I Won't Let Mistress Suck My Blood by Paderaporro Norio TL by boke ### TL notes indicated by hash tags like this: ### ### Page numbers indicated by —XX for example, page one is: —1 ### Panel numbers indicated by -X for example, panel one is: -1 ### sfx- means the following is a sound effect. ### hw- means the following is handwritten as opposed to typeset. ### Unless otherwise noted, panel and text balloon flow is from upper right to lower left. ### Sometimes my comments are snark or color, so feel free to ignore those. —01 -1 Matilda You are confined to this manor! I Won't Let Mistress Suck My Blood by Paderaporro Norio —02 -1 Wha… -2 What happened to the sweet Mistress I saw yesterday?! Was that a lie?! -3 Nooo…! L-let go of me! sfx- Yank Whish Calm down! -4 Don’t make me bring rope and tie you up! —03 -1 Stop this, August-sama! There’s no need to go that far… -2 sfx- Whssh -3 Um… I understand that you are a vampire, mistress… But confining me… Is that because… What? B… Because you’re planning to use me for meals? —04 -1 Not a chance! I don’t attack people and suck their blood! -2 That’s such bullshit! Ugh… Look, that was different, ok? -3 Because of the rain, the wagon with my meal supply - bottles of medical grade transfusion blood - couldn’t come. Since my stock here in the manor ran out, I was incredibly hungry. -4 And you were wandering around… After I told you not to. sfx- Stab -5 That’s the first time something like this has happened. So can you just calmly hear me out? My head is also spinning. —05 -1 The reason for your confinement… Is because you now know my secret… -2 And I need staff. Shopping, for example. Work outside the manor. hw- Manor hw- Town I have daytime help here in the manor, but… -3 As far as the world is concerned, I’m deceased. I can’t go out during the day due to the sun. And the ghosts don’t materialize during the day. I’m already relying on Hopreski too much. -4 And due to this manor being creepy… We haven’t had anyone inquire to work here for the last 20 years. -5 Until you came along. sfx- Jolt —06 -1 Matilda! Until I become human again, I need you to live here in secrecy! If you agree to work here, I promise you most of your freedom, and that I’ll cover your expenses. -2 But if you try to escape from here… I’ll have to lock you up underground. -3 So… huh? That means she was human? ### bold or italicize “was” —07 -1 B-but… If you push me down again like last night… And then suck my blood, doesn’t that mean I’ll become a vampire too? sfx- Huh? -2 Gah! That was unintentional! I won’t do that again! And just getting your blood sucked won’t make you a vampire! sfx- Grrr -3 Early this morning the wagon arrived and I replenished my stock of blood! There won’t be any more incidents! I drink medical grade blood! I’m a safety conscious vampire! But I can’t trust you, right? Living with a vampire?! Both of you, please calm yourselves! —08 -1 Just what is happening here? -2 Nn… Matlida-san… -3 I’m sorry, I’m faint… Your complexion is pure white! You must be anemic from last night. August-sama, we should stop here for today. -4 We’ll pick this up again tomorrow… —09 -1 You should just rest for the day in your room. -2 A vampire for a mistress… Ghosts for servants… -3 There’s no way I can make it here. -4 My head hurts… sfx- Toss -5 But if you try to escape I’ll have to lock you up underground. Even if I were to escape… —10 -1 It’s not like I have anyplace to go to anyway… -2 No good… My lids are getting heavy… -3 When I first met her I thought she was so wonderful. —11 -2 Yeah, I guess it was a mistake… to try to bring on a new maid. Mistress, you’re being too harsh on her. -3 If she had obeyed the rules and stayed in her room, this problem wouldn’t have happened. It’s her fault! -4 Hiring Matilda-san while hiding the manor’s big secret is just the same! sfx- Yep Yep It would have been better to be honest with her from the start, right? —12 -1 If I told her the manor was haunted, she wouldn’t have wanted to work here. -2 sfx- Slump -3 What if she escapes and goes and tells somebody? We’ll be persecuted and won’t be able to live here. sfx- Sigh -4 And when I look at her… Somehow… -6 I should stop thinking about unrelated stuff… sfx- Whonk —13 -1 Ah… sfx- Splash -2 Shall I bring a towel from the linen room? No, I’ll go get it myself… -5 Hm…? —14 -1 I feel so much better! Guess I needed to catch up on sleep. sfx- Hnnnn -2 But the fact of living in a haunted mansion is still real. -3 What should I do…? Try to manage to quit somehow? Even if I go back to town, there’s no manors big enough to have live in maids… ###both bubbles -4 Making A Living sfx- Mmmm Haunted Mansion —15 -1 Scritch Scratch -2 Who is it? sfx- Scratch Scratch -3 Click -4 Ah sfx- Nya Tofie-san, right? -5 My goodness! Do you come all this way to check on me? Good kitty! You’re so cute! sfx- Lift —16 -1 Hlk Hlk -2 Cough… Spt -3 Naagh! -4 Geez… —17 -1 Why did you have to come all this way just to hack up a hairball on me? -2 Yuk Is the smell going to go away? sfx- It stinks! -3 Ok, then… sfx- Click -4 Hopreski, is that you? -6 I spilt my bottle of blood. Its there a towel I can wipe it up with? sfx- Hah —18 -1 Gyaaaaa -2 Y-you saw! Why are you changing in there?! sfx- You surprised me! -3 T-Tofie-san got my clothes dirty. I was going to wash them…! -4 Nn… You didn’t have to scream, right? Myow. —19 -1 Please be more careful! Wha? -2 Sigh… -3 sfx- Grrr I thought I’d be fine as long as I didn’t get close to her, but… -4 But yeah, seeing an young lady’s neck up close and personal… -5 Hnnn… -6 Ughh… —20 -1 Wha… at? sfx- Wobble -2 What! The! Hell?! Getting mad at me over that? -3 Why does she have to get pissed at me?! “Be careful”? For what?! hw- C’mon… Please be more careful Matilda vision ###box hw- A maid needs to maintain appearances… We’re living in the same house and she doesn’t even knock? No common sense! That’s tyranny! -4 Hmph -5 If that’s how it’s going to be… —21 -1 sfx- Yawn Good morning -2 Huh? Where’s Matilda? Oho? She was with me in the kitchen a moment ago. -3 Don’t tell me she took this opportunity to run… -4 Sorry to be late! Good morning! -5 You’re late. I thought you ran away. -6 Perish the thought. —22 -1 Having you lock me up? Thanks, but no. -2 Whaaa? Isn’t she coming on a bit strong? Hmm? Then? You plan to work here your whole life without escaping? You found a way to feel safe? -3 Yes. I have decided to work here. —23 -1 Matilda-san…! The salary is good. The working conditions - meals and rooms - is good. I doubt I’d find anything as good elsewhere. And I’ve got no where else to go. -2 Getting locked up if I escape? There’s only been one option from the start. If so… sfx- Slam -3 I’m going to live here, and I’m going to make you human! —24 -1 Wha… -2 Well, my goodness… -3 If you can become human, I can be safe while working here. So I’ll help you out. For my own sake! —25 -1 So then, once again. I’ll be in your care, Mistress! sfx- Lean -2 I’m not going to stand for getting locked up here! -3 I’ll definitely find a way To make mistress human again! Continued in chapter 3