Epilogue 後記

Inside the forest.

森林裏。

I stood before the earth colored Land Dragon as it brushed and trampled trees aside, coming for me.

我站在土黃色的陸地龍面前，它刷刷地把樹踩到一邊，向我衝來。

Huge forelimbs.

巨大的前肢。

A large head.

碩大的頭顱。

In contrast, its lower body looked small in comparison to its top.

相比之下，它的下半身與上半身相比顯得很小。

The land dragon of the First9;s memories had been of ashen skin, but the ones here were the color of the dirt, and looked a size or two smaller.

它的下半身與上半身相比顯得很小。第一人記憶中的陸地龍是灰白色的皮膚，而這裏的陸地龍則是泥土的顏色，看起來還小了一兩圈。

We had the adventurers that9;d guided us return, and we took on the multiple Land Dragons… four in total.

指導我們的冒險者回來了，我們對付了多頭陸地龍......一共四頭。

I held up my sabre in my right hand, and confirmed the surrounding situation.

我舉起右手的軍刀，確認了周圍的情況。

“Aria and Miranda don9;t have a problem. May, Eva and Clara as well. Novem and Monica… it looks like I didn9;t even have to worry about them from the start.”

"阿瑞雅和米蘭達沒有問題。梅、伊娃和克拉拉也一樣。諾維姆和莫妮卡......看來我從一開始就根本不用擔心她們。"

The party split in four, and each team took on one of the Dragons. With those four bodies, they had likely worked up their coordination to take on the adventurers and knights that came for them.

一行人分成四隊，每隊對付一條龍。有了這四具屍體，他們很可能已經鍛鍊好了自己的協調能力，可以對付前來找他們的冒險者和騎士。

『Look at the big picture. If precise direction is impossible, broad orders are fine. Take in the surrounding situation, and convey it with your Skill.』

『看，美子的隊伍遇到麻煩了。克拉拉正在靜靜地等待命令。

“Miranda, you need not push yourself, attack after restraining it. When my hands are free, I9;ll come over to support.”

I turned my left hand to the Land Dragon, discharging electricity right at its head. My output had risen from before, and after a large sway, it took a step back.

阿瑞雅向它砍去，刨去了厚厚的一大塊肉。

"克拉拉，周圍聚集了一些小薯條。伊娃和梅的支援就交給你了，別讓那些小嘍囉靠近。"

而且它們的行動確實有合作的跡象，讓它們成爲相當麻煩的敵人。

我本來不想帶她來的，但米蘭達讓我帶她來。她似乎認爲，如果我們不斷地給這個女孩灌輸各種生活經驗，她就會發生某種變化。

“Clara, there are small fries gathering around. I leave Eva and May9;s support to you; don9;t let those peons get closer.”

Aria cut at it, shaving away a thick chunk of flesh.

Looking through Miranda9;s field of vision, I saw the Land Dragon was unable to move a muscle from her new Skill.

“I could9;ve just stood on standby in Porter! Why did you have to take me along!?”

She did have Demon Eyes, but Shannon wasn9;t a fighter. She was the intellect type that was supposed to manipulate people from the back stage.

我不認爲陸地龍是一個完美的對手，但可以肯定的是，以我們的實力，我們可以對付四隻陸地龍。

『萊爾，戰鬥時別忘了向周圍發號施令。

『是』。

"米蘭達，你不必勉強自己，剋制住之後再進攻。等我騰出手來，就過來支援。"

（吉祥物......在莫妮卡和香農之間，一定是香農嗎？）

『You9;ve got to train yourself up as a commander as well. And this is a perfect opponent for that. Go do your best, Lyle.』

That9;s the fighting force we possessed, however, giving out orders as I fought the enemy before me was difficult. What9;s more, my comrades were fighting quite a ways away.

Having been pulled from her comfortable back seat, she was more of the party9;s mascot than anything else.

龍族的領地因此，進入森林後，找到他們就很容易了。但我們沒聽說有四個人。

"我本可以在波特待命的！爲什麼非要帶上我！"

In the dark forest of crowded trees, only the places the Dragons rampaged about were becoming wide open space.

『Look, May-chan9;s party is troubled. Clara-chan is remaining stationary, awaiting order.』

『耶~啊，看來在那之前就會結束了。

當然，如果我做到了，我就贏了。但現在，我......

在樹木密集的黑暗森林裏，只有陸行龍橫衝直撞的地方變得空曠開闊。

And their movements did show signs of cooperation, making them quite troublesome foes.

正當我這樣想的時候，眼前的陸地龍仰起頭，正要發出一聲怒吼。也許，它是想和它的同伴們重聚吧。

『Yes.』

0;Mascot… between Monica and Shannon, would it have to be Shannon?1;

… Was bawling.

這就是我們所擁有的戰鬥力，然而，我一邊與眼前的敵人戰鬥，一邊發號施令，是很困難的。更何況，我的戰友們還在很遠的地方戰鬥。

『Ye~ah, it looked like it9;ll be over before that.』

"繼續打進去！你只要這樣就能贏！"

透過米蘭達的視野，我看到陸地龍被她的新技能弄得一動也不能動。

While I thought that, the Land Dragon before my eyes, turned its head up, and was about to let out a roar. Perhaps it was an attempt to regroup with its comrades.

It was as if its movements were sealed by countless spider webs, and the Land Dragon frantically writhed to free itself from those sticky threads.

她確實有惡魔之眼，但香農並不是個戰士。她是智力型的，應該在後臺操縱別人。

我用左手摸了摸耳朵，確認了其他戰友的情況。

它的行動就像被無數蜘蛛網封住了一樣，陸地龍瘋狂地掙扎着，試圖掙脫那些黏糊糊的絲線。

Thus, after entering the forest, finding them was easy. But we hadn9;t heard anything about there being four.

I don9;t think a Land Dragon is a perfect opponent, but certainly, as we were, we could take on four of them.

