ARM Backup/Settei book 2 translation/World section

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World Section:

=The Structure of the World=

古代の技術、ロストテクノロジーと現代技術 が交錯した人工的な地域、メタ・ファルス. こ の世界の構造と建造物に目を向けてみよう.

The ancient technologies, known as Lost Technologies, and the modern ones were mingled into this artificial region, Metafalss. We will now try focusing your attention into the structure and construction of this world.

Sol Marta

この惑星の外、宇宙に位置する人工 衛星. ここから発せられる導体D波 (導力、詩魔法の源)によって塔とリム が紡がれており、今日まで維持される.

An artificial satellite located in the space, outside of the atmosphere of this planet. It's in here that the Dynamic D-Waves (Symphonic Power, the source of Song Magic) that created the Tower and the Rim are originated, and the responsible for the maintenance of both structures until the current days.

The World of Metafalss
ソル・シエールの技術の粋である「塔」を「ア ルトネリコ」というが、メタ・ファルスに建造された第 二塔もまた「アルトネリコ」という. アルトネリコと は、「ソル・シエールが設計開発した導力増幅と それに付随する施設」の総称のため、第一塔か ら第三塔まですべてアルトネリコなのだ. メタ・フ ァルスに建造された第二塔は、詩魔法サーバー としての役割はなく、メタ・ファルスの地に新大陸 「メタファリカ」を創ることが主目的であった. しか し、グラスノインフェリアによって、塔は先端部分 しか建造されずに現代にその姿をとどめている.

The [Tower] built by the best of the technologies located in Sol Ciel is called [Ar tonelico], howver, the Second Tower that was built in Metafalss is also called [Ar tonelico]. This because the word Ar tonelico is a general term for describing [the Symphonic Power amplifier that was designed and developed by Sol Ciel, and all of its annexed facilities], which is the reason why all the Towers from the First to the Third are called Ar tonelico.

The Second Tower that was built in Metafalss doesn't have the capabilities of a Song Server, and that is because its main purpose was to create the new continent of [Metafalica] over the land of Metafalss. However, because of the Grathnode Inferia, the construction of the Tower was stopped at its cusp part, and because of it, it remained in that form until the current times.

[Map of Metafalss]



雲海から42000ストン (126km) 上空 A Space of 42000 Stons (126 km) starting from the Sea of Death

パスタリア Pastalia

アルトネリコ(第二塔) Ar tonelico (Second Tower)

インフェル・ピラ Infel Phira

リム Rim

The Important Places of this World
メタ・ファルスを見渡すと、独特の景観が数多 く存在することに気づく. 人々が住むのは塔の 上に建造された「パスタリア」と、塔の周囲に広 がる円状の建造物「リム」となっており、その上空 には「インフェル・ピラ」が浮かぶ. さらにその遥か 上空を飛ぶのが人工衛星「ソル・マルタ」だ.

At a glance, you can notice that Metafalss has many places within its unique scenery. The people lives upon the place they built on the summit of the Tower, [Pastalia], and on the circular structure that surrounds the Tower, the [Rim]. The Song Server of Infel Phira floats in the skies above them, and far higher, outside of the atmosphere, floats the artificial satellite of [Sol Marta].

Ar tonelico (Second Tower)

塔本体は、先端部分である鐘状の部分のみが建造途 中で停滞. 建造から700年以上を経ているが、ソ ル・シエール第一塔のように風化せず、美しく輝いて いる. 詩魔法サーバーとしての機能はない.

The Tower itself was only built up to its cusp, which is the bell-shaped part, and it was stopped there. And despite the passing of more than 700 years, this Tower, contrary to the First Tower of Sol Ciel, hasn't weathered at all, and continues shining beautifully. It doesn't have the capabilities of a Song Server.

The Simple Harmonic World Oscillation


この世界は、ソル・マルタを頂点として振 り子の原理で維持されている. つまり、大 半の人が目覚できない微小な幅で、世界 全体が揺れているのだ. 厳密な振れ幅は 約500ストン(1.5km)となっており、単振 動計算によって581秒(9分41秒)で1 往復すると算出されている. この振動方式 は1日かけて180度回転(南北が逆転)し、 2日で元に戻る(フーコーの振り子理論). この特殊な世界の動きを「世界単振動」と 呼ぶ. この世界単振動によって、世界には いくつかの特殊な現象が起こる. 代表的 なのが日の出と日没だ. 1日おきに日の出 の方角が変わり、日の出と日没の方角が同 じになるため、メタ・ファルスでは奇数日を 「東の日」、偶数日を「西の日」と呼んでいる.

This world is maintained by a pendulum theory, whose summit is Sol Marta itself. Putting it simply, whenever most of the population is still asleep, the world sways at a microscopic width. Strictly speaking, the amplitude of the oscillation is of approximately 500 Stons (1.5 km), and its simple harmonic oscillation for coming and going has been calculated, and it takes around 581 seconds (9 minutes and 41 seconds) to do the complete movement.

By this oscillation movement, the world rotates 180 degrees per day (north and south exchange positions), and the next day, it returns to its normal state (the Foucault Pendulum Theory). This special world movement has been called the [Simple Harmonic World Oscillation], and it's the cause of many unique phenomena that happen within the land of Metafalss. As an example, we have both the sunrise and the sunset. Each day, the direction from the sun rises changes, and likewise it happens to the sunset, so in Metafalss the sun of the odd-numbered days is called the [East Sun], and the sun of the even-numbered days is called the [West Sun].

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=The Systems of the Second Tower=

第二塔は、そもそも長期にわたって稼動する予 定をもたなかったため、長期運用に適した構造を 持ち合わせていない. そうはいっても、塔が完成 するまでの年数分は稼動期間の内に見込まれて おり、高々度における作業従事者が多数存在し ていたことから、それなりの生活環境を構築する ための稼動機関が存在している. 一般大衆にと ってはロストテクノロジーとしてしか認知されていな い、それらの稼動機関について解説していこう.

Given that the Second Tower wasn't planned to be functioning for long periods of time, it wasn't outfitted with the systems that were necessary for doing so. With that said, given that there were also a great number of employees working at such a high altitude, they had to plan again the number of years the Tower would have to remain operational until it was completed, and that was the reason for them to create the mechanisms and systems for the construction of an appropriate environment for life. Even if most of people doesn't know them as anything else than Lost Technologies, here we will explain about these systems and mechanisms.

The Wings of Hynemos
この世界は浮遊大陸であり、その眼下に広 がる「死の雲海」を基準として「雲抜0ストン」と なるが、この高度は実際にはヒマラヤ山脈の山 頂付近に匹敵する高さとなる. 極めて過酷な環 境なため、人間が生活するには人工的な環境 構築が欠かせない. ソル・シエールでは「彩音 回廊」というウェザーコントローラーが存在する が、メタ・ファルスでこれに該当するのが「ひね もすの羽根」だ. これは主に気温、気圧、重力、 降雨量などを人工的に制御するシステムとなっ ている. しかし恒久的な使用を見越していなか ったため、精度に若干の難を残すことと、有効 範囲が彩音回廊に比べて圧倒的に狭いのが 特徴だ. これは、第二塔の周辺に、第一塔に おける「ホルスの翼」(前作の舞台)を建造する 予定がなかったことを意味している. なお、ひね もすの羽根の設置場所は、塔の鐘部の上部と なっており、システムの本体は塔の内部に存在 する. 彩音回廊と同様に周囲を響板が取り巻 く、独創的な外観が印象的だ.

This world is located on a floating land of sorts, and it takes as the base level the altitude over the [Sea of Death], beginning at [0 Stons over the Clouds], thought the altitude of this world is actually around the same level of the highest mountains of the Himalaya range. Because the environment is so harsh, the people had to create an artificial environment to live, and couldn't afford to fail in doing so. Much like Sol Ciel has its [Musical Corridor] weather control system, Metafalss also has an equivalent, called the [Wings of Hynemos]. This is basically a system for mainly controlling the atmospheric temperature and pressure, the gravity, and the precipitation levels. However, given it wasn't planned to be a system that saw perpetual use for such a long time span, there are some faults on its accuracy, and its range its particularly more narrow than the one of the Musical Corridor.

This means that there weren't any plans to build a floating land around the Second Tower, unlike the [Wings of Horus] (setting of the first game) that exist around the First Tower. And also, the facility where the controls for the Wings of Hynemos are kept is inside of the upper part of the bell-like section of the Tower, meaning that the system itself is in the inner zones of the Tower.

While it also has the Hexagonal Plates rotating around its location, much like the Musical Corridor, its unique exterior appearance is pretty impressive.



第二塔の上に乗る形で維持されている、パスタ リアを支えるような筒状の機関がひねもすの羽 根の本体. 周囲に浮遊する8枚の響板は、1枚 あたりのサイズは彩音回廊の1/10にも満たな い小ささ. そのため、効果範囲は狭い.

The cylindrical structure that we can see being a maintained at the top of the Second Tower, which looks as if it was supporting Pastalia, is the facility where the controls for the Wings of Hynemos are. It's surrounded by eight floating Hexagonal Plates, though the Plates are pretty small, and don't reach even a 1/10 the size of the Plates used by the First Tower's Musical Corridor. Because of that, their effective range is much narrower.

Gyroscope
この世界の根幹をなす、世界単振動を計算 するためのシステムが「ジャイロスコープ」だ. 塔 を設計制作する際に、正確な値を計算するた めの測定器にあたり、自然の影響力による振れ 幅や方向を感知しているセンサーである. この世界はソル・マルタにより導力的に釣ら れ、振り子運動をしているため、常にこのジャイ ロスコープが振れ幅・振れ量・中心変位などを 測定することで、設計計算の精度を高めつつ 絶対的な位置を算出できるようになっている.

Established as the core of this world, the [Gyroscope] is a system designed for calculating the Simple Harmonic World Oscillation. When the Tower was still being designed, it was thought that would be a good idea to have an accurate measuring instrument, a sensor that could perceive the course and amplitude of this world, according to the natural clouts.

This world is provided of Symphonic Power and sustained by Sol Marta, and because of its pendulum movement, the Gyroscope is always measuring the amplitude, degree of movement, and change of position of the core, and this is what allowed increase the accuracy of the calculations, until the point in which it could calculate the absolute position of this world.



第二塔の下部に位置し、ジャイロスタビライ ザを囲う形で配置されている円状の機関. 全方向からジャイロスタビライザを計測し、 塔を建造する際の目安としている. ミント区 (鉄板砂漠)にあたる地域に設置されている.

It's the circular mechanism located in the lower part of the Second Tower, positioned as if it was encircling the Gyro Stabilizer.

It had the role of measuring the movements on all directions, and after being corrected by the Gyro Stabilizer, get used as the main reference during the creation of the Tower. It was established in the region where Mint Block (the Ironplate Desert) is located.

Gyro Stabilizer
「ジャイロスタビライザ」とは、ジャイロスコープで 検出した振れ幅があまりに不安定であると判断 した場合、触れ幅や方角を調整する機関を指 す. これによって世界単振動を軽減させている ほか、風などによる予測外の要因を取り除く、 第二塔創造に欠かせない役割を持っている.

The [Gyro Stabilizer] is a system designed to judge if the amplitudes detected by the Gyroscope have any measurement errors, and corrects the direction and amplitude whenever that happens. It's because of this that the Simple Harmonic World Oscillation could be reduced, and remove external factors to the Oscillation itself such as the wind, and had the purpose of allowing the Second Tower to be made without any design mistakes.



世界を下側から見たとき、1本だけ下 に向かって突き出している. 中はパス タリア下層住居区(スラム)から昇降機 でつながれっているは、用途がなく使われ ることはまれ. 最深部にはヒュムネク リスタル「ヴィーな」が安置されている.

This is the protuberance pointing down that can be seen when looking the world from the underside. It's connected to the lowest residence stratums of Pastalia (the Slums) through an elevator, though it hasn't been used in ages. In the innermost part of this facility is where the Hymn Crystal [Viena] was stored by Raki.

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=Sol Marta and the "Divine Drafters"=

メタ・ファルスにおいて、死の雲海上にある物 理建造物はすべて「虚像」となっている. 正確に は、導力(導体D波)による生成物であり、詩魔 法をより高度に、巨大にしたものといってよい. こ の詩を紡ぐのが、成層圈のさらに上に浮かぶ「ソ ル・マルタ」だ. 人々は、ソル・マルタから紡がれ た、ホログラムのようなものの上に暮らしている. ソル・マルタとは、ヒュムノス語で「母なる光」 という意味を持つ. その役割は、常に導体D波 を発しつづけ、それによって生み出された「製図 器」と「第二塔」を維持することだ. しかし、実際 にはソル・マルタはあくまでシステムであり、詩を 紡いでいるのはたった1人のレーヴァテイル・オ リジンである. その謳い手、フレリアこそが、メ タ・ファルスにおいて「神」と称される存在だ. フ レリアは、ソル・マルタとともに大陸を紡ぐため に派遣されている(P.079参照).

All of the physical structures we can see sticking out from the Sea of Death in Metafalss are pretty much mere [virtual images]. Actually it would more accurate to say that everything is made up from Symphonic Power (Dynamic D-Waves), and structure in a way that is far more complex than normal Song Magic. And the facility that crafts this song is [Sol Marta], which is floating beyond the highest strata of the atmosphere. The people are basically living upon structures that could be described as holograms created by Sol Marta.

Its name means [Motherly Light] in Hymmnos, and its purpose is constantly emitting Dynamic D-Waves to preserve the structures that were created through it: the [Drafters] and the [Second Tower]. However, Sol Marta itself is no more than the system for doing so, while the one that actually crafted and sings the Song that created and maintains these structures is a Reyvateil Origin. This why said Singer, who is Frelia, was called the [Goddess] by the people of Metafalss. Frelia was originally sent to this region so she, together with Sol Marta, could create the continent of Metafalica (details on P.079).



ソル・マルタ

Sol Marta

大気圈の彼方、第一塔のリンカーネイションよりさらに 高度に位置する人工衛星. ケタ違いの高度のため、尋 常な手段では人間が到達することは不可能とされる.

It's an artificial satellite stationed beyond the atmosphere, at even a higher altitude than the First Tower's Re-Incarnation/Rinkernator. Because of the extreme altitude where it's stationed, the people can't reach it through conventional methods.

ソル・マルタ設定画

Sol Marta Setting Draft

ほぼ決定稿のラフ画. アルシエル球が共通デザ インなのがよくわかる設定画となっている.

This is the final draft for Sol Marta. It's pretty easy to understand why it ended being designed together with the Ar Ciel Sphere when looking at it.



[graph]

ソル・マルタ　寨 下から見たイメージ An Image of the Sol Marta Fortress, looked from the downside

ゆっくりと回転してします Rotates Slowly

ガラス質の著明な円盤 Clear Circular Glass Disc

グラスノ盤 Grathnode Disc

ソル・マルタの外見でもっとも目を引くの が、グラスノで構築された、あみだくじ のようなオブジェクトだ. このグラスノ 盤は、フレリアの詩を導体D波に変換し て出力するという、第一塔の出張所の ような役割を持っている. これによって 第二塔はその姿を維持しているのだ.

The most eye-catching part that we can see in the exterior of Sol Marta may be the Grathnode-made disc that surrounds it. This Grathnode Disc has the purpose of converting Frelia's Song into Dynamic D-Waves using the output power it holds as a subordinate facility of the First Tower. It's because of this that the Second Tower can continue existing.

The Ar Ciel Sphere
ソル・マルタは、その中心に特徴的なガラス球 体の空間を備えている. この巨大なガラス球体 は「アルシエル球」といい、フレリアが塔を創造す るために謳い、踊りつづけていた場所だ. この空 間からは、下を覗き込めば青く輝く惑星「アルシエ ル」を映し、上を仰げば満点の星空が望める. 部 屋の中央には十字に交差した手すりのない通路 がある以外、基本的には空間となっている. ただ、 謳うためだけに用意されたスペースだ. なお、アル シエル球の外観はソル・マルタとほぼ同一の形状 であり、大地の心臓とも同一となっている. そこか らも推察できるように、アルシエル球は「ソル・マル タの大地の心臓」ともいえる存在だ.

This is the characteristic glass sphere chamber that is located in the own heart of Sol Marta. This enormous glass sphere is called the [Ar Ciel Sphere], and it's the place where Frelia sang and dance to, little by little, create the Tower. If you looked down from this area, the blue shine of the planet of [Ar Ciel] would be reflected in your eyes, while if you looked up, you would be able to see an entire sky filled with stars. This area is essentially empty, with the exception of a big crossroad without rails, and that was because this space was intended only for Frelia's singing. And well, given that the Ar Ciel Sphere is taken as part of Sol Marta when looked of the outside, this is the reason why it has the same shape as a Heart of the Land. From that, you would be able to guess that the Ar Ciel Sphere is the [Heart of the Land of Sol Marta].



ソル・マルタの中央位置する巨大な空間. 第二紀においてエンジャが踏み込んだ場所 であり、第三紀においてクロアたち一行が ラキとの最後の戦いに臨んだ場所でもある. このときのクロアたちは、瑠珈が謳った EXEC_VIENA/.によって姿を現した「天界 の塔」を経由してソル・マルタに到達した.

It's a huge area located in the very center of Sol Marta. This was the very same place that Enja raided back in the Second Era, and the same place in which Croix's group fought their final battle against Rhaki.

This time, Croix's group managed to reach Sol Marta thanks to Luca singing EXEC_VIENA/. and making the [Tower to the Heavens] reappear.

The Control of Sol Marta
ソル・マルタは、メタ・ファルス史(P.078参照) での来歴からもわかるように、メタ・ファルスの 人々が建造した物ではない. そのため、管理・ 運営は第一塔の住人であるエレミア人が行っ ている. エレミア人は有事に備え、またソル・マ ルタを自分たちの管理下で支配するため、メン テナンスロイド「ラキ」を同乗させた. 彼女はシ ステムの保守・管理以外に、ソル・マルタの導 体D波に関する供給・停止も担当しているが、 独断での決定権は一切なく、実質的な判断は すべて第一塔からの情報に委ねられている. 第一塔からの情報には2つの種類があり、1 つは人間による具体的な個別情報、もう1つは 緊急時に備えた全自動化マニュアルとなる. 後者の機能により、ラキは2本の塔のいずれか、 もしくはフレリアにトラブル発生したとき、自 動的に迎撃したりソル・マルタの出力を下げる ことができるのだ.

As you might have guessed from the stories in the Metafalss History section (check on P.079 for reference), Sol Marta wasn't built by the people of Metafalss. Because of that, its administration and management was on the hands of the Elemians, the residents of the First Tower. And if an emergency occurred, they had another way of keeping Sol Marta under their control, in the form of the Maintenance Droid, [Rhaki].

With the exception of maintenance and administration of the systems, she was in charge of the provision and suspension of the flow of Dynamic D-Waves of Sol Marta, though she didn't have complete authority to interrupt said flow based on her own judgment, and her decisions actually were always left to the information she received from the First Tower.

The information that Rhaki received from the First Tower were divided in two categories: the first one was information that the humans sent her about specific events, and in normal conditions, while the other was information sent from an automatic manual, which was only sent in emergency situations. According to the instructions featured in the later one, which Rhaki could receive from any of the two Towers, if anything happened to Frelia, she would automatically counterattack the cause, and she also is able to lower the Symphonic Power output of Sol Marta.

The Greenness that Sprouted in Sol Marta, the [Tree of Marta]


3040年に発生したグラスノインフェリア により、第一塔からの通信が途絶えて孤立し たフレリアは、コールドスリープポッドに入っ た. そのポッドはソル・マルタの居住区、アル シエル球のすぐ奥に設置されていたが、長い 年月とともに緑が生まれている. この緑はま たたく間にポッドからあふれ、やがて巨大な 世界樹となった. この樹木は後世に「マルタ の木」として記録されている. マルタの木を中心とする、フレリアのポッド からあふれだす緑の成長はとどまることを知 らず、やがてソル・マルタ本体の5倍にも及ぶ 樹木の大地を創造した. この宇宙を仰ぐ不思 議な草原は「ソラガハラ」と名づけられた. 現 代において、クロアたちが天界の塔を登った 先に広がる緑の草原がソラガハラである.

Because of the happening of the Grathnode Inferia on 3040 AD, the communications with the First Tower were permanently cut off, and Frelia, in her complete isolation, decided to enter into a Cold Sleep Pod. Said Pod was located in her room inside Sol Marta, farther deep inside than the Ar Ciel Sphere, and around it, with the passage of the long years and months, the plants began sprouting. In just a flash, they began overflowing around the Pod, and in a short time, one of them became a gigantic World Tree, which would be later on known as the [Tree of Marta].

The Tree of Marta had as its heart the Pod where Frelia was sleeping, from where it began growing, and no one knew where it would stop, and after some time, it ended created a forest that was around five times the size of Sol Marta. This marvelous grassland that could be seen be looking up to the space was called [Soragahara/Celestial Plains*]. To be more exact, the green field that extended in front of Croix's group while they were climbing up the Tower to the Heavens in the current times was the Celestial Plains.

which is the dwelling place of the Kami (Gods) on the Japanese Mythology.
 * The name is a pun on 高天原/Takamagahara (High Plains of the Heavens),

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=The Drafter Rings (CV/DV)=

この世界に塔を紡ぐために創られた「神の製図器」が、「ド ラフターリング」という計4本のリングだ. リングの内訳は、 水平を保っているうえに表面積があるため、人々が居を構え た「コンダクターヴィジョン(CV)」が1本、世界を包む3本のリ ングが「ドラフターヴィジョン(DV)」となっている. 外周の3つのDVは、すべて半径も浮遊高度も角度も異 なっているのが大きな特徴だ. また、現代では「リム」の名で 知られるCVも独特の形状だ. DVよりは水平面の面積が 大きいとはいえ、もとが製図器だけに、その幅は決して広くな い. その狭いリングの上で生活しているのがリムの住人とい うわけだ. 人々はこの細かいリングの上に鉄道を通し、少しず つ緑を広げて開拓しながら、細々と生活を営んでいる.

The [Divine Drafters] that were created for the creation of the Tower in this world are actually four rings that receive the name of [Drafter Rings]. The Rings are classified into two kinds: the horizontal one that has a metallic surface over it, and over which the people made their living is called the [Conductor Vision (CV)], and the three rings that surround this world are all called the [Drafter Vision (DC)].

The three DV rings that rotate in the external part of this world have as an distinctive characteristic that all of them rotate at different radiuses, angles, and altitudes. Again, the CV, which is known as the [Rim] in the current times, also has its own unique characteristics. Although it is larger than the DVs thanks to its horizontal surface, it was originally designed just to be a drafter, and as such, its width can't be expanded even more. And despite this, the people of the Rim managed to make their lives upon the little space that the ring had. They managed to build a railroad network over this thin ring, cultivated land little by little, and despite the hardships, they carried on their lives.

Drafter Vision (DV)


塔の直径が約400ストン(1.2km)なのに対し、リングの 直径は最小のものでも約4800ストン(14.4km)あると いう巨大なリングがDV. フレリアは常にこの3本のリン グを最前線の工区に配置して塔を紡いでいたが、グラス ノインフェリア以降、3つのリングは活動を停止している.

Contrary to the approximately 400 Stons (1.2KM) of diameter that the Tower has, the gigantic rings of the DV, even the smallest one, have around 4800 Stons (14.4KM) of diameter. Under normal conditions, Frelia deployed these rings into the foremost line of her work zone, and created the Tower with them, but after the Grathnode Inferia, the three Rings completely stopped functioning.

Conductor Vision (CV)


直径約4700ストン(14.1km)の巨大なリング. リングの幅は不規則に 広がったり狭かったりするが、もっとも広い場所でも約200ストン (600m). 狭い場所は実5ストン(15M)という過酷な環境である. な お、3313年以降は完全な円状ではなく、一部は欠損している.

An enormous ring whose diameter is of around 4700 Stons (14.1KM). Given that the width of the ring is somewhat irregular, it has various places where it is wider than other, of which the widest one is of around 200 Stons (600M), while the narrowest one is of 5 Stons (15 Meters), which makes up a pretty harsh environment. However, since 3313 AD, this Ring stopped being a complete circle, given that one of its parts collapsed and fell off.

