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Translator: TranslationChicken
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Editor: TranslationChicken
(Thank you Aaron, Roanz, Kizarat for helping with the proofreading! <3)
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ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO TAPPEI NAGATSUKI, THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF RE:ZERO, THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF THE FREE JAPANESE WEB NOVEL INTO ENGLISH
JAPANESE WEB NOVEL SOURCE: HTTP://NCODE.SYOSETU.COM/N2267BE/210/
Previous Chapter: https://translationchicken.com/2017/09/16/rezero-arc-4-chapter-44-forbidden-part-33/
ARC 4
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT
Chapter 45 [Conditions For The Tea Party]
[Subaru: ――to]
Eyes tightly shut, Subaru clenched his teeth in anticipation of the impending fingers of shocking pain.
But this anguished determination was,
[Subaru: ……huh?]
Despite pronouncing the words, none of the changes came to Subaru’s body.
[Subaru: ……hm]
Lifting his head, Subaru quickly felt his chest to confirm that nothing was out of the ordinary. Directly in front of him, Echidona was still sitting with her legs crossed just as she was a few seconds ago, and only her eyebrows slightly twitched on her perfect features.
Frantically looking her over, he saw that nothing had changed about the girl who was looking back at him. Her breathing, her demeanor: everything was the same as before. But, expecting the worst, his eyes locked onto the center of her chest, shrouded in her funerary dress,
[Echidona: Although I don’t know if they live up to your expectations, personally I’m not very confident in my chest size, you know. I guess if they were the size of Sekhmet’s or Minerva’s, they’d probably be a huge burden on my back and shoulders…… but from a curiosity standpoint, I still find it regrettable]
[Subaru: ……That’s totally not the reason why I’m ogling! No, more importantly…]
Hearing Echidona’s statement like it was a matter-of-course, Subaru shot back as if his brain went blank. Then, holding a palm to his mouth, desperately trying to stifle the emotions in his trembling voice,
[Subaru: When…… when I die, I rewind time, and do the world over again. I can Return by Death]
[Echidona: I heard you. And before I heard, I read it too. I see, it’s quite a rare situation indeed]
Carefree as ever, as if having completely accepted the facts of Subaru’s statement, Echidona nodded.
But, to Subaru, this attitude was nothing short of thunder striking on a clear day.
――At the end of his last syllable as he pronounced the words, no matter how much he reminded his heart to stay strong, his determination would easily have been destroyed under the unrelenting punishment of the Witch’s hand.
The pain that would result whenever he trespassed on the forbidden, dealt either to Subaru’s heart or the heart of the person he was confessing to, had always been the unshakable trauma binding his heart.
That was why, to Subaru, even the act of “Attempting” was out of the question. If not for Echidona’s push on his back, Subaru would not have possessed the final resolve to follow through.
He had done so with such momentous determination. And yet, it was so easily――
[Subaru: Why didn’t the hand come out……?]
[Echidona: You sound almost disappointed that it didn’t. In that case, could it be that you regret having missed an opportunity to kill me? I’m hurt]
[Subaru: I obviously wasn’t banking on that sort of……!]
[Echidona: Yes, I know. Are you feeling so cornered that you can’t even take a little joke?]
Ignoring Subaru’s emotions wavering under the shock, Echidona simply went on at her own pace. Unable to hold back his frustration, Subaru clicked his tongue and shot her a sharp glare,
[Subaru: Then answer me clearly. You… heard me say “Return by Death” several times now, and the hand that was supposed to…… the Witch’s hand won’t be coming? Am I right in thinking that?]
[Echidona: So you already understand that hand belongs to the Witch. ……Yes, that is correct. This is my dream, and my Citadel. A fantasy seen in my death. No one may enter here without my permission]
[Subaru: You’re sure of that?]
[Echidona: You certainly are cautious. ――Yes, I’m sure. The only Witches whose existences are permitted here are Greed, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Wrath, and Sloth. There is no place for Envy here]
Seeing Subaru insisting on making sure, Echidona replied.
