#10 二日酔いの同床異夢 Hangover of Bedfellows Dreaming Differently

"The horse thinks one thing, and he that saddles him another."

バーでの体験を終え、次の日。

お酒のあった時はあんなに盛り上がっていたのに、何だか疲れて元気が無い。これが二日酔いという奴だろうか。 The next day, following their experience in the bar.

Though there had been such excitement when they were drinking, they were somehow tired and listless. So this was what people called 'being hung over'.

結局、メリーが見せた異世界の姿が一番盛り上がりを見せた。 In the end, the visions of other worlds that Merry had shown were the biggest highlight of the night.

しかし、メリーはただ能力を使って自慢したわけでは無い。

あんな物は殆どの人は手品か、そういう機能のある手鏡か何かだと思っただろう。 However, it wasn't as if Merry had simply used her ability and boasted about it.

Most people probably assumed something of that level was just a magic trick, or a mirror that had that sort of function.

メリーのした事、それは、他人の体験談を自分達の物にする事だった。 What Merry had done was to take other people's personal accounts, and make them their own.

「どうだった？」

「うーん、半分くらいはつくり話だったわね」

「でも、上手くいったわね。

メリーが鏡で結界の向こう側を見せると同時に、

相手に触れて本当に異世界を見たのか探る作戦」 "How'd it go?"

"Mmm. About half of the stories were just made-up."

"It went really well, though.

My plan to have you show each of them the other side of the barrier through the mirror,

and at the same time make contact with them to figure out if they really had been to another world."

メリーは、よくとっさにそんなこと思いつくなぁ、と感心した。

そう、蓮子はとても聡明で頭の回転が速いのだ。 Merry was deeply impressed by how Renko had come up with all that on the spot.

Yes, Renko truly was intelligent and a quick thinker.

「ちなみに蛇の話と髪の毛教は本物だったわ」

「やっぱり？

あの二つの話は何か嘘にしては話が整っていなかったからねぇ。

じゃあ、決まりね！」

「何が？」

「何が、ってそりゃあ、これから行くのよ三輪山に！」 "The stories about the snakes and hair cult were true, by the way."

"Oh, I know, right?

Those two stories weren't told anywhere near skillfully enough to be lies.

It's decided, then!"

"What is?"

"What do you mean, what? We're headed to Mount Miwa!"