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we assure ourselves of each other’s entity, even if the warmth that we exchange is gone
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yuuki: idiot…really, it’s so like you to shield a child you’ve never even met before…
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yuuki: my beloved
between the end of life and heaven
[sideYuuki]
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zero: (sfx) kiss
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yuuki: alright, zero…as you wish…in your last moments, I’ll love you in the way that vampires love
text: before you turn into ashes, ill devour your life, devour you.
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yuuki: …i was happy too…zero…
text: shortly after that, i too come to disappear from this world…just like zero did
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text: it’s just that in my case, between my end and arriving at a place akin to heaven (or perhaps hell?), a postponement lay waiting in that man.
[sideKaname]
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kaname: …is that so…
ai: …is all he said, then he went silent…
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ai: that was a bit scary…after we told him “our mother exists inside of you”, he looked mad. except what he’s heard from us, he doesn’t know anything about mother…
ren: at least for now he knows that it’s a significant matter…if he didn’t that’d be worrisome.
ai: ren, mother told us not to tell him, you know? it’s a very sensitive subject.
ren: i don’t regret it. i wanted to see his reaction…
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ren: mother wanted that man to peacefully live out the rest of his life as a human, from his end as a vampire till his end as a human…she even used her own life for him
text: i want to give you, whom i love, the world i saw during my days as a human
ren: she went that far for him…so even though i know there’s no point in shaking him up, i couldn’t help but bait him…despite the fact that he has no memories.
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ai: …it’s not something we know directly…what he’s thinking, or what he’s feeling…you want to understand that by observing him firsthand
ren: yeah…
[flashback] yuuki: i’m sorry, ai…you want to talk to your father too, don’t you…
ai: there are things i’ve heard about father kaname from mother and zero that i still don’t believe…
ren: there must be things you don’t want to believe. such as that?
ai: or that (sfx: giggle)…hey, ren, he listens in on us closely, you know…
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ai: once in a while he’ll ask us a question, and once we answer, he becomes quiet and listens to us again…for several hours
ren: you’re right..
ai: i’m happy that he seems to be taking it all in stride, given that he’s just met me, his daughter…though, it may just be that he has a knack for talking to girls.
ren: i’m glad you’re not disappointed, oneesan…because i’ve been thinking that you have a disagreeable nature.
ai: you’ve been corrupted…you yourself have been thinking that you dislike him, no…?
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ren: …i’m still not sure…all i thought was that his hand was very gentle…we’ve been musing about things too much now…shall we go talk to our other father?
ai: you’re right…i don’t really want to leave him alone either. i’ve been told that he gets lonely very easily.
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text: the woman whose name is seiren may, with the exception of my mother, be the person who best knew the true nature of my father.
[sideSeiren]
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senate member: this way…these offerings are human children who possess the finest quality blood, raised specially for kaname-sama. the one standing is “hoshino”, and the one further inside is “yoruno”. well then, please do as you will with either.
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kaname: “as you will”…meaning?
senate member: heavens, kaname-sama!
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senate member: i humbly mean that you may drink their blood to your heart’s content. it is no problem at all if you end up killing them- you may leave the bothersome task of disposing of the bodies to me.
kaname: where are these children’s parents?
man: they disappeared after selling these children in their infancy. therefore, you need not worry. please, in accordance with your pureblood instincts…
kaname: i am not sure how i can repay you for your consideration.
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senate member: not at all, please do not mention it. this is meant as a heartfelt consolation for the loss of your family. however…if i may presume upon your benovolence…i wish to receive a little of your royal blood, for the occasion of my recent addition to the senate.
kaname: i understand
senate member: thank you kindly, sire. then, please take your time.
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asato: i am thankful to you for showing esteem towards the sacrifices. i hope that your relations with the senate will henceforth be harmonious…for the sake of your sister too, who is now living as a human somewhere.
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kaname: …come now, come out of there, you two.
hoshino: yoruno fears people who are angered, so please, let me be first
kaname: i am not angry at you…never mind that, i am not going to do anything to you.
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hoshino: oh no! that is troublesome! if you don’t do anything to us, both yoruno and i will go to a terrible hell!
kaname: no…i understand the notion of hell, but that’s no place for children like yourselves- if it exists, that is.
hoshino: it does! so it’s opposite, heaven, also exists. in order to go there, yoruno and i are ready to withstand what kaname-sama is going to do to us! in heaven, there are only kind people, and it is warm, and you can play whenever you want and eat whatever you want!
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hoshino: kaname-sama will send me and yoruno to heaven, won’t you?
yoruno: won’t you.
kaname: forget that, let’s just get out of this place.
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yoruno: wahhh!
kaname: i have no intention of granting you your wish right now.
hoshino: no…i don’t want to go to hell!
kaname: hell is…a place where the warm light doesn’t shine for a timespan equal to that of eternity. it is a place where you feel there is no hope of escaping from the endless agony. i know that well. if you do not want to fall into hell while alive, be obedient and come with me, you two.
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kaname: those low-lives…what have they led me to believe! (to the children) it’s alright, come.
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chauffeur: ka, kaname-sama?
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kaname: take these two to kaien cross at cross academy
chauffeur: bu-but cross academy is…no rather than that, ichiou-sama’s permission is required…
kaname: i have received his permission, you can check later- at any rate, hurry! (to the children) there, get in!
hoshino: what is this strange looking crate?!…!
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hoshino: ah…
kaname: it’s ok, be good and when the time comes i will lead you to heaven…so, cheer up!
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text: a scary but kind person…even now, i still remember thinking that. afterwards, that person returned to where those despicable vampires were assembled…all alone.

