1.  The moment I was born,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
2.  my fate was set in stone.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
3.  I was destined for a life of solitude.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
4.  I had long resigned myself to it.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
5.  For a princess born into royalty,
it was inevitable and inescapable.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
6.  And yet I longed...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
7.  That zing just now...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
8.  Could it be?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
9.  Is she my soulmate?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
10.  The 100 Girlfriends
Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love YouCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
11.  I didn't expect to run into another
soulmate here and now.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
12.  Oh, no! You go ahead!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
13.  Is she telling me to read that?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
14.  Er...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
15.  "'Tis I, the governor of this land"?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
16.  You mean you're a librarian?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
17.  "He had hit the bull's-eye."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
18.  Wait.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
19.  What's going on here?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
20.  Is it no talking in the library?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
21.  "What brings you here? What do you seek?"Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
22.  "I wished to aid in their goal."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
23.  Oh, uh...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
24.  Book.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
25.  Novel.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
26.  Funny.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
27.  Story of...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
28.  "Why do you not open your mouth?"Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
29.  Right back at ya!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
30.  "My apologies."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
31.  "She found conversing
with people most difficult."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
32.  "I'll go get someone else."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
33.  Wait, wait!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
34.  Sorry, I didn't realize.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
35.  Could you help me?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
36.  Do you have any recommendations?
My favorite genre is romance.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
37.  I'd like something with a good ending,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
38.  where the characters overcome
difficulties to live happily ever after.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
39.  Any suggestions?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
40.  Look at this tiny girl running around...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
41.  Trying so hard to help me.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
42.  Trying way too hard!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
43.  "I'm so sorry."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
44.  "It was but a nuisance."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
45.  "Take what you need, and be on your way."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
46.  Nah, you picked these out for me,
so I want to read them all.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
47.  Yeah, I'll borrow them all.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
48.  Oh, dear.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
49.  Sorry, it takes a week
to issue a new library card.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
50.  Come back next week.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
51.  Skewered with office pens,
bound with red tape!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
52.  That book...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
53.  It belongs to you and not the library, right?
You're willing to lend it to me?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
54.  Really? Thanks!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
55.  Oh, by the way, what's your name?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
56.  Class 1-4, Yoshimoto Shizuka-san...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
57.  Oh, we're in the same class!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
58.  Sorry, I haven't memorized
everyone's faces yet.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
59.  I'm Aijo Rentaro.
Thanks for this, Yoshimoto-san.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
60.  Oh!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
61.  I think this recipe might be more in line
with Rentaro-kun's tastes.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
62.  Huh? L-Lemme see.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
63.  Look at your own book.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
64.  Oh, wow. Are those all cookbooks?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
65.  Rentaro-kun!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
66.  I kept picking out more and more books
trying to find something that'd make you happy!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
67.  I-I just wanted to boost
my repertoire of dishes!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
68.  You two!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
69.  I'm blessed to have
such hard-working girlfriends!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
70.  "Circlet Love Story."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
71.  A story of Princess Io
and her knight Kamakuru,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
72.  and their star-crossed romance.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
73.  I hope that your fealty and
propriety will remain steadfast.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
74.  Sir Kamakuru, I do hereby
proclaim thee my knight.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
75.  Princess Io, I swear on my life that
I will protect you, no matter what it takes!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
76.  Those were the very first words exchanged
between Princess Io and Sir Kamakuru.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
77.  And then, the two locked eyes.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
78.  They would rise above their status
as princess and knight,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
79.  and give their hearts to each other.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
