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	===His Majesty the Maou’s Elegant Day===		===His Majesty the Maou’s Elegant Day===

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	====Life with a Daughter is Really Great====		====Life with a Daughter is Really Great====
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	“Shah yaw twap (Shut your trap)!”		“Shah yaw twap (Shut your trap)!”

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	“Although the two of you just woke up, and you’re not completely clear-headed yet, I must ask you to finish your breakfast as quickly as possible. Anyway, we have to finish this before Greta wakes up. Wolfram, are you eating breakfast?”		“Although the two of you just woke up, and you’re not completely clear-headed yet, I must ask you to finish your breakfast as quickly as possible. Anyway, we have to finish this before Greta wakes up. Wolfram, are you eating breakfast?”
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	“Assassination drill?!”		“Assassination drill?!”

	Rows of black-clothed ninjas immediately float into my mind. ‘General, your petty life is mine!’ And shuriken, smoke bombs, suiton no jutsu~~(1)~~, nyanmage, Nikko Edomura. Is it Nikko? Or is it Edo? Is it a zoo? Or a village?~~(2)~~ Tell me properly!		Rows of black-clothed ninjas immediately float into my mind. ‘General, your petty life is mine!’ And shuriken, smoke bombs, suiton no jutsu<ref>Suiton no jutsu lit. Water-style technique, Naruto fans would know :3 </ref>, nyanmage, Nikko Edomura. Is it Nikko? Or is it Edo? Is it a zoo? Or a village?<ref>Nyanmage, a samurai cat, is the mascot of the Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura, a ninja theme park in Nikko reenacting the Edo Period. There are monkey performances there too, hence Yuuri’s confusion.</ref> Tell me properly!

	And now, y-you want m-me to do that sort of thing?!		And now, y-you want m-me to do that sort of thing?!

	“T-this country requires that their king must personally participate in assassination missions? N-no way, assassination isn’t a good thing. Although it definitely isn’t a good thing, but if the circumstances force for it… Eh—maybe it’s safer to follow Golgo(3)? You guys know that I’m not strong enough to bat fatal home-runs, and I don’t have shoulders hard enough to block a runner’s head either.”		“T-this country requires that their king must personally participate in assassination missions? N-no way, assassination isn’t a good thing. Although it definitely isn’t a good thing, but if the circumstances force for it… Eh—maybe it’s safer to follow Golgo<ref name="three">The titular character from the manga, ‘Golgo 13’, a professional assassin for hire. He also has really thick eyebrows :3</ref>? You guys know that I’m not strong enough to bat fatal home-runs, and I don’t have shoulders hard enough to block a runner’s head either.”

	“T-that’s too much, Your Majesty!”		“T-that’s too much, Your Majesty!”
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	“We would never let Your Majesty the Maou personally take action. This is for His Majesty’s personal safety, a drill to strengthen the people’s reaction in the face of emergency.”		“We would never let Your Majesty the Maou personally take action. This is for His Majesty’s personal safety, a drill to strengthen the people’s reaction in the face of emergency.”

	“Ahh, so that’s what it was! So you’re not telling me to practice killing other people, you want me to practice how not be killed by others. Ahh—That’s great, I thought I’d be forced to hold a rifle with a red laser point, and then to draw my eyebrows real thick~~(3)~~.”		“Ahh, so that’s what it was! So you’re not telling me to practice killing other people, you want me to practice how not be killed by others. Ahh—That’s great, I thought I’d be forced to hold a rifle with a red laser point, and then to draw my eyebrows real thick<ref name="three" />.”

	“This is a duty all generations of Maou have diligently performed every year… Except for Her Majesty the Former Maou Cheri.”		“This is a duty all generations of Maou have diligently performed every year… Except for Her Majesty the Former Maou Cheri.”
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	“I understand what you mean. It’s because I’m a novice that’s easy to assassinate, so I have to rely on anti-assassination drills to learn how to deal with danger?”		“I understand what you mean. It’s because I’m a novice that’s easy to assassinate, so I have to rely on anti-assassination drills to learn how to deal with danger?”

	“You misunderstand, Your Majesty! Günter never thought of you as some novice! Your Majesty is like… Right, if you want me to describe it, you’re like a hundred lilies ‘no’dding in the valley wind, or a saint full of wisdom and ‘vi’sion, or a single blossom blooming in the dry desert crevi‘ce’.~~(4)~~”		“You misunderstand, Your Majesty! Günter never thought of you as some novice! Your Majesty is like… Right, if you want me to describe it, you’re like a hundred lilies ‘no’dding in the valley wind, or a saint full of wisdom and ‘vi’sion, or a single blossom blooming in the dry desert crevi‘ce’<ref>I can only assume the actual pun came from the famous ‘hennachoko’, but it was already lost in Chinese orz</ref>.”

	“—Rather than listening to your convoluted logic, I’d rather you tell me directly that I’m a novice.”		“—Rather than listening to your convoluted logic, I’d rather you tell me directly that I’m a novice.”
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	The stone white and cream streets, usually teeming with people, are currently surprisingly silent.		The stone white and cream streets, usually teeming with people, are currently surprisingly silent.

