Young Magician, by Narushima Yuri
Volume One Translation, by Sumeragi
Legend:
italics - thoughts, unspoken
(name) - person speaking in thoughts
< > - actions
Pg 116
<Karuno is sleeping>
Karuno
---
I don't like sleep
Probably because I don't have decent memories---
---
e-eto
?
The sound of waves
Where could this be ---
? (
Why do I always think
this---
)
Pg 117
Karuno
Where am I
---
Where is this?
Right
Why is this always a mystery---
Pg 118
Karuno
---
a-ah
Again
A child is crying
Young Karuno
Fa---
ather, Mother
Karuno
Crying
---
calling out
Young Karuno
Oneechan
Karuno
Right, I know this---
How many times
How many times have I seen this
<A boy, obviously young Karuno, walks through a damaged house while he himself seems injured>
Pg 119
Karuno
This place
You could I know it very well ---
this dream
Young Karuno
Oneechan
Karuno
As I think of it
it doesn't change
No matter how much I search, no one is here
There was a lot of fighting
Pg 120
Karuno
My Oneechan got violent
It didn't effect me, being on a large bike
I was getting some things to cause mischief
Two days previously
I fell into the pool when we fired water guns
I got angry about it at that moment, though---
What?
<Young Karuno sees some bat-winged demons ahead of him>
Pg 121
Karuno
That is---
Don't
Don't go, stop
!!
Don't listen to their voices---
!!
Stop
!! That thing wasn't there
You couldn't see that thing!! ---
!!
Pg 122
<One of the demons holds the upper half of a body and two legs>
Karuno
Oneecha
Pg 123
<Karuno wakes up when the couch he was sleeping on splits in two>
Karuno
Wha?
Monica
Wh
what
!!
Pg 124
Monica
---
!
Karuno
Ah---
<A tear falls down Karuno's cheek>
Monica
The sofa is
Karuno
I do things in my sleep
Although, I didn't intend on sleeping
About how long have I been out?
Monica
About an hour. Um
Are
are you
okay?
Karuno
It happens all the time. It's nice when I don't
attack my surroundings when I sleep
Pg 125
<As he cleans up the mess of fluff>
Karuno
I feel like I had the same dream
I can never remember it once I wake up
Why
(Monica) Who are---
you?
---
I don't know
I don't even know my name---
Pg 126
Karuno
I can remember---
<Flashback to shortly after when his dream takes place>
<Young Karuno, bleeding, is sitting in a cave as village
people come in>
Man A
It's him---
over there
I think that's the young master of the villa where that stuff
happened
Man B
Why doesn't anyone shelter him?
Man A
He gets violent when someone touches him
Man B
Even if he is a bad kid, we should do something
Man A
It's seriously like he is possessed by a demon
Man B
But he is a child. Can't we pin him down with our strength
as adults?
Now
come here
Pg 127
Young Karuno
(Demon) ---
Come
Man
---
Stop it. Isn't that boy terrified
Young Karuno
Don't touch me
Man
He is fighting with too much strength---
Young Karuno
I---
Pg 128
<From a cliff overlooking the cave, a man (Haiman) casts a spell and lighting hits Karuno>
Men
Wha
What!? Lighting!?
That was frightening---
Young Karuno
Knight
One strike, well done, Haiman-dono
A-ah, but shouldn't it be necessary to kill all those around the
boy?
Pg 129
Pg 130
Haiman
Not really
We came here to find an interesting person
<Elsewhere at some building, Karuno is held in a cell. He's bloody and has spear-like objects sticking out from his side>
Man A
Haiman-dono? Perhaps the hope of the Holy Knights
Man B
I had a chance to see and speak to him while subjugating some
demons
Since the boy can't be kept with the Holy Knights, we'll give him
up for adoption at a good place
He sure is a skitish boy
But, is he alive like that
Man A
He was handled while in an excited state, so it was necessary to
take care of him or dispose of him
Pg 131
Young Karuno
Where is this
This is
This is
Pg 132
Man
Well
? This boy ate what rank of
demon did you say
?
