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や～…… まさかティータちゃんの お母さんやったとは。

Still, I sure didn't expect to run into little Tita's mother here.

たしかご夫婦で外国にいるって 聞いてましたけど 戻ってきはったんですね？

I'd heard you and your husband were both living abroad. What brought you back?

あんな事件があったと聞いて 戻って来ないわけないじゃない。

What do you think? After all that went down here, there was no way I was staying out of the country any longer than I had to.

もっとも辺境にいたから 情報が届くのがだいぶ遅れて 後の祭りだったけど……

Though with how remote the region we were in is, it was all over by the time word reached us.

まったく、そうじゃなきゃ あのクソジジイの好き放題に させなかったものを……

Had we found out sooner, I sure wouldn't have let that maniac pull half the crap he did.

な、なんやラッセル博士に えらいご立腹みたいですね？

Doesn't sound like you're too happy with the professor nowadays, huh?

あったりまえでしょ！#2S

Talk about an understatement!#2S

聞けば、その崩壊した 浮遊都市にティータを 連れていったそうじゃない！

That whack job actually took my little girl to that floating city with him!

いくら孫に甘いからって 限度ってもんがあるってーの！

I get that he's soft towards her, but that's no excuse for exposing her to danger!

は、はあ……

Th-That's fair...

挙句の果てに、 あんなチンピラみたいな男を 娘に近寄らせているなんて……

And as if that isn't bad enough, he let that redheaded scumbag get near her, too!

おのれ赤毛モミアゲ男…… 私の可愛いティータによくも……

That utter cretin isn't fit to be within fifty arge of my darling Tita, never mind actually getting friendly with her!

赤毛モミアゲ男って…… アガットさんのことですか？

So, uh...you don't like Agate, huh?

その忌々しい名前を 口にしないでちょうだい！

Don't you speak that filthy name in front of me ever again!

くくく、覚悟してなさいよ、 アガット・クロスナー……

Oooh, when I'm finished with him, he'll wish he'd never been BORN...

今度はさらに パワーアップした機体で 叩きのめしてあげるわ……

He might've survived that last onslaught, but we'll see how he fares against an even more powerful unit, won't we? Heheh...

（な、なんや色々、 {} あったみたいですねぇ……）

(I-I get the feeling this is a matter we're better off not prying into...)

（ああ…… {} 私も詳しい事情は知らないが。）

(I thought the same, so I don't know any more about it than you do.)

（ちなみにラッセル博士は {} ちょうど外国に旅行中でね。）

(Incidentally, the Professor Russell you're more familiar with is currently vacationing abroad.)

（今回の件に関しては全面的に {} 彼女に協力をお願いしているんだ。）

(As such, she has been assisting us with this case in his place.)

（そうやったんですか……）

(Oh, I see...)

──そこ、聞いてるの！？

Are you two listening to me?!

はいっ！

S-Sorry!

は！

O-Of course!

ふん、まあいいわ。

Hmph. Well, whatever.

──それにしても ずいぶんと長い階段ね。

This staircase sure is long, though.

あとどれくらいあるのかしら？

How much farther do we have to go?

あー、もうそろそろで 終わりですわ。

Not much, as far as I know.

おっと…… 見えてきたみたいやね。

Yup. There we go.

行き止まり……？

A dead end?

ちょっと…… どういう事なのかしら？

I hope you've got a good explanation for this.

エリカ博士、シード中佐。

I do.

ここから先に進むためには お二人にある処置を受けてもらう 必要があるんですわ。

This isn't a dead end, but to go any farther, I'm going to need you to undertake a ritual of sorts for me.

ふむ……

Hmm...

Mhh...

いきなり胡散臭い話に なってきたわね。

Well, this certainly took a turn for the strange.

さしずめ、教会お得意の 法術ってところかしら？

Is this an example of the church's famous Thaumaturgy?

ええ、そんなモンです。

Something like that, yes.

具体的に言うと、 暗示を受けてもらいます。

Specifically, I would like you to undertake a form of suggestion.

暗示……

I'm...not sure I follow.

ここで見たことは 誰にも喋るなとかいうわけ？

You want us to promise not to tell anyone what we see here, right?

いや、中佐なんかは 上への報告もあるでしょうから そこまでの無理は言いません。

That's a little extreme, so no. The colonel is obviously going to need to report what happened here to his superiors, for one thing.

ただ単に、ここで見たことを 信頼できる者以外には話さない。

All I want you to promise is that you won't tell anyone who you aren't certain you can trust.

……そう心から 思ってくれるだけで結構ですわ。

I don't need you to say it. I just need you to think and believe it.

ずいぶんアバウトね……

Weird, but all right.

まあ、その程度でよければ いくらでも思ってあげるけど。

If that's all you want us to do, so be it.

こちらも了解した。

I feel the same way.

頭の中で念じればいいのかな？

Should we deliberately repeat it in our minds, then?

いえ、あくまで自然体で リラックスしてて結構ですわ。

You don't even need to do that. It should just come completely naturally to you.

ほな、行きますよ──

All right, here goes...

──空の女神の名において 聖別されし七耀、ここに在り。

In the name of She Who Dwells Above do I hold this consecrated septium.

空の金耀、識の銀耀──

Space's golden glow... Consciousness' silver glow...

その相克をもって 秘蹟へ至る道を彼の者らに 指し示したまえ。

By your opposing natures, reveal to them the path that leads to your sacrament!

！！

...!

Ah... !

あ……

Hmm?

Mhh ?

な……

Wha...?

Qu... ?

扉が……！？

How did that door appear?!

ご協力、感謝しますわ。

Thank you both for your assistance.

信頼できる者以外には話さない── 心から思ってくれたようで何よりです。

I can see that you were true to your word.

……なるほど。

...Ahh, I see.

... Je vois.

口先だけだと 扉は“見えない”わけか。

So if we just said it but didn't really mean it, we wouldn't be able to see anything, right?

驚いたな……

And yet I can hardly believe what happened...

Incroyable...

どういう仕掛けなのかと 聞くだけ野暮なのだろうね。

I imagine it would be uncouth of me to ask how all of this works?

ええ、できれば 勘弁したってください。

Yeeeah, I'd really rather you didn't.

それでは……中へどうぞ。

Anyway, come on in.