8 - The Outsider of the Basement 地下室的局外人

We entered a break for lunch, had a light meal, and replenished our fluids.

我們進入午餐休息時間，喫了一頓便餐，補充了水分。

Right around now, if Monica were here, it would be possible to prepare something extravagant, but for now, hard bread and water had to suffice. By the maid9;s words, we also ate a bit of salty preserved meats to replenish our salt levels.

現在如果莫妮卡在的話，準備一些奢侈的東西是可以的，但現在硬麪包和水就足夠了。據女僕說，我們還喫了一點鹹臘肉來補充鹽分。

While I sat on a nearby rock, May was wholeheartedly biting into a chunk of the hard, dried-out meat.

當我坐在附近的一塊岩石上時，梅正全心全意地咬着一塊又硬又幹的肉。

It was a non-perishable that didn9;t taste too good, May didn9;t seem to mind.

這是一種不易腐爛的東西，味道不太好，梅似乎並不介意。

The ones we were to guard were resting in the shade of the trees. Eva and Clara were keeping watch, so Aria was also on break.

我們要看守的人正在樹蔭下休息。伊娃和克拉拉在值班，所以阿麗亞也在休息。

When I turned my eyes to the Holy Maiden candidate… Aura-san, I saw that Gastone-san was trying to persuade her.

當我把目光轉向聖女候補者……亞烏拉小姐時，我發現加斯托內小姐正試圖說服她。

“Aura-sama, we cannot run away forever. You need to be placed under protection somewhere.”

「亞烏拉大人，我們不可能永遠逃跑。你需要在某個地方受到保護。”

Aura-san took a sip of water.

亞烏拉小姐喝了一口水。

“And that somewhere has to be Lorphys? Then no. Even I know full well just how much they hate us.”

“那一定是洛菲斯嗎？那就不要。就連我也很清楚他們有多麼恨我們。”

Thelma-san also looked troubled, but she couldn9;t bring herself to pressure the girl too much. After all, it was her own efforts that had gotten Aura-san involved in all this.

塞爾瑪小姐也一臉困擾，但又不能給少女太大的壓力。畢竟，是她自己的努力才讓亞烏拉小姐捲入了這一切。

“從我的角度來看，它們並沒有太大不同。他們都可以生孩子，那不是很好嗎？你想想看，你爲什麼要勾引她？”

但簡單來說，我們必須宣佈亞烏拉桑派支持者密度大的扎因地區的一部分獨立。除了削弱他們的國力之外，我們還可以與洛菲斯結成聯盟來對抗扎因。

“我們要出發了。明天我們就會到達貝姆。”

There, May looked at Thelma-san.

“We9;re departing. We9;ll arrive in Beim by tomorrow.”

第五位發言。

While doing her best, Thelma-san had lost in popularity to the current reigning Holy Maiden. That gap wasn9;t a big one, but it9;s still true she lost.

“Ahahaha, she sure hates you, Lyle. But why do you need another Holy Maiden anyways? If she doesn9;t have the motivations, just have the other one do it.”

祖先們表示他們不會真正推薦這種做法，因此我們並沒有將其付諸實踐。

“Thelma-san9;s that. She9;s gotten too old for a Holy Maiden. See, they9;re usually supposed to serve around ten years at most, but she did her job for more than twenty. She worked hard. It9;s about time she got some rest.”

梅伊看着塞爾瑪小姐。

（原來聖女候選人這麼不情願。）

But to put it simply, we would have to proclaim independence for a portion of Zayin with a large density of Aura-san9;s faction9;s supporters. On top of chipping away at their national power, we would be able to make a union with Lorphys in opposition of Zayin.

