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T/N: I saw Aitai’s translation of the Fantasy AU today and decided to throw this out there… an unofficial translation for the first chapter of the BNHA Light Novel Vol. 3. I haven’t read the other light novels, so I apologize if this isn’t how they usually read. This is a Chinese > English translation, so some of the translations could be paraphrased or totally different from the actual Japanese version.

(The
following occurs around Chapter 96-97 in the manga, where Aizawa and All Might
go on home visits for 1-A. You should definitely reread those chapters and at least the wiki page for the Hideout
Raid Arc so you understand what’s happening. Anyways, Aizawa and All Might agree to go out for
drinks afterwards, so here they are.)

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Chapter 1: “Cheers”

Hoping to better his relationship with Aizawa-sensei (despite their strong differences in personality), All Might strikes up a conversation. Unfortunately,
Aizawa’s responses are curt, and the atmosphere remains awkward. Though All
Might can’t partake in alcohol himself, he plies Aizawa with drinks in the
hopes that the man will relax and open up to him. Yet Aizawa, despite quietly
finishing off several drinks, appears totally unaffected! Perhaps Aizawa has
been accidentally drinking All Might’s own non-alcoholic beers? All Might
despairs, but suddenly remembers Midoriya and the vow he’d made to himself on
his home visit – to protect the boy and his dreams. Now he’s even more
determined to better his relationship with Aizawa, who’s also a mentor for
Midoriya.

“Aizawa-san,” All Might begins, “I’d like to ask you something. Can you
tell me about the mindset of a teacher, or tips for teaching, or something to
that effect? I’m still very new to teaching, after all.”

All Might had hoped to kill two birds with one stone: become closer to
Aizawa while also gaining some insight on teaching. But the silence stretches
out awkwardly, Aizawa scratching his head.

Finally, Aizawa replies. “If some secret teaching method existed, I’d
ask for it myself. Personality, home environment, personal growth rate are
totally different among the students. If there was a universal way to
successfully mentor everyone, we’d live in a world with no villains at all.”

“Well said,” All Might mumbles, abashed. The conversation lulls.

Mulling over Aizawa’s words, All Might muses that youths nowadays were
growing at an almost alarming rate. It felt like just yesterday the Young
Midoriya had been chasing after All Might’s shadow, but now the boy was
hurtling forwards all on his own.

Aizawa, who had been quiet for a while, suddenly chides All Might for
favoring Midoriya too much.

All Might is eager to restart the conversation, but Aizawa’s phone suddenly
rings.

It’s Present Mic, who’d called to let Aizawa know that he’d be over in
5 minutes once the secret meeting was over, and wanted Aizawa to save a spot
for him.

Mic and Aizawa have a great relationship, despite their stark differences
in personality. How did they become friends in their school years, All Might
asks? Mic cheerfully exposes Aizawa’s student life.

“Aizawa in his school years?” Mic snickers. “He’d always doze off as
soon as class ended. He’d never do anything beyond the bare requirements. For a
while, his nickname was ‘Energy-Saver’.”

Aizawa shoots him a warning glare. But All Might looks surprisingly
interested, so Mic continues. “First he was ‘Sleeping Prince of Relaxation’, which
got shortened to ‘Sleep Prince’, and eventually became ‘The Master of Sleep’.”

“Stop saying unnecessary things.”
Aizawa puts Mic in a firm chokehold. “It’s impossible to get this guy to shut
up any other way,” he says to All Might’s dubious look.

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Thirteen and Midnight suddenly come bustling in. Mic immediately complains
to Midnight that he’s being bullied, but Midnight scoffs – Mic had clearly been
shooting off his mouth again, and could only blame himself for his suffering.
In the end, Thirteen kindly comes to Mic’s defense, imploring Aizawa to let him
go.

Midnight settles in next to Mic, and Thirteen takes a seat by All
Might. Since All Might coming out for drinks was a rare occurrence, Thirteen
passes up on his usual tea and orders some alcohol as well. Midnight, who can
hold her alcohol, picks something extra strong for tonight.

“Time to get wasted!” Midnight yells at Mic. “I’ll positively drown you in alcohol.”

“Do it,” Aizawa agrees.

Mic gasps. “Oi – my friend!
How could you betray your own friend like
this? Oh my friend! I was the one
who gave you your hero name! I made you! You wouldn’t be a cool hero without me!”

