＜真実＞ Reality

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Translation
&lt;真実&gt;

Reality Truth [天: I have to change the name of this chapter to flow with the conversation between Zail and Rick.]

''[僧: Proofed this one, too. Three to go.]''

''[僧: And a second read-through. Fixed an idiom or two, tossed around commas, all that fun stuff. I think this one is ready to go.]''

完成した機体は美しく、見ているだけで想像の海に溺れてしまいそうな、ある意味魔力的な魅力を秘めていた.

しかし、この飛行機は飛ぶことのできない未成熟な機体だ. 父さんの残した研究書だけでは完成しきらない未成熟な機体だ.

The finished airplane looks so beautiful. Just the sight of it is enough to make me drown in an ocean of fantasies, but I have to keep its meaning and enchanting charm a secret.

Still, this plane cannot fly yet, not with this incomplete frame. That was the only part that wasn't fully described in father's journal. [僧: Changed "immature" to "incomplete."]

ライズストームの日は刻一刻と近づいている. もし、このチャンスを逃したら、また１５年間待たなくてはならないのだ.

そんなに待っていられない. しかし、今の俺にはどうしようもない. 法律で禁じられている以上、他の資料を集めることは叶わず、つたない知識と技術でなんとかするしかないのだ.

The Stormrise draws nearer with each passing minute. Should I miss this chance I would have to wait another 15 years, I don't think I could take that.

I cannot wait this long. But right now, this is as far as it goes. It's forbidden by the law, and on top of that I was unable to complete father's calculations, so my only option now is to do what I can with what little knowledge and technical understanding I have.

どうにかなるさと、今まで作業を続けてきたが、結局どうにもならない壁は崩れることはなく、俺は飛ぶことのできない『完成した飛行機』を見上げるだけだった.

But no matter how hard I struggle, continuing my work now would only ultimately lead me to a barrier that I can't overcome, and so all that I'm looking at right now is my "finished airplane" that cannot fly.

家路に就いた足取りも重い. 何かいい方法はないのか.

腕を組み、一生懸命考える.

I make my way home to get some sleep, my legs feel heavy. Is there really no way?

I fold my arms and think as hard as I can.

どすん

【リック】「んあっ」

何かにぶつかって、思わず倒れそうになる.


 * Thud* [天: you know the game.]

Rick: "Nah-"

I bumped into something, lost my footing and fell to the ground.

【ザイル】「おいおい、リック. 前を見て歩けよ」

【リック】「あ、あ、ザイル」

目の前にはザイルがいた.

Zail: "Hey, Rick. Watch were you're going."

Rick: "Aah, ah, Zail."

Zail stands in front of me.

【ザイル】「元気そうだな. と言いたいところだが、　あまり元気がなさそうだな. 何かあったのか？」

【リック】「え？　いや、たいしたことじゃないよ」

まさかザイルの前で『飛行機を作っててうまくいかないんだ』なんて言えない. 俺は適当な言葉でその場を濁す.

Zail: "'Are you alright?' That's what I'd like to say, but I can already see that something's the matter. What happened?"

Rick: "Eh? No-no, it's really nothing."

I can't tell Zail "I can't finish my airplane properly" right to his face. I try to get around answering his question with some smalltalk.

【リック】「それより、ザイルは何をしに？」

【ザイル】「いや、なんとなくお前と話が　したくなってな」

【リック】「じゃ、うちにくればいいよ. たまにはザイルとゆっくり話を　するのもいいね」

【ザイル】「ああ. ぜひ、そうさせてくれ」

Rick: "That aside, what are you doing here Zail?"

Zail: "Nothing really, I just felt like having a chat with you."

Rick: "Well then, let's go over to my house. I'd like to have a chat with you once in awhile, too."

Zail: "Yes, my thoughts exactly."

ナップもランも自室で休んでいるらしくリビングには誰もいなかった. まあ、せっかくザイルと話をするのだから二人っきりの方が都合がいいけど.

【リック】「ミルクはストレートでいい？」

【ザイル】「ああ. ありがとう」

俺はザイルの前にミルクの入ったカップを置き、自分のカップを持って席に着く.

Seems like Napp and Ran are in their rooms, the living room is completely empty. Ah well, since I want to have a talk with Zail it's quite convenient that it's just the two of us here.

Rick: "You drink your milk straight, right?

Zail: "Yeah. Thank you."

I put the cup of milk on the table in front of him, and with my own cup in hand, take a seat too.

