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Card Story: A Token of Friendship (Faust, Snow, White, Akira)
Card Episode: Always With You... (Faust, Akira)
A Token of Friendship: Chapter 1
[Location: Village, evening]
Akira: ...This village has a pretty dark atmosphere, doesn’t it...
Akira: (It gives me the same sort of anxiety as being in a haunted house...)
(Rustling leaves)
Akira: ............
Akira: Eek?! That sound just now...
Faust: ......What are you doing?
Akira: Faust! Please don’t scare me like that.
Faust: I was just walking around normally. No one’s trying to scare you.
Akira: Ah, I-I see. Sorry, I was just surprised.
Akira: Umm, so are you also taking a walk around the village?
Faust: ......I am. What are you so jumpy about, anyway?
Faust: Don’t tell me…. Did something happen to you?
Akira: No, not at the moment anyway.
Faust: So you’re telling me you’re scared of nothing?
Akira: The atmosphere in this village gives me chills, that’s all. Doesn’t it feel like a haunted house?
Faust: A haunted house?
Akira: Like where ghosts will suddenly come out or something......
Faust: ......Are you a child?
Akira: Sorry...
Akira: (I guess I flustered him. ...Well, Faust handles curses all the time, so of course he wouldn’t be afraid of ghosts.)
Faust: So it's just the atmosphere that scares you, right? Nothing happened to you?
Akira: N-Nothing. Everything’s harmless, and there definitely aren’t any ghosts.
Faust: ...I see. Here, take this.
Akira: This is… a bracelet?
Akira: (It’s a small, jewelled bracelet. It looks more mystical than stylish.)
Akira: Is this a magical item, by any chance?
Faust: ...It offers a brief peace of mind. Now give me your arm.
Akira: (Ah… I think he wants to put it on me.)
Akira: Like this?
Faust: Yeah, just stay put.
Faust: ...............
Akira: (I’m getting a good look at him now with how close he is to me… This doesn’t happen very often.)
Akira: (...It’s hard to tell with his hat and sunglasses, but Faust really has a beautiful face, doesn’t he?)
Faust: There. It’s done.
Faust: Huh? What are you spacing out for?
Akira: Ah, it’s nothing.
Faust: Well, this is better than nothing. I’m leaving. See you, Sage.
Akira: Faust! Um, thank you for this bracelet.
Faust: There will be a holy festival in the next country soon. You should get ready to head back to the manor.
Faust: ......And don’t go out alone too much.
(Faust leaves)
Akira: Is he worried about me?
Akira: (Wait, but what does he mean by “a brief peace of mind”? I should have asked more about it.)
A Token of Friendship: Chapter 2
[Location: Staircase]
Akira: Tonight’s dinner was delicious.
Akira: (We finished the holy festival without any problems. Hopefully it helps lessen the anomalies in this world.)
Akira: ...Ah, that's right. I've been wearing Faust's bracelet the whole time.
Akira: (I’ve been feeling less scared ever since I started wearing this... It gives me a strangely comforting feeling.)
Akira: Maybe it’s a magical item after all?
Akira: I should ask Faust about it now that we’re done with the festival.
(Wind blows)
Akira: Huh, wind...?
Snow and White: Boo!
(Akira falls over)
Akira: Eeeeeek!
Snow: Hohoho, to think that you would be so surprised you‘d fall on your behind. Adorable as always, Sage.
White: Apologies, it seemed that we went too far.
Akira: Snow, White! You startled me... What is it?
Snow: To tell you the truth, our trip to that village has instilled intense fear in our hearts.
White: And that’s precisely why we were thinking of asking you to sleep with us, Sage!
Akira: .........Really?
Snow and White: Of course!
Akira: (No way, they’re too energetic to be scared.)
White: ...Hm? You seem to be wearing something we do not usually see you wear.
Akira: Oh, you mean this bracelet? Faust gave it to me to wear before the festival.
Snow: Ohh. Faust, huh.
White: Sage, are you aware of the effect this bracelet has?
Akira: I’m not sure about that, actually. Is it really a magical item? Faust told me it gives the wearer peace of mind.
White: ......Who knows? We came to invite you to sleep with us, but now we have changed our minds.
Snow: Yes. Sage, come with us to Faust’s room.
[Location: Hallway]
Snow: Hellllooo, Fausttt, our dear boyyy.