......嚎啕大哭。

I didn9;t want to bring her along, but Miranda told me to. It seems she thought some sort of change would come about if we kept piling the girl with all sorts of life experience.

“Just keep on hitting them in! That9;s all you got to do to win!”

我把左手轉向陸行龍，對着它的頭部放電。我的輸出比之前有所提升，它搖晃了一大圈後，後退了一步。

Behind me, Shannon…

從舒適的後座上被拉下來後，她更像是派對的吉祥物。

“My ears are going to start hurting, so could you pipe down? Lightning!”

香農從後面......

『你也要把自己訓練成一名指揮官。這是一個完美的對手。好好幹吧，萊爾。』

After taking her handgun from the holster at her waist, she held it towards the direction of the approaching monsters. The gun she got from Vera was smaller than the one given to me, but it was an easy-to-use model.

Naturally, if I did that, I would win. But at present, I was…

在我身後，香農......

From behind, Shannon…

Making a gesture of touching my left hand to my ear, I verified the state of my other comrades.

I verified it, and gave orders.

"我的耳朵要開始疼了，你能小聲點嗎？閃電！"

『Lyle, don9;t forget to send orders around as you fight.』

從腰間的槍套裏取出手槍後，她拿着槍對着怪物靠近的方向。她從維拉那裏拿到的槍比給我的那把要小一些，但卻是很容易使用的型號。

『從大局出發。如果無法確定準確的方向，那就下達寬泛的命令。瞭解周圍的情況，並用你的技能傳達出來。

我覈實後，下達了命令。

“… I see. Then onto the last one. Monica… Novem… fight properly, won9;t you?”

"......我明白了。那麼最後一個。莫妮卡......諾維姆......好好打，好嗎？"

After finding there were no problems on Miranda9;s side, I looked to Novem. The Land Dragon in front of me warily took some distance.

發現米蘭達那邊沒有問題後，我看向了諾維姆。眼前的陸行龍戰戰兢兢地與我拉開了一段距離。

I stuck my sabre into the ground, and pulled a gun from the holster on my back hip. When I turned the black revolver towards the Land Dragon and fired, the bullet missed the massive target, and sunk into one of the trees behind it.

我把軍刀插在地上，從後腰的槍套裏拔出一把槍。當我把黑色左輪手槍轉向陸行龍射擊時，子彈沒有擊中巨大的目標，而是射進了它身後的一棵樹裏。

Behind me, Shannon covered her mouth.

在我身後，香農捂住了嘴。

“… Pff!”

"......噗！"

And from my comrades connected to me…

而與我相連的戰友們......

『Lyle, did you even practice? Quite trying to look cool, and get yourself together!』

『萊爾，你到底練過沒有？別再裝酷了，振作起來！』

Hearing Aria9;s irritated voice, I sent my mind back to Novem9;s station to give orders.

聽到阿瑞雅惱怒的聲音，我把思緒送回諾維姆的駐地，下達命令。

“Monica, you should at least try to coordinate attacks.”

"莫妮卡，你至少應該試着協調攻擊。"

『Even if you tell me that so late in the game… and I am discontent with my deployment. What are you trying to do by putting me alongside that vixen? If I, Monica, am not beside my Chicken Dickwad, I cannot muster up any power.』

『即使你這麼晚才告訴我......我也對我的部署感到不滿。你把我和那個狐狸精放在一起是想做什麼？如果我莫妮卡不在我的 "山雞 "身邊，我就沒有任何力量。』

The Fifth observed the gun9;s output.

『在剝奪了它的視野之後，還使用了強大的魔法打擊......不錯，但正如我所想的那樣，面對硬皮的對手，你的攻擊手段還不夠多。』

"如果打不到，我只需要靠近一點！"

The Third evaluated the battle.

Finally closing in, I destroyed the Land Dragon9;s eye, jumped back, and put the gun back in its holster.

另一方面，諾維姆......

三世對戰鬥進行了評估。

在他們繼續找茬的時候，我下達完命令，左手仍握着左輪手槍，用左手從地上拔出軍刀。

Lightning fell from the sky. Shannon9;s body trembled as she hid behind a tree.

Holding up both hands…

She was taking it easy.

『萊爾，注意編隊。諾維姆那邊有多餘的戰爭潛力。你應該讓莫妮卡一個人駐紮在那裏，讓諾維姆繞過去支援其他人或者你。』

『That9;s because it9;s a Magic Tool, and we9;re not using it as one! If you used the Skills engraved on it, its firepower will rise!』

但是，閃電擊中了指定的目標，陸地龍緩緩地倒在地上，散發出一股焦糊的氣味。

"霹靂！"

『它的前提不是很好嗎？我倒覺得它是個方便隨身攜帶的工具，但這樣下去，就有點......我可沒想過要組裝一批。』

As they continued finding fault, I finished giving orders, and with the revolver still in my hand, I used my left to pull my sabre out of the ground.

當子彈擊中它堅硬的皮膚時，其輸出功率肯定足以擊穿它。但這對陸行龍龐大的身軀並沒有多大影響。

『那是因爲它是魔法工具，而我們並沒有把它當作魔法工具來使用！如果你使用了刻在上面的技能，它的火力就會提升！』。

四爺同意了。

When the bullet hit its tough skin, its output was surely enough to pierce it. But it didn9;t have much an effect on the Land Dragon9;s large build.

她很輕鬆。

閃電從天而降。香農的身體顫抖着躲在一棵樹後。

爲了得到一些練習，我在沒有使用技能的情況下進行了射擊。多虧了這一招，我什麼也沒打中。

But the lightning hit its designated mark, and slowly falling to the ground, the Land Dragon let off a burnt scent.

0;If I used it with the Second9;s Skill, perhaps I could hit, but…1;

I kicked the ground to approach the Land Dragon, getting into point blank, before pulling the trigger again.