【リック】「最近、仕事はどう？　やっぱり法王庁の士官ともなれば、　随分大変でしょう？」

【ザイル】「そうだな. 相変わらず忙しい毎日を　送ってるよ」

ザイルは、ふっと軽く笑ってカップに口をつけた.

Zail: "So, how's it going at your job lately? As an officer of the Holy Order, you must have your hands full with work, right?"

Zail: "That's true. As I expected each day is really tough work."

Zail chuckles lightly and puts the cup at his lips.

【ザイル】「リックは、なぜ法王庁で空を飛ぶことや　外世界に興味を抱くことを禁じているか　知ってるか？」

【リック】「それは、宗教上の理由でしょう？　俺はあまり信心してないから、どうでも　いいと思ってるんだけど」

【ザイル】「確かに宗教上の理由もある. 我々は月と空の恵みに感謝し、　その領域を侵すことは冒涜以外の　何者でもない」

ザイルの言う一般的な宗教論を信じている人はたくさんいる.

Zail: "Say Rick, do you know why the Holy Order forbids research in aircrafts and the outside world?"

Rick: "Is there another reason besides our religion? Not that it matters to me really, I'm not a strong believer anyways."

Zail: "Our beliefs are of course a reason. Out of gratitude for the moons and the sky, breaking into their territory is a blasphemy no one should commit."

There are many people that buy into that broad argument Zail just mentioned.

【ザイル】「だが、それだけではない. 地位を得るということはそれだけ知ることも　増えるということだ. どうしてもお前に伝えなくてはいけない　真実を知ってしまった」

【リック】「真実？」

【ザイル】「ああ、そうだ. 法王庁は、宗教上の理由で禁じている　訳ではない. 法王庁の中には、飛行技術も飛行機も　存在しているし、彼らは外世界の情報も　持っているのだ」

Zail: "But that is only one reason. With my promotion to a higher rank, you could say, I was also let in on some classified information. And I learned a truth that I just felt I owed it to you to tell you." [天: is the owe part correct?] [月: sounds about right, just make it "owed it to you" because he's talking in the past tense.] [天: Check.]

Rick: "A truth?"

Zail: "Yes. There is another reason for that ban by Holy Order. The Order is in the possession of aircraft technology, as well as functioning planes, and they also have information about the outside world."

【リック】「そんな！」

俺は思わず、がたんと立ち上がる.

【ザイル】「外世界にあるのは古代文明らしい. そこにある科学力はこの世界など　比べ物にならないという. もし、俺達の世界に、そういった新たな　力が入ってきたらどうなる？」

【リック】「均衡が崩れる？」

すべてを法王庁が管理している世界. 法王庁の力が絶対であり、それを越える力は存在しない.

Rick: "What!"

Unintentionally I spring up from my seat and bang my hands on the table.

Zail: "It seems like the outside world is some kind of ancient, advanced civilization. The technology of that world can't be compared to ours by any means. What do you think would happen if that kind of powerful technology would just be brought into our world?"

[味: I know there's context clues to indicate it later in the sentence, but maybe "ancient, advanced civilization" would work here to further clarify things a bit?] [天: Yeah, that's better, I think.]

Rick: "The balance of power would collapse."

This world is run entirely by the Holy Order. The Order's power is absolute, no force in our world could oppose them.

【ザイル】「そうだ. もし、飛行技術や外世界の　科学力をこの世界に持ち込まれたら、　法王庁の支配は崩れる」

ザイルが額に手を当てて、怪訝な顔つきでため息をつく.

【ザイル】「まったく、俺は今まで何をやってきたんだ. 人々の平和と我々の恵みの空を守るため　ではなかったのか！」

ザイルはテーブルをダンと叩く.

Zail: "That's right. If someone were to bring aircraft technology and the scientific capabilities of the outside world into our world, the reign of the Holy Order would crumble."

Zail rubs the scar on his forehead and sighs with a troubled look on his face. [天: The scar isn't actually mentioned here, but I felt like it would be a good addition][月: its fine but you could make it "zail rubs the scar on his forehead".][天: Ok]

Zail: "My god, what have I been doing until now? Didn't I join the Order to protect peace and gracious sky!"

Zail slams his fist on the table.

【ザイル】「お前の父親のことを知っているか？」

【リック】「知っているよ. 飛行機の研究をしていた　父さんは法王庁に逮捕され、処分された」

ザイルには、俺が知っている本当のことは言わない. 父さんが外世界に飛び出したことは俺やナップが知っていればいいことだ.

Zail: "Do you know about your father's fate?"

