Chapter 115: Nickname…Huh?
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“They said the announcement is going to come at noon but I wonder when exactly…”
“Well, generally speaking, I reckon the announcement should come between 11:00 to 13:00?”
“Maybe 14:00 at most?~”
As we were eating breakfast, I muttered to myself. I remembered yesterday Griffith-san told me to come to the guild at around noon. Approximately at noon. It was hard to tell exactly when because everyone had different opinions about it…. What should we do….
“We can take our lunch a little earlier than usual though~ Then we will go to the guild at 12:00? Just to be sure~”
“You’re right. Let’s do it that way.”
I guess waiting until 12:00 should be a safe bet? Haah… Judging from how I fared yesterday, I really couldn’t guess what the result would be…
“I wonder if I can really get promoted…?”
“Hm? Why of course you will~”
“Right on. In fact, I’d be surprised if Ren didn’t get promoted after all that.”
“No need to worry, I’m sure everything will be alright, Ren-kun.”
I was feeling anxious but the three of them kept on reassuring me that everything would be alright….
Yeah, let’s just hope everything will be just fine.
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“What is…?”
After eating lunch, we went to the guild but…. For some reason, there were so many people crowding the bulletin board?
“Ah, it must be about Ren’s promotion. There’s only about 2 or 3 people who get promoted to A-rank every year so it’s a pretty rare occasion.”
“In other words….”
“There’s no mistaking it. Ren-kun, you got promoted.”
Only 2 to 3 people every year?! That’s why there’s only about 50 A-rank adventurers in this world. Well, the adventurer either died during the quest or retired so the number always ends up roughly at 50s. And did I really get promoted? I had to see it with my own eyes.
“Excuse me for a moment, please let us see the bulletin board.”
Maybe Fer-san already knew exactly what I was thinking. He made his way through the crowd and opened a path for us.
“Oi, is that…”
“Yeah, that appearance… And in addition, the exams were held here, right?”
“Yeah but they said it was a guy? Not a girl?”
“Maybe they got her gender wrong? I mean, the nickname sounds like a woman’s.”
“You’re right. There’s no way that nickname belongs to a guy.”
Huh? Wait a minute?
It seemed I was mistaken as a girl again because of my physical appearance and hairstyle but I think I heard some other gruesome things echoed from within the crowd.
A nickname that sounds like a woman’s, what do they mean….? Huh?? Now I’m feeling too scared to look!!
“Come on, Ren. It’s that white paper…. Eh….”
“Uwah….”
“Ren-kun…”
The three of them saw the paper on the bulletin board before I could and their reactions were…. Sig-san’s mouth was still open in surprise and somehow I could see Chris-san visibly flinching back while Fer-san… He was staring at me like I was a very pitiable child. His gaze was really brimming with sympathy.
“Huh? What is it?!…………….. Eh.”
Confused at their reaction, I also shifted my gaze toward the bulletin board. Uwah, the board was a little too high. The white paper one… What was written there…
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《Promoted to A-rank》
The promotion to A-rank for the person listed below here is already approved.
Name: Ren Himukya Cleva
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Role: Support Magician
Special Note: An otherworlder, he has black eyes and black hair.
From today on, this person will be called 《Black Flower Princess》
Xxxxxxx, 3rd August,
The Representative of The Guilds
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“HAHHHHH??? HUH? HUUUUHHHHH???!!”
“Ren, I understand what you’re feeling right now but let’s calm down first….”
“Huh?? But, princess…. Why am I a princess?! I-, I’m a man though?!”
When I first saw my nickname, I froze for a moment, unable to really grasp the meaning but after the words solidified, I immediately screamed. Sig-san then tried to calm me down by soothingly rubbing my back but still…! I understood why they put ‘black’ there. It was because both my eyes and hair were black. But what about the ‘princess’ part?? To be precise, what about the ‘flower princess’ part?!
“I knew it. That’s her…”
“Even though she’s still so small…”
“I mean, she’s actually a man?!”
“But still, when I see him in person like this, I can sorta understand why they nicknamed him ‘princess’.”
NO NO NO NO… This is unacceptable, right?! The people around me, somehow they all understand why they decided on that nickname for me but?? I’m still not convinced yet??? Huh?? Are they- Are they bullying me?