80.  She is to marry into our ally's royal family.
I'm sure His Majesty is overjoyed.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
81.  Princess Io!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
82.  Princess Io! I swore on my life to protect you,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
83.  and yet I... I...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
84.  Is there no way for us to defy this fate?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
85.  You can do it, Kamakuru, Io!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
86.  Don't let fate defeat you!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
87.  Beat the odds and live happily ever after!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
88.  The first book ends here?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
89.  "Fate," huh?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
90.  Soulmates must be together, or else...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
91.  they die.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
92.  Good morning, Yoshimoto-san.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
93.  Thanks for this.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
94.  It was so good, I read it all in one night!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
95.  Huh?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
96.  Is that book...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
97.  You brought the sequel for me? Wow, thanks!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
98.  I'm dying to know what happens next!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
99.  But wait, I gotta repay you first.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
100.  I know!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
101.  Come with me for a sec!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
102.  Oh!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
103.  These animal nuggets are cute!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
104.  Okay, I'm gonna make 'em.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
105.  Hey, quit stealing my ideas!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
106.  You wha? I found it first!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
107.  I feel like they're thick as thieves now.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
108.  It's nothing! Just my way of
saying thanks for the book.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
109.  Do you read a lot?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
110.  I see. No wonder you knew about that series.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
111.  I've read lots of romance novels in the past,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
112.  but that was something else!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
113.  A charming love story and an epic adventure!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
114.  I was panicking hard when Io and
Kamakuru had their misunderstanding!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
115.  "This is my favorite item, too."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
116.  "I have carried it from an early age."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
117.  "She pored over the text repeatedly."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
118.  I see. That explains it.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
119.  I mean, the way you talk...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
120.  You always flip the pages
and find the right line to say in an instant.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
121.  You must know that book
like the back of your hand.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
122.  I've never read the same book
over and over like that.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
123.  That's so cool.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
124.  Yoshimoto-san?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
125.  "I am unworthy of such praise."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
126.  "It was an act that came naturally to her."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
127.  "Given the kind of person I am,"Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
128.  "there has never been even one person
I could call a friend in all my life."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
129.  "Only the world I saw
through here gave me respite."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
130.  "I thank you from the bottom of my heart."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
131.  "For you do not shun
the person I have become."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
132.  Shun you? Why would I?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
133.  Hey, sorry, can I borrow
that first volume again?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
134.  I'll give it back as soon as I can.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
135.  Thanks.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
136.  You're in high spirits, Yoshimoto-san.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
137.  Did something good happen?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
138.  "I vehemently deny that accusation."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
139.  "The days go by, unchanging as ever."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
140.  "I am merely carrying out my duty."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
141.  "And what is my duty..."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
