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Mayling

美玲

46 chapters · 1314 lines · English and Chinese below. Japanese and Korean, voices and theatre mode are in the reader.

Section 1 第一节

(In the ops room—)（指挥室内——）

(Alone in front of the main control panel, Mayling oversees the Elmo's operation.)（美玲独自坐在总控台前，核对艾莫号的运转情况。）

(On a table next to the control panel, several bottles of beverages with pumpkin motifs printed on their packaging sit idly.)（总控台旁的桌子上，摆着几瓶外包装上画着南瓜的饮料。)

MaylingVector engine readings, all nominal. MCV defense system, online. Current speed, 30km/h; 85 km to TASK-4022 coordinates. Everything looks good...向力引擎运转正常；基地车防卫系统正常启动中；目前时速30KM，距离TASK-4022任务要求地点还有85KM，看起来一切都好……

MaylingYawn—Eh? A small-scale collapse storm 8 km northwest of the MCV? Requesting B.R.I.E.F. intel on the surrounding environment, matching... This won't be a walk in the park it seems...哈啊——欸？基地车西北方向8KM处有小范围的坍塌风暴？调用B.R.I.E.F.的对周围环境的信息数据，并进行比对……啊，这个任务也不简单呀……

MaylingEmm... let's slow down and go around. Make sure we're clear of the collapse storm before resuming the original navigation speed.嗯……减速绕行，确认远离坍塌风暴影响范围后调整为原本的行驶速度。

MaylingYawn—if only the engine failures could be staggered with the recent spree of overtime. I'm so sleepy...哈啊——如果引擎出故障的时间能和最近连续的加班错开就好了，好困……

MaylingMy head feels heavy... Ugh...头、好像越来越重了……唔……

(Thump. Mayling's forehead slams into the control panel.)（“咚”地一声，美玲的头猛地砸在了总控台桌面上。）

MaylingOuch, that hurts!啊、好痛！

MaylingDid I almost fall asleep? I won't be able to finish work at this rate! What should I do... What would the Commander do in this situation?我差点睡着了？这么下去会耽误工作的！该怎么办……如果是指挥官的话，会怎么做？

MaylingEmm. The Commander frequently works late into the night, yet they always appear rejuvenated.... How do they do it...? There must be some way.唔，指挥官也经常熬夜工作，但每次都很有精神，是怎么办到的……一定会有办法的。

MaylingCommander... Right! The Commander drinks coffee all the time when they're staying up late. How can I forget this?指挥官……有了，指挥官熬夜的时候经常会喝咖啡，我怎么忘了这个……

MaylingThinking back, Leader's suggestion to purchase a coffee machine was such a great call. Never thought it would actually come in handy like this...队长当时提出要采购咖啡机，真是个好选择，没想到这个时候会派上用场……

MaylingHmm... it's pretty user-friendly! But wait, do I really have to sit here for 30 minutes just to get my coffee?嗯……使用方法很简单嘛，不过，至少要等上半小时，咖啡才会好？

MaylingWell... staying awake for half an hour shouldn't be that bad... right? Note to self... once tonight's shift is over, be sure to request the Commander for a vacation.嗯……半小时内维持清醒，应该不会很难……哈啊……等今晚的值班结束了，见到指挥官后一定要提出休假申请。

MaylingAs of today, I've been working overtime for two weeks straight, and I don't usually get any rest either...到今天为止，已经连续加班两周了，平常也没有休息好……

MaylingWait... I have an idea!唔……这样好了！

Mayling...Hmm, the instruction says...……嗯，说明书上是这样……

MaylingAnd it's set! 60 decibels loud alarm. If I accidentally fall asleep, please wake me up, Mr. coffee machine.设置完毕！60分贝的提示音。如果我中途不小心睡过去了，就拜托你叫醒我啦，咖啡机。

MaylingMy! Can't keep my head from slumping, gosh...啊！头老是往下掉，好麻烦呀！

MaylingThis should keep my head up. Hmm... a vacation... what should I do with it...这样撑住头就好了。 唔……假期，做什么好呢……

(Twenty minutes later—)（二十分钟后——）

??Mayling, Mayling. It's time to waaaake up~美玲，美玲，该醒——过来了哟~

MaylingHmm... sleepy, let me doze some more...唔……困，再让我睡会……

??Okie-dokie. I know Mayling is suuuuper sleepy now, but even so, you should probably go rest on your bed. You'll get sick laying on the table like this~!好啦好啦，人家知道美玲现在困得不——得了，不过就算要睡觉，美玲最好也是到床上去休息哦，像这样趴在桌子上很容易生病的~

MaylingRest on my bed... rest... on bed... No! That's not right! I have to keep track of the engine!到床上去休息……床上……休息……不，不对！我还要看着引擎呢！

MaylingAh! Colphne? What brings you here at this time?啊！寇尔芙？这么晚了，你怎么会来这里？

ColphneHehe, I'm dropping by because I have something for you, Mayling. Here, take this, the Leader said it's yours.嘿嘿，人家来找美玲当然是有事情啦。喏，拿着，队长说这个是你的。

MaylingThis is... "Ludo... and Her Magic Wine"? I remember this book... I just bought it this month. Why do you have it?这个……露朵……和她的奇妙魔酒？ 这个好像是……我这个月买的书，为什么会在你那里？

ColphneWhile cleaning up my room tonight, I found this book in the corner.今晚人家收拾房间的时候，在角落里发现了这本书。

ColphneIt wasn't on my request list, so I figured Mayling probably left it in my room by accident when you were busy arranging the rest of the dormitory~它不在人家的需求清单里，所以猜想是不是美玲你为大家布置休息室的时候，不小心落在人家这里了~

MaylingThank you, Colphne. Sob... I'm still too careless with work.谢谢你，寇尔芙，呜……我工作还是太粗心了。

ColphneOh my. Mayling's got so much things to handle every day, so it's perfectly understandable that you might forget one or two every now and then~!哎呀呀，美玲你每天要做的事情这么多，偶尔的粗心也完全情有可原嘛~

ColphnePlus, I had a greeeeat find swinging by Mayling today~!而且，人家今天来找美玲，也有了一个大——收获哟~！

MaylingG-great find?大、大收获？

ColphneThat being—Mayling's sleeping face is suuuuper cute!那就是——美玲的超——可爱睡颜！

ColphneHehe~ I've already snapped a picture of it, and I'm going to set it as one of the optional wallpapers for Colphne's-Super-Special-MAX-Pro health app!嘻嘻~人家已经拍下来了，而且打算设置成人家的超级无敌寇尔芙特制健康生活辅助程序MAX Pro的可选壁纸之一哦~

ColphneHmm... with a wallpaper like this, the Commander's got be more interested in using this app now, right~?唔……有这样的壁纸的话，指挥官也会更愿意使用这个程序吧~

MaylingMy sleeping face, set as wallpaper, AND it'll be seen by the Commander? No, no, no!我睡着的样子，设置成壁纸，还、还会被指挥官看到？不、不不不要！

ColphneAlright, alright, I was just messing with you. Of course I will keep such a precious photo to myself.好啦好啦，人家跟你开玩笑的啦。这么珍贵的照片，人家当然是要自己收藏了。

ColphneAlthough, you do look very tired, Mayling~ After servicing the vector engine, it's ideal to monitor the overall status and make targeted adjustments yourself, but since you're dozing off like this, it's better to get some proper rest~不过，美玲你看起来很困耶~虽然维护完向力引擎后，由你来监控整体运行状态，进行针对性调试比较好，但这么困的话，还是去床上休息比较好哦~

ColphneHmm... If you're worried about the MCV, I'm happy to take your shift.嗯……要是担心基地车的情况，人家可以接着值班哟~

MaylingT-thanks Colphne, but I can do this! I'm not dozing off, and I have coffee to keep me up...不、不用了寇尔芙我可以的！我不困，而且我还有咖啡让我保持清醒……

ColphneWell... if Mayling insists, fiiiine~ However, you can always ask me to come over and swap shifts when you're not feeling well.唔……美玲这么坚持的话，好哟。不过，感到不舒服的时候随时可以喊人家过来换班~

MaylingUm... Okay!嗯……嗯！

MaylingColphne...? What's the matter? Why are you suddenly looking at me like that?寇尔芙……？怎么了？为什么突然这样看着我？

ColphneMayling, your eye bags... are as big as the protagonist's on the cover of your book. Mayling... did you get this children's book because you relate to the main character?美玲的黑眼圈……和美玲买的这本书封面上的主人公的一样大呢，唔……美玲买这本童话书，是因为自己和主人公很像吗？

MaylingNo... After reading the digital version, I had to get a physical copy for collection purposes because the tale was so captivating!只是因为这个故事很好看，所以我看完电子版后就采购了一本作为收藏！

ColphneOhhh—that sounds interesting. Mayling, would you mind telling me more about it?唔——听起来很有趣耶，美玲给人家讲讲好不好呀~？

MaylingBut I have to monitor the engine operation now. Besides, don't you have something else scheduled, Colphne?但我接下来还要监控引擎运转，而且，寇尔芙你没有别的安排了吗？

ColphneI'm not that busy tonight~今晚，人家没有那么忙哟~

ColphneNow that the MCV is running without a hitch, taking a few moments to share me your story shouldn't be an issue~ Besides, Mayling, since you're so sleepy... doing so can keep you awake!现在基地车运行十分平稳，花几分钟给人家讲个故事不会出现问题的啦~而且，美玲你这么困，讲个故事可能会状态会好一些哟~

MaylingHuh? Storytelling can help me feel better?啊？讲故事也能让人状态变好吗？

ColphneOf course it does. Doing relaxing things when you're tired can be a great refresher ~当然啦，很困的时候做点轻松的事，能让精神状态变好哟~

MaylingAh... in that case, s-sit next to me, and we'll read it together!啊……这样的话，那、那你就坐我旁边，我们一起看这个故事！

MaylingThe tale goes like this...故事是这样的……

MaylingSee the girl on the cover carrying a large repair kit? Her name is Ludo. She signed a contract with the owner of a factory in the dark forest called Eternal Bliss. However, her contract was tampered with, so now Ludo has to work all year round for the owner.封面上这个背着大型维修包的女孩就是露朵，她和黑暗森林里名为“永恒福音”的工厂厂主签订了工作协议，但协议被做了手脚，露朵只能全年无休为工厂主工作。

MaylingLudo collapsed after enduring grueling hours of hard work, remaining unconscious for half a month before waking up. Unfortunately, with this prolonged slumber, her health condition has deteriorated drastically...长时间的工作让露朵晕了过去，整整睡了半个月才醒来，但因为长时间的睡眠，她的身体情况变得很差很差……

ColphneThat's why you should be careful before signing any document... Well—with Ludo in such serious condition, is there a doctor to treat her?签订所有文件前都应该小心谨慎……唔——露朵的情况这么严重，有治疗她的医生吗?

MaylingThere are no doctors in the tale. However, there is a magic wine that can revitalize Ludo and grant her divine powers!故事里没有医生，不过，有能够让露朵恢复健康并且拥有强大神力的魔酒！

ColphneA magic wine—? That can heal people...? Then Ludo must've been cured, right?魔酒——？能让人恢复健康……？那露朵肯定被治好了，对不对？

MaylingYeah! Ludo went through trials and tribulations before successfully acquiring the wine recipe from the Deaconess. Upon consuming it, she really received divine power and defeated the factory owner, earning herself an entire year's vacation!嗯，对！露朵历经艰险，从执事官小姐那里拿到了魔酒的配方，调制成功喝下去后获得了神力打败工厂主，为自己争取了一整年的假期！

MaylingAn entire year! Of vacation! I never thought such a thing was possible! If I had a whole year to myself, I would spend it exploring all the alcohols in the world, and maybe even find the one my dad always drank when I was little...一整年！整整一整年的假期——我从没想过这样的事！如果我也能有一整年假期的话，我——我要尝尝世上所有的酒，说不定还能找到小时候爸爸一直喝的那种酒……

MaylingColphne, w-why do you look so serious...? Did I say something wrong?寇尔芙，你、你怎么表情这么严肃……？我说错什么了吗？

ColphneUh? No, no. I was merely pondering how Ludo couldn't have defeated the factory owner so easily. After all, no tale in this world ever stays smooth sailing allll the way~唔~？没有没有。只是人家在想，露朵肯定没有这么容易就打败工厂主了吧，因为，这个世界上——没有一个故事全程都是美好的哟~

MaylingHuh...? Right! After Ludo drank the magic wine, she got caught by Miss Deaconess right away. Instead of punishing her, Miss Deaconess and Blue Morpho helped Ludo escape from the church together!欸……？嗯！露朵喝下魔酒后，立马就被执事官小姐发现了，不过执事官小姐没有生气，反而和蓝闪蝶一起帮助露朵离开了教会！

MaylingLook, this elf with blue sparkly wings on the cover is Blue Morpho. She kind of looks like you...你看，封面上这个有着蓝色闪光翅膀的精灵，就是蓝闪蝶，她和你有点像呢……

ColphneHmm? Yeah... her wings are absolutely beautiful; I wonder how they look as they flutter... It seems that both Miss Deaconess and Blue Morpho are good people. The "tears of the kind" in the recipe likely belong to them.唔？嗯……她的翅膀看起来好漂亮耶，不知道扇动起来是怎样的…… 听起来，执事官小姐和蓝闪蝶都是好人。配方里善良之人的眼泪，说不定就来自于她们哟~

MaylingBut... aside from good guys, there are also bad guys like the factory owner. After fleeing from the church, Ludo ran into a talking rabbit.但是……除了好人外，也有像工厂主一样的坏人。逃离教会后，露朵就遇到了一只会说话的兔子。

ColphneLike Krolik~?像克罗丽科那样的~？

MaylingKrolik is not a rabbit! Anyway, the rabbit in the story is a bad guy; she disguised herself as soft and gentle at first... only to unexpectedly stop Ludo from leaving!克罗丽科才不是兔子啦！总之，故事里的兔子是个坏人，她一开始伪装得非常温柔……然后，在露朵要离开的时候突然阻拦露朵！

MaylingThe rabbit was truly formidable and difficult to deal with... Just as Ludo struggled to escape from the rabbit, the Wise Sage appeared! They further boosted Ludo's divine power from the wine, which was used to defeat the rabbit!兔子真的好厉害，好难对付……就在露朵无论如何也没有办法摆脱兔子的时候，智慧老人出现了！智慧老人帮助露朵进一步激发了魔酒的神力，打败了兔子！

ColphneEhh? The magic wine can actually give someone that level of power?! I'm starting to feel jealous—嗯？魔酒能让人变得这么强大！听得人家也想——

(Suddenly, the coffee machine blares, drowning the entire room with its noisy beeps.)（咖啡机的提示音突然响起，整间屋子里都塞满了咖啡机发出的噪音。)

MaylingMy coffee is ready! I was worried about falling asleep in the middle of it so I set it at very loud! Sorry!我的咖啡好了！我怕自己中途睡着，才设置了这么大的声音，对不起！

MaylingAh... M-my legs are numb from sitting for too long... Colphne, please... wait a moment. I'll turn it off in just a moment!啊……我、我……我的腿好像因为坐太久麻了……寇尔芙，你、你稍等一下，我马上就去关！

ColphneMy, my! Don't be in such a hurry~ Being this exhausted, you should take a good rest! I'll get you the coffee.哎呀呀，不要急嘛~ 都这么累了好好休息才对！咖啡的话，人家帮你拿过来。

ColphneHere, coffee~ Watch out, it's hoooot and steamy!喏，咖啡~小心烫哦，正冒着这——么多热气呢~！

MaylingWah—h-h-hot!哇——好、好烫！

ColphneTake your time, it's all yours~喝慢点呀，人家不会和你抢的啦~快把咖啡给人家~

ColphneHere, have this beverage to cool down a bit. It's cold to the touch～来，喝点饮料缓缓，这个摸起来是冷的～

MaylingThank you, Colphne. I-I was in too much of a hurry... And the taste of this beverage... it's so good...谢谢你，寇尔芙，我……我刚才喝得太急了——不过这个的味道，真好呀……

ColphneHaha... Is that so~? Well—let me take over the rest of the shift tonight... Mayling, you seem to be blushing even more~?哈哈……是嘛～唔——今晚就由人家来值班吧，美玲你好像脸更红了耶～

MaylingI-it's okay! The coffee should be cold enough to drink soon, besides, I have this great beverage here...不用不用！剩下的咖啡凉一下就可以喝了，而且我还有这个很好喝的饮料……

MaylingWait, this is—this beverage is...!等等、这个饮料——这个饮料是！

ColphneIs what~?是什么~？

MaylingT-this isn't a beverage at all, it's, it's a bottle that I filled with rice wine to prevent the Commander from stealing my collection!这个、这个根本不是饮料，是、是我为了防止指挥官偷拿我的收藏，往饮料瓶里灌的米酒！

ColphneRice wine? Ah—I'm sorry! I didn't know it was rice wine. I just wanted to make you feel better, Mayling...米酒？啊——对不起！人家不知道这里面是米酒，只是想让美玲你好受些……

MaylingNo, it's fine! It's me who filled the bottle in the first place, it's not Colphne's fault... but, m-my head... feels s-so dizzy...没、没事！米酒是我自己往里面灌的，和寇尔芙你没关系……但，我、我的头……好、好晕……晕……

ColphneAre you all right, Mayling?! Let me help you—你没事吧美玲！要不然我扶你——

MaylingAh, MCV system alert! I-I'm fine, Colphne. Ju-just give me a second.啊基地车的提示！我、我没事，寇尔芙，你、你等我一下。

MaylingAhem, adjust autonomous pathing, confirm target coordinates, resume cruise speed of 30km/h— Huh? T-the screens, how come there's m-more than one screen?咳咳、嗯，调整行驶路线，确认目标地点，恢复至正常行驶速度30KM/H——呜？屏幕、屏幕怎么多、多了好几块出来？

MaylingHuh...? And several more just pop up?!啊……？又、又多了好几块屏幕！

ColphneMayling, are you by any chance... drunk?美玲，你……不会是——喝醉了吧？

MaylingDrunk? No, not at all— Hic~ Just that everything in front of me is a bit distorted... and flickering... Haha... Co-Colphne, would you like to play some Tetris?喝醉？完、完全没有——嗝~只是眼前的东西都有、有点变形……还、还在闪动，哈哈……寇、寇尔芙，你——想不想玩俄、俄罗斯方块？

MaylingWe haven't played in so long… I-I spent all the Collapse pieces I saved up recently on rice wine… (Sobs) But this time… we can go all out! I'll use every last Collapse piece I've saved up!我们好久都没玩了，我、我最近存的晶条都拿去买米酒了呜呜……这次、我们可以玩得大一点，我可以把我之前存的所有晶条都拿出来！

ColphneTetris? Well... I'm not really in the mood for Tetris now~ Besides, you're still on shift, Mayling!俄罗斯方块？这个……人家目前不想玩哟~而且美玲你不是还要值班嘛——

MaylingShift, right-but it's also crucial to play Tetris! I'm really short on money right now! M-money to buy more rice wine...值班，对，值班——但是，玩俄罗斯方块也很重要！人家现在真的很缺钱！有钱，有钱才能买到更多米酒，呜……

(Mayling smacks into Colphne's shoulder with a loud thud, her eyelids shut tight.)（美玲“咚”地一下撞在了寇尔芙的肩膀上，闭上了眼睛。）

ColphneMayling, Mayling?!美玲，美玲？！

ColphnePhew... looks like she just fell asleep... certainly an improvement over the last time when she got drunk, suddenly woke up and mistook everyone for someone else...呼……看来是睡着了，嗯……至少比上次喝醉后的情况好一点，没有突然醒过来，然后把大家当成其他人……

ColphneBut, hangovers aren't good for the health... I better get the Leader to come over~但是，宿醉对身体不太好，唔……还是让队长来一趟比较好耶~

(Colphne sits Mayling back down on her chair, then finds a thick blanket to cover her before calling Groza over the comm.)（寇尔芙将美玲扶回椅子内，找了张厚毯子盖在美玲身上，向闪电发起了通讯。）

(The cup of now-cold coffee still sits on the table. Moonlight shines through the window on Mayling; she gently moves her upper body, her eyelids twitching ever so slightly.)（那杯已经冷掉的咖啡还放在桌子上，月光从窗户照在美玲身上，美玲轻轻挪了挪上半身，眼皮微动。）

Section 2 第二节

ColphneHm~ Her body temperature's normal. Looks like she's just drunk.嗯~体温正常，看来只是喝醉了。

ColphneLeader, Mayling is fine, but being hungover for too long is very bad for the body, so I'd like you to help give Mayling a hangover cure~队长，美玲没有太大问题，但是宿醉对身体伤害很大，所以人家想让队长帮忙给美玲醒酒啦～

GrozaWhat happened now?这次又是什么情况？

ColphneAw~ Mayling was drinking coffee, but she went too fast and scalded her mouth, so I gave her a drink because I was worried. But who could have expected the drink to be full of rice wine...哎呀～美玲想喝咖啡，但是因为喝得太急被烫到了，人家担心美玲就递了饮料过去，但没想到里面装的是米酒……

Groza...I'll go make some sobering tea. Colphne, bring Mayling to her bed so that she can rest. Make sure she doesn't catch a cold.……我去做点醒酒茶。寇尔芙，你带美玲去床上休息，注意别让她着凉。

ColphneGot it, Leader~知道啦队长～

(As Colphne scoops up Mayling to carry her off, the latter's eyes suddenly open.)（寇尔芙抱住美玲正要带她去休息，美玲突然睁开了眼睛。）