<Some time later, the five-year-old Karuno is cleaned up and shackled hand and foot>
Haiman
---
Your family has been decided
The old and distinguished Guino family
We've invested in your strange abilities
However, while one could say that you are a person on the edge,
because you have a good ability
Make sure no one can deny that and put it to practical use
We will ask the Guino family to take care of you for the moment
Pg 133
Haiman
Only study your materials, and the family will care for
you
Don't you have any appreciation for this---
?
<Karuno is taken to a village made of caves in a hill>
Man
Around here it's simplistic carvings into harden layers
How many centuries previously did the Islam believers drive us
away, making us live in hiding
We migrated here a hundred years ago
From now on, you will live here---
Young Karuno
---
Even now
I am suddenly taken to this place
I remember them saying this was my home
Pg 134
Young Karuno
My memories start from here
Bad smells float around
Dark, bright---
chants muttered in low voices
I don't know this home
---
The pool?
Roselette
Eh?
That's the first thing I've heard from your mouth. What?
What did you just say?
Man A
P.K. (polykinesis)!? We will try to verify that power in this boy
while he is here.
Man B
Also, this boy seems to have a violent temper. We couldn't
lay a hand on him without him going crazy.
Pg 135
Man A
What is that about!? I've heard of people having more special
talent than that
Man B
--- That is, this one's power seems to easily show itself
It's because that he himself does it unconsciouslessly, the
intensity lacks a stopping point, one could say
Essentially, his power of PK is suppressed and warped. It's
reasonable that it may not be an innate ability
Even with various testing, it's still not understood
Well, we pray nothing differing the glasses of the Holy Knights'
palace
But with those eyes, he doesn't want to see
Young Karuno
What are they talking about
That's about me
What do they have so much to talk about
This is wrong
How is this my home
Pg 136
Young Karuno
My home is---
---
?
My
home
?
<Rose places a hand on Karuno's shoulder>
Roselette
Say, your legs
aren't they cold?
Welcome. I'll make you something warm to drink
Man
---
Roselette-sama! Please be careful handling that child
again and again
Roselette
It's okay! I've heard about some of those events
Uwah---
such long hair
I can't believe this cute boy would
<And the 'kawaii' boy slaps her smiling face>
Pg 137
Men
!!
Ro
Roselette
Don't strike a lady's face, you rude boy
<She says as she knocks him on the head>
Man
Stop, don't provoke him
Roselette
What's that, don't say stupid things
Young Karuno
---
!!
<He sure doesn't look happy at being pounded which won't be for the first time in his life>
Roselette
Karuno---
!
Pg 138
Roselette
Children are supposed to say "I'm sorry," and
you'll certainly get used to it
Remember that!
Everyone else as well, if you say one word about it. By not
provoking a boy like this, it'd be impossible to raise him
I don't know how much of a pest he is, but I can also have a
temper like hot iron
Man
We know that---
Roselette
Isn't that right? Looks like you'll have a hard time as
my brother ©
Pg 139
Young Karuno
Roselette
n?
Young Karuno
YOU STUPID BITCH
This isn't my home---
D
don't touch me so easily
Since, I'll kill you---!!
Pg 140
<Young Karuno runs away>
Man
Wa
--- Wait
Roselette
Don't go after him!
Since he'll come looking for me later
Man
Is that so
That's why we didn't want him touched
How much of this year have our words been turned around. Hasn't
she become a strong girl
Man B
Roselette
Man
Let's give up
Roselette
That year, he wasn't alone and he couldn't
cry---
Although he had a bit of a lonely spirit
Pg 141
Roselette
Was it about three years until I caught him
smiling---
?
<The flashback ends>
<Roselette wakes from her dream, tears running down her cheeks>
Roselette
---
Ah, this isn't good
Not good
The smell of meat---
?
Again, that idiot
Pg 142
<Rose goes into the other room where Karuno is gesturing Monica for second>
Karuno
---
A storm is coming
Roselette
.from behind you?
Pg 143
Announcer
An official announcement of a Signal 3. Current wind velocities
are 30 knots per hour
A large typhoon is approaching. By midnight it could reach a
Signal 8
Pg 144
Pg 145
Pg 146
Karuno
--- The storm. Won't it be bigger than the Signal 3?