Novem, on the other hand…

『No wonder they9;re not catching on. Even if it may be a Dragon Subspecies, if it would be this ineffective, I would never think to pay a fortune for one. And while its usage is easier than a bow, just how inaccurate could it possibly be… as I thought, guns are out of the question.』

五爺觀察着槍的輸出。

『還有，把你的隊伍分成四份。如果你們分成三組或兩組，讓每組人一起行動，一次幹掉一個，效果會更好。』

The Third told me there was a problem with my personnel assignment.

They interfered with the Jewel9;s Skill, so my affinity with Magic Tools wasn9;t the best. There wasn9;t a problem in using it as a revolver, but if I was going to use it as a Magic Tool, I would have to cut off my Jewel9;s Skills.

落地後，爲了避開它的視野，我繞到左邊，舉起槍，瞄準了它剩下的右眼。

老四也開口了。

終於逼近了，我摧毀了陸地龍的眼睛，向後一跳，把槍放回槍套。

“If I can9;t hit, I need only get closer!”

（如果我用第二技能，也許能打中，但是......）

The Fourth agreed.

『Lyle, be careful with formation. Novem9;s side has excess war potential. You should have stationed Monica there alone, and have Novem-chan circle around to support the others or you.』

『Using a powerful magic strike after robbing it of its vision… not bad, but as I thought, against hard-skinned opponents, you don9;t have enough means of attack.』

我踢着地面靠近陸行龍，進入點射狀態，然後再次扣動扳機。

七爺駁斥了這一觀點。

The Fourth spoke up as well.

三世告訴我，我的人事分配出了問題。

The bullets that missed hit the Land Dragon9;s ferocious lower jaw, but they didn9;t pierce through.

After landing, to stay out of its field of vision, I circled around to the left, held up my gun, and aimed for its remaining right eye.

『Monica-san, I9;m going to use some magic, so could you keep it in one place?』

『And there9;s that splitting your party in four business. Would9;ve worked better if you split into three or two, and had each group work together to pick them off one at a time. 』

It swiped at me with its large forelimbs, so I jumped over, and tossed my sabre, piercing through its left eye.

一槍。兩槍。

The Seventh refuted that opinion.

舉起雙手......

沒打中的子彈擊中了陸行龍兇猛的下顎，但沒有穿透。

『莫妮卡小姐，我要使用一些魔法，你能把它放在一個地方嗎？』

One shot. Two shots.

它們會干擾寶石的技能，所以我對魔法工具的親和力並不是最好的。把它當作左輪手槍使用沒有問題，但如果要把它當作魔法工具使用，我就必須切斷寶珠的技能。

If I used the Jewel, and took out the giant sword, the battle would be over in seconds. But it was bad that I didn9;t have any other choices.

它用碩大的前肢向我掃來，我跳過去，扔出軍刀，刺穿了它的左眼。

To get some practice, I was firing without using the Skill. Thanks to that, I couldn9;t hit a thing.

“Thunder Clap!”

『難怪不流行。就算是龍的亞種，如果效果這麼差，我也不會花大價錢去買。而且，雖然它的使用方法比弓簡單，但它的精確度能有多高......正如我所想的那樣，槍是不可能的。』

『Isn9;t its very premise off? I do think it9;s a convenient tool to carry around, but at this rate, it9;s a bit… I would never think of assembling a number of them.』

如果我使用寶珠，再拿出巨劍，戰鬥就會在幾秒鐘內結束。但糟糕的是，我沒有其他選擇。

The Sword, Bow, and Halberd had large Mana expenditures.

劍、弓和戟的法力消耗都很大。

If I met a powerful foe while I was low on Mana, my present state was one where I could only run away. Of course, I had my comrades with me, so the probability of that happening was low.

劍如果在我法力不足的時候遇到強大的敵人，我現在的狀態只能是逃跑。當然，我有戰友在身邊，發生這種情況的概率很低。

The Fifth put a simple strategy to mouth.

五爺把一個簡單的策略說了出來。

『… It9;s weapons. In Lyle9;s case, he has a bad affinity with Magic Tools. In that case, he should get a few Skill-less sturdy weapons to carry around. There are some weapons out there that can cut iron in their base state. It looks like the time has come for him to carry such a thing around.』

『......是武器。萊爾的情況是，他對魔法工具的親和力很差。在這種情況下，他應該弄幾把無技能的堅固武器隨身攜帶。有一些武器在基本狀態下就能削鐵如泥。看來，他隨身攜帶這種東西的時候到了。』

After the Fifth said that much, the Fourth agreed. It seems he had been thinking my mass-produced sabre expenditure was a problem for quite some time now.

五爺這麼一說，四爺也同意了。看來，他早就覺得我的量產軍刀開支是個問題了。

『You run through a few disposable sabres every time. Thinking of the future, it9;s right around time you looked into some finely crafted pieces, and analyzed cost/performance.』

『你每次都要用掉幾把一次性軍刀。考慮到未來，你也該考慮一下精雕細琢，分析一下性價比了。』

On both an ability and financial level, the time had come for me to look for such a weapons.

無論從能力還是經濟層面來看，我都到了尋找這種武器的時候了。

Turning around, I called over to Shannon.

轉過身，我叫住了香農。

“Shannon, the others should finish their battles soon. Until then, we9;ll stay on standby here.”

"香農，其他人應該很快就會結束戰鬥。在那之前，我們在這裏待命。"

I hesitated over whether or go to their aid, but the battles were already nearing their ends.

Miranda remained wary of her surroundings.

… A small-built girl used her slender legs to kick away the Land Dragon9;s massive forelimbs.

『Our Skills can9;t pick them up? No, do they have a Skill that prevents it from being picked up? Lyle, on your guard.』

With the information they could perceive from Lyle9;s Skill, they were able to proceed through the forest without getting lost…

Aria jumped down from the head, stood on the ground, and turned to looked at the strung-up Land Dragon9;s body.

Shannon came over to me, and…

憑藉從萊爾的技能中感知到的信息，他們得以在森林中繼續前進而不會迷路......

The Fifth sounded a little nervous.

