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your plan was impulsive, not well thought out, so unlike you. but all the pieces seemingly were coming together right before you. there was someone ready and willing to replace you. simon would be furious with you, would probably never forgive you, but by doing this you would be putting yourself first for the first time in your life.

when you finally arrive at the castle your muscles are sore and your bones are tired. simon takes pity on you and sends you to your quarters, laughing about how he would have had to carry you up to his chambers because you were so bone tired. it’s a relief and a courtesy you take graciously. he doesn’t mention the surprise, he mentioned earlier and you hope that he’s forgotten.

when you get back to your quarters you don’t bother unpacking your bag, instead keeping it tucked away by the door for the morning. your quarters had always been a place to rest your head, most of your time in the castle spent elsewhere until you dragged yourself back down to this room at the end of the day. but as you stand in the middle of the small, dimly lit room it finally hits you that you’re really doing this, in the morning you’re really leaving.

as you pull back your blankets on your bed and begin to tuck yourself away in their warmth, fear starts creep into the back of your head. your heart rate picks up and a sickly feeling settles in your gut. but then, as you lay your head back against your pillow and close your eyes your mind is filled with images of your dream from the night before. images of flowers and busy city streets and endless time to yourself.

in the morning you rise from your bed before the sun does and bundle yourself up in your best winter layers, the walk to the train station will be long and unforgiving. you feel a pang of guilt as you picture the young girl replacing you as simon’s handmaiden getting herself ready for the day in her own quarters. this was all so unlike you, lying, scheming, going behind others backs, leaving. she was expecting you to help guide her and train her, as you had already told the secretary. but you would be leaving her to flounder on her own, at the mercy of her king. simon. the thought of him stops you in your tracks, wool scarf held limply in your hands. your simon. years of memories come flooding back to you. years you had spent with him, were you really going to throw that all away?

but then memories from just the past few months come into focus. everytime you practically begged him to claim as his own flashed through your mind, shame and embarrassment mixing in your gut when you then thought of his response of silence every single time. he said it was you, that it always going to be you, but was him saying it ever going to be enough? especially since he had no problem letting a young little princess hang off his arm for days on end, in full sight of you.

it seemed like everything had finally come to a head in the past few months, your feelings becoming unbearable, to the point you know you can’t fulfill your duties any longer if simon was just going to keep denying you like he had been. you’d given him so many chances, told him that it was up for him to decide what the next step would be for you two. but he hadn’t decided anything, instead being cold and distant. that answer was enough for you.

you wrap the scarf around your neck, knowing you’ll need it to face the winter air. it was your last garment you needed to adorn yourself with and before you could talk yourself out of it you were grabbing your bag and walking out the door for the last time. getting out of the castle was much easier than you had anticipated, even with your winter gear on and bag strapped to your back, no one so much as looked your way. as you slipped through the front door and stood at the top of the stairs, cold winter air biting at your cheeks, you come to realize how this place, and the people in it, never really seemed to love you back.

- simon loved the first few days after a long trip because it gave him multiple excuses to avoid responsibility and just relax. you all came in very late last night which means simon lazes in bed during the early morning hours waiting for you. but instead of hearing the soft sounds of you puttering around his room, he hears an annoying knock on his chamber doors. you never knocked, you were always let in by simon’s guards, it was the perfect start to simon’s day.

but now, as the knocking continues, simon is ready to rip the door off the hinges and seethe at whoever is on the other side, because he knows it’s not you. the familiar voice of the secretary calling his name finally gets him up out of bed, stalking over to his door in only his undergarments. the secretary’s hand is still raised as he rips the door open, revealing a woman next to him that he’s never seen before.

“what could you possibly want at this hour?” he grumbles, his brain quickly trying to figure out what’s going on, why they would be knocking down his door at this hour, but more importantly, why you aren’t with them. you should have been up to his room by now, digging through his wardrobes, laying out items of clothing while he watches you from the comfort of his bed. but you’re nowhere in sight and it sets him on edge.

simon’s eyes flick between the two of them, the secretary is uncharacteristically nervous looking, fidgeting with his hands. the women next to him looks like she could burst into tears at any moment. it doesn’t help simon’s nerves at all.

“your highness,” his secretary finally seems to find his words, “we were supposed to start training this morning but we can’t-”

“what training?” simon probed, his voice echoing down the long hall. people know not to interrupt his daily routine, he knows something must be very wrong. he thinks his hands might crush the wood of the door frame underneath his fingers as he waits for an answer.

the secretary’s brows furrow in confusion, looking between the king and the women next to him. “your highness,” he pauses, “you were to be getting a new handmaiden today.” he explained, seemingly beginning to understand that the king wasn’t aware of what was going on.

simon feels his blood run cold at the words new handmaiden. who the hell made that decision for him? and where is his girl now? “whose stupid idea was this?” he demanded, muscles growing tense, ready to snap any moment.