我把目光轉向亞烏拉小姐。

0;Once we return, we9;ll have to gather information again. Based on how it goes, it might not have to be Lorphys.1;

『把光環放在頭上比較好。即使在與洛菲斯談判時，有一個新的代表也會讓你的條件好一些。他們有可能不會那麼警惕。塞爾瑪似乎不會這樣。』

“這確實很痛苦。那麼，爲什麼這會讓年輕人變得更好呢？”

聖女的角色是……裝飾品。

「塞爾瑪小姐就是那個。對於聖女來說她已經太老了。你看，他們通常最多應該服役十年左右，但她卻做了二十多年的工作。她工作很努力。是時候讓她休息一下了。”

I stood, and spoke to May as she finished her meal.

也許是對我的談話感到好奇，克拉拉和其他人從波特的影子裏凝視着我。塞爾瑪小姐突然察覺到了什麼，開始驚慌起來。

Eva spoke aloud of how she was happy she could write a song with this, and May complained that I should9;ve just seduced her already.

She didn9;t hear the contents of the conversation, but such words went right through Eva and May.

目前我們的意圖是加入洛菲斯一方，打倒扎因。爲此，我們需要一個人來擔任“扎因的合法繼承人”的角色。

梅笑了。

She then prepared a rival candidate in Aura-san, but the individual9;s lack of motivation was what put more people on the current Holy Maiden9;s side.

“It sure is a pain. So, why does that make the younger one any better?”

When May turned to me, I took a bite of the dried meat in my hands.

（一旦我們回來，我們就必須再次收集信息。根據事情的進展，可能不一定是洛菲斯。）

注意到我的目光，亞烏拉小姐向我伸出了舌頭。

“……我沒有在這裏勾引。那是一個誤會。”

I returned my eyes to Aura-san.

0;So the Holy Maiden candidate is that reluctant.1;

但到了某個時候，他們開始掌握了權力，於是其他國家介入，利用其他國家，把扎銀弄到了現在的境地。

“… I didn9;t seduce here. That was a misunderstanding.”

But at some point, they had begun to gain authority, and so other countries interfered, and other countries were used, putting Zayin in the position it was in now.

At present, our intentions were to join Lorphys9; side, and take Zayin down. For that sake, we needed an individual to take up the role of, ‘the legitimate successor of Zayin9;.

Perhaps curious about my conversation, Clara and the others were peering my way from Porter9;s shadow. And Thelma-san suddenly sensed something, and began to panic.

然後她準備了一個對手候選人——亞烏拉小姐，但這個人缺乏動力，這讓更多的人站在了現在的聖女一邊。

她沒有聽到談話的內容，但這樣的話卻直接傳到了伊娃和梅的心裏。

The ancestors stated they wouldn9;t really recommend that one, so we weren9;t moving towards putting it to practice.

但考慮到我的目標，這並不是一件值得高興的事情。

And noticing my stare, Aura-san stuck out her tongue at me.

There, the Fifth let his voice from the Jewel. When May was around, he spoke up quite often.

May9;s opinion wasn9;t wrong, but there was a reason Thelma-san was no good.

如果最好讓第三方介入，這就是我們的選擇。如果沒有任何地方看起來可行……我們就必須有點不講理了。

If it was best to get a third party to intervene, that9;s what we9;d choose. If nowhere looked like it9;d work… we9;d have to be a bit unreasonable.

『That was an unpleasant happening. We9;ve had that man swear never to do it again, so fret not.』

當梅喫完飯時，我站起來和她說話。

伊娃大聲說她很高興能用這個寫一首歌，而梅則抱怨我應該已經引誘她了。

梅的意見並沒有錯，但塞爾瑪小姐的不好是有原因的。

在那裏，第五位從寶石中發出了他的聲音。當梅在的時候，他經常說話。

“From my point of view, they aren9;t too different. They can both produce children, so isn9;t it fine? Come to think of it, why did you seduce her?”

May laughed.

“The Holy Maiden is a sort of idol of worship, it seems. The last goddess… they revere the seventh goddess, but still, the country needed a representative. If they are to be a decoration, then a young and pretty girl would be best, or so I9;ve heard.”