Rick: "Of course I do. Father was arrested and punished by the Order for researching aircraft."

I can't tell Zail what really became of dad. It's best if only Napp and I know that he flew off to the outside world.

【ザイル】「事実は違う. バッグ＝ザックの飛行事件の真相は　法王庁に隠蔽されていた」

飛行機を完成させ、そして大陸を飛び出し、外世界に行き着いた父さんのことが世間に知られるのは、法王庁にとって都合が悪いことだらけなのだろう.

Zail: "That's not what really happened. The incident of Bagg Zack's airplane was covered up by the Order."

I guess if it would have been made public that my father completed an airplane, flew away from this continent and off to the other world, it would have been quite inconvenient for the Holy Order.

【ザイル】「事実は、バッグの飛行実験を止めることは　叶わず、離陸を許してしまった」

そうだ. 父さんは外世界に飛び出したのだ.

Zail: "The truth is, the Order was unable to stop Bagg's aircraft experiments, and they allowed him to leave the ground with his plane."

That's right. Dad flew off to the outside world!

【ザイル】「そして、バッグの機体は法王庁の　特殊飛行部隊により、撃墜された」

【リック】「えっ！」

父さんが、法王庁に撃墜されていた？まさか！　父さんは外世界に向かって旅立ったんじゃないのか！

Zail: "And after that Bagg Zack's airplane was shot down by a special military airplane of the Holy Order."

Rick: "Eh-!"

Dad's plane was shot down? That can't be! Dad didn't set out to travel the outside world?!

【ザイル】「驚くのは無理もない. この事実は、法王庁によって１５年間　隠蔽されてきたのだ」

がしゃん！

不意に後ろの方で何かが割れる音がした.

Zail: "It's no wonder that you're upset by this. It was kept a secret by the Order for 15 years."


 * Ga-Chang!* [天: loud sound]

Suddenly I hear something break behind me.

【リック】「ナップ・・・！」

【ナップ】「ザ、ザイルさん、今の話、　本当なの・・・？」

【ザイル】「・・・ナップか. 本当だ. お前達の父親は法王庁の　手によって、１５年前に撃墜された」

Rick: "Napp...!"

Napp: "Z-, Zail, is what you just said, really true...?"

Zail: "...Napp? It's the truth. Your father's airplane was shot down by the Order 15 years ago."

【ナップ】「そんな、そんな・・・父さんが. ううッ！　父さんが・・・ッ、う、う、」

【リック】「ナップ！」

ナップが胸を押さえて、倒れるようにその場にうずくまる. 俺は、ナップのもとにかけより、担ぎ上げる.

【リック】「ごめん、ザイル. ちょっと待ってて！」

Napp: "That, that.... dad, he... uuh-! Dad...- *cough* *cough*." [僧: Changed the "uhh"s to coughs again.]

Rick: "Napp!"

Napp grabs his chest, he's leaning like he could fall over any second. I rush over to his side and lift him on my shoulder. ''[僧: "Crooking" sounded kind of strange. Changed it to "leaning."]''

Rick: "I'm sorry, Zail. Please wait a moment."

俺はナップを部屋に寝かせると薬を飲ませた.

【ナップ】「ううッ・・・はぁ、はぁ、」

なかなかナップの発作はおさまらない. 父さんの話がよほどにショックだったに違いない.

【ザイル】「すまない. ナップをこんな目に遭わせるために　話をしたんじゃなかったんだが」

I bring Napp into his bed and give him some medicine.

Napp: "*Cough*-... Haa -*cough*."

Somehow Napp's fit just won't end. Without doubt, learning about our father's fate must have been a huge shock.

Zail: "Sorry. I didn't want to upset Napp like this with my story."

【リック】「ザイルは悪くないよ. おかげで父さんの真実を知ることが　できたよ. 感謝してる」

【ザイル】「俺は、法王庁が信じられなくなった. 今まで信じていたものがガラガラと　崩れていった気分だ」

ようやくナップの発作がおさまり、ナップはそのまま眠りに就いた.

Rick: "I know it wasn't your intention, Zail. Thanks to you we finally know the truth about our father. I'm grateful for that." [僧: Reworded the beginning of this line for clarity.]

Zail: "I have lost my faith in the Holy Order. I feel like everything I've ever believed in is just falling apart."

In the end the fit stopped when Napp fell asleep.

【ザイル】「今日は帰る. すまなかった」

ザイルはそう言うと、ナップの部屋を出て行った.

