ARM Backup/Ar Portal translation/Toukousphere/Issue 70

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Lady Shurelia and Jakuri's Technical Service Center

	ミュールと…	Mir and...
	その息子、アヤタネの。	Her son, Ayatane's...
	テクニカルサービスセンター。	Technical Service Center.
	母さんと二人でこれが出来るなんて光栄だよ。 母さんはいつもここで頑張っていて偉いよね。今日は僕もがんばるから、よろしくね。	It is an honor for me to be able to be here with you, Mother. It's admirable you are always working so hard here. Today, I'll also work hard here, so please watch over me.
	ちぇーっ、アヤタネとタイトルコールするのは俺だと思っていたんだけどな。	Agh... And I was thinking I was going to do the title call with Ayatane today.
	ライナーはこのコーナーに出られるキャラじゃないじゃないか…。	Though you're not really the type of character that should appear in this corner, Lyner...

アルトネリコ第一塔はソル・マルタのような中継基地がなければ他の地域では十分なサポートをすることができませんが、インフェル・ピラはどうなんですか？他の地域にいるI・P・Dが詩魔法を謳う場合、支障はないのですか？ （裕太）

If the First Tower of Ar tonelico needs a relay station such as Sol Marta for supporting all the Reyvateils that live in other regions, doesn't Infel Phira need one as well? The absence of one wouldn't be an impediment if an IPD Reyvateil sung Song Magic in another region? (Yuutai)

導体H波や導体D波にはかならず影響圏が存在するわ。それは、この星アルシエルや人間にも言えること。だから、ソル・マルタが必要だったのよ。第一塔ほど強大な力を持っている施設であっても中継が必要であるという事は、インフェル・ピラのように小規模な施設であれば間違いなく必須になってくるわね。結論として、第一塔にインフェル・ピラの影響力を発するためには、中継施設は必要なのではないかと思っているわ。私も試していないからわからないけどね。

The Dynamic H-Waves, Dynamic D-Waves and all the other kinds have a sphere of influence. And their sphere of influence is this planet, Ar Ciel, and the Humans, among other things. Therefore Sol Marta was necessary. Given a facility carrying such an enormous power like the First Tower needed to have a relay, it's definitive that a relay would be necessary for an smaller scale facility like Infel Phira. In conclusion, to use magic from Infel Phira in the First Tower, it might be necessary to have a relay facility in there to do so. However, this hasn't been tested by anyone so far, not even myself, so it's unknown at the moment.

２の物語中盤の大鐘堂母艦で脱出の際にチェスターが二階級特進するところだったと言っていましたが、騎士の下っ端であるクロアと騎士隊長であるレグリス隊長とサテライトガールであるココナは殉職したら階級はどの位になるのですか？（２の設定資料の大鐘堂の指揮系統図をみてもわからなかったので） (力イル)

During the middle of 2's story, Chester says that the part was about to get a posthumous promotion right as they escaped from the Grand Bell Mothership, but if lower-rank knight Croix, Knight Captain Leglius and Satellite Girl Cocona had gotten that promotion, which rank they would be promoted to? (I didn't get it even after I read the diagram for the Grand Bell command chain that was in the AT2 setting materials collection book). (Kyle)

残念ながら、ココナには階級は存在しないよ。みんなの世界でいえばココナは「バイト」と同じだから、殉職してもサテライトガールのままだと思うけどなぁ。まあでも、その功績如何によって讃えたりは有ると思うし、ココナもそういうのは見てきているから、何もないという事はないと思うけどね。あくまでココナは、クロに雇われている身なんだよ。クロが大鐘堂に同行許可を取って、ココナが一緒について行っているって感じ。一応「大鐘堂支援給付金」というお金はもらってるけどね。

Sadly, I don't have a rank. My position's the same as what you'd call a "part-timer" in your world, so I think I'd stay as a Satellite Girl even if I got a posthumous promotion. Maybe they'd praise me for meritorious deeds or something like that, but I don't think I'd get anything aside of that. In the end, it's like I was employed by Cro. It's basically like Cro got permission from the Grand Bell Hall for me to go with him, and that's why I'm always with him. Still, I get some money from the "Payment for Supporting the Grand Bell".