“Ah, Ren-kun. You’re here. I guess you all already know about the result but let’s go upstairs so we can talk in peace.”
“…….. Griffith-san, just what is…. That….”
“Hahaha~ Everyone was very enthusiastic about your nickname~ But still, that nickname is actually not that bad. There were worse options back then.”
Griffith-san greeted us as he descended down the stairs. I greeted him back but my voice was relatively quiet as I mentioned my nickname. I didn’t know if he was guilty in approving of that nickname or if he actually had tried to stop them from deciding on that nickname, but I still glared at him nonetheless. He told me that nickname was actually on the ‘better’ side. It made me wonder, what were the other options for my nickname? There was actually something even worse than this…?
“Haah…”
“Ren-chan….”
Feeling dejected, my shoulder slumped down. Chris-san gently encircled his arms around my shoulder, comforting me as he ushered me to go upstairs.
“Oh, hi Black Flower Princess.”
“Klaudios-san.”
When I arrived at the same meeting room I had been to yesterday, Klaudios-san was already there. He greeted me with a bright smile on his face. Compared to yesterday, the other representative also looked more jovial. But still, was it already decided that my nickname would be that…?
“Well, why don’t you take a seat there?”
“Okay….”
I sat on the same chair I was on yesterday under his suggestion. Today, they didn’t separate me from the three of them. Instead, they had prepared 4 chairs in a row for us.
“Have you seen the bulletin board yet?’
“I have.”
“As you can see, we’ve agreed to your promotion. From now on, you’re an A-rank adventurer.”
“Thank you very much… But… Is it possible to change the nickname…?”
I was happy to see them telling me about my promotion with a bright smile on their face but more importantly…!
Please don’t give me that kind of nickname!
“Oh you mean ‘Black Flower Princess’? It’s a good nickname, right? Your promotion announcement has been posted to all the guilds so we can’t change them now.”
“Haaah….”
I already expected they’d answer like that but still… So this nickname would stick with me forever…. Rather than that, Klaudios-san’s naming sense was really terrible, huh? He could proudly say that nickname was a good one?
The announcement was already spread across all the guilds… Just like what the three of them had said to me, everyone would know about it at the same time. In other words, it’d be extremely difficult to change it now…. In any case, even if they changed it now, I couldn’t even know how many people had seen that nickname already. Ah, right. Malik-san must’ve already seen the announcement too then? Ugh… I really hoped he wouldn’t know about my nickname….
“Let me explain the origin of your nickname. I’m sure you’re already aware why we choose ‘black’. It’s because the colour of both your eyes and hair are black. Only otherworlder have both their eyes and hair black and up until now, we don’t have any otherworlder who had reached A-rank yet. About the ‘flower’ part, well yesterday you had a flower decoration on your hair, right? Your appearance yesterday left quite an impression on us, you know? Also, it seems like you attract all sorts of people to you. Either it’s bad or good people so it’s like people are attracted to you like how flowers attract other insects… And for the ‘princess’ part…. It’s because you have those three knights guarding you. Rather than an ‘empress’, it feels like a ‘princess’ will suit your vibe more, you know?”
“After all those thorough explanations, the only part that makes sense to me is the ‘black’ part….”
The ‘black’ part is fine but for the ‘flower’ part… Like a flower attracting other things… Does that mean Chris-san and the others are like butterflies or honeybees? Ugh… If only I had stopped Corey-san from putting that flower clip on me, I could’ve prevented the ‘flower’ part from becoming my nickname…! The ‘princess’ part came out of nowhere though! How sloppy!! These people… Their naming sense is really bad…
“Fufu~ How about if you just give it up already? Everyone here, we all have our own nicknames. That’s the kind of nickname we have to come up with so your nickname won’t sound inferior to the preexisting nicknames. At first, we almost decided on ‘Honey Princess’ or ‘Flower Fairy’, you know?”
“Tatyana-san….”
“You might feel awkward about it now but in due time, the name will surely grow on you.”
You mean, “we will give them a name similar to ours so we won’t be the only one losing face!”, that kind of thing? I mean, I don’t think I’m convinced yet but… At least, please don’t give me a feminine name! Give me something more manly! Well but it’s true, my current nickname is much better than ‘Honey Princess’ or ‘Flower Fairy’… Ugh… No, don’t get fooled, Ren! But since Tatyana-san said so, I guess it’s fine?
