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転移魔法陣をくぐった瞬間、剣に切りかかられていた。俺は魔神王の剣で防いだ。だが、襲い掛かってくる剣りではない。次々と襲われる。防ぎながら敵の様子を観察する。数ほどのヴァンパイアだ。アークヴァンパイアよりも強そうにみえる。ロードかもしれない。一般的なアークの斬撃よりも鋭いのだ。どちらにしろ、黙らせるのが先決だ。俺は何度か剣をふるい、その場にいた全員の首をはねた。五つの転がった首に向かって俺は言う。「この奥に、お前たちの神がいるのか?」答えないので、一つの頭を剣で突き刺す。灰になった。灰を一応確認する。メダルはなかった。魔石の輝きはロード級、大きさはアーク級だ。「ふむ。ロードではないか」「お前らは神とやらに強化されたアークヴァンパイアってところだな」「......」通常、魔物の強さと、魔石の大きさ、輝きは比例する。強い魔物ほど、大きくなり輝きが強くなる。アークヴァンパイアとヴァンパイアロードでは魔石の質がまるで違う。アークヴァンパイアが成長しロードになる場合、通常長い時間がかかる。その間に魔石は徐々に輝きを増していき、大きくなるのだ。急激に強くなったので、大きさの成長が追いついていないのだろう。それで輝きだけ増したのだ。「貴重なサンプルだな」そう言って、俺は四体の頭にとどめを刺した。「そもそも、ここはどこだ?」ごつごつした岩の壁。窓は無く、扉も一つしかない。調度品はほとんど無い。あるのは転移魔法陣の描かれた大きな姿見鏡だけだ。どこか先日倒したヴァンパイアハイロードの本拠地に似ている気がする。「ヴァンパイアどもは洞窟が好きなのか?」俺は扉を開けて奥へ進む。廊下を歩いて、奥へ進む。数体のヴァンパイアと遭遇した。問答無用で倒していく。ゴブリンなどの下等妖魔もいた。もちろん倒す。魔石の回収などは後回しだ。倒しながら進んでいくと、洞窟中が大騒ぎになっていく。あえて身を隠していない。転移魔法陣を通過したということは、王都からかなり離れた場所だろう。おそらく、周囲に人里はない。もしかしたら、かつては人里があったかもしれない。だが、これだけヴァンパイアが大勢いるのだ。周囲の人里が存在していたとしたら、確実に全滅しているだろう。どちらにしろ暴れるのに支障はない。「お前らのボスはどこにいる?」首をはねたヴァンパイアに尋ねる。やはり何も言わない。もとより答えは期待していない。「いう気はないか」俺の侵入を防ごうとしているのだろう。ヴァンパイアたちの動きが活発になる。 (その動き自体が罠の可能性もあるか) とはいえ、他に手がかりがないので、進むしかない。しばらく歩き、特に厳重に守られた一つの部屋を発見した。ヴァンパイアどもの動きを見る限り、この部屋の中には大事なものがあるのだろう。もしくは、神を召喚するのに重要な呪具がある可能性もある。どちらにしろ、敵が厳重に守っている場所だ。当然、昏き神の加護を警戒しなければならない。「......どうするか」そうつぶやきながら、後ろから襲いかかってきたヴァンパイアの首をおとす。転がった頭を剣で貫きながら、俺は天井に向けて小さな岩の天井を貫いて、魔力弾は飛んでいく。そして、天井に空いた穴からわずかに光が漏れた。貫通したのだ。の魔法で気配を探った。人間は通常動くものだ。だから一定の大きさの動くものを探知すれば、人のいる可能性は探れる。人と同じぐらいの大きさの動くものと、人の区別がつかない点が厄介ではあるのだが。「天井の厚さは......大人五人分ぐらいか」俺が本気で爆発系の魔法を使えば崩落は免れない。人がいないので、崩落しても構わないと言えば構わない。だが、後の調査が面倒になる。「よし。決めた」俺は扉に向けて魔力弾をぶっ放す。扉が一瞬で吹き飛んだ。の魔法を自分の周りに放つ。周囲全体が、絶対零度に近い温度まで下がった。極限結氷を使う際は、味方を守るために防衛魔法を使う必要がある。だから、ソロ行動中でもないと使う機会はそうそうない。使い勝手の悪い魔法だ。だが、周囲を荒らさずに敵を無力化するには最適だ。後ろから俺に襲いかかろうとしていたヴァンパイアが凍り付いて地面に転がる。転がった拍子に砕け散った。凍ってもろくなっていたのだろう。周囲でヴァンパイアやゴブリンが転がり砕けていった。	A sword slashed at me the moment I appeared on the other side. I blocked it with the Devil King Sword. However, it wasn’t just one hit. They came one after another. I blocked the attacks while inspecting the enemy. There were about five vampires. They seemed stronger than Arch Vampires. Maybe they were Lords. Their attacks were faster. In any case, I had to put them down quickly. I swung my sword a few times, and eventually cut off all of their heads. “Is your god here?” “...” They didn’t reply, so I stabbed one of the heads, turning it into ash. There was no medal. The magic stone shined like a Lord stone but was the size of an Arch stone. “Hmm. So you aren’t Lords.” I looked at the remaining four heads. “So I guess you are all Arch Vampires who have been strengthened by this god of yours?” Normally, a monster’s strength affected the size and brightness of the stone. The stronger the monster, the larger and brighter they were. And there was a great difference between Arch Vampires and Vampire Lords. It took a long time for Arch Vampires to grow into a Lord. So the development of the stones would also take a long time. But these vampires must have been strengthened very quickly, and so the stones had not caught up yet. And so only the brightness had changed. “A valuable sample.” I said as I stabbed the remained heads. “In any case, where am I?” The walls were rough stone. There were no windows and only a single door. There was no furniture. The only thing in the room was the mirror with the magic circle on it. It reminded me of the Vampire High Lord base I had invaded recently. “Do vampires like caves?” I opened the door and moved on. There was a hallway and several vampires waiting. I killed them without exchanging a word. There were even minor monsters like goblins. I killed them as well. I would gather the stones later. As I advanced through the cave, the place erupted into chaos. I did not hide at all. The fact that a magic circle was used meant that this place must be quite far from the city. Perhaps there were no humans nearby at all. Or maybe there was at one time. But there were so many vampires here. If there was a town or village nearby, they would have been destroyed already. “Where is your boss?” I asked a vampire’s head. He said nothing. But I didn’t really expect him to. “You won’t tell me, huh?” The vampires were moving more frantically now, as if they were desperate to stop me. (But then again, maybe it was a trap.) But I had no other clues and would have to keep going. After walking for some time, I came upon a room that was heavily guarded. Judging by the movements of the vampires, there was something very important in this room. Or maybe it contained the important tools used for summoning it. In any case, it was a place that the enemy wanted to protect. And of course, it might even have the barrier of the god of the dark ones set up. “...What should I do?” I muttered to myself as I cut down a vampire who attacked from behind. I stabbed the rolling head and then shot a magic bullet into the ceiling. It broke through the rock ceiling. Then I saw light leaking through the hole. It had gone through completely. Through this hole, I used search magic to scan the area. Humans tended to move. So I just needed to search for moving things of a certain size and I could see if there were humans close by. However, there were things of a similar size that moved which were not humans as well, so you had to be careful. So there was no need for restraint. “The ceiling is thick as...five adults.” If I used some serious explosion magic, it would all collapse. But since there was no one around, I didn’t really mind. However, it would make it hard to investigate later on. “Alright. I’ve decided.” I shot a magic bullet into the door. In an instant, it was blown away. At the same time, I released a Terminus Icicle spell around me. The temperature of my surroundings dropped to near zero. It was necessary to make a magic barrier to protect your friends when using Terminus Icicle. So I rarely used it unless I was fighting solo. It wasn’t the most convenient magic. However, it was good for disarming enemies without wrecking the environment. The vampires that tried to attack from the back were now frozen on the ground. Then they fell down and shattered. Being frozen had made their bodies brittle. All around me, vampires and goblins fell and crumbled into pieces.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 4, "inserted_lines_src": 12, "inserted_lines_trg": 7 }
大変勉強になりましたそうした経験を通して感情面で変人だと感じましたおしゃべり症候群ですしゃべり過ぎて頭が変になってますしかし彼らは本当に社交術に長けてます会ったとたんガチっとつかまえて目を見て話をして後頭部をさすりながら心の隙間に入り込みますある議員と夕食の機会がありまして食事の間ずっと私の内ももに手を入れてギューっとされましたよかなり前ですがある議員をみかけました彼らはハグをして笑いながらこんな近くで話すんですお互いの両腕を上へ下へとさすり合うんです「他でやってくれ!」とにかく社交術に長けてますほかには前回の選挙の時ミット・ロムニーを取材してました 5人の息子と選挙を活動をしてましたビップチップリップとその他たくさんダイナーに入ってある家族に自己紹介しました「どちらから?」と聞き「そこには自宅があるんですよ!」店じゅうでそうやってダイナーから出ていきました初対面の人たちをファーストネームで呼んでました「これこそ社交術」変なのは政策を作る段階になると人間味がふっとんで急に会計士にみたいになることですキャリアを通じていくつもの失敗を取材してきましたアメリカはソ連の民営化のためエコノミストを送り込み失敗必要だったのは信頼関係でしたアメリカは文化的精神的な現実を無視してイラクに軍事介入トレーダーはバカはしないだろうという前提の規制を設けていました 30年間教育改革を取材してきました改革とは役所仕事の整理のことです許可制度私立学校証明書などなど何年にも渡って結果は散々です私たちは好きな人から学びます先生と生徒のつながりに触れていなければ現実的な話をしていませんこうした現実は政策を作る段階で消えてなくなります一つの疑問は人情味溢れる人たちが政策を作る段階に入るとなぜ人間味がなくなるのか? 私の結論はもっと大きな問題のサインでした長年人間の本質を捉えるとき理性と感情という二つの領域が存在しこれらは切り離されていると考えられ社会は感情を抑制することで発展してきたと考えられてきました本質的に人間は理性的で目標に対し一直線に向かうものだと考えています人間の行動を測る時物理学の世界と同じような前提を持ち出しますこうして人間の本質の大前提がとても浅はかになりました物質的なことはよく話せますが感情についてはまるっきりダメスキルや安全健康については話せますが人の性格についてはまるっきりダメですアラスデア・マッキンタイア曰く「古代の倫理観や美徳名誉や美点について知ってはいるがもはやそれらと自分たちを結びつける手立てを失ってしまった」浅はかな政策をとるようになり人間の営み全体までも浅はかなものになりました子育てでも明らかです午後3時に小学校に行くと重そうなバックパックを背負った子供たちが飛び出してきます風が吹けばまるでカブトムシが地面で踏ん張ってるようお迎えの車はサーブかアウディはたまたボルボですある地域では高級車を乗りまわしてもOKですからそのメーカーがアメリカの外交政策に反対してればまあいいでしょうお迎えはスーパーママですキャリアで成功を収めた人たちで子供をハーバードへ進学させようとしていますスーパーママは一目瞭然だって子供よりも軽いんですから妊娠してからすぐにおしりの運動をして赤ちゃんが生まれたとたん中国語のお勉強をはじめます放課後は子供を啓蒙するため独自の外交政策のベン & ジェリーアイスクリームへこのアイス屋が非暴力主義の歯磨き粉で大ヒット間違いなしバイ菌を殺さずただどっかにいってもらうってねホールフーズで粉ミルクのお買い物ここは進んだ食料品店で従業員はまるで人権団体の職員みたい海藻のお菓子を買います「ケール入りべジー・ブーティー」子供たちは言います「ママ大腸ガンに効くあのお菓子が食べたいよう」子供はそんな風に育てられ測れる程度の成功を次々と収めますテスト準備オーボエサッカーの練習一流大学に入り一流企業に就職して何人かは上っ面での成功を収めてがっぽり稼ぐそんな彼らを時々リゾート地で見かけますエレガントでスレンダー太ももなんてないんですふくらはぎの上にふくらはぎがのってるだけ親になり美人と結婚して遺伝の奇跡を成し遂げますおばあちゃんはガートルード・スタインで娘はまるでハル・ベリーホントどうなってるんでしょう? そうこうしているうちにでっかい犬を飼うのが流行なので 70kgのまるで恐竜みたいなワンちゃんを飼います名前はジェーン・オースティンのキャラから歳をとっても人生の哲学もなく「こんなに多くのことで成功したんだからこのまま死ぬわけにはいかない」パーソナルトレーナーを雇い精力剤をガボガボ飲む雪山で見かけるでしょ厳しい表情で山をせっせと登る彼らをあれじゃディック・チェイニーも顔負け彼らが横を通り過ぎる時その様子はまるで鉄のレーズンとある人生をご紹介しましたでも人生はこれだけじゃありません過去数年にわたってより深く人間の本質私たちは一体何者なのか? についてヒントを得てきました神学や哲学からではなく心についての研究から神経科学認知科学行動経済学心理学社会学さまざまな分野にわたるリサーチは意識革命をおこしてきましたこれらを統合したとき新しい人間の本質が見えてきます人間味があり真新しく魅力的な新しいヒューマニズムリサーチを統合するときに 3つの洞察がキーとなります最初の洞察は人間のほとんどの行動は無意識が導いているということですこういう言い方もできます心は莫大な情報を一瞬で受け止めますが意識できるのはわずかですその結果おかしなことがおこりますデニスという名前の人はなぜかデンティストになりがちローレンスはローヤー(弁護士)に無意識に似ている音に引き寄せられてるのですなので私の娘は「合衆国大統領ブルックス」もう一つの発見は無意識というのはバカで本能的なものではなく実際はかなり賢い家具の購入は本当に決断が要ります自宅にぴったりのソファ選びは難しいこうするといいです家具をよく見て心に留め一度気分転換をします数日後直感で決めてしまうのです無意識がはたらきます二つ目の洞察は思考の中心に感情があるということです感情を司る脳の部分に障害がある人が天才ということはまずありませんお手上げ状態の場合もありますこの分野の大御所であるアントニオ・ダマジオが会場にいます彼が紹介するのは感情は理由付けから切り離されたものではなく理由付けのベースとなるということです感情こそが何が大事かを決めるのです自身の感情を読みそして育てていくことが知識活動の核となります私は中年で感情についてあまり得意でありませんお気に入りの話に中年男性のグループが脳のスキャン装置にかけられる話がありますホントかウソかは知りませんがまずホラー映画を見せられたあと奥さんへの感情を話させますスキャン結果はどちらも同じでしたホントどちらも恐ろしい私が感情について話すのはガンジーが大食いについて話すのと同じですとにかく感情が私たちの思考の中心です心に刻むべきものを決定します脳は感情の記録装置なのです三番目の洞察は人間は元来自己完結した存在ではなく社会的動物で合理的ではありません私たちの存在は人間関係から浮き彫りになりお互いに深くつながっています他の人を見るとき心の中でその人の心を再現しているのですカーチェイスのシーンを見るとカーチェイスをしているような気になりポルノを見てるとセックスしているような気になります同様に恋人たちを見るときエジプトの暴徒を見るとき感情は伝染していくのですこうした人間の本質を語る上での画期的な見解は政治をそしてより重要な人間の資質への違った捉え方を与えてくれます私たちはフランス式啓蒙の申し子です理屈至上主義ともいえますしかしこのリサーチによりデビッド・ヒュームやアダム・スミスのイギリス式啓蒙の方が私たちの本質についてより的を得ているといえるでしょう理性はたびたび頼りにならない一方感情は揺るぎなくしばしば正しいこの研究により私たちの文化にあるバイアスを矯正し人生を成功させる上での大事なことを与えてくれます人間の資質を語る時簡単に測れるモノサシを使いがちです例えばSATや学位勉強してきた年数などしかし有意義な人生を送るために必要なことはもっと深くそしてそれを表す言葉がないようなものですそれではいくつかリサーチでの発見を紹介していきましょうまずは読心術です人の心を読みそこにあるものを吸収する能力赤ちゃんは生まれながら持っていますワシントン大学のメルツォフの発見は生まれたばかりの赤ちゃんにしゃべりかけると赤ちゃんもしゃべり返すというものです生まれながらおかあさんの心を読みこの世をどう読み解くかを取り入れる力がありますアメリカでは55%の赤ちゃんがおかあさんと会話をし他の人との関わり合い方を学ぶと言われていますこの学習をした人は人生においてとても幸先の良いスタートを切っていますミネソタ大学の研究によると月齢18ヶ月の段階で母子の絆をベースにしてどの子が高校を卒業できるかが 77%の確率で予測できるそうです愛着の絆をもてなかった20%は他の人と回避的な関係を持ちます人間関係でトラブルを抱えジグザグに進むヨットのように人生をおくります親密な関係を望む一方どうしたらいいかわからないこれは他者から知識を吸収するスキルです次はバランス感覚です心の中のバイアスや欠点を認識し平静を保つ能力です私たちは自信過剰です 95%の大学教授が平均より優れていると思い 96%パーセントの大学生が自分は社交性に優れていると思っていますタイムの調査で「あなたはトップ1%の稼ぎ手ですか?」 19%が「そうだ」との回答この特徴は男女差があります男性は女性よりも溺れる可能性が高い自分の能力を過信しがちだからです一方自分のバイアスや過信を認識する能力を備えている人もいますつつましさを備え不確かなことに直面しても柔軟に対応します根拠の程度にあわせた結論を導くことができ好奇心旺盛ですこれは通常IQとは関係ありません次の能力はメデスストリート・スマートのことです物理的な環境への感度ある環境下での重要なポイントを見つける能力ですイラクに従軍する兵士についての記事によると彼らは通りを見渡しなぜか爆発物や地雷があるか分かるといいますどうしてかは本人も分からないある種のヒヤリとする感じを受けそれは正しいことが多い次は協働です集団の中で働く能力です集団は個人より賢いためとても役に立つ能力ですさらにグループの能力は遠隔より対面のときにより発揮されますコミュニケーションの大部分は言葉ではないからです効率性は集団のIQにより決定されるものではありませんコミュニケーションの方法や会話の中でどれだけ順番がまわってくるかによります次に融合の能力についてです子供なら「僕はトラだぞっ」と言えます子供じみていますが「自分」と「トラ」というコンセプトを結びつけるのは非常に複雑ですこれがイノベーションにつながりますピカソがやってのけたのは西洋の芸術とアフリカの仮面を概念のレベルで融合させたことですそれは単に物理的な配置の問題でなく精神が伴いますこれらのスキルも測ることはできません最後に触れておきたいのはいわゆる一体感ですこれは能力ではありません意欲や原動力です意識レベルでは富や名声を求めますが無意識レベルで求めるのは肉体を超越した感覚です体の感覚がなくなりモノゴトに没頭する状態です工芸家が自分の作品に没頭したり自然学者が自然と一体感を感じたり信者が神と一体化を感じたりそれこそが無意識が求めていることなのです私たちは恋愛時にこの一体感を感じますこのリサーチの中で出会った精神の一体化についての最もすばらしい話はインディアナ大学のダグラス・ホスフタッターのものです彼はキャロルと結婚しステキな結婚生活を送っていましたところが子供たちが5歳と2歳の時彼女は脳卒中を起こし突然この世を去りましたホスフタッターの著書「奇妙なループの私」では彼女がこの世を去って数ヶ月後のある瞬間について触れていますベッドルームにある彼女の写真をふと見たとき... 本文を引用します「彼女の顔をじっと見つめた時彼女の中にいる自分を感じました私は涙を流しながら気づいたのですキャロルは僕なんだ彼女の生前に共有していた多くの思い高いレベルで僕たちの魂が一体化すること僕たちの魂は子供の将来への希望と夢を共有していたことこれらの希望はバラバラでも異なるものではなくお互いがお互いであると示すたった一つのものであり僕たちを一体化させるもので結婚し子供ができるまで想像すらできなかったものでしたキャロルはあの世へ旅立ちましたが彼女の精神は決して滅んでおらず私の中にハッキリと息づいている」「苦しみの末英知を授かる」といいます彼は苦しみの末いかに私たちが深く繋っているかを理解したのです長年にわたる政策の失敗で私たちは気づきはじめています人間の本質への見解がいかに浅はかだったかを今その浅はかさと人間の本質を見誤ったことによる問題に直面していますこうして意識革新へとつながります多分野で多くの人が人間の本質を探りすばらしい新しい人間主義を追求していますフロイトが無意識の概念を発見した時当時の考え方に多大な影響を与えました今無意識そして深層心理についてより正確に探ろうとしていますそれは私たちの文化にすばらしく深みのある人間的な影響を及ぼすでしょうありがとう	And from that much contact with politicians, I can tell you they're all emotional freaks of one sort or another. They have what I called "logorrhea dementia," which is they talk so much they drive themselves insane. But what they do have is incredible social skills. When you meet them, they lock into you, they look you in the eye, they invade your personal space, they massage the back of your head. I had dinner with a Republican senator several months ago who kept his hand on my inner thigh throughout the whole meal -- squeezing it. I once -- this was years ago -- I saw Ted Kennedy and Dan Quayle meet in the well of the Senate. And they were friends, and they hugged each other and they were laughing, and their faces were like this far apart. and moving their arms up and down each other. And I was like, "Get a room. I don't want to see this." But they have those social skills. Another case: Last election cycle, I was following Mitt Romney around New Hampshire, and he was campaigning with his five perfect sons: Bip, Chip, Rip, Zip, Lip and Dip. And he's going into a diner. And he goes into the diner, introduces himself to a family and says, "What village are you from in New Hampshire?" And then he describes the home he owned in their village. And so he goes around the room, and then as he's leaving the diner, he first-names almost everybody he's just met. I was like, "Okay, that's social skill." But the paradox is, when a lot of these people slip into the policy-making mode, that social awareness vanishes and they start talking like accountants. So in the course of my career, I have covered a series of failures. We sent economists in the Soviet Union with privatization plans when it broke up, and what they really lacked was social trust. We invaded Iraq with a military oblivious to the cultural and psychological realities. We had a financial regulatory regime based on the assumptions that traders were rational creatures who wouldn't do anything stupid. For 30 years, I've been covering school reform and we've basically reorganized the bureaucratic boxes -- charters, private schools, vouchers -- but we've had disappointing results year after year. And the fact is, people learn from people they love. between a teacher and a student, you're not talking about that reality. But that reality is expunged from our policy-making process. And so that's led to a question for me: Why are the most socially-attuned people on earth completely dehumanized when they think about policy? And I came to the conclusion, this is a symptom of a larger problem. That, for centuries, we've inherited a view of human nature based on the notion that we're divided selves, that reason is separated from the emotions and that society progresses to the extent that reason can suppress the passions. And it's led to a view of human nature that we're rational individuals who respond in straightforward ways to incentives, and it's led to ways of seeing the world where people try to use the assumptions of physics to measure how human behavior is. And it's produced a great amputation, a shallow view of human nature. We're really good at talking about material things, but we're really bad at talking about emotions. We're really good at talking about skills and safety and health; we're really bad at talking about character. Alasdair MacIntyre, the famous philosopher, said that, "We have the concepts of the ancient morality of virtue, honor, goodness, but we no longer have a system by which to connect them." And so this has led to a shallow path in politics, but also in a whole range of human endeavors. You can see it in the way we raise our young kids. You go to an elementary school at three in the afternoon and you watch the kids come out, and they're wearing these 80-pound backpacks. If the wind blows them over, they're like beetles stuck there on the ground. You see these cars that drive up -- usually it's Saabs and Audis and Volvos, because in certain neighborhoods it's socially acceptable to have a luxury car, so long as it comes from a country hostile to U.S. foreign policy -- that's fine. They get picked up by these creatures I've called uber-moms, who are highly successful career women who have taken time off to make sure all their kids get into Harvard. And you can usually tell the uber-moms because they actually weigh less than their own children. So at the moment of conception, they're doing little butt exercises. Babies flop out, they're flashing Mandarin flashcards at the things. Driving them home, and they want them to be enlightened, so they take them to Ben & Jerry's ice cream company In one of my books, I joke that Ben & Jerry's should make a pacifist toothpaste -- doesn't kill germs, just asks them to leave. It would be a big seller. And they go to Whole Foods to get their baby formula, and Whole Foods is one of those progressive grocery stores where all the cashiers look like they're on loan from Amnesty International. They buy these seaweed-based snacks there called Veggie Booty with Kale, which is for kids who come home and say, "Mom, mom, I want a snack that'll help prevent colon-rectal cancer." And so the kids are raised in a certain way, jumping through achievement hoops of the things we can measure -- SAT prep, oboe, soccer practice. They get into competitive colleges, they get good jobs, and sometimes they make a success of themselves in a superficial manner, and they make a ton of money. And sometimes you can see them at vacation places like Jackson Hole or Aspen. And they've become elegant and slender -- they don't really have thighs; they just have one elegant calve on top of another. They have kids of their own, and they've achieved a genetic miracle by marrying beautiful people, so their grandmoms look like Gertrude Stein, their daughters looks like Halle Berry -- I don't know how they've done that. They get there and they realize it's fashionable now to have dogs a third as tall as your ceiling heights. So they've got these furry 160-pound dogs -- all look like velociraptors, all named after Jane Austen characters. And then when they get old, they haven't really developed a philosophy of life, but they've decided, "I've been successful at everything; I'm just not going to die." And so they hire personal trainers; they're popping Cialis like breath mints. You see them on the mountains up there. They're cross-country skiing up the mountain with these grim expressions that make Dick Cheney look like Jerry Lewis. And as they whiz by you, it's like being passed by a little iron Raisinet going up the hill. And so this is part of what life is, but it's not all of what life is. And over the past few years, I think we've been given a deeper view of human nature and a deeper view of who we are. And it's not based on theology or philosophy, it's in the study of the mind, from neuroscience to the cognitive scientists, behavioral economists, psychologists, sociology, we're developing a revolution in consciousness. And when you synthesize it all, it's giving us a new view of human nature. And far from being a coldly materialistic view of nature, it's a new humanism, it's a new enchantment. And I think when you synthesize this research, you start with three key insights. The first insight is that while the conscious mind writes the autobiography of our species, the unconscious mind does most of the work. And so one way to formulate that is the human mind can take in millions of pieces of information a minute, of which it can be consciously aware of about 40. And this leads to oddities. One of my favorite is that people named Dennis are disproportionately likely to become dentists, people named Lawrence become lawyers, because unconsciously we gravitate toward things that sound familiar, which is why I named my daughter President of the United States Brooks. Another finding is that the unconscious, far from being dumb and sexualized, is actually quite smart. So one of the most cognitively demanding things we do is buy furniture. It's really hard to imagine a sofa, how it's going to look in your house. And the way you should do that is study the furniture, let it marinate in your mind, distract yourself, and then a few days later, go with your gut, because unconsciously you've figured it out. The second insight is that emotions are at the center of our thinking. People with strokes and lesions in the emotion-processing parts of the brain are not super smart, they're actually sometimes quite helpless. And the "giant" in the field is in the room tonight and is speaking tomorrow morning -- Antonio Damasio. And one of the things he's really shown us is that emotions are not separate from reason, but they are the foundation of reason because they tell us what to value. And so reading and educating your emotions is one of the central activities of wisdom. Now I'm a middle-aged guy. I'm not exactly comfortable with emotions. One of my favorite brain stories described these middle-aged guys. They put them into a brain scan machine -- this is apocryphal by the way, but I don't care -- and they had them watch a horror movie, and then they had them describe their feelings toward their wives. And the brain scans were identical in both activities. It was just sheer terror. So me talking about emotion is like Gandhi talking about gluttony, but it is the central organizing process of the way we think. It tells us what to imprint. The brain is the record of the feelings of a life. And the third insight is that we're not primarily self-contained individuals. We're social animals, not rational animals. We emerge out of relationships, and we are deeply interpenetrated, one with another. And so when we see another person, we reenact in our own minds what we see in their minds. When we watch a car chase in a movie, it's almost as if we are subtly having a car chase. When we watch pornography, it's a little like having sex, though probably not as good. And we see this when lovers walk down the street, when a crowd in Egypt or Tunisia gets caught up in an emotional contagion, the deep interpenetration. And this revolution in who we are gives us a different way of seeing, I think, politics, a different way, most importantly, of seeing human capital. We are now children of the French Enlightenment. We believe that reason is the highest of the faculties. But I think this research shows that the British Enlightenment, or the Scottish Enlightenment, with David Hume, Adam Smith, actually had a better handle on who we are -- that reason is often weak, our sentiments are strong, and our sentiments are often trustworthy. And this work corrects that bias in our culture, that dehumanizing bias. It gives us a deeper sense of what it actually takes for us to thrive in this life. When we think about human capital we think about the things we can measure easily -- things like grades, SAT's, degrees, the number of years in schooling. What it really takes to do well, to lead a meaningful life, are things that are deeper, things we don't really even have words for. And so let me list just a couple of the things I think this research points us toward trying to understand. The first gift, or talent, is mindsight -- the ability to enter into other people's minds and learn what they have to offer. Babies come with this ability. Meltzoff, who's at the University of Washington, leaned over a baby who was 43 minutes old. He wagged his tongue at the baby. The baby wagged her tongue back. Babies are born to interpenetrate into Mom's mind and to download what they find -- their models of how to understand reality. In the United States, 55 percent of babies have a deep two-way conversation with Mom and they learn models to how to relate to other people. And those people who have models of how to relate have a huge head start in life. Scientists at the University of Minnesota did a study in which they could predict with 77 percent accuracy, at age 18 months, who was going to graduate from high school, based on who had good attachment with mom. Twenty percent of kids do not have those relationships. They are what we call avoidantly attached. They have trouble relating to other people. like sailboats tacking into the wind -- wanting to get close to people, but not really having the models of how to do that. And so this is one skill of how to hoover up knowledge, one from another. A second skill is equipoise, the ability to have the serenity to read the biases and failures in your own mind. So for example, we are overconfidence machines. Ninety-five percent of our professors report that they are above-average teachers. Ninety-six percent of college students say they have above-average social skills. Time magazine asked Americans, "Are you in the top one percent of earners?" Nineteen percent of Americans are in the top one percent of earners. This is a gender-linked trait, by the way. Men drown at twice the rate of women, because men think they can swim across that lake. But some people have the ability and awareness of their own biases, their own overconfidence. They have epistemological modesty. They are open-minded in the face of ambiguity. They are able to adjust strength of the conclusions to the strength of their evidence. They are curious. And these traits are often unrelated and uncorrelated with IQ. The third trait is metis, what we might call street smarts -- it's a Greek word. It's a sensitivity to the physical environment, the ability to pick out patterns in an environment -- derive a gist. One of my colleagues at the Times did a great story about soldiers in Iraq who could look down a street and detect somehow whether there was an IED, a landmine, in the street. They couldn't tell you how they did it, but they could feel cold, they felt a coldness, and they were more often right than wrong. The third is what you might call sympathy, the ability to work within groups. And that comes in tremendously handy, because groups are smarter than individuals. And face-to-face groups are much smarter than groups that communicate electronically, because 90 percent of our communication is non-verbal. And the effectiveness of a group is not determined by the IQ of the group; it's determined by how well they communicate, how often they take turns in conversation. Then you could talk about a trait like blending. Any child can say, "I'm a tiger," pretend to be a tiger. It seems so elementary. But in fact, it's phenomenally complicated to take a concept "I" and a concept "tiger" and blend them together. But this is the source of innovation. What Picasso did, for example, was take the concept "Western art" and the concept "African masks" and blend them together -- not only the geometry, but the moral systems entailed in them. And these are skills, again, we can't count and measure. And then the final thing I'll mention is something you might call limerence. And this is not an ability; it's a drive and a motivation. The conscious mind hungers for success and prestige. The unconscious mind hungers for those moments of transcendence, when the skull line disappears and we are lost in a challenge or a task -- when a craftsman feels lost in his craft, when a naturalist feels at one with nature, when a believer feels at one with God's love. That is what the unconscious mind hungers for. And many of us feel it in love when lovers feel fused. And one of the most beautiful descriptions I've come across in this research of how minds interpenetrate was written by a great theorist and scientist named Douglas Hofstadter at the University of Indiana. He was married to a woman named Carol, and they had a wonderful relationship. When their kids were five and two, Carol had a stroke and a brain tumor and died suddenly. And Hofstadter wrote a book called "I Am a Strange Loop." just months after Carol has died -- he comes across her picture on the mantel, or on a bureau in his bedroom. And here's what he wrote: "I looked at her face, and I looked so deeply that I felt I was behind her eyes. And all at once I found myself saying as tears flowed, 'That's me. That's me.' And those simple words brought back many thoughts that I had had before, about the fusion of our souls into one higher-level entity, about the fact that at the core of both our souls lay our identical hopes and dreams for our children, about the notion that those hopes were not separate or distinct hopes, but were just one hope, one clear thing that defined us both, the kind of unit I had but dimly imagined before being married and having children. I realized that, though Carol had died, that core piece of her had not died at all, but had lived on very determinedly in my brain." The Greeks say we suffer our way to wisdom. Through his suffering, Hofstadter understood how deeply interpenetrated we are. Through the policy failures of the last 30 years, we have come to acknowledge, I think, how shallow our view of human nature has been. And now as we confront that shallowness and the failures that derive from our inability to get the depths of who we are, comes this revolution in consciousness -- these people in so many fields exploring the depth of our nature and coming away with this enchanted, this new humanism. And when Freud discovered his sense of the unconscious, it had a vast effect on the climate of the times. Now we are discovering a more accurate vision of the unconscious, of who we are deep inside, and it's going to have a wonderful and profound and humanizing effect on our culture. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
敵は死ぬまで話題にし続けるだろう彼ら自身の当惑をもとに彼らと戦うのだ我々は勝利をするだろうナレーター:1月24日アップルコンピューターはマッキントッシュを紹介するそしてなぜ1984年がただの「1984年」ではなくなるのかその理由を知ることになるだろうレベッカ・マッキノン:この動画の根底にあるメッセージは今でも強烈に残っています革新的企業が作りだした技術によって我々を自由にするということですあれから20年後アップルは中国にiPhoneを販売しダライ・ラマをはじめとする多くの政治的に物議を醸すアプリを中国政府の要請で中国のApp Storeに対し検閲を行いましたアメリカの政治漫画家であるマーク・フィオレも自身の風刺アプリがアメリカで検閲されましたアップルの従業員はそれが特定のグループにとって攻撃的であることを憂慮したからです彼のアプリは彼がピューリッツァー賞を受賞するまで公開されませんでしたドイツのニュース雑誌 Stern のアプリも検閲されましたアップル側がユーザーに対しアプリの内容が若干際どすぎると見なしたからですこの雑誌がドイツ中の新聞売り場に完全に合法で販売されているにも関わらずですそしてさらに議論をよぶものとして最近アップルはパレスチナ人による抗議アプリを検閲しましたイスラエル政府がそれによってテロの計画に使われる可能性を憂慮する反応を示したからですつまりこういうことです今や民間企業は民主主義における憲法に保証された言論の自由よりもはるかに厳しく恣意的な検閲基準を適用しはじめている状況なのですまた企業は国民の民意を無視する独裁政権からの検閲要求に応じていますあるいは企業は問題となっているコンテンツと関係している多くのユーザーに対して権限を持たない政府からの要求や懸念に応じているのです状況はこうですインターネット以前の世界では私たちの物理的な自由に対する統治権は国家によってほぼ完全に統制されていましたしかし今新しい層として民間による統治権がインターネット上に存在しますそして彼らのソフトウェアコーディグやエンジニアリングデザインサービス規約などがデジタルの生活において何ができて何ができないかを決める法律のように作用していますそして様々な分野で世界中で繋がっている統治権はあるときは国家の統治権と興味深い方法で相対する場合がありますまたあるときは統治権の行使と拡張によって人々が情報に対して何ができて何ができないのかといった管理がこれまで以上に物理的な世界での行動の制限に影響を及ぼしています結局自由世界の指導者でさえ来年の選挙で再選したければ Facebook帝国の皇帝の力が必要になるんですそしてこれらのプラットフォームは今年の春以降のチュニジアやエジプトの活動家にとって実に便利なものでした昼の顔はGoogleのエジプト幹部夜の顔はFacebookの地下活動家だったワエル・ゴニム氏はムバラクが退任した後 CNNに対してこんな名言を残しました「社会を解放させたいのならインターネットを与えればいいのさ」ただ政権を転覆させるのと安定した民主主義を構築するのは別の話でもっと複雑です左に見えるのは 3月にエジプト国家保安局の襲撃に参加したエジプト人の活動家によって撮影された写真です多くの局員は出来るだけ多くの文書をシュレッダーにかけて紙の山を残していきましたしかしいくつかの文書は無傷のまま残されており何人かの活動家は自分たちに関する監視記録を発見しました彼らのメールのやり取りの大量の写しや携帯電話のメッセージ交換記録スカイプ通話の記録もありましたある活動家は実際に欧米企業によるエジプト治安部隊への監視技術の販売に関する契約書を発見しましたエジプト人の活動家たちはこれらの監視技術がネットワークを運営している暫定当局が未だに利用していると推測していますチュニジアではベン・アリ大統領の下で行われた大規模なものではないにせよ検閲が5月頃から実際に再開されています暫定当局が暴力を扇動する可能性があると判断した特定のFacebookのページやウェブサイトを見ようとするとこのようにブロックされたページを見ることになりますこれに対する抗議としてベン・アリによって投獄され革命後暫定政権の一員となったブロガーのスリム・アマモウは閣僚を辞任しましたチュニジアではこのような問題に対してどう扱うべきか多くの議論が行われました実際 Twitterで革命を支持していた人々の中にはこういう意見もありました「まあ本当は民主主義も表現の自由も欲しいけどいくつかの主張はあまりにも暴力的で私たちの民主主義を揺るがしかねないから規制されるべきだよ」でも問題はそのような判断を行う責任者をどうやって決めるのかそして彼らが自分の権限を乱用しないようにどうやって確認するかですベテランのデジタル活動家であるリア・グエファリはこの事件についてこう述べました「以前は物事はシンプルでしたいいやつが一方にいてもう片方には悪いやつがいたんです今は物事はもっと複雑になっています」民主主義へようこそチュニジア人とエジプト人の皆さん現実は今の民主主義社会でさえどのように治安維持と法執行機関への要求がある一方もう一方では市民の自由への保護とデジタルなネットワーク間における言論の自由への要求のバランスをいかに取るか良い答えを持ち合わせていないことです実際にアメリカではジュリアン・アサンジに対してどう思おうと彼の熱烈なファンでは必ずしもない人々であってもアメリカ政府や特定の企業の WikiLeaksへの対応方法について非常に関心をもっています Amazonウェブホスティングはアメリカ上院議員であるジョー・リーバーマンから届いた苦情によりWikileaksを顧客から抹消しました Wikileaksは起訴されておらず何らかの罪により有罪判決を受けたこともなかったにも関わらずですインターネットとは国境をなくす技術であると私たちは想定していますこれは世界におけるソーシャルネットワークの地図です確実にFacebookが世界の大半を制覇していおりそれが良いことか悪いことかは Facebookのサービス運営方針を人がどう感じているかに応じて変わるでしょうしかし国境はいくつのサイバー空間上に存続していますブラジルや日本においては独特の文化や言語的な理由によるものです一方中国やベトナムをはじめいくつかの旧ソ連の属していた国々に目を向けるとそこで起きている出来事はもっと深刻です政府と現地のソーシャルネットワーク企業との間ではある状況を作り出しています効果的に個人の力を引き出す可能性をもつこれらのプラットフォームが企業と政府における関係によって制約されているのです中国では有名な「グレートファイアーウォール」が存在します Facebookや Twitter 今はGoogle+やその他多くの海外のウェブサイトをブロックしていますそれの一部分は欧米の技術が使われていますでもそれはまだ話の半分にすぎませんもう半分の話は中国政府が中国のインターネット上で運営している全ての会社に対して出した自制システムとして知られている要件です単純な英語に訳すとユーザーに対する検閲や監視を意味しますこれは2009年に私が実際に参加した中国インターネット協会が自制の行使つまりコンテンツの取り締まりに最も優れた中国企業上位20社に対して表彰する式典です中国の有力な検索エンジンである BaiduのCEOであるロビン・リーも受賞者の一人でしたロシアでは通常インターネットをブロックせず直接ウェブサイトを検閲しますこのRospilと呼ばれるウェブサイトは腐敗対策サイトです今年の始めに RospilにYandex Moneyと呼ばれるオンライン決済システムを通して Rospilに寄付をした人々が Yandex Moneyの関係者からどうにかして情報を得た保安局のメンバーより Rospilへの寄付に関する詳細を得た民族主義政党のメンバーから突然脅迫電話を受けるようになった厄介な事件がありましたこれには人々がインターネットを使って政府に責任を課す能力を萎縮させてしまいます世界には今多くの国々が市民と政府が主に民間によって運営されているサービスから成っているインターネットを介して関係を築いている状況にあります私が思うに重要なことはインターネットが悪いやつよりも良いやつを助けるかどうかの議論ではありませんもちろんインターネットは対抗する相手と比較して技術を使う最も優れた人やインターネットを最も理解している人に力を与えます今最も急いで問いかけなければならない問題はインターネットが市民を主体とした方法で進化していくのをどうやって確かめていけばいいのかということですなぜなら皆さんも全員賛成してくれると思いますが政府が唯一持つ正当な目的は市民のために奉仕することにありますそして私は技術が唯一持つ正当な目的は生活を向上させることであり操られたり隷属化させることではないと考えます政府に責任を課す方法を私たちは知っています普段からうまくする必要はありませんがどういった方法で政治的に組織的に行えばいいか大体分かっています多くのCEOが彼らの主な義務は株主利益を最大化することだと主張するなかでどのようにしてサイバー空間の主導権を握り公益に寄与させるべきでしょうか? 政府の規制は普段はあまり役に立っていません例えばフランスではサルコジ大統領がインターネット企業のCEOに対して「我々は公益のための唯一正当な代表である」と言いましたでもその後彼は悪名高いスリーストライク法を擁護していますこれはファイル共有を利用している市民をインターネットから切断させる法律で表現の自由における国連特別報告者から市民の通信の権利に対する不相応な侵害として非難されています市民社会団体の間で特定の政治家は市民の権利を守るよりも娯楽産業の利益を保護することに関心があるのでは?と疑問を提起していますそしてここイギリスではデジタル経済法と呼ばれる民営の仲介機関に対して市民の行動を取り締まる責任を負わせる法律に対する懸念も存在しますつまり認識する必要があるのは将来市民を主体としたインターネットを求めるのであればより広範囲で持続的なインターネット自由化運動が必要なのです結局のところ企業は地下水の汚染を止めたのも 10歳児たちを雇うのを止めたのも経営者たちがある朝目覚めてそれが正しいと判断したからではありませんそれは何十年にも及ぶ持続的な株主や消費者が声をあげて運動した結果なのです同様に政府も政治家がある朝目覚めて知的環境法や労働法を成立させたりしません非常に持続的で長期に渡る政治運動の結果適切な規則と適切な企業の振る舞いを得たのですインターネットに対しても同じ取り組みが必要です政治的改革も必要になりますおよそ800年前イギリスの貴族たちは王権がもはや彼らに対して有効に働いていないと判断しジョン王に対してマグナ・カルタに署名するように強制しましたこれによって神から授かった統治権を主張していた王でさえ基本的なルールには順守せざるを得ないことを世に知らしめることになりましたこれをきっかけとして政治改革と呼ばれる国民の合意という思想に発展し後にそれははじめて海の向こう側のアメリカの先鋭で革命的な政府によって導入されたのです今からどのようにしてネットワーク化された人々の同意を構築していくか考える必要がありますそれはどのような感じなのでしょう? 今はわかりませんでもそれは政治学や地政学にのみ焦点を当てたイノベーションが必要になるだけではありませんそれにはビジネスマネジメントや投資家行動消費者の選択更にはソフトウェアデザインやエンジニアリングにおける問題も扱う必要があります政府や技術が人々に奉仕する世の中そういった世界を作る上で私たち一人一人が重要な役割を担っているのですありがとうございました	Our enemies shall talk themselves to death, and we will fight them with their own confusion. We shall prevail. Narrator: On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like "1984." Rebecca MacKinnon: So the underlying message of this video remains very powerful even today. Technology created by innovative companies will set us all free. Fast-forward more than two decades: Apple launches the iPhone in China and censors the Dalai Lama out along with several other politically sensitive applications at the request of the Chinese government for its Chinese app store. The American political cartoonist Mark Fiore also had his satire application censored in the United States because some of Apple's staff were concerned it would be offensive to some groups. His app wasn't reinstated until he won the Pulitzer Prize. The German magazine Stern, a news magazine, had its app censored because the Apple nannies deemed it to be a little bit too racy for their users, and despite the fact that this magazine is perfectly legal for sale on newsstands throughout Germany. And more controversially, recently, Apple censored a Palestinian protest app after the Israeli government voiced concerns that it might be used to organize violent attacks. So here's the thing. We have a situation where private companies are applying censorship standards that are often quite arbitrary and generally more narrow than the free speech constitutional standards that we have in democracies. Or they're responding to censorship requests by authoritarian regimes that do not reflect consent of the governed. Or they're responding to requests and concerns by governments that have no jurisdiction over many, or most, of the users and viewers who are interacting with the content in question. So here's the situation. In a pre-Internet world, sovereignty over our physical freedoms, or lack thereof, was controlled almost entirely by nation-states. But now we have this new layer of private sovereignty in cyberspace. And their decisions about software coding, engineering, design, terms of service all act as a kind of law that shapes what we can and cannot do with our digital lives. And their sovereignties, cross-cutting, globally interlinked, can in some ways challenge the sovereignties of nation-states in very exciting ways, but sometimes also act to project and extend it at a time when control over what people can and cannot do with information has more effect than ever on the exercise of power in our physical world. After all, even the leader of the free world needs a little help from the sultan of Facebookistan if he wants to get reelected next year. And these platforms to activists in Tunisia and Egypt this past spring and beyond. As Wael Ghonim, the Google-Egyptian-executive by day, secret-Facebook-activist by night, famously said to CNN after Mubarak stepped down, "If you want to liberate a society, just give them the Internet." But overthrowing a government is one thing and building a stable democracy is a bit more complicated. On the left there's a photo taken by an Egyptian activist who was part of the storming of the Egyptian state security offices in March. And many of the agents shredded as many of the documents as they could and left them behind in piles. But some of the files were left behind intact, and activists, some of them, found their own surveillance dossiers full of transcripts of their email exchanges, their cellphone text message exchanges, even Skype conversations. And one activist actually found a contract from a Western company for the sale of surveillance technology to the Egyptian security forces. And Egyptian activists are assuming that these technologies for surveillance are still being used by the transitional authorities running the networks there. And in Tunisia, censorship actually began to return in May -- not nearly as extensively as under President Ben Ali. But you'll see here a blocked page of what happens when you try to reach certain Facebook pages and some other websites that the transitional authorities have determined might incite violence. In protest over this, who had been jailed under Ben Ali and then became part of the transitional government after the revolution, he resigned in protest from the cabinet. But there's been a lot of debate in Tunisia about how to handle this kind of problem. In fact, on Twitter, there were a number of people who were supportive of the revolution who said, "Well actually, we do want democracy and free expression, but there is some kinds of speech that need to be off-bounds because it's too violent and it might be destabilizing for our democracy. But the problem is, how do you decide who is in power to make these decisions and how do you make sure that they do not abuse their power? As Riadh Guerfali, the veteran digital activist from Tunisia, remarked over this incident, "Before, things were simple: you had the good guys on one side and the bad guys on the other. Today, things are a lot more subtle." Welcome to democracy, our Tunisian and Egyptian friends. The reality is that even in democratic societies today, for how you balance the need for security and law enforcement on one hand and protection of civil liberties and free speech on the other in our digital networks. In fact, in the United States, whatever you may think of Julian Assange, even people who are not necessarily big fans of his are very concerned about the way in which the United States government and some companies have handled Wikileaks. Amazon webhosting dropped Wikileaks as a customer after receiving a complaint from U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, despite the fact that Wikileaks had not been charged, let alone convicted, of any crime. So we assume that the Internet is a border-busting technology. This is a map of social networks worldwide, and certainly Facebook has conquered much of the world -- which is either a good or a bad thing, depending on how you like the way Facebook manages its service. But borders do persist in some parts of cyberspace. In Brazil and Japan, it's for unique cultural and linguistic reasons. But if you look at China, Vietnam and a number of the former Soviet states, what's happening there is more troubling. where the relationship between government and local social networking companies is creating a situation where, effectively, the empowering potential of these platforms is being constrained because of these relationships between companies and government. Now in China, you have the "great firewall," as it's well-known, that blocks Facebook and Twitter and now Google+ and many of the other overseas websites. And that's done in part with the help from Western technology. But that's only half of the story. The other part of the story are requirements that the Chinese government places on all companies operating on the Chinese Internet, known as a system of self-discipline. In plain English, that means censorship and surveillance of their users. And this is a ceremony I actually attended in 2009 where the Internet Society of China presented awards to the top 20 Chinese companies that are best at exercising self-discipline -- i.e. policing their content. And Robin Li, CEO of Baidu, China's dominant search engine, was one of the recipients. In Russia, they do not generally block the Internet and directly censor websites. But this is a website called Rospil that's an anti-corruption site. And earlier this year, there was a troubling incident where people who had made donations to Rospil through a payments processing system called Yandex Money suddenly received threatening phone calls from members of a nationalist party who had obtained details about donors to Rospil through members of the security services who had somehow obtained this information from people at Yandex Money. This has a chilling effect on people's ability to use the Internet to hold government accountable. So we have a situation in the world today where in more and more countries the relationship between citizens and governments is mediated through the Internet, which is comprised primarily of privately owned and operated services. So the important question, I think, is not this debate over whether the Internet is going to help the good guys more than the bad guys. Of course, it's going to empower whoever is most skilled at using the technology and best understands the Internet in comparison with whoever their adversary is. The most urgent question we need to be asking today that the Internet evolves in a citizen-centric manner. Because I think all of you will agree that the only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and I would argue that the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us. So the question is, we know how to hold government accountable. We don't necessarily always do it very well, but we have a sense of what the models are, politically and institutionally, to do that. How do you hold the sovereigns of cyberspace when most CEO's argue that their main obligation is to maximize shareholder profit? And government regulation often isn't helping all that much. You have situations, for instance, in France where president Sarkozy tells the CEO's of Internet companies, "We're the only legitimate representatives of the public interest." But then he goes and champions laws like the infamous "three-strikes" law that would disconnect citizens from the Internet for file sharing, which has been condemned by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression as being a disproportionate violation of citizens' right to communications, and has raised questions amongst civil society groups about whether some political representatives are more interested in preserving the interests of the entertainment industry than they are in defending the rights of their citizens. And here in the United Kingdom a law called the Digital Economy Act that's placing more onus on private intermediaries to police citizen behavior. So what we need to recognize is that if we want to have a citizen-centric Internet in the future, we need a broader and more sustained Internet freedom movement. After all, companies didn't stop polluting groundwater as a matter of course, or employing 10-year-olds as a matter of course, just because executives woke up one day and decided it was the right thing to do. It was the result of decades of sustained activism, shareholder advocacy and consumer advocacy. Similarly, governments don't enact intelligent environmental and labor laws just because politicians wake up one day. It's the result of very sustained and prolonged political activism that you get the right regulations, and that you get the right corporate behavior. We need to make the same approach with the Internet. We also are going to need political innovation. Eight hundred years ago, approximately, the barons of England decided that the Divine Right of Kings was no longer working for them so well, and they forced King John to sign the Magna Carta, which recognized that even the king who claimed to have divine rule still had to abide by a basic set of rules. This set off a cycle of what we can call political innovation, which led eventually to the idea of consent of the governed -- which was implemented for the first time by that radical revolutionary government in America across the pond. So now we need to figure out how to build consent of the networked. And what does that look like? At the moment, we still don't know. But it's going to require innovation that's not only going to need to focus on politics, on geopolitics, but it's also going to need of business management, investor behavior, consumer choice and even software design and engineering. Each and every one of us has a vital part to play in building the kind of world in which government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around. Thank you very much.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
魔力を扱う魔獣に対して、生徒会は当たり前だが、リリィも驚いている。魔獣の中には魔法への耐性があるものがいるという事だけでも驚きなのに、まさか魔法を使うものまでいるとは、考えることさえできなかった。セイヤが魔獣の使う魔法が火属性だと予想できたのは、セレナとアイシィの攻撃のおかげだ。アイシィが行使した『氷雪』は分子の動きを最大限沈静化させて、熱を奪い、凍らせる魔法だ。魔獣はその魔法を、氷を踏みつけて割るのではなく、何事もなかったかのように消し去った。この時点でわかることは、魔獣が闇属性を使って消滅させたか、火属性によって分子の動きを活発にさせて溶かしたかである。次にセレナの『火杭』だが、魔獣の足に確かに刺さっていた。だが、その『火杭』までもが跡形もなく消えていた。『火杭』は氷のように解かすことはできないため、消し去るには闇属性が必要になる。しかし、もし仮に魔獣が闇属性を使えるとしたら、なぜ魔法が発動される前に消滅させなかったのか疑問が残る。セイヤはそこである仮説を立てた。それは目の前の魔獣は火属性の魔法を使うと同時に、自分と同じ属性である火属性の魔法を吸収できるのではないかと。もしそうだとしたなら、セレナの『火杭』が跡形もなく消し去り、かつ『火杭』の傷が残っていないのも理解ができる。セイヤはそこで魔獣に傷をつけて観察したが、案の定、セイヤの予想通り、魔獣は火属性の活性化で傷口に再生を施した。「消すのは簡単だが、そろそろ後のことも考えなきゃいけない」ぶつぶつと何かを言っているセイヤ。後のことが何のことかユアにはわからなかったが、自分はセイヤを信じるだけだと後ろの方へ引いていく。グルルルルルルゥゥゥゥゥ低くうなりながらセイヤのことを睨む魔獣は、先ほどよりもより濃密な殺気をセイヤに向けて放つ。その殺気を向けられてはいないにも関わらず、セレナたちは息苦しさを感じていた。いったいセイヤにはどれほどのプレッシャーがかかっているのか、と思うセレナたち。しかしセイヤは全然プレシャーを感じている様子もなかった。セイヤはニヤリと笑みを浮かべる。その笑みを見た瞬間、魔獣はなぜか自分が手を出してはいけない者に手を出してしまったのではないか、と感じた。グルルルと唸ってはいるが、先ほどまでの殺気はどこへ行ってしまったのかと思うくらい、殺気が消えていた。それはセレナたちも感じており、いつの間にか先ほどまでの息苦しさはなくなっていた。セイヤはこのときあることを確認していた。それは決して説明できるものではなく、直感的に感じていたのだが、間違いないと確信する。ライオンに似た魔獣は、目の前のセイヤが発する殺気に飲み込まれたことを理解はしていなかったが、このままだと自分は確実に目の前の人間によって殺されると直感で感じていた。だが、魔獣にもプライドというものがある。それは自分がここの魔獣の中で、王に君臨しているというプライドだ。そのプライドがある限り、魔獣がセイヤから逃げることはなかった。たとえそれで殺されようとも。グルァァァァァァ魔獣が大きな咆哮を上げると、変化が訪れた。魔獣の鬣がメラメラと燃え始め、尻尾の先には火が宿り、いかにも百獣の王といった感じだ。それは見た目だけではなく、先ほどまでにはなかった、百獣の王としての威圧感というものまである。そして魔獣は先手必勝と言わんばかりに、地面を蹴ってセイヤに襲い掛かる。セイヤは魔獣の攻撃を避けながら、ホリンズで攻撃をするが、魔獣の切り傷はすぐに再生してしまう。魔獣は傷口が再生することをわかっているからこそ、セイヤに捨て身の攻撃を仕掛けていたのだ。魔獣が爪でひっかこうとするが、セイヤはその攻撃を避け、魔獣の頬に切り傷を刻む。魔獣は一瞬だけ動きが鈍くなるが、すぐに頬の傷は再生して、再びセイヤに襲い掛かる。セイヤは魔獣の攻撃を避けながら、隙を伺うが、なかなか見つからない。そんなとき、魔獣の攻撃パターンが変わった。今までひっかきや噛みつきなどだったが、そこにブレスを混ぜてきたのだ。セイヤがひっかきを避けたと思ったら、魔獣は口から炎のブレスをセイヤに撃ち出す。セイヤは魔獣のブレスをホリンズで斬りながら回避し、魔獣に向かってホリンズを投擲する。しかし、投擲されたホリンズは魔獣の左前脚にかすり、傷を負わせる程度しかできなかった。魔獣の足の傷は活性化によって再生されていき、あっという間に治る。この時、魔獣はまだ気づいてはいなかった。自分の傷の再生する速さが、先ほどよりも遅くなっていることに。セイヤは投擲した分のホリンズをすぐに生成して、手に収める。魔獣の方はセイヤに向かって新たな攻撃を繰り出す。それは先ほどのブレスとは違い、まるで火炎放射器で攻撃しているかのような威力のブレス。その攻撃に対し、セイヤは『光壁』展開して防御する。互いに拮抗しあう攻撃と防御。しかし、次の瞬間、セイヤの展開していた二枚の『光壁』が砕け散り、炎のブレスがセイヤのことを襲った。「セイヤ......」心配になって婚約者の名前を呼ぶユア。しかし、ここで自分が助けに行ってどうにかなるのか、という心配がユアの心を抑えつけ、行動に移すのを躊躇わせる。そんな状態のユアに対し、ユアの後方から一人の少女の声がした。「しっかりしなさいロリコン。『アトゥートス』」セイヤのことを叱咤しながら魔法を行使したのはセレナだ。セレナはセイヤの防御魔法が破られるという事をいちはやく察して、自分の中で最強の攻撃魔法を発動するために、詠唱を始めていた。二丁の魔装銃から放たれた赤いレーザーが、撃ち出された直後、一気に枝分かれして、ジグザグに広がり始める。そして枝分れしながら広がっていくレーザーは、急に屈折して、そのすべてが魔獣へと直進していく。その数はざっと二万。二万ものレーザーが魔獣に向かって一気に、しかも枝分かれしながら降り注ぐ。魔獣は赤いレーザーに気づくと、すぐに回避するために後方に飛んだ。しかし赤いレーザーは地面に衝突する直前、再び屈折し、魔獣へと迫っていく。魔獣はこの攻撃が追尾型だと瞬間的に悟り、新しい魔法を発動した。グルルルル魔獣が唸った直後、魔獣の周りにはたくさんの魔法陣が展開され、あるものたちが姿を現す。それは大きさこそ小さいが、全身が火でできた魔獣の分身であった。魔獣の分身の数しかないが、アトゥートスの標的を分散するには十分だった。そして魔獣本体へと迫るレーザーは百本ほどしか残っていなかった。魔獣の本体は自分に迫ってくるレーザーに対して大きなブレスを放って消し去る。「そんな......」魔獣にさえ、自分の最強の攻撃魔法が打ち破られたことにセレナはショックを受ける。セレナがアトゥートスを使ったのはこれで二度目だが、その二度とも破れている。さらに言えば、セイヤに破られる前、一度だけ使おうとしたことがあったのだが、その際も使う前にセレナが倒されてしまって発動ができなかった。そのことに自信を失い始めるが、今そんなことを考えている暇がないため、セレナは切り替える。セイヤがやられ、『アトゥートス』が破られた以上、ここにいる全員で協力して倒す必要があると思ったセレナ。しかしセレナの決意は無駄に終わってしまう。なぜなら、セレナの目の前で、急に意識を失ったかのように魔獣が倒れこんでしまったから。「えっ?」動揺するセレナ。それはユアたちも同じであった。「助かったぞ、鳥女」セレナは声のする方を見ると、そこには攻撃を受けたにもかかわらず無傷でいるセイヤの姿があった。「どういうこと? 大丈夫なの?」「傷なら大丈夫だ。あとあの魔獣ももう動けない」「何をしたの?」「なにって普通に戦っただけだぞ。ただあいつが魔力切れを起こしただけさ」セイヤの言う通り、魔獣は魔力切れを起こしたのだ。しかし、いくら魔獣といえどもそう簡単に自分の魔力が動けないほどになるまで気づかないわけはない。普通に戦っていても、自分の魔力量はどのようになるのか感覚で理解できる。しかし、魔獣はそれができなかった。それにはもちろんタネがある。実はセイヤ、魔獣を斬る際、ホリンズに水属性の魔力を纏わせて、魔獣の体内に流し込んでいたのだ。体内に流し込まれた水属性の魔力は、体内で沈静化の効果を発動し、魔力を沈静化させていた。そのため、魔獣がいつも通り活性化で傷を治そうとしても、沈静化された魔力では、活性化率が低く、普段よりも多くの魔力を使う羽目になたのだ。それにより、魔力消費量が感覚よりも実際には多くなってしまい、魔力欠乏を起こしてしまった。しかし、セイヤの作戦ではもう少し時間がかかるはずだった。セイヤはあえて攻撃を受けることで、相手が有利だと感じさせ、次々と魔法を行使して貰い、魔力を消費させようとした。だがセレナが『アトゥートス』を使ってくれたおかげで、予想よりも早く魔獣が魔力を使い切ってくれたのだ。セイヤは魔力欠乏を起こして倒れこんでいる魔獣にホリンズを突き刺し、水属性の魔力を流し込む。魔獣の体内はみるみる沈静化されていき、魔獣は次第に意識を失う。意識を失った魔獣をセイヤはロープで縛り、アイシィに頼んで作ってもらった氷の折に閉じ込める。「もしかして連れていく気ですか?」モーナが驚きの声を上げるが、セイヤはモーナに対して、冷静に理由を答えた。「当たり前だ。これから行くところは未知の場所だ。当然、通貨なんかも変わってくる。そこでこの魔獣を売って金を作るんだ」「そういう事ですか」「なるほど」セイヤの答えに、モーナとアイシィが納得する。セイヤはこの魔獣と戦うことを決めたときから、この魔獣を資金源にすることを決めていた。そのため、傷が残らないよう、かつ生け捕りにするため、魔力欠乏を起こすことを狙ったのだ。セイヤたちはその後、問題なく進み、ついにダクリア大帝国ダクリア二区を視界にとらえる。「まさか本当に暗黒領に街があるとはな」セイヤは知識でこそ知ってはいたが、実際に見て改めて驚く。それはユアたち全員が同じだった。「ここにお母さんが......」セレナはそうつぶやきながら、こぶしを握り締める。その様子を見たセイヤは馬を進めながら言った。「さて、行くか」一同はそのままダクリア二区へと入るために進むのだった。	Facing a beast capable of wielding mana, Lily and, of course, the student council members were greatly surprised. The existence of the magic-resistant beasts was already a shock for them, forget about the beasts capable of casting magic. Seiya was able to figure out that this beast was of the fire element thanks to the previous attack of Aishi and Selena. Aishi’s『Ice and Snow』is a spell that freezes the target by calming down the particles to the extreme and taking away their heat. The magical beast didn’t freeze as expected but erased the spell until there was nothing left. At this point, it either erased the spell using the dark attribute or activated the particles using the fire attribute. The next was Selena’s『Fire Stake』, which did stab through its foot. But this『Fire Stake』too disappeared without any trace. Because『Fire Stake』can’t be melted in the same way as『Ice and Snow』, the dark attribute needs to be involved. However, why didn’t it erase the spells before they even hit it? There, Seiya came up with a theory. Maybe, this magical beast is fire-attributed and able to absorb fire magic, which is of the same element as it. If so, the disappearance of the spell and regeneration of the wound can be explained. Seiya wounded the beast to confirm his suspicions and, as expected, it was able to activate its regenerative powers to quickly close the wound. 「I can erase it but I need to think about the future」 Seiya muttered something to himself. Yua didn’t know what he meant but she believed him and retreated to the back. Gorurururu~ The beast released a low growl and stared at Seiya as it released its bloodlust that was even denser than before. Despite the fact that it wasn’t directed at them, Selena and company felt had a hard time breathing. Just how strong the pressure put on Seiya is, they thought. However, Seiya didn’t seem to be affected at all. A grin emerged on Seiya’s face. When the magical beast saw his smile, it felt as if it messed with someone it shouldn’t have. Despite its continuous growls, the killing intent disappeared as if it was never present. The student council members felt it dissipating and were finally able to catch a breath. At that time, Seiya confirmed something. It wasn’t something that he could logically explain, it was just his intuition but he felt that it must be true. The lion-like magical beast didn’t understand that it was overwhelmed by his killing intent, but it intuitively felt that at this rate it would be killed by this human for sure. But magical beasts have their own pride. The pride of the king of the magical beasts in this area. As long as this pride still exists, the magical beast won’t retreat. Even if it will be killed. Guruaaa~ The magical beast roared and a change occurred. Its mane ignited and a flame appeared on the tip of its tail, truly the king of the beasts. It wasn’t only its looks, the pressure of the king of the beast was also present. The beast took the initiative and launched itself towards Seiya. Seiya avoided to the side and slashed with the Hollins, but the wound ended up swiftly regenerating. The magical beast knew that its wound will close, that’s why it launched such a reckless attack. The magical beast tried to graze him with its claw, but Seiya dodged and slashed at its face. The beast’s movement faltered for a moment but it immediately regenerated and proceeded with a new attack. Seiya tried to find an opening while dodging its attacks but couldn’t immediately discover anything. At that moment, the beast’s attack pattern changed. It only used its teeth and claws before but now it added the breath to the mix. When Seiya thought that he managed to avoid its claw, it released a fire breath from its mouth. Seiya slashed at its breath while dodging to the side as he threw another Hollins at it. However, the Hollins only grazed its leg producing a small wound. The beast activated its regenerative powers and the wound disappeared in a blink of an eye. At that time, the magical beast didn’t notice. It didn’t notice that the speed of its regeneration became slower than before. Seiya immediately summoned another Hollins to replace the one he threw. The magical beast delivered a new attack. Different from the last breath, it had much more power behind it. Against this breath, Seiya deployed two『Wall of Light』to protect himself. The attack competed against the defense. However, in the next moment, it broke through『Wall of Light』and reached Seiya. 「Seiya.......」 Called Yua while being worried about her fiancé. However, the worry that she won’t be able to do anything attacked her heart and made her hesitate. Different from Yua, who was in this condition, a certain girl said from the back. 「Get a grip, lolicon『Atos』」 Selena cast a spell as she scolded him. When she saw that his defense wouldn’t be able to hold, she started to chant her strongest attacking spell. Right after the red lasers were shot from her magic guns, they split and spread in a zigzag pattern. The lasers that spread around suddenly turned and attacked the magical beast. They numbered about twenty thousand. Twenty thousand lasers poured on the magical beast like rain. When the magical beast noticed the lasers, it immediately chose to retreat. However, the red lasers bent once again and closed in on the magical beast. The beast immediately realized that it had a tracking property and cast a new spell. Gurururu Right after its growl, multiple magic circles appeared around it and something stepped out of them. Although small, they were its body doubles made of completely out of the fire. Despite being relatively low in number, they managed to disperse the might of Atos. Only about a hundred of lasers made it to the beast itself. To deal with them, the main body released a breath and completely erased them. 「It can’t be......」 Selena received a shock at a simple magical beast being able to deal with her strongest spell. It was her second time using Atos and the second time it was destroyed. More than that, she tried to use it even earlier, before she met Seiya, but she didn’t even have a chance to unleash it. She was on the verge of losing confidence in herself, but since it wasn’t the right time for the stray thought, she immediately switched her gears. With Seiya incapacitated and『Atos』destroyed, there was a need for remaining members to cooperate and resist the beast, thought Selena. However, Selena’s resolve ended up being unneeded. The reason being, the magical beast suddenly stumbled and fell right before her eyes. 「Eh?」 Selena spaced out. The same was true for the rest. 「That was a saver, bird woman」 Selena looked in the direction of the voice and saw Seiya still unharmed, despite receiving the attack. 「What do you mean? Are you all right? 」「I’m uninjured. Also, this beast won’t be able to move anymore」「What did you do? 」「What do you mean? I just fought normally. It simply run out of mana」 As Seiya said, the beast run out of mana. However, even beast should be able to notice when they mana is about to run out. Normally, it should have been able to feel the remaining amount. However, this beast wasn’t able to. Of course, it didn’t happen without any reason. In reality, Seiya channeled water-attributed mana inside of its body with each slash of the Hollins. Once inside its body, water-attributed mana calmed down its own mana. That’s why, when the beast tried to activate its regeneration with calm mana, it took much more mana to achieve the effect. As a result, it wasted much more mana that it thought it did, which caused the mana deficiency. However, according to Seiya’s plan, it should have taken more time. By receiving the attack, he planned to make the beast relax his guard and cast its spells one after another to finish him. But thanks to Selena’s『Atos』it wasted its mana faster than expected. Seiya stabbed the fallen beast and poured mana of the water attribute inside of it. Its insides gradually calmed down and it lost its consciousness. Seiya bound the beast with a rope and had Aishi enclose it in the ice. 「Are you going to bring it with us?」 Mona raised a voice of surprise, but faced with such a Mona, Seiya calmly stated his reason. 「Of course. We are traveling towards an unknown place. Naturally, the currency is also different. Let’s sell this beast to make some money」「So that’s how it is」「I see」 Seiya’s answer managed to convince Mona and Aishi. The moment he decided to fight this beast, he also decided to use it to procure funds. Therefore, he aimed to exhaust its mana and capture it intact. After that, they didn’t encounter any problems and finally saw the second district of the Great Dakuria Empire. 「There really is a city in the middle of the dark territory」 Although he had some prior knowledge, Seiya was still surprised. The same was true for the rest of the team. 「Here, my mother........」 Muttered Selena as she clenched her fists. Seeing her like this, Seiya said while riding forward on his horse. 「All right then, let’s go」 They proceeded forward to enter the second district.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 0, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
深夜、けたたましく屋敷の勝手口を叩く音で目が覚めた。クルムファルからの使者らしい。「どうしたアーガ?」「敵襲です。夜間探索のハーピーから敵襲来のサインがありました」「わかった。すぐ行く」俺とリコ、ゴン、フェリス、ルアラ、そしてイリモを連れて転移結界に乗る。館の中は騒然としており、ピウスが傭兵たちを集めて防衛体制を敷いていた。窓の外にはハーピーが集まっているのが見え、ゲュリオンキングのゲーキも外に控えているのが見えた。みな、俺の到着を待っていたようだ。「きゅいいいいー」館の主人と化しているベビーゲュリオンのイトラが、パタパタと小さな羽をはばたかせて俺のところに飛んでくる。俺はイトラを抱っこして外に出る。そこにはハーピーとゲーキが控えていた。「ご主人様、館からまっすぐ東の方向、森を出たところに、敵が集結しています」「我々ゲュリオンも既に森の中に控えているのである」「わかった。敵の様子を見てくる」俺はイトラを胸に抱き、ゴンを背中に乗せ、イリモに乗って空に舞い上がった。まだ夜明け前の薄暗い中、敵は森を囲むように陣を敷いていた。どうやら帝国騎士団のようだ。「狙いはご主人の館のようでありますなー」「そのようだな。森の中の魔物を討伐しながら進むのだろう。この様子じゃ、館に到着するまで数時間はかかるだろうな」「そんなに早くでありますかー」「そうだな、夜が明けると進軍してくるつもりだろう。それまでに、準備を終える必要があるな。しかし何故、帝国騎士団から俺は狙われるんだ?皇帝陛下の命令を忠実に実行しているのにな」「不思議なこともあるものでありますなー」「なあゴン、家来が国に背くのはよく聞くけど、国が家来に背くのは何て言うんだ?」「謀反、とは違うでありますなー。吾輩にも、わからないでありますー」そんな話をしながら、俺たちは館に戻った。イリモから降りた俺はまず、上空に雨雲を作り、強い雨を降らせた。これならば地面がぬかるむので、敵の進軍速度は遅くなるはずだ。そして俺は、最悪の状況を想定してこの館を中心に結界を張る。これでリコたちが襲われる心配がなくなった。「ピウス、お前は傭兵部隊を率いて館の正面の森に迎撃部隊を展開しろ。全員に魔物除けも付与した結界を張ってやる。攻めてくる敵に矢を放ち、石や魔法をぶつけろ。そして、ゲーキ、おまえたちゲュリオンは館の東西の森に潜め。魔物が出てきたら蹴散らしながら行け。ハーピーたちは森の中で待機だ。斥候部隊として敵に動きがあれば知らせてくれ。最終的にお前らも攻撃に移ってもらう」俺は後ろを向いて、フェリスに指示を与える。「フェリス。お前はルアラに空を移動して、カイリークとトホツのほうに向かえ。ルアラはトホツのカールスに、フェリスはカイリークのマルセルに、それぞれ海人族を集めて、集落の外に陣取り、帝国騎士団をけん制してもらいたいと伝えるんだ」「「わかりました」」「皆聞け!この戦いは俺がこの館に着いた段階ですでに勝利は確定している。あとは敵をいかに殲滅するかだ。ギリギリまで敵を引き寄せて一網打尽にする。俺が上空に花火を上げる。それを合図に、攻撃を開始してくれ!」フェリスはルアラを抱えて飛び上がり、空の彼方に消えた。俺は雨を止ませる。それと同時に、それぞれが配置についていく。全ての戦闘準備が整った時、日の出を迎えた。同じ頃、帝国騎士団も準備が完了していた。「日が昇ってきたな」「まさしく、我々の輝かしき未来を象徴するかのような見事な朝日だな」ジョーノとグラゴレイルは眩しそうに朝日を見ながら呟いた。「よーし、そろそろ出発する。お前たち、吉報を待っていてくれ」馬に乗ったままで得意げにオーシェが声をかけてくる。二人は笑顔で彼を見送った。「全軍、出発するぞ!」「ちょっと恐れ入ります!」行軍を開始しようとしたところ、思わぬ横やりが入る。忌々しそうに声のした方向を見ると、部下のクノゲンが馬を走らせて近づいてくるのが見えた。「クノゲン、何だ!」「この攻撃、しばらくお待ちください」「何故だ!」「森の中の進軍です。先ほどの雨で地面がぬかるんでおります。先頭の部隊が崩れますと、群衆雪崩になり、味方に甚大な被害が出る可能性があります」「先頭の部隊が崩れるだと?何故、そう言い切れる?」「長年、戦場におりました勘です。このままではあまりに敵の注文通りの展開になる恐れがあります」「クノゲン、お前の爵位は何だ?帝国士官学校の何期生だ?」「・・・自分は平民です。士官学校には通っておりません」「そんな戦場の教訓ならイヤというほど学んでいる。お前の経験よりはるかに多い教訓をな。お前のその勘とやらはどのくらいの確率で的中するのだ?絶対なのか?」「いえ、絶対とは言い切れませんが・・・。せめて、地面が乾くまでお待ちください。それに後方に海人族の部隊も見えます。背後を突かれますと我々は躱すことのできない痛打を受けることになります!」「勘でしか考えられないお前に教えてやろう。海人族どもはただの牽制だ。魚を取ることを第一とする奴らが戦闘に加わるわけはなかろう。この戦いは日が昇りきるまでが勝負なのだ。我々は太陽を背にして進む。敵は太陽を見ながら戦わねばならん。この好機を逃すバカがどこにいる?」「戦況はよく存じております。副隊長殿が戦場に出る前から戦場を駆け回っておりますので」「黙れ!言わせておけば!指揮官はこの俺だ!この戦闘は俺のやりたいようにやる!お前の指図は受けん!」そう言い捨ててオーシェは進軍を開始した。屋敷の窓辺から、帝国騎士団の全ての部隊が森の中に入ったのを見届けた俺は、思わずつぶやいた。「勝ったな」「勝手知らない森の中、しかもぬかるんだ足元のまま軍を進めるのは自殺行為だ」一方のオーシェも勝利を確信していた。敵は寡兵。多く見積もっても100が精々だろう。一気に力押しで攻めれば陥落させることはたやすい。しかも、兵士たちには全員、ダーケ商会から買い取った結界石を装備させている。そのため、森の中で魔物に遭っても傷つけられることなく兵を進めることができる。現に前方では魔物との戦闘はあるようだが、問題なく駆除できている。バーサームは自分が作った結界石を装備した者に殺されるのだ。これほど滑稽な話はあるだろうか?オーシェは思わず笑みが漏れそうになるのを必死でこらえた。気晴らしに周囲の森の風景を見る。オーシェの頭の中はすぐに、この戦いが終わった後のことでいっぱいになっていた。その時、ふと乗っている馬の足が止まった。いきなり現実に引き戻されたオーシェは、不愉快さをあらわにしながら、前方の部隊を見た。部隊の進軍が止まり、馬たちが硬直している。進軍を止めるなと言おうとしたその時、オーシェの耳に聞きなれない音が聞こえた。マップで見ていると、帝国騎士団とピウスの部隊が肉薄してきている。あと5分少々で両軍がぶつかる地点まで来ている。おそらく、ピウスからは敵の部隊が見えているはずだ。俺は灼熱弾を空に向かって放つ。ドゴォォォォーンをいう凄まじい音が上空に鳴り響く。すると、左右に配置したゲュリオンが突撃を始めた。戦端を開いたのは、ピウスの部隊だった。正面から堂々と攻撃していく。いきなりの爆発音で浮足立っていた帝国騎士団は完全に虚を突かれた形になった。帝国騎士団は結界石を装備しており、ピウスたちの剣や魔法は弾かれてしまう。しかし彼らは馬の足を狙った。馬たちは痛みと驚きのあまり暴れ、兵士を地面に放り出したり、兵士を乗せたままあらぬ方向に走り去ったりした。その様子をハーピーたちは冷静に森の木の上から観察し、鳴き声を使って仲間たちに伝達し、俺に情報を伝えてくる。俺はすぐに魔石を無効化する結界を森全体に張る。かなりMPを消費したが、それでも、全体の1/3程度だ。全く問題はない。一方で側面に展開した部隊は、その両方からゲュリオンたちの突撃を受け、ある者は吹き飛ばされ、ある者はゲュリオンの下敷きになった。当初は結界に守られて命をつないでいたが、突然結界が機能しなくなり、阿鼻叫喚の地獄絵図が展開された。正面の部隊も同様に斬られる者が続出し、部隊は大混乱に陥った。オーシェは夢を見ているかの如き感覚に陥った。前方の部隊が小競り合いを続けながらゆっくりと退却を開始し、両側面からゲュリオンの集団が迫っていた。「あ、ああ、あああ・・・」声にならない声を出すオーシェの横で、クノゲンの叫び声にも似た声が聞こえる。「・・・団長!副団長!撤退しましょう!撤退です!」「ああ、うわあああ」「ええい!役に立たん!皆、撤退だ!森の外まで撤退する!総員撤退!」オーシェの馬の轡を取り、無理やり馬を操りながら、クノゲンは撤退を開始した。オーシェは固まったまま身動きが出来ない。思考が追い付かない。なぜ俺は逃げている?1000もの騎士がいるのに。なぜ兵士たちは死んでいるのだ?結界はどうなっている? オーシェは、クノゲンに引きずられるようにして撤退する。結果的に帝国騎士団は、その1/3を失いながら撤退を行っていた。泥と化した地面を馬の蹄がさらに抉ったことで、泥は更に深みを増していた。皆、慌てて撤退しているので、統制が取れておらず、馬同士がぶつかり、兵士が地面に投げ出されるということも頻発していた。ようやく森を抜け、ジョーノとグラゴレイルの下に戻ってきた時は、オーシェの周囲にはわずか15駒が従うのみであった。「一体何だ!どうしたんだ!」「おいオーシェ!何なんだこの有様は!説明しろ!」信じられないという顔をするオーシェは、二人の質問に答えられない。徐々に兵士たちが森から撤退してくる。それを追うようにして、ゲュリオンの大群が森の中から姿を現し、上空には数十羽のハーピーが出現した。兵士たちに動揺が走る。「森の中で我々は敗北しました。バーサーム軍とゲュリオンに完全に敗北しています」荒い息でクノゲンが答える。「これだけの魔物がいるなんて聞いてないぞ!」「ジョーノ、あれを!」グラゴレイルが指さした方を見ると、海人族の部隊が彼らの背後を固めようとしている姿が目に入った。「完全に我々は包囲されましたな」息を整えながらクノゲンは冷静に戦況を分析する。「おい、どうすればいいんだ!全軍をまとめて、帝都かグラゴレイル領まで突撃するんだ!」「この包囲を突破するのは無理です。大人しく降伏するしかないでしょう」「貴様、それでも帝国騎士団の兵士か!」「兵を無暗に死なせないのも戦いの基本です。降伏がお嫌ならば、自決なされませ。毒を煽るもよし、短剣で心臓を突くのもよし。短剣であればお貸ししますぞ?むしろあなた方貴族は、潔い自決が求められますがね」「自決・・・」グラゴレイルとジョーノは顔を見合わせた。しばらくして、ジョーノ、グラゴレイル、オーシェは、クノゲンを使者としての連名で降伏を願い出たのだった。	In the middle of the night, I woke up because of a loud door banging noise. Apparently, it was a messenger from the Kurumfar. 「What’s wrong, Aga?」「It’s an enemy attack. The harpies on the night watch spotted an enemy」「Understood. I’m going right now」 I took Rico, Gon, Ferris, Luara, and Irimo and teleported over. The insides of the mansion were in a mess, Pius gathered the mercenaries to assemble a defensive formation. I saw the harpies gathering outside the window, as well as the Geryon King, Geki. It seems that everyone waited for me. 「Kiyuiiii」 From the second floor of the mansion, the baby geryon, Itora, flew towards me flapping her small wings. I hugged Itora and went outside. There, the harpies and Geki stood on the watch. 「Master, north of the mansion, right after you pass through the forest, there is a gathering of the enemies」「We, the geryons, are already on standby in the forest」「All right. I’ll go and look at these enemies」 I hugged Itora, put Gon on my back, mounted Irimo, and flew into the sky. The enemies made their camps on the periphery of the forest. They looked like the imperial knights. 「Apparently, their aim is the Master’s mansion」「It seems so. Most likely, they will march forward while subjugating the nearby monsters. At this rate, it will take them about a few hours to reach the mansion」「It’s too fast」「Right, they probably intend to move at the dawn. We need to make our preparations until then. However, why does the knights’ order aim for me? Even though I faithfully fulfill my duties before the emperor」「It’s a mystery」「Hey, Gon. I often hear that going against the country is a rebellion. But how do you call it when the country goes against its subject? 」「It’s clearly not a rebellion. Even I don’t know how to call it」 We returned to the mansion as we discussed it. Immediately after getting down from Irimo, I created a rain cloud high in the sky and made it rain. This should make the earth muddy and hinder their advance. Preparing for the worst, I cast a barrier with the mansion in its center. With this, Rico and the rest should be safe. 「Pius, lead the mercenaries and prepare an ambush in the forest in front of the mansion. I will cast a monster-repelling barrier of everyone. Towards the invaders, release the arrows, hit them with stone and magic. And Geki, you and the other geryons are to hide on the sides of the mansion. If the monsters come out, clear them out. The harpies will stay on standby inside the forest. Act as a scouting party and inform me of the enemy’s movements. If it goes down to it, you will participate in the attack too」 I turned around and gave instructions to Ferris. 「Ferris. You and Luara will fly towards Kairiku and Tohotsu. Luara to Kars in Tohotsu, Ferris to Marcel in Kairiku, tell them to gather the sea tribe outside and put some pressure on the knights」「「Understood」」「Listen, everyone! When I appeared here, victory has already become ours. All that’s left is to annihilate the enemy. Lure the enemies as close as possible and eliminate them in one strike. I will launch a firework in the sky. With this as a sign, go on the offensive」 Ferris grabbed Luara and disappeared beyond the clouds. I made the rain stop. At the same time, I made sure to make all of the necessary arrangements. When the preparations were complete, the sun was about to rise. The imperial knights completed their preparations at about the same time. 「The sun has risen」「A splendid morning sun that symbolizes our brilliant future indeed」 Muttered Jiono to Gragoleir as he faced the rising sun. 「All right, it’s about time for us to depart. Wait for the good news」 Spoke Oshe as he approached them on the horse. The two saw him off with a smile. 「All troops, depart!」「Please excuse me!」 Something unexpected happened when he was about to march forward. When he looked in the direction of the voice, he saw his subordinate, Kunogen, riding the horse his way. 「What is it, Kunogen?!」「Please delay the attack for a while longer」「Why!?」「It’s difficult to traverse the forest right now. The ground became muddy due to the recent rain. Is the advance unit falls, the situation may escalate and there would be a possibility of injuries」「The advance unit will fall? Why are you so sure? 」「It’s my intuition that was honed on the battlefields for many years. It’s too convenient for the enemy」「Kunogen, what is your rank? When did you graduate from the Royal Military School? 」「....I’m of common birth. I didn’t attend the Royal School」「There, you will learn about the battlefield even if you don’t want to. I learned much more than you experienced. What is a probability of your intuition being correct? Is it absolute? 」「No, I can’t say that it’s absolute.....At least, wait until the ground dries. Besides, I can see the sea tribe squads gathering behind our backs. With us stuck between them, we won’t be able to hold for long! 」「To you, who can only move based on your intuition, let me tell you something. The sea tribe is here to observe us. There is no way the bunch of fishermen has enough guts to attack us. This fight will end before the sun reaches the apex. We will go forward together with the sun. The enemy will be forced to fight facing the sun. Where can you find an idiot, who is willing to let go of such an opportunity? 」「I’m aware of the circumstances. After all, I run around the battlefield long before the vice captain」「Shut up! Let me say this! I’m the commander here! I will fight this battle in the way I want! I’m not going to accept your instructions! 」 Saying so, Oshe led the army forward. Seeing the knights departing, I unconsciously murmured. 「We won」「Advancing inside the unknown forest while treading on unsteady footing is suicidal」 On the other hand, Oshe was completely certain of his victory. The enemy is a small armed force, people at most. It would be easy to prevail against them when struck with full force. Besides, every soldier has a barrier stone purchased from the Daquet Company. Because of that, the soldiers were able to advance through the forest without being hurt by the monsters. To be precise, there are monsters in the front but they are dealt with without any problems. Versam is going to die by the hand of a man equipped with a barrier stone of his own making. Where can you find such an ironic story? Oshe tried his hardest to contain his smile. He looked at the surrounding forest to distract himself. The insides of his head immediately became filled with the thoughts about his future after this fight. At that time, his horse suddenly stopped in its tracks. Being pulled into the reality again, he looked towards the front of the army in displeasure. The advance unit and the horses halted their advance. When he was about to order them to press forward again, he heard a sound that he didn’t usually hear. Looking at the map, it seems that the knights came close to the Pius’ squad. The two armies will encounter watch other in about minutes. Most likely, Pius is able to see the enemy’s army from his current position. I released a scorching bullet in the air. Dogoooon, it exploded in the sky with a tremendous sound. With this as a sign, the geryons on the sides launched an assault. Pius’ squad was the first to encounter the enemy. They attacked from the front in an imposing manner. The imperial knights were thrown into disorder by the sound of the explosion. The knights had the barrier stones equipped so Pius’ squad’s attacks were repelled. However, their true aim were the horses. Feeling the pain, the horses rampaged, threw the soldiers off, or ran away with soldiers still on them. The harpies calmly observed the situation from the trees and relayed the information to me. I immediately enveloped the whole forest in a barrier that was able to render the barrier stones ineffective. I took a lot of MP but I still have about / left. There is no problem. Meanwhile, the squads of the flanks received an attack from the geryons with some of the soldiers blown away or trampled. With the barrier stones suddenly malfunctioning, the battlefield became a scene from hell. The knights were swiftly losing their numbers and the panic spread amongst their ranks. Oshe thought that he was dreaming. The advance unit was steadily pushed back and the geryons were closing in from the sides. 「A, aa, aaaaa.......」 Releasing a voice that couldn’t be considered a voice, Oshe heard a scream from Kunogen at this side. 「......Captain! Vice captain! Let’s retreat! Retreat! 」「A, uwaaaaa」[] 「Ei! How useless! Withdraw! Keep retreating until you leave the forest! All troops, retreat! 」 Taking the reins of Oshe’s horse, Kunogen ordered a retreat. Oshe was frozen solid. His brain couldn’t catch up. Why am I running away? I have 000 knights under me. Why are they dying? What about the barrier? The knights retreated while leaving 1/3 of their numbers behind. Because of all the fighting, the ground was even messier and muddier than before. Everyone retreated in chaos with some of them being trampled by their own comrades. When Oshe finally left the forest and reached Jiono and Gragoleir, he had only 15 people following behind him. 「What the hell!? What’s happened?!」「Oi, Oshe! What kind of pathetic display is this!? Explain! 」 Oshe, who had an unbelieving expression, didn’t answer their queries. The soldiers appeared from the side of the forest. As if chasing after them, the geryons came out of the forest with the harpies hovering above them. The soldiers ran away in panic. 「We were met with defeat inside the forest. The Versam Army and the geryons completely routed us」 Answered Kunogen while breathing roughly. 「I didn’t hear anything about these monsters being here!」「Jiono, look there!」 Looking in the direction pointed by Gragoleir, he saw the sea tribe sealing their escape path. 「We are surrounded」 Calmly analyzed the situation Kunogen. 「Oi, what should we do now?! Gather the troops and charge towards the imperial capital of the Gragoleir territory! 」「It is impossible to break through. We don’t have any other choice but to surrender」「You *******, are you still a member of the knights’ order!?」「Not letting the soldiers die a meaningless death is one of the basics of fighting. If you aren’t willing to surrender, commit suicide. Drink a poisonous bowl is fine, piercing your heart with a dagger also works」「Suicide......」 Jiono and Gragoleir looked at each other. After a while, Jiono, Gragoleir, and Oshe sent Kunogen as a messenger to surrender.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 0, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
大丈夫だ。落ち着いている。ミトロフは奇妙なほど冷静でいる自分に驚いている。ととん。と、ステップを踏む。それは自分と相手との立ち位置を変えるための歩法である。ミトロフは空中にいるファングの横手に回るように調節し、膝をわずかに落とした。踏み込む力と、重心とを乗せて、膝を伸ばす。腕を伸ばす。剣は点を貫いて押し出される。ファングの下顎から刺しこんだレイピアは、その頭を貫通した。ミトロフは素早く剣を抜く。ファングは跳んだ勢いのまま、さっきまでミトロフがいたはずの場所の空を切って、地面を転がった。弓に矢をかけたまま、グラシエがファングの様子を睨む。野生の獣は手負いがもっとも危険だ。仕留めたと確信していたとしても、迂闊に近づかないのは狩人の鉄則だった。通路に静寂。それからグラシエがそろそろと近づき、ファングを確認する。死んでいた。か。見事な腕前じゃな、ミトロフ」「僕も驚いた。昨日はゴブリン相手でも、もっと焦りや恐怖があったんだ。でも、いまはすごく冷静だった」「昨日とは違うのか。慣れた、ということではなく?」「うん。昨日とはまるで違う自分になったみたいで......あ」そして思い至る。「これが昇華の影響、なのか?」「力ではなく、精神を成長させた、ということかの」なるほどな、とグラシエは頷いた。「昇華についてはわれも詳しくは知らぬ。じゃが、ミトロフがそう感じているのならありうる話じゃの」ミトロフには自分の力が増したという実感はない。昇華とはその程度の変化しか起こさないのかと思っていた。だが、今の冷静さは、ミトロフにとって大きな実感をともなう成長だった。ファングでは毛皮や牙、内臓の一部などが買取の対象となっている。しかし毛皮を剥ぐには手間がかかるし、内臓を得るためには解体する必要がある。「大人数のパーティにもなれば、専門の解体人や荷運び人を雇ったり、荷車を持ち込んで丸ごと持ち帰ったりもするという。しかし今のわれらには重荷になるだけじゃ。牙だけもらっていくしかないの」「解体にも手間と時間だけかかって、得るもののほうが少なそうだしね」それからも数度、ファングの襲撃を受けた。たいていはグラシエが先に発見し、矢で先制を奪う。一発で仕留めることもあるし、距離があれば二矢で動きを奪い、とどめだけを行うこともあった。通路の先には小部屋があり、そこでのファングが群れを作っていた。群れを発見したら逃げる。事前に二人はそうした取り決めをしていたが、今回は状況が悪かった。ほとんど偶発的な鉢合わせになってしまった。逃げるには距離が近い。こちらを見つけている獣に、背を向けて逃げることは悪手でしかなかった。「ミトロフ、逃げられぬ! やるぞ!」素早く決断したのはグラシエだった。狩人の経験から、戦うしかないと見切った。であれば先制を取るべきである。流れるような動きで矢を二本取り、連射した。一発は頭に、もう一発は脚に。一頭は倒れ、もう一頭は警戒するように下がった。残った一頭はひと回りも身体が大きい。それが群れのボスであるようだった。グラシエが再び一射する。しかしその矢を、ボスファングは避けた。ボスファングは牙を剥き、低空を滑るようにミトロフの腕を狙った。ミトロフはその動きを冷静に見つめていた。どう身体を動かすべきかを考える余裕もある。ファングを相手にするには、横手に回るのが最もやり易い。これまでの戦闘で身につけた動きで、ミトロフはステップを踏んだ。が、避けられる。ボスファングは前足で跳ねるように後ろに跳んだのだ。「ミトロフ、気をつけろ!」前傾に身体が伸びたミトロフの横合いに、後脚に矢を生やしたファングが飛びかかった。連携している! やられた、とミトロフは舌打ちした。ボスファングは最初からミトロフを仕留める気はなかったのだ。だから攻撃を容易に避け、退くことができた。こちらの攻撃を誘い、その隙にもう一頭が喰らいつく。まさに群れとしての狩りである。ファングは牙を開き、剣を持つミトロフの腕を狙っていた。避けられない、と覚悟したその時。「動くでないぞ!」とグラシエの鋭い声。昇華によって強化された精神のおかげで、ミトロフはグラシエの言葉に従うことができた。矢が掠める。ミトロフ顔の横を風が通り抜ける。腕のわずか上を過ぎた矢は、今、まさに噛みつこうとしていたファングの赤い口内に突き立った。ファングは頭を叩かれたように回転してその場に落ちた。助かる......! ミトロフは腕を引き、体勢を整える。ボスファングはすでに追撃に向かってきている。逃げることよりも戦うことを選んだのは、迷宮に住まう魔物としての本能だろうか。ミトロフはボスファングと真正面から対峙した。右斜め前にレイピアを払い、眼前に掲げる。貴族としての決闘の儀礼である。狙い定めるように切先をボスファングに向ける。そのときにはもう、ボスファングは飛びかかっている。ミトロフは足を捌く。幼いころに教え込まれた動きを身体が覚えている。牙を避け、横に位置をとる。ボスファングが一瞬前にミトロフがいた場所へ着地する。前足の爪が地面に噛んだ瞬間に、ミトロフはレイピアを突いた。一刺。それはボスファングの首を貫通する。厚い皮と硬い筋肉の手応えが重い。ミトロフの方が押し負けそうになる。ボスファングが暴れれば、レイピアの細い剣身が折れるだろう。ゆえに、突いた剣は同じ速さで抜き戻さなければならないのだ。ミトロフは肘を引く。レイピアがボスファングの首から戻り、赤い血が噴いた。動脈を断った。狙い通りだった。しかし、ボスファングはまだ生きている。で地面を握り、首を振り、ミトロフに飛び掛かった。ボスファングは巨大な矢であり、砲弾となった。ミトロフは避けるつもりはなかった。自分の重すぎる身体では無理だ、と悟った。脚を踏ん張り、覚悟を決め、レイピアを突き出した。剣はボスファングの口中に突き立った。その勢いは止まらない。剣に貫かれながら、ボスファングはミトロフに食らいつこうとする。牙が暴れる。レイピアが激しく揺れる。ミトロフは瞬間的に柄を強く握りしめた。どん、と衝撃がきた。ミトロフはボスファングの体当たりを受けて立った。右足が浮いた。跳ね飛ばされそうになって、堪えた。だん、と、強く右足を踏み込んだ。剣ごと押し込まれたために、右腕の肘は胸に引きつけられている。眼前に真っ赤な口が開いていた。牙がミトロフの肩に刺さっていた。巨大な顔。その瞳。ミトロフはじっと見据えている。最後に荒い呼吸を残して、ボスファングはだらりと崩れ落ちた。	I’m fine. I’m calm. Mitrof was surprised at how strangely calm he was. Ton-ton. He stepped forward, using footwork to change his and his opponent’s positioning. Mitrof adjusted his position to be beside the fang in the air, and slightly bent his knees. He applied force to his center of gravity and straightened his knees. His arms stretched out, and his sword pierced through the point and thrust forward. There was a feeling of resistance. Mitrof’s rapier had pierced through the fang’s head. Mitrof quickly withdrew his rapier. The fang, carried by its momentum, jumped over the spot where Mitrof had been standing and rolled on the ground. Grace, with an arrow still drawn on her bow, watched the fang’s condition. In the case of a wounded wild animal, that is when they are most dangerous. Even if they were confident that they had taken it down, it was the hunter’s rule not to approach carelessly. The passage was silent. Then Grace slowly approached and confirmed the fang. It was dead. “Was it a single blow? — Impressive skill, Mitrof.” “I was surprised too—even when facing goblins yesterday, I felt more panic and fear—but now I am very calm.” “Is it different from yesterday? — Or have you become more accustomed?” “Yeah. It’s like I’ve become a completely different person from yesterday...Oh.” Then it dawned on him. “Is this the influence of sublimation?” “It means not physical power but mental growth.” Grace nodded in agreement. “I don’t know much about sublimation, but if Mitrof feels that way, it could be possible.” Mitrof didn’t feel any concrete increase in his power. He had thought that sublimation would only cause such small changes. However, Mitrof’s current calmness represents significant growth with a tangible impact on him. The two of them stripped the corpse of the fang. The fur, tusks, and some internal organs can be sold. However, it is time-consuming to skin them, and disassembling is necessary to obtain the internal organs. “For larger parties, they would hire specialized dismantlers and carriers, or even bring in carts to take everything away—but for us now, it would only become a burden—we can only take the fangs with us.” “Dismantling would take only time and effort, and the rewards don’t seem to be worth it.” After that, they experienced several attacks from fangs. In most cases, Grace would spot them first and take the initiative with an arrow. Sometimes she would take them down with just one shot, and if they were at a distance, she would take away their movement with two arrows and then finish them with one. At the end of the passage, there was a small room where three fangs had formed a pack. If you see a pack, run away. The two of them had made that agreement beforehand, but the situation was bad this time. They had accidentally stumbled upon the pack. Running away was not an option, as they were too close. It was a bad move to run away from the beast that had already locked onto them. “Mitrof, there’s no escaping! — Let’s fight!” Grace quickly made the decision. Based on her experience as a hunter, she realized that they had no choice but to fight. If so, they should take the initiative. Taking two arrows in swift motion, Grace fired them in succession. One hit the head, the other struck a leg. One of the beasts fell, and the other backed away cautiously, as if on guard. The remaining beast, the boss of the pack, was a full body size bigger. Its movements were quick and imposing, coming at them in attack. Grace fired another arrow, but the boss-fang avoided it. With bared fangs, the boss-fang aimed for Mitrof’s arm as it glided low. Mitrof watched its movements calmly, with enough composure to think about how to move his body. To deal with the fang, moving to its side was the easiest option. but it was avoided. The boss-fang jumped backward as if bouncing with its front leg. “Mitrof, be careful!” With his body leaning forward, Mitrof was caught in a lateral move, with the fang’s hind legs lunging toward him. They were coordinated! ‘Got caught,’ Mitrof clicked his tongue. The boss-fang never intended to kill Mitrof from the beginning. Therefore, he easily avoided the attack and retreated. While luring this side with an attack, the other fang pounced. It was precisely like a pack hunting. The fang opened its jaws and aimed at Mitrof’s arm holding the sword. At that moment, when Mitrof resolved himself to be unable to dodge, “Don’t move!” Grace’s sharp voice Thanks to the enhanced spirit through sublimation, Mitrof was able to obey Grace’s words. The arrow grazed by. The wind passed by Mitrof’s face. The arrow that passed just above his arm, stabbed into the fang’s bloodied mouth that was about to bite him. The fang spun around like his head had been knocked off and fell to the ground. Thank God...! Mitrof pulled his arm back and rearranged his posture. The boss-fang was already dashing towards him for a counter-attack. Would the boss-fang’s instinct as a monster living in the labyrinth be to choose fighting over running away? Mitrof confronted the boss-fang head-on. Swinging the rapier diagonally to the front right, Mitrof raised it before him, adhering to the aristocratic ritual of a duel. aiming the tip towards the boss-fang, who had already leaped forward by that time. Mitrof moved his legs. His body remembered the movements taught to him when he was a child. He dodged the attack and took a side position. The boss-fang landed in the place where Mitrof had been standing a moment before. As the claws of the front leg bit into the ground, Mitrof thrust his rapier. ——One stab. It penetrated the boss-fang’s neck with the heavy sensation of penetrating through thick skin and tough muscles. Mitrof was about to be pushed back. If the boss-fang thrashed around, the thin blade of the rapier would break. Therefore, the sword had to be pulled out with the same speed as it was thrust. Mitrof pulled back his elbow. The rapier returned from the boss-fang’s neck, spurting red blood. Mitrof had cut the artery. It was what he had targeted. However, the boss-fang was still alive. Gripping the ground with all fours and shaking its head, the boss-fang launched itself at Mitrof like a giant arrow or a cannonball. Mitrof had no intention of avoiding it. He realized that his own heavy body would make it impossible. Digging his feet in and preparing himself, Mitrof thrust out his rapier. The sword pierced the boss-fang’s mouth, its momentum unstoppable. Even while impaled by the sword, the boss-fang tried to bite down Mitrof. The fangs thrashed about, and the rapier shook violently. Mitrof tightened his grip on the hilt in an instant. Mitrof stood his ground against the boss-fang’s charge, his right foot lifted off the ground. He endured being thrown off, then stepped down hard on his right foot with a loud thud. Due to the sword being pressed in, his right elbow was pulled into his chest. A bright red mouth opened before his eyes. Sharp fangs were piercing Mitrof’s shoulder. That huge face, those eyes. Mitrof stared at them intently. Finally, with only a rough breath left, the boss-fang collapsed limply.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 4, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
しかし、私たちが宇宙をどのように理解するようになったかは聴くという話しと見るという話しと同じようなものなのですそれにもかかわらず、私たちのほとんどは宇宙の音を聴いたことがないのですここにいるあなた方の中で一つの惑星か星の音を説明できる方はいますでしょうかもし気になった方がいらっしゃったら、これが太陽の音です . . . . 木星です . これは惑星探索機カッシーニですカッシーニは土星の氷の輪を回っています . これは非常に凝縮された中性体です遠く離れた宇宙で回っています . 私が行っている芸術活動は宇宙を構成しているすばらしい惑星から発せられる奇妙ですばらしいノイズを聴くことだけなのですもしかしたらあなた方はどうやってこの音の事を知ることができるのかと思うかもしれませんどうやって太陽の音とパルサーの音の違いがわかるのでしょう? 答えは電波天文学にあります電波天文学者たちは宇宙からのラジオ波を研究します彼らは高精度なアンテナや受信機を利用し、何の宇宙体なのか、夜空のどこにあるのか正確な情報を得るのですここ地球で発信したり受信できるシグナルと同じように簡単な技術を使用してこれらの伝達を音に変えることができるのですそのため、聴くことによって私たちは最も重要な秘密を発見することができたのです大きさ、何で構成されているのか、そしてどれくらい古いものなのかさえわかりますきょうは、短いストーリーをお話しようと思います聴く宇宙の歴史についてですこれは、 3つの逸話で構成されていますこの逸話は、私たちがどのように奇妙な宇宙のノイズの思いがけない偶然によって宇宙の最も重要な情報を得たかを物語っていますこのストーリーは、巨大な望遠鏡や未来的な宇宙船からは始まりませんむしろ、より質素なメディア― 実際、そのメディアによって現在の私たちの一部となっている電気通信の革命が起きたのですそれは電話なんです 1876年、ボストンでしたこれがアレキサンダー・グラハム・ベルですこの人物電話の発明のためにトーマス・エジソンと研究していたのです彼らの技術的な構成で重要だったのは半マイルもの長さのワイアーでしたこのワイアーはボストンの民家数件の屋根にかけられましたこのラインは後で一般家庭でベルと名付けられた電話シグナルを伝達するものですしかし、電力が走っている長いワイアーと同様、何かの事情でそのワイアーはアンテナになったのですトーマス・ワトソンは何時間もかけて奇妙なパチパチ、シューシューそして甲高い音やヒューヒューと言う音を聞いていましたこれらの音はアンテナが受信した音ですここで覚えておかなくてはならないのはこれはヘンリヒ・ヘルツがラジオ波の存在を証明する10年前のことだという事ですニコラ・テスラの交流電流の15年前― マルコーニの最初に放送した約20年前ですトーマス・エジソンは私たちの事を聞いていませんでした私たちは伝達をするための技術がなかったのですでは、これらの奇妙な音は何でしょう? ワトソンは実際、自然に起こる非常に低い周波のラジオ波を聞いていたのです一部のパチパチといった音は光です不気味なヒューヒューいう音や興味深い甲高い音はより風変わりなものから来ています最初の電話を使ってワトソンは実際に天に向かってダイアルしていたのです彼が正しく推測していたように一部の音は太陽の表面活動から来るものでしたそれは太陽風だったのです地球のイオン圏と相互作用していたのです彼が聞いていたのは私たちが地球の南極、北極でオーロラとして見ることができる現象です遠隔通信の革命を先導したテクノロジーを発明する一方でワトソンは、太陽系の中心にある星が強いラジオ波を発していることを発見しましたワトソンは偶然にもラジオ波を聞いた最初の人間になったのです 50年先に早送りして、ベルとワトソンのテクノロジーは世界的なコミュニケーションを完全に変えたのですしかし、ボストンにある数件の家屋の屋根に数本のワイヤーをかけることから始まって大西洋に何千マイルものケーブルを敷くことになったのは簡単なプロセスではありませんそしてそれから間もなくベルはこの革命を最大限に生かすために新しいテクノロジーを探していましたラジオはワイアーなしで音を運ぶことができますしかし、このミディアムは情報の損失を伴います― ラジオ波は多くのノイズや障害にさらされますで、ベルはこれらのノイズを研究するためにエンジニアを雇いましたそしてこのノイズがどこから来るものなのかを見つけるためにですビルに向かう眺めはノイズを遮断する可能性のある完璧な符号復号器でしたこのため、彼らは電話通信を目的にラジオ波の使用を考えることができたのですエンジニアのカール・ジャンスキーが捜索したほとんどのノイズは大しておもしろくない所から来ていました電力を源とした光だったのですしかし、ジャンスキーが断定できない一つの連続したノイズがありましたどうやらそれは彼のヘッドホンで聞くと毎日4分ずつ早く聞こえたのです天文学者ならだれでもわかるようにこれは地球から発せられる何かではないという明確なサインですジャンスキーは、宇宙物体がラジオ波や光波を発することができるという歴史的な発見をしましたワトソンが偶然にも太陽の音を発見してから 50年でしたジャンスキーが注意深く聞いたことで宇宙探検の新しい時代が始まったのですラジオ宇宙学の時代ですここから数年は天文学者はアンテナを大きなスピカ―に接続し私たちの空にあるラジオ波について学びました木星や太陽を聞くことによってですでは、またちょっと先に進んでみましょう 1964年ベルの研究室に帰ります再び、二人の研究者がノイズの問題を抱えていましたアーノ・ペンジアスとロバート・ワトソンはホルムデルのベル研究所でホーン・アンテナを使用して天の川をすばらしい正確さで研究していました彼らは本当に宇宙をハイファイで聞いていました彼らの音源に、技術的なミスがありました不思議な連続したノイズが彼らの研究を阻んでいましたそれはマイクロ波でそれはどうやら多方向から同時に来ていたようなのですで、これは全くわけがわからなかったある程度のエンジニアや科学者だったらおそらく、この問題は技術自体に問題があるに違いないと推測したでしょう、きっとこれはパラボラアンテナに問題があるに違いないとパラボラアンテナに鳩が巣を作っていましたで、おそらく鳩のフンを掃除した後、パラボラアンテナが再び機能し、普通の機能が元に戻ったはずなのですしかし、ノイズは消えませんでしたペンジアとウィルソンが聞いていたこの不思議なノイズは実は今まで誰も聞いた事がない最古で最も重要な音だったのですこれは宇宙が産まれた時に残った宇宙線だったのですビッグバンが存在したという最初の研究結果ですそして宇宙はちょうど147億年前に産まれたのですで、私たちのストーリーは最初― 森羅万象のすべての始まり、ビッグバンで終わりますこれがペンジアスとウィルソンが聞いたノイズですあなたがこれから聞く音の中で最も古いものですビッグバンで残った放射線を背景とした宇宙のマイクロ派です . ありがとう	But the story of how we came to understand the universe is just as much a story of listening as it is by looking. And yet despite this, hardly any of us have ever heard space. How many of you here could describe the sound of a single planet or star? Well in case you've ever wondered, this is what the Sun sounds like. This is the planet Jupiter. And this is the space probe Cassini pirouetting through the ice rings of Saturn. This is a a highly condensed clump of neutral matter, spinning in the distant universe. So my artistic practice is all about listening to the weird and wonderful noises emitted by the magnificent celestial objects that make up our universe. And you may wonder, how do we know what these sounds are? How can we tell the difference between the sound of the Sun and the sound of a pulsar? Well the answer is the science of radio astronomy. Radio astronomers study radio waves from space using sensitive antennas and receivers, which give them precise information about what an astronomical object is and where it is in our night sky. And just like the signals that we send and receive here on Earth, we can convert these transmissions into sound using simple analog techniques. And therefore, it's through listening that we've come to uncover some of the universe's most important secrets -- its scale, what it's made of and even how old it is. So today, I'm going to tell you a short story of the history of the universe through listening. It's punctuated by three quick anecdotes, which show how accidental encounters with strange noises gave us some of the most important information we have about space. Now this story doesn't start with vast telescopes or futuristic spacecraft, but a rather more humble technology -- and in fact, the very medium which gave us the telecommunications revolution that we're all part of today: the telephone. It's 1876, it's in Boston, and this is Alexander Graham Bell who was working with Thomas Watson A key part of their technical set up was a half-mile long length of wire, which was thrown across the rooftops of several houses in Boston. The line carried the telephone signals that would later make Bell a household name. But like any long length of charged wire, it also inadvertently became an antenna. Thomas Watson spent hours listening to the strange crackles and hisses and chirps and whistles that his accidental antenna detected. Now you have to remember, this is 10 years before Heinrich Hertz proved the existence of radio waves -- 15 years before Nikola Tesla's four-tuned circuit -- nearly 20 years before Marconi's first broadcast. So Thomas Watson wasn't listening to us. We didn't have the technology to transmit. So what were these strange noises? Watson was in fact listening to very low-frequency radio emissions caused by nature. Some of the crackles and pops were lightning, but the eerie whistles and curiously melodious chirps had a rather more exotic origin. Using the very first telephone, Watson was in fact dialed into the heavens. As he correctly guessed, some of these sounds were caused by activity on the surface of the Sun. It was a solar wind interacting with our ionosphere that he was listening to -- at the extreme northern and southern latitudes of our planet as the aurora. So whilst inventing the technology that would usher in the telecommunications revolution, Watson had discovered that the star at the center of our solar system emitted powerful radio waves. He had accidentally been the first person to tune in to them. Fast-forward 50 years, and Bell and Watson's technology has completely transformed global communications. But going from slinging some wire across rooftops in Boston to laying thousands and thousands of miles of cable on the Atlantic Ocean seabed is no easy matter. And so before long, Bell were looking to new technologies to optimize their revolution. Radio could carry sound without wires. But the medium is lossy -- it's subject to a lot of noise and interference. So Bell employed an engineer to study those noises, to try and find out where they came from, with a view towards building the perfect hardware codec, which would get rid of them so they could think about using radio for the purposes of telephony. Most of the noises that the engineer, Karl Jansky, investigated were fairly prosaic in origin. They turned out to be lightning or sources of electrical power. But there was one persistent noise and it seemed to appear in his radio headset four minutes earlier each day. Now any astronomer will tell you, this is the telltale sign of something that doesn't originate from Earth. Jansky had made a historic discovery, that celestial objects could emit radio waves as well as light waves. Fifty years on from Watson's accidental encounter with the Sun, Jansky's careful listening ushered in a new age of space exploration: the radio astronomy age. Over the next few years, astronomers connected up their antennas to loudspeakers and learned about our radio sky, about Jupiter and the Sun, by listening. Let's jump ahead again. It's 1964, and we're back at Bell Labs. And once again, two scientists have got a problem with noise. Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were using the horn antenna at Bell's Holmdel laboratory to study the Milky Way with extraordinary precision. They were really listening to the galaxy in high fidelity. There was a glitch in their soundtrack. A mysterious persistent noise was disrupting their research. It was in the microwave range, and it appeared to be coming from all directions simultaneously. Now this didn't make any sense, and like any reasonable engineer or scientist, they assumed that the problem must be the technology itself, it must be the dish. There were pigeons roosting in the dish. And so perhaps once they cleaned up the pigeon droppings, get the disk kind of operational again, normal operations would resume. But the noise didn't disappear. The mysterious noise that Penzias and Wilson were listening to turned out to be the oldest and most significant sound that anyone had ever heard. It was cosmic radiation left over from the very birth of the universe. This was the first experimental evidence that the Big Bang existed and the universe was born at a precise moment some 14.7 billion years ago. So our story ends at the beginning -- the beginning of all things, the Big Bang. This is the noise that Penzias and Wilson heard -- the oldest sound that you're ever going to hear, the cosmic microwave background radiation left over from the Big Bang. Thanks.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
去年までは飼ったことはありませんでしたがナショナル・ジオグラフィックにミツバチに関する記事に添える写真の発注を受け説得力のある写真を撮るためにミツバチを飼う事にしたのですご存知かもしれませんがミツバチは農産物の 3分の1を受粉しています最近そのミツバチに大変なことが起きています写真家としてこの問題の実情を調べてみることを決意しました去年発見した事を皆様にお見せしたいと思っていますこのふさふさとした小さな生き物は卵母細胞から出ようとしている生まれたばかりのミツバチですミツバチは今いくつかの問題に直面していますそれは殺虫剤、病気そして生息地の喪失などですその中でも唯一最大の脅威となるものはアジアから来る寄生ダニミツバチヘギイタダニです針の先程の大きさのダニが若いミツバチの身体を這い血を吸いますこうしてミツバチの巣を破壊していきますミツバチの免疫組織がうまく機能しなくなりストレスや病気に対する抵抗力が衰えるからですミツバチは卵母細胞内で生育中はとてもデリケートです私はその過程がどんなものか知りたかったのでカリフォルニア大学デービス校の蜂研究グループと組みカメラの前でミツバチを飼う方法を考え出しました生後21日間のミツバチの生態記録をご覧下さい 60秒に凝縮されていますこれは卵から幼虫が孵化しているところです巣房内では孵化したばかりの幼虫が育成バチが出すとろりとした液の中を泳ぎながらその液を食べて育ちます頭と足はゆっくりと形をなして行きさなぎへと脱皮しますこれがその蛹化の様子です巣房内を走り回っているダニが見えますね体の組織が再編成され目に色素がゆっくりと現れて来ています最後のステップで蛹の殻が縮んで行きミツバチの体には剛毛が生えてきます (拍手) このビデオの途中でダニがミツバチの幼虫の上を走り回っているのが見えましたね養蜂家達はダニを駆除する為に蜂の巣に薬品を使うのですが長い目で見ると薬品は悪いので科学者がそれに代わるダニを駆除できるものを研究していますこれがその1つですバトンルージュのUSDA蜂研究室でのミツバチ育生実験プログラムですこの女王蜂と働きバチはそのプログラムからのものです研究者たちはダニに抵抗力のあるミツバチを発見しそんなミツバチの育生に取りかかりましたこうやって蜂の品種改良を行っています未交尾女王蜂に麻酔をかけこの精密機器を使って人工的に受精させますこのプロセスで研究者は意図的にミツバチを選別し交配できますがこれには代償が伴いますそれはダニに抵抗力のあるミツバチは育てられてもその過程で蜜を貯蔵しなくなったりそれまでの穏やかな性格を失ってしまうのですそれで科学者はその問題解決の為養蜂業者と恊働で研究していますこれはブレット・アディが 7万2千の巣房の1つを開けている所です彼は兄弟と世界最大の養蜂業を営んでいて USDAはダニに抵抗力のあるミツバチを彼らの養蜂経営に導入していますゆくゆくはこうしてダニに強いミツバチを選択交配できるだけでなく我々に役に立つミツバチの特質をも維持できる事を狙っていますこれではまるでミツバチをうまく操り利用しているだけに聞こえますが人類は数千年も渡りこの様にこの大自然の生物を箱に入れ実用的に養蜂してきたというのが現実でこうして昔から蜂蜜を収穫して来たのですしかし時が経つにつれこの自然の受粉媒介者が姿を消し始めこの自然の受粉者が供給してくれる今の量では業界の多くはもはや需要について行けなくなっています我々が育成しているミツバチは食糧システムに不可欠なのですミツバチを救うという事は私に言わせれば我々のミツバチとの関係を救うという事だと思います新しい解決法を考え出すにはミツバチの基礎生物学と我々が見過ごしがちなストレスから来るミツバチへの影響を理解しなければなりません言い換えると我々はミツバチをもっと身近に知る必要があるのですありがとうございました	Until last year, I'd never kept bees before, but National Geographic asked me to photograph a story about them, and I decided, to be able to take compelling images, I should start keeping bees myself. And as you may know, bees pollinate one third of our food crops, and lately they've been having a really hard time. So as a photographer, I wanted to explore what this problem really looks like. So I'm going to show you what I found over the last year. This furry little creature is a fresh young bee halfway emerged from its brood cell, and bees right now are dealing with several different problems, including pesticides, diseases, and habitat loss, but the single greatest threat is a parasitic mite from Asia, Varroa destructor. And this pinhead-sized mite crawls onto young bees and sucks their blood. This eventually destroys a hive because it weakens the immune system of the bees, and it makes them more vulnerable to stress and disease. Now, bees are the most sensitive when they're developing inside their brood cells, and I wanted to know what that process really looks like, so I teamed up with a bee lab at U.C. Davis and figured out how to raise bees in front of a camera. I'm going to show you the first 21 days of a bee's life condensed into 60 seconds. This is a bee egg as it hatches into a larva, and those newly hatched larvae swim around their cells feeding on this white goo that nurse bees secrete for them. Then, their head and their legs slowly differentiate as they transform into pupae. Here's that same pupation process, and you can actually see the mites running around in the cells. Then the tissue in their body reorganizes and the pigment slowly develops in their eyes. The last step of the process is their skin shrivels up and they sprout hair. So -- As you can see halfway through that video, the mites were running around on the baby bees, and the way that beekeepers typically manage these mites is they treat their hives with chemicals. In the long run, that's bad news, so researchers are working on finding alternatives to control these mites. This is one of those alternatives. It's an experimental breeding program at the USDA Bee Lab in Baton Rouge, and this queen and her attendant bees are part of that program. Now, the researchers figured out that some of the bees have a natural ability to fight mites, so they set out to breed a line of mite-resistant bees. This is what it takes to breed bees in a lab. The virgin queen is sedated and then artificially inseminated using this precision instrument. Now, this procedure allows the researchers to control exactly which bees are being crossed, but there's a tradeoff in having this much control. They succeeded in breeding mite-resistant bees, but in that process, those bees started to lose traits like their gentleness and their ability to store honey, so to overcome that problem, these researchers are now collaborating with commercial beekeepers. This is Bret Adee opening one of his 72,000 beehives. He and his brother run the largest beekeeping operation in the world, and the USDA is integrating their mite-resistant bees into his operation with the hope that over time, they'll be able to select the bees that are not only mite-resistant but also retain all of these qualities that make them useful to us. And to say it like that makes it sound like we're manipulating and exploiting bees, and the truth is, we've been doing that for thousands of years. We took this wild creature and put it inside of a box, practically domesticating it, and originally that was so that we could harvest their honey, but over time we started losing our native pollinators, our wild pollinators, and there are many places now where those wild pollinators can no longer meet the pollination demands of our agriculture, so these managed bees have become an integral part of our food system. So when people talk about saving bees, my interpretation of that is we need to save our relationship to bees, and in order to design new solutions, we have to understand the basic biology of bees and understand the effects of stressors that we sometimes cannot see. In other words, we have to understand bees up close. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
エリルの手を握りながら俺は馬車の外を見る。するといつもと変わらぬ貴族屋敷が立ち並ぶ風景だが、一つ異質なことがある。それは、血の匂いがすることだ。各屋敷の前には、王国軍、現在は反乱軍の兵士が警護に当たっている。おそらく摂政殿下派の貴族屋敷は襲撃され、抵抗する多くの者が討たれたのだろう。反乱軍に王都が占領されているのにもかかわらず、王都東地区の貴族屋敷区画は、静寂に包まれていた。およそ1時間をかけて大手門に着く。既に日が西に傾きつつあった。馬車を降りると、大手門の前は民衆と兵士で大混乱になっており、すさまじい罵声と怒号が飛び交っていた。そんな中、王城の屋根に止まっていたワイバーンの一部がこちらに向かって飛んでくる。そして咆哮を上げながら大手門の前に降り立った。あれだけの喧騒が、嘘のようにシンとなる。それを合図に、大手門の上に数人が現れ、そのうちの一人である、銀髪の大男が叫ぶ「聞け!民衆よ!我はジュカ王国元帥、シゲア・カルギである!この度、我ら王国軍は、政治腐敗の元凶たる国王とその側近を廃し、新たな王国を建国することとした!腐敗し、堕落しきった国を滅し、真の強国に生まれ変わるのだ!真の強国に生まれ変わるために必要な物は、血だ!流された血によって国は強く生まれ変わる。まずはこの国の腐敗の元凶となった者たちを血祭りにあげ、強国への一歩を踏み出そうぞ!」兵士から歓声が上がる。それを合図に、大手門の左右の壁の上に多くの人が現れた。どうやら兵士に引きずり出されているようだ。男性女性、子供たちまでいる。どの人も豪華な衣装を纏っているので、おそらく、王宮内にいた王族なのだろう。狂ったように叫び声を上げている貴婦人もいるが、兵士に殴られて、大人しくさせられている。その中で、兵士に押さえつけられながらも、ひときわ大声で叫び続ける男性がいた。「誰かカルギを殺せ!殺すのだ!朕をこのように!!許さん!誰ぞ!討て!トスカ!サイオ!何をしておる!!この者たちを討つのだ!!」おそらく、これが国王なのだろう。でっぷりと肥った、ブタのような体。品性の欠片も感じない欲望が丸出しの顔。しかも素っ裸だ。そして、その傍らには、これもまた一糸まとわぬ裸体を晒している4人の少女がいた。おそらく同衾中に襲われ、そのまま大手門まで連れてこられたのだろう。少女たちは足を閉じ、体を捩じり裸体を隠しながら、じっと俯いている。そんな国王を侮蔑しきった目で見ていたカルギは、おもむろに右手を上げた。すると兵士は無造作に王族たちを城壁の下に突き落とした。絶叫と悲鳴が交錯する。地面に叩きつけられた人々は、ある者は死を迎え、ある者は意識を失い、不運なものは身動きのできない怪我を負った。その人たちをワイバーンが貪り食う。王宮の屋根に止まっていたワイバーンもこちらにやってきて、貪り食っている。まさに阿鼻叫喚の地獄絵図だ。再び城壁の上に人々が並べられる。おそらく、反対派の貴族たちなのだろう。倒れて動けない人もいた。その人たちも、カルギの無慈悲な合図で地面に突き落とされる。そして、全員がワイバーンの餌食になった。そこら辺に血と肉片をまき散らして、ワイバーンは再び王宮の屋根に飛び立っていった。そして、大手門が開かれ、中からバーサーム侯爵、エルザ夫人、両腕を失ったファルコ師匠、摂政殿下の4人が連れ出された。「結界師、リノスはいるか!いるのであれば、こちらに出てくるのだ!」「リノス殿、我が主がお呼びです。あなたの御主人もおいでです。どうぞお進みください」ニヤニヤと笑いながら俺に話しかけてくるマドイセン。一瞥もくれることなく静かに、俺は進み出る。後ろからエリルも付いてくる。「おっ、おおぅ、エリルではないか!これは僥倖!おっ、お前は儂がもらう。げっ元帥、エリルは儂がもらう。文句ないであろう?ほんによい体をしておる。その乳、その尻。体中を舐めまわしてやるわ。ヒヒヒヒヒ」カルギの隣にいた、細身の男が下卑た笑いをエリルに向ける。エリルは「クソ公爵・・・」と睨みつけている。どうやらこの男が、王弟であるヒーラ公爵のようだ。「お前がリノスか。こやつらの結界を張っているのは、お主か?斬ろうと思ったが、全く斬れん。良い腕だ。気に入ったぞ。お前は今日から我が傍に仕え、我らの盾として働くのだ」「わかりました。しかし条件があります。我が主人とバーサーム侯爵、エリルお嬢様、とファルコ師匠、そして摂政殿下を解放していただきたい。それが受け入れられるなら」「身の程をわきまえんかぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ!!!!!」カルギが激高している。「奴隷の分際で付けあがりおって!お前は捕らわれの身なのだ。我が命に従うか、死か、そのどちらかしかないのだ!大人しく従えば、お前の命だけは助けてやる。それだけのことだ!こやつらは、殺す!」結界を張っている3人は縛られて、跪いてはいるが、目立った外傷は見られない。心配なのはファルコ師匠だ。血は止まっているようだが、ガックリとうなだれたままピクリとも動かない。気配は消えていないため、ギリギリのところで生きているのだろう。一刻も早く回復魔法をかけねばならない。一応、師匠にも結界を張っておく。「お前には聞かねばならぬことがある。バーサーム家の宝物庫の解除方法を言え」「では、せめて師匠ファルコの傷の手当てをしていただきたい。師が死ねば、私は喋りません」「やはりお前は自分の立場をわかっておらんのだな。おいシェン、やれ!」すっとカルギの隣に、男が現れる。それは、俺も予想だにしなかった、意外な男だった	While grasping Eril’s hand, I looked outside the carriage. At first look, it was your usual noble district, but there was one thing different. The smell of blood. In front of every mansion, the kingdom’s army, now the rebel army, stationed their troops. Apparently, a lot of supporters of the prince were killed. Despite the fact that the rebel army occupied the capital, the district was wrapped in silence. It took us an hour to reach the main gate, the sun was already on the west. When we got off from the carriage, we saw a big commotion involving the soldiers and the people. The atmosphere was ready to erupt at any moment. At that moment, a part of the wyverns flew towards us from the roof of the royal palace. They raised a big roar and landed in front of the gate. The commotion died down like it was never there. With this as a sign, a few men appeared above the gate and the silver-haired man loudly proclaimed. 「Listen, people! I’m the marshal of the Juka Kingdom, Shigea Karugi! Today, we, the kingdom’s army, decided to abolish the corrupted king and his aides, and establish a new Kingdom! We will destroy this rotten and corrupted regime and establish a new powerful kingdom! For the kingdom to be reborn there is a need to spill blood! The kingdom will change in the spilled blood! First, we will deal with those who caused this kingdom to rot and make one step closer to the powerful kingdom! 」 The soldiers loudly cheered. With this as a sign, a lot of people appeared atop the wall. Apparently, the soldiers dragged them. Men, woman, even children. They wore the expensive clothes, most likely, they were of the royal blood. Some ladies were screaming like crazy, but soldiers beat them up and made them silent. Among them was a man who kept screaming ignoring the soldiers. 「Someone, kill Karugi! Kill him! Right before us!! Kiyo-san! Someone! Shoot! Tosuka! Saio! What are you doing!? Shoot these people! 」 This is probably the king. His body is like that of a pig. His face was void of any traces of royalty. In addition, he was naked. And by his side, there were four girls, with their bodies exposed too. They were probably captured together on a bed and dragged here as they were. They closed their legs, bent their bodies and were staying there quietly. While looking at the king with disdainful eyes, Karugi lifted his right hand. Then the soldiers expressionlessly dropped the royal family from the wall. Shouts and screams blended in the air. The people collided with the ground, some of them were dead, some of they lost their consciousness, and the unfortunate ones were crippled. The wyvern greedily ate the people then. The wyverns on the roof also landed to partake in it. Truly a picture of Avi hell. The people were brought atop the wall once again. Most likely, it is the opposing nobility. There were people who couldn’t move on their own. These people, under the sign of Karugi were pushed down too. They too became the wyvern’s prey. Scattering the blood and pieces of meat around, the wyverns returned to the palace’s roof. Then, the gate opened and the marquis Versam, Mrs. Elsa, Falco, who lost both of his arms, and his highness appeared. 「Is barrier master, Rinos, here? If you are here, then come out! 」「Rinos-dono, our lord is calling for you. Please return to your master. Please step forward」 Said the grinning Madoisen. Without sparing him a glance, I step forward. Eril follows me from behind. 「Oh, isn’t it Eril! I’m in luck today. You will be mine. M-Marshal, I will take Eril. You don’t mind, right? You truly have a nice body. These boobs, that *. I will lick all of your body. Hihihihi」 Laughed the slender man next to Karugi. Eril was glaring with a「**** duke....」. Apparently, this man is the brother of the king, duke Hira. 「So you are Rinos. Were you the one who laid the barriers around them? I thought of cutting them down but wasn’t able to make a scratch. Nice skills. I like you. From today, you will be serving me and become my shield」「Understood, But there is a condition. I want the Master, marquis Versam, lady Eril, the teacher Falco and his highness to be released. If you are willing to accept」「Know your place!!!!!!!」 [] Karugi shouted loudly. 「You are a slave! You are the captured property. You can either serve me or die, there is no other choice! If you are willing to serve, I can leave you with your life! Nothing more! Those people will be killed! 」 The three people under the barrier are restrained, but there are no visible wounds on them. I’m more worried about Falco. The blood has stopped, but he was twitching unconsciously. His aura is still present, he is still holding up. The recovery magic needs to be applied as soon as possible. First things first, let’s cast the barrier of Falco too. 「I have a thing to ask from you. Tell us the method to unlock the treasury of the Versam family」「Then, at least, let me treat Falco’s wounds. If he dies, I will never talk」「It seems you do not understand where you stand, Hey, Shen, do it!」 A man appeared next to Karugi. His appearance was completely unexpected by me.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 0, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
「と、そうだ。こっちは俺個人の話になるのですが、少々マドサ侯爵殿に尋ねたいことがあるのですが」「ん?なんじゃ?」さて、題であるウリコの件も一応片付いたところで俺はマドサ学院長ではなく、マドサ「私、とある人を探していまして、情報の出元は明かせませんがとある筋からその人物が今はここクルイカに居ると言う話を聞いたのです」「ふむ。それは危険な人物なのかね?」「少々特殊な人物ではありますが、危険かどうかは対応の仕方次第かと」「分かりました」と言うわけで話を聞く許可も貰ったところで俺は探している人物......ロウィッチからもたらされた情報によって今現在この都市に居るはずの人物の容姿についてマドサ侯爵に教える。で、ロウィッチの情報曰く、名前や年齢は不明。外見は狼系のビースターであり、黒い髪の少女。ただしだ。マドサ侯爵には言わないが、ぶっちゃけてしまうとこ間で俺が独自に開発した翻訳魔法で無理やり訳した情報なので何処かで間違っている可能性もあるし、そもそもこのレベルの実力者なら己の容姿を変える手段は複数持っていると思う。なので、現時点でマドサ侯爵に尋ねるのは黒い毛の狼系ビースターの少女がこの都市に居るか否かと言う点である。「うーむ......すまんが、儂はマドサ領を治める者としてビースターを始めとした希少な存在についてはくまなく把握しておるつもりじゃが、狼系のビースターはクルイカどころかマドサ領全体で見渡しても居らんかったはずじゃ」「そうですか......」残念ながらマドサ侯爵には心当たりが無いらしく、力なく残念そうに溜め息を吐く。この場合考えられるのは単純にマドサ侯爵の手が及ばない場所がクルイカにあるか、例の少女が姿を変えているか、そもそもクルイカに居ないかだよな。いずれにしてもマドサ侯爵が把握している限りではその存在が認知されていないのは事実だけど。「少々尋ねるが、パンプキン殿は探しているその人物に会ったらどうするつもりなんじゃ?パンプキン殿の話を聞く限りでは対応次第では戦いが起こる可能性もあるようじゃし、そうなれば儂としてはパンプキン殿もその少女も見逃すわけにはいかなくなる」「あーそれですか。こちらとしては幾つかの事項について確認したいだけなので、戦いになるかどうかについてはあちらの考え方次第としか言えないです。万が一の時は真っ先にこの都市の外に戦いの場を移せるようにはしますが」俺の言葉を受けてマドサ侯爵の視線が鋭くなる。実際、領主としては俺が戦う事になるような事態は看過できないよなぁ......俺自身は竜殺しの魔法使いとして知られているわけだし。「確認のう......その内容については?」「すみませんが情報の出元と一緒で明かすわけにはいきません。が、国やマドサ領に害を与えるような話ではありませんのでご安心を」「............」「............」俺とマドサ侯爵の間に広がる空気が一気に重苦しいものになる。まあ、それもしょうがないか。俺が言っているのは要するに初対面の人間が『これから、この街の中でちょっと勝手な真似をするけど、俺を信頼して何も聞かずに見逃してね』って言っているのと同じ事だし。ぶっちゃけ俺なら絶対に信頼しないわ。今まで直接の付き合いとか一切無かった相手だし信頼する要素が欠片も無い。「竜殺しの魔法使い殿」「何でしょうか?」「今、この学院には宮廷魔道士と同等、もしくはそれ以上の実力者が何人か居るが、その者たちをお主の下に付ければ役に立つかの?」「無理ですね。信頼云々以前に実力がまるで足りません。万が一のことを考えると最低ラインが独力で成体のワイバーンを真正面から相手取り、勝てるレベルです。なので、この件については俺に同行している者たちにも一切話していません」俺以外は誰も関わっていない事を伝える答えにマドサ侯爵が苦い顔をする。実際の所、成体のワイバーンの討伐と言うのは、王宮魔道士レベルの魔法使いに近衛騎士級の戦士、他にも一流の射手や神官がそれぞれ複数人必要になるレベルであり、それを独力で真正面から相手取って勝つとなればこの街の中では俺とウリコぐらいなものだろうし、世界全体で見ても人間では百人に満たないだろう。そしてそれが最低ライン。要するに自分の身を守りつつ撤退することが出来るレベルであり、それ以下では信頼云々以前に足手まといにしかならないのだから、マドサ侯爵が苦い顔をしたくなるのも頷ける。まあ、こういう理由も有って俺はウリコは勿論のこと、マジクにすら今回の件を教えていないんだけどな。余計な心配はかけたくないし。「一応聞くが、パンプキン殿はどれくらいの間クルイカに居るつもりじゃ?」「最低でも一週間は居るかと。ウリコたちの学院生活が気になるのもまた事実ですので」「分かった。ならば黒い狼のビースターの少女を見かけたらお主の泊まっている宿に使いを出そう。じゃがな......」マドサ侯爵の目がより一層鋭くなり、何かしらの覚悟を決めた光が宿る。「もしも何かが起これば例え敵わずとも儂等の刃はお主にもお主が探している少女にも向けられる事は覚えておくと良いじゃろうな」「そうですね。戦いの場では何が起こるか分からない。不死の身体を持つ英雄ですらたった一本の矢で死したことも有るのですから」「ん?何の話じゃ?」「俺が前世で聞いた英雄譚の一つですよ。では、私は連絡先を置いてお暇させていただきます」そして俺はマドサ侯爵に俺が泊まる予定の宿の場所について記した紙を渡すと、学院長室を後にした。さて、ああやって釘を刺された以上は揉め事は可能な限り避けないとな。場所が場所だけに試作品ではあるものの切り札になりえる物が色々あってもおかしくないしな。	“Oh, yes. I have a personal topic here, but I would like to ask Marquis Madosa a few questions. “Hmm? What is it?” Now that the first issue, namely Uriko’s case, has been settled, Pumpkin will be asking questions to Madosa, rather than to the Director “I am in search of a certain person, and I cannot reveal the source of the information, but I have been told by a certain source that the said individual is now here in Kruika.” “Hmm. Is that a dangerous figure?” “A somewhat peculiar individual, but whether they are a danger or not depends on how the situation is handled.” “...May you elaborate on that?” “Yes.” Having received permission to discuss the matter, Pumpkin decided to share with Marquis Madosa the appearance of the individual he was looking for... who, according to information provided by Lowizc, should be in the city at the present time. Based on Lowizc’s report, the name and age of the person were unknown. Outwardly, she had the appearance of a wolf-like Beaster with black hair. The only thing was, although Marquis Madosa would not be told this, to be frank, the information was translated forcibly with the translation magic Pumpkin developed over the past three years, so it could have been wrong at some part, plus he believed an individual of this level of ability would have multiple means to change her appearance. Therefore, what was to be asked of Marquis Madosa at this point was whether or not there was a black-haired, wolf-like Beaster girl in the city. “Hmm... I am sorry but even though I am the governor of Madosa and am well-versed in the subject of Beasters and other such rare beings, I don’t recall any wolf Beasters anywhere in Madosa, much less in Kruika.” “I see...” Regrettably, Marquis Madosa had no insight into the matter, and a sigh of disappointment was released from Pumpkin’s lips. The only possible explanations in this case would be simply that there was a place in Kruika that was out of Marquis Madosa’s reach, or that the girl in question had disguised herself, or she was never in Kruika in the first place. Either way, as far as Marquis Madosa was aware, the existence of the girl was unrecognized. “If I may ask, what will you do when you meet the person you’re looking for? According to everything you’ve told me, depending on how you manage it, there is a likelihood that a battle may break out; in that case, there is no doubt that neither you nor the girl will survive.” “Oh, I get it. For my part, I merely want to ascertain a few matters, therefore I can only state that the opposing side’s viewpoint will determine whether or not there is a conflict. In the unlikely event that it does, I will be the first to move the battlefield outside of this city.” Following his words, Marquis Madosa’s gaze sharpened. In fact, as a territorial lord, a situation where Pumpkin would have to contend would be intolerable... He was known as a dragon-slaying sorcerer himself after all. “Excuse me, but I can’t divulge it, along with the source of the information. But rest assured that it is not something that will be detrimental to the country or to the Madosa territory.” “...” “...” All at once, the atmosphere that permeated the space between Pumpkin and Marquis Madosa turned oppressive. Well, that was to be expected. In essence, Pumpkin’s words were tantamount to, “From now on, I am going to conduct unsolicited activities in this city, but you can rely on me and let me off the hook without further questioning,” to someone he had never met before. Frankly speaking, even Pumpkin would never put his trust in someone like that. Marquis Madosa had never had a direct relationship with Pumpkin, nor did he have any reason to trust him. “Sir Dragon-slaying Sorcerer.” “What is it? “There are a number of people here at the Institute who are equal to or superior to the court sorcerers. Would they be of assistance to you if they were placed under your command?” “Impossible. Even before placing confidence in them, their abilities are insufficient. If the worst comes, the minimal degree of proficiency is that they can take on a full-fledged wyvern head-on by themselves and win. So, I haven’t even disclosed this matter to the people who are with me.” Marquis Madosa looked at Pumpkin bitterly when the answer came back to him that nobody but Pumpkin himself would be involved in this. Defeating an adult wyvern actually required a sorcerer at the level of a royal court sorcerer, a warrior at the level of a knight of the vanguard, and several other top-notch archers and priests. If anyone were to face her head-on and win, it would be only Pumpkin and Uriko in this city, and even throughout the world, there would probably be less than a hundred human beings that could compete with her. And that was the lowest line. In short, it was a level at which they could retreat while protecting themselves, and anything less than that would only serve to hinder them, even before confidence could be placed in them. Well, this was one of the reasons why Pumpkin did not tell Uriko or even Majik about the matter. After all, he didn’t want to cause any unnecessary headaches. “Let me ask just for the record, how long do you plan to stay in Kruika, Pumpkin-dono?” “At least a week, I think. It is also true that I am concerned about Uriko and Majik’s life at the institute.” “I understand. If I happen to see a black wolf Beaster girl, I will send an envoy to the inn where you are staying. But...” The eyes of Marquis Madosa became even more acute, and a light of some sort of resolve resided in them. “If anything should befall the city, remember that our blades will be drawn against you and the girl you are searching for, even if we are no match against both of you.” “Yes. In battle, anything can strike. Even a hero with an immortal body can be killed by a single arrow.” “Hmm? What do you mean?” “It’s one of those heroic tales I heard in my previous life. Now, I will leave you with my contact information and leave you alone.” After handing a piece of paper describing the location of the inn where he was going to stay to Marquis Madosa, Pumpkin left the Director’s office. Now that a warning had been given like that, Pumpkin had to refrain from causing any trouble if at all possible. The place itself was a dangerous prototype, but there could be a wide range of things that could be used as a trump card.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
私は小さな頃から二つの性格を持ち葛藤と会話を続けています私はそれぞれを「神秘家」と「戦士」と呼んでいます私は政治的に活発な知能優勢型で無神論の家庭に生まれました私の家庭にはある等式がありました優れた知能とは宗教と相容れないというルールです私はこの家族では変種でした私は変わった子で我々の感覚を超えたところに存在するかもしれない世界について真剣に話をしたいと考えていました私は人類が目で見て耳で聞き頭で考えることが現実を正確に映し出す完全なイメージであるのか知りたかったのですそこで私は答えを求め隣人に付いてカトリックのミサへ足を運びましたサルトルやソクラテスを読みましたすると私が高校生の時素晴らしいことが起こりました東洋の宣教師が米国進出をし始めたのですそこで私は思いました「一人でいいから欲しいな」それからというもの神秘の道を歩み続けていますアルバート・アインシュタインの「我々の意識の錯覚」を超えてやろうと考えてきました彼は何を伝えたかったのでしょう? お教えします今この澄んだ空気の中で息を吸ってみてくださいさて画面には奇妙な水中に生息するサンゴのようなものが見えますね実はこれは人間の気管であってこの色のついた物体はこの部屋の中で実際に我々の周りを泳ぎ回っている微生物ですこの単純な生物を見逃したとすると最小の素粒子レベルでもしくは最大の宇宙レベルで何を見落とすことになるか想像してください神秘主義者としての年月を通じて私は自分の思い込みを疑うようになりましたこうして無知への恥を拭い去りましたさて私の不思議な部分がこんな感じで横槍を入れます「戦士」の方が呆れるのです彼女は世界で今何が起こっているのか心配していますそう心配しているのです彼女は言います「すいませんがうんざりです詳しくは知りませんけどまじめに取り組んだ方がいいですよ」私は「戦士」として女性の問題に取り組み政治キャンペーンを実施し環境への活動を行ってきました「神秘家」と「戦士」の両方を一つの体に収容するのは少し奇妙ですこの問題にうまく対処して「戦士」の勇気と「神秘家」のしとやかさをもって人道活動に人生を捧げる人々に私は生涯魅力を感じてきました例えばマーティン・ルーサー・キング・ジュニア彼は言いました「あなたが真のあなたにならずして私が本当の私であることは不可能ですこれこそが内なる事実の仕組みである」もう一人の神秘的戦士マザー・テレサは言いました「我々が家族というものの繋がりを過小評価していることが世界の抱える問題だ」そしてネルソン・マンデラはアフリカの思想「ウブントゥ」を重んじていましたつまり私が私であるためにあなたがあなたであるために相互が必要だということですこの三人の神秘戦士が聖人の遺伝子を持って生まれたかのように我々は話をしますが実は我々は皆同じ能力を有しており彼らの行いを私達が今行う必要があるのです私達は大きな隔を持つ相手を悪魔であるかのように非難しますこのような私達の文化に深く憤りを感じていますここ米国の政治における両翼から出版されたベストセラーのタイトルをいくつか見てみましょう「自由主義とは精神障害である」「ラッシュ・リンボーはふざけたデブである」「間抜けと愛国者」「馬鹿との討論」これらは皮肉なのでしょうが実際には危険をはらんでいます次のタイトルには馴染みのある方もいらっしゃるでしょうがその著者には驚くでしょう「嘘と愚かさ、臆病に対する4年半の闘争」著者は誰でしょうか? これはアドルフ・ヒットラーの「わが闘争」という最初の著書でありこの本と共にナチスを創設しました人類史上最悪の出来事それはカンボジアかドイツもしくはルワンダでしょうがこの手の否定的な排他が発端ですそして後に暴力的な過激主義へと変貌するのですこれが新たな取組を始めた理由ですこれは私を含めた我々が排他的言動へ傾向しないようにするための手助けとなります我々は皆忙しいと理解しています大丈夫です昼食時でも実践できますから私はこの取組を「他者への昼食の誘い」と呼んでいます共和主義者の方は民主主義の方を昼食へ連れて行き民主主義者の方は共和主義者との昼食を考えてみて下さいこのような人を昼食に連れて行くと食欲を失ってしまう方はもっと身近なところから始めましょう身近なところでは「他者」という概念の欠如はないでしょうからモスクや教会シナゴーグまたは路上で礼拝活動をしている方かもしれませんもしくは別の方面から例えば中絶反対派の方とかそれとも地球温暖化を信じていない義兄とかあなたがぞっとするような生活を送っている人や考え方に腹が立ってしまうような方が理想的です数週間前に私はティーパーティ運動派のとある女性を昼食に誘いました新聞は彼女が私のテストを通過したと報じましたが彼女は右翼の活動家で私は左翼の活動家ですそこで私達は会話を円滑に進めるためにガイドラインを利用しましたこれは皆さんも活用可能です皆さんが他者と昼食に行くことは知っていますからまず初めにゴールを決めましょう今迄ステレオタイプ的に敬遠してきた人の一人とお近づきになるのですそれから実際に会う前に基本的なルールを決めて下さい私のティーパーティ派の友人と私は以下のようルールを設けました説得擁護中断の禁止興味を持って会話に参加し嘘をつかない相手の話を聞くことそこからは没頭していきました私達が聞きあった質問はあなたの経験を話してくれますか? どんな問題に深く関心を寄せていますか? 意見を異にする人に聞きたいと思ってきたことは何ですか? この昼食の友人と私は大切な眼識に気づかされ席を後にしましたその一つを皆さんにお話しします私の意見ではいかなる人々のいかなる問題にも通じるところがあります私は右翼というのはなぜ左翼に対する攻撃的主張や嘘を言い続けるのか彼女に尋ねました「は?」彼女は理解していませんでした「倫理的に腐敗したテロ支援型のエリート主義団体だ」とか言っているでしょ彼女はショックを受けたようでした彼女の考えでは能無しや銃を持った人種差別主義者と評して彼女の側をやじっているのは私の側だそうでしたなにより私達はそのようなレッテルはどの知り合いにも当てはまらないという事実に驚愕しましたこうして信頼を築き上げ互いの誠意を信じることができました人を傷つけパラノイアに発展したりあるいは煽動の材料として過激派に利用されてしまうような排他的な会話を耳にしたらコミュニティ内で声を大にして話をしようではないかという合意に至りました昼食の終わりまでに互いの率直を認め合うまでになりましたどちらにも他者を変えようという試みはありませんでしたかといって昼食が終われば私達の違いは消えてなくなるようなフリをしていたわけではありません代わりに私達は共に第一歩を踏み出したのですお決まりの反応を避けてこの手のかかる問題の解決策が見つかる唯一の場所であるウブントゥへ向かっての第一歩です誰を昼食に誘えばいいのでしょう? 次にあなたが自身の排他的言動に気づいた時それが手がかりとなります昼食では何が起こるのでしょうか? 天国の扉が開きレストランで「ウィ・アー・ザ・ワールド」が流れてくるのでしょうか? そうではないでしょうウブントゥはゆっくりと作用しかつ難しいものだからです知ったかぶりという傲慢を脱ぎ捨てた二人の人間なのです武器を放棄して互いに歩み寄る二人の戦士二人の人間ですペルシャの偉大な詩人ルーミーは詩の中にこう詠みました「善行と悪行それらのはるか及ばぬところそこに一つの場がある私はそこであなたに会おう」	I have two primary personalities that have been in conflict and conversation within me since I was a little girl. I call them "the mystic" and "the warrior." of politically active, intellectual atheists. There was this equation in my family that went something like this: if you are intelligent, you therefore are not spiritual. I was the freak of the family. I was this weird little kid who wanted to have deep talks about the worlds that might exist beyond the ones that we perceive with our senses. if what we human beings see and hear and think is a full and accurate picture of reality. So, looking for answers, I went to Catholic mass. I tagged along with my neighbors. I read Sartre and Socrates. And then a wonderful thing happened when I was in high school: Gurus from the East started washing up on the shores of America. And I said to myself, "I wanna get me one of them." And ever since, I've been walking the mystic path, trying to peer beyond what Albert Einstein called "the optical delusion of everyday consciousness." So what did he mean by this? I'll show you. Take a breath right now of this clear air in this room. Now, see this strange, underwater, coral reef-looking thing? It's actually a person's trachea, and those colored globs are microbes that are actually swimming around in this room right now, all around us. If we're blind to this simple biology, at the smallest subatomic level right now and at the grandest cosmic levels. My years as a mystic have made me question almost all my assumptions. They've made me a proud I-don't-know-it-all. Now when the mystic part of me jabbers on and on like this, the warrior rolls her eyes. She's concerned about what's happening in this world right now. She's worried. She says, "Excuse me, I'm pissed off, and I know a few things, and we better get busy about them right now." I've spent my life as a warrior, working for women's issues, working on political campaigns, being an activist for the environment. housing both the mystic and the warrior in one body. I've always been attracted to those rare people who pull that off, who devote their lives to humanity with the grit of the warrior and the grace of the mystic -- people like Martin Luther King, Jr., who wrote, "I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This," he wrote, "is the interrelated structure of reality." Then Mother Teresa, another mystic warrior, who said, "The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small." And Nelson Mandela, who lives by the African concept of "ubuntu," which means "I need you in order to be me, and you need me in order to be you." Now we all love to trot out these three mystic warriors as if they were born with the saint gene. But we all actually have the same capacity that they do, and we need to do their work now. by the ways in which all of our cultures are demonizing "the Other" by the voice we're giving to the most divisive among us. Listen to these titles of some of the bestselling books from both sides of the political divide here in the U.S. "Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder," "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot," "Pinheads and Patriots," "Arguing With Idiots." They're supposedly tongue-in-cheek, but they're actually dangerous. Now here's a title that may sound familiar, but whose author may surprise you: "Four-and-a-Half-Years of Struggle Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice." Who wrote that? That was Adolf Hitler's first title for "Mein Kampf" -- "My Struggle" -- the book that launched the Nazi party. The worst eras in human history, whether in Cambodia or Germany or Rwanda, they start like this, with negative other-izing. And then they morph into violent extremism. This is why I'm launching a new initiative. And it's to help all of us, myself included, to counteract the tendency to "otherize." And I realize we're all busy people, so don't worry, you can do this on a lunch break. I'm calling my initiative, "Take the Other to Lunch." If you are a Republican, you can take a Democrat to lunch, or if you're a Democrat, think of it as taking a Republican to lunch. Now if the idea of taking any of these people to lunch makes you lose your appetite, I suggest you start more local, because there is no shortage of the Other right in your own neighborhood. Maybe that person who worships at the mosque, or the church or the synagogue, down the street. Or someone from the other side of the abortion conflict. Or maybe your brother-in-law who doesn't believe in global warming. Anyone whose lifestyle may frighten you, or whose point of view makes smoke come out of your ears. A couple of weeks ago, I took a Conservative Tea Party woman to lunch. Now on paper, she passed my smoking ears test. She's an activist from the Right, and I'm an activist from the Left. And we used some guidelines to keep our conversation elevated, and you can use them too, because I know you're all going to take an Other to lunch. So first of all, decide on a goal: to get to know one person from a group you may have negatively stereotyped. And then, before you get together, agree on some ground rules. My Tea Party lunchmate and I came up with these: don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious; be conversational; be real. And listen. From there, we dove in. And we used these questions: Share some of your life experiences with me. What issues deeply concern you? And what have you always wanted to ask someone from the other side? My lunch partner and I came away with some really important insights, and I'm going to share just one with you. I think it has relevance to any problem between people anywhere. I asked her why her side makes such outrageous allegations and lies about my side. "What?" she wanted to know. "Like we're a bunch of elitist, morally-corrupt terrorist-lovers." Well, she was shocked. She thought my side beat up on her side way more often, that we called them brainless, gun-toting racists, and we both marveled at the labels that fit none of the people we actually know. And since we had established some trust, we believed in each other's sincerity. We agreed we'd speak up in our own communities when we witnessed the kind of "otherizing" talk that can wound and fester into paranoia and then be used by those on the fringes to incite. By the end of our lunch, we acknowledged each other's openness. Neither of us had tried to change the other. But we also hadn't pretended that our differences were just going to melt away after a lunch. Instead, we had taken first steps together, past our knee-jerk reactions, to the ubuntu place, which is the only place where solutions to our most intractable-seeming problems will be found. Who should you invite to lunch? Next time you catch yourself in the act of otherizing, that will be your clue. And what might happen at your lunch? Will the heavens open and "We Are the World" play over the restaurant sound system? Probably not. Because ubuntu work is slow, and it's difficult. It's two people dropping the pretense of being know-it-alls. It's two people, two warriors, dropping their weapons and reaching toward each other. Here's how the great Persian poet Rumi put it: "Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
ウィルおじいさんが初めて私に厳しい事を言った。 ......涙が止まったわ。「君はこれからもっと辛い事にぶち当たっていくんじゃ」ウィルおじいさんは低く重みのある声でそう言った。「君は私に世の中の悪女になりたいと言っただろう? あれは嘘だったのか?」「いいえ......。なりたいですわ」「なら、こんなところでつまずいていてはだめだ。君が目指している悪女は一体どんな悪女なんだ?」「志を高く持って、綺麗事が大嫌いで、筋を通して、表情をあまり出さなくて、思慮深く、どんな時も冷静な判断を下せる、強い悪女ですわ」私はたどたどしくなりながらも最後まで言った。自分で言って、自分で改めて理解した。ヒロインになんか負けないくらいの悪女よ。ウィルおじいさんは優しく私に微笑んでくれた。ジルが私の方を力強い目で見ながらそう言った。やってやるわ。私は世の中で一番の悪女になるのよ。考えなさい、アリシア。しょうもない魔法をどう使うか。皮膚がただれているのよね......、あれで元に戻るのかしら。とりあえずやってみるしかないわよね。ぐだぐだ考えている暇なんてないもの。私は指を鳴らした。肌を綺麗にする魔法。オーラが女性を優しく包んでくれる。どうしてこれをもっと早くに思いつかなかったのかしら。顔もどんどん綺麗になっていくわ......、思っていたより若いのね。私より少し年上ぐらいかしら。それに、綺麗な顔立ち。まぁ、ゲームには不細工がいないものね。壊死している部分はどうすればいいのかしら。流石にもうこの足の肌を再生することは出来ないわ。もう腐った後だもの。死にかけならまだ治せたかもしれないけど、死んでしまっていたら再生させることは不可能だわ。 ......切断しか方法はないわよね。つまり、彼女の太ももを切断すればいいのよね。麻酔なしで切断すると痛みでショック死してしまうかもしれないわ。闇魔法は治癒と破壊の魔法だったっけ? 破壊......、肌の組織を破壊する魔法。アリシア、頭を動かして、よく考えなさい。 ......痛みを十秒だけなくせる魔法。十秒で人の足なんて切断出来るわけないわ。けど、怪我なんだもの痛みはつきものよ。後は、止血の方法が問題よ、......細胞を繋げる魔法、これって血管でも出来るのかしら。試した事がないから分からないわ。私は自分の剣を抜いて水で綺麗にした。ついでにマントも綺麗にしておきましょ。よし! これで準備は整ったわ。「何するの?」私はジルの質問を無視して、彼女の鳩尾に一発拳を入れて気絶させた。自分の足を切断されているところなんて見ない方が良いもの。私は剣を握りゆっくり息を吸った。絶対に失敗は許されないわ。一発で決めるのよ。自分の心臓の鼓動が速くなるのが分かる。大丈夫よ、私。私は大きく息を吸った直後、パチンッと指を鳴らしてすぐに私は大きく剣を振りかざし、勢いよく振り下げた。ボトンッと彼女の右脚が地面に落ちた。段々血が流れる量が少なくなっていく。「ああああああああああ!!」全部魔法が終わる前に彼女が目覚めた。私がそう言うと、ジルはすぐに彼女の肩を抑えた。「痛い痛い痛い痛い痛い!」足を落としているんだから痛くて当たり前よ。私は止血されたのを確認して、マントを良いサイズにちぎって足の周りに巻き付けた。「助けて、痛いよ。苦しい、痛い痛い痛い痛い」「ああ、もう、うるさいわ! あなたが助けを求めてきたのでしょ? 生きたいのならこれくらい我慢しなさい!」何度も言うけれど、私は良い人なんかじゃないのよ。	Gilles and I both stiffen. Grandpa Will has always been so kind and caring towards me. I’ve never seen him act this cold and unyielding before. ......But the tears have stopped. “In the future, you’ll face much more difficult situations.” Grandpa Will’s low voice seems to add gravity to his words. They strike me to the core. “Didn’t you tell me that you wanted to become the best villainess in the world? Was that all a lie? Just a childhood whim?” “No..... It’s the truth. And I still want to,” I say trying to put strength behind my words. “Then you can’t allow yourself to fail here. Exactly what kind of person is this villainess that you’re aiming to become?” “A villainess who’s strong, who is extremely proud, and abhors lip service of every kind..... Someone who acts based on logic instead of emotion and doesn’t allow her feelings to show on her face..... I want to be someone who remains prudent no matter what and can make calm judgments under any circumstances.” Although my voice falters as I talk, I make sure to finish strong. And as I’m saying all this, I once again find my resolve. Right. I’m going to be strong. I’m going to become a tenacious villainess. A villainess who won’t lost to the heroine. “That’s right, Alicia,” Grandpa Will says, smiling approvingly at me. “Alicia, you got this,” Gilles agrees, his eyes full of encouragement and confidence in me. I’m doing this. I’m going to become this world’s best villainess. If I can’t do something as small as saving a single woman’s life, then how can I even consider becoming the most wicked woman in the world? Now think, Alicia. Use what you know. What can you do with your current repertoire of worthless magic? Her skin is inflamed and festering...... Is there anything I can do to return it to normal? A spell does come to mind for that, so for now, I’ll just have to try it and see. I don’t have the time to waste on hypothesizing for every possibility. I snap my fingers, invoking the magic to purify skin. The spell gently envelops the woman in a glittering aura. And in moments, her skin really has been purified. I never would have imagined that this spell could prove useful for something other than clearing up acne. And to think that it was able to heal such horrendous wounds! Why didn’t I realize this sooner? The darkened patches on her face are quickly clearing up as well..... She’s actually younger than I had initially thought. She probably isn’t much older than I am. And, looking at her face, she appears to be quite pretty too. Though, in a world where ugly people don’t seem to exist, I suppose that’s to be expected. Now that all of her burns are gone, I wonder what I should do about the areas that have already necrotized? As expected, a skin purification spell isn’t enough to regenerate dead flesh. The skin on her leg has already started to rot. If it was still in the process of dying, then maybe I could have saved it with magic, but since it’s already gotten to this point, there’s nothing I can do for it. ....Looks like I have no choice but to remove the dead flesh before the disease has a chance to spread. That means I can’t just amputate below the knee.... I’ll probably have to remove part of her thigh as well. My sword seems to be my only option for performing the amputation. But, if I cut off her leg without giving her any sort of anesthetic, she’ll likely die from shock due to the excruciating pain. Hmm..... Didn’t that book say that darkness magic combines both healing and destruction? Destruction..... Right, wasn’t there a spell to destroy skin tissue....? Think, Alicia, think! You need to be smart about this or else she’s dead. .....There was a spell that can nullify pain for seconds.... But there’s no way seconds is long enough to remove her leg, right? Well, even if I can somehow amputate it that fast, once the spell wears off the pain will come rushing in and I’ll still have the same problem. I guess no matter what I do, pain is going to be an issue. ......There is a spell that can connect things together at the cellular level..... But I wonder if it will work on blood vessels and arteries. Since I’ve never had the chance to try it before, I’m not sure. But I don’t have any other means to stop the bleeding, so I guess I’ll have to make it work. I take out my sword and disinfect it in the water. I suppose I should take this opportunity to clean off my cloak as well. Alright! With this, everything is ready. “What are you going to do?” Ignoring Gilles’s question, I throw a hard, concise punch into the woman’s abdomen, making her pass out. It’s for the best that she doesn’t watch her own leg being cut off. I stand over her and grip my sword, taking in a slow, even breath. The next seconds will mean the difference between success and failure, life and death. And I can’t afford to fail. I need to finish this in one shot. I focus all of my strength on my sword. And as I do so, I can feel my heart start to beat faster. I suck in a sharp breath and immediately after I snap my fingers and raise my sword. With all my strength I swing it down in a huge, fluid arc. With a thud, the woman’s right leg falls to the ground. Blood spurts everywhere, gushing out of the wound. I snap my fingers once again and gradually the flow of blood begins to slow. “AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!” Before all the spells had been completed, the woman regains consciousness. It seems that my seconds are up. It’ll become a huge problem if she starts struggling now. “Gilles! Hold her down!” I yell and Gilles instantly throws himself forward, leveraging his weight down onto her shoulders to keep her still. “AGHHH! It hurts! Agh! Make it stop! It hurts! It hurts!” Your leg was chopped off, so of course it hurts. After confirming that the bleeding had completely stopped, I slice my cloak into long strips and begin binding her leg with them. “Help me! Please! It hurts! It hurts so much! Please! Agh!” “Ugh, for goodness’ sake, you’re so loud! Weren’t you the one who asked me to save you? If you want to live, you’ll have to bear with at least this much!” I’ve said this many times before, but I’m not a good person. At a time like this, a saintess would be giving her words of encouragement, but I’m a villainess. You definitely won’t hear any kind words from me.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 3, "inserted_lines_src": 16, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
おはよう! さぁて、今日も1日、元気にお仕事! 本当は仕事しなくてもいいくらい、お金も物も充実してるけど、暇なんだから! しょーがないね。ギルドに来たはいいが、なんだか騒がしい。なんだろ? とりあえずは近くに居る、お菓子くれたりしてくれた冒険者のお姉さんに話しかけてみる。「ねぇ、お姉さん? 何かあったんですか?」「あ、アリムちゃんか。いやね、知らせが来てるのサ。武闘大会のね。12日後にやるんだけどサ、今日から受付なの」武闘大会? なんだそれ? いや、名前で大体察しはつくけどね。「武闘大会ってなんですか?」「武闘大会ってのは、王都のコロシアムでやる、冒険者同士の試合のことサ。年行われる。D~Sランクのそれぞれの同じ階級の冒険者同士がそこで、スキルや武器を使って闘うんだよ」やっぱりそういう内容か。おもしろそーだね。お姉さんは説明を続けてる。「上位4位以内に入ったら、賞金やスキルカードとかの品物、武器、ランクが上がるに相応しい戦いをしたら、ランクが上がったりとこれからの活動が楽になるようなことが沢山してもらえるのサ。唯、参加費を払わなきゃいけないんだよね。「それは魅力的ですね......。お金はまぁ、なんとか。でも、人が死んだりと活動したりできないような身体にされたりは......?あと、負けた時の罰とか」「このコロシアムで死ぬ人はでてこないよ。気絶で止めるのがルール、それと罰もないよ。奴隷制があった......数年前までは奴隷にされたり、奴隷の奴が参加した場合は手足千切られたり、拷問されたりしてたみたいだけど。SSSランクが完全に奴隷制を無くしてくれたおかげで、もうそんなことはないのサ!あと、二度と活動できないくらいの大怪我に関しては......まぁ、自腹でグレートポーションを使ってるかね。それも数年に一度、あるかないかだけどね」「そうなんですか!参加しようかなー」「良いんじゃないかい?コロシアムに立って闘っている可愛いアリムちゃんを見てみたいからサ。私」うむ、俺が大怪我をする可能性はないな!グレートポーションがあるし! さらっと可愛いとか言われた嬉しい。「お姉さん!教えてくれてありがとう!」「ふふん、別にいいってことなのよ」「じゃあね! お姉さん!」 (きゃー!アリムちゃんとお話ししちゃった!) アギトさんに今日も話しかける。「アギトさーん! 依頼、ありますか?」「あ! アリムちゃんか。依頼ね、あるよ。でも聞いたかい?大会が____」こっちでも大会の話するの? 「はい、聞きました! 参加したいです!」「おう、いいぜ。参加の受付はここでもしてるからな。いつでも言ってく......あ、今言ったか。Dランクの参加料は1500ベルだが、どうする?」「はい! どうぞ! 1500ベルです。」「おう、じゃ、冒険者アリム、武闘大会参加な。で、依頼の方なんだけどよ。」「はい。」「Dランクの依頼だ。Eランク魔物カスネークの皮7枚納入。15枚までなら買取する。.........だってよ。一枚につき210ベルだそうだ。やるか?解体の指定はないぜ。」「はい、やります!」「じゃ、頼んだぜ。」この手のクエストは俺にとっては簡単だ。Eランクホイホイの笛を使えばいい。ほらほら、きたぞきたぞー!カスネークが......15匹か。なんだ、丁度じゃねえか。さて、サクッと倒して納入、納入っと。アギトさんに報告した。「アギトさん、終わりました!」「......早いな。本当に」「えへへ~」「ほら、3150ベルだ」「ありがとうございます」「じゃ、次も頼むぜ!」「任せてください!」俺はギルドから出た。さて、今日は何しようかなー? お昼寝する? う~ん、そんな気分じゃないなぁ...。また、剣でも作ろうかな? 余った鉄......それもあんまり今は使ってない砂鉄......そうだ、玉鋼を作ろう。でもいつもいつも、何か作る度に、その「材料」を入手するために必要な道具とかも制作したるんだよね。今回も日本独特の製鉄具から作らなきゃいけなくなってしまった。暇だからいいんだけどね。玉鋼が出来た。この1級Aと呼ばれる僅かな鉄で刀剣を作るのだっ......! あ、残りの鉄は他のことにつかうよ! 鑑賞ようにするか......? いや...実用的なものがいいよね。 ......そうだ。あの効果をエンチャントしよう。ふふ。さぁ、できたぞ! 【「玉鋼の気痛の魔剣」・状態→ 最良・価値→ 国宝・材料→ 玉鋼エンチャント・種類→ 魔剣・説明 :攻撃力+522(174×3) :剣としての性能を究極的に上昇させる(切れ味、耐久性、攻撃力3倍) :MPを消費することにより、消費した分だけ剣の性能が上昇する(MP1→+0.025倍) :この剣でつけた傷は必ず3秒以内に塞がる。 :この剣で傷つけられた者は必ず気絶する。気絶する時間は所有者の強さと相手の強さの差に依存 :この剣で相手に与える痛覚への刺激を10倍にする。ただし、相手が気絶していることが条件 :常に最良の状態を保つ】ま、捕獲用の剣かな。解体素材の価値を、傷によって下がるのも防ぐ。一回切って気絶させ、捕獲ならばそれで終了。二回切って痛みにより絶命させる。でも、その死体は無傷。実際、大会用に作ったと言っても過言いいかもしれない。今日もここまで。おやすみなさい。	Good Morning! Now then, first thing to do today, work vigorously! In actuality, I don’t really have to work, since money and things I needed are available, and so I am currently free! Ad so I went to the guild, somehow it’s quite noisy. What could it be? For now let’s ask the Onee-san adventurer near who always gives me sweets. 「Ne, Onee-chan, Is there something that’s going to happen?」「Oh, Alim-chan, you see. The news has just arrived... It’s about the Battle Tournament, and it will be held days from now. And application is being accepted starting today. 」 Battle Tournament? What’s that? Well, by the name alone I can probably guess what it is. 「What is the Battle Tournament?」「The Battle Tournament will be a match between many adventurers and will be held at the Battle Coliseum of the kingdom. It is held three times in a year. Adventurers Ranging from D to S Ranks will be showing off their fighting skills and even their weaponry. 」 The Nee-san still continues explaining. 「If you can enter in the top rankings, you will get a lot of prices like prize money, skill cards, weapons, and other things. It will also be easier for you to get a rank up in your future adventures. You have to pay a participation fee though. And the participation fee is a bit expensive. 」「It is quite interesting... Well, money aside. What about people dying, or brought into a state where they won’t be able to move again and the punishment for losing? 」「There haven’t been anyone who died in this coliseum so far. There are no rules or punishment other that stopping in case of being stunned or fainted. There was slavery before...... but it seems that they were abolished a few years ago, and now any business dealing with slavery are all subjected to punishments and torture. That is thanks to one of the SSS Rankers that completely eliminated slavery, that’s why it doesn’t seem to exist anymore. And also about injuries that incapacitates and individual... there are great potions for that and aren’t you using one for yourself? There hasn’t even been one of those in the past few years. 」「Is that how it was! Then I guess I would probably participate? 」「There’s nothing wrong with that right, because I also want to see Alim-chan fighting inside the coliseum. 」 Well, there is probably no chance for me to get that badly injured. I also have Great Potions with me. I’m quite happy being told to be pretty cute. 「Thank you for informing about it, Onee-san! 」「Oh come on, that’s really nothing you know. 」「Well then, later, Onne-san! 」 (Kyaaa! I have conversed with Alim-chan!!) That’s that and this, so let’s ask more about it. Let’s talk to Agito-san for now. 「Agito-san! Is there any good request for today? 」「Ah! Alim-chan, there are some requests available, but did you hear about the Battle Tournament? The Tournament is ___________ 」 Will you be talking about that competition here too? 「Ah, yeh I have already heard about it! I am also going to participate! 」「Ohh, go ahead. I also accept the participation requests here. Just tell me whenever you want... Ah did know about that just now. The entry fee for D Rank is bells, What do you want to do? 」500 bells? There’s no problem with that. 「Ah, yes please register me. Here is 1500 bells. 」「Ou, Then with this you are also registered to the battle tournament now, and then for the request. 」「Yes! 」「It will be a D Rank request. Gather E Rank Demon cores from casnek and we will purchase up to 15 cores.... It will be 210 bells each. You don’t need it to be disassembled by us right. 」「Yes, I will be doing it. 」「Then, this I ask of you. 」 The quest is very easy for me. For this I can just use the E Rank whistle. Hora Hora, Here they come! Kasnek!... 15 monsters! Well, isn’t this just about right? Now the, after defeating all of this, It’s time to bring it back. I then returned to report to Agito-san. 「Agito-san, I’m done! 」「... ... That’s really fast, Seriously. 」「Eeeh~ 」「Here you go, that’s 3150 bells. 」「Thank you. 」「Then, I’ll be giving a request again next time too! 」「Let me take care of it at that time! 」 I then went out of the guild. Now then, what should I do today? Maybe I should just go home and take a nap? Well, I don’t really feel like it though... Or, maybe I’ll make a sword? Surplus Iron... Since I have too much Iron sand on stock that I haven’t really used... oh right, let’s make some tamahagane out of it. But well every time, why is it that when I make something, I am also creating 「Materials 」 needed for it? I have to make it from Japan’s unique steel making equipment this time as well. I have a lot of free time anyway. I made tamahagane. Then I make an A Grade Iron sword out of it! The rest of the Iron will be used for other things. Should I make something for appreciation...? Nah... let’ make something for practical use. ... That’s it! Let’s enchant that effect. Hihihihi... Now for the result of what I have done! 「Tamahagane Magic Sword of Pain」 State → Best Value → National Treasure Material → Tamahagane Enchantment Type → Magic Sword Description : Attack power +522 (174 × 3) : Greatly Increases raise the performance of the sword (sharpness, durability, attack power 3 times) : Consuming MP increases the performance of the sword by the amount consumed (MP1 → + 0.025 times) : The damages made with this sword will be recovered within 3 seconds. : Anyone who is hurt by this sword certainly faints. The time to faint depends on the difference between the strength of the owner and the strength of the opponent : Ten times the stimulus to pain sense will be given to the opponent engaged with this sword. However, only on the condition that the opponent is stunned : Always remain the best condition Well, It turned into a sword for capturing. With this, the value of materials before dismantling would be perfect due to not having any cuts or wounds. Hitting them once would make them faint and be captured just like that. Cut them twice and they will die from pain alone. And it will still leave the corpse intact. Practically speaking, creating this sword surely gives off quite a lot of convenience. That’s all for today. Good Night!	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 10, "inserted_lines_trg": 3 }
