Epilogue 尾聲

… Around the time Lyle9;s party was achieving victory in Zayin.

……大約在萊爾的政黨在扎因取得勝利的時候。

Back at Arumsaas, the two knights who had been dispatched from Lorphys stopped by Dalien9;s laboratory.

回到阿魯姆薩斯，洛菲斯派來的兩名騎士停在了達利安的實驗室。

The one who accepted Lyle9;s letter of introductions, 【Damien Valle】 was a genius known as one of the Academy9;s Seven Great. A few screws in his head were just a tad bit loose, but that9;s what made him a Great, after all.

接受萊爾介紹信的【達米安·瓦萊】是被稱爲學園七大人物之一的天才。他頭上的幾顆螺絲只是有點鬆動，但這畢竟是他成爲偉人的原因。

The other members of the Seven Great, dispersed through history, were all geniuses, but individuals with problems here and there. Damien wanted to create his perfect ideal woman, or so the pervert said, as he pressed on in his research.

歷史上分散的七大人物的其他成員都是天才，但也都有問題。達米安想要創造他完美的理想女性，至少這個變態在繼續他的研究時是這麼說的。

In the research laboratory, maids with the same faces and clothing were carrying out cleaning, and they prepared tea for the two knights.

研究實驗室裏，有着相同面孔和服裝的女僕正在打掃衛生，併爲兩位騎士準備了茶水。

Damien sat on his sofa, took the letter, and extracted a small black board from it.

達米安坐在沙發上，拿起信，從中取出一塊小黑板。

“He said that one was for the others.”

“他說，一個是給其他人的。”

A maid… an automaton accepted it, and put the board in her pocket. Suddenly, her red eyes began to flicker…

一個女僕……一個機器人接過它，然後把板子放進了她的口袋裏。突然，她的紅眼睛開始閃爍……

“… It contains data left behind by our sisters captive in the Labyrinths. The corruption is severe, and it is impossible to analyze all of it. Master, it seems that useless Monica managed to lay hands on one of the world9;s secrets in a Labyrinth of Beim.”

“……裏面有我們被囚禁在迷宮裏的姐妹們留下的數據。腐敗現象十分嚴重，不可能全部分析出來。主人，看來沒用的莫妮卡在貝姆迷宮裏掌握了世界的祕密之一。”

Hearing that, the knights made surprised expressions. But Damien calmly sipped his tea.

聞言，騎士們紛紛露出驚訝的表情。但達米安平靜地喝着茶。

“Oh, I9;ll teach you. It9;s a bygone art already. If you drop some money by the academy, I think they9;ll kind and gently teach you too. Of course, the one who formed the base for it was Lyle. It would9;ve just been faster to get it from Lyle.”

“嗯，煩惱嗎？你的意思是說你不能把波特的手藝傳給我們？”

“As expected of Lyle. He9;s doing interesting things, I see. Right. Let9;s have him take care of us. Okay, prepare to leave at once.”

這個身材嬌小的女孩的名字是【Adele Belgi】。這個十七歲的女孩從巴恩塞姆的大連漂流到阿魯姆薩斯，再到中央，一直到貝姆。

Damien tilted his head.

達米安站了起來。

The two knights who had come all the way to Arumsaas were dumbfounded by Damien9;s prompt decision to leave, and all they could do was watch…

…貝姆東部公會分會。

The small and slender girl9;s name was 【Adele Belgi】. The girl of seventeen had drifted from Dalien in Bahnseim to Arumsaas, to Centralle, and all the way to Beim.

站在人潮中保護她的是一位高個子年輕人。他拿着用布包着的長矛，腰間還掛着一把劍。

名叫一號的女僕說話了。

“請求？她有什麼要求？”

Damien put the glasses back on, and smile.

“哦，我來教你。這已經是一門過時的藝術了。如果你在學院裏投入一些錢，我想他們也會友善地教你。當然，爲它奠定基礎的人就是萊爾。從萊爾那裏得到它會更快。”

“Request? What did she ask for?”

The maids grabbed the hems of their skirts, and lightly lifted them to curtsy.

達米安重新戴上眼鏡，微笑着。

“很好，主人。這樣的話，我們就能滿足莫妮卡的要求了。”

“This one9;ll go on the large-scale transport Porter…”

… Beim9;s Eastern Guild Branch.

“嗯，在貝姆肯定比在這裏更容易採購到必要的材料吧？而且學院最近感覺不太好。想一想，也許是因爲重要成員都去了Centrale？啊哈哈哈，正如萊爾所說。”

In Lyle9;s letter, he had detailed the threat of Celes. He wrote it as a warning, but there really wasn9;t anything that Damien could do.

達米安用手摸了摸下巴。

“這個要乘坐大型運輸機波特……” “是時候展現我們的力量了。” “嗯，傀儡的初步設計就交給我們吧。主人可以開發出整合核心的裝置……”

達米安摘下眼鏡，揉了揉內眼角。

“好的，我們正在跑步。一號、二號、三號……收拾好東西，我們去貝姆。那兩個人是我們的守衛。”

“So then what is it that9;s troubling you?”

“Um, troubled? You mean to say you cannot pass on Porter9;s craft to us?”

“Well, I9;m sure it9;ll be easier to procure the necessary materials in Beim than here, right? And the academy hasn9;t been feeling too great as of late. Come to think of it, maybe it9;s because all the important members left for Centralle? Ahahaha, it9;s just as Lyle said.”