“your handmaiden and i agreed that it was time for her to take a new, more valuable role.” simon scoffs at how words because there’s no other role in the whole kingdom, let alone the castle, that is more valuable than her role. “she agreed to start training your new handmaiden this morning, but we can’t find her.”

simon’s gut fills with dread as he digests the secretary’s words. there’s not many places that you would be early in the morning, the only places that you would normally be would be in your own chambers or in simon’s. but this isn’t a normal morning. simon’s moving past the two numbskulls in front of him before the secretary has an opportunity to speak again. as long as he wasn’t able to give simon your whereabouts then he had nothing of value to say anyways.

as simon ascends the stairs he knows he’s being followed, the voices of his guards and the secretary all speaking to him as he rushes towards your chambers. with each step simon takes he feels his anxiety rising and once he bursts through your door his fears are realized. you’re not there. simon takes stock of the room, searching for any inclination of where you went. nothing seems out of the ordinary, your bed is made, your dresser drawers are neatly shut, and so many of your personal items are still in the room, books and papers still sat atop your desk. but the items that simon can’t find are what really worries him. the leather boots he had made for your earlier in the winter are nowhere to be found, the winter jacket he had lined with cow hide to keep you warm isn’t in your closet or hung up on the wall.

as simon stands in the middle of the room he feels his whole world crash around him.

you had dressed in every warm layer you own and yet the cold air still nipped at your heels with every step. your cheeks burn, the wind freezing your tear tracks along your cheeks, but even then the tears don’t stop flowing. you spent the first mile of your walk convincing yourself that this was the right thing to do, that you deserve this new life. the second mile you spend going back and forth with your doubts, the cold seeping into your bones and filling your head with warm memories of the castle. as you hit mile three you finally thought of simon and that’s when your sobs finally wrack your whole body.

you were acting impulsively, getting yourself into an almost impossible situation, but at this point you were in too deep. you couldn’t imagine turning back now, walking the miles back to the castle with your tail between your legs, having to explain yourself to simon. he would be terribly upset, livid even. you knew that you would cause him pain by leaving, but you can’t imagine how he would feel, or more importantly act, if you showed back up at the castle, half frozen to death. at this point in your walk you were closer to the train station than you were to the castle, that proximity was the decision maker. more than anything, you needed warmth and shelter, if you kept yourself moving forward you would be there soon.

your mind eventually goes blank, body trying to fight the cold with everything you have. the only thing that you’ve heard in your journey was the snow under your feet, the wind wiping against your ears, and the occasional bird, so when you begin to hear something large and fast bounding against the snow behind you you almost think you’re imaging things.

but the movement gets louder, almost impossible to write off and you turn to face whatever is coming up on you. the black stallion is impossible to miss, coming towards you at a full gallop. you’re almost afraid that it’s going to gallop right over you until you recognize the man riding the giant beast. simon.

he commands his stallion to come to a halt, stopping just feet in front of you. his movements are clumsy and frantic as he gets off the stallion and you notice that his winter jacket is haphazardly buttoned and his riding boots are barely laced, he was in a hurry to get to you. his strides are big, closing the gap between you two in an instant as his big, leather riding gloves come to caress your wind burned cheeks. his eyes are wide, “where were you going? where could you possibly be going like this?”

you try not to collapse in his arms but the frantic nature of his voice almost brings you to your knees. “i don’t know, si, i don’t know.” you babble against the wool of his jacket, tears stinging your cheeks once again, his arms crushing you to his chest. you’re engulfed in his presence, one arm wrapped around your waist, keeping your body pressed close to his and the other arm wrapped around your head, holding you close so he can press his lips against your forehead.

your response was a lie, technically. you were going to the train station, but you didn’t know where you were going after that because nothing felt right. the life that you had been dreaming about had slowly become a nightmare the further and further you ventured from the castle. the castle wasn’t just some place you belonged, it was where you wanted to be. and it took almost killing yourself in the blistering cold to realize that.

“we need to get you somewhere warm.” he murmurs against your skin, untangling you from his limbs. he regards your face for a moment, “you want to come back with me, right?”

“yes, yes, of course.” you reassure, wanting nothing more in the world at this moment.