Zail: "I'll go home now. I'm sorry for what happened."

Zail says goodbye and leaves Napp's room.

【リック】「ナップ・・・」

今までどれだけ発作が酷くても、そのまま眠ってしまうほどのことはなかった.

俺は、ナップの部屋を出て、リビングの椅子に座った.

Rick: "Napp..."

No matter how bad Napp's fits have been, until now he's never fallen asleep while having one.

I too leave Napp's room and sit down on a chair in the living room.

【ラン】「何かあったの？」

【リック】「え？　ああ、ううん. ちょっとナップが発作を起こしただけだよ. もうおさまったから心配はいらない」

俺は少し作ったような笑顔でそう言った. ランは俺の顔を見て、不思議そうな顔をしていたが、いたたまれなくなって、俺は自分の部屋に戻ることにした.

Ran: "What happened?"

Rick: "Eh? Aah, uhmm. Napp just had another fit, that's all. It has already settled down, don't worry about it."

While saying that I put on somewhat of a fake smile. Ran looks at me with a puzzled look on her face, I can't keep on sitting here any longer and return to my own room.

あれからナップは眠ったままになり、熱を出した. 飛行機どころではなくなり、俺とランが交代でつきっきりの看病をした.

熱は下がらなかったが、３日経ってようやくナップは目を覚ました.

Since that day Napp kept on sleeping and caught a fever. The airplane wasn't important anymore, Ran and I took turns in caring for him.

The fever just won't stop, but after 3 days he finally opens his eyes again.

【ナップ】「兄さん、心配かけてごめん」

【リック】「何言ってるんだ. 兄弟なんだ当然だろ」

ナップは辛そうな顔で俺の顔を見た.

【ナップ】「父さんが、死んでたなんて、未だに　信じられないよ」

【リック】「俺もだ」

Napp: "Big brother, sorry for worrying you so."

Rick: "What are you saying? We're brothers, of course I'm worried."

Napp looks at me with sharp eyes.

Napp: "I still can't believe that father is really dead."

Rick: "Me neither."

【ナップ】「ボクは、父さんが嫌いだ・・・. 憎んでいる・・・. けれど、飛行機を作り、外世界の　存在を突きとめ、飛び立っていった　父さんを尊敬してる・・・」

【リック】「わかってたさ」

Napp: "I hated our father... I despised him... but at the same time... building a plane and taking off with it to prove the existence of an outside world, somehow I also admired him for that..."

Rick: "I understand that."

【ナップ】「父さんは外世界に飛び立ち、　いつか帰って来るんだと思ってた. けど、それはもうないんだね. ううッ、・・・んッ、はぁ、はぁ」

【リック】「ナップ、無理をするな. 目が覚めたばかりなんだから」

俺は発作の薬をナップの口に入れる.

【ナップ】「ごめん、兄さん. 迷惑ばかりかけて. ライズストームの日は近いから　遊んでなんかいられないのに」

Napp: "I always thought that one day he'd come home from his travels in that other world. But, that is never going to happen now. Uuh-,... *cough*, Haa-*cough*."

Rick: "Napp, don't over do it! You've just regained consciousness."

I put a few pills in his mouth.

Napp: "I'm sorry, big brother. I'm causing you nothing but trouble. The Stormrise is near, you have no time to waste."

【リック】「バカッ！　飛行機なんかどうでもいい. お前が一番大事なんだ」

【ナップ】「・・・ごめん」

【リック】「俺、飛行機はもういいよ. ナップを放っておいて、自分の夢も　クソもあるもんか」

Rick: "Idiot-! What do I care about the airplane. You are what's most important to me!"

Napp: "...sorry."

Rick: "I don't care about the airplane anymore. If it means neglecting you Napp, then I won't give a shit about that stupid dream!"

大事な兄弟を放っていけるわけがない. 自分の大切な人を不幸にしてまで叶える夢なんて、本当の夢じゃない.

【ナップ】「・・・ごめん」

ナップはそう言うと、また眠りに就いた.

I'm not going to abandon my brother. Is a dream that only ends up hurting people, really a dream worth pursuing?

Napp: "...sorry."

Says Napp and drifts off to sleep again.

昼間はそう言ったが、俺はベッドの中で外世界に対する未練を捨てきれないでいた.

父さんが果たせなかったのなら、なおさら、俺が果たしたい. あの真っ白な雲の向こうに何があるのかを.

拭いきれない想い. 果たせない夢. その夜は当分寝付くことができなかった.

