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クルシェとシンシアが飛空挺とか武器を作ったらすごいのができそうな気がします。 っていうか作らないんですか？？？ （リュウ）

I have the feeling that if Krusche and Cynthia joined forces, anything they made such as weapons or airships would be incredible... Or they wouldn't make anything? (Ryuu)

武器と飛空挺って全然違うジャンルだから、一緒に作ったとしても凄いの出来ないと思うけど？

Airships and weapons belong to entirely different genres, so wouldn't it be incredibly impossible for us to make anything together?

巨大な槍とか剣に変形できる設計にすればいいんじゃないかな？ ブースターとかの調整で、武器形態の時には生身の人間でも軽々と扱えるように設計すれば超強力な武器になること間違い無しだよ！！

And if we designed something that could turn into a gigantic spear or sword? And if we modify something like a booster, and design it so it can be easily used by even a human whenever it changes to weapon form, making it into a super powerful weapon wouldn't be a problem!!

変形か……それはちょっと惹かれるかもしれないね。 年末で暇になるだろうから、その間にちゃちゃっと作ってみようか？

Hmm, a transforming weapon...? I think I'm liking that idea. If I get some free time at the end of the year, how about getting together and trying to make it?

そんな兵器をちゃちゃっと作られても困るからやめなさい。

I'd get very troubled if you made weapons like these, so please, just abandon the idea.

もうすぐクリスマスですね！ クローシェ様は親衛隊、ルカは空猫とラブラブなのでまあいいとして、クロアはどうするんですか？ まさかとは思いますが、仕事行っておでん食って寝る・・・だけとかは無いですよね（汗）。 せめて、スピカの風邪薬を試してみるとかとかタルガーナ殿下と熱い夜を過ごすとか流されるとか流されるとか流されるとかして楽しいクリスマスを過ごしてくださいね♪（笑）。 （意外と選択肢があった）

It's almost Christmas! Lady Cloche has her fanclub, Luca and Skycat being lovey-dovey is alright and all, but what's Croix going to do? Currently, I'm thinking that he would just go to work, eat oden and then go to sleep... but I'm hoping that isn't the case. *sweatdrops* At least, please let him have a fun Christmas, such as trying Spica's cold medicines, or spending a heated night with Prince Targana wondering if he should let himself go with the flow, okay?♪ *laughs* (There Was an Unexpected Option)

クリスマスシーズンはセラピが一番忙しい時期なの。 一分一秒でも現実から逃れたいって人達が、夜が明けるまで行列を作るほどなんだから。 まあ、気持ちはわかるんだけどね。

Christmas is the busiest time of the year for us Therapists. Every minute and every second, there's so many people who want to escape reality, that the line only keeps growing and growing even overnight. Well, I do understand how they feel, but still...

私もクリスマスは明け方まで忙しいわ。 一人で過ごすのはイヤだって人達が可愛いメイドさんのいるボンベルタンに押し寄せてくるんだもの。 おかげで先輩と会うことすら出来ない寂しいクリスマスよ、もうっ！！ そんなに寂しいならお酒でも飲んでさっさと酔いつぶれちゃえばいいのに……

I'm also busy until dawn on Christmas. People who don't want to spend the night alone keep pushing their way into Bon Beltan because we have a cute maid as myself here. And because of all that, I can't meet with Milady. This will be such a lonely Christmas! If it's going to get so lonely, I'd be better off drinking sake until I pass out...

クローシェ様の命令で、さーしゃが寝た後にそっと家に入って枕元にプレゼントを置いて来いとの命令が出た。 それでさーしゃが起きた時にちゃんと喜んだかどうかを見てこなきゃいけないから、クリスマスはさーしゃの 家の屋根裏で一人きりで過ごすことになりそうだ。

Under the orders of Lady Cloche, I have to wait until Sasha goes to sleep to enter her house and leave presents beside her bed pillow. Since I have to make sure that Sasha is happy when she wakes up and sees them, looks like I'll be spending Christmas alone in her attic.

……誰からも誘いが無くて少し寂しく感じている。 仕方が無いから当日はチェスターの家にでも押しかけてみるとしよう。

...and since I couldn't invite anyone to be here tonight, I'm feeling a little lonely. There's no helping it. Looks like I'll have to drop in Chester's house for the day.

