Chapter 8 I am Sakurako. And am an actress
(TN: sorry if there isn't any exact schedule for updates, but I would post an update as soon as possible, and I always begun translating as soon as I posted an update too. It just that my almost obsolete phone couldn't keep up even if I tried to translate all day. Once again, sorry for the low quality translation)
(RAW https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4960en/ )
*PakkaPakkaPaka...* (SFX of a horse steps)
"Hihiin! Burururuu~" *horse's neigh*
Uuh, to appear in front of fully armed soldiers is a bit, nay, considerably terrifying...
Even so, standing on this scene, in a rather once in a lifetime big gamble of Sakurako-chan, required a fine performance.
I am, an actress...
I am, a genius child actress...
I am, a Hollywood's big star!
Alright! Self-suggestion complete.
Anyway, because I look like a lovely young girl appearance-wise at least, I don't think the soldiers who participated in the coup would shoot me.
That's what I'd like to think. If I don't think so I think I wouldn't be able to do this.
Leave it to the men who made article 9 of the constitution who have brain full of flowers to do their duty to this extent. Surely if it's them, even while having a gun muzzle pointed on them on the battlefield, with their pacifism, they would preach about the value of peace, about how we need to make peace with the enemies.
For example, assuming that in the occasion where they were being shot down(killed) by the enemies, that noble deed would surely be commended from all over the world, please excuse me from that kind of thing.
Is there anyone amongst the guests who is defenseless~~? It's your turn~
Eh? There isn't? Huwai? Why?
A~u~, there isn't Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution in this era yet!
That's a no.
As expected, is it my fate as the first person who suggested such a thing is ought to do?
Besides, rotten sea bream is still a sea bream. Even if I am just a common ossan who came from the future on the inside, outwardly I am a royalty after all.
Noblesse Oblige... it's Noblesse Oblige...
I am of a noble blood. And, privileged class is accompanied by obligations.
Let us perform our noble's obligation!
うん。覚悟完了。
Un. I am fully prepared.
Un. I am fully prepared.
Now then, should I try using the loud speaker so that everyone could hear me speak?
[Ah, aah, test test...to those who participated in causing the coup!]
*Zawa* (a buzz in the crowd SFX)
[Your deed is unpardonable!]
*Zawazawa*
[The August, His Majesty The Emperor has grace us in this Imperial Capital, your deed which troubles His Majesty is impermissible misconduct! The Great Will does not approve of your action!]
*Zawazawa...*
"O, oi. Why is Fujimiya-sama the one who appeared?"
"Hell if I know that"
"It's Sakurako-chan!"
"What are you doing calling Fujimiya-sama with Sakurako-chan, Sakurako-chan! You're being disrespectful!"
"No, I mean, Sakurako-chan is Sakurako-chan after all"
"Well, certainly it is Sakurako-chan"
(As you know, Sakurako means child of cherry blossom. In short her name worth her appearance)
*Gayagaya* (probably that loud SFX when you heard when someone speaks through a loud speaker, 🔊)
[Overthrowing political administration by armed forces is unacceptable based on parliamentary democracy!]
*Zawazawa...*
"Wh, does the Empire have parliamentary democracy?"
"Who knows?"
"Tentatively, the inside is parliamentary democracy, isn't it?"
"More like, what the hell is overthrowing political administration?"
"Isn't that regarding our action?"
"Haha, that can't be..."
"Aw~ Fujimiya-sama is so cute"
"Umu. The real deal is lovely"
*Gayagaya...*
[In case that you don't return to your own units, this Imperial Princess Fujimiya Sakurako, would be substituting His Majesty as the commander-in-chief, and would defeat you as rebels!]
*Zawazawa...*
"We're the rebelling army? I've never heard that..."
"Aa, how come we're the rebels?"
"But, what Fujimiya-sama the royalty was saying, is about the fact that we don't have a justification for rebelling isn't it?"
"It means we were tricked by our squads' commanders"
*Gayagaya...*
[Report to the NCOs! It's not too late now. Return to your own units, line dismissed!]
*Zawazawa...*
"Oi, what should we do?"
"No matter what we do, if we disobey the Imperial Families, we would truly become a rebel army"
"True huh..."
"Like hell I want to be treated as a rebel"
"Me too"
*Gayagaya...*
[Everyone who resist would be treated as rebels and be shot to death!]
*Zawazawa...*
"Fujimiya-sama is so cuuute"
"Umu. Her appearance while wearing the military uniform is lovely too"
"Rather than that, what are we supposed to do from now on? She said we'd be killed if we were to resist, you know?"