I said that at noon, but in the night of the same day I'm lying in bed thinking that I can't just cast the outside world away after all.

Since dad never could fulfill his dream, it makes me want to fulfill it even more. To see what lies beyond those pure white clouds.

I can't wipe these thoughts away. A dream that cannot be fulfilled. For quite a while during that night, I just can't find any sleep.

[月:Someone please explain that first sentence I just can't wrap my head around it. "i said that during noon...]

[天: It reads kind of like at noon he says "I don' care about the airplane" but a couple of hours later he's lying in bed and is thinking "Damn it, I can't give it up after all". Any idea how to make that easier to understand?]

[月: i think it was just the distance between the two sentences caused by the japanese text, the pics may also make it easier to understand. i think i just didnt have the right context. thanks for clearing that up.]

Finished version
&lt;真実&gt;

Truth

完成した機体は美しく、見ているだけで想像の海に溺れてしまいそうな、ある意味魔力的な魅力を秘めていた.

しかし、この飛行機は飛ぶことのできない未成熟な機体だ. 父さんの残した研究書だけでは完成しきらない未成熟な機体だ.

The finished airplane looks so beautiful. Just the sight of it is enough to make me drown in an ocean of fantasies, but I have to keep its meaning and enchanting charm a secret.

Still, this plane cannot fly yet, not with this incomplete frame. That was the only part that wasn't fully described in father's journal.

ライズストームの日は刻一刻と近づいている. もし、このチャンスを逃したら、また１５年間待たなくてはならないのだ.

そんなに待っていられない. しかし、今の俺にはどうしようもない. 法律で禁じられている以上、他の資料を集めることは叶わず、つたない知識と技術でなんとかするしかないのだ.

The Stormrise draws nearer with each passing minute. Should I miss this chance I would have to wait another 15 years, I don't think I could take that.

I cannot wait this long. But right now, this is as far as it goes. It's forbidden by the law, and on top of that I was unable to complete father's calculations, so my only option now is to do what I can with what little knowledge and technical understanding I have.

どうにかなるさと、今まで作業を続けてきたが、結局どうにもならない壁は崩れることはなく、俺は飛ぶことのできない『完成した飛行機』を見上げるだけだった.

But no matter how hard I struggle, continuing my work now would only ultimately lead me to a barrier that I can't overcome, and so all that I'm looking at right now is my "finished airplane" that cannot fly.

家路に就いた足取りも重い. 何かいい方法はないのか.

腕を組み、一生懸命考える.

I make my way home to get some sleep, my legs feel heavy. Is there really no way?

I fold my arms and think as hard as I can.

どすん

【リック】「んあっ」

何かにぶつかって、思わず倒れそうになる.


 * Thud*

Rick: "Nah-"

I bumped into something, lost my footing and fell to the ground.

【ザイル】「おいおい、リック. 前を見て歩けよ」

【リック】「あ、あ、ザイル」

目の前にはザイルがいた.

Zail: "Hey, Rick. Watch were you're going."

Rick: "Aah, ah, Zail."

Zail stands in front of me.

【ザイル】「元気そうだな. と言いたいところだが、　あまり元気がなさそうだな. 何かあったのか？」

【リック】「え？　いや、たいしたことじゃないよ」

まさかザイルの前で『飛行機を作っててうまくいかないんだ』なんて言えない. 俺は適当な言葉でその場を濁す.

Zail: "'Are you alright?' That's what I'd like to say, but I can already see that something's the matter. What happened?"

Rick: "Eh? No-no, it's really nothing."

I can't tell Zail "I can't finish my airplane properly" right to his face. I try to get around answering his question with some smalltalk.

【リック】「それより、ザイルは何をしに？」

【ザイル】「いや、なんとなくお前と話が　したくなってな」

【リック】「じゃ、うちにくればいいよ. たまにはザイルとゆっくり話を　するのもいいね」

【ザイル】「ああ. ぜひ、そうさせてくれ」

Rick: "That aside, what are you doing here Zail?"

Zail: "Nothing really, I just felt like having a chat with you."

Rick: "Well then, let's go over to my house. I'd like to have a chat with you once in awhile, too."

Zail: "Yes, my thoughts exactly."

ナップもランも自室で休んでいるらしくリビングには誰もいなかった. まあ、せっかくザイルと話をするのだから二人っきりの方が都合がいいけど.

【リック】「ミルクはストレートでいい？」

【ザイル】「ああ. ありがとう」

俺はザイルの前にミルクの入ったカップを置き、自分のカップを持って席に着く.

