Disclaimer: This translation is for any body that wants to read manga. Don't redistribute this translation for your site, commercial use, or anything I consider inappropriate. If you like this story, you could be supporting the author by buying this manga^-^ "Slayers" is copyrighted to Shoko Yoshinaka. It is then translated into Chinese by Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Signs: (THINKING) [ACTION] *Emphasis* ***** = change in time or place Girl: [holds a sword to a bandit's throat] Where is the treasure hidden? Bandit: It's ... it's in the storage house. Bandit Boss: Idiot! No one within this world can be stupid enough to tell a stranger the location of our treasure! Girl! I'll give you half the treasure, or else leave! Girl: One...half? Do you know, Mr. Bandit? Why there are disputes in the world? The answer is very simple. It's only 2 words: No Compromises. Bandit1: Ah! Bandit2: That light! Fireball!? Girl: Sorry, I'm collecting all of the treasure! Let Hell judge all of the evil your group has done! [1] Bandit: Wait.... You wouldn't happen to be that famous female magic user? Lina: Yup! I am the one everyone knows as Lina Inverse! Slayers Volume 1 Chapter 1 Bandit Boss: Even though you're that famous female magic user... My little brother will know what happened by the end of the day. He will not let this slip by. Lina: Thank you for the advice. Bandit Boss: I'll pass it on to him for you. I'll tell him you're a flat-chested little girl. Lina: [bandit boss has a large bump on his head] Potty mouth! Heart breaker! Lina: Waa! A mountain of treasures! [heart symbol] (Their (the bandits) skills aren't very good. They clearly don't have the skills needed to gather this much. Looks at I have more than enough money for travel. Not only did I get rid of those evil bandits but I also got lots of treasure from it. Maybe from now on, I should stop harassing the bandits. It will be a hard habit to break though.) Ah-chu! Ok! I better leave before the inn's door closes. Ah! [lifting a large sack] How heavy. [heart symbol] Lina: (My name is Lina. I'm 15 years old. The most beautiful female magic user in all the lands. My hobby is to terrorize bandits. It's because of this hobby that I often get into troublesome situations that are different to get out off. In short, I'm not very famous in the world. ) [2] Lina: Who!? Bandit Boss2: Hey! Little girl! How dare you kill my big brother. Lina: Don't you guys have any manners! Bandit Boss2: Who, who follows etiquette when doing business? [backhands a bandit behind him] Hey! Why don't you think about what YOU did! Lina: Ah... Bandit Boss2: Get her! [the bandit he hit earlier is unconscious and has a large bump the size of golf ball] Bandit Boss2: Why don't you return the treasure you stole from my big brother? Lina: You're only fighting a girl. Don't you think you brought too many men? Bandit Boss2: Of course! You're not an ordinary little girl! Get her! Lina: [dodges but some coins fall out of the sack she's clutching] Ah! My money! Bandit: You'll about to lose your life and you're still worried over your money!? [swings his sword at Lina] Lina: So sorry! [kicks the bandit in the face] I'm from a merchant family. I can't help it! [kicks another bandit] If I don't' take good take of my money, I'll bring heaven's wrath upon myself. [several more bandits fall to the ground as she runs away] (I can't concentrate on casting a complicated spell with the coins flying around. No other way. I'll cast the simplest spell I know...) Bandit Boss2: If you have guts, then stop running away! [preparing to stick with his sword] You're death is here! Lina: [casting a spell] Ah! [sees the sword coming at her] Bandit Boss2: Thump! [someone trips him and the bandit falls flat on his face in front of Lina] Man: A large group of people fighting against a single little girl. Isn't that a little embarrassing? If you want your live, runway like the coward you are! Bandit Boss2: Uh! What did you say!? First announce your name then we're get onto business! Man: With your bunch of merciless bandits, names doesn't matter! [3] Bandit Boss2: Stop... stop with the big words! Kill me if you have the talent! Lina: ... Bandit Boss2: Brothers, kill that guy! Lina: [stares] (The world is really strange. This kind of things often happens. Unexpectedly, a Cheng Yao Jing [4] appears and he's always there to save someone from danger. The hero is always very handsome and young. Also, he's very skilled. With only two or three strokes of his sword, he can cut down the adversary ...) Bandits: [all down] Man: Are you all right? Lina: Mister! In my time of peril, you came to my rescue. I'm truly grateful. Man: Nothing...nothing to it. [stare] Lina: Ok! I still have something to do so I'll be leaving now. Man: I... I [scratches head and continue to stare] Lina: Hahaha. He's still looking at me. He must be awed by me great beauty. [smile] Man: Aye! So wasteful. She's a just a little girl. (It was the prefect hero-rescues-princess scene. In addition, I thought