1980 年代中頃の実質金利が本当にとても高い水準であったと認めるとしても、それは2005 年の実質価格が高水準であるべきであるということではなく、株式および住宅市場が 1980 年代にはさらに低水準であったはずであるという論理的結論につながる。	Even if we were to accept that real rates were genuinely very high in the mid-1980’s, then the logical conclusion would be that the stock and housing markets should have been even lower in the 1980’s, not that real prices should be very high in 2005.	{ "source": "news_commentary", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
飢餓や破壊行為無実の人を殺すといったことが理解できませんでしたこれらの事について筋を通すことは本当に難しいことですそして私は12歳の時に俳優になりました私は落ちこぼれで何の能力もありませんでした私は失読症だと言われました実際には私は資格を持っていました陶磁器のクラスでDを取ったのですこれは明らかに便利でしたそして懸念はこれが来たところにあったのです俳優として私はいろいろなことをしましたが自分の仕事はあまり大したことがなくもっとできることがあるはずだと感じていましたその時フランク・バーナビーの本を読みましたこの素晴らしい電子核物理学者はメディアには責任があると述べました社会すべてのどんな部門でも責任があると言いました物事を改善し、先に進む努力をする責任です私はこれに感動しました自分はカメラの周りで騒ぐ人生しか送ってこなかったからです自分にもできることがあるだろうと思いました映像作家になれるかもしれないし何らかの変化を起こすために映画を役立てることができるかもしれない小さな変革に自分が関われるかもしれないそして私は平和について考え始めました先ほど言った通り私は明らかにこれらのイメージに心を動かされ理解しようとしていました年上で賢い人たちのところに行き今起きている恐ろしいことをどのように理解しているのか教わってこようか? しかし、私は俳優として雑多なことをしていた経験から言葉を使うだけでは十分ではなく登るべき山や行うべき旅があると気づいていましたその旅に出たならば成功か失敗かは関係ありません人間は基本的に悪なのかという質問を投げかけることが出来る何かを得ることが大切なのです破壊行為は避けられないのだろうか? 私は子供を持つべきか? それは責任あることなのか?等々そして私は平和について考えました平和はどこから始まるのだろうか? その時にアイデアが浮かびました平和には始点はないということです地球が一体となる日は一日もなかった異文化が協力し合う日は一日もなかった思いやりが一体になる日は一日もなかったこれらの事を切り離してみんなで分かち合う― みんなが参加して一体になって異文化が協力し合えば人類存続の鍵となるかもしれませんもしこれを1日でも行えば人類が直面する大きな問題に対する意識のレベルを変えることになるかもしれませんでも私たちにはお金がありませんでした私は母親の家に住んでいたので一緒にみんなに宛てて手紙を書き始めました何をやらなくてはいけないかを理解するためには物事を迅速にすすめなくてはならないのですいかにして世界各国の元首から投票を募り世界最初の停戦・無暴力の日 9月21日を作れるでしょうか? 私はそれを9月21日にしたかったんです祖父の大好きな番号だったからです私の祖父は戦争捕虜でした彼は長崎の原爆が落ちたのを見ました彼は被爆して私が11歳の時に亡くなりました祖父は私のヒーローでした 21という数字には理由があります 700人が出征し帰途に就いたのが23人でした船の上で2人亡くなり 21人が帰還しましただから私は9月21日にしたかったんですそこから私たちは旅を始め 1999年にこの計画を立ち上げました私たちは各国元首や大使、ノーベル賞受賞者、NGO、宗教団体、様々な組織に―文字通りすべての人に手紙を書きましたそして、一部の手紙はすぐに返信がありましたそこからこのプロジェクトを組み立て始めたんです最初の手紙の事を覚えていますその中の一通はダライ・ラマからでした私たちにはお金がなくギターを弾いてお金を集め切手代に充てていましたダライ・ラマからの手紙にはこうありました「すばらしいことです会いに来なさい最初の平和の日について話をしましょう」でも、私たちには飛行機代がなかったんですそこで英国航空のCEOボブ・アイリングに電話して言いました「私たちにこんな招待が来ています飛行機に乗せてもらえませんか?ダライ・ラマに会うんです」そうやって会いに行きましたすばらしかったですそして、オスカー・アリアス医師ですこのスライドに戻ります 1999年にこの計画を立ち上げた時 - 最初の停戦と無暴力の日というアイデアです - 何千人もの人を招待しました何千ではないですね、何百人もの多くの人― 多くのメディアもです私たちは世界初の「世界平和の日」を作ろうとしていたのですあらゆる人を招待しましたがメディアは1社も来ませんでした出席は114人- ほとんどが友人や家族でしたこの計画はそんな風に始まりましたでもそれは問題ではなく記録するということが大切でした立ち上げは単なるプロセスでありこれが最終的な結果ではなかったんですそしてそれがカメラのすごいところです文は武より強しと言われますがカメラもそうですその場にいて一瞬をとらえるのは本当に美しく勇気づけられることですそうして私たちは旅を始めましたメアリー・ロビンソンに会いにジュネーブに行きました私は髪を切ったり伸ばしたりしていますコフィ・アナンに会うたびにヒッピーだと思われるのが怖くて髪を切りますだからなんですようん、私は今その事は心配していませんメアリー・ロビンソンはこう言いました「まさに時宜を得たアイデアね実現させないと」コフィ・アナンは「国連軍にも役立つ提案だ」アフリカ統一機構ののサリム・アハメド・サリムは「アフリカ諸国に参加させなくては」と言いましたノーベル平和賞受賞のオスカー・エイリアスは今、コスタリカの大統領ですが「私ができることは何でもしよう」と言いましたそれで私はアラブ諸国連盟のアムル・ムーサに会いに行きましたアルーシャ平和会議でマンデラ氏にも会いましたなどなどです― 私がこのアイデアが理にかなったものだと証明する活動をする中でこんなことをしてきましたそして私たちは人々の話を聞き各地で記録を取りました過去12年間で、76の国を訪れました行く場所全てで女性や子供と話をして 4万4千人の若者を撮影しました彼らの考えを900時間分収録しましたより平和な世界のためのスタート地点を持つというこのアイデアについて若者を話すと彼らがどのように感じているのかとてもはっきりしますそのスタート地点は詩、芸術、文学、音楽、スポーツなど、何でもいいんです私たちは皆さんの話を聞きました国連や、NGOとこのことについて取り組むのは信じられないことでした私は、地球社会を代表してこの日を作るという試みを提示しているのだと感じましたこの活動がより強固に詳細になるにつれてこの日をつくる可能性が大きくなっていったのです当時私は実際の結果がどうなろうともそれは問題ではないと思っていました平和の日が実現しなくても問題ありませんでしたもし、この試みがうまくいかなかったら声明を出せばよかったんです地球社会が団結に対しいかに無関心だったのか― でもある時ソマリアで小さな女の子に出会いました彼女は消毒薬も使わず足を4センチ切り取ったのですそして、この男の子は子供の戦士で 12歳位でしょうか - 人を殺したと私に言いましたこれらの経験を通じて私は自分が行っていることはいつでも止められるただの映画ではないと気づきました何かが私に起きたのですそして「ドキュメンタリーを撮ろうもしこれが自分の唯一の映画になるとしても現実となるまで撮り続けよう」と決めました私たちは戦争を止めさせ政治や宗教から離れた場所で団結するための行動を取らなければならないのです若い人間として、これには困惑しましたどうやって始めればよいかわかりませんでしたそして、9月7日、私はニューヨークに招かれましたコスタリカ政府と、英国政府が国連総会でこの事を提案し 54の共同提案国とともに毎年9月21日を世界初の停戦・非暴力の日にしようと提案し満場一致で世界の首脳達に受け入れられました (拍手) 何百人もの人たちがこれを実現するのに力を貸してくれました彼ら全員に感謝しています本当に素晴らしい瞬間でした私は総会の壇上でこれを眺めていただけでした先ほども言いましたがこれが始まった時グローブには記者が誰も来ませんでしたそして今私は「メディアがこの話を聞くのだ」と考えていました突然その日に向けた準備が始まりましたコフィ・アナンは2001年9月11日の朝、記者会見を行うために私を招待しました朝8時に私は会見場に立ちコフィ・アナンが来るのを待っていましたもちろん彼は来ませんでしたし声明もありませんでした停戦・非暴力の日は世界に伝えられることがなかったのです 9.11とそれに続く出来事は世界中で命を失った何千もの人々にとって悲劇的な出来事でしたかつて起きたことのない事件でした私はこう考えたのを覚えています「だからこそ私たちはもっと頑張らなくてはいけないそしてこの日を実現させなくてはならない平和の日は作られたけれど誰も知らない私たちはこの旅を続け平和の日のことを人々に語りかけうまく行くことを証明しなくてはならない」私は疲れきってニューヨークを離れましたが新しい力を得ていました平和の日が実現すればもうこんな悲劇はなくなるかもしれないという可能性に元気づけられていましたフィルムを取り出して皮肉屋のところに行きました私はこのフィルムを見せたんですイスラエルでこの映画を見た何人かの人に酷評されたのを覚えていますたった1日の平和な日、そんなの全く意味がないじゃないかとアフガニスタンの戦争を止めたりできないだろうタリバンが言うことを聞くはずがないなどなどただの象徴にすぎないと言うのです現実の状況はその批判ほどひどくはありませんでした私の計画が上手く行かないはずはなかったのですソマリア、ブルンジ、ガザ、ヨルダン川西岸インド、スリランカ、コンゴどこへでも行きました彼らは言いました「機会さえ作ってくれれば援助団体を動かして子供たちにワクチンを打てる子供たちはプロジェクトの推進力になる彼らは団結し一つになれる大人が争いをやめれば命が助かるんだ」私はそう聞かされました対立とは何かを本当に理解する人から教えてもらったのですそして私は国連に戻り撮影を続けてもう1本映画を作ると心に決めました私は数年間国連に籍を置きいろいろな国連機関や政府 NGOを訪ねて私の計画を実現するために協力してくれる人を必死で探しましたそして本当に数多くの打ち合わせを経て私のヒーローであり指導者でもあるアハメド・ファウジがユニセフの協力を取りつけてくれました彼らは「よしやってみよう」と言ってくれました国連アフガニスタン支援派遣団(UNAMA)も参加してくれました歴史的なことですアフガニスタンで UNAMA WHOそして市民社会とともに働くことができるんだろうか? 私はこれを映画にしようと、撮影しながら「これだこうすれば上手く行くかもしれないもしだめでも、少なくとも扉は開いたそしてチャンスはある」と思ったんですそして私はロンドンに戻りジュード・ロウに会いに行きました彼が俳優で、私も俳優だったから会ったんです私は彼とのコネクションがありましたこの計画にはメディアの参加が不可欠でメディアを呼ぶには売りが必要でしたそうして盛り上げることができればより多くの人が耳を傾けてくれるだろうしある特定の部門を引きつけることができたら興味を持ってくれる人が増えるかもしれませんそうすれば金銭面でも多少助かるでしょう私たちは本当に経済的に大変でした詳しいところまではお話ししませんがジュードは「よし声明文を作ろう」と言い撮影中に「次はどうするの?」と聞いてきました「アフガンに行く」と答えると彼は「本当に?」彼の目に少し興味の色が浮かんだのが見えましたそこで言いました「一緒に来ませんか? あなたが来たらとても面白いことになります注目を集めるのに役立ちますしその注目は状況を変える力になるだけでなく多くの面で役立ちます」成功するためには多くの柱が必要です一つは素晴らしいアイデアを持つこともう一つは支持者と経済力そして皆の意識を高める能力も必要ですどんなに成功したとしても私1人で意識を高めることはできませんそのため、彼らは本当に重要だったんですジュードが行くと言ったので私たちはアフガニスタンに行きました私たちがアフガニスタンに到着した時、信じられないくらいでした多くの人々と話しこう言われました「皆を巻き込まなくてはいけないただ上手く行くことを期待したら駄目だ外に出て活動しなくては」私たちはそれを実行し多くの地域を訪れお年寄り医師看護婦たちと話しました記者会見を開き兵士たちと出かけたりもしました国際治安支援部隊やNATO 英国政府とも話しました私たちは誰とでも話をしました学校の内外で教育関係の閣僚と話をし記者会見も行いましたもちろん、大勢の記者がいましたそこで起きていることに関心が集まっていましたこのすばらしい女性、ファティマ・マガラニはこの現象で大きな役割を持っていました彼女はロシアの反政府グループの広報官だったのですそして、彼女のアフガンのネットワークは本当に細部まで行き渡っていましたメッセージを伝えるのに本当に必要な人物でしたそして私たちはやるべきことを終え帰国しました何が起こるか待たなくてはなりませんでした家に着いた時チームのメンバーの一人が手紙を持ってきたのを覚えていますタリバンからですその手紙には「この日は休戦とする我々は平和の日を順守するこれをひとつの機会ととらえてこの日には交戦を止めることにする」とありましたそしてこれは、慈善活動をしている人達が人質に取られたり、殺されるという事がないということですこの時点で私ははっきりとチャンスはあると悟りました後には 160万の子供たちがポリオの予防接種を受けることができました皆が停戦、非暴力をした結果です (拍手) 国連総会の時と同じでこれは本当に本当にすばらしい瞬間でしたその後私たちは撮影を終え編集をしましたアフガニスタンに戻らなければなりませんでした映画にダリ語とパシュトン語現地の方言を入れアフガニスタンに戻りました年の瀬を迎えアフガンの人々を支援したかったのですでも実際はアフガニスタンの人たちがヒーローだったから戻りたかったのです彼らは平和を信じその可能性を信じそれを現実のものとしました彼らに映画を見せて伝えたかったのです「あなたたちのおかげで完成しました本当にありがとう」と私たちはフィルムを彼らに渡しましたもちろん上映しましたし、すばらしかったですそして、その年 2008年ですカブールのISAFは9月17日に声明を出しました「アフガニスタンの国際治安支援部隊司令官スタンリー・マクリスタル中将は ISAFは9月21日には軍事的な行動を加えないことを宣言した」 ISAFはやめると言っていたのですそして、他にも声明があります国連の安全保安局が出したものですそれによるとアフガニスタンではこの活動のおかげで暴力行為が70%低下しました少なくとも平和の日には暴力が70%暴力が減ったのです本当に驚きましたどんなことよりもです私はニューヨークで足止めされていました火山噴火のせいですテロよりはずっと被害が少ないものです何が起きているのかを考えていましたこの70%についてずっと考えていたんです 70%も暴力行為が減った― 誰もが絶対に無理だと言い達成もできなかったことですアフガニスタンで暴力を70%減らせるのならば他のどんな場所でも同じだけ減らせるはずだと考えました世界的な停戦が必要です停戦・非暴力の日を活用して世界的な停戦を実現し国内レベルでも国際レベルでも史上最大規模の停戦を行うのです私たちはこれを行わなければなりませんそして今年9月21日、私たちはO2アリーナで史上最大の停戦・非暴力の日を作るためのプロセスを開始しますあらゆるものを利用しますダンスやソーシャル・メディア、そしてフェースブック、ウェブサイト、署名などです国連の公用語である6ヶ国語で展開します世界各地の政府や国際機関 NGO 組合やスポーツ機関と連携します教育に関する写真もみえますね私たちは現時点で174カ国に協力者がいて世界的な停戦というビジョンの推進力として若い人たちを呼び込もうとしていますもちろんこのコンセプトは人の命を救うことにも役立っていますオリンピックとつなげて― 私はセブ・コーに会いに行き「ロンドン五輪は停戦がテーマだよ」と言いましたなぜ私たちは協力し停戦を実現しないのでしょう? 史上最大の地球規模での停戦を応援しませんか? 私たちはこの過程を映画にしますスポーツやサッカーを活用します平和の日に何千ものサッカーの試合が行われるんですブラジルの貧民街とかどこででもですそして、これらすべてを活用して一人ひとりの行動をインスパイアするのです私たちはそれに取り組まないといけません力を合わせることが必要ですここで皆さんに向けて話をし他の人もこの講演を見てくれるだろうと思うとワクワクした気分になります一人ひとりの力が合わさってこの世界が一つになり私たちが団結し根本的な問題に対する意識のレベルを上げる可能性が生まれているからです私はブラヒミ大使と会ったことがありますアフガニスタンやイランなど国際政治の場ですばらしい業績を上げてきた方ですとても立派な人です数週間前彼と話す機会があり「世界規模の停戦というのは馬鹿げたことでしょうか? 本当に可能だと思いますか?」と聞きました彼は「絶対に可能です」と言いましたそこで「あなたならどうしますか? ロビー活動で政府を動かしますか?」と聞くと「いや個人的に人々と話をするよ」と答えました全ては個人についてのことであり私とあなたの事なのです全てはパートナーシップに関わることであり支持基盤やビジネスに関わることなのですともに働くことで物事を変えていくことができると私は真剣に思っていますこの客席に素晴らしい人がいますどこにいるかはわかりませんが数日前私がリハーサルをしている時にこう言われました「この日のことをずっと考えていました 365の区画を持つ広場を想像してみて下さいそのうちの一つは白い色をしています」それを聞いて私は透明な水が入ったコップを想像しましたそこに一滴何かを垂らすとその水は永遠に変わるんです手を取り合うことで平和が実現できます TEDありがとう (拍手) ありがとう (拍手) ありがとう (拍手) 本当にありがとうございます	Making sense of those things is a very difficult thing to do. And when I was 12, I became an actor. I was bottom of the class. I haven't got any qualifications. I was told I was dyslexic. In fact, I have got qualifications. I got a D in pottery, which was the one thing that I did get -- which was useful, obviously. And so concern is where all of this comes from. And then, being an actor, I was doing these different kinds of things, and I felt the content of the work that I was involved in really wasn't cutting it, that there surely had to be more. And at that point, I read a book by Frank Barnaby, this wonderful nuclear physicist, and he said that media had a responsibility, that all sectors of society had a responsibility to try and progress things and move things forward. And that fascinated me, because I'd been messing around with a camera most of my life. And then I thought, well maybe I could do something. Maybe I could become a filmmaker. Maybe I can use the form of film constructively to in some way make a difference. Maybe there's a little change I can get involved in. So I started thinking about peace, and I was obviously, as I said to you, very much moved by these images, trying to make sense of that. Could I go and speak to older and wiser people who would tell me how they made sense of the things that are going on? Because it's obviously incredibly frightening. But I realized that, having been messing around with structure as an actor, that a series of sound bites in itself wasn't enough, that there needed to be a mountain to climb, there needed to be a journey that I had to take. And if I took that journey, no matter whether it failed or succeeded, it would be completely irrelevant. The point was that I would have something to hook the questions of -- is humankind fundamentally evil? Is the destruction of the world inevitable? Should I have children? Is that a responsible thing to do? Etc., etc. So I was thinking about peace, and then I was thinking, well where's the starting point for peace? And that was when I had the idea. There was no starting point for peace. There was no day of global unity. There was no day of intercultural cooperation. There was no day when humanity came together, separate in all of those things and just shared it together -- that we're in this together, and that if we united and we interculturally cooperated, then that might be the key to humanity's survival. That might shift the level of consciousness around the fundamental issues that humanity faces -- if we did it just for a day. So obviously we didn't have any money. I was living at my mom's place. And we started writing letters to everybody. You very quickly work out what is it that you've got to do to fathom that out. How do you create a day voted by every single head of state in the world to create the first ever Ceasefire Nonviolence Day, the 21st of September? And I wanted it to be the 21st of September because it was my granddad's favorite number. He was a prisoner of war. He saw the bomb go off at Nagasaki. It poisoned his blood. He died when I was 11. So he was like my hero. And the reason why 21 was the number is 700 men left, 23 came back, two died on the boat and 21 hit the ground. And that's why we wanted it to be the 21st of September as the date of peace. So we began this journey, and we launched it in 1999. And we wrote to heads of state, their ambassadors, Nobel Peace laureates, NGOs, faiths, various organizations -- literally wrote to everybody. And very quickly, some letters started coming back. And we started to build this case. And I remember the first letter. One of the first letters was from the Dalai Lama. And of course we didn't have the money; we were playing guitars and getting the money for the stamps that we were sending out all of [this mail]. A letter came through from the Dalai Lama saying, "This is an amazing thing. Come and see me. I'd love to talk to you about the first ever day of peace." And we didn't have money for the flight. And I rang Sir Bob Ayling, who was CEO of BA at the time, and said, "Mate, we've got this invitation. Could you give me a flight? Because we're going to go see him." And of course, we went and saw him and it was amazing. And then Dr. Oscar Arias came forward. And actually, let me go back to that slide, because when we launched it in 1999 -- this idea to create the first ever day of ceasefire and non-violence -- we invited thousands of people. Well not thousands -- hundreds of people, lots of people -- all the press, because we were going to try and create the first ever World Peace Day, a peace day. And we invited everybody, and no press showed up. There were 114 people there -- they were mostly my friends and family. And that was kind of like the launch of this thing. But it didn't matter because we were documenting, and that was the thing. For me, it was really about the process. It wasn't about the end result. And that's the beautiful thing about the camera. They used to say the pen is mightier than the sword. I think the camera is. And just staying in the moment with it was a beautiful thing and really empowering actually. So anyway, we began the journey. And here you see people like Mary Robinson, I went to see in Geneva. I'm cutting my hair, it's getting short and long, because every time I saw Kofi Annan, I was so worried that he thought I was a hippie that I cut it, and that was kind of what was going on. Yeah, I'm not worried about it now. So Mary Robinson, she said to me, "Listen, this is an idea whose time has come. This must be created." Kofi Annan said, "This will be beneficial to my troops on the ground." The OAU at the time, led by Salim Ahmed Salim, said, "I must get the African countries involved." Dr. Oscar Arias, Nobel Peace laureate, president now of Costa Rica, said, "I'll do everything that I can." So I went and saw Amr Moussa at the League of Arab States. I met Mandela at the Arusha peace talks, and so on and so on and so on -- while I was building the case to prove whether this idea would make sense. And then we were listening to the people. We were documenting everywhere. 76 countries in the last 12 years, I've visited. And I've always spoken to women and children wherever I've gone. I've recorded 44,000 young people. I've recorded about 900 hours of their thoughts. I'm really clear about how young people feel when you talk to them about this idea of having a starting point for their actions for a more peaceful world through their poetry, their art, their literature, their music, their sport, whatever it might be. And we were listening to everybody. And it was an incredibly thing, working with the U.N. and working with NGOs and building this case. I felt that I was presenting a case on behalf of the global community to try and create this day. And the stronger the case and the more detailed it was, the better chance we had of creating this day. And it was this stuff, this, where I actually was in the beginning kind of thinking no matter what happened, it didn't actually matter. It didn't matter if it didn't create a day of peace. The fact is that, if I tried and it didn't work, then I could make a statement about how unwilling the global community is to unite -- until, it was in Somalia, picking up that young girl. And this young child who'd taken about an inch and a half out of her leg with no antiseptic, and that young boy who was a child soldier, who told me he'd killed people -- he was about 12 -- these things made me realize that this was not a film that I could just stop. And that actually, at that moment something happened to me, which obviously made me go, "I'm going to document. If this is the only film that I ever make, I'm going to document until this becomes a reality." Because we've got to stop, we've got to do something where we unite -- separate from all the politics and religion that, as a young person, is confusing me. I don't know how to get involved in that process. And then on the seventh of September, I was invited to New York. The Costa Rican government and the British government had put forward to the United Nations General Assembly, with 54 co-sponsors, the idea of the first ever Ceasefire Nonviolence Day, the 21st of September, as a fixed calendar date, and it was unanimously adopted by every head of state in the world. Yeah, but there were hundreds of individuals, obviously, who made that a reality. And thank you to all of them. That was an incredible moment. I was at the top of the General Assembly just looking down into it and seeing it happen. And as I mentioned, when it started, we were at the Globe, and there was no press. And now I was thinking, "Well, the press it really going to hear this story." And suddenly, we started to institutionalize this day. Kofi Annan invited me on the morning of September the 11th to do a press conference. And it was 8:00 AM when I stood there. And I was waiting for him to come down, and I knew that he was on his way. And obviously he never came down. The statement was never made. The world was never told there was a day of global ceasefire and nonviolence. And it was obviously a tragic moment for the thousands of people who lost their lives, there and then subsequently all over the world. It never happened. And I remember thinking, "This is exactly why, actually, we have to work even harder. And we have to make this day work. It's been created; nobody knows. But we have to continue this journey, and we have to tell people, and we have to prove it can work." And I left New York freaked, but actually empowered. And I felt inspired by the possibilities that if it did, then maybe we wouldn't see things like that. I remember putting that film out and going to cynics. I was showing the film, and I remember being in Israel and getting it absolutely slaughtered by some guys having watched the film -- that it's just a day of peace, it doesn't mean anything. It's not going to work; you're not going to stop the fighting in Afghanistan; the Taliban won't listen, etc., etc. It's just symbolism. And that was even worse than actually what had just happened in many ways, because it couldn't not work. I'd spoken in Somalia, Burundi, Gaza, the West Bank, India, Sri Lanka, Congo, wherever it was, and they'd all tell me, "If you can create a window of opportunity, we can move aid, we can vaccinate children. Children can lead their projects. They can unite. They can come together. If people would stop, lives will be saved." That's what I'd heard. And I'd heard that from the people who really understood what conflict was about. And so I went back to the United Nations. I decided that I'd continue filming and make another movie. And I went back to the U.N. for another couple of years. We started moving around the corridors of the U.N. system, governments and NGOs, trying desperately to find somebody to come forward and have a go at it, see if we could make it possible. And after lots and lots of meetings obviously, one of my heroes and mentors really, he managed to get UNICEF involved. And UNICEF, God bless them, they said, "Okay, we'll have a go." And then UNAMA became involved in Afghanistan. It was historical. Could it work in Afghanistan with UNAMA and WHO and civil society, etc., etc., etc.? And I was getting it all on film and I was recording it, and I was thinking, "This is it. This is the possibility of it maybe working. But even if it doesn't, at least the door is open and there's a chance." And so I went back to London, and I went and saw this chap, Jude Law. And I saw him because he was an actor, I was an actor, I had a connection to him, because we needed to get to the press, we needed this attraction, we needed the media to be involved. Because if we start pumping it up a bit maybe more people would listen and there'd be more -- when we got into certain areas, maybe there would be more people interested. And maybe we'd be helped financially a little bit more, which had been desperately difficult. I won't go into that. So Jude said, "Okay, I'll do some statements for you." While I was filming these statements, he said to me, "Where are you going next?" I said, "I'm going to go to Afghanistan." He said, "Really?" And I could sort of see a little look in his eye of interest. So I said to him, "Do you want to come with me? It'd be really interesting if you came. It would help and bring attention. And that attention would help leverage the situation, as well as all of the other sides of it." I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've got to have a constituency, you've got to have finance, and you've got to be able to raise awareness. And actually I could never raise awareness by myself, no matter what I'd achieved. So these guys were absolutely crucial. So he said yes, and we found ourselves in Afghanistan. It was a really incredible thing that when we landed there, I was talking to various people, and they were saying to me, "You've got to get everybody involved here. You can't just expect it to work. You have to get out and work." And we did, and we traveled around, and we spoke to elders, we spoke to doctors, we spoke to nurses, we held press conferences, we went out with soldiers, we sat down with ISAF, we sat down with NATO, we sat down with the U.K. government. I mean, we basically sat down with everybody -- in and out of schools with ministers of education, holding these press conferences, which of course, now were loaded with press, everybody was there. There was an interest in what was going on. This amazing woman, Fatima Gailani, was absolutely instrumental in what went on as she was the spokesperson for the resistance against the Russians. And her Afghan network was just absolutely everywhere. And she was really crucial in getting the message in. And then we went home. We'd sort of done it. We had to wait now and see what happened. And I got home, and I remember one of the team bringing in a letter to me from the Taliban. And that letter basically said, "We'll observe this day. We will observe this day. We see it as a window of opportunity. And we will not engage. We're not going to engage." And that meant that humanitarian workers wouldn't be kidnapped or killed. And then suddenly, I obviously knew at this point, there was a chance. And days later, 1.6 million children were vaccinated against polio as a consequence of everybody stopping. And like the General Assembly, obviously the most wonderful, wonderful moment. And so then we wrapped the film up and we put it together because we had to go back. We put it into Dari and Pashto. We put it in the local dialects. We went back to Afghanistan, because the next year was coming, and we wanted to support. But more importantly, we wanted to go back, because these people in Afghanistan were the heroes. They were the people who believed in peace and the possibilities of it, etc., etc. -- and they made it real. And we wanted to go back and show them the film and say, "Look, you guys made this possible. And thank you very much." And we gave the film over. Obviously it was shown, and it was amazing. And then that year, that year, 2008, this ISAF statement from Kabul, Afghanistan, September 17th: "General Stanley McChrystal, commander of international security assistance forces in Afghanistan, announced today ISAF will not conduct offensive military operations on the 21st of September." They were saying they would stop. And then there was this other statement that came out from the U.N. Department of Security and Safety saying that, in Afghanistan, because of this work, the violence was down by 70 percent. 70 percent reduction in violence on this day at least. And that completely blew my mind almost more than anything. And I remember being stuck in New York, this time because of the volcano, which was obviously much less harmful. And I was there thinking about what was going on. And I kept thinking about this 70 percent. 70 percent reduction in violence -- in what everyone said was completely impossible and you couldn't do. And that made me think that, if we can get 70 percent in Afghanistan, then surely we can get 70 percent reduction everywhere. We have to go for a global truce. We have to utilize this day of ceasefire and nonviolence and go for a global truce, go for the largest recorded cessation of hostilities, both domestically and internationally, ever recorded. That's exactly what we must do. And on the 21st of September this year, we're going to launch that campaign at the O2 Arena to go for that process, And we will utilize all kinds of things -- have a dance and social media and visiting on Facebook and visit the website, sign the petition. And it's in the six official languages of the United Nations. And we'll globally link with government, inter-government, non-government, education, unions, sports. And you can see the education box there. We've got resources at the moment in 174 countries trying to get young people to be the driving force behind the vision of that global truce. And obviously the life-saving is increased, the concepts help. Linking up with the Olympics -- I went and saw Seb Coe. I said, "London 2012 is about truce. Ultimately, that's what it's about." Why don't we all team up? Why don't we bring truce to life? Why don't you support the process of the largest ever global truce? We'll make a new film about this process. We'll utilize sport and football. On the Day of Peace, there's thousands of football matches all played, from the favelas of Brazil to wherever it might be. So, utilizing all of these ways to inspire individual action. And ultimately, we have to try that. We have to work together. And when I stand here in front of all of you, and the people who will watch these things, I'm excited, on behalf of everybody I've met, that there is a possibility that our world could unite, that we could come together as one, that we could lift the level of consciousness around the fundamental issues, brought about by individuals. I was with Brahimi, Ambassador Brahimi. in relation to international politics -- in Afghanistan, in Iraq. He's an amazing man. And I sat with him a few weeks ago. And I said to him, "Mr. Brahimi, is this nuts, going for a global truce? Is this possible? Is it really possible that we could do this?" He said, "It's absolutely possible." I said, "What would you do? Would you go to governments and lobby and use the system?" He said, "No, I'd talk to the individuals." It's all about the individuals. It's all about you and me. It's all about partnerships. It's about your constituencies; it's about your businesses. Because together, by working together, I seriously think we can start to change things. And there's a wonderful man sitting in this audience, and I don't know where he is, who said to me a few days ago -- because I did a little rehearsal -- and he said, "I've been thinking about this day and imagining it as a square with 365 squares, and one of them is white." And it then made me think about a glass of water, which is clear. If you put one drop, one drop of something, in that water, it'll change it forever. By working together, we can create peace one day. Thank you TED. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks a lot. Thank you very much. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
は、無事に着地しているようだった。ラフィニア達は輪になって、こちらの様子を眺めている。「クリス、ありがとう。手前の方が開いて、搬入が続けやすくなったよ」輪の中にいるラファエルが、そう声をかけて来た。「いえ、お安い御用です。ユア先輩とお話もできましたし」「何を話してたの? また戦うのはイヤって言われたの?」「ううん、ラニ。戦ってもいいけど、代わりに教えて欲しい事があるって」「何を?」「胸を大きくする方法」「......ふふっ。あたし、ユア先輩とは気が合いそうだわ」「そ、そんなに重要な事なのかしら――重くて肩が凝るし、注目も浴びるし、いい事ばかりじゃないのに」「............」女の子のレオーネがイングリスと同じ事を言うということは、自分の感性も立派に女の子と化しているという事。別にいいのだが、やはり少々気恥しい気もする。ただし、ユアの言う「巨乳になってモテたい」というのは全く同意できないが。ある程度胸がある方がドレスが似合う、だとか、鏡に映した自分自身の姿に満足感がある、という事なら同意するが。「それは贅沢な悩みってやつよ。何の努力もしないで大きい子には、持たざる者の気持ちは分からないのよ」ラフィニアの鼻息は荒かった。「ラニ、色々試してたよね?」「うん、こう見えて相当努力してるわ!」「後で何を試したか教えてね? それは効果無いって事だから、先輩には勧めないでおくから」「しくしく......うるさいわねえ!」「まあまあ――ラファエル様とエリス様の前で見苦しいですわよ」「リーゼロッテはちゃんとあるから、余裕で構えてられるのよ!」「肩が凝るほど大きいわけじゃないし、ある意いいわよね――」「は、はあ......」止めに入ったリーゼロッテだが、ラフィニアにもレオーネにも羨ましそうな目で見られて戸惑っていた。「それに、リンちゃんに胸元でもぞもぞされなくていいし」「そうね、イングリス。一度リーゼロッテも体験しておくべきよね」「よし、リンちゃん。リーゼロッテの服の中に入っていいわよ!」ラフィニアがリンちゃんをリーゼロッテに放った。もぞもぞもぞもぞっ! 「きゃあっ!? あ、だ、ダメですわ、くすぐったいです......! ひゃんっ!?」ひとしきり満足すると、リンちゃんはイングリスのところに戻って胸元に収まった。「結局戻って来るんだから」「やっぱおっきいのが揺れてると見応えあるわね~。ユア先輩の気持ちも分かるわよ」うんうんと頷くラフィニア。そんな様子を見て、エリスがため息をついていた。「......ラファエル。こういう時は、現場の指揮官が引き締めなくていいの?」「あ、そ、そうですよね。す、すみませんエリス様......」「仕方ないですよエリスさん。ラファ兄様はクリスがいるとクリスばっかり見てるから」「こ、こら、ラニ......!」「わー、ラファ兄様が怒った♪」エリスが再びため息。「こっちも騒がしいわね――」イングリスはそんなエリスに話題を振ってみた。「ところでエリスさん。エリスさんは何かご存じありませんか?」「胸を大きくする方法を」「...... 「わたしにとっては死活問題ですので!」エリスはこれから隣国ヴェネフィクとの国境地帯に出撃するため、聞くなら今のうちである。「......知らないし、興味も無いわよ。になる前には何か......?」「昔過ぎて、覚えていないわね。それに、呑気にそんな事を考えていられるような平和な生活でもなかったわ」「......という事は、つまり何かしらの恐ろしい敵がいたという事ですね!? それは魔石獣ですか? もう倒されたのですか? もしまだ生きているならば、ぜひ戦わせて貰いたいのですが?」エリスは深く深くため息を吐き、頭を振っていた。「そんな事より、リップルの様子はどうなの?」「特に変わりはありません。相変わらず魔石獣を召喚する現象は続いていますが、外部への被害は食い止められています。セオドア様が今回そちらに同行されますから、お戻りになられるまでは現状維持ですね」「......そう。よろしく頼むわね、リップルの事」「はい。任せて下さい」イングリスが応じる横から、ラフィニアが顔を覗かせる。「あたし達も頑張りますから、エリスさんもヴェネフィクに負けないで下さいね! みんなで協力して魔石獣から身を守らないといけない時に人の国を攻めるなんて、ろくでもないわ。叩き返してやればいいわ!」「......まあ、そうならないためにセオドア様も一緒に、この船で行くんだと思うけどね」「? どういう事、クリス?」の勢力同士の争いに発展しかねないでしょ? セオドア様が行く事によって、そこまでする覚悟があるのかって、相手を脅す効果があるんだよ」「......その通りです、イングリスさん。本当によく状況が見えていますね、あなたは」いつの間にか姿を現していたセオドア特使が、そう微笑んでいた。	After seeing Yua off, Inglis returned to Rafinha and the others. It seemed that the Flygear Carrier Liselotte piloted had landed safely. Rafinha and the others were gathering in a circle and glanced at Inglis as she passed them by. 「Thank you, Glis. With the front space open, we can dock in easier.」 Raphael who was within the circle called out to her. 「No, it was an easy task to be done. I also could talk with Senior Yua because of that, too.」「What were you two talking about? Did she reject your proposal to fight again?」「That’s not it, Rani. She said she doesn’t mind fighting me. In exchange, she wants me to teach her something.」「How to make your chests bigger.」「......Fufu. I feel like I can get along well with Senior Yua.」「I-, is being big really that great?! I mean, they’re heavy and taking a toll on your shoulders, they gather attention, and it’s not all fun.」「............」 Leone said the exact same thing Inglis did. If Leone, as a girl, said the exact same thing as Glis, what that meant was that Glis’ senses had indisputably changed to that of a girl. It wasn’t that it inconvenience her, but it was still awkward. However, she still couldn’t understand Yua’s “I want big boobs and get popular” notion at all. What was so pleasant about getting popular amongst men? She could say that part of her was still sound as before. Although, she understood how some dresses looked better with the proper size of bust or how fulfilling to see herself in the mirror. 「That’s the luxury of the big-breasted. Girls who have it big without putting in the effort won’t understand the feeling of the have-nots.」 Rafinha’s breath roughened. 「Rani, you tried many things, didn’t you?」「Yeah, I put quite the effort to raise them despite their looks!」「Can you tell me what you tried? Since I know they don’t work, I can tell Senior Yua to avoid trying them.」「Hic-hic...... Shut up!」「Now, now, it’s disgraceful to bring up this topic in the presence of Sir Raphael and Lady Eris.」「You have it decent, Liselotte, that’s why you can put on air!」「And yours aren’t so big to hurt your shoulders too, so you can say you’re having it best amongst us!」「H-, haa......」 Liselotte chimed in to draw a tie, but both Rafinha and Leone pressed their eyes full of jealousy on her, which in turn made her bewildered. 「Also, you can pass without Rene squirming in your chest too.」「That’s right, Inglis. Liselotte must experience that too at least once.」「Okay, Rene. You can go inside Liselotte’s clothes!」 Rafinha unleashed Rene towards Liselotte. Squirm squirm squirm!! 「Gyaah!? Ah, y-you mustn’t, you’re tickling m......! hyaaun!?」 Once she was satisfied, Rene went back to Inglis and settled on her cleavage. 「In the end, she comes back to me.」「I knew it, big ones are impressive to watch when they sway~. I understand how Senior Yua feels.」 Rafinha nodded. Looking at their antiques, Eris heaved a sigh. 「......Raphael. At times like this, shouldn’t you be the one to straighten them up?」「Ah, y-you’re right. F-, forgive me, Lady Eris......」「That can’t be helped, Miss Eris. Big brother Rafa can only see Glis when she’s around him.」「R-, Rani, you little......!」「Waa~ Big brother is mad at me 𝅘𝅥𝅮」 Eris heaved another sigh. 「He’s just as merry——」 Inglis fanned the topic towards Eris. 「By the way, Miss Eris. Do you know any?」「Know what?」「How to make your chest bigger.」「This is a matter of life and death for me!」 It was all so she could exchange fists with Yua. Inglis couldn’t possibly stay silent without a match if she was in the presence of a fighter as strong as Yua. As Eris would be out on a sortie towards the border zone with the Venefique Kingdom, now was as good a time to ask as any. 「......I don’t know and I don’t care. Once a Hyrule Menace become a Hyrule Menace, you won’t grow older and your body won’t develop any further.」「How about the time before you became a Hyrule Menace......?」「That was so long in the past that I can’t remember it anymore. Also, my life wasn’t that peaceful that I had the time to be happy-go-lucky and think about such things.」「......Which meant that there was some terrifying enemy that terrorized you, right!? Was it a Magic Stone Beast? Have you defeated it? If it’s still alive, may I go and fight it?」「......You Eris heaved a much, much deeper sigh, shaking her head left and right. 「Rather than that, how is Ripple doing?」「There isn’t anything off with her. While the phenomenon that summons the Magic Stone Beasts keep happening as usual, we can stop it from damaging the surroundings just fine. Since Lord Theodore will be accompanying the sortie, we can only maintain the status quo until he is back.」「......I see. I leave Ripple in your care.」「Yep. Leave it to us.」 From her side, Rafinha stuck out her face. 「We will do our best, so you mustn’t lose to the Venefiques, Miss Eris! They invaded someone else’s country even though we are all up against Magic Stone Beasts together, what good-for-nothing people. Just knock them back to their land!」「......Well, I believe Lord Theodore is on this ship precisely to avoid any conflict.」「? What do you mean, Glis?」「Because they can’t just attack if a Highland’s Special Envoy is on the scene. The Special Envoy to the Venefique Kingdom is affiliated with an opposing political party, so if things go south, the conflict won’t stay being a skirmish between Midland nations, it will grow to become a dispute between two major forces of the Highland. With Lord Theodore going into the scene, he is threatening the enemy with a question; Do you have the gall to wage such a war?」「......That is precisely it, Miss Inglis. You really read my intention well.」 Special Envoy Theodore who showed out of nowhere said so with a smile.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 22, "inserted_lines_trg": 5 }
キシャナはいくつか簡単なレシピ料理をメモに書いてサリーニャに渡してあげた。「まだ乾燥昆布と味噌がたくさんあるから、具材次第で色々な味噌汁を作れるよ」「自分が作った料理より他人が作った料理の方が美味しく感じるのよね」「その気持ちは分かるよ。私も自分の料理よりシェーナの料理が好きだな」「やっぱりそう思うよね! 人妻ダークエルフや女騎士が作る料理は......何ていうか家庭的で温かくて愛情があるのよ」キシャナとサリーニャは意気投合して話が盛り上がる。たしかにシェーナも自分の料理よりキシャナの料理が口に合う。シェーナは美味しく料理を食べてもらいたいと思って提供しているので、その思いがサリーニャに伝わってくれたのは素直に嬉しい。きっとキシャナも同じ思いで料理を提供しているのだろう。「でも、自炊は大切だからね。俺は錬金術と料理ら素材や食材を使って品物を完成させるところは同じだと思うよ。天才的なサリーニャなら、きっと美味しい料理を作れる。面倒くさがらずに頑張ろう」「まあ......君がそこまで言うなら頑張ってみるわ。暇な時にでも、君が私の料理を味見に来なさいよ。他人の評価を参考にしながら改良していくわ」「俺でよければ、喜んで味見に行くよ」やる気を出してくれただけでも、一歩前進だとシェーナは思う。食事を堪能した後で食器を片付け終えると、サリーニャはシェーナ達を最奥にある部屋へと通す。そこには広い空間の壁に本棚が並べられて、大量の本が収納されている。その様子は、まるで図書館のようだ。「すごい量の本だね。錬金術に関する書物とかなの?」「いいえ、全部漫画よ」「えっ!? これ全部そうなのかい」「私が小さい頃から描いていた物もあるから、これぐらいの量になるわね。常連のお客さんにはここを案内して好きな漫画を選んでもらっているわ。ちなみに錬金術の書物は上階の工房にあるから一緒にしていないわよ」漫画は地下施設が完成するまで居住地区の平屋を一軒借りて保管していたらしい。幼年漫画、少年漫画、少女漫画、青年漫画、女性漫画と対象読者を分類して、さらにジャンル別による分類もされている。「何か読んでみたい漫画はある?」「そうだな......ファンタジー漫画とかはあるの?」「あるわよ。少年漫画と青年漫画の区画にいくつかあるから、お好きな物を手に取ってどうぞ」まるで図書館にいる司書みたいだ。サリーニャはシェーナが求めている漫画が置かれている本棚へ案内すると、キシャナも同様にサリーニャから聞き出す。シェーナは適当に本棚から一冊選んで手に取ると、『魔王と勇者の一騎打ち』と書かれたタイトルの漫画だ。その場で立ち読みすると、絵の構図や登場人物もしっかり描かれていて物語に引き込まれる。	Kishana wrote down multiple easy recipes on a piece of paper and gave it to Sareenea. “There’s still a lot of dried seaweed and miso left, so if you play around with the ingredients, you can get make different types of miso soup.” “Though I feel like the food prepared by someone else is always tastier than my own.” “I know that feeling. I like Schenna’s cooking more than my own after all.” “So you really think that way! The food prepared by that dark elf mistress and the female knight is...how should I put it, it’s warm and filled with familial love.” Kishana and Sareenea seemed to have found something in common and their conversation was starting to get intense. Though Schenna also felt that Kishana’s cooking was better than her own. Whenever Schenna cooked something, she would always do it hoping someone else would enjoy eating it, and she was happy that Sareenea had noticed that. And Schenna was sure that Kishana had thought something similar when she cooked. “But your own cooking is important as well. I think that cooking and alchemy are almost the same in that you have to get certain ingredients and prepare something new with them. So considering how smart you are, I’m sure you can prepare tasty food too. So do your best without grumbling!” “Well...if you say all that I have no choice then. Come whenever you want to check my cooking then. I’ll try to improve by hearing others’ feedback on it.” “I’ll gladly come to do that then.” That she was starting to feel like trying was one step in the right direction for Schenna. When they had eaten as much as they wanted, the three of them began cleaning everything up, and then Sareenea took the other two to the room inside. It was a large room, with a wall covered in bookshelves and collections of multiple volumes. It almost looked like a library. “That’s a lot of books. Are they all about alchemy?” “No, they’re all manga.” “What?! You mean all of these?!” “It includes all the stuff I drew since I was small, so all combined make up all of this. I bring my regular customers here to check what they like. Also, all my alchemy books are upstairs, I don’t want to mix them together.” She used to borrow another flat in the residential area and kept her whole collection there until the underground facility was complete. The shelves were divided into different sections, manga for children, shonen, shoujo, seinen, josei, and some more obscure ones. “Is there any manga you want to read?” “Hmm...do you have any fantasy manga?” “Of course. There’s many of those in the shonen and seinen sections, feel free to take any you want.” She was talking just like a librarian. Sareenea guided Schenna to the bookshelves with the manga she was interested in, and then Kishana also made a request. Schenna took a random volume from the shelf, it’s title was ‘The Hero’s Solo Fight against the Demon King’. She started reading it while standing, her mind quickly wandering into the story, taken in by the well-drawn scenery and characters.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 0, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
記憶を取り戻してからの貴族教育を受けた年月がなかったらとっくに潰れているだろうな。「ヴェルナー卿は働き者ですな」「そんなことはありませんよ」やっておかないと死ぬからです。はい。死にたくないからと言う理由で何が悪い。自分自身も身を守るぐらいの実力が必要だけど俺一人が残っても最後までは生き残れないんだよなあ。ゲームの主人公はチートすぎるわ。騎士団は集団戦の訓練継続中間は的を目がけての練習で今日からは王都付近の平地で魔物相手の実践演習だ。安全維持も兼ねているが見ようによっては大規模な魔物狩りだな。練習で狩られる魔物には同情しない。っていうかこっちが一〇〇人超えてても向かってくるのはやっぱり異常だろう。商隊が心配になる。魔術師隊の面々は徹夜で書き上げた報告書を王都に送ってからも同行している。集団戦と魔術師隊の連携も今後の重要な課題だからだ。単独の騎士と集団戦の支援は全然違うからな。夜営も訓練の内と言う事で全体で陣を構築し交互に見張りを立てての外泊が続いている。対人、対外国戦の夜営のシステムはまだしも、飛行してくる魔物までいる対魔戦の夜営陣など経験もない。それこそかつて魔王と戦った時代のノウハウが残っていればよかったんだろうが、そういうものは大体廃れてしまう。江戸時代の軍学者の書いた本とか見れば一目瞭然。思い付きで書いてるやつ多すぎ。今回の演習夜営はそういったリアル部分の検証も兼ねている。「やはり空からの襲撃が今のところ問題ですな」「柵も大型魔獣相手では役に立たないかもしれません」「だからと言って夜営の度に壁を作るわけにもいくまい。そもそも飛行してくる相手には効果がないからの」「魔除けの結界を持ち運びする方法を考えないといけませんな」実際に夜営して攻める側に立って見てみると穴が多い。万全はありえないだろうが隙だらけだと意味がない。と言うわけで毎夜検証が続く。野営地を変える事で別の問題が見つかる事もあるから馬鹿にできない。こういう場では聞き役に徹するだけだといる価値がないとみなされるので時々俺も参加する。一番の難問はやっぱり陣営内部に外側から範囲魔法を叩きこまれた時だよなあ。その場合を考えると軍隊を動かすより勇者パーティーのように少人数の方が被害は少なくなるのかもしれない。損害を抑えるという点だけ見れば現実的とさえ言ってもいいからな。成功確率は別にして。意外とゲームにも正しいところがあるという事か。ゲーム中にも魔法封じの魔法は一応存在する。口には出せないが確かラウラが使うはずだ。ただ目の前に敵のいる戦闘画面中の事なんでこういうフィールドで効果があるのかどうかはわからない。仮にあったとしても一晩中効果がある魔法ではないだろう。移動中にランダムモンスターとエンカウントしない魔法もあるがあれもそんな長時間持続するものでもない。王城の結界は並の魔物なら入り込めないがその機能は持ち運びできるものではないらしいし。簡易結界の魔道具がもうちょっと使い勝手良ければなあ。結局の所現在できる事はかなり限られているとしか言いようがない。そりゃそうだ。剣槍弓馬の中世世界にいきなり手榴弾と機関銃持ってる軍隊が現れたら蹂躙される。しかも破壊力が手榴弾並と言う意味であって実際は魔法と言う形だから補給切れを待つこともできない。範囲魔法ずるい。しかも魔物の方が戦い慣れしてる。例えて言えば木刀しか持っていない集団の前にフル装備した近代軍隊がいて、しかも軍隊の方が攻撃側って状態だ。普通なら詰んでるよなこれ。攻撃側が舐めプしてるのだけが救いだ。結局の所小手先のやり方ではどうにもならん、と言うのが結論にならざるを得ない。魔術師隊や司祭隊の増強などが考えられる数少ない手段だ。後は警戒を厳重にするか。小手先以外の方法を何とか考えるか、突拍子もない方法を考えてひっくり返すしかないが......そんな思いを抱きながら会議の場にいると、急に外が騒がしくなった。「ご報告いたします」「何事か」グレルマン子爵が伯爵に代わって応じる。返答はある意味予想通りの代物だった。「ヴェリーザ砦の方角で火柱が立ちました。一本は青緑色だったとか......見間違いではないかと問うたのですが」それ以上は夜間警戒担当の責任者が何か言う必要は無かった。シャンデール伯爵が立ち上がりながら声を上げたからだ。「総員起こせ! 出営用意!」「王太子殿下から内密にお話があった。ヴェリーザに気を付けよと。ツェアフェルト子爵、卿の部隊が一番数が多い。先鋒を頼みたい」会議中だった将や騎士たちが顔色を変えて一斉に立ち上がる。始まったか、と言うのが俺の率直な感想。一方で外れなくてよかったと思ってしまうのは小心者の証拠だろうか。「まずは砦に入らず外で様子を見る。子爵はいたずらに突入はしないように」「かしこまりました」このやり取りは王太子殿下と打ち合わせ済みの出来レース。とは言え実際無茶な突入なんかしたら収拾がつかなくなることは間違いないからな。幹部が一斉に本陣を飛び出していく。もちろん俺もだ。しかしまさか夜の襲撃だったとは。ゲームだと落ちてからしか情報来ないからしょうがないんだけどさ。それでも念のための合図を準備しておいてよかった。そのことは伯爵も殿下から聞いているはずで、だからこそ非常事態を認識したわけだ。「総員起きろ! ヴェリーザ砦に向かう!」	If it wasn’t for the various noble training I’ve done ever since my memory of the past came back, I would’ve collapsed. “Sir Welner, you are really a hard worker.” You see, mister, I will die if I don’t work hard. What’s bad about working hard to survive? I need to work hard to have enough power to protect myself. I also need to work hard to train others since you can’t survive alone in this world. Really, the game’s main character that can do everything alone is too much of a cheat. training, but from today on they will be focusing on getting some real-life experience by hunting demons in the vicinity of the capital. The training is done under the ‘protecting the safety of the capital’ banner, but depending on how you look at it, the training can also be said to be a large-scale demo hunt. I don’t have any sympathy for the demons that are going to be hunted. Or rather, the demons won’t try to attack a party with over people, right? Or will they? Thinking about it made me worried about the merchant corp. As for the mage team, after they finished writing a report to the capital by pulling an all-nighter, they joined the knights in group battle training. Cooperation between knights and mages will be important for future battles. After all, fighting as knights alone will be different compared to fighting in an actual war where there will be mages present. This night camp is also a part of training as everyone is busy discussing the encampment and alternating to keep a night watch. Thus, the night continues. Creating an encampment for a one-to-one battle or a war between countries is simpler than creating an encampment for war with demons where flying-type demonic beasts might attack. This is the kind of time when a ‘know-how manual’ written by past people who had experience in fighting the demon king will come in handy. The problem is, this sort of manual is all obsolete. It’s like reading a military manual from the Edo Period []. There are too many things in the manual that were written based on some ‘I think this is good’ without proper research and experiment. That’s why one of the purposes of this night camping is to discuss applicable things that can be done in a war against the demons. “The attack from the sky is going to be a problem.” “Right. Building a fence might be useless against large flying-type demonic beasts.” “Building walls during camping is also impossible. Plus, a wall won’t hinder flying demonic beasts.” “We need to think about how to bring the anti-demon barrier with us.” After experiencing night camp, everyone noticed that there are too many holes in our defense. It’s impossible to perfectly protect ourselves from attack, but having too many holes in our defense is also not good. Every time we moved the camp from one point to another, everyone noticed additional problems. No one can stay put and ignore them. In this kind of discussions, staying silent will lead to others thinking of you as useless and belittling you, so from time to time I also joined the discussion. The biggest problem is probably if the enemy attacks us with area magic when we are camping. If you put aside the chance of winning by fighting with a few elites, the hero party composition of only a few elites makes sense. After all, it’s easier to defend against area magic if you only need to protect a few elites compared to if you need to protect an entire army. Unexpectedly, there is a thing that the game is right. Well, in the game, magic that can seal your opponent’s magic more or less existed. If I’m not mistaken, Laura used it. But it’s magic used during battle. I don’t know if that magic can be used in a place like this. Even if it can, I doubt the magic can last for a whole night. Magic that can prevent encounters with random enemies also exists in the game, but that magic also won’t last for a long time. Apparently, the barrier in the capital can also prevent weaker monsters from entering the capital, but it’s not something you can bring along with you. If only the magic tool that created the barrier is more convenient to use. In the end, the thing we can do to defend ourselves against night attacks is limited. That makes sense. If a medieval army that still relies on horses, swords, and spears fights a modern army that uses hand grenades and machine guns, the medieval army will be trampled. Not to mention that the magic used by the actual army we need to fight is even more destructive compared to average hand grenades. You also can’t use the common starve tactic used in siege since before the opponent starves, their magic will destroy us first. Area magic is cheating. Adding to that, our opponents are more adept at fighting. Our current situation is like a group that has nothing but wooden swords is forced to fight a fully equipped modern army, and that modern army is the one that attacked the group. If not for the demons pulling their punch, we will already be doomed. This battle isn’t something we can win using cheap tricks. One of the few ways I think might be able to increase our winning rate is to increase the number of mages and priests we have. After that, we can only increase our vigilance. I need to think of ways to win, something crazy that can turn the table. As I held that thought while participating in the discussion, suddenly the outside became noisy. “I have a report.” “What happened?” Viscount Grellman asked in the place of the Count. In a sense, the answer to the Viscount question is something I’ve expected. “A pillar of a blue-green-colored flame can be seen from the direction of Veritza Fortress... I have asked the scouts if they saw something wrong, but they said they really saw it.” There’s no need for that guy who’s in charge of the night patrol to say anything more because Count Shandel stands up. “Wake everyone up! We will begin preparations to march to the fortress!” “His Highness has privately warned me to be careful of the Veritza Fortress. Viscount Zeavert, Sir’s army has the most number, so I would like to ask them to be our vanguard.” “Understood.” Everyone who is in the midst of the discussion stands up with a pale face. So it has started. The relieved feeling of everything going according to my memory might be proof of my cowardice. “Viscount. When you arrive at the fortress, don’t attack. Just observe from the outside. Don’t recklessly charge in.” “I shall do so.” Our action is something that has been decided during the meeting with His Highness. Even if it isn’t, I know without a doubt that a reckless charge will only make it harder to control the battlefield later on. The ‘executives’ of this army all rushed out from the main camp. Of course, including me. To think that the attack on the fortress is done in the middle of the night like this. In the game, I only know that the fortress fell. I’m glad I asked the Crown Prince to prepare some kind of signal before. I’m sure His Highness has also told the Count about the signal fire. That’s why he immediately knows that it’s an emergency. “Everyone, wake up! We will march toward Veritza Fortress!”	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 9, "inserted_lines_trg": 3 }
「シッ!」横手から突き込んだが、コボルドは俊敏に避けた。たた、っと軽やかに後ろに下がり、ミトロフを見る。ミトロフもまた、コボルドを見る。ゴブリンよりはひと回り大きい。特徴的なのは顔だろう。犬、あるいは狼だ。獣でありながで立ち、手には刃こぼれのした鉈を持っている。獣の俊敏さと、道具を扱う知性を備えた存在である。「......おぬし、さきの男か! 早く逃げい!」と、背後から少女が言う。「迷宮では助け合うものなんだろう」「あれはコボルドじゃ。本当なら地下4階に巣食う魔物。われらでは勝てぬ」「だから諦めろって?」「そう言うておる! あやつはわれを狙っておるゆえ、今のうちに逃げいや!」「なんだその自己犠牲」思わず振り返る。しかし少女は表情も変えず、冷静にミトロフを見返している。「二人なら勝てる。諦める前に挑戦すべきだ」そんな言葉が自分の口から出ることが、ミトロフには驚きだった。もう何年も、そんなことを考えもしなかったのに。少女は青い目を見開き、ぽかんとしていた。「......おぬし、良い人間じゃの」「ああ、良い人間なんだ。こんなところで死ぬのはつまらない。だろ?」ふ、ふ、と。口の端からこぼれるような笑い声。しからば、付き合ってもらうとしようか。少女が言うと同時に、矢がミトロフの横を通った。それは寸分違わずコボルドの顔を狙ったが、容易く避けられる。見えているのだ。そして優れた俊敏性がある。飛びにコボルドがミトロフに向かった。ゴブリンなど比べ物にならない動き。ミトロフは眼前にレイピアを掲げた。集中しろ、と言い聞かせる。一手間違えれば、死ぬ。だからこそ、引くな。前に出ろ。長引けば勝てない。分かっている。自分の身体は怠惰の塊。動くには重すぎる。コボルドが地を這うような低さから鉈を振り上げた。ミトロフは半身になって避けた。死が眼前を通った。冷たい風が背骨を凍らせる。顔を狙う。いや、違う。こいつは避ける。それは直感だった。狙いを瞬時に変え、ミトロフはレイピアで斬り払う。それはコボルドが踏み込んだ右脚の膝を裂いた。そしてすぐさまに、ミトロフはその場から横っ飛びした。ビュ、と。鋭い風。ミトロフの背後で矢を構えた少女が、開いた射線にすぐさまに撃ち込んだのだ。コボルドはその矢を見ていた。飛びのこうとした刹那、ガクン、と身体が沈んだ。右脚。理解したとき、矢はコボルドの胸に突き刺さっていた。まだ、動く。横合いでミトロフが剣を構えている。流麗な所作は貴族の決闘のようでいて。その細剣は鋭く、的確に、コボルドの首を貫いた。同時に少女が放った二射目がコボルドの右目に突き立った。残った左目から、命の火が消える。それをミトロフは見つめている。崩れ落ちる重みに、首から剣先が抜けた。交差は一瞬だった。しかし、自分が死んでいたかもしれなかった。生きている。と実感する。自分はいま、命を燃やしている。必死に生きている。熱く溶けた鉄が頭の中に流しこまれたような奔流に、ミトロフはぐっと歯を噛んだ。全身がゾクゾクと震えるほどの痺れ。それは一瞬で通り過ぎたが、全身が熱い。見やれば、エルフの少女もまた身体を丸め、堪えるように顔を顰めている。「......これ、が、昇華、かの。なんとも」少女が言う。昇華。迷宮の中でのみ起きる現象だ。ミトロフは知識でのみ、それを知っていた。「これで僕らは、生物としてひとつ上の段階になったのかな。実感がないけど」「昇華した身体に馴染むには時間がかかるという話だ。コボルド程度なら、一晩も寝れば」「明日には実感できるってことか。楽しみだね」先ほどまでの熱情、命を賭けた緊迫感。目の前に倒れ伏したコボルドだけが戦いの記憶を残している。「改めて礼を言いたい。おぬしのおかげで命を拾った。ありがとう」エルフの少女はミトロフの前にやってくる。青い瞳は柔らかく細められている。「いいんだ。コボルドを倒せたのは君のおかげでもあるし」「おぬしがすぐに射線を開いてくれたでの。われが狙っているのが分かったのか?」「なんとなくそんな気がして」どうして分かったのだろう、とミトロフは考える。視線、だろうか。幼いころから、ミトロフは他人の視線を意識していた。父が自分をどう見ているか、何を思っているか。あるいは兄、あるいはメイドたち。視線には独特の気配がある。自分に向けられていれば、分かるようになった。あのとき、コボルドと戦いながら、エルフの少女の視線を背中に感じた。それは鋭く、刺すようであった。「われらは、相性がいいのかもしれぬな」と、エルフの少女はぽつりと言う。「おぬし、ひとりで探索を?」「ひとりだし、素人だ。今日、はじめて迷宮に入った」「それは豪気なことじゃ。われは4日かかって、ようやく慣れてきたというに」「君もひとりで?」「うむ。命を預ける相手を酒場や他人の紹介で見つける気にもなれぬでな。じゃが、いま見つけた」「われはグラシエ。スイッツの森に住む古きエルフの狩人だ。どうしてもこの迷宮の5階まで潜りたい。もしおぬしも信頼できる仲間を求めているなら、どうじゃろう。われとパーティを組まぬか。おぬしなら、われは信用できる」青い瞳の視線を、ミトロフは読み取る。不思議と、彼女が言うことにミトロフも同意できる。「......僕はミトロフ。昨日限りで家から勘当された、元貴族だ。僕も、君を信用できる気がする」グラシエはわずかに不安げな様子で小首をかしげる。白金の髪が肩からさらりと滑り落ちる。ミトロフは頷いた。「よろしく頼む。僕も迷宮を独りで探索するのは恐ろしかったんだ。グラシエがいると、心強い」「よきかな」と、グラシエは甘く微笑んだ。	“Shh!” The kobold dodged the attack coming from the side with agility. Lightly stepping back, it looked at Mitrof. Mitrof also looked at the kobold. It was a size bigger than a goblin. Its distinctive feature would be its face. It was that of a dog or wolf. An animal that stood on two legs and held a blunted hatchet in its hand, possessing both the agility of an animal and the intelligence to handle tools. “...You’re that man from before! Quickly, run!” The elf girl spoke from behind. “We should help each other in the labyrinth.” “That’s a kobold; they usually live on the fourth floor; we cannot beat them.” “So you should just give up, then?” “I’m telling you so! —It’s targeting me, so you should run away now!” “What kind of self-sacrifice is that?” He turns around involuntarily. However, the girl looked back at Mitrof calmly without changing her expression. “The two of us can win—we should try before giving up.” It surprised Mitrof that such words came out of his mouth. He hadn’t thought about such things for years. The girl widened her blue eyes and was in shock. “...You’re a good person.” The girl said “Yeah, I am a good person—it’s boring to die here, don’t you agree?” A chuckle spilled out of the corner of her mouth. “Then, shall we go together?” At the same moment the girl spoke, an arrow passed by Mitrof’s side. It was aimed squarely for the kobold’s face but was avoided easily. The kobold could see it. and he had excellent agility. The kobold flew towards Mitrof in one fell swoop. His movements were not comparable to the goblin’s. Mitrof raised his rapier before him. ‘Concentrate,’ he told himself. One false move, and he would die. But that’s why he couldn’t back down. He had to move forward. He couldn’t win if he dragged it out. He knew that. His own body was a lump of laziness. It was too heavy to move. The kobold lifted his axe from a low position on the ground. Mitrof dodged to the side at half-body length. Death passed before his eyes. The cold wind chilled his spine. It was aiming for his face. No, it’s wrong. He had to avoid it. That was his intuition. In a split second, Mitrof changed targets and sliced with his rapier. It tore through the right knee of the kobold that stepped forward. Immediately after, Mitrof leaped aside. There was a sharp breeze. A young elf girl who had taken aim with her bow behind Mitrof fired her arrow as soon as she found an opening. The kobold saw the arrow. In the split second when he attempted to jump aside, his body sank. His right leg. When he realized it, the arrow had pierced through the kobold’s chest. Still moving. Mitrof took a stance with his sword. His graceful movements were reminiscent of a nobleman’s duel. His slender sword pierced the kobold’s neck accurately and sharply. At the same moment, the girl fired her second shot into the kobold’s right eye. Life quickly faded from the one remaining left eye. Mitrof watched it. His sword slipped out from under the weight of the crumpling body. The encounter was brief. but he might have died. He realized that he was alive. Burning with life, he desperately clung to it. Like molten iron flowing into his mind, Mitrof clenched his teeth tightly. A sudden numbness ran through his entire body, making him shudder with heat. Looking around, the elf girl also curled up with a pained expression on her face, as if she were enduring something. “...So, this is sublimation, I suppose—it’s quite something,” she said. Sublimation is a phenomenon that occurs only in the labyrinth. Mitrof only knew it through books. “Does this mean we have ascended to a higher level as organisms? I don’t feel it,” he said, clenching his fists. He didn’t feel any stronger than before. “It takes time to get used to the body after sublimation—for a kobold, a night’s sleep is enough.” “So we’ll feel it tomorrow—I’m looking forward to it,” Mitrof said as he sheathed his sword. The passion and tension, the feeling of risking his life—they had all faded away. The square was silent. The only memory of the battle lay before them as the kobold lay motionless on the ground. “I’d like to thank you again—thanks to you, I was saved.” The elf girl approaches Mitrof. Her blue eyes are soft and narrow. “It’s okay—you helped defeat the kobold too.” “Did you know what I was aiming for when you opened fire so quickly?” “Somehow I had a feeling.” ‘Why did I know?’ Mitrof also wonders about himself. Could it be eye contact? Since childhood, Mitrof has been aware of other people’s gaze. How his father looked at him, what he thought. Or his brother, or the maids. Gazes have a unique presence. He learned that he could tell where they were directed. During the fight with the kobold, Mitrof felt the elf girl’s gaze on his back. It was sharp and piercing. “Maybe we have good compatibility,” the elf girl murmured. “Are you exploring alone?” “I’m alone and inexperienced—I just entered the labyrinth for the first time today.” “That’s a bold move—it took me four days to finally get used to it.” “Are you alone too?” “Indeed. I can’t bring myself to find a trustworthy partner through taverns or introductions from strangers—but I have found one now,” the girl said, looking directly at Mitrof. “I am Grace Switz, a huntress who resides in the forest—I desperately want to delve deep into the fifth floor of this labyrinth—If you are also seeking a reliable companion, how about teaming up with me? — You can trust me.” Mitrof read her blue eyes’ gaze, which shone with a straight and beautiful light. Strangely, Mitrof could agree with what she said. “...I’m Mitrof. I am the former third son of a noble family who was disowned as of yesterday. I also feel like I can trust you.” “Then, does that mean you accept my proposal?” Grace asked, tilting her head slightly with a hint of unease. Her platinum hair slid off her shoulders. Mitrof nodded. “Please take care of me—I was afraid to explore the labyrinth alone. It’s reassuring to have Grace with me.” “Glad to be of help.” Grace replied with a sweet smile.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 7, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
俺はひとまず王宮に通じる壁にその後、これで、容易には入れまい。本格的な工事を行う予定の明日の昼までは余裕で保つだろう。それから俺たちは秘密通路を引き返す通った道なので、早歩きだ。すぐに、壁が壊れて下水道に通じている場所までやってきた。「さて、穴をふさごう」「ふさぐと言っても、どうするんですか?」俺はゲルベルガをルッチラに手渡した。「とりあえず、石を積み上げて、物理的にふさぐ。それから魔法で補強だな」「なるほど」「ここにある石でいいのかい? 砕けてるのもあるけど......」ミルカが心配そうに尋ねてくる。「あまりよくない。だが、本格的に直すのは明日にして、今は仮の修復だ」「これ以上、誰かが入ってこないようにですね」「そういうことだ」俺の屋敷に侵入されるならまだしも、王宮に侵入されたらとても困る。「石を積むのは、おれに任せておくれ!」「おお、ありがとう」「ぼくも手伝いますよ」ミルカが石を積み上げていく。俺も作業に参加する。ルッチラもゲルベルガを地面に置いて作業に参加した。ゲルベルガは俺のすぐ近くをうろちょろしていた。しばらく作業して、やっと穴をふさいだ。「ちょっと隙間あいちゃってますね」「そうだな。石が崩れた際に、欠けたりもしているからどうしてもな」俺は隙間に土を詰め込んでおいた。それから硬化と状態固定の魔法をかけておく。通路全体にも硬化と状態固定はかけておきたい。「さて、帰るか」俺たちは地下室まで帰還した。地下室に戻ると、ミルカが言う。「じゃあ、また、明日だな。仕事があったら言っておくれ」「ミルカ、何を言ってるんだ?」どうやら、ミルカは地下室で眠るつもりらしい。そもそもミルカは眠るために地下室に忍び込んだのだ。だからそう勘違いしたのだろう。「だ、だめだったか? 外で寝ないとだめか?」「いや、ここは布団とかないから、ちゃんとした部屋で寝ろ」「いいのかい?」「そりゃいいだろ。徒弟になったんだからな」「ありがとう!」俺たちはミルカと一緒に、一階へと移動する。トイレの場所を教えてからに向かう。「本当は空き部屋の中から、好きな部屋を選ばせたいんだがな。今は夜だし、お客さんが泊まっているから我慢してくれ」「とんでもない。どんな部屋でもかまわねーさ」ミルカは屋敷の中に入ってから、ずっと緊張気味だ。「とりあえずはこの部屋で眠ってくれ。詳しい話はまた明日な」「こ、こんないい部屋を......。ロックさん、ありがとうな!」「気にするな」それから俺はルッチラとゲルベルガと別れて、自室へと戻る。自室の扉を開くと、扉のすぐ向こうに狼のガルヴがいた。熟睡していたので置いて行ったのに、目を覚ましたようだ。「くぅーん、くぅーん」「ガルヴどうした?」めちゃくちゃ体をこすりつけてくる。夜中に目を覚まして、俺がいなかったので不安になったのかもしれない。捨てられたと思ったのだろうか。とりあえず、モフモフしておいた。ベッドの中に入っても、ガルヴは甘えてくる。そうしておいて、小さな声で事情を説明する。「おかしな音がするってルッチラが報告に来てな。それで調べに行っていたんだぞ」ガルヴはとても小さな声で鳴く。夜だから気を使っているのだろう。自分も連れて行って欲しいと言っているかのかもしれない。「ルッチラとゲルベルガさまが来たのに、ガルヴ起きなかったし」「......がう」ひと声鳴くと、ころんと転がり、お腹を見せた。反省しているのだろう。俺はガルヴのお腹を撫でまくる。「眠かったんだろ。仕方ないぞ」ガルヴは耳と尻尾をピンと立てた。これからはこのような失態はおかさないという強い決意を感じる。言葉が通じないので、気のせいかもしれない。とりあえず、考えても仕方ないので、俺は眠った。早朝。「ガウガウガウッ!」俺はガルヴの吠え声で目を覚ました。ゲルベルガへの襲撃かもしれない。俺は素早く部屋を出て、吠え声の方へと走った。「や、やめろ! 離すんだ、この!」駆けつけてみると、うつ伏せに倒れたミルカの上にガルヴが乗っていた。ガルヴはとても大きい。当然、ミルカは動けない。俺に気づいて、ガルヴは尻尾をぶんぶんと振った。心なしかどや顔に見える。そういえば、ガルヴはミルカのことを知らないのだ。侵入者だと思って確保したのだろう。ミルカも俺に気づいた。「ロックさん助けてー」「ガルヴ。放してあげなさい」ガルヴは悪くない。ミルカのことを知らなかったのだ。番犬、いや番狼として確保するのは当然の職務と言える。「ガルヴ。こいつはミルカっていって、今日からここに住むんだ」「がう?」「ひどい目にあったぜ!」「ミルカも早起きだな」「家の掃除が仕事って聞いたからな、どういう風に掃除しようか見回ってたら襲ってきたんだ!」ミルカにもガルヴのことを紹介しておく。「そうか、ばんおおかみ? っていうのかい。金持ちの家はすげーな。よろしくなガルヴ」ミルカの差し出した右手を、ガルヴはふんと鼻を鳴らして無視をした。ガルヴ的には後輩ということで、下の序列だと判断したに違いない。いや、序列争いの真っ最中なのかもしれない。犬科はそういうところがある。そんなガルヴの態度を気にすることなく、ミルカはガルヴの頭を撫でていた。	For now, I cast a Hardening spell on the wall that led to the palace. After that, I added a Permanence spell. Now no one would be able to enter easily. It should be good enough to last until tomorrow, which was when I would do the serious construction work. And with that done, we returned down the secret passage. We walked quickly, as it was a path we had already been through once before. We arrived at the spot with the broken wall that led to the sewers in no time. “Now, to plug this hole.” “But how are you going to do it?” I passed Gerberga over to Luchila. “For now, we will stack up some rocks and create a physical barrier. After that, I’ll strengthen it with magic.” “With the rocks that are right here? Some of them are crushed...” Milka said in a worried voice. “That’s not great. But we will be doing it again tomorrow anyway. This is just temporary.” “It is so no one else enters through here, isn’t it?” “That’s what it is.” It was one thing to have people invade my house, but it would be a disaster to have them invade the palace. “Leave it to me! I will stack the rocks.” “Ah, thank you.” “I will help too.” Milka began to pick up the rocks. I did too. Luchila also put Gerberga on the ground and began to help. Gerberga began to wander around. After a while, the hole was sealed. “There are still some cracks.” “Yes. It can’t be helped, since some of it was chipped when the wall broke.” And so I put dirt between the cracks in the rocks. After that, I held it together with Hardening magic. I really wanted to use magic on the entire tunnel, but it would have to wait. “Now, let’s return.” “Yes.” And so we returned to the basement. When we got there, Milka said, “Well, see you tomorrow then. Let me know if there is any work.” “Milka, what are you saying?” Apparently, Milka intended to sleep in the basement. She had snuck into the basement in order to sleep in the first place. That’s why she misunderstood me. “I-I can’t? Do I have to sleep outside then?” “No, there is no bedding here. You should sleep in a proper room.” “Do you mean it?” “Of course. You are my apprentice now, after all.” “Thank you!” And so Milka came up with us to the first floor. I told her where the bathroom was before heading to the second floor. “I wish I could have you choose a room out of the empty ones. But it’s night right now, and there are guests, so it will have to wait.” “No way. I don’t mind any room.” Milka seemed very nervous ever since coming into the mansion. “You can sleep in this room for now. We’ll talk again tomorrow.” “Thi-this room is so big... Mister Locke, thank you!” “Don’t mention it.” After that, I separated from Luchila and Gerberga and returned to my room. When I opened the door, the wolf, Grulf, was there. He had been in a deep sleep when I left him, but was awake now. “Groooff, grrrooff...” “What is it, Grulf?” He started to rub against me. Perhaps he had been worried after waking up at night and seeing that I was not there. He must have thought that he had been abandoned. For now, I scratched his fur. Even after we got into bed, Grulf had not calmed down, and began to lick my face. And so with a quiet voice, I explained what had happened. “Luchila came to tell me that there was a strange noise. And so I went to investigate.” Grulf whined quietly. He was being careful not to sound loud, as it was night. I think he was saying that I should have taken him too. “But you didn’t wake up even when Luchila and Gerberga were here.” “...Grrr...” Grulf whined again and rolled onto his back. I suppose it was an apology. I scratched his belly. “You were tired. It can’t be helped.” Grulf’s ears and tail were pointing upward. I felt that there was a strong will to never repeat that mistake again. But I couldn’t understand him, so maybe it was just me. In any case, there was no point in thinking about it. And so I went to sleep. Early in the morning. I woke up to the sounds of Grulf’s growling. Maybe it was an attack on Gerberga. I quickly left the room and ran towards the howling. “St-stop! Let go, you!” “Grrr-grrr!” When I arrived, I saw that Milka was lying face down on the ground and Grulf was on top of her. Grulf was very big, and so of course, Milka could not move. Grulf’s tail began to wag upon seeing me. Maybe it was just me, but his face looked smug. Now that I think about it, Grulf didn’t know about Milka. He had captured her, thinking that she was an intruder. Milka noticed me as well. “Mister Locke, help me!” “Grulf. Let her go.” It wasn’t Grulf’s fault. He didn’t know about Milka. Capturing intruders was the job of a guard dog. Or guard wolf. “Grulf. This is Milka. She is staying here from today.” “Grrr?” “Oh, that was horrible!” “You get up early, Milka.” “You said that I would be cleaning the house. So I was walking around to see what I could do, when I was attacked!” And so I introduced Grulf to Milka as well. “I see. It’s a guard wolf? Rich people are amazing. Nice to mee you, Grulf.” Grult snorted at Milka’s offered hand and turned his nose away. As Grulf had been here first, he was proving to her that she was beneath him. Or trying to, anyway. Dogs can be like that. But Milka didn’t seem to notice Grulf’s attitude and began to pat him on the head.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 6, "inserted_lines_src": 6, "inserted_lines_trg": 3 }
皆さんは聞いたことがあると思いますつまり親戚の集まりが沢山あるということです子供の頃両親はよく親戚の集まりに連れて行ってくれましたがいつも楽しみにしていたのは従兄妹たちと遊ぶことでした従兄妹と遊ぶときはいつもそこに叔父がいました叔父は私たちと一緒に跳び回り一緒にゲームをし子供たちを楽しませてくれていました叔父は大成功を収めた人で自信に溢れていて力強い人でしたしかしその後この頑健で心優しい叔父は健康を害してしまいパーキンソン病と診断されましたパーキンソン病とは神経組織の変性を引き起こす疾患でこれまで当然のように自活していた彼は疾患による震えの為に突然コーヒーを飲むことさえ難しくなりました叔父は歩いたり方向転換をするために歩行補助器具を使い始め文字通り一歩ずつこんな感じで長い時間をかけて歩いていましたこうして親戚の集まりではいつも中心的存在だった叔父は突然人目を避けるようになりました彼は周囲の憐みの視線から身を隠していました彼のような人は他にも沢山います毎年6万人の人たちが新たにパーキンソン病と診断されその数は増加する一方です私たちはデザイナーとして自分たちのデザインが多面的な課題を一挙に解決できればと願っていますがそうでなくても構いませんシンプルな課題に絞って解決策を編み出すとそれが結果的に大きな影響を与えることもあるんです私の目的はパーキンソン病を治癒することではなくてパーキンソン病患者の大変な作業を簡素化し世の中に影響を与えていくことですまず私が着目したのは震えです叔父は病気になってからは恥ずかしくて人前でコーヒーや紅茶を飲むことをやめてしまったと言っていましたそこで私は「こぼれないコップ」をデザインしました秘密はこの形にあります震えがおこるたびにコップの縁のカーブが飲み物を内側に戻す働きをするので普通のコップと比べて飲み物が外へ飛び出さなくなるのですこのコップはパーキンソン病患者のみを対象としたものではなく私のような不器用な人を含む誰もが使えることがポイントです周りの皆が使っていれば患者が目立たず使いやすくなりますこうして課題が一つ解決されましたが他にも沢山ありますいつも叔父と話をして質問しているうちに私は表面的な情報か自分の質問に対する答しか得られていないことに気づきましたでも新たな視点を持つ為にはより掘り下げた情報が必要でしたそこで私は彼の日々の行動つまり食事やテレビを観る様子を観察してみようと思いました彼が食卓に歩いて向かっている様子を見た時衝撃を受けました彼にとって平らな地面を歩くのがとても難しいのですでは階段の昇降は? インドの階段には先進国のような手の込んだ手すりはないので自力で階段を昇り降りをしなけれならない筈ですすると叔父は言いました「どうやっているか見せてあげよう」私が見たものを皆さんもご覧下さいとても長い時間をかけてここにたどり着きましたその間ずっと思っていました「なんてこと叔父さん本気かしら歩行補助器具なしで階段を降りようとするなんて」そして・・・そして振り返っていとも簡単に戻ってきました衝撃的ですよね? 私も衝撃を受けました平面をまともに歩くことが出来ない叔父が階段になるとすいすい歩くのですから調べてみるとこれは「持続的運動」によるものであると分かりました叔父以外にも同じ症状で苦しみ歩行器を使っていても自転車に乗ると「持続的運動」になることで症状が解消される人がいるようですそこで私は階段を昇り降りする感覚を平らな床で再現することに重点を置きました沢山のアイデアを叔父と共に試してみてやっとうまくいったのがこちらですご覧下さい (拍手) 前より早く歩けるようになってますよね? (拍手) 私はこれを「錯覚の階段」と呼んでいます「錯覚の階段」が不意に終わると彼は動けなくなって「すくみ足」と呼ばれる状態になります「すくみ足」はよくあることです「錯覚の階段」を部屋中に描いて彼らがより自信を持って過ごせるようにしてはどうでしょう? 科学技術だけが解決策だとは限りません必要なのは「人間中心の解決手段」なのです錯覚の階段を投影式や Google Glassなどにするのは簡単ですでも私はシンプルなプリントという手法にこだわりましたこれが病院に導入されればパーキンソン病患者はより温かく迎え入れられていると感じられるでしょう全てのパーキンソン患者にあの日の叔父と同じ気持ちを味わってもらいたいのです彼は私のおかげで昔の自分に戻ったようだと言ってくれました今の時代「スマート」という単語は先端技術と同義語になり世の中は日々より「スマート」になっていますが「スマート」をシンプルだけど効果的なものに出来ないでしょうか? 必要なのはほんの少しの共感の気持ちといくらかの好奇心を持って現場へ向かい観察することですでもそれだけで止めないで入り組んだ課題を見つけ怖がらずに向き合いより小さな課題になるまで分解して煮詰めてみてそれに対しシンプルな解決法を見つけてくださいそしてその解決法を試し必要なら失敗もしてより良くする為の新たな洞察力を駆使して下さい皆がシンプルな解決法を見出せば何が出来るか想像してくださいシンプルな皆の解決法を結びつければ世界はどうなるでしょうか? シンプルなやり方でよりスマートな世界を作っていきましょうありがとうございました	I bet a lot of you all must have heard about it. Which means that there are a lot of family events. So as a child, my parents used to drag me to these family events. But the one thing that I always looked forward to was playing around with my cousins. And there was always this one uncle who used to be there, always ready, jumping around with us, having games for us, making us kids have the time of our lives. This man was extremely successful: he was confident and powerful. But then I saw this hale and hearty person deteriorate in health. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's. Parkinson's is a disease that causes degeneration of the nervous system, which means that this person who used to be independent suddenly finds tasks like drinking coffee, because of tremors, much more difficult. My uncle started using a walker to walk, and to take a turn, he literally had to take one step at a time, like this, and it took forever. So this person, who used to be the center of attention in every family gathering, was suddenly hiding behind people. He was hiding from the pitiful look in people's eyes. And he's not the only one in the world. Every year, 60,000 people are newly diagnosed with Parkinson's, and this number is only rising. As designers, we dream that our designs solve these multifaceted problems, one solution that solves it all, but it need not always be like that. You can also target simple problems and create small solutions for them and eventually make a big impact. So my aim here was to not cure Parkinson's, but to make their everyday tasks much more simple, and then make an impact. Well, the first thing I targeted was tremors, right? My uncle told me that he had stopped drinking coffee or tea in public just out of embarrassment, so, well, I designed the no-spill cup. It works just purely on its form. The curve on top deflects the liquid back inside every time they have tremors, and this keeps the liquid inside compared to a normal cup. But the key here is that it is not tagged as a Parkinson's patient product. It looks like a cup that could be used by you, me, any clumsy person, and that makes it much more comforting for them to use, to blend in. So, well, one problem solved, many more to go. All this while, I was interviewing him, questioning him, and then I realized that I was getting very superficial information, or just answers to my questions. But I really needed to dig deeper to get a new perspective. So I thought, well, let's observe him in his daily tasks, while he's eating, while he's watching TV. And then, when I was actually observing him walking to his dining table, it struck me, this man who finds it so difficult to walk on flat land, how does he climb a staircase? Because in India we do not have a fancy rail that takes you up a staircase like in the developed countries. One actually has to climb the stairs. So he told me, "Well, let me show you how I do it." Let's take a look at what I saw. So he took really long to reach this position, and then all this while, I'm thinking, "Oh my God, is he really going to do it? Is he really, really going to do it without his walker?" And then ... And the turns, he took them so easily. So -- shocked? Well, I was too. So this person who could not walk on flat land was suddenly a pro at climbing stairs. On researching this, I realized that it's because it's a continuous motion. There's this other man who also suffers from the same symptoms and uses a walker, but the moment he's put on a cycle, all his symptoms vanish, because it is a continuous motion. So the key for me was to translate this feeling of walking on a staircase back to flat land. And a lot of ideas were tested and tried on him, but the one that finally worked was this one. Let's take a look. He walked faster, right? I call this the staircase illusion, and actually when the staircase illusion abruptly ended, he froze, and this is called freezing of gait. So it happens a lot, so why not have a staircase illusion flowing through all their rooms, making them feel much more confident? You know, technology is not always it. What we need are human-centered solutions. I could have easily made it into a projection, But I stuck to simple print on the floor. This print could be taken into hospitals to make them feel much more welcome. What I wish to do is make every Parkinson's patient feel like my uncle felt that day. He told me that I made him feel like his old self again. "Smart" in today's world has become synonymous to high tech, and the world is only getting smarter and smarter day by day. But why can't smart be something that's simple and yet effective? All we need is a little bit of empathy and some curiosity, to go out there, observe. But let's not stop at that. Let's find these complex problems. Don't be scared of them. Break them, boil them down into much smaller problems, and then find simple solutions for them. Test these solutions, fail if needed, but with newer insights to make it better. Imagine what we all could do if we all came up with simple solutions. What would the world be like if we combined all our simple solutions? Let's make a smarter world, but with simplicity. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
世間知らずのニュージーランド人だった私はまぁ、まずペンタゴンに行ってみようと思いそこで、情報をくれませんかと尋ねるわけですもちろん答えはノーですがそれで、頭を使わなきゃいけなくなったわけです当時はオックスフォードで、ある晩ニュースを見ていてチャンネルの下に出てくるテロップを眺めていると立派な情報といえるものがそこにありました横に流れてゆくニュース字幕にデータが隠れていたのです身の回りのこんなノイズにも実は情報が隠れているのですそこで私はここにはオープンソースの知とでも呼べるものがあると捉え始めましたここから十分なデータが集まれば戦争を理解する最初の鍵が得られるかもしれない調査はこのようにおこないましたまずチーム編成をするにあたり経済学や数学などの分野から学問領域を越え、科学者を呼びました彼らを迎え、晴れて調査は始まりました 3つのステップで行いました第一に情報収集 NGOのレポートや新聞、ケーブルテレビにいたる 130を越えるあらゆるソースからの情報にあたりましたこれらの基礎データを寄せ集めフィルターをかけますそして、情報の中から変数となりうる鍵を抽出しますデータベースには攻撃の時期や場所、規模、使用された兵器を組み込みましたこんなものが実は日々垂れ流される情報に潜んでいるのです要は、どう解読するかがものをいうのですここからはお手の物です攻撃の規模の分布を見ていくとどうでしょうここから何が言えるでしょうかまず、そこから始めましたご覧のように横軸には攻撃で亡くなった方々の数つまりは攻撃の規模ですそして縦軸には、攻撃の回数を置きましたするとここに各事例を配置していけるわけですここにはある種のランダム分布が見えるかと思います 67回の攻撃で、一人が亡くなる場合もあれば 47回で7人という事例もあります全く同じことをイラクの例に絞ってやってみました結果がどうなるかは予見しようがなかったのですが驚くべき結果が出ますすべての武力衝突からそしてその混沌、情報のノイズそういったものの中からこの紛争で、命令がなされた手法の数学的に一貫した分布が導きだせるのです驚愕でしたなぜ、イラクのような例がこのような結果を基本の特徴として持つのでしょうか戦争に法則などあるものなんでしょうかまだまだ分からないことだらけでしたきっとイラクは特殊な事例なのだと考え他の事例にもあたってみることにしましたコロンビアや、アフガニスタンセネガルに関しても検証してみましたグラフは、ここでも、まったくの同じパターンを描くのでしたまさか、こんなことがあり得るのか全く別々の戦争なわけだし、宗派や政党、社会経済的な問題まで全く違うはずですにもかかわらず、そこには一貫した基礎パターンが存在するのですそこで、さらに手を広げてみました世界に範囲を拡大し、出来る限りのデータを集めました南米はペルーからアジアはインドネシアまでまたもや同じパターンが描き出されましたわかったのはこういった直線の分布だけでなくその傾斜が、α=2.5という値を中心として集まっているというものですここから、攻撃の可能性を予測することの出来る公式を導き出すことが出来ましたここで示されるのは X人の命を奪うという攻撃が、イラクのような国で起こる可能性が定数Cに攻撃の規模xを掛け、 -α乗したものに等しいということです -αというのは先ほどお見せした傾きのことですだからどうだというのでしょうたかがデータ、統計ですそれが戦争の何を教えてくれるというのでしょうそれは私たち物理学者にとっての挑戦でしたどう説明すればいいのだろうか αというものを見つけた突き詰めて言えばそれは、反乱組織の集団の構造である αは攻撃の規模の分布でありそれと同時に、攻撃をおこなう為の集団の力の分布でもあるそこで集団力学の変化に注目してみました合併と分裂時に集まり、時に散らばるそこに数字を当てはめてみたわけですシミュレートできるかどうかそこで、イラクの事例に見るようなパターンを導き出せるかどうかをここでも適切に処理することでシミュレーションを行うことができます集団力学を応用し、世界中の戦争が持つ基礎パターンを説明できるだけのグラフを再構成しましたさて、どういうことでしょうかなぜ、少なくとも見かけ上は全く異なる戦争たちが同じパターンを描くのか私が見つけたのは武装勢力は、時と共に進化、順応してゆくという現象です一回りも二回りも強大な敵と戦うために解決策は一つしかありません武装勢力の一員としてその解決策を見つけない限りはその人物は存在しないも同然ですだからこそ、全ての武装勢力の活動全ての戦争・紛争においてこのような現象が立ち現れますそんなことが起こっているんだと思いますもう一歩進んでみましょうどうしたらこれを変えられるかイラクのような戦争はどうしたら終わらせることが出来るかそのときグラフはどう見えるだろうか αこそが構造でしたこの数値が2.5を保つその数値が戦争が続く時を示しますそれを変えればいい数値を上げれば勢力は分裂し始める数は増えるが、弱体化するもしくは数値を下げれば強固にはなるが、規模が縮小する腰を据えた対話ができるレベルかもしれないそこで、これからお見せするグラフは誰の目にもまだ触れていない、文字通り出来立てほやほやのものですここに数値αの変遷をみることが出来ます最初の段階で、数値が安定状態へと近づいてゆきます世界中の戦争が共通してもつ数値へとファルージャ侵攻においても、数値α周辺をさまよい続けますその数値は2006年イラク選挙中のサマラ爆撃にいたるまで続きますそこで数値が乱れ始め、より高い値になってゆき分裂状態へと向かいますそれはまさに、戦況が激化したときでした意見は分かれるところですが当時、さらに激化が進むだろうと予期されていましたしかし全く逆の結果となります集団はより強大となり堅調なものとなりますここで、よし、このまま数値が下がってくれればと思うわけです対話し解決へと向かうことができるとしかしまた、逆の結果が起きます数値は上昇し、集団はより分散し始めますこの二側面に争いを終わらせる一つの鍵を見出すことが出来ます紛争が始まったばかりの頃のように武装勢力がなんの影響力も持たない状況に戻るかもしくは、分断化され立ち退くことができるレベルに落ち着くか戦争を終わらせるための明確な答えは分かりませんただ、その答えを出すためにはどうやら戦争の構造に着目する必要がありそうですご清聴ありがとうございました	So as a naive New Zealander I thought, well I'll go to the Pentagon. Can you get me some information? No. So I had to think a little harder. And I was watching the news one night in Oxford. And I looked down at the chattering heads on my channel of choice. And I saw that there was information there. There was data within the streams of news that we consume. All this noise around us actually has information. So what I started thinking was, perhaps there is something like open source intelligence here. If we can get enough of these streams of information together, we can perhaps start to understand the war. So this is exactly what I did. We started bringing a team together, an interdisciplinary team of scientists, of economists, mathematicians. We brought these guys together and we started to try and solve this. We did it in three steps. The first step we did was to collect. We did 130 different sources of information -- from NGO reports to newspapers and cable news. We brought this raw data in and we filtered it. We extracted the key bits on information to build the database. That database contained the timing of attacks, the location, the size and the weapons used. It's all in the streams of information we consume daily, we just have to know how to pull it out. And once we had this we could start doing some cool stuff. What if we were to look at the distribution of the sizes of attacks? What would that tell us? So we started doing this. And you can see here on the horizontal axis you've got the number of people killed in an attack or the size of the attack. And on the vertical axis you've got the number of attacks. So we plot data for sample on this. You see some sort of random distribution -- perhaps 67 attacks, one person was killed, or 47 attacks where seven people were killed. We did this exact same thing for Iraq. And we didn't know, for Iraq what we were going to find. It turns out what we found was pretty surprising. You take all of the conflict, all of the chaos, all of the noise, and out of that comes this precise mathematical distribution of the way attacks are ordered in this conflict. This blew our mind. Why should a conflict like Iraq have this as its fundamental signature? Why should there be order in war? We didn't really understand that. We thought maybe there is something special about Iraq. So we looked at a few more conflicts. We looked at Colombia, we looked at Afghanistan, and we looked at Senegal. And the same pattern emerged in each conflict. This wasn't supposed to happen. These are different wars, with different religious factions, different political factions, and different socioeconomic problems. And yet the fundamental patterns underlying them are the same. So we went a little wider. We looked around the world at all the data we could get our hands on. From Peru to Indonesia, we studied this same pattern again. And we found that not only were the distributions these straight lines, but the slope of these lines, they clustered around this value of alpha equals 2.5. And we could generate an equation that could predict the likelihood of an attack. What we're saying here is the probability of an attack killing X number of people in a country like Iraq is equal to a constant, times the size of that attack, raised to the power of negative alpha. And negative alpha is the slope of that line I showed you before. So what? This is data, statistics. What does it tell us about these conflicts? That was a challenge we had to face as physicists. How do we explain this? And what we really found was that alpha, if we think about it, is the organizational structure of the insurgency. Alpha is the distribution of the sizes of attacks, which is really the distribution of the group strength carrying out the attacks. So we look at a process of group dynamics: coalescence and fragmentation, groups coming together, groups breaking apart. And we start running the numbers on this. Can we simulate it? Can we create the kind of patterns that we're seeing in places like Iraq? Turns out we kind of do a reasonable job. We can run these simulations. We can recreate this using a process of group dynamics to explain the patterns that we see all around the conflicts around the world. So what's going on? Why should these different -- seemingly different conflicts have the same patterns? Now what I believe is going on is that the insurgent forces, they evolve over time. They adapt. And it turns out there is only one solution to fight a much stronger enemy. And if you don't find that solution as an insurgent force, you don't exist. So every insurgent force that is ongoing, every conflict that is ongoing, it's going to look something like this. And that is what we think is happening. Taking it forward, how do we change it? How do we end a war like Iraq? What does it look like? Alpha is the structure. It's got a stable state at 2.5. This is what wars look like when they continue. We've got to change that. We can push it up: the forces become more fragmented; there is more of them, but they are weaker. Or we push it down: they're more robust; there is less groups; but perhaps you can sit and talk to them. So this graph here, I'm going to show you now. No one has seen this before. This is literally stuff that we've come through last week. And we see the evolution of Alpha through time. We see it start. And we see it grow up to the stable state the wars around the world look like. And it stays there through the invasion of Fallujah until the Samarra bombings in the Iraqi elections of '06. And the system gets perturbed. It moves upwards to a fragmented state. This is when the surge happens. And depending on who you ask, the surge was supposed to push it up even further. The opposite happened. The groups became stronger. They became more robust. And so I'm thinking, right, great, it's going to keep going down. We can talk to them. We can get a solution. The opposite happened. It's moved up again. The groups are more fragmented. And this tells me one of two things. Either we're back where we started and the surge has had no effect; or finally the groups have been fragmented to the extent that we can start to think about maybe moving out. I don't know what the answer is to that. But I know that we should be looking at the structure of the insurgency to answer that question. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
暑い夏が終わり、過ごしやすい秋の季節になった。俺は9歳になった。日本と同じようにこの世界ではある。夏は暑いし冬は寒い。電化製品などは皆無だが、この世界では魔法があり、大抵の暑さや寒さは魔法でカバーができてしまう。執事の姿も、かなり板につくようになっていた。今ではバーサーム家に訪れた貴族を、玄関から応接間まで案内する役目もできるようになった。もっとも、古くから仕えている執事のワイトンが折に触れて俺にアドバイスをくれたり、さりげなくフォローを入れたりするお陰で、どうにかできるように見えているにすぎないのだが。そんなある日、師匠との特訓の最中に来客があった。もっとも、かなり乱暴な登場だったのだが。師匠が放つ3つの「ファイヤーボール」が高速で俺に向かってくる。LV4にもなると、込める魔力に応じて、大きさ、距離、威力が自由に調整できるようになる。師匠が放ったファイヤーボールは、かなりの魔力が込められている。ほぼ、本気である。向からバラバラに飛んでくるファイヤーボールに対して、分厚い結界を張る。その直後、大爆発が起きる。広いバーサーム家の庭(たぶん東京ドームと同じくらいの面積)でなければ大惨事になるレベルの威力だ。俺の全力で張った結界が破られそうになるが、何とか耐えきった。その直後「甘い」バリンと結界が砕け、脳天に衝撃が走る。一瞬意識が飛びそうになるが、なんとかこらえる。慌てて後ろを振り向くと、木剣を振り下ろした女性の姿が目に入った。「ずいぶん丈夫な結界を張るけど、まだまだムラがあるわね。後ろがガラ空きよ」「エリルお嬢様!お戻りになられたのですか!」「久しぶりねファルコ。あなたは変わらないわね」お嬢様?ひょっとして、エルザ夫人の娘?いや、それにしては若い。孫か? 「リノス、ご挨拶をしないか。こちらは、バーサーム・フォン・エリル様だ。エルザ様の姪御様に当たられる」俺はすぐさま片膝をつき、手を胸に当て、頭を下げて「これは失礼を致しました。奴隷のリノスでございます。」「ずいぶん行儀作法が上手ね。私より上手かも」「1年ほど前から、執事のワイトンに付けて作法を習わせておりますからな。既に読み書きは習得済みですし、算術もできるようです。」「まだ子供じゃないの!?結界が張れて、算術もできるって・・・」お嬢様はしばらくポカンと口を開けて俺を見ていた。ゆっくりと頭を上げる俺と目が合う。お嬢様がキッと俺を睨む。おお、意外と胸がデカイ。「ファルコ、この奴隷のスキルは?」「火・水・土・風の魔法がLV1、結界魔法がLV3。詠唱も短縮できますし、回復魔法も使えます。他に鑑定魔法もLV3ですので、かなり高い防御力になりますぞ」「この奴隷はいくつ・・・9歳!?9歳でLV3って・・・。」ドン引きのお嬢様。そりゃ毎日死にかけながら魔法使ってたしな。そこいらの奴隷とはワケが違いますよ。何せお払い箱になればそのまま処分されちゃいますから、必死にもなりますよ。「・・・で、この奴隷、剣術の方はどうなの?」「いや、全くですな。ここに来て2年、ひたすら儂と魔術の特訓をしておりましたから」「まあそれはそうですが・・・。儂は剣は使えませんが、全く不便を感じたことはないですぞ?」「ファ、ファルコは特別よ。さっきもこの奴隷の結界を見たけど、後ろから攻撃したら簡単に砕けちゃったわよ?きちんと剣の対応を教えるべきよ」「そうですな・・・。まあ、リノスにとってもいい機会でしょうから、今後は剣の対応も教えていきましょう」何かしれっとハードル上がってませんか??? 「その奴隷の相手は、私がしてあげてもいいわよ。その前に、叔母様にご挨拶に行ってくるわ」一体何者なんだこの女?ここは一丁、鑑定してみるか。バーサーム・フィル・エリル(免許皆伝剣士・24歳) MP:77 剣術 LV4 肉体回復 LV4 肉体強化 LV4 生活魔法 LV1 行儀作法 LV1 バッ、化け物だ。免許皆伝じゃねぇか。HPが完全に師匠を超えている。そりゃ結界が壊れるよな。待てよ?この女が相手っていうことは、剣でフルボッコ確定ってことじゃねぇか! 目の前が真っ暗になりそうになる。ポン、と俺の肩をたたく師匠。満面の笑みを湛えてやがる。この世界の人間はドSばっかりか! その後、師匠からエリルのことについて詳しく教えてもらった。エリルはエルザ夫人の妹の孫に当たる。生まれてすぐ子供を亡くしているエルザ夫人にとってエリルは、我が子同然に目をかけて育ててきた。本来、貴族の子女は礼儀作法や教養を学ぶことに生活の大半を費やす。しかし、エリルは子供の頃から剣に興味があり、しかもその才能を持っていた。それをいち早く見抜き、エリルに剣を学ばせたのは、他ならぬエルザ夫人なのだ。だが、エリルが12歳となり、結婚した後はしばらく疎遠になったのだが、16歳の時、子供がなかなか生まれないエリルに業を煮やした嫁ぎ先は、エリルを離縁した。そうなると後は屋敷に押し込められるか、どこかの後妻に入るのが一般的なのであるが、エルザ夫人は迷うことなくエリルを、ジャク王国の剣聖、ガンボールに弟子入りをさせたのだ。そこで激しい修行の末、入門僅か8年にして免許皆伝を受け、めでたく帰還を果たした、というわけだ。ちなみに、この世界で成人は12歳である。平均寿命が50歳なので、必然的に成人や結婚適齢期は低年齢化する。しかし、12歳で結婚して16歳で子供ができないから離縁っていうのはすごい。というより、あまりにも強すぎたために亭主と合わなかったのだろうというのは、師匠の推測である。「叔母様、ただいま戻りました」「ずいぶん早かったわね。ジャク王国からここまで半年はかかると思っていたけど、まさか2ヶ月で戻ってくるとは思わなかったわ」「はい、一刻も早く叔母様の下に着きたくて、日中ずっと馬を飛ばしていました。乗る馬、乗る馬、虚弱体質の馬ばかりで、思った以上に時間がかかりました」「まさか、一日中馬を飛ばしていたの?」「ええ、そうしたかったのですが、日暮れになると馬が倒れてしまうのです。そんなことが10回ほどありましたでしょうか。」「・・・大変だったわね(馬が)」「でも、もう心配ありません。叔母様は私がこの剣で守ります。ファルコさんは心置きなく王宮へ行っていただけます。叔父様と王太子殿下の警護が強力になります」「ああ、そのことなのですが、今は比較的落ち着いていますから、しばらくはこのままにしておこうと思います。」「ツっ!でっ、では私は・・・」「いいのよ。あなたがここにいてくれるのであれば、それはうれしいことです」「では・・・しばらく叔母様のお屋敷でお世話になります。聞けば叔母様、ファルコさんが奴隷を鍛えているのだとか。」「ああ、リノスね。あれはとても優秀でね。既に結界が張れるのですが、読み書きと算術もかなりできるのです。寧ろ執事として・・・」「いえ、叔母様、剣術を教えるべきです!男は力が必要です。魔術だけでは守れるものも守れません」「そうね。では、あなたからリノスに剣術を教えてもらえるかしら。ただし、あの子は結界師として育てることが第一です。そこを忘れないでちょうだいね」「はい」エリルは心の中から溢れる喜びを感じていた。リノスは強い。これからどれほど強くなるのかが分からない。リノスと一緒に修行を積めば、それだけ自分も強くなるのだ。この機会を逃す手はない。明日からリノスをどう鍛えてやろうか。そんなことを考えながら、彼女は部屋に向かうのだった。	The hot summer has ended and I turned years old. Just like in Japan, there are four seasons in this world. It is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. There are no electric devices, but heat and cold problems could be solved with magic. I have also grown quite accustomed to the butler uniform. Right now, I am being entrusted with guiding guests of the Versam family. In the first place, the old butler, Waiton, always helps me with an advice and follows up if a need arises. One day, there was a guest when I was training, and this guest made quite a rough entrance. Three「Fireball」are closing in on me at high speed. With LV, it is possible to adjust the size, distance, and power according to mana used. And teacher’s fireballs were powerful, almost on the level of the serious attack. Against the three fireballs, coming from a different direction, I erect the thick barrier. In the next moment, a big explosion happens. It is on the level that would have been an emergency unless the garden of Versam family was any smaller (around the size of the Tokyo Dome). I managed to endure it somehow, but then, in the next moment: 「Naive」 The barrier was broken and shock ran through me, almost robbing me of my consciousness, but I managed to recover. I looked backwards and found the figure of the woman with the wooden sword in her hand. 「Quite a strong barrier you have here, but it’s uneven. Your back in full of openings」「Lady Eril! You have returned! 」「It was long since we last met, but you are still the same」 Lady? Is she the daughter of Mrs. Elsa? No, doesn’t look like it. Granddaughter? 「Greet the lady, Rinos. She is Versam von Eril-sama. Elsa-sama’s niece」 I immediately kneel, put a hand on my chest and bow my head. 「Forgive me for my rudeness. I’m Rinos, the slave」「Your manners are quite good, maybe better than mine」「From a year ago, I learned a lot by following Waiton, the butler. I can already read, write and calculate」「You are still a child, right?! You can already cast barriers and calculate」 The lady watched me with her mouth wide open. I slowly lifted my head and looked in her eyes. Her stare is intense. Oh, her chest is quite big. [] 「Falco, what is the skill of this slave?」「Fire, water, wind, earth magic is LV, barrier magic is LV. He can shorten the chant and can use recovery magic. He also has appraisal magic at LV. He has quite impressive defensive potential」「This slave is still years old, right!? How does he have two LV skills? 」 Don’t fret, my lady. I used magic every day after all. I’m not your average slave. Under the threat of being returned back, anyone will work hard. 「So, what is his level of swordsmanship? 」「Absolutely nothing. During these 2 years, he only learned the magic under my tutelage」「That is that. However, even if I’m not able to use a sword, I never had any problems because of that」「Fa-falco is special. I saw this slave’s barrier and it was easily broken from behind. You should let him properly learn the swordsmanship」「Let’s see. I guess it’s a good opportunity for Rinos. Let’s teach him the swordsmanship from now on」 Why are you casually raising the difficulty??? 「I don’t mind being this slave’s opponent. But first, I will go greet the aunt」 The hell is this woman? Let’s check her skills first. Versam Phil Eril (Licensed Swordsman, 24 years old) HP: 387 MP: 77 Sword Arts LV4 Body Recovery LV4 Body Strengthening LV4 Life Magic LV1 Etiquette LV1 She is a monster. She is even licensed. Her HP completely outstrips the teacher. No wonder my barrier was broken. Wait. If this woman is to be my opponent then I will be in the world of pain! My vision darkens. The teacher lightly tapped my shoulder, while smiling. There are only S in this world! After that, I learned some details about Eril from the teacher. Eril is Elsa’s sister’s granddaughter. For Elsa, who lost her child immediately after the birth, Eril is like her own granddaughter. Usually, noble children spent their time learning etiquette and such. However, Eril was interested in the sword since childhood, and she even had the talent for it. Elsa learned about her talent and supported her. But when Eril was twelve, she married and became estranged for a while. After she turned 16 and still wasn’t able to produce children, she got divorced. In this case, it was expected of her to stay at home or become someone’s second wife, but Mrs. Elsa didn’t hesitate to recommend her as an apprentice to the famous swordmaster, Gunball. Then, after 8 years of arduous training and graduating, she returned home. By the way, in this world, you are considered adult at 12 years old. Since the average life expectancy is 50 years old, the marriageable age became this low. Still, marrying at 12 and divorcing at 16 without giving birth to any children is amazing in a sense. That being said, the teacher speculated that she was too dominating in this relationship. 「Aunt, I’m back」「That was fast. I expected you to return in six months, but I never expected that you would reach here in just two months」「I wanted to arrive as soon as possible, so I almost never left the horse. Riding, riding, and riding, if horses weren’t so weak I would have arrived sooner」「You were riding the whole day? 」「There were times when horses collapsed under me. About 10 such times」「...It must have been hard (for horses) 」「There is no reason to worry anymore. I will protect the aunt with this sword. Falco can go to the royal palace with a clear mind. Let him protect the uncle and the prince」「Oh, about that, the situation is stable right now. Let’s leave things as it is for a while」「T-then I will.....」「It’s all right. I’m happy with just you being here」「Then I will bother you for a while. By the way, I heard that Falco is training the slave」「On, it’s Rinos. He has quite the talent. He can already cast barriers, read, write and calculate. And as a butler...」「No, aunt, you should teach him swordsmanship! A man needs to have some strength. He can’t protect everything with magic alone」「I see. Then you can teach him if you want. Just keep in mind that we are trying to raise him as a barrier master」「Yes」 Eril felt happy from the bottom of her heart. Rinos is strong, there is no way to tell how much stronger he will become in the future. If you practice with a strong opponent, you will become strong yourself. There in no way she will let go of this opportunity. I’m looking forward to our training. Eril thought so and went to her room.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
なぜか? 幸福とは運のいい一握りの人たちだけのためにあるわけではなく全ての人々が持つ基本的人権だからですそしてここで言う幸福とは? 幸福とは選べる自由自由に住む場所を選び好きなことをして好きなものを買って売るもちろん誰といつどういう売買をするのかも自由です選択の機会はどこにあるのでしょう? 一体誰が手に出来てどうやったら主張できるのか選択を主張する方法の1つは市場を使うことです正常に機能している市場は選択肢を生みその結果そこに参加する人々は自由に幸福を求めることが出来るのです偉大なインドの経済学者アマルティア・センがノーベル賞を受賞したのは飢饉の原因が食料供給の枯渇ではなく人々が市場に参加して食料を手に入れることが出来ない - 正常に機能していない市場が問題なのだと発表したからです 1984年人類最大の犯罪としか言いようのない事件およそ100万人もの人々が餓死したのは私の生まれ故郷エチオピアでのことです食料がなかったのではなく - 実際エチオピア南部の肥えた国土ではあまるほどの食料が貯えてありましたが北部の住民には市場に参加して食料を手に入れるすべはなかったのです私の人生のターニングポイントとなりました今日アフリカに住む人々の大半は農家ですそしてアフリカの農家のほとんどは小さな土地を耕しとても小規模な資本をもとに生活していますアフリカの農業は世界でも最も資本化されていないものの1つと言えます耕されているのは耕作に適した土地のたった7%だけですアジアでは40%にもなりますまたヘクタール毎に使用される化学肥料はアフリカでは22kgにとどまりますがアジアでは144kgです道路の数を比べるとアジアにはアフリカの農村地域の6倍もの数がありますアフリカに比べてラテンアメリカには8倍のアジアには3倍の数のトラクターがあります今日アフリカの小規模農家の生活にはあまり選択肢がなくそれほど自由とは言えません彼らの生計は貧困に圧迫され彼らは収穫期直後の物価が一番安い時期に懸命に働いて手に入れたわずかな作物を売りに出すしか選択肢がないのですそしてその数ヵ月後食料が底をつき始めた物価がもっとも高騰する時期自分の家族のための食べ物を買いに来るのですここでの疑問はどうしたら市場を確立できるのかということですアフリカの農村地域にも存在する革新的で実業的な農家のパワーを活かせる市場ですもう1人の著名な経済学者セオドア・シュルツは1974年に農家が効率的であるのに貧しいと述べた研究でノーベル賞を受賞しましたつまり農家も一般市民と同じように合理的で利益を求めているのですこれ以上ノーベル賞がなくても農家が平等に市場に参画しお金を稼ぎたいと思っているということは分かりますねそして少なくとも現時点で明らかなことはアフリカはビジネスを始める準備ができているということ農業というビジネスです 20年以上前世界世論はアフリカ市場の自由化と経済の構造自体を変革することを求めていましたこれは政府機関がそれまでに行っていたような非効率な売買への介入をやめ民間市場に全てを任せることを意味していましたあれから25年どうなったでしょう? アフリカは自給自足できていますか? 農家は効率のいい商人になれましたか? 私たちが今こうして集まっているのはきっとアフリカが世界で唯一今後10年間で貧困と栄養不良が増加する場所と知っているからでしょう現在食料の輸入にかかる費用は 20年前の2倍にも上っており一人当たりの食料自給率には変化がなく化学肥料の使用率は上昇するどころか減っているのですなぜ農業市場は当時の予想通りに成長しなかったのか? 西洋から促された市場改革について 15年間も大陸全土を飛び回り農業市場について 10~15の国々で何百人もの業者から話を聞きどこで何を間違ったのかを調べてきました期待されたこの市場改革はどうやら本末転倒だったようですその農業の手法同様アフリカの市場は資本化されておらず効率性に欠けます調査の結果分かったのは取引にかかる費用や地方の農業市場にて取引する際のリスクが非常に高いということです実際市場に出回るのは収穫量のたった1/3でしかありませんアフリカの市場経済が貧弱な理由は道路や電話回線などのインフラが無いためではなく必要とされている市場の仕組み自体が存在せず市場情報や評価や基準など確実に売り手と買い手とをつなげる方法が無いためですこのため小規模な取引しか成り立たずに商品売買は個人的な知人や信用できる仲間内に限られますまたこれを理由に商品が生産者から消費者の手に届くまで約4~5人の手をめぐり渡るだけでなくそのたびに- アフリカ中の農村で見ましたがその袋も変わるのですとてもおかしな事だと思いましたしかし何人もの業者から同じ話を聞くうち人々はこうすることでしか品物の量や質を見定めることができないということに気付いたのですそしてこのことは商品不足や価格変動のサインに早く気づき対応出来るかどうかという市場の能力に大きく影響しますし価格そのものにも反映されます私の計算ではマージンが26%にもなるのは単に商品が査定されていなかったり商品の基準や市場情報がなかったりで繰り返し袋を変えざるをえないからで結果的に手数料がかさんでいるのですアフリカで生産される農産物の大半をつくる小規模農家は盲目的ともいえるほど何の情報もないまま市場にやってきます自分の生産物に対する需要があるはずと信じ完全に商人のなすがままの方法で地域に唯一ある地元の市場にやってきては値段交渉もリスクを下げることもできませんリスクといえばアフリカの食用作物の値段は世界で一番価格変動が激しいのですアフリカでは小規模農家が最もこのリスクに直面します私の意見では世界中のどの地域歴史上のどの時代と比べても私の意見では世界中のどの地域歴史上のどの時代と比べてもアフリカの農家ほどリスクを負っている人たちはいませんまた世界中を探したとしてもアフリカの農家のようなリスクを負いながらにして農業が発展した例はありませんたとえばエチオピアではとうもろこしの値段が 1年間に50%も増減しますこのような市場リスクは驚きに値するのですが効率を上げるための種や肥料などのテクノロジーに農家が投資することだけでなく食料安全保障などにも密接な関係があります例をあげると 2001年から2002年の2年間エチオピアではとうもろこしが豊作でしたがしっかりした市場のシステムがなかったため国内のとうもろこしの値段が 80%も崩落したのですこのため収穫費用すら稼げない農家も出たほどです計算によると 2002年には30万トンものとうもろこしが畑に放置され無駄になりました半年後の2002年7月エチオピアは 1400万人もの人々が飢餓に瀕した1984年と同じレベルの食料飢饉を発表同じく2002年雨がよく降りあまるほどの収穫を得た農家が肥料を使うのをやめることを決め実際に肥料の使用率が27%減りましたこれこそ発育遅延の悲劇的な例であり芽生え始めた緑の革命を途中で止めるようなものといえますこれはエチオピアだけではなくアフリカ全土で起こっていることなのです今日私はこの状況を嘆きに来たのではありません変革が近い事を伝えるために来たのです今のアフリカは援助を待っているのでもありきたりな外資の政策に頼るのでもありませんアフリカは成長を遂げゆっくりではありますが市場は自ら始まらないと理解するようになりました 80年代は上手く値段交渉することが良しとされていましたこれに影響を与える本も書かれ政府と市場を分離することについて述べられています今となっては正しく機能する市場とは価格インセンティブだけでなく正しい基盤作りに投資し適切な制度によって市場での革新が進むような状態を作りだすことが定説ですそのような状況にあってこそアフリカの辺境地ででも他の地域と同じように革新が進められるのです約3年前私はそれまでワシントンでやっていた世界銀行のシニアエコノミストの職を辞め 30年間も過ごした外国から生まれ故郷のエチオピアに帰りました理由はシンプルです 10年以上もアフリカの農業市場について学び政策立案者やドナーを説得しつづけるなかで今こそ行動に移す時と感じたからです現在私はエチオピアでエチオピア商品取引所の設立に取り組んでいます商品取引というコンセプトは目新しいものではありません事実1848年にはイリノイ川とミシガン湖が交差するあたりの小さな町で 82の穀物商人と農家が一丸となり自分たちの力でよりよい取引をするための仕組みを作りましたこれこそがシカゴ商品取引所の始まりであり現在世界で最も有名な商品取引所です当時シカゴ商品取引所が設立されたのと全く同じ理由でエチオピアの農家も商品取引所の恩恵にあずかるでしょうアメリカ中西部の農家は川上のシカゴの市場まで船で穀物を運びましたもしそこで買い手が見つからなかったり予期せず値段が下がったら大きな負担なります穀物を持ち帰る費用を浮かせるためミシガン湖に捨てることまであったそうです大きなリスクと甚大な損害を避けるため先物取引市場が生まれ穀物の査定や卸売領収書の発行など売買をするための基盤がしかれますそこから市場における最大の革新ともいえる買い手と売り手とが実際に穀物を目にすることなく取引するシステムが出来上がりましたもはや穀物は距離や時間に縛られることなくずっと先最長18か月先の分まで取引できますこの革新があったからこそアメリカの農業が変わりシカゴが小さな町の農業市場から世界市場へ進出することにまでなったのです前世紀では商品取引は発展の進んだ西欧諸国に限られたものと考えられていました綿やコーヒーやココアなどグローバルサウスの生産物の値段を左右するのは北半球の国々にある商品取引所ですしかしそれも変わりつつありますおもにITの発展がもたらす変化を目の当たりにしています市場の優勢が新しい市場へと移っているのですまた過去10年間で西欧諸国の取引所特にアメリカの世界の取引に占める割合が 10年前の約半分にまで減りました同様にたとえばインドでも爆発的な発展がありました地方の農家が取引所の仕組みを使うことで過去3年間で270%もの伸び高を見せていますこれは低価格なVSATテクノロジーを介し積極的に農家の市場参加を促した結果ですまた中国の大連商品取引所は 3年前の2004年シカゴ商品取引所を抜き世界で2番目に大きな商品取引所になりました今エチオピアでは史上はじめての商品取引所を構築している最中ですシカゴやインドの例をまねるのではなくエチオピア独自が抱えるニーズや現実エチオピアの小規模農家に合わせたシステムを作ろうとしていますつまりECXとはエチオピアのための商品取引所参加する全ての人々が恩恵を受けられる場所となり健全で信用できる効率的で透明性のある仕組みが生まれ小規模農家が先述のリスクに対応できるようになります私たちが構想するエチオピア商品取引所のユニークなところは統合的な視野を持つアプローチで私たちはECX Edgeと呼んでいます ECX Edgeとはひとつの生態系を作りだし市場はそこで自ら成長するのですこれまでアフリカの市場発展を調べる中で断片的なアプローチでは問題解決しないと学んだからこそ辿り着いたシステムです問題は市場情報システムを構築するドナーがいてまた別のところで評価と基準の仕組みを作ろうとしほかにもICTや貨物保管について作業する人々がバラバラにいる状態です私たちがやろうとしているのは取引が行われる生態系の全体もしくはその環境自体を確立するということつまり取引所がシステム運営を行います初めは大反対を食らうことでしょうが私たちはエチオピアがまだ完全に電子取引ができる状態ではないとみていますまた世界中のどの商品取引所にも例はありませんが地方各地にネットカフェのようなものを作り市場取引の一部にするつもりです私たちが地方アクセスセンターと呼ぶ「ネットカフェ」に来ることで各地の小規模農家や業者がコンピュータを買う必要や使いこなす必要なく実際にアディスアベバの取引所で行われる取引を観覧することができます同時にこの市場に欠かせないことは私たちが新しく構想したもののひとつでもあるのですが中央の取引所が各地にある貯蔵所を運営し評価証明や貨物保管も行うということですそして独自の手形交換制度も設け支払いが適切に正しい値段と正しいタイミングで行われることでシステムに信用性を持たせられます取引所を構築する際にはもちろん市場に参加する人たちとも協力し市場の仕組み全体が作用するための規定や法的基盤もつくりあげます私たちのこの提案は来月エチオピア議会に提出されますここで重要なことは ECXの市場情報システムが電子的に価格普及させる VSATテクノロジーを介し国内各地の農家にリアルタイムで農作物の値段を知らせられるということですこのことで農家と市場のかかわりが根本的に変わることとなりますこれまでの考え方は地域に限られたもので住んでいる場所から一番近くて平均約8~10kmほど離れたところにある市場で自分の商品が持つ付加価値や適正な価値も知らないままに売るしかなかったところ今は中央市場での値段を知った上で売買できるのですこれを期に全国区世界へと視野も広がり始めました人々は売買に関してだけでなく作付けについてまでも将来の値段変動に関する情報に基づいて決断するようになりましたそして自分たちの作物が市場において付加価値という観点でどのような評価を受けるかが分かるようになりましたこれらすべてが農家を変えますそして業者がビジネスを行う方法も変わります次から次へと続く裁定取引をやめより戦略的に考えて余った穀物を足りない地域に動かすようになりますエチオピアにこんな事ができるのでしょうか? とても無理なようにも思えますが新たな機会も生みますこの提案には大変な政治意思に加え金融機関とICTを提携させて法的地盤をならす必要があります変化の風が吹いている今実現できると信じています新世紀エチオピアのための市場ECXは約8カ月後にスタートします一番最近行われたエチオピア議会はこの提案が私たちの国にとって今一番重要な経済革新であるという大統領の発言で閉幕しました大きな賭けに出ているのは知っていますですが得られるものの方が断然大きいのですそして何より ECXはいつかアフリカ全土の農業取引を行える市場になりえるのですエチオピアの国内市場は約10億ドルの価値があります私たちの読みでは今後5年間でもしエチオピアがその40%だけ稼働できたとしてたった25%だけ価値を加えることができたら市場価値は2倍に跳ね上がりますエチオピアの農業市場は南アフリカの穀物生産より30%高くアフリカ第2のとうもろこし生産地を誇ります可能性はあります実現させる意志もあります公約もしました農家の選択肢を増やし農業を成長させアフリカを変える魅力的な価値の提案ができていると感じていますつまり私たちは幸福を手に入れるためのビジネスをしているのですありがとうございました	And why not? After all, happiness is not just a privilege for the lucky few, but a fundamental human right for all. And what is happiness? Happiness is the freedom of choice. The freedom to chose where to live, what to do, what to buy, what to sell, from whom, to whom, when and how. Where does choice come from? And who gets to express it, and how do we express it? Well, one way to express choice is through the market. Well-functioning markets provide choices, and ultimately, the ability to express one's pursuit for happiness. The great Indian economist, Amartya Sen, was awarded the Nobel prize for demonstrating that famine is not so much about the availability of food supply, but rather the ability to acquire or entitle oneself to that food through the market. In 1984, in what can only be considered one of the greatest crimes of humanity, nearly one million people died of starvation in my country of birth, Ethiopia. Not because there was not enough food -- because there was actually a surplus of food in the fertile regions of the south parts of the country -- but because in the north, people could not access or entitle themselves to that food. That was a turning point for my life. Most Africans today, by far, are farmers. And most of Africa's farmers are, by and large, small farmers in terms of land that they operate, and very, very small farmers in terms of the capital they have at their disposal. African agriculture today is among, or is, the most under-capitalized in the world. Only seven percent of arable land in Africa is irrigated, compared to 40 percent in Asia. African farmers only use some 22 kilograms of fertilizer per hectare, compared to 144 in Asia. Road density is six times greater in Asia than it is in rural Africa. There are eight times more tractors in Latin America, and three times more tractors in Asia, than in Africa. The small farmer in Africa today lives a life without much choice, and therefore without much freedom. His livelihood is predetermined by the conditions of grinding poverty. He comes to the market when prices are lowest, with the meager fruits of his hard labor, just after the harvest, because he has no choice. She comes back to the market some months later, when prices are highest, in what we call the lean season -- when food is scarce -- because she has to feed her family and has no choice. The real question is, how can markets be developed in rural Africa to harness the power of innovation and entrepreneurship that we know exists? Another notable economist, Theodore Schultz, in 1974 won the Nobel prize for demonstrating that farmers are efficient, but poor. Meaning, in fact, that farmers are rational and profit-minded just like everybody else. Well, we don't need, now, any more Nobel prizes to know that farmers want a fair shake at the market and want to make money, just like everyone else. And one thing is clear, which is at least now we know that Africa is open for business. And that business is agriculture. Over two decades ago, the world insisted to Africa that markets must be liberalized, that economies must be structurally adjusted. This meant that governments were to remove themselves from the business of buying and selling -- which they did rather inefficiently -- and let the private market do its magic. Well, what happened over the last 25 years? Did Africa feed itself? Did our farmers turn into highly productive commercial actors? I think we're all in this room, probably, because we know that, in fact, Africa is the only region in the world where hunger and malnutrition are projected to go up over the next 10 years, where the food import bill is now double what it was 20 years ago, where food production per capita has stagnated, and where fertilizer use has declined rather than increased. So why didn't agriculture markets perform to expectations? The market reforms prompted by the West -- and I've spent some 15 years traveling around the continent doing research on agricultural markets, and have interviewed traders in 10 to 15 countries in this continent, hundreds of traders -- trying to understand what went wrong with our market reform. And it seems to me that the reforms might have thrown the baby out with the bath water. Like its agriculture, Africa's markets are highly under-capitalized and inefficient. We know from our work around the continent that transaction costs of reaching the market, and the risks of transacting in rural, agriculture markets, are extremely high. In fact, only one third of agricultural output produced in Africa even reaches the market. Africa's markets are weak not only because of weak infrastructure in terms of roads and telecommunications, but also because of the virtual absence of necessary market institutions, such as market information, grades and standards, and reliable ways to connect buyers and sellers. Because of this, commodity buyers and sellers typically transact in small circles, in narrow networks of people they know and trust. And because of that, as grain changes hands -- and I've measured that it changes hands four, five times in every time it changes hands -- and I've seen this all over rural Africa -- it also changes sacks. And I thought that was incredibly peculiar. And really realized that that was because -- as traders would tell me over and over -- that's the only way people know what they're getting in terms of the quantity and the product quality. And that actually has huge implications for the ability of markets to quickly respond to price signals, and situations where there are deficits, for example. It also has very high cost implications. I have measured that 26 percent of the marketing margin is simply due to the fact that, because of the absence of grades and standards and market information, sacks have to be constantly changed. And this leads to very high handling costs. For their part, small farmers, who produce the bulk of our agricultural output in Africa, come to the market with virtually no information at all -- blind -- trusting that they're going to have some sort of demand for their produce, and completely at the mercy of the merchants in the only market, the nearest local market they know -- where they're unable to negotiate better prices or reduce their risk. Speaking of risk, we have seen that price volatility of food crops in Africa is the highest in the world. In Africa, small farmers bear the brunt of this risk. In fact, in my view, there is no region of the world and no period in history that farmers have been expected to bear the kind of market risk that Africa's farmers have to bear. And in my view, there is simply no place in the world that has grown its agriculture on the kind of risk that our farmers in Africa today face. In Ethiopia, for example, the variation in maize prices from year to year is as much as 50 percent annually. This kind of market risk is mind-boggling, and has direct implications for not only the incentives of farmers to invest in higher productivity technology, such as modern seeds and fertilizers, but also direct implications for food security. To give you an example, between 2001 and 2002, Ethiopian maize farmers produced two years of bumper harvest. That in turn, because of the weak marketing system, led to an 80 percent collapse in maize prices in the country. This made it unprofitable for some farmers to even harvest the grain from the fields. And we calculated that some 300,000 tons of grain was left in the fields to rot in early 2002. Not six months later, in July 2002, Ethiopia announced a major food crisis, to the same proportions as 1984: 14 million people at risk of starvation. What also happened that year is in the areas where there were good rains, and where farmers had previously produced surplus grain, farmers had decided to withdraw from the fertilizer market, not use fertilizer and actually had dropped their use of fertilizer by 27 percent. This is a tragic example of arrested development, or a budding green revolution stopped in its tracks. And this is not just specific to Ethiopia, but happens over and over, all over Africa. Well, I'm not here today to lament about the situation, or wring my hands. I am here to tell you that change is in the air. Africa today is not the Africa waiting for aid solutions, or cookie-cutter foreign expert policy prescriptions. Africa has learned, or is learning somewhat slowly, that markets don't happen by themselves. In the 1980s, it was very fashionable to talk about getting prices right. There was a very influential book about that, which was mainly about getting governments out of the market. We now recognize that getting markets right is about not just price incentives, but also investing in the right infrastructure and the appropriate and necessary institutions to create the conditions to unleash the power of innovation in the market. When conditions are right, we know and see that that innovation is ready to explode in rural Africa, just like anywhere else. Nearly three years ago, I decided to leave my comfortable job as a World Bank senior economist in Washington and come back to my country of birth, Ethiopia, I did so for a simple reason. After having spent more than a decade understanding, studying, and trying to convince policymakers and donors about what was wrong with Africa's agricultural markets, I decided it was time to do something about it. I currently lead, in Ethiopia, an exciting new initiative to establish the first Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, or ECX. Now, the commodity exchange itself, that concept, is not new to the world. in a small town at the crossroads of the Illinois River and Lake Michigan to establish a way to trade better amongst themselves. That was, of course, the birth of the Chicago Board of Trade, which is the most famous commodity exchange in the world. The Chicago Board of Trade was established then for precisely the same reasons that our farmers today would benefit from a commodity exchange. In the American Midwest, farmers used to load grain onto barges and send it upriver to the Chicago market. But once it arrived, if no buyer was to be found, or if prices suddenly dropped, farmers would incur tremendous losses. And in fact, would even dump the grain in Lake Michigan, Well, the need to avoid these huge risks and tremendous losses led to the birth of the futures market, and the underlying system of grading grain and receipting -- issuing warehouse receipts on the basis of which trade could be done. From there, the greatest innovation of all came about in this market, which is that buyers and sellers could transact grain without actually having to physically or visually inspect the grain. That meant that grain could be traded across tremendous distances, and even across time -- as far forward as 18 months into the future. This innovation is at the heart of the transformation of American agriculture, and the rise of Chicago to a global market, agricultural market, superpower from where it was, a small regional town. Now, over the last century, we tend to think of commodity exchanges as the purview of Western industrialized countries, and that the reference prices for cotton, coffee, cocoa -- products produced mainly in the south -- are actually a reference price, or a price discovered in these organized commodity exchanges in the northern countries. But that is actually changing. And we're seeing a shift -- powered mainly because of information technology -- a shift in market dominance towards the emerging markets. And over the last decade, you see that the share of Western exchanges -- and this is the U.S. share of exchanges in the world -- has gone down by nearly half in just the last decade. Similarly, there's been explosive growth in India, for example, where rural farmers are using exchanges -- growing here over the last three years by 270 percent a year. This is powered by low-cost VSAT technology, aggressively trying to reach farmers to bring them into the market. China's Dalian Commodity Exchange, three years ago, 2004, overtook the Chicago Board of Trade to become the second largest commodity exchange in the world. Now, in Ethiopia, we're in the process of designing the first organized Ethiopia Commodity Exchange. We're not trying to cut and paste the Chicago model or the India model, but creating a system uniquely tailored to Ethiopia's needs and realities, Ethiopia's small farmers. So, the ECX is an Ethiopian exchange for Ethiopia. We're creating a system that serves all market actors, that creates integrity, trust, efficiency, transparency and enables small farmers to manage the risks that I have described. In the design of our commodity exchange in Ethiopia, we've done something rather unique, which is to take the approach of an integrated perspective, or what we call the ECX Edge. The ECX Edge pretty much creates the entire ecosystem in which the market will develop itself. over the last decade of studying market development in Africa is that the piecemeal approach does not work. You've got one donor trying to develop market information, another trying to work on or sponsor grades and standards, another ICT, and yet another on warehousing, or warehouse receipts. In our approach in Ethiopia, we've decided to put together the entire ecosystem, or environment, in which trade takes place. That means that the exchange will operate a trading system, which will initially start as an open outcry, because we don't think the country's ready for full electronic trading. But at the same time, we'll do something which I think no exchange in the world has ever done, which is itself to operate something like an Internet cafe in the rural areas. So that farmers and small traders can actually come to a terminal center -- what we call the remote access terminal centers -- and actually, without having to buy a computer or figure out how to dial up or any of those things, simply see the trading that's happening on the Addis Ababa trading floor. At the same time, what's very fundamental to this market is that -- and again, an innovation that we've designed for our exchange -- is that the exchange will operate warehouses around the country, in which grade certification and warehouse receipting will be done. And in turn, we'll operate an in-house clearing system, to assure that payment is done appropriately, in the right amount and at the right time, so that basically, we create trust and integrity in the system. Obviously, we work with exchange actors, and as we're developing the exchange market itself, we're also developing the regulatory infrastructure and legal framework, the overarching legal framework for making this market work. So, in fact, our proclamation is going to parliament next month. What's really important is that the ECX will operate a market information system to disseminate prices in real time to farmers around the country, using VSAT technology to bring an electronic price dissemination directly to farmers. What this does is transforms, fundamentally, the farmers' relationship to the market. Whereas before the farmer used to think local -- meaning that he or she would go to the nearest local market, eight to 10 kilometers away on average, and sell whatever they happened to have, without any idea of what the price premium or anything else was -- now farmers come with knowledge of what prices are at the national market. And they start to think national, and even global. They start to make not only commercial marketing decisions, but also planting decisions, on the basis of information coming from the futures price market. And they come to the market knowing what grades their products will achieve in terms of a price premium. So all of this will transform farmers. It will also transform the way traders do business. It will stop them from doing simple, back-to-back, limited arbitrage to really thinking strategically about how to move grain across long distances from [surplus regions] to [deficit areas]. Can Ethiopia do this? It seems very ambitious. But it will create new opportunities. We believe that this initiative requires great political will, and we'll have to align the financial sector, as well as the ICT sector, and really even the underlying legal framework. We believe that the winds of change are here, and that we can do it. ECX is the market for Ethiopia's new millennium, which starts in about eight months. The last parliament of our century opened with our president announcing to the country that this was the most important economic initiative for the country today. We believe that the stakes are high, but that the returns will be even greater. ECX, moreover, can become a trading platform for a pan-African market in agricultural commodities. Ethiopia's domestic market is about one billion dollars of value. And we feel that over the next five years, if Ethiopia can capture even 40 percent, just 40 percent, of the domestic market, and add just 25 percent value to that market, the value of the market doubles. Ethiopia's agricultural market is 30 percent higher than South Africa's grain production, and, in fact, Ethiopia is the second largest maize producer in Africa. So the potential is there. The will is there. The commitment is there. So we feel that we have a winning value proposition to transform farmers' choices, to grow our agriculture, and to change Africa. So, we are in the business of finding our happiness. Thank you very much.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
「もちろん、今では反省してますよ。まぁそこは置いておいて、そいつの店で暴れた時なんですが」「はぁ、これからはそういう事は絶対にするなよ......それで?」「へい、わかってます! ......それで、俺達を押さえるために店の奥から、鎧を来た兵士が出て来たんです。......ちょうどあんな感じの......」そう言ってニックが指を指して示したのはニコラさんだ。ニコラさんは鉄の鎧を着込み、剣を腰に下げ、頭にも兜を被っていて、どこから見ても兵士に見える装いだ。あの見た目と似たような恰好なら、兵士と見て間違いないかもな。「他にも仲間がいて、そいつらに戦おうとしたんですが、兵士と一緒に店主と見られる男が出て来まして......その男が言ったんです。私達はとある貴族様に認可を受けて商売をしている、だからここで暴れる事は貴族に逆らう事になるぞ......と」「ふむ......つまりお前は、貴族に逆らう気かと脅されたわけだな?」「はい。それを聞いた俺達は、捕まるとヤバいからとその場から逃げ出しました」しかし、あっちは本当に貴族の認可を得ているのだろうか......? 貴族があくどい商売をしないとは限らないから、俺には判断が付かないな。後で、セバスチャンさんにも伝えておこうと思う。「教えてくれてありがとうな。それと、もう同じような事はするんじゃないぞ」「もちろんしませんよ。アニキの役に立てるよう頑張ります!」完全にニックが舎弟のようになってしまったが、俺としては雇っている部下のようなものだ。出来ればしっかり働いて欲しい。「タクミさん、何を話してたんですか?」「あぁ、クレアさん。実はですね、ニックが......」「どうされましたかな?」ニックとの話を終え、レオの近くに戻って来るとクレアさんにどんな話をしていたのか聞かれ、それに答えようとすると、セバスチャンさんがカレスさんとの話し合いを終えてこちらに来た。ちょうど良い、今ニックから聞いた事をセバスチャンさんにも伝えておこう。「うぅん......粗悪な薬草に関わる貴族......」「むむぅ......これはややこしい事になるかもしれませんな......」今し方聞いた話をセバスチャンさんに伝えると、クレアさんと共に考えながら唸っている。他の貴族が本当に関わっているとなると、悪質な販売者を罰するというだけで終わる問題では無いのかもしれない。貴族の世界はよく知らないが、権力者同士の関係というのは総じてややこしい問題に発展する可能性があるからな。「とにかく、この事は旦那様に報告しないといけませんな」「そうね......セバスチャン、まだお父様は本邸についていない頃よね?」「そうですな。屋敷と本邸の......半分程も進んでいないと思われます」「使いの者を出して追い掛けさせれば、お父様に追いつけるかしら?」クレアさんの提案は、今すぐエッケンハルトさんに事の次第を伝える使いを出し、本邸へ帰ってる途中に追いつかせようという事みたいだ。「......使いの者には無理をさせる事になりますが......仕方ありません。旦那様なら、事情を聞き次第対処法を考えて下さるでしょう」「そうね。本邸に帰るまでに手を打つことも可能だと思うわ。場合によってはこちらに戻ってくる事も考えられるわね」「確かに......いずれにせよ、事情を知らせるには早くした方が良さそうですな。ニコラさん?」「はっ!」クレアさんと話し合って結論を出したセバスチャンさんは、ニコラさんを呼ぶ。「今すぐに事実関係を確認して来て下さい。確認が終わったら、迅速に準備をして旦那様を追い掛けて下さい。もちろん、屋敷の方にも連絡の者を出す事を忘れずに」「承知致しました」セバスチャンさんの指示を聞いて、すぐに動き出そうとするニコラさん。ニコラさんがエッケンハルトさんを追い掛ける事になるのか......馬で移動してる相手に追いつこうとするのだから、かなりの強行軍になりそうだ......そうだな......。「ニコラさん、ちょっと待って下さい」「タクミ様、どうなされたので?」ニコラさんを呼び留めて、持っていた鞄の中を漁る。お、あったあった、これだ。「これを持って行って下さい。こちらが筋肉疲労を取る薬草で、こちらが疲労を回復させる薬草です」「良いのですか?」「ええ。かなり無理をする事になるかもしれませんからね」鞄の中から取り出した薬草を2種類、ニコラさんに渡す。俺の鍛錬用に作っていた薬草だが、こういう時には役に立ってくれるだろう......自分用だけしか無いから、数は少ないけどな。「かたじけない......頂戴致します」「はい。お気を付けて」薬草を受け取り、大事そうにしまったニコラさんは、セバスチャンさんに向かって一度頷いた後、走って街の中に消えて行った。大変だろうけど、頑張って下さいね。「クレアお嬢様、タクミ様。昼食の準備が出来ましたので、こちらへ」「カレスさん、ありがとうございます」ニコラさんを見送った後、カレスさんが用意してくれた昼食を皆で食べる。店の中に入れないレオのため、ティルラちゃん主導で外で頂く事になった。セバスチャンさんやヨハンナさん、カレスさんも一緒だ。カレスさんの用意してくれた料理は、ヘレーナさんの料理には負けるものの、十分に美味しかった。どうやら、店員さん達が大通りの屋台で買って来た物らしい。いつか暇があったら、食べ歩きとかしてみるのも良いかもな。「タクミさん、この後の時間なのですが」昼食もそろそろ終わる頃、クレアさんから昼食後の話を持ち掛けられた。「タクミさんがよろしければ、私に付き合ってくれませんか?」「それは良いんですけど、何処に行くんですか?」「この街にある孤児院です。疫病という話と、粗悪な薬草という話が気にかかりまして......」孤児院か......日本にも似たような施設はあったが、幸い俺がお世話になる事は無かった施設だ。この世界の孤児院がどんなものか知らないが、クレアさんはそこにいる子供達の事が心配なようだ。特にこの後の予定は無いから、一度孤児院を見てみるのも良いかもしれないな。もし、粗悪な薬草で苦しめられてたら、その時こそ『雑草栽培』の出番だと考えてクレアさんに答えた。	“Of course, I regret all of that now. But never mind that. It was when I was at that store...” “Hah... You better not do something like that ever again... And then?” “Yes, I know! ...And then these armored soldiers came out from the back of the store in order to suppress us. ...Just like that one...” Nick said as he pointed at Nicholas. He was wearing iron armor, had a sword on his belt, and also wore a helmet. It was very obvious that he was a soldier. If these men looked the same, then they were likely soldiers as well. “And then what did you do?” “Me and the others tried to fight them, but then this man, who I assumed was the owner, came out as well... And then he said this. ‘We’re here doing business with the approval of a noble house. What you are doing is a bold attack on their house.” “Hmm... In other words, he was threatening you, saying that there would be retribution from the nobles?” “Yes. We didn’t want to get caught when we heard that, so we ran from the place.” However, was it really true that they were backed by a noble house...? I didn’t know if noble houses would involve themselves in such lowly business practices, so I could not say. I would have to talk about it with Sebastian later. “Thank you for telling me. And you must never do that again.” “Of course, I won’t do it. I’m going to do my best to be useful to you!” Nick was already acting like he was my sworn younger brother, but to me he was just a subordinate. Though, I did hope that he would work hard. “Mr. Takumi. What were you talking about?” “Ah, Ms. Claire. The thing is, Nick...” I had gone back over to Leo after I finished talking with Nick, and Ms. Claire wanted to know what we had been talking about. But just as I was answering, Sebastian ended his conversation with Mr. Kalis and started walking this way. That was good. I wanted him to hear this as well. “Hmm...nobles involved with the sales of inferior herbs...” “Mmm...this might get very complicated...” Upon hearing what I had said, Sebastian and Ms. Claire groaned and were deep in thought. If this involved other nobles, then merely punishing the sellers would not be enough to put the matter to rest. I didn’t know much about the world of aristocrats, but when it came to the relationships of powerful people, they would usually develop into complex problems. “In any case, I will have to report this to His Grace.” “Yes... Sebastian. Father wouldn’t have arrived at the house yet, would he?” “Indeed. From the mansion to the main house...he has probably not even reached the halfway point yet.” “Would it be possible to catch him if you sent a messenger?” Ms. Claire wanted to send a messenger to Mr. Ekenhart right away. “...While it won’t be easy...it must be done. His Grace will be able to plan our course of action after hearing the news.” “Yes. And then he’ll be able to act as soon as he reaches the house. Unless, of course, he decides to return here instead.” “Indeed... In any case, it would be best to get this news to him as quickly as possible. Nicholas?” “Yes!” Once they had come to this conclusion, Sebastian shouted Nicholas’s name. “Go and investigate the facts of the matter at once. And when that is done, make preparation and pursue His Grace. And, of course, do not forget to send someone to contact the mansion as well.” “Understood.” After hearing this order, Nicholas immediately made to leave. So it was Nicholas who was going to have to go after Mr. Ekenhart...as he was chasing someone on horseback, he would have to ride hard with very little rest... I know... “Nicholas. Wait a minute.” “What is it, Mr. Takumi?” I stopped Nicholas and then searched inside of my bag. Oh, there. This is it. “Take this with you. It’s a herb to heal any muscle fatigue. And this one will get rid of tiredness.” “I can have these?” “Yes. I’m afraid it will be a very taxing journey.” I said as I handed the two types of herbs to him. I had made them for my training, but I was sure they would be useful here... “I accept them...gratefully.” “Yes. Please stay safe.” Nicholas accepted the herbs carefully and then nodded once towards Sebastian before running off into the town. It will be tough, but good luck. “Lady Claire, Mr. Takumi. Lunch is ready, so please come this way.” “Thank you, Mr. Kalis.” After seeing Nicholas off, we all ate lunch, which Mr. Kalis provided for us. And since Leo could not enter the store, we decided to eat outside at Tilura’s suggestion. Sebastian, Johana, and Mr. Kalis joined us. And while Mr. Kalis’s food was no match Ms. Helena’s cooking, it was adequately delicious. Apparently, it had been bought on the streets by the other store clerks. If we ever had time, it might be nice to go sightseeing and buy food there. “Mr. Takumi. About your schedule after this...” We were almost finished eating when Ms. Claire brought up my plans for the rest of the day. “If you don’t mind, I was hoping you would accompany me for a while?” “I don’t mind. Where are you going?” “There is an orphanage in this town. You see, this talk of plagues and bad quality herbs has made me anxious...” An orphanage, huh...? They had such facilities in Japan. Fortunately, I had never been in one. I didn’t know what they were like in this world, but Ms. Claire seemed to be worried about the children there. And since I had no plans in particular, it might be a good idea to go and see it. If it turned out that they were also affected by these bad herbs, then I might have to use Weed Cultivation. Thinking this, I answered Ms. Claire.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 4, "inserted_lines_trg": 4 }
青年は背が高く、典型的な金髪碧眼。背もすらりと高く、適度に筋肉のついた、理想的な体型。少しライエルに近いスタイルかもしれない。というか、どこかで見た記憶がある......が、思い出せない。「えーと、どちらさま?」「ああ、失礼。あまりに麗しい光景だったので、つい。私は今期より臨時教員になったエリオットという者です」謝罪の後、優雅。その仕草はまるで、一枚の絵画を見るかのように様になっている。「どうも、ニコルです。姓はありません」「レティーナ・ウィネ=ヨーウィですわ。以後お見知りおきを」だが一応挨拶されたわけだし、こちらも名乗り返さないと無礼だ。俺とレティーナは、念のため、貴族式の返礼を行いつつ自らの名を名乗る。「あ、エリオット・グリトニル=ステラ=トライアッド?」「おお、我が名を聞き及びでございますか、ニコル姫」「おい......」生前、俺達が邪竜に滅ぼされた北部三ヵ国の王家の生き残りを探し出し、三か国をまとめる旗印に据えた少年。俺が死んだ時はまくらいだったはず。順調に歳を重ねていけば、今五歳くらいか。外見的な勘定は合っている。「っていうか、姫?」「私があなたを婚約者の候補に挙げた事はご存じで?」つまりコイツが諸悪の根源? いや、諸悪の根源はこいつに俺の事を吹き込みまくったライエルだが。「ラ――パパから、すこしだけ」「それは重畳。以前から一目お会いしたかったのですが、中々折り合いがつかず......その間にあなたは学院に入学してしまった。そこであなたに会うため、非常勤講師としてこうして赴いたと言うわけです」「迷惑だから帰って、どうぞ」「なんとツレない! だがそこがいい」「よくない」芝居がかった仕草で天を仰ぐエリオット。しかしそんな道化染みた仕草に誤魔化されたりしないぞ。「そもそも王様がなぜ学院に? 執務とかあるでしょ?」「この先二年は遊んで暮らせるくらい頑張りました!」「その労力は、向く方向が間違っている」一度滅んだ三つの王国を一纏めにして、連合王国として再建したばかりの北部三ヵ国連合は、今も非常に問題が山積している。だからと言ってすんなりと事が進むわけがない。トライアッドという国の生き残りである彼を頭に据えた事で、他の二国の重鎮達はいい顔をしていない。そう言った反対勢力を鎮圧するために俺雄は散々各地を飛び回ったものだ。なのにその本人が仕事を放り投げて、こんな場所にやって来るとは何事か。「いくら王様でも、仕事を放りだすのは感心しない」「その点はご安心を。当面の問題は全て片付けてきましたし、信頼できる臣下に後を任せております。何より王として最も重要な仕事を処理しに来ましたので。臣下もノリノリで協力してくれましたよ?」「重要な仕事?」「世継ぎ問題です」確かに王にとって世継ぎは重要な、最優先と言っていい問題だ。そしてその王妃候補に、俺の名が挙がっていたのだから、こうなる可能性はゼロじゃない。だが俺の中身はあくまでも男のままだ。つまり、世継ぎを作るということは、そういった行為を行わねばならない。俺と、エリオットが......? 冗談じゃない。いや、エリオットだからダメというわけじゃなく、男と閨を共にするということ自体があり得ない。しかも、普通国王本人が押し掛けてくるか? 「そもそも、わたしに手を出すのはパパとママが許可しないはずだけど?」「無論極秘です。あ、着任に当たってはきちんとマクスウェル様の許可は頂いてますよ?」「あのくそジジィ......」おそらくは俺だけでなく、ライエルやマリアまで巻き込んで楽しもうという魂胆が透けて見える。「残念だけど、わたしはまだ、そういう事は考えてませんので」「無論承知しておりますとも。あなたはまだ蕾。しかし一目見て確信いたしました。間違いなくあなたは将来大輪の花を咲かせると。私の目に狂いはありません!」狂いまくりだ、バカ野郎! そう叫びたいところを、すんでのところで堪えた。中身が俺では、肝心の世継ぎを作る行為すら、ままならん。だがこのバカのテンションはさらに上がる。滔々と先程の演奏について語りだした。「ニコル姫とヨーウィ侯爵令嬢の共演は実に見事でした。まるで妖精の奏でる歌声のように可憐で素晴らしく、またその光景の美しさに、私は心を奪われてしまいました」「わたしの演奏は、先生からも首を傾げられてるんだけど......」そんな目的で演奏される旋律に、感情が籠っていようはずもない。その時、俺の袖を引く感触に気付いた。これは俺のそばに控えていた、レティーナのものだ。「お知合いですの?」「うん、名前だけだけど」「どちら様でしょう?」「北部三ヵ国連合の王様」「お、王? 陛下!?」彼女も貴族なので、国王という肩書きには滅法弱い。「こ、これは失礼しました、陛下。わたしはヨーウィ侯爵が娘、レティーナと申します」慌ててスカートをつまんで頭を下げ、正式な令嬢としての礼を取る。彼女はラウムの臣民なので、無礼でない程度で構わないのに。「ああ、お気になさらず。今回の赴任はあくまでお忍びなんだ。だから内緒でお願い」「そうでしたか。ですがなぜ......」「こちらのニコル嬢と私には、仲を取り持とうという動きがあってね。私も興味はあったので、少し先走ってみただけだよ」「に、ニコルさんに!?」「わたしというより、パパとママ目当てだね」英雄の娘と言う立ち位置上、俺にこうした関係を迫る貴族は多いらしい。だが北部三ヵ国連合では、その最上位たる国王がいたので、そう言った行動はほとんどなかった。俺に手を出せば、国王と英雄、その双方を敵に回す可能性があったからだ。このラウムに来てから、特にそういう輩が目につき始めた。これは国許を出た弊害とも言える。「あ、そろそろ時間だから、失礼しますね、陛下」この後は夜中にクラウドの秘密特訓を行うだけなので、特にやるべきことはないのだが、エリオットの相手を延々と続けるのも正直面倒だ。名残惜しそうなエリオットの視線を受けながら、俺はレティーナの手を引き、逃げるようにして音楽室から立ち去ったのだった。	He was a tall youth, with the typical blond hair and blue eyes. His back was slim and long too, an ideal body with just the right amount of muscles. You could even say his body looked a bit like Lyell’s. He had an aura of nobility drifting all around, that’s just how handsome he was. Actually, I feel like I’ve seen him before... But I can’t remember where. “Umm, and you might be?” “Ah, my apologies. I witnessed such a stunning sight, I did it without thinking. I am Elliot, a temporary teacher starting from this term.” He followed up his apology with an elegant bow. That action made it look like the most wondrous painting. However, contrary to his graceful manners, he was making me feel strangely unpleasant. “Good day. I am Nicole. I do not have a last name.” “I am Letina Winne Yowi. Pleased to make your acquaintance.” Still, he introduced himself, so it would be bad manners if we didn’t do the same. Letina and I introduced ourselves while returning a noble bow of our own. Still, a guy named Elliot, and that appearance. Where have I... “Ah, Elliot Gritnir Stolla Tryad?” “Ohh, so you know my name, Princess Nicole?” “Hey...” Elliot Gritnir Stolla Tryad was the name of the current king of the united three nations of the north. Back when I was alive, we found the royal survivor of the three northern countries destroyed by the Evil Dragon, and united the countries under him. He was still around five when I died. That should make him about years old now, huh? His appearance does match that age. “Wait, ‘Princess’?” “Are you not aware that I have asked your hand?” Now that he mentioned it, the main reason why we took refuge in Raum was that, wasn’t it? In other words, he is the root of all evil? No, the root of all evil was Lyell since he told him about me. “Ly... Dad told me a bit.” “Excellent. I wished to meet you one time, but we couldn’t come to an agreement... And then you enrolled in the academy. As such, I decided to approach you by becoming a contract teacher here.” “You’re a bother, go back.” “Oh, how cold! But that’s fine.” “No, it’s not.” Elliot looked up at the heavens dramatically. But I won’t be deceived by those jests. He was too overacting and unnatural, actually. “Why is the king in the academy, in the first place? Don’t you have your duties as the king to attend to?” “I did my best to allow myself the next two years to live as I like!” “Direct that hard work towards a better goal.” The United Kingdom that had appeared through the uniting of three, once-ruined countries, was still facing countless problems even now. Each of the three countries’ varying customs made the matters difficult enough, but they have been destroyed by the Evil Dragon once. No, maybe I should say that having been destroyed is what allowed them to unite. Still, that didn’t mean everything would go on smoothly. Putting him, the survivor of the Tryad Kingdom at the top did not make the leaders of the other two kingdoms any bit pleased. To suppress the sparks of such opposition forming, we Six Heroes were constantly moving between the kingdoms. So what the heck was he, the cornerstone of all of it, thinking to have skipped work and come here? “King you may be, I can not say I admire you skipping work.” “There is no need to worry. I have resolved all the problems at hand, the rest I left to my trusted vassal. I came here to handle the most important matter to a King. my vassal was quite on board too, you know?” “The most important matter?” “I am talking about the heir.” His brisk declaration gave me goosebumps. True, an heir was the most important and highest priority matter for the kings. And my name was among the candidates of becoming his queen, so this was bound to happen. That said, I was still a guy on the inside. Making an heir for him needed me to do with him. Me and Elliot...? No f̲u̲c̲k̲i̲n̲g way. Not just him, I would never, ever share a bed with a man. Still, would a king normally just barge in like this? “In the first place, I’m certain that mom and dad did not give you the permission?” “Of course, I did it in secrecy. Ah, I got proper permission for assuming the teacher’s post from Lord Maxwell, okay?” “That s̲h̲i̲t̲t̲y old man...” He did that knowing I was Reid’s reincarnation. He did it knowing what would happen. He probably planned to get not just me but even Lyell and Maria involved as well and amuse himself. “Sorry to say, but I am not considering such things yet.” “Of course, I am well aware of it. You are but a bud yet. But seeing you has convinced me. One day that bud will turn into a big flower. It’s as clear as day to my eyes.” Get them checked, you dumbass! deed alone, necessary for making an heir, was intolerable as-is. But this dumbass couldn’t hold back his excitement. Following that, he started talking about our earlier performance. “Princess Nicole and Lady Yowi’s performance was a sight to see. It was as lovely and wonderful as a song of fairies, and it managed to steal my heart once again.” “Though, even our teacher is puzzled at my performances...” I was just playing the piano to improve my finger flexibility. Something done with that goal in mind could not possibly have the essential emotions put into it. The teacher even claimed that my performance was ‘mechanical as if it’s coming from a music box’. Clearly, there were no artistic emotions behind it at all. Then, I noticed someone pulling on my sleeve. It was Letina who stood next to me. She drew her mouth closer to my ear and asked. “Do you know him?” “Yeah, but only by name.” “Who is he?” “The king of the northern United Three Nations.” “K-King? His Highness!?” Hearing who he was made her exclaim in a tight voice. She was a nobility herself so his title of a king had her overwhelmed. “M-My apologies, Your Highness. I am the daughter of Marquis Yowi, Letina.” She hurriedly grabbed her skirt and did a polite bow befitting of a noble. She was Raum’s resident, though, so all they had to do was to be polite. Besides, she already greeted him earlier. “Oh, please don’t mind it. And I am traveling incognito now, so I would appreciate it if you keep it a secret.” “Is that so. However, why would you...” “Someone was trying to mediate between Miss Nicole and me. I was also interested and approached a bit ahead of time.” “W-With Nicole?!” “Rather than me, they are aiming for my parents.” I calmly explained it to the startled Letina. Given that I was the hero’s daughter, a lot of nobles sought me for such relationships. But the United Three Nations had the King that stood above the nobles, so there were almost no attempts from there. If they laid their hands on me, they could be turning both the heroes and their own king to their enemies. Such individuals started appearing more after I came to Raum. Perhaps this was one negative side of leaving my hometown. “Ah, it’s already this late, so we would be excusing ourselves, Your Highness.” It had already turned PM before I noticed. The only thing I had left to do for the day was the secret training with Cloud, but honestly, it was bothersome to keep talking with Elliot. It was a little early, but I decided to break up for the day. Elliot looked at me reluctantly as I grabbed Letina’s hand and fled from the music room.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 19, "inserted_lines_trg": 3 }