One of them let her light-blue hair show from under her hood.

So Damien stood up.

“Hm, leave the golem9;s preliminary design to us. Master can develop the device to incorporate the cores…”

In it stood a robed group of two.

帶着驚訝和驚訝，騎士們向達米安確認了。

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The two knights exchanged glances. They seemed quite troubled. It was never even considered that Lyle was the developer.

“那麼是什麼讓你煩惱呢？”

裏面站着一羣穿着長袍的兩人。

When Damien said that, the maids quickly began to rush about the research lab.

女僕們抓住裙襬，輕輕舉起行屈膝禮。

“用於戰鬥的人形傀儡的設計，以及使用自動機核心的傀儡的開發。獎勵是古老的技術……我們的選項槽。那個無能。她說她會扔掉所有重複的東西，所以我們必須幫助她。我們將用我們全新的團隊合作將她打倒在地。”

達米安歪着頭。

其中一位讓她淺藍色的頭髮從兜帽下露出來。

“萊爾的妹妹塞萊斯，你看。她不久後就會來到阿魯姆薩斯。不，這確實令人煩惱。真是麻煩了……看來她的目標是我。”

Damien touched his hand to his chin.

“我明白了。我對此不再感興趣了。我的意思是，這與我的研究無關。但這確實令人不安。”

大笑起來後，達米安再次對兩位騎士說道。

“It9;s time for us to show our power.”

“A design for a humanoid golem for combat, as well as the development of a golem that makes use of automaton cores. The reward is ancient technology… option slots for us. That incompetent. She said she9;d toss over whatever she had duplicates of, so we had to assist her. We shall pummel her into the ground with our newly polished teamwork.”

Damien removed his glasses, and rubbed the inner corners of his eyes.

在萊爾的信中，他詳細描述了塞萊斯的威脅。他寫下這句話是爲了警告，但達米安確實無能爲力。

“I see. I9;m not really interested in that anymore. I mean, it9;s irrelevant to my research. But this truly is troubling.”

After bursting into laughter, Damien addressed the two knights once more.

His weapons and build made him out as a warrior at a glance, and those around tried to avoid brushing up against hum.

“Okay, we9;re running. No. 1, No. 2, No. 3… pack up my things, we9;re going to Beim. Those two are our guards.”

“Very well, Master. With that, we9;ll be able to fulfill Monica9;s request.”

兩位騎士交換了一個眼神。他們看起來很困擾。甚至沒有人認爲萊爾是開發商。

The maid named No. 1 spoke.

“正如萊爾所料。我明白，他正在做一些有趣的事情。正確的。讓他來照顧我們吧。好了，你馬上準備出發吧。”

千里迢迢來到阿魯姆薩斯的兩名騎士，對於達米安突然離開的決定都傻眼了，只能眼睜睜地看着……

“Lyle9;s little sister Celes, you see. She9;s coming to Arumsaas in the near future. No, it truly is troubling. Troublingly enough… it seems that her target is me.”

達米安這麼一說，女僕們立刻開始在研究室裏忙碌起來。

With surprise and amazement, the knights confirmed with Damien.

The one standing to protect her from the waves of people was a tall young man. He carried his spear wrapped in a cloth, and he had a sword at his waist as well.

他的武器和體格一看就知道他是一名戰士，周圍的人都儘量避免與嗡嗡聲發生衝突。

His name was 【Maksim Danhel】… twenty seven years old, and a former vassal knight, he had followed his feudal lord9;s daughter Adele for protections sake, and come with her to Beim.

他的名字是【馬克西姆·丹尼爾】……二十七歲，前封臣騎士，爲了保護他跟隨領主的女兒阿黛爾，並與她一起來到了貝姆。

The two of them took in the scenery around the East Branch.

兩人欣賞着東分院周圍的風景。

Adele9;s green eyes watched the passing adventurers. When she couldn9;t find the one she was looking for among them, she sighed.

阿黛爾的綠眼睛注視着路過的冒險家。當她在這些人中找不到自己要找的人時，她嘆了口氣。

“As I thought, it9;s impossible. There are too many people in Beim.”

“正如我所想，這是不可能的。貝姆的人太多了。”

As Adele gave up, Maksim spoke with a smile.

當阿黛爾放棄時，馬克西姆微笑着說道。

“We9;ve only just arrived. Giving up won9;t get us anywhere, Adele-sama.”

“我們纔剛剛到達。放棄不會讓我們有任何結果，阿黛爾大人。”

There, Adele nodded to him, and smiled. Maksim9;s face reddened a bit, and he scratched it with his fingertip.

阿黛爾向他點點頭，微笑着。馬克西姆的臉有些紅了，他用指尖撓了撓。

“That9;s right. There9;s no doubt he is somewhere here. We have to locate him at all costs… Mr. Lyle Walt, former Wonder Child of the Walt House.”

“沒錯。毫無疑問他就在這裏的某個地方。我們必須不惜一切代價找到他……萊爾·沃爾特先生，沃爾特之家的前神童。”

Adele9;s eyes narrowed.

阿黛爾眯起了眼睛。

Maksim9;s brow also moved a bit. His long brown hair was pushed all back at the forehead, and his red eyes took in the surroundings.

I took down the knight captain, and was waiting for the war to come to an end. That9;s how it should have been, when Eva suddenly came up to me with a smile.

