ARM Backup/Ar Portal translation/Toukousphere/Issue 113

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Lady Shurelia and Jakuri's Technical Service Center

え、えっと、 テクニカル、サービス、センターーー！！ 　 えへへ、言えたよ。 初めての、一人でのタイトルコールでちょっと緊張しちゃった。 今回はあたしの秘密も大公開してるから、是非ゆっくりしていってね。

U-Umm... Technical Service Centeeeeeer!! Ehehe, I said it. I was a bit nervous, as it's the first time I've ever done the title call on my own. This time I'm also doing the grand reveal to one of my secrets, so try and feel at home as you read through it, okay?

今度、投稿が採用されたら4月ごろですよねぇ…。4月と言えば入学式とか、なにか新しい事が始まる季節!! ってことでアカネさんに質問なんですが「ククロウちゃん（？）」とは何処で出会ってどうやってお友達に成られたんでしょうか？ (sasurainohito)

And it wasn't until this issue, in April, that my submission was run, huh...? But it's April, the season where all sorts of new things happen, like the school entrance ceremonies! Well, I've got a question for Akane: where did you meet "Little Kukuro (?)" and how did you two end up being friends? (sasurainohito)

ククロウは、私が物心着いたときには既に隣にいましたから、どこかで知り合った、という感覚はありません。 当時は誰が何のために付けたのかは全然わかりませんでしたが、言葉を交わさなくてもお互い信頼し合っていましたし、ククロウが私を決死の覚悟で護ってくれた事は何度もあります。 ですから、家族のようなものです。隣にいることが自然で、いないことが不自然だったのですよ。

Kukuro has been at my side for as long as I had use of reason, so the place where we became acquainted is unknown to me. While at the time I did not know the reason why someone would like to be with me, we both felt a strong sense of trust between us even though we were unable to exchange words, and Kukuro even protected me several times, to the point he was willing to die doing so. Therefore, we are like family. Having him at my side just felt natural, and it was quite strange whenever he wasn't with me.

場違いな質問ですがヒュムノス＋フィンネルに関してなのでここで…。 フィンネルのフリップスフィアのヒュムノス文字はフィンネルの詩のようですが全文を教えて欲しいです。 あと、フィンネルはどのような想いでこの詩を書いたのですか？ (まっちょ)

While this might no be the right place for this question, since it's something about Hymmnos and Finnel... I'd like Finnel to tell us about all the Hymmnos lines that appear in her Flipsphere, which seem to be a poem made by her. Also, what feelings did she have when she wrote it? (Macho)

そういえば、あのヒュムノス語が何を語っているかは、どこにも明かされていなかったよね。 いいよ、あたしが教えてあげる。 あれは、なんていうか…みんなの世界でいうところの「古典」みたいなものかな。もちろんヒュムノス語の古典なんてないし、文章はあたしオリジナルだよ。 　 ▼左の柱 ieeya 希望 　 ▼右の柱 bautifal ciel 美しき世界 　 ▼真ん中の本文 Rre frawrle wis warma sheak. fowrlle mea. 春はうららかな日差し、小鳥のさえずり。私の心を癒すもの。 　 Rre lirle wis keenis , rre fluy ammue slepir 夏は輝き。泉の音は私の瞼を閉じさせる。 　 Rre ptrapile wis nuih_kierre gyusya enesse oz mea. 秋は私の心を惹いて止まない夜の刻。 　 Rre quivale wis ini kierre , vinan ciel rete crudea 辛い想いを忘れさせる白い世界、冬は始まりの時。 　 えへへ、なんか原文を見られるとちょっと恥ずかしいなぁ。

Now you say it, it's never been explained what's written in these Hymmnos language lines, right? It's okay, I'll tell you about it myself. That's kinda like... the "classics" existing over at your world. Of course, since there's no classics in the Hymmnos language, these lines are an original poem I made. ▼Right Column ieeya Hope ▼Left Column bautifal ciel Beautiful world 　 ▼Central Text Rre frawrle wis warma sheak. fowrlle mea. Spring is the bright sunlight, the chirps of the small birds. Which heals my heart. 　 Rre lirle wis keenis , rre fluy ammue slepir Summer is the shine. The sound of fountains close my eyes. 　 Rre ptrapile wis nuih_kierre gyusya enesse oz mea. Autumn is the nighttime, which my heart cannot stop loving. Rre quivale wis ini kierre , vinan ciel rete crudea Winter is the time of beginning, the white world which makes me forget the painful feelings. Ehehe, I'm kinda getting a bit embarrassed from having everyone see these lines.

