Otousan = father.
(Takuto calls his biological father "papa", while his father-in-law is Otousan.)
Sensei = teacher
~Day 17 - Magic of the Crimson Rose~
Candles video - Night to Day
Takuto makes scratch seventeen.
Takuto's bedroom - day
'I almost cried upon awaking in the morning. It was a day of that graduation and I wanted to return. I was happy at that time.'
Sunset
'In addition, I who had received 'Ceremony' a third time was not accepting the light in daytime. The light that shone in from the space of the curtain was painful, hateful, and I was hiding in bed until the evening came. '
'I, who had been walking in the garden to take my mind of things, met Alice again.'
Takuto runs into Alice
Takuto: "Gathering materials again?"
'Last night's dream is still in my mind. An important nostalgic time. Time I want to return to. '
Takuto: "Do only you drink? Or, does Veronica and Haishima also drink?"
Alice: "I originally made it for Kou."
'Alice wanted to say something. However, her eyes turned down once again and began to pick the leaves. '
Takuto: "Is that sake for the past dreams?"
Alice: "No, it's different. It's not a past dream. In dreams, it's possible to go to the past,"
Takuto: "Eh?"
Alice: "It's all real, though I don't know what dream you had.."
Takuto: "Like a movie?"
Alice: "Time curves. Therefore, I'm able to spin the past in a dream. It's only shown to others."
Takuto: "Does it work for you?"
Alice: "No, it doesn't. I am different from Kou, like I said earlier. You live on blood while I absorbed man's 'Life' to exist."
Alice: "However, I don't kill. I enter the dream, and take a little. I see the flame of the person's life. The life time of the person is seen. Therefore, I spin the dream. They want to return to the time when that person was. As for the person, everyone has confined a beautiful desire in the bottom of one's hearts. Everyone has a time that they want to return to. The more sweet and beautiful the past is compared to how painful right now is, the more one looks back. "
'A girl who feeds on dream. To me, who wants to run away from reality, it sounds sweet.'
Takuto: "[You can show the dream of hope?]"
Alice: "It is possible to do so. "
The sun sets
Alice at night
Takuto: "There is a dream I've wanted to see. Will you show me the dream from that time?"
Alice: "You'll be entrusting your mind to me."
Takuto: "Entrusting it?"
Alice: "Takuto wants me to show a 'Time not remembered'."
'I nodded greatly to her question.'
Alice: "It is quite different from the dreams you've had up until now. The dreams that you had with that sake are all things that you remember. Happy times that you permitted to be remembered. Man is very dexterity. Good memories are neatly memorized, and a painful memory is confined and shut out. I do not want to think it's a painful one."
Alice: "[For Takuto to hope is to see the wound.]"
'How on earth Alice understands me is not understood. '
Alice: I'll enter your mind when you start to sleep. The past time is taken by scooping it and I'll show it to you. You're entire being must be divulged in me."
'Alice tried to say so and turned her face away.'
Takuto: "I don't care."
Alice: "Eh?"
Takuto: "Such a thing doesn't matter anymore. I want to confirm it by all means with these eyes."
Alice: "You want to confirm it. The past?"
'I nod to Alice's words.'
Alice: "It may not be happy. Will you regret it?"
'I sucked in my breath at Alice's words momentarily.'
Alice: "What? Did I say something strange?"
Takuto: "No. Haishima had said the same thing "
Alice: "...Kou?"
'Alice adores Haishima. Is it possible to fall in love with Haishima and I just did not learn, though I don't ask.'
Alice: "Really...that's good. Do you have a grudge against me?"
Takuto: "I never have."
Alice: "Understood."
Takuto: "Thank you."
'As I say so, I wave to Alice.'
Alice: "Takuto! Wait."
Takuto: "What?"
'It was the voice of Alice that reached my ear when I had started to walk.'
Alice: "Why do you want to confirm it? Why do you want to know the truth?"
Takuto: "The purpose is for conclusion."