Roselette
3 is just the beginning. We will know when the typhoon gets
closer
With that warning, all the boats in the bay will stop. The
schools in Hong Kong will close as well.
Pg 147
Roselette
---
Well, with this just as the beginning, it will be a
terrible storm
It's normal here in Hong Kong to get many typhoons
There are Signals 1 through 10
Everyday in the summer, there is a check since it would be
terrible to be caught unaware
How long are you going to be a screw up
Karuno
I know nothing about that
Pg 148
Karuno
Your weather forecast wasn't off mark
Roselette
Well, just as expected
when the storm clears up, you can go home
Monica
Really?
Pg 149
Monica:
You people
who are you?
Roselette
Magicians
Monica
I don't understand
Roselette
---
That's fine
Karuno
I'd agree, but I don't understand either
Roselette
That's not acceptable from you
Karuno
What? I can't connect with the nature of this world
Roselette
You don't have the ability
Karuno
---
That right?
Pg 150
Roselette
---
Spirits, the time is coming near
"Regis"
That is your true name
---
Don't look for your friends
Since there isn't anyone left from your time
Pg 151
Karuno
---
What is this
Roselette
---
You don't know anything. You haven't done anything to
understand yourself
A human that doesn't do anything
About talent, it is ten years too early to talk about it
Say, Karuno
Long ago, could you really not see anything?
Pg 152
<The roof blows off due to the wind>
Pg 153
Karuno
The roof
Didn't they say it was the beginning, a Signal 3
Then why did the roof blow off
Roselette
Because locally it is now about an 8
Pg 154
Roselette
What I want to know
Could you really not see anything---
?
Pg 155
<Karuno thinks back to his vague memories, about the bat-like wings>
Karuno
I can't see it
That thing
I didn't see it---
Really---
?
The dream I can't remember---
The pool
The smell of sulfur
The odor of decay
Whispers
Whispers of something
That voice
Whispers
I mustn't listen
Pg 156
Karuno
(Monica) Who---are you?
(Haiman) ---
You have to decide, like an ordinary person,
how to live your life
---
I
I
(Haiman) Since certainly unnatural things
will gather around you
Haiman---
!!
I---
!!
Pg 157
Roselette
---
Somehow---
Enough, you were in a deep sleep
I don't think it is unreasonable, since you say you don't have
memory
Primarily, even if you don't want to speak truthfully about why
you don't want to stop being a magician
However, it's probably because you can't run away
---
Of course, it's the same as me not growing old
I cut my hair and nails that grew everyday, but
Within my body, it functions in time measurements like regular
time periods
Pg 158
Roselette
---
In the end, over time this hair and these nails stopped
growing
I have always wondered
Why does this only happen to me
I've separated from friends and relatives, after joining the
Guino family, I've always wondered
Even now, I don't know
Nobody could explain it
---
Can't help it
Never changing, stranger than everyone, I'm that type of girl
Pg 159
Roselette
But, Karuno
Despite that, I'm self confident
---
Probably
You are, now
It made me sad to think I'd spend eternity in this form, to one
day be the only person in this world
Pg 160
Roselette
However, there's certainly more than that
I say to myself, it doesn't matter
---
Isn't that right?
I have self-confidence ©
Karuno, you were the only one to always speak down to me---
Karuno
---
Stupid woman
Roselette
---
Long ago
This also happened
Pg 161
Roselette
(Roselette) ---
I can't stand it. It's not pleasing to
have a reputation
(Roselette) Since your body has gotten so big, you should grasp
onto your studies
(Karuno) What with that
(Roselette)
What, want me to look bad because you are a
screw up?
(Karuno) Alright, alright
Pg 162
Roselette
(Roselette) Will it always be like that
?
(Roselette) ---
Losing to your calmness
(Roselette) ---Always unyielding
(Roselette) The eternal woman
(Roselette) ---
I sometimes think we are truly like a little
brother and big sister
Pg 163
Roselette
(Roselette) Although a screw up, he is my supreme man
Go fight, since you certainly
Won't lost to anyone
In the case you truly can't see
He is a person of my level. There's nothing you can do to an
eccentric, heartlessly holding onto life
Pg 164
Roselette
However you live, don't question the most special thing
---
You are human first
Pg 165
Roselette
Well? Can you see it?
