Katarina's 18th Birthday SS Story Translation
I have translated Satoru Yamaguchi’s SS Story about Katarina's 18th birthday:
Series: My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Story Title: Katarina's 18th Birthday
Source: Satoru Yamaguchi’s Blog
Credits: maboroshi-no
Translation below ⮟
Katarina's 18th Birthday
Monkey Girl: Uwaah! It's pouring down!
As I was about to leave through the doorway, I finally realized that it was pouring down outside.
Because I slept in and got ready in a panic, I didn't have time to check the weather outside.
I had planned to ride my bike to my meeting place with Acchan, but with how things were, I would be soaking wet by the time I arrived.
Monkey Girl: What should I do?
After I had muttered this, as I was gazing outside confused over what to do, behind me…
???: Hey, what's wrong? Go out already.
Someone told me this.
When I looked back, it was my second older brother wearing nice clothes. He was probably going out too.
Monkey Girl: Well I'd like to, but it's pouring down outside. Now I'll be soaking wet by the time I arrive.
When I replied this, my older brother grinned.
Monkey Girl's Brother: I'm borrowing the car, so no problem for me.
He said this while flaunting the car's keys. It seemed like my older brother, who already had his driving license, had borrowed the car from our parents to go out.
Monkey Girl: Eeeeh, so lucky! Give me a ride!
When I promptly asked him, my brother said "Eh~" with a reluctant voice, but he asked me where I was going in a "Let's still ask…" way.
Then, when I told him,
Monkey Girl's Brother: Aaah, I have no choice then. It's on the way, so I'll give you a ride.
He said.
Monkey Girl: Thank you.
After I had thanked him,
Monkey Girl's Brother: I'll have you return the favor when you have your license.
After he had said this, I told my brother,
Monkey Girl: Okay~
…I cheerfully replied.
Like this, I had my brother drive me to my destination and I fully enjoyed myself without getting soaked.
Then, around the time I went back, the rain had already stopped so I happily skipped back home.
Afterward, I happened to hear from my mother that my brother's destination and mine were in completely opposite directions.
It seemed like he had said "It was on the way" so I wouldn't feel bad about it.
On a general basis, my brother treated me roughly and I wouldn't say that he talked nicely, but I had known for a long time that he was actually incredibly nice.
Alright, once I had my license, I would drive my brother this time. I decided this in my heart.
Anne: …rina, Lady Katarina, please wake up. It's morning.
When I opened my eyes after being called, Anne was standing there like always.
This was my familiar room in the Claes house.
It seemed like I had a very nostalgic dream. Not of my current life, but of my previous one.
I often had these dreams when I was 8 after I had regained memories, but I mostly hadn't these last few years. As I thought it was unusual…
Anne: Today is your birthday, isn't it? Happy birthday.
Anne said this with a smile.
Right. Today was my 18th birthday.
18 years old. I had finally exceeded the age I had in my past life. It might have been why I had that dream.
In my past life, I died in an accident when I was 17 years old.
Because I didn't reach the age of 18, I couldn't get my driving license… and as a result, I couldn't drive my older brother anywhere.
Even though I wanted to repay what he had done for me, I couldn't repay him.
I couldn't thank him for all he'd done for me or anything. I felt a throbbing pain in my chest.
Anne: Lady Katarina, is something wrong?
Anne, who was sensitive to my changes, asked this with a worried expression.
Katarina: No, it's nothing. I was just dazed after waking up.
I said this because I didn't want to worry Anne.
Anne: If it seems like you're unwell, please tell me immediately. Otherwise, everyone coming to the party will worry.
Since she had said this,
Katarina: Okay, I understand.
I replied this.
Today, my birthday party was scheduled to be held.
Even though I had said "party", it wouldn't be anything as big as the one held for my 15th birthday. It would be an intimate one with only close friends and family.
It seemed like Father and Keith had planned on a family celebration at first, then everyone got wind of this and eagerly asked to join the celebrations, so they decided to hold a party.