“Right, right. The three of you have already gotten used to your nickname by now too, right?”
“That is true…”
Fer-san nodded while holding his chin at Klaudios-san’s question.
Can I… Can I really get used to it one day…?
“It’s already decided on anyway? Now, let’s take out your guild card? We will change the information on your guild card now.”
“Haaaah….. 【Guild Card, Come Out】. Here you go.”
“Okay. Then let us begin with the formal procedures.”
“Please.”
They ended the topic about my nickname. Already feeling defeated, I handed my guild card to the lady with the bunny ear. It turned out she had been there by my side for quite some time already.
“Now then… You managed to run away yesterday, didn’t you? While we wait, why don’t you tell us more about the buff magic you used yesterday? Everyone here is very interested in your buff magic too.”
“Umm… ────────── something like that.”
By buff magic, they must be referring to ‘Acumen’ and ‘Magic Barrier’? They wouldn’t understand if I said I used the same concept as the one in a game so I should find a more appropriate explanation for them.
“Fumu. As I expected, otherworlder always able to come up with things we could never think about.”
Klaudios-san, who had been listening more attentively than the others, looked like he was very impressed with the concept of my buff magic. That was given though, of course our world would have a different mindset since there was no such thing as magic in my previous world.
“Thank you for waiting.”
“Ah, thank you.”
It had taken her a longer time to change my guild card compared to when I first got promoted to B rank. The bunny eared lady handed my guild card back and I stared at my card, trying to read the new information thoroughly.
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Ren Himukya Cleva
21 years old. A-rank support magician. 《Black Flower Princess》
An otherworlder. The leader of 【Luce】
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On my guild card, which had changed from its original blue colour to red, my nickname, 《Black Flower Princess,》was clearly written there…….
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T/N: Ren’s nickname is actually 双黒の花姫. The 黒 means black and 花姫 means flower princess. The 双 is referring to both his eyes and hair colour being black. I don’t know how to localize “both hair and eyes black” in the nickname so I just translated it as ‘Black Flower Princess’. If any of you guys have better names, please leave me a comment so I can change the nickname later on!
Chapter 115: Nickname…Huh?
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“They said the announcement is going to come at noon but I wonder when exactly…”
“Well, generally speaking, I reckon the announcement should come between 11:00 to 13:00?”
“Maybe 14:00 at most?~”
As we were eating breakfast, I muttered to myself. I remembered yesterday Griffith-san told me to come to the guild at around noon. Approximately at noon. It was hard to tell exactly when because everyone had different opinions about it…. What should we do….
“We can take our lunch a little earlier than usual though~ Then we will go to the guild at 12:00? Just to be sure~”
“You’re right. Let’s do it that way.”
I guess waiting until 12:00 should be a safe bet? Haah… Judging from how I fared yesterday, I really couldn’t guess what the result would be…
“I wonder if I can really get promoted…?”
“Hm? Why of course you will~”
“Right on. In fact, I’d be surprised if Ren didn’t get promoted after all that.”
“No need to worry, I’m sure everything will be alright, Ren-kun.”
I was feeling anxious but the three of them kept on reassuring me that everything would be alright….
Yeah, let’s just hope everything will be just fine.
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“What is…?”
After eating lunch, we went to the guild but…. For some reason, there were so many people crowding the bulletin board?
“Ah, it must be about Ren’s promotion. There’s only about 2 or 3 people who get promoted to A-rank every year so it’s a pretty rare occasion.”
“In other words….”
“There’s no mistaking it. Ren-kun, you got promoted.”
Only 2 to 3 people every year?! That’s why there’s only about 50 A-rank adventurers in this world. Well, the adventurer either died during the quest or retired so the number always ends up roughly at 50s. And did I really get promoted? I had to see it with my own eyes.
“Excuse me for a moment, please let us see the bulletin board.”
Maybe Fer-san already knew exactly what I was thinking. He made his way through the crowd and opened a path for us.
“Oi, is that…”
“Yeah, that appearance… And in addition, the exams were held here, right?”
“Yeah but they said it was a guy? Not a girl?”
“Maybe they got her gender wrong? I mean, the nickname sounds like a woman’s.”
“You’re right. There’s no way that nickname belongs to a guy.”