ColphneAh, you're awake?啊，你醒啦？

MaylingHehehe... Hiii, Blue Morpho~嘿嘿嘿……嗨，蓝闪蝶～

ColphneBlue Morpho? W-wait a minute, did you just call meeeee Blue Morpho? As in the one from that fairytale...蓝闪蝶？等、等等，你叫人家——蓝闪蝶？就是那个童话故事里的……

MaylingH-have you forgotten me? I'm Ludo!难、难不成，你忘记我啦？我是露朵呀！

MaylingYou led me out of the Church, don't you remember? And you even managed to persuade Miss Enforcer to leave. Ludo might have had her eyes closed, but Ludo heard everything!是你带着我逃离教会的，还想了办法将执事官小姐劝走，露朵虽然闭着眼睛，但刚才你们的话露朵都听到了！

MaylingYou used that Mayling person to charm Miss Enforcer into making sobering tea too, so let's use this opportunity to go find the factory lord!你用一个叫做美玲的人迷惑了执事官小姐去做醒酒茶，就趁现在，我们赶紧一起去找工厂主吧！

ColphneEhhhhh? Wait a minute, what's this about Miss Enforcer and the factory lord? Mayling, do you think you're a character in a story?欸——？等等！执事官小姐、工厂主？美玲，你把自己当成故事里的主角啦？

MaylingWhat the heck! Ludo is Ludo and nobody else! Also, you promised to be with Ludo forever until we defeated the factory lord and got vacations for everyone!什么呀！露朵就是露朵，不是其他人！而且你答应过露朵，要一直和露朵一起，直到打败工厂主，为所有人争取到假期！

(Colphne straps Mayling into a command chair before rubbing her temples.)（寇尔芙将美玲按在了指挥椅上，揉了揉自己的额角。）

ColphneIt's not like how she got drunk last time. Now she's goooone and reinvented herself as a fairytale character...和上次喝醉后不一样，这次——把自己当成了童话故事里的主角……

Colphne...……

ColphneOh my, this sounds most interesting...哎呀，很有趣的样子……

MaylingBlue Morpho, are you trying to trick Ludo? Why are you whispering?!蓝闪蝶，你有什么要瞒着露朵吗，这、这么小声地说话！

ColphneUm... No, I'm not~ I was just thinking about how to help Ludo beat the factory lord~ After all, the factory lord's so powerful that winning seems like a triiicky proposition~唔……没有哟~人家只是在想，该怎么帮露朵打败工厂主哟~ 毕竟，工厂主那么强大，人家觉得——要打败工厂主很难耶~

MaylingD-don't worry (hic) —Ludo had the demon drink and is full of divine power, once we find the factory lord we, we can beat them!别、别担心，嗝——露朵已经喝下了魔酒，有很强大的神力，只要我们找到工厂主，就、就一定能将工厂主打败！

ColphneOh—哦——

MaylingNow, we need to go before Miss Enforcer comes back!现在，趁着执事官小姐还没来，我们赶紧走！

GrozaWhere are you going?你们是要去哪里？

ColphneAh... Leader, Mayling said she wanted to wash her face and needed company~啊……队长，美玲说想要去洗洗脸，想让人家陪着~

GrozaRemember to use hot water. Mayling, drink your sobering tea first.记得用热水。美玲，先把醒酒茶喝了。

MaylingSobering tea? Noooo, I don't wanna—! I don't wanna drink it!醒酒茶？不、不要——！不要喝！

GrozaHm? Mayling, you'll have a headache tomorrow if you don't.……？美玲，不喝它，明天你会头疼的。

MaylingNo! Never!不要，绝对不要！

GrozaI used the recipe you gave me. There are no problems with it.这个是用美玲你给的配方做的，没有坏处。

(Mayling's eyes go swirly for a moment and she seems nervous.)（美玲的眼睛转了一圈，有些紧张。）

(Upon seeing this, Colphne bends down beside Mayling's ear—)（见状，寇尔芙俯身凑到了美玲耳边——）

ColphneWe need an excuse to bluff Miss Enforcer.得找个理由瞒过执事官小姐。

Mayling...I, I... I hate how this tastes! It's weird! I won't drink it!……我、我……我不喜欢这个味道，很奇怪，不喝！

GrozaHm... The Commander didn't seem to like it either. While you were the one who gave me the recipe, it seems not everyone can tolerate its spiciness...嗯……之前指挥官好像也不太喜欢，虽然是美玲你给的配方，不过辣椒素似乎并不是所有人都能接受……

GrozaI'll go make another portion and adjust its taste. Colphne, take Mayling to wash her face.我再去做一份，稍微调整一下口感。寇尔芙，你先带美玲去洗脸。

ColphneSure thing, Leader, on it right now~ I'l leave the sobering tea to you, then~好的哟队长，人家这就去~醒酒茶就拜托你啦队长~

MaylingWhew, Miss Enforcer's gone now... So, how was that? Ludo did good, right? I just didn't expect Miss Enforcer to be a bad person who could brew sobering tea that could drain my divine power...执事官小姐走了，呼……怎么样，露朵做得不错吧？只是没想到，执事官小姐会是坏人，煮了能让露朵失去神力的醒酒茶……

ColphneBut Ludo thought of a great reason to get rid of her, right? Okay, let's go~但是露朵不是想出了非常棒的理由让她离开吗？好啦，趁现在，我们走~

MaylingYup! Ludo knows where the factory lord is. Blue Morpho, let's go!嗯！露朵知道谁知道工厂主的下落，蓝闪蝶，我们一起！

(Mayling grabs Colphne's hand and begins heading toward the central hub of the Elmo.)（美玲拉住寇尔芙的手，迈开步伐朝着艾莫号的中枢区走去。）

(Colphne blinks, glances over at the direction where Groza went, and then leaves the ops room with Mayling.)（寇尔芙眨眨眼，看了看闪电离开的方向，跟着美玲一同离开指挥室。）

(The mug of cold coffee on the table has been completely forgotten.)（那杯放在桌子上的冷咖啡，已经被彻底忘掉了。）

Section 3 第三节

MaylingBlue Morpho, the factory lord, keeps making Ludo do overtime everyday; they're absolutely terrible—!蓝闪蝶，工厂主一——每天都有忙不完的工作，一直让露朵加班真的超级差劲——！

ColphneYup yup~ they're terrible, absolutely the worst~嗯嗯~差劲差劲，真是非常差劲~

MaylingAlso, they always come over whenever the workload is heaviest during the day to dump more assignments on Ludo. Aren't they awful?而且，每次都会在工作最、最忙的时候又突然跑来加任务给露朵，真的很讨厌！

ColphneMhm mhm~ they're awful, simply awful~唔唔~讨厌讨厌，这点真的很讨厌~

MaylingBlue Morpho, why do you keep repeating everything I say— aaahhhh!蓝闪蝶，你怎么在一直——重复我的话，啊——！

ColphneOkay, I got you. We're not there yet, and if you go down here, you won't be able to carry on with your quest, okay~哎呀，扶住你啦，还没到目的地，在这里倒下可就不能继续冒险了哟~

MaylingThank you, Blue Morpho... W-wait a minute, look over there, that thing over there is...谢谢你，蓝闪蝶……等、等一下，那边、那边那个是——

MaylingFound it! Quick, take a look, Blue Morpho, that's the Wise Sage, she— she must know where the factory lord is! Ludo will go talk to her right now!找到了！蓝闪蝶你看你快看，那就是智慧老人，她——她知道工厂主在哪里！露朵现在就去问她！

ColphneEh, Mayling, wait—诶，美玲，等等——

(Colphne can't grab Mayling's clothes in time. All she can do is watch Mayling rush toward Nemesis like the wind.)（寇尔芙甚至没能抓住美玲的半片衣角，只能眼睁睁地看着美玲像风一样冲向纳美西丝。）

KrolikHah? I'm not coordinating with you? As if anyone could tell when you shoot— Mayling, what on earth are you doing?!哈？我不配合你战斗？你这块废铁突然开枪谁知道——美玲，你干嘛！

MaylingYou, yes, you, the Wise Sage, you must know where the factory lord (hic) is!您，就是您，您一定知道——您作为智慧老人，一定知道工厂主在——嗝，哪里！

Colphne...Oh—……哦——————

KrolikWise Sage? Her? Nemesis? She doesn't have a single wise bone in her body!智慧老人？这家伙？她？纳美西丝？这家伙浑身上下没一块零件和智慧挨得上边！

Nemesis...……………………

MaylingP-please tell Ludo the answer. Ludo will leave immediately once Ludo learns the location of the "factory lord".请、请您一定要告诉露朵，只要告诉露朵“工厂主”的下落，露朵就会离开！

Nemesis...Tangling vines... spreading across green firmament... extending to parts unknown...……纠缠的藤蔓……遍布青色穹窿……蜿蜒伸展不知去向……

MaylingHmmm...? L-Ludo has no idea what you just said! Please speak in a way that Ludo can understand!呜……？您、您的话，露朵听不懂！请用露朵听得懂的话说！

Nemesis...………………

KrolikTsk, Nemesis says she doesn't know any factory lord!啧，纳美西丝说她不认识什么工厂主！

MaylingAhhh... She doesn't know? B-but how? Y-you're supposed to be the Wise Sage! Did Ludo do something wrong? Is that why you are testing Ludo?啊……不认识？怎、怎么可能，您、您可是智慧老人啊！是不是露朵做错了什么，所以您才用这种方式考验露朵？

MaylingLudo is... Ludo is... (sniffle) Ludo is very sorry, Wise Sage!露朵、露朵……呜，智慧老人非常对不起！

(Mayling lets go of Nemesis' hands and bows deeply. Once Nemesis' expression lightens, Mayling immediately grabs her hands again.)（美玲松开纳美西丝的双手，深深鞠了一躬，纳美西丝的脸色稍稍好了些——而后美玲又立刻握住了纳美西丝的双手。）

Nemesis...………………

MaylingLudo is willing to fix any mistake that Ludo made, but you must tell Ludo the location of the factory lord!不管露朵犯了什么错露朵都愿意去纠正，但是工厂主的下落请您一定要告诉露朵！

KrolikAre you quite done with this already? How are we even supposed to answer you when we don't even know who you're talking ab— wait a minute, have you been drinking again?!有完没完！不知道你说的谁怎么回答——等等，你这样，又喝酒了？！

MaylingL-Ludo will never talk! You're a bad person, talking bunny!露、露朵才不会告诉你，会说话的兔子，你是坏人！

KrolikSay what now? A talking bunny? What is going on here, Colphne?说什么呢，什么会说话的兔子？怎么回事，寇尔芙？

ColphneAh? Ah... Aiyaya, Mayling's drunk. I have noooo idea why she's suddenly making a fuss about looking for the factory lord. Looks like she sees you as someone else, Krolik~啊？啊……哎呀呀，美玲喝醉了嘛，人家也不知道为什么就突然闹着要找工厂主，看来是把克罗丽科你当成别的人了~

KrolikTsk, if she's drunk, you should put her to bed. What are you even doing here? What about Leader? Where is she?啧，喝醉了就赶紧带她去休息，来这干嘛？队长呢，队长在哪？

ColphneGroza's currently—闪电队长正在——

MaylingG-Groza? Y-you mean Miss Enforcer? N-no! I won't allow it—! Nobody is to go get her! Not the bunny and not the Wise Sage either! Blue Morpho, stop the hag; Ludo will grab the bunny!闪、闪电？执事官小姐？ 我、我不许——！谁都不许去找她！兔子不行，智慧老人也不行！蓝闪蝶，露朵抓住兔子，你拦住智慧老人！

(Mayling immediately lets go of Nemesis and hugs Krolik tightly.)（美玲立刻松开纳美西丝，转而紧紧抱住克罗丽科。）

KrolikLet go of me, Mayling!美玲，你放开我！

MaylingNever!绝不！

KrolikYou— Nemesis, do something!你——纳美西丝，干点什么！

Nemesis...Scattered blue butterflies... churn up thunderous waves...……纷乱的蓝蝶……掀起咆哮的海浪……

KrolikColphne? Ah, Colphne—! Get Mayling off me!寇尔芙？啊、寇尔芙——！赶紧把美玲拉开！

MaylingBlue Morpho, you'll definitely help Ludo, right?蓝闪蝶，你一定会帮露朵对不对！

ColphneOh my, I truly didn't expect something like this to happen~ Still, it seems as long as I oblige Mayling, the problem will solve itself~哎呀呀，这个——发展到这个地步人家真的没料到呢~不过——似乎只要回答美玲，问题就可以解决了哟~

Nemesis...…………

Krolik...Hah? Why are you looking at me, Nemesis?!哈？纳美西丝你看我干什么？！

Nemesis...……

KrolikHey!喂！

ColphneOh dear, are you going to take a break, Nemesis? Are you just going to abandon everyone here?哎呀，纳美西丝这是要去休息了吗？难道要这样把大家丢在这里吗？

Nemesis...…………

KrolikYou're going to turn tail and run the moment you get into trouble? Well, that's just like how you fight, Nemesis!遇到点麻烦就想着逃跑，简直跟战斗时一模一样啊纳美西丝！

(Nemesis freezes mid-step, and then she walks back to her original position, ignoring everyone else.)（纳美西丝行走的步伐定住了，而后她慢慢走回了原本的位置，不再理会任何人。）

KrolikSay something, Nemesis! What are you standing around for?!说话啊纳美西丝你站着干什么了？！

(Colphne comes over to take a look, then reaches out to grab Mayling.)（寇尔芙来回看了看，伸手拉了拉美玲。）

ColphneOh my, what a mess this is— Ludo, since the wise hag doesn't know the location of the factory lord, let's go find them ourselves~哎呀呀，这可真是——露朵，既然智慧老人不知道工厂主的下落，那我们就自己去找工厂主吧~

(Mayling looks at Krolik, whom she's hugging, and then Nemesis, then thinks for a bit before shaking her head.)（美玲看了看被自己抱住的克罗丽科，又看看纳美西丝，想了想，还是摇摇头。）

(Krolik is about to speak when Mayling suddenly lets go of Krolik and crouches down.)（克罗丽科正要开口，美玲突然间放开了克罗丽科，蹲了下来。）

ColphneMayling? Are you alright, Mayling?美玲？你还好吗美玲？

Section 4 第四节

MaylingUgh— uuurgh... I feel sick...唔——唔唔……好、好难受……

ColphneBad?! Quick, let me see!难受？！快让人家看看！

ColphneAre you feeling nauseous? Or dizzy? If you can't go any further, I'll take you back to your room to rest. I still have some extra medicine in my medical pouch—是想吐吗？还是头晕？不行人家先带你回去休息，我的医疗包里还有备用的药——

MaylingUgh... no, I can't, I, I haven't found the factory lord yet...呜……不要、不去，还、还没找到工厂主……

ColphneOh dear, this...哎呀，这……

KrolikTsk, if she's feeling uncomfortable, then take her to bed where she can rest! The heck are you two squatting here for?!啧，难受就赶紧带她去休息，两个人蹲在这干嘛？！

Nemesis...……

KrolikWhy are you glaring at me...你盯着我看干什么……

Nemesis...Plebeian discourse... scattered forests of coiled steel...……庸常的言语……蜷曲的钢铁散落森林……

KrolikWhat do you mean I care too much about Mayling?! I'm just worried nobody's going to be able to maintain the MCV if something happens to her!什、我过度关心美玲？！谁过度了！我只是担心她出问题了没人能维护这个基地车了！

MaylingHaahhh... Hah... (coughs and splutters)... At last, I feel better now!哈啊……哈……咳、咳咳咳……终于，终于舒服了！

(With Colphne's help, Mayling finally comes around.)（在寇尔芙的帮助下，美玲终于缓了过来。）

(Colphne thinks, then approaches Mayling again—)（寇尔芙想了想，再次凑近了美玲——）

ColphneLudo, do you trust me now?露朵，你相信人家吗？

MaylingYou're the only one I trust, Blue Morpho!蓝闪蝶，你是我唯一相信的人！

ColphneEhhh? I'm sooooo touched~ Mmm, I just remembered where the factory lord is. Want to go find the factory lord with me now, Ludo?欸？人家觉得，好——感动哟~唔，人家刚刚想起了工厂主在哪里，露朵现在能不能就跟着人家去找工厂主？

MaylingR-really? Do you really know where the factory lord is?真、真的吗？你真的知道工厂主在哪里吗？

ColphneOf course. Would I lie?当然啦，人家什么时候骗过你？

KrolikHey! What are you two mumbling about?喂，你俩在嘀咕什么！

ColphneAw, Krolik, I'm juuuust encouraging Mayling to rest~哎呀呀，克罗丽科，人家——在劝美玲去休息呢~

KrolikRest? Perfect! Just go now! Look at those rings around her eyes and how drunk she is! She's long overdue for some sleep!休息？那正好，赶紧去！脸上那么大黑眼圈又醉成这样，早就该去睡觉了！

ColphneSure thing, I'll take Mayling back to her room right away—好的哟，人家这就带美玲回房间休息——

(Colphne smiles as she helps Mayling up, but then Mayling suddenly grabs Colphne's hands and looks her straight in the eyes.)（寇尔芙笑着扶起美玲，美玲突然握住寇尔芙的双手，眼神认真地盯着寇尔芙。）

ColphneUm... Ludo?呃……露朵？

MaylingYou've been telling the bunny that Ludo was Mayling from the beginning and calling yourself Colphne. You're not lying to Ludo, are you, Blue Morpho?蓝闪蝶你从刚才开始，就一直告诉兔子露朵是美玲，还自称寇尔芙，你、你不会骗露朵吧？

ColphneOf coooourse not, why would I lie to Ludo~当——然不会了，人家怎么会骗露朵呢~

MaylingBut you were calling them Krolik and, and Nemesis before this...那之前你说她们是克罗丽科还、还有纳美西丝……

ColphneWell...这个嘛……

KrolikHurry up and get Mayling to bed. She's becoming even more incomprehensible than Nemesis. Go make her a translator or something.你赶紧带美玲去睡觉吧，她这话说得都堪比纳美西丝，索性把翻译器给她用得了。

MaylingA translator... you want me to make a translator?! Bunny, you... all of you, you're all trying to make Ludo do overtime! Nonononono! No more overtime ever—!翻译器……制作翻译器？！兔子你、你……你们、你们又想骗露朵加班！不要不要！绝对不要加班——！

(Mayling immediately turns around and boops Krolik's nose—)（美玲立刻转过身，气势汹汹地指着克罗丽科的鼻子——）

MaylingYou keep saying you hate the Wise Sage, but you always end up on the same team as her anyway!一直以来都说自己讨厌和智慧老人相处但每次不还一起组队吗！

MaylingIf you really hated it, you could have always asked Miss Enforcer to redo the team assignments!实在讨厌的话向执事官小姐要求重新进行队员分组不就可以了吗！

KrolikMayling you, I—美玲你、我——

MaylingI'm LUDO, not Mayling! Also—!说了我是露朵，不是美玲！而且——！

MaylingYour frame's always severely damaged whenever you come back from battle! Do you even know how many all-nighters I had to pull to fix you up?!平日不管哪次战斗素体总是严重受损，知不知道我要在多少个晚上通宵去修你的素体啊！

MaylingAnd you're always so rash! What if you damage your neural cloud module? If it's that important to you, then protect it a little better!而且总是这么鲁莽一不小心伤到自己的心智模块怎么办，对自己重要的东西自己也要上心一点好好保护呀！

KrolikI, I didn't...!我、我并没有……！

ColphneOh my~ Looks like Krolik accidentally triggered Mayling's drunken enrage mode~哎哟哟～看来克罗丽科不小心触发了美玲的醉酒狂暴模式哟～

KrolikHmph!哼！

MaylingAs for you, Wise Sage! You can clearly talk like a normal person, so why is it that you always speak in a way that nobody but the bunny can understand?!还有你，智慧老人！明明、明明可以正常说话，但是偏偏要讲得所有人——除了会说话的兔子外都听不懂！

MaylingDo you even know how much overtime I had to do to build your translator?! But it's still not usable (sob)你知不知道为了制作你的翻译器露朵加了多少班！但还是不能用呜呜呜呜呜……

MaylingLudo had to check your vocalizer circuits. Why did you have to give Ludo so much work (sniffle)露朵检查过你的语音回路，为什么，为什么要带给露朵这么多的工作量呜呜……

Nemesis...…………

MaylingDon't think I can't tell what you're really thinking just because you're not talking! Ludo knows you're going to keep talking like this in the future!不要以为你现在不说话露朵就发现不了你的真面目了你以后肯定还会继续这样说话露朵知道的！

MaylingEven if you can't ease up on Ludo during Ludo's busiest periods, at least try to understand what Ludo is going through!可是在露朵最忙的时候能不能不要让露朵那么辛苦稍稍也体谅一下露朵啊！

Nemesis...Withered thickets of vines... sudden torrential rains... bird migration...……凋零的葳蕤花丛……骤然而下的暴雨……候鸟迁徙……

MaylingWhat's the point of apologizing now?! Can you guarantee you'll never do it again? There's no way, right? So your apology is completely meaningless!现在道歉有什么用啊你能保证以后再也不这样做了吗你肯定不能吧所以道歉根本没有意义啊！

