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captnjacksparrow · 3 years

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Hello. Really like your content.

Everyone thinks Sasuke sacrificed him life for Naruto once, during the land of waves arc. I think it's twice. There are still some homophobes out there who think Sasuke didn't kill Naruto because he wanted power but not the way Itachi wanted. Man, his excuse (on a whim) is sooo flimsy, a blind person can see it.

I can't imagine how they can come to this conclusion. The fact that killing Naruto would have upgraded his sharingan to Mangekyou, just as Itachi has advised, would have made him so much more powerful. Going to Orochimaru definitely meant one thing. Sasuke would have to 'die' in order for Orochimaru to take over his body. He would rather do that, but not kill Naruto. Even though he had a solid opportunity. And Naruto was the only one that could have caused Sasuke to achieve Mangekyo.

He looks absolutely broken and spent after vote1, as he is walking away. Because he realises that he would rather die a slow death than kill Naruto.

Thanks for the ask Anon ❤️❤️

There are still some homophobes out there who think Sasuke didn't kill Naruto because he wanted power but not the way Itachi wanted.

Hmmm, Let’s see.

Sasuke reawakened his Sharingan for Naruto in Land of the Waves arc, matured his sharingan in the VoTE1 for Naruto. He was willing to kill Naruto for Mangekyo Sharingan by piercing Chidori. This love doujutsu never served Sakura.

If Sasuke managed to kill Naruto just like Itachi wanted, and he got his Mangekyo Sharingan, This undeniably still proves that Naruto is the most important person than anyone in Team 7 for Sasuke to awake such a great power.

But Sasuke had many chances to kill Naruto in VoTE1. It’s not because of Itachi that he did not kill Naruto. Itachi was more of an afterthought. It’s just that Sasuke simply couldn’t because he loves Naruto more than his Goal. He proved this many times in this series.

If Sasuke considered Sakura to be the important person or great love, he should have evolved his sharingan when Gaara pinned Sakura with his sand.

Sasuke is a person who always does something first subconsciously. And then gives a reason later to convince himself and others that he did it purely for a self-serving purpose.

Proof?

He saw Naruto was hungry. He immediately gave his food knowing full well about the consequences if he gave him. When asked about why he did what he did?

Here you go. He gave you the reason. But only after taking the risk.

Sasuke has every reason to not offer food. And yet he did. Because towards Naruto, he always acted subconsciously. In other words, his body always moved on its own.

Alright let’s move on to the real deal.

I LEFT YOU ON A WHIM...

Let’s see.

What is a whim?

So, it means, you decided to do something for sure but your mind changed at the last moment.

So far, so good.

But, do you call it as a whim if your mind always changes when the moment occurs more than once?

Well, I call it as a plan.

Moment 1

Sasuke could have rammed his chidori into Naruto. Instead, he balled up his fist and never even aimed for his vital spot just shows Sasuke’s whim here. Moments later...

Moment 2

Alright, Sasuke could have stuck a kunai into the unconscious Naruto here. Instead Sasuke is embracing ‘his weakness’ and Naruto’s warmth for one final time from a mere centimeters away.

Yeah, this is another one of Sasuke’s ‘whim’ to leave him alive.

Moment 3

Here, I am seeing million possibilities of how Sasuke could have killed Naruto.

For a starter,

This is a perfect jutsu, Sasuke developed to pierce through the enemies at a long range. He used this same jutsu to fight Orochimaru, Itachi and even killed Danzo. Why didn’t he use this against Naruto who is within that range and be done with it?

Instead Sasuke came extremely close to Naruto and try to draw a sword which he cannot even draw quickly. And FYI, to stab someone with a sword, you need a certain distance, and with that close proximity, Sasuke has zero chance to stab Naruto.

And since there are no thunder clouds at that moment, he possibly couldn’t have summoned ‘Kirin’, when he raised his hands. So, It’s all an elaborate joke, in my opinion.

It’s just like you said, anon,

Going to Orochimaru definitely meant one thing. Sasuke would have to 'die' in order for Orochimaru to take over his body. He would rather do that, but not kill Naruto. Even though he had a solid opportunity.

He was ready to give his body to Orochimaru rather than killing Naruto for so called ‘whim’ and power. The power he so much desired was brimming right before his eyes in the hideout in the form of Naruto. But he can’t kill him. He was simply begging for everyone to stop his tantrum.

This time, Sasuke never gave the reason, why he left him alive, like in VoTE1. But he indirectly hinted us that he simply couldn’t, after 50 or so episodes later.

So, are you telling me that he was smiling peacefully at the name of a person whom he left alive on a whim but not because of the good memories he shared with that person??

Well, Keep joking.

All these scenes I cited above doesn’t need shipping lens at all. You simply need some comprehensive reading/viewing skills and common sense. I think those homophobes don’t have any.

In short, Sasuke always acts without thinking and search for an excuse later when it comes to Naruto. While the excuse he comes up with may show his stronger persona but in reality, the things he does subconsciously shows with whom his weakness lies. That person is clearly Naruto and no one else. That’s exactly why Sasuke wanted to kill Naruto and fails invariably.

