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Beguiling Mystery - Hubble

启牌见礼 - 赫波

1 chapters · 110 lines · English and Chinese below. Japanese and Korean, voices and theatre mode are in the reader.

Beguiling Mystery – Prelude 启牌见礼·序

The Oasis at night, an empty clearing.绿洲，空地的夜晚。

I arrive at the location Hubble prearranged in her message. Countless stars bloom downwards from the firmament, their myriad eyes wordlessly igniting each other.我应约来到赫波信上所说的地点。繁星于夜空之下绽放，悄无声息间点亮彼此的眼眸。

With a swish of fine wine as glasses clink, this little soiree between the two of us begins.随着杯中美酒相碰，这场独属于我和她的小小晚宴正式开始。

ProfessorSorry for keeping you waiting, Hubble.赫波，让你久等了。

ProfessorThe banquet has only just ended. Taking care of the affairs afterward took far more time than I anticipated.晚宴刚刚结束，善后所花的时间比我预想的要多。

HubbleHehe, don't worry. Tonight's sky is fine indeed, but admiring it alone is too bleak for my taste.呵呵，没有关系。今晚的夜空很美，但一个人欣赏还是有些寂寞了。

HubbleOne day, the stars shall send their felicitations. The sight that spans time from the other side of the sea of stars finally focuses here and now, witnessing the crossing of two trajectories.终有一日，群星将发来贺信。庆祝星海彼岸的目光终于跨越了旷渺古旧的寰宇，于此间见证两道星轨的交汇相聚。

HubbleBefore we happen upon these joyous affairs, no wait is too long.在邂逅这份美好之前，所有等待都是值得的。

ProfessorHubble...赫波……

She cuts off my apologies with an index finger, turning back to the sky after flashing a sudden smile.她用食指阻止了我想要道歉的话语，莞尔一笑后重新看向漫天星辰。

HubbleI like gazing at the sky. It has a certain sentimental quality to it, a mysterious beauty that seems to vary at different times.我很喜欢凝望星空。它浪漫而又神秘，在各类场合下展现出的美也有所不同。

HubbleCities and their lights interweave, stealing away the light, making those stars not yet hidden seem ever so lonely.不夜的城市灯火交织，夺去光亮，让那些未被遮挡的星星略显孤寡。

HubbleThe vast desert holds no light but cast your eye towards the wider galaxy, and you shall see a firmament with scarce little space to spare for its constituents.空旷的沙漠暗淡无光，一眼银河，璀璨遍布夜空却令星星拥挤无措。

HubbleA difficult question to answer for someone who studies astronomy.对于天文学研究员来说这是个很难回答的问题。

What sort of sky is your favorite, Hubble?赫波喜欢什么样的星空？

Beautiful in a variety of ways indeed.的确是有着不同的美。

I like all the starry skies I see.无论怎样的星空我都喜欢。

HubblePerhaps we could approach it from another angle...不妨换一个角度……

HubbleYeah, but one thing never changes.嗯，但有一件事始终不变。

HubbleI'm the same way. In particular...我也一样。更准确来说……

HubbleI am quite fond of every sky I share with you, Professor.教授，有您陪伴的星空我都很喜欢。

HubbleOn an occasion as worthy of celebration as this, Professor, being beneath this sky with you is a wordless type of romantic in itself.能够在这个值得纪念的日子，与教授您分享这片夜空本身就是种无言的浪漫。

HubbleIf you have gleaned some part of this beauty, then all of this preparation will not have been for naught.如果您享受到了这份美好，也不枉此前的一番精心准备了。

ProfessorThank you, Hubble. I truly love this gift you've prepared.谢谢你赫波。我很喜欢你准备的这份礼物。

HubbleThis is not all my work.这些可不光是我一个人的努力。

HubbleMillau's select wine, a cake crafted by Choco, flowers nurtured by Sakuya, lighting chosen by Fresnel...米约尔挑选的红酒，巧可制作的蛋糕，咲耶培育的花朵，菲涅尔选择的灯球……

HubbleWhat we have before us was created with everyone's help.眼前的这些美丽都是在大家的协助下共同完成的。

ProfessorSo that's how...原来是这样……

HubbleEveryone has their specialties they want to express their feelings through.大家都想各显所长，将自己的感谢之情传达给教授呢。

HubbleI'm the same way. This sky, Professor, is the gift I wanted to give you.我也一样，这片星空就是我想要送给教授的礼物。

She looks towards the night sky, infinite stars forming ripples in her sentimental eyes.她看向夜空，繁星在她深情的眼眸中化为涟漪。

Professor...It's beautiful.……真美啊。

HubbleHm? Why are you speaking your thoughts while looking at me, Professor? Is it not the sky that is dazzlingly beautiful?嗯？教授为什么看着我说出感想？耀眼且美丽的不是这片星空吗？

