Treasure Chest at the Bottom of the Sea Translation Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Once Upon A Time, There Was?
Yumine: Oooh~ You really can breathe under the sea with this.

Kotone: It's all thanks to the bracelets we got from Umi-chan.

Kirara: These.... do look like some kind of magic tools, don't they?

Umi: You're right. The effects last only for 1 day, but if you keep wearing it your body can adapt to the sea, so that you won't need it to breathe after that.

Yasuna: Just 1 day and then it's useless huh. But I thought this can come into use when escaping from Sonya-chan.....

Kirara: What are you trying to do with that..... Yasuna-san, your body is.....

Yasuna: Eh? Anything wrong with me?

Yasuna: Wawa! What is this!?

Yumine: Us too!?

Kotone: This is getting interesting♪

Shizuku: Kotone, are you alright!? You sure there's nothing wrong with your body?

Kotone: Yeah, I'm fine. By the way, it's not our bodies that are glowing, but it's our clothes.....

Yumine: Huh? Since when did we change into our swimsuits.....?

Shizuku: "Your body can adapt to the sea", she's referring to that? But why that's only occurring on Kotone and the others.....

Umi: I don't really know about the specifics too myself, but I'm afraid this doesn't vary from person to person.

Kotone: It's easy to move around in the water with a swimsuit. We're lucky♪

Yasuna: I'm fine wearing a swimsuit, but why I'm the only one with an octopus stuck to my arm!?

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Umi: Everyone, this way.

Kirara: What exactly is this big building.....?

Yuzuko: Sea turtles, a huge building under the sea..... That's the famous one!

Nadeshiko: The ancient ruins of the Me Continent!

TL: Me Continent (メー大陸), is a parody of the Mu Continent (ムー大陸), which is a suggested lost continent sometimes mentioned in Japanese folklores.

Nadeshiko: ......Huh? Or is it the Mo Continent?

Kon: It seems that there were lots of cows and goats around here.....

Yumine: You talked about Otohime-sama or something like that, so isn't this the so-called Ryūgūjō?

Umi: Yes. This is the Ryūgū Palace, which Otohime-sama governs over.

TL: Ryūgūjō (竜宮城), lit: Dragon Palace Castle, is the undersea palace of Ryūjin, the dragon kami (god) of the sea. It is also the main setting of the Japanese folklore, Urashima Taro, which the event story is based on. Here in Kirara Fantasia they altered the name a bit, to make it an indirect, though pretty obvious reference to the original one.

Nadeshiko: Oooh, so this is the real Ryūgūjō huh.

Yuzuko: Yay. It's Urashima Taro..... So then, we'll have a seafood dance festival?

TL: Ah okay. Here Yuzuko is referencing the next part of the Urashima Taro tale, when poor lad Urashima is welcomed by Princess Otohime with a great feast and a train of dancing fishes.

Umi: Please come in this way. We welcome you all here, so please first make yourselves a home.

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Kotone: Shizuku-chan, it went that way!

Shizuku: Eh? .....Kyaa!

Kotone: Sorry, the ball just went flying.

Shizuku: Goodness sake, you're gonna spill my juice.

Kotone: Shizuku-chan, you seem very relaxed.

Shizuku: Cause, my clothes too have turned into a swimsuit too, and I've spent so much time preparing other ones.

Shizuku: Even so, this looks pretty much like an aquarium. Also, it's unbelievable that there's a beach here even though we've under the sea.

Kotone: If so, we can have fun without having to swim♪

Shizuku: Me too, and I didn't even consider to swim.....

Shizuku: Ah, I'm back in my clothes.

Kotone: Shizuku-chan can't stay in her swimsuit for any longer? What a pity~

Shizuku: Why is it a pity.....

Umi: Sorry to keep you waiti- She was supposed to come soon..... Kotone: Don't worry. So then, who's coming over?

???: Umi-chan!

Kotone, Shizuku: Eh?

Umi: Otohime-sama, these two are.....

Otohime: How many times I have to tell you, for goodness sake! It's not Otohime-sama, but it's Hime-chan, right!?

Umi: I-I'm very sorry......Hime-chan.

Otohime: It's okay, I'll forgive you! But why did you disappeared and left on your own!?

Otohime: Even though Umi-chan is supposed to be with Hime together forever!

Umi: Cause, I'm worried about you Hime-chan..... Since those people on the land are....

Otohime: Umi-chan you don't have to do anything!

Umi: Cause......

Kirara: Umm, excuse me. Umi-san, this girl is.....

Umi: Everyone, this is Otohime-sama, the one who governs over the Ryūgū Palace.

Translation by - Mann -