“Why thank you. Your Skill is manly and cool, Aria.”

“… We surely didn9;t need any here, but I9;ll bet the others were fine too. Even so, you Skill sure is a nasty one, Miranda.”

"......一姐屠龍......我以前想都不敢想。我想知道她是怎麼做到的。"

Saying that, I waited for everyone to gather. It was at that moment.

“Well thanks for that. More importantly, any contact from Lyle…”

兩人相互冷嘲熱諷了幾句，然後檢查了一下裝備，回到萊爾身邊。

米蘭達沒有讓她的笑容消失，而是開口說道。

"看來沒人需要他的幫助。"

我的技能裏什麼都沒有。什麼都沒有，真的太少了。

Shannon spoke.

"那謝謝你了。更重要的是，萊爾的任何聯繫......"

I felt something suspicious, and turned. Shannon looked at me, turned her eyes in that direction, and narrowed them.

香農和我繼續盯着看，似乎我們讓他們產生了警惕，因爲他們拉開了一些距離。

As she hung her head, I…

"謝謝你。你的技能很男人，也很酷，阿瑞雅。"

鮮血順着它的脖子流了下來，在地上形成了一個紅色的池塘。

They shared some cynicism, before checking over their equipment, and returning to Lyle.

Even if it was only a subspecies of dragon, one mustn9;t make light of a Land Dragon9;s power. Yet such a beast was entangled in her threads, with Aria sitting on top of its head. She was short of breath.

"我們的技能無法拾取它們？不，難道他們的技能無法拾取？萊爾，提高警惕。

我猶豫着是否要去幫助他們，但戰鬥已經接近尾聲了。

“Well that was needlessly violent. You9;re like a hero from some storybook, Aria.”

米蘭達對周圍的環境保持警惕。

There was nothing coming from my Skills. Too little of anything, really.

當她垂下頭的時候，我......

At that moment, perhaps the two of them heard Lyle9;s voice, as they let out sighs.

She tilted her head, as her eyes followed the fleeing group.

米蘭達確認了自己的位置。

阿瑞雅從頭上跳下來，站在地上，轉過身看着被絞碎的陸地龍的屍體。

五世聽起來有點緊張。

即使只是龍的亞種，也不能輕視陸地龍的力量。然而，這樣一頭巨獸卻被她的絲線纏住了，阿瑞雅坐在它的頭頂上。她氣喘吁吁。

說完，我等着大家集合。就在那一刻

"那個是你的錯，你知道的。"

➐

As Shannon and I continued to stare, it seems we made them wary, as they took some distance.

米蘭達笑着說，阿瑞雅用手擦去濺在身上的血跡，遺憾地開口。

Miranda verified her location.

“That one9;s your fault, you know.”

… Miranda looked at her Skill 【Wire Net】 stretching across the trees.

"他們不知怎麼的，與周圍的環境有些漂浮，但他們認爲這真的能躲避什麼嗎？"

香農向我走來......

我感到有些可疑，於是轉過身來。香農看了我一眼，把眼睛轉向那個方向，然後眯了起來。

香農說話了。

➐

As Miranda said that with a smile, Aria used her hand to wipe off the blood splattered on her, and spoke regretfully.

"......我們這裏肯定不需要，但我想其他人肯定也沒事。即便如此，你的技能確實很討厭，米蘭達。"

......米蘭達看着她的技能【線網】在樹上延伸。

“… Onee-sama slaying dragons… I would never have even imagined it before. How did she get to be like that, I wonder. ”

她歪着頭，目光追隨着逃亡的隊伍。

這時，也許兩人聽到了萊爾的聲音，因爲他們發出了嘆息。

... 一個身材嬌小的女孩用她修長的雙腿踢開了陸地龍巨大的前肢。

“They9;re somehow floating a bit from their surroundings, but do they think that9;s actually hiding them from anything?”

Blood flowed down its neck, and it was forming a red pond on the ground.

Without letting her smile die out, Miranda spoke.

米蘭達"好吧，那是不必要的暴力。你就像故事書裏的英雄一樣，阿瑞雅。"

“Looks like no one needed his help.”

After letting her body spin in the air, May kicked up the approaching Land Dragon head as well.

讓身體在空中旋轉後，梅也踢起了逼近的陸地龍頭。

The difference in their body sizes was much too great, yet it looked as if she was playing with the monster.

兩人的體型相差太大，但她看起來卻像是在和怪物玩耍。

“Hah, it would be easier to do in quilin form, but Lyle won9;t permit it.”

"哈，如果是奎林形態就好辦了，但萊爾不允許。"

The Land Dragon tried to attack, so she swung her horn, and its large arm flew off.

陸地龍試圖攻擊，於是她揮動號角，陸地龍的大臂飛了出去。

Watching over her, Eva held up her bow.

看着她，伊娃舉起了弓。

“Hey, hurry up and end it! We have to deal with other monsters too over here!”

"嘿，快點結束它！我們這邊還要對付其他怪物呢！"

She shot through an approaching Frog-like monster.

她射穿了一隻逼近的青蛙怪。

Clara also took some on, to test out the gun she had just received.

克拉拉也上了幾槍，試試她剛收到的槍。

Looking at them, May…

她還拿起了一把槍。看着他們，梅......

“Aren9;t you pulling them so they don9;t wander off to the others? And we have the most people at this station, so please bear with it.”

"你們拉着他們，不就是爲了不讓他們亂跑到別人那裏去嗎？而且我們這個站人最多，請大家多多包涵。"

May stood up front as if to protect the other two.

“If that how it9;ll be, I9;ll increase their calorie intake little by little every day, and bring anguish to their scales.”

