A festival?
That's right!
It's a fireworks display!
Yami-san, you should come with us.
Tearju-san said she would come, as well.
I heard about your relationship with Tearju-san.
Is that so?
Rito said he hoped to see you there.
I'll be waiting for you, so be sure to come, okay?
That's not your concern, Yuuki Rito.
fushigi na yasuragi kanshou
不思議な安らぎ観賞
This strange feeling of peaceful enjoyment
shibaraku kono mama
しばらくこのまま
Will continue for a while
rikai funou puroburemu bousou
理解不能プロブレム暴走
An impossible to solve problem runs wild
genin wa?
原因は？
And the cause is?
kimi to iru to kudaranai oshie wasureru
君といるとくだらない教え忘れる
Whenever I'm with you, I forget all about these boring lessons
kono henka kara umaretahonshin ukeireyou
この変化から生まれた本心受け入れよう
I want you to accept the true feelings born from this change
harimegutta saisho no kokoro
張り巡った最初の心
I reeled in the first heart I could hook
taguriyose sotto seebushita
手繰り寄せそっとセーブした
Carefully saving it
hyouteki ni fukuzatsu na mune no yami takushite
標的に複雑な胸の闇託して
I use the complicated darkness in my heart on my target
Care me! Care me! Care me! Care me!
naiteru kokoro atatamete yatto kizuita
泣いてる心温めてやっと気づいた
As I warmed the crying heart, I finally realised
watashi no himitsu heiki wa nani yori mo tsuyoku katakumusunda
私の秘密兵器はなによりも強く硬く結んだ
That more than anything, my secret weapon is strongly, firmly bound
kimi to no tsunagari
君との繋がり
With my connection to you
「Summer festival
~The Festival Begins~」
I'm going to eat some cotton candy!
Nana! If you run around too much, you'll trip.
Yukatas, huh?
Momo's cute, of course, but Nana has a completely different atmosphere from her usual boyish feel.
What are you staring at, you beast?!
Uh, it's nothing.
If you want it that much, I'll give you a bite.
T-Thank you.
It's about time for me to meet up with Mea, so I'll be going now.
Ah, we'll meet back up on the grounds around the time of the fireworks, okay?
I got it, already!
Stop treating me like a child!
Good grief, Nana.
Because of what happened before,
she's starting to become more conscious of you, Rito-san.
What are you talking about, so suddenly?!
Rito?
Mikan!
Are you still with the teachers?
Yeah.
Tearju-san is a really nice person, isn't she?
I want to hear more about Yami-san,
so I'll be here for a while, okay?
Okay.
Aren't you glad that you were able to introduce Tearju-sensei to Mikan-san?
Yeah.
The relationship between Nana and Mea has made progress,
so it would be nice if Mikan could mediate a better relationship between Tearju and Yami.
There's also the option of having you mediate it, isn't there, Rito-san?
Like the way you did when you hugged Nana.
Eh!?
You knew about that?!
Of course!
The situation then was urgent, so... Um...
This person...
He's always so kind, worrying about other people.
I wonder, if I were down about something,
would he hug me like that too?
Momo-sama!
I didn't expect to see you in a place like this!
Oh, they're from your fan club...
Nakajima-san and Sugimura-san.
You look so beautiful in a yukata, Momo-sama!
I told you to stop calling me "sama"!
I really didn't expect to run into you, Momo-sama.
It seems it was worthwhile to come here, even if it is just the two of us.
You must come with us-
Y-Yuuki Rito-senpai is with you?
Yes.
Momo-sama, come here a moment.
Yes?
Please be careful, Momo-sama.
What is it?
I'd prefer if you didn't have your face so close to me.
Men are all beasts!
Even if you think you're safe you never know when he'll transform into a wild beast because of your charm, Momo-sama!
Um, I can hear everything you're saying...
Yes.
In other words...
Seeing you lick that candy apple...
Or that white nape...!
Having his dark desire awakened, Yuuki-senpai would...
Rito-san, what are you doing in a place like this?
Look! More candy apples!
Lick them!
Hey! Lick more, Momo!
I can't handle any more!
If you're going to give up, then...
Eh?!
Look!
There, there, there!
There, there, there, there!
If you put in that many...!
Inside...!
I'll get soaked...!
You damn brute!
Calm down, Nakajima!
You're the one who's a brute!
Momo-sama has disappeared!
This way, Rito-san!
Are you sure it was okay to leave them?
It's fine.
I feel kind of bad for Nakajima-san, but I don't want anyone to interfere with our chance to be alone.
But they were pretty rude, though.
Saying that I would become a wild beast or something like that.
Oh, but you are a beast, Rito-san.
Only when you're asleep, though.
Eh?
Did I do something when I was asleep?
It used to be only about one time in five that you'd attack,
but recently it's more like two or three out of five.
Your technique is becoming gradually more intense, Rito-san.
T-Technique...?
It was a joke.
We still have time, so why don't we walk around here?
Haruna!
Did Yui tell you anything on the phone?
Yeah.
Kotegawa-san is taking longer than expected to get ready.
I see.
