Episode 1 Prologue

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Author's Note: This may get a bit confusing due to the writing style I've done it in. The first voice is a girl, the second voice is a boy, and it just repeats with those two throughout it. Well, let the adventure begin....
Episode 1: The Prologue
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Quiet, we don't want to wake anyone up!
Well if you'd make some light I wouldn't keep bumping into things.
And if I did, Kaa-san would sense it and then we'd get caught.
Are you sure we should be doing this?
Don't worry about it. We're just going to see what's in that room.
And why couldn't we go during the day?
You know Tou-san wouldn't allow it.
I think he'd prefer it to us sneaking around in the middle of the night.
Well, it doesn't matter now, we're almost at the room.
How is it you plan to get in there anyway? You know there'll be wards.
I can handle them.
What if you can't, though?
Then I guess we can go back, and no one will know anyway.
Time to see then. Here's the door.
Now, let's see if I can find the wards...
How long is this going to take?
Not very. They probably aren't that well concealed.
And how are you going to dispel them?
I'll decide that once I find out what they are.
You don't know yet?
If someone had seen me inspecting this during the day, they would've been suspicious. I didn't want to risk it.
Just great...have you found any of them yet?
Yes, but I'm having trouble reading it in the dark.
I told you we needed a light.
And I told you why I can't create one.
You didn't say I couldn't....
No, do-
See, no one's coming to get us. You know how deeply kaa-san sleeps.
Still....tou-san might actually still be awake....
Speaking of see', can you read the ward now?
Hai, hai....it's the one tou-san usually has up on the windows so we won't go out when we're supposed to be asleep....but....
Nandemonai. You've certainly broken through those before.
How did you-?
Let's just say that I don't sleep as deeply as kaa-san does.


Ichigen' ikkou....just let me open this....
Oorai, oorai....
Kijutsu no koshiki to zenka ya kosei, watakushi ganhodoki de kaeru jumon, yoroshiku!

Just being polite. Izure, it worked, didn't it?
I guess....maybe I'll be nicer to these wards in the future...
Well, what are we waiting for? Let's see what there is inside.
Are you sure that was the only ward?
Probably. Tou-san wouldn't have put another up if he thought we couldn't get through the first one. See, I'll open the d- huh?
Kaa-san must've put a ward up too, then.

Think you can get through this one too?
Why don't you try it?
M-me? Nande? Can't you?
Come on, your seiki should be powerful enough. It's been years since they've changed anything in this hallway, which likely includes the wards.

Don't tell me you can't remember any of the unlocking incantations....
Of course not....
Soudenaibaaiha, naninani ka?
Oh fine....

Umm....Hikiokuso kaihi de youmei jujutsu de harasu de nanitozu ka?

Well, it worked, didn't it?
See, even with magic wards, politeness is important.
Riiiight....let's just enter....
Alright, alright...hey, it still won't open....

Shhhh! They'll hear us if you shout so loud.
I know I felt that ward dispel when I finished the incantation.
You think they cast a third one on it?
If they didn't expect us to get through the first or second, why would they?
Maybe the wards weren't made to just stop us.
Who would want to steal from them?
How should I know? Let's just get through this.
Do you sense the other ward?
Sort of, but it isn't the aura of tou-san or kaa-san....
What is it like?
Don't you sense it?
Sort of, but I think I might not be getting the same one.
There's two more wards now?
They must really not want anyone getting in here...
We can probably get through it though.
Of course we can. And we have to now, because we'll get in trouble anyway if they find out we broke two of the wards on the door.
And we won't if we break all of them?
Well, if they're all broken, we can reseal them afterwards, but with two currently on there, we can't replace the others.
Hai, hai, hai...
So, what aura do you sense now?

Gold? You mean like the one kaa-san's cat has?
Yeah, but the cat can't use magic. Can it?
I've never seen it do that...although that would explain how it always gets into the refrigerator when no one else is home...but if the ward was made by the cat, it'll certainly be easy to break through.
And what one do you sense?

Silver? I don't know anyone who has that...
That's odd....

The silver one just faded away.

Let's just get through the gold one.
I think it's your turn.
Alright.....Bouei ga hikiageru, bokutachi wa shinyuu kidogomen, negau douzo ka?
That was a bit much, wasn't it?
Once again, it worked. Kakutsanaide.
It better open this time.
It does, finally.
Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go in.