梅很好奇，但如果他們就這樣走了，她覺得暫時也沒什麼，梅急忙跑到克拉拉身邊。

萊爾和莫妮卡之間已經有了界限，正因爲如此，使用他的技能......連接......並不需要親吻。

"哈，有了這個，我們就可以輕鬆地完成我們的目標了。即便如此，我還是不能接受和那個狐狸精配對。我這個存在，正是因爲爲我的雞屌娃服務，纔會熠熠生輝。作爲配角，我的角色就是站在山雞的斜後方！"

確認萊爾已經結束戰鬥，梅右手一揮，砍掉了陸地龍的腦袋。

Disappointed over that fact, Monica looked over the other members with envy.

"不行！那你不在這裏幫忙嗎！"

看到她的舉動，莫妮卡醋意大發。

看着莫妮卡惱羞成怒的樣子，諾維姆露出了一絲苦笑。

There wasn9;t any info coming from Lyle9;s Skill, but her five senses told her something was there.

梅對伊娃說。

➐

There was already a line between Lyle and Monica, and because of that, using his Skill… Connection… didn9;t require a kiss.

Seeing her gesture, Monica spoke in jealousy.

“Hah, with this, we will easily be able to clear the sum we were aiming for. Even so, I cannot accept being paired with that vixen. I am an existence that glimmers precisely because I am serving my Chicken Dickwad. As a supporting cast, my role is to stand diagonally behind that Chicken!”

“Can9;t! So won9;t you help out over here!?”

"等一下......萊利先生說要警惕周圍的環境。他說，儘量呆在一起，不要走散。外面有他無法用技能探測到的東西。"

… Monica placed her large hammer on the ground, and looked at the Land Dragon she9;d crushed.

"嘿，你能試着向那邊射一箭嗎？"

“Wait a moment… Lyly-san said to be wary of our surroundings. Stay together as much as possible, and don9;t stray, he say. There9;s something he cannot detect with Skills out there.”

萊爾的技能沒有傳來任何信息，但她的五感告訴她有東西在那裏。

“God dammit… he even kissed me atop the ship, but when he returns to normal, he says I don9;t need one, and chickens out… Hah, just when will his next Fever Time come, I wonder.”

即使什麼都沒有，箭也被射到了一邊，瞬間讓三人提高了警惕。

"該死的......他甚至在飛船頂上吻了我，可當他恢復正常時，卻說我不需要，然後就退縮了......哈，不知道他的下一次發燒時間會在什麼時候到來。"

And hearing a sound, Eva shot the arrow towards it.

There, Clara spoke.

Confirming Lyle had finished his battle, May swiped her right hand, and lopped off the Land Dragon9;s head.

“It9;s not a monster? Maybe a human.”

梅站在前面，好像在保護另外兩個人。

那邊，伊娃正忙着對付其他怪物，所以沒射中。

When she sent a glance that direction, the other party stopped, and slowly began to retreat.

... 莫妮卡把她的大錘子放在地上，看着被她擊碎的陸地龍。

她還不習慣這些動作，所以動作效率很低。

Its lower half was in a horrible state, but even so, it could be dealt for a high price, so Monica pat her chest in relief over her household9;s finances.

Looking at Monica riling herself up, Novem gave a bitter smile.

May was curious, but if they were just going to go away like that, she thought it would be fine for now, May rushed over to Clara.

聽到聲音，伊娃把箭射了過去。

“Hey, could you try shooting an arrow over there?”

May addressed Eva.

對這一事實感到失望的莫妮卡羨慕地打量着其他成員。

在那裏，克拉拉說話了。

他們背對着彼此，因爲那個存在在繼續拉開距離......

諾維姆的魔法阻止了它的行動，而她卻繞到了後面，放下了她的巨型武器。

當她朝那個方向看了一眼時，對方停了下來，慢慢地開始後退。

“Wait, even Lyle can9;t detect them? Looks like it9;s no good if we rely on his Skills too much”

She wasn9;t accustomed to the motions, so she was moving quite inefficiently.

Without being hit by a drop of the blood spatter, she got onto the collapsing dragon9;s back, and feeling the response of something round her, she twitched, and turned in that direction.

There, Eva was busy dealing with the other monsters, so it wasn9;t happening.

She spoke as she opened her revolver9;s cylinder, and swapped out its cartridges.

伊娃轉頭看了看周圍的環境，然後側耳傾聽，取出一支箭，並在箭上刻了個缺口。

They left their backs to one another, as the presence continued distancing itself…

But hearing Lyle9;s voice, she inclined her ear to it.

"等等，連萊爾都發現不了他們？看來太依賴他的技能也不是什麼好事啊。"

她沒有被一滴飛濺的鮮血擊中，她趴到了倒下的龍背上，感覺到周圍有什麼東西在回應她，她抽搐了一下，轉身朝那個方向走去。

Eva turned to the environment, before inclining her ears, taking out an arrow, and notching it.

While Novem9;s magic had stopped its movements, she had circled to the back, and lowered her giant weapon.

"如果這樣的話，我會每天一點一點地增加他們的卡路里攝入量，給他們的體重帶來痛苦。"

她邊說邊打開左輪手槍的彈膛，換上了子彈。

Even when there was nothing there, the arrow was hit aside, instantly putting the three of them on guard.

但聽到萊爾的聲音，她還是側耳傾聽。

"不是怪物？也許是人類。"

它的下半身慘不忍睹，但即便如此，它也能以高價成交，所以莫妮卡拍拍胸脯，爲她家的經濟狀況鬆了一口氣。

After grinning over that flight of mischief, Monica opened her red eye wide, and picked up her hammer.

莫妮卡咧着嘴笑完這一飛沖天的惡作劇後，睜大了她的紅眼睛，拿起了她的錘子。

She took her left hand off its shaft, took a small knife out of her sleeve, and threw it at the spot that was bothering her.

她把左手從刀柄上拿下來，從袖子裏拿出一把小刀，扔向困擾她的地方。

Her eyes could clearly take in the existence Lyle9;s Skills couldn9;t capture.

她的眼睛可以清晰地捕捉到萊爾的技能無法捕捉到的存在。

Novem held up her staff, and aiming at the place Monica had thrown her knife…

諾維姆舉起法杖，瞄準莫妮卡扔刀的地方......

