Seimaden Volume 6: Part 1 Translated by: Soujirou no Miko % = thoughts $ = flashbacks --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 A foreboding wind cuts heaven and earth. Light tramples over the unmerciful dark. Look. The moon wrenches the body, the sun strikes regretful feelings. Look. Is he the Messiah? Look. That form is not a deceit?----... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 6 Iria: Eyah! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 7 Iria: Ouch! Iria: Hu--- What the hell? What happened? Piki: Piki?! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 8 Iria: I think something landed over there. Let's go and have a look, Piki! Piki: PiiPiki Piiiiii Iria: You don't think I should go because it's too dangerous? Don't worry, I might look frail, but.... Iria: Oh! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 9 % Iria: Wow, what an unbelievably gorgeous hunk. % Iria: He fits the description of the man of my dreams perfectly! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 10 Woman: Hilda....is she going to be alright? Kukuru: I'll go get Rodrique. Woman: Are you in pain, Hilda? You poor child. Hilda: There's no need, Kukuru.... Hilda: I don't want to add to his troubles. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 11 Woman: This is bad. The wound wouldn't stop bleeding. I'll change your bandages. All you men, please leave us for a moment. Woman: ! Woman: Oh gods! It's a miracle that you're faring so well with such an ungly looking wound! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 12 Hilda: This is all....my fault. Woman: Huh? What did you say? Woman: Oh, she passed out? Woman: That's a blessing. Woman: To be conscious is more painful for her. % Hilda: ....my fault.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 13 % Hilda: I was the one who couldn't choose between Rodrique and Laures. % Hilda: This is my much-deserved retribution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 14 % Hilda: The frequent and repeated % Hilda: ----nightmare. % Hilda: The dulling and confusion of my senses, % Hilda: --- my fevered body, works together to allow those dreams to replay in my mind without end. % Hilda: Over and over again --- % Hilda: Someone help me... % Hilda: Someone.... % Hilda: --- I can't take this --- % Hilda: Help me.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 15 % Hilda: This is....? % Hilda: --- light...I feel the touch of a light. % Hilda: The pain is slowly easing.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 16 Maruka: Rodrique! Rodrique: Maruka. Maruka: What are you doing here, leader of Azaru? Rodrique: What's wrong? Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be praying in the temple? Maruka: Don't try to change the subject, Rodrique. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 17 Maruka: You are the saviour of the world. You cannot allow personal feelings to affect you! The power you possess was bestowed upon you from my father Kaimei, to be used for redeeming the people and to guard this world from danger! % Maruka: Can it be that he hasn't completely merged with Kaimei yet? Maruka: I thought you were aware of that fact a long time ago. Rodrique: I understand! But despite it, I can't just leave her to fend for herself. Rodrique: I can't bear seeing her in so much pain! Marka: Oh? Then come with me. Rodrique: ! Villager 1: Ah, that's "Azaru" sama! Villager 2: "Azaru-sama"'s made an appearance! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 18 Villagers: Azaru-sama! Villagers: Azaru-sama! Villagers: Please help us, I beg you. Villagers: Please lend us a helping hand, our father was killed by a demon. Please avenge him for us! Woman: Azaru-sama, my child is sick, the doctors have already given up... Woman: I beg you to give him strength, Woman: To give him the protection of Azaru's god. % Rodrique: The people's salvation, the people's passion...! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 19 % Rodrique: The people's expectations--- % Rodrique: reverberates in my whole body --- Maruka: Even if you can save that woman, when confronted with such a large number, can you save every single one of them? Maruka: The present is so chaotic, do you know why? Maruka: It is because it lacks a supreme ruler. Maruka: You have accepted Kaimei's soul. Now is the time you should plan for your future. Maruka: Think about why you needed "power"! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 20 % Maruka: Why power is needed.... % Maruka: That's because --- % Maruka: That's because you have to rule supreme, to grant the wish of mortals. % Maruka: For everlasting peace. Kaimei: They need a ruler! