Kanna no Kanna Volume 1 Chapter 8.1 Interlude 1

// TN : typos on comment please //

// The chap t.i.tle use honmei, which can go for  ‘sure thing’; ‘likely winner’; ‘certainty’; some people might recognize the term from ‘serious chocolate’ in valentine. I’m not sure how to phrase it, but the t.i.tle really makes sense if you read the author note at the end //

Interlude 1 : The desired appearance

 
「We really can’t rely on Yuuzuki at all.」

「That’s true, if Kannkun was here; the situation would probably be a little bit better.」

「………… Misaki-san, Ayansan; please forgive me!」

A few days before Kanna thought about his hometown…

「Why did you recklessly accept some outrageous request？ I do think that wanting to help people in need is a great human virtue; but, how about thinking on the time and the place? If you want to get involved so much, at least be mindful and don’t drag others into it.」

One of the female members of this group is Hiragi Misaki; a beautiful girl who is someone who oozes liveliness. Popular with both boys and girls in cla.s.s; possesses extraordinary reflexes and is the prideful ace of the karate club– she also has a record of victory in tournaments.

「So- sor-」

「MaaMaa– Misaki-san; shouldn’t we leave it at this? We all know quite well that Yuuzuki-kun is a pitiful hetare ikemen; he has no power to deny the request of such a pretty ohime-sama」

//TN : the characters use different terms to refer to the princess as ‘princess’. I’ll do the same//

Another person, Asagi Ayana; in contrast to Misaki she is quite composed; her beauty does not fall a step behind Misaki’s. She holds the top ranked position grades wise in her student year, and has a long history of always ranking first– This also includes nation wide scored tests; an academic record that’s enough to be called a prodigy.

「……………………」

And stuck inbetween, Izumo Yuuzuki. If graded by ten people, those ten would agree that he is a good looking boy with a well ordered face. Naturally, he boasts of tremendous popularity between the girls; and even among the boys he is considered someone to look up to due to his personality. Accomplished in both physical activities and studies; a high spec individual, who always scores among the top ten in the school ranks.

It wouldn’t be strange to say that he is a someone possessing enough talent that he is loved by G.o.d.

「But, thinking about it– this is not the worst situation. It beats being thrown out without knowing anything at all.」

「Truly, but I’m still worried about Kannkun. First we stay in this place and learn as much as we can; the first thing is to learn about the common sense of this world… Then, the moment we find an opening, we escape. Yuuzuki-kun agrees with this？」

In front of the opinion of the two girls, the boy can’t open his mouth; his mouth can’t muster courage to oppose.

ーーーー The place where the three are discussing, is a room in a certain castle.

Three days after Kanna escaped with a woman, three new people from another world were summoned.

This is right after the ritual was done and some circ.u.mstances were explained, they are now resting in one of the guest rooms of the castle.

「So, Aya really thinks that Kanna was summoned here？」

「If we compare the events that happened yesterday to what happened to us right now; it’s quite possible. The light that surrounded us, seemed to be the same type that the one that s.h.i.+ned when he disappeared.」

These two girls actually are quite strong willed. Normally if one is tossed into this situation; it wouldn’t be possible to talk with such compossure even if the whole situation was explained clearly to them. The normal would be for them to get fl.u.s.tered and complain about everything but their own group.

「-Then, Kanna also ended up summoned by that beauty-san.」

「To promptly shut off Yuuzuki-kun’s mouth can only be said as expected from Misaki-san. If we would have asked something weird there, it would have created wariness against us.」

「Isn’t it？　I’m long aware of Yuuzuki-kun’s pitifulness after being a.s.sociated for so long.」

By the way these two; from the start they did not hid any impatience nor anxiety; and in no time they calmly a.s.sessed the situation. Of course, now some uneasiness is felt; but it’s to the level where it won’t cloud their objective judgement in the least.

This is without a doubt, thanks to the influence of one of their friends.

「A, ano; Ayansan? Why is it bad to ask about Kan-chan?」

Trembling with fear, Yuuzuki managed to open his mouth. Even now he is rubbing his flank which is under pain– when he was about to ask the princess about Kanna, his good friend and member of the karate club drove an elbow into him. Additionally Kan-chan, is what Yuuzuki has called the boy ever since their younger days.

