10 - Worse than Zayin 比 Zayin 更糟糕

Having arrived in Beim, I went to the Guild alone to report on our requests.

到達貝姆後，我獨自去公會報告我們的要求。

Putting off selling materials and magic stones to tomorrow, I went to the showers within the Guild building, and washed off the sweat and dirt.

把材料和魔石的銷售推遲到明天，我去了公會大樓內的淋浴間，洗掉了汗水和污垢。

After going under that lukewarm unpressurized shower a while, I got myself together, and headed towards the receptions desk.

在不冷不熱的無壓淋浴下洗了一會兒後，我振作起來，走向接待處。

If possible, I wanted Tanya-san, but if she wasn9;t there, I hoped for a receptionist abundant in experience. I never really thought about which line to join in Beim before, but this time, I tried confirming who was at the counters today before choosing a line.

如果可以的話，我想要塔尼婭小姐，但如果她不在，我希望有一位經驗豐富的接待員。以前我從來沒有真正考慮過在貝姆要乘坐哪條線路，但這一次，我在選擇線路之前嘗試確認今天櫃檯上有誰。

Around, I could hear the gossip of the day.

周圍，我可以聽到當天的八卦。

“Did you hear? Quite a number of mercs are hopping onto Zayin9;s side.”

“你聽到了嗎？相當多的僱傭兵都跳到了扎因這邊。”

“It9;s because Zayin9;s always permitted pillage n9; plunder. Heard Lorphys9; princess is a stiff one in that regard.”

“因爲扎因一向允許掠奪。聽說洛菲斯的公主在這方面很僵硬。”

“Not interested in that stuff, or so it goes.”

“對那些東西不感興趣，至少是這樣。”

“That Alette, you know? It seems she9;s been going around to all the skilled mercenary brigades.”

“那個艾萊特，你知道嗎？看來她已經轉遍了所有熟練的傭兵團了。”

“Them knights sure have it hard.”

Laughing adventurers.

當我注意到更多戰爭即將來臨的跡象時，我輕嘆了一口氣。

“……這不是最好的地方。就這樣吧。支持熟練的冒險家是接待員的工作。我要去換櫃檯了，請你到二樓等一下。”

“Oy, the guys from the South Branch called out to me, but what do you lot think?”

我不太確定他們在戰場上的表現如何。

“… There are fewer people than usual.”

“……人比平時少了。”

The paperwork finished, I accepted the documents, and my Guild Card before opening my mouth.

She told me to enter one of the conference rooms, so I followed her words.

『So she9;s gathering aid? If she hasn9;t gone home yet, then that9;s convenient for us. Lyle, how about getting in contact? Covering up the matter with Aura and co., of course.』

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

When I nodded, Tanya-san called out to a staff personnel filing papers in the far back.

“呃？等、等一下前輩！」

一如既往。她拿完文件後，我出示了我的公會卡，她開始填寫所需的文件並說了一些話。

When my turn came around, I sat in the chair, and handed my documents over to Tanya-san.

“… This isn9;t the best place. So be it. Supporting skilled adventurers is a receptionist9;s job. I9;ll have to swap out the counter, so please wait on the second floor.”

『This is why you can9;t trust adventurers at all!』

“安全穩定的【B】評估，是嗎？正如我所想，你們的隊伍是一支熟練的隊伍。想想看，那間鬼屋是你們買的，還好嗎？”

“Eh? W-wait senpai!”

她走路的姿勢，還有她的氣質……也許塔尼婭小姐曾經是個冒險家。

我表情嚴肅。聽到我的聲音，她的臉色也從微笑變成了嚴肅。

I gripped the Jewel, and moved forward in my line.

“哎呀，南支部的人都喊我了，你們覺得怎麼樣？”“這麼說，僱傭兵在招兵買馬了？ ” “扎因佔上風了嗎？然後就說，‘如果你是在爲扎因而戰，那爲什麼不呢？9;你爲什麼不呢？”“傻瓜。那樣的話，洛菲斯甚至願意負債累累，只爲了得到僱傭兵。洛菲斯將開始變得更有利可圖，你等着吧。”

As I looked around, and got such an impression, a different group of adventurers lined up behind.

