Flowenol: New page: *page0|&f.scripttitle I'm worried about the conversation I had this morning, so I've made my way to the archery club before I knew it. "Geez, what am I doing?" According to Mitsuzuri...

2009-04-05T00:01:52Z

New page: *page0|&f.scripttitle I'm worried about the conversation I had this morning, so I've made my way to the archery club before I knew it. "Geez, what am I doing?" According to Mitsuzuri...

New page

*page0|&f.scripttitle
I'm worried about the conversation I had this morning, so I've made my way to the archery club before I knew it.
"Geez, what am I doing?"
According to Mitsuzuri, Tohsaka Rin comes here often.
Well, I really don't care about that, but I know that Shinji getting angry at her is going to be a problem.
*page1|
"...Shinji just doesn't stop when he gets angry...."
It's bad if Shinji gets violent just because she turned him down.
...I don't know why it's bad, it's just bad.
It makes me feel bad just thinking about it, so I have to stop it from happening.
*page2|
"Oh, Tohsaka's not here."
Tohsaka isn't around. Mitsuzuri's worries were needless.
*page3|
"Oh, who's not here?"
"...!!"
I spin around.
*page4|
"So... who's not here?"
And there's Issei, whom I just left behind.
*page5|
"Oh, i-it's you, Issei. Don't scare me like that."
"Well, you were looking at the dojo suspiciously.
So, who's not there?"
"Tohsaka. I heard that she had an argument with Shinji yesterday, so I came to see how things were."
*page6|
"Oh wow, that is suspicious. You gave your reasons without being asked. I only asked you who wasn't here."
*page7|
"...! W-What? What I do shouldn't concern you."
*page8|
"Yes, that's right. But it's useless, Emiya. Tohsaka won't be here. That's because she intentionally skipped school today."
"What?"
Skipped school... so, she was absent today?
*page9|
"I see, she's absent... wait, Issei. How can you say she skipped school? I don't think she'd do such a thing."
"Of course she will. She won't catch a cold. As I see it, she's evil. You'll be eaten if you let her looks deceive you, Emiya."
*page10|
"Hm."
Somehow, Issei's words annoy me.
It's true that I don't know her, but I can't imagine that she's a bad person.
*page11|
"You're going too far, Issei. Tohsaka can't be like that."
*page12|
"Hmm? What, you're after Tohsaka too? Oh, I'm sorry. Please ignore what I just said."
"...!"
A-After Tohsaka!? Who said anything like that!?
*page13|
"D-Don't jump to conclusions! I just thought it'd be bad if Shinji got into trouble again."
*page14|
"So you were planning to stop Shinji if he attacked Tohsaka, huh? You're playing an unrewarded role again. ...I don't really care, but you have a bad taste, Emiya."
*page15|
"It's not unrewarded since I haven't done it. But Issei, didn't you say something strange?"
"Huh? You mean that going after Tohsaka is in bad taste?"
*page16|
"Yeah. Tohsaka is really popular. I haven't heard any bad rumors about her."
"Yes, none. And that's exactly what I don't like about it."
Issei looks away, snorting.
*page17|
"What don't you like about it?"
"Everything. The woman is a fox, a schoolgirl, a monster. I just don't like her physiologically. I won't say anything bad, but you should try to hate her too."
*page18|
"Issei, don't you always say we shouldn't talk badly of people behind their backs?"
"Idiot, this doesn't count as talking behind their back. I'm speaking so that she can hear it."
*page19|
Ah, no wonder I feel someone's eyes from the archery dojo.
...Thank God.
I'm so glad Tohsaka is absent today.
*page20|
"Please, Issei. Please restrict yourself to talking behind people's backs."
"All right, if you say so.
But I wasn't insulting her at all. I was only saying that I'm on guard against her. That should be within my rights."
*page21|
"But you were saying things like monster and fox..."
...And I think the term schoolgirl is discrimination.
*page22|
"No, that was just praise. There are good foxes and monsters too.
I only applied the terms to describe Tohsaka."
"Katsu."
Issei laughs.
*page23|
"Well, I'll be going. I'm going back to the student council room, but you're going to work, right? You shouldn't have time to play around like this."
*page24|
He must feel refreshed now that he's said everything he wanted, as he leaves calmly.
I've known him for 2 years now, but I still don't understand his personality.
*page25|
Twenty minutes after taking the bus from my school, I arrive at the neighboring town of Shinto across the bridge.
*page26|
"...Oh, it's not five o'clock yet? I guess I still have some time."
Miyama City is a residential district, so it's hard to find part-time jobs there, but the developing Shinto has many available.
The school rules allow for part-time jobs, so I work a few easy ones.
*page27|
Within them, I prefer hard physical labor that ends as quickly as possible.
It's killing two birds with one stone, as it builds my body while I get paid for it.
*page28|
Today's job is a simple loading job from five to eight o'clock.
Even though it's only three hours, there's six hours worth of work to do. They make you run around without a minute's rest.
*page29|
So I should rest when I can, even if it's just for ten minutes.
It's a waste of energy walking around until my job, so I guess I'll rest in the park.
*page30|
This park among the buildings is like a big field.
A park should be filled with people like families and lovers on weekends, but it's empty here now.
No... this place is always desolate.
*page31|
"This place is the same as always."
I'm a bit sad.
The utterly neglected ground looks awful compared to the neatly organized surroundings.
The desolate area makes the wind feel cold.
This is the remains of the conflagration ten years ago, and this is the place where I was saved from burning to death.