Conductor Lens


フレリアがCVとDVを操作したの ち、実際に空間に物質を形成するた めの光を照射するレンズ. リム上で もっとも目立つロスト・テクノロジー のひとつだ. ふもとにはスフレ軌道 の終点、約束の丘がある.

After Frelia operated the CV and the DV, this Lens virtually formed the materials for the Tower from thin air whenever it was exposed to an strong burst of light. This is the most visible of the Lost Technologies that can be seen in the surface of the Rim, and at the foot of the Lens is where the final station of the Souffle Axis, the Promised Hill, is located.

[Image]

コンダクターレンズ Conductor Lens

裏上より Seen from above

この尖った部分は 本体とかすかに擠しているだけです These pointy parts are the only point at which the light can be radiated from the Lens

Conductor Activator


リムの真上から見たとき、三日月形のもっとも太い 部分に位置する施設. リムの地名では、叢雲(むら くも)桟橋の近くに位置する. 現代ではロスト・テ クノロジーとされているが、一連の神の製図器を 制御する役割と、謳い手の認証装置を兼ねている.

This is the crescent moon-shaped thick structure than can be seen towering above the Rim. It's located pretty near to the place called the Clouds' Wharf, and while in the current times it's just another piece of Lost Technology, in its past days, it had the role of controlling the sequence of execution for the Divine Drafters, and at the same time, as the device for authenticating the singer that was creating the Tower.

[Image]

600m くらい Approx. 600m

CDプレイヤーの ピックアップレンズ風です This is similar to the pick-up lens of a CD Player.

The Internal Structure of the Rim
DVによって引かれる立体図面は、DVか ら光のラインが照射されることで、ワイヤー フレーム状のドラフト線(製図器)を空間に 描画することで行われた. この名残は、現 代ではゆめみ野の地下道など、世界の深 部に垣間見れる. こういった地下遺跡は、 700年が経過した今でも建設当時のままの 異彩を放っている. DVが製図したCVの内 側、すなわちリムの内部は、当初から質量 のある物理体を構築する予定がなかったた め、最初からハリボテなのである.

Given that the plans for the creation of the Tower are drawn from the DV, the DV itself exposes a lot of lines made of light, and these lines are actually a wireframe draft (drafter) drawn on the internal spaces of it, which were copied to the CV. The remains of this can be seen in the underground tunnels of the Dreamy Fields, which allow you to see the entrails itself of this world. This is because these tunnels are actually ruins from establishments that have existed since more than 700 years ago and until the current times, easily discernible from the colors they have. And this is because the inside of CV, namely the Rim, was drafted by the DV, but there weren't any plans for how wide it was going to be at the end, from the start it was something comparable to a papier mache structure.



ゆめみ野の地下道や、猫屋敷の地下に広がる古代遺跡な どは、光の線で包まれた不思な空間. これらは設計途中 のため、製図器である光の線がむき出しになっているのだ.

The ancient ruins that extend in the underground tunnels of the Dreamy Fields and the basement of the Cat Mansion are mysterious places enshrouded in lines of light. Given that these were the plans on-progress, the drafters ending completely revealing these light lines when the construction of the Tower came to a complete stop.

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=Infel Phira=

インフェル・ピラとは、アルトネリコの第一塔 に代わる、メタ・ファルス専用の詩魔法サー バーとして開発された装置をいう. その仕 様や開発背景を紹介しよう

Infel Phira is the device that was developed as a Metafalss-exclusive Song Magic server to replace the First Tower of Ar tonelico. Here, we will be giving some explanations about its functions and the reasons behind its creation.

The Trump Card for the Creation of Metafalica.
インフェル・ピラは、ヒュムノス語で「愛の種」 を意味する. メタ・ファルスの民の夢、メタファ リカを実現するべく開発されたことがその名の 由来だ. メタ・ファルスの主要建造物のなかで は唯一、現代科学の結晶であり、第一紀の建 造物ではない. 現在、メタ・ファルスの上空に浮か ぶインフェル・ピラは、第二紀にメタ・ファルス独 自に提唱されたメタファリカ・プロジェクトの産 物なのだ. 第一紀にエル・エレミアと共同で進 められていたプロジェクトとは別物である. インフェル・ピラの開発に成功したことにより、 メタ・ファルスは第一塔に依存することなく、独 自のヒュムノス「新約パスタリエ」でアクセスで きる詩魔法サーバーを手に入れた. これによっ て、メタファリカは実現できる夢となったのだ.



Infel Phira means [Seed of Love] in Hymmnos, and its name comes from the fact that it was the device developed with the purpose of fulfilling the dream of the people of Metafalss, the creation of Metafalica. It was the only main structure made completely by the Metafalssians, and as the crystallization of the sciences at the time, it wasn't something that was built during the First Era. In the current times, Infel Phira merely continues floating in the skies above Metafalss, and it was born in the Second Era as a result of the proposal of Metafalss continuing with the Metafalic Project by themselves. It would be a completely different matter from the Project they had developed in conjunction with El Elemia during the First Era. The successful development of Infel Phira meant that Metafalss didn't have to continue depending on the First Tower, and as such, they received a Song Magic Server which could be accessed through the unique dialect of the [New Testament of Pastalie]. Thanks to this, the dream of Metafalica becoming a reality finally became possible.

The Specifications of Infel Phira
詩魔法サーバーとしてのインフェル・ピラ は、アルトネリコの1/1000の力しか持っ ていない(P.091参照). しかし、独自の 仕様として、「インフェル・ピラに最適化さ れた専用ヒュムノス、新約パスタリエでア クセスできる」、「3つのモードを持つ」、 「共通意識野が浅い」(P.092)といった、 アルトネリコにはない特性を備えている. これら、メタ・ファルスで独自に考案され た、メタファリカの完成に特化した役割だ.

As a Song Magic Server, Infel Phira has only a 1/1000 of the power that Ar tonelico has (details in P.091). However, it also has some unique specifications, such as: [Being able to be accessed by its exclusive and optimized Hymmnos dialect, the New Testament of Pastalie], [Having Three Modes], and [Having more superficial Shared Consciousness Fields]. These all are special capabilities that Ar tonelico doesn't have.

And with Metafalss having access to these unique functions, it was specialized for the role in would play in the creation of Metafalica.

Setting Draft of Infel Phira


塔の上空、塔の先端より少し高い位置に浮遊する. 本体 の外周には、段差のあるブロック状の物質で形成された 板リングが巻かれており、本体そのものも同様のブロック 状の構成. 3313年の戦争により破損.

It floats in the skies above the Tower, a little higher than the highest point of the Tower. Its outer circumference is surrounded by blocks arranged in different levels, which shape up the various flat rings that coil around it, and the sphere itself that makes up the main body is structured by blocks as well. It was damaged during the War that happened back in 3313 AD.

The History of the Infel Phira Project
メタファリカ伝説ははるか古代から存在して いたが、実現の鍵であるインフェル・ピラの構 想がまとまるまでの歴史は意外なほど浅い. 詳細はメタ・ファルス史(P.079参照)に詳しい が、ここではインフェル・ピラ関連に絞った歴 史について解説していこう. そもそもの構想の 発端は、ジャザが考案したメタファリカ理論で ある. これは第一紀の音科学理論の応用から なり、ソル・マルタの力を無制限に引き出して 大陸を紡ぐというものだった. しかしこの理論 では絶対に成功しないため、考案当時は闇に 葬られている. この理論をベースに、第二紀に 新たに生まれたインフェル・ピラ構想が、現代 のインフェル・ピラの建造につながったものだ.

Even if the Metafalica legends have existed since very ancient times, it was pretty unexpected that the keys for their realization didn't finish appearing until the Infel Phira Project was settled.

The details about it can be found on the Metafalss History (P.079) section, so here we will just limit to explain the history related to Infel Phira. For starters, the origin of this project was the Metafalica Theory that Jaza invented. This was the practical usage of many Sound Science theories that were established during the First Era, and it could be possible to create the continent by extracting limitless amount of the power that Sol Marta had. However, because it wasn't 100% fail-proof, what was thought to be a brilliant theory ended being forgotten in the darkness of history.

However, it later on served as the basis for when the Infel Phira project was born during the Second Era, and it's closely related to the creation of the Infel Phira we know from the current times.

The Downloads from Infel Phira


レーヴァテいるガヒュムネクリスタルを ダウンロードする際は、一般には自身の 「ヒュムネコード」を認証IDとしてアルトネ リコに認識させ、ダウンロードするという 流れになる. しかしインフェル・ピラの場合 は、この認識システムにあたるものが存在 しない. I.P.D.の能力が、ダウンロードした いヒュムノスが要求する力を満たしていれ ば自由にダウンロードでき、不足していれ ばダウンロードできない仕組みだ. ここで は、インフェル・ピラによるダウンロードの 儀式用コマンドを解説しよう.

Whenever a Reyvateil Downloads a Song from an Hymn Crystal, generally they have to be recognized by Ar tonelico through a confirmation ID called the [Hymn Code], which will then allow them to proceed with the Download.

However, in the case of Infel Phira, there isn't an equivalent identification system, so it was planned that if the abilities of the IPDs that attempts the download are enough to meet the power requirements of the Hymmnos, then she will be able to perform the Download as she wishes, and if her abilities are insufficient, then the Download will automatically cancel itself out. Here we will be explaining the commands used during the Download Ceremony for Infel Phira.

◆ダウンロードに用いる重用なコマンド The Necessary Commands Used in the Downloads

cEzYA hymmnos.

1      2   3       4    5
 * 1) 5100 --x tArm azit tn='Metafalica'

es tn=>sol.infel-phira.mea 5     6              7

解説 Explanation

1 ダウンロードしたいヒュムノスのID　#5100はメタファリカを表す 2 ダウンロードの種類　c、r、xのいずれかが入り、「c」ならヒュムネク リスタル(HC)からHC、「r」ならレーヴァテイルからHC、「x」ならHC からレーヴァテイルを表す. 上記の例では「--x」なので、HCから謳い 手へのダウンロードであることを表す. 3 想音動詞(P.124参照)　「tArm」は「展開する」という意味 4 フォマット形式　「azit」はHCに詩の想いを封じ込める形式 5 対象　「tn」が定義変数、「es」がターゲット設定を表す 6 力の転送方向("たぶ"と発音) 7 発動先　上記の例では「インフェル・ピラの中にいる私」の意味

1) The ID of the Hymmnos you wish to Download: #5100 represents Metafalica. 2) Kind of Download: it can be either c, r, or x. [c] denotes that the download is from an in Hymn Crystal [HC] to other HC, [r] denotes that the download is from a Reyvateil to an HC, and [x] that the download is from an HC to a Reyvateil. The [--x] used in the example above means that the download is from an HC to the Singer. 3) Emotion Verb (details on P.124): [tArm] means [expand/develop]. 4) Format Mode: [azit] is the format for the Feelings of the Song that is sealed within the HC. 5) Target: [tn] is the definition/declaration of a variable, while [es] sets it as the target. 6) Power Transmission Direction (Pronounced as "Tab") 7) Execution Header: The one used in the example above means [The me that resides within Infel Phira].

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The Modes of Infel Phira
インフェル・ピラは、「澪の御子(=クイーン)」 のみが可能とする「モードシフト」というえ変形機能 を有している. これは目的に応じてインフェル・ピ ラの機能を変えるもので、実際にはインフェルが メタファリカに失敗して以来、クローシェがレプレ キア発動するまで失われていた機能だった. モードは当初は6つ用意されていたが、半数に あたる3つのモード（下記事の下段3つ）はセカン ドステージからは排除されている. あらゆる状況 を想定したために用意されたモードではあったが、 機能的には極端な人権侵害も可能とするため だ. また、背後には大鐘堂の目論見があったこ とも想像に難くない. 現代においては、メッセラ 以下3モードに関する記録は徹底して削除されて おり、文献でも名を見かけることはなくなっている.

Infel Phira possesses a transformation capacity called [Mode Shift]. which can only be activated by the [Maiden of Mio(= the Queen)]. This was made with the purpose of allowing the change of Infel Phira's functions, though actually, after Infel failed at the created of Metafalica, this became a lost function until Cloche executed Replekia.

Originally, there were a total of six Modes planned for usage, but they were later on reduced to the half (only the three Modes described below with pictures) because the others were removed during the Second Stage. This was because all of the modes were intended to be used for any situation, and some of them could be considered as extremely grave violations to the human rights. Still, given the kind of strings the Grand Bell was pulling behind the scenes and their intentions in doing so, it's easy to imagine for what they would be used. In the current times, the records related to the removed modes, starting with the Messela Mode, have been completely eliminated, and even the documents in which their names appeared have been lost.

Sarre Mode


通常モード. 澪の御子からの指令がないかぎ り、インフェル・ピラはこのモードを維持する. サーレは全てのレーヴァテイルが個別の 意識を持って行動し、共有意識を持つことは一 切ない状態となっている. つまり、通常のレーヴ ァテイルがアルトネリコにアクセスするときとまっ たく同じ状況を、I.P.D.とインフェル・ピラの間 に作っているモードというわけだ. このモードは 別名「固体意識モード」と呼ばれている. なお、現代のインフェル・ピラは、地上からでも はっきり視認できるほど大きく破損している. これ は3313年の戦争時、ラキに迎撃された痕跡だ.

The Normal Mode. And as long as it doesn't receive any orders from the Maiden of Mio, Infel Phira stays in this Mode.

Sarre Mode allows all the Reyvateils to have their own individual consciousness, and at the same way, keeps the Shared Consciousnesses in a way in which they can't mingle with each other. In short, this the same condition the Standard Reyvateils have whenever they access to Ar tonelico, and it's also the Mode under which Infel Phira and the IPDs were made. This Mode is also know by the alternate name of [Individual Consciousness Mode].

In additions, in the current times, you might be able to see whenever you look to Infel Phira in the skies that it has suffered a great damage. These are the vestiges of Raki's counterattack during the War of 3313 AD.

破損部 Damaged Area

Replekia Mode


意識共有は行われないが、復数のI.P.D.が発 する導体H波を収束させ、1つの詩として紡ぎだ すことができるモード. I.P.D.独自の構造である Eスポット(P.092参照)を利用するが、紡がれる のは導体H波だけであるため、レーヴァテイルの 精神境界である境界門を開く必要がない. つま り、精神世界を共有せずに済むため、I.P.D.に は一切の危険が及ばないというメリットがある. レプレキアの発動には「クイーン登録」が必要 で、登録にはI.P.D.転写レベル9以上が条件だ った. この資格者が「澪の御子」にあたる. なお、レプレキアによって紡がれる詩魔法の 威力は絶大だったため、のちに兵器としての側 面が強調されてしまった. 3770年代の大鐘堂 は、このモーどを用いて神と戦おうとしている.

Even if it doesn't unite the Shared Consciouness of the many IPDs, this Model unifies the Dynamic H-Waves that they emit, and allows them to craft them into a single Song. Among the unique things the IPDs have in their anatomy, there is the usage of the E-Spots (details on P.092), and since for the crafting of a Song it only needs the emission of Dynamic H-Waves, it doesn't need to open the Boundary Gates that the Reyvateils have within their Soulspaces. In short, it has the merit of letting the IPDs combine their powers without the associated risks that would come with the complete sharing of their Soulspaces.

For the execution of Replekia, the singer requires to have the [Queen Registry], and also, to be transcribed and registered as a Lv. 9 IPD. Only the IPDs that fulfill both conditions are qualified to be appointed as the [Maiden of Mio].

And furthermore, given that the power of a Song crafted through Replekia it's so immense, its use as a weapon had been highlighted a lot in the recent times. For example, this Mode was used in the 3770's for declaring the War to the Goddess.

Tornekia (Metafalica) Mode


レプレキアが境界門を閉じた状態でEスポ ットを利用するのに対し、すべてを開放して完 全に意識を共有する「共有意識モード」. 有史 以来、わずかに2度しか成立しなかったモード で、メタファリカを紡ぐための専用モードとし てグラムルが開発した. 当初、トルネキアは、メタファルス律ヒュ ムノス「METHOD_TORNEKIA/.」によってモ ードシフトしていた. しかし、これだけでは不 足していることに気づいたインフェルが、 「METHOD_METAFALICA/.」を開発. この詩 は、メタファリカのパッチを兼ねており、トルネ キアは「モード・メタファリカ」(大陸意識モード) として生まれ変わった. そのため、トルネキア の名を知る者は現在では皆無である.

In contrast to Replekia, which uses the E-Spots of the Reyvateils while their Boundary Gates are still closed, this Mode, also called the [Shared Consciousness Mode], completely releases the Shared Consciousnesses of all the Reyvateils. Historically, this Mode has only been used twice, and Grammul developed it as a Mode that would be exclusively used for the creation of Metafalica.

Originally, Tornekia was a Mode Shift triggered by a Metafalss Note Song called [METHOD_TORNEKIA/.]. However, once Infel noticed that this wasn't going to be enough for the creation of the land, she developed [METHOD_METAFALICA], and given that this Song also server as a patch for EXEC_METAFALICA/., Tornekia Mode was reborn as [Metafalica Mode] (also known as the Land Consciousness Mode). Because of that, there isn't anyone now that knows the Tornekia name.

Messela Mode
通称「秩序統制モード」と呼ばれていたモード. I.P.D.の境界門を一方通行え開くことで、意識 共有なしにすべてのI.P.D.に共通認識を持たせ る効果がある. 緊急時に統制をとるために用 意されていたが、本人の意思とは無関係に I.P.D.をコントロールできてしまうため、レーヴァ テイルの人権侵害として大問題となった. のち に大鐘堂により全面的に禁止されたが、皮肉 にも、このモードがなかったためにI.P.D.暴走を 制御する術が失われてしまっている.

This Mode is also called the [System Control Mode].

This forces a one-directional opening of the Boundary Gates of the IPDs, and has the effect of giving all the IPDs the same knowledge and consciousness. This was used to control Infel Phira in emergency situations, but given that it also allowed other people to control the will and emotions of the IPDs, it became an extremely serious problem for the human rights of the Reyvateils. Despite the fact that later the Grand Bell enacted a total prohibition on the usage of this Mode, it couldn't be a bigger hypocrisy, given that if this Mode was eliminated, they would have lost their method for controlling the IPD Outbreaks.

Torcarrol Mode
「範囲型集合意識モード」と呼ばれる、個体を 限定して精神共有を計る効果を持ち、トルネキア の可能性を模索する段階で開発された、人数限 定版のトルネキア. このモードは唯一、複数の I.P.D.をクイーン登録(澪の御子と同様)でき、ク イーンを中心とする半径10ストン程度のI.P.D.が 自動的に精神を共有する. この特性は戦争時 の局地戦で役立つと考えられていた. 後世で I.P.D.暴走に陰性発症が起こるのは、このトル カロルに異常シフトするのが一因とされている.

Also known as the [Great-Scale Gathering Mode], it has the effect of measuring what are the limits on the Shared Consciousnesses of the individuals, and it was developed as a step to experiment on if Tornekia would be possible to implement, so it could be considered as a limited form of Tornekia. The Mode was the only one that could give to many IPDs the Queen registry (which is the same as the Maiden of Mio) because it could automatically open the consciousness of all the IPDs that were in a radius of 10 Stons around the Queen. This characteristic was thought as something that could be useful in times of war. In the current times, the Torcarrol Mode is used in an abnormal Mode Shift, and is the cause of the so-called Negative outbreaks of the IPDs.

Deenelmaite Mode
存在する全I.P.D.レーヴァテイルからすべて の自我を奪い、完全な1人のレーヴァテイルと するモード. あらゆる意味で完全なシンクロ状態 となるため、開発段階では究極のレーヴァテイ ル理論として注目されていた. しかしその後の研 究により、全員の精神が融合した状態になるこ とから、サーレに戻しても各個人の精神状態を 戻すことができないという根本的な問題が発 覚. この点はついに解決しなかったため、ディー ネルマイテは試験段階で封印されている.

This Mode strips away the ego of all the living IPD Reyvateils, and makes all of them into a single Reyvateil. This means that this was intended for the Revateils to reach a complete synchronization state, and it was developed as one of the main parts observed in Grammul's ultimate Reyvateil theory. However, after the investigation had finished, and because the minds of all the Reyvateils had become a single agglomeration, the researchers became aware of a great problem: no matter if Infel Phira was reverted to Sarre Mode, the individual consciousness of each Reyvateil weren't going to revert into their fundamental status. Because at this point there wasn't a solution found for that problem, Deenelmaite Mode was left behind as a test step, and sealed away.

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=Culture and Government System=

メタ・ファルスの歴史は、やせた大地で暮らし てきた人々の苦難の記録でもある. 厳しい生 活のなか、彼らはこの地に文化を築きあげた.

The history of Metafalss is the record of the hardships that its people had to go through because of living on an sterile land. And within these difficult lives, they built an unique culture upon this land.

The Composition of the Population of Metafalss
3772年現在、メタ・ファルス全体の人口は、 おおよそ85万人弱と推定されており、そのうち塔 側の都市パスタリアには6万9000人が住む. 現 在のメタ・ファルスの人口の多くは、この地に最 初から住んでいたメタ・ファルス人直系の人間に よって占められている. 他地域から遠く、さらに高 い山々に囲まれていたため、異民族の流入は多 くはなかった. しかし、シエール系民族やクラスタ 系民族の血を引いた民の姿を見ることもある.

In the current year, 3772 AD, the total of the population residing in Metafalss has been estimated to be approximately 850.000 people, among which 69.000 are residents of the city lodged in the top of the Tower, Pastalia. The most numerous among these people are the Human Metafalssians, which are the native residents of this land. This is because there wasn't a great flow of immigrants, given that the other countries are very far away from Metafalss, and furthemore, Metafalss is surrounded by many extremely high mountains. However, there are still some people that seem to have inherited features that only the descendants of the Cielians (Ciel-class people, and inhabitants of Sol Ciel) and Clusterians (Cluster-class people, and inhabitants of Sol Cluster) would have.

◆Statistics:
[Table]

現在人口: Current Population:

パスタリア約69000人、リム約780000人 Pastalia Residents: Approx. 69000 persons, Rim Residents: Approx. 780000

レーヴァテイル比率: Reyvateil percetange

0.21 (ppr) / 0.78 (pppr) 0.21 (ppr) / 0.78 (pppr)

シエール / クラスタ比: Cielians / Clusterians Percentage:

18 / 11 (残り71はメタ・ファルス人) 18% / 11% (the remaining 71% is made up of Metafalssians)

テル族: Terus

僅少 Extremely few

パスタリアに住むの は大鐘堂に選ばれた 者だけで、全人口の 約9%にすぎない. いまだ多くの人間た ちは金属の大地の上 で暮らすことを余儀 なくされている.

Given that only the ones chosen by the Grand Bell can live within Pastalia, its population is no more than 9% of the total. Still, the majority of the population doesn't have more option than continue living upon a metallic land.

Reyvateil Percentage
全人の人口のうち、レーヴァテイル質が発現 した人間の割合を表した数値がppr (person per revateil)で、遺伝子としてレーヴァテイル質 を持つ人の割合を示す数値がpppr (person per potential revateil)である. メタ・ファルスに 住む女性の40%近くが顕在的なレーヴァテイ ルであり、さらにppprの数値が78%に達してい るのは、全世界でも類を見ない高い水準だ. 実際に発露してレーヴァテイルになるのは女児 のみだが、男性の中にもレーヴァテイル遺伝子 が眠っており、その遺伝子が母親ではなく父親 である可能性もある. 人口全体に対する潜在 的なレーヴァテイルの割合を示す数値としては ppprが用いられるのが一般的である. この高いレーヴァテイル率の原因は、メタ・フ ァルスにおいて彼女たちが欠かせない存在だ ったことを物語っている. 超常的な詩の力なく しては、メタ・ファルスの過酷な環境を生き抜く のは不可能だったのだ. 人々にとってレーヴァ テイルの力はまさに神の力であり、澪の御子イ ンフェルによるダイキリティ (延命剤) 発明以後 は、レーヴァテイル第三世代の増加こそ人類の 生活力の向上に直結する重要事項だった.