Seems like Napp and Ran are in their rooms, the living room is completely empty. Ah well, since I want to have a talk with Zail it's quite convenient that it's just the two of us here.

Rick: "You drink your milk straight, right?

Zail: "Yeah. Thank you."

I put the cup of milk on the table in front of him, and with my own cup in hand, take a seat too.

【リック】「最近、仕事はどう？　やっぱり法王庁の士官ともなれば、　随分大変でしょう？」

【ザイル】「そうだな. 相変わらず忙しい毎日を　送ってるよ」

ザイルは、ふっと軽く笑ってカップに口をつけた.

Zail: "So, how's it going at your job lately? As an officer of the Holy Order, you must have your hands full with work, right?"

Zail: "That's true. As I expected each day is really tough work."

Zail chuckles lightly and puts the cup at his lips.

【ザイル】「リックは、なぜ法王庁で空を飛ぶことや　外世界に興味を抱くことを禁じているか　知ってるか？」

【リック】「それは、宗教上の理由でしょう？　俺はあまり信心してないから、どうでも　いいと思ってるんだけど」

【ザイル】「確かに宗教上の理由もある. 我々は月と空の恵みに感謝し、　その領域を侵すことは冒涜以外の　何者でもない」

ザイルの言う一般的な宗教論を信じている人はたくさんいる.

Zail: "Say Rick, do you know why the Holy Order forbids research in aircrafts and the outside world?"

Rick: "Is there another reason besides our religion? Not that it matters to me really, I'm not a strong believer anyways."

Zail: "Our beliefs are of course a reason. Out of gratitude for the moons and the sky, breaking into their territory is a blasphemy no one should commit."

There are many people that buy into that broad argument Zail just mentioned.

【ザイル】「だが、それだけではない. 地位を得るということはそれだけ知ることも　増えるということだ. どうしてもお前に伝えなくてはいけない　真実を知ってしまった」

【リック】「真実？」

【ザイル】「ああ、そうだ. 法王庁は、宗教上の理由で禁じている　訳ではない. 法王庁の中には、飛行技術も飛行機も　存在しているし、彼らは外世界の情報も　持っているのだ」

Zail: "But that is only one reason. With my promotion to a higher rank, you could say, I was also let in on some classified information. And I learned a truth that I just felt I owed it to you to tell you."

Rick: "A truth?"

Zail: "Yes. There is another reason for that ban by Holy Order. The Order is in the possession of aircraft technology, as well as functioning planes, and they also have information about the outside world."

【リック】「そんな！」

俺は思わず、がたんと立ち上がる.

【ザイル】「外世界にあるのは古代文明らしい. そこにある科学力はこの世界など　比べ物にならないという. もし、俺達の世界に、そういった新たな　力が入ってきたらどうなる？」

【リック】「均衡が崩れる？」

すべてを法王庁が管理している世界. 法王庁の力が絶対であり、それを越える力は存在しない.

Rick: "What!"

Unintentionally I spring up from my seat and bang my hands on the table.

Zail: "It seems like the outside world is some kind of ancient, advanced civilization. The technology of that world can't be compared to ours by any means. What do you think would happen if that kind of powerful technology would just be brought into our world?"

Rick: "The balance of power would collapse."

This world is run entirely by the Holy Order. The Order's power is absolute, no force in our world could oppose them.

【ザイル】「そうだ. もし、飛行技術や外世界の　科学力をこの世界に持ち込まれたら、　法王庁の支配は崩れる」

ザイルが額に手を当てて、怪訝な顔つきでため息をつく.

【ザイル】「まったく、俺は今まで何をやってきたんだ. 人々の平和と我々の恵みの空を守るため　ではなかったのか！」

ザイルはテーブルをダンと叩く.

Zail: "That's right. If someone were to bring aircraft technology and the scientific capabilities of the outside world into our world, the reign of the Holy Order would crumble."

Zail rubs the scar on his forehead and sighs with a troubled look on his face.

Zail: "My god, what have I been doing until now? Didn't I join the Order to protect peace and gracious sky!"

Zail slams his fist on the table.

【ザイル】「お前の父親のことを知っているか？」

【リック】「知っているよ. 飛行機の研究をしていた　父さんは法王庁に逮捕され、処分された」

ザイルには、俺が知っている本当のことは言わない. 父さんが外世界に飛び出したことは俺やナップが知っていればいいことだ.

Zail: "Do you know about your father's fate?"

Rick: "Of course I do. Father was arrested and punished by the Order for researching aircraft."

