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[TRANSLATED] Lelouch the Tutor (Chapter 6)
Original Scans: courtesy of Comic NewType
Hey!
Bought a cell phone.
LELOUCH
<leafing through...>
Hmm?
<Good,>
that'll come in handy, since someone around here has a habit of disappearing.
C.C.
How very terrible for you.
<beep, beep>
LELOUCH
<...I was talking about you.>
<It's not like I actually needed one.>
<beep, beep>
I bought this because of all your whining.
Well, at least I'll be able to call Nunnally on this thing.
<Gimme your cell for a minute.>
LELOUCH
<rustle>
What?!
She has a phone and she didn't tell me?!
C.C.
Keeping secrets is part of the definition of being a girl... or so I've heard.
There, now you've got my number.
LELOUCH
...Fine.
<Isn't that the latest model...?>
SFX
<beep>
PHONE
XX-0XX4[...]
Pizza Girl[...]
UPDATE
Well, this will be nice, won't it?
The ability to exchange numbers in class makes it easier to accumulate friends.
(And the more friends she has, the faster she'll get some common sense.)
C.C.
Yeah.
Actually, I've already got a number.
<That red-haired girl.>
LELOUCH
Oh?
That Kallen's full of surprises...
C.C.
Guess so.
She also said
to let her know if you do anything to me.
"Just in case."
LELOUCH
...What?
Hey, you.
It'd be better for you to stay clear of him, you know.
C.C.
Huh?
Of who?
KALLEN
...Lelouch!
You know... the guy whose place you keep going over to...?
C.C.
<??>
<Oho...>
How come?
KALLEN
Because...
He puts on a good show1 no matter who he's talking to,
and he's really popular with the female student body!
He's always skipping out when it's his turn to clean or work or whatever.
And the rumor is that he's ditching to go out with girls!
<All women should steer clear!>
GIRL
<They were sold out of bread...>
LELOUCH
<Well, if you'd like, here...>
LELOUCH
<After you.>
C.C.
...she said.
LELOUCH
...
<Is that really how people think of me...?>
It wasn't my intention to give the female student body preferential treatment...
Was that really how it looked to her?
C.C.
Well, you're around that age.
<Here, yesterday's homework.>
I guess you can't help having a little bit of an ulterior motive.
LELOUCH
Ulterior...?
What would I want with an ulterior motive.
<I've told you before not to doodle on these!>
There's nothing to be gained from treating people decently.
...
C.C.
...You are
in high school, aren't you?
LELOUCH
...?
Isn't that obvious?
And as a student, my focus is on not neglecting my studies.
LELOUCH
<More doodling!!>
C.C.
Hmmm...
C.C
(This guy... is he just not into women at all...?)
Student Council Room
KALLEN
Dammit, Lelouch!
Even though we're totally swamped, he's ditched again!
KALLEN
Where do you keep running off by yourself?!
<Siiiigh...>
It's lunch time already and we're nowhere near done prepping for this event...
KALLEN
I can't take this.
I'm wiped out.
Is it alright if I go get lunch?
If you're going, get something for me, too.
I want pizza.
MILLY
And I'll have a sandwich!
RIVALZ
A double cheeseburger.
NINA
Donuts would be lovely.
SHIRLEY
A Britannian dog for me!
KALLEN
What?
<limp, exhausted>
Isn't this sort of thing usually reserved for the penalty in a game?
MILLY
Great idea!
<clench!>
Whoever loses rock-paper-scissors will buy everyone lunch!
KALLEN
Wait,
that wasn't what I had in min...
What's this?
Afraid you'll lose?
<smirk>
KALLEN
<annoyed!>
What was that?!
You're on!
EVERYONE
Rock, paper, scissors!!
SIGN
School Store
KALLEN
...
<chatter, chatter>
KALLEN
<flabbergasted...>
Pizza, donuts, a sandwich...
And what else?
Hmm?
SFX
<slide—>
KALLEN
<Oh—>
Look out!!!
<run!>
—!
SFX
<smooth!>
KALLEN
Pay more attention!
What if you'd spilled that on someone?!
NUNNALLY
That voice...
Kallen?
KALLEN
Nunnally?!
What are you doing here?
Don't you bring lunch from home?
NUNNALLY
Today, for once...
my brother overslept.
KALLEN
Well, then.
I'll buy you lunch.
What do you wanna eat?
NUNNALLY
<Um, um...>
Would melon bread be alright?
KALLEN
Sure,
leave it to me!
KALLEN
Here.
NUNNALLY
Thank you very much!
At any rate,
I can't believe he made you come here alone.
That Lelouch sure is a heartless jerk...
NUNNALLY
It's not like that...
NUNNALLY
My brother is always...
thinking about my needs.
<clench...>
So, when he's not around,
I try to do as much as I can for myself.
NUNNALLY
...But.
As it turns out, I couldn't even do this much without your help, Kallen.
I see...
You love him, don't you.
NUNNALLY
Oh, yes!
I love him very much!
Any time we can spend together is precious to me.
NUNNALLY
However...