142.  Okay, okay! I get it!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
143.  You always seem so
sleepy lately, Rentaro-kun.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
144.  Yeah... I've just been getting busy.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
145.  I've had a few late nights.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
146.  "Late nights"?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
147.  "Getting busy"?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
148.  Is something wrong?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
149.  Oh, okay. If you say so.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
150.  H-Hakari?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
151.  Just sharing some of my energy.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
152.  Tee-hee!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
153.  Thank you, Hakari, my dear angel!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
154.  Gah! H-H-Hold up!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
155.  I've got plenty of energy
for you myself, you know!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
156.  Really?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
157.  Sweet Chin Music, delivered via headbutt?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
158.  Oh, s-sorry!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
159.  Thank you, Karane, my Gradivus!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
160.  Why am I the god of war now?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
161.  Aijo-kun already has a girlfriend.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
162.  No wonder.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
163.  He's too busy to read books all the time.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
164.  What did I expect? Nobody...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
165.  What's your deal, Yoshimoto-san?
Why do you always talk through that book?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
166.  Can't you just talk normally? It's creepy.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
167.  Why can't you talk like the other kids?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
168.  Come on, speak up!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
169.  You'll never be able to talk
if you keep clinging to that stupid book!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
170.  S-Sorry...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
171.  Come on, say something!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
172.  Speak!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
173.  Speak already!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
174.  Why are you such a freak?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
175.  Nobody has the time
to talk to a freak like me.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
176.  Oh, good. You're still here, Yoshimoto-san.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
177.  You see, I wanted to repay you today
for lending me your books.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
178.  Do you have a smartphone?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
179.  Great.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
180.  There's an app I want you to install.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
181.  Don't worry. I've confirmed it's safe.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
182.  Yeah, that's the one.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
183.  Once you've installed it, could you
use it to import the file I send you?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
184.  Done?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
185.  Now open it up.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
186.  It's the first volume of Circlet Love Story.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
187.  But I'm sure it hasn't been
released as an e-book.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
188.  Now, when you select a part of the text...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
189.  "I am Kamakuru,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
190.  a knight sworn to protect
our beloved princess."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
191.  It's a text-to-speech software.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
192.  It'll read out whatever text that is
inputted using a synthesized voice.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
193.  No way...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
194.  He went through the whole book and typed
every single word into this thing?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
195.  And he did it all manually?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
196.  The way you were doing it, both you
and the person you were talking toCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
197.  had to look at the book, right?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
198.  So you never really got to talk face-to-face.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
199.  But if you use this app...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
200.  "You can look each other in the eye."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
201.  while you talk.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
202.  I can't even begin to imagine
how hard it is for you to talk out loud.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
203.  So I can't bring myself to push you to do it.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
204.  But...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
205.  I did want to make communicating
with others easier for you,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
206.  and I hope this helps, even a little.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
207.  Now, let's give it a shot.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
208.  Try saying something to me.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
209.  "I love you."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
210.  "I apologize."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
211.  "Pray, pay it no heed."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
212.  "I ask not for an answer."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
213.  "I know already there is
a maiden promised to you."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
214.  "I only wished to make
my feelings known before..."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
215.  Ah, I see now.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
216.  It's not because she's my soulmate,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
217.  or because I have to save her life,
or anything like that.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
218.  I truly, genuinely just...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
219.  "I love you, too!"Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
220.  "But we are destined to never be together."Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
221.  "If fate stands in our way...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
222.  we need only break through it!"Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
223.  "Let's go forth together,"Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
224.  Shizuka!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
225.  And there you have it.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
226.  Could I have your permission to make
Yoshimoto Shizuka-chan my newest girlfriend?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
227.  Did your damn brain rot away?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
228.  Did. Your. Damn. Brain. Rot. Away?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
229.  I can't even argue with that.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
230.  Rentaro-kun... how could you...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
231.  Hakari...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
232.  You've found a new love,
and yet you have the grace not to dump us!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
233.  How could you be so endlessly kind?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
234.  Somebody stop this brainrot epidemic!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
235.  No! My feelings for you haven't
shifted to Shizuka-chan or anything!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
236.  If I could make an analogy,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
237.  it's not that you'll be sharing
the spoils from the same old oil field.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
238.  It's that meeting Shizuka-chan has
unearthed a whole new, untapped reserve!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
239.  Could you maybe not compare your
love for your girlfriends to fossil fuels?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
240.  Anyway, I'll cherish the two of you
and Shizuka-chan just the same as ever—Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
241.  No, even more than before!
And I'll prove it with my actions!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
242.  Even more than before? Really?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
243.  Really. And if you ever feel
like I'm not, tell me.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
244.  And I'll atone for itCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
245.  by committing seppuku.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
246.  Who're you, a samurai?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
247.  Such a man! You're a man
among men, Rentaro-kun!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
248.  It's the natural course of action.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
249.  Anybody who hurts his loved ones is
a piece of trash that has no right to live.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
250.  I've already ordered a gangsta knife online.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
251.  Fine, I get that you're serious about this!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
252.  No, this is something I need to do.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
253.  And so the love triangle
becomes a love rectangle.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
254.  Can Rentaro handle this?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
255.  I need something tangibleCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
256.  Can he maintain this eccentric relationship
with no real experience to speak of?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
257.  to serve as a reminder to myself...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
258.  To serve as proof of my
continued love for you three.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
259.  Or is he doomed?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
260.  Is he gonna have to commit hara-kiri?Copy !req