Alice: "Conclusion? With whom?"
Takuto: "...myself."
'The real intention was concealed for a long time because I didn't want to lose Ryouta. And, the wound that was to have healed was made to fester here. Therefore, I should confirm it. It is necessary to know everything. To make it end.'
'Therefore, Haishima who says such words in reality might also have the same painfulness but it's not possible to know. Though it might be a sad thing, that person hurt people important to me ----.'
'Alice smiles. Tears welled up in her small eyes. However, I pretended not to notice it.'
*knocking*
Alice: "Takuto, it is I."
Alice comes to Takuto's bedroom
'Alice showed up at exactly midnight. She has the bouquet of bright red roses in her hands.'
Alice: "Takuto. It is important that you hear it one more time."
'Alice's voice was sincere. I nod deeply.'
Alice: "I understand, and if Takuto has steeled oneself, I wont' say anything any longer. However, one thing is to be remembered. Takuto cannot intervene that 'Time'. It is possible only to see."
Takuto: "I understand."
Takuto lies down on the bed.
Alice: "Shut your eyes, breathe slowly, and sleep. What does Takuto want to confirm?"
Takuto: "That night on Christmas Eve when otousan died of a heart attack."
Alice: "Understood."
'When the words ended, Alice's small hand touched my eyelids. I fell as if I was in a pool of sleep.'
*white dream tunnel*
Young Takuto's living room
*doorbell rings*
Takuto: "Ah...he's come back."
''I' look up as if frightened. That was the usual appearance 'I' had in those days. When that person came back every day, the sound of the door was scary and unpleasant. 'I' stand up facing the door. '
Takuto: "...welcome home."
Father-in-law: "Ah, just now. Were you a good child?"
Takuto: "Hai."
Father-in-law: "I went to Susan's shop but they were already out of cake and pudding. You probably don't need it."
Takuto: "Yes, I don't need it."
Father-in-law: "Now sit down at the table for the meal."
Takuto: "Umm...otousan..."
Father-in-law: "What is it?"
Takuto: "I have...a question."
Father-in-law: "I see."
Takuto: "I want to go to school."
Father-in-law: "What?"
Takuto's father-in-law says it's useless to study at a school. He'll teach him.
Takuto: "But..."
Father-in-law: "It is possible to study even without going to school... You need not leave this house. You don't know the world on the outside."
Takuto: "But, I want to go!"
Takuto: "As for the school, it's a pleasant place that sensei teaches at."
Father-in-law: "Teacher? What teacher?"
*heartbeat/red*
'I should have not said such a thing to that person. Is this the time for which I really hoped for? Has Alice made a mistake?'
Takuto: "It's the teacher that came to Sunday school. They only came to town this autumn to replace the one who became ill."
Father-in-law: "Well, so you inquired about such a thing?"
It turns out that Takuto's father-in-law has met the teacher before.
Takuto: "A person whom father also knows? Then, it's okay? They seem to be a very gentle person."
Father-in-law: "..."
*chair being pushed back*
Takuto: "...Otousan?"
Father-in-law: "Takuto, it is useless."
'That person who stood up approaches 'me'. 'I' don't know. This is different. As for 'I', it doesn't know such a spectacle. This is not me ----. '
Takuto's father-in-law
Takuto: "Otousan...!?"
Father-in-law: "Takuto who makes a good child."
'That person suppresses me.'
*heartbeat*
'As for 'me', my face seemed to cry.'
Takuto: "St....otousan! Stop!"
Father-in-law: "Why do you dislike it? Though Takuto likes otousan so much." "
Takuto: "Ah..."
Father-in-law: "Is god angry for not making you a good child?"
Takuto: "Because...."
''My' trousers are lowered and 'my' leg is gripped strongly and opened.'
Takuto: "Otousan!!??"
Takuto: "N-...no! Stop it, otousan!"
*heartbeat*
'Many times. The bright red spectacle that I've seen since being confined in this pavilion is seen.'