“【Rühe】，這張桌子就交給你了。我還有事要處理。”

聽說有鬼屋，我歪了歪頭。

“So the mercs are recruiting? It9;s getting real here.”

“【Rühe】, I leave this desk to you. I9;ve got business to attend to.”

第七號開口了。聲音中充滿了憤怒。

當我點點頭時，譚雅小姐就喊了一聲在後面整理文件的工作人員。

也許是因爲他從座位上站起來太匆忙，他的文件掉在了地板上，加劇了新來的公會接待員的恐慌。我走出隊伍，朝二樓走去。

“A safe and steady 【B】 evaluation, is it? As I thought, your party is a proficient one. Come to think of it, you guys purchased that haunted house, but is everything alright?”

輪到我的時候，我坐在椅子上，把文件交給了 Tanya 桑。

Right now, I don9;t know what sort of reaction Alette-san would give.

I9;m not really sure how they9;d fare on the battlefield.

For Lorphys, they were from a troublesome country that gave a petty false accusation to attack.

我抓住了寶石，並在隊伍中向前移動。

而平時陪伴她的隊伍，並不是僱傭兵團，而是在迷宮中實力雄厚的冒險者隊伍。

歡笑的冒險家們。

I let out a light sigh, as I took note of more signs that war was approaching.

“Does Zayin have the upper hand? Then just say, ‘if you9;re fighting for Zayin, then why the hell not?9; Why don9;t you?”

Thinking about Alette-san9;s situation wasn9;t something too pleasant for me. But expecting that much camaraderie among adventurers was no good.

From the Jewel, the Sixth let his voice.

她沒有具體告訴我在哪裏等，但不久之後我就看到她上樓了。

Perhaps because he had risen from his seat in such a hurry, his papers fell on the floor, amplifying the new guild receptionist9;s panic. I got out of the line, and headed for the second floor.

對於洛菲斯來說，他們來自一個麻煩的國家，對攻擊提出了小小的虛假指控。

And the party that usually accompanied her around was, rather than a mercenary brigade, an adventurer party that was strong in Labyrinths.

『所以她正在收集援助？如果她還沒回家，那對我們來說就方便了。萊爾，聯繫一下怎麼樣？當然是用亞烏菈他們來掩蓋這件事。』

第六位從寶石中發出聲音。

The Seventh spoke up. In a voice filled with anger.

Tanya-san said something along the lines of, ‘oh, you9;ve just gotten back so you don9;t know,9; as she sent some eyes of pity my way.

我環顧四周，得到這樣的印象，後面有一羣不同的冒險者在排隊。

文書工作完成，我接過文件和公會卡纔開口。

『這就是爲什麼你根本不能相信冒險者！』

Her walking posture, and atmosphere… perhaps it was the case that Tanya-san used to be an adventurer.

“塔尼婭小姐，事實上，我有件事想和你談談。”

She didn9;t exactly tell me where to wait, but I saw her come up the stairs not long after.

As always. After she took the papers, I presented my Guild Card, and she spoke a bit as she started into the required paperwork.

Hearing about a haunted house, I tilted my head.

“Fool. In that case, Lorphys will be willing to even go into debt to get mercenaries on their side. Lorphys9;s going to start looking more profitable, just you wait.”

一想到阿萊特小姐的處境，我就不太高興。但期待冒險者之間有如此多的友情並不好。

➐

現在，我不知道艾莉特小姐會做出什麼樣的反應。

Tanya 小姐向我投來憐憫的目光，說了類似“哦，你剛回來所以你不知道”的話。

I spoke in a serious expression. And on hearing my voice, her face turned from a smile to a serious one as well.

她讓我進入其中一間會議室，所以我按照她的話去做。

0;It9;s the first I9;ve been in one of these since that introductory seminar we took when we first got to Beim.1;

（自從我們第一次到達貝姆時參加的介紹性研討會以來，這是我第一次參加其中的活動。）

I thought, as I arbitrarily sat in a seat, and Tanya-san sat in front of me. She was directing a smile, but the air around her seemed somewhat sharp.

