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[Darklor]

Ah right - that would also match the chronology Volume 8 Short Stories right after Volume 4 (Interludes = Zuellni Short Stories?) - thought that

Spoiler! :

Naruki joined later in the books platoon 17...

But they are complete as they are now? (Thought the Interlude is a little short )

[Haze]

Yep. Both the Interlude and the Innocence Wander are complete.

[Darklor]

Ah, ok. Thanks! - Also Thanks for the beginning chapters of volume 4!

[blewin]

no problem, Darklor.

If anyone knows Chinese and/or Japanese, please take a look at this:

“莺叫了呢”
“呃？”
沒有聽過的名字讓艾爾雪拉回過頭來，古蓮丹卻張開口，打了個大哈欠，沈默了。

「……鶯《うぐいす》が鳴いたな」
「え？」
　聞いたことのない名前にアルシェイラがたずね返したが、グレンダンは口を開かず、大きくあくびして黙《だま》り込んだ。

What I'm puzzled about is whether 鶯 is 鶯 as in Nightingale the bird, or 鶯 as a person. I'm assuming from Alsheyra's reaction that 鶯 is a person, else why the significance of putting it there? But it can just be an artistic moment of the ending of Vol 5. Does the raw in Jap give a clue? (can't read Jap here)

thanks.

[joay_b]

The kanji you're referring to can mean two things:

1. A nightingale (a bird, though it might be an embodiment ('fairy', if i recall right?) of Alsheyra's city?)
2. Someone with a beautiful voice (anyone who's good at singing?)

Too bad that statement alone gives little clue on what 'nightingale' are they talking about ...

[ShadowZeroHeart]

“莺叫了呢”
“呃？”
沒有聽過的名字讓艾爾雪拉回過頭來，古蓮丹卻張開口，打了個大哈欠，沈默了。

As mentioned, the term should be a name.

"莺 cried(out)"

"Huh?"

艾爾雪拉 turned around in reaction to the name that he/she has never heard of before, but 古蓮丹 opens his/her mouth, makes a big yawn, and remains silent.

By chinese translation. This is not the best translation, but you get the idea i believe? So it is to put it into better English. At the same time, though it is likely to be a name, but it may also be that 艾爾雪拉 has never heard of the term "nightale" so we cant really tell.

[Darklor]

Maybe you need more text as an example? Or is it the only time 莺/鶯 does appear? (Its funny how you can see the similarities of both signs even if they are different...)

[blewin]

yeah, that's the first time I've come across this term in all 5 volumes.

thanks for the help, guys. The second opinion helps a lot. I'll assume it is a person/being and put in the Romanji of 鶯 instead of "Nightingale".

[Darklor]

Chapter 2 of Volume 4 is finished?

There could be a sentence a miss: Gu01:05, 7 November 2009 (UTC) or maybe it was only a Gu---~~~~?

[blewin]

Chapter 2 of Volume 4 is finished?

There could be a sentence a miss: Gu01:05, 7 November 2009 (UTC) or maybe it was only a Gu---~~~~?

um? What do you mean? *confused*

[joay_b]

The string "~~~~" has a special meaning to most wiki sites. If the original text has been using that, try enclosing them with <nowiki> tags to prevent them from being replaced.

[onizuka-gto]

The string "~~~~" has a special meaning to most wiki sites. If the original text has been using that, try enclosing them with <nowiki> tags to prevent them from being replaced.

yeah, that probably what happened. seen it on other projects as well. I swear it's a conspiracy to foil us, I mean why do Japanese authors love using the wave symbol and exactly four, not three, or five, but four?!


CONSPIRACY!!!

[blewin]

Got it. Thanks! What an amazing tag!

[otaku]

I've finished a pdf version of volume 3: [link removed because folder contained other licensed series]

[Darklor]

Spoiler! :

“Are you all right?”

“Seems I have some problems,” Naruki made some noise, exhausted. She let out a heavy breath, her hand covering her face. Layfon understood that feeling. A feeling of being unable to control her consciousness. Although she had returned to the platoon in order to observe, she still needed to adapt to some areas.

The atmosphere on Layfon’s side was also heavy. Today, he had to defeat Dinn and Dalshena. He knew he didn’t have to kill them. He just had to inflict injuries on them that would make them lie in the hospital for more than half a year. And to do that, he had to use a Katana. Psyharden techniques had to be executed with a Katana. To make it clear, a sword could also be used, and for Layfon who excelled at Military Arts, he might be able to do it with a sword. But a sword wouldn’t allow him to reach the same level as a Katana. It might mean inflicting more severe wounds than intended, wounds that might never heal. Pressure weighed down on Layfon. Having been taught the skill of a Katana, handling a sword was not within his field.

(This isn’t my first day using a weapon outside my field. But……)

It was the same when he took on the title of the Heaven’s Blade successor. The Heaven’s Blade he received had the form of a sword, and that was how Layfon fought. However…….

(I still have to use a Katana in the present.)

As a human, he was embarrassing. And not just that……

“Layfon………”

It was Nina’s voice. Her face didn’t wear that dominating expression that she always donned in platoon matches. In other words, even Nina couldn’t approach today’s fight with her usual self.

“Are you all right?”

The question he asked Nina before was now pointed at him. Layfon could only smile bitterly.

Is that the right name? I thought he asked this question to Naruki in the first place?