âDeath King. Let us participate in this performance too.â
âItâs been a long time since I stopped composing, but I still have a number of scores in my head. We can incorporate our worldâs music. Iâm getting excited just thinking about itâŚâ
Why were they so eager?
Why were their eyes sparkling?
They were starting to seem unfamiliar.
âThe music you made is great, but let me be in charge of the music⌠No. It would be better if you made me assistant director.â
âThen Iâll be the screenwriter. Since itâs a dance play, should I call myself a director instead of the screenwriter? Senior Director? Hmm. Since itâs a new art, Iâll need to think of a name for my role.â
âHuu.â
I slowly let out a breath.
Somehow, Iâd managed to calm myself down.
Though my head still felt hot.
âAlright. Iâd be happy to have your help with the performance if it would increase the level. It is the cultural heritage that will be engrained in the blood and flesh of those goblin kidsâŚ.â
âRight.â
The Black Dragon Master smiled softly.
It was like the sunset on a watercolor painting.
âI like that about you.â
âHuh?â
They werenât going to bombard me with more compliments, right?
I cautiously looked at the Black Dragon Master.
But she only giggled.
âAfter finding the correct answer, you take advantage of it. Always.â
âWhat are you talking about?â
âI mean you always set up flags and dig up sand first. When watching from the side, it feels like you are full of tricks. I wonder if your soulmate is like that too.â
Her words were confusing.
When she saw the confusion on my face, she laughed.
âNevermind. Letâs pick a name for your guild.â
âThatâs a good idea.â
The Crusader agreed.
âThe name is important.â
âHmm, as far as I remember, there are only a handful of art guilds in Deungcheon City⌠Perhaps there are about 30 jazz performance guilds?â
âThere are 26. There is one chamber orchestra, and 11 quartet bands. The number of guilds that stopped their activities shouldnât be above 50. Even then, most of their members went to other guilds.â
âItâs so little, so littleâŚ.â
The Black Dragon Master sighed.
âCan you think of a good name?â
âWell.â
Ah.
âHow about the [Raviel] Theater Company. I think thatâs perfect.â
âUmm. I canât think of anything goodâŚ.â
âItâs hard to come up with an original name.â
âHow about Black Dragon?â
âMe either. How about Order Watch?â
Wait. Werenât they ignoring my opinion too naturally?
It was so natural that I almost didnât realize I was being ignored.
âRaviel has a nice ring to itâŚ.â
âIf you keep going, Iâll name it the [Kim Gong-ja] Theater Company.â
âLetâs seriously think of a name.â
The three of us put our heads together and tried to think of something.
Several suggestions came up. Coming Day, Ink Sound, Babel, AuraâŚ
âThatâs not good either.â
After the name meeting stretched on way too long, the Black Dragon Master finally made a decision.
âUsually, for cases like this, it is standard to just use the names of the founding members. Letâs combine the names Black Dragon Master, Crusader and Death King to make something nice.â
âWe can do that?â
âMhm. We should use the Death Kingâs mother tongue. Since he is the founder, we should show him this bit of consideration.â
The Black Dragon Master asked about my mother tongue.
We were all speaking Ukrainian, Venezuelan, and Korean. But it was being automatically translated by the Tower. (TL: Venezuelan is basically Spanish)
âFine.â
After hearing my explanation, the Black Dragon Master nodded.
âSo weâll take [í] from Black Dragon Master(í룥죟), [기] from Crusader(ěąę¸°ěŹ), and [ěŹ] from Death King(ěŹě) to make [Black Knight(í기ěŹ)].â(1)
âWow.â
I felt numb.
âBlack Dragon Master. Hey, Black Dragon Master.â
Feeling a shiver down my spine, I tapped my companion and new best friendâs shoulder.
âCan you take a look at my hand?â
ââŚâŚIt looks fine to me. Why?â
âMy hand feels tingly right now. Please stretch my hand.â
âAlright. As you wish.â
The Black Dragon Master grabbed my finger before bending it backwards.
âKuuaaack!!?â
âIs that enough?â
âItâs so bad!â
I jumped up.
