Rumia 何？ この紙切れは What's this piece of paper?

Aya 貴方を客観的に見た記事です An objective article on you.

Rumia それで最近私の避暑楽園に変な妖怪達が入ってくる事があったのねー。今までそんなことなかったのに You know, there's been a lot of weird youkai coming into my summer resort paradise lately. That's never happened before.

Aya あのままふよふよ動いていたら、危険な物と判断されて攻撃されていたかもしれないから記事にしたのです If you kept floating around like that, you might have been regarded as something dangerous and consequently attacked, so I wrote an article on it.

Rumia でもー。闇の中に入る人数が増えれば暑いじゃないの But if more things come into the darkness it gets hotter, right?

Aya 氷の妖精でも入れておけば涼しいかも知れない Then inviting an ice fairy in might make it cooler.

Rumia 寒そう…… That would be too much...

Aya ところで、さっきから暗くて良く見えないのですが。もう少し明るくならないのでしょうか？ By the way, it's too dark and I can't see very well. Could you make it a bit brighter?

Rumia 何言ってるの、この変な紙切れを読むために少し光を取り入れてるじゃないのよ What're you talking about? I've already let a little light in so I could read this piece of paper.

Aya 私の手元は暗くて手帳が読めません。メモも取れません It's so dark that I can't read my notebook. I can't take notes either.

Rumia あーもー、少しでも光が差し込むと眩しいなー Geez, if I let even a little light in it gets really bright.

Aya それにしても、何にも外が見えないのですね。これで何処を飛んでいるのかよく判りますね But I'm surprised that I really can't see anything outside at all. It's a bit difficult to tell where we're flying.

Rumia 判るわけがないわー。見えないんだから Of course you can't tell. That's because we can't see.

Aya え？ Huh?

Rumia しょっちゅう木にぶつかったりするけど、それも闇の風物詩 I bump into trees all the time, but that just goes to show what darkness is all about.

Aya 何処へって事も無く、ただふらふらと移動しているだけなのですか？ You simply float about without any specific destination in mind?

Rumia 当たり前じゃないの。暗くて何にも見えないんだから何処に行ったって同じだもん Obviously. It's too dark to see, so my view never changes no matter where I go.

Aya 暗くて何も見えないのは貴方の所為です But you're the reason why it's too dark to see.

Rumia へえそうなのかー Oh, is that so?

Aya そうです。ところで何でそんなに日の光を嫌うのですか？ That is so. By the way, why do you hate sunlight so much?

Rumia あんたは嫌いじゃないの？ You don't hate it?

Aya 私は人間が活動的な昼間も、妖怪が活動的な夜もどちらも好きです。記事に困りません I enjoy both the day when humans are active, and the night when youkai are active. That is why I have enough material for my articles.

Rumia 珍しいなぁ。私なんか日の光に当たると肌は荒れるわ何も考えられなくなるわ、髪の毛はカサカサになって枝毛も増えるわ、挙句の果てに眠くなるわで That's rare. When I'm out in the sunlight, my skin gets all red and I can't think straight, my hair gets all dry so I get split ends, and on top of all that I get really sleepy.

Aya それは何かが足りないと思います I think that's because you're lacking something.

Rumia でも、月の光は大丈夫。夜は闇を出す必要が無くて明るいわ But I'm fine in the moonlight. I don't need to make any darkness at night but it's bright enough to see.

Aya 貴方は昼間はふらふら飛んでいるだけみたいですが、夜はどういった活動を行っているのですか？ You seem to fly around aimlessly in the day, but what do you do at night?

Rumia 別にー？ 夜もふよふよ飛んでいるだけだけど Nothing much. I just fly around at night, too.

Aya 目的意識の無い生き方をしているのですね？ 最近、学ぶ意欲も働く意欲も無い妖怪が増えてきた様な気がします。嘆かわしいことです So your lifestyle has no sense of purpose? It feels like there are more youkai who don't feel like learning or working lately. It's quite depressing.

Rumia 妖怪は人を襲うのが仕事だもん Attacking humans is a youkai's job.

Aya だから、貴方は人を襲うために何か努力したりしましたか？ But are you exerting any effort in attacking humans?

Rumia 最近人間が私に襲われてくれないのようー。こないだなんか人間に返り討ちにされちゃったし Lately, humans won't let me attack them. This other time, I got beaten up instead.

Aya そんなんだから妖怪としての威厳が保てないのです。せめて夜くらいは、闇に紛れて夜道で待ち構える位の努力をするのです It's because of that that you don't maintain your dignity as a youkai. At the very least, you should be blending into the darkness at night and waiting along the roads.