Father-in-law: "It is not scary at all."
Takuto: "No, no, no!!! Let me go, otousan!"
Father-in-law: "Takuto belongs to otousan, and therefore, a favorite of otousan's."
Takuto: "!?"
Father-in-law: "It's alright, Takuto."
Takuto: "N-..., no..."
Young Takuto goes for the knife on the table.
'I was desperate and tried to reach the knife on the table.'
'Stop it! When you grip the knife!--I wanted to shout. That person tried to drag my trousers lower.'
Takuto: "N-...n-...no!"
Takuto: "NOOooooo!!!"
*red flash*
*SLICE*
Takuto: "Uwaaaa!!!"
Takuto: *panting*
'I did not speak. '
Alice: "Takuto..."
'Alice anxiously looks at me. I felt saying it was a 'Reality' now because I knew.'
Takuto: *sobbing*
'Tears overflowed. It goes along in my cheek and I fall on my knees.'
Takuto: "W...why...?"
'I said that I would not regret.'
Takuto: "Why, why...like this..."
Alice: "Takuto, Kou...."
'I descend mightily from the bed, and begin to run straight toward the door. '
Alice: "Takuto----!?"
'Alice's voice was behind me. There was only abhorrence towards Haishima. '
(hallway - night)
*running*
Takuto: "Where ...?"
'I ran through the hallways as if having gone mad. Only today. I thought that I absolutely had to find Haishima.'
The dark dining room
'He's not here.'
The living room is empty
'It's useless. He's not here either.'
'Why. Why!?'
'The same word is repeated in my head. Tears seemed to overflow while running.'
Pavilion entrance
'I who had run around the pavilion had reached the entrance at last. I mightily push the doors open.'
Night sky
Takuto: (Eh?)
'I was surprised at dazzling moonlight the moment I went out. I saw it differently tonight though I had walked in the garden many times at night. The petals of the bright red roses in full bloom were like velvet, and the thorn which covered the stalk was sharp. And, the moonlight that poured down on my skin was thought to be reborn every time it was bathed in the cold and beautiful light.'
'The dark. The night. It was the first time I felt it so much. Was this because I had received the 'Ceremony' a third time?'
Kou in the summer house
Takuto: "Haishima-san!"
'He was there. As usual, with a calm and cold smile.'
Kou: "What is it?"
'His expression doesn't change at all even when I'm seen. '
Kou: "Your sorrowful shout echoed through the pavilion."
Takuto: "Why? ...WHY? Why did you erase my memory at that time?"
'Shouting, I collapsed in place. The truth of that night which I had kept running away from for a long time.'
Kou: "The purpose is for this moment. "
Takuto: "Eh?"
Kou: "You, who was young, said to me that you would trust in God."
'Haishima's face approaches. He grips my jaw and the words are poured gently into my ear like whispering love.'
"Papa and mama were killed by a monster. Therefore I pray everyday, that the monster's' punishment comes quickly."
Takuto: *gasping*
Kou: "In reality, even you might already have noticed. It was I that killed your parents."
Takuto: "---!!??"
'I began to tremble again. It was not possible to breathe.'
Kou: "Takuto. The day I provoked you while you were scattering water on the flowers in the garden. It is said that vampires cannot walk under the sun, but there is an exception to that, too. If the person has strong powers like me, it is possible to briefly walk outside at noon. I was running a risk. I searched for a long time. You were purer than anyone."
Takuto: "W-...why?"
Kou: "The purpose was to make you dirty and drag you into the world of the dark."
Takuto: "!?"
Kou: "The god is loved...and god exists,... that pure mind without the belief of defilement. The noble mind I broke into pieces, and is regenerated back into pieces lewder than anyone."
'Haishima laughs pleasantly. He laughs arrogantly while looking down at me with distain.'
Kou: "I hate god. To our regret, there is no god in this world. Therefore, I thought, let's make a pure soul loved by god degenerate into the dark by my hands."
Takuto: "...such a thing..."