Huh? Wait a minute?
It seemed I was mistaken as a girl again because of my physical appearance and hairstyle but I think I heard some other gruesome things echoed from within the crowd.
A nickname that sounds like a woman’s, what do they mean….? Huh?? Now I’m feeling too scared to look!!
“Come on, Ren. It’s that white paper…. Eh….”
“Uwah….”
“Ren-kun…”
The three of them saw the paper on the bulletin board before I could and their reactions were…. Sig-san’s mouth was still open in surprise and somehow I could see Chris-san visibly flinching back while Fer-san… He was staring at me like I was a very pitiable child. His gaze was really brimming with sympathy.
“Huh? What is it?!…………….. Eh.”
Confused at their reaction, I also shifted my gaze toward the bulletin board. Uwah, the board was a little too high. The white paper one… What was written there…
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《Promoted to A-rank》
The promotion to A-rank for the person listed below here is already approved.
Name: Ren Himukya Cleva
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Role: Support Magician
Special Note: An otherworlder, he has black eyes and black hair.
From today on, this person will be called 《Black Flower Princess》
Xxxxxxx, 3rd August,
The Representative of The Guilds
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“HAHHHHH??? HUH? HUUUUHHHHH???!!”
“Ren, I understand what you’re feeling right now but let’s calm down first….”
“Huh?? But, princess…. Why am I a princess?! I-, I’m a man though?!”
When I first saw my nickname, I froze for a moment, unable to really grasp the meaning but after the words solidified, I immediately screamed. Sig-san then tried to calm me down by soothingly rubbing my back but still…! I understood why they put ‘black’ there. It was because both my eyes and hair were black. But what about the ‘princess’ part?? To be precise, what about the ‘flower princess’ part?!
“I knew it. That’s her…”
“Even though she’s still so small…”
“I mean, she’s actually a man?!”
“But still, when I see him in person like this, I can sorta understand why they nicknamed him ‘princess’.”
NO NO NO NO… This is unacceptable, right?! The people around me, somehow they all understand why they decided on that nickname for me but?? I’m still not convinced yet??? Huh?? Are they- Are they bullying me?
“Ah, Ren-kun. You’re here. I guess you all already know about the result but let’s go upstairs so we can talk in peace.”
“…….. Griffith-san, just what is…. That….”
“Hahaha~ Everyone was very enthusiastic about your nickname~ But still, that nickname is actually not that bad. There were worse options back then.”
Griffith-san greeted us as he descended down the stairs. I greeted him back but my voice was relatively quiet as I mentioned my nickname. I didn’t know if he was guilty in approving of that nickname or if he actually had tried to stop them from deciding on that nickname, but I still glared at him nonetheless. He told me that nickname was actually on the ‘better’ side. It made me wonder, what were the other options for my nickname? There was actually something even worse than this…?
“Haah…”
“Ren-chan….”
Feeling dejected, my shoulder slumped down. Chris-san gently encircled his arms around my shoulder, comforting me as he ushered me to go upstairs.
“Oh, hi Black Flower Princess.”
“Klaudios-san.”
When I arrived at the same meeting room I had been to yesterday, Klaudios-san was already there. He greeted me with a bright smile on his face. Compared to yesterday, the other representative also looked more jovial. But still, was it already decided that my nickname would be that…?
“Well, why don’t you take a seat there?”
“Okay….”
I sat on the same chair I was on yesterday under his suggestion. Today, they didn’t separate me from the three of them. Instead, they had prepared 4 chairs in a row for us.
“Have you seen the bulletin board yet?’
“I have.”
“As you can see, we’ve agreed to your promotion. From now on, you’re an A-rank adventurer.”
“Thank you very much… But… Is it possible to change the nickname…?”
I was happy to see them telling me about my promotion with a bright smile on their face but more importantly…!
Please don’t give me that kind of nickname!
“Oh you mean ‘Black Flower Princess’? It’s a good nickname, right? Your promotion announcement has been posted to all the guilds so we can’t change them now.”
“Haaah….”
I already expected they’d answer like that but still… So this nickname would stick with me forever…. Rather than that, Klaudios-san’s naming sense was really terrible, huh? He could proudly say that nickname was a good one?