#naruto #naruto analysis #sasuke #ask #sasunaru #sasunarusasu #narusasu

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fishymom-art · 4 years

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How do u created hate u girl? :o

AW YEAH, TIME TO MAKE A LOOOONG POST WITH ILLUSTRATIONS!!!!

All my stories begin with me creating a main character and then building a world around them. Same with HUGirl, but it was a liiiiittle bit funnier. In the beginning Diana was just... well, me.

Thhhat right, the original design of Diana and her character herself is how I used to draw myself back in 2016, when I first started calling myself FishyMom!

I drew myself in Ford Pines’ (from Gravity Falls, yes) outfit and with gills, because I was in Undertale fandom and I was in loooove with Undyne. I used to have a group chat with my friends who also liked Undertale and at some point they started calling me FishyMom, because I was bossy, caring and had gills, apparently.

This design, as well as the nickname, stuck with me for a long time. At some point, I decided to make a character out of this design.

I called her Ford. You know. Because of the obvious thing XD. But I didn’t have a world for her yet.

Then I had a lot of things going on. In around 2014-2015 I was going to write two books about this world called Mirror World or Mirror Side. Some kind of shadows, who were assigned to you since your birth, would lead you into this world if you were unhappy. Mirror World has everything you ever wanted to have, creates a wonderful, flawless life and... brainwashes you completely into hailing the king of this world who harvests your powers to break out of the Mirror World and conquer the other side???? aka Magical Cult Kingdom, nothing else to say.

Ford was going to be a right-hand-man of the king and had his mark on her face which meant that he sees through her eyes. But I never finished the book (in fact, I tried rewriting it 3 times and did not succeed) and didn’t really know how to put Ford in, since I already had a hecking lot of characters who were much more important to the story than she was. But she was still kinda there in the story.

(btw, the king’s name was Gaskard, which is Alex Gaskarth’s (vocalist of All Time Low) name written wrong. I didn’t know it was his name, my classmates were joking around when they said it when I was asking for a villain’s name. I was on their concert in 2017 uwu)

I was thinking about a sequel of the book at the same moment as I was still not writing the first one XD. And now it gets interesting.

In the first book, there had to be this girl, who was one of main character’s young sister and student. The second book was going to be about her and her twin brother. Her name was Elizabeth.

The first picture is Elizabeth with her twin-brother, Noelle and second picture is the old Elizabeth.

A lot of things later, I decided to get rid of the story and make a whole new story for a sequel. But I was still left with Elizabeth. And I made her Ford. (and I made Noelle her sister instead of brother I guess...)

At this point, I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted Ford to be a scientist. I wanted her to be a warrior. I wanted her to be the characters I was inspired by when I was creating her. And I knew the story I was going to give her.

But I still didn’t have a world. And I still didn’t have a name.

And then I did a thing

There was a blog on Tumblr before hate-u-girl that had something to do with Ford. And I posted comics there. And you could or could not have seen at least one of the stupid comics I drew calling them all under the name HUGirl, which was literally Human, but a “girl” instead of “man”. And I mean this one...

my eyes hurt from the art style and from tHE AMOUNT OF NOTES IT HAS. LIKE, LITERALLY, I JUST HAD TO SEARCH FOR IT, LAST TIME I SAW THIS ABOMINATION, IT HAD 3K NOTES, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS MY MOST VIEWED ARTWORK??? MY LEGACY???? [heavy breathing] IS IT BECAUSE I TAGGED ZUTARA THERE??? IS THIS WHY?????

- ok, screaming aside XD

Yup! That was Ford! And there was also Huboy, who then went on to be Robert! (hoooo boi....). They were partners right from the beginning!!!!

And I finally started drawing the actual comic. THIS, everybody, is two ONLY pages that were made for the first ever try on “HUGirl” comic.

Ah, they were such babies....

The main antagonist of the comic, however, was someone fully new and someone who was also first just the way I drew myself.

Fishy Mom. Yes yes, you heard it right. Fishy Mom IS a character. That’s why at some point I asked people to call me RK (Ar-Key or, for Russians, Er-Ka), because that was a little weird. And she had to be some kind of a ruler of fully re-made Mirror World!!!

I came up with the idea of making her a villain and a separate character after I made a cover on Die House and drew her in that dress for the first time. She evolved to an entity that can transform into your biggest fears (directly or indirectly). And Ford’s greatest fear was (and still is) water and fish.

Strange and unpolished, I left the first attempt and started drawing the second one, already including my baby Adelaide, who has a much bigger role than you think and I won’t be telling it. (Oh, and Robert’s lasagna appeared there too! Me and my friends made a lot of jokes about this lasagna XDDD)

Here are some of my favorite panels!

“big power with a tiny apartment?”

Diana and Robert were going to be a couple.

it’s a toxic haze all around

LOOK AT THIS BABY!!!

+ bonus of a badass Robert.

There had to be that other character called Complete Failure who has first appeared in this animation I made. All the characters in it are “the original cast” of HUGirl and will always be. I wanted them to be the villain for some time but quickly changed my mind and put Fishy Mom back into the role of the villain. They still remained a very important character to me who you can thank for the story HUGirl is now and will be.

