Event Quest:Birth! New Hero of the Holy Night:VN:2-1

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Chapter 2: Black Santa's Dream

Joul and Krampus' Dorm Room

Krampus: ..........

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.....Senpai? You hit your head, um, are you okay?

Krampus:(embarrassed face)
This is so embarrassing... I just wanna drop dead...


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He isn't injured that badly....! The body is fine, but the emotional scars may never heal....
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Um, I apologize for making a rude remark before. I promise, I won't tell anyone about... what we saw.



Krampus:(angry face)
R, really...? You'll take it your grave, do you swear?!

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Waah, Y-Y-Y-E-E-S-S-S, I-I-I-I-P-R-O-M-M-M-I-I-S-S-S-E...!

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Senpai! Stop, stop! There's no need to shake Shirou-san so violently!

Krampus:(surprised face)
ーというか, ヨウルがいるじゃないか。 なんだ、 お前の運れか?

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Let me reintroduce you all. This is Krampus-senpai, a third year. We're roommates.

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Senpai, these are my friends from Shinjuku. They're here for the Departure Ceremony.

Krampus:(sad face)
Oh, you're Youl's friends? Ah, he mentioned you guys the other day...


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Nice to meet you, I'm Player. Actually, we met a little bit ago...?

Krampus: Hn? Then, these two...



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I'm Motoori, a second year student at Shinjuku Academy. And this is--

Ryouta:(angry face)
N-n-nice to meet you!! I'm, I'm Ryouta Yakushimaru!!

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Ryouta and I were classmates back in junior high. He's been talking about you a lot, Senpai.

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You helped me out of a tight spot yesterday! I wanted to thank you!

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At the time, Maria-chan and I couldn't have gotten away on our own--

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You were super cool! Just appearing outta nowhere, mopping up the bad guys and leaving with barely a word...

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You're like, a hero! So, please sign an autograph for me!

Krampus:(surprise face)
A-a-autograph?!

Krampus:(sad face)
Really, I just happened to be passing by. See, I was coming back from the rental store in Kabukicho to return some DVDs...

Krampus: There's no need to thank me like this... It's just good that you're okay.

Krampus: ...Hah. Me, a hero.

Krampus:(grin face)
..................Hm.

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....なるほど。 確かに、 ごろつきなら撃の迫力だな。

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But, why go all the way out to Kabukicho...? There are closer rental shops around here.

Krampus:(surpise face)
N, no, that's... because I was going to borrow these.

As he said so, Krampus gestured to a massive pile of DVDs labelled Rental-Only.

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Looks like... a bunch of old super sentai shows? I don't remember seeing any of these air on TV.

Krampus: No, these haven't been on TV for years. Some of 'em are 40 years old. These are the shows the defined the tokusatsu hero genre.

Krampus:(angry face)
I had to search all over Tokyo for these babies, and I finally found them in Kabukicho!

Krampus:(embarrassed face)
I couldn't believe it when I finally stumbled on them. My whole body was shaking, and I couldn't hold back the tears.

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No, I understand completely. I've had similar experiences while browsing old book shops.

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You must've searched for a long time... You sure are passionate.

Krampus: Yeah, these are great shows after all. Let me explain....

Krampus:(grin face)
It didn't rely on CGI, everything had to be done with special effects! They had to employ a lot of ingenuity and creativity.

Krampus:(sad face)
Things like camera angles, wire acrobatics, sometimes admittedly dangerous stuntman work...

Krampus:(angry face)
It may be a genre staple nowadays, but they didn't have anything like robots or mecha!

Krampus: Of course, those aren't necessarily a bad thing altogether. Modern shows have their own strengths and charms.

Krampus: But I especially wanted to see this show, just look at this scene--

Krampus continued to rattle off trivia and tokusatsu history for around five minutes before someone finally spoke up.

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S-senpai, stop, stop! I can't follow any of this!

Krampus:(surprise face)
Hm? Aah! S-sorry, I get too worked up once I get started talking about tokusatsu.

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ホントに特撮ヒ-ロ-物が好きなんですね。 なんか、 ビリ ビリ好きなのが伝わつてきま したよ !

Shirou:(awe face)
How amazing... It did run a bit long, but it is fascinating to learn so much about a culture I know nothing of.


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I understand. Shirou was into it because he's just as bad...


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...I'm aware. When it's a subject you're passionate about, it's only natural to be talkative.

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But... sorry if it's troublesome at times. I'll try my best to curb myself.


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But, it's fine right? A Santa that's into kid's shows I mean.

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Like you can tune into the kids' wavelength and pick out a good present for 'em, right?

Krampus:(sad face)
....Nn? I don't give out presents.

Shirou:(awe face)
You don't? You're here at this school learning to be a Santa, right?

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N-n-no way! Are you gonna be a reindeer?!


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He does have wonderful horns. Is the Santa getup just cosplay..?
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Aah, sorry, sorry, you don't go to this school so you wouldn't know, but there's more than one "Santa" department.

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In addition to the "Santa" and "Reindeer" training programs--

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There's also the "Black Santa" program...



Krampus:(embarrassed face)
.......

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Ooh, "Black Santa" like Ded-sensei's other personality? I think I get it!


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He's definitely scary enough. I'm convinced...

Shirou:(awe face)
Wait please, I've never heard such a thing. There's such a thing as a "Black" Santa?



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Oh yeah, before, we met both kinds of Santas.

Krampus: "Black Santa" is a different thing than the traditional "Santa" It's a Santa Claus that punishes naughty children.