Faust: Snow, White… and the Sage? What do you want from me?
Akira: Good evening, Faust. I need to talk to you about this bracelet...
Snow: Ghosts are terrifying, and we cannot sleep!
White: Sleep with us tonight, Faust!
Akira: Huh?! So that’s what you two came here for?!
Faust: ............
(Faust closes his door)
Snow: Ah, he closed the door on us!
White: Such cold treatment towards us adorable twins and our darling Sage!
Faust: I prefer sleeping alone. If you want a companion, then ask someone else.
Snow and White: Faaauust!!
Akira: (Ahhh...)
A Token of Friendship: Chapter 3
[Location: Faust’s room]
Snow: Jeez, that was awfully mean of you… Throwing such good children as us into the hallway at night.
Faust: I don’t know who you’re referring to, but it can’t be you two old men.
Faust: So? What do you want from me?
Akira: Ah, yes. I wanted to ask you about this bracelet, actually.
Faust: Bracelet? It’s yours. You can throw it away if you want.
Akira: I won’t do that! It’s just that, I feel like I don’t know how valuable this thing is... or something like that...
Akira: This isn’t an ordinary bracelet, is it? I’d like to know more about it, if you don’t mind.
Faust: Didn’t I already tell you? It has soothing effects, nothing more.
White: These things depend on how you describe them. Is it really truthful to describe a talisman that guards against evil as something that merely relieves stress on the mind?
Akira: Huh, a talisman?
Faust: ............
Snow: Faust, what a very kind child you are. The Sage told us that you went out of your way to check up on them while we were in the village, yes?
White: You made sure the Sage had company and even provided them with this talisman. A kind child you are, indeed.
Akira: So that’s what it is... Sorry, I didn’t realize that at all.
Akira: Again, thank you so much once again, Faust.
Faust: ...There’s no need to thank me. Warding off evil still gives you a peace of mind. It’s the same thing.
Akira: That's not true! I felt calmer as soon as I wore this bracelet, and it eased the anxiety I felt.
Akira: It’s all thanks to you for looking out for me.
Faust: Why are you saying something so embarrassing...?
Faust: ...No, never mind. Think whatever you want.
Akira: Okay!
Snow: ...But Faust. You’re also quite difficult.
Faust: ...What do you mean?
Snow: Is it not ironic how you give the Sage a talisman that wards off evil, while also taking up work to curse those you don’t know?
Akira: (Ah... That’s right. Faust is a maledictor.)
Faust: And?
White: ’Tis a bit saddening to see you doing such contradictory things... The real you is as gentle as that bracelet our Sage wears.
Faust: Don’t tell me what to do. There’s no way a maledictor like me would be kind.
White: Is that so?
Faust: ...The Sage just happens to be neither a stranger nor a target of my curses. That’s all.
Snow and White: ......O-Oh.
Akira: ...Faust, that’s...
Akira: (Does that mean he recognizes me as a friend?)
Faust: ...What?
Akira: No, it’s nothing... Thank you so much.
Faust: You’re still saying that. I told you there’s no need to thank me.
Akira: I’ll take care of this bracelet!
Faust: ...Well, do whatever you want.
Card Episode: Always With You...
[Location: Dining area, morning]
Akira: ............
Faust: You don’t look well. Are you okay?
Akira: ...Faust, do you think ghosts exist?
Faust: I do.
Akira: Huh?! You sounded so sure about that......
Faust: Why are you so surprised? What do you think White is?
Akira: Ah... You’re right. But I can touch White and talk to him, and he looks really cute too, so he doesn’t really feel like a ghost...
Faust: Don’t tell him that. He’ll never shut up about it.
Faust: Well, there are different types of ghosts. We can touch some, like White, but there are some we can’t.
Faust: Some stay in this world to protect someone, while others stay out of resentment. It’s the ill-willed ghosts who have ghastly appearances.
Faust: Now that we’re on the topic, I heard that anyone who shows any form of interest towards ghosts will actually attract them...
Akira: ............
Faust: Ah… My bad. I forgot you’re not really good with them.
Faust: ...Well, you’ll be fine. You have so many wizards by your side, after all.
Faust: It’s the ghosts who are more likely to feel afraid. ...And I don’t mind helping you relax a bit.
Special Home Screen Line
Faust: Asking me to teach you about this world… I think you’re asking the wrong person.
TL: yumemory | Proofread: Alle