Lady Shurelia and Jakuri's Technical Service Center

ふぅ、いい温泉だったわ。 また時間を取って行きたいわね。

Ah, that was a nice bath in the hot springs. I'd like to go there again if I ever have the time.

ちょっとジャクリ！あなたまさか前回、温泉に行っていたんじゃないでしょうね！

Wait there, Jakuri! Don't tell me you went to the hot springs while we were working here during the last issue!

…遂にボケたの？今「いい温泉だった」って行ったじゃない。もちろん温泉に行ってきたのよ。 最近貴方達のフォローで疲れたし。前々回は気合い入れすぎて疲労が溜まってたから。

...Have you finally gone senile? I said "that was a nice bath in the hot springs", so of course I went. I've got tired from having to do the follow-up to you both all the time lately. It's because you two aren't putting all your energies into this from several issues ago that all this fatigue built up.

ジャクリももう歳なんですから、あまり無理しない方がいいですよ。

But you've gotten pretty advanced in age too, so you shouldn't do anything reckless either.

温泉！いいなぁ！リウマチや血行不良に効くんだよね。 私も一度行ってみたいな。そうしたらもう少し血の巡りが良くなって、頭も冴えるかも。

Hot springs! How great! They're very effective for rheumatism and circulatory problems, right? I'd like to try going to one once. If I did, maybe my blood would flow a little better and I'd get sharper.

…貴方はもう十分冴えてるわよ。 むしろ、動脈硬化が始まっていそうなシュレリアの方が必須ね。

...You're sharp enough already. Rather, Shurelia does need them, as she seems to be developing arteriosclerosis.

むー！１０代で動脈硬化なんて聞いたことありませんよ？

Hnnngg! Who has ever heard of someone developing arteriosclerosis during their teens?

フレリアちゃんの羽根は、何の為に付けられたんでしょうか？？ 寝るのにも不便な羽根をわざわざ作った意味が分からないのですが。。。 (友也)

Why did the designers add wings to Frelia? I don't really get the point of purposely making these wings, as they'd be pretty inconvenient for things like sleeping... (Tomonari)

うーん、何のためにつけられたんだろうね。私にはちょっとわからないんだけど、前に誰かが「象徴」って言っていたから、このプロジェクトの象徴として着けられただけなんじゃないかな。お陰で随分苦労したけど。

Hmm, I wonder why they made me with wings too. I don't really know, but someone told me before they were a "symbol", and that I was given them because they were the symbol of this project. But thanks to that, I'm having a lot of trouble.

ズバリ推測すると、第一紀末期の萌えの１つね。 きっとフレリアは萌えキャラとしてデザインされたのよ。

I'll make a decisive guess and say it was one of the main elements of "moe" at the end of the First Era. I'm sure it was because you were designed as a "moe" character.

萌えキャラ？なるほど、確かに草木が萌えるような緑色してるものね。なるほど、萌えキャラかぁ。だから緑色だったんだね！

A "moe" character? I see, as "moe" means sprouting, then they have a green color because it reminds everyone of grass and trees. Got it, a "moe" character, huh? That's why they were green all along!

ええっ！？ジャクリが適当すぎることを言っている！？ 休んでいる間に何かあったんでしょうか…。

Huh!? Did Jakuri just say something that was far too irresponsible? What could have happened while she was resting...

今回が初投稿です。よろしくお願いします 塔の管理者についてなのですが、５７回目のテクニカルサービスセンターでシュレリア様が、現在稼動しているレーヴァテイルの中で管理者になれるのはフレリアとβー６Ｄのどちらかだと言っていますがティリアでは不可能なんですか？ オリジンだからといってアルトネリコの管理者になれる訳ではないのですか？ …シュレリア様が間違っただけとか…？ （ボケマスタークロア）

This is my first contribution. Pleased to make your acquaintance. Well, about the Tower Administrators, in the Technical Service Center of issue #57, Lady Shurelia said that the only living Reyvateils that would be able to become Administrators would be Frelia and β-6D, but then... that means that it's impossible for Tyria to become one? That means that being an Origin doesn't necessarily mean being the Administrator for one of the Ar tonelico Towers? ...Or maybe... Lady Shurelia was wrong...? (Foolmaster Croix)

ティリアって誰ですか？

And who is Tyria?

