My death Flags show no Sign of Ending – Chapter 50
Well, here is chapter 50 of my death flags show no sign of ending, I’ll try to get you the next as fast as possible, it’s not edited yet so be indulgent. And I know it’s not perfect, but when translating this fast I got to make a few concessions (two chapters in two days is quite a lot for me). With that being said, enjoy!
Chapter 50
―― Five years ago, in the Amagir kingdom.
It was the year 933 of the Loiza calendar.
Harold had just been sentenced to decapitation and was currently locked in a cell against his will in the tribunal’s underground area.
Meanwhile, Cody was standing in Vincent’s office.
【”Why the hell would Harold need to be executed?!”】
Cody pressed Vincent for answers with an uncharacteristically bitter expression.
Vincent’s face looked equally bitter, like he had just swallowed a bug.
【”Except for myself, everyone agreed with this judgement, including the commander, Mister Cox. They haven’t even checked the facts yet, this punishment is just too heavy…”】
There certainly were some oddities surrounding Harold. Moreover, he was suspected of being a spy, so this situation was not completely baseless.
Even so, the tribunal had jumped over too many steps, it would be hard for anyone to say that justice had been served.
【”…..What you’re saying is that someone put the squeeze on the judges?”】
【”I’m afraid so. We’ll have to find who that is if we want to the cancel the execution.”】
Although Vincent had his thoughts concerning Harold, he did not think he had comitted a crime deserving of being killed.
Hence why he was will to give Cody a rough report on the circumstances.
His suspicions towards Harold might not have been completely dispelled, but he still was against the execution.
【”So the deadline is in a week…”】
There was too little time. Asking Cody to look for the one pulling the strings in such a short period was like asking him to find a needle in a haystack.
Besides, knowing who the puppet master was wouldn’t necessarily equate stopping him.
However, not doing anything was the same as letting Harold die.
At this point, any plan was a good plan, no matter how impossible it seemed.
And so, Cody and his friends started actively taking action, trying to find solutions.
But the very next day, the situation took a turn for the worst.
After his execution was decided, some bad rumors concerning Harold started spreading within the knight order. These rumors traveled to the streets in no time.
Through word of mouth, the contents of the deliberations were maliciously twisted, with no regard for the facts.
This convinced Cody that someone was trying to kill Harold.
With the spread of the rumor, the execution would no longer seem so out of place.
After the rumors reached that stage, Harold’s bad reputation naturally landed in the ears of a certain girl.
【”I deeply apologize for my repeated unplanned visits.”】
The girl bowing down and politely apologizing to Cody was Erica, Harold’s fiancée.
This was not her first time paying Cody a visit.
Her motives were clear.
She wanted to know where the truth stopped and the lies started in those malicious rumors with no known source to speak of.
She wanted to know if Harold had truly been sentenced to death.
But the reality was that Cody himself hadn’t quite grasped the situation yet, there wasn’t much he could tell her.
Harold was sentenced to decapitation, that he knew for a fact, but Erica was his fiancée and was still a child.
Cody was extremely troubled over whether he should tell her or not.
In the meantime, since she was a guest, he led Erica to the same guest room as the day before.
One they entered inside, her female attendant took position in a corner of the room without uttering a word.
Sitting face to face with Erica, Cody immediately cut to the chase.
【”How can I help you today… That’s not what you want to hear, right?”】
【”Yes. I’d like you to tell me about sir Harold’s situation and the tribunal’s decision.”】
【”…Frankly speaking, his situation is very bad. Knowing that, do you still want me to tell you?”】
【”Yes, if you please.”】
Erica answered without a tinge of hesitation.
She had already assumed the worst. That was amazing for a girl her age.
【”First of all, it’s no lie that the he was sentenced to decapitation. If nothing’s done, in six days, Harold will be executed .”】
Upon hearing this, Erica closed her eyes to settle her mind and lightly breathed in and out.
The next moment, she was looking calmly at Cody again.
【”…”If nothing is done”, you said, does that mean there is something we can do about it?”】
The girl had kept her calm and read through the real meaning hidden behind Cody’s words.
As expected of Harold’s fiancée, she’s quite straightforward, he thought.
【”Sorry for raising your expectations but I can’t definitively make that claim. It’s a very bad gamble.”】
【”It doesn’t matter as long as there is even just a glimmer of hope of saving sir Harold.”】
Erica had yet to understand the desperate circumstances but that did not mean she hadn’t accepted them.