「ハヒ、まっ魔王様! っ......ハヒ、お、お考え、直しませんかっ!? ハヒ」我輩の後ろで走りながら追いかけ、必死の形相で説得してくるアルフレドが実にうっとおしい......アナネットの方はついてくるのが精一杯なのか何も言ってこない、我輩は普通に歩いているつもりだが歩幅の差で羽を持たなは走るしかないようだ。だが我輩はどんな言葉で心は動かない、何故なら我輩は決めたことはかなずやり遂げるそれが我輩の信念だからな! 「いーや! 我輩は決めたのだ! 必ず実行に移すぞ! ――っとここだな?」目の前の我輩専用サイズの扉を思いっきり蹴飛ばして開けた、というよりは扉が吹っ飛んでいったが......まぁ後でアルフレドに修理させれば問題なかろう。人間たちが一斉にどよめき我輩を見つめてくる、我輩が来たとわかるどよめきから罵声へと変わった。「貴様はデイルワッツ!! よくもこんなところに閉じ込めやがって!」「殺す! 必ず貴様を!!」「ここから出せ!! この悪魔め!!」我輩に向かって様々な罵声が飛び交うが顔を見ればわかる恐怖を誤魔化す為、必死に威勢を張る――実に滑稽で哀れなのだ......見ているだけで笑いがこみ上げてくる! 「チョッハハハハハハ!! 実に元気がいいな、さてさて......」檻の中の人間一人一人見定めねばなぬ、一時期とはいえこの我輩の肉体になるのだからな。ん? あの男は他の奴らとは魔力の質が違うな、どれどれ――。「な、何をする! 離せ!」うるさい奴だな......大きさは170cmほどくらいか、ショートの金髪で顔立ちが整ってはいるのだが最低限のメシしか与えてないためか痩せこけてはいるがやはりこいつの持っている魔力は他の奴らと違う、かなり強い......こやつの体なら我輩の肉体にしても良かろう。「よし! こいつにしよう! こいつは他のとは違う強い魔力を感じるぞ! 素晴らしい!」「さすが魔王様、一目でお気付きになられましたか、この者は強い魔力を秘めています。ですがそれを使いこなせていないためか前線でただの兵士として送られたようです。」アナネットもこの魔力に感じとっていたという事は当たりと考えてもいいだろう。しかし馬鹿な人間共だ、こやつをただの兵士としか見てないとはな、鍛えればちょこっとは我が軍に対抗出来たものを。「な、何をする気なん、ぐっ」「チョッハハハハハハ! 光栄に思うがよい! 貴様の体はこの我輩が使ってやるのだからな!」「っ!? どういう――」「魔王様、人間をあちらの台へ。あともう少し弱らせていただけますか」アナネットの指を指す方向には人間を解剖するための長方形に削った石の台があるの、だが......魔王の自分で言うのもなんだがこの悪臭はどうも慣れないな......さっさと済ませるにかぎる。さてどのように痛めつけてやるかな? やはりあれにするか、まずはこいつを台に乗せてと。「いで! 何をする......ぎゃあああああああああああ!!!」ちょっとした電撃を流しただけでこの壮絶な叫び、実に甘美! いいぞもっとだ。――あれ? 叫び声がやんでピクリとも動かなくなったぞ、やりすぎたか? 「魔王様、それ以上は死んでしまいます」やはりやりすぎていたらしい、人間はなんとも脆い。「そうか、では頼んだぞアナネット」「はい......では、失礼します」固有魔を使うとはいえ部下に手を頭に乗せられるのはなんだか屈辱......で何故人間の方は胸に手を置いているのだ? そこは逆じゃないのかアナネット? 「では参ります、ハァ!!」「ぬおおおおおおおおおおおおおおお!!」何だこの感覚、体の中身をアナネットに吸われてる様だ!あ......意識ももって......いかれ......いかん......から......だの......ちから......ぬけ......。まぶしい、どうなったのだ? 頭がぼんやりするし体もだるくてうまく動けない。「魔王様、私がわかりますか?」「......アナネットか? フードで顔が見えぬ......ああ、だからアナネットでいいのか......」「どうやら無事成功のようですね」ふむ、成功したみたいだな、ん? あそこでアルフレドを押しつぶしているものは? 2mくらいの筋肉質で、漆黒のマントがすごく似合う、サメのようなギザギザ歯は魅力的だが腰くらいまで伸びたぼさぼさの黒髪がどうも......ってあれは我輩の肉体か。いや~鏡で見るとは違うものだ、から見ると我輩と存在はなんと完璧で素晴らしい! で、これがあの人間の体か、細い......細すぎる......これは脆弱すぎではないか? 「体は思うように動くし......問題はなさそうだな」「......そう、ですか......それは......何よりで......」ん? アナネットの奴、何故目をそらしておるのだ? 何か問題でもあったのか? 「アナネット、一体どうした? 成功したのであろう?」「あ、はい......成功はしたのですが......その......これを......」ん? 鏡? そんなの見てもあの人間の姿がそこに......ない。ショートの金髪は天辺だけが真っ黒になっている、我輩のチャームポイントであるギザギザの歯はいいとしようと思うのだが――、「さすがにこんな頭にギザギザの歯をしている人間いないと思うのだが、何故このような姿に」「おそらく、魔王様の魂と魔力の影響が強すぎたために人間の体が一部変化してしまったと思われます......これまでの実験ではなかったことなのではっきりとはわかりかねます」なるほど、我輩の偉大なる力が人間の体にまで影響を及ぼしてしまったということか。「まぁよかろう、人間の体でいるのは一時的だからな、幸いおかしな部分は頭のみだ、布を巻けば問題なかろう――おいアルフレドいつまで倒れている! 我輩の体を丁重にベッドに運んでおけよ!」さて、さすがにボロ布1枚の姿では目立つ、確か人間達を捕虜にしたとき取り上げた衣類が入った箱がこのあたりに、あったあった。頭はこのターバンで隠して、口元はこの長い布を巻こう、あとは目立たないような地味な服をっと......。「どうだ? この姿は?」「はい、その姿なれば人間達に紛れ込めましょう」さすが我輩、ファッションも完璧だ。「あとのことは任せたぞ。もしもの時が起こればすぐに我輩を回収しろ、良いな?」「はっ、魔王様」「魔王様ご武運を~」「うむ! では行ってくるぞ! ゲート!!」移動魔法のゲート、同じ世界ならばそれほど難しくないのだが別世界とつなげるとなれば話は別、しかし我輩クラスだと魔界から人間界のゲートなんぞ余裕よ。本当は人間の体でうまく作れるか心配だったが......。「チョッハハハハハハ!!! まってろ人間共よ!! このデイルワッツ様が今から絶望を届けてくれるわ!!」さぁいくぞ! 我輩が人間界を統一する第一歩だ!	“Hahi, De-Demon Lord! Shouldn’t, you...... Hahi, think, think this over, once more?! Hahi” Alfred who ran, chasing after me and desperately tried to persuade me was truly annoying......Annanet didn’t say anything and did her best to follow me. Although I am walking normally, those two people, who didn’t have wings, could only run to keep up because of the difference in our strides. However, their words cannot move my heart, as my belief is to go through with whatever I have decided upon! “No! I have already decided! I shall put it into practice without fail! –It’s here, huh?” I kicked the door, exclusively made for my size in front of my eyes, to open it, making it fly away...... Well, I’ll make Alfred repair it later, so it isn’t a problem. The humans caused a commotion as soon as they saw us, and as soon as they understood that it was me who came the commotion changed into jeers. “That ***** is Dalewatts!! You did well to lock me up in this place!” “I’ll kill you! No matter what, I will kill you, you ***!!” “Get out of here!! You Demon!!” Various jeers flew towards me, but I understood by merely looking into their faces that this was just false bravado to desperately mask their fear — It was really comedic and pathetic...... just looking at them made laughter well up within me! “Chohahahahahaha!! Aren’t you all energetic, well then......” I sized up every human inside the cage, as they will serve as this one’s body for a period of time. Hm? That man’s quality of magical power is on a different level from the rest, let me see– “Wha, what are you doing! Let me go!” What a noisy guy......His height is about cm, his features are well proportioned and his blond hair was cut short, though he was a little too skinny as we only fed him the minimum amount of food, the magical power he held was still stronger than the others. As I thought...... If it’s that guy’s body it might be a good fit for me. “Alright! Let’s use him! I can feel strong magical power from this guy different from the others! Splendid!” “As expected of Demon Lord-sama, to become aware that this person hides strong magical power at a glance. However, it seems like he was sent as a soldier to the front line because he wasn’t able to master it.” Annanet also perceiving the other party’s magical power made me think that it was just her guess, however that’s fine. However, what a stupid human, if he trained just a little, he might have been able to stall our army for some time. “Wha, what are you going to do, guh” “Chohahahahahaha! You should feel honoured! I will use your body as my vessel, you *****!” “!? What do you–” “Demon Lord-sama, would you bring that human to this rack over there. Would you please weaken him a little more?” In the direction Annanet was pointing to was a stone table cut into a rectangular form and used for dissecting humans, however...... Even though I’m the Demon King, I just can’t get used to that stench for some reason...... I can only do it quickly. So, how should I inflict pain upon him? I’ll do that after all, but first “Ouch! What are you do...... GyaAAAaaaAaaAAh!!!” Just a slight electric shock brought forth this fierce cry, how sweet! Good, give me more. – – Huh? His cries ceased and his body was twitching. Did I overdo it? “Demon Lord-sama, any more than this will kill him!” As I thought, I went too far. How fragile humans are. “I see, well then I leave it to you, Annanet” “Yes......Well then, if you may excuse me.” Though she is using her unique magic it is somewhat humiliating to have a subordinate place their hand on my head......Why did she place her hand on the human’s chest then? Shouldn’t it be the other way around, Annanet? “Well then, I shall start, Hah!!” “NUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!” What is that feeling? It feels like Annanet is sucking something out of my body! Ah...... My consciousness...... is fading...... Gone...... My bod......y’s......strength......is leaving...... It’s bright, what happened? I can’t think clearly, feel tired and can’t move properly. “Demon Lord-sama, can you understand me?” “......Annanet? I can’t see your face with that hood on...... Aah, so it certainly is Annanet, huh?......” “Looks like it was a success” Fumu, looks like she succeeded, Hm? What is that thing crushing Alfred over there? A muscular body of about meters, the black cloak matched him greatly and his charm point were those jagged teeth similar to a shark’s , however, his unkempt raven black hair nearly stretched out to his waist for some reason...... Wait, that’s my body, huh? My~ It’s different from looking into a mirror. However, looking at myself from a third person’s viewpoint I really am a perfect and splendid existence! So, this is that human’s body, so thin...... too thin......Isn’t it too fragile? “The body moves as I want it to...... there don’t seem to be any problems” “......Is, that so......this is.....Well......” Hm? Why are you looking away, Annanet? Was there some problem? “Annanet, what the hell is wrong? Didn’t you succeed?” “Ah, yes...... I succeeded..... Well...... it’s......” Hm? A mirror? No matter how I look at it I can’t see anything but a human...... not. The short blond hair turned jet black only at the top of my head and though I think it’s good to have these jagged teeth which are my charm point, but–, “As I thought, there aren’t any other humans who’d have jagged teeth like this, but how did this happen?” “Perhaps that human’s body changed partly because it got influenced by Demon Lord-sama’s soul and your too powerful magical power...... This didn’t happen in past experiments so I can’t give a clear answer” I see, so my grand magical power had an influence on this human’s body, huh? “Well, it’s fine, I’ll only temporarily use that human body anyway. Fortunately, the only part that’s weird is the head, it’ll be fine if I just wrap some clothes around it — Hey, Alfred, how long do you intend to keep lying there? Carefully carry my body to my bed!” Well then, as I thought, I’d stand out if I just walked around in this piece of rags, there certainly should have been a box containing the garment of the humans we confiscated when we took them prisoner somewhere around here, there it is, there it is. Let’s hide the top of my head with a turban and wrap this long cloth around my mouth then put on some inconspicuous clothes...... “How is it? This appearance?” “Yes, if it’s this appearance the humans won’t notice” As expected of me, my fashion sense is also perfect. “I’ll leave the rest to you. If the time has come, pull me back immediately, understood?” “Certainly, Demon Lord-sama” “Demon Lord-sama, good riddance~” “Umu! Well then, I’ll depart! Gate!!” Gate is a movement spell. If one tries to use it to move around the same world it isn’t such a difficult spell, but it’s a different story if one tries to use it to connect to a different world, however if one is of my class it’s an easy feat to use Gate to move from the Demon Realm to the Human Realm. I was really worried if I could use it properly in this human body...... “Chohahahahahaha!!! Just you wait, you humans!! This Dale Watts-sama will give you a taste of despair!!” Well then, let’s go! This will be my first step to conquering the Human Realm!	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 0, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
こんな人、ゲームには出てこなかったわよね? 出てきたのは貧困村があるということだけ。 ......そうよ、今、思い出したわ! 貧困村は入ったら出られないと言われているほど危険地域だから、ヒロインは行っていないのよ。そんなところに足を踏み入れた私って......。生きて帰れるのかしら。このまま食べられたりして。でもこのおじいさんは、早く家に帰った方がいいって提案してくれたし......。大丈夫よね? それにしてもこんなに酷い地域があったなんて......。呻き声が常に聞こえる場所なんて存在するのね。私は体が震えた。ここには何万人という人がいるのよ。なのに月の光さえ知らずに死ぬなんて。もしかして太陽の光も知らないんじゃ......。でも確かヒロインが何か提案したはずよ。ああ、だめだわ。悪臭の力って凄いのね。何にも思い出せない。おじいさんはそう言って今にも崩壊しそうな小屋に入った躊躇してしまったが、私も入った。中は想像よりも普通だった。普通って言ってもボロボロのベッドに小さな木の机と椅子、そして使えるか分からない暖炉があった。そう言って私が座るために椅子を軽く引いてくれた。このおじいさんの動き全てが紳士だった。おじいさんは向かいの椅子に座った。私も椅子に座ることにした。「出せるようなお茶がなくて申し訳ないの」「いえ、お構いなく」「それでお嬢さんはどうしてこんな物騒な所に来たのじゃ? 見た感じ、身分が高い家の子だろ?」私はドキッとした。どうして目を瞑っているのに身分が高いなんて分かるの? しかも今の私はマントでしかもフードをかぶっていて......、家に入ったのにフードをまだかぶっているなんて失礼よね。私は急いでフードを脱いだ。 ......まって、身分が高い以前にどうして私がお嬢さんだと分かったの? 「おじいさんは目が見えているんですか?」私はおじいさんの質問を返す前に質問してしまった。今の私の行為はとても失礼な行為だったわ。それに私まだ自己紹介もしていないじゃない。「え、なら、どうして......」「見えなくても感じる事ができるのうちの目を失ってしまっただけで他の感覚は残っておるからの」それでも、視界から入る情報量は尋常じゃないくらい多いはずよ。鼻や耳で私が身分の高いお嬢さんだとは分からないはず...。「視界が真っ暗でも、空気を感じる事は出来る。息遣い、歩く歩数や歩く音、服が揺れる音、香り、全てがこの場所と異質なものだった」「おじいさんは生まれた時から目が見えないのですか?」「いいや、わしが二十代の頃に目をとられたんじゃよ」目をとられた......? どういう事......? 「わしはかつて王宮で働いていたんじゃ」	Nobody like him appeared in the game, right? I think this impoverished village was only mentioned briefly. Wait a second.... That’s right! I remember now! During the game, this village was described as being super dangerous! They said that once you entered, you wouldn’t be able to leave, so the heroine didn’t end up coming here. And without realizing it, I ended up walking right into that sort of place..... Will I be able to survive long enough to go home? As it is, I’m probably going to be eaten or something. But this old man had recommended that I hurry home.... So doesn’t that mean I’ll be okay? But seriously, to think that a miserable place like this actually exists..... It’s to the point where the moans and groans of the poor people all strewn about the ground never ceases. I can’t help but shiver. There’s tens of thousands of people living under these terrible conditions. In this place where even the the moon’s light won’t shine because of the magically induced fog. Some people might die without ever knowing what the moon looks like. And what if even the sun’s rays aren’t able to reach this place....? Ugh, it’s no good. The stench is overpowering. I can’t remember what she did at all. Disregarding the fact that it looks like it could collapse at any moment, he walks right in, not waiting for me to reply. I hesitate for a second, but then I follow him inside as well. The interior is actually much more normal than I was expecting. Although I guess by normal I just mean that it has the typical furnishings that a house should have... Like a bed, though old and tattered, and a wooden desk and two chairs. There is also a crumbling hearth in the corner, though I’m not sure if it’s still safely operational. “It’s a bit small, but welcome,” the old man says, lightly pulling out a chair for me to sit on. All of his movements thus far have been like that of a gentleman. After pulling out a seat for me, he walks over to sit in the chair opposite, so I decide to sit down as well. “Sorry. I’m afraid I don’t have any tea that I can offer you.” “Oh! No. Please don’t worry about it.” “And? What brings you such a dangerous place like this, young lady? You seem like a child from a good family, not the typical visitor we’d see around these parts.” My heart skips a beat at his words. Even though his eyes are closed, how can he tell that I’m from a good family? Though, now that I think about it, I really should have taken off the hood as soon as I entered his house. How rude of me. ....Wait a second.... He’s been calling me ‘young lady’ since the beginning. Has he known all along that I’m a noble? “Grandpa, are you actually able to see!?” Before answering his question, I ended up replying with a question of my own instead.... Ugh, my behavior has been deplorable. And I haven’t even introduced myself yet! “Huh, then, how.....?” “Even without seeing, I can still sense various things. Though I’ve lost my sight, my other senses still work just fine.” Even so, the amount of information that a person gathers through their vision isn’t a small amount. Merely through hearing and smell, you shouldn’t be able to figure out that I’m a noble.... “Even if my field of vision is dark, there’s still plenty of things that I can understand just by being near a person. Their manner of breathing, their stride, the sound of their footsteps, the way their clothes sound when they move, their scent... All of these aspects set you apart from the rest of the people here,” he continues, as if he knew exactly what I had been thinking. “Have you been blind since you were born?” I ask, but at my question his face falls. “No, during my twenties my sight was stolen from me.” His sight was stolen.....? What’s that supposed to mean.....? “I worked for the Royal Palace, once upon a time,” he tells me. And even though he smiles slightly while he says it, he expression somehow looks lonely and faraway.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 5, "inserted_lines_trg": 3 }
どうしてこうなった。鑑の脳内では、目が覚める前の事を思い出すために全開で記憶を辿っていた。その間、心ここにあらずな少女の姿に狼狽する隊長は部下達を呼び寄せる。きっと余程の惨状を目の当たりにしたのだろうと結論づけ隊をいくつかに分けると、周囲の警備と残党の殲滅、少女の知り合いが近くにいないかの捜索を指示する。鑑が目にした姿は、あの時自分自身で生み出した理想の女性像そのものだ。これどういう事か。作成はしたが完了はしていなかったはずだと記憶の井戸から引き上げていく。そのままキャンセルしてログアウト......。そこまで思い出して行き詰る。ログアウトする前だったような気もする。その前に眠ってしまった気がする。更にはキャンセルする前だった気もする。思い出せない当時の状況を何とか捻り出そうとするが朝食のコールを聞いてから、そこから先が霞みがかったようにハッキリとしない。ここである事を思い立った鑑は、腕輪型の端末を操作しメニューからステータス画面を開く。そこにはアバターの様々な情報が一覧で表示される。見た限り特に問題は見当たらない。別のアバターでログインしてしまったわけでもなければ、消えたわけでもない間を共にしたダンブルフ自身のステータスだ。他のゲームに比べると全体的に数値が低く見えるかもしれないが、このゲームではステータスの1ポイントの比重が極めて大きいという特徴がある。力や体力などは一般の成人男性は4が基本だ。つまり力が8ともなると、一般の成人男性の二倍の力があるという事だ。戦士系のクラスで力が10あるという者は相当な熟練者ともいえる。鑑はステータス画面の次ページを表示して、希望が完全に失われた事に肩を落としうな垂れた。頭月影石のサークレット首マルルンのネックレススーパーZ 胴賢者のローブ(召喚術) 腕万能手袋足ペガサスブーツ指マルスの指輪ここまでは問題ない。どの装備も一品物で、アルカイト王国、銀の連塔のエルダーになった時に国王から贈られた品だ。そのどれもが生産において名が知れ渡った一流のプレイヤーである職人に特注したもので、ダンブルフしか持ってはいない。問題は、アバター表示の方だ。自ら作り出した容姿の少女がステータス画面でそれらの装備を身に纏っている。今までは、ここに渋いナイスガイ、ダンブルフが堂々とその姿を見せていた。これはどういう事かと、鑑は試しにローブの裾に手を掛けて捲り上げる様に脱ぐと、ステータス欄の装備箇所も、胴と脚の部分が『無し』に変わる。ローブを片手で遊ばせながら露わになった身体を確かめると、肌に纏わり付くようにしなやかな銀色の髪がフワリと舞う。小さな掌から少しこぼれる程度に膨らんだ乳房に、透き通るような白い肌。控え目の尻に、二本の程よい肉付きの脚が伸びる。見間違うはずも無く、その身体は『化粧箱』で作った理想の顕現だ。この時点で鑑の更に詳細な好みが暴露された。「おおおおおいいいい! おいおいおい! 何してるんだ!?」少し少女の肢体に惚けていた隊長が、慌てたように自身の羽織っていた赤いマント手に取り少女の身体を包むように掛ける。回りの騎士たちの視線も、脱いだ一瞬だけ少女のあられもない姿に全て注がれていたが今は鋼の自制心を働かせ沈黙を守る。「まったく、お嬢ちゃんも女ならそんなに肌を見せるものじゃないぞ。我が騎士団は誠実実直な者ばかりだから問題ないが、世界には油断できない者もいるからな」何もそこまで過剰反応しなくてもいいだろうに。そう鑑は思ったが、同時にこの騎士たちの反応をみると皆プレイヤーなのかと感心する。 NPC の従者を連れて歩く事が出来る。鑑はこの周りの騎士も隊長の従者だと思っていたが、どうやら違うらしいと判断する。NPCはこのような反応はしないはずだからだ。余り信じたくはなく認めたくもないが、鑑は今の状況を真に遺憾ながら受け止める事にした。どこをどう間違えたのか、作成完了してしまっていたのだろうと。きっとバージョンアップによる影響だ。そう結論付けて、また課金して『化粧箱』を買いなおさないとな、と考える円なのに千円。大人汚い。マントの中でもぞもぞとローブを着直し、再びステータス画面を見ると、しっかりと胴と脚の装備が、賢者のローブ(召喚術)になり画面内のアバターも裸からローブ姿に戻る。「それは、操者の腕輪か。お嬢ちゃんは冒険者だったのか」返されたマントを羽織り直しながら、少女の腕を見た隊長が呟くように言う。操者の腕輪。鑑には聞きなれない単語だった。隊長の視線の先から見ても端末の事を言っているのは間違いない。しかしわざわざ訊くまでもない事だ。これはプレイヤーなら誰もが持っているのだから、これだけで冒険者というのもおかしな話だと疑問が浮かぶ。騎士団の隊長、しかも精鋭の魔法騎士団ならば素人プレイヤーであるはずはない。いくらアルカイト王国が一番小さい国だろうとそれなりの物好きなプレイヤーが所属しているはずである。鑑はどうにもその発言に疑問を抱く。「冒険者かと問われれば、そうじゃのぅ」何とも慣れない自分の声。可愛らしすぎる声色に、今までの口調が合わさり何とも言えない違和感があった。言葉遣いは正式サービスが始まりダンブルフで冒険をするようになってからのものだ。を開始した。そして四年経った今、もうログイン中はこの口調が板についてしまっていた。慣れとは恐ろしいもので世界観が優先されて、少女の姿になってしまっても、言葉遣いを変えようにも不可思議な違和感を覚えて、いきなり変える事が出来ないのだ。とはいえ、特に困るような事でもなかったため、口調を戻す努力は早々に放棄する事にした。「そうか、冒険者だったのか。仲間と狩りに来てこのホブゴブリンの群れと出会ってしまったというわけか。災難だったな......」ホブゴブリン? 言われて見回すと、髪を引っ張られる様に首が重く感じた。これはローブを着直した際に髪が中に入ってしまったせいだと、すぐに気付き両手で髪をかき上げる。それから散らかった死体をよく見て、ああそういえばと思い出す。ホブゴブリンとは鉱山などに生息するゴブリンの亜種で、鋭い金属製武器を扱いゴブリンよりも遥かに強い。ゴブリンは緑でホブゴブリンが青。思い出し一人頷く。とはいえダンブルフにとっては、ゴブリンもホブゴブリンも大して変わらないが。「大丈夫だ、きっと仲間は見つけてみせるからな」そういい励まし続ける隊長。ここまで徹底してRPに殉じるプレイヤーも珍しい。しかし、励まされたところで意味は無い。「仲間などおらぬよ。わし一人じゃ」「なんと、お嬢ちゃん一人だというのか。うーむ、ではこのホブゴブリン共を倒した者達を見てはいないか? これほど凄腕の冒険者が近くに居るのならば是非とも助力を願いたいのだが」見ていないかと訊かれたところで、鑑がダークナイトにやらせた事だ。ならば見せる方が早い。「やったのはこの者じゃよ」言いながら【召喚術:ダークナイト】を発動すると、傍にはまた黒い騎士が姿を現した。「こ......これはっ!?」「なんだこいつは!?」周囲の騎士が剣を抜き放ち距離を取りながら警戒する。「これは......もしや召喚術か?」「そうじゃ。こやつで片付けたのじゃよ」少女の言葉を聞いた隊長は騎士達に剣を収める様に指示すると、現れた黒い騎士を見上げ信じられないという表情をしつつも感嘆の声を漏らす。「こいつはまた珍しいな......お嬢ちゃんは召喚術士だったか。中々強そうな剣士だな」「うむ、お気に入りじゃからな。それよりかお主ら魔法騎士団が何故このような所におる?」もっとも初歩である武具精霊召喚を珍しい等とは変な事を言う隊長だと思うが、確かに今時こんな下級召喚を使っている召喚術士は滅多にいないだろう。なので珍しいといえば珍しいと言える。精鋭の騎士団を率いて、こんな国境付近まで来るなど隣国に下手な誤解を与えかねない。アルカイト王国の国王は侵略戦争を好まず、騎士団も国防のための軍事力として有しているだけだ。そんな貴重な力を何の理由で派遣したのか鑑は見当がつかなかった。そもそも、何か国で大きな動きがある時は、銀の連塔のエルダーである鑑の耳に入らないわけがないのだ。「ああ、魔物が国境付近まで進行してきたという情報が入り、その討伐のために派遣されてきたんだ」国境付近の魔物進行の討伐。鑑が当番でつい先ほど完了した任務だ。アルカイト王国民ならば、誰もが知っているはずの当番制だが、なぜ国の精鋭であるこの隊長は知らないのだろうか。鑑の脳裏にまたも疑問が過ぎる。「お嬢ちゃんも冒険者なら聞いた事はないか。十年前の空から飛来した魔物達との激戦国防衛戦を。あの頃より魔物の出現数が倍近くに跳ね上がっている。今回もそれに関係する事らしいぞ」「十年前......じゃと?」「知らないのか。うーむ、まあ十年前といえばお嬢ちゃんは二、三歳といったところだろうから無理もないか」そもそも十年前だとクローズドβすら始まっていない。『アーク・アースオンライン』でのゲーム内時間は現実の時間と同じに進む。設定でも魔物との激戦があったという話を鑑は聞いた事が無い。正式サービス開始時には、アーク暦2112年9月1日。地球も同じで西暦2112年9月1日だ。そして開始から四年経った今ではアーク暦2116年9月14日。西暦でもアーク暦でも十年前はありえない事なのだ。	Why did this happen? In Kagami’s head, in order to fully recall the memory he had before he had awoken, he went at full throttle. Meanwhile, the commander who was distracted by the girl’s confused appearance, summoned together his subordinates. He split several of his subordinates up into groups to search for and to exterminate the remnants of this terrible spectacle. He also directed a search for an acquaintance of the girl. The appearance that Kagami saw, was that of his ideal female image that he had created at the time. What on earth is this? Thinking back on his memory, he was sure that when he completed his ideal female image that he did not save it. He had canceled it and then logged out. He could not recall anything more. He felt that he did it before he logged out. He had a hunch that he had canceled it before he had slept. Furthermore, he was sure that he had canceled it. He remembered that he had been called to breakfast, but from then on, his memory grew hazy. Kagami made up his mind to open up the status screen by operating the bracelet terminal menu. At the bottom of the display, various information about the avatar was displayed. There did not seem to be any problems. Nothing seems to be missing, nor had he logged in with a different avatar. It was the status of Danbulf that he had for over four years. Although the numerical values might look low compared to other games, there was a large difference between one point of status in this game. The general strength and stamina of an adult male were . In other words, with the strength stat of , a person would have two times the strength of an average adult male. A person that has the strength stat of could be considered an expert soldier. When Kagami displayed the following page of the status screen, his shoulders dropped and his hope had been completely lost. : Moonlight Stone Circlet : Ark Exile Super Z Necklace : Sage’s Robe (Summoner) : Almighty Gloves : Pegasus Boots Ring finger There was no problem so far. The equipment was top tier, Incidentally, this equipment was awarded to him by the king of the Arkite Kingdom when he became an Elder of The Silver Linked Towers. This equipment was custom-made by the leading craftsmen players exclusively for Danbulf. The problem was of the avatar display. On the status screen was the figure of a girl that he had created himself wearing the equipment. Up until now, a dignified Danbulf had shown his imposing appearance here. What was this? Kagami began rolling up the hem of his robe and watched as the part of the equipment column in the status screen which showed abdomen and legs changed to 『Empty』. After ascertaining the exposed body while playing with his robe with one hand, he coiled a finger to feel the texture of the gently fluttering supple silver hair around him. There was enough breasts that it spilled out from his small palms, and his skin was a fair porcelain color. He had two modestly plump legs that stretched from a reserved butt. It was not a mistake, this was the body that he had made as a manifestation of his ideal that was made possible with the 『Vanity Case』. At this point, Kagami’s preferences were exposed. “Oooooiiii! Oi oi oi! What do you think you are doing!?” The commander grew panicked at the sight of a girl’s body and wrapped his red mantle around it in order to cover it. In addition, the surrounding knights’ gazes lingered for but an instant on the immodest girl’s appearance before they steeled themselves and looked away. A bit NSFW “Good grief, a young lady should not show their body off like that. Although it is not a problem as my knights are sincere and honest people, one should not be careless in this regard.” Although Kagami thought so, whether or not these knights were all players or not he admired their reactions. It was possible for a player that had enough fame to have NPC attendants. Though Kagami thought that the surrounding knights were the commander’s attendants, he judged that he was wrong. This was because NPCs should not react that way. Although Kagami did not want to admit it, as regretful as it was, she decided to accept the current situation. Where did she go wrong? The fact of the matter was that she had confirmed the character reset. This was most certainly because of the upgrade. Given this conclusion, she had decided to buy another 『Vanity Case』 in order to restore her appearance. Even though it was only yen, she had to buy ,000 yen. Adults were dirty. Squirming about under the mantle in order to put on her robes, she once again checked the status screen and confirmed that the avatar on the menu had the Sage’s Robe (Summoner) equipped. “Is that an operator’s bracelet? Was the young lady an adventurer?” The commander who was trying to put on the returned mantle muttered this as he looked at the arm of the girl. The operator’s bracelet. They were words that were unfamiliar to Kagami. There was no doubt that the item the commander was referring to was the terminal, as it was evident in his gaze. However, there was no need for him to ask about it. As long as one were a player, anyone would have this. It was a funny question because adventurers referred to players anyways. The Order of Knights was an elite magic unit, thus it was unlikely for him to be an amateur player. How many decent players would be curious enough to join a small kingdom such as the Arkite Kingdom anyways? Kagami doubted that they had never seen one before. “If you were to inquire whether I was an adventurer, I would say that I am.” She had not yet grown accustomed to her own voice. It was too sweet of a voice, a tone that until now had a sense of discomfort for her. He had started with a formal tone of voice to suit Danbulf from the start of the game. As a matter of course, Kagami began to roleplay to fit his dignified appearance. Now that it had been four years, he was accustomed to his tone of voice already. Familiarity was a frightening thing, it felt out of place with her appearance of a girl on the surface. Her unwillingness to change her tone of voice was something of a mystery. It was not possible for her to change it so suddenly. However, it was not particularly troubling, thus she abandoned the idea to change her tone of voice. “Is that so? You were an adventurer? You came to hunt with friends and encountered this mob of hobgoblins? What misfortune...” Hobgoblin? She said that while looking around, her neck felt heavy with the pull of her hair. This was because her hair was contained within the robe at the time. Immediately noticing this, she brushed her hair upwards. After that, looking at the scattered corpses, she recalled that it was like that. Hobgoblins were a subspecies of goblins that inhabited places such as the mines, and that they were much stronger than normal goblins because of the metal weapons they used. Goblins were green and Hobgoblins were blue. Recalling this, she nodded. However, for Danbulf, the difference was negligible. “Don’t worry, your companions will surely be found.” The commander continued to encourage her. Players who would go so far for thorough roleplay were unusual. However, there was no meaning even if she was encouraged. “There are no companions. I am the only one.” “I see, so the young lady was alone. Well then, did you happen to see the adventurers who defeated the hobgoblins? An adventurer with this much ability, we’d like to thank them by all means.” At this time, Kagami decided to show off the Dark Knight. If that was the case, it was simple to show them. “This is the person who did this.” With the words 【Summoning Magic: Dark Knight】, a black knight appeared close by when the skill was activated. ”This.... This is!?” “What is this guy!?” The surrounding knights became vigilant and whipping out their swords while taking some distance. “This is... Is this by chance the art of summoning?” “That’s right. This guy cleared away the monsters.” When the commander heard the words of the girl, he instructed the surrounding knights to stow away their swords. With a look of admiration, he looked up at the black knight. “This guy is a rare summon.......was young lady the summoner? This guy is a rather formidable swordsman.” Although armour spirit summons weren’t unusual, perhaps the reason why the commander said such a thing was that it was rare for a summoner to use such a low-class summon nowadays. So it could be said to be unusual in a sense. “Yes, this is a favourite summon of mine. Aside from that, why are the elite magic knights in this sort of place?” Leading a company of elite knights near the border could cause a bad misunderstanding to neighboring countries, for example. The Arkite Kingdom did not like aggressive wars. The Order of Knights acted as military strength for national defense. Kagami did not know the reason why such a valuable strength was dispatched. In the first place, Kagami who was an Elder of The Silver Linked Towers should have heard of big movements in neighboring countries. “Ah, information that monsters have moved to the vicinity of the border arrived, and we were dispatched for a subjugation mission.” The subjugation of the demons in the vicinity of the border. This was a duty that Kagami had just completed. If it was the people of the Arkite Kingdom, all of them were supposed to know of the duty system. Then how come the elite commander of this country didn’t know? The doubt passed through Kagami’s mind again. “I guess you might not have heard of it since you’re an adventurer. Ten years ago, there was a war with the demons who fell from the sky, it was called the Defense of the Three Gods’ Countries. Ever since then, the rate at which herds of monsters appear has increased almost twice.” “Ten years ago....... what?” “So you don’t know it. Hmm, well, it was ten years ago so you must have been two or three years old back then, young lady. No wonder.” In the first place, even closed beta had not begun a decade ago. The time in 『Ark Earth Online』 was the same as in real-time. Kagami had not heard of the story of a fierce battle with demons in the setting. At the start of the game, the Ark Calendar was September 1, 2112. It was the same as the date on Earth. And it was now September 14, 2116, in the Ark Calendar, which was four years from the start. It was impossible for it to have been a decade ago, even in the Ark Calendar.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 12, "inserted_lines_trg": 7 }
「ゼラちんがやられたか......。やっぱつええな、おっさん。俺のわがままでゼラちんには無理を押し付けちまった。借りを返すためにも、派手に決着をつけようぜ兄弟! 隠れてねぇでさ!」場所は近未来都市の住宅地エリア。豆腐のような白く無個性な建物が整然と立ち並んでいる。そんな中、ポツンと1人で立ち尽くすのはツンツンの金髪がトレードマークのヤンキープレイヤー『コア』だ。伸縮自在の蛇腹剣をじゃらじゃらと振り回し、どこかに潜む弟へと呼びかける。「時間を稼げばお仲間が敵を倒してくれるってか!? これがお前の言う『楽』を極めたスタイルとは笑わせてくれるぜ!」コアの声が建物に当たって反響する。しかし、それ以外の音は聞こえない。「まだこの辺にいるのはわかってんだ。引きずり出そうと思えば出来るんだぜぇ? さあ、出てこい! 昔みたいに手取り足取り教えてもらえなきゃ戦い方もわかんねぇか!?」「教える......? ああいうのをお節介って言うんですよ」サトミの声が住宅街に響く。やたらと大きく、より反響するせいで声から位置をたどることは出来ない。「ちっ、なんかのスキルか......。何言ってんだ! 兄ちゃんが教えてやらなきゃまともにクリア出来なかっただろ!」「まともにクリアなん次です。まずは自由に楽しく遊ぶことがゲームには大切なんだ! 効率ばかり気にしてるあなたにはわからないでしょうけどね!」「ああそうさ! かつてはフラゲしたゲームを速攻でクリアして発売日に中古に流すようなワルだったからなぁ! 俺はのんびりって言葉が嫌いだ! とにかく効率よく進めてぇ!」「フラゲの是非は置いといて、そのプレイスタイル自体を悪く言うつもりはありません。でも、それを人に押し付けないでください!」「無理だ! お前の言い分は正しいと思うが、人のプレイを見てると口出ししたくてウズウズしてくる! 暇つぶしに見たゲームの生配信でも荒らしレベルに指示厨しちまう! それが身近にいる弟に対しては抑えられる......わけがない!」「僕はゲームを純粋に楽しく遊びたいだけです! そこにはなんのこだわりも思想もない! 時には効率を意識することもあれば、無駄を承知で時間を使うこともある。その時の気分のままに遊ぶことこそが究極の『楽』......楽しむということ!」「なるほど、楽極振りとかいう謎のフレーズはただ楽しく遊ぶというスタイルを言い換えただけなのか」「プロの端くれが掲げるプレイスタイルが『楽しく遊ぶ』だけでは大VR時代に埋もれるだけです。恐れずに言えば、楽極振りは誇大広告!」「いいねぇ! それでこそ俺の弟だ!」これだけの言葉を交わせば反響していてもおおよその位置がつかめる。コアは蛇腹剣を振り回し、建物ごとサトミを破壊しにかかる! 建物は脆い。巨大化した蛇腹剣を受け、豆腐のように崩れ去った。しかし、その瓦礫の中にサトミの姿はない。代わりにいたのは......。「ぶぅー?」「なっ!? なんだこいつ!?」風船のように丸々とした豚だった! 鼻息の荒いこの豚はコアの一撃を受けても平然としているどころか、状況すらよくわかっていない! 「このフィールドにモンスターは出ないはず......。もしや、ただの置物か?」「ぶ、ぶ、ぶ、ぶうぅぅぅぅぅぅッ!!!」豚の鼻からいきなり突風が吹き出す。骨が折れそうなほど強力な風圧にコアはたまらず防御スキルを展開する。 ! は、はぁはぁ......なんだこのブタァ!? はっ......!?」今度は激しい水流だ! さらに別方向から炎が吹き付けられる! 向同時の攻撃にスキルは限界を迎える! 「ぐわああああああ!!」コアの防御が崩れた。すかさずサトミの命令が飛ぶ! 「ゴチュウ! ブゥフィ! カパパルト! 奥義で畳み掛けるんだ!」お馴染みの魔法を使う猿の『ゴチュウ』。丸々とした風船豚の『ブゥフィ』。そして、サングラスをかけたクールな軍人カッパの『カパパルト』。サトミはユニゾンを同時に3体召喚している! 弾丸のような火の連射! 圧縮された空気の砲弾! 突如として出現した激流! 3つの奥義がコアに襲いかかる! 「はっは~ん? こりゃ素晴らしい切り札......いや、ミラクルエフェクトだなぁ!?」コアの蛇腹剣が虹色に輝く......! 「こっちもミラクルエフェクトで応えようじゃねぇか...... 刃をぐるりと一振り。「なにっ......!?」】! 効果は教えないのがセオリーなんだろうが、俺の場合は言っちまうぜ! なんせ、聞いたところで対処できないからな!」姿を現したサトミに向けて、コアが刃を伸ばす! 「ブゥフィ! 割れずの風船!」間に割って入ったブゥフィの体がぶくぅっと膨らみ、虹の刃を弾き飛ばす。同時にブゥフィがよろけて地面にべたっとへたり込む。「防御奥義を使ってもこれだけのHPを......!?」「そりゃそうさ。弱点を突いたからな。奥義だってそう! 弱点を突くと簡単に相殺できちまう! 【「だから、3つの奥義を同時に消滅させることが出来たわけですか......」「ご名答! 3つの異なる特性を持ったユニゾンの力を借りれば、対応不可能な攻撃が出来ると思っていたんならあめぇ! ゲロ甘いぜ! 俺の剣はすべてを斬る!」「断言するにはまだ早いのでは? 僕もまだ手札をすべて見せたわけじゃない......!」「ほう、それは楽しみだねぇ~。お互い単発超火力型じゃねぇ特殊効果持続型のミラクルエフェクトだ。どちらが先に息切れするか......試してみようじゃねぇか」「望むところです!」	“So Gela-tin was killed... That old man really is strong. I shouldn’t have forced her to fight him. Still, I’ll end this fight in style to make up for it! So stop hiding!” They were in a residential area within the futuristic city. It was filled with rows of plain buildings that were about as individualistic as blocks of tofu. And amidst it all, stood a player with his trade-mark spiky, golden hair, Core. He swung around his whip sword loudly and shouted to the brother who was hiding somewhere. “Do you think that if you wait long enough, your friends will come and defeat me for you!? Is this your style of ‘taking it easy’ then? What a joke!” Core’s voice echoed against the walls of the buildings. However, there was no other sound that could be heard. “I know that you’re still in this area. I can even drag you out if I want to. Now, come out! Do I have to teach you how to fight, like I did a long time ago?” “Teach...? I never asked you to teach me anything.” Satomi’s voice echoed through the residential area. It was very loud, and since it echoed everywhere, it was impossible to tell where it was coming from. “Tsk, some kind of skill... What are you saying! You would never have finished those games without my help!” “Finishing games was never my main objective. What is important to me is to be free and have fun! You wouldn’t know, because you only care about efficiency!” “Yes, that’s right! I used to get games early so that I could beat them and then sell them on release day! I don’t like to do things slowly! You should keep moving efficiently!” “Nevermind that. I’m not here to attack your personal playstyle. Just don’t push it onto others!” “No! I do think that you have a point, but it’s impossible to not say something when watching others! Even livestreams that I watch to kill time cause me to go crazy! And if it’s my own brother...I’m not going to stay silent!” “I just want to play the game and have fun! It’s not about ideals or anything! Sometimes I will think about efficiency, and sometimes I’ll waste time. Doing what you want at the moment is the ultimate way of taking it easy...and having fun!” “I see. So that’s why you’d say strange things about Max Fun.” “A minor pro saying that their playstyle is ‘to have fun’ will be buried in this great age of VR. But to put it more bluntly, Max Fun is a great advertisement!” “Awesome! That’s my younger brother!” After exchanging this many words, he had a good grasp on his location. And so Core swung his sword whip in order to destroy the building that Satomi was hiding behind! Buildings were weak. After one hit of the enlarged sword, it crumbled like tofu. However, Satomi was not amongst the rubble. Instead... “Oink?” “What!? What is this!?” It was a round, balloon-like pig! The pig was snorting loudly and was not only unaffected by Core’s attack, but seemed oblivious of the situation! “But there are no monsters in this field... Or is it an object?” “Oink! Oink! Oinkkkkkk!!” Suddenly, a gust of wind shot out from the pig’s snout. The wind pressure was so strong that it could break your bones, and so Core activated a defense skill. “Coil Bellows! Ha...haha... What the hell is this pig!? Huh...!?” This time, it was a furious stream of water! And then from a different direction, a burst of flames hit him! After being hit from three directions at the same time, his skill reached its limit! “Gaaaahhh!!” Core’s defenses failed. But Satomi continued to give out orders! “Gochu! Buffi! Kapaparuto! Keep hitting him with charge attacks!” Gochu was the familiar monkey that used magic. The balloon-like pig was Buffi. And Kapaparuto was a cool military kappa that wore sunglasses. Satomi had summoned three Unisons at once! Rapidfire of flame bullets! Compressed air shot through cannons! A sudden violent stream! The three charge attacks shot towards Core! “Huh? What a wonderful trump card... No, Miracle Effect!?” Core’s whip sword began to shine in the colors of the rainbow...! “So I’ll answer them with my own Miracle Effect then... Yurlungur.” He swung the blades in a circle. “What...!?” “This is my Miracle Effect, Yurlungur! Normally, you’re not supposed to tell what the effect is, but I don’t care! Because it’s not like you’ll be able to do anything about it!” Now that Satomi had appeared, Core’s blade shot towards him! “Buffi! Unbreakable Balloon!” Buffi moved between them and then its body inflated like a balloon. The rainbow blade bounced right off. And then Buffi staggered and fell to the ground. “That much HP even when using a defense charge attack...!?” “Of course! Because I know your weakness! Same with the charge attacks! It’s easy to kill them if you know their weaknesses! When attacking, Yurlungur automatically switches to the most effective attribute. It’s an amazing Miracle Effect!” “So that’s how you were able to cancel out three at once...” “Exactly! If you thought that by using three Unisons at once, you could unleash an attack that I would be unable to deal with, you underestimated me! You’re too green! My sword can cut through anything!” “Isn’t it too early to declare that? I haven’t shown all my hands yet either...!” “Oh, I look forward to seeing them. Neither of us use one shot highpower Miracle Effects, but special continuous ones. So it’s just a matter of which runs out first... Let’s put it to the test then!” “Gladly!”	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 4, "inserted_lines_src": 9, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
とある部屋の中、壁から放たれる青白い仄かな光が、壁にもたれ掛かりながら寄り添の人影を映す。ハジメ、ユエ、シアの三人だ。ハジメを中心に右側にユエ、左側にシアが座り込んで肩にもたれ掛かっている。部屋には静寂が満ちているが、耳を澄ませばほんの僅かにスゥースゥーと呼吸音が聞こえる。ユエとシアの寝息だは、ハジメの両腕を抱いたまま、その肩を枕替わりに睡眠をとっているのだ。ハジメ達が、ライセンの迷宮に入ってから今日でちょう間である。その間も数々のトラップとウザイ文に体よりも精神を削られ続けた。スタート地点に戻されるこ、致死性のトラップに襲われる、全く意味のない唯の嫌がら。最初こそ、心の内をミレディ・ライセンへの怒りで満たしていたハジメ達だが、四日を過ぎた辺りから何かもうどうでもいいやぁ~みたいな投げやりな心境になっていた。食料は潤沢にあるし、身体スペック的に早々死にはしないのが不幸中の幸いだ。今のように休息を取りながら少しずつ探索を進めている。その結果、どうやら構造変化には一定のパターンがあることがわかった。〝マーキング〟を利用して、どのブロックがどの位置に移動したのかを確かめていったのだ。もうそろそろ進展があるかもしれない。そんなことを思いながら、ハジメは両隣で眠る少女達に視線を向けた。「気持ちよさそうに寝やがって......ここは大迷宮だぞ?」ハジメの苦笑い混じりの囁きが響く。見張り役なのでずっと起きていたのだ。ハジメは、何となしに抱きしめられている腕をそっと解いて、ユエの髪を撫でる。僅かに頬が綻んだように見えた。ハジメの目元も僅かに緩む。次いで、反対側のシアに視線を転じると、ハジメの肩に盛大によだれを垂らしながらムニャムニャと口元を動かし、実に緩んだ表情で眠っていた。そう言えば頭を撫でて欲しいと言っていたなと思い出し、そっとシアの髪も撫でてみるハジメ。ついでに、ウサミミもモフモフしておく。そうすると唯でさえだらしない事になっている表情が更にゆるゆるになってしまった。安心しきった表情だ。ハジメが見張り役をしている以上、いや、もしかしたらハジメが傍にいるだけで安心なのかもしれない。やわらかな青みがかった白髪やウサミミを撫でながらハジメは何とも複雑な表情をした。「まったく、俺みたいなヤツの何処がいいんだか......こんな所まで付いて来やがって......」悪態は付いているが眼差しは柔らかい。シアが求めるような、ユエに対するものと同じ感情を抱けるとは今のところ思えないが、それでもシアのポジティブな考え方や明るさ、泣き言を言いながらも諦めない根性は......結構気に入っているハジメ。自然、撫でる手付きも優しくなる。と、その時、シアがムニャムニャと寝言を言い始めた。「むにゃ......あぅ......ハジメしゃん、大胆ですぅ~、お外でなんてぇ~、......皆見てますよぉ~」「......」優しい目つきはそのままに瞳の奥から笑みが消えるハジメ。優しい手付きのまま、そっと移動させた手で、シアの鼻を摘み口を塞いだ。穏やかだったシアの表情が徐々に苦しげなものに変わっていくが気にせず塞ぎ続ける。「ん~、ん? んぅ~!? んんーー!! んーー!! ぷはっ! はぁ、はぁ、な、何するんですか! 寝込みを襲うにしても意味が違いますでしょう!」ぜはぜはと荒い呼吸をしながら目を覚まし猛然と抗議するシアに、ハジメは冷ややかな目を向ける。「で? お前の中で、俺は一体どれほどの変態なんだ? お外で何をしでかしたんだ? ん?」「えっ? ......はっ、あれは夢!? そんなぁ~、せっかくハジメさんがデレた挙句、その迸るパトスを抑えきれなくなって、羞恥に悶える私を更に言葉責めしながら、遂には公衆の面前であッへぶっ!?」聞いていられなくなって強化済みデコピンを額に叩き込むハジメ。シアは、衝撃で大きく仰け反った挙句、背後の壁で後頭部を強打し涙目で蹲った。やっぱり、残念なキャラは抜け出せないらしい。後頭部をさすりながら「何となく幸せな気持ちになったのですが気のせいでしょうか?」と呟く。おそらく、無意識にハジメの撫でを感じていたのだろう。だが、それを言えば調子に乗るのは目に見えているので、ハジメは無視して言わないことにした。シアも起きた(強制的に)ので、ハジメはユエを優しく揺さぶり起こす。ユエは「......んぅ......あぅ?」と可愛らしい声を出しながらゆっくりと目を開いた。そして、ボーとした瞳で上目遣いにハジメを確認すると目元をほころばせ、一度、ハジメの肩口にすりすりすると、そっと離れて身だしなみを整えた。「うぅ、ユエさんが可愛い......これぞ女の子の寝起きですぅ~、それに比べて私は......」今度は落ち込み始めたシアに、ユエは不思議そうな目を向けるが、〝シアだから〟という理由で放置する。「ほれ、戦力(女子力)で圧倒されていることは最初からわかりきったことだろ? 落ち込んでないで探索開始だ」「......優しさって、どこかに落ちてないですかね?」「ぐすっ、どうせユエさんだけですよ。ちくせう」シアが、少々やさぐれた様子で立ち上がる。ユエとハジメは準備万端だ。今度は、スタート地点に戻されないことを祈って、三人は迷宮攻略を再開した。再び嫌らしい数々のトラップとウザイ文を菩薩の心境でクリアしていく。そして、ハジメ達は、一週間前に訪れてから一度も遭遇することのなかった部屋に出くわした。最初にスタート地点に戻して天元突破な怒りを覚えさせてくれたゴーレム騎士の部屋だ。ただし、今度は封印の扉は最初から開いており、向こう側は部屋ではなく大きな通路になっていた。「ここか......また包囲されても面倒だ。扉は開いてるんだし一気に行くぞ!」「んっ!」「はいです!」ハジメ達は、ゴーレム騎士の部屋に一気に踏み込んだ。部屋の中央に差し掛かると、案の定、ガシャンガシャンと音を立ててゴーレム騎士達が両サイドの窪みから飛び出してくる。出鼻を抉いて前方のゴーレム騎士達を銃撃し蹴散らしておく。そうやって稼いだ時間で、ハジメ達は更に加速し包囲される前に祭壇の傍まで到達した。ゴーレム騎士達が猛然と追いかけるが、ハジメ達が扉をくぐるまでには追いつけそうにない。逃げ切り勝ちだと、ハジメはほくそ笑んだ。だが、そんなハジメの笑みは次の瞬間には剥がれ落ちた。何と、ゴーレム騎士達も扉をくぐって追いかけてきたからだ。しかも...... 「なっ!? 天井を走ってるだと!?」「......びっくり」「重力さん仕事してくださぁ~い!」そう、追いかけてきたゴーレム騎士達は、まるで重力など知らんとばかり壁やら天井やらをガシャンガシャンと重そうな全身甲冑の音を響かせながら走っているのである。これには、流石のハジメ達も度肝を抜かれた。ハジメは、咄嗟に通路に対して〝鉱物系鑑定〟を使うが、材質は既知のものばかり。重力を中和したり、吸着の性質を持った鉱物等は一切検知できなかった。「どうなってやがるんだ?」そんな呟きが思わず口から漏れる。そして、再度、背後の騎士をチラリと振り返って更に度肝抜かれることになった。天井を走っていたゴーレム騎士の一体が、走りながらピョンとジャンプすると、まるで砲弾のように凄まじい勢いで頭を進行方向に向けたまま宙を飛んできたのである。ハジメは驚愕の声を漏らしながらドンナーを連続して発砲する。放たれた弾丸は閃光となって飛んできたゴーレム騎士の兜と肩を破壊した。ゴーレム騎士は頭部と胴体が別れ、更に大剣と盾を手放す。しかし、それらは地面に落ちることなく、そのままハジメ達に向かって突っ込んできた。「んっ」猛烈な勢いで迫ってきたゴーレム騎士の頭部、胴体、大剣、盾を屈んだり跳躍したりして躱していく。ハジメ達を通り過ぎたゴーレム騎士の残骸は、そのまま勢いを減じることなく壁や天井、床に激突しながら前方へと転がっていった。「おいおい、あれじゃまるで......」「ん......〝落ちた〟みたい」「重力さんが適当な仕事してるのですね、わかります」まさしくユエやシアの言葉が一番しっくりくる表現だった。どうやらゴーレム騎士達は重力を操作できるらしい。なぜ、前回は使わなかったのかはわからないが、もしかすると部屋から先の、この通路以降でなければならなかったのかもしれない。そんな推測も、ゴーレム騎士達がこぞってハジメ達に〝落下〟してきたことで中断された。中には大剣を風車のように回転させながら迫ってくる猛者もいる。ハジメ達は、銃撃や〝破断〟で遠距離攻撃しつつ、接近してきたものはシアが打ち払い、足を止めることなく先へ進んでいった。しばらくすると、ハジメ達は先の方に何かの気配を感じた。「むぅ......ハジメ」「ああ、わかってる。まぁ再構築できるなら、そうなるわな」「は、挟まれちゃいましたね」先へと落ちていったゴーレム騎士達が、落下先で再構築したようだ。隊列を組んでハジメ達を待ち構えていた。盾を前面に押し出し腰をどっしりと据えて壁を作っている。ご丁寧に二列目のゴーレム騎士達は盾役の騎士達を後ろから支えていた。おそらく、一列だけではパワーで粉砕されると学習したのだろう。「ちっ、面倒な」ハジメは舌打ちをするとドンナー・シュラークを太もものホルスターにしまう。そして〝宝物庫〟から一つの兵器を取り出す。手元に十二連式の回転弾倉が取り付けられた長方形型のロケットミサイルランチャー:オルカンである。ロケット弾は長さ三十センチ近くあり、その分破壊力は通常の手榴弾より高くなっている。弾頭には生成魔法で〝纏雷〟を付与した鉱石が設置されており、この石は常に静電気を帯びているので、着弾時弾頭が破壊されることで燃焼粉に着火する仕組みだ。ハジメは、オルカンを脇に挟んで固定すると口元を歪めて笑みを作った。「ユエ、シア! 耳塞げ! ぶっぱなすぞ!」「ん」「えぇ~何ですかそれ!?」初めて見るオルカンの異様にシアが目を見張る。ユエは、走りながら人差し指を耳に突っ込んだ。シアのウサミミはピンッと立ったままだが、お構いなしにハジメはオルカンの引き金を引いた。バシュウウ! そんな音と共に、後方に火花の尾を引きながらロケット弾が発射され、狙い違わず隊列を組んで待ち構えるゴーレム騎士に直撃した。次の瞬間、轟音、そして大爆発が発生する。通路全体を激震させながら大量に圧縮された燃焼粉が凄絶な衝撃を撒き散らした。ゴーレム騎士達は、直撃を受けた場所を中心に両サイドの壁や天井に激しく叩きつけられ、原型をとどめないほどに破壊されている。再構築にもしばらく時間がかかるだろう。ハジメ達は一気にゴーレム騎士達の残骸を飛び越えて行く。「ウサミミがぁ~、私のウサミミがぁ~!!」ハジメ達と併走しながら、ウサミミをペタンと折りたたみ両手で押さえながら涙目になって悶えているシア。兎人族......それは亜人族で一番聴覚に優れた種族である。「だから、耳を塞げって言っただろうが」「ええ? 何ですか? 聞こえないですよぉ」「......ホント、残念ウサギ......」ハジメとユエが呆れた表情でシアを見るが、悶えるシアは気がついていない。再び落ちて来たゴーレム騎士達に対処しながら、駆け抜けるこ。遂に、通路の終わりが見えた。通路の先は巨大な空間が広がっているようだ。道自体は途切れており、十メートルほど先に正方形の足場が見える。「ユエ、シア! 飛ぶぞ!」ハジメの掛け声に頷くユエとシア(何とか聴力は回復した)。背後からは依然、ゴーレム騎士達が落下してくる。それらを迎撃し、躱しながらハジメ達は通路端から勢いよく飛び出した。身体強化されたハジメ達の跳躍力はオリンピック選手のそれを遥かに凌ぐ。世界記録を軽々と超えてハジメ達は眼下の正方形に飛び移ろうとした。が、思った通りにいかないのがこの大迷宮の特徴。何と、放物線を描いて跳んだハジメ達の目の前で正方形のブロックがスィーと移動し始めたのだ。「なにぃ!?」この迷宮に来てから何度目かの叫びを上げるハジメ。目測が狂いこのままでは落下する。チラリと見た下は相当深い。咄嗟にアンカーを撃ち込もうと左手を掲げた直後、ユエの声が響いた。発動した風系統の魔法により上昇気流が発生しハジメ達の跳躍距離を延ばす。一瞬の効果しかなかったが十分だった。未だに離れていこうとするブロックに追いつき何とか端に手を掛けてしがみつくことに成功する。義手のスパイクで固定し、ぶら下がったハジメにユエとシアもしがみついた。「ナ、ナイスだ、ユエ」「......もっと褒めて」墜落せずに済んだことに思わず笑みを浮かべ、ハジメとシアはユエを賞賛する。ユエも魔力の消費が激しく少々疲れ気味だが得意げな雰囲気だ。だが、そんな和やかな雰囲気は空飛ぶゴーレム騎士達によって遮られた。そう、ゴーレム騎士達は宙を飛んでいるのである。おそらく重力を制御して落下方向を決めているのだろう。凄まじい勢いで未だぶら下がったままのハジメ達に急速接近する。「っ!? ユエ、シア登れ!」ハジメは二人に指示を出すと同時にドンナーを抜くと迫り来るゴーレム騎士達に連続して発砲をした。ユエとシアが、ハジメの体を伝ってブロックの上に登りきり、ハジメも倒立する勢いで体をはね上げてブロックの上に移動した。直後、ハジメがぶら下がっていた場所にゴーレム騎士が凄まじい勢いで大剣を突き刺す。一瞬、技後の影響で硬直するゴーレム騎士にハジメは頭上から銃撃し撃ち落とした。「くそっ、こいつら、重力操作かなんか知らんが動きがどんどん巧みになってきてるぞ」「......たぶん、原因はここ?」「あはは、常識って何でしょうね。全部シアの言う通り、ハジメ達の周囲の全ては浮遊していた。ハジメ達が入ったこの場所は超巨大な球状の空間だった。直径二キロメートル以上ありそうである。そんな空間には、様々な形、大きさの鉱石で出来たブロックが浮遊してスィーと不規則に移動をしているのだ。完全に重力を無視した空間である。だが、不思議なことにハジメ達はしっかりと重力を感じている。おそらく、この部屋の特定の物質だけが重力の制限を受けないのだろう。そんな空間をゴーレム騎士達が縦横無尽に飛び回っていた。やはり、落下方向を調節しているのか、方向転換が急激である。生物なら凄まじいGで死んでいてもおかしくないだろう。この空間に近づくにつれて細やかな動きが可能になっていった事を考えると、おそらく...... 「ここに、ゴーレムを操っているヤツがいるってことかな?」ハジメの推測にユエとシアも賛同するように表情を引き締めた。ゴーレム騎士達は何故か、ハジメ達の周囲を旋回するだけで襲っては来ない。取り敢えず、何処かに横道でもないかと周囲を見渡す。ここが終着点なのか、まだ続きがあるのか分からない。だが、間違いなく深奥に近い場所ではあるはずだ。ゴーレム騎士達の能力上昇と、この特異な空間がその推測に説得力を持たせる。ハジメは〝遠見〟で、この巨大な球状空間を調べようと目を凝らした。と、次の瞬間、シアの焦燥に満ちた声が響く。「逃げてぇ!」「「!?」」ハジメとユエは、何が? と問い返すこともなく、シアの警告に瞬時に反応し弾かれた様に飛び退いた。運良く、ちょうど数メートル先に他のブロックが通りかかったので、それを目指して現在立っているブロックを離脱する。直後、ズゥガガガン!! 隕石が落下してきたのかと錯覚するような衝撃が今の今までハジメ達がいたブロックを直撃し木っ端微塵に爆砕した。隕石というのはあながち間違った表現ではないだろう。赤熱化する巨大な何かが落下してきて、ブロックを破壊すると勢いそのままに通り過ぎていったのだ。ハジメの頬に冷や汗が流れる。シアが警告を発してくれなければ確実に直撃を受けていた。〝金剛〟が使えない今、もしかしたら即死していたかもしれない。感知出来なかったわけではなかった。シアが警告をした直後、確かに気配を感じた。だが、落下速度が早すぎて感知してからの回避が間に合ったとは思えなかったのである。「シア、助かったぜ。ありがとよ」「えへへ、〝未来視〟が発動して良かったです。代わりに魔力をごっそり持って行かれましたけど......」どうやら、ハジメの感知より早く気がついたのはシアの固有魔法〝未来視〟が発動したからのようだ。〝未来視〟は、シア自身が任意に発動する場合、シアが仮定した選択の結果としての未来が見えるというものだが、もう一つ、自動発動する場合がある。今回のように死を伴うような大きな危険に対しては直接・間接を問わず見えるのだ。つまり、直撃を受けていれば少なくともシアは死んでいた可能性があるということだ。改めて戦慄を感じながら、ハジメは通過していった隕石モドキの方を見やった。ブロックの淵から下を覗く。と、下の方で何かが動いたかと思うと猛烈な勢いで上昇してきた。それは瞬く間にハジメ達の頭上に出ると、その場に留まりギンッと光る眼光をもってハジメ達を睥睨した。「おいおい、マジかよ」「......すごく......大きい」「お、親玉って感じですね」三者三様の感想を呟くハジメ達。若干、ユエの発言が危ない気がするが、ギリギリ許容範囲......のはずだ。ハジメ達の目の前に現れたのは、宙に浮く超巨大なゴーレム騎士だった。全身甲冑はそのままだが、全長が二十メートル弱はある。右手はヒートナックルとでも言うのか赤熱化しており、先ほどブロックを爆砕したのはこれが原因かもしれない。左手には鎖がジャラジャラと巻きついていて、フレイル型のモーニングスターを装備している。ハジメ達が、巨体ゴーレムに身構えていると、周囲のゴーレム騎士達がヒュンヒュンと音を立てながら飛来し、ハジメ達の周囲を囲むように並びだした。整列したゴーレム騎士達は胸の前で大剣を立てて構える。まるで王を前にして敬礼しているようだ。すっかり包囲されハジメ達の間にも緊張感が高まる。辺りに静寂が満ち、まさに一触即発の状況。動いた瞬間、命をベットして ......巨体ゴーレムのふざけた挨拶だった。「やほ~、はじめまして~、みんな大好きミレディ・ライセンだよぉ~」「「「......は?」」」	Inside a certain room, pale light was faintly emitted by the walls, and the shadows of three people close to the wall were cast. It was Hajime, Yue, and Shia. Yue was on Hajime’s right side, while Shia was on his left, and they sat while leaning against his shoulders. Although silence filled the room, if one focused their ears ‘suu- suu-,’ sounds could be heard. It was Yue and Shia’s breathing. They were both embracing one of Hajime’s arms and slept using his shoulders as a substitute for a pillow. Today marks one week since Hajime and his party entered the dungeon of Raisen. During that time, a lot of traps and annoying sentences continued to exhaust their bodies and minds. They had been returned to the starting point seven times, attacked by lethal traps times, and other meaningless traps for times. Even though at first their hearts were filled with anger toward Miledi Raisen, after four days had passed it looked like their mental states became, “No matter what appears next, it doesn’t matter~” They had an abundance of rations, and their bodies’ specs made it so that they wouldn’t easily die were the fortune within their misfortune . Now, they were resting after advancing, searching for clues all the while. As a result, they understood the pattern of the structure alteration. Using “mark,” they were able to confirm where those blocks were repositioned. There might be additional progress from now on. While he thought that, Hajime turned toward the girls that slept on his sides. “They sleep so comfortably... ... isn’t this a Great Dungeon?” Hajime’s murmur mixed with a wry smile resounded. He had stayed up for a long time as the lookout. Hajime quietly released his arm that somehow got embraced, and stroked Yue’s hair. A slight smile could be seen. Hajime’s eyes also slightly reverted to their former state. Next, he changed his glance to Shia on the other side. She splendidly drooled on Hajime’s shoulder while “munya munya,” she moved her mouth, and it truly was a slackened sleeping expression. He remembered that she also wanted her head patted, so he quietly stroked Shia’s hair. Immediately, he felt the rabbit ears’ fluffiness. It was followed by her showing a loosened expression that she doesn’t show even under normal circumstances. It was a truly relieved expression. For the most part, it only occurs when Hajime was on lookout, well, it could be said that she’d feel relieved when Hajime was by her side. Hajime who gently stroked the blue-hued gray hair, as well as the rabbit ears, showed a complex expression. “Geez, just what’s good about someone like me... ... that you would follow me, even here...” He looked at Shia with tender eyes while throwing abusive words at himself. The thing that Shia sought could be compared to the feelings that Yue had. Even so, Shia’s positive attitude, cheerfulness, and how she cried but never gave up... ... greatly attracted Hajime’s fancy. As a result, his strokes became even gentler. And, at that time, Shia who “munya munya,” started to talk in her sleep. “Munya... ... Au... ... Hajime-san, how bold~, to do it outside~, ... ... everyone will be able to see~” “... ...” Hajime who looked at her with gentle eyes immediately erased his smile. He gently used both hands, and quietly moved them, to pinch Shia’s nose and close her mouth. Shia’s calm expression gradually changed to a painful one, but he didn’t mind it and kept doing it. “Nn~, nn? Nnh~!? Nnn–!! Nn–!! Puhah! Haa, haa, wh-what are you doing!? Even though it was an attack while I sleep, it has the wrong meaning!” Shia who “zeha zeha,” panted, woke up then fiercely protested, Hajime turned toward her with cold eyes. “Well? Inside your mind, what kind of a pervert am I? What will you do outside? Nn?” “Eh? ... ... hah, that was a dream!? Why~, even though Hajime-san finally became dere, it was impossible to suppress the pathos that gushed out, and the bashfulness of me that writhes in agony because of those words, finally decided in publi- hebuh!?” Without listening to anymore of it, Hajime used strengthening to flick her forehead. Shia became face up because of the big impact, and the back of her head hit the wall behind her, hard; which result in her squatting with teary eyes. As expected, her shameless character always slips out. While rubbing the back of her head, Shia muttered, “Somehow I felt something happy happened, but is it just my imagination?” Probably, she unconsciously felt Hajime patting her. However, because he had known she would get carried away if he told her the truth, Hajime decided to ignore her. Because Shia woke up (although by force), Hajime gently shook Yue to wake her up. Yue “... ...Nn u... ...Au?”, let out that lovely voice while slowly opening her eyes. Then, with a blank expression she looked upward and confirmed Hajime was there, once again, she rubbed her mouth on Hajime’s shoulder, then she quietly parted from Hajime and straightened her appearance. “Uu, Yue-san is so cute... ... this is how a girl wakes up~, compared to her I was...” Shia began becoming depressed this time, and Yue looked at her in wonder, only to let out an explanation, “because it was Shia after all.” “Look, from the beginning you understood the overwhelming difference in battle power (girl power), right? Rather than being depressed, start doing some soul searching.” “... ... What gentleness, you didn’t drop it somewhere?” “Gusuh, only to Yue-san. Damn.” Shia stood up after some soul searching. Yue and Hajime were also ready. This time, they prayed that they wouldn’t be returned to the starting point, and so the trio resumed their dungeon conquest. Once again, because there will be a lot of unpleasant traps and annoying sentences, they cleared their mind and soul. Then, Hajime and his party reached a room that they had only visited once, even after a week. It was the room with golem knights that made them remember how mad they were when they got returned to the starting point the first time. However, this time the sealed door was opened from the start, and inside was not a room but a passage. “This is... ... it’d be troublesome if they encircle us again. Let’s rush to the open door at once!” “Nnh!” “Yes!” Hajime and his party broke into the golem knights’ room at once. When they approached the center of the room, as expected, ‘gashan gashan,’ the sound of golem knights rushing out from the recesses on both sides of the walls resounded. From the start, they ran forward while kicking and shooting those golem knights; which bought them some time, while Hajime and his party ran faster still, to reach the altar before being caught by the golem knights’ encirclement. Although the golem knights rushed after them, they were unable to catch up to Hajime and his party that had already passed the door. Having successfully escaped, Hajime was grinning. However, Hajime’s smile vanished in the next moment. This time the golem knights also passed through the door, chasing after them. Also... “Wha-!? They can run on the ceiling!?” “... ... Surprising” “Gravity-san please do your work~!” That’s right, the golem knights that chased them, as if ignoring gravity, were running on the walls and ceiling, giving off ‘gashan gashan,’ sounds of moving heavy armor. Because of this, even Hajime and his party were surprised by it. Hajime immediately looked at the passage then used “Mineral Appraisal,” but all materials were already known. He didn’t detect any minerals that could neutralize gravity, or any with adhesive nature. “How did they do that?” Those were the unintentional mutterings that leaked out from his mouth. And once more he took a peek at the golem knights behind him, becoming even more surprised as he turned around. One of the golem knights on the ceiling was running while ‘pyon,’ jumping, and like a cannonball it advanced with tremendous momentum toward them while jumping in mid-air. Hajime let out a surprised voice then fired Donner rapidly. The bullets fired accompanied by flashes, and the golem knight’s helmet and shoulders were destroyed. The golem knight’s headpiece separated from the body, and the large sword and shield were also dropped. However, without falling to the ground, it advanced toward Hajime and his party as is. “Evade!” “Nnh.” They avoided the golem knight’s head, body, large sword, and shield that came fast and furiously by jumping and bending their bodies. The wreckage of the golem knight passed Hajime and his party, flew towards the walls and ceiling without reducing its momentum, and then crashed and rolled around on the floor. “Oioi, isn’t that...” “Nn... ... it looks like it “fell”.” “Gravity-san is at work, I understand.” It was just as represented by Yue’s and Shia’s words. Apparently, those golem knights were able to control gravity. Although no one understood why they didn’t use it last time, probably because previously it was a room, they might be only able to use it after the room changed into a passage. While making that hypothesis, Hajime and his party were interrupted by golem knights that “fell.” Some of them approached while spinning their large swords as if they were pinwheels in a veteran-like manner. Hajime and his party used gunfire and “Rupture” for ranged attacks, while Shia struck those that drew near, and they advanced without stopping. After a while, Hajime and his party felt a different presence from those knights. “Muu... ... Hajime.” “Aa, I know. Because this dungeon can reconstruct itself, it must be something like that.” “W-we are surrounded.” After falling golem knights, next was the reconstruction to come down. Hajime and his party decided to wait for the platoon to come. The knights came with shields raised and moved gallanty, as if they had become a wall. The golem knights created a two-row formation, where the knight in the back supported the defending knight in front. Perhaps they had learned that with only a single row they’d be crushed with sheer power. “Tch, how troublesome.” While clicking his tongue, Hajime put Donner-Schlag back into their holsters. After that, he took out one weapon from “Treasure Box.” In his hands was a weapon with rectangular shape and rotating barrels, the Rocket & Missile Launcher : Orkan. The rockets themselves were 0 cm in length, each of them had more destructive power than the usual grenade. Using Creation magic, the warheads were installed with stones that could generate “Lightning-clad,” because these stones constantly generate static electricity, they were cobbled together with combustion powder that’d be ignited by the warhead upon contact. Hajime was grinning while he fixed Orkan to his side. “Yue, Shia! Cover your ears! I’ll blow them up!” “Nn.” “Ee~ what was that!?” Shia who saw Orkan’s bizarreness for the first time could only open her eyes wide. Yue was the first to thrust her index fingers into her ears. Shia’s rabbit ears ‘pinh,’ stood upright; unconcerned, Hajime pulled Orkan’s trigger. PASHUUU! Along with that sound, the rocket was launched, leaving trails of sparks behind. It was aimed at the platoon of golem knights that laid in wait, then it hit. In the next moment a roaring sound came along with a large explosion. The pressure that came from igniting a large amount of compressed combustion powder greatly shook the passage. The golem knights that were in the line of fire and received a direct hit, were violently thrown against the walls on both sides, as well as the ceiling. They were destroyed to the point that they didn’t even resemble their original forms. It’d take a fair bit of time for them to be reconstructed. Hajime and his party jumped over the wreckage of the fallen golem knights at once. “Rabbit ears were-~, my rabbit ears were-~!!” While Hajime and his party ran, Shia folded her rabbit ears and held them with both hands in agony with teary eyes. The Rabbitman tribe had... ... the most excellent hearing among the demi-human race after all. “That’s why I said to close your ears.” “Ee? What is it? I can’t hear you.” “... ... truly, a shameless rabbit...” Although Hajime and Yue looked at Shia with amazed expressions, Shia who was in agony couldn’t noticed it. After dealing with golem knights that had come falling once again, they ran through the passage for five minutes. Finally, they saw the end. Ahead of the passage was a huge and broad room. The road itself was broken, and they could see a square scaffold 10 meters ahead. “Yue, Shia! Jump!” Hearing Hajime’s shout, Yue and Shia (who somehow recovered) nodded. At their backs, the golem knights kept coming down. While they tried to intercept, Hajime and his party that kept avoiding them reached the end of the passage and jumped. The jumping power of Hajime and his party who used body strengthening far outstripped olympic athletes. Hajime and his party easily broke the world record and jumped to the square before them. But, it was a characteristic of this Great Dungeon that nothing comes out as expected. Somehow, in front of Hajime and his party that jumped, drawing a parabolic arc, ‘shii-,’ the square block began to move. “Whaat!?” Hajime raised the shout that he had let out many times in this dungeon. Because the distance they judge was altered, they will fall at this rate. They took a peek below and saw that it was quite deep. When he prepared to shoot out the anchor, Yue’s voice immediately rang out. Using the updraft from wind magic, Hajime and his party’s jump distance extended. Even though it was only for a moment, it was enough. He somehow succeeded catching the edge of the block that was still moving even now. Using the spikes on his artificial arm to secure him in place, Hajime was hanging with Yue and Shia clinging to him. “N-nice, Yue.” “... ... Praise me more.” While unconsciously smiling because they had avoided the fall, Hajime and Shia praised Yue. Yue who had consumed a large amount of magic power was a little tired, but showed a triumphant mood. However, that peaceful atmosphere was disrupted by the golem knights that came flying. That’s right, the golem knights were flying in the air. They probably controlled gravity so that they wouldn’t fall. They approached Hajime and his party who were currently hanging, with tremendous momentum. “kh!? Yue, Shia climb over me!” While issuing that order Hajime took out Donner and rapidly shot at the approaching golem knights. Yue and Shia climbed up Hajime’s body which was still moving along with the block. Then Hajime raised his strength to pull himself onto the block using only one arm. Immediately after, the place where Hajime was previously hanging was pierced with large swords that came hurtling with tremendous velocity. Afterwards, Hajime shoots from overhead the golem knights that were stiffened due to post-skill latency. “****, these guys, I don’t know if it was caused by the gravity control, but their movements and tactics became better.” “... ... Perhaps, the cause is here?” “Ahaha, what’s with common sense. Isn’t everything floating (...)?” Just as Shia said, everything in their vicinity was floating. The place that Hajime and his party had entered was a gigantic spherical room. The diameter itself was more than two kilometers. Inside the room, blocks with all kind of shapes and sizes were floating and ‘shii-,’ moved irregularly. It was a space that completely ignored gravity. However, for some reason Hajime and his party still felt gravity. Perhaps, only specific materials in this room were not restricted to gravity. Inside this room, golem knights were able to fly around freely. Their falling directions were controlled after all, as they rapidly turned around. If they were living beings, it wouldn’t be weird for them to die due to the tremendous G-force. When he thought how their movements and tactics became better as they approached this space, perhaps... “The one who controls the golems might be here, in this room, I think?” Hearing Hajime’s guess, Yue and Shia also agreed and then stiffened their expressions. No one knew why, but the surrounding golem knights did not attack them. For now, because nothing happened, they observed their surroundings. They didn’t know if it was the last destination or if it continued after. However, this room was definitely close to the innermost room, proven by how the golem knights’ abilities were improved, and the uniqueness of this room. Hajime used “Farsight” to investigate the gigantic, spherical space with his eyes. And, in the next moment, Shia’s unease filled voice rang out. “”!?”” Hajime and Yue, without asking what it was, instantly jumped when they heard Shia’s warning. Fortunately a block just passed by several meters ahead of them, allowing them to leave the block they were previously standing on. Immediately, ZUuGAGAGAN!! A meteorite-like illusion came and it crashed into the block that Hajime and his party were on just a moment ago, blasting it into fine pieces. Meteorite wasn’t necessarily the wrong term for it. After all something gigantic made a scorching fall, and with its momentum it destroyed the block, and passed through. Cold sweat flowed on Hajime’s cheeks. He would have received a direct hit from that without Shia’s warning. With him being unable to use “Vajra,” it would be an instant death. He was also unable to sense it coming. But immediately after Shia’s warning, he certainly felt the presence. However, with its falling speed it would be impossible to avoid it when he sensed it coming. “Shia, you saved us. Thanks.” “Ehehe, it was good that “Foresight” was activated. Although all of my magic was taken instead...” Apparently, Shia’s special magic, “Foresight,” activated faster than Hajime’s perception was able to sense it. “Foresight” was able to see the future as a result of Shia’s assumed choice if she activated it manually, also, it could activate automatically. Just like this time, it saw through the big danger accompanied with death that affected her directly or indirectly. In other words, if they received a direct hit, at least Shia would have died from it. With a new feeling of horror, Hajime looked at the meteor-like thing that had passed them. He peeped below from the edge of the block. And, when he thought something moved below, it suddenly flew up with tremendous momentum. It went above them in no time, and while remaining in place, ‘ginh,’ its eyes shone while glaring at Hajime and his party. “Oioi, seriously.” “... ... So... ... big.” “It’s got the feeling of the big boss.” Hajime and his party muttered three different impressions of it. Although Yue’s remark was a little dangerous, it was still at the limit of tolerance... ... It should be. What appeared in front of Hajime and his party was a super big golem knight that floated in mid-air. Although the armor was the same, its length should be around 20 meters. Its right hand was burning as if it was a heat knuckle, and it might be what caused the block from before to be blasted to pieces. In its left hand was a chain that made ‘jhara jhara,’ sounds, equipped with a flail-type Morningstar. Hajime and his party took their stances as they saw the gigantic golem, and they could hear ‘hyun hyun,’ sounds from the surrounding golem knights that came flying until finally Hajime and his party were surrounded. The golem knights who stood in line, raised their large swords in front of their chests. It was as if they were saluting their king. Hajime and his party were completely encircled and could feel their tension raised. Silence filled their surroundings, it was as if it was a critical situation. The moment they move, the game that bet their lives (slaughter) would begin. What destroyed the strained mood that was caused by such a premonition was... ... ... Was the joke-like greeting from the gigantic golem. “Yaho~, nice to meet you~, Miledi Raisen that’s loved by everyone is here~” “””... ... Ha?”””	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 3, "inserted_lines_src": 8, "inserted_lines_trg": 4 }
リビングに行くと、父さんとシエラが食事をしている最中だった。「ジェラルド。体はもういいのか?」「うん。平気」父さんの言葉にうなずいて、俺は自分の席に座った。すぐに母さんがパンと、熱々のスープを運んできてくれる。さっき作ったばかりなのだろう、なんとも食欲のそそるにおいが鼻をついた。それにしても随分とお腹が減っているも食べていないのだから当然ではあるが。両手は自然と、目の前に並べられた皿に伸びていた。貪るようにパンを食べ、スープの皿を傾ける。綺麗に焼けた小麦色のパンが、あったかくてほんのり甘いコーンスープが、みるみるうちに減っていく。「げほっ、ごほっ」「ああ、もう。そうやってがっつかないの。急いで食べなくてもなくならないからゆっくり食べなさいね、ジェラルドちゃん」「うっ、ご、ごめんなさい」飲み込むのを焦ってむせた俺の口元に、母さんがハンカチを寄せてくる。母さんの手で口元を吹かれる前にそのハンカチを受け取って、俺は自分の口を拭いた。 ......子どもっぽいとは分かっているけれど、それでも大人ぶりたいと思ってしまうのだ。そういう背伸びも微笑ましいのか、父さんと母さんはくすくす笑っているけどさ。今度はゆっくり食事を口に運びながら、俺は父さんと母さんに話しかけた。「俺、魔力を感知できるようになったよ」そう告げると、父さんの表情が驚きから喜びに変化した。「ジェラルド......お前ってやつは」父さんが感動に目をうるうるさせて俺を見てくる。そして目元を拭うと(しかし涙は流れていない)しみじみとした口調で、「そうか。お前も男になっていっているんだな......」でも父さんの気持ちはちょっと分かる。というか、現在進行形で理解している。今までは感知できなかった魔力を感じることができるようになっていたのだ。これを『男になった』と言わずしてなんと言う。少なくとも、これでぐっと『魔術師らしく』なったではないか。魔術師として成長したことだけは間違いないのだ。「父さん、俺、立派に男になれてるかな?」「ああ。なってる、なってるとも。こんな立派に成長するとは......さすが、私の子だ」「父さん......」「ジェラルド......」ひし! 抱き合う男二人を見て、母さんが呆れたような顔をしながら呟いていた。「んー、男ってほんとバカよねえ......」くだらないことで盛り上がっているとでも思っているのだろう。俺と父さんにしてみれば物凄い重要なことなのに。とはいえさすがに母さんの前でこれ以上無闇にはしゃいでいるわけにも行かず、俺は父さんの背中に回していた腕を解いた。そしたら今度は父さんがぐいっと思い切り引き寄せてきた。「と、父さん!?」「ジェラルド、私も......私もなあ、魔術師に昔は憧れていたんだよ」はい。見てれば分かります。俺が魔術使えるようになってめっちゃテンション上がってたしね。魔力使えるようになったって言ったら、凄い泣きそうなぐらいになってたもんね。そういう父さんの子どもっぽい、少年の心が残りまくってるところは俺も大好きだし尊敬してるけど。父さんみたいな、純粋さを忘れない大人になりたいって本当に思う。「だが私にはその才能がなかった......魔法言語を解することができなかった。だがその夢を、なんと息子が叶えてくれている。親にとって、これに勝る喜びはないよ。ありがとう!」そんな父さんの感謝の言葉に、俺の顔が赤くなる。どうして真っ直ぐ向けられた感謝の気持ちって、こんなに気恥ずかしくなるんだろう。照れる俺の顔色に気づいているのだろう。母さんはテーブルの向こうでクスクスと面白がるような笑みを見せていた。さらには背中からシエラがぎゅうってくっついてきた。なんだこのかわいいいきものは。くっついてこられるだけで幸せな気持ちになるじゃないか。「にいたん、にいた~ん」シエラが背中に頬をすりすり寄せてくる。その仕草が目に見えなくても想像できて、なんか無性に胸がほっこりして和みまくる。と、そんなことを考えていたら。「......にいたん、くちゃい」「なぬ!?」「まあ、三日も体洗ってないなら仕方ないわよねえ」「シエラぁ~」シエラが俺の背中から離れていく。母さんの妙に冷静なコメントが、俺に追い打ちをかけるかのようだった。だがそうやってシエラが俺の背中から離れたことで、なんとか冷静さを取り戻す。椅子に座り直して再びスープへとスプーンを伸ばしながら、俺は両親やシエラを『視』てみることにした。すると視えるわ視えるわ。三人の体を覆う魔力光が。父さんは......残念ながら魔力光がかなり弱い。色は鈍色で、うっすらとした光を放っている。だがどこか一本芯の通っていそうな意志を感じさせる色は、ロマンチストなくせに真面目な父さんっぽい。才能がなかったと言っていたが、魔法言語を理解したとしても、この魔力の大きさではあんまり強い魔術を使うことができないのではないだろうか。母さんはさっき部屋に入ってきた時にも見たけれど、淡い色合いのオレンジだ。父さんと比べれば比較的強い光だが、俺の魔力と比べるとどうしても見劣りがしてしまう。しかし母さんから感じる魔力はどこか包み込むような柔らかさに満ちていて包容力を感じる。温かくて、優しくて......好きな感じの色をしているな。そしてシエラに視線を移すが――これが凄いのだ。俺とは違って銀色の輝きを放っているが、それが後光ではないかと思えるほどに魔力光が強い。さすがに魔術を扱う俺ほどではないが、それでも眩しいぐらいである。魔法書によると、幼児期というのは誰でも魔術の才能があるという。そこからだんだん年齢を重ねていくごとに、その才能と合わせて魔力光も小さく、儚くなっていくのだとか。そういう意味では、シエラがまだ二歳ということもあり魔力光が強いのも納得ではあった。けど、こうやって人の魔力を視たりとかすると実感するよなあ、俺が魔力を感知できるようになったって。一人っきりで部屋にこもって呪文に魔力を込める練習をするのもいいが、こうして人の魔力を視るのも感慨深いものがあるな。魔力光の色や光にも個人差があることが分かったし、なにより魔力光そのものがその人の内面を表しているようで面白い。それにしても、なんでいきなり魔力を感知できるようになったのか......。そういえば、心当たりがある。デカ猪が現れる直前に感じた気配。そして、総身を藍色の輝きで包んでいた魔物の姿。もしかすると、あの時にはもう......。「......ねえ、父さん。聞きたいことがあるんだけど」ふむ。「お、おお!? ジェラルド、またあの魔術を私にかけたか?」呪文を唱えると、父さんの体を金色の光が包み込む。目を丸くして驚......いや、喜ぶ父さんはとりあえず無視して、母さんとシエラに向き直った。「なあ、今父さんの体を包んだ金色の光、見えた?」一人で納得する俺に母さんが首を傾げていたけれど、ある程度のことは把握することができた。デカ猪に襲われた時、俺はもう強い魔力を感知することならできるようになっていた。例えば父さんの体に強化の術をかけた時がそうだ。そしてその後のデカ猪との遭遇時、俺はデカ猪の持つ魔力を認識することができた。おそらくはそれがきっかけで、魔力を感知するため感覚器官みたいなものが急激に発達したのではないだろうか。しかし俺の体はその急激な変化に耐え切れず、そのせいで三日間も寝込むことになってしまったというわけだ。その予測を父さんと母さんに話してみると、二人とも「なるほど」と納得して。「それにしても、ジェラルドは魔術が使える上に賢いな。筋道を立てて物事を考える力がもうその歳で備わっているとは。いやはや、末恐ろしいこともあったものだ」おいそれどういう意味だ母さん。「こんな賢いジェラルドちゃんは、お母さん嫌だなぁ......もうちょっとおばかさんなほうが可愛いのに」その時のシエラの笑った顔がツボすぎてやばかった。もう、ほんと、食事の途中で行儀が悪いかもしれないけれど抱き寄せて頭をぐりぐり撫で回したくなるぐらいの愛らしさで。「さあ、シエラ、来い!」だから俺は両腕を広げてシエラを迎え入れる体勢を整えた。だがそんな俺の思惑は、あっさり覆されてしまう。ぷいっ。「え、シエラ。おいで、抱っこしてあげるよ~、お兄ちゃんがぎゅってしてあげますよー?」「な、なんで......どうしてだ、シエラ......お兄ちゃんのこと、嫌いなのか?」一言で切って捨てられて落ち込む俺の背中を、父さんの手がバシバシと叩いた。 ......それにしても。強化された体でこうもバシバシ叩かれると、いつも以上に痛くてたまらない。自分の魔術の効果を、身を持って体験することになるのだった。我が家のお姫様に「くさい」と切って捨てられた俺は、空っぽになった腹を満たしてから外へ出た。さっそく感知できるようになった魔力で色々試してみたかったのだが、とりあえずまずは体を洗おうと思ったのだ。なんせシエラは、俺にとっては愛娘も同然だ。そんなシエラをぎゅっとしてやれないなんて、そんなことあっていいわけがないだろう。 ......まあ、こんなこと言うと、父さん辺りが「お前なんぞに娘はやらん! 貴様のような男には絶対に渡さんぞぉ!」とかハッスルするから口には出さないんだけど。ともあれ、庭先にある井戸で桶に水を汲み、中には刻んで乾かした薬草を投入する。その桶を流し場まで運び、濡らした布で俺は体を拭いていく。流し場とは、簡単に言えば浴槽のない風呂場みたいなものだ。床は表面のつるつるした石材でできており、その周りは布で覆われているため外からは見えない。この村の人達は、基本的にこの流し場にお湯や水を持ち込んで体を洗う。浴槽に浸かるという習慣もないらしいが、石けん代わりの薬草のおかげで不潔な印象はまるでなかった。 ......まあ、魔術を使えば体を綺麗にすることなんて一瞬だし、こうして流し場を使う必要だって実はそんなにないのだが。「いい天気だなー......」その代わりかなり暑いけど。こうしてじりじりと肌が焼かれるような日は、水で体を拭くのも涼しくて気持ちいい。寝起きの気分もなんとなくしゃっきりするというものだ。そうやって涼みつつ体を洗っていたところ、誰かがこちらへやってくる魔力の気配を感じた。「お、ジェラルド! お前、具合悪くしてたんだって? もういいのかよ」そんな声がかけられたかと思うと、流し場を囲う布の間から見慣れた顔がひょっこり覗き込んでくる。「うお、なにすんだジェラルド!? 顔面にぶっかけんなよ!」驚いた俺は思わず桶の水をその顔目掛けてぶちまけていた。布の間から突き出されていた顔が、凄い勢いで引っ込んだ。 ......っていうか、その表現は色々とやましい想像を手助けするというかなんというか、とりあえずやめたほうがいいんじゃないかな? 「み、み、み、ミィル! お前こそ何してんだ俺は今全裸で体を洗ってる最中......」突然のことに動転して、やや早口気味にまくし立てる。当然ながら股間を両手で隠しながら。一度引っ込めた顔を再びミィルが布の間から突き出してくる。またさっきみたいに情けない悲鳴を上げてしまった。そんな俺に彼女が向けられた目は、この晴天には似合わぬジメっとしたもので。「男だからあんたに見られたくないんだよぅ!」ミルリィル――通称ミィル。女の子。どこか強気そうなキリッとした瞳に、その活発さを示すかのような赤毛を持つ俺の同期......というか同い年。この村にも当然の事ながら子どもというものはいるわけで、五歳の俺も必然的にそのコミュニティに組み込まれている。その中でも、同い年ということもありミィルとは一緒に外遊びをすることも多かった。「んー? 知らなくていいってどういうことだよ? まあいいや。それよりもこれから外行こうぜ外。体なんて洗ってねーでさ」『お前の母さん』と言わない辺り、さすがミィルだ。物怖じしない。呆れながらも、「とりあえず服取って」言ってミィルから服を受け取り着替えた俺は流し場を後にする。そして外に出ると、日焼けした顔で爽やかな笑顔を浮かべるミィルの脇にはボールが抱えられていた。「いい天気だからな! ってかジェラルドこそ、こんな時間になんで体なんて洗ってたんだ?」通常、体を洗う時間といえば朝か夕だ。昼間に洗う人はこの村だとあんまりいない。「あー......いい天気だったからな」暑いし。「だよな! こんなに天気の日は外で遊ばないと怒られるぜ」その言葉、俺の前世だとセクハラ扱いされたりするから気をつけろよ。まあ、ぶっちゃけ俺としてはミィルと遊ぶのに不満はない。むしろ三日も寝ていたんだから、少しは体を動かしたいところだ。だから彼女の誘いを断る理由も特になかったりもする。 ――と、そこで俺はふと思いついた。ミィルを見る目に力を込めてみると......視えてきた。赤く輝く彼女の魔力光が。やはりというか、どうやら魔力光の色は個人差があるらしい。それが当人の性格や性質を意味するのか、それとも強さによって色が変わるのかはまだ分からない。けどまあ、赤毛に赤い魔力光というのはいかにもミィルらしくてお似合いだと思った。「? ついってどういうことだよ。ってかお前顔赤くねえか? 熱でもぶり返したか?」熱いからな。どこがとは言わないけど。「それよりも遊びに行くんだろ! さっさと行くぞ!」ずんずんと歩き出す俺の背中に、そんな声が追いすがってくる。だけど俺は、足を緩めるどころかむしろ速度を上げてその場を歩き去る。だって、ほら。今追いつかれたらさ、いい天気だし、熱いからな。どこがとは言わないけどな。	When we enter the living room, Sierra and Father were having a meal. They had a surprised expression when they turned their eyes onto me. “Gerald, are you feeling better now?” “Yeah, I feel great” I nodded to Father words as I sat on my chair. As soon as I sat down, Mother brought in hot soup and bread for me. Just the smell of it multiplied my appetite by ten folds. Well, it’s only natural, seeing I have not eaten anything for three days now. Both of my hands naturally stretched out towards the dish. I ate the bread like a caveman while every so often, gulping down the slightly sweet corn soup. “Geho, goho” “Ahh, mou, eat slowly Gerald-chan, it won’t disappear you don’t have to rush” “Ugh, s-sorry” Struggling to swallow the food, Mother used a handkerchief and help wiped my mouth. ...... Even though I know that I’m childish, I still tried to act like a grown-up. Possibly because they think that my action of overdoing myself was amusing, Father and Mother ended up chuckling. While slowly finishing the rest of the food, I told Father and Mother. “I am able to perceive æther now” After saying that, Father’s expression changed from surprise to joy. “Gerald...... You” Father looked at me with an expression as if he was about to cry and then he proceeded to wipe his eyes (though there were no tears flowing). “I see, you are becoming a man too......” But I understood Father’s feelings. To be more precise, I am starting to understand his feelings. Now, I am able to perceive æther, something which I could not have done before. At least, I am『Like a Magician』. There is no doubt that becoming a magician means I am growing up. “Otou-san, will I become a good man?” “Ahh, to grow, to grow into such a splendid young man...... as expected of my son” “Otou-san......” “Gerald......” While seeing two men embracing each other, Mother muttered to herself while having an amazed face. “Mmm, man sure are blockheads......” You would think that he is getting excited at such a trivial thing. But this is an important matter between Father and me. Be that as it may, I decided to not give Mother any more chance of making fun of me, I untied my arms from Father’s back and returned them back to my side. Then, Father, with all his might, suddenly pulled himself back to me. “F-Father!?” “Gerald, I...... I used to wish to become a magician back in my glory days a long time ago” I see. After I looked at him, I understood. Ever since I started using magic, the tension started to rise. But having been told by your son that he is also able to perceive aether now, it was enough to make you cry. I love and respect the place where the heart of a boy is kept in Father like that. I really want to become an adult who does not forget purity, like my father. “But I lacked the talent...... to understand the magic language. But surprisingly, my son has been granted the dream I always yearned for. For parents, there is no greater joy than this. Thank you very much!” My face became red after hearing Father’s thankful words. I wonder why such straightforward and to the point words of gratitude could be this embarrassing. Aware of my own embarrassed expression, Mother displayed a smile over on the other side of the table while giggling. Sierra clung onto my back and squeezed tightly. What a cute little creature, I feel happy just being close to her. “Nii-tan, Nii~tan” Sierra rubs her cheeks on my back. Even if the action is not visible, I could imagine. Her actions seem to make my chest warm and relaxed. Sierra is clad in a soothing aura. I see, I can perceive æther regardless of senses. If such a thing is considered. “...... Nii-tan, smewwy” “What!?” “Well, it can’t be helped since you have not washed your body in three days” “Sierra~” Sierra moved away from my back. Mother’s strangely calm comment seemed to be the finishing blow to me. However, Sierra getting away from my back somehow managed to help me regain my composure. While sitting on the chair and extending the spoon for the soup again, I decided to『look』at everyone. And then I saw it, three people covered in æther. Father is......Unfortunately, his æther is considerably low. The faint light he emitted was coloured dark grey. However somewhere deep down, despite him being a romanticist, he gives off a feeling of being a serious father. He said he didn’t have the talent for it, but even if he knew the language of magic, but with the size of this æther, he won’t be able to use very strong magic techniques. I saw it when Mother entered the room, but the æther given off was in a warm orange colour. Still, the feeling I get from Mother’s æther is so gentle that it feels like it envelopes you to the brim with magnanimity. Warm, gentle......I like colours of that feeling. Next, I move my eyes to Sierra—incredible. Unlike my bright silver light, her æther is so strong to the point you’d be hard pressed to question whether it was a halo or not. Even though I’m know magic on some extent, but, it’s still so dazzling. According to the grimoire, anyone during infancy/early childhood has a talent for magic. From there, as you’re growing older, both of your talent and æther light gradually grow smaller, until you’re dead. In that sense, Sierra who’s still two years old has such a strong æther light. However, by continuously looking at other people’s æther like this, I somehow managed to sense my own æther.– Even though it is a good practice to shut myself in the room and pour æther into the spell, there’s a special feeling when perceiving other people’s æther. I notice there are differences on individual æther in color and light. Moreover, this magical light can show us the innerself of the person, it’s pretty interesting. Even so, why could I suddenly perceive æther...? That’s remind me, I think I have an idea about it. The sign that I felt before the big wild boar appears. And also, there was some indigo color-like thing which wrapped the body of that low-tier monster. Don’t tell me, at that time I already.... [... Nee, Father. I want to ask something][Nn? What is it Gerald?][There was something shiny in the body of the giant wild boar, do you know about it?][Light, eh?... No, I don’t remember there is something like that...] Fumu. [『Protect him with the Divine Protection』][O,oh!? Gerald, what magic did you use on me this time?] When I cast the incantation, golden light wraps around my father’s body. Disregard my surprised... No, my excited father, I turned around to mother and Sierra. [Hey, do you see golden light that wraps around father’s body?][Eh, I don’t understand][Light? Sierra dunno][Un. I see. Thank you both of you. I think I understand for the time being][What do you understand?] Toward me who understood something, my mother just inclined her neck in curiousity, I think I understood it to some extent. When I was attacked by the Giant Wild Boar, most likely I could already sense the æther so I was able to do it. For example, the moment where I cast strengthening magic on my father’s body. And then, if I encounter another Giant Wild Boar, I think I might be able to recognize the magic that giant wild boar possessed. Perhaps, the reason I could perceive æther was because the magic sensory organ or something developed rapidly. However, as the result, my body can’t endure the rapid change, thus I have fallen asleep for the three days due to that. When I told my conjecture to my father and mother, they both consent with [I see] together. [More importantly, Gerald is really smart to be able to understand that kind of magic. Moreover, possessing the understanding to predict about anything at this age. Oh dear, you will grow into someone amazing in the future][Well yeah... I wonder where did we make mistake in raising you?] Oi, what do you mean by that, mom. [This kind of smart Gerald, mom don’t want it... Mom prefer the cute and foolish Gerald][What about Sierra? Is Sierra cute?][Yeah, of course! Sierra is the cutest in the world!][Ehehe, Onii-tan, thank you] Sierra’s smiling face at that time was really dangerous. Mou, really, even though it’s bad manner during eating, I want to embrace her, rub my face on her, and pat her adorable head. [Saa, Sierra, come!] Therefore, I straightened my body stance and open both of my arms on Sierra. But, my expectation has been betrayed. Pui. [Eh, Sierra. Come here, Oniichan will hug you~ I’ll hold you up tightly, you know?][Yaada] [W, why... Why, Sierra....Do you hate, Oniichan?][Mmm, but I like you Onitan?][Then, why...][Smelly][Haha. You’ve been rejected, Gerald] My father’s hand slapped my back when I was depressed due to her words. .... Moreover, to slap my back while being on strengthened body, it’s more painful than usual. The effect of magic, I experienced it for the first time. After the Princess of our home said [Smelly] to me, I went outside with full stomach. I wanted to try various magics which I was able to perceive at once, but for the time being let’s wash my body first. Anyway, it’s natural to think that Sierra is my most precious girl. That kind of Sierra said such things, there is no way that I am alright with it. ... Well, when I said something like that, my father responded [I won’t give my daughter to you! I will never hands her to a man like you!], it somewhat made me speechless. Anyway, I draw water to the tub from the well in the garden, I put the dry medical herbs inside. I carried the tub to the sink place, and began to wipe my body with a wet cloth. What is a sink place? To put it simply, it’s a place like bathroom without bathtub. The surface of the floor was made by smooth stones, and there was cloth covering the surrounding to prevent being seen from outside. The people in this village usually brought their hot water or cold water to this sink place and wash their body. Even though there is no custom to use bathtub, there’s no feeling of lingering dirt after cleaning up, thanks to the medical herbs which serve as the soap. ... Well, the moment I can use magic to make my body clean, there will be no need to use the sink place again. [What a nice weather...] Although it’s quite hot. It feels very cool and pleasant when I wipe the skin with water the moment it starts to burn slightly. This somehow feels like I am really living. When I am still washing my body and cooling myself, I feel a sign of magic from someone approaching me. [O, Gerald! You, you did something bad, didn’t you?] When I heard the voice, a familiar face looks into me between the clothes which surrounded the sink place. [Na, nu, nwaaaa!?][Uo, why so sudden Gerald!? Why in the face!] I was surprised so I instinctively threw the water in the tub toward the face. The face that thrust out between the clothes was pushed back by great power. ...More like, that kind of saying is triggering some lewd/guilty thinking. for now I think it’ll be better to stop? [M,m,m,miru!? What are you doing while I am still washing my naked body...] I was surprised, and kept talking like a machinegun. Naturally, I was hiding the crotches with both of my hands. Miru shows her face again from between the clothes. She also raised a miserable scream a moment ago. The eyes that she shows on me, it’s unsuitable for the sunny weather like now. [... Such a pathetic voice for a man][It’s because I am a man so I don’t want to be seen by you!][? What do you mean?][... It’s alright if you don’t know it] Miruriru— a.k.a Miru, five years old. She is a girl. She has a pair of confident eyes and red hair, an active-type... and is a girl who is same age as me. It’s natural for this village to have other childrens, my five-years old self included. Among them, since we’re on same age, I often play together with Miru. [Nn? What is with it’s alright if I don’t know? Oh well, let’s go play outside. You don’t need to wash your body now][... It’s perhaps not important, but I want to ask something. Why do you suddenly barge-in here without permission?][I asked Cecil][So suspicious...] To call by name instead of [Your mother], as expected from Miru, she don’t have any timidness. Although I was amazed, I received my change of clothes from Miru and said [I will change clothes for the time being], and I went back to the sink place. When I got out, there is a ball being held by Miru, there is a fresh smile on her tanned face. [... It’s so hot outside, are you not bothered by it?][That’s why it’s a fine weather!][In addition, you’re always full of unreasonableness][It’s because this is such a fine weather! Then, what about you Gerald? Why are you suddenly washing your body right now?] Usually, people wash their body in the morning or the evening. There are not many people in the village washing their body during daytime. [A... It’s because today has fine weather I guess] It’s a hot day. [You got it! During good weather like this, I’ll go crazy if I don’t play outside][Who is it. The one who always ignore people when they are talking][A man won’t mention trivial detail like that] That kind of word, it’ll be treated as sexual harassment in my previous life. Well, I don’t have any objection to play with Miru. I have slept for three days so I want to move my body for a little. Therefore, I don’t have any reason to decline her invitation either. — Though, suddenly I’m thinking something. When I put power in my eyes to see Miru... From her, I see red light shining. As I thought? Apparently, there is individual variation on the color of æther. I don’t know yet if it’s related with their character or personality. Or that they’re dependant on their strength. But still, red hair and red æther, it matches Miru well. It’s because her red æther is brilliant and beautiful, I was unintentionally fascinated by it. [Ah? Oi, Gerald. Why are you looking at me like that?][Etto, sorry][? What do you mean? Moreover, your face is red? Is the heat getting to you?][Uh! It’s a fine weather after all!] It’s really hot, you know. Though I don’t want to say it. [More importantly, let’s go play now! Hurry-up!][Yeah, oi, wait for me~ Don’t leave me, stupid!] I heard her voice when I begin to walk quickly. But, instead of reducing my speed, I increase my pace further and keep walking. It’s because, well. If she were to catch up... ah, such a fine weather, it’s so hot. I don’t plan to say it.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 6, "inserted_lines_src": 41, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
「ちくしょう! 早すぎるぜお嬢ちゃん!」ネココの爪が大太刀使いのコハルを切り刻む。スキルや奥義を使った時にはコハルも機敏に動くが、それ以上にネココは速く、反射神経に優れる。相性的にもプレイング的にも、勝ち目のない戦いだった。 (サトミくんはふらふらした動きと機敏な動きの緩急に要注意って言ってたけど、そもそも私たちはすべての動きが機敏で、人間を超える判断力を持つチャリンと戦ってきたんだ......!) ネココにとってコハルの動きはまさにスローモーションだった。 HPを十分に削った後、トドメをさすために首筋を狙う......! 「お嬢ちゃん、なんで俺の名前がコハルって女みたいな名前か知ってるか?」「............」「死んだ女房の名前だからさ」視認不可能なほど超高速の爪がコハルの首を切り裂いた。ネココの動きに迷いはない......! 「ちっ、女の子ってこういう感動話に弱いんじゃないの?」「唐突すぎるし、状況が状況だもん」「そりゃそうだ!」「それに嘘の可能性もあるし」「確かに! 確かにな......」コハルは真実を語ることなく消滅した。「どっちにしたって手は抜かないよ。私にも譲れないものがあるから」 ◆ ◆ ◆ 「まさか、4体どころか2体相手に負けてしまうとは......! 青土の台地では、すでに】を使うこともなく、普通にゴチュウとのコンビーネーションでシショウを倒したのだ。「なぜ......真の力を使わなかったのだ......?」】はまだ1回発動したのみ。まだそのメリットもデメリットも完全に明かしてはいません。だから、使わなくても勝てそうな時は使わないんです」「この儂が......それほど弱者に見えたか......!?」「僕とゴチュウの2人の時点で視線が泳いでいましたから」「くくっ......仕方あるまい! 同時に2つの敵の相手をするなど儂には無理だ......!」すでに凄腕の侍の風格が崩れつつあるシショウ。微妙に笑っている。「まあ、よい。才ある若者に敗れるのならば本望だ......。この思い、そして儂の教えを受け継いで進め......!」「何も教わっていませんが......」「さらばだ、弟子よ!」「師事した覚えもありませんが......」死してなお思いは受け継がれる......。師匠の思いは、半ば強制的にサトミに受け継がれた......! 「コロマロちゃ~ん、待て!」黄土の台地にはアンヌとガー坊、対するは勇者ユウシヤと破壊神コロマロ......なのだが、コロマロはアンヌの言うことを聞き、おとなしく『待て』を実行している。「わぁ~、賢いお犬さんですね~。そのままずっと待っててくださいね~」「フハハハハ! まさかコロマロの奴......女の言うことは聞くとはな!」ユウシヤはもはや笑うしかない。自分たちを2回戦へと導いた最大戦力が無力化されてしまったのだから......! 「このことは知らなかったんですか?」「ああ、そうさ! 普段のフィールドのモンスターに性別はほぼないし、対人戦の経験はあまりない! 予選は全員バラバラに逃げたから、コロマロがどう戦ってたのかは知らない! 1回戦は敵が全員男だったのだ! 知りようがない! フハハハハ!」「それは......ご愁傷さまです。でも、慈悲も情けもありませんから。シスターなのは見た目だけなんで!」アンヌがトゲ鉄球をぐるぐると振り回す。ガー坊も臨戦態勢に入る。もはや魔王のようだ......! 「フハハハハ! くじ引きで男を引けていれば、コロマロの力を借りていい勝負ができると思っていたが、どうやら運命の女神は俺を見放したらしい!」「え? 対戦相手はくじ引きで決めたんですか?」「そうだ! 別に自分たちにとって有利な組み合わせにしようとしたわけではない! 正直、どう組み合わせても勝てるビジョンが見えないから、運を天に任せたのだ! このゲームにはパーティで何か決めたりする際に揉めないように、くじ引きやコイントスなどのちょっとした機能が用意されているからな!」「へ~、知らなかったです」「説明書はよく読むタイプでな! まあ、今のご時世だと『ヘルプ』と呼ぶのが正しいのかもしれんが......」聖なる十字架の星たち優しき盾聖なる7つの鉄球を温かなクリーム色のオーラが受け止める! 「状況は2対1......逃げないんですか?」「ああ、これは勇者にとってボス戦......逃げることができない戦いだからな! さあ、来い! 勇気の力で必ず倒す!」「わかりました! ガー坊ちゃん、えっと......流星弓! あ、これはキュージィ様との合体奥義でしたね! 他に強そうなのは......」「ま、待ってくれ! やっぱりユニゾン抜きの1対1で......」「返す言葉もございません......」アンヌは多くのプレイヤーが不意打ちなど汚い手段で襲い掛かってくる『ゴーストフロート』で対人戦を学んだ結果、戦いに関してシビアなプレイヤーへと成長した。そして、その『ゴーストフロート』では最大の敵である『VRHAR』のギルドマスター『ノルド』と出会い、キュージィに助けられる形で逃走している。その後、ネココと冒険し、憧れのアンヌはいつもおっとりとしたしゃべり方で感情の起伏がわかりにくい。だが、その胸の内には強い仲間意識と熱いゲーマー魂が生まれつつある。「私も負けるわけにはいかないんです!」アンヌ対ユウシヤの戦いはすぐに決着がついた。それこそ、ガー坊が援護する必要もないほどに。「最後までワガママ言ってすまなかった! ありがとう! 楽しかったよお姉さん! ああでも......本当はカッコよく勇者みたいに勝ちたかったなぁ......! 強く......なりたい!」「力が欲しいですか?」「それならオススメの修行場があるんですよ。ゴーストフロートって言うんですけど......頑張って探してみてください!」「わかった! そこで修行して、今度こそは俺が勝つ!」老い先短いおじいさんたちの集まりとして世間に注目されど、ネタプレイヤー扱いで強者としては見られていない『彼らはこれからも冒険と修行を続け、いずれ正々堂々戦っても若者に負けないプレイヤーへと成長していくのだが、それはまだまだ先の話。『試合終了ーーっ!!』の勝利に終わった。	“Damn it! That was too fast, young lady!” Necoco’s claws shredded Koharu the odachi wielder. While using skills and charge attacks, Koharu could also move swiftly, but Necoco was still fast, and had superior reflexes. So in terms of stats and playing ability, it was a hopeless fight from the beginning. (Satomi said that I have to be careful about the moment when his unsteady movements suddenly become sharp, but I have already fought against the likes of Charin, who was not only fast at all times, but had the inhuman ability to make decisions instantly...!) And so for Necoco, Koharu’s movements might as well have been in slow motion. After she had carved away enough HP, she aimed for the neck in order to deal the final blow...! “Young lady, do you know why I have such a feminine name like Koharu?” “...” “Because it’s the name of my dead wife.” The claws moved at a speed that was too fast to follow, and cut open Koharu’s neck. There was no hesitation in Necoco’s movements...! “Tsk. I thought girls were supposed to be weak to these kinds of touching stories?” “It was too out of nowhere and not really the right time.” “That’s true!” “Besides, you could be lying.” “Indeed! Indeed...” But then Koharu disappeared without being able to explain the truth. “I wouldn’t hold back either way. I’m not here to negotiate.” ◆ ◆ ◆ “To think that I would lose to two, and not even four... I have clearly lost my edge...” On the blue plateau, the samurai, Shishou, was already fading away. Satomi didn’t even have to use Unison Trinity. He defeated Shishou with an ordinary combination with Gochu. “Why...didn’t you use your real power...?” “Obviously, it was because it’s better to save it for later. I’ve only activated Unison Trinity once. And so the merits and demerits are not completely revealed yet. So I won’t use it if I don’t need it to win.” “So I...looked that weak to you...!?” “You looked nervous upon seeing me and Gochu.” “Tsk... It cannot be helped! I cannot face two enemies at once...!” Shishou’s character of a master samurai was already crumbling. But he was also laughing a little. “Oh, well. I don’t mind losing to a talented youngster... You can carry on my dreams and teachings...!” “You didn’t teach me anything...” “Farewell, student!” “I don’t recall being your student...” Being remembered after death... And so Satomi was practically forced to inherit the master’s will! “Koromaro-chan! Wait!” Anne and Garbow were on the yellow plateau as they faced Hero Yushia and the Destruction God Koromaro... However, Koromaro was obeying Anne’s order and ‘waiting.’ “Wow! What a smart doggy. Now please continue to wait there.” “Hahaha! Damn it, Koromaro...so you only listen to women!” After all, the strongest member who had led them to the second round was now neutralized...! “You didn’t know about this?” “Yes, that’s right! The normal monsters out on the field don’t have gender, and we rarely fight against players! And since we all scattered during the preliminaries, I don’t know how Koromaro was fighting! And all of the enemies in the first round were men! We had no way of knowing! Ahahaha!” “Well...I feel bad for you then. However, I must show no mercy. I’m only a nun in appearance!” Anne began to swing her spiked iron ball round and round. Garbow also prepared to attack. Yushia was just laughing. He sounded like a Demon King now...! “Fuhahahaha! If I had been lucky enough to draw a man, then Koromaro might have helped me win. But I suppose the goddess of fate has abandoned me!” “What? You drew lots to decide your opponents?” “We did! We weren’t choosing combinations that would give us an advantage! To be honest, I doubted we could win no matter what the combination, and so we left it to fate! This game has a feature that allows you to make decisions based on lots or coin tosses, so that you won’t fight when forced to make decisions as a party!” “Huh. I didn’t know that.” “I’m the type of person who carefully reads the manual! Well, perhaps you’re supposed to call it ‘Help’ now...” “Saint Cross Star!” “Kind Shield!” The seven holy iron balls were blocked by a cream-colored aura! “It’s vs now... Are you not going to run away?” “Aye, this is like a boss fight for the hero... I cannot run away! Now, come! I will defeat you with my power!” “Very well! Garbow, uh...Meteor Bow! Ah, this was Kyuji’s combination charge attack! What other ones look strong...” “W-wait! How about we fight vs without Unisons...” “I cannot deny it...” As Anne had fought a lot on the Ghost Float, where players would ambush her and use dirty tactics, she had grown into a rather severe player when it came to fighting. And then she had met the biggest enemy on the Ghost Float, VRHAR’s guild master, Nord. And she had to run away after being rescued by Kyuji. After that, she adventured with Necoco and was finally chosen as a member of the Ghost Guild. As Anne usually talked very calmly, it could be hard to read her emotions. However, within her chest, a strong sense of camaraderie and the passionate soul of a gamer was starting to be born. “I cannot lose!” The battle between Anne and Yushia ended very quickly. Indeed, she did not even require Garbow’s help. “I’m sorry for having demands until the end! Thank you! It was fun! But...I do wish that I could have won like a cool hero...! I want to...become stronger!” “You want power?” “Then I know a good place where you can train. It’s called the Ghost Float... You should try to look for it!” “I will! I shall train there so that I can beat you next time!” While they had gained a lot of attention as a gathering of very old men, the G’z were seen mostly as a joke, and not actually strong. However, they would continue to adventure and train, and would one day grow into players that could fight boldly and hold their own against the young. But that would not happen for quite some time. ‘Battle finished!!’ And so the th battle of the second round, the G’z vs Ghost Guild, ended to , with the Ghost Guild victorious.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 6, "inserted_lines_src": 16, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
場に張り詰めていた緊張の糸に弛む。コディは隣にへなへなと座り込んだ。「......えっと、心労をかけてごめん、コディ」「今、この場で、レイディルーン先輩に切り捨てられなかっただけ、奇跡だよ」疲れきった声が返ってきて、罪悪感が胸を締める。シェイラのような物知らずと関わったばかりに、生きた心地がしなかっただろう。周囲にいた生徒達も、少しずつ散開し始めていた。エントランスなので、通路を塞いでいるわけではない。シェイラもコディの隣に座り込んだ。「何かあとから罰せられるとしても、君だけは絶対守るからね」「そんな気遣いができるなら、今発揮してほしかったけど」「ごめん......」シェイラがしょげ返って俯くと、コディが力なく微笑んだ。「......いいよ。ここまで来たら一蓮托生だ。僕に守らなきゃいけないものなんてないしね」コディが、シェイラの頭をポンポンと叩く。まるでペットを相手にしているような気安さだった。身長はほとんど変わらないくらいなのに、彼の手はシェイラよりずっと大きく、厚みがあった。戦う手だ。「それにしても、先輩相手に言い返したり反論したり......信じられないよ。あのレイディルーン⋅セントリクス様だよ?」疲れた笑顔で訊かれ、シェイラは首を傾げた。「でもコディ、あの人と仲いいんじゃないの?」「な、何を恐れ多いことを!セントリクス家といえば王家の女性が何人も降嫁しているほどの超名門、筆頭公爵家だよ!?どこをどう見てそんな勘違いをするの!?」「だってホラ、家名じゃなく名前で呼んでるから。親しいのかなーと」「違うよ......というか、そこから説明が必要なんだね」コディが頭を抱えた。シェイラの身の回りにはこの仕草をする人が多いが、それが自分のせいだと思うと何だか申し訳ない気持ちになる。「この学院は、実力があれば平民でも入学できるとされているだろう?平民には、貴族の文化もマナーも分からない。そこを無理に従わせるといらない軋轢が生まれ、人材育成の妨げになる。だから陛下は、院内での貴賤を一切問わない、という規則を定められたんだ。そのために家名をみだりに名乗ることも禁止された」「あれ。じゃあ僕も、ダナウって言っちゃまずかった?」「みだりに家名を振りかざさなければいいんだよ。とはいっても、こんな校則守られていないようなものだけどね。ああして本人を前にすれば、吹けば飛びそうな男爵家の僕なんて、口を開くことさえ憚られてしまうもの。公爵家という権力に逆らえる者なんていないよ」コディがゆっくり顔を上げた。先ほどまでの疲れきった顔ではなく、どこか楽しげな笑みが浮かんでいた。「だからシェイラには、本当に驚いた。臆すことない態度が、何だか痛快だったよ。この場にいた何人かも、きっと僕と同じ気持ちになったんじゃないかな」クスクスとおかしそうに笑声を上げるコディに、シェイラは目を白黒させた。気弱げに見えたが、意外と図太い。騎士を目指すだけあって肝が据わっているようだ。そんなコディが、ふとある一点に目を留めて顔色を変えた。表情が一気に固くなる。シェイラは彼の視線を辿った。周囲にいたブレザー姿の生徒達は、いつの間にか一人もいなくなっていた。静まり返ったエントランス。そこに、男が立っていた。藍色のサーコートに白藍のベスト、白いシャツと、学生ではなさそうだ代半ば程度だろうか、貴族の格好が驚くほど絵になる美丈夫だった。青灰色の肩にかかる髪に、澄んだ紺碧の瞳。甘い雰囲気は無意味に緊張させられるほどの色気に満ちている。男性に対して使う例えではないが、蠱惑的に目を細めるだけで酷く悩ましげだった。「ヨルンヴェルナ先生......」コディが掠れた声で呟く。どうやら彼は教師らしい。あまりに存在自体が破廉恥すぎて教職に向いていないのではと思ったが、男ばかりのこの学校なら問題はないのだろう。ヨルンヴェルナというその教師は、とろりと蕩けんばかりの笑顔を浮かべた。その瞳は間違いなくシェイラに照準を合わせている。「ふーん......」コディのことなど視界にも入らない様子で、ヨルンヴェルナが近付いてくる。しばらくまじまじと見下ろした後、シェイラの頬に触れた。スッと瞳を細め、観察者の顔になる。更に顔を近付けたためにコディが流石に声を上げようとしたが、シェイラ自身が制した。狩りでもこういうことがあったと思い出す。一人では倒せないほどの大物に出くわしてしまった時。あれと対処法は一緒だ。慌てて逃げても無謀に立ち向かっても、相手を興奮させるだけ。落ち着いて向こうの出方を見定め、それに合わせた対応をする。そうしたら、案外こちらのことなど歯牙にもかけず去っていったりするのだ。経験上様子を見るのが一番と頭の中で弾き出したシェイラは、一歩も退かずに間近に迫った瞳を見つめた。頬を、柔い力でゆっくりとなぞられる。大型の肉食獣に舌なめずりされているようで、背筋が粟立った。それでも微動だにせず紺碧の瞳を見つめ続けた。目を逸らしてはいけない、と思った。ヨルンヴェルナの瞳が喜色に輝いた。「君、興味深いね」いつの間にか、制服の前を寛げられていた。こめかみを、頬を、顎を、首筋を、鎖骨を。まるで愛おしむように、睦むようになぞっていく指先。遂に鎖骨より下に手が伸びていきそうになって、シェイラの睫毛がピクリと動いた。 ――その下は、まずい。いくら小さくても、膨らみが............。その時ヨルンヴェルナが、勝利を確信したように鮮やかに微笑む。彼の綺麗な顔が、耳元に近付く。そして、吐息のように密やかに囁いた。「――――――――女だね」一瞬、言われた意味が分からなかった。咄嗟にコディの反応を窺う。彼はヨルンヴェルナを警戒したままではあるものの、今の言葉が聞こえた様子はない。「そこの彼も君と同じくらいひ弱だし、君より美しい顔立ちの少年はいくらでもいるけれど、間違いなく男だ。でも君は違う。骨格で分かるよ。特にこの頭蓋骨」突然ガシッと頭を掴まれ、思わず声を上げた。あっさりバレた。まだ入学式前だというのに。頭蓋骨に男女で違いがあるなんて聞いたことがない。それとも王都では常識なのだろうか。だとしたら、一体何人の人がシェイラの性別に気付いているのか。着いて早々公爵家の子息と悶着を起こし、性別を偽っていたことがバレる。これはもう、入学前に退学にされてしまうのではないだろうか。シェイラが絶望していると、ヨルンヴェルナがクスリと笑った。「―――――言わないよ、誰にも」「え?」相手の口から、望んではいても都合よく引き出せないだろうと思っていた言葉が飛び出した。シェイラは信じられない気持ちで呆然とする。弱みを握って後々脅そうとしているのでは、と考えるも、平民のシェイラから得られるものなどないに等しい。ヨルンヴェルナの腹の内が読めない。読めないから、油断できない。「......庇ってもらえる理由が分かりません」「だって、その方が面白そうでしょ?」「僕はヨルンヴェルナ⋅アリフレイ。君は?」「......シェイラ⋅ダナウですけど」「可愛い名前。君にピッタリだ」ニコニコと嬉しそうな笑みを浮かべるヨルンヴェルナに、何とも言えない気分になった。警戒を解くべきではないと分かっていても、何の含みもない笑顔を向けられれば毒気も抜かれる。先ほどまでの妖艶としか言いようのない姿と、親しげに微笑む姿。一体どちらが本当の彼なのだろう。「教師なんて毎年退屈でしかなかったけど、今年からは楽しくなりそうだなぁ」ヨルンヴェルナは歌うように軽やかに囁くと、サッパリ手を振って去っていく。その後ろ姿を呆然としたまま見送っていると、コディが再び座り込んだ。「あの、何だかごめん、重ねがさね......」「大丈夫、もういいって。......何でヨルンヴェルナ先生が、本館にいたんだろう......授業以外で滅多に学術塔から出てこないはずなのに......シェイラ、完璧に目を付けられちゃってるし......」コディがイジイジと丸まってしまう。何とか励まそうにも、苦労をかけている張本人に何が言えるだろう。結局当たり障りのない質問をしてみた。「えっと。あの人、先生なんだね」「......学術塔から何人か教師が派遣されているんだけど、その中の一人だよ。魔術による戦闘訓練の担当をしているんだ。性格はともかく、魔術の腕前は素晴らしいよ。性格はともかくね」何で二回言う必要があったのだろう。念をごりごりに押すように、二回も。大事なことだからだろうか。コディがのそのそと立ち上がる。重苦しい息を吐くと、心なしやつれた顔に無理矢理笑みを張り付けた。「立ち止まったままだと、また何か起こりそうだし、今の内に始業式の会場へ行こうか」「......はい」幽鬼のような凄みに逆らえず、シェイラはこくりと頷いた。	The tension that had been building up in the place suddenly relaxed. Cody sat down next to her. “... Um, I’m sorry to have caused you so much trouble, Cody.” “Just now, it’s a miracle that Leidyrune-senpai didn’t cut me off right away.” A weary voice answered, and guilt tightened her chest. Sheila would have felt tired too if she was involved with a naive person like her. The students around them were starting to disperse little by little. Since it was the entrance, they weren’t blocking the passage. Sheila also sat down next to Cody. “If you’re punished in any way later, I will definitely protect you.” “If you could show such concern, I wish you would’ve demonstrated it.” “Sorry...” When Sheila looked down in disappointment, Cody smiled weakly. “... It’s okay. We’ve come this far, so we’re all in this together. I don’t have anything I need to protect anyway.” Cody patted Sheila on the head. It was as if he was dealing with a pet. His hands were much larger and thicker than Sheila’s, even though they were about the same height. “But still, I can’t believe that you would talk back and argue with a senior. That was Leidyrune Centrix-sama, you know?” Sheila tilted her head. “But Cody, aren’t you close with that man?” “W-what are you talking about! The Centrix family is a prestigious duke family, to the extent that several royal ladies have been married off to them! Where and how can you make such a mistake?!” “Because, you know, you call him by his first name, not by his family name. I wondered if you guys were close.” “That’s not it.... I guess this is where I should explain.” Cody had his head in his hands. Many people around Sheila often made this gesture, so she felt somewhat sorry when she thought about how it seemed to be her fault. “It is said that even a commoner can enter this academy if they’re capable, right? Commoners don’t understand the culture and manners of aristocrats. Forcing them to follow the rules would cause unnecessary friction and hinder the development of human resources. That’s why His Majesty established the rule that there’s no social status within the academy. Therefore, it was also forbidden to use the family name without permission.” “Oh, no. Then I shouldn’t have said Danau, too?” “As long as you don’t wield the name of your family unnecessarily, it’s fine. But it’s not as if these school rules are being followed. Even I, as a baron, am afraid to even open my mouth in front of a person like him. No one can resist the power of a duke.” Cody slowly looked up. Instead of the tired look he had on his face earlier, he had a somewhat amused smile on his face. “That’s why I was really surprised by Sheila. There was something so exhilarating about your unabashed attitude. I think a lot of people in the room must’ve felt the same way I did.” Sheila’s eyes were filled with surprise and embarrassment as Cody laughed. Sheila looked timid, but she was surprisingly brazen. It seemed that she had a lot of guts because she aspired to be a knight. Cody’s complexion changed when he suddenly caught sight of something. His expression hardened at once. Sheila followed his gaze. All the students around them were gone before they knew it. The entrance was quiet. There, a man was standing. With an indigo surcoat, a white indigo vest, and a white shirt, he didn’t look like a student. He was a handsome man, perhaps in his mid-s, and his aristocratic attire was surprisingly picturesque. He had blue-gray shoulder-length hair and clear azure eyes. His sweet atmosphere was so full of sex appeal that it made her nervous for no reason. It wasn’t an analogy she would use for a man, but she was extremely distracted just by looking at his alluring eyes. “Jornwerner-sensei...” Cody muttered in a hoarse voice. Apparently, he was a teacher. Sheila thought that he was too much of a pariah to be suited for teaching, but in this all-male school, she guessed that wouldn’t be a problem. The teacher, Jornwerner, had a charming drowsy smile. His eyes were definitely focused on Sheila. “Hmm....” Jornwerner approached, seemingly oblivious to Cody. After gazing down at her for a while, he touched Sheila’s cheek. His eyes narrowed, and he observed her. Cody was about to raise his voice as he moved his face even closer, but Sheila stopped him. She remembered when this happened to her when she went hunting. When you ran into a big predator that you couldn’t take down on your own. The way to deal with it was the same. Running away in a panic or recklessly confronting it would only excite it. You needed to calmly assess how the other side would react and respond accordingly. If you did that, you might be surprised to find that the other party would leave without a care in the world. Sheila, who had figured out in her head that it was best to wait and see based on her experience, looked into the eyes that were approaching her without stepping back. A soft, gentle touch traced slowly across her cheek. It sent a shiver down her spine, as if she was being licked by a large predator. Still, she continued to stare into the azure eyes, not moving an inch. She knew that she couldn’t look away. Jornwerner’s eyes glowed with delight. “You’re interesting.” Before she knew it, he extended his hand in front of her. He traced her temples, cheeks, chin, neck, and collarbone. His fingertips trailed around her collarbone lovingly. At last, his hand reached below the collarbone, and Sheila’s eyelashes twitched. Below that, it’s not good. No matter how small, the bulge is..... At that moment, Jornwerner smiled brilliantly, as if he was certain of something. His beautiful face came close to her ear. Then, he whispered secretly. “―You’re a woman.” For a moment, she couldn’t process what he said. Immediately, she glanced at Cody. Although he remained wary of Jornwerner, he didn’t seem to have heard what he had just said. “He is as frail as you are, and there are plenty of boys with more beautiful faces than yours, but he is definitely a man. But not you. I can tell by your skeleton. Especially this skull.” Suddenly, Sheila was grabbed by the head and yelped. She was easily exposed. Even though it was still before the entrance ceremony. She had never heard of any difference in skulls between men and women. Or was it common knowledge in the royal capital? If so, how many people were aware of Sheila’s gender? As soon as she arrived, she got into an argument with the duke’s son, and then her gender was exposed. This was already enough to get her expelled from school before she even entered. As Sheila despaired, Jornwerner grinned. “――I won’t tell anyone.” He had said the words that she had hoped for but didn’t think would come easily. Sheila was stunned with disbelief. She wondered if he was trying to intimidate her later by taking advantage of her weakness, but there was nothing to be gained from Sheila, a commoner. She couldn’t read Jornwerner’s mind, so she couldn’t let her guard down. “.... I don’t understand why you would cover for me.” “Because that would be more fun, wouldn’t it?” “What?” “I’m Jornwerner Alfrey. What’s your name?” “... I’m Sheila Danau.” “That’s a cute name. It fits you perfectly.” She felt like she couldn’t say anything to Jornwerner, who smiled with a happy smile. Even though she knew she shouldn’t let her guard down, that innocent smile took some edge off of her. The bewitching appearance he had just displayed, or the friendly smile. She wondered which one was the real him. “Teaching used to be so boring every year, but I think it’s going to be fun this year.” Jornwerner whispered lightly as if singing, then waved and left. As she watched his back in a daze, Cody sat down again. “Um, I’m sorry....” “It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m not sure why Jornwerner-sensei was in the main building. I’m pretty sure he rarely comes out of the academic tower outside of class.... Sheila, you’ve been targeted again.” Cody timidly curled up. She tried to encourage him somehow, but what could she say to him, as the person who was causing him so much trouble? In the end, she asked him an obvious question. “Um.... He’s a teacher, isn’t he?” “.... He’s one of the teachers sent from the academic tower. He’s in charge of training in magic combat. Regardless of his personality, he’s a great magician. Regardless of personality.” Why did you have to say it twice? Twice, as if to push a reminder. Was it because it was important? Cody stood up quietly. He exhaled heavily and forced a smile onto his haggard face. “If we keep standing still, something might happen again, so let’s go to the opening ceremony venue while we still can.” “... Yes.” Unable to resist his ghostly appearance, Sheila nodded her head.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 4, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
「レダスさん......!?」「ははっ! イングリス殿――ご機嫌麗しゅう」と、レダスはイングリスに丁寧に礼をした。「に、兄さん――何故ここにいるんだ? また僕の事を心配して......!? それは必要ないから、任務に戻ってくれ」シルヴァは若干迷惑そうな顔をする。「いや、そうではない。兄さんは任務としてここにいるぞ。シルヴァ、お前ではなくイングリス殿のご様子を見させて頂くためにな」「イングリス君を......?何故?」「うむ。イングリス殿は国王陛下に、国の危機の際には必ず駆け付けると約束して下さった。ゆえに有事に備え、即応できる連絡体制を作っておかねば。と、言うわけでイングリス殿、時折こうして私や他の近衛騎士団の者が参りますので、よろしくお願いします」少々面倒な話ではあるが、本当に何かあったら呼んでくれそうなのは歓迎したい。「ですが、あまりずっと見られているの困りますので、節度は守ってください」「もちろんですとも! ご迷惑になるようなことは致しません!」「いいけど、覗きとかしちゃダメですよ!」と、これはラフィニアが言った。「いやいや滅相もない! それに、イングリス殿程のお方であれば気配を察知されるでしょうから、そのようなことは不可能かと」「そんな事ないですよ? クリスってば鏡を前にしたら夢中になるから、その時は隙だらけだし――」「ラニ......! わざわざそんな事――」「ほぉう......! なるほど、鏡の前に立つイングリス殿は無防備......と。これはこれは――」「兄さん、よく事情が分からない。どうしてイングリス君に、そんな――」「うむ。先日の事件の際、イングリス殿には国王陛下も我々も、大いに助けて頂いてな。ご活躍を痛く気に入られた国王陛下は、イングリス殿を近衛騎士団長お据えになろうとしたのだ」「「「「ええええぇぇぇっ!? 近衛騎士団長っ!?」」」」悲鳴に近いような、驚きの声が上がる。「イ、イングリスが近衛騎士団長......!? す、すごい出世だわ――」「ぜ、前代未聞の事ですわよね......ですが――」「実力的には、適任......? かも知れないが――」「が――様々な影響を鑑みて、お受け頂けぬと断られてな」「「「「断った!?」」」」再び驚きの声。「しかし、有事の際はお力をお貸し下さるとお約束頂いた。だから、そのための連絡体制だ」「な、何て事を......それでいいのか、イングリス君は......! いや、僕としては兄さんが降格にならないのはありがたんだが――」「フッ。小さいぞ、シルヴァ! イングリス殿のずば抜けた戦闘能力に、冷静な頭脳、そして端麗なる容姿! 全てにおいて私など比較にならんわっ! 冷静に考えて、私はイングリス殿にお仕えしたいっ! 気が変わったら、いつでも近衛騎士団長はお譲りいたしますぞっ!」「ならば時折こうして参上させて頂く所存ッ! これはこれで、あなたのお姿を見、声を聴き、日々の疲れも吹き飛ぶかのようでありますっ!」「我が弟シルヴァのこと以外で、こんなにも夢中になれるのは久しぶりでありますッ! まるで青春の頃の気持ちを取り戻したかのような......!」「――ある意味助かるよ、イングリス君」「どういう事ですか、シルヴァ先輩?」「兄さんは僕に過保護だからな。君に注意が向けば、少しは自由になれるという事さ」「............」まあ確かに客観的に見て自分でも思うが、イングリスの容姿は抜群で、絶世の美女と言っても過言ではない。戦闘能力も近衛騎士団の面々を大きく上回るだろう。少なくとも、イングリスが見た事のある騎士達と比べれば。それは理屈であって、実際に体験してみるとあまり嬉しくない。「し、しかし騎士団長のお役目をお断りになるなんて、勿体ない事をなさいますわ――これ以上ない名誉ですのに......」「で、でもイングリスだから――イングリスなら、そう言うかもって思うわね......」「ちょ、ちょっと! ちょっとイングリスさん! いいですか......!?」ミリエラ校長が手招きしている。「はい」近寄ると、イングリスにだけ聞こえるように耳打ちしてくる。「ちょ、ちょっと教えて下さい......! どうしてそんな素晴らしいお話を断ったりしたんです......!?」「それは、話せば長くなりますが――」「あ。手短でいいですよ、本音をズバッと一言で――大丈夫、何言っても怒ったりしませんから......」「めんどくさいので嫌です」「あははは......そ、そうですか――それなら仕方ないですね......」と、ミリエラ校長は乾いた笑いを浮かべる。「か、仮にも騎士を育成するための騎士アカデミーの生徒が、最上級の騎士になるのがめんどくさいって......な、何のためにイングリスさんはここにいるんでしょうね――これはもう哲学ですよ、哲学......」「ラニの成長を見守りつつ、多くの戦いを経験して自分を高めるためです。そのためにはいい環境かと思います」「い、いや、ラフィニアさんは一本芯が通っていて、むしろイングリスさんよりしっかりしているような......?」「ラニを誉めて下さってありがとうございます」「はぁ......別の事も言ってるんですが、そこは無視なんですね――」「ええ。わたしは変わる気はありませんので」そうイングリスがミリエラ校長と話している間に、レダスがワイズマル伯爵と交渉していた。「と言うわけでワイズマル殿! シルヴァがやらぬと申すならば、私をお使い下され! フフフ、イングリス殿と......ぐふふふふ――」「却下します!」そもそも誰が相手だろうが嫌だが、余計に駄目だ。「ぬぅ......!? しかしイングリス殿が仰るならば、了解いたしました! ならばそんな不埒な筋書きなど認めるわけにはいかんッ! ワイズマル殿、脚本を修正なされいッ!」「おぉ......」キスシーンさえ抹消できれば、何の気兼ねも無く賄いを好きなだけ食べる事が出来る。「なりません! 芸術表現として必要なもので御座います!」そこは拘りがあるらしい。ワイズマル伯爵も強硬だった。「人選につきましてはヒロイン役の意見を参考にいたしましょう――が、筋書きは変わりません!」「うーん......」どうする? 何とか上手く収める方法は無いだろうか―― イングリスが思案していると、様子を見ているユアの呟きが耳に入った。「うらやましす――」「え? どうしてですかユア先輩?」「だって、好みのイケメンとキスできる――でしょ? いいな」ユアにとっては、そう感じるらしい。「じゃあユア先輩が代わって――あっ......! いや......! ちがう......!」急に頭の中に、電撃が走ったかのような感覚。「そうだ、代わるのではなく――一緒にやる......!」「?」「ワイズマル伯爵! 私から人選について、提案があります!」イングリスはそう声を弾ませた。	「Mister Redas?!」「Haha! Miss Inglis, good day to you.」 Redas gave Inglis a courteous bow. 「B-, brother! What are you doing here? Are you worried about me again?! You don’t need to, go back to your duty already.」 Silva looked slightly annoyed. 「That’s not it. Your brother is here on duty. Silva, I am checking upon Miss Inglis, not you.」「Inglis? But why?」「Mhm. Miss Inglis here has promised His Majesty that she will come to aid in the event of a national crisis. Therefore, to prepare for such emergencies, we are to create a communication system where she can respond immediately. For that reason, Miss Inglis, we of the Imperial Guard Order will be visiting you from time to time. Best of regards.」 It was a bit of a hassle, but Inglis welcomed the fact that they might summon her if something really went wrong. There would always be a good fight at the heart of an incident as huge as a national crisis. 「Still, it will be troubling if you keep watch on me all the time, so please be moderate with it.」「Of course! We will cause you not a single trouble!」「That’s good and all, but you can’t peek on her either, okay!」 Added Rafinha. 「No, no, that’s outrageous! Not to mention, I am sure a person of Miss Inglis’ caliber would be able to sense the presence of others, so such an act would prove impossible.」「That’s not true though? Glis keeps forgetting herself when she’s in front of mirrors, so she’s always defenseless!」「Rani......! You don’t need to say that!」「Hou! I see now, so Miss Inglis is defenseless in the presence of mirrors...... Well, well——」「Brother, I don’t understand what’s going on. Why would you be attending Inglis!」「Hm. Miss Inglis has been a huge benefactor for His Majesty the King and the Imperial Guard Order during the last incident. His Majesty was greatly pleased by her performance, and wished to install Miss Inglis as the Commander of the Imperial Guard Order.」「「「「EEEHHHHH?!!! COMMANDER??!!!」」」」 Yelps of surprise, almost like a scream, rose up. 「Inglis, the Commander of the Imperial Guard Order?! Wh-, what a promotion—」「I-, it is unprecedented......However...」「In terms of competence, she’s befitting......? She perhaps is, but...」「But——taking account of various ramifications it might invite, she had declined the offer.」「「「「DECLINED?!!」」」」 Again with the exclamations. 「Nonetheless, she has promised to help us in dire times. Hence why we’re establishing the communication line.」「B-, by the lords......Are you fine with that, Inglis?! No, personally speaking, I am glad you declined, as my brother wouldn’t be demoted from his position, but still!」「Hah. You think small, Silva! Miss Inglis possesses superior fighting skill, level-headedness, and even eloquent beauty! I cannot measure up to her in any single aspect! Thinking about it, I wish to serve under Miss Inglis! Ma’am, if you ever change your mind, the seat of the Commander will always be ready for you!」「If so, then I shall come to visit from time to time! Even with the current circumstance, I can still watch your figure and listen to your voice; it seems as if my daily fatigue goes blown away!」「It has been a while since I have been devoted to something other than looking after my brother Silva! It’s as if I’ve regained my youth!」「——In a way, you really saved my skin, Inglis.」「What do you mean, Senior?」「My brother is overprotective of me, you see. You stealing his attention means I can have some degree of freedom.」「............」 Well, indeed, it was an objective truth that Inglis’ appearance was extraordinary, calling her an out-of-the-world beauty was not an overstatement, and she herself agreed with it. Her fighting skill also substantially eclipsed that of the members of the Imperial Guard Order. At the very least, those that Inglis had met. Therefore, it wasn’t hard for her to understand why anyone would be infatuated with her. It wasn’t hard at all, but... That was in theory, and when she experienced that infatuation in practice, it wasn’t the most pleasant. 「S-, still, turning down the position of a Knight Commander is just too big of a waste! It would have been the greatest honor anyone could have asked......」「B-, but, it’s Inglis! It’s her we’re talking about, so I kind of expected her to decline, too......」「H-, hold on! Wait a minute, Miss Inglis! Can we talk......?!」 Beckoned Principal Miliera. 「Yes.」 When she walked over, the Principal leaned to her so that only Inglis could listen. 「G-, give me an explanation, please......! Why did you turn down such a marvelous offer?!」「It will be a long story...」「Ah. Then, please make it short, just give me your real reason, straight! It’s alright, I won’t get mad no matter what you’ll say......」「It’s bothersome, so I don’t want to.」「Ahahaha......I-, I see now! That can’t be helped then......」 Principal Miliera let out strained laughter. 「S-, still, a student of the Knight Academy, the one place that nurtures people into Knights, said that becoming a Knight of the highest order was a hassle......S-, so, may I ask what are you doing here, Miss Inglis? We’re just talking about your philosophy, yes, philosophy......」「I’m here to watch Rani’s growth and to improve myself by experiencing numerous battles. I think this is a good environment for both.」「N-, no, Miss Rafinha has a firm and concrete standing on things, in fact, I think she is heftier than you are in that front, you know......?」「Thank you very much for your compliment for Rani.」「Haah......There was one more thing that I said after that, but you ignored it, huh...」「Yes. I don’t have the intention to change my standing, after all.」 While Inglis and Principal Miliera were having such a conversation, Redas was trying to negotiate with Count Weissmall. 「And so, Mr. Weissmall! If Silva won’t do it, then I will! Fufufu, with Miss Inglis......Gufufufufu——」「I refuse!」 Gross. Heck no. She didn’t want to do it with anyone in the first place, but now she was even more appalled. 「Nuu......?! However, if that’s what Miss Inglis said, then I comply! In which case, I cannot allow such an insolent plot to happen! Mr. Weissmall, I’ll have you revise it!」「Ooh......」 That was quite the change of attitude, but it worked in Inglis’ favor. If Redas could get rid of the kissing scene, that means Inglis could eat as much of the bribe as she wanted without any worries. 「I shall not! It’s a necessary part for the artistic expression」 Count Weissmall seemed to be very particular with it. He was adamant. 「We will take the Heroine’s opinion into account when we are selecting the personnel——but, the plot remains the same!」「Hmm......」 What do I do? Is there some way I can leverage the situation at all?! As Inglis was pondering, she caught Yua’s murmur nearby. 「How envious——」「Eh? What’s the matter, Senior Yua?」「I mean, you can kiss any good-looking guy that you want, right? How nice」 It seemed like that was what the situation looked like to Yua. She was the kind of person who wanted to make her breasts bigger to become popular in the first place. 「Then, why don’t you take the——Aaah......! No, wait......! That’s not it......!」 Suddenly, Inglis felt like a strike of electricity struck her brain. An ingenious idea. This was really ingenious. A wonderful approach just popped up in her mind! 「That’s right, you don’t take the role——We’ll play together......!」「?」「Count Weissmall! I have a suggestion for the personnel selection」 Chirped Inglis.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 6, "inserted_lines_src": 8, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
「今日も入ってるのですか...。」迷宮X-J1こと『鬼の砦』の魔王『統べる剛力の鬼王』がクロキリによって討たれてから既に1カ月が経過しました。その間色々なことがあったわけなのですが、まあそれに関してはホウキに説明していただきますわ(前話参照です)。で、今の私を悩ませているのは目の前の私の下駄箱の中に入っているそれ。長方形の中に何か入った便箋です。もう、こで15回は見た覚えがあります。増えた理由はきっと、イチコが居なくなり、傍目には傷心していた私が笑顔を取り戻し始めたからこの機に!とかそんな理由ですわね。下らない。「ねえ見て。リョウさんてばまた貰っているわ。」「いいなぁ。私も一度くらい貰ってみたいなぁ。」「でも、どうせ今回も振るんだろうなぁ...リョウお嬢様は。」「「だよねー!」」周りからやっかみの声が聞こえてきますわね。まったく、貰う側としては世間体と後腐れを残さないためにも、わざわざ中身を見て断りに行かなければならないから堪ったものではありませんのに。というよりなぜ男子がラブレターなのですか。そこは男らしく公衆の面前で告白しようとは思わないのですか! おまけに断られて綺麗にふっ切り去っていくならともかく泣き出したり、逆上して襲ってくるバカまで中には居りますのよ!これなら最初からお前は俺のものだと一貫しているクロキリの方がよほどマシですわ!! 「と、まずはこれを確認しないといけないですわね。」私は下駄箱中から便箋を取り出し、まずは表裏を確認。宛名および差出人の名前は無し。便箋を留めているのは普通のカエル型のシールですわね。次にシールを剥がして中身を確認。えーと、内容は...? 『那須リョウ先輩へ先輩に伝えたい事と相談したい事があります。放課後に体育館の裏まで来てください。矢払チリト』「...。」矢払チリト...あー、確かホウキさんの弟さんでしたわね。たしか高校1年生なのに150も身長がなくて童顔な男の子だったはずですわね。懐かしいですわね...小さい頃はよく一緒に遊んだものですわ。ただ、彼なら私に告白するなら正面から来ないといけないのが分かっているはずですし、これはよほど伝えづらい...というより人前で言うわけにいかない何かがあるという事ですわね。「しょうがない。行ってあげましょうか。」ああでも、念のためにクロキリに言ってフォッグを何体か控えさせてもらっておきましょうか。迷宮への入り口も近いですし。 ------------- で、所変わって体育館裏ですわ。私の目の前にはチリト君が落ち着かない様子で立っています。「え、えーと、き、今日は来てもらってありがとうございます。那須先輩。」「私と貴方の仲ですし、ここには他に「う。あ、はい。ならリョウお姉ちゃんにまず聞いてもらいたいことがあります。」「何ですの?」やはり、この雰囲気。告白ではありませんわね。「まず、僕の持っているスキルは≪ っつ...!解析系スキルですか。「このスキルは対象にした相手の名前、種族、職業を調べるというもので、この前のスキルの存在が公表された折に気付きました。これが僕の伝えたい事です。そして相談したいことはホウキ姉さんの事なんです。」これは...不味いですわね。「このスキルでホウキ姉さんをこの前見てみたんです。そしたら...姉さんの種族が人間では無かったんです。」やはり!! 「リョウお姉ちゃん。ホウキ姉さんに何があったのか知りませんか!もしあれが姉さんじゃなくて姉さんの皮をかぶっている魔物だったら...」 ...。やむをえませんわね。「チリト安心しなさい。あれは間違いなくあなたのお姉さんです。」「本当ですか!?」「ええそうです。そしてそのスキルを私にも使ってみなさい。」「えっ、うん。≪姓名解析≫。...えっ?」「霧人は一人ではありません。」「えっ、なっ、なんでリョウお姉ちゃんが...」「そしてここまで知られた以上は貴方をただ帰す訳にも行きません。」「う、嘘だ。そんなはずが...そんなことが...」チリトは頭を抱えて混乱しています。まあ当然の反応ですね。自分の親しい者の中も人以外のモノが居たのですから。ですが、ここまで明かした以上私も退くわけにはいきません。「チリト安心しなさい。例え種が変わっても心まで変わるわけではありませんから。だから今は...」「あ、う...。」「眠りなさい。≪霧平手≫!」「ガッ!」私の≪霧平手≫がチリトの顔に当たり、体が吹っ飛んで気絶します。「フォッグたち。急いで彼を迷宮内へ。クロキリ。準備の方はできていますの?」『出来てる出来てる。解析系スキルは貴重だからな、眷属化出来るならありがたい話だ。じゃ、切るぞ。』そうして、体育館裏には私だけが残ることになりました。恐らく明日にはチリトはクロキリの眷属になって外に出てくることでしょう。それにしても... 「私もやってしまいましたわね。今回は完全に自分からクロキリに協力することになってしまいましたわ...。この先こういう事がないといいのですが...。」	“There’s another one today too...?” It had already been a month after the defeat of the “Ogre King of Dominating Herculean Strength” of the “Ogre’s Fortress,” aka Labyrinth X-J, at the hands of Kurokiri. Although various things have transpired during that time, I’ll leave it to Houki to explain it (read the preceding chapter). And now, what was distressing me was the thing stored in my shoe cupboard before my eyes. It was a letter with something in a rectangular shape. By now, I can recall sighting it times over the past month. Surely the reason for the rise in number must be that Ichiko was gone and I, who was grieving on the sidelines, had begun to smile again, thus this was the opportunity for them to confess! Or anything along those lines. What a load of crap. “Hey, look. Ryo-san is getting another letter.” “How nice. I wish I could get one too.” “But I bet Lady Ryo... will reject it this time too.” “That is so trueー!” I can hear the voices of jealousy all around her. Honestly, the recipient (me) had to go through the hassle of viewing the contents and refusing the offer, all for the sake of maintaining a good public reputation and avoiding any lingering regret. I mean, why do boys have to write love letters? Why don’t you just confess your feelings in public like a man! On top of that, there are even idiots who will start weeping or start a rampage in a fit of rage when I reject them politely! I’d much rather deal with Kurokiri, who has been clear from the beginning that I belong to him! “Uh, I’ll have to check this out first.” I double-checked the front and back sides of the letter after taking it from the shoe cupboard. There was no information about the sender or the addressee. What was holding the letterhead together was an ordinary frog-shaped sticker. I then peeled off the sticker and inspected the contents. [Dear Nasu Ryo-senpai I have something I would like to tell and discuss with you, senpai. Please meet me at the back of the gym after school. Yaharai Chirito.] “...” Yaharai Chirito... ah, if I remember correctly, you are the younger brother of Houki-san, aren’t you? I believe he should have been a boy with a baby face, no taller than , even though he is in his first year of high school. That brings back memories... we often shared playtime together when we were little. But he would know that if he wanted to confess to me, he would have to do it up front, which means that there was something that he was reluctant to convey... or rather, something that he can’t say in public. “It can’t be helped. I shall head there.” Ah, but just to be on the safe side, I should inform Kurokiri to have a couple of Fogs on the standby line since the entrance to the labyrinth was close by. ————– And here I was, at the back of the gymnasium. Chirito was standing in front of me, seemingly unsettled. “U-uh, t-thank you very much for coming today, Nasu-senpai.” “Since you and I are friends and there is no one else here, it is fine to call me Ryo onee-chan like you used to do.” “Um... Ah, yes. Then there is something I would like to ask you first, Ryo onee-chan.” “What is it?” I knew it, this atmosphere; it’s not a confession. “To begin with, the skill I possess is called ≪Personal Analyze≫.” ...! Analytical skill? “I was aware of this skill when the presence of the skill was publicized last time. This is what I want to tell you. And what I want to discuss with you is about Houki nee-san.” This is... not good. “I took a look at Houki nee-san with this skill the other day. And it turned out... she’s not human.” I knew it!! “Ryo onee-chan. Do you know what has happened to my sister! If that wasn’t my sister, and if it turned out to be a demon in her skin...” I don’t think I have a choice. “Chirito, rest assured. That is undoubtedly your sister.” “Is that true!?” “Yes, it is. And you can use that skill on me.” “Uh-huh. ≪Personal Analyze≫... Eh?” “The Kirijin is not a single entity.” “Eh, w-why is Ryo onee-chan...? “And now that you know this much, I can’t afford to let you simply walk away.” “L-lies. It can’t be... it can’t be...” Chirito was in a tumultuous state, his head in his hands. That was only a natural response. Two non-human beings had been in his immediate vicinity. Nonetheless, I cannot back down now that I have revealed all this to him. “Chirito, be at ease. Even if the race has changed, it does not prove that the heart has equally changed. So for now...” “Ah, uh...” “Go to sleep. ≪Mist Slap≫!” “Gah!” When my ≪Mist Slap≫ struck Chirito in the face, his body was blown away, causing him to pass out. “Fogs and the others. Quickly bring him into the labyrinth. Kurokiri. Is everything ready?” [I’ve made preparations. I’d be grateful for the opportunity to convert him into a kin since analytical skills are valuable. Well then, I’m disconnecting.] Thus, I was the sole remaining person in the back of the gymnasium. Perhaps tomorrow, Chirito will become a kin of Kurokiri and come outside. Even so... “I’ve done it too, haven’t I? This time, I completely cooperated with Kurokiri voluntarily... I can only hope that nothing like this will arise in the future...”	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 3, "inserted_lines_trg": 4 }
とにかくうまく行っていないからですつまり本当に必要とされている新しい治療法が患者さんのもとに届けられず病気がそのまま蔓延っている状態です私たちは以前にも増してお金を投資しているようですが研究開発投資一千億円あたりの新薬承認数は減ってきていますより多くのお金をかけて少ない薬を生み出すどうなっているんでしょう? これには様々な原因があるわけですが主要因の一つと思われるのが新薬試験のためのツールです薬がうまく機能するのか効能があるのか安全であるのかを臨床試験前に確認するのですがそれがうまく行っていません人間に使ったときどうなるか予測できないのです今私たちが使えるツールは主に2つで細胞培養と動物実験ですまず 1つ目の細胞培養を見てみましょう細胞は私たちの体の中で機能するわけですが元々あった環境から細胞だけを取り出してきてこのようなシャーレに移し元通りに機能させようとしてもそううまくはいきません細胞はそんな環境好まないのですやっぱり体の中とは状況が違いますからでは動物実験はどうでしょう? 動物は実際に大変有益な情報を与えてくれています動物のお蔭で複雑な器官でどんなことが起こるのか分かりますまさに生物学的なことを多く学べますでもしばしば動物実験では特定の薬で治療をしたときに人体に何が起こるのか分からないことがありますですからより良いツールが必要なのです人間の細胞が必要ですが体から取り出しても心地よい環境にできるような方法を見つけないといけません私たちの体は動的環境で常に動いています細胞もその影響を受けます細胞は私たちの体の動的環境の中で常に機械的な力を受けているわけですですから体外で細胞にとって心地よい環境を作るためには私たちは細胞建築家にならないといけませんこの細胞たちのために第二の故郷を設計し作ってあげるのですハーバード大学ヴィース研究所はそのことに成功しましたそれが「臓器チップ」でこちらがそうです美しいでしょう? 本当にすごいんですよ私が手にしているのはチップ上の人間の肺でまさに呼吸し生きていますただ美しいだけではないのですこれによって本当にいろんなことができますあの小さなチップの上の生きた細胞は動的な環境にあり様々な種類の細胞と互いに作用し合っています多くの人が研究室で細胞を育てる取組みをし様々なアプローチが取られてきました研究室でミニ臓器を作るというものさえありました私たちが考えているのはそういうことではなくこの小さなチップに最小機能単位を作りその中で生化学機能力学的歪みも再現しようというのですどう機能するのかお見せしましょうコンピュータチップ製造技術を使いコンピュータチップ製造技術を使いこれらの構造を実際の細胞と環境に見合ったものにしていますここに 3つの流体チャネルがあります真ん中が多孔質で柔軟性がある皮膜でここに人間の細胞をのせます例えば肺ですねその下には毛細血管細胞― 血管にある細胞がありますさらにチップには機械的な力を加えることができ皮膜は伸びたり縮んだりしますつまり細胞には私たちが呼吸をしたときと同様の機械的な力が加わり私たちの体の中にいるのと同じような影響を受けます上のチャネルには空気が流れ血管のチャネルには栄養素を含む液体を流しますさてチップは素晴らしいですがこれで何ができるのでしょうか? この小さなチップにはすごい機能性があるのですこの小さなチップにはすごい機能性があるのですお見せしましょう例えば疑似感染をさせられますバクテリアを肺に流し込んで人間の白血球も入れますすると白血球はバクテリアの侵入に対して防御機能がありますから白血球は感染による炎症を感知すると血管から肺に浸入してバクテリアを飲みこみますこれをチップ上の人間の肺で実際にご覧いただきましょう白血球にマークをしていますので流れているのが分かるでしょう今感染を感知して白血球は留まり始めましたそしてそこに留まって肺に入り込もうとし血管から侵入しますご覧いただいた通り 1つの白血球の動きを実際に目で見られるのです止まって小刻みに動いて細胞の層を通り穴を抜け反対側の皮膜から出てきますそして緑色にマークされたバクテリアを動けなくしますあの小さなチップで再現される― 感染に対する体の最も基本的な反応をご覧いただきましたこれが免疫反応です素晴らしいですね次にお見せするのはこの写真ですただ美しいだけではなく非常に多くの情報を教えてくれるものでチップ内での細胞の動きが分かりますこれらの細胞は私たちの肺の細い気道から取ったものですが実際の肺の中にもこの毛のようなものが生えています実際の肺の中にもこの毛のようなものが生えています繊毛と呼ばれるものですが肺から粘液を排出する役割があります粘液というと気持ち悪いですねでも粘液はとても重要なもので粘液が微粒子やウイルスアレルゲンになりうるものを捉えこれらの繊毛が動いて粘液を外に出すのです繊毛がもし損傷してしまうと例えば喫煙とかで― 繊毛は正しく機能せず粘液を外に出せなくなり気管支炎などの病気になります繊毛と粘液排出機能は嚢胞性線維症のような重大な病気とも関わりがありますねさてこれらのチップで細胞が機能するようになったので私たちは新たな治療の可能性を探り始めましたチップに肺を作っただけではありません腸も作りましたこちらがそうです人間の腸細胞を腸チップに入れ絶えず蠕動運動を与えます波のように細胞から細胞に伝わる運動ですこれによって人間の腸で起こりうる多くの機能を再現できます多くの機能を再現できますこれで病気のモデルも作れるようになりました例えば過敏性腸症候群これは多くの人が患っていてこれは多くの人が患っていて本当に体にこたえますがあまり良い治療法がないのが現状です今様々な器官のチップをつなげた一連の機構を私たちの研究室で作っています実はこの技術の真の実力はこれらのチップを流体的に結び付けられることにあるのです液体がこれらの細胞に流れさまざまな臓器チップを互いにつなげてさまざまな臓器チップを互いにつなげてチップ上にいわゆる仮想人体を作るのです本当にうれしく思っていますこれらのチップで人体の全てを再現するつもりはありません私たちが目指すところは人体でどんなことが起こるか予測性を高めるために十分な機能を再現することだからです例えば今私たちはエアロゾル製剤などの薬を入れたときにどうなるか調べられるようになりました私のように喘息持ちの方が吸入具を使ったときどのように薬が肺に入って行き体に吸収されるのか心臓にはどんな影響を与えるか調べられます心臓の鼓動が変わるか? 毒性があるのか? 肝臓で解毒されるのか? 肝臓の中で代謝されるのか? 腎臓で排出されるのか? 体が薬にどう反応するか動的に研究することができるのですこれはとても革命的で世の中をひっくり返すようなものです製薬会社だけではなく化粧品業界を始めとする様々な産業にとって革命です化粧品業界を始めとする様々な産業にとって革命です今研究室で開発している皮膚チップを使えば今研究室で開発している皮膚チップを使えば化粧品に使われている成分が実際に皮膚に使っても安全か確認もできるでしょうそれも動物実験なしにです日々私たちがさらされている化学物質が日々私たちがさらされている化学物質が安全かも検証できます例えば家庭用洗剤に含まれる化学物質などです臓器チップがあればバイオテロや放射線被ばくにも応用ができますさらにはエボラ出血熱や SARSなどの危険な病気について多くを学ぶことができます臓器チップによって私たちの臨床試験のあり方も変わるでしょう今臨床試験の対象となるのは平均的な患者です平均ですからつまり中年や女性が対象となる傾向があります臨床試験であまり子どもは対象となりません臨床試験であまり子どもは対象となりません日々子どもは薬を飲んでいるのに唯一その安全性を検証したデータは大人のものというわけです子どもは大人とは違います大人と同じような反応をするとは限りませんほかにも遺伝学的な違いなどによってほかにも遺伝学的な違いなどによってある種の人はリスク集団に入り薬の副作用が出る可能性も高くなるかもしれませんですからもし様々な人から細胞を取ってチップに載せてチップの上で様々な人口集団を再現できたとしたらこれは本当に臨床試験を大きく変えるのですこれがこの取り組みをしているチームのみんなですエンジニアもいれば細胞生物学者も臨床医もいて一緒に研究をしていますここヴィース研究所で素晴らしいことが起こりつつありますここヴィース研究所で素晴らしいことが起こりつつあります様々な領域がここに収斂し生物学がデザインや設計・制作をする方法に影響を与えているのです面白いことです重要な産業間連携を打ち立てつつあるのですその一例として私たちも大規模デジタル製造専門の企業と連携していますこれによって一つではなく何百万ものチップが作れ出来るだけ多くの研究者の手に渡せるようになりますこれこそこの技術の可能性を開くものですここで私たちの機械をお見せしましょうこちらはエンジニアが今研究室でプロトタイプしているものでこの機械を使えば技術的に制御を行い 10以上の臓器チップをリンクできるようになるのですほかにも重要な機能があります簡単に使えるインターフェイスです私のような細胞生物学者でもチップを取ってそれをカートリッジに入れちょうどこのプロトタイプのようにカートリッジをちょうど CDのように機械に挿入すれば準備完了ですつないでスイッチを入れるだけ簡単ですちょっと想像してみてくださいあなたの幹細胞を取ってあなたの幹細胞を取ってチップに載せることで将来どんなことができるのかあなた専用のチップですここにいる私たちはそれぞれ違いますこうした個人差は薬に対して異なった反応― 時には予想もしない反応を引き起こします私自身 2年ほど前にひどい頭痛がありどうしても治らず「何かしなくちゃ」と思い鎮痛解熱剤を飲みましたすると15分後には病院行きになりましたひどい喘息の発作を起こしたのです私は致命的ではありませんでしたが残念ながらこうした薬の副作用は時に致命的になりますどうやってそれを防ぐのか? 私たちはいつの日かジェラルディンさん専用のチップダニエルさん専用のチップそしてあなたのチップを作りその人専用の医療ができるかもしれません	It really just isn't working, and that means that patients that badly need new therapies are not getting them, and diseases are going untreated. We seem to be spending more and more money. So for every billion dollars we spend in R&D, we're getting less drugs approved into the market. More money, less drugs. Hmm. So what's going on here? Well, there's a multitude of factors at play, but I think one of the key factors is that the tools that we currently have available to test whether a drug is going to work, whether it has efficacy, or whether it's going to be safe before we get it into human clinical trials, are failing us. They're not predicting what's going to happen in humans. And we have two main tools available at our disposal. They are cells in dishes and animal testing. Now let's talk about the first one, cells in dishes. So, cells are happily functioning in our bodies. We take them and rip them out of their native environment, throw them in one of these dishes, and expect them to work. Guess what. They don't. They don't like that environment because it's nothing like what they have in the body. What about animal testing? Well, animals do and can provide extremely useful information. They teach us about what happens in the complex organism. We learn more about the biology itself. However, more often than not, animal models fail to predict what will happen in humans when they're treated with a particular drug. So we need better tools. We need human cells, but we need to find a way to keep them happy outside the body. Our bodies are dynamic environments. We're in constant motion. Our cells experience that. They're in dynamic environments in our body. They're under constant mechanical forces. So if we want to make cells happy outside our bodies, we need to become cell architects. a home away from home for the cells. And at the Wyss Institute, we've done just that. We call it an organ-on-a-chip. And I have one right here. It's beautiful, isn't it? But it's pretty incredible. Right here in my hand is a breathing, living human lung on a chip. And it's not just beautiful. It can do a tremendous amount of things. We have living cells in that little chip, cells that are in a dynamic environment interacting with different cell types. There's been many people trying to grow cells in the lab. They've tried many different approaches. They've even tried to grow little mini-organs in the lab. We're not trying to do that here. We're simply trying to recreate in this tiny chip the smallest functional unit that represents the biochemistry, the function and the mechanical strain So how does it work? Let me show you. We use techniques from the computer chip manufacturing industry to make these structures at a scale relevant to both the cells and their environment. We have three fluidic channels. In the center, we have a porous, flexible membrane on which we can add human cells from, say, our lungs, and then underneath, they had capillary cells, the cells in our blood vessels. And we can then apply mechanical forces to the chip that stretch and contract the membrane, so the cells experience the same mechanical forces that they did when we breathe. And they experience them how they did in the body. There's air flowing through the top channel, and then we flow a liquid that contains nutrients through the blood channel. Now the chip is really beautiful, but what can we do with it? We can get incredible functionality inside these little chips. Let me show you. We could, for example, mimic infection, where we add bacterial cells into the lung. then we can add human white blood cells. White blood cells are our body's defense against bacterial invaders, and when they sense this inflammation due to infection, they will enter from the blood into the lung and engulf the bacteria. Well now you're going to see this happening live in an actual human lung on a chip. We've labeled the white blood cells so you can see them flowing through, and when they detect that infection, they begin to stick. They stick, and then they try to go into the lung side from blood channel. And you can see here, we can actually visualize a single white blood cell. It sticks, it wiggles its way through between the cell layers, through the pore, comes out on the other side of the membrane, and right there, it's going to engulf the bacteria labeled in green. In that tiny chip, you just witnessed one of the most fundamental responses our body has to an infection. It's the way we respond to -- an immune response. It's pretty exciting. Now I want to share this picture with you, not just because it's so beautiful, but because it tells us an enormous amount of information about what the cells are doing within the chips. It tells us that these cells from the small airways in our lungs, actually have these hairlike structures that you would expect to see in the lung. These structures are called cilia, and they actually move the mucus out of the lung. Yeah. Mucus. Yuck. But mucus is actually very important. Mucus traps particulates, viruses, potential allergens, and these little cilia move and clear the mucus out. When they get damaged, say, by cigarette smoke for example, they don't work properly, and they can't clear that mucus out. And that can lead to diseases such as bronchitis. Cilia and the clearance of mucus are also involved in awful diseases like cystic fibrosis. But now, with the functionality that we get in these chips, we can begin to look for potential new treatments. We didn't stop with the lung on a chip. We have a gut on a chip. You can see one right here. And we've put intestinal human cells in a gut on a chip, and they're under constant peristaltic motion, this trickling flow through the cells, and we can mimic many of the functions that you actually would expect to see in the human intestine. Now we can begin to create models of diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome. This is a disease that affects a large number of individuals. It's really debilitating, and there aren't really many good treatments for it. Now we have a whole pipeline of different organ chips that we are currently working on in our labs. Now, the true power of this technology, however, really comes from the fact that we can fluidically link them. There's fluid flowing across these cells, so we can begin to interconnect multiple different chips together to form what we call a virtual human on a chip. Now we're really getting excited. We're not going to ever recreate a whole human in these chips, but what our goal is is to be able to recreate sufficient functionality so that we can make better predictions of what's going to happen in humans. For example, now we can begin to explore what happens when we put a drug like an aerosol drug. Those of you like me who have asthma, when you take your inhaler, we can explore how that drug comes into your lungs, how it enters the body, how it might affect, say, your heart. Does it change the beating of your heart? Does it have a toxicity? Does it get cleared by the liver? Is it metabolized in the liver? Is it excreted in your kidneys? We can begin to study the dynamic response of the body to a drug. This could really revolutionize and be a game changer for not only the pharmaceutical industry, but a whole host of different industries, including the cosmetics industry. We can potentially use the skin on a chip that we're currently developing in the lab to test whether the ingredients in those products that you're using are actually safe to put on your skin without the need for animal testing. We could test the safety of chemicals that we are exposed to on a daily basis in our environment, such as chemicals in regular household cleaners. We could also use the organs on chips for applications in bioterrorism or radiation exposure. We could use them to learn more about diseases such as ebola or other deadly diseases such as SARS. Organs on chips could also change the way we do clinical trials in the future. Right now, the average participant in a clinical trial is that: average. Tends to be middle aged, tends to be female. You won't find many clinical trials in which children are involved, yet every day, we give children medications, and the only safety data we have on that drug is one that we obtained from adults. Children are not adults. They may not respond in the same way adults do. There are other things like genetic differences in populations that may lead to at-risk populations that are at risk of having an adverse drug reaction. Now imagine if we could take cells from all those different populations, put them on chips, and create populations on a chip. This could really change the way we do clinical trials. And this is the team and the people that are doing this. We have engineers, we have cell biologists, we have clinicians, all working together. We're really seeing something quite incredible at the Wyss Institute. It's really a convergence of disciplines, where biology is influencing the way we design, the way we engineer, the way we build. It's pretty exciting. We're establishing important industry collaborations such as the one we have with a company that has expertise in large-scale digital manufacturing. They're going to help us make, instead of one of these, millions of these chips, so that we can get them into the hands of as many researchers as possible. And this is key to the potential of that technology. Now let me show you our instrument. This is an instrument that our engineers are actually prototyping right now in the lab, and this instrument is going to give us the engineering controls that we're going to require in order to link 10 or more organ chips together. It does something else that's very important. It creates an easy user interface. So a cell biologist like me can come in, take a chip, put it in a cartridge like the prototype you see there, put the cartridge into the machine just like you would a C.D., and away you go. Plug and play. Easy. Now, let's imagine a little bit what the future might look like if I could take your stem cells and put them on a chip, or your stem cells and put them on a chip. It would be a personalized chip just for you. Now all of us in here are individuals, and those individual differences mean that we could react very differently and sometimes in unpredictable ways to drugs. I myself, a couple of years back, had a really bad headache, just couldn't shake it, thought, "Well, I'll try something different." I took some Advil. Fifteen minutes later, I was on my way to the emergency room with a full-blown asthma attack. Now, obviously it wasn't fatal, but unfortunately, some of these adverse drug reactions can be fatal. So how do we prevent them? Well, we could imagine one day having Geraldine on a chip, having Danielle on a chip, having you on a chip. Personalized medicine. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