我想，當我隨意坐在一個座位上時，Tanya-san 坐在了前面我。她嘴角掛着微笑，但周圍的空氣卻顯得有些尖銳。

“Now then, you called me out, so it must be something adequately important. If it9;s a confession, then please stop right there. I9;m in the middle of work.”

“那麼，你把我叫出來了，肯定是有什麼非常重要的事情。如果這是懺悔，那就請就此打住。我正在工作。”

“Oh so I have a chance when you9;re off the clock? … That was a joke.”

“哦，那麼當你下班時我有機會嗎？ … 那只是個玩笑。”

Even with her smile, her eyes narrowed. I apologized, and began to speak.

儘管她在微笑，但她的眼睛卻眯了起來。我道歉了，然後開始說話。

“I have something to consult with you. Alette-san is still in Beim, isn9;t she?”

“我有件事想跟你商量一下。亞蕾特小姐還在貝姆吧？”

“… I cannot say.”

“……我不能說。”

When Tanya-san said that, I nodded. I could go look for her if I wanted, and that wasn9;t where the problem lay.

聽塔尼婭小姐這麼說，我點了點頭。如果我願意的話，我可以去找她，但這不是問題所在。

I gripped the Jewel, and…

我抓住了寶石，然後……

“The truth is, on the return trip from the request, I ended up lending a helping hand. I took up a guard request of my own accord, and it doesn9;t seem I will be able to carry out guild requests for a while.”

The capital of merchants and mercs… that was Beim. There are plenty of industries that make money precisely because war exists, and when battle comes, their merchandise will fly off the shelves.

Perhaps she thought I was being sarcastic, as she stood from her seat. But I called out to stop her.

從寶石內部，我聽到了第三者高興的聲音。

My smile caused her face to cramp up. Her locked fingers hid it, but I could tell from the movements of the rest of her face.

Even if she said she wouldn9;t say anything about, that doesn9;t guarantee she wouldn9;t report. I was carrying around a spark of war, after all.

然後鬆開雙手，將肘部從桌子上移開，譚雅小姐糾正了姿勢。她嘆了一口氣，看着我的臉。

“Troubled?”

“A High Priest of Zayin, the former Holy Maiden, as well as the former Holy Maiden candidate who went against the current one. That is who I9;ve ended up helping. The contents of the requests are to, ‘return Zayin to its rightful rulers,9; but I9;m a little hard-pressed to go about it alone. So won9;t you discuss it a bit with me?”

即使她說她不會透露任何信息，也不能保證她不會舉報。畢竟我身上還帶着戰爭的火花。

你就是爲了這個才叫我的嗎？她就是這樣的氣氛，雖然看不到她的嘴，但從她的態度來看，肯定是在微笑。

I looked straight at Tanya-san, and spoke with a smile.

“那就鬆了一口氣。你說公會會公正嗎？”

當她從座位上站起來時，也許她認爲我在諷刺。但我大聲叫住了她。

我不認爲公會能夠對抗他們。不，公會本身甚至可以稱爲經營魔石的商業公司。

0;And it9;s not something as small as mithril.1;

Joining one side, and putting an end to it, wouldn9;t be in the Guild9;s best interest. Because the merchants were the ones ruling the city.

Tanya-san spoke disinterestedly.

“That9;s not the end of the conversation.”

“No. I don9;t feel like sealing any lips. I was only glad that the Guild would be impartial.”

“談話還沒有結束。”

When Zayin arbitrarily started a war over something so petty, there9;s no way they would be able to ignore the sparks I carried.

“扎因大祭司，前任聖女，以及與現任聖女候選人對立的前任聖女候選人。這就是我最終幫助的人。請求的內容是“將扎因歸還給合法的統治者”，但我一個人做起來有點困難。那你不跟我討論一下嗎？”

Her gaze shifted a little, so I apologized.

I don9;t think the Guild would be able to go against them. No, the Guild itself could even be called a merchant company dealing in Magic Stones.

And undoing her hands, and taking her elbows off the table, Tanya-san corrected her posture. She let out a sigh, and look at my face.