『Aura would be the better one to put at the head. Even when negotiating with Lorphys, having a new representative would put you on a bit better terms. There9;s a possibility they won9;t be as wary. That doesn9;t seem to be how it9;ll go with Thelma.』

The Holy Maiden9;s role was… a decoration.

“啊哈哈哈，她確實恨你，萊爾。但爲什麼還需要另一個聖女呢？如果她沒有動力，那就讓另一個人來做吧。”

『這是一件不愉快的事情。我們已經讓那個男人發誓再也不會這樣做了，所以不用擔心。』

儘管塞爾瑪小姐竭盡全力，但人氣卻輸給了現任聖女。雖然差距並不大，但她還是輸了。

當梅轉向我時，我咬了一口手中的肉乾。

“聖女似乎是一種崇拜的偶像。最後一位女神……他們崇拜第七位女神，但國家仍然需要一位代表。如果要當裝飾品的話，最好是年輕漂亮的女孩子，我聽說是這樣的。”

But with my goal in mind, it wasn9;t something to be too happy about.

The Fifth spoke.

I said, as I thought.

我說的，正如我所想的。

0;I have to think up a way to win Aura-san over. Should I rely on the Third?1;

（我必須想辦法贏得亞烏拉桑的支持。我應該依靠第三者嗎？）

➐

… Beim.

…貝姆。

It was a large building.

那是一座很大的建築。

It seems it was once used by a wealthy merchant, but the adventurers deemed him too hard to work with, so it became hard for him to trade or give loans in the city.

似乎曾經被一位富商使用過，但冒險者們認爲他太難合作，所以他很難在城市裏進行交易或貸款。

Next to the mansion was a large storehouse, and it was easily able to fit Porter. With enough space for even a number of Porter units, Monica looked satisfied.

豪宅旁邊有一個大倉庫，很容易就能容納波特。即使有足夠的空間容納許多波特單位，莫妮卡看起來很滿意。

“There shouldn9;t be a problem if I make some noise here. There9;s some distance to the surroundings.”

“如果我在這裏發出一些聲音應該不會有問題。距離周圍還有一段距離。”

A splendid manor, with a vast yard, and large storehouse.

一座富麗堂皇的莊園，有一個很大的院子，還有一個很大的倉庫。

There was a certain reason they were able to get such a fine article. It was considerably inconvenient.

他們能得到這麼好的文章是有一定原因的。這是相當不方便的。

It was separated from Beim9;s central district, and on top of that, there was a rumor that late wealthy merchant was still loitering around somewhere in it.

但莫妮卡帶着它們，繞着倉庫走了一圈，進行了掃描。

Shannon looked like she was going to burst into tears, so Miranda sighed, and firmly held onto her hand.

“這只是髒水。其餘的都只是裝飾品。我試着收集一些廉價的東西來達到效果，但看起來沒什麼用。”

“But it9;s scary! The presence of something that isn9;t human is moving around! And we9;re being watch, or how should I put it, this is definitely bad! That9;s why I said it! That even if it was cheap, not to buy it!”

“Shannon, it9;s getting hard to walk. And you haven9;t been of any use this whole time.”

“拆了就太可惜了……原來如此……出了這麼多事故，沒人願意買。”

（你經常聽說有錢人和暴發戶用他們的錢買奇怪的東西。如果他用所有這些陷阱來庇護那些被證明是贗品的東西，那就太可笑了。）

繼續往前走，她發現了另一個陷阱。

In truth, it did feel there was something there, so Miranda and Shannon had gone to the basement to deal with it.

香農看上去快要哭出來了，米蘭達嘆了口氣，緊緊握住了她的手。

“它被擱置太久了，以至於變成了這樣。那麼，它的深處到底是什麼？”

But keeping them on her, Monica walked around the storehouse, and conducted a scan.