I can't tell Zail what really became of dad. It's best if only Napp and I know that he flew off to the outside world.

【ザイル】「事実は違う. バッグ＝ザックの飛行事件の真相は　法王庁に隠蔽されていた」

飛行機を完成させ、そして大陸を飛び出し、外世界に行き着いた父さんのことが世間に知られるのは、法王庁にとって都合が悪いことだらけなのだろう.

Zail: "That's not what really happened. The incident of Bagg Zack's airplane was covered up by the Order."

I guess if it would have been made public that my father completed an airplane, flew away from this continent and off to the other world, it would have been quite inconvenient for the Holy Order.

【ザイル】「事実は、バッグの飛行実験を止めることは　叶わず、離陸を許してしまった」

そうだ. 父さんは外世界に飛び出したのだ.

Zail: "The truth is, the Order was unable to stop Bagg's aircraft experiments, and they allowed him to leave the ground with his plane."

That's right. Dad flew off to the outside world!

【ザイル】「そして、バッグの機体は法王庁の　特殊飛行部隊により、撃墜された」

【リック】「えっ！」

父さんが、法王庁に撃墜されていた？まさか！　父さんは外世界に向かって旅立ったんじゃないのか！

Zail: "And after that Bagg Zack's airplane was shot down by a special military airplane of the Holy Order."

Rick: "Eh-!"

Dad's plane was shot down? That can't be! Dad didn't set out to travel the outside world?!

【ザイル】「驚くのは無理もない. この事実は、法王庁によって１５年間　隠蔽されてきたのだ」

がしゃん！

不意に後ろの方で何かが割れる音がした.

Zail: "It's no wonder that you're upset by this. It was kept a secret by the Order for 15 years."


 * Ga-Chang!*

Suddenly I hear something break behind me.

【リック】「ナップ・・・！」

【ナップ】「ザ、ザイルさん、今の話、　本当なの・・・？」

【ザイル】「・・・ナップか. 本当だ. お前達の父親は法王庁の　手によって、１５年前に撃墜された」

Rick: "Napp...!"

Napp: "Z-, Zail, is what you just said, really true...?"

Zail: "...Napp? It's the truth. Your father's airplane was shot down by the Order 15 years ago."

【ナップ】「そんな、そんな・・・父さんが. ううッ！　父さんが・・・ッ、う、う、」

【リック】「ナップ！」

ナップが胸を押さえて、倒れるようにその場にうずくまる. 俺は、ナップのもとにかけより、担ぎ上げる.

【リック】「ごめん、ザイル. ちょっと待ってて！」

Napp: "That, that.... dad, he... uuh-! Dad...- *cough* *cough*."

Rick: "Napp!"

Napp grabs his chest, he's leaning like he could fall over any second. I rush over to his side and lift him on my shoulder.

Rick: "I'm sorry, Zail. Please wait a moment."

俺はナップを部屋に寝かせると薬を飲ませた.

【ナップ】「ううッ・・・はぁ、はぁ、」

なかなかナップの発作はおさまらない. 父さんの話がよほどにショックだったに違いない.

【ザイル】「すまない. ナップをこんな目に遭わせるために　話をしたんじゃなかったんだが」

I bring Napp into his bed and give him some medicine.

Napp: "*Cough*-... Haa -*cough*."

Somehow Napp's fit just won't end. Without doubt, learning about our father's fate must have been a huge shock.

Zail: "Sorry. I didn't want to upset Napp like this with my story."

【リック】「ザイルは悪くないよ. おかげで父さんの真実を知ることが　できたよ. 感謝してる」

【ザイル】「俺は、法王庁が信じられなくなった. 今まで信じていたものがガラガラと　崩れていった気分だ」

ようやくナップの発作がおさまり、ナップはそのまま眠りに就いた.

Rick: "I know it wasn't your intention, Zail. Thanks to you we finally know the truth about our father. I'm grateful for that."

Zail: "I have lost my faith in the Holy Order. I feel like everything I've ever believed in is just falling apart."

In the end the fit stopped when Napp fell asleep.

【ザイル】「今日は帰る. すまなかった」

ザイルはそう言うと、ナップの部屋を出て行った.

Zail: "I'll go home now. I'm sorry for what happened."

Zail says goodbye and leaves Napp's room.

【リック】「ナップ・・・」

今までどれだけ発作が酷くても、そのまま眠ってしまうほどのことはなかった.

俺は、ナップの部屋を出て、リビングの椅子に座った.

Rick: "Napp..."