ティリアの寿命って結局どれくらいになったんですか？ (ただのたらい)

So ultimately how long will Tyria's life span run? (Normal Tub)

えっと、それは小説後の話？ もちろん理論上は∞よ。理論上は。私がシュレリアお姉ちゃんだったら、きっぱり∞と言い切れるんだけど、私だけオリジンの中では切符制の寿命を持っているから…ああ、えっと、切符制というのは、何か身体に悪いことをやらかしたりすると切符が切られるようなもので、それが一定以上になると死んじゃうって感じなの。 だから、毎日食っちゃ寝食っちゃ寝していればずっと生きていけるけど、また過激なことをしたりすると、どんどん寿命は減っていっちゃう。 βのように150年、とか時間で区切られているわけじゃないからなかなか説明しにくいけど、だいたいそんな感じよ。

Umm, are you talking about how I'm after the events of the light novel? Theoretically, it'd be infinite. But as I said, theoretically. If I was Sis Shurelia, it'd be able to state infinite without any problems, but since I'm the only one among the Origins that has a life span controlled by a ticket controller... ah, umm, that's something like a controller that cause the tickets to get used up when something bad happens to the body, which means I'd die once a certain amount of them is exhausted. So it while I could live forever if I ate and slept everyday, my life span would still get decreased whenever I did something extreme. But since it isn't as limited like the 150 years the βs have, it's pretty hard to say how long I'd live. That's the gist of it.

前回メタファリカについて質問した者です！ クローシェ様のありがたい御回答の中に ＞METHOD_METAFALICA単独で謳った場合、I.P.D.の境界門＞が全員開き、心の中が丸見えになってしまうだけで、＞他には特に効果があるわけではないわ。 とありましたが、EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/を謳った時に心の中を見られるのを拒んで心を閉じられるシーンがあったんですが、METHOD_METAFALICA/.を単独で謳った時は心を見られても平気だったんですか？ それとも平気なフリをしていたんですか？ (じゃっこり)

I'm the same person who asked that question about Metafalica in a previous issue! In the answer Lady Cloche gave, which I'm so grateful about, she said: >Since METHOD_METAFALICA/. was sung by itself then, the only effects it would have would be opening the Boundary Gates of all the IPDs, allowing them to see into each other's minds. But there also was a scene where she refused to let everyone see inside her heart and closed it off when she sang EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/., so why was she okay with letting everyone see inside her heart when she sang METHOD_METAFALICA/. by itself? Or was she just acting like she was okay with it? (Jakkori)

メソッド単独で謳ったときは本当に必死だったし、もしこれで心の中を見せてダメだったとしても、それはそれで諦めがついたわ。それは単に私がみんなから見放されるだけのことだし、私に素質が無いと判断されるだけのことだったから。 だから開き直っていられたのね。とにかく自分の全てを、偽りない姿を見せて、受け入れてもらわなかったら先に進めない…って思っていたから。 でも、ルカと謳ったときは違う。失敗したらメタファルスの誰をも落胆させ、そして今まで以上の苦渋を強いる事になってしまう。そんな怯えがあったから、「失敗するかも…」っていう想いは心のどこかには存在していたのよ。 もちろん、一度単独で謳ったときに心は見られているわ。でも、私が怯えている事や、もしかしたら失敗するかも、という想いを見られたら、それがみんなに伝染して、１００％の力が発揮できなくなる。だから、より見られることに恐怖を感じていたのよ。 怯えは心の中に少しある邪念を増幅する。私だってただの人だから、１００％ポジティブじゃないわ。逃げたい、とか、無理かも、とか…そういった感情も少なからずある。怯えはそれらを増幅するの。だから余計に見られ無くなかった。 見られたくないと心を閉ざせば、皆は余計不安になる。それがまた怯えとなって、別の扉が閉じてしまう…そんな負のスパイラルが起きていたのよ。

I was really desperate when I sang the METHOD part by itself, so even if I had refused to show my heart to everyone at that point, I would have given up right then and there. That was simply because everyone had already given up on me and had decided I lacked the appropriate qualities to lead them. That was why I was so serious about it. Because I was thinking that... if I was rejected by everyone even after showing them my true and honest self, I would be unable to do anything else. However, the situation was different when I sang with Luca. If I had failed at that time, I would disappoint everyone in Metafalss, and their affliction would have become even stronger than any time prior to it. I feared that, and thus I had feelings like "I might fail..." in some corner of my heart. Of course, I had already shown my heart to them once when I sang the METHOD part by itself. But what I feared was that if they saw these feelings of fear and thinking I might fail, they would spread among everyone, which would rend them unable to manifest their power in a 100%. I actually feared that more than anyone peeking into my heart. Fear has the quality of amplifying the wicked thoughts that exist in small quantities inside the heart. Since I'm just a person, it's impossible for me to be positive in a 100%. Therefore, I also have emotions like "I want to run away" or "This is impossible to carry out"... even if it's in small amounts. But fear amplifies them. So I didn't really want anyone to see too much of them. If I closed my heart so no one saw these things I didn't want anyone to see, everyone would become uneasy. And because I also feared that, that also closed off a different door... and it pretty much led into a downward spiral of negative emotions.

