Clannad VN:SEEN4503
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// Resources for SEEN4503.TXT
#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Man'
<0000>
// May 3 (Saturday)
<0001>
// I woke up because of the sunlight coming from the window.
<0002>
// I stayed spacing out for a while.
<0003>
// A date with Kotomi, huh...
<0004>
// \{\m{B}} "Nope, that would be tomorrow."
<0005>
// I did a tsukkomi with myself.
<0006>
// It seems like good weather outside.
<0007>
// I'm sure most of the tourist spots would be filled with people.
<0008>
// I wonder where I should go?
<0009>
// She's definitely going to be making lunch, she said...
<0010>
// \{\m{B}} "Like I said... that would be tomorrow."
<0011>
// I close my eyes and head back to sleep again.
<0012>
// .........
<0013>
// ......
<0014>
// ...
<0015>
// \{\m{B}} "This room is hot!"\shake{0}
<0016>
// I spring up out of my bed.
<0017>
// Staying idle in this kind of weather is hard.
<0018>
// There's still twenty-four hours left before my meeting with Kotomi as I look at my watch.
<0019>
// \{\m{B}} "Like I said... stop switching the mood already."
<0020>
// It'd be better if I didn't try to look good today. *
<0021>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0022>
// \{\m{B}} "Maybe I should take a walk..."
<0023>
// I got up out of my bed.
<0024>
// And as always, I walked alone in the street.
<0025>
// With the sunlight making me sweat, it wouldn't be strange even if I hear the sounds of cicadas.
<0026>
// I ate a simple lunch at a crowded fast-food restaurant.
<0027>
// And then I waste my time with a cup of coffee.
<0028>
// The bookstore, crowded during busy hours...
<0029>
// I suddenly end up searching for that familiar hair ornament that wouldn't show up.
<0030>
// I was spending the afternoon of the first day of my holidays doing that.
<0031>
// I, who think being alone is the most comfortable thing, couldn't believe it.
<0032>
// .........
<0033>
// ......
<0034>
// ...
<0035>
// Evening...
<0036>
// I never really set any destination, but I ended up walking here.
<0037>
// Of course, there shouldn't be anyone here.
<0038>
// \{\m{B}} (What the hell am I doing...?)
<0039>
// I don't think Kotomi would be laughing at this though.
<0040>
// And then before long, darkness comes.
<0041>
// The sun is coming near the mountains, and I feel the wind becoming colder.
<0042>
// I stand still on the sidewalk for a while.
<0043>
// I'm looking forward to going out to play with Kotomi, and I'm really happy that she's the one who invited me.
<0044>
// But... something's been always on my mind.
<0045>
// Becoming alone makes me feel an unexpected rhythm. *
<0046>
// If I put it into words, it means slight regret.
<0047>
// The wind blows again.
<0048>
// Kotomi always walks on this road I know nothing about, whenever she goes home...
<0049>
// I walk there normally, but I stop as I feel uneasy.
<0050>
// Someone was standing at the edge of the wall, blending with the darkness.
<0051>
// It's a middle age gentleman engulfed in an out-of-season coat.
<0052>
// He looked familiar.
<0053>
// He was the "bad man" that Kotomi was talking about before.
<0054>
// \{\m{B}} "Excuse me..."
<0055>
// I don't really understand myself why I started talking to him.
<0056>
// The gentleman took a long hard look at me, then said something in a surprised manner.*
<0057>
// \{Man} "You were together with Kotomi-kun before; you are her..."
<0058>
// It seemed he hesitated on saying anything after that.
<0059>
// \{\m{B}} "Yes."
<0060>
// I gave him a reply for the time being.
<0061>
// \{\m{B}} "If you're looking for Kotomi, she's probably at home."
<0062>
// \{Man} "Well..."
<0063>
// \{Man} "I couldn't move forward from here no matter what."
<0064>
// I look at him from top to bottom one more time.
<0065>
// He's wearing a blue business suit, a coat made of thin cloth, and frameless glasses.
<0066>
// He doesn't look like a company worker; the atmosphere around him seems thick, but... he doesn't look like a bad person.
<0067>
// \{Man} "Speaking of which, I haven't introduced myself yet, right?"
<0068>
// He faced me and smiled bitterly as he said it.
<0069>
// \{Man} "I am... to make it simple... her parent's coworker."
<0070>
// \{Man} "You have heard about the Ichinoses, right?"
<0071>
// '\bBoth her parents are splendid scholars...'\u the old lady at the cafeteria was talking about something like that before.
<0072>
// And that's the only thing I know about her family.
<0073>
// \{\m{B}} "I heard that they are splendid scholars."
<0074>
// \{Man} "Ah yes, indeed, \bsplendid\u is an appropriate word for excellent scientists like the Ichinoses."
<0075>
// \{Man} "Listen. Observing space-time isn't only done in space."
<0076>
// \{Man} "When the world was falling apart from obtaining this shape, it was in a fully enclosed dimension, so to say, 'Hidden World' exist."
<0077>
// \{Man} "And they've found out where it's located."
<0078>
// \{Man} "... but if I say it exactly, they should have."
<0079>
// I can't understand what in the world he's talking about, even more so than Kotomi's words.
<0080>
// I'm sure he's telling me something about a world that doesn't have anything to do with my entire life.
<0081>
// After that, the gentleman finally understands that I don't understand what he's talking about.
<0082>
// \{Man} "... ahh, how rude of me."
