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dotsuitarehompoWhirlwind! A Friendship Building Tour (弾丸！友情構築ツアー)
This card story is from Mithra's School Event SSR: Avert Your Eyes! Thank you Eri for proofreading <3
Appearing Characters: Mithra, Nero, Faust, Arthur, Rutile
CHAPTER 1
Location: Vollmond Academy ー Rooftop (Day)
Akira: *Sighs* I wandered around aimlessly and came all the way here but looks like no one’s around.
(...There’s nothing much to do, guess I’ll admire the outside view.)
...Wah!?
(Thuds)
(Someone grabbed me by the foot!? W-Why…!?)
Mithra: …
Akira: (...This person must be the Delinquent High Student Council President... if I’m not mistaken, his name’s Mithra.)
U-Umm...H-Hello?
Mithra: Hello.
Akira: (Ah, he greeted me normally...)
Um, why did you pull me down?
Mithra: Because you came close, just as I was about to sleep.
Akira: Huh, is that it?
Mithra: Yeah.
Akira: I apologize for disturbing you while you were sleeping, but I didn’t know someone else was here… wait, no, I meanー
I don’t think you should knock someone down just because they approached you.
Mithra: I thought I was attacked by someone while I slept, you see.
Akira: Attacked…!?
(He naturally said such a troubling remark…!)
C-Could it be that you often get attacked in your sleep?
Mithra: It’s a rare occurence, but well, it happens every now and then. There are definitely more occurences in which I’m caught off guard.
Akira: No, please don’t go about it as simply as that... [1]
(Looks like he had a rough school life prior to the merging of the two schools…)
Mithra: Even then, how very bold of you to try to take my life. How would you like to die?
Akira: I-It’s a misunderstanding! I have never once aimed for someone else’s life!
Mithra: I can see right through your lies. You even stealthily went up to the rooftop on your own.
Akira: That was merely because, err… I wanted a place where I belong, where I can rest and take it easy.
Mithra: A place where you belong?
Akira: I recently transferred to this academy but I have yet to get used to the campus life here. Even if I stayed in the classroom, I don’t think there’s anyone I can casually approach and talk to...
Akira: That’s why I thought of going to the rooftop to chill out.
Mithra: …
Do you, by any chance, not have any friends?
Akira: …!! To be so blunt about a sensitive topic I’ve been fretting over…!
Mithra: *Sighs* Understood. Though I may be far from one, I still am the Student Council President, after all.
Akira: …?
Mithra: I’ll at least look after you. Please come with me.
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CHAPTER 2
Location: Vollmond Academy ー Library
Akira: (It looks like Nero and Faust are sharing a table over there…? Now that’s a combo I did not expect to see.)
Faust: That’s right, you are to use this math formula for that problem.
Nero: Got it. So I just gotta solve the next one in the same way.
Faust: Hold on. Although it may look similar, this can also be a trick question.
Akira: (Oh...Faust is tutoring Nero in a study session.)
Mithra: Greetings.
Nero: Mithra!? Crap…..
Faust: ...!
(Rustling and panicked footsteps)
Akira: (Just as they see Mithra, Nero hides his study tools and Faust heads back to the hidden door, as if a disaster had struck…)
Mithra: You’re not going anywhere.
Faust: Shit. Let go of me…
Nero: Ow, the fuck is your deal! Get your hand off my neck!
Akira: M-Mithra, what are you trying to do!? Holding both of them like stray cats…
Mithra: Are you okay with these two?
Akira: Huh?
Faust: What is the meaning of this, Transfer Student?
Nero: Don’t tell me you ordered this.
Mithra: Are you sure? If I do so, your friends would run off.
Faust: …Friends? What are you talking about?
Mithra: I thought of having you befriend each other.
Nero: You mean, with you?
This person appears to be a lonely, frail outcast who doesn’t have any friends. For that reason, I would like for you two to please get along with them.
Akira: Waー...!
(Making me seem more pitiful on purpose was uncalled for…!)
Nero: ...Not a single friend…
Faust: Is that so.
