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| Heartslabyul Dorm - Lounge | ||
Ace  |
Cater, put the card you picked back into the deck and I’ll shuffle it well.
Now that they’re all mixed up, I’ll guess which one your card is. Hm~… The card you picked… is a five of diamonds! | |
Cater  |
Ehh~! Wow! How did you know~!? | |
Ace |
Hehe, I used mind-reading magic on you. …Just kidding.
This is a magic trick using the “key card” principle. It’s one of the most basic card tricks to be able to guess which card your spectator picked. Anyone can do it if they learn the trick. Well, I also think you kinda need to be good with your hands to do it. | |
Cater |
You said that was really basic, right? So can you do any other tricks, Acey? | |
Ace |
Hm, aside from cards, I can do a few kinds of table magic using cups and coins and things. | |
Cater |
Really? Show me how to do an easy one! Maybe something that could impress the ladies at parties~✰ | |
Ace |
Sure! …Well, that’s what I want to say. But I can’t just show you one for free. | |
Cater |
There’s the catch~ Acey, you’re actually pretty underhanded. | |
Ace |
Well, yeah. You gotta make the most out of life.
How about you take over hedgehog care duty for me one time? Then I’ll teach you two card tricks and one cup trick, as detailed as I can ♪ | |
Riddle  |
You two. You look awfully excited for some reason. Have you finished your homework yet?
It’ll be off with your head if you’re just messing around instead of doing your work. | |
Ace |
Oh, Dorm Leader! Perfect timing.
Could you pick one of these cards? | |
Riddle |
Hah? What is this all of a sudden? | |
Ace |
C’mon, just go with it. Give us five minutes of your time.
A little recreation is important for students to bond more. Right? | |
Riddle |
Honestly… I suppose. …Alright. I’ve picked a card. | |
Cater |
Riddle, let me see which one you picked.
…King of hearts, huh? | |
Riddle |
And what was the purpose of doing this? | |
Ace |
Now I’m going to guess which card you picked. | |
Riddle |
Oh, I see. You’re practicing clairvoyance magic. | |
Cater |
Mm~ This is a little bit different.
It’s a magic trick. Acey’s really good at them. | |
Riddle |
A magic trick? Hmm… I’ve never seen one before. | |
Ace |
Put your card back on top of the deck. Then I’ll shuffle it really well.
…Hey, Dorm Leader. Don’t look away; watch my hands carefully. Now that the whole deck is shuffled, I’ll let you hold onto it. | |
Riddle |
Okay… | |
Ace |
I’m going to snap my fingers and focus on the cards. And then…
The one you picked will appear inside my jacket’s inner pocket! Make sure to tightly hold onto the cards with both your hands so they don’t escape. | |
Riddle |
…I don’t believe these cards have magic cast on them. How would they escape my hold? | |
Ace |
C’mon, just go with it. …Ready? One, two, three! | |
Riddle |
…Nothing happened. | |
Ace |
Heheh! You’d think!
But inside my inner pocket… Look! One of the cards got away from you! | |
Riddle |
! | |
Ace |
This card is… the king of hearts! This is the one you picked, right? | |
Riddle |
Yes. That’s correct. | |
Cater |
Amazing! That’s way more advanced than the trick you showed me earlier. | |
Riddle |
And… he didn’t use magic to take that card from my hands? | |
Ace |
Nope! It’s just a trick. | |
Riddle |
How does this work? And how did you know which card I chose? At what point did it get inside your pocket? | |
Cater |
Ahaha! Riddle, you’re so invested in it~ | |
Ace |
I reacted the same way when my big brother first showed me this trick. | |
Riddle |
Oh? I didn’t know you had a brother. | |
Ace |
I never talked about him with you? He’s a Night Raven College grad.
And he was in Heartslabyul! There’s not a lot to do for fun when you’re living in a dorm. So he just played around with playing cards to kill time, and ended up building his magic repertoire. | |
Cater |
So your brother taught you magic tricks? | |
Ace |
Sorta… He didn’t just nicely teach me how to do them or anything.