Krampus: Scaring kids straight, in order for them to change their ways. It's a "necessary evil" sort of existence.

Krampus:(angry face)
Previously, Ded Moroz-sensei played this role... And recently, the number of bad kids is on the rise.

Krampus: A few years back, he suffered a back injury from overwork. Although there are few applicants, that is why the "Black Santa" department was established.

Krampus:(sad face)
ま、 体裁もあり、基本はス力ウ卜方式。 公にはしていない。 それでも、 入学案内にも記されている立派な学科だよ。

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I see. It sounds like an interesting department.

Ryouta:(mad face)
ガタガタ雲えろ悪ガキどもおっ ! 黒いサンタさんがオシオキしてやるっ! ダダダダダダダッ!

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一みたいに、 ジエド先生は銃を構えてたけど、 クランプス先輩はちょっと違うみたい? 爪だったし。

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ブラックサンタにも、 いろいろいるからね。 校長先生とまったく同じってわけじゃないみたいだよ。

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「無償の贈り物を与える存在」 が, 色んな異世界に存在するように--

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「幼子に懲罰を与える存在」 もまた、 色々 と存在するというわけか...

Krampus:(sad face)
……そうだな。 大体どこの世界にも、 似たような伝承は存在するら しい。

Krampus: ある世界では不定形な霊体の一族が。 別世界では、 藁を纏った赤鬼の-族が役を担ってきたように。

Krampus: 「悪い子」 が居る限り、 それを懲らしめる存在も必要になる。 オレの-族も、 代々生業としてきたことだ。

Krampus: オレの演じる 「黒」 と、 ジエド校長先生の 「黒」は、 全く の別物ではあるが……本質は同じってことさ。

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「演じる」...?

Krampus: クリスマスの晩に活動する、 「影のサンタ」 。 出身地によって、 仕打ちの内容は様々だが--

Krampus: プレゼン トを配るに値しないと判断された 「悪い子」 のところに出向くのが、 オレのー族の生業さ。

Krampus:(grin face)
灰袋で叩いたり、 ムチを打ったり、 袋に詰めて地獄の絶望を昧わわせたりとな。

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な, なかなかにインパクトのあるオシオキですね。 それは確かに、 子供に影響がありそうだ。

Krampus:(angry face)
とにかく ドギツウ~~いオシオキを与え、 無理矢理にでも改心させるッ !

Krampus:(angry face)
それでも聞き分けのねえガキは、 お説教だけじゃ済まされねエ ! !

Krampus: カラーンカラ一ン……なんて` 鐘の音が聞こえてきて, オレ様のこの爪にガリッとやられちまうかもなア ! ?

Krampus:(angry face)
あの悪ガキどもの恐怖に震えたあの声 ! 「ゴメンナサイ」 を連発するあの泣き顔 ! !

Krampus:(grin face)
ああ~~、思い出すだけでゾクゾクきちまう ! ! たまんねエ快感だぜエ!?

Krampus:(tasty face)
HYAAAAHAHAHAHAA!!!

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一ひっ ! ? ビックリした! こ、 これがその姿なのか……! !


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He suddenly changed?! What happened to the nerdy guy from a second ago?!

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僕を助けてくれた先輩! こういうテンションだったよ ! コワモテのヒ-ローみたいな感じでさ!

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今はまた元の先輩に戻ってるけど... 校長先生と同じで、 1人2役とか?

Krampus:(hoodless neutral face)
今し方、 「演じてる」 と言っただろう? つまり…… 「演技」 なんだよ。

Krampus:(hoodless neutral face)
オレには、 校長のような2つの人格は存在しない。 かといって、 素でブラックサンタできるほど度胸も無い。

Krampus:(hoodless sad face)
今のは、 オレなりに研究して作り上げた「超ー極悪人」の演技。 生まれもったこの顔と、 あの演技で「悪い子」を脅す。

Krampus:(hoodless neutral face)
そしてこの 「神器」 で, 無理矢理恐怖を植え付け、 二度と悪いコトをしないように改心させる。

Krampus:(hoodless sad face)
それが、 オレの仕事だ。 最も、 神経使うし喉も枯れるから.....

Krampus:(hoodless sad face)
基本的に、 ブラックサンタの活動時期にあたる 12月にのみ、 演じることにしてるんだけどな。

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先輩、 12月が近づく と毎朝かかさず基礎トレ一二ングをして、 台本の読み込み、 発声練習もしているんだよっ。

Krampus:(embarrassed hoodless face)
あ、 あまり言うなヨウル! .....まあ、 プロだから当然のことだ。

Shirou:(awe face)
発声練習まで……。 そこまで来ると、 まさに「役者」 という感じだな。

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まるで、 映画俳厘さんみたい……。 うん、力ッコいい! すごく力ッコいいですよ!

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特撮を見てたのは、 その研究の一環でもあるのか……。 なんか、 ストンと腑に落ちたな。

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あれ?でも真似してたとこって、 悪役の部分じゃなかつたような...

Krampus:(embarrassed hoodless face)
そ, そのことには触れるなツ !

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ご, ごめんなさい、つい!

Krampus:(sad hoodless face)
...まあ, そうだよな。 確かに、 おかしいよな。

Krampus:(sad hoodless face)
ブラツクサンタと言えば、 子供から見たら 「善」 ではなく 「悪」 の存在だ。

Krampus:(sad hoodless face)
生まれながらにして、 「悪役」 側の存在であるこのオレが--

ヒーローに、 憧れを持ってるなんて。