ColphneHmm~? You understand Nemesese now, Mayling?嗯~？美玲突然能听懂纳美西丝的话了？

MaylingAnd you, you too, Blue Morpho—!还有，你、你也是，蓝闪蝶——！

ColphneM-me? But, but what did I do?我、我……？人家，人家怎么了？

MaylingWhile you covered for Ludo many times I keep getting the feeling that you're digging Ludo deeper into things especially when there are lots of people around until Ludo has to end up doing even more work in the end—虽然很多次你都在帮露朵但为什么我总觉得你越帮露朵越忙尤其是在人多的时候到最后露朵反而要做更多的工作——

Mayling—It, it must be because you're using the power of language to twist reality so up is down and black is white and turn trust into conflict and turn success into endless hardship!——是、是你用语言的力量扭曲了现实让黑白错乱让顺序颠倒让互相信任变为彼此战斗让顺利解决变得困难重重！

ColphneAh? Y-you mean me? What are you saying, Ludo, I never did that...啊？人、人家？露朵你在说什么呀，人家没有这么做呀……

Mayling(Sob) You, you all made Ludo do overtime, but... but you won't admit it... (more sobbing)...呜呜……你们、你们都让露朵加班，却……却不承认……呜呜呜……

ColphneAh! I'm sorry, Mayling. I apologize for that. However...啊！对不起啦，美玲，人家向你道歉，不过……

(Colphne solemnly shakes Mayling's hand.)（寇尔芙郑重地回握住美玲的手。）

ColphneAre you still going to find the factory lord after this? I know where they are right now, that is if you can bring yourself to trust me~接下来，还要去找工厂主吗？人家知道工厂主现在在哪哦，如果你还相信人家的话~

MaylingThe factory lord? Yes! Take Ludo to the factory lord! Once we find the factory lord, Ludo can trust you again!工厂主？要！带露朵去找工厂主！找到工厂主，露朵可以再相信你一次！

ColphneOkay, okay~ I'll make sure I bring Ludo to the factory lord~好啦好啦~人家一定会带露朵找到工厂主的哟~

Colphne(Clears throat) Well, looks like Mayling's feeling better, I'll be bringing her back to her room now~咳咳——美玲情况好些了，人家现在就带回房间休息~

ColphneHold on tight to my hand, Mayling~拉好人家的手哟，美玲~

(As the pair pass Vepley and Helena's dorms, Colphne lightly pats her chest.)（两人路过维普蕾和海伦娜的休息室门口时，寇尔芙轻轻拍了拍胸口。）

ColphneWhew~ Good thing our dorms have good soundproofing— If Vepley and Helena had come out too, things would have been really tricky.呼~还好还好，多亏休息室的隔音好——如果维普蕾和海伦娜也出来，要怎么办，人家还真的有点为难。

MaylingBlue Morpho, what are you mumbling about again?蓝闪蝶，你又在说什么不告诉露朵！

ColphneAw, I'm just happy that I can take you to the factory lord. Isn't it great that there aren't any other enemies standing in our way~哎呀，人家是在高兴马上就能带露朵找到工厂主了嘛，路上没有遇到其他阻拦的人，多好呀~

(Colphne tries to soothe Mayling and get her out of there. The much-abused Nemesis immediately heads toward her own dorm room.)（寇尔芙安抚了一下美玲，带着她离开了这里。被折腾了许久的纳美西丝也立刻朝着自己的休息室走去。）

KrolikOi, you big lump! We're not done yet! Where are you going!喂，大铁块！我俩还没完呢你走什么走！

KrolikYeah, I'm talking to you! Are your auditory modules busted?!说你呢，听觉模块失效了？！

(The noisy central hub finally quiets down.)（热闹的中枢区终于安静了下来。 ）

Section 5 第五节

MaylingBlue Morpho, look! That, that person's the factory lord!蓝闪蝶，你快看！那、那个人就是工厂主！

ColphneAh... What's the Commander doing here at a time like this...啊……都这个时间了，指挥官怎么会在这……

MaylingWhat are you saying, Blue Morpho? That's clearly the factory lord, not the Commander you're talking about!蓝闪蝶，你在说什么呀，那、那个人明明是工厂主，不是你说的指挥官！

ColphneOh right right right, you're right, Ludo, it's late and I'm sleepy so I must have mistaken them for someone else~啊对对对，露朵你说得对，因为现在很晚了人家有些困所以一时眼花看错了嘛~

ColphneJust look at the time, Ludo. You must be tired too. Why not go back to your room with me and rest? We can go find the factory lord later once you're feeling better. How about that?哎呀，露朵，你看都这么晚了，你也很累了，要不要先和人家回房间休息，等状态好一点了再来找工厂主呀？

MaylingAh, you, you're tired too? But, but Ludo's afraid that if Ludo misses this chance, Ludo won't be able to beat the factory lord...啊，你、你很累吗？可是、可是露朵怕错过这次机会，以后就没办法打败工厂主了……

ColphneHow could that be? You'll have your divine power as long as you don't drink the sobering tea, right~?怎么会呢，只要露朵不喝醒酒茶，露朵不就一直都拥有神力嘛~？

MaylingBut—可是——

ColphneU-uwaaah! W-what happened to the MCV!唔、哇啊——！基、基地车怎么突然——！

MaylingB-Blue Morpho? Are you alright?——！蓝、蓝闪蝶？你没事吧？

ColphneUgh... I'm fine, I'm fine... I just hope the MCV won't suddenly shake like this again...唔……没事，人家没事……希望之后基地车不会再像这样突然摇晃了……

MaylingWe must have bumped up against something... well ,as long as you're okay!应该是擦了什么一下……你没事就好！

CommanderWhat was that noise? Hm? What are you guys doing here? Did you fall down>什么声音？嗯？你们怎么在这？还摔倒了？

CommanderCome, get up.赶紧起来。

ColphneAhhh... Thanks for "helping out", Commander~哎呀……谢谢指挥官“出手”帮忙~

CommanderSo what are the two of you up to, hiding here and being all mysterious? If there's anything you need, you can just— Hm? Wow, it reeks of booze here.你们又干什么了？躲在这里神神秘秘的，有事可以直接——嗯？好大一股酒味……

CommanderIs Mayling drunk again? Wasn't she supposed to be working this shift tonight? I thought she went back to sleep because she was tired. Why is she so hammered, and why is she with you?看这情况，美玲又喝醉了？她今晚不是要在这值班吗，我还以为累了就回去休息了，怎么醉成这样，还和你在一起？

ColphneAhhh, I came to return a book to Mayling, and then Mayling drank a cup of hot coffee, but it burned her throat, so I gave her a cup of the drink I saw on the main terminal.哎呀，人家来给美玲还书，然后美玲喝了过热的咖啡后难受，人家就给美玲喝了总控台上的饮料。

Colphne—And what do you know, it was filled with Mayling's secret stash of rice wine, and... well, you know the rest.——但没想到那里面是美玲偷灌的米酒，所以就……之后的情况指挥官就都知道啦。

CommanderThere was rice wine on the table? So that pumpkin drink was actually alcoholic?桌子上的米酒……？那个南瓜饮料是酒？

ColphneYes it was~是的哟~

MaylingT-that wasn't rice wine; it was Ludo's demon drink!那个、那个才不是米酒，那个是露朵的魔酒！

CommanderDemon drink? Now what's this about?魔酒？这又是怎么回事？

ColphneIt's an element from the fairytales Mayling's been reading recently, Commander.是美玲最近读的童话书里的情节哦，指挥官。

CommanderFairytales? So the one on the main terminal—童话书？总控台上的那本——

(Before I can finish, Mayling — who was leaning on Colphne's back — suddenly stumbles over to the console and hoists a bottle of pumpkin punch, downs half the bottle in one gulp, then picks up my portable terminal and glares at me.)（我的话还没说完，扒在寇尔芙身后的美玲突然踉踉跄跄跑到操作台前，抓起一瓶南瓜饮料，咕咚咕咚喝了小半瓶，然后拿起我的便携式终端抱在胸前瞪着我。）

CommanderMayling, what's the meaning of this?!美玲，你这是在干什么？！

ColphneCalm down, Ludo!露朵你别冲动呀！

MaylingBlue Morpho, you were chatting so casually with the factory lord and those two villains from just now... Ludo doesn't trust you anymore! Ludo trusts only the demon drink and herself!蓝闪蝶，你、你和工厂主还有之前的坏人们交谈都那么亲密……露朵，露朵不再相信你了！露朵相信魔酒，相信自己！

ColphneLudo, you... I, ah, I did this because—露朵，你……我，哎呀，人家这都是为了——

MaylingI don't care! Ludo will never trust you again!不管你说什么，露朵都不会再信了！

MaylingFactory lord, Ludo has your mission machine now. If you want it back, you'll have to meet my demands!工厂主，露朵已经拿到了你的任务机，你——你想要拿回它的话，就得同意我的条件！

CommanderMay... er, Ludo, just put down what you're holding and we can talk...美……呃，露朵，有什么话都可以放下你手里的东西再说……

MaylingYou're a bad factory lord and Ludo won't listen to you! Ludo will aaahhh!工厂主是坏人，露朵、露朵不相信你！露朵——啊——！

CommanderMayling—!美玲——！

(I immediately move up to support Mayling while Colphne jogs up and grabs the fallen tablet.)（我立刻上前扶起了美玲，寇尔芙小跑着跟过来，捡起摔在地面上的便携式终端。）

(Then, I sweep Mayling's bangs out of her eyes and she blinks, somewhat confused.)（我帮美玲把盖住脸的头发拨到后面，美玲有些迷惑地睁开眼。）

MaylingNgh... Commander? W-what happened to me?唔……指挥官，我、我这是怎么了？

CommanderEr... You were— Hm, you were on duty and fell down because you were too tired.呃……你在——嗯，你在值班，太累了就不小心倒在地上了。

MaylingOn duty? Oh, that's right, It's my shift tonight... (wince) Ack, my head and back hurt... Commander, I, I... I need to work... the MCV needs work done...值班？哦对，今晚、今晚我还要值班，呜……头好痛、背也痛……指挥官，我、我……工作、基地车、得、得接着工作……

CommanderYou should go to sleep if you're not feeling well. We'll talk about work tomorrow.不舒服就还是去睡觉，工作的事明天再说。

MaylingBut, but the MCV... and my shift...可、可是基地车……值班……

CommanderIt's alright. I'll take care of your shift. Come, get up now.好了，值班的事我会解决的，先起来。

(Mayling nods and holds on to my arm as she slowly climbs to her feet. Colphne is there to help too.)（美玲点了点头，扶住我的手臂慢慢站起来，寇尔芙也过来帮忙。）

ColphneOh my, Commander, seeing as how Mayling is always so nervous about work, shouldn't you give her a vacation to relax~?哎呀呀，指挥官，美玲这么紧张工作，是不是偶尔也该给美玲放个假放松放松呀~？

CommanderOh, that's a great idea—这倒是个好主意——

MaylingWhat, vacation? Vacation—!什么，放假？放假——！

CommanderEr... Mayling?呃……美玲？

MaylingFactory lord! You, you promised! You promised Ludo a vacation! No backsies!工厂主，你、你刚刚答应过的！你要给露朵批假期！不准反悔！

Commander...Ludo? What are you...……露朵？怎么突然又……

MaylingGoing back on your word so soon, factory lord?工厂主，你要反悔吗？！

CommanderEr... No, I just...我……倒也不是，只是……

MaylingA-alright, then! Now, get a pen and paper and write it all down. Blue Morpho, do you have a pen and paper?那、那好！现在，请拿出纸笔，一条一条写下来！ 蓝闪蝶，你有纸笔吗？

ColphneAh? Oh! I can go get it right now~啊？哦！人家这就可以去拿哟~

(Colphne soon returns with pen and paper and hands them to me with a smile.)（寇尔芙很快将纸笔拿过来，笑嘻嘻地递向我。）

(I sigh and take them from her before preparing to write under their "supervision".（我无奈地接了过来，在美玲和寇尔芙的“监督”下准备写字。）

CommanderAlright, May... Ludo. Go ahead.好吧，美……露朵你说。

MaylingGet set! Go! Ahem! Factory lord, listen well. I, uh, I have the following demands. You will write them all down! No missing them out!现在，开始！咳，工厂主，听好了，我有、有以下几个……要求，一条一条写下来，不、不许漏掉！

MaylingItem 1: Give all our friends in the forest a full... a full year of vacation!条款一，给、给森林里所有伙伴放连续……连续一整年假期！

MaylingItem 2: During vacation time... ugh, no ordering Ludo to do overtime out of nowhere!条款二，不、不许放假期间……唔，突然提出让露朵加班！

MaylingItem 3: No dumping unreasonable work orders on me without notice... For example, making a translator... or weird requests like taste analyzers... ugh, I feel so dizzy...条款三，不许突然增加任何不合理请求……例如，制作翻译器和……和味道检测仪等各种奇怪要求，唔……又、头、头又变得好晕……

MaylingItem 4: ...Must... be, must be kinder... to Ludo...条款四……必须……对、露朵……更善良一点……

MaylingItem 5: Item... five... unh...条款五……五……唔……

Mayling...……

CommanderWhat's the matter? What's Item 5?怎么不说了，条款五是什么？

(I feel a pressure on my shoulder. Looking back, I find that Mayling's eyes are closed and she has sprawled herself on me, her face red.)（背上突然一沉，我扭头，发现美玲闭上了眼睛，侧脸红扑扑地趴在我背上。）

ColphneLooks like Mayling's asleep, Commander~美玲睡着了哟指挥官~

CommanderAlright, then. Colphne, help me get Mayling to her feet.好吧。寇尔芙，帮我扶她起来。

(Colphne carefully scoops Mayling into her arms, and I slowly straighten up.)（寇尔芙小心翼翼地抱住美玲，我慢慢直起腰。 ）

(Then, the door to the ops room slides open.)（指挥室的门滑开了。）

CommanderWho is it now?这次又是谁？

Section 6 第六节

(This time, it is Groza who enters, holding a piping hot cup of sobering tea.)（走进指挥室的是闪电，她手中端着一杯正冒热气的醒酒茶。）

CommanderEr... Groza? What are you doing here?呃……闪电，怎么会是你？

GrozaCommander, I'd also like to know why you're here. It's 2:00 AM in the morning. You should be resting.指挥官，我也想知道，这么晚了你怎么在这里？凌晨两点，这应该是休息时间。

ColphneYeah, yeah, I bet the Commander's pulling an all-nighter and not sleeping because they didn't use my The Incredible Colphne's Special Healthy Life Assistant MAX Pro!是哟是哟，指挥官肯定是没有好好用人家的超级无敌寇尔芙特制健康生活辅助程序MAX Pro，所以才会熬夜不好好休息！

GrozaIs that so, Commander?是吗，指挥官？

CommanderEr... It's just that a few things came up all of a sudden that need handling. I'll rest once they're done.呃……只是有几个突发事件需要处理，处理完了我就会休息。

GrozaSo why is Mayling on your back?然后被美玲趴在背上？

CommanderMayling seems to be drunk... Anyway, never mind that; you're holding a cup of sobering tea, right?美玲她有些醉了……别说这个了，你手里这杯是醒酒茶吧？

GrozaYes, I am. Is Mayling alright?对。美玲没事吧？

CommanderShe looks fine, but Colphne will have to be the judge of that. Colphne?看起来还算正常，不过还是要寇尔芙判断一下。寇尔芙？

ColphneMayling's condition is perfectly fine right now~ Although, sleeping while drunk isn't very good for the body~ You came juuuuuust in time, Leader!美玲现在身体情况一切正常哟~不过就这么醉着睡着，对身体不太好耶~闪电队长来得太——是时候了！

GrozaThis batch of sobering tea doesn't have chili in it, so Mayling will probably not reject it. Colphne, help feed it to Mayling.这次的醒酒茶我没有放辣椒素，美玲应该不会抗拒了，寇尔芙，帮忙喂美玲喝下醒酒茶。

(Groza and I help lift Mayling up. Colphne scoops up a spoonful of tea, blows on it to cool it off, and then presses it to Mayling's lips.)（我和闪电扶起美玲。寇尔芙舀起一勺醒酒茶，吹了吹，递到美玲唇边。）

(Mayling sips it and slowly opens her eyes.)（美玲小口小口地喝着，慢慢睁开了眼睛。）

MaylingUgh...唔……

MaylingColphne, Leader, Commander... you guys...寇尔芙、队长、指挥官……你们……

ColphneHm~? How do you feel, Mayling?嗯~？美玲，你感觉怎么样？

MaylingI feel like... like I had a very long dream... Ack... My head hurts... and my back hurts too...做了、好长、好长的梦……呜……现在头好痛，背、背也好痛……

ColphneMayling, you slipped and fell while working and hit the main terminal. That's why your back hurts. You need to rest up well, okaayy~美玲，你值班的时候不小心摔倒了，撞到了总控台上，所以才会背痛，现在要好好休息哟~

MaylingTh-thank you, Colphne... I'm glad you're all here... Everyone's so nice...寇尔芙，谢、谢谢……大家都在……真、真好……

GrozaYup, everyone's here. Mayling, drink the rest of this and then go to sleep.嗯，大家都在，美玲，把这个喝完就去休息。

MaylingThank you, Leader...队长，谢、谢谢……

ColphneIt seems Mayling fell asleep~美玲好像睡着了哟~

CommanderHm... Looks like she won't be waking up again. Now then, time to take Mayling back to her—呃……看起来这次不会再醒过来了，那么……带美玲回去休——

(Before I can finish, I hear an alarm from the main terminal.)（我的话还没说完，就听到了总控台响起的警报。）

Commander—!——！

CommanderWhew, good thing Mayling didn't wake up. You should go put Mayling to bed and then get some sleep yourself. I'll continue taking this shift.还好还好，美玲没醒就好。你们带美玲回去睡觉后，也都去休息吧，我继续值班。

GrozaCommander, it's really late now. You should go rest with Mayling. Let me handle the shift.指挥官，这么晚了，你也该和美玲一样去休息了，值班的工作可以交给我。

ColphneYou can leave it to me too~!交给人家也可以~！

CommanderHm... That's alright. I still haven't taken care of those things which just came up. I'll handle the shift along with them.呃……没事，那几个突发事件我还没处理完，值班顺带的事。

GrozaHowever...但是……

CommanderAlright now, hurry and take Mayling back. I'll call you when I get sleepy.好了，赶紧带美玲回去吧，困了我会叫你们。

(As Groza and Colphne leave with Mayling, I look at the paper with her "terms" written on it.)（闪电和寇尔芙带美玲离开后，我拿出之前写“条件”的那张纸。）

CommanderHmm... Mayling really is tired. In that case...嗯……美玲是真的累了，这样的话……

(I rip off the empty bottom half of the paper and quickly write a sentence down.)（我撕下半张没有字的纸，快速写下一行字。）

CommanderWe'll do this, then.就这样吧。

After putting the paper away, I yawn and open my tablet to finish my tasks.)（收起纸条后，打了个哈欠，我打开便携式终端，继续未完成的工作。）

Section 7 第七节

GrozaCommander, mission completion has been confirmed. Now summarizing current status.指挥官，当前任务确认完成，现在汇报具体情况。

GrozaB.R.I.E.F. has transferred us the payment for TASK-3385 and TASK-4106.B.R.I.E.F.已经向我们汇入了TASK-3385和TASK-4106的酬金。

GrozaThe MCV has arrived at the mission location for TASK-4402. Krolik and Nemesis will be dispatched for combat this afternoon and are projected to return by today.目前，基地车已经到达TASK-4402任务所在地，下午派遣克罗丽科和纳美西丝作战小队前去战斗，预计今天内返回。

CommanderMm... That sounds... great...嗯……听起来……很不错……

GrozaCommander, how long did you sleep last night?指挥官，昨晚你一共睡了多长时间？

CommanderTwo hours, I guess? I don't remember...两个多小时？不记得了……

GrozaCommander.指挥官。

CommanderThat was a special case. I'll make sure I rest well today. Oh yes, how's Mayling doing?情况特殊，今天我会好好休息的。对了，美玲现在怎么样？

GrozaColphne gave her a check-up while she was sleeping yesterday. Everything's fine. She should still be resting now.昨晚睡之前寇尔芙检查过了，一切正常，这个时候应该还在休息。

CommanderHangovers suck. Let her get some sleep for the next couple of days.宿醉确实不好受，这两天就让她好好睡一下吧。

CommanderI drew up a vacation voucher for Mayling, guaranteeing her three days of rest. Groza, tell me about the work arrangements for the MCV.昨晚我给美玲写了个放假券，上面许诺让美玲连休三天，闪电你看看基地车最近的工作安排。

GrozaA vacation voucher? Surely there's no need for that, right? You can just let Mayling rest.放假券？不用吧？指挥官直接让美玲休息就可以了。

CommanderWell... She's never asked me for a vacation before, so I want to write one up for her. That way she won't feel so pressured when she's tired.这个……平常也没听她主动提起要休假，所以我想写个放假券，她累的时候就不会那么逞强了。

(A look of understanding dawns on Groza's face. She heads over to the main terminal and brings up the most recent work diary.)（闪电露出了然的表情，她前往总控台前，调出最近的任务日志。）

CommanderHow is it?怎么样？

GrozaIt's alright. We haven't had any emergency missions recently, so we can settle the situation if we all take two or three extra hours of work. However, there are some issues which require support from Mayling the "machinist".还好。最近没有紧急任务了，大家各自多工作两三小时就可以解决，但还是有一些问题需要“机械师”美玲的支援。

CommanderI'll handle it.我来就行。

MaylingGood morning, Commander! Oh, Leader's here too! Good morning, Leader!早上好，指挥官！嗯？队长也在，队长早上好！