幼年組の子供達を、平民にも優しい、文字通りの『天使』として育てるのだ! そうすれば、将来的に、身分制度はあれど貴族と平民とが仲良しの世界に......。 ......あ! 『天使』はマズいか。『天使』とか『御使い』とかは、人間側ではなく、『』だ。それに対して、ソサエティーのメンバー達は『聖女』と呼ばれている。『聖女』は、女性の聖人や、慈愛に満ちた女性を指す言葉であり、あくまでも『人間』である。これだと、本体組と幼年組の上下関係が逆転しちゃう。何か、幼年組を表すいい呼び方を考えなくちゃ......。「それと、幼年組から要望が来ています。化粧のやり方をレクチャーして欲しい、と......」「10歳未満で、もう化粧か~い! マセ過ぎ違うんか~~い!!」「普通ですわよ......。貴族の女性が、何歳くらいで婚約すると思っているのですか......。さすがに、その年齢だとあまり厚塗りはしませんけど、「母親やお姉様からの指示という可能性も......」「ああ!」 ......納得した。「それと、幼年組と本体組の両方からの要望なのですが......」「まだあるんか~い!」「会合......、お茶会の回数を増やしてもらいたい、と......」今まで、ソサエティー本体組は月に2回を原則とし、急な議題が上がった時には緊急集会を開いていた。カーレアちゃんの件、チェリリアちゃんの件、そして演奏会の特訓とかの場合ね。そして幼年組は、幼い子をあまり頻繁に親元から引き離すのはアレだと思って、月に1回にしていたのだ。......演奏会の練習期間中は、親に断って頻度を上げていたけど......。まあ、増やして欲しいということは、好評だということであり、みんなが楽しんでくれているということだろう。そして御両親もそれに反対していないということであり、それは良いことだ。しかし......。むわ~い! 飲食物やら色々と無償提供している、うちの被害が増大するわ~~い!!」いや、会員価格で割引しているとはいえ、みんなが親の指示で注文してくれる商品での儲けはある。で売った方が儲かるし、お茶会の回数が増えても月当たりの制限量は変わらないから、売れる数も利益も変わらないのだ。そして、お茶会の回数が2倍になれば、私が払う経費は確実に2倍になる。しかも、幼年組が創設され、おまけにここのところ、演奏会やら何やらで回数が激増していたというのに......。これで、定期開催の回数を増やした挙げ句、また何らかのイベントが発生したり、練習が必要な大会とかの話が出れば......。いや、出る! 絶対に出る!! 今回のことで味をしめた本体組のメンバーや、幼年組から......。そして、メンバーの親達からも......。あ、メンバーの両親に、撮ったスチル画を額装して、高値で売りつけたよ。かなり稼げた。も被写体の表情も、初めて揃いだったからね。可愛い衣装も、以前に肖像画を描かせた時のような作り笑顔ではない、娘の本当の笑顔も......。が無料の託児所兼学習塾兼他家とのコネ造りの場兼美味しい輸入製品仕入れの場とでも思われているのか、うちのお茶会の日には、他の用事をキャンセルしてでもお茶会に出席させてくれるらしいのだ。そして、この回数増加希望には、御両親達も大賛成なのだとか......。 ......いや、それはいいんだ。ありがたいことだと思う。しかし......。「多数決を採れば、1対その他全員で、間違いなく可決しますわね......」「私のお金と、時間ががが! そしてみっちゃん、あんたも敵側か~~いっ!」「ご愁傷様......。そして、も......」「まだあるんかいっ! くっ、殺せっっ!!」「王妃殿下や貴族の御婦人方から、問合せが殺到していますわよ......」「え、問合せ?」要望やゴリ押しの手紙、使者の訪問とかは、たくさんあった。娘をソサエティーに加入させろとか、もっと化粧品を寄越せとか......。しかし、問合せというのは珍しい。「......何て?」「ソサエティー壮年組を創設する予定はないのか、って......。何なら、世話役を引き受けてもいい、とか......。どうするのよ?」チベットスナギツネのような顔をしたみっちゃんに、私はポツリと呟いた。「......知らんがな......」そして結局、ソサエティー本体組の方は現状維持で、月2回。但し、急な用件が入った場合は臨時開催があり、今回のように練習とかが必要な場合には、スイーツや飲み物の提供量を減らしての連続した開催もあり得る、ということにした。幼年組の方は、月4回。但し、正規の会はそのうちの1回だけで、あとの3回は幼年組が独自に開催する、ということになった。つまり、私が飲食物その他をサポートするのは1回だけで、あとの3回は幼年組の親......その時の開催場所となる家......が飲食その他の世話をする、ってわけだ。それでも、引っ込み思案の子供が大勢の友達を作り楽しそうにしている姿を見た親達は大歓迎らしいよ。演奏会で大人気になったことも大きいらしいけれど、多くの貴族家と懇意になれ、またソサエティー本体組との繋がりもできるしね。 4回中3回は幼年組独自に、とはいっても、私のフォローがなくても、末っ子だったり、弟はいても妹はいない本体メンバーが顔を出すだろうし、一応、世話役として毎回最低でも3人は本体組からお手伝いを出すようにするから、多分大丈夫だろう。演奏会から、数日が経った。そして今、私はあることを危惧していた。 ......それは、演奏会の時の、コレットちゃんの様子だ。撮影要員として、カメラの使い方を教え込んで演奏会に連れていった、コレットちゃんとサビーネちゃん。幼年組のダンスを見ていたふたりの眼が、何かキラキラしてたんだよねぇ......。 ......多分、自分達もやりたかったのだろう。でも、ふたりが幼年組に参加するわけにはいかないよねぇ......。ふたりには、それぞれ『やるべきこと』がある。王女殿下として。ヤマノ子爵家の家臣候補として。それぞれ、国民から集めた税金や、うちの領民から集めた税金で生活し、教育を受けさせてもらっている身だ。多少のことならいいけれど、毎回お遊びで参加するのは、我が儘が過ぎるだろう。時間的なこともあるし、毎回私が転移させなきゃならないし。また、私が眼を離している時に、何かあったら大変だ。じゃあ、私は『機嫌を損ねると身の破滅を招く、雷の姫巫女様』ではなく、ただの金蔓、異国の金持ちの娘に過ぎない。......つまり、こっちでは私やその身内に手出しする者がいるかもしれない、ってことだ。なので、いつふたりが『自分達も交ざりたい』って言い出すかと心配していたのだけど、どうもその気配がない。なので、不思議に思ってコレットちゃんに尋ねてみると......。「ああ、それなら、もうかなり練習してるから、もうすぐミツハに見せてあげられるよ」「......え?」コレットちゃんが何を言っているのか、分からない......。「そ、それって、どういう意味?」恐る恐る、そう尋ねると......。「ヤマノ子爵家メイド少女隊、プラス有志で、アイドルユニット『メイドさんだー』を結成したんだよ」「......」「あ、ユニット名は、『メイドさんだ』と『「あれ? ミツハ、どうかした?」「......何じゃ、そりゃあああ~~!!」	I’ll raise the children of the Juvenile Group to be commoner-friendly, literally “angels”! That way, in the future, despite the status system, the nobility and the commoners will be friends... ......Ah! “Angel” might be a bad idea. “Angels” and “Servants of the goddess” are not on the human side, but on the “Goddess side”. On the other hand, the members of the Society are called “Saints.” The term “saint” refers to a female pietist, or a compassionate woman, and is only a “human”. This might reverse the hierarchical relationship between the main group and the juvenile group. I have to think about a good moniker to represent the juvenile group... “And I’ve received a request from the juvenile group. They want us to give them a lecture on how to apply makeup...” (Michelle) “They’re still under years old and already want to wear make-up? They’re too early for that!” (Mitsuha) “That’s normal... How old do you think a noblewoman would be engaged? As you can imagine, at that age, they can’t apply thick layers of lipstick or smudge their cheeks with foundations, but it’s normal. Additionally......” (Michelle) “It’s also possible that their mother or sister is the one telling them to make a request.....” (Michelle) “Ah!” (Mitsuha) ......That makes sense. “Furthermore, there’s another request from both the juvenile group and the main group...” (Michelle) “Increase of meetings, more tea parties, and...” (Michelle) Up until now, the Society has had a twice-a-month meeting basis and holds emergency meetings whenever urgent matters come up. Such as the cases of Carlea-chan, Cecilia-chan, and the recent practice for the concert. As for the juvenile group, saying that it was a bad idea to separate the young children from their parents too often, and that’s why I kept it to only once a month. But during the concert practice period, I had to deny the parents’ protest and increase the frequency of the meetings... Well, the fact that they want more means that it was well received and that everyone was enjoying it. And their parents were not opposed to it anymore, which was a good thing. However... “Our expenses will get bloated! We’re getting more damage from all the food and drink and other things we’re providing free of charge!” (Mitsuha) No, there’s a profit to be made on products that everyone orders at the direction of their parents, even though they’re discounted at member prices. However, there’s a quantity limit on what they only use in their house, and it’s considerably discounted, so there’s little profit. It’s more profitable to sell that much in other places, and even if the number of tea parties increases, the monthly limit does not change, so the number of sales and profits will also not change. So, if the number of tea parties doubled, the expenses I had to pay will definitely double. Moreover, the juvenile group was just founded recently. Furthermore, the number of concerts and other events has also increased dramatically. Then, after increasing the number of regular meetings, if a topic of another event, or a competition that requires practice comes out... No, it’ll come out! It will absolutely come out!! For the members of the main group and the juvenile group who got a taste of it... And the parents of our members... Ah, I framed the pictures we took and sold them to the members’ parents for a good price. I made quite a bit of money on the side. The main group had a matching photo for admission, but for the parents of the children in the juvenile group, it was the first time they had framed photos and the expressions on their faces were marvelously done. Both the cute outfits and the real smiles on their daughters’ faces, not the fake smiles they had previously had in their hand-drawn portraits... Anyway, it seems that the parents think of us as a free daycare center, a tutoring school, a place to make connections with other families, and a place to purchase delicious imported products. And on the day of our tea party, they will let the children attend even if they have to cancel their other plans. Also, the parents were very supportive of this desire for increased meeting sessions...... ...No, that’s fine and all. I’m grateful for that. But still... “If we took a majority vote, it would definitely pass one-sidedly...” (Michelle) “My money and time! And Micchan, you’re on the enemy side too?!” (Mitsuha) “I’m sorry for your loss... And one more thing......” (Michelle) “There’s still more! , kill me!!” (Mitsuha) “We’ve been literally flooded with inquiries from Her Royal Highness the Queen and the ladies of the nobility......” (Michelle) , inquiry?” (Mitsuha) There were many demands, pushy letters, and even envoy visits. They ranged from wanting their daughters to join the Society, to getting more cosmetics...... However, inquiries are rare. “...About what?” (Mitsuha) “Things like do you have plans to establish a Senior Society Group? Some are applying for a caretaker role or something... What are you going to do?” (Michelle) I pouted and muttered to Micchan, who has an expression of a Tibetan fox. “...Dunno...” (Mitsuha) And in the end, the Society will maintain the twice-a-month meeting sessions. However, it was decided that there would be occasional meetings when urgent business came up, and in cases when practice is required, it’s possible to hold continuous meetings by reducing the amount of sweets and drinks. While for the juvenile group, it’s four times a month. However, only one of them was the regular meeting, and the other three would be held independently. This means that I will only provide the food, drink, etc. once a month, and the rest will be shouldered by the parents of the juvenile group member at the house where the party will be held at that time. Nevertheless, the parents who saw their shy children making lots of friends and having fun are said to welcome them with open arms. I heard that the popularity of the concert was also a big factor, but it also allowed them to get to know many aristocrats and made connections with the Society. Three to four times, a juvenile group member who’d bring a younger brother but no younger sister even without my consent, but at least three members from the main group will help out each time as babysitters, so it will probably be okay. A few days have passed since the concert. And now I was concerned about a certain thing. ......It’s how Collette-chan looked at the concert. As the photographers, I taught Collete-chan and Sabine-chan on how to use the camera and took them to the concert. The eyes of the two, who were watching the children dancing, were sparkling... ...Maybe they wanted to do it too. But both of them can’t join the juvenile group... Both of them have “their own things to do”. One as a princess, and the other as a potential vassal of the Viscount Yamano family. They both live with taxes collected from the people and are educated. It would be nice to play once in a while, but it would be too selfish to participate every time. It’s time sensitive and I have to transfer every time. Also, if something happens when they’re out of my sight, I would be in trouble. In the case of the New Continent, I’m not the “Hime Miko who brings ruin to whoever displeases her”, but merely a golden goose, a daughter of a wealthy foreigner... That means that over here, there might be people who would mess with me and my family. That’s why I’ve been worried that at any moment they might say, “We want to join too”, but there was no sign of it. 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今この瞬間大志を抱いたひとりの教師は大学院で教育学を専攻し教授が “生徒の惹きつけ方”について素晴らしく惹きつけられない語り口でだらだらと話すのを見ています今この瞬間一年目の新人教師は自宅で授業計画を綿密に練っています生徒の適切な成績評価についてルールから外れないようにはどうすべきか考えながら同時に彼女は自分自身に何度も何度も繰り返しこう言い聞かせます “3ヶ月間は笑顔は見せないこと” なぜならそれは彼女が教師育成プログラムの中で習ったことだからです今この瞬間ひとりの学生は名案を思いつき両親の元へ向かいますとても体調が悪いのでどうしても明日は学校に行けないと説得するのですその一方で今この瞬間素晴らしい教師が彼の持つ知恵や知識を共有するべく見事な語り口で授業を進めています彼の生徒たちもイスから身を乗り出し額に光る雫が落ちるのをじっと待ちこぼれ落ちる知識を少しでも多く吸収しようと熱心に聞き入っています今この瞬間ある人はそこにいる全ての聴衆の心を惹き付けこの世界で起こっているとても印象深い物語を繰り広げています見たことも想像したことも無いのに一旦固く目を瞑ってみると瞼の裏にはまさにその物語が鮮明に浮かび上がってきます語り手の魔法が聴衆を引き込んでいるのです今この瞬間聴衆に向かって “手を高く上げて”と伝えると彼が “さぁ降ろしていいよ”と言うまで聴衆を思い通りに操れる人がいます今この瞬間誰かはこう言うかもしれません “ねぇクリス君はさっきから酷い訓練を受けてきた人について説明したかと思えばとてもパワフルで優れた教育者についても話すね世界における教育について特に都会でのことを考えているならきっとその両者はお互いに相殺しあって結局はプラマイゼロだから問題ないよ” 実際私が今繰り広げてきた話は教師たちの現状なのです優れた物語の作り手は語りの達人は教室から遠くへ排除されているのです教え方や人を惹きつける方法を知っている人々は教員免許が何を意味するのかさえ知りませんもしかするとその人たちは教育と呼べるような課程を受けたことが無いかもしれません私にとってはそれが残念です悲しいかなこういった人々は学ぶという過程に公平無私でありとても有能な教師になりたくても手本とするものがないのですマーク・トウェインの言葉があります彼はこう言いました “適切な準備また教育とはとても強い力であり道徳的悪を善へ変え劣悪な慣習を力強く確立したものに変えその力は時に人間を天使にまでも変えることができる” 私が前述した人々は大学などの教育機関ではなくある場所にいるだけでその長所を身につけ適切な“教え方”を知っているのですその場所はどこでしょうか? 床屋ラップのコンサートそして特に黒人教会の中でなのです私はこれをペンテコスタル教授法と呼んでいますこの中で黒人教会へ行ったことがある人は? 何名かいますね黒人教会へ行くと牧師はまず聴衆の注目をこちらへ向けようとしますジョークのような語り口で説教を始めますそして彼は話を止めてこう言います “あぁ神様彼らはあまり関心が無いようです” そして彼は “アーメンは?” 聴衆:アーメンクリス:アーメンを頂けますか聴衆:アーメン! こうして突然人々の目を覚ますのです注意を引くために牧師は説教壇をどすんと叩きますそしてより緊迫した空気へ聴衆を引き込むときはその声を小さく小さくひそめるのですこの能力こそが我々が今最も教師に求めている力なのですなぜ教師育成課程では理論そして理論基準ばかりしか教えられず生徒や聴衆を惹きつけるといった基本的な魔法を起こす方法が教えられていないのでしょうか? 私はこの教師の育成方法を組み直すために声を上げました授業の内容重視でも構いません理論中心でも構わないのですただし魔法なしでは教えることも学ぶことも意味を持たないのですこう言うとよく周りの人から “魔法は魔法にすぎない" と言われます努力を積んでそのようなスキルを身につけた教師達も学校に就職し生徒の関心を惹きつけることに成功すれば校長がやって来て “いやあ彼は素晴らしいね他の先生も皆彼のようなら良いのに” と言うでしょうそして単に“彼は不思議な力があるね” の一言で終わらせますしかし私はここで皆さんに伝えたいその力は教えることができます魔法は教えられる魔法は教えることができるのです! さぁどのようにしてでしょう? 教えるためには魔法が生まれる場所に足を運んでもらうことです都会での教育において優れた教師を目指すならば大学の敷地から飛び出して近所に足を運ぶのです床屋に行って時間を過ごしたり黒人教会のミサへ出席をしてそこで起きている人を惹きつける力をしっかりと眺め彼らがどのように行動しているかメモを取るのです私のいる大学の教育学部では全ての生徒がラップのコンサートを見に行くというプロジェクトを始めましたラッパーの動きや身振り手振りで話す様子を観察しますそうして生徒達はラッパーが誇り高く舞台を歩く様を学びます彼らが繰り出す隠喩や例えを聴きながら少しずつ学んで行き十分実習を重ねればそれは魔法を引き起こす鍵となりますただ生徒をじっと見つめ眉を数ミリ動かすだけで言葉がなくとも彼らはそれが“もっと欲しい”と意味することを分かるようになりますそしてもしこれを教師育成に取り入れることが出来ればすなわち教師に対して魔法を教えることが出来ればパッ! と静まり返った教室を蘇らせ想像力に再び火を灯し教育を改革できるのです有難うございました	Right now there is an aspiring teacher in a graduate school of education who is watching a professor babble on and on about engagement in the most disengaging way possible. Right now there's a first-year teacher at home who is pouring through lesson plans trying to make sense of standards, who is trying to make sense of how to grade students appropriately, while at the same time saying to herself over and over again, "Don't smile till November," because that's what she was taught in her teacher education program. Right now there's a student who is coming up with a way to convince his mom or dad that he's very, very sick and can't make it to school tomorrow. On the other hand, right now there are amazing educators information that is shared in such a beautiful way that the students are sitting at the edge of their seats just waiting for a bead of sweat to drop off the face of this person so they can soak up all that knowledge. Right now there is also a person who has an entire audience rapt with attention, a person that is weaving a powerful narrative about a world that the people who are listening have never imagined or seen before, but if they close their eyes tightly enough, they can envision that world because the storytelling is so compelling. Right now there's a person who can tell an audience to put their hands up in the air and they will stay there till he says, "Put them down." Right now. So people will then say, "Well, Chris, you describe the guy who is going through some awful training but you're also describing these powerful educators. If you're thinking about the world of education or urban education in particular, these guys will probably cancel each other out, and then we'll be okay." The reality is, the folks I described as the master teachers, the master narrative builders, the master storytellers are far removed from classrooms. The folks who know the skills about how to teach and engage an audience don't even know what teacher certification means. They may not even have the degrees to be able to have anything to call an education. And that to me is sad. It's sad because the people who I described, they were very disinterested in the learning process, want to be effective teachers, but they have no models. I'm going to paraphrase Mark Twain. Mark Twain says that proper preparation, or teaching, is so powerful that it can turn bad morals to good, it can turn awful practices into powerful ones, it can change men and transform them into angels. The folks who I described earlier got proper preparation in teaching, not in any college or university, but by virtue of just being in the same spaces of those who engage. Guess where those places are? Barber shops, rap concerts, and most importantly, in the black church. And I've been framing this idea called Pentecostal pedagogy. Who here has been to a black church? We got a couple of hands. You go to a black church, their preacher starts off and he realizes that he has to engage the audience, so he starts off with this sort of wordplay in the beginning oftentimes, and then he takes a pause, and he says, "Oh my gosh, they're not quite paying attention." So he says, "Can I get an amen?" Audience: Amen. Chris Emdin: So I can I get an amen? Audience: Amen. CE: And all of a sudden, everybody's reawoken. That preacher bangs on the pulpit for attention. He drops his voice at a very, very low volume when he wants people to key into him, and those things are the skills that we need for the most engaging teachers. So why does teacher education only give you theory and theory and tell you about standards and tell you about all of these things that have nothing to do with the basic skills, that magic that you need to engage an audience, to engage a student? So I make the argument that we reframe teacher education, that we could focus on content, and that's fine, and we could focus on theories, and that's fine, but content and theories with the absence of the magic of teaching and learning means nothing. Now people oftentimes say, "Well, magic is just magic." There are teachers who, despite all their challenges, who have those skills, get into those schools and are able to engage an audience, and the administrator walks by and says, "Wow, he's so good, I wish all my teachers could be that good." And when they try to describe what that is, they just say, "He has that magic." But I'm here to tell you that magic can be taught. Magic can be taught. Magic can be taught. Now, how do you teach it? You teach it by allowing people to go into those spaces where the magic is happening. If you want to be an aspiring teacher in urban education, you've got to leave the confines of that university and go into the hood. You've got to go in there and hang out at the barbershop, you've got to attend that black church, and you've got to view those folks that have the power to engage and just take notes on what they do. At our teacher education classes at my university, I've started a project where every single student that comes in there sits and watches rap concerts. They watch the way that the rappers move and talk with their hands. They study the way that he walks proudly across that stage. They listen to his metaphors and analogies, and they start learning these little things that if they practice enough becomes the key to magic. They learn that if you just stare at a student and raise your eyebrow about a quarter of an inch, you don't have to say a word because they know that that means that you want more. And if we could transform teacher education to focus on teaching teachers how to create that magic then poof! we could make dead classes come alive, we could reignite imaginations, and we can change education. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
「ど、どうかなあ――そんな事は言ってなかったような......?」『協力など、頼まれた覚えも無いがな――そなたは我に挑戦しては、叩き伏せて縛り上げ、尾を勝手気に切り落として奪っていくばかりだったが?』「人聞きの悪いことを――」そもそも、このフフェイルベインがそんな願いをして、素直に協力してくれるはずもないと初めから交渉は諦めていたという所はある。「え......な、何か聞こえたぞ......!?」ラティがそう声を上げた。「いや、何か――何も頼まれてないみたいな事を......これ、あの竜の......!? そっちは何も聞こえなかったのか......!?」ラフィニアの問いに、ラティが応じる。「何にも聞こえなかったわよ?」「な、何で俺だけ......? イングリスは聞こえるんだよな」「う、うん――ラティにも聞こえるなんて......」あるいは、向こうがこちらに聞き取れるように調整をした場合は聞こえるだろうが、ならばラフィニアにも聞き取れているはずだろう。ラティのそれがイングリスのように、フフェイルベインのそれと遜色ない程の力を発揮するのかは分からないが――ラティはイングリスとラフィニアとは違い、常人の食事量で「ねえラティ、竜は何て言ってたの?」「......クリスぅ? ひょっとしてこの竜さんいい人で、前から嫌がってるのを無理やり戦わせたりしてないわよね......?」「いやいやいや、それは違うよラニ――ちゃんと向こうからわたしを食べようとしてくれてたんだよ? だから――」『――実はそうなのだ。あの娘は嫌がる我を無理やり......』「ん......!? 『嫌がるのを無理やり』って言ってるぞ?」「こら! クリス! 何でウソつくのよ! ダメでしょ......!」ぎゅーっと耳を引っ張られる。「えぇっ!?」「見損ないましたよ――! 神竜ともあろう者がそんな安いウソを......!」『ふん。散々好き放題にしてくれた意趣返しだ、そのくらい大目に見るのだな』「いいえ見ませんっ! この借りはわたしと全力の手合わせをして頂くことで返して貰いましょう――!」『何度言えば分かる。我はそなたとは戦わぬ』「むぅぅ......! 強情な――」とその横で、ラティがラフィニアに話の内容を通訳している。「イングリスの言う通り、向こうのウソだったらしい。で、今やっぱり戦わないってさ」「そ、そうなんだ――まあまあ、クリス。とりあえず止めときなさいよ? どっちにしろ尻尾は貰っていいんでしょ? だったらお礼言って貰って帰ればいいじゃない。もしかしたら、これから仲良くできるかもしれないんだし――」「いや、神竜ってそんな気安いものじゃないって言うか――」『ふざけた事を抜かす娘よ――何も無ければ食い殺してやる所なのだがな』「......わたしの警告をお忘れなく。ラティ、今のは黙っておいて」「あ、ああ――」『ふん......』とりあえず、今日は諦めてラフィニアの言う通り尻尾を切らせて貰う事にするしかなさそうだ。「では先程のお言葉に甘えて、食料として――」背から生えた純白の翼は、「お待ちになって! ラティさん、大変ですわよ! 今すぐ野営地に戻って下さい!」相当必死で、全速力で飛んできたのが窺える。どうも只事ではなさそうである。「ん......!? 何かあったのか――!?」「こちらに来られている住民の方達が、騒ぎを起こしていますの......! ルーインさん達が穏便に説得しようとなさっていますが、皆様怒っていらして――ここはやはりラティさん、あなたから彼等にお話をして差しあげるのが一番よいかと......!」「ええぇっ!? わ、分かったすぐ戻る......! けど、なんでそんな事に......!?」「――申し上げにくいのですが、プラムさんの事で......彼等はお兄様のハリムさんの事を忘れていませんから、その縁者が何故ここにいる、と......!」「――! だ、だから追い出せってか......!?」「そ、それで済めば、まだ......」「プラムを捕まえて、処刑しろって言ってるんだね?」「......! え、ええ――その通りですわ......」ここの所、野営地には周辺地域から人が次々に集まっており、単なるイングリス達とルーイン達生き残りの騎士達の活動拠点ではなくなって来ている。集まって来た人々は、元々リックレアの生き残りの者もいれば、他の街に住んでいたがティファニエの所業により家や財産を失い、他に行き場を無くした者もいるだろう。だが、ハリムは元々この国の有力貴族の家柄だ。だが、それはつまり多くの人々がここにいるプラムの姿を目の当たりにするという事にもなる。プラムは住民の感情を考えてあまり表に出ないようにしていたが、そうもいかなくなって来た――と言う事だ。「くそっ......! なんで急にそんな事に――!」「ひどいわ......! 絶対止めなきゃ!」「――いずれは向き合わなきゃいけない事だよ。ラティ、冷静にね」「あ、ああ......! 分かってる――」「それと、まだありますわ――騒ぎを先導しているのが、イアンさんでしたの――」「イアン君が......!?」「......! どういうつもりで――?」リックレアへの進軍中にプラムを拉致してハリムの元へ連れ去ったイアンが、今姿を現して騒ぎを起こす理由――それはイングリスにも、すぐには分からなかった。「とにかく、お急ぎになって! 早く野営地に戻りましょう!」リーゼロッテの言う通りだった。イングリス達は再びフフェイルベインを拘束し、すぐに野営地へと引き返す事にした。	「I-, I wonder... I don’t think he said something like that......?」『I don’t ever recall you ask me to cooperate! You challenged me, beat me down, tied me up, then cut off my tail all at your own convenience, like the robber you are.』「Don’t make me sound so evil!」 That being said, Inglis couldn’t deny it, she had given up any prospect of negotiation from the beginning, believing that there was no way Vufailbane would be willing to cooperate in such a request. 「Eh......D-, did I just hear something?!」 Lahti exclaimed. 「No, something... like, something about not ever asking......is this, the dragon’s voice?! You didn’t hear this?!」 Lahti answered Rafinha’s question. 「I didn’t hear anything, you know?」「Wh-, why only me? Inglis, you can hear it, right?」「Y-, yeah... I didn’t think you can hear it too, Lahti......」 This was unexpected, but there was no doubt. Lahti had acquired the Dragon Roar by eating Vufailbane’s flesh too. It would have been possible to hear the voice of Vufailbane without the Dragon Roar. Or, if Vufailbane had made adjustments so that other humans would be able to hear his voice too, but then Rafinha should be able to hear it as well. Inglis had no idea if Lahti’s power would be as strong as her’s, showing the same level of strength as Vufailbane, or not. However, Lahti ate at the same rate any ordinary person would, unlike Inglis or Rafinha, and yet he showed a glimpse of Dragon Roar. It seemed like he was compatible with it. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that he was a Runeless? One couldn’t say for sure with just a single example. 「Hey, Lahti, what did the dragon say?」「......GLIS~? Don’t tell me that Mr. Dragon is actually a good person, and you just force him to fight you even though he didn’t want to?」「Nononono, I didn’t do that, Rani! He was trying to eat me, you know? So...」『As a matter of fact, you are right. That girl forced me even though I didn’t want any of this......』「Mn......?! The dragon said 『she forced me even though I didn’t want to.』」「Come on! Glis! Why did you lie like that?! It’s bad, you know......!」 She pulled her ears tightly. 「Eeeh?!」「I misjudged you! I never thought a Dragon God would tell such a lowly lie!」『Hmph. Take it with a grain of salt. After all you’ve done to me, this much should be passable.』「Is not! You will have to pay me back by fighting me with all your strength!」『How many times do I have to say it? I will not fight you.』「Muu......! You stubborn old...」 Beside the two, Lahti was interpreting the conversation to Rafinha. 「Apparently, as Inglis said, it was the dragon who was lying. And now he refuses to fight, after all.」「I-, I see... Now, now, Glis. Why don’t you stop the bickering? We can get the tail either way, right? So why don’t we just thank Mr. Dragon and go back? Who knows, maybe this can be the start of a new relationship!」「No, Dragon Gods aren’t something we can get along so easily!」『You jest, little girl... I would have eaten you alive if you had nobody by your side.』「......Don’t ever forget my warning. Lahti, you don’t say that one just now.」「O-, okay...」『Hmph......』 At any rate, I guess I’ll just have to give up for today and cut off his tail like Rafinha said. 「Then, I will take up your offer and see you as nothing more than...」 As Inglis was about to finish her words, she saw the figure of someone flying in the air. The pure white wings that sprouted from that figure’s back were the result of a Gift of an Artifact. 「Please hold on! Mr. Lahti, there is an emergency! Please return to the encampment now!」 It was Liselotte. She looked quite flustered and out of breath. She was very desperate, flying at her full speed. It didn’t seem to be anything ordinary. 「Mn......?! What happened?!」「The residents who have been immigrating are causing a commotion! Mr. Luwin and the other Knights are trying to calm them down, but they are pretty enraged! I believe it’s best to have you talk them out, Mr. Lahti!」「Eeehh?! G-, got it, I’ll be there! But, why would they......?!」「I’m really sorry to say, but it’s regarding Ms. Pullum...... They still haven’t forgotten about her older brother, Mr. Hallim, so when they learned his relative is here, they......!」「—! They want to chase her out?!」「I-, if only that was all they asked......」 Liselotte’s words were all mumbled. 「They want to capture Pullum and execute her, is it?」「......! Y-yes, exactly......」 Liselotte nodded painfully. However, this was not unthinkable. People had been gathering at the encampment recently one after another from the surrounding area. It was no longer just a base of operations for Inglis’ troops and Luwin’s Knights and the other survivors. The process of transforming the encampment into the new Lekrea town was about to begin. Some of the people gathered were originally survivors of Lekrea, while others might have lived in other towns but had lost their homes and possessions due to Tiffany’s actions and had nowhere else to return. Everyone had their own circumstances, but what they all had in common was that they had seen firsthand what Tiffany, and by extension, Hallim, one of her henchmen, had done to their livelihood. Tiffany was still a Hyrule Menace who came from the Highland, but Hallim was originally from a prominent noble family in this country. It was inevitable that his acts could be regarded as an act of rebellion and treason against the country. In such a case, it was not uncommon for his family members to be held responsible for his crime. It was not surprising that a family member would be directly affected. The fact that people were flocking here was a sign of Lahti’s growing fame. However, that also meant that many people would see Pullum here. Pullum had been trying to avoid showing her face too much in public in consideration of the people, but that seemed to fail. 「F̲u̲c̲k̲! Why so suddenly?!」「That’s cruel! We have to stop them!」「It’s something we have to face eventually. Lahti, stay calm.」「Y-, yeah! I know that!」「And there’s more... The one who leads the uproar is Mr. Ian!」「Ian......?!」「......! Why would he?」 Ian had kidnapped Pullum and taken her to Hallim, and now he showed up and made a scene! Even Inglis couldn’t immediately understand the reasons behind his actions. 「Either way, hurry up! We need to get back to the encampment quick!」 Liselotte was right.Inglis once again tied Vufailbane and decided to return to the encampment immediately with the rest.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 3, "inserted_lines_src": 26, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
ここ数日自然についての話をあまり聞かなかったので一言自然のために言いたいことがあります土やハチ植物そして動物の為に言いたいことがありますそして私が見つけたとても単純な道具について話しましょうそれはテクノロジーではなく文学的発想にすぎないのですが人間と自然界そして人間が依存する他種の生物との関係を変える有力な道具だと思いますその道具とはクリスが言った様にとても単純です植物や動物の視点から私達人間を見る事ですこれは私のアイデアではなく他の人の思いつきですが私はそれを新しい地位に持っていこうとしていますこれをどこで思いついたかというと多くの私のアイデアや道具達と同じく庭で思いつきました私はガーデニングが大好きなんです 7年前のある日ジャガイモを植えていました 5月の第一週でしたニューイングランドではリンゴの木がちょうど花盛りでした空には白い雲が浮かび私はここで乱切りにしたジャガイモを植えていました蜂はこの木で蜜を集めていてハナマルバチが木を揺らしていました庭仕事の良いところの一つは人間の集中力の全てを必要としないところです木工細工と違って怪我の心配もあまりなく思考をめぐらす精神的余裕がたっぷりありますハナマルバチのそばで働きながらその日の午後自分に問いかけたことは私とハナマルバチの共通点ってなんだろう? この庭での我々の役割はどのように相似また相違しているんだろう? そして共通点が多い事に気付いたのですお互いにある特定の遺伝子のみを広めそしてお互いに -- ハチ側の見解を想像してみても多分 -- 自分達に支配権があると思っていたことでしょう私はどの種類のジャガイモを植えるか自分で決めましたユーコン・ゴールドかイエロー・フィンか何かを選んでそれらの遺伝子を国中の種子を紹介するカタログから集め持って帰って植えましたそしてあのハチもきっとこう思っていたでしょうあのリンゴの木のあの花に行って蜜を吸って帰ろうと私達には我々が自然の中での絶対的主権者だと示唆する理念が備わっています私もハチも同じです私がジャガイモを植え雑草を除き種を土地に慣らすしかしその日私の心に浮かんだのはもしかするとこの理念は利己的な発想にすぎないんじゃないか? もちろんハチは自分達が取り仕切っていると思っていますが我々には分別があるのでそのハチと花の関係はハチが上手く花に操られているのだということを良く知っています操られているというのはダーヴィン的な意味でですわかりますね? つまり花はとても特殊な特質を発達させました色、匂い、味、パターンでそのミツバチを誘惑しましたそしてハチは見事に騙されて蜜を吸い花粉を足につけ次の花へと飛び立ちますハチは何も仕切ってはいないのですそこで私は実は私も同じだと悟ったのです私はまさしくそのジャガイモに誘惑されそれを植え遺伝子をばらまき生育地を少し広げたのですそこで私は人間に働き掛けているこれらの他の生物種の視点から私達自身を見たらどうだろうと思いついたのですそうすると突然農業は人間の技術でも創案でもなくとても賢い種のグループ、主に食用草が人間を搾取し世界中の森林を伐採し尽くすために仕組んだ進化的共同開発だと気付いたのです「植物の競争」というやつでしょう突然すべてが違って見えてきてその日の草刈は今までと全く違う体験になりましたそれまではいつもこう思っていました実はこれは最初の本にも書いたんですがガーデニングの本ですが芝生というものは文化の下に抑制される自然であり全体主義的な風景であり私たちはそれを刈る度に残酷に鎮圧し実を結ばせず死ぬことも生殖することもさせない芝生ってそういうものだとでもそこで気付いたのです「いやこれこそ草が望んでいることだなんて馬鹿なんだ草の生存目的は草から日照を奪う木を打ち倒すことで私は草に騙されているんだ」要は人間に刈ってもらう事で木が生えないようにしているのですニュー・イングランドではかなりの勢いで木が生えますそれから私は物事を植物の視点から見始めてそれを「欲望の植物学」という一冊の本にまとめましたそして私はこう思いました花を観察することでミツバチの味覚や欲望例えば甘いものが好きこの色は好きであの色は好きじゃないそして左右対称が好きというようにいろんな面白い推定ができるようにこれを我々に当てはめて見たらなにが見えてくるだろう? ある種のジャガイモ、ある種の麻薬大麻は我々のことをどう思っているのかこれは世間を見るうえで面白い観点なんじゃないかと思いましたさて、どんなアイデアを試すにしても、ー奇抜な発想ですがー我々が得るものは何かという問いもありますそして作家としての私の主題である自然について語るときどうやったらアルドレオポルドのテストを満たすかすなわち我々が生物共同体のより良い一員となれるか? それは我々を生態の破滅ではなくその維持と永続に貢献させるか? 私はこのアイデアがそうすると考えますそれではあなたがこのように世界を見る事によって人間の欲求についての面白い洞察以外にどういう利益があるか見てみましょう知的な問題としては他種の見解から世界を見ることは奇妙な変則にどう対処するべきかを教えてくれますそれは --そしてこれは文化史の分野です-- 150年前にダーウィン革命がありましたうわっ、ミニ・ミーだこの知的なダーウィン革命のおかげで我々は沢山の種のなかの一種にすぎないことを知りました我々に起こっている進化は同じように他のすべての種の上に起こっているのです我々は作用すると共に作用されています私達は実に生命というものの生地に存在していますしかし奇妙なことに 150年経ってもこの教訓は浸透していません本当に信じている人はいません私達はまだデカルト派デカルト・チルドレンなのです主観性と意識が我々を特殊な存在とし世界は主体と物体に分かれていて自然が一方にあり他方に文化があると信じています植物や動物の視点から見て初めて本当の奇妙なアイデアとは自然が文化と対立するというアイデア意識が全てだというアイデアだと解りますそして他にも重要な役割を果します他生物の視点から世界を見ることは人間中心社会という病の治療法になりますあなたは突然こう気付くでしょう私達が自然の最高の業績と思っている人間の意識とは地球でうまく生きていくための道具に過ぎないとある意味それが最高の道具だと思うのも自然なことですあるコメディアンがこう言いました「じゃあ、いったい誰が意識がこんなに重要で素晴らしい物だと主張してるんだ?」「それは意識だ」植物を見るとそれらは別の道具で同じように興味深いと気付くでしょう例を二つ挙げましょうこれも庭からですライ豆がハダニに襲われる時に何をするかご存知でしょうか揮発性のケミカルを広範囲に発してハダニを攻撃してライ豆を守ってくれる他種のダニを呼び寄せます人間に意識や道具作り言語等がある一方植物にはバイオケミストリーがありますそれは我々の想像を越えるレベルまで達しています植物の複雑性といい洗練された性質といい実に驚異的ですそして人には4、5万の遺伝子があると思って始めたヒトゲノム解析計画がたったの2万3千という結果に終わったのは全くのスキャンダルだと思います比較の基盤を挙げると稲には3万5千の遺伝子がありますではより洗練されている種はどっちでしょうか答えはどっちもです同じ期間を共に進化してきました通った道が違うだけですなので自己中心の治療法でもありダーウィンの考えを実感する方法でもあります私が作家としてやっているのはそういうことで物語の語り手として人々に私達が知っていることを感じてもらいそして環境意識を考えさせるような物語を語ることですもう一つの例はとても実用的です今から皆さんをある農場へと連れていきます私はこのアイデアを使ってフードシステムの理解を深めたわけですがそこから学んだことは我々が今トウモロコシに操られているということです今日皆さんもお聞きになったエタノールの話はこれは良識に対するトウモロコシの最終的な勝利ですトウモロコシの世界征服にむけての陰謀の一部なのですまた今年植えられたトウモロコシの量も去年をずっと上回るでしょう我々がエタノールを救世主に仕立て上げたおかげでトウモロコシの生育地も増えるでしょう私にとってこれは農産業を理解する上で役に立ちましたもちろん農産業はデカルト式です他の種を利用するという概念に基づいています私達が主権者であり私達が工場を作りますこれらの技術を取り入れて食品を生産し燃料や望むものは何でも作り出します一風変わった農場へとご案内しましょうこの農場はバージニア州のシェナンドア川流域にあります私は他の生物種の視点から見るというアイデアを実際に取り入れている農場を探しにいってそしてジョール・サラチンという農場主に出会い彼の農場で一週間ほど見習いとして働きましたそして私は、過去25年間自然に関して執筆してきた中で我々と自然の関係において最も有望な情報を手に入れましたこれですポリーフェイスという農場で 6種類の動物といく種かの植物をとても巧妙な象徴的な配置で育てるというアイデアですパーマ・カルチャーと言いますが彼の場合は牛豚羊七面鳥そして。。。他に何でしたっけ。。。 6種の全てが -- そうだウサギだ -- 全てがお互いのために生態的なサービスを行いますある動物のフンは他種のランチになったりお互いの害虫を処理したりとても精巧で美しい一連の流れですがその一部のみをクローズアップしてご紹介しましょう牛と産卵鶏の関係ですがこの方法でどういう利益が得られるかをご紹介しますこれは単に食料を育てるという範囲を超え自然に対する考え方を改めデカルト的なゼロサムゲーム論我々が欲しいものを得ることで自然が消滅する自然が勝つか人間が勝つかというアイデアから我々を自由にしてくれる方法ですさて牛を囲いの中に1日おきますここにあるテクノロジーは車のバッテリーに接続したこの安い結構新しい電気柵のみですこんな私でも1000平方Mの農場を歩き15分で建てられます牛は一日食べてまた移動しますすべての草を集中的に食べます 3日間ほど待ってそれからエッグ・モビールというモノを引っ張って行きますこれは今にも壊れそうな奇妙な装置で板で出来ているほろ馬車みたいなモノですが 350羽もの鶏が入りますこれを3日間後に農場に引っ張り出してきて渡し板を下ろしますそうすると350羽の鶏が群れを成して板の上を暴走してコッコッと鳴きながら降りてきて牛のフンに向かって一直線ですその後の行動が興味深いです牛のフンを掘り返しウジ虫などハエの幼虫を探します 3日待った理由は 4日また5日間経ったら幼虫が孵化してしまうからですそうするとハエに悩まされますしかし大きくて、ジューシーな幼虫になるまで待つのですプロテインも取れて鶏の大好物でもあるからです鶏がブレイクダンスのような動きでウジ虫を掘り出すためフンをつつきまわして大量の肥料がまきちらされるのですとても便利です。それが第2の生態的サービスでまた第3は、鶏が農場にいる間にもちろん狂った様に排便していてそのフンもまた窒素肥料で、草原に栄養を与えますそれから次の場所へ移動します 3週間後には草でぼうぼうになり 4、5週間目以内にまた繰り返します彼はまた放牧することも刈る事もでき羊のように他の動物を使うこともできますまたは冬の為に干草を作ることも出来ますさてこの農場で起こったことをよく考えてみてください大変生産性の高いシステムですこのたった404,700平方Mで牛肉18181キロ、豚肉13636キロ、卵25,000ダース若鶏2万羽、七面鳥1千羽、ウサギ1千羽という莫大な食料が生産されます「オーガニックだけで世界が食っていけるか」これを耳にする事あると思いますが、これだけの土地でこれだけ生産が出来るのですそれぞれの生物種が欲しているモノを与え欲望や生理的独自性に気付かせるだけですそれを活かすのですでは草の視点から見てみましょうこれをやると草には何が起きるのでしょう反芻動物が草を食べると、葉がこの高さからこの高さまで切られるわけですすると反射的に面白い事をします根と新芽の比率はガーデニングをする人なら誰でも知っています植物がよく育つにはその根と葉の部分をバランス良く保たなければなりませんですから葉が減ると根も小さくします自らの根を焼灼する様な行動をし根が死んでいくと土の中の生物種ミミズ菌類バクテリアなどが根を食べて分解されたものが新しい土となります土はこういう風に作られます下から上にと大草原もこういう風に野牛と草の関係で作られたのですこれを理解して気付いたことは ― またもしジョール・サラチンに何を育ているかを訪ねるとしたら、鶏ではなく羊でもなければ牛でもなく草を育ていると答えるでしょうなぜなら草はこういったシステムの要石の生物だからです ― 気付いたことは我々が持っている自然に関する悲惨な発想と完全に相反するということです我々が欲している物を手に入れることで自然が死んでいくことですね人間の勝ち自然の負けこの農場からこれだけの食料が取れて、しかも季節が終わるとそこにはより多くの土壌や肥沃そして生物多様性がありますこれは大変希望に満ちたことです今日多くの農家がこの方法を取り入れていますこれは多少デカルト的なシステムである有機農業より遥かに優れていますこれは何を示すかというともし他の生物種や土壌に注意を払えばこのたったの視点的アイデアのみで -- この柵以外には何のテクノロジーもいらず安価なので、アフリカでもあっという間に広まる可能性があります -- 我々は地球から必要な食物を得ると共に地球を癒す事も出来るのですこれが世界を生き返らせる方法ですこれこそが素晴らしいところですダーウィンの洞察を骨まで感じ始めたらこういった発想のみで実現出来る事こそが希望を抱く価値のある事ですありがとうございます	I want to say a word for nature because we haven't talked that much about it the last couple days. I want to say a word for the soil and the bees and the plants and the animals, and tell you about a tool, a very simple tool that I have found. Although it's really nothing more than a literary conceit; it's not a technology. It's very powerful for, I think, changing our relationship to the natural world and to the other species on whom we depend. And that tool is very simply, as Chris suggested, looking at us and the world from the plants' or the animals' point of view. It's not my idea, other people have hit on it, but I've tried to take it to some new places. Let me tell you where I got it. Like a lot of my ideas, like a lot of the tools I use, I found it in the garden; I'm a very devoted gardener. And there was a day about seven years ago: I was planting potatoes, it was the first week of May -- this is New England, when the apple trees are just vibrating with bloom; they're just white clouds above. I was here, planting my chunks, cutting up potatoes and planting it, and the bees were working on this tree; bumblebees, just making this thing vibrate. And one of the things I really like about gardening is that it doesn't take all your concentration, you really can't get hurt -- it's not like woodworking -- and you have plenty of kind of mental space for speculation. And the question I asked myself that afternoon in the garden, working alongside that bumblebee, was: what did I and that bumblebee have in common? How was our role in this garden similar and different? And I realized we actually had quite a bit in common: both of us were disseminating the genes of one species and not another, and both of us -- probably, if I can imagine the bee's point of view -- thought we were calling the shots. I had decided what kind of potato I wanted to plant -- I had picked my Yukon Gold or Yellow Finn, or whatever it was -- and I had summoned those genes from a seed catalog across the country, brought it, and I was planting it. And that bee, no doubt, assumed that it had decided, "I'm going for that apple tree, I'm going for that blossom, I'm going to get the nectar and I'm going to leave." We have a grammar that suggests that's who we are; that we are sovereign subjects in nature, the bee as well as me. I plant the potatoes, I weed the garden, I domesticate the species. But that day, it occurred to me: what if that grammar is nothing more than a self-serving conceit? Because, of course, the bee thinks he's in charge or she's in charge, but we know better. We know that what's going on between the bee and that flower is that bee has been cleverly manipulated by that flower. And when I say manipulated, I'm talking about in a Darwinian sense, right? I mean it has evolved a very specific set of traits -- color, scent, flavor, pattern -- that has lured that bee in. And the bee has been cleverly fooled into taking the nectar, and also picking up some powder on its leg, and going off to the next blossom. The bee is not calling the shots. And I realized then, I wasn't either. I had been seduced by that potato and not another into planting its -- into spreading its genes, giving it a little bit more habitat. And that's when I got the idea, which was, "Well, what would happen if we kind of looked at us from this point of view of these other species who are working on us?" And agriculture suddenly appeared to me not as an invention, not as a human technology, but as a co-evolutionary development in which a group of very clever species, mostly edible grasses, had exploited us, figured out how to get us to basically deforest the world. The competition of grasses, right? And suddenly everything looked different. And suddenly mowing the lawn that day was a completely different experience. I had thought always -- and in fact, had written this in my first book; this was a book about gardening -- that lawns were nature under culture's boot, that they were totalitarian landscapes, and that when we mowed them we were cruelly suppressing the species and never letting it set seed or die or have sex. And that's what the lawn was. But then I realized, "No, this is exactly what the grasses want us to do. I'm a dupe. I'm a dupe of the lawns, whose goal in life is to outcompete the trees, who they compete with for sunlight." And so by getting us to mow the lawn, we keep the trees from coming back, which in New England happens very, very quickly. So I started looking at things this way and wrote a whole book about it called "The Botany of Desire." And I realized that in the same way you can look at a flower and deduce all sorts of interesting things about the taste and the desires of bees -- that they like sweetness, that they like this color and not that color, that they like symmetry -- what could we find out about ourselves by doing the same thing? That a certain kind of potato, a certain kind of drug, a sativa-indica Cannabis cross has something to say about us. And that, wouldn't this be kind of an interesting way to look at the world? Now, the test of any idea -- I said it was a literary conceit -- is what does it get us? And when you're talking about nature, which is really my subject as a writer, how does it meet the Aldo Leopold test? Which is, does it make us better citizens of the biotic community? Get us to do things that leads to the support and perpetuation of the biota, rather than its destruction? And I would submit that this idea does this. So, let me go through what you gain when you look at the world this way, besides some entertaining insights about human desire. As an intellectual matter, looking at the world from other species' points of view helps us deal with this weird anomaly, which is -- and this is in the realm of intellectual history -- which is that we have this Darwinian revolution 150 years ago ... Ugh. Mini-Me. We have this intellectual, this Darwinian revolution in which, thanks to Darwin, we figured out we are just one species among many; evolution is working on us the same way it's working on all the others; we are acted upon as well as acting; we are really in the fiber, the fabric of life. But the weird thing is, we have not absorbed this lesson 150 years later; none of us really believes this. We are still Cartesians -- the children of Descartes -- who believe that subjectivity, consciousness, sets us apart; that the world is divided into subjects and objects; that there is nature on one side, culture on another. As soon as you start seeing things from the plant's point of view or the animal's point of view, you realize that the real literary conceit is that -- is the idea that nature is opposed to culture, the idea that consciousness is everything -- and that's another very important thing it does. Looking at the world from other species' points of view is a cure for the disease of human self-importance. You suddenly realize that consciousness -- which we value and we consider the crowning achievement of nature, human consciousness -- is really just another set of tools for getting along in the world. And it's kind of natural that we would think it was the best tool. But, you know, there's a comedian who said, "Well, who's telling me that consciousness is so good and so important? Well, consciousness." So when you look at the plants, you realize that there are other tools and they're just as interesting. I'll give you two examples, also from the garden: lima beans. You know what a lima bean does when it's attacked by spider mites? It releases this volatile chemical that goes out into the world and summons another species of mite So what plants have -- while we have consciousness, tool making, language, they have biochemistry. And they have perfected that to a degree far beyond what we can imagine. Their complexity, their sophistication, is something to really marvel at, and I think it's really the scandal of the Human Genome Project. You know, we went into it thinking, 40,000 or 50,000 human genes and we came out with only 23,000. Just to give you grounds for comparison, rice: 35,000 genes. So who's the more sophisticated species? Well, we're all equally sophisticated. We've been evolving just as long, just along different paths. So, cure for self-importance, way to sort of make us feel the Darwinian idea. And that's really what I do as a writer, as a storyteller, is try to make people feel what we know and tell stories that actually help us think ecologically. Now, the other use of this is practical. And I'm going to take you to a farm right now, because I used this idea to develop my understanding of the food system and what I learned, in fact, is that we are all, now, being manipulated by corn. And the talk you heard about ethanol earlier today, to me, is the final triumph of corn over good sense. It is part of corn's scheme for world domination. And you will see, the amount of corn planted this year will be up dramatically from last year and there will be that much more habitat because we've decided ethanol is going to help us. So it helped me understand industrial agriculture, which of course is a Cartesian system. It's based on this idea that we bend other species to our will and that we are in charge, and that we create these factories and we have these technological inputs and we get the food out of it or the fuel or whatever we want. Let me take you to a very different kind of farm. This is a farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I went looking for a farm where these ideas about looking at things from the species' point of view are actually implemented, and I found it in a man. The farmer's name is Joel Salatin. And I spent a week as an apprentice on his farm, and I took away from this some of the most hopeful news about our relationship to nature that I've ever come across in 25 years of writing about nature. And that is this: the farm is called Polyface, which means ... the idea is he's got six different species of animals, as well as some plants, growing in this very elaborate symbiotic arrangement. It's permaculture, those of you who know a little bit about this, such that the cows and the pigs and the sheep and the turkeys and the ... what else does he have? All the six different species -- rabbits, actually -- are all performing ecological services for one another, such that the manure of one is the lunch for the other and they take care of pests for one another. It's a very elaborate and beautiful dance, but I'm going to just give you a close-up on one piece of it, and that is the relationship between his cattle and his chickens, his laying hens. And I'll show you, if you take this approach, what you get, OK? And this is a lot more than growing food, as you'll see; this is a different way to think about nature and a way to get away from the zero-sum notion, the Cartesian idea that either nature's winning or we're winning, and that for us to get what we want, nature is diminished. So, one day, cattle in a pen. The only technology involved here is this cheap electric fencing: relatively new, hooked to a car battery; even I could carry a quarter-acre paddock, set it up in 15 minutes. Cows graze one day. They move, OK? They graze everything down, intensive grazing. He waits three days, and then we towed in something called the Eggmobile. The Eggmobile is a very rickety contraption -- it looks like a prairie schooner made out of boards -- but it houses 350 chickens. He tows this into the paddock three days later and opens the gangplank, turns them down, and 350 hens come streaming down the gangplank -- clucking, gossiping as chickens will -- and they make a beeline for the cow patties. And what they're doing is very interesting: they're digging through the cow patties for the maggots, the grubs, the larvae of flies. And the reason he's waited three days is because he knows that on the fourth day or the fifth day, those larvae will hatch and he'll have a huge fly problem. But he waits that long to grow them as big and juicy and tasty as he can because they are the chickens' favorite form of protein. So the chickens do their kind of little breakdance and they're pushing around the manure to get at the grubs, and in the process they're spreading the manure out. Very useful second ecosystem service. And third, while they're in this paddock they are, of course, defecating madly and their very nitrogenous manure is fertilizing this field. They then move out to the next one, and in the course of just a few weeks, the grass just enters this blaze of growth. And within four or five weeks, he can do it again. He can graze again, he can cut, he can bring in another species, like the lambs, or he can make hay for the winter. So, it's a very productive system. And what I need to tell you is that on 100 acres he gets 40,000 pounds of beef; 30,000 pounds of pork; 25,000 dozen eggs; 20,000 broilers; 1,000 turkeys; 1,000 rabbits -- an immense amount of food. You know, you hear, "Can organic feed the world?" Well, look how much food you can produce on 100 acres if you do this kind of ... again, give each species what it wants, let it realize its desires, its physiological distinctiveness. Put that in play. But look at it from the point of view of the grass, now. What happens to the grass when you do this? When a ruminant grazes grass, the grass is cut from this height to this height, and it immediately does something very interesting. Any one of you who gardens knows that there is something called the root-shoot ratio, and plants need to keep the root mass in some rough balance with the leaf mass to be happy. So when they lose a lot of leaf mass, they shed roots; they kind of cauterize them and the roots die. And the species in the soil go to work basically chewing through those roots, decomposing them -- the earthworms, the fungi, the bacteria -- and the result is new soil. This is how soil is created. It's created from the bottom up. This is how the prairies were built, the relationship between bison and grasses. And what I realized when I understood this -- and if you ask Joel Salatin what he is, he'll tell you he's not a chicken farmer, he's not a sheep farmer, he's not a cattle rancher; he's a grass farmer, because grass is really the keystone species of such a system -- is that, if you think about it, this completely contradicts the tragic idea of nature we hold in our heads, which is that for us to get what we want, nature is diminished. More for us, less for nature. Here, all this food comes off this farm, and at the end of the season there is actually more soil, more fertility and more biodiversity. It's a remarkably hopeful thing to do. There are a lot of farmers doing this today. This is well beyond organic agriculture, which is still a Cartesian system, more or less. And what it tells you is that if you begin to take account of other species, take account of the soil, that even with nothing more than this perspectival idea -- because there is no technology involved here except for those fences, which are so cheap they could be all over Africa in no time -- that we can take the food we need from the Earth and actually heal the Earth in the process. This is a way to reanimate the world, and that's what's so exciting about this perspective. When we really begin to feel Darwin's insights in our bones, the things we can do with nothing more than these ideas are something to be very hopeful about. Thank you very much.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
「ミュリエル、鼻水とまったー? もう遊べるー?」「うむ、もう大丈夫じゃぞ。イクリプスは何をしたいのじゃ?」「えっとね。今思いついたんだけどね。雪だるま作りたい! もの凄くおっきいやつー」「大きい雪だるまかー。妾とシェリルが合体した奴よりもかー?」「もっとだよー」「じゃあ、家くらいかー?」「もっとー!」「......教会くらいじゃろうか?」イクリプスの答えを聞き、ミュリエルはギョッとした顔になった。シェリルもポカンとした顔になっているし、アイリスも困ったことになったぞと内心焦った。「イクリプス......流石に教会よりも大きい雪だるまはちょっと......」「どうしてー?」「どうしてって......置くところがないじゃない。もし完成してから倒れたりしたら、村に被害も出ちゃうし......」アイリスは姉としてイクリプスの無謀な考えをいさめようとした。が、イクリプスのほう上手だった。「大丈夫だよー。村から遠いところで作ればいいんだよー。だってずっと遠くまで雪が積もってるんだもーん」そう言われ、アイリスたちはハッとした。確かに、この近くで作る必要はなかった。雪玉を転がして大きくしながら村から離れていけば、万事解決だ。「イクリプス、お主、頭がいいなぁ」「姉として悔しい......」「可愛らしいだけじゃなくて賢いとは、イクリプスちゃんは無敵ですね!」「わーい、ありがとー。ご褒美にチョコちょうだーい」「はい、どうぞ!」イクリプスはぴょんぴょん飛び跳ねてから、チョコレートを受け取り、美味しそうに頬張った。「ぷ、ぷにに、ぷに......?」皆が感心する中、プニガミだけは「え、皆、本当にイクリプスの言っていたこと思いつかなかった? マジで?」と困惑していた。しかしマジだから感心しているのだ。「じゃあ、ここから雪玉を転がして、村からどんどん離れていきましょう。村から遠いほうが、私としても都合がいいわ」「アイリス様。それは誰とも会わずに済むからですか?」「......そうね」「アイリスはもうちょっと人とコミュニケーションをとるべきなのじゃー」「ぷに」「......大きなお世話よ」アイリスはそう言ってみたが、実際、自分でもいつかはこの性格を直さないといけないとは思っていた。ニートをやめるつもりは微塵もないが、人間がそばにいるだけで緊張する体質はどうにかしないと不便で仕方がない。「どうせなら、同時転がそうよー。それでどっちが大きな雪玉になるか競争だよー」「あ、それは面白そうですね! どうせ雪だるまは雪玉が二つ必要なんですから」「勝っても負けても、雪だるまの完成には貢献できるわけじゃな」「じゃあ、二手に分かれましょう。とりあえず、私とイクリプスは別チームね」アイリスとイクリプスは、この村の二強......というか、この世界の二強だ。それが二人とも同じチームになったら、勝負として成立しない。「では、私はアイリス様チームに入りましょう。ミュリエル様はイクリプスちゃんチームに」「了解なのじゃ。こっちは二人とも守護神なのじゃ。絶対に勝つのじゃ!」イクリプスはミュリエルと手を取り合い、勝利を誓い合う。「ぷに?」「プニガミは応援団よ。雪玉を転がす私たちを応援してね」「ぷにに!」一人でも応援団かぁ頑張るぞぉ、とプニガミは前向きにぷにぷに動いた。「よし。じゃあプニガミの合図でスタートよ。プニガミ、お願い」「ぷに! ぷにーに!」アイリスチームとイクリプスチームは、同時に小さな雪玉を作って転がし始めた。最初は握りこぶし大で、一人のほうが転がしやすかった。しかし徐々にスイカほどの大きさになり、更に大きくなっていく。なにせ積もりたての雪だから、雪玉にくっつきやすいのだ。「アイリス様、凄いです! もう私よりも大きな雪玉になっていますよ!」「そろそろシェリルも押すの手伝ってちょうだい」「分かりました! ......でもぶっちゃけ、アイリス様が一人で押したほうが速いような?」「まあ、そうかもしれないけど......あんまり速く押したら雪玉がバラバラになっちゃうもの。それに楽しくないでしょ? イクリプスとミュリエルだって二人で押してるわよ」「チームじゃから共同作業なのじゃー」「仲良しだよー」イクリプスたちの雪玉も、アイリスが押しているのと同じような大きさだ。今のところ勝負は互角。勝負の分け目は......分からない。とりあえず押しまくるのみだ。「よーし。では私も押しますよ! シルバーライト男爵家の実力を見せて差し上げます!」「シェリルの家系は、雪だるま作りの一子相伝の技でもあるの?」「いえ、特には」「じゃあシルバーライト男爵家、関係ないじゃない......」「言ってみただけなんです、そんな深く追求しないでください、恥ずかしいじゃないですか......」「ご、ごめん......」シェリルが赤くなって俯いてしまったので、アイリスも気まずい思いになる。後ろから追いかけてきてきたプニガミに「チームワークが乱れているぞ」と怒られてしまった。一方、イクリプスとミュリエルのほうは、とても楽しげに雪玉を転がしている。「「のじゃ~~、のじゃのじゃのじゃ~~♪」」変な歌まで歌っている。しかし雪玉の大きさは、こちらと同じだ。どうやらチームワークと雪玉の進捗は比例しないらしい。とはいえ、楽しそうなのは羨ましい。遊びなのだから楽しんだほうの勝ちだ。「よし......シェリル、歌に対抗するには、あなたが雪玉の上に乗るしかないわ!」「え! なぜですか!?」「サーカスの玉乗りみたいで楽しそうじゃない?」「アイリス様、サーカス見たことあるんですか?」「ないけど......楽しいってのは知ってるわ」「アイリス様。サーカスというのは、人を楽しませるために大変な努力をしているんですよ? 私が真似できるわけないじゃないですか」「大丈夫よ。この雪玉、もう十分に大きいから乗りやすいはずよ。ゆっくり押しているし......何事も挑戦! これからの領主は玉乗りくらいできないと時代に取り残されるわ! さあ!」アイリスは雪玉を転がすのを止め、シェリルに登るよう促した。「そうでしょうか? 明らかに口から出任せのような気もしますが、アイリス様を信じてみましょう! てやぁ!」シェリルは気合いのかけ声と共に、雪玉をよじ登った。既に雪玉は、成人男性よりも一回り大きくなっている。その上に立つというのは、普通の人間にとっては、かなり勇気のいる行いだろう。「うわっ、高っ! 怖っ! でも......体が大きくなったような気分ですね。意外とへっちゃらな感じです。アイリス様、転がしてもいいですよ」「分かったわ。行くわよシェリル!」「ドンと来いです。よっとっと......」転がる雪玉の上でシェリルは脚を動かし、バランスを取って落ちないようにする。思っていたよりも上手だ。「シェリル。実は昔、サーカス団にいたの?」「いえ、領主になる前はずっとメイドをしていましたよ?」メイドもなかなか侮りがたい。アイリスはシェリルを見直した。しかし転がしているうちに、雪玉はドンドン大きくなっていく。いよいよ二階建ての家の屋根よりも高くなった。「ちょ、ちょっとアイリス様、流石にこれは高すぎです! 怖い、怖いっ!」「やっぱり? じゃあ転がすのやめるから、もう降りてきていいわよ」「そう言われましても、一人じゃ降りられませぇん......」「もう、仕方ないわね......今助けてあげるから......って、あれ?」アイリスは雪玉を押すのをやめた。が、転がり続けてきた雪玉は、押すのをやめたからといって、すぐには止まってくれないのだ。そして間の悪いことに、シェリルはバランスを崩して、雪玉の前方に転げ落ちた。「ぐえっ!」カエルが潰れたような声を出し、シェリルは雪玉の下敷きになる。雪玉は丁度そこで力を使い果たし、停止した。とても間が悪い。「シェリル!? だ、大丈夫!?」「生きてたぁ! 今退かすから頑張るのよ!」アイリスは慌てて雪玉を「えいやっ」と押し、シェリルを救出する。「しっかりして! 傷は浅いわよ!」「ふぇぇ......大丈夫ですぅ......雪がクッションになったので、怪我はないです......」シェリルは自力で立ち上がった。「よかったぁ......」アイリスはホッと胸をなで下ろす。「二人とも、危険な遊びをしては駄目なのじゃ。見ていて冷や冷やしたのじゃ」「シェリルは普通の人間なんだから、無茶しためーっだよ。アイリスお姉ちゃんも、シェリルに無茶させちゃめーっだよ」「「はーい」」イクリプスのお説教に、アイリスチームは素直に返事した。プニガミは「これじゃ、どっちが姉なのか分からないよ」と言っている。ごもっともだとアイリスは思いつつ、認めてしまったら全てが終わってしまうような気がした。ここは雪玉転がしで勝利し、姉としての威厳を皆にアピールしないと。	「Muriel, are you okay? Let’s play」「Umu, it’s alright. What do you want to do, Eclipse?」「Etto. I just thought of it. I want to make a snowman! A very big one」「A giant snowman? Bigger than the one produced by our fusion?」「House-sized?」「Bigger!」「......Church-sized?」「Even bigger」 Hearing Eclipse’s answer, Muriel made an incredulous face. Sheryl’s jaw dropped down and even Iris wore a troubled expression. 「Eclipse........A snowman bigger than the church is a bit.......」「Why?」「Why, she said......we have no place for it. If it ever falls down, the villagers will be in danger......」 As a big sister, Iris tried to restrain her reckless tendencies. But Eclipse wasn’t about to give up so easily. 「It’s alright. We can just make it far away from the village. The snow is piling up there anyway」 Iris felt relieved hearing that. Indeed, there was no need to make it nearby. The problem would be settled if you were to roll the snowballs away from the village as you make them bigger. 「You are quite smart, Eclipse」「As the big sister it feels frustrating.....」「Not only adorable but also smart, Eclipse-chan is invincible!」「Wai, thanks. Reward, me with chocolate」「Sure, take it!」 Eclipse jumped, received the chocolate, and joyously stuffed her mouth with it. 「Pu, punini, puni......?」 Only Punigami had the power to retort「Eh, they couldn’t think of it themselves? Really?」 amidst the admiration. However, their admiration seemed very much real. 「Let’s make the snowballs as we distance ourselves from the village. Doing it far away from the village is convenient for me too」「Iris-sama. Is it because you won’t encounter anyone there?」「.......Right」「Iris should strive to communicate with people more」「Puni」「.......Unneeded care」 Or so she said, but deep inside she thought to fix her personality eventually. She didn’t plan on quitting being a NEET, but shivering at a mere sight of humans was rather inconvenient. 「Might as well make two at the same time. Let’s compete whose snowball is larger」「Ah, sounds interesting! You need two snowballs to make one anyway」「No matter who wins or loses, the snowman shall stand pround」「Let’s split in two teams. For now, Eclipse and I are in different teams」 Iris and Eclipse were the strongest in this village........no, the strongest in the whole world. If they were to team up, the competition would lose its purpose. 「In that case, I shall join Iris-sama’s team. Muriel is in Eclipse-chan’s team」「Roger. Our side has two Guardian Deities. We shall definitely prevail!」 Eclipse took Muriel’s hand and pumped herself for victory. 「Puni?」「Punigami is in cheering team. Cheer for us as we roll」「Punini!」 I’ll work hard at cheering, even if I’m alone, Punigami wobbled in response. 「Alright. Let’s start on Punigami’s signal. Punigami, if you don’t mind」「Puni! Punini!」 Team Iris and Team Eclipse simultaneously made small snowballs and rolled forward. In the beginning, it was fist size, so it was easier to roll alone. However, eventually, it reached the size of a watermelon and even bigger. After all, there was plenty of snow around. 「Iris-sama, amazing! It’s already bigger than I am!」「It’s about time you help me out」「Understood!........But, in essence, isn’t it faster with Iris-sama pushing alone?」「Well, it is.......but it might break if I push too fast. Besides, it’s not fun. Eclipse and Muriel are pushing together」「We are cooperating as a team」「We’re buddies」 Their snowball was about the same size as Iris’. As of now, it was a draw. The future......was unknown. For now, she just had to push it. 「Alright. Then I’ll push too! Let me show you the prowess of the House Silverlight!」「Does the Silverlight lineage have a secret technique for making snowmen?」「No, not particularly」「So your house has nothing to do with it......」「Just wanted to say it, you don’t have to dig deeper, it’s embarrassing.....」「S-Sorry.....」 The red-faced Sheryl hung her hand, making Iris feel awkward. As a result,「Your teamwork is horrible」, they got scolded by Punigami. On the other hand, Eclipse and Muriel had a fun time pushing the snowball forward. 「「No ja~~, no ja no ja no ja!!♪」」 They even hummed strange songs. However, the size of their snowball was about the same. Apparently, teamwork doesn’t correlate with the size too much. That being said, seeing them have fun made her jealous. The one who enjoys himself the most wins, since this is a game. 「Alright.....Sheryl, in order to counteract their song, you have no choice but to climb on top of the snowball!」「Eh!? Why!?」「Like in the circus, isn’t it fun? 」「Iris-sama have you ever been in the circus?」「Nope.......but I heard it’s fun」「Iris-sama, the people in the circus work their hardest to make people happy. It’s not something I can imitate」「It’s alright. This snowball is sufficiently big to ride it without any problem. I’m not going that fast anyway.......more than anything, it’s a challenge! It’s an era where the Lord has to at least be able to ride a ball! Come!」 Iris stopped the snowball and encouraged Sheryl to get on. 「Is that so? Sounds more like an assortment of strange words. Let’s believe Iris-sama! Teyaa!」 Sheryl climbed the snowball with a battle cry. The snowballs already exceeded the size of an adult male. Standing on something this big required quite a bit of courage. 「Uwaa, it’s high! Scary! But......it feels like I became taller. It’s surprisingly refreshing feeling. Iris-sama, you can push」「Very well. Here I go, Sheryl!」「Come at me. Yottotto」 Sheryl moved her legs and maintained her balance to stay on top. She did much better than expected. 「Sheryl. You were a part of circus troupe before, am I right?」「No, I’ve always been a maid before becoming a Lord」 Maids shouldn’t be underestimated. Iris had no reevaluate Sheryl. However, the ball kept getting bigger. It became taller than a two-storey house. 「Wa-Wait, Iris-sama, after all this is a bit too high! Scary, it’s scary!」「After all? Then I’ll stop, so you can get down」「Even if you say that, I can’t get down by myself.......」「Mou, can’t help it........I’ll save you in a second......huh?」 Iris stopped pushing the snowball. Nevertheless, it kept rolling forward without any intention of stopping. And to worsen the situation, Sheryl boke her balance and fell forward. 「Gue!」 With a sound of a crushed frog, Sheryl merged with the top layer of snow. At that moment, the snowball coincidentally ran out of momentum and stopped after half a spin. That didn’t seem very good. 「Sheryl!? Are you alright!?」「You’re alive! I’ll try to get you out!」 In a hurry, Iris pushed the snowball away and rescued Sheryl. 「Get yourself together! The wounds aren’t deep!」「Fuee.......I’m alright.......the snow became my cushion, I’m not injured」 Sheryl stood up on her own. 「I’m glad......」 Iris patted her own chest in relief. 「You two, dangerous games are prohibited. It gives This Mistress chills by just looking」「Sheryl is an ordinary human, you shouldn’t do anything excessive. Big Sister Iris, you can’t make her do anything dangerous too」「「Yeees」」 Team Iris honestly answered to Eclipse’s scolding. 「I can’t tell which is the big sister」said Punigami. Iris thought it reasonable, but she felt something would end, were she to admit it. She had to win the contest and reestablish her big sister’s dignity.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 4, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
「タクミ殿の事を知れば他の貴族達を始め、商人も黙ってはいないだろうからな」「だから、出来る限りの条件を出して、私達公爵家と契約を結んで欲しいと思っています」「タクミ様、どうでしょうか?」「......そうですね......正直、ここまで良い条件で契約が出来るとは思っていませんでした。......けだけ、条件を足しても良いですか?」エッケンハルトさんやクレアさんの意気込みという事なのかもしれないな。だけどもう一つだけ、俺に有利な条件を追加して欲しい。この契約書には書かれていない事、だけど俺には重要な事でもある。「......えーと、もうしばらくで良いので......この屋敷のお世話になっても良いですか?」「「「......」」」セバスチャンさんの言う融通出来ると言う言葉を信じて、追加して欲しい条件を言ってみた。その言葉を聞いた皆は何故かポカンとして俺を見ている。あ、レオは牛乳を飲むのに夢中だし、ティルラちゃんはレオと同じく牛乳を飲んでるシェリーに夢中だけど。しばらく、俺を含めた4人が沈黙した。数秒後、何が可笑しかったのか、エッケンハルトさんが大きな声で笑い始めた。「はっはっはっは!」「......はぁ......どんな条件かと身構えて損した気分です」「......タクミ様らしいと言えばそうなのかもしれませんな」エッケンハルトさんの笑い声が響く中、クレアさんとセバスチャンさんは半ば呆れたように話す。え? 俺そんなにおかしなこと言った? この世界で他に頼れる人を知らない俺にとっては重要な事なんだけど......。まだお金も持ってないから当然宿にも泊まれないし、そもそも食事も出来ないだろう。レオに頼んでオークを狩って来てもらえば何とかなるかもしれないし、森探索で野営を経験したから何とかなるかもしれないが、出来ればちゃんとした食事と寝泊まりをしたい。俺が皆の反応に対し内心でそんな事を考えていると、エッケンハルトさんが笑いながら言った。「ははは! タクミ殿は面白い男だ。良いぞ、好きなだけ屋敷にいてくれ。メイド達に世話もさせるからな。......何なら、本邸の方でも構わんぞ?」「タクミさんならいつまででも屋敷にいてくれて構いません。シェリーの事もありますし......タクミさんがいてくれた方が安心です」「......契約の内容とは別に、私共使用人達もタクミ様がしばらくこの屋敷にいるのは当然の事と考えていましたが......旦那様、これは契約内容に含める事でしょうか?」「いいや、含めなくて良い。タクミ殿の事は気に入ったからな。契約関係無く、屋敷で好きに滞在しても良いとしよう」「えーと......良いんですか?」皆の言葉を総合すると、俺は屋敷に受け入れられたようだ。むしろセバスチャンさんの言い分的には、何も言わなくても屋敷に住まわせてくれるつもりだったみたいだな。契約関係無しでこの屋敷にいられるとまでは思ってなかった。レオも含めて食費やらなにやらがあるから、いつ追い出されてもおかしくないと思ってたんだけどなぁ。思ってたよりも、リーベルト家の人達は懐が深いらしい。「それではタクミ様、これで公爵家との薬草販売契約は締結という事でよろしいですかな?」「はい。お願いします」セバスチャンさんからの確認に頷き、俺は公爵家と契約を結んだ。その後、ライラさんが用意して持って来た用紙にサインをし、契約が完了となった。印鑑とかってこの世界には無いんだな。まぁ、あったとしても俺は作ってないから、困るだけなんだけどな。ちなみにサインは日本語で自分の名前を書いたはずなのだが、文字が読めた時と同じように何故かこの世界の文字で書かれており、皆にもしっかり読めるようになっていた。 ......いつかこの疑問がわかる時が来るのかな......そのうち、セバスチャンさんに相談して調べてみるのも良いかもしれないな。こういう謎の解明はセバスチャンさんが好きそうだ。契約を無事に終わり、まったりとした空気の流れる食堂でお茶を飲みながらゆっくりした後、解散になり、それぞれ部屋に戻った。エッケンハルトさんは馬でここまで来た疲れがあるようで、早々に寝るようだ。クレアさんとティルラちゃんはシェリーと遊んであげるみたいだけど、あまり遅くまで起きて明日寝坊しなければいいけど......特にティルラちゃん。俺はレオを連れて部屋に戻る途中で、そういえばと思い出した。セバスチャンさんが契約書を持って来て、そちらに意識が向いていたが、レオを風呂に入れる予定だったんだ。レオは満腹になって風呂の事は俺と同じく忘れてるのだろう、機嫌良さそうに部屋へ向かう俺を先導しながら歩いてる。「レオ......忘れてないか? これから風呂に入るぞ」「ワフ!? ワフワフ」体をビクッっとさせて俺に振り向いたレオは、嫌がるように首を横に振る。「嫌がっても駄目だからな。ちゃんと綺麗にしておかないとシェリーにも示しがつかないだろ? ほら、風呂に行くぞー」「ワフゥ......ワフ」ちょっと卑怯かもしれないが、シェリーを出した事でレオは納得したようだ。姉の心境なのか、母の心境なのか、レオはシェリーを可愛がっていると同時に、躾る事に関心があるようだから、シェリーの見本にならない事はしないだろうと思った。 ......そういえばシェリーの方は風呂を嫌がるんだろうか......? 明日にでもクレアさんに聞いてみよう、嫌がらないようならティルラちゃんと一緒に入ってもいいかもしれないからな。レオと一緒に入りたがってたから、シェリーとも入りたがるだろう。そう考えながら、俺はしょんぼりしながらも、いつもより素直についてくるレオと風呂場へ向かった。 1時間を少し過ぎたくらいの時間、レオを風呂でしっかり洗って汚れを落とす。風呂に入る前、ちょっと面倒かもしれないけどライラさんにタオル等をお願いして、以前と同じように洗った後のレオを拭いてもらった。レオが拭いてもらってる間に俺は湯船にしっかり浸かり、体を温める。森にいる時は体を拭いたりはしていたが、基本的に川の冷たい水だったからなぁ。やっぱり日本に生まれた者として、温かいお湯に浸かるのは癒される。風呂から上がって、温まった体のまま体を拭いてもらい綺麗になったレオを連れて部屋に戻る。嫌いな風呂を我慢して入ったため、ぐったりした様子のレオを撫でながら、ベッドに入った。今日は公爵家当主様と対面し、契約という緊張するイベントをこなしたため、精神的に疲れていたんだろう。横になった途端、ほとんど感じてなかった眠気が津波のように襲い掛かって来て、俺はそれに抗う事なく眠りに就いた。	“Once word about you spreads, Mr. Takumi, it won’t just be just the nobles who will react, but the merchants as well.” “And so we want to give you the best conditions possible, so that you will do business with us.” “Mr. Takumi. What do you say?” “...Indeed... To be honest, it’s more than I could have hoped for. ...That being said, if I could make just one addition to it?” It was clear that it wasn’t just Mr. Ekenhart, but Ms. Claire was also making the request. However, I wanted to make another adjustment that would be in my favor. While it wasn’t written in the contract, it was very important for me. “What is it? We can be flexible within reason.” “...Umm, just for a little while longer... Would I be able to stay in this mansion?” “...” As Sebastian said they could be flexible, I was quite hopeful when I told them of the condition I wanted to add. However, they all looked at me with dumbfounded expressions. Well, Leo was still preoccupied with her milk, and Tilura was preoccupied with watching Sherry, who was also drinking milk. But the others were dead silent. After a few seconds, Mr. Ekenhart burst into laughter as if highly amused. “Hahaha!” “...Ha... And to think that I was bracing myself for a ridiculous demand...” “...But it’s also the exact kind of thing I’d expect from Mr. Takumi.” As Mr. Ekenhart’s laugh echoed through the room, Ms. Claire and Sebastian looked at me with exasperation. Huh? Was it really that strange? As someone who had no one else to rely on in this world, it was very important... I didn’t have any money yet, which meant I could not get a room at an inn. I would not even be able to buy food. I suppose I could have Leo hunt orcs, and I did have some experience living in the forest now, but I would still prefer a proper room and meals. As I thought of such things, Mr. Ekenhart laughed as he said, “Hahaha! You are a funny one, Mr. Takumi. Your wish is granted. You can stay in this house for as long as you want. I’ll make sure that the maids tend to your needs. ...In fact, you could come and stay at the main house, if you want?” “Mr. Takumi, you can stay with us for good, if you want. After all, there is Sherry... I think I would be more at ease if you were here.” “...The contract aside, we servants had all but assumed that you would be staying here with us... Still, should this be added to the contract, Your Grace?” “No, that won’t be necessary. Mr. Takumi is a friend now. So he can stay for as long as he wants, contract or no contract.” “Certainly.” “Uh...are you sure?” In short, they were welcoming me into the mansion. According to Sebastian, they had meant for me to stay here, even if I never asked about it. But I would not have thought they’d allow me to stay here without the contract. After all, there was the matter of food, especially for Leo. And so it would not have been strange for them to eventually ask that I take my leave. It seemed that I had completely underestimated the Liebert family. “Now, Mr. Takumi. Will you agree to sign the contract for the selling of herbs?” “Yes. Please.” I nodded at Sebastian’s words. And then Ms. Lyra produced the sheet where I signed my name, and the contract was concluded. They didn’t have signature stamps in this world. Well, even if they did, I didn’t have one, which would be a hassle. Speaking of which, I had signed my name in Japanese, but when I looked at it, the name on the paper was written in the language of this world. And everyone was able to read it. ...I wonder if this mystery will ever be answered... Perhaps I should ask Sebastian about it later. He seemed to enjoy finding explanations for mysteries like this. Once our business was done, and we had enjoyed our tea amidst a relaxed atmosphere, we bade each other good night, and retired to our rooms. Mr. Ekenhart had rode long, and was tired, and meant to get an early rest. Ms. Claire and Tilura were going to play with Sherry for a little while. But I hoped they wouldn’t stay up too late so that they couldn’t get up tomorrow...especially Tilura. As Leo and I walked back to our room, I suddenly remembered something. I had been quite distracted by the contract that Sebastian brought to me, but I had planned to bathe Leo tonight. Leo had eaten to her full, and was so satisfied that she had also forgotten about it. She was currently walking ahead of me towards the room. “Leo... Aren’t you forgetting something? We need to take a bath.” “Wuff!? Wuff-wuff.” Leo jumped and then she turned to look at me and shake her head in protest. “Sorry, that’s not going to work. You need to be clean and set a good example for Sherry, all right? Now, let’s go.” “Wuff...wuff...” Perhaps it was a dirty tactic, but using Sherry was an effective way of getting Leo to listen. Was it as an older sister? Or a mother? Not only was Leo fond of Sherry, but she had also taken the role of mentor. And so I knew she would not do anything that could be a bad influence. ...Now that I think about it, did Sherry hate baths as well...? I would ask Ms. Claire about it tomorrow. If she didn’t hate them, perhaps she could bathe with Tilua. She had wanted to bathe with Leo, so she would likely feel the same about Sherry. It was with such thoughts that I headed to the bathing area, along with Leo, who was mournful but obedient. It took a little over an hour, but I was able to wash away the dirt and clean Leo thoroughly. And before I got in the tub, I asked Ms. Lyra to bring some towels so that she could dry Leo. In the meantime, I soaked in the hot water and warmed my body. While I had wiped myself in the forest, I had avoided bathing in the river, as it was too cold. And as someone raised in Japan, soaking in hot water eased both my mind and body. After I was warmed up, I got out of the water and then took the clean and dried Leo and returned to my room. Leo seemed rather exhausted after braving the bath she hated so much. I patted her on the back and then climbed into bed. Today, I met the duke for the first time and signed a contract. It had been a nervous day for me, and so I was mentally exhausted. As soon as I lay on my side, the drowsiness I hadn’t felt a moment ago suddenly washed over me. And without resisting it, I quickly fell into a deep sleep.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 3, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
なんにせよ、エリオットとプリシラのことは、俺にとってはすでに過去の話。もはや縁のない話である。それにそういう筋の依頼はガドルスが入念にカットしていた。エリオットの方も、ハウメア(偽)という幻想を追うのを諦めたわけだから、こちらも現実的な相手を選んだといえる。ともあれ、やはり隣国......いや、故郷の国王の結婚となると、話題性は大きい。「それにしても、あのプリシラとねぇ?」「なにかおかしい?」彼女はプリシラとは直接的な接触はないので、生真面目な彼女についての知識はない。「うん、すっごく任務にまじめな人だったから、ちょっと意外かも」「そーなんだ」正直、互いに好意は持っていたようだが、それが実を結ぶまで、もうしばらく時間がかかると思っていた。「いや、デキたから結婚したのかも?」「え、王様は結婚、まだできてないよ?」「そういう意味ではなく」最近クラウド汚染が著しい彼女だが、まだ純粋な部分は残ってると知って安心した。「それよりあそこの山、あなたたちの目的地よね。ということは相乗りもここまでかしら? 楽させてもらったわ」「いえ、こちらこそ。ご指導ありがとうございました」ハウメアさんの言葉に、俺は深々と一礼する。たった三日の講義だったが、それでもミシェルちゃんの動きは格段に良くなった。クラウドも、弓で殴りかかってくる相手の対処を学び、より慎重な動きができるようになっている。しかしこれは、言葉だけでは実感しにくいことだ。自戒していても、どこかにそういう綻びはできてしまう。クラウドはこの三日、ハウメアさんとコールさんに、その痛みを存分に叩き込まれていた。「ありがとぉございましたぁ!」「あっしたー!」「お手数をおかけしました。ご指導、深く心に刻んでおきます」フィニアも魔法の短縮発動を彼女たちから学んでいた。短縮といっても、手順が省けるわけではない。照準、魔法陣、魔力放出、発声。それらの工程は必要不可欠。それを攻撃や防御と並行して行い、しかも最小限の動作で発動させる。または柔軟に運用するという技術を教え込まれていた。だが今の彼女は、コルティナのように背後や側面に魔法陣を描くことができる。俺やクラウドを壁に使わないと使えなかった魔法が、乱戦になっても使えるようになったというわけだ。ミシェルちゃんは勢いよく、フィニアは御者台から振り返って礼儀正しく頭を下げ、クラウドは軽く手を上げただけ。それぞれの方法で感謝を示す三人に、ニコリと笑みを返しては馬車を飛び降りた。その道は、北部三か国連合の首都、トライアッドに続いている。「なんか、カッコいいおねーさんだったね」その背を見送りながら、ミシェルちゃんは小さくつぶやいた。「あれは飄々としているというか、マイペースなだけなんじゃ?」「エルフでも高齢の方になるとそういう人が増えますね。マクスウェル様とか」「アレは特別。あんなのばかりになったら、エルフの風評被害が激しくなる」それは俺が、仲間だったから辛口にできる気安さでもあるが、それを知らないクラウドは戦慄した表情を浮かべていた。「いや、ニコル。前から言おうと思ってたけど、マクスウェル様とかライエル様に対してキツ過ぎじゃねぇ?」「む、そうかなぁ?」ちなみに俺がレイドであることを知っているフィニアは、平然としている。しかしクラウドはそうではなかった。訓練の時は必死なので、そういった意識はなりを潜めているが、やは雄と被差別種族の違いというのは、ベリトでも思い知らされている。「ま、本人が気にしないんならいいんじゃない?」「そりゃそうだけどさ......一応外聞という物もあるし」「クラウドがそういうところを気にするなんて珍しい」「フィニアさん、俺ってそんなに非常識?」「え、いえ、そんなことは......」「フィニアに泣きつくなんて、卑怯」泣きそうな顔でフィニアに話を振るクラウドに、俺は苦情を申し立てておいた。山の近くであるこの場所は、結構木々が茂っており、少しだけラウムを思い出させた。ここに火燐石が存在する。危険な作業なので、今から気を引き締める必要があるだろう。	At any rate, Elliot and Priscilla were already a thing of the past for me. That had nothing to do with me anymore. I had already left Lyell’s patronage and grown independent as an Adventurer... with comrades, however. In other words, I had no connections to anyone influential—I was a commoner by birth, after all. And Gadius was carefully turning down any commissions of that kind. Elliot also seemed to have given up on chasing the (fake) Haumea’s illusion, so you could say he had chosen a realistic partner. If this gets him a successor, his confidants would also have peace of mind. Either way, as expected, the king of a neighboring country, or rather, our home country, getting married became a hot topic. During the three days they were being lectured, Michelle and Finia were constantly discussing it. “Still, to think it would be Priscilla, huh?” “What about her?” Finia was at the coachman’s seat so Michelle was currently at my side. She had no direct involvement with Priscilla so she did not know about that earnest girl. “Well, she was really dedicated to her duties, so I found that a little unexpected.” “Oh, huh.” They seemed to have had feelings for each other, but I thought it would have taken longer for it to bear fruit. And such a sudden marriage. Wait, could it be... “Did they marry because it “Huh, they haven’t married just yet.” “I don’t mean that.” Michelle still hadn’t realized how pregnancies worked. Cloud has been polluting her lately, but I was relieved to find out that her pure parts were still left untainted. “More importantly, isn’t that mountain your destination? That means this is as far as we go together I suppose. It was fun.” “Likewise. Thank you for your guidance.” I gave a deep bow to her. She only lectured her for three days, but Michelle’s movements had become dramatically better. That peculiar rotation on the pivot leg, in particular, was extremely useful. For a growing girl like her, these three days should have been irreplaceable. Cloud had also learned how to handle the opponent who came to attack with the bow, learning to be more cautious. Being able to take the enemy down without getting careless was a matter of weight. I ended up suffering at the hands of the enemy in Berith due to that. But this was hard to accomplish just saying you would. Even if you admonished yourself, a part of that carelessness would still be left somewhere in your heart. You can’t really reform yourself without tasting some pain. Cloud had tasted plenty of pain at the hands of Haumea and Cole during these three days. “Thank you very much!” “Thanks!” “Sorry for all the trouble. I will keep all that you have taught me in my heart.” Finia learned chant shortening from them too. By shortening, I don’t mean that the process itself would be cut down. The aim, magic circle, magic power output, pronunciation. All of them were indispensable. She was taught how to do all that in parallel with attacking or defending, or how to cast spells with minimum movements. Or making flexible practical uses out of them. Finia so far could use many kinds of spells, but she could not cast them while moving, and could only construct the magic circles in front of her. But now, she could construct them behind or even to the side like Cortina. And not large but small ones too. There were many uses on the battlefield to spells you could miniaturize and construct in any direction you wanted. The spells she could not use without using Cloud and me as shields before were already things she could use even during melee fights. Michelle thanked them cheerfully while Finia turned around and gave a respectful bow from the coachman’s seat, while Cloud just casually raised his hand. As the three offered thanks in their respective ways, Haumea smiled back and the two jumped down from the carriage. Finia hurriedly stopped the carriage when she saw them jump off from the moving one. The two did not turn back and continued walking north while waving one hand at us. That road led to the United Three Nations capital, Tryad. “She was such a cool lady, huh.” Michelle muttered while looking at their back. It sounded a little lonely, but considering how friendly she was, it was only natural. “Isn’t she more like aimless, or rather happy-go-lucky?” “As elves age, such people tend to appear more and more. Lord Maxwell is one of them too.” “No, that one’s an exception. Elves’ reputation would suffer if more people like him appeared.” That old man’s pranks have given me a headache more than enough. So he had quite a rude side to him too. Being my comrade, I was close enough to criticize him, but Cloud who did not know that shuddered at my words. “Nicole, I’ve been wanting to say this for a while, but aren’t you a little too harsh towards Lord Maxwell and Lord Lyell?” “Huh, you think so?” Finia, who knew I was Reid, was quite calm about it. Michelle who was relatively indifferent regarding people’s statutes was the same. But Cloud was different. He was always desperate when training with them and this aspect was dormant, but he got to know the difference between the Six Heroes and the discriminating races during our stay at Berith. “Well, the people concerned don’t care so isn’t it fine?” “I mean, I guess... but they have their reputation too.” “It’s rare for you to care about such things, Cloud.” “Uh, Finia, am I really the irrational one here?” “Huh, well, no...” “Don’t go crying to Finia, you coward.” Cloud turned the topic towards Finia with a lamenting expression, which I objected to. As we chatted, Haumea and Cole kept disappearing into the distance. This place was close to a mountain, so there were a lot of trees around, making me remember Raum. Before our eyes was a volcano with smoke rising from it. This was where Fire Phosphorite could be found. It was a risky job, so we had to start paying attention from this point on.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 21, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
「選択と集中、ですか?」「そうです、アンナさん。アイヲンモール異世界店の従業員だけで、あんまり人手をかけられません。何もかもやろうとすると時間がかかりますしね」「ナオヤさん、スケルトンは増やせますよ?」「さすがリッチ! でも増やしてもスケルトンが接客できるわけないし!......できませんよね?」俺に質問に、アンナさんはニッコリと微笑むだけだった。「いや待て俺。スケルトンだと人件費いらないし今だって警備に監視に清掃に役立ちまくってるけど待て俺。スケルトンだらけの店舗ってさすがにマズいだろ。墳墓系のダンジョンかよ」人件費不要で疲れも睡眠もいらない労働力という、店長や管理者なら誰もが心奪われそうなアンナさんの誘惑をはねのける。「危うく闇落ちしそうになりました! さすがリッチ!」俺がアイヲンモール異世界店の店長になってか目。午後はやっぱりお客さまがほとんど来店しない。俺はアンナさんに、いままで営業に使っていなかったスペースを清掃していた。アンナさんと一緒にというか、エプロンをつけたスケルトンも何体か一緒に。ちなみに、クロエとバルベラはこの場にいない。細かな作業が苦手なバルベラはお客さまが来ないか店舗で待機してる。レジは打てないらしくて、来たら俺かアンナさんを呼んでもらうんだけど。クロエは俺が用事を頼んで、街に出かけている。「アンナさん、本当に良かったんですか? 『アイテムポーチ』は高いものだって聞いたんですけど」「いいんですナオヤさん、あれは使ってませんでしたから。私の部屋にはもう一つあるんですよ?」「え? その、『アイテムポーチ』はアイヲンモール異世界店の給料じゃ買えないぐらい高価で貴重だったんですけども? どうやって手に入れたんですか?」「昔々、まだアイヲンモールが建つ前、私はこの地で暮らしていたんです。そこに墓荒らしの冒険者——いえ、盗賊がときどきやってきまして」「聞かなきゃよかった。墓って。そんでスケルトンやゴーストを使役するリッチの住処にやってくる冒険者って。マジで墳墓系のダンジョンじゃん! あ、それに俺気付いちゃったんですけど」「どうしましたナオヤさん?」「スケルトン隊長や外まわりのスケルトンが着てる鎧、なんか装飾や色づかいが『聖なる』な感じがしたような。まさか墳墓系ダンジョンの攻略に来た冒険者の」エプロン付きスケルトンたちの動きが止まる。一斉に俺を見る。アンナさんはいつもと変わらずニッコリ微笑んでいる。「気のせい、気のせいですよね! そそそれにほら、盗賊を退治するのは悪いことじゃないわけで! 窃盗犯にはしかるべき対処をしないと!」「帰ったぞナオヤ! ん? どうしたんだ?」「おかえりクロエ! いやあさすがエルフ、往復するのが早いなあ! 聖騎士スゴい! ほんと助かる!」よーしよしナイスタイミング! バッと入ってきたクロエに感謝する。異世界には知らない方がいいこともあるらしい。「ほ、褒めてもなにも出ないぞナオヤ! 私が気を良くしたらきっとナオヤは『でも俺も早いから! ちょっとだけだから!』などと言って迫るんだろう! ケダモノめッ!」「あ、うん。いまはクロエのそのノリがありがたい。すごく平和な感じがする」アンナさんもスケルトンたちも、さっきまでと同じように清掃に戻った。クロエのおかげで変な雰囲気はなくなった。あいかわらずクロエの妄想が激しいけど無視する。むしろ感謝する。「ナオヤ、さっそく出すか? どうするんだ? はっ、昨日と同じように焼くんだな! そして私たちに振る舞おうと! さすが店長!」「テンション高すぎるだろ。まあしゃあないか、買ってきたのはそう、クロエに買ってきてもらったのは肉だ。それもクロエが持ってる保管の魔道具、容量が小さな『アイテムポーチ』に入る量じゃない。「んじゃここに出してくれ」俺はクロエにステンレスの台の上、大きなバットを指さす。俺とアンナさんとスケルトンたちが清掃してたのは、いままで使ってなかったキッチンだ。それもフードコートじゃなくて、生鮮売り場近くにある調理場だ。「クロエ、アレもあったか?」「ああナオヤ、このツボがそうだ!」アンナさんから借りた『アイテムポーチ』ではなく、自分の『アイテムポーチ』から素焼きのツボを取り出すクロエ。ああいう肉屋ならあると思ってたけど、やっぱりあったらしい。ツボを置いたあと、クロエは俺が用意していた巨大なバットの上に肉を出す。「まずこれが角牛のモモ肉だ! 丸ごと焼いてかぶりつくのがおすすめだな!」ドンと置かれたモモ肉には骨がついたままだ。匂いを嗅ぎ付けたのか、バルベラがドアから入り込んできた。「次にこれが突撃イノシシの背肉だ! 切り分けてから焼くのがおすすめだぞ!」隣のバットにドンッと違う肉を置くクロエ。今度の肉は白い脂身が目立つ。バルベラがじゅるりとヨダレを垂らす。「最後は闘争鶏を丸ごと一匹だ! 羽根もむしってあるしこのまま焼くのがおすすめだ!」「ぜんぶ『焼く』じゃん! 肉好きの名が泣くぞクロエ! エルフで肉好きってなんかおかしいけど!」肉を紹介するクロエのコメントに思わず突っ込んでしまった。クロエは街の食事処で肉を食べた時も、屋上でウサギ肉を食べた時も歯ごたえしか言わなかったし、発想が乏しいのはわかってたけど。「だがナオヤ、本当によかったのか? わざわざアイヲンモールに来なくても、肉は市場や肉屋で手に入るんだぞ?」「ああ、これでいいんだクロエ。『選択と集中』といっても、肉だけを売るわけじゃないしな」「なに? そうか、やはりこれは私たちに振る舞うための!」「肉好きすぎるだろエルフ! まあ味見はしてもらうつもりだけど」クロエもバルベラもアンナさんも、俺を見つめてくる。エルフとドラゴンはヨダレが垂れてる。アイヲンモール異世界店の目標は、月間売上一億円。でも従業員は四人だけだし日本からの商品も仕入れられないし、いますぐできることは限られてる。だから俺はまず『選択と集中』をするわけで。「肉を選んだのはちゃんと理由がある。アイヲンモール異世界店の立地と、いま来店されているお客さまの傾向を見て決めたんだ」いまアイヲンモール異世界店に来店されるお客さまは、朝と夕方が多い。最寄りの街から他の街へ向かう途中、それに帰りに立ち寄る商人と護衛。街の外に向かう冒険者たち。それに、野菜を卸しに来る農家のおばちゃんたちだ。「ナオヤ、肉だけを売るんじゃないって、どうするんだ?」首を傾げてクロエが聞いてくる。答えは決まってる。というか決めた。日本ではもう競争が激しすぎるレッドオーシャンだけど、街を見る限りここではブルーオーシャン。進出すれば売上が見込める、限りなく透明に近い青。俺は、まだわかってない様子に宣言した。「アイヲンモール異世界店、売上アップの最初のウリは、中食だ!」	Episode -“Selection and focus, you say?” “That’s right, Anna-san. The Aion Mall Otherworldly Store has only four employees, and we don’t have a lot of manpower. It would take too much time to do everything.” “Naoya-san, we can increase the number of skeletons, you know?” “As expected of Lich! But even if we increase the number of skeletons, they won’t be able to serve customers. Couldn’t they ......?” At my question, Ann-sana just smiled at me. “No, wait a minute. With a skeleton, you don’t have to pay for labor, and even right now, they’re all useful for security, surveillance, and cleaning, but wait a minute, I’m not sure. A store full of skeletons is not a good idea. It’s like a grave dungeon.” Any manager or administrator would be tempted by Anna-san’s offer of a labor force that requires no labor costs, no fatigue, and no sleep. “I almost fell in the dark! As expected of Lich!” The fifth day since I became manager of the Aion Mall Otherworld Store. This afternoon, there were still hardly any customers coming into the store. I was cleaning the space that had not been used for business with Anna-san. Anna-san and I, or rather several skeletons with aprons on, were cleaning the empty space. For your information, Chloe and Barbera are not here. Barbera, who is not good at meticulous work, is waiting in the store to see if any customers come in. It seems she can’t operate the cash register, so when she comes in, I ask her to call me or Anna-san. As for Chloe, she’s out of town on an errand I’ve sent her on. “Anna-san, are you sure about that? I heard that the [Item pouch] is very expensive.” “No problem, Naoya-san, I didn’t use that one. I have another one in my room, you know?” “Eh? So, the [Item pouch] was so expensive and valuable that it could not be bought with the salary of the Aion Mall Otherworldly Store. How did you get them?” “Once upon a time, before Aion Mall was built, I lived here. Sometimes adventurers, grave robbers, or rather bandits, would come to my place.” “I shouldn’t have asked. Grave. What kind of adventurer would come to the home of a Lich who uses skeletons and ghosts? Seriously, it’s a grave dungeon! Oh, I noticed something else, too.” “What’s the problem, Naoya-san?”” “The armor worn by the skeleton captain and the other skeletons around him seemed to be decorated and colored in a ‘holy’ way. I don’t think they are adventurers who have come to conquer a tomb dungeon.” The apron-wearing skeletons stop moving. They all look at me at once. As usual, Anna-san is smiling at me. “It was just my imagination, I know it! And you see, there’s nothing wrong with exterminating thieves! We need to deal with the thieves as we see fit!” “I’m home, Naoya! Hm? What’s going on?” “Welcome back, Chloe! Well, I must say, you elves are very fast on the return trip! Great job, Holy Knight! You’re a real help!” Great, great, great timing! I am grateful to Chloe who came in suddenly. There are things it’s better not to know about other worlds, it seems. “D-don’t expect anything from praising me, Naoya! If you want to make me feel better, Naoya will probably say something like, [You ‘come’ pretty fast! No worry, I’m pretty ‘Fast’ too!]. H-how shameless you beast!” “Ah, yes. I appreciate that vibe from Chloe right now. It feels so peaceful.” Anna-san and the skeletons went back to cleaning as they had been doing earlier. The strange atmosphere has gone away thanks to Chloe. Chloe is still very imaginative, but I ignore it. Rather, I appreciate it. “Naoya, you want to get this out of the way? What are you going to do? Ha, you’re going to bake it just like yesterday! And you’re going to serve it to us! That’s our manager!” “You’re too excited. Well, it’s no wonder, since you bought the meat.” That’s right, Chloe bought us meat. The amount is not enough to fit in the small capacity [Item pouch] of the storage magic tool that Chloe has. “So, put it out here.” I pointed to a large vat on a stainless steel table. Anna-san along with the skeletons and I were cleaning the kitchen, which had been unused for some time. We were cleaning the kitchen, which was not in the food court, but in the kitchen near the fresh produce section. “Chloe, did you find that too?” “Yes, Naoya, this is it!” Chloe takes out an unglazed urn from her own [Item Pouch], not from the [Item Pouch] she borrowed from Anna. I had thought that a butcher shop like that would have them, but it seems they were there after all. After placing the jar, Chloe puts the meat out on a huge vat that I had prepared. “First, here’s the Horned Beef Thigh! I recommend grilling the whole thing up and then biting into it!” The thigh was placed on the table with a thud, and the bone was still attached to the meat. Smelling the scent, Barbera came in through the door. “Next, this is the back of an Assault Wild Boar! I would recommend you to cut it into pieces before grilling it.” Chloe places a different piece of meat next to her, thumping it down on a vat next to her. This time the meat has a noticeable white layer of fat. Barbera drooled from the sight of meat. “The last one is a whole war chicken! The feathers have been plucked, and I recommend grilling it as it is!” “The whole thing is ‘roasted’! You’re a real meat lover, Chloe! It’s funny that you are an elf and a meat lover!” I couldn’t help but to butt in on Chloe’s comment about meat. I knew Chloe had only mentioned the crunchiness when she ate meat at a restaurant in town and when she ate rabbit meat on the rooftop, and I knew she didn’t have much conception of what to do with the meat. “But Naoya, are you sure you want to do this? We don’t have to come all the way to Aiwon Mall, we can get meat at the market or at the butcher’s, you know?” “Ah, that’s okay, Chloe. We don’t have to sell only meat when we say [select and focus].” “What? I see, I knew this was for us to eat!” “This goddamn meat lover Elf! Well, I’ll let you have a taste.” Chloe, Barbera and Anna-san all stare at me. The elves and dragons are drooling. Aion Mall’s goal for the Otherworld Store is million yen in monthly sales. But there are only four employees, we can’t stock products from Japan, and there’s only limited things we can do right now. That’s why I decided to be selective and focus. There is a good reason why I chose meat. I made my decision based on the location of the Aion Mall Otherworld Store and the current customer trends. Most of the customers who visit the Aion Mall Otherworldly Store now come in the morning and in the evening. Most customers are on their way from the nearest town to another town, and merchants and guards stop by on their way home. Adventurers heading out of town. And then there are the farmers who come to sell vegetables wholesale. “Naoya, what are you going to do if you’re not going to sell only meat?” Chloe asks, tilting her head. The answer is obvious. I’ve already decided. In Japan, it is a very competitive market, a red ocean, but as far as the city is concerned, it is a blue ocean. The color of blue is as close to clear as possible, and if we expand, we can expect sales. I announced to the three people who still didn’t seem to understand what I was talking about. “The first thing we need to do to increase sales at the Aion Mall Otherworld Store is to sell food inside the store!”	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 2, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
見えない所にかなりフレキシブルな勤務体制でないと働けない人たちがいるのです例えば再発性の病気がいつぶり返すかわからない人扶養家族を介護している人特別なケアが必要な子を持つ親彼らの勤務可能時間はこんな感じです「今日は数時間だけです明日は多分働けると思いますがはっきりしません時間も分かりません」このような人たちは働く必要性が高いにもかかわらず職を見つけるのが非常に困難ですでもこうである必要はないのですなぜなら― 地域のフレキシブルな人たちをその人たちの都合に合わせて必要な時だけ雇えたら助かる雇用主がいるからです例えばカフェを経営するとしましょう午前半ばに混んできてランチタイムには忙しくなりそうです午前半ばに混んできてランチタイムには忙しくなりそうです一時間後に 90分だけ働いてもらえる従業員を二人呼べれば良いのですが信頼が置けカフェでの仕事に精通した人でないといけませんまた手頃な給料で雇えすぐ手配できる必要もありますでもそんな人材派遣に興味を持つ会社は無いので人手不足で混乱に陥ってしまうでしょうこれは外食産業のみならずホテルや小売店など— 一般や企業向けのサービス業ならどこでもあり得ることですフレキシブルで研修を受けたこともある人たちを活用できる組織はいろいろありますこのレベルにおける労働市場で必要なのは余った時間を扱う市場ですこのレベルにおける労働市場で必要なのは余った時間を扱う市場です実際にある例を見てみましょう例えば物流業者がこう言います「明日の朝までに出荷という緊急の注文が入った来られる人全てを見せてくれ」見つかったのは31人スクリーン上の人全員が明日その時間に働けます全員連絡がつき全員契約同意に当たっての条件を定めていてこの契約は各個人の希望する条件にあてはまり法的に問題もありません全員倉庫での研修済みで好きな人数だけ選ぶわけです全員倉庫での研修済みで好きな人数だけ選ぶわけです派遣元は複数に渡りますがこの契約における一人ひとりの時給や評価なども見ることができますリストの先頭は実績のある人賃金もそれだけ高くなります地域のフレキシブルな人たちの別の見方としてある市場調査会社を紹介しますこの会社は街頭インタビューのやり方を約25人に訓練しました来週新しいキャンペーンを行う予定です研修済みの人が来週各時間毎に何人働けるかを見て研修済みの人が来週各時間毎に何人働けるかを見ていつ街頭インタビューを行うのかを決めるのですしかしこの労働市場の死角でもっとできることは無いのでしょうか? なぜなら現在あらゆる収入の可能性を必要としている人がたくさんいるからです個人レベルで見てみましょうこんな若い女性がいたとします経済ピラミッドの最下層に位置し— 職が得られる見込みは皆無ですいったい彼女はどんな経済活動に従事できるでしょう? コールセンターや受付郵便室などで特殊な時間帯に働くことも厭わないかもしれません自宅近辺でできる事に興味があるかもしれませんベビーシッティング配達ペットの世話などです必要でないときに収入源に出来る所有物があるかもしれません必要でないときに収入源に出来る所有物があるかもしれません例えば空きスペースとして貸し出せる居間のソファベッドやたまにしか使わない自転車やゲーム機を持っているかもしれませんインターネットに詳しい人はこう考えていることでしょう私達はコラボ消費の時代に生きているんだからオンラインで何でも出来るはずと Airbnbのサイトでソファベッドを提供したり TaskRabbit.comで地元の配達サービスを提供できますこれらも良いサイトですがさらに踏み込んだことができると信じていますその鍵となるのが「みんなのための現代市場」という考えです市場はここ20年ですっかり変わりましたでもそれは経済のトップ組織に限られますウォールストリートのトレーダーであれば最も利益を生みそうなチャンスをリアルタイムで特定し指定範囲内で一瞬に取引を行なう市場システムの中で金融資産を売買することを当然のことと思っていますこのシステムは需要と供給相場を分析し次のチャンスはどこからやって来るのかを教え非常に洗練された方法で相手方のリスクを管理します経費はたいしてかかりません経済の底辺では過去20年間に市場という観点において何を得られたのでしょう? 基本的には検索ツール付きの求人広告ですではより多くの活動と資源を主要経済から吸い上げ高度な取引をするまでになった経済のトップの洗練された市場とそれ以外との間になぜこんな不平等が生まれるのでしょうか? 現代市場はウェブサイトにとどまりません互いに依存しあう市場で事務処理機構規制制度調停機構流動資産源などが複雑に絡み合っていますウォールストリートのトレーダーは朝職場に来たとしても何もその日に売りたい全ての金融派生商品のリストを作って複数のウェブサイトに投稿したり購入希望者の連絡を待った上で取引についての条件交渉を始めたりするわけではありません現代市場の技術が使われ始めた頃金融機関はどうすれば購買力や事務処理業務コネクションを活用し金融機関はどうすれば購買力や事務処理業務コネクションを活用しこのような新たな活動を呈する新しい市場をつくれるかという課題に取り組みました政府に規制制度への支持を求めいろいろな制度を獲得しましたしかし経済全体を通してみんなの利益のための新世代の市場でも同じような改善策となる機能もあるはずですその様な機能は例えば― 私たちの身分を証明するような機能で個人が合法的にできる事を常に確認できる資格管理の組織や個人が合法的にできる事を常に確認できる資格管理の組織や公的な手段を通じて争議を解決するプロセスですこれらの機能や手段は「クレイグスリスト」や「ガムツリー」「ヤフー」などが運営しているのではなく政府によって管理されていますでもこのような機構を率いる政策担当者は市場の新時代の基盤としてこれらの機能をどう利用できるかを考えてはいないと思うのですこのような政策立案者も一般人と同様に現代市場は自らこのような機能を作り出せるほど強力な組織に限られたものだと当然視しています仮にそれを当然視することをやめたとしましょう明日の朝に英国首相か米国大統領かもしくはどこかの先進国のリーダーが目を覚ましこう言ったとしましょう「現在の風潮では必要な雇用を創出できそうにないため国民があらゆる経済的機会を得られるよう努力しなければならず国民が最先端の市場へ手を届くようにする必要があるどうすればいいだろう?」そう言われても目が泳ぐ様が想像できます巨大かつ複雑で洗練された ITプロジェクトに政治家? 大惨事が待ち構えていそうですがそうとも限りません複数の国の政治家により進められ大きな成功を収めた技術によって可能となったサービスの前例があります国営宝くじです英国を例にとりましょう英国政府は国営宝くじについて立案もしなければ出資も運営もしていません国営宝くじに関する法律を議決しただけですその結果はこうですこの法律は国営宝くじとはどのようなものかを定義しており国が独自に運営者に与えられる恩恵が明記されています同時に運営者に対して義務も負わせていますギャンブルを大衆に広めるという点でこれは大成功でしたでも新しい経済活動をピラミッドの最下層にもたらすのが目的だとしたら同じモデルを使うことはできるでしょうか? それは可能だと私は信じています政策立案者が機能の枠組みを作ったとしますこれを国立電子市場略してNEMと呼びましょう規制された公共事業のようなもので水道や道路網と同等のものです個人や小さな会社でも実行できる低レベル取引のための様々な市場です政府はこれらの市場に対して様々な利益を与える事ができます公共支出をこの市場を通して行ない地域レベルで公的サービスが賄えますこの市場を行政の最高峰のルートと結びつける事になりもなりますこれらの市場を政府が守る事になり地元の人々が参入できるようにするための特定部門の規制緩和にもなります地元の人々が参入できるようにするための特定部門の規制緩和にもなりますタクシーが一例だと言えるかもしれません運営者にはそのような恩恵に付随する特定の義務が生じますが重要なものはもちろん公共部門に関わるものも含めたあらゆるものへの支払い義務です運営者が各取引に課される歩合制手数料により恩恵を得ることを想像してみてくださいこれらの恩恵が得られるようなこれらの恩恵が得られるような 15年程度の運営権が与えられ各業務の手数料の割合が低い運営団体が各業務の手数料の割合が低い運営団体が運営権を得ることにしたらどうでしょう運営権を得ることにしたらどうでしょう政府はこの枠組みから抜け出し運営団体の手に委ねられます収入につながるチャンスをたくさんの人々に与え各市場の利益の一部を手にするかさもなければ完全な失敗です株主は損をしますが必ずしも納税者に負担をかけるとは限りません別に他の市場を制約するものでもありません何百万と存在するインターネットフォーラムの中でしかしそれは大きな違いを生みます公的機関とのつながりを持つことは運営団体にインセンティブを与えサービスへの投資を真剣に検討し始めます利益を得るには小規模な取引をたくさん行わなければならないからです典型的な例は家庭でのヘアケアやおもちゃのレンタルや農作業衣服のレンタルや食事の宅配観光やホームケアのサービスなどです衣服のレンタルや食事の宅配観光やホームケアのサービスなどですこの世界では小さな取引しかなされませんが情報はとても豊富です国営電子市場がデータを提供してくれるからですこの人はベビーシッティングのビジネスを始めようか迷っています市場に参入するなら市場調査と人材育成にお金が必要だと気付いているかもしれません市場に参入するなら市場調査と人材育成にお金が必要だと気付いているかもしれませんベビーシッターの人材バンクを必要とする親たちにインタビューをしなければなりませんそれだけの価値はあるのか? 他業種にも目を向けるべきか? ベビーシッターが不足している地域へ引っ越すべき? ベビーシッターが不足している地域へ引っ越すべきか? このようなデータは日常的に得られ投資家もこのデータを使うことができます国の一部でベビーシッターが不足していてだれも調査したり養成する資金が無いのなら投資家が援助できますその後2年間程度システム加入により増えた個人の利益の一部を徴収しますこれは細分化された資本主義の世界です小さな市場での小さな取引ですが情報開示され安全かつ便利で経費は少なく迅速ですイギリス程の規模の国では 1日あたり150億円にも相当する経済効果を生むとする研究結果もありますそんなことはありえないと思いますか? 人々は 20年前にも為替取引における高速トレーディングに対して全く同じことを言っていました現代市場の持つ真の変革力を決して見くびらないで下さいありがとうございました	It's the world of people who need to work ultra-flexibly, if they're to work at all. So think, for instance, of someone who has a recurring but unpredictable medical condition, or somebody who's caring for a dependent adult, or a parent with complex child care needs. Their availability for work can be such that it's, "A few hours today. Maybe I can work tomorrow, but I don't know if and when yet." And it's extraordinarily difficult for these people to find the work that they so often need very badly. Which is a tragedy because there are employers who can use pools of very flexible local people booked completely ad hoc around when that person wants to work. Imagine that you run a cafe. It's mid-morning, the place is filling up. You're going to have a busy lunchtime rush. If you could get two extra workers for 90 minutes to start in an hour's time, you'd do it, but they'd have to be reliable, inducted in how your cafe works. They'd have to be available at very competitive rates. They'd have to be bookable in about the next minute. In reality, no recruitment agency wants to handle that sort of business, so you are going to muddle by, understaffed. And it's not just caterers, it's hoteliers, it's retailers, it's anyone who provides services to the public or businesses. There's all sorts of organizations that can use these pools of very flexible people, possibly already once they've been inducted. At this level of the labor market, what you need is a marketplace for spare hours. They do exist. Here's how they work. So in this example, a distribution company has said, we've got a rush order that we've got to get out of the warehouse tomorrow morning. Show us everyone who's available. It's found 31 workers. Everybody on this screen is genuinely available at those specific hours tomorrow. They're all contactable in time for this booking. They've all defined the terms on which they will accept bookings. And this booking is within all the parameters for each individual. And they would all be legally compliant by doing this booking. Of course, they're all trained to work in warehouses. You can select as many of them as you want. They're from multiple agencies. It's calculated the charge rate for each person for this specific booking. And it's monitoring their reliability. The people on the top row are the provenly reliable ones. They're likely to be more expensive. In an alternative view of this pool of local, very flexible people, here's a market research company, and it's inducted maybe 25 local people in how to do street interviewing. And they've got a new campaign. They want to run it next week. And they're looking at how many of the people they've inducted are available each hour next week. And they'll then decide when to do their street interviews. But is there more that could be done for this corner of the labor market? Because right now there are so many people who need whatever economic opportunity they can get. Let's make it personal. Imagine that a young woman -- base of the economic pyramid, very little prospect of getting a job -- what economic activity could she theoretically engage in? Well, she might be willing to work odd hours in a call center, in a reception area, in a mail room. She may be interested in providing local services to her community: babysitting, local deliveries, pet care. She may have possessions that she would like to trade at times she doesn't need them. So she might have a sofa bed in her front room that she would like to let out. She might have a bike, a video games console she only uses occasionally. And you're probably thinking -- because you're all very web-aware -- yes, and we're in the era of collaborative consumption, so she can go online and do all this. She can go to Airbnb to list her sofa bed, she can go to TaskRabbit.com and say, "I want to do local deliveries," and so on. These are good sites, but I believe we can go a step further. And the key to that is a philosophy that we call modern markets for all. Markets have changed beyond recognition in the last 20 years, but only for organizations at the top of the economy. If you're a Wall Street trader, you now take it for granted that you sell your financial assets in a system of markets that identifies the most profitable opportunities for you in real time, executes on that in microseconds within the boundaries you've set. It analyzes supply and demand and pricing and tells you where your next wave of opportunities are coming from. It manages counterparty risk in incredibly sophisticated ways. It's all extremely low overhead. What have we gained at the bottom of the economy in terms of markets in the last 20 years? Basically classified adverts with a search facility. So why do we have this disparity between these incredibly sophisticated markets at the top of the economy that are increasingly sucking more and more activity and resource out of the main economy into this rarefied level of trading, and what the rest of us have? A modern market is more than a website; it's a web of interoperable marketplaces, back office mechanisms, regulatory regimes, settlement mechanisms, liquidity sources and so on. And when a Wall Street trader comes into work in the morning, she does not write a listing for every financial derivative she wants to sell today and then post that listing on multiple websites and wait for potential buyers to get in touch and start negotiating the terms on which she might trade. In the early days of this modern markets technology, the financial institutions worked out how they could leverage their buying power, their back office processes, their relationships, their networks to shape these new markets that would create all this new activity. They asked governments for supporting regulatory regimes, and in a lot of cases they got it. But throughout the economy, there are facilities that could likewise leverage a new generation of markets for the benefit of all of us. And those facilities -- I'm talking about things like the mechanisms that prove our identity, that know what each of us is allowed to do legally at any given time, the processes by which we resolve disputes through official channels. These mechanisms, these facilities are not in the gift of Craigslist or Gumtree or Yahoo, they're controlled by the state. And the policymakers who sit on top of them are, I suggest, simply not thinking about how those facilities could be used to underpin a whole new era of markets. Like everyone else, those policymakers are taking it for granted that modern markets are the preserve of organizations powerful enough to create them for themselves. Suppose we stopped taking that for granted. Suppose tomorrow morning the prime minister of Britain or the president of the U.S., or the leader of any other developed nation, woke up and said, "I'm never going to be able to create all the jobs I need in the current climate. I have got to focus on whatever economic opportunity I can get to my citizens. And for that they have to be able to access state-of-the-art markets. How do I make that happen?" And I think I can see a few eyes rolling. Politicians in a big, complex, sophisticated I.T. project? Oh, that's going to be a disaster waiting to happen. Not necessarily. that has been initiated by politicians in multiple countries and has been hugely successful: national lotteries. Let's take Britain as an example. Our government didn't design the national lottery, it didn't fund the national lottery, it doesn't operate the national lottery. It simply passed the National Lottery Act and this is what followed. This act defines what a national lottery will look like. It specifies certain benefits that the state can uniquely bestow on the operators. And it puts some obligations on those operators. In terms of spreading gambling activity to the masses, this was an unqualified success. But let's suppose that our aim is to bring new economic activity to the base of the pyramid. Could we use the same model? I believe we could. So imagine that policymakers outlined a facility. Let's call it national e-markets, NEMs for short. Think of it as a regulated public utility. So it's on a par with the water supply or the road network. And it's a series of markets for low-level trade And government has certain benefits it can uniquely bestow on these markets. It's about public spending going through these markets to buy public services at the local level. It's about interfacing these markets direct into the highest official channels in the land. It's about enshrining government's role as a publicist for these markets. It's about deregulating some sectors so that local people can enter them. So, taxi journeys might be one example. And there are certain obligations that should go with those benefits to be placed on the operators, and the key one is, of course, including all the interfacing into the public sector. So imagine that the operators make their return by building a percentage markup into each transaction. Imagine that there's a concession period defined of maybe 15 years in which they can take all these benefits and run with them. And imagine that the consortia who bid to run it are told, whoever comes in at the lowest percentage markup on each transaction to fund the whole thing will get the deal. So government then exits the frame. This is now in the hands of the consortium. Either they are going to unlock an awful lot of economic opportunity and make a percentage on all of it or it's all going to crash and burn, which is tough on their shareholders. It doesn't bother the taxpayer necessarily. And there would be no constraints on alternative markets. So this would just be one more choice among millions of Internet forums. But it could be very different, because having access to those state-backed facilities could incentivize this consortium to seriously invest in the service. Because they would have to get a lot of these small transactions going to start making their return. So we're talking about sectors like home hair care, the hire of toys, farm work, hire of clothes even, meals delivered to your door, services for tourists, home care. This would be a world of very small trades, but very well-informed, because national e-markets will deliver data. So this is a local person potentially deciding whether to enter the babysitting market. And they might be aware that they would have to fund vetting and training if they wanted to go into that market. They'd have to do assessment interviews with local parents who wanted a pool of babysitters. Is it worth their while? Should they be looking at other sectors? Should they be moving to another part of the country where there's a shortage of babysitters? This kind of data can become routine. And this data can be used by investors. So if there's a problem with a shortage of babysitters in some parts of the country and the problem is nobody can afford the vetting and training, an investor can pay for it and the system will tithe back the enhanced earnings of the individuals for maybe the next two years. This is a world of atomized capitalism. So it's small trades by small people, but it's very informed, safe, convenient, low-overhead and immediate. Some rough research suggests this could unlock around 100 million pounds' worth a day of new economic activity in a country the size of the U.K. Does that sound improbable to you? That's what a lot of people said about turbo trading in financial exchanges 20 years ago. Do not underestimate the transformative power Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
◇◆◇◆◇ カインは翌日から、室内の警備を強化していた。微かな花の香りが残されていなければ気付かないほど、鮮やかな侵入をしてきた相手。それは以前乗り込んできた冒険者とは違いを画した実力の持ち主の姿を思わせた。時間の取れる昼休みなどにも頻繁に自室に戻り、さらに侵入の痕跡や、正体に繋がる遺留品がないか調べてはいるが、「今回はさすがに、その道のプロを送り込んできたということか?」カインは苛立たしげに髪をかき上げ、吐き捨てる。その足はそそくさと寮の自室へと向かっていた。室内に目立つ証拠は置いていない。しかしそれらを隠している場所に繋がる通路がそばにある。それを見つけられてはいないか、確認するのが彼の日課だった。以前の冒険は、捕らえ、拷問した結果、ラウムの首都に所属する冒険者とだけ判明していた。彼らも直接の依頼人が誰か、把握していなかったようだ。相手の黒幕はどうやら最低限の慎重さは持ち合わせているらしい。「怪しいのは、やはり......ヨーウィか」最近になって転入してきた婚約者。彼女が自分との婚儀に反対していることは、カインも知っている。幼い頃は冒険者の真似事をしていたと聞くし、それは転入初日の挨拶でも現れていた。自分が狙われているというのに、相手が見えてこない。そのプレッシャーは、予想以上にカインにストレスを与えていた。数日で我慢比べの様相を成し、『クスリ』の出荷も控えている。万が一、在庫を隠している場所が見つかっては、自分の身の破滅に直結する。公爵家の跡取りは、自分だけではない。弟たちが存在する以上、大きなミスをすれば、父は自分の首を切るくらいはするだろう。「まったく、面倒な。しかしあの女の人気は捨てがたい」奇矯ではあるが気さくな性格のレティーナは、ラウムの市民に人気があった。彼女と彼女の連れてきたニコルという少女。それと平民のもう一人。冒険者の真似事をしていは、ラウム市民から妹や娘のように可愛がられていた。美しい容姿、長い寿命、そして見かけに寄らぬ身のこなし。立ち居振る舞いからも彼女がそれなりに戦闘をこなせる人材だと、カインは見抜いていた。さらに使用人としても、教育が行き届いており、手に入れればどれほど平民でなければ、ぜひ側室にと考えていたことだろう。もっとも、平民だからこそ気軽に捨てられるという物でもあるのだが。「そこらの雑魚だったら処分して終わりなんだが......」もし彼女たちが侵入者に繋がっていた場合、何らかの手を打たねばならない。「いざとなれば、薬漬けにするか。あまりやり過ぎるとモンスター化してしまう危険もあるが」ニタリと笑みを浮かべるカイン。そこで彼は、寮の廊下の向こうから、一人の女性がやってくるのが目に入った。長い金髪をなびかせた、美しい――というか愛らしいといってもいい少女の姿。慌ててニヤけた顔を引き締め、いつもの怜悧な......と彼が思っている表情に引き戻す。フィニアもカインの存在に気付いたようで、やや強張った顔つきで廊下の端に寄り、深々と礼して彼が通り過ぎるのを待っていた。それは自室で嗅ぎ付けた花の香りと同じ物。正確には違うかもしれないが、同等の素朴な花の香りだった。「お前、その花の香りは――」「ひゃ、はぃ!?」「ああ、驚かせて済まない。君、その花の香りは何かな?」平民にゴマをするようで、内心は苛立たしい気分だったが、レティーナに悪評を伝えられては困ると考えていた。なんですけど......ご不興を買いましたのでしたら、すぐに外しておきますけど」「いや、不快というわけではないんだ。嗅ぎ慣れない香りだったものでね。すまなかった。仕事の邪魔をしたね」「いえ、そんな」自分の纏う香りが問題にならなかったという安堵からか、フィニアは笑顔を浮かべる。ここで引き留めては、相手に不審を覚えられると思いなおし、カインは足早にその場を立ち去った。もちろん数日止めていた『業務』の都合もあったのだが、昼に出会ったフィニアの件についても、やることがあった。わざと小汚い服装を纏い、髪や顔を汚して変装をする。いくつかの街路を曲がった先にある、人目の少ない薄暗い路地で立ち尽くすこと十数分。しばらくして酔っぱらったような足取りの男たちが彼の周囲を取り囲んでいた。「よう、すまないね、ダンナ。ご足労願っちまってよ」「出す物を出して貰えるなら構わないさ。こっちだって商売だからな」いつもなら彼が直接取引に顔を出すことなどない。しかし今回は緊急で『クスリ』が必要ということで、様子を見に出てきていた。「へへ......本当に悪いな。ちょっとばかり『クスリ』の力に頼らないといけなくなってな」「それは構わんが、分をえておけよ。使い過ぎると毒になる。俺の知ったことではないがな」「心配してくれるんで? 俺たちも相応の得意様になったってわけだ」カインの取り扱う薬物は、過剰摂取するとモンスター化してしまう性質があった。これは素材の性質によるものだが、街中でモンスターの出現騒ぎを起こされては、彼も困る。万が一モンスター化しても、この街ならばある程度なら揉み消せるという自信があったからだ。何より、今回の薬は特別製である。いつもより濃度が高いため、まず確実に人間をやめてしまうだろう。「それより、お前たちに少し頼みたいことがあってな」「あん?」取り引きが落ち着いたところで、カインは男たちに話を持ち掛けた。声を潜め、さらに人目のない暗がりへと移動していく。 ◇◆◇◆◇	◇◆◇◆◇ Cain had strengthened his room defenses since the day before. The intruder was so brilliant that he wouldn’t have noticed if not for the faint flowery fragrance left behind. Unlike the Adventurers from before, this time the dispatched person was clearly a level above. He often returned to his room on longer breaks, investigating more traces of intrusion and whether there was any lost article that could lead to their identity, but there were no good results. “So this time they sent a professional of that field, huh?” Cain brushed up his hair in irritation and spit out. He was hurrying towards his dorm room. It was to check his room as his established practice during breaks. There was no conspicuous evidence in his room, but there was a corridor that led to where he hid them right next to it. Thus, this was his daily check of whether or not it was discovered. He caught the two groups of Adventurers from before and tortured them, but only found out that they were Adventurers from Raum. They didn’t seem to know who the client was. The enemy ringleader seemed to at least consider minimum safety. “The suspicious one is... Yowi, after all.” She was his fiancee that recently transferred over. Cain was also aware that she was against the marriage with him. But he also knew that her personality was even more eccentric than before, so it wouldn’t be strange for her to transfer on a whim. He heard that she was playing an Adventurer during her young days, and it was made clear during her transfer day’s greeting. He was being targeted but he couldn’t see the enemy. The pressure of that was making Cain more stressed than he expected. He had taken up the test of patience and even refrained from the production for the past few days. If the warehouse was discovered by some chance, it would directly lead to his demise. He wasn’t the only hair of the duke. Since he had little brothers, his father could even lop his head off if he made some big blunder. “What a bother. But it’s hard to let go of her popularity.” The eccentric yet friendly Letina was quite popular among Raum citizens. She, the Nicole girl that she brought, and one other commoner from Raum, were adored like little sisters and daughters by the citizens during their Adventurer-like activities. If he was to advance into the capital, he needed her popularity no matter what, and Cain understood this too. There was also her servant Finia, who was also hard to let go of. She was beautiful, had a long lifespan, and carried herself better than her appearance suggested. Cain realized that she was an able fighter based on the way she moved. She was well educated as a servant too, making him dream of how enjoyable it would be for to obtain her. He would’ve taken her as a concubine had she not been a commoner. Then again, even as a commoner, it meant she could be cast aside at any time. “I would’ve just put them down and it would be the end of it if they were your average trash, but...” If those girls were connected to the intrusion, he had to take some measures. And he had a measure in mind too. “If push comes to shove, I could just turn them drug-dependent. There’s a danger of turning them into monsters if I overdo it, however.” He said and a grin showed up on his face. Then, a girl coming from the other end of the corridor entered his vision. It was a long, blond-haired beautiful—or rather, lovely girl. It was Finia who was currently serving the Marquis’ daughter Letina. He hurriedly removed his grin and returned to... what he thought to be his normal intelligent expression. Finia had also noticed his presence and with a stiff face, moved to the side of the corridor and awaited him to pass with a deep bow. As the two were about to pass by as if nothing—Cain smelled an unfamiliar perfume. It was the same as the flowery smell he smelled in his room. More accurately, it might have been different, but it was a similar simple flowery aroma. “You, what is that flower fragrance?” “W-Wahh?!” “Ah, I’m sorry for frightening you. What would be that flowery smell on you?” He ended up talking using his real manner of speech, but he calmed down and glossed it over. It felt like he was buttering up to a commoner which made him irritated, but he thought it would be bad if she told bad things to Letina. “Ah, t-this? It’s a potpourri that I made myself... but if it displeases you I will get rid of it at once.” “No, it’s not unpleasant. It was just an unfamiliar smell. My bad for getting in the way of your work.” “Not at all.” Perhaps due to the relief that her fragrance didn’t lead to a problem, Finia answered with a smile. Seeing that smile, Cain’s sadistic desire surged up again, but he forcefully pushed them down. If he detained her here, she would get suspicious, thus Cain decided to promptly make his exit. He had finally caught the enemy by their tail. He didn’t want to make them suspect it and let them escape. Within that day, Cain set out to the city with various ‘drugs’ in hand. There was also the ‘business’ that was stopped for a few days, but he also had things to do regarding Finia that he encountered at noon. He intentionally put on dirty clothes and dirtied his hair and face to disguise himself. He stood still at an unpopulated gloomy alley several twists away from the main road for a few dozen minutes. Eventually, men with drunk gaits circled around him. “Hey, my bad to have you come here, master.” “If you just give me what you have, I don’t mind. I’m doing business, after all.” Normally, he never came to directly do transactions, but this time, he immediately needed the “Hehe... really sorry about this. We really have to rely on the “I don’t mind that, but pay attention to the dosage. If you overuse it, it’ll become poison. Not that I care.” “Are you worried about us? It seems that we have become dependable.” “Don’t let it go in your head. Here’s the The drugs Cain dealt with would turn people into monsters if overdosed. This was due to the materials used, but it would be bothersome even for him if a monster incident broke out in the city. He warned them about it, but his clients seemed to have mistaken his intention. But for him, as long as he sold what he wanted, he wouldn’t warn them any further. Even if they were turned into monsters, he had the confidence to cover it up as long as it happened in this city. And above all, the current drug was special-made. It was more concentrated than usual, so they would most certainly stop being human. But this time, the uproar that it would cause was his objective. “More importantly, I had something to ask of you.” “Huh?” Once their transaction was concluded, Cain addressed the men once more. He lowered his voice and moved to an even less populated and dark area. The talk that he brought up was not completely unrelated to those men either. ◇◆◇◆◇	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 20, "inserted_lines_trg": 6 }
ケーテは立ち上がると、走り出す。その尻尾は上下に楽しそうに揺れている。夜だというのに、水竜の集落に向かおうとしてくれているのだろう。「ケーテ! ちょっと待ってくれ」「む? どうしたのであるか?」慌てて呼び止めると、ケーテは振り返ってきょとんとした表情になった。「もう夜だからな。明日でいい」「だが、急いだほうがいいのである」「そうはいうが、今ケーテが外に走り出したら、みんな何事かとびっくりするぞ」ケーテは少し考えてうなずいた。「それもそうであるなー」「だろ?」「では明日にでも向かってみることにするのだ」「では、今夜は我は遊んでおくのである」そう言ってケーテは走り去った。恐らく子供たちと遊ぶのだろう。ガルヴも遊びという言葉に反応した。ケーテの後ろをついて行く。「む? ガルヴも遊びたいのであるな?」「でに行くのだ」こちらではおっさんたちが話し合いをしているだけだ。子狼のガルヴとしては退屈だったのだろう。一方、ゲルベルガさまはすました表情で俺のひざの上に座っている。まるで、自分は子供ではないとアピールしているようだ。俺はゲルベルガさまを撫でながら、ダントンたちに言う。「一応、魔道具の類が屋敷内に持ち込まれていないかチェックしましょうか?」「もちろん、構いませんよ」ダントンは少し考えながら言う。「......だが、相当大変だぞ。屋敷も相当広いからな」「いや、ロック。目的から言えば、屋敷以外の住居も調べないといけない。大変だろう」ダントンの言うとおりだ。族長の屋敷が一番情報が集まるのは確かである。だが、他の住居にも魔道具を仕込めば相当情報を得ることは可能だろう。「最初から屋敷以外も調べるつもりだ。もちろん、他人に調べられるのはあまり気持ちよくないことかもしれないが」「それは構わないのだが......。ロックにそこまでお世話になるわけには......」「折角だからな。どうせするなら徹底的にした方がいいだろう」「本当に迷惑ではないのか?」「魔道具を探すだけなら、どのような魔道具か調べる大した手間ではないだろう。「それなら、頼めるか?」「ああ、どうせ暇だ。ついでに壁とかに強化魔法とかかけておこうか?」「構わないぞ。いつもシアさんやニアさんにはお世話になっているからな」狼の獣人族の族長の屋敷は、対ヴァンパイアの砦でもあるのだ。強化しておくに越したことはない。その後、ダントンと年長の族長との間で段取りなどを簡単に打ち合わせておいた。「では、そういうことで」「ロック、すまないな」「気にするな」俺は肩にゲルベルガさまを乗せて部屋を出る。すると、ケーテたちの楽しそうな声が聞こえてきた。ケーテが尻尾を使って子供たちとガルヴと遊んでいる。尻尾にぶら下がる子供たち。その周りをガルヴがぐるぐる回っていた。楽しそうでなによりだ。より小さい子供はセルリスに絵本を読んでもらったりしていた。するとダントンが言う。「ロック。男たちでお風呂でもはいろう」ダントンが男の族長たちを集めてお風呂に向かう。お風呂と聞いてガルヴが駆けてくる。ものすごい勢いで尻尾が揺れる。話し合いよりも遊びだが、遊びよりもお風呂らしい。ガルヴはとてもお風呂が好きなのだろう。だが、獣を人の家のお風呂に入れるのは気が引ける。「ガルヴ、今日はお風呂は入れないんだ」「......がう?」何を言っているのかわからない。そんな表情でガルヴは首を傾げた。そして、両前足を俺の両肩において口を舐めてくる。いいからお風呂! とアピールしているのだろう。「ガルヴ、すまないが、今日は一緒にお風呂に入れないぞ。よそのお家だからな」「......がうー」ガルヴがしょんぼりした。少し可哀そうになる。それを見ていたダントンが言う。「ん? ロック。ガルヴも一緒で構わないぞ」「いいのか? 気を使ってくれなくてもいいぞ。ガルヴは毎日風呂に入らなくてもいいからな」そんなガルヴの頭をダントンは撫でる。「本当に入っていい。別に気を使っているわけじゃない。もちろんゲルベルガさまも一緒に入ってくれていい」「それは、ありがたいが......。他の族長の方々が嫌がったりしないか?」「ただの犬ならともかく、ガルヴは立派な狼。それも霊獣の狼どのだ。我らの種族に嫌がる奴はいないだろう」「そうですよ。我らと霊獣狼は親類のようなものですから」族長の一人もそう言った。やはり、霊獣狼は特別な存在のようだ。「それにゲルベルガさまは神さまですから。嫌がるものはおりませんよ」「そうですか。ありがとうございます」俺たちはガルヴとゲルベルガさまと一緒にお風呂に入ることになった。	Kathe stood up and ran out of the room. Her tail was moving happily up and down. She was going to head for the water dragon settlement in spite of it being night time. “Kathe! Wait a minute.” “Hmm? What is it?” I called to her. Kathe turned around with a puzzled expression. “It’s already late. You can go tomorrow.” “But it would be better to hurry.” “That’s true, but if you went out now, everyone will be surprised and wonder what’s going on.” Kathe thought about it and then nodded. “Right?” “Very well. I will head there tomorrow then.” “That’s better.” “And so I shall play tonight instead.” Kathe said as she ran off. She was probably going to return to the children. Grulf immediately reacted to the word ‘play.’ He followed after her. “Hmm? You want to play too, Grulf?” We had things to talk about here. A pup like Grulf would find it boring. On the other hand, Lord Gerberga sat on my lap with a cool expression. It was as if he were making a show of not being a child. I stroked his feathers and then turned to Danton. “Perhaps I should inspect the mansion and make sure no magic tools have been brought in?” “Of course. I do not mind at all.” Danton thought about it. “...But, it will be a lot of work. It is a large mansion.” “I’ll manage it.” “No, Locke. Considering the reason, you will have to search through the other houses as well. Not just the mansion. Surely that is too much work for you.” Danton was right. It was true that most information came from the mansion of the chief. However, it was also possible to gather information by planting magic devices in the other houses as well. “I always meant to check the other houses as well. Of course, I realize that it may not be the most welcome thing for the residents...” “I don’t mind that... But it does not feel right to have you do so much, Locke...” “It’s why I came all the way here. If I’m going to do it, I should do it right.” “So you really don’t mind?” “If I’m only going to search for magic devices, then Magic Search should be enough.” I could use Magic Exploration to find out what a device does once it had actually been discovered. So it shouldn’t be that much trouble. “In that case, may we rely on you?” “Yeah, I have plenty of time. I could even reinforce your walls with magic while I’m at it.” “Sure. You know, Miss Shia and Nia have helped me a lot.” The mansion of the beastkin chief was an anti-vampire fortress. It would be good to strengthen it. After that, Danton, the old chief, and I discussed the order that things would be done. “Well then, it is settled.” “Yes, thank you.” “Sorry for troubling you, Locke.” “Don’t mention it.” I put Lord Gerberga on my shoulder and left the room. Then, Kathe’s cheerful voice entered my ears. Kathe was using her tail to play with Grulf and the children. The children hung on her tail. Grulf ran in a circle around them. I was glad that they were having fun. Serulis was with the younger children and read to them. Then Danton approached me. “Locke. The men are all going to the baths.” Danton and the other male chiefs were headed for the baths. Grulf ran up to me when he heard this. His tail was wagging. He preferred to play over long meetings, but he liked bathing more than anything. That was how much he liked to bathe. However, I didn’t think it was right to bring a beast into someone else’s bathing room. “Grulf, not today.” “...Groof?” I don’t know what you are saying. That’s what his expression seemed to say as he tilted his head. Then he put his paws on my shoulders and licked my face. I want to take a bath! “Grulf. I’m sorry, but you can’t take a bath today. It’s someone else’s house.” “...Grrr...” Gruld looked dejected. I felt bad for him now. Danton watched us and said, “Hmm? Locke. I don’t mind if Grulf comes.” “Really? You don’t have to worry about us. He doesn’t actually have to bathe every day.” Danton patted him on the head. “Oh, it really is alright. I’m not just saying it to be polite. Of course, you may also bring Lord Gerberga.” “That’s very kind of you... But won’t the other chiefs mind?” “Perhaps not a dog, but Grulf is a great wolf. And a spirit beast. No one in our tribe will mind.” “Exactly. Spirit beasts are like close relatives for us.” Another chief chimed in. So spirit beasts really were special to them. “And Lord Gerberga is a god. No one will be angry.” And so it was decided that Grulf and Lord Gerberga would go with me to the baths.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 6, "inserted_lines_src": 15, "inserted_lines_trg": 12 }
「ロック、どこだ! 教えてくれ」エリックは焦りを隠しきれていない。は王宮の中心、もう一つはあの建物だ。何かわかるか?」俺は穴を作り出している中心と思われる場所を指さした。「......あれは厄介だな。道理で枢密院が手こずるわけだ」エリックは苦虫をかみつぶしたような表情を浮かべる。「で、あれはなんなんだ?」「リンゲイン王国の大使館だよ」大使館はメンディリバル王国の内部にある外国だ。国王直属の枢密院としても、不可侵の領域である。何かを隠すにはうってつけだ。「ロック。つまり大使館と王宮に穴を発生させるなにかがあるってことか?」「そうなるな。ゴランの言うとおりだ」ゴランは俺たちに尋ねてくる。「どっちから潰す?」「......まずは王宮だ。政府機能を取り戻してからのほうがいいだろう」エリックの妻子とゴランの娘セルリスもいる。先に大使館に向かっても、エリックとゴランが王宮のことが気になって集中できないかも知れない。「了解。俺もそれがいいと思うぜ。エリックはどうだ?」俺が家族に配慮したと思ったのか、エリックに礼を言われた。「礼をいわれるようなことじゃない。じゃあ、王宮に突入で決まりだな」方針が決まったので、俺はケーテに呼びかける。「このまま王宮上空に飛んでくれ。飛び降りる!」「わかったのだ! そのあと、ケーテはどうしたらいい?」ケーテはどんどん王宮上空へと近づいていく。王宮周辺は深くて濃い霧に包まれていて、まるで白い丘に見えるほどだ。王都にある最も高い建物建ての物見の塔の倍の高さまで白い霧で覆われている。「魔法を使っても中が全くわからない。警戒して行くぞ」「ロック、落下制御の魔法は全部任せたぞ」打ち合わせをしている間もケーテは王宮上空に迫る。巨大な竜が飛来したら大騒ぎになってしまうが、そんなことを気にしていられる状況ではない。「俺たちが飛び降りた後、ケーテには――」 ――GAAAAAAAA!! ケーテが王宮直上に、まさに到着しようとしたそのとき、さらに上空から竜の咆吼が聞こえた。飛び降りようとしてた俺たちの動きが止まる。見上げると、遙か上空、雲と同じ高さに十頭の ――GAAA、GAAAAA、GAA! ケーテの接近に気がついたのか、昏竜は互いに咆哮し、何かを話しあっているようにも見える。神の加護の無い状態で昏竜十頭に襲われたら、王都はただではすまないだろう。昏竜の攻撃を防ぎ、王都上空から追い出さねばならない。「ケーテだけで十頭相手にするのはきついだろう。俺とケーテで昏竜の相手を――」「無茶を言うな」風竜王であるケーテでも昏竜十頭を相手にするのは難しい。「魔法を使えないエリックもゴランも、ケーテの背から飛び降りれないのだ!」「飛び降りる前に俺が魔法をかけるから大丈夫だ」そう言ってゴランは飛び降りる準備に入る。そのとき、ひときわ大きな咆哮が鳴り響いた。その咆哮は下から聞こえた。「ドルゴさんとモーリスさんか! ありがたい」エリックが嬉しそうに言う。下から急上昇してくるのはケーテの父、前風竜王のドルゴと、水竜の侍従長モーリスだ。エリックやゴランたちとの通話の腕輪はドルゴやモーリスの通話の腕輪とつながっている。俺の屋敷に配備されている転移魔法陣を通って、大急ぎで駆けつけてくれたのだ。「お待たせしました。状況は把握しております。上空のあやつ等は我らにお任せください」ドルゴが力強く言ってくれる。「ありがとうございます。それではお願いします。俺たちは地面に向かいます」「任せるのだ!」そして俺はゲルベルガさまとガルヴを抱えて、エリック、ゴランと一緒にケーテの背から跳躍した。右腕は魔法で動かしガルヴを抱える。ひどく痛むが気にしている場合ではない。目指すは、王宮を包む深い霧の中だ。一方、俺たちが降りると同時にケーテは風を切って急上昇する。俺たちを乗せての全力移動が、本当のケーテの全力移動ではなかったようだ。音の壁を越えて上昇していき、そのまま昏竜の一頭に身体をぶつける。 ――KYUAAAAA ケーテに体当たりされた昏竜の鱗と肉がはじける。骨も砕け羽が破れ、悲鳴を上げながら落下していく。	“Locke, where is it! Tell me.” Eric could not hide his impatience. “One is in the center of the palace, and the other is in that building. Can you see it?” I pointed at the places that I thought were creating the hole. “...This is bad. It’s no wonder that the privy council had such a difficult time.” Eric said with a bitter expression. “So, what is it?” “The Ringain Kingdom’s embassy.” “I see. So that’s what it is.” The embassy was like a separate country within the Mendilibar Kingdom. So even the privy council, which was connected directly to the king, could not invade their territory. That made it the perfect place to hide something. “Locke. In other words, there is something in the royal palace and the embassy that is creating the hole?” “That’s the only explanation. Goran is right.” Then Goran asked us, “Which do we crush first?” “...The palace. It would be best to act after the government is functional again.” Eric’s wife and children, as well as Goran’s daughter, Serulis, were there as well. So if we went to the embassy first, Eric and Goran might not be able to concentrate, as their thoughts would be with the palace. “Understood. And I agree. What about you, Eric?” “I agree as well. Thank you, Locke.” Perhaps Eric thought that I was being considerate of his family, as he thanked me. “There’s no need to thank me. So it’s decided. We’ll break into the royal palace.” Now that we knew what to do, I shouted to Kathe. “Go and fly right above the palace. And then we’ll jump off!” “Got it! And what should I do after that?” Kathe was getting closer and closer to the palace now. The area around the palace was surrounded in a thick fog, it almost looked like a white hill. Even the tallest structure in the capital, a five-story watch tower, could be covered twice over. That’s how high the fog was. “I can’t tell what is happening inside, even when using magic. We must be careful.” “Understood.” “Locke. I’ll leave the fall control magic to you.” “Aye, I’ll handle it.” Even as we talked, Kathe got closer to the palace. A giant dragon flying overhead was sure to cause great chaos, but there was no time to think about all that. “After we jump off, Kathe, you should...” —–GAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! Kathe was just about to reach the area above the palace, when we heard the roar of a dragon from above. We were about to jump off, but then stopped. “Wh-what is that?” When we looked up, far above, at the same height as the clouds, ten Evil Dragons were flying in circles. —-GAAA!! GAAAA! GAA! They must have noticed Kathe’s approach, as they began to roar to each other, as if communicating. It would be a disaster if the royal capital were attacked by ten Evil Dragons without divine protection. And so we had to stop their attacks and drive them away. “I doubt that Kathe can take on ten of them at once. So Kathe and I will fight them together and...” “No, they need you on the ground, Locke. I shall fight them alone!” “Don’t be ridiculous.” Even if Kathe was the Wind Dragon King, ten Evil Dragons was too much. “Eric and Goran cannot use magic. And so they will not be able to jump off of my back!” “It will be fine if I cast the magic before they jump.” “Aye, that will be fine.” Said Goran as he prepared to jump. Just then, an especially loud roar rang in the air. But it was coming from below. “It’s Dorgo and Morris! What a relief!” Eric said happily. From below, they rose swiftly. It was Kathe’s father, the former Wind Dragon King, Dorgo, and the Grand Chamberlain of the Water Dragons, Morris. Eric and Goran’s communication bracelets were connected to Dorgo and Morris’s communication bracelets. They had used the teleportation circle that was set in my mansion to rush to our aid. “Sorry to keep you waiting. I understand the situation. You can leave those dragons up there to us.” Dorgo said in a confident voice. “Thank you. I’ll leave it to you then. We will head towards the ground.” “Yes. Good luck.” “I’m counting on you, Kathe.” “Leave it to me!” And so I held Lord Gerberga and Grulf as I jumped off of Kathe, along with Eric and Goran. I used magic to move my right arm and hold Grulf. It was no time to think about how much it hurt. Our destination was the thick fog that surrounded the royal palace. On the other hand, as soon as we were off, Kathe cut through the air and rose suddenly. Her fastest speed while carrying us was not really her fastest after all. She seemed to rise faster than the speed of sound as she slammed into one of the Evil Dragons. —-KYUAAAAA! After the crash, the scales and flesh of the Evil Dragon flew into the air. Bones and wings were crushed, and it let out a scream as it plummeted towards the ground.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 11, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
が放つ信じられない攻撃力と、大規模魔法に度肝を抜かされ、戦意を喪失しかけた諸侯連合軍だったか、続く攻撃がないことから、先ほどのものは連続しての攻撃が不可能な、勢いだけの鉄砲玉だけの花火と判断――まあ、当のが聞いたら、リクエストにお応えして連射しただろうが、現在当人たちはお酒飲んで戦場を眺めながら、やんややんやと喝采したり、憤慨したり、したり顔で解説したりと大忙しである――した。そしてそれを裏付けるように、ここアクィラ高原に数日前から待機するばかりであったこのことからも、諸侯連合軍の指揮官たちは、敵は奥の手は使い切った状態で、通常戦力のみの白兵戦を仕掛けてきたと判断を下し、がぜん生気と勝機とを見出したのだった。アミティア王国の残存勢力は28,000あまり、それに対して敵の 1に対して人間3で戦うのがセオリーのこの世界において、ほぼ互角の戦力と言えるが、個人での戦いと違い、団体での戦いになれば数の差は等比数列的に増加するものである。『勝てる!!』そう確信した各諸侯は、まずはいくつかの隊に分けて各自の指揮下に取り入れていた義勇兵、これを最前線に投入することで自身直轄の持ち駒を温存する作戦へと出た。数は多いが素人に毛の生えた集団――ましてや売国奴たる子に肩入れして集結した潜在的反逆者ども、と見なしている貴族たちにしてみれば、ここで共倒れを狙って使い潰すのは当然のこと――それらが粗末な武器と防具とを持ち、なだれ込んでくるすさまじい混戦の中、目を覆わんばかりの阿鼻叫喚の地獄絵図が、そこかしこで展開された。と、そんな無秩序かつ混乱状態にあった前線へ向け、満を持して待機していた諸侯連合軍の正規軍から、猛烈な勢いで弓兵による射撃が降り注ぎ、さらに魔術師による無数の氷の矢が、敵味方分け隔てなくその場に居たものを蜂の巣にした。さらに、とどめとばかり騎兵による突撃で敵軍を消耗させ、後に続く歩兵が生き残りを駆逐する――似たような光景が戦場のあちこちで繰り返された。勝負は決まった! 所詮は犬畜生にも劣る勝利を確信して、にんまり笑みを浮かべる諸侯連合軍の指揮官たちだったが、予想外に粘る敵と時間の経過とともに消耗していく自軍の様子に、いらだたしげに眉根を寄せ、ほどなく冷や汗を流すようになるのだった。なんだこれは?! 敵はどこから湧いてくるのだ!? しかもまったく戦意を衰えさせぬ。まるで連中には死というものがないようではないか! そうしていったんはアミティア王国軍に傾いていた天秤の針は、時間の経過とともに徐々にインペリアル・クリムゾン側へと傾き、取り返しの付かない位置まで下がっていったのだった。 ◆◇◆◇ 「まあもともと8×8マスだったボクは敵味方区別なく、血の海の中倒れている兵士たちの中央で、聖女系スキルの淡い光がボクの持つ長杖・「敵味方判定なく全員生き返るってのは、便利なんだか不便なんだか・・ってゆーか、さっき巻き込まれて死んでいた得体の知れない鳥が生き返って、アホアホ鳴きながら飛んでいったのを見たときは、なんともMPの無駄を感じたもんだよ、まったく」と違ってHPの20%しか回復しないので、素早くボクの後についてきた生き返った連中は、なにしろもともと敵味方入り乱れてのごった煮状態だったので、慌ててまた戦おうとするんだけど、「あー、復帰したインペリアル・クリムゾン兵士はさっさと前線へ戻って! とっくに戦場は前に動いてるんだからね、遅れないで! あと、アミティア王国義勇兵の諸君は、君らを後ろから撃った貴族軍に殉じて抵抗するなら容赦しないし、もう復活はないので念のため。逃げるんだったら追いかけないので、勝手に逃げてかまわないよ。以上」言いたいことだけ言って(なにしろ蘇生可能なのは30分以内だからねぇ)、さっさとその場を後にした。実際、あとから聞いた話では、義勇兵の大部分が魂の抜けたような顔で、ふらふらと戦場から撤退して行ったそうだけどね。「・・・甘くなったと思うかい、ふと、この戦場のどこかで戦っているであろう仮面の騎士を思い出して、ボクは2人に尋ねた。「特には。――もともと姫様がお気になさるほどの事柄でもありませんから」『......姫様もともと気分次第で助けたり、無意味に虐殺とかしてた。だから変わらなくて嬉しい』「・・・そりゃどーも」そーか、そうそんな風に思われていたのか......。「まあ取りあえず、がんばってみようーっ!」そう自分を鼓舞して、ボクは戦場を風のように駆け回った。 ◆◇◆◇ から迫り来るまったく無傷のインペリアル・クリムゾン兵士に対し、満身創痍で補給もままならないアミティア王国諸侯は個別に、しかも徹底的に蹂躙され、一兵たりとも見逃されることなく壊滅していった。「――に、逃げる・・・いや、撤退するぞ!」生き残りの諸侯軍の貴族が自分の軍馬に跨り、大慌てで戦場を後にしようとする。「しかし、まだ味方の兵士は戦闘中ですが、引き上げの合図を行ないますか?」「馬鹿を言うな! 儂が撤退する時間を稼ぐのが、奴ら下々の者の役目であろう! 連中が化物を抑えている間に、さっさとこの場を後にするぞ!」真っ赤な顔で怒鳴られ、腹心たちもお互いに頷きあい、我先にと自分の馬へと群がっていった。「......いやいや、それはさすがに無責任ってもんじゃないかい?」刹那、猛烈な爆風が陣幕を吹き飛ばし、驚いた馬たちが主を置いて一斉に逃げ出した。「主が主なら馬も馬ってところか・・・」風圧で馬から転げ落ちた彼らは、いつの間にかそこにいたのか、 ――この男、どこかで見たような・・・。全員の胸に淡い既知感が湧いたが、その答えが出る前に男は肩に乗せていた「指揮官たるものが味方を犠牲にしてトンズラこくとはどうにもいただけないな。うちの姫様なんぞ、味方の一兵残らず助けるために戦場を駆け回ってるってのにな」「貴様、何者だ?!」たまりかねた貴族の配下の問いかけに、男は剣を構えて一言。様の臣下の一人、「な――ッ!?!」と名乗ったその男は、まるで滑るような足取りで踊り込んでくると、手にした剣を優雅に横に変化をつけて振り抜いた。その一撃で、剣を抜いて構えていたもの、剣を抜こうとしていた者、逃げようとしていた者、全てが物言わぬ骸と化した。ただ一人、腰を抜かしていた貴族の男を抜かして。「......まったく、こういう奴ほど悪運が強い。とは言え以前の俺ならともかく、いまの俺には手加減をする理由もないしな。そんなわけで部下の待つ地獄へ行ってもらうぞ、ヴィッロレージ伯爵」そう言って近づいてく男の足の運び、姿、そして何より自分の名を呼んだ声に、すべての符号がピタリと合わさり、ヴィッロレージ伯爵は大きく息を呑んだ。「...マ、マロードだと? 違う、お、お前...いや、貴方はクロード......アシル......」「そんな名前の奴は死んだよ。ここにいるのは過去の残滓......それももうすぐ消え、ただの稀人が残るのさ」戦場とは思えない森閑とした周囲の静寂の中で、ひとつため息をついた稀人は誰にともなく呟いた。「こんないまの俺を見てお前は悲しむかな。いや、それよりも、お前を救えなかった俺を憎んでいるのかな......」「――その答えは君が一番よく知っているだろう? 彼女の魂が君の幸せを願わないと思うのかい?」「・・・これは、姫」を左肩にもたらせる姿勢で、いつからそこにいたのか緋雪が佇んでいた。「悪いけど、泣くのは全てが終わった後にしてもらえるかな? こっちの戦争はどうやら終わったみたいだけど、王都の方で暴動が起きたみたいで、引き続きそっちの対応をしなきゃいけなくなってねぇ」穏やかでない単語に稀人が仮面の下で顔を引き締めた。軽く肩をすくめる緋雪。「ああ、どうやらここの結果が逃げた義勇兵から伝わったみたいでね、これまで貴族に不満を持っていた民衆が一斉に蜂起したらしい。――まあ、誰かさんが撒いた種がやっと芽を出したってところかな」小さく呟き、ほっと・・・やっと重い荷物を下ろした旅人のような、万感の思いを込めたため息をつく稀人。「そんなわけで、これから全軍で王都に向かうんで君も遅れないように。遅れると君のやり残したこともできなくなるよ?」「そうですね。まだやるべき事が残っていましたね」なにを思っているのか、誰を思っているのか、どうするつもりか、訊いてみたい欲求に駆られたが、あえて聞かずに緋雪はその場を後にしようとした。と、その背中に稀人の妙にサバサバした声がかけられた。「姫、これが終わったら姫の胸を借りて思いっきり泣いてもいいですかね?」「――な、なんでさ?! 一人で泣けばいいじゃないか!」「いやあ、男って生き物は、つらい時に女の胸の中で泣きたいものなんですよ」「だ、だったらこんな薄い胸でない方がいいじゃないかっ。ソフィアなんてどうだい? 胸の大きさといい、量といい申し分ないよ」「・・・あのオーガの姐さんですか? 絞め殺されそうですね」想像してげんなりしている稀人を置いて、緋雪は風のように走り出した。「やれやれ」頬の辺りを掻いて、稀人は王都の方角を向いた。「待ってるかな・・・」	At the beginning of battle, the enemies’ monsters let out an attack with unbelievable power and a large-scale magic attack that destroyed the spirit of the Lords Alliance. However, since the next attack didn’t come after that, they began to believe that those attacks can’t be used continuously; kind of like gunshot and one-time-only firework. —Well, if they ask the people themselves, Kurashi (gunshot) and Ikaruga (firework), they will gladly answer the request by firing it in rapid fire. Still, right now they’re busy drinking alcohol while gazing at the battlefield, cheering, resenting, and commenting with a self satisfied look—they’re very busy. Then, as if replacing them, the monsters that had been standing by in the Aquira Plateau for the past few days started to move while giving a battle cry. Looking at that, the Lords Alliance’s commander judged that their enemy had used up its trump card then moved to conventional melee. With that, they suddenly feel their spirit come back, and see their chance at victory. The remaining military strength of the Amitia Kingdom was over ,, while the enemy monsters only had ,00. In this world, fighting monster 3vs1 is possible theory-wise. Thus, according to that, they have equal war potential. However, different from personal battle, the effect of difference in numbers will rise exponentially in a group battle. ““We can win!!”” Every lord believed in that and first ordered the volunteer soldiers that were divided and placed under their command to the front line, thus preserving their own pieces. Even though their numbers were overwhelming, they weren’t better than any amateur—well, from the lords’ perspectives, letting them who supported the traitor third prince and had a high possibility to rebel to die together with the enemy is a justified action—they held crude weapons and wore crude defensive armaments. Even if they desperately stood their ground against the surging wave of enemy monsters, they were mowed down by the Troll Warriors, and sent flying by the surging charge of Goblin Raiders. Those terrifying free-for-all fights, slowly became an agonizing painting of hell that will ruin your eyes. In those chaotic and confusing states, the Lords Alliance’s regular army which was standing by and waiting for an opportunity poured down a violent rain of arrows. Additionally, the magician corps was also firing numerous ice arrows which bore holes on whoever was in the way, disregarding if it was friend or foe. Moreover, as a finishing move the cavalry charged and exhausted the enemy army, then the infantry that came afterwards exterminated the survivors—that kind of scene can be found everywhere in this battlefield. The match is decided! After all they are just inferior beasts, no matter how much they gather it won’t be a problem! Believing in their victory, complacent smiles floated in the faces of the Lords Alliance’s commanders. However, the enemy’s persistence was out of their expectations and their own forces started dwindling together with the passage of time, making them begin to feel agitated and frown. Before long, cold sweat started to flow like water. What is this?! Where are they coming from!? Moreover, their fighting spirit hasn’t declined. As if they know no death! Then, the needle of the scale slowly started to incline toward Imperial Crimson’s side, until it was impossible to reverse. ◆◇◆◇ “Well, [Wide area resurrection: All Rise] was only 8×8 grids when it was a game, so it helps a lot since now it covers a 50m radius, but still...” Disregarding friend or foe, I stood in the middle of a sea of blood, and used the saint skill [All Rise]. Faint light flowed from the long cane ‘Blue Velvet’ in my hand toward my surroundings, the corpses started to come back to life and looked around, confused. “For it to ignore friend or foe, I don’t know if I should say it’s convenient or inconvenient... or rather, while looking at that strange bird which was dragged in, also coming back to life and flew while saying ‘stupid stupid’, I feel it is really a waste of MP.” While muttering to myself, I move and cast [All Rise] again without stopping. Incidentally, unlike the full recovery Resurrection skill, this wide range resurrection skill only recovers 20% HP, so Mikoto quickly followed after me by casting wide-range recovery skill, Angel Rain. Since the resurrection knows neither friend nor foe, allies and enemies were jumbled together and got into a confusing situation, in panic some even started to fight again, however, “Hey! Imperial Crimson’s soldiers who have come back to life, quickly move to the front! The battle has already moved forward since a long time ago, don’t be slow! Also, volunteer soldiers from the Amitia Kingdom, the Lords Alliance sacrificed you guys and even attacked you from behind. I’m not that forgiving, put up resistance and I won’t resurrect you again. However, we won’t pursue you, so if you want to run away, go on. That’s all.” I said what I wanted to say (since it is only possible to use resurrection within 30 minutes, I can’t waste my time here), and left that place. Actually, this is what I heard at a later time, most of the volunteer soldiers retreated from the battlefield in an unsteady manner, as if their soul was gouged out. “...do you think I’ve become soft, Mikoto, Amari?” Suddenly, I remembered the face of a certain masked knight who was also in this battlefield, and asked the two of them. “Not in particular. –Since from the beginning, it’s not something the princess should worry about.” “...From the start Princess was always saving others depending on her mood and meaninglessly committing atrocities. So I am happy that you haven’t changed.” I see, so they look at me that way... “Well then, let’s work hard!!” Encouraging myself, I ran around the battlefield like the wind. ◆◇◆◇ Unhurt Imperial Crimson soldiers came from every direction, against Amitia soldiers who were not only full of wounds, they also had no reinforcements and were separated from their own lords. Moreover, Imperial Crimson soldiers thoroughly trampled them, not leaving even one soldier behind in their wake. “—ru, run... no, retreat!” Nobles from the surviving army quickly rode their warhorses and attempted to leave the battlefield with great haste. Trusted confidants who gathered around them looked at each other’s faces and timidly asked for confirmation. “However, our allied soldiers are still in the middle of battle, shouldn’t we give them a retreat signal?” “Don’t be stupid! Giving me time to retreat is the duty of those low class people! While they stall those monsters, let’s leave this place quickly!” Hearing him shout with a red face, his close confidants nod to each other, and start to scramble towards their own horses. “...Err...isn’t doing that kind of thing irresponsible?” In that moment, a violent blast descended toward their formation and the surprised horses simultaneously ran away from that place, leaving their owners behind. “Like masters, like horses...huh.” Falling off the horses due to the wind pressure, they were bewildered because they saw a knight with red armor and a red mask walking in the middle of them before they noticed. —this man, I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere... A faint, familiar sensation welled up in their chests, but before they reached the answer, the man faced them and showed a fearless smile while resting his long sword on his shoulder. “It’s unbecoming for commanders to sacrifice their own allies and run. Our princess, on the other hand, is running around the battlefield so none of her allies die here.” “You, who the hell are you?!” One of the subordinates couldn’t take it anymore and asked, the man prepared his sword and said. “Imperial Crimson, one of the Princess’ subordinates. Maroudo.” “Whaa—!” In between the commanders whose complexion became pale, the man who called himself Maroudo danced forward as if slipping, drew and swung the sword in his hand horizontally. With that one attack, those who drew their swords and grasped them, those who tried to draw their swords, those who tried to run, everyone silently turned into corpses. Only one, a noble who fell on their back, was saved. “...Seriously, to think someone had this kind of luck. Well, I don’t know about the me from before, but the current me doesn’t have any reason to hold back. So I’ll send you to hell along with your subordinates, Earl Villoresi.” Looking at the conduct of the man who walked toward him, his figure, and the voice that he used to call himself, every sign matched, Earl Villoresi gasped. “...Ma, Maroudo you said? No, that’s wrong, you, you’re Acyl... Claude...” “The person with that name is already dead. The one standing in front of you is only his remains... and it will also disappear shortly, leaving only Maroudo behind.” Saying that, he drew and swung his sword straight ahead. ...In the corner of the battlefield, all lives came to an end. In the stillness that is unsuitable for a battlefield, Maroudo let out a sigh and whispered to no one. “Will you feel sad looking at the current me? Well, more than that, perhaps you detest me for being unable to save you...” “—Aren’t you the one who knows the answer to that question the most? Do you really think her soul doesn’t wish for your happiness?” A clear voice answered him. “...ah, princess.” Carrying ‘Blue Velvet’ on her left shoulder, Hiyuki stood there before he noticed. “I am sorry, but please save your tears until after we wrap this up? The war here is over, but apparently there’s a revolt in the royal capital. The follow-up action is something you must do.” “Revolt...” Hearing those not so gentle words, the part of Maroudo’s face which was not covered by the mask tightened. Hiyuki shrugs her shoulders lightly. “Yep, somehow the result of this war was announced by the fleeing volunteer soldiers. Then the people who were unhappy towards the nobles until now, all revolted at the same time. –well, the seed that someone planted might be sprouting, or something like that.” “...I see.” Maroudo muttered in a low voice, hah...and as if he was a traveler who finally unloaded their heavy burden, he let out a sigh flooded with emotion. “That’s why. I am planning to direct all soldiers to the capital, don’t lag behind. If you’re late, the thing you left undone might never get fulfilled you know?” “I see. There are still many things I need to do.” Though she feels the desire to ask what he’s thinking about, who he’s thinking about, and what he would do, in the end she left that place without asking any of it. Then, looking at that back, Maroudo felt somewhat relieved and asked frankly. “Princess, when everything has ended, may I borrow your highness’ bosom and cry as much as I like?” “—wha, why?! Just cry alone!” Hiyuki hugged her own chest and retreated right away. “Well, men are creatures who want to cry in a girl’s bosom in painful times.” “Th-then isn’t it better if it’s not flat like mine? How about Sofia? Her chest is huge, there’s no objection to it.” “...That young ogre princess? I will be strangled to death.” Leaving aside Maroudo who felt dejected after imagining it, Hiyuki ran like the wind. “My my.” Scratching his cheek, Maroudo headed toward the royal capital. “I wonder whether he’s waiting for me...” He muttered someone’s name, but there was no one to hear it.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 35, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