“公會不會支持任何一方。無論是扎因還是洛菲斯，只要是公會提出要求，他們都會處理。一方想要獲得其合作是不可能的。我建議你不要在其他地方過多提及這個話題，萊爾君。”

“但是？”

譚雅小姐漫不經心地說道。

From inside the Jewel, I heard a delighted Third9;s voice.

商人和僱傭兵的首都……那就是貝姆。有很多行業正是因爲戰爭的存在而賺錢，而當戰爭到來時，他們的商品就會被搶購一空。

『Meaning the guild will happily have the two fight on as they make money. It9;s the capital of merchants as well, so such is to be expected.』

“你想封住我的嘴脣嗎？”

Is that all you called out to me for? That was the sort of atmosphere she gave off, and while I couldn9;t see her mouth, her attitude indicated it was surely smiling.

“我很抱歉。從這裏開始就是主要的事情了。怎麼說呢，我有點困擾。”

我直視塔尼婭小姐，微笑着說道。

“……所以您接受了個人請求。冒險家可以自由地這樣做。好吧，確實我們希望你通過公會來獲取它。就我個人而言，我希望你安全地完成它，然後回去接受公會請求。是的，這就是我的希望……那麼就這樣結束了嗎？”

“事實是，在接到請求回程時，我最終伸出了援助之手。我主動接受了守衛請求，看來暫時無法執行公會的請求了。”

“Did you want to seal my lips?”

“I see. That one9;s beyond me. Well, it9;s worthy enough for calling me from work, or should I say I9;m glad we didn9;t discuss it at the desk. But…”

Tanya-san looked at my face as she rested both her elbows on the table, and locked her hands. In front of her face. She did it in a way as if to hide the area around her mouth.

I ended up giving a bitter smile.

聽塔尼婭小姐的意見，寶石第五……

（而且還不是祕銀那麼小。）

“有麻煩嗎？”

“… So you accepted a personal request. Adventurers are free to do so. Well, it9;s true we9;d prefer you took it through the Guild. Personally, I hope you accomplish it safely, and go back to accepting Guild requests. Yes, that is my hope… so is that the end of it?”

她的目光移動了一點，所以我道歉了。

我最後苦笑了一下。

“But?”

However.

我的微笑讓她的臉抽筋。她鎖住的手指掩蓋了這一點，但我可以從她臉上其餘部分的動作看出。

“Then that9;s a relief. The guild will be impartial, you say?”

“The Guild will not support either side. Whether it be for Zayin or for Lorphys, if the request comes to the Guild, they9;ll process it all the same. It9;s impossible to gain its cooperation for one side. I recommend you don9;t bring up this topic too much elsewhere, Lyle-kun.”

“不。我不想封住任何嘴脣。我只是很高興公會能夠保持公正。”

“… Reluctant as I may be to say it, that9;s how it is.”

扎因爲了這麼點小事就擅自挑起戰爭，他們不可能忽視我身上的火花。

『意味着公會很高興讓兩人繼續戰鬥，因爲他們賺錢了。也是商人的首都，這是理所當然的。』

加入某一方並結束它並不符合公會的最佳利益。因爲商人是這座城市的統治者。

“我明白了。那超出了我的範圍。好吧，這足以讓我下班打電話，或者我應該說我很高興我們沒有在辦公桌上討論它。但是……”

塔尼婭小姐看着我的臉，她把雙肘撐在桌子上，雙手緊握。當着她的面。她這樣做的方式就好像隱藏了嘴周圍的區域。

Hearing Tanya-san9;s opinion, the Fifth in the Jewel…

“My apologies. From here on9;s the main matter. How should I put this, I9;m a bit troubled.”

但是。

“……雖然我不太情願說，但事實就是這樣。”

『Really, a blessing they9;ll be impartial. Though it would be fine either way!』

『真的，幸好他們會不偏不倚。不過無論如何都可以！』

The Fourth also spoke.

老四也開口了。

『Well, if you9;re gathering manpower, you really will have to rely on the Guild.』

『好吧，如果你要集結人手，那還得靠公會。』

I continued on.

我繼續說道。

“I want to give a personal request myself. I want to offer a request to the party of 【Creit Benini】.”

“我想親自提出一個個人請求。我想向【Creit Benini】一方提出一個請求。”

Tanya-san seemed to understand what I was thinking. She put her left hand to her forehead, and looked at me in an irritated manner.