(This indeed is a gaze of sympathy directed at a “poor fellow”. What’s moreーit’s an unfortunately undeniable fact.)
Faust: Oh...Why, I suppose it’ll be okay for you to approach us once in a while, when you feel left out.
Nero: Well, the same goes for me...Free feel to go to me if you need someone to talk to.
Akira: (How nice of these two…!)
Faust: H-Hey...Are you all alright?
Nero: Hey Mithra, you only know how to grab people by the scruff of the neck?
Mithra: Our job here is done. We will now head to the next ones.
Akira: Where to…? My neck is…Augh.
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Arthur: You wish for us to be friends...? Why, of courseーeven if you don’t say so, the two of us are already friends, are we not?
(Footsteps)
Rutile: Oh come on, Mithra. Even if you don’t formally introduce us to each other, the Transfer Student and I have been friends since long ago! Right?
(Footsteps)
Akira: (I’ve been dragged around the whole campus all day...)
Mithra: I’m pleased to see you making new friends.
Akira: That is all thanks to you.
Mithra: Are you content with it? If you want more friends, then we can go around the campus once more. That way, we can seize one, two more.
Akira: I-It’s fine! This is good enough!
Mithra: If you say so, then sure. You said you don’t have any friends, but that wasn’t actually the case, huh.
Akira: Yeah, you’re right. Arthur and Rutile did say so, and everyone else gave me a warm welcome too.
Mithra: *Sigh* Why do weaklings, just like you, like to hang out together?
Akira: Woo. That’s difficult to refute…
(Still, he did see things through, and I had fun all in all)
Mithra. Thank you for your time today. I no longer feel like I am alone.
Akira: (For that reason, he looked after me…)
…Umm, haven’t I been able to make lots of friends today?
Mithra: Sure you did. Good for you.
Akira: If it’s alright, I would like to be friends with Mithra too…
Akira: (...He looks stupefied. Oh, but it looks like he’ll accept the handshake…)
(Slapping noise)
Akira: Ouch!
W-Why did you grab my head!?
Mithra: Ahaha! Just a blunder.
Akira: (He’s laughing… Not quite sure what’s on his mind…)
Mithra: Fine by me, for now. I’m getting a little sleepy, so… Please don’t leave me behind.
Akira: Eh, Mithra?
(...There he went, laying down without delay. How capricious…)
Mithra: *Zzz*
Akira: (Still, I wonder if sleeping right here and now means he’s let down his guard a bit in my company?)–––
TL Notes:
Story Title - Notice how there's 弾丸 in it, which literally translates as bullet. It's also used to describe something that moves fast.
However, it can also be seen in another context like in 弾丸ツアー which either can be read something like "bullet tour" or "whirlwind tour" but I ended up translating as "whirlwind" instead. You can see in the story, so many things happen very fast during the friendship building tour in just one day lol.
[1] What Akira meant to say in this line ("いやそんな朝食はパンかご飯かみたいなノリで…") was that Mithra was trying to dismiss it as a matter of the same significance and impact as choosing to eat rice or bread in the morning.
Faust: That’s right, you are to use this math formula for that problem.
Nero: Got it. So I just gotta solve the next one in the same way.
Faust: Hold on. Although it may look similar, this can also be a trick question.
Akira: (Oh...Faust is tutoring Nero in a study session.)
Mithra: Greetings.
Nero: Mithra!? Crap…..
Faust: ...!
(Rustling and panicked footsteps)
Akira: (Just as they see Mithra, Nero hides his study tools and Faust heads back to the hidden door, as if a disaster had struck…)
Mithra: You’re not going anywhere.
Faust: Shit. Let go of me…
Nero: Ow, the fuck is your deal! Get your hand off my neck!
Akira: M-Mithra, what are you trying to do!? Holding both of them like stray cats…
Mithra: Are you okay with these two?
Akira: Huh?
Faust: What is the meaning of this, Transfer Student?
Nero: Don’t tell me you ordered this.
Akira: T-That’s not true…! Mithra, please let go of them!
Mithra: Are you sure? If I do so, your friends would run off.
Faust: …Friends? What are you talking about?
Mithra: I thought of having you befriend each other.