It was more like, I watched him do them over and over again and learned by copying him. | |
Cater |
I get it. So you’re the “skill stealer” type.
You’re super good at remembering things, huh, Acey? And you’re a quick thinker. | |
Ace |
I guess ♪ For most things, I can copy them after watching them a few times.
Unlike a certain clumsy Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes, I’m pretty advanced. | |
Riddle |
Since you’re so proud of your memorization skills, why don’t you show us?
By memorizing the rules of the Queen of Hearts and the timeline of magic history. | |
Ace |
Gegh… That’s a whole different story! I suck at memorizing facts! | |
Riddle |
Next week, the freshmen have a magic history quiz, don’t they? Deuce told me about it.
If you get any red marks, you won’t be having a seat at our Unbirthday Party next weekend. | |
Ace |
Man… I thought I could distract you with a magic trick, but we’re back to talking about school… | |
Cater |
Distractions don’t work against Riddle, Acey. | |
Riddle |
Ace, what is your answer? | |
Ace |
Yes, Dorm Leader! | |
Ace Trappola/Personal Story/SSR Dorm Uniform
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This story has been fan-translated by twstarchives. This translation was based off the scripts from the Japanese version of the game. |
| Make the Most Out of Life |
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| Heartslabyul Dorm - Hallway | ||
Ace |
Hm hm hmm~♪ Hm hm hmm~♪ | |
Deuce  |
You look like you’re in a good mood, Ace. You’re humming to yourself. | |
Ace |
Well, you know~ Today’s the Unbirthday Party.
They’re serving way fancier food than they normally do, and our demon dorm leader isn’t going to nag us if we don’t do our homework… It puts me in a humming mood. | |
Heartslabyul Student A Heartslabyul Student A  |
Haha, you’re right. But we also have to focus on getting ready for it. | |
Ace |
The freshmen are in charge of setting up for the croquet match and painting the roses, right? | |
Deuce |
Yeah. First we should feed the flamingos and hedgehogs and clean their pens. | |
Ace |
Okay, I’ll go take care of the hedgehogs. | |
Deuce |
Then I’ll take the flamingos. When we’re done, let’s meet up in the rose maze. | |
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| Heartslabyul Dorm - Lounge | ||
Ace |
Alright, time to hurry up and take care of the hedgehogs.
C’mere, food! Here, your water! Cleanup next… ‘Kay, I’m done. | |
Heartslabyul Student A Heartslabyul Student A |
Ohh, there, there, widdle hedgehogs. Make sure you roll as hard as you can for the croquet game today, okay~? | |
Hedgehogs Hedgehogs |
Chee chee! | |
Ace |
Gegh, that’s weirding me out. Quit baby-talking to the hedgehogs. | |
Heartslabyul Student A Heartslabyul Student A |
Oh! S-Sorry, force of habit… This is how I talk to my cat at home. | |
Ace |
Hedgehogs don’t understand human language. Isn’t it pointless to talk to them?
I mean, you can’t communicate with animals unless you use their specific animal language anyway. | |
Heartslabyul Student B Heartslabyul Student B |
But the dorm leader talks to them with human language all the time. | |
Heartslabyul Student A Heartslabyul Student A |
Yeah. Well, he doesn’t use baby-talk like me, but still. | |
Heartslabyul Student B Heartslabyul Student B |
Even if animals don’t understand your words, you can still get across how much you care for them. | |
Heartslabyul Student A Heartslabyul Student A |
Yeah! The dorm leader even said, “It’s important to have good communication with your hedgehog and flamingo in croquet.”
“You should regularly take care of them to build up mutual trust.” | |
Heartslabyul Student B Heartslabyul Student B |
I often see the dorm leader taking care of the hedgehogs even when he’s not on duty. | |
Ace |
Our demon dorm leader really does that? Hmm.