GrozaGood morning, Mayling.早上好，美玲。

CommanderMayling, do you have something to report?美玲，有什么事要汇报吗？

MaylingYes, I do! I've collated a list of things everyone wants for their dorm rooms over the past month, and I've sent it to your terminal. Please check it and decide if you'll approve it.有的！我整理了最近一个月大家的休息室采购需求清单，已经发送到您的终端上了，需要您看过后决定是否批准。

CommanderLet's leave that aside for now. Mayling, how was your rest last night?先不说这个，美玲，昨晚休息得怎么样？

MaylingHah? Last night? I slept very well last night! I haven't slept so well in ages. I feel great!啊？昨晚？昨晚我睡得非常好！好久都没睡得这么舒服过了，感觉一级棒！

MaylingThat said, my back hurts a little... But it's okay; it doesn't hurt anymore! Why do you ask, Commander?就是背有一点点痛……不过没关系现在已经完全不痛了！指挥官为什么突然问这个？

CommanderEh, I was just curious. As long as you're fine.呃，随便问问……没有不舒服就好。

MaylingThat said... I was supposed to be on duty in the ops room last night, but I woke up in my own bed! That scared me!但是……昨晚我本来是在指挥室值班，但醒来后发现自己在床上，还是吓了一跳的！

MaylingI asked Colphne about it, and she said that you and Leader carried me onto the bed so I could sleep. Thank you very much, Commander, Leader!后来问了寇尔芙才知道，是指挥官和队长带我去了床上休息，指挥官、队长，非常感谢！

(Mayling vigorously bows to us.)（美玲猛地朝我和闪电鞠了一躬。）

CommanderAh... about that...啊……这个……

Groza...No, it's nothing. Mm— I think a good rest in bed ought to lift my spirits.……没什么。嗯——在床上休息能让精神更好一些。

MaylingW-what happened? Why do you and Leader have such weird looks on your faces? Did I cause trouble for you, Commander?怎……怎么了？为什么指挥官和队长的表情都这么奇怪，是我给大家带来麻烦了吗？

CommanderOf course not! Oh, yes! Here, Mayling, take this!当然没有！哦，对了！这个纸，美玲你拿着！

MaylingThis is... "The bearer of this certificate is entitled to a three-day vacation"... Commander, what is this?这个是……持有此券可连续休息三天……指挥官您这是？

CommanderIt's a vacation voucher. In the future, you can cash this in with me for a vacation if you feel tired.放假券，以后任何时候觉得累了，都可以拿着到我这里兑现假期。

MaylingBut, but I'm feeling really well-rested now!可是、我、我现在休息得很好啊！

MaylingWhile I did feel a little tired and wanted a vacation before this, I've had a good night's sleep, and I can take on work now. I can finish up the work for the next few days in one go, so I can't take this vacation voucher, Commander!虽然之前觉得有些累想要休假，但是现在睡得很好所以可以接着工作，我、我再过一会就能把这几天的工作一口气都完成，指挥官，放假券我不能要！

Commander...Mayling, do you truly not want it?……美玲，你真的不想要吗？

MaylingI can work! Please believe me, Commander! Please take the vacation voucher back!我可以好好完成工作的，请指挥官相信我！放假券请您收回！

CommanderAh, that's not what I meant...啊，我不是这个意思……

GrozaMayling... This vacation voucher is a reward for your outstanding performance recently.美玲……这个放假券，是对你最近出色工作的奖励。

MaylingA reward? But, but my recent work performance has been pretty much the same as other times, and... and there are many things I haven't done today, so I, I...奖励？可、可我最近工作的完成情况和之前差不多啊，而且……今天还有好多事没有做，我、我……

CommanderYour work progress to date has been normal. Don't worry, Mayling.目前，你的工作进度是正常的，不用这么紧张，美玲。

CommanderYou've been working for so many days in a row already, so getting the needed rest is essential.已经连续忙了这么久了，适当休息一下也是很有必要的。

MaylingYou want me to rest?! N-no, I can't! D-don't tell me—休息一下？！不、不要！不——难道——

MaylingIs it— is it that I've been doing a bad job and you're not happy with me, so you decided to give me this vacation voucher all of a sudden so you can do my work while I'm resting?难道，难道是我工作做得不好，指挥官不满意，所以指挥官今天才突然给我放假券，让我去休息然后让队长来做我的工作吗！

Mayling(sniffle) I just want everyone to be able to live peacefully on the Elmo. I can't cause people problems with such trivial things!呜、我、我只是想让大家都能安安全全地待在车上，不用因为各种琐事而烦恼啊！

MaylingCommander, I, I... (sob) Where did I go wrong... (sobs more)指挥官，我、我……呜呃、我是哪里做错了吗…… 呜呜呜……

CommanderHuh? You... No, that's not... Mayling, please listen to me, don't cry!啊？这……不是、不……美玲，不哭了，听我说！

(I grab Mayling by the shoulders. Her sobbing instantly quiets down. She sniffles, and then looks at me with teary eyes.)（我按住美玲的肩膀。美玲哭泣的声音顿时小了许多，她吸吸鼻子，泪汪汪地看着我。）

Commander...In any case, things are not as you said.……总之，事情不是你刚才说的那样。

CommanderThe truth is, Groza and I realized that you've been working too hard lately. You only sleep well after midnight and sometimes not at all. Pushing yourself that hard doesn't make any sense...其实，是我和闪电发觉你最近工作太辛苦了，经常凌晨才休息，甚至还会通宵，这样的工作强度不管怎么说，都不太合理……

CommanderAlso, I've been making several, uh, unreasonable requests to you, like developing a "Nemesis Pod" and so on which added to your stress, so I thought of giving you the vacation voucher.加上我又提了一些不太……嗯，合理的要求给你，比如研发“纳美西丝POD”，也增加了你的压力，所以，我才会想到给你写放假券。

Commander(Clears throat) In any case, don't worry about it. You've done well, and I'm very happy with your work.咳……总之你不要想多了，你的工作做得很好，我很满意。

CommanderMayling?美玲？

MaylingSo, does, does that mean you, you don't think I'm useless, Commander...?所以，指、指挥官不是、不是觉得我没用……？

CommanderHow could you be useless? The MCV wouldn't even be running without you! Isn't that right, Groza?你怎么会没用，没有你，基地车都没办法正常运转！是不是，闪电？

GrozaYup. Mayling's responsible for much of the MCV's maintenance work and various repairs, as well as purchasing for everyone on board the Elmo. It would be very difficult for us to function normally without her.嗯，美玲你负责了基地车的维护和各项修理工作，还有所有人的采购事项，如果没有美玲，基地车确实很难正常运转下去。

MaylingAh, then, then I, I... Just now, I... I'm, I'm sorry, Commander, and sorry Leader!啊，那、那我、我……我刚才……对、对不起指挥官，对不起队长！

CommanderYou don't have to apologize.你不用说对不起。

Mayling...I, I'll make sure I live up to you and Leader's faith in me, and, and as for the vacation voucher, I... I'll keep it and make sure I work twice as hard so I don't disappoint anyone!……我、我不会辜负指挥官和队长的好意，放假券，我……我会好好收起来以后也会加倍努力工作绝对不会让大家失望的！

GrozaMayling.美玲。

MaylingEeep... Leader?呜……队长？

GrozaThe Commander wants you to have the vacation voucher so you can relax. Working twice as hard will only tire you out more.指挥官给你放假券，是希望你能轻松一些。加倍工作，只会让自己越来越累。

CommanderRelax a little. You don't need to demand so much of yourself.放松一点，不要对自己要求过高。

MaylingCommander, does, does Leader mean that... I, I don't need to...指挥官、队长的意思是……我、我也可以不用、不用那么……

CommanderYup. Just do whatever you want.嗯，做你想做的事情就好了。

MaylingAt my own pace... C-Commander, I, I'm still feeling a little tired, so, so I'd like to rest for about half an hour before going back to work, is, is that... okay?想做的事……指挥官，我、我现在、现在还有点困，想要先休息半小时再去工作，这样……可以吗？

CommanderYou can rest for longer if you'd like.更长一些也没问题。

MaylingO-okay! I, I got it! And, and in the future...好、好的——！我、我知道了！以后、以后也……

CommanderAlright. Since you want to rest, you should go and rest.好了，既然想要休息，那现在就赶紧去休息吧。

MaylingUm... Okay!嗯……嗯！

(Mayling immediately tucks the vacation voucher away. After wiping her mouth, she bows vigorously to me before dashing out of the ops room.)（美玲立刻收起放假券。抿了抿嘴，她猛地向我鞠了个躬，飞快地冲出了指挥室。）

(At the elevator, Mayling takes several deep breaths until she manages to get her breathing under control.)（来到降落台，美玲大口呼吸了好一会，才成功平复自己的气息。）

MaylingI, what did I just do?!我、我刚刚到底在干什么啊！

Mayling(Whimper) The Commander was clearly concerned about me, but I can't believe I actually prejudged them like that. That was wrong, wrong, wrong wrong!呜……指挥官明明是在关心我，我、我却用那样的想法去揣测指挥官，不该不该，完全不应该！

MaylingStill, the Commander...不过，指挥官……

(Mayling takes out the vacation voucher and carefully opens it up, examining it under the sunlight.)（美玲拿出放假券，将它小心翼翼地展开，在阳光下细细端详。）

MaylingSo I can do whatever I want... But I just want to work hard and protect everyone, as well as the Commander...做我想做的事就好了……但是，我想做的事情，就是好好工作，保护大家和指挥官啊……

MaylingDoes the Commander mean that... I should be more honest with myself? For instance... saying I want to rest right away and so on...指挥官的意思，是不是……让我更坦诚一些呢？就像……说出想要立刻去休息的事情一样……

MaylingHm, well, if that's what pleases the Commander... Then I'll do it.唔，如果这样能让指挥官满意的话……我就会这么做。

MaylingAs for the vacation voucher... I'll use it once I think of what to do with it. I'm sure that's what the Commander wants too...放假券……就先留着，在我想要用的时候再用吧，这也应该是指挥官想见到的吧……

MaylingThat's right! I'll put it with the Lunar New Year banners that the Commander gave me earlier!没错！我就把它和指挥官之前送我的春联放在一起好了！

MaylingYup, that's it!嗯，就这样做！

Mayling(Mayling pats her face, which is blushing so red that it's practically scalding, and carefully refolds the vacation voucher along its original crease.)（美玲拍了拍自己热到发烫的脸，将放假券顺着纸条原本的折痕仔仔细细地叠好。）

MaylingThat'll be it then~这样就好啦~

(The folded square of paper sits quietly in Mayling's palm.)（被细细叠起、四四方方的小纸块就这样静静地躺在美玲手心里。）

(The sun falls on the thin paper, illuminating the faint traces of the Commander's black handwriting.)（阳光落在薄薄的纸张上，映出一点点透光的、指挥官黑色的字迹。）

(Mayling reaches out and caresses the raised impressions and stares at it for a good long while before reverently returning it to her breast pocket.)（美玲伸手轻轻摸了摸小纸块有些翘起的边缘，盯着看了好一会，而后，才将它珍而重之地放进胸前的口袋里。）

(After lightly patting her pocket to confirm the paper was intact and secure, Meiling smiled brightly.)（轻轻拍了拍，确认纸块完好地放在了口袋里后，美玲露出一个大大的微笑。）

MaylingAlright, and now— time to sleep hard and work hard!好啦，现在要——好好休息！好好工作！

(She leaves the elevator and heads for her dorm.)（她离开降落台，向着休息室的方向走去。）

Section 8 第八节

(Aboard the Elmo, on an afternoon after work is done, Mayling reminisces with me about the "demon drink" episode from that night, but—)（艾莫号上，结束了工作的某个下午，美玲又和我一起回忆了那晚误打误撞喝下“魔酒”的事，然而——）

MaylingEhhh, was, was that what really happened—欸，原来、原来实际情况是这样的吗——

MaylingSo I called myself Ludo, and treated everyone like characters in Ludo's story?我把自己当做了露朵，还把大家都当成了露朵故事里的角色？

MaylingBut how could that - I don't even remember it at all... So... No wonder you gave me that vacation voucher, and even...怎么会，可是我、我完全不记得了呀……所以……难怪后来指挥官您突然给了我放假券，还……

Mayling(Sob) C-Commander, I'm so sorry! To think I did something so rude to you that night!呜呃……呜，指、指挥官对不起！我……原来那天晚上我做了那么失礼的事！

CommanderIt's alright, Mayling. I'm not angry.没关系，美玲，我并没有生气。

MaylingBut you're always so nice to me, and I called you the "factory lord"...可是指挥官明明对我很好，我却把指挥官当成了“工厂主”……

MaylingAnd I was supposed to be on duty that night, but in the end, you had to cover it...而且那天晚上，值班本来应该是我的工作，最后却、却由指挥官承担了……

MaylingUM, I'm terribly sorry! It's all my fault for putting the rice wine in that container, I'll never do it again!呜，真的很对不起！都怪我把米酒灌在了饮料瓶子里，我今后不会了！

MaylingIs, is there any other work that needs doing, Commander? I can carry on with it right—指、指挥官还有其他工作需要处理吗，我现在就可以继续——

CommanderMayling, we just took care of our tasks together. Also, did you forget what we talked about on that day?美玲，我们才刚刚一起处理完工作。而且，你忘记那天我们说的话了吗？

MaylingHuh... What we talked about? Do you mean...欸……那天说的话？是指……

CommanderHave you forgotten the vacation voucher?放假券的事，你忘了？

Mayling...Ah! Nonono, I haven't! I'm sorry Commander... ack! I didn't mean to say I'm sorry, I, I just panicked and... But that's not what I meant!……啊！没有没有！对，对不起指挥官……呜！不对，我不是想说对不起，我、我只是一着急就……但我不是这个意思！

CommanderCalm down. Take your time.别着急，慢慢说。

Mayling(Whimper) Thank you, Commander! I, I...呜……谢谢指挥官！我……我……

MaylingThe truth is, for a very long time, I've had a hard time believing that you were really willing to take me in...其实，之前有很长一阵子我都不相信，指挥官真的愿意收留我……

MaylingI was always afraid of being abandoned by everyone, that you wouldn't want me anymore someday, that my selfishness would make me lose the people important to me again...我很害怕被大家抛下，怕指挥官突然有一天不要我，怕自己只要任性，就会再次失去重要的人……

MaylingBut you've been so good to me since that day, and you even gave me a vacation voucher and told me I could do whatever I want... And that made me really, really happy!可是那天，指挥官一直对我很好，还送了我放假券，对我说，我可以做我想做的事情……我、我真的好开心！

MaylingI now know that you won't abandon me!我已经明白了，指挥官是不会丢下我的！

MaylingThe vacation voucher is in my chest pocket, and its words don't lie. I clearly remember what you said to me back then.放假券现在就在我胸前的口袋里，纸上的字迹不会骗人；而指挥官那天说的话，我也记得很清晰……

MaylingThank you, thank you so much... To me, you are truly... (sobs)真的、真的、很感谢您……您对我来说真的……呜……呜呃……

CommanderThere there, why are you crying again?好了，怎么又哭起来了？

Mayling(Sobs harder) I just... (sniffle) I'm so happy... That I met you, Commander...呜呜呜……我只是……呜……我只是很开心……能遇到指挥官……

MaylingI've been so happy during my time on the Elmo, and I felt so safe... Although there was troublesome stuff I needed to handle and I didn't get enough sleep at night... To me, every day was very fulfilling!在艾莫号的这段日子，我一直都很快乐，也很安心……虽然也经常需要处理一些麻烦的工作，晚上还睡不饱……但、但每一天都很充实！

MaylingSo, er... um... If you could...所以，呃……唔……您、您能不能……

CommanderWhat's going on?怎么了？

MaylingI, I just remembered that, that you said I could do whatever I wanted, so... could I make a small request?我、我就是突然想到，您说我可以做想做的事情，那我……现在可以提一些小小的要求吗？

CommanderWhat kind of request is it? Go ahead.什么要求，说说看。

MaylingUm... I was thinking, I wanted you to play Tetris with me! I haven't had anyone to play against in a while, and it's hard to feel motivated without opponents...唔……我想、想请指挥官您陪我玩俄罗斯方块！好久都没人陪我玩了，一直没有对手，真的好没劲……

MaylingThis time, I'm sure we'll be able to set a new record together!这次，我和指挥官一定能够刷新纪录！

MaylingSo, I... I would like it if you could play Tetris with me during my break time!如果……指挥官今后休息的时候，能陪我玩俄罗斯方块，然后一起聊聊天，那就太好了！

MaylingWith you around, I'm sure my repair effectiveness would be greatly increased!有指挥官陪在身边，我的维修效率一定会大幅提升！

CommanderAlright, I'll keep you company when I'm not busy.好，不忙的时候，我会陪你的。

Thriller Wonderland · 6 心跳游乐园·6

(To ensure there are no hiccups, Mayling and I perform another diagnostic on Sextans' neural cloud.)（为了确保万无一失，我这天又和美玲一起对六分仪的心智进行了检查。）

MaylingCommander, I didn't find any anomalies during the diagnostic.指挥官，检查的结果没有发现异常。

CommanderHow do you feel, Sextans?六分仪，你自己的感觉呢？

SextansRight now?现在吗？

Sextans...I feel good, like waking up to the sound of birdsong in the morning.……就像是在清晨醒来时听到了清脆的鸟叫声，我感觉很好。

CommanderAre you feeling relaxed because you managed to clear the chessboard?是由于棋盘的攻略已经完成，所以感到轻松吧？

SextansThat was an important part of it. With the results gained from the training exercise, I have the confidence to walk further down this path.这很重要，训练取得了足够的成果，我有信心在这条道路上走得更远。

SextansOf course, as thanks for your assistance, I will continue to be at your disposal from now on, my Lord.当然，为了感谢阁下的协助，我会在今后更多地为您效劳。

(Sextans executes a somewhat-exaggerated bow, but her movements are filled with confidence and composure. Some of her tension and coldness seems to have faded.)（六分仪略显夸张地向我弯腰行礼，举手投足间充满了从容与自信。之前的那种偏激和冷酷感则稍微消失了一些。）

SextansIf there's nothing else, I have an appointment with OTs-14, so I shall take my leave.那么，我还和OTs-14有约，先告辞了。

SextansOnce again, I thank you for the suggestions and assistance you gave me during this training exercise, my Lord. This is not the first time you have proven to be a trustworthy master and I shall seek to repay it to you.再次感谢阁下在这次训练中给予的建议和帮助，阁下不止一次向我证明了您确实值得信任，我一定会报答的。

(After the diagnostic is finished, Sextans leaves the repair bay.)（完成检查后，六分仪离开了维修室。）

(I remember what I told her during our initial conversation; "A Doll who possesses full authority over herself, cannot pledge loyalty to anyone through the form of a code imprint." But that also implies that there is a chance for us to build mutual trust in each other.)（我想起我们当初的对话：拥有自由的权限，意味着她无法通过代码烙印的形式向任何人效忠；但这也意味着，我们有机会相互信任。）

(It would seem Sextans' promise just now was her answer to my words.)（六分仪刚才的承诺，像是在对此进行回答。）

MaylingCommander, I'm still a little worried about that "ghost" in her neural cloud. Has it really disappeared?指挥官，我还是有点担心，六分仪心智中那个“幽灵”，真的消失了吗？

CommanderIt should be fine now. I can see that Sextans' condition has indeed improved.应该没关系了，我能看出六分仪的状态确实有所改善。

CommanderBesides, you gave her a clean bill of health in your inspection just now, didn't you?而且，在你的检查中不也一切正常吗？

MaylingBut there's still a lot I don't know about third-generation Dolls. I'm not sure if I missed anything out...但是对于三代人形，我还有很多不了解，不知道会不会有遗漏……

MaylingFor instance, I didn't find that ghost at first either.像是这次的“幽灵”，一开始也没有发现。

(There is some basis for Mayling's worries. After all, Sextans' condition hasn't changed much based solely on the results of her neural cloud diagnostic.)（美玲的担忧是有些道理的，毕竟只从心智检测的结果来看，六分仪的状态并没有太大的变化。）

CommanderIt's true that there are many things we don't understand about the hidden regions of a Doll's neural cloud.对于人形心智的隐秘部分，确实还有很多事情没搞清楚。

CommanderBut after reading the report for the training session, I believe Sextans has made a personal breakthrough.但我看了这次的训练报告，六分仪已经完成了一次自我的突破。

MaylingAre you talking about how she completed the training session with the others?是说她能和其他人一起完成训练了？

CommanderYes, she did a very good job. Working with teammates and understanding their emotions and behavior is new to Sextans.是的，她完成得很好。和同伴们一起行动，理解他人的情绪和行为，对六分仪来说是个新的课题。

CommanderMeanwhile, this learning will slowly change parts of her neural cloud. Simply put, Sextans is growing, though it might not seem obvious at first.而这样的学习，也会渐渐改变她心智中的某些部分。简单来说，虽然在检测中并不直观，但六分仪确实在成长。

MaylingCommander, you sound more like you're giving your opinion on a person rather than a Doll.指挥官的话听起来不像是在把六分仪当成人形，更像是在评价一个人。

Commander...Well, I don't know too much about Doll technology. That's just the impression I got from the training report.……人形技术我也不太懂，只能从训练状态上进行判断了。

MaylingBut you DO seem to understand Dolls pretty well. I mean, you treat both Dolls and humans the same way.但指挥官好像非常能理解她们，无论是人形还是人类，指挥官都一视同仁。

