Chapter 47
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Chapter 47
Once again Elliott took what Haley was offering without a thought. It was a CD for a girls band whose headquarters rested in Akihabara and whose numbers stood at a static although if you included secondary groups that rose to around to members.
“Hoh, the monkey actually has good taste...........is what I’d like to say, but why is it already open?”
“Ooki”
“You’ll give me the CD because you just needed the ticket for the handshake event? You, isn’t that the most valuable.........!?”
While Elliott started protesting, the monkey walked over with a small pile of CD’s and started handing them out to the hanger-ons as well. It was the same one that Elliott had received although none of them had been opened yet. But in the middle of handing them out, he ended up scratching his head when he saw there were still some disks left even after everyone had already gotten one. And so the monkey asked Wolanski.
“Ookii!”
“No, even if you say you’re giving me three because some are leftover.........I wonder if I need three of the same thing.”
“Ooki..............”
“So His Highness has fewer friends than you thought? Even though I told you.........”
I give up. Feeling that way, the monkey glanced over at Elliott.
“Ooki?”
“So you’re just going to give me the leftovers, you i***t! Why is it that these guys all get my favorite CD while I get this s**t video game!?”
“So Your Highness, that story about that s**t video game you were telling...........or rather Haley you too, just how much did you buy with the money I gave you?”
“No Rachel, how much pocket money did you give to a monkey!?”
“Wasn’t he going to Akiba!? No matter how much money I gave him, it wouldn’t have been enough for him to go rummaging around!”
“I actually agree!?”
Rachel narrowed her eyes in nostalgia as if she were opening a new vinyl record.
“But, these days Akihabara has been changing.........it’s so different than it was in the past.”
“I wouldn’t think you’d feel that way after this last trip..........I mean certainly the area around the station has undergone some redevelopment, but it’s still the Electric Town.”
Rachel inflated her cheeks at Elliott’s denial.
“It’s almost completely different, now it’s almost entirely meant for otaku. Thinking back..........back when you’d fish through street stalls with no signs looking for junk parts, or wandering through those buildings with multiple stores in them looking for vacuum tubes.”
“Are you pretending to be older than you are!? Do you think you’re older than your father here!?”
“Does Haley remember?”
“Oi, don’t ignore me!”
Haley thought for a moment after Rachel asked him and started throwing out gestures as the memories came to him.
“Ookii. Ooki, ooki!”
“Ah~, standing in line in the middle of the night for the countdown event the day a new OS is released huh? That’s right, recently there haven’t been any of those. It’s lonely right?”
“Ooki~”
“How old is this monkey!?”
When a break in the conversation formed, Elliott beckoned Haley over to his side.
“Ooki?”
When Haley reached Elliott’s feet, Elliott crouched down and whispered into his ear.
“Oi Monkey, you’re gathering tickets for a handshake event........who are you a fan of?”
“Ooki...........”
Haley whispered back into Elliott’s ear........and then the man and monkey shared a firm handshake.
“..........the two of them are the same?”
The two of them suddenly started to hit if off? A slightly shocked Rachel wanted to ask, but she then fiercely shook her head.
“Don’t say something stupid Rachel! We’re not the same!”
“Ooki!”
“..........huh?”
Elliott and Haley both objected to Rachel’s rare surprise comment, but neither of them seemed to notice how excited they were getting.
“Some guys refuse to accept another person’s opinion. But we can’t all be number one! Otherwise there’d be a war between fans!”
“Ooki!”
“Ri.........right..........”
Not noticing that Rachel was slowly drawing further away from them, Elliott and Haley were slowly becoming more and more excited.
“Monkey you, are you going to next month’s live event?”
“Ooki”
“I see, you have the ticket, but you can only go if it fits into Rachel’s schedule? Oi Rachel, try enjoying your vacation without relying on the Monkey from time to time. A boss’s generosity means finding ways to work around a subordinate’s circumstances doesn’t it?”
“Right.........I never thought I’d hear Your Highness say something like that though.”
Rachel was falling behind in this talk as Elliott, who had reached a high after finding a brother who shares the same interest, pulled out a glow stick as if it were his saber.
“So then Monkey, allow me to show you the results from my special training.”
“Ooki!”
“Huh? What?”
Leaving behind Rachel who didn’t know what was about to start, Haley hurriedly brought out a boombox and inserted a CD. All the hanger-ons pulled out their own glow sticks, one for each hand, and lined up spectacularly behind Elliott who had struck a pose.
“”Um? What’s going on?”
“Ooki!”
“And, START!”