…ふーん。なんか色々有りそうだけど、敢えて詮索しないようにしておくわ。 まあ一応マジメなフォローしておくと、例えシュレリアであっても全レーヴァテイルを検索できるわけではないから、もし本当に会ったことがなければ知らなくて当然なのよ。 ちなみに私はといえば、ご存知の通り知ってるわよ。結論から言うと、ティリアはアルトネリコの管理者にはなれないわね。理由はご想像にお任せするわ。 ちなみにフレリアなら頑張ればなれるわよ。

...Hmph. Although several things might point to the opposite, this isn't something in which I'd dare to pry into. And well, I'll be giving just a tentative answer for now, since I don't know, nor I can research about the Reyvateils that I have never met on person, neither Shurelia could do that kind of research. Of course, that's just natural. So even if this comes from my own mouth, I only know about Tyria from the things that my acquaintance from the Third Tower told me, and the conclusions I got from them were that Tyria isn't able to become an Ar tonelico Administrator. The reasons behind that will be left for you to imagine. But in Frelia's case, if she actually wanted to, she could become one.

バイナリ野にいるラクラを倒すために、クロアはココナにダイブし境界門を破りましたよね。 ジャクリやダイブ屋の話によると、境界門はレーヴァテイルが自我を維持するために必要なもので、破られると生きてはいけないそうです。 結果的にココナは精神崩壊には至らずに助かったようですが、境界門が破れた状態で本当に生活や、あと成長後は詩を歌ったりすることに支障はないのでしょうか？ アルトネリコ３でもココナは重要な役割を担うのでしょうに、とても心配です。 (おくなが)

To defeat Lakra, who was in the Binary Field, Croix Dived into Cocona and destroyed her Boundary Gate. According to Jakuri and the Dive Shopkeeper, apparently the Boundary Gate is necessary to maintain the ego of the Reyvateils, and they would die if the Gate was ever destroyed. In the end, Cocona didn't end having a mental collapse and recovered, but having the Boundary Gate destroyed wouldn't really pose any problems when it comes to her living, or for her to sing Songs when she finally matures? (Okunaga)

基本、境界門が破壊された場合、精神が正常を保つことは大変困難であるとされています。 ただ、I.P.D.のシステムがどんなものなのかわかりませんので、これ以上はちょっと何とも言えませんね。 I.P.D.は第一紀のレーヴァテイルとは若干システムが違いますし、細かいところで改善されている箇所がありますから、もしかしたら自己回復や損傷箇所の切り離しが出来るのかも知れません。

Basically, it would be extremely difficult for a mind to keep its normal state if the Boundary Gate was destroyed. Still, since I don't know at all how is the system used by the IDPs, I can't add more to the above explanation. The systems of the IPDs differ in several points from the ones used by the First Era Reyvateils, so since they have some details upgraded in comparison to them, it might be possible for the Gate to regenerate on its own or to detach the damaged parts.

まあ、世の中そんなに甘くはないと思うけど。

Well, I don't think the world is so kind though.

テレモには携帯型や設置型とか公衆用みたいな感じで種類はありますか？ (ハーモニ)

The Telemo come in types like portable, stationary and public-use, right? (Harmony)

テレモって言うのは、導力に情報を載せて伝達する情報伝送手段の総称を言うから、様々な種類が存在するよ。 例えば、パスタリアのシティにあるフォログラフは公衆用単方向テレモ、クロアちゃんが持っているのは個人用双方向携帯テレモ、家に置いてあるのは双方向据え置きテレモ。 他にも業務用テレモや、特定の周波数帯を使った暗号テレモとかあるけど、基本的にはみんな一緒で、導力によって声や映像を送受信するという事なんだ。 テレモは第一紀の技術が今でも生きているものの１つなんだけど、第一紀の頃には、レーヴァテイル専用回線ってのもあったらしいよ。 要するに、レーヴァテイルのインナーな世界のテレモだよね。テレパシーみたいなものかな。

Telemo is the general term for information transmission methods that allow to send information through Symphonic Power, so there are many types to them. For example, the holograms in Pastalia City are Public Simplex Telemos, while the one Croix has is a Private Bidirectional Telemo, and the one placed in his house is a Stationary Bidirectional Telemo. There are also other types like Business Telemos, Encryption Telemos that make use of a specific wave frequency band, but they all basically have in common that they can send and receive voice and image data. Telemos are one of the technologies from the First Era that are still alive, but it looks like there were some specialized lines for exclusive use of the Reyvateils back then. Basically, they were Telemos for the inner world of the Reyvateils, and I think they allowed them to communicate in a way similar to telepathy.

