“A ghost you say? I remember that there were rumors several years ago about a voice that could be heard in places without humans.” (Shaheed?)
“That reminds me, I have heard of some rumors similar to that in the middle class district.” (Fonke)
“There were certainly rumors like that some time ago. Whether it is a ghost or not, that might be the cause of this rumor.” (Vermeer)
“I haven’t heard much about it in the commoner or the artless districts, but… those that went to the middle class district for their cleanup duties have certainly mentioned having heard such rumors.” (Isotta)
When Yuusuke talked to his subordinates in the meeting room, it seemed that everyone in the darkness god corps have at least heard of this rumor once. Soldiers from the other corps also seemed to have heard one thing or another about the ghost, especially those who had been living in the middle class district.
“So, middle class district it is? What about you, Aisha, have you heard anything about it?” (Yuusuke)
“Eh?! I-I am not interested… in these kind of things so…” (Aisha)
Somehow Aisha’s reaction was very obvious. Yuusuke, not wanting to push further, continued on in a gentle voice.
“Then let’s start by going out into the city and checking the places where the voice was heard at.” (Yuusuke)
Having inspected the entire city structure in his customization menu, Yuusuke expected that the origin of the voice would be a breeze flowing through crevices and cracks between the surface and the underground portion of the city.
[“It’s the sound of the wind or echo of the voices of people talking somewhere else.”] (Yuusuke)
“Aisha, do you want to remain on standby?” (Yuusuke)
“N-no! I am alright, I’ll go with you!” (Aisha)
“Is that so? Well I don’t believe that it would be something silly like an unnatural phenomenon. Most likely it’s just a natural event that got blown up by people’s imagination and fear.” (Yuusuke)
Yuusuke was thinking that it is not necessary to push yourself if one is overtaken by fear, but the diligent Aisha could not allow herself to forfeit her duties due to personal reasons and made Yuusuke change his mind. The youth, remembering his life in modern japan and basing hit logic on scientific facts, believed that there was nearly no chance that an actual ghost was the cause for this rumor and tried his best to calm Aisha down, but… (TN: Yuusuke pls… you are in an alternate world, had your soul stolen from your body, and now you tell us that there are no ghosts??? Give us a cute little Japanese version of Lily, pretty please~)
“Ghosts are attracted to water arts, right? All the night singers that claimed to have seen the ghosts were water arts users, moreover they were of healing type.” (Fonke)
“?!!” (Aisha)
Fonke once again brought up chaos in a glorious manner.
Aisha and Shaheed, Vermeer and Fonke. Having formed the groups, the members left towards the middle class district to investigate the sources of the rumors. In the meantime, Yuusuke, following Isotta’s intel, descended down to the commoner district to talk with the artless that had heard these rumors while performing their cleaning duties.
“You seem to be unfazed by ghosts?” (Yuusuke)
“I… I am used to hearing various sounds.” (Isotta)
“I-is that so?” (Yuusuke)
Yuusuke thought that a communication type wind arts user was hearing a lot more “voices” than other people, was what Isotta meant when she said that. However, the “voices” were not limited to that, and wind arts users could also hear presences similar to human voices when inspecting murder (crime) scenes.
In this echo, strong emotions and feelings were imprinted in the voices, making this echo to be something like thoughts imprinted in the space/air. When Isotta froze when her comrades opened the gates to the basement of the Gearhawk fortress, it was because she heard the echoes that were pleading for death.
Isotta’s face became dim after she answered and Yuusuke gently stroked girl’s green hair.
“I seem to have made you remember bad memories, sorry.” (Yuusuke) (TN: he said that as a fact, but it looked better to me with uncertainty)
“N-no please don’t worry about it.” (Isotta)
Isotta’s face became red, her fingers twitching as she struggled to force the words out. Realizing it was bad to stroke the head of a girl around Isotta’s age, Yuusuke lifted his hand. Thus, enveloped in an delicate air around them, the captain of the darkness god corps and his subordinate walked through the commoner district towards the place where the artless lived.
“Uhhm, Yuusuke has sure become popular with women lately, right?” (Violet)
“Princess, your tutor is waiting for you. Please worry about the investigation of the undercity later.” (Krielov)
Violet was spying on the investigation through a telescope, similar to those in the Deernook fortress that was bearing the mark of the darkness god corps, from a terrace at the upper floor of the palace where she reluctantly stepped down and returned to the room.