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 21 Kaimei: Surrender your will. Surrender your soul to I, Kaimei! quickly. Open your body to me, Rodrique. Rodrique: Uuaaaaaah! Kaimei: Only by doing this can you rise to become an unrivaled ruler! Rodrique: ! % Rodrique: To rule over everything? % Rodrique: --- is this --- % Maruka: Before long, they should be completely merged into one, and Rodrique's self should cease to exist. % Rodrique: Is this really the correct way? % Rodrique: Really the....! % Maruka: It is better this way, since the weak are fated to be enslaved by the strong anyway. % Maruka: Better this way.... Kukuru: Rabi! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 22 Kukuru: Rodrique is acting so strange, he's shut himself alone in his room. Sometimes I hear him moan as if in pain. Kukuru: I thought you would know the reason, so --- Maruka: Watch the way in which you speak in my presence, Kukuru. Kukuru: Huh? Maruka: I said I am the priestess of Azaru. I expect you to speak to me in a more respectful tone! Maruka: Rodrique is undergoing the test to become a god! Maruka: You don't have to worry. Kukuru: ! Kaimei: It is futile to run away, because I am you! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 23 % Rodrique: I'm not running away, % Rodrique: I just wanted some time to myself to think. % Rodrique: Just a couple of moments more, that's all I need. Rodrique: Water.. Rodrique: ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 24 % Rodrique: --- this is not me. % Rodrique: The unfamiliar face reflected in the water.... % Rodrique: --- is Kaimei ---!? % Rodrique: Oh! Rodrique: Who's there? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 25 Rodrique: Oh, my apologies! I didn't know there were anybody around. Karoun: --- on a night when the moon shines so radiantly % Rodrique: --- on purpose? Karoun: One should never watch their reflection from a lake. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 26 Karoun: It is said that you would see creatures that will bring ill fortune that way. Karoun: It is a folklore from my land. Rodrique: What an amazing aura...! Karoun: You are the leader Azaru, the one called Rodrique? Rodrique: How did you know my name? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 27 Karoun: It's because you're so famous. Around here, there isn't a single person who does not know of you. Karoun: --- Karoun: Your angst is written all over your face. Karoun: Why does saving people bring such pain to yourself? Karoun: I wonder....where your saviour is? Rodrique: ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 28 % Rodrique: My saviour? % Rodrique: How absurd --- Rodrique: Where would it come from? Not like I would want one anyway. Rodrique: I've never wanted to be rescued. Karoun: You poor thing, you've had these idea fed into you by others all this while. Rodrique: No way....! Karoun: We shall meet again, Rodrique. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 29 Karoun: I'll see you again next time, when you need me. % Rodrique: It's the first time someone.... % Rodrique: expressed pity towards me.... Rodrique: --- weirdo. % Rodrique: Forgot to ask him his name. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 30 Kukuru: Where have you been, Rodrique? There's bad news! Hilda's condition have taken a bad turn --- Rodrique: ! Rodrique: I understand! Kukuru: Hurry and go see her! I can't stand watching her anymore. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 31 Karoun: Hoho. Karoun: You are still a child. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 32 Karoun: However, Rodrique. Karoun: If it was me, I can save you. If it was me. Karoun: Looks like we can become very good friends. Rodrique: Let's go, Kukuru. Kukuru: Okay. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 33 % Rodrique: --- Hilda.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 34 Rodrique: How can I be the savour if I cannot even save the life of the girl I love? Hilda: Ro....drique? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 35 Rodrique: Don't go worrying about anything, have a good rest! Rodrique: I'll protect you. % Hilda: --- protect.... % Hilda: --- this is.... % Hilda: What's this image? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 36 % Hilda: That's right, this is my lost memory of the past --- Hilda: I --- Hilda: I remember everything about you now. Hilda: We were so close, like a pair of little birds. Hilda: Never leaving the other's side. Rodrique: ---! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 37 Kukuru: It's a miracle. The colour has returned to Hilda's cheeks again, and her breathing is steadier. Kukuru: Are you okay, Rodrique? % Maruka: You should understand that to use your powers to heal others means that you bear the pain for them. Maruk: You are really a big fool, Rodrique! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 38 % Maruka: Quickly! Let Kaimei replace you as soon as possible! % Maruka: Otherwise, % Maruka: I who can only watch and fret by your side, will not be able to bear it anymore. % Rodrique: --- Hilda... % Rodrique: What should I do? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to The Seimaden Translations