塔尼婭桑似乎明白我的想法。她把左手放在額頭上，一臉惱怒地看着我。

“Well, the right person in the right place, they say… it definitely seems like a request he9;ll like.”

“好吧，對的人在對的地方，他們說……這肯定是他會喜歡的請求。”

“I9;ll bet.”

“我敢打賭。”

So I descended back down to the first floor with Tanya-san, and filled out the paperwork to submit a request.

於是我和 Tanya 小姐一起下樓回到一樓，填寫了提交請求的文件。

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… ‘Tahnia9; gave a report about Lyle in her higher-up9;s office.

Magic Stones wouldn9;t really come in during war, he sighed.

Looking back at her superior, Tahnia gave a single bow, before walking out the door.

0;It9;s pretty much the same as what I9;ve heard from Gastone-san and Thelma-san.1;

“He hasn9;t asked for safe haven from us. Assistance-wise… well, he9;s asked for some, has he? If it9;s a request, then why not just carry out the normal request procedures?”

➐

他聽起來不感興趣。更重要的是，他似乎並不認爲這會造成太大的影響。

Tahnia… was Tanya9;s name while on Sweeper duty.

But her superior was a different story.

In the mansion Novem and the others had found, I received the report from Rauno-san.

她的上司微笑着，但塔尼亞沒有。

If there was a call to capture, or perhaps assassinate the former Holy Maiden in Lyle9;s custody, then she would immediately spring to action.

在她開玩笑的老闆面前，塔尼亞完成了她的報告，轉身離開了房間。但她被攔住了。

塔妮婭回頭看了看她的上司，鞠了一躬，然後走出了門。

她的上司。

在 Novem 豪宅和其他人發現了，我收到了勞野桑的報告。

Upon hearing she wouldn9;t have to take any action against Lyle9;s party, Tahnia felt relieved.

The higher-up man didn9;t like to see adventurers acting like merchants.

0;Could it be, I9;m being tested?1;

“那麼，這就是你所要求的扎音的情況。”

（難道，我正在接受測試？）

他的鬍子颳得乾乾淨淨，而且一滴酒也沒喝過，所以他看上去就像是換了一個人。

但她的上司卻有不同的看法。

There, her superior shook his head.

Her superior.

He didn9;t sound interested. More than that, he didn9;t seem to think it would influence anything too much.

（阿爾巴諾一行人是吧？聽說他們在最後一個迷宮裏得到了一些稀有金屬鐵。）

“不會的。而傭兵南分部的要求也已經足夠多了。並不是只有 Zayin 和 Lorphys 纔是賺錢的地方。傭兵們已經開始行動了。邊境地區已經爆發小規模衝突。物資已經開始銷售。一些人甚至將他們儲存的所有稀有金屬都投放到市場上。哎呀，冒險者們到底在做什麼呢？」

高層不喜歡看到冒險者像商人一樣行事。

我瀏覽了一下報告，點了點頭。

魔法石在戰爭期間不會真正派上用場，他嘆了口氣。

“Tahnia, we are people of the East Branch. Making things profitable for the Guild is important, but how about we look where our feet are planted? If the adventurers don9;t return in good time, our requests will hit a flat tire. Even if we find a Labyrinth, there9;s be no one to send. Isn9;t that bad? And you see, the Guild is there to make it big in Magic Stones.”

回到 Tanya 身邊，她以爲房間外面……

Her superior smiled, but Tahnia did not.

“我們爲什麼要這麼做？這並不意味着它會結束戰爭。更重要的是，他的舉動甚至可能會放大其規模。哦，這樣的話，我不舉報豈不是不好？是的，讓我們先說一句話吧。他們不會對此採取任何行動。”

如果有人要求抓捕、或者暗殺萊爾監管下的前聖女，那麼她會立即採取行動。

“是這樣嗎？他撿到了前任聖女？我無法真正讚揚一個人撿起了他們發現的所有東西，但他確實找到了一個大東西。”

…“Tahnia”在上級辦公室做了有關萊爾的報告。

Returning to Tanya, she thought that outside the room…

“Are you certain? If it becomes a larger matter, or it puts the Guild at a loss…”

Her superior continued processing his work as he lent an ear to her words.