Karuno
I can't see it---listen---no matter what you say, I have tried
hard
Roselette
That so
Karuno
But
It seems like
something is there
you
Pg 166
<Speaking to Monica...>
Karuno
Despite the things that may happen, don't leave here
The food was delicious
I owe you one
Pg 167
<As she does magic...>
Roselette
Well! What's this formation?
Karuno
---
Saturn
Roselette
The effect?
Karuno
To raise magical power
Roselette
Yes, correct answer
Karuno
I know plenty
Roselette
Since earth is earth, the feel of alternating east to west cannot
be erased
The spirits here are very solid
<An image of a dragon flies in the clouds>
Pg 168
<Elsewhere, a window breaks apart from a sign crashing though>
Sherlock
!!
<Ram, in sunglasses, is speaking to a couple older men>
Ram
Sherlock, get away from the window
It is near. It would be best for you to be saying goodbye
Man
We leave it to you
Pg 169
Man
---
Is this an example of the consequences of foretelling?
Ram
Certainly, in a few days
Man
Your powers are amazing. We will be waiting
If possible, that is, I wish to give thanks for before
Ram
Whatever
Anyhow, as a person holding onto life---
To the best of my ability, I think it can be handled in this
world
More so, please be careful returning home
Pg 170
<The men leave and it is just Sherlock and Ram in the room>
Ram
Today, there is an especially strong appearance of a spirit wind
Perhaps, we will be getting a bothersome visit here by someone we
know
The Guino wind user, is she planning to control this storm?
---
In nature, there are several ways to use an awakened
storm
That sorceress is doing it
Over there, she is being careless, simply showing her hand since
she isn't our opponent
Pg 171
Sherlock
---
But
even though ripped apart, it was insignificant
Since it was the stomach of someone childlike
Person in the City
It seems the roof of that building over there blew off
It's really bad this year
Person in the City
No joking, the bed of the children should be pulled from the
window
Person in the City
Last year, the peninsula's parking area was flooded
It's also said that nine Roll Royce cars got taken
TV
The wind velocity investigated overseas have grown strong
More than before, care is---
Pg 172
Ram
---
If it's water, I have several ways to use it
Shall we provide opposition
<Ram forms a dragon of water to meet against Rose's dragon of wind>
Pg 173
Roselette
---
I've found you, Ram
Pg 174
<Elsewhere, Haiman is playing chess against someone>
Person
---
It's gotten rough in Hong Kong
The Guino family is fighting amongst themselves
Haiman
Hou
The Guino family
hmmm
Pg 175
Pg 176
<As the dragons fight each other >
Roselette
---
Go Karuno!!!
Since I've pinned down Ram's magic!
You are welcome to strike that octopus without worry!!
Pg 177
Roselette
My dragon will lead you to his location
If you can't see it, follow your intuition!
Karuno
Intuition
?
Roselette
---
Karuno
!
---
Pg 178
Roselette
Do your best
You always were
And always
will be
A sweet boy
You probably can't hear me---
?
You
probably don't know?
but
I hate gloominess
Pg 179
Roselette
That unknowing face
That never changing attitude
Being with you
Has made me very happy---
<When Karuno has left on his hunt, Roselette has a coughing fit>
Monica
---
!!
Wa
Watch out
!! What is it? Are you okay?
Roselette
I'm fine
Pg 180
Roselette
I'm fine. I can't
help it anymore
I've gotten weak
<Back at the Ram/Sherlock apartment>
Ram
---
The force of the wind is weakening
Reaching the mouth, there is still time so we mustn't be
unprepared
By the way, Sherlock, it was stormy the day when I met you
Sherlock
---eh, eh
Pg 181
Sherlock
You laughed at my inexperienced skills
It has been painful since
Ram
You followed walking after me
Your yelling was amusing
---
The Guino family magician
I have one memory of him
I has a closed off shell of myself, placing much weight into
research
Reflecting back on it, I had forsaken the movement of the actual
world and that organization---
Pg 182
Sherlock
It's not clear to me---
---
The desire for supernatural power
Always, I thought I was strange
The Guino magician questioned balance. Is it also the same for him---?