「何でセイリュウ先輩が、レイディルーン先輩と?」人の波を縫って近付いてくるセイリュウは、シェイラの傍らにいる泣き跡も新しい少女の存在を気にしながら口を開いた。「そういう君こそ何をしているんだ?」「僕は、王都の散策です。コディとゼクスと来たんですけど、」シェイラは手を繋いでいるアビィをチラッと見下ろしながら、答えあぐねた。流石に声をかけてくれた相手が迷子などと知ったら、彼女の不安を煽るだけだろう。躊躇いに気付いたセイリュウが耳元近くでボソボソと呟く。「......はぐれたんだな」「......はい」「しかもその女の子は――――」シェイラとセイリュウは互いの目を見合わせるとしてガックリと項垂れた。慣れない王都で迷子になっている癖に迷子を保護するなんて、我が事ながら考えなしにもほどがある。色々言いたいことはあるだろうが、優しい先輩はアビィの手前、シェイラを叱責しなかった。「迷子は巡回兵団に預けると決まっているんだ。きっとその辺りを巡回しているはずだから、とりあえず広場の方へ向かおう」「でも、コディとゼクスが探してるかも......」シェイラ達のやり取りをずっと無言で眺めていたレイディルーンが、そこで口を挟んだ。「ここで俺達と別れるのは、迷子が増えるだけで得策ではないぞ。お前の友人達も巡回兵団を頼っているかもしれないし、そうでなくても俺達と寮に帰ればいい。お前が見当たらなければ、彼ら戻ってくるだろう」「うーん、確かに」コディ達には随分迷惑をかけてしまうことになるが、今はアビィが優先だ。あとで会ったら精一杯謝ろう。納得したと分かると、セイリュウ達は歩きだした。そのあとを手を繋いだシェイラとアビィが続く。彼らは子どもの歩調に合わせて、ゆっくりと歩いてくれているようだった。「それで、お二人は何の用事で王都へ?」繰り返して訊くと、レイディルーンがチラリと振り返って答えた。「夏の研修で巡回兵団の世話になるから、王都の様子を一通り見ておこうと思ったのだ」「夏の研修?」「特別コースに進むと、実際の現場の空気に触れられるようにと研修を行うのだ。俺はもう巡回兵団での研修が確定している」上位貴族だけあって、特別コースに進むのは当然のことらしい。今週中に発表されるとのことだが、まだ結果が出ていないコースだけでなく研修先まで把握していることに驚かされる。そこは貴族のコネという奴だろうか。「でも巡回兵団って、一般コースの人が配属される場合が大半だって聞きましたけど」貴族の頂点に近い存在であるレイディルーンが巡回兵団への研修に行く必要があるのか疑問だ。このまま騎士になる道を選ぶなら、彼は近衛騎士団への入隊が決まっているようなものなのに。「だからこそだ。貴族の多くは近衛騎士団に入隊する。学生の内に他の兵団の仕事を学ぶために、あえて近衛騎士団以外の研修を割り振られることもあるのだ」シェイラとしては、物を知らない自分のためにレイディルーンが詳しく説明してくれることを意外に思った。面倒見のいいところがあるのかもしれない。「へぇー、研修って面白そうだな。もし僕が特別コースに入れたら、どこに行けるんだろう?」シェイラの場合は一般コースの可能性も濃厚なので、あくまで想像になってしまうが。ほとんど独り言に近い呟きにはセイリュウが答えた。「実習先は国境警備、王都の巡回、要人警護、城砦警備と色々あるけど生は遠方には回されないぞ。危急の事態が起きた場合、足を引っ張る可能性があるからな」「それなりに平和で安全なところに割り振られるってことですね。じゃあやっぱり、王都の警備かなぁ」「もう、難しいお話ばっかりでつまんないよ」「あ。ごめんねアビィ」膨れっ面の少女に慌てて謝るが、彼女の視線は既に前を歩く二人に向けられていた。「ねぇねぇ。お兄ちゃん達は一緒に王都に来たの?仲よしさんなの?」シェイラですら聞きづらかったことを、アビィは恐れ気もなく質問する。セイリュウは目を瞬かせていたが、やがて苦笑した。「そんなふうに考えること自体、恐れ多い話だ。今は学院の後輩でも、この方は貴族なのだから。俺は巡回兵団への配属がほぼ内定しているから、彼の案内役を務めさせていただいているだけだよ」堅苦しい言葉遣いにアビィは眉を寄せていたが、シェイラはパッと顔を輝かせた。「そういえば、クローシェザード先生から聞きました。セイリュウ先輩はいずれ巡回兵団の団長になることが決まっているって。おめでとうございます」「ハハ。まだ本決まりではないし、団長就任だって何年先の話になるか分からないんだがな。でも、ありがとう」照れたように髪を掻き上げるセイリュウと笑い合っていると、また膨れっ面のアビィに手を引かれた。「おねいちゃん」「あぁ、ごめんごめん。って、だからお姉ちゃんじゃないし」「じゃあお兄ちゃん達は、おねいちゃんと仲よしさんなの?」「お願いだから話を聞こうか」アビィの他意のない質問に、セイリュウとレイディルーンは同時に足を止めた。もしかしたら気分を害したのかもしれないと、シェイラは慌てて訂正した。「先輩だよ。二人とも面倒見がいい、尊敬できる先輩。あと、ホントにお姉ちゃんはやめようね」「だってこのお兄ちゃん達、スッゴーく遠くにいたのにおねいちゃんに気付いたよ?心配だからすごく走ってたんでしょ?」この子に限って悪気はないのだろうが、この話題は早く終わらせてしまいたい。セイリュウとレイディルーンが、何やら難しい顔で立ち止まってしまっているし。通行の邪魔だと邪険にされそうなものなのに、明らかに貴族にしか見えないレイディルーンのせいで、街の人々もどこか遠巻きだ。「あの、セイリュウ先輩はともかく、レイディルーン先輩が心配してくれたなんて勘違い、僕は絶対しませんから。子どもの言うことなので大目にみてもらえれば......」「その言い草だと、俺が冷酷な人間のようではないか?」アビィではなく、シェイラの発言の方が燗に障ったらしい。詰問口調で迫られ、キョトンと目を丸くした。「じゃあ、心配してくれたんですか?」「......それはそうだろう。後輩が物慣れない様子でいたのだから」微妙に間があったので本心ではないのかもしれないが、駆け付けたのは否定しなかった。実際に助かったのだから、シェイラはお礼を言うべきだろう。「ありがとうございます。やっぱりレイディルーン先輩は、優しいですね」見た目に反して、という失礼に当たりそうな部分を呑み込んで笑うと、紫の瞳がほんの僅かに泳いだ。「......この俺を優しいなどと表現するのは、お前くらいだ」戸惑っている様子が珍しくてジロジロと眺めていたら、鎧を見に着けた男達が姿を現した。彼らは見回りをしていた巡回兵団の団員で、高位貴族のレイディルーンの周りにできた人だかりがちょっとした騒ぎになっていたので確認に来たらしい。シェイラは全く気付かなかった。渡りに船とばかりにアビィの存在を知らせると、彼女を捜している両親が兵団の屯所に来ているということだった。シェイラは一安心して巡回兵にアビィを預けた。遠ざかっていく少女に手を振り返しながら、隣で手を振っているセイリュウを見上げた。「よかったですね、セイリュウ先輩」「あぁ、よかった。......ところでシェイラ。俺のことは呼び捨てでいいぞ。いちいち先輩を付けるのも面倒だろう」突然の申し出にシェイラは目を瞬かせた。「いいんですか?」「構わないさ」セイリュウは温かみのある微笑みを浮かべながらシェイラを見下ろしている。こちらが親しみを感じているように、彼も好感を抱いているのなら、素直に嬉しい。「では、お言葉に甘えます。でももし先輩と同じ巡回兵団に配属されたら、ちゃんと団長って呼びますからね」「まだ卒業もしていないのに、何を言っているんだか」軽口を叩き合っていると、やけに視線を感じた。振り返るとレイディルーンが、いつも通り傲然とシェイラを見下ろしていた。あくまで無表情なのに、その瞳は雄弁に何かを語っているようにも思える。「............どうしました?」「............別に。何でもない」レイディルーンの視線がスッと逸らされる。明らかに不審な態度だったが、シェイラはそれ以上の追及をしなかった。「それにしても、ちょっと歩いただけで迷子に当たるなんて、王都は少し治安が悪いんですか?」これは、ずっと気になっていたことでもあった。何かに夢中になった子どもが親の目を離れてしまうのはあり得ることだが、アビィがいた辺りには煙草屋や薬屋などが並んでおり、子どもの目を引くようなものはなかったと思う。これに関してはセイリュウがすぐに否定した。「いや、王都の治安は徹底して守られている。巡回兵が一時間に一度隅々まで見回りをしているし、それ以外にも常に街を見守る私服の兵を配備しているはずだ」巡回兵団への配属が内定している彼としては、手落ちがあるなどと考えたくないのだろう。悪いなとは思いつつ、何かがずっと引っ掛かっていた。「治安はいい。兵が巡回をしてる。それでも迷子になる............」「そ⋅れ⋅を、お前が言うなぁ!」「うぎゃっ」突然物凄い力で頭を押さえ付けられ、シェイラは悲鳴を上げた。何事かとすぐに顔を上げると、息を切らしたゼクスの怒り顔が眼前にあった。「ゼクス!コディ!」「よかった、見つかって。巡回兵団なら保護してくれてるかもと広場に来たんだけど、まさかセイリュウ先輩達といるとは思わなかったよ」どうやら彼らも闇雲に探すのではなく、巡回兵団を頼ろうと思ったらしい。コディが先輩方に礼儀正しく挨拶を済ませていたが、そんなことより万力を込めているゼクスの腕を引き剥がしてほしかった。シェイラの頭が緊急事態だ。「お前がはぐれたせいでアリンちゃんに会いに行けなかっただろうが!どうしてくれんだコラ!無駄になっちまったクッキー代寄越せ!弁償しろ!」もう刻限が近いため、今から食堂に行くのは不可能だろう。シェイラが迷子になったために計画が頓挫してしまったことを怒っているらしい。珍しく友人を止めるつもりはないらしく、ゼクスの後ろでコディが苦笑していた。「分かりづらいかもしれないけど、ゼクスもすごく心配してたんだよ。もちろん僕だって。今回はいい勉強になったってことで、彼のお小言も甘んじて受けるべきだね」助けが期待できないことを悟ったシェイラの頭の中に、自業自得という言葉がお説教の間中飛び交い続けていた。	“Why is Seiryuu-senpai with Leidyrune-senpai?” Seiryuu, who was approaching through the waves of people, opened his mouth while paying attention to the presence of the crying girl beside Sheila. “What are you doing here?” “I’m exploring the royal capital with Cody and Zechs, but....” Sheila hesitated to continue as she glanced down at Abby, who was holding her hand. If Abby found out that the person who had rescued her was also lost, it would only make her more anxious. Seiryuu, noticing her hesitation, whispered near her ear. “.... Yes.” “And that girl is―” “.... Lost.” Sheila and Seiryuu looked into each other’s eyes, and she bowed her head in shame. She was lost in an unfamiliar city, and protecting a lost child was, in her opinion, a little too much of an unthinkable thing. There must have been a lot to say, but the gentle upperclassman didn’t reprimand Sheila in front of Abby. “Lost children are usually taken care of by the Patrol Corps. I’m sure they’ll be patrolling the area, so let’s just head toward the square for now.” “But Cody and Zechs might be looking for me....” Leidyrune, who had been silently watching the exchange between Sheila and the others, interrupted them. “It’s not a good idea to split up with us here, because you’ll just get lost. Your friends may also be relying on the patrol, and even if they are not, you can go back to the dormitory with us. If they don’t find you, they’ll come back.” “Umm, that’s true.” It would cause a lot of trouble for Cody and Zechs, but Abby was her priority right now. Sheila would apologize as much as she could when she saw them later. When she was finally convinced, Seiryuu and Leidyrune started to walk away, followed by Sheila and Abby who were holding hands. They seemed to be walking slowly, matching the pace of the child. “So, what brings you two to the royal capital?” When Sheila repeated her question, Leidyrune glanced back and answered. “I’ll be under the care of the Patrol Corps for summer training, so I thought I’d take a look around the city.” “Summer training?” “When you’re in the special course, they train you to get a real feel for what it’s like in the actual field. I’ve already been confirmed for training with the Patrol Corps.” As he was a high-ranking noble, it seemed natural to advance to the special course. It was said that the results would be announced this week, but she was surprised that he knew not only his designated course but also the place of training. Was that the aristocrat’s connections? “But I heard that most of the Patrol Corps are assigned to people in the general course.” Sheila doubted that Leidyrune, who was near the top of the nobility, needed to go to the Patrol Corps for training. If he chose to become a knight, he would already be enlisted for the Imperial Knights “That’s why. Many nobles join the Order of the Imperial Knights in the end. However, in order to learn the work of other corps while they are students, they are sometimes assigned training other than for the Imperial Knights.” Sheila was surprised that Leidyrune would explain it in detail to her. Maybe there was a caring side to him. “Wow, training sounds interesting. If I was put in a special course, I wonder where I would go?” In Sheila’s case, there was a strong possibility that she would be put in the general course, so it was only her imagination. Seiryuu replied to her mutterings. “There are various types of on-field training, including border patrols, patrolling the royal capital, guarding dignitaries, and fortifications, but fourth-year students won’t be sent far from the city. If an emergency situation arises, they could be a liability.” “So, it means that I’ll be assigned to a relatively peaceful and safe place. Then, I guess I’ll be guarding the royal capital.” “It’s so boring with all the complicated stories.” “Ah. I’m sorry, Abby.” She hurriedly apologized to the puffy-faced girl, but her eyes were already on the two people walking in front of her. “Hey, hey. Did big brothers come to the royal capital together? Are you good friends?” Abby fearlessly asked questions that even Sheila had a hard time asking. Seiryuu blinked his eyes but eventually chuckled. “I’m afraid to even think of it that way. Even though he is now my underclassman at the academy, he is an aristocrat. I’m only acting as his guide since I’m almost unofficially assigned to the Patrol Corps.” Abby raised her eyebrows at the stiff tone, but Sheila’s face lit up. “Speaking of which, I heard from Claushezade-sensei that Seiryuu-senpai will eventually become the commander of the Patrol Corps. Congratulations!” “Hahaha. It’s not finalized yet, and I don’t know how many years it will be before I become the commander. But thank you.” As Sheila was laughing with Seiryuu, who scratched his hair in embarrassment, she was again pulled by the puffy-faced Abby. “Sister.” “Oh, sorry. By the way, I said that I’m not Sister.” “Are you two good friends with Sister?” “Please, will you listen to me?” Abby’s innocent question made both Seiryuu and Leidyrune stop at the same time. Perhaps they were offended, Sheila hastily corrected them. “They’re both my upperclassmen. Both of them are caring and respectable seniors. And, really, let’s stop with the ‘Sister.’” “I mean, these big brothers were so far away, but they noticed Sister. They were running because they were worried about Sister, weren’t they?” Sheila was sure that the little girl had no bad intentions, but she would like to end this topic quickly. Seiryuu and Leidyrune were standing still with a difficult look on their faces. Even though they might be seen as a nuisance because they were creating traffic in the streets, the people of the city were keeping their distance because of Leidyrune, who clearly looked like an aristocrat. “Um, putting Seiryuu-senpai aside, I would never misunderstand that Leidyrune-senpai was worried about me. It’s just something a child says, so if you could just tolerate it.....” “If you say that, doesn’t it sound like I’m a cold-hearted person?” It seemed that Sheila’s remarks were more offensive than Abby’s. Questioned in a pressing tone, her eyes widened. “Then, were you worried about me?” “.... That’s right. Because you looked troubled.” There was a subtle pause, so maybe Leidyrune didn’t really mean it, but he didn’t deny that he had rushed over. Since she was actually saved, Sheila should thank him. “Thank you very much. I knew it, Leidyrune-senpai is very kind.” When Sheila laughed, swallowing the part that might be considered rude, his purple eyes shook just slightly. “.... Only you would describe me as kind.” While Sheila gazed at him in a puzzled manner, a group of men in armor appeared. They were members of a patrolling corps who were making their rounds and came to check on the fact that the crowd around Leidyrune, a high-ranking noble, was causing a bit of a commotion. Sheila didn’t notice at all. She took the opportunity to inform them of Abby’s presence, and they told her that her parents had come to the military post looking for her. Sheila felt relieved and left Abby in the care of the patrolman. Waving back at the girl as she walked away, Sheila looked up at Seiryuu, who was waving next to her. “What a relief, right, Seiryuu-senpai?” “Ah, yes, it’s a relief.... By the way, Sheila, you can call me by my name. I’m sure it’s a hassle to call me “senpai” every time.” Sheila blinked her eyes at the sudden offer. “Is that okay?” “I don’t mind.” Seiryuu looked down at Sheila with a warm smile. If he felt familiar and close to her, she was honestly glad. “Then, I will take your word for it. But if I am assigned to the same Patrol Corps as you, I will properly call you Commander.” “I haven’t even graduated yet, what are you talking about?” As they were joking around, Sheila suddenly felt someone staring at her. When she turned around, Leidyrune was arrogantly looking down at her as usual. Although he was expressionless, his eyes seemed to be saying something. “.... What’s wrong?” “.... Nothing. Never mind.” Leidyrune’s gaze was quickly averted. He was clearly suspicious, but Sheila didn’t pursue the matter further. “Even so, if you get lost just by walking a little, is it unsafe in the royal capital?” That was something that had been bothering her for a while. It was possible for a child who was preoccupied with something to leave their parents’ sight, but the area where Abby was found was filled with tobacco shops and pharmacy stores, and Sheila didn’t think there was anything that would attract a child’s attention. Seiryuu was quick to deny this. “No, the security of the capital is thoroughly protected. Patrolmen walked every corner of the city every hour, and besides that, there should always be soldiers in disguise watching over the city at all times.” As someone who had been unofficially assigned to the Patrol Corps, he probably didn’t want to think that there was an oversight. Sheila felt apologetic for him, but something kept nagging at her. “The security is good. Soldiers are patrolling. But she still got lost....” “You don’t get to say that!” “Ow!” Sheila yelped as her head was suddenly pressed down with tremendous force. She immediately looked up to see what was going on and saw Zechs’ angry face, who was out of breath. “Zechs! Cody!” “I’m glad we finally found you! We came to the plaza thinking that the Patrol Corps might’ve found you, but I didn’t expect to find you here with Seiryuu-senpai and Leidyrune-senpai.” Apparently, they too decided to rely on the Patrol Corps instead of searching blindly. Cody had finished greeting his upperclassmen politely, but Sheila wanted him to pull off Zechs’ arm, which was holding her tightly. Her head was in an emergency. “I didn’t get to see Arin-chan because you got separated from us! What are you going to do about it?! Give me the money for the pastries you wasted! You’ll pay for it!” It would be impossible to go to the diner now, as their curfew was almost up. He seemed angry that his plan had been foiled because Sheila got lost. Unlike usual, Cody smiled wryly behind Zechs, apparently not intending to stop his friend. “It may be hard to understand, but Zechs was also very worried. Of course, I was too. You should take his scolding as a learning experience.” Realizing that she couldn’t expect help, the words “you deserved it” continued to fly around in Sheila’s head throughout the preaching.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 3, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
ギルドマスターからのお説教、じゃない、お小言の後、魔物素材の売却のために倉庫に移動。面倒だから食べられる肉類をある程度残してあとは全部売っちゃおう。ああ、でも毛皮は幾つか残しておこうかな。ちなみにオーガ肉は食べられないらしい。と言うわけでどどーんと出した。皆さん目を丸くしてますね。どれもこれもノルンっていう私の女神の所為なんだ。ノルンさんマジ女神。もう本当に大好き。だから苦情は受け付けない。「よくもここまでの量を......それに、どれも傷んでない......?」あ、そこ、気付きますよね。でも明後日の方向を見て知らん振り。それを見て察してくれたのかその後は何も言われなかった。売却益、金貨20枚也。うん、なんだか酷いことになってしまったね。ギルドマスターが何故だか凄い喜んでた。良く分かりませんが、おめでとうございます? ちなみにオーガの魔石は売らなかった。色々使えそうだし。と言うわけで魔物素材の売却も終わったのでお仕事に行かないと。色々と有ったけど、今はまだ朝早い時間ですよ。南の森はもう立ち入り禁止になってしまってる。ギルマス仕事速いね。と言うわけでどこか別の場所探さないとダメかー。掲示板は既に人だかり。あの中に突っ込む気力は無い。面倒だから取り敢えず外に出ようかな、と考えてたらサレナさんが近づいてきてこっそり教えてくれた。北東の川の水辺や川底には珍しい薬草が生えてるらしい。うどんのお礼だって。餌付けはしてみるものだね。このまま好感度を上げていけば、やがては......! お礼を言ってギルドから出るとそのまま街の外へ。街の外に出たら人探し。いや、このまま川を目指しても良いんだけど。きょろきょろあたりを見回してると数人の子供が近づいてきた。シンとユイとその仲間達。別に声もかけないし挨拶もしない。仲間ってわけじゃないし。えーと、男子5人に女子3人で、全部で8人? 周囲に集まったのを確認するとひとつ頷いて出発。川を目指す。「......なあ、森じゃないのか?」「どこ行くんだろう?」「シン、聞いてみろよ」なんだかこそこそと話ししてるけど、別に嫌なら帰っていいよ。今日行くところは私も初めてだしね。歩みを進めてるとシンが話しかけてきた。「あの、今日はどこに行くんですか?」「川です」「川? 森じゃないんですか?」「南の森は立ち入り禁止になってます」「立ち入り禁止?」「オーガが出たそうです」「オーガ!?」子供達が騒ぎ出した。そんなに怖がらなくてもこれから行くところはオーガが出た森じゃないよ、川だよ。喧騒を無視して歩き続ける。 1時間ほど歩くと川に着いた。見回すとそこそこに人が居るみたい。水辺で薬草が採れるんだっけ? 下流のほうは平野、上流は森が見える。うん、森だね。更に30分移動。森に到着。森には着いたけど採集は川辺で行う予定。そのまま川沿いに森に入っていく。んー、川沿いだともっと採取されて何もないかと思ってたけど、割と普通に生えてるね。もうここで良いかな。と言うわけで水辺に生えてる薬草をちまちま採取する。ついでに目を凝らして川底を見つめる。うん、確かに珍しい薬草が生えてる。でも濡れるから入りたくない。ここは【ストレージ】の出番。はい、回収完了。 1時間ほど採取を続けていたけど、飽きてきた。別のことがしたい。んー。川、川だよ? 川と言えば、魚? そうだ、魚だ! と言うわけで魚を捕る事にした。ざっと【探知】で調べるとイワナっぽいのがうようよ居る。ということはここはかなり水が綺麗なのかな? 或いは結構上流だったりする? もっと下流に行けばニジマスとかも捕れるだろうか。下流......海? 海魚も食べたい。っと、いかんいかん、まずは目の前に集中だ。イワナ。どうやって捕ろうか。釣り? 釣具が無い。がちん漁は色々拙そう。子供達に知られるのも拙そう。簗? これが楽そう? 竹が欲しいけど、ないので【ストレージ】内の木材を加工して籠状に加工。編んで作るものだからか、消費も少なかった。次は川を堰き止めるか、狭めるか、なんだけど......ここは土魔法でどーんと行こう。狭めた先にさっき作った籠を設置。うん、水はちゃんと抜けていく。後は魚を追い込むだけだ。唐突に意味不明なことをやりだした私に困惑する子供達。気にしないで採集してていいよ。うーん、魚を追い込む......やっぱり服脱がないとダメか。仕方ない。マントを脱いで、編み上げのブーツを脱ぐ。今日の服装、幸いにも下はキュロットだ。但しガーター&ストッキング着用なのでブーツとストッキングを脱がないといけない。ぬぎぬぎ。なまあしー。水、結構冷たいね。川に入ってばしゃばしゃとやりだすと子供達の困惑が加速した。あと、赤くなって目を逸らす男子急増。そんなことをしてるとユイが声をかけてきた。「あの! なにしてるんですか!」「気にしないでいいから、採取してなさい」暫くばしゃばしゃやった後に籠を確認すると、えーと、16匹位? ぴちぴちしてました。取り敢えず今日はこのくらいで良いかな。籠を外して土魔法で作った堰を消す。川から上がったら【乾燥】を使って、足と若干濡れた服を乾かしてストッキングと靴とマントを着付け直した。テントを出して昨夜作ったコンロもどきと他の調理器具も出して準備完了。コンロもどきは暇を見ては改造予定。目指せ大火力。そう言えばこのコンロもどき造った所為か、【魔道具作成】のスキルを覚えてた。もうあれこれ増えすぎ。ドレもこれも鍛えたいけど、鍛えるのにも時間が足りない。それはさておき。んー、イワナの料理、何が良いかな。塩焼き、いいね。バターでホイル焼き、いいね。フライもいいなあ。あー、燻製にしてもいいかもしれない。よし、全部やろう。塩は先日買い込んである。ぬめりを取ってエラや内臓等の処理。後は順番に作っていく。塩焼き。化粧塩もちゃんとつけますよ。バターでホイル焼き。バターは先日少量手に入れた。ホイルは自作。MP消耗多いけど、仕方ないね。フライ。作っておいて良かった椿油。スモークして燻製したものはあとで葉野菜とサラダにしてもいい。出来上がったものは【ストレージ】に仕舞っていく。取り敢えず全ずつ使って終了。気付けば昼を過ぎていた。うーん、出来立てを今食べても良いんだけど......子供達の視線が痛い。分ける程の量は取れなかったし、流石に自重。【ストレージ】に仕舞ってあったパンやオーク肉でささっと食事を終わらせると、今日はもう帰ることにした。今回付いてきた子供達はシンが言いつけていたのか特に不満の声は上がらなかった。うん、私の心の平穏は守られたね。あ、相変わらずノルンさんは女神でした。オーク数体とゴブリンが荷物に追加されました。街に戻ってギルドで精算。川底の薬草は稀少らしく、高値で売れた。それだけで売却益小金貨5枚也。プラスで在庫も売って、合計で小金貨10枚の収入。宿に戻るとリリーさんがいたので少しお話。今日は川に行って魚を取ってきたと言ったら驚いてた。ついでにそれで料理を作って持ってきたので後で一緒に食べようとお誘いしたら大喜びだった。そしてそれを盗み聞いていたコックさんが顔を真っ赤にしてた。今日は大分早く帰って来たから晩御飯の時間までまだ結構時間が余ってるなあ。そういえば買いこんだ布で服作らないと。と言うわけでその後は暫く服作りに精を出した。中身おっさんの癖に随分女の子らしくなったものだ、うむ。ついでにマントも新調。今までは実用性重視のまさに皮のマント! って感じだったけど、撥水加工した布のマントを作って裾とかの部分に刺繍を入れてみた。いや、なめし皮でマントって普通に結構重いの......おまけで目立たないようにと願いを込めて【隠身】の効果を付与。【技能付与】を使うと覚えてるスキルを付けられるらしい。但し、付与のレベルまでが上限なので今付けられる効果はLV2までだけど。その後お風呂に入って晩ご飯。色々作ったけど出したのはホイル焼き。バターの香りが暴力的。他のお客さんが厨房に怒鳴り込んでるけど別に私は悪くない。何人かは私に話しかけようとしてたけど華麗にスルー。あ、リリーさんは今日も見事なトロ顔でした。可愛い。	There wasn’t any lecturing from the guild master, and after a small warning, I moved towards the warehouse to sell my monster materials. I decided to sell all the edible meat since holding on to them was too cumbersome. But I did keep some of the skins. On a side note, it seems ogre meat isn’t edible. Thus, I took everything out. And everyone around me looked shocked. All of these were due to the grace of my goddess, Norn. Norn is seriously a goddess. I really love her. And I’m not taking any objections to that. “To have this much......and there’s no signs of damage.......?” Ah, so you noticed. But I turned away and feigned ignorance. After taking a cue from my behavior, nothing more was said afterwards. The total from the sale was gold coins. Yep, it was quite a great amount. The guild master was also very happy for some reason. I’m not sure why, but congratulations, I guess? Also, I decided not to sell the ogre’s magic stone. Since it seems there were various uses to it. Anyways, since the sale of the monster materials was concluded, it was now time to go to work. Various things happened, but it was still early in the morning. The southern forest area was already placed off-limits. The guild master sure worked fast. As such, I had to go look for a different area. But the bulletin board already had a crowd around it. And I didn’t have the energy to rush in. While I was thinking about just heading out since it was too troublesome, Salena approached me and whispered a secret to me. Apparently, there were rare herbs growing near the river flowing in the northeast. She said it was thanks for the udon. I should feed her more often. And if I increased her favorability more, eventually.......! I thanked her before leaving the guild and then headed out of town. After exiting town, I glanced around for some people. I could just go directly to the river, but for now...... A few children approached me as I was glancing around. Shin, Yui, and their friends. I didn’t give a greeting or say anything. Since I’m not their friend. Let’s see, five boys, three girls, so eight in total? Alter confirming that everyone had gathered around, I gave a nod and headed off. The target would be the river. “......Uh, are we not going to the forest?” “Where are we going?” “Shin, go ask her.” It seems they were questioning where I was going, but if they didn’t like it, they’re free to go home. Today would be my first time going there. As I continued on forward, Shin moved forth to talk to me. “Um, where are you going for today?” “The river.” “The river? Are you not going to the forest?”” “The southern forest area is off-limits.” “Off-limits?” “It seems ogres have appeared there.” “Ogres!?” The children began panicking. Even if you’re all scared, the place we’re going to isn’t the forest, it’s the river. I continued on ahead while ignoring the noises. After walking for about an hour, I arrived at the river. I looked around and there were a few people about. Should I look for herbs near the riverside? There was an open field towards the downstream of the river and a forest towards the upstream. I see, a forest. I walked for about another minutes. I’m now in the front of the forest. Although I went towards the forest, I’m planning on gathering near the river. I walked straight inside the forest while following alongside the river. Hmm, I thought there would be more to gather alongside the river, but the vegetation was essentially the same. I think around here should be far enough. And so I began collecting the herbs growing alongside the river. As I was doing so, I also looked closely at the bottom of the river. Yep, those are definitely rare herbs. But I’m not getting in since I would get wet. But this would be where Storage comes in. Alright, done. After gathering for about an hour, I was starting to get bored. Let’s do something else! Hmm.... River, a river? Speaking of rivers, there should be fish, right? Yes, fish! Thus, I decided to go catch some fish. I did a quick check using Detection and it looked like there were fish akin to chars in the river. The water looked quite clear around here. I wonder how it would look further upstream? I might even be able to catch a rainbow trout if I head further downstream. Downstream......so the sea? I want to eat some sea fish. Ah, this won’t do, let’s focus on the current target. The chars. Now, how should I catch them? By fishing? But I didn’t have any fishing gear with me. I could always try physically catching the fish, or something else. The children also caught fish like that. How about a fish trap? I think I could make that work. I wish I had some bamboo, but since I didn’t have any, I took out some wood from Storage and made them into a cage. Since I had the materials, the consumption was low. Next, I need to block the flow of the river, or narrow it down, so......let’s use earth magic to do that. Then I placed the finished cage into the narrowed end. Good, the water is flowing through. Now all I need to do is drive the fish towards it. The children were confused due to not knowing what I was doing. But I continued working without paying any heed to them. Hmm, in order to drive the fish........as expected, I need to take off my clothes. I suppose it can’t be helped. I removed my cloak and took off my high-laced boots. Fortunately, I was wearing culottes today. But since I was also wearing garters and stockings, I also had to remove those too. Thus, I took them all off. And now I was barefooted. The water felt really cold. When I entered the river and started splashing about, the children became even more confused. Also the boys immediately turned red and looked away. Yui called out to me at that point. “Um! What are you doing?” “Don’t worry about it, I’m just gathering.” After a while, I went to confirm the trap. There’s about ? A bit disappointing. But this should be enough for today. I removed the net and dispelled the barrier I made using earth magic. After getting out of the river, I used “Dry” to dry my feet and slightly wet clothes, and then put on my stockings, boots, and cloak. Then I took out the tent, and prepared the stove that I made last night and several other cooking utensils. I would remodel the stove when I have time. To make the firepower stronger. Speaking of which, I ended up learning a skill called “Create Magic Tool” after making this stove. I honestly have too many skills. There were various skills I wanted to level, but I didn’t have enough time to level them all. But that aside. Hmm, cooking chars, I wonder what I should do? Grilling them with salt sounds nice. Foil-roasting them with butter also sounds nice. Frying them would also work. Ah, maybe I could I also smoke them. Alright, let ’s do all of them. I already bought salt a few days ago. I removed the slime and started dealing with the gills and internal organs. Then I started making everything in order; Grilling with salt. I made sure to properly cover them in salt. Foil-roasting with butter. I managed to obtain a small amount of butter the other day. I made the foil myself. I had to use some MP, but it was necessary. Frying. I used vegetable oil to do that. As for smoking, I made smoked fish which could be used as sides or for salads. I placed all the finished products into Storage. Thus, I completed all four methods. And by the time I realized, it was already noon. Good, I could eat them now while everything was still freshly-made......but the stares from the children was painful. I didn’t have enough to share with everyone, and as expected, I place myself first. After a quick meal with bread and orc meat that I had placed in storage beforehand, I decided to head back for today. The children who followed me this time didn’t raise any complaints since Shin had made sure they wouldn’t. Good, my peace of mind was kept. Ah, and Norn was still a goddess. Several orcs and goblins have been added to my collection. I returned back to town and finished my transactions with the guild. The herbs in the riverbed were rare and sold at high prices. The profit I earned from them alone was a total of small gold coins. And I sold some from my stockpile and earned another 0 small gold coins on top of that. When I returned to the inn, I saw Lily and we talked for a bit. She was surprised upon hearing that I went to the river and caught fish for today. Since I already cooked them, I invited her to eat them with me later, which made her really happy. The cook who was listening to us also turned red with fury. I came back really early today, so I still had a lot of time left before dinner. That’s right, I still have to make clothes from the cloth I bought. As such, I worked hard to make clothes for a while. I’m a girl with the mind of a man, yep. I also made a new cloak while I was at it. Until now, I was just wearing a cloak that placed emphasis on practically! So I made a new water-resistant cloak and decorated it with embroideries on the hem and other areas. Besides, the tanned hide cloak I was using was also quite heavy.......I also added the effect of Stealth to draw less attention to myself. I was able to add skills that I learned using “Skill Grant”. However, since the level was dependent on the granted skill, the effect that could be applied was only up to LV2. Afterwards, I took a bath and had dinner. Although, I had numerous kinds, I chose to bring out the foil-roasted chars. The scent of butter was explosive. The other customers also started yelling into the kitchen, but that’s not my problem. Several of them also tried talking to me, but I completely ignored them. Ah, Lily had a wonderful beet-red face on her today too. How cute.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 0, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
しかし、この５０年来、フランスやイタリアを含む世界の国々が厳しい規制を敷いてきたが、結果は常に同じで、規制の効力は、国の民間企業をとおして徐々に風化されている。インセンティブが十分に強ければ、民間資本は、輸出入を不正に報告したり、（中国には余るほどいる）汚職政治家に取り入ることで、次第に管理をすり抜ける方法を見つけていくのだ。	But, over the past fifty years, when many other countries, including France and Italy, implemented draconian controls, the result was always the same: eventually, the private sector adapted and eroded the controls’ effectiveness. Whether by misreporting imports and exports or exploiting corrupt government officials (which China has in ample supply), private capital eventually starts finding its way around the controls if the incentives are strong enough.	{ "source": "news_commentary", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
8年前私は仕事について人生最悪の助言を受けましたある友人が言ったのです「今の仕事が好きかどうかなんて気にしないことだいかに履歴書に箔を付けられるかがすべてだ」しばらくスペインで暮らしたあとアメリカに戻ってすぐの頃でフォーチュン500企業で働き始め「世界に大きな影響を与えるような仕事ができるんだ」と意気込んでいろいろ考えていましたが 2ヶ月も過ぎると毎朝10時にはコンピュータの画面を頭で打ち破りたいという奇妙な衝動を感じていましたそんな風に感じたことのある人がいるか分かりませんけどライバル会社はみんな私のやっていた仕事なんて自動化していました私があの悟ったような助言をされたのはそんな時でした 2階の窓から飛び降りれば何か変えられるだろうかなどと思い惑っていた時ウォーレン・バフェットによるまったく違ったアドバイスを目にしました「履歴書に箔を付けるために職に就くなんてセックスを老後のために取っておくようなものだ」これこそ自分が聞くべきアドバイスだと思いました 2週間もせずにそこを辞めました 1つの思いを胸に「何かぶち壊せるものを探しに行こう」とそれほどきつい状態だったんです何でもいいからインパクトのあることをしたかったんですそれから私のように感じている人間が自分だけでないことが分かりました世の人々の8割方は好きな仕事をしていないのですこのTED会場の人は違うと思いますがデロイト・コンサルティングの調査によると一般にそうなんです両者を分けているものは何なのだろうと思いました情熱を持って世界を変えるような仕事をし心躍らせて毎朝起きる人たちがいる一方 8割の人々は静かな絶望の中に生きていますそれで面白い仕事をしている人たちから話を聞くようになり文献を読みケーススタディをしました目的や仕事などに関する本を 300冊くらい読みましたまったく利己的な動機で没頭していましたやらずにはいられないような仕事を見つけたいと思ったんです自分にとってそれが何なのかそんなことをしているうちによく人から相談されるようになりました「キャリアについて詳しいんだってね今の仕事が好きじゃなくてランチでも食べながらちょっと話せないかな?」「いいよ」でも警告しなければなりませんでした私の「仕事辞めさせ率」も 8割だったからです私が一緒に昼食を取りながら話した人の8割は 2ヶ月以内に仕事を辞めていたんです別に自慢しているのではなく特別な仕掛けがあったわけでもありませんただ単純な質問を 1つしていただけです「なぜ今の仕事をしているの?」よくある答えは「誰かにそうすべきだと言われた」というものでしたそれで気付いたのは多くの人が誰かに登れと言われた梯子を登っているだけでそれは間違った壁にかけられているかもしれないしそもそも壁さえないかもしれないということですそういう人たちと会って彼らの問題を見るにつけ「何かコミュニティを作れないだろうか?」と思うようになりましたみんな仲間がいると感じられ人と違うことをしてもいいんだと思え人の行かない道を行くのを励まされ人生を変えるよう勇気づけられるそんな場所を作れないか? それが後に Live Your Legend というプロジェクトになりましたあとでもう少し話しますそうする中で発見したことがあります他の人とは違う世界を変える情熱的な人たちに共通する 3つのものがあることに気付いたんですスティーブ・ジョブズでも通りでパン屋をやっている人でもいいですが自らを体現する仕事をしている人たちということです今日はその3つをお話ししますのでそのレンズを通して今日の残りを見願わくば残りの人生を見ていただければと思います仕事に情熱を見出す 3つの要素の1つ目は自分についての専門家になり自分を理解するということです求めているものが何なのか分からなければそれを見つけることもありませんそして誰かが自分のために見つけてくれることもありません「情熱・目的・仕事」なんて科目が大学にあるわけでもありませんなぜ必須の副専攻になっていないのか分かりませんがまったく変な話です自分の専攻や研究分野を選ぶよりも寮の自室に置くテレビを選ぶのに時間をかけているんですから自分を見出すことは自分自身にかかっていて枠組みや指針となるものが必要です第1の指針は自分固有の強みが何か見つけることですそれをするのが楽しみで目を覚まし金にならなくてもやり人が感謝するようなことです「ストレングス・ファインダー 2.0」という本とオンラインツールがありますが天性で自分に向いていることが何か見つける助けとしてお薦めしますもう1つは自分が決断する枠組みないしは基準が何かということ自分が気にかけるのは人間関係なのか家族なのか健康なのか物事の達成なのか成功なのかといったことです決断するためにそれが何かを見極める必要があります自分の魂は何でできているのか? どうでも良いことのために魂を売り渡す羽目にならないように必要なことですそして次に経験というのがあります私たちはみんな経験を持っており日々刻々学んでいきます自分は何が好きで何が嫌いなのか何が上手で何が下手なのかそういうことに注意を払わず学んだことを吸収して後の人生に役立てないならすべて無駄になってしまいます毎日毎週毎月毎年私は振り返る時間を取っています何が上手くいき何が上手くいかなかったかまたやりたいと思うこともっとやりたいと思うことは何か特にこのような場で刺激を受ける人に会った時はなおさらです「ああジェフのやっていることの素敵なこと! あんな風になりたい!」そう思ったら日記を開いて何に惹かれたのか書き留めておきますその人のことすべてというのでなく心に響いたことをメモしておくんですそうしていたらやがて自分の人生に適用できるアイデアの宝庫ができそれを生かすことでもっと情熱的な人間になりより大きなインパクトを生み出せるようになりますこれらのものをまとめたら自分にとって何が成功なのかを決めることができますこれら指針となる要素がなければそれは無理なことでどこへもたどり着かない梯子をみんなで登り続けているようなレールの上の人生を歩むのがオチです映画「ウォール・ストリート」みたいな人生です見た人いますか? あの映画で下っ端社員が投資銀行のCEOに聞く場面があります「あなたの数字は何ですか? みんなこれだけ稼いだら終わりにしようという数字を持っているみたいですが」「ああそれは “もっと” だ」そう言ってCEOは笑います多くの人が自分にとって何が大切かを知るために時間をかけていないのは不幸なことですそうすることになっているとみんなが言っているというだけの理由で自分にとっては意味のないものを求め続けているんですしかし一度この枠組みを確立させたなら自分を生き生きさせるものが何か見出していくことができますそれがなければ情熱が訪れて頬を打たれてもあるいは望ましい仕事があってもそれを見分けるすべを持っていないので見過ごしてしまうかもしれません枠組みを手に入れたなら自分の強み価値観個性と合致するものが見えるようになってそれを掴みそれで何かをしようとしそれを追いかけてインパクトを生み出そうとするでしょう Live Your Legend の運動が今あるのも「ああこれこそ自分が追い求め違いを生み出したいと思っていたものだ」と気付かせてくれる指針があってのことです探しているものを知らなければ見つけることもありませんしかしこの枠組みコンパスを一度手にしたなら先に進むことができます — ちなみに写真で綱渡りしている男は私じゃありません不可能に挑み自分の限界を押し広げるようなことをするんです人が行動をしない理由は 2つあります自分にはできないと思うか周りの人に無理だと言われることによってですいずれにせよ自分には無理だと信じるようになり諦めるかそもそもやろうとも思いませんでもどんなことだって最初に誰かがするまでは不可能だったんですどんな発明どんな新しいものも最初は現実的じゃないと思われていたんですロジャー・バニスターが成し遂げるまで 1マイル4分の壁を破ることは人間には不可能だとされていましたそれで何が起きたでしょう? 2ヶ月後には 16人が 1マイル4分の壁を破っていたのです私たちが頭で不可能だと考えていることが達成されるのを待っているマイルストーンに過ぎないというのはよくあることですただ私たちがもう少し限界を押し広げてやりさえすれば — そしてこれは自分の体や健康から始めるのがよいと思います自分でコントロールできるものだからですもしできないと思うことがあれば自分にそれが可能だと見せてやることです 2キロか3キロ走るのでもマラソンでも 2キロ半減量するのでも何でもいいですがそれによって自信が高まるのが分かり他のことも変わってくるんです私自身友達と一緒によく取り組んでいます小さなグループで体を使う冒険をしていますそれで最近自分にとってすごく苦手なことすることになりました私は深く暗い海に恐怖を感じます同じ恐怖を持つ人がいるかわかりませんが子供の頃にジョーズ 1・2・3・4を 6 回くらいも見て以来抱いてきた恐怖です水が股よりも深くて濁っていたりすると — こうしているだけでもう恐怖を感じますがあそこにきっと何かいるはずだとそれが澄んだ淡水のタホ湖で恐れるのは馬鹿げていようとそう感じるんです何にせよ 3年前この近くのサンフランシスコ湾で私はタグボートに乗っていました雨の降る風の強い日でみんな船酔いしていました私はウェットスーツ姿で座って窓の外を眺めこれから死ぬほど泳ぐことになるんだという恐怖に青くなっていました金門海峡を泳ぎ渡るというのに挑戦したんですたぶんこの会場にも経験者がいるんじゃないかと思いますこれに私を誘った友人のジョナサンがそこにやってきて私の有様を見ると言いました「ねぇスコットどうってことないよウェットスーツ着てるんだから沈みやしない泳ぎ切れなきゃ 20艘のカヤックが拾ってくれるしサメがいたところで 80人もいるんだから狙われやしないよ」「ありがとう気が楽になる」「なにしろ楽しむのが1番だよじゃあ頑張って」と言うと彼は水に飛び込んで泳いでいきました彼の激励が功を奏して私はすっかり落ち着きましたジョナサンが13歳だったというのもあるかもしれませんその日泳いだ80人のうち 65人は 9歳から13歳の子供でしたアルカトラズからサンフランシスコまで2キロ半 13度の海を自分は泳ぎ切れるんだと 9歳にして自覚することがその後の世界への向き合い方をいかに変えるか考えてみてください何に対してイエスと言うだろう? 何を諦めないだろう? 何に挑戦するだろう? 泳ぎ終わってアクアティック・パークに着き水から上がると子供達の半分は既に着いていて祝福してくれましたみんなとても興奮していましたサンフランシスコ湾を泳いだことのある人は分かると思いますが頭がアイスキャンデーになったみたいで暖まるのを待ちながら到着する人たちを眺めていましたどうも泳ぎのまずい子がいてこんなふうにバタバタしているのが見えました頭を水中に戻す前にかろうじて空気を吸うという具合です他の親御さん達もその子を見ているのに気付きました彼らも私と同じことを思っていたに違いありません 9歳の子にアルカトラズから泳がせるなんて無茶だと単なる疲労ではなさそうです突然2人の大人が駆け寄って彼の体を掴み肩を貸して引き上げてきましたがその子はこんなだらんとした状態で脚が動いていませんそれから彼らはさらに歩みを進めてその子を車椅子に座らせましたするとその子は腕を突き上げ見たこともないほど強烈な勝利のポーズをしました彼の達成感の熱気とエネルギーを今も感じることができます実は車椅子に乗った彼の姿を前に見かけていたんですが彼も泳ぐなんてよもや思っていませんでした 20年後彼はどこにいることでしょう? お前には無理だ死んじまうぞとどれだけ多くの人が言ったことでしょうみんなが言っていたこと自分が思い込んでいたことが間違いだと証明しやれると思うことを少しずつ広げていくんです世界一速いマラソン走者になる必要はなくて今の自分に無理なことを達成すればよく小さな1歩から始めるんですそしてこれをやる最善の方法は情熱的な人々の中に身を置くことです無理だと思うことをやり遂げる 1番の早道は既に成し遂げている人たちの中に身を置くことですジム・ローンが言っています「人はいつも周りにいる5人の人間の平均のようになるものだ」自分の側に誰を置くか選ぶというのは今の自分からなりたい自分へたどり着くための史上最高のライフハックなんですその人達がすべてを変えますこれは証明された事実です 1898年にノーマン・トリプレットは多くの自転車競技者を対象に集団内や単独での周回時間を測定し自転車競技者は集団内にいる時の方が常に速いことに気付きましたそれ以来人間に関わるあらゆる面で繰り返し観察され証明されてきたことです周囲にいる人は大切であり環境は重要ですがそれを決めるのは自分でありこれは良い方にも悪い方にも働きます自分の仕事が嫌いな8割の人々 — この会場にいる人は違うでしょうが周りの人たちのほとんどは現状を維持しようとし自分にとって大切なことを追い求める妨げになるので環境を管理する必要があるのです私自身 2年ほど前 — 個人的にそのような状況にありました自分の趣味や情熱を傾けるものに精力のすべてと膨大な時間を費やしそれを自分の仕事にしたいと思うけど誰にも見向きもされず一銭にもならないという経験のある人はいませんか? 私はそうでした Live Your Legendの運動を広げようと4年間試み続けていました「心から気にかけ情熱を抱くことをみんなが仕事にできるよう手助けしたい」私はできる限りのことをしていましたが注目してくれたのは3人だけでみんなあそこに座っています母と父と妻のチェルシーです支えてくれてありがとう私はとても強く望んでいたにも関わらず 4年間での成長は0パーセントでもうやめようとしていましたちょうどその頃にサンフランシスコに引っ越して非常に興味深い人たちと会うようになりましたすごく冒険的なライフスタイルを持ち仕事やウェブサイトやブログに情熱を注ぎ意味ある形で他の人を助けている人たちです友達になったある人は 8人家族の生活を週2回書いているブログで支えています彼は家族全員での1ヶ月のヨーロッパ旅行から帰ってきたところですまったく驚かされましたどうやってそんなことが可能なのか? それを見て強烈に刺激を受けやめる代わりに本気で取り組むことにしましたそして目覚めている時間のすべてをそういう人たちを追いかけ一緒に飲んだり運動したりして過ごそうと努めました 4年間で成長ゼロだったのが彼らと一緒にいた6ヶ月で Live Your Legendのコミュニティは 10倍に成長しました次の12ヶ月で 160倍になりましたそして今日では 158カ国から月間3万人以上が私達のキャリアとネットワークのためのツールを使っていますそしてこの情熱的な人間のコミュニティを作り上げている人々は私が何年も前 Live Your Legendに夢見ていたように可能性で人々を触発しています人がすべてを変えます何が起きたのかと思うかもしれません 4年間私はそういった人を誰も知らず存在することすら知らずそんなことができそのような運動が可能だということさえ知らなかったのがサンフランシスコにやってくると周りにいるみんながそんなことをしているんですそれが当たり前になっていて私の考えは「どうしてそんなことが可能なのか」から「どうしてやらずにいられるのか」へと変わりましたその頭の切替が起きた時自分の世界がすっかり変わるのです努力しなくとも基準がこっちからこっちへと変わりますゴールを変える必要はなく環境を変えるだけでいいんですそれがこのグループの人たちと一緒にいるのが好きな理由であり参加できるTEDイベントにはみんな参加し仕事へ行く間に iPadでも見ている理由ですそれが可能性で触発してくれる人々の集まりだからです私達には一緒に過ごせる時間が丸一日ありますまとめると 3つの柱には 1つ共通することがあります 100%自分でコントロールできることです自分について学ぶことができないなどと言える人はいません自分の限界を押し広げてどこまでやれるか見ることができないなどと言える人はいません刺激を与えてくれる人たちの周りに身を置き引きずり下ろそうとする人からは離れることができないなどと言える人はいません不景気はどうすることもできませんクビになったり交通事故に遭ったりするのをどうすることもできません私達にはどうすることもできないことがたくさんありますしかしこの3つはまったく自分にかかっているんですただ自分でそう決めさえすれば自分の世界をすっかり変えることができますそしてそういうことが世の中で広く起きつつありますフォーブス誌で読んだんですがアメリカ政府の報告によると自ら仕事を辞めた人の数がレイオフされた人の数を史上初めて上回ったそうです彼らはそれを異常なことだと考えていますが 3ヶ月連続でそうなっているんです厳しい環境だと言われるこの時期にです人々は台本通りの人生にクソ食らえと言っているんです自分にとって大切で情熱を掻き立てられることをする代わりに何をすべきか指図されるのはたくさんだとみんな可能性に目覚めているのです可能性を制限するのは自らの想像力だけですこれはもはや絵空事ではなくなりましたあなたがどんな情熱どんな趣味を持っているかは問いませんもし編み物に夢中なら編み物の達人を見つけてその人から学べばいいんです何でもありですこの日の意義はそこにあります講演をしている人から学ぶこと Live Your Legend では日々そういった人々を紹介しています普通の人たちがすごいことをしその側にいられるならそれが普通のことになるんですガンジーやジョブズみたいな偉業を成し遂げるという話ではありません自分自身にとって大事なことをし自分だけができることをするということですちなみにガンジーは債権回収弁護士だったそうですがもっと大きな使命に目覚めました自分にとって重要なことやらずにいられないことです私が信条としている彼の言葉があります「はじめ無視されそれから嘲笑されそれから抵抗を受けしかる後に勝利はやってくる」何事も誰かがやるまでは不可能だったんですそんなこと無理だと言い試みるのも愚かだと言う人々の中にいることも可能性を見せてくれる人たちこの会場にいるような人たちの中にいることも選べるんです不可能と思われていたことがやがて当たり前のことになる — そう世界に示すのは我々の責務だと思いますそしてそれは既に起きつつありますまず自分で心躍るようなことをすることですそうしたら他の人も心躍るようなことをするよう刺激されるでしょうしかし探しているものが何か知らなければ見つけることはできません自分の宿題をし意図を持って行動しその発見をするんです 8割の人が自分の仕事を好きな世界を私は夢見ていますそれはどんな世界でしょう? イノベーションはどのようで周りの人をどう扱うでしょう? 物事は変わり始めるでしょう終わりにする前に 1つ皆さんに聞きたいことがありますこれは唯一本当に重要な問だと思いますやらずにはいられない仕事は何ですか? それを見つけそれを生きてください自分のためばかりでなく周りの人すべてのためにそれが世界を変えていくことになるからですやらずにはいられない仕事は何ですか? どうもありがとう	So eight years ago, I got the worst career advice of my life. I had a friend tell me, "Don't worry about how much you like the work you're doing now. It's all about just building your resume." And I'd just come back from living in Spain for a while, and I'd joined this Fortune 500 company. I thought, "This is fantastic. I'm going to have big impact on the world." I had all these ideas. And within about two months, I noticed at about 10am every morning I had this strange urge to want to slam my head through the monitor of my computer. I don't know if anyone's ever felt that. And I noticed pretty soon after that that all the competitors in our space had already automated my job role. And this is right about when I got this sage advice to build up my resume. Well, as I'm trying to figure out what two-story window I'm going to jump out of and change things up, I read some altogether different advice from Warren Buffett, and he said, "Taking jobs to build up your resume is the same as saving up sex for old age." And I heard that, and that was all I needed. Within two weeks, I was out of there, and I left with one intention: to find something that I could screw up. That's how tough it was. I wanted to have some type of impact. It didn't matter what it was. And I found pretty quickly that I wasn't alone: it turns out that over 80 percent of the people around don't enjoy their work. I'm guessing this room is different, but that's the average that Deloitte has done with their studies. So I wanted to find out, what is it that sets these people apart, the people who do the passionate, world-changing work, that wake up inspired every day, and then these people, the other 80 percent who lead these lives of quiet desperation. So I started to interview all these people doing this inspiring work, and I read books and did case studies, 300 books altogether on purpose and career and all this, totally just self-immersion, really for the selfish reason of -- I wanted to find the work that I couldn't not do, what that was for me. But as I was doing this, more and more people started to ask me, "You're into this career thing. I don't like my job. Can we sit down for lunch?" I'd say, "Sure." But I would have to warn them, because at this point, my quit rate was also 80 percent. Of the people I'd sit down with for lunch, 80 percent would quit their job within two months. I was proud of this, and it wasn't that I had any special magic. It was that I would ask one simple question. It was, "Why are you doing the work that you're doing?" And so often their answer would be, "Well, because somebody told me I'm supposed to." And I realized that so many people around us are climbing their way up this ladder that someone tells them to climb, and it ends up being leaned up against the wrong wall, or no wall at all. The more time I spent around these people and saw this problem, I thought, what if we could create a community, a place where people could feel like they belonged and that it was OK to do things differently, to take the road less traveled, where that was encouraged, and inspire people to change? And that later became what I now call Live Your Legend, which I'll explain in a little bit. But as I've made these discoveries, I noticed a framework that all these different passionate world-changers have in common, whether you're a Steve Jobs or if you're just, you know, the person that has the bakery down the street. But you're doing work that embodies who you are. I want to share those three with you, so we can use them as a lens for the rest of today and hopefully the rest of our life. The first part of this three-step passionate work framework is becoming a self-expert and understanding yourself, because if you don't know what you're looking for, you're never going to find it. And the thing is that no one is going to do this for us. There's no major in university on passion and purpose and career. I don't know how that's not a required double major, but don't even get me started on that. I mean, you spend more time picking out a dorm room TV set than you do you picking your major and your area of study. and we need a framework, we need a way to navigate through this. And so the first step of our compass is finding out what our unique strengths are. What are the things that we wake up loving to do no matter what, whether we're paid or we're not paid, the things that people thank us for? And the Strengths Finder 2.0 is a book and also an online tool. I highly recommend it for sorting out what it is that you're naturally good at. And next, what's our framework or our hierarchy for making decisions? Do we care about the people, our family, health, or is it achievement, success, all this stuff? We have to figure out what it is to make these decisions, so we know what our soul is made of, so that we don't go selling it to some cause we don't give a shit about. And then the next step is our experiences. All of us have these experiences. We learn things every day, every minute about what we love, what we hate, what we're good at, what we're terrible at. And if we don't spend time paying attention to that and assimilating that learning and applying it to the rest of our lives, it's all for nothing. Every day, every week, every month of every year I spend some time just reflecting on what went right, what went wrong, and what do I want to repeat, what can I apply more to my life. And even more so than that, as you see people, especially today, who inspire you, who are doing things where you say "Oh God, what Jeff is doing, I want to be like him." Why are you saying that? Open up a journal. Write down what it is about them that inspires you. It's not going to be everything about their life, but whatever it is, take note on that, so over time we'll have this repository of things that we can use to apply to our life and have a more passionate existence and make a better impact. Because when we start to put these things together, we can then define what success actually means to us, and without these different parts of the compass, it's impossible. We end up in the situation -- we have that scripted life that everybody seems to be living going up this ladder to nowhere. It's kind of like in Wall Street 2, if anybody saw that, the peon employee asks the big Wall Street banker CEO, "What's your number? Everyone's got a number, where if they make this money, they'll leave it all." He says, "Oh, it's simple. More." And he just smiles. And it's the sad state of most of the people that haven't spent time understanding what matters for them, who keep reaching for something that doesn't mean anything to us, but we're doing it because everyone said we're supposed to. But once we have this framework together, we can start to identify the things that make us come alive. You know, before this, a passion could come and hit you in the face, or maybe in your possible line of work, you might throw it away because you don't have a way of identifying it. But once you do, you can see something that's congruent with my strengths, so I'm going to grab ahold of this, I'm going to do something with it, and I'm going to pursue it and try to make an impact with it. And Live Your Legend and the movement we've built wouldn't exist if I didn't have this compass to identify, "Wow, this is something I want to pursue and make a difference with." If we don't know what we're looking for, we're never going to find it, but once we have this framework, this compass, then we can move on to what's next -- and that's not me up there -- doing the impossible and pushing our limits. There's two reasons why people don't do things. One is they tell themselves they can't do them, or people around them tell them they can't do them. Either way, we start to believe it. Either we give up, or we never start in the first place. The things is, everyone was impossible until somebody did it. Every invention, every new thing in the world, people thought were crazy at first. Roger Bannister and the four-minute mile, it was a physical impossibility to break the four-minute mile in a foot race until Roger Bannister stood up and did it. And then what happened? Two months later, 16 people broke the four-minute mile. The things that we have in our head that we think are impossible are often just milestones waiting to be accomplished if we can push those limits a bit. And I think this starts with probably your physical body and fitness more than anything, because we can control that. If you don't think you can run a mile, you show yourself you can run a mile or two, or a marathon, or lose five pounds, or whatever it is, you realize that confidence compounds and can be transferred into the rest of your world. And I've actually gotten into the habit of this a little bit with my friends. We have this little group. We go on physical adventures, and recently, I found myself in a kind of precarious spot. I'm terrified of deep, dark, blue water. I don't know if anyone's ever had that same fear ever since they watched Jaws 1, 2, 3 and 4 like six times when I was a kid. But anything above here, if it's murky, I can already feel it right now. I swear there's something in there. Even if it's Lake Tahoe, it's fresh water, totally unfounded fear, ridiculous, but it's there. Anyway, three years ago I find myself on this tugboat right down here in the San Francisco Bay. It's a rainy, stormy, windy day, and people are getting sick on the boat, and I'm sitting there wearing a wetsuit, and I'm looking out the window in pure terror thinking I'm about to swim to my death. I'm going to try to swim across the Golden Gate. And my guess is some people in this room might have done that before. I'm sitting there, and my buddy Jonathan, who had talked me into it, he comes up to me and he could see the state I was in. And he says, "Scott, hey man, what's the worst that could happen? You're wearing a wetsuit. You're not going to sink. And If you can't make it, just hop on one of the 20 kayaks. Plus, if there's a shark attack, why are they going to pick you over the 80 people in the water?" So thanks, that helps. He's like, "But really, just have fun with this. Good luck." And he dives in, swims off. OK. Turns out, the pep talk totally worked, and I felt this total feeling of calm, and I think it was because Jonathan was 13 years old. And of the 80 people swimming that day, 65 of them were between the ages of nine and 13. Think how you would have approached your world differently if at nine years old you found out you could swim a mile and a half in 56-degree water from Alcatraz to San Francisco. What would you have said yes to? What would you have not given up on? What would you have tried? As I'm finishing this swim, I get to Aquatic Park, and I'm getting out of the water and of course half the kids are already finished, so they're cheering me on and they're all excited. And I got total popsicle head, if anyone's ever swam in the Bay, and I'm trying to just thaw my face out, and I'm watching people finish. And I see this one kid, something didn't look right. And he's just flailing like this. And he's barely able to sip some air before he slams his head back down. And I notice other parents were watching too, and I swear they were thinking the same thing I was: this is why you don't let nine-year-olds swim from Alcatraz. This was not fatigue. All of a sudden, two parents run up and grab him, and they put him on their shoulders, and they're dragging him like this, totally limp. And then all of a sudden they walk a few more feet and they plop him down in his wheelchair. And he puts his fists up in the most insane show of victory I've ever seen. I can still feel the warmth and the energy on this guy when he made this accomplishment. I had seen him earlier that day in his wheelchair. I just had no idea he was going to swim. I mean, where is he going to be in 20 years? How many people told him he couldn't do that, that he would die if tried that? You prove people wrong, you prove yourself wrong, that you can make little incremental pushes of what you believe is possible. You don't have to be the fastest marathoner in the world, just your own impossibilities, to accomplish those, and it starts with little bitty steps. And the best way to do this is to surround yourself with passionate people. The fastest things to do things you don't think can be done is to surround yourself with people already doing them. There's this quote by Jim Rohn and it says. "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." And there is no bigger lifehack in the history of the world from getting where you are today to where you want to be than the people you choose to put in your corner. They change everything, and it's a proven fact. In 1898, Norman Triplett did this study with a bunch of cyclists, and he would measure their times around the track in a group, And he found that every time the cyclists in the group would cycle faster. And it's been repeated in all kinds of walks of life since then, and it proves the same thing over again, that the people around you matter, and environment is everything. But it's on you to control it, because it can go both ways. With 80 percent of people who don't like the work they do, that means most people around us, not in this room, but everywhere else, are encouraging complacency and keeping us from pursuing the things that matter to us so we have to manage those surroundings. I found myself in this situation -- personal example, a couple years ago. Has anyone ever had a hobby or a passion they poured their heart and soul into, unbelievable amount of time, and they so badly want to call it a business, but no one's paying attention and it doesn't make a dime? OK, I was there for four years trying to build this Live Your Legend movement to help people do work that they genuinely cared about and that inspired them, and I was doing all I could, and there were only three people paying attention, and they're all right there: my mother, father and my wife, Chelsea. Thank you guys for the support. And this is how badly I wanted it, it grew at zero percent for four years, and I was about to shut it down, and right about then, I moved to San Francisco and started to meet some pretty interesting people who had these crazy lifestyles of adventure, of businesses and websites and blogs that surrounded their passions and helped people in a meaningful way. And one of my friends, now, he has a family of eight, and he supports his whole family with a blog that he writes for twice a week. They just came back from a month in Europe, all of them together. This blew my mind. How does this even exist? And I got unbelievably inspired by seeing this, and instead of shutting it down, I decided, let's take it seriously. And I did everything I could to spend my time, every waking hour possible trying to hound these guys, hanging out and having beers and workouts, whatever it was. And after four years of zero growth, within six months of hanging around these people, the community at Live Your Legend grew by 10 times. In another 12 months, it grew by 160 times. And today over 30,000 people from 158 countries use our career and connection tools on a monthly basis. And those people have made up that community of passionate folks who inspired that possibility that I dreamed of for Live Your Legend so many years back. The people change everything, and this is why -- you know, you ask what was going on. Well, for four years, I knew nobody in this space, and I didn't even know it existed, that people could do this stuff, that you could have movements like this. And then I'm over here in San Francisco, and everyone around me was doing it. It became normal, so my thinking went from how could I possibly do this to how could I possibly not. And right then, when that happens, that switch goes on in your head, it ripples across your whole world. And without even trying, your standards go from here to here. You don't need to change your goals. You just need to change your surroundings. That's it, and that's why I love being around this whole group of people, why I go to every TED event I can, and watch them on my iPad on the way to work, whatever it is. Because this is the group of people that inspires possibility. We have a whole day to spend together and plenty more. To sum things up, in terms of these three pillars, they all have one thing in common more than anything else. They are 100 percent in our control. No one can tell you you can't learn about yourself. No one can tell you you can't push your limits and learn your own impossible and push that. No one can tell you you can't surround yourself with inspiring people or get away from the people who bring you down. You can't control a recession. You can't control getting fired or getting in a car accident. Most things are totally out of our hands. These three things are totally on us, and they can change our whole world if we decide to do something about it. And the thing is, it's starting to happen on a widespread level. I just read in Forbes, the US Government reported for the first time in a month where more people had quit their jobs than had been laid off. They thought this was an anomaly, but it's happened three months straight. In a time where people claim it's kind of a tough environment, people are giving a middle finger to this scripted life, the things that people say you're supposed to do, in exchange for things that matter to them and do the things that inspire them. And the thing is, people are waking up to this possibility, that really the only thing that limits possibility now is imagination. That's not a cliché anymore. I don't care what it is that you're into, what passion, what hobby. If you're into knitting, you can find someone who is killing it knitting, and you can learn from them. It's wild. And that's what this whole day is about, to learn from the folks speaking, and we profile these people on Live Your Legend every day, because when ordinary people are doing the extraordinary, and we can be around that, it becomes normal. And this isn't about being Gandhi or Steve Jobs, doing something crazy. It's just about doing something that matters to you, and makes an impact that only you can make. Speaking of Gandhi, he was a recovering lawyer, as I've heard the term, and he was called to a greater cause, something that mattered to him, And he has this quote that I absolutely live by. "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Everything was impossible until somebody did it. You can either hang around the people who tell you it can't be done and tell you you're stupid for trying, or surround yourself with the people who inspire possibility, the people who are in this room. Because I see it as our responsibility to show the world that what's seen as impossible can become that new normal. And that's already starting to happen. First, do the things that inspire us, so we can inspire other people to do the things that inspire them. But we can't find that unless we know what we're looking for. We have to do our work on ourself, be intentional about that, and make those discoveries. Because I imagine a world where 80 percent of people love the work they do. What would that look like? What would the innovation be like? How would you treat the people around you? Things would start to change. And as we finish up, I have just one question to ask you guys, and I think it's the only question that matters. And it's what is the work you can't not do? Discover that, live it, not just for you, but for everybody around you, because that is what starts to change the world. What is the work you can't not do? Thank you guys.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
この一年は昔から居たモンスターたちのランクアップが頻発した。まずイズミに付いて行ったモヤ助こと靄大狼がランクアップして靄魔狼になった。・靄魔狼体長4m程の獣系狼型魔性靄大狼の上位種基本的なスペックは靄大狼と大きくは変わらないが、新たに周囲に纏う靄を障壁のように性質を変化させることにより様々な用途に使用できる能力を得た。外見的な変化としては額に紋章の様なものが浮かんでいる。召喚コスト:1体につきHP,MP,SP各2200 靄魔狼の実力に関してはイズミからの報告だが、霧の障壁を利用した突撃の火力が相当の物らしく、さすがは上位種と言ったところである。また、モヤ助が靄魔狼になったのを機に、他の靄大狼も経験値を多量に稼いだ個体に関してはランクアップの兆しが見えている。そして、靄魔狼が出て来たのに続いてアリアがミステスからノーブルミストに進化した。・ノーブルミスト霧の様な魔力で構成された体を持った女性型精霊。ミステスを統治する役割を持つと同時に、多種多様な霧属性のスキルを使いこなす。召喚コスト:1体につきMP2500、HP,SP各1500 ノーブルミスト最大の特徴はやはりその多種多様なスキルである。 ≪霧の矢≫≪霧爆≫≪幻霧≫は当然として、≪霧の槍≫≪霧弾≫≪霧鎌≫...etc.と一部の強力なスキル例えば俺の使う≪尖水柱≫と同格の霧属性スキルなどは使えないようだが、少なくとも下位に属するようなものならほぼ全てが使えるのではないかと思われている。ただ、ノーブルミストに関してはずっと『白霧と黒沼の森』内で大切に育ててきたアリア以外は入れ替わりが激しいためにランクアップへはかなり遠そうである。続いてのランクアップは泥兵士の上位種である泥騎士。そして泥魔法使いの上位種である泥魔術師の2種である。泥騎士身長1.7m程の魔法生物系人型魔性。泥兵士の上位種経験を積んだ泥兵士がランクアップし、与えられた装備に対して高い適性を示す魔性で、適性装備の扱いについては≪○習熟II≫を得られるレベルの力を持つ。与えられた任務を忠実にこなすだけでなく、必要とあれば自主的に考えて行動する能力を持つため、様々な用途に用いることが出来る。コアを破壊されない限り装備を含めて自動回復していく。召喚コスト:1体につきMP1500 泥魔術師身長1.7m程の魔法生物系人型魔性。泥魔法使いの上位種経験を積んだ泥魔法使いがランクアップし、泥属性の魔法に対して高い適性を示すようになった魔性。使用スキルは≪泥魔法習熟II≫を得ているのと同程度の力を持つ。使用可能なスキルの種類はミステス以上ノーブルミスト以下と言ったところ。コアを破壊されない限り自動回復していく。召喚コスト:1体につきMP1800 どちらも部隊のリーダーを任せられるだけの知性を有しているために非常に便利である。というか、並の人間PT(レベル3以下6人)なら一体で殲滅したりすることもあるからな。普通に強い。ただ次の奴にこいつら、それと靄魔狼&ノーブルミストなのだが、これらのモンスターは共通して一度ランクアップで出現するまでは魔性創生に出てこないと言う厄介な性質があった。恐らくだがレベル6以降はそんなモンスターが大半を占めているのではないかと思う。で、件の次のモンスターはクエレブレの上位種である。こいつがまだ問題児でな......。・ハイクエレブレ体長25m程の竜系大蛇型魔性攻撃を受けるたびに硬質化していく鱗と毒のブレスが特徴的なドラゴン。クエレブレと比較して全ての能力が上昇しており、鱗の硬さと鋭さはただの突進が致命傷になるレベルであり、毒のブレスは並の人間ならば少し吸っただけでも全身に毒が回って死に至る。召喚コスト:1体につきHP,MP,SP各2500 備考:ステータス不足につき命令を聞かない可能性ありうん。またステータス不足だよ! こいつ一匹のせいで一体何匹の一般クエレブレとその他大勢のモンスターたちが犠牲になったか...... 最終的には第一階層の端に隔離部屋を作ってそこに封印しましたよ。もしまた蛸王が攻めてきたら長距離転移陣を使って敵陣のど真ん中に投下する予定ですとも。命令を聞かないモンスターとか以前のようにフルコントロールする暇がある状況じゃないと使えないからな。そして今の俺にそんな事をする暇はないのだ。さて、本音を言えばここまでは前座である。なにせ、こんなメッセージが突然俺の脳裏に流れてきたからだ。『『蝕む黒の霧王』の眷属。『霧人』茲炉イズミが特定の条件を満たしました。』『只今より、満たした条件に基づいて茲炉イズミを魔王化します。』	In the past year, monsters that had been in existence for a long time have frequently risen in rank. First of all, Moyasuke, the Giant Mist Wolf, who had been following Izumi, ascended in rank and grew to become the Mist Demon Wolf. ・Mist Demon Wolf A higher species of the -meter-long beast-like wolf-type demon, Giant Mist Wolf. While its fundamental specifications are nearly identical to those of the Giant Mist Wolf, it has developed the ability to manipulate the nature of the surrounding mist to function as a barrier, allowing it to be employed for a multitude of purposes. In terms of external appearance, its forehead is now adorned with a coat of arms. Summoning cost: HP, MP, SP each per unit. According to Izumi’s report on the competence of the Mist Demon Wolf, the firepower of their assault through the mist barrier seemed to be considerable, indicating that they were indeed a higher rank species. Furthermore, following Moyasuke’s elevation to the rank of a Mist Demon Wolf, other Giant Mist Wolves who had amassed a fair amount of experience were also showing signs of advancing in rank. And subsequently to the emergence of the Mist Demon Wolf, Aria has evolved from a Mystic to a Noble Mist. ・Noble Mist A female spirit whose body is composed of mist-like magical power. It has the role of governing Mystic, while at the same time being able to perform a wide variety of mist attribute skills. Summoning cost: 500 MP, 1500 HP & SP each per unit. Noble Mist’s most distinctive characteristic is undoubtedly the wide variety of skills they possess. Naturally, ≪Mistbolt≫, ≪Mist Plosion≫, ≪Illusionary Mist≫ can be used but ≪Mist Bullet≫, ≪Mist Sickle≫... etc., and some potent skills, for instance, the mist attribute skill, which is equivalent to my ≪Sharp Aqua Pillar≫ are not usable. At the very least, it is expected that virtually all the skills that fall under the lower ranks can be utilized. However, with regard to Noble Mist, except for Aria, who has been diligently nurtured in “White Mist and Black Swamp Forest” throughout the years, the rank-up for other Mystic appear to be a long way off due to the high turnover. Moving on to the next rank-up are Mud Knights, a higher rank of Mud Soldiers, and Mud Mages, a higher rank of Mud Magicians. ・Mud Knight A magical creature-type humanoid demon about 1.7m tall. A higher species of Mud Soldier. This is a type of magical creature in which experienced Mud Soldiers are ranked up, demonstrating a high aptitude with respect to the equipment provided, and possessing a level of capability at which they can obtain ≪○ Proficiency II≫ in the handling of apt equipment. Unless its core is destroyed, it will automatically recover, along with its equipment. Summoning cost: 1500 MP per unit. ・Mud Mage A magical creature-type humanoid demon about 1.7m tall. A higher species of Mud Magician. An experienced Mud Mage has been elevated to a higher rank, and now exhibits a high level of aptitude for mud magic. The skills available arre equivalent to those of those who have attained ≪Mud Magic Proficiency II≫. The types of skills applicable to them are more than Mystic and less than Noble Mist. Besides faithfully carrying out the designated tasks, they can be deployed for diverse purposes since they are capable of thinking and acting on their own initiative when necessary. Unless the core is destroyed, it will automatically recover. Summoning cost: 1800 MP per unit. Both were extremely useful as they had adequate intelligence to be able to lead a force. I mean, an average human party (6 people under level 3) can be annihilated by just one of them. It was exceptionally formidable. However, the following monsters, these guys, and the Mist Demon Wolf & Noble Mist shared the same problematic characteristic of not emerging in ≪Monster Create≫ until they were ranked up again. It was likely, though, that the majority of such monsters were available from level 6 onward. So, the next monster in question was a higher species of Cuélebre. This one is still a troublemaker... ・High Cuélebre A dragon-like serpent-type demon about 25 meters long. This dragon is characterized by scales that harden with each attack and poisonous breath. In comparison to Cuélebre, all of its abilities have been heightened; the solidity and sharpness of its scales are at a level where a mere thrust can be fatal, and its poisonous breath will induce death in an average human as the poison will spread throughout their body even if they inhale only a small part. Summoning cost: 2500 each for HP, MP, and SP per unit. Note: Due to the low status of the master, there is a possibility that it will not listen to commands. Yeah. Another status deficiency! I wonder how many regular Cuélebre and many other monsters were sacrificed because of this one monster... Ultimately, I constructed an isolation room at the end of the first level and sealed it there. Should the Octopus King invade once more, I planned to drop it in the middle of the enemy camp using the Long-distance Transportation Formation. A monster that didn’t obey orders or a situation where I didn’t have time to assume full control as I did before was inoperable. And I didn’t have time to take care of that now. Now, to be honest, up to this explanation, this was all merely the opening performance. After all, a message like this suddenly poured into my mind. [A kin of the ‘King of the Devouring Black Mist’. Kokoro Izumi, the ‘Kirijin’ has fulfilled certain conditions.] [From now on, based on the conditions that have been met, Kokoro Izumi will be transformed into a Demon King.]	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 4 }
ミルは疑わし気な表情を浮かべる。「代われるのなら今すぐにでも代わりたいよ」「君は......、まだ若い。やめておくんだ」さっきまでの敵意どこへいったのかしら。国外追放されてしまうほどの罪を犯した者同士なのに、その中にまだ優しさがあるなんておかしな話だわ。ミルとルビーの間に私ぐらいの子どもがいたのかもしれないけれど......。それにしてもさっきから妙な殺気を感じる。まぁ、誰からこの殺気が放たれているのかは分かっているのだけれど。 ......あの坊主の男。私を疑っている。普通の人間なら感じ取れないような殺気を私に向けているのよね。静かにばれないように私を観察しているっていうのが正しいかしら。だって、彼私の方を向いていないもの。「そうよ、貴方は生きるべきよ」弱々しい声で一点を見つめながらルビーが初めて言葉を発した。あら、話せるのね。というか、ボーっとしながらも私の話を聞いていたんだ。「どうして? 僕の命を僕がどう使おうと関係ないでしょ?」「......私は、これ以上......あ、貴方みたいな子が死ぬのを......、見たくない」「勘違いしているようだけど、僕は死ぬつもりなんてこれっぽっちもない」私の言葉に遂にミルが声を上げた。「じゃあ、その体力も筋肉もない華奢な体でどうやってライオンと戦うんだ!」 ......それは分からないわね。だってまだライオンに会っていないもの。どれくらいの大きさで、そのライオンもどれくらいの力を持っているかなんて全く知らない。「勝算があるなら教えてくれよ」あったとしても言えないわよ。何か余計なことを言って、そこの坊主の男にこれ以上疑われたくないもの。「うるさい! 静かにしろ!」牢の前に立っていた衛兵が私達に怒鳴る。その言葉でミルは口を閉じ、フッと力が抜けたように私から目を逸らす。「さっきの眼鏡をかけた男の人と話がしたい」私は衛兵の言葉などに臆せず澄んだ声でしっかりとそう聞いた。「あ? 眼鏡をかけた男? ......支配人のことか?」やっぱり支配人だったんだ。訝し気な目で衛兵は私をギッと睨む。「一体あの人に何の用なんだ?」「明日のライオンの対戦相手を僕にして欲しいんだ」「は? お前頭おかしいだろ」「とっとと、その支配人呼んできてよ」「おい、ガキが調子乗ってんじゃねえぞ」柵から衛兵の手がグッと伸び、私の胸ぐらを勢いよく掴んだ。そんな風に引っ張たら服が伸びちゃうじゃない。さらしで胸元は巻いているから大丈夫だけれど、元々ボロボロだった服が余計に酷くなるわ。布越しでも彼が私を物凄い形相で睨んでいることは把握できる。「一体何をしているんだ」少し遠くからあの眼鏡の声が聞こえた。あら、なんていいタイミングなのかしら! 彼に直接言えば、なんとかなりそうだわ。「あ、支配人」衛兵は私からバッと手を離す。それと同時に、怒りのこもった低い声が響いた。「こ、このガキが、明日の見世物を自分にしろとか言い出して......」さっきまでの威勢はどうしたのよ。支配人相手だとこんなに縮こまっちゃって。カツカツとこっちに歩いてくる足音が聞こえる。これでようやく支配人に認識してもらえる。「このガキが?」私を見るなり、眼鏡の男は顔をしかめる。「明日は、国王が来る日だ。こんな弱っちい奴を出すわけにはいかない」 ......国王様が来る日と来ない日があるのね。まぁ、そんな暇じゃないものね。待って、この流れだと私は国王様が来ない日に見世物として出場させられるってこと? それはまずいわ。	Mill gave him a skeptical look. “If I could take his place, I’d take it right now.” “You’re..., you’re still young. Don’t do this.” I wonder where all that hostility from earlier went. How strange that there was still kindness between two people who had committed crimes that got them expelled from the country. Maybe Mill and Ruby had a child the same age as me, but.... Nevertheless, I felt a strange killing intent from earlier. Well, I know who’s giving off this killing intent. ...That bald guy. He was suspicious of me. He was directing an energy at me that no normal person would be able to sense. I think it would be more accurate to say that he was quietly observing me so as not to be detected. Because he never looked at me directly. “Yes, you should live.” Ruby spoke for the first time, staring at a point with a weak voice. Oh, you can talk. Or rather, she was listening to us despite being dazed. “Why? What does it matter what I do with my life?” “...I don’t want to see more...oh, I don’t want to see any more children like you...die.” “I think you’re mistaken. I don’t intend to die, not even a little.” Mill finally spoke up, enraged at my words. “Then how are you going to fight a lion with your slender body that has no strength or muscles!” ...I wouldn’t know about that. I don’t know, because I haven’t met a lion yet. How big it was and how powerful the lion was, I had no idea. “If you have a chance of winning, tell me.” Even if I had information, I wouldn’t tell them. I don’t want to say something unnecessary and make that bald guy over there suspect me even more. “Shut up! Be quiet!” The guard standing in front of the prison yells at us. With those words, Mill closes his mouth and looks away from me as if he’s lost his strength. “I want to talk to the man with the glasses earlier.” I said firmly in a clear voice, undaunted by the guard’s words. “Oh? The man with the glasses? ...You mean the manager?” So it was the manager, after all. The guard glared at me with questioning eyes. “What the hell do you want with him?” “I want you to make me the Lion’s opponent tomorrow.” “What? You’re out of your mind.” Why don’t you go get that manager? “Hey, kid, don’t get carried away.” The guard’s hand reached out from the fence and grabbed me by the chest. If you pull like that, my clothes will stretch. I’m okay because I’ve got a sarashi wrapped around my chest, but it’s going to make my originally tattered clothes even worse. Even through the cloth, I could tell that he was staring at me with a terrible expression. “What the heck are you doing?” I heard the voice of the glasses guy from a little far away. Oh my, what good timing! If I could just tell him in person, we could work something out. “Ah, Manager.” The guard let go of my hand quickly. At the same time, a low voice filled with anger echoed. “This little brat, telling me to make him the spectacle of tomorrow...” What happened to your bravado from earlier? The manager made him shrink back so much. I hear the sound of footsteps walking towards me. Now I can finally get the manager to recognize me. “You little brat?” As soon as he sees me, the man with glasses frowns. “Tomorrow is the day the king is supposed to arrive. We can’t let this weakling out.” ...So there are days when the king comes and days when he doesn’t. Well, I don’t have that much time on my hands, do I? Wait, does this mean I’m going to be on a freak show on the days when the king is not here? That’s not good.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
前の世界では、仕事ばかりで余裕のある生活をして来なかった。この世界に来た事で、人生リセットした気になって、余裕を持って生きて行きたいと思う。レオをしっかり構ってやりたいしな。「考える事はいっぱいあるが、焦る必要はないんだろうな」幸い、この世界で最初に知り合ったクレアさんは俺がこの屋敷にいる事を歓迎してくれている。厚意に甘え続けるわけにはいかないし、街での買い物に使ったお金も返さないといけない。「......セバスチャンさんにも、だな」『雑草栽培』が薬の元となる植物を生やす事が出来るなら、それを使って色々出来るかもしれない。ゆっくり考えて、出来る事を増やして行こう。ここには、休憩したら怒られて、仕事が出来れば追加の仕事を渡されて、仕事が進まなければ怒鳴る......そんな上司はいないのだから......。「レオ?」考えるのを止めてもう休もうと思った時、拗ねていたレオが気になった、さっき声を掛けても返事が無かったからな。顔だけ上げてベッドの横を見てみると、丸まったまま寝ていた。何か食べてる夢でも見てるのか、口を少しだけモゴモゴと動かしてるのが面白い。「......犬......いや、シルバーフェンリルか。それでも夢って見るのかね?」寝ているレオを見ながら、ズレていた毛布を自分に掛け直して目を閉じた。「......あ......明日............裏庭で『雑草栽培』......試しても良いか聞いて......みよう」眠りに入る直前、ほとんど寝てるような状態で明日の予定を考えながらその日は終わった。 ―――――――――――――――――――― 扉をノックする音が聞こえる。閉じていた目を開ける。「......ああ、朝か」開いた目には少し眩しい朝の光が、窓から差し込んでいる。まばたきを繰り返してその眩しさに目を慣らしつつ体を起き上がらせる。その間も、一定の間隔で部屋のドアからノックの音がしてる。 ......待たせるのも悪いな。「どなたですか?」「タクミさん、ティルラです。開けても良いですか?」ノックの主はティルラちゃんだったようだ。朝から元気な声が聞こえて来る。レオはノックの音で起きたのか、丸まっていた寝ていた体を起こし、前足2本で踏ん張るような形で伸びをしてる。「どうぞ、入って良いよ」「失礼します! タクミさん、レオ様、おはようございます!」「おはよう。早いんだね、ティルラちゃん」元気に入って来たティルラちゃんはまず俺とレオに朝の挨拶。こういう所はしっかり教育されてるなぁ。まぁ、昨日は無断で入って来てレオに抱き着いてたんだけど......。今日はちゃんとノックして起きてるかの確認をしてるのは、クレアさんに注意された事を覚えてたからだろう。「タクミさん、昨日はレオ様のネックレスを買って頂いて、ありがとうございました!」「ははは、あれはレオじゃないけどね。狼の形だったから、ティルラちゃんが喜ぶかと思ってね」「はい! すごく嬉しかったです。大事にします!」そう言ってティルラちゃんは今も付けているネックレスを大事そうに両手で包み込んだ。「ワフ?」気になったのか、レオはティルラちゃんがネックレスを握ってる手に顔を近づけた。「レオ様、ほらこれ、レオ様です!」「ワウ......ワフワフ!」レオはティルラちゃんからネックレスを見せられ、そこにある狼を模した飾りに気付く。しかしあまり気に入らなかったのか、それを見るなり顔を横に振っている。 ......多分、「それ私じゃない! 私はもっと恰好良い!」って言ってるんだろうな。女の子が格好良いで良いのか......というかこの世界に来てから、レオの仕草や鳴き声の出し方で何が言いたいかわかるようになって来たな......。小さかった頃から、人間臭い仕草をする事もあって他の犬よりもわかりやすかったが、今は何を言ってるのかもわかるような気がする。「レオ様はこれ、嫌いですか?」レオの仕草が拒否してるように感じたんだろう、ティルラちゃんがしょんぼりしているのを、レオが慰めるように頬を摺り寄せた。「えへへ、レオ様は気持ち良いですねー」レオのモフっとした毛に触れて笑うティルラちゃん。仲の良さそうなレオとティルラちゃん......うんうん、仲良きことは美しきかな、なんて考えたりして。俺は朗らかにその様子を見ていたが、ふいにお腹が鳴った。「あ、タクミさん。お腹空いたんですか?」「......あー......あははは。うん、お腹空いたね。......これはちょっと恥ずかしいね」レオに笑われた気がした。くそぅ、これからは寝起きでも油断してお腹が鳴らないように気を付けよう。「レオ様もお腹空いてますか?」「それじゃあ、タクミさんとレオ様。食堂に行きましょう! そう言うなり、俺の手を取り勢いよく走りだそうとするティルラちゃんだけど、俺は待ったをかける。「ちょっと待ってティルラちゃん。俺はまだ起きたばかりだからね、支度をしてから食堂に行くよ」「......すみません」「謝らなくて良いんだよ。俺のお腹が空いてる事を気遣って急ごうとしたんだろ? ティルラちゃんは優しい子だね」「えへへ」褒められて照れ笑いをするティルラちゃんの頭を右手で撫でた。ついでにすぐ横に顔を持って来ていたレオの頭も左手で撫でておく。「それではタクミさん、食堂で待ってます!」「うん、すぐ行くよ。あ、レオも一緒に連れて行ってくれるかい?」「あ......はい! レオ様行きましょう!」レオと一緒に行動する事が嬉しいのか、笑顔で頷いたティルラちゃんは、レオと一緒に食堂へ向かった。「さて、昨日買った剃刀を使うか」正しくは剃刀っぽい物だが、この世界ではこれを剃刀と考えると決めた。昨日帰って来た時に置いておいた荷物の中から剃刀を取り出し、鏡に向かう。朝は手っ取り早く支度しないとな。傷が付かないよう気を付けながら髭を剃り、顔を洗って支度を済ませた。さっと着替えを終えて、俺はティルラちゃんの待つ食堂へと急ぐ。もうクレアさんやセバスチャンさんも待ってるだろうからな。 ......部屋を出た時にやっぱりドアの前で待機していたライラさんに、またもや驚かされつつ食堂まで案内してもらった。	In the previous world, I was so overwhelmed with work, and had very little free time in my personal life. But through coming to this world, I felt as if I was starting my life over, and so I thought that I would relax more. Besides, I wanted to give Leo plenty of attention. “While there is so much to think about, there is no reason to rush.” Thankfully, Ms. Claire had been the first person I met in this world, and she had welcomed me to this mansion. But I couldn’t rely on her hospitality forever, and I also wanted to return the money that I had borrowed in order to go shopping. “...And to Sebastian as well.” If I could use Weed Cultivation to make plants that were used for medicine, then that could lead to all sorts of things. I would think carefully and expand on what I could do. Here, there was no superior who would get angry if I took a break, or would give me more work just as I finished up, or would shout at me for not being fast enough... “Leo?” Just as I decided to stop thinking and go to sleep, I suddenly remembered that Leo was sulking. She had ignored me the last time that I called her name. I raised my head a little to look at the side of the bed, and saw that she was curled up and sleeping. Perhaps she was dreaming of food, as her mouth was moving a little as if chewing. It was rather amusing. “...So dogs...Silver Fenrirs, also have dreams?” I watched Leo for a while, and then pulled the blankets over myself and closed my eyes. “...Ah...tomorrow... I’ll ask if I can...test Weed Cultivation...in the back garden.” Just before falling asleep, when I was barely awake, I thought of plans for tomorrow as the day ended. ——————— I heard a knock on the door. And then I opened my eyes. “...Ah, it’s morning.” The blinding morning light poured in from the window. After blinking a few times, my eyes got used to the light, and I got out of bed. In the meantime, the knocking on the door continued. ...I should not keep them waiting. “Who is it?” “Mr. Takumi, it’s Tilura. Can I come in?” So it was Tilura who was knocking. She sounded very cheerful even though it was early in the morning. Leo must have heard the knocking as well, as she uncurled her body and got up before extending her two front legs and stretching. “You can come in.” “Excuse me! Good morning, Mr. Takumi and Leo!” “Good morning. You’re up early.” Tilura flew into the room and greeted us first. She had clearly been properly educated. Well, maybe not. As she had entered without knocking yesterday in order to cling onto Leo... Perhaps she only knocked this time because Ms. Claire had scolded her. “Mr. Takumi, thank you for buying that necklace of Leo for me.” “Hahaha. That’s not Leo. But I thought you might like it, since it’s a wolf.” “Yes! I really like it! I’ll take good care of it!” She was wearing it now, and she said this as she held the necklace preciously with both hands. “Wuff?” Leo seemed to be curious, as she pushed her nose towards Tilura’s hands. “Leo, look! It’s you!” “Wou... Wuff! Wuff!” Tilura showed Leo the necklace, and then Leo noticed the part that looked like a wolf. However, she did not seem to care for it, as she then shook her head. ...I think that she was saying, ‘That’s not me! I look so much cooler!’ She was a girl who wanted to be cool... Also, ever since coming to this world, I seemed to understand Leo’s gestures and barks a lot more... Even when she was a puppy, she had sometimes moved in an oddly human manner compared to most dogs, but it was like I could actually hear a voice now. “You don’t like it, Leo?” Tilura must have felt that Leo’s gestures were a rejection, as she looked a little crestfallen. And so Leo rubbed her face against her as a consolation. “Ehehe. You feel so good, Leo.” Tilura laughed as she touched Leo’s fluffy fur. The two sure did get along... Yes, it was nice to see them be friends. But as I smiled and watched them, my stomach suddenly rumbled. “Ah, Mr. Takumi. Are you hungry?” “...Ah... Ahaha. Yes, I am. ...Well, this is a little embarrassing.” It seemed like Leo was laughing at me. Damn it. I would have to be careful so that my stomach didn’t rumble next time. “Are you hungry too, Leo?” “In that case, let’s go to the dining hall!” So saying, Tilura took my hand and was about to dash out of the room, but I stopped her. “Wait a minute, Tilura. I just got up. And so I need to get ready before going down to eat.” “...I’m sorry.” “It’s fine. You were just concerned because we were hungry, right? That’s very kind of you.” “Ehehe.” I patted Tilura on the head as she chuckled bashfully. As Leo moved her face close to me, I patted her on the head as well. “Well, then. I will be waiting for you at the dining hall!” “Yes, I’ll be right there. Ah, could you take Leo with you?” “Ah...yes! Let’s go, Leo!” Tilura seemed to be very happy to be able to go with Leo, as she nodded with a smile and then the two headed to the dining hall together. “Now, it’s time to use that razor I bought yesterday.” Well, it was a blade that looked like a razor. But I decided to think of it as this world’s razor. I took it out from my belongings from yesterday, and then faced the mirror. You had to work quickly in the morning. I shaved carefully so that I wouldn’t cut myself, and then I washed my face. Then I quickly changed my clothes and then rushed to the dining hall where the others were waiting. Ms. Claire and Sebastian would likely be waiting for me as well. ...Ms. Lyra was waiting for me outside of my door again, and while I was a little surprised, she escorted me to the dining hall.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 7, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
黒翼の王墓より回収したルファスの武具の数々は普段はマファール塔へと保管され、それはエクスゲートを使えるディーナを経由してのみルファスの手へと渡る。少なくともルファス本人はこれまでずっとそう考えていたし、実際にその通りであった。しかし今、その認識は他ならぬルファス自身の手により覆される。彼女が発動したエクスゲートによりディーナを経由せずして塔より武器が召喚され、ルファスの手へと渡ってしまったのだ。呼び出されたそれ剣。力強さを感じさせる武骨な剣と、どこか流麗さを感じさせる気品のある短剣のセットであり、その組み合わせはどこかチグハグでありながら男と女の組み合わせを連想させた。「リーヴスラシル。世界が滅びても残り続けると伝えられる神話の剣だ。「褒めても何も出んぞ」「余の正直な賛辞だ。素直に受け取れ」ルファスが剣の間合いでもないにも関わらず剣を振るう。無論、これを見て『あいつ何やってるんだ?』などと思うほどベネトナシュは馬鹿ではない。このレベルの戦いに常識は何の役にも立たず、むしろいかに常識を超えるかが勝敗の分かれ目と呼んでいい。ベネトナシュが素早く飛び退いた直後に地面が割れ、斬撃がミズガルズの外の宇宙空間へと飛び出して遥か遠くにあった小惑星を二つに割る。しかしそんな虚空の果てで起こった二次災害など二人が知る由もない。同時に地を蹴って踏み出し、中央で烈風を巻き起こしながら衝突した。ベネトナシュの爪とルファスの短剣がぶつかり、すぐに力比べに負けてベネトナシュが弾き飛ばされる。しかし即座に立ち上がり、掌を翳した。「ルナシューター!」「ソルブレット!」ベネトナシュの掌から放たれた黒い奔流と、ルファスの指から放たれた白い光の塊が衝突する。威力の上では互角だ。だがベネトナシュが発動した魔法『ルナシューター』は高位の月属性魔法であり、莫大なマナによって敵を圧殺する切り札の一つだ。対し、ルファスの使用した『ソルブレット』は日属性の基礎攻撃魔法。下位に位置している。それが互角という事実はつまり、両者の魔法の実力差をも意味していた。加えてその衝突は長く続かない。それを見てベネトナシュは厄介な剣だ、と舌打ちをする。ルファスのコレクションの一つ、二本一対の剣リーヴスラシル。刀身の長い魔剣リーヴは天法を切断して防御結界の上から敵を切り裂く事を可能とし、刀身の短い天剣スラシルは魔法を切断する事で強固な対魔法防御を実現している。もっとも、リーヴの効果は天法など使いもしないベネトナシュ相手では全く無用の長物であり、単なる切れ味のいい剣にしかならぬのが不幸中の幸いだろうか。だがそれが慰めになるかと言えば答えは否。今あの剣を手にしているのはミズガルズ最強の使い手であるルファスなのだ。彼女が手にすればただのナイフであろうと伝説に勝る武器へと変わる。その彼女が元々強い伝説の武器を手にしたのだ。ならばその威力と脅威は察して然るべきだろう。「はあああああーッ!」裂帛の叫びをあげ、ベネトナシュが銀の閃光へと変わる。己の限界すらも超え、関節が軋むのも構わず全方位から攻撃を繰り返す。だがルファスは憎らしい事に涼し気な顔のまま悉くを刀身で逸らし、一発として掠りすらしない。それどころか彼女が軽く振るっただけの剣でベネトナシュの右腕が肩から呆気なく離れてしまった。「......っ!!」すぐに切り離された腕を掴んで切断面へ押し付け、強引に再生する。そして怯むことなく正面から突撃し、先ほどの切断で掌に付着した己の血を放って目潰しを行った。そのまますぐに背後へと回り込み、心臓目掛けて一直線に腕を出す。だがまたも当たらない。背を向けたまま腕だけを後ろへ回し刀身でベネトナシュの攻撃を防いでしまっている。更にそこから回転し、遠心力を上乗せした蹴りでベネトナシュの胸を蹴り上げた。肋骨が砕ける音が響き、口から血が溢れる。しかし彼女は怯まない。かろうじて地面に倒れる事を避けて着地し、掌を前に突き出して魔法を雨あられと発射した。一発一発が街すら消し飛ばしかねない高密度の魔力弾。それを数百数千発と出し惜しみなく放つ。しかし尚もルファスは無傷! 砂塵の中から飛び出し、魔力弾を切り払いながらベネトナシュの目の前へと到達した。そのまま何の躊躇もなく一閃! ベネトナシュの上半身と下半身を両断する。「......っ、舐めるなァァ!」だがベネトナシュはその状態から反撃し、魔力弾をルファスへと直撃させた。更に、もはやそれは執念を通り越した怨念と呼ぶべきなのだろう。脳のある上半身から分かたれたにも関わらず下半身が勝手に動き、ルファスを蹴り飛ばす。これにはルファスも驚いたようで目を丸くしながら吹き飛んでいく。その隙にベネトナシュは上半身と下半身を結合させ、しかし流石にダメージが大きいのか膝をついてしまった。「こんな......こんな程度で......!」痛みなど知らぬ、ダメージなど知らぬ。この戦いはどちらかが死ぬまでやると決めていた。まさしく生涯に一度、望み続けた決戦なのだ。ならば膝など突いていられない。止まっている暇などない。「この程度で、終われるかァァ!」ベネトナシュは傷の完治も待たずに突貫し、ルファスへ猛攻を仕掛けた。彼女の攻撃は決して遅くない。弱くないし鈍くもない。むしろミズガルズでも並ぶ者がいないほどに速く、強く、鋭い攻撃だろう。一撃一撃、その全て程度ならば即殺、十二星でも大ダメージ必至の連撃。紛れもなく彼女は七英雄最強の存在であり、ミズガルズでも魔神王と並んで最強に数えられる一人だ。地面を転がりながらも再生し、すぐに起き上がるが既に息は荒く消耗は明らかだ。 (くそっ、分かってはいたが遠い......! 宿敵が強いのは嬉しい。だがそれはそれとして、この差をどうにかしなければ負けが目に見えている。敗北覚悟の上で臨んだ戦いではあるが、それでも別に負けたいわけではない。一番の望みはやはり、勝ってルファスを超える事なのだ。だから勝利の手を必死に考える。今更卑怯卑劣をどうこう言う気など毛頭ない。勝てばそれが全てだ。目潰し、騙し討ち、不意打ち、打てる手があるなら何でもいい。今更勝ち方に拘る気などなく、そんなものに気を遣って勝てる相手でもない。醜くていい、汚くていい、見苦しくていい。それでも、あいつに勝てればそれに勝る財産などあるものか。ドクン、と心臓が跳ねた。脳裏に知らぬはずの、だが確かに知っている誰かの声が響き渡り、ベネトナシュの中に何かが流れ込んでくる。それは――力だ。今まさに望んでいたものであり、ルファスとの差を埋めてくれる一手である。一瞬幻視したのは、ドレスを着た青い髪の美女。不思議と安心感すら覚える女性が微笑み、己を抱きしめている姿をベネトナシュは視て、そして感じていた。それと同時にベネトナシュの全身から天力が溢れ出し、力が全身に漲っていく。七英雄がかつてルファスに勝利した秘密はこれだったのか。おかしいとは思っていたのだ。あれだけの差がありながらどうして七英雄が勝てたのかが、ずっと不思議だった。だがこれで得心がいった。これならば確かに勝利も不可能ではない。ましてやこの力を得るのが自分ならば、それこそ一対一でもルファスと互角近い戦いが出来るようになるだろう。これならば......この力があれば奴と戦える。故にベネトナシュは笑い、そして口を開いた。「邪魔だ。失せろ」声の主が驚く気配が伝わってくるが、何をそんなに驚いているのか分からないし、理解したくもない。この戦いは自分のものだ。己が求め続けた戦いだ。この先にあるのが勝利だろうと敗北だろうと、生だろうと死だろうと、全てが自分のものだ。一ミリとて他の誰かになど譲ってやるものか。一体何を勘違いしているのだ、この馬鹿女は。こんな事をされて己が喜ぶとでも思ったのか? 誰もが膝をついて『ああ、女神様ありがとうございます』と馬鹿みたいに感謝して祈るとでも思ったのか? 分を弁えろ。図々しいにも程がある。誰も貴様など呼んでいないし必要ともしていない。いつ誰が貴様の助力などを欲しいと言った。一体いつ私が貴様如きに助けてくれと願った。慈愛の女神面して回されている腕が心底気持ち悪いし鬱陶しい。私に触れるなよ屑が。今この場において私に触れていいのはあいつだけだ。「聞こえなかったのか? 私は失せろと言ったのだ―― ベネトナシュが叫び、全身から銀の光が溢れる。それと同時に彼女の全身に漲っていた力は消失し、天力も弾き飛ばされた。要らない。こんな紛い物の力など必要ない。確かにルファスには死んでも勝ちたいが、こんな借り物の力で勝つくらいなら死んだ方がマシだ。第一こんなのは己の勝利ではない。これで勝ってもそれは要するに女神の力を受け取った誰かの勝利というだけで、己である必要性すらない。どんな汚い手を使っても勝ちたいとは思った。どんなに醜くても超えたいと願った。だが、自分以外の誰かの道具に成り下がって、誰かの力で勝ちたいなどと望んではいない! そうだ、この戦いは己の戦いだ。自分とルファスだけの二人舞台だ。他の奴など、舞台に上げてやるものか。たとえ女神だろうと蹴落として観客席においやってやる。貴様に出来るのは傍観だけだ。そこで黙って見ていろ、場違いの女神よ。「待たせたな......さあ、私達の戦いを続行しよう。他の誰にも邪魔はさせん」「............」「......? 何を呆けているマファール」「......いや、大した奴だと思ってな。今ほど其方を心から尊敬した事はないよ、ベネト」ルファスの賛辞にベネトナシュは目を丸くし、そして笑った。「何を今更。私はいつだって大した奴だ。「ああ、そうであったな。其方は確かに余の宿敵を名乗るに相応しい存在だ。二人は互いを認めて笑い合い、一瞬の静寂が生まれる。だがここは戦場で、そして殺し合いの最中だ。故に静寂は続かない。ベネトナシュが消耗して尚鋭く速く、これまで以上の練度を以てルファスへと果敢に切り込む。余りの速度に己自身の身体をも壊し、血を口の端から流しながらベネトナシュが次々とルファスへ攻撃を繰り出した。ルファスもそれを的確に防ぎ、弾き、反撃してベネトナシュを殴り飛ばす。更に追い打ち。かろうじて踏み止まったベネトナシュへ蹴りを叩き込み、肋骨を砕いて折れた骨を内臓へと突き刺し、彼女の華奢な身体を壊す。だがそれでも尚、吸血姫は倒れる事をよしとせず立ったままだ。「――まだだ! まだ、負けん!」ベネトナシュが跳躍し、全魔力を両手へと凝縮させた。崩壊の予感にミズガルズ全土が揺れ、動物達が世界中で混乱し、そして瀬衣と一緒に行動していた剣聖が怯えて動かなくなった。野生の勘というやつなのだろうか。彼等は無意識に悟っているのだ。今まさに、この瞬間。ミズガルズそのものが砕かれかねない力が生まれている事を。そしてそれが、何の躊躇もなくミズガルズへ向けて発射してしまう女の手にある事を、彼等は本能で理解してしまったのだ。「ミズガルズ諸共......消えて無くなれええええッ!」ベネトナシュの手から光が迸り、大空を貫く。直後、空から顔を覗かせたのは一本の矢だ。だがそのサイズたるや馬鹿げたもので、長さにして数キロは下らない。もはやそれは矢というよりは槍であり......否、槍でもここまで馬鹿げた長さにはなるまい。どのみち、矢と呼ぶにはあまりに巨大で力強過ぎた。「『銀の矢放つ乙女』!」ベネトナシュが腕を振り下ろす。それと同時に月属性最大最強の魔法が、ありったけの力を込めて地上へと射出された。この攻撃でミズガルズがどうなるかなど二の次だ。たとえ世界が滅ぶとしても、一瞬だけでもルファスに勝てるならばそれでいい。その後に死んでも構わない。文字通り世界すらも砕いてしまう攻撃を前にルファスは不敵に笑い、そして地面を踏みしめる。そして轟音と共に、銀の矢がルファスの立っている場所へと突き刺さった。	The countless number of equipment retrieved from the Royal Tomb of the Black Wings had been sent to the Mafahl Tower and were ordinarily only usable via Dina who was able to utilise X-Gate to bring those equipment to Ruphas’s hand. At the very least, that was what Ruphas had believed until this moment and as a matter of fact, that was truly how things were. However, that preconception was overturned by none other than Ruphas herself. It was because the equipment in the tower were summoned to her hand without going through Dina due to the X-Gate which was activated by herself. The equipment which was called over was a set of two swords which acted as one weapon. One sword screamed of power but looked unrefined, while the shorter sword gave off a feeling of grace and looked elegant. Although the pairing looked mismatched with each other, it gave off the feeling of man and woman. “Lifthrasir. This is a legendary sword that was said would remain intact even if the world were to end. It’s a treasure that’ll be wasted if I were to use it against some random small-fry, but if it’s against you, even this sword would probably be happy to lend me its aid.” “Nothing will come out of it even if you praise me, you know.” “It’s my honest compliment. You should accept it gracefully.” Ruphas swung the swords around even though it was not the appropriate time to be doing so. Needless to say, Benetnash was not a clueless idiot to be thinking, “What is she doing?” whilst she saw this. In a battle like the one they were in, the concept of common sense was useless. If anything, it could even be said that the winner was determined by how and to what extent an individual could surpass this so-called common sense. Right after Benetnash flew into the air, the ground which used to be below her shattered and the slash attack continued to fly into space beyond Midgard, eventually splitting a faraway asteroid into two. However, the two had no way of knowing the collateral damage that happened elsewhere far away in outer space. They both kicked the ground to take a step forward and clashed in the middle, causing a gale to blow away from them due to the impact. Benetnash’s claws and Ruphas’s short swords smashed against each other and very quickly, Benetnash who had lost in the contest of strength was blown away. Nevertheless, she quickly got back on her feet and struck her palm out. “Luna Shooter!” “Sol Bullet!” The black torrent released from Benetnash’s palm and the mass of white light shot from Ruphas’s finger clashed with each other. In terms of power, both of them were approximately the same. However, [Luna Shooter], the arcane magic activated by Benetnash, was a high-tier Moon attribute arcane magic and was one of the ultimate skills which was used to instantly kill an enemy using a massive amount of mana. On the other hand, [Sol Bullet], used by Ruphas, was a fundamental basic offensive arcane magic of the Sun attribute. It was of a lower tier than the one Benetnash had used. The fact that the two of them were equal with one another signified the difference in the ability to handle arcane magic between the two of them. Furthermore, that clash did not last for a long time. Looking at this, Benetnash clicked her tongue whilst thinking, “What a troublesome sword”. A part of Ruphas’s collection, a pair of swords: Lifthrasir. The longer magical sword Lif was able to slice through divine magic and therefore made it possible to attack the enemy directly whilst penetrating past their defensive barriers. The shorter divine sword Thrasir was able to cut through arcane magic and therefore effectively served as a powerful defensive anti-arcane magic weapon. Although, against Benetnash who would not use divine magic, the longer bladed Lif was completely ineffective, making it nothing more than a sword that cut well, thus it served as a silver lining in all of this. However, if a question of whether it made everything well was to be asked, the answer would be no. After all, the one who was holding onto that sword was the strongest user in all of Midgard, Ruphas. When in her hands, even an ordinary knife would turn into a weapon which would be worthy to be called legendary. And in this case, that individual took hold of a weapon which was already classified as legendary. As a consequence, the might and threat of that weapon did not need further mention. “Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” After screaming out a warcry, Benetnash turned into a silver ray of light. Overcoming even her own limits and ignoring the creaks from her joints, she continued to attack Ruphas from all directions. However, with a cool expression that aggravated Benetnash, Ruphas deflected the attacks with her sword and did not end up suffering even a single scratch. Let alone that, from just a casual swing of the sword, Benetnash’s right arm was amputated from her shoulder. “....tsk!!” Benetnash immediately picked up the severed arm and held it towards the open wound, forcibly regenerating everything. Afterwards, without the slightest bit of hesitation, she charged in from the front and using the remaining blood on her hands from the previously amputated arm, attempted to blind her enemy. She then circled around to the back and thrust her arm straight towards where Ruphas’s heart would have been. But again, it did not hit. Whilst keeping her back where it was and only moving her arm, Ruphas blocked Benetnash’s attack with the blade of her sword. Afterwards, Ruphas spun around and utilised the inertia to reinforce her kick on Benetnash’s chest to launch her up. The sound of Benetnash’s ribs cracking resounded and from her mouth spewed blood. Yet, she did not falter. After landing back on the ground as if barely managing to avoid being uncontrollably slammed down, she held her palm out in front of her and released a barrage of arcane magic to rain down upon her enemy. Individually, her condensed mana bullets were dense enough to each destroy a city on its own. Yet she released hundreds to thousands of them whilst leaving no space for any maneuvers. However, even after such an attack, Ruphas was still unscathed! Flying out of the cloud of dust and cutting past the mana bullets, she ended up in front of Benetnash. Then, without the slightest bit of hesitation, she slashed! Benetnash’s upper and lower body were sliced off from each other. “.... Tsk, don’t look down on me!!” However, in that very situation, Benetnash countered, directly landing a mana bullet on Ruphas. Additionally, it might be appropriate to call it an obsession born as a result of her long-standing strong feelings. Notwithstanding that the lower body was separated from the brain, the lower body moved on its own and kicked Ruphas away. In light of what had just happened, even Ruphas was astonished, causing her to open her eyes wide in surprise as she was blown away. Taking advantage of this interruption, Benetnash combined the bisected upper and lower body together. Unfortunately, perhaps due to how much severe damage she had suffered up to this point, she ended up kneeling down for a moment. “Just from this... won’t fall from just this much...!” Who cares about the pain, who cares about the damage? I’ve already determined that this battle’s going to continue until one of us dies. This is exactly the once-in-a-lifetime battle that I’ve long sought after. So, I can’t be wasting my time on my knees. There’s no room to stop and recover. “As if I’ll be done with just this!” Benetnash did not even wait for her wounds to recover properly before charging in and starting her fierce attack again. Her attacks were by no means slow. They were neither weak nor dull. If anything, there was no one else in Midgard who could dish out attacks which were equally fast, equally strong and equally sharp. Each of her individual attacks in this countless barrage was more than enough to instantly kill those at the level of the Luminaries and deal major damage to those at the same standing as the Stars. She was, without a doubt, the absolute strongest existence amongst the Heroes and one of the individuals who could be called the strongest in Midgard alongside the Demon King. Even whilst rolling on the ground, the regeneration effect took place. However, notwithstanding that Benetnash stood back up, she was already out of breath and it was clear that she was heavily drained from everything that had happened thus far. ****, I knew it already, but she’s so far...! I knew – knew that I wouldn’t be able to win... but is she telling me I can’t even contend with her properly!? She was happy that her arch-rival was strong. However, that aside, if she was unable to do something about the difference, it was already clear who the loser would be. She had issued a challenge whilst fully prepared to lose in the end, but it was not as if she wanted to lose. Therefore, she wired her brain to think of a move that would lead her to victory. She had absolutely no intention of saying foul plays were unfair or cowardly, this late in the game. Winning was everything. Attacks aiming for the eyes, feint attacks and surprise attacks, as long as there was a hand to play, she did not care what it was. She no longer paid any attention to what method she would have to use to win nor was she fighting against an enemy that she would be able to win against if she was worried about such a thing. It was fine to look unsightly, it was fine to look dirty and it was fine to look desperate. If it meant that she would be able to win against her opponent, there was no asset worth more than that. Boom, the heart rang loudly. The voice of a person whom she did not know, but certainly recognised, resounded. And suddenly, something was flowing into Benetnash. That was – power. It was exactly what she was wishing for just a moment ago. The move that would close the gap between herself and Ruphas. Just for a moment, Benetnash saw a vision of a blue-haired beautiful lady in a dress. A woman, who gave off a strangely tranquil feeling, smiled warmly and Benetnash saw a scene of herself getting hugged by that lady. At the same time, Benetnash suddenly overflowed with divine power all throughout her body. Power filled her entire being. Is this it? So this is the secret behind how the Heroes won against Ruphas. She had always thought that everything was strange. She had always thought it was a mystery that even though there was such a massive difference between Ruphas and the Heroes, the Heroes were able to come out victorious. But finally, she understood. If it was like this, it was understandably no longer impossible to end up victorious. All the more, if it was her which gained such a power, it would enable her to fight against Ruphas on almost equal footing. With this... if I have this power, I’ll be able to battle against her. As a consequence, Benetnash laughed at the situation and then opened her mouth. “You’re in the way. Scram.” Benetnash could feel that the owner of the voice was surprised by her response. However, she did not know why she was surprised to that extent nor did she care to want to understand why. This fight was hers. The battle that she had long continued to seek. And at the end of that battle, whether it be a victory or defeat, whether it be life or death, everything was hers alone. As if I’ll even give a single millimetre of it away. What kind of a misunderstanding is this stupid woman under? Did she think for a moment that I would be happy with this? Did she think that everyone would get on their knees to pray, worship and say, “Ah, thank you very much, Goddess” like fools or something? Know your place. There’s a limit to how impudent you can be. I’ve never once called for an idiot like you nor have I ever had the need to. When did I ever say I needed your support? Since when have I ever wished for help from an insignificant idiot like you? That affectionate Goddess mask of yours and your hands that try to bless me are disgusting and make me want to puke. Don’t you dare try to touch me, trash. The only one in this place that’s permitted to come in contact with me is her alone. “Didn’t you hear me? I’ve said to scram already, Alovenus – you third rate author!” Benetnash shouted out loud and silvery light overflowed from her body. At the same time, the power, which was seeping from her body, was extinguished and the divine power itself was blown away from her. I don’t need it. I have no need for a fake power like that. Sure, I want to win against Ruphas even if I have to exchange my life for it, but if I have to win using a borrowed power like that, even dying would be better. In the first place, winning like that is not your own victory. Even if a person were to win like that, it would merely mean that an individual that received the Goddess’s power won and it would not be the individual’s victory alone. I thought to win regardless of what kind of dirty tactics I had to use. I wished to surpass her even if I had to look unsightly. But I’ve never wished to fall to the point of becoming someone else’s tool nor win using someone else’s power. That’s right, this battle is my fight. This stage is for just Ruphas and myself. As if I’ll let someone else come onto the stage. Even if that person is the Goddess, I’ll kick her down and make her fall back onto the audience seat. The only thing a fool like you can do is observe. Just shut up and watch from the side, you out-of-place Goddess. “I’ve made you wait... now, let’s continue our fight. I won’t let anyone else interfere.” “..............” “......? What are you looking like a fool for, Mafahl?” “.... No, nothing. I was just thinking, you’re quite an existence. I’ve never once felt this much respect from the bottom of my heart like I do now, Benet.” After hearing Rupha’s honest compliment, Benetnash’s eyes opened wide then she started to laugh. “What are you saying this late in time? I’ve always been quite an existence. If I wasn’t, I would never have been able to call myself your arch-rival.” “Haha, that’s right. You’re certainly someone worthy of calling yourself my arch-rival. Just then, I felt that feeling being renewed once again.” The two of them acknowledged each other and smiled at one another, creating a moment of stillness. But regardless of whatever happened, this was still a battlefield and they were still in the middle of killing each other. Therefore, the tranquillity did not continue to last. Although Benetnash was drained, she moved resolutely towards Ruphas with a movement as sharp and as fast as she had been moving until now. Due to her own extreme speed, even her own body suffered as a consequence, causing blood to flow down from the corner of her mouth as she continued to strike at Ruphas. In response, Ruphas used pinpoint precision to guard, deflect and counter Benetnash to send her flying. Then the follow-up attack. Ruphas slammed her feet into Benetnash who had barely managed to get her feet back on the ground, shattering her ribs into pieces and shoving them into her organs, attempting to break her delicate body. Yet even then, the Vampire Princess continued to remain standing without falling down. “— not yet! I won’t, lose, yet!” Benetnash jumped up, gathering and amplifying all of her magical power in her two hands. In perception of the incoming imminent doom, the whole of Midgard shook violently. Animals across the world trembled in panic and the Sword Saint, who was travelling together with Sei’s group, became terrified and unable to move. Perhaps it was what you call an instinct possessed by those in the wild. They could subconsciously sense what was going to happen. Right now, in this time and space. A power that was more than enough to obliterate the entirety of Midgard was created. And on top of all of that, that power was within the hands of the woman who would fire it towards Midgard without the slightest bit of hesitation. They understood all of that instinctively. “Along with Midgard.... Everything can perish—!” From the hands of Benetnash, a light gushed out, piercing into open space. Right afterwards, what peeked out from the sky was a single arrow. However, the size of that arrow was something stupendous. If it was the length alone, it was well over a few kilometres. All things considered, rather than an arrow, it might have been better suited to being called a spear... no, even if it was a spear, it was far too long. In any event, it was far too strong of a power to be called an arrow fired from a bow. “[The Maiden Who Fires the Silver Arrow]!” Benetnash swung her arms down. At the same time, the greatest highest-tiered Moon attribute arcane magic, enhanced with as much power as possible, came charging towards the ground. What would happen to Midgard as a result of this attack was nothing but a throwaway thought to Benetnash. Even if the whole world was to be destroyed, as long as she would be able to win against Ruphas, even just for the slightest moment, it was all fine for her. Nevertheless, in the face of an attack which could literally destroy the whole world, Ruphas laughed without a care and then firmly settled down on the ground. Then, along with an ear-shattering sound, the silver arrow came dropping onto where Ruphas was currently standing.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 10, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
私は勿論、うちのフネの乗員達に口止めをしていた。について軽々しく口にしてはならない、この奇跡は3隻の乗員達の心にそっとしまい込むべきものである、と説いて......。勿論、こんなことが広まったらヤバいことになるからである。 ......主に、私が。それに、下手をすると軍や上層部が慢心する可能性がある。自分達は女神に護られている、我が国は無敵だ、とかいって......。それは非常にマズい。致命的だ。それに、もしこんな話が『あの人達』にバレたら......。そう、『渡り』の力を使うと生命力が~、と説明してある、あの人達に......。 * * 「ミツハはどこだ! 出てこい!!」うひゃー、ボーゼス伯爵様、激おこだぁ! うん、実戦に出るかもしれない、って伝えた時、『私も同行する』と言ってたからなぁ、伯爵様。でも、伯爵様についてこられると、転移やりまくりを見せるのはアレだから、今回は『ちょっと、外洋に出て戦隊行動の訓練を』ってことにしてたんだ。勿論私も乗艦せず、この国、ゼグレイウス王国の海軍士官が各艦長を務め、同じく王国の海軍兵士達が乗艦して。 ......そして今回は、それにプラスして、元の乗員達、つまりヴァネル王国の船乗り達の内、鬼軍曹に相当する人達にコーチとして乗艦してもらっていた。『訓練指導』のために、ね。たまたまだよ、たまたま! たまたま、その訓練中に事件が起きて、そのまま緊急出動しただけ! 軍隊式の言い方をするならば、『突発的に事象が生起したため、現場の判断により緊急対処した』とかいうやつね。だから、仕方ない。不可抗力だ! ......でも、伯爵様は、私が『カリアード』の艦長に持たせた事情説明の手紙の内容に納得しなかった模様。そして今、うちの領地邸に怒鳴り込んできたわけだ。わざわざ、馬を飛ばして何時間もかけてやってきて......。普通に訪問すれば通されるのに、玄関先で怒鳴り散らすものだから、メイド達も案内できずに固まっちゃってるよ。 ......うん、相当怒ってるよね、これは。やばたにえん......。でも、玄関先で騒いでくれたおかげで私が先手を打てるわけだから、ありがたい! 「アントンさん、あとは任せたよ! 伯爵様の対処、お願い!!」「......え? ミツハ様、いったい何を? ......ま、まさか......」フネの連中には、『今回は極秘任務のため、詳細を口にすることは禁止する』、『女神の御業についても、口外することを禁ずる』と念を押してあるから、大丈夫だろう。神罰について、ほんのちょっぴり説明しておいたし......。いや、今回の戦いの位置付けや、戦果については喋ってもいいと言ってある。自慢話はしたいだろうし、働きに対する報酬、練度の把握とかのためには、そのあたりの報告は必要だ。 ......ただ、具体的な超常の戦法、......『女神戦法』についての口外を禁止しただけだ。ま、多少は漏れても構わない。それが『公式なもの』として正式に報告されたり、戦闘詳報として提出されたりさえしなければ。「ごめん! ......緊急退避、脱出!!」「いや、そんな、ま、待って、待ってください......」 ......よし、転移! そして勿論、そんなことで問題が解決するはずがなかった。もうほとぼりが冷めただろうと、夕方にベアトリスちゃんの部屋に顔を出したところ、待ち構えていた伯爵様達に捕獲され、地獄を見た。 ......イリス様もだったのですね。玄関先での騒ぎではお声が聞こえなかったのに......。え? 怒りのあまり、声が出なかった? ははは、ソウデスカ・・・・・。「何だとおおおっ!」大臣達と共に、大会議室で帰還した艦隊からの報告を受けていた国王は、小型帆走軍艦このヴァネル艦隊大勝利の第一報は、艦隊の入港に先立って到着した、伝令のための快速スループによってもたらされた。入港と同時に、艦のことは全て副長に任せた艦長が、自ら馬を飛ばして全速で王都へと向かっての報告であった。この艦は、戦いの最中は殴り合いの場である戦闘海域から少し離れて待機していたため無傷であった。元々連絡用として使われるだけあり、武装は貧弱ながらも、速力にはいささか自信がある小型艦である。フリゲートというよりは、コルベットに近い小型のフネであった。そのため、艦長始め、このフネに乗っていた者達は『女神の奇跡』、そして『探検船団による、奇跡の大逆転』については、その全てを直接間近で目撃したわけではない。戦いが終わった後、搭載ボートで旗艦に移乗し、王宮に届ける報告書を託され、司令部の幕僚達から起こった奇跡について、そして陛下に報告すべき第一報についての概要を聞かされただけである。 ......詳細報告は、後日、艦隊司令官が自ら行う。現在、航行能力がさほど落ちていない艦を6隻選び、司令部を移乗して全速で帰投中である。他の艦は、損傷艦や拿捕艦と共にゆっくりと母港を目指している。先行した6隻の乗員達は、街に飲みに出れば、戦いの話を聞きたがる街の者たちにらせていた。しかも、話す内容が、女神の使徒となった探検船団と共に敵艦隊を撃滅するという、殆ど英雄譚のような話なのである。女性達にモテまくることは確実であった......。そして勿論、司令官もまた、心を躍らせていた。女神の奇跡。自らが率いる艦隊に対して女神が御支援くださったという、『自分達が女神に祝福されし者である』ということ。そしてその事実を、陛下や多くの人々の前で報告すること。その栄誉を他者に譲るような指揮官はいないであろう。今はただ、戦果と被害報告、そして大勝利の知らせと、自国が『女神の加護を受けし国である』ということを第一報として知らせ、陛下の、そして人々の心配を一刻も早く解消するだけであり、そのための伝令艦の存在であった。そのため、持たせた手紙による報告内容は、あまり詳細なものではない。これが負け戦であれば、対処のために正確、細密、迅速な情報が必要であろう。しかし、大勝利とあらば、詳細説明が多少遅れても、大した問題ではなかった。 ......しかし、『概略報告』とは言っても、この報告は、あまりにも驚天動地、荒唐無稽、そして報告者の正気を疑うものであった。そして、もしそれが真実であったならば、祖国の未来は盤石であった......。報告書を読んだ国王は、考え込んでいた。確かに、少し前に『イーラスの奇跡』というものがあった。しかしあれは、一隻のフネとその乗員の命を救うために、女神が慈悲をお与えになっただけである。な人間同士の殺し合いなどに興味を持たれることも、ましてやそれに対して干渉されることも、その片方に肩入れされることも、あり得ない。あれはただ、それが、あの件について聖職者達と討議した結論であった。なので、引き続き軍隊の維持・増強に努め、外交の手段としてその力を行使することには何の問題もない、ということになったのである。そもそも、『戦うための組織』、『戦うための船』というものに対して何も言われることなくお救いくださったということは、その存在や役目をお認めくださっているということにだが、あれは『人間同士の戦いではなく、大自然の脅威と ......しかし、今回は違う。人間同士の、自分達の意思による戦いであり、殺し合い。いわば、『仲間割れ』であろう。至高の存在である、女神の視点から見れば......。 ......では、なぜ力をお貸しくださったのか? 正義が我らにあると思っていただけた? それとも、女神は我が国を御寵愛くださっている? 何があろうと、我が国をお護りくださる? 「......ふひ」国王の口から、おかしな声が漏れた。しかし、誰もそれを笑ったり、怪訝な顔をしたりはしていなかった。それも当たり前のことであろう。今、この部屋で報告を聞いていた者は皆、国王と同じようなにやけた顔をしており、無意識に声を漏らしている者が何人もいたからである。 ......そう、皆、国王と同じような思考過程を辿り、そして同じような結論に達していたのである。「「「「「「我が国の栄光の未来は、約束された!!」」」」」」	Of course, I gave a hush order to the crews of my ships. I preached to them about not speaking lightly about the work of the goddess and that this miracle should only be put into the hearts of the crew members of the three ships...... Of course, if this goes out, it will be dangerous. ......Mainly, to me. Besides, if I’m not involved in it, the military and senior management can take the credit. They would say that they were protected by the goddess and that their country was invincible... That’s extremely bad. It’s fatal. Besides, if such a story reached <those people>... Yes, to those people whom I explained that using the power of <transfer> would chip away my vitality. [Mitsuha! Where are you! Come out !!] C Bozes U hy~ia !! It’s Count Bozes. This is extremely bad! Yeah, when I told him that I might be going in actual battle, he said <I will accompany you too>... Count-sama. However, while I was following the Count, I sneaked out using my ability to transfer. So that time I decided to <go out to the open sea and train for squadron’s live-fire excersise>. Of course, I didn’t board the ship. The Navy officers of this country, the Zegreius Kingdom, served as captains and the kingdom’s Navy soldiers were the ones who boarded the ships. ...And this time, in addition to that, the former crew members, that is, the sailors of Vanell Kingdom, who’re reporting directly to the demon sergeant, were on board as coaches... For <training guidance>. It just happened okay, it just happened! It just happens that an incident occurred during the training and I just urgently dispatched them! To put it in a military-style, it’s like, <Because an event happened suddenly, we took an emergency action based on the judgment of the ones on the scene>. So it can’t be helped. It’s a Force majeure! ......But it seems that the Count was not convinced by the contents of the letter explaining the circumstances that I had given to the captain of [Carriard]. And now he’s yelling at my territory. He took the trouble to ride on a horse for hours just to come over... If only he visited normally, he will be guided in. But since he’s yelling at the front door, the maids will not be able to escort him and he will be stranded outside instead. ......Yeah, he’s pretty angry, isn’t he? Evil grin...... But I’m grateful that I can take the initiative thanks to the noise at the front door! [Anton-san, I’ll leave the rest to you! Please deal with the Count!] Mitsuha [...Eh? Mitsuha-sama, what on earth?... No way...] Anton It’s okay because the ships’ crews are reminded that <this time it’s a top-secret mission, so It’s forbidden to talk about the details of the mission> and <It’s forbidden to talk about the miracles of the goddess>. I explained a little about the punishments... No, I said that it’s okay to talk about their point of view of the battle and the results of the battle. I would like to brag about it and I need to report about it in order to calculate the reward for the work and the degree of practice. ......However, I banned the talk about the detailed supernatural tactics, <Goddess tactics>. Well, it doesn’t matter if it leaks a little. Unless it is officially reported as <official> or submitted as a detailed combat report. [I’m sorry! ... Emergency evacuation, escape !!] Mitsuha [No, please no, wait, wait please...] Anton ......Okay, transfer! And, of course, that wouldn’t solve the problem. When I went to Beatrice-chan’s room in the evening, thinking that he had already cooled down, I was captured by the waiting Count and saw hell. ......Iris-sama was also with him. I couldn’t hear her voice earlier because of the noise at the front door... Eh? Did she get so angry that she couldn’t let out her voice? Aha ha, I see....... [What the hell!] King The King, who received the reports from the fleet who returned, was sitting in the large conference room along with the ministers. He took his eyes off of the report from the captain of a small sailing warship The first report of the Vanell Fleet’s victory came from a small fast sailing ship as a messenger, arriving prior to the fleet’s arrival at the port. Upon entering the port, the captain, who left all of the ship’s command to his deputy, rode his horse and heading for the royal capital at full speed. The ship was unharmed during the battle as it waited for a short distance from the battlefield, where it was the battleground. Originally used only for communication, it is a small ship with poor armament but it has a little confidence in its speed. Rather than a frigate, it was a small ship that was closer to a Corvette . Therefore, the captain and others on board this ship did not directly witness all of <The Miracle of the Goddess> and <The Miraculous Great Reversal by the Expeditionary Fleet>. After the battle was over, he boarded the flagship via a boat, entrusted with a report to deliver to the royal palace, and was given an overview of the miracles that had occurred from the HQ staff and the first report was to be reported to His Majesty. And only His Majesty. ......The detailed report will be made by the fleet commander at a later date. Currently, they have selected six ships whose navigation capabilities have not fallen so much and are returning to the shipyard at full speed by transferring the command center. The other ships are slowly heading for their homeport, along with damaged and captured ships. The crew of the aforementioned six ships was thrilled with the prize money, which would be a significant sum because if they went to the city for a drink, they would be given free booze to those in the city who wanted to hear the story of the battle. What’s more, the story almost made them heroes, about destroying an enemy fleet with the help of the expedition fleet that became an apostle of the goddess. It was certain that they would be popular with women... And, of course, the commander was also thrilled. The miracle of the goddess. The goddess supported his fleet, saying, <We are blessed by the goddess>. And to report that fact in front of His Majesty and many other higher-ups. No commander would give that honor to others. Currently, he just announced the results of the war, the damage report, the news of the great victory, and the first report that my country is <a country under the blessings of the goddess>. And that the worries of His Majesty and the people are resolved as quickly as possible. He sent a messenger just for that purpose. Therefore, the content of the report given by the letter was not very detailed. If they were losing the battle, accurate, detailed, and prompt information will be needed to deal with it. However, for a grand victory, it was not a big problem even if the detailed explanation was delayed a little. ...But even though it was a <summary report>, this report was too astounding, absurd, and questioning the saneness of the reporter. And if that was true, the future of the motherland would have been rock solid... The King, who read the report, was thinking. Certainly, there was something called <Eras’ miracle> a while ago. But that was simply the goddess giving mercy to save the lives of one ship and its crew. It is impossible for the goddess to be interested in the killing of human beings, let alone interfere with it, or shouldering one of them. It just gave them mercy on a whim. That was the outcome of the discussion with the clergy on the matter. Therefore, it was decided that there would be no problem in continuing to strive to maintain and strengthen the military and to use its power as a means of diplomacy. In the first place, the fact that it saved us without being told anything about <organization to fight> or <ship to fight> is nothing but acknowledging its existence and role. The clergy also had no choice but to nod to the military men who claim so. However, it would only mean that it is <the result of bravely fighting the threat of nature, not the battle between humans>. ......But this time it’s different. It is a battle between human beings and killing each other by their own will. So to speak, it would be <falling out>. From the perspective of the goddess, who is the supreme being... ......Then why did it lend us its power? Did it think we are on the side of justice? Or does the goddess love our country? Will it protect our country no matter what happens in the future? ...Fu hi. ] King A strange voice leaked out from the King’s mouth. But no one was laughing at it or making a suspicious look. That would be a matter of course. All the people who were listening to the report in this room now had the same sly face as the King and there were many who unknowingly let out their voices. ...Yes, they all followed the same thought process as the King and came to the same conclusions. [[[[[[The future of our glorious country has been promised !!]]]]]]	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 7, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
「――――風の精霊よ」竜巻に呑み込まれる瞬間、シェイラは口の中で呟いていた。右も左も分からないほどの奔流にあって、何とか呼吸を確保できているのは、精霊がシェイラの全身を薄い膜のように風で包んでくれているからだった。おかげで体が千々に裂かれずに済む。けれど足元に地面がないというのは、かなり心許ないことだった。どこまで高く舞い上がっているのかさえ分からない。 ――このまま場外に出れば私の敗け。本。剣はしっかり握っている。覚悟もある。あとは実行に移すだけ。カッと目を開く。風の精霊のおかげで視界は明瞭だ。吹き荒れる風に舞う草や小石、その向こうに、レイディルーンの頭が見えた。ずっとずっと下方だ。ぐるんと体を回転させ、前方に躍り出る。そこは風の壁を越えた先だ。ふっと体に重力が戻った。急激に地面へ向かっていく。落下していく。レイディルーンがつと顔を上げた。驚愕に目を見張っている。慌てて竜巻を消し去り、何か他の呪文を唱えているのが口の動きで分かった。耳元で風がごうごうと唸りを上げる。シェイラはただひたすら、レイディルーンに向かって落ちていく。そのままスッと剣を構えた。ハッとしたレイディルーンが剣を構え直すがもう遅い。シェイラは加速度的に威力が増した一撃を振り下ろした。高い金属音が稽古場に響き渡った。「........................っ!!」真っ向からレイディルーンと睨み合う。彼は渾身の一撃を、見事に受け止めきった。シェイラの顔が歪む。手元から不穏な音が上がる。レイディルーンの剣の根元に、微かなヒビが入っていた。少しずつ蜘蛛の巣状に拡がっていき、ついには砕ける。自重に耐えきれなくなった剣が根元から折れ、ガラリと音を立てて崩れ落ちていく。「............降参だ」そう宣言したのは、レイディルーンだった。「剣が無ければ騎士ではない。まだ魔力は残っているが、生憎と俺は魔術師になりたいわけではないからな」途端、爆音のような歓声に包まれた。フィールドを囲む騎士達が、目を輝かせて叫んでいる。「すげぇぞ、チビッ子!」「信じらんねぇ!まさかレイディルーンに勝っちまうとは!」「メチャクチャいい試合だったぞ!」「筋肉同盟は永遠に不滅なり!」「猿だ!竜巻の中で体勢を整えるなんて、あいつマジで猿だぞ!」何やらおかしな言葉も紛れているような気もしたが、誰もが健闘を称えているのが分かった。シェイラに向けられる称賛、そして笑顔。肩からふっと力が抜けた。すると急に足の痛みを思い出して、がくりとバランスを崩す。転びそうになったシェイラを支えたのは、何とレイディルーンだった。「あの、ありがとうございます」「――――よく、あの竜巻の中で無事にいられたな」レイディルーンが顔を逸らしたまま口を開く。シェイラは乾いた笑みを浮かべた。風の精霊に頼りました、とはとても言えない。ついでに最後の一撃も剣を強化していたなんてもっての他だ。代わりに、思っていたことを告げる。「レイディルーン先輩は、僕を殺す気も、大怪我させるつもりも絶対ないと分かってましたから。――――騎士の誇りを知っている方ですからね」クローシェザードが事前にさした釘に関わらず、相手が誰であろうと理不尽に傷付けたりしないと思った。平民を蔑む点は絶対に相容れないが、騎士の高潔さを求める筋の通った人だ。その点だけは信用できる。最後に詠唱していたのも、おそらく攻撃のための呪文ではなく、地面に叩き付けられるシェイラを庇うためのものだったに違いない。シェイラの構えに慌てて剣を握り直したのがいい証拠だ。「最後まで騎士として、勝負を諦めなかったお前の勝ちだ」「後輩を咄嗟に助けようとしたレイディルーン先輩の方が、僕よりずっと騎士らしいと思いますよ」ニッと不敵に笑うと、レイディルーンがこっそり苦笑を漏らした。全力を賭してぶつかり合ったからかの間に不思議な連帯感のようなものが生まれている気がした。照れくさい言葉で言うと、まるで戦友のような。彼も同じように感じているのだろうか。だから、平民のシェイラでもこうして支えてくれるのか。「確かにお前のような山猿に、騎士らしさで敗けるわけにはいかないな」「あ、言いましたね。その山猿に敗けたくせに」シェイラが憎まれ口を叩くと、レイディルーンが微笑んだ。冷徹な雰囲気がふっとほどけるような、優しい笑みだった。平民を人とも思っていなかった紫の瞳が、こんなに穏やかに和むとは想像もしていなかった。決して相容れないだろうと思っていたのに、何だか不思議だ。周囲がレイディルーンの笑顔にざわついていることなど露知らず感慨に耽っていると、首筋にチリッと痛みが走った。本能が告げる危険を察知し、シェイラはパッと振り返る。憎悪などの悪感情はない。けれどいやに絡み付くような強い視線を感じた。近場ではない。一体どこから見られているのか。「――――――!」本館の一階、談話室だろうか。その窓辺に人影があった。青みがかった灰色の髪、とろりと妖艶な笑みを浮かべるのは――――。 ――ヨルンヴェルナ先生............。遠く離れているのに、なぜか目が合った気がした。彼はひらりと手を振ってから姿を消す。ただ偶然目が合っただけ、と思いたい。けれどなぜそれなら、こんなにも嫌な予感がするのだろうか。後味の悪い気持ちを抱えてじっと本館を見つめていたシェイラに、レイディルーンが話しかけた。「そういえば、怪我の方はどうだ?」我に返って、右腿を見下ろす。体術の授業用の黒い下履きの上から適当に止血はしてある。だが血が止まったわけではないので、止血に使ったシャツの切れ端はぐっしょりと赤く濡れていた。「まぁ深く切っちゃいましたけど、試合ですからね。それに先輩のことですから、これだってある程度の手加減はしてるんでしょう?」「そうだな。本気であったら、お前の脚はあの場で切断されていただろう」「うわぁ。じゃあ今日勝てたのは、やっぱり手加減されてたからなんですね」想像はついていたことだが、それでも悔しい。シェイラは命懸けで頑張ったというのに、まるで相手にされていなかったのだから。「じゃあもっと鍛練を積んで、手加減なんてできないくらい強くなってみせます」「............勝とう、とは思わないのか?」「すぐには無理ですから。でも最終目標は、もちろん勝つことですよ」両手でこぶしを握って力説してみせると、レイディルーンがまた微笑んだ。案外笑い上戸なのかもしれない。「ただ問題は、この怪我だと低級治癒魔法じゃ治らないかもしれないことなんですよね。今日治癒室には、低級の治癒魔法を使える人しかいなかったんです」何とか痛みは我慢できても、このままでは明日の予定に差し支える。明日は月の日のため、学院は休日。フェリクスに近況報告をする日なのだ。この怪我を見たら大袈裟に心配することだろう。いっそ予定が入ったことにしてしまおうかと目論んでいると、レイディルーンが口を開いた。「中級程度の治癒魔法ならば心得がある。俺が治してやっても構わないが」「え、治癒魔法まで使えるなんてスゴいですね。それはとっても助かりますけど、レイディルーン先輩にそこまでしてもらうのは申し訳ないですよ」「構わないと言っている。面倒だから俺の部屋にでも運ぶぞ」無造作に膝裏を掬い取られ、体がフワリと宙に浮く。いつの間にかレイディルーンに横抱きにされていた。足下に地面のない不安定さは竜巻の中のようだったが、今は小揺るぎもしない腕に力強く支えられているため不安はなかった。シェイラは間近にある紫の瞳を覗き込む。「あの、やっぱり悪いです」「いいから黙っていろ」悪いと言いながら助かると感じていることも確かなので、なかなか固辞できない。むしろレイディルーンがより運びやすいように、首に腕でも回した方がいいだろうかと思案してしまう。毎週の報告を怠るとフェリクスが拗ねるから仕方ない、と思う気持ちと申し訳なさに揺れていると、突然冷ややかな声が掛かった。「――――シェイラ⋅ダナウは私に任せてもらおう」レイディルーン越しに振り向くと、至極不機嫌そうに眉間にシワを寄せたクローシェザードが立っていた。 ......最早周囲が凍り付いたように黙り込んでいることに、シェイラだけがやはり気付かないままだった。	“――O Spirit of the Wind.” Sheila muttered in her mouth the moment the tornado engulfed her. In the torrent that was rushing past her left and right, Sheila managed to keep breathing because the spirits were wrapped around her entire body like a thin film of wind. Thanks to this, her body wasn’t torn into a thousand pieces. However, the fact that there was no ground under her feet was quite alarming. She didn’t even know how high she was flying. If I went out of the field like this, I would lose. She had a firm grip on her sword. She had the determination. All that remained was to put it into action. With a snap, Sheila opened her eyes. Thanks to the wind spirit, her vision was clear. Beyond the grass and pebbles dancing in the wind, she could see the head of Leidyrune. It was far, far below. She turned her body around and leaped forward. There, beyond the wall of wind. Suddenly, gravity returned to her body. Sheila was rapidly moving toward the ground. Falling. Leidyrune looked up. His eyes widened in astonishment. She could tell by the movement of his mouth that he was in a hurry to make the tornado disappear and cast some other spell. The wind rumbled and roared in her ears. Sheila just kept on falling toward Leidyrune. She held her sword at the ready. A startled Leidyrune suddenly readjusted his sword, but it was too late. Sheila swung a blow that increased in power at an accelerated rate. A high-pitched metallic sound echoed through the training hall. “........!!!” Sheila stared head-on at Leidyrune. He successfully parried the blow with all his might. Her face contorted. But suddenly a disturbing sound came from his hand. There was a faint crack at the base of Leidyrune’s sword. Little by little, it spread like a spider web and finally shattered. The sword, no longer able to bear its own weight, broke from the base and crumbled with a rattling sound. “.... I give up.” It was Leidyrune who declared so. “Without the sword, I am not a knight. I still have some magic left in me, but unfortunately, I don’t want to be a sorcerer.” Immediately, the crowd erupted in an explosion of cheers. The knights surrounding the field shouted, their eyes shining. “That’s awesome, little guy!” “I can’t believe it! I can’t believe you beat Leidyrune!” “That was a great match!” “The Muscle League will be immortalized forever!” “He’s a monkey! That guy is a real monkey to position himself in the middle of a tornado!” There were some funny words mixed in, but it was clear that everyone was congratulating her on a good fight. Praise and smiles were directed at Sheila. Her shoulders relaxed. Suddenly she remembered the pain in her leg and lost her balance with a jerk. Sheila almost fell, but to her surprise, Leidyrune was there to support her. “Um, thank you.” “――I’m amazed you made it through that tornado.” Leidyrune opened his mouth with his face averted. Sheila smiled dryly as she recalled that. She couldn’t say that she relied on her spirit arts. Taking advantage of that, it wasn’t surprising that the last blow also strengthened the sword. Instead, she told him what she was thinking. “I knew that Leidyrune-senpai would never intend to kill me or seriously injure me. It’s because you understand the pride of a knight.” Regardless of the warnings that Claushezade had put in place beforehand, Sheila knew that he wouldn’t unreasonably hurt whoever he was fighting with. His disdain for commoners was irreconcilable, but he was a reasonable man who sought the integrity of a knight. She could trust him on that. The last spell he was chanting was probably not for an attack but to protect Sheila from being knocked to the ground. The fact that he hurriedly regained his grip on his sword at Sheila’s posture was good evidence. “You won because you were a knight to the end and didn’t give up the fight.” “I think that Leidyrune-senpai, who tried to save his underclassman as fast as he could, is much more of a knight than I am.” When Sheila smiled boldly, Leidyrune let out a wry smile. Perhaps it was because they had been fighting with each other with all their might, but she felt a strange sense of solidarity had developed between the two of them. To put it in embarrassing terms, it was like they were comrades-in-arms. She wondered if he felt the same way. Was that why he supported her like this, even though she was a commoner? “Certainly, I cannot be defeated by a wild monkey like you in terms of being a knight, can I?” “Ah, you said it. Even though you were defeated by that monkey.” When Sheila spoke hatefully, Leidyrune smiled at her. It was a gentle smile that seemed to melt away the cool atmosphere. She had never imagined that his purple eyes, which had never thought of commoners as human beings, would soften so gently. She had thought they would never be compatible with each other, but it was somehow not true. While she was lost in deep emotion, unaware that the people around her were disturbed by Leidyrune’s smile, she felt a tingle of pain in her neck. Sensing the danger that her instincts were telling her, Sheila quickly turned around. There was no hatred or any other ill feeling. But she felt a strong gaze that seemed to entangle her. It wasn’t within her vicinity. Where on earth were they watching her from? “――!!” It was coming from the common room on the first floor of the main building. There was a figure at the window. With bluish-gray hair and a bewitching smile―― Jornwerner-sensei..... He was far away, but somehow she thought their eyes met. He waved his hand and then disappeared. Sheila would like to think that their eyes just met by chance. But if that was the case, why did she had such a bad feeling about it? Leidyrune spoke to Sheila, who was staring at the main building with a bad aftertaste. “Speaking of which, how are your injuries?” Sheila came to herself and looked down at her right thigh. She had stopped the bleeding appropriately over the black undergarments used for gymnastics classes. However, the bleeding hadn’t stopped, and the piece of shirt she had used to stop the bleeding was soaking wet and red. “I cut myself pretty deeply, but it was a match after all. Besides, you’re a senior player, so you must be taking it easy on me to some extent, right?” “That’s right. If it had been serious, your leg would have been severed right there.” “Wow. So, the reason I won today was because you were holding back, right?” It was something she had imagined, but still frustrating. Even though Sheila risked her life to do her best, she wasn’t taken seriously. “Well then, I’ll train harder and become so strong that you can’t hold back.” “Don’t you want to win...?” “No, because it’s impossible right away. But the ultimate goal, of course, is to win.” When Sheila clenched her fists with both hands and tried to make a strong point, Leidyrune smiled again. Maybe he was the kind of guy who smiled easily. “The only problem is that with this injury, low-level healing magic may not be enough to heal it. Today in the healing room, there’re only people who could use low-level healing magic.” Even if Sheila could endure the pain somehow, it would interfere with tomorrow’s schedule. Tomorrow was a lunar day, so the academy would be closed. It was also the day to give Felix a report. If he saw her injury, he would probably be overreacting and worrying. As she was planning to pretend that she had plans for that day, Leidyrune opened his mouth. “If it’s intermediate-level healing magic, I have some knowledge. I don’t mind if I do it.” “Eh, it’s amazing that you can even use healing magic. I’m very grateful for that, but I’d feel bad to ask you to do that much for me, Leidyrune-senpai.” “I said I don’t mind. It’s troublesome to do it here, so I’ll carry you to my room.” Sheila was scooped up gently by the back of her knees and her body floated in the air. Before she knew it, she was being carried like a child by Leidyrune. The instability of having no ground under her feet was like being in a tornado, but she wasn’t worried because she was now being supported by his strong, unshakable arms. Sheila looked into the purple eyes that were so close to hers. “Um, I think it’s a bad idea.’ “I said it’s fine, so be quiet.” It was hard to firmly refuse his offer because, while Sheila felt bad about it, she also felt that it would help. Instead, she wondered if it would be better to put her arm around his neck to make it easier for Leidyrune to carry her. As she was quivering between feeling sorry and feeling that it was inevitable because Felix would sulk if she failed to report every week, a chilling voice suddenly called out. “――Let me handle Sheila Danau.” When Sheila turned around over Leidyrune, she saw Claushezade standing there, looking extremely unhappy with a wrinkle between his brows. .... The only one who was still oblivious to the fact that the people around her were frozen in silence was Sheila.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 2, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
昆虫は驚くほどよく保存され形態的には完璧でした父と私はいつの日か昆虫たちがよみがえり琥珀の中から這い出てきて飛び立っていく姿を想像しました絶滅した動物のゲノム配列について解読できるかと 10年前に問われたならおそらく「無理だ」と答えたでしょう絶滅した動物をよみがえらせることができるかという問いには「夢物語さ」と答えたでしょうしかし今日ここで意外にもお伝えしたいのは絶滅種のDNA配列の再現が「可能性」ではなく現実のものとなったことそれに加えて絶滅種の復活にも手が届くようになったことです琥珀の中の昆虫からではなく ― そういえば蚊は『ジュラシック・パーク』のヒントになりましたね永久凍土の中で良好な状況で保存された毛長マンモスを復活させるのです毛長マンモスは氷河期を代表する実に興味深い存在です巨大で毛むくじゃらで大きな牙を持っています私たちは象と同様の親近感を毛長マンモスに持っているようですその理由は象と私たちには共通点が多いせいでしょう死者を葬り子供を教育します強い社会性を持っています親近感は太古からのものかもしれませんというのは象は私たちと同様に約700万年前にアフリカに生まれました生息地や環境の変化によって私たちも象と同様にヨーロッパからアジアへと移住しました初期の大きなマンモスはメリディオナリスマンモスで肩高は 4メートルもありました体重は10トン森林地帯に適応した種で西ヨーロッパから中央アジアに広がりさらに当時のベーリング地峡を渡り北米に至りましたするとまた気候変動が起こり新たな生息地ができて中央アジアにトロゴンテリマンモスというメリディオナリスマンモスを西ヨーロッパに追いやりましたついで北アメリカに開けたサバンナ地帯ができ北アメリカ固有の巨大な短毛種であるコロンビアマンモスが生まれたのですその約50万年後に長毛種のマンモスが誕生しました私たちにとても馴染み深い種ですね東ベーリング地方から生息地を広げ中央アジアを抜けトロゴンテリマンモスを中央ヨーロッパから追い払って数十万年余りベーリング地峡との間を往復していました氷河期の最寒期ですやがて南に生息していたコロンビアマンモスと直接接触しこの2種が過酷な気候変動のもと数十万年も生き抜きましたマンモスは気温と環境の激しい変化に耐えて見事に生き抜く適応力に優れた動物ですそして大陸では1万年ほど前まで生きました驚くべきことにシベリアとアラスカ沖の小さな島々では3千年ほど前まで生きていたのですエジプトでピラミッドが建設されていたころこれらの島々ではまだマンモスが生き残っていましたそして彼らは滅びましたかつて生きていた動物の 99%のようにマンモスも絶滅しました原因は温暖化と森林地帯の急激な北上と考えられますかの偉大なポール・マーティンが提唱したように更新世時代に大型動物を狩猟した人類に過剰に殺戮されたせいかもしれません幸運なことに現在数百万の死骸がシベリアやアラスカの永久凍土深く至るところに見つかるので現地に出かけて発掘することができます保存状態は琥珀の中の昆虫同様驚異的です歯血のついた骨血はその色までも残しています体毛さらには無傷の体や脳が入ったままの頭部も発見されています DNAの保存状況と残存状態は多くの要因に依存します要因の詳細はまだよく分かっていませんが生物がいつ死んだかすぐに土に埋もれたかどのくらい深く埋もれたか埋もれた環境の温度が一定かどうかそれらの要因が地質学的な時間枠の中で DNAの寿命に影響します皆さんは驚かれるでしょうが重要なのは時間ではありません保存されていた期間でもありません保存中の温度の安定が最も重要なのです化石化を免れた骨や歯の奥のDNAはかつては無傷でヒストンタンパク質にしっかりと巻きついていましたがマンモスが生きていた頃に共棲していたバクテリアに攻撃されていますこれらのバクテリアは環境中のバクテリアと共に水と酸素を奪い DNAをより小さなDNAの破片へと分解しているのですやがて手に入る破片は 10個の塩基対か最大でも数百塩基対までです記録されている化石の大部分は有機物の痕跡をとどめていませんわずかな化石だけが DNAの断片を数千年数百万年の時を隔ててとどめています最先端のクリーンルーム技術を使って DNAの断片を汚れた組織の中から取り出す方法を編み出しましたこんな具合ですからマンモスの骨や歯から DNAを抽出するときにはその時代に共棲していたバクテリアのDNAも混ざっていると言っても皆さんは驚かれないでしょうさらに事態を複雑にするのは一緒に生き残ったバクテリアや菌類などの不要なDNAをすべて抽出してしまうことですまた永久凍土に保存されたマンモスならばそのDNAの約50%はマンモスのものですがより温暖な気候に生息し温暖な環境に保存されたコロンビアマンモスの場合には DNAのわずか3%から 10%だけがマンモス由来のものですですが私たちはマンモスとその他のDNAを識別し取り出すという巧妙な方法を開発しましたさらに解読装置の進歩により生物情報工学の方法を用いてマンモスDNAの小さな破片を再編してアジアゾウやアフリカゾウの染色体の構造に重ねることができるようになりましたこの方法でマンモスとアジアゾウを区別する点をすべて把握することができましたではマンモスについて何がわかったのでしょうか? マンモスのゲノムはほぼすべて解読されましたそれは実際にマンモス級ですヒト科のゲノムは約30億塩基対ですが象やマンモスのゲノムはさらに20億の塩基対ぶん大きくその多くが小さな反復配列 DNAで構成されていてこれがゲノム全体の再構築を難しくしていますこの情報を得たことでマンモスと現存するアジアゾウとアフリカゾウの縁戚関係に関する興味深い疑問に答えることができました 3種は約700万年前に共通の祖先を持っていましたさらに約600万年前まではアジアゾウと祖先を共通していたことがマンモスのゲノムから判明したのですマンモスはアジアゾウとより近縁です古代のDNAの解析技術の進歩により他のマンモスたちのゲノムの配列もわかってきましたそのうちの2つについてお話しします毛長マンモスとコロンビアマンモスですこの2種は氷河期の最寒期にごく近接して生息していました北米大陸が厚い氷河に覆われていたころ毛長マンモスは氷河のない南方に避難しコロンビアマンモスと出会ったのですこの退避地で共生するうちにそこは単なる退避地というだけではなく異種交雑の場となりましたこれは長鼻類にとっては珍しいことではありません大きなアフリカゾウの雄が競争に勝ちマルミミゾウの雌と交尾することが知られています大きな短毛種のコロンビアマンモスが小さな毛長マンモスの雄に勝つこともあったでしょう悔しいですが高校時代を思い出しますね絶滅種の復活を目指すときにこの事実は看過できませんというのはアフリカゾウとアジアゾウは交雑し子供を作ることができます 1978年に英国チェスターの動物園で実例がありますということはアジアゾウの染色体を取り出してマンモスのゲノムと異なる部分をすべてマンモスのゲノムと入れ替えて除核した細胞に挿入し幹細胞へと分化させそれをさらに精子へと分化させアジアゾウの卵子に人工授精を施せば長く困難な過程を経てマンモスに似た動物を蘇らせることが可能になりますもっとも完全な複製にはなりません先ほどお話ししたように DNAの断片が短いために正確なDNAが再構築できていないからですですが見た目も雰囲気も毛長マンモス同然です友人とこの話をするとそのような動物を一体どこで飼えばいいのか? マンモスの居場所はどこにするか? 彼らに適した気候や生息地はないよと言われますそんなことはありませんシベリア北部とユーコン準州の一帯がマンモスの生息に適していますマンモスは幅広い気候帯に生息した適応力に優れた動物だったことを思い出してくださいこの土地であればマンモスは問題なく生きるでしょう正直なところ私の中の少年の心はこの堂々とした動物がもう一度北の永久凍土の大地を歩く姿を見ることを切望していますでも一方で私の中の大人の自分がそうするべきかどうか迷ってもいますありがとうございました (拍手) ライアン・フェラン: まだ退場しないでください私たちに問いかけましたね皆さん自問していますよ「復活させるべきか否か?」あなたは十分な可能性を示唆しながらご自身の答えを控えられましたねなぜですか? 控えたのではなく私たちの行動の意味や結果について深く考えたいからです今のような深く意義ある議論を持つことができればより良い答えが得られると言いたかったのですそもそもそのような行為が必要かどうか共に考える時間を持ちたかったのですとても良い回答ですねありがとうヘンドリックどうもありがとう (拍手)	And they were remarkably well preserved, morphologically just phenomenal. And we used to imagine that someday, they would actually come to life and they would crawl out of the resin, and, if they could, they would fly away. we would ever be able to sequence the genome of extinct animals, I would have told you, it's unlikely. If you had asked whether or not we would actually be able to revive an extinct species, I would have said, pipe dream. But I'm actually standing here today, amazingly, to tell you that not only is the sequencing of extinct genomes a possibility, actually a modern-day reality, but the revival of an extinct species is actually within reach, maybe not from the insects in amber -- in fact, this mosquito was actually used for the inspiration for "Jurassic Park" — but from woolly mammoths, the well preserved remains of woolly mammoths in the permafrost. quintessential image of the Ice Age. They were large. They were hairy. They had large tusks, and we seem to have a very deep connection with them, like we do with elephants. Maybe it's because elephants share many things in common with us. They bury their dead. They educate the next of kin. They have social knits that are very close. Or maybe it's actually because we're bound by deep time, because elephants, like us, share their origins in Africa and as habitats changed and environments changed, we actually, like the elephants, migrated out into Europe and Asia. So the first large mammoth that appears on the scene is meridionalis, which was standing four meters tall weighing about 10 tons, and was a woodland-adapted species and spread from Western Europe clear across Central Asia, across the Bering land bridge and into parts of North America. And then, again, as climate changed as it always does, and new habitats opened up, we had the arrival of a steppe-adapted species called trogontherii in Central Asia pushing meridionalis out into Western Europe. And the open grassland savannas of North America opened up, leading to the Columbian mammoth, a large, hairless species in North America. And it was really only about 500,000 years later that we had the arrival of the woolly, the one that we all know and love so much, spreading from an East Beringian point of origin across Central Asia, again pushing the trogontherii out through Central Europe, and over hundreds of thousands of years migrating back and forth across the Bering land bridge during times of glacial peaks and coming into direct contact with the Columbian relatives living in the south, and there they survive over hundreds of thousands of years during traumatic climatic shifts. So there's a highly plastic animal dealing with great transitions in temperature and environment, and doing very, very well. And there they survive on the mainland until about 10,000 years ago, and actually, surprisingly, on the small islands off of Siberia and Alaska until about 3,000 years ago. So Egyptians are building pyramids and woollies are still living on islands. And then they disappear. Like 99 percent of all the animals that have once lived, they go extinct, likely due to a warming climate and fast-encroaching dense forests that are migrating north, and also, as the late, great Paul Martin once put it, probably Pleistocene overkill, so the large game hunters that took them down. Fortunately, we find millions of their remains strewn across the permafrost buried deep in Siberia and Alaska, and we can actually go up there and actually take them out. And the preservation is, again, like those insects in [amber], phenomenal. So you have teeth, bones with blood which look like blood, you have hair, and you have intact carcasses or heads which still have brains in them. So the preservation and the survival of DNA depends on many factors, and I have to admit, most of which we still don't quite understand, but depending upon when an organism dies and how quickly he's buried, the depth of that burial, the constancy of the temperature of that burial environment, will ultimately dictate how long DNA will survive over geologically meaningful time frames. And it's probably surprising to many of you sitting in this room that it's not the time that matters, it's not the length of preservation, it's the consistency of the temperature of that preservation that matters most. So if we were to go deep now within the bones and the teeth that actually survived the fossilization process, the DNA which was once intact, tightly wrapped around histone proteins, is now under attack by the bacteria that lived symbiotically with the mammoth for years during its lifetime. So those bacteria, along with the environmental bacteria, free water and oxygen, actually break apart the DNA into smaller and smaller and smaller DNA fragments, until all you have are fragments that range from 10 base pairs to, in the best case scenarios, a few hundred base pairs in length. So most fossils out there in the fossil record are actually completely devoid of all organic signatures. But a few of them actually have DNA fragments that survive for thousands, even a few millions of years in time. And using state-of-the-art clean room technology, we've devised ways that we can actually pull these DNAs away from all the rest of the gunk in there, that if I take a mammoth bone or a tooth and I extract its DNA that I'll get mammoth DNA, but I'll also get all the bacteria that once lived with the mammoth, and, more complicated, I'll get all the DNA that survived in that environment with it, so the bacteria, the fungi, and so on and so forth. Not surprising then again that a mammoth preserved in the permafrost will have something on the order of 50 percent of its DNA being mammoth, whereas something like the Columbian mammoth, living in a temperature and buried in a temperate environment over its laying-in will only have 3 to 10 percent endogenous. But we've come up with very clever ways that we can actually discriminate, capture and discriminate, the mammoth from the non-mammoth DNA, and with the advances in high-throughput sequencing, we can actually pull out and bioinformatically re-jig all these small mammoth fragments and place them onto a backbone of an Asian or African elephant chromosome. And so by doing that, we can actually get all the little points that discriminate between a mammoth and an Asian elephant, and what do we know, then, about a mammoth? Well, the mammoth genome is almost at full completion, and we know that it's actually really big. It's mammoth. So a hominid genome is about three billion base pairs, but an elephant and mammoth genome is about two billion base pairs larger, and most of that is composed of small, repetitive DNAs that make it very difficult to actually re-jig the entire structure of the genome. So having this information allows us to answer between mammoths and their living relatives, the African and the Asian elephant, all of which shared an ancestor seven million years ago, but the genome of the mammoth shows it to share a most recent common ancestor with Asian elephants about six million years ago, so slightly closer to the Asian elephant. With advances in ancient DNA technology, the genomes of those other extinct mammoth forms that I mentioned, and I just wanted to talk about two of them, the woolly and the Columbian mammoth, both of which were living very close to each other during glacial peaks, so when the glaciers were massive in North America, the woollies were pushed into these subglacial ecotones, and came into contact with the relatives living to the south, and there they shared refugia, and a little bit more than the refugia, it turns out. It looks like they were interbreeding. And that this is not an uncommon feature in Proboscideans, because it turns out that large savanna male elephants will outcompete the smaller forest elephants for their females. So large, hairless Columbians outcompeting the smaller male woollies. It reminds me a bit of high school, unfortunately. to revive extinct species, because it turns out that an African and an Asian elephant and this has actually occurred by accident in a zoo in Chester, U.K., in 1978. So that means that we can actually take Asian elephant chromosomes, been able to discriminate with the mammoth genome, we can put that into an enucleated cell, differentiate that into a stem cell, subsequently differentiate that maybe into a sperm, artificially inseminate an Asian elephant egg, and over a long and arduous procedure, actually bring back something that looks like this. Now, this wouldn't be an exact replica, because the short DNA fragments that I told you about will prevent us from building the exact structure, but it would make something that looked and felt very much like a woolly mammoth did. Now, when I bring up this with my friends, we often talk about, well, where would you put it? Where are you going to house a mammoth? There's no climates or habitats suitable. Well, that's not actually the case. in the north of Siberia and Yukon that actually could house a mammoth. Remember, this was a highly plastic animal that lived over tremendous climate variation. So this landscape would be easily able to house it, and I have to admit that there [is] a part of the child in me, the boy in me, that would love to see these majestic creatures walk across the permafrost of the north once again, but I do have to admit that part of the adult in me sometimes wonders whether or not we should. Thank you very much. Ryan Phelan: Don't go away. You've left us with a question. I'm sure everyone is asking this. When you say, "Should we?" it feels like you're reticent there, and yet you've given us a vision of it being so possible. What's your reticence? Hendrik Poinar: I don't think it's reticence. about the implications, ramifications of our actions, and so as long as we have good, deep discussion like we're having now, I think we can come to a very good solution as to why to do it. But I just want to make sure that we spend time thinking about why we're doing it first. RP: Perfect. Perfect answer. Thank you very much, Hendrik. HP: Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