“and you, you,” he stumbles over his words, unsure of himself and wiping at his eyes. “you want to stand next to me everyday, right? because this morning they told me they were replacing you and i-”

you had managed to create one big mess that has sent the king into a near panic, gesturing wildly with his arms, his voice high and cracking. “simon, simon, listen to me, please,” you plead, grabbing his big arms, trying to calm his body. “i thought i wanted that, i thought i wanted to leave, but i don’t.”

his features are still downturned, most likely hung up on the fact that at a point you did want to leave. it hurts you to see him this way, but you know you need to tell the truth. “i didn’t think that i was capable of stomaching a life spent not being able to have you as my own, but simon, i don’t want to live a life without you.”

your words seem to slowly sink into his mind and before you can stop him he’s lowering himself to his knees in front of you. he wraps his arms around your hips, burying his face in the layers adorning your stomach. your hands move to his head, fingers slipping through his soft, blonde hair, his ears are red and cold underneath the leather of your gloves. his voice trembles when he breaks the silence, “if you come back to me i’ll show how much i love you, how much i need you, how devoted i am to you. please, just come back with me.”

“of course, si, that’s all i want.” you try pulling him up from his knees, knowing that the snow has soaked through his trousers by now. but the king stays where he’s kneeling, still holding onto you tightly, afraid to let go.

“i thought i had more time to make things up to me, i’m so sorry for almost chasing you away. i promise i’ll be a better man for you, bird.” it’s almost like the wind died down around you just so you could hear his pleading words. his hold stays tight around your body as his own shakes against, fear coursing through his veins at the prospect of losing you.

at a different time, even just a few days ago, you would have found satisfaction in his display, in his emotions and his suffering. but you can’t find it in you now to feel any cruelty towards him. you take your hands on either side of his head, pulling his face away from your body and looking down at him. his lips tremble under your gaze, “take me home, simon.”

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Ride 751: Hakogaku's preliminary inspection

Pag 1

1: Plunging into a new chapter!!

Pag 2

1: The rivals standing in their way in the Inter High!!

Pag 3

1: Kanagawa Prefecture, Hakone city

3: Huh, a preliminary inspection

4: for the Inter High!?

5: Yeah... well... it's a usual thing

Now, really? Really?

Pag 4

1: Gwaaa hoii!!

2: I'll go, I'll go, I'll go!!

Yeeah!!

4: Huh, preliminary inspection? I might be a little interested

He's suddenly acting cool!?

5: Ah

Pag 5

1: Coough

Waaaa

He's suddenly vomiting blood!?

2: He definitely bit his tongue while jumping around in excitement earlier....

3: 'm ohey

It's obvious that your tongue hurts....

Yeah...

This guy is always injured....

4: If nohing!!

I get it, I get it!!

5: 'en u we 'eave? (When do we leave?)

In thirty minutes, before the clubroom... you'll take a car to the train station

'aight!!

6: It's so obvious he's happy about it

7: Was that right? They didn't give us details

I guess, it's what Manami-san told us

First year Tobirama

Pag 6

1: Last month, in the club's tournament he won the F-group climber race

Pag 7

1: Yeah, I see, and he's gonna run in this year's Inter High as the sixth regular member of Hakogaku!!

2: Seriously, I

3: I want to be considered cool by everyone!!

4: What's up with him, he looks so cheerful

Cool, cool, Kyuushu~

That Tobirama is so festive

Pag 8

5: Huh!? It's just me and Manami-san!?

Isn't- like, Doubashi-san coming!?

6: Hn.... I told Jou-kun and Yuuto, too, but they had their practice menu, so they said “no”

8: They said no!?

Huh!? But it's a preliminary inspection!?

9: For the Inter High!! A preliminary inspection, right!?

Yeah

Pag 9

1: A preliminary inspection for summer's great battle, right!?

2: That's right... the place we're going to now it's the biggest “mountain”.....

3: A mountain we absolutely have to overcome

4: And yet the other members didn't come!!

Ah... Manami... I'm seeing now that apparently the train stopped because of an accident

Should we just go there directly?

Is that okay? Thank you

5: Directly!? By car!?

Huh!?

6: To Kyuushu!?

7: The Inter High is in Kyuushu, right? How long will it take from here....

Hm? Around

Pag 10

1: Two hours and a half

Pag 11

4: Yeah... we arrived in two and a half hours, but- this is Chiba, isn't it!?

5: Where is Kyuushu!? Ah!? Is there a theme park like the park in Kyuushu here too?

And what abaout the splendid nature!? The big volcano...!!

6: Ah

7: Where will he have the preliminary inspection?

Cool

If you hurry up and get ready...?

Pag 12

1: We'll do our practice menu here, today

Pag 13

2: Our menu.... did you want to practice here just for a change of mood?