Like your way---
?
<Karuno runs down the rainy streets, following the wind dragon whether he actually sees it or not>
Karuno
Intuition
intuition
Which way?
Pg 183
Karuno
E-eto
Seems to be over there
<Back to Sherlock/Ram>
Ram
Have you heard of the term "gene"
Sherlock, do you know of "immunization"?
Sherlock
Ha?
Pg 184
Ram
The Guino family accepted experimentation on that pitiful,
beautiful boy possibly about ten years ago
I believe he was a "recipient"
It's rather rare to find an unconditional "recipient"
A human
nude mouse
Sherlock
---
Nude
mouse
?
Pg 185
<Elsewhere, Haiman is talking to spirits, I think>
Spirit
He won't become
a tool
Considering the magician
Haiman
---
It that so
Spirit
Magic is the result of constant efforts put into studying
In a sense, there is one skill to him
How much of a godsend ability is it
The true situation is without passion on can't study
Pg 186
Haiman
---
You visited the lost Roselette-dono
Spirit
Accuracy has yet been reached---
there is an issue with time
Now, all of the girl's intestines burnt to ash
will be made
into a pattern
Haiman
Ernest Ram was secretly conspiring with the Chinese government
before
The circumstances are that he is a traitor who breaks (Buddhist)
commandments mercilessly
I am pleased you gave us Holy Knights our request
Spirit
He placed dishonor on us. We will dispel it
Haiman
I understand
Pg 187
Spirit
Roselette had a long relationship with Ram
It's true she was probably careless
Perhaps she intended to speak with him
What kind of magician as he was concentrating power as a outsider
of the arts
In time, it is necessary to also be prepared---
we aren't
omnipotent
Her friendship to him was rewarded with sudden murder and blood
Magic needing a female, just like a powerless girl, she couldn't
resist---
Pg 188
Spirit
He said to the girl that he set her free from her curse of
eternity---
Haiman
---
Does that know of these things?
Spirit
Are you speaking of
Karuno? He knows
In Hong Kong, before dispatching him, he was told everything
Just like him, in loyalty
from beginning to end he was
silent
Listening
Pg 189
Haiman
An understanding of oneself with oneself
Is there a distinguishing thing between himself and the
other---
?
That is
It isn't that one can compare the heart to the dark areas within
the heart
Truly, without memories---
Pg 190
Haiman
---
That is a soul chimera
Already, no a normal "human" and I won't forget your
ways
Pg 191
Pg 192
<Karuno is walking in the hurricane, a bit of a murderous grin on his face>
Karuno
Think about the enemy
Think about the blood and flesh
How's that? A pretty nice tune of mine
Smile
Pg 193
Karuno
Where are you? Soon I'll find out, you vomitus bastard---
unstoppable
<Back to Ram's apartment where the science lecture to a confused Sherlock is taking place>
Ram
In the cells of a child, one by one there are 46 fine threads
called chromosomes
Among these 46, there are about 50000 DNA pairs which become the
blueprints for the child
Pg 195
Sherlock
---
Is this a science talk
Ram
---
Yes, this heredity and such is rather recent, within the
last hundred years
The length of out time, I'd say it is not because of the
existence of souls in child
There is much more than the flesh, many complexities intertwined
Blueprints of the soul, spiritual DNA---
Pg 195
Ram
In summary, in our way, people strong in spirituality are those
who have surprising abilities
There is a way of thinking that it isn't because everything seems
to be strangely intertwined
Sherlock
Herity---
is it? But
My parents didn't have any kind of power
Ram
A child receives from the parents two sets of DNA, inheriting one
set by a suitable selection
In other words, half is thrown out
This selection is a lottery
Heredity is a variety of increasingly discarded DNA
Consequently, in parents and children and in others
There is a low probability for a person to have intertwining with
one's soul
Pg 196
Sherlock
---
Hah
Ram
There is that way of thinking
In nature, some lack something called "constitution"
In others, there exists artists that display unusual powers such
as the ability to mimic
In the thirteenth century, southern Europe had a discovery of the
lifetime, "Ark"---
The secret flower of southern Asia, "Raphito"
The Holy Knight's highest priest, Levi
The Persian sword "Sherazard"
Their abilities are chance appearances of awakened DNA, trained
in the same way
Pg 197
Ram
And our lovely young man, still---
<Haiman is walking about the Holy Knights place>
Haiman
I wish an audience with His Eminence Levi!!
