ARM Backup/Ar Portal translation/Toukousphere/Issue 65

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Lady Shurelia and Jakuri's Technical Service Center

さて、ファンの方からとても建設的な意見が出たので紹介するわ。

Well then, let me introduce you to one of the constructive opinions from our fans that just came in.

テクニカのメンバーなんですが、無理に固定しなくてもいいのでは？ 確かにオリジン二人とジャクリがいればたいていのことは答えられそうですけど、内容によって回答者を変えるとかでもいい気がします。 例えば、飛空挺関係ならクルシェ、インフェルピラ関係ならインフェル、のように内容に合わせたゲスト講師のようにすれば色々なメンバーを出せるのではないでしょうか？ (咲也)

Wouldn't it be better that the Technical cast members weren't set in stone? It's true it's good to have the two Origins and Jakuri to answer the questions, but I have the feeling it'd be better to have the person answering change depending on the question's topic. For example, having Krusche handle questions about airships, Infel answer the ones about Infel Phira, so would it be a bad idea to have several team members appear like guest lecturers similarly to the examples I gave? (Sakuya)

	というわけで、今後は誰でもテクニカルサービスセンターに回答できるようにするというのはどうかしら。	So I guess this means that anyone can come to the Technical Service Center to answer questions from now on.
	それはいいかも！そうすれば、私達が答えられないような、塔の事からちょっと離れた質問でも回答できるもんね。	That might be great. That way they can answer questions we couldn't, like topics that are kinda far from the ones related to the Tower.
	構いませんが、あくまでこのコーナーの責任者は私ですよ！？	I don't mind it, but haven't you forgotten that I'm the person in charge of this section!?
	はいはい、おおせのままに。	Okay okay, as you wish, boss.

ノリの良い方々によるシュレリアおばあちゃんへのお便りが目いっぱい増えてそうでとても楽しみです。 さて、あんましテクニカってない質問で恐縮ですが、アルトネリコの世界において文明の発達ってどうなっているのでしょうか？ 世界滅ぼすようなレベルの科学なんかが生まれないようにシュレリア様なんかが監視と調整を続けてきたとは思うのですが、基本的に人間さんは文化レベルの底上げが大好きな生き物ですし700年以上も一定の文明レベルで足踏みを続けてきたりできたのでしょうか？ 日本では700年前なんてまだお侍さんが刀持って練り歩いてた頃ですし、まともに経過すれば相当な発明とか発見があったと思うのですよ。 (蒼色)

I'm really looking forward to seeing how more and more letters get into Granny Shurelia's mailbox just as she's getting into an easy mood. Well, first I want to say sorry because this isn't a very technical question, but how developed are the civilizations in the Ar tonelico world? I'm thinking that Lady Shurelia is observing and keeping tabs on its development level so its civilization doesn't progress to the point of being able to destroy the world, but since basically humans are living beings that like raising the standards of their civilizations, have they been able to continue advancing until they reached a determined civilization level? In Japan, we still had samurais parading around while wielding swords 700 years ago, so I think there should have been some notable inventions or breakthrough during the passage of all that time. (Aoiro)

私はおばあちゃんではありませんよ。まだ１６歳ですから。それに、おばあちゃんはタスティエーラの専売特許ですからね。 文明の発達についてですが、資料集にもあるように、ソルシエールにおいてはこの７００年で２回文明が滅んでいますから、結構なスピードで発達していますよ。 最初は７００年前。殆どの人類は滅亡し、一握りの人達だけで始まったとき、殆ど何もない状態から４００年かけて、浮遊大陸の上に大都市を築くまでに至りました。 そしてその後ミュールによって都市部が墜とされ、農村部だけが残ったわけですが、その農村部が今の天覇のご先祖様に当たるわけです。 現代の皆さんの世界に例えるなら、日本以外の全世界はもちろん、東京、大阪などの都市部が全部壊滅して、地方の町が１つだけ残ったような状況ですから、そこから３００年で現在の文明レベルまで成長するにはどれくらいの努力が必要だったかは、想像が出来るのではないでしょうか。 ちなみに３００年前に滅んだ「第二紀」と言われる文明は、今のソルシエールよりよほど高レベルでした。

I'm not a granny. I'm still 16 years old. After all, being a Granny is Tastiella's trademark. As for the development of civilization, this is also written in the setting materials collection, but to put it in a short way, the civilization in Sol Ciel was destroyed two times during these 700 years, so its civilization develops at an extremely fast pace. The first catastrophe occurred 700 years ago. Humanity almost went extinct, and beginning with just a handful of people that had next to nothing, they ended reaching even the level of building even a large metropolis above the floating continent. The urban areas were dropped off by Mir later on, and while only a handful of agricultural villages remained, it was in one of them that the ancestor to the current Tenba was founded. To give a comparison to your current world, it would be as if the entire world excepting for Japan was destroyed, and even the large cities there like Tokyo and Osaka were reduced to nothing, leaving just an agricultural town standing. So maybe you can imagine the level of effort that would have been needed to have grown from that state to the level we have right now in a span of 300 years. By the way, the civilization that was destroyed at the end of the "Second Era", 300 years ago, was far more advanced than the current Sol Ciel.