Even after taking in all the facts, she had not wavered and only thought about saving Harold.
Cody checked the surroundings to make sure that nobody was listening in.
It should be alright to tell her, he thought.
【”Normally, it would be impossible to overturn the tribunal’s decision. But this trial was far from normal.”】
Cody told Erica the details of the matter without concealing anything.
He told her about how the judgement was too rushed. About how Harold’s words and actions had been completely ignored, while the option of executing him had been very much pushed forward.
Listening to all this, the faces of Erica and her attendant gradually became stiff.
【”…This is the situation Harold has been put in. There is definitely someone who’s trying to kill Harold.”】
【”Who is it?”】
【”Sorry to say but…”】
Cody shook his head left and right with desperation in his eyes.
He was ashamed to admit it, but he really had no idea who it was.
【”We gotta search for that person using the time we have left. But even if we do find that person, there is no guarantee that it will save Harold.”】
If Cody had to be frank, he felt like they were already in a state of checkmate.
It was close to impossible to turn the tide at this point.
But perhaps because she was not aware of that that, Erica did not give in to sorrow and despair.
【”In that case, we need to start moving immediately. Sir Cody, who were the people who held the discussions in the tribunal?”】
【”Huh? Well, if I’m not mistaken there were six members of the tribunal, adding to that was the commander of the knight order, the vice-commander, and the commanding officer of the expeditionary units. Among them, only the vice-commander opposed the execution.”】
It was protocol to gather an odd number of members for the deliberations, during which they would have multiple discussion before proceeding to a vote.
Nine people was the maximum number of members per discussion.
This why a sentence being decided upon after only two weeks for such a serious deliberation was abnormal.
【”And what is your standpoint, sir Cod?”】
【”To be honest, it’s in my principles to bet on the winning horse. But this time only I’m ready to help the losing side.”】
Cody smiled wryly in embarrassment.
Seeing that, Erica displayed a light smile.
Does she have some more faith in me now? He wondered.
【”Well then, would you please hand me a list of those who approved the execution? If you could give me their names, the position they occupy, and their backgrounds, that would more than suffice.”】
【”I can prepare that but….”】
【”Then please do. Yuno, go prepare the boat for boarding. I’ll catch up afterwards.”】
Erica gave her instructions without hesitation.
Her attendant bowed to her and hurriedly left.
As for Cody, he told Erika to【”Please wait a moment.”】and went back to his room.
Inside, there was a pile of documents among which was a list of the people who participated in the deliberations.
He went back to the guest room and handed it to Erica.
【”There you go. So, what are you planning to do?”】
【”….I’m ashamed to say it but I don’t have the power to change the situation. I’ll deliver this list to my father and I’ll have him appeal for a withdrawal of the judgement and a retrial.”】
The current head of the Sumeragi family was Tasuku Sumeragi.
Even among the people of the Royal capital, there were many who knew the name.
His influence was not to be compared to that of an average noble.
If the Sumeragi family raised its voice loud enough, other nobles would follow suit.
As for whether that would enough to overturn the judgement, the answer was no.
【”Also, in parallel to that, we’ll do a background check on the members of the deliberations. We have no other choice than to investigate and find out all we can about who they had contact with before the verdict was given. The time will not be enough to trace back to the source of the rumors…”】
【”Leave that part to me. Some stories are only caught by the citizens’ own information network. Even though I might not look the part, I have quite a bit of influence with the town’s people.”】
Usually, during his daily patrols, when he skipped on his work for his so-called breaks, Cody would stop by various shops to get some favors.
Thanks to that, though he was never spoken well of, Cody had vast connections with the citizens of the royal capital when compared to the other knights.
【”The vice-commander Vincent will investigate the Commander. We can leave it to him, he can do it.”】
Cody trusted that Vincent would somehow manage to find the information as long as they asked.
Having likely perceived Cody’s trust towards Vincent, Erica nodded in agreement.
【”Alright, so, Vincent will be responsible for the commander, and I’ll investigate the troops’ commanding officer and the source of the bad rumors.”】
【”The Sumeragi household will put its whole into investigating and persuading the remaining members of the deliberations.”】
At last, they had established each other’s roles.