“Earth Hand!”

"大地之手！"

Arms emerged from the soil with the intent to bind, heading for the invisible enemy. Monica9;s knife was floating in the air, and it looked as if it had stabbed into something. From its floating tip, red blood was flowing.

雙臂帶着束縛之意從土壤中鑽出，衝向看不見的敵人。莫妮卡的刀漂浮在空中，看上去好像刺進了什麼東西。從漂浮的刀尖上，流出了鮮紅的血液。

And slowly, both the knife and the blood disappeared.

慢慢地，刀和血都消失了。

The Earth Hands made of magic were suddenly torn apart in the air.

由魔法構成的大地之手突然在空中被撕裂了。

Seeing that, Novem surveyed the area.

看到這一幕，諾維姆打量着四周。

“… There.”

"......那裏。"

I immediately began assigning roles for night watch.

And the movements they displayed were onlt those to search us out.

Irritating as it may be, we didn9;t have the leisure to chase them down.

雖然令人惱火，但我們沒有閒情逸致去追趕它們。

Magic tools to prevent detection by Skills, and by eye sight.

當我的戰友們都聚集在一起時，我切斷了 "連接"，並使用第六技能...... "真實規格"......來觀察周圍的情況。

"狐狸精，退後！"

他的一位女同志向他道歉。

觀察熟練的冒險者。

She changed her staff9;s shape, formed a scythe, and blocked the attack of the invisible enemy. Perhaps that surprised the enemy, as they immediately retreated.

（是西萊斯干的嗎？是她還是她身邊的人終於派來了刺客？但我們在卡塔夫。如果他們要動手，在貝姆等待會更有效率）。

諾維姆望着樹林，似乎在注視着逃跑的敵人的背影......

“What are you going to do? I don9;t think we9;ll lose, but we used quite a bit of time coming to this forest. We don9;t have much time to waste on playing cat and mouse.”

由於不習慣，其他人無法處理來自真實規格的所有信息。這讓人頭疼，也是一種負擔，所以我一直沒有利用它。

防止被技能和肉眼發現的魔法工具。

“No, they9;re just making me want them more. Don9;t need the guy, but the rest are a treasure trove. Though I really didn9;t know what to think about one of them. If she9;s strong, I don9;t mind keeping her at my side.”

如果中途換成它，就會妨礙其他人的戰鬥，所以我不能那樣做，只能等待戰友們的到來。

“Consarn it! Because of all the information coming in, keeping it on Search backfired.”

『You don9;t have time, so any more is impossible. But make sure you9;re prepared to deal with them if they attack. Nights will be troublesome.』

『你們沒有時間了，所以不可能再多了。但是，如果他們發動攻擊，你一定要做好應對準備。夜晚會很麻煩。

她改變了法杖的形狀，形成一把鐮刀，擋住了看不見的敵人的攻擊。也許這讓敵人大喫一驚，他們立刻撤退了。

"森林裏的怪物開始行動了。收集完材料，我們就回公會吧。我們不能再把時間浪費在賺不到錢的事情上了。"

"那個女人......連我的技能都無效嗎？天哪，如果我要攻擊，就應該選擇不同的隊伍。也許應該先把那個傢伙引開。"

They were all wearing expensive robes, and each robe had a Skill engraved onto it.

他們都穿着昂貴的袍子，每件袍子上都刻着一個技能。

Unaccustomed to it, the others weren9;t able to process all the info from Real Spec. It caused headaches, and it was a burden, so I hadn9;t made use of it.

“Vixen, step back!”

They were hard to see, but surely enough, there were multiple red signals around.

Miranda looked at me as she asked my plans.

When my comrades had all gathered, I severed Connection, and used the Sixth9;s Skill… Real Spec… to take in the surrounding situation.

Monica was about to give chase, but Lyle gave an order not to follow, so she stopped in her tracks.

我立即開始分配守夜的任務。

“I deeply apologize. For them to have one by their side able to see through our Skill…”

… In a place separated from the forest, Larc pulled out the knife stabbed into his arm.

Observing skilled adventurers.

雖然看不清楚，但可以肯定的是，周圍有多個紅色信號。

我的思緒無法集中，但我環顧四周。

➐

Novem looked into the woods, as if to watch the fleeing foe9;s back…

他們最初的目的只是想知道他們的戰爭潛力，但在有了想要嘗試獲得他們的衝動後，拉克最終舉起了手。他的做法引起了注意，結果遭到了反擊。

Switching to it part-way through would get in the way of the others9; battle, so unable to do that, I could only wait for my comrades to come.

對於我的看法，寶石三世表示贊同。

"我深表歉意。他們身邊有一個能看穿我們技能的人......"

莫妮卡正要追趕，萊爾卻下達了不準追擊的命令，於是她停下了腳步。

0;Is it Celes9; doing? Did she or someone around her finally send assassins? But we9;re in Cartaffs. If they were going to do it, it would be more efficient to wait in Beim.1;

"你打算怎麼辦？我覺得我們不會輸，但我們來到這片森林用了不少時間。我們沒有太多時間浪費在玩貓捉老鼠的遊戲上。"

Monica called out, but Novem didn9;t dodge.

"真該死！因爲所有的情報都來了，繼續搜索反而會適得其反。"

"不，他們只是讓我更想要他們。我不需要那個人，但其他的都是寶藏。雖然我真的不知道該怎麼看待其中一個。如果她很強，我不介意把她留在我身邊。"

我想到了敵人可能攻擊我們的理由。

On my opinion, the Third in the Jewel agreed.

Their original goal was just to know their war potential, but having felt an urge to try obtaining them, Larc had ended up raising his hand. His approach noticed, he ended up meeting a counterattack.

My thoughts wouldn9;t come together, but I looked around.

莫妮卡叫了一聲，但是諾維姆沒有躲開。

I thought of what reason the enemy may have to attack us.