“Should we report it to the Main Branch?”

塔尼婭想了想，報告說總體上沒有什麼大問題。

He was clean-shaven, and he hadn9;t drunk a drop, so he looked like a completely different person.

Tahnia...是 Tanya 在執行清掃任務時的名字。

“That so? He picked up the former Holy Maiden? I can9;t really praise someone for picking up everything they find, but he9;s sure found a big one.”

在那裏，她的上司搖了搖頭。

“我們應該向總行報告嗎？”

“It won9;t. And there are more than enough requests coming to the mercenary South Branch as it is. It9;s not like Zayin and Lorphys are the only places to make money. The mercenaries are already moving. Skirmishes have already broken out on the border. Supplies are already selling. A few are even putting all the rare metal they9;ve stockpiled on the market. Good grief, just what are the adventurers doing?”

“And I9;d really like to get them in our favor. I want to end the war quickly. Otherwise, the other branches will start complaining we aren9;t doing any work again.”

“他沒有向我們尋求庇護。就援助而言……好吧，他要求一些援助，是嗎？如果是請求的話，爲什麼不按照正常的請求程序進行呢？”

Before her joking boss, Tahnia finished her report, and turned to leave the room. But she was stopped.

0;Albano9;s party, huh? I heard they had gotten some rare metal iron in the last Labyrinth.1;

I scanned through the report, and nodded.

“Tahnia, if you can get someone in your debt, then do it. I don9;t want to part with skilled adventurers. As long as it doesn9;t put the Guild at a loss, that is.”

“Now then, this is the situation on Zayin you9;ve asked for.”

“塔尼亞，我們是東支的人。爲公會創造利潤固然重要，但我們是否要看看我們的立足點在哪裏？如果冒險者們沒有及時返回，我們的請求就會胎死腹中。即使我們找到了迷宮，也沒有人可以派去。那不是很糟糕嗎？你看，公會就是爲了讓魔法石變得更大。”

得知不必對萊爾的隊伍採取任何行動後，塔尼亞鬆了口氣。

“你確定嗎？如果事情鬧大了，或者讓公會不知所措……”

她的上司一邊聽着她的話，一邊繼續處理他的工作。

Tanya thought a bit, as she reported there were no major problems as a whole.

“And why should we? It9;s not like it9;ll put an end to war. More so, however he moves may even magnify its scale. Oh, if it comes to that, would it be bad that I didn9;t report it? Yep, let9;s put a word in after all. It9;s not like they9;ll do anything about it.”

“我真的很想讓他們對我們有利。我想盡快結束戰爭。否則，其他分支機構會開始抱怨我們不再做任何工作。”

“Tahnia，如果你能讓某人欠你的債，那就這麼做吧。我不想與熟練的冒險者分開。只要不讓公會虧本就行。”

（和我從加斯東桑和塞爾瑪桑那裏聽到的幾乎一樣。）

Having been able to prove Rauno-san9;s skill level, I proposed my next request.

能夠證明勞野桑的實力後，我提出了下一個要求。

“I9;ll take my time going through the report later. Now onto the next request.”

“我稍後會花時間瀏覽該報告。現在處理下一個請求。”

“… Next? I9;ve already given Miranda-chan what I got on Lorphys.”

“……下一步？我已經把在洛菲斯上得到的東西給了米蘭達醬了。”

Lorphys. They were carrying a bomb greater than I9;d anticipated, and I was hesitant to make use of them. In a single word, terrible.

洛菲斯。他們攜帶的炸彈比我預期的要大，而我在使用它們時猶豫不決。一句話，太可怕了。

Worse than Zayin.

比扎音還糟糕。

Terrible enough to account for Alette-san9;s troubled predisposition, and then some. Not happening.

可怕到足以解釋阿萊特桑的麻煩傾向，還有一些。沒有發生。

“No, next I9;d like you to gather information on Selva.”

“不，接下來我希望你收集有關 Selva 的信息。”

“Selva? To my knowledge, they9;re the ones showing the least amount of movement. They9;re waiting and watching. Well, if you want to call them ominous, I won9;t argue.”