疑問がありましたので、質問させていただきます。 ひっさびさにEXEC_HARMONIUS/.を聴きつつ、歌詞を読んでいて気が付いたのです。 ミシャが謳っているハーモニウスには、”希望の詩”という意味でMetafalicaがあてられています。 これはミシャがメタファリカ伝承を文献などで知っていて、EXEC_with.Method_METAFALICAのように伝承が示す想いを詩の中に組み入れた、というような解釈になるのでしょうか？ （葛城冥）

Here's a question I've been wanting to ask since some time ago. When I listened to EXEC_HARMONIOUS/. and read its lyrics for the first time, I noticed something. That Misha sings in Harmonious "Metafalica", which was given the meaning of "Song of Hope". Could you explain this, please? Did Misha read about the legends of Metafalica in some book, and were they similar in anything to the legends that were the feelings put into EXEC_with. METHOD_METAFALICA/.? (Dark Creeper Castle)

多分、ミシャが私の想いをくみ取ったときに「METAFALICA」という言葉が引っかかったんだと思うわ。なぜなら、私が最も大切にしていた言葉だったからよ。そのMETAFALICAという言葉から想いをくみ取ったとき、その想いを最も的確に表現する解釈が、ミシャ的には「希望の詩」だったのよ。 ご想像の通り、HARMONIUSというヒュムノスは、私が第一紀の「プロジェクト・メタファリカ」を自分なりに想像して作ったヒュムノスよ。当時の文献を読んで、メタファルスの人達の文化、歴史、思想に、そしてメタファリカという理想郷に馳せる想いにとても感動していたから。 そんな理想郷を想い描いて、今いる自分の世界もそうなったらいいと思って紡いだ詩だったから… …今日はちょっと喋りすぎたわね。

I think that, most likely, Misha pulled out the word [Metafalica] from the feelings I had put originally into that song, and that's because that used to be the most important word for me. When she understood the feelings that I had towards the Metafalica word, and tried to express them in the most accurate way possible, Misha ended singing it with the meaning of "Song of Hope". As you might guess, the Hymmnos of Harmonious is a song I crafted while imagining how the "Project Metafalica" that was executed in the First Era could have been. That was because, at the time, I read a lot of books about the civilization and history of the people of Metafalss, and I was very deeply moved by their ideologies and how the driving feelings behind them were to create the legendary Utopia of Metafalica. I sketched these feelings for the Utopia, and crafted a song with the purpose of giving everyone these feelings about Metafalica I used to have back then... ...I think I talked too much today.

ジャクリちゃん、今日は随分丸かったね。

You were very rounded out today, Jakuri.

ふ、肥ってなんかいないわ！ 確かにコース料理はすごかったけど…

I-I'm not fat! It's true I ate a full course meal, but...

そういう意味ではなくて、いつもよりも優しい回答をしていた、という事を言っているんだと思いますが。 私はその料理の方が気になります。一人でどれだけ美味しい思いをしてきたんですか！？

I don't think she meant it that way, rather she's referring to how you answered the questions much more gently than usual. And I'm very concerned about that meal you ate. How tasty did it feel having eaten it all on your own!?

た、大した料理じゃなかったわよ。

I-it wasn't anything special.

それじゃ、私も行って確かめて来ますから。

Well then, I'll go and check it myself.

Editor's Postscript

今年最後のトウコウスフィアです。皆さん、今年１年本当にありがとうございました。 今年の初めのトウコウスフィアを見ても、皆さんの投稿数、アクセス数、投票数など、減ることもなく寧ろ増えているという事が、とってもうれしく思います。 来年も今年以上に、よりコミュニケーションを大切にしたコンテンツを充実していこうと考えております。いつまでも「今が旬」なアルトネリコで在り続けるよう、頑張っていきます！ どうぞ来年も、よろしくお願い申し上げます！ (土屋)

And this was the last Toukousphere for this year. Everyone, a lot of thanks for having supported for yet another year. I'm very happy, as after checking the first Toukousphere we published this year, I saw how all your submissions, number of accesses and votes didn't decrease, and far from that, instead kept on increasing. I'll continue thinking up way to enrich the contents in which we appreciate even more the communication existing between us for the rest of this year and the coming one. I'll do my best so a " this season" Ar tonelico will always keep existing. Please, keep on working with us the next year too! (Tsuchiya)

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