スイス連邦工科大学の研究室で脊髄損傷を研究しています世界中で毎年5万人以上の人が脊髄損傷事故という世界中で毎年5万人以上の人が脊髄損傷事故というそのほんの一瞬の出来事によって人生が一転しそのほんの一瞬の出来事によって人生が一転し劇的な生活の変化に苦しんでいます『スーパーマン』を演じたークリストファー・リーヴにより脊髄損傷を負った人々の苦脳に対する私の認識が高まり脊髄損傷を負った人々の苦悩に対する私の認識が高まり私のこの分野の研究が私のこの分野の研究が「クリストファー&ダナ・リーヴ基金」で始まったのですある決定的瞬間を今でも覚えていますある日いつものように仕事を終えたばかりの時でしたある日いつものように仕事を終えたばかりの時でしたクリスは私たち科学者や専門家にこう言ったのです「もっと現実的にならなきゃダメだ明日研究室を出る時はーリハビリセンターに立ち寄って欲しい患者の姿を— 一歩踏み出すのに苦戦し— 必死で体を支える彼らの姿を見て欲しいんだそして家に帰ったら彼らの状況を改善するには研究の何を変えるべきかを考えて欲しい」彼らの状況を改善するには研究の何を変えるべきかを考えて欲しい」この言葉がずっと心に残っていますもう10年以上前の事ですがそれ以来我々の研究では脊髄損傷から回復するためのそれ以来我々の研究では脊髄損傷から回復するための実践的なアプローチを行なってきました私が最初に行なった事は新しく脊髄損傷のモデルを作り出す事でそのモデルは人の脊髄損傷の重要な特徴を備える一方実験にもうまく使える状態でなくてはなりませんでしたそのためにラットの脊髄の両側にメスを入れ半側切断を行いましたそのためにラットの脊髄の両側にメスを入れ半側切断を行いましたこれで脳と脊髄の伝達を完全に遮断することになりこれで脳と脊髄の伝達を完全に遮断することになり足が完全に永久的に麻痺してしまいます足が完全に永久的に麻痺してしまいますでも人の脊髄損傷の殆どには神経繊維の回復に利用できる無傷の神経細胞が残っているのです神経繊維の回復に利用できる無傷の神経細胞が残っているのですでもその方法は? 従来のアプローチは治療介入を施すことで切断された神経繊維を元のように繋ぎ合うように成長を促す方法ですこれは今でも確かに治癒の鍵となるものですがしかし私にはあまりにも複雑だと思えたのです速やかに臨床実験の成果を出すには明らかに問題の見方を変えなければいけませんでした脊髄生理学における百年以上の脊髄生理学における百年以上のノーベル賞受賞者チャールズ・シェリントンから始まる研究ではノーベル賞受賞者チャールズ・シェリントンから始まる研究では脊髄損傷した部分より下の脊髄には殆どの場合歩行運動に必要な神経回路は十分にありますが殆どの場合歩行運動に必要な神経回路は十分にありますが脳からの情報が遮断されているので休眠状態のような機能していない状態にあることが分っていますそこで私は回路を目覚めさせる事を考えました当時私はフランスで博士号取得後ロスで博士研究員をしていました当時私はフランスで博士号取得後ロスで博士研究員をしていましたそこでは自立的な思考は必ずしも歓迎されませんそこでは自立的な思考は必ずしも歓迎されません新しい上司に話すのが怖かったのですが勇気を出すことにしたのです私の考えを聞いてもらおうとアドバイザーのレジー・エジャートン博士を訪ねました私の考えを聞いてもらおうとアドバイザーのレジー・エジャートン博士を訪ねました彼は真剣に私の話を聞きそしてにこっと笑って言ったのです「やってみらどうだ」とこれは間違いなく「やってみらどうだ」とこれは間違いなく私のキャリアにおいて重要な瞬間でした偉大な指導者が若者と新しいアイデアを信じてくれていると知ったのです偉大な指導者が若者と新しいアイデアを信じてくれていると知ったのですアイデアはこうです複雑なコンセプトを説明するためにシンプルな比喩を使いましょう複雑なコンセプトを説明するためにシンプルな比喩を使いましょう運動組織を車だと考えて下さいエンジンは脊髄ですトランズミッションは切断されエンジンは止まりましたどうやって再起動しますかまず燃料が必要です次にアクセルを踏んでハンドル操作も必要です脳からの神経回路は歩行中まさにこの機能を司っています歩行中まさにこの機能を司っています私のアイデアはこの損傷した回路に私のアイデアはこの損傷した回路に歩行の為に自然に脳がすることを治療で補い施してあげることです歩行の為に自然に脳がすることを治療で補い施してあげることですそのために神経科学で 20年学んだ事を活かしましたまず薬剤を使って足りない燃料に置き換えましたまず薬剤を使って足りない燃料に置き換えました脊髄内のニューロンが発火できるようにです次にアクセルペダルの役割に電気刺激を使いました次にアクセルペダルの役割に電気刺激を使いました電極が脊髄に埋め込まれて電極が脊髄に埋め込まれて痛みのない刺激を与えます何年もかけついに電気化学信号を使った神経補綴を開発し脊髄の神経回路を休眠状態から機能状態に変えたのです脊髄の神経回路を休眠状態から機能状態に変えたのですすぐに全身麻痺していたマウスは立てるようになりましたトレッドミルが動き始めるとその動きに合わせて足を動かすようになったのです脳の指示なしにです私が呼ぶ「脊髄脳」は足の動きからの感覚情報を認知処理し足の動きからの感覚情報を認知処理し筋肉の動かし方を決め立ったり歩いたりしました速く走っている時トレッドミルが止まれば立ち止まることさえできましたトレッドミルが止まれば立ち止まることさえできました驚くべき事でした脳からの指示なしに歩行できたことにとても感動しました脳からの指示なしに歩行できたことにとても感動しましたしかし同時に歯がゆい思いもしましたこの歩行は随意運動ではないからですマウスは自分の足を全くコントロールすることはできません明らかに「ハンドル操作」のシステムがないのですそして私たちは従来のリハビリの理論の枠からそして私たちは従来のリハビリの理論の粋から脱却しなければならないと気がつきましたトレッドミルを歩かせ脳が足に随意運動をさせる状態に回復させるというのが嘗てのリハリビ方法でしたこれを念頭に置きながら全く新しいーラットがどの方向にも行けるよう最新のロボットシステムを開発しましたラットがどの方向にも行けるよう最新のロボットシステムを開発しましたとってもよく出来てるんですよ 2百グラムの小さなラットを 2百キロのロボットにつなぎますしかしラットはロボットを感じる事はありませんロボットは単なる補助的なもので赤ちゃんが初めて立ち上がる時支えるのと同じです赤ちゃんが初めて立ち上がる時支えるのと同じですつまりこうですラットに脊髄損傷を与えつまりこうですラットに脊髄損傷を与え電気化学信号を使った神経プロテーゼで脊髄運動性神経回路を機能できる状態にしますこのロボットのお陰でラットが麻痺した足をどのように動かしても大丈夫なのですどのように動かしても大丈夫なのです動くモチベーションのためにはスイスで最強の薬を使いましたおいしいスイスチョコレートです実は最初の結果にはとてもとても・・・とっても落胆させられました彼女は最高の理学療法士ですがラットに一歩を踏み出させるのに大失敗していますラットに一歩を踏み出させるのに大失敗しています 5分前には問題なく歩いていた同じラットがです 5分前には問題なく歩いていた同じラットがです私たちは焦りを感じましたしかしご存知のように科学者に最も要求される資質は忍耐力ですしかしご存知のように科学者に最も要求される資質は忍耐力です粘り強く我々の理論に改良を重ね何ヶ月もの訓練の後麻痺したラットは自分の意志で立ち麻痺したラットは自分の意志で立ち自らご褒美に向かって体重を支えて走ったのです自らご褒美に向かって体重を支えて走ったのですこれは初めて見られた足の随意運動でこれは初めて見られた足の随意運動で全身麻痺モデル作成後最初の回復への兆しでした全身麻痺モデル作成後最初の回復への兆しでした実は・・・ (拍手) ありがとうそれにラットが自分の意志で平地を歩き続けただけでなくそれにラットが自分の意志で平地を歩き続けただけでなく足の動きを調節する事もできたのです例えば階段を登るために重力に逆らいましたこれは本当に研究室における感動的な瞬間でしたこれは本当に研究室における感動的な瞬間でしたこの目標に到達するまで 10年努力してきたのですこの目標に到達するまで 10年努力してきたのですしかし残った問題はこの仕組みですなぜこんなことが可能なのでしょう? 実は私たちが発見した事はまったく予期せぬものでした実は私たちが発見した事はまったく予期せぬものでしたこの画期的な訓練によって脳が新しい回路を作れるようになったのですある種のリレー回路で脳からの情報をリレーして損傷部を通りその下の運動神経回路の皮質制御を復元したのです損傷部を通りその下の運動神経回路の皮質制御を復元したのですその一つの例がこれです脳から来ている線維を赤にしてあります青いニューロンが運動中枢につながっていますこのシナプス接合の集まりが意味することはこのシナプス接合の集まりが意味することは脳はたった1つのリレーニューロンで運動中枢に再接続しているということです脳はたった1つのリレーニューロンで運動中枢に再接続しているということですしかしこの再構築は損傷部分に限られていませんでしたしかしこの再構築は損傷部分に限られていませんでした脳幹を含む中枢神経組織に渡っても起こっていて脳幹を含む中枢神経組織に渡っても起こっていて脳からくる線維の密度が最大 300%も上昇していました脳からくる線維の密度が最大 300%も上昇していました脊髄自体を修復するのが目的ではありませんでしたが受損した大人のほ乳類の中枢神経組織に受損した大人のほ乳類の中枢神経組織にこれ程の軸索投射の再構築に成功したのは稀な事ですこの発見には隠れた重要なメッセージがありますこの発見には隠れた重要なメッセージがありますそれは才能ある若いチームの功績ですそれは才能ある若いチームの功績です理学療法士神経生物学者神経外科医様々なジャンルの技師たち一人では決して成し遂げられなかった事を共に達成しました一人では決して成し遂げられなかった事を共に達成しましたまさに専門分野を超えたチームです密接な共同作業の中専門知識を共有し合ったので実験での発見を実践的に応用出来る実験での発見を実践的に応用出来る新世代の医学士と技師が生まれているのです新世代の医学士と技師が生まれているのです私の役目は? 私はこの美しいオーケストラの指揮者に過ぎませんさて皆さんはこう思っているでしょうこれで患者を助けられるのか? 私も毎日考えています正直に言うと私たちには分らない事がまだ一杯ですこれは確かにまだ脊随損傷の治療にはなりませんしかしこれが脊損からの回復や患者の生活を改善することにーしかしこれが脊損からの回復や患者の生活を改善することにー役立つと私は信じていますちょっと私と一緒に空想してみて下さいちょっと私と一緒に空想してみて下さい脊髄損傷を負った直後の人を想像してください回復期数週間目に脊髄に直接薬剤を送れるようプログラムで制御されたポンプを埋め込みますプログラムで制御されたポンプを埋め込みます同時に電極アレイも組み込みます足の動きを管理する脊髄のエリアをカバーする皮膚のようなものです足の動きを管理する脊髄のエリアをカバーする皮膚のようなものですこの電極アレイは電子パルス発生器につながっておりその人に必要な程度の刺激を与えますその人に必要な程度の刺激を与えますこれが個別化された電気化学神経プロテーゼで新たな補助システムを使ったリハビリで歩行を可能にします新たな補助システムを使ったリハビリで歩行を可能にします私の望みでは数ヶ月のリハビリの後受損後の回路が十分に再形成されロボットなしで動けるようになることです薬や刺激を与えなくてもいいかもしれません今私がしようとしているのは脳や脊髄の柔軟性を高めるために個別化された環境を作ることです個別化された環境を作ることですこれは画期的な考えであり他の神経障害にも適用できるかもれませんこれは “個別化神経プロテーゼ”と私が呼ぶもので感知し刺激することにより修復を促すインターフェイスを脳や脊髄そして末端神経まで神経組織全体に埋め込みます脳や脊髄そして末端神経まで神経組織全体に埋め込みます脳や脊髄そして末端神経まで神経組織全体に埋め込みます患者それぞれの損傷に合わせたものですしかし失われた機能を置き換えるのではありません脳が自ら回復できるよう手助けをするのです想像をかき立てられたでしょうかこの革命は「起きるかどうか」ではなくこの革命は「起きるかどうか」ではなく「いつ起こるか」です心の思い描けないものは実現できません大きく夢見ることが大切なのですありがとうございました	And for me, the Man of Steel, Christopher Reeve, has best raised the awareness on the distress of spinal cord injured people. And this is how I started my own personal journey in this field of research, working with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. I still remember this decisive moment. It was just at the end of a regular day of work with the foundation. Chris addressed us, the scientists and experts, "You have to be more pragmatic. When leaving your laboratory tomorrow, I want you to stop by the rehabilitation center to watch injured people fighting to take a step, struggling to maintain their trunk. And when you go home, think of what you are going to change in your research on the following day to make their lives better." These words, they stuck with me. This was more than 10 years ago, but ever since, my laboratory has followed the pragmatic approach to recovery after spinal cord injury. And my first step in this direction was to develop a new model of spinal cord injury that would more closely mimic some of the key features of human injury while offering well-controlled experimental conditions. And for this purpose, we placed two hemisections on opposite sides of the body. They completely interrupt the communication between the brain and the spinal cord, thus leading to complete and permanent paralysis of the leg. But, as observed, after most injuries in humans, there is this intervening gap of intact neural tissue through which recovery can occur. But how to make it happen? Well, the classical approach consists of applying intervention that would promote the growth of the severed fiber to the original target. And while this certainly remained the key for a cure, this seemed extraordinarily complicated to me. To reach clinical fruition rapidly, it was obvious: I had to think about the problem differently. It turned out that more than 100 years of research on spinal cord physiology, starting with the Nobel Prize Sherrington, had shown that the spinal cord, below most injuries, contained all the necessary and sufficient neural networks to coordinate locomotion, but because input from the brain is interrupted, they are in a nonfunctional state, like kind of dormant. My idea: We awaken this network. And at the time, I was a post-doctoral fellow in Los Angeles, after completing my Ph.D. in France, where independent thinking is not necessarily promoted. I was afraid to talk to my new boss, but decided to muster up my courage. I knocked at the door of my wonderful advisor, Reggie Edgerton, to share my new idea. He listened to me carefully, and responded with a grin. "Why don't you try?" And I promise to you, this was such an important moment in my career, when I realized that the great leader believed in young people and new ideas. And this was the idea: I'm going to use a simplistic metaphor to explain to you this complicated concept. Imagine that the locomotor system is a car. The engine is the spinal cord. The transmission is interrupted. The engine is turned off. How could we re-engage the engine? First, we have to provide the fuel; second, press the accelerator pedal; third, steer the car. It turned out that there are known neural pathways coming from the brain that play this very function during locomotion. My idea: Replace this missing input to provide the spinal cord with the kind of intervention that the brain would deliver naturally in order to walk. For this, I leveraged 20 years of past research in neuroscience, first to replace the missing fuel with pharmacological agents that prepare the neurons in the spinal cord to fire, and second, to mimic the accelerator pedal with electrical stimulation. So here imagine an electrode implanted on the back of the spinal cord to deliver painless stimulation. It took many years, but eventually we developed an electrochemical neuroprosthesis that transformed the neural network in the spinal cord from dormant to a highly functional state. Immediately, the paralyzed rat can stand. As soon as the treadmill belt starts moving, the animal shows coordinated movement of the leg, but without the brain. Here what I call "the spinal brain" cognitively processes sensory information arising from the moving leg and makes decisions as to how to activate the muscle in order to stand, to walk, to run, and even here, while sprinting, instantly stand if the treadmill stops moving. This was amazing. I was completely fascinated by this locomotion without the brain, but at the same time so frustrated. This locomotion was completely involuntary. The animal had virtually no control over the legs. Clearly, the steering system was missing. And it then became obvious from me that we had to move away from the classical rehabilitation paradigm, stepping on a treadmill, and develop conditions that would encourage the brain to begin voluntary control over the leg. With this in mind, we developed a completely new robotic system to support the rat in any direction of space. Imagine, this is really cool. So imagine the little 200-gram rat attached at the extremity of this 200-kilo robot, but the rat does not feel the robot. The robot is transparent, just like you would hold a young child during the first insecure steps. Let me summarize: The rat received a paralyzing lesion of the spinal cord. The electrochemical neuroprosthesis enabled a highly functional state of the spinal locomotor networks. The robot provided the safe environment to allow the rat to attempt anything to engage the paralyzed legs. And for motivation, we used what I think is the most powerful pharmacology of Switzerland: fine Swiss chocolate. Actually, the first results were very, very, very disappointing. Here is my best physical therapist completely failing to encourage the rat to take a single step, whereas the same rat, five minutes earlier, walked beautifully on the treadmill. We were so frustrated. But you know, one of the most essential qualities of a scientist is perseverance. We insisted. We refined our paradigm, and after several months of training, the otherwise paralyzed rat could stand, and whenever she decided, initiated full weight-bearing locomotion to sprint towards the rewards. This is the first recovery ever observed of voluntary leg movement after an experimental lesion of the spinal cord leading to complete and permanent paralysis. In fact -- Thank you. In fact, not only could the rat initiate and sustain locomotion on the ground, they could even adjust leg movement, for example, to resist gravity in order to climb a staircase. I can promise you this was such an emotional moment in my laboratory. It took us 10 years of hard work to reach this goal. But the remaining question was, how? I mean, how is it possible? And here, what we found was completely unexpected. This novel training paradigm encouraged the brain to create new connections, some relay circuits that relay information from the brain past the injury and restore cortical control over the locomotor networks below the injury. And here, you can see one such example, where we label the fibers coming from the brain in red. This blue neuron is connected with the locomotor center, and what this constellation of synaptic contacts means is that the brain is reconnected with the locomotor center with only one relay neuron. But the remodeling was not restricted to the lesion area. It occurred throughout the central nervous system, including in the brain stem, where we observed up to 300-percent increase in the density of fibers coming from the brain. We did not aim to repair the spinal cord, yet we were able to promote one of the more extensive remodeling in the central nervous system of adult mammal after an injury. And there is a very important message hidden behind this discovery. They are the result of a young team of very talented people: physical therapists, neurobiologists, neurosurgeons, engineers of all kinds, who have achieved together what would have been impossible by single individuals. This is truly a trans-disciplinary team. They are working so close to each other that there is horizontal transfer of DNA. We are creating the next generation of M.D.'s and engineers capable of translating discoveries all the way from bench to bedside. And me? I am only the maestro who orchestrated this beautiful symphony. Now, I am sure you are all wondering, aren't you, will this help injured people? Me too, every day. The truth is that we don't know enough yet. This is certainly not a cure for spinal cord injury, but I begin to believe that this may lead to an intervention to improve recovery and people's quality of life. I would like you all to take a moment and dream with me. Imagine a person just suffered a spinal cord injury. After a few weeks of recovery, to deliver a personalized pharmacological cocktail directly to the spinal cord. At the same time, we will implant an electrode array, a sort of second skin covering the area of the spinal cord controlling leg movement, and this array is attached to an electrical pulse generator that delivers stimulations that are tailored to the person's needs. This defines a personalized electrochemical neuroprosthesis that will enable locomotion during training with a newly designed supporting system. And my hope is that after several months of training, there may be enough remodeling of residual connection to allow locomotion without the robot, maybe even without pharmacology or stimulation. My hope here is to be able to create to boost the plasticity of the brain and the spinal cord. And this is a radically new concept that may apply to other neurological disorders, what I termed "personalized neuroprosthetics," where by sensing and stimulating neural interfaces, I implanted throughout the nervous system, in the brain, in the spinal cord, even in peripheral nerves, based on patient-specific impairments. But not to replace the lost function, no -- to help the brain help itself. And I hope this enticed your imagination, because I can promise to you this is not a matter of whether this revolution will occur, but when. And remember, we are only as great as our imagination, as big as our dream. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
先生が私に教えてくれたのは物理は身の回りの世界について教えてくれて面白いということでしたそこで物理はマーケティングについても教えてくれることがあるという話をしますちょっと手を挙げてもらえますか大学でマーケティングの勉強をした人は? 大学で物理の勉強をした人は? 割といますね中学や高校では? みなさん勉強してますねでは楽しい思い出が蘇ると思います嫌な思い出が蘇る可能性もありますがでは物理とマーケティングについてですまずは分かり易いニュートンの法則の F=ma(物体に働く力=質量×加速度)からトルコ航空はもしかするとこの法則をきちんと勉強しておけば良かったかもしれませんねキャンペーンを実施する前にこの方程式をちょっと並び替えると加速度=物体に働く力÷質量となりますつまり物体の質量が大きくなるとその運動方向を変えるにはより大きな力が必要になるのですこれはブランドについても言えますブランドが大きく足かせが多いほどポジショニングを変えるには大きな力が必要となりますこれはアーサーアンダーセンが会計監査以外の業務もできると世間を説得しようとはせず代わりにアクセンチュアを設立した理由の1つですフーバー社が掃除機だけの企業でないとなかなか分かってもらえない理由もここにありますユニリーバやP&Gのような企業がオレオやプリングルズやダヴのような別々のブランドを持ち 1つに統合しない理由もそうですですから物理では物体の質量が大きいほど運動方向を変えるのにより大きな力が必要になりマーケティングではブランドが有名なほどポジショニング変更が難しくなるのです皆さんもブランドのポートフォリオや新規事業に使うブランドについて考えてみてくださいハイゼンベルクの不確定性原理を覚えていますか? 少し専門的になっていきますこの原理は素粒子の位置と運動量を正確に測定するのは本質的に不可能だというものです測定自体が粒子の状態を変えるからですどういうことかと言うと素粒子がありそれに光を当てたとするとその光の粒子に運動量があるので素粒子を突き飛ばしてしまうのですよって素粒子が元々どこにあったのか分かりません測定行為自体が測定対象を変えてしまいます観察行為が変化を引き起こすのですマーケティングでも同じです観察されると消費者の言動は変わります例えばフォーカスグループで自慢の子供の話をしている母親達にジャンクフードを沢山買うと言う人はまずいませんでもマクドナルドは毎年何億ものハンバーガーを販売していますスーパーで同行されて買い物する人はショッピングカートに新鮮な野菜や果物を沢山入れますが普段そのように買い物はしていませんまた日頃からインターネットでポルノを見ているとアンケートで答える人が何人いるでしょうとても少ないですでもグーグルで最も検索されているのはポルノですだから幸いにもマーケティングはやり易くなってきています進んだ販売時点情報管理やデジタルメディアの利用状況から消費者の言っていることでなく実際の行動を見ることができますですから物理では素粒子の厳密な測定は測定がもたらす影響の為不可能でありこれをマーケティングに当てはめると消費者にどうするか又はどうするつもりか尋ねるのでなく実際の行動を計測せよということです次は物理や科学全般の基本である科学的方法についてです観測で仮説は立証できず反証することのみが可能ですこれはたくさんのデータを集め仮説やポジショニングを強化できても決定的証明はできないという意味ですそしてたった1つの反証データで理論をぶち壊しにできるということです例を挙げるとプトレマイオスは何十ものデータを基に惑星は地球の周りを回っていると唱えましたがコペルニクスのたった1つの確実な観測でその理論は打ち砕かれましたマーケティングにも似たようなことがあります長期間に渡ってブランドに投資してもそのポジショニングに1つ反例があっただけで消費者の信用が台無しになります BPを見てください長年に渡り何百万ポンドも投じて環境に優しい企業というイメージを作り上げたのにつまらない事故1つで台無しですトヨタもそうです長い間トヨタの自動車はその信頼性の高さで慕われてきましたところが大規模なリコールがありましたタイガーウッズも長い間ブランドの顔として完璧でしたその後何があったかはご存知の通りですつまり物理では仮説を立証することはできないが反証するのは簡単で仮説はすべて不確実ですマーケティングで言うとどれだけブランドに投資したとしても 1週間の悪評で何十年の努力が無駄になることもあるということですブランドを台無しにする失敗をしないよう細心の注意を払ってください最後は少し難解なエントロピーの世界の熱力学の第二法則ですこれによるとシステムの無秩序度を表すエントロピーは常に増大していますマーケティングでも同じです 20年前はマーケティング責任者が独断で決めたメッセージ1つでブランドのイメージを決めることができましたでも今の私達の状況はそうではありません説得力のあるブランドのイメージやメッセージを世間に発信することは可能です英国保守党が今年始めに選挙ポスターでやったようにでもその後コントロールを失うのです消費者誰もが利用できるデジタル化されたコメントの作成/配信ツールが今はあり [Twitter:あの選挙ポスター写真修正されてるよな?] ブランドのイメージを完全にコントロールするのは無理ですブランドはだんだん拡散されます [このままでは駄目ですうんぬんかんぬん] [汚いことをするやつらは許さない] どんどん無秩序になります [マダムタッソーの館] [デジタル加工は一切施しておりません] 収拾がつかなくなります [データの力で誤魔化します] [TEDで講演したんだから優しくしてよ] 彼のトークはなかなかよかったですよマーケティング担当者としては不安でしょうがこれは実際には望ましい事ですブランドというエネルギーが拡散することでブランドが人々にとって身近になり溶け込んでいきますこのエネルギー拡散は民主化させる力であり最終的にはブランドにとっていいことですということで物理から学ぶことはエントロピーは常に増加するという基本的法則ですマーケティングではブランドは拡散するということです逆らっても無駄なので受け入れてくださいそしてそれを利用する方法を見つけてくださいでは締めくくりとして私はヴァッター先生に物理は面白いと教わりました皆さんには物理はマーケティングにおいても特別なヒントをもたらすと分かってもらえたらと思いますありがとうございました	So he taught me that physics is cool because it teaches us so much about the world around us. And I'm going to spend the next few minutes trying to convince you that physics can teach us something about marketing. So quick show of hands -- who studied some marketing in university? Who studied some physics in university? Pretty good. And at school? Okay, lots of you. So, hopefully this will bring back some happy, or possibly some slightly disturbing memories. So, physics and marketing. We'll start with something very simple -- Newton's Law: "The force equals mass times acceleration." This is something that perhaps Turkish Airlines should have studied a bit more carefully before they ran this campaign. But if we rearrange this formula quickly, we can get to acceleration equals force over mass, which means that for a larger particle -- a larger mass -- it requires more force to change its direction. It's the same with brands: the more massive a brand, the more baggage it has, the more force is needed to change its positioning. And that's one of the reasons why Arthur Andersen chose to launch Accenture rather than try to persuade the world that Andersen's could stand for something other than accountancy. It explains why Hoover found it very difficult to persuade the world that it was more than vacuum cleaners, and why companies like Unilever and P&G like Ariel and Pringles and Dove rather than having one giant parent brand. So the physics is that the bigger the mass of an object the more force is needed to change its direction. The marketing is, the bigger a brand, the more difficult it is to reposition it. So think about a portfolio of brands or maybe new brands for new ventures. Now, who remembers Heisenberg's uncertainty principle? Getting a little more technical now. So this says that it's impossible, by definition, to measure exactly the state -- i.e., the position -- and the momentum of a particle, because the act of measuring it, by definition, changes it. So to explain that -- if you've got an elementary particle and you shine a light on it, then the photon of light has momentum, which knocks the particle, so you don't know where it was before you looked at it. By measuring it, the act of measurement changes it. The act of observation changes it. It's the same in marketing. So with the act of observing consumers, changes their behavior. Think about the group of moms who are talking about their wonderful children in a focus group, and almost none of them buy lots of junk food. And yet, McDonald's sells hundreds of millions of burgers every year. Think about the people who are on accompanied shops in supermarkets, who stuff their trolleys full of fresh green vegetables and fruit, but don't shop like that any other day. And if you think about the number of people who claim in surveys to regularly look for porn on the Web, it's very few. Yet, at Google, we know it's the number-one searched for category. So luckily, the science -- no, sorry -- the marketing is getting easier. Luckily, with now better point-of-sale tracking, more digital media consumption, you can measure more what consumers actually do, rather than what they say they do. So the physics is you can never accurately and exactly measure a particle, because the observation changes it. The marketing is -- the message for marketing is -- that try to measure what consumers actually do, rather than what they say they'll do or anticipate they'll do. So next, the scientific method -- an axiom of physics, of all science -- says you cannot prove a hypothesis through observation, you can only disprove it. What this means is you can gather more and more data around a hypothesis or a positioning, and it will strengthen it, but it will not conclusively prove it. And only one contrary data point can blow your theory out of the water. So if we take an example -- Ptolemy had dozens of data points to support his theory that the planets would rotate around the Earth. It only took one robust observation from Copernicus to blow that idea out of the water. And there are parallels for marketing -- you can invest for a long time in a brand, but a single contrary observation of that positioning will destroy consumers' belief. Take BP -- they spent millions of pounds over many years building up its credentials as an environmentally friendly brand, but then one little accident. Think about Toyota. It was, for a long time, revered as the most reliable of cars, and then they had the big recall incident. And Tiger Woods, for a long time, the perfect brand ambassador. Well, you know the story. So the physics is that you cannot prove a hypothesis, but it's easy to disprove it -- any hypothesis is shaky. And the marketing is that not matter how much you've invested in your brand, one bad week can undermine decades of good work. So be really careful to try and avoid the screw-ups that can undermine your brand. And lastly, to the slightly obscure world of entropy -- the second law of thermodynamics. This says that entropy, which is a measure of the disorder of a system, will always increase. The same is true of marketing. If we go back 20 years, the one message pretty much controlled by one marketing manager could pretty much define a brand. But where we are today, things have changed. You can get a strong brand image or a message and put it out there like the Conservative Party did earlier this year with their election poster. But then you lose control of it. With the kind of digital comment creation and distribution tools that are available now to every consumer, it's impossible to control where it goes. Your brand starts being dispersed, it gets more chaotic. It's out of your control. I actually saw him speak -- he did a good job. But while this may be unsettling for marketers, it's actually a good thing. This distribution of brand energy gets your brand closer to the people, more in with the people. It makes this distribution of energy a democratizing force, which is ultimately good for your brand. So, the lesson from physics is that entropy will always increase; it's a fundamental law. The message for marketing is that your brand is more dispersed. You can't fight it, so embrace it and find a way to work with it. So to close, my teacher, Mr. Vutter, told me that physics is cool, and hopefully, I've convinced you that physics can teach all of us, even in the world of marketing, something special. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
しかし、推測されていたことの実情は知られていない。変化は多大であった。北朝鮮は世界に挑戦した;問題は、世界がどう反応するかである。	So much has changed. North Korea has challenged the world; the question is how the world responds.	{ "source": "news_commentary", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
この日のスケジュールでは、この休耕地で昼食を取った後、農園の人の案内でコスモス畑を見学して回ることになっている。細い指を顎に添えて歩く姿は、彼女が考え事をしている時の特徴だ。「コルティナ、どうかしたの?」「ん、ああ......ニコルちゃんか。うん、ちょっとねぇ」彼女は俺の背後に視線を向けて、言い淀む。レティーナ達も、そんな俺の行動の意味に気付いたのか、後を追ってきたりしない。この辺はパーティ戦闘を繰り返してきた成果だ。周囲に声が届かない距離までやってきたところで、コルティナは話を始めた。「まあ、ニコルちゃんになら打ち明けてもいいかな? 予定ではそろそろ畑の管理人さんがやってくるころなんだけどね。姿が見えないのよ」「姿が? それは大問題じゃない?」それは相手方が予定を忘れているか、都合が入ってこちらに来れないか、それとも来れない状況に追いやられているのか、だ。忘れているだけなら、まだいい。急病か、それとも別の用事か。とにかくその案内人の身が心配である。「ちょっと、探しに行った方がいいかもしれないね」「そうなんだけど、私は生徒の引率があるから離れられなくって」「エリオットは? 彼も非常勤とは言え教師でしょ?」「彼を単独で動かすのは......それはそれで問題なのよね」その命を狙う輩も、いまだ存在する。だからこそプリシラと言うエリートの護衛がついていた。この辺境の地で彼を単独で動かすのは、そういう輩にとって絶好の機会になる。「面倒な教師」「本当にね」俺の歯に衣を着せぬ感想に、コルティナもクスリと笑みを浮かべた。「じゃあ、わたしたちが探してきてあげる」「いいの? 大丈夫かな......」「こう見えても結構冒険してきてるから、大丈夫」さすがにマチスちゃんは連れていけないが、ミシェルちゃんとレティーナならば、俺と一緒に森の中での立ち回りの経験をかなり積んでいる。「......そうね。このまま待ち続けるのも心配だし、お願いしようかな?」「まかせて」「でも無茶しちゃだめよ? ニコルちゃんはこういう時、絶対無茶するんだから」「............前向きに善処します」目の前にトラブルが飛び込んできたら、多少の無茶をすることもある。皆の元に戻った俺は、そのまま事情を話し案内人の捜索に出ることにした。「それで案内人さんってどんな方ですの?」レティーナの質問に、俺はコルティナから聞いた畑の主人の特徴を伝えていく。小太りで筋肉質。ひげ面。歳の頃代で、背は高くない人間種。「で、この畑の向こうにある......あそこの小屋に住んでるんだって」休耕地の向こうにあるコスモス畑。その更に向こうに、小さく小屋のようなものが見えていた。この近辺は畑が多いため、一軒一軒の距離が遠い。見渡す限りでは、他に民家らしきものは見当たらなかった。「まずはそこを探しに行こうと思う」「ま、当然ですわね」「もし怪我とか病気だったりしたらどうしよう?」「その時はコルティナに知らせればいい。わたしが駆け戻るから、ミシェルちゃんは看病してて」持久力ではミシェルちゃんもかなりの物を持っているが、瞬発力では俺には及ばなかった。「とにかく、そう言う事態も考えると、早く行った方がいい」「そうですわね。でも一応装備は持っていきませんと」森の中を行くという事で、レティーナは愛用の杖を持って来ていた。これはトレッキング用の杖の代用としてだったが、思わぬ出番が回ってきたようだ。ミシェルちゃんも、いつもの狩弓は持って来ていないが、常に彼女単独ではまだ使用するには及ばないが、一緒に行動するなら問題ない威力は出せるだろう。さすがにレイド愛用の手甲は持って来ていないが、ピアノ線な、懐に入れている。他の生徒でこれほど武装を整えてきている生徒はいない。それでもこういう非常時には役に立つのだから、まさに備えあれば、と言う奴である。	Based on our schedule, once we had our lunch in the idle fields, we were going to have the plantation staff guide us to the Cosmos fields. Following that schedule, we finished our lunch and were having an after-meal rest. Cortina passed by us while swaying her tail around. She had her thin finger on her chin, a habit of hers whenever she was in deep thought. “Cortina, what’s wrong?” “Mmm, oh... It’s you, Nicole. Well, there’s a bit of a problem, you see.” She looked behind me and hesitated to say it. Based on her conduct, it was probably something she didn’t want the other students to hear. I stood up from the blanket and followed her to a place separated from the other kids. Letina seemed to have guessed the reason and did not try to follow us. Being in a party with me had sharpened her intuition. When we came to a place where other students wouldn’t hear us, Cortina finally started to talk. “Well, I guess I can speak frankly with you. The field supervisor should show up about now, but they are nowhere to be seen.” “Nowhere to be seen? Isn’t that a big deal?” The person who should be here wasn’t showing up. That meant either they forgot about today’s plans or something came up and they couldn’t come, or maybe something occurred that made them unable to come. If they simply forgot about it, that was still fine. If something came up, they should’ve contacted us by all rights. But the worst was if they were unable to come due to some reason. They could’ve gotten sick, or had some other task. Either way, their safety was the concern now. “Might be better to go look for them.” “True, but I can’t just leave the students and go.” “What about Elliot, then? A part-timer he may be, he’s still a teacher, right?” “Making him move independently... would be problematic in its own way.” Despite everything, he was still the king of the United Kingdom of the north. There were still many who aimed for his life. Hence the reason why he had an elite guard like Priscilla accompanying him. Making him move independently in this countryside would be giving them a perfect opportunity. “What a pain for a teacher.” “I’m with you there.” Cortina giggled seeing me trying to hold back my curses. But with everything said, it wasn’t a good plan to keep on waiting under these circumstances. “Then, how about we go search for them in your stead.” “Are you sure? I’m not sure if that’s a good idea...” “Don’t worry, we may not look like it, but we’ve had our fair share of adventures already.” Taking Matisse with us would be pushing it, but Michelle and Letina had enough experience to follow me into the forest. They should be plenty good to deal with minor emergencies. “...Right then. Waiting like this will do us no good, so can I leave that to you?” “Got it.” “But don’t be reckless, okay? I know you are the type that tends to be reckless in these situations.” “......I’ll deal with it sensibly.” If I saw trouble brewing before my eyes, I tended to be a bit reckless. That’s why, I didn’t say that I wouldn’t, and just dodged the topic with a vague reply. When I returned back to the group, I told them about setting out to search for the supervisor. Matisse ended up hearing it too due to the circumstances, but I knew I could trust her to keep it to herself. She wouldn’t leak it to other kids. “So, what kind of person is that supervisor?” Hearing Letina’s question, I conveyed the features of the field supervisor that I heard from Cortina. He was a plump, muscular human with a beard. He was in his forties and wasn’t very tall. “Also, he apparently lives across the fields... In that hut over there.” There was a small hut visible beyond the Cosmos fields that followed after the idle ones. According to Cortina, that was his house. Given how many fields were around, the distances between houses was quite large. I couldn’t see anything remotely similar to a house anywhere else. “Let’s search for him there first.” “Well, that would be most logical.” “But what if he is injured or sick?” “In that case, we can just let Cortina know. I’ll rush back while Michelle looks after him.” I was the fastest among us three. Or rather, there was no one faster than me in either academy. Michelle’s stamina was quite something, but she was no match for me in terms of explosive power. “Anyway, considering it could be such a case, the faster we go the better.” “Indeed. But we have to equip ourselves just in case.” We were going to head into the forest, so Letina went to retrieve her favourite staff. She used it as a trekking pole until now, but it seems that it would be finally put to its proper use now. Michelle didn’t have her usual hunting bow with her, but she always carried the Third Eye with her, so that would be her weapon of choice now. Using the strengthening bangle that the God of Destruction gifted her, she was able to pull the string to the limit, but even with just my support magic, she was already able to pull it about halfway. She still couldn’t use it on her own, but she could output decent power if I was with her. I also had my vibrating knife and katana with me. As expected, I couldn’t bring Reid’s gauntlets with me, but I had about five bundles of piano threads stuffed into my pockets. With this much on my hand, I should be able to deal with most problems. There were no other students as armed to the teeth as me. I was self-conscious that I have become quite a dangerous student. But well, it proved useful during times of emergencies, so being constantly prepared for the worst never hurt.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 21, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
「塩田さ〜ん」「はい」受付に呼ばれ、いそいそと生活保護相談窓口へと向かう。「塩田さん。君ね、もう受給できないよ」「ええっ、どうしてですか!」開そいつはとんでもないことを口走る。生活保護、いわゆるナマポは邪神ダークマターの現在唯一の資金源である。それが受給できないとなると俺の邪神生活は根底から覆ってしまう。俺は大いに狼狽えた。「あのね、本来生活保護は働く意欲はあるが働けない事情がある方に支給されるのですよ。あなた、どう見たって働けるでしょう!」ば、ばかな! 俺の演技、もとい俺の鬱から発する働けないオーラは完璧なはずだが......。「いや、でも、このところ頭が痛くて持病の鬱も治ってないんです。とても働けないんですが――」「あのね、働きたくないという理由では受給資格なんかありませんよ。それに鬱というなら診断書を持ってきて下さい」なんだと......俺を疑うのか! だいたい窓口はいつも木下さんなのに、どうしたんだ? なんてことだ! あんなに楽に、もといあんなに俺を理解し淡々と業務をこなしてくれた木下さんがいなくなろうとは思いもしなかった。それに、診断書は木下さんに提出済みなのに、どうして今更必要なんだよ。「診断書は前任の方に渡してますけど......」俺の言葉を聞くと受付の男はファイルからその書類を取り出す。「あなたね、確かに診断書あったけどもう十年も前の診断書で無効ですよ。もう治っているでしょう!」「い、いえ、まだ完治していません」「それならまた新しく診断書を提出してください」「前回の受給は新しい診断書なんて出さなくても良かったはずですけど――」「今は市長が代わって審査が厳しくなっているんです。特にこの地区は不正受給者が多いから特に厳しくしろとお達しを受けているんです」なんだと!? 余計な真似を......。市長なら他にもやることがあるだろうが。無駄な図書館を作ったり、無駄な出張に行ったりと市長らしいことをしやがれ! 俺の唯一の財源をカットしやがって......。どうする? 交渉してみるか。お金さえ先にもらえば後はなんとかなる、というか後のことはまた何か策を考えよう。今は今月分の受給だ。「今、手持ちのお金がないんです。後で持ってきますから受給を先にしてもらえませんか?」「だめです。どうしてもお金がいるのなら働いたらどうですか?」そう言って受付の男は就職情報誌を渡すと、帰れといわんばかりに追い出しにかかった。くっ、愚かな小市民が、俺を誰だと思ってやがる......。俺は邪神ダークマターだぞ! 何が不正受給だ、愚か者! 誰のおかげでのうのうと暮らしていけると思っている。邪神の偉大な力があればこそ、地球が無事にあるのだ。俺がいなければ地球などあっという間に邪悪なる者共に乗っ取られていただろう。俺はそうぼやきながら福祉事務所を後にする。ぐぅ〜と腹が鳴った。そういえば朝から何も食べていない。ボケットから財布を取り出し、中身を確認する。 ――所持、おにぎり一つ買えやしない。兵糧攻め、古典的だがダメージはデカい。邪悪なる者共め、やりおるわい。そう、奴らは邪神ダークマターを恐れてとうとう国家権力にまで手を伸ばし、その資金源をつぶしにかかったというわけだ。今まで受給できていたのが、今回できなかったからくりはそこにある。しかし、国家も情けない。邪悪なる者どもにいいように操られおって......。まったく情けない、情けないぞ! 国家ともあろうものが! 俺は一人ブランコに乗りながら叫び続けた。数十分後......。はぁ~就職か......。先ほど渡された就職情報誌をぺらぺらとめくってみる。「明るくアットホームな会社です。やりがいのある仕事ができます」と書いてある。 ......何が明るくアットホームな会社だ。どうせそんな会社は社員旅行や飲み会が半ば強制参加なんだろう。そして、その輪から外れようものなら吊るし上げ、いじめ行為に発展するに違いない。騙されんぞ! ブラックめが! 次のページをめくる。「ヤル気ある人材求む。頑張り次第で店長候補、幹部候補になれる。あなたの夢を叶えよう」と書いてある。 ......やる気ある人材求むぅ? 夢かなうぅ? このような精神論を語る会社はビジネスと根性論を勘違いしてやがる。どうせノルマを達成できなければ、時代錯誤的な体罰や精神的追い込みがあるのだろう。騙されんぞ! ブラックめが! 俺は就職情報誌を隅から隅まで吟味していったが、どれも箸にも棒にもかからぬブラック企業ばかりだった。ふ、ふ、大衆は騙せても邪神ダークマターは騙されんぞ! あっはっはっは! 俺は一人、ジャングルジムの頂点に立ち叫び続けた。三十分後......。はぁ~同志井上を頼るか......。俺の長年の友人だった井上、奴に金を借りて当座を凌ぐという手もある。ここは頭を下げ――いや、もう奴は同志ではない。奴は決定的な裏切りをしでかしたのだ。何が「塩田ももういい年なんだから将来の事をきちんと考えろ」だ。ちょっと就職できたからといって偉そうに。せいぜい資本主義の豚共に搾取される人生を歩むんだな。可哀そうに、もうお前は人生の奴隷になったも同然だ。元は邪神ダークマターとともに戦う同志であったのに、情けない。しかも、井上は「エルフをこよなく愛する会」の会長をしており、俺は長年その副会長として奴を支えてきた......。それなのに俺の窮状に手も差し伸べてくれない。この恩知らずめが! ふん、もう友などいらぬ。親からもとうに見捨てられている。そして、今日国家からも見捨てられた。邪悪なる者共め。まさにABCD包囲網並みにプレッシャーを与えてくる。こういう時こそ俺には支援が必要だというのに......。いいさ、いいさ、どうせ俺には味方など誰一人としていないのだ。両親、友人、国家、全ての愚かなる者共よ。そこまで俺に敵意をむき出しにするのならこちらにも考えがある。最終作戦を実行する時が来たようだ。作戦名「アタックトラックザマネー」。作戦は実にシンプルだ。まずは道路脇に潜む。そして、できるだけスピードのゆるやかな車を探す。別に車はトラックでなくても構わない。最後はその車にダイブするだけである。すると、どうだ! いつのまにか資金が手元にあふれてくるという寸法だ。俺は公園を出ると、見通しの悪い道路脇に隠れるように佇む。トラック、バス、乗用車がスピードを出しながら傍を通過していく。 ......い、痛そうだな。行き交う車は、時キロは出ている。ぶつかったらミンチになるかも。いや、何を弱気になっている! 俺は世界を壊し世界を創りかえる男、邪神ダークマターだ。車如きに恐れを抱いてどうする。俺は選ばれし存在、死ぬことはない。そうして心を奮い立たせて隠れ見守ること数十分、徐行してくるトラックを見つけた。トラックをよく見てみる。 ×○建設......。大手ゼネコンだ。どうせ、政治家と癒着してあくどく稼いでいるのだろう。ふっ。その資金、邪神ダークマターが貰い受けよう! トラックが横切る頃合いを見計らい一気に飛び出す。「俺は邪神ダーク――って、いきなりスピードを上げてんじゃねぇ――ごばっ!」そして、俺はそのまま意識を失ったのだった。	“Shiodaaaa.” “Here.” Called up, I cheerfully headed to the welfare consultation counter. “Shioda. You know, we can’t pay you anymore.” “Ehhhh, why not!?” This guy only just opened his mouth, and already sprouted something outrageous. Life insurance, this so-called insurance, is Evil God Dark Matter’s only source of money. If they don’t pay me insurance, then the very foundation of my Evil God Life will be overturned. I was incredibly panicked. “You know, originally insurance was supposed to be paid to those who want to work but can’t. No matter how you look at it, you look fit to work, don’t you!” R-, Ridiculous! My acting-, I mean, the ‘Can’t Work Aura’ born from my depression should have been flawless, but... “No, but, lately, my head has been aching, and my chronic depression hasn’t been healed. I definitely can’t work, and―” “You know, not wanting to work does not qualify you for insurance. And also, if you’re depressed then please bring me a medical certificate.” What...? You doubt me!? To begin with, usually the counter is manned by Kinoshita, so why is this guy here? It can’t be that Kinoshita was axed, right? Good heavens! I had never even considered the possibility that Kinoshita who so easily-, I mean, Kinoshita who would understand and sympathise with me and plainly do their job, would be gone. And also, I already gave Kinoshita a medical certificate, so why are they asking for it after all this time? “Excuse me, I’ve already handed in a medical certificate, though...” Hearing my words, the man pulled out a document from a file. “You know, you did hand in a medical certificate, but that was from ten years ago so it’s invalid. You’re already healed, aren’t you!?” “N-, No, I’m not.” “Then please present a new medical certificate.” “In the past I could receive my payments even without a new medical certificate, but―” “The mayor changed, so the regulations have gotten stricter. This district in particular has a lot of insurance frauds, so the mayor ordered us to be particularly strict.” WHAT!? Doing the uncalled for... If he’s the mayor then there’s plenty of other stuff he should be doing! Create needless libraries, or go on needless business trips, or do some other mayor-like things! Cutting my only source of income... What should I do? Should I try negotiating? If I get some money now, I’ll be able to work things out later, or rather, I’ll think of some other plan later. Right now I need this month’s payment. “Right now I have no money. I’ll bring it back later, so could I receive a payment first?” “No. If you need money no matter what, how about working?” With that, the man handed over a job-seeking magazine, and sent me out as though to tell me to go away. Ku-! Who does that foolish lower-middle class think I am...? I am Evil God Dark Matter! What do you mean, insurance fraud, you fool! Who do you think you have to thank for your carefree life? It’s because of the Evil God’s mighty power that the Earth is safe. If I wasn’t here, the Earth would be overtaken by the forces of evil in a second. As I muttered in complaint, I left the welfare office. My empty stomach rang out. Speaking of which, I haven’t eaten since this morning. I took out my wallet from my pocket, and had a look inside. ―Total: ¥I can’t even buy an onigiri. Starvation tactics; a time-old scheme, but the damage is terrible. You forces of evil, how fearsome. Indeed; in fear of Evil God Dark Matter, they finally even reached their hands into the power of the state to cut off my source of funds. The reason why I couldn’t receive money this time even though I’ve always been receiving it is surely that. But this nation is pathetic as well. To allow themselves to be manipulated by the forces of evil... Honestly, so pathetic. SO PATHETIC! The country of all things! I continued to scream, alone on the swings. A few dozen minutes later... Hahh~ Should I go get a job...? I flipped through the job brochure that I was given a while ago, and had a look. “A cheerful and cosy company. A fulfilling job awaits you.” it read. ...What ‘cheerful and cosy company’? It’s probably just a company that half forces you to go to company outings and drinking parties, right? And if you try to distance yourself from that social circle, then they ostracise you, and the bullying goes full-blown. There’s no doubt about it. I won’t be fooled! You damned black company! I turned the page. “We’re looking for people with enthusiasm. Hardworkers will be considered for shop manager, and executive managers. You can fulfil your dreams.” it read. ...Enthuuusiasmm? Fulfillll your dreamsss? An idealistic company like this can’t f̲u̲c̲k̲i̲n̲g distinguish gung-ho from business sense! I’ll bet that if you can’t meet your quota, they’ll just give you some dated physical punishment and corner you emotionally. I won’t be fooled! You damned black company! I looked through every corner of the job brochure, but there wasn’t even a single bit of promise, and it was all filled with black companies. Fufu. Even if you fool the masses, Evil God Dark Matter will not be fooled! AHAHAHA! I stood by myself on top of the jungle-gym and continued to scream. Thirty minutes later... Hahh~ Should I just ask Comrade Inoue for a favour...? There’s also the option of borrowing money from Inoue, my friend of many years, to get through the short-term. If I bow my head, then― no, he’s no longer a comrade. He definitely betrayed me. What the hell do you mean, “You’re already pretty old, Shioda, so you’d better think properly about your future.” Just because you kinda got a job, you become that arrogant. You’re just going to live a life of being squeezed dry by the capitalist pigs. It’s sad, but you’re basically a slave for the rest of your life now. Even though you were once a comrade of Evil God Dark Matter... How pathetic. What’s more, Inoue was once the president of the “We Super-Love Elves Society,” and for many years, I had supported him as the vice-president... But despite that, he won’t even lend a hand to me when I’m in distress. You damned ingrate! Hmph, I no longer need friends. I’ve already been abandoned by my parents. And now, I’ve even been abandoned by my country. You forces of evil. Truly some ABCD encirclement-tieredpressure you’ve put on me. Even though it’s supposed to be times like this that I need the support... Fine. That’s fine. I don’t have a single ally anyway. Parents, friends, the nation; all of them are fools. If you’re going to be this hostile to me, then I have my own plans as well. It seems that it’s time to put the final plan into action. Its name is “ATTACK TRUCK THE MONEY”. The plan is truly simple. First, I lie in hiding by the side of a road. Next, I look for as slow a car as possible. It doesn’t really matter even if the car isn’t a truck. Finally, I just dive in front of that car. And there you have it! A plan that will give me funds before I know it. I left the park, and hid by the side of a road with poor visibility. Trucks, buses, passenger vehicles all went by at great speed. ...T-, They seem painful, huh. The cars that went past were going at kilometres an hour. If I get hit by those, I might be mincemeat. No, what am I being afraid of! I’m the man who destroyed and remade this world, Evil God Dark Matter. What am I going to do if I’m afraid of the likes of a car? I am the chosen one, and will not die. And then after cheering myself up, and watching in hiding for a few dozen minutes, I spotted a truck driving slowly. I watched the truck carefully. ○○○○ Construction... A major construction contractor company. I bet they’re in cahoots with some politician and making pissloads of money anyway. Hmph. Evil God Dark Matter shall free you of that money! Timing it just so that the truck was coming by, I leapt forward without pause. “I am Evil God Dark― wai-, don’t just suddenly speed up― GOBAH-!” And like that, I lost consciousness.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
失礼舞台という設定上、芝居をすべきだと感じましてさて今日はこれから数分間で皆さんに 1854年ロンドンの話をしようと思います大流行した疫病にまつわる話です今日私達が暮らす世界に寄与する出来事で特に今日の都市に影響を及ぼしました 19世紀の中頃、1854年という時代は理由は多々あれ、ロンドン史上かなり興味深い時代でした中でも私の思う最も重要な点はロンドンは250万の市民を有す都市で当時世界中で最大の都市だったことですしかも史上最大の都市でしたビクトリア時代の人々はこの時代を生き抜き同時に新たな住環境の構築を目指していました今日この新たな住環境を俗に大都市と呼んでいます 1850年当時の住環境づくりは、色々な意味で大失敗でした当時の人たちはエリザベス朝の社会インフラと今日の様な工業都市機能の下暮らしていました例えば地下には皆さんの気分を少し害すような 30cmから60cm程の深さの汚水溜めがありました人々は何となくバケツをそこでひっくり返しそのうち消えてなくなるだろうと思っていました勿論なくなることはありませんこの様な習慣が積み重なって歩くだけで気分を害す最悪な街になったのですとてつもなく臭い街でした汚水溜めだけでなくおぞましい数の家畜もその原因の一部です当時は馬だけでなく乳牛も屋根裏で飼っておりまさに牛乳がでなくなって死ぬまでそこに閉じ込めておいて死んだら焼却炉まで道を引きずって行きました当時のロンドンを歩こうものならその悪臭に驚愕したことでしょう最終的には新興の公共保健当局が人々の大量死の原因と、3, 4年の周期で街中に蔓延する病の原因はこの臭いだと確信したのですコレラは当時最大の死因でしたロンドンでの1832年のコレラ波及以来 4, 5年ごとに、ロンドンや英国全土で 1万から2万人規模の大流行が起こりましたから当局は臭いこそが問題だと思い込むようになりました悪臭を解消しなくてはいけませんそこで実際、都市機能整備の一環として公衆衛生策を構想しましたその一つが迷惑防止条例で当局は可能な限り汚水溜めを空にする為、川へ流すよう促しました理由は汚水が路上になければ、悪臭は改善され... その通り、私達は川の水を飲みます要するに結果としてコレラの流行を助長しただけでした、理由はご存知の通りコレラ菌は水中に潜んでいるからです臭いを感じたり、呼吸時に吸入するタイプではなく水中に生息し、飲み水を介し進入しますつまり19世紀の公衆衛生策の1つが事実上今日の生物兵器テロよりも効果的にロンドンの水資源に毒を盛ったのですこれが1854年のロンドンです多数の人が犠牲となり苦難が続く中本当の死因が何であるか科学的にも解明できていない状況でした 19世紀の高名な学際者、ジョンスノウ彼はロンドン、ソーホーの医師で 4, 5年間の間ずっとコレラは実は水を通じ感染する、と主張したのですが誰もこれを信じませんでした保健当局は往々にして彼の意見を無視しました彼はこれについて多く研究を行い、論文をまとめましたがほとんど効果は上がりませんでしたこの話で特に興味を引く点はどの様に文化的変革が起こるか示している点です優れた意見が劣った意見にどう打ち勝つか示していますスノウは皆が無視したこの優れた病識に更に時間を注ぎました 1854年8月28日名前は知られていない、姓をルイスという生後5か月の赤子がコレラに感染しましたブロードストリートの40番地に住んでいた赤子ですこの地図ではよく見えませんが、この地図が私の著書の後半部で焦点になる部分ですソーホーの中心、労働者階級の街ですこの少女が病を患ったことにより発覚したのですが条例に反し続いていた汚水溜めが実は頻繁に利用されるポンプに隣接していたのですこのポンプはソーホーで一番きれいな水が出ると評判でソーホー住人に加えて近隣からも利用者が来ていましたその結果この少女は意図せずこの給水所の水を汚染し英国史上最も恐ろしいコレラ大流行を 2, 3日の後に引き起こしました文字通り、10%の市民が7日間で命を落としました大流行勃発時に市民が逃げずにいたら計り知れない数の人が死んでいたでしょうこんなにも恐ろしい出来事だったのです人々は48時間の内に一部屋しかない家の中で家族がバタバタと死んでいく光景を目の当たりにしました震えあがるような恐怖体験ですスノウは近くに住んでおり、流行を聞きつけ超越した勇気で直接魔物の腹に飛び込みました彼は局所的な流行であるという観点からコレラは空気でなく水を介し感染していると人々を説得できると考えたのです彼はこの流行の発端はある1つの地点だと予想しましたつまり皆が足を運ぶような場所ですなぜなら皆さんの想像するような低速の感染経路はなかったからです彼は実際に足を運び人々に問いましたさらにある実力者の協力も取り付けました彼もまたこの本の主人公ですヘンリーホワイトヘッド、彼は牧師です科学は全くでしたが、地域とのつながりは深く彼は地域の人ならだれでも知っておりポンプの水を飲んだ人の状況も飲んでいない人の状況もつかんでいました遂にスノウはコレラ流行の地図を完成させてポンプの水を飲んだ人は発症し飲んでいない人は発症しないことが分かってきました色々な地域の水を飲んでいない人の割合を表で示そうかと考えましたが視覚的に把握できるものが必要と考え至りましたこの地域で起きていることが視覚的にはっきりと把握できるものですそこで彼はこの地図を作成しこの地域で死亡した人を全て住所ごとに黒い印で示しましたご覧の通り、中心にはポンプがありその下の区域で15人が亡くなったことがこの地図から確認できます実際の地図はもう少し大きめですけどねポンプから離れれば離れるほど死者数の数は減少傾向にあります一目でこのポンプから何か迫りくる有毒なものを感じることができますこの地図を製作したりスノウとホワイトヘッドがこの考えの普及に努めた結果事実後に当局が少しずつ動き出します我々の推測よりだいぶ長くかかりましたが次にロンドンでコレラが大流行する1866年までには保健当局はこの話や、この地図のおかげもあって実は水に原因があると信じるに至ったのですロンドンでは下水設備が作られ始め第二次コレラ大流行にすぐに対応し水を熱消毒するよう人々に命じましたこれがロンドン史上最後のコレラ大流行になりましたこの話はとても恐ろしい面を含んでいますとても暗い話ですし、発展途上にある世界中の多くの都市で今なお続く問題でもありますしかし本質を見れば実は楽観できる話でもありますつまり原因を知り地図から情報を読み取りスノウやホワイトヘッドの話を受け入れ状況を知る地元住民の話を聞けば解決できる問題だということですこういったことから最終的に大規模な都市生活が可能と考えられるようになりました 7日で10%の隣人が死んでいく光景を見たときには 250万人が大都市に暮らすなんて不可能だという共通認識が広まっていましたがしかしスノウの行い、この地図そしてこの地図のおかげで実現した一連の改革の成果によって人口1000万を有す都市が今では当たり前になっていますこの様な大規模な都市も存在可能なのです今日、誰もニューヨークがローマみたいに滅亡するとも、100年後や200年後に 10%の規模に縮小するとも思っていませんこれがある意味この地図から得た遺産なのです今私たちが全く新しい生活を満喫できるのは死者を示した地図のおかげなのですご清聴ありがとうございました	So, sorry -- it just feels like I should be doing stand-up up here because of the setting. No, what I want to do is take you back to 1854 in London for the next few minutes, and tell the story -- in brief -- of this outbreak, which in many ways, I think, helped create the world that we live in today, and particularly the kind of city that we live in today. This period in 1854, in the middle part of the 19th century, in London's history, is incredibly interesting for a number of reasons. But I think the most important one is that London was this city of 2.5 million people, and it was the largest city on the face of the planet at that point. But it was also the largest city that had ever been built. And so the Victorians were trying to live through and simultaneously invent a whole new scale of living: this scale of living that we, you know, now call "metropolitan living." And it was in many ways, at this point in the mid-1850s, a complete disaster. They were basically a city living with a modern kind of industrial metropolis So people, for instance, just to gross you out for a second, had cesspools of human waste in their basement. Like, a foot to two feet deep. And they would just kind of throw the buckets down there and hope that it would somehow go away, and of course it never really would go away. And all of this stuff, basically, had accumulated to the point where the city was incredibly offensive to just walk around in. It was an amazingly smelly city. Not just because of the cesspools, but also the sheer number of livestock in the city would shock people. Not just the horses, but people had cows in their attics that they would use for milk, that they would hoist up there and keep them in the attic until literally their milk ran out and they died, and then they would drag them off to the bone boilers down the street. So, you would just walk around London at this point and just be overwhelmed with this stench. And what ended up happening is that an entire emerging public health system became convinced that it was the smell that was killing everybody, that was creating these diseases that would wipe through the city every three or four years. And cholera was really the great killer of this period. It arrived in London in 1832, and every four or five years another epidemic would take 10,000, 20,000 people in London And so the authorities became convinced that this smell was this problem. We had to get rid of the smell. And so, in fact, they concocted a couple of early, you know, founding public-health interventions in the system of the city, one of which was called the "Nuisances Act," which they got everybody as far as they could to empty out their cesspools and just pour all that waste into the river. Because if we get it out of the streets, it'll smell much better, and -- oh right, we drink from the river. So what ended up happening, actually, is they ended up increasing the outbreaks of cholera because, as we now know, cholera is actually in the water. It's a waterborne disease, not something that's in the air. It's not something you smell or inhale; it's something you ingest. And so one of the founding moments of public health in the 19th century effectively poisoned the water supply of London much more effectively than any modern day bioterrorist could have ever dreamed of doing. So this was the state of London in 1854, and in the middle of all this carnage and offensive conditions, and in the midst of all this scientific confusion it was a very talented classic 19th century multi-disciplinarian named John Snow, who was a local doctor in Soho in London, who had been arguing for about four or five years that cholera was, in fact, a waterborne disease, and had basically convinced nobody of this. The public health authorities had largely ignored what he had to say. And he'd made the case in a number of papers and done a number of studies, but nothing had really stuck. And part of -- what's so interesting about this story to me is that in some ways, it's a great case study in how cultural change happens, how a good idea eventually comes to win out over much worse ideas. And Snow labored for a long time with this great insight that everybody ignored. And then on one day, August 28th of 1854, a young child, a five-month-old girl whose first name we don't know, we know her only as Baby Lewis, somehow contracted cholera, came down with cholera at 40 Broad Street. You can't really see it in this map, but this is the map that becomes the central focus in the second half of my book. It's in the middle of Soho, in this working class neighborhood, this little girl becomes sick and it turns out that the cesspool, that they still continue to have, despite the Nuisances Act, bordered on an extremely popular water pump, local watering hole that was well known for the best water in all of Soho, that all the residents from Soho and the surrounding neighborhoods would go to. And so this little girl inadvertently ended up contaminating the water in this popular pump, and one of the most terrifying outbreaks in the history of England erupted about two or three days later. Literally, 10 percent of the neighborhood died in seven days, and much more would have died if people hadn't fled after the initial outbreak kicked in. So it was this incredibly terrifying event. over the course of 48 hours of cholera, alone in their one-room apartments, in their little flats. Just an extraordinary, terrifying scene. Snow lived near there, heard about the outbreak, and in this amazing act of courage went directly into the belly of the beast because he thought an outbreak that concentrated could actually potentially end up convincing people that, in fact, the real menace of cholera was in the water supply and not in the air. He suspected an outbreak that concentrated would probably involve a single point source. One single thing that everybody was going to because it didn't have the traditional slower path of infections that you might expect. And so he went right in there and started interviewing people. He eventually enlisted the help of this amazing other figure, who's kind of the other protagonist of the book -- this guy, Henry Whitehead, who was a local minister, who was not at all a man of science, but was incredibly socially connected; he knew everybody in the neighborhood. many of the cases of people who had drunk water from the pump, or who hadn't drunk water from the pump. And eventually Snow made a map of the outbreak. He found increasingly that people who drank from the pump were getting sick. People who hadn't drunk from the pump were not getting sick. And he thought about representing that as a kind of a table of statistics of people living in different neighborhoods, people who hadn't, you know, percentages of people who hadn't, but eventually he hit upon the idea that what he needed was something that you could see. Something that would take in a sense a higher-level view of all this activity that had been happening in the neighborhood. And so he created this map, which basically ended up representing all the deaths in the neighborhoods as black bars at each address. And you can see in this map, the pump right at the center of it and you can see that one of the residences down the way had about 15 people dead. And the map is actually a little bit bigger. As you get further and further away from the pump, the deaths begin to grow less and less frequent. And so you can see this something poisonous emanating out of this pump that you could see in a glance. And so, with the help of this map, that he did over the next few years and that Whitehead did, eventually, actually, the authorities slowly started to come around. It took much longer than sometimes we like to think in this story, but by 1866, when the next big cholera outbreak came to London, the authorities had been convinced -- in part because of this story, in part because of this map -- that in fact the water was the problem. And they had already started building the sewers in London, and they immediately went to this outbreak and they told everybody to start boiling their water. And that was the last time that London has seen a cholera outbreak since. So, part of this story, I think -- well, it's a terrifying story, it's a very dark story and it's a story that continues on in many of the developing cities of the world. It's also a story really that is fundamentally optimistic, which is to say that it's possible to solve these problems if we listen to reason, if we listen to the kind of wisdom of these kinds of maps, if we listen to people like Snow and Whitehead, if we listen to the locals who understand what's going on in these kinds of situations. And what it ended up doing is making the idea of large-scale metropolitan living a sustainable one. When people were looking at 10 percent of their neighborhoods dying in the space of seven days, there was a widespread consensus that this couldn't go on, that people weren't meant to live in cities of 2.5 million people. But because of what Snow did, because of this map, because of the whole series of reforms that happened in the wake of this map, we now take for granted that cities have 10 million people, cities like this one are in fact sustainable things. We don't worry that New York City is going to collapse in on itself quite the way that, you know, Rome did, and be 10 percent of its size in 100 years or 200 years. And so that in a way is the ultimate legacy of this map. It's a map of deaths that ended up creating a whole new way of life, the life that we're enjoying here today. Thank you very much.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
「タクミさん、お疲れですか? あまり無理はなさらない方が......」「あぁ、大丈夫ですよ。昨夜レオと遊んでて、ちょっと寝不足なだけですから」朝食を取りながら、クレアさんに心配された。ティルラちゃんにも同じように言われたけど、自分では顔に出してないつもりでも、何となくわかるものなのかもしれない。 ......後で、疲労回復の薬草を食べておこうと思う。「明日はランジ村へ出発でしたよね?」朝食後は予定の確認。裏庭へと向かう前に、クレアさんからラモギ値下げの件と報酬について謝られた。値下げはともかく、報酬については俺が自分で言いだした事なんだから、気にしなくても良いのになぁ。「......よし、今日はちょっとだけ無理をしよう」疲労回復の薬草も食べ、寝不足も解消して午前の鍛錬も終えて、裏庭の隅へ移動しながら呟いた。俺の呟きを聞いたライラさんから、心配そうに声を掛けられる。ミリナちゃんも、俺の後に付いてきながら、心配そうな表情だ......誰かから、ギフトの過剰使用で倒れる事を聞いたのかもしれないな。「大丈夫ですよ。ここ最近のギフト使用で、どれだけ使えるか何となくわかって来ましたから」「はい。心配してくれてありがとうございます」ライラさんにお礼を言いながら、いつも『雑草栽培』を使う時に使う場所へ着く。この場所、もう薬草専用の場所になってる気がするな......まぁ、使わせてもらうんだから、ありがたく使おう。ここしばらくの薬草作りで、何となくギフトがどれだけ使えるかわかって来た部分がある。とは言え、はっきりこれだけ使ったら倒れるとまでじゃないんだけどな。ラモギの値下げもあるから、重点的に作るため量を多めにするだけだ。「じゃあ、ミリナちゃん。頼むよ」『雑草栽培』を使って、薬草を作りながらミリナちゃんに雑用を頼む。作った薬草を摘むことから、状態変化させた物を包むまで......段々と慣れて来てるようで、作業速度は最初よりも大分早くなってる。途中、昼食の休憩を挟んで、ひたすら薬草を作り続ける。「タクミ様......これ以上は......」「んーもう少し作りたいんですけどね......とりあえず、休憩しましょうか。ミリナちゃんも、お疲れ様」俺が薬草作りに集中してると、心配したライラさんに止められた。考えてた数にはまだ届かないから、休憩を挟んでまた作業をするつもりだけどな。ミリナちゃんをねぎらいつつ、ライラさんが用意してくれたお茶を飲みながら一息つく。「師匠は魔法も使えるんですか!?」「ギフトにレオ様......それに剣と魔法......やっぱり師匠は凄いです!」レオは拾って育てただけだし、ギフトは何故使えるかわからない能力だ。剣も魔法も、始めたばかりでミリナちゃんの言うように凄いとか、尊敬される程じゃないんだけどなぁ。「ふぅ......いつも美味しいお茶をありがとうございます」「ライラさんは凄いですね......私もこんなお茶を淹れられるように頑張ります」ライラさんを始め、この屋敷で淹れられたお茶は本当に美味しい。淹れ方なのか茶葉が良いのかはわからないが、このお茶を飲んでると本当に落ち着くな。疲労回復の薬草より、疲れに良い気までして来るから不思議だ。ミリナちゃんも、同じように淹れられるようになれば嬉しい。「見習いとは言え、その辺りはきっちり教えますからね。安心しなさい、ミリナ」「はい、頑張って覚えます」「手順を覚えれば簡単ですけどね。あとは、気持ち次第です」ライラさんが簡単にお茶の入れ方講座を始めた。飲む人の事を考えるとか、ポットのための一杯云々。俺はそれを聞き流しながら、鍛錬をするティルラちゃんと、シェリーを乗せながら楽しそうに走り回るレオを眺めてしばしの休憩をした。「んー、とりあえず先に魔法の練習をするか」ライラさんの紅茶講座も終わり、休憩を終えた俺は立ち上がって呟く。「ギフトの連続使用は危険みたいだからね。ミリナちゃんは暇になるだろうけど......」ミリナちゃんと話しながら、まずは昨日セバスチャンさんから教わった魔法の使い方のおさらい。体の魔力を感じるように意識を向け、仄かに温かい場所を探る。そこから移動させて、手に魔力を集めて使用。「ライトエレメンタル・シャイン」手のひらには、昨日と同じように眩しい光を放つ球が出来上がる。「よし、問題なく使えるな」「ははは、まだ使えるのはこの魔法だけなんだけどね」それから何度か、魔力を感知する事から呪文の詠唱、発動までを繰り返す。試す中で気付いたが、初歩の魔法だからなのか、少ない魔力でも発動するみたいだ。ゲルダさんが昼食のために呼びに来てくれるまで、魔法の練習を続けた。まとめると、シャインと呼ばれる魔法は、魔力が少なくても発動する。魔力の移動を少なくする事で素早く発動が出来る。必要魔力量の多い魔法だと難しいが、シャイン程度ならほとんど意識せずに魔力を集中させる事で、呪文を使いながら魔力を移動させ、発動させることが出来る。戦闘中だと、一瞬の隙が出来てしまう可能性もあるが、慣れてくれば敵の意表を突くために使う事が出来る。簡単な魔法で応用が効くからこそ、セバスチャンさんは俺にこの魔法を教えたんだと思う。昼食のため、食堂へ向かいながら練習した魔法の事を考えていた。ミリナちゃんは魔法自体が珍しいのか、退屈そうにするそぶりも無くずっと俺が発動させる魔法を見ていた。	“Are you tired, Mr. Takumi? I hope you are not overextending yourself...” “Ah, I am fine. I played with Leo late last night and so I didn’t get much sleep.” Ms. Claire looked at me worriedly as we were eating breakfast. Tilura had said the same thing. While I didn’t mean for it to show on my face, I suppose it was still obvious. ...I would have to eat some recovery herbs later. “You will be heading for Range village tomorrow, won’t you?” “Yes. I have to finish preparing the herbs today, then I’ll set out with Leo tomorrow.” “I see.” After breakfast, she asked when I was leaving. She also apologized about the matter regarding the discount of the Ramogi and my payment. The discount was one thing, but I had insisted on the lack of payment myself, so she didn’t need to worry about that. “...All right. I’m going to do a little extra today.” “You really shouldn’t...” I muttered while heading to a corner of the garden. I had eaten the recovery herbs and no longer felt sleepy, and had finished my morning training. But Ms. Lyra heard me and seemed worried. Milina also followed after me and had an expression of concern... She must have heard that I had once fainted from overuse of the Gift. “I’m fine. Recently, I’ve gotten a better grasp of how much I am able to do it.” “...But... You still need to be careful.” “Yes. Thank you for worrying about me.” I thanked Ms. Lyra and reached the usual spot where I used Weed Cultivation. It had become a herb exclusive area now... Well, as I had permission, I would gladly take advantage of it. After making herbs for this long, I had a much better idea of how much I could use the Gift. That being said, it didn’t mean I knew exactly what my limit was before I fainted. Regardless, as the Ramogi was being discounted, I would make more of it than usual. “All right, Milina. Let’s do this.” “Yes!” And so I used Weed Cultivation to grow the herbs and had Milina do the rest. From picking the herbs to wrapping them up after they were dried...she had become accustomed to the work, and was able to do it quite quickly now. We took a short break in between and then continued to make herbs. “Mr. Takumi...I don’t know if you should...” “Hmm. But I want to make a little more... But we can rest a while. Thank you for your help, Milina.” “I’ve done nothing compared to you, master...” As I focused on creating herbs, I was then stopped by a worried Ms. Lyra. Of course, I still had not reached the numbers that I wanted, and so I intended on continuing after resting again. I also had to persuade Milina, and then we drank some tea that Ms. Lyra had prepared. “That’s right, I also have to practice some magic.” “You can use magic too, master!?” “Well, I only just started learning, so I’m still a beginner.” “You have a Gift and Leo...and sword and magic... You have so many talents!” But I had only rescued and raised Leo, and I had no idea why I was given the Gift. As for sword and magic, I had just started learning them, so it wasn’t anything impressive at all. “Phew... Thank you for the tea. It was delicious as always.” “I’m glad that you enjoyed it.” “You’re amazing, Ms. Lyra... I’ll do my best so that I can brew tea like this.” Not only Ms. Lyra, but all of the tea brewed by the servants here tasted very good. I didn’t know if it was their technique or the quality of the leaves, but drinking it really helped me to relax. Sometimes, I felt that it was even more effective than the herbs, which was a strange feeling. I would be glad if Milina was able to brew tea like this. “While you are still a novice, we will be very thorough in teaching you. Don’t worry about that, Milina.” “Yes, I’ll do my best.” “It’s easy once you know what to do. Also, it’s about feeling.” “Feeling?” Ms. Lyra then started to lecture her on how to brew tea. Something about thinking about who will drink it, etcetera. I ignored most of it while I watched Tilura train, and Leo run around the garden while carrying Sherry. “Hmm. I think I will practice my magic first.” Now that Ms. Lyra’s lecture was finished, I ended my break and got back to my feet. “What about the herbs?” “Well, it’s supposed to be dangerous to use it too much at once. So, I guess you’ll have some free time...” “But I’m sure watching you use magic will be quite entertaining.” I talked with Milina as I went over what Sebastian had taught me yesterday. I directed my consciousness towards the magic energy, and searched for the warmth. And then I moved the energy so that it gathered in my palm. “Light Elemental Shine.” And then just like yesterday, a bright light appeared in my hand. “Yes, I can do it just fine.” “That is so bright. What brilliant magic.” “Hahaha. Yes, but this is all that I can do now.” After that, I repeated the process of detecting, chanting and activating several times. What I noticed while doing it, was that I could activate it with very little magic energy. I suppose it was because it was such a simple spell. And so I continued to practice until Ms. Gelda called us for lunch. In fact, any ‘Shine’ magic could be activated with little energy. And by not having to move much energy, I would be able to activate it swiftly. Magic that required a lot of energy was difficult, but Shine didn’t even take much concentration. And while it might still leave me open momentarily if used during battle, I could still take the enemy by surprise once I got used to it. It was simple magic that could be very effective. That’s why Sebastian had taught it to me. As I headed towards the dining hall, I thought about the magic that I was practicing. Apparently, Milina had rarely seen magic, and she never looked bored as she had watched me activating it.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 13, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
「......すまんレオ、今まであんまり相手をしてやれてなかったな」今までを振り返った時、自分がのんびり出来て無い事よりもレオを構ってやれなかった事が気になった。拾って来てからは部屋に置いて、ちゃんと餌やり等はしてたが、散歩に連れて行く事も週に1度程度。俺が深夜に帰って来るのをずっと待たせてばかりだったな......。この森を出て自宅に戻ったら、まず今の仕事を辞めて、もっと時間に余裕のある仕事を探そう。仕事ばかりでお金を使うあても無かったから、就職してからの給料で結構貯金があるはずだ。それでとりあえずは暮らしつつ、のんびりとレオの相手をしてやろう。そんな事を考えてレオの綺麗な銀の毛を撫でてると、ふと顔を上げ、俺の頬だけ舐めた。「ワウ。ワフー」「......気にするなって、言ってるのか?」ありがとうレオ。お前のおかげで俺はこれまで寂しくなった事は無いぞ。少ししんみりしつつ、また膝に顔を乗せたレオを撫でて休んだ。しばらくして、さすがにそろそろ動かないといけないと思っていたら、レオが弾かれたように立ち上がった。「どうしたレオ?」レオは俺の問いには答えず、川とは逆の俺達が来た森の方を見て唸り始めた。「どうした? 森の中に何かあるのか?」俺がレオに話しかけても反応せず、そのまま森の方を見て唸り続けている。レオの唸りに何かあるのかと俺もそちらに顔を向けたが、木々が邪魔をして何があるかわからない。けど、レオの唸りと川の流れる音とは違う音が森の方から聞こえ始めた。草木を踏み、掻き分ける音。誰かが俺のいる場所へ近づいて来てる音だ。レオがさらに牙を剥き出しにして唸った時、木々の間から音を出していた誰かが出て来た。誰か......それは見た事の無い生き物だった。人間くらいの身長で歩行。手には槍を持ってこちらに穂先を向けてる。丸いお腹は肥満気味なのかもしれない。これだけなら人間と思えるけど、その顔が人間じゃなかった。豚の顔をしてたんだ。「え? 豚? でも二本足で立ってるし......槍? え?」俺はその姿を見てただ戸惑うだけだった。目を覚ましたら見知らぬ森の中、やっと見つけた川で休憩してたら今度は豚人間(?)が出て来た。どうしたらいいのかなんてわかるわけがない。 ......えっと......こんな姿をどこかで見た事があるような気がする......えー、どこだっけか......。 ......あぁ! ゲームとかで見た! 確かオークとか言う豚の怪物だ! あまり詳しくはないけど、ゲームは多少やった事がある。まあ有名どころくらいだけど。「って、え? オークだって? ほんとに!?」見た事も無い森の中だけど、ここって日本だよな? さすがに日本でこんな生き物が発見されたとか聞いた事は無い......。頭の片隅で、最近同僚が読んでたラノベとかいう小説の設定がちらついているが、それは無視。さすがに現実感が無い設定だったからな。「ウゥゥゥ......。ガウ!」森から現れた生き物を見て俺がひたすら戸惑ってると、隣でオークと思われる生き物を見て唸っていたレオが急に飛び掛かった! レオが前足の爪で相手を切り裂き、止めとばかりに喉元に牙を突き立てた。素早いレオの動きはなんとか目で追えたけど、反応できる速さじゃなかった。 ......強いんだな、レオ......。オークと思われる生き物は、悲鳴っぽい叫び声をあげて地面に倒れ込み、そのまま動かなくなった。レオが尻尾を振り、自慢げな顔をしながらそいつの腕を咥えて俺の前に引きずって来た。「えっと、食べるの? これ」俺の言葉に頷くレオ。 ......えー、二足歩行の生き物を食べるのに抵抗があるんだけどな......。確かに顔は豚だから、豚肉なのかもしれないけどさ......。レオは期待した目で俺を見てる。俺も森の中を歩いて結構腹は減ってる。「......せめて焼けたらな」考える仕草のレオ、その後周りに落ちてる枯れ枝を咥えて持って来た。「火をおこせばいいのか?」そうは言っても、何もない所から火をおこすなんてした事ないぞ。でも生で肉を食べるのは嫌だな......なんかさっきのオーク(?)は不潔そうだし......。仕方ないな、やるだけやってみよう。水辺とは言え森の中。雨が降った形跡も無いから、乾燥した枝はそこらに落ちてる。レオと協力して、たき火に出来そうな枝を集めるだけ集めた。「さて、問題は火が付くかどうかだけど......」確か、テレビかなんかで見たのは、木の板に枝の先を回転させながら擦り付ける......だったか? 火のつけ方をどうしようか考えてると、レオが集めてある枝に顔を近づけた。一度吠えると開けた口から小さな火が出て、集めた枝が燃え始めた。「......レオ? 何したの?」ちょっと得意気なレオ。何か目が覚めてから現実離れした事が起きすぎてて、もう何から突っ込めばいいかわからない。頭の中で踊り狂ってる色んな疑問はこの際無視しよう。とりあえず、腹ごしらえだ。「レオ、もしかしてこいつをその爪か牙で切ったり出来るか?」レオが前足から爪を出し、軽々と振るうごとにオークは細切れにされていった。「......あるがままを受け入れよう」悟りの境地なのかもしれないな......。レオが大きくなった事や、軽々とオークを切り刻んでいる事への疑問は宇宙の彼方へポイした。「ありがとうレオ。じゃあ焼くか」落ちていた細い枝を川の水で軽く洗い、レオが切った肉に突き刺して持ち上げる。血が滴っていたので、それも川の水で流したき火のそばで枝を地面に刺した。直火でバーベキューみたいに焼きたいが、枝まで焼けちゃいけないからな。この肉の味がどうなのかはまだわからないけど......。同じように何個か枝に肉を刺して、たき火の傍に枝を刺す。枝に刺さってじっくり焼かれていく肉を楽しそうな雰囲気で見つめるレオ。もう少しで焼きあがるはずだからなー、もうちょっと待とうなー。それから数分、そろそろいいかなと枝を持ってたき火から肉を離す。見た目は今まで何度も見た事がある、焼かれた豚肉だ。まずはレオにその肉をあげ、別の肉をたき火から離して俺も食べ始める。 ......口の中に入れる瞬間に、さっきまで立っていた姿を思い出して躊躇したけど、結局食欲に負けてそのまま食べた。「ワフ......モシャ......モシャ......」レオはおいしいのか勢いよく食べている。 ......これって普通の豚肉の味だよな。少し高めの豚肉かもしれないと思うくらい美味しい。あんな見た目でも、味はやっぱり豚だったんだな......。でも、塩コショウとかの調味料が欲しいなぁ......。	“...Sorry, Leo. I wasn’t able to spend much time with you up until now.” When I thought back on everything up until now, it wasn’t not being able to relax that I most regretted. It was that I hadn’t been able to give Leo enough attention. After rescuing her, I put her in a room and fed her. But I only took her for a walk once every week. So many times she had to wait until midnight for my return... If we escaped this forest and returned home, I would quit my current job and search for something that would give me more free time. As I had worked so hard, I didn’t have any time to spend my money, so I should have a decent amount saved up. I would be able to live off of that, and spend plenty of time with Leo. As I thought of such things and petted Leo’s silver fur, she suddenly raised her head and licked my cheek once. “...Are you saying that I shouldn’t worry about it?” Thanks, Leo. It was because of you that I never felt that lonely. Still feeling a little emotional, I relaxed and petted Leo, who rested her head on my lap again. After some time had passed, I felt that it would be unwise if we didn’t get a move on. And then Leo suddenly stood up as if bouncing. “What is it, Leo?” Instead of answering me, Leo turned away from the river and began to howl in the direction that we had come from. “What is it? Is there something in the forest?” But she didn’t react when I talked to her. She just kept howling towards the tree. Thinking that there must be something there, I turned to face it as well, but the trees were in the way and I couldn’t see anything. However, I started to hear something from the forest that wasn’t Leo or the river. The sounds of something stepping on grass and moving through bushes. The sound of something coming towards us. Just as Leo howled and bared her fangs, the thing that was making the noise stepped out from the trees. What it was...was a creature that I had never seen before. It was about as tall as a human and walked on two legs. It held a spear in its hands, and it pointed it in our direction. The creature was stout, with a round belly as well. You almost thought it was human, until you saw its face. It was the face of a pig. “Huh? A pig? But it’s walking on two legs...and the spear? What?” The sight of it just confused me. I had awoken in an unfamiliar forest, and then when I started resting by a river, a pig human appeared. I didn’t understand what I was supposed to do. ...Uhh... But I did feel as if I had seen something like it before... Uh, but where... ...Ah! In a game! They were pig-like monsters known as orcs! I didn’t know much about games, but I had played a few. Just the famous ones. “Uh, huh? So it’s an orc? Really!?” While I didn’t know what forest this was, we were in Japan, right? But I had never heard of such a creature being discovered in Japan... There was a corner of my mind that thought of the light novels that a coworker had been reading recently, but I ignored it. It was just too unrealistic. “Wooo... Grrraau!” As I looked at the creature in confusion, Leo, who had been growling up until now, suddenly jumped at the orc. The claws on Leo’s front paws slashed through the orc, and then her fangs sunk into its throat. Leo was so fast but I had somehow managed to follow her movements. But it was too fast for me to react. ...Leo sure was strong... The creature that was likely an orc, let out a scream before falling to the ground. It stayed there, motionless. Leo’s tail wagged and then she looked at me with a proud expression before dragging her prey by its arm towards me. “Uh, you want me to eat it? This?” Leo nodded at my words. ...Uh. I did not like the idea of eating something humanoid that walked on two legs. Though, it did have the face of a pig, so maybe it was pork... Leo looked at me with expectant eyes. And I was hungry after all the walking in the forest. “...If we could at least cook it.” Leo looked like she was thinking. And then she started to pick up fallen branches and bring them to me. “You think we should make a fire?” That being said, I had never made a fire without any tools before. But I didn’t want to eat raw meat... And that orc looked very filthy... I had no choice then. I would have to try it. While we were near a river, this was still a forest. And there was no signs of recent rain, so dried fallen branches were easy to find. And so Leo and I worked together to get as many branches we could get to make a fire. “Now, the problem is whether or not I can light it...” From what I had seen on tv, you were supposed to rotate a branch on a wooden board...I think? As I tried to think of a way to start a fire, Leo moved her face close to the pile of branches. She barked once, and a small flame shot out from her mouth, and the branches caught on fire. “...Leo? What did you do?” Leo looked a little smug. Ever since I had woken up, everything that happened seemed to be so removed from reality. I didn’t even know where to start. There were so many questions swimming in my head, but I ignored them for now. The first thing to do was to eat. “Leo. Could you cut it up with your claws or fangs?” Leo used the claws on her front paws to lightly slash the orc into thin strips. “...I’ll accept things as they are.” Perhaps this was enlightenment... That Leo had become bigger and was slicing up an orc. All these questions. I threw them into the endlessness of space. “Thanks, Leo. I guess I’ll cook it then.” “Wuff. Wuff.” I lightly washed some of the thin branches in the river, and then skewered the meat with them. As they were dripping with blood, I washed them in the river as well before piercing them into the ground around the fire. I wanted to cook them like in a barbecue, but had to be careful so that the branches didn’t burn. Though, I had no idea if the meat would actually taste good... I made several more of the meat skewers and placed them around the fire. Leo looked quite happy as she watched the meat sizzle and cook. It will be ready soon. Just wait a little longer! A few minutes later, I thought that it must be cooked through, and so I moved the meat away from the fire. It looked just like ordinary cooked pork to me. I gave the first one to Leo, and then grabbed a different one and started to eat it. ...The moment that it entered my mouth, I thought of the creature that had been standing there only a moment ago, and hesitated. However, my appetite won, and I ate it. “Wuff...mosha...mosha...” It must have tasted good to her, as Leo tore into it greedily. ...It really did taste like normal pork. In fact, I would even say that it was good enough to be expensive pork. So in spite of appearances, it really did taste like a pig... 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これこそが西側の世界が 19 世紀および 20 世紀に民主主義化してきた道筋である。経済の自由化が第一にあり、政治の自由化はその後に続いたのである。しかし今日の新しい民主主義では、すべてをより急速に進める必要がある。今では選挙権を富裕層やより教養のある市民に制限するというぜいたくは許されていないのだ。	But today’s young democracies have to do everything much faster. They don’t have the luxury of restricting suffrage to property owners, or to more educated citizens.	{ "source": "news_commentary", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
でもこの壁は、肉眼ではまずほとんど見えない材質で作られますつまり細菌と砂粒です建築家は問題を解決するよう訓練されますでも私は「建築学的問題」というのをあまり信用していません機会だけを信じていますだから私はこうして脅威を提示し建築からの対応をお見せするのです脅威とは「砂漠化」です砂漠を横断する、細菌と固めた砂による砂の壁が私の回答ですさて、砂というのは、すばらしい自己矛盾を抱えた魔法の素材です単純であり、複雑です穏やかなのに暴力的常に同じなのに、同じでない終りなく魅惑的です 10億個の砂粒が毎秒、全世界で生まれています循環的なプロセスです岩や山が壊れ、砂粒が生まれるその砂のいくらかは、自然に砂岩として固まりますそして砂岩が風化すると新しく砂粒が生まれますその砂粒のいくらかは大規模に集積し砂丘になります言い換えれば、固く動かない石の山が動く砂山になるのですしかし動く砂山は危険でもありえますなぜなのか説明しましょう地球の陸地の3分の1以上は乾燥地帯ですそのうちいくらかはもう砂漠です; それ以外の場所は砂によって深刻に崩壊していますサハラのすぐ南にサヘルがあります「砂漠のヘリ」という意味ですここが砂漠化と最も密接に関係している場所です 60年代から70年代、この場所の大規模な干ばつで、300万人が緊急食料援助に依存するようになり 25万人が死亡していますこの大災害がまた起きようとしていますにもかかわらずほとんど注目されていません加速されたメディアの中にあっては砂漠化は、あまりも足が遅くて記事にならないのです津波やカトリーナの様な形でなく泣き叫ぶ子供や、つぶされた家も殆どないからですにもかかわらず、砂漠化は全ての大陸で大問題で約110の諸国、世界の農業用乾燥地の70%に影響します何百万もの人々、特にアフリカと中国の人々の生活に深刻な影響を与えますその多くは、我々自身による希少な資源の持続不可能な利用により生み出された問題ですそれで気候変動が起きているのです干ばつや砂漠化の進行や食料供給の崩壊、水不足、飢饉、強制移住、政治不安、戦争、恐慌などですことを真剣に受け止めなければ起こり得るシナリオですしかしどれくらい遠い出来事なのか? 私はナイジェリア北部のソコトへ行きどれくらい遠い事なのか見に行きましたこの砂丘は南に向けて毎年600メートル移動していますつまりサハラは毎日ほぼ1メートルの農耕地を侵食しており人々を故郷から追い立てています私がいます―左から二番目― ソコト郊外の小さな村ギダンカーラの長老たちと一緒です 1987年、巨大な砂丘に飲み込まれそうになり彼らはここから移動しなくてはなりませんでしたそこで家一つづつ、村全体が移動したのですここがかつて村があった場所です砂丘の頂上まで登るのに10分かかりましたなぜ彼らがより安全な場所に移動しなければならなかったのか分かりますこれが、砂漠化がもたらし得る強制移住なのですもし砂漠の境界部分に住んでいたら子供をかかえ、家を捨て、それまでの人生を捨てて去るまでどれくらい短いかが実感できるでしょう砂丘は、砂漠のわずか5分の1を覆っているにすぎませんにもかかわらず、この極限環境は、私たちが砂漠の移動を止めるのに格好の場所なのです 4年前、アフリカの23の諸国が Great Green Wall Saharaを作るために集まりましたすばらしいプロジェクトで、当初の計画ではアフリカ大陸を横断して防風林を作る予定でした西はモーリタニアから、東のジブチまで横切ってですもし砂丘の移動を止めたいなら崖を超えて砂がなだれ落ちるのを確実に止めなくてはなりませんそのために最も効率的な方法はトラップの様な物を使う事です木やサボテンはうってつけですしかしこの地方で問題だったのは住民があまりに貧しく木を切り倒して薪にしてしまう事ですそこで、切り倒される事のなさそうな植林の代替え品があるのです私が提案している砂岩の壁は3つのことをします砂粒同士を結合することで砂丘の表面、砂丘の構造を荒くしますこれは木を支える物理的な支持物になり砂漠の砂の中に、居住可能な物理的空間を作り出します人がこのグリーンバリアの中に住めば木を育てることができ、伐採者から保護することができ、自然の威力からも守ることができます砂漠の中に陰ができます凝結水を集めて砂漠を内部から緑化できます砂丘はある意味では、出来合いの建物の様なものです必要な部分を固形化させそれから砂を掘ることで建物が手に入ります手で掘っても良いし風に掘ってもらっても良いのです風は、問題の場所に砂を運んで来ますがその後は私たちのために建物から砂を運び去ってくれるわけですでもどうやって砂を固形化するか質問したいんじゃありませんか? どうやって砂粒をくっつけ合わせるのか? 答えはこういうモノを使うのです Bacillus pasteuriiという名前の湿地や泥地によく見かける細菌でまさにこの仕事をしてくれます流動性の砂の山から砂岩を作りますアメリカ細菌学会のこの写真で、どういう過程が起こるかがわかります Bacillus pasteuriiを砂山にそそぐとそれが砂粒の間の隙間を埋め始めます化学反応でカルサイトができそれは自然のセメントの様な物で砂粒をつなぎ合わせます全体の固化には約24時間かかります私はこれについてUCデービスのジェイソンデジョン教授から学びました彼はこれをたった1400分でやってみせましたこれはマッドサイエンティストをしている私でロンドンのUCLで、細菌を相手に固化を試しているところですかかるコストは? 私は経済学者などではないのですがそれでも、文字通り封筒の裏で計算してみたところ― ―1立方メートルのコンクリートは 90ドルほどかかるようですそして、最初に細菌を買うのに60ドル払えばそれ以上金はかからず細菌入りの砂1立方メートルで 11ドルになりますどうやってこれを作るのか? 二つの方法を簡単にご覧に入れます最初の方法はまず風船状の構造を作りそこに細菌を入れ、砂が風船を洗うようにします風船が破裂し、細菌が砂と混じり、固化させます数年後に完全自給農法でその砂漠を緑化させます第二の方法は注入用パイルを打ち込む方法です砂丘にパイルを押し込み最初の細菌表面を作りますそれからパイルを砂丘から引き抜くと砂が型となって、砂の中におよそどんな形でも作り出すことができますつまり、砂を砂岩にする方法があるわけでそれを使って砂丘の内部に居住可能な空間が作れますでもそれはどんなものなのか? 私の場合、建築様式は「タフォニ」に触発されていて、大体はこの模型の様なものですソコト地域のスポンジ様の構造の岩でそれをスケールアップすれば空調や温度調整などに適した空間特性ができることがわかりましたこの構造の形態的な制御の一部は細菌の作業過程によって、自然にゆだねられるでしょうそれによって、境界のない美が生まれると思いますきっとすばらしい結合形態になると思います Bacillus pasteuriiを使い砂漠を居住可能な環境に作り変えた跡、あるいは過程が見えるでしょうこれが制御不能に広がりその過程で細菌が全てを破壊するかもしれないと思う人もいますそれは全く間違っていますこれは自然のプロセスです自然界で日常的に起きていますそれに細菌は栄養供給を止めるとすぐに死滅しますということで、これが砂そのものを使った、建築学的な砂漠化防止構造です砂でできた砂防止装置今世紀末までに、世界の耕作用地の3分の1が失われると推測されています過去に例のない人口爆発と食料需要の時期に、それは破滅的かもしれません率直に言って、私たちは現実を直視していないのです少なくとも、この計画が論議を呼んでほしいと思いますしかし、もし私にTEDwishのようなものがあるとしたらこれを実際に作り、この居住可能な壁を作り、このとても長く、しかし細い街を砂漠に作り、砂漠の風景そのものにしたいのですそれは木を支えるだけでなく人々と国を一つにつなぎ止めるものです最後にこの構造のアニメーションをご覧に入れ、ホルヘ・ルイス・ボルヘスの言葉を引用しますボルヘスは言いました:「石の上には何も建てられず、全ては砂の上に建てられるしかし砂が石であるかのように建てなくてはならない」この計画を追求するには、やるべき事が沢山残っています政治、実務、倫理、財政などなどあなたをウサギの住処に連れ込むこの私の計画は現実には多くの課題や困難を抱えていますしかし、これは始まりであり、ビジョンなのですボルヘスの言う通り、これは砂ですそして、今まさしく、それを石にすべき時なのですありがとう	And yet it's made from parts that are invisible, or near-invisible, to the naked eye: bacteria and grains of sand. Now, as architects we're trained to solve problems. But I don't really believe in architectural problems; I only believe in opportunities. Which is why I'll show you a threat, and an architectural response. The threat is desertification. My response is a sandstone wall made from bacteria and solidified sand, stretching across the desert. Now, sand is a magical material of beautiful contradictions. It is simple and complex. It is peaceful and violent. It is always the same, never the same, endlessly fascinating. One billion grains of sand come into existence in the world each second. That's a cyclical process. As rocks and mountains die, grains of sand are born. Some of those grains may then cement naturally into sandstone. And as the sandstone weathers, new grains break free. Some of those grains may then accumulate on a massive scale, into a sand dune. In a way, the static, stone mountain becomes a moving mountain of sand. But, moving mountains can be dangerous. Let me try and explain why. Dry areas cover more than one third of the Earth's land surfaces. Some are already deserts; others are being seriously degraded by the sand. Just south of the Sahara we find the Sahel. The name means "edge of the desert." And this is the region most closely associated with desertification. It was here in the late '60s and early '70s that major droughts brought three million people to become dependent upon emergency food aid, with about up to 250,000 dying. This is a catastrophe waiting to happen again. And it's one that gets very little attention. In our accelerated media culture, desertification is simply too slow to reach the headlines. It's nothing like a tsunami or a Katrina: too few crying children and smashed up houses. And yet desertification is a major threat on all continents, affecting some 110 countries and about 70 percent of the world's agricultural drylands. of millions of people, and especially in Africa and China. And it is largely an issue that we've created for ourselves through unsustainable use of scarce resources. So, we get climate change. We get droughts, increased desertification, crashing food systems, water scarcity, famine, forced migration, political instability, warfare, crisis. if we fail to take this seriously. But, how far away is it? I went to Sokoto in northern Nigeria to try and find out how far away it is. The dunes here move southward at a pace of around 600 meters a year. That's the Sahara eating up almost [two meters] a day of the arable land, physically pushing people away from their homes. Here I am -- I'm the second person on the left -- with the elders in Gidan-Kara, a tiny village outside of Sokoto. They had to move this village in 1987 as a huge dune threatened to swallow it. So, they moved the entire village, hut by hut. This is where the village used to be. It took us about 10 minutes to climb up to the top of that dune, which goes to show why they had to move to a safer location. That's the kind of forced migration that desertification can lead to. If you happen to live close to the desert border, you can pretty much calculate how long it will be before you have to carry your kids away, and abandon your home and your life as you know it. Now, sand dunes cover only about one fifth of our deserts. And still, those extreme environments are very good places if we want to stop the shifting sands. Four years ago, 23 African countries came together to create the Great Green Wall Sahara. A fantastic project, the initial plan right across the African continent, from Mauritania in the west, all the way to Djibouti in the east. If you want to stop a sand dune from moving, what you need to make sure to do is to stop the grains from avalanching over its crest. And a good way of doing that, the most efficient way, is to use some kind of sand catcher. Trees or cacti are good for this. But, one of the problems with planting trees is that the people in these regions are so poor that they chop them down for firewood. Now there is an alternative to just planting trees and hoping that they won't get chopped down. This sandstone wall that I'm proposing essentially does three things. It adds roughness to the dune's surface, to the texture of the dune's surface, binding the grains. It provides a physical support structure for the trees, and it creates physical spaces, habitable spaces inside of the sand dunes. If people live inside of the green barrier they can help support the trees, protect them from humans, and from some of the forces of nature. Inside of the dunes we find shade. We can start harvesting condensation, and start greening the desert from within. Sand dunes are almost like ready-made buildings in a way. All we need to do is solidify the parts that we need to be solid, and then excavate the sand, and we have our architecture. We can either excavate it by hand or we can have the wind excavate it for us. So, the wind carries the sand onto the site and then it carries the redundant sand away from the structure for us. But, by now, you're probably asking, how am I planning to solidify a sand dune? How do we glue those grains of sand together? And the answer is, perhaps, that you use these guys, Bacillus pasteurii, a micro-organism that is readily available in wetlands and marshes, and does precisely that. It takes a pile of loose sand and it creates sandstone out of it. These images from the American Society for Microbiology show us the process. What happens is, you pour Bacillus pasteurii onto a pile of sand, and it starts filling up the voids in between the grains. A chemical process produces calcite, which is a kind of natural cement that binds the grains together. The whole cementation process takes about 24 hours. I learned about this from a professor at U.C. Davis called Jason DeJong. He managed to do it in a mere 1,400 minutes. Here I am, playing the part of the mad scientist, working with the bugs at UCL in London, trying to solidify them. So, how much would this cost? I'm not an economist, very much not, but I did, quite literally, a back of the envelope calculation -- -- and it seems that for a cubic meter of concrete we would have to pay in the region of 90 dollars. And, after an initial cost of 60 bucks to buy the bacteria, which you'll never have to pay again, one cubic meter of bacterial sand would be about 11 dollars. How do we construct something like this? Well, I'll quickly show you two options. The first is to create a kind of balloon structure, fill it with bacteria, then allow the sand to wash over the balloon, pop the balloon, as it were, disseminating the bacteria into the sand and solidifying it. Then, a few years afterwards, using permacultural strategies, we green that part of the desert. The second alternative would be to use injection piles. So, we pushed the piles down through the dune, and we create an initial bacterial surface. We then pull the piles up through the dune and we're able to create almost any conceivable shape inside of the sand with the sand acting as a mold as we go up. So, we have a way of turning sand into sandstone, and then creating these habitable spaces inside of the desert dunes. But, what should they look like? Well, I was inspired, for my architectural form, by tafoni, which look a little bit like this, this is a model representation of it. These are cavernous rock structures that I found on the site in Sokoto. And I realized that if I scaled them up, they would provide me with good spatial qualities, for ventilation, for thermal comfort, and for other things. Now, part of the formal control over this structure would be lost to nature, obviously, as the bacteria do their work. And I think this creates a kind of boundless beauty actually. I think there is really something in that articulation that is quite nice. We see the result, the traces, if you like, of the Bacillus pasteurii being harnessed to sculpt the desert into these habitable environments. this would spread uncontrollably, and that the bacteria would kill everything in its way. That's not true at all. It's a natural process. It goes on in nature today, and the bacteria die as soon as we stop feeding them. So, there it is -- architectural anti-desertification structures made from the desert itself. Sand-stopping devices, made from sand. The world is likely to lose one third of its arable land by the end of the century. In a period of unprecedented population growth and increased food demands, this could prove disastrous. And quite frankly, we're putting our heads in the sand. If nothing else, I would like for this scheme to initiate a discussion. But, if I had something like a TED wish, it would be to actually get it built, to start building this habitable wall, this very, very long, but very narrow city in the desert, built into the dunescape itself. It's not only something that supports trees, but something that connects people and countries together. I would like to conclude by showing you an animation of the structure, and leave you with a sentence by Jorge Luis Borges. Borges said that "nothing is built on stone, everything is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone." Now, there are many details left to explore in this scheme -- political, practical, ethical, financial. My design, as it takes you down the rabbit hole, is fraught with many challenges and difficulties in the real world. But, it's a beginning, it's a vision. As Borges would have it, it's the sand. And I think now is really the time to turn it into stone. 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これはナショナルジオグラフィック誌の象徴とも言うべき写真ですスティーブ・マッカリーが撮ったアフガン難民の女性ですハーバードランプーン誌がちかぢかナショナルジオグラフィックのパロディを出版する予定で彼らがこの写真をどうするかと思うとぞっとしますおお、Photoshopの災いよブルース・デイルによるサンフランシスコでの着陸の光景彼は尾翼にカメラを装着しましたサム・アベルによるトルストイの小説の詩的な表現ランディ・オルソンコンゴのピグミー族この写真が好きですなぜならこれを見るとドガの小さな踊り子のブロンズ像を思わせるからですポール・ニクリンによる北極海を泳ぐシロクマですシロクマは動き回れるために氷が必要で泳ぎはあまり上手くありません北極の氷がどうなっているかはご存知ですねアフリカのリフトバレーを横断しているラクダですクリス・ジョンズの写真です真上から撮影していて、見えているのはラクダの影ですウィリアム・アルバート・アラードによるテキサスの牧童素晴らしいポートレイトですそしてジェーン・グドールの特別な絆ニック・ニコルズの写真ですデビッド・アラン・ハーベイによる、スペインの石鹸ディスコの写真です「フロアではあちこちで奇妙なことが起きていたまどっちにしろ、衛生的だね」と言っていましたこっちはオーストラリアのアシカのダンスですデビッド・デュビレの写真ですこちらはユアン・メイソン博士の撮影した彗星ですそして、映画スターのいないタイタニックの船首エモリー・クリストフの写真です今日の飽和し切ったメディア世界の容赦ない渦の中で、写真は厳然と力を保ち続けていますなぜなら、写真は私たちの心が、大切な一瞬を固定するのを真似ているからです例を挙げましょう 4年前、私は息子とビーチにいました彼は泳ぎの練習中でデラウェアビーチの波はまあまあ穏やかでしたしかしちょっと眼を離した隙に、彼は引き潮に捉えられ防波堤に向かって流され始めたのです今ここに立っていても目に浮かびます私が息子を追って波をかき分けていると場面がスローモーションになり、ある配置で凍り付く岩がこちらにあり、波が息子の上に砕けようとしている息子は手を伸ばし顔には恐怖の色を浮かべ私の方を見てこう言う:「パパ、助けて」私は彼を捕まえ、波が私たちに砕け彼を浜に引き揚げ、無事でした少しばかりガタガタしていましたしかしこの「フラッシュ写真の記憶」にはそこにあった全ての要素が出来事だけでなく、それと私の感情的な繋がりも焼き付いているのですこれこそ、写真が、見る人と強い繋がりを生み出す力の元なのですついでに打ち明けますが先週このことについて息子と話をしてあの話をするんだ、と言いましたすると彼が「ああ、あれね覚えてるよ! あの時の父さんは砂浜から僕に叫んでたよね」自分はヒーローだと思っていたのにそれで... 世界有数のフォトジャーナリストによる素晴らしい写真のサンプルです業界でもトップの人たちです一つを除いてはこの写真はユアン・メイスン博士が撮影しました昨年ニュージーランドでですそして投稿され、ナショナルジオグラフィック誌に掲載されました昨年私たちは「あなたの一枚」というセクションをウェブサイトに追加し、みんなの投稿した写真が雑誌に載るチャンスを作ったのですこれは大成功となり熱心な写真コミュニティを動かすことになりましたこういうアマチュア写真の質の高さには時に驚くべきものがありますこういう写真を見ると、私は誰でも一枚や二枚は凄い写真を撮っているという思いを強くしますしかし偉大なフォトジャーナリストになるためには一枚や二枚の凄い写真では足りませんずっと生み出し続けている必要があるのですしかしそれよりさらに重要なのは視覚的に語るすべを知っている必要があるということです物語を語れなくてはならないそこで、写真がいかに物語るかを示している作品を一緒に見ていきたいと思います写真家ニック・ニコルズは、チャドにあるザコーマという、比較的小さくあまり知られていない野生動物保護区に撮影しに行きました最初の計画は異郷の地の、多様な生物のよくあるような物語でしたここまではニックはそうしていたのですこれはサーバルキャットですこの猫は自分で写真を撮りましたカメラトラップという方法でです赤外線ビームが仕掛けられていて遮断するとシャッターが切れます水場にいるヒヒですニックはここでも自動式のカメラを使ってヒヒの写真を何千枚も撮りました結局どうなったかというと、たくさんのヒヒのお尻が撮れたわけです夜食中のライオンです牙が折れていますねクロコダイルが川から上がって巣に向かうところですこの写真は、尻尾から水がしたたり落ちているところがいいですねしかし、ザコーマの中心的な動物は象ですアフリカのこの地域では最大の、野生の群れの一つですこれは月明かりで撮った写真でデジタル写真技術によって大きく変わった領域です象によって物語ががらりと変わりましたニックは研究者のマイケル・フェイ博士と同行して群れのリーダーに発信器を取りつけアニーと名前を付け追跡を開始しました群れは保護区の中にいる間は監視員のグループがいるので安全ですしかし毎年雨期になると群れは保護区の外のエサ場に移動しますそこでトラブルが起きたのです安全な保護区の外には密猟者がいて高価な象牙を求めて群れを襲うのです無線で追跡していたリーダー象は何週間も保護区の中と外を行ったり来たりしていましたが保護区の外で動かなくなりましたアニーは、他の20頭の仲間とともに殺されていました象牙だけのために襲撃されたのですこれは監視員の一人です彼らは密猟者の一人を追い払い、象牙を回収したのですそれには価値があるので置いて行くわけにはいきませんニックは、昔ながらの手法の「ねえ、これ面白いじゃない?」を遥かに越えたものを持ち帰り我々の読者の心に深く響く物語を創り上げたのです保護区に関する単なる知識ではなく象や、監視員や、その他の人間と野生の紛争に関する理解と共感を生み出したのですさて、インドに行ってみましょう一つのことを深く追うことで、より普遍的な物語を語れることがありますリチャード・ワーマンが触れたのと同じものを見ています人類史上初めて農村部より都市部に、より多くの人が住んでいますそして人口増加は都市の中ではなくその周辺のスラムで起きていますジョナス・ベンディクセンは非常にエネルギッシュな写真家ですが私の所に来て言いました: 「これを是非撮らなきゃこういうのはどうです? 『世界中のスラムというスラムを写真に収める』」私は言いました:「予算に対してちょっと野心的すぎやしないか?」そこで私たちがやったのは出かけていって、いろんなものをちょっとずつ見てきましたといういわゆる概観的な物語で終わらせてしまうのではなく、ジョナスをインドのムンバイのダラヴィに送ってそこに滞在してもらい、この街の一番奥の奥にまで入り込んでもらうことでしたそういう場所のひどい状態をちょっと出かけていって表層的に見てくるのではありません生活と、息吹と、その都市域全体がどう機能しているかの核となる部分を見てきたのです一つの場所を見据えることでその生活圏の裏にある魂と不屈の人間精神に触れることができたのです彼はそれを美しく表現しました物語を語る方法が、広範囲の写真しかない場合もあります我々は水中写真家ブライアン・スケリーとフォトジャーナリストのランディ・オルソンに世界の漁業における枯渇問題を取材してもらいましたこのテーマに挑んだのは私たちだけではありませんがブライアンとランディの写真は、中でも乱獲による自然と人間の荒廃を誰よりもよく捉えていましたこれはブライアンの写真で鮫が十字架に架けられたような姿でバハの刺し網にかかっていますある魚の漁で別の魚がかかってしまうという「混獲」を扱った写真を見てきましたが、ブライアンはここで自分でボートの下に位置して、いらない魚が投げ捨てられるところをユニークに捉えていますブライアンはさらに危険を冒しかつて一度も撮られたことのない海底をこそぎ取る底引き網を撮しました陸上では、ランディ・オルソンがアフリカの仮設の魚市場を撮影し身の部分がヨーロッパに送られた後の残り物が売られているのを記録に収めましたここ中国では、ランディはクラゲの市場を撮っています主要な食料資源は捕り尽くされ捕獲はさらに海の深いところで行われこのようなタンパク源まで運んで来ているのです食物連鎖の底辺まで捕り尽くしているのですしかし希望の光も見えていますこのように非常に大きな問題を取り扱う時は我々は単に問題ばかりに眼を向けたくはないのです解決策も見たいブライアンはニュージーランドの海洋保護地域を撮影し商業漁業が禁止されたことで乱獲された種が回復してきておりそこから持続的な漁業の可能性が生まれてきています写真はまた、我々を無理矢理にでも憂鬱で議論の多い問題へと直面させます昨年TEDで表彰されたジェームズ・ナクトウェイはイラクで負傷したアメリカ兵を扱う医療システムの全体を記録しましたそれはまるで魔法のチューブで、一方から負傷兵が入り帰還すると反対側から出てくるようなものでしたジムは戦場から始めましたここでは医療スタッフが負傷兵を野戦病院へと運ぶヘリコプターの中で手当していますこちらは野戦病院です右の兵士は胸に娘の名前があり故郷へのよすがとして胸に入れ墨してありますここから、より重傷者は移送されドイツへ戻り、彼らは初めて家族と対面するのですそれから故郷に戻り退役軍人病院で回復期を過ごしますここウォルター・リード病院の様にそして最後に、多くはハイテク義肢をつけ医療システムを抜けて、彼らの戦場以前の生活を取り戻すのですジムは、普通なら医療技術の話にしかならないような写真を撮りながらそれに人間的側面を付け加え、読者に深い感銘を与えたのですさて、これらは我々にとって重要な話題を扱う上で写真がいかに使えるかを示すよい例でしたしかし写真家は、時に撮影で何かと出会い、その結果としてとても楽しめる場合もあります写真家ポール・ニクリンは南極大陸を旅しヒョウアザラシを撮影しましたこれはめったに撮影されることがありません理由の一部は、彼らが最も危険な海の捕食動物と考えられているからです実際、一年前に研究者が海に引きずりこまれて亡くなっていますだから、ポールも水に入るのをちょっと躊躇したと思うかも知れませんヒョウアザラシは、大体はペンギンを食べています「ペンギン・マーチ」をご存知でしょう; これは「ペンギン・ランチ」ですペンギンが水際に来て、浜が安全か調べていますそしてみんな押し出したり飛び込んだりしていくのですポールは水に入りました別に怖くはなかったと言っていましたそして、この一匹のメスが近寄ってきました写真では分からないのが残念なのですが 3メートル半くらいあったそうです非常に大きいのですがポールは別に怖くなかったと言うんです彼女が、威嚇するというよりは好奇心を持っていたからです右側の大きく口を開けているのは、彼女がこう言ってるんです:「ねえ、私って大きいでしょ!」それか:「ねえ、私の歯は大きいでしょ」それからポールは、彼女が単に彼を哀れんでいるんだと思いました彼女からみれば、水の中に何か変な生きものがいてなぜだかわからないが、全然ペンギンを追う気がないらしいんですからそれで彼女は、彼にペンギンを持って来はじめました生きたまま、彼の目の前に彼女が放すと、ペンギンは逃げ出そうとするそれを見て彼女は「あんたなにやってんのよ?」と追いかけて、また捕まえて戻ってきて彼の前に落とす彼女はこれを二日ばかりやっていいかげん頭に来てついにペンギンを彼の頭の上に直接置くようになったんですそれでこの素晴らしい写真が撮れた結局、彼女はポールが生き残れないな、と思ったらしく愛想を尽かしてタメ息をついてそして彼に興味をなくして、去っていったのですポールはこの不思議な生き物の写真を撮りに行ってただ写真のコレクションを得ただけでなく驚くべき体験と素晴らしい物語を持ち帰ったのですこの様な物語こそが単に直裁的で表面的なものを越えたフォトジャーナリズムの力を示すのです私は、写真が、人々とリアルに結びつくことができ今日世界が直面している課題と可能性を理解するために役立てられると信じていますありがとう	This is an icon of National Geographic, an Afghan refugee taken by Steve McCurry. But the Harvard Lampoon is about to come out with a parody of National Geographic, and I shudder to think what they're going to do to this photograph. Oh, the wrath of Photoshop. This is a jet landing at San Francisco, by Bruce Dale. He mounted a camera on the tail. A poetic image for a story on Tolstoy, by Sam Abell. Pygmies in the DRC, by Randy Olson. I love this photograph because it reminds me of Degas' bronze sculptures of the little dancer. A polar bear swimming in the Arctic, by Paul Nicklen. Polar bears need ice to be able to move back and forth -- they're not very good swimmers -- and we know what's happening to the ice. These are camels moving across the Rift Valley in Africa, photographed by Chris Johns. Shot straight down, so these are the shadows of the camels. This is a rancher in Texas, by William Albert Allard, a great portraitist. And Jane Goodall, making her own special connection, photographed by Nick Nichols. This is a soap disco in Spain, photographed by David Alan Harvey. And David said that there was lot of weird stuff happening on the dance floor. But, hey, at least it's hygienic. These are sea lions in Australia doing their own dance, by David Doubilet. And this is a comet, captured by Dr. Euan Mason. And finally, the bow of the Titanic, without movie stars, photographed by Emory Kristof. Photography carries a power that holds up under the relentless swirl of today's saturated, media world, because photographs emulate the way that our mind freezes a significant moment. Here's an example. Four years ago, I was at the beach with my son, and he was learning how to swim in this relatively soft surf of the Delaware beaches. But I turned away for a moment, and he got caught into a riptide and started to be pulled out towards the jetty. I can stand here right now and see, as I go tearing into the water after him, the moments slowing down and freezing into this arrangement. I can see the rocks are over here. There's a wave about to crash onto him. I can see his hands reaching out, and I can see his face in terror, looking at me, saying, "Help me, Dad." I got him. The wave broke over us. We got back on shore; he was fine. We were a little bit rattled. But this flashbulb memory, as it's called, is when all the elements came together to define not just the event, but my emotional connection to it. And this is what a photograph taps into when it makes its own powerful connection to a viewer. Now I have to tell you, I was talking to Kyle last week about this, that I was going to tell this story. And he said, "Oh, yeah, I remember that too! I remember my image of you was that you were up on the shore yelling at me." I thought I was a hero. So, this represents -- this is a cross-sample of some remarkable images taken by some of the world's greatest photojournalists, working at the very top of their craft -- except one. This photograph was taken by Dr. Euan Mason in New Zealand last year, and it was submitted and published in National Geographic. Last year, we added a section to our website called "Your Shot," where anyone can submit photographs for possible publication. And it has become a wild success, tapping into the enthusiast photography community. The quality of these amateur photographs can, at times, be amazing. And seeing this reinforces, for me, that every one of us has at least one or two great photographs in them. But to be a great photojournalist, you have to have more than just one or two great photographs in you. You've got to be able to make them all the time. But even more importantly, you need to know how to create a visual narrative. You need to know how to tell a story. So I'm going to share with you some coverages that I feel demonstrate the storytelling power of photography. Photographer Nick Nichols went to document a very small and relatively unknown wildlife sanctuary in Chad, called Zakouma. The original intent was to travel there and bring back a classic story of diverse species, of an exotic locale. And that is what Nick did, up to a point. This is a serval cat. He's actually taking his own picture, shot with what's called a camera trap. There's an infrared beam that's going across, and he has stepped into the beam and taken his photograph. These are baboons at a watering hole. Nick -- the camera, again, an automatic camera took thousands of pictures of this. And Nick ended up with a lot of pictures of the rear ends of baboons. A lion having a late night snack -- notice he's got a broken tooth. And a crocodile walks up a riverbank toward its den. I love this little bit of water that comes off the back of his tail. But the centerpiece species of Zakouma are the elephants. It's one of the largest intact herds in this part of Africa. Here's a photograph shot in moonlight, something that digital photography has made a big difference for. It was with the elephants that this story pivoted. Nick, along with researcher Dr. Michael Fay, collared the matriarch of the herd. They named her Annie, and they began tracking her movements. The herd was safe within the confines of the park, because of this dedicated group of park rangers. But once the annual rains began, the herd would begin migrating to feeding grounds outside the park. And that's when they ran into trouble. For outside the safety of the park were poachers, who would hunt them down only for the value of their ivory tusks. The matriarch that they were radio tracking, after weeks of moving back and forth, in and out of the park, came to a halt outside the park. Annie had been killed, along with 20 members of her herd. And they only came for the ivory. This is actually one of the rangers. They were able to chase off one of the poachers and recover this ivory, because it's still valuable. But what Nick did was he brought back a story that went beyond the old-school method of just straight, "Isn't this an amazing world?" And instead, created a story that touched our audiences deeply. Instead of just knowledge of this park, he created an understanding and an empathy for the elephants, the rangers and the many issues surrounding human-wildlife conflicts. Now let's go over to India. Sometimes you can tell a broad story in a focused way. We were looking at the same issue that Richard Wurman touches upon in his new world population project. For the first time in history, more people live in urban, rather than rural, environments. And most of that growth is not in the cities, but in the slums that surround them. Jonas Bendiksen, a very energetic photographer, came to me and said, "We need to document this, and here's my proposal. Let's go all over the world and photograph every single slum around the world." And I said, "Well, you know, that might be a bit ambitious for our budget." So instead, what we did was we decided to, instead of going out and doing what would result in what we'd consider sort of a survey story -- where you just go in and see just a little bit of everything -- we put Jonas into Dharavi, which is part of Mumbai, India, and let him stay there, and really get into the heart and soul of this really major part of the city. at the awful conditions that exist in such places. He saw that this was a living and breathing and vital part of how the entire urban area functioned. By staying tightly focused in one place, Jonas tapped into the soul and the enduring human spirit that underlies this community. And he did it in a beautiful way. Sometimes, though, the only way to tell a story is with a sweeping picture. We teamed up underwater photographer Brian Skerry and photojournalist Randy Olson to document the depletion of the world's fisheries. We weren't the only ones to tackle this subject, but the photographs that Brian and Randy created are among the best to capture both the human and natural devastation of overfishing. Here, in a photo by Brian, a seemingly crucified shark is caught up in a gill net off of Baja. I've seen sort of OK pictures of bycatch, the animals accidentally scooped up while fishing for a specific species. But here, Brian captured a unique view by positioning himself underneath the boat when they threw the waste overboard. And Brian then went on to even greater risk to get this never-before-made photograph of a trawl net scraping the ocean bottom. Back on land, Randy Olson photographed a makeshift fish market in Africa, where the remains of filleted fish were sold to the locals, the main parts having already been sent to Europe. And here in China, Randy shot a jellyfish market. As prime food sources are depleted, the harvest goes deeper into the oceans and brings in more such sources of protein. This is called fishing down the food chain. But there are also glimmers of hope, and I think anytime we're doing a big, big story on this, we don't really want to go and just look at all the problems. We also want to look for solutions. Brian photographed a marine sanctuary in New Zealand, where commercial fishing had been banned -- the result being that the overfished species have been restored, and with them a possible solution for sustainable fisheries. Photography can also compel us to confront issues that are potentially distressing and controversial. James Nachtwey, who was honored at last year's TED, took a look at the sweep of the medical system that is utilized to handle the American wounded coming out of Iraq. It is like a tube where a wounded soldier enters on one end and exits back home, on the other. Jim started in the battlefield. Here, a medical technician tends to a wounded soldier on the helicopter ride back to the field hospital. Here is in the field hospital. The soldier on the right has the name of his daughter tattooed across his chest, as a reminder of home. From here, the more severely wounded are transported back to Germany, where they meet up with their families for the first time. And then back to the States to recuperate at veterans' hospitals, such as here in Walter Reed. And finally, often fitted with high-tech prosthesis, they exit the medical system and attempt to regain their pre-war lives. Jim took what could have been a straight-up medical science story and gave it a human dimension that touched our readers deeply. Now, these stories are great examples of how photography can be used to address some of our most important topics. But there are also times when photographers simply encounter things that are, when it comes down to it, just plain fun. Photographer Paul Nicklin traveled to Antarctica to shoot a story on leopard seals. They have been rarely photographed, partly because they are considered one of the most dangerous predators in the ocean. In fact, a year earlier, a researcher had been grabbed by one and pulled down to depth and killed. So you can imagine Paul was maybe a little bit hesitant about getting into the water. Now, what leopard seals do mostly is, they eat penguins. You know of "The March of the Penguins." This is sort of the munch of the penguins. Here a penguin goes up to the edge and looks out to see if the coast is clear. And then everybody kind of runs out and goes out. But then Paul got in the water. And he said he was never really afraid of this. Well, this one female came up to him. She's probably -- it's a shame you can't see it in the photograph, but she's 12 feet long. So, she is pretty significant in size. And Paul said he was never really afraid, because she was more curious about him than threatened. This mouthing behavior, on the right, was really her way of saying to him, "Hey, look how big I am!" Or you know, "My, what big teeth you have." Then Paul thinks that she simply took pity on him. To her, here was this big, goofy creature in the water that for some reason didn't seem to be interested in chasing penguins. So what she did was she started to bring penguins to him, alive, and put them in front of him. She dropped them off, and then they would swim away. She'd kind of look at him, like "What are you doing?" Go back and get them, and then bring them back and drop them in front of him. And she did this over the course of a couple of days, until the point where she got so frustrated with him that she started putting them directly on top of his head. Which just resulted in a fantastic photograph. Eventually, though, Paul thinks that she just figured that he was never going to survive. This is her just puffing out, you know, snorting out in disgust. And lost interest with him, and went back to what she does best. Paul set out to photograph a relatively mysterious and unknown creature, and came back with not just a collection of photographs, but an amazing experience and a great story. It is these kinds of stories, ones that go beyond the immediate or just the superficial that demonstrate the power of photojournalism. I believe that photography can make a real connection to people, and can be employed as a positive agent for understanding the challenges and opportunities facing our world today. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
「失礼します。」私は基地の正面から出てボブさんたちの近くまで歩いて接近します。テレポート?使いませんよ。能力概要がバレているなら、これ以上バレるのはさすがに不味いですから。「アンタがこの惨状を引き起こした張本人か...。何者でどこから来た?南極は全方位くまなく極妃様の魔性が防衛線を張っているはずだぞ。」ボブさんが警戒心を露わにし、恐怖を隠しつつ問いかけてきます。というか、ボブさん近くで見ると大きいですね。2m近くありそうです。「私の名前はイチコと言います。ここにはとある者に転移系スキルで飛ばされました。」「イチコね...。日本人か。飛ばされたと言ったがどこからだ?」ボブさんの警戒が強くなります。まあ、警戒した所でボブさんの実力でこの状況をどうこうするのは厳しいと思いますが。ひとまず質問に答えましょうか。言った後の反応は予想が付きますけど、「朝鮮半島からです。」「は?」ああ、やっぱりこういう反応ですよね。誰だってこういう反応をしますよね。私だって何も知らなければこういう反応をします。「えーと、それは冗談か?」「いいえ、事実です。」「んなバカな!どれだけ離れていると思っていやがる!魔王にだってそんな真似ができるとは思えねえぞ!」「ですが、事実です。」「ありえねーから!!」「悲しい事に事実なんです...。」私は額に手を当てつつ頭が痛そうな様子をボブさんに見せますが、ボブさんも先程までは信じられるかと言った表情を見せていましたが今は私と同じような表情をしています。でも、気持ちは分かりますね。私も自分で事実だと伝えていて悲しくなってきましたから。何者だよ。その魔王は......。」「それは...、」何となくですがこの質問には素直に答えない方が良さそうです。「...分かりません。」ボブさんには怪しまれなかったようですね。極妃は...もしかしたらボブさんを通じて覗き見をしているかもしれませんね。「と、極妃様からアンタに質問だ。『それで、貴殿の種族は何だ?』だそうだ。悪いが、これに答えなかったり、誤魔化したりした日にはアンタを敵とみなすそうだ。」「そのぐらいなら構いません。私の種族は『定まらぬ剣の刃姫』です。」私の種族を告げた途端ボブさんの表情が完全に固まります。あの顔は多分あれですね。えっ、マジで?ネタじゃなくて本気で言ってるの?頭大丈夫か?そういう明らかな固有種族は魔王限定なんだぞ。ぶっちゃけ理解が追い付かないから思考止めますね。的な表情です。「は?え?ちょっと待て、俺じゃあ頭が追い付かねえ。極妃様が直接出るそうだ。代わるぞ。」「構いません。」あっ、素直に認めました。こういうのは好感が持てますね。と、極妃が直接出るなら気構えを新たにしておかなければ。「『イチコと言ったな。今の話は全て事実か?』」「はい。」もちろん事実なので肯定します。「『聞いたのか?』」聞いたのか...魔神の事ですね。恐らくは。「聞きました。必要ならその時の状況を詳細に話しましょうか?」「『いや、そこはボブには聞かせたくない。だから来い。朕の...『永遠なる南の極妃』の居城、『 ...。ダンジョンの名については聞かなかったことにしましょう。入ったら死にそうですごく不安になるダンジョン名ですけど。と、若干の思考停止をしていたら、ボブさんが連れてきた魔性に何かの指示を出した後に手招きをしつつどこかに歩いていきますので、私はそれを追いかけました。なんだかとても先行きが怪しい気がしますね...。 ------------------ 数日後、吹雪を抜けた私の前には今まで見たことも無いような壮麗な建物が建っていました。え、道中ですか?寒さで死にかけただけで、何もありませんでした。どうやら半魔王も眷属や魔王と同じで食事や睡眠が不必要なようです。さて、肝心の建物ですが、白い雪の様なもので出来た中世の西洋風のお城です。ただ、その頃の宮殿を従順に模しているわけではなく、窓は透明度の高い氷で、屋根はオーロラの様なグラデーションがかかっています。また、城の上空には夜でもないのにオーロラが何重にもかかっており、幻想的な雰囲気を醸し出しています。「ふふん。驚いたか?」「ええ、驚きました。道中にボブさんから聞いていましたが、まさかこれほどのものだとは思わなかったので。」ボブさんが話しかけてきますので、素直な感想を返します。「そりゃあ良かった。と言っても今回アンタにはダンジョンの中には入らないでもらうけどな。」「そうなのですか?」疑問に思う私をよそにボブさんは門と思しき場所のすぐ横を指差します。そこには小さな小屋の様な建物が建っています。周りの景観と合っているかどうかを見るにどうやら、急遽建てられた建物のようです。私は小屋に目を向けつつボブさんに聞きます。「ああそうだ。じゃ、後は極妃様とアンタとの間での話だから俺は失礼させてもらうぜ。」そう言ってボブさんは門を開け、ダンジョンの中に去っていきました。「では、私も行きますか。」そして私はダンジョン入口横の小屋に入りました。	“Excuse me.” As I exited the front of the base, I walked up to Bob and company and approach them. Teleport? I won’t use it. It would be exceedingly adverse for me to be exposed to them any longer if they discovered the outline of my skills. “So you are the perpetrator who wreaked this havoc... Who are you and where do you come from? Antarctica is supposed to have a defense line of the Polar Queen-sama’s demons in all directions.” Bob revealed his wariness and questioned me while masking his trepidation. I mean, Bob-san, seeing you up close, you are huge... almost meters in height. “My name is Ichiko. I was sent here by someone with a transportation skill.” “Ichiko... Japanese, huh? You said you were transported here, but where did you come from?” His vigilance grew in intensity. Well, I doubt that Bob’s capabilities will be adequate to handle this situation even if he was alerted. For now, I should answer the question. Though I can predict your reaction after saying it. “From the Korean peninsula.” “Hah?” Ah, I knew you would react like this. Anyone would have this reaction. Even I would respond this way if I had no knowledge of the incident. “Well, is that a joke?” “No, it’s true.” “That’s absurd! Don’t you know how far away that is! I doubt even the Demon King could do such a thing!” “But it’s true.” “Like I said, that’s not possible!!” “That is sadly the truth...” I put my palm on my temples to demonstrate to Bob how much my head hurt. Until a moment ago, Bob had a look of incredulity on his face, but now even he had the same expression as mine. But you know, I understand how you feel. When I informed him that this was the truth, I became saddened as well. “Who the hell is the one who transported you? That Demon King...” “That’s...” Somehow, I felt that it would be advisable not to answer this question honestly. “...I don’t know.” It seemed that Bob did not suspect anything. Perhaps the Polar Queen... was peeping at me through him. “And now, the Polar Queen-sama has a question for you. [So, what is your race?]. Excuse me, but the day you don’t answer or deceive her, she will regard you as an enemy.” “I don’t mind that much. My race is the ‘Blade Princess of the Undefined Sword’.” Once I disclosed my race, Bob’s expression became utterly vacant. That face was probably implying, “Eh? Are you not joking, but serious? Are you out of your mind? That kind of obvious endemic race is limited to Demon Kings. To be frank, I can’t catch up with your explanation, so I’m going to stop thinking about it”. “What? Huh? Wait a minute, my head can’t follow all this. Ah, it seems that the Polar Queen-sama is going to take control of the matter in my place.” “That is fine.” Oh, since he admitted straightforwardly, my standing should be very favorable, and if the Polar Queen was going to appear in his place, I must renew my resolve. [You said you’re Ichiko, right? Is everything you just said factual?] “Yes.” Of course this is a fact, so I affirmed it. [Did you hear it?] Did I hear it...? You’re likely referring to the God of Calamity. “I have heard. Shall I elaborate on the circumstances if you need me to?” [No, I don’t want Bob to hear that part. So come to my castle, the ‘Eternal Aurora Palace,’ which is owned by me, the ‘Polar Queen of the Eternal South.!’] ...Let’s pretend I’ve never heard of her dungeon’s name. After all, the name of the dungeon sounded very unsettling as if I might die after entering it. After a slight pause in thought, I followed Bob as he walked off somewhere, beckoning me to join him after issuing some instructions to the demons he had brought with him. Somehow, I had a feeling that the future was very uncertain... ————– After surviving the blizzard for several days, I was greeted by the most majestic structure I have ever encountered. Eh, you are wondering about what happened on our way? Nothing occurred to me save for a near-death experience from the bitter cold. Apparently, half Demon King, like the kin and the Demon King, does not require food or sleep. Now, regarding the most crucial building, it was a medieval Western-style castle composed of something like white snow. However, it bore no resemblance to the palaces of the era. Its windows were made of high-precision transparent ice, and the roof was covered with a gradation of colors like the Northern Lights. Moreover, despite the fact that it was not nightfall, the sky above the castle was illuminated by multiple layers of aurora borealis, creating a surreal atmosphere. “Heh. Are you amazed?” “Yes, It did take me by surprise. Even though you mentioned it to me on the way here, I didn’t expect it to be as spectacular as it appears.” Since Bob was conversing with me, I returned my honest impression. “Well, I’m glad to hear it, but this time I’m going to ask you to refrain from entering the dungeon.” “Is that so?” Despite my wondering, Bob pointed to a spot right next to what appeared to be a gate. A small hut-like building can be found there. It looked to be a hastily erected building based on how it merged in with the surrounding landscape. “Is the Polar Queen in there?” I asked Bob while turning my attention to the hut. “Yes, that’s right. Well, since the rest of this is between you and the Polar Queen-sama, please excuse me.” With that, Bob opened the gate and headed off into the dungeon. “Then I’ll go my way too.” And I entered the hut next to the entrance of the dungeon.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 3, "inserted_lines_trg": 3 }
このような部隊のミッションは、ヒズボラの武装解除に参加するために、レバノン南部におけるレバノン軍の（必要とあらば、力による）配置を援助し、いずれの側からの襲撃も起きない状態を確保するために、イスラエルとレバノンの国境を警備することであるべきだ。	The mission of such a force should be to help deploy – by force, if necessary – the Lebanese Army in southern Lebanon, to participate in disarming Hezbollah, and to patrol the Israeli-Lebanese border, ensuring that no incursions take place from either side.	{ "source": "news_commentary", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
「ん・・・ふぁぁぁ・・・」朝になり僕は自然と目が覚めた。目覚まし無しで起きれたのは久々かもしれない。「思ったより寝てたなぁ・・・」昨日寝た時間から考えるとかなり長い時間寝ていたようだった。そして何か違和感を感じ布団をめくる。「うわ、寝汗でびっしょりだお風呂入ろうっと。」僕は喉がからっからだったので、お水を飲んでからお風呂に入った。「ふぅ、さっぱりした。」お風呂から出た僕は学校へ行く準備を終えたので簡単な朝ご飯を作る。今日は食パンにベーコンと目玉焼きを乗せたものにした。食パンのふわふわな食感を楽しみたいのでトーストは表面が軽く温まる程度にして、トーストした食パンの上に焼いたベーコンを乗せ、更に上に目玉焼きを乗せ塩胡椒をかけたら完成。シンプルだけど美味しく、作る時間も短くて満足感も得られるので僕はよくこれを食べるんだ。フォークとナイフを使うと食べやすいよ。さくっとご飯を食べ終わったらバスが来る時間になるまでテレビやスマホを見ながら過ごすのが好きでよくぼーっとスマホやテレビを見ている。この数十分の余裕が妙に幸せに感じるのが不思議。そしていつものようにピヨッターを開くと妙に通知が溜まっていた。「あれ?何かあったっけ?」すると僕の日常アカウントではなくVtuber、白姫ゆかのアカウントに通知が来ていた。「動画の反応とか・・・かな?」そして通知欄を見ると数百人の人からのフォロー通知が出てきた。僕は、Vtuberは企業勢でも無ければ最初は人なんてそんなに集まらないって聞いていたから、ここまに人が増えるとは思っていなかった。おそらくゆる先生の絵柄の効果もあってこれだけ伸びたんだと思う。宣伝効果はバッチリだったみたい。早めに動画を上げないといけないね! 応援のメッセージなども届いていたので全てに返信をする事にした。でも数が増えたら対応しきれなくなるから、こういう事が出来るのも最初だけなのかもしれないと思うと、少し寂しいね。出来る限り応援してくれている人には応えていきたいな。バス停まで向かい学校のある方面へ行くバスに乗り今日も登校する。バスとは言っても20分もかからない場所なのであまり時間はかからないけどね。学校へ着いた僕は教室へ入り、裕翔やクラスの女子達と挨拶を交わす。 Vtuberやってる事が知られてから妙に女子受けが良くなった気がするのは間違いでは無さそうだ。授業は真面目に受けて大事なポイントはしっかりとメモを取る。あまり復習に時間は割きたくないので授業でちゃんと覚えていくよ。そしてお昼休みになってお昼を裕翔と一緒に食堂で食べる事になったので食堂へ向かった。「そういえばさ優希、昨日チャンネル開設したんだろ?」「そうだね!開設してすぐ寝ちゃったんだけどね・・・」「起きていられないものは仕方なくない?」じとーとした目で見られたけれど眠いものは仕方ないよね。「その割には成長しないよな・・・」思わず片言になってしまったけどそれは僕には禁句ってものだよ。「お、おう悪い。」「まぁ、僕も薄々これ以上成長しないと思ってるんだけどさ・・・」「まぁ、優希の親父さんとお袋さん見たら仕方ないと思うわある意味一番男として受け継ぎたくない場所を綺麗に受け継いでるもんな・・・」「確かにうちのお父さん年からしたら死ぬほど若く見られるし、お母さんは綺麗だよ?」「なんでお父さんの身長とお母さん譲りの髪質に肌、整った顔立ち全部継承するかなぁ!!!」「身長が全てを壊してるよな。」「どこ行ってもショタ扱い下手すると女の子扱いだよ!」「メリットとかあるのか?」「えっと・・・スイーツ食べに行っても違和感が無い事・・・かな?」「もはや女子じゃん。」「僕は男だって!」笑いながら裕翔はそう繰り返す。「食堂着いたぞー優希。」「むぅ・・・」「まぁそう拗ねなさんな、優希は何食べる?」「何食べよう、食堂で食べるの久しぶりかも。」「普段優希自分で弁当作ってくるもんな。」「昨日は流石に早く寝過ぎちゃったからね。」「今思ったんだけどさ、弁当作る動画とかどうなんだ?」「えっ?ちょっとニッチすぎない?」「うーんまぁ確かに色々試してみるのはありなのかな?」「機材的には行けるのか?」「一応僕のスマホ画質いいやつだから問題はないかな?」「だったら試しにやってみたらどうだ?優希の作る弁当毎回美味しそうだったし、意外と需要ありそうだけどな。」「実質的な初投稿がそんな動画だったら皆びっくりするだろ。」「うーん確かに。」「おっと順番回ってきたな、俺は今日は牛丼の気分だし牛丼セットにしよう。」「じゃあ僕は唐揚げ丼セットにしよっと。」僕は食券を持って食堂のおばちゃんのところへ向かう。「「お願いしまーす」」「はーい、牛丼セットと唐揚げ丼セットねーすぐ出来るから待っててねー。」そして1分程度で両方とも出てくる。流石高校の食堂、ある程度作り置きしてあるとは言え速度が半端じゃない。「よしじゃああそこに座るか。」「おっけー。」唐揚げ丼は甘辛たれがかかっていてご飯との相性が最高だった。セットにはミニサラダとお味噌汁が付いているので、栄養バランスも悪くないよ。そして10分ほど時間が経つ頃には二つのセットの中身はからっぽになっていた。「「ご馳走さまでした。」」「じゃあ教室戻るか。」その後お昼の授業はお腹が膨れて死ぬほど眠かったのは言うまでもなかった。	“Mm... Ahh...” As morning arrived, I woke up naturally without needing an alarm clock. It’s been a while since I woke up on my own like this. “I must’ve slept longer than I thought...” Judging from the time I went to bed last night, I must’ve slept for a long while. Then, I felt a strange sensation and lifted the covers. “Yikes, I’m drenched in sweat. I need to take a shower.” My throat was parched, so I drank some water before heading to the bath. “Ah, that feels refreshing.” After getting out of the bath, I got ready for school and made a simple breakfast. Today, I decided to have bacon and eggs on toast. I lightly toasted the bread to keep its fluffy texture. Then, I placed the cooked bacon on top of the toast and added a fried egg. Finally, I sprinkled some salt and pepper on top, and it was complete. It’s a simple yet delicious breakfast that doesn’t take long to make and leaves me feeling full. I often eat this dish and find it easy to eat with a fork and knife. Once I finished eating, I had some free time before the bus arrived. I usually spend this time watching TV or looking at my phone, zoning out. It’s strange how these spare moments feel so blissful. As usual, I opened Tweeter and, to my surprise, noticed a flood of notifications. “Hmm, did something happen?” I don’t know why, but the notifications are for the VTuber Yuka Shirahime’s account, not my personal one. “Maybe it’s about the reactions to my video or something?” I check the notifications and see several hundred people have started following me. I can’t believe it. I heard it was difficult for VTubers to gain a large following, especially without corporate backing. Perhaps this was due to the popularity of Yuru-sensei’s art. The advertising effect was undoubtedly working wonders. I need to upload a new video soon! I responded to all the messages of support that came in. However, I worry that I won’t be able to keep up with the growing number of followers in the future. It’s a bit sad that these early moments when I can reply to everyone may not last. Still, I want to respond to as many people supporting me as possible. Before I knew it, it was time to go, so I made my way to the bus stop and took the bus headed for my school. Although I took a bus, it only takes about minutes, so it’s not that long of a ride. Upon arriving at school, I entered the classroom and exchanged greetings with Yuuto and the girls. Ever since it became known that I was a VTuber, I’ve been receiving more attention from my female classmates. During class, I focused seriously and took thorough notes on the important points. I don’t want to spend too much time reviewing, so I make sure to remember everything in class. At lunchtime, Yuuto and I decided to eat together in the cafeteria. “By the way, Yuki, didn’t you start your channel yesterday?” “Yeah! I did, but I fell asleep right after...” “Well, I can’t help not being able to stay awake.” He gives me a stare, but there’s no helping it when you’re sleepy, is there? “Don’t bring that up...Don’t bring that up...” I unconsciously stumble over my words. It’s a touchy subject for me. “O-Oh, right. Sorry.” “Well, I also feel like I won’t grow any taller than this, honestly...” “Seeing your parents, it’s not surprising. In a sense, it’s like you inherited the least desirable traits as a guy...” “For real. My dad looks so young for his age, and my mom is pretty.” “Why did I have to inherit my Dad’s height and my Mom’s hair type, flawless skin, and facial features?!” “Your height ruins everything, huh.” “No matter where I go, people treat me like a shota, or worse, a girl!” “Is there any benefit to that?” “Well...It feels normal to eat desserts with girls...I guess?” “You’re practically a girl then.” “I’m a guy, I swear!” “I know, I know,” repeats Yuuto while laughing. “We’re here at the cafeteria, Yuki.” “Ugh...” “Hey, stop sulking. What do you wanna eat?” “I don’t know, it’s been a while since I ate in the cafeteria.” “You usually make your own bento, after all.” “I went to bed too early last night, so I didn’t have time to make one.” “I just thought of something. How about making a video of you making a bento?” “Huh? Isn’t that a bit too niche?” “Hmm, well, experimenting with different ideas could be worth considering, I guess.” “Technically speaking, do you have the equipment for it?” “My phone has a good camera, so there shouldn’t be any issues.” “In that case, why not give it a try? Your bento always looks delicious, so there might be more demand than expected.” “I bet people would be surprised if that’s your first upload after your introduction video.” “Hmm, true.” “Oh, it’s our turn now. I’m in the mood for beef bowl, so I’ll have the beef bowl set.” “Then I’ll go for the karaage set.” The two of us head to the cafeteria’s counter with our meal tickets. “PLEASE, AND THANK YOU.” “A beef bowl set and karaage set, got it. They’ll be ready in no time, so please wait here.” “OKAYYY.” Within a minute or so, both sets are ready. The efficiency of high school cafeterias is impressive, even though some dishes are pre-made. “Okay, let’s sit over there.” The karaage bowl is topped with a sweet and savory sauce that complements the rice perfectly. The set also comes with a mini salad and miso soup, making it a well-balanced meal. After about minutes, both sets are empty. “THANK YOU FOR THE MEAL.” “Shall we head back to the classroom?” The rest of my afternoon classes were spent in a sleepy daze, as my full stomach made me feel incredibly drowsy.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 5, "inserted_lines_src": 6, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
怪しいでしょ? 内容はこうです「ジェイムズ・ヴィーチさん面白いビジネスのご提案がありますソロモンより」削除ボタンの上まで手が伸びてました携帯を見ながら思ったのはこのまま削除してもいいけど— それとも誰もがずっとやってみたかったことをしちゃおうかと僕:「ソロモンさん興味をそそられます」 (拍手) これでゲーム開始ですソロモン:「ジェイムズ・ヴィーチ様黄金を送らせていただきます」ソ:「売った黄金の10%があなたに入るダヨ」これで相手がプロだとわかりました僕:「いくら分だ?」ソ:「少量から始めましょう—」なんだ少量かと思ったら— ソ:「—まずは25kgから 250万ドルに相当します」僕:「ソロモンやるならビッグにやろう」 (拍手) 僕「私には可能だ全部でどれだけあるのかね?」ソ:「私が持っている量はいい肝心なのはあなたが扱える量です試しに 50kgから始めましょうか」僕:「50kgだって? 最低でも1トンはないとやる価値ないぞ」 (拍手) ソ:「お仕事は何を?」僕:「ヘッジファンド銀行の経営責任者だ金塊を輸送するのは初めてじゃないんだよ君舐めんなよン」そして僕は取り乱します僕:「拠点はどこだ? 君の方はどうだか知らないが郵便を使うなら書留にすべきだ大量の黄金だからな」ソ:「会社がうんと言うかどうか大量に輸送するわけなので」僕:「ソロモンすごくわかるよ役員会議で使えるようなビジュアル資料を用意しようそれまで踏ん張れ」これを送りました [黄金の量 / 富] (拍手) ここに統計学者がいるかわかりませんが確実にヤバいですよね僕:「ソロモン添付のチャートが使えるはずだアシスタントの一人に計算させたありったけの黄金を輸送する準備は万端だ」どこかで必ず奴らはこちらの心をつかもうとします彼もこの時ばかりとソ:「この取引がうまくいったら最高ですね私にもかなりのマージンが入るので」僕:「素晴らしい取り分は何に使うんだ?」ソ:「不動産ですあなたは?」僕はすごく考えました僕:「一言で言おう— フムスだ」僕:「今大人気だろこの前スーパーで 30種類は並んでたんだ生の人参を切ってつけて食べたりもできるのさやったことあるかいソロモン君?」ソ:「もう寝ないと (拍手) おやすみなすっていい夢を」言葉に詰まっちゃったよ! 僕:「ボンソワール僕の金塊くんおやすみ」想像してみてくださいよこれが何週間も続くんですとはいえ人生最高の数週間でしたでも収拾がつかなくなってきてやむを得ず打ち切ることに友達に飲みに誘われても「黄金関係のメール待ちだから無理」となるわけでこれはもう打ち切りだありえないオチをつけなきゃそう思って一計を案じました僕:「ソロモンセキュリティが気がかりだお互いメールするときは暗号を使わなきゃ」ソロモンも賛成僕:「ソロモン徹夜で暗号を考えた今後の通信すべてに使うように弁護士:くまさんグミ銀行:クリームエッグ法務:コーラグミ申請:ピーナッツM&M'S 書類:ジェリービーンズウェスタン・ユニオン: 巨大トカゲグミ」奴らも使う言葉だって知ってたからね僕:「今後の通信すべてにおいて私をキットカットと呼ぶように」返事はなくやりすぎたと思いましたちょっと巻き戻さないとってね僕:「ソロモンこの件はまだ生きてるのか? キットカットより」こういうのは徹底しないとねそして返信が来ましたソ:「取引は進行中ですあーだこーだ・・・」僕:「こらこら!暗号使ってくれよ!」すると僕の人生史上最強のメールが来ましたふざけてるんじゃないですよ本当に届いたんですいや〜楽しかったソ:「取引は進行中ですくまさんグミに払う金を集めている最中です— 彼には必要なコーラグミ・ジェリービーンズをすべてクリームエッグに提出してピーナッツM&M'S 手続きを始めてもらいます 1,500ポンドを巨大トカゲグミ経由でご送金ください」これがあまりに楽しすぎて考えちゃいましたもしもありったけの時間でできる限り詐欺メールに返信しまくったらどうなるだろう? それをまさにやっていますこの3年間皆さんの代理でね! (拍手) 詐欺メールに返信し始めるとありえないことが起こりますすごく難しいけどぜひやってみてください僕は意地悪をしているんだとは思いません詐欺師に意地悪する人はたくさんいます僕はただ奴らの時間を無駄使いしているだけです僕の相手をしている間は奴ら自分の時間を使って騙されやすい大人たちをカモってないわけもしやってみようと思ったら— 非常にお勧めですよ— 偽名のアドレスを作りましょう本名のアドレスはダメ僕は最初それで最悪なことになりましたから朝起きるとメールが千通届いてて内容はペニス増大関係そのうち一通だけが真面目に僕の— 医学的な質問に答えてるってわけでもいいこと教えましょうこんな風に始まるメールが届いた日はラッキーだと思ってください「私はウィニー・マンデラ南アフリカの前大統領ネルソン・マンデラの第二夫人です」あ〜あのウィニー・マンデラね! って思いました一人目じゃないですもんウィニー:「4,500万ドルを国外に出さないとなりません夫のネルソン・マンデラの容態が芳しくなくて」イメージわきますかね彼女が送ってきたものが面白すぎましたこれも来ました一見まともな証明書なんですけどでもここ何も書いてないただの図形だし! 僕:「ウィニーさん大変お気の毒ですご主人が3ヶ月前亡くなったことからもかなり深刻な容態だと言えますね」健康状態としてはこれ以上悪くなりようがないでしょうウィ:「銀行の私の担当者の指示に従っていただけるかしら ONE LOVE」 [注:ボブ・マーリー歌詞] 僕:「もちろんです NO WOMAN NO CRY」 [注:ボブ・マーリー歌詞] (拍手) ウィ:「担当者に3千ドル送金するように ONE LOVE」僕:「モーマンタイ! I SHOT THE SHERIFF [注:ボブ・マーリー歌詞] [] ありがとうございました	I know. It went like this: it said, "Hello James Veitch, I have an interesting business proposal I want to share with you, Solomon." Now, my hand was kind of hovering on the delete button, right? I was looking at my phone. I thought, I could just delete this. Or I could do what I think we've all always wanted to do. And I said, "Solomon, Your email intrigues me." And the game was afoot. He said, "Dear James Veitch, We shall be shipping Gold to you." "You will earn 10% of any gold you distributes." So I knew I was dealing with a professional. I said, "How much is it worth?" He said, "We will start with smaller quantity," -- I was like, aww -- and then he said, "of 25 kgs. The worth should be about $2.5 million." I said, "Solomon, if we're going to do it, let's go big. I can handle it. How much gold do you have?" He said, "It is not a matter of how much gold I have, what matters is your capability of handling. We can start with 50 kgs as trial shipment." I said, "50 kgs? unless you're shipping at least a metric ton." He said, "What do you do for a living?" I said, "I'm a hedge fund executive bank manager." This isn't the first time I've shipped bullion, my friend, no no no. Then I started to panic. I was like, "Where are you based?" but I think if we're going via the postal service, it ought to be signed for. That's a lot of gold." He said, "It will not be easy to convince my company to do larger quantity shipment." I said, "Solomon, I'm completely with you on this one. I'm putting together a visual for you to take into the board meeting. Hold tight." This is what I sent Solomon. I don't know if we have any statisticians in the house, but there's definitely something going on. I said, "Solomon, attached to this email you'll find a helpful chart. I've had one of my assistants run the numbers. We're ready for shipping as much gold as possible." There's always a moment where they try to tug your heartstrings, and this was it for Solomon. He said, "I will be so much happy if the deal goes well, because I'm going to get a very good commission as well." And I said, "That's amazing, What are you going to spend your cut on?" And he said, "On RealEstate, what about you?" I thought about it for a long time. And I said, "One word; Hummus." "It's going places. I was in Sainsbury's the other day and there were like 30 different varieties. Also you can cut up carrots, and you can dip them. Have you ever done that, Solomon?" He said, "I have to go bed now." "Till morrow. Have sweet dream." I didn't know what to say! I said, "Bonsoir my golden nugget, bonsoir." Guys, you have to understand, this had been going for, like, weeks, albeit hitherto the greatest weeks of my life, but I had to knock it on the head. It was getting a bit out of hand. Friends were saying, "James, do you want to come for a drink?" I was like, "I can't, I'm expecting an email about some gold." So I figured I had to knock it on the head. I had to take it to a ridiculous conclusion. So I concocted a plan. I said, "Solomon, I'm concerned about security. When we email each other, we need to use a code." And he agreed. I said, "Solomon, I spent all night coming up with this code we need to use in all further correspondence: Lawyer: Gummy Bear. Bank: Cream Egg. Legal: Fizzy Cola Bottle. Claim: Peanut M&Ms. Documents: Jelly Beans. Western Union: A Giant Gummy Lizard." I knew these were all words they use, right? I said, "Please call me Kitkat in all further correspondence." I didn't hear back. I thought, I've gone too far. I've gone too far. So I had to backpedal a little. I said, "Solomon, Is the deal still on? KitKat." Because you have to be consistent. Then I did get an email back from him. He said, "The Business is on and I am trying to blah blah blah ..." I said, "Dude, you have to use the code!" What followed is the greatest email I've ever received. I'm not joking, this is what turned up in my inbox. This was a good day. "The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the Gummy Bear -- so he can submit all the needed Fizzy Cola Bottle Jelly Beans to the Creme Egg, for the Peanut M&Ms process to start. Send 1,500 pounds via a Giant Gummy Lizard." And that was so much fun, right, that it got me thinking: like, what would happen if I just spent as much time as could replying to as many scam emails as I could? And that's what I've been doing for three years on your behalf. Crazy stuff happens when you start replying to scam emails. It's really difficult, and I highly recommend we do it. I don't think what I'm doing is mean. There are a lot of people who do mean things to scammers. All I'm doing is wasting their time. And I think any time they're spending with me is time they're not spending scamming vulnerable adults out of their savings, right? And if you're going to do this -- and I highly recommend you do -- get yourself a pseudonymous email address. Don't use your own email address. That's what I was doing at the start and it was a nightmare. I'd wake up in the morning and have a thousand emails about penis enlargements, only one of which was a legitimate response -- to a medical question I had. But I'll tell you what, though, guys, I'll tell you what: any day is a good day, any day is a good day if you receive an email that begins like this: "I AM WINNIE MANDELA, THE SECOND WIFE OF NELSON MANDELA THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT." I was like, oh! -- that Winnie Mandela. I know so many. "I NEED TO TRANSFER 45 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF MY HUSBAND NELSON MANDELA'S HEALTH CONDITION." Let that sink in. She sent me this, which is hysterical. And this. And this looks fairly legitimate, this is a letter of authorization. But to be honest, if there's nothing written on it, it's just a shape! I said, "Winnie, I'm really sorry to hear of this. Given that Nelson died three months ago, I'd describe his health condition as fairly serious." That's the worst health condition you can have, not being alive. She said, "KINDLY COMPLY WITH MY BANKERS INSTRUCTIONS. ONE LOVE." I said, "Of course. NO WOMAN, NO CRY." She said, "MY BANKER WILL NEED TRANSFER OF 3000 DOLLARS. ONE LOVE." I said, "no problemo. [ ] Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
負の面の話をするために来ましたまず初めに僕たちが普段テレビや学校やいたるところで目にする広告に子供たちがいとも簡単に騙されているという事実にとても驚きましたまるで企業が子供を利用して私たちや地球によくないものを親に買わせようとしているみたいなんです特に小さな子供はカラフルなパッケージやプラスチックのおもちゃのオマケが大好きです以前は私もその1人でしたそのころ私は食べ物は自然の小さな牧場 -豚が泥の上を転げ周り牛が1日中牧草を食べている- 幸せな小さな牧場から来ると信じていましたでもインターネットや本やドキュメンタリー映画を見たり旅行するうちにこれらが事実でないことを垣間見ることになったのです産業化された食料生産システムの負の面を見ましたまず遺伝子組み換え食品が挙げられます実験室で種子が遺伝子操作されています自然の摂理に反しています魚からDNAを取り出してトマトに埋め込んだりオエッ勘違いしないで下さいトマトも魚も好きですが遺伝子操作は気味が悪いのですこの種子が植えられ成長します遺伝子操作された食べ物は癌やその他の問題を引き起こすと実験室で証明されています僕たちはこうやって生産される食物を 1990年代から食べていますそしてほとんどの人はこの存在すら認識していません遺伝子組換のとうもろこしを食べたねずみの肝臓と腎臓から毒素が検出されたって知っていましたか? それに腎臓の炎症病変や肥大を引き起こしますでも私たちが食べているとうもろこしのほとんどはいくらか遺伝子操作されたものなんです言っておきますがとうもろこしはあらゆるものに使われています家畜の飼料に使われているのはあまりにも初歩的ですね大規模畜産経営体とかでね一般的に農業では化石燃料由来の化学肥料を土と混ぜて植物を育てます同じ作物を連続して作るので土が痩せてしまうからです次に害虫雑草駆除の為殺虫剤除草剤といったさらに有害な科学物質が野菜や果物に散布されています雨が降ればこれらは地下や水路に流れ込み結果として我々の水資源を汚染しますさらに食べ物に放射線を照射して日持ちするようにして何千キロも離れたスーパーに出荷していますそこで考えましたどうやったらこの状況を変えられるでしょう? 私は改善への動きがあることに気づきました少し前まで私はアメフトの選手になりたかったのですがやっぱり有機農業をやることに決めましたありがとうございますそうすれば世界をもっと良くすることができますジョエルサラタンさんです人は彼を変わり者の農夫と呼びます現状の食産システムと逆行した農業を行っているからです私は自宅で学習をしているので先日話を聞きに彼を訪ねましたこの「変わり者の農夫」と呼ばれる男性は除草剤や遺伝子組換種子殺虫剤を一切使用しませんこのため変わり者と呼ばれているのです私たちは地元の生産者などの近場から直接食料を購入するという意思を表明することで現状に変化を起こすことができます地方や有機栽培は高くつくと思われていますが本当でしょうか? 私の調べたところによると結局農業従事者にお金を払うか病気になって病院に払うかのどちらかですもう何を選べばいいか迷うことはありませんねテネシーにあるビルキーナーさんのスクアッチコーブ農場のように牛が牧草を食べ豚が泥の上を転げ回る牧場が本当に存在するのです私たちが食べている肉がどこからくるのか近くでみるために時々ビルの農場へ行きボランティアをしています皆さんにご理解いただきたいのは子供たちが食についての知識をもっていれば彼らは健康な食品を選ぶんですあちらこちらで産地直送食料品の市場が開かれるようになっています私と私の兄弟姉妹は実際にケールチップを食べているんですこの様な考えをこれから行く先々で広めたいです少し前に私のおじが 6歳の息子にオーガニックのシリアルと砂糖のついたコーンフレークのどちらが食べたいかを訊ねました私のいとこは、縞々の大きなキャラクターが描かれている砂糖のついたほうではなくオーガニックのシリアルの方を食べると言いました理由は以前私がけばけばしい食べ物は避けた方がいいと言ったからですこのように友達を一人一人ずつ変えることで変化を起こせますあなたが次に食糧雑貨店に行く際は地産品を考慮し生産主と食糧を知りオーガニックを選択しましょうありがとうございました	I came here today to talk about what's wrong with our food system. First of all, I would like to say that I'm really amazed at how easily kids are led to believe all the marketing and advertising on TV, at public schools and pretty much everywhere else you look. It seems to me like corporations are always trying to get kids, like me, to get their parents to buy stuff that really isn't good for us or the planet. Little kids, especially, are attracted by colorful packaging and plastic toys. I must admit, I used to be one of them. I also used to think that all of our food came from these happy, little farms where pigs rolled in mud and cows grazed on grass all day. What I discovered was this is not true. I began to look into this stuff on the Internet, in books and in documentary films, in my travels with my family. I discovered the dark side of the industrialized food system. First, there's genetically engineered seeds and organisms. That is when a seed is manipulated in a laboratory to do something not intended by nature -- like taking the DNA of a fish and putting it into the DNA of a tomato. Yuck. Don't get me wrong, I like fish and tomatoes, but this is just creepy. The seeds are then planted, then grown. The food they produce have been proven to cause cancer and other problems in lab animals, and people have been eating food produced this way since the 1990s. And most folks don't even know they exist. Did you know rats that ate genetically engineered corn had developed signs of liver and kidney toxicity? These include kidney inflammation and lesions and increased kidney weight. Yet almost all the corn we eat has been altered genetically in some way. And let me tell you, corn is in everything. And don't even get me started on the Confined Animal Feeding Operations called CAFOS. Conventional farmers use chemical fertilizers made from fossil fuels that they mix with the dirt to make plants grow. from growing the same crop over and over again. Next, more harmful chemicals are sprayed on fruits and vegetables, like pesticides and herbicides, to kill weeds and bugs. When it rains, these chemicals seep into the ground, or run off into our waterways, poisoning our water too. Then they irradiate our food, trying to make it last longer, so it can travel thousands of miles from where it's grown to the supermarkets. So I ask myself, how can I change? How can I change these things? This is what I found out. I discovered that there's a movement for a better way. Now a while back, I wanted to be an NFL football player. I decided that I'd rather be an organic farmer instead. Thank you. And that way I can have a greater impact on the world. This man, Joel Salatin, they call him a lunatic farmer because he grows against the system. Since I'm home-schooled, I went to go hear him speak one day. This man, this "lunatic farmer," or genetically modified seeds. And so for that, he's called crazy by the system. I want you to know that we can all make a difference by buying our food directly from local farmers, or our neighbors who we know in real life. Some people say organic or local food is more expensive, but is it really? With all these things I've been learning about the food system, it seems to me that we can either pay the farmer, or we can pay the hospital. Now I know definitely which one I would choose. I want you to know that there are farms out there -- like Bill Keener in Sequatchie Cove Farm in Tennessee -- whose cows do eat grass and whose pigs do roll in the mud, just like I thought. Sometimes I go to Bill's farm and volunteer, so I can see up close and personal where the meat I eat comes from. I want you to know that I believe kids will eat fresh vegetables and good food if they know more about it and where it really comes from. I want you to know that there are farmers' markets in every community popping up. I want you to know that me, my brother and sister actually like eating baked kale chips. I try to share this everywhere I go. Not too long ago, my uncle said that he offered my six-year-old cousin cereal. He asked him if he wanted organic Toasted O's or the sugarcoated flakes -- you know, the one with the big striped cartoon character on the front. My little cousin told his dad that he would rather have the organic Toasted O's cereal because Birke said he shouldn't eat sparkly cereal. And that, my friends, is how we can make a difference one kid at a time. So next time you're at the grocery store, think local, choose organic, know your farmer and know your food. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
「ん.........うっ......ん?」あれ、ここはどこだ? どこかの家の......中? 「あ...起きたっ! 無事だったんですねっ。あぁ...よかった......」誰だろう、この人? 人、人だよな。目がぼやけててよく見えないけど。「よかったぁ......。皆、女の子が目を覚ましましたっ!」女の子......!? いや、女の子は貴女でしょう? 俺は男だ。ちゃんと確認もしている。まさか、「性別変換」が発動して......? それはないな。まずSKPをアレに振ってないよ。と、いうことは俺は最初っから見た目が女の子っぽいのか......!? 今まで、自分の姿を確認できなかったけど...。もしかしたらそうなのかも......。「大丈夫ですか?」悩んでいた俺に、女の人が心配そうに話しかけてくる。「あ、えっと......。ハイ。でも、今何がなんだか......」「そう......」ちゃんと言葉は通じてるみたい。チート能力授けられなかったことをお地蔵さんは謝ってたけど、言葉が通じることでも十分ありがたい。そういえば、着ている物も別の物になってる。ただ、スカートなんだよなぁ...。「服はこの村の人々が下さったのですよ! ごめんなさい、勝手に着替えさせちゃって......流石に下着は変えてないですから、そこに用意はして頂いてるので、良かったら着替えて下さいね?」そう言って、彼女はこの部屋に1つある机を指した。 ...確かに女物の下着とサラシのようなものがある。これは完全に女の子だと思われてますな。「あっ...あの...」「どうかしました? お着替えにならないのでしょうか...。私も女ですからね、恥ずかしがることはないですよ?」かと言って、おそらく着替えないとメチャクチャ心配するタイプだぞ、この人。しっかしそれにしても人前で着替えろととかなにを言い出すんだよ...。やっぱり、ここで着替えなきゃだめ? えぇ...俺、男だぜ? 女の人の前で着替えるとか.........。何か良い考えはないか? いっそ、俺自身が女の子になっちゃえば......。しょうがない、女の子になっちゃおう。せっかくの『性別変換』のスキルがあるんだ。頭がパニックになってるのか、それ以上の方法が思いつかない。それに200SKPも今はそれ程重くもない。てなわけで、俺はこの間に以上のことを手早く済ませた。こう、光に包まれて変身みたいなことは起こらないのか。「......それもそうですね、ではお言葉に甘えて」俺は女物の下着を履き、胸にサラシを巻いた。ブラジャーってないの? というか......案外胸、あるんだな、12歳って...よく考えたら中学校1年生くらいだもんな......見た目じゃ大体Bカップになるかならないかぐらいだった。......と思う。よくわかんないけれどね。「よかった、ぴったりだったみたいですね」再度、服とスカートを着る。すると女の人はこの部屋のドアに向かって何かを呼びかける。すると、部屋の扉が開く。そこから若者3人と老人1人が入ってきた。「おい、嬢ちゃん、大丈夫かい?」体格の言い男の人がそういう。次に、桃色の髪の女性が口を開く。「君、血塗れで森の中で倒れてたのよ?」「へっ......あっ! ............。そ、そうなんですか...」あぁ、そういえば血を拭くの忘れてた。それを血塗れと勘違いしたんだね。傷は寝る前に、ヒールを何重にもかけたから塞がったハズなんだけど...。「えっと...、ここまで運んできてくれたのですか?」「おうよ!」「......ありがとうございます」ヤベェ、迷惑かけちゃったみたい。すまねぇこった。金髪の男性が口を開く。周りの雰囲気からして、リーダーとかそんな感じの人だ。「そんなに謙遜することないよ? 困った時はお互い様だからね。......でも、君はなんであんなところに倒れてたんだい?」ここは、覚えてないことにしよう。記憶喪失ってことで。「それが......何も思い出せなくて......」「そっか、じゃあ前に住んでた場所は? 近くだったら送るよ?」「......何も、憶えてないんです。自分の名前もわかりません......」「.........っ!? そうか。名前なら、頭の中でステータスをみたいって考えてごらん。」ステータスか。記憶喪失になってもこれって残るもんなのかな? 本当の記憶喪失じゃないからわかんないや。とりあえず、見るふりをして名前を教えよう。あ、一人称どうしよう。俺? 私? どちらもなんかしっくりこない。って......なんか、この状況に自然に慣れてきている自分が怖い。「アリム......。ボク、アリムっていいます!」「そうか、アリムちゃん。いい名じゃないか。ところで、なんでボク?」「いいじゃない、可愛いから」「そうですよ!」部屋に一緒に入ってきていた、老人が口を開く。「ふぉっふぉっふぉっ、わしも自己紹介するかのぅ、ワシはこの村、ピピー村の村長のジーゼフじゃ」「じゃ、僕達も。僕達はセインフォースって言う冒険者パーティさ。この村には仕事で来ている。僕はパーティのリーダー、ルイン。よろしくね」「俺はオルゴってんだ」「私はリロ。アリムちゃん、よろしく!」「私はミュリといいます」成る程、金髪がルインさん、桃色髪がリロさん、茶髪の筋肉がオルゴさん、水色髪の人がミュリさんね。それと、この「ピピーの村」の村長のジーゼフさん。覚えたよ。ジーゼフさんがポツリと呟く。「そうじゃ、王都の役場に行ったら、この娘のこと、何かわかるやもしれませんのぅ」「そうですね。私達が王都に帰るのと一緒に、役場に聞きに王都へ連れて行きましょう。いいよね?アリムちゃん?」「村長さん、次の馬車が来るのは何時ですか?」「だいたい、3日後ですじゃ。それまで、この娘はここでココ、ワシの家で預かりますのじゃ。皆様方は昨日と同じ宿屋にそのまま滞在していただければ」「ふぉっふぉっふぉっ、まぁ、この村の黒兵犬共らを倒してくださいましたしのぅ。その個人的なお礼も兼ねて。それまでゆっくりとこの村を楽しんで行ってくだされ、ふぉっふぉっふぉっ!」「「「「「はい」」」」」おお、なんか勝手に王都に行くことにきまったぞ。「あ、あのぅ......」「どしたの? アリムちゃん?」「なにからなにまで、本当にありがとうございます。」「はっはっはっ! いいってことよっ!」「困った時は、お互い様、ですからね!」こうして俺はこの世界の住民に初めて出会い、さらにお世話もかけてしまったのだった。	「W....Wh...What?」 Where am I, a house? Inside? 「Oh! It got up, don’t worry, you’re safe here!......」 Who’s even this person? A person, another person..... My eye’s are blurred out so I can’t see. 「Everythings fine..Everyone! The girl woke up!」 Girl......!? No, aren’t you the girl? I’m a guy, I also already confirmed. No way...did I invoke 「Gender Conversion 」......? It isn’t here. Firstly, I didn’t put any SKP. Well, it can be said that I looked like a girl from the beggening......!? I couldn’t really confirm my appearance before either, so...... 「Are you okay?」 An anxious woman starts talking to me. 「Oh, yes..but what now?......」「So......」 Seems that we are communicating properly. God has apologized for not giving me a cheat ability, but I’m thankful that I cans till communicate. By the way, what i’m wearing...is a skirt...。「These clothes were given by the people of the village! But I’m sorry, I changed your clothes without permission, I still haven’t changed your underwear, so you can change that by yourself!」 That being said, she pointed to a desk in the room. There are things like women’s underwear and clothes. 「Ah...that...」「What’s up? Isn’t she going to change?There’s nothing to be worried about. Were all girls here」 This person is probably the worrying type, But yor telling me to change in public. Do I really have to change my clothes here? Well...aren’t I a man? Is changing clothes in front of a woman a good idea? Rather, if i become a girl... Can’t be helped, I will become a girl with my skill then. Beyond that, I’m panicking whether this is a good idea. Besides, SKP is not too heavy right now. I quickly pour in the skill points Isn’t there suppose to be transformation, or being bathed in light? 「......Well, that’s right.」 I put on the underwear, and wrap the cloth around my chest. Isn’t there a bra? Well, I am a year old, so I should be at least in the first year of junior high I quite don’t understand it. 「Good, sounds like it was perfect.」 I put on the skirt and shirt again. The woman calls for something towards the door The door opens, young people and a old man come in. 「Hey little girl, are you alright?」 The man with a great physique says. The girl with pink hair opens her mouth 「Have you collapsed in the forest with all this blood?」「Huh.....ah ! ............。Is that so...」 I forgot to wipe the blood. You misunderstood that I was bleeding. My wound seems to be sore, because of the layers of Heal putted on. 「Er..did you bring me here?」「Oh, yes!」「......Thank you」 Sounds like a bother. Sorry The Blonde person opens his mouth, from the atmosphere alone, it seems like he’s the leader. 「Won’t you be humble? Why were you in such a state in the forest?」 Let’s try not to remember here. Let’s say it’s memory loss. 「Ah.....I can’t really remember anything.......」「Well, where did you live nearby? Is it near here?」「......Can’t remember anything. Not even my name......」「.........っ!? Really!? If it’s a name, think about 「Status」in your head.」 Status? I wonder if it will really show up because of loss of memory. Because I haven’t actually lost my memory. Let’s pretend to look and tell our name for the time being. How should I refer myself in first person? me(ore)?me(watashi)? Both don’t sound that good. I’m afraid that I will get used to this. 「Alim.....It’s Alim!」「Alim is it, it’s a nice name」「It’s not nice, it’s cute!」「That’s right!」 The oldman open his mouth while walking in 「Wait a moment, I haven’t introduced myself yet, I’m the Eagle and village head of Puppy Village, Jizefu( 「Well, we are a party of adventures called “Seinforce”, I’m the party leader, Ruin, thanks for your help.」「I’m Orgo.」「I’m Lilo! Nice to meet you Alim! 」「I am called Muri.」 The Blonde one is Ruin, Muscles is Orgo, peach hair is Lilo, and light blue hair is Muri. Jizefu is muttering something. 「If..If you go to the kingdom, you might know something about this girl.」「I agree, so once return back to the kingdom, we will find someone, don’t you guy 」「Village head, when’s the next carriage coming by?」「In about days from now, meanwhile the girl will stay put here, you guys can go back to the inn from yesterday.」「After all I did defeat the Black Soldiers. I suppose it also serves as personal thanks.」「「「「「Yes!」」」」」 Oh, I decided to go to the kingdom without permission. 「Uh, umm......」「What’s wrong Alim?」「For everything you guys done, thank you very much!」「Hahaha, that’s good!」「When you’re in trouble, we got you back!」 This is how I first met the inhabitants of this world, as they took care of me	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 10, "inserted_lines_src": 7, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