All she wanted was to have the mansion in a usable state. And putting up strange expectations wouldn9;t mean something would come out of it.

It hit into a switch, causing rusted spears to jut out from the walls. Their movements were dull, and a few of them were even snapped.

它撞到了開關，導致生鏽的長矛從牆上伸出。他們的動作遲鈍，有的甚至是啪的一聲。

Walking on, she found yet another trap.

“It9;s just filthy water. The rest are all nothing but decorations. I tried gathering together some cheap things for effect, but it doesn9;t look like it9;ll do anything.”

……香農緊緊地抱住妹妹米蘭達。

她一手提着燈籠，照亮了周圍的環境。

Miranda found it quite hard to walk, as she chucked the knife in her hands at the wall of the passage.

她對設置了什麼樣的陷阱很感興趣，但這麼多年過去了，她發現能正常運作的陷阱已經很少了。

“F-FWAHAHAHA! I can see the invisible flow of magic! I can s-see right through all the traps t-that old merchant set!”

“It would be too much a pity to tear it down… I see… so many accidents occurred that no one wanted to buy it.”

She was interested in what sort of traps had been set, but after so many years, she determined there were few that would still function properly.

搖着雙馬尾，莫妮卡向前走去，看上去很開心。找到通往下層的隱蔽入口後，她用蠻力將其打開，下了樓梯。

Shaking her twin tails, Monica seemed to be having fun as she walked forward. After finding the concealed entrance to go to a lower level, she wrenched it open with brute force, and descended the stairs.

聽到遠處有聲音，香農抓得更緊了。

Novem had started cleaning, and with all its blemishes, she saw how Monica and the others were able to purchase it so cheaply.

進入黑暗的地下室，莫妮卡高興地哼着小曲……

“It9;s been left alone so long that it9;s come to this. Now then, what could be in its depths?”

這裏與貝姆中心區隔開，而且有傳言說已故富商仍在其中徘徊。

即使聽到這個，米蘭達似乎也不太感興趣。

“Leave them for a few decades, and they stop moving, I see.”

Even hearing that, Miranda didn9;t seem all too interested.

Hearing a sound from afar, Shannon held on tighter.

She threw her knife to get it moving, and after a strange noise sounded, she confirmed that it was broken.

莫妮卡拿出了一些看起來效果不錯的東西，但看看那些被當作聖水出售的水……

“F-FWA哈哈哈！我能看到無形的魔法流動！我能看穿那個老商人設置的所有陷阱！”

“我明白了，讓它們呆上幾十年，它們就會停止移動。”

“哼，既然我已經進入了一個有魔法的奇幻世界，鬼魂之類的東西現在已經嚇不到我了。但在小雞蠢貨回來之前結束這一切是我莫妮卡的角色……我們真的必須驅除這些靈魂。”

事實上，它確實感覺那裏有什麼東西，所以米蘭達和香農去了地下室去處理它。

➐

莫妮卡不相信鬼魂，也不相信神祕學。但現在不同了。

“但是很可怕！某種非人類的存在正在四處移動！而且我們正在被監視，或者我該怎麼說，這絕對是糟糕的！這就是我這麼說的原因！即使再便宜，也不買！”

“… There seems to be some sort of hidden passageway. Even the storehouse has a basement to it, so there must be something beneath this mansion. I shall have to divulge its secrets.”

“香農，走路越來越困難了。而且你一直以來都沒有任何用處。”

“I-I9;m sure it9;s the rich guy9;s treasure! He was w-wealthy, so he must have quite a fortune!”

米蘭達發現走路很困難，她把手裏的刀扔到了過道的牆上。

“Hmph, since I9;ve found myself in a fantasy world with magic, something like a ghost isn9;t going to scare me at this point. But putting an end to it all before the Chicken Dickwad returns is I, Monica9;s role… We really must exorcise these spirits.”

… Shannon was clinging onto her sister Miranda.