Servant
Don't be rude, Haiman-sama!!
His Eminence has already gone to bed!
Haiman
I only want you to ask. I will not hinder your authority
<Back to our science lecture with Ram>
Ram
This troubling talk continues
Have you been able to follow, Sherlock?
Pg 198
Ram
For instances, take a person possessed by another spirit, by a
demon
A person of spiritual ability traps demons or exorcises
them
However, who separate both spirits---
?
In summary, we form the very important premise that the spirits
must be divided, the demon repelled
Pg 199
Ram
---
This is a situation in which "the spirit is
purified by separating it for the body"
A situation called "we, living people, have the superficial
knowledge that other things cannot mix"
<Haiman enters the bedroom chambers of Levi>
Haiman
Despite it being the time for sleep,
I appreciate you accepting my request
Your Eminence, Levi
Pg 200
Levi
---
It's been a while, Haiman
<Back to Prof Ram>
Ram
Sherlock, my body and your body
Each finger, each strand of hair is made from the same material
Limited in us, children, anyone, him, throughout races of people
and others there are but small differences, regardless of being
composed of nearly all the same material
Pg 201
<Ram removes his sunglasses to show his eyes are covered by skin>
Ram
If you were to tear my skin off and apply it to your skin
It would most likely rot
Because your body would recognize me as "something not
you"
For instances, there was a famous experiment preformed
In the body of chickens was placed a brain of a quail to make
living things
This way, given a healthy birth, it'd grow up like a quail
because of the controlling brain
In situations and in sleep
It's said they died ten days after birth
In the chicken bodies, there are immune cells
Nothing but one's own brain will do, or else it would be chosen
as not yours thus an invader and killed
Pg 202
Ram
In summary, living things undoubtedly need their own brain
And so the origin of life is lost
"Things that aren't you" won't be accepted within
your body
You and others are thinking things
---A thing you can ascertain as yourself
That is formed from your brain and heart
In the marrow of the bone comes the thing called immunity which
starts removal
A small amount of several hundred DNA strands control it
Pg 203
Sherlock
Ram
Do you understand?
It appears
---
someone is coming to this place right now
The lesson will have to wait
Sherlock
Eh
!
Ram
---
The wind is also surrounding
What are you planning, Roselette
---
children
Pg 204
Ram
(Ram) Everyone is made from the same things and of the same
solitude
(Roselette) This is true
(Roselette) But it's not the first time it's been said
---My most beloved friend
Understood that
She was killed with this hand
More than anything, her companionship made me happy---
Pg 205
<Back to Levi's chambers>
Haiman
---
Levi
Subjugation
?
In Hong Kong, the devil that is said to appeared, it cannot be
stopped
Haiman
I fear so, Your Eminence
It'll come out
Perhaps, the council didn't have time to look over it
I beseech you, please allow me, Haiman, under the authority of
Your Eminence to subjugate it
Levi
---
Pg 206
Levi
The elders of Macao are reported to want an incense burner
On the way, look for the devil
With your judgement, even if it means returning to the bottom of
the earth
The person at fault will be left to you
Haiman
Ha!
<And Haiman leaves the room>
Levi
---
Subjugation
huh
It was said so easily
Pg 207
<Out in the hallway>
Knight
You went to his sleeping place
! His Eminence could have
told you the extent of his displeasure
Pg 208
Knight
---
Are you pleased
Haiman
Show some reserve and don't speak of it coming out
If it's the girl, she'll make noise. His Eminence knows this
More importantly, gather five people to go to Hong Kong
Knight
---
Will the devil really appear?