she was a luscious woman at the time. It was very tense but I didn't think I was really saving a short little girl. [5] Man:( On the other hand, this region is chaotic. If she doesn't get to a city soon, who knows what else will come to threaten a little girl?) Man: Ay! Little miss! Please wait for a minute! Man: Uh? I'm calling you! Can't you hear? Lina: [crying with her back turned to the man] (I don't want to associate with your kind of person.) [6] Lina: [opening a window] What a great morning! [stretches] Man: [from the window to the left of Lina's window] ... it is! Lina: [falls out of the window in shock] Man: What's wrong, little miss? Lina: [climbing back into the window] Don't 'little miss this', 'little miss that.' My name is Lina! (On behalf of your fortune, I'm reminded of a load of bad things. ***** Begin Flashback Man: A single person traveling alone without a destination? How about this? Let's go to Atlas City together? Traveling alone is very hard. Probably because you never asked anyone to accompanying you. You need a traveling companion. Lina: Mis...mister. Man: So it's decided. I'll go with you to Atlas City. My name is Gourry. I'm a freelance mercenary. Lina: [speechless] ***** End Flashback Lina: How can someone like me be in trouble? It'll take 9 days to reach Atlas City, and I'll have to see him everyday... Oh God! Seeing him EVERYDAY! It's not only because of that.... Why should someone as skilled as I travel with him.... Aye! I wouldn't make such a fuss about this if he had good fighting abilities. Should there be any danger, he could protect me. [heart symbol] It's only 9 days. [bells ringing] Gourry: (A magic shop?) Lina: Hello sir! I want to sell some precious things. [shelves full of pots and swords] Gourry: [staring at the bowl in the shape of a stage that full of fruit] (No matter how I look at it, this curious thing looks like fruit.) Shopkeeper: Welcoming presence. Ay! These are real treasures! Lina: They are! [smile] Shopkeeper: Where did you steal these? Lina: [smile] Old Sir, there you go again! You always love to joke. Shopkeeper: Seeing you're very cute, I'll raise my selling piece. Lina: Thank you! I'll count you then! [eyes turn into round plates] Gourry: Little miss, does this place also sell food? Lina: Please, Gourry! Those are fruits from a tree in heaven. They're used as a medium to perform certain spells. Also, the enchanted object nearby is from Gelanmu. [7] Gourry: Wow. You sure know a lot about it. Say, you wouldn't happen to be... a magic user, would you? Lina: [crashes into a display] Shopkeeper: [freaking over the damage that's just been done] Lina: Isn't asking this question really laughable? Seeing my clothes would have told anyone that I'm a magic user. Gourry: You could have been anyone. Someone who sells fishes or a waitress... Shopkeeper: [screaming in horror at the background] Lina: There is a definite resemblance! [crashes face down onto something wooden to her left] Gourry: If you please, don't exaggerate your reaction so much... Since I was only joking. Shopkeeper: [screaming] You shouldn't destroy anything within my shop just to make a joke! [view of a building] I want compensation for the damage! Lina: [eating] Lina: [a tall stack of empty plates nearby] Bystanders: [Wide-eyed] Gourry: Oh God. Little miss, you can really eat. Lina: [angry but still eating] Gourry: Even if I eat that much, it wouldn't make my chest any bigger. I saw it this morning when you were stretching at your window. Lina: [even more angry but still eating] Gourry: That shopkeeper is really a skinflint. It was only a little, insignificant scratch and he still wanted compensation for it. Lina: Aye! Even if you become a solider for 10 years, you wouldn't be able to pay that amount of money. Gourry: Oh. Is that true? Didn't you see the bill I just paid a moment ago? I'm so embarrassed. Once the amount is over a certain amount of money, I wouldn't be able to tell how much money there is anymore. Lina: [pushes her fork and knife onto the table so hard, they snap into two] Lina: Tell me truthfully! [points another knife at Gourry] What's the real reason you want to be my traveling companion! Gourry: Do you want me to tell a bad joke? Lina: [screaming] Don't you have any common sense! (You moron!) [breaks her fork with her bare hands] Gourry: I was worried about you. That's all.... Lina: [still in hysterics] You want some of my stolen treasure, right!? Gourry: Stolen money? Lina: Just forget what I just said, all right? [calms down a little] If you're really worried about me, then act like you're worried about me! If you cannot do that, then I don't want us traveling to Atlas City together! Lina: In addition, my name isn't 'little miss' nor do I wish to be called 'little miss.' My name is Lina. Understand!? Gourry: I understand. [smile] Little miss. Lina: [crashes head first onto the table with tears flowing] Gourry: Aye, little miss! Do you at least know how to cast a fireball? From your clothing, I'd say you're a black magic