I don't want him to prioritize me
at the expense of himself...
I'd like to be more independent, so that I'm the lightest burden on my brother that I can be.
It hasn't gone well so far.
Hmm...
KALLEN
I think I get it, at least a little.
<I've got a big brother too, after all.>
NUNNALLY
Is that so?
What sort of person is he?
KALLEN
He's kind and reliable... but
kinda overprotective, when it comes to kids.
NUNNALLY
Heehee.
I see.
KALLEN
What's Lelouch like, as a brother?
NUNNALLY
...
Well, he's...
an incredibly hard-working person.
When they needed costumes for an event at school, he worked all night to make them himself.
After he decided to leave our parents and live alone, he taught himself how to do all of the housework and cook and so on.
NUNNALLY
Even during holidays, he'll turn down invitations from friends...
to spend time with me instead...
KALLEN
(What's up with this guy?)
(I guess I might've misjudged him a little...)
Oh, yeah?
(...But wait, isn't he neglecting her right this very minute?)
<Ring, ring, ring!>
<buzz buzz>
KALLEN
<jolt>
SHIRLEY
Kallen~!
Haven't you got us lunch yet~?
<whine>
KALLEN
Oh, crap!
I totally forgot!
See you, Nunnally!
NUNNALLY
All right...
LELOUCH
Nunnally!
<run, run, run!>
Sorry I'm late!
I've brought you lunch.
NUNNALLY
<sniffle, sob>
NUNNALLY
Brother...
LELOUCH
<Nunnally?! What's wrong?!>
After School
KALLEN
You!
You're gonna help this time!
LELOUCH
<slide>
My mistake!
I'm just a little late!
KALLEN
Oh, yeah?!
KALLEN
<glance!>
KALLEN
(That girl, she's absent again?!)
<snap!>
Seriously?!
KALLEN
I knew
that guy couldn't be trusted!
SHIRLEY
No, it's not that.
RIVALZ
Yeah, see for yourself!
KALLEN
...Big Brother?
When it comes to Lelouch...
MILLY
Nunna comes first.
NINA
If it's for Nunnally, he'll do absolutely anything.
RIVALZ
And that's what we love about him.
KALLEN
Oh, I get it...
So when it looks like he's skipping out on us...
...it's really to be with Nunnally?
<heh>
I guess he's not all bad.
<comes into view>
KALLEN
Hmm?
SHIRLEY
<Lulu! Again with that girl...!>
KALLEN
...That jerk, he's making Shirley cry again!
<ominous atmosphere>
<TO BE CONTINUED...>
1 Lit. 'Presents a good face'.↩
Hey!
Bought a cell phone.
LELOUCH
<leafing through...>
Hmm?
<Good,>
that'll come in handy, since someone around here has a habit of disappearing.
C.C.
How very terrible for you.
<beep, beep>
LELOUCH
<...I was talking about you.>
<It's not like I actually needed one.>
<beep, beep>
I bought this because of all your whining.
Well, at least I'll be able to call Nunnally on this thing.
<Gimme your cell for a minute.>
LELOUCH
<rustle>
What?!
She has a phone and she didn't tell me?!
C.C.
Keeping secrets is part of the definition of being a girl... or so I've heard.
There, now you've got my number.
LELOUCH
...Fine.
<Isn't that the latest model...?>
SFX
<beep>
PHONE
XX-0XX4[...]
Pizza Girl[...]
UPDATE
Well, this will be nice, won't it?
The ability to exchange numbers in class makes it easier to accumulate friends.
(And the more friends she has, the faster she'll get some common sense.)
C.C.
Yeah.
Actually, I've already got a number.
<That red-haired girl.>
LELOUCH
Oh?
That Kallen's full of surprises...
C.C.
Guess so.
She also said
to let her know if you do anything to me.
"Just in case."
LELOUCH
...What?
Hey, you.
It'd be better for you to stay clear of him, you know.
C.C.
Huh?
Of who?
KALLEN
...Lelouch!
You know... the guy whose place you keep going over to...?
C.C.
<??>
<Oho...>
How come?
KALLEN
Because...
He puts on a good show1 no matter who he's talking to,
and he's really popular with the female student body!
He's always skipping out when it's his turn to clean or work or whatever.
And the rumor is that he's ditching to go out with girls!
<All women should steer clear!>
GIRL
<They were sold out of bread...>
LELOUCH
<Well, if you'd like, here...>
LELOUCH
<After you.>
C.C.
...she said.
LELOUCH
...
<Is that really how people think of me...?>
It wasn't my intention to give the female student body preferential treatment...
Was that really how it looked to her?
C.C.
Well, you're around that age.
<Here, yesterday's homework.>
I guess you can't help having a little bit of an ulterior motive.
LELOUCH
Ulterior...?
What would I want with an ulterior motive.
<I've told you before not to doodle on these!>
There's nothing to be gained from treating people decently.
...
C.C.
...You are
in high school, aren't you?
LELOUCH
...?
Isn't that obvious?
And as a student, my focus is on not neglecting my studies.