âWhat kind of theater company would be called Black Knight? Itâs embarrassing! Shameful!â
âDeath King. Your title is âDeath Kingâ. Literally [King of Death]. Can you still afford to call something shameful?â
âNo, you mean [Black Dragon Master] shouldnât say things like that to me!â
âDonât say it in English!â
The Black Dragon Master grabbed my collar.
âDo you wanna die!?â
âYou started it first!â
âIf you canât do it right, then donât do it! And for English speakers, my name is translated to Queen, not Master!â
âAhh. So youâre not the Black Dragon Master, youâre the Black Dragon Queen. You must be proud. Wouldnât the abbreviation be BDQ? Hey, if I ordered chicken, you think I could get it in 30 minutes?â
âFine. Alright. Letâs call in [Kim Gong-ja] Theater Company.â
âBlack Knight is good enough.â
I surrendered.
âShould I say it sounds high class just from the name? I donât think thereâs any other candidate for theater name that sticks to the tongue quite like that one. As expected of the Black Dragon Master. Not only is her guild the best, but her naming sense is also the best. Black Knight, so good. Letâs go with Black Knight.â
âRight. You surrendered right away.â
The Crusader watched our dog fight with a strange, bitter smile on her face.
The mermaids tail fluttered, sending ripples across the surface of the water.
âYou guys are really close⌠Iâm amazed.â
The Black Knight Theater Company.
I would be the Guild Leader and the Black Dragon Master and the Crusader would be Deputy Guild Leaders.
It was a guild founded jointly by the 2nd, 3rd and 7th in the rankings. It had quite a luxurious composition.
âEven if itâs arts. With this group of peopleâŚâ
My lips subconsciously curled upwards.
Perhaps when the guild officially launched, the world would go crazy.
I was starting to find this interesting too.
âI wonder how people will react.â
âHuh. Me tooâ
The Black Dragon Master grinned like a naughty child.
Even though she currently had the appearance of an old vampire, her playful smile suited her well
âI bet a lot of people will be upset. Ah. Naturally, weâll keep it a secret from the others too. Letâs invite the old man when we have our first performance. I really wonder what kind of expression heâd make.â
All of a sudden, I got the urge to see the Black Dragon Master make that smile with her original face.
I wasnât sure why, but I just felt that it would look cool.
âFine.â
I smiled too.
âFine.â
We talked all night about the performance weâd have.
The play that we decided on was [Raviel and Kekerkker].
According to the Black Dragon Master, Kekerkker was too strange, so the name was changed to [Heart of Silver].
âThe main character must be Duke Ivansia. Thereâs no room for argument. Instead of choosing characters and letting them appear, letâs display the Dukeâs psychological changes with the choreography.â
âWe should portray the moment of falling in love dramatically. Weâll turn the stage into a [Ballroom]. Weâll also cover the stage in white rose petals and have the actors dance upon them.â
âAh. That would be pretty!â
Everyone was excited.
Several empty wine bottles lay beside us.
We were having the meeting while drinking.
âMm. The moment they fall in love, the flowers being stopped on by Princess Ivansia will change from white to red. One, two, three⌠That way, a red bridge will be created on the white sea. The Death King would have to walk step by step in order to cross over the flower sea to the Ivansia Hall.â
The Black Dragon Master got up.
âI canât do this anymore. I like this too much. I wanna start on it right awayâ
âIs there any place with nice flowers around here?â
âWe look for them with teleportation. Letâs go!â
The Black Dragon Master and I got into the Crusaderâs bathtub and we all held hands. The three of us were transferred somewhere. We didnât know exactly where we were, but it didnât matter.
It was a place where white flowers were in full bloom.
We followed the scent of the flowers while walking around the foot of the mountain. It was night. Beneath the bright moonlight, the flowers released their fragrances. There were valleys with yellow flowers, and ridges with purple flowers. We smiled for a moment before beginning our search for white flowers
âGood.â
We laughed like drunkards.
âDo you realize weâre flying in the sky in a bathtub?â
âHumans are born from water.â
âYouâve lost your mindâŚ.â
âWeâre drunk. This is bad. We canât let people from the tower see thisâŚ.â
We stopped at a meadow.
It was filled with white flowers that were bowing their heads because of the wind.
As soon as we landed, the Black Dragon Master swiftly left the bathtub and took off her shoes.
âThis is more than enough, Death King!â
âHaha.â
âHe became a fool. Crusader!â
âRight.â
The Crusader smiled helplessly and raised both arms.