Haiman
It will
---
I will
Find that child
Pg 209
<Back to the bedchambers, Levi is talking with mystery woman>
Levi
Perhaps in time I'll join the situation due to my responsibility
---
I completely remember the one named Karuno
It's bothered Haiman since a long time ago
Woman
I know the beautiful boy
Sincerely, he has warped love from self-denial
There are many abnormalities compared to your magic users
Pg 210
Levi
---
Isn't he? It seems he is lacking something
Woman
---
a demon eater
is it
Limited talk of a child of so much misery
Well, perhaps if the flow of he destiny had been ended
I probably wouldn't have met you, Levi
Pg 211
Levi
Unchanging sadness in that princess
Maid
Excuse me, Your Eminence
Huh?
Weren't you talking with someone
?
No?
Woman
---
should I try to meet him?
Maid
Huh, the wind
Pg 212
Levi
---
Now, I thought there was nothing salvageable in me
But I don't want to grasp death
<As Karuno hunts down his prey, he thinks of the past>
Karuno
(Priests) Can you remember your true name?
(Priests) Your other name? Your class?
Pg 213
Karuno
(Priests) What does the fusion feel like?
Pg 214
Karuno
(Priests) Your soul was born with a problem in the immune
system
Pg 215
Karuno
(Priests) When you were seven
(Priests) You became mentally frightened and shocked when placed
in a situation you weren't prepared for
(Priests) For the first time, you came in contact with the enemy
life force
(Priests) You almost became a donor to the demon, but before you
were made to destroy your own body
I am myself
(Priests) Your innate ability saved you by joining with it
Pg 216
Karuno
(Priests) Your soul is yours and another's---
person and
demon
I am myself
(Priests) They can't be distinguished apart
(Priests) Do you know who you are---
?
Anyone would be fine
(Priests) Right now
(Priests) Do you believe you are human---
?
Pg 217
Karuno
Anything is fine
Whatever is fine about that
Whoever I am is fine
<Karuno crashes into Ram's apartment>
Pg 218
<He pictures Roselette for a moment>
Karuno
Your calling voice
Decided my name
---
I've found you
Pg 219
Pg 220
Ram
A human can't survive with only a soul or body
Usually, while living, you don't mix with others to make sure to
protect yourself
Solitude apart, like (water) drops
Pg 221
Ram
Except him. His soul doesn't have the power to exclude, so it
extends into the heterogeneous
There is something at the very end, that power of rejection as
well, it is uncertain if the ability to decide isn't his
Pg 222
Ram
In other words, he can fuse with anything
Sherlock
Ma
Pg 223
<Karuno using magic rips into Sherlock, creating something like his octopus idea. Oddly, doesn't bother Ram much at all>
Pg 224
Pg 225
Pg 226
Karuno
---
A-ah
I messed up
The head should stay on
Pg 227
Ram
Torn to pieces
Is that what you'd call this
Karuno
You're mistaken
Pg 228
Karuno
It's something like an octopus
There's eight, right? Legs
Nice smell
Next time, I won't mess up
It'll be a large lump
Pg 229
Ram
Since I was born, my eyeballs
Too much skin has covered them
Therefore I have surrounded myself with my own spirit energy to
be able to see
Pg 230
<Ram practically feels the guy up, and Karuno lets him>
Ram
---
Beautiful
Truly beautiful
Red
Seemingly with spots of beast
Pg 231
Ram
Blood, flesh, and spirit filled with pleasure and sadness
<Karuno attacks Ram with magic, forcing the larger man out a section of wall that blasted away>
Pg 232
Ram
I look down on thou from high above and command
I summon thee
Water, suck out the breath of my enemy for eternity, don't sink
into this bottomless world of suffering
I order thou with the all of the same power of the master that
created the earth and heavens
Pg 233
Ram
I become truth, I become supreme, I become master of heaven. Wrap
me in the armor of salvation with the face of the dragon
I order thou, the hidden person in water
At once, I demand thine answer to show me thine allegiance
Pg 234
Karuno
---
Wind, I call
Ram
Return my enemy to the depths of hell for eternity
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