Q Character Story - Motivation Crusher
Q: …Fwua~ What a good nap.
Hm? Where am I…..
(Lance was taking a break at the cafe)
—Hm, what’s this?
(“Super Difficult Quiz Encyclopedia”, since it’s here. It must be Lance’s)
(....What even is this? It’s way too easy. Does Lance really like solving stuff like this?)
…Oh, I know.
Noah: (After walking around for a bit, I’m thirsty. I’m going to take a break and head back to the Kamen Cafe)
(Huh? Is there someone there?)
Lance… I mean Q. Hello.
Q: Heya, Noah.
Noah: Did you come here to take a break?
Q: Me? Well, it was Lance who came here.
Noah: Ah I see… Oh, what book is that?You look like you’re really having fun writing there.
Q: Yeah. It looks like Lance was trying so hard to solve them, but the questions were too easy and boring.
So, I’m rewriting them into quizzes made by me.
[1st option: It’s not good to rewrite it without permission]
Q: Actually I’m rewriting it into something more challenging, so he should be more than grateful that I’m doing him a favor.
Noah: (Lance… Poor thing)
Q: Hehee, it’s strange that I’m getting excited over swapping places like this.
Ah, by the way. Since I can’t see it for myself. Noah, please watch how Lance reacts after this.
Noah: G-got it…
Q: I’ll ask you about it next time, so be ready.
Translation Note:
The title is name is やりがいつぶし which took me a long time to come up a good translation for, as the story itself made it more confusing even with the context because it’s hard to apply it into the title itself. The only way I can think of is “Crushing Self-Accomplishment”, “Motivation Crusher” or “Killjoy” to refer to Lance in a safer way.
translation by @tendo215839257 on twt or @lovecry on discord