Among the total population, the PPR (Person Per Reyvateil) ratio is used to designate the awakened Reyvateils, while the PPPR (Person Per Potential Reyvateil) ratio is used to designate the ones that carry Reyvateil genes, but haven't awakened yet.

Given that around 40% of the Metafalssian women are all Reyvateils, this means that the PPPR ratio reaches the 78% mark, which is a so-high level that isn't seen anywhere else in the world. Actually, while only the girls can manifest as Reyvateils, the boys also have these genes latent within them, so there is also a possibility that these genes aren't inherited from the mother, but rather, from the father. This is the reason why it's the typical method to apply the PPPR ratio to find out what could be the actual number of Reyvateils within the population.

The origin of this high Reyvateil ratio is because the fact that it has been said that the Reyvateil have always lived in Metafalss, with no periods in history in which they were absent. This was because if the supernatural powers of the Songs faded away, the Metafalssians wouldn't be able to survive in this harsh environment. To the people, the powers of the Reyvateils were like the powers of the gods, and after the Maiden of Mio, Infel, invented the Diquility (the Life Extending Agent), this had an extremely important effect in the increase of the Third Generation Reyvateil population.

The Minority People of Metafalss
かつてメタ・ファルス少数民族に属する人々 が人口のすべてであったこの地では、現在でも これらの民族が7割以上をを占める. メタ・ファル ス人はスピリチュアル思想に基づいて過度の 物質文明を嫌い、己の内面を磨くことでいつの 時代も詩の魂を忘れなかったとされる、特異な 民族. クラスタ系、シエール系とは一線を画す 文化形態を持っている. 容姿としては薄い金色 から茶色くらいの髪を持ち、体格は大きめ. も っとも、現在では混血も進んでいる.

A long time ago, the people that belonged to the minority people of Metafalss were the only inhabitants of this land, and even now, the total population is mostly comprised of people of this class (beyond a 70%).

Given that the Metafalssians are grounded on extremely spiritual ideologies, they despise the excessively materialistic civilizations, and given that they always looked forward to polish their spirits, they never forgot the true soul of the Songs, making them an unique kind of people, so much to the point of drawing the line that makes them different from the Cielians and Clusterians. Appearance-wise, they have as their characteristics having a thin hair that can go from golden to light brawn, and robust complexion. Of course, there also some that are of mixed blood with other classes.

Ciel / Cluster Percentages
惑星アルシエルにおける二大民族、シエール 系とクラスタ系のそれぞれの人種がどれくらい存 在しているかの比率を示す数値. シエール系は、エル・エレミアを中心とするソ ル・シエール地域の民で、ウェーブがかった茶色 の髪を持ち、比較的のんびりとして性質を持つ. クラスタ系は、エル・デュエルを中心とするソ ル・クラスタ地域の民. 外見的には黒髪の直 毛で、性質は勤勉だが、激しい気性を持つ. 現 地の固有民族が多くを占めるメタ・ファルスにお いては、いずれの人種もやや珍しい部類に入る.

Within the planet of Ar Ciel, there are two huge races, called the Cielians and the Clusterians, and this percentage indicates how many of each one of them live among the people of Metafalss.

The Cielians are the people that live in the region of Sol Ciel, which had El Elemia as its capital, having as their defining characteristics having light brown and wavy hair, and a relatively carefree disposition. On the other side, the Clusterians are the inhabitants of the region of Sol Cluster, which had El Duel as its capital, and appearance-wise, they are characterized by having black and straight hair, and having a diligent, yet violent disposition. Given the homogeneity of the Metafalssians, which comprise the largest population group of this land, both the Cielians and Clusterians are pretty much unusual races in here.

The Terus
テル族は、独自の魔法体系を持つ亜人類で、 褐色の肌と角、尾を持つ半竜人である. 彼ら は世界に散らばっており、はるか昔、メタ・フ ァルスにもわずかに流入していると伝えられる. 3700年代のメタ・ファルスにおいては、テル 族は極めて少数しか確認されておらず、一般的 にダイブ屋の店員としてその存在を確認でき るくらいのものだ. 他にもカナカナ突堤に身を 隠すようにして若干名が生き延びていたが、少 数民族ゆえに混血が進み、カナカナ突堤には 純血種はすでに存在しない.

The Terus are sub-race of the humans that use an unique kind of magic, and characterized by their horns, tail and brown skin, which also happens to make them half-dragon. They are scattered about around all the world, and a long time ago, and small group of them arrived even to the remote land of Metafalss.

On the Metafalss of the 3700's, the Terus are so few that they aren't even recognized as such, and typically, they are just recognized as the Dive Shop clerks. There were also some that survived hiding away within Kanakana Pier, but they were so few that they had to mix with other races, and as result, there weren't any pureblooded Terus left among the ones in Kanakana Pier.

Examples


シンシア Cynthia

ソル・シエール系の典型 的は特徴がよく出てい るのがシンシア. 茶色の 髪にゆるやかなウェーブ が見られる.

The Sol Ciel-class archetypes show up pretty well on Cynthia. Here we can see how she has brown and wavy hair.



ソニア Sonia

I.P.D.とテル族の両方の 血を受け継ぐソニア. テ ル族の流派「ニノ」に属し ており、天の声を聴く能 力を持つ.

Sonia has inherited both the blood of a Teru and an IPD. She belongs to the [Nino] Teru Family, which has the special ability of listening to the heavenly voices.



沙亜紗 Sasha

クラスタ系の特徴であ る、漢字の名前を持つ 沙亜紗. しかし外見の 特徴はシエールが強 く、混血がうかがえる.

Sasha has the main characteristic of the Clusterians: a name written in Kanji. However, her appearance shows an strong influence of Cielian traits, so we can guess that she is of mixed blood between both races.



チェスター Chester

浅黒い肌に若干の特徴 が見える. 角は巧みに 隠されているが、大きく はない. 混血が進み、特 徴が薄れているようだ.

We can see a few of the characteristics of the Teru in him, such as the light brown skin. He seems to have cleverly hidden his horn, though it's more due to their small size. It's as the more mixed the blood gets, the more the characteristics fade away.



タルガーナ Targana

教皇の直系の子孫にあ たるため、由緒正しいメ タ・ファルス系の血筋だ. 鮮やかな金髪もまさに 典型例といえる.

Given that he is a direct descendant of the Pope, he has a very long lineage behind him, and is a Metafalssian.

His vivid golden hair is the main characteristic he has from the Metafalssian archetype.

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Economy and Industries


メン・ファルスにおいて政治、経済、産業をは じめとするすべての中心は、大都市パスタリアに 集中している. 恵まれたパスタリアは周辺地域 のリムに住む人々にとってあこがれており、やがて は移住したいと考えている者が多い. しかし、 パスタリアに住むためには、民族権を得てプレ ートと呼ばれる番号札が必要になる. 住民権は 当該する人物がパスタリアにとって何からの益 をもたらすと考えられる場合のみ与えられる. なお、プレートには2醜類ある. 第19代目御子 イリューシャの時代にはじめて発行されたメタプレ ートと、条件付き居住権を認めた者に与えられ るネロプレートである. 双方に同じ権利を有す るとされているが、メタプレートのほうが格が上と 見られることが多い. いずれのプレートも月に一 度更新の手続きする必要があり、その際に権 利金を払う義務が課せられている. これがパス タリアの税金の代わりとなっている.

The politics, economy and industries all have their origin and center in the capital city: that is, they are all gathered in Pastalia. The blessed city of Pastalia is the place to which everyone of the surrounding region, the Rim, before soon, there was a great number of people that was seriously thinking about moving there. However, to receive the right of residence in Pastalia, the people needed a certain tag, called a Plate. Only the people have been deemed applicable by the Pastalian authorities are considered, and among them, only a select few are chosen.

Furthermore, there are two kinds of Plates. The Meta-Plate, which was first issued during the times of the 19th Maiden, Illusha, and the Nero-Plate, which is given to the people that have been recognized as qualified to live in Pastalia because of special reasons. Both of them give the same privileges to the bearer, though the Meta-Plate seems to have been issued the most. And regardless of which one is carried, both Plates have to be renewed at least once per month, and the process also entails paying a certain fee. These are the taxes that have to be paid in exchange for being able to live in Pastalia.

Agriculture
パスタリア中～低層区域にある平坦な地域に は農場が広がっている. 人々は狭い土地で農業 を営むべく、さまざまな工夫をこらしてきた. 湖の上 に作られた浮島のような栽培ファームや、鏡と クリスタルを利用して地下に太陽光を送るジオフ ォームは知恵の結晶ともいうべき施設である. こ れらの農場の労働力は、下層市民もしくはリムか らの出稼ぎ労働者によって賄われている. しかし、 これだけの努力をしていても、この地の食料事情 はホルスの翼に遠く及ばない. パスタリアの民衆 の食事は部分配給制とされているが、受け取る量 は最低限の生活を送れる程度でしかないのだ.

The middle and lower zones of Pastalia have a flat surface and as such, it's in there that agriculture was stretched. Given that they had to cultivate an extremely narrow area, they devised many methods for doing so, such as a farm that exists over a lake like a floating island, or a geoform that uses crystals and mirror to make the light of the sun reach these underground areas, which are facilities that should be named the crystallization of their knowledge.

The farmers are generally people of the lower classes or migrant workers that come from the Rim. However, despite the great efforts they make, the food that this land produces is far behind from the amount produced in the Wings of Horus. Because of this, even if the distribution of the food is rationated for the Pastalians, the quantity of food they receive is no more than the bare minimum to continue living.

Commerce
商業の中心となる繁華街、住人の生活水 準に合ったマーケットに分かれている. もっとも栄 えているのは、中流の一般市民が利用している 星の市と呼ばれるマーケットだ. 星の市は誰でも 自由に歩ける特区に指定されており、パスタリア 内のみならず、リムからも多くの客が来てにぎわ っている. おもに取引されるのは食料品や嗜好品. 音科学による便利な日用品などを販売する店も 多い. 一方、その対極にあるのが地下にある闇 場で、主にスラムの住人が利用している. ここで は、生活必需品などに混じって非合法なアイテ ムがかなりの高値で売買されているという.

The heart of the commerce is the business district, which can be understood the easiest by how the residents call it the "Market". Although all of them are pretty prosperous, the middle-class citizens usually visit the most a market called the Star Market.

The Star Market is a place that was designated as an special economic zone where everyone can walk around freely, though the Pastalians still can't get used to this fact, since they get very surprised whenever the many customers from the Rim come. The markets have an extremely high responsibility because they are in charge of the distribution things such of food and luxury groceries.

Thanks to the conveniences brought by Sound Science, there are many shops that sell the items of daily necessity. Of course it has its underside, which is the black market that operates in the underground, and that is mainly used by the residents of the Slums. Here, the daily necessity items are often mingled with illegal stuff, and all of them are sold and bought at extremely high prices.

Manufacturing Industries
パスタリアの工業を支える工場は、おもに内 側に沈んでしまった商業地域の廃虚を再利用し ていることが多い. 内側は地価が安いうえ、動 力源となる揚水歯車に近いためである. パスタ リアの導力は揚水歯車の二次的利用によるも のが多く、市電や昇降機、公共施設や工場の 導力は、この揚水歯車を使ったものだ. 工業の うち、もっとも規模が大きいのは土木関係の工 場. かつてこの業種は、塔を安定させるために 用いられた巨大な筒状の建造物、突貫パイル の製造で急激に成長を遂げた. 拡張工事の需 要は尽きないため、建築業は重要視されている.

The factories and industries of Pastalia are all located in deeper levels than the business district, in ruins and abandoned buildings located in the inner zones of Pastalia that were reused for housing them. This because the land in the inner zones is cheaper, and also is pretty close to the energy source of Pastalia: the Water Mill.

Given that the Symphonic Power provided by the Water Mill has also plenty secondary usages, such as the trams and the elevators, both the public facilities and the factories make use of it as their energy source. Among the factories, most of them actually work in the developing of projects related to the public works, that have quite huge scope.

Before, this kind of industry was used extensively in the construction of gigantic cylindrical structures to keep the Tower stable, and they suddenly received a great growth when they started manufacturing charge piles. And given that there are always great demands for remodeling and construction works, the construction industries are also very highly regarded.

The Treatment of the Reyvateils
物のようなレーヴァテイルが扱われているソ ル・シエールと違い、メタ・ファルスでのレーヴァ テイルは、初到来時こそ迫害されていたものの、 長年人々から敬意を払われてきた. 特に3040 年のグラスノインフェリア以降は、レーヴァテイ ルの詩魔法の力は人々を苦境から救い続けて いる. そのため、現在に至ってもレーヴァテイル は人々から尊敬を受ける存在なのだ. レーヴァテイルの扱いの差がはっきりと表れて いるのは、必需品である延命剤のダイキリティの 流通の状況だろう. エル・エレミア教会と巨大企 業天覇にとって独占され、一般では高額で取引 されるソル・シエールとは対照的に、メタ・ファル スでは大鐘堂が無料で支給しており、辺境のリ ムでも(まれに行き届かないところがあるにせよ) 配給されている. レーヴァテイルにとって生活し やすい環境が構築されているわけだ. ただし、彼女たちがいかに尊敬されているとい っても、I.P.D.(インフェル・ピラ依存体)という種 類のレーヴァテイルだけは例外となる. メタ・ファ ルス特有の存在であるI.P.D.は、発作的に意識 を無くして人々を襲う危険な存在で、発見され次 第、大鐘堂騎士団によって隔離、保護される. メタ・ファルスのI.P.D.の潜在比率は全てレーヴァ テイル中で48%と言われており、現在保護され ているI.P.D.は、その2割程度に過ぎない.

Unlike Sol Ciel, in which the Reyvateils were treated as objects, in Metafalss, while they were persecuted when they first arrived, with the passing of time, the people began to warm up to them, and eventually began respecting them. This became especially apparent after 3040 AD, the year of the Grathnode Inferia, when the powers of the Song Magic of the Reyvateils continued saving the people from all the troubles they had. Because of that, in the current times, the respect has reached a point in which the Reyvateils became extremely revered beings by the humans.

The most poignant difference in how the Reyvateils are treated in both lands could be how the distribution of the most important for their survival: the Life Extending Agent, Diquility, is handled. In contrast to Sol Ciel, where the Diquility was monopolized by the corporative giant Tenba and the Church of El Elemia, and they had to pay outrageous sums of money for it, in Metafalss it's provided to them by the Grand Bell at no cost, even if they live in the most remote areas of the Rim (though there are still some rare cases in which it doesn't get delivered at all). This also means that this is a much more favorable environment for the Reyvateils to live in.

However, even if the Reyvateils are regarded as the most revered beings in Metafalss, a special kind of them, called IPDs (Infel Phira Dependants) are an exception to this. The IPDs are a kind of Reyvateil unique to Metafalss, and very dangerous because they sporadically lose consciousness and start attacking the people, so as soon an outbreak is discovered, a troop of the Grand Bell Knights is sent to quarantine and contain them. The IPD potential of the Reyvateils living in Metafalss is said to be present in about a 48% of the total Reyvateil population, of which the contained IPDs make around a 20% of said percentage.

Dualithnode Crystals
ソル・シエールではレーヴァテイルを強くする ため、彼女たちの体にあるインストールポイント に強化の効果を持つグラスノ結晶を直接挿入 していた(インストール). しかし、この行為はレ ーヴァテイルに肉体的な負担を強いる. 一方、 メタ・ファルスでは数百年前に苦痛を与えずに 強化する方法が大鐘堂によって考案されてい た. それがデュアリスノ結晶による波動荷浸透 方式を用いた、デュアルストールである. これはデュアリスノ結晶に込められた波動を 液体伝播させ、レーヴァテイルに浸透させる方 式で、実際にはデュアリスノ結晶を沈めたお風 呂にレーヴァテイルが浸かることによって行なわ れる. 時間こそかかるが、この方法なら楽に能 力を高めることが可能だ. ただし、強力な効果 を持つデュアリスノ結晶は、それだけ強い波動 を発生する. 波動が強すぎた場合、レーヴァテ イルは過剰影響を受け、最悪の場合は死に至 る可能性もある. 対処法として、波動を分散さ せるべく、複数名での入浴が勧められている.

The Reyvateils that live in Sol Ciel, for making themselves stronger, employ the following method: taking a Grathnode Crystal that has strong effects, and putting it in contact with their Install Port, to finally insert it (Install). However, this method also puts an strong burden over the body of the Reyvateil, and each Install inflicts a great pain in them, so in Metafalss, the Grand Bell devised a method in which the Reyvateils could get stronger without having to suffer so much several hundreds of years ago. Said method is called Dualstall, and it basically it's a process in which the waves contained in a Dualithnode Crystal enter into the body of the Reyvateil via osmosis.

This is made by disseminating the waves contained in a Dualithnode Crystal through a liquid in such a way that they can reach the Reyvateil, and this done in practice by submerging the crystals inside of a bathtub, and letting the Reyvateil bathe in it. By using this method, the Reyvateil is able to heighten her abilities in a comfortable way. However, the more stronger Dualithnode Crystals also emit waves that are as powerful as the effects they have, and in case a wave is too powerful, the Reyvateil will receive an hyperinfluence, which in the worst of cases can end up killing her. The only way to counter this problems is by dispersing the waves between various targets, so it is advised that many Reyvateils bathe together when performing a Dualstall.

Bathtub


レーヴァテイルにとってデュア リストールはごく日常的な行 為である. 入浴の習慣は世界 に定着しているため、浴場は どこにでも存在している.

The Dualstall is an extremely common act for the Reyvateils. Given that the custom of bathing in this way has been extended throughout all the region, the bath houses can be found everywhere in it.



デュアリスノ結晶 Dualithnode Crystal

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=The Grand Bell=



700年ほど前から実質的なメタ・ファルスの支 配者であり続けている大鐘堂. しかし、重ねて きた歴史は決して順風満帆なものではなく、た び重なる政権交代など波乱に満ちていた.

Since around 700 years ago, Metafalss was fundamentally ruled by the Grand Bell. However, their passing through history was no smooth sailing at all, and it has gone through many tempestuous eras, including the regime changes.

The Current Regime, which Defied the Goddess
大鐘堂が統制機関として発足しれ以来、権限 を握っていたのは、教皇と御子であった. 教皇 は、民を治めて政治面を取り仕切り、御子は宗 教的な信仰のシンボルとして民衆を先導する. その時々で多少の優劣はあったにせよ、政治、 信仰のトップふたりがほぼ対等に権力を分け合 う仕組みは統制機関としては理想的だった. だが、3751年の教皇逝去を契機に政治的ト ップに立ったアルフマンは、教皇の世継ぎを殺 害. 教皇派を一掃したのち、御子アーシェをも 手にかけ、クーデター政権を樹立する. そのや り方はあまりにも性急であり、強引だったが、ア リフマン政権は高らかにメタファリカを実現と 神との戦争の必要性を説き始めた. そして、 3760年に自らが連れてきたクローシェ・レー テル・パスタリエを御子の座に据え、やがて民衆 の圧倒的な支持を得るようになっている. 果たして、アルフマンの真意はどこにあったの か. その背後には謎の男ラウドネスの姿もあっ たが、アルフマン自身はメタファリカ伝説の熱心 な信者であり、高い理想を持つ情熱家だった. だからこそ、カナカナ突堤で知った真実......か つて神と大鐘堂により交わされて契約、ハイバ ネーションによる民衆の精神体移行は許せなか ったのだ. アルフマンの目的は、神を討ち、民 衆のためメタファリカを実現すること. そのため に必要なのがレプレキアであり、澪の御子とし てのクローシェの力であった. 強引なまでの権 力掌握は、組織内の反論を封じるためである. 民衆の精神体移行を遂行しようとしていた大鐘 堂の人間たちなど、アルフマンにとって信頼する に値しない存在だったというわけだ.

After the Grand Bell was established as the government system, the central power was put in the hands of the Pope and the Maiden. The Pope was in charge of politics, and of ruling the citizens, while the Maiden guided the people a symbol of religious faith.

At these times, this kind of government had its merits, such as the political structure that allowed the parts in charge of faith and politics to have equivalent responsibilities and power, and it was considered as the ideal government system.

However, in 3751 AD, Alfman, taking advantage of the death of the current Pope, rose to the top of the political ladder, and assassinated the successor to the Pope. And after exterminating almost all of the Papal Family, he also killed Maiden Arshe, and established a regime through a coup d'etat.

Given that his way of doing things was so impatient, yet so coercive, the Alfman regime began to boisterously announce that they would realize Metafalica, and the necessity of a war against the Goddess. And so, once he brought Cloche Leythal Pastalie to the Grand Bell in 3760 AD, and gave her the position of the Maiden, the people gave him an overwhelming amount of support. So as a result, what could be Alfman`s true intentions? Despite having the mysterious man, Loude, behind him, Alfman was a very zealous believer of Metafalica, and had the utmost passion for the creation of these high ideals. Because of this, when he learned the truth in Kanakana Pier... he told himself that he couldn't allow the people to be transmigrated into mental beings because of the Pact with the Goddess: the Hibernation Project. Alfman' s goal was to defeat the Goddess, and create Metafalica for the sake of the people, and for that purpose, he needed the power of Replekia, the power that Cloche had as the Maiden of Mio. And also, because of the coercive way in which he had the authority of Metafalss in the palm of his hands, he silenced every possible opposition to his government. This also meant that the people of the Grand Bell that actually wished to carry on the project of transmigrating the minds of the people were tagged as unreliable by Alfman.

Alfman


総統に就任し、権力を己 に集中させたアルフマ ン. 手段の違いこそあれ、 彼もメタファリカの実現 に賭けていた.

Once he attained the position of Chancellor, Alman concentrated all the political powers into his persona. Even though his method weren't very appropriate, he also waged a lot for the realization of Metafalica.

Laude


意見役として暗躍したラ ウドネス. 大鐘堂とは違 う目的を持って動いてい た彼の真意は、いまだま って不明だ.

Laude was in charge of the secret operations of the Grand Bell. However, his goals are different from the ones of the Grand Bell, and they still remain as a mystery.

Grand Bell Plaza


これまで多くの民衆を集め、 御子による演説がなされて きた広場. 本作中でも、ク ローシェによる演説の数々 を聴くことができる.

So far, this is the plaza where multitudes of people gather to listen to the speeches given by the Maiden. Even during the course of the story, you will be able to hear Cloche giving speeches very frequently.

The Chamber of the Pope


かつては教皇が使っていた部屋. 教皇派が一掃された現在の大鐘 堂では、アルフマン総統が自らの 執務室として使用している.

It was formerly the room used by the people, but given that the Papal Family was exterminated by the current Grand Bell, now Chancellor Alfman uses it as his personal office.

The Interiors of the Grand Bell Palace


大鐘堂宮殿は規模が大きく、 美しい建物である. その内 装の豪華さは、現在するメ タ・ファルスの建造物のなか では最高のものだろう.

The Grand Bell Palace is both an enormous structure, and a beautiful building at the same time. The splendor of its interior surely are the most beautiful among all the structures that were built in Metafalss.

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[Image]

大鐘堂空港 The Grand Bell Airport

こういう船着場のトンネルが 貯水池沿いに並んでます As you can see, it's a harbor that is perfectly lined with the flow of a water reservoir

巨大樹の枝葉 The Leaves and Branches of a Gigantic Tree

垂れ幕 Hanging Curtains

人 Person

貯水池 Water Reservoir

空港はこの辺にあると 想定してます You can infer that the Airport is located around this area

もう少し細かい ディテールが入ります. 色ももう少し入れます (落ち着いた雰囲気が 壊れない範囲で) Even if they are a little thin, there are some detours here. However, not much water can go through them (because they were designed only to not get broken by a calmed weather)

大鐘堂空港

The Grand Bell Airport

塔上層部に存在する、大鐘堂所有の空港. かなりの 規模を誇り、巨大な大鐘堂母艦の発着すら可能とな っている. 大鐘堂が管理している施設だが、民間の エアバスも発着が許可されているようだ.

This airport is owned by the Grand Bell, and is located in the upper zones of the Tower. They are proud of its considerable structure, in which even the gigantic Grand Bell Motherships can land and take off. It's an establishment managed by the Grand Bell, but the Airbuses used by the people are also authorized to land and take off from here.