もしアヤタネさんがお母さんにダイブすることになったら、心の護のアヤタネさんと鉢合わせすることになるのでしょうか。 そうなったらとっても素敵…いえなんでもないです。 というか、ウィルスであるアヤタネさんはダイブできるのでしょうか。 (しいの)

Would it be possible for Ayatane to run across the Mind Guardian Ayatane if he ever Dived into Mother? If that happened, it'd be wonder--.... no, it's nothing. And anyway, can a virus like Ayatane Dive in the first place? (Shiino)

	うーん、そういえば考えたこともなかったね。 母さん、どうなのかな？	Hmm, I've never thought about it. Would it be possible, Mother?
	出来るわけ無いでしょ。前にもどこかで説明されていたけど、ダイブはダイバーの人間質と、レーヴァテイルのレーヴァテイル質がぶつかり合って影響し合うことによって行われるのだから。貴方には人間質なんて無いでしょ。ウイルスがダイブなんてしたら、それはもうハッキングよ。	It isn't possible. I think it was explained in some place already, but it's because Diving is the act of letting the human nature of the Diver and the Reyvateil nature of the Reyvateil to collide and resonate with each other. And you don't have a human nature, right? If a virus like you Dived, it would just be hacking.
	なるほど、確かにそうだよね。 僕がダイブをしたら、ダイバーの皆さんが体験しているような仮想世界じゃなくて、その裏側に入り込んじゃいそうだものね。精神世界に介在するのだって、もっと根本的な記憶操作や感情操作でやってしまえそうだよ。	I see. That's true. If I tried Diving, I wouldn't be sent into a virtual world like the one experienced by all the Divers, but rather I'd be thrust into the underside that makes up that world. That would be intervening the Soulspace, which would be more or less like controlling memories and emotions from their very roots.

前回のトウコウスフィアを読んでいて気になったのですが、ダイブをして脳死になった場合、レーヴァテイルが罪に問われたりとかするんでしょうか？ （たかひろ）

Although I think I've read about this in a previous Toukousphere issue, here's a question: if the Diver gets his mind destroyed during a Dive, would the Reyvateil be charged with murder or something like that? (Takahiro)

	難しいところですが、昔起きたレーヴァテイル殺人事件でもなければ、それは過失になりますし、それも運転と違ってレーヴァテイルはどうすることも出来ませんから、罪には問われませんよ。ダイバーとレーヴァテイルは、初めてダイブをするときダイブ屋でその事（ダイブ中の死に関して、レーヴァテイルに罪を問わない）を誓約書にサインしますし。	It's a pretty complicated matter, but the Reyvateil murder incidents that happened long ago were because of mistakes, and since a Reyvateil can't really do anything that would cause anomalies in the functioning of the Dive Machines, charges won't be pressed against her. Likewise, the Diver and Reyvateil have to sign a contract agreeing to these terms (if the Diver dies during the Dive, the Reyvateil won't be prosecuted due to it) when they visit the Dive Shop together and Dive for the first time.
	ちなみに、レーヴァテイル殺人事件というのは、まさにそれを逆手に取ったもので、ダイブ中の脳死が罪に問われない事をいいことに、精神を鍛えて操作できるようになったレーヴァテイルが結婚詐欺みたいなことをしていたという事件なの。厳密に言えば、結婚生命保険殺人事件？結婚して生命保険かけて、ダイブして殺しちゃうっていう…。身元を隠して４，５回やった後に、天覇に見つかって捕まったそうよ。怖い話よね。	Incidentally, while it's very good and all that Reyvateils don't get prosecuted when the Diver dies during a Dive, there's also the fact that they can use that against others. Basically, there were incidents in which the Reyvateils tempered their minds to the point where they could manipulate the Dive environment and commit what could be equated to a marriage fraud. Strictly speaking, do you know about these cases in which two people get married and then one spouse kills the other to cash on their life insurance? These cases worked more or less like that, the difference being that the killing was done in a Dive after getting married and signing up for the insurance... even though their identities were never revealed to the public, Tenba went and began arresting the Reyvateils who did that after 4 or 5 times this happened. It's a pretty scary story.