Then Fishy Mom (or rather F-001 aka Fishy Good/Too Good To Be True) got a HuMan FoRm!!!! Yaaaay! Because a cartoony fish in the middle of a sci-fi post-apocalyptic drama would have been pretty weird. Btw, I have no idea at which point it turned into a post-apocalyptic comic, but I had to roll with it, because I put it as genre in WebToon and Idk if I can change it and I already came up with an excuse ahhaha.

My idea was that she put experiments and tried to create humans out of magic and science (i like that mix). This is when the “HU” in HUGirl turned into Human Urge Academy (now, Haze Unity Academy), the research academy on human life, who’s role is to create more humans because they can’t produce them the good-ol’-way anymore XD. And Diana (the “F” in the beginning of every experiment meant “Ford”, btw), alongside other characters, became a part of it and Fishy Mom became Diana’s personal nemesis, who was one of the experiments and wanted to kinda break free. It was still very weird and unpolished but I loved it. I had everything planned, from the beginning to the end and everything in the middle.

The last character I came up with was Susan Whaletaker. And she was anything but the character she is now XD. She was going to be the CEO of HUA and a pretty nice person. [turns to Susan now] NICE PERSON.

I had a lot of other thinking and writing in-between, but now I know exactly what I want to do with the story. And I have all those babes on my side uwu

It’s not a full story since it would have contained a lot of spoilers, but those are all the main events hehe, thank you very much uwu

if you have any other questions, please do ask!

#hugirl #diana elizabeth newt #robert kaelan does #markus levi damon #adelaide #F-701 #Susan Whaletaker #hate u girl #fishy mom #original comic #fishymom-ask

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kimamanitranslatesnovels · 7 years

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Fiancée Observation Record c3

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Chapter 3: Bertia, Age 10

“Welcome. Thank you very much for coming to visit… It has been a while, Prince Cecil.”

“Thank you for inviting me. Yes, it’s been a while, Lady Bertia.”

It’s Lady Bertia’s tenth birthday.

During the past three months, I was unusually busy with a lot of different things and was unable to meet her. On finally meeting her, I notice that she seems a little… worn-out.

“What’s the matter? Are you feeling ill?”

Preparations for her party are underway at this very moment, although only a small handful of family friends will attend it. Right after this, she’ll be the star of the party.

As I volunteered to be her escort as her fiancé, I came to the Noches mansion a little early. But by the time I arrived, she had already gotten ready for the party.

She was wearing a faded gold-coloured or perhaps milk tea-coloured dress that closely resembled my hair colour. It looked a bit mature on a ten-year-old girl. In direct contrast to her charming clothing, her expression was clouded – she seemed somehow tired.

Despite this, fire blazes in her eyes as she glares at me resentfully.

“Your Highness, you’re terrible!” she bursts out resentfully - immediately after we sat across each other in the drawing room and greeted each other.

“What?”

I am technically the crown prince, so normally, if someone said something like that to me, all the adults around me would go pasty white… but the only people in this room other than us, Zeno and Lady Bertia’s two maids, have already gotten used to this. They nonchalantly prepare our tea for us.

Naturally, the black fox curled up on her lap continues to sway its tail at an even tempo.

“Lady Bertia, did I do something to make you twist your lovely face so?” I ask, cocking my head to the side.

“Argh! Argh! Argh!” she shouts suddenly. She picks up a cushion next to her with both hands and begins slamming it against the sofa.

It’s a simple way to let out your temper in a way that doesn’t harm others. It’s additionally an incredibly easy way to demonstrate your anger.

… Though the black fox-lookalike on her lap doesn’t seem too happy about this turn of events.

“… Ahem. Excuse me.”

I drink some black tea that her maids prepared, waiting for her to calm down. But she calms down in just around thirty seconds. She returns the cushion to its original position, looking awkward, and turns back to face me. She coughs.

“B – but, your Highness, you’re in the wrong as well. Just like we promised, I haven’t talked about ‘the past’ with anyone but you. So – so – the only person I can talk to about my mother’s situation is you, your Highness, but I haven’t been able to see you for three months! It’s my birthday today! Originally, my mother would have passed away by now! I wrote you so many letters while we couldn’t meet, but all you would say was ‘It’ll be fine,’ – I didn’t know what I should do…”

… Her maids and Zeno are listening in as hard as they can, but apparently they don’t count as ‘people listening to the conversation’ in her mind.

Well, a maid good enough to be employed in the House of Noches probably wouldn’t reveal her master’s murmurs and secrets to others, and my ‘envoy’ has reported that in fact no one has revealed such things, so it’ll probably be fine.

As I muse about such things while listening to her grouching, she finally begins to cry, large tears dripping from her eyes.

Even I panicked a little at the sight.

After placing my tea on the desk carefully in order to not make a sound, I make my way to her side fairly quickly and softly put my hand on her back.

I do feel like we’re a bit too close for an unmarried man and woman, but she is my fiancée – it’s probably fine.

More importantly, I need to comfort her.