大鐘堂母艦

The Grand Bell Motherships

武闘派「戦場の御子」と呼ばれた第19代目御子、 イリューシャによって計画された戦場用の大型母艦. 数多の物資や戦闘機を搭載し、遠距離航行が可能だ. 本作中ではメタファリカの失敗を見たアルフマン総 統がメタ・ファルスから脱出するために用いる.

This is the combat mothership that was designed by the 19th Maiden, also called the [Maiden of the Battlefield], Illusha. It's loaded with many goods and aircrafts, and it's capable of long-distance travels.

During the game, you must have seen Chancellor Alfman using one of these to escape from Metafalss after Metafalica failed.



戦闘機

Fighters

大鐘堂騎士団が運用する戦闘機. 飛行艇が主な空路 用の交通機関である世界において、異例ともいえる 高遠飛行用の航空機である. 騎士とレーヴァテイル が同時に乗り込めるように二人乗り用として設計さ せており、大型の飛行艇用の動力原を搭載する.

These are the fighters used by the Grand Bell Knights. While the airships are mainly used for covering the local airways of this region, there also some exceptions, which are the airships employed for long-distance travels. The fighters are designed to be boarded by a Reyvateil and a Knight at the same time, and also are equipped with the same power source that the larger airships have.

The Grand Bell Under the Previous Regime
3100年代前の大鐘堂の 組織内において実質的な権 限を握っていたのは、教皇と 御子ではなく、御子室とガー ディアンである. 御子室はす べての情報を官制する機関 で、場合よっては教皇側よ り優位に立つこともあった. ただし、教皇には教皇令を発 令して御子室を自らの指揮下 に置く権利が与えられており、 御子室の専横は警戒されて いた. 3255年になると、大 鐘堂は月奏とガーディアン制 を廃止し、民間人を視野に入 れた政治体制である大鐘堂 庁制を公布. この年を境に、 大鐘堂は緩やかに民主化を 進めていくこととなり、のちに 民兵団も組織された.

In the internal structure of the Grand Bell previous to the 3100's, the one that had the highest level of power weren't the Pope and the Maiden, but a Maiden Chamber and its Guardians. The Maiden Chamber had the complete administration over all the government facilities and information, but under no circumstances their orders would invalidate the ones given by the Pope.

However, while the Maiden Chamber was under direct orders of the Pope, and had a privileged position because of it, the Pope had also to be careful that they didn't try to dictate any despotic laws. Once 3255 AD came about, the Tsukikanade and Guardian systems were abolished, and the Grand Bell proclaimed itself as a government system in which anyone from the people could freely pry in. On this same year, the Grand Bell slowly began undergoing a democratization process, and ended becoming both a government structure, and the armed militia of Metafalss.

◆Diagram for the Line of Command in the 3100's


神(フレリア) |      ______________V____________________ |                                                                             |      V                                                                            V    御子 - 御子室《_______________________教皇 |                                                                              |     V                                                                             V 近衛騎士隊                                                        ガーディ アン __________|_________�                                                                |                                          |                                                                V                                        V                                                        特殊騎士隊 月奏(12賢人) |                                         |                                                                V                     _________|__________ 騎士隊 |                                          |              V                                         V    波動研究施設                         自治省

Goddess (Frelia) |      ______________V____________________ |                                                                             |      V                                                                            V    Maiden - Maiden Chamber《____________Pope |                                                                              |     V                                                                             V Imperial Guards                                                    Guardians� __________|_________�                                                              |                                          |                                                              V                                        V                                                    Special Forces Tsukikanade ( The Twelve Sages) |                                         |                                                              V                     _________|__________ Knights |                                          |            V                                         V                                                     Wave Research Institutions Ministry of Home Affairs 《___ 干渉はするが 影響は薄い系統

This arrow and line denotes an interference to the position.

◆Diagram for the Line of Command in the 3600's


神(フレリア) |      ______________V____________________ |                                                                             |      V                                                                            V    御子 - 御子室《_______________________教皇 |                                                                              |     V                                                                             V 近衛騎士隊                                                           大鐘 堂庁 __________|_________�                                                                |                                          |                                                                V                                        V                                                        特殊騎士隊 政務省 _____|_______                                                     |                           |                                                                                   V                         V                                                  騎士隊 民兵

Goddess (Frelia) |      ______________V____________________ |                                                                             |      V                                                                            V    Maiden - Maiden Chamber《____________Pope |                                                                              |     V                                                                             V Imperial Guards                                                    Grand Bell Agency __________|_________�                                                              |                                          |                                                              V                                        V                                                    Special Forces Government Affairs Agency _____|_______                                                    |                           |                                                                                  V                         V                                                 Knights Militia

《___ 干渉はするが 影響は薄い系統

This arrow and line denotes an interference to the position.

The Role of Each Position
旧体制下では、この世界で最高の地位を持 つ者は御子であり、神の声を聴ける者として崇 められた. 政治的波動は御子室が執ったもの の、御子はメタ・ファルスにおける民衆の心の 拠り所であり、彼女の魅力が国力を左右するほ ど影響が大きかったとされる. 一方、月奏は、スピリチュアリスムを説く学者 で、詩魔法の研究者でもあり、さらに政治家だ った. 月奏から選抜された軍事、政治、波動科 学（詩魔法）のそれぞれの3人のエキスパートた ちはガーディアンと呼ばれ、教皇からの信頼の 順にファースト、セカンド、サードの役職が与え られていた. また、12人の月奏からなる「賢者」 と呼ばれるグループ、ガーディアンとともにそ の手腕を振るっていたとされる. しかし、やがて 月奏のシャーマンとしての存在価値はすっかり失 われ、3255年教皇の決議によりガーディアン制 とともに廃止、解散となるのだった.

Under the old regime, the person that held the highest degree of authority was the Maiden, and was revered as the only one that could hear the voice of the Goddess. She generated a lot of movement in the political scenario as the leader of the Maiden Chamber, and because of the many acts she did, she gained a lot of place in the hearts of the people, and her glamour was something that greatly extended the power of Metafalss as a nation.

On the other side, the Tsukikanade, the scholars that were in charge of explaining spiritualism, became researchers of Song Magic, and also became politicians. The Pope chose three from them that were experts on military, the politics, and wave science (Song Magic) and called them Guardians, which received the position of First, Second and Third Guardians, according to the reliance and trust the Pope had in them. Also, the twelve Tsukikanade formed a group called the [Sages], and they, together with the Guardians, had pretty exceptional abilities. However, in a relatively short time, the Tsukikanade lost their worth as Shamans, and on 3255, the Pope decided to abolish their existence together with the Guardians, so both groups were dissolved.

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The Neo Grand Bell after the Coup d'Etat
教皇の世継ぎ(タルガーナの父)と御子アー シェを次々と暗殺してクーデター政権を樹立した アルフマンは、大鐘堂の指揮系統の改革を断 行した. この改革において、もっとも変化が顕 著だったのは御子の扱いである. それまでは教 皇と御子が対等な立場 に置かれていたのに対 し、アルフマン政権では 御子は御子室の管理 下となった. これは、本 来御子が持つ権利であ る「神の代弁者としての 発言権」を剥奪し、大鐘 堂のスポークスマンとし ての役割しか与えてい ないという事を意味して いた. そして御子直属 の近衛騎士隊も廃止、軍事的な権限も自身に 集約したのである. しかし、すべての事実は公開されなかった. メタ・ファルスの民間人は、いまだに御子こそが もっとも権力を持つ人物だと考えていたのだ.

After having killed of both the successor of the Pope (Targana's father) and Maiden Arshe; and having established a completely new regime through his coup d'etat, Alfman went and performed a complete reformation on the structure of the Grand Bell. The most radical part of this was that the Maiden got removed of her duties as the highest part of the Grand Bell chain of command, and in contrast to the equivalent positions of the Maiden and the Pope, the Maiden was now under the orders of the Maiden Chamber, which was regulated by Alfman himself. This meant that the Maiden was deprived of the authority rights she had as the [One that heard and transmitted the Voice of the Goddess], and now was reduced merely to being the spokeswoman of the Grand Bell. The Imperial Guards that were under direct orders of the Maiden were also abolished, were integrated into the rest of the military forces.

However, nothing of this was actually revealed to the public, so the citizens of Metafalss continued thinking during these times that the Maiden still was the one that held the highest authority in this land.

◆Diagram for the Line of Command in the 3700's


総統 |                         ______________V__________________ |                                |                         V                                 V                       御子室                            大鐘堂庁 |       _________________________|__________                         V       |                         |          | 御子     V                         V          V                         ^     _騎士団__                   政務局      開発局 |   |        |                              |                         |    | 騎士隊長 |            __________________|______ |   |    |   |            V                        V                         |護衛 |    V   |       I.P.D.特捜処理室             導力開発局 |____|__騎士隊_|________  (ラクラ)

Chancellor |                         ______________V__________________ |                                |                         V                                 V                  Maiden Chamber                    Grand Bell Agency |       _________________________|__________                         V       |                         |          | Maiden    V                         V          V                         ^     _Knights_  Government Affairs Agency   Development Agency |   |        |                              |                         |    | Captain|            __________________|______ |Pro |   |   |            V                        V                         |tect|    V   |       IPD Investigation        Symphonic Power |____|_Knights|________ and Containment       Development Agency Chamber (Lakra)



騎士隊長

Knight Captain

アルフマンが騎士隊長に抜擢したレグリスは、旧 体制下では御子直下の近衛騎士であった. しかし アルフマンの体制改革にともない、現政権では騎 士団に統合されている. ただし旧近衛騎士隊が廃 止されたため、御子の護衛も任務に含まれた.

Leglius, which was chosen by Alfman himself as the Knight Captain, was one of the Imperial Guards under the direct orders of the Maiden in the previous regime. However, because of Alfman's reform of the entire system, in the current regime he belongs to the normal knights, given that the Imperial Guards got integrated into them. Even if the former Imperial Guards were abolished, they still are included among the ones that have the duty of protecting the Maiden.

Chamber for Investigating and Quarantining IPDs
I.P.D.による被害の増加に伴い、専門的に 対処する部署として3754年設立された. 現 在では、パスタリア市民の安全を守る上でもっ とも欠かせない組織となっている. I.P.D.暴走 を検知するラクラシステムによって事件の発生 場所を割り出し、迅速に対応して被害を最小限 に留めるのがそのおもな任務だ. その判断は冷徹だが、I.P.D.殲滅 においては任務の遂行を最優先するため、とき に行き過ぎた行為をすることもある. 暴走 I.P.D.に対しての非人間的な振る舞いも目立 ち、市民からの評判は賛否両論あるのが現状 だ. なお、被害の規模によっては、騎士隊に出 動要請をかける権利も有している.

Because of the increase of the damages caused by the IPDs, on 3754, a department was established for exclusively dealing with them. In the current times, it has been upgraded into a system that has never failed to protect the safety of the citizens of Pastalia. Once an outbreak has been detected and its location marked thanks to the Lakra System, they have the duty of sending out knights to contain them as quick as possible, to try to reduce the damage caused by them to the lowest possible.

Because it was thought too coldly, the preferred action for the knights to take was to capture and then slaughter the outbroken IPDs, which was thought to be too cruel.

Given how inhuman was the treatment towards the outbroken IPDs stood out among the population, this ended triggering both favorable and unfavorable responses from the citizens about this way of containing them. Furthermore, depending on the scale of damage, they could even send a demand for the elite knights to be dispatched to the area of the outbreak.



零音節  洛螺

Nonsyllable Lakra

澪の民の末裔. I.P.D.の居場所を検知する特殊能 力を持っていたため、ラクラシステムに組み込 まれた. 生きながらシステムの一部となった彼女は、 パスタリア最下層にある部屋で、ただひとりその 任務を遂行し続けている.

A descendant of the People of Mio. Because of the special abilities she had, which allowed her to find the whereabouts of the IPDs, she was integrated into the Lakra System. Given that she ended becoming a part of the system as long as she lives, she was locked up in a chamber in the lower areas of Pastalia, and only continues accomplishing her duty.



ラクラシステム

Lakra System

暴走I.P.D.の出現座標を一 瞬で割り出すシステム. シ ステムと名がつけているも のの、その核となっている のは一人の少女である.

This is a system that can instantly compute the coordinates of an IPD whenever she has an outbreak. Lakra is simply the name that was given to the system, and because of this, it was also given to the girl that became its own core.

The IPD counter-measures taken by the Grand Bell Knights
かつては大鐘堂騎士隊が直接 暴走I.P.D.の処理にあたっていた が、現在ではI.P.D.特捜処理室 が対応している. I.P.D.特捜処理 室の現状での任務は、暴走した I.P.D.の保護(実際は捕獲)であ る. 事件の規模によって対応方 法は違っており、被害が大きい 場合は総出でかかることもある が、基本的には騎士の単独行動、 もしくは任意のグループでの行 動となる場合が多いようだ. 暴走I.P.D.の処理にあたるた め騎士たちには、めいめいにラ クラシステムから送られた情報を 受け取る携帯端末のテレモが渡 されており、どこにいてもI.P.D. の出現情報を確認できる. また、 ココナなど卓越した能力を持つ 一般市民は、恊力者として特別に 騎士に対する支援が認められて おり(サテライト制度)、暴走 I.P.D.に対処している際にもさま ざまな優先権が与えられている.

Formerly, although the Grand Bell Knights used to directly go and contain the outbroken IPDs, currently the IPD Investigation and Containment Chamber decides how they will deal with them. Currently, the function of the IPD Investigation and Containment Chamber has is the quarantining of the IPDs (which actually isn't different at all from capturing them). The countermeasures differ depending on the scale of the incident, and while there are situations where the damages are too large and all the knights are dispatched at once to contain the outbreak, there are also many cases in which the knights can choose to be dispatched alone or in small groups to perform the containing.

The measures the knights can take for dealing with the outbroken IPDs include among other things being able to track their whereabouts thanks to being able of receiving information from the Rakura System through a Telemo portable terminal. And also, they can receive the support of civilians that have excellent combat capabilities, such as Cocona, which are accepted as being supporters of the knights in their missions (this is called the "Satellite System"). And also, the final measure to take after defeating the IPD will be variable, depending on the gravity of the incident.

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Background Story - The Pure Heart of the Knight Captain
～バッツ、聆紗、レグリスの別れ～

~The Parting of Batz, Reisha and Leglius~

口にできない想いを密めたまま、バッツとともに去る聆紗の背中を見送った若き 日のレグリス. それから長い時が流れ、二人は家族を得て、 そして失った. ミント区で再会した聆紗とレグリスの胸に去来する想いは、果た してどんなものだったのだろうか.

As if it were because they hid feelings that they were unable to express, both Reisha and Batz turned their backs on young Leglius as they left, while he only saw them off. From that point, the long time flowed on, both formed their own families, and lost them.

When Leglius and Reisha finally met again in Mint Block, they had many recurring feelings within their hearts, and wondered what they had fulfilled during their lives.

レグリスは聆紗が好きだった. しかし彼の性格 は、それを口に出来ない. ただ心に密めるだけの 日々だった. バッツも聆紗が好きだった. そしてその性格の ため、周りからは「聆紗が好き」なのは公認だった. レグリスはバッツを尊敬していたが、こと聆紗の ことに関しては、私情もあってわだかまっていた. レグリスが最初に聆紗を紹介されたとき、既にバ ッツからは「俺の彼女」として紹介されていたのだ. アーシェがバッツを可愛がっていた事もあり、バ ッツはよく宮殿に来ていた. バッツは可愛い後輩 であるレグリスを、何かにつけて連れ回した. 堅 物のレグリスだけに、ことあるごとにその行動を 咎めてはいたが、実は自分も楽しんでいてよくつ いてきた. レグリスがついてくるようになって安心 したのか、バッツはより一層腕白少年のようにな っていく.

お姫様のようにワガママなアーシェは、バッツ にいつも無理難題を吹っかけ、バッツがそれを強 引に実行していくのが定番だった. バッツとアー シェがあまりにも破天荒なことをするため、聆紗 とレグリスわそのフォローをするのにてんてこ舞 いの役回りだったが、その中でお互いの苦労を言 い会ったりしつつ、やがて仲睦まじくなっていった のだ. そんな関係が2、3年続いた.

バッツにとってアーシェは特別な人. 恋愛の対 象ではなかった事に確かだった. 更けには、御子は 既婚者. そしてもうすぐ子供が生まれる立場でも あった. しかし、聆紗の胸には小さなくすぶりがあった. 嫉妬？　......既婚者に？ いつも聆紗の胸に残っていたもやもやは、やが て事件によって拭い去られることになった. アル フマンによるクーデター. ......御子アーシェの暗殺 事件.

後年、I.P.D.御子襲撃事件として記録された悲劇 は、すべて大鐘堂の自作自演だった. アルフマン は騎士隊には秘密にしたうえでラウドネス率いる I.P.D.レーヴァテイル部隊を動かしていた. I.P.D.レーヴァテイル部隊はエナの御所を襲撃す る. これらはすべてラクラによってマインドコント ロールされていた. すなわち、I.P.D.という固体の 特性である「集合意識」の実用試験も兼ねたものだ った. バッツはその情報を入手し、一人でエナの御所に 向かった. 当時、聆紗はアーシェの対き人だった ため、聆紗とアーシェの2人を救うことが彼の最優 先だった. とはいえ、多勢に無勢は火を見るより明らか. バッツは良き後輩であり、聆紗やアーシェとかけ がえのない時間をともに過ごしたレグリスに一緒 に来てくれと言った. しかし、レグリスはそれを拒否した. 「総統が御子を殺す？　あり得ませ. 第一、エ ナ宮殿は御子室と御子しか入れない、女性の聖域. 普段の大鐘堂宮殿とは違うのですよ？」

ーそれは後年までレグリスの心に傷を残した、 痛恨の判断だった. レグリスのもとを離れたバッツは、騎士隊の待 機命令を破り、いち早くアーシェと聆紗にもとに 到着する. そして無数のI.P.D.との激戦のなか、誰 よりも聆紗を優先した. 普段、あれだけふさげていても、バッツの中で は聆紗が一番だったという事を再認識するには十 分すぎる行動だった. バッツは何度も何度も、自分のすべてを賭けて 聆紗を守った. その後ろ姿を、血に染まる鎧を見 ながら、聆紗はずっとこの人の後ろについていこ うと決めたのだ. 人間として褒められる人物ではない. そして生存 能力も無い. しかし、その人は正直だった. 何に正 直だったかといえば、自分に正直だった. だから 聆紗は、バッツのすべてを信じることが出来た. バッツが戦闘に入ってから遅れること数時間後、 レグリスに出動命令が下った. エナ宮殿で暴れて いる、I.P.D.の鎮圧・保護だった. レグリスは血の気が引いた. 後にも先にも、彼が部隊よりも自分の想いを優 先したのは、この時だけだった. 命令を遅らせていた大鐘堂側の策略通り、レグ リスが到着した頃、既に宮殿は火に包まれていた. 炎の中をさまよい歩くレグリス. しかし祈りもむ なしく、アーシェらの姿はどこにもなかった. 突然の爆音. 近い. 急いで行ってみる. レグリスが駆けつけた先には、I.P.D.にとどめ を刺すバッツの姿があった. 「先輩！　聆紗！！」 「よう！　......保護隊のおでましか. 案外早かったな」 「保護？　何のことです！？」 「何だ、他の連中はいないのか. お上の命令無視 したな？　お前にしちゃ頑張ったじゃねェか」 疲弊しきった体に笑みを浮かべ、バッツは続けた. 「何にしても......アーシェ様は、クローシェ様を俺 達に託された. 俺は死んでもこの子を守り抜く. お前を倒してでもな. だが俺は、お前を殺したく ねぇ. だから、今回は見送してくれや」 言うが早いか、バッツはレグリスの横を通り過ぎ ていった. そして振向きもせず、片手を軽く上げる. 「最後にお前と会えて良かったぜ. それだけが心 残りだった. あばよ！」 言葉を失うレグリスを尻目に、聆紗がバッツに続く. 「聆紗！　どこへ......！」 「アーシェ様の命に従い、この娘を守ります. もう 貴方と逢うことも無いでしょう. 今までありがと う. 楽しかったあの日々のこと、決して忘れない. これこらも貴方の活躍、陰で見守ってます. 願わ くば、貴方が私を捕まえる役目を負わされません ように」 聆紗の目には、固い決意が浮かんでいた. 「さようなら......」

見逃してしまいそうな微笑を浮かべて、聆紗は 駆け足でバッツの後を追う. レグリスはこのとき も、何ひとつ言葉にできなかった. レグリスは激しく後悔した. 自分が自分自身の 保身に入ったことを. そして、別れの瞬間「自分も 一緒に守る」と言えなかったことを. バッツを裏切った自分がバッツ達と一緒に行け るとは思っていなかったし、自分は自分の立場が 大事だった. ただ、たとえばその場を離れていても、最後の 瞬間に「自分も一緒に守る」と言えなかったことは、 大きな心残りだった.

レグリスはバッツが声をかけたあのとき、いつ も通りの判断で職務をとった. バッツもまた、い つも通りの判断で聆紗やアーシェを取っただけだ. そう、それがバッツとレグリスの違いだった.

この日以降、大鐘堂は民衆にばれないように、 次代の御子クローシェの捜索を続けた. レグリス はその間、ついにバッツと聆紗の事を口に出すこ とはなかった. それだけでなく、わざと狙を外す ような助言をし、捜索を難航させた. 3年が経ち、大鐘堂は隊に御子捜索を中止する. レグリスは胸をなでおろした. そしてさらに2年が経過したある日、大鐘堂幹 部のみの極秘会議が開かれた.

ーーあるI.P.D.の娘を御子に立てる. 年齢はごまか せる範囲内だ. ーー民衆への公示は「クローシェ様がついに見つか った」という事で進行する. ーー御子の存在意義は「神との戦争」だ. ーーインフェル・ピラを操り、ロストテクノロジーの 兵器である「レプレキア」を撃つ.

そしてお披露目が行われた. 第33代御子、クロ ーシェ・レーテル・パスタリエ. 8年前にI.P.D.発症 し、一般民衆から略奪して立てられた御子. ーー聆 紗とバッツの子.

その日からさらに6年. レグリスは聆紗と再会した. あの日、聆紗を救った赤い鎧の騎士はもういな い. 残された聆紗は、あの日に救い出した娘とひ っそりと暮らしていた. レグリスもまた、あれから妻と娘を得て温かい 家族を築き、そして失っていた.

あの時助けに来てくれたのが貴方だったら、 私はきっと貴方と結ばれていた. もっとも、そうなっていたら...... 貴方は今のような地位を得ることは 出来なかった訳だけど.

俺は地位や名誉が欲しい訳じゃない. 俺はただ、メタファリカによって 人々が幸せに暮らせる事を 望んでいるだけだ.

Reisha loved Leglius, but she wasn't able to say it about his personality, and she just kept it as a secret in her heart, always.

She also loved Batz, and because of his personality, he was officially regarded by everyone around them as [Reisha's Lover].

Even though Leglius had a lot of respect for Batz, when it came to Reisha, he had to swallow up all of his personal feelings, because of the fact that when they were first introduced, Batz introduced Reisha to Leglius as [She's my girlfriend].

Arshe also loved Batz a lot, which is the reason why Batz came to the palace very frequently. He also considered Leglius as his lovable trainee, and always took him together to do various things, from eating to training. Despite Leglius being a very stubborn person, he actually had a lot of fun whenever he was togetjer with Batz and Reisha. This was the reason why he felt so relieved when he was with them, and this eventually turned him into an even haughtier boy than Batz.

Arshe was the classic selfish, princess-like girl, which always asked unreasonable demands to Batz, whose routine consisted in being forced to do these nigh-impossible tasks. Given that Batz's behaviour towards Arshe was unprecedented, they followed the role of "ball attendants" for the two of them, and while this brought to all of them a lot of hardships, this also made them into very close friends after a short time.

These relationships continued normally for 2, and 3 years.

Arshe was a very special person to Batz. However, he couldn't ever dream of becoming her lover, especially because Arshe was the Maiden, and furthermore, she was already married. And in just a short time later, she was already giving birth to her first daughter.