"The hell are you saying!? You unpatriotic bastard, don't you know about Fujimiya-sama's virtue!?
"True! Don't you buy the individual government bonds? You damn unpatriotic bastard!"
"I bought a piece you now?"
"Two over here"
"Heh, just so you know I bought five"
"Damn bourgeois!"
"A, anyway, we're an Imperial Army, aren't we?"
"No, in this situation, no matter how you look at it, we're the rebel army, right?"
"What he said!"
"What are we gonna do then?"
"As if I know the answer. We were only following our company's commander after all"
"It means we got the short end of the stick"
"True, isn't it..."
"I'm gonna curse our superiors"
"We can't choose our superiors to our liking in the army after all"
"What are you saying, even in regular army we can't choose our own superiors"
*Gayagaya...*
[As it is, your parents and siblings too would be branded as traitors, and all of them would cry!]
*Zawazawa...*
"Our family too!?"
"I don't wanna trouble my mom"
"I certainly don't want my little sister to be caught up in the trouble I caused"
"Our superiors had already been branded as traitors anyway, so isn't better if we just do what Fujiyama-sama had said?"
"Only the commissioned officers are guilty of treason, we're not guilty of the same thing, aren't we?"
"We're gonna be okay, right?"
"Yeah, or rather we're only victims who got rolled in with our superiors' stupidity"
"It's not to late now to do what we're told (by Fujimiya-sama)"
"Now that I think about it, that's true"
*Gayagaya...*
[Return to your own units, and wait for further orders!]
__*Zawazawa...*
"Do you want to return to the garrison?"
"Aa, let's return"
"Aaah, what a terrible misfortune this was"
"Everything is our superiors', who were being delusional, fault"
"Only their heads were big, but the contents were empty" (it actually said "their heads were like tenpou era coin, but the contents were stupidity")
"They didn't even think about us (common soldiers) a little bit, did they?"
"I was intoxicated, pretending that I was some kind of patriot who cared about his country"
"We were only throwing our weight around without even noticing the bigger picture after all"
"I envied those guys who were so self-absorbed at that point to a shocking degree" {not entirely sure, but this guy was envious of those euphoric people who think of nothing else because they're self-absorbed with their wrong justice. You know, like that moment when you participate in beating up someone who was being called a thief even though the incident had nothing to do with you}
"Shouldn't they be grieving for those farm villages that suffers from terrible famine and in poor condition instead of having a banquet?"
"Haha, I bet they don't even know that the refined sake they drank in the banquet was made from rice. Because they're stupid after all" {I think this guy is referring to those stupid superiors who don't think about farm villages who produced the rice which is the ingredients of the sake, if the farm villages being neglected, rice perished, sake can't be made, the superior bastard won't be able to enjoy refined rice sake anymore don't they?}
"United States' prohibition law surely won't be useful here (in Japan)" {referring to the US law about the prohibition of production, distribution, ans importation of alcohol back in the 19th century 1920 - 1930}
"I don't really mind with that law, I am non-drinker after all"
"Things like that is bound to make those superiors pissed" (things, as in something like banning the production distribution, and importation of alcohol. those superiors as in the commanding officers who led the coup)
"I have become a fool huh"
"Let's head back..."
"Aa, I don't want to have anything to do with those idiotic superiors"
"I'm headin' back"
"I wonder whether Fujimiya-sama would let me ask her for a sign?"
"Aa, how about we go asking her?"
"You... how shameless can you be...."
ガヤガヤ……
*Gayagaya...*
[Report!]
"YES MA'AM! WE SHALL RETURN TO OUR UNITS AND WAIT FOR FURTHER ORDERS!"
[GOOD!]
"Platoons, form lines!"
"Give Fujimiya-sama a salute, raise your rifle!"
*Kacha* (sfx or rifle being raised)
Ah, I wonder, would they stay raising up their guns if I don't give a respond to their salute?
Well that might be too unreasonable to do, so let me just give them the response they are waiting.
I wanted to give a proper response to this kind of salute at least once after all. There are also photographers after all, so let me give them good pictures to take.
And, should I be the one to let down my hand first?
These people...they raised up their guns with the premise that I knew about such ceremony, but what if actually I don't know about it?
I look like a pre-school girl you know? Did they leave behind that fact somewhere?
「担えー銃！」
"Ease!" (lit, bring down your weapons!)
*Za* (letting down their rifle's)
"Tuuuurn right!"
"March forward!"
*Zazazaza...* (Soldiers march SFX)
Phew~ it seems like there's no problem here.
Aaaaah, I was so scaaaared!