Yuuki-kun is coming today, right?
Yeah!
We should be able to see him later!
Haruna, are you going to confess today?
W-Well, everyone will be there today, so...
Ah, that's true.
Onee-sama and Haruna-san.
Ah, they're going.
Should I call out to them?
But...
Just a little more...
Mummy! Look, look!
Oh, my! That's amazing!
Now that I think about it...
What kind of person is your mother?
My mother?
Yeah.
I heard from Lala before that she's very pretty,
but I don't really know anything about her.
She's a wonderful person.
As the Queen of Deviluke,
she demonstrates assertive leadership in place of father,
who is not good with politics and works to maintain diplomacy with the various planets.
Saying the galaxy that father united continues to remain at peace due to mother's presence would not be an exaggeration.
She is a person whom all of us sisters hold in very high regard.
Um... Don't you feel lonely... since you don't get to see your mother?
No.
Mother worries about us as well,
so she makes time in her crowded schedule to call once in a while.
I also have Nana, Onee-sama... and you here, so I've never felt lonely.
If it's possible...
I want to stay by your side forever.
I mean, I said I'd help you with the harem,
so please continue to rely on me, Rito-san!
Momo...
Whether it's about my love for Lala,
or the succession to the Devilukean throne...
I can understand the theory behind the harem plan being the best way to achieve them, even though it's absurd.
But... Why are you willing to go so far for it, Momo?
Is it okay to ask this?
Depending on the answer, I may get drawn deeper into this.
That's because... I love you.
Even if I'm second or third... I want to be loved by you.
O-Of course, it's so that everyone can be happy!
I just can't leave you and Onee-sama alone because you're so constrained!
Now why don't we start heading towards the grounds?
I deceived him.
What Rito-san expected to hear was probably not that.
But that's okay.
The fact that the harem plan's foundation is based on my personal feelings should still...
It's because of the fact that I'm justifying it by saying it's for everyone's happiness that I can deceive Rito-san.
If it continues like this, the plan may succeed before Rito-san himself realises it.
A web of love with no escape!
But before that, the thing that concerns me is her.
In that exchange with Mea-san before... Yami-san did not deny it.
That she was an out-of-place existence in this city.
Or that she was a weapon.
Does that mean that Yami-san hasn't broken away from being the assassin, Golden Darkness?
I still can't let my guard down.
Rito!
Mikan?
Why are you in such a rush?
Where's Tearju-sensei?
That's... Something happened!
Which way, Mikan?
It's that way!
Rito-san?!
Ouch...
As usual you are quite skillful at falling, Yuuki Rito.
Rito-san!
Don't forget, Yuuki Rito.
The fact that you are my target has not changed.
Please try to remember that you continue to live by my whim.
Yami-san, please calm down!
That's right, that's right.
I'm sorry about that, Yami-san.
It's because I incited him.
But it's strange, Yami-san.
You still think of Rito as a target, do you?
If that's the case, you should just kill him, already.
I wonder why it is that you don't.
Is your life in this city that important to you?
Or perhaps, is it Yuuki Rito himself that's important?
Is this... trans?
I see.
So you've finally made your appearance, Master Nemesis?
At a time like this, humans are supposed to say "Nice to meet you", aren't they?
This girl is the absolute existence that Mea-san believes in, Master Nemesis.
M-Master? A girl this small is?
Sor-
Isn't that too abrupt, Rito-san?!
I- I'm sorry!
Not bad.
You caught me off guard.
But you're still a fool.
I just showed you a little before, didn't I?
In the face of trans ability, outward appearance means nothing.
I can change my appearance as much as needed to get the enemy to let their guard down.
That's the true value of the trans ability, Yuuki Rito.
T-That appearance...!
How useful...!
You wanted to have a taste of my body, right?
You really do make amusing expressions.
So that's why Mea likes you.
Did you know, Yuuki Rito?
There are two types of destruction.
Physical destruction, and psychological destruction.
I love both of course, but I'm particularly fond of the latter.
Should I train you?
Train?!
That's right.
I'll train you to become my manservant so that pain becomes pleasure and just by being stepped on by me,
I love you!
you'll be able to reach climax.
I love you!
I'm getting aroused, just imagining it!
What the hell is she saying?!
Hey, you! Wait a moment!
I won't let you do something like that to Rito-
Momo?!
That's a nice voice, Princess Momo.
It looks like it would be worth playing with you, too.
How did you know about my tail?
I'm Mea's master.
Naturally I have that level of information.
By the way, that clothing called a yukata is pretty nice.
You can hide things there in battle, and the design is nice.
It will be better if I can move my legs easily, so how about this?
I wonder if it looks good on me?
Aren't you going to answer me?
That's unladylike for a princess of Deviluke.
D-Don't look, Rito-san!
T-This is humiliating!
To be tormented like this by someone other than Rito-san in front of him...
That's enough playing around.
That was dangerous.
I didn't know you had a technique like that.
Momo...
Oh, scary.
Sorry about that, Princess Momo.
I didn't come to start a fight.
I came to say hello.
To say hello...?
Yes.
I want to get along well with you, Golden Darkness.
