Crea Mates Big Meeting! New Year Sugoroku Tournament Translation Chapter 11

Chapter 11: We're Last Place?
Polka: Oh, here they come.

Yuzuko: It's Polka-chan. Are you a staff member for the Sugoroku?

Polka: Yeah. The course beyond here continues outside of town. That's why I'm here to guide you all.

Yuzuko: That's some great work you've been doing.

Polka: This point is exactly halfway of the Sugoroku course. Well, you could think of it as a checkpoint.

Yasuna: We're finally halfway.......But we still have a long way to go.

Kaho: So that means all participants will be passing through here. Do you know what our placings are?

Polka: Hmm......If I'm not mistaken you all should be the last ones......Yep, you're last place.

Yuzuko: Eh! We're last place!?

Polka: Not to mention you're the last place who's falling behind quite a lot.

Yasuna: That's because all the tasks we've ever done are time-consuming ones......

Polka: Still, I'd say the game is not over yet until the very last moment as we'll never know what can happen next. I guess it can't be helped that you'd feel down.

Kaho: You're right. Our chances of winning hasn't dropped to zero just yet, so we mustn't give up here.

Yasuna: Uhh, so we just have to follow this arrow on the signpost and move forward, right?

Polka: Yeah, exactly.

Yuzuko: Then we'll be off now. Thanks for your work today~!

Polka: Thanks. Be careful.

(Kaho, Yasuna and Yuzuko leaves.)

Polka: ......I just told them "The game is not over yet", didn't I.....Yet I don't think they'll reach 10th place even in the best case......

Polka: And not to mention the leading group should've already reached the goal by now......

Meanwhileーー At the Sugoroku Headquarters.....

Lamp: They sure are late......

Clea: Hm? What's wrong?

Lamp: Well, it's been a while since we started, so someone should've arrived at the goal by now.......

Lamp: But there's still not a single person finishing, and moreover the progress reports have stopped coming in now.

Clea: They're late indeed......

Lamp: I wonder if something happened on the way? I'm heading out to see how things are going.

Clea: Ah, Lamp, you can't go.

Lamp: Eh, why?

Clea: There's still work waiting for us here in the Headquarters.

Lamp: B-But, what if something happens to all of the Crea Mates.......!

Clea: Then we can ask Polka to go observe the situation.

Lamp: B-But still, I have to be the one to.......!

Clea: You can't. You said the same thing back then to get away from here, didn't you, Lamp?

Lamp: Ugh! B-But.......!

Clea: I understand how you feel, but you need to act responsibly just this once.

Lamp: But, but.......!!

Leine: My, my. What's going on, you two? Is there a problem?

Lamp: Leine-san......

Clea: Umm, we're getting worried because there's still no one who has reached the goal of the Sugoroku course yet.......

Leine: Not even a single one? Yet it's been quite a long time since you guys started! That's certainly worrying......

Lamp: Apparently everyone has already gone past the halfway point. So something might have happened beyond there......

Leine: If I remember correctly, the halfway point should be set up over at...... the small hill where the town gate is located.

Clea: Yes, but what about it......?

Leine: ............

Leine: Then it's possible......

Clea: ......?

Leine: ....that everyone has gotten themselves lost inside the Sugoroku Ruins .......

Lamp: S-Sugoroku Ruins!?

I like Hara Yui's art style so much. Clea's puffed cheeks are so cute. Translation by - Mann -