^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Slayers: Episode 1 Everything's Because of the Fish Dish ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Original Copyright (C) Kanzaka Hajime, Arizumi Rui/Kadokawa Shouten Translation Copyright (C) Hikirin Studio 1995 English Translation: Alex "Alekusiel" Wong ( awong@eecs.tufts.edu ) Proofreading: Iain Sinclair ( axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au ) ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Version 1.1 To maintain the quality of this translation, any part of this translation cannot be changed, or modified in any way during distribution. If this translation is being used in any form of distribution or publication, all the credits of this translation must be included and the translator must be informed. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Translator's Notes: Lines in []: Thoughts of characters Lines in (): Sound effects, characters' mumbling ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 10 Man: A fight! A fight--- !! Lina: How cruell!! I wasn't doing anything wrong... Man: What? You brat!! Man: Say your prayers!! Lina: Fuu... Lina: Looks like there is no way out if it comes to something like this. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 11 Lina: Hey let's goo!! Lina: Gourry. Gourry: Aa Lina... Gourry: You were the one... Man on the ground: Gui. Gourry: That beat this guy up first, right? Men: Kuu... Lina: Fuu... ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 12 Lina: These big round eyes... Lina: This lovely face... Lina: And this slender body that is small and tidy. Lina: A bunch of ruffians like you people trying to pick me up... Lina: You people are twenty nine thousand eight hundred years.. Lina: Early!! ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 13 Gourry: Yeah yeah, just like what she said. Gourry: For a flat chest, childish girl like her... Gourry: It's pretty boring to pick her up if it isn't about twenty nine thousand eight hundred years later. Lina: Gourry!! Gourry: What? Gourry: Hiiiii. ( It hurts. ) Gourry: Hina hyahero~~~ ( Stop it Lina. ) Sword: Suraa. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 14 Men: This is no comedy show!!! Leon: You people stop it!! Man: A... Man: Le... ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 15 Gourry: Leon!!! ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 16 Gourry: Hey Lina, what you are angry about? Gourry: Did I do something wrong? Leon: Fuu. You're always the same, aren't you, Gourry? But... Leon: Eventually even you can get a girlfriend? Lina & Gourry: We aren't in that kind of relationship!! Lina: Gourry, what kind of friend is he? Lina: Looks like he's a friend of those guys that chickened out and ran away... Gourry: He's a mercenary soldier, same as me... Gourry: Who will finish any job for a price... right? ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 17 Leon: In any case, for the sake of an old friend, please don't cause too much trouble while you're in this town. Gourry: Hey, hey, we still haven't talked... Gourry: Those guys from before were soldiers hired by Rudance...... I am... too. Lina: ...... Lina: Aa. Chef: I thought you people are *that man*'s friend, so you two are travelers? Lina: Yeah, uncle chef. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 18 Gourry: He is only my old friend. Chef: Oh yeah, I have to tell you people before I take your orders. Chef: There aren't any dishes of milusa. Lina: Ee --- !! Gourry: What is this milusa thing? Lina: You didn't know about it? It's an illusionary delicacy which can be eaten in this area only at this time. Lina: That's why the price is ridiculously high. Chef: Its a fish with strong taste. Chef: At late autumn, right after the female lay eggs and the fat falls off from the body, only at that time, it tastes like something unreal. Lina: How come we can't get to eat them, uncle chef? Chef: Sh---!! You absolutely won't say that I told you? ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 19 Chef: It's the doing of Rudance. Chef: The Lord of this town. Lina: Damn it!! Lina: I can't forgive him for monopolizing the delicacies!! Lina: He confiscates all the milusa fish, and enriches himself by selling them only to the wealthy. Lina: I cannot forgive him!! Lina: Let's go and negotiate with him directly, Gourry. Gourry: I will go with you. Lina: [ Let's go!! ] Lina: [ To Rudance's castle!! ] ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 20 Lina: Oo. Lina: Tasty--- Lina: So this is milusa, isn't---- Rudance: No--- it is my pleasure that I can be eating with *that* Lina=Inverse. Rudance: Now I have one more thing to be proud of when I talk to the King. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 21 Gourry: [ Those rumors about Lina are a pretty big deal, aren't they... ] Lina: But Lord Rudance. Lina: If the King finds out... won't you be in DEEP trouble? Rudance: That's nothing. All that matters is that he doesn't know. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 22 Rudance: Please take these. Gourry: Wh... Gourry: What does this mean!! Lina: Hey hey. Lina: So this is like urging us... Lina: Thanks for this then. Lina: So, let's go back, Gourry. Gourry: Ee!! Hey... Lina: Hey hey. Gourry: Aa. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 23 Gourry: Lina, what are you thinking? You even took the money... Lina: Nothing nothing. Gourry: ? Lina: On top of that, if we don't find a place to stay they will be all filled. Lina: Since there are a lot of travelers in this season. Lina: We have to look for a nice inn that has a wa~~~rm bathtub. Lina: Autumn nights are cold. Gourry: Yeah but... ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 24 Lina: I knew that a big bathtub will be ni-ce - Lina: And I can take this whole thing by myself at midnight - Lina: Aa--- feels gre--at. Lina: Boo. Lina: [ Fl~at chest. ] Lina: ---My chest is not really not... Lina: That flat---... ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 25 Lina: ( Gulp. ) Lina: Hey Gourry... Door: Konkon. Lina: I feel that I can't sleep by myself... Lina: Can I come in? Lina: Fuu. Lina: He has a moving pattern that is predictable to the degree of interesting, does he... ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 26 Gourry: Uu. Rudance: I knew it. Rudance: That it was only scouting at day time... Gourry: Leon!! Gourry: Leon, I want to talk to you once more. Rudance: Trying to get out of this with flimsy excuses, eh? Who hired you? ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 27 Gourry: Please Leon! I want to talk to you!! Rudance: Kuu. Rudance: Being a mercenary soldier, you think the money that I gave you today isn't enough? Rudance: Or the person who hired you gave you more... Rudance: In any case... Leon!! Rudance: Finish him off!! Rudance: I am going back to my room. Subordinate: Yes!! ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 28 Rudance: What!! Rudance: What are you doing in my room!! Lina: Hi---i. Lina: After all I feel kind of chilly after a bath. Rudance: Wh... Rudance: What do you want? Lina: No-way... Lina: You knew it, right? Lina: Aa--- the tea is tasty. Lina: Zuzu. Lina: I am here to knock you down. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 29 Rudance: If you set your hands on me the King won't stay quiet. Lina: Th---at's---ok---ay. Lina: It will be fi---ne as long as he doesn't know. Rudance: Wh... Rudance: Kuu... ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 30 Gourry: Don't work for that filthy bastard any more, Leon!! Leon: You haven't change at all, Gourry... Leon: But don't take it the wrong way, we are only mercenary soldiers after all... Leon: We will finish any job for a price... Gourry: Then we just have to fight it out...... Gourry: Is that what you want to say, Leon!! Leon: That's a fact!! Door: Doconn. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 31 Gourry: Lina!! Lina: Accordingly, as for the villains... Lina: They are probably all destroyed by an explosion of *unknown cause*, so why don't you two stop fighting? Leon: Don't interfere with us, Lina=Inverse!! Lina: What!! Lina: What did you say... Leon: Once the blades were crossed there is no retreat. Leon: There is no way back!! ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 32 Gourry: Fuu. That's right. Gourry: We probably have to finish this off once and for all!! Lina: Men... Lina: Really are... Lina: Deru... Lina: Branddddd!!! ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 33 Leon: I'm going in the opposite direction to you. Lina: Then we will part here, Leon. Leon: You are pretty scary if opposed. Lina: A spell of Deru Brand level. Lina: That's really nothing. Gourry: I don't think that's the problem... Leon: See you. Lina: Take care, Leon. Leon: Isn't she a pretty nice partner, hmm? Gourry: Ye, yeah... ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 34 Leon: ---but there's some problem with her personality. Gourry: ......Yeah. Leon: See you two later. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Pg. 35 Leon: Be nice to each other! Lina & Gourry: We are not in that kind of relationship!!! Leon: Kuukuukuu. Lina: So, so we've got a lot of money now. Lina: Let's go to eat milusa cuisine, Gourry. Gourry: You really are a bad one... ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^