Idolish7 Event TL: Celestial Pilgrimage ch.2
Observer of the Celestial Pilgrimage
Chapter 2: Star of the Scorching Sands, Eterno
Hope: Locking up - check.
Herbs for stomach cramps - check.
I only have a bit, but secret savings - check.
My protective necklace… also check.
Haven’t forgotten anything! All right, I’m off, Master!
Master Blacksmith: Hey now… You really goin’, Hope? That’s a lotta luggage you got.
Hope: …Sorry. I can’t continue with my smithing job anymore.
Master Blacksmith: What’s a trainee like you doing talking like an expert? I’m asking if a brat like you is really gonna travel across space?
Hope: It’s ‘cuz Curse is gone! I looked all across Eterno and he’s nowhere to be found…
If he’s not on Eterno, then he must be on another star. I have to hurry up and look for him!
He might be involved in something terrible!
Master Blacksmith: I get that you’d be worried if someone like a foster parent suddenly disappeared…
but Curse leaving home for work happens every so often.
Hope: But he’s never not contacted me for a month before…
Master Blacksmith: Maybe he’s just tired of babysitting you?
Master Blacksmith: He’s like a scholarly teacher. Someone like that doesn’t suit this riffraff star, Eterno. He’s tired of living the rugged life and high tailed it out.
Hope: Curse isn’t such a heartless person!
He picked me up as an orphan, and we’ve been together all along!
Someone who did that wouldn’t…!
Master Blacksmith: I got it, I got it. Calm down.
Geez, whenever it comes to Curse, you always get like this, Hope.
Hope: I’ll definitely find Curse and come home! Until then, I won’t be returning to this house!
This time, I’m off for real!
Master Blacksmith: Ah, hey, Hope!
He said he’s going, but he probably doesn’t even have ship fare! There’s no way he’ll find a ship that’d let a penniless brat board!
If anything happens, come back right away, y’hear! Geez…
Hope: Fuu… Today’s sand storm is terrible… The heat is crazy too.
But there’re so many spaceships! And look at all the people!
I just came with the momentum, but I’m glad I chose Eterno’s largest port.
With this many ships, I’m sure I’ll find one that’ll let me on. If I say I’ll do labor or whatever, I’ll probably be able to…
No, not probably, I’ll definitely find one.
Crew: You’re interfering with business. Go home!
Crew: Geez, you think you can ride for free? What an impudent brat.
This is no good. I can’t find a ship at all. I’ve talked to most of the ones in this area.
I guess I’ll try another port even if there are fewer ships there.
Young man: It’s a purse snatcher! Someone stop him!
Young man: Hey, wait! …Nnn, you over there, let me through!
Thief: Ha, who can catch me, idiot?!
Young man: Woah, with the desert in front, I can’t…
Damn, where did he go?! At this rate, the payment for the transaction will be… Ahh!!!
Passerby A: Huh? Dog ears?! Or cat?
Passerby B: He grew them all of a sudden!
Thief: Oh geez, they’re just Bestia’s ear attachments. Beasts like you should just obediently enter a circus cage or something!
Thief: What’s a beast gonna do with money anyway? This great human will put it to good use for you. Hahaha…
Hope: Like I can let go! You have to return what you stole…!
Here! I caught the culprit!
Thank you for catching him. You saved me.
Hope: Don’t worry about it! It was just by chance. My timing was good, that’s all.
Besides, I decided I’d do one good deed for the townspeople everyday!
Young man: I’m not one of the townspeople…
Hope: If you’re in Eterno, it’s all the same.
Young man: I see. Even so, I should still thank you. You have my utmost gratitude.
Young man: I’d heard the safety in Eterno was bad, but… I didn’t think I’d be “initiated” right after landing.
When I wanted to turn in the thief, I was surprised to hear there were no guards. It was fine in the end though because of port security.
Hope: That’s what all the outsiders say. I don’t really get it, because it’s been like this since I was a kid.
Hope: The King passed away from the previous war.
I think the planet was easier to live on before that. It seems there was less violence than there is now, too.
Young man: However, even in such an environment, good folk like you exist.
Hope: Well, of course! There are lots of kind people, too.
Young man: Right. It doesn’t matter where you’re born.
Young man: By the way, this has been bothering me for a while now…
Young man: Could you stop looking at my ears all the time?
Young man: Are Bestia’s ear attachments so rare?
Hope: Sorry, I couldn’t help it! So you’re from the star, Bestia, huh!
Young man: You can tell with one glance, you know…
Hope: I’ve never left Eterno before, so this is my first time meeting someone from Bestia. It’s my first time seeing those ears, too.
Young man: I thank you for helping me, but please don’t stare at my ears so much.
If they’re being stared at, I can’t concentrate enough to hide them.
Hope: Huh? You’re hiding them? What a waste!
Young man: They’re cool…? These ears are cool?
Hope: They’re all fluffy and the way the fur lies is beautiful. Having them hang down is cool!
They really suit you, that’s why I can’t help but look!
Not everybody thinks of them like you do.
Hope: Really? Everyone’s weird then.
Young man: No, you’re the weird one.
Young man: My name is Coda. Can I ask your name?
Hope: I’m Hope! Nice to meet you.
Coda: Thank you very much for what you did, Hope. I would’ve gotten yelled at by our leader if the payment was stolen.
Coda: Yes, that’s right. We’re a group of traveling merchants known as Burst Roar. We travel all across the galaxy.
Fang: Yo, Coda. That was rough.
Coda: Stop appearing out of nowhere all of a sudden. More like, where were you even watching from? If you saw, then you should’ve helped.
Fang: I was going to, but this brave young man appeared before I could.
Fang: Thanks, Hope. You helped out our troupe member.
I’m the leader and captain of Burst Roar, Fang.
Hope: Burst Roar… Captain…!
Coda: We travel to different planets while doing business. That being said, it’s rare for us to come to Eterno.
This is because Eterno doesn’t have many special products or resources… oh, sorry.
Coda: You’re angry, aren’t you, Hope?
Fang: What’s wrong, Hope?
Hope: I have a favor to ask of you… I mean, could I please ask a favor from the two of you?
Please let me on that ship… on Burst Roar!!!
Wow, that one was kind of long. Iorin’s ears are so cute >///< I think I’d be staring at them too! Btw, thoughts are in italics and it's now color-coded... For some reason, I have to copy the html in every line and it doesn’t care about the end command so it's pretty annoying with more characters -_-