However, this also made that Reisha had a pretty angry face whenever he saw her.

It was because of jealousy? But... from a married woman...?

This was an scar in Reisha's heart, which always made her depressed, but it was finally patched up because of a certain incident. The Coup de'Etat perpetrated by Alfman... the incident where Maiden Arshe was assassinated...

The next year, the entirety of the Grand Bell simply feigned this wasn't their fault, and wrote in the official records that the tragedy of Lady Arshe's death was the result of the attack of a group of outbroken IPDs. Hidden from the knights, Alfman sent a group of IPD Reyvateils guided by Loude, and then, they mobilized to Enna, and attacked the Imperial Palace.

The Reyvateils weren't at fault here, because their acts were all committed under the mind control of Lakra. More precisely, this vile act was also used as a field test of the unique quality that the IPDs have of a [Shared Consciousness].

Once Batz got a hand on this information, he hurriedly ran off to Enna by himself. When he arrived, Arshe and Reisha were the only ones still alive, and then he centered all of his efforts in making out of the palace with both of them alive.

However, they were largely outnumbered, and also, were surrounded by fire. Batz had also asked previously his lovable junior, Leglius, the same one that together with Reisha and Arshe had brought so many precious times to him, to come to the palace with him.

However, Leglius denied that this could be even real.

[The Chancellor is trying to kill the Maiden? Impossible. And in the first place, the Enna Palace is a place in which only the Maiden and the members of the Maiden Chamber may enter, a holy place only for women. Doesn't that make it different from the standard palace of the Grand Bell?]

This was the decision that Leglius ended regretting the most in posterior years, and even them, it's an uneraseable scar that was left on his heart. Contrary to Leglius, Batz decided to ignore the orders of staying in standby that the knights received, and arrived to help Arshe and Reisha as fast as he could. He had fierce battles with the many IPDs, but his highest priority was to make sure that Reisha was all right.

While normally Reisha had closed off any possibility of Batz talking with her, seeing how he actually was doing his best to protect her was a more than enough action for Reisha to see him in a completely new light.

Batz would have risked all of himself many, many times just to protect Reisha. And once Reisha saw how much he was struggled from the back, and how his armor began getting dyed with blood, she decided that this was the man who she wanted to be with together forever.

He didn't have a good personality, and lacked survival qualities. However, he was a very honest man, and was said by everyone that his honesty extended as far as to being honest with himself. This was the reason why Reisha became able to completely trust in Batz.

A few hours later after Batz began fighting, Leglius finally received dispatch orders: to suppress and contain outbroken IPDs. Leglius noticed the bloodlust in the air.

And unlike the many occasions previous and posterior to this one, he decided that, only this time, he would let his own feelings take priority over his duty.

Just as the conspiracy of the revolted Grand Bell had planned, when Leglius finally arrived, it was too late: the palace was already engulfed in flames. Leglius began wandering within the fire, but despite his futile prayers, Arshe was nowhere to be found.

Then he suddenly heard the sound of an explosion.

It was very close... and seemed to be coming to where he was very fastly... Leglius began running forward, and he ran into Batz, who had just lunged forward expecting to finish off an IPD.

"Sir! Reisha!!"

"Oh! ...So the containment squad's finally here? That was faster than I expected"

"Containment squad? What are you talking about!?"

"Oh, you're not with the others? You ignored a direct order, didn't you? Heh heh, pretty good."

An smile surfaced in Batz' tired face, and he continued.

"Anyway... Lady Arshe has entrusted Lady Cloche to us. I'll protect this girl even if it costs me my life. But I don't want to fight you, nor I do want to get killed by you. So, let us go only this time."

He was speaking quickly, and he left Leglius behind. Then, without turning back, he raised a hand into the air.

"I'm glad I could meet you one last time. That was the only thing I was worried about. Goobye!"

Batz gave a final glance to Leglius, who was lost at words, and Reisha followed him.

"Reisha!! Where are you..."

"According to Lady Arshe's orders, we have to protect this girl. It's possible so we can't meet ever again. Thank you for everything you did for us. I'll never forget these fun times we shared. I will continue to watch over your efforts from the shadows. I hope you won't be burdened with the duty of capturing us..."

An extremely decided shine rose from Reisha's eyes.

"Goodbye..."

She gave him a final smile filled with nostalgia, and then, she began running after Batz. At that time, Leglius was unable to say anything. Leglius really regretted this, all because he did this for his own protection: the fact that he wasn't able to say "I'll protect her, too" to Reisha and Batz.

He couldn't think anything but that he had betrayed them because he didn't want to think about going with them, because his position was the most important to him.

Still, even if he was able to go to meet them, he wasn't able to say that to them, not even at the very last moment when they left the palace, which is what he regretted the most.

Leglius always heard in his mind the voice of Batz repeating the same things he told him on that day, when he decided that his position was the most important thing, as always, while for Batz, he had decided that going to save Reisha and Arshe was the most important thing to himself.

Yes, that is the difference between Batz and Leglius.

In the following days, the Grand Bell then began searching for the next Maiden, Cloche, while trying to do so in secret to not alert to the public the fact that the successor Maiden was missing. During that time, Leglius kept total silence about Reisha and Batz. While it didn't seem to do much, it actually was as if he was misguiding the searches, making them much more harder.

After three years, the Grand Bell finally interrupted the Maiden search. This greatly relived Leglius.

And on a certain day, two years later, the Grand Bell held a secret reunion, open only to its members.

-We are going to appoint an IPD child as the Maiden. Her age in within the falsifiable range.

-We will continue as planned, by introducing her to the people as [Lady Cloche has been finally found!].

-The meaning of the existence of this Maiden will be the [War Against the Goddess].

-We will manipulate Infel Phira, and use the Lost Technology weapon, [Replekia], against the Goddess!

And then, she made her debut. The 33th Maiden: Cloche Leythal Pastalie.

A girl that had an IPD outbreak before reaching the age of 8 years, and that was kidnapped from among the people, appointed as the Maiden. The daughter of Reisha and Batz.

Then, six more years passed since that day. Leglius was finally able to meet again with Reisha. In that day, the knight clad in red armor that had saved her wasn't alive anymore. Only Reisha remained, living alongside the girl that they had saved on that fateful day.

And Leglius too, had also gotten a wife and daughter since them, establishing a warm family, and he lost them, too.

"If you had come to save me back then, I would have ended marrying with you. But, of course, if that happened... It would meant that you wouldn't be able to get the status you have gotten now"

"That doesn't mean that I wished for status and honor more than anything. I simply was wishing to make reality Metafalica, the way in which we can allow everyone in this wolrd to live happily."

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=The Sacred Army=

大鐘堂に対抗する組織が神聖政府軍である. パ スタリア教皇の正統なる後継者、タルガーナ皇 太子を盟主に掲げ、神との共在を唱えて、アル ファマンが牛耳る大鐘堂に対し反旗を翻す.

This is the organization that opposes the Grand Bell. They boast to be leaded by the sole successor of the Pastalia Pope, Prince Targana, and having the coexistence with the Goddess as their motto, they try to raise in revolt against the Grand Bell controlled by Alfman.



チェスター

Chester

大鐘堂に所属していた が、I.P.D.増産計画を知 り離反. 神聖政府軍を 設立した. 頭脳明晰で冷 静な政府軍のリーダー.

While he used to be a member of the Grand Bell, he deserted once he became aware of the IPD increase plan, and founded the Sacred Army. He is the brilliant and composed leader of the Army.



瞬

Shun

神の使いとしてやってき たデジタル生命体. そ の真意は、力が衰えた 「神」フレリアの命を救う ことだった.

A digital life form that came down as an Envoy of the Goddess. His true intentions were to simply save the life of the [Goddess], Frelia, whose powers had greatly weakened.



タルガーナ

Targana

パスタリア教皇直系の 後継者で、神聖政府軍の リーダー. 大鐘堂のクロ アとは、幼いことの知り 合いでもある.

The last direct descendant of the Pope of Pastalia, and the current leader of the Sacred Army. Still, he has Grand Bell's Croix as an acquaintance from the times when they were still kids.

The Rebel Army that Praises the Harmony with the Goddess
大鐘堂では、3700年代中期まで教皇と御子 による統治が400年の長きにわたって続けられ ていた. しかし、3751年に当時の教皇が逝去 した際、混乱に乗じた大鐘堂のアルフマンはク ーデターを敢行. 教皇の勢力を宮殿内から一 掃し、すべての権力を把握したうでメタファリ カの実現と神との戦争を宣言する. 一方、教皇の死による政変から数年が経っ たころ、辺境の古都エナにて大鐘堂の抵抗勢 力である神聖政府軍が旗揚げした. 神聖政府 軍には、歴史ある教皇統治を取り戻そうとする 人々が集まい、大鐘堂の非道の数々を挙げてこ れまでどおりの「神との共在」を主張する. しか し、疲れきって希望を失なった人々は神に従っ て生きることにすっかり嫌気がさしており、世論 はアルフマンの開戦論に大きく傾いていた. そ のため、神聖政府軍の人気は芳しくなく、発足 からしばらく勢力を増すことはなかった. 神聖政府軍は大鐘堂にとって脅威とはなら ず、実際にほとんど放置されていた. ところが、 近年になって無視できない規模の勢力に急成 長を遂げる. 教皇の血を引く正統な後継者、タ ルガーナ皇太子が名乗りをあげたためだ. 天性 の気品とカリスマ性を持つ若き指導者の出現 は、神聖政府軍への大きな追い風となった. さらに神聖政府軍の名を上げたのは、正式 に神より「神の使い」が遣わされたと発表された ことだった. タルガーナは、神の加護が自分た ちにあることを声高に喧伝. エナをはじめとする リムの人々の期待は、次第に大鐘堂から神聖 政府軍へと向けられるようになっていく. こうして、 神聖政府軍は大組織として成熟していった.

The Grand Bell regime leaded by the Pope and the Maiden lasted for a long time, around 400 years, until the middle of the 3700's. However, in 3751, when the Pope suddenly passed away, Alfman, taking advantage of the internal rebellions this event caused, did a Coup d'Etat. With it, he completely erased any remnants of the power of the Pope, and after concentrating all the powers on his hands, he proclaimed that he would make Metafalica a reality, and declared war to the Goddess.

On the other side, some years after this Coup, the people that opposed the power of the Neo Grand Bell gathered in a remote region of Enna, and founded the Sacred Army. The Sacred Army is an association of people that fights to restore the historical Pope regime, and advocate to [Coexist with the Goddess], while also disclosing to the public the inhuman acts the Grand Bell has committed. However, given that most of the people were tied, and already had lost hope, there were more people that despised the Goddess than people that wanted to coexist with her, and because of this, the public opinion leant more in favor of Alfman's war declaration. Because of that, the Sacred Army was in very unfavorable conditions, and its influence hadn't spread at all since the time in which it was founded.

Given that at the time the Sacred Army didn't represent a menace to the Grand Bell, they were simply ignored. However, a few years after the Grand Bell took this decision, the Sacred Army began to rapidly grow, and its influence began expanding. This was because a young man who was the last direct descendant of the Pope, Prince Targana, introduced himself before the masses of people. He was appeared as young man ready to become a leader, thanks to his innate elegance and charisma, and this gave a favorable wind to the Sacred Army.

The only thing that raised the name of the Sacred Army even more was the announcement that an [Envoy of the Goddess], addressed as such by Her, was sent to them. Then, Targana loudly declared that this was a sign of the Goddess giving their protection and blessing to them. Starting with Enna, the Rim was filled again with hope, and gradually, the Grand Bell had to change their plans towards the Sacred Army. Thus, the Sacred Army matured into a large organization.

Base of Operations: Historical Town of Enna


エナはリムで最初にできた街で、御子に反目して追われる人々が移住して作った ため、現在でも住民の大鐘堂とパスタリア に対する感情は良いものではない. 大鐘堂の対抗組織である神聖政府軍がこの街 で旗揚げしたのも、そのような土壌を意 識してのことだった. 彼らは先代御子アーシェ暗殺の現場となったエナ宮殿跡を 本拠に定め、活動を行なっている.

Enna is the very first town that was built in the Rim, and it was built by the people that had to move to the Rim because they opposed the Maiden, so even now, its inhabitants don't harbor any kind of good feelings to the Grand Bell and Pastalia, rather, they oppose them. The Sacred Army, which is the antagonist organization to the Grand Bell, started its operations here, thinking that this would be the best terrain for having their general headquarters. They decided that their headquarters would be located in the same place where the previous Maiden, Arshe, was killed: the Enna Palace Ruins, and it's in there were they conduct their operations.

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The Legitimate Descendant of the Papal Family
教皇の血を受け継ぐ正統な後継者として彗星 のように出現したタルガーナは、高貴な生まれであ りながら市井にて育っている. 前教皇である祖父 が死去した際、教皇の世継ぎであったタルガーナ の父はアルフマンに殺害され、タルガーナ自身にも 危機が迫った. 乳母に連れられて命からがら逃げ 出したタルガーナは、その後は自分の本当の身分 と帝王学を乳母に教えまれながら成長していく. なお、タルガーナが生涯のライバルとして認めて いたのは、のちに大鐘堂の騎士となるクロアだっ た. 幼少期にラクシャクで剣術を習っていた際、 同じ稽古場で腕を磨いたクロアはすでに才能を 発揮しており、いつもタルガーナを負かしていた. 稽古場を去る前に最後の決闘と称して闘ったとき にも敗れ、クロアの名は借りを返さなくてはならな い相手としてタルガーナの記憶に刻まれたのだ.

The legitimate successor that inherited the blood of the Pope, Targana, appeared like a comet. He was born as a noble, but was raised among the townspeople. This was because when his grandfather, the previous Pope, passed away, Alfman killed the next in the line of succession to the Pope, which was his father, and Targana himself was also in mortal danger. Thanks to his nanny, Targana was barely saved from Alfman, and while he was growing, he was taught by his nanny how to be a good ruler, and about the lineage from which he descended.

Furthermore, Targana had a person he had recognized as a lifelong rival, and that was Croix, which afterwards became one of the best among the Grand Bell Knights. When they were children, and were studying fencing under the same master, Croix already had displayed remarkable abilities during their training sessions, and Targana always lost to him. The day just before Targana left the fencing schools, he and Croix had a final decisive battle, and Targana once again lost, which ended getting engraved in Targana's memories as an unsettled score.



人々が再びメタファリカへの希望を取り戻し、神聖政府軍が支持 を失なうと、タルガーナはクロアに最後の決闘を申し込む. 自分の 役目が終わったことを察した彼は、幕引きをクロアに委ねたのだ.

After the people once again regained their hope in Metafalica, and the Sacred Army lost their support, Targana decided to challenge Croix to a final battle. He sensed that his part on this world was already finished, and thus, entrusted to Croix the duty of taking care of the rest.

Background Story - The Foundation of the Sacred Army
～チェスターの真意～

~Chester's True Intentions~

事故で恋人を失ったチェスターは、大鐘堂でI.P.D.の研究に従事していた. しか し、裏で行われていた事実を知った彼は、大鐘堂を離脱. 失意の日々を送るチェスターのもとに、やがてひとりの青年が訪れた. 彼のタル ガーナ. 正統なる、教皇家の後継者であった.

Because of an incident, Chester lost his beloved one, and so, he was hired at the Grand Bell as an IPD investigator. However, once he knew the truth that the Grand Bell was hiding, he retired from it.

During these days in which he fell into disappointment and despair, he met a young man. He was called Targana, and was the legitimate successor to the Papal Family.

チェスター若かりし頃のある日、突如カナカナ 突堤をI.P.D.が襲った. 大鐘堂の対応が遅れ、カナ カナ突堤はほぼ全滅に近い状態となる. この時、チェスターと恋仲だったソニアは混乱 の仲で消息を絶った. チェスターは深い悲しみに 包まれた. 若く、無力だったチェスターは、その日を境に自 らに誓った. I.P.D.をこの世界から撲滅するのだと. そして、今後他の町や村で同じようなことが起きな いように、大鐘堂のずさんは騎士隊を立て直すと. チェスターは猛勉強し、研究者として身を立て た. そして念願叶って位率100位の難関を突破 し、メタプレートを獲得. 大鐘堂に従事するよう になる. 大鐘堂でのチェスターの働きぶりは、周囲の研 究員の誰もが目を見張るものがあった. I.P.D.摘 発率、検挙率は劇的に上昇し、I.P.D.が発病したら まず助からない、とまで噂された. しかし、そんな飛ぶ鳥をも落とす勢いのチュス ターに、あるとき真実を知るときが訪れる. それは、 I.P.D.自体を発病させているのは大鐘堂であり、そ の発病を増進させているのが行方不明になったソ ニアだということだった. 大鐘堂の幹部でありチェスターの上司であるラ ウドネスによって、ソニアはインフェル・ピラに精 神を転移させられており、半ば仮死状態になって いた. さらに、そもそもカナカナ突堤をI.P.D.に襲 わせたのがラウドネスだったということを突き止 める. ーーすべては、I.P.D.暴走に見せかけた自作 自演、カモフラージェだったのだ. チェスターは大きなショックを受け、大鐘堂を後 にした. 故郷に、恋人に許しがたい非道を行った 大鐘堂を討つために. 強大な大鐘堂を敵に回すのは大それたことにも 思えたが、超え一流の研究者として大鐘堂の最高機 密まで携わっていた彼には、大儀名分があった. 罪もないI.P.D.を増殖させているのは大鐘堂だと いうこと、その非人道的な行いによって神を討つ準 備をしていたことを、チェスターは突き止めてい たのだ.

大鐘堂を去ったチェスターは、大鐘堂の非道をパ スタリアで訴えた. ほとんどの人は、耳を傾けもし ない. ある人は国家反逆として石を投げてきた. ほどなくして、チェスターは何の成果も挙げられ ないまま、失意のうちにパスタリアを追われた. 彼が身を構えたのは、リムの小都市エナ. 人口は 少なかったが、大鐘堂の影響力がそれほど大きく ないことに期待を寄せた. そんなチェスターに追い風が吹く. ある日、一人の老婆が青年と共にチェスターの 元の訪れた. 青年の名はタルガーナ. アルフマン政権から亡 した、生粋の皇太子だった. 老婆は真実を伝えた. 今の政権は教皇の血を引 いていない偽りの政権. 今の御子は、御子の血を 引いていない偽りの御子. そして、正統なる王位 承者がここにいる......と. 十数年前のクーデターの話を聞かされ、エナ宮 殿が燒けた理由もまた今の政府と知る. その時、 先代御子であるアーシェが殺され、その娘クローシ ェも行方不明に. 今のクローシェは、そのクーロシ ェではない事も. 大鐘堂の横暴は、チェスターの想像すら及ばな いレベルまで到達していたのだ.

チェスターはタルガーナを迎え、神聖政府軍を設 立. リムの中心にその活動を広げ、現政府に立ち 向かう力を着々と付けていった. しかし、相手はメ タ・ファルスの全権を掌握する大鐘堂. 力の差は歴 然で、アルフマンも歯牙にもかけない対抗しかで きなかった. ある意味、それは不幸中の幸いだった. もし、 この時点で警戒されるような戦力を備えていれ ば、大鐘堂は武力をもって神聖政府軍を制してい たに違いない. しかし、弱小勢力だったがゆえに、 チェスターとタルガーナは着実に地盤を固めてい った. それから何年かの月日が流れた. ある日、神聖政府軍のアジトに変わった狼がや って来た. 彼は自分が神の使いであると言い、力 になろうと言ってくる. タルガーナはその使者の人ならぬ姿に感銘し、 自らの正義の自信を深めていたが、チェスターは 半信半疑の姿勢を崩さなかった. しかし、本当で あれば絶大な支援となることは間違いない. 彼は 証拠を確認するために、神の使者に1つの要求を した. それは、大鐘堂の奥にいる洛螺という娘に、こ の手紙を渡してくれ、というもの. 手紙に書かれた内容は、大鐘堂にとっては非常 に厄介な手紙だった. もし大鐘堂のスパイなら、 まず成功はしまい. ところが、作戦は手紙に描いたとおりに遂行され た. 洛螺のコントロールI.P.D.がシステム御所 を襲い、休養中の御子クローシェを追い詰めた. 罠を警戒してチェスター達は遠く離れたエナで様 子を伺っていたが、この事態を目の当たりにし、衝 襲を受けるとともに明確な手応えを感じていた. 瞬は真の神の使いに相違ない. 神聖政府軍は、 この上ない切り札を手に入れたのだ. 一方、瞬は神聖政府軍に加担するかわりに、交 換条件を示してきた. それは、協力する代わりに ハイバネーションを推進すること. このヒュムノス は、代々の大鐘堂が神との契約を遂行するために 引き継がれてきた、民衆を救う詩だという. チェ スターは即答で了承した. それはチェスター達の 意向とも合致していたからだ. こうして神聖政府軍は、神の加護を得る. そして、 それからすぐだった. 神の加護を受けし御子が見 つかったのは.

ーー実際問題として、チェスターにとって政治は どうでもよかった. チェスターが反乱を起こしたー 番の理由は"私情". カナカナ突堤の敵討ち、そして 洛螺(ソニア)の件だ. すなわち、チェスターのゴールは、現政府を転 覆させて洛螺を助け出すことであり、その後の新 体制がどうであるとか、理想の政治とかそういう 事にはまるで興味がなかった. クローシェの誕生祭で彼が瑠珈の擁立を衆目に 披露した目的は、新政府樹立の足がかりというよ りも、現政府の転覆とい意図が強い. 冷静沈着 に見えて、彼を支配しているのは感情に他ならな いのだった.

A certain day, when Chester was still young, Kanakana Pier was suddenly attacked by IPDs. The Grand Bell delayed their countermeasures, and in a very short time, Kanakana Pier was left in shambles.

At this time, Chester completely lost contact with the person he loved the most, Sonia, due to the confusion, and this left him a pretty deep sadness. Young and powerless, Chester reached his limits that day, and made a pledge to himself: he would exterminate all the IPDs in this world. And so, doing so that other towns or villages didn't suffer this same fate, he would also reorganize the sloppy knights that the Grand Bell had.

Chester studied as hard as he could, and after some time, he was recognized as great researcher. And granting his wish, which was pretty much breaking a 1-in-100 possibility, he was bestowed the Meta-Plate. Thus, he was hired by the Grand Bell.

During his time working in the Grand Bell, Chester suddenly noticed one day that all the other researchers were gasping at the sight of this: the raw figures of the IPD outbreak rates had a dramatic rise, and it was beginning to become a rumor that once an IPD had an outbreak, she couldn't be saved. However, even these flying birds crashed into the floor as soon as Chester discovered the truth behind this. That was that the responsible of the outbreaks was no other one than the Grand Bell itself, the same outbreak increase that was the cause of Sonia's disappearance.

He also learned that because of his boss, Loude, which was part of the top brass of the Grand Bell, Sonia was transmigrated into the will of Infel Phira, and was now partly in a state of apparent death. Furthermore, he found out that the IPD attack in Kanakana Pier was actually caused by Loude in the first place: he only made it look like an IPD outbreak, it was a simple camouflage.

Chester received an enormous shock from this, and left the Grand Bell. To destroy them, by having committed the unforgivable and inhuman acts towards his hometown, and his lover.

He thought that making enemies out from the powerful Grand Bell in this way would be stupid, but as a super-great researcher that had took part even in some of the top-secret procedures of the Grand Bell, he though this was his moral duty.

He made sure that the increase of the innocent IPDs was all the doing of the Grand Bell, and that they were doing these inhuman acts as preparations for defeating the Goddess.

After he left the Grand Bell, Chester began declaring the Grand Bell as inhuman before all the Pastalia people. However, almost no one paid attention to it, and dismissed him as a traitor to the nation.

In a short time, Chester noticed that his actions were giving off any results, and disappointed, he left Pastalia.

He settled into the little town of Enna, in the Rim. Despite its population not being very large, he went there, expecting that the Grand Bell didn't have a huge influence in it.

And it was in there that things began going well for him. A certain day, an old lady and a young man came to his house. The man was called Targana, and he was the genuine crown prince, who had to escape from Alfman's regime.