“……似乎有什麼隱藏的通道。就連倉庫都有地下室，看來這座宅邸的下面一定有什麼東西。我必須泄露它的祕密。”

Novem 已經開始打掃了，雖然它有很多瑕疵，但她看到莫妮卡和其他人如何能夠如此便宜地購買它。

Shannon shook, but she spoke with bravado.

0;You often hear about the rich ones and upstarts using their money to buy strange things. It9;d be quite a laugh if he put all these traps to shelter what turn out to be a forgery.1;

“我、我確定這是有錢人的寶藏！他好……有錢啊，肯定很有錢啊！”

Monica didn9;t believe in ghosts, or the occult. But now was different.

She held a lantern in one hand to light up the surroundings.

Monica took out some goods that looked like they would have a considerable effect, but looking at the water that had been sold as holy water…

Entering the dark basement, Monica happily hummed a tune…

香農渾身發抖，但她說話時卻很虛張聲勢。

她扔出刀子讓它動起來，在聽到奇怪的聲音後，她確認刀子已經壞了。

她只想讓這座豪宅處於可用狀態。提出奇怪的期望並不意味着會產生什麼結果。

Not voicing any more problems about Shannon9;s embrace, she started forward again.

她不再對香農的擁抱提出任何問題，再次向前走去。

“We really must confirm what9;s in the basement. It9;ll serve to kill some time before Lyle and the others get back.”

“我們確實必須確認地下室裏有什麼。在萊爾和其他人回來之前，這可以消磨一些時間。”

As Miranda walked on, Shannon looked around her surroundings warily as she clung on so tight there was no chance of the sisters being separated…

當米蘭達繼續前行時，香農警惕地環顧四周，她緊緊地抓着姐妹倆，根本不可能分開……

➐

… Inside the mansion.

……宅邸內。

Novem was busy cleaning the master9;s study.

Novem 正忙着打掃主人的書房。

It was blatantly obvious that it would become Lyle9;s room, so she was cleaning it quite carefully.

很明顯這將成爲萊爾的房間，所以她非常仔細地打掃它。

She opened the window and took a cleaning implement in hand, only for it to slam down with a bang despite the lack of wind.

她打開窗戶，手裏拿着一個清潔工具，卻在沒有風的情況下“砰”地一聲落了下來。

Hearing the loud sound behind her, Novem showed not a hint of surprise as she proceeded to try opening the window again. This time, even though it wasn9;t locked, it wouldn9;t opened.

聽到身後的巨響，Novem 沒有表現出一絲驚訝，繼續嘗試再次打開窗戶。這一次，雖然沒有上鎖，卻打不開。

It felt as if it were being held down by something.

感覺好像被什麼東西壓住了。

“I want to finish cleaning the main rooms by the end of the day… could you go play somewhere else?”

“這是一項非常有趣的研究。似乎進行了一系列實驗。再往裏走你會發現一些牢房，那裏有曾經關押怪物的痕跡。好吧，我們不能真正公開這個，所以我們必須處理掉它。”

在已經不在這個世界上的宅邸主人面前，諾維姆放下了清潔用品，向她打了招呼。

In search of eternity, magic stones and materials were gathered. And long ago, research was carried out to fuse man with monster itself.

“I thought all Outsiders had been eliminated, but it seems you collected up all the teachings you could find. Eternal youth isn9;t that good a thing to have, you know…”

Seeing Monica in the pitch-black room with a book in her hands, Shannon was unable to raise a scream. She fruitlessly opened her mouth, and collapsed.

莫妮卡正在翻閱各種書籍和文件。

There were a number of desks in the room, so there must have been a number of people working and researching here.

Quite a few titles she was unfamiliar with were lined up, and there were even books in words she couldn9;t read. Beside them were the required dictionaries to read them.

She narrowed her eyes.