CommanderCan I take that as a form of praise?这算是在夸奖我吗？

MaylingYup! In fact, I think that's why you earned the trust of Sextans and everyone else.嗯！我想这正是指挥官你能获得六分仪，还有大家信任的理由。

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(Boom!)（轰——）

（伴随着巨大的响声，本就崎岖不平的山丘剧烈地摇晃着，与此同时，还有些不知从何而来的石块落下，引起阵阵浮尘。）

AsteriaCommander—指挥官——

Tololo那颗被我们观测到的超新星，似乎……正在剧烈爆炸。

（在托洛洛盯着观测仪器说这句话的间隙，阿斯缇亚已经将我牢牢地护在了身下。）

（不过，情况似乎和理想的不太相同。）

MaylingWhy...为什么……

（被我护在身下的美玲，在响声平静后，发出了一声微弱的挣扎。）

Mayling为什么……指挥官身上有这么多人形啊？

（——所有一起参加这次观星活动的人形，在意外发生的一瞬间，竟然都不约而同地将我护了起来。）

Commander...(Cough).……咳。

（我清了清嗓子，托洛洛和阿斯缇亚等人形已经起身了，只剩下闪电和OTs-14还紧抓着我不放。）

Mayling指挥官，这是什么？！

（我顺着美玲的视线看去，不远处的地面上，竟然散落着星星点点的结晶状石块。）

Commander陨石？

Tololo奇迹……

Asteria应该是超新星爆发所产生的吧？

（直觉般地，这些陨石不同寻常的光晕，让我有了一种预感。）

Commander先把这些收集起来吧……我大概知道是怎么回事了。

Commander走吧，调查一下。

（我正要向前迈步，美玲和OTs-14却拦住了我。）

Mayling指挥官，等一下！危险……

OTs-14至少带一名人形一起吧？

（OTs-14挡在我的身前，自然而然，又带有一丝强硬地抓住了我的手臂。）

Asteria不，还是让我协助指挥官——

Mayling这不是要紧关头吗？！怎么这种时候还要让指挥官选啊！！

CommanderI knew it...我就知道……

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（沉重的闸门伴随着摩擦声缓缓开启，扑面而来的热风中混杂着机油、金属与焊接材料特有的气味。）

（美玲抱着终端走在前方。为了迁就我现在的“孩子步伐”，她的脚步比平时慢了不少，宽大的护目镜被推到额头上，眼睛下方挂着怎么也掩盖不住的黑眼圈。）

Mayling指挥官，这边这边！

Mayling小心脚下哦，原来的通道被打穿过，重新铺设以后高了一点。

Mayling上面的管线也换过位置，按照以前的习惯走会撞到头的。

Mayling啊……不过，现在的指挥官只有海伦娜高，刚好撞不到了呢，诶嘿。

Commander所以，你说带我熟悉“新的艾莫号”，其实是为了警告我不要在自己的基地里迷路？

Mayling哎？不、不是啦！

Mayling那个……虽然还是艾莫号，但外壳、引擎、能源管线重新调整了，还有走廊和舱室也因为修整有变动。

Mayling唔……说是新的，好像也没错吧？

（我伸出手，轻轻抚过身旁的舱壁。）

（涂层下方仍然可以看见焊接留下的细微起伏。几块颜色略有不同的装甲被拼接在一起，像是用不同布料缝补出的衣服。）

Commander……筹备这些维修物资很不容易吧？辛苦你们了。

（我揉揉美玲的脑袋，继续向前走，感受着指尖的触觉。）

（艾莫号并没有变得崭新。它和我一样，从那场本应将它彻底摧毁的灾难中重生。）

（就像我被艾莫号的大家支持着一样，它也被艾莫号的大家一点一点地拼了回来。）

（美玲低头点了点终端，一张密密麻麻的物资清单投射在我们面前。）

Mayling指挥官，你看！

Mayling格琳娜小姐和闪电队长负责统筹清单。她们把我们需要的东西按照重要程度分级，还根据各条运输路线调整过好几次。

Mayling刘莳小姐和托卡列夫小姐，以及人形社区的大家，负责黄区内的物资收集与转运。能直接用的材料送来，不能直接用的，就先拆成零件。还有佩妮泽小姐也陆续送来了几批物资。

Commander但我注意到，核心部位的材料不像是能在黄区搜索到的。

Commander比如这块装甲板的加工精度很高，而且看这合金的成色……一定是非常高端的工艺。

Commander你们从哪弄来的？

（听到这里，美玲的手指停在几项被特别标记的物资上。）

Mayling呜哇，没想到这么快就被指挥官发现了……明明那位供应商已经藏得很仔细了。

Mayling没错，这些核心部件和关键能源组件，都是有人特意从白区调度过来的。

Mayling对方没有留下名字，运输文件也处理得干干净净，可送来的每一批货物，偏偏都和我们的需求严丝合缝。

Mayling唔……做到这种程度，反而像是在等指挥官亲自猜出来呢。

Mayling我也问过格琳娜小姐，这些来历不明的资材是否可信。她盯着清单看了好一会儿，最后只是笑着告诉我——如果是指挥官的话，就算不看任何资料，也一定知道供应商是谁。

CommanderHeh...呵……

（我发出一声苦笑。）

（事已至此，愿意在这种条件下，以这种复杂的方式在罗联眼皮底下把物资调度过来的人，据我所知只有一位。）

（我的脑海当中浮起一个白发苍苍的老者的面容。）

Commander……真是一位不愿意留下姓名的热心老板。

Mayling资材清单上的确写着“热心的无名老人”。

Mayling而且，那人还在备注里说，如果有剩余，就当成给您的压岁钱。

Commander把那一行删掉。

Mayling晚啦！格琳娜小姐已经备份了哦~

（我叹了口气。美玲忍住笑意，带着我继续向前。）

（越靠近引擎室，走廊里的声音便越嘈杂。）

（搬运设备从轨道上快速驶过，几名人形抬着沉重的金属箱从岔路口转出。）

（走在最前方的少女看见我，立刻停下脚步。）

TokarevCommander.指挥官。

（托卡列夫将手中的金属箱交给同伴，随后挺直身体，向我敬礼。）

Commander辛苦了，托卡列夫。这些也是你们收集的？

TokarevYes.是。

Tokarev从各地赶来的同伴带来了过去保存的备用零件，也有人拆掉了自己多余的载具。

Tokarev我们把目前用不到、但艾莫号可能需要的部分全都送了过来。

Mayling帮了大忙呢！

Mayling好多零件虽然不是原本的规格，但稍微加工一下就可以使用。要是全靠重新采购，经费清单大概会长到格琳娜小姐看见以后再次晕过去……

Tokarev……美玲小姐这阵子也一直很忙碌呢。

Tokarev这段时间，所有送来的部件都是由美玲小姐检查、分类，再决定安装位置。

Mayling这、这是应该的……毕竟我是艾莫号的第一工程师嘛！

Commander所以我的第一工程师也要好好照顾自己才行。

Commander我还没回来的时候，你就一直在强撑着工作吧？

Commander现在你有想完成的目标，我不勉强你停下手里的事，但等忙完这段时间，你一定要好好休息好吗？

Mayling嘿嘿……这可是指挥官自己说的，我已经记下来了！

Mayling到时候我要申请三天假期，还要一瓶好喝的米酒……而且要指挥官亲自送过来。

Commander你这是把休假申请当成欠条了吗？

Mayling谁让指挥官以前总是临时给我增加好多工作……

Mayling如果最后又没有假期，我就把指挥官扣在工作间里。

Mayling什么时候批完经费、陪我喝完米酒，什么时候才能出去！

Commander听上去，最后坐牢的人反而会是我。

Mayling哎？没有那么严重啦。

Mayling只是……稍微限制一下指挥官的人身自由而已。

（美玲笑眯眯地把假期、米酒和维修经费依次记进终端，像是生怕我事后反悔。）

（我轻叹一声，却没有让她把那些东西删掉。）

（等这一切结束，无论是休假、米酒，还是单纯陪她在艾莫号上坐一会儿，我都不应该再让她等待太久。）

Commander那你们呢？备用的零件和载具都没了……之后的战斗怎么办？

Tokarev之后再想办法。

（她回答得没有一丝迟疑。）

Tokarev只要艾莫号能够重新行动，大家就有可以聚集的地方。

Tokarev只要您还在这里，我们失去的零件、载具和物资，就都可以重新取得。

Tokarev但如果没有把这些东西及时送来，我们或许会再一次失去您。

Tokarev无论如何，格里芬的大家不能接受这一点。

Commander...……

Tokarev指挥官，请不必为此介怀。

Tokarev这是我们自己的选择，没有您，就没有格里芬的过去、现在，以及未来。

Tokarev您就是格里芬的象征，没有任何事情比您更重要。

CommanderEveryone...大家……

Tokarev啊，抱歉，指挥官。

Tokarev甲板那边还有需要我紧急帮忙的事情，我忙完就回来。

Commander没事，你去吧。

Commander代我向你能碰到的同伴问好。

TokarevYes, Commander!是！

（托卡列夫再次向我敬礼，随后转身追上了运输队伍。）

（她们的脚步很快消失在通道尽头，只有那句“您就是格里芬的象征”仍然停留在我的耳边。）

Mayling指挥官……很受大家信任呢。

Mayling我最开始也劝过托卡列夫小姐她们，告诉她们说艾莫号需要的东西太多，不可能什么都修好。

Mayling可是每次少了什么，过一会儿就会有人送来。

（美玲低头看着手中的终端，声音轻了下去。）

Mayling格琳娜小姐明明还在生病，却一直不肯断开通讯。刘莳小姐几乎跑遍了周围所有聚居地。

Mayling托卡列夫小姐她们带来的东西更多，就连铁血的大家也……

Architect喂——！我听见了哦！

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（引擎室的大门刚刚开启，建筑师不满的声音便伴随着气浪一同涌来。）

（原本宽阔的舱室被各类设备挤得满满当当。）

（粗大的能源管线从顶部垂下，连接着中央新安装的分流装置。）

（巴希达站在升降平台上，正带领工程人形们固定最后一组锁定栓。）

（她们的衣服上满是油污，有几名人形的手臂甚至还没有来得及装回仿生皮肤。）

Balthilde最后一组固定完成。

Balthilde不要立刻加压，先让循环系统运转三个周期。

Architect知道啦，知道啦。最低功率、三周期循环、能源隔离，一项都没落下。

Architect放心，炮和力场盾现在各吃各的，谁也抢不到谁头上。

Architect我造的重武器，可不会在这种地方掉链子啦~

Balthilde我只是在提醒你按照流程操作。

Architect哎呀，流程也有我参与制定的嘛。

Architect不要总像骑士小姐那样板着脸啦~等测试结束，你就知道铁血的建筑师大人有多可靠了！

（建筑师笑嘻嘻地从控制台后探出头，随后一眼看见了我。）

（她睁大了眼睛，随即带着那份毫不掩饰的得意远远招呼。）

Architect哎呀呀，瞧瞧是谁来了——指、挥、官！

Architect快来快来，这就是我这段时间最伟大的作品！

（她猛地拍下按钮。）

（引擎室另一侧的隔离门缓缓打开。轨道后方，一门结构紧凑的重型武器露出了漆黑的轮廓。）

（仅从外形来看，它与过去见过的木星炮有几分相似，但庞大的炮身被大幅压缩，充能轨道和散热结构也经过了彻底改造。）

（它并非固定在艾莫号的顶部，而是被收纳在经过改造的无人机起降平台下方。）

（需要时，整套发射结构都可以沿轨道升起。）

Architect怎么样？看傻了吧！

Architect隐藏式起降结构、炮身锁定装置、自动升降平台，还有能够承受紧急发射的隔离层——

Architect能把这种大家伙塞进艾莫号，还让它随时可以开火，除了本铁血的不世天才还有谁做得到？

Balthilde我提醒一点，最初的设计理念是美玲小姐提出的。

Architect这我不否认啦，但能让武器落地才是“建筑”的关键！

Architect光有设计理念，武器难道会自己从甲板下面长出来吗？

Architect完整炮体设计、结构合理化改造、武器弹药适配、发射平台的调整，全都是重武器开发的重要部分！

Architect不过嘛——

（兴奋地介绍着的建筑师转过头，望向我身旁的美玲。）

Architect美玲的想法也的确很厉害啦！我只是成功地把厉害的想法变成更更更更更厉害的武器而已！

Commander建筑师对美玲似乎很欣赏啊。

Architect哼哼，指挥官，我真的很好奇哦，你到底是从哪里捡到的这么有趣的人类小鬼？

Architect作为一个人类，竟然一点都不害怕铁血，还敢主动跑来问我，能不能再往艾莫号上塞一门木星炮。

Mayling呜……果然之前的想法还是太、太大胆了吗……毕竟那时艾莫号还在维修中，供能也很紧张，大家有不少疑虑……

Architect哎？可我觉得这是超——极天才的想法啊！

Architect艾莫号会被打成大漏桶，完全是因为一直没配备足够的火力吧！

Architect所以现在不仅该装木星炮，还要装满各种重火力才行呀！

Architect最好是把艾莫号交给我们铁血彻彻底底地改造一遍！

Commander咳……所以，你们最后是怎么解决主炮的落地问题的？

Architect哈哈，当然是因为铁血伟大技术的协助啦！还有小美玲也很努力~

Architect在我把造好的大炮运过来之后，她还真把艾莫号的每一条管线都重新算了一遍，硬是从一堆挤不出能源的破铜烂铁里，给主炮腾出了位置呢！

Architect真是不得了啊，指挥官，不如把小美玲让给铁血吧？

Architect小美玲要是能仔细研究起铁血的技术，前途无量呢！

Mayling建、建筑师小姐……

Architect我只是说实话而已啦！

Architect现在，让指挥官看看我们的成果吧！

（美玲笑了一下，走到控制台前。）

（直到这时我才注意到，她藏在袖子里的另一只手，几根手指上缠着绷带。）

（袖口下面还能看见轻微烫伤留下的痕迹。）

Commander美玲，你的手。

Mayling啊！这、这个只是刚才安装线路的时候烫了一下，不影响操作。

Mayling而且最困难的部分已经完成了。

（她像是刻意在我面前隐藏自己的手似的，飞快地打开设计界面。）

（繁复的结构图在空中一层层展开。）

Mayling原本的木星炮输出太高，艾莫号承受不了完整的能源负荷。

Mayling所以我降低了单次最大输出，把多余的能源分配给散热和下一次充能。

Mayling这样虽然每一发的威力有所下降，但射程不会受到太大影响，而且可以缩短两次射击之间的间隔。

Balthilde我们重新加固了起降平台和能源管线。

Balthilde只要不连续超过设计次数，舰体结构就能承受。

Architect还有我加入的紧急脱离装置。

Architect如果炮身失控，系统会立刻切断能源，把整套危险结构“砰！”地一下，全部抛出艾莫号！

Architect三套独立计时器，再加上机械式备用触发装置，就算主系统瘫痪成兵蚁也照样能用。

Mayling那个……其实还有新的力场盾！

Mayling指挥官指挥官，看这里！

（美玲飞快切换界面，一层由无数光点构成的艾莫号轮廓出现在空中。）

Mayling新的系统会配合观测数据，能更精细地调度每一份能源。

Mayling整体算法我们都调优过了，现在的力场盾绝对比以前更厉害了！

Commander如果敌人的攻击过于密集呢？

Mayling这个也考虑过了，我们引入了专门的模块，协助判断威胁！

Mayling作为最后最后的保险，还有擅长计算的同伴协助，提前找出并标记那些会造成致命损伤的火力。

Mayling虽然不能保证一点都不受伤，但是——

（美玲的手指落在艾莫号的全息图像上。）

Mayling它不会再被一发炮击夺走行动能力。

Mayling引擎、能源核心、指挥室，还有大家生活的舱室，我都划进了最高保护序列。

Commander包括你自己的工作间吗？

Mayling当、当然！

Mayling工作间也是基地车非常重要的一部分！

Mayling而且我的收藏全都在那里……要是再被炸一次，我会伤心得没办法工作的！

Commander原来收藏才是重点。

Mayling不是啦！

（美玲鼓起脸，但很快又转头看向那门重型轨道炮。）

Mayling艾莫号是我们的家。

Mayling大家可以出去战斗，也可以去很远的地方，但结束以后，总要有一个能够回来的地方。

Mayling所以无论是新的力场盾，还是这门炮，都不是为了让艾莫号变成只会战斗的武器。

（她将手掌贴在控制台上，像是在触摸某个熟悉的人。）

Mayling是为了让它能把大家一起带回来。

（美玲双手落在操作台上。）

（她灵巧地操作着，绿色的灯光沿着能源线路逐一点亮。）

（低沉的震动从脚下传来，沉睡的武器仿佛拥有了呼吸，开始缓慢积蓄力量。）

Mayling模拟充能开始。

Mayling能源输入百分之二十……四十……六十。

Mayling分流系统正常，炮身固定正常，散热循环正常。

（她的声音越来越快，疲惫的眼睛也重新亮了起来。）

Mayling百分之八十……模拟目标锁定。

Mayling误差修正完成。

Mayling随时可以发射！

Lobby Group Chat 1 休息室群聊1

GrozaMayling, how are you feeling now?美玲，你现在感觉怎么样？

MaylingColphne gave me a checkup, I'm alright.寇尔芙已经帮我检查过了，没有什么大碍。

HelenWere you pulling another all-nighter?你最近是不是又在熬夜工作了？

MaylingUm... It won't happen again!唔……下次一定不会这么做了！

MaylingI always left my food in that corner of the storeroom. I was tired, so I just picked it up and drank from it without thinking.仓库里面的那个角落一直是我放食物的地方，工作太累……我就拿起来直接喝了。

MaylingFortunately, I realized something was wrong after just one mouthful.还好只是一口，就发现不对劲。

HelenI'll remind the others to be careful about where they put their things to avoid this sort of thing happening again.我会让大家注意放东西的位置……避免相同的事情发生。

GrozaI can't believe someone spiked one of your mijiu bottles with chili water.放了辣椒汁的那瓶特殊“饮品”，用的是美玲惯常装米酒的瓶子。

HelenThe question now is just who would have done such a thing?嗯，我明白，最大的问题在于……是谁把辣椒汁放在了瓶子里。

MaylingIs it because I made the "ghost" angry?是不是因为我惹“幽灵”生气了？

MaylingThe parts on the shelves keep vanishing for no reason too, and I keep hearing weird noises when working late at night...最近货架上的零件总会莫名其妙地消失……深夜加班的时候还总会有奇怪的声音传来……

HelenThe last time the "ghost" showed up, it was actually Balthilde. I think you're aware of that, right?之前美玲遇到的“幽灵”，是巴希达哦，这件事你应该已经知道了吧。

MaylingBut that's what makes it weird! The ghost was there even though Balthilde isn't on the Elmo!就是知道才不对劲啊！巴希达不在艾莫号上的时候，幽灵也在！

MaylingThe parts were floating between the shelves and I heard a creepy "Guhahahaha" laugh at night—零件会在货架之间飘动，夜晚还会诡异地出现“咕哈哈哈哈”的声音。

SoppoGuhahahaha—There it is, the special blend I made for Junya! Did someone drink part of it?咕哈哈哈哈——找到了，给Jr准备的特调！怎么会少了一小半啊！

MaylingAh! That's it! The laugh sounded just like that!啊！就是这个声音，很像！

HelenI think Soppo usually drops by the storeroom to borrow a part or two.索普，平日里应该会借用一些零件吧。

SoppoHm? But the Commander said I could help myself!嗯？指挥官说了可以随便用！

SoppoWhy is everyone looking at me? Do you want to try some chili water special blend too?为什么都看着我？你们也想尝尝辣椒汁特调吗？

SoppoWell, you can't—not unless you're the Commander.不可以——除非是指挥官才行。

HelenThe Commander can't drink chili water either. In fact, most of the mijiu in that bottle belonged to Mayling, didn't it?指挥官也不能喝辣椒汁啊，瓶子里一大半是美玲原本的米酒吧。

SoppoHehe, I made it according to that special recipe! It's super popular!哼哼，这可是我根据食谱特调的！超受欢迎哦！

HelenJust store it in another place next time. Don't mix it up with Mayling's own supply.下次换一个存放的地方吧，不要和美玲的货物弄混了。

HelenIt looks like a misunderstanding caused by using the same bottles as Mayling's. So that "ghost"...看来只是用了相同瓶子才产生了误会，那位“幽灵”……

MaylingIt definitely exists! The success rate of tasks after I made a wish on the "ghost" has been dropping off...绝对存在的！最近向幽灵许愿完成工作的成功率下降了不少……

MaylingCould it be... Ah, got it! The "ghost" needs to be appeased by chili-flavored mijiu!难道……我明白了！一定是“幽灵”需要辣椒味的米酒供奉！

MaylingPlease help me finish my work, don't let me mess up again—拜托了，请继续帮我完成工作，这一次千万不要失误啊——

Lobby Group Chat 2 休息室群聊2

MaylingMiss Liushih, Jiangyu said you had something to ask Ksenia and me. What seems to be the problem?刘莳小姐，听绛雨说你有事情要拜托我和科谢尼娅？

JiangyuYou're the only ones I can count on for this... I can't do this by myself.这个事情只能拜托你们了……我、我不行了。

KseniaIf the cash is there, we do not care~只要价格到位，一切好说哦~

LiushihI'd like the two of you to teach me math.我想请二位教我算数。

MaylingEh? Math?诶？算数？

KseniaTeaching... math? To a Doll? Isn't that a basic function of every Doll's neural cloud?人形……学算数？！这不是人形心智的基本功能吗？