ProfessorI just got a bit carried away.我只是看出神了。

HubbleProfessor, have you seen the look on your own face?另外，教授现在的表情变得很有趣哦？

HubbleIs the wine tonight perhaps a bit too high proof?难道是今夜选择的酒度数太高让您喝醉了吗？

The perpetrator of the crime shakes the glass in her hand, smiling with the satisfaction of a child pulling off a successful prank.始作俑者摇晃着手中的酒杯，像个恶作剧成功的孩子般露出心满意足的笑容。

Hubble...Say, Professor, did you know?……教授，您知道吗？

HubbleIn the real world, the light of stars takes an impossibly long time to reach us.在现实的世界之中，星辰的光辉需要很久的时间才能来到我们面前。

HubbleThey march forward on their chosen course with only the best wishes, reaching us after traversing countless systems.它们怀着美好向自己选择的方向不断前行，跨越无数星河最终抵达我们面前。

HubbleEvery time we look upward, we receive the result of the decisions made by stars thousands of years ago, witnessing their state at that exact moment in time.每一次抬头仰望，其实都是在接受星星千万年前的选择，见证它们定格在现有的时空。

HubbleHehe, in a certain sense, looking up at the stars is looking back at the past.呵呵，某种意义上来说，仰望星空，也是在仰望过去。

ProfessorThe past...过去吗……

ProfessorThese stars we see are merely simulations of data visualized with operands, merely traces left by the iteration of data...现在的星星只是算量根据数据模拟出来的产物，只是数据演化之中留下的痕迹……

ProfessorHubble, do you miss looking up at a real sky?赫波，你会怀念仰望真正星空的那些时光吗？

HubbleWhen I first arrived at the Oasis, I did indeed have similar concerns.在我刚刚抵达绿洲之时，确实有过这样的烦恼呢。

ProfessorHm? Could you tell me why that is?嗯？能告诉我这份回答的理由吗？

HubbleBecause, you see, I...因为我呀……

HubbleFound the star I could call my very own.找到了那颗属于我的星星。

The brilliance before me overcomes even the boundless cosmos, ripping my breath away from me.眼前的璀璨此刻胜过万千星河，让我一时忘却了呼吸。

ProfessorHubble...赫波……

HubbleMemories of the past are fine and good, but it is more important to value those beside you.过去的回忆固然美好，但珍视现在身边的人更为重要。

HubbleProfessor, what you said has another layer to it.教授，其实刚刚与您说的话还有另一层含义。

HubbleThere are myriad stars in the universe. What is observable to us is an unthinkably small fraction.宇宙中的星星众多，我们所能观测到的不过沧海一隅。

HubbleIf they were to dissipate or fade, and we were off by even a fraction of a second in time, we would lose the chance to get to know these stars in earnest.如果它们消散或是黯淡，哪怕早一分，晚一秒，我们都可能会失去了解这些星星的机会。

HubbleTo encounter them across time and space is a miracle in and of itself.能够跨越时空与它们相遇，这本身就是一种奇迹。

HubbleIs that not unlike us?您不觉得这和我们很像吗？

ProfessorI think I understand what you mean to say.我大概理解你想表达的意思了。

ProfessorWe're like these stars?我们像这些星星？

That is true.的确如此。

As in?很像是指？

HubbleTo me, it's nothing short of a miracle that I was able to meet you here.对我而言，能够与教授在这里相遇就像奇迹一样。

HubbleProfessor, we've spent another year together in Magrasea.教授，我与您在麦戈拉又共同度过了一年。

HubbleSince we met... so, so many things have come to pass.自我们相遇以来……真的发生了很多很多的事情。

HubbleIf it wasn't for your tireless work, we wouldn't be able to speak as openly as we do now, nor would we have the chance to express our thanks.如果没有教授的努力，我们不会在这里举杯畅谈，也就不会有将感谢说出的机会。

HubbleTo me and to the Oasis, you're like the stars in the sky, always guiding us onto the path forward.您对于我，对于整个绿洲都是如同星星一样的存在，不断指引我们前行的方向。

HubbleBut the more I yearn for a star, the more I fear it may disappear one day.但越是珍视星星，越会害怕它哪天突然消失不见。

HubbleSince... it is so distant from me, still. If one day... that star leaves my sight...毕竟……它离我是那么遥远。若是有一天……我看不到那一颗星星了……

A hint of melancholy stains Hubble's countenance. She remains silent for a period, and the glass in her hand comes to a standstill.一缕忧伤黯淡了赫波的神色。她沉默不语，手中摇晃的酒杯也随之停下。

I take her hand in mine. A somewhat frigid touch makes contact with my fingertips, tiny trembles betraying the insecurities in her heart.我牵起她的手。略带凉意的触感从指尖传来，细小的颤抖暴露出她内心的不安。

ProfessorHubble, I'm right here, next to you.赫波，我就在这里，就在你的身边。

ProfessorI won't disappear, and I won't leave you.不会消失，也不会离去。

HubbleProfessor...教授……

ProfessorAs you said, the stars made their decisions millennia ago and only came to be before us after a great journey.就像你说的，星星在千万年前做出选择，跨越无数时空才来到我们的面前，