I didn't know the details, but… How should I put it? Last year and the year before, it also ended up like this, with everyone celebrating my birthday. How long would this continue? Maybe until I got married?
I was a little embarrassed but I certainly felt happy.
I shook off the earlier pain that was running through my chest and firmly raised my face.
Feeling down because of things of the past (life) would be improper to everyone celebrating my birthday.
Today, I would smile and express lots of gratitude to everyone celebrating my birthday.
?: Happy birthday.
?: Happy birthday!
The party started and I received birthday wishes from everyone.
Then I received presents. Farming tools, top-grade seedlings, and romance novels.
Everyone knew my tastes well.
Geordo: Katarina, look, these sweets are popular. Please enjoy them.
Geordo said this with a smile, then put the sweets on a plate and offered them to me.
With the same smile, Mary came over, and…
Mary: Lady Katarina, this is the new creation of your favorite pastry shop. Please enjoy it.
After saying this, she presented a plate to me.
Everyone really knew my tastes well.
Just from this, I felt incredibly happy and started smiling.
Geordo: Lady Mary, I was just recommending these sweets to Katarina.
Mary: And I have a different recommendation. When it comes to recommendations, there should be no rule stipulating that the swiftest wins.
Geordo: No, this is not what I meant. What I am asking you is to please refrain from getting in between a couple of fiancés engaging with each other.
Mary: In that case, I shall also ask you to refrain from getting in between friends engaging with each other.
As the two of them started bantering like this with smiling faces,
Keith: Big Sister, these are the sweets that you said you wanted to eat the other day…
When Keith came over and said this, Geordo and Mary directed, this time, their smiles toward him.
Geordo / Mary: I was just recommending sweets to (Lady) Katarina!
Because they had said this in a clear voice, Keith froze.
Sophia: Lady Katarina, let's discuss romance novels! About this new book that has just come out yesterday…
Nicol: Sophia, don't run. Calm down.
A sparkling-eyed Sophia and Nicol came over.
Maria: Umm, Lady Katarina. I have baked some new sweets for today.
With a shy smile, Maria gave me my favorite homemade sweets.
Alan: Hey, I'm borrowing that stage for a bit.
After saying this, Alan played violin for me on the small stage in the venue. A beautiful exhilarating melody flowed in the air.
For me to get such a celebration, I sincerely thought I was such a blessed person.
And then, it was time for the lively party to come to an end.
Geordo: You seem to have cheered up.
Geordo told me this in a voice only I could hear.
Katarina: ?
As I was confused because I didn't know what he meant, Geordo said,
Geordo: When the party started, you seemed a little down, so I was worried.
…he readily told me.
Katarina: You noticed?!
Even though I had been smiling so they wouldn't notice…
That's right. In the end, I couldn't shake off the memory of the dream from this morning, and the pain in my chest didn't disappear.
Even so, it was the party where everyone celebrated my birthday, so I put on a smile.
While doing so, I had fun, I felt happy, and before I knew it, I was really smiling.
Geordo: Yes, of course. I am your fiancé after all… or so I would like to say, but everyone else seems to have noticed as well.
After Geordo chuckled and said this, he moved his gaze to everyone. Curious, I looked in that direction.
When they noticed my gaze, each one smiled at me.
Everyone had noticed my gloom and been worried about me.
Katarina: Umm… I'm sorry. For making you worry.
After I had said this, Geordo was a little wide-eyed.
Geordo: Please don't worry about this. After all, this is something we did of our own accord.
Katarina: But…
Geordo: Besides, you'd do the same, Katarina. If I or the others were cheerless, you would also worry about us, right?
Katarina: Well, of course!
After I had firmly nodded and answered this, Geordo…
Geordo: And that's why we also worry about you in the same way. We are just repaying what you do for us. And when you cheered up during the party, we felt incredibly relieved and happy.
He said this and smiled. It was a very gentle smile.