Though they had included Vincent who was not present, Cody deemed it would no problem to get his approval afterwards.
In any case, the ‘Rescue Harold Alliance’ had just been formed.
And they weren’t likely to get any sleep for the coming week.
【”Well then, I must get going. You have my sincere gratitude for your cooperation, sir Cody.”】
【”Ah, hold on.”】
Unable to control his impetuous mood, Cody called Erica to a halt.
Perhaps he was about to put his nose where it did not belong, but he wanted to do this no matter what.
【”Look, I know asking you to not stress yourself out is a big ask, but I’ll do it anyway. Even if all this doesn’t work out, I can still break into the tribunal during the final deliberations and save him, so don’t stress yourself out. If you leave some yourself headroom, and calmly think things through, you’ll be able to see the bigger picture better.”】
【”Breaking into the tribunal, you say? If you do such a thing, won’t you be removed from the knight order, sir Cody?”】
【”If that happens, please hire me at the Sumeragi household. I am fairly confident in my sword skills so I’ll be quite useful.”】
【”Hehe, is that so? If that time does come, I’ll discuss it with my father.”】
Saying so, Erica showed a smile that could enchant anyone regardless of age or gender.
Cody might just have managed to relax Erica’s tension ever so slightly.
When she was told about Harold’s situation, only her face was calm, her hands were tightened to the point of turning white.
She felt utterly despaired and afraid of losing Harold.
Her shoulders were faintly shaking, as well.
It felt like she was going to madly rush head on with her eyes closed to shake off her fear.
However, to save Harold, she had to stay calm.
The escape routes were too narrow and unreliable.
Rushing ahead would not cut it.
【”Please hold on to this feeling.”】
【”Yes. Thank you, sir Cody.”】
With a relaxed bow, Erica withdrew from the guest room. This time, she had left for good.
【”…She’s a strong kid.”】
Cody spontaneously said those words out loud, even though he was left by himself in the room.
What he saw in the girl was not an external kind of strength like the ability to fight, rather, it was an internal type of strength, the strength of a solid heart, the type that stuck to the soul.
One could only wonder how much care she had for Harold, and yet she tried to keep calm even when a person that dear to her had fallen in such an awful predicament.
Or perhaps it was precisely because he was in such a predicament that she could bring herself to stay calm.
Cody could did not quite know what was going through her mind.
What he did know was that he was absolutely going to free Harold, for both his sake and Erica’s.
These thoughts were lighting a fire in Cody’s heart.
It felt to him like there was a voice resounding in his mind, telling him to confront the cruel reality without backing away.
And if that meant he would be banned from the knight order, then it was all the better.
【”Welp, helping kids who try their best is what adults are here for, right?”】
Is that what being a parent feels like? Suddenly having these sorts of reflections, Cody felt goosebumps.
ryuketsu
Thank you very much for the translation translator! Many thanks towards the Author!
Much thanks for picking the series up!
defiring
You’re very welcome 😀
gehenna2305
I second This ^
Slikrapids
Thanks for the chapter.
kooly8
Been missing this novel.
There weren’t any noticeable errors when reading this, that made me stop when reading, so thanks for your hard work on this translation.
djdreye
Thanks for the chapter! Best of luck translating this story!
littlemisswallflowe01
lol. Cody feels like Harold’s dad. thanks for the translation. are you officially picking this series?
defiring
Not all that official since I don’t know if the older translator is going to get angry or annoyed or whatever
defiring
Not all that official since I don’t know if the older translator is going to get angry or annoyed, we’ll see
Gaspar
Please do, everyone left this novel for a month or more… That Is deserting it información muy vocabulary.
And… Thank you for the delicious translation and chapter, muchas obliged.
Kudan
Thanks for the chapter~
Boo
First Rokudenashi, then Jack Frost, now Defiring. I don’t know enough to know about translating but I’m quite happy this series is receiving attention from you all 🙂
Yunchii
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perdidoenlapereza
Thanks for the chapter!