The old lady told him the truth: the current regime was no more than pure falsehood who had at the top someone that didn't belong to the Papal Family, and the current Maiden was too a fake that didn't descend from any of the previous Maidens. And the true successor to the throne of Metafalss was just... before his eyes.

Then he heard about the Coup d'Etat that happened around ten years ago, and learned about the true reason why the current regime was also the culprit behind the razing of the Enna Palace. At that time, the previous Maiden, Arshe, was killed, and her daughter, Cloche, disappeared. The girl they knew as Cloche right now wasn't the Cloche that disappeared on that fateful day.

Chester never had imagined that the violent methods used by the Grand Bell reached that extent.

Chester welcomed Targana, and they both founded the Sacred Army. Their activities expanded from the own center of the Rim, and they were set into steadily becoming the army we can see now. However, their opponent was the Grand Bell, which had seized all of the powers in Metafalss, and the gap between their powers was so evident, that Alfman didn't even bother to pay attention to them.

This could be thought of as blessing in disguise. Because, if the Grand Bell had attacked them with all the power of their army at this time, there's no mistake that the Sacred Army would have been subjugated. However, given that their power was still so low, both Targana and Chester had more that enough time to build up and fortify their position.

Various years, month, and days passed since then... And on a certain day, an strange blue wolf came to the hideout of the Sacred Army. He introduced himself as an Envoy of the Goddess, and he told them that he could give them power.

The non-human shape of said envoy left a very strong impression on Targana, deepening his belief that they were applying the true justice, but Chester wasn't totally convinced by this. However, there is no mistake that if it was true, the Envoy would be a tremendous asset to them. And to verify if he was telling the truth, he asked a single request to the Envoy of the Goddess.

Chester asked him to "Deliver this letter to a girl called Lakra, who is in a chamber in the depths of the Grand Bell Palace".

The contents of the letter were things that would have put the Grand Bell into a state of emergency if they were found out, and Chester supposed that if the Envoy was actually an spy from the Grand Bell, he wouldn't have any possibility of having success in this.

However, he still wrote the letter, which, according to what was planned, was delivered successfully.

Then, Lakra took the control of various IPDs, and made them attack the Rakshek Resort, cornering Maiden Cloche, who was in the middle of her vacations. Once Chester and the others heard about the situation that was developing far from Enna, where they were, and he evaluated that situation with his own eyes, he felt that this attack was pretty clear signal.

Shun was unmistakably the true Envoy of the Goddess. The Sacred Army had gotten in their hands an unbeatable trump card.

However, in exchange for his support, Shun demanded a single conditions. That is, in exchange for his cooperation, they would have to implement Hibernation. This was an Hymmnos that was inherited within the Grand Bell for generations, as part of the accomplishment of the Pact with the Goddess they made, and was called the Song that would save the people. Chester accepted this condition immediately, and then, the rest of the Sacred Army agreed with the idea.

And thus, the Sacred Army received the divine protection of the Goddess, and so, they managed to find soon after these events the true Maiden that Received the Divine Protection of the Goddess.

However, the truth about this, is that Chester didn't care at all about politics or the government: the main reason why he started this rebellion was because of his "personal feelings". This was in vengeance for the destruction of Kanakana Pier, and for what happened to Lakra (Sonia).

That is, while his goals were to throw down the current government and rescue Lakra, he didn't care at all how the following government would be, as he didn't have any kind of interest in the formation of an ideal government.

However, the goal he had when he introduced Luca before the eyes of the people during Cloche's Birthday Festival was to gain a foothold for the new government, so he still had a very strong intention of causing the downfall of the current government. While he looks calm and collected in the outside, he was no more than person controlled by his own feelings in the inside.

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=Geography - Pastalia=

メタ・ファルスの中枢都市、パスタリア. 統 制機関である大鐘堂の本拠もこの地にあり、 まさに世界の中心と呼べる存在である.

Pastalia, the capital city of Metafalss. The Grand Bell Hall is the stronghold where all of the government institutions are located, and besides ruling this city, they are called the own core of this region.

The City Located at the Top of the Tower, Blessed by the Water and the Forests
パスタリアの基幹となるのは3000年代初頭、 建設途中に放棄された塔で、街は当初その上に 被せるようにして作られた. 塔の外周部分には 無数のくぼみがあり、水が溜まって湖ができてい る. 湖は段々畑のように高さを変えながらいくつ も存在し、流れ落ちていく滝は数え切れない. 湖の周りには木々が生い茂り、流れ落ちた水は 揚水施設によってくみ上げられて、最上層に送ら れて再び街を循環していく. このため、豊富な水 資源は尽きることなくパスタリアを潤し続けてい るのだ. 都市全体は、拡大するごとに建て増し を重ねたため、複雑な立体構造であることが特 徴. 上層部では公共の昇降機が数多く存在し、 鉄道感覚で都市の縦移動に使われている.

Pastalia as we know it was founded during the 3000's, and was made as a city that covered the top of the Tower, which was abandoned in the middle of its construction. Given that there are many cavities in the external surface of the Tower, it was easy to collect the water from the rain and gather it into lakes. These lakes then multiplied, and turned into things comparable to terraced fields because of the height at which they are planted, and thanks to the way the water flows, there are countless waterfalls in its surface. In the areas closest to the lakes, many thick trees sprouted, and thanks to the many facilities in which the fallen water is pumped, there is a permanent water cycle between the city and the lakes.

Because of this, Pastalia has an abundance of perennial water resources, and it's always moistened by them. Because of the great number of remodelations that have been done throughout all the city, it has an special, yet pretty complicated structural arrangement. The uppermost level has many elevators for public usage, which are used like railroads for moving vertically from a point of the city to other.

A Panoramic View of Pastalia


巨大な塔に巻き付けるようにして市街地を拡張してい った効果、縦に長い独特の外観を持つことになった. そのため、パスタリアの内部には昇降機が何機も設 置されている. 最上層には大鐘堂の宮殿が建ち、下 層に行くに従って住民の生活レベルも落ちていく.

As an effect of the urban areas looking like a wreath spiraling around the gigantic tower, having this vertical form has given Pastalia a pretty unique appearance.

Because of that, many elevators were built in the inner zones of Pastalia. The structure built in the uppermost zone is the Palace of the Grand Bell, and as you can guess, the altitude at which a residential zone is located is a direct indicator of the life style its inhabitants have.

About the Food
パスタリアは水資源こそ豊富だが、食料に 関しては不足がちである. リムの住民の移住 が制限されている理由もここにある. 食料は部 分配給制がとられており、メタプレートとネロプ レートを持つ者には無料で供給されているた め、市民から飢える者が出ることはない. ただ し、配給されるのは最低限のレベルの生活に 必要な食料でしかなく、それ以上の贅沢が可 能なのは裕福な層に限られる. 人々の食事は、 朝と晩の2回が基本であり、その間の時間は 名物のくるるくだんごバーを食べたり、合成果 汁飲料を飲むのが市民の楽しみとなっている.

While Pastalia has water in abundance, unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the food. This is precisely the reason why they had to restrict the number of immigrants from the Rim. Given that the food is given through a distribution system, free to the bearers of a Meta-Plate or a Nero-Plate, there is no starving people.

However, the food they receive is no more than the bare minimum to continue alive, and eating beyond than that is a luxury only limited to the wealthier classes.

Because of this, the people are limited to eating only two meals per day: breakfast and dinner, and between both of them, they eat the local specialty as dessert: the Kururuku Dango Bar, which eaten together with fruit juice is something that the people always look forward to do.

Kururuku Dango Bar


水と少しのクルルクの実で作られただん ごを串に刺したもの. パスタリアっ子は幼 少から食べているおなじみのお菓子. お 母さんの味として親しまれ、家庭ごとにだ んごで作られた顔の形が異なっている.

This is made by skewering some candies made out from Kururuku Fruits. These are regular sweets eaten by the children of Pastalia since they are very young, and given that each mother has her own tastes, and these sweets are made at home, the shape of the face can vary from a house to other.

About the Education
メタ・ファルスにおける教育で他の地域と一線 を画しているのが、基本的な思想として教え込ま れるメタファリカ伝説と貢献論である. メタファリカ伝説とは、初代教皇にして古の大 賢者であるジャザが700年前に神の大地で悟っ たと伝わる預言「かりそめの大地に失われる、そ して我々のつくりし理想郷が誕生する. 人々は その時の為に準備しなければならない」との言葉 を元にする伝説で、いずれメタ・ファルスの民は 自らの手で大地を産み出さなければならないとい うことを教えている. そして、大地が生まれたとき、 この世界は並ぶものなき豊かな世界に変わると も伝えられていた. パスタリアの人々はこの伝説 を信じ、大地を作り出す存在とされた御子を支 持した. それは枯れた大地に住まう者たちにとっ て唯一にして最後の希望であり、苦しい日々を生 きるための気力となっていったのである. 一方、貢献論は第一紀メタ・ファルス時代の 賢者政治の名残と言われ、「もらう前に与えと」 との言葉がすべてを表わす献身的な教え. 人々 に最低限のモラルと他人を敬う心を説いている が、メタファリカ伝説と比べ影響力は弱い. 民が 心の底から貢献論を信じて行動すれば、この世 界は第一紀を越える繁栄を迎えられるはずだが、 なかなかそこまでは実現できないのである.

While Metafalss planned its education system on the same line as the other regions, theirs had the difference of having the Legends of Metafalica as its fundamental basis.

They were taught that they, at some point, they would have to create their ideal land with their own hands, which was based on the following words: [The transient land will be lost, and then, the paradise we will have created by ourselves will be born. The people have to prepare for when that time comes], which is base of the Legends of Metafalica, which were the predictions and realizations about the Divine Land that the First Pope and ancient great Sage, Jaza, told the people around 700 years ago. Also, it was said that when the land was born, it would be an overly abundant world that could never be compared with the current one. The people of Pastalia believed these legends, and supported the Maiden as the one that was supposed to create the land. That was the final hope that the inhabitants of this dead land had, and the only reason why they still had the energy to continue living in these difficult days.

On the other hand, other teachings that were said to be remnants from what the Sages regime from the Metafalss of the First Era taught, were passed down with the words [You have to give before receiving], which were also very devotedly taught. While it was bare minimum of moral education and respect that the people should show to each other, it had a much weaker influence compared to the Legends of Metafalica. The people thought that if they seriously believed in these teachings, this world would surely head towards a prosperous future, much more prosperous than the world of the First Era, but that wasn't actually going to become reality to that point either.

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The Most Important Places in Pastalia
パスタリアは地面の上ではなく、塔の上に創 られた、いわば空中都市である. 安定した地盤 にするため、塔の周囲を回るように太い杭が全 部で32本差し込まれている. 突貫パイルと呼ば れるこの杭は、パスタリアの全自重の何割かを 支える命綱であると同時に、景観の特徴として も知られている. 突貫パイル同士のあいだには 数多の橋脚が設置され、さらにその間を横に走 るフレームによって格子状になっている. パスタリアの建物や街路は、この橋脚とフレ ームが形作る格子に沿って構築され、少しずつ 拡大していった. ただし、塔に沿って街が作られ ているため横への広がりに限界があり、おのず と縦方向への建物が主体になる. その効果、 パスタリアでは、上に行くほど新しく美しい街と なり、上部には上層階級の市民が、古くなった 下部には下層階級の市民が住むようになった.

Pastalia isn't built over the surface of the land, rather, it was built at the top of the Tower, so we could call it a floating city of sorts. It has an stable base because it's supported by 32 thick pillars that are spread around the own center of the Tower. These pillars are called the Charge Piles, and while they are the lifeline that supports and maintains Pastalia, they are also known as a feature of its scenery. The Charge Piles are at the same time constructed between many pontoon bridges, and there are many frames running horizontales between them, giving a grid-like shape to the inner structure of the Tower.

The buildings and the streets of Pastalia were formed with the grid that was made from the bridges and frames, which expanded with the passing of time. However, given that the city was built upon the tip of a Tower, it has a limit on how much it can expand horizontally, so the main expansion means the city has is building vertically. As an effect of that, the uppermost area is the newest and most beautiful of the city, inhabited by the most wealthy citizens, while the lowermost areas are the oldest ones, inhabited by the poorest citizens.



塔に位置する大都市だけあり、名所や観光スポットも数多い. 特に街の中層にある強大な石像と大瀑布は有名である. 住 人は上層階級が多く、時おりプライドをちらつかせる.

Despite the fact of being built over a Tower, this city as many famous places and sightseeing spots. This is especially true of the middle area, where the famous gigantic stone statue and giant waterfall are located. Many of the higher class citizens sometimes take pride from these attractions of the city.



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突貫パイル Charge Pile

昇降機 Elevators

1) メタファリカの丘 Hill of Metafalica

2) 鐘撞堂 Bell Strike Hall

3) 大鐘堂 Grand Bell Palace

4) 政府空港 Government Airport

5) 祭事広場「ムーンゲイズ」 Festival Plaza [Moon Gaze]

6) 大鐘堂階級住居地域 Area Inhabited by the Grand Bell Administration

7) 一般上流階級住居地域 Area Inhabited by the Normal High Class Citizens

8) 官公庁 Government Administration Office

9) 騎士隊本部 Headquarters of the Knights

10) 一般下層階級住居地域 Area Inhabited by the Normal Low Class Citizens

11) 星の市 Star Market

12) 市民空港 Public Airport

13) グランドリング(クロアの家) Grand Ring (Croix's House)

14) 工場区域 Industrial Area

15) ポンプ施設 Pump Facility

16) テルミナ Telmina

17) 旧市街(スラム) Old Town (Slums)

18) 地下廃虚 Underground Ruins

19) 廃空港 Abandoned Airport

20) I.P.D.ラボ IPD Labs

21) 水栽培ファーム Hydroponic Farms

H) 揚水歯車 Water Mill

Hill of Metafalica


大鐘堂宮殿の最上層にある祭壇. かつて御 子インフェルとネネシャがメタファリカの実現を祈 って謳った場所た言われており、このときの様子 を再現した、背中合わせに立つふたりの巨大な 像が建てられている. ただし、現在の大鐘堂で は澪の御子が禁忌の存在とされているため、か つてふたりの御子がこの地に存在していたことを 示すメタファリカの丘の祭壇も封じられている.

An Altar located in the topmost floor of the Grand Bell Palace. A long time ago, this was called the place where the Maidens Infel and Nenesha would pray and sing to make Metafalica a reality, and to reproduce their wishes, a gigantic statue of both of them standing back to back was built.

However, given that the Maiden of Mio was rendered as a taboo being by the current Grand Bell, a long time ago, the altar of the Hill of Metafalica was sealed off, because it showed evidence that two Maidens once existed over this land.

Grand Ring
市民空港の下部に位置する、パスタリアで もっとも広域な居住エリア. クロアの家もここ にある. 木造二階建ての質素な市民で、下層 階級に属する一般家庭の標準的なレベルの家 である. クロアはこの家にココナとふたりで住 んでいるが、特に不自由はないようだ.

Located in the lower part of the Public Airport, this is the widest residential area in Pastalia, and also, it's where Croix's house is located. It's an standard two-storied family house made out from wood, and it's normally owned by lower-class families. While Croix and Cocona live here together, the house is comfortable enough for both of them.

Old Town (Slums)
パスタリアのなかでも最初期に作られた市街 地. この上に次々と街を作っていったため、現在 ではパスタリアの最下層に位置している. 街の 区画の大部分はすでに放棄されて廃虚化が進 み、ところどころ崩れ落ちてしまっている場所もあ る. もはや正式な市民の住居として認められてい ない地区だが、それでも人は住んでいる. プレー トを持っていなかったり、身を隠さなくてはならな いなど、公的には存在が認められない訳ありの 者である. なかでも多くを占めるのは、I.P.D.の発 症したレーヴァテイルたちで、大鐘堂の保護から 逃げ延びてかなりの人数が暮らしているようだ.

This is the oldest area of Pastalia, and as such, the very first one that was built in it. Given that the rest of the city was built upon this area, it's now located at the lowermost zones of Pastalia. For the most part, its residential zones have slowly turned into ruins because of the abandonment, and there are many places where the houses collapsed into rubble. It isn't officially recognized by the government as an habitable zone, yet the people still live in it. It's mostly inhabited by people that don't carry any of the two Plates, and people that for any reasons cannot appear in public.

However, the ones that make up the biggest part of its population are Reyvateils that awakened as IPDs, and many of the ones that escaped from the containment facilities of the Grand Bell live here.



年頃の少女たちにとってスラムの暮らしは過酷だが、自由を求 めて流入してくるI.P.D.も多い. しかし、治安は最低レベルで、 I.P.D.の暴走事故も頻発する危険きわまりない環境である.

The life in the Slums is pretty harsh for girls of their age, yet, many runaway IPDs have made their lives here. However, given that the public order is practically unexistant here, it's an extremely dangerous environment where IPD outbreaks happen very frequently.

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Pastalia City
パスタリア中層から下層にかけて広がる繁華 街. 下層階級の市民の憩いの場となっており、 いつも多くの人々でにぎわっている. 大衆が集 まる場所であるため、大鐘堂によって街頭に大 型モニタが設置されており、御子の演説が行な われるともなければ、より一層のにぎわいを見せる. パスタリアの中心部に位置する街区で、ここか らは商業特区「星の市」や大鐘堂騎士隊の 詰め所なども近く、人の往来が激しい. 騎士隊 御用達の武器屋「鶴屋総本店」もこの区画に 存在している. また、クロアとココナが住んでい る家も、パスタリアシティの一角にある.

This is the business district that extends from the middle to the lower zones of Pastalia. However, the lower zone has become a relaxation area, so it's always a quite crowded zone. Given that this is the area where most of the people are gathered, the Grand Bell put an enormous monitor in the main part of its streets, that they can hear the speeches given by the Maiden whenever they are made, so as you can notice, it's even more crowded during these times. Also, thanks to being located in the central areas of Pastalia, it's very close to the stations of the knights and the special economic zone [Star City], which makes the people traffic between these areas very intense. Also, the weapon provider for the Grand Bell and its knights, the [Crane Shop Central Office], is located too within this are. And the house in which Croix and Cocona live is also located in one of the streets of Pastalia City.

The Pastalia Dive Shop
レーヴァテイルが一般的な存在として認 知されているメタ・ファルスにおいて、ダ イブ屋は重要な施設である. パスタリア シティの一角にあるダイブ屋の現在の店 主は、テル族のレレン(各地のダイブ屋は すべてテル族によって運営されている). 店内にはダイブに使用する機材が置かれ、 薄暗い雰囲気もあってどこか怪しい印象 を受ける. なお、瑠珈の職業でもあるダイ バーズセラピはパスタリアでは禁止され ているが、これはかつてダイバーズセラピ を悪用した犯罪が頻発したため. また、道 徳的にも好ましくないとする風潮がある.

Because Metafalss recognizes the Reyvateils as normal citizens too, the Dive Shops are regarded as extremely important facilities. The Pastalia Dive Shop is located in one of the Pastalia City streets, and its current shopkeeper is Lelen, from the Teru Tribe (all the Dive Shops in this land are managed by Terus). Given that the interior of the shop is filled to the brim with the machinery and equipment used for the Dives, it gives both a dim and a doubtful impression to its visitors. By the way, despite the fact that Luca's profession, Dive Therapy, is prohibited in Pastalia, that was because of the crimes that were committed by the abuse of this technique a long time ago. However, there aren't friendly tendencies towards it here.

Panoramic View of Pastalia City


パスタリアは巨大な空中都市である. 人々が集まる 市街地といえども、足元の板一枚下は空中となって いる場所が多い. パスタリアシティも、そういった場 所のひとつである. 視線を眼下に移して見渡せば、 より下層の貧民が住む市街地が広がっている.

Pastalia is a gigantic floating city. That is, the area public gathering areas are all only supported by a single metal plate: most areas don't have more than that metal plate between them and the sky, and Pastalia City is also one of these places. If you looked down from this place, you would see the lower areas, which are inhabited by the poorer people, spreading before your eyes.

Crane Shop Main Office


パスタリアシティにある武器屋. 大鐘堂騎士隊御 用達の店で、繁盛している様子. 店員のシンシアは 新兵器開発に余念がない. クロアもこの店に足繁く 通っているようで、シンシアの手によるクロア専用 の装備シリーズ「シンクロブランド」も存在する.

A weapon shop located in Pastalia City. They are weapon providers for the Grand Bell Knights, and as such, it has a pretty prosperous business. The shop clerk Cynthia is always coming up with new ideas for making weapons, and given that Croix frequently visits this store too, Cynthia has created a weapon series for Croix's exclusive use, called the [CynCro Brand].

"Waterfall-Viewing Hill" Park (Waterfall Garden)
御子クローシェの「パスタリアの人々がメタフ ァリカの存在を少しでも身近に感じられる場所が ほしい」との希望をくんで近年に作られた公園. パスタリア名物の大石像が見渡せる瀑布の近 くにあり、滝や木々などの自然の存在によってメ タファリカを想像しやすいように工夫されている. 現在では、メタ・ファルス一の観光名所として有 名. 特にカップに人気があり、いつでも一組は その姿を見ることができる. また、人語を話す謎 の生物、ペペンもこの場所に住み着いており、 観光客に愛想を振りまいている. ペペンにあげ るためのせんべい、「ペペンベイ」も人気商品だ.

This park was created by Maiden Cloche very recently, to make true her wishes of [wanting a place where the people of Pastalia can feel closer, even if it's only a little, to being in Metafalica]. This place is located pretty close to the gigantic stone statue and waterfalls that have made Pastalia famous, and thanks to the natural things that are in there, such as the waterfalls and the trees, it's easy to imagine how Metafalica would be. It's a popular sightseeing location in Pastalia. It's a pretty popular place to take a drink, and it's easy to always see a lot of couples in this place. Also, the Pepens, which are enigmatic creatures that can speak the human language, have settled in this area, and act very friendly and courteously to the tourists. Because of that, it's a popular business to sell [Pepenscuits], the biscuits for feeding the Pepens, here.

Fancy Shop


滝が見える公園にあるファンシーショップ. 人気 のゲロッゴを中心に豊富な品揃えが自慢. クローシ ェが頻繁にお忍びて訪れるというウワサもある.

A Fancy Shop located in the Waterfall Garden. They are proud of their abundant stock of the Geroggo products as their main merchandise, and there are rumors that Cloche frequently comes here in secret.

Panoramic View of the Waterfall Garden


まず目を引くのが、大石像の顔と、その近くを流れ落 ちる滝. 中央には金管楽器のオブジェが位置されて いるが、これが実際に音が出るものだ.

The things that catch the eye the most probably are the face of the enormous stone statue, and the flowing waterfalls that are located close to it. While in the central area there are many brass music instruments serving as decorative art items, they actually can emit sounds.

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The Transports Employed by the Pastalia People
パスタリア市民の足は、主に循環市電と昇 降機である. 循環市電は揚水歯車の動力を応 用したもので、塔の外周を一周するような経路 を通るのが特徴. 昇降機は、各階止まりのも のから、高速で階層間を一気に移動するものま で復数が存在する. 高速の昇降機は、主に塔 の中心側に数多くあるが、大半は大鐘堂の関 係者用であり、一般市民は乗ることができない. その他の市民の交通手段としては、街の外側 を回って移動する10人乗りの浮力飛行機、エ アバスである. ただし、エアバスの径路は外周 沿いだけに限られるため、用途に応じて昇降機 との使い分けが必要となる. また、特殊な循環 市電として「スパイラル」と呼ばれる広域用の路 線がひとつある. これは空港から祭事広場まで、 何周もしながら少しずつ街を上がっていくもので、 古くから観光路線としても知られている.

The transports used by the people of Pastalia are mainly the Rotating Train and the Elevators. The Rotating Train is a vehicle that has the special characteristic of having a cycling course that goes around the external circumference of the Tower, and it works by using the energy it receives from the Water Mill. On the other hands, the elevators can stop at any given floor, and they allow to instantly move from a zone to other of Pastalia almost instantly, thanks to their great speed. The fastest elevators are mainly located in the inner zones of the Tower, and are mostly used by the Grand Bell personnel, so the normal citizens can't ride them. Other people have other transportation means, which are airships that can carry ten people at most and fly in a circle around the city, called Airbuses. However, given that the routes used by the Airbuses only cover the outskirts of Pastalia, their usefulness is pretty limited in comparison to the Elevators. Also, there is an special Rotating Train course called the [Spiral], which covers a pretty wide route. It goes from the Airports to the Festival Plaza, slowly ascending through the city in a circular fashion, and it has been known as a sightseeing route since many years ago.