No matter how bad Napp's fits have been, until now he's never fallen asleep while having one.

I too leave Napp's room and sit down on a chair in the living room.

【ラン】「何かあったの？」

【リック】「え？　ああ、ううん. ちょっとナップが発作を起こしただけだよ. もうおさまったから心配はいらない」

俺は少し作ったような笑顔でそう言った. ランは俺の顔を見て、不思議そうな顔をしていたが、いたたまれなくなって、俺は自分の部屋に戻ることにした.

Ran: "What happened?"

Rick: "Eh? Aah, uhmm. Napp just had another fit, that's all. It has already settled down, don't worry about it."

While saying that I put on somewhat of a fake smile. Ran looks at me with a puzzled look on her face, I can't keep on sitting here any longer and return to my own room.

あれからナップは眠ったままになり、熱を出した. 飛行機どころではなくなり、俺とランが交代でつきっきりの看病をした.

熱は下がらなかったが、３日経ってようやくナップは目を覚ました.

Since that day Napp kept on sleeping and caught a fever. The airplane wasn't important anymore, Ran and I took turns in caring for him.

The fever just won't stop, but after 3 days he finally opens his eyes again.

【ナップ】「兄さん、心配かけてごめん」

【リック】「何言ってるんだ. 兄弟なんだ当然だろ」

ナップは辛そうな顔で俺の顔を見た.

【ナップ】「父さんが、死んでたなんて、未だに　信じられないよ」

【リック】「俺もだ」

Napp: "Big brother, sorry for worrying you so."

Rick: "What are you saying? We're brothers, of course I'm worried."

Napp looks at me with sharp eyes.

Napp: "I still can't believe that father is really dead."

Rick: "Me neither."

【ナップ】「ボクは、父さんが嫌いだ・・・. 憎んでいる・・・. けれど、飛行機を作り、外世界の　存在を突きとめ、飛び立っていった　父さんを尊敬してる・・・」

【リック】「わかってたさ」

Napp: "I hated our father... I despised him... but at the same time... building a plane and taking off with it to prove the existence of an outside world, somehow I also admired him for that..."

Rick: "I understand that."

【ナップ】「父さんは外世界に飛び立ち、　いつか帰って来るんだと思ってた. けど、それはもうないんだね. ううッ、・・・んッ、はぁ、はぁ」

【リック】「ナップ、無理をするな. 目が覚めたばかりなんだから」

俺は発作の薬をナップの口に入れる.

【ナップ】「ごめん、兄さん. 迷惑ばかりかけて. ライズストームの日は近いから　遊んでなんかいられないのに」

Napp: "I always thought that one day he'd come home from his travels in that other world. But, that is never going to happen now. Uuh-,... *cough*, Haa-*cough*."

Rick: "Napp, don't over do it! You've just regained consciousness."

I put a few pills in his mouth.

Napp: "I'm sorry, big brother. I'm causing you nothing but trouble. The Stormrise is near, you have no time to waste."

【リック】「バカッ！　飛行機なんかどうでもいい. お前が一番大事なんだ」

【ナップ】「・・・ごめん」

【リック】「俺、飛行機はもういいよ. ナップを放っておいて、自分の夢も　クソもあるもんか」

Rick: "Idiot-! What do I care about the airplane. You are what's most important to me!"

Napp: "...sorry."

Rick: "I don't care about the airplane anymore. If it means neglecting you Napp, then I won't give a shit about that stupid dream!"

大事な兄弟を放っていけるわけがない. 自分の大切な人を不幸にしてまで叶える夢なんて、本当の夢じゃない.

【ナップ】「・・・ごめん」

ナップはそう言うと、また眠りに就いた.

I'm not going to abandon my brother. Is a dream that only ends up hurting people, really a dream worth pursuing?

Napp: "...sorry."

Says Napp and drifts off to sleep again.

昼間はそう言ったが、俺はベッドの中で外世界に対する未練を捨てきれないでいた.

父さんが果たせなかったのなら、なおさら、俺が果たしたい. あの真っ白な雲の向こうに何があるのかを.

拭いきれない想い. 果たせない夢. その夜は当分寝付くことができなかった.

I said that at noon, but in the night of the same day I'm lying in bed thinking that I can't just cast the outside world away after all.

Since dad never could fulfill his dream, it makes me want to fulfill it even more. To see what lies beyond those pure white clouds.

I can't wipe these thoughts away. A dream that cannot be fulfilled. For quite a while during that night, I just can't find any sleep.