Ayana sighted as she provided an answer.

「Are you asking that？ In the case of if that hime-sama really summoned Kanna; not explaining anything of that to us would be unnatural. At best, if we ask about it, she might answer us… In other words, she probably will never bring up the subject unless it’s asked.」

「But, it doesn’t mean that the princess was the one that summoned Kan-chan」

「If it’s not the case then the princess can’t say anything about it… However, if the princess is actually concealing what happened with Kannkun…………」

As if trying to get rid of her own anxiety, she made a lot of wrinkles in the middle of her own forehead.

「… That would be because Kannkun’s case is incovenient to her. I don’t want to think too much about it, but in the worst case…………」

After saying that much, Ayana bit her own lips as if to prevent the words from surfacing.

Having read through what Ayana did not say, Misaki slammed her palm into her shoulder producing a large pon sound.

「It’s obvious that it’s ok. I mean, I’m a little bit worried; but we are talking about that Kanna, you know? It is obvious that he is somehow safe right now.」

「That’s- true… I apologize. Sorry for having say something that made everyone uneasy.」

「It’s fine, it’s fine. It’s because Aya always takes that role, that you are of great help to us.」

While those two were nurturing their friends.h.i.+p; Yuuzuki to an extent, tasted the feeling of being completely outside the loop. As he could not bear it, he wanted to say something.

「B-but, why are the two of you so vigilant against the princess？ I just can’t see that princess as a bad person.」

The two girls that until then were smiling together; now breathe a large sight, to finally shrug their shoulders.

「Eh, why do you react like that?」

「I guess it’s a miracle that you haven’t gone through female relations.h.i.+p problems up to this point. But, now we are getting caught up.」

「Without a doubt, Kannkun had a firm grasp of the reins… but the moment that person is absent, Yuuzuki-kun just foolis.h.i.+ly spurs out on his own.」

「From before, my own ＭＰ keeps being seriously cut down…………」

//TN : I’m guessing he means mental points / power rather than magic //

Every time his mouth opened, the result it’s as if in his heart some thorns are pickled; is that just his imagination?

「That hime-san; every time she talked to us, her mouth kept smiling– but her eyes did not smile; not even once. Did you not realize that？」

「…………I’m sorry, but I did not realize.」

「Well, it’s only my intuition… But I do believe on this intuition. And Misaki？」

「That’s true…………。 If I had to put it roughly, the princess behaviour had places where it was too perfect.」

「What was pefect？」

「The timming to convey the words, the gestures, the facial expressions; everything as if it was designed to make others feel relaxed. It was an optimal behaviour to completely turn around any question that anyone would throw at her… People that can do that naturally; up to this point, I haven’t seen any.」

「In other words, it could only be a perfomance, Ayansan？」

「I can’t deny the possibility that her personality is naturally like that; but it’s better if we keep our guard up. I have already decided it, because that’s my role.」

Even if the oponent is 99% trustworthy, to doubt that 1% is the role that Ayana a.s.sumed in the group of four that includes Kanna.

「But, if I add up Misaki-san’s impression to that, I can’t say I’m making a mistake」

「And that’s why we are having this type of sultry reaction.」

In fact, these three people; ever since they entered this room, without any hesitation grabbed a futton from the mattress of the bed and covered themselves with it; after that they have only spoken in low voices. Even for someone who is in the same room, they won’t hear what they are talking about unless they step in really close.

「Maybe you are suspecting wiretaping? But it doesn’t matter how I look at it, the science and technology of this world is much inferior than ours; I haven’t seen the outside of the castle, so I can’t a.s.sert this concretely.」

「That’s way too naive Yuuzuki-kun; the technique that brought us to this world– that would be magic; it’s a technology that’s completely unknown to us. It wouldn’t be strange at all if there are eavesdropping devices that use said method」

「As expected of Aya, naturally I haven’t thought things like that.」

「Me– Me neither…………」

「From the start there it wasn’t any expectations of you.」

「……………………」

He might enjoy from popularity within the cla.s.s, but in his friend circle Yuuzuki’s heriarchy is the lowest. That’s merely the result of his own track record.