There was no explanation. Right in front of Rachel who had a large question mark floating above her head while seeing the incomprehensible.........and as the first note popped into existence from the speakers, the men all raised their glow sticks at once, and began dancing the Wotagei⁴ in high spirits. All so they could show off to a monkey.
“What!?”
“Ookii!”
“Haley, could you explain this, just a bit!? What are they doing!? George too!?”
“We’re doing all three songs in one goooooooooooo!”
“WOooooooooooooooooooo!”
“What’s wrong with His Highness!? George!? Sykes!? Haley, um, explain thiiiiiiiiiiiis!?”
The Prince and his group of noble sons continued to dance as if in some sort of trance before a bewildered and captive noble daughter as a monkey leaped for joy. Inside the dimly lit dungeon, the dazzling gleam of the glow sticks cut through the darkness and was truly beautiful.
As something she had no idea about unfolded before her eyes, there was just one thing Rachel understood.
This, I have no intentions of trying to understand these people............
So with a lone girl getting left behind, the men’s revelry continued on.
. Suica and Pasmo are two different type of commuter passes. They look similar, and the only difference between them is what stations you get them at. But when you’re finished you’re supposed to return the cards to get a deposit back.
. The Shuto Expressway is a complicated toll road in Tokyo. There are a lot of sharp turns and on-ramps, so you have to be careful while driving it. An ETC card is an electronic payment card that you can use to pay the tolls on the Shuto Expressway without having to stop. The reason why Elliott shouts that this isn’t how you use one is because you have to insert the card like a chip card rather than swiping it like a subway card.
. So I’m pretty sure this is meant to be a joke here. Mounting in katakana can refer to how Haley is making fun of Elliott, but it might also be referring to the ‘mounted’ displays you’d have for new games.
. A type of energetic dancing people do for idols at their concerts.
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While sorting letters inside Elliott’s office, George’s hand suddenly stopped.
“Did this come for His Highness..........?”
As his friend sighed while pinching a pink envelope, Prince Elliott’s pen stopped as he confirmed what was going on.
“What’s wrong George? Is it some kind of unsavory letter?”
“Well........well, you could say it’s an unfortunate letter.......”
“...........where is the i***t who’d send something like this to the Prince’s office?”
“We already know where Sis is.”
Everyone in the office kept silent as an indescribable atmosphere settled in.
“Seriously, what is it this time, that woman”
Elliott rushed to the dungeon while once again reading the letter he had received.
“Dear Elliott, how have you been?
I’m sorry for not contacting you in a while, but my place of business has finally opened again after finishing our renovations.
A bunch of cute new guests have started visiting, so we need you to prepare various kinds of liquor.”
“What does she mean, ‘not contacting in a while’? I just saw her yesterday.”
“And the way she was talking was strange too. Sis has always just called you ‘Your Highness’, and then there’s this ‘place of business’ she mentioned.........”
“Since it’s Rachel, hasn’t she just come up with another new game for her to play?”
“In the worst case.........”
Something was absolutely going on. There is absolutely no way that whatever was lying in wait for them wasn’t no good. Because ‘that’ Rachel was in high spirits.
Everyone was currently heading there to get a confirmation, but honestly nobody truly wanted to go.
But if they were to just ignore this, it could very well develop into another dangerous situation. In the entire history of this country, has there ever been a more cumbersome prisoner...........?
“Now now, Elliott. Maybe Rachel is doing something rather interesting this time.”
Margaret tried to comfort him, but Elliott wasn’t holding his breath.
“..........something interesting for that Rachel.........”
“Yes?”
Elliott let out a deep sigh while thinking about Rachel’s letter stuffed in his pocket.
And then what Elliott saw before him when he finally reached the bottom of those steps...........
“Welcome~”
When Elliott’s group arrived, the voices of nearly a dozen young women rose up to greet them.
“What!?”
The girls were all wearing tight fitting dresses more complex than a normal evening dress, and each of them started motioning for the men to take a seat next to them with their brightest business smile. Each one of them was beautiful with an excellent style, and they all had excellent manners..........yet none of the men ever remembered seeing any of them in court.
“Eh? Eh? Eh?”
“Come this way~”
Not knowing what was going on, each of the men had their arms grabbed and were pulled over to the couches and made to take a seat. Elliott too had both of his arms grabbed and was dragged over by two women.
“Fufufu, welcome”
“Please take a load off. Ufufu”
One was a bewitching and mysterious beauty for which the word ‘beguiling’ really would suit well. The other woman was a more motherly-like beauty with a much more serene air about her. Both of them were older than Elliott, yet he was somehow able to feel strangely comfortable with them.
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