“Lady Bertia, I’m sorry. I hadn’t thought that you would worry so much about this. I’m really fine – that’s why I wrote that I was in my letters. I just was a bit busy dealing with cleaning up some accidents and planning out how to best use some leftovers and covering things up and so on. And making your birthday present took me some time too…”

To be honest, the letters she sent me didn’t contain any information I hadn’t already processed, so I didn’t really have anything to say but ‘It’ll be fine,’… but from her reaction, I’ve caused her to worry quite a bit thanks to my short responses.

It’s not the first time that I’ve caused people to worry like this because I just say that I’m fine if I think the future seems okay. I forget that people may not see the same future as I do.

I think it’s pretty easy to see the future if you make some logical deductions based on various bits of information… but it seems that depending on the person, it may not be that easy.

When I dismiss something as something I already know and sum it up in a few simple words, it looks like sometimes I still need to say more.

This seems like a bad habit of mine.

I need to be careful.

“What do you mean, ‘fine’!? Since we’re changing the plot anyways, I tried to obtain as much Ruona grass as possible in order to save as many people as possible, but I don’t have anywhere near enough! … And it was difficult for me cultivate or preserve a lot of them that well so there’s a lot that can’t even be used for medicinal purposes. And also, the disease outbreak that should’ve been happening isn’t, and my mother, who should’ve died by my birthday, is doing just fine. I just don’t know what’s going on… I don’t know what I should do!”

“Ah, hey, Lady Bertia. Don’t cry so much. It’s fine.”

“It is not fine!”

“It’s fine. The disease outbreak happened, just like you said… it’s just that since you gave me information, I was able to deduce what kind of disease it was and what kind of medicine to make as well as where it would begin spreading. So it’s just that I made the medicine before the outbreak happened, and when it did, I quarantined the patients at the source for treatment, so there were almost no deaths or casualties.”

“There’s no way that making the medicine and quarantining the patients at the source for treatment would be fine… huh? Medicine? Quarantines at the source? Treatment?”

“That’s right. So the disease has already been put under control – it’s unlikely it will infect your mother. Oh, but just in case, here’s the medicine. I thought it would be a good idea to bring it to be prepared for a worst-case scenario.”

I take the medicine from Zeno, who had been waiting next to me for the right moment to give me the medicine. I place it in her hand and have her grip it.

“Medicine? What? Huh? What? Wait, I don’t understand…”

“See, that’s why I said it would be fine. This way, there won’t be many deaths due to an outbreak in the capital, nor will your mother die.”

“Huh? Wha-a-a-a-a-at!?” cries Lady Bertia, opening her tear-filled eyes wide.

Oh, one of the maids quietly headed out to the hallway to deal with the people who would no doubt come at the sound of Lady Bertia’s scream.

Yes, truly an excellent maid.

“W – wait a second, your Highness! What does this mean!? Please explain!”

Looking surprised or perhaps panicked, she grabs my shoulders and shakes me back and forth violently.

… I’ve never been treated like this before.

But my head is spinning – this isn’t a very nice experience.

“I understand already, so shall we calm down for now?”

With a bright smile, I grip both her wrists and stop her from shaking me.

“As if I could calm down! Hurry up and explain!”

She looks like she’s about to bite me. Good grief, I think.

I tell her about what happened after she told me about her mother’s future death.

After her story, I asked my father in order to receive permission to use the greenhouse and Ruona grass seedlings.

As it was apparently difficult to cultivate, I read books that described how to cultivate it. I additionally used some of my own ideas based on Ruona grass’ peculiarities as a plant… and it grew unbelievably well.

Since I had grown it so very easily, I thought that I might try my hand at making the medicine as well. I asked my father to hire doctors of pharmacy and medicine in order to learn from them. As I learned under them, I read every book I could get my hands on in the royal library.

I had Lady Bertia tell me everything she could recall about her mother’s symptoms when she died as well as any peculiarities of the disease in order to narrow down my deductions as much as possible.

… Though she had apparently been simply asking me for advice over tea and hadn’t really thought that I would begin to seriously make my move.

After thinking hard about those symptoms along with the most statistically likely infectious diseases to occur based on the weather and climate this year, I eventually narrowed it down to a single disease.

And from her comment that the disease was an evolved form of a known disease and the fact that Ruona grass was needed for the medicine, I tried making the medicine through trial and error.

It’s much simpler to reverse-engineer a known solution than to determine a single answer from a large number of possibilities. So I reached the solution remarkably easily.

Though well, I couldn’t verify whether my solution was truly correct or not until the outbreak already happened.

Anyways, the point is that it took quite a bit of time for a simple prince like me who was no scientist to get this far, but things went pretty well up until then.

… That’s right, until then.

Though I had more-or-less determined the disease and how to make its medicine, it was a deduction that all hinged on believing Lady Bertia’s story.

I had made my move out of curiosity, thinking that I didn’t really care whether or not it was true. But the adults around me wouldn’t do anything for a reason like that.

I didn’t have the necessary tools to convince them and nor did I have the guts.

And so out of desperation, I decided to create some coincidences.