Geordo: So please do not worry about this and just smile cheerfully.
Katarina: Thank you very much.
I thanked him from the bottom of my heart.
Mom, Dad, Big Bros, Acchan, everyone from my past life…
In this world I was reborn in, I met truly wonderful people.
To these gentle people precious to me, I would also repay the things that I couldn't during my past life.
Because I thought my precious people in my past life would surely say "It's fine".
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𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓, 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐋. Just a few hours earlier, once Shoko had finished with Suguru's healing, a vacant-eyed Satoru had been helped out of his blood-ruined and tattered uniform. There were no wounds to heal, nothing in need of Shoko's attention, though Suguru had been thorough in washing away the blood that dried and stuck itself in a mess across pale skin. Satoru hadn't really fully processed everything yet, his mind still whirring, coming down from the high of death and rebirth, of seeing everything, of feeling such immense power at his fingertips that he was utterly emptied, as though power and emotion couldn't coexist. Or maybe that was just shock, the body of Amanai Riko limp in his arms, the smell of coppery blood, the thunderous applause ----
It had taken the both of them over an hour to actually drift off to sleep after the joint shower, bodies intertwined gently, tentatively almost, as though careful not to break one another. Or something like that. But Satoru's sleep was always on the lighter side, sensitive to every rustle and approaching person his Six Eyes could see through his eyelids, through the hallway, whenever his sleep drifted toward REM. It made for some interesting dreams, the way he'd feel reality bleed into the unconscious realm -- seeing people, shapes, things that weren't there but in actuality were several buildings away.
This time, he was downright certain that his eyes weren't seeing something that was there. Like a creeping shadow, he felt a prickle at the nape of his neck, a shiver ---- bristling, the absence of sensory input and yet alarm bells were ringing; needing to look behind him, the looming sense of killing intent and yet no cursed energy to track, save for the strange worm on his shoulder.
Satoru twitched in his sleep, tensing, absorbed into the belief that Toji was coming to finish him off -- an abrupt flooding of Infinity outward practically shoved Suguru off the bed, away from him, their intertwined bodies forcibly parted due to the blooming force that safeguarded Satoru as easily as one breathed. But he wasn't breathing easy now, dead-caught in the midst of a nightmare, tightly coiled in on himself, labored breaths and -- a choked noise, breathing catching halfway in his throat. He kept trying to swallow past the discomfort, a cold blade lodged in his throat -- and he couldn't ---- he was dying !
Until he wasn't, brightened eyes snapped wide open with a heaved gasping breath, fingers flying up to clutch blearily at his own neck.
Shakily, with labored breathing lingering on with the tremors from his nightmare's residuals, he realized there was nothing wedged in his windpipe, nothing bleeding him out nor was he in any danger at all. He was in bed, and Suguru ... ----
He turned his head toward where he sensed (saw, smelled, felt within his soul) Suguru was, eyes blinking, hiding away any looming spark of panic that could've slipped in through the cracks.
❝ a-ah, Ss... uguru, sorry. ❞ Infinity dissipated once he realized that the other man hadn't been an assailant but his partner cuddled up against him. Infinity dropped away, ceasing its separating force -- which allowed Suguru to approach, to touch, when all attempts prior would've been futile.
Now he felt shitty; Suguru was technically still 'on the mend' with Shoko advising he take things easy for a few days at least. Now here he was getting launched off his own bed because Satoru power-sneezed and lost control. He sat upright, swinging his legs over the edge of their bed, placing his face into a hand with a lengthy wipe of it down over his otherwise uncovered eyes. He must've gotten maybe... thirty minutes of rest? Perhaps this would be a good opportunity to see how well he could use his reverse cursed technique to lessen the ache of needing sleep and being incapable of finding it.
❝ Are you okay? I didn't mean to -- I can go sleep in my own room, instead. ❞
@svgurugeto // within twenty-four hours since the events of Hidden Inventory.
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