Date a Live:This is not the date I wanted! Chapter 267 267: Afterword:Letter visiting from the fraxius

Yutsuki: "Ryougi Yutsuki!"

Shido: "Itsuka Shido!"

Yutsuki & Shido: "Welco to—Letters from the Fraxinus~"

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Yutsuki: "...What is this? Manzai from District 11 (Japan) or Crosstalk from China?"

Shido: "Uh... let's not nitpick the small details. This is the Letters from the Fraxinus interview segnt, where the author borrows an idea from a fellow writer to reply to readers's comnts about the novel (Episode 2)."

Yutsuki: "I can't believe this plagiarized afterword that no one will read actually has a second episode. By the way, with such a boring opening, has the author of this novel lost sight of sothing?"

Shido: "Now, now. Don't be so harsh. Unlike the author's comntary in the previous Origami Salvation volu, in this volu, Yutsuki and I will be responsible for explaining everyone's comnts and keywords."

Yutsuki: "Ah~ I have zero motivation. Say, Shido, can I just go back? I haven't finished watching the recordings of the new ani season yet."

Shido: "Take this a little seriously, Yutsuki—Anyway, let's look at the first keyword."

— A Confession,So Sweet —

Yutsuki: "Explanation complete. Alright, next keyword—"

Shido: "Wait, wait, wait! What do you an 'explanation complete'? We haven't said anything yet!"

Yutsuki: "This is an explanation only smart people can see. (Serious)"

Shido: "What an imperial level explanation—Yeah right! Don't try to gloss over it."

Yutsuki: "Tch."

Shido: "You just clicked your tongue, didn't you."

Yutsuki: "Fine, it can't be helped. Let's get back to the topic. What was it—confession, dog food (PDA/romance), right? This is referring to that chapter, where I made a confession and a fake kiss to conquer Shido."

Shido: "Indeed. No matter how you look at it, that chapter was so sweet it was cloying. Honestly, the Yutsuki back then was too cute! A direct kiss right after a confession, that overflowing maiden's heart is a foul."

Yutsuki: "But the kiss was fake."

Shido: "Don't say it! Don't say it! Let stay imrsed in this sweet dream! Ugh—Damn it, looking at the atmosphere back then, it should have been a direct kiss!"

Yutsuki: "No, that's against the rules. Didn't you say it yourself, Shido? The magic must be broken at midnight."

Shido: "I did say that... but..."

Yutsuki: "Or is it that Shido wanted to kiss him directly right then?"

Shido: "...Mhm. Is-Is that not okay?"

Yutsuki: "Well... it's not that it's not okay. But according to that author guy, if I really kissed you then, Tohka would have suddenly popped out and yelled, 'Even though you already have , you kissed another woman.' And then she'd grab Sandalphon, chop off your head, and welco a 'Nice Boat' ending."(TL note:refer to that one 'School Days' , what a show)

Shido: "Th-That's a joke, right. Tohka would never say sothing like that."

Yutsuki: "Mhm. It's a joke."

Shido: "Phew..."

Yutsuki: "The author's true intention was for everyone to fight over you out of dissatisfaction, dismber you, and finally, everyone gets a 'Nice Boat' ending carrying a different part of your body."

Shido: "Thank you for sparing my life,Yutsuki-sama!"

Yutsuki: "Well, those are trivial matters. But indeed, purely from the perspective of handing out dog food, the content of that chapter was truly outstanding."

Shido: "After all, even the author was proudly broadcasting after writing it: 'Now I don't have to worry about people saying it's not as sweet as Tsukiha hahahahahahahahahaha'!"

(TL:this fanfic was also ntion in letter from fraxius 1, I just check that out yesterday, it's another genben date a live fanfic and first few chapter is really good, might translate it after this novel because both novel are really really f**ing long, this one has around 700 and Tsukiha one is close to a 1000)

Yutsuki: "With such a disappointing guy writing our story, I think this book is nearing its end."

Shido: "Don't state such unlucky facts. Now, the next keyword—"

— Beat the Whiteologists to Death —

Shido: "...Hmm, I don't quite understand the aning of this keyword? Whiteologists, is that so kind of professional scholar? Right, Yutsuki?"(TL:don't know what this shit is either)

Yutsuki: "Ah... my stomach hurts."

Shido: "Yutsuki, are you okay? You look terrible."

Yutsuki: "I'm fine... Yeah right. Just recalling the conversation with Tohka makes my stomach faintly twitch and churn."

Shido: "The conversation with Tohka. Co to think of it, after your date with , there was a scene where you and Tohka had a heart to heart talk. Did sothing happen?"

Yutsuki: "Ah... I honestly don't want to bring it up again. Just like the previous keyword said, right when I was confessing to you, Tohka happened to be outside watching."

Shido: "Ah... that's really terrible..."

Yutsuki: "I really can't complint our author's sick sense of humor. Honestly, when I heard Tohka say, 'Why did it turn out like this?', I felt like I was almost crushed by guilt and pressure."

Shido: "But, in the end, didn't Tohka accept your explanation?"