***
Darkness god corps members started putting together the information on the rumors of the voices, which they had collected in the morning. It seemed that the voices were most often heard in the upper part of the middle class district, mainly inhabited by the earth arts users. Afterwards, they concentrated on investigating the alleyways where suspicious figures were said to have disappeared in.
“It seems to be a wonderful place. Has no one really gone to investigate it?” (Fonke)
“Well, ordinary people would not try to approach such place” (Shaheed)
It was a place close to the upper class district that was abandoned when the wall of the upper class district became higher, blocking off all sunlight. Ruins of a mansion stood there, abandoned in the alleyway close to the huge wall. Surrounded by a narrow alleyway from both sides, the area imposed an oppressive atmosphere.
Having been bad enough when sunlight still reached the place, now one could not see the end of the passage even during the day, as it was surrounded by perpetual darkness.
“You said that there were reports of missing children. Weren’t there any requests to investigate this place?” (Aisha?)
“Eee, it seems … to have been written off as rumors.” (Vermeer) (TN: uhm… wat? OO)
“… So you want to search for them…” (Fonke)
“!!” (Aisha)
Aisha asked Yuusuke about the reason for investigating this place and if there was any information, such as damage reports. Fonke answered her in a ghost-like voice that there might be a single source that is the cause of the rumors. (TN: I am sure the original text had a different meaning) The guy used this as a pretense to scare Aisha even more.
“If I wanted to search myself, I would go out into the city night after night…” (Fonke)
“H-hey, you have gone too far.” (Isotta)
“Fonke, stop fooling around!” (Vermeer)
“Fuhihi, I’m sorry~” (Fonke)
Disappointed, Yuusuke let out a light sigh. Currently he was investigating the map data of the alleyway and the area surrounding it in his customization menu. As they finally stated their designated duties, he was silently watching his subordinates.
“Nn?” (Yuusuke)
“Di-did you notice something?” (Aisha)
“There seems to be a shaft at the side of the alley.” (Yuusuke)
“A shaft? You mean a passageway to the underground?” (Vermeer)
During his inspection of the map data, Yuusuke found a gaping hole that connected to the underground, right around the corner of the alleyway. It led to the interior of a building that was buried after the former city level was abandoned. There were a lot of passages of the former living quarters like that, which were abandoned as they were. (TN: without being buried)
These buildings were different from the Volance palace that was built level upon level at the same place. The buildings of the residential areas were scattered through the different levels thus creating a maze that was even more complex than that of the palace.
Vermeer, was casting the fire art providing the group with light to proceed towards the direction of the entrance to the passage. Forcing their way through the overgrown, unattended bushes at the side of the alleyway, they found the entrance and a rope ladder that stretched down into the darkness.
“It doesn’t look that old to me…” (Fonke)
“There are clear signs of someone having come here recently.” (Yuusuke’s corps member)
“Maybe it’s some kind of fellow that is living underground?” (Yuusuke’s corps member)
“But then the rumors about hearing human voices, can they be…” (Yuusuke’s corps member)
There was a possibility that people above ground could be hearing voices of other people talking below ground. Because the layer separating the two “floors“ was thin here, there was a decent probability that people above ground could hear the voices from below ground if they were loud enough.
“Hmmm… For the time being, let’s climb down and check.” (Yuusuke)
As Yuusuke and his corps were debating about their course of action in front of the hole with the rope ladder in the abandoned alleyway, the city was slowly changing into its evening colors.