Her fingers grew closer.
Slowly.
A bit more slowlyâŚ
As her fingers stretched into the air, the Crusaderâs face became expressionless.
___________.
Music filled the night sky.
The Crusaderâs fingers danced in the air.
It was as if an invisible piano was laid down before her.
The flowers shifted. Every time he touched an invisible white key, the aura in the night sky vibrated.
âAs expected, your skills didnât rust!â
âSo noisy.â
âYou need to understand your possessiveness for your lover.â
The melody became intense.
The sound of the piano buried our words.
The chatter subsided and only the vampireâs laughter could be heard over the music.
âItâs been so long since Iâve heard Libertango(2)!â
The Black Dragon Master stepped on the white rose petals with her bare feet.
The petals beneath her turned black.
____ , ____ , ________.
The Crusaderâs fingers seemed to awaken the night. The Black Dragon Masterâs footsteps dyed the flowers. Different colored aura flowed from the petals as though they were bleeding.
A dance according to the melody.
One step with each gesture.
Like this, black footprints spread across the white flower field.
âDeath King!â
âPrettyâŚ.â
âYou look stupid!â
âI like whiteâŚ.â
âAh, youâre pretty quick for a half-wit!â
âSo noisy.â
The sounds of our laughter, music and footsteps melded together.
The Crusader hummed.
âI really like the Towerâ
The Black Dragon Master spoke while she danced.
âI wish I had come here sooner. Then maybe my father would have lived with me.â
âI like the Tower too.â
âDonât be so slow, Death King.â
The scent of the black flowers was dizzying.
âYou canât always be slow.â
âYouâre right.â
âCan we live well?â
âYes.â
âI want to be happy. ForeverâŚ.â
âWeâre friends.â
âThatâs right!â
âEverythingâs gonna be alright.â
âMhm.â
The old vampire grabbed my finger.
âLetâs dance. Kim Gong-ja.â
If you thought life was a single player game, it just meant you hadnât found someone to play with.
Round and round, we danced.
The white flowers that the Black Dragon Master stepped on turned black.
The petals crushed beneath my feet turned red, very red.
Black and red ripples spread out as we danced, and soon the white field was filled with black and red.
â________.â
The Crusader played the piano and slowly opened her mouth.
Lascia châio pianga
mia cruda sorte, e che sospiri
la libertaâ.
e che sospiri
0
la libertaâ.(3)
The Tower swallowed the Crusaderâs song and didnât spit it out again.
It was just left alone in the night air.
We were three people who were left alone in the night, bewitched by the wicked white flowers, and collapsed.
-âŚâŚ.
My eyes didnât reopen until late in the afternoon.
The sun shined brightly.
The Crusader laid in her fish tank, occasionally flapping her tail, and the Black Dragon Master had fallen asleep with her nose buried in a rosebud. In other words, they were people whoâd gotten completely drunk.
âUwahâŚ.â
Holding my head, I shakily got to my feet.
Ssonia was standing before me.
âMm?â
-Lord Kekerkker.
His voice was serious.
âWhat⌠is itâŚ? Uwah, my head hurts. That alcohol was so badâŚ.â
-I⌠would like to personally act in the next performance.
I raised my head to look at Ssonia.
An unknown desire shined in his blue eyes.
-I want to be like⌠No.
Ssonia said.
-I want to live like you.
(TL: Sometimes itâs hard to tell who is saying what. It makes finding the right tone so hard *sweats*)
(Note:
1.I left the hangul here because it was a bit hard to properly translate. (í) from Black Dragon Master(í+룥+죟) is black, which is pretty simple.
But Crusader(ěą+기ěŹ) is more like âholy knightâ, so (기) isnât a standalone word in this case, but a part of (기ěŹ-knight).
(ěŹ) from Death King(ěŹ+ě) is added to 기 to make 기ěŹ.
Hence âBlack Knight-í기ěŹâ.
2.Libertango is a composition by tango composer Astor Piazzolla, recorded and published in 1974 in Milan.
3. Lascia châio pianga(Let me weep) written by Giacomo Rossi is the Libretto of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel.
English Translation
Let me weep over
My cruel fate,
And let me sigh
For liberty