LiushihZhisui's been nagging me about how bad I am with numbers from a long time ago.从以前我就对数字不是很敏感，所以经常被知穗念叨。

JiangyuAs for the exact situation... Maybe I should give you an example.具体情况……我来演示一下吧。

JiangyuAlright. A deluxe xiaolongbao costs 20 Sardis gold. The Commander asks you to buy 30 of them, but because everyone else on the Elmo wants to try them too, you have to buy another 60. How many Sardis gold is this?一个豪华小笼包20萨狄斯金，长官委托你买30个，但是因为艾莫号上的大家也想尝一尝，所以要再买60个，一共需要多少萨狄斯金？

LiushihI have to buy 30, and then 60 more... that's 1...2...3... Oh no, I'm out of fingers.30个，然后又买了60个……1……2……3……手指头不够……

MaylingEhhh? Wait a minute, Liushih, why are you grabbing my hand—诶？等等刘莳小姐为什么要抓住我的手……

Liushih15... 16... Um... I guess... a lot of Sardis gold? Maybe a kilo?15……16……嗯，我知道了，大概是……很多萨狄斯金？应该是一公斤？

KseniaIs this the kind of outcome you get after counting with the fingers from all four of us?!都已经用了我们四个人的手指头了，还能算出这种结果吗？！

MaylingMiss Liushih... are you really a Doll?刘莳小姐……您真的是人形吗？

JiangyuLike I said, I can't do this by myself!所以我才要说我不行了啊！

JiangyuIn any case, I'm leaving Liushih in your hands! I'll be off now!总之，刘莳就交给你们了！我先走一步！

KseniaHah? Hey! Get back here!啊？喂！你给我等等！

MaylingUm... I need to take part in a rice wine auction afterwards... so...那个……我记得等下我应该要参加米酒的拍卖会……所以……

MaylingAh! But Ksenia's really calculative I mean great at math!啊！但是科谢尼娅非常精通计算哦。

KseniaM-Mayling? Did the Commander corrupt you?美、美玲？你是不是和指挥官学坏了。

MaylingSurely you won't say no to Miss Liushih, will you?科谢尼娅一定不会拒绝刘莳小姐的吧。

LiushihMiss Ksenia, please teach me math. Thank you.科谢尼娅小姐，请您教我数学吧。拜托了。

KseniaIf science can't solve this problem, I don't think even the occult can help you...科学都无法解决的难题，我就算用玄学也拯救不了你啊。

LiushihI can pay this much for each lesson, plus tip.关于每一节课的报酬，我可以出这个数，并且还会有小费补贴。

KseniaYou got it, Boss! Let's start right now!老大您说得对！我们现在就开始上课吧。

Lobby Group Chat 3 休息室群聊3

MaylingBweeehhhhh, thank you, everyone... Bweeeh... I really had no other choice...呜呜呜，谢谢大家……呜呜呜……我真的没办法了……

HarpsyMayling... don't worry, I'll help you.美玲……不要着急，我会帮忙的。

KoledaThat's right. No matter what happens, you should face it with a smile.没错，不论遇到什么都要用笑容面对哦。

LevaTell us what happened, Miss Mayling.先说说发生了什么吧，美玲小姐。

MaylingRecently, there were signs of malicious intrusion in the Elmo's internal communications equipment.最近艾莫号的内部通讯设备有被人恶意入侵的情况。

MaylingBut no matter what kind of traps I set or how I changed the encryption... the intruder bypassed them with ease bweeeehh...但是不论我怎么设下陷阱……或者是修改加密方式……都会被轻松突破呜呜呜……

MaylingSo I had no choice but to ask for your help...所以我只能求助大家了……

LevaOh? Malicious intrusion, you say... Hm, what did this perpetrator do?哦？恶意入侵……嗯，这个凶手有做出什么特别行为吗？

MaylingUm... First, the perpetrator kept sending messages to the Commander, but all of them were set to delete themselves.嗯……首先入侵者一直在给指挥官发信息，但是都设置了自动删除。

MaylingBut when I asked the Commander what that was all about, he refused to tell me what was going on.不过就算问了指挥官，指挥官也不肯告诉我发生了什么。

KoledaHmmm~ In that case, perhaps this perpetrator was sending the Commander some special messages~嗯~那可能这一位凶手在给指挥官发送一些特别的信息呢~

KoledaHuh? Why is everyone looking at me like that?嗯？你们为什么这么看着我？

HarpsyUm... I didn't hear that... I don't know... Mayling, do you have any other clues?呜……我没听见……我不知道……美玲，还有别的线索吗？

MaylingErm... The Elmo's income and expenditure reports were frequently accessed, but the access logs all pointed to an invalid address.嗯……艾莫号的收支报告经常被人查阅，但是访问记录全部通往一个无法访问的地址。

LevaLooks like our perpetrator was very concerned about the Elmo's finances.看来是一个非常在意艾莫号财政的凶手啊。

KoledaHm, like a certain cunning fox.嗯，就像一只狡猾的狐狸呢。

HarpsyShould... Should I be hearing this...这……是我应该听的吗……

MaylingAh, yes! The perpetrator downloads huge chunks of data every night!啊！对了，每天晚上这个凶手都会下载数据非常庞大的东西！

HarpsyAiieeeee!噫！

KoledaOh? That's a lot of data♪哦？很大的数据啊♪

LevaDon't worry, Miss Mayling, we'll take care of it.放心吧，美玲小姐，我们会妥善处理的。

LevaIsn't that right, Harpsy?你说对吧，哈卜茜？

HarpsyBweehhh... yeah...呜……嗯……

MaylingReally? Then I'll be counting on you.真的吗！那就拜托你们了。

Bedroom Chat 1 卧室闲谈1

MaylingHmm, this area is the Commander's bedroom, and this side is...嗯……这个区域是指挥官的卧室，这边是……

KalinaMayling, is the cleanup work going well?美玲，清排工作还顺利吗？

MaylingAh! Miss Kalina, you're here.啊！格琳娜小姐，您来了。

MaylingI'm working on the blueprints for the Elmo's living quarters. And this room could be rebuilt as the new bedroom for the Commander!我在做艾莫号上生活区域的规划，这个房间可以重建为指挥官的新卧室哦！

KalinaWell done Mayling. How's the progress so far?真不愧是美玲，目前进展如何了？

MaylingPreparations are complete! The Commander's bedroom can start reconstruction very soon... probably?都已经安排好了！指挥官的卧室很快就可以开始重建了……大概？

KalinaProbably?大概？

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KalinaLemme see... We need the sword stands, fortune-telling tools, and the crystals for the stargazing platform...我看看……需要供奉武器的刀架、包含占卜工具和水晶的观星台……

Kalina...Will the Commander's bedroom need these?……卧室里会需要这些吗？

MaylingHehe... Everyone's quite excited to throw in their requests, but right now not all of the ideas could be done.嘿嘿……大家提出需求的热情很高，但是现在并不能同时满足这么多的想法。

KalinaSo, what's this "Constructed with high-strength alloys and carbon fibers, enveloped by luxurious dark, soft leather, and built on oak frames..." for a rice wine refrigerator? Whose idea was it?那这个“使用高强度合金和碳纤维材料，被豪华黑色软皮包裹，并且由橡木制成的米酒冰柜”是谁提的？

MaylingEhehehe~诶嘿嘿~

KalinaI understand everyone has a lot of opinions on the Commander's bedroom... but we have to remember to at least leave a spot for him to sleep in.虽然我理解大家对指挥官的卧室有很多想法……但记得至少要给他留个睡觉的地方。

MaylingIt's definitely there! Everyone wants to give the Commander an even more relaxing living space!那肯定有的！我们大家都想要给指挥官一个更舒适的生活空间！

MaylingAlso it seems like there is some extra left within our budget recently...而且最近的预算还有一点点的剩余呢……

KalinaIn that case, then I'll also join in the reconstruction work.既然如此，那么我也来一起做重建工作吧。

Bedroom Chat 2 卧室闲谈2

MaylingHurray! The hatch for the bedroom is all cleaned up~ Since the cleaning stuff for the outside are all done, let's start rebuilding the interiors of the bedroom!太棒啦！卧室舱门清排已经顺利完成喽~ 既然外面的清理工作都搞定啦，接下来我们就可以开始重建卧室内部了呢！

(...)（……）

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KalinaUh... Mayling, so is all this miscellaneous stuff...呃……美玲，这些杂物难道都是……

MaylingYup. There's still another three areas in the bedroom that require cleaning, and we still have to go step by step in order.是的呢，卧室的部分还有三个区域需要清排，依旧是要按照步骤逐步进行清排哦。

MaylingLet's keep it up and get the rest of the areas all cleared out!再接再厉，清排剩下的区域吧！

Dorm Dialogue 1 宿舍对话1

MaylingCommander, you're done with work! Want something to drink? D-Don't get me wrong, that's just plain water in there!指挥官，您总算忙完了。想喝点什么？别、别误会，杯子里面装的只是白开水而已啦！

MaylingHuwaaaah— I hardly ever get the chance to relax nowadays. Come over and have a chat, Commander!呼啊——真是难得能轻松一会儿呢。指挥官，您也一起来聊天吧！

Dorm Dialogue 2 宿舍对话2

MaylingCommander! I've finally found you! I just realized that the mail that Miss Persica sent us a while ago has some fine print...指挥官！终于找到您了！刚刚我突然发现，帕斯卡小姐之前寄来的邮件里还有一行小字……

MaylingIt says that the Covenant Ring has special supplemental code that needs to be appended to a Doll's base logic.上边说，铭契之环使用后还需要辅助专属代码加入到人形的底层逻辑运算中才行。

MaylingAnd also that if it's left there, it has a chance to cause neural instability symptoms in Dolls, including but not limited to performing on the Commander things such as... um, I'll leave you to read the rest of it!甚至还说，如果一直放置不管，有概率导致人形心智混乱，包括但不限于对指挥官……呃，剩下的您自己看吧！

Mayling(I peruse the mail that Mayling sends over, soon finding a line of notations that are grayed out, in a smaller font, and even marked with "//".)（我接过美玲传输来的邮件，果然发现了一行被置灰缩小甚至打了"//"的注释文字。）

(She might as well have said that the final rights of interpretation belong to 16Lab.)（她不如写一句最终解释权归16Lab所有得了。）

Commander...Unbelievable. (Sigh) Persica sure hasn't changed at all.……离谱。唉，帕斯卡这家伙是一点没变。

CommanderSo what should we do next? She can't have left that out as well, right?所以接下来该怎么做？她总不会又没说吧？

MaylingEep... I contacted her after I found the fine print, but she seemed reluctant to speak in detail. She just said... the Commander needs to fulfil everyone's wishes to not only increase affinity but also improve the operational efficiency of the Covenant Ring's code.呃呜……我发现后就联系帕斯卡小姐了，但她似乎懒得细说，只是说……要让指挥官来满足大家的心愿，这样不仅仅契合度会有进一步的提升，铭契之环所录入的代码也能更加顺畅地运行。

MaylingS-she even gave me her answer in audio recording... Miss Persica's assistant, Miss Leibnys even said to me in that uptight way that I should study well, and not bother Miss Persica with everything... (sob)... Commander, am I that incompetent...甚至、甚至她是用录音说的……帕斯卡小姐的助手莱布妮丝小姐还理直气壮地让我好好学习，不要什么都来麻烦帕斯卡小姐……呜……指挥官，我有那么差劲吗……

CommanderWell, that's just how 16Lab is, adding oil to the fire regardless of how big of a deal it actually is. Don't pay it too much mind. But... the wishes of the Dolls... that's just too wide of a net. Seems way too complex.16Lab就这样，看热闹不嫌事大，你别在意。但是……人形的心愿……那不是什么都有吗，这也太复杂了。

MaylingMm, I feel that everyone wishes for similar things, really. People have preferences, but everyone's wishes all hinge on one thing—to be together with you, Commander.唔，我倒是觉得，大家的心愿很统一的。虽然大家各有喜好，但是很明显，大家最根本的愿望从来没有变过——就是和指挥官在一起。

MaylingAfter so many years of forced separation, they still wanted to follow you after the restrictions were lifted.毕竟大家被迫分离了这么多年，限制解除后还是来追随指挥官了呀。

CommanderThen all I have to do is go to the public area and chat a bit more?那我多去休息室聊聊天就行了吧？

MaylingAh... I don't think just chatting will do. Dolls have to be adjusted on the basis of functionality, after all, and T-Dolls only reach their highest efficiency on the battlefield.呃……只是聊天也不可以啦，人形肯定还是要以功能为基准来调试的。那战术人形肯定就还是要在战场上才能达到最高效率。

CommanderHow's that different from what we do normally?那这不就和平时一样了。

MaylingIt just is! I've prepared a little tactical remote car for you, Commander. You can control it at range, and follow our Dolls into battle. A world for two on the battlefield must be a bounty hunter's dream date.不一样不一样，我给指挥官准备了一台小型战术车。指挥官可以远程操控这台战术车，随同人形出战，在战场上共度二人世界，这才是赏金猎人的浪漫呀。

CommanderR-really?是、是这样吗……？

MaylingOf course! I'm sure that the palpitations of the heart while fighting side by side will help the code meld with the existing logic structures! The remote control helps you avoid danger as well! It's several birds with one stone!当然啦！相信并肩作战时的那种怦然心动，一定会让专属代码更快融入原始逻辑架构的！远程操控还可以让指挥官规避危险，简直一举多得！

MaylingEhhh, why're you giving me that look, Commander? I've put in the effort to fulfil the wishes of the Dolls. At least give it go!欸欸欸，指挥官，您那是什么表情啊！为了实现人形的愿望我也是有好好努力的，至少，请您先试一试吧！

MaylingIf you really do happen to run into THAT chance Miss Persica mentioned, it'll—不然万一您真的触发了帕斯卡小姐说的那个概率，就会——

Commander(Clears throat) Alright, I get it. I'll go now.咳咳，好了，到此为止，我现在就去。

Massage Lounge 1 按摩休闲1

QiongjiuHow is it, is there any new information from the Commander's side?怎么样，指挥官那边有传回新的消息吗？

GrozaHmm... none for now.嗯……暂时还没有。

GrozaThe Commander and the AR Team are carrying out a mission that's somewhat difficult, so in the short term, they might not be able to respond.指挥官和AR小队这次执行的任务比较困难，恐怕短时间内无法得到回信。

GrozaAlso as everyone can see, the bombardment this time has caused severe damage to the Elmo, so...而且如大家所见，这次轰炸对艾莫号造成了非常严重的损坏，所以……

LiushihAh, everyone, Miss Mayling is coming.啊，大家，是美玲小姐来了。

SpringfieldMayling, please take a rest. You've been overworking on the Elmo's repairs for a while now, and you've done very well.美玲，请休息一下吧。这段时间你一直都在加急抢修艾莫号，真是辛苦你了。

MaylingUh, it's fine—Actually, after going through this so many times, I've gotten used to it... (Sobs)唔，没事啦——不如说经历过这么多次，我都已经习惯了呜呜……

MaylingIs there anything that you all needed?大家找我是有什么事吗？

SpringfieldHehe... since the Commander is busy fighting in the frontlines, us in rear can't just stay stuck.呵呵……既然指挥官正在前方奋战，那留驻后方的我们也不能一筹莫展下去呢。

GrozaThere are still things that we can do right now, and that's repairing the Elmo together. So when the Commander returns, we have the best conditions to greet him.眼下还有我们能做的事，那就是一起修建艾莫号，用最好的状态迎接指挥官的归来。

MaylingEh? So what everyone means is—to work on it together?诶？大家的意思是——要来一起帮忙吗？

SpringfieldYup, indeed~ though we cannot help with repairing, cleaning and arranging won't be an issue.是的呢~虽然维修方面我们帮不上忙，但是打扫和布置还是没问题的。

QiongjiuI've already organized a renewal checklist in accordance with the damages incurred in every area.我已经根据各区域的受损情况，罗列出了一份翻新条目清单。

QiongjiuIf we want to repair everything here, there might be some shortfalls in the funding...如果要对以上全部进行重建的话，资金上可能会有一些缺口……

QiongjiuHowever, luckily, the Elmo has collected a significant amount of resources, so it's not too big of an issue.不过好在，这次艾莫号筹集到了不少资源，所以这方面也不必担心了。

MaylingEhhhhh?? So what you mean is—we have an ample budget?!诶诶诶？这个意思是——还有充足的经费吗？！

GrozaMhm, Mokosh and the Underground Quarters have delivered a batch of supplies, and Frostfall Squad has also delivered much-needed construction materials on behalf of Griffin.嗯，莫科什和暗商协会那边送来了一批物资，霜降小队也代表格里芬送来了很多急需的建材。

GrozaWith these added up, it should be enough.加上这些就差不多足够了。

LiushihIf there's anything not there, allow me to supply them~至于不够的部分，就由我来补足吧~

LiushihIt doesn't matter if it's the best quality building materials, or the most comfortable furniture, everyone can pick them freely.无论是最顶级的建材，还是最舒适的家具，大家都可以随意挑选哦。

Mayling(Sobs)... I feel like I've only ever heard words like that in my dreams...呜呜呜……总觉得这种话，我只有在梦里才听到过……

MaylingThank you, leader Qiongjiu, and you Liushih! You're really of great help!谢谢琼玖队长，还有刘莳！真是帮上大忙了！

QiongjiuNo need, the Commander's problem is our problem.客气了，指挥官的事就是我们的事。

LiushihReconstructing the Elmo isn't just Miss Mayling's responsibility alone. Every one of us needs to chip in as well.建设艾莫号也不是美玲小姐一个人的责任，每个人都应该出份力呢。

GrozaAlso, to ensure that the reconstruction goes smoothly, we want Mayling to be the general supervisor for this project.另外，为了保证重建工作的顺利进行，我们希望美玲能来担任这次活动的总监督。

MaylingGeneral supervisor? Me?总监督？我吗？

SpringfieldAfter all, no one knows the Elmo better than Mayling.毕竟没有人比美玲更加了解艾莫号了呢。

QiongjiuI'll help out with the planning and coordination, too.有关统筹和调度方面的工作，我也会帮忙的。

MaylingIn that case, since Leader and everyone trust me this much—既然、既然队长和大家都这么信任我的话——

Start Now现在开始

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MaylingQiuhua, Sabrina, how is the progress on the kitchen, is it going well?秋桦，塞布丽娜，厨区这边的进度还顺利吗？

QiuhuaAiyah! Mayling you came just in time!哎呀！美玲你来得正好！

QiuhuaThe cleanup is mostly done. Sabrina and I are considering getting a new batch of kitchenware.打扫已经差不多搞定了，我和塞布丽娜正琢磨换一批新厨具呢。

SabrinaHehe, Yup~ I'm thinking of getting a new oven.嘿嘿，没错~我想换一台烤箱哦。

SabrinaThe previous oven has an issue with having an even heat distribution, and the desserts always just fall a touch short.之前的烤箱受热有些不均匀，烤出来的点心总是差一点火候。

SabrinaWhen the Commander comes back, I want to use the new oven and make the Commander many many confections!等到指挥官回来以后，我想用新烤箱为指挥官做更多的甜点！

QiuhuaAlso me, I want a bigger wok!还有我，我打算换一口尺寸更大的炒锅！

QiuhuaSo no matter how late the Commander works, I can still serve a wok full of hot, fresh dishes and keep the Commander well fed.这样长官不管忙到多晚，我都能立刻端上一大锅热气腾腾的饭菜，填饱长官的肚子啦！

MaylingThe idea behind it is great... but if it gets too late, it's likely that the Commander can't eat too much?想法倒是不错啦……但是太晚的话，指挥官大概也吃不进太多东西吧？

SabrinaDon't be so sure. When the Commander gets hungry for some late night snack, sometimes he'd sneak into the kitchen and eat the cookies I've left~那可不一定哦。指挥官半夜肚子饿了，有时会偷偷溜进厨房，吃掉我留下的小饼干~

SabrinaEvery time I see the satisfied expression on the Commander's face while eating delicious food, I feel especially happy.每次看到指挥官被美食满足的表情，我都觉得特别幸福呢。

MaylingIs... is that so?是……是这样吗？

MaylingI think I finally know when does the Commander sneakily drinks my rice wine— (Sobs)...我好像终于知道，指挥官都是在什么时间偷喝我的米酒了——呜呜呜……

SabrinaHm? Mayling did you just say something?嗯？美玲你刚刚有在说什么吗？

MaylingEh? Ah— i-it's nothing!诶？啊——没、没什么！

MaylingAnyway, so Qiuhua and Sabrina need an oven and a wok, right? I'm noting it down!总之秋桦和塞布丽娜需要的是烤箱，还有炒锅对吧？我记下来了！

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MaylingLeader, I'm back!队长，我回来了！

MaylingI've confirmed everyone's ideas and needs, and all the purchase orders have been successfully placed in the system.大家的想法和需求我都已经确认过了，采购方案也都在系统里下单成功了哦。

GrozaWell done, Mayling. What did everyone suggest?辛苦你了，美玲。大家都提出了什么样的建议？

MaylingUh... It's almost all with the Commander in mind.唔……几乎都是在为指挥官着想呢。

MaylingDoesn't matter if it's the kitchenware, coffee machine, sofa, or the greeneries, everyone's thinking about how it will be when the Commander's back.不管是厨具、咖啡机，还是沙发和绿植，大家考虑的都是指挥官回来以后会怎么样。