**bold = originally
in English

“If my hero name means I have to be nice to you, I might as well change
it,” Aizawa retorts.

“…”

“… So you’ll switch to Energy-Saver?”

“Shut it.”

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Meanwhile, Thirteen and All Might are chatting animatedly about the
Yaku cedar, a shared interest. But being too excited makes Thirteen’s body heat up, which makes
him thirsty, which means he drinks even more! Thirteen finishes off his drink. All Might warily eyes the now-tipsy Thirteen and advises him
to have some water. Thirteen immediately goes off on a spiel about the delights
of water.

On the other side, Midnight has mixed together a terrifying concoction
of alcohol and cajoles Mic into tasting it. He grimaces, for once speechless,
after she forces him to take a huge gulp of the monstrosity. All Might looks
on, a bit horrified. “A drink that tastes so bad that even Mic shuts up? How
scary! It’s a good thing I can’t drink.”

All Might sweeps his gaze over the high-spirited bunch – with the
exception of Aizawa, who still appears perfectly sober. Feeling rather out of
place and not wanting to be a bother, he decides to head back home. As he
attempts to quietly sneak away, Aizawa grabs his hand.

After letting go, Aizawa scratches his head. “Stay a
while longer, okay?”

“Um,” All Might flounders a bit. “But…”

“There’s something I need to tell you today,” Aizawa presses on.

“Oh. What is it?” All Might concedes.

All Might is expecting Aizawa to tell him off again, perhaps tell him
he’s not qualified to be a teacher.

“Because you fought out there, I can continue to protect my students.
So… thank you.”

** This refers to the
Hideout Raid Arc. Summary

All Might feels a rush of warmth in his chest. Finally, he and Aizawa
are getting closer. There’s just one thing, though…

“Aizawa… that’s the Buddha…”

The whole time, Aizawa has been talking to the Buddha statue behind All
Might.

“What are you going on about? I’m being serious,” Aizawa insists.

“No, we’re all pretty certain that’s a Buddha statue.”

“Aizawa’s quite drunk,” Mic confirms wryly. “He’s the sort of drunk
that doesn’t remember a single thing the day after.”

When you don’t recall ever getting
drunk, that means you just don’t remember all the times you’ve been drunk,
All Might speculates.

But since Aizawa already roped him into staying longer, All Might can
only sit back down. It’s rather difficult for him to fit into the group, since this is the first
time he’s been out for drinks. And for some reason Thirteen’s called up some
other teachers to join them.

Once the other teachers are thrown into the mix, it truly becomes a
shitshow. People are crying, people are singing, people are arguing (Aizawa and
the Class-B homeroom teacher compare their students), people are puking
(Thirteen).

All Might, the only sober one, just wants to go home.
To collect his thoughts and give himself a breather, he escapes to the
restroom. As he’s pondering whether or not he should just up and leave,
Mic comes into the restroom as well.

“Everyone usually gets this wasted, huh? It’s a
little scary…” All Might ventures.

Mic blinks. “Usually?”

“Eh?” All Might responds, “Isn’t this the usual
behavior?”

“Oh no,” Mic laughs. “Today is totally out of the ordinary!
The people who usually don’t drink are making an exception, and the people who
do drink are going especially hard.”

Seeing All Might’s incredulous look, Mic smiles
gently at him. “We get the chance to drink with the hero of heroes, All Might! Even
among heroes, we all look up to you. Of course we’re celebrating the
occasion.”

All Might stands in the bathroom for a few long
moments, astounded. Finally, he heads back towards the others. Hesitating
in the hallway, he peeks at everyone else. They wouldn’t actually notice if he was gone,
right?

“Hold up, where did All Might go?”

“Isn’t he right here?”

“Aizawa, that’s the Buddha.”

“Eh? He didn’t head out, did he?”

And so All Might returns to the rowdy group. He’s
immediately accosted by his colleagues, who quickly encircle him and welcome
him back.

With the exception of Aizawa, who scoffs. “I told you
All Might was right here.”

Someone, in their flailing, knocks over the Buddha
statue.

“Ah!” Aizawa cries. “All Might has fallen over?!”

“Seriously, that’s the Buddha.”

The other teachers, completely drunk and all vying
for his attention, finally drag All Might back to his seat.

Seriously, for
real… I’m never going out for drinks again! All Might swears fervently to
himself.

– End of Chapter 1 –