"ผีคุณว่า ผมจำได้ว่า ที่ มีข่าวลือหลายปีเกี่ยวกับเสียงที่ได้ยินในสถานไม่มีมนุษย์" (Shaheed)"ที่นึก ผมเคยได้ยินข่าวลือบางอย่างคล้ายกับในเขตชั้นกลาง" (Fonke)"มีแน่นอนข่าวลือเช่นนั้นเวลาผ่านมา ไม่ว่าจะเป็นผี หรือไม่ ที่อาจเป็นสาเหตุของข่าวลือนี้" (ฮันส์เวร์เมร์)"ผมไม่ได้ยินมากเกี่ยวกับมันในการผันหรือเขตไร้มารยา แต่...ที่ไปเขตชั้นกลางสำหรับหน้าที่ล้างมีแน่นอนที่กล่าวถึงไม่ได้ยินข่าวลือดังกล่าว" (Isotta)เมื่อ Yuusuke พูดคุยกับผู้ใต้บังคับบัญชาของเขาในห้องประชุม มันดูเหมือนว่า ทุกคนในหน่วยพระเจ้าความมืดน้อยหูของข่าวลือนี้ครั้ง ทหารจากหน่วยอื่นยังดูเหมือนจะ ได้ยินสิ่งหนึ่งหรืออีกเกี่ยวกับผีที่ โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งผู้ที่อาศัยในเขตชั้นกลาง"ดังนั้น เขตชั้นกลางมันคือ สิ่งที่เกี่ยวกับคุณ อาอิชะหฺ ให้คุณได้ยินอะไรเกี่ยวกับเรื่องนี้? " (Yuusuke)"เอ๊ะ ฉัน-ฉันกำลังไม่สนใจ...ในชนิดของสิ่งเหล่านี้ให้... " (อาอิชะหฺ)อย่างใด ปฏิกิริยาของอาอิชะหฺได้ชัดมาก Yuusuke ไม่อยากผลักดันต่อไป ต่อบนเสียงอ่อนโยน"แล้วเริ่มต้น โดยออกไปเข้าเมือง และตรวจสอบสถานที่ได้ยินเสียงที่" (Yuusuke)มีการตรวจสอบโครงสร้างเมืองทั้งหมดในเมนูของเขาเอง Yuusuke คาดว่า ต้นกำเนิดของเสียงจะมีลมไหลผ่าน crevices และรอยแตกระหว่างพื้นผิวและส่วนใต้ดินของเมือง["ก็เป็นเสียงลมหรือเสียงก้องของเสียงคนอื่นพูด"] (Yuusuke)"อาอิชะหฺ คุณต้องยังคงอยู่ในโหมดสแตนด์บายหรือไม่" (Yuusuke)"N-ไม่ ผมเป็นคนครับ ฉันจะไปกับคุณ" (อาอิชะหฺ)"คือว่าเพื่อ ดีฉันไม่เชื่อว่า มันจะเป็นสิ่งที่โง่เหมือนเป็นปรากฏการณ์ธรรมชาติ เหมือนว่ามันเป็นเพียงธรรมชาติงานที่ได้เป่าขึ้นตามจินตนาการและความกลัวของคน" (Yuusuke)Yuusuke คิดว่า ไม่จำเป็นต้องผลักดันตัวเอง หากหนึ่งเป็น overtaken โดยความกลัว อาอิชะหฺขยันอาจทำให้ตัวลูกจ้างหน้าที่ของเธอเนื่องจากสาเหตุส่วนบุคคล และทำ Yuusuke ใจ เยาวชน จดจำชีวิตในประเทศญี่ปุ่นที่ทันสมัยและการอ้างอิงตีตรรกะบนข้อเท็จจริงทางวิทยาศาสตร์ เชื่อว่า มีเกือบโอกาสไม่ว่า ผีมีจริงสาเหตุของข่าวลือนี้ และพยายามสุดสงบอาอิชะหฺ แต่... (TN: Yuusuke โปรด... คุณอยู่ในโลกอื่น มีจิตวิญญาณของคุณถูกขโมยจากร่างกายของคุณ และตอน นี้คุณบอกว่า มีผีไม่รวม ให้น่ารักน้อยญี่ปุ่นรุ่นลิลลี่ กรุณาสวย ~)"ผีเป็นดูดน้ำศิลปะ ขวา ทั้งหมดที่คืนนักร้องที่อ้างว่า ได้เห็นผีได้ผู้ใช้ศิลปะน้ำ นอกจากนี้พวกเขาได้รักษาชนิด" (Fonke)“?!!” (อาอิชะหฺ)Fonke อีกครั้งนำความวุ่นวายอย่างรุ่งโรจน์Aisha and Shaheed, Vermeer and Fonke. Having formed the groups, the members left towards the middle class district to investigate the sources of the rumors. In the meantime, Yuusuke, following Isotta’s intel, descended down to the commoner district to talk with the artless that had heard these rumors while performing their cleaning duties.“You seem to be unfazed by ghosts?” (Yuusuke)“I… I am used to hearing various sounds.” (Isotta)“I-is that so?” (Yuusuke)Yuusuke thought that a communication type wind arts user was hearing a lot more “voices” than other people, was what Isotta meant when she said that. However, the “voices” were not limited to that, and wind arts users could also hear presences similar to human voices when inspecting murder (crime) scenes.In this echo, strong emotions and feelings were imprinted in the voices, making this echo to be something like thoughts imprinted in the space/air. When Isotta froze when her comrades opened the gates to the basement of the Gearhawk fortress, it was because she heard the echoes that were pleading for death.Isotta’s face became dim after she answered and Yuusuke gently stroked girl’s green hair.“I seem to have made you remember bad memories, sorry.” (Yuusuke) (TN: he said that as a fact, but it looked better to me with uncertainty)“N-no please don’t worry about it.” (Isotta)Isotta’s face became red, her fingers twitching as she struggled to force the words out. Realizing it was bad to stroke the head of a girl around Isotta’s age, Yuusuke lifted his hand. Thus, enveloped in an delicate air around them, the captain of the darkness god corps and his subordinate walked through the commoner district towards the place where the artless lived.“Uhhm, Yuusuke has sure become popular with women lately, right?” (Violet)“Princess, your tutor is waiting for you. Please worry about the investigation of the undercity later.” (Krielov)Violet was spying on the investigation through a telescope, similar to those in the Deernook fortress that was bearing the mark of the darkness god corps, from a terrace at the upper floor of the palace where she reluctantly stepped down and returned to the room.