*page32|
"I wonder why they don't plant grass here. It's a waste to keep it like this."
It's a large area, so if they retiled it, the park would get bigger.
Thinking absent-mindedly, I sit down on a bench.
*page33|
"[line8]"
I stare at the burned land to pass the time.
I don't remember what happened here back then.
I probably don't remember because I was a kid, and it wouldn't have been an easy scene to memorize.
All I can remember is that it was hot and I couldn't breathe.
And that people died trying to save others.
*page34|
"I wonder why...."
For example, an adult that tried to save a child from a burning house. He saved the child, but died in its place.
For example, there were people who had their throats burned, but they gave what little water they had to one guy, and the others died.
For example, there was someone who ran alone to get away from the fire as fast as possible, and everyone that he passed on the way died.
*page35|
And for example...
People who died because they gave away something that was saving them, only to save others they didn't even know.
*page36|
"......"
I didn't like things like that.
It makes me mad that those who tried hard were sacrificed.
Am I greedy to want an ending where everybody is safe and happy?
All I wanted was to see people relax peacefully, so why couldn't I manage such a simple thing?
*page37|
'That's difficult. What you want is to save everyone.'
*page38|
Kiritsugu answered so to the question I asked as a child.
Of course, as a child, I denied it.
Because Kiritsugu saved me. I knew he was a sorcerer who could do anything.
I knew he was a superhero who couldn't ignore people in need, who saved them for no benefit.
So, I believed Kiritsugu could have saved everyone back then.
*page39|
When I told him that, he made a troubled expression and said something that I remember to this day.
*page40|
'Shirou, saving one person means not saving another. Look, a superhero can only save the people he has saved. It's obvious, but that is the definition of a superhero.'
*page41|
I understand that.
It's obvious, now that he's said it.
Let's say there's a robber and some hostages, and the robber intends to kill the hostages.
With normal methods, most of the hostages will be killed.
*page42|
Even if you use a miraculous method to save all the hostages, there will still be one person who isn't saved.
That, of course, is the robber whose hostages were rescued.
The people a superhero saves are only those he decides to save.
That's why even God cannot save everyone.
*page43|
"All the more so if it's a natural disaster. No one could have saved everyone."
The fire ten years ago was like that.
It's not something I, who was miraculously saved from it, can talk about now.
*page44|
"But I don't want that."
I don't want such a thing.
I don't want help that has a limited capacity.
You have to help, no matter how impossible it is.
I can't stand to have strangers dying around me like back then.
*page45|
So, if I had been there ten years ago, even if it was impossible, I would have gone into the fire and...
"I would certainly have died in vain."
That's for certain.
Geez, I'm hopeless.
*page46|
"Gah, it's already five o'clock."
The five o'clock bell rings.
I stand up and quickly make my way to my work.
*page47|
When my job's done, the sun has already set.
It's a bit before eight.
I finished ten minutes early because I worked too hard.
It seems I worked frantically since I went to that place before work.
*page48|
Here in front of the station, the night's just getting started.
There are lots of people, and a constant flow of cars on the road.
The buildings are still lit up, and just looking at them makes me feel like I'm watching a grand festival of illumination.
*page49|
"I guess I don't have to buy anything for Fuji-Nee."
I walk while looking up at the lighted building.
It's the biggest building in Shinto, so I can't see the top clearly.
I just gaze up the building, just enjoying the night's scenery...
"...?"
...When I think I see something out of place.
*page50|
"What was that?"
I stop and stare at the rooftop.
I focus my eyes, looking at the thing as small as a grain of rice.
*page51|
"...What the..."
It looks like someone I know.
*page52|
Why is she there?
What would she be doing there?
With her long hair fluttering and doing nothing, she looks down at the town.
*page53|
"......"
It doesn't seem like she notices me down here.
No, there's no way she could see me.
She's so high up that I, with better eyesight than most, can barely see her by improving my vision with magical energy.
I can recognize her since she's standing there alone, but there's no way she would notice me down here among all these people.
*page54|
She's just looking down at the town.
Maybe she's looking for something, as I can feel her sharp stare even down here.
"......"
I forget about time and keep looking up at the girl standing in the sky.
She is on top of a tall tower.
She's like a witch, looking down at the earth with the moon behind her.
*page55|
"Oh..."
And then.
She must be done with whatever she was doing, as she disappears.
Her figure has disappeared and the scene returns to the beautiful view of the night.
"That was Tohsaka, right?"
*page56|
I have no proof, but I think I'm right.
There aren't many girls with looks that stand out that much, and more than that, I'm not stupid enough to mistake a girl I secretly admire.
*page57|
"...I see. But still..."
Well, it's...
Tohsaka sure has strange hobbies.
*page58|

Fate/stay night ~French~ セイバールート二日目-08.ks english - Revision history

Flowenol: New page: *page0|&f.scripttitle I'm worried about the conversation I had this morning, so I've made my way to the archery club before I knew it. "Geez, what am I doing?" According to Mitsuzuri...