歌手伊娃向我講述了她在首都講述的故事。

她的眼睛閃閃發亮，一臉嚴肅地問着這些問題。

阿黛爾把臉轉向馬克西姆。

“Don9;t know, is it… no, well, I9;ll follow you to the end.”

馬克西姆聽起來很疲倦，但阿黛爾說話了。

“還有【青色聖騎士】、【愛聖騎士】、【奇蹟守護者】。順便說一句，故事的女主人公塞爾瑪小姐和亞烏拉小姐有兩條不同的路線。跨越年齡界限的不道德的愛情！在中年女性中大受歡迎！就亞烏拉小姐而言，它只是主流，所以它顯然很受歡迎。我的意思是，戰爭一開始，只有一百人就消滅了兩萬人。”

But Eva.

“嘿等等！你說它們聽起來像是虛構的是什麼意思！有一個絕妙的理由！爲了拯救陷入困境的聖女，爲了拯救洛菲斯的子民，他站了起來！僅僅因爲這聽起來很可疑，並不意味着你必須扭曲事實！”

他笑着說道……

“There are plenty of strange rumors around him. But it9;s thinkable that he came to Beim in order to flee. What could you be expecting of such a man, milady?”

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但是馬克西姆...

“萊爾小姐，其實我有件事想問你。”

“I do feel sorry, Maksim, but let9;s become adventurers of Beim. Here, we can probe for information on Lyle Walt.”

“我不知道。”

“If that is your wish, milady.”

“這是什麼？”

When I turned to her with an enervated expression, she took a memo pad in hand.

“Lyle-san, the truth is there was something I wanted to ask you about.”

我打倒了騎士隊長，等待戰爭結束。本來應該是這樣的，當伊娃突然微笑着向我走來時。

“如果這是您的願望，女士。”

“That9;s what I9;m hoping. Eradicating a bandit brigade in Dalien, and breaching the fortieth floor of Arumsaas9; Labyrinth with the lowest recorded numbers. The battle of brother and sister in Centralle… I really do pray he9;s a good person.”

But Maksim…

當我一臉疲憊地轉向她時，她手裏拿着一本記事本。

Her eyes were sparkling, and she asked those questions with a serious expression.

馬克西姆環顧四周，說話了，阿黛爾用拇指抵住嘴，低下頭。

Adele turned her face to Maksim.

阿黛爾抬頭看着天空。她摘下兜帽，將淡藍色的頭髮披散開來。

“遇見塞萊斯後，我的家人變得很奇怪。他們本來應該在中區抗議，但當我回到家時，他們突然想參加內戰。這顯然很奇怪。我認爲直接見到她會很危險。所以我抓住了線索，千里迢迢來到了這裏……”

當我雙手按在頭上時，我看着她高興地比出和平手勢。下一個進來的是克拉拉。

對於騎士來說，至少在巴恩塞姆，成爲冒險家幾乎意味着你的人生失敗了。但馬克西姆笑了。

Maksim spoke as he looked around, and Adele touched her thumb to her mouth, and looked down.

“The knights you9;ve called your best of friends have been struck dead as well. Those that were once the prominent knights of Bahnseim are of no match at all. It9;s as if we9;re in the fairy tales of three hundred years passed.”

“他周圍有很多奇怪的謠言。但可以想象他來到貝姆是爲了逃跑。女士，您對這樣一個男人還能指望什麼呢？

“I don9;t know.”

“你決定奪回扎因時的心情，以及你在與洛菲斯談判時打響指的故事，因爲你知道使者即將到來……無論我怎麼寫，這都不禁讓我覺得是虛構的，所以我想了解有關此事的更多細節。另外，我還想知道你放棄奪取的要塞，決定進攻首都的原因。”

“我確實感到抱歉，馬克西姆，但讓我們成爲貝姆的冒險家吧。在這裏，我們可以探查有關萊爾·沃爾特的信息。”

“Your sentiment when you decided to recapture Zayin, and the story of where you snapped your fingers in your negotiations with Lorphys, because you knew the messenger was coming… It can9;t help but feel fictional to me no matter how I write it, so I9;d like some more details on the matter. Also, I9;d also like the reason you cast aside the fortress you nabbed, and decided to assault the capital.”

Inside the temple of Zayin9;s capital, in the room I had been afforded, I slammed both my hands on the table a number of times.

He said that with a smile…

Maksim sounded tired, but Adele spoke.

但是伊娃。

在扎音都城的寺廟裏，在我被提供給我的房間裏，我用雙手猛擊桌子好幾次。

“Dalien, Arumsaas, Centralle… there9;s no lack of stories about him. Perhaps he9;s become famous here as well.”

Adele who spoke of fairy tales let out a sigh towards the East Branch, and began walking off. Matching her small stride, Maksim followed.

I watched her make a peace hand sign in delight as I pressed both my hands against my head. And the one to enter next was Clara.

“這到底是什麼……【審判聖騎士】到底是什麼意思！？”

“這就是我所希望的。消滅了大連的一個強盜大隊，並以歷史最低人數突破了阿魯姆薩斯迷宮的第四十層。中央區的兄妹之戰……我真心祈禱他是個好人。”

“My family turned strange after meeting Celes. They should have been protesting in Centralle, but when I returned home, they suddenly wished to take part in its civil war. It9;s clearly strange. I thought it would be dangerous to meet her directly. That9;s why I grasped for the clues, and came all the way here…”

馬克西姆的眉頭也動了動。他棕色的長髮全部向後梳到腦後，紅色的眼睛打量着周圍的一切。

“那些你稱爲最好朋友的騎士也被擊殺了。那些曾經是巴恩塞姆的傑出騎士根本不是對手。我們彷彿置身於三百年前的童話故事中。”

Eva drew closer, and Clara raised her glasses so they caught the light. It was a little scary.