<0083>
// \{Man} "Anyway, it was an honour to have been able to assist the Ichinoses in their work."
<0084>
// \{Man} "But even now, we're still 'bad people' to that girl, huh..."
<0085>
// This time, he gives a lonely smile, instead of a bitter one.
<0086>
// \{Man} "By the way... you're waiting for Kotomi-kun too, right?"
<0087>
// \{\m{B}} "Nope..."
<0088>
// I noticed that the gentleman was looking at me with a teasing face as I answered.
<0089>
// \{\m{B}} "... did I look like that?"
<0090>
// \{Man} "You look like someone who's going home because he didn't meet the person he's waiting for."
<0091>
// He then asks me something as if he can see through me.
<0092>
// \{Man} "Are you her lover?"
<0093>
// I'm just her friend
<0094>
// Not right now but...が…
<0095>
// \{\m{B}} "Right now..."
<0096>
// But before I could continue speaking, Kotomi's face springs to my mind.
<0097>
// Her childlike behavior and her usual very serious expression.
<0098>
// I was just thinking how good it would be to be the closest one being watched by her.
<0099>
// Even if what I'll be opening are only darkness I don't know of afterwards... *
<0100>
// \{\m{B}} "Not right now, but... I'm thinking how nice it would be to be like that."
<0101>
// \{Man} "I see, that's a good reply."
<0102>
// He smiles as if he finds it amusing.
<0103>
// He slowly leans against the wall, looking up a little bit.
<0104>
// \{Man} "That girl, she has the blood of the two best theoretical physicists."
<0105>
// \{Man} "She inherited from her father, his fortitude and noble heart... and from her mother, her solid insight and her memory."
<0106>
// \{Man} "They were always talking about wanting to raise their child in this beautiful and peaceful town."
<0107>
// \{Man} "What's more is, this is the professor's birthplace. Even though it's inconvenience for him, he comes back and forth to the research institute and to this town."
<0108>
// \{Man} "The result might have ended up making everyone their rival..." *
<0109>
// He cuts his speech there and then narrows his eyes as he gazes up at the distant evening sky.
<0110>
// \{Man} "Right on that day, something so trivial became something so disastrous."
<0111>
// \{Man} "The housekeeper suddenly became ill, and the agency trying to take over didn't work out."
<0112>
// \{Man} "Because of some misunderstanding on the phone, we weren't able to tell where she was."
<0113>
// \{Man} "We then panicked and things became chaotic."
<0114>
// \{Man} "Everyone believes there's something more important now." *
<0115>
// \{Man} "We are under the impression that someone should be beside her." *
<0116>
// \{Man} "... but something like that is no excuse."
<0117>
// The man wasn't talking to me anymore.
<0118>
// I'm sure he's probably talking to himself right now.
<0119>
// He's repenting, continuing to wait peacefully to make up for his sin that day. That's what his voice is telling me.
<0120>
// \{Man} "Correcting our mistake was important."
<0121>
// \{Man} "In times where someone should be with her..."
<0122>
// \{Man} "In times where she can't do anything..."
<0123>
// \{Man} "That girl ends up being alone."
<0124>
// He paused after that.
<0125>
// I couldn't say, nor think of anything in reply.
<0126>
// Kotomi doesn't talk much about her home or about her childhood.
<0127>
// It feels like it's something that I shouldn't interfere with at this time.
<0128>
// The gentleman moved away from the wall and faced me.
<0129>
// \{Man} "What do you think of her?"
<0130>
// My answer was already decided.
<0131>
// \{\m{B}} "Kotomi might be strange, but she's a normal girl."
<0132>
// \{\m{B}} "If I can... I want to be always by her side."
<0133>
// The gentleman just gave me a satisfied nod.
<0134>
// \{Man} "There's only one thing I want you to tell me."
<0135>
// \{Man} "Is she still carrying scissors?"
<0136>
// \{\m{B}} "Scissors...?"
<0137>
// Kotomi, who was cutting out some pages of book with an expression as if praying silently about something, comes to mind.
<0138>
// \{\m{B}} "It seems she's still carrying it."
<0139>
// I don't know why he's asking that, but I gave him an answer, even though I don't know her reason for carrying it.
<0140>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm just her friend."
<0141>
// That's what I told him.
<0142>
// I don't understand his intention for asking that.
<0143>
// For sure, Kotomi has been worrying me for some time now.
<0144>
// It's just that... Kotomi is in an atmosphere that's preventing her to cross a certain line.
<0145>
// And that has been stuck in her heart even now.
<0146>
// \{Man} "I see..."
<0147>
// The gentleman nods.
<0148>
// \{Man} "If you have the chance, please tell her this..."
<0149>
// \{Man} "We're not asking for her forgiveness. It's just that..."
<0150>
// \{Man} "We still regret about what happened that day even now."
<0151>
// He slowly said that, biting his own lips.
<0152>
// \{Man} "Thanks for listening. If you'll excuse me..."
<0153>
// The gentleman started walking before I could ask something back.
<0154>
// He then walks at a quick pace and turns to a corner, on the way to the bus.
<0155>
// I planned on calling out to him, but gave up the idea.
<0156>
// I shouldn't investigate further.
<0157>
// The gentleman seemed to notice me too.
<0158>
// Nodding at me, he arranged his coat by the collar, and started to walk.
<0159>
// And then, with a quick pace, he turns to a corner leading to the bus stop.
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