That’s great he’s got a little kindness in him, but why doesn’t he ever show it to us students? | |
Heartslabyul Students Heartslabyul Students |
A-Ahaha… | |
Ace |
Anyway, are you guys almost done cleaning? Next we gotta go paint the roses. | |
Heartslabyul Student A Heartslabyul Student A |
Oh. I’m going to throw out the trash from cleaning those pens, so you can go on ahead. | |
Heartslabyul Student B Heartslabyul Student B |
I’ll help you take it out. Ace, could you lock up the hedgehog cages? | |
Ace |
Okay~♪ | |
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| Heartslabyul Dorm - Rose Maze | ||
Ace |
(Alright. Now we have to hurry and paint the roses…)
(The dorm leader won’t see the back of the trees. So maybe I can just focus more on the places he can see.) | |
Riddle |
Everyone!! | |
Ace & Deuce  |
Yes! Dorm Leader! | |
Riddle |
Have you seen the hedgehogs anywhere near here? | |
Deuce |
I haven’t… Did something happen? | |
Riddle |
Every single one of them has disappeared from their cage. | |
Ace |
Huh!? | |
Riddle |
Whoever was in charge of taking care of them must’ve forgotten to lock it… Find the perpetrator! It’ll be off with their head!! | |
Ace |
(No way, seriously!? The last person to lock the cages… was me…)
D-Dorm Leader! Shouldn’t our first priority be to find the hedgehogs? | |
Riddle |
O-Oh… That’s true.
Hedgehogs are extremely cautious. It’ll be very difficult to track them down if they dug holes to hide in. …What will I do if we never find them…? | |
Deuce |
D-Don’t worry. We can find them… No, we will find them! | |
Ace |
It hasn’t been that long since they disappeared, right? | |
Deuce |
I’ll look around the croquet field! | |
Ace |
I’ll try the other side of the dorm. | |
Riddle |
I’m counting on you. | |
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| Heartslabyul Dorm | ||
Ace |
Crap... Is this my fault? No, I made sure to lock the cages... Didn't I?
...... I don't know! I wasn't paying attention when I did it; I can't remember... If the dorm leader tries to figure out who the perpetrator was, he'll find out I was in charge of locking the cages. And then... | |
Riddle |
OFF WITH YOUR HEAD! | |
Ace |
...*shivers*
I-I have to find all the hedgehogs before Dorm Leader Riddle does! | |
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| Heartslabyul Dorm | ||
Ace |
I-I have to find all the hedgehogs before Dorm Leader Riddle does!
…Or so I thought, but… where would the hedgehogs even be hiding? I’ll search online using my phone… uhh, what does it say? Hedgehogs are related to moles… They dig tunnel-like holes to nest in… Gegh! So that’s what the dorm leader meant when he said they could dig holes to hide in! They have timid temperaments… So maybe they ran somewhere without a lot of people. I’ll go try the woods. | |
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| Heartslabyul Dorm - Woods | ||
Ace |
HEY!! …Wait, would I put them even more on guard if I yell?
I remember at my friend’s house, their dog would come running at them the second it heard the sound of its food dish… Well, I did bring some food. I’ll try making noise with the dish. | |
| Clatter clatter... | ||
| Rustling! | ||
Ace |
Ah! | |
Hedgehog Hedgehog |
Chee chee! | |
Ace |
That worked! I can’t believe the hedgehogs came out. I’m an absolute genius.
Now I have to catch it… Ah! | |
Hedgehog Hedgehog |
Chee! Chee chee!! | |
Ace |
Hey! Don’t run away!
Agh… It ran back into its hole in the ground! It’s so tiny, like a rabbit hole. I can’t even fit my arm in there… Maybe if I gently poke it with a tree branch… | |
Hedgehog Hedgehog |
Hiss~! Hiss!! | |
Ace |
Oh no, it’s angry now. And it went further in!
C’mon, guys… Please? I’ll lose my head if I don’t get you to come back. And besides… | |
Riddle |
…What will I do if we never find them…? | |
Ace |
Dorm Leader Riddle is really worried about you. He really loves you guys, you know?