講着童話故事的阿黛爾向東支線嘆了口氣，開始走開。馬克西姆也跟着她邁出了一小步。

To knights, at least in Bahnseim, becoming an adventurer pretty much indicated you failed in life. But Maksim smiled.

Adele looked up at the sky. She took off her hood, and let her light-blue hair out.

“What the hell is this… what the hell is 【Holy Knight of Judgement】 supposed to mean!?”

Eva the singer informed me of the stories she9;d been telling around the capital.

“What is it?”

“不知道，是嗎……不，好吧，我會跟着你到底。”

“There9;s also the 【Blue Holy Knight】, the 【Holy Knight of Love】, and the 【Guardian of Miracles】. By the way, the story has two different routes for Thelma-san and Aura-san as heroines. An immoral love that crosses the boundary of age! A huge hit among middle aged woman! In Aura-san9;s case, it9;s just mainstream, so it9;s plainly popular. I mean, the war started with only a hundred managed to take down twenty thousand.”

“大連、阿魯姆薩斯、中央……不乏關於他的故事。也許他在這裏也出名了。”

“Hey wait! What do you mean they sound fictional! There9;s a splendid reason! In order to save a troubled Holy Maiden, and the people of Lorphys, he stood to his feet! Just because it sounds shady, that doesn9;t mean you have to twist the truth!”

伊娃靠近了一些，克拉拉舉起眼鏡以便捕捉到光線。有點害怕。

“It9;s all to leave records for the world to come! If you don9;t make proper records, then people like you will pick, choose, and modify, and come out with a completely different story in the end!”

“這一切都是爲了給後世留下記錄！如果你不做好記錄，那麼像你這樣的人就會挑選、選擇、修改，最後得出一個完全不同的故事！”

“But it9;s true, isn9;t it!? It9;s fine for a Hero to move without it being for his own self-interest! It9;s fine if they9;re a fool who can9;t calculate loss and gain! That9;s a true hero!”

“但這是真的，不是嗎！？英雄不爲一己私利而行動就好！是個不會計算得失的傻瓜也就算了！這纔是真正的英雄！”

“That9;s wrong. That9;s definitely wrong!”

“這是錯誤的。這絕對是錯誤的！”

I extended my right hand, and mulled over whether to intervene in their argument, when I heard a burst of laughter from my ancestors.

我伸出右手，思考着是否要介入他們的爭論，這時我聽到祖先們爆發出一陣笑聲。

The Third sounded quite pleased with my new moniker.

老三聽起來對我的新綽號很滿意。

『Holy Knight of Judgggeeement!! How cooooool!!』

『審判聖騎士！！太酷了！！』

The Fourth even…

第四個甚至…

『The Blue Holy Knight, and the Holy Knight of Love… so you can9;t help but be bound to Holy Knight. Isn9;t that nice, Lyle… with this, you9;re officially a famous adventurer with a splendid moniker. The work will be rolling in in no time!』

『青色聖騎士，還有愛聖騎士……所以你就無法不被聖騎士所束縛。這不是很好嗎，萊爾……有了這個，你就正式成爲了一位擁有輝煌綽號的著名冒險家。工作很快就會滾滾而來！』

… He was delighted over the money we could earn.

…他對我們能賺到的錢感到很高興。

The Fifth spoke.

May had gone to deliver a letter to Lorphys, so Shannon was the only one who could help her.

他們所在的地方很重要，還派了開光的童女來打掃這裏。

當她看着她時，Novem 的嘴脣動了動。

我看着他們的臉，喊道。

“So Lyle… which moniker do you want? I want to tell my tribe to spread it with that as the center. If there are a number of them, it9;ll get confusing.”

克拉拉也差不多。

“……我爲什麼要打掃衛生？正當我以爲自己被當成誘餌的時候，我被塞進了波特，他們一放我出來，就叫我去打掃聖殿……無論我多麼強烈地抗議這種殘酷的對待，不要以爲我會原諒你的。”

“Things like us as… gods… why did humans…”

香農發現自己害怕那個破碎的聲音，然後她重新開始了工作。就在這時，Novem向她喊道。

… Inside Zayin9;s temple.

With those irritated feelings, I breathed out a sigh, and sat in my chair. There, both Eva and Clara turned to me.

...扎音寺廟內。

（他們很享受這個。通常的模式，是吧！？）

當香農轉向諾維姆，抬頭看着女神雕像時，她有點驚訝。和萊爾在一起時根本無法比擬，但她的魔力卻出現了輕微的波動。

『You sure are stupid, Lyle… these sorts of things are decided by what other people want to call you. You should pick a safe one while you still can.』

伊娃表情嚴肅地說。

I watched Eva and Clara argue over which moniker was best, as I held my head.

她的魔力一直停滯不前。

Shannon9;s eyes couldn9;t see, but they were fashioned with a special Skill that let her see Mana. By that, Shannon could act as if she saw just fine

When Shannon turned to Novem as she looked up at the statue of the Goddess, she was a little surprised. It wasn9;t even comparable to when she was with Lyle, but there was a slight fluctuation in her Mana.