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text: although i had been raised as an offering in the deepest ignorance, i felt that he looked very lonely from behind…
seiren: it was in this way that i met kaname-sama. i am one of the human children…well, i was still a human at the time.
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seiren: after that, i stayed by his side and served the lonely kaname-sama, who had been separated from yuuki-sama. in order to be useful to kaname-sama, i took it upon myself to undergo training, leading me to where i am today.
takuma: no way, you’ve condensed it too much seiren! (text beside takuma: whoa, this is my first time hearing the full story)
ai: that’s true! but i understood was very angry!! and i’m glad nothing happened to you, seiren!!
takuma: honestly, i think your memories are too glorified…! the kaname i knew was lazy and forced all the bothersome tasks onto me, and the majority of his headspace was occupied by yuuki-chan. and, when yuuki-chan wasn’t around he would beat aidou arou-
ai: stop it, stop it!
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ai: takkun and the chairman say only weird things about father so it’s no good! i want to hear stories from a reliable person! my tutor told me to write an essay about my father after all!
takuma: but it’s true! right, yuuki-chan?
yuuki: the problem is that you’re joking around…(text beside yuuki: probably)
text beside takuma: making me seem like a nuisance…cold, so cold…
text beside yuuki: ichijou-senpai…don’t you think that you’re to blame…
seiren: i will tell you that parts i omitted in a few years. i do not think the contents are appropriate to tell to a child your age, ai-sama. however…i will say this…
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seiren: thanks to my having met kaname-sama, i-
yagari: here you are, seiren. sorry, but i need a hand. honestly speaking, it’s useful having you, a person who is capable of many things, on board. i don’t like to intrude, but it’s urgent.
seiren: i understand. for having saved my life, i will diligently work for you.
yagari: ichijou, do you plan to continue your role as caretaker? no, rather, you should continue with it…
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yagari: it’s them…the anti-vampire associations and the pro-vampire organizations. let’s go.
seiren: yes. ah, that’s right…thanks to my having met kaname-sama, i am able to lead a life of fulfillment doing worthwhile things.
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text: that is right, ai-sama. kaname-sama was indeed often angry. he was angry for someone.
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and, the object of that anger was…
senate member: due to them having fled near the mansion…the offerings, who believed without suspicion that they were bestowed to you by us…
kaname: go
hoshino: pant
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kaname: why did you come back…why didn’t you trust me…did you two suffer this ordeal because i didn’t erase your memories, being in a hurry…? if i had been more careful…
text: i wanted to clear up kaname-sama’s misunderstanding. but, by then, i was no longer able to speak.
hoshino: yoruno!
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hoshino: yoruno, no! wait! aah, hey!
chauffeur 1: get out of the way! the senate member midou-sama’s car is passing through!
chauffeur 2: y-yes, right away!
hoshino: yoruno!
yoruno: no, no, no! if we don’t do as we’ve been told then we’ll go to hell!
hoshino: let’s trust kaname-sama and wait! yoruno-
yoruno: nooo! i don’t wan’t to suffer in hell every day!!
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male vampire: my, my. why are there human children in this place? and two of them, at that.
female vampire: huh? there shouldn’t be any human children here.
male vampire: you’re right, there shouldn’t be.
