rikoren | はるの、あしおと、やわらかに (Reply)

【鈴来】　あーあ、遂に春休みだね
Suzuki: Aaah, it's finally spring break!

【鈴来】　なんだかちょっと寂しいけど………　でも、また新しく始まるもんね。　新学期も、同じクラスだといいね、ね、椿！
Suzuki: It feels kinda lonely somehow, but...it's also a new beginning. I hope we're in the same class again next semester!

【灯吾】　え？………ああ、そうだな
Tougo: Eh? ...Oh, yeah.

【鈴来】　あ、そうだ椿、この新学期対策ノートの事なんだけど………
Suzuki: Oh, that's right, Tsubaki, about the notes for the new semester...

【灯吾】　………ん？
Tougo: ...Hm?

【秋良】　………椿、ちょっといいか
Akiyoshi: ...Tsubaki, do you have a minute?

【灯吾】　あっきーじゃん。　何だよ
Tougo: If it isn't Akki. What is it?

【秋良】　………狐面の事なんだが………
Akiyoshi: ...It's about Fox Mask...

【灯吾】　帰りがてら聞くよ。………じゃあな、鈴来。　また新学期
Tougo: Tell me on the way back. ...Bye, Suzuki. See you next semester.

【鈴来】　え？　椿？
Suzuki: Eh? Tsubaki?

Akiyoshi: ..............

【鈴来】　………ッ、何ですっかりアイツと仲良くなってるんだよー！！！
Suzuki: ...W-why'd you have to become such good friends with that guy!!!

【灯吾】　で、何だよ話って。　由の奴、あれ以来ゼンゼン来ないけど、まだ怪我治ってないのか？
Tougo: So, what did you want to talk about? That Yue hasn't come at all since then, aren't his injuries healed yet?

Akiyoshi: .......

【灯吾】　何だよ、黙り込んで。　アイツに、何かあったのか………？
Tougo: What're you being so quiet for? Did something happen to him...?

【秋良】　…………………居ないんだ
Akiyoshi: .......They're gone.

Tougo: ...Eh...

【秋良】　………何もかも
Akiyoshi: ...All of them.

【灯吾】　…………………どういう事だ………？
Tougo: .......What do you mean...?

【灯奈】　もー、もっとちゃんと押してよ～
Hina: Come on, push hardeeer~

【嵯峨野】　………めんどくせ。………ふぁ
Sagano: ...What a pain. ...*yawn*

【灯奈】　毎日まいにち、おうちでぼんやりしちゃって。　それじゃまるでにーとってやつだよ、あかちん
Hina: You've been spacing out eeeevery day, at home. It's like you've become a shut-in, Akachin.

【嵯峨野】　………うるせえ。　ほっとけよ
Sagano: ...Shut up. Leave me alone.

【灯奈】　しょうがないから、灯奈が相手してあげてるんだから。　ちゃんと遊んで！
Hina: I had no choice but to keep you company, you know. So you gotta play properly!

Sagano: .......

【灯奈】　………もー………　…………………なんか、したいこと、ないの？
Hina: ...Geez..........Isn't there anything you want to do?

Sagano: .......

【灯奈】　せっかく、こうやって毎日一緒にくらしてるのに。　あかちんがそんなままだと、灯奈、なんかやだな………
Hina: We can finally spend time together every day, too. But I don't like it if Akachin's like this all the time...

Sagano: .......

Hina: .......

【灯奈】　あ、おにーちゃんだ
Hina: Oh, it's Onii-chan.

【嵯峨野】　ン………？
Sagano: Hm...?

Tougo: ...Akashi...

【嵯峨野】　何だよ、珍しいな、お前が血相変えて走って来るなんて
Sagano: What's up, it's strange for you to run all the way here[r]
looking like that.

【灯吾】　………由が………
Tougo: ...Yue is...

【嵯峨野】　………うん？
Sagano: ...Huh?

【灯吾】　………居ない………　神社が、もぬけの空になってる………
Tougo: ...He's gone...The shrine is, totally empty...

Sagano: .......

【灯吾】　最近、アイツ来ないって思ってたら、………みんな消えちまってるんだ………！
Tougo: I'd been thinking he hadn't been by in a while, and...they all disappeared...!

Sagano: .......

Tougo: .......Akashi...?

Sagano: .......

【灯吾】　………おい………？　何か言えよ
Tougo: ...Hello...? Say something already.

Sagano: .......

[he walks away]

Tougo: ...Ah...

【灯奈】　…………………由くんたち、いなくなっちゃった？
Hina: .......Yue-kun and everybody, disappeared?

【灯吾】　…………………ああ………
Tougo: .......Yeah...

【灯奈】　そっか………
Hina: Oh...

【灯吾】　………何も言わず、突然なんだよ………
Tougo: ...I can't believe he'd up and disappear, without a word...

【灯奈】　…………………灯奈は、ずっといるよ。　おにーちゃんと、おとーさんがいるあいだは。　そういうやくそくだから
Hina: .......I'll always be here. Together with you and Dad. That's what I promised.

Tougo: ...Eh...?

Hina: .......Fufufu.

Sagano: .......

【嵯峨野】　ホントに、ネズミ一匹いないな
Sagano: It's true, there's not even a mouse here.

【嵯峨野】　…………………………やっと、消えたか。……………………………………　………今更遅えんだよ……………………………………………
Sagano: ..........So they finally disappeared, huh..................Pretty late, after all this time.................

【嵯峨野】　………消えるのは構わないが、俺が残ったってしょうがねえじゃねえか…………………………
Sagano: ...It doesn't matter to me if they left, but I guess this means I got left behind..........