パーティーに行くと私は職業を聞かれます「教授です」と答えると彼らの目は曇ります学会のカクテルパーティに行くとまわりは教授だらけなので私は専門分野を聞かれます私が"哲学"と言うと-彼らの目は曇ります哲学者のパーティーに行くと私の研究分野を尋ねられ私が"意識"と答えると彼らの目は曇りませんが-彼らの唇はへの字に曲がりますそして、私は冷笑や高笑いうなり声の野次をうけます彼らはこう考えるのです「それは不可能だ!意識を説明することなんて出来やしない」意識を説明することが出来ると思うとはなんて図々しいまったく問題外だ惜しまれる故人で私の友人のロバート・ノージックは立派な哲学者でした彼は著書の一つ「考えることを考える」で哲学の特質についてコメントしています- 哲学者が仕事をする方法についてですそこで彼はこう言います「"哲学者は合理的な議論が好き" なのをあなたは知っている」彼はこう続けます「大部分の哲学者にとって理想的な議論とはまるで観衆に前提を与えそれから推論と結論を与えるそれを受け入れなければ観衆は死ぬ彼らの頭は吹っ飛ぶというものだ」これは反対論者を打ち負かす強い議論を持つことを意図しますしかし実際それで人の気持ちを変えることは全く出来ません意識というようなものについて人の気持ちを変えることは非常に難しいのですそして私はついにその理由を理解しましたその理由は誰もが意識の専門家だからです我々は先日誰もがテレビゲームに対して断固たる意見を持っていると耳にしました専門家ではなくても皆テレビゲームについて意見を持っていますしかし彼らは自分をテレビゲームの専門家とは思いませんただ断固たる意見を持っているだけですここにいる人で例えば気候変動や地球温暖化またはインターネットの将来に取り組んでいる人なら次に起こることについて断固たる見解を持つ人に遭遇するでしょうしかし多分彼らはこれらの見解を専門知識とは思っていないでしょうそれらはただ強い見解にすぎませんしかし意識に関しては人は我々は皆こう思うようです「私が専門家だ意識があるだけで私は意識についてすべてを知っている」そして彼らにあなたの理論を話すと彼らは言います「違う違うそれは意識じゃない! あんたは全く間違ってる」と彼らは驚くべき自信をもって言うのですですから私が今日やろうとしていることはあなた方の自信をぐらつかせることです私自身そう思っているので気持ちはわかります自分が自分の心の一番奥を知っていて自分こそが自分の意識において権威があるというその確信をぐらつかせようと思いますそれがここでの私の今日の議事ですさてこの素晴らしい絵には吹き出しがあります思考のバブルです皆さんこれが何を意味するかわかりますねこれは意識の流れを示していますこれはこれまでの意識の絵の中でも私のお気に入りですソウル・スタインバーグですご存知ですねニューヨーカーの表紙ですここにいる男性はブラックの絵を見ていますその絵は彼から言葉の連想を引き出しますバロックバラックバークプードルスーザンR. -- 彼はすばやく思考を廻らせますここに素晴らしい意識の流れがありますそれをずっと見ていくとこの男性について多くのことがわかりますこの絵の特に気に入っているところはスタインバーグがこの種類の点描画家スタイルで人を表したところです昨日ロドニー・ブルックスが言いましたがこれは我々に思い出させますあなたや私我々が皆それぞれ何かというとおよそ100兆の小さな細胞から出来たロボットですそれで我々は出来ています他の成分など何もなく 100兆の小さな細胞から出来ているに過ぎません意識のある細胞なんて一つもないそれらの細胞一つとして、あなたが誰であるかを知らないし気にもかけませんどうやって説明できるでしょうどうやって何百もの意識のない小さな細胞をチームや軍隊大隊にまとめると -- それら各自はバクテリアとあまり違いません -- 結果はこれですこれを見てくださいこの中には色がありアイデアがあり記憶や歴史もありますそしてその意識の内容はすべてニューロンの活発な活動によって達成されますどうやってそんなことが出来るんだ? 多くの人はそれは全く不可能だと思います彼らはこう思います「意識を自然主義的に説明することなんて出来やしない」この素晴らしい本は私の友人でハワイ大学で宗教分野の教授をしているリーシーゲルの本です彼は魔術の専門家でインドのストリートマジックの専門家ですこれはマジックについての本です「Net of Magic」あなた方に紹介したいお気に入りの一節がありますそれはこの問題をとても雄弁に語ります「「私はマジックに関する本を書いています」と言うと「本当のマジックか?」と聞かれます彼らの言う本当のマジックとは奇跡のことです魔術師のような行為と神通力私は「いいえ」と答えます「本当のマジックでなく手品です」言いかえると本当のマジックは実在しないマジックのことですまた実在するマジックー実際に行われるマジックは本当のマジックではないのです」これが多くの人々が意識について考える方法です本当の意識は知恵袋ではありませんもしあなたが"それ"を知恵袋と説明するなら "それ"がなんであろうと本当の意識ではありませんマービンやその他の人が「意識とは知恵袋だ」と言えば私が意識を説明しようとするとき多くの人々が不満と疑念を抱くことになりますこれは問題ですですから私はあなた方の多くがマジックの種明かしを好まないのと同じ理由であまり快く思わない類のことを少し試さなければなりませんあなた方の中にもしあるうぬぼれ屋がマジックのトリックの種明かしをはじめたら耳を塞ぎたい欲求にかられ「やめろそんなこと知りたくないせっかくのスリルを取らないでくれ私は煙に巻かれていたいんだ答えは言うな」と言う人はいますか? おおくの人は意識について同じ様に感じるようですもし私が厚かましくもすこしの明瞭さや理解を押し付けることになるなら残念ですもしこれらのトリックについて知りたくないならば今ここを出て行ったほうが良いでしょうしかし私はそれのすべてを説明するつもりはありません哲学者のやり方で説明するつもりです哲学者が女性をノコギリで半分に切るトリックを説明する方法はこうです女性をノコギリで半分に切るトリックはご存知ですね? 哲学者は言います「これがどうなっているか説明しよう奇術師は女性を本当に半分に切るわけではないのだ分かるかな」「彼はあんた方がそう思うようにするだけなんだ」あなたはこう言います「そうよでも奇術師はどうやってそれをするの?」哲学者は言います「ああそれは私の分野じゃなんだ悪いね」それでは哲学者がどのように意識を説明するかについてご紹介しましょうそれと一緒に意識というものがあなたが思っているほどには、素晴らしいものでもなければ不思議なものでもないということをお見せするつもりですこれはリー・シーゲルが彼の著書で言っていることですが彼は見事なマジックショーを行いショーの後観客は彼がX Y そして Zをしているのを見たと断言します彼はそれらを全くやっていないのにです彼はそれらをやろうとしたことすらありません人々の記憶が彼らが見たと思うことを創りあげるのですそして意識にも同じことが言えますさてこれが働くかどうか見ましょうこれを見てください注意して見てください私はニック・ディーマーという若いコンピューター・アニメーター・ドキュメンタリー作家と大きなプロジェクトに取り組んでいてその一部として彼が作ってくれた小さなデモです皆さんの中にも興味を抱く人がいると思います我々は後援者を探していますそれは意識の長編のドキュメンタリーですさてあなた方全員何が変わったか見ましたね? あなた方のうちそれらの正方形すべての色が変化したことに気付いた人はいますか? 全員ですねもう一度作動して見ていきましょうあなたがこれら全ての色が変わると知っていてもそれに気付くのは難しいですそれらの変化を見つけるにはかなりの集中力を要しますさてこれは現在かなり調査されている多くの現象例のうちの一例ですこれは私が1991年に出版された著書「説明される意識」の最後の1~2ページで予測したものですそこで私はあなた方がこの類の実験をすれば人が本当に大きな変化にさえ気付くことは出来なかったことがわかるだろうと言いました最後にもし時間があればもっと劇的な例を見せましょうさてそこにはいろんな変化が起こっているのに我々がそれに気付かないなんてことがありえるのでしょうか? 今日ジェフ・ホーキンスが目の速い動きについて言及しました目が一秒内にどうやって3~4回動き回るかです彼は速度には言及しませんでした目は絶えず動いています動き回って目や鼻肘を見たりそして世界中の面白いものを見ます目が見ていないところはあなたの視界の中で著しく精彩を欠きますそれは目の高解像度部分である目の中心部のサイズは腕を伸ばした距離にある親指の爪のぐらいしかないからですこれは詳細部分ですそんな風には思えませんよね? そんな風に見えませんがそういうものなのですあなたは思ったよりもっと少ない情報しか得ていません全く違った影響はここですこれはベロットの絵ですノースカロライナの博物館にありますベロットはカナレットの弟子でした私はこのような絵が大好きです- 絵は実際ここにあるものとだいたい同じくらいの大きさですカナレットの絵にある素晴らしい細かい描写が私は大好きです絵画上のすべての描写を一目で見ることができます私はノースカロライナの館内を歩き始めましたカナレットだったら多分すべての細かい描写が描かれていると思ったからですそして私はそこの橋に多くの人がいることに気がつきました- 彼らが橋を渡っているのがかろうじて見えますね私は近づくにつれてそれらの人々の服装やいろいろな描写が見えると思っていましたそしてどんどん近づいていって実際叫び声をあげましたどんなに間近によってもそこには描写などないからですただの巧みに置かれた小さなペンキの点のみでした私は絵に向かって歩きながらそこにはない描写を予期していたのです画家は人々や服装車その他いろんなものを巧みに連想させて私の脳はその暗示にかかったのですそこにある最新のテクノロジーをご存知ですねこの点をはっきり見ることができます近づくとそれはただのぼんやりした絵ですこのようなものは見たことがあるでしょう -- これは逆影響ですもういちどやってみましょう脳が暗示にかかるとどうなるでしょう? 芸術家による巧妙な絵の具の塊の一つや二つが人を暗示にかけます -- マービン・ミンスキーの小さな「心の社会」があなたの脳のどこかに小さな画家を送り込んで詳細を描かせたのでしょうか? そうは思えませんありえないだったらいったいどうなってんだ? 哲学者の女性への説明を覚えてますね? 同じ事です脳はあなたに詳細がそこにあるように思い込ませるのです詳細はそこにあると思いますが、そこにはありません脳はあなたの頭に詳細を送りこんでなぞいませんあなたが詳細を期待するように仕向けるのですこの実験を短くやります左の形は、右の回転した形と同じですか? 同じです左側を心の目で回転させて右側に合わせてみた人はいますか? 右側を回転させた人は? わかりましたどうして自分がどちらを回転させたかわかったのですか? 事実認知科学において 20年以上も盛んに議論されている非常に面白い議論がありますいろいろな実験がロジャー・シェパードによって始められ彼は心に浮かぶイメージが回転する角速度を計りましたそうですそれは可能なのですしかしプロセスの詳細はまだ激しい論争下にありますあなたがその論文を読むとき受け入れなければならないことの一つはあなたは実験の被験者とは言えそれをどう行うのか知らないということですあなたが知っているのはあなたには特定の信条があるということだけですそれらは特定のタイミングに特定の順序で来ますそれこそあなたが考えていることだという事実はどう説明できますか? 舞台裏に行って魔術師に尋ねなければいけませんねこれは私が大好きな図形です:ブラッドリーピートリーとデュマ私がずるしたと思うかもしれません私が少しそこの白い境界線をより白くしたので円の前に浮かぶネッカー立方体の境界線のようなものが見える人はいますか? 見えますか? ある意味効果として境界線は本当にそこにありますあなた方の脳が境界線を算出しているのです境界線はちょうどここにあります立方体を見るには二通りの方法があるのことに気付いてくださいいいですね? これはネッカーの立法体です皆さん二通りの見方ができますね? いいですね四通りの見方ができますか? なぜなら別の見方があるからですもしあなたが正方体が円の前黒い円の前に浮いているのが見えるなら他の見方があります正方体が黒い背景の上向こうが見える一個のスイスチーズのように見えますか?見えない人はいますか?これでわかりますかさて見えましたねこれらは2つの全く違った現象ですあなたが1つの方法で立方体を見るときスクリーンの後でそれらの境界線は消え去りますしかし我々がこれを見て言えるようにまだ追加するものがあります我々には問題なく立方体が見えますしかしどこで色は変わるのでしょう? あなたの脳がここに小さな画家達を送り込んだのでしょうか? 紫の画家達と緑の画家達がどっちがこのカーテンの後ろを塗るかで争うのでしょうか? 違いますあなたの脳がそうするのです脳はそれに記入する必要はありません私が最初にあなた方が見たブラッドリーやピートリーデュマの例について話し始めたときもう一度おみせしましょうこれです私はこの後ろにはなにも追加するものはないと言いましたそして私はそれが平らな真実常に本当の真実であると思いましたしかしロブ・ヴァン・リエルはそうではないことを最近示しましたあなたが何か淡黄色を見たと思うなら- もう一度やってみましょう灰色の領域をみてくださいそこになにか動く影のようなものが見えるか試してくださいそうです!驚きますねそこには何もないのですトリックじゃありません (画面の変化がみえません) これはロン・レンシンクの研究ですそれはこの本の最後の提案に多少の影響を受けましたちょっと一瞬止めてくださいこれは目くらましです 2つの絵を見ていただきます二つは少々違いますここに赤い屋根と灰色の屋根が見えますねその間にはマスクがあります 4分の1秒間の空白のスクリーンです最初の絵を見てそれからマスクそれから2番目の絵そしてマスクこれが続きますそして被験者としてのあなた方のタスクは変化を見たときにボタンを押すことですそれでは240ミリ秒の間原画を映します空白次の絵を240ミリ秒の間映します空白被験者がボタンを押して「変化を見つけた」と言うまでこのまま続けますさてこれから我々は実験の被験者になります簡単なものから始めましょういくつかの例です問題ないですね皆さん見えますか? 良いですねたしかにレンシンクの被験者はボタンを押すのに 1秒ちょっとしかかかっていませんこれが見えますか? 2.9秒ですまだ見えない人はいますか? その納屋の屋根の上にあるのは何ですか? 簡単ですねそれは橋ですかそれとも桟橋ですか? あともう少し劇的なものをやってから終わりにしましょう特に印象的なものを少し見て頂きましょうこれですとても大きいのですがわかり難いからです見えますか? 聴衆: はい影が前に行ったり後ろに行ったりしていますね? 結構大きいです彼の実験での被験者の平均時間は15秒半です私はこの実験が大好きなのでこれで終わりにしましょうなぜならただ単にそれが明白かつ重要だからですまだ見えない人はいますか?まだわからない人? そのボーイングの翼にはいくつエンジンがありますか? 絵の真ん中です! ありがとう御座いましたあなたに見てもらいたかったのは科学者が外部の第3者の方法を使ってあなた自信の意識についてあなたが夢にも思わなかったことを語ることが出来るということですそしてそれは事実あなたがそうだと思っているほどあなた自身の意識の権威者ではないということですそして我々は心の理論を思いつくのにかなり多くの進歩を遂げていますジェフ・ホーキンスは今朝神経科学の分野で理論面白く壮大な理論を立てようと試みました彼は正しいこれは問題ですハーバードメディカルスクールで話したことがあります研究室の責任者は言いました「我々の研究室には、格言がありますあなたが1つのニューロンに取り組むならば神経科学ですあなたが2つのニューロンに取り組むならば心理学です」我々はより多くの理論を持つべきですその多くはトップダウンで与えられるものかもしれませんありがとうございました	When I go to a party and people ask me what do I do and I say, "I'm a professor," their eyes glaze over. When I go to an academic cocktail party and there are all the professors around, they ask me what field I'm in and I say, "philosophy" -- their eyes glaze over. When I go to a philosopher's party and they ask me what I work on and I say, "consciousness," their eyes don't glaze over -- their lips curl into a snarl. And I get hoots of derision and cackles and growls because they think, "That's impossible! You can't explain consciousness." The very chutzpah of somebody thinking that you could explain consciousness is just out of the question. My late, lamented friend Bob Nozick, a fine philosopher, in one of his books, "Philosophical Explanations," is commenting on the ethos of philosophy -- the way philosophers go about their business. And he says, you know, "Philosophers love rational argument." And he says, "It seems as if the ideal argument for most philosophers is you give your audience the premises and then you give them the inferences and the conclusion, and if they don't accept the conclusion, they die. Their heads explode." The idea is to have an argument that is so powerful that it knocks out your opponents. But in fact that doesn't change people's minds at all. It's very hard to change people's minds and I finally figured out the reason for that. The reason for that is that everybody's an expert on consciousness. We heard the other day that everybody's got a strong opinion about video games. They all have an idea for a video game, even if they're not experts. But they don't consider themselves experts on video games; they've just got strong opinions. I'm sure that people here who work on, say, climate change and global warming, or on the future of the Internet, encounter people who have very strong opinions about what's going to happen next. But they probably don't think of these opinions as expertise. They're just strongly held opinions. But with regard to consciousness, people seem to think, each of us seems to think, "I am an expert. Simply by being conscious, I know all about this." And so, you tell them your theory and they say, "No, no, that's not the way consciousness is! No, you've got it all wrong." And they say this with an amazing confidence. And so what I'm going to try to do today is to shake your confidence. Because I know the feeling -- I can feel it myself. I want to shake your confidence that you know your own innermost minds -- that you are, yourselves, authoritative about your own consciousness. That's the order of the day here. Now, this nice picture shows a thought-balloon, a thought-bubble. I think everybody understands what that means. That's supposed to exhibit the stream of consciousness. This is my favorite picture of consciousness that's ever been done. It's a Saul Steinberg of course -- it was a New Yorker cover. And this fellow here is looking at the painting by Braque. That reminds him of the word baroque, barrack, bark, poodle, Suzanne R. -- he's off to the races. There's a wonderful stream of consciousness here and if you follow it along, you learn a lot about this man. What I particularly like about this picture, too, is that Steinberg has rendered the guy in this sort of pointillist style. Which reminds us, as Rod Brooks was saying yesterday: what we are, what each of us is -- what you are, what I am -- is approximately 100 trillion little cellular robots. That's what we're made of. No other ingredients at all. We're just made of cells, about 100 trillion of them. Not a single one of those cells is conscious; not a single one of those cells knows who you are, or cares. Somehow, we have to explain how when you put together teams, armies, battalions of hundreds of millions of little robotic unconscious cells -- not so different really from a bacterium, each one of them -- the result is this. I mean, just look at it. The content -- there's color, there's ideas, there's memories, there's history. And somehow all that content of consciousness is accomplished by the busy activity of those hoards of neurons. How is that possible? Many people just think it isn't possible at all. They think, "No, there can't be any sort of naturalistic explanation of consciousness." This is a lovely book by a friend of mine named Lee Siegel, who's a professor of religion, actually, at the University of Hawaii, and he's an expert magician, and an expert on the street magic of India, which is what this book is about, "Net of Magic." And there's a passage in it which I would love to share with you. It speaks so eloquently to the problem. "'I'm writing a book on magic,' I explain, and I'm asked, 'Real magic?' By 'real magic,' people mean miracles, thaumaturgical acts, and supernatural powers. 'No,' I answer. 'Conjuring tricks, not real magic.' 'Real magic,' in other words, refers to the magic that is not real; while the magic that is real, that can actually be done, is not real magic." Now, that's the way a lot of people feel about consciousness. Real consciousness is not a bag of tricks. If you're going to explain this as a bag of tricks, then it's not real consciousness, whatever it is. And, as Marvin said, and as other people have said, "Consciousness is a bag of tricks." This means that a lot of people are just left completely dissatisfied and incredulous when I attempt to explain consciousness. So this is the problem. So I have to do a little bit of the sort of work that a lot of you won't like, for the same reason that you don't like to see a magic trick explained to you. How many of you here, if somebody -- some smart aleck -- starts telling you how a particular magic trick is done, you sort of want to block your ears and say, "No, no, I don't want to know! Don't take the thrill of it away. I'd rather be mystified. Don't tell me the answer." A lot of people feel that way about consciousness, I've discovered. And I'm sorry if I impose some clarity, some understanding on you. You'd better leave now if you don't want to know some of these tricks. But I'm not going to explain it all to you. I'm going to do what philosophers do. Here's how a philosopher explains the sawing-the-lady-in-half trick. You know the sawing-the-lady-in-half trick? The philosopher says, "I'm going to explain to you how that's done. You see, the magician doesn't really saw the lady in half." "He merely makes you think that he does." And you say, "Yes, and how does he do that?" He says, "Oh, that's not my department, I'm sorry." So now I'm going to illustrate how philosophers explain consciousness. But I'm going to try to also show you that consciousness isn't quite as marvelous -- your own consciousness isn't quite as wonderful -- as you may have thought it is. This is something, by the way, that Lee Siegel talks about in his book. He marvels at how he'll do a magic show, and afterwards people will swear they saw him do X, Y, and Z. He never did those things. He didn't even try to do those things. People's memories inflate what they think they saw. And the same is true of consciousness. Now, let's see if this will work. All right. Let's just watch this. Watch it carefully. I'm working with a young computer-animator documentarian named Nick Deamer, and this is a little demo that he's done for me, part of a larger project some of you may be interested in. We're looking for a backer. It's a feature-length documentary on consciousness. OK, now, you all saw what changed, right? How many of you noticed that every one of those squares changed color? Every one. I'll just show you by running it again. Even when you know that they're all going to change color, it's very hard to notice. You have to really concentrate to pick up any of the changes at all. Now, this is an example -- one of many -- of a phenomenon that's now being studied quite a bit. It's one that I predicted in the last page or two of my 1991 book, "Consciousness Explained," where I said if you did experiments of this sort, you'd find that people were unable to pick up really large changes. If there's time at the end, I'll show you the much more dramatic case. Now, how can it be that there are all those changes going on, and that we're not aware of them? Well, earlier today, Jeff Hawkins mentioned the way your eye saccades, the way your eye moves around three or four times a second. He didn't mention the speed. Your eye is constantly in motion, moving around, looking at eyes, noses, elbows, looking at interesting things in the world. And where your eye isn't looking, you're remarkably impoverished in your vision. That's because the foveal part of your eye, which is the high-resolution part, is only about the size of your thumbnail held at arms length. That's the detail part. It doesn't seem that way, does it? It doesn't seem that way, but that's the way it is. You're getting in a lot less information than you think. Here's a completely different effect. This is a painting by Bellotto. It's in the museum in North Carolina. Bellotto was a student of Canaletto's. And I love paintings like that -- the painting is actually about as big as it is right here. And I love Canalettos, because Canaletto has this fantastic detail, and you can get right up and see all the details on the painting. And I started across the hall in North Carolina, because I thought it was probably a Canaletto, and would have all that in detail. And I noticed that on the bridge there, there's a lot of people -- you can just barely see them walking across the bridge. And I thought as I got closer I would be able to see all the detail of most people, see their clothes, and so forth. And as I got closer and closer, I actually screamed. I yelled out because when I got closer, I found the detail wasn't there at all. There were just little artfully placed blobs of paint. And as I walked towards the picture, I was expecting detail that wasn't there. The artist had very cleverly suggested people and clothes and wagons and all sorts of things, and my brain had taken the suggestion. You're familiar with a more recent technology, which is -- There, you can get a better view of the blobs. See, when you get close they're really just blobs of paint. You will have seen something like this -- this is the reverse effect. I'll just give that to you one more time. Now, what does your brain do when it takes the suggestion? When an artful blob of paint or two, by an artist, suggests a person -- say, one of Marvin Minsky's little society of mind -- do they send little painters out to fill in all the details in your brain somewhere? I don't think so. Not a chance. But then, how on Earth is it done? Well, remember the philosopher's explanation of the lady? It's the same thing. The brain just makes you think that it's got the detail there. You think the detail's there, but it isn't there. The brain isn't actually putting the detail in your head at all. It's just making you expect the detail. Let's just do this experiment very quickly. Is the shape on the left the same as the shape on the right, rotated? Yes. How many of you did it by rotating the one on the left in your mind's eye, to see if it matched up with the one on the right? How many of you rotated the one on the right? OK. How do you know that's what you did? There's in fact been a very interesting debate raging for over 20 years in cognitive science -- various experiments started by Roger Shepherd, who measured the angular velocity of rotation of mental images. Yes, it's possible to do that. But the details of the process are still in significant controversy. And if you read that literature, one of the things that you really have to come to terms with is even when you're the subject in the experiment, you don't know. You don't know how you do it. You just know that you have certain beliefs. And they come in a certain order, at a certain time. And what explains the fact that that's what you think? Well, that's where you have to go backstage and ask the magician. This is a figure that I love: Bradley, Petrie, and Dumais. You may think that I've cheated, that I've put a little whiter-than-white boundary there. How many of you see that sort of boundary, with the Necker cube floating in front of the circles? Can you see it? Well, you know, in effect, the boundary's really there, in a certain sense. Your brain is actually computing that boundary, the boundary that goes right there. But now, notice there are two ways of seeing the cube, right? It's a Necker cube. Everybody can see the two ways of seeing the cube? OK. Can you see the four ways of seeing the cube? Because there's another way of seeing it. If you're seeing it as a cube floating in front of some circles, some black circles, there's another way of seeing it. As a cube, on a black background, as seen through a piece of Swiss cheese. Can you get it? How many of you can't get it? That'll help. Now you can get it. These are two very different phenomena. When you see the cube one way, behind the screen, those boundaries go away. But there's still a sort of filling in, as we can tell if we look at this. We don't have any trouble seeing the cube, but where does the color change? Does your brain have to send little painters in there? The purple-painters and the green-painters fight over who's going to paint that bit behind the curtain? No. Your brain just lets it go. The brain doesn't need to fill that in. When I first started talking about the Bradley, Petrie, Dumais example that you just saw -- I'll go back to it, this one -- I said that there was no filling-in behind there. And I supposed that that was just a flat truth, always true. But Rob Van Lier has recently shown that it isn't. Now, if you think you see some pale yellow -- I'll run this a few more times. Look in the gray areas, and see if you seem to see something sort of shadowy moving in there -- yeah, it's amazing. There's nothing there. It's no trick. ["Failure to Detect Changes in Scenes" slide] This is Ron Rensink's work, which was in some degree inspired by that suggestion right at the end of the book. Let me just pause this for a second if I can. This is change-blindness. What you're going to see is two pictures, one of which is slightly different from the other. You see here the red roof and the gray roof, and in between them there will be a mask, which is just a blank screen, for about a quarter of a second. So you'll see the first picture, then a mask, then the second picture, then a mask. And this will just continue, and your job as the subject is to press the button when you see the change. So, show the original picture for 240 milliseconds. Blank. Show the next picture for 240 milliseconds. Blank. And keep going, until the subject presses the button, saying, "I see the change." So now we're going to be subjects in the experiment. We're going to start easy. Some examples. No trouble there. Can everybody see? All right. Indeed, Rensink's subjects took only a little bit more than a second to press the button. Can you see that one? 2.9 seconds. How many don't see it still? What's on the roof of that barn? It's easy. Is it a bridge or a dock? There are a few more really dramatic ones, and then I'll close. I want you to see a few that are particularly striking. This one because it's so large and yet it's pretty hard to see. Can you see it? Audience: Yes. Dan Dennett: See the shadows going back and forth? Pretty big. So 15.5 seconds is the median time for subjects in his experiment there. I love this one. I'll end with this one, just because it's such an obvious and important thing. How many still don't see it? How many still don't see it? How many engines on the wing of that Boeing? Right in the middle of the picture! Thanks very much for your attention. What I wanted to show you is that scientists, using their from-the-outside, third-person methods, can tell you things about your own consciousness that you would never dream of, and that, in fact, you're not the authority on your own consciousness that you think you are. And we're really making a lot of progress on coming up with a theory of mind. Jeff Hawkins, this morning, was describing his attempt to get theory, and a good, big theory, into the neuroscience. And he's right. This is a problem. Harvard Medical School once -- I was at a talk -- director of the lab said, "In our lab, we have a saying. If you work on one neuron, that's neuroscience. If you work on two neurons, that's psychology." We have to have more theory, and it can come as much from the top down. Thank you very much.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
この学院の学院長だという老爺が、壇上で始業式の挨拶をしている。学院長の前に立ててある細長いものが学術塔で開発された魔道具らしく、広い講堂の隅々まで声を届けてくれる。学院長は、屋敷に来て入学に関する説明をしてくれた人だった。今日もとびきり話が長く、シェイラにはどうにも要点が分からない。演説開始からすぐに集中力が散漫になった。広い講堂にに会した生徒の数は多い。文官科の生徒も合わせて500人くらいだろうか。前列から下級生が並んでおり、入学式を済ませたばかりの新入生が最前列にいる。シェイラのようにだらけることなく真面目に話を聞く姿は、希望に満ちていて何だか眩しい。『それでは、ヴィルフレヒト⋅フォン⋅シュタイツ子殿下から、生徒代表の挨拶をいただきたいと思います』魔術具を通した声が響くと、万雷の拍手が起こる。シェイラも一緒になって手を叩いた。純粋に、この国の王子殿下という人に興味がある。『ただいまご紹介いただきました、ヴィルフレヒト⋅フォン⋅シュタイツです。この度は、代表挨拶という任に就かせていただき、大変光栄に思っています』澄んだ美声は清々しくさえあった。学院長挨拶でだらけた顔をしていた周囲の雰囲気も引き締まった。けれど。 ――遠っっ。シェイラは思いきりガッカリした。講堂が広すぎるため、あまりに遠い。豪奢に光り輝く金髪ということが分かるくらいで、顔立ちも瞳の色も判然としない。「......まぁでも、すごい人なんだろうな。代表挨拶を任されるくらいだし」一人言のはずが、潜められた声が返って来た。シェイラは目を瞬かせながら辺りを見回す。斜め後ろに立つ砂色の髪の少年が、意味ありげに笑いながらこちらを見ていた。榛色の瞳は好奇心で目一杯輝いている。「お前、あれだろ?あのセントリクス公爵家に喧嘩売ったっていう、噂の赤毛君」彼の口からとんでもない言葉が飛び出して、シェイラは慌てて否定した。「喧嘩なんて売ってないよ。普通に会話しただけ」「貴族相手に普通に会話って、それが喧嘩売ってるっつーんだよ。今学院中、お前の話題で持ちきりだぜ」内容はともかく、彼の話し方は耳に馴染んだ下町言葉だ。シェイラは久しぶりに肩の力を抜ける気がした。「君、もしかして特待生?」「おう。よろしくな平民仲間。オレはゼクス⋅ガーラント。ちょっとした商家坊さ」「よろしく。僕はシェイラ⋅ダナウだよ」一気に親しみが湧いて握手を交わそうとすると、隣に立っていたコディに咎められた。「こら二人とも。殿下がご挨拶なさっているのにお喋りなんて、不敬だよ」「あ、ごめん」シェイラは慌てて口を塞いだ。ゼクスもばつの悪そうな顔で、短く刈り込んだパサつく髪を掻いている。目が合い、お互い苦笑をこぼした。しばらく粛々と王子殿下のお言葉を聞いたあとは、教師陣の挨拶になった。これは担当科目の紹介が主目的なので、一人ひとりの挨拶は簡潔な一言で進んでいく。シェイラは小声で会話を再開した。「......そういえば、さっきの『そりゃどうかな』って何で?」途端、コディが険しい視線を向けてきたけれど、思わせぶりな台詞がずっと気になっていたのだ。ゼクスは「あぁ、あれな」と頷いた。「生徒代表挨拶ってのはさ、一応最高学年の首席がやるって慣例だったんだよ。でもあの王子殿下が入学してからは、毎年この調子らしいぜ」最高学年でもないのに挨拶を行うことは本来あり得ないことらしい。学院内身分制撤廃を謳っていても、やはり身分がものを言うようだ。 ――羨ましいな、簡単に慣例をなかったことにできちゃうなんて。私に権力があれば、わざわざ男の子のふりをする必要もなかったってことだもんね。寮もトイレも浴場も、男子用しかないということはなかったかもしれない。シェイラが遠い目になっている横で、コディとゼクスが言い合いになっていた。「ゼクス、本気で不敬だぞ。王子殿下だって、お前にとやかく言われるような成績じゃない」「そりゃ優秀なのは認めてるさ。で生の首席ではない」ゼクスの反駁に、シェイラはふと疑問が湧いた。「殿下より優秀な五年生の首席って誰なの?」ゼクスは人の悪い笑みをシェイラに近付けた。「そりゃお前、今日忘れられない出会いを果たしてるだろ?」「って............」シェイラが今日会話をした人数なんて限られている。コディは同級生だからあり得ないし、ヨルンヴェルナは教師だ。ならば後は、あの神経質そうな黒髪の貴族しか思い浮かばない。「だから、喧嘩を売ったわけじゃないんだってば......」レイディルーン本人にも、周囲で見ていた生徒にも、ぜひ水に流していただきたい出来事だ。シェイラ自身が些末なことだと思っていても、周りがそう認識していないのだから頭が痛い。始業式が終われば、今日は授業がないから解放される。寮で部屋の掃除をしたり、やらなければいけないことは細々とあるが、まずは一人になってゆっくり羽を伸ばしたい。今日一日の、怒濤のような出会いを思い出す。コディと友達になり、公爵家のレイディルーンに話しかけられ。危ない雰囲気のあるヨルンヴェルナに女だと見破られ、同じ平民出身のゼクスと親しくなり。「......まぁ、何だかんだあったけど、今日は充実した一日だったな。楽しそうな人ばかりだったし。うまくやってけそうでホッとした」総括しながら頷いていると、コディががっくり頭を抱えた。「君にまともな感性があるなんて......うん、全然期待してなかったけどね............」ぶつぶつとぼやき始めたコディが見慣れないらしく、ゼクスがドン引きしている。いつの間にか教師陣の挨拶も終盤に差し掛かっており、ヨルンヴェルナの番になっていた。「ヨルンヴェルナ⋅アリフレイ。魔術による戦闘訓練の担当をしています。学術塔での研究の主体は魔術具の開発、性能の向上です。そのための被験者なら随時募集しているので、気軽に声を掛けてください」麗しい笑顔で理解不能なことを言い出したので、新入生達がざわついている。二年生以上はそれほど驚いていないので、この手の発言は日常茶飯事なのだろう。公衆の面前で言うことでもないかもしれないが。呆れつつ壇上に注目していると、ヨルンヴェルナの隣に立つ人物に目が吸い寄せられた。細身ながら全身のしなやかな筋肉が想像できる引き締まった体躯。それを覆う銀色の鎧は、胸元に鷹と剣の紋章。ほとんど白に近い銀髪に、瞳は恐らく鮮やかな孔雀石色。遠すぎるが、怖くなるほど完璧な美形であることも分かる。知っているから、分かるのだ。「うそ....................................」シェイラの口から呆然と声が漏れる。壇上のその人が、静かに口を開いた。「クローシェザード⋅ノルシュタイン。騎士科特別コースを担当している。厳しく指導するから、そのつもりでいるように」冷然と厳しい声。それすら幼い頃の記憶のままだった。シェイラが幼い時に見た、フェリクスを守る騎士。クローシェザード⋅ノルシュタインは、目指すほどに憧れた、あの時の騎士だったのだ。十年以上前の光景が、胸に鮮やかに甦る。一刀の元に、人間の胴より太い大虎の腕を断ち切る豪腕。相手の力を確実に削ぎ落としてから、見事に弱点を突く鋭い剣技。素早い身のこなしは流麗な舞のように見えた。憧れ続けた姿を、シェイラは食い入るように見つめた。年は二十代後半くらいだろうか。ということは、あの時は成人したてだったのかもしれない。子どもの目には立派な大人に見えていたが、今の自分とそう年齢が変わらなかったということだ。何とも感慨深い。一心に熱い眼差しを注いでいると、クローシェザードが一言付け加えた。「なお、これより始業式前に問題を起こした生徒の呼び出しを行う。――――シェイラ⋅ダナウ。その場にいた生徒からの報告があった。本人からも事情を聞く必要があるため、式が終わったらここに残りなさい」前代未聞の始業式最中の呼び出しに、全生徒が驚愕の声を上げる。隣同士で視線を交わしあったり、こそこそ耳打ちをしている。中には騒ぎの渦中にいたのか、シェイラを指差す者までいた。クローシェザードの口から紡がれた自分の名前に、シェイラは夢から覚めたような心地で目を瞬かせた。ゼクスが同情の眼差しで振り返る。「......お前ってホント、話題性あるなぁ」 ――――どうやらシェイラの長い一日は、まだ終わりそうにない。	An old man, who was said to be the dean of the academy, was giving an opening speech on the stage. The long, thin object standing in front of the dean seemed to be a magic tool that was developed in the academic tower, and it carried his voice to every corner of the spacious auditorium. The dean was the person who came to the mansion to explain the admission process. Today’s speech too was incredibly long, and Sheila couldn’t understand the gist of it. Immediately after the speech started, she was distracted. There were many students in the large auditorium. The number of students, including those in the civil administration course, was probably around . Junior students were lined up in the second row, and the freshmen were in the front row. The students were full of hope and dazzling in the way they listened earnestly without slacking off like Sheila. “Now, I would like to invite His Royal Highness, the Second Prince, Wilfrecht von Steitz to give a speech as the student’s representative.” When the voice echoed through the magic tool, thunderous applause broke out. Sheila joined in and clapped her hands. She was genuinely interested in this person, His Royal Highness, the prince of this country. “Thank you for the introduction, I am Wilfrecht von Steitz. It is a great honor for me to be appointed as your representative.” His clear and beautiful voice was even refreshing. The atmosphere around the area, which had been dulled by the greeting from the dean, was stirred up. But... Too far away. Sheila was completely disappointed. The auditorium was too large and too far away. The only thing she could tell was that he had luxurious, shiny blond hair, but she couldn’t make out his face or the color of his eyes. “.....Well, he must be a great guy. He’s even been asked to give the student’s representative speech.” It was supposed to be a monologue, but another voice answered. Sheila looked around, blinking her eyes. A sandy-haired boy standing diagonally behind her looked at her with a meaningful smile. His hazel eyes were shining with curiosity. “You’re that guy, right? The redhead who’s rumored to have fought with the Centrix’s successor.” Outrageous words came out of his mouth, and Sheila hurriedly denied them. “We didn’t fight. We just had a normal conversation.” “Talking to an aristocrat in a normal way, that’s what I call fighting with him. The whole school is talking about you right now.” Regardless of the matter, his way of speaking with a dialect was familiar to her. For the first time in a long time, Sheila felt as if she could relax her shoulders. “Are you, by any chance, a special student too?” “Yes. Nice to meet you, fellow commoner. I’m Zechs Gallant, the fourth son of a small merchant family.” “Nice to meet you. I’m Sheila Danau.” He was so friendly that she was about to shake hands with him, but Cody, who was standing next to her, interrupted them. “Hey, you two. It’s disrespectful to chat while His Highness is talking.” “Oh, sorry.” Sheila hurriedly covered her mouth. Zechs, too, looked embarrassed and scratched his short-cropped, dry hair. Our eyes met and we both chuckled. After listening to His Highness’ words quietly for a while, it was time for the teachers to greet the students. Since the main purpose of this was to introduce the subjects they were in charge of, each person’s greeting proceeded with a brief one-liner. Sheila resumed the conversation in a whisper. “.... Speaking of which, what made you say ‘I don’t know about that’ earlier?” Instantly, Cody gave her a stern look, but the insinuating dialogue had been bothering her for a while. Zechs nodded, “Oh, that.” “The student representative speech was traditionally given by the top student of the highest grade. But ever since His Highness entered the school, it seems to be like this every year.” It seemed that it wasn’t possible for a student who wasn’t in the highest grade to give a greeting. Even though the school claimed to abolish the status system within the academy, it seemed that social status was still a thing. I envy you, you can easily make a customary thing disappear. If I had the power, I wouldn’t have to go to the trouble of pretending to be a boy. Maybe there wouldn’t have been dormitories, restrooms, and bathrooms that were only for boys. Next to Sheila, who was absentminded, Cody and Zechs were arguing. “Zechs, you’re really disrespectful. Even you don’t have the kind of grades you’re talking about.” “I admit that he’s good, but he’s not the top student in the fifth grade.” At Zechs’ rebuttal, Sheila suddenly wondered. “Who is the top student in the fifth grade who’s better than His Highness?” Zechs smiled wickedly at Sheila. “Well, you’ve had an unforgettable encounter today with him, didn’t you?” “Urm....” There was only a limited number of people Sheila had conversed with today. Cody was a classmate, so he wasn’t it, and Jornwerner was a teacher. The only other person she could think of was that stiff-looking dark-haired aristocrat. “That’s why I said don’t pick a fight with him....” It was an incident that she would like both Leidyrune himself and the students who were watching around her to forget. Even if Sheila herself thought it was a trivial matter, it was a headache because those around her didn’t recognize it as such. Once the opening ceremony was over, she would be free because she didn’t have classes today. There were chores that needed to be done, such as cleaning the room at the dormitory, but first, she wanted to be alone and relaxed. She thought back to the day’s chaotic encounters. Sheila became friends with Cody and spoke to Leidyrune, a duke. Her gender was discovered by Jornwerner, who had a dangerous atmosphere, and she befriended Zechs, who was also from a commoner background. “... Well, despite everything, it’s been a productive day. We seemed to be doing fine. I’m relieved that things are going well.” When she nodded her head as she summed it all up, Cody held his head in disappointment. “.... Yeah, I didn’t expect you to have any sensibilities at all....” It seemed that Zechs was taken aback by Cody, who began to mumble and grunt. Before she knew it, the teachers’ greeting was coming to an end, and it was Jornwerner’s turn. “I’m Jornwerner Alfrey. I’m in charge of training in magic combat. The main focus of my research in the academic tower is to develop and improve the performance of magic tools. We’re always looking for new test subjects for this purpose, so please feel free to contact me.” The freshmen were buzzing because he said something incomprehensible with a beautiful smile on his face. The sophomores and above weren’t so surprised, so she guessed that this kind of statement was an everyday occurrence. It was probably not something that should be said in public, though. As she looked at the stage dumbfounded, her eyes were drawn to the figure standing next to Jornwerner. He was slender but had a toned physique with supple muscles all over his body. The silver armor covering his body had a crest of a hawk and a sword on his chest. His silver hair was almost white, and his eyes were perhaps a brilliant peacock color. He was too far away, but she could tell that he was frighteningly perfect and beautiful. “No way....” A stunned voice escaped from Sheila’s mouth. The person on the stage quietly opened his mouth. “I’m Claushezade Norstein. I’m in charge of the special knighthood course. I will give strict guidance, so please be prepared for that.” His voice was cold and stern. Even that was just as she remembered it from her childhood. The knight Sheila had seen when she was a child, protecting Felix. Claushezade Norstein was the knight of that time, whom she admired so much that she aspired to become one. The scene from more than ten years ago came back vividly to her mind. With a single strike of his sword, he cut off the arm of a giant tiger that was thicker than a man’s torso. After steadily cutting off the opponent’s power, his sharp swordsmanship brilliantly struck the weak point. His quick movements were like a graceful dance. Sheila gazed intently at the figure she had longed to see. He was probably in his late twenties. This meant that he might’ve just become an adult at that time. To a child’s eyes, he looked like a proper adult, but in reality, he wasn’t that much older than she was now. This deeply moved her. As she gazed into his eyes with a single-minded passion, Claushezade added a few words. “In addition, I will now call out the student who has caused problems prior to the opening ceremony. ――Sheila Danau. The students who were there reported the incident. We need to hear the situation from him as well, so please remain here after the ceremony.” The unprecedented call-out in the middle of the opening ceremony startled the entire student body. They were exchanging glances and whispered in each other’s ears. Some of them even pointed at Sheila, who was the target in the middle of the commotion. Sheila blinked her eyes as if she had just woken up from a dream when she heard her name was called out of Claushezade’s mouth. Zechs looked back at her with a sympathetic glance. “....You really are a hot topic, aren’t you?” Apparently, Sheila’s long day was far from over.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 1, "inserted_lines_src": 0, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
NSOが大型アップデートされた。いつもより長いメンテナンスを終えた世界に、俺は真っ先に飛び込んだ。追加された主な要素は3つ......。『グロウカード』『スクランブル』『ユニゾン』。これらの要素の名前自体は以前から明かされていたが、詳細が公開されたのは最近である。陣取り合戦でルールをしっかり覚える大切さを知った俺は、公開されたこれらの情報を穴があくのではないかというほど読み込んだ。例として公式サイトに表示されていたものを見る限り、タロットカードのような長細いものではなく、トレーディングカードのような手に持って扱いやすいサイズのカードのようだ。『グロウカード』は無数に存在する。それこそ他の枠の装備と変わらないバリエーションがある。最大の違いは、その名の通り『成長するカード』だということ。なんでも、条件を満たすごとにカードが成長し、その効果が強力なものに変わっていくらしい。ステータスが上がるのか、スキルや奥義のようなものを覚えるのかはわからない。手に入れるカードによってそこらへんもまったく違っているようだ。こういう収集要素って......心揺さぶるよな。男の子も女の子もなにかを集めるって大好きだ。『グロウカード』はイベントやNSOコインを消費して入手できるアイテムではない。フィールドで特別なモンスターを倒したり、特別なダンジョンを踏破したり、『スクランブル』をクリアすると入手できることがあるらしい。その『スクランブル』とは、簡単に言うと急に起こるクエストである。どこで起こるのか、何が起こるのか、まったく不明。その場に居合わせたプレイヤーでクリアを目指す。別に失敗したところでペナルティはないが、クリアすると『グロウカード』や特別なアイテムが手に入ることがある。『スクランブル』はフィールドで発生する。しかし、発生条件は不明なのでそのためにパーティを組んでも徒労に終わることもある。『スクランブル』のために冒険するというより、冒険していたら巻き込まれたというまさに『緊急事態』的な楽しみ方をするのが最適だと思う。ちなみにソロで遭遇した場合は難易度が調整されるらしいので安心だ。それでいて報酬もパーティを組んでいる時と変わらないらしい。どうしても『スクランブル』を探したいという時は、気楽にソロでいろんな場所を冒険するのが良いかもしれない。俺はそうするつもりだ。最後に『ユニゾン』。これを説明するのは簡単で、要するに『仲間モンスター』だ。プレイヤーは『ユニゾン解放クエスト』をクリアすることでだけ『ユニット』を仲間にすることが出来る。『ユニット』はフィールドにいる特定のモンスターを倒したり、特定のクエストをクリアすると手に入る。まあ、『グロウカード』の入手方法とほぼ同じだな。実装されているすべてのモンスターを仲間に出来るわけではない。あくまでも一部だし、その一部は明かされていない。フィールドを冒険して探し出せってことだろうな。仲間モンスターならプレイヤーと違い、気を遣わずに連れまわせる。ソロメインで活動している俺にピッタリのシステムかもしれない。しかも俺は陣取り合戦の貢献度上位の特典として、『ユニゾン解放クエスト』を受けることなく『ユニゾン』が解放されている。あとは出会うことさえできれば......。まあ、それが難しいんだろうな。陣取りの特典は他にも『NSOメダル500枚』とか『MVPメダル』がある。 NSOメダルはバトロワの時にも貰ったいろんなアイテムと交換できるメダルだ。 500枚も貰うと今度は多すぎて使い道に悩む。後々考えよう。 MVPメダルは交換用のアイテムとかではなく、金メダル銀メダルとかのメダルだ。ステータスは上がらないが『装飾』の枠で装備することも出来る。メダルには名前とイベントの最終成績、所属陣営『レッドボア』の紋章などが刻まれていてカッコいい。だが、残念ながら装備はしていない。でも、こうして頑張った証を形にしてくれたのはありがたい。イベントの特典はこういう物でいいんだ。ここでしか手に入らない超優秀な装備とか、すごく有用なアイテムとかはかえってNGだ。こういう自己満足的なオシャレアイテムなら手に入らなくても仕方ないで済む。特に今回のイベントに関しては本当にこの程度の特典で良かった。これがプレイヤー間に大きく差をつけるような特典だったら......。いや、余計なことは考えず本題に戻ろう。 3つの新要素は、フィールド探索を楽しくするためのスパイスだ。今まではレベル上げとか、レアモンスターからのドロップ狙いが主な探索の理由だったけど、これなら仲間と集まって人が行ったことがなさそうな場所を冒険しようという気にもなる。あ、そうそう。同時にスキルとか装備とか奥義とかのバランス調整も来たらしいけど、あんまりネットでは話題になってなかったな。 NSOのコミュニティの中で最も勢いのある『とある掲示板』は怖くて覗けてないけど、有名SNSとかだと3つの新要素の話題で持ち切りだ。それと、まだ流れてくる俺のMVP画像......。ま、ともかくとして、オンラインゲームのバランス調整って最大の利点にして、イベント以上に荒れかねない要素だ。昔は一度発売したゲームの不具合なんて直しようがなかったけど、今なら大体オンラインに繋がっているから後で直せる。ただ......不具合を直すだけなら喜ばれるが、何かを弱体化するとなると反発もある。いろいろ事情はあるとはいえ、プレイヤーが手に入れた物の価値を下げる行為だからな。でも、今回は特に荒れていない。荒れやすい状況だというのに驚くほど静かだ。これは大きな調整はなかったということだろう。俺もそんなぶっ壊れ装備とかスキルとか持ってなかったし、きっと影響なしだろうな。でも、一応確認はしておこう。 ◆ステータス名前:キュージィ職業: HP:105/105(+30) MP:145/145(+70) 攻撃:180(+185) 防御:131(+100) 魔攻:20 魔防:147(+135) 速度:102(+80) 射程:400(+180) ◆装備頭部:風流の襟巻右手:風雲弓左手:(風雲弓) 両腕:雲穿の弓懸胴体:風雲の羽織脚部:風受の袴両足:雲渡の足袋装飾:―、―、― イベント中にスキルを獲得することはあれど、経験値は獲得できない。ゆえにレベルは上がらないし据え置きだな。装備の変化は大活躍だったゴリラの拳『森の賢者の拳』から、『雲穿の弓懸』に変更したくらいだ。フィールドを練り歩くなら、重い拳より軽い装備の方が良いかと思った。装備に備わった武器スキルや武器奥義もチェックする。『風雲弓』の【弓時雨】。『風受の袴』の【舞風】。『雲渡の足袋』の【浮雲】。ついでに今は装備していない物も確認しておこう。『森の賢者の拳』の【ブラックスモッグ】。『スパイダーシューター』の【ウェブアロー】。うむ......。フレーム単位で発生が遅くなったりしていたら俺にはわからないだろうけど、とりあえず目に見える弱体化は受けていないな。ほっと一安心だ。正直、【ブラックスモッグ】はヤバいんじゃないかと思ってた。あとは俺自身が覚えているスキルと奥義だな。武器スキルの方が強力なものは多いし、そっちが弱体化されてないんだから大丈夫だろう。スキル: 【弓術V】【会心の一矢】【バーニングアロー】【マルチショット】【不動狙撃の構え】【狙撃の眼力】【裂空】【ワープアロー】よしよし、何かが削除されたりはしてないな。スキルの効果も変わっていないようだ。「あ、あれ?」おかしいなぁ、スキルが一つ奥義の方に入れられているぞ? おかしいなぁ......おかしいなぁ......。いや、おかしくは......ないか。明らかに強かったもんな【ワープアロー】。【ワープアロー】矢の刺さった位置にプレイヤーを移動させる。クールタイム:3分効果は弱体化されていないが、クールタイムがついてしまった。連射できたものが、一回使うたびにカップラーメンが出来るまで待たないといけなくなる。移動にとんでもなく便利なことに変わりはないが、連続の緊急回避には使えなくなった。ここぞという時の切り札......まさに『奥義』。覚悟していたというのもあるが、あまりショックではないな。字面だけ見れば弱体化と言うより格上げだし、俺の愛用するスキルの強さを認められたような気分だ。「さて、確認も終わったし冒険に出発するか」やることは決めてある。もちろん、新要素を楽しみたい。でも、『グロウカード』『スクランブル』『ユニゾン』はランダム要素が強いので、これを目的に歩き回るのはむなしい。同時にあることを進める。それは......マップを埋めることだ。このゲームのマップはそのままだと最初の街の周辺しか描かれていない。空白を埋めるには、その空白の地域を冒険して、条件を満たさなければならない。俺の場合は最初の街周辺以外に、風雲山近辺が埋まっているのみ。ほぼほぼ白紙の地図だ。さらにこのゲームは街から街にファストトラベルというワープが可能だ。その機能を解放するのにも、実際に街を訪ねて条件を満たさねばならない。俺はいま最初の街と風雲の隠れ里にしかワープが出来ない。世界があまりにも狭い。まずは南の地図を埋める。理由は海があるからだ。森に行って、山に行って、次は海だろう......という能天気な理由だ。「運良く新要素にも出会えるといいんだが」足取り軽く、俺は街を飛び出した。	NSO had a massive update. After the unusually long maintenance was over, I was one of the first to rush back into the world. Three main features had been added... ‘Grow Card,’ ‘Scramble,’ and ‘Unison.’ While the names had been released earlier, the details had only been published very recently. The turf war had taught me the importance of having a good grasp on the rules, and so I read through them so thoroughly that I almost bore a hole through them. The Grow Card was a card that could be equipped as an accessory. There were examples on the official site. They were not long like tarot cards, but looked more like trading cards that would be easy to handle. There were numerous types of Grow Cards. Indeed, there was as much variety as any other equipment. The biggest difference was that they ‘grew.’ This happened when certain conditions were met. And the effects of the card would become stronger. I didn’t know if it offered status boosts, or affected skills and special attacks. Apparently, it varied greatly depending on what card you got. But these kinds of collection elements...were quite appealing. Most boys and girls liked to collect things. Grow Cards were not items that could be acquired during events or by using NSO coins. You had to kill special monsters in the field and conquer special dungeons. And there were apparently times when you could win them through clearing ‘Scrambles.’ These Scrambles were quests that appeared suddenly. You didn’t know where or what would happen. But players who happened to be there would try to beat them. There was no penalty for failing, but you had a chance of winning special items or Grow Cards if you succeeded. These Scrambles happened on the field. However, as the conditions for triggering them were unknown, there was no point in joining a party to try and complete them. They weren’t something you went out adventuring for, but just an added ‘emergency state’ that you could enjoy. Apparently, the difficulty was also adjusted, so solo players would have nothing to fear. And the rewards would also be the same if you were in a party. So if you really wanted to look for Scrambles, you might as well just go traveling around solo. That’s what I intended on doing. Lastly, there was Unison. It was easy to explain. They were just ‘Friendly Monsters.’ When players finished Unison Release Quests, they could make a single ‘Unit’ join them. These units were acquired by defeating certain monsters on the field, or completing special quests. Well, it was similar to the Grow Cards. It wasn’t as if you could make every monster your friend. It only worked with some of them, and we still still didn’t know which ones. I suppose that meant we were supposed to explore and find out. The difference between friendly monsters and players was that there was no sense of reservation. Which was perfect for a solo player like me. Not only that, but as a bonus for my contribution in the turf war, Unison was released to me without accepting any quests. So now I just needed to meet one... Well, that was probably the hard part. There were also other bonuses from the turf war, like NSO medals and the MVP medal. I had won NSO medals during the battle royale as well, and they could be traded in for items. But was so much that I wasn’t sure how to spend it. I would have to think about it later. The MVP medals weren’t for trading in. They were similar to gold or silver medals. And while they didn’t boost your status, they could be equipped. Mine looked pretty cool, as it had my name, event ranking, and Red Boar’s emblem carved into it. However, I did not equip it, unfortunately. People already approached me all of the time. I would stick out even more with this thing dangling around my neck. Still, it was nice to have proof of all my hard work. Bonuses for events should be like this. It shouldn’t be exclusive and overpowered armor or items. These things were just for vanity, and no one would care if they couldn’t acquire them. Especially for this particular event, I was happy that it was this way. Had it been something that created a big gap between players... No, nevermind that. Back to the main subject. The three new features were a spice to make exploration more enjoyable. Up until now, there was leveling and rare monster drops as far as reasons to explore, but now there was more of an incentive to gather friends and go to places that no one else had. Ah, that’s right. There were also adjustments made to the balance of skills and equipment. But it wasn’t being talked about as much. There was a certain message board that was very popular in the NSO community, but I was too scared to look at it. But apparently, people were talking about nothing but the three new features. Oh, and that photo of me that was still being posted around... Well, in any case, being able to make adjustments was one of the advantages of online gaming. There was no way to fix games back in the old days. But since most games were online now, they could be fixed later. However...while people would be happy if it was just bug fixes, they were less happy when they were nerfed. While there were various reasons for it, the overall effect was to lower the value of what they acquired. But there didn’t seem to be any backlash this time. Which was surprising, since it happened so easily. I suppose that meant that the adjustments were minimal. I myself didn’t have anything really out there, and so I was unlikely to be affected. But I decided to look just in case. ◆ Status Name: Kyuji Job: Archer HP: 5/105(+30) MP: 145/145(+70) Attack: 180(+185) Defense: 131(+100) Magic Attack: 20 Magic Defense: 147(+135) Speed: 102(+80) Range: 400(+180) ◆ Equipment Head: Windstream Scarf Right Hand: Windcloud Bow Left Hand: (Windcloud Bow) Arms: Cloudbore Archery Gloves Body: Windcloud Haori Legs: Windguard Hakama Feet: Cloudcrossing Tabi Accessories: None While you gained skills during events, you didn’t get experience. And so I didn’t level up. As for differences in my equipment, I just changed the gorilla fists, which had served me well, with the Cloudbore Archer Gloves. If I was going to be traveling through the field, it would be better to dress lightly. I also checked my weapon skills and charge attacks. The Windcloud Bow’s ‘Bow Shower.’ Windguard Hakama’s ‘Whirlwind.’ Cloudcrossing Tabi’s ‘Floating Cloud.’ There were also a few other things that weren’t equipped. Fists of the Forest Sage’s ‘Black Smog.’ Spider Shooter’s ‘Web Arrow.’ Hmm... Perhaps they were slower if you counted the frames, but I wouldn’t notice such a thing. In any case, there seemed to be no visible nerfing. I was relieved. To be honest, I had been a little worried about Black Smog. Now there was just the skills and charge attacks. My weapon skills were stronger, so if those were fine, these should be as well. Skills: [Bow Arts V] [Multi-shot] [Indomitable Sniper Stance] [Sky Tear] [Warp Arrow] Good, good. Nothing had been removed. And the skill effects seemed to be the same. “Oh, what?” That was strange. One of the skills was now in the charge attacks. Strange... Strange... Or maybe it’s not that strange... After all, Warp Arrow was very strong. Warps the player to the spot where the arrow lands. Cooldown: 3 minutes. While the effect was the same, there was now cooldown time. You used to be able to use it in quick succession, but now I could make instant noodles between shots. It didn’t change the fact that it was incredibly useful, but I could no longer use multiple shots for emergency escape. It would now be a trump card that I would have to save... But I had been expecting something like this, so it wasn’t much of a shock. Especially since it was still powerful. You might even say that it sounded more powerful now. It was like they acknowledged how great one of my favorite skills was. “Now, I’m finished with that. Perhaps I can go out on an adventure now.” I had decided what I wanted to do. And that was, of course, to enjoy the new features. But since the Grow Card, Scramble, and Unison were all quite random, it wasn’t something you walked around for the express purpose of trying to find them. And so I would do something else at the same time. And that is...to fill in the map. In this game, only the area around the first town was filled in. If you wanted to see the rest, you had to explore the area and fulfil different requirements. Aside from the first town, the only area I had filled in was the Windcloud Mountain region. And so the map was nearly all white. In this game, it was possible to fast travel between towns. However, you needed to visit each of those towns at least once in order to unlock that feature. So I could currently only warp between the first town and the hidden Windcloud town. That made my world quite small. First, I would fill in the south side. The reason was because of the sea. I had gone to the forests and mountains, so the sea should be next...was my carefree excuse. “I hope that I’m lucky enough to encounter these new features.” And so on light feet, I rushed out of the town.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 4, "inserted_lines_src": 8, "inserted_lines_trg": 7 }
「宰相閣下。済みません、見ての通りです。特使殿の捕縛は不可能になりました」「いや......仕方あるまい、良くやってくれた」宰相がそう言うや否や、船室の天井と床が同時にメキメキと音を立てて破壊された。「む......!? 今度は何だ!?」天井からも床からも、黒くて太い虫の脚のようなものが生えていた。そして、硬質の宝石のようなものが所々に埋まっている。続いて胴体部分が露になると、それは巨大な蜘蛛だった。硬質な鎧のような外殻を持った、蜘蛛の魔石獣である。「これは――魔石獣!」なんて降ってなかったわ! それにこんな空の上だし!」「なら血鉄鎖旅団の仕業......よね!?」があるから――好きに魔石獣を生み出せるはずだよ」「どんどん出てくる!」の弓から光の矢を撃ち出す。それが蜘蛛の魔石獣の胴体を貫き、ブジュウと嫌な音を立てて動きを止めた。「とにかく倒しましょう!」の能力は確かだ。この程度の魔石獣に引けは取らない。これは任せよう。イングリスはアールシア宰相に近づいて問う。「宰相閣下。どうなさいますか? 取引は諦めて脱出を?」「......出来れば代理とでも取引を済ませたいが――この混乱を収めねばならんようだ」「では船内の魔石獣を倒して回りましょうか?」「そうしてもらえると助かる」「承りました。ですが、宰相閣下船外に退避された方が良いのでは?」「......ああ、その方が君達も戦いやすいだろうな」「いいわ、急ぎましょクリス!」「こっちは倒したから!」ちょうどその時、ラフィニアとレオーネが協力して、敵の第一波を掃討し終えていた。「うん。ではファルスさん――」と、イングリスはファルスに声をかけた。「うん? 何だい?」「......まだ、準備は整いませんか? 今は好機かと思うのですが?」「――! フフッ。そうか......さすがだな。そうだな、そろそろだよな」「え? どういう事、クリス?」「何の事を言っているの?」ラフィニアとレオーネがきょとんとしている。「まあ、つまり――」「特使様! ミュンテー様! 大変ですランバー商会の積み荷から魔石獣が――! うがああぁぁぁっ!?」背中から魔石獣の鋭い脚を突き刺されて、悲鳴を上げた。続いてまた新たな魔石獣の群れが、船室に姿を現す。「そんな――じゃあファルスさんがこれを......!?」「じゃあ、あなたが血鉄鎖旅団だったのね......!」「一つは正解で一つは不正解だな。確かにこれは俺の仕業だが、俺は血鉄鎖旅団とは無関係だぜ。ほらな――」と、ファルスは頭のバンダナを片手で剥ぎ取った。の証である聖痕があった。も一枚岩じゃないって事だよ、きっと」ファルス自身が先程言っていたことだ。「参考までに聞きたいが......いつから気が付いてた?」「はじめに会った時に。あなたも戦いませんかとお誘いしたと思いますが?」ちょうど新手の魔石獣がイングリスに迫って来て、刃のような脚を突き出してくる。イングリスはそれを見もせずに掴み取る。そのままぐいと引っ張って、魔石獣を体ごとファルスに向けて投げつけた。無造作に投げつけたが、凄い速度が出ている。だがファルスは全く動じず、それを殴り飛ばしてイングリスに撃ち返して来た。 ――これも尋常な力ではない。「ですがあなたは力のないふりをしたので、何かあるとは思っていました。流石に正体がそう言いながら、イングリスも飛んで来る魔石獣の身体を蹴り返した。「何てこった、初めからお見通しだってか? すっとぼけて泳がせるなんて意地が悪いじゃねえか」またファルスから魔石獣が叩き返される。更にイングリスも撃ち返す。向こうも同じく。「......わたし自身はいつ何時、誰の挑戦でも受けます。が、それを他の方に強いるつもりはありません。あなたの準備が万端に整うのを待っていただけです」相手の力を出し切らせずに勝っても、ただ勿体ないだけで何も面白くない。相手の土俵に乗り、やりたい事をさせて力を出し切らせた上で勝つ。それが自分自身にとっても、最も成長が期待できる。の騎士でな。数少ない戦闘の専門でな。ミュンテーを殺る手間は省けたし、お礼に期待は裏切らねえようにしてやるぜ」だんだんお互いの間を飛ぶ魔石獣の速度が上がって行く。意地の張り合いのような様相だ。「ありがとうございます。楽しみにさせて頂きます」最後に撃ち返したイングリスの一撃の勢いに、ファルスの狙いが逸れた。魔石獣は壁を突き破り、大きく空へ飛んで行ったのだ。「くっ......! 外れたか」「まだまだそんな程度では、実力はの優劣など測れませんよ。さぁどうぞ、かかって来て下さい」イングリスはにっこりと笑顔を浮かべた。	「Your Excellency. I’m terribly sorry. As you can see, apprehending the Special Envoy would be impossible now.」「No...... Don’t be, it was inevitable. You did great.」 The moment the Prime Minister said so, some segments of the floor and the ceilings of the cabin were destroyed. 「Mu......!? What is it now!?」 From up and down, what seemed to be thick, black insect legs were growing out, crawling in. Lumps of what looked like hard gems were buried all along the appendages. Then, as the creatures’ body parts appeared, they revealed to be giant spiders. They were Spider Magic Stone Beasts with exoskeleton harder than metal armor. 「Those are——Magic Stone Beasts!!」「Even though there wasn’t any Prism Flow! We’re in the sky, even!」「This must be the Ironblood Chain Brigade’s handiwork.... right!?」「Yeah. The brigade has Prism Powder in their possession——they should be able to create Magic Stone Beasts.」「The spiders, they just keep coming out!」 Rafinha shot an arrow of light from her bow Artifact. The arrow pierced through one of the Magic Stone Beasts with a disgusting fleshy sound, its body stopped moving afterwards. 「Just take them down!」 Their strength is real, Magic Stone Beasts of this level won’t outdo them. I’ll leave this to them. Besides, I don’t think it’s a bad idea to show off Leone’s participation to Prime Minister Althea. Thought Inglis, as she approached the Prime Minister, asked him a question. 「Your Excellency. What should we do? Should we abandon the negotiation and escape?」「...... It would be ideal if I got a deal out from a Highlander representative first, but——it seems like we have to clean up the mess.」「So, shall we go around and subjugate the Magic Stone Beasts abroad?」「That would be great.」「Understood. However, if it is possible, I require your Excellency to step out of the ship for a little while.」「...... Of course. I’m sure you and your group can fight easier that way.」「Good idea! Make haste, Glis!」「We’ll defeat the ones in here!」 Just then, Rafinha and Leone combined strengths to finish cleaning the first wave of the beasts. 「Yeah. Then, Mister Faris——」 Inglis called out to Faris. 「Hm? What is it?」「...... Don’t you think it’s already well arranged? I believe now is the time for it.」「——! Fufu. I see what you did there...... As expected of you. You’re right, it’s about time.」「Eh? What do you mean, Glis?」「What are you two talking about?」 Rafinha and Leone looked very puzzled. 「Well, in short——」「Lord Myynti! Emergency! Magic Stone Beasts are pouring out from Lambert Firm’s cargo! UGaaahhh!?!?」 He screamed as the sharp legs of the Magic Stone Beasts pierced him from behind. Following him, another batch of Magic Stone Beasts showed up. 「No way——So, Mister Faris did all this......!?」「You’re the Ironblood Chain Brigade’s agent......!」「One is right, one is wrong. Indeed, I brought the Magic Stone Beasts here, but I am not affiliated with that brigade at all. See——」 With that statement, Faris ripped off the bandana on his head with one hand. On the exposed forehead——was a Highlander stigma, proof of his identity. 「The Highland isn’t united either, remember?」 Faris himself said it before. 「Just out of curiosity...... When did you notice?」「From the first time we met. I believe I invited you to join in the fight that night?」 At that very moment, another Magic Stone Beast leapt at Inglis, sticking out its blade-like legs. Inglis grabbed them without even batting an eye. She pulled the legs in a single swing and threw the beast at Faris. She did it offhandedly, but the speed was abnormally fast. And yet, Faris didn’t twitch. He punched the beast off the air, making it bounce back to Inglis. ——And his power was not ordinary. 「But since you pretended to be powerless, I guessed that there must be something going on. I couldn’t have imagined that your true identity was that of a Highlander.」 As she spoke so, Inglis also kicked back the body of the Magic Stone Beast that flew at her. 「I’ll be damned. You’ve seen through me since the beginning. Aren’t you quite the ill-natured girl, acting stupid and letting me swim along.」 Faris once again bounced back toward the Magic Stone Beast. Inglis hit it back to him again. And so did he. They continued conversing while exchanging the body of the beast, casually.「...... I will always accept anyone’s challenge. However, I have no intention to force anyone to fight me. I’m just waiting until your preparation is ready.」 Winning when my opponent isn’t at their best is just a colossal waste of potential, and it’s not fun at all. Playing by my opponent’s rules, doing what they want me to do, giving them what they want, then take the win afterwards. That is how you can expect to get the most growth out of it. You have to make the most of the opportunity you have.「I see now. I’m still a Highlander Knight, one of the few people specialized in battle. You’ve saved me the trouble of killing Myynti, so for that favor, I won’t disappoint you.」 The speed of the beast exchanging between them gradually increased. It was like a competition of stubbornness. 「Thank you very much. I look forward to it.」 Using the momentum of Inglis’ last return, Faris’ shot was just slightly missing its target. The Magic Stone Beast broke through the wall and vanished into the sky. 「Kgh......! I missed.」「I can’t measure your strength if that’s all you’ve got. Please, by all means, come at me.」 Rallied Inglis with a smile.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 6, "inserted_lines_src": 29, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
可憐な声で、しかし、残酷に響き渡った詠。直後、その魔法は殲滅の意思を乗せて発動された。蒼炎の宝珠、ドクンッ! と脈動したかと思うと、次の瞬間、宝珠を中心に煌く蒼い光が内側から膨れ上がるように地下空間へと広がっていく。まるで凪いだ水面に落ちた一滴の水滴がもたらす波紋の如く。静かに、穏やかに、されど慈悲など微塵も宿さずに。その蒼の光に触れたゴキブリは僅かな抵抗も許されず、一瞬で灰も残さずに消滅していった。ボスゴキブリもまた〝神罰之焔〟と命名され魔法が呟かれた瞬間、脱兎の如く逃げ出したが、幾ばくも距離を取らないうちに急速に膨れ上がるようにして広がった蒼の光に捕まり悲鳴を上げることも出来ずにあっさりと消滅した。ボスゴキブリが消えたことで、遠くでシア達や光輝達が戦っていた小さなゴキブリと中型ゴキブリが統率を失ったように混乱し始めたが、そんなことは些細なことである。広がり続ける蒼い光は、そのままシア達も巻き込んでゴキブリ達を呑み込んだ。そう、焦ることが出来ていた。目の前の滅びを見ることが出来ていた。理由は明快。滅されたのはゴキブリ達だけで、光輝達もシア達も全くの無傷だったからだ。無傷なのはシア達だけではない。大樹や枝通路なども全くの無傷である。地下空間に余すことなく広がりゴキブリを蹂躙していく蒼い光、にもかかわらずゴキブリ以外には全く影響を及ぼさないという事実に、光輝達だけでなくシア達も驚いたような表情でハジメとユエに視線を向けた。 ――神罰之焔炎系最上級魔法〝蒼天〟を重力魔法によって計十発分圧縮し、更に、魂魄魔法の〝選定〟によってユエが指定した魂を持つ者だけ、あるいは指定しなかった魂を持つ者だけを焼き滅ぼす殲滅魔法である。ユエに許されたものだけが生き残り、敵と定めたものだけを滅ぼす。それはまさに、御業というに相応しい。ユエという名の神が下す神罰の焔、というわけだ。「とんでもない魔法だな。......流石、ユエだ」「......んっ、もっと褒めて?」蒼炎の光が消えて静寂を取り戻した地下空間にの声が響く。流石に、大魔法を放ったせいか疲れた様子のユエを、ハジメはスッとお姫様抱っこした。ハジメの首筋に腕を回したユエはリラックスした様子で全身から力を抜く。そして、そのままカプッ! とハジメの首に口付けを行い、レロレロ、チューチューとハジメの血を堪能した。「そう言えば、ゲームは負けちまったな......」ユエが夢中でハジメの首筋に吸い付いている間、ハジメは片手でユエを抱き直し、もう片方の手で優しくその髪を撫でる。そして、ポツリと思い出したようにゲームの勝敗を述べた。「......んっ、はぁぁ、んっ。そう、私の勝ち。ハジメは何でも言うこと聞く」ユエは、喘ぎつつ恍惚とした表情でハジメから顔を離すと、妖艶さ全開で舌舐りしながら瞳を輝かせた。「といっても、ユエのお願いなら勝敗に関係なく聞くことになるから、あんまり意味なかったかな?」「......ふふ。じゃあ、いつかのために取っておく」その言葉に、一体なにを要求されるのやらとハジメが困ったような表情をしていると、突如念話が響き渡った。それはもう大声で。『そうだよぉ! ユエばっかりズルい! 私だってハジメくんと......とにかく戻って来て!』シアと香織だ。ぷんすかしながら光輝達の傍らでブンブンと激しく手招きしている。ティオは肩を竦めているだけだ。どうやら心情を汲んで待っていてくれたらしい。光輝達は気まずげに視線を逸らし、雫と鈴は頬を赤らめている。遠目に、ハジメとユエのあれこれを見ていたようだ。そんな彼女達の反応からすると、みんな感情が元に戻っているようである。自力で戻れていたのか、それともボスゴキブリが死んだためかは分からないが。ハジメとユエは、顔を見合わせ軽くもう一度キスするとシア達のところへ戻った。「最後に、さり気なくキスしてましたね......」「うらやま......んっ、んっ。二人共無事で良かった。まぁ、途中で〝愛しさしかないぃ〟とか〝私もぉ〟とか、物凄く響いてたから無事だってわかってたけど......」「全く、流石ご主人様とユエじゃな。戦闘中に二人っきりの世界に入るなどと......玩具のように翻弄されるあ奴が流石に不憫でならなかったのじゃ」三様に、されど全員呆れを含ませた言葉と表情でハジメとユエを出迎えるシア達。ハジメはユエを離さず片手で抱っこしたまま肩を竦める。特に気にしていないようだ。その神経の太さに光輝達もまた呆れた表情になる。「......自力で戻れた?」「ああ、途中で戻るには戻れたのですが......」「う、う~ん。あれを自力で戻ったと言っていいのかな?」ユエの質問に、シアと香織は首を傾げる。それにティオが苦笑いしながら説明を加える。「まぁ、自力で戻ったと言ってよいじゃろう。きっかけが、ご主人様とユエの告白合戦に対する嫉妬だったとしてもの? あの熱烈な愛の言葉は妾も女として羨ましかったのじゃ。気が付けばゴキブリなんぞ眼中になかった、というくらいにの。シアと香織も、そんなところじゃろ?」「うん......」そういう事らしい。ハジメの視線が光輝達の方を向く。お前等はどうなんだ? と。「「「......」」」どうやら自力で乗り切れた可能性があるのは、雫だけのようだ。やはり精神的な強度では雫が一段上なのだろう。光輝達は試練を乗り切れなかった可能性(一応、かなりの数のゴキブリを倒したが)が高いことと、最後までゴキブリを可愛い、愛おしいと思ってしまったことに二重でダメージを受けていた。その後、シア達がユエにさっきの魔法は何なのかと質問していると、突然、天井付近の大樹の一部が輝き始めた。光輝達のダメージを回復しつつそちらに注目していると、メキメキッと音を響かせながら大きな枝が新たに生え始める。その枝は、新たな通路となってどんどん長さを伸ばすと、遂にハジメ達がゴキブリに襲われの枝通路が合流するポイント目の枝通路として引っ付いた。上から伸びてきた枝通路なので、枝の節とも相まって天へと伸びる階段のようにも見える。ハジメ達は顔を見合わせると、休憩もそこそこに先へ進むことにした。ただし、ハジメはユエを抱っこしたまま。ユエが離れようとしなかったし、ハジメが離そうとしなかったのだから仕方がない。むくれたシアと香織が左右から、ティオが背後から抱きついたのは言うまでもない。光輝達が何とも言えない表情で後を付いていったのも言うまでもないことだ。五本目の枝通路を登りきると、そこにはいつものように洞が出来ていた。躊躇いなく進むと、案の定、光が溢れ出し転移陣が起動する。光が収まったあとハジメ達の目の前に広がっていたのは......庭園だった。空が非常に近く感じられる。空気はとても澄んでいて、学校の体育館程度の大きさのその場所にはチョロチョロと流れるいくつもの可愛らしい水路と芝生のような地面、あちこちから突き出すように伸びている比較的小さな樹々、小さな白亜の建物があった。そして一番奥には円形の水路で囲まれた小さな島と、その中央に一際大きな樹、その樹の枝が絡みついている石版があった。ティオがスタスタと歩いて庭園の淵に行き眼下を覗き込む。「ご主人様よ。どうやらここは大樹の天辺付近みたいじゃぞ?」ティオの言葉に、他のメンバーも庭園の端から下を見やる。すると、眼下には広大な雲海と見紛う濃霧の海が広がっていた。「おいおい、それはおかしいだろ。......俺達がフェルニルで樹海の上を飛んで来たときには大樹なんてなかった。濃霧があるところまでで目算しても、この庭園の高さは二百メートルはある。こんなでっかい樹を見逃すはずがないが......」そこまで言ってから、ハジメは自分の発言のおかしさに気がついた。そもそも、地上でみた大樹の大きさからして、樹海を覆う濃霧を越えて上部が上空に突き出しているのは当たり前のことだ。にもかかわらず、今の今まで、フェルニルから大樹を確認できなかったことを「......なるほど。隠蔽する魔法でも働いてるってことか」「......ん。闇系統にそういう魔法はある......魂魄魔法ならもっと......あるいは空間をずらしてる?」ハジメの推論に、ユエが魔法の考察をする。闇系統なら認識阻害系の魔法もあるが規模がおかしい。魂魄魔法なら魂魄に干渉して意識させないようにすることもあるいは......と考えた。しかし、違和感すら覚えさせないというのは今のユエでもまだ無理だ。ハジメ達は感心したような表情になる。用意されていた試練の数々は最低に嫌らしいものばかりだったが、そこはやはり解放者。ただの性悪ではないらしい。「やっぱり、ここがゴールか」ハジメの呟きに光輝達がハッとした表情をする。口々に「ここが......」とか「やっと......」などと呟いている。それらを尻目にハジメは一番奥にある石版のもとへ歩いて行った。水路で囲まれた円状の小さな島に、ハジメ達が可愛らしいアーチを渡って降り立つ。途端、石版が輝き出し、水路に若草色の魔力が流れ込んだ。水路そのものが魔法陣となっているのだ。ホタルのような燐光がゆらゆらと立ち昇る。いつもと同じように記憶を精査されるような感覚と、直後の知識を無理やり刻み込まれる感覚。ハジメ達は慣れたものだが、一名ほどその衝撃と違和感に「うっ」と呻き声を上げている。ハジメが、流れ込んできた知識から読み取った新たな神代魔法を口にしようとしたその時、おもむろに目の前の石版に絡みついた樹がうねり始めた。何事かとハジメ達が身構える。そんなハジメ達を尻目に立ち昇る燐光に照らされた樹はぐねぐねと形を変えていき、やがて、その幹の真ん中に人の顔を作り始めた。ググッとせり出てきて、肩から上だけの女性とわかる容姿が出来上がっていく。そうして完全に人型が出来上がると、その女性は閉じていた目を開ける。そして、そっと口を開いた。「まずは、おめでとうと言わせてもらうわ。よく、数々の大迷宮とわたくしの、このリューティリス・ハルツィナの用意した試練を乗り越えたわね。あなた達に最大限の敬意を表し、ひどく辛い試練を仕掛けたことを深くお詫び致します」どうやら樹を媒体にした記録のようだ。オスカーのような映像の代わりということだろう。どこかリリアーナのような王族に通じる気品と威厳があるように感じる。樹の幹から出来ているのではっきりとは分からないが、ストレートの髪を中分けにした美人に見える。「しかし、これもまた必要なこと。他の大迷宮を乗り越えて来たあなた方ならば、神々と我々の関係、過去の悲劇、そして今、起きている何か......全て把握しているはずね? それ故に、揺るがぬ絆と、揺らぎ得る心というものを知って欲しかったのよ。きっと、ここまでたどり着いたあなた達なら、心の強さというものも、逆に、弱さというものも理解したと思う。それが、この先の未来で、あなた達の力になることを切に願っているわ」神妙な顔でリューティリスの話を聞くシア達。しかし、ハジメは既に焦れてきたようだ。御託はいらないという表情である。一応、空気を読んで大人しく聞いているが。「あなた達が、どんな目的の為に、私の魔法―― 〝昇華魔法〟を得ようとしたのかは分からない。どう使おうとも、あなた達の自由だわ。でも。どうか力に溺れることだけはなく、そうなりそうな時は絆の標に縋りなさい」ハジメがキョロキョロし始めた。どう見ても攻略の証を探している。既に話は聞いていなさそうだ。その視線が石版にチラチラと注がれていることから、その内、勝手に取り出そうとするかも知れない。リューティリスは話を急いだ方がいいだろう。ただの記録なので無理だろうが。「わたくしの与えた神代の魔法〝昇華〟は、全ての〝力〟を最低でも一段進化させる。与えた知識の通りに。けれど、この魔法の真価は、もっと別のところにあるわ」ハジメの眼がクワっと見開かれた。ドンナーに掛かっていた手が元に戻り、どういうことだとリューティリスに視線が向けられる。昇華魔法の真価など与えられた知識の中にない。「先にそれを教えろや」と非難的な眼差しを向けている。「昇華魔法は、文字通り全ての〝力〟を昇華させる。それは神代魔法も例外じゃない。生成魔法、重力魔法、魂魄魔法、変成魔法、空間魔法、再生魔法......これらは理の根幹に作用する強大な力。その全てが一段進化し、更に組み合わさることで神代魔法を超える魔法に至る。神の御業とも言うべき魔法――〝概念魔法〟に」誰かがゴクリと生唾を飲み込んだ音がやけに大きく響いた。ハジメも大きく目を見開いて驚きをあらわにしている。その脳裏には、かつて【ライセン大迷宮】でミレディ・ライセンに言われたことが過ぎっていた。確か彼女は、望みを叶えたいのなら全ての神代魔法を手に入れろと言っていた。それは、このことを言っていたのだろう。「概念魔法――そのままの意味よ。あらゆる概念をこの世に顕現・作用させる魔法。ただし、この魔法は全ての神代魔法を手に入れたとしても容易に修得することは出来ないわ。なぜなら、概念魔法は理論ではなく極限の意志によって生み出されるものだから」それが魔法陣による知識転写が出来なかった理由。ハジメは説明を聞いて眉をしかめる。〝極限の意志〟......何て、ふわっとした説明なんだ、と。「わたくし達、解放者のメンバーで掛りで何十年かけても、たった三つの概念魔法しか生み出すことが出来なかったわ。もっとも、わたくし達にはそれで十分ではあったのだけれど......。その内の一つをあなた達に」リューティリスがそう言った直後、石版の中央がスライドし奥から懐中時計のようなものが出てきた。それを手に取るハジメ。表には半透明の蓋の中に同じ長さの針が一本中央に固定されており、裏側にはリューティリス・ハルツィナの紋様が描かれていた。どうやら攻略の証も兼ねているようだ。ハジメが、手中のそれをしげしげと見つめているとリューティリスが説明を再開した。「名を〝導越の羅針盤〟――込められた概念は〝望んだ場所を指し示す〟よ」ハジメは、その言葉を聞いた瞬間、自分の心臓が跳ねる音を確かに聞いた。〝望んだ場所を指し示す〟。ならば、それなら...... 「どこでも、何にでも、望めばその場所へと導いてくれるわ。それが隠されたものでもあっても、あるいは――別の世界であっても」きっと、リューティリスの言っている〝別の世界〟とは神のいる世界のことだろう。極限の意志のみによって概念魔法が生み出されるというのなら、解放者達の意志など決まっている。それは当然、神を倒すことだ。ならば、この羅針盤は神のいる場所を探し出すために作り出されたのだろう。おそらく、オスカー辺りが概念魔法を生成魔法で付与した材料を使って、この羅針盤を作成したに違いない。だが、別の世界でも、その場所を示して導いてくれるというのなら――それは、故郷でも、日本でも可能なはずだ。故郷に帰るための一手が手に入った。......ハジメの胸中に、どうしようもない程の歓喜が湧き上がる。それを察したのか、傍らのユエが優しげな眼差しでハジメを見上げながらギュッと手を握り締めた。「全ての神代魔法を手に入れ、そこに確かな意志があるのなら、あなた達はどこにでも行ける。自由な意志のもと、あなた達の進む未来に幸多からんことを祈っているわ」伝えることは最低限伝えたということか、リューティリスはそれを最後の言葉に再び樹の中へと戻っていき、後には唯の石版に絡みついた樹だけが残った。余韻に浸っているような、あるいは、今起きた出来事を咀嚼しているかのような沈黙が場を満たす。そよそよと吹く風が起こす葉擦れの音だけが辺りに響いていた。「ユエ、念の為に聞くが......昇華魔法を使えば......空間魔法で..................世界を越えられるか?」ハジメの背後で、光輝達のハッとする気配が広がった。ユエは、その言葉の重みを知っているがために即答は避けて、必死にその可能性を探る。刻み込まれた知識と、間違いなく現代において最高最強の魔法使いとしての知識をフル活用する。その結果、得た答えは...... 「............ごめんなさい」そういうことだ。ただ昇華しただけの空間魔法で世界が越えられるなら、きっと解放者達も苦労しなかったに違いない。リューティリスは言った。三つの概念魔法を作ったと。一つは〝導越の羅針盤〟に付与した概念。ならば、後の二つは異なる神の世界に行く為の概念と打倒するための概念だろう。つまり、概念魔法の域に達しなければ世界を越えることは至難だということだ。ハジメの期待に応えられなかったせいか項垂れるユエに、ハジメは優しげな眼差しを向けると、そっとその美しい黄金の髪を指で梳いた。地肌に触れる感触に、ユエはくすぐったそうに首を竦めながら上目遣いでハジメを見つめる。「なに、問題ないさ。あわよくばって思っただけだ。必要な神代魔法はあと一つ。それを手に入れればいいだけだからな。なんにせよ、ユエがそんな顔をする必要はねぇよ」帰れるかもしれないという思いに逸っていた心は既に落ち着きを取り戻したようで、ハジメは余裕のある表情で肩を竦める。そんなハジメの様子にユエも安心したのか、「......ん」といつものように返事をしてハジメに擦り寄った。「ゴホンッ、ゴホンッ! ハジメさ~ん、ユエさ~ん、いいですか? どうやら、下に降りるショートカットの道も出現したみたいなので、そろそろイチャイチャから戻って下さ~い」シアの「はいはい、いつも通りいつも通り」と言わんばかりの投げやり気味な言葉にハジメとユエが振り返れば、確かに庭園の一角に魔法陣が出現していた。シアの予想通り、地上へ降りるためのショートカットだろう。ハジメが、少し拗ね気味のシアの機嫌を直すようにそのウサミミを撫でつつ、その魔法陣を確認していると光輝が声を掛けてきた。「な、なぁ、南雲。さっきの話......その概念魔法が使えるようになれば......」「ああ、帰れるだろうな。少なくとも、転移先はこの羅針盤が教えてくれるだろう」光輝が希望を見たような表情になる。それは、龍太郎や鈴、雫も同じだった。一様に、どこか泣きそうな表情で今にも爆発しそうな感情をグッと堪えている。おそらく、まだ完全に手に入ったわけではいことと、全ての神代魔法を手に入れられる可能性が高いのは今のところハジメしかいないために遠慮があるのだろう。「あ、あの、南雲君は、その、帰るとき......えっと......」鈴が、どこか遠慮がちにハジメに何かを尋ねようとする。その先は言わなくても察することが出来た。ハジメの、クラスメイトへの無関心ぶりを思い出して不安になったのだろう。帰還方法を手に入れたあと、ハジメ達だけでさっさと帰ってしまうのではないかと。しかし、ストレートに聞くには完全な他力本願なため遠慮が出てしまうのだ。普段ズケズケとものを言って場をかき回すムードメイカーの癖に、こういう時に限って遠慮してしまうのは鈴のいいところなのか、それとも悪いところなのか......だが、自分達も当然に帰還させてもらえると根拠もなく信じる輩よりは万倍ましだ。少なくとも、ハジメは、そういう遠慮は嫌いではない。「安心しろ。定員制限やらデメリットでもない限り、ついでに全員連れ帰ってやるよ」「そ、そっか、えへへ。ありがとう、南雲君」「それより、やけに自信なさげにそんなことを聞いて来るってことは......お前等、ダメだったな?」「「「うっ!?」」」光輝、龍太郎、鈴の三人が胸を抑えて項垂れる。昇華魔法があれば、全ての能力のレベルを最低でも一段上げることが出来るのだ。もちろん、そこは神代魔法なので昇華させること自体に莫大な魔力は必要だし、言ってみれば副作用なしの限界突破みたいなものなので時間制限もあるだろうが......それでも、一般の【オルクス大迷宮】くらいは歯牙にもかけず攻略できるだろう。その下層にある本当の大迷宮も、いいところまでは普通に行けるはずだ。それでも自信なさげなのは、つまり、昇華魔法を得られなかったということだ。もっとも、それは予想できたことでもある。あれだけ試練で失敗続きだったのだ。攻略できたと考える方がどうかしている。だが、そんな項垂れる光輝達を心配そうな、また、どこか気まずげな様子でオロオロとフォローしようとしている人物が一人。「! ......えっと、ええ、使えるみたい」「マジかっ! やったじゃねぇか!」「流石、シズシズ! 鈴の嫁!」これもまた予想できたことだ。戦闘はともかく、快楽地獄と理想世界の夢、そして感情反転は自力で乗り切ったのだ。戦闘能力は足りなくても、精神力は十分に神代魔法を得るに値するものだった。その事実を純粋に喜ぶ鈴、喜びつつも俺も欲しかった! と悔しがる龍太郎、そして笑顔で称賛しながら、どこか表情に影を落とす光輝。雫は、そんな光輝を心配そうにチラチラと見ている。「とにかく、一度フェアベルゲンに戻って、少しゆっくりしよう。ゴキブリの大群は軽くトラウマだ。精神ダメージがヤバイ......ユエに癒されたい」「わ、私も、膝枕とか! いろいろしますよぉ! 何ならその先も!」「私だって、な、何でもするから! 何でもするから! 大切なことだから二度言うよ!」「ふむ、ご主人様は疲れておるのじゃな。よかろう。妾を椅子替わりにしてくつろぐがいい。別に足場でもいいんじゃよ? 好きなだけ踏みつけてくれていいんじゃよ?」ハジメがユエを抱っこしながら転移陣へと歩いていくと、その左右と後ろを固めながらシア達が頑張ってアピールする。ハジメは小さく笑いながら、空いた片手でシアの手を包み込んだ。ビクッとしながらも嬉しそうに握り返すシア。何となく、シアが優先されているような気がして香織とティオが羨ましげな眼差しをシアに向ける。そんな甘い光景と、故郷に帰れる可能性が見えたという希望に、やはり明るい表情で追随する雫達。一人、無理をしているのが丸分かりの笑顔を浮かべる少年もいたが、何はともあれ、こうして七大迷宮の一つ【ハルツィナ樹海】の攻略は終わったのだった。	“Divine Flame,” she commanded in a pretty voice edged with cruelty. Shortly after, the function of the annihilation magic became apparent. The blue flame began to pulsate with a Dukan sound. Blue light spread around the underground space and began to swell from inside. As the ripples spread like ripple of water triggered by a drop of water, there seemed to be an ominous quite that was devoid of mercy. The cockroaches that were touched by the blue light did not offer even the slightest resistance, merely disappearing without even ash remaining. At the sight of this divine flame, the boss cockroach ran like a scared rabbit, a scream was caught in the light of the spreading blue that ballooned away from Yue before the boss cockroach unceremoniously disappeared without another sound. Without the boss cockroach, the small and medium cockroaches that were being fought by Shia and Kouki’s group became confused at the loss of leadership, and became trivial nuisances. The blue light continued to spread, it swallowed the cockroaches around Shia as well. It wasn’t unreasonable for them to feel rushed. They were able to see the destruction in front of them. The reason was clear. Kouki, Shia, and the others weren’t sure whether the flame that destroyed the cockroaches so completely would hurt them as well. However, it was not simply Shia and the rest that remained unharmed. The large tree trunk and branches remained intact as well. They gave Hajime and Yue surprised looks when they realized that the flame that spread across the underground space and completely devastated the cockroaches only affected those cockroaches. –Divine Flame A flame type superlative magic which shot “blue flames” rapidly times into the space around and compressed it with gravity magic. Yue further specified the magic with “selection” using spirit magic, so that it avoided those whom contained souls. (Translation Note: Cockroaches don’t go to heaven) Anyone Yue permits survives while it seeks out those she sets as an enemy. That is, indeed, suitable to be called art. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to say that a god named Yue passed judgement from heaven. “Unexpected magic... Indeed expected from Yue.” “Nn... Praise me more, please?” As the light of the flames started to go out, the voices of the two of them echoed in the underground space. Indeed Yue showed some signs of exhaustion, so Hajime gave Yue a big hug in reward for her hard work. Yue wrapped her arms around Hajime’s neck and allowed her entire body to relax against him. And just like that, she kissed his neck, followed by the sound of sucking as she bit and lapped up his blood. “When saying it like that, I wonder who won this match.” While Yue stuck to the scruff of Hajime’s neck and drank his blood, he held her with one arm, while gently stroking her hair with the other. And so he was reminded of and questioned the outcome of the game the pair of them had started. “.... Nn, haa... Nn. My win. Hajime will not disagree.” Yue separates from Hajime with an ecstatic expression, her eyes were as bewitching as always as she licked her lips. “Yue, I must ask, does it really matter how won or lost, does it mean so much?” “... Hehe. Well, then, I guess we can put that aside for now.” As the pair of them spoke casually, discussing things ‘just in case’, there came another loud voice. “Yes! Yue is cheating! Hajime-kun and I are... anyway, please return!” It was Shia and Kaori. They were beckoning us to return right alongside Kouki and the rest. Tio merely shrugged her shoulders. They were trying to take their feelings into account and had been waiting. Kouki and the others looked a bit uncomfortable, Suzu and Shizuku had their eyes lowered and blushes on their cheeks. It looked like they had been watching Yue and Hajime from a distance. From their reactions, it looked like their feelings had returned to normal as well. Hajime didn’t know if they had returned under their own power or if it was the result of the boss cockroach dying. The pair stared at each other and gave another light kiss before returned to a place beside Shia. “You kissed so casually at the end...” “I’m envious... but... but... It’s good to see you’re safe. Although I felt like... “not only you!” or “me too!” but I don’t want to sound selfish...” “Indeed, as expected of Yue and Hajime. Battling in a world alone, tossing him around like a toy, it wasn’t as pitiful as expected.” (Translation Note: I think this is Tio claiming she wishes she was the boss cockroach getting kicked around by Hajime, lol). There were three people which came away with three different responses, but it was Shia’s words that had the biggest impact. Hajime gives her a hug with one hand without releasing Yue. She doesn’t seem to mind at all. However, Kouki and company wore mixed expressions over his nerve. “... Did you recover your feelings on your own?” “You could say I return on the way, yes...” “Would, um. May I ask that you had returned to normal without help?” Kaori looks doubtful about Yue’s question to Shia. Tio adds the explanation while forcing a smile. “You may say that I also returned without help. I assume that the trigger was jealousy over the war declaration between master and Yue? This mistress was envious of their fervent love. However, soon they did not even bother with the cockroaches, just each other.... Was that the same for Shia and Kaori as well?” “Yup...” So it was that sort of thing. Hajime glanced over to Kouki’s group to see how they were doing. Shizuku appeared to be the only one to recover on her own. It was expected of Shizuku given her mental strength. Kouki and the others must have received even more damage as they had to watch their lovable cockroaches die all the way to the very end. A bit later, Shia was asking Yue about the magic from a short while ago. Suddenly, a portion of the large tree near the ceiling started shining. While helping Kouki’s party recover from their damages, Hajime observed a Mekimeki sound, followed by a giant branch which began to grow anew. The branch created a new aisle as its length increase little by little. Hajime and the others remained in the four point aisle from the start of the cockroach attack until the fifth branch joined up to their intersection. The branch aisle had come from the ceiling, so it took the form of a stairway which led them up the branch to the heavens. After a brief look at each other, Hajime and the rest hurried to follow the newly formed path. However, Yue was holding Hajime tightly. Yue wouldn’t let go and Hajime didn’t try to separate. That was fine, afterall. However, Kaori also pulled from the left while a sullen Shia pulled from the right. Meanwhile, Tio clung from the back. It goes without saying that Kouki and company watched this with indescribable expressions. When they finished climbing the fifth branch aisle, they entered another cave-like room. Hajime remained on his guard and before long a magic circle glowed and they found themselves teleported once again. After the light settled, they could see that they were in a garden that spread out right in front of them. The sky felt alarmingly close. The air seemed clean. The ground spread out to roughly the size of high school gymnasium. There were trees which were relatively small and a small chalky building which had various waterways spreading out from it. Twines surrounded the largest tree, which sat in a small island circled by canals, a central stone lithograph sitting at its base. Tio walked into the garden, peeping over the edge. “What do you think, master? It looks to be the top of the tree here.” Others glance towards the bottom from the end of the garden after Tio’s word too. It’s a vast sea of clouds and an unmistakable thick fog spread out under their eyes. “Hey, this is strange. When we flew over the sea of trees, we had crossed the dense woodland and saw no tree this big. No tree could crest the thick fog, this height must be up over meters at least. It’s impossible to be seeing from a tree this high.” (Translation Note: To put that in perspective, the largest skyscrapers are around 0 meters, so they’re high, but not that high. On the other hand, the world’s tallest tree is only ~116 meters) Hajime noticed the humor of his remark after saying it. After all, the upper part sticking out from the thick fog would only be natural, especially considering the size of the tree as seen from the ground expanding across the dense woodland. Nevertheless, you would think that the large trees size would have been verifiable before now. “... I see. It is concealing magic which is doing this?” “... It is, like some kind of shadow system form of spirit magic... or is it just shifting space?” Yue considered the magic based on Hajime’s inference. If it’s shadow magic, there should be some form of recognition obstruction, but the scaling is strange. If this were like spirit magic, they would be conscious of the alterations being made with the magic of the soul. However, they weren’t aware of any discomfort, which would be impossible considering Yue’s skill. Hajime and his group wore impressed looks. Although they had experienced a number of trials and had managed to keep the nastiness to a minimum, there was still the liberator. Although ordinarily, the liberators did not seem ill-natured. “Is this the goal here?” Hajime muttered. This caused Kouki and the others to where startled expressions. “Here.... Finally...” The group crossed a pretty arch and entered a yen-like small island circled by a channel. The lithograph began to glow as they approached, the bright green magic flowing into the channel. So it functioned like a magic circle? Phosphorescence like fireflies raised flickeringly. The sense to probe a memory and then inscribe knowledge by force. Hajime and the others were familiar with this. A raised voice groaned as some one else behind him was “struck” with shock and a sense of discomfort. As the knowledge flowed into Hajime, the tree began to entangle around the lithograph and swell. Hajime and the others assume a posture of struggle. The shape of the tree began to change, tearing away branches as it formed. Phosphorescence rose away from Hajime, forming into the image of a person’s face in the middle of the trunk. It takes on a female appearance from the shoulders up. The person’s form is complete; the woman’s eyes open. Then, the mouth opens gently. “First of all, I’d like to say congratulations. You’ve defeated several of the great labyrinths. I am Luluo Haltina, and I prepared the Haltina (Sea of Trees) Great Labyrinth. I apologize for the very difficult trials I prepared with the maximum regard.” She seemed to have used the tree as a medium for her recording. This was the form instead of Oscar’s “pictures”. Luluo felt dignified like she might be connected to some form of royalty. Although some of that feeling may come from the tree stem itself, which split around her like hair, and contained a certain kind of beauty. “However, it is also necessary. If you came through the dungeons of the other liberators, then you know about our relationship with the gods, the past tragedy, and what’s happening right now. Therefore, I wanted you the learn something about the unwavering bond that can’t be swayed, a heart that can’t be shaken. I think you who arrived here surely understand something about the strength of the heart as well as its weaknesses. I’m wishing sincerely that that is of assistance to you in the future.” Shia listened to Luluo Haltina’s talk with a meek face. But Hajime was already impatient. He didn’t need pretentious excuses. For once, however, he quietly read the air. “I do not know for what purpose you sought my magic, -“sublimation” magic, you are free to use it as you see fit. However, stick to your bonds, and do not drown in power.” Hajime was already looking around restlessly. How is it? Even if he watched it, it wouldn’t change anything. He was already considering removing the lithograph to shut her off and move on already. “My god level magic “sublimation” is the power to make everything evolve. That is the knowledge that is given. But, true value of this magic is found elsewhere.” Hajime’s eyes widened for a moment. The hand that was hovering over Donner was returned to his side, and his eyes rested on Luluo. The real value of sublimation magic wasn’t given in the knowledge. Tell me that first! Hajime pointed a blaming look. “Sublimation magic makes the “power” of everything be sublimated, literally. The other god-level magics are no exception for that.... Gravity magic, spirit magic, alteration, space magic... these mighty forces are the foundation of the management. All of which lead to further evolution... even when combined with each other. This magic would be better called “Magic concepts”. Someone made a gulping sound, resonating the desire for such a magic. Hajime also had his eyes opened wide in surprise. At one time, in Miledi’s Raisen’s labyrinth, she suggested that if he obtained all the god’s level magic, he might be able to find something that would grant his desires. He needed to obtain god generation magic. It probably meant this. “Concept magic – is the meaning which is just as it sounds. The magical manifestation of how magic acts in this world. Even if you obtain the god-level magic, it cannot be used so easily, because concept magic is invented by utmost will, not theory.” So that was the reason it couldn’t be copied by magical circle. After hearing the explanation, Hajime frowned. “Utmost will”... if it’s an explanation done so lightly. “We seven liberators worked over the course of decades and only managed three magical concepts. However, that was enough for us... but which one will you need?” Just as Luluo said so, the lithographic center slides and something like a pocket watch comes out from the inside. Hajime takes it into his hand. One needle of the same length was fixed on a plate in the center of the semitransparent lid. On the backside was a pattern painted in the form Luluo Haltina used. Apparently, it also serves as a proof of capture. Luluo resumed her explanation. “For the name, it’s called the “compass of desire”. The concept that, when activated, shows the place I desired.” (Translation Note: Pirate’s of the Caribbean anyone? Drink up, my me hearties you ho!) Hajime heard the explanation and his heart skipped a beat. “The place I desired is shown.” That means... “It will lead you to the location to want to go. Anything, anywhere, be it hidden or – even in another world.” “......” The “different world” Luluo is talking about will be the world by which the Mad Gods reside. The liberators must have used concept magic out of utmost will. To beat the gods, of course. Therefore, this compass was produced to find the place where god was. Hajime was certain Oscar helped make this compass using the concept magic as well as his generation magic. But – it should also be possible to use this compass to show them how to return to Japan. A means to return home was found... delight welled in Hajime’s chest like he might burst. Yue clenched his hand and gave him a firm squeeze, looking up at him gently. “To get all the god’s magic, if that is your goal, you’ll be able to travel anywhere. I wish you to move forward with free will and find happiness in your life. Good luck for your future.” Luluo had come to the end of her words after giving her speech, all that was left was the tree with the entangled lithograph. They remained immersed in the afterglow in silence as if chewing on the events that just happened to their satisfaction. Only the sound of the rustling of leaves as the wind blew gently affected their vicinity. It was Hajime that broke the stillness, asking Yue with a monotonous tone of controlled emotion. “Yue, just to hear it, using the magic of sublimation, combined with spatial magic. Can we cross to another world?” Startled movements spread across Kouki’s group behind him. Yue understood the weight of those words and the exploration of that potential. And with the strongest magic user with the knowledge of the god’s inscribed in her mind, she searched for a solution. As result, she obtained the answer... “.... I’m sorry.” Just that. If the world can be exceeded simply by mixing spatial magic with sublimation, then certainly the liberators wouldn’t have had so much trouble, too. Luluo has said that there were three concept magics that had been produced. The first concept was given to the “compass of desire”. It would stand to reason that the other concepts would be the concept to go to another world and the concept to overthrow the gods. In other words, when not attaining to concept magic, the idea of leaving the world is difficult. Yue was hanging her head dejectedly at being unable to meet Hajime’s expectations. Hajime gave her a kind smile and combed his fingers quietly through her beautiful gold hair. Yue seemed ticklish, looking upward at Hajime and shrugging her shoulders as he ran his fingers over her skin. “It’s no problem. I was being greedy. It was just a thought. We just need more god-level magic. We just need to get the right one, and you’ll definitely be able to figure it out, so don’t have such a face.” The heart that was impatient at the thought they might be able to return had already recovered its poise, and Hajime shrugs his shoulders with the expressions he had to spare. In answer to whether Yue was relieved at his recovery, like usual she snuggled close to him. “Cough, Cough. Well... is Yue and Hajime back to normal? I think a shortcut formed for us to return to entrance. So less lovey dovey for now!” Shia, while looking at Yue and Hajime, interrupted their pink space while saying “Yes, as always”, certainly in one corner of the garden the magic circle appeared. As Shia suggested that would be the shortcut to descend back to the ground level. After checking the magic circle, Hajime strokes Shia’s bunny ears to correct some of her sulkiness. Then Kouki starts to speak up. “Oh... hey, Nagumo. A short while ago when... you received the concept magic...” “Yeah... we should be able to return now. At least, this compass will tell me where to head next.” Kouki wore an expression as if hope was lost. Ryuutaro, Shizuku, and Suzu also wore feelings that looked ready to explode, like they might start crying at any second. They were hesitating over the lack of getting the god-level magic, but only because Hajime was there for the moment. It seemed like they would have to depend on Hajime. “The, a, as for that, Nagumo. When returning...” Suzu tries to ask Hajime about something. Even if she didn’t say it, it was possible to guess. They remembered Hajime’s indifference to his classmates. That they might only be able to return if Hajime does it for them... Reserve goes out when perfect salvation depends on the benevolence of another being straight through. Suzu, as the typical mood manufacturer, was either in a good place or a bad place as she tried to talk and stir around the subject of returning home. The thought was they could return naturally too, but... that was groundless, and... Well, Hajime didn’t hate this kind of thing. “Be relieved. There won’t be any capacity restrictions or demerits. I’ll return everyone if I can.” “It is, taken along or... eehehe. Thank you, Nagumo-san.” “For the fact that you had so little confidence. You didn’t really do anything, did you?” “Ugh!” Kouki, Ryuutaro, and Suzu hang their heads to their chests. With just sublimation magic, the ability of every magic can be raised a bit. Of course, when you already had god-level magic, the necessity to sublimate it would look more like a limit breakthrough without the side effects, so there would also be some restrictions. Like Rebirth without the side effects or something like that. Still, they seemed unconfident. It should be said that they couldn’t get sublimation magic. But also that it could be expected. It was that the tests were flawed and exploitable that they made it to the end in the first place. But as such, Kouki and the others hanged their heads. Still, one person tried to follow awkwardly with the circumstances. “!... Oh, I think that, I can use it, yes.” “That was really it? You’ve learned it?” “Indeed, Shizu, Shizu! Suzu’s Bride!” This also could be expected. Shizuku had been through the pleasure hell, a dream of the ideal world, and having her feelings reversed all without help. Even if her battle ability wasn’t enough, the god-level magic was worth getting just from the mental power she had to fight through. It was heartwarming, but it seemed like Suzu was the only one who appreciated that fact purely. Ryuutaro wore a mortified expression while Kouki wore ominous shadows in his expressions while he praised with a smiling face. Shizuku watched Kouki with an anxious look at that. “Anyway, back to Fair Bergen again. Slowly. Hordes of cockroaches was light trauma. Serious mental damage. Yue needs to heal with spirit.” “I, I too! I’ll put my head on your lap, too! Yue’s already done enough! I’m on top of this!” “It’s because everything is done! Because everything is done! I say it twice because it’s important!” “The tired master should step on mistress! It’ll be good. I make the mistress chair replacement so you can relax. Do you have a firm foothold separately? You may stamp as much as you like?” As Hajime walked to the magic circle while cuddling with Yue, Shia and the rest crowd around him from left, right, and behind. Hajime wrapped a hand around Shia’s arm while giving a little laugh. Shia gives a start, but seems happy and grasps back. Kaori and Tio think Shia is given priority somehow and turn to look at her with envious eyes. Shizuku follows behind watching the view with a bright expression while considering the possibility of going home. One boy wore a smile and chose to understand it that way at least, and thus the capture of one of the seven great labyrinths, the Sea of Trees, was complete.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 8, "inserted_lines_src": 6, "inserted_lines_trg": 2 }
』回収依頼を出すのはどうだ?」「それも考えたが、すぐに引き受けてくれる者が現れるとは限らない。待っている間に冷蔵庫が使えなくなったら困るだろ?」相場の魔物討伐より報酬額を上乗せして依頼をすれば問題ないかもしれないが、毎回同じ手法を繰り返せば資金に余裕はなくなる。歩合制の成果報酬型を採用して、『固定給で採用したとして、毎月に一定数のデーモンやグリフォンから『「回収する冒険者を雇うためにも、売上を伸ばして利益を出さないといけない。リィーシャさんから金枚の返済もしないといけない」「そのためにも、私の料理で集客しないとな。シェーナは経営者の社長として才能がありそうだし、細かいことは任せるよ」シェーナは騎士団の時代に培った部下の面倒や上司のご機嫌取りも中間管理職ならではの経験が多少なりとも活かされているような気がする。肝心なのは料理店を繁盛させないといけない。そのためには、キシャナに一番負担を背負わされることになる。「ごめん、偉そうなことばかり言ってた。キシャナに無理な注文ばかりして、俺もできる限り頑張るから......」「突然どうしたんだ......シェーナは頑張っているよ。私は何も気にしてないし、一緒に料理店を成功させような」キシャナはシェーナを抱擁すると、彼女の優しい温もりが伝わってくる。しばらくそうしていると気持ちも落ち着いて、キシャナはサリーニャの言葉を思い出す。「こんなところをサリーニャに見られたら、お前等はやっぱり百合だと騒ぐだろうなぁ」「そういえば、薔薇とか百合って花の名前を言って成立するとかどういう意味なんだ?」すると「俺は親友にそんなつもりはない!」とシェーナは大げさに否定する。夕方まで料理の試行錯誤料を終えると、店の戸締りを済ませる。この時間帯の商業地区で繁盛していそうな店を見回って経営の参考にしようと考える。「じゃあ行こうか」シェーナが歩き出すと、キシャナは足を止めて長い耳を立てる。「店の裏口の窓から誰かが侵入するような気配がする」すると、そこには窓をこじ開けて侵入しようとする漆黒の鎧とマントを身に着けた女性が目に飛び込んできた。「ダークエルフ!? くそ、ディアン卿が差し向けた暗殺者か!」容貌から察すると、女性は暗黒騎士のような立ち振る舞いで大剣を振りかざす。シェーナは腰に下げている剣を鞘から抜くと、女性の大剣と刃を交えて交戦状態になる。剣戟の響きはシェーナを女騎士として覚醒させると、キシャナはへたり込んでしまう。相手の暗黒騎士も相当な技量の持ち主で、シェーナはキシャナを庇うように防戦一方だ。「はい共そこまでだよ」シェーナは言葉を発した人物に戦慄を覚えると、相手の暗黒騎士も同様に大剣を振るう手を止めた。そこには普段からは想像もつかないリィーシャの姿があった。	“Should we put up a request for someone over at the merchants guild?” “I also thought about that, but I don’t think it will be that easy to find someone that will accept the request. Besides, wouldn’t it be bad if the refrigerator stops working while we wait for someone to apply?” Raising the reward for the monster-hunting would definitely get them an applicant way faster, but with their current circumstances, they couldn’t afford to pay any extras. By doing a commission style payment, they could simply get the hired person to be paid depending on their results, the more they brought, the more they would get. Hiring someone to deliver a specific amount of dark cores for a set price per month was also not a bad idea. “We also have to keep in mind that hiring someone for the task will require us to keep the sales up, or else we won’t be able to continue. Not to mention that we still have to pay back Reesha-san for the loan.” “For that to happen, I really have to attract as many customers as I can with my dishes... Well Schenna, it seems like you have quite the talent for business management so I’ll leave all the details up to you.” Schenna felt like she had quite a good amount of experience in taking care of things since back when she was still in the knight corps, she had to deal with the troubles of her subordinates and on top of that put up with her superior’s bad mood. The most important part here would be to keep the cooking quality to the maximum in order to attract customers. In order for that to happen, it meant that Kishana would have to bear the biggest responsibility and of course, Schenna was not fond of the idea of pushing the biggest burden onto Kishana. “I’m sorry for having said all of that as if I’m some sort of a big shot. I know it feels like I’m making you carry all the weight by yourself, but trust me I’ll try my best as well.” “What made you say that all of a sudden? ... I know you’re working hard too! Don’t worry about me, I’m not holding anything against you at all, let’s both put all of our efforts into the business so that we can make the restaurant a success!” As she was hugged by Kishana, Schenna could feel the gentle warmth coming from the dark elf after hearing her reassuring words. They remained that way (hugging) until Schenna calmed down, Kishana then remembered something Sareenea had said— “If Sareenea was here to see this, I bet she would say something like, ‘I knew it, you guys are just enjoying the yuri life,’ right?” “Speaking of which, what’s up with you guys bringing up names of flowersout of nowhere?” — said Schenna as she inclined her head — to which Kishana blushed and explained the meaning behind it. Schenna, shocked by the truth behind the words, overreacted and said, “I have no plans of doing such a thing with my best friend!” In the evening, after finishing trials and errors for various dishes that were good candidates for the restaurant’s menu, they took care of closing it for the day. They then proceeded to find a restaurant that was thriving during this time of the day in order to take a reference from the way they managed their business. “Alright, shall we go then?” As Schenna began walking, Kishana suddenly raised her pointy ears and stopped. “I feel like someone is getting into our restaurant from the back door.” Kishana headed to the back door with Schenna right behind her. As they reached the back, they saw a female wearing black armor and mantle trying to breach into the restaurant. “A dark elf!? Damn it, an assassin sent by Lord Dian?” Judging by her looks, it would seem like the female dark knight had assumed a fighting stance as she swung her huge sword. Schenna drew her sword from the scabbard and crossed sword with the black knight. Schenna felt her knight skills awakening with the reverberating sound of the swords hitting each other, while Kishana just sank to the ground. The dark knight was quite a powerful opponent, so Schenna took a more defensive fighting style in order to protect Kishana. “Okay, that’s enough both of you.” Schenna and her opponent, who both felt intimidated by those words, instantly stopped attacking each other. Standing there was none other than Reesha herself, probably the last person Schenna was expecting.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 8, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
なによりも、ドイツは、彼等に必要な改革は将来の安定を保証する進歩であるということを認識しなければならない｡恐らく最も要求されるのは、1980年代にマーガレット･サッチャー氏が打ち出した数々の政策感覚に、聞こえのいいトニー･ブレア政治を組み合わせたものだろう。しかし、それが実現されるのか、また、実現されるとすればいつになるのか、見極めることはまだできていない｡	Above all, Germany must appreciate that the changes it needs are improvements that would guarantee its future security. Perhaps what it requires most is a touch of Margaret Thatcher’s policies of the 1980’s, combined with Tony Blair’s rhetoric of today.	{ "source": "news_commentary", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
最初に、その騒動に気がついたのはシアだった。例のごとく、ハジメが車内でユエとイチャつき、それに香織が割って入り、パワーアップして氷雪を纏うようになった般若と雷を纏う龍が威嚇し合い、結果、ほとんど前を見ていないという危険運転をしていたハジメは、シアの言葉でようやく前方に注意を向けた。シアの言う通り、どうやら何処かの隊商が襲われているようで、相対すの集団が激しい攻防を繰り返していた。近づくにつれ、シアのウサミミには人々の怒号と悲鳴が聞こえ、ハジメの〝遠見〟にもはっきりと事態の詳細が見て取れた。「相手は賊みたいだな。......小汚ない格好した男が人......対して隊商の護衛はってところか。あの戦力差で拮抗しているのがすげぇな」「ふむ、さながら城壁の役割じゃな。あれを崩さんと本丸の隊商に接近できん。結界越しに魔法を撃たれては、賊もたまらんじゃろう」「でもに引く気配がありませんよ?」「そりゃあ、あんな隊商全体を覆うような結界、異世界組でもなけりゃあ、そう長くは持たないだろう。多少時間は掛かるが、待っていれば勝手に解ける」最初に奇襲でもされたのだろう。重傷を負って蹲る者が数人、既に賊に殺られたようで血の海に沈んでいる者も数人いる。ハジメ達のいう強固な結界により何とか持ち堪えているようだが、ただでさえ人数差があるのに、護衛側は更に数を減らしているのだ。結界が解ければ嬲り殺しにされるだろう。冒険者らしき女性などは、既に裸に剥かれて結界内にいる仲間の冒険者に見せつけるようにして晒し者にされていた。そしてハジメの推測通り、ハジメ達の会話が途切れた直後、結界は効力を失い溶けるように虚空へと消えていった。待ってましたと言わんばかりに、雄叫びを上げた賊達が隊商へとなだれ込んだ。賊達の頭の中は既に戦利品で一杯なのか一様に下卑た笑みを浮かべている。護衛隊が必死に応戦するが、多勢に無勢だ。一人また一人と傷つき倒れていく。と、その時、何か酷く驚いたような表情で固まっていた香織が、焦燥を滲ませた声音でハジメに救援を求めた。「ハジメくん、お願い! 彼等を助けて! もしかしたら、あそこに......」ハジメは、香織の言葉を最後まで聞くこともなく、無言で四輪を加速させるという形で応えてみせた。話を聞いて助ける助けないの判断をしているうちに隊商が全滅することは明白だったので、香織が何を言いたいのかは後回しということだ。四輪の車輪がギャリギャリギャリと地面を噛み、ロケット噴射でもしたかのように凄まじい勢いで加速する。「ハジメくん......ありがとう」香織は、皆まで聞かずとも行動で示してくれたハジメに、嬉しそうに微笑んでお礼を述べた。ハジメはただ肩を竦めるのみ。爆走する四輪にハジメが何をするのか察したようで、ユエ達は急いでベルトをし直し、車内の何処かに捕まった。「あ、あの、ハジメくん? まさかと思うけど......」香織が、刻一刻と速度を上げる四輪に頬を引き攣らせる。確かに、救援を頼んだのは自分なのだけれど、地球の交通常識を知る者として、その方法での先制攻撃を躊躇いなく実行するのはどうなんだろう? と、そう思わずにはいられなかったのだ。そんな香織に、ハジメは澄まし顔で答えた。「犯罪者を見たらアクセルを踏め......教習所で習うことだろ?」「習わないよ! 勝手に交通ルールを歪めないで! ほら、ユエ達がそうなのかって頷いてるよ!」香織のツッコミが炸裂する中、ハジメはそれを気にした様子もなく、後方から賊達の指揮をとっている男へと突進した。その躊躇いの無さは、自動車とは犯罪者を轢殺するためにある! と言わんばかりだ。砂埃を巻き上げて急速に接近して来る謎の物体に、ようやく気がついた賊のリーダーらしき人物が、慌てて仲間に指示を出しつつ、自らも魔法の詠唱を始めた。彼等からは、きっと新手の魔物か何かに見えていることだろう。まさか、人が操作する鋼鉄の塊とは夢にも思うまい。ハジメは、魔力を流し込んで四輪のギミックを作動させた。ボンネット下部の両サイドと屋根から長さ一メートル程のブレードが飛び出す。賊達が炎弾をぶっ放してくるが、どうせなんの意味もないので、まるっと無視して問答無用に突撃した。炎弾が何発直撃しても、何の痛痒も感じさせずに突進してくる黒の塊に、賊達の表情が盛大に歪んだ。ドゴォ! バキッ! グシャ! 戦慄、絶望、困惑――そんな表情を浮かべた賊達が、生々しい音を響かせながら冗談のように跳ね飛ばされていく。ある者は、ボンネットに乗り上げながら転がっていき屋根のブレードに切り裂かれ、またある者は、横っ飛びに回避を試みたものの両サイドのブレードに体の一部を切り飛ばされ、運良くブレードに当たらなかった者も時キロメートルで爆進する車両の体当たりで骨や内臓を粉砕された。たった一瞬、それだけの交差で賊の後方集団が絶命するに至った。ハジメは、賊の後方集団を轢き殺すと、その先でドリフト気味に車体を反転させ停車する。いきなりの殺戮劇に、賊も隊商のメンバーも唖然呆然としてハジメ達の乗る四輪を凝視していた。中には、鍔迫り合いをしたまま、顔を見合わせている賊と護衛もいる。「やるからには容赦しない。奴らは皆殺しにする。慈悲なんてものはない。分かっているよな?」「......うん。わかってるよ」それは、いくら香織が優しくても、敵対した者を癒したり庇ったりする事は許さないということだ。それをしたいなら、香織はハジメの仲間ではいられなくなる。行くべきところは勇者パーティーだ。香織は、一呼吸置くと、決然とした眼差しでハジメに頷いた。「なら、行け。邪魔はさせない」香織は四輪を降りると脇目も振らず、まず怪我人の元へと走った。四輪には度肝を抜かれたが、向かって来たのが若い女だと分かると、賊達は我を取り戻し、仲間を殺られた怒りで表情を歪めながら走る香織に襲いかかった。怒声を上げながら、賊の男が手に持つ長剣を振りかぶる。しかし香織は、そんな賊の男を横目で一瞥しただけで何事もなかったように視線を逸らした。そして、速度を緩めず怪我人のもとへ詠唱しながら走る。そんな己を歯牙にもかけないような様子の香織に更に激高した男だったが、次の瞬間には頭部を爆ぜさせて、あっさりその生涯の幕を閉じた。ドパンッ! ドパンッ! ドパンッ! ドパンッ! ドパンッ! ドパンッ! 周囲に炸裂音が連続して轟くたびに、殺意の風が吹き荒れる。一人また一人と、賊の頭部が粉砕され血飛沫が舞っていく光景に、救われているはずの護衛者達の背筋が粟立った。余りに圧倒的、余りに無慈悲。四十人以上いた賊達は、たった数秒で半数まで数を減らしてしまった。数人の賊が、非現実的な光景にパニックを起こし、喚き散らしながら人質にでも使おうというのか兎人族の少女に飛びかかっていく。護衛の一人が「危ないっ!」と警告の声を上げる。だが、それは無用の心配だ。何せ、ここにいるのは超人化がどんどん進んでいるシアなのだ。戦闘ウサギに死角はない! シアは、〝宝物庫〟からドリュッケンを斜め後ろの虚空に取り出すと、パシッ! と小気味いい音を立てて握り締め、そのまま一気に振り抜いた。振るわれたドリュッケンは、先端に円状の白い膜――空気の壁を発生させながら振り抜かれ、一斉に迫ってきの賊達の上半身を引きちぎって吹き飛ばしてしまった。「あれっ? わっ、血飛沫がっ!」どうやら、最近、まともな敵と相対して来なかったせいか、雑魚キャラに対する加減が上手くいかなかったらしい。ただぶっ飛ばすだけのつもりだったのに、うっかり上半身だけ勢いで引きちぎってしまったようだ。やってはいけない達磨落とし(変則Ver)のようである。飛び散る血飛沫に驚いて、慌てたように飛び退るシア。そんなシアに呆れ顔をしながら、ユエとティオも容赦ない魔法の嵐で近づくことすら許さずに賊達を蹂躙していった。残り十人程になってようやく逃げに入る賊達だったが、そんなことが叶うはずもなく、あっさり撃ち抜かれて絶命していった。命乞いをする暇もない。本当に容赦の欠片もない蹂躙劇だった。香織は、複数人用の光系回復魔法〝回天〟を連続使用して、一気に傷ついた冒険者達や隊商の人々を治癒していく。しかし残念ながら、ハジメ達が来る前に倒れていた護衛の冒険者達は、既に事切れていたらしく、いくら再生魔法であっても死者の蘇生までは出来ないので彼等は助ける事が出来なかった。そんな彼等を見て歯噛みする香織に、突如、人影が猛然と駆け寄った。小柄で目深にフードを被っており、一見すると物凄く怪しい。だが、実は先程の結界を張って必死に隊商を守っていたのがその人物であると、魔力の流れと色で既に確認していたので、ハジメは特に止める事もなく素通りさせた。「香織!」フードの人物は、そのままの勢いで香織に飛び付き、可憐な声で香織の名を呼びながらギュッと抱きついた。香織は、まさかの推測が当たっていたと知り驚愕を隠せない様子で、その人物の名を呟く。「リリィ! やっぱり、リリィなのね? あの結界、見覚えが有ると思ったの。まさか、こんなところにいるとは思わなかったから、半信半疑だったのだけど......」 ――――ハイリヒ王国王女リリアーナ・S・B・ハイリヒリリアーナは、心底ホッとした様子で、ずれたフードの奥から煌く金髪碧眼とその美貌を覗かせた。そして、感じ入るように細めた目で香織を見つめながら呟く。「私も、こんなところで香織に会えるとは思いませんでした。......僥倖です。私の運もまだまだ尽きてはいないようですね」「リリィ? それはどういう......」香織がリリアーナの言葉の意味を計りかねていると、リリアーナは、今更ながらにハッと何かに気がついた様子でフードを目深に被り直した。そして、香織の口元に人差し指を当てて、自分の名前を呼ばせないようにした。どうやら、本当にお供も付けず、隊商に紛れ込んでここまでやって来たようだ。一国の王女がそうしなければならない何かがあったのだと察した香織の表情も険しくなった。香織とリリアーナが真剣な表情で見つめ合っていると、いつの間にか傍までやって来ていたハジメが、そう声をかけた。全く気配がなかったので、「ひゃ!」と可愛らしい声を上げて驚くリリアーナ。そして、フードの中からハジメを見上げて、しばらく考える素振りを見せると、ピコン! と頭に電球が灯ったような表情をしてハジメに挨拶を始めた。「......南雲さん......ですね? お久しぶりです。雫達から貴方の生存は聞いていました。貴方の生き抜く強さに心から敬意を。本当によかった。......貴方がいない間の香織は見ていられませんでしたよ?」「もうっ、リリィ! 今は、そんな事いいでしょ!」「ふふ、香織の一大告白の話も雫から聞いていますよ? あとで詳しく聞かせて下さいね?」どこかからかうような口調で香織と戯れるリリアーナは、照れて真っ赤になる香織を横目にフードの奥からハジメに笑いかけた。国民から絶大な人気を誇る王女の笑顔。一度それを向けられたなら、老若男女の区別なく陶然とすること間違いないと思わせる可憐なものだ。しかし、それを見たハジメは、特に何かを感じた様子もなく、むしろ胡乱な眼差しをリリアーナに向けて空気を読まない言葉を放った。「へっ?」ハジメがまだ王国にいた頃からリリアーナと香織達は積極的にコミュニケーションをとっていたし、他の生徒に対してもリリアーナは必ず数回は自ら話に行っている。確かに、ハジメは立場的に微妙だったので、リリアーナと直接話した回数はそれほど多くはないが、それでも、香織も交えて談笑したことはあるのだ。そして、リリアーナは、王女である事と、その気さくで人当たりのいい性格もあって、一度交流を持った相手から忘れられるという経験は皆無。なので、全く知らない人間を見るような目で見られた事にショックを受けて、思わず王女にあるまじき間抜けな声が出てしまった。呆然としているリリアーナに代わって、慌てたように香織がフォローを入れる。周囲にリリアーナが王女であるとばれるのは厄介なので、耳に口元を寄せて小声で話す。「ハ、ハジメ君! 王女! 王女様だよ! ハイリヒ王国の王女リリアーナだよ! 話したことあるでしょ!」「................................................................................................ああ」「ぐすっ、忘れられるって結構心に来るものなのですね、ぐすっ」「リリィー! 泣かないで! ハジメくんはちょっと〝アレ〟なの! ハジメくんが〝特殊〟なだけで、リリィを忘れる人なんて〝普通〟はいないから! だから、ね? 泣かないで?」涙目になってしまったリリアーナに必死のフォローを入れる香織が地味に酷いことを言うので、ハジメは思わずツッコミを入れる。しかし、香織から「ハジメくんはちょっと黙ってて!」と一蹴されてしまった。しかもリリアーナが「いいえ、いいのです、香織。私が少し自惚れていたのです」等と健気な事を言うので、尚更、文句は言えなかった。全面的に、リリアーナの存在を完全に忘れていたハジメが悪いのだ。そんな微妙な雰囲気のハジメ達のもとへ、ユエ達と、見覚えのある人物が寄ってくる。「お久しぶりですな、息災......どころか随分とご活躍のようで」「栄養ドリンクの人......」「は? 何です? 栄養ドリンク? 確かに、我が商会でも扱っていますが......代名詞になるほど有名では......」「あ~、いや、何でもない。確か、モットーで良かったよな?」「ええ、覚えていて下さって嬉しい限りです。ユンケル商会のモットーです。危ないところを助けて頂くのは、これで二度目ですな。貴方とは何かと縁がある」握手を求めながらにこやかに笑う男は、かつて、ブルックの町からフューレンまでの護衛を務めた隊商のリーダー、ユンケル商会のモットー・ユンケルだった。彼の商魂が暴走した事件は、ハジメもよく覚えている。この世界の商人の性というものを、ハジメはモットーで学んだようなものだ。実際、彼の商魂はいささかの衰えもないようで、握手しながらさりげなく、ハジメの指にはまった〝宝物庫〟の指輪を触っている。その全く笑っていない眼が、「そろそろ売りませんか?」と言っていると感じるのは、きっと気のせいではないだろう。背後で、シアがモットーとの関係を説明し、「たった一回会っただけの人は覚えているのに......私は......王女なのに......」とリリアーナが更に落ち込んでいたりする。そんな彼女を香織が必死に慰めているのを尻目に、ハジメはモットーの話を聞いた。それによると、彼等は、ホルアド経由でアンカジ公国に向かうつもりだったようだ。アンカジの窮状は既に商人間にも知れ渡っており、今が稼ぎ時だと、こぞって商人が集まっているらしい。モットーも既に一度商売を終えており、王都で仕入れをして今回が二度目らしい。ホクホク顔を見れば、かなりの儲けを出せたようだ。ハジメ達は、ホルアドを経由してフューレンに行き、ミュウ送還の報告をイルワにしてから、【ハルツィナ樹海】に向かう予定だったので、その事をモットーに話すと、彼はホルアドまでの護衛を頼み込んできた。しかし、それに待ったを掛けた者がいた。リリアーナだ。「申し訳ありません。商人様。彼等の時間は、私が頂きたいのです。ホルアドまでの同乗を許して頂いたにもかかわらず身勝手とは分かっているのですが......」「おや、もうホルアドまで行かなくても宜しいので?」「はい、ここまでで結構です。もちろん、ホルアドまでの料金を支払わせて頂きます」どうやらリリアーナは、モットーの隊商に便乗してホルアドまで行く予定だったらしい。しかし、途中でハジメ達に会えたことでその必要がなくなったようだ。その時点で、リリアーナの目的にキナ臭さを感じたハジメだったが、文句を言おうにも香織が「これ以上、リリィをいじめないで!」と無言の訴えをしているので、取り敢えず黙っていることにした。お金を受け取ることを固辞するモットーに、リリアーナは困惑する。隊商では、寝床や料理まで全面的に世話になっていたのだ。後払いでいくら請求されるのだろうと、少し不安に思っていたくらいなので、モットーの言葉は完全に予想外だった。「二度と、こういう事をなさるとは思いませんが......一応、忠告を。普通、乗合馬車にしろ、同乗にしろ料金は先払いです。それを出発前に請求されないというのは、相手は何か良からぬ事を企んでいるか、または、お金を受け取れない相手という事です。今回は、後者ですな」「それは、まさか......」「どのような事情かは存じませんが、貴女様ともあろうお方が、お一人で忍ばなければならない程の重大事なのでしょう。そんな危急の時に、役の一つにも立てないなら、今後は商人どころか、胸を張ってこの国の人間を名乗れますまい」モットーの口振りから、リリアーナは、彼が最初から自分の正体に気がついていたと悟る。そして、気が付いていながら、敢えて知らないふりをしてリリアーナの力になろうとしてくれていたのだ。「ならば尚更、感謝の印にお受け取り下さい。貴方方のおかげで、私は、王都を出ることが出来たのです」「ふむ。......突然ですが、商人にとって、もっとも仕入れ難く、同時に喉から手が出るほど欲しいものが何かご存知ですか?」「え? ......いいえ、わかりません」「それはですな、〝信頼〟です」「信頼?」「ええ、商売は信頼が無くては始まりませんし、続きません。そして、儲かりません。逆にそれさえあれば、大抵の状況は何とかなるものです。さてさて、果たして貴女様にとって、我がユンケル商会は信頼に値するものでしたかな? もしそうだというのなら、既に、これ以上ない報酬を受け取っていることになりますが......」リリアーナは上手い言い方だと内心で苦笑いした。これでは無理に金銭を渡せば、貴方を信頼していないというのと同義だ。お礼をしたい気持ちと反してしまう。リリアーナは、諦めたように、その場でフードを取ると、真っ直ぐモットーに向き合った。「貴方方は真に信頼に値する商会です。ハイリヒ王国王女リリアーナは、貴方方の厚意と献身を決して忘れません。ありがとう......」その後、リリアーナとハジメ達をその場に残し、モットー達は予定通りホルアドへと続く街道を進んでいった。去り際に、ハジメが異端者認定を受けている事を知っている口振りで、何やら王都の雰囲気が悪いと忠告までしてくれたモットーに、ハジメもアンカジ公国が完全に回復したという情報を提供しておいた。それだけで、ハジメが異端者認定を受けた理由やら何やらを色々推測したようで、その上で「今後も縁があれば是非ご贔屓に」と言ってのけるモットーは本当に生粋の商人である。モットー達が去ったあと、ハジメ達は魔力駆動四輪の中でリリアーナの話を聞くことになった。焦燥感と緊張感が入り混じったリリアーナの表情が、ハジメの感じている嫌な予感に拍車をかける。そして、遂に語りだしたリリアーナの第一声は...... 「愛子さんが......攫われました」ハジメの予感を上回る最低のものだった。リリアーナの話を要約するとこうだ。最近、王宮内の空気が何処かおかしく、リリアーナはずっと違和感を覚えていたらしい。父親であるエリヒド国王は、今まで以上に聖教教会に傾倒し、時折、熱に浮かされたように〝エヒト様〟を崇め、それに感化されたのか宰相や他の重鎮達も巻き込まれるように信仰心を強めていった。それだけなら、各地で暗躍している魔人族のことが相次いで報告されている事から、聖教教会との連携を強化する上での副作用のようなものだと、リリアーナは、半ば自分に言い聞かせていたのだが...... 違和感はそれだけにとどまらなかった。妙に覇気がない、もっと言えば生気のない騎士や兵士達が増えていったのだ。顔なじみの騎士に具合でも悪いのかと尋ねても、受け答えはきちんとするものの、どこか機械的というか、以前のような快活さが感じられず、まるで病気でも患っているかのようだった。そのことを、騎士の中でもっとも信頼を寄せるメルドに相談しようにも、少し前から姿が見えず、時折、光輝達の訓練に顔を見せては忙しそうにして直ぐに何処かへ行ってしまう。結局、リリアーナは一度もメルドを捕まえることが出来なかった。そうこうしている内に、愛子が王都に帰還し、ウルの町での詳細が報告された。その席にはリリアーナも同席したらしい。そして、普段からは考えられない強行採決がなされた。それが、ハジメの異端者認定だ。ウルの町や勇者一行を救った功績も、〝豊穣の女神〟として大変な知名度と人気を誇る愛子の異議・意見も、全てを無視して決定されてしまった。有り得ない決議に、当然、リリアーナは父であるエリヒドに猛抗議をしたが、何を言ってもハジメを神敵とする考えを変える気はないようだった。まるで、強迫観念に囚われているかのように頑なだった。むしろ、抗議するリリアーナに対して、信仰心が足りない等と言い始め、次第に、娘ではなく敵を見るような目で見始めたのだ。恐ろしくなったリリアーナは、咄嗟に理解した振りをして逃げ出した。そして、王宮の異変について相談するべく、悄然と出て行った愛子を追いかけ自らの懸念を伝えた。すると愛子から、ハジメが奈落の底で知った神の事や旅の目的を夕食時に生徒達に話すので、リリアーナも同席して欲しいと頼まれたのだそうだ。愛子の部屋を辞したリリアーナは、夕刻になり愛子達が食事をとる部屋に向かい、その途中、廊下の曲がり角の向こうから愛子と何者かが言い争うのを耳にした。何事かと壁から覗き見れば、愛子が銀髪の教会修道服を着た女に気絶させられ担がれているところだった。リリアーナは、その銀髪の女に底知れぬ恐怖を感じ、咄嗟にすぐ近くの客室に入り込むと、王族のみが知る隠し通路に入り込み息を潜めた。銀髪の女が探しに来たが、結局、隠し通路自体に気配隠蔽のアーティファクトが使用されていたこともあり気がつかなかったようで、リリアーナを見つけることなく去っていった。リリアーナは、銀髪の女が異変の黒幕か、少なくとも黒幕と繋がっていると考え、そのことを誰かに伝えなければと立ち上がった。ただ、愛子を待ち伏せていた事からすれば、生徒達は見張られていると考えるのが妥当であるし、頼りのメルドは行方知れずだ。悩んだ末、リリアーナは、今、唯一王都にいない頼りになる友人を思い出した。そう、香織だ。そして、香織の傍には話に聞いていた、あの南雲ハジメがいる。もはや、頼るべきは二人しかいないと、リリアーナは隠し通路から王都に出て、一路、アンカジ公国を目指したのである。「あとは知っての通り、ユンケル商会の隊商にお願いして便乗させてもらいました。まさか、最初から気づかれているとは思いもしませんでしたし、その途中で賊の襲撃に遭い、それを香織達に助けられるとは夢にも思いませんでしたが......少し前までなら〝神のご加護だ〟と思うところです。......しかし......私は......今は......教会が怖い......一体、何が起きているのでしょう。......あの銀髪の修道女は......お父様達は......」自分の体を抱きしめて恐怖に震えるリリアーナは、才媛と言われる王女というより、ただの女の子にしか見えなかった。だが、無理もないことだ。自分の親しい人達が、知らぬうちに変貌し、奪われていくのだから。香織は、リリアーナの心に巣食った恐怖を少しでも和らげようと彼女をギュッと抱きしめた。その様子を見ながら、ハジメは内心で舌打ちする。リリアーナの語った状況は、まるで【メルジーネ海底遺跡】で散々見せられた〝末期状態〟によく似ていたからだ。神に魅入られた者の続出。非常に危うい状況だと言える。それでも本来なら、知った事ではないと切り捨てるべきだろう。いや、むしろ神代魔法の取得を急ぎ、早急にこの世界から離脱する方法を探すべきだ。しかし、愛子が攫われた理由に察しがついてしまったハジメは、その決断を下すことが出来ない。なぜなら、十中愛子が神の真実とハジメの旅の目的を話そうとした事が原因であると言えるからだ。おそらく、駒としての光輝達に、不審の楔を打ち込まれる事を不都合だと判断したのだろう、というハジメの推測は的を射ている。ならば、愛子が攫われたのは、彼女を利用したハジメの責任だ。攫ったという事は殺す気はないのだろうが、裏で人々をマリオネットのごとく操り享楽に耽る者達の手中にある時点で、何をされるかわかったものではない。ハジメの生き方が、より良くなるようにと助言をくれて、そして実際、悪くないと思える〝今〟をくれた恩師のことを、ハジメはどうにも放っておくことが出来そうになかった。だからこそ...... 「取り敢えず、先生を助けに行かねぇとな」ハジメは、それを選ぶ。切り捨てず、見捨てず、救う事を選ぶ。ハジメの言葉に、リリアーナがパッと顔を上げる。その表情には、共に王都へ来てくれるという事への安堵と、意外だという気持ちがあらわれていた。それは、雫達から、ハジメは、この世界の事にも雫達クラスメイトの事にも無関心だと聞いていたからだ。説得は難儀しそうだと考えていたのに、あっさり手を貸してくれるとは予想外だった。「宜しいのですか?」リリアーナの確認に、ハジメは肩を竦めた。「勘違いしないでくれ。王国のためじゃない。先生のためだ。あの人が攫われたのは俺が原因でもあるし、放って置くわけにはいかない」「愛子さんの......」リリアーナは、ハジメが純粋に王国のために力を貸してくれるわけではないと分かり、少し落胆するものの、ハジメが一緒に来てくれる事に変わりはないと気を取り直す。しかし、次ぐハジメの言葉には、思わず笑みがこぼれてしまった。「まぁ、先生を助ける過程で、その異変の原因が立ちはだかればぶっ飛ばすけどな......」「......ふふ、では、私は、そうであることを期待しましょう。宜しくお願いしますね。南雲さん......」愛子を攫ったのは教会の修道服を着た女だ。そして、異常な程教会に傾倒する国王達のことを聞けば、十中八九、今回の異変には教会が絡んでいると分かる。つまり、愛子を助けるということは、同時に異変と相対しなければならないという事でもあるのだ。その事は、ハジメも分かっているはずであり、それは取りも直さず、実質的にリリアーナに助力すると言っているに等しい。香織と笑みを交わし合うリリアーナを横目に、ハジメは口元を僅かに歪める。ハジメには、愛子救出以外にも、もう一つ目的があった。それは【神山】にある神代魔法だ。ミレディからの教えでは、【神山】も七大迷宮の一つなのである。しかし、聖教教会の総本山でもある【神山】の何処に大迷宮の入口があるのか、さっぱり見当もつかない。探索するにしても、教会関係者の存在が酷く邪魔で厄介だった。なので、先に攻略しやすそうな【ハルツィナ樹海】へ向かうことにしたのだが......今回の事で、【神山】に向かう理由が出来てしまった。そして、愛子を救出する過程で、教会と争う事になる可能性は非常に高い。ならば......総本山をハジメの方から襲撃して、そのまま神代魔法を頂いてしまうべきだろう、とハジメは考えた。リリアーナの言った銀髪の女......ハジメの脳裏に、【メルジーネ海底遺跡】の豪華客船でチラリと見えたアルフレッド王の傍に控えていたフードの人物が浮かび上がった。船内に消える際、僅かに見えたその人物の髪は、確か〝銀〟だったと。同一人物かは分からない。時代が違いすぎる。しかし、ハジメには予感があった。その銀髪の女と殺り合う事になる、と。ハジメは闘志を燃やす。己の道を阻むなら、例え相手が何であろうと、必ず殺してやる! と。瞳を野生の狼のようにギラつかせ、獰猛な笑みを口元に浮かべるハジメ。「......ハジメ、素敵」「はぅ、ハジメさんが、またあの顔をしてますぅ~、何だかキュンキュンしますぅ」しかし、頬を赤らめて、ハァハァする女性陣のせいで雰囲気は何とも微妙だった。	It was Shia who first noticed the commotion. “Isn’t that someone being attacked ahead?” As usual, Yue was pressed up against Hajime. Kaori tried to get between them, the aura of her dragon pressed up against Yue’s lightning aura. The result was that Hajime had to be careful driving and thus didn’t have his attention on what was in front of him. As Shia said, there appeared to be a caravan ahead with two groups, one attacking the other. As their vehicle approached, Hajime’s “distance vision” allowed him to see two groups in the middle of a battle, one offending and the other defending. Shea’s usamimis picked up the roar of battle before Hajime could see them. “They appear to be bandits. The bandits seem to outnumber the caravan guards over to just . The difference in their combat potential is clear.” Hajime describes the situation to Yue and Kaori. “They have a barrier spell surrounding the caravan, but it’s not going to hold out. The bandits are trying to break the wall with magic.” “Having a barrier cover the entire caravan stretches it pretty thin. It will not endure long. They’ve bought themselves some time, but it won’t hold.” It appears like the caravan faced a surprise attack. Numerous people within the barrier were crouched down with injuries, or worse dead. They had managed to take out a few bandits, but the bandits were still proportionally more. They had managed to erect a barrier, but once it failed the people of the caravan would undoubtedly meet a gruesome end. Hajime’s conversation was cut short as the barrier melted to nothingness. The bandits raised a shout and surged forward, breaking through the caravan’s remaining defenses with vicious grins on their faces. The escort squadron fought back desperately, but they were outgunned. One person after another fell to injuries from the bandits. Kaori had a determined expression on her face, she turned to Hajime and requested he help rescue them in a tone that suggested she was agitated. “Hajime-kun, please! Help them, if you can...” Hajime didn’t respond, but accelerated his wheeler instead. Since it was obvious the caravan would be wiped out if he didn’t help, he had already decided he wanted to know their story. He wanted to say that to Kaori, but didn’t. The wheeler chewed into the ground producing a “garri garri garri” sound as he accelerated with a vengeance, the car moving as if it was attached to a rocket engine. “Hajime-kun, thank you...” Kaori smiled happily as he began to take action. Hajime shrugged in response. Hajime was simply doing what he wanted to do. Yue tightened her seatbelt. “Oh, that, Hajime-kun? Isn’t this a bit...” The feeling seemed to be ruined as the four wheeler continued to accelerate moment by moment. Although she asked him to help, she knew how cars worked on earth, and the speed he was charging at them didn’t leave time to stop. Was he going to ram them with the wheeler? Kaori could not help but think so. With Haori concerned, Hajime responded clearly. “Don’t they teach you to stomp the accelerator when you see a criminal in driving school?” “Of course they wouldn’t teach that. Don’t twist the traffic laws to your discretion. Hey, Yue, don’t agree with him, stop nodding!” While Kaori tsukkomi’d, Hajime ignored her, turning the vehicle towards the bandit sitting in the rear who appeared to be the leader. Hajime intended to kill the bandits by running them over without hesitation. The bandit leader finally noticed the strange object approaching them leaving behind a cloud of dust. He issued instructions to nearby bandits, and they began to chant magic. To them, the wheeler appeared to be some new kind of demon or monster. They would not have believed it was man-made, let alone operated by people. Hajime poured magical power in to the four-wheeler, operating one of its many functions. A blade of approximately 1 meter protruded from the sides and roof. The bandits fired flame bullets at the vehicle, but they bounced harmlessly off the four-wheeler, so Hajime chose to ignore them and kept driving forward. Even though the flame bullets were striking the vehicle, its steadfast rush towards the bandits put sour expressions on their faces. Dogoo! Baki! Squish! Horror, despair, and embarrassment – those were the expressions on the bandit’s faces as they collided with the hood of the 4-wheeler. As bandits flung over the roof, the blade on top ripped them to shreds. Some tried to jump to the sides to avoid the blades and were blown away instead. At 80 km/h, anyone who was lucky enough to miss the blades ended up with shattered bones and ruptured organs. The rear group of bandits were wiped out in a moment, leaving seven dead. After taking out the rear bandits, Hajime spins the car, putting it into a drift. The area becomes a slaughtering ground as the 4 wheelers cuts into the bandits, leaving the surviving members of the caravan staring with stunned looks. Bandits and caravan guards in close combat suddenly stop to stare at the scene. “If they attack us without compassion, we must be willing to do the same. Do you understand?” Hajime explained to Kaori. “... yes, I understand.” Kaori understood that despite being kind, she wasn’t allowed to heal or protect the people she would call enemies. If she did, she wouldn’t be able to follow Hajime. She had made her resolve to be in his party. Hajime feared that Kaori would get in his way, but she gave him a resolute nod to alleviate his suspicions. “I won’t get interfere. So do what you need to do.” Hajime sighed. “Yes.” Kaori let out a smile, getting out of the four wheeler and racing to the closest injured person. She was surprised that it turned out to be a young woman. The bandits who had regained their resolved immediately approached Kaori aggressively, their faces twisted in anger over the bandits the 4 wheeler had killed. “You *****! Die!” While raising an angry voice, one of the bandits brandished his long sword. Kaori spared him a sideways glance and then brushed past while ignoring him. She continued at a full sprint towards the injured person while beginning her chant. A moment later there was a loud bang, and man’s head exploded, easily ending his life. Dopan! Dopan! Dopan! Dopan! Dopan! Dopan! The wind continuously carried the sounds of death with each crack of thunder. Each explosion resulted in the destruction of another head in a spectacle of blood. It was overwhelmingly harsh. The more than 40 bandits were reduced to half their number in a matter of seconds. In a panic at the unbelievable sight, a few of the bandits tried to grab Shia and the other girls in an attempt to gain a hostage. One of the guards tried to shout out to the girls to give them a warning, but his worries were pointless. Shia’s superhuman growth was progressing quite nicely, and there were no openings in this combat rabbit! Shia pulled out Doryukken from the treasure room, which appeared to the bandits like nothingness behind her. Passi! It made a satisfying sound as she swung it, the hammer stretching to size. As she swung, a circular white membrane formed on end. It was a wall of air which struck the upper bodies of three of the bandits, blowing them away in a single hit. “Oops! Too much blood!” Apparently, as they hadn’t fought any small fries in a while, Shia had forgotten to restrain herself when fighting a weaker enemy. She had intended to just toss the enemy back, but with her absent-minded spirit, she had sent their upper bodies flying without the lower. The sudden splattering of blood causes Shia to back up several steps in surprise. Yue and Tio spared Shia amazed looks, even though they were in the middle of decimating the other bandits with a storm of magic. The remaining 10 bandits were unceremoniously shot by Hajime, death immediately following without time to plead for their lives. It was pure destruction without any forgiveness. Kaori used the recovery magic restoration to heal numerous people at once scattered across the caravan. Regrettably, many of the caravan guards who had fallen earlier had already breathed their last breath. Even reproduction magic could not help bring them back from the dead. As Hajime approached Kaori, a person raced up to her quickly. The stranger was small-statured, their face hidden with a hood, causing them to appear suspicious. However, Hajime knew this was the person who had kept the barrier up to desperately protect the caravan. None of the caravan guards got in Hajime’s way as he approached them. “Kaori!” The hooded person threw out her hands and used her momentum to leap at Kaori while calling her name in a pretty voice. Kaori didn’t hide her astonishment, muttering the name of the person in the process. “Lily (She’ll be called Riri or Ririana in the next chapter on)? After all, it is Lily? That barrier looked familiar. I didn’t think I’d find you in such a place, but I suspected...” It appeared Kaori recognized the hooded person as Lily. —– Rather, Liliana S.B. Heilig (Hairihi), the third princess of the Heilig (Hairihi) Kingdom was the person in the hood. Liliana hugged Kaori with relief, offering a glimpse of her big, blue eyes and apparent beauty hidden by the hood. Her eyes squeezed shut as she began to cry, speaking to Kaori quietly between sobs. “I also did not think I’d find Kaori in this place. It is... good fortune. It seems that I haven’t exhausted my luck yet.” “Lily? What’s wrong?” Kaori didn’t quite get the meaning of Liliana’s words, but she noticed something was off and pulled back. Liliana put a finger on Kaori’s mouth, urging her not to use Liliana’s name. Apparently Liliana was alone and had managed to slip into the caravan to get this far. Kaori gave a sympathetic look as she tried to emphasize with the struggle the princess must have faced. Liliana gave Hajime a blank look. Suddenly, Liliana raised her voice and shouted “Hya!” Looking up at Hajime from within her hood, a light bulb seemed to go off in her head and she immediately began to greet Hajime. “It’s Nagumo, isn’t it? Long time no see. We had heard about your survival after the fall. The strength and ability to survive is worthy of respect. It was good you survived. While you were missing, Kaori was a wreck.” “Wait, Lily, we’re fine now.” Kaori spoke in a fluster. “I heard about how Kaori confessed to Hajime from Shizuku, but you’ll have to tell me more about it later.” Liliana was teasing Kaori in a fun tone, smiling from the back of her hood. Kaori turned bright red from embarrassment. The princess’s smile must be very popular with the public. There was no doubt that if she aimed it at the young and old alike, they would fall for her. However, Hajime wasn’t particularly moved by her smile. “Heh?” If Hajime didn’t interrupt them, Liliana and Kaori would undoubtedly keep talking about the status of all the other students in the kingdom. Hajime didn’t have the patience to be subtle. He wanted a direct answers. Liliana was a princess with a great personality and who was loved by everyone she met. She was shocked to be addressed so improperly by a man who normally wouldn’t even be worthy of meeting the princess, thus she let out a goofy voice involuntarily. The panicked Kaori immediately tried to smooth out the situation on behalf of the dazed Liliana. She spoke in a low voice so no one else could hear them. “Hajime you... Princess! It’s the Princess! It’s the Heilig Kingdom Princess Leliana that you’re speaking to!” “............................................... Ah...” “Gusu (sobbing), you’ve forgotten me, haven’t you? Gusu.” Leliana whined. “Lily! Don’t cry because of that! Hajime-kun is kinda whatchamacallit. He’s special. No one normal would forget Lily. So you don’t need to cry!” Kaori attempted to smooth things out. Since Liliana’s watery eyes looked quite terrible, Kaori was desperate to comfort her. Hajime involuntarily tsukkomi’d, however Kaori gave him a dirt look that said “be quiet right now!” Meanwhile, Liliana was explaining “No, it’s okay Kaori, it just hurt my pride a little...” Across the board, the conclusion from the conversation seemed to be that Hajime was wrong for having completely forgotten who Liliana was. With the atmosphere already delicate, a man from the caravan approached them. “It’s been a long time.... It looks like you’re in good health...” the caravan leader stated. “From health drinks...” Hajime responds “Really? A health drink? A company that can make that must be a famous and wealthy company. Can you give me their name?” “Oh-, no, nevermind. But how are you, Mottou?” “Yeah, I’m glad you remember Mottou from the Yunker trading company. This is the second time you helped us out of a dangerous place. It looks like we were fated to meet again.” The man laughed and shook Hajime’s hand. It seemed like the leader of the caravan was the man they escorted to Fhu-ren from Brook town some time ago. Hajime also remembered when his commercial spirit got the better of him and Hajime had to put him in his place. Hajime had learned a bit about human nature from the man named Mottou. Although it seemed like Mottou’s commercial spirit hadn’t declined in the slightest. He casually touched Hajime’s ring of storage as he let go of his hand. His eye’s weren’t laughing, but seemed to ask “Are you sure you’re not going to sell that soon?” Maybe it was just Hajime’s imagination. “A random person you met only once you can remember, but a princess?” Lily became even more depressed and Kaori struggled to comfort her in spite of the story she just heard. As Mottou told it, they were heading to the Ankaji dukedom via Horuado. The plight of Ankaji had already been known, and as a merchant he was ready to head out there to earn a profit. It seemed that he had already been out there once and this was his second journey after a stop in the Imperial City. From the look on his face, it was clear they were making big profits. Hajime explained that they were heading for the Sea of Trees after a stop in Huruado. Mottou begged them for an escort until they reached Horuado. However, before Hajime could answer, Liliana put it a stop to it. “I’m sorry for interrupting you, Merchant. I must speak with you for a moment. Thank you for transporting me this far. I’m sorry for my selfish request, but I won’t be joining you the rest of the way to Horuado.” “Oh, you’re not heading to Horuado anymore?” “Yes, this point is fine. I will, of course, pay for the entire trip.” It seemed that Liliana was taking advantage of the caravan to make it to Horuado. Having met Hajime on the way, she no longer felt it was necessary. At the point, Hajime received a tap on his shoulder and Kaori whispered in his ear. Mottou had refused to receive money, which confused Liliana. The caravan had provided bed and food along with an escort. Coming from Mottou the merchant, those words seemed completely unexpected. Liliana gave Mottou a troubled smile. “Don’t trouble yourself too much on it. But here’s some advice. Typically, a caravan will charge extra passengers before they depart. To not have to pay before you leave typically suggests they’re up to something, or don’t plan to charge you in the first place. This is the latter.” “Is that so...” “I don’t know what your circumstances are, but since you’re traveling alone I assumed it was serious. During a crisis, if a merchant such as myself helps, then in the future the people of this country may find confidence with this merchant.” Liliana realized that Mottou knew her identity from the beginning. He pretended not to know her so he could help without drawing attention. “Then at least I should offer a token of my appreciation. Without your help, I never would have made it out of the Imperial City.” “Heh... the thing you want most is often the most difficult purchase for a merchant, you know?” “Eh?.... No, I don’t know.” Liliana responded confused. “It’s trust.” Mottou explained. “Trust?” “Yes, a business without trust can’t thrive and never will makea profit. However, to help a young lady out in a serious situation, the Yunker Trading Company might become known as a company you can trust. Your fare will be paid no matter.” Liliana held a wry smile at the words he spoke. If you use money unreasonably, it’s synonymous with a lack of trust. There were some contrary feelings welling up in Liliana. Eventually, she gave up on them and took Mottou’s good will straight on. “Your trading company is truly worthy of relying on. This Heilig princess will never forget your kindness and dedication. Thank you!” Then Mottou turned, leaving Liliana and Hajime on the spot as his caravan headed down the planned route to Horuado. He left in a manner of knowing that he’d receive his own heretic certification for aiding the princess. He had already received the information that the Ankaji dukedom had recovered thanks to Hajime. Hajime could only guess why he chose to help in this manner. He supposed Mottou would say he did It to “Earn favor for a better tomorrow”, the slogan of a genuine merchant. After Mottou had left, the remaining party headed off in the magic four wheeler while Liliana began to explain her story. Liliana’s expression was full of tension and impatience which gave Hajime a foreboding feeling. Finally, she began to speak. “Aiko was kidnapped...” Hajime sensed that there was more to it than that. To summarize Liliana’s story: Recently, the mood inside the Royal Palace seemed more uncomfortable than Liliana remembered. The King committed himself to the Seikyo church more fervently than he had ever done in the past. The Prime minister and the other leaders also seemed to get caught up in his fervor, their belief strengthening unreasonably. If it was just that... but there was also the fact that one after another, everyone seemed to fall in line with the church. Their collaboration was enhanced like never before. Leliana kept telling herself it was her imagination. The discomfort didn’t stop there. Everyone seemed oddly devoid of any ambition. She had attempted to talk with knights and soldier she knew, familiar faces, and they all responded properly, but their responses seemed mechanical. Maybe even something like an illness. She even tried to consult with Meld, the one knight she had the most trust in, but he always was kept out of sight and busy. Liliana couldn’t manage to catch him even once to talk. Meanwhile, Aiko finally returned to the Imperial City with details on Ur town. Liliana seemed to have been present at the time. Suddenly, an abnormal demand was made. It was the call to make Hajime a heretic. Credited with saving Ur, the objections and opinions of Aiko, who boasted great name recognition and popularity as the “fertility goddess”, were completely ignored. The conclusion seemed unreasonable, and Liliana had been a fierce protestor, although her father didn’t budge no matter what she said. His stubbornness seemed to border on obsession. Instead, Liliana herself was accused of having a lack of faith, and her father started to see her as an enemy, rather than a daughter. Liliana pretended that they had convinced her, and then immediately made plans to run away. She wanted to discuss what was going on with Aiko first. Liliana knew that Aiko was planning to meet the rest of the students to discuss the events around Hajime fall at dinner, so she wanted to meet her beforehand and discuss her fears. She had been approaching Aiko’s room when she heard her arguing with another woman in the corridor. When she peeped around the corner, she saw Aiko unconscious and in the hands of a woman with silver hair wearing a church frock. The woman made Liliana afraid, and she immediately dashed into a nearby hidden passage only known to the royal family. Although the silver-haired woman had noticed and looked for her, she didn’t notice the hidden passage itself and left Liliana in peace. Liliana was convinced that the silver haired woman was the mastermind behind all of this. That everything was connected and that she needed to tell someone. However, since Aiko was ambushed, it stood to reason that the students were being watched. She also didn’t know Meld’s whereabouts. Then she remembered that one of the students, a dependable friend, wasn’t in the capital. So she decided she had to find Kaori. She had heard the story that Kaori was with Nagumo Hajime. That means it wouldn’t be just the two of them she could rely on. She escaped in a hidden passage way with the plan to head to the Ankaji dukedom. “And after that, you know, I was allowed to travel with the caravan of the Yunker Trading Company. I did not think I’d get noticed, let alone find myself getting attacked by bandits, or that I’d be helped by Kaori... not even in my dreams... a little while ago did not... but... I... it was scary... the church... What is happening? The nun with that silver hair... my father...” Liliana hugged her body, trembling with fear. Rather than the talented princess she usually was, she just looked like a scared girl. Although that was no wonder. All the people she knew were turned into strangers, and she was afraid she’d be next. Kaori hugged her tightly, trying to ease the fear that dug into Liliana’s mind even a little. While watching the scene, Hajime went through the events in his mind. Lilliana’s story reminded him of the Merujine underwater ruins and the scene they had been shown in the end. The people had been built into a fervor with their belief in god. This was very truly a dangerous situation. He didn’t know if those visions were true. Could it be happening? No, rather they should get the god level magic quickly, and leave this world as soon as possible. However, Hajime couldn’t make the decision immediately, as he had to consider Aiko-sensei. Most likely, what Aiko was going to tell the students was true about their being brought to this world to fight for the god’s amusement. They liked to use people as pawns, and her words would have put a wedge of suspicion that would have inconvenienced them. It seems Hajime’s theory was spot on. For them to decide to kidnap Aiko, it must have been Hajime’s fault. They probably don’t want to kill her, but the people who take pleasure in manipulating everyone like a hand puppet might decide to eventually make use of her. Hajime was indebted to Aiko for the advice that she gave him. It’s not as bad now that he is not alone. For that reason... “We’re going to help my teacher.” Hajime chose to save, rather than abandon the one that needed him. With those words, Liliana raised her face in hope. She wore an expression of relief over the fact that he’d come back with her to the city. She had heard that he was indifferent towards his classmates in this world and she had feared he would have abandoned them. She expected that convincing him to go would be difficult. “You really will?” Liliana asked for confirmation, but Hajime only shrugged. “Please do not misunderstand. It’s not because of your kingdom. It’s for my teacher. She’s been kidnapped because of me. I have to take responsibility.” “For Aiko...” Liliana was a little discouraged when she realized that Hajime had no plans to lend his force to the kingdom, but she had some hope that he’d change his mind on the way. Despite his harsh words, she still broke into an involuntary smile. “Well, in the process of helping my teacher, I might end up aiding the kingdom by accident.” He admitted. “.... Fufu, I hope that is the case. I thank you, Nagumo.” Since the woman who had kidnapped Aiko was wearing a frock of the church, and since the king was listening to the church to an abnormal degree, likely the church was the cause of all these problems. The church would likely get in Hajime’s way, and they’d end up as his enemy. Helping Aiko and the fixing the kingdom seemed to be one and the same. By helping Aiko, Hajime would help Liliana. Liliana shared a smile with Kaori, causing Hajime’s mouth to distort a bit. In addition to saving Aiko, Hajime had another purpose. It’s the Kojiri (Spirit) magic in Kamiyama. From what they had heard from Miledi (armor-possessed prankster who gave them gravity magic), Kamiyama is also one of the seven major labyrinths. However, whether there is a large labyrinth entrance hidden by the church, Hajime had no clue. It was still worth a check although the church officials would likely get in his way. So even though he had originally planned on going to the Sea of Trees, he now had a good reason to go for Kamiyama. And, in the process he’d rescue Aiko, with the likelihood of a fight with church very high. If he attacked the head temple, maybe that’s all he’d need to get the Kojiro (Spirit) magic, or so he thought. With regards to the silver-haired woman, Hajime mentioned that he thought he had seen a silver haired person in the visions given to them in the Meljeene Underwater Ruins. On the luxury liner, there was a woman in a hood who disappeared and they most certainly had silver hair. Hajime couldn’t guess if it was the same person, the age was too different. However, there was a feeling from the beginning. Something to do with this woman with silver hair. Hajime’s fighting spirit burned. He would stop them, no matter who the other party was. He’ll kill anyone who gets in his way. He puts on a ferocious smile like that of a wild wolf. “.... Hajime, nice.” Yue responded to his look. “Hajime... your face looks a little tight...” The atmosphere between Hajime in the girls was anything but subtle, Liliana blushed at the sight.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 9, "inserted_lines_src": 8, "inserted_lines_trg": 4 }
自分もそうだと言う方はいますか? 私たちに付いて回りますずっと付きまとうのですというのもそんな風に扱われると相手にされていないと感じたり噂されている気がするからです人間観察をするようになると― 私はそればかりやっていますが注目されたり認められることを強く望んでいる人がいるのだと気づきました若い頃の話ですよ彼らの行動といえば私たちがしょっちゅうしていること― 自分自身について話すことです他方で別の人達を見ると私が― 「相関する考え方」と呼んでいるものを持っている方がいますどんな状況においても「自分たち」について話す方法を見出し「私たちの考え」を創り出します私の考える世界の再構想とは皆が一緒に他人のために「チャンスを生み出す人」になる場として世界を見ることです大義や一人ではできなかったことを成し遂げるために個々の才能をもっと一緒に生かしてチャンスを生み出す人になることが今ほど求められ機会を与えられている時代は他にありませんそれが私のお話ししたいことです与えること以上に与えること以上に大切なのは大義を目指しより賢明なことを一緒におこなう能力だからですその能力はお互いを向上させステップアップできますそれが今日のテーマですがそれとは別に言っておきたいことがあります皆さん一人一人に他の誰よりも優れたところがありますよく聞くあの言葉を覆すことになりますね「自分がいちばん賢いと感じたらそれは居場所を誤っているということ」数年前に私が参加したあるハリウッドのパーティーでのことですそこで新進気鋭の女優に出会いすぐに共通の趣味であるパブリックアートの話になりました彼女は熱い信念がありロサンゼルスの新しい建物には必ずパブリックアートを入れさせるべきだとそのための規制まで望んでいてさらに熱心に― シカゴ出身の方いらっしゃいます? ミレニアム・パークの表面が鏡の― 豆の形をした彫刻について語り始めました人々はそこに近づいてそこに映る自分に笑いかけたりポーズをとって気取ってみたり皆で自分撮りをしたりして笑い合うんだそうです彼女の話を聞きある考えが浮かんだのでこう言いました「貴女が会うべき人がいるわよサン・クエンティン刑務所からもうすぐ出てくる人で― 彼も貴女と同じようにアートは人を巻き込み人と人を繋ぐべきという情熱を持つ人よ」と彼は5年間独房にいました私がサン・クエンティン刑務所で講演したのが出会いです彼は雄弁で魅力的なんですなにせ筋肉隆々ですからね体を鍛える日課がありましたから彼女にも伝わっていたと思います私は「彼は意外な味方になるよ」と言いました他にもいますジェームズという建築家で教授のプレイスメイキングが大好きな人ですプレイスメイキングとは公共空間に広場や都市型の散歩道を作ることでそこにはアートが散りばめられ人々が絵を描いたり集まって話したりします彼らは良い仲間になると思いました実際そうなりました彼らは出会い計画を練りましたロサンゼルス市議会の前でスピーチもしました市議会は法案を通しただけでなく議員の半数は後で彼らと記念写真まで撮りました彼らはハッとするほど人を惹きつけ説得力がありましたお金では手に入れることができません皆さんに考えていただきたいのは私たちがどんなタイプのチャンスを作り出す人になれるかですというのも富や立派な肩書きや人脈の広さ以上に大事なのはお互いの長所を繋ぎそれを生かす私たちの能力だからですこれが簡単だとは言いませんし誰かと繋がろうとしてやり方を間違えた方も多いでしょうでも私が提案したいのはこれがチャンスだということです私がこれについて考え始めたのはウォール・ストリート・ジャーナルの記者時代ですヨーロッパにいた私の仕事は流行の取材で流行とはビジネスも政治もライフスタイルも越えたものでしたですから自分と全く別世界の人たちとの繋がりが必要でしたさもなければ流行を追えませんからね 3つ目は読者の生活に流行がどう影響するか伝わるように読者の視線で記事を書かなければなりませんでしたこれがチャンスを生み出す人のやっていることですおかしなことが起きています自分と似た考えの人たちと一緒に仕事をしたり生活したり遊ぶアメリカ人が増えていてそうすると考えが凝り固まって極端になってしまうものですが逆にチャンスを生み出す人は自分と違うタイプの人たちを積極的に求めて人間関係を築いておりそうすることで信頼できる関係を持つので適切なチームを引き入れて問題をより良く早く解決する人材を集めより多くのチャンスを掴むことができます彼らは「違うこと」を恐れませんむしろそこに魅力を感じますこれが考え方を大きく変え一度感じればもっと実現したくなります世界はいま私たちに集団的思考を持つことを求めており私はそれが可能だと思っています今の時代にこそ大切なものですなぜ今の時代なんでしょう? なぜなら無人飛行機や薬物やデータ収集などが作り出されるからですしかもより多くの人が利益を得るためにより安価な方法で作り出すことができるからです皆さんもニュースでご存知のとおり危険なものに利用され得るからです私たち一人一人に求められているのはもっと価値あるものを作り出すことです更なる秘訣をお教えしましょうこれは単に他の人と協力する最初の機会というだけでなく団体であれ個人であれ皆さんにとってきっと最高の経験となりますその経験をしたことで得られる互いの信頼こそが重要ですこれは後になって作り出される予期しないもので全く予想だにできないものです例えば先ほど申し上げた女優の夫マーティーは妻の仲間たちの活動を見てすぐに例の前科者ウォーリーと刑務所での運動の日課について話しましたマーティーは考えました自分の所有するラケットボール場でウォーリーに教えてもらおう従業員の多くがうちの練習場の会員だし彼らは出張が多いから道具がないホテルでも体を動かしてもらえるようにとこうしてウォーリーは雇われましたそれだけではありません彼はラケットボールを教えることになり更に数年後ラケットボールの先生を教えるまでになりました私がご提案しているのは皆さんが共通の興味や行動によって周りの人たちと繋がると将来起きる素敵なことをどんどん見つけられるようになりますこれが私たちが目指すものだと思いますこのようなチャンスに心を開きましょうここにいる皆さんは重要人物であり技術がありますシステムとプロジェクトを一緒に拡大させるのが重要なプレーヤーの独自の役割です皆さんにお願いしたいことはこれですチャンスを生み出す人の 3つの特徴を覚えておいてください彼らは自分の一番の長所に常に磨きをかけますそしてパターンを探します自分たちの世界とは違う世界に足を踏み入れることで信頼を得てパターンを見出せるようにしお互いに関心のある分野の要所を繋ぐためコミュニケーションをとりますですから私は皆さんにお願いしたいのです世界は皆さんを必要としています実体験を通じて自信を持って申し上げます時代が私たちに望んでいるのはチャンスを生み出す人として共に結ばれお互いの行動を見習うことです既にやっている人が多いことを私は実体験を通して理解していますそして一人一人の最高の才能をもっと生かして個人でできる以上の大きなことを一緒に成し遂げる世界を再構想することです最後にデイブ・リニガーの格言をおくります「持ち寄りパーティーに自分のフォークだけ持ってくるようではダメです」ありがとうございましたありがとう(拍手)	And it sticks with us. It really does stick with us, because when we are treated that way, we feel invisible sometimes, or talked around and at. And as I started to look at people, which is mostly all I did, I noticed that some people really wanted attention and recognition. Remember, I was young then. So what did they do? What we still do perhaps too often. We talk about ourselves. And yet there are other people I observed who had what I called a mutuality mindset. In each situation, they found a way to talk about us and create that "us" idea. So my idea to reimagine the world is to see it one where we all become greater opportunity-makers with and for others. There's no greater opportunity or call for action for us now than to become opportunity-makers who use best talents together more often for the greater good and accomplish things we couldn't have done on our own. And I want to talk to you about that, because even more than giving, even more than giving, is the capacity for us to do something smarter together for the greater good that lifts us both up and that can scale. That's why I'm sitting here. But I also want to point something else out: Each one of you is better than anybody else at something. That disproves that popular notion that if you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room. So let me tell you about a Hollywood party I went to a couple years back, and I met this up-and-coming actress, and we were soon talking about something that we both felt passionately about: public art. And she had the fervent belief that every new building in Los Angeles should have public art in it. She wanted a regulation for it, and she fervently started — who is here from Chicago? — she fervently started talking about these bean-shaped reflective sculptures in Millennium Park, and people would walk up to it and they'd smile in the reflection of it, and they'd pose and they'd vamp and they'd take selfies together, and they'd laugh. And as she was talking, a thought came to my mind. I said, "I know someone you ought to meet. He's getting out of San Quentin in a couple of weeks" — — "and he shares your fervent desire that art should engage and enable people to connect." He spent five years in solitary, and I met him because I gave a speech at San Quentin, and he's articulate and he's rather easy on the eyes because he's buff. He had workout regime he did every day. I think she was following me at that point. I said, "He'd be an unexpected ally." And not just that. There's James. He's an architect and he's a professor, and he loves place-making, and place-making is when you have those mini-plazas and those urban walkways and where they're dotted with art, where people draw and come up and talk sometimes. I think they'd make good allies. And indeed they were. They met together. They prepared. They spoke in front of the Los Angeles City Council. And the council members not only passed the regulation, half of them came down and asked to pose with them afterwards. They were startling, compelling and credible. You can't buy that. What I'm asking you to consider is what kind of opportunity- makers we might become, because more than wealth or fancy titles or a lot of contacts, it's our capacity to connect around each other's better side and bring it out. And I'm not saying this is easy, and I'm sure many of you have made the wrong moves too about who you wanted to connect with, but what I want to suggest is, this is an opportunity. I started thinking about it way back when I was a Wall Street Journal reporter and I was in Europe and I was supposed to cover trends and trends that transcended business or politics or lifestyle. So I had to have contacts in different worlds very different than mine, because otherwise you couldn't spot the trends. And third, I had to write the story in a way stepping into the reader's shoes, so they could see how these trends could affect their lives. That's what opportunity-makers do. And here's a strange thing: Unlike an increasing number of Americans who are working and living and playing with people who think exactly like them because we then become more rigid and extreme, opportunity-makers are actively seeking situations with people unlike them, and they're building relationships, and because they do that, they have trusted relationships where they can bring the right team in and recruit them to solve a problem better and faster and seize more opportunities. They're not affronted by differences, they're fascinated by them, and that is a huge shift in mindset, and once you feel it, you want it to happen a lot more. This world is calling out for us to have a collective mindset, and I believe in doing that. It's especially important now. Why is it important now? Because things can be devised like drones and drugs and data collection, and they can be devised by more people and cheaper ways for beneficial purposes and then, as we know from the news every day, they can be used for dangerous ones. It calls on us, each of us, to a higher calling. But here's the icing on the cake: It's not just the first opportunity that you do with somebody else that's probably your greatest, as an institution or an individual. It's after you've had that experience and you trust each other. It's the unexpected things that you devise later on you never could have predicted. For example, Marty is the husband of that actress I mentioned, and he watched them when they were practicing, and he was soon talking to Wally, my friend the ex-con, about that exercise regime. And he thought, I have a set of racquetball courts. That guy could teach it. A lot of people who work there are members at my courts. They're frequent travelers. They could practice in their hotel room, no equipment provided. That's how Wally got hired. Not only that, years later he was also teaching racquetball. Years after that, he was teaching the racquetball teachers. What I'm suggesting is, when you connect with people around a shared interest and action, you're accustomed to serendipitous things happening into the future, and I think that's what we're looking at. We open ourselves up to those opportunities, and in this room are key players in technology, key players who are uniquely positioned to do this, to scale systems and projects together. So here's what I'm calling for you to do. Remember the three traits of opportunity-makers. Opportunity-makers keep honing their top strength and they become pattern seekers. They get involved in different worlds than their worlds so they're trusted and they can see those patterns, and they communicate to connect around sweet spots of shared interest. So what I'm asking you is, the world is hungry. I truly believe, in my firsthand experience, the world is hungry for us to unite together as opportunity-makers and to emulate those behaviors as so many of you already do — I know that firsthand — and to reimagine a world where we use our best talents together more often to accomplish greater things together than we could on our own. Just remember, as Dave Liniger once said, "You can't succeed coming to the potluck with only a fork." Thank you very much. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
