呪われし亡国のメフィストフェレス (Norowareshi boukoku no Mephistopheles) CD Translation

"A visitor at this place... poor you... are you lost? But oh well, would you like to listen to my story for a little bit? Me? I wait here for my big brother, he is so kind... He has always cared for me, who has a frail body. Inside this large mansion... our lives used to be so idyllic... But one day... My brother sold his soul to a black demon... to save me, who was sickly. And then, he was taken away to function as a vessel for the ressurrected demon king and turned into the physique that the demon wished for. That is why I also forged a pact with a demon. My wish was to stay next to my big brother... for that sake, I would do anything. You already understand, no? The one who has summoned you... it was me.. I lied about you being lost... uhuhuhuhu... A demon desires a human's soul... " - Melusine talking to the listener in 断章 -Mephistopheles- (Danshou -Mephistopheles-).

Hurray, I have started on the translation of the 呪われし亡国のメフィストフェレス (Norowareshi boukoku no Mephistopheles) CD, which tells the backstory of Melusine.

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The title will be translated as "Mephistopheles of the cursed ruined country". Mephistopheles is the name of black demon that possesses the brother of Melusine. The epithet for this CD is ARS-020 and 7th fantasia. From now on I will refer to this cd (呪われし亡国のメフィストフェレス) as "Boukoku".

The story, as introduced in the first paragraph is basically the background story of Melusine, a sickly girl, who lives in a mansion with her big brother. One day her big brother forges a pact with a black demon, who happens to be the demon king. He did this in order to save his little sister, Melusine, from her disease. So, he was kidnapped by the demon and Melusine literally would do anything to be with her big brother. She feels a twisted sense of love for him... and she would even go as far as to forge a pact with a demon to be with her big brother... Basically every song tells that story... except the 4th track, which is about Melusine inviting you to a ball.

Tracklist of Boukoku:

01. 断章 -Mephistopheles- (Danshou -Mephistopheles-)
Story ＆ Compose :Noël
02. ニゲルの肖像 (Nigel no Shouzou)
Lyrics ＆ Compose : Noël Vocal : eupe , 夢姫
03. Diabolic Eye
Lyrics ＆ Compose : Noël Vocal : 夢姫
04. 狂奏シルヴプレ(Kyousou s'il vous plaît)
Lyrics ＆ Compose : Noël Vocal : eupe
05. Erlkönig ～亡国の君主～ (Erlkönig ~ Boukoku no Kunshu~)
Lyrics ＆ Compose :Noël
Vocal : 夢姫

I will translate the titles as following:

01. Literary Fragment -Mephistopheles-
02. Nigel's portrait
03. Diabolic Eye
04. Mad Melody s'il vous plaît
05. Erlkönig ～Ruler of a ruined country～

The order in which I liked the songs is 3=2>5>4.
The parts I like most in the songs are when Yuki and eupe climb up in pitch to the high F.... it's breathtakingly beautiful. In the second track, the part of  永遠に消えない鎖.. is just too beautiful to capture in words.. In the third track the part of ...「願い」があるならば禁じられた儀式... is so amazing, the way Yuki jumps from the A to the F just makes me feel so amazed... The fourth track also has some really good passages, 廻る　廻る　月の下で　ゆらゆらと sounds really amazing... just wow... be prepared for awesomeness from eupe. Like Yuki, she also pulls off that jump from the A to the F so well... From track 5, I actually like the instrumentals more than the melody. The voiced part is also a major strong point in this track. Uesaka Sumire has really good intonation... perfect to suit those darker background instrumentals.

You know, it's actually almost unbelievable, but I actually had a hard time assigning my preference in this CD. Even though I like 4 the least, it is still almost on par with 2 and 3. The songs are all exceptionally well performed, while at first I preferred the Operetta CD over this one, I now think this is my second favourite LostFairy CD!