LELOUCH
<More doodling!!>
C.C.
Hmmm...
C.C
(This guy... is he just not into women at all...?)
Student Council Room
KALLEN
Dammit, Lelouch!
Even though we're totally swamped, he's ditched again!
KALLEN
Where do you keep running off by yourself?!
<Siiiigh...>
It's lunch time already and we're nowhere near done prepping for this event...
KALLEN
I can't take this.
I'm wiped out.
Is it alright if I go get lunch?
If you're going, get something for me, too.
I want pizza.
MILLY
And I'll have a sandwich!
RIVALZ
A double cheeseburger.
NINA
Donuts would be lovely.
SHIRLEY
A Britannian dog for me!
KALLEN
What?
<limp, exhausted>
Isn't this sort of thing usually reserved for the penalty in a game?
MILLY
Great idea!
<clench!>
Whoever loses rock-paper-scissors will buy everyone lunch!
KALLEN
Wait,
that wasn't what I had in min...
What's this?
Afraid you'll lose?
<smirk>
KALLEN
<annoyed!>
What was that?!
You're on!
EVERYONE
Rock, paper, scissors!!
SIGN
School Store
KALLEN
...
<chatter, chatter>
KALLEN
<flabbergasted...>
Pizza, donuts, a sandwich...
And what else?
Hmm?
SFX
<slide—>
KALLEN
<Oh—>
Look out!!!
<run!>
—!
SFX
<smooth!>
KALLEN
Pay more attention!
What if you'd spilled that on someone?!
NUNNALLY
That voice...
Kallen?
KALLEN
Nunnally?!
What are you doing here?
Don't you bring lunch from home?
NUNNALLY
Today, for once...
my brother overslept.
KALLEN
Well, then.
I'll buy you lunch.
What do you wanna eat?
NUNNALLY
<Um, um...>
Would melon bread be alright?
KALLEN
Sure,
leave it to me!
KALLEN
Here.
NUNNALLY
Thank you very much!
At any rate,
I can't believe he made you come here alone.
That Lelouch sure is a heartless jerk...
NUNNALLY
It's not like that...
NUNNALLY
My brother is always...
thinking about my needs.
<clench...>
So, when he's not around,
I try to do as much as I can for myself.
NUNNALLY
...But.
As it turns out, I couldn't even do this much without your help, Kallen.
I see...
You love him, don't you.
NUNNALLY
Oh, yes!
I love him very much!
Any time we can spend together is precious to me.
NUNNALLY
However...
I don't want him to prioritize me
at the expense of himself...
I'd like to be more independent, so that I'm the lightest burden on my brother that I can be.
It hasn't gone well so far.
Hmm...
KALLEN
I think I get it, at least a little.
<I've got a big brother too, after all.>
NUNNALLY
Is that so?
What sort of person is he?
KALLEN
He's kind and reliable... but
kinda overprotective, when it comes to kids.
NUNNALLY
Heehee.
I see.
KALLEN
What's Lelouch like, as a brother?
NUNNALLY
...
Well, he's...
an incredibly hard-working person.
When they needed costumes for an event at school, he worked all night to make them himself.
After he decided to leave our parents and live alone, he taught himself how to do all of the housework and cook and so on.
NUNNALLY
Even during holidays, he'll turn down invitations from friends...
to spend time with me instead...
KALLEN
(What's up with this guy?)
(I guess I might've misjudged him a little...)
Oh, yeah?
(...But wait, isn't he neglecting her right this very minute?)
<Ring, ring, ring!>
<buzz buzz>
KALLEN
<jolt>
SHIRLEY
Kallen~!
Haven't you got us lunch yet~?
<whine>
KALLEN
Oh, crap!
I totally forgot!
See you, Nunnally!
NUNNALLY
All right...
LELOUCH
Nunnally!
<run, run, run!>
Sorry I'm late!
I've brought you lunch.
NUNNALLY
<sniffle, sob>
NUNNALLY
Brother...
LELOUCH
<Nunnally?! What's wrong?!>
After School
KALLEN
You!
You're gonna help this time!
LELOUCH
<slide>
My mistake!
I'm just a little late!
KALLEN
Oh, yeah?!
KALLEN
<glance!>
KALLEN
(That girl, she's absent again?!)
<snap!>
Seriously?!
KALLEN
I knew
that guy couldn't be trusted!
SHIRLEY
No, it's not that.
RIVALZ
Yeah, see for yourself!
KALLEN
...Big Brother?
When it comes to Lelouch...
MILLY
Nunna comes first.
NINA
If it's for Nunnally, he'll do absolutely anything.
RIVALZ
And that's what we love about him.
KALLEN
Oh, I get it...
So when it looks like he's skipping out on us...
...it's really to be with Nunnally?
<heh>
I guess he's not all bad.
<comes into view>
KALLEN
Hmm?
SHIRLEY
<Lulu! Again with that girl...!>
KALLEN
...That jerk, he's making Shirley cry again!
<ominous atmosphere>
<TO BE CONTINUED...>
1 Lit. 'Presents a good face'.↩