Baiburu burakku: La noche de walpurgis

Taki Minase:
Her name is Kurumi Imari, She's a neighbor of mine, Imari and I go way back. I've known her since kindergarten, We're what you'd call childhood friends. And now we're classmates, as well.

Taki Minase:
Imari pretty much forced me to join this club. This was back when we were freshmen.

Taki Minase:
You're the president of the club, Imari. If both the president and the V.P. ditch the meeting, we'll be setting bad example, remember?

Taki Minase:
She's taken advantage of the fact that my parents asked her to look after me; now it's part of her daily routine to disrupt my sleep.

Taki Minase:
If the receiver of the spell has any feelings for the one who casts it, it's doubtful whether the spell will take effect. False love is powerless before true love...

Taki Minase:
Imari's been taking shorinji kempo lessons since she was small.

Reika Kitami:
That's right... I was still alive... That's why the gate didn't open. The Priest didn't know, and lost it.

Reika Kitami:
The ritual must be performed on Walpurgis Night, when the Power of the Darkness is the strongest

Reika Kitami:
And while I was studying about the Knights Templar, I stumbled upon a certain secret. In order to investigate this secret, I joined a secret organization called the Prieure de Sion, The Knights Templar knew of a spell that would allow one to escape a pact with the devil. By soul-succession By excising the soul from the body, and transferring it to another body.

Reika Kitami:
But I started looking desperately for a spell that would allow me to escape. I read scores of grimoires and ancient documents.

Hiroko Takashiro:
She was paying a lot of money to purchase books on Black Magic and certain old documents. She even went to the British museum to look through some their collection of ancient records.

Taki Minase:
Imari always finished what she starts, so she's been practicing ever since. She's even won a national tournament. She's got what it takes to make short work of your average male thug.

Kurumi Imari:
I'm going to count to 3. If you're not up by then, I'm going to give you an Imari Punch!

Reika Kitami:
I used this power to get everything I wanted. Wealth, glory, everything I desired. For the first 10 years, I didn't even think about the pact expiring... But after 10 years had passed, I gradually began to feel the weight of fear.

Taki Minase:
Since Imari likes dogs and is an animal-lover in general, maybe she'll like doing it doggie-style.

Taki Minase:
Now that I think about it, Imari does cook when Yukiko is away, and she's a pretty good cook.

Taki Minase:
Imari points to the sausage shaped like an octopus, and a carrot shaped like a star. If your mom was still making your lunch, it'd be the kind of silly food you'd get to bring to a picnic. I grabbed a cute-looking girly fork in my hand.

Taki Minase:
Imari hardly cries at all. She doesn't ever cry in front of people...

Kurumi Imari:
I put a lot of effort in making this, so eat up. I tried very hard, you know. I tried hard to cook better.

Hiroko Takashiro:
At first, we'd just gather and imitate the Black Magic rituals we read about. It was quite innocuous...

Hiroko Takashiro:
Because of the psychological shock I'd sustained, I fell into a coma for three days.

Hiroko Takashiro:
I became painfully aware of what we were doing, and how terrifying and foolish it was. I discovered once and for all that those demons weren't something we humans could ever wield control over. And so I left the coven, and I never took part in another ritual again.

Hiroko Takashiro:
All six girls were lying dead, with a look of terror on their faces. And the grimoire was gone...

Taki Minase:
Ms. Kitami's followers had their memories erased by Ms. Takashiro. Now the only ones who know about that event are Ms. Takashiro, myself, and Imari.

Taki Minase:
She's highly unapproachable, so introverted that she's always reading some weird-looking book at her desk during recess.

Kaori Saeki:
Most of the magic books on these shelves are ones that I requested.

Kaori Saeki:
We've pooled our money and rented a room in a nearby apartment building. That's where we hold our meetings.

Kaori Saeki:
Listen, why don't you drop by the day after tomorrow, too? We're going to hold a ritual on the Sabbath as well.

Taki Minase:
The house looks brand new.

Taki Minase:
I look around at my surroundings... There are piles of books scattered around. Candles of all colors... Tools I can't readily identify. Bottles holding various kinds of incense. There are magic circles and charms taped to the walls, making it eerier than ever.

Taki Minase:
The first bell rings, but Saeki doesn't return. It's not like her... She's hardly ever late for class, or absent.

Taki Minase:
But this Saeki has swallowed that whole occult society rumor, which is still being discussed today... and apparently she regards the society members with both respect and jealousy.

Kaori Saeki:
They weren't ready. They overestimated their own power, and destroyed themselves. A lot of magicians end up doing that.

Taki Minase:
She seems very proud of her books. I find a lot of the same titles that I borrowed from the library. But she has far more than the library.

Kaori Saeki:
There are very few Black Magic books that have been translated into Japanese. So I have no choice but to read them in English. But it's made me very fluent.

Taki Minase:
I live in this house with my older sister. I call her my sister, although she's really my cousin. But since we've grown up together, due to family circumstances, she's just like a sister to me. My parents aren't living with us right now because my dad got transferred at work. My sister and I thought about whether we should go along, then decided to stay here because of school.

Kurumi Imari:
The teacher's annoyed, too. We're seniors, and if we skip meetings, we'll be setting a bad example for the younger students.

Taki Minase:
My sister was a French Lit major, and has a good grasp of French and English and other languages.

Taki Minase:
Big Sister Yukiko, even though she's a graduate student, actually leaves the house earlier than I do. Of course, it's not to go to class, but because she has a part-time job.

Taki Minase:
My sister thumps herself on the chest. Those huge breasts she's so proud of jiggle. My sister grabs herself by her large breasts and shows them to me. My sister starts kneading her breasts, and brings them both close to my face. My sister gets carried away and plops her breasts on top of my head.

Taki Minase:
Now, now... Since it's for my darling little brother, I'll be happy to translate it for you. All right, then, I'm going to read it to you now. Keep your ears peeled, Pervert-boy.

Yukiko Minase:
If you're so anxious to see someone dancing in the nude... Well, then, why don't I dance in the nude for you? There! How do you like that? Does it feel good?

Taki Minase:
No, if she finds out, she'll absolutely kill me, It'll be a bloodbath. My sister would be sure to pay me back 100 times over for what I did to her. My sister believes in retaliating 3 times over; that's her motto.

Yukiko Minase:
Listen, you... do you even know how popular I am at school? I have to beat those guys off with a stick every single day! It's such a headache!

Taki Minase:
Yeah, tell me about it, after you failed your entrance exam the first time!

Kaori Saeki:
Despite her age, your sister was still a virgin. Did you know that?

Reika Kitami:
This is called water torture. It was used by pagans back in the good old days of the witch hunts.

Reika Kitami:
During the middle ages, they used this form of torture on suspected witches