Ryoma x Orochi C-S English Fates

C Support:

Orochi:
And...there. Everything in its
proper place.▼

Ryoma:
What is all this clutter, Orochi?▼

Orochi:
Lord Ryoma! No disrespect, milord,
but it's not clutter.▼

In fact, I've just finished organizing
all of my divination materials.▼

A woman in my profession has many
components to have close at hand.▼

Ryoma:
Indeed. I stand corrected.▼

And, pray tell, what is that?▼

Orochi:
That card in particular? One of many
that Kagero drew for me.▼

She drew all of my best fortune-telling
cards.▼

Ryoma:
Hmm. I recall hearing that somewhere.▼

I've never laid eyes on them though.
How...odd they are.▼

Eerie too. Ominous.▼

Orochi:
Avert your eyes, milord! It seems her
style irritates the royal eye!▼

Ryoma:
Hmpf. You jest, Orochi, but in truth I do
find these images of hers unsettling.▼

But I value Kagero, and I'm glad to know
she's had a good friend in you.▼

As her lord and master, I may not be the
friendliest of figures in her life.▼

Orochi:
You're too hard on yourself, milord.
You always have been.▼

Ryoma:
......▼

Orochi:
You see? You never let yourself relax.
Always a sentinel.▼

Both Kagero and even Lady Mikoto said
you never let down your guard.▼

That you're unfailing in your many
noble qualities.▼

Ryoma:
Is that so?▼

Orochi:
Still, I'd like to think milord allows
himself a laugh now and then.▼

Please tell me that you have at least
some funny mishap in your past!▼

Ryoma:
You think me dull.▼

Orochi:
No, never! Please, don't take it like
that. I hate to see you so grim.▼

But I do wonder—when's the last
time you smiled?▼

Ryoma:
I couldn't say.▼

Orochi:
Nor can I. Your face has been grim as
a gravestone for a long time now.▼

All these battles, this endless
fighting...▼

Well then, I have no choice.▼

Ryoma:
Orochi?▼

Orochi:
I'm going to MAKE you laugh. I'll chip
that stony exterior.▼

You can count on me, Lord Ryoma,
your most loyal servant.▼

Ryoma:
O-Orochi? Please, there's no need!▼

Oh, no.▼



B Support:

Ryoma:
......▼

Orochi:
May I have a word with you,
Lord Ryoma?▼

Ryoma:
I fear you'll take it, whether I
grant it or not.▼

Orochi:
Milord, you know Orochi too well.▼

I promised to make you laugh. How
about we try funny stories?▼

Ryoma:
I must admit—I have none.▼

Orochi:
Oooh, good thing I have lots that I've
been saving for a rainy day.▼

Ryoma:
It's not raining.▼

Orochi:
Just a figure of speech, milord.▼

Now, shall we start with tales about
Lady Mikoto?▼

Ryoma:
My mother?▼

Orochi:
Ah, yes. You may not know it, but Lady
Mikoto had her funny quirks.▼

Ha! She'd gobble sweets when
no one was looking.▼

I'd catch her with her cheeks stuffed so
much—she looked like a chipmunk.▼

Ryoma:
I didn't know that about Mother.▼

Orochi:
Want to hear one about Kagero?▼

Once, she went high into the mountains,
looking for paint pigments...▼

But then she saw a bear and thought it
was a spy bundled up for the cold.▼

Kagero tried to get a confession out of the
bear—and barely escaped with her life!▼

Ryoma:
Surely not the Kagero...I know?▼

Orochi:
Yes. She and your mother—I know things
that will keep me laughing forever.▼

Please don't hold such things against
Kagero now. That was years ago.▼

Ryoma:
Heh, chipmunk cheeks.▼

Orochi:
Oooh, what's that I see on YOUR
face, Lord Ryoma?▼

Ryoma:
A smirk is not a laugh.▼

Still, thank you.▼

Orochi:
Oh, milord. I've failed you.▼

But I'll take a little hope from
your smirk.▼

Maybe it's the crack in the dam.
I'll get you gushing yet!▼

Ryoma:
Heh, I doubt that.▼

Still, thank you. Your tales have
demonstrated my weak spot.▼

I must be more vigilant.▼

Orochi:
I didn't mean for you to get more serious,
milord. Next time, I will get that laugh!▼