So please, come back… (They don’t understand human language. There’s no point in telling them this…) | |
| Rustling! | ||
Rook  |
You appear to be in trouble, Monsieur! | |
Ace |
AGHH!?
Y-You scared me! Don’t start yelling out of nowhere! Anyway, who are you!? What’s someone from another dorm doing at Heartslabyul!? | |
Rook |
Hahaha, apologies for frightening you.
I’ve actually been behind you ever since you set foot into the woods. Perhaps I hid myself too well? I’m the vice dorm leader of Pomefiore, Rook Hunt. I had a reason for coming to Heartslabyul, but I’ve finished what I needed to. I just thought I’d take the chance to watch the wildlife while I’m here, so I was in the middle of a stroll. | |
Ace |
O-Oh, I see. | |
Rook |
But then I encountered you—bent down on the ground, plagued by a grim resolve just screaming “Le miserable!” | |
Ace |
So you saw everything… That’s embarrassing.
Well, I guess I don’t need to explain anything. I’m really busy right now, so could you go somewhere else? | |
Rook |
Are you sure? I was hoping I could assist you with capturing those animals… | |
Ace |
What!? Do you have any ideas? | |
Rook |
Why don’t you try coercing them with animal language? Hedgehogs should be able to understand mole-speak. | |
Ace |
You think I can speak an obscure language like mole-speak!?
You don’t even learn that unless you major in Animal Languages in university, let alone in high school! | |
Rook |
I know a fair amount of mole-speak. I’ll teach you, so try to coerce them. | |
Ace |
If you can speak it, please just do it yourself… | |
Rook |
Non, non, Monsieur Heart. They’re very sensitive creatures.
Suppose I did get across to them—I’m still a stranger to them. They wouldn’t come out of their burrows for me. | |
Ace |
(The party starts at 3PM. And it’s already a little after 2… Ahh, man…)
…Okay. I’ll do it! I’ll try to learn mole-speak in one go. | |
Rook |
Excellent spirit! Now, listen closely to how I pronounce them, and watch the way my mouth moves…
Chee chee! Jee jee chee! (Don’t be scared. I won’t do anything to you.) | |
Ace |
(…He didn’t move his lips at all. That sound came from his teeth and tongue, like he was making a tsk! sound.)
——Alright, I memorized it. “Chee chee! Jee jee chee!” (Don’t be scared. I won’t do anything to you.) How was that? Did I say it? | |
Rook |
Marvelous! That pronunciation was truly wonderful. You really are capable of learning in one go. | |
Ace |
I might forget it right after, so hurry and tell me what to say next! | |
Rook |
Oui, the next phrase is… | |
| Timeskip | ||
Ace |
Jee jeejee! Chee cheechee chee! (Come out. Everyone's worried.) | |
Hedgehog Hedgehog |
...Chee... cheechee. | |
| Rustling! | ||
Ace |
I-It worked! The hedgehogs are coming out of the hole! | |
Rook |
Oh, fantastic!
They could feel your passion in the words you spoke, Monsieur Heart! | |
Ace |
One, two, three... Good, they're all here.
Hah... Now I won't be losing my head... Um, Rook... right? Thanks a lot for your help! | |
Rook |
Of course. Roi des Roses truly does have a fine servant. | |
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| Heartslabyul Dorm | ||
Riddle |
It's already been two hours since the hedgehogs escaped... and we haven't found a single one. | |
Ace |
Dorm Leader~! Dorm Leader Riddle~! | |
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Riddle |
Ah...! | |
Ace |
The hedgehogs were there! I found them all! | |
Riddle |
Thank goodness...! You guys aren't hurt anywhere, are you!? | |
Ace |
They're all safe. Ow, ow, hey! Don't climb on my head! | |
Riddle |
Hehe, they seem to like you very much.
I'm so glad you found them... Thank you, Ace. | |
Ace |
...Hah. I wish he'd smile more like he's doing now instead of always being nagging and angry. | |
Riddle |
Hm? Did you say something? | |
Ace |
Oh, just that something like this is no problem if I'm doing it for you!
'Cause I ace everything! | |
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