➐

......在一個與森林隔開的地方，拉克拔出了插在手臂上的刀。

米蘭達看着我，一邊問我的計劃。

“The forests9; monsters are beginning to act up. After collecting up the materials, let9;s return to the Guild. We can9;t waste any more time on anything that won9;t make us any money.”

A female comrade of his apologized.

而他們所表現出的動作，只是爲了把我們找出來。

“That woman… even my Skill was ineffective? Good grief, if I was going to attack, I should9;ve chosen a different group. Maybe get the guy out of the way first.”

“Larc-sama, let me heal your wounds.”

"拉克大人，讓我爲你療傷吧。"

Larc presented his injury to a woman specialized in healing magic, and glared at the one who9;d produced the Magic Tools.

拉克把自己的傷交給了一位專門治療魔法的婦女，並瞪了一眼製作魔法工具的人。

“Oy, the magic tools you made actually worked, right?”

"哎喲，你做的法器還真管用啊？"

The woman nodded a number of times, fearful of his rage.

女人連連點頭，生怕他發怒。

“I-I9;m sorry. B-but… you were able to get close, so they surely had an effect. T-they9;re my originals, so they s-shouldn9;t be known to the general public.”

"我，我很抱歉。但是......你能靠近，所以它們肯定有效果。它們是我的原作，所以不應該被大衆知道。"

He turned his eyes from the cowering woman to the forest, and looked at his fully-healed arm. The wound had closed, and it hadn9;t left a scar.

他把目光從畏縮的女人身上轉向森林，看着自己完全癒合的手臂。傷口已經癒合，沒有留下疤痕。

“… I thought my Skill would charm one or two of them, but it was no good. In that case, it would9;ve been better to go after the Trēs House9;s princess. Dagnabbit! I9;ve needlessly wasted some time.”

"......我本以爲我的技能能迷倒一兩個，但沒有用。既然如此，還不如去找特里斯家族的公主。該死！我無謂地浪費了一些時間"。

An annoyed Larc had been able to see the power of Lyle9;s forces up close. And once he deduced he would never stand a chance upfront, he immediately went into trying to draw away one or two of their ranks.

惱羞成怒的拉克已經近距離見識了萊爾軍隊的實力。而一旦他推斷出自己在正面絕不會有機會，他就會立即投入到試圖引開他們一兩個人的隊伍中去。

A Skill to infatuate the other sex, 【Charm】.

迷惑異性的技能，【魅惑】。

Possessing such a skill put Larc at quite an advantageous position when dealing with women.

魅力。擁有這樣的技能，讓拉克在與女人打交道時處於相當有利的地位。

『他是奉西萊斯的命令行動，還是她身邊的人？如果他是自己行動的，那就簡單多了。』

Milleia Walt… or perhaps Milleia Circry was not an owner of the Walt House9;s Jewel.

拉克向拴馬的地方走去，他的女人跟在後面......

見五爺擦了把汗，其餘三人都站了起來，加強了戒備。正在這時，那個有着紫色波浪長髮的女人用她金色的眼睛向房間裏看了一眼。

所有人都環顧四周。此時此刻，所有成員都已聚集在一起。沒有想到，會有人打開了通往他們記憶的大門。

但這種魅力也有它的侷限性。

Clothed in white, she raised the hem of her skirt to give a polite greeting.

"嗯，我相信總有一天會有機會的。在那之前，我會一直等待......直到我成爲這個國家國王的那一天。只要我能讓柳德米拉愛上我，剩下的都是我的了。"

不是西萊斯。她比萊爾的姐姐更成熟，看上去只有二十多歲。最先反應過來的是五世。他從座位上站起來，看着那個女人，睜大了眼睛。

他們的四雙眼睛轉向了萊爾的記憶之房。

However, that Temptation had a weakness in that after using it once, he wouldn9;t be able to use it for a while.

周圍的女人聽得入迷。

與其說是麻煩，不如說是危險的技能。更重要的是，無論他們怎麼看，擁有它的人也是個危險人物。

Seeing the Fifth wipe off his sweat, the remaining three stood, and strengthened their guard. As that was happening, the woman with long, wavy, violet hair sent a look from her golden eyes around the room.

It wasn9;t Celes. She woman more mature than Lyle9;s sister looked to be in her twenties. The first to react was the Fifth. He stood from his seat, looked at the woman, and opened his eyes wide.

Everyone looked around. At that very moment, all the members were already gathered. It wasn9;t thinkable that anyone would be opening the door to their memories.

“Well, I9;m sure the chance will come someday. I9;ll just wait it out until then… until the day I become king of this country. As long as I can get Ludmila to fall for me, the rest is all mine.”

With the appearance of attackers, there were four gathered to think over their goal.

As they wanted to gain Cartaffs9; cooperation, they were thinking to get rid of any that would get in the way.

遮在身上的長袍失去了作用，當拉克把它扔到一邊時，幾個人爭先恐後地搶奪起來。

......在寶石裏面。

不過，那個【誘惑】有一個弱點，那就是用過一次之後，他就暫時不能再用了。

『… Milleia, why are you here?』

『Did he move by Celes9; orders, or someone around her? If he9;s doing it on his own, that makes it nice and simple.』

『......米萊雅，你怎麼會在這裏？』

『我猜也是。他有某種迷惑對手的技能。不，我覺得這隻限於異性。』

➐

But that Charm had its limitations.

七世聽起來很惱火。

The Seventh sounded annoyed.

拉克揹着一把黑色的大劍......

“… They9;re not opponents where the same trick will work twice. We9;ll concede defeat for now. I thought that if we could snatch up some Land Dragon materials, it would give us a chance at an audience with Ludmila, you know.”

因爲他們想獲得卡塔夫斯的合作，所以他們想除掉任何會妨礙他們的人。

『Personally, from the information Lyle received, it9;s probably that young adventurer, isn9;t it?』

After the Third had said that much, within the Jewel… the conference room, came the sound of an opening door.

