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……あの日。

I'm sure you remember...

覚えてるとは思うけど オレとルフィナ姉さんは 久々に帰省する予定やった。

The day it all happened, Rufina and I were due to come back here for the first time in a while.

それぞれ別の任務に就いてたから いったん街で合流してから 一緒に帰るつもりやったんや。

We were both coming from different places we'd been sent, so we wanted to meet up in town and come the rest of the way here together.

……だけど姉さんの 乗るはずやった列車が遅れて……

But then her train was delayed, leaving me in town to wait for her alone.

オレだけ先に到着した所で その報せが飛び込んできた……

That was when I got word of what happened.

{color 12}#40Wお前とチビたちが危ない…… そう思ったオレは、単独行動で 占拠していた猟兵の掃討を決行した。

{color 12}#40WAll I could think was that you and the other kids were in danger...and so I decided to try and take out the jaegers here alone.

正直、練度は大した連中やなかった。

They weren't all that experienced, so fighting them wasn't even hard for a squire like me.

従騎士程度のオレでも 一通りの連中を無力化して チビたちと先生を解放できた……

Before long, I was able to disable them all and free the matron and the other kids.

だが、そこにお前はおらへんかった。{color 0}

Or so I thought. You were nowhere to be seen.{color 0}

チビたちから、猟兵の１人が 気絶したお前を運んで どこかに向かったと聞いて……

I asked the other kids where you were. They told me one of the jaegers had taken you somewhere else and that you were unconscious.

手当たり次第に探したオレは 何とかこの場を探り当てた……

I looked frantically all over trying to find you before eventually stumbling across this place.

……なあ、リース……

As for how...

お前、気がついた時、 リボンをしてへんかったやろ？

You remember how you didn't have your ribbon in your hair when you woke up, Ries?

う、うん……

I-I do...

でも、どうして……？

What does that have to do with anything?

お前のリボンがな、 あの隠し扉の前に落ちてたんや。

I found that ribbon in front of the secret passage we've just gone through.

真新しい足跡もあったから 何とか気付くことができたわ。

And there were new footprints near it, too. Made it easy to find the entrance.

あ……

Oh...

Oh...

そして……

Anyway...

Quoi qu'il en soit...

お前を運んだ猟兵を追って オレはこの場所に降りていった……

...after getting in here, I made my way down this staircase in pursuit of the jaeger that had taken you.

なあ、リース。

Hey, Ries?

初めて会った時…… オレがどんなだったか 覚えてるか？

Do you remember what I was like back when you first met me?

……うん。

...Yeah.

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私はまだ小さかったけど…… 不思議とあの時のことは覚えてる。

I was still young at the time, but it's as fresh as if it were only yesterday.

{color 12}#40Wあの時のケビンは…… 全てに絶望した目をしてて……

{color 12}#40WYou looked like you'd been swallowed by blackness. Like there wasn't a single thread of hope bound to you.

正直…… ちょっとだけ怖かった。

It was...scary.

この子はいったい 何を見てきたんだろうって……

I kept wondering what must have happened to you--what you must have seen to make you end up that way.

はは……何を見てきたか。

Haha... What must have happened to me, huh?

どうやら姉さんは 知っとったみたいやけど……

Rufina seemed like she knew...

あの時な、オレ、 自分の母親を殺してるねん。

Before I met you, I killed my mom.

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ああ、殺したってのは ちょいと大げさすぎたかもな。

Maybe 'killed' isn't the right expression. It's not like I directly did it.

見殺しにした…… ってのが正確かもしれへん。

I still let her die, though. I've still got a responsibility for what happened.

{color 12}#40W元々ウチは、 母一人、子一人の家庭やった。

{color 12}#40WGrowing up, it was basically me and my mom for the most part.

親父もたまに顔を見せたけど どうやら他にちゃんと家族のいる どこぞの金持ちだったみたいでな。

My father showed his face from time to time, but not that much. From what I understand, he had another family elsewhere.

でも、そんなんは関係なしに オレは母ちゃんの事が好きやった。

But even without him, she did her best to look after me on her own. I loved her dearly.

この言葉遣いを、近所のガキどもに からかわれたこともあったけど 大抵、ボコボコにしてやったしな。

Kids in the neighborhood used to make fun of me for how I talked, which I got from her...but I just beat them up most of the time.

料理好きで暖かくて…… 自慢の母親だったんや。

She was always kind, she loved cooking, and...yeah. I thought the world of her.

{color 12}#40Wでも７歳の頃…… 母ちゃんは親父から捨てられた。

{color 12}#40WWhen I was seven, my father, who had all the money in the world, chose to abandon her.

元々心の弱い人でな…… みるみる元気がなくなって 身体の調子も悪くして……

At the best of times, she was always a frail person...and after that, she grew more and more despondent. Her health suffered...

オレ、色々頑張ったんやけど 全然元気付けられへんかったわ。

I tried everything a kid could do to cheer her up, but nothing I did worked.

そして……ある冬の日やった。

And during one winter's day when she must have finally had enough.

母ちゃんが…… 寝てるオレの首を締めてきたんは。

She came over while I was sleeping and tried to strangle me.

{color 12}#3S！！！

{color 12}#3S...!!

{color 0}#50W#15A………ごめんな…………

{color 0}#50W#15AI'm so sorry, Kevin...

{color 0}#50W#15A... Je suis désolée...

{color 0}#50W#15A……ごめんな……ケビン………

{color 0}#50W#15AI failed as your mother...

{color 0}#50W#15A... tellement désolée... Kevin...

{color 0}#50W#20A……でもお母さん……… もう……疲れてしもうたんや………

{color 0}#50W#20A...but I'm so tired... I'm so, so tired...

{color 0}#50W#20A... mais Maman est fatiguée... ... vraiment... vraiment fatiguée...

{color 0}#50W#20A……だから…… …………だからな……ケビン…………

{color 0}#50W#20A...At least this way...

{color 0}#50W#20A...... au moins... comme ça...

{color 0}#50W#25A……このまま……… ………お母さんといっしょに………

{color 0}#50W#25A...At least this way, the two of us can...

{color 0}#50W#25A... comme ça... ... ensemble, on pourra...

{color 12}#40Wま、苦労させるくらいなら 一緒にラクになろうって話やろ。

{color 12}#40WI guess she figured that if we were both going to suffer, we might as well take the easy way out as a family.

でもオレは…… それには付き合えへんかった。

But I wouldn't let her take me with her.

夢中で母ちゃんを突き飛ばして…… 雪降る街に裸足で飛び出していった。

Before I knew what I was doing, I'd pushed her aside and ran barefoot out into the snow.

母ちゃんのした事の意味も判らずに ただただ混乱して、小一時間さ迷った。

I wandered around for a while after that. I couldn't understand what had happened or what she'd been trying to do...

そうして腹も減って…… 母ちゃんのことが気になって……

Eventually, I could feel myself getting hungry. I thought that maybe she'd been able to clear her head.

……恐る恐る家に戻ってきたら……{color 0}

I made my way back home, nervous as could be, and...{color 0}

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はは、すまんな。 しょうもない話を聞かせて。

Haha. Sorry for making you listen to all this.

せやけど…… 多分、その時なんやと思う。

Still, I think that's probably when it happened.

……オレの中に 《聖痕》が刻み込まれたんは。

When my Stigma was carved inside me.

え……！？

...What?!