依頼で指定された森の入り口。王都から見ると東の方にあるので、フォレストウルフがたくさんいるわけではなさそうだ。これが全部ゴブリンやコボルトだったら、D級でもこなせたのかもしれないけれど、Dクラス以上の魔物だとすると無謀だといえるだろう。『すっかり夜になりましたね』『今日はこの辺りで野宿にしますか?』「それじゃあ、火を起こすわね」寝袋でもあれば、シエルなら十分に快眠できると思うけれど、現状荷物になるからと持ってもいない。それでも火を起こすのは、動物避けではなくて――魔物はあまり火を怖がらないので意味がない――、食事の準備のため。火を起こすなんて言っても、シエルが魔法陣を使って火を維持するだけなのだけれど。あとは小さな鍋に水と乾燥させた野菜、適当に塩と干し肉を入れて熱するだけ。「これだけでも、食べられるものね。なぜあの屋敷の料理は、あそこまで味気がなかったのかしら?」『なんかもう、あえて味がしないように作っていたんじゃないですか?』今日の夕食は決して美味しいものではない。前世で出されると、ほぼまずいと言う評価が返ってくるだろう。それでも、この世界では普通に食べられるものになる。「ところで、魔物は大丈夫かしら?」『森に入ったら結構いますね。スタンピードほどではないですけど』「安全性はどうかしら?」『Bクラス以上はいないみたいですから、何の問題もないでしょう』人と違って、魔物は強さを測りやすい。「なら安心ね」『お任せください』「お願いね」シエルは笑ってそういうと、スープに飲み干した。朝、天気は晴れ。外で寝たときのシエルは、日の出とともに起きるので、無駄なく行動することができる。わたし達の場合、結界が雨具代わりになるので、濡れて体力を削られることはない。ただ、視界と足場が悪くなるため、全く影響がないわけではないけれど、結界って本当に便利。他にこんな使い方をしている人を見たことがないので、わたしの使い方が異常なだけなのだろう。今日の予定だけれど、午前のうちに薬草を探して、昼食を食べてから、すぐに王都に戻れるようにしたい。『それでは頑張ってください』「今回こそすぐに見つけてみせるのよ」シエルが気合を入れて森の中に入って行く。薬草類は魔力を持っているものが多いけれど、その量は微量なので探すのは魔力探知能力を鍛えるのにもってこいなのだ。森でのわたしの役目は、魔物が来るのを伝える事。何せそこら中に薬草っぽいのがあるから。魔物が増えて依頼のランクが上がるくらい放置されたのは伊達じゃないらしい。むしろあっちこっちにあるため、目的のものを探すとなると面倒かもしれない。わたしは魔物に集中しているので、ぼんやりと「あの辺にあるな」くらいにしか認識していない。しっかり調べることもできるけれど、それをしてしまうとついついシエルにヒントを出してしまうのだ。「この辺りすべて持っていけば、依頼達成できそうよね?」『そうですね。ですが、持っていけるはずがないので頑張ってください』「はーい......」ポーションはハンターであっても、騎士であっても大事だと思うのだけれど、こんなになるまで放っておいて備蓄とかは大丈夫だろうか。そういえば、道具屋にもほとんど売っていなかった気がする。あのレベルで数が少ないということは、下級ハンターだと購入すら難しいかもしれない。町であれば教会で怪我は治してもらえるけれど、町の外だとそうはいかない。怪我1つ治せたかどうかで生死にかかわることもあるだろう。前世で言えばクローバーみたいな植物で、ハート形の葉くっついている。でも記憶にあるものよりも、瑞々しくて厚みがある。花もバラを丸っこくしたものを小さくしたような形をしていて、色は白い。「これかしら?」『それみたいですね。依頼書には花の絵しかありませんでしたが、特徴は一致していますし』「それなら、これを持っていけるだけ持って行っても良さそうね。たくさんあるもの」『そうですね。根を傷つけないようにすれば、問題ないでしょう。「それは葉っぱが4枚のものがあるって事かしら?」何気なく言ってしまったけれど、四葉のクローバーが幸運の象徴というのは、こちらの世界の話ではない。そういった話もあるかもしれないけれど、シエルが聞いたことがないということは、当然わたしも知らない。『これに似ている植物の話なんですけどね。昔わたしがいたところだと、本来は3枚の葉っぱのはずなのに、たまに4枚くっついたものがあって、それを見つけたら幸運だって言われていたんですよ』「探してみようかしら」『あるかわかりませんよ?』「実はね、たぶんもう見つけているのよ?」その目線の先には、確かに4つの葉を持ったクローバーもどきが、朝露を浴びて光っていた。『凄いです。よくわかりましたね』驚いて素直に褒めたら、シエルは照れたような顔をして、それから苦笑した。「エインならすぐわかると思うわよ? 言われてきちんと魔力を感じて見れば、確かに他の葉よりも魔力が多い。『確かに違いますね。せっかくですから、これは提出せずに持っておきますか?』「そうね、そうしましょう」依頼で頼まれたものを自分のものにするというのは、なんだか悪いことをしているようだけれど、自分の分として一部を貰うくらいは許されるだろう。『でも、それならもう1つ、持っていきたい薬草がありますね』「そうね。持って行ってしまいましょうか」遠目には薄い緑色のように見えたけれど、近づいてみるとそれが透明な花であることが分かった。地面近くにシエルの手のひらほどの葉があって、その上に可愛い花が乗っている。花は桜みたいな形だけれど、花弁に色はなく、植物の柔らかさだけがある。軽く探ってみるけれど、これ以外にこの花はなさそうだ。「綺麗ね」『そうですね』近寄ってみて気が付く、その存在感に目を奪われる。「持って行って、この花が枯れてしまうのは......そうね、悲しいわ」『出来るだけ、このままの状態でとどめておくことはできますが......』例えば押し花にしてしまうとか。本で挟んで押さえつけるくらいの知識しかないけれど。「この花に手を加えるのよね?」『乾燥させて長持ちさせるって方法ですからね』質問に答えるとシエルが悩み始める。静かだった森の中、急に風が吹いた。風に乗って、ふわりと花がシエルのところに飛んできた。その手の上にある花に根はなく、その花弁は先ほどまでと違い作り物めいている。「ね、エイン。植物ってこんな風になるのかしら?」『わたしは初めて見ましたね。話にも聞いたことはありません』「そうよね? これは、どうしたら良いと思う?」『せっかくなので髪に留めてみてもいいとは思うんですが、透明だと映えないんですよね』色彩について詳しいわけではないけれど、白の上に透明なものを置いたとして、白くなるだけで目立たないと思う。「自分ではわからないのだけれど、色があったほうが良いのね?」『オシャレをするうえでは、ワンポイントあったほうが可愛いと思いますけど、目立たせないという意味では透明でもいいかもしれませんね。「何色が似合うかしら?」『色で言ったら、黒とかアクセントになっていいと思いますが、この花基準だと葉の色が暗い茶色か緑で、花の色が内側に行くほど濃くなる青でしょうか』青の理由はシエルの瞳もそうだからというのもあるが、以前そんな桜を見たことがあるから。「王都に戻ったら、青い花の髪飾りを探してみようかしら」『それなら、服飾店で働いている人に訊いたほうが良いですよ。わたしのはあくまでも、素人の意見ですから』「エインが言った色だから欲しいのよ。他の人の意見はどうでもいいの」シエルのまっすぐな意見に何も言えなくなる。いや『う、あ......』みたいな、何言ったらいいのかわからない声は出ているけれど。わたしが何かを言う前に、シエルが「これは邪魔にならないようにしておくわ」と、透明な花を髪に近づける。次の瞬間、花というか葉がシエルの髪を求めるように巻き付くと、そのまま暗い色になり、花部分は内側に従って青が濃くなった。そして微量ながら、髪から魔力を吸い取っているらしい。わたしの魔力を吸っているみたいなので、別に構わないけれど。結界や探知の維持費を加味しても、まだ収支は黒字みたいだし。「えっと、エイン。どうなっているのかしら?」『花が髪飾りみたいになって、さっきわたしが言っていた色になりました。「これ、戻るかしら?」そう言って、シエルが花に手を近づけると、巻き付いていた葉が解けて、シエルの手に乗った。「元に戻ったみたいね。私が見られないのは残念だけれど、似合っていたかしら?」『はい、綺麗でしたよ』「そうなのね。そうなのね。それなら、しばらくつけておくわね。良いかしら?」『取られる魔力も微量ですから、大丈夫でしょう。わたしの言葉を聞いてから、シエルが花を髪に戻す。やはり自分でくっつく。	We’re at the entrance of the forest specified in the request. It’s about east from the royal capital, so there doesn’t seem to be a lot of forest wolves here. While I don’t feel any forest wolf-ish presence, I still sense so many monsters to the point that I don’t even want to count. A D-rank hunter might be able to complete this request if all of these are just goblins or kobolds, but if these monsters are all above D-class, then it would be nothing short of reckless. Though in my opinion, it’s nothing special compared to that stampede from before, so it’s not really a problem. If anything, the problem here would be the current time. 『We’re really well into the night now.』『Shall we camp out around here tonight?』「In that case, I’ll start a fire.」 While I did say camp out, we won’t be exposed to any danger thanks to my barrier, so we generally don’t have anything else to prepare. I think a sleeping bag would likely be enough to give Ciel a pleasant sleep, but since it’ll simply add to our luggage as of now, we don’t have one. Still, the reason we start a fire isn’t to ward off animals or monsters —it’s meaningless since they aren’t really scared of flames— but to prepare for dinner. And while Ciel said , all she’s doing is using a magic circle to keep a constant flame burning. After this, we simply add dried vegetables, dried meat, and some salt in a small pot of water and heat it up. In this situation, we could probably make something pretty delicious if we had some bouillon cubes but that doesn’t exist in this world. Even so, the dried vegetables and meat already add flavor on their own, and it’s completely edible for people that are used to gentle flavors. And with the finished soup and the hard bread we have, today’s dinner is served. 「Even with just these, it’s already good enough to eat, . Why did the food at that mansion taste so bland then?」『Like, at that point, they definitely made it taste bland intentionally, don’t you think?』 As Ciel brings the soup to her mouth, I naturally taste the flavors as well. Our dinner tonight is by no means delicious. If this was served on earth, people will likely rate it as completely terrible. Still, this is a staple meal in this world. The delicious food here can taste as good as the food on earth though. This world has quite the disparity. 「By the way, how are the monsters?」『There’s quite a lot inside the forest. Not as many as the stampede though.』「What about our safety?」『There doesn’t seem to be any B-class and above, so it should be fine.』 Unlike humans, a monster’s strength is easy to measure. After all, the stronger a monster is, the stronger a monster’s equivalent of human’s magic power is and they don’t put any effort in hiding it. 「Then that’s a relief.」『Leave it to me.』「Please.」 After saying so with a smile, Ciel gulps up all the remaining soup. It’s morning and the skies are clear. Ciel wakes up at sunrise when sleeping outside, so we’re able to act without wasting any time. Still, what would people normally do if it was raining instead? Since they probably have tents, would they spend their whole day inside or would they go outside while getting wet? In our case, the barrier also acts as a raincoat, so we won’t have our energy whittled by the cold rain. Although since it’ll worsen our footing and visibility, it’s not like we’re completely unaffected by it. Still, the barrier is honestly convenient. We haven’t seen anybody else use barriers like this, so maybe my way of using it is just abnormal. Anyway, as for today’s schedule, we’ll be searching for the herbs in the morning, eat lunch, and hopefully go back to the capital immediately after that. 『Well then, please do your best.』「This time I’ll definitely find them in an instant.」 Ciel psyched herself up as she entered the forest. While I do want to return early, it won’t be necessarily good for Ciel if I just find the herbs and end this as soon as we can. Many herbs have magic power in them but since it’s only in small quantities, searching for them is a perfect way to train one’s ability to detect magic power. My role here in the forest is to tell if monsters are coming. After doing that, Ciel swiftly severs their necks with a single strike. It’s just simple routine work. What a depressing world. Anyway, about this herb gathering request, it’s not that difficult if we just ignore the monsters. After all, herbs seem to be growing just about everywhere here. I guess the request didn’t get ranked up, after being ignored for so long that the monsters increased, for nothing. Rather, since there are herbs everywhere, finding our target herb might be annoying. As I’m concentrating on the monsters, all I can barely sense is the herb’s general location. I can look more closely into it, but if I do that, I’ll end up accidentally hinting it to Ciel. And then Ciel’s going to scold me since it’ll defeat the meaning of this practice. 「If we bring everything here, we should be able complete the request, right?」『That’s true. However, it’s impossible to bring all of these, so please do your best.』「Oka~y...」 Ciel clearly feels down now, but I understand the feeling. I continue watching over her with a strained smile. Nonetheless, this forest has a large variety of herbs. Potions should be valuable to both hunters and knights, so if this was abandoned to the point that it’s overgrown like this, do they actually have enough potion reserves? Come to think of it, I barely saw any potions in the tool shop. If a shop of that level only has that few potions available, then it might be difficult for low-ranked hunters to even come by one. While people could just have their wounds healed in the churches within town, they can’t do that outside. There are times when healing a wound could become a matter of life or death. Though it isn’t necessary for us, so it’s not really our problem. For the nth time, Ciel once again squatted down to closely examine some leaves. This time, it’s a plant that looks like a clover back on earth, similarly having three heart shaped leaves sticking to one another. But compared to the one in my memory, it’s awfully thick and juicy. Its flower is also different, it looks like a small roundish rose and is white in color. 「Is this it?」『It seems like it. The request form only had the sketch of its flower, but its features does match.』「In that case, it should be fine to bring as many of these as we can. There is a lot of it, after all.」『That’s true. There shouldn’t be any problem as long as you don’t damage its roots. With this many of them, it really makes me want to find a four-leaf.』「Do you mean that there are some with four leaves on them?」 I unintentionally ended up saying so, but the four-leaf clover being a symbol of good luck isn’t something from this world. It might mean the same here too, but since Ciel had no idea about it, I naturally wouldn’t know if it does as well. Even in my past life, they could be seen differently depending on the country and culture, so I decided to explain it as is while just hiding the fact that what I’m talking about is that of another world. 『It’s about a plant that’s similar to this one. In where I was in the past, the plant that originally has only three leaves would occasionally have four, and it’s said that if you find it, it would bring you good luck.』「Should we try finding it then?」『There’s no assurance that it exists, you know?』「To tell the truth, I probably found one already, you know?」 Ciel triumphantly smiled, confidently moved several steps forward, and squatted down once more. And right before her eyes, there surely was a four leaved pseudo-clover glimmering with morning dew. 『Amazing. You did really well finding this.』 As I honestly praised her in amazement, Ciel had a bashful look, which then turned into a strained smile. 「I think Ain would find one immediately, you know? After all, it has more magic power than the others.」 Now that she mentioned it, I tried properly sensing its magic power, and as Ciel said, it has more magic power than the others here. Also, I feel that it has a slightly different property as well. 『It really is different. Since we actually found one, why don’t we keep this for ourselves?』「Right, why don’t we.」 This time, Ciel showed a somewhat teasing smile, and seeing her really enjoying herself makes me feel relieved. Keeping something that was asked for in a request somewhat feels like I’m doing something bad, but I hope they’d forgive us for taking one for our share. Rather, harvesting herbs that we need while accepting a request on the occasion is actually more efficient to be honest. 『In that case, there’s one more thing I’d like to bring back with us as well.』「I see. Let’s bring it back then.」 Ciel cheerfully approached a certain flower. Even among all of the herbs here, this one has a conspicuously large amount of magic power. Maybe even reaching the same level as a low-class monster. It seemed light green from a distance but up close, I noticed that the flower is actually transparent. Close to the ground, it has leaves as big as Ciel’s palm and on top of them is a lovely flower. The flower has a shape similar to that of a cherry blossom, but its petals are devoid of color, only having the tenderness of a plant. I lightly checked the area, but there doesn’t seem to be any other like it. 「It’s pretty.」『It really is.』 As we approached it, we were captivated by its presence. 「If we take this flower back and it wilts, it’s just... right, somehow sad.」『There are ways to maintain its current state as much as possible, but...』 For example, pressing it and such. Pressing it inside a book is all I know though. If we had a flowerpot or something, we might be able to move it and bring it around as well, but that’s difficult with our current lifestyle. 「You mean processing this flower, right Ain?」『Drying it will make it last longer, you see.』 As I answered her question, Ciel began to brood about it. Then in the quiet forest, a gust of wind suddenly blew. The wind almost made me close my eyes in instinct, but then it all happened in an instant. The flower rode the wind and flew gently towards Ciel. Almost feeling some sort of intent from the flower, it left Ciel absolutely puzzled. On her hand, the flower is there without its stem and its petals seem more inorganic, unlike just seconds ago. The shape of its leaves has changed as well, making it now look like a hair ornament. 「Say, Ain. Do plants... do this?」『This is my first time seeing it. I’ve never heard of this happening as well.』「I know right? This... what should I do with it?」『Since it turned out like that, I think you can put it on your hair, but with it being transparent, it won’t really shine too much, will it?』 It’s not like I’m an expert with colors or anything, but even if you put something transparent on top of something white, it’ll just become white and won’t stand out. 「I don’t really understand it that much, but it would be better if it had color, right?」『Concerning fashion, I think having some color would make it cuter on you, but in the sense of not standing out, the transparency might be good too. Though, if people notice you wearing a transparent flower, that could make us stand out in of it self.』「What color would suit me then?」『On colors, I think black would make a good accent. But if I base it by this flower, then a dark tawny or green for the leaves with the flower being a blue that turns lighter as it reaches the tip would be nice, I suppose.』 Ciel giggled so, but if given the chance, I’d really like to dress Ciel up. While a part of the reason I chose blue is because of her eyes, it’s also because I’ve seen a cherry blossom of that color before. I’ve only seen it from a picture, but I remember it looking strangely mystical. If it’s that, then it should be capable of bringing out Ciel’s beauty without losing to her. 「Then perhaps we should try finding a blue flower hairpin when we return to the capital.」『In that case, it would be better to ask the people working in the clothing shop. I’m just giving an amateur opinion after all.』「Ain, I want it exactly because it’s the color you just said. I don’t care about other people’s opinions.」 Hearing Ciel’s straightforward words, I couldn’t say anything back. Well, yeah, I am making this 『 ...』 incomprehensible whimpering though. At times, Ciel’s purity really troubles me. What’s the right way to react in this situation? Before I could say anything, she says 「I’ll put this on so it doesn’t get in the way.」 and brings the transparent flower near her hair. In the next instant, the flower, or rather it’s leaves, entwine almost longingly to Ciel’s hair. It then turns dark and its flower turns into a blue that gets darker as it approaches the center. With the flower being translucent, it seems just like a gem at first glance. And while it’s only in small quantities, it looks like it’s absorbing magic power from Ciel’s hair. Though, since it seems to be absorbing my magic power, I don’t really mind it much. After all, even after considering the barrier and detection’s maintenance needs, my magic power balance is still in the black. , Ain? What happened?」『The flower turned into a hairpin of sorts and changed to the colors I said earlier.』「Will this... still turn back?」 As she said so, Ciel brought her hand close to the flower, which then undid its leaves and landed on her hand. What a mysterious hairpin. As it landed on Ciel’s palm, its color also turned back to normal. 「It seems like it’s back to normal. It’s a shame that I can’t see it for myself, but did it suit me?」『Yes, it was beautiful.』「I see, I see. In that case, I’ll wear it for a while. Will that be fine?」『It doesn’t take that much magic power, so it should be fine. Also, since it’s absorbing magic power, then that could mean that it won’t wilt.』 Upon hearing my words, Ciel puts the flower back on her hair. And as before, it attached by itself. Seemingly satisfied by this, Ciel went back to harvesting the requested herbs.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 4, "inserted_lines_src": 39, "inserted_lines_trg": 3 }
したがって、モロッコでは、「非宗教的」および「イスラム教的」フェミニズムを切り離して語ることは難しい。さらに多くの女性が、自分達はイスラム規定によるのではなく、イスラムが非常に国粋的な解釈で理解されてきたが故に、社会的役割から故意に除外されてきたという主張を始めている。宗教経典のフェミニストによる解釈－増え続ける傑出した宗教的地位を持つ女性によって奨励－は、様々な層の伝統主義者への挑戦を続けている。	Women are increasingly making the argument that they have been deliberately excluded from a full role in society not because Islam prescribes it, but because Islam was revealed in a deeply patriarchal social context. Feminist interpretations of religious texts – encouraged by increasing numbers of women in prominent religious positions – continue to challenge traditionalists of all stripes.	{ "source": "news_commentary", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
(何だよ、これは......何なんだよ、これは!!) ウルの町を襲う数万規模の魔物の大群の遥か後方で、即席の塹壕を堀り、出来る限りの結界を張って必死に身を縮めている少年、清水幸利は、目の前の惨状に体を震わせながら言葉を失った様に口をパクパクさせていた。ありえない光景、信じたくない現実に、内心で言葉にもなっていない悪態を繰り返す。そう、魔物の大群をけし掛けたのは紛れもなく、行方不明になっていた愛子の生徒、清水幸利だった。とある男との偶然の末に交わした契約により、ウルの町を愛子達ごと壊滅させようと企んだのだ。しかし、容易に捻り潰せると思っていた町や人は、全く予想しなかった凄絶な迎撃により未だ無傷であり、それどころか現在進行形で清水にとっての地獄絵図が生み出されていた。ドゥルルルルルルルルル!!! ドゥルルルルルルルルル!!! 瞬く暇もなく目標へと到達した閃光は、大地を鳴動させ雄叫びを上げながら突進する魔物達の種族、強さに関係なく、僅かな抵抗も許さずで唯の肉塊に変えた。毎分一発の死が無慈悲な〝壁〟となって迫り、一発で一体など生温いと云わんばかりに目標を貫通し、背後の数十匹をまとめて貫いていく。穿たれた魔物達は、慣性の法則も無視してその場で肉体の大半を爆散させながら崩れ落ちた。咄嗟に左右に散開して死の射線から逃れようとする魔物達だったが、撃ち手のハジメが当然逃がす訳もなく、二門のメツェライを扇状になぎ払う。解き放たれた〝弾幕〟は、まるでそこに難攻不落の城壁でもあるかのように魔物達を一切寄せ付けず、瞬く間に屍山血河を築き上げた。更に、ハジメの左手側からは、オルカンを担いだシアが「好きに飛んでいけ~」とばかりに引き金を引きまくり、パシューという気の抜ける音と共に連続してロケットランチャーをぶっ放す。その間抜けな音とは裏腹に、火花の尾を引いて大群のど真ん中に突き刺さった弾頭は、大爆発を引き起こし周囲数十メートルの魔物達をまとめて吹き飛ばした。全弾撃ち尽くしても、シアは、ハジメから配備され傍らに積み上げた弾頭を入れ替えて連射する。発射されたロケットは魔物達の頭上まで来ると手榴弾と同様に時間差で爆発し、眼下へ燃え盛る大量の炎を撒き散らした。シアの左に陣取るのはティオだ。その突き出された両手の先からは周囲の空気すら焦がしながら黒い極光が放たれる。あの竜化状態で放たれたブレスだ。どうやら人間形態でも放てるらしい。ハジメをして全力の防御を強いた殲滅の黒き炎は射線上の一切を刹那の間に消滅させ大群の後方にまで貫通した。ティオは、そのまま腕を水平に薙ぎ払っていき、それに合わせて真横へ移動する黒い砲撃は触れるものの一切を消滅させていく。砲撃が止んだ後には、抉れた大地以外何も残ってはいない。代わりに、その一撃で相当消耗したのだろう。ティオは肩で息をし体をフラつかせた。しかし、すぐさま指にはまった指輪に一つキスを落とすと再びスっと背筋を伸ばす。ハジメから受け取った魔晶石の指輪にストックされた魔力を取り出したのだ。ブレスの一撃によりティオが担当する範囲の魔物の先陣はあらかた消滅し、多少の余裕が出来たティオは、魔力消費の比較的少ない魔法を行使する。「吹き荒べ頂きの風燃え盛れ紅蓮の奔流〝嵐焔風塵〟」少しでも魔力消費を抑えるため、敢えて詠唱し集中力を高める。そうして解き放たれた魔法は火炎の竜巻だ。その規模は地球における竜巻の等級で表すならF4クラス。直径数十メートルの渦巻く炎が魔物の群へと爆進し、周囲の魔物達をまとめて巻き上げた。宙へと放り出され足掻くすべを持たない魔物達は、そのまま火炎に自ら飛び込むように巻き込まれていく。そして、紅蓮の竜巻から放り出された時にはただの灰燼に変わり果て灰色の雪のように舞い散るのだった。そのまま全てを灰燼と帰す竜巻は、存分に戦場を蹂躙していく。ハジメの右に陣取るユエの殲滅力は更に飛び抜けていた。ハジメ達が攻撃を開始しても、瞑目したまま静かに佇むユエ。右側の攻撃が薄いと悟った魔物達が、破壊の嵐から逃れるように集まり、右翼から攻め込もうと流れ出す。既に進軍にすら影響が出そうなほど密集して突進して来る魔物達。そして、遂に彼我の距離メートルを切ったその瞬間、ユエは、スっと目を開きおもむろに右手を掲げた。そして、一言、囁くように、されど世界へ宣言するように力強く魔法名を唱えた。それは神代魔法を発動させるトリガーだ。ミレディ・ライセンにより授けられた世界の法則の一つに干渉する魔法〝重力操作〟。魔法に関しては天性の才能を持つ吸血姫を以てして、魔力の練り上げとイメージの固定に長い〝タメ〟を必要とし即時発動は未だ困難な魔法。ユエの詠唱と同時に迫る魔物の頭上に、対黒竜戦で見たのと同じ渦巻く闇色の球体が出現する。しかし、以前と違うのは、その球体が形を変化させたことだ。薄く薄く引き伸ばされていく球体は魔物達の頭上五百メートルの正四角形を形作る。そして、太陽の光を遮る闇色の天井は、一瞬の間のあと眼下の魔物達目掛けて一気に落下した。次の瞬間、起こったことを端的に説明するなら、〝大地ごと魔物が消滅した〟というものになるだろう。事実、後ろの壁からハジメ達の蹂躙劇を唖然として見ていたウルの町の人々には、そうとしか見えなかった。彼等にそう見えたタネは実に簡単なことである。闇色の天井が魔物の群れに落下し、そのまま魔物ごと大地を陥没させて、四方五百メートル深さ十メートルのクレーターを作り上げたのだ。後続の魔物達は、突然前方の地面が消えたために次々と巨大な穴の中へと落ちていく。突進の勢いを直ぐには消せなかったのと、後続が後ろから押し込んで来るためだ。そして瞬く間に、数千体の魔物が大穴に落ち、ユエは、魔晶石から取り出した魔力を使って再び重力に干渉。魔物の死体の上に更に魔物の死体を積み上げていく。大地に吹く風が、戦場から蹂躙された魔物の血の匂いを町へと運ぶ。強烈な匂いに、吐き気を抑えられない人々が続出するが、それでも人々は、現実とは思えない〝圧倒的な力〟と〝蹂躙劇〟に湧き上がった。町の至るところからワァアアアーーーと歓声が上がる。町の重鎮や護衛騎士達は、初めて見るハジメ達の力に呑まれてしまったかのように呆然としたままだ。生徒達は、改めてその力を目の当たりにし、自分達との〝差〟を痛感して複雑な表情になっている。本来、あのような魔物の脅威から人々を守るはずだった、少なくとも当初はそう息巻いていた自分達が、ただ守られる側として町の人々と同じ場所から、〝無能〟と見下していたクラスメイトの背中を見つめているのだ。複雑な心境にもなるだろう。愛子は、ただひたすら祈っていた。ハジメ達の無事を。そして同時に、今更ながらに自分のした事の恐ろしさを実感し表情を歪めていた。目の前の凄惨極まりない戦場が、まるで自分の甘さと矛盾に満ちた心をガツンと殴りつけているように感じたのだ。やがて、魔物の数が目に見えて減り、密集した大群のせいで隠れていた北の地平が見え始めた頃、遂にティオが倒れた。渡された魔晶石の魔力も使い切り、魔力枯渇で動けなくなったのだ。「むぅ、妾はここまでのようじゃ......もう、火球一つ出せん......すまぬ」うつ伏せに倒れながら、顔だけをハジメの方に向けて申し訳なさそうに謝罪するティオの顔色は、青を通り越して白くなっていた。文字通り、死力を尽くす意気込みで魔力を消費したのだろう。「......十分だ。変態にしてはやるじゃねぇの。後は、任せてそのまま寝てろ」「......ご主人様が優しい......罵ってくれるかと思ったのじゃが......いや、でもアメの後にはムチが......期待しても?」「そのまま死ね」血の気の引いた死人のような顔色で、ハジメの言葉にゾクゾクと身を震わせるティオ。とても満足げな表情をしている。ハジメは、その様子に嫌なものを見たと舌打ちしながら、魔物の群れに視線を戻す。既に、その数は一万を割かと言ったところか。最初の大群を思えば、壊滅状態と言っていいほどの被害のはずだ。しかし、魔物達は依然、猪突猛進を繰り返している。正確には、一部の魔物がそう命令を出しているようだ。大抵の魔物は完全に及び腰になっており、命令を出している各種族のリーダー格の魔物に従って、戸惑ったように突進して来ている。数が少なくなったことにより、ハジメはそのことに気がついた。清水幸利がこの事件の犯人であったとして、例えチート持ちでも、果たして、これほどの大群をティオにしたように洗脳支配出来るものなのだろうかという点は、ハジメ自身疑問に思っていたことだ。だが、どうやら、数万の魔物の全てを洗脳しているわけではなく、各種族のリーダー格のみを洗脳し、その配下の魔物はそのリーダーに従わせるという方法と取っているようである。中々、効率的だ。もっとも、それでもこの数を短期間で集められるのかという点は疑問が残るのだが...... 取り敢えず、其の辺の疑問は置いておくとして、動きが鈍く単調なリーダー格と、動きに臨機応変さはあるが、命令に従って猪突猛進を繰り返す及び腰の魔物達という構成ならば、さっさとリーダー格だけを仕留めるのが妥当だろう。そうすれば、本能に忠実な魔物達は、ハジメ達との実力差をその身に刻んでいるがために北の山へと逃げ帰るはずだ。ハジメは、手元の殲滅兵器メツェライを見やる。二つとも白煙を上げており、冷却が間に合っていないようだ。耐久限界である。これ以上撃ち続ければ、何処かにガタがくるだろう。もちろん、そうなっても修復は可能だが、モノが繊細なだけに瞬時にその場でというわけには行かない。時間をかけて精密作業を行う必要がある。そうなったらそうなったで面倒なので、攻撃方法を切り替えるのが妥当だろう。「ユエ、魔力残量は?」「......ん、残り魔晶石二個分くらい......重力魔法の消費が予想以上。要練習」「いやいや、一人で二万以上殺っただろ? 十分だ。残りはピンポイントで殺る。援護を頼む」「んっ」ハジメの少ない言葉でも、委細承知と即行で頷くユエ。阿吽の呼吸だ。ハジメは、それに満足しながらシアに話しかける。「シア、魔物の違いわかるか?」「はい。操られていた時のティオさんみたいな魔物とへっぴり腰の魔物ですよね?」「へっぴり......うん、まぁ、そうだ。おそらく、ティオモドキの魔物が洗脳されている群れのリーダーだ。それだけ殺れば他は逃げるだろう」「なるほど、私の方も残弾が心許ないですし、直接殺るんですね!」「......あ、ああ。何ていうかお前逞しくなったなぁ......」「当然です。お二人の傍にいるためですから」にぱっと笑みを見せるシアに、苦笑いしつつもどこか優しげな笑みを返すハジメ。だが、次の瞬間にはグッと表情を引き締めてメツェライを〝宝物庫〟にしまうと、ドンナー・シュラークを抜いた。同時に、シアもオルカンを置き、背中のドリュッケンに手をかける。リーダー格と思われる魔物はおよそ百体。おそらく、突撃させて即行で殺されては、配下の魔物の統率を失うと思い、大半を後方に下げておいたのだろう。メツェライとオルカン、そしてティオの魔法による攻撃が無くなってチャンスと思ったのか、魔物達が息を吹き返すように突進を始める。ハジメとシアの突撃を援護するため、ユエが魔法を発動した。「〝雷龍〟」即座に立ち込めた天の暗雲から激しくスパークする雷の龍が落雷の咆哮を上げながら出現し、前線を右から左へと蹂躙する。大口を開けた黄金色の龍に、自ら飛び込むように滅却されていく魔物の群れを見て、後続の魔物が再び二の足を踏んだ。その隙に、ハジメとシアが一気に群れへと突撃する。ドパンッ! ドパンッ! ドパンッ! ドパンッ! ドパンッ! ドパンッ! ハジメは、〝縮地〟で大地を疾走しながらドンナー・シュラークを連射した。その眼には、群れの隙間から僅かに見えるリーダー格の魔物の姿が捉えられており、撃ち放たれた死の閃光は、その僅かな隙間を縫うようにして目標に到達、急所を容赦なく爆散させる。前線の魔物には目もくれず、何故か背後のリーダー格ばかりが次々と爆ぜる奇怪さに、周囲の魔物が浮き足立った。と、不意に一体の魔物の頭上に影が差す。咄嗟に、天を仰ぎ見た魔物の眼には、ウサミミをなびかせ巨大な戦鎚を肩に担いだ少女が文字通り空から降ってくる光景が飛び込んできた。その少女、シアは、魔物の頭を踏み台に、ウサギらしくぴょんぴょんと群れの頭上を飛び越えていき、最後に踏み台にした魔物の頭を圧殺させる勢いで踏み込むと、自身の体重を重力魔法により軽くして一気に天高く舞い上がった。そして、天頂まで上がると空中でくるりと反転し、今度は体重を一気に数倍まで引き上げ猛烈な勢いで落下する。目標地点は、もちろんリーダー格が数体で固まっている場所だ。自由落下の速度をドリュッケンの引き金を引き激発の反動を利用して更に加速させ、最大限の身体強化をも加えて一撃の威力を最高にまで引き上げる。そして、全く勢いを減じることなく破壊の権化ともいうべき鉄槌を振り下ろした。「りゃぁああああ!!!」ドォガァアアアア!!! 可愛らしい雄叫びと共に繰り出されたその一撃は、さながら隕石の如く。直撃を受けたブルタール型の魔物のリーダー格は、頭から真っ直ぐ地面へと圧殺され、凄絶な衝撃に肉と血を爆ぜさせた。血肉は衝撃により吹き飛んだ大量の土石に紛れて肥料のごとく地へと還る。そして、その末路は、密集していた周囲の魔物にも等しく訪れた。ドリュッケンのもたらした圧倒的な衝撃と散弾の如く飛び散った土石により肉体を吹き飛ばされて同じく大地へと還っていく。シアは、自らが作り出したクレーターの底で、地に埋もれたドリュッケンを、激発の反動を利用して引き抜くと同時に高速移動を利用して、更に各群れのリーダー格と思しき魔物へと襲いかかった。流石に、懐に潜り込まれて好き勝手させるほど魔物も甘くはないようで、数で圧殺するように肉の壁でシアを取り囲もうとする。シアは、ドリュッケンのギミックを展開して柄を更に一メートルほど伸ばし、激発を利用して独楽のように高速回転を行った。そして、遠心力をたっぷり乗せたドリュッケンで迫り来る肉の壁を一緒くたに吹き飛ばす。放射状に吹き飛び宙を舞う無数のブルタール。見た目華奢な少女が、自分の数倍の巨躯を誇る魔物をピンポン玉のように軽々と吹き飛ばす。まるで冗談のような光景だ。シアは、回転運動から流れるように体勢を戻し、吹き飛んだブルタール達の隙間から見えた目標のリーダー格を潰そうと踏み込みの体勢に入った。と、その瞬間、右後方より新手が高速で接近する音をウサミミが捉える。シアは、慌てずドリュッケンを最適のタイミングで体ごと回転させ迎撃しようとした。が、その新手、黒い体毛に四つの紅玉のような眼を持った狼型の魔物は、それを予期していたように寸前で急激に減速すると、見事にシアの一撃を躱してみせた。通常の魔物なら、武器が振りきられて死に体となったところを襲うのがセオリーだろう。実際、シアも眼前の魔物はそうするだろうと身体強化を足に集中し、踏み込んできた瞬間頭部をカチ上げてやるつもりだった。しかし、シアのその予想は裏切られる。何と黒い四目の狼は、シアではなくドリュッケンに飛びかかり、その強靭な顎と全体重で地に押し付けるようにして封じたのである。もちろん、たかだか魔物の一体くらい、シアの身体強化を施された膂力ならどうということはない。しかし、それでも意表を突かれた事と、一瞬であれ動きを封じられたことに変わりはなかった。そして、黒い四目の狼には、それで十分だった。完璧なタイミングでシアの後方から同じ魔物が鋭い牙の並ぶ顎門を開いて眼前まで迫っていたからだ。シアは眼を見開き、そして咄嗟に足に集中させた身体強化を解いて、全身に施した。それは、攻撃をくらうことを覚悟したからだ。あわや、その鋭い牙がシアを血濡れにさせるかというその瞬間、何かがシアと四目狼の間に割り込んだ。それは、センチ横四十センチ、中心部分にラウンドシールドの様なものが取り付けられている金属製の十字架だった。その十字架が魔物の顎門に挟まりシアに喰いつくのを阻止しているのだ。ギリギリと音を立て、魔物が必死に突如飛び込んできた異物を噛み砕こうと力を入れるが、薄く紅色に発光する十字架はビクともしない。そして次の瞬間、轟音と共に魔物の下顎が爆ぜて吹き飛んだ。「グゥルァアア!!!」悲鳴を上げてのたうち回る魔物の頭上にスっと音もなく移動した十字架は、再度轟音と共に弾丸を吐き出し魔物の頭部を粉砕する。更に...... ズドンッ!! 発砲音が聞こえたと思うと、シアのドリュッケンを握る手が軽くなった。シアが、相棒を一時的に封じていた四目狼を振り返ると、そちらも腹部と頭部を空中に浮遊する二つの十字架に撃ち抜かれ崩れ落ちていた。〝シア、油断するな。魔物の中に、明らかに動きの違うやつがいる。洗脳支配されているわけでも、どこかの魔物の配下というわけでもなさそうだ。クロスビットを三機付けておく。右の二を殺れ。前線は、ユエが後五分は持たせてくれる〟シアが、やや自らのピンチとそれを脱した事に意識を囚われていると、ハジメから〝念話〟が届いた。それにハッと我を取り戻したシアは気を引き締め直し、首元のチョーカー(シア的に断じて〝首輪〟ではない)の念話石を通して返事をする。〝了解です! それと、助かりました。有難うございます!〟〝おう、気をつけてな〟「......ふふ、最近、ハジメさんの態度がドンドン軟化していますぅ。既成事実まで後一歩ですね!」シアは、通信が切れた事を確認すると、まるで自分を守るように周囲を浮遊する〝クロスビット〟に頬を綻ばせて、そんな独り言を呟いた。そして、気合を入れ直してドリュッケンを構え、先程の毛色の違う魔物に注意しながらリーダー格の殲滅に乗り出した。「ふぅ、相変わらず、どっか危なっかしいんだよな、アイツ......」そんな事を呟きながら、猛烈な勢いで魔物を駆逐していくハジメ。ハジメの周囲にも四機の十字架が浮遊している。〝クロスビット〟ハジメがそう呼んだ浮遊する十字架は、無人偵察機と同じ原理で動く攻撃特化タイプだ。内部にライフル弾や散弾が装填されており、感応石が七つ取り付けられた腕輪で操作する。また、表面を覆う鉱石には生成魔法により〝金剛〟を付与しており、感応石の魔力に反応して強固なシールドにもなる。ハジメは、ガン=カタでドンナー・シュラークを縦横無尽に操りながら、クロスビットを併用して、隙のない嵐のような攻撃を繰り広げる。既に、リーダー格の魔物を四十体近く屠り、全開の〝威圧〟により逃亡する魔物も出始めている。と、ハジメの視界の端に遠くの方で逃げ出す魔物に向かって何やら喚いている人影が見えた。地面から頭だけを出しているので、一瞬、誰かの生首かと見間違えるが、ハジメの〝遠目〟には確かに動いているのが見えている。その頭は黒いローブで覆われていた。黒いローブの男、清水は、逃げ出す魔物に癇癪を起こす子供のように喚くと、王宮より譲り受けたアーティファクトの杖をかざして何かを唱え始めた。もちろん、そのまま詠唱の完了を待ってやる義理などないので、ハジメは片手間でドンナーを発砲し、その杖を半ばから吹き飛ばす。余波で、地面の穴の中にもんどり打って倒れこむ清水。すると、清水が何かしたのかどうかは分からないが、群れの陰に隠れてハジメに決定的な隙が出来るのを辛抱強く窺っていた黒い四目の狼型魔物が一斉に飛び出して来た。やはり、周囲の魔物とは比べ物にならないポテンシャルと連携能力を持っている。かつての二尾狼を思い出す程だ。実際、戦ったのなら二尾狼といい勝負をするだろうとハジメは感じていた。二尾狼のように雷を操る固有魔法は持っていない事から単体の攻撃力では劣るが、時々、ハジメの攻撃場所を知っていたかのように躱す事があるので、おそらく〝先読〟系の固有魔法があるのだろう。そして、連携に関しては二尾狼とタメを張るレベル......つまり、低層とは言え奈落にいても何らおかしくない魔物なのである。なぜ、そんな魔物がここに? という疑問はあるが、攻撃を受けている以上、今は、余計な思考だ。ハジメは、一時的にリーダー格の魔物駆逐から意識を逸らし、十二体の黒い四目狼の撃破に集中した。前後左右、更には上方から波状攻撃を仕掛けてくる黒い四目狼に、体を独楽のように回転させながらドンナー・シュラークを連射する。〝先読〟で回避するだろう位置を、ハジメもまた〝先読〟を使いながら未来位置に撃ち込んでいく。それでも、なお回避する個体もいるのだから驚きだ。二尾狼同様、仲間内でのテレパシーのような意思疎通の方法があって、戦場をある程度俯瞰的に見られるのかもしれない。ハジメの銃撃を掻い潜り、空中リロードの僅かな隙を突いて背後から踏み込んできた四目狼を、花弁のように展開させたクロスビットの一機で吹き飛ばしつつ、その魔物を踏み台にして飛び込んできた別の四目狼を、即座に移動させたクロスビットを盾にして防ぎ、義手の左肘から撃ち放ったショットガンで爆砕する。血肉の雨が降り注ぐ中、包囲しようとする四目狼の一角に二機のクロスビットで集中砲火し、無理やり包囲をこじ開けると、〝縮地〟で滑り込むように移動し、背後の四目狼をクロスビットで撃ち殺しつつ、リロードの終わったドンナー・シュラークで通り抜けざまに更に二体を屠る。と、その内の一体が、最初から捨て身だったのか、撃ち抜かれた魔物に体当たりしてハジメに向かって吹き飛ばした。ハジメは、横っ飛びに回避しながら、飛んでくる魔物の下方より発砲し、その後ろを疾駆してくる四目狼の頭部を吹き飛ばす。受身を取りながら、即座に立ち上がったハジメに、この瞬間を待っていたと言わんばかりの四目狼が大口を開けて、その牙でハジメを噛み砕こうとする。完璧なタイミングだ。傍から見れば、間違いなく四目狼の顎門がハジメの体に喰いついたように見えただろう。しかし、その瞬間、ハジメの姿がゆらりと揺れると四目狼の顎門は何もない空でガチンッ! と音を立てて閉じられた。ハジメの体はいつの間にか一歩進んだ場所にあったのだ。ハジメは、すれ違い様にシュラークでその四目狼の腹部を撃ち抜く。更に、四目狼がハジメに飛びかかるが、何故か先程と同じように、一歩ズレた場所を攻撃してしまう。その度に、ハジメがすれ違い様の一撃を確実に撃ち込んでゆく。黒い四目狼が、まるで目測を誤っているかのような一連の出来事は全くその通りで、これはハジメの〝気配遮断〟の派生技能[+幻踏]の効果である。効果は、気配を遮断する際に、ほんの数秒だけ元いた位置に遮断前の気配を残していくというものだ。本体の気配は遮断されているので、感覚的には一瞬前までの場所にいるように錯覚してしまう。もちろん、単に気配がズレているだけなので、注意深く観察すれば比較的簡単に看破できるのだが、コンマ数秒が勝敗を分ける戦いにおいて、惑わされないようにするのは中々に難しい。特に、優れた者ほど気配には敏感になるので有効性は増すのである。当然、クロスビットを扱うために〝瞬光〟も使用しているハジメにとって、いくら黒い四目狼が奈落級の力を持った魔物であっても、やはり相手にはならないのは自然なことであった。結局、おそらくだが清水の切り札とも言うべき四目狼は、ハジメに攻撃を掠らせる事もできずに、ものの二分で殲滅されることになった。ハジメは、クロスビットを飛ばして怒涛の勢いでリーダー格を仕留めにかかる。離れた場所にいるシアに付けたクロスビットからの情報では、向こうもあと数体で終わるようだ。町に向かって突進していた前線の魔物も、ユエの雷龍が全く寄せ付けていないようだ。それから約二分の内に、ハジメは確認していた限りの洗脳を受けた魔物の駆逐に成功した。そして、それを確認すると、スゥーと大きく息を吸い〝魔力放射〟を併用して天地に轟けとばかりに咆哮を上げる。「カァアアアアアアアアアアア!!!」戦場を特大の咆哮と魔力が波動となって駆け巡る。その圧倒的な威圧は、何より魔物達の精神に衝撃となって襲いかかり多大な本能的恐怖を感じさせた。そして、自分達の群れのリーダーが既に存在していないことに気がつくと、しばらくの硬直の後、一体、また一体と後退りし、遂には踵を返してハジメを迂回しながら北を目指して必死の逃亡を図り始めた。魔物の群れという名の水流は、まるで川中の岩と同じようにハジメを避けて左右に分かれながら逃亡していく。その様子を、鋭い眼で確認していたハジメは、どさくさに紛れて、おそらく最後の一頭と思われる黒い四目狼にまたがり逃亡を計る清水の姿を発見した。ハジメは、膝立ちになりドンナーを両手でしっかり構えると、連続して引き金を引く。絶妙なタイムラグをもって宙を駆けた弾丸は、不穏な気配を感じたのかチラリと振り返った黒い四目狼の〝先読〟により一撃目を避けられたものの、二撃目でその大腿部を撃ち抜き地に倒れさせた。その衝撃で、清水も吹き飛ぶ。身体スペックは高いので、体を強かに打ち付けつつも直ぐさま起き上がり、黒い四目狼に駆け寄って何か喚きながら、その頭部を蹴りつけ始めた。おそらく、さっさと立てとか何とかそんな感じのことを喚いているのだろう。見るからにヒステリックな感じである。しまいには、暗示か何かで無理やり動かそうというのか、横たわる黒い四目狼の頭部に手をかざしながら詠唱を始めた。ハジメは、その様子をみながら、問答無用でレールガンをぶっ放し、黒い四目狼に止めを刺す。余波で再び吹き飛んだ清水は、わたわたと手足を動かしながら、今度は自力で逃げようというのか魔物達と同じく北に向けて走り始めた。ハジメは、魔力駆動二輪を取り出すと一気に加速し瞬く間に清水に追いつく。後ろからキィイイイ! という耳慣れぬ音に振り返った清水が、異世界に存在しないはずのバイクを見てギョッとした表情をしつつ必死に手足を動かして逃げる。「何だよ! 何なんだよ! ありえないだろ! 本当なら、俺が勇者グペッ!?」悪態を付きながら必死に走る清水の後頭部を、二輪の勢いそのままに義手で殴りつけるハジメ。清水は、顔面から地面にダイブし、シャチホコのような姿勢で数メートルほど地を滑って停止した。「さて、先生はどうする気だろうな? こいつの事も......場合によっては俺の事も......」ハジメは、そんな事を独りごちながら清水に義手から出したワイヤーを括り付けると、そのまま町へと踵を返した。荒れ果てた大地の砂埃と魔物が撒き散らした血肉に塗れながら二輪に引きずられる清水の姿は......正しく敗残兵と言った有様だった。	(What’s with this... what the heck THIS IS!!) The large crowd of tens of thousand demonic beasts came to attack Ul town from the rear side. The instantly built moat, and the boy, Shimizu Yukitoshi, who desperately shrunk his trembling body as he hysterically invoked barrier, could only flapped his mouth as he couldn’t believed the disastrous scene in front of him. An unbelievable spectacle, and the reality he didn’t want to believe, he repeatedly cursed with words that wouldn’t come out. That’s right, the one behind the large crowd of demonic beasts was unmistakably Aiko’s missing student, Shimizu Yukitoshi. By the contract he exchanged with a certain man, he planned to frame Aiko and the others for Ul’s annihilation. However, the townspeople whom he thought would be easily twisted and crushed were still unharmed by the completely unforeseen and threatening ambush. Rather, the current progress brought forth was just like a painting of hell for Shimizu’s side. DOuRURURURURURURURURU!!! DOuRURURURURURURURURU!!! As such peculiar sounds resounded in the battlefield, numerous flashes filled with enough killing intent speeded along the sky. The flashes reached their target without giving any time to wink. No matter how strong the several species of demonic beasts who roared and made the earth rumbled were, they were changed into lump of meat in a moment without any chance to resist. The , death per minute became a merciless “wall” as they approached and they pierced their targets without such lukewarm words of “one bullet one body” as they went through several tens of more demonic beasts in the back. The pierced demonic beasts, ignoring the law of inertia, were burst and collapsed on the spots in general. The demonic beasts immediately spreaded out to left and right to escape the trail of deaths. But the shooter, Hajime, naturally wouldn’t let them escape as he fired the second round from Metherai just like a folding fan. The “barrage” released and it approached all of the demonic beasts just like a rampart. In the blink of time, the mountain of corpses and river of blood were built. In addition, on Hajime’s left side was Shia with Orkan on her shoulders and shouted, “Fly however you want~,” as she pulled the trigger. Pashu rang out in succession as the rocket launcher fired. On the contrary of those stupid sounds, the warheads passed into the middle of demonic beasts as they leave trails of sparks and caused huge explosions which blown the demonic beasts within ten meters. The demonic beasts’ bodies near the ground zero were turned into pieces while the intense shock waves damaged the bones and internal organs of the ones farther. Furthermore, the demonic beasts that were incapable of even standing up were treaded and crushed to death. Even though she exhausted all of the ammo, Shia reloaded it with the piles of warheads on her side from Hajime and fired them successively. The fired rockets exploded overhead the demonic beast just like grenades, and numerous brightly burning flames were scattered below. Just like incendiary grenade, the liquid tars which kept burning at ,0 oC were extracted from Flame Crystal and poured down just like a great rain towards the demonic beasts whose bodies were burnt to ashes. They screamed and struggled as the flame which carried scorching destruction spreaded and swallowed the surroundings demonic beasts. Comparing the number of demonic beasts that exploded and the ones turned to ashes, in the area Shia was in charge of... were two against one. Tio was positioned at Shia’s right side. Her outstretched hands were releasing black aurora which scorched the surrounding air since a while ago. It was the Breath from her dragon form. Apparently, she was capable of shooting it even in human form. The black flame which was capable to press on Hajime’s full power, defense flew and instantly penetrated the large crowds in the rear into annihilation. As is, Tio moved her arms horizontally and the black bombardment moved according to her arms and annihilated everything. After the bombardment was stopped, nothing remained except the gouged ground. In exchange, it should be considerably exhausting. Tio’s shoulders were dropped as her body trembled. However, she immediately straightened her posture after she kissed the ring in her finger. She was taking out magic power’s stock inside the ring of magic crystallization she stone received from Hajime. Because of Breath attack, the vanguard demonic beasts around the area she was in charge of were annihilated, and Tio who could take it easy used magic with comparatively smaller consumption rate. “Wind which blowing wildly, the torrent which burn in crimson, “Worldly Flame Tempest”.” For the sake of suppressing magic power consumption rate, she chanted and heightened her concentration. Following that, flame tornado magic was released. Its scale was the same as F4 class tornado on earth. The swirling flame of ten meters in diameter advanced towards the group of demonic beasts and the surrounding demonic beasts were blown up. The demonic beasts thrown up into the air didn’t have any way to struggle and they jumped into the flame as is. Following that, what was thrown out from the crimson tornado were ashes scattered like gray snow. The tornado which turned everything into ashes was trampling the battlefield without reserve. Yue’s annihilation power on Hajime’s right side surpassed them. Even though Hajime and the others started the attack, Yue stood still and had her eyes closed. The demonic beasts, who realized the attack from the right side was thinner, gathered there to escape the storm of destruction and invaded from the right-wing. The marching demonic beasts were crowding and came charging. At the moment, their distance was about 500 meters. Yue opened her eyes and slowly raised her right hand, and with two whispered words, she recited the name of the powerful magic as if declaring it to the world. It was the trigger to invoke the Age of God’s magic. It was the magic granted by Miledi Raisen which interfere with one law of the world, “gravity movement.” For the vampire princess who held the natural talent for magic, she needed a “long time” to control her magic power and to fix the image because it was a difficult magic she couldn’t invoke immediately, yet. Along with Yue’s chant, the same swirling, dark orb just like the one when they fought the black dragon appeared above the approaching demonic beasts. However, there were differences as the orb shape was changed. The orb became thinner and thinner until its length reached 500 meters squarely above the demonic beasts. Following that, the dark ceiling which blocked the sunlight immediately fell before the demonic beasts. In the next moment, it could be said “the demonic beasts were annihilated from the world.” In truth, the Ul’s townspeople behind the wall could only dumbfoundedly watch what Hajime and his party did as a trampling play; there’s no other way to look at it. The truth they seen made it looked like a simple thing. The dark ceiling fell into the the group of demonic beast, the demonic beast sunk into the ground as is, and a 10 meter crater with length of 500 meters was created. The demonic beasts that crowding and charging didn’t have the time to understand what happened as all of their bodies were crushed and became stains at the bottom of the ground. In an aspect, it became just like the dump for demonic beasts’ corpses. With only an attack from Yue, nearly 2,000 demonic beasts were killed in an instant, they were unfortunate as the demonic beasts’ bodies were turned into pieces with their entrails scattered with this above the borderline technique. The following demonic beasts fell one by one into the huge hole where the ground suddenly disappeared. Unable to null their charging momentum, they were pushed from the back. In the blink of time, several thousands of demonic beasts fell into the huge hole, then Yue once again interfere with gravity using magic power which taken out from magic crystallization stone. Demonic beasts’ corpses were piled on top of demonic beasts’ corpses. The blowing wind carried the smell of the trampled demonic beasts’ blood towards the town. Such strong smell made the townspeople one by one unable to suppressed their nausea, even so the townspeople raised an uproar because of the unreal “overwhelming power” and “trampling play.” WAaAAA——, shout of joy raised all over the town. The town leaders and the guard Knights remained dumbfounded as they saw Hajime and his party’s power for the first time. The students who once again witnessed that power could strongly feel the “differences” between them as they showed expressions with mixed feelings. Originally, they were going protect the people from such demonic beasts, at leasts they first objected to defending from the same location as the townspeople where they could only see the back of a classmate that was looked down as an “incompetent.” That’s why their mind became complexed. Aiko was only praying single-mindedly. For the safety of Hajime and his party. At the same time, her expression was distorted because the things about her had became too late to repair. With such gruesome battlefield in front of her, the contradiction with her sweetness strike on people’s hearts. Before long, the number of demonic beasts were remarkably decreased and the northern ground which was hidden by the large crowd could be seen, and Tio finally fell. Having exhausted the magic power from magic crystallization stone, she couldn’t move because of magic power exhaustion. “Muu, this one will stop here... already, no fireball can be made... sorry.” While she collapsed in prostration, only her face looked at Hajime which filled with apologizes and Tio’s complexion had passed from blue as it turned white. Literally, the consumption of magic power she did could brought about her death. “... It’s enough. Looks like you aren’t just a pervert. Leave the rest to me and sleep as is.” “... For Master to be gentle... though I thought I’d be insulted... No, about the whipping after this over... can I expect it?” “Just die as is.” With her face looked like the dead whose blood was extracted, Tio’s body began to trembling by Hajime’s words. Her expression was one of a satisfaction. Hajime looked at her as if he saw something disgusting and clicked his tongue, then he returned his gaze towards the group of demonic beasts. Now, their number with scale of 10,000 had been reduced by 8,000 to 9,000. If remembering the large crowd in the beginning, the damages could be stated as a total annihilation. However, the demonic beasts were still made reckless charges. To be accurate, it seemed some of the demonic beasts were giving them commands. The ordinary demonic beasts completely obeyed them, following the commands from the leader of various species, and they charging in perplexion. Hajime was able to noticed that because their number had fallen. Assuming Shimizu Yukitoshi as the culprit behind this incident, even if he carried some cheats, in truth, Hajime felt suspicious about it as he thought if he really could brainwashed such large crowd just like Tio. But, not all of the tens of thousands demonic beasts were brainwashed, by brainwashing the leaders of various species, he made the subordinates followed those leaders. It was quite efficient. However, there was still the doubt on how he gathered such number in a short time... For now, he’d put that doubt aside. Because the leaders movements were monotonous and slow, even though there were some flexibilities along with the composition of demonic beasts who obeyed the repeated reckless commands, it’d be better for him to quickly kill those leaders. If he did that, the demonic beasts that faithful to their instinct would run away into the northern mountain because the difference of force from Hajime and his party was already carved into their body. Hajime stared at the extermination weapon, Metherai, in his hands. Two smokes were raised and it seemed the cooling wouldn’t make it in time. If he continued to attack more than this, it’d fell apart somewhere. Of course there was the possibility to restore it, but he couldn’t do it instantly because it was a delicate objects. It was necessary to took some time to work precisely on it. That’s why, because it’d be a hassle, he switched to more appropriate method of attack. “Yue, your remaining magic power?” “... Nn, only two of magic crystallization stones left... the consumption rate of that gravity magic was more than expected. Training is needed.” “No no, didn’t you just kill more than 20.000 alone? That’s enough. I’ll just pinpoint attack the leftover. Please cover me.” “Nnh.” Even though Hajime’s words were few, Yue immediately nodded in acknowledgement and carried it out. They were in harmony. Satisfied by that, Hajime talked to Shia. “Shia, did you understand the difference in the demonic beasts?” “Yes, The manipulated demonic beasts just like Tio at that time and the weak-kneed demonic beasts, right?” “Weak-kneed... yup, well, that’s right. Probably, those demonic beasts that look like Tio’s are the leaders of the groups. The others will run away if they are killed.” “I see, because I don’t have any ammo left, it’s direct killing!” “... Ah, aa. What can I say, you’ve become sturdier...” “Of course. It is for the sake of being by the side of you two.” Towards the smiling Shia, Hajime returned a wry smile which somehow feel like a gentle smile. However, he tightened his expression as he put Metherai inside the “Treasure Box” and took out Donner-Schlag. At the same time, Shia also put Orkan away and her hand reached Doryukken on her back. The leaders of demonic beasts numbered around 100. Perhaps, because of the suicide assault, they began to lost their leadership on the subordinate demonic beasts as majority of them fall back. The attacks from Metherai and Orkan, followed by Tio’s magic might made them thought they had lost their chance, and the demonic beasts began to march back. To cover Hajime and Shia’ attack, Yue invoked her magic. “”Thunder Dragon”” Immediately a dragon of thunder that created violent sparks and raised roars of thunderbolts appeared from the heaven which shrouded by dark cloud, and it infringed the frontline from the right to the left. The golden dragon opened its huge mouth, and seeing the group of demonic beasts annihilated as they voluntarily jumped, the following demonic beasts once again flinching. At that chance, Hajime and Shia charge at the crowd at once. DOPANh! DOPANh! DOPANh! DOPANh! DOPANh! DOPANh! Hajime used “Ground Shrinker” as he dashed on the ground and successively fired Donner-Schlag. His eyes grasped the appearances from the small gap on the crowd, he fired the flashes of death and they reached the targets through the small gap as they hit right at the vital points without mercy. Without even glancing at the demonic beasts in the frontline, somehow only the leaders in the back were mysteriously burst open one after another which made the surrounding demonic beasts halted. Then, a shadow suddenly appeared above one of the demonic beasts. Immediately, the demonic beasts looked up at the sky and there was a girl with fluttering rabbit ears and carrying a gigantic warhammer literally fell from the sky and jumped into the scene. That girl was Shia, she stepped on the demonic beasts’ heads and hopping just like a rabbit above the crowd. The last demonic beast’s head she stepped on was crushed as she jumped grandly and she flew at once into the sky using Gravity magic to lightened her weight. Following that, she turned around as she passed the zenith, she increased her weight several times at once and fall with tremendous power. Her targeted point was of course the location where several leaders were stiffened. Her free fall speed was accelerated further as the reaction from the outburst when she pulled Doryukken’s trigger, and she used body strengthening to the limit to put the highest power into her attack. Then, the hammer that could be called the destruction incarnated fall down without even losing its momentum. “RYAaAAAA!!!” DOoGAaAAAA!!! The attack which accompanied with lovely shout was just like a meteorite. The Brutal-type leader who received the direct hit was crushed to death as its head immediately reached the ground while flesh and blood were scattered by the violent impact. The flesh and blood slipped into the ground and stones which blown by the impact and returned to the ground as fertilizer. Following that, the same fate visited the crowding demonic beasts in the surroundings. Doryukken’s overwhelming impact made the ground and stones flew just like bullets and scattered the fleshes which also returned into the ground just like before. Shia was in the bottom of the crater she made herself and she used the reaction from the outburst to pull Doryukken which buried on the ground and at the same time she used the high-speed movement to move towards the demonic beasts and once again attacked each group’s leader. As expected, she didn’t have the heart to just naively let the demonic beasts that did whatever they please away, and Shia crushed the surrounding meat wall to death. Shia used Doryukken’s designed gimmick to further extended the handle by more than one meter and used the outburst to do high-speed revolution just like a spinning top. Following that, Doryukken which carried enough centrifugal force blown away the approaching mixed wall of meat. Countless Brutals fluttered as they were blown away radially. The girl with delicate appearance easily blown away the many times bigger demonic beasts as if they were pingpong ball. The spectacle was just like a joke. Shia restored her body pose from the flow of gyration and she became depressed when she saw the targeted leaders were crushed from the gap of the blown away Brutals. Then, in that moment, her rabbit ears caught a sound of something new approaching in high speed from the right rear. Without panicking, Shia timingly rotated her body and used Doryukken to intercept the ambush. But, the newcomers, demonic beasts with black-fur, four ruby-like eyes, and looked like wolves, were already expecting that as they immediately decelerated and splendidly avoid Shia’s attack. If they were normal demonic beasts, in theory they’d continued the attack and became corpses by the swung weapon. Actually, Shia also had thought of that as she concentrated her body strengthening on her legs, and she’d won by immediately jumping overhead the raid. However, Shia’s expectation was betrayed. Somehow the four-eyed wolves weren’t jumped at Shia but Doryukken with their strong jaws as they used all of their might to pushed the ground to seal it. Of course such demonic beasts couldn’t beat Shia’s body strengthening. But, because she was surprised by the unexpected, her movement was sealed for a moment. Thus the black, four-eyed wolves had enough time. The same kind of demonic beast was approaching as it opened its mouth filled with sharp fangs from Shia’s back with a perfect timing. Shia opened her eyes wide and immediately released the body strengthening which concentrated on her legs towards her whole body. That because she was preparing to received the attacks. At the moment those sharp fangs almost drenched by Shia’s blood, something interrupted between Shia and the four-eyed wolf. With length of 60 cm and width of 40 cm, it was a metallic cross which middle part was just like a round shield. That cross prevented the demonic beast’s mouth from biting Shia. Gari gari sound resounded and the demonic beast desperately tried to crunch the foreign object that jumped out all of a sudden, but the cross that emitted weak red light wasn’t daunted at all. In the next moment, the demonic beast’s lower jaw was blown off accompanied with roaring sound. “GUuRUaAA!!!” The cross soundlessly moved overhead the screaming and writhing demonic beast and a bullet pulverized the demonic beast’s head accompanied with another roaring sound. In addition, ZUDONh!! Hearing the firing sound, Shia lightened her grip on Doryukken. Shia looked back at the four-eyed wolves who temporary closed off her path and their abdomens and heads were also shot through as they crumbled by another two crosses which floating mid-air. “”Shia, don’t relax your guard. Among the demonic beasts, there were some whose movement are obviously different. There’s not only brainwashed ones and the subordinates of demonic beasts. Take three of the Cross Bits with you. Annihilate the 27 on the right. The frontline will hold for five minutes for Yue.”” Shia finally caught up that she had escaped from the pinch and he received the “Telepathy” from Hajime. Hah, Shia who regained her senses was straightening herself and answered through the telepathy stone on her choker (Shia never thought of it as a collar). “Roger! Also, I am saved. Thank you very much!” “Ou, be careful.” “... Fufu, recently, Hajime-san’s attitude becoming more and more softened. It is just one step away from it to become an accomplished fact!” Having confirmed the communication was cut, Shia muttered that to herself as she smiled because the floating “Cross Bits” in the surroundings were as if they were protecting her. Following that, she psyched up and readied Doryukken, then she set out to annihilate the cautious leader which had different fur color from the demonic beasts from a while ago. “Fuu, just as usual, she always got into some trouble, this girl...” Muttering that, Hajime exterminated the demonic beasts with overwhelming force. There were four cross floating around Hajime. “Cross Bit” was how Hajime called the floating crosses, they moved by the same principle as the Unmanned Reconnaissance Planes and their type specialized in attacking. Inside were loaded with gun and rifle bullet, they were operated using the bracelet where seven induction stones were installed. Moreover, the surface was covered with mineral which endowed with “Vajra” using Creation magic, so they could become strong shields as they reacted on the magic power from induction stone. Hajime, who used Gun=Kata as he pleased while manipulating the Cross Bits at the same time, unfolded a storm of attacks without any room of escape. Already, 40 of the demonic beasts’ leaders were killed and there were demonic beasts who began to escape from the full-powered “Pressure.” Then, a human’s shadow who screaming something towards the escaping demonic beasts in the distance was seen by Hajime at the edge of his view. Because it only put out its head from the ground, for a moment he thought it was someone’s severed head, but Hajime used “Farsight” and he certainly saw it move. That head was covered with black robe. The black robed man, Shimizu was throwing a tantrum just like a child as he shouted at the escaping demonic beasts, then he began to recite something as he held up the artifact staff received in Imperial Palace. Of course, because there was no obligation to wait for the chant completion, Hajime fired Donner in his spare time and the staff was blown off in the middle. As the after effect, Shimizu was knocked and collapsed into the hole on the ground. Thus although he didn’t know what Shimizu was trying to do, the black, four-eyed, wolf-type demonic beasts who were hidden inside the crowd and patiently waiting for the decisive gap around Hajime jumped at once. As expected, they had the potential of coordination ability that couldn’t be compared to the surrounding demonic beasts. It made him remembered the two-tailed wolf from before. Actually, Hajime feel they could be a good match if they fight against the two-tailed wolf. Although they didn’t have peculiar magic to manipulate thunder and simply had inferior offensive power compared to the two-tailed wolf, sometime, they evaded the location Hajime attacked as if they knew about it, so their peculiar magic must be something along “Prediction” system. Following that, their coordination would make them the same level as the two-tailed wolf... in other words, it wasn’t strange for the demonic beasts to be in the so-called low layer of the Abyss. Why such demonic beasts here?, though there was such a doubt, he undertaking attacks, so it was just unnecessary thought for now. Hajime temporarily averted his thought from eliminating the leaders of the demonic beasts and concentrated on defeating the 12 black, four-eyed wolves. Front, back, left, and right, furthermore there were black, four-eyed wolves who began to attack from above, so he rotated his body like a top and successively fired Donner-Schlag. They used “Prediction” to evaded from their spots, and Hajime also used “Prediction” to attack their next location. Even so, he was surprised that there were some that still capable to evade. Similar to the two-tailed wolf, they must have a method of communication like telepathy among their companions, and there might be some who looked over the battlefield. Avoiding Hajime’s shots, the four-eyed wolf leaped from the back because of the small gap when he reloaded mid-air, and one of the Cross Bits expanded just like flower petal and blown it away. Using that demonic beasts as stepping stone was another four-eyed wolf as it jumped, and the Cross Bit immediately became a shield to obstructed it, then he shoot out the Shotgun from the elbow of his artificial left arm. Inside the rain of flesh and blood, two Cross Bits concentrated barrage at one corner towards the encircling four-eyed wolves. When the encirclement opened by force, he slipped through using “Ground Shrinker” and shot to death the four-eyed wolves from the back which followed by Donner-Schlag further slaughtering another two because they had finished reloading. Then, there was one that thrown away its body since the start and hurled its attacked body as it jumped towards Hajime. Hajime evaded by jumping sideway, shot the lower part of the demonic beast that came flying and blown off the four-eyed wolf that charging from its back. Taking a passive approach, Hajime immediately stood up and the four-eyed wolves opened their big mouths as if they had waited for this moment, then they tried to crunch Hajime with their fangs. It was a perfect timing. If seen from the side, it unmistakably could be seen that the four-eyed wolves’ mouths had settled on Hajime’s body. However, at that time Hajime’s appearance started to sway and the four-eyed wolves’ mouths only gachin!, let out such sounds as they bit the empty space. Unbeknownst to them, Hajime’s body had advanced one step. Hajime shot through the abdomens of the four-eyed wolves he just passed through. Furthermore, another four-eyed wolves leaped at Hajime, but it became the same as before, the place they attacked was wrong by a step. In each case, Hajime shot and blown them away as they passed each other. The black, four-eyed wolves were as if they mistaken their eyes measurement and the chain of event completely became like that. It was the skill derived from Hajime’s “Sign Interception” called “+Phantom Step”. The effect was at the time he intercepted his presence and he’d leave his presence in the spot before he intercepted it for a few seconds. Because the real body’s presence was intercepted, it’d be mistaken that he was still on his former location. Of course, because he merely shifted his presence, it was comparatively easier to notice if ones carefully observed him. But, in a fight which few comma of seconds could decided between victory and defeat, it was difficult for them to not be puzzled. The validity increased if the enemies were particularly sensitive towards presence. Naturally, Hajime used “Light Speed” to control the Cross Bits, so no matter even if the black, four-eyed wolves were demonic beasts with Abyss-class power, they naturally weren’t enemies for him. In the end, although the four-eyed wolves were probably Shimizu’s trump card, they couldn’t even grazed Hajime and annihilated in two minutes. Hajime scattered the Cross Bits which killed the leaders with raging force. From the information the Cross Bits he put beside Shia in separated location, only several left before it ended in the other side. Even the demonic beasts that tried to charge towards the town were completely disallowed to drew near by Yue’s thunder dragon. After about two minutes, Hajime confirmed that they succeeded in eliminating the brainwashed demonic beasts. Then, having confirmed that, suu— he greatly inhaled and roared which coupled with “Magic Power Emission.” “KAaAAAAAAAAAAA!!!” The huge roar and the surge of magic power ran through the battlefield. The overwhelming pressure attacked and shocked the demonic beasts’ minds and they feel huge instinctive fear. Following that, they noticed their groups’ leaders were already non-existence. After a moment of stiffening, they began to turn on their heels and desperately escaping towards the north while making a detour around Hajime. The groups of demonic beasts which like a water current was as if parted by a rock on the river which was Hajime. Hajime confirmed his appearance with a sharp gaze, when he discovered Shimizu who seemed trying to escape using the last four-eyed wolf in the moment of confusion. Hajime kneeled and firmly set Donner with both hands and successively pulled the trigger. The bullets ran through the air with miraculous time lag, the four-eyed wolf sneak a glance towards the sign of turbulence felt by “Prediction” and avoid the first attack, but it collapsed as the second attack shot through its big thigh. The impact made Shimizu blown away. Because his body’s specs were high, he immediately got up even though his body was struck hard. He rushed and shouted something towards the four-eyed wolf then he started to kick its head. He probably shouted something about it should quickly stand up. He was obviously hysteric. After a while, maybe he was hinted by something to force the wolf to move, he began to chant as he put his hand on the black, four-eyed wolf’s head. Hajime saw that, fired the railgun without the need to discuss, and pierced where the black, four-eyed wolf was stopped. Shimizu who once again blown away because of the after effect was moving his limbs in panic, and this time he escaping by himself as he began to run towards the north just like the demonic beasts. Hajime took out magic-driven two-wheeler, accelerated at once and caught up to Shimizu in the blink of the time. Shimizu looked back towards the KIiIII! sound behind him and he frantically moved his limbs to escape as he became stupefied by the bike which shouldn’t be existed in this different world. “What! What the hell! That’s impossible! If it’s true, the same hero as I- GUPEh!?” The back of the head of Shimizu who frantically running while cursing was struck by Hajime’s artificial arm with two-wheeler’s momentum as is. Shimizu’s face dived into the ground and slipped on the ground for several meters with killer whale-like posture before he stopped. “Well then, what should I say to sensei? About this guy... and according to the situation, mine will...” Hajime said that to himself as he tied up Shimizu using the wire from his artificial arm and return towards the town as is. The appearance of Shimizu who was dragged by the two-wheeler as he was painted by the scattered blood and fleshes of demonic beasts while creating a dust storm on the ruined ground... could be correctly said as a defeated soldier.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 4, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
ヴァンパイアロードはシアの顔を見て、鼻で笑う。「犬の小娘風情が、身の程をわきまえず追ってきおって」「うるさい! お前は絶対この手で倒すであります!」「お前の父でさえ、我を滅ぼすこと能わなんだというに。より非力なお前が我を倒すだと?」ヴァンパイアは人の言葉を話せるほど知能が高い。魔力も生命力もとても高くて、強力な魔物だ。それからヴァンパイアロードは俺の方を見る。「だが、人間を連れてくるとはな。ほめてやろう」「なにを言っているでありますか」「犬には我が魅了は通じぬが......、人間ならば我が魅了が通じるのだ」「なん......だと......」シアの顔が青ざめた。不安そうに俺の方を見る。安心させてやろうと思う。「安心しろ。たかがヴァンパイアロードごときの魅了、俺に通じるわけないだろう」「フハハハハハ! 虚勢をはるか。人間とは面白いものだな」ヴァンパイアロードは機嫌よく笑う。先程の不機嫌さは、配下のゴブリンロードを殺された故だったのかもしれない。だから、追加の配下が手に入ると思って、機嫌がよくなったのだろう。「なるほど」俺がうなずくと、ヴァンパイアロードは顔をしかめた。「いやなに。ゴブリンの群れを少なく見せて、冒険者をおびき寄せる作戦だったのかと」「ふふ。どうやら愚かではないらしいな。その通りだ」「よく考えたな。ほめてやろう」人間の冒険者を魅了できれば、作戦の幅が大きく広がる。たとえ、Fランク冒険者であっても、ゴブリンよりはるかに使い勝手はよいだろう。「ロックさん退くであります!」「退きたいなら一人で退け」「それでは意味ないであります。ロックさんが魅了をかけられたら......」「だから効かないって」俺がそういっても、シアは信じていないようだ。「あたしのミスであります......」獣人の中でも、狼の獣人はなぜかヴァンパイアの魅了にかからない。吸血されることもない。狼の獣人を吸血したらヴァンパイアの方がダメージを受ける。だから、狼の獣人はヴァンパイア退治を生業とすることが多い。だから、人間が魅了に弱いことを忘れていたのかもしれない。俺じゃなかったら大惨事になりかねなかった。反省してほしい。ヴァンパイアロードが大きな声で叫んだ。そして目が怪しく光る。俺に向かって魅了をかけているのだ。俺はあえて目を合わせた。じっと見つめあう。ヴァンパイアロードはイケメンだが、まったくドキドキしない。「男と見つめあってもなぁ」「なぜ......なぜきかぬ!」「そりゃ、俺の精神異常耐性が高いからだろ」「人間ごときが、ヴァンパイアロードの魅了に耐えられるわけが......」「じゃあ、お前がヴァンパイアロードじゃないんだろ」あえて挑発してみた。知能の高い魔物を相手にする場合、冷静さを失わせた方がいい。より戦闘を優位に進められるようになる。「自分のことをヴァンパイアロードだと思いこんでる、一般レッサーヴァンパイア......」俺がボソッとつぶやくと、ヴァンパイアロードの殺気が膨れ上がった。「我を愚弄したこと、後悔させてやる!」ヴァンパイアロードは俺を先に倒すことに決めたようだ。シアに攻撃が行かないよう、挑発した甲斐があったというものである。ヴァンパイアロードは俺との間合いを一気につめてくる。高位の魔物だけあって、俊敏だ。だが、俺にとっては脅威ではない。かわしつつヴァンパイアロードの顎を蹴り上げた。「ぐぅ!」ヴァンパイアロードの牙が飛ぶ。ヴァンパイアにとって、牙は強力な武器にして誇りだ。大きな叫び声をあげて、とびかかってきた。怒りに我を忘れているせいで攻撃が単調だ。せっかくの高い知能が台無しである。軽くいなして、ヴァンパイアロードの整った顔にこぶしを叩き込む。ヴァンパイアロードは変な声をあげて、のけぞり、よろめき、地面にひざをつく。「きさまぁ......」顔面が陥没し、色々なものが垂れ流しになっている。それでも全く戦意を失っていない。再度突撃してきたヴァンパイアロードの首を右手でつかむ。そして、ドレインタッチを発動させた。ヴァンパイアロードは大きな悲鳴を上げる。生命力を吸収することは得意でも、吸収されるのは苦手なのだろう。ヴァンパイアロードは俺の右手を切り落とそうと剣を振り上げた。そのような攻撃、俺に当たるわけがない。俺は右手を離して、少し距離をとる。ヴァンパイアロードの剣は空を切った。「レッサーヴァンパイアの割に、結構速く動けるじゃないか」挑発は忘れない。シアにターゲットを移されると面倒だ。「お前一体何者だ......」「Fランク冒険者のロックだ」「嘘をつくな!」激昂したままヴァンパイアロードは襲い掛かってくるが、すべてかわす。そして、俺は的確にヴァンパイアロードの急所を殴っていった。 10年間の魔神との戦いで、レベルが底上げされているようだ。腕力もかなり上がっている。戦いながらぽつりとつぶやく。「......魔素のおかげか」魔物を倒すと、その魔素が体内に取り込まれて徐々に強くなっていく。だから、魔物を討伐すればするほど強くなるのだ。次元の狭間は、ただでさえ魔素が濃い。魔神を倒した際、周囲の魔素も同時に取り込んでいたのかもしれない。俺は次元の狭間において、ドレインタッチと、ドレインソードを駆使していた。その際に、生命力だけでなく魔素も吸い取っていたのかも知れない。理由ははっきりとはわからないが、急激に強くなったのは確からしい。「だから若返ったのかな......」そんなことをつぶやきながら、ヴァンパイアロードを殴っていく。邪魔をしたら駄目だと思っているのか、シアは後方で待機している。ボコボコにされたヴァンパイアロードは、後ろに飛んで距離をとる。岩壁を背にして呻いた。「貴様ぁ......。決して忘れるな。以後、安らげる夜はないと知れ......」そして体が数百匹の小さなコウモリへと変化していく。これがあるからヴァンパイアロードは厄介なのだ。絶対に、逃げられるわけにはいかない。逃がせば近隣の村々に被害が出る。こうなっては、戦士の振りもしていられない。俺が魔法をぶっ放そうと身構えたとき、「逃がさないであります!」シアが一気に間合いをつめる。コウモリになりかけたヴァンパイアロードを魔神王の剣で切り裂いた。切り裂かれた周囲が、コウモリになった部分も含めて灰となる。灰を湿らせた後、圧縮して固めたようなもろい状態だ。色は黒い。「おお、すごい」魔神王の剣がすごかった。切れ味が鋭いだけではないらしい。魔力と生命力ごと、いや魔素ごと奪い取る。そんな効果があるようだ。「ゴブリン切ったときは、ただの切れ味の鋭い剣だったのに」吸収される魔素が少ないから、気づかなかっただけかもしれない。シアが何度も何度も何度も、切り裂いていく。ヴァンパイアロード、その全身のほとんどがあっという間に灰と化した。	The Vampire Lord looked at Shia and snorted. “So the bitch hasn’t understood her place, and came running after me.” “Shut up! I swear, I will kill you with my own hands!” “Your own father was unable to do it. And yet you, with your inferior abilities, are going to kill me?” Vampires were intelligent enough to talk in human speech. Their magic and vitality were also high, making them powerful monsters. Then the Vampire Lord looked to me. “However, you brought a human with you. I commend you for that.” “What are you saying!” “A dog will not succumb to my charm... But a human will.” “You...what...” Shia’s face went pale. She looked worriedly in my direction. I decided to relieve her. “Don’t worry. The charms of a mere Vampire Lord won’t work on me.” “Buwahahaha! So you wish to bluff. Humans are most entertaining.” The Vampire Lord laughed good-humoredly. His earlier irritation had likely been due to all the goblins that we killed. And so he felt better now that he thought he would gain a new subordinate. “I see.” I nodded. The Vampire Lord scowled. “It’s obvious. You made it seem that you had few goblins here in order to lure in Adventurers.” “Hehe. Perhaps you aren’t a fool after all. That is correct.” “Pretty smart. I commend you for that.” If he could turn the Adventurers into vampires, he would be able to operate on a larger scale. Even if they were just F Rank Adventurers, they would be much more effective than goblins. “Mister Locke, you must leave at once!” “If you want to run, do it alone.” “There would be no point in that. If he cast Charm on you...” “I told you, it won’t work.” But Shia did not believe me. “It was my fault...” Among beastkin, wolf types were immune to a Vampire’s charm. They could also not have their blood sucked. If a Vampire were to try it, they would take damage. And so beastkin that were wolves would often hunt Vampires. Perhaps that was why she had forgotten that humans were weak to it. This would have been a big tragedy if it were not me that was here. I hoped she understood that. The Vampire Lord shouted loudly. And then its eyes began to shine. It was casting Charm on me. I looked him straight in the eyes. Our eyes locked for a while. The Vampire Lord was handsome, but I didn’t feel nervous at all. “Maybe if you weren’t a man...” I muttered, and the Vampire Lord became frantic. “Why...why doesn’t it work!” “Well, it’s because my resistance against mental ailments is very high.” “No mere human should be able to resist a Vampire Lord...” “Maybe you’re not a real Vampire Lord then.” I challenged. When fighting against an intelligent monster, it was best to make them lose their cool. It would give you a good advantage in the coming fight. “You just think that you’re a Vampire Lord, when you’re actually just a Lesser Vampire...” “You will regret mocking me!” The Vampire Lord had decided to kill me instead. It was worth provoking him like this, since it meant that he wouldn’t attack Shia. The Vampire Lord started to come towards me all at once. He had the agility expected of a high ranking monster. Still, he wasn’t a threat to me. I dodged his attacks and kicked him in the jaw. “Ggg!” The Vampire Lord’s fangs went flying. For vampire’s, their fangs were their most powerful weapon and their pride. He howled and then jumped on me. He was nearly blind with rage, and his attacks were simplistic. His high intelligence was not being utilized at all. I easily evaded his attacks and slammed my fist into his pretty face. He croaked strangely as he wobbled, swayed and finally fell onto his knees. “You bastard...” His face was caved in, and all kinds of things were running down his skin. Still, his will to fight was as strong as ever. He charged at me again, and this time I grabbed him by the throat with my right hand. And then I activated Drain Touch. The Vampire Lord let out a deafening cry. He may have been good at draining out someone else’s life force, but he didn’t seem to like having it done to him. The Vampire Lord swung his sword in an attempt to cut off my arm. There was no way that such an attack would hit me. I let go of him and backed away. His sword cut through the empty air. “You move pretty fast for a Lesser Vampire.” I remember to mock him. It would be troublesome if his attention moved to Shia. “Who are you...” “Locke. An F Rank Adventurer.” “You’re lying!” The incensed Vampire Lord attacked me again, but I dodged all of them. And then, I systematically punched him repeatedly in his vitals. It seemed that I had gained some levels during my years of fighting the devils. My arms were also stronger. I mutter as we fight. “...Perhaps it’s because of the mana.” Every time I killed a monster, the mana would be absorbed into my body and slowly make me stronger. That’s why I grew stronger with every monster that I killed. The mana was especially thick in that place between our dimensions. I must have absorbed the mana in the area along with the mana from the monsters. I had used Drain Touch and the Drain Sword while I was there. So it had not only been the life force, but mana that was entering me. I wasn’t completely sure of any of this, but I was certain that I had suddenly become stronger. “Maybe that’s why I look younger...” I continued to mutter to myself while punching the Vampire Lord. Shia must have thought that she would get in the way, because she was waiting in the back. The battered and bruised Vampire Lord flew to the back to create some distance. He moaned with the cave walls behind him. “You... Don’t ever forget this. From now on, you will never know what a peaceful night is...” And then he started to transform into hundreds of bats. This was why Vampire Lords were dangerous. There was no way that I could allow him to escape. If I did, the neighboring villages would suffer. I could no longer pretend to be a Warrior. And so I prepared to use my magic. “I will not let you escape!” Shia immediately dashed forward. The Devil King Sword hacked into the Vampire Lord as he tried to transform. The flesh that was cut, along with the parts that had turned into bats, all turned into ash. It was like wet ash that had been compressed and hardened. It was black. “Woah, that is amazing.” The Devil King Sword was amazing. It wasn’t only sharp. It took your magic and life force, and even your mana away. That was the effect that it had. “It was only a sharp blade when I used it against the goblins.” Maybe I hadn’t noticed, because the mana that was absorbed was so small. Shia continued to hack and slash at him. Before we knew it, the Vampire Lord’s entire body was turned into ash.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 11, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
砦の防衛をゴーレムとAIバックラーに任せ、俺は西の森へ急ぐ。リスクはあるが、この戦法だけは自分の手でやってみたい。「近くで見ると質感がすごいな......トリケラトプス」実物はもちろん絶滅しているので見たことはないが的なトリケラトプスのイメージそのままの生き物がそこに存在していた。このトリケラが移動できる範囲のラインにゴーレムを立たせて目印にしてある。ここから矢を撃ってみよう。キリリ......シュッ! カキンッ! 頭の周りは硬く、通常の矢では弾き飛ばされてしまう。なかなかの防御力を誇るモンスターのようだ。しかし、恐れることはない。トリケラトプスは攻撃されても動く気配がない。範囲外からの攻撃には反応すらしないようだ。そうだ、これなんだ。この射程を使った裏技感......俺が欲していたものだ。無心で矢を撃ってトリケラトプスの体力を減らしていく。硬いのでかなり時間がかかりそうだ。間違いなくソロで倒すことを想定した敵ではない。このイベントは刻一刻と状況が変わるし、あまりのんびりもしてられない。「よし、十分チクチクは楽しんだし、AI戦士たちにも手伝ってもらうか」飛び道具が使えるAI戦士たちを命令下に置き、射程を伸ばしてからみんなでチクチクする。 HPの減り幅は目に見えて増えた。これならさほど時間はかからないだろう。いつもこうやって反撃を食らわないで戦えるわけではない。モンスターもプレイヤーもあの手この手で接近して俺を倒そうとしてくる。でも、遠くから攻撃する強みは忘れちゃいけないな。トリケラトプスは初心を思い出させてくれた。ありがとう、トリケラトプス。さようなら、トリケラトプス。『トリケラトプスが仲間になりたそうにこちらを見ています』「あ、やっぱり」どう見たって特別なモンスターだし予想はしていた。もちろん『仲間にする』を選択する。『トリケラトプスが仲間に加わった! このモンスターに特殊技能はありません』硬さと突進だけが武器か。まあ、実際に古代に存在した生物であるトリケラトプスに『特殊技能』なんて魔法みたいな能力あるわけないか。なぜそこまでリアルの再現にこだわっているのかは......わからないけど。とにかく、インパクト十分な新戦力が入ったことに変わりはない。特殊技能がなくとも、こっちで特別な使い方をすればいいんだ。ヨジヨジと背中に登ってみる。うむ、暴れないし案外乗れる。このまま砦まで帰りつつ、道中のモンスターを狩っていこう。 ◆ ◆ ◆ 砦は無事だった。攻められた形跡もない。ここは敵からも味方からも孤立しているのかもしれない。今回の狩りの成果はそこそこのコストと約20体にも及ぶ仲間モンスターだ。帰り際にとあるモンスターの群れに遭遇したお陰で、ここまで数を増やせた。その中でも強力なモンスターをピックアップするとしたら、まず『トリケラトプス』だ。特殊技能はないが、脚はなかなか速くパワフルなのでプレイヤーを何人か乗せても問題なし。こいつを使って『ある戦法』を考えてある。次に複数の『エアロラプトル』。今回群れに遭遇したモンスターだ。彼らも恐竜をモチーフにしているが、トリケラと違ってファンタジー要素がデザインに取り入れられている。特殊技能は【ワイルドエアー】。範囲内の敵味方関係なく速さを上げる技能だ。集団での移動にはもってこいだな。最後に『メガネワシ』。こいつがある意味最強なのかもしれない。上空からフィールドの様子を見せてくれるのだ。俺の場合は射程により命令できる範囲が伸びるので、さらに超上空からの景色が見られる。そして、俺は全体の戦況を知った。まず『ブルーディアー』は『グリーンバタフライ』に対しても開幕突撃を行っていたようだ。そちらは成功し、青い陣地が緑の中に食い込んでいる。『グリーンバタフライ』は取られた砦を取り戻すために戦力を集中。『ブルーディアー』もそれに応戦したのだろう。その結果、俺の所属している『レッドボア』が中央突破する隙ができた。フィールドの中央営の砦がぶつかる位置。そこを『レッドボア』は『ブルーディアー』の方面へ侵攻。ほど砦を奪っている。しかし、動きはここまで。今はすべての陣営の戦力が中央に集まって膠着状態のようだ。少し『メガネワシ』の高度を下げて、中央の戦場を見渡してみたが、とんでもない光景だった。真っ赤なティラノが火を吹いたり、龍の形をした雷の魔法が、虎の形をした風の魔法とぶつかったりとやりたい放題。ティラノは仲間モンスターで、後は第3職の魔法スキルだろうか? これでは俺とバックラーの戦いが地味に見える。まあ、間違いなく地味なのだが熱い戦いだったのだ。そうだ、渋いと言い換えよう。渋い戦いを繰り広げ、生き残った俺はついにやるべきことを見つけた。中央が膠着していて戦況が変わりそうもないなら、サイドから展開していくしかない。この砦が敵からも味方からも孤立している理由は端っこに位置しているからだ。戦力はみんな中央に集められている。中央で勝てば敵の戦力がガタガタになり、陣取りに勝ったも同然だからだ。だからこそ、俺は動かないといけない。ここから『ブルーディアー』の本拠地目指して攻めのぼる。そうすれば、敵は俺を止めるために戦力を割かないといけない。それだけ中央の味方が楽になる。俺自身が犠牲になる確率が高いが、陣営の勝利には必要なことだ。少なくとも中央の戦線に加わるより役に立つ。あのド派手な戦場を俺の力で変えてやると言える自信はない。弓使いは密かに獲物を狙う。今こそ『防衛』から『侵攻』へ。敵陣を攻めのぼるぞ、AIの戦士たちと共に......!	I left the defense of the fortress to the Golems and AI Buckler, as I rushed towards the western forest. While there was a risk to doing this, I wanted to test this method with my own hands. “The textures are quite impressive when seen up close...this triceratops.” Of course, I had never seen a real one since they were extinct, but it looked like a perfectly believable, living and breathing triceratops. I had a Golem standing just outside of its movement range as a marker. And from here, I would try shooting at it. Kiriri...shu! Clink! The area around its head was hard, and ordinary arrows just bounced off. Clearly this monster had very high defense ability. However, there was nothing to fear. The triceratops did not move even after it was attacked. Apparently, it didn’t react to attacks that were outside of its range. Yes, this was it. This is what I wanted. And so I continued to shoot arrows and carve away at its health. As it was hard, it would take a lot of time. It was definitely not an enemy that you were expected to fight solo. But things always changed rapidly during this event, and so I could not take too long. “Alright, I’ve had my fun. Now it’s time to have the AI warriors help me.” The AI Warriors had ranged weapons as well, and so I brought them under my command and extended their range so they could attack. The HP began to decrease faster. Now it wouldn’t take as long. Normally, I wouldn’t be able to fight like this without any retaliation. Both monsters and players would do anything they could to get close and kill me. However, I couldn’t forget the strength of attacking from far away. This fight made me remember what I had initially set out to do. Thank you, triceratops. Good bye, triceratops. ‘The triceratops looks like it wants to join you.’ “Ah, I knew it.” It was clearly a special monster, and so I had thought that it was likely. Of course, I chose ‘befriend.’ ‘The triceratops has joined you! This monster has no special abilities.’ I suppose its hardness and charge attack were its only weapons. Well, perhaps it was only natural that this prehistoric creature wasn’t using magic attacks and abilities. Though, I don’t know why this was the one area where they cared about being realistic... In any case, it had a lot of impact for a new recruit. It didn’t need special abilities, I just needed to use it in a special way. And so I tried climbing onto its back. Hmm, it didn’t move in protest and was rather comfortable. I would ride it back to the fortress then and hunt monsters on the way. ◆ ◆ ◆ The fortress was safe. And there were no traces of it having been attacked. Perhaps this place was isolated from both friends and enemies. The fruits of our labor this time was a decent amount of points and about befriended monsters. This was mostly thanks to an encounter with a large pack of monsters on the way back. And if I had to choose which of them was the strongest, I would choose the triceratops. While it had no special abilities, its legs were fast and powerful, allowing it to easily carry multiple people. I had even thought of a certain strategy that would make use of it. Next was a few Aero Raptors. They were the monsters I had encountered as a pack. And while they were also based on dinosaurs, these had more fantastical designs. And they had the special ability ‘Wild Air.’ It raised the speed of everything within range, regardless of them being friend or foe. It was a good ability for when you were moving in large numbers. And then there was the Meganewashi. In a way, perhaps this eagle was actually the strongest. It showed me the field from up in the sky. And in my case, my range allowed me to give them orders in a wider area, which meant I could send it very high into the air. And like that, I was able to see the entire map. First, Blue Deer had attacked Green Butterfly early on as well. Only they succeeded, and the blue territories were encroaching into the green. Green Butterfly was now focusing its efforts on taking back the fortress. And Blue Deer were likely fighting back. This resulted in an opening for Red Boar to attack from the center. The center of the field was where the fortresses of the three sides clashed. And here, Red Boar invaded in Blue Deer’s direction. They had taken two fortresses already. However, that’s as far as they went. Currently, it looked like all three groups had gathered to the center in a deadlock. I raised Meganewashi’s altitude a little and looked at the center of the battlefield. The scene below was insane. There were red tyrannosauruses breathing fire, thunder magic in the shape of dragons, wind magic in the shape of tigers. They rammed into each other without restraint. The tyrannosauruses were likely tamed monsters, and I suppose the rest were magic skills from rds? Now my fight with Buckler looked very boring. Well, it had still been quite a fight. Yes, it wasn’t boring, it was refined. And having survived such a refined battle, I realized what I needed to do. If they were in a stalemate and it looked to continue for a long time, I would just have to come in from the side. The reason that my fortress was secluded was because it was located at the far edge. And everyone was moving to the center. If you won at the center, the enemy’s position would be unstable, and you might as well have won at that point. And so I had to move. From here, I would go to Blue Deer’s main base and attack. And then the enemy would have to split up their forces in order to stop me. That will make things easier for my friends in the center. While it was very likely that I would fall, it would be a necessary sacrifice for our side to win. At the very least, it would mean more than if I joined them in the center battlefield. I was not confident that I could make any difference in all that craziness. An Archer quietly targets his prey. And now, I would move from defence to invasion. I would attack their fortress with my AI warriors...!	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 3, "inserted_lines_src": 1, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
人気のない細い路地裏を通り過ぎると、石煉瓦で簡素に造られた建物の中に入る。女ダークエルフが案内するのは二階の角部屋になり、シェーナを居間のテーブルへと座らせる。「浩太君、ようこそ我が家へ! あまり広くないけど勘弁してくれよ」「いや......もうお互い前世の名前で呼ぶのはやめよう。何だか虚しくなるんだ」「......そうか。転生しての年月が経つんだよな。じゃあ改めて私の名前はキシャナ・ウスティーだ」「シェーナ・ウラバルトだ。前世の俺達は死んだが、こうして異世界でまた親友と会えるなんて嬉しいよ」「お互いに姿形は変わっちまったけどな」シェーナとキシャナは握手を交わすと、二人で過ごした前世の記憶が走馬灯のように蘇ってくる。前世では部活動のサッカー部で汗を流したり、休日には遊んだりした仲で何でも話せる間柄だった。の銀髪なら、男から確実にモテそうだよなぁ」「それが嫌で国と故郷を捨てて、中立国家まで足を運んだんだがな」を簡単に話すと、キシャナは真剣に耳を傾けてくれた。「真面目なお前には荷が重い人生を歩んでるな。もう前世に戻れない以上はシェーナ・ウラバルトとして.....の女性として生きていく覚悟は必要だろう」「キシャナは覚悟があるのか?」「最初は戸惑ったけどな。けれど、この世界のダークエルフってエルフや人間と敵対関係って言うのが一般常識だろ? 俺が生まれた故郷では人殺しの訓練を積まれたり、毒の配合を教わったり、男をたぶらかす術を教え込まれたよ。それが嫌で逃げるようにこの城塞都市に流れ込んできた。それからは普通の女として......キシャナ・ウスティーの人生は始まったんだと思えるようになった。貧乏だけど、人殺しをして生活するより数百倍マシだよ」「すまん......嫌な事を思い出させてしまったな。キシャナの話を聞いてたら、俺は恵まれた生活を送ってたんだなと......」シェーナは涙腺が緩んで涙を浮かべる。涙もろい性格は前世から受け継いだものだと思うが、キシャナは笑って答える。「相変わらずの泣き虫だな。俺は......私は大丈夫だ。前世と性別が変わろうと、種族が変わろうが、こうして昔の親友と再会できた喜びは変わらないよ。シェーナ・ウラバルトの人生はこれから築き上げていけばいい。そのためなら私も協力するよ」シェーナはキシャナの胸に抱き付いて、胸に溜まっていた感情を全て吐き出した。	After they passed through a narrow back street with no signs of people around, they entered a building made of simple stone brick. It was a two-floor building with a total of twenty rooms being lent out. The room that the dark elf led Schenna to was the one on the corner of the second floor and had her sit at the living room’s table. “Welcome to my house, Kouta-kun! I know it’s not that big but I hope you don’t mind” “Hey... let’s stop calling each other by our old names? It kind of brings this feeling of melancholy.” “... Okay. After all, it has already been eighteen years since we were reborn right, might as well introduce myself again! My name is Kishana Ustey” “I’m Schenna Urablatt. Being able to meet my best friend in another world after that tragic incident really makes me happy” “Although our appearance is nowhere near what it was before” As Schenna and Kishana exchanged a handshake, a spark of memories from the previous life got to them, reminding both of the good times they spent together, all the sweat from the football club activities, and spending their holidays together playing, talking about pretty much anything in the very close friendship they had. “But Schenna, with those looks and that long silver hair, I bet you’re quite popular amongst men aren’t you” “I couldn’t stand that anymore, that’s the reason why I left everything behind and decided to come here” Kishana listened carefully as Schenna talked about the troublesome life she had lived so far in this world. “With that serious personality of yours, you sure have been carrying quite some heavy responsibilities in this life. On top of not being able to return to our previous world, living as Schenna Urablatt... Are you sure you’re ready to start a new life here and live by yourself?” “How about you?” “At first I was just as lost and confused. As you may already know it’s common sense in this world for dark elves and elves to be on bad terms with humans right? Back in my hometown where I was born, people would pile up corpses just for training, teach how to create poisonous mixtures and ways to deceive men. That’s pretty much why I ran away and ended up here. After that, I’ve just been living as a normal woman... I feel like my life as Kishana Ustey began here. I may be poor but way better than having a life over at a place where piling up corpses is considered daily life. “I’m sorry.. Made you remember some horrible things. Compared to the way you have been living here I feel like I was blessed instead” Tears fell from Schenna’s eyes. That crybaby personality is something she inherited from her previous life, said Kishana with as she laughed. “The usual crybaby I see haha. I’m... I’m okay. Unlike our previous life, my gender might not be the same, I might not even be the same race anymore but still being able to talk to my best friend like in the good old times is more than I can ask for. Schenna Urablatt’s life can start right here, it’s never late. And in order for that to happen, I’ll help in what I can!” Schenna hugged Kishana’s chest tightly, letting out all the emotions that had been piling up.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 0, "inserted_lines_src": 3, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
NASAジェット推進研究所やプリンストンのメンバーと共同で NASAジェット推進研究所やプリンストンのメンバーと共同でこうした技術を開発中です天文学者によると恒星には必ず一つの惑星があり天文学者によると恒星には必ず一つの惑星がありその5分の1は生命がいる地球に似た惑星だと推測されていますその5分の1は生命がいる地球に似た惑星だと推測されていますその5分の1は生命がいる地球に似た惑星だと推測されていますしかしまだ見れてはいません間接的に検出しただけですしかしまだ見れてはいません間接的に検出しただけですこれはNASAの有名な青白い点をとらえた写真ですこれはNASAの有名な青白い点をとらえた写真です 1990年宇宙探査機ボイジャーが― 60億km離れた太陽系の外から地球を撮影しました 60億km離れた太陽系の外から地球を撮影しました地球に似た別の惑星をこの写真のように撮影したいのです地球に似た別の惑星をこの写真のように撮影したいのですなぜそれが難しいのでしょうか? なぜそれが難しいのでしょうか? 例えばハッブル宇宙望遠鏡を火星の軌道に持っていくと例えばハッブル宇宙望遠鏡を火星の軌道に持っていくと例えばハッブル宇宙望遠鏡を火星の軌道に持っていくとこのように地球は少しぼやけて見えますこのように地球は少しぼやけて見えます火星の軌道に比べると望遠鏡が小さすぎるからです火星の軌道に比べると望遠鏡が小さすぎるからですさらに10倍離れた距離にある天王星の軌道に移動しましょうさらに10倍離れた距離にある天王星の軌道に移動しましょうより小さくなり詳細がわかりません月はまだ小さく見えますより小さくなり詳細がわかりません月はまだ小さく見えますさらに10倍離れた太陽系の外縁にあるカイパーベルトに移動するとさらに10倍離れた太陽系の外縁にあるカイパーベルトに移動するとさらに10倍離れた太陽系の外縁にあるカイパーベルトに移動すると今度はほとんど像になりませんカール・セーガン氏によるものです今度はほとんど像になりませんカール・セーガン氏によるものですさらに10倍離れた距離にあるオールトの雲に移動しましょうさらに10倍離れた距離にあるオールトの雲に移動しましょう太陽系の外です太陽が視界に入り惑星の位置に重なります太陽が視界に入り惑星の位置に重なります太陽が視界に入り惑星の位置に重なりますさらに10倍離れた距離にあるケンタウルス座アルファ星ではさらに10倍離れた距離にあるケンタウルス座アルファ星ではここは太陽に最も近い恒星ですが惑星は消えてしまいましたここは太陽に最も近い恒星ですが惑星は消えてしまいました見えているのは惑星よりも 100億倍明るい恒星の光だけです見えているのは惑星よりも 100億倍明るい恒星の光だけです赤い丸に惑星があるはずですがこれを発見するのだから難しい赤い丸に惑星があるはずですがこれを発見するのだから難しい恒星からの光は回折し望遠鏡の内部で散乱します恒星からの光は回折し望遠鏡の内部で散乱しますこれで画像が明るくなりすぎ惑星が見えなくなるのですこれで画像が明るくなりすぎ惑星が見えなくなるのです惑星を見るためにはこの光を取り除く必要があります惑星を見るためにはこの光を取り除く必要があります惑星を見るためにはこの光を取り除く必要がありますそこで多くの仲間と共に素晴らしい技術を開発していますそこで多くの仲間と共に素晴らしい技術を開発していますこれから一つをご紹介しますがこれから一つをご紹介しますがおそらく10年以内に地球に似た惑星を捉えられる技術ですおそらく10年以内に地球に似た惑星を捉えられる技術です 1962年宇宙望遠鏡の父ライマン・スピッツァーが考案しました 1962年宇宙望遠鏡の父ライマン・スピッツァーが考案しました皆さんが見たことのある日食のような現象「食」からヒントを得ています皆さんが見たことのある日食のような現象「食」からヒントを得ています月が太陽の前に移動し光を遮っているため月が太陽の前に移動し光を遮っているため周りにコロナがぼんやりと見えます目に入るスポットライトの光を親指で遮ると目に入るスポットライトの光を親指で遮ると後ろの席の人が見えるのと同じですどうなっているのでしょうか? 後ろの席の人が見えるのと同じですどうなっているのでしょうか? 月は地球に影を投げかけています月は地球に影を投げかけています影に望遠鏡やカメラを置きそこから太陽を見ると影に望遠鏡やカメラを置きそこから太陽を見ると光の大部分が取り除かれコロナ内の詳しい様子を見ることができます光の大部分が取り除かれコロナ内の詳しい様子を見ることができます光の大部分が取り除かれコロナ内の詳しい様子を見ることができますスピッツァーの考えはこれを宇宙でやるということです大きなスクリーンを作りそれを宇宙で操縦します恒星の前に移動し光の大部分を遮断します恒星の前に移動し光の大部分を遮断しますできた影の中に望遠鏡を置くと惑星を見ることができますできた影の中に望遠鏡を置くと惑星を見ることができますこのように見えるはずですこんなに大きなスクリーンでも惑星は見つかりませんこんなに大きなスクリーンでも惑星は見つかりません残念なことにこれはうまく機能しておらず光波がスクリーンの周りで回折しているからです光波がスクリーンの周りで回折しているからです望遠鏡の時と同様ですこれは川の水が岩をよけるように流れるようなものです光が影を消してしまいこれでは惑星を見ることができません光が影を消してしまいこれでは惑星を見ることができませんしかしスピッツァーはどうすれば良いか知っていました境界をぼかして回折を抑えれば惑星を見ることができます境界をぼかして回折を抑えれば惑星を見ることができます境界をぼかして回折を抑えれば惑星を見ることができますここ10年でその最適な方法を見つけましたここ10年でその最適な方法を見つけましたこれです花びらスターシェードと呼んでいますこれです花びらスターシェードと呼んでいます花びらの端を直立させ形状を変えると回折を制御することができます花びらの端を直立させ形状を変えると回折を制御することができます花びらの端を直立させ形状を変えると回折を制御することができます良い影が出来ましたこれで約100億倍暗くなります良い影が出来ましたこれで約100億倍暗くなりますそして惑星を見ることができましたスターシェードの大きさはもちろん親指よりは大きくフットボール競技場の約半分のサイズですもちろん親指よりは大きくフットボール競技場の約半分のサイズです 5万km離れた所から望遠鏡に影を作れば惑星を見ることができるのです 5万km離れた所から望遠鏡に影を作れば惑星を見ることができるのです 5万km離れた所から望遠鏡に影を作れば惑星を見ることができるのです手ごわそうに思えますが NASAジェット推進研究所の優秀な仲間は素晴らしいデザインを発明しました NASAジェット推進研究所の優秀な仲間は素晴らしいデザインを発明しましたこのように巻き付いている状態から望遠鏡から分離しこのように巻き付いている状態から望遠鏡から分離しこのように巻き付いている状態から望遠鏡から分離し花びらは広がり望遠鏡は回転します花びらは広がり望遠鏡は回転します望遠鏡から5万kmの地点へ飛び出していくのがわかります望遠鏡から5万kmの地点へ飛び出していくのがわかりますこのように恒星の前に移動し素晴らしい影を作り出しますこのように恒星の前に移動し素晴らしい影を作り出します軌道を回る惑星を見ることができました(拍手) 軌道を回る惑星を見ることができました(拍手) ありがとう SFの話などではありませんこの開発に5、6年間取り組んできました SFの話などではありませんこの開発に5、6年間取り組んできました去年の夏カリフォルニアですごい試験をしてきました去年の夏カリフォルニアですごい試験をしてきました花びらが4つのスターシェードのミニチュア版です花びらが4つのスターシェードのミニチュア版ですさっきの半分ぐらいの大きさです花びらが広がっていきます 4名のインターンの学部生が作ったものです花びらが広がっていきます 4名のインターンの学部生が作ったものです花びらが広がっていきます 4名のインターンの学部生が作ったものです花びらは回転して正しい位置につかなければなりません花びらは回転して正しい位置につかなければなりません花びらの基底部は0.1mmという単位で毎回同じ場所に動く必要があるのです花びらの基底部は0.1mmという単位で毎回同じ場所に動く必要があるのです花びらの基底部は0.1mmという単位で毎回同じ場所に動く必要があるのです 16回の試験全てで 0.1mm単位の正確な移動を行うことができました 16回の試験全てで 0.1mm単位の正確な移動を行うことができました 16回の試験全てで 0.1mm単位の正確な移動を行うことができました正確に行わなければならないですがこの技術を確立し宇宙に応用できれば正確に行わなければならないですがこの技術を確立し宇宙に応用できればこのようなものを見ることができるかもしれませんこのようなものを見ることができるかもしれませんハッブル宇宙望遠鏡によって撮影された太陽に最も近い恒星の写真ですハッブル宇宙望遠鏡によって撮影された太陽に最も近い恒星の写真です少し大きい宇宙望遠鏡を使用し少し大きい宇宙望遠鏡を使用しこの前に遮光器を置くとこのように見えるかもしれませんこの前に遮光器を置くとこのように見えるかもしれませんこの前に遮光器を置くとこのように見えるかもしれませんこれは太陽系の家族写真ですが見たいのは別の太陽系ですこれは太陽系の家族写真ですが見たいのは別の太陽系です遮光器―スターシェイドを通して見られたらと思っています遮光器―スターシェイドを通して見られたらと思っています木星や土星天王星や海王星などが見えます木星や土星天王星や海王星などが見えますそして中央の光の隣にある青白い点が地球ですそして中央の光の隣にある青白い点が地球ですこれを見つけそこに水や酸素やオゾンがあるかどうかがわかればこれを見つけそこに水や酸素やオゾンがあるかどうかがわかれば生命の存在を確認できるかもしれませんこれは科学で可能な最もすごいことだと思いますだからこそ我々は取り組んでいるのですこれは科学で可能な最もすごいことだと思いますだからこそ我々は取り組んでいるのですこれで世界は変わると考えているからです惑星が見られれば全てが変わるのですこれで世界は変わると考えているからです惑星が見られれば全てが変わるのですありがとうございました	Astronomers now believe that every star in the galaxy has a planet, and they speculate that up to one fifth of them have an Earth-like planet that might be able to harbor life, but we haven't seen any of them. We've only detected them indirectly. This is NASA's famous picture of the pale blue dot. It was taken by the Voyager spacecraft in 1990, when they turned it around as it was exiting the solar system to take a picture of the Earth from six billion kilometers away. I want to take that of an Earth-like planet about another star. Why haven't we done that? Why is that hard? Well to see, let's imagine we take the Hubble Space Telescope and we turn it around and we move it out to the orbit of Mars. We'll see something like that, a slightly blurry picture of the Earth, because we're a fairly small telescope out at the orbit of Mars. Now let's move ten times further away. Here we are at the orbit of Uranus. It's gotten smaller, it's got less detail, less resolve. We can still see the little moon, but let's go ten times further away again. Here we are at the edge of the solar system, out at the Kuiper Belt. Now it's not resolved at all. It's that pale blue dot of Carl Sagan's. But let's move yet again ten times further away. Here we are out at the Oort Cloud, outside the solar system, and we're starting to see the sun move into the field of view and get into where the planet is. One more time, ten times further away. Now we're at Alpha Centauri, our nearest neighbor star, and the planet is gone. All we're seeing is the big beaming image of the star that's ten billion times brighter than the planet, which should be in that little red circle. That's what we want to see. That's why it's hard. The light from the star is diffracting. It's scattering inside the telescope, creating that very bright image that washes out the planet. So to see the planet, we have to do something about all of that light. We have to get rid of it. I have a lot of colleagues working on really amazing technologies to do that, but I want to tell you about one today that I think is the coolest, and probably the most likely to get us an Earth in the next decade. It was first suggested by Lyman Spitzer, the father of the space telescope, in 1962, and he took his inspiration from an eclipse. You've all seen that. That's a solar eclipse. The moon has moved in front of the sun. It blocks out most of the light so we can see that dim corona around it. It would be the same thing if I put my thumb up and blocked that spotlight that's getting right in my eye, I can see you in the back row. Well, what's going on? Well the moon is casting a shadow down on the Earth. We put a telescope or a camera in that shadow, we look back at the sun, and most of the light's been removed and we can see that dim, fine structure in the corona. Spitzer's suggestion was we do this in space. We build a big screen, we fly it in space, we put it up in front of the star, we block out most of the light, we fly a space telescope in that shadow that's created, and boom, we get to see planets. Well that would look something like this. So there's that big screen, and there's no planets, because unfortunately it doesn't actually work very well, because the light waves of the light and waves diffracts around that screen the same way it did in the telescope. It's like water bending around a rock in a stream, and all that light just destroys the shadow. It's a terrible shadow. And we can't see planets. But Spitzer actually knew the answer. If we can feather the edges, soften those edges so we can control diffraction, well then we can see a planet, and in the last 10 years or so we've come up with optimal solutions for doing that. It looks something like that. We call that our flower petal starshade. If we make the edges of those petals exactly right, if we control their shape, we can control diffraction, and now we have a great shadow. It's about 10 billion times dimmer than it was before, and we can see the planets beam out just like that. That, of course, has to be bigger than my thumb. That starshade is about the size of half a football field and it has to fly 50,000 kilometers away from the telescope that has to be held right in its shadow, and then we can see those planets. This sounds formidable, but brilliant engineers, colleagues of mine at JPL, came up with a fabulous design for how to do that and it looks like this. It starts wrapped around a hub. It separates from the telescope. The petals unfurl, they open up, the telescope turns around. Then you'll see it flip and fly out that 50,000 kilometers away from the telescope. It's going to move in front of the star just like that, creates a wonderful shadow. Boom, we get planets orbiting about it. Thank you. That's not science fiction. We've been working on this for the last five or six years. Last summer, we did a really cool test out in California at Northrop Grumman. So those are four petals. This is a sub-scale star shade. It's about half the size of the one you just saw. You'll see the petals unfurl. Those four petals were built by four undergraduates doing a summer internship at JPL. Now you're seeing it deploy. Those petals have to rotate into place. The base of those petals has to go to the same place every time to within a tenth of a millimeter. We ran this test 16 times, and 16 times it went into the exact same place to a tenth of a millimeter. This has to be done very precisely, but if we can do this, if we can build this technology, if we can get it into space, you might see something like this. That's a picture of one our nearest neighbor stars taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. If we can take a similar space telescope, slightly larger, put it out there, fly an occulter in front of it, what we might see is something like that -- that's a family portrait of our solar system -- but not ours. We're hoping it'll be someone else's solar system as seen through an occulter, through a starshade like that. You can see Jupiter, you can see Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and right there in the center, next to the residual light is that pale blue dot. That's Earth. We want to see that, see if there's water, oxygen, ozone, the things that might tell us that it could harbor life. I think this is the coolest possible science. That's why I got into doing this, because I think that will change the world. That will change everything when we see that. Thank you.	{ "source": "iwslt2017", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
俺たちは王都の門を出て、道に沿って進んでいく。主要な太い街道ではなく、脇道と言っていい細い道だ。ほとんど人が通らないので、道のところどころに草が生えているぐらいだ。分ほど歩いたところで、先頭を歩いていたスカウトのジニーが足を止めた。「ロックさん、お兄ちゃん......。あれって......」「あれ? ん? こんなところに丘はなかったと思うんだが......」アリオが首をかしげる。アリオの視力はジニーほどではないからわからないのだろう。「あれは......、ドラゴンだな」「やっぱり......。ドラゴンですよね。退き返しましょう」「まさか、ドラゴンがこんなところにいるわけないだろう?」そういって、アリオは笑う。だが、道の横、少し離れたところに巨大なドラゴンがいるのは間違いない。「すぐに退き返しましょう。安全すし、冒険者ギルドにも報告しないと」「......うん。すまない。言いにくいんだがあれは俺の知り合いだ」俺がそう言うと、ジニーはなにかすごい物でも見る目でこっちを見た。道の横に座っていたドラゴンはケーテだった。俺の自宅にいたはずのケーテが、なぜかドラゴン姿で座っているのだ。「あ、ロック。奇遇であるな!」ケーテは嬉しそうにそう言うと、ドタドタと駆けて来る。「絶対奇遇じゃないだろ。待ち伏せしていただろう?」「......そんなことないのである」「なぜそこで嘘をつく」「......ロックは自意識過剰なのであるぞ?」「じゃあ、ここで何してたんだ?」「日課の遺跡の点検をしている途中で休憩していただけなのである」「......ふーん」明らかに嘘だと思う。ケーテは先ほどゴブリン討伐クエの依頼元の村の場所を、俺に詳しく聞いてきた。聞いた理由は、ここに先回りして待ち伏せするために違いない。だが、深く突っ込んでケーテの嘘を暴いても仕方がない。ガルヴが嬉しそうに、ケーテの足に飛びついている。「おお、ガルヴ。はしゃいでおるなー」ケーテも機嫌よく指の背でガルヴを撫でる。俺は、俺の背後で怯えた様子のアリオとジニーに向けて言う。「こいつはケーテという俺の友達のドラゴンなんだ」「そうか、すごいな......」アリオとジニーはドン引きしている。「お主たちがロックのお友達のFランク冒険者であるなー?」「ア、アリオです。まま魔導士です。「ジニーです。弓スカウトです」アリオとジニーは緊張気味に自己紹介する。だが、アリオの名前は、このまま放置したらアアリオだと誤解されそうだ。「二人はアリオとジニー。俺の冒険者仲間なんだ」「そうであるかー。我はケーテぞ。ロックのお友達である。今後ともよろしく頼むのである」「こ、こちらこそよろしくお願いします!」アリオはいつもと違い敬語モードだ。ドラゴンが相手だから、緊張しかつ怯えているのだろう。その気持ちはよくわかる。ケーテは機嫌よく尻尾を揺らしながら、「む? ロックはゴブリン退治にいくのであるな? ここであったのも何かの縁。我も手伝おう」「任せるのである!」「「えっ?」」ケーテは嬉しそうに尻尾を揺らし、アリオとジニーが困惑した様子でこっちを見てきた。ゴブリン退治にこれほど立派なドラゴンを手伝わせていいのか? そもそも、ゴブリンよりも、このドラゴンが怖い。そんなことを思っていそうだ。ドラゴンは恐怖の権化なので仕方がない。「がうがうっ!」「ガルヴ、おやつが欲しいのであるかー?」今となっては尻尾を振りながらケーテに飛びついているガルヴも出会い当初は怯えていた。アリオとジニーもすぐに慣れるだろう。「ケーテはいいドラゴンだから安心してくれ。怯える必要はない」「ロックさんがそうおっしゃるなら......」「お、俺は別に最初から、別に怯えては、別にない......」「お兄ちゃん落ち着いて」「お、おおちついてるさ。おお、おかしなジニーだな」アリオは、妹のジニーより明らかに動揺している。「アリオは面白い奴であるなー。そうだ。せっかくだ。我の背に乗せてやろう」「いや、その必要は無い」俺が断ると、ケーテは首をかしげる。「なぜであるか? 速いのである」ケーテの背に乗れれば、徒間の道程、十分で移動できる。効率はとても良い。「だがな。ケーテ。俺たちの目的地はゴブリンにおびえる村なんだ」「村から離れた場所でおりればいいのである」「いや! いや! 念には念を入れた方がいい! 歩いて行こう!」アリオがここぞとばかりに反対する。「そうだな。アリオの言うとおりだ」離れたところに降りればいいというケーテの案は正しいと思う。だが、アリオもジニーもケーテにまだおびえている。その状態で遙か上空を飛行するのは酷だ。ケーテの背は本来人が乗る用には出来ていない。バランスを取りにくいし、掴めるところも鱗の端などだ。けして掴みやすくはない。俺がカバーすれば落ちることはなかろうが、ひざが笑い腰が抜けるかもしれない。そうなれば、ゴブリン退治に支障が出るだろう。	We left through the gate in the royal capital and traveled down the road. It wasn’t the wide, main road, but a narrow, side road. As hardly anyone passed through, there was grass growing here and there. After walking for about twenty minutes, Ginny, who was walking ahead as the scout, suddenly stopped. “Mr. Locke. Brother... That...” “Huh? Hmm? I don’t think there was a hill here before...” Ario tilted his head. Ario didn’t realize because his eyesight wasn’t as good as Ginny’s. “That’s a...dragon.” “I knew it... A dragon. Let’s retreat.” “Surely not. Why would a dragon be in a place like this?” Ario said with a laugh. However, there was no doubt about it. There was a giant dragon a short distance away from the side of the road. “We should retreat at once. Safety is the most important thing, and we need to report this to the guild.” “...Yes. I’m sorry. This is a little awkward to say, but I know that dragon.” When I said this, Ginny looked at me with disbelief. The dragon that was sitting on the side of the road was Kathe. She was supposed to be at my house. But for some reason, she was sitting here in her dragon form. “Ah, Locke. What a coincidence!” Kathe said happily. And then she rushed towards me. “It’s definitely not a coincidence. You were waiting for me, weren’t you?” “...No, not at all.” “Why are you lying?” “...Really, Locke. Why do you have such an over inflated opinion of yourself?” “Then what were you doing here?” “I was resting after my daily routine, which is the inspection of ancient ruins.” “...Hmm.” I thought that she was clearly lying. After all, Kathe had asked me for the precise location of the village where the goblin hunting quest had come from. And the reason must have been so she could wait for us here. However, there was no point in poking further and trying to expose the lie. “Gruff! Gruff!” Grulf seemed very happy as he pounced on Kathe’s leg “Oh, Gruff. You sure are excited!” Kathe stroked Grulf with the back of her finger with a pleased expression. I turned to Ario and Ginny, who were frightened as they stood behind me. “This dragon is my friend. Her name is Kathe.” “I see. That’s amazing...” But Ario and Ginny looked put-off. “So you two must be Locke’s F-rank Adventurer friends?” “I’m A-Ario. I’m a Sorcerer. I can use Fireball and Magic Arrow.” “I’m Ginny. An Archer Scout.” They sounded very nervous as they introduced themselves. However, I was now worried that she would think his name was A-Ario. “This is Ario and Ginny. They are my Adventurer friends.” “Is that so! I am Kathe. I am Locke’s friend. It’s good to meet you.” “It’s good to meet you too!” Ario was talking more formally than usual. It must be because he was so nervous talking to a dragon. I understood how he felt. Kathe seemed to be in a good mood as she wagged her tail. “Hmm? So you are going to hunt goblins, are you not? It must be fate that brought us together. So I shall help you.” “You can count on me!” “What?” While Kathe was wagging her tail, Ario and Ginny looked at me with confusion. Was it really all right to have a great dragon help them fight some goblins? In the first place, a dragon was scarier than any goblin. That was what they were probably thinking. Dragons were like the embodiment of terror. “You want some treats, Grulf?” Even Grulf, who was now jumping on Kathe and wagging his tail, had been afraid of her when they first met. And so Ario and Ginny would get used to her soon enough. “Don’t worry, Kathe is a good dragon. There is no need to be afraid.” “If you say so, Mr. Locke...” “I-I’m not even afraid or anything...at all...” “Calm down, brother.” “I-I am calm. It-It’s you, Ginny, who needs to calm down.” But Ario was clearly more unnerved than his sister. “You sure are an interesting one, Ario. I know. Since you’re here. I will let you ride on my back.” “No, that won’t be necessary.” I said. Kathe tilted her head to the side. “Why is that? I am very fast.” If we rode on Kathe, a three hour walk could be traveled in five to ten minutes. It would be very efficient. “However, Kathe. We are headed to a village where the people are afraid of goblins.” “Then you can get off outside of the village.” “No! No! We must be very cautious! Let’s walk!” Ario protested passionately. “Indeed. Ario may be right.” Kathe’s suggestion that we could get off while still at a distance did make sense. However, Ario and Ginny were still afraid of her. And it would be bad to take them up into the sky in this state. Besides, Kathe’s back wasn’t made to carry humans. It was hard to keep your balance, and there was nothing to hold onto. It would not be easy to ride her. Of course, I could help them and ensure that they didn’t fall, but their legs may become wobbly, and they might not be able to stand afterward. 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それか間ほど、俺たちは森の中を彷徨い歩き、巨大な蛇であるヴァイパーとフォレストウルフという狼仕留めていた。課題の戦闘を終えたので、少し早いが教員が待っている地点まで戻ることにした。まだ制限時間まで三十分ほどあるので、戻ってきたのは俺たちだけだ。「お、戻ってきたか。妙に早かったな。リタイヤか?」「いえ、課題が終わりましたので」キジとヘビの肉はもちろん食用。牙は武器や装飾品に利用できる。「小物ばかりだな?」「相手に特に制限はありませんでしたので」しれっと答える俺に、教員は興味深そうな視線を向けてくる。「よしよし、お前はなかなか見所があるな。休憩してよし」「はーい」神妙な顔をしていたサリカやザナスティアも、安堵の息を漏らしていた。「でも、本当によかったのかしら?」「前も言ったけど、無理に大物を狙う必要もないし。気位の高い貴族なら、そういうの狙うかもしれないけど、まずは身の丈に合った相手から、ね?」「ニコルの言ってることに従っとけば、間違いはないって位まで行った俺らが保証するから」「ニコルちゃんって案外セコいのな。俺はもっといいところを見せたかったよ」「クラウドとサリヴァンは女性に接近禁止」「なんでだよぉ!」まったくこいつは、ちょっと可愛い子を見るとすぐ見栄を張りたがる。気持ちはわからないでもないが、お前が浮気するとミシェルちゃんが怒るから自重しろ。それとサリヴァン、お前は少し自重しろ。妙な言動を取り過ぎるせいで、レティーナが全然目立てないではないか。そんな俺たちを見て、サリカはくすくすと笑い声を上げる。「仲、いいんですね」「クラウドと? そりゃ仲間だしね」「そうじゃなくて、なんていうか......気持ちが近いっていうか?」「そりゃ......いや、なんでもない」元男だし、といいかけて慌てて口をつぐむ。確かに俺は男の気持ちがわかる分、そういった精神的垣根が低い傾向にある。「だがクラウドとだけは、断固として断る。なおサリヴァンは論外」「そこまで!?」明確な拒否に、クラウドが悲鳴のような声を上げた。俺は男と付き合うつもりはないので、こればかりは譲れない。そこへ、数人の人影が近づいてくるのに気付いた。どうやら別の班が戻ってきたようだ。「ほら、急げ! もう少しでキャンプ地だ!」「いててて......もう少し静かに運んでくれ」「贅沢言うな。お前がヘマしたせいで、課題を切り上げたんだぞ!」見たところ、冒険者の一人が肩に深めの傷を負い、それをもう一人が気遣いながら戻ってくるところだった。そして、彼らの担当していた生徒が口汚く罵っている場面が目に入った。「大丈夫か?」「ああ、平気......とは言えないけど、命に別状はないよ」「回復魔法は使えるか? 手持ちのポーションが尽きちまってな」「自前の回復もままならんとは、まったくひどいハズレ冒険者を引かされたものだ」確かに回復をおろそかにするのは、身体が資本の冒険者としては褒められたことではない。彼らの怪我は、生徒たちを護るために負ったものなのだから。例えそれが仕事とはいえ、罵るのは酷すぎる。なら使える。待ってろ」「手伝います。わたしも回復魔法は続けざまに効果を発揮しない。傷は一瞬で塞がるのだが、その効果が定着するまで、同じ魔法は効果を発揮しないからだ。ほんの一、二分程度とはいえ、戦闘中では致命傷になるタイムラグ。だから治癒魔法のバリエーションは多い方がいい。マリアはこの手札の数がずば抜けて多かった。「助かったよ。感謝する」「違和感はあります?」「いや、特に。いい腕だ」俺自身の魔力の成長とともに、その回復力は多少伸びてはいるが、教師のそれでもこうして俺に声をかけてくるのは......まあ、今の俺が女だからだろうな。顔がかなり紅潮して見えるのだが、それは怪我で興奮したせいと思っておこう。それ以外の意図だと考えると、鳥肌が立ってしまう。そうこうしているうちに制限時間になったのか、次々と生徒たちが帰還してきていた。冒険者たちは皆疲弊した顔をしており、貴族の子息と一緒に行動することの気疲れを、余すところなく体験した様子だった。全員生還したところで、結果を教員が総括している。他の班は時間が足らなかったり、冒険者が深手を負って続行不可能になった班ばかりだ。「とりあえず全員揃っているな? まあ、初回の遠征なんだから、課題を達成できないのも無理はない。だがひとつ言わせてもらうと、冒険者に負担をかけ過ぎだ。それだけお前たちの援護の出来が悪いという証でもある」叱られ慣れていない貴族たちは、一様に渋い顔をしていたが、さすがに教員に噛みつく愚か者はいなかった。「それでは今から学院に戻る。昼休みの後は今日の反省点をまとめ、レポートにして提出すること」本日の午後の授業時間は、そのための時間が取られていた。俺たちも課題は達成したとはいえ、いくつかの問題点も見つけている。それをまとめて提出すれば、問題はないだろう。課題を達成できなかった生徒も、それを守護していた冒険者も、皆一様に疲れた足取りで学院へと歩き始めた。冒険者の苦労を身を持って体験する。人を使うということは、彼らの今後の人生でも頻繁にあることだ。同時に冒険者も、身勝手な貴族という物を知ることができる。彼らの人生で、今後貴族と関わることもないとは言えないので、こちらもいい経験になっただろう。だからこそこの授業は、もっとも意味のある授業になると言えた。	For the two hours after that, we kept wandering around inside the forest and defeated a giant snake called Viper as well as a wolf called Forest Wolf. We finished our three battles, so though it was a little early, we decided to return back to the teacher. There was still about half an hour left until the time limit, so we were the only ones to return so far. “Oh, you’re back? That was a bit too fast. Did you retire?” “No, we finished our assignment.” We showed the monster parts to the teacher. For the Raum Peasant and Viper, it was part of their meat. For the Forest Wolf, we brought its fangs. Peasant and snake meat was of course edible. The fangs could be used in weapons or ornaments too. “Those are quite the small fry.” “Well, there was no restriction on which enemies to fight.” The teacher looked at me with great interest as he heard my answer. After observing me for a while, he gave an impish grin. “Okay then, you have some good promise. You may rest.” “Okaay.” It seemed that we passed without problems, so we could feel at ease now. Celica and Zanastia who had complex expressions also sighed in relief. “But was it really alright this way?” “I said it before, but there was no need to go out of our way to hunt big prey. Those haughty nobles might do that, but you have to start with reasonable enemies, right?” “There is nothing wrong with Nicole’s words. We who are fourth-rank Adventurers can guarantee it.” “But Nicole sure is stingy there. I wanted to show you my cool side more.” “Cloud and Sullivan, you two are banned from approaching girls.” “Whyyyy!” This guy... When he sees a cute girl he starts to act pretentious. I understand where he’s coming from, but Michelle would get jealous so I wish he controlled himself. Also, Sullivan, you should also control yourself. Letina had no chance to show off because of your excessive actions. Seeing us like that, Celica started to giggle. “You are quite close, huh.” “With Cloud? I mean, he’s a comrade.” “I don’t mean that. How should I put it... it’s like you have a good affinity?” “Ah, well... No, never mind.” I was about to say that I was a man at the core, but hurriedly stopped myself. Certainly, since I understood a man’s feelings, I had quite low mental fences in that regard. Given that she was a girl through and through, it wasn’t unreasonable for her to misunderstand our relationship. “But there’s not a single chance that I would end up with Cloud, like ever. And Sullivan is completely out of the question.” “You’re that against it?!” Cloud screamed at my clear rejection. I would never date a man, so this was one thing I’d never yield on. Then, I felt human presence approaching us. It seemed that the other group had returned. “Come on, move it! We’re almost at the campgrounds!” “Ouchh... Carry me a little more gently.” “Stop whining. We cut short our assignment due to your blunder!” It looked like one of the Adventurers had injured his shoulder, while another one was tending to him. And I saw the students they were in charge of were badmouthing them. The teacher also noticed that and rushed to take a look. “Are you okay?” “Yeah, I’m fine... or not really, but nothing life-threatening.” “Can you use recovery magic? We’ve run out of potions on hand.” “You can’t even recover yourselves? Man, we sure pulled in some incompetent Adventurers.” Neglecting recovery necessities was certainly something I could not commend, for an Adventurer, their body was their capital. That said, it wasn’t something the students, who were the ones being protected, were qualified to criticize. Because the injury they suffered was to protect those very students. Even if that was their work, it was too cruel to criticize them for it. “Yeah, I can use the basic Heal spell. Wait a bit.” “I will help. I can use Cure Light and Comfort.” Recovery magic couldn’t be used in succession. The wound would be closed in an instant, but until its effect ended, a similar healing spell would be ineffective. Even if that took only one or two minutes, that was still a fatal time in the middle of a battle. As such, it was better to have more variations of healing spells. Maria’s repertoire of such spells was extremely large. The teacher used Heal, while I overlapped it with Cure Light. These two were different spells, so they could work together. “You saved me there. Thanks.” “Do you feel strange anywhere?” “No, nothing in particular. You’re very skilled.” The healing power of the interference healing spells was by no means high. As my magic power grew, so did its healing power bit by bit, but the teacher’s Heal did most of the healing. But he still called out to me like that... Which was probably because I was a girl now. His face seemed quite flushed, but let’s just say it was due to the injury. Considering anything else would just give me goosebumps. While we did this, the time limit seemed to have ended, so the students started to return one after another. The Adventurers looked quite fatigued, having learned thoroughly how exhausting it was to act with the noble boys. Once everyone returned, the teacher summed up the results. In the end, it was only us and one more party that managed to clear the assignment. The remaining five parties either didn’t make it in time, or couldn’t continue due to the Adventurer getting seriously injured. “Looks like all of you’re back, huh? Well, it was your first expedition, so it’s natural that you failed to accomplish it. But I’ll still say this—the Adventurers got injured far too much. This just shows how hard it was to cover for you.” The nobles who weren’t used to being scolded started to frown, but no one was stupid enough to snap at the teacher. “Okay, let’s return to the academy. After the lunch break, sum up the points you need to reflect on and report it to me.” Today’s afternoon hours were reserved for that. Though we accomplished our assignment, there were noticeable problems. There would be no problem if we just submit them in one go. Both the students who failed their assignment and the Adventurers protecting them returned back to the academy with tired gaits. But this was also a valuable experience. They experienced the difficulties of Adventurers. Employing people was something that they would experience many times in their life. Adventurers, too, were able to learn how selfish the nobles could be. This was probably not the only time they would have to deal with nobles, so it should’ve been a valuable experience. As such, this lesson was perhaps the most valuable so far.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 21, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
イングリス達が校長室へと近づくと、ミリエラ校長の大きな声が聞こえて来た。「ちょ、ちょっと待って下さい! そんなの横暴です......っ! 今の所、大きな被害は出ていないじゃないですかあ! 作戦に問題はありませんっ!」ばんばんっ! と机を叩く音も聞こえて来る。「あれえ......? 珍しいなあ、ミリエラが怒ってるよ?」意識を取り戻したリップルは、それを聞いてきょとんとしていた。「そうですか? わたしは割と怒られるんですが――」「ま、まあイングリスちゃんはねえ......色々目立つからね。まあ、行ってみよ」部屋の扉をノックすると、怒りを押し殺したような声で、どうぞと返答がある。「失礼します」中に入ると、見慣れない人物がいた。恐らく立場の高い騎士なのだろう。騎士装束はラファエル達のものとは少々違い、これは所属の違いを現している。確か――王直属の近衛騎士団のものか。アカデミーの学科の授業で習った。どちらも王国の主力級の規模と戦力を持ち、二大騎士団と呼ばれている。既に当番を交代するシルヴァ達三回生もその場におり、近衛騎士とミリエラ校長の話を聞いていたようだ。「に、兄さん......! 考え直してくれないか!? 校長先生の言う通り、僕達は上手くやれている! そんな必要は無いはずだ!」「だがシルヴァ。お前は、大怪我を負ったじゃないか? 兄さんは心配で心配で心配で......! 話を聞いた時は、心臓が飛び出るかと思ったんだからな......!?」「そ、それは僕がヘマをしただけで......! 他にも優秀な生徒がいて、それも補ってくれた! だから大丈夫だ!」と、シルヴァと近衛騎士は意見をし合う。「兄さん......?」「近衛騎士団長のレダス・エイレン様。シルヴァ様のお兄様ですわ」確かに髪型は違うが髪色は似通っているし、目元も似ているかも知れない。正確にはリップルに視線を向けると、爽やかな笑みを見せた。「やあリップル殿、ごきげんよう」「あ、うん......ごきげんよう?」「ちょうど今、ミリエラ殿と話していた所だったのだが――実は今日は、お伝えする事がございましてな」「うん、何?」「王命により、騎士アカデミーより退去を願います」「えっ......!? でもその後は――?」的に、近衛騎士団の保護下に入って頂く事になろうかと」「一時的に......?」にお帰り頂く事になろうかと――そして我が王は、新たな「......!」リップルは息を呑み、目を見開く。そういう事もある――か。それも一つの解決策であることは否めない。特にセオドア特使はそれと真逆の動きをしようとするからには――どうやら、単にリップルだけの問題ではなく、多分に政治的な問題がありそうだ。が、それはともかくラフィニアは顔を真っ赤にして怒り出した。「なっ......!? どうしてそんなひどい事が出来るんですか!? あたし達はずっとリップルさんに助けて貰って、生きてこられたんですよ!? それをちょっと不都合があるからって簡単に捨てて、代わりを貰おうだなんて......! リップルさんは物じゃありません! リップルさんが大変な今こそ、今まで助けて貰ったお礼をする時じゃないんですか!?」ラフィニアなら当然こう言うのは、イングリスには分かっていた。「うん......そう......!」レオーネとリーゼロッテは、ラフィニアの言葉に小さく、だが強く頷いていた。「――ラファエル殿の妹か。私に正義を説かれても困るぞ。これは王命なのだ」「だったら王様の前にあたしを連れて行って下さい! 直接言ってやるから!」どうやら本気で王様の所に怒鳴り込みそうな勢いだ。相手を怒らせないうちに、止めた方がいいだろうか? イングリスはその心構えをしておく。シルヴァはラフィニアの肩にぽんと手を置くと、庇うように一歩進み出る。「彼女の言う通りだ、兄さん! それが王命だというなら、決して褒められたものじゃない! 近衛騎士団長の立場なら、王をお諫めしてくれ......っ!」意見が一致したラフィニアとシルヴァは、顔を見合わせ、うんと頷き合う。ラフィニアの肩に手を置くのは、止めて貰えないだろうか? 「いや、そのつもりはない」「何でですか!? リップルさんがどうなってもいいんですか!?」「そうではないが――優先度の問題だ。私は個人的にも、王のご意思に反対ではない」周囲へ被害を及ぼす危険性を考えれば――だろうか。「何故だ!? 兄さん!」「――お前が怪我をするのが怖いからだッ......! ここにリップル殿がおられれば、また同じ事が起きる可能性があるだろう!? 私は心配なのだ......ッ!」カッと目を見開き、とてもとても真剣に、レダスはそう宣言した。「「............」」まるで予想外の返答に、ラフィニアもシルヴァも困ってしまったようだ。だがイングリスには、レダスの気持ちが少々分かる。「――ですが、こちらがそのつもりでも、先方は受け入れて下さるのですか?」さりげなく、シルヴァがラフィニアの肩に置いた手を払いながら。	As Inglis and her group drew closer to the principal’s office, they heard Principal Miliera shouted at someone. 「W-, wait a minute! This is power abuse......! There hasn’t been any major damage so far! There is no problem with the current operation!」 Then the sound of the desk getting slammed was heard. It sounded like she was getting quite agitated? 「Eeh......? That’s rare, Miliera is angry?」 Said Ripple, who had regained her consciousness after she heard the commotion. 「Is it? She gets angry at me quite often though.」「W-well, that’s because...... let’s just say you quite stand out in a lot of meanings. Anyway, let’s get in.」 As they had business in the principal’s office too, they had no choice but to enter. After they knocked on the door, a reply that sounded like stifled anger came, pardoning their entry. 「Pardon our intrusion.」 Once they were inside, they saw a figure of a man they were not familiar with. He was a Knight, his height was tall and he had long ashen hair. The Rune that glowed on his hand was of the High-Grade Rune, meaning he was most likely a Knight of high rank. He was probably in his late twenties or early thirties. The Knight attire he donned was a little bit different from Raphael’s, indicating that he belonged to a different order. If Inglis’ memory served her correctly, it must be of the Imperial Guard Order that was under the direct supervision of the King. She was taught about it in one of the classes. Raphael’s order was, formally speaking, the Holy Knight Order. Both chivalric orders had the scale and strength that made up the Kingdom’s main forces and were called the Two Major Chivalric Orders. Silva and the other third-year students were already on the scene, they were listening to the talk between the Knight and the principal. None of them looked spirited, all Inglis could see were astonishment, vexation, and awkwardness. Amidst them, Silva was substantially the most perplexed. 「B-, brother......! Can’t you reconsider it!? The principal is right, we are doing fine! There is no need for that」「But Silva. You’ve been seriously injured, haven’t you? Your brother’s been worried sick......! I thought my heart would pop out of my chest when I heard the news......!」「T-, that was because I screwed up, that’s all......! There are many other excellent students here, we’re covering up for each other! That’s why it’ll fine!」 Silva’s eyes locked onto the Knight’s. 「Brother......?」「That personage is the commander of the Imperial Guard Order, Sir Redas Eiren. He is Sir Silva’s older brother.」 Liselotte explained. Indeed, while they had different hairstyles, they shared the same hair color, and their eyes felt a bit similar to one another. Redas then glanced towards the new entry of people. Specifically speaking, towards Ripple, whom he gave a refreshing smile. 「Hello, Lady Ripple. Good day to you.」「Ah, umm......And to you?」「I was just talking with Lady Miliera here about you. And, in fact, today I came here because I have something to tell you about.」「Yeah, what is it?」「By the order of the King, you are to leave the Knight Academy.」「Eh......!? But, what then——?」「You will be temporarily placed under the protection of the Imperial Guard Order.」「Temporarily......?」「Yes. I’m sure you are already aware, but I would like to make it clear that you will be returning to the Highland. After which, my King intends to welcome a new Hyrule Menace.」「......!」 Ripple’s breath was cut short as her eyes opened wide. There was that too huh? There was no denying that it was one of the possible solutions. In fact, Ripple herself also suggested something similar. However, didn’t Prince Wayne and the Special Envoy choose not to adopt this means? Especially Special Envoy Theodore, as he was the point of contact with the Highland. In other words, the Special Envoy’s decision had to be taken as the Highland’s decision. The fact that the King made a move that went exactly against that notion meant that this problem didn’t affect just Ripple alone, but rather something that concerned politics. However, whatever the case, Rafinha’s face turned red as she grew furious. 「Wha......!? How could you do something so cruel! We are all alive here, all thanks to Miss Ripple who saved us time and again, you know!? And yet you want to casually throw her away and get a new one just because she’s a little bit out of her element, I can’t believe it......! Miss Ripple isn’t an object! Precisely because Miss Ripple is having a hard time, isn’t this the time for us to pay her for saving us!?」 That opinion was truly immature. It was pure and naive... and that’s exactly why it was so adorable. Inglis knew Rafinha would naturally say something. Or rather, if she didn’t, Inglis would suspect that Rafinha was struck with some kind of terminal illness. 「Yeah...... That’s right......!」 Leone and Liselotte nodded to Rafinha’s words, small nods, but strong and solid. 「——Sir Raphael’s little sister, huh. Even if you preach me justice, this is still a Royal Decree.」「If so, then take me to where His Majesty is! I’ll tell it to him myself!」 Apparently, she was seriously thinking of storming into King’s chamber with a yell. Should I stop her before she gets scolded? Inglis was prepared to do at least that much. However, a back-up came from an unexpected place. Silva placed a hand on Rafinha’s shoulder and stepped forward to cover for her. 「She is correct, brother! If that’s an order by the King, then I must say that it’s not commendable at all! As the commander of the Imperial Guard Order, you should admonish His Majesty......!」 Rafinha and Silva who shared the same opinion looked at each other and nodded. If that was all, then it was tolerable, but—— Can you not put your hands on Rafiha’s shoulder? It’s not like he looks excited about it, but... it bothers me. It bothers me to no end. 「No, I have no intention to do that.」「WHY!? Are you saying you don’t care about Miss Ripple!?」「It’s not that I don’t, but— it’s a matter of priority. Personally, I also support His Majesty’s opinion.」 Was he perhaps thinking about the danger of environmental damage? Certainly, if you take account of the civilians in the area, the proposed measurement would be much safer. 「Brother! Why!?」「Because I’m afraid you’ll get hurt!! If Lady Ripple is here, there is a high chance that the same accident will happen again, isn’t there!? I’m worried about you......!」 Redas declared, his eyes opened wide, showing his endless honesty for all to see. 「「............」」 Being given such an unexpected answer, both Rafinha and Silva were at loss. However, Inglis could understand a little bit how Redas felt. Rafinha to Inglis was Silva to Redas. She was so precious, Inglis couldn’t help herself. That was why she could feel a slight sense of kinship between her and Redas. 「Even so, notwithstanding our plans, will the Highland even accept the proposal?」 Inglis broke the silence as she stepped forward, nonchalantly brushing Silva’s hand off Rafinha’s shoulder as she did.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 31, "inserted_lines_trg": 1 }
「......来たか!」「ええ、言われた通り1人で」俺は【風】と【舞風】、【浮雲の群れ】の組み合わせで台地の上に来た。【ワープアロー】は温存だ。もしもG'zが自分たちの決めたルールを破るようなことをしてきた時には、【ワープアロー】を使って脱出、もしくは仲間たちの援護に向かう必要があるからな。「では、戦いを始めるとするかのう......!」いかにも老いた魔法使いという口調だが、あまり板についていない。フィクションだとよく聞くけど、リアルだとこんなこと言わないよねみたいなしゃべり方は多い。目の前で大きな杖を構えるジージィもまた、普段は普通のしゃべり方をしているのだろう。だが、今の彼は『大魔法使い』ジージィであって、それ以外の何者でもない。容赦は......しない! 「いや、その前にルールをもう1つ追加じゃ!」「えっ!?」「HPがゼロになった方が負けなのはもちろんのこと、この台地から落ちてしまっても負けじゃ! その方が面白いじゃろ? こんなリングにおあつらえ向きの地形なんじゃから!」「......ええ、構いませんよ」「ほっほっほっ、その素直さは感心感心! では......こちらからいくぞい! 大魔法・ 10個の輝く球体がジージィの前に出現する。それぞれ色が違うあたり、宿している属性も違う可能性がある。ここは属性に影響されにくいあのスキルと組み合わせるか......! いじゃ! さらば、若造!」「若造......か。久しぶりに言われましたよ。高い貫通力を持つ【ドリルアロー改】と【天羽矢の大嵐】を組み合わせた融合奥義は、数の力で10個の魔力弾を消滅させ、そのままジージィ本人へと迫る! 「ワシを甘く見てもらっては困る! これしきの攻撃......大魔法・超断絶の魔力壁!」パッと見た感じそこに壁があるかはわからないが、矢は明らかに何かにぶつかり地面に落ちていく。透明な防壁というわけか......。これでは一見どこまで防壁が広がっているのかわからない。だが......! 「ほっほっほっ! 手も足も出まい! これは無敵の防壁、どんな攻撃も通さん! じゃが......ワシからの攻撃は通る......うぐっ!?」ジージィの杖を持つ手に何かが突き刺さる。これまた透明で見えないが、俺は正体を知っている。「透明の矢か......! じゃが一体どうやって......!? ぐふっ! ぐぉ!?」さらに2本追加で透明の矢が刺さる。この攻撃に至るまで、俺は2つの行動をした。】によって放たれた矢の軌道を『星域射程』の効果で曲げ、広く拡散するようにした。これにより攻撃範囲が広がり、どこまで見えざる壁が広がっているのか探ることができる。 2つ目は融合スキル【壁を避けて矢を放ち、地面で跳ねさせることで壁の向こうのジージィを狙い撃った。だが、普通に撃っては動きで狙いがバレてしまう。】の発動が終了したすぐ後に【居合撃ち】で射撃速度を高め、あたかも『まだ効果は続いてますよ』といった風に矢を放っただけだ。しかし、そもそも威力が高いスキルではない【バウンドアロー】に威力の下がる【クリアアロー】を融合させたスキルをここまでして撃ち込む必要があったのかというと......ある! 「透明の防御には透明の攻撃を......ということか! なかなかやりおるわい! じゃが、まだまだぁ! ワシには隠していた回復魔法......が......」巨大な炎の矢がジージィの体を刺し貫く。すべてはこの【透明な防壁はどちらかというと縦方向に巨大で、上から飛び道具を通すのは難しく思えた。普通の射程なら......な。俺はこの防壁の高さからくる安心感を利用するため、【矢は大きく山なりの軌道を描き、透明の防壁を飛び越え、今ジージィへと届いた......! 「うぅ......強い! よくもまあそんなにポンポンと次の手が思いつくもんじゃ! ワシもかなりおぬしの情報を調べてきたつもりじゃったが、単純に行動が追い付かん! 頭も体もよく動きよる! やはり、おぬしはまだまだ若造じゃ!」ジージィはまだ死んではいない。【ビッグアロー】がそこまで超火力の奥義ではないというのもあるが、彼自身のレベルや装備がかなり優れているのも死ななかった大きな理由だろう。ルーキーと聞いていたが、このNSOをよくやり込んでいる......! 「老人は時間だけは余っとるからのう。よーくこのゲームを遊んで、それなりに装備も集めてレベルも上げたが、それだけでは勝てないのじゃな。奥深いものじゃ......」「あなたたちは十分強いですよ。あの予選を切り抜けて、1回戦を勝利した時点ですごいプレイヤーなんです。だって、すでに上位32パーティの中に......」「予選はバラバラに逃げ回っていたら偶然ワシだけ生き残って本選に進めた。1回戦はコロマロの機嫌が悪くて運よく暴れてくれたから勝てた。ワシは1キルもしとらん。実力ではない」「運も実力のうちと言いますよ」「ほっほっほっ......ありがとう。こんな老人のお遊びに付き合ってくれて。おぬしの実力ならワシなど瞬殺じゃろうに。おかげで良い思い出になった」との戦いの時に見せた【スターダストアロー】......あれを使えば最初からこの台地全体を攻撃することもできたはず。ワシのワガママで台地から落ちたら負けというルール追加した時点であれを使えば終わっていた。他にも超高速の矢【風神裂空】もワシの反射神経では反応できん」「............」「世の中には君の行動を非難する者もいるじゃろう。真剣勝負の場で手加減をしたと......。じゃが、ワシは感謝している! ワシに戦う時間を与えてくれたことに! 楽しかった! これで満足じゃ! そろそろゲームを遊ぶのも潮時だと思っていたところに、良い『END』をくれた......。おぬしはただ勝者として胸を張れ!」「では、勝者として言わせてもらいますが......私は別に手加減などしていません! そちらは私のことをよく知っておられるようですが、こちらはあなたのことをそこまでよく知りません。そんな相手にいきなり制御が難しい【スターダストアロー】を使うなんて、むしろそっちが手抜きの戦い方なんです」「な、なに......?」「【風神裂空】だって、それなりに貫通力のある【ドリルアロー】を融合した奥義が通らなかった壁に向かって撃つのは短絡的すぎます。だからまだ使わなかっただけです。何より今回は分断されてガー坊が近くにいない。すべての行動が慎重になるのは当然なんです」「ついでにもう1つ偉そうなことを言わせてもらいましょう。負けた試合を良い思い出にして満足するのは早い! まるでこれでゲームが終わりのような口ぶりでしたが、まだまだこれからです。やればやるほど、上手くなって新しい世界が見えてきます。だから......続けることです。道は続いています」「......そうか。そうじゃな! このNSOはやり込んでおるが、ゲームという文化自体には触れたばかりじゃ! それに言われるがまま高いVR装置を買わされた以上、死ぬまで使い倒さんと死にきれんわい! ありがとう、キュージィよ。ワシはまだ強くなる! だが、今回はワシの完敗じゃ! さあ、トドメをさすのじゃ!」「風神裂空!」ジージィの頭を超高速の矢が貫く。彼は光となって消滅した。俺は手加減なんてしてないと言ったが、早急な勝利よりジージィとの会話を優先したことに関しては言い訳できない。でも、彼をあのまま倒して終わりには出来なかった。それはきっと、これから『おじいさん』になっていく『おじさん』として何かを感じたからかもしれない。「なにはともあれ、勝った......! 他の台地もおそらく......」結果が出るのにそう時間はかからないだろう。俺以上に若さと才能を持ったプレイヤーたちが相手なのだから。	“...You came!” “Yes. All alone, just like you asked.” I had arrived on top of the plateau with a combination of Wincloud Blast, Whirlwind and Floating Cloud Herd. I would save Warp Arrow for now. If it turned out that the G’z were going to break the rules they had created, then I would have to use Warp Arrow to escape or to go and support my other party members. “Then let us start this battle...!” While he sounded like an old sorcerer, there was something awkward about it. Like he was copying something from fiction but it didn’t sound right in real life. This old man who carried a staff in front of me was likely just an ordinary old man when not playing. However, he was currently the ‘Great Sorcerer,’ and nothing more. I would not...hold back! “No, first I must add one more rule!” “What!?” “Obviously, you will lose if your HP reaches , but you will also lose if you fall off of this plateau! That would make things more interesting, wouldn’t it? After all, the terrain is so perfect for this!” “...Fine. I don’t mind.” “Hohoho. I’m glad to see your honesty! Now...I won’t waste any more time! Great Magic, Ten Star Magic Bullet!” Ten shining spheres appeared around the old man. They all had their own color, so it was possible that they had a different attribute. So I should combine skills that wouldn’t be affected by them...! “It ends here! Farewell, young man!” “Young man...eh? I haven’t heard that in a long time. Drill Arrow Tempest!” It was a fused charge attack that combined Drill Arrow Kai, which had high piercing ability, and Arrow Tempest. With superior numbers, they annihilated the ten magic bullets and shot towards the old man! “Don’t underestimate me! This attack is nothing...Great Magic, Ultra Severance Magic Wall!” At a glance, it was hard to tell if there was even a wall there. But the arrows were clearly hitting something and falling to the ground. It was an invisible barrier... And I wouldn’t be able to tell how far it extended. But...! “Hohoho! You can’t do anything now! This is an invincible wall. No attack will go through! However...my attacks can go out... Gah!?” Something pierced into the old man’s hand that held the staff. It was also invisible, but I knew what it was. “An invisible arrow...! But how...!? Gah! Gooh?!” And then two more arrows pierced into him. Two actions had brought me to this attack. The first was using Star Area Range to alter the paths of the arrows unleashed by Drill Arrow Tempest and have them spread out. By doing this, my range of attack was widened, and I could find out how far the invisible wall extended. The second was the activation of the fused skill Clear Bound Arrow. By avoiding the wall and unleashing the arrows, I made them bounce off the ground and target the old man. However, he would be able to tell that I was targeting him if I shot them normally. And so I used some camouflage... Right after Drill Arrow Tempest was finished activating, I used Quickdraw to speed up my firing, and unleashed the arrows as if it was still part of the same attack. However, Bound Arrow was already a weak skill, and it would be even weaker if fused with Clear Arrow. And yet...it was necessary to shoot it! “An invisible attack for invisible defense! That was well done! However, it’s not over yet! I have a hidden healing magic that...” A giant arrow of fire pierced the body of the old man. Everything had just been in preparation to hit him with this Big Inferno Arrow. The invisible barrier was more tall than it was wide, and so I thought that it would be difficult to hit him with a ranged attack from above. With normal Range...that is. In order to make use of that sense of safety that the height of the barrier would have, I used Clear Bound Arrow to distract him. In the meantime, I unleashed Big Inferno Arrow into the sky. It drew a great, mountain-like arch and went over the invisible barrier and hit the old man...! “Ugh...it’s strong! I’m impressed you can think of your next move so quickly! I did some research on you beforehand, but can barely keep up with all your actions! You are quick in both body and mind! You really are quite young!” But the old man was still alive. Part of it was because Big Arrow didn’t have that much firepower to begin with, but it was also because his level and equipment was quite high. I had heard that they were still relatively new to gaming, but he must have played a lot of NSO...! “The elderly have a lot of spare time, you see. And so I’ve played this game a lot and have gathered equipment and raised my level. But that’s not enough to win. It’s very deep...” “Your party is strong enough. You got through the preliminaries and won the first round. That makes you amazing players. And you’re already in the top parties...” “We only got through the preliminaries because we scattered and ran around and I survived by chance. And we beat the st round because Koromaro was in a bad mood, and we were lucky. I haven’t killed a single person yet. I have nothing to show.” “Well, they do say that luck is a skill too.” “Hohoho... Thank you. For playing along with an old man. I’m sure that you’re more than capable of killing me in an instant. But this will now be a pleasant memory for me.” “Yes! If there is one thing I have, it’s knowledge. Um...what was her name again? I forgot it, but that girl who is doing the announcements. When you fought her, you used Stardust Arrow... You could have used that to attack the entire plateau from the start. Especially after I added the rule about how you would lose if you fell off. You could have also used the ultra high speed arrow, Wind God Sky Tear. My reflexes would not have been enough to dodge it.” “...” “Some people may be angry with you. You held back in a serious fight... But I am grateful! You gave me time to fight! It was fun! I am satisfied! I was just starting to think that it’s time to withdraw from games. And this will be a good way to end it... You should be proud as a winner!” “Then as the winner, let me say this... I haven’t been holding back at all! You seem to know a lot about me, but I didn’t know much about you. If anything, using Stardust Arrow, which is difficult to control, at that point would be the careless way to fight.” “Wh-what...?” “It’s the same with God Wind Sky Tear. It would be unwise to use it when a charge attack fused with Drill Arrow didn’t do anything. And so I didn’t want to use it yet. Especially since Garbow isn’t with me now. It’s only normal that I would become more cautious.” “And let me say one more thing. It’s too early to be going on about how being defeated will be a good memory! You’re talking like the game itself has ended, but it’s just the beginning. The more you play, the better you become, and the world will open up. And so...you must continue. The road goes on.” “...I see. That’s true! While I’ve played a lot of NSO, I’m still new to the world of games! And since I already bought the expensive VR machine, I better make use of it until I die! Thank you, Kyuji. I will become stronger! However, I’ve been completely defeated this time. Now, finish me off!” “Wind God Sky Tear!” A highspeed arrow shot through the old man’s head. And so he turned into light and disappeared. While I had said that I wasn’t holding back, it was true that I had prioritized talking with him over having a swift victory. But I couldn’t just kill him right there. Perhaps it was because I felt something about how I was on my way to becoming like him. “In any case, I won...! I’m sure the other plateaus are also...” It shouldn’t take long before I would know the results. The others were younger and more talented than me, after all.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 2, "inserted_lines_src": 17, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }
今日では、新たな比較論が始まっている。今回の主題は、もはやロシア対中国ではない。なぜなら、ロシアは比較対照に値しなくなって久しいからである。代わりに、アジアの新たな経済的、人口統計学的、そして政治的「巨人」として、中国とインドの二国が新たな討論の的になっている。中国の過去26年間の年間経済成長率はおおよそ8－9％を維持している。インドもまた、過去10年間は同様の成長率を記録している。	This time the subject is no longer Russia versus China, because Russia has long ceased to be a point of comparison. Instead, the new comparative debate involves Asia’s two new economic, demographic, and political giants, China and India.	{ "source": "news_commentary", "missed_lines": null, "inserted_lines_src": null, "inserted_lines_trg": null }
アルーニャ邸にある開けた場所に、セイヤたの姿があった。そこは大きな広場になっており、サッカー場ほどの大きさを誇る。そんな場所で、特級魔法師ライガー=アルーニャと、十三使徒バジル=エイトの決闘が行われようとしていた。そして、広場にはもちろん例の結界が張ってある。肉体ダメージを精神ダメージに変換する結界さえあれば、どんなことがあろうとも、死ぬことはない。が本気で戦うには十分な環境が揃っていた。「準備はいいか?」二人の間に立つセイヤは、審判的な役割を果たしている。といっても、仕事といえるのは最初の決闘開始コールだけなのだが。「問題ない」ライガーとバジルが、セイヤに向かって答える。「そうか。なら、始め!」セイヤは決闘開始の宣言をすると、すぐにその場から立ち退く。下手をして決闘に巻き込まれるわけにはいかないから。「出でよ。『ブリューナク』」最初に動いたのはバジルだ。氷の槍、ブリューナクを召喚したバジルが、ライガーに迫る。「『避雷針』」ブリューナクを手に迫りくるバジルに対し、ライガーは緑色の魔法陣を展開すると、そのまま雷を撃ち出した。バチバチ、と音を立ててバジルに襲い掛かる緑色の雷。しかし、バジルはすぐに魔法を行使して、ライガーの撃ち出した雷を防ぐ。「やはりクイックメーカーの名は伊達じゃないな」次の瞬間、氷の壁が出現し、バジルのことを守る。氷の壁を見たライガーは、さすが十三使徒はレベルが違うと感じた。しかし、だからといって、ライガーはここで諦めるような男ではない。「雷の加護を宿りし絆、今こそわが手に顕現せよ。『雷神鬼』」ライガーが詠唱を終えると、その手には大きな戦斧が握られる。軽ートルは超えている戦斧を手にしたライガーは、そのまま戦斧をバジルに向かって振り下ろす。「これは!?」ライガーによって振り下ろされる戦斧を、ブリューナクで防ごうとしたバジル。しかし、ブリューナクが雷神鬼に触れる直前、バジルはとっさに防御から回避に変えた。バジルが避けたことにより、地面に振り下ろされた雷神鬼。そして振り下ろされた雷神鬼の周囲が遅れて焦げる。「追撃型の雷ですか」「よく気づいたな」「ええ、あなたほどの人が単純な攻撃をするわけはないですから」小さくだが笑みを浮かべるバジル。しかしその顔には、一切の余裕がない。「どうやら様子見をしている余裕はないようですね。変化せよ。『氷変』、『ブリューナク』」バジルは余裕がないと見るや、すぐに新たな魔法を行使した。だがその魔法の対象は、ライガーではなく、バジルが握るブリューナク。バジルが魔法を行使すると、ブリューナクに変化が生じる。槍の先端が少しだけ長くなり、グルグル巻きになる。そして先端の少し下には、サメの背びれのような鋭い氷の刃が生える。最後に槍の中心に、きれいな一輪の氷の薔薇が咲く。豹変したブリューナクを見たセイヤは、まるで氷の竜のようだと感じた。そして同時に、その槍は貫くためだけに生まれたと思えた。 (これが十三使徒......) セイヤは心の中で十三使徒の力に感嘆しながらも、ライガーがどう出るのか気になっていた。ライガーは豹変したブリューナクを見ると、先ほどまでより、一層表情を厳しくする。「これはまた、とんでもない武器を出してきたな」「ええ、これは氷竜の魂を宿した槍です。いくら特級魔法師といえども、貫かれたら一貫の終わりでしょう」しかし余裕ならライガーにもある。「確かに貫かれたら終わりだ。だが、当たれば、の話だ」「というと?」「俺の二つ名は雷神だぜ?」「まさか!?」ライガーのことを驚愕の眼差しで見つめるバジル。それはセイヤも同じだった。「ああ、そのまさかだ。雷神の加護ここにあり、今こそその力を我に纏へ。『雷神』」次の瞬間、ライガーの身に雷が纏われる。その姿はセイヤがダリス大峡谷で対峙した雷獣に似ていたが、雷の質が違っていた。雷を纏ったライガー。その姿こそが、雷神の異名をもつライガーの本気だ。まさかセイヤもこんなところで見られるとは思っていなかった。「いくぞ」そう言い捨てたライガー、しかしその言葉がバジルの耳に届くときにはすでに、ライガーの姿はそこにはない。「こっちだ」「!?」バジルは慌ててライガーの声がした方法を見たが、そこにはすでに戦斧を構えているライガーの姿があった。距離にして一メートルもない、そんな間合いで、ライガーは雷神鬼を振り抜く。「ぐっ......」バジルはとっさにブリューナクで防ごうとしたが、かろうじて致命傷を防ぐことができただけだった。雷神鬼によって吹き飛ばされたバジルが地面を転がる。「まだだ」「なに!?」しかし次の瞬間には、ライガーの姿はバジルの転がっていく先にあった。そして先ほどと同様、ライガーがバジルに向かって雷神鬼を振り下ろす。バジルはすぐに氷の壁を展開して防御しようとしたが、雷神鬼が氷の壁に触れた瞬間、氷の壁が一瞬にして蒸発する。「くっ、流氷の巫女。『アイスロック』」氷の壁が蒸発し、水蒸気によってやや視界が悪くなった中、バジルの新たな魔法がライガーに襲い掛かった。バジルの倒れている周りの地面に水色の魔方陣が展開され、無数のツララが発生し、ライガーのことを襲う。「ちっ」ライガーはツララを回避するため、バジルから距離をとる。二人の戦いを見ていたセイヤは言葉が出なかった。雷神の異名を持つライガー、彼の速さはセイヤに匹敵する。それでいて、あの重たい雷神鬼を使いこなすのだから、さすがは特級魔法師であろう。しかしセイヤは気づいてはいない。ライガーの動きを認識できる時点で、それ相応の実力を備えていることを。もし仮に、並みの魔法師がライガーの動きを見たところで、まずその動きを見ることはできない。たとえ認識できたとしても、一体何が行われているのか、理解はできない。だからライガーの動きをしっかりと認識しているセイヤはかなりの実力者なのである。そして、セイヤはバジルの動きのも感嘆していた。高速で襲い掛かってくるライガーに対し、的確に、かつ最善の攻撃をするバジルの状況判断力は相当のものだ。まさに二人の戦いは、実力者同士の熱戦だった。そんなセイヤの感想とは裏腹に、バジルはかなり苦戦していた。高速で攻撃を加えてくるライガー、それに対する策はあるが、決定的とは言えなかった。高速でどこから襲い掛かってくるかわからないライガー。それなら全方位に攻撃をすればよい。これこそがライガー攻略法だ。そしてバジルはその策ができる魔法師である。しかし、それでは決定打には決してならない。ただでさえ固いライガーの防御が、雷を纏ったことによって、より一層硬化している。そしてそれを破るには、一点集中の攻撃しかない。だが、そんなことをすれば当然ながら防御はザルになり、ライガーに隙を晒してしまう。まさに大ピンチ。十三使徒の力をもってしても、雷神のことを仕留めるのは難しかった。「急におとなしくなったな」余裕な表情で雷神鬼を担ぐライガーに対して、バジルは睨むことしかできない。強固な防御、そして認識速度を超えた動き、攻撃こそ最大の防御というが、この状態ではそんな言葉など通用しない。いや、そもそも前提が違うのだから、考えたところで無駄である。 (あれを使うしかないか......) バジルは心の中で、この状況を一発逆転できる魔法のことを考えた。その魔法は強力ゆえに、リスクが伴う。普段なら使用を躊躇う魔法だが、今は全く躊躇いなどない。最初こそ、雷神の娘であるユアから話を聞くために決闘を提案したバジルだったが、今ではそんなことはどうでもよかった。今はただ、強者との戦いを楽しんでいるだけだ。そして勝ちたい、そう思っている。だからこそ、勝つために最善を尽くす。「竜化解放!」グギャーーーーーーーーーーーー次の瞬間、ものすごい咆哮を上げながら、バジルの握っていたブリューナクが、槍から竜の姿へと変わった。	In the open area, at the Arunia estate, stood three people. This big place had the size of a football field. In such a place, the duel between the special magician, Raiga Arunia, and the apostle, Bagil Eight, was going to be held. Of course, the barrier that can convert the physical damage into spiritual covered the field. No matter what happens, no one will die. Everything was set for two people to fight with all power. 「Are you ready?」 Between the two stood Seiya, playing the role of the referee. Although, everything he had to do was to declare the start of the duel. 「No problem」 Raiga and Bagil answered to Seiya. 「All right. Then, start! 」 After he declared that, he immediately distanced himself. He didn’t want to be caught in the crossfire. 「Come out.『Brunak』」 Bagil moved first. He summoned the ice spear, Brunak, and closed in on Raiga. 「『Lightning Rod』」(TN: Previously known as Lightning Needle. I decided to change that after some deliberation) Against the closing Brunak, Raiga deployed a green magic circle and released the lightning. The green lightning pounced on Bagil with the crackling sound, but Bagil immediately released a spell to avoid that. 「So you aren’t called Quickmaker just for show」 (TN: Something tells me that your chant was even shorter, Raiga) In the next moment, the ice wall appeared before Bagil and protected him. Seeing that wall of ice, Raiga thought that the level of an apostle is high after all. But Raiga wasn’t a man who could be intimidated by just this much. 「Sharing the bonds of divine protection of lightning, manifest in my hand『Thunder God Oni』」(TN: Left Oni as it is, hope you don’t mind) Once his chant ended, a big battle ax appeared in his hand. Holding the battle ax, that easily exceeded one meter, he swung it at Bagil as it was. 「This is!?」 Bagil tried to deflect the battle ax by his Brunak. However, the moment before the Brunak touched the Thunder God Oni, Bagil changed his intention from blocking to dodging. The Thunder God Oni landed on the ground where Bagil was a moment before. And after a slight delay, the ground below the Thunder God Oni shuddered. 「Is this a type of pursuing lightning?」「Good job noticing」「Yeah, there is no way a person like you will use ordinary attacks」 Said Bagil with a small smile on his face, but his face didn’t relax in the slightest. 「That’s why it seems that I can’t afford any leeway. Change.『Ice Change』, 『Brunak』」 As soon as he acknowledged that, he immediately cast a new spell. But this time, the target of his spell wasn’t Raiga, but the Brunak in his hands. When the spell was completed, the Brunak showed a change. The tip of the spear became longer and it assumed the form of the spiral. In addition, a little below the spear tip, an ice blade in the form of the shark’s dorsal fin appeared. Finally, in the middle of the spear, the beautiful ice rose bloomed. Seeing the transformed Brunak, Seiya thought of an ice dragon. He also thought that this spear was produced for the sole purpose of penetration. (This is an apostle....) Seiya honestly admired the power of the thirteen apostles, at the same time, he also became worried about Raiga. (TN: Do not underestimate the power of the doting father) After he saw the transformed Brunak, Raiga’s expression tightened. 「Again, an incredible weapon you brought out here」「Yes. This spear is in possession of the ice dragon’s soul. Even if you are the special magician, once it pierces through, it will be the end」 However, Raiga too had some strength to spare. 「True, this will be the end once pierced, but only if you hit」「You mean?」「My name is Thunder God, right?」「It can’t be!?」 Bagil looked at Raiga with astonished eyes. The same was true for Seiya. 「Yes, it’s precisely that. The divine protection of the thunder god is by my side, envelop me in your power『Thunder God』」 In the next moment, Raiga’s body was wrapped in lightning. This appearance reminded Seiya of the now dead lightning beast, but the nature of lightning was different this time. The lightning wrapped around Raiga. That form in itself was the manifestation of his second name, Thunder God. (TN: Thunder God is using the form of the Thunder God, while holding the Thunder God Oni in his hand, wow) Seiya never expected to bear witness to this spectacle. 「Here I go」 Raiga said those words, but the moment they reached Bagil, his figure was already nowhere to be found. 「I’m here」「!?」 Bagil hurriedly looked in the direction of the voice only to find the figure of Raiga with the battle ax in full swing. 「Crap....」 Bagil desperately tried to parry the blow with the Brunak, but all he achieved was to avoid a fatal wound. He was blown away by the Thunder God Oni and fell to the ground. 「Not yet」「What!?」 However, in the next moment, Raiga already appeared next to the fallen Bagil and swung the Thunder God Oni with the same amount of force. Bagil immediately tried to defend himself with the wall of ice, but the moment the Thunder God Oni touched the ice wall, it evaporated in a blink. 「Damn, drifting ice maiden『Ice Rock』」 The ice wall evaporated and the resulting fog worsened the vision. Using this opportunity, he attacked Raiga with a new spell. Below the fallen Bagil, the water-colored magic circle appeared. The magic circle produced innumerable ice shards, which then flew at Raiga. 「Tsk」 To avoid the attack, Raiga distanced himself from Bagil. Seiya, who watched their fight, couldn’t produce any words. The speed of the Thunder God Raiga was comparable to his own, to master such a complicated spell, that’s what you should expect from the special magician. But Seiya didn’t notice. Being able to track Raiga’s movements was a proof of ability on its own. An average magician wouldn’t have been able to track his movements at all. Even if he is conscious of them, he won’t be able to discern them. That’s why, Seiya who was able to follow him, could be considered a person of ability. Seiya also admired Bagil’s movements. His action against the fast-approaching Raiga showed his impressive decision-making ability. It was indeed the battle between two powerful people. Betraying Seiya’s impressions, Bagil was struggling quite hard. Although he had some methods to fight his high speed, it was nothing concrete. He thought that, since he didn’t know from where Raiga will attack, it was fine to attack in all directions at the same time. That was his plan of actions, and he was able to make it a reality. But he couldn’t say that it will allow him to win. Raiga’s defense, that was hard to overcome in the first place, became even tighter with the appearance of lightning. To break it, there was a need for a concentrated attack. However, doing so will create the openings for Raiga to take advantage of. Truly a great pinch. Even with the power of one of the thirteen apostles, it was difficult to stop Raiga. 「You suddenly became so quiet」 He could only stare at Raiga, who held the Thunder God Oni with a relaxed expression. Strong defense and movements that he couldn’t perceive. The attack is said to be the best defense, but it won’t work in this situation. No, there is no point to think about it in the first place. (It seems I have no choice but to use that....) Bagil thought in his heart of the spell that can instantly reverse the situation. Due to the great power of this spell, there were risks involved. He usually hesitates to use it, but right now, there was no hesitation. In the beginning, he proposed the duel to have a chance to talk with the daughter of Thunder God, Yua. However, at this point, it didn’t matter any longer. As of now, I’m just enjoying the fight with a strong person, and I want to win, thought Bagil. That’s why I will dedicate my all to win. 「Draconic Transformation, release!」(TN: Temporary) Gugya———– In the next moment, with a loud roar, Brunak in Bagil’s hand changed its shape into a dragon.	{ "source": "manual-fanfic", "missed_lines": 7, "inserted_lines_src": 0, "inserted_lines_trg": 0 }

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