どこへ投稿すればいいのか悩んで、テクニカルにおくります。 第三塔のRTは、生まれた後の教育は何年くらいで、就職は何歳くらいからなんでしょうか。 やっぱり普通の人間よりかは早く就職するんでしょうか。 他の塔ではどうなんでしょうか。 (きじの)

I don't really know where I should send this, so I'll send it to the Technical Center. At which age do the Reyvateils of the Third Tower begin receiving education after they're born? And at which age do they start working? I'm guessing they should start working earlier than normal humans. Also, how is it for the Reyvateils from the other Towers? (Kijino)

	これはクラスタニアのレーヴァテイルということでよろしいでしょうか？　クラスタニアでは、生まれついてすぐに、生涯の職務が決まりますから、比較的職に付くのは早いです。 6歳相当で誕生し、その後6年で殆どの学校教育は修得してしまいます。その後3年ほどで職業訓練のようなものを行い、15歳には社会人デビューです。 元々生まれてくるときからその能力に特化した素体を創りますから、修得効率はとても良く、故に就学期間は短くできるのです。	Are you all right with me talking about the Reyvateils from Clustania for this? Since the Clustanians have their lifetime roles decided right after they are born, they start working comparatively earlier than the humans. They are born with the physical and mental age of a six year old child, and they spend about six years after their birth learning in our formal education system. After that, they spend three years undergoing a process similar to job training, and they formally take their place in society at about 15 years old. They are originally made with a specialized prime field for the abilities they will use in their work area, so their learning efficiency is quite good, and therefore they can go through school in a very short period of time.
	他の塔は…ということだけど、メタファルスでは特にレーヴァテイルも人間も関係なく生活しているよ。ベータ純血種っていう種がほぼ０の地域だから、みんな人間と同じなの。	About the other Towers... well, Reyvateils have no special differences from the humans when it comes to their way of life here in Metafalss. This is a region where the Pureblooded Beta-Type population is pretty much zero, so everyone's just like humans.
	ソルシエールでも同じね。βはプラティナにしかいないし、プラティナでもβは希な存在だから、基本、人間とレーヴァテイルは、少なくとも第三世代が発症するまでは分け隔て無く育てられるわ。	That's also the case for Sol CIel. There are only βs in Platina, and they're still pretty rare over there. So basically, humans and Reyvateils are raised pretty much the same way, at least until the latter awaken as Third Generations.

Editor's Postscript

いよいよ４月、新学期の季節ですね。ガストにも新入社員が新しいメンバーに加わり、皆新鮮な気持ちで仕事に臨んでいます。 地震の影響はまだまだ多くの地域で根深く残っていますが、アルポータルは平常通りの更新を続けます。 トウコウスフィアは既に１１０回を越し、一度の休業も無く更新してきました。今までにも色々な事件事故や、マスターと重なり、更新が困難な時もありましたが、本当に皆さんが楽しみにしてくれているこのコーナーを１回でも止めたくない、止めるわけにはいかない！という想いで、ずっと続けてきています。 トウコウスフィアやアルトネリコ、アルポータルが僅かばかりでも皆さんの励みや楽しみになってくれているのなら、それを如何なる時であっても続ける、というのが私やスタッの使命ではないかと私は考えております。 今後も様々なネタを展開しつつ、いつまでも皆さんと共にいて、皆さんに僅かばかりでも「楽しみ」や「希望」をプレゼントできたら、それに勝る想いはありません。今後ともどうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます！ (土屋)

And it's finally April, the season where the new school term begins. We've also got several new recruits joining the Gust team members, so we're all having fresh feelings at work right now. While there are still many regions where the effects of the earthquake are still very deep-seated, we'll still continue updating the Ar Portal as we've always done. The Toukousphere has already gone over 110 issues, and we've kept updating it without taking a break even once. And even though we've got all sorts of incidents at work, I've got a lot of work piled up as webmaster, and there have been times in which updating was quite difficult, I've still had feelings like "I seriously don't want to stop this corner that brings fun to everyone for even one issue, so I can't stop updating it", and so I'll continue with it for a very long time. If the Toukousphere and Ar tonelico, and the Ar Portal itself have managed to encourage and entertain you, no matter how little, we still want to continue with them no matter what happens. That's what the staff and I think our mission is. We'll keep developing all sorts of new material from now on, so we can continue being with you. And if we can present you with even a little "fun" and "hope", nothing will ever beat the feelings I have toward this place and you all. I hope you'll always continue supporting us in the future! (Tsuchiya)

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