» Chapter 17
Translation by Chikotori

page 01
Takiko : ...ah!
Inami : So What are you going to do now, Genbu no Miko-sama? Give up
and leave?
Takiko : She's 'Inami'...One of the seven seishis but...
Inami : You did say that the first one whose hand touches the ground
loses'.
Inami : So, just give up on convincing me.

page 02
Tomite/Uruki : Takiko!!
Tomite/Uruki : You won't letting your hands touch the floor even if you
die, are you.....?
Inami : Now now...
Inami : Aren't you lively?
Inami : In that case, let me give you a taste of pain...

page 03
Unknown lady : TARUMA-SAN!!
Unknown lady : Please come!!
Unknown lady : Okami....Okami-san is...!!
Inami : ...!!

page 04
Takiko : Kya..
Uruki : Are you alright?
Takiko : Inami!?
Inami : That's enough, just leave the match as it is!!
Takiko : Wait!!
Tomite : H..Hey, what's happening?
Hikitsu : We'll go too!

page 05
Inami : SHUNU!!
Shunu : Ta...ruma.
Inami : Shunu!! Hang in there!!
Unknown lady : Hang in there, Okami-san...!
Takiko : Eh? If she's the 'Okami', then...
Unknown lady : Taruma-san is the temporary Okami now. The real
Okami has been sick all this while.
Takiko : Temporary?
Shunu : Taruma...Until when...do I...have to suffer like this...

page 06
Shunu : I can see them...Those girls...I employed...in the past...
Shunu : They all...continuously sold their bodies...til their death...
Shunu : While crying...they're condemning me...!!
Takiko : EH!?
Inami : Hang in there, Shunu!! There're 'amulets' here, aren't there?
Inami : You won't be eaten!!

page 07
Takiko : It disappeared...!!
Inami : ...It's alright for now...
Takiko : Umm...What's happening to her? You said 'eaten'?
Tomite : What the hell is that illness!? That definitely isn't something
ordinary!?
Takiko : Let's get a doctor to see her!
Inami : There's no point in doing that...Since we're prostitutes, most of
them won't bother with us. Anyway, this illness isn't something
doctors can cure.

page 08
Inami : Shunu didn't continuously sell the girls because she liked it.
Inami : She knew how tormenting it is, having gone through it herself.
Takiko : Inami, why...
Inami : Don't call me by that name...by that seishi name! If we were in Hokkan, it wouldn't be suprising if the authorities kill us.
Inami : Yes...If Shunu hadn't hidden me 11 years ago,
Inami : I would have died...
Inami : To repay her, I'll continue on as the temporary Okami of this
brothel.
Takiko : Ah...!
Unknown lady : At Hokkan, it seems that Taruma-san was...running away
from somewhere.

page 09
Unknown lady : She was lying at the roadside, clutching her stomach and
bleeding, when Shunu saved her.
Unknown lady : Unfortunately...her unborn child couldn't be saved -
Unknown lady : Around 3 years ago, because Okami was sruck by this
unknown illness, she brought everyone along and left
Hokkan, and came to Kounan-
Unknown lady : But as expected, even here...we girls can't survive
without doing this-
Uruki : -So what are we going to do now?
Uruki : It seems impossible after hearing all that.

page 10
Hatsui : W-Was she targeted because she is a seishi?
Tomite : I understand her situation, but we can't just give up like this!
Tomite : I know! If she's a temp, then as along as the real one is healed,
everything's solved!
Uruki : And how are we going to do that? It's not a normal illness-
Tomite : At times like this, we go to the Mikoshi! This country's bound to
have them! I'll go look for them!
Uruki : I wonder if there are...
Hikitsu : Can't do anything bout it...Namame! Turn into a horse again.
Namame : (sound effect) Pyoko

page 11
Uruki : Hikitsu.
Hikitsu : I'll go meet up with Tomite. We'll have to find some way...
Hikitsu : We'll get her healed. We can't just leave her in this state.
......silence.......
Hatsui : Fua. (yawning)
Uruki : Hatsui, go rest awhile. You wouldn't be able to sleep at night - not
here.
Hatsui : Y-Yes.
Hatsui : Miko'sama's quiet...is she alright?
Hatsui : Wa-!