先生！私、レーヴァテイルに関して一つの仮説を思いつきました。 なぜオリジンやβ純血種が18歳相当の体で成長が止まるのか!? それは、十代後半が最も多感な時期だから。将来のこと、現在の周囲の環境、コンプレックスやフラストレーション等々、思い悩み心揺れることの多いこの年頃であることで、想いの力を強く求める詩魔法というシステムを十二分に発揮することができる！ というものですが、どうですか？ レーヴァテイルは詩魔法をつむぐときには人間と違って想いのゆらぎがないと資料に書いてあったので、あとは豊かな感情があれば人間が望む以上の能力が見込めると思って考え付いたのですが・・・・・ (ヤマト)

Teacher! I've come up with a hypothesis about the Reyvateils. Why do the Origins and Pureblooded β-Types stop growing when their bodies reach the equivalent of 18 years? That is because the teenage years is the stage of life when they are the most emotional. It's the period in which their hearts are shaking due to worrying about their future, their current environment, their complexes, frustrations and other such matters, so this should allow them manifest magic several ten times more powerful since the Song Magic system demands for powerful emotions! So what is your opinion on this? Since it's written in the setting materials that Reyvateils don't have wavering feelings when they are crafting their Song Magic, unlike humans, I thought that I could expect to demonstrate better abilities than the ones desired by the humans if they had such a wealth of sensibility... (Yamato)

ふふ、面白い仮説ね。確かに、そういった狙いもあったかもしれない。あながち妄想とも言えないレベルの話だわ。 私が聞いている、というか、この世界でのレーヴァテイルが１８歳で成長が止まる理由は、１８歳の身体的能力が最も優れていて効率のいい物理体となるからなのよ。でも、確かに精神面を見てみても最も多感な時期で、詩魔法を紡ぐためのベストな環境が整っている、という感じね。ただ、その感受性の高さのうち、経験と学習から来る部分は肉体年齢と関係なく、どんどん大人な固まった考え方になって言ってしまうから、肉体的な部分が脳に影響する部分、例えばホルモン分泌であるとか、記憶力、脳の機能的な部分がどれだけ影響しているかによって、信憑性の程が変わってくるという感じね。今までそれを調べた人はいないわ。是非貴方がやってみて頂戴。ふふふ…。

Huhu, an interesting hypothesis. Its true that they might be looking for that when they designed us. And it isn't a story that would necessarily fall to the level of a delusion. As far as I've heard, the reason why the growth is stopped for the Reyvateils once they reach 19 in this world is because it's at that age that their bodies have the greatest efficiency and the best physical skills. But it's also true that if we look at it from the mental viewpoint, it's also the time at which they are at their most sensitive mood, which creates the best environment for the crafting of Song Magic. However, that emotional height comes with experience and studying, and it's not related to the physical age, as since we could say their way of thinking solidifies as they approach adulthood, it could be argued that the credibility for your hypothesis would change depending on how much influence the physical part has over the functions of the brain, like how much the mental state gets affected due to hormonal secretions and memory. However, there hasn't been anyone so far who tried researching this topic in detail. So please, try researching it for me. Huhuhu...

	ああ、楽しかった！ 母さんが疲れたら、いつでも僕が代わりに答えるからね。その時は安心して任せてね。	Ah, this was so fun! If you get tired, Mother, I can always answer on your stead. So please, calm down and leave it in my hands.
	貴方が私よりもよっぽど毒が強いことが、今日良く解ったわ。危ないから私の代わりだけは遠慮してもらわないと…。	Today I've seen clearly you have a far stronger malice than the one I have. I'm sorry, but I'd have to refrain from letting you do things on my place... it'd be dangerous...

Editor's Postscript

なんやかやで、あと１週間くらいで、アルポータル３周年ですね。思えば３年間、ずっと欠かさずにトウコウスフィアとコラムを書いてきたんだなぁと思うと、ちょっと感慨深いです。皆さんも３年間、お付き合いいただいてありがとうございます。３年前のバックナンバーも、今すぐに見られるのがWEBの良いところ。３周年記念に、初回のトウコウスフィアを読んでみるのも面白いかも知れません。 (土屋)

And the Ar Portal will be having its third anniversary in about a week. When I think it's been three years already and that I've been writing the Toukousphere and the Ar Portal columns without missing even a single week, I feel deeply moved. Thank for having been with me during these three past years. And from the issues we've published these three years it's obvious we've become a very nice place in the web. It might be interesting to give a read to the very first Toukousphere issue in celebration of its third anniversary.

今週のトウコウスフィアは？ How was this issue?

[ 面白かった！ ] Interesting! 　 　183(99%) [ 前回の方が面白かった ] The previous issue was more interesting 　 　1(1%) Fun's minivote system -TOU=Hyoon-. Made by A.T