***Darkness god corps members started putting together the information on the rumors of the voices, which they had collected in the morning. It seemed that the voices were most often heard in the upper part of the middle class district, mainly inhabited by the earth arts users. Afterwards, they concentrated on investigating the alleyways where suspicious figures were said to have disappeared in.“It seems to be a wonderful place. Has no one really gone to investigate it?” (Fonke)“Well, ordinary people would not try to approach such place” (Shaheed)It was a place close to the upper class district that was abandoned when the wall of the upper class district became higher, blocking off all sunlight. Ruins of a mansion stood there, abandoned in the alleyway close to the huge wall. Surrounded by a narrow alleyway from both sides, the area imposed an oppressive atmosphere.
Having been bad enough when sunlight still reached the place, now one could not see the end of the passage even during the day, as it was surrounded by perpetual darkness.
“You said that there were reports of missing children. Weren’t there any requests to investigate this place?” (Aisha?)
“Eee, it seems … to have been written off as rumors.” (Vermeer) (TN: uhm… wat? OO)
“… So you want to search for them…” (Fonke)
“!!” (Aisha)
Aisha asked Yuusuke about the reason for investigating this place and if there was any information, such as damage reports. Fonke answered her in a ghost-like voice that there might be a single source that is the cause of the rumors. (TN: I am sure the original text had a different meaning) The guy used this as a pretense to scare Aisha even more.
“If I wanted to search myself, I would go out into the city night after night…” (Fonke)
“H-hey, you have gone too far.” (Isotta)
“Fonke, stop fooling around!” (Vermeer)
“Fuhihi, I’m sorry~” (Fonke)
Disappointed, Yuusuke let out a light sigh. Currently he was investigating the map data of the alleyway and the area surrounding it in his customization menu. As they finally stated their designated duties, he was silently watching his subordinates.
“Nn?” (Yuusuke)
“Di-did you notice something?” (Aisha)
“There seems to be a shaft at the side of the alley.” (Yuusuke)
“A shaft? You mean a passageway to the underground?” (Vermeer)
During his inspection of the map data, Yuusuke found a gaping hole that connected to the underground, right around the corner of the alleyway. It led to the interior of a building that was buried after the former city level was abandoned. There were a lot of passages of the former living quarters like that, which were abandoned as they were. (TN: without being buried)
These buildings were different from the Volance palace that was built level upon level at the same place. The buildings of the residential areas were scattered through the different levels thus creating a maze that was even more complex than that of the palace.
Vermeer, was casting the fire art providing the group with light to proceed towards the direction of the entrance to the passage. Forcing their way through the overgrown, unattended bushes at the side of the alleyway, they found the entrance and a rope ladder that stretched down into the darkness.
“It doesn’t look that old to me…” (Fonke)
“There are clear signs of someone having come here recently.” (Yuusuke’s corps member)
“Maybe it’s some kind of fellow that is living underground?” (Yuusuke’s corps member)
“But then the rumors about hearing human voices, can they be…” (Yuusuke’s corps member)
There was a possibility that people above ground could be hearing voices of other people talking below ground. Because the layer separating the two “floors“ was thin here, there was a decent probability that people above ground could hear the voices from below ground if they were loud enough.
“Hmmm… For the time being, let’s climb down and check.” (Yuusuke)
As Yuusuke and his corps were debating about their course of action in front of the hole with the rope ladder in the abandoned alleyway, the city was slowly changing into its evening colors.
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