page 12
Hatsui : !?
Ruude : U-Umm, Ruude...san?
Ruude : Are you guys going to take Okami...no, Taruma-san, back to
Hokkan?
Hatsui : That...that is still undecided...
Ruude : Then, what about me!? You guys won't be taking me back?
Hatsui : I-I didn't say anything like that...
Ruude : ...I see.
Ruude : I understand...!

page 13
Uruki : Takiko! You should rest too...
Takiko : I don't understand.
Takiko : Why...must everyone here do something so shameful?
Takiko : Is there really no other way for them to live!? If it was me, I
wouldn't be able to stand it!
Takiko : Although I don't really know in detail what they do.
Uruki : EH!?
Uruki : You don't know!?
Uruki : Talking about that, didn't that old bastard forcibly kissed you?
Takiko : N...No! He was probably going to do all sort of other things...?
[I might have messed up the dialogue here...I can't really tell who's saying what.]
Uruki : Now I understand why Inami called you 'Ojou-san'. In more ways
than one.
Takiko : Hey, there's no need for that!

page 14
Uruki : Everyone here has a reason why they can't live freely in the
daylight.
Uruki : For the sake of earning food...no, for the sake of living, there's a
lot of things in the world that can't be helped.
Uruki : If there's fighting...anyone might be killed.
Uruki : For example, even is it's painful...they probably thing it's the only
way.
Takiko : Uruki...
Uruki : What about your world? Is it a peaceful place where everyone's
always smiling?
Takiko : ...It's not like that...Since a few years back there's been a
war...Though everyone's happy when we won
Takiko : The fact that brothels like this exist there - won't change.

page 15
Takiko : -I was annoyed by Father who seemed to not care about us. I
was also worried over Mother's illness. Until now, it's like I don't
how to live as just a girl. I went to school like everyone else,
and there's always food available.
(flashback) Inami : I hate 'Ojou-san's like you the most.
Takiko : ...I see.
Takiko : Inami must have gone through some really painful times. And to
have her obey a child like me...I guess it can't be helped that I
seemed like an idiot.
Uruki : Isn't it fine this way?

page 16
Uruki : You being the way you are. Just like that.
Uruki : Even if you're stubborn, by going on straight like this
Uruki : everyone's problems seem to have been unburdened and
wrapped up in a ball.
Uruki : ...Tomite, Hatsui and everyone else
Uruki : followed you because you are the way you are, didn't they?
Takiko : Uruki...

page 17
Takiko : That's something I didn't expect you to say.
Uruki : Hey! I don't normally...
Uruki : Well, basically, just face it honestly like you always do.
Uruki : (background) I really did say something I don't normally say.
Takiko : Uruki...
Uruki : What?
Takiko : You turned back into a guy...is it alright? (We're in a brothel.)
Uruki : (background) without realising it..
Takiko : Thank you! ...will you take care of my weapon for me?
Uruki : Eh? Where're you going? (I told you to rest...)

page 18
Takiko : I'm going to see Inami and talk to her!
Takiko : I'm sure I can convince her!
Uruki : ...Ah, go on.
Uruki : I'll sleep for awhile.
Takiko : Have a good rest!
Uruki : Since the enemy's not here, it should be alright.
Uruki : Inami's a logical person. Even if she doesn't want to go...if it's Takiko-

page 19
Uruki : ..Since you did
Uruki : changed me.
Ruude : Mother...
Black voice : Ruude.
Black voice : Let me teach you...the way to go back home.

page 20
Inami : The street's lanterns are lit.
Inami : Another long night is beginning...
Inami : .....
Takiko : That necklace is to search for the seishis.

page 21
Takiko : A mikosonshi called 'Anruu' gave me that. So that I'll definitely
find all seven seishis and summon Genbu.
Inami : These words again?
Inami : Here you go.
Inami : Take your friends and leave. Even if you summon Genbu, no
matter what you do, some things in the world won't change.
Takiko : Why are you giving up?
Takiko : Even I don't know how much power 'Genbu' has.
Takiko : Maybe the world can't be changed so easily.

page 22
Takiko : But, there's a chance that something might really change!
Takiko : If we don't do anything, then this is as far as we get! Isn't it!?
Uruki : ...crap, I really fell asleep!
Uruki : The smell...brought by the wind...

