RP Chapter 35

Chapter 35 – The Residents

Volume 3, Resonance 5, Part 2

Novel Title: 共鳴熱情 オメガバース (Resonance Passion: Omegaverse)

Author：岩本薫 (Iwamoto Kaoru)

Illustrator：蓮川愛 (Hasukawa Ai)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: MC- 遠峰一紗 (Toomine Kazusa), Lemur & ML- ゼロ (Zero)

*Please read at knoxt.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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While Kazusa hesitated, Serval spoke first.

“Here, as long as you follow the basic rules, pretty much anything goes. You can use as much food as you like, the rooms are comfy, and if you go to the first floor, there’s usually someone around to talk to. The lounge shifts are pretty relaxed, you get proper time off, and there’s no quota. Honestly, it’s like heaven. That’s why I’ve stuck around for so long.”

Serval’s tone and expression made it clear that he was genuinely satisfied with his current life.

“You know, Sensei, you might be more suited for being a cast member than you think.”

“I hope so.”

“Oh, by the way, do you have something I can write with?”

“A pen?”

“And some paper.”

Kazusa stood up to fulfil the request. He retrieved a notebook and ballpoint pen from the drawer of his computer desk. He then returned and handed them to Serval, who had slid off the sofa and was now sitting cross-legged on the floor.

“Thanks.”

“There are a lot of people here. So it’s hard to remember everyone.”

Saying that, Serval opened the notebook on the coffee table and began writing.

“Before I came here, I could only write hiragana, katakana, and alphanumeric characters. But the owner taught me. And now I can write kanji too. Though, I still struggle with ones that have too many strokes.”

“I see…”

It seemed Serval was also one of the Stray Omegas who had been denied access to education.

After about ten minutes, Serval said, “Okay, done,” and handed Kazusa the notebook.

“Here’s a list of the members, along with their room numbers and a brief description. ⚫ means female and ⚪ means male.”

⚫ Giraffe (Kirin) = Room 401. Twenty-two years old. Twin buns with angled bangs. Tall with a model-like figure. Straightforward personality.  

⚫ Zebra (Shimauma) = Room 402. Twenty-one years old. Bobbed black hair with silver highlights. Loves sweets.  

⚪ Newt (Imori) = Room 403. Twenty years old. Red hair in a mushroom cut. Easily scared.  

⚪ Leopard (Hyou) = Room 502. Twenty-three years old. Platinum blond buzz cut. Insanely athletic. Mischievous.  

⚪ Lynx (Yamaneko) = Room 503. Twenty-three years old. Asymmetrical hazel hair. Sharp eyes, a bit of a tsundere.  

⚪ Crow (Karasu) = Room 603. Age? (Maybe a teenager?). Wears black-rimmed glasses. Always wears a hoodie and oversized black clothes. Silent and a total introvert.  

⚪ Lycaon (Rikaon) = Room 602. Twenty years old. Silver two-block haircut. Coyote tattoo on the back of his neck. Leader of the slum gang. Loves to assert dominance.  

⚪ Fossa (Fyossa) = Room 301. Twenty years old. Soft mohawk and a nose piercing. Second in command of the slum gang. Quick to get physical.  

⚪ Jackal (Jakkaru) = Room 302. Twenty years old. Rainbow-colored cornrows. Third in the slum gang. Tends to act tough.  

⚪ Serval (Saabaru) = Room 501. Twenty years old. Blonde with pink highlights. Good-looking with a nice personality. Super popular. Lounge’s top earner!

→ These are the lounge’s cast members.

← Other residents:

⚪ Zero (Mysterious guy) = Room 701. Owner of the building and the lounge. Legendary trader. Otherworldly beauty.  

⚪ Hawk (Taka) = Room 702. Twenty-seven years old. Short black hair, cool-looking. Stray Beta and Zero’s right-hand man.  

⚪ Gazelle (Gazeru) = Room 201. Twenty-six years old. Beautiful with long hair. Misa’s mom, currently on maternity leave.  

⚫ Misa (Angel) = Room 201. Three years old. Gazelle’s daughter and everyone’s darling.