Hosshu
Task Sumeragi…. isn’t it Tasuku. here I can only see it as a word of tasking him to do something.
defiring
Yeah, guess you’re right, it can be confusing. I’ll fix that, thanks for the notice!
kenkyokisshouinreika
i am confused who are you, no offense but i thought only kuro and me had was in this project translation switch party
defiring
I’m a guy… who translates stuff…. from Japanese to English
kenkyokisshouinreika
again no offense but i was planning do this project if you are able to release this in a consistent speed then please have it
defiring
Really? Thanks a lot, I’m sorry for translating at random but I don’t quite know how the community works and all
kenkyokisshouinreika
i have no intention of competing for it thus please if you are able to do this series justice please go ahead
Dann
Oh he’s back! Welcome back. Scramble for new translator is underway.
Honestly as a leecher, like everyone else, whoever translates the fastest and is understandable gets the readers. I mean look at world teacher. 🙂
Welp, thanks for the chapter!
defiring
Yeah, I know, I’m very well placed to know >< And you're welcome 😀
kenkyokisshouinreika
may i know what speed you will be going
defiring
Well, I’ll try to do one every two days if possible, these two chapters I did in two days (well, I was doing other stuff on the side but still) but they were quite short so I don’t known if I can use them as a reference
kenkyokisshouinreika
if it is like then sure
kenkyokisshouinreika
then please go ahead and translate
should i take over if you go off two – 3 weeks
defiring
Yeah, why not
Weedisdaboss
Eh that was low man, without Def we would not have known the world teacher novel….
Lann000
Well it is true what Dann says. Quality and Quantity is the best you know?
kenkyokisshouinreika
?
kenkyokisshouinreika
this is the agreement I had with kuro
defiring
Sorry ’cause I’m also trying to sleep at the same time, it’s 5 am here ><
kenkyokisshouinreika
ok
RKain
I think of all the series that I currently follow, this one has had the most unstable history in terms of being tossed from translator to translator. Which has always made me a bit sad, since this is also hands down my favourite reincarnation story. Harold is such a freaking badass.
My thanks to you for the translation, Defiring. It sounds like you’re intending to take over this project, so I further tender my thanks in advance for your future efforts.
RozenMaiden
The most unstable IMO is Konjiki no WordMaster. Yeah, it’s pretty unstable after Madao Translation go hiatus.
RKain
Oh yeah, I remember the mess that was Konjiki, though I don’t read i anymore. I can easily imagine that it flew through many more hands since I stopped following it.
Meanie
Thank you man… The translation in this chapter is more readable than ch 49…
I wish someone would volunteer to be an editor
defiring
Well, I’ll edit tomorrow don’t, I just didn’t have the energy and tried to do a quick edit of c50, better than nothing ><
defiring
Alright, I edited chapter 50 again, that should be enough for now, sorry but I’m way too tired to do anything more than this ><
kenkyokisshouinreika
can you give me your email, a friend wants to talk to you
defiring
cailbaa@hotmail.fr
Weedisdaboss
Omg Def i hope thats not your main mail, because i bet it will get lots of sex add’s and other shit …. 😉
defiring
Nah, it’s just a random mail, it’s filled with spam already so it’s fine… probably… people, please, try to calm your thirst, there is only so much I can deal with :/
Emilia
Thank you for the translation!
sleepy lurker
If Cody gets kicked out of the knight’s order, the history where he is merc that helps the MC seems possible, almost like destiny.
silensviator
This is one of my favorite series to read! Glad it is being updated. The only thing I am not sure if I am missing is the artwork that used to be present in the earlier chapters hasn’t made an appearance in awhile…
darkm3d
Thanks for the chapter. Erika is doing her besf for the harold. Now we will know what happened behind the schene. =)
Ehhhh-chan
Thank you sir 🙂
bry19an
Thanks for the chapter
RoriconKnight
thank you for your translations~
anyway, does a concencus who’ll pick this after SlothTranslations afk for month? There are several other TL-er registered in NU, so i wonder. I hope there’s no friction among translators.. well, alternating release will be good.
Thecomicgeek
Seconded, Shouldn’t be too bad hopefully.. Tate no yuusha the shield hero was done by alot of people in the end and this novel isn’t even finished in the raws yet.
Trash
Thank you very much, Defiring.
Try not to think so much about translator’s drama. It’s usually bring more harm to both side than good.
And I do think Jack Frost’s comments comes a bit rude, albeit not intended.
defiring
Yeah, it’s not really. Just that I don’t belong to their community and they feel like Jack is the only one who has been wishing to translate this just because I didn’t tell them that I wanted to translate it since I don’t actually know them
exqalph03
Honestly, the perpetrator is already obvious~!