The announcement was already spread across all the guilds… Just like what the three of them had said to me, everyone would know about it at the same time. In other words, it’d be extremely difficult to change it now…. In any case, even if they changed it now, I couldn’t even know how many people had seen that nickname already. Ah, right. Malik-san must’ve already seen the announcement too then? Ugh… I really hoped he wouldn’t know about my nickname….
“Let me explain the origin of your nickname. I’m sure you’re already aware why we choose ‘black’. It’s because the colour of both your eyes and hair are black. Only otherworlder have both their eyes and hair black and up until now, we don’t have any otherworlder who had reached A-rank yet. About the ‘flower’ part, well yesterday you had a flower decoration on your hair, right? Your appearance yesterday left quite an impression on us, you know? Also, it seems like you attract all sorts of people to you. Either it’s bad or good people so it’s like people are attracted to you like how flowers attract other insects… And for the ‘princess’ part…. It’s because you have those three knights guarding you. Rather than an ‘empress’, it feels like a ‘princess’ will suit your vibe more, you know?”
“After all those thorough explanations, the only part that makes sense to me is the ‘black’ part….”
The ‘black’ part is fine but for the ‘flower’ part… Like a flower attracting other things… Does that mean Chris-san and the others are like butterflies or honeybees? Ugh… If only I had stopped Corey-san from putting that flower clip on me, I could’ve prevented the ‘flower’ part from becoming my nickname…! The ‘princess’ part came out of nowhere though! How sloppy!! These people… Their naming sense is really bad…
“Fufu~ How about if you just give it up already? Everyone here, we all have our own nicknames. That’s the kind of nickname we have to come up with so your nickname won’t sound inferior to the preexisting nicknames. At first, we almost decided on ‘Honey Princess’ or ‘Flower Fairy’, you know?”
“Tatyana-san….”
“You might feel awkward about it now but in due time, the name will surely grow on you.”
You mean, “we will give them a name similar to ours so we won’t be the only one losing face!”, that kind of thing? I mean, I don’t think I’m convinced yet but… At least, please don’t give me a feminine name! Give me something more manly! Well but it’s true, my current nickname is much better than ‘Honey Princess’ or ‘Flower Fairy’… Ugh… No, don’t get fooled, Ren! But since Tatyana-san said so, I guess it’s fine?
“Right, right. The three of you have already gotten used to your nickname by now too, right?”
“That is true…”
Fer-san nodded while holding his chin at Klaudios-san’s question.
Can I… Can I really get used to it one day…?
“It’s already decided on anyway? Now, let’s take out your guild card? We will change the information on your guild card now.”
“Haaaah….. 【Guild Card, Come Out】. Here you go.”
“Okay. Then let us begin with the formal procedures.”
“Please.”
They ended the topic about my nickname. Already feeling defeated, I handed my guild card to the lady with the bunny ear. It turned out she had been there by my side for quite some time already.
“Now then… You managed to run away yesterday, didn’t you? While we wait, why don’t you tell us more about the buff magic you used yesterday? Everyone here is very interested in your buff magic too.”
“Umm… ────────── something like that.”
By buff magic, they must be referring to ‘Acumen’ and ‘Magic Barrier’? They wouldn’t understand if I said I used the same concept as the one in a game so I should find a more appropriate explanation for them.
“Fumu. As I expected, otherworlder always able to come up with things we could never think about.”
Klaudios-san, who had been listening more attentively than the others, looked like he was very impressed with the concept of my buff magic. That was given though, of course our world would have a different mindset since there was no such thing as magic in my previous world.
“Thank you for waiting.”
“Ah, thank you.”
It had taken her a longer time to change my guild card compared to when I first got promoted to B rank. The bunny eared lady handed my guild card back and I stared at my card, trying to read the new information thoroughly.
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Ren Himukya Cleva
21 years old. A-rank support magician. 《Black Flower Princess》
An otherworlder. The leader of 【Luce】
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On my guild card, which had changed from its original blue colour to red, my nickname, 《Black Flower Princess,》was clearly written there…….
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T/N: Ren’s nickname is actually 双黒の花姫. The 黒 means black and 花姫 means flower princess. The 双 is referring to both his eyes and hair colour being black. I don’t know how to localize “both hair and eyes black” in the nickname so I just translated it as ‘Black Flower Princess’. If any of you guys have better names, please leave me a comment so I can change the nickname later on!