「Then, Aya; what would be our future policy？」

「It’s just what I said before, first we obtain knowledge such as the common sense of this world; the most important thing would be learning writing and the monetary values. Without any of these two, escaping from the castle would just lead to be lost in the roadside」

「Ano………… We are really running away？」

When the princess that summoned this group told Yuuzuki 「Please save this world」; he who already took up this request, he has a hard time thinking about running away.

…. But, Ayana was clearly lacking in forgiveness.

「In the first place we don’t have such obligation. And the princess kept using rhetorical flouris.h.i.+ng; but placing the topics together, in the end she was just interested in battle potential. In other words, she already has planned to throw us into the battlefield. I’m sorry but, I’ll gladly pa.s.s on the chance of earning a ma.s.s murderer’s stigma at this age.」

「I have the same opinion. Leaving the fate of the world to just three people then it doesn’t mean it’s just some coincidence. That means that there is already something that they want to solve through force. If they want something solved, how about trying and do something on their own?」

In the case of Kanna, he was about to answer 「OK」 until he noticed the true personality of the summoner. In that sense, these two have a much more realistic opinion than he has; probably because the opponent was a girl, more attention was put on the meaning of the words since the gender was no distraction.

「But, they might really be troubled？」

「You are buying the tale waaay too much, Yuuzuki… Could it be that you feel first sight for that hime-san？」

「O- Of course that’s not it…………」

As Yuuzuki was speaking, his face went red and he lowered his gaze. The temperature of his face increased a lot; on the other hand the gaze the other two laid on him lowered a lot on degrees.

The mood had s.h.i.+fted.

「The immediate policies will be what Aya mentioned, but; why don’t we ride on this a little bit？」

「Misaki-san, is that a suggestion？」

「Regardless of what that hime-san is thinking; we just ended up in another world… so wouldn’t it be fine if we do other world like things? For example, learning how to use 『magic』」

That princess stated…

That Yuuzuki’s group who came from another world is in possession of an unheard amount of magical power; she is someone who is suspicious in too many accounts, but at least that part can be believed– the reason being, that the purpose of the summoning was finding such person.

………… There is one certain high school student in which case this did not apply, however right now these three don’t know about this.

「In any event, by the time we escape from the castle; the best would be to have means of self defence. Yuuzuki and I can move fairly well compared to people from our own generation, but having only that much is unsettling.」

Misaki is the ace of the karate club so she has confidence on her own fitness; but there is no self conceint in that factor. The reason is the friend who is not there; he is the one who taught her that mere arm strength and technique are not enough to truly seal the deal.

When they are involved in a fighting scene, Misaki is a girl who can make even more calm judgements than Ayana.

「It’s like Aya says, while we might be put out in a battlefield; at the current time we are as good as amateurs. These guys understand this already, that’s why; they are surely going to train us so that we can fight. That’s why we take advantage of the ride; it only has positive sides for us to absorb as many fighting techniques as we can」

「That’s reasonable. Unlike you two, I’m a complete indoor type; I might benefit the most from learning magic.」

「It’s not like I’m saying that has Aya any fault, though. If any hinderance we have is lost, that would be great. In parallel to that, we learn as much knowledge as we can from this world.」

「This settles it. Is this fine with Yuuzuki-kun？」

「To be honest, my opinion is not reflected at all…」

「It’s called majority of rule.」

In this way, the newly summoned youths will start their movement in this world.

And thus, the time they reunite with the boy they hold in high regard, is still far off.

The author notes states that (the usual with fantasy) is that there is a script of sorts that the world has and is following; he also states that from the world’s perspective Yuuzuki is the MC. That also gives another dimension to Kanna’s ‘scenario breaker’ which is the tagline of this work.

The author also adds the internal ranking of the group which is :

Kanna ＞ Ayana ＝＞ Misaki ＞＞＞＞(unsurpa.s.sable wall)＞＞＞＞Yuuzuki.