GrozaHehe... that's as expected. After all, everyone's using their own ways to yearn for the Commander.呵呵……这也是理所当然的吧。毕竟，大家都在用自己的方式思念着指挥官。

Groza...Hm? The goods seem to have been delivered to the Elmo's storeroom already, because Liushih chose the rapid service option.……嗯？因为刘莳点选了加急服务，似乎货品已经送达艾莫号的货舱了。

MaylingEh...Eh? Eh?? THAT fast? Is this the power of money?诶诶诶？这么快！这就是金钱的速度吗？

GrozaWell then, Mayling, let's go to the storeroom now and validate the supplies.那么美玲，我们这就前往货舱，一起核对一下物资吧。

Move out.出发

Not Ready Yet还没准备好

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MaylingWiring test complete, all systems nominal...线路测试完毕，设备运转正常……

MaylingWhew... Now the lounge reconstruction is all done!呼……这下休憩大厅的修建就大功告成了！

LiushihThanks to Mayling, I think the Commander will be so surprised upon return~多亏了美玲，我想长官回来会很惊喜的~

QiuhuaAiyah, look at the sparkling new countertop, and that huge wok! My spatulas cannot wait any longer!哎呀，看看这崭新的台面，还有这大炒锅，我的大勺已经迫不及待了！

QiuhuaWe should get that fire started now, and cook some dishes to try out this brand new kitchen, how's it sound?咱是不是该立刻开火做道菜，试试这新厨房咋样啊？

QiuhuaCan't wait until the Commander's back to find it dropping the ball!总不能等到长官回来以后掉链子嘛！

LiushihQiuhua brings up a good point.秋桦说得有道理呢。

LiushihHowever... If we're going to try out the kitchen area, is it fine if I make the first dish for everyone?不过……如果打算试用厨区的话，可以让我来为大家做第一道菜吗？

MaylingEh? Liushih wants to cook too?诶？刘莳也想下厨吗？

LiushihBesides the construction materials, I've also ordered some top-notch ingredients, so I could try them out.其实除了建材，我还顺便订购了一批上好的食材，想用它们来试试手。

LiushihInside, there's a crate of finely aged rice wine too~里面还有一箱年份极佳的纯酿米酒哦~

Mayling....R-r-r-r-rice wine?!……米、米米米米酒？！

QiuhuaHey, wait! This is the first dish in the new kitchen! Of course, we need a professional chef to put the cookware to the test, right?等一下，这可是新厨房的第一道菜哎！当然要交给专业的厨师才能知道厨具的好坏吧？

QiuhuaMayling, come 'ere and tell us, who's more suited to do the cooking?美玲你来评评理，让谁下厨比较合适？

Mayling(Hmmm... Even though Liushih's is an unknown factor... B-but that's top-quality rice wine!)（这……虽然刘莳的厨艺是个未知数……但、但那可是上好的米酒呀！）

MaylingIf I can only pick one—如果只能选择一个的话——

MaylingIf I can only pick one—如果只能选择一个的话——

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MaylingIs this the sofa Makiatto ordered for movie-watching? It's soo soft, so comfy...这是玛绮朵订购的观影沙发吗？软软的，好舒服……

MakiattoUgh! Wait, wait a minute! Don't sit on it yet!唔！等、等一下，先不要坐上去！

MaylingEh? Apologies... did I sit on something?诶？不好意思……我是不是压到什么东西了？

MakiattoOh, nope. However the dust cover hasn't been removed yet, that'll dirty Mayling's clothing.那倒没有，但上面的防尘布还没有摘，会弄脏美玲的衣服吧。

MaylingAh, so that's what it is... Makiatto is so attentive.啊，原来是这样……玛绮朵很细心呢。

MaylingThis sofa feels much softer than the previous one. Is this what Makiatto prefers?这套沙发摸起来要比之前那个柔软很多，是玛绮朵的喜好吗？

MakiattoY-yeah, b-because I think sofas that you sink into as soon as you sit down are better for watching movies...嗯，因、因为我觉得这种一坐下就会陷进去的沙发会更适合观影……

MakiattoI-it has absolutely nothing to do with me getting scared by horror movies every time, and I did not purposefully buy a model that lets people lean closely together!才、才不是因为我看恐怖片的时候总是被吓到，所以才特意买了能让人紧紧靠在一起的款式呢！

MakiattoAnd I am absolutely not looking forward to watching movies with the Commander!也绝对没有期待一起看电影的那个人是指挥官！

Mayling(I didn't even ask anything, and Makiatto already spilled all the beans...)（我还什么都没问，玛绮朵怎么全招了……）

MaylingUh, is there anything I can help with in the movie-viewing area?那个，观影区有什么需要我帮忙的吗？

Makiatto...Well, since we're on the subject, come help me set up the projection equipment over there.……既然说到这里，那就帮我调试一下那边的放映设备吧。

MakiattoAnd while we're at it, let's preload all the movies that person likes.顺便把那家伙喜欢的片源全部预载进去。

MakiattoO-of course, this is just out of concern for my companions, it's got absolutely nothing to do with caring about that person!当、当然了，这也只是出于对同伴的关心而已，绝对不是因为在意那家伙！

MaylingYup, Yup, I can feel Makiatto's concern quite clearly...好啦，好啦，玛绮朵的关心我已经确切地感受到了……

MaylingI'll come help you.我会来帮忙的。

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LennaWow, the arcade machine lit up! I knew this display would look super good♪哇，游戏机亮起来了！果然这块屏幕很棒呢♪

MakiattoThe projector is also running again, that worked quite well.放映机也运转起来了，效果还不错。

TololoThe lights in the display area... are really pretty.展示区的灯光……很漂亮。

TololoThank you, Mayling.谢谢你，美玲。

CheetaHehe, this genius' inventions also didn't explode~哼哼，本天才的发明也没有爆炸哦~

MaylingYay, this is going much more smoothly than expected!太好了，比想象中还要顺利呢！

MaylingAll that's left is the display walls by the stairs, and the refurbishing for the rec room is all done—只要再把楼梯处的展示墙布置好，娱乐室的翻新就大功告成了——

Groza...In my opinion, placing this photo here is what the Commander might expect.……我认为，将这张照片放在这里，会比较符合指挥官的期待。

OTs-I cannot agree with your idea.我不能认同你的想法。

OTs-For the Commander, it's obvious that imagery containing precious memories should be more qualified to be placed there.对指挥官来说，明显是承载了珍贵回忆的画面，才更有资格放在上面。

MaylingEh? Someone's arguing over there...诶？那边好像有人吵起来了……

MaylingIs there something wrong with the display walls?是展示墙出了什么问题吗？

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MaylingI-I think Leader Groza's picture might be a little more fitting...我、我觉得，闪电队长的照片可能会更合适一点……

GrozaThank you, Mayling.谢谢你，美玲。

MaylingCan we hear out the reason why Leader insists on this picture?可以听听队长坚持这张照片的理由吗？

GrozaHmm... Actually, this is a photo we took together while carrying out a commission.嗯……其实，这是在一次执行赏金任务前留下的合影。

GrozaEven through the picture, we can see the trust the Commander has for us.即便是从照片上，也能看出指挥官眼中对我们的信任。

GrozaI hope that when he sees this picture, the Commander will remember that... Groza's Team is still his reliable shield now.我希望指挥官在看到这张照片的时候，就能够想起……现在的闪电小队，依旧是他可以依靠的后盾。

GrozaThis is what I want to tell the Commander the most right now.这是我目前最想要传达给指挥官的事情。

Mayling...So that's Leader Groza's idea is.……原来闪电队长是这么想的。

MaylingWith such a tender intent, it's so hard for anyone to refuse...这么温柔的心意，确实让人很难拒绝呢……

MaylingUh, wait a moment! After listening to Leader's reasons, I suddenly remembered a better option!唔，等一下！听了队长的理由，我突然想到还有一个更好的选择！

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MaylingI-I think OTs-14's picture might be more fitting...我、我觉得，OTs-14的照片可能会更合适一点……

OTs-You have good taste, Mayling.你很有品味，美玲。

MaylingWhat's the reason OTs-14 insists on this picture?可以听听OTs-14坚持这张照片的理由吗？

OTs-Hmm... Actually, this is a photo from the ball in one of the anniversary banquets.嗯……其实，这是在一次周年庆典的舞会上留下的合影。

OTs-The gorgeous lighting, the graceful music, and also the memories of the Commander and I dancing together...华丽的灯光、优美的音乐，还有指挥官与我共舞的回忆……

OTs-I hope when the Commander sees this picture, the warmth from the past could give him some strength.我希望指挥官在看到这张照片的时候，这段温暖的过去，能带给他一些力量。

OTs-And also no matter if it is the past, or now... the Commander's "Groza" will always be by his side.以及无论是过去，还是现在……属于指挥官的“闪电”，永远都会陪伴在他的身边。

Mayling...So that's what OTs-14 thinks.……原来OTs-14是这么想的。

MaylingWith such a tender intent, it's so hard for anyone to refuse...这么温柔的心意，确实让人很难拒绝呢……

MaylingOh, wait! Hearing OTs-14's reasoning gave me an idea! There's an even better option!唔，等一下！听了OTs-14的理由，我突然想到还有一个更好的选择！

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Mayling(Even though the rec room is pretty much done, I feel like ever since seeing the Commander's photo, everyone's spirits have lowered.)（虽然娱乐室也算是完工了，但总觉得从看到指挥官的照片开始，大家就变得低落起来了……）

Mayling(Ugh... what to do?)（呜……该怎么办呢？）

GrozaSo according to the plans, the next step would be repairing the armory and the armory passage.那么按照计划，接下来要修建的是武器室和武器室通道。

Mayling...……

OTs-What happened, Mayling? Is there a problem with the plans?怎么了，美玲？是计划出了什么问题吗？

MaylingAh, no! There's nothing wrong with the plans.啊，没有！计划倒是没有问题。

MaylingHowever, the reconstruction work has been going on for a while, but there's still no news about the Commander.不过，修建工作已经进行了有一段时间，但指挥官那边还是迟迟没有消息。

MaylingEveryone's so worried about the Commander that they've lost some of their motivation to keep working on the repairs... So, progress has been a little slow.大家因为太担心指挥官，有些失去了继续修建的心情……所以，现在的进度不是很顺利。

MaylingThe two of you must've felt it too right?两位队长也应该感受到了吧？

GrozaMhm... after all, the greatest motivator for us to complete the repairs is the moment the Commander returns.嗯……毕竟修建最大的动力，就是为了迎接指挥官的归来。

GrozaLooking at the Elmo furnished with great care, and yet the Commander's not here. The sense of loss only grows ever stronger.看着精心布置的艾莫号，指挥官却不在这里，失落的感觉确实会更强烈。

OTs-...I'm also responsible for this.……这其中也有我的责任。

OTs-If I didn't argue so much about the display wall, maybe everyone's emotions wouldn't be magnified to this level.如果不是我争执展示墙的事情，或许大家的情绪就不会被放大到这种地步。

MaylingEh? Nonono, I didn't mean to chide both Leaders!诶？没有没有，我没有责备两位队长的意思！

GrozaNo... OTs-14 and I did make mistakes.不……我和OTs-14确实有不对的地方。

OTs-At the very least, we should think of a way to cheer everyone up.至少让我们想想办法，来帮大家打起精神吧。

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GrozaLike that, most things should be done setting up...这样就布置得差不多了……

OTs-It should be enough to satisfy Nemesis' requirements.应该能够达到纳美西丝的要求。

MaylingEveryone out there collecting items should be back soon?出去收集物品的大家也快回来了吧？

KrolikOi, Nemesis, we got the things here!喂，纳美西丝，我们把东西找来了！

FaelynnFaelynn also brought Master's items!芙铃也拿到主人的物品啦！

BastiHeheh, Darling's personal items are here with me~哼哼，Darling的贴身物品可是在我这里哦~

Nemesis...Star map's trails shouldn't be too messy.……星图的轨迹不宜过于杂乱。

NemesisOnly one of the items needs to be used as the central medium.仅需置放其中一件，作为核心介质即可。

MaylingEh? In the end we only needed to pick one?诶？结果只要选一个就可以了吗？

MaylingSo... from what they found, which one to use?那……用谁找来的物品比较好呢？

MaylingSo... from what they found, which one to use?那……用谁找来的物品比较好呢？

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MaylingHm? That thing in Basti's arms is...嗯？贝丝蒂怀里的这件是……

BastiHeheh, it's Darling's coat.哼哼，是Darling的外套哦。

BastiSince Darling wore it for so long, then it'll definitely be full of Darling's scent!既然Darling穿了它那么久，那它一定沾满了Darling的气息吧！

MaylingR-really? Why does it sound a bit weird...是、是吧？怎么听起来有点怪怪的……

MaylingAnd looking closely, isn't this the one the Commander lost? ...So it was Basti who took it.而且仔细一看，这好像是指挥官弄丢的那件？……原来是被贝丝蒂捡走了。

BastiHm~ Mayling, why are you making that face?嗯~美玲为什么是这个表情？

BastiIf the coat isn't enough, I have things that are even more intimate.如果外套不够的话，我还有更贴身的东西哦。

BastiFor example, Darling's toothbrush cup, Darling's handkerchief, and also Darling's—比如Darling的洗漱杯、Darling的擦手巾，还有Darling的——

MaylingUwah! Enough, enough, the coat's enough!呜哇！够了够了，外套就够了！

Mayling(Is this really something I should be listening to?)（接下来还是我能听的吗？）

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MaylingNemesis, the items everyone searched for are here now.纳美西丝，大家找来的物品已经收集齐了哦。

KrolikWith this many things, it should be enough?有这么多东西，应该差不多了吧？

Nemesis...Yes. The weight of the bonds is enough.……嗯，羁绊的重量已经足够。

NemesisI should mention beforehand that the visions reflected by the prism can only be seen by its bearer alone.需要事先说明的是，棱镜所映照出的景象，只能由持有者单独观测。

MaylingSo what you mean is... only Nemesis can see them?意思是……只有纳美西丝一个人看得到吗？

NemesisYes, but I will truthfully relay everything that I observe within.嗯，但我会将观测到的一切，如实转述给大家。

KrolikAlright alright, whatever it is I just want to be sure that the Commander's fine.行吧行吧，反正只要能确认指挥官没事就好。

MaylingWe'll leave it to you, Nemesis!那就拜托你了，纳美西丝！

(Nemesis begins the fortune-telling, and the familiar figure begins to appear within the prism...)（纳美西丝开始占卜，自棱镜中渐渐映出了熟悉的身影……）

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MaylingWhew... The Armory, Fitness Center, Dressing Room, and Mirage Terrace—all the public areas are finally finished.呼……武器室、活力区、衣装间，还有光影露台——所有公共区域的修建都大功告成了。

MaylingI thought these plans would take at least several days to complete. I can't believe we used only half a day and got it done!没想到这些计划要几天才能完成的任务，居然只用了短短半天就完工了呢！

GrozaHehe... Well, after knowing the results from the fortune-telling, everyone didn't want to lose to Robella, so we all redoubled our efforts.呵呵……毕竟在得知占卜结果以后，大家都不想输给洛贝拉，所以干劲十足呢。

OTs-Yeah, not only does the Elmo need to be even better than before, the welcoming party afterwards must also be flawlessly done.没错。不仅艾莫号要比以前修建得更完善，接下来的欢迎派对，也要做到无可挑剔才行。

Mayling(Uwaaa, their smiles are a bit scary at the moment...)（呜啊啊，两位队长现在的笑容，稍微有点可怕啊……）

GrozaWell done Mayling, keeping up on everything the whole time.美玲，辛苦你一直跟进了。

GrozaIs the equipment for every area in place?各个区域的设备已经就位了吧？

MaylingYup, all of them are done calibrating! It can be used anytime.嗯，全部都调试完毕了！随时可以投入使用。

OTs-In that case, our next steps are to formally begin the preparation for the welcoming party.既然这样，接下来就该到正式筹备欢迎派对的时间了。

OTs-Although everyone has prepared a little surprise themselves, it still needs someone to arrange the whole procedure.虽然大家各自准备了一些小惊喜，但需要有人把流程整合起来。

MaylingSo, does that need my help?那个，需要我来帮忙吗？

GrozaDon't worry about it, OTs-14 and I will be responsible for the party's overall planning.没关系，我和OTs-14会负责派对的统筹。

GrozaMayling go take a break, and take a walk around here.美玲就放松一下，到处走走吧。

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MaylingWhew, done! It's just the fasteners misaligned at the bottom.呼，搞定了！只是底部卡扣的位置偏了而已。

MaylingIt should be usable now.现在应该可以正常使用了。

BastiWoohoo! Thank you Mayling!太棒啦！谢谢美玲！

MaylingBut... it feels like this confetti cannon is so much heavier than a regular one.不过……感觉这个礼花筒要比普通的重上很多。

MaylingDid Basti add something in there?贝丝蒂是在里面加了什么东西吗？

BastiHeehee~ this isn't a regular confetti cannon, it has a special mechanism installed inside.哼哼~这可不是普通的礼花筒，是内置了触发机关的特别款哦。

MaylingWhat kind of mechanism?是什么样的机关呢？

BastiIf I set it off at this angle, the ribbons will burst out with a pop—只要我从这个角度拉响，彩带就会砰地一声飞出去——

BastiAnd the next moment, they'll wrap tightly around Darling and me!下一秒，这些彩带就会将Darling和我紧紧地绑在一起！

MaylingD-do you need to be tied together...要、要绑在一起吗……

BastiTo make sure Darling doesn't get stolen by the others, taking the initiative is a must!为了防止Darling被别人抢走，抢占先机是必须的嘛！

You're right.你说得对。

Never mind...还是算了……

MaylingWell no matter which way to cut it, this would make the atmosphere a lot more lively...不管怎么说，这样确实能让气氛活跃起来呢……

MaylingThough it's hard to say it would be a positive one.虽然说不好是什么气氛就是了。

BastiHeehee, then I'll make the ribbons even sturdier!嘻嘻，那我再把彩带做得更结实一点吧！

Maylingit might be better to use normal ribbons instead...还是换成普通的彩带比较好……

BastiEh? Why? What a shame, I prepared these for so long.诶？为什么？难得人家准备了好久呢。

BastiThen I'll cut the ribbons even shorter.那我再把彩带剪短一点吧。

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Groza...Hmm? Mayling, are you almost finished looking around?……嗯？美玲已经逛得差不多了吗？

OTs-How was it?感觉怎么样？

MaylingWhew... I guess my horizons were broadened?呼……算是大开眼界了吧？

MaylingEveryone prepared so many impressive surprises for welcoming the Commander back.大家为了迎接指挥官，准备了好多不得了的惊喜……

Mayling(...Turns out the Commander doesn't have it easy on a day-to-day basis either.)（……原来指挥官平时也不是很容易呢。）

MaylingOn that topic, did your side finish without a hitch?说起来，两位队长这边还顺利吗？

GrozaOTs-14 and I have mostly completed arranging the entire party's proceedings. We were just about to find Mayling too.我和OTs-14已经把派对的流程梳理得差不多了，刚好想要去找美玲呢。

MaylingEh? How may I help you?诶？找我有什么事吗？

GrozaTo ensure that the moment when the Commander finally returns works flawlessly, we've decided to run a rehearsal.为了确保指挥官回来的那一刻万无一失，我们打算进行一次彩排。

OTs-Then we'll need someone to stand in for the Commander and walk in from the lounge.那么就需要有一个人从大厅走进来，模拟指挥官入场才行。

MaylingThe Commander's stand-in... That person w-w-w-wouldn't happen to be me, right?模拟指挥官什么的……这个人不不不、不会就是我吧？

GrozaHm? Is there anything wrong?嗯？有什么不好吗？

OTs-During this time, Mayling, as the general supervisor, has put a great deal of effort into rebuilding the Elmo.这段时间美玲作为总监督，为艾莫号的重建付出了不少心力。

OTs-Therefore, we want to invite Mayling as the main guest for the rehearsal, and enjoy the atmosphere of the party.所以，我们想邀请美玲作为这次彩排的主宾，享受一下派对的氛围。

MaylingD-do I really have to be the Commander's substitute?真、真的要我代替指挥官吗？

Mayling(Brainwashing drinks, confetti cannons used to tie up people, and pure water for cleansing... A-are you sure this is for enjoyment!)（洗脑的饮料、绑人的礼花筒，还有祛邪的净水……确、确定是享受吗！）

GrozaHehe, everyone's greatly looking forward to showing Mayling their feelings.呵呵，大家可是都非常期待向美玲展示自己的心意呢。

OTs-I think that Mayling won't refuse our enthusiasm, right?我想，美玲应该也不会拒绝大家的这份热情吧？

Mayling...I, I...……我、我……

MaylingI miss the Commander so much (sobbing)—我突然好想指挥官啊呜呜呜呜——

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SpringfieldMayling, are you ready?美玲，准备好了吗？

SpringfieldEveryone has finished the preparations in the lounge, we could start the party anytime.大家已经在休憩大厅做好了准备，现在就可以开始派对了。

MaylingUh... is it too late for me to change my mind?那个……请问我现在还能反悔吗？

MaylingI feel like I'm about to open the door of no return...总觉得这扇门有去无回呢……

SpringfieldHehe, feel free to relax, Mayling.呵呵，美玲可以不用这么紧张哦。

SpringfieldIt is just a rehearsal, it's not that big of a deal, right?只是彩排而已，没什么大不了的吧？

