27 Aug 2016

No Hero V4C6: Heroes, Believing and Being Believed

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No Hero Volume 4: The Ancient Vampire Castle

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我(Yu Wo)

The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle Chapter 6: Heroes, Believing and Being Believed—translated by Doza (proofread by Arcedemius & Erro; C/E edited by lucathia)

“Idiot Ah Ye, what’s wrong with that Ezart? What kind of person says that they have stuff to do and leaves halfway through saving the world? There really aren’t any normal people around you!” I shouted angrily at An Xiang Ye. However, after I’d shouted that, he and Briar both looked at me with a strange expression.

What? Why are you looking at me like that?

Briar reminded me, “Aren-gē, you’re also one of the people close to Ah Ye-gē!”

“That’s right, you’re even my neighbor!” An Xiang Ye said matter-of-factly. “Neither Briar nor Ezart live nearby. If we consider distance, Aren, you’re even more abnormal than Ezart and Briar!”

…

Continued

14 Aug 2016

No Hero V4C5: N/H, the Farce of Rejecting Humans Yet Acting Human

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No Hero Volume 4: The Ancient Vampire Castle

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我(Yu Wo)

The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle Chapter 5: N/H, the Farce of Rejecting Humans yet Acting Human—translated by clrfction (proofread by Arcedemius & Lala Su; C/E edited by lucathia)

An Xiang Ye is weird himself, so of course the people around him are weirdos, too!

What kind of souvenir is a bug?

Well, I’ll let that one slide. Ah Ye seems like the type to be excited even if he receives a cockroach.

I was dead beat and had thought that I only had to go get the bug before I could go back home to sleep. Except, when we got to the lab, we were told that the bug had been stolen, and the people who had stolen it were likely from an enemy lab who wanted to use it to develop bioweapons. Now we had a mission—to find the bug from the enemy lab and bring it back, or destroy it on the spot… That sounds like a third-rate movie’s plot no matter how you spin it!

The three of us, plus a little girl, ended up being forced to start the mission. When we were about halfway through, that Ezart had the nerve to say an adventurer team asked him to join them on a tomb raid that was leaving soon, so he needed to leave.

And then he really left! What about the bug? The mission? Didn’t the lab say that the enemy would destroy the world if we don’t destroy the bug?

How can you say “I’m busy, gotta go!” halfway through saving the world? Even third-rate movies don’t play out like that!

I want to sleep! I want to leave, too! Ah Ye, let go of me!

Continued

29 Jul 2016

No Hero V4C4: Melody, the Symphony Woven from Joy and Sorrow

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No Hero Volume 4: The Ancient Vampire Castle

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我(Yu Wo)

The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle Chapter 4: Melody, the Symphony Woven from Joy and Sorrow—translated by clrfction (proofread by Arcedemius & Lala Su; C/E edited by Amgine & lucathia)

Melody-jiě is going around telling everyone about An Xiang Ye and Charles’s special relationship.

But I don’t believe any of it, and it doesn’t look the others do either, because all An Xiang Ye does is snuggle with Briar all day. He acts like a complete pedophile!

I warned Briar to stay away from An Xiang Ye, but she just laughed and said An Xiang Ye just likes to snuggle in general. Then, she actually dragged me to his room… his bed was covered with plush toys! The bookshelves were stocked with fairy tales! There were also rubber duckies in the bathroom! Even the soap was shaped like a little turtle!

Can’t you at least play with robots and use monster-shaped soap?

An Xiang Ye. What are you, a twelve-year-old girl?

Continued

19 Jun 2016

No Hero V4C3: Sadina, the Love between an Immortal and Mortal

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No Hero Volume 4: The Ancient Vampire Castle

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我(Yu Wo)

The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle Chapter 3: Sadina, the Love between an Immortal and Mortal—translated by Raylight (proofread by elisa & Arcedemius; C/E edited by Amgine & lucathia)

“Aren, Aren, look! It’s Dragon Peace!”

I glanced at it. As it turned out, it was one of the hero series figurines that the convenience store gives out after collecting enough points. “I have this one too. I finished collecting all four of them, since the fifth generation is relatively easy to collect.”

“Fifth generation?”

An Xiang Ye looked at me with wide eyes, as though I was speaking an alien language… That’s not right! I’m speaking a language from Earth. You’re the one who is an alien!

Charles-gē explained with a smile, “Young Master, because giving out hero figures as an event was very popular, convenience stores kept releasing new series. They are all centered on The Four Great Heroes, with the heroes in different poses. Currently, they are on the fifth generation.”

“Aren, so you have been collecting them too? Do you have the complete set from one to five?”

I nodded my head, even though I was a bit reluctant to admit to it. To be still collecting figures even though I’m already this age is a little embarrassing.

“But, I don’t have the secret edition version of Dark Sun from the fourth generation. That one was too difficult to get.”

After saying so, Charles-gē told me with a smile that he had two of the secret edition version of Dark Sun from the fourth generation, and just happened to be able to give me one of them.

“What is a secret edition?” An Xiang Ye asked once again with his eyes wide.

Actually, you’re the one who is a vampire, and Charles-gē is the human, right?

Continued

25 May 2016

No Hero V4C2: Yue Gang, the Strongest of the Weakest

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(Spoiler warning for people who haven’t read Eclipse Hunter V5. Near the end of this chapter, there is a paragraph that details events related to EHv5’s conclusion. If you wish to skip the spoiler, skip the paragraph that starts with “The young master suddenly became emotional.” The rest of the chapter is safe.)

No Hero Volume 4: The Ancient Vampire Castle

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我(Yu Wo)

The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle Chapter 2: Yue Gang, the Strongest of the Weakest—translated by Raylight (proofread by elisa & Trespasserby; C/E edited by Amgine & lucathia)

The four of us played the game together, only fifty times in total. An Xiang Ye, you alone won thirty-something times. What’s going on? This is only a dice throw and betting on whether it’s big or small. It’s only a matter of luck and doesn’t require any skill.

An Xiang Ye, as expected, you are an alien!

However, not winning even once might be even more formidable than winning thirty times…

Dell-gē, you’re also an alien, right?

Continued