female vampire: i’ve never tasted the blood of such small children before…(to seiren) oh no you don’t. i won’t let you run away.
text: i trusted you in earnest. it is not your fault that this happened to me.
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text: i was desperate to tell this to the person who was blaming himself…that’s why…
kaname: you will soon die in that state…however at this point in time, i can give you a different life. but in exchange, you will probably face much suffering until the day you truly die.
text: i may not have understand half of what i was being told.
kaname: if you still want it even so, then close your eyes.
text: but…
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kaname: i understand. then, this is the end of the human you. from this night on, you should call yourself “seiren”.
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kaname: the place where you must endure the purification of your soul through suffering, during the time between the end of your life until the day you can reach heaven- purgatory. a character taken from that word…it’s fitting for you. what will you do from now on? will you stay with me?
*t/n: the japanese word purgatory, rengoku, consists of the two kanji 煉 (ren) and 獄 (goku). the “ren” in seiren’s name is dervied from the “ren” in “rengoku”.
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text: yes, that is right…his eyes looked like they were saying that he wanted me to stay with him.
between the end of life and heaven
-end-
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-several decades later-
offscreen character: where did you run off to, vampire! hiding your true identity and trying to pass as a human, the nerve!
senri: over here, rima!
rima: this isn’t fair…that was the first acting job i’ve received in ages. what’s so bad about looking the same as i did in a magazine that was released quite a long time ago?
senri: it seems that there are people who can accept that and people who can’t. opinions have always been divided before, but recently they’ve gotten more extreme…
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senri: the anti-vampire association.
rima: yeah.
-a further several decades later-
old woman: whaat?! give you a strand of the vampire king’s hair? what do you mean…i’m just the academy’s caretaker, i know nothing!
crowd: don’t play dumb!
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woman in glasses: there’s a rumor among the students that this shed is the entrance to the vampire king’s sleeping quarters!
man: we wish to enshrine our organization’s alter there. i assure you we do not mean to gain anything else from it!
caretaker: as if i care!! i’ll throw sweet rice cake on you!!
takuma: was it bromide last time? my, my…another pro-vampire organization has been formed…
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text: we decided to make things official a year after the passing of our closest friend, during such a lively period in the world.
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takuma: …huh… eh…? what’s the matter…? what is it..?
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zero: we’ve decided to start being together properly.
last page
news: vampire knight special chapter volume to be released in june!
and further, another legend will start!
details to be revealed in the may issue of LaLaDX (releases april 9th)
贴完了，感觉跟看生肉的时候差不多。只不过原来一直不明白优姬那句“我也曾经很幸福”是什么意思。后来想想应该是喝了零的血，知道他对自己说“我曾经很幸福”，所有才会说这句。
P.S. 优姬拉着零去跟一条说我们决定正式在一起了，零优算是cannon了吧。感觉恋爱吐槽枢挺有意思，感觉这两个也是嘴上说不喜欢他，心里还是很在意吧。

another legend will start!!!!靠，不会真的要开新篇吧！

当听说优姬在其体内，孩子说“he looked mad”,顿时笑了，枢陷入蠢萌状态而且是作为爹的身份，同时儿女还是不停灌输那些不见得开心的记忆……孩子们背后吐槽爹也是很搞，sorry,现在枢再怎么帅，也觉得不就是爹?

你QQ是多少了？我找不到你了

其实我想说 优姬说自己曾经十分幸福可能是因为零已经不在身边了所以她不可能幸福了 顺便看看这次特别篇的标题 优姬生命的终点说不定对应的不是救活枢以后“真正的死亡”，而是零走了以后 优姬也已经不是活着的了。不然大妈为什么不画优姬救活枢的部分呢

我看着眼花。。。

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听说这是第十册单行本的宣传图，零扛着火箭筒是准备去虐谁呢？
我觉得是蓝堂XD