Ah-ga-ssi Page #4

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"yet as if it had its own life,

"it twitched and twitched."

Everyone wanted to cut it down,

but my uncle refused.

He said this tree from Mt. Fuji

had absorbed my aunt's soul.

The servants whispered it was

due to the tree's high cost,

but I think my uncle was right.

You can tell from the cherry blossoms,

which turned brighter and bloomed longer.

"Tell me, Juliette.

"Do you wish this impetuous

young knight to save you?

"The duchess shook

her head resolutely,

"to my great disappointment.

"Now...

"...my brave knight.

Oh, it's a new face!

"Now...

...my brave knight.

When you see these old scars

and the fresh pink wounds,

what do you feel?

I pity the poor woman.

I wish to lick her and lick her,

caress her and caress her.

If you pity her so,

why not take her place

and let her whip you?

"The duchess raised the whip high

in the air, and then...

"And again...

"My cock became painfully erect."

If she could be yours for ten minutes,

what would you give in exchange?

Whatever your heart desires.

Anything in this whole wide world.

"Once the duke untied me,

"I sat on the chair, pulled her to me,

"and slid my cock into her c*nt.

"Oh, Juliette, Juliette...

"As I felt the duke

approach from behind,

"a rope slithered around my neck.

"The duke slowly tightened the rope.

"Like a drowning

man grasping at straws,

"I pulled the swirling

currents of her hair.

"Then the duke spoke.

"The ten minutes are almost up.

" 'Slowly, my dear',

said the Duchess...

"I haven't yet fully

savoured his pain.

"No, the knight cried, 'don't stop!'

"Please let me die

"in the midst of this pain.

"In this suffocating pain."

Is it Sade?

It's Sade-esque.

Believed to be the same Japanese man

who wrote 'The Lizard Skin'.

Acquired from a Japanese sailor on

a ship from Hamburg.

Can you imagine my joy when,

after such a journey, it sat on

my shelf with its brothers?

These are the babes to whom

I feel the most affection.

It used to contain an elaborate

monochrome woodcut illustration,

but as you can see...

So unfortunate.

If that were intact,

you could've named your price.

The author felt words alone

could not fully describe the positions,

and so included an illustration.

In that regard,

before we start the bidding.

Hideko!

'Pain is a Garment'

Beautiful!

See you again.

Yes, thank you.

Today's reading was outstanding.

Yes, thank you.

Especially the puppet!

You are of noble birth,

yet you engage in

the lowly work of copying paintings.

There was a time when

I dissipated my wit

and skills on gambling.

Imagine the torment of having

so many women make advances on me,

when I couldn't afford to buy them

a glass of Burgundy.

Do the women here advance on you?

I look at women's eyes.

Only the eyes.

They turn their gaze away,

but then they always look back.

If I were to slide under

someone's covers tonight,

only one woman here would refuse me.

Does that include Mrs. Sasaki?

Is she not your former wife?

You left her to

marry a Japanese woman.

But the servants tell me

you still share a bed with her.

You went so far as

to abandon your wife,

why this urge to become Japanese?

Because Korea is ugly

and Japan is beautiful.

Some Japanese say Japan is ugly,

and Korea is beautiful.

Beauty is cruel by nature.

Korea is soft, slow, dull,

and therefore hopeless.

Does it include Mrs. Sasaki?

If I gave her the right signal,

she'd knock on my door

without her underwear.

My thoughts exactly.

Then who is it?

The one who would deny you?

I heard you own the highest quality

antique bookmaking

tools of East and West,

but I don't see them here?

Who would deny you?

I met Hideko's eyes by chance,

but she didn't look away.

Indeed it was I who shifted my gaze.

Will she make an appearance in

your lewd dreams tonight?

Even if honoured with such a visit,

I don't think I could consummate.

Because her body would be

as cold as waterfowl.

The result of long training.

I heard you are engaged to her.

If I'm not mistaken,

you are yet to have intercourse?

Her eyes have no desire.

It means her soul is dead inside.

You should go easy on her training,

unless you enjoy

making love to a corpse.

My particular way

of possessing beauty.

Hideko too must have

received painting lessons?

I was too occupied teaching her

to read with correct diction.

Dear me!

In England, where I studied,

all ladies were expected to produce

vibrant colour and graceful lines,

even in the less noble families.

A phone call, sir.

At this hour?

It's the Iwamura Bookstore.

Is that so?

Excuse me a moment.

You are Mesmerising.

Men use the word "Mesmerising"

when they wish to

touch a lady's breasts.

I'm familiar with Western

conversational etiquette.

I do a bit of reading, you know.

There was no

calculation in what I said.

It was a reflex, like pulling

one's hand from a flame.

I'm no flame.

I'm cold as waterfowl, your Lordship.

He will return soon.

Mr. Iwamura only called

with a frivolous inquiry,

at my request.

There's an issue regarding

your future you should know.

I'll wait by the

stone lamp at midnight.

That Iwamura is a real fool.

My maid is asleep

in the room next door.

I don't fancy being in

scandalous rumours with you.

I saw Junko go to the servants'

quarters with her pillow.

Consider your

reputation as a nobleman.

I'm no nobleman.

I'm not even Japanese.

Think it was easy for a Korean

farmhand's son to reach here?

Fifteen hard years in Japan

before hearing about you.

Another three years to prepare.

I studied bookmaking

and learned to paint forgeries.

All so that I could meet you.

To seduce and marry you,

to possess your father's inheritance,

and then probably to get rid of you.

But I knew as soon as I met you.

For a man to seduce you would be...

...impossible.

So in place of seduction,

I decided to propose a deal.

Most marriages are prison,

but this one will free you.

I'll rescue you from here,

take you far away, and give you freedom.

Of course, we'll split the money.

Nonsense.

Marrying an old man with a black tongue

at your tender age makes sense?

I won't marry anyone.

What have you in mind?

That's not proper.

There's no beauty in that.

If you kill yourself, what of your fortune?

That will be the sum of your efforts?

Your fortune going to a pervert?

So he can buy 10 little girls

and teach them to read books?

My uncle will find us somehow.

Then he'll take us to the basement.

Uncle.

The basement?

It says here when people are hanged,

their tongues stick out

and faeces is expelled.

But that day, Aunt's mouth was shut

and her bottom was clean.

Want to go somewhere nice?

I'll tell you in detail

what I did to your aunt

after I caught her running away.

So don't you ever think

of running, understood?

That day I just watched and listened.

But if I ever end up there again...

Highly concentrated opium.

Three drops will make you sleep all day.

Five drops will knock down a horse.

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