梅去給洛菲斯送一封信，所以香農是唯一可以幫助她的人。

我抱着頭，看着伊娃和克拉拉爭論哪個綽號最好。

『I-it9;s fine, isn9;t it… pff! But Guardian of Miracles, you say? Even when it wasn9;t a miracle, but something closer to the preparations you built up. Well, it9;s interesting, so approved.』

0;They9;re enjoying this. The usual pattern, is it!?1;

香農的眼睛看不見，但它們具有特殊的技能，可以讓她看到瑪娜。這樣，香農就可以表現得好像她看得很好

And as she watched her, Novem9;s lips moved.

七爺忍住笑聲。

I looked at their faces, and yelled.

“什、什麼？”

“一致性很重要。萊爾小姐，還有【青色聖騎士】、【審判聖騎士】、【愛聖騎士】、【奇蹟守護者】……我好像也聽說過【聖女聖騎士】。最後一種更多出現在浪漫主題的故事中。你和塞爾瑪小姐或者亞烏拉小姐配對。”

當香農表達自己的抱怨時，她用抹布擦拭了一張長凳。 Novem想提醒她，她的手已經停住了，但由於Novem已經完成了自己所有的工作，所以她也不能說什麼。

（……即使其中沒有一個安全的名字？）

The Seventh held in his laughter.

“All rejected! None are to my liking! If you can come up with one I9;m satisfied with, then use that!”

帶着這些惱怒的感覺，我嘆了口氣，坐在我的座位上。椅子。在那裏，伊娃和克拉拉都轉向我。

Eva spoke in a serious expression.

（她是因爲什麼事情生氣嗎？不，那是悲傷……）

『萊爾，你真是個傻子……這種事情是由別人怎麼稱呼你決定的。你應該趁還可以的時候選擇一個安全的。』

0;Is she angry about something? No, that9;s sorrow…1;

Shannon was assisting beside her, while Miranda, Aria, and Monica were working on different jobs.

➐

Clara was much the same.

“像我們這樣的東西……神……爲什麼人類……”

香農在她旁邊幫忙，而米蘭達、阿麗亞和莫妮卡則從事不同的工作。

『It9;s better than the Idiot Son and Lyle the Burden names you got before, isn9;t it? But Judgement, huh… why is it that monikers that sound too proper end up ringing out as no-good instead.』

There, the Third let his voice from the Jewel.

As she voiced her complaints, Shannon used a dust cloth to wipe down a bench. Novem wanted to caution her that her hands had stopped, but as Novem had already finished all of her own work, she couldn9;t really say anything about it.

其中矗立着最後一位女神……第七位女神的雕像。仰望追隨者們隨意塑造的女神形象，就是諾維姆。

『我、沒關係吧……噗！但你說奇蹟守護者？即使這不是一個奇蹟，但更接近你所做的準備。嗯，很有趣，所以認可。』

“Uniformity is important. Lyle-san, there9;s 【Blue Holy Knight】, 【Holy Knight of Judgement】, 【Holy Knight of Love】, 【Guardian of Miracles】… I think I9;ve heard 【The Holy Maiden9;s Holy Knight】 as well. The last one comes out more in tales with romance themes. You9;re paired up with either Thelma-san or Aura-san.”

第五位發言。

“全部拒絕！沒有一個是我喜歡的！如果你能拿出一個我滿意的，那就用它吧！”

What9;s more, before she knew it, Novem was right beside her, leaning down to match her eye level.

在那裏，第三者從寶石中發出了聲音。

0;… Even when there9;s not a single safe one among them?1;

“W-what?”

In it stood the final goddess… a statue of the seventh goddess. Looking up at the goddess9; image her followers had arbitrarily shaped was Novem.

They were in an important spot, and consecrated virgins were dispatched as well to clean the place.

Her Mana that was ever stagnant.

“萊爾……你想要哪個綽號？我要告訴我的部落以此爲中心來傳播它。如果有很多，就會變得混亂。”

“… Why am I cleaning? Just when I thought I was being used as bait, I was shoved into Porter, and the moment they let me out, they tell me to clean the sacred temple… no matter how hard I protest this harsh treatment I get, don9;t think I9;ll forgive you.”

『這比你以前的“白痴兒子”和“負擔萊爾”的名字更好，不是嗎？但是審判啊……爲什麼聽起來太恰當的綽號反而聽起來毫無好處。』

Shannon found herself afraid of that broken voice, and she restarted her work. That moment, Novem called over to her.

更重要的是，在她意識到之前，Novem 就在她身邊，彎下身子與她的視線齊平。

“Shannon-chan.”

“香農醬。”

“Y-yes!”

“是、是的！”

Shannon let out a panicked voice, gathering the stares of the virgins around. But thinking she was just being scolded again, the women quickly resumed their work.

香農發出驚慌的聲音，吸引了周圍處女的目光。但她們以爲自己又被罵了，趕緊繼續幹活。

Novem was smiling. As always, her Mana was unmoving. Too little of anything.

Novem 微笑着。一如既往，她的魔力一動不動。什麼都太少了

“Once this is over, we9;ll have lunch, so please do your best until then.”

“活動結束後，我們就去喫午飯，所以在此之前請盡力而爲。”

“… S-sure.”

“……當然。”

Shannon could only nod.

香農只能點頭。

0;She didn9;t notice? Thank the Goddess.1;

（她沒注意到？感謝女神。）

When she thought that, Novem offered a line.

