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Mikoto: .......



【狭塔】　全く、どうしたものですかな
Sato: Honestly, what is to be done?

【狭塔】　悪食の増加傾向は以前からの事ですが、祭りの夜から急激に活発になったのは間違いなく………　そして
Sato: Akujiki have been appearing for a while now, but their activity has increased drastically since the night of the festival...And now--



【ミコト】　…………………そんなに似ていたのか？　その、由達の前に現れたという謎の男は
Mikoto: .......Did he really bear such a close resemblance? The mysterious man those two saw.

【狭塔】　…………………黒狐の報告によると、まさしく生き写しのようであったと。　ただ、言動や立ち居振る舞いは全く違ったようですが
Sato: .......Kurogitsune's report tells us it is an exact resemblance. However, his mannerisms and behavior are entirely different.



【ミコト】　………ふむ
Mikoto: ...Hm.

【狭塔】　取り急ぎ、僕たちにかの場所の確認と、その男の追跡に当たらせています。　もう少々お待ち下さい
Sato: The servants are hastening to confirm the location, and to chase down that man. Please wait just a little longer.

【ミコト】　…………………由は、どうしている。　もう帰っているのじゃろう？
Mikoto: .......How is Yue? He has come home already, has he not?

【狭塔】　…………………食事を取った後、いつものように眠っています。　普段の彼と、変わりなく
Sato: .......He went to bed after dinner, as is usual. There has been no change in that respect.



【ミコト】　…………………ならば、良い
Mikoto: .......That is good, then.



【ミコト】　確かに状況は不穏ではあるが………　今暫く、様子を見ることにしよう
Mikoto: This certainly is a turbulent state of affairs, but...Let us watch over things for a little longer.

【狭塔】　…………………それにしても、由君は、椿の子と随分懇意になったようですな
Sato: .......At any rate, it seems Yue-kun has become very close with the Tsubaki boy.



【ミコト】　ふふ。　そうじゃのう。　そんな気はしていた。　やはり、ヒトの血というものは、知らずとも互いの縁を深くするものなのかのう
Mikoto: Fufu. Is that so? How curious. Perhaps there really is some unknowable, deep connection in people's blood.

【ミコト】　………椿の子なら、お前も不足はなかろう？
Mikoto: ...Even you would not be unsatisfied with a Tsubaki, correct?

【狭塔】　………はて。　選ぶのは、由君ですから
Sato: ...Well now. The choice is Yue-kun's to make.

【ミコト】　ふふふ。　不思議なものじゃな
Mikoto: Fufufu. It's a mysterious thing.

【ミコト】　選ぶのは自由だといっているのに………　代々、どの子も、必ず椿の子どもを連れて来る
Mikoto: To speak of freedom of choice...Generation after generation, no matter the child, they have always brought a Tsubaki.

【狭塔】　…………………一体、どなたの所為なのでしょうな
Sato: .......I wonder whose fault that would be, now.

【ミコト】　ふふふふふ。　やはり、「食事」は美味い方が、良いからかのう
Mikoto: Fufufufufu. Of course, this does make for a delicious "meal".

【ミコト】　…………………だが、食わねば、長くは保つまい。　食うか食われるのか、選ぶのは自由じゃが
Mikoto: .......However, a meal will not sustain you for very long. To eat or not to eat, is not a choice we have the freedom to make.



【ミコト】　………さて、どちらを選ぶのかのう？
Mikoto: ...Now then, I wonder which one he will choose?



【ミコト】　なあ、………由季？
Mikoto: What do you think,...Yoshiki?

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