I, a prince, claimed to coincidentally be interested in infectious diseases and visited a doctor researching them under the pretense of learning from him.

There, I talked passionately about the potential effects of Ruona grass and their use, which I had coincidentally gotten into growing.

The doctor listened intently to my story perhaps partly because I was the crown prince.

At time to time, we entered into back-and-forth discussions to exchange ideas.

However, it was difficult moving forwards from there.

It was much more difficult than I had imagined to lead him on a round-about way towards the answer without revealing that I already knew it.

I experienced how painfully difficult it was to manipulate someone to where you wanted them without them noticing.

I lost count of how many times I wondered how he couldn’t notice something this simple.

Regardless, I doggedly continued our discussions until I somehow managed to give the doctor all the information necessary to make the medicine. All I needed to do was make sure that he would make the connection between the medicine and the disease when the time came.

All I needed was for the doctor to notice the disease as early as possible once he had finished all the initial preparations.

After all, the infectious disease that was most likely to spread this time around was his speciality.

I presumed that in front of a patient, even if their symptoms were slightly different, he would identify the correct disease. The disease was most likely to enter the capital through the main gates – which could also be called the entranceway to the city. And so since there coincidentally happened to be an empty room near the gates, I asked my father to make his temporary home in the capital be there.

And so I had everything prepared by the time Lady Bertia had said the incident would occur. I had successfully reached a situation where all I had to do was watch my plan unfold.

Well, it might be a bit odd to say this after I did all that, but to be honest, at that point I didn’t even half-believe Lady Bertia’s stories of the future.

It’s just that I had thought that even if the chance that an infectious disease rampages through the capital was slim, it would be a good idea to be prepared. I had been able to learn a lot through this incident as well so a part of me was satisfied with just that.

That’s why I was shocked when I visited his home to see someone suffering from what looked like the initial symptoms of the disease. I had snuck into his home on the pretext of wanting to see his medical texts, wielding my childish innocence as a weapon.

Stuff like this really happens, I thought.

But though I did think that, since I had already made all the preparations, I didn’t really panic.

All I had to do was coincidentally connect the dots and manipulate events to make a ‘miracle’ happen.

The doctor really worked hard once he realized that a patient with a new strain of infectious disease had appeared.

Naturally, I provided him with my large supply of Ruona grass which I had been coincidentally growing as a hobby.

In this way, everything unfolded just like I had planned.

This happened just around two or three months back.

“Wa – wa – wait a second, please! Your story is weird in a lot of places!”

“Is that so? In which places?”

After telling Lady Bertia about everything that happened after she told me about the infectious disease – about how I discovered a patient, about how I had the doctor realize how to make the effective medicine and had him actually make it, about how I quarantined the disease before it could really spread and treated it – she cried out while holding her head in her hands.

She’s saying that my story is weird, but things unfolded just the way I planned – I don’t think it’s really that weird?

Oh, by the way, I obviously didn’t mention that I hadn’t really believed her until the first victim appeared.

Putting aside my personal beliefs, in the end, I started to move based on her story and succeeded in protecting the citizens of this kingdom from the terrifying disease that she had predicted.

There’s no reason for me to go out of my way to be stupidly honest and reveal everything. That would just make her think less of me.

“W – w – why would you do such a thing, your Highness!?”

“Did I not say that I would help you?”

“You did say that. However…”

“Additionally, I have no intentions to ignore my own fiancée’s worries, nor to overlook the possibility that the woman who will become my second mother could die, no matter how slim that possibility may be… especially if I can deal with the issue if I put a little effort into it.”

“That definitely was not a ‘little’ effort. Normally, an eleven-year-old child wouldn’t be able to do something like that.”

Lady Bertia looks at me with a complicated expression, like she can’t tell whether she should be happy.

“Hm? I’m almost twelve, you know?”

“A twelve-year-old too!”

“Well, a normal twelve-year-old probably couldn’t. However, remember, I’m the crown prince. I’ve received quite a bit of education and I can use the books in the royal library as I please to a certain degree. For the first time in a while, I spent entire days engrossed in my books, but that was beneficial to me and fun as well. Oh, and I can also borrow other people’s help if I get Father’s permission, though it’s not like I can use people as I please.”

Though well, since there were a few too many ‘coincidences’ this time around, Father is probably a little suspicious since he knows the whole situation. But if I just insist that it’s “just a coincidence” with a smile, he’ll probably let it go, look tired, and mutter “good grief”.

“I – is that so?” says Lady Bertia, looking at me with an astonished expression.

I respond with a bright smile.

Behind me, I feel like I can hear Zeno murmuring, cheerful as usual, that even a normal young crown prince wouldn’t be able to do something like this. But I decide to ignore him.

“It’s possible, perhaps? It’s possible for things to work out so nicely, perhaps? It shouldn’t be, right!? It shouldn’t be, but it is!? Wait, but for the ‘Android Prince’ who’s the embodiment of a genius, maybe it is possible? But but…” murmurs Lady Bertia in front of me, hand on her chin as she begins to worry.

… What does she mean by ‘Android Prince’?

