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Ougonten / Chronicle of Dragon's Ascent Chapter 3

Characters: Mitsuru, Mika, Nagisa

Mitsuru: U~hm, at this moment, Mika-nii~chan... Yea~h, writing's pretty hard after all.

Mika: (Mitsuru-kun, it looks like yer concentratin' real hard. Like this, even if I move a lil' loudly, I won't be noticed.)

Mika: (An' even if I don't catch Mitsuru-kun, Ran-senpai will be lyin' in wait at the entrance of the library.)

Mitsuru: ...Is this one finished? All right, lemme reread it again!

Mika: (At any rate, I'm the one sneakin' up behind Mitsuru-kun this time. It's been the other way 'round 'till now, so this might be kinda interesting...)

Mika: (Or maybe it's more like I'm shakin' with nervous energy. I wonder if Mitsuru-kun has been feelin' the same way when followin' me around?)

Mika: (Tch, no good, no good! If I think about too much stuff, I'll mess up again.)

Mika: (This time, I'm here t' set things straight! Get ready, Mitsuru-kun. Today's the day all our runnin' after each other ends.)

Mika: Mitsuru-kun! Today, I'm gonna have a chat with ya fer sure—

Mitsuru: Yippee~! I'm finally done~♪

Mika: —Gwah?!

Mitsuru: Huh? Mika-nii~chan, what're ya doing here?

Mika: Owie... Ya standin' up so suddenly scared me an' I fell right onto my back.

Mitsuru: Sorry, Mika-nii~chan. It would've been really bad if you got hurt.

Mika: I'm completely fine, so please don't worry 'bout it. I was the one tryna sneak around in the first place...

Mika: Nnah~! That's right, I was hidin' in secret so that ya wouldn't get away, Mitsuru-kun!

Mitsuru: ? Mika-nii~chan, do you wanna play hide-and-seek?

Mitsuru: Ah, if that's the case, then I have more to write! I gotta hurry and add it!

Mika: ...Huh? Whaddya mean by addin' more? Or actually, why aren't ya runnin' away?

Mitsuru: Huh? Why would I wanna run away from you, Mika-nii~chan?

Mitsuru: Oh, 'cause of hide-and-seek? In that case, I want you to count down!

Mika: No, that's not it... Huh?

Nagisa: ...Apparently, it seems that there was no need to take such measures from the start.

Mitsuru: Oh, Nagisa-senpai! Hey there!

Nagisa: ...Hello. I'm relieved to see that you're as lively as always, Tenma-kun.

Mitsuru: Yeah! I'm full of energy today too! Since I finished my book report assignment, I feel really great now. ♪

Nagisa: ...So that's why you were in the library. Mika-kun mentioned that it's unusual for you to be here.

Mika: Y-yeah. Ya don't seem like the type t' ever stay still. Anyway, that ain't important right now!

Mika: Mitsuru-kun, ain'tcha gonna run away from me again today? Oh, an' I'm not sayin' that 'cause I wanna play hide-and-seek.

Mitsuru: Hm~m... But if that's the case, then there's no reason for me to run away from you? Since I already finished writing the book report~?

Mika: Book report? Does that have somethin' t' do with me?

Mitsuru: Yep. I've been watching you and wrote down my thoughts and observations!

Mika: ...Uhm hu~h? Nn-huhh?

Mika: 'S no use, I don't get it. Whaddya mean by that?

Nagisa: ...I wonder why Tenma-kun wrote about Mika-kun in his book report. I think you normally write about your thoughts on books you've read.

Mitsuru: At first, I thought about doing that. But no matter what I read, it made me sleepy...

Mitsuru: So I looked online to see if there were any books with idols that I could read, and there was a short story with Mika-nii~chan as the main character!

Mika: Huh~, fer real? A story where I'm the main character...

Mika: Nnah? A... story? Where I'm the main character?

Mika: ...

Mika: Uh, yer jokin', right? There's no way a story like that exists in this world.

Mitsuru: No, there really is. If you look it up online, you'll find it!

Nagisa: ...If that story really does exist, why were you investigating the real Mika-kun?

Mitsuru: Ehehe... To be honest, I couldn't really read that story either. I only read the first part but still ended up being sleepy!

Mitsuru: That's why I investigated what Mika-nii~chan does on a daily basis and wrote my book report based on that!

Mitsuru: After all, isn't it a story with Mika-nii~chan as the main character? If that's the case, if I write about Mika-nii~chan, then the book report will definitely be good!

Nagisa: ...I see. If written originally with rigorous research, Tenma-kun's report may certainly become a nonfiction story about Mika-kun.

Mika: Can ya hold on a moment? I really can't catch up t' where y'all're at right now...

Nagisa: ...By the way, what kind of story is the one featuring Mika-kun?

Mitsuru: Lemme see, if I remember correctly, Mika-nii~chan becomes a god and saves the world... or was it a subjugation? It might've been destruction.

Mitsuru: I dunno the rest since I only read the beginning, but it was about that kinda thing!

Mika: Now 's super unbelievable! Me as a god... How the heck does that kinda thing even happen?

Mika: Oh, maybe ya misheard the word "paper"? Or it coulda been "hair"... [1]

Mitsuru: Nope! I can say for sure that you were a very important god! You were a god like in my and Nagisa-senpai's "God Team!"

Nagisa: ...I see. I never expected Mika-kun becoming a god. I would also like to read that story.

Mika: Y'all're way too invested in this! Nnah~, what the hell's really goin' on?!

  1. "God" (神), "paper" (紙), and "hair" (髪) all share the same reading, kami (かみ).