Nero: You mean, with you?
Mithra: No way I would. I’m talking about the Transfer Student.
This person appears to be a lonely, frail outcast who doesn’t have any friends. For that reason, I would like for you two to please get along with them.
Akira: Waー...!
(Making me seem more pitiful on purpose was uncalled for…!)
Nero: ...Not a single friend…
Faust: Is that so.
Akira: Uhm...No, err, to be asked that again is a little too...
(This indeed is a gaze of sympathy directed at a “poor fellow”. What’s moreーit’s an unfortunately undeniable fact.)
Faust: Oh...Why, I suppose it’ll be okay for you to approach us once in a while, when you feel left out.
Nero: Well, the same goes for me...Free feel to go to me if you need someone to talk to.
Akira: (How nice of these two…!)
Faust, Nero, thank you for your kindnessーAck!
(Rustling)
(Rustling)
Faust: H-Hey...Are you all alright?
Nero: Hey Mithra, you only know how to grab people by the scruff of the neck?
Mithra: Our job here is done. We will now head to the next ones.
Akira: Where to…? My neck is…Augh.
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CHAPTER 3
(Footsteps)
(Footsteps)
Location: Vollmond Academy ー Classroom
Arthur: You wish for us to be friends...? Why, of courseーeven if you don’t say so, the two of us are already friends, are we not?
(Footsteps)
Location: Vollmond Academy ー Auditorium
Rutile: Oh come on, Mithra. Even if you don’t formally introduce us to each other, the Transfer Student and I have been friends since long ago! Right?
(Footsteps)
Location: Vollmond Academy ー Rooftop (Sunset)
Akira: (I’ve been dragged around the whole campus all day...)
Mithra: I’m pleased to see you making new friends.
Akira: That is all thanks to you.
(Although, it was pretty embarrassing for him to have asked, “Won’t you become friends with this person?” every time we go somewhere new.)
Mithra: Are you content with it? If you want more friends, then we can go around the campus once more. That way, we can seize one, two more.
Akira: I-It’s fine! This is good enough!
Mithra: If you say so, then sure. You said you don’t have any friends, but that wasn’t actually the case, huh.
Akira: Yeah, you’re right. Arthur and Rutile did say so, and everyone else gave me a warm welcome too.
I guess I just mulled over it too much and worried on my own.
Mithra: *Sigh* Why do weaklings, just like you, like to hang out together?
Akira: Woo. That’s difficult to refute…
(Still, he did see things through, and I had fun all in all)
Mithra. Thank you for your time today. I no longer feel like I am alone.
Mithra: You seem to be favored by the president, after all. Felt like your being indebted to me would come in handy next time, one way or another.
Akira: (For that reason, he looked after me…)
…Umm, haven’t I been able to make lots of friends today?
Mithra: Sure you did. Good for you.
Akira: If it’s alright, I would like to be friends with Mithra too…
Mithra: …
Akira: (...He looks stupefied. Oh, but it looks like he’ll accept the handshake…)
(Slapping noise)
Akira: Ouch!
W-Why did you grab my head!?
Mithra: Ahaha! Just a blunder.
Akira: (He’s laughing… Not quite sure what’s on his mind…)
Mithra: Fine by me, for now. I’m getting a little sleepy, so… Please don’t leave me behind.
Akira: Eh, Mithra?
(...There he went, laying down without delay. How capricious…)
Mithra: *Zzz*
Akira: (Still, I wonder if sleeping right here and now means he’s let down his guard a bit in my company?)
TL Notes:
Story Title - Notice how there's 弾丸 in it, which literally translates as bullet. It's also used to describe something that moves fast.
However, it can also be seen in another context like in 弾丸ツアー which either can be read something like "bullet tour" or "whirlwind tour" but I ended up translating as "whirlwind" instead. You can see in the story, so many things happen very fast during the friendship building tour in just one day lol.
[1] What Akira meant to say in this line ("いやそんな朝食はパンかご飯かみたいなノリで…") was that Mithra was trying to dismiss it as a matter of the same significance and impact as choosing to eat rice or bread in the morning.