Yutsuki: "Mhm. At that ti, I genuinely felt from the bottom of my heart that it was a blessing Tohka is such a pure, innocent, and kind girl. Also, I was thankful I didn't actually kiss you. Otherwise, given the author's sick sense of humor, Tohka might have suddenly slapped you in front of everyone during your date, and tearfully asked, 'Why are you so skilled at this?' or sothing like that. If that happened..."

Shido: "Ah... my stomach is starting to hurt too."

Yutsuki: "Thinking about it now, this volu had an ominous vibe faintly radiating from the very beginning."

Shido: "You an the tagline, 'Is it the season of White Album again?'."

Yutsuki: "That part was definitely planned by the author from the start. Although there is a plot point in the original work where Tohka falls into distress after finding out kissing is the sealing thod, it absolutely didn't reach that level."

Shido: "As expected, we should beat them to death."

Yutsuki: "Exactly. Whiteologists must be beaten to death."

— Drown in Your Ideal, Itsuka Shido! —

Yutsuki: "Just drown in your ideal like this, Shido!"

Shido: "Is it necessary to say it again!?"

Yutsuki: "Hmph, only this part is entirely Shido's fault. Even though you kept chasing after relentlessly to confirm my feelings before, you ended up losing your mory and forgetting everything after I told you the truth. You deserve to be beaten to death by the readers."

Shido: "Wait, wait a minute! Although I do feel very sorry that I'm the one who forgot your confession in the main story. But there's no need to go that far, right? That was an unavoidable accident. Besides, didn't you also answer, 'You are my most important family' back then, Yutsuki?"

Yutsuki: "Idiot Shido. That's not the point. The point is that my ma~iden heart was played with. Like this: put yourself in my shoes, and tell the answer I gave you back then."

Shido: "Wh-Why?"

Yutsuki: "Stop being so fussy and hurry up."

Shido: "I-I know! I'll do it, okay?! Um... Yutsuki... I love... you."

Yutsuki: "Thank you, you are my most important family~"

Shido: "—Pfft! Ah... that's really harsh..."

Yutsuki: "You understand now, right? Your words back then were basically equivalent to accepting your confession, only to be instantly backhanded with a 'family card' and dumped. Do you think I'd be angry or not?"

Shido: "I have no words to refute that."

Yutsuki: "So, is there anything you want to say to right now?"

Shido: "...I am very sorry."

Yutsuki: "OK, then you're forgiven. Let's end this topic and skip to the next keyword."

—Yutsuki's Narrow Escape from Death —

Yutsuki: "This refers to the plotline in the final chapter written by the author, where I have a conversation with Reine."

Shido: "I didn't expect Reine to actually be Phantom. That was a truly unexpected developnt."

Yutsuki: "It's just that the you in the main story doesn't know yet. Also, the readers have known Reine's true identity for a long ti."

Shido: "Well, that can't be helped. By the way, considering there are readers who haven't read volu 18 of the original work, we won't explain the keywords 'Mio', 'Shin', and 'Ein—' ntioned in the text here."

Yutsuki: "Readers who want to know should go read the original work."

Shido: "Alright. Back to the main topic. Yutsuki, honestly, I think your actions this ti were a bit reckless. The opponent was Phantom. To go alone behind our backs to uncover Reine's true identity... it was too risky."

Yutsuki: "Well, let apologize to you for that first. However, confirming Reine's true identity was necessary. If I maintained an ambiguous, suspicious attitude, it would highly likely ruin my relationship with Reine in the future. It would be fine if my guess was wrong, but if it wasn't, then it was even more necessary to confirm Reine's attitude and stance."

Shido: "Didn't you think that after exposing her identity, Reine would kill you to silence you?"

Yutsuki: "Well~ Reine being Phantom or whatever—I never actually said that from beginning to end in the main story, you know."

Shido: "I swear, you..."

Yutsuki: "Moreover, just as the readers guessed in the comnt section, at the end of that chapter, I deliberately turned my back to Reine to expose an opening. Shido's phone call too—on the surface it looked like I received a call from Shido, but in reality, I asked Marina and the others to connect my phone and Shido's."

Shido: "I thought it was strange. You clearly called , but you spoke as if you were answering my call. Was that a deliberate warning to Reine?"

Yutsuki: "Exactly. 'If you kill , your identity will also be discovered by Shido and the others'—that was the hidden ssage I passed to Reine, along with the previous hint of 'I don't want to flip the table with you yet'. As long as Reine is a smart person, after weighing the pros and cons, she definitely wouldn't attack."

Shido: "What if Reine didn't understand the underlying hint and attacked directly at that ti?"

Yutsuki: "I would have spoken plainly. If that didn't work, I'd just run away. If I really couldn't escape and got killed, I also had the confidence to make Reine regret killing afterward."

Shido: "Yutsuki... I'm so glad you're not an enemy."

Yutsuki: "I'll take that as a complint."

—Original Author's Notes —

Shido: "Next, as requested by the author, so additional explanations regarding the content of this text."

Yutsuki: "Accurately speaking, it's about keywords the author thought would appear in the comnt section but didn't. That chuunibyou, resentful expression staring at the computer screen has already surfaced in my mind. Hehe—"

Shido: "Yutsuki, let's give the author so face here and not tear them down completely."