As well as the others around you.
That's...!
Who would want to be friends with a huge sadist like y-
You've hidden yourself for all this time,
why do you show yourself now?
No special reason.
It's just because Mea was more suited to finding your whereabouts.
You've seen my personality, haven't you?
I don't have confidence in my ability to get along with people and not cause trouble.
I can understand that.
So, I built up my courage and took a step forward.
I cannot accept it.
Didn't you want me to eliminate Yuuki Rito and return to the path of a weapon?
Certainly, I did think that.
That's why I came to survey this city and the people around Mea.
And now I've come to see your true feelings.
My true feelings?
That's right, Golden Darkness.
You are aware that you are not something that belongs here.
You understand that you will eventually leave this place.
Without anyone having to tell you.
Because you realise it unconsciously.
Your true self, which sleeps deep inside your heart.
Your true nature as a weapon, which can never love a person.
Darkness.
Darkness?
So there's no problem.
Even without my guidance, you will eventually awaken to it.
Until that time, I will wait patiently.
If I get bored I'll come to play, so please take care of me.
Princess Momo.
Yuuki Rito.
I refuse.
Oh, my...
It looks like I'm hated quite a bit.
I don't really mind, though.
Yuuki-kun?
Momo-chan and Yami-chan, too.
Kotegawa!
What are you doing in a place like this?
What is this?
Rito-san said he wanted to see you in a yukata, so we came to meet you.
Momo!
Eh?
Is that so?
Ah... Um... You look nice in your yukata. Really nice.
You look like a completely different person than when you're always getting angry.
The reason I'm always getting angry is you, you idiot!
I-I'm sorry!
Wow! It's so pretty!
This really is the perfect place to watch!
I'm surprised you knew about it, Haruna.
Yuuki-kun and Mikan-chan told me about it.
They said they found it together when they were little.
Oh! Did you see, did you see?!
That one was amazing!
Oh, Lala-chi, you're so-
I never thought they had a master...
What kind of person was it?
She was kind of eerie and frightening.
She was a horrible person.
But she said something like she wanted to get along well with Yami and all of us.
Eh?!
That's obviously a lie!
She must have something she's after.
There's no need to worry about that.
Master said that my living here and growing closer to Yami-oneechan's heart was a good thing.
I'm sure she came to want to try it out, herself.
Having contact with people.
I can't trust something like that.
Regardless of everyone else, I still won't-
Oh, my.
I'm fine with not being liked by you though, Murasame-senpai.
So unpleasant.
If you have a problem, I'll take you on.
So, how about it?
Just how I want it!
Oshizu-chan, calm down.
Mea, you too. I keep telling you to stop saying things like that.
Okay!
Kurosaki Mea-san.
Is she really Yami-san's little sister?
Mikan-chan, I want you to understand the circumstances.
I think that for them to live properly,
they need friends like Nana-chan and you.
If she's Yami-san's little sister,
then I should get along well with her too, shouldn't I?
But...
Rito-senpai, I got cotton candy on my cheek.
Will you lick it off for me?
I-I wonder if we can get along...
Hey, you over there!
What are you talking about and why aren't you watching the fireworks?
Let's go, Mea!
Yeah!
Tearju-sensei?
What is it, Momo-chan?
There was one thing she said that bothers me...
Darkness?!
Yes.
Do you know what that might mean?
It couldn't be...
Oh, it's nothing.
I'm sorry.
I don't know anything, either.
Dark Nasu?
TL Note: Pun on "nasu", which means eggplant.
I think she was probably just speaking figuratively about Yami-chan.
It's nothing to worry about.
That's right.
Even if that were the case, it'll be okay.
As long as everyone in this city is here...
As long as everyone who thinks of her is here...
I'm sure it'll be okay.
niwasaki yureru hana ga tsun to senobi de kotaeru
庭先揺れる花がツンと背伸びで応える
The flower swaying in the garden answers by stretching up
tsumasakidachi de asa ni ohayou no kisu
つま先立ちで朝におはようのKiss
To give a good morning kiss standing on tiptoes
saa yukou
さあ行こう
Now let's go!
fui ni tsumujikaze omowazu shagamikomu
不意につむじ風思わずしゃがみ込む
Caught off guard by the sudden whirlwind, I reflexively crouch down
fuwari sukaato ni kakushita yowasatsuyoku haratte miseta
ふわりスカートに隠した弱さ 強く払ってみせた
I firmly brush off the weakness hidden inside my skirt
fuzoroi de sainan na nichijou ni sakihokorou
不揃いで災難な日常に咲き誇ろう
Let's bloom to our fullest in this strange everyday life full of misfortune
sunao ni sodatanai kara chanto mitenakucha
素直に育たないからちゃんと見てなくちゃ
I can't be honest, so you have to pay close attention
tameratta ano omoi sotto tsuchi ni umetanda
躊躇ったあの想いそっと土に埋めたんだ
I carefully buried the memory of my hesitance in the soil
A flower blooming in your heart
sono hi o yume mite
その日を夢見て
I dream of that day
Next Time
「New move
~Two of a Kind?~」