“我以爲所有外來者都被消滅了，但看來你已經把能找到的教義都收集到了。永葆青春並不是一件好事，你知道……”

She turned from the window, and looked in the center of the room to find a plump man with violet skin.

米蘭達從手中奪過燈籠，環視房間。

“所以他的一部分仍然存在。”

The one to enter the room was Novem.

Miranda snatched the lantern from her hands, and looked around the room.

看着灰燼順利地消失在地板上，Novem 放回了她的鐮刀。

當她微笑時，黑袍男子緩緩升空。他的手中，握着一把大鐮刀。

她眯起眼睛。

房間裏有很多張桌子，想必有很多人在這裏工作和研究。

“我不能簡單地忽視一個涉足外教的人。至少，無痛……”

The violet man opened his blackened mouth, and raised a scream. His body began to burn in a pale blue flame, leaving nothing but ash on the ground.

這些都不應該爲公衆所知。所有的記錄本該被抹去，但似乎曾經住在這座宅邸的男人已經抓住了線索，並在自己的身上進行了實驗。

Novem let the staff in her right hand take the shape of her own scythe. That scythe that gave off a silver sheen traced a single line across her opponent9;s abdomen.

Before the mansion9;s master that was no longer of this world, Novem put down her cleaning supplies, and gave her greetings.

排列着不少她不熟悉的書目，甚至還有她看不懂的文字書籍。旁邊是閱讀它們所需的詞典。

Watching the ash smoothly disappear into the floor, Novem reverted her scythe.

爲了尋找永恆，人們收集了魔法石和材料。很久以前，人們就進行了將人與怪物融合的研究。

“What are you doing?”

He had a number of cocktail rings around his fingers, and a golden chain around his neck.

Monica was looking through the various books and documents.

“So a little of him still remains.”

“我想在一天結束前完成主要房間的清潔……你可以去別的地方玩嗎？”

Having been left in a state where he couldn9;t research any longer, the former master lowered his scythe at Novem.

米蘭達把燈籠放在桌子上，看向房間的入口。裏面傳來一些腳步聲，但她和莫妮卡都沒有感到驚慌。

……米蘭達在地下室通道的盡頭找到了莫妮卡。

Because they knew whose footsteps those were.

“I cannot simply ignore one who has dabbled in Outside Teachings. At the very least, a painless…”

看到眼前的人影，Novem 明白了他是什麼樣的存在。

諾維姆讓右手的法杖變成了她自己的鐮刀的形狀。那柄散發着銀光的鐮刀，在對手的腹部劃出了一道道痕跡。

聞言，米蘭達明白，這位曾經在這裏安家的富翁正在進行一些奇怪的研究。她眯起眼睛，將燈籠舉到牆上的書架上。

因爲他們知道那是誰的腳步聲。

她從窗戶轉過身來，朝房間中央望去，發現了一個紫羅蘭色皮膚的胖男人。

“This is truly interesting research here. It seems there was a series of experiments carried out. You9;ll find some jail cells further in, and there are traces that monsters were once kept there. Well, we can9;t really make this one public, so we will have to dispose of it.”

“很高興認識你。我的名字是 Novem…Novem Forxuz，如果你願意的話。我是購買了這座宅邸的萊爾大人的戀人……不，錯了。訂婚已經取消。 Vassal 也不太正確。現在我該怎樣稱呼我們的關係呢？是的，就交給萊爾大人忠實的僕人吧。」

Hearing that, Miranda understood that the wealthy man who once made a home here was carrying out some strange research. She narrowed her eyes, and held the lantern to the bookshelves on the wall.

Novem swiped her right hand, and gripped it around the Forxuz House9;s heirloom staff.

But Novem caught it with her left hand. She gripped the blade, and no matter how much power he put in, she wouldn9;t move an inch.

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紫羅蘭男子張開發黑的嘴巴，發出一聲尖叫。他的身體開始在淡藍色的火焰中燃燒，地上只剩下灰燼。

When she directed a smile, the black-robed man slowly began to rise into the air. A large scythe was held in his hands.