[and here comes the click-clack of wooden geta!]

【？？？】　………あれ？
???: ...Huh?

Sagano: .......

【由】　さがのさんだ。　どうしたの？　こんな所で
Yue: It's Sagano-san. What are you doing, in a place like this?

【嵯峨野】　…………………居るじゃねえか
Sagano: .......So you were here after all.

【由】　え？　ああ、うん。　今さっき起きたところ
Yue: Eh? Ah, yeah. I just got up a little while ago.

【嵯峨野】　…………………で？　他の奴らはどうしたよ。　いつものウルサイワンコとかは
Sagano: .......So? What happened to everyone else? Like that annoying dog.

【由】　…………………置いて行かれちゃった
Yue: .......They left me behind.

【嵯峨野】　ン………？
Sagano: Hm...?

【由】　影が解放されて、もう、みんなここには居られないから。　もっと棲みやすい、山の奥に行く事になったんだけど
Yue: With the shadows freed, they couldn't stay here anymore. So they went into the mountains, where it's easier to live.

【由】　………オレは、もう狐憑きじゃないただの人間だから駄目だって。　置いて行かれちゃった
Yue: ...They said that since I'm no longer possessed by a fox then I'm just a normal human, and I can't go with them. So they left me behind.

【嵯峨野】　………それで、ここに一人で居んのか………？
Sagano: ...So you're all alone here...?

【由】　…………………他に行くとこないし。　もう、ミコ様も、居ないから。　しょうがないんだ
Yue: .......There isn't anywhere else to go. Miko-sama's gone too, now. There's no helping it.

Sagano: ...What...?

【由】　シンが、影と一緒に消えたとき。　ミコ様も、一緒に消えたんだ。………ふたりは、対の存在だから
Yue: When Shin disappeared with the shadows, Miko-sama disappeared with him. ...Because they shared an existence.

Sagano: .......

【由】　………さがのさんを助ける事は、シンの望みでもあったのは確かだけど、それでも、オレのした事は皆にとって裏切りだから
Yue: ...It's true that saving you was Shin's wish, but even so, what I did was a betrayal to everyone else.

Sagano: .......

【由】　………こうなるって、解ってた
Yue: ...So I understand why things turned out this way.

Sagano: ..............

【由】　でも、いろいろ、ヒトの街で必要なものは狭塔さんが残していってくれたから。………だいじょうぶ
Yue: But, Sato-san left all sorts of things I'd need to survive in the humans' town. ...So I'll be alright.

【嵯峨野】　…………………そーかよ
Sagano: .......Seriously.

【由】　それより、さがのさんは？　最近は、どうしてるの？　つばきの家、居心地良い？
Yue: Anyway, what about you? What have you been doing lately? Is it comfortable, living at Tsubaki's house?

【嵯峨野】　…………………さあな
Sagano: .......Maybe.

【由】　………戻ってきて良かったって、思えた？
Yue: ...Have you thought, that you were glad you came back?

【嵯峨野】　…………………べつに
Sagano: .......Not really.

【嵯峨野】　………まだ、そんなの分かんねえよ
Sagano: ...I'm not sure how to feel about that yet.

【由】　………そっか。…………………オレも、なんにもなくなっちゃったから
Yue: ...I see. .......I don't have anything left, either.

Sagano: .......

【由】　依代として生まれて、何かの代わりになる事しか今まで考えてなかったから。………どうしていいか、分からないんだ
Yue: Since I was born as a yorishiro, I'd never thought of being anything else. ...I don't know what I should do.

【嵯峨野】　…………………だから、カワイソウっつったろ。　容れ物
Sagano: .......That's why I said you're pitiful. Vessel.

【由】　…………………カワイソウって、オレは悪くないって意味？　オレの事は、恨んでないの？
Yue: .......If you think I'm pitiful, does that mean I'm not bad? You don't resent me?

【嵯峨野】　お前には興味ねえって何度も言ってるだろうが。　だから、お前には関係ない
Sagano: How many times have I told you I didn't have any interest in you? You had nothing to do with it.

【由】　………そっか
Yue: ...I see.

【嵯峨野】　椿の家の誰もかれも。　カワイソウだと思ってたのによ………
Sagano: Everybody at the Tsubaki house thinks that, too. That I'm someone to be pitied...

【由】　…………………もしかして、さがのさん、責任感じてる？
Yue: .......Could it be, you feel responsible?

Sagano: .......

【由】　元を辿れば自分のせいで、カワイソウなオレや、椿の家のひとたちが生まれちゃったって
Yue: Because if you go back to the beginning, my pitiful position, and everyone in the Tsubaki family's being born, were all because of you.

【嵯峨野】　………べつに
Sagano: ...Not really.

【由】　でも、オレ、なんにもなくなっちゃったけど。　さがのさんが、戻ってきた事を良かったって思ってくれたら。　いいなって思ってるよ
Yue: But, I don't have anything to lose. I'm glad you came back, Sagano-san. I think it's a good thing.

【嵯峨野】　…………………そーかよ
Sagano: .......Really now.

Yue: .......

【由】　ね、何かひとつくらいないの？　戻ってきて、良かったって事。　長い長い神隠しから突然解放されて。　まだ、どうしていいかわからないのかもしれないけど。　何か、ひとつくらい………
Yue: Hey, isn't there even one thing? Something you're glad you came back for. After being spirited away for so long, I'm suddenly free. But I can't think of any reason that would be a good thing, yet. Even just one thing...