Airbus
パスタリアを飛び回る小型の飛行機. 垂 直離着陸が可能で、狭い場所でも発着で きる. 利用価格がやや高めで、塔の内側に 離着陸することができないう短所が あるため、下層の利用者は少ない.

These are small airships that fly around Pastalia. Given that they can take off and land vertically, they can arrive and depart from very narrow places. However, given that their defects are that their fees are somewhat high, and that they can't take off or land in the inner zones of the Tower, not many people from the lower classes use them.

Rotating Train [Spiral]
街の内部の中層から上層にか けて、らせん状に敷設された 軌道を昇降する市電.

This is an special train that ascends from the middle to the upper zones of the city, using an special railway that was constructed in the shape of a helix.

Elevators
街の内部に位置されたエレベーター. 近距離用、長距離用、 人が乗って移動するものから荷物用まで、その用途はさま ざま、古くなったため、すでに使用が停止されているもの もある. なお、大鐘堂宮殿内には複数の昇降機を利用で きる巨大なエレベーターホール、テルミナがある.

These are the Elevators that were built in the inner zones of the city. They are used for both short and long-distance travels, and from moving passengers to luggage from a part of Pastalia to other, so they have many uses, despite many of them being out of order because of being so old. By the way, there is also a gigantic elevator hall from where many elevators leading to the inside of the Grand Bell Palace can be taken, called Termina.

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昇降機内部 The Interior of the Elevators

The Routes that Connect Pastalia with the Rim
パスタリアとリムのあいだは長きに渡り人の行 き来が制限されており、この両者を結ぶ交通が 栄え始めたのはごく近年になってからだった. そも そもパスタリアとリムは地続きになっていないた め、両者のあいだを移動する際はおもに空路に 頼るほかない. 大地が存在せず、眼下には死の 雲海が広がるこの世界では、飛空艇技術が目 覚しく発達しており、交通手段としての空路は 人々にとってもポピュラーなものであった. しかし、 パスタリアで入市規制が行なわれているせいで、 飛空艇の運行量はさほど多いものではない. 現在、メタ・ファルスの一般市民が利用できる 空路の旅客便は、ラクシャクーパスタリア間を 結ぶ航路ただひとつしかない. 一方、貨物便は 旅客便より活発に運行しており、エナーパスタ リア間を結ぶ長距離航路も存在している.

Given that the transit between the Rim and Pastalia was limited during many years, it was only during recent years that it became popular to travel between both areas. In the first place, given that the Rim and Pastalia aren't in adjoining lands, the people would have to rely on the courses taken by the airships whenever they wish to move from one place to other, and would overload them. Because of this, in this world where the land does not exist, and where you can see the Sea of Death spreading under your feet if you look down, the airship technology development had to reach an awakening point, making possible for the travel methods to become popular among the people. However, the transit towards is Pastalia is still regulated, so no many people use the airships to go there. In the current times, the normal citizens of Metafalss are able to be passengers only in a route that connects Pastalia to Rakshek. On the other hand, the movement of cargo is much more lively than the movement of passengers, and because of this, there is also an special long-distance route that allows cargo to be directly shipped between Pastalia and Enna.

Passenger Ship
旅客用飛空艇. 遊覧船のようにデ ッキにテントが張られており、乗 客が空の眺めを楽しめるよう工夫 されている. 航行距離は短く、速 度もあまり速いものではない.

The airship that covers the Passenger Route. It has a tent and a deck like a pleasure cruise, and these were planned so the passengers enjoy the scenery they can see from the skies for the duration of the trip. They are able only of traversing a short distance, and they aren't very fast either.

Cargo Ship
貨物用の飛空艇. メタ・ファルスで もっとも多く活用されている. 大 きな馬力を得るため、動力源の金 色の円盤(フリッパーロータリー) が複数重なっているのか特徴.

The airships used to transport cargo. They are very widely used in Metafalss, and given that they require a great quantity of power to accomplish their function, they have as their feature having multiple golden metal discs (Rotatory Flippers) as their power source.

●Course of the Beautifully Shining Star
ラクシャクーパスタリアの間を結ぶ旅客航路. リムからパスタリアに夢を抱いて渡航する人 が多いため、このような名称で呼ばれる.

This is the passenger course that connects Rakshek and Pastalia. Because for many people the idea of going to Pastalia from the Rim is a voyage possible only in dreams, it's called this.

●Course of the Lively Earth and Heavens
エナーパスタリアを結ぶ貨物用の航路. 資材に乏しいパスタリアにとって、生命線と もいえる重要な航路である.

This is the cargo course that connects Enna to Pastalia. Given that the raw materials are so scarce in Pastalia, this course has become so important to Pastalia that it's even called a lifeline to it.

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=Geography - The Rim=

塔を囲むように水平に浮かぶ巨大な輪がリ ムである. 塔の周辺に住む人々にとっては命 を育む大地だが、その環境は過酷なものだ.

The Rim is the gigantic horizontal, floating ring that surrounds the Tower. This is the land that has nurtured the lives of all the people that live around the Tower, despite having an extremely harsh environment.

The People that Live within a Narrow and Long Ring
メタ・ファルスを構成する1本の塔と3つのリン グ、ひとつの水平リングのうち、水平のリングを 指して「リム」と呼ぶ. リムの幅が広いところには 町が広がり、細かいところには鉄道が通されており、 人々はリングの上で生活しているのだ. リムに住む人々のルーツはいくつかあり、主な ものは初代御子セレナがパスタリアの治安を 強化した際に逃げおちたメタファリカ強行派の 残党とエレミアの支配層、そしてネオ・エレミ ア戦争時に御子イリューシャに破れ、パスタリ アを追われたエレミア人が中心とされている. リムは、そもそも人が住むための場所ではない. 水を溜めておく場所が存在せず、金属はむきだし になった大地には一握りの土すらなかった. しか し、このような地であっても、人々は700年に渡 って育んできたのである. その努力あって、現在 のリムは何とか人が住める状態まで達した. 灌 漑設備が整い、リム全域にある程度の土が行き 渡っているため、背の低い水が生い茂る森も見 られる. さらに農業も営めるようになったのだ.

Metafalss is made up from a Tower, three Rings, and one horizontal Ring. This last one is called the [Rim]. The widest parts of it were used to build towns and cities, while the narrower ones where employed only for the construction of the tracks that connect the town, and upon this Ring is where the people make their lives. The people from the Rim come from different cultural backgrounds, since its first inhabitants where the people that were drove out from Pastalia by the First Maiden, Selena, to keep the public order: the remnants of the Metafalica Radicals, the members of the Elemia control layer, and later on, the Elemians that escaped from Pastalia after they were defeated by Maiden Illusha in the Neo Elemia War, and they are the main kinds of people that make up its population. However, the Rim wasn't planned to be a place inhabited by people. There are no actual places where the water can filter and end deposited because there is almost no soil, and the metal surface it's uncovered in almost all places, with only a handful of soil at some parts. However, despite being so sterile, this land has nurtured the lives of the people for more than 700 years, and thanks to their great efforts, they somehow managed to become the people that currently inhabits the Rim. Thanks to the organization of their irrigation equipments, and the spreading of water across all of the Rim, they managed even to grow a extremely thick forest with only a little of water. Furthermore, they were even able to cultivate parts of the land thanks to this.

Panoramic View of the Rim
塔の周囲をぐるりと一周するように取り囲む、狭い水平の大 地がリムである. ほぼ全域に鉄道が通っており、住民の重要 は移動手段となっている. リムは完全は輪になっているわけ ではなく、その一部が欠損しているため、現在では通行する ことができない場所もある.

The narrow horizontal land, which seems to completely surround the Tower, is the Rim. There are tracks connecting most of its areas to each other, and it has become an extremely important mean of transportation for the people. However, this doesn't mean that they cover the entirety of the Rim, because one of its sections collapsed, and currently is an area that can't be crossed.

About the Food
食料不足に悩まされているパスタリアと違い、 リムにおいて問題となっているのは、いつの時代 でも水資源の確保であった. もちろん食糧にし ても豊かというわけではないが、相対的に見て水 不足の問題があまりにも深刻なのである. 現在、 「レーレの水卸」という場所に唯一の貯水場が あり、そこからリム全土へ水を供給している. 当然 ながらレーレの水卸から遠くへ行けば行くほど、 水の供給量は少なくなるため、人々が住む場所 は自然とレーレの水卸を中心としたある程度の 範囲（左右それぞれ30度ほど）に絞られている. 土が存在しなかったリムにおいて、農業は盛 んではない. それでも人々は畑を作り、食料の確 保のため、ほとんど水をやらなくても成長するクル ルクという穀物をおもに育てている. 特に開拓 の地ミント区ではこの作物以外は育てられない ので、住人は鉄道を使ってラクシャクまで赴き、 そこでクルルクを売ってほかの食料を買っている.

Unlike Pastalia, whose people is always worrying about the food shortage, they always had a guaranteed water supply, which in the Rim has always been a problem. Of course, while this doesn't mean that the food is very abundant, at least it doesn't suffer from a serious shortage compared to the one water has. Currently, the [Lere Water Reservoir] is the only water storage area, from which the water is distributed across all the Rim. Naturally, given that the farther the soil is from the Lere Reservoir the less water they will receive, the people naturally were restricted to settle down in the places closest to it (that going towards and back to the Reservoir only takes 30 minutes). Given that there is no soil in the Rim, the agriculture is not very prosperous. However, the people still made cultivating fields to guarantee their alimentation, focusing mostly in the cultivation of cereals called Kururuku, which don't require much water to be cultivated. Particularly the cultivation of the soil of Mint Block is like this, given that the land is so sterile that nothing else can be cultivated over there, so the residents then take the train towards Rakshek, and sell Kururuku in there to be able to buy food.

The Lere Water Reservoir
リムに住む全住人、78万人の命をつなぐ水瓶. リムで 唯一の水源地であり、すべての水はここから供給されて いるが、少し雨量が減るとすぐに渇水してしまう.

This is the water reservoir to which the lives of the entirety of the population of the Rim: 780,000 people, are tied. This is the only water source in the Rim, and given that all the water for its people is distributed from here, if the precipitation rates decrease even a little, there will be a severe water shortage.

About the Education
リムには統一された組織による公的教育機関 は存在していない. それでも、住民による最低限 の教育はされている. パスタリアと同じく、メタフ ァリカ伝説と貢献論は教えられているが、それ以 上は就学率が極端に減. 日々の暮らしに追わ れるリムにおいては、たとえ子供たちであっても生 活のために働かざるをえない環境なのである.

There doesn't exist an actual public education system in the Rim. However, their children do receive a minimum of education, imparted by the own citizens. Similarly to Pastalia, the Legends of Metafalica and the moral precepts are taught in there, but besides from that, the school attendance rate is still extremely low. Because the Rim is place where everyone labors so hard to continue living day after day, even the children are forced to work for their lives in this hard environment.

未来なら、学校に行っているべき年齢である沙亜紗. 病に 倒れて入院している祖母に代わってよろづ屋を経営している が、時間的にも、経済的にも学校に行く余裕がないようだ.

In the future, maybe Sasha would be able to go to school, like children of her age are supposed to. However, given that her grandmother collapsed from a disease and was sent to the hospital, she had to take care of the shop on her stead, and because of this, Sasha doesn't have any time, nor she is in the economical position she would need to be able to attend school.

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The Most Important Places in the Rim
リムの直径は4700ストン程度(14.1km)であ り、幅は不規則に狭い部分と広い部分がある. もっとも広いところで200ストン、狭いところでは 5ストン程度とその範囲はまちまちだ. なお、リ ムは全部7つのパーツを組み合わせて構成さ れており、それぞれのパーツは有事には個々に 切り離すこと(パージ)ができるようになっている.

The diameter of the Rim is of 4700 Stons (14.1KM), but because of having an irregular width, there are parts where it is very wide, and others where it is very narrow. The widest portion is of around 200 Stons wide, while the narrowest one is of around 5 Stons, so here you can see how much they can vary. By the way, the Rim is made up from seven parts joined together, and during emergencies, these parts can be detached from it (Purging).

The Transports in the Rim
リムには「スフレ軌道」という長距離軌道が引 かれている. 三日月型のリムのほぼ地域を網羅 し、市民の暮らしを助ける交通機関だ. 路線は ラクシャクタウンからエナタウンまでの間が複線 となっており、これ以外のは単線である. 移動速 度は決して速くないが、急行も用意されている. なお、ミント区からカナカナ突堤の区間は、 3400年代に突如廃線となっている.

All the zones of the Rim are intercommunicated thanks to a long-distance railroad track called the [Souffle Axis]. Given that the it more or less covers the entirety of the crescent moon-shaped Rim, it's a transportation facility that truly makes the lives of the people easier. Its routes are double tracks that cover all the way from Rakshek to Enna, while the other zones are all single tracks. While its normal speed is somewhat slow, it can also be prepared for fast travel. By the way, while there is a section of the tracks that cover the route between Mint Block and Kanakana Pier, it was suddenly closed off during the 3400's.

◆Stops of the Souffle Axis
[Table]

S01 - カナカナ突堤 (廃止線) Kanakana Pier (Closed)

S02 - ゆめみ野 (廃止線) Dreamy Fields (Closed)

S03E - ミント区 Mint Block

S04 - みくりの森 Mikry Forest

S05 - よろづ屋 General Store

S06E - クルレ壱番地 Kurure St., #1

S07 - 新界空港 Airport of the New World

S08E - ラクシャクタウン______ Rakshek Town           | |                       | S09 - 参号ポート           | Arrival Port           | | S10 - レーレの水卸        |         複Double Lere Water Reservoir   | --- 線Track |        区Area S11 - 叢雲桟橋          |          間 Clouds' Wharf          | | S12E - ベーフェフ鉱山軌線   | B-Fef Mine Station     | | S13E - エナタウン__________| Enna Town

S14 - はざま新田 Newfield Gorge

S15 - 猫屋敷 Cat Mansion

S16 - 約束の丘 Promised Hill

※●、および駅番号のEは、急行停車駅を表す. ラクシャクタウン～エナタウンの間は、 1日3往復の急行「ルーシェ号」が運行中. ミント区～エナタウンの間は、 1日1往復の急行「パウエル号」が運行中.

The E beside the station number indicates that the station is an express one. The Rakshek ~ Enna Route has three express round trips per day, and it's called the the [Rudje (Red) Route]. On the other side, the Mint Block ~ Enna route has only one express round trip per day, and it's called the [Pauwel (Power) Route].

◆Structure of the Rim, and Route Map of the Souffle Axis
[Graph]

S01 - カナカナ突堤 Kanakana totte Kanakana Pier

S02 - ゆめみ野 Yumemino Dreamy Fields

S03E - ミント区 Mint ward Mint Block

S04 - みくりの森 Mikuri no mori Mikry Forest

S05 - よろづ屋 Yorozu ya General Store

骨底トンネル Backbone Tunnel

S06E - クルレ壱番地 Kurure 1st. Kurure St., #1

S07 - 新界空港 Shinkai Kukou Airport of the New World

S08E - ラクシャクタウン Raksyak town Rakshek Town

S09 - 参号ポート Sango port Port III

S10 - レーレの水卸 Lere no mizuoroshi Lere Water Reservoir

S11 - 叢雲桟橋 Murakumo sanbashi Clouds' Wharf

S12E - ベーフェフ鉱山軌線 B4 kouzan kisen B-Fef Mine Station

S13E - エナタウン Ena town Enna Town

S14 - はざま新田 Hazama shinden Newfield Gorge

S15 - 猫屋敷 Neko yashiki Cat Mansion

S16 - 約束の丘 Yakusoku no oka Promised Hill

I　ベーノイエリア (カナカナ突堤周辺) II　ベージエリア (ミント区周辺) III　ベードリエリア (ラクシャク周辺) IV　ベーフェフエリア (エナ周辺) V　べーヴィラエリア (はざま新田周辺) VI　ベーイクサエリア (約束の丘周辺) VII　ベーヘプトエリア (欠落部)

I B-Nnoi Area (Kanakana Pier Area) II B-Ji Area (Mint Block Area) III B-Dri Area (Rakshek Area) IV B-Fef Area (Enna Area) V B-Vira Area (Shinden Gorge Area) VI B-Ixa Area (Promised Hill Area) VII B-Hept Area (Missing Part)

ベーヘプトエリアはリングが途中で途切れており、 人が住むスペースは皆無. そのため建造物等も一切 なく、未開拓のエリアとなっている.

The B-Hept Area was an area that fell off from the middle of the ring, and an empty space where the people cannot live. Because of this, naturally there aren't any constructions in it, and it's an undeveloped area.

リムを構成する7つのパーツは、個別に用意された7つの 「揚力ジェネレーター」によって支えられている. この働き によって、リムは死の雲海よりも上空に存在できるわけだ. エリア間を仕切る線は別名を「パージ線」というが、これは その名のとおり、パージの際の境界線を表している. なお、 この7つのエリアにはそれぞれ「ベーノイエリア」などの名 称があるが、そのことを知る者はリムにはほとんどいない. この名称は、フレリアをはじめとする神の周辺にいる者の みが使う、いわば設計者側の分類名称だからだ.

When the seven parts that make up the Rim were made, it was prepared in a way that each part was maintained by its own [Lift Generator]. It's thanks to the mechanisms that the Rim can continue keep itself afloat over the Sea of Death. The lines that separate the sections from each other are called [Purge Lines], and like their name says, these are the boundary lines for the purge of each area. By the way, while each area has names such as [B-Nnoi Area], currently there is no one in the rim that still knows about them. These names were used initially only by Frelia, and later on were used only by the people closest to her, because they needed names to design and divide each part.

The Souffle Axis Trains
車両は二両固定の編成. 最前部に搭載した飛機艇用の推 進機関、フリッパーロータリーが特徴的だ. ただし、速度 は時速20～30kmと速くはない.

The trains are composed of two wagons. The front part is special because it is equipped with the same item that is used by the airships to fly: the Rotatory Flipper. However, its speed doesn't go beyond the 20~30 KM/H range.

The History of the Souffle Axis
スフレ軌道は、第15御子のスフレによって 計画され、第16御子でスフレの娘、ラクーシ ャによって敷設された. 当時のリムにはほとん ど交通と呼べるものが無く、さらに中央大近に そびえ立つコンダクターアクティベーションによ って大きく左右に分断されていた. 人々にとって リムを渡り歩くことは非常に困難であり、それゆ えに生活圈はレーレの水卸のごく近い範囲から 一向に広がらなかったのである. 自らリムを視 察し、人々の苦境を見て取ったスフレは、リムを 縦断する鉄道の敷設を提案した.

The Souffle Axis was designed during the reign of the 15th Maiden, Souffle, and built by the 16th Maiden, who was Souffle's daughter: Raksha. At that time, there weren't any kind of communication routes in the Rim, and the only thing that allowed to see the direction in which one was going was the towering Conductor Activator. For the people, to cross the Rim from a tip to the other on foot was extremely hard, and because of that, they didn't expand their settlements beyond the areas near to the Lere Water Reservoir. When she came to observe the Rim by herself, Souffle perceived how terrible where the life conditions for the people, and proposed to build a railroad track that crossed through the entire Rim.

スフレとラクーシャの母娘は、リムの活性化と 快適性の向上を掲げ、大鐘堂内で積極的に軌道 敷設を訴えた. しかしパスタリア中心の当時の 政治ではリムに対して莫大な予算を投下するこ とは考えられず、ふたりは大鐘堂内においても 大きな反発を買うことになる. それでも、スフレ とラクーシャはリムに住む多くの人々の幸せを 願い、スフレ軌道敷設を実現させたのだった. また、このふたりの御子はパスタリアとリムの 交流にも心血を注ぎ、のちに正常化させたこと でも知られている. リムに住む人々にとって、ス フレとラクーシャの二人の御子は、今でも英雄 的な存在としてその名を残している.

Souffle and Raksha, mother and daughter, had set their sights in activating and improving the life in the Rim, and because of this, they appealed for the construction of the railroad track at the Grand Bell. However, the regime that governed at the time in the heart of Pastalia didn't even think about spending even a little dime of the budget they had because of the animosity they had towards the Rim, and both of them stirred a great unrest in the Grand Bell because of this. Despite this, Souffle and Raksha still wished for the happiness of the many that lived in the Rim, and finally managed to make the construction of the Souffle Axis a reality. Also, the two Maidens also poured their blood into making possible the commerce and trade between Pastalia and the Rim, and afterwards, they even managed to normalize the relations between both parts. Even now, the two maidens known as Souffle and Raksha are still remembered by the people that live in the Rim as heroines.

スフレ軌道とラクシャクの街の名は、リム発展の恩人であるふ たりの御子の名からつけられた. ラクシャクの軌道広場には、 スフレ軌道開通の功労者であるラクーシャの石像がある.

The Souffle Axis and the name of the city of Rakshek were named in honor to the two Maidens that were the biggest benefactors in the development of the Rim. Currently, there is a stone statue of Raksha, who inaugurated the Souffle Axis, in the Axis Courtyard in Rakshek.

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S01 Kanakana Pier
リムのもっとも端に位置する地. かつてはス フレ軌道の終点の駅が存在していたが、300年 ほど前に、突然、乗り入れが中止されている. カナカナ突堤にはインフェル・ピラの秘密を知 る異能の一旅、澪の民が封じられており、その 末裔であるアマリエ、チェスター、ソニアの3人 は全員がこの地の出身である. なお、カナカナ 突堤は3754年に暴走I.P.D.の襲撃を受けて壊 滅し、現在ではすでに廃虚と化している.

This place was built in an area located at the very edge of the Rim. There once was an station that acted as the last stop for the Souffle Axis, but around 300 years, it was suddenly closed off. Kanakana Pier was once inhabited by an special race who knew all the secrets of Infel Phira, the sealed People of Mio, and their three descendants: Amarie, Chester, and Sonia, all have Kanakana Pier as their birthplace. Furthermore, Kanakana Pier was annihilated by the attack of outbroken IPDs in 3754 AD, and now, it has become only a group of ruins.

カナカナ突堤は、3754年に発生した暴走I.P.D.の襲撃事件 によって壊滅している. 全域はすでに廃虚と化しており、この 地に住んでいたはずの澪の民の姿はどこにも見当たらない.

Kanakana Pier was annihilated by the attack of outbroken IPDs that took place in 3754 AD. The whole area has become a group of ruins, and it isn't possible to find any survivors of the People of Mio that used to live here anymore.

The People of Mio and Kanakana Pier
かつてカナカナ突堤には、澪の民と呼 ばれる人たちが住んでいた. 彼らは400 前にこの地に移り住んだインフェル・ピラ を制御する技術者の集団であり、ほぼ全 員がI.P.D.とテル族の両方の地を受け継 いでいたとされる. その知識と能力は神 にとって危険だったため、カナカナ突堤に 強制的に移住・隔離させられ、外界との接 触を禁じられた. それから長い年月が経ち、人々はイン フェル・ピラと澪の御子の存在を忘れつつ あった. それでも澪の民たちは自分たち の持つ秘密を隠し続けた. 事実を公言し てしまえば、神からの制裁を受けること は明白だったからだ. しかし、澪の民の 存在を知った大鐘堂のアルフマンは、イ ンフェル・ピラの秘密を得るため3754年 にI.P.D.の暴走事故を装ってカナカナ突 堤を襲撃. 澪の民はほぼ全滅し、生き残 りは大鐘堂に連れ去られた. 脱出に成功 した者はごくわずかであったという.