Hearing this, for a moment Subaru forgot to breathe. A short while passed as he sat silently in his chair, limp and powerless. His shoulders dropped, his face stooped, and he let out a long, long sigh,
[Subaru: is that, so…….that so…… is, that so……]
[Echidona: ――――]
Covering his face with his palm, Subaru repeated the same words under his breath. Over, and over.
As if just to make sure. As if unwilling to let it go. As if clinging onto it.
After all, whether it was being freed from the Witch’s fingers or finally spilling the forbidden words stowed deep inside his chest, all of it was a first since he arrived in this Parallel World.
[Echidona: That is certainly a profound expression you’re making]
Watching Subaru being tossed by waves of emotions, Echidona’s delicate lips softened as she spoke. Passing her fingers through her pure white hair,
[Echidona: Was that how much it has been tormenting you? Then again, having this kind of obsessive love directed at you, I guess it’s only inevitable]
[Subaru: Sorry… I got a bit carried away there. I’m fine now. …….Yeah, I’m fine now. I’m fine now, so let’s keep going. There’s still a mountain of things I want to talk to you about]
The constraint on speaking of “Return by Death” did not activate.
It took a considerable amount time just to come to terms with that fact, but even now that he had accepted it, his heart was still no less turbulent.
The burden he had carried up to now, the burden he was still carrying, the sense of liberation of finally being able to say it out loud―― was like a light of hope injected into this stifling deadlock. But,
[Echidona: There’s something you seem to be misunderstanding]
[Subaru: ――?]
[Echidona: It is true that the Witch’s hand cannot intervene inside my Citadel. So I do understand your heart’s jubilation at finally being able to reveal the secret that you were barred from revealing up to now. But…… as to whether I should listen to your problems and just so conveniently offer my help and advice, that would be a separate question entirely, wouldn’t it?]
[Subaru: gh……]
Subaru’s excitement was instantly doused like he was splashed by a bucket of cold water.
In front of the silenced Subaru, Echidona made an expression as if her statement was only a matter of course. Faced with this unexpected response, Subaru couldn’t hide the confusion and discouragement on his face
His gaze wavered as unintelligible sounds of [a] and [u] leaked from his mouth.
Just when he thought he saw the light and felt the sense of liberation in anticipation of breaking through the impasse, he let it slip right through his fingers. What should he do now? He had no idea at this point,
[Echidona: If you keep making that face like an abandoned child, I’ll feel troubled, you know. Besides, I wasn’t going to ask for anything too difficult of you]
Saying this, she tilted her head with a troubled look and lightly tapped three taps on the white table with her extended finger. Drawn by the sound, Subaru’s gaze landed on the place where her tapping finger was pointing. ――It was the cup he hadn’t touched since he got here.
[Echidona: You were invited to a Witch’s tea party. If you intend to carry on a lively conversation over tea, shouldn’t you show that you’ve accepted my invitation first?]
[Subaru: …….I…’m not sure what you’re]
[Echidona: I thought it couldn’t be any clearer than that? I even pointed this out at the beginning, you know]
With that reminder, Subaru remembered that Echidona did voice her complaint about Subaru not getting into the mood of the tea party and refusing to even look at his tea.
Realizing that this was her revenge, Subaru sustained major damage to his heart, and,
[Subaru: Damn it! Understood!]
Snatching up the cup from the table, he drank down the swirling amber-colored liquid in a single gulp. Despite having been left there for quite some time, its warmth was still just right. Perhaps, that was only to be expected of the offerings of a Witch’s tea party.
Having gulped it down faster than he could taste it, Subaru roughly wiped his dripping mouth with his sleeve,
[Subaru: There! I drank it! Now do you feel like accepting me as a member of the tea party?]
[Echidona: You drank up my bodily fluid with such vigour…… OH, I’m going to blush]
[Subaru: UueGHhh I forgot――!!]
And Subaru was caught on the same Dona-Tea trap he had stepped on at their first tea party.