As I expected, I can’t understand what she’s saying again today.

“Well, don’t sweat over the small details, okay? It seems like the Lord and Lady Noches are fine as well and the damage to the capital was minimized. Isn’t that good?”

“… T – that’s true! It’s good that Mother and everyone in the capital were able to escape from the disease’s evil grasp!”

Lady Bertia decides to stop thinking. Perhaps she thought too much and reached her limit.

Yeah, this is more convenient for me too.

After all, even if someone asks me why I was able to do something like that, the only answer I can give is that I was able to do it when I tried.

“Oh, that’s right, Lady Bertia - I’m planning to give you your official birthday present from the King and the crown prince later, but unrelated to that, I have something for you from me personally…”

Though she decided to let things go, it seems like some things are still bothering her. I hold out a velvet-covered square box to her.

It was about the size of both my hands put together. Naturally it didn’t fit in my pocket, so I had Zeno hand it to me right before I gave it to her.

“W – what is this?”

Despite deciding to let things go, it looks like she’s having a tough time doing just that. She looks at the box I hold out to her cautiously, with an expression like she has something stuck in her teeth.

Her expression makes her look like she’s about to burst out saying “You still have more surprises for me!?”

“It’s my personal birthday gift to you. Though it’s handmade, so it’s nothing special,” I say, opening the lid of the box and showing her the inside.

“My! It – it’s splendid!”

It’s an exquisitely designed necklace that looks like silver ivy is tangled together in the form of a necklace. It’s adorned with an ultramarine blue heart-shaped stone, the colour of the night sky on a clear day.

Though well, in reality it isn’t a ‘stone’, but rather a carefully cut glass bottle containing an ultramarine blue liquid.

“This is some of the leftovers from the cure for that disease.”

“What? Leftovers… of the cure?”

Confused, Lady Bertia tilts her head nearly horizontally to the side.

“That’s right. While I was researching Ruona grass in order to make the cure, I learned that it has the ability to increase the effectiveness of other medicine. However, if you just use it as it is then it’s not really well-suited with some medicines, so the ones it can improve are limited. Apparently the base medicine for the medicine we used this time around was well-suited with Ruona grass, so the medicine turned out good.”

As I explain, she listens while nodding her head in agreement.

However, it’s a mystery to me whether she’s nodding her head because she really understands.

“But while I was looking through the royal library’s books to see if I could use Ruona grass for other things since I had the chance, I found a book that was a little interesting. Using that book’s unique refinement technique, I was able to extract just the medicinal components of the grass. In this form, I could make special medicine that could increase the effectiveness of many different types of medicine. So with this special medicine, I tried making a universal poison antidote.”

Though well, I say it’s an interesting book but I found it in a hidden room where all the sort of forbidden books were.

A certain location in the royal library had bothered me due to the way the royal library was structured. When I investigated it just in case, I found the hidden room.

It was locked with an odd mechanism that required me to move around numbers on a clock face. It really felt like it was a room I shouldn’t open, so naturally I ended up opening it.

Humans are creatures that naturally want to do things that are forbidden to them, wouldn’t you say? Especially ‘children’ like me, no?

On a side note, the passcode to open the door was my mother’s birthday.

I’m sure that Father set it to that so he wouldn’t forget his beloved wife’s birthday, but the entire country extravagantly celebrates the Queen’s birthday. Am I the only one who thinks that it’s pretty risky to set the passcode to a number the entire country knows?

“… Huh? What? Universal antidote?”

“That’s right. Here in what looks like an ultramarine blue stone. This is a glass bottle that holds the antidote. I extracted the detoxifying components of several herbs that work well as antidotes along with refined extract of Ruona grass to increase its effect. It’s guaranteed to work.”

In order to build up an immunity to poison, at times I drink a non-lethal amount of poison. When it came time for me to drink poison, I drunk a little more than usual and secretly also drank my antidote. It worked, so the antidote definitely works.

Naturally, if I told others about this they’d definitely get angry at me, so it’s a secret that I experimented like this.

“As my future wife, there’s always the danger that you’ll be targeted by many different people. To make sure that I don’t lose you in even a worst-case scenario, I made you this to be your protective charm. You’ll accept it, right?”

I smile at her brightly even as she frets. I take the necklace from the box and softly place it on her thin neck.

Her cheeks flare with red in an instant, almost as if someone had cast a spell on her.

“Mm, it suits you.”

“T – thank you v – very much.”

Even as she looks to the ground, cheeks red as an apple, she strokes the necklace on her neck. Seeing her like this makes me feel satisfied.

The medicine that was leftover after the disease incident was dealt with had become quite the pain.

Thinking that it would good if something useful was created, I threw myself into my work out of curiosity. But it was even more fun than I had expected and I went too far.

Ruona grass extract no longer had the limitation of only being useable with medicine it was ‘well-suited’ with. However, this had its pros and cons.

On the positive side, medicine mixed with Ruona grass extract obviously became more effective.

On the flip side… mixing it with poison or narcotics and such made their effects that much worse, creating ultimate poisons.

It’s a huge help if used for good things but devastating if used for bad things.

