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Something To Keep Protecting: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Card Episode: Such A Shame | Home Screen Line
Something To Keep Protecting: Chapter 1
[Location: Manor courtyard]
Akira: Mm, nice weather today.
Chloe: Oh, hello, Master Sage!
Akira: Hi Chloe. What are you going to do with that table and those chairs?
Chloe: Rustica said we should hold our afternoon tea party outside since the sun is out like this.
Chloe: Would you like to join us?
Akira: That’s wonderful— ah-
Chloe: Hm? Is something wrong?
Akira: (That bird’s flying quite low. Also…)
Akira: Uhm, I think it’ll rain soon.
Chloe: Master Sage, you can see the future? Amazing!
Akira: N-no, it’s not a big deal. That bird looks like a swallow, so perhaps it might rain.
Chloe: A swallow?
Akira: In my world, people say that when a swallow flies low, it’s a sign of rain. Though, I don’t know if the legend can be trusted….
???: Hohoho, that is not quite incorrect.
Akira: Hm?
Snow: ’Tis true that soon it will rain.
White: We recommend taking your afternoon tea party indoors.
Chloe: Waa, then I should hurry and bring these back in! Thank you, Master Sage! Master Snow and Master White, too! I’ll let everyone know.
(running steps)
Akira: Is it really going to rain...?
Snow: Indeed.
White: Come. Let us go inside before we get ourselves drenched.
Snow: Sage.
White: We shall be your escorts.
Akira: T-thank you.
Akira: (It’s embarrassing that I’m treated like a kid…)
Akira: (..Hm? White’s hands feel colder than usual…)
White: Is something the matter?
Akira: Ah, it’s nothing. Let’s go back.
[Location: Manor’s foyer, day]
Akira: Whoa, it’s really raining now!
Snow: That was close.
White: We are safe by a hair’s breadth.
Akira: (I didn’t expect the legend to be true…)
Akira: (That said, how did they know it was going to rain?)
Something To Keep Protecting: Chapter 2
[Location: Manor’s lounge, day]
Chloe: Phew, glad we moved right on time!
Rustica: Thank you for handling the preparations, Chloe. Master Sage, may I inquire about your preferred tea for today?
Akira: Ah, the same as everyone, please.
Arthur: Thank you for inviting me along.
Arthur: It is a pleasure to be here and converse with all of you.
Akira: Indeed. Hm, this tea is delicious….
Rustica: Heheh, thank you very much. I can brew you a cup of tea at any time of the day if you wish so.
Snow: Sage, this cake goes well with your tea.
White: Sage, this cake is exceptionally tasty.
Akira: Wah, thank you very much. But that’s a little too mu—
Snow and White: Open wiiide!
Akira: (It doesn’t feel right to refuse if they insist….)
Akira: Alright…. Mm! Wow, it melts inside my mouth….
Arthur: Master Sage, perhaps you would also like to try this cake from the Central country?
Akira: Ah, okay, I’ll have one….
Rustica: Then, would you like this one from the Western country?
Akira: Y-yes, thank you very much.
Snow and White: Sage, this cake is a delicacy as well!
Akira: (All these cakes in front of me…. What do I do, it’d be bad to refuse….)
Chloe: Wait, slow down! Master Sage can’t eat all that!
Rustica: Heheh, no worries, Chloe. Your portion is safe right here.
Chloe: Geez, that’s not the issue here!
Akira: Thank you, Chloe. I’ll have one each, so everyone, please enjoy the snacks too.
Arthur: If you so wish. Then, may I have the cake from the Western country?
Rustica: Certainly. I shall have one from the Central country.
Arthur: Tasting sweets from each other’s countries might be a trivial matter, but such cultural exchange might deepen the relations between countries..
Rustica: A world connected by confectionaries…. How sweet and pleasant that is.
Chloe: Ahaha, it is! And all this is possible thanks to Master Sage.
Akira: Huh, me?
Chloe: Yep! You told me about the rain, so we managed to save everything.
Chloe: Up until now the sky was so clear it was cloudless. That’s amazing!
Arthur: Master Sage, you guessed the weather right? That is really commendable.
Arthur: As Chloe said, we are able to spend our time having a tea party because of you. I sincerely offer my gratitude.
Akira: Ah, no, it’s just a coincidence of some sort….
Snow: Hohoho, now you are bashful. How sweet of you.
White: How lovely of you.