Cheerfully watching Subaru as he held his hand to his mouth trying not to vomit, a delicate, lovely smile was inscribed onto Echidona’s cheeks, as if to say [You are accepted],
[Echidona: For your inquiry of “Why”, you are qualified, and the doors of this tea party are open to you. And, by drinking the tea offered by a Witch, you are accepted as an honored guest. As the host of this tea party, I am obliged to welcome you. ――Now, you may ask away]
Echidona lightly clapped, with brimming curiosity blazing radiantly in her eyes.
[Echidona: After all, to agonize the mind in search of an answer is the greatest of bliss to me]
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Next Part 2+3/3: https://translationchicken.com/2017/09/22/rezero-arc-4-chapter-45-conditions-for-the-tea-party-part-233/
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Dona-tea ❤
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Chapter 45 Live Draft:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/re-zero-arc-4-45-14426052
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Next Part 2+3/3: https://translationchicken.com/2017/09/22/rezero-arc-4-chapter-45-conditions-for-the-tea-party-part-233/
😂😂😂 i just can’t, this is just so funny “It was the cup he hadn’t touched since he got here” and the “You drank up my bodily fluid with such vigour…… OH, I’m going to blush” that was pretty clever of echidona though. She’s definitely going up the ranks alright #bestgirlnominee
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haha
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That things makes me remember… Shimoseka, episode 5
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Wow super fast release. Thank you Chicken ;).
Echidona and her fluid fetish LOL.
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Poor Subaru.
Echidona is hilarious, but is Subaru really going to ignore the whole “obsessive love” bit?
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Spoilers ahead (not really, you still shouldn’t read this though. sorry that you gotta keep an eye out for spoilers because of me though).
I can see why he’d ignore that since Echidona is the type to joke about that stuff. Anyways, I see this as the person using the hand to grasp Subaru’s heart is the witch of envy, not satella. Sorry if I misunderstood what you meant, I’m assuming that you’re saying that Satella is obsessed with Subaru.
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Subaru is a gentleman. But in his place, I’d be afraid the witch would attack Emilia again. She’s right next to him physically. I hope the revelations are forthcoming next part, heh heh.
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Thanks Chicken, I was about to die already.
#SecondBestGirlEchidona
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Thnx a lot ckicken sama.
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I personally think that emilia is the witch or soon to be witch… She might fall in love with subaru but in the story she might reject subaru first because she will be the queen,then subaru fell in love with rem then feel jealous and the witch of envy possess her… Just my speculation though
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( A LITTLE BIT OF SPOILERS UP AHEAD )
actually there’s a widely believed theory about
subaru = flugel
emillia = satella
and the story is a re-loop of the life to save satella from witch of envy
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I personally think that emilia is the witch or soon to be witch… She might fall in love with subaru but in the story she might reject subaru first because she will be the queen,then subaru fell in love with rem then feel jealous and the witch of envy possess her… Just my speculation though
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Ooal Gown
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Thanks for all of the excellent work with the translations. There may be a slight correction required in the sentence, “He had done so (with) such momentous determination.”
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1 like= 1 cup of Echidona bodily fluids
No, but seriously, thanks Chicken!
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Here’s a little correction Chicken sama! “Cheerfully watching Subaru as he held his hand to his mouth trying not to vomit, a delicate, lovely smile inscribed was inscribed onto Echidona’s cheeks, as if to say [You are accepted],”. I think it should be “Cheerfully watching Subaru as he held his hand to his mouth trying not to vomit, a delicate, lovely smile was inscribed onto Echidona’s cheeks, as if to say [You are accepted],”.
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I was going to say this as well.
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Rem is best girl with Echidona coming in second right now. I loved the upload chicken sama
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I thought it was full chapter when I saw email notification 😦 still great, Mr. Chicken
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That Dona-tea again, hehehe ;D so funny, and she was gonna blush as well 😉
Really love it when she does that. From all intense and seriousness, to joking like that ^^ Hhehe that Echidona ^^ Go Echidona’s bodily fluids! xD
Happy for Subaru that his finally found someone that he can tell that secret to without that special consequence.