Considering the risks vs. the benefits, I decided against revealing this medicine to the public.

And so, instead of revealing the medicine to the public, I made it one of the royal family’s secret medicines. I then decided to begin with giving it as a birthday present to Lady Bertia, who would likely inevitably be in danger due to her place by my side.

So it could be used a shield against those who would destroy my precious fiancée (toy).

“Lady Bertia, this necklace’s secret is a secret between us two, okay?”

It would be a pain if the existence of this medicine became well-known… my father might end up discovering that I entered the hidden room,

And also, in a worst case scenario, if people who knew about the medicine stole it away from her, then it would be useless as a shield.

From the way she usually acts, I don’t know just how much the people around her will believe her, but I’ll keep her quiet just in case.

“I – I promise for you for sure definitely!”

Hm? Lady Bertia, that sentence ended weirdly, you know?

I immediately felt ill at ease at how effectively I had muzzled her.

As I wonder what happened, for a good while, Lady Bertia grips the necklace I had given her with both hands and trembles, looking down with a bright-red face.

But immediately afterwards…

“Prince Cecil!” she calls out suddenly, looking at me with very determined eyes, “In order to repay you for this debt, I will properly fix the plotline and become a splendid villainess noble lady! I, Bertia Ibil Noches, swear this on this necklace!”

“… What?”

“In order to do this, I will begin with my father, who was meant to begin his path to evil due to this incident! I will make him magnificently evil!”

“No, I really don’t need you to do that?”

Marquis Noches is pretty good at his job, so it’s probably better for him to serve the kingdom instead of committing crimes.

“Please, there’s no need for you to hold back! This is how you and the heroine will become happy! I will dedicate my heart and soul to becoming a villainess!”

“No, I’m not holding myself back?”

“Just watch me! I will superbly walk along the path to ruin!”

“…”

Mm, it doesn’t seem like she’s listening to me.

This is a problem.

But well, Marquis Noches isn’t likely to dance to her tune so easily, so it’s probably okay if I leave things the way they are.

… It seems interesting, after all.

If it looks like things are getting bad, I can step in and stop her, right?

As she looks at me with sparkling eyes, making some kind of incomprehensible vow, I decide to ignore her with a silent smile.

T/N:

#JustTranslatorThings: Being obnoxiously happy when an author mentions a gender so you don’t have to awkwardly tip-toe around pronouns. Shout out to you, Mr. Doctor!

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Competitive Battle Team ; Pt. VII: Choices

Links: Pretext ; Pt. I ; Pt. II ; Pt. III ; Pt. IV ; Pt. V ; Pt. VI

This is the last article for my competitive team! And in this article I’m going to explain the pokémon I chose, why I chose them, and summarize their nicknames. I called this team the Kitelike team because the reason I chose all of these Pokémon is because I liked them and gave that precedence to the actual competitive viability (p.s. my name is kite, hence kitelike) First up:

Scolipede ; Atari

I chose Scolipede because centipedes have always been one of my largest fears since childhood, and through my life, I’ve found the best way to conquer my fears has been to study them. So, one day I set out to learn everything I could about centipedes and became fixated. I adore them now, and though they certainly still freak me out a bit, I had to add Scolipede to my party. In addition to this, I love poison type pokémon. Centipedes are the harbingers of bad news and the symbols of death. I chose the name Atari as a deviation of the word Ataraxia because of the song Centipede by Wisen, in which the artist speaks of receiving ataraxy. Ataraxy is an extreme serenity, a peace. I thought this name would be cool because of Scolipede’s attack. It adds an almost sinister element. Calmly, cooly, killing you.

Toxicroak ; Redlight

Toxicroak was always one of my favorite designed pokémon, primarily because of its neat raptor-like claws. I have also, since childhood, loved frogs, and though my fixation has since faded, it’s a good ol’ call back to when I was 13. Generation IV is also one of my favorite generations, so had to pay homage. I chose the name Redlight for multiple reasons. First, Toxicroak looks very naughty at first glance and Redlight has connotations of naughtiness due to its association with the red light district. Second, it gives thoughts of a red traffic light, which is an indication to stop- like a directive to faint, a stop to your game.

Hydreigon ; Gwendolen

It took some getting used to, but when I finally understood Hydreigon, it swiftly became one of my favorite pokémon. I wish it had better stats, because it’s seriously an awesome character. Its two auxiliary heads are actually arms, when I understood that, it changed my opinion on the pokémon, entirely. I also had a revelation that its covered head as Deino and Zweilous, peels back to form its mane as Hydreigon. It’s truly a disturbing design, and with Dark as one of its two types, I had to have it. Hydreigon reminds me of artist Nick Bantok, whose art has influenced me a lot throughout my life. Again, like centipedes, I started off being very afraid of Bantok’s artwork, but came to love it. Should my Hydreigon have been male, I would have named it Bantok. However, it wasn’t: I chose the name Gwendolen because of Queen Gwendolen of 11th Century BC Britain, who fought a battle against her husband, the king, and defeated him. She took his throne and became the first Queen Regnant (meaning she ruled alone). I chose this name because I really wanted a male Hydreigon, I had the name picked out and everything! But I landed on a female and decided I would roll with it. She took him down. Gwendolen is my second 6 IV Hydreigon, the first I named Itzpapalotl (meaning “obsidian butterfly”). I bred two because the first has a weird spread and questionable nature.