3: It's here, right? Where they do tournaments and stuff

It's Chiba's

4: Minegayama, right?

Yeah!!

5: Hakone is better though

6: I wanted to go to Kyuushu

7: Ah, by the way, speaking of Chiba, an acquaintance of mine lives here

Pag 14

1: You know, I was in the basketball club when I was in middle school

Ehh... I didn't know...

2: A good senpai of mine meddled with their basket club....

3: And apparently he was a good friend with my club's teacher advisor, and so they often organized practice matches with Chiba's middle school

4: I got injured a lot back then, too

So I often got injured and that guy from that middle school took care of me

5: He was so good at treating injuries that in my school they called him the “super manager”

6: I guess he's still in the basket club?

Pag 15

2: Ah, by the way, what's today's practice menu?

Fifteen minutes at a fixed output... three or something?

Nahh

3: Since they'll probably come, it's “do your best to win against that guy”!!

3: Huh!?

Who's gonna come!? You organized this with someone?

4: Any time now... probably

But we didn't

5: Organize it

6: Huh!?

The sound of wheels.... from behind us!? A bike!? …. no, more than one

Pag 16

2: They're here

Pag 17

1: Last year's champion, Sohoku High School!!

Pag 18

5: Teh!?

7: Yo

Pag 19

1: It's been a while, Sakamichi-kun

2: Hakogaku's captain, Manami Sangaku- why is he here!!

Pag 20

1: Wearing their jerseys and riding their bikes, there's no way they came here to sightsee!!

2: Manami-kun!!

3: The Inter High is next week already, isn't it? Bu before that.... I thought we should cross that “mountain*” once

(*NdT.: here, the kanji say “mountain king”, but the reading says “mountain”)

Pag 21

1: “Mountain”.....!! “That we absolutely have to overcome”- so this is the “preliminary inspection”!!

2: How about... that summit over there?

Your team... we're at an overwhelmind disadvantage, but

3: We don't plan on losing

It's a “preliminary battle”!?

5: Manami-san's concentration.....

Pag 22

1: it sprang up!!

Sounds interesting, doesn't it!?

Pag 23

1: A preliminary battle!?

He wants' to challenge us!?

2: Now!?

Here!?

3: You came here... on purpose... for this?

4: Yeah

5: I came here for this only?

7: Uh!! Sohoku's captain's.....

Pag 24

1: Onoda-san's concentration sprang up too!!

Got it!!

Pag 25

1: Onoda!!

2: Onoda-kun!!

3: Seriously!?

4: Waaa

5: We're starting a race against those two!? Teh!?

6: Oh, oh oh?

Pag 26

1: Really?

Those jerseys

2: It's Hakone Academy and Sohoku!!

#yowamushi pedal #yowamushi pedal translations #yowapeda #yowapeda manga #yowamushi pedal manga #yowamushi pedal spoilers #ride 751 #THERES SO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS CHAPTER OH MY GOD #WATANABE YOU ABSOLUTE MADMAN WHAAAAAAAT #okay okay in order: let's start from Tobirama who is sUCH AN ADORABLE DORK I LOVED HIM SINCE THE FIRST TIME HE APPEARED BUT NOW HE'S!!!!#ANOTHER ONE OF MY BABIES!!!#trying to act all cool when hes actually just a giant excited dork asdhaksfasjhdk now this is a kind of character that hakogaku missed #and he knows rokudaiiiiiiii the way i screamed when i read that page omg #d e s t i n e d r i v a l s im telling you #and theyre both climbers !!(i mean it was pretty obvious already that theyd be rivals and the new ge onoda and manami BUT!!!#it still makes me so excited #then!! Manami just straight up going to chiba and challenging onoda sadgjasf #he really said 'i want to have a nice chill race against you and if we cant have it at the IH then we'll have it here and ill take things*#*into my own hands' and i respect him for that #also excuse me my shippy sansaka heart but when onoda said 'you came here just bc of that'#and manami said 'yeah i only came here to do this'#and then onoda made that face- looked to me like he was kinda offended that manami didnt go there just to hang out with him asdasdghj lmao #AND THEN THE END OMG THEY WAY I YELLED WHEN I SAW THAT LAST PAGEEEEE #KIJIIIIIIIII MY LOOOVEEEEEE #i swear watanabe loves him more than we do he never misses a chance to make him show up #everybody say thank you watanabe!#is he gonna meet manami next chapter???? pleeeaseeee #at first i thought he would join the race but then i noticed he's riding a mtb and not a road race #soooooo :eyes emoji:

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