— Added many scenes for other characters —

Shido: "According to the author, this was in response to a reader who hoped to increase the interactive plots between Yutsuki and characters other than ."

Yutsuki: "Actually, this volu, 'Shido Burst', wasn't planned to reach around thirty chapters. The process of Shido going berserk, Shido's dates with the other Spirits, and everyone working together to suppress the berserk Shido—these plots were originally intended to be compressed and summarized."

Shido: "Since plagiarizing the original text isn't the author's hobby either. So after pondering for a while, they decided to rewrite the original plot in their own style. If readers who have compared it to the original work notice, apart from so dialogue similar to the original, the rest of this volu is basically different."

Yutsuki: "Judging from the results, it's quite satisfactory. Fleshing out other characters while also strengthening the portrayal of the protagonist—that's what this ans, right."

—Tohka —

Shido: "If we're talking about the most obvious one... it's definitely Tohka."

Yutsuki: "Yeah. Actually, although this volu is titled 'Itsuka Disaster' in the original work, the content focuses heavily on describing the Spirits working hard to save Shido. Among them, Tohka's psychological changes are the most obvious."

Shido: "Well, it's true that keeping the fact that kissing is required for sealing a secret from Tohka was my fault. Even if Tohka is dissatisfied with after finding out, I can only honestly accept it."

Yutsuki: "But in the end, she still chose to forgive you and face her own feelings. I have to say, why would a pure and kind girl like Tohka, and everyone else, fall in love with soone like you, Shido?"

Shido: "Even if you ask that, Yutsuki..."

Yutsuki: "Forget it. I didn't expect you to give a proper answer anyway. Next."

—Ryougi Yutsuki is the Spirit who loves Shido the most (bar none)! —

Yutsuki (blushing): "Author! Where are you, author, get out here right now! Mmp, I'm going to beat you so hard your own grandmother won't recognize you!"

Shido: "Calm down! Calm down, Yutsuki! Father-in—No, Author-sama! While I'm holding Yutsuki back, run quickly!"

(Hurriedly slipping away...)

Yutsuki: "Damn it, let that guy get away. Shido, why did you hold back?!"

Shido: "Well—You see, Yutsuki, we're still in front of the readers. As the protagonist of this book, cursing in public will lower everyone's affection for you."

Yutsuki: "Stare—"

Shido: "Wh-What is it?"

Yutsuki: "Shido, you've had a snickering expression on your face this whole ti."

Shido: "—!? (Hurriedly straightens his expression.) Did I?"

Yutsuki: "...Forget it. Let be clear here, setting aside whatever misunderstandings you all have. But I can tell you explicitly, the relationship between Shido and will not develop further from here on out."

Shido (Heavy Hit): "Wh-Why..."

Yutsuki: "Mhm, it's a bit troubleso to explain clearly. To summarize simply: having a romance and creating a romantic battlefield scene in front of the enemy is basically no different from courting death."

Shido: "Hah—Well, that's true. The plot from here on out will develop in an increasingly grim direction."

Yutsuki: "I imagine most readers already have a good idea of what the next volu's content will be. But considering the author's itchy habit of making drastic changes, here's a sincere piece of advice: don't let your guard down."

—————————— Book Recomndation Segnt, with Slow Update Warning ————————

Yutsuki: "Misaka9964's 'Ikaros's Infinite Journey of Salvation' (伊卡洛斯的无限救赎之旅). If you're interested, go check it out."(TL note: seem like it's a 'Sora no Otoshimono' fanfic,seem interesting)

Shido: "Isn't this book recomndation a bit too casual?"

Yutsuki: "It can't be helped. Next, the author has to deal with CET-6, getting a driver's license, major courses, and all sorts of other things recently. They barely have enough ti to write themselves."

Shido: "That's truly regrettable news. But it's much better than stopping updates altogether like last ti. Then, this episode of Letters from the Fraxinus ends here. Thank you all—"

Yutsuki: "Wait! Before we end, there's one more thing I haven't done."

Shido: "Hm?"

(Yutsuki presses play on the large screen.)

[Secret Art—Roaring! Flash! Blast! Wave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Shido: "Wh-Wh-What is this!?"

Yutsuki: "Hahaha! How's that, surprised, Shido? This is a work I created by combining the photo I secretly took earlier with the audio from Shido's past dark history video. I originally intended to use it at the end of the main text to threaten you. Later, due to length constraints, I had to delete it."

Shido: "You don't need to add this kind of behind-the-scenes intel! Just let it stay buried in the darkness!"

Yutsuki: "Well then, next is to upload this, along with the previous dark history video and Shiori's photo, to the internet. The title will be 'Chuunibyou Boy, After Years of Hard Training in Secret While Crossdressing, Finally Masters Ultimate Move—'."

Shido: "Stop, Yutsuki. I'll die if you do that. I'll die a social death!"

Yutsuki: "Don't worry, no one will take it seriously. In the end, they'll probably just write it off as post-production special effects or sothing. At most, when you go to school from now on, everyone will look at you with slightly gentler eyes (laughs). Send~"

Shido: "Stooooooooooooop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"