Porygon-z ; ZZDZZAZZ4ZZ

Ah, here we are. Porygon-z says more about me on this list, than any other. It’s my star. I can’t get enough of it. When I was younger, I used to love Porygon. I used to think it was really cool, but as it evolved I never really paid attention and didn’t have the knowledge, nor attention span to appreciate what was going on. I didn’t know what “dubious” meant, I didn’t know anything about computers or graphics, and though I loved Generation IV, I mostly loved it because it took place in a snowier region, Sinnoh. However, as I grew older, some naivety faded. I got massively into Glitch art culture as I grew older. I became an avid fan of Alva Noto, a glitch/minimalist musician. I love glitch digital sounds and artwork more than I can even describe, it shaped me into who I am more than any other type of music/artwork. I dowloaded VC Red about a year ago. I played through it, purchased my Porygon at the Game Corner, and had a good time. But when I transferred my Porygon up to Pokémon Sun and Moon and evolved it into Porygon-z, it all hit me. I had no idea that Porygon-z’s design was to be based off of a glitch/virus, until I saw the frantic manor in which it moved in Sun and Moon. The Dubious Disc now made sense. A bootlegged up-grade gone awry. If you pay attention, it could even be argued that Porygon-z’s head is simply Porygon2′s head, detached and flipped upside-down. The pokémon is literally a whacked out version of it’s preevolution and that. That. Is RIGHT up my alley. Everything from its cry to its physicality is exceptional thinking. Of course, I had to give it a proper name, so I named it after the harrowing ZZAZZ glitch in Pokémon Red and Blue. I didn’t name it “ZZAZZ” because in the glitch, when in battle, your opponents name contains the characters ZZDZZAZZ4ZZIZZ9 and so on. I shortened it to ZZDZZAZZ4ZZ so I could justify calling it “zaz” verbally. Regardless, I mainly chose the name because this glitch corrupts your save file, destroying your progress, again, making an allusion to destruction.

Houndoom ; Niko

Back when I was younger, I used to play Monster Rancher 4 on the PS2. It’s ... such a good game, it’s fun, makes collecting species fun, and includes battling and training, much like pokémon. I used to have a Tiger/Zan mix (Nightfang) that I named Niko, after my grandparent’s Samoyed dog. Niko was a staple in their house when I was a child, but died when I was still young. SO this nickname is a massive homage to several bits of myself in a more nostalgic sense. I’ve always liked Houndour/Houndoom and have definitely raised them before, but never with the intent of being a party member, and with all of the increased interaction we’re seeing with pokémon via Pokémon Refresh, I HAD to have a Houndoom. I want to pet it and love it <3.

Mandibuzz ; Ulna

If I could be reincarnated as any animal I would want to be a vulture. I love them so much, but, fun fact: I do not like Mandibuzz. I chose several other pokémon beforehand. Alolan Marowak, Dragalge, I tried a bunch of options, but kept coming back to Mandibuzz. I just... do not like it’s design as much as I could. Vultures are so neat, badass, would make an AWESOME pokémon, but instead they made Mandibuzz. As is the norm for me, through my dislike blossomed amiability and I actually grew to accept Mandibuzz as an option for my team, ultimately feeling like the team was missing something when I removed it. And so here we are. One of my massive qualms is its cry, I know, it’s not a real vulture, but vultures don’t make vocal calls because they lack vocal organs, so instead they make raking, guttural, hisses that sound SO FREAKING BADASS I CANNOT TELL YOU ENOUGH. Instead they made it a squawky mess. I also love bones, but the idea of giving this awesome-ass bird a bone .... apron.. . . ? ? //? /? / because? ? ?it’s a woman?? ? I have no idea, regardless, it found its way onto my team and I appreciate it enough to allow it to stay. Before anyone starts on me, it’s named “Mandibuzz”, implying it might be meant to be a “buzzard”, right?? But my kind fellow, No. It’s named that because here in the good ol’ US of A we call vultures “buzzards” and actual buzzards are unknown to most the good folk ‘round here because they have no clue what they’re talking about. A true buzzard is more like a hawk, but Mandibuzz is clearly meant to be a vulture, much to my chagrin. Another reason for choosing it was all of my childhood reminiscing and glitchy folly, lead me to offensive team member after offensive team member and I needed a good defense option. Instead, I chose Mandibuzz, an okay defense, but a powerhouse if played correctly. I’m really hoping that this pokémon grows on me, and I think... it could. I named it Ulna after the bone in your arm, conterpart to the radius. It took me a while to name this one, but I’m happy with what I landed on.

I learned a lot through this experience and I’m actually going on to create a more viable team. I’ll do an article on that team, but I won’t draw it out over 7 parts. For now, thanks for reading all this jargon and going on this journey with me. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go raise and EV train 6 pokémon.

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