page 23
Unknown guy : Hey, hurry up! Are you all done dressing up yet? The
customers are waiting!
Lady 1 : Hey...do you smell something burning?
Lady 2 : Now that you've mentioned it...
Unknown guy : Quickly...

page 24
Inami : Those pretty words are useless on me. I won't lose to you just
with those words.
Unknown guy : FIRE----!!
Takiko/Inami : EH!?
Person 1 : It's burning up everywhere!
Person 2 : Quick, get water!!
Person 3 : Fire!?
Person 4 : R..Run!!

page 25
Uruki : Hatsui!?
Hatsui : Ah, Uruki-san!! Where's Miko-sama!?
Uruki : I think she's with Inami, but I don't know where they are!
Uruki : Since it's fire, I can't use my wind!
Hatsui : I-If only Tomite-san or Hikitsu-san are here...
Person 5 : Even if we stamp it out a little, the fire quickly flames up again! Could it be arson...
Hatsui : M-M-Maybe...
Uruki : Ruude did it!?
Ruude : Everyone should just be burned like this.

page 26
Ruude : If this place didn't exist, I can go back to my mother and family-!
Hideous ghouls : 'I feel sad.'
'I want to see my family.'
'Bring me back home.'
Unknown lady : Okami...?

page 27
Unknown lady : KYAAAAAAA....!!
Inami : That scream is...!!
Takiko : Ina...Taruma-san!?
Inami : SHUNU!!
Inami : Shu...!!

page 28
Takiko : Wha...

page 29
Person 6 : Hey! That shop...
Person 7 : It's on fire!! It's burning!!
Person 8 : This is not good...the wind is blowing the flames to the other
shops!!
Person 9 : At this rate, the whole street will burn!!
Person 10 : !?
Person 11 : Why did the wind suddenly stopped...
Person 12 : Who cares why? Get water!! Quick!!
Uruki : Takiko...! You better be alright!!
Hatsui : Miko-sama~~~~!!
Hatsui : Ruude-sa~~~~~~n!!
(background) He's rolling in the fire.

page 30
Inami : Shunu...
Unknown lady : Okami...let me go...
Unknown lady : Taru...
Save...
Takiko : She got sucked in!?
Inami : ...Shunu!!
Inami : In the end...the enma ate you, is that what happened?
Takiko : Ate...That thing is!?

page 31
Inami : The 'enma' are human memories. Even after they died, the
sadness and lost hopes they left behind wake again to harm the
living. [I can't really make out the hiragana here. It might be
enma, it might be something else.]
Inami : It takes the shape of the girls it devoured. [I'm taking a shot
here, since I don't really get what she's saying.]

page 32
Inami : How is it?
It's sad, isn't it, Shunu...
(flashback)
Inami : Ku...
Shunu : Hey, you, hang in there!!
Inami : I'm alright, save my child.
Save his child-!!
Shunu : ...Taruma. If you don't have anywhere to go to, you can stay
here.
Shunu : As you can see, this is a brothel...We only live in the night. Are
you suprised? Yes, I'm a horrible woman who sells girls.

page 33
Shunu : But I believe that someday, for these girls and I, there'll be a
time when we can laugh happily in the bright daylight.
(end flashback)
Inami : We only...work our asses off to continue living...
Takiko : Taruma-san!! Can Shunu be returned to her former state!?
Inami : Once you get eaten by that, it's too late.
Inami : Shunu herself was regretting all these while...Her strength which
could have counter this is exhausted.
Takiko : No way! She's still alive, isn't she!?
Takiko : There's got to be a way-!!

page 34
Person 13 : Fire!!
Inami : You should go. There's still time to run now.
Takiko : What are you saying...!?
Takiko : There's no way I'm running off alone!! Let's save Shunu-san,
and together...
Inami : ...You're so
Inami : noisy!

page 35
Takiko : Ku...
Takiko : Wha...!!
Inami : It's a continuation of yesterday's fight. Your hands touched the
ground, so you've lost...now go!
Inami : It's fine if I stay here and die with Shunu.
Inami : I should have died 11 years ago anyway.

page 36
Takiko : INAMI---!!

-end of Chapter 17-



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