← NEW!

⚪ Lemur (Kitsunezaru) = Room 601. Thirty years old. Wears silver-rimmed glasses. A former doctor and a new Omega resident. Skilled as an orthopaedic surgeon. Low self-esteem. Keep up the good work.

Kazusa couldn’t help but smile at Serval’s self-praise and the little pep talk directed at him.

“This is really helpful. I’ll use it as a reference. Thanks.”

“No problem! Have you met anyone from the list yet?”

“Other than the cast members I met downstairs, I’ve also met Hawk, Gazelle, and Misa.”

Serval’s face lit up, and he beamed, “Misa’s cute, right?”

“She’s an absolute angel.”

“Hawk and Gazelle are older and more mature, so they’re like the ‘adult group.’ Once you start working in the lounge, you’ll meet the others too. But Lycaon’s under house arrest right now, so you won’t see him for another four days.”

“House arrest?”

“Yeah, this.” 

Serval pointed to the bandage on his left arm with his middle finger.

“Back then, I tried to play it off, saying I cut myself while peeling a peach. But it was obvious it was from a fight. Even the owner said, ‘The doctor figured it out.’”

“Ah…”

That time—if Kazusa hadn’t gone to meet Zero waiting in the lobby, he might not be here now. Realising this possibility gave him a complicated feeling.

“So, the person I fought with was Lycaon. He got punished with house arrest for pulling out a butterfly knife.”

“Why did the fight escalate to the point where someone pulled out a knife?”

“Well, it’s kind of a typical story. I went out for after-hours with one of Lycaon’s regular customers… and when he found out, he got seriously pissed. Though, it was the customer who came onto me in the first place.”

Kazusa thought about it. A group of men and women in their early twenties—they were bound to have rivalries. It was possible that this rivalry could foster ambition. But more often than not, it could lead to conflict instead.

“Does that kind of thing happen often among the cast members?” Kazusa asked.

“If it’s a normal irregular customer, it’s fine to change who they request based on the mood of the day or even have several cast members around them. But regulars—what we call taikyaku, or big spenders—are special. How many taikyaku a cast member has affects their monthly sales. So to keep them, we go on after-hours outings, accompany them, or offer them special services. Because of that, stealing a taikyaku is taboo… It’s not a written rule, but it’s understood as an unspoken rule.”

Kazusa gathered that a taikyaku was essentially a patron, someone who spent a lot of money on a specific cast member. Naturally, the cast would treat them with special attention.

“So, in this case, I was at fault too. So we settled it with a mutual apology,” Serval added.

“But still, pulling a knife is a bit much, isn’t it?” Kazusa’s tone lowered as he spoke, feeling protective after having treated Serval’s injury.

“When Lycaon gets mad, there’s no stopping him. He hangs out with Jackal and Fossa, both from the slums like him. But they look down on us who grew up in the red-light district. I guess to them, we who came from brothels seem soft, like we’ve had it easy, while they’ve survived the harsher slum life.”

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*Translator’s Note: Thanks, Serval, for the names of all side characters. He made my life easier. Lol! And, yes, that’s the same Crow from volume 1, Honjou Amane’s informant. By the way, Lycaon is the bad guy this time. But not really ‘that’ bad. Just a bully. I kinda do not like this kind of storyline with bullies and all but then again, oh well… I’m just the translator. Some people might like it tho. It’s up to the readers. -K

*GLOSSARY: 

The three writing systems in Japan are:

1. Hiragana (ひらがな): This is a syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words and grammatical functions. It’s the first script children learn and is used alongside kanji for writing native Japanese words and verb endings.
2. Katakana (カタカナ): Also a syllabary, katakana is mainly used for foreign loanwords, names, onomatopoeia, and sometimes for emphasis. It’s often seen in words borrowed from other languages or for scientific and technical terms.
3. Kanji (漢字): These are logographic characters borrowed from Chinese, each representing a word or a meaningful part of a word. Kanji can be complex, with thousands of characters, each having one or more readings and meanings.

These three systems are often used in combination in Japanese writing.

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