想到這裏，Novem 就開口了。

“And please forget the words you9;ve just heard from me. They didn9;t particularly hold any meaning.”

And Lyle9;s opinion was the Fifth, Fredricks9; opinion. May owed Fredricks the debt of having saved her life.

“如果你不能動，那麼也許萊爾會自己動。但那樣的話，我不知道會發生什麼。”

說着，她跳了出去。

Lonbolt spoke.

“你說他只用了……只用了一百個人就收復了扎因？他真的做到了？”

“That9;s why I said it. That Lyle brought Zayin down. So he told me to come here and see if you were moving as you9;d promised.”

即使獨自一人，他也能征服塞爾瓦。這就是她對兩個人的說法。事實上，萊爾用最少的人力贏得了扎因的支持。

The two watching her back thought about how they never knew how she did it, no matter how many times they watched…

… As Monica cleaned, she looked at the space around her.

May tilted her head.

當她遞出手中的信時，朗博爾特驚訝地把手放在嘴邊。也許艾萊特很好奇，她尋求解釋。

梅歪着頭。

When she handed over the letter in her possession, Lonbolt put his hand to his mouth in surprise. Perhaps Alette was curious, as she sought an explanation.

“我們將召開一個會議。我們無法立即做出回應。”

說完這句話，梅將最後一份零食塞進嘴裏，然後嚥了下去。

“With only… with only a hundred men, he reclaimed Zayin, you say? He really did it?”

梅用幼稚的聲音說話，但艾萊特。

梅站起來，走向窗戶。雖然已經到了城堡的最高處，但她還是一臉平靜的爬上了城堡，然後轉身。

Finally…

“We9;ll hold a meeting. We can9;t give a response immediately.”

萊爾的意見是第五，弗雷德裏克斯的意見。梅欠弗雷德裏克斯救了她一命。

“Do you know what that means? To overthrow is…”

……洛菲斯的皇家城堡。

梅在其中一間房間會見了阿萊特和朗博爾特。

最後…

Saying that, she leapt out.

… Lorphys9; royal castle.

梅聽起來不太感興趣，一邊嚼着桌子上的零食。

Lonbolt wiped off his sweat, and handed off the letter to Alette. When she took it, she looked over its contents, and opened her eyes wide.

May didn9;t sound too interested, as she munched on the snacks on top of the table.

朗博爾特發現他的能力非常可怕。

May spoke in a childish voice, but Alette.

➐

朗博爾特發言。

“Prime minister, how fares Zayin?”

朗博爾特擦了擦汗，把信遞給了艾萊特。當她接過它時，她看了看裏面的內容，然後睜大了眼睛。

“那我去告訴萊爾你要開會。”

“That was the plan from the start, wasn9;t it? And the one that started this was Selva. While I9;m at it, the ones who attacked Lyle were people of Selva, weren9;t they? Honor your promise.”

“Then I9;ll go tell Lyle you9;ll have a meeting.”

May was a quilin, and you couldn9;t say her thoughts were too close to humans. She only thought of wars as something of turf dispute level.

“你知道這意味着什麼嗎？推翻就是……”

她在梅和信之間看了幾遍，所以梅開口了。

看着她背影的兩個人想，無論他們看了多少次，他們都不知道她是怎麼做到的……

梅是一隻奎林，你不能說她的思想太接近人類了。她只認爲戰爭只是地盤爭奪層面的事情。

The last nail of the coffin was hammered in, and Shannon nodded again, and again, and again…

“……攻擊並推翻塞爾瓦？如果是現在，那麼即使是強行，我們也可以組建我們所承諾的國際聯盟。我們並不需要走到讓他們毀滅的地步。”

Lonbolt found that ability of his to be dreadful.

“換掉老闆，對吧？”

May met with Alette and Lonbolt in one of its rooms.

“這就是我這麼說的原因。萊爾把扎因打倒了。所以他讓我來這裏看看你是否按照承諾搬家了。”

“請忘記我剛纔說的話。它們沒有任何特別的意義。”

“… Attack and overthrow Selva? If it9;s now, then even if forcefully, we can form the international alliance we promised. It9;s not as if we have to go as far as to bring ruin to them.”

……莫妮卡打掃衛生時，她看着房間她周圍。

On that statement, May stuffed the final snack into her mouth, and swallowed.

“從一開始就是這麼計劃的，不是嗎？發起這一切的是塞爾瓦。我這麼說的時候，襲擊萊爾的人不是塞爾瓦人嗎？兌現你的承諾。”

“總理，扎因怎麼樣了？”

“Swapping out the boss, right?”

“If you cannot move, then perhaps Lyle will move on his own. But in that case, I don9;t know what9;s to come.”

May stood, and headed for the window. They were on quite a high point of the castle, but regardless of that, she climbed onto it with a calm expression, before turning around.

She looked between May and the letter a few times, so May spoke.

Even alone, he would be able to conquer Selva. That9;s how she made it sound to the two of them. And in truth, with minimal manpower, Lyle had won over Zayin.

棺材的最後一顆釘子被釘入，香農再次點頭，再次，再次……

➐

Destruction via magic, and a stained floor.

通過魔法進行破壞，並弄髒地板。

As she cleaned it all, a few days had already passed.

