Scary Monsters! ~Endless Halloween Night~/Story/Episode 2-4

This story has been fan-translated by okaykei.

This translation was based off the scripts from the Japanese version of the game.
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Episode 2-4: He Even Does it During Club

The Other Dimension - Sleepless Castle
Ghost Ghost	Eeeek! What violent fellows you are!
Sebek Sebek	Hmph, he was just all talk.
Trey Trey	That was incredible, Sebek. You handled yourself really well during that fight.
Sebek Sebek	Incredible? …Heh heh, I see now. For a human, you have quite the eye. Thy magic may not be to the caliber of Lord Malleus or Master Lilia, but I will grant you that it was precise. Of course, I would expect nothing less from a third year.
Trey Trey	Th-Thy? You kinda talk like Rook, don't you? Oh, in saying that. Rook, about what you were saying before… You said you had some idea of where we are, right? Just where exactly were we transported to?
Rook Rook	Ah, about that… Ahh, ahhhhh… Ahem! ♪ A foggy castle~ Illuminated by the light of the moon~
Sebek & Trey Sebek & Trey	HUH?!
Trey Trey	H-He just started singing, and so seriously, too…
Sebek Sebek	What creepy human suddenly bursts into song by themselves?
Trey Trey	It's actually not that unusual for Rook to suddenly start singing like this. He even does it during club sometimes.
Sebek Sebek	What an outlandish human…
Trey Trey	But I don't think he's so ignorant of his surroundings that he'd suddenly start singing in a place that you'd struggle to really call safe… Rook? Hey, what's wrong with you?
Rook Rook	♪ We cannot reach~ That drawbridge~ ♪ That phantom I saw~ In the break of my dreams~
Sebek Sebek	…OH!
Rook Rook	♪ A beautiful chateau~
Sebek Sebek	♪ A mysterious shadow~
Rook Rook	♪ A falling chapeau~
Sebek & Rook Sebek & Rook	♪ Yea, the land in which we stand is none other than the Realm of Darkness~
Trey Trey	S-Sebek?! Even you're suddenly singing now?! Are you okay? Did the ghost hit your head during that battle?
Rook Rook	Oh my, so you know of this, too, Sebek. To think there was another viewer of opera here!
Trey Trey	What? Opera?
Sebek Sebek	I do indeed. It is the opera, "A Joyous Night with the Moon," correct? I believe this song was called, "The Realm of Darkness."
Trey Trey	Um, I'll admit I'm not exactly up-to-date when it comes to the performing arts. Is this a famous play or something?
Rook Rook	Quite the contrary, actually. Unlike the major operas that have multiple performances, this is one known only by very few. Monsieur Crocodile, I'm surprised you knew of it!
Sebek Sebek	I remember seeing it at the theater once when I went to visit my father's hometown with my family when I was young. I only saw it that once, though, and barely remember the contents of it. The only reason I remember this song despite that…is because I felt fear upon hearing it.
Trey Trey	Fear…?
Rook Rook	A Joyous Night with the Moon is a story in which a living person who has stumbled into the world of ghosts must find their way home. It may have been a little too frightening for a child. However…the real highlight of this opera is its realism! Ghosts are mysterious beings, shrouded in a veil of intrigue… Yet the writer managed to interview 999 ghosts, and wrote 999 books about those ghosts. Novels, dramas, poems… The forms of expression are countless, but each and every one of them get close to the reality of ghosts!
Trey Trey	999 of them? They were…definitely quite the prolific writer.
Rook Rook	Indeed. And then upon going to a certain mansion for another interview for his commemorative 1000th work…he never returned home again.
Sebek & Trey Sebek & Trey	gulp
Rook Rook	A Joyous Night with the Moon is his 13th work! It really has the energy of his early works.
Sebek Sebek	You're awfully knowledgeable about theater.
Rook Rook	I'm not an expert, really, but I do rather enjoy going to the theater to watch a play or two. The protagonist of A Joyous Night with the Moon presents the Land of Ghosts like this… The large moon stole my attention so much that I could sense only moonlight and darkness. In a world devoid of color, I caught sight of a large castle resting in the middle of the thick fog. Around that castle were countless bats flapping away. But not a single sound of their motion reached my ears. Even after losing their lives, the only fate that awaited them was to continue their futile wandering. In this land of ghosts…
Trey Trey	A full moon and a large castle…?
Sebek Sebek	A thick fog, and bats flying around without making a single sound. …Now that you mention it, this is very similar to the sight I saw on the stage that day.
Trey Trey	In other words…this is the Land of Ghosts?!
Rook Rook	Were I to hazard a guess, that is the case, yes.
Sebek Sebek	Hmph… Whether the land of the living or the land of the dead, my mission will not change. I must save Lord Malleus. That is all! It is for that reason that I must search for the necessary clues and… Hm? There's something lying on the cobbles.

Trey Trey	You're right. This is a piece of a mirror and…

Trey Trey	…a piece of paper?
Rook Rook	No, this is…the same invitation that was at Ramshackle Dorm!
Sebek Sebek	WHAAAAT?! "I await your arrival at the venue. Students of Night Raven College, let us enjoy this Halloween party together." …That accursed invitation?!
Trey Trey	Wow, you remembered that word for word.
Sebek Sebek	My stomach was boiling with such rage that I couldn't forget it even if I wanted to!
Rook Rook	…No, what's written on ours appears to be slightly different. Do take a look.
Let us enjoy this Halloween party together. To that end, we ask that each guest bring a "mirror shard" on their person.
Trey Trey	A mirror shard… Does it mean the one that was together with the invitation? So they've gone from saying there's a dress code, to telling us to bring a small piece of junk like this? …It's a bit of a strange requirement.
Rook Rook	Hehehe… Hehe, ah-hah-hah! Wonderful! Truly fascinating! These bewitching, glittering parts of the puzzle… Such imperfection is so charming. This is starting to get interesting.