Rainbow「Roundabout/16」English Translation
(This is a translation of a story from Ansamburu Stars.)
- Rainbow
【Roundabout/16】
narration
- Yeah. As for me, I would accept any request, but this is not a good situation.
chiaki
- I'm very sorry, but I'm not going to be able to help you guys.
chiaki
- As I said before, this is an important time for "Ryuseitai".
chiaki
- Kanata, who is often absent, and I, who is no good, have to lead the first-year students, who are still beginners.
chiaki
- Because of my personal feelings, [DDD] was a disappointment.
chiaki
- From now on, I want to move as much as possible to give priority to the feelings and circumstances of my juniors.
chiaki
- These guys have talent. That's how I felt when I first met them.
chiaki
- But in order for everyone to notice that brilliance, they desperately needed to insist
chiaki
- So I want to do my best to carry them and raise them high. I want them to be meteors shining in the night sky, not stars in the daytime that seem to disappear in the haze.
chiaki
- That's what I'm going to do.
chiaki
- I said things that sounded great, that made them dream, and I brought them into the fold.
chiaki
- go for it! You can do it! I said so and forced myself to support them.
chiaki
- If we let go of their hands for even a moment here and now, they may still be inexperienced and fall
chiaki
- Then he would look at me, covered in mud and with a hurt look on his face, and say. You are a liar
chiaki
- ……
hokuto
- I used to admire the heroes on TV so much that I desperately tried to imitate their way of life.
chiaki
- And many times reality tightened on me, I fell off my feet and cursed my favorite hero
chiaki
- If you believe, your dreams will come true. Love will save the world. If someone cries and asks for help, a hero will come to help.
chiaki
- It was all a lie. But that's why I don't want them to feel the same way.
chiaki
- If there are no heroes in this world, I'll be the first.
chiaki
- I fulfill the dreams I believe in, I save the world with my love, and if someone is crying, I come over and hug them.
chiaki
- If I become such a hero, then the heroes on TV won't be liars!
chiaki
- Hero was right! I don't think he told a single lie!
chiaki
- That's my dream. I don't want to be a liar and a cheater, I want to be a hero.
chiaki
- ……
hokuto
- So I can't help you guys. I can't participate in the saga project. I can't afford that.
chiaki
- I'm really sorry. I'm weak and ....... I wish I was an invincible hero or a genius who could do anything.
chiaki
- In reality, I'm still struggling just to stay in this place.
chiaki
- We have to go on, little by little, freaking out so that we don't make any mistakes. We don't have time ...... or the ability to make unnecessary detours.
chiaki
- ……I see.
hokuto
- I understand well. I am convinced. Then I have no choice.
hokuto
- Is that so? I think I just gave a big speech that I don't really understand.
chiaki
- No, it was logical and easy to understand. I'm sorry I rather annoyed you.
hokuto
- You don't seem to be very good at turning down people's requests.
hokuto
- I could have ignored it, but you thought it over, came to a conclusion, and took the time to seriously explain why.
hokuto
- I have no choice but to accept it.……
hokuto
- Do you understand? I was worried because Akehoshi said you were stubborn and wouldn't agree with anything I said.
chiaki
- Does he have a hobby of bad-mouthing others here and there?
hokuto
- Oh well. Anyway, I understand. Back to your lesson. Morisawa Senpai. I'm sorry for making you take the time to come all the way here.
hokuto
- No. ....... I'm really sorry too.
chiaki
- Well. The saga project was a fairly long-term project, right?
chiaki
- I may be able to help when things settle down, and I'll offer my assistance then!
chiaki
- ……Thank you very much. Senpai.
hokuto
- Yeah…… Well, I'm gonna go now.
chiaki
- I'm sorry to hear your disappointing response this time, but if there's anything else you need help with, don't hesitate to let me know!
chiaki
- We will help you as much as we can! I am really not lying!
chiaki
- Yes. I look forward to working with you in that case.
hokuto
- ……
hokuto
- Huh. ....... I'm surprised and shocked. I was so sure that Morisawa-senpai would be one of us for sure.
hokuto
- Apparently I wasn't thinking straight. What to do......
hokuto
- I can't think of anything else. I'm completely back to square one.
hokuto
- I really don't have the people skills or the negotiation skills ……
hokuto
- I'm pretty down on it.
hokuto
- Am I not capable of doing anything on my own?
hokuto
- We've had some success and results so far, despite what's been going on.
hokuto
- I can do it if I try. I think I believed without evidence that I could break through any difficulty.
hokuto
- But that self-doubt was shattered. No matter what I did, it didn't work. It's not what I thought it would be. ......
hokuto
- That used to be the way I used to be, and I still look like that pathetic me of the past.
hokuto
- I feel as if everything is an illusion and it was all a dream.
hokuto
- Nah. Nothing has changed for me since then.
hokuto
- I'm no different than I was back then, when I felt pressured by my parents' fame and had no choice but to put my trust in them.
hokuto
- I was just taking advantage of everyone in "Trickstar" and getting a spoil.
hokuto
- Maybe he just assumed that was the result of his own ability to get it.
hokuto
- If so, I'm a clown.
hokuto
- ashamed……
hokuto
- ……
hokuto