Thank you, Chicken. Thank you! Was dying from the previous chapter’s cliffhanger, and now you just released this one, hehe 🙂
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Great man
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Thx for the release. I just want to ask why didn’t subaru comment on the obsessive witch’s love ? Also, how come he didn’t ask anything about Rem to Echidona? Did I miss something or is it a part from keep the reader on his toes ?
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1. Because he’s too busy being happy at fact he can talk about RBD with someone.
2. He’s only being allow to ask questions just now. That said Echidna can’t help him much with things that happened after her death.
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I can understand the first points. It makes sense. However, for the second point, I think she can still tell him about gluttony’s authority and how to reverse its effect.
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I think the questions are coming up soon cause echidona just signaled the go to ask
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a delicate, lovely smile inscribed was inscribed onto Echidona’s cheeks, as if to say [You are accepted],
You put “inscribed” twice. Still thank you for your translations it means alot to us all!
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*Contemplating whether I’d drink the tea or not*
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I am too
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Is the tea slightly yellow?
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It’s slightly yellow… What are you trying to make me say? It is not yellow, This isn’t like Abbacchio tea!
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I’m pretty sure the witch of envy is a yandere that’s why she kills those close to Subaru when he tries to utter the forbidden “I love Emilia “…..just kidding\(-ㅂ-)/ ♥ ♥ ♥ Emilia is life
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You know… I would drink the dona-tea if i got these kinds of rewards
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I still can’t believe that he forgot that it was her fluids
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Subconsciously he wanted to drink her bodily fluids he just can’t consciously admit it. So his mind made him forget it just so he would drink it again. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Damn it (sigmund) freud you did it again
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Thank you Chicken sama you are on a roll!
Echidona is lovely;) wonder what happens next!
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I’d drink from her body fluids too… GO ECHI ❤ Best girl ❤ Chicken ❤
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Dona and her tea XD
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that was SUPER fast! thank you Chicken 🙂
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I’m still confused whether the spelling should be “Echidona” or “Echidna”, but great job as usual Chicken-Sama 😊
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I think it’s one of chicken’s way not to copyright like Petelgeuse instead of Betelgeuse
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there is nothing related to copyrights, petel and betel seems to be of importance later somehow, no idea why… seems weird. about the name of the witch i got no idea why, but i think we mentioned it sometime ago
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I think i was the one who asked him about that before, i remember that time. And you’re right I completely forgot about that one time sometime ago
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In Re:zero almost every character’s name is a constellation so people immediately thought that Betelgeuse is the right name for the guy (because he is the Orion constellation in Japan), but the author kept on writing as Petelgeuse.
Ultimately in a Q&A the author cleared this by saying that Petelgeuse is one of the top mysteries in the series and his name is intentional.
Subaru’s constellation for example is “overlooking” the seven sin’s constellation, so there are some intresting connections.
As for Echidna….the official name is Echidna, katakana (japan) is E-ki-do-na.
The dona part was the foundation for the dona tea joke. But because the official english name does not have dona, chicken used a combo for the sake of the joke. Hence Echidona.
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Correction: Betelgeuse is a star in the orion constellation.
So tired… xd
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Wrote it a lot of times by now .
Still think he should write the official name of Echidna .
Plus since Daphne calls her Echidona , calling her Echidona all the time removes this part of her way of speaking .
Like how Otto calls him ”Natsuki-san”( and in a previous chapter we knew that Otto was speaking , even when Subaru couldn’t exactly see who was talking because of the pain ) , or the witch of Pride calls her ”Dona” .
I just find it wrong .
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I looked it up and Daphne doesn’t call her “Echidona” I think, the Wiki said she calls her “Dna Dna”. Most likely it’d be “Dona Dona”
And Witch of Pride calls her “Dona” which is right. Her name is Ekidona.
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Ok I admit I am wrong on the Daphne part since I haven’t seen this character for a while , and it is the main issue i have with Echidona . So having that aside it doesn’t bother me much anymore .
But as for the last phrase there ”her name is Ekidona” . Well wiki says otherwise and most sources I have seen say Echidna as well .