“塞爾瓦？據我所知，它們是運動量最少的。他們在等待和觀察。好吧，如果你想稱它們爲不祥之物，我不會爭論。”

Rauno-san also thought them suspicious.

勞諾桑也認爲他們很可疑。

From the Jewel, I the Fourth let his voice.

關於這一點，我想同意。

當我這麼說時，第三個笑了。

『誒~？那樣的話，就算他們什麼都不做，派出那位王子未婚夫就已經達到了這樣的效果。在我看來，公會的幕後理論是最有趣的。這片區域的所有戰爭都是公會幕後操縱的結果！』

『第五，那就是商人。公會有點不一樣。』

第六。

Hearing that, the other ancestors laughed.

Their opinions on the matter were aligned.

『老樣子，老樣子。他們是魔法石商人。但是，好吧……』

“怎麼了？我想你不會找到比洛菲斯更讓你頭疼的了。”

『Hahaha, nice one.』

我聽到老五的聲音。

『Eh~? In that case, even if they didn9;t do anything, sending over that princy fiancé would already achieve that effect. From my point of view, the Guild9;s behind the curtains theory is the most interesting one. All the wars in this area were a result of the Guild moving behind the scenes!』

The Sixth.

『洛菲斯和扎因。還有塞爾瓦……他們到底在想什麼。就我個人而言，我願意支持塞爾瓦的幕後理論。』

『也許兩國都只是在玩自己的遊戲。打了洛菲斯，撤退，然後讓塞爾瓦假裝衝進去援助，然後就這樣接管政府。』

第三個說話了。

『It may be that both countries are just playing parts in their own play. Beat up Lorphys, withdraw, then have Selva pretend to rush in to give aid, and then take over the government just like that.』

『好吧，他們會賺錢，所以我確信他們至少在幕後移動了一些東西。』

“No, that9;s too low a level for comparison. Zayin is also plenty strange.”

當我嘆息時，勞諾小姐看着我的臉。

『Well, they9;ll make money, so I9;m sure they9;re at least moving something behind the scenes.』

七號笑了。

『洛菲斯的公主是唯一沒有幕後理論的。』

I heard the Fifth9;s voice.

從寶石中，我第四次發出了他的聲音。

當他這麼說的時候，其他的祖先們。

（哇，我的頭好痛……）

『萊爾，你真是個傻子。世界上沒有一個體面的國家。每個人身上都有一些奇怪的地方。』

0;Wow, my head really does hurt…1;

“What9;s wrong? I don9;t think you9;ll find anything that9;ll give you a bigger headache than Lorphys.”

When I said that, the third laughed.

『不不，有可能扎因聖女只是被他們利用了。』

“不，這個水平太低，無法進行比較。扎音也很奇怪。”

The Seventh laughed.

『Lorphys and Zayin. And Selva… just what could they be thinking. Personally, I9;d like to support the Selva9;s behind the curtains theory.』

『Lyle, you sure are stupid. There isn9;t a single decent country in the world. Everyone9;s got something strange somewhere in them.』

And in regards to that, I felt like agreeing.

The Third spoke.

The third acted as proxy for what they were all thinking.

『哈哈哈，不錯。』

其他老祖聞言，都笑了。

『Lorphys9; princess is the only one without a ‘behind the curtains9; theory.』

『洛菲斯只有一個公主。但那孩子已經訂婚了，那傢伙爲什麼不幫忙呢……而且根據加斯托內的說法，現在的聖女是塞爾維安血統。這讓所有玩家都聚集在一起。』

『Same old, same old. They9;re merchants of Magic Stones. But, well…』

他們對此事的看法是一致的。

When he said that, the other ancestors.

『Lorphys only has a single princess. But that kid has a prince she9;s engaged to, so why isn9;t the guy even trying to help… And according to Gastone, the current Holy Maiden is of Selvian descent.That gets all the players together.』

『Fifth, that would be the merchants. The Guild9;s a bit different.』

『No, no, they9;re a possibility Zayin9;s Holy Maiden is just being put to work by them.』

第三個代表了他們的想法。

When I sighed, Rauno-san looked at my face.