ProfessorBut if there were to be only stars but no observers, their beauty would never come to be recorded or recognized.可如果只有星星而没有观星者，它的这份美好将不会被人所记录，也不会被其他人知晓。

ProfessorBoth sides of the equation must be there, Hubble. Just as the stars choose you, so do you choose them.二者缺一不可，赫波。在星星选择了你的时候，你也选择了星星。

Those eyes bearing stars reflect my figure. Her fingers link with mine, not letting go.那双被繁星填满的眼眸中重新倒映出我的身影。她的手与我缓缓相扣，不再松开。

Between blinks, stardust and tears fall towards her lap, forming waves.眨眼间，星辰与泪珠同时滑落到她的杯中，泛起涟漪。

ProfessorFeel any better?感觉好些了吗？

HubbleI had forgotten... that my star was by my side. And it was this star that guided me to my place of belonging.我都忘了，我的星星就在身边。而我……正是被这颗星星所吸引所以在麦戈拉有了自己的归属。

HubbleThank you, Professor.谢谢您，教授。

ProfessorA part of my duty as your star, no?这是星星必须要做的事情，不是吗？

ProfessorBut I must say that it is rare for such an expression to show on Hubble's face. Could Millau's recommendation have been too intense?不过赫波露出这样的表情也是难得一见啊，难道是米约尔推荐的酒度数太高了？

HubblePft, never imagined that I'd leave myself open to such a counterattack.噗，没想到居然被教授找到了反击的机会呢。

HubbleBut perhaps it is as you say. Maybe I am a little drunk.不过也许就像您说的那样，我也有些醉了呢。

HubbleBi-directionality, huh... since you've said it, how can I refuse as an observer?双向选择吗……您都这么说了，那身为观星者的我又怎能拒绝。

HubbleProfessor, might I stay by your side, always, so I may witness this starlight?教授，从今往后我能一直待在你的身旁见证这份星光吗？

ProfessorYeah, of course.嗯，没问题。

Our glasses clink together, and we empty our cups together beneath the stars.我将手中的酒杯与她相碰，随后在繁星之下将杯中的酒一饮而尽。

ProfessorTo speak of it... I've just noticed something that I really do mind.话说回来……我刚刚注意到一件令我在意的事情。

ProfessorThe sky tonight is truly beautiful, so much so that I've never seen anything like it in real life.今天的夜空实在是太过耀眼美丽，我在现实之中还未见到如此美丽的星空。

ProfessorHubble, was this something of your doing?赫波，这是你刻意准备的吗？

She shakes her head, showing me her brilliant smile.她摇了摇头，随后露出微笑。

HubbleI did not modify the configuration of the skies. I merely observed what was observable tonight and extended the invitation to you.我并没有调整星空的参数。单单只是观察到了今夜数据，然后向您发出观赏的邀请。

HubbleBut... I suppose that response spoils the mood somewhat...不过，这样的回答未免过于单调……

ProfessorHm?嗯？

HubbleI think... it's the stars of millennia past giving us their blessings.我想……是千万年前的星星在祝福我们吧。

She raises her glass in a toast to the starry remnants, her gentle mutterings rippling through the indigo night.她向星辰举杯答谢，轻柔的呢喃在蓝紫色的夜中荡漾。

We gaze at the stars from days past, speaking of our shared future.我们眺望着来自过去的星星，诉说着彼此共同的未来。

Hubble gestures to the exquisite offerings on the table.赫波指了指桌上的精心准备。

Without another way out, I raise my glass and meet hers, enjoying this rare moment.我有些无奈地举起酒杯，和她轻轻碰杯，享受这难得的星空。

Hubble raises her glass, shaking it lightly. Through the swirling liquid, she seems to gaze at something.赫波举起酒杯，轻轻地摇晃。隔着摇晃的酒液，她似乎在看着什么。

HubbleBut now, I find myself enjoying the sky in Magrasea.但是现在，我也很享受在麦戈拉的夜空。

Hubble reaches toward the heavens.赫波将手伸向夜空。

ProfessorThe night sky has a thousand faces. Whether the day is clear or overcast, whether it's day or night... Hubble, you know that the stars always hang above you.夜空变化万千，不论晴天阴天，白天还是黑夜……但是赫波你知道的，星星永远悬挂在空中。

ProfessorEven if the observer cannot see, their stars will always come to seek them out.即使观星者无法观测到星星，星星也一定会来寻找自己的观星者。

HubbleWhether the day is clear or overcast, whether it's day or night... you will come to seek me out, right?不论晴天还是阴天，不论白天还是黑夜……您都会找到我的，是吗？

HubbleHehehe, that's settled, then.呵呵呵，那么就这么约好了哦。

Hubble raises her glass.赫波向我举起了酒杯。

ProfessorMhmm, I'll be in your care.嗯，还请你多多指教。

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