MaylingY-you're right! It's not that big of a deal!说、说得也对，没什么大不了的！

MaylingAt worst, I'll just end up tied up like a mummy, have a basin of water poured over me, and lose my memory after drinking the concoction...最差也就是被绑成粽子，然后被泼一身水，最后喝下饮料失去记忆而已……

MaylingCommander... now you owe me more than just overtime pay... (sob)指挥官，你这下欠我的可不止是加班费了呜呜……

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BastiWelcome home! Darling— Bang bang bang!欢迎回家！Darling——砰砰砰！

MaylingUwaaah! Don't tie me up, don't tie me up!呜哇哇！不要绑我不要绑我！

Mayling...Eh? It's just a regular confetti cannon?……诶？只是普通的礼花而已吗？

MaylingWhere did the clingy ribbons go?那些会缠人的彩带呢？

BastiHeehee, I removed them!嘻嘻，我把它们换掉啦！

MaylingB-but didn't Basti say earlier that she wanted to keep the Commander tied close to her...?可、可是贝丝蒂之前不是说，要把指挥官紧紧绑在身边……

BastiWell, I thought about it carefully, and Darling wouldn't be able to eat properly like that~ Besides, being tied up would definitely be uncomfortable.因为我仔细想了想，那样Darling就没法好好吃东西了嘛~而且绑起来肯定会不舒服的。

BastiDarling's been out for so long. Darling must be really tired by now.Darling在外面那么久，一定已经很累了。

BastiEven though I want Darling all to myself, seeing Darling smile means even more to me—so ordinary ribbons will do just fine!虽然我很想独占Darling，但我更想看到Darling的笑容——所以，普通的彩带就好啦！

NemesisCelestial filth, awaiting purification—星辰的污秽，等待被洗涤——

MaylingUhhh... Nemesis! Please be gentler!呜……纳美西丝！拜托你下手轻一点！

NemesisMay the warm breezes blow away your body's exhaustion... guiding you, to your homeplace.愿和煦的微风，吹散你身上的疲惫……指引你，找到归宿。

Nemesis...Welcome home, Commander.……欢迎回家，指挥官。

MaylingIt smells so good...好香的味道……

MaylingThis is... incense? Nemesis isn't pouring water?这是……熏香？纳美西丝没有倒水吗？

NemesisYes, the stars guide me to ensure that the one who returns does not fall prey to the cold.嗯，星辰的指引告诉我，不可让归来之人沾染寒意。

NemesisDispelling misfortune has more than one way to be done.驱散厄运的方法不止一种。

NemesisThis calming incense should be plenty enough to dispel the haze from the Commander.这份安宁的熏香，已经足够为指挥官拂去阴霾了。

MaylingOoh, Nemesis...呜，纳美西丝……

FlorenceOya~ Commander, don't just stand by the doorway, there's so many delicious foods and drinks waiting for you in there~哎呀~指挥官别一直站在门口嘛，里面还有很多好吃好喝的等着你呢~

FlorenceFirst off, try out this drink I've meticulously blended!首先来尝尝我精心调配的饮料吧！

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MaylingHmm... it's a very gentle taste.唔唔……是很温和的口感呢。

MaylingMy entire body feels all warm and cozy, and my taut nerves finally unwind.感觉整个身体变得暖洋洋的，紧绷的神经也放松下来了。

MaylingDid Florence and Makiatto change the ingredients?是芙洛伦和玛绮朵调整了成分吗？

MakiattoOf course, it was just a joke.当然了，之前只是开个玩笑而已。

MakiattoWhen the Commander finally manages to return, how can I let him drink something weird?指挥官好不容易才回来，我怎么可能给他喝奇怪的东西呢？

MaylingSoo, this drink is actually...唔，所以这杯饮料其实是……

FlorenceIt's just a plain old fruit tea.只是普通的果茶而已啦。

FlorenceIf we must go into the details, then I've added a bit of chamomile extract in it. It has a soothing effect.硬要说的话，我在里面加入了一点洋甘菊的提取物，有舒缓神经的功效。

FlorenceIf the Commander can relax a little after drinking it, we'll be plenty satisfied~如果指挥官喝下以后能放松一点，我们也就心满意足了呢~

MaylingE-everyone...大、大家……

MaylingI was worried that everyone might actually be influenced by the fortune-telling and end up messing with the Commander at the party...我还担心大家真的会被占卜影响，要在派对上折腾指挥官呢……

GrozaHaha, how could we?呵呵，怎么会呢？

GrozaEven though everyone says they can't lose to Robella, when it comes to actually setting things up, all they really care about is how to make sure the Commander enjoys it.虽然大家嘴上说着不能输给洛贝拉，但在真正动手布置的时候，考虑的都是怎么能让指挥官更享受其中。

GrozaAt least, on the topic of longing for the Commander, we're the same... right, "Groza"?至少在思念指挥官这件事上，我们是相同的……对吧，“闪电”？

OTs-...Right.……嗯。

OTs-Compared to the safety of the Commander, the rest is unimportant.和指挥官的安危相比，其他的事情都不重要。

OTs-As long as I can see that person safely step back into the doors of the Elmo again, that to me is more than enough.只要能再次看到那个人平安无事地踏进艾莫号的大门，对我来说就已经足够了。

MaylingYou two... (sob)...两位队长……呜呜……

SpringfieldHehe, seeing Mayling feeling so moved, we can be assured on the party's effectiveness.呵呵，看到美玲感动的表情，我们对于派对的效果就可以放心了呢。

SpringfieldAs a reminder, there's a lot more steps later on.提醒一下，后面的环节还有很多哦。

SpringfieldQiuhua and Sabrina prepared a plethora of delicious food, Sharkry and Vepley rehearsed their dance, and Helen and Andoris prepared a relaxing massage...秋桦和塞布丽娜准备了丰盛的美食，夏克里和维普蕾排练了舞蹈，海伦和安朵丝准备了放松的按摩……

SpringfieldEveryone wants to show their kind gesture for the Commander.每个人都有想向指挥官展示的心意。

SpringfieldHowever, before that, there's also another gift everyone prepared together for the Commander~ Please come take a look first.不过在此之前，还有大家为指挥官共同准备的礼物~请先来看看吧。

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Mayling...Inside the box is—a cake?……盒子里面的是——蛋糕？

MaylingEveryone made it together?这是大家一起做的吗？

SpringfieldHehe, yes indeed.呵呵，是的哦。

SpringfieldThis is what everyone made in their spare time, each pouring their own thoughts and feelings into it.这是大家在忙碌之余，分别倾注了各自的思念做出的结果。

SpringfieldMakiatto baked the fluffy chiffon cake base, Sabrina mixed up the cream, and Lewis helped make the Elmo-shaped icing.玛绮朵烤了松软的戚风底，塞布丽娜打了奶油，刘易斯帮忙捏了艾莫号形状的翻糖……

SpringfieldThe final product looks really good too.最后的成品还挺不错的呢。

MaylingSuch a pretty cake...好漂亮的蛋糕……

MaylingBut why is the center section completely blank? Is it left out on purpose?不过，为什么中央的部分是一片空白呢？是特意空出来的吗？

GrozaThis is the spot reserved for Mayling.这是为美玲预留的位置。

MaylingEh? This is reserved for me?诶？为我预留的？

GrozaMhm, during this time, Mayling has not only been responsible for the Elmo's reconstruction, but also for taking care of everyone's feelings.嗯，这段时间，美玲不仅要负责艾莫号的重建，还要照顾大家的情绪。

GrozaIt's because we have Mayling's help, the Elmo was able to restore its former appearance that everyone's familiar with.因为有了美玲的帮忙，艾莫号才能这么快就恢复成大家熟悉的模样。

GrozaSo everyone had agreed upon beforehand, the most important part of the cake should be written by Mayling.所以大家商量过了，蛋糕上最重要的部分，也应该由美玲来写。

GrozaAlso I think Mayling will also have something to say to the Commander, right?而且我想，美玲应该也有想对指挥官说的话吧？

MaylingI...……我……

Mayling(That dummy Commander, always creating more and more trouble and never giving us enough money for repairs...)（那个笨蛋指挥官，总是只管制造问题，又不给人足够的维修经费……）

Mayling(And never taking care of his safety, making me and everyone else worried and anxious...)（还总是不顾自己的安危，让我和大家担惊受怕……）

Mayling(The Commander is the worst in the world, the one who makes me worried the most in the world! (Sobs)...)（真是这个世界上最差劲、最让人操心的指挥官了！呜呜呜……）

Mayling...Is it really okay to write these out?……这些真的可以写出来吗？

SpringfieldHaha, seems like Mayling has a lot of things she wants to say.呵呵，看起来美玲想说的有很多呢。

SpringfieldThe icing pen is by the cake.裱花笔就放在蛋糕的旁边。

SpringfieldFeel free to use it, Mayling.请随意使用吧，美玲。

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SpringfieldMayling, did you finish your writing?美玲已经写好了吗？

MaylingYeah! Although there's a lot of things I want to say, the cake doesn't have enough space to write all of that.嗯！虽然我想说的有很多，但是蛋糕写不下那么多的字……

MaylingSo, I just left the word I want to say to the Commander the most!所以，就留下我最想对指挥官说的一句话吧！

Springfield"Welcome home," ... huh?“欢迎回家”……吗？

GrozaHehe, what a perfect message.呵呵，真是完美的祝词呢。

OTs-Mhm, although simple, it also contains the same wish everyone has.嗯，虽然简单，但是包含了大家共同的期待。

OTs-There's nothing more suiting than that.没有比这更合适的话了。

MaylingHeheh, but compared to writing it onto the cake, in the end I still want to say it to the Commander directly so much more.嘿嘿……但比起写在蛋糕上，果然还是更想亲口对指挥官说出来啊。

MaylingCan I make a wish?我可以许愿吗？

Groza...Wishes?……许愿？

MaylingMhm! Just like the fortune-telling that Nemesis does, maybe this way it'll be communicated to the Commander.嗯！就像纳美西丝的占卜一样，或许这样就能传达给指挥官了。

NemesisThe star trails ultimately converge.星辰的轨迹终会交汇。

NemesisThe confiding words wished to be conveyed ultimately traverse the darkness, reaching into each other's hearts.想要倾诉的话语，终究可以穿越黑暗，传递到彼此的心中。

MaylingEh? Does darkness mean that I have to close my eyes in order to convey them?诶？黑暗的意思是，需要闭上眼睛才能传达得到吗？

SpringfieldHehe~ I'm guessing Nemesis wanted to say that what's important is pouring your heart into it.呵呵~我猜纳美西丝是想说，最重要的是用心哦。

MaylingR-really? Then everyone let's try it out together!是、是吗？那就大家一起来试试吧！

Mayling(Commander, did you know? Everyone fixed up the Elmo into perfection.)（指挥官，你知道吗？大家把艾莫号修建得非常完美哦。）

Mayling(Besides the furniture packed with our love, there is also the party filled with our longing. Everyone's really worried for you, Commander.)（除了满怀心意的家具以外，还有倾注了思念的派对，每个人都很担心指挥官呢。）

Mayling(So, no matter how long you'll stay in that unknown place, please enter this door in one piece.)（所以，无论你在那个未知的地方还要停留多久，都请一定要平安无事地踏进这扇门……）

Mayling(We will carry on this longing... forever and ever, until you return.)（我们会怀揣着这份思念……一直一直，等到你回家为止。）

Journal Entry 1 日志·一

MaylingThe window shades in the central hub are broken, Commander.指挥官，中枢区的帘子破了。

MaylingWe need to make room in the budget to buy supplies to fix them!需要申请一些资金，购买修补材料！

MaylingI know, I know, we're in the red again...我知道，我们又赤字了……

MaylingHowever, it's good that we can do the repairs ourselves. That won't put too much of a strain on our finances.不过，修补费用还好，不会对我们造成太大负担。

MaylingStill, since we've got the opportunity, I wanted to buy something different, like...但机会难得，我还想一起买点别的，就……

CommanderNo problem, I approve.没事，都批准。

MaylingOh yeah! Thank you, Commander~好耶！感谢指挥官~

MaylingB-but the truth is, I'd like to buy some yarn. The weather's getting cold, after all, and I'd like to knit a scarf...但、但我其实想买点毛线，天冷了，我想织一条围巾……

MaylingWell, the Elmo's still okay in the daytime, though it's a little chilly at night.艾莫号上白天还好啦，不过晚上有时候还会觉得冷。

CommanderBut we have scarves in the storeroom, right?围巾的话，仓库里就有吧？

MaylingAh, yeah, we do, scarves...啊，对哦，是有的，围巾……

MaylingHow could I...我怎么会……

Mayling...……

Mayling...Commander, I, I need to, I need to go to work...……指挥官，我、我先、我去工作了……

CommanderAre you alright?你没事吧？

Mayling...I, I...……我、我……

Mayling...I remember the past now, and I... I feel so sad...……想到过去了，心里……很难过……

MaylingI don't know what I should do...不知道怎么办才好……

CommanderPerhaps you'll feel better if you tell me about it?也许说出来，会好受点？

MaylingDoes, does it work like that?是、是这样吗？

MaylingThen—那我——

MaylingBut Commander, the memories are really, really long...可是指挥官，回忆很长很长……

CommanderThat's alright. Today's work isn't urgent anyway.没事，今天的工作不着急。

Journal Entry 2 日志·二

MaylingCommander, I'm already legal in the NSU!指挥官，我已经成年了！

MaylingI can drink real rice wine now!可以喝真正的米酒了！

MaylingYou promised that we could buy something special, so I ordered a bottle of rice wine...说好了的，可以买点别的，我就又加了一瓶米酒……

MaylingBut instead I got Poludnitsa's "rice-based beverage"!但收到的却是佩妮泽的“大米饮料”！

CommanderSorry, I might have ordered the wrong thing.抱歉，可能是我订错了。

MaylingR-really?是、是这样吗……？

MaylingMmph, it's okay, rice-based beverage is fine too.唔，没关系，大米饮料也很好。

MaylingCommander, you've always been a kind person.指挥官，一直是很温柔的人嘛。

MaylingJust like that time...就像那时候……

CommanderHuh?啊？

MaylingCommander— Did you forget?指挥官——不会忘了吧？

MaylingThat was a precious memory... How could you forget it?那是很重要的回忆……怎么能忘……！

MaylingI'll tell you again, Commander! You need to remember it this time.我再和指挥官讲讲！这次，指挥官可一定要记住呀。

CommanderGot it.好的。

Journal Entry 3 日志·三

MaylingCommander, do you...指挥官，您有没有……

MaylingDo you still have that picture we took at the canyon we visited?有没有之前我们去过的峡谷的照片？

MaylingPlease send it to me if you do!有的话，请务必发给我！

MaylingI thought I saved it, but I went through all my folders and couldn't find it...我记得我存好了的，可翻了所有文件夹，都没找到……

CommanderThe Elmo's archives ought to have it.艾莫号的记录仪里应该有录像。

MaylingOh yeah, that's true.啊，对哦。

CommanderWhich canyon was it?具体是哪个峡谷？

MaylingIt was... that day...就是……那一天……

MaylingIt was the one we went to seven days after my parents' passing...守七的那天，去的那个峡谷……

MaylingI...……我……

Mayling...I miss Mama and Papa...……我想爸爸妈妈了……

MaylingI want to see then... But I don't have their picture...想见他们……可我没有他们的照片……

MaylingI think that if people become souls after they die, and if my Mama and Papa's souls thought of me...我想，如果人死后会有灵魂，变成灵魂的爸爸妈妈也想我的话……

MaylingThen they would have gone to the canyon on that day to see me...我守七的那天，他们的灵魂也会去峡谷见我吧……

MaylingSo seeing that picture is like... like seeing them...看到照片，就像是……看到了他们一样……

CommanderYeah, I know which canyon it is. I'll help you look.嗯，我知道是哪个峡谷了，我帮你找找。

MaylingAh! Thank you, Commander!啊！谢谢指挥官！

MaylingAlso, also, apart from the picture, I also want to talk to you...还有还有，除了照片，我还想跟指挥官说说话……

MaylingDo you have time now, Commander?指挥官现在有没有时间？

MaylingI want to see it with you, and I want you to listen to me talk about it!我想和指挥官一起看，想要指挥官听我说！

CommanderAlright then, let's have a chat.好啊，我们一起聊聊。

Journal Entry 4 日志·四

MaylingC-Commander, I have a question...指、指挥官，问您一个问题……

MaylingNo laughing though!不要笑我！

CommanderI won't. Go ahead.不会的，你问吧。

MaylingThat is... ah... Commander...就是……那个……指挥官……

MaylingDo you ever have nightmares?您会不会做噩梦啊……？

MaylingEspecially the ones that are so scary you never ever want to think of them again...特别吓人，这辈子都不愿再想起的噩梦……

MaylingThe ones where... there's blood everywhere, and everyone is dead...梦里，很多血……很多人都死掉了……

CommanderDid you remember the past?是想起过去的事了吗？

MaylingYeah... I dreamt of what happened that day last night...嗯……那时候发生的事，昨晚又梦到了……

MaylingI don't know what I should do—我不知道怎么办才好——

MaylingI heard that you won't be so scared if you tell them to the person closest to you...听人说，把这些告诉最亲近的人，就不会害怕了……

MaylingSo Commander...我，指挥官……

CommanderDon't be scared. I'm here. You can tell me anything you want.别怕，我就在这里，你想说什么都可以。

Journal Entry 5 日志·五

MaylingCommander, I just happened to turn on Jiuzhang today!指挥官，我今天偶然间打开了九章！

MaylingI can't believe she still works even after we left her alone for so long!闲置了这么久，没想到还能运行！

MaylingI touched the power switch, and she actually said hi to me!碰到了开关键，她竟然向我问好！

MaylingIt feels special looking at a Doll with the personality as you~看着和自己性格相似的人形，体验好特别~

CommanderDo you want to fix Jiuzhang?是想把九章修好吗？

MaylingNo, no! I was just thinking about the past~没有没有！只是想起了过去~

MaylingI felt so happy I wanted to tell you, Commander~感到很开心，就想要告诉指挥官~

MaylingI'm not disturbing you, am I?没有打扰到指挥官吧？

CommanderNot at all.不会。

MaylingHehe, then—would you mind if I did disturb you and shared my thoughts with you?嘿嘿，那——指挥官愿不愿意再被我打扰一下，听听我当时的想法？

MaylingAlthough they're...虽然有些……

MaylingA little embarrassing to say out loud...说出来有些害羞……

CommanderI'm glad you're willing to share with me.你愿意和我分享，我很高兴。

Journal Entry 6 日志·六

MaylingCommander, ah, um...指挥官，那、那个……

MaylingI have a question for you!有个问题想请教您！

CommanderGo ahead.说吧。

MaylingIt's just, is there a way to...就是，有没有什么办法……

MaylingMake yourself brave?让自己能够变得勇敢起来呀？

MaylingFor example, so you don't get scared when seeing the enemy, and so you can face Collapse storms alone...比如看到敌人也不害怕、能独自面对坍塌风暴……

MaylingAnd you won't be afraid of blowing yourself up when fighting!战斗的时候，还不会害怕爆炸！

CommanderWhy are you thinking of this?怎么想到这些？

MaylingThat's because—it's the only way I can protect everyone!因为——只有这样，才能保护大家！

Mayling...I... I don't want the tragedies of the past to repeat themselves...……我……不想让过去的悲剧重演……

MaylingIt's just, in the past, Vivian... and everyone else...就是、就是之前，薇薇安他们……还有大家……

MaylingI, I don't know how to say this...我、我、我不知道怎么表达才好……

CommanderCalm down, Mayling.别着急，美玲。

MaylingThen, then I'll tell you everything in my mind!那、那我把想到的都告诉指挥官！

MaylingThat way you can give me a good answer!这样指挥官就可以很好地回答我了！

CommanderAlright.好。

Journal Entry 7 日志·七

MaylingCommander, you, you—指挥官，您、您——

MaylingYou've been giving me extra work all this time!一直给我加工作！

MaylingAnd nonstop overtime, overtime, and more overtime!让我不停加班、加班、加班！

MaylingEven, even though we're working together, you steal my rice wine too—虽然、虽然指挥官在跟我一起工作，但指挥官会偷拿我的米酒——

MaylingYou're a meanie, a jerk, a super jerk (sob).坏蛋、超、超级大坏蛋呜呜呜！

MaylingUwaaahhhhhh—!呜呜呜哇哇——！

CommanderEr... Mayling? Am I really so bad?呃……美玲？我……真的这么糟糕吗？

Mayling(Sobs more) But even though you're a super mega jerk you're the best Commander in the world...呜呜呜可是这样的大坏蛋指挥官却是世界上最好的指挥官……

MaylingYou saved me, you care about me, and you give me gifts—救了我、会关心我、会给我礼物——

MaylingYou believe me no matter what...不管什么时候都信任我……

MaylingAm, am I the luckiest person in the world?我、我是世界上运气最好的人？

MaylingOr the unluckiest?还是运气最差的人？

MaylingI just don't get it (sob)想不通呜呜呜想不通……

Commander...Mayling, are you drunk?……美玲，你是不是喝醉了？

MaylingW-Who's drunk?谁、谁说我喝醉了！

MaylingI, I just drank a little, a little bit!我只是、只是喝了一点点，一点点！

MaylingI still remember what happened the first time I celebrated Christmas!就连第一次过圣诞节的事，我都记得清清楚楚！

MaylingYou don't believe me? I'll tell you all about it right now!不信我？那我全都说给指挥官听！

MaylingY-you have to listen!不、不许不听！

CommanderYes, yes, yes, I'll listen.好好好，我听，我听。

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