Seiyou Kottou Yaneura Dou

(“Hey, Noël, where are you right now!?”
“U-uhh...I think I’m somewhere nearby...?”
“That’s why I wanted to go with you, but you said that you’d be fine alone! Turn left at Flower Asato....crap! Noël, wait! My phone’s running out of battery-”)

In a gloomy alleyway...next to a building...
Stood a mansion...looking out of place...

The shop looked unfamiliar...the sign reads “Western Antique Attic Hall”
I laid my hand upon the grand doors...as if being pulled by an unseen arm-

Instead of an entrance hall, I found an abrupt set of stairs
I climbed up ↑ and up ↑ and up ↑
And what awaited me at the top was-

The bewitching black-haired store owner in a purple dress
The black cat in her arms gave off a small “Miau♪”...

It’s everywhere, yet nowhere to be found
It’s in the past and the future, but never in the present

This is the void of horizons, found between time and space

“It’s been a while since we’ve had a lost one of the horizons.”
“<The commemorable 13th customer>[boy]”
“Welcome to the Western Antique Attic Hall!”

-the owner said charmingly
I couldn’t help but rub my eyes
The owner’s existence changed in the blink of an eye...

Shifting from <a lady>[madam] to a young girl, defying the hands of time
The old hag to a pupa, the maiden to a butterfly, as if to slip through the cracks of the cage-

I could hear alarm bells ringing in my head, and I knew by instinct that this is a dangerous shop
But just like how the moon resigns to the earth’s pull
So do I give in to undefiable <providence>[God]

If something grabs your attention
Feel free to take it in your hands for a closer look (*except for the ones in the drawer of the front racks!)
This is a place where miracles across horizons gather-

The shop
Western Antique Attic Hall

(“Here we go!”

“Okay Arena!”)

“Let’s kick off this night with some crazy <antique>[member] introductions!”

SCHau: The hero of the holy war once wore this - or so it was said
A silver armor, stained with blood and falling into pieces

RÖhre: The <doll> simply dances, flickering in the darkness
A girl <marionette>, crumbling away the second you give it a <kiss>

DINg: You’ll get any three wishes, just like magic!!!
A golden lamp, home to a genie

GERat: If you’re not questioning the means, you’re just a slave to gold
A broken mask, with <pure love>’s tragedy and <life> as comedy

SCHau: Leaving a trail of beheadings for all necks it once adorned
A deep red jewel; miracle of the century and induction into the ranks of the dead

RÖhre: All living beings will come to face death
A reaper’s scythe, the reaping of souls a sad <fate>

DINg: Once a sage, now a witch; she cast this curse
A spindle of wild roses, one that pierced the <beautiful princess> and led her to dreams

GERat: The <potential> of the horizons is a <parallel world> of infinite expanse
A pair of futuristic <Remarkable, Evolutionary and Valuable Optical-device>[sunglasses], crossing boundaries of time to display phenomena

“Oh my ♥ Look at me any longer with those passionate eyes of yours-”
“-and you’ll burn a hole in my face (laughs)”
Oh? I suppose that this <antique> is to your liking, then?

“N-No...I mean..I, uh...recently, I’m just sorta...
Uh, interested? because of someone’s influence...I mean...y’know...
You know what I’m talking about!”

That <antique> happens to be the type who chooses
The person it wants to become one with, is that alright?
If that <antique> entrusts itself to you, then you don’t need to pay
<The price>[That] will be paid in full <when the time is right>[someday], with something other than money...

Shifting from <a virgin> to a prostitute, the <impulse>[killing intent] shakes itself free of the hands of time
The old hag to <a young boy>, the maiden to <a father>, as if to slip through the cracks of the cage-

“Thank you for your patronage.”

When I came to...I was alone in the alleyway...next to a building...
I stood like a deer in headlights...was that all in my head?
The shop looked familiar...the sign reads “Flower Asato”

Translated by Defade.