user. Lina: (He calls this understanding? He isn't too bright). Gourry: Little miss! Little miss! You still haven't answered my question. Lina: (In the end, I still cannot send him away.... )Hum? Ah? Is the fireball within black magic's department? Where can you find a magic user will tell about their most basic weapon? Gourry: Hey! The magic user near my home was willing to tell me. Lina: Well, half of it is just to increase his word's usage. Bandit Boss3: Old sister! How dare you kill my brothers! Lina: Ay! This old hag is really old...! [8] Gourry: [clueless] Hum? Bandit Boss3: [backhands a bandit to his left] Spare your jokes! Ah! [turning to his bandits] Why are you all just standing there doing nothing! Lina: All the ravens under the sky are black. [9] Bandit Boss3: I said attack! [finally sees the unconscious bandit he backhanded earlier with a bump the size of a golf ball on his head] Bandit Boss3: The bandit you killed yesterday was my big brother! I'm the second younger brother! Not only did you kill him, you also stole all of his treasure. You destroyed our group's image! Gourry: What is going on here? [holding a heavy sack of treasure over his shoulder] Lina: [panicky] He...he wants to steal our money! Bandit Boss3: [running toward Lina with his sword] What do you mean 'stealing our money'! Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about! Lina: [hurriedly catches a heavy sack that Gourry threw to her] What? Gourry! Gourry: Little miss! Please look after the treasure for a moment. [blocks the bandit boss's attack with his sword] Bandit Boss3: You meddler! Don't stop me from taking my revenge! The girl you're protecting is the enemy who stole my treasure! Gourry: She must have had a good reason for taking the treasure! [taking a protective stance in front of Lina] Lina: Uh? [shocked] Bandit Boss3: You trust that girl? Gourry: Of course. I'm that girl's guardian. Lina: (I don't know to feel about that) [laugh weakly] Gourry: Enough! If you want to attack, then attack now! Little miss! Stay close to my back! Bandit Boss3: Hum! [evil smile] Then I'll send you both to your deaths! Gourry: That is ... [swings] not possible. [the swing broke the bandit boss's sword in half] Lina: (Ah! I didn't think he was this good with the sword!) There is plenty of time to worry about other people's ... Gourry: [beat up several more bandits] Is you not I! Bandit: [running toward Lina with sword drawn] Lina: [muttering a spell as she runs away clutching the treasure] I'll use a spell to deal with this guy! Gourry: Danger! [reaching over Lina to hit the bandit with his sword] Lina: [surprised] Gourry: [runs away to deal with another bandit] Lina: [looking over her shoulder] I will with the bandit this time. Gourry: Danger! [reaching over Lina to hit another bandit with his sword] Lina: [glare at Gourry's retreating back] Gourry: This time why don't you all come! [glances at Lina] Is something the matter, little miss? Lina: [head bowed] A...a little...nervous.... Bandit Boss3: Hey! You two! My two older brothers are indebted to lots of care! Lina: Aye! Don't give me that falsely accused face! I'm the last one. Bandit Boss3: Killing my brothers. Stole our treasure. You deserve to die! How else can I say this? However, I truly want to thank you two. Lina & Gourry: !? Bandit Boss3: You two took care of my two brothers for me. They were blocking my way. I'll provide my brothers with good fortune after I get rid of you two. You see, my gang of brothers was going to take the head's treasure. But at just that time, you showed up. It seems that you also wanted the treasure. To tell the true, the old boss gave us only very little. Lina & Gourry: [stare] Bandit Boss3: Therefor! If you aren't a little clever, then you cannot survive for long. Gourry: Ah...how common... Bandit Boss3: [screaming] Don't be a hassle! If you have something fresh to say, then shut up! Bandit Boss3: With only our skills, we cannot defeat you. Therefor, we've hired someone to defeat magic user and a great swordsman. [snaps his fingers] [a huge dragon lifts his head from behind a forest] Lina & Gourry: Ah! Dragon!? Lina: How can this beast be ...!? [view of its huge bony head] Bandit Boss3: It's all thanks to my older brothers who used to harass me a lot when I was little. [scene of a wailing little boy being chased by another boy with a whip, another scene of where a boy is being beaten up by three others] Bandit Boss3: They sold me to a silly old magic user where I learned this trick. Originally, I wanted to control a dragon. I very old dragon with little self-control left would be the easiest to control. After my two tormentors got killed, I found this gold mine. Gourry: Little miss! I'll deal with this unnatural beast. [drawing his sword] Take this chance to escape! I want to protect you .... Lina: Don't hog all the glory! [throws the large sack she's carrying to Gourry] Gourry: Hum? Little miss!? Lina: I've changed my mind. This is my chance to show off a little of my powers! Gourry: [shocked] Lina: You managed to find a dragon to fight us so you have some intelligence! Unfortunately, I'm not your run-of-the-mill magic user! Bandit Boss3: What...what are you taking about? Lina: Do you know? There is a spell that can kill a dragon with one spell shot. Bandit Boss3: Ah? You wouldn't be...you are...no...there's no way that's possible! Bandit Boss3: That famous female magic user... How can she be a little girl? Lina: [stunned] Little girl...? Gourry: (That famous female magic user) [stares are Lina] Bandits: [sneak up behind Gourry and attack] Gourry: [drops his load to fight back but not notice that there is suddenly *2* heavy sacks on the ground] Lina: Judging people by their appearances.... You're just like your older brothers, not skills at all! Bandit Boss3: Stop stalling us with your words! Dragon! Kill her!! Lina: You've got to pay for bad mouthing me! I'll make you regret this for the rest of your life! Look carefully! It's sure to make you quake in your boots in fear! Lina: [closes her eyes to chant something very long and building up a lot of power] Bandits: That spell! Bandit Boss3: You don't suppose she really is .... Lina: [spell is reaching its peak and she opens her eyes] Lina: Dragon Slave!! Bandit Boss3: Ah! It's not possible! The dragon is ... Bandits: Ah.... [panic] Lina: Hey! Is the treasure all right? Gourry: Of course! What could happen to it? Bandits: A single spell killed the dragon!? [view of a dragon skull surrounded by fire] Bandits: She must have a reason for using this spell. The female magic user who stole our treasure is really very good. Gourry: ? ? ? [clueless] Lina: I am the female magic user who kills bandits for sake of everyone's safety, Lina Inverse! [powering up a spell] Hey! You bunch of bandits! If you understand what's good for you, then start running! Bandits: Ah! Quickly, run! [all flees] Lina: Ay ya ya! [annoyed] They spent so much time and energy getting that dragon. If they must flee, they should at least take what remains of the dragon with them. [watches smoke from the direction where the bandits were running off to] Gourry: Little miss, I didn't know you are famous. Lina: No, not really! Gourry, are you all right? Gourry: Me? Of course, I'm all right! You see! The treasure is also Ok... [view of 2 sacks with what looks like animal feet poking out of each of them] Lina: Ah? [face is hidden] What is that? Gourry: [pulls out a stuffed teddy bear] Ba....baby bear.... Lina: [face still hidden] Aye! What about the other feet? Gourry: [pulls out a stuffed bunny from the other bag] Is...baby rabbit.... Lina: [angry] Wh...who said the treasure is all right? [her hand starts to glow] Gourry: I... I'll go and retrieve the treasure! [flees for his life] Bandit Boss: [crying] Ay! Release me! [points at Lina] That woman is real evil person! Police: [dragging the bandit boss] Stop taking nonsense! Move! Lina: [holding a small bag of coins with a BIG smile] Not only do I have my treasure back, but I also got reward money for bandit! Lucky! Someone: HEY!! Gourry: Why did you just leave without me? (while I was in the restroom.) Bystanders: [stare at Gourry] Lina: (Friend, you still want to travel with me? Aye! All right, I'll let you accompany me then!) Gourry: Oh yea! How much was the reward money? It must have been at least 2 to 5 gold coins? Lina: Reward money? [innocent face] What reward money are you talking about? Gourry: Ay Lina, you wouldn't spend all that money all by yourself, are you? Lina: Ha! You finally remembered my name! Narrator: These events happens in a period of history before adventuring stopped being so happy and interesting. [1] This phrase refers to the belief that 'Hell' is where all the dead is judged by court-like system. The judge has a book detailing the entire live of the dead to help him judge. [2] In Asian culture it's common (and expected) for people to be modest. Often, those who say 'I not very good' are the best. This sentence may also be intended as an irony. [3] The man is saying the bandits are so insignificant that they don't deserve to know his name. [4] This person is very famous in Chinese history. He is known as the most foolish person in all of China but he became a very important and famous general because he is very lucky. Hence, the famous Chinese proverb: A fool has fool's luck. [5] His exact words are 'short, small-eyed doll.' [6] Lina is referring to the man calling her a 'short doll' and other such names. [7] Gelanmu is how a Chinese would pronounce the name. I do not know how it's really supposed to be spelled and pronounced. If you do know, please e-mail me! Thanks. [8] Lina is insulting the bandit (a guy) by calling him a female and an ugly one at that. [9] Lina is referring to what happened with Bandit Boss2. This scene is identical to what happened with Boss2 except Gourry is here this time. Even the bandits look the same. In Chinese culture, the raven symbolizes trouble or evil. Also, anything that's a solid black symbolizes death and trouble in the near future.