A Support:

Ryoma:
Orochi, I'd like to hear more of your
stories.▼

Orochi:
You wish is my command, Lord Ryoma.
Could you specify which stories?▼

Ryoma:
You know, those little stories—of things
I failed to notice about people.▼

Orochi:
I meant to make you laugh, milord,
not feel guilt.▼

Oh, blast it! I guess that's just who
you are. I can't change that.▼

I suppose your duty weighs on you like
a millstone around your neck.▼

Ryoma:
I cannot let myself laugh. I mustn't
have my load lightened.▼

Orochi:
Honestly, I wouldn't change a thing
about you, milord.▼

But I feel like our chats have
relieved a little pressure.▼

So, I need to be happy that you're
a little less unhappy.▼

Ryoma:
What do you mean? I'm not unhappy.
Merely...serious.▼

Orochi:
Oh? You usually look like a
grumpy porcupine.▼

But you've softened a little.▼

Now you look like a lobster on a
bad-hair day.▼

Ryoma:
I see. Those were jokes, I take it?▼

Orochi:
Call them a last-ditch attempt to
make you laugh.▼

Ryoma:
Well, you'll have better luck with
your silly tales.▼

Thinking about Mother, with her
cheeks stuffed with sweets...▼

Orochi:
Ah, there's that smile!▼

Ryoma:
Thank you, Orochi. You've done well.▼

Orochi:
Pleased to serve, milord.▼

And glad to hear that all my snooping
around the royal palace paid off!▼

Ryoma:
Wha— Snooping?!▼

Orochi:
Oh, of course. I was always scampering
about, snooping on you royals.▼

What I've learned about Lady Hinoka and
Lord Takumi—their retainers, too...▼

Ha! I could write a book!▼

Ryoma:
I'd prefer you didn't. But I would like to
hear these tales.▼

It seems there's a whole side of my
life I've never known.▼

Orochi:
Then I will tell you everything I know.
And I swear, once I'm done?▼

You will laugh about life just like
your loyal Orochi!▼



S Support:

Ryoma:
May I have a moment, Orochi?▼

Orochi:
For you, Lord Ryoma, always.▼

Though it DOES seem like you want
lots of my moments lately!▼

Ryoma:
Hrm, yes. Perhaps.▼

Orochi:
I'm glad to be of service.▼

In times of war, Orochi likes to think
she could ease your troubles.▼

Would you like to hear more silly
tales about your family?▼

I will give you a hundred moments!
A hundred stories!▼

Ryoma:
Oh. I take it that I've become a
burden to you.▼

Orochi:
I'm sorry. You still haven't learned
when Orochi is being playful.▼

Ryoma:
I should stay on guard. Your comment
cut too close to the bone.▼

Orochi:
What bone, milord? Your funny
bone?▼

Ryoma:
No. I mean that I want all of your time.
Every moment, every hour.▼

Orochi:
I live to serve, Lord Ryoma. My whole
life is yours to command.▼

Ryoma:
I am not speaking as your lord, but as a
man, bending knee to love.▼

Orochi:
Bending knee—to me?!▼

Ryoma:
I've come to feel that I'm only half
the man I thought I was.▼

You're responsible.▼

Orochi:
I never meant for my tales to whittle
away at your royal highness.▼

Ryoma:
What I mean is that I'm a better, fuller
person when I'm with you.▼

I ask for your hand not as your master,
only as one seeking his better half.▼

Orochi:
I would have never dreamed...
never dared, milord...▼

But that's a lie. I've been feeling
exactly the same for a while.▼

Ryoma:
Ha! I knew it!▼

Orochi:
Ha? Did milord just regale me with
a laugh?▼

Then my job here is done.▼

Ryoma:
Done? Wait, Orochi. It just came out
the wrong way. It's only...▼

It's only that I prayed you might
feel the same.▼

Orochi:
Oh, I did—and I do. But Orochi is not a
woman to be conquered.▼

Courted, yes.▼

Now, you may ask again.
Bend knee, please.▼

Ryoma:
Oh, at once! Will you please marry me,
Orochi, my better half by far?▼

Orochi:
You silly goose. Get up already.
Of course it's yes.▼