當她把所有東西都清理乾淨時，已經過去了幾天。

“When I9;m not even taking care of that Chicken Dickwad, why is it that I have to put so much of my effort in? Recently, I haven9;t been able to look after him at all. I9;m losing my motivation”

“我連那隻雞崽子都照顧不了，爲什麼我還要花這麼多精力呢？最近我根本沒時間照顧他。我正在失去動力”

As unmotivated as her cleaning was, she was still a high-spec automaton maid.

儘管她的清潔工作毫無動力，但她仍然是一個高規格的機器人女僕。

Her surroundings rapidly grew cleaner and cleaner.

她的周圍環境迅速變得越來越乾淨。

“I worked hard. I worked really hard this time, and yet…”

“我工作很努力。這次我真的很努力，但是……”

A displeased Monica was quite disappointed that she couldn9;t stay at Lyle9;s side. There, she saw Aura walking down the hallway.

莫妮卡很不高興，因爲她不能留在萊爾身邊，她感到非常失望。在那裏，她看到奧拉沿着走廊走來。

She was surrounded by temple virgins, and taking the Holy Knight Vice-Captain Creit along.

她被聖殿聖母包圍着，還帶着聖騎士副團長克雷特。

“Good day, Monica. The weather sure is nice today.”

“美好的一天，莫妮卡。今天的天氣確實不錯。”

Creit9;s sweltering smile showed that this very moment was the epitome of happiness, as he gave his greeting. There, a virgin cautioned him.

克雷特溫暖的笑容表明，這一刻就是幸福的縮影，他的問候。在那裏，一位處女警告他。

“I9;ll definitely make you regret this. I hated the country of Lorphys for killing my father, but now is different. Now, you9;re the one I hate most.”

亞烏拉以漠不關心的態度回答了她的話。

And finally a halberd.

The opposing faction had already been crushed, but there was no saying Remis wouldn9;t try a rebellion of her own. So deportation.

奧拉點點頭。

Aura hadn9;t killed Remis, but Thelma was the same. The Holy Maiden was a decoration and a puppet. And knowing that, neither of them could take drastic measures.

“我明白了。”

最後是一把戟。

The Fourth looked at the empty chairs around the table.

Ignoring Monica as she drew closer, Aura walked off.

當她命令祝聖的處女時，撇開語氣，她是聖女。至於衣服，她還是穿着莫妮卡做的衣服，凸顯了她身體的線條。

奧拉沒有理會莫妮卡走近，而是走開了。

As she ordered the consecrated virgins, tone aside, she was the Holy Maiden. As for clothing she was still wearing the outfit Monica made, that showed off the lines of her body.

… Inside the Jewel.

當莫妮卡說出她的真實感受時，奧拉看起來很厭倦。還有單身處女……

Aura nodded.

莫妮卡看起來很高興。

The Third looked at the Three weapons floating above the round table.

老三看着圓桌上方漂浮的三把武器。

➐

“我一定會讓你後悔的。我曾經因爲殺了我的父親而憎恨洛菲斯之國，但現在不同了。現在看來，你是我最討厭的人了。”

“Oh? I9;d like to hear more of that in detail. The Chicken Dickhead is a Holy Knight of Love? Should I call it fitting of him, or a bit more than that… won9;t you tell me?”

嘆了口氣，奧拉輕蔑地揮了揮手。

“是的，從現在開始我們不會再有這樣的事情了。如果我們要把它全部打破並重新建立，我們將需要一些新的規則。稍後我會開始寫必要的內容。”

The first was a giant sword.

然後鞠躬。

And letting out a sigh, Aura waved her hand dismissively.

但他們不能把她留在扎印。

“Oh, are you already leaving?”

But they couldn9;t leave her in Zayin.

簡短地說兩個詞…

Monica looked delighted.

“是這樣嗎？現在這是一種痛苦。”

敵對派系已經被鎮壓了，但雷米斯並不是不會嘗試自己的叛亂。所以驅逐出境。

Behind her walked Remis in handcuffs.

“哦，你要走了嗎？”

Then a bow.

“I will not allow you to speak such rude words of Knight Captain Lyle-sama… of the Holy Knight of Love!”

第一把是一把巨劍。

There, Remis spoke.

“哦？我想聽聽更多細節。雞頭蛋是愛情聖騎士？我應該稱之爲適合他，還是更適合他……你不告訴我嗎？”

“這是正確的。她已經死在扎音了，所以這對她來說就是驅逐出境。她將被允許攜帶部分資產。”

He extended his hand towards those silver weapons, but the Third wasn9;t able to touch them. It was as if they knew who their master was.

雷米斯在那裏說話了。

“副隊長，我們移動的時候你不能跟人打招呼。因爲其他人是爲了給聖女開闢一條道路。”

“你真是好心。雖然我懷疑小雞也不會殺了她。他對女人很好……要是他也能對我好就好了。”

And cut it short at two words…

“嘿，我們走吧。”

“Yeah, we9;re not having any of that from here on. If we9;re going to break it all down, and make it up anew, we9;ll need some new rules. I9;ll start writing up the necessary ones later.”

奧拉沒有殺死雷米斯，但塞爾瑪也是如此。聖女是裝飾品，也是傀儡。知道這一點後，他們都無法採取嚴厲措施。

“Vice-captain, you cannot greet people as we move. Because others are meant to open a path for the Holy Maiden.”

“You sure are kind. Though I doubt the Chicken Dickwad would kill her either. He9;s kind on women… if only he would be kind to me as well.”