	“Well, of course. For this assassination drill, we have long since notified all of the city’s inhabitants that before twelve, this area is an off limit ‘Pedestrian Hell’.”		“Well, of course. For this assassination drill, we have long since notified all of the city’s inhabitants that before twelve, this area is an off limit ‘Pedestrian Hell’<ref>In Ginza, Akihabara and Shinjuku, certain roads are closed off to traffic on holidays, creating something called ‘Pedestrian Heaven’. </ref>.”

	“Pedestrian Hell… If we conduct a drill in a set piece like this, it won’t have much effect when dealing with the actual situation…”		“Pedestrian Hell… If we conduct a drill in a set piece like this, it won’t have much effect when dealing with the actual situation…”
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	“So that really is a baguette! By the way, are all these human-shaped pop-up boards so detailed?!”		“So that really is a baguette! By the way, are all these human-shaped pop-up boards so detailed?!”

	“But of course, Your Majesty. Because these are all the masterpieces all the human-shaped pop-up board specialists spent an entire year creating. Also, this one is codename ‘Working Vendor’, and that’s ‘Ludicrous Fortuneteller’, and the one fallen over there is the coordinator, ‘Cat-Loving Khrushchev’(6).”		“But of course, Your Majesty. Because these are all the masterpieces all the human-shaped pop-up board specialists spent an entire year creating. Also, this one is codename ‘Working Vendor’, and that’s ‘Ludicrous Fortuneteller’, and the one fallen over there is the coordinator, ‘Cat-Loving Khrushchev’<ref>Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev[a] (April 15 [O.S. April 3] 1894 – September 11, 1971) was a Russian politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. (From Wikipedia)</ref>.”

	“Khru… so he likes cats? Wait, there isn’t a need to create such detailed human-shaped pop-up boards, is there?”		“Khru… so he likes cats? Wait, there isn’t a need to create such detailed human-shaped pop-up boards, is there?”
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	“Your Majesty, how can you be okay with this! It is obviously a hateful assassin sent by the enemy to disrupt and destroy our country. I heard that there are people in the West who can chant and make birds sing songs, as easily as they would control their own limbs.”		“Your Majesty, how can you be okay with this! It is obviously a hateful assassin sent by the enemy to disrupt and destroy our country. I heard that there are people in the West who can chant and make birds sing songs, as easily as they would control their own limbs.”

	“Are you talking about the Birdman Rally(7)?”		“Are you talking about the Birdman Rally<ref>Birdman Rally is a competition where members of the public build home-made gliders, hang gliders and human-powered aircraft, ranging from very serious aircraft to mere costumes, leap off a river- or seaside jetty, and compete for distance and entertainment value. (Wikipedia)</ref>?”

	“No, I’m not too sure what they’re called… Anyway, someone, get that bird, g-get it now, now!”		“No, I’m not too sure what they’re called… Anyway, someone, get that bird, g-get it now, now!”
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	Her slender fingers grab my clothes tightly, tears flowing continuously from her tightly-shut eyes.		Her slender fingers grab my clothes tightly, tears flowing continuously from her tightly-shut eyes.

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	“I wanted… to be of help to Yuuri.”		“I wanted… to be of help to Yuuri.”
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	“W-what did you say--!”		“W-what did you say--!”

	Why does the time period sound so similar to the Taika Reforms(8)? But seeing as Günter and Gisela both look shocked, I can tell that this is a very serious disease.		Why does the time period sound so similar to the Taika Reforms<ref>The Taika Reforms were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kotoku in the year 645. (Wikipedia)</ref>? But seeing as Günter and Gisela both look shocked, I can tell that this is a very serious disease.

	“No wonder even the doctors are helpless. Because there’s no one who ever really healed the mugwort fever anywhere in the country.”		“No wonder even the doctors are helpless. Because there’s no one who ever really healed the mugwort fever anywhere in the country.”
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	And then Greta raises her little fist, yelling into the sky,		And then Greta raises her little fist, yelling into the sky,

	“¡¿Cómo está, Señor?! ¡¿Cómo está, Señorita?!”		“¡¿Cómo está, Señor?! ¡¿Cómo está, Señorita?!” <ref>Spanish for ‘how are you’.</ref>

	Greta, where exactly were you born?		Greta, where exactly were you born?
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	~~1. Suiton no jutsu lit. Water-style technique, Naruto fans would know :3~~

	2. Nyanmage, a samurai cat, is the mascot of the Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura, a ninja theme park in Nikko reenacting the Edo Period. There are monkey performances there too, hence Yuuri’s confusion.

	~~3. The titular character from the manga, ‘Golgo 13’, a professional assassin for hire. He also has really thick eyebrows :3~~

	~~4. I can only assume the actual pun came from the famous ‘hennachoko’, but it was already lost in Chinese orz~~

	~~5. In Ginza, Akihabara and Shinjuku, certain roads are closed off to traffic on holidays, creating something called ‘Pedestrian Heaven’.~~

	~~6. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev[a] (April 15 [O.S. April 3] 1894 – September 11, 1971) was a Russian politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. (From Wikipedia)~~

	7. Birdman Rally is a competition where members of the public build home-made gliders, hang gliders and human-powered aircraft, ranging from very serious aircraft to mere costumes, leap off a river- or seaside jetty, and compete for distance and entertainment value. (Wikipedia)

	~~8. The Taika Reforms were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kotoku in the year 645. (Wikipedia)~~

	~~9. Spanish for ‘how are you’.~~		=References=
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