處於無法再研究的狀態後，前任大師向Novem放下了鐮刀。

Novem 揮動右手，握住了 Forxuz House 的傳家寶法杖。

他的手指上戴着許多雞尾酒戒指，脖子上戴着一條金鍊。

Saying that, she collected up her cleaning supplies, and decided to probe through the mansion again…

看到莫妮卡在漆黑的房間裏，手裏拿着一本書，香農無法發出尖叫。她無助地張開嘴，癱倒在地。

… Miranda found Monica at the end of the basement passage.

“Pleasure to meet you. My name is Novem… Novem Forxuz, if you will. I am the lover of Lyle-sama, who has purchased this mansion… no, that9;s wrong. The engagement has already been annulled. Vassal isn9;t quite right either. Now what shall I call our relationship? Yes, let us just leave it at Lyle-sama9;s loyal servant.”

但 Novem 用左手接住了它。她握緊了刀刃，無論他用多大的力氣，她都紋絲不動。

Seeing the figure before her, Novem could understand just sort of existence he was.

None of that should have been known to the public. All the records should have been erased, but it seems the man who once lived in this mansion had grasped onto the clues, and experimented on his own body.

說着，她收拾起清潔用品，決定再次探查宅邸……

Placing the lantern on the desk, Miranda looked at the entrance to the room. Some footsteps could be heard coming from it, but neither she nor Monica felt like panicking.

“你在做什麼？”

進入房間的是Novem。

“It looks like you9;ve beat me to it. It does appear the master here had some unsavory hobbies of his own. We will dispose of all the books and documents here.”

“看來你已經搶先一步了。看來這裏的主人確實有一些令人討厭的愛好。我們將處理掉這裏的所有書籍和文件。”

Her tone was stronger than usual, and her eyes that wouldn9;t permit dissent caused Miranda to shrug, and go over to Shannon.

她的語氣比平常更強烈，她那不允許異議的眼神讓米蘭達聳了聳肩，走向香農。

Monica put the book down, and looked around.

莫妮卡放下書，環顧四周。

“We can use this room. Could you leave the cleaning to me?”

“我們可以使用這個房間。可以把清潔工作交給我嗎？”

Novem nodded.

Novem 點點頭。

“Please do whatever you like. However, everything that has been left in this room will be disposed of. The furniture as well.”

“請做你喜歡做的事。然而，這個房間裏剩下的所有東西都將被處理掉。傢俱也一樣。”

Miranda spoke in sarcasm.

米蘭達語氣諷刺。

“Even when they9;ve got some high class desks lined up?”

“即使他們擺了一些高級辦公桌？”

Without giving a response, Novem silently stared at Miranda. Miranda stroked her hair, let out a sigh, and nodded.

諾維姆沒有做出回應，默默地盯着米蘭達。米蘭達撫摸着頭髮，嘆了口氣，點點頭。

“Yes, yes, do what you will. Well, using what9;s been left in this room is a bit… we should just wipe it all out while we9;re at it.”

“我不認爲豪宅本身有問題。不過這件事請對克拉拉小姐保密。她對書籍的依戀非常強烈。”

莫妮卡點點頭。米蘭達也同意了。

“I don9;t think there9;s a problem with the mansion itself. But please keep this matter a secret from Clara-san. Her attachment to books is a strong one.”

香農……冷漠了，所以沒有人試圖徵求她的意見……

“是的，是的，做你想做的事。好吧，使用這個房間裏剩下的東西有點……我們應該把它全部消滅掉。”

這裏使用的術語翻譯爲局外人，指的是一個人的宗教之外的教義。

Novem spoke.

Novem 發言。

Monica nodded. Miranda also agreed.

The term used here translated to outsider is one that refers to teachings outside one9;s religion.

Shannon was… out cold, so no one tried asking for her opinion…