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This actually cleared stuff up, thanks
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Nono
Petelgeuse is the Official spelling for the character.
Echidona is Ekidona. I use Echidona because of Dona-Tea.
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I was not expecting an update so soon. This makes me happy :3
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I love Echidna so much. I think Tappei does such fantastic job at creating his charackters.
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Thank you so much for these translations, every chapter ends on a cliff hanger.
One slight double word,
“Cheerfully watching Subaru as he held his hand to his mouth trying not to vomit, a delicate, lovely smile inscribed was inscribed onto Echidona’s cheeks”
You have inscribed twice :p.
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See echidona is not bad looking at all, I wouldn’t be mad if i drank her fluids accidentally but I don’t know about it being forced on me or willingly dringking it, it’s a different matter all in all
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I like Echidona, she is cool haha
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Amber…colored fluid…blood is crimson, I don’t think stomach bile is amber, pus can range in colors but I don’t think amber is in the range…so…urine?
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Why do you have to analyze it like that, now i’ll it as urine everytime
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That would be the most logical guess, golden showers are popular in Japan.
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Echidona really enjoys toying with him. However, i wouldn’t mind drinking the tea, not sure why he’s complaining. Thx for the translations mighty Chicken!
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Please don’t speculate. Last thing I need to know is that Subarus drinking piss or puss
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Subaru should be made to drink her piss and like it! 😦
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She’s just messing with him. Echidna’s a ghost remember? What fluids does she have? Exactly. lol
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Cytoplasm
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Echidona is a waifu now i guess
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Echidona is hilarious! I love the quote when she says “You drank up my bodily fluid with such vigour…… OH, I’m going to blush”, she is damn epic ❤
Anyway, thanks for the quick upload Chicken-Sama 😀 Can't wait for the next release.
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Thx for the quick chapter update. Echidona the Echidna. Genius. You’d make fine peppered chicken. Tasteful sideboob they say. Ohohoho, hilarious. Btw Echidona is suddenly the biggest turn on. Pretty thot. Thx ducc.
Is this a shitpost?
Kill me.
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released after one day, holy thank you chicken, i legit didn’t expect to read more of the novel today, i appreciate 🙂
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D-Dona-chan kawaii.
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Who is the character right next to Regulus ?
Emilia maybe ? With pink hair …
I have no clue . Also the detail on that picture over all .Pretty good .
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Carmilla The Witch of Lust
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Correction: lovely smile inscribed was inscribed onto Echidona’s cheeks, as if to say [You are accepted]
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Forces Subaru to drink her team than casually says “You drank up my bodily fluid with such vigour…… OH, I’m going to blush”. Is it just me or is Echidona really trying to hook him up on Dona-tea? XD
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I think it’s her way to kick him out later by passing out or to keep/force the contract on subaru that he forgets about her when he leaves
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She touched to him force that contract and being her dreamworld she probably only needs to think to kick him out. The tea probably serves some other purpose or maybe she is just tolling him out of boredom. I mean after 400 years locked away on a dream world she must be bored as f***, I would be if I was her.
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She sure is bored . But I am not sure if this explains why she wants to make Subaru drink up her bodily fluid …
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Has anyone else realized that Chicken put the thumbnail to show that Subaru was staring at her chest?
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Yea . But now that you say it no one mentioned it at all . It was quite clever .
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Chicken-sama please keep up the great work! I’m having a blast reading this series and it’s all thanks to you. Hope we can finish this series together!
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Ahh, I was gone for a few months unable to read, but boy was that amazing being able to Binge read nearly 8 chapters, thank you so much Chicken 😀
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“OH, I’m going to blush” hahaha best girl,
thanks for the translation Chicken
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Why don’t he ask her about Rem? I wonder why did he ask everyone about eaten Ram except the witch who knows all about witches? Subaru is total idiot I think. ^_^
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Seriously, this made me laughed so hard XD
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Damn I’d love to have some Dona tea 🙂
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This was so funny. Ahahah. Echidona has gained a lot of point just for this sentence. Only ❤ for her.
Thanks for the translations!
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♥♥♥
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