Rustica: You look lovely with every expression you wear, Master Sage. Speaking of which, I have heard about Masters Snow and White's unerring prophecies.
Akira: Huh, is that true?
Snow: Is it, now?
White: Perhaps so.
Arthur: You do not have to be so down-to-earth. Leading figures across the countries put remarkable respect to your readings.
Snow: Nonsense. All we did was advise them on politics and wars.
White: The answer lies within the person, always.
Akira: Amazing, so that’s how you knew about the rain.
Snow: Reading the weather is child’s play.
White: ’Tis a mere breeze to us.
Chloe: So you can see the future too?
Snow and White: Why, yes.
Akira: (The future? Do they know if I can go back to my world…?)
White: ….
Akira: (Ah, I met White's gaze…)
White, smiling: ….
Akira: (His eyes look like they can see even the deepest part of my heart….)
Arthur: Master Sage, is something the matter?
Akira: Ah, it's nothing.
Akira: (We rarely get to have a tea party like this. I shouldn't waste my time worrying about the future and just enjoy the moment I have in hand.)
Something To Keep Protecting: Chapter 3
[Location: Akira’s room, night]
Akira: Phew, so many things happened today, but at least it’s nothing out of the ordinary. I even got to enjoy tea with wizards whom I rarely see.)
Akira: (In the end, I didn’t know much more about the twins’ fortune-telling….)
Akira: (Maybe I can just ask them to read my future…. Wait, it’s kinda scary, after all….)
(knock knock)
Akira: (Who could be visiting at this hour?)
Akira: Just a minute.
(door opens)
White: Sage. You are awake, I see.
Akira: White…. Do you need me for something?
White: I came to give you a prophecy.
Akira: Huh!?
White: You wanted us to do readings for you, did you not?
Akira: (He did notice me….)
Akira: (I’m scared of knowing what will happen, but if the two of them know everything about me….)
Akira: ...I’m a little curious if I can go back to my world, or what the future has in store for me in general.
Akira: But I’m scared to know if it will be a frightening future….
White: How about I read into your future only vaguely?
Akira: Vaguely? You can do that too?
White: ’Tis certainly easier.
White: Sage, hold my hand.
Akira: Y-yes!
Akira: (I’m now holding his hands, but will it really be okay…. Maybe if it’s just a vague description….)
White: ...I see, I see. This is….
Akira: W-what is it?
White: ’Tis incredible.
Akira: (What is happening in my future….)
White: Sage, in the future, you shall pass through various vicissitudes of fortune.
Akira: W-what….
White: ’Tis, of course, a good thing.
Akira: Oh, that’s a relief!
White: I did say I would be vague, so that will be all I tell you for the time being.
Akira: (I see, so this is what he meant by vague.)
Akira: (I knew I wouldn’t be leading a normal life in this world…. But if there’s something good about it, then I can at least have hope.)
Akira: Thank you very much. I feel a little better now.
White: Sage.
(White holds Akira's hand)
Akira: Yes?
White: Do take care of everyone in the future.
Akira: (White?)
White: ….
Akira: (As I thought, White’s hands are colder than usual today. Could it be that he…)
Akira: I’m still inexperienced as a Sage. But each and every one of you are precious to me.
Akira: So…. Please do not worry.
White: Hohoho, I see, I see! That reassured me.
Card Episode: Such A Shame
[Location: Manor library]
Akira: I remember feeling dismayed in front of you and Snow when I first came here.
Akira: Thank you for holding my hand that time.
White: ’Twas the least we could do. Why, ‘tis adorable of you to call that a ‘dismay.’
White: Some time ago, I utterly lost my composure and froze almost everything my eyes can see.
Akira: That’s amazing, in a way….
Akira: But thank you. At that time, your warm hands gave me ease.
Akira: What was on your mind that moment, White?
White: Why, ‘tis nothing other than you who were weeping!
White: You looked distressed, yet lovely still. Somehow we wanted to befriend you, and paint a smile on your face.
Akira: White….
White: Hohoho. Though, I must admit that I was disappointed at first. You turned pale the second we transformed into our adult forms.
White: I thought: ‘Huh, don’t we look just gorgeous as gentlemen? Shouldn’t they be lovestruck by now? Or are we not their type?’
White: ...Something along those lines.
Akira: Y-You looked handsome! Utterly handsome!
Special Home Screen Line
White: Foretelling is our expertise. Come, Sage. Allow me to let you in on a glimpse of your future.