— Thanks for the chapter~ ^^.
Ehhhh-chan
A certain mad scientist….
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Okabe Rintarou.
anon21
Thanks!
Thecomicgeek
I absolutely LOVE that this wonderful novel is getting much deserved attention! Thank you for the translates ^_^ This is hands down my favorite light novel that isn’t even finished yet so much so that after the hiatus I wanted to translate it myself (though apparently my amateur efforts suck since I based it on google translate and found there were many things I misunderstood or didnt translate well) if anyone can give me advice on translating (tools and what-not) I’d be grateful as I plan to take this as a hobby
ヽ(´･ω･｀)ﾉ Elfulus
Fufufu.
My statement last time is not valid anymore, thy showed their reactions to Harold-sama’s execution or decapitation.
The only reason to why the fiancé, whose name I forgot, has a strong mental or internal resistance is because she said “I had to be strong in order to stand beside Harold-sama” I don’t know if that’s what she exactly said, but it should go around the lines of that.
nansty
Thanks for the chapter !!!
libraryrocker
Faito, grumpy tsundere shota protection group!!!
Thanks so much for all your hard work!!!
Based Harold
Thanks for the chapter! Really glad you decided to pick this up.
arken00
thanks for the chapter >..< alternate chapters would be good tho huhu, thank you all the TLs for this getting us this great story 🙂
Nyx
Well, Erika will get what her want, ganbate~
Oh yeah, another translator pick up this again and i hope this isnt bullshit. Thanks Defiring- We(huh?) will wait the next chapter~
Rasta
Thank you for the chapter! So this is filling the blanks from the past, huh?
cheesepit
Thanks for the chapters \o/
Apollo
Thank you for the chapter
Hitexh
Thanks nya~ the guy who put death sentence is a jerk. I bet he would not even dare to meet harold in the eye, and have a duel.
Trash
Thank you very much, Defiring.
Try not to think so much about translator’s drama. It’s usually bring more harm to both side than good.
And I do think Jack Frost’s comments comes a bit rude, albeit not intended.
chickenwing_2
Thanks for picking this up 😀
nfunefi
I love this story, thanks for picking it up!
AvERaGeNP
I would rather follow the site where quantity is regarded important with lil bit of quality. The other site is inconsistent with their translation, like 1 month per chapter or nothing. We do not even get to know when they will resume the translation and it makes the novel feel dead or something. Well Thanks for picking this up bruh.
theluga
<33333333 I prefer you, my master!
Chronos5884
Thanks for the chapter!
D’awww Cody!
kirindas
Thanks for the new chapter! It’s great for Harold to have people so ready to protect him. XD
Epeng
Tq…fnly an update..
🙂
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NuetRaldie
Do it. Kill the MC, You won’t.
cruxio001
What I dont get is why the fuck did he join the Order if he wanted to avoid death flags?
SSS
Now this is getting awful… shouldn’t you guys just do these things with force?? It will probably get the timeline to the original one…
ambi
Thanks for the chapter! Wonder if he sees a shadow of himself.
Angry Anon
Really sucks how low quality these translations are in comparison to the previous people working on this series. I strongly hope you’ve gotten better over time (At both Japanese & English) otherwise I’m going to have to put this series on hold until official LN translations are out, no matter how many years that takes.
defiring
Well, if I did one chapter every three months and had an editor, I admit the quality would probably have been better, yes.
But if you’re talking about the narration, this is how the author narrates it, many people in Japan have complained about it to him, but it’s not my place to modify it.
Less Angry Anon
Having read a few more chapters now, it’s clear the editing has improved, though I lack the qualification to judge the translations accuracy.
Anyway sorry for the rudeness, I just started the series and have been binge reading it. The sudden seeing the dip in quality was pretty frustrating, hence my comment.
defiring
No, you’re right actually. I’m reading it again after all these and it does need some serious polish. If you don’t mind, would you read chapter 49 again and tell me if you notice some improvement?
Distressed Reader
I have not read the original version that your talking about. But this version that I have read just now is much better than some of the other TL’s options for last chapter
defiring
I’ve also re-edited chapter 50
loliqot
Thanks for the chapter
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defiring
Y indeed my friend, Y indeed.
Deiane
Obrigada pela tradução ❤️
Deiane
Obrigada pela tradução♥️
iji
thanks for the translation.