Kanakana Pier once was the place where the group called the People of Mio lived. They originally were a group of engineers that had the technology necessary for controlling Infel Phira, moved to this area 400 years ago, and was almost entirely composed of Terus and IPDs, so this land was eventually inhabited by the offsprings of both kinds of people. Because their abilities were deemed as a threat by the Goddess, they were forced by Her to move and seclude themselves here, and were forbidden from having any kind of contact with the outside world. From that time, a long time passed, and eventually, the people forgot about the existence of Infel Phira and the Maiden of Mio. However, the People of Mio still kept themselves hidden from everyone. If we had to say the truth, it was obvious that they were being manipulated by the Goddess. However, Alfman of the Grand Bell, who learned about the existence of the People of Mio, attacked Kanakana Pier on 3754 AD under the pretense of an IPD outbreak, just to obtain the secrets of Infel Phira. The people of Mio was almost completely wiped out, and the extremely few survivors were abducted by the Grand Bell. Just a few of them managed to successfully escape from this terrible incident.

The Chamber of Homura
カナカナ突堤の最深部 に隠されていたコールド スリープポード. そのな かには、メタ・ファルスの 「神」であったはずのレー ヴァテイル・オリジン、フ レリアの姿が穏やかな眠 りについていた.

This is the deepest area of Kanakana Pier, where a cold sleep pod was hidden away. And in there, you could the face of Frelia, the Reyvateil Origin that was deemed as the [Goddess] of Metafalss, peacefully sleeping.

SO2 Dreamy Fields
ミント区よりさらに先、リムの辺境にある平原. 小規模ながらも木が生い茂っている場所もあ り、自然環境としては豊かな部類に入る. ただ し、ミント区より先には人がほとんど住んでおら ず、スフレ軌道も乗り入れを中止しているため、 この地を訪れる者はほとんどいない. ここに外部から誰かがやってきても、迷ってぐる ぐると同じ場所を回るだけである. これは、ゆめみ 野より先にあるカナカナ突堤に侵入されないよう テル族が魔力で感覚を狂わせているせいで、何 も知らない人間が先に進むことはまず不可能だ. このように迷いの原といった雰囲気を持つゆ めみ野ではあるが、近隣の子供たちには格好の 遊び場所となっているらしい. クロアとタルガー ナにとっても、幼小期の思い出が残る地である.

This is place is located beyond Mint Block, and it's a prairie located at the very border of the Rim. While in a relatively small scale, there are trees growing very think in this area, and it's pretty abundant as a natural environment. However, the residents of Mint Block couldn't come to live here because the Souffle Axis station in here was closed off, and practically no one comes to this area. If anyone tried to enter this area from the outside, they would simply get lost as they continue walking in circles over the same place. This is because the Terus put an special kind of magic that confuses the senses as a mean of keeping all the outsiders out from Kanakana Pier, and for the people that don't know this, it's impossible to continue advacing. Despite the Dreamy Fields having an atmosphere that makes them worthy of receiving the name of "Fields of the Lost", the children from the neighboring areas have taken a like to it as a place for playing. Even Croix and Targana have left many memories of their childhoods in this land.

ゆめみ野には、カナカナ突堤へと続くテル族独自の鉄道路線、 テル電車が通っている. ただし、利用できるのはテル族に限 られ、通常の人間には電車の存在を感知することすら難しい.

The Dreamy Fields have an unique railroad track made by the Terus, which goes on until it reaches Kanakana Pier, and that can be crossed only by the Terutrain. However, only the Terus can use it, so it's very hard for the normal humans to even perceive its existence.

Closed Station (Dreamy Fields)
かつてはスフレ軌道が停車して いた、旧ゆめみ野駅. 今では、 テル族の人間が鈴を鳴らしたと きのみやってくる、テル電車が まれに停車するのみだ.

This is the former Dreamy Fields station, which was even an stop in the Souffle Axis a long time ago. In the current times, the only the Terutrain seldom stops in this area, and only if a Teru person rings an special bell.

The Terutrain
テル族の魔法で作られた軌道車で、 生物を思わせる奇妙な外見を持つ. まれにミント区の住人に目撃されて おり、幽霊電車と呼ばれている.

This is the train that was made through the magic of the Terus, and it has an appearance that would make anyone think that it actually is a living creature. In some rare occasions, the residents of Mint Block have witnessed the Terutrain, and have called it a Phantom Train.

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S03E Mint Block
リムのなかでは比較的新しい開拓地. メタフ ァリカの熱烈な信者たちが、自分たちの理想郷 を自らの手で作らんと希望を抱き、3357年ごろ この地にやってきた. 彼らの努力でなんとか人 が住めるようにはなったものの、発展は望めず、 成功したとは言えない. それでも、今なおこの地 には、ミント区を愛する開拓者の末裔が住む.

Relatively speaking, this the land that was pioneereed the most recently in the Rim. Around 3357 AD, a group of passionate Metafalica believers embraced the wish of creating their paradise with their own hands, and came to this land. In a way or other, thanks to their great efforts, the people became able to live in this land, and while they didn't want to develop this place at all, it couldn't be said that they had success in that last part. However, even now, Mint Block is inhabited by the descendants of these pioneers, and they love their land a lot.

Complete View of Mint Block
荒涼としたむきだしの大地が広がる. 駅の周辺 には住居が確認できるが、街中に緑らしいもの はどこにもなく、かなり荒れてしまっている.

You can see a completely exposed and desolate land spreading to the horizon. While the area around the station is recognized as a town, there isn't any sort of greenness visible in the town at all, so it's pretty crude as a place.

The Front of Luca's House
バッツと聆紗が幼い瑠珈を連れ、 大鐘堂から身を隠すため移り住 んだ家. 崩れかかって壁やトタ ンで作った屋根が、ミント区で の過酷な生活を感じさせる.

This is the house to which Batz and Reisha moved, for hiding young Luca from the Grand Bell. While it has cracked walls and a roof made of zinc, it also allows you to feel how harsh is the life in Mint Block,

General Store
ミント区で唯一の店. 内部には 雑多な商品が並べられているが、 売れ行きは芳しくないようだ.

The only store existent in Mint Block. While there are many things exhibited in the shelves inside, the selection of sold goods is somewhat poor.

S04 Mikry Forest
ミント区に隣接する深い森. 森の規模として は、リム全体のなかでも最大級であり、植物が 大地に根を張れないこの世界において、これ ほどまでに大きな木々の茂る森はほかにない. この森はかつて、インフェルとネネシャ謳 った実験ヒュムノス、メタファリカαによって創 造された小さな大地の心臓から生まれている. この実験に参加したのは当時の熱狂的なメタ ファリカ支持者であり、のちにミント区を開拓 した先駆者たちであった. この地に緑をもたら した大地の心臓は、「みくりの守り神」として、ミ ント区の有名な伝承となっている.

A deep forest located in the neighboring areas to Mint Block. Because of its sheer size, this forest is the biggest one in the Rim, and in a world where the plants are unable to spread their roots within the soil, this the only place with so many plants and large trees. This forest was born from the small Heart of the Land that was created from the experimental Hymmnos, Metafalica-Alpha, that Infel and Nenesha sung a long time ago. Many enthusiastic believers of Metafalica also participated in this experiment, which would later on become the founders of Mint Block. And the Heart of the Land that gave life to this forest was later on as the subject of a famous legend within Mint Block, called the [Guardian of Mikry].

瑠珈をかばって命を落とした聆紗は、この森をこよなく愛し ていた. そのため、聆紗の亡骸はこの地に葬られている.

Reisha, who lost her life protecting Luca, used to greatly love this forest. It was because of this that her remains were buried in this land.

S05 General Store
わずか3ストン（1ストン＝約3m）足らずの幅の 場所にある小さな店. スフレ軌道の降車駅とし てわざわざ選ばれている. なぜこの場所に駅が あるのかは不明だが、少ないながらも乗降客が いる. 店の名前は、よろづ屋「にゃにゃ屋」. 店 舗の老朽化が激しく、ラクシャクの街の住人や スフレ軌道の利用客のなかには廃屋だと思って いる人もいるらしいが、現在も営業中である.

This is an small store located in a part of the Rim that has less than 3 Stons (1 Ston = approx. 3 meter) of width, and it's was chosen as one of the disembarking points for the Souffle Axis trains. The reason behind an station being built in this place is unknown, but there are always an small number of passenger getting off here. The actual name of this store, is the [Nyanya Store]. While the exterior of the store looks extremely worn out, and many people among the inhabitants of Rakshek and the users of the Souffle Axis think that it's an abandoned house, it still keeps its business open.

Interior of the General Store
今にも崩れ落ちそうな外観から 考えると、さほど内部は荒れて いない. たったひとりで店を切 り盛りしている、沙亜紗の日々 の努力のためと思われる.

While currently it's easy to think that the store is crumbling upon itself by looking at the outside, one couldn't say the same after looking at the inside. Since she is the only one in charge of the shop, you could think that Sasha has always to do her best, one day after other.

The Front of the General Store
徒歩0秒、軌道車から降りればそ こがすぐ「にゃにゃ屋」の前である. たったひとつの店のために、スフレ 軌道の駅が存在している.

This is the front of the [Nyanya Store], located just in front of the place where the Axis passengers can disembark, and at 0 seconds walking off the train. Because this is the only store in the area, there is an station of the Souffle Axis in here.

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S08E Rakshek Town
崩壊した大地の骨の上に築かれた交易都市 で、複雑な多層構造を持つ. リムからパスタリ アを渡る唯一の玄関口で、街はいつも旅行客 や商人でにぎわっている. また、空港だけでな くスフレ軌道の車両基地も存在し、さらに大鐘 堂の分署やりム全体の行政管理を行なうラク シャク自治会も本拠を構える、リムの中心地だ.

As a merchant town that was built over the revealed skeleton of a destroyed part of the Rim, it has a complicated multi-layer structure. Also, as the only entryway used to go from the Rim to Pastalia, the town is always crowded with travelers and merchants. Still, there isn't only the Airport, but also, the double-rail Souffle Axis, and furthemore, even a branch office of the Grand Bell, and the Rakshek Citizen Association, which handles the administration of everything on the Rim, are also located here, making Rakshek the own heart of the Rim.

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ラクシャク商工会 513-9　参段八線十五番　挂厘通り三十一番地 エーニャセンター住轄5階2号 1139-5592（代）

Rakshek Association of Commerce & Industry 513-9 Third Floor, Eight Beam, #15, Keirin St., Lot #31 Ernya Center, 5th House, 2nd Floor Telemo 1139-5592 (Switchboard Number)

リムの経済面を取り仕切る、ラクシャク商工会のシンボルマ ーク. 商工会謹製の商品や粗品で必ず見かけるマークだけに、 ラクシャクの庶民には、それなりに認識されているようだ.

This is the symbol mark of the Rakshek Association of Commerce and Industry, which manages all of the economic aspects in the Rim. All the goods that are sold to the people of Rakshek are obliged to bear this mark, no matter how high or low-grade they might be, to be recognized as legal merchandise.

Panoramic View of Rakshek
複雑に入り組んだ町並みを持つラクシャク. 近隣の空港から発着 する飛空艇が街の上空を飛び交う. 中央を縦断するように通過す るスフレ軌道の路線も特徴的だ. 街路にところ狭しと掲げられた 看板が、にぎわいを見せる商業都市であることを感じさせる.

This is a view of how complicated are the streets of Rakshek. You can see the airships that come to and leave the neighboring airport, and its main characteristic is the Souffle Axis going through the center of the city. Despite the streets being so narrow, there are many signs put in them, and by seeing how bustling it is, you should be able to feel that it's a pretty active trade city.

Railroad Plaza (Axis Courtyard)
もとはスフレ軌道敷設時に使わ れていた資材置き場で、ここから ラクシャクの街が広がった. ラク ーシャを称えるため、3383年 に彼女の像が建てられている.

Originally, this was were the storehouse used for storing the materials used in the construction of the Souffle Axis were stored, which in turn was the starting point of the city of Rakshek. Because the city was named after Raksha, they built an statue of her on 3383 AD.

Restaurant [Bon Beltan]
軌道広場にあるレストランで、ラクシ ャク屈指の人気店. 食事時ともなれ ば大勢の客でごった返す. かつて瑠 珈もアルバイトとして働いていた.

One of the restaurants located in the Axis Courtyard, and the most popular among the restaurants in Rakshek. A lot of people always come to eat over here at noon. Even Luca worked part-time at this place once.

S06E Kurure St., #1
ラクシャクとミント区のあいだに位置する、ス フレ軌道の駅. 最寄のクルレ市場は、リムのみ ならずパスタリアから入る品物も多く、メタ・ファ ルス中のすべての物流が集まると言われる. 貨 物用の弐号ポート、旅客用の新界空港という ふたつの空港に挟まれたこの駅の立地は、経 済、物流が活性化する要素であふれており、エ ナやミント区から多くの行商人たちが足を運ぶ. 行政的な機能を持つラクシャクタウンに対し、 こちらは経済的な面でリムの中心地と言えよう.

A station of the Souffle Axis that was built between Rakshek and Mint Block. Given that many of the goods that come from Pastalia first arrive at the Rim here, this were all the providers in Metafalss gather. This place is located between the Port No. 2, which is used only for transporting raw material, and the Airport of the New World, used by the passenger, making it play a very active role in the distribution of goods and general economy of Metafalss, and thus, many merchants of Mint Block and Enna come here to replenish stock. In contrast to the administrative side that we can see on Rakshek Town, this place is called the heart of the economy in the Rim.

S07 Airport of the New World
ラクシャクにある旅客空港の最寄り駅. ラク シャクが資材物置き場から街に変わるころ、資材 運搬だけでなく旅客の需要も増え、専用の空 港が建設された. この空港は新界空港と呼ば れ、弐号、参号とその後に空港が増えていって もこの名のまま定着し、現在に至っている. ス フレ軌道の新界空港駅から空港までは専用の 歩道橋があり、そこから眼下に何隻もの飛空 挺が行き来する姿を見渡せる. 壮大な景観で、 見物のためにこの駅で降りる人もいるほどだ. なお、こぼ駅には急行が止まらない. これは、 大抵の人がクルレ壱番地かラクシャクタウンで 用事を済ませ、他の交通手段を使って空港に 来るためである. これくらいの距離であれば、軌 道車を待っているより歩いた方が早いのだ.

This is nearest station in Rakshek to the airport. Around the time in which Rakshek evolved into a city from a raw material storehouse, the demands for airships that could transport passengers instead of merchandise increased, and finally, an airport was built exclusively for them. This airport was called the Airport of the New World, and later on, the airports called Port II and Port III were established, which is the total that currently exists. There is a pedestrian bridge that crosses from the station to the airport, and looking at the part below it, you should be able to see the airships preparing to depart. It's a magnificent scenery, and many people just get down on this station to see the airships taking off and landing. However, this isn't an express station. Because of this, most people usually get off at the Kurure St., #1 station, and then use other means of transport to reach the airport. This is because at this distance, it's much faster to reach the airport on foot that to wait for the Axis Train.

S09 Port III
もっとも新しいラクシャク近郊の空港. スフレ 軌道の駅も、つい最近出来たばかりである. 空 港自体はまだ本稼働しておらず、資材空港にな るのか旅客空港になるのかも決まっていない. 基本的にはどちらにも対応できる設計になって おり、今後の状況を見て判断する方針のようだ.

This is the newest airport, built in the outskirts of Rakshek. There is also an station for the Axis Train here, which was also completed very recently. When the airport was still being built, it wasn't yet decided if it was going to become an airport for merchandise, or for people. Because of this, it was decided that it would be better to built it planned for both uses, and that is why currently it serves a double purpose, which can be seen now.

S10 Lere Water Reservoir
リムの唯一の水源地、レーレの水卸の近くに建 設された駅. 乗降客は少ないが、現在でもリム の人々の生活用水はレーレの水卸から供給され ているため、日々のメンテナスに従事する工員 の利用など、需要自体は尽きないようだ. 人々 の生活を支えるという意味で、重要な駅である.

This station was built pretty close to the Lere Water Reservoir, the only source of water in the Rim. While there aren't many passengers getting down here, since this is the place from which the water that maintains the lives of everyone in the Rim is distributed, everyday the people charged with its maintenance come, even if they can't satisfy their own water needs. You can guess that this is station is extremely important, as it also maintains the life of the people.

S11 Clouds' Wharf
ラクシャクとエナのほぼ中間地点にある、高 低差が激しい段々状の台地. 周辺は霧がかか りやすく、眼下には死の雲海が間近に見えるた め、叢雲（むらくも）桟橋と呼ばれている. 中央部 はコンダクター・アクティベーションという巨大な 塔によって分断されており、リムは事実上ここで 左右に分かれる. スフレ軌道ができる前は、この 場所を超えることは困難だった. 付近を運行 する軌道車は、段々になっている部分を遠回り しながら徐々に昇るため、通過に時間がかかる.

An station built halfway on the route between Rakshek and Enna, located in a plateau where the height greatly varies. The mist softly lowers over this area, and because you can also see the Sea of Death under this place, it was that this place received the name of "Pier of Amassed Clouds" ("Clouds' Wharf"). The central part of this place is marked by a great tower called the Conductor Activator, which actually also doubles as the mark that distinguishes right and left in the Rim. Before the Souffle Axis station was built here, it was extremely hard for the people to reach this place, but once the construction began approaching the area, the constructors eventually deviated the route because they were climbing the area at the same time, until finally the route of the Axis ended passing through this point.

巨大な白い建設物がコンダクター・アクティベーション. 叢雲 桟橋の地下には、ここに入るための扉が設置されている.

The great white construction is the Conductor Activator. This is why the underground of the Clouds' Wharf has become an entranceway of sorts for it.

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S013E Enna Town
リムでもっとも古い歴史を持つ街で、かつては リム行政の中心だった. 神聖政府軍の本部、 エナ宮殿もこの街である. 周辺は地盤が安定し ているため、これまで数百年に渡り大きな地震 や崩落がなく、古い建物が数多く現在している、

This is the most ancient town in the Rim, and a long time ago, it even was the center of the administration of the Rim. Also, the HQ of the Sacred Army, the Enna Palace, like its name suggest, it's located here too. Because it was built upon a solid based, it has never suffered from great-scaled collapses or earthquakes from the hundreds of years it has existed, so there are still a great number of ancient buildings here.

Panoramic View of Enna
古い街並みが今でも多く 残されているエナ. 街の 中央を通る市場通りに は、多くの露店が並び活 気を見せている. その先 にそびえたつ巨大な宮殿 の跡もエナ景観の名所 のひとつだ.

Enna has even now the scenery of a very ancient town. The liveliness of this town can be on the many stands that are lined up in the central Market Street, and standing over everything else, we can even see the remains of the gigantic Enna Palace, which is what makes famous the scenery of Enna.

Enna Market Street
エナのメインストリート. ところどころ地面が崩れ、 雑然とした雰囲気をかもしだしている.

The main street of Enna. There are some areas in which the ground is cracked, with brings about a very disordered atmosphere to the town.

Pharmacy [Tenba High Heaven]
translates to "Supreme Heaven Among the High Heavens".
 * The name is no more than a pun on Tenba's name (Tenjou Tenba), which roughly

市場通りの薬屋. 所狭しと怪しい薬が陳列され、そ のなかにはドクロマークが書かれたビンも.......

A pharmacy located in the Market Street. In its cramped interior, there are many suspicious medicines displayed, including among them a barrel with an skull mark drawn on it...

S12E B-Fef Mine Station
リムに人が住み着くより前に、外界の山々か ら土砂を持ってくるために作られら空港. 今で も活動しており、相当量の土砂が運び込まれる. 外界に面した港を持ち、メタ・ファルス外から潜 入してくる者の玄関的な存在もともなっている.

Before the people settled down in the Rim, this place was established as an airport for the ships that brought soil and sand from the mountains in the outer areas. Even now it keeps active, since there are still ships carrying back to the Rim these materials. As the only port that can be seen from the outside world, it also served as the entrance way for the foreigners that came to Metafalss.

S14 Newfield Gorge
リムに人が住むようになったとき、最初に開 拓された畑. 現在でもリム内で有数の穀倉地 帯であり、この畑で働いている農夫は数多い. おもな生産物はクルルク、カリカリといった、水 が少ない乾燥地帯でも育つ作物となっている. なお、作中でEXEC_VIENA/.が謳われた際、 衰弱していたフレリアは、詩が紡ぎ出すだけ の導力が残されていなかった. その対策として、 フレリアの負担を軽減するためにリムから切り 離されたうちの1エリアである.

When the people established in the Rim, this area was the field cultivable field they pioneered. And even if now there are more prominent cultivable areas in the Rim, many of the peasants still work at this field. Its main products are Kururuku and Karikari, which are crops that can be easily brought up in arid regions because they don't need much water to be raised. By the way, when EXEC_VIENA/. was sung during the game, Frelia was so weakened, that she didn't have Symphonic Power for anything else beyond crafting the Song. Because of this, it was decided that to reduce the strain on her, this was one of the areas in the Rim that would need to be Purged.

The Newfield Gorge and the Cat Mansion
はざま新田からベーイクサエリア側を見た光景. 作 物が生い茂る先に見える建物は猫屋敷だ. 各アリア を浮遊させるための揚力ジェネレーターはエリアご とに独立しているが、ベーヴィラエリアとベーイク サエリアはパージされて崩落している. このとき、 付近一帯の建造物も運命をともにした.

This is the scenery of the B-Ixa Area seen from the Newfield Gorge. The building we can see here with plants growing all over it is the Cat Mansion. Each Area has a Lift Generator to maintain itself from falling into the Sea of Death, so each Area is more or less independent of the others. However, when it came the time to Purge the Areas, both the B-Vira Area and the B-Ixa Area collapsed, and the constructions that were in this area also suffered that same fate.

S15 Cat Mansion
辺境に位置するスフレ軌道の駅. 一般の客 が訪れることはほとんどない. 駅の近くに古び た洋館が一軒だけ建っており、これが駅名の由 来となっている. どこか不気味な雰囲気が漂う屋敷は、現在で は無人であり、誰も寄り付こうとしない. かつて は何かの研究所だったとも言われるが、ほぼ廃 虚と化している. なお、猫屋敷から先には大鐘 堂の施設が点在するだけで、大鐘堂の関係者 がまれに利用する以外、乗客はほぼゼロである.

A borderland station of the Souffle Axis, but usually, no one gets off at this station. There is only an old mansion built near the station, which is why the station is named after it. The Mansion has an eerie air floating all around it, and even though no one lives in there anymore, no one dares to approach it. A long time ago it used to be called a research establishment of sorts, but now is no more than an abandoned house. By the way, the areas beyond the Cat Mansion were marked as restricted areas of the Grand Bell, and with the exception of the Grand Bell personnel, no passengers are allowed beyond this area.

S16 Promised Hill
リムの最果て、巨大なレンズのふもとにある約 束の丘と呼ばれる場所が、スフレ軌道の終点と なる. 単線であるため、ここまで到達した車両は、 そのまま来た軌道を逆方向に走って戻っていく. 約束の丘には、代々の御子の墓が存在するが、 大鐘堂の関係者でも訪れる者はほとんどいな い. 丘の頂にそびえる巨大なレンズは、はるか昔 フレリアがソル・マルタにおいて第二塔を創造し た際、コンダクターヴィジョンとともに用いたもの だが、現在ではその機能を停止している.

The place called the Promised Hill is located at the base of the gigantic Lens, located at the very end of the Rim, and it's also the last station of the Souffle Axis. Because the way here is in a single track, if a train reaches this area, it has to go in reverse to go back. The Promised Hill is the place that serves as the tombs for all the Maidens from the past eras, but currently, no one with the exception of the Grand Bell personnel comes here. The Lens that towers over the summit of the Hill used to shine a long time ago, whenever Frelia was in her duty of creating the Second Tower using it and the Conductor Vision, but now, these functions don't work anymore.

The Promised Hill
太古の遺跡で、現代では歴代の御子を葬る墓所とな っている. 最深部の壁にはヒュムノス語による封印 が施されており、その奥に400年前の御子であるイ ンフェルとネネシャが封じられた秘密の部屋がある.

As ruins from very ancient times, in the current times it has become the burial place for all the generations of Maidens. The walls at the deepest areas have been sealed off with spells in Hymmnos Language, and within them, the secret burial chamber of the Maidens from 400 years ago, Infel and Nenesha, was sealed in.