前回のテクニカルサービスセンターで、死の雲海よりも下に行くと、“溶ける”とのことでしたが、詩魔法を使ってもダメなのでしょうか？ 例えば人が下に行って観るのではなく、“探査する”詩魔法があれば毒による干渉も受けずに詩魔法の限界範囲内なら調べられると思うんです。 (珍獣)

On the previous Technical Service Center, it was said that if someone tried going into the Sea of Death they would "melt away", but using Song Magic wouldn't work in this case? For example, so there's no need for people to go into the Sea and check it, I'm thinking it would be possible to examine it to a limited extent without getting affected by the poison if someone has an "exploration" Song Magic. (Rare Animal)

前回インフェルが「溶ける」といったのは、本人も言ったとおり、単なる推測でしかないわ。本当は溶けている訳ではないかも知れないし、それが死の雲海の作用によるものかすらもわからない。 そして、インフェルの説明不足かもしれなけど、人が下に行って探査するような調査はしていなかったみたいよ。何せ「溶けたように」何も無くなって帰ってくるわけだから、人なんて送り込めるわけがないもの。 詩魔法も基本的には「ゆうらん」してしまい、ピング（反射による調査）も成功せず。 私の推測だけど、これは単なる物理現象だけではないかも知れないわ。惑星の意志が作用している可能性は高いと思うのよね。まあこれも、メタ・ファルスで調べた色々な事や体験した事から導き出した推測に過ぎないけど。

Infel said "melt away", but what she said is no more than simple conjecture. It might not mean they actually melt away, so we don't know if something like that would even work inside the Sea of Death. Also, maybe Infel didn't explain it well, but it seems like people weren't going in and examining it for investigation's sake. Anyhow, since nothing can go back from the Sea because it's as if "they melted away" inside it, there's no way we could send people there. The same goes for Song Magic, as if you sent one to do some simple "sightseeing", even the pings (surveying an area through reflections) would be unsuccessful. I've also got a conjecture of my own, and it's that the Sea might not be just a simple physical phenomenon, as I think there's a high chance that it's being used by the Will of the Planet. Still, this is no more than the conclusion I came to from the things I researched and tested during my time at Metafalss.

テクニカルサービスセンター宛てです。 心の護についての質問です。 そもそも、心の護はいつの世代から、どのように派生し、どのような目的で生まれたのでしょうか？ オリジンから後の世代レーバティルには存在しているようですし、レーバティルの開発者はどんな目的で生み出したのか？気になります。 (天使の化石)

For the Technical Service Center. I've got a question about the Mind Guardians. First, in which generation were the Mind Guardians created? And how were they derived, and for what goal were they made? Since there are several generations of Reyvateils that started with the Origins, I was wondering what goal the Reyvateil developers had to make them. I'm very curious about it. (Angel Fossil)

心の護は生まれたものではなくて、元々心の中にいるものなんだよ。 別にレーヴァテイルを設計した人が「心の護」というシステムをプログラムしたわけではないし、元から意図されていたものでもないんだよね。 だから設計上の目的は無いよ。ではどういう事かというと、レーヴァテイル自身が潜在的に自分の心を護るために創り出すもの、という事になるね。 心の護とは簡単に言えば、自分が自分の心を護るために無意識に行っている行動、という事になるかな。夢の一種といってもいいかも。 護る自分が一番好きなもの、思い入れのあるもの、自分が依存しているものになる事が多いのは、その心の持ち主のレーヴァテイルが「暗示かけ」をしているようなものであって、例えば鬼のお面を被ったりすると強くなったように感じるのと同じで、自分が頼れると思う存在を形づくる事によって、より自分で自分を護ることに安心感を得るというか…。 簡単に言えば、人間にダイブ出来たとしたら、やはり心の護は出てくるんじゃないかな、ということ。説明ヘタでごめんね。

The Mind Guardians aren't created, but rather exist in the minds of their masters from the beginning. The "Mind Guardian" system isn't something that was programmed in by the developers of the Reyvateils, so it's not something that was in their original specifications. So they don't have a design purpose either. So this would mean that they are something the Reyvateils potentially create to protect their own minds, okay? To put it simply, they are parts of their subconscious that act on to protect their own minds, kinda. Maybe we could also say they're like a kind of dream. There are many cases in which they end up being the things they like the most, those on which they have put the greatest amount of feelings and those on which they rely, which end up becoming "suggestions" to their master Reyvateil, and similar to how you might feel stronger if you put on a demon mask, the Reyvateils get a sense of security due to giving form to something in which they rely, which makes them feel safer than if they were by themselves... And to explain it more easily, if you could Dive into a human, maybe you'd end up running into Mind Guardians inside their minds too. Sorry for being so clumsy at explaining things...

	というわけで、次回からはテクニカルサービスセンターにはアルトネキャラ全員が出演する可能性があるよ！	And now, there's a high chance of getting an AT All-Star Technical Service center!
	これを期に、今まで遠慮していた質問なんかもしてみるといいわ。	It'd be great if they tried tackling now the questions we couldn't answer before for whatever reason.
	でも、引き続き私に対する質問もドシドシ応募していますからね。よろしくお願いしますね！	But this is because things have gotten too fast even for me, who has been answering questions for such a long time. Well, I hope to be able to work with you all!

Editor's Postscript

先日の４／１に行われた「コントンスフィア」に気づかれた方は、どれくらいいらっしゃいますか？午前中はまだ公開していませんでしたので、午前中だけ見に来た方は見られない形になってしまい申し訳ありませんでした。 前年以上にカオスな企画でしたので、またいつかの機会にお披露目出来る日が来るといいなと思っています。 (土屋)

So for those who noticed the "Kontonsphere" we published yesterday for April 1st, how did you like it? Since it wasn't published during the morning, it was only possible to see it to those who entered the site during the afternoon, so I'm very sorry to those who couldn't see it. This was a much more chaotic project than the one from the previous year, so I think it'd be great if I ever have another chance to show it off to you all. (Tsuchiya)

今週のトウコウスフィアは？ How was this issue?

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