And their four sets of eyes turned to Lyle9;s room of memories.

Larc walked off towards where his horse was tethered, and his women followed along…

The Fifth, even knowing that, didn9;t seem to have any interest in the young adventurer himself.

The robe covering his body lost its effect, and when Larc tossed it aside, a few competed to scramble for it.

The surrounding women listened to his words in fascination.

她身着白衣，撩起裙襬，禮貌地向大家問好。

… Inside the Jewel.

Rather than troublesome, it was a dangerous Skill. What9;s more, no matter how they looked at it, the one possessing it was a dangerous one as well.

『但這次我們沒有任何證據。如果萊爾除掉了他，那就麻煩了。我們得找些證據，但是......』。

"......他們不是一招鮮喫遍天的對手。我們暫時認輸吧。我想，如果我們能搶到一些陸地龍的材料，就有機會見到柳德米拉，你知道嗎？"

聽了三世的意見，周圍的人都點了點頭。四世摘下眼鏡，開始擦拭鏡片。

老三、老四、老五、老七。他們圍着圓桌，對敵人進行預測。

All it really did was make it easier to get their attention, and if he really wanted to make them his own… he would have to use his Second Stage Skill, 【Temptation】.

With a large black sword over his back, Larc…

隨着攻擊者的出現，有四個人聚集在一起思考他們的目標。

On the Third9;s opinion, those around nodded. The Fourth removed his glasses, and began wiping off the lenses.

『如果我們有時間，早就把他打得滿地找牙了。但我們在卡塔夫斯身上確實找到了一個麻煩。我認爲我們最好趁現在把他拿下。』

From it, a single woman stepped out.

『I9;ll bet. He had some sort of Skill to charm his opponents. No, I do get the feeling it9;s limited to the opposite gender, thought.』

它所能做的只是讓他更容易引起她們的注意，如果他真的想把她們變成自己的......他就必須使用他的第二階段技能--【誘惑】。

『個人認爲，從萊爾得到的情報來看，應該是那個年輕的冒險者吧？』

『But we don9;t have any proof this time around. If Lyle gets rid of him, it9;ll become a problem. We9;ll have to get some evidence, but…』

米萊婭-華特......或者說米萊婭-凱爾克里並不是華特家族寶珠的主人。

Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh. They surrounded the round table, giving their forecast on the enemy.

即使知道這一點，五世似乎對這位年輕的冒險者本人並不感興趣。

一個女人從裏面走了出來。

『If we only had the time, we would be in the middle of beating him to a pulp. But we9;ve sure found a troublesome one in Cartaffs. I do think it9;s best we take him down while we9;re here.』

三世說了這麼多之後，在寶石......會議室內，傳來了開門的聲音。

It was strange of her to exist in this space.

她存在於這個空間裏真是奇怪。

Milleia opened her mouth.

米萊雅張了張嘴。

『It is a pleasure to be of your acquaintance, Third Generation Head Sleigh-sama, Fourth Generation Head Max-sama, and Seventh Generation Head Brod-sama. It has been a while, father.』

『很高興認識你們，第三代團長斯萊格大人，第四代團長麥克斯大人，第七代團長布羅德大人。好久不見，父親。』

An appearance similar to Miranda.

長相與米蘭達相似。

But an atmosphere more mature and calm than even her. The woman9;s golden eyes were the same Demon Eyes that Shannon possessed.

但氣質比她都要成熟沉穩。女人金色的眼睛正是香農所擁有的惡魔之眼。

『I am Milleia. Milleia Walt. Since this room9;s owner, Lyle, has yet to even attempt to step inside, I am the one called forth to guide him. Among those of the Walt House, I was deemed most worthy, it seems.』

『我是米莉亞。米萊婭-華特。由於這個房間的主人萊爾還沒有嘗試踏入，所以我被召喚出來爲他引路。在華特家族的人當中，我似乎被認爲是最有資格的。』

The ancestors within the Jewel were beings of memory, without exception. They had wills, but it9;s not as if their souls were sealed inside.

寶珠中的祖先無一例外都是有記憶的生命。他們有意志，但靈魂並沒有被封印在裏面。

And Milleia standing before them was the same. The woman herself had died, and this was an entity made of memory…

站在他們面前的米萊亞也是一樣那個女人自己已經死了，而這是由記憶構成的實體......

But that was strange. Milleia and the Jewel… it was a blue gem at the time, but the two had never once come into contact.

但這很奇怪。米萊婭和寶石......當時是一顆藍色的寶石，但兩者從未有過一次接觸。

The Seventh opened his mouth.

七世開口了。

The Third muttered.

當她說到寶珠的旨意時，祖先們的困惑與日俱增。

『萊爾有必要知道一切。這是寶珠的旨意。如果他繼續忽視這一點，就會很麻煩。』

Completely ignoring their confusion, Milleia spoke with a smile.

???|д゜1; *Stare* ："我來了"

『你說是嚮導？從記憶的房間裏出來，這樣的東西是......』。

完全無視他們的困惑，米萊婭微笑着開口了。

『There is a need for Lyle to know everything. That is the Jewel9;s will. It will be troublesome if he continued to neglect it.』

米莉婭（ノ´∀｀*）："我出來了"

Fourth Generation Head 0;；-@∀@1;: “W-what about my wife!? She9;s not coming out, right! Right!?”

Milleia 0;ノ´∀｀*1;: “I came out.”

『A guide, you say? Coming out of the room of memories, something like that is…』

第四代團長 0;；-@∀@1;："我老婆怎麼辦？她不會出來的，對吧？對不對？"

『The Jewel9;s will? What could that…』

???|д゜1; *Stare* : “I came.”

When she spoke of the Jewel9;s will, the ancestors9; confusion only grew.

三世喃喃自語。

第五代團長（゜Д゜）："我，我明白了？"

『寶珠的意志？那會是什麼......』。

Fifth Generation Head 0;；゜Д゜1;: “I-I see?”