老四看着桌子周圍的空椅子。

Aura looked fed-up as Monica unraveled her true feelings. And a single virgin…

「我不會允許你說出騎士團長萊爾大人……愛之聖騎士的粗魯言語！」

她身後走着戴着手銬的雷米斯。

“Hey, let9;s go.”

Aura answered her words with an unconcerned attitude.

… 在寶石裏面。

“That9;s right. She9;s already dead in Zayin, so it9;s deportation for her. She9;ll be allowed to carry an extent of her assets.”

“I see.”

“Is that how it is? Now that9;s a pain.”

他把手伸向那些銀色武器，但第三者卻無法觸及它們。就好像他們知道誰是他們的主人一樣。

『Our numbers have gone down.』

『我們的人數下降了。』

The Fifth hung his head.

老五低下了頭。

『Right.』

『對。』

The Seventh looked at the doors on the walls of the room. The entrance to the rooms of memories. There were now five of them.

小七看着房間牆上的門。記憶房間的入口。現在他們有五個人了。

『We only have five doors now. They9;ve gone down yet ag… wait, what?』

『我們現在只有五扇門。他們已經下去了……等等，什麼？』

Five…

五……

The Third stood from his seat, and looked at the new door that had manifested. The chair in front of it was Lyle9;s.

第三個從座位上站起來，看着出現的新門。前面的椅子是萊爾的。

『After this long… no, it9;s already been a year. It9;s not strange if it came out, I guess.』

『過了這麼久……不，已經一年了。我想，如果它出來了，也不奇怪。』

The formation of Lyle9;s room of memories caused an outbreak of silence within the Jewel.

萊爾記憶室的形成，讓寶石內部陷入了沉默。

And the Third…

而老三……

『That isn9;t possible. Why? And this is supposed to be Lyle9;s room of memories. There9;s no way he ever met her.』

The Fifth stood as well.

看到小男孩的笑容，老三把門關上了。

There, he found a scene of the mansion he had lived in his time expanding out.

Curious, the Fifth opened the door. And he slowly closed it, and tilted his head.

第五號也站了起來。

『First.』

As he scrambled forward to overtake him, the Seventh opened the door, and closed it at once. When the Third approached it in wonder, the Seventh shook his head.

在那裏，他發現了他曾經居住過的豪宅的場景正在擴展。

『How strange. I9;m sure this isn9;t my room, but…』

『……杜威爲什麼在這裏……這不是我的房間。而我沒有這樣的記憶……我不應該有。』

And he had moved before him as if he were truly alive. It wasn9;t the set movement pattern of a simple memory.

當他爬上前追上他時，七號打開了門，又立刻關上了。當第三個驚奇地走近它時，第七個搖了搖頭。

『…呃？』

他的呼吸很混亂。

『第一。』

There, the Fourth, stood, and pushed up his glasses with a finger.

『You9;re that curious? Then there9;s no helping it.』

『雪橇，今天我們喫奶奶燉菜。它的調味有點過頭了，但一定要毫無怨言地全部喝完。說不好，你奶奶就會哭。』

『這裏沒有疲勞之類的東西，但是……』

『不，你看起來是全力以赴的。』

當老四微笑着打開門時，他的呼吸變得粗重，然後砰地關上了門。然後悄悄地……

Seeing the small boy9;s smile, the Third slammed the door shut.

出於好奇，第五打開了門。他慢慢合上門，歪着頭。

『Ah, a cheap shot!』

『… Why is Dewey… here… this isn9;t my room. And I don9;t have a memory like that… I shouldn9;t have one.』

The Third couldn9;t understand. So he opened it himself.

老四站在那裏，用手指推了推眼鏡。

『There9;s no such thing as fatigue here, but…』

『No, you look like you9;re all for it.』

七號的座位離門最近，所以他接了衝鋒的頭。

The one that appeared was the Third9;s deceased elder brother, a young 【Dewey】.

『What are you doing? Good grief… see, there9;s nothing… hmm? What the hell!!?』

『你在做什麼？天啊……看，什麼都沒有……嗯？什麼鬼！！？』

『Sleigh, today we9;re having grandma9;s stew. It9;s a bit over seasoned, but make sure you drink it all down without complaint. Say it9;s bad, and you9;ll make your grandma cry.』

『那不可能。爲什麼？這應該是萊爾的記憶房間。他不可能見過她。』

第三個。

The Third retreated back a few steps, and looked at the door.

老三無法理解。於是他自己打開了。

Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh… the four men stood dumbfounded before Lyle9;s room of memories…

他在他面前移動，就好像他真的還活着一樣。這不是簡單記憶的既定運動模式。

第三、第四、第五、第七……四人呆呆地站在萊爾的記憶房間前……

出現的是三號已故的哥哥，年輕的【杜威】。

『有那麼好奇嗎？那就沒辦法了。』

『啊，一記卑鄙的槍！』

『… Want to take a peek?』

The Fourth approached the door.

And noticing him at the doorway, a single young boy waved his hand.

老四走到門口。

When the Fourth opened the door with a smile, his breathing grew rough as he slammed it shut. And quietly…

The Seventh9;s seat was closest to the door, so he took the head of the charge.

『真奇怪。我確信這不是我的房間，但是……』

『… Eh?』

His breathing was a mess.

There, the Third.

注意到他在門口，一個小男孩揮了揮手。

『……想看一眼嗎？』

老三退後幾步，看向門口。