Kou: "And, I met you. Accompanied by your grandmother delightfully going out to worship. You were innocently humming a hymn. I had approached you on that day because of that."
Takuto (angry): "Liar!! It's a lie, such a lie. That person was gentle. The names of the roses were told to me, and my head was patted."
'That gentle person. The person who talked with me. Therefore---.'
Kou: "This is wonderful. Do you still try to cling to it even after I've betrayed you this much?"
Takuto: "Un!?"
*evil chuckle*
'Haishima stands up. And, ridicules me again still gripping my jaw.'
Kou: "This existence is exactly what I hoped for."
'A cold finger digs into to my jaw. However, I did not have the power to shake it off.'
Kou explains that he had the intention of killing everyone that Takuto is related to.
Takuto: "Eh?"
Kou: "Chiharu. Cacaco. The girl of your junior also had to leave because she had heard your name."
Takuto (shocked): "!?"
Takuto: "Ha...it's...a lie."
Kou: "Is it necessary to lie?"
Takuto: "A lie....a lie!"
Kou: "That dying white rose is you."
Takuto: "Eh?"
'Haishima's hand parts and he draws a rose off the side of the summer house. The roses that he touches scatters and falls. The crimson rose beautifully in blossom dies in Haishima's hand, and it crumbles.'
Kou: "You see. The flower withers without fail and rots away in my hand. You also face the same fate here."
'As he says so, Haishima crushes the petal of the dying rose that remained in his hand. Black splinters spill on the floor of the summer house. '
Takuto: "You...really...all"
'My cheek is caught by his fingers.'
Kou: "It is true and when all the memories are regained, you abhor god more than anyone. It was all for your doing."
'His lips touched only momentarily. It is colder than ice.'
Kou: "Takuto who loves. You are dearer than anyone in this world. You cannot run away any longer. Let's go to the dark with me."
'Haishima brings his lips close again.'
Takuto (angry): "Le...let Go!"
'I desperately shook off Haishima's hand. The power of despair is what moved me today.'
Takuto: "Still...still, I won't allow you."
'Despair that is unlimited and near self-torment.'
Takuto: "You hurt my important existence. My acquaintances were deprived of life."
Kou: "What will you do? The weak are always oppressed by a strong person."
Takuto (mad): "Be quiet! ....I killed that person. I certainly hated that person. I had the dream of killing him. If the compensation is to be hurt by you, I'll receive it. I am already trivial. Still, only Ryouta will absolutely help me. Such a place doesn't suit him. Under the sun is what suits him."
'I do not have the right to seek help any longer. This hand is dirty with blood, dyed to the crime, and there is no way of redemption. Ryouta is different. My only hope. Yearned light.'
Takuto: "Are you already satisfied? I cannot run away from you any longer. Therefore, Ryouta is already unnecessary. Let only him go outside. Keep your promise. Or, did you not plan on keeping it from the beginning?"
Kou: "It is as you say."
*Slap*
'My hand reflexively slapped Haishima's cheek at the next moment.'
Takuto: "Ah...."
'Haishima was laughing. Pleasantly.'
Kou: "This conversation is over. It's not necessary to speak with you any longer. Go back to your room."
(black screen)
'I turn my back to Haishima, scolding myself against my thoughtless behavior. The stairs of the summer house were descended and I headed back to the pavilion.'
Alice appears
Alice: "Was it good to be that honest?"
Kou: "Ah."
Alice: "You made his memories imperfect, but there are still pieces which haven't been seen. As for deceiving him..."
Kou: "Because I am an unfair man. "
Alice: "All men are unfair, weak, and crybabies."
Kou: "However, I already want only to finish it."
Alice: "..."
Alice: "Is your plan going well or is it failing?"
Kou: "It's going well. It has actually advanced here quite well. Only the end is left."
Alice (angry): "Unfair person!"
Note: I left it out of the translation, but Alice uses a red rose to start the dream sequence in this chapter, hence the title of the day.