R11:SA3 06.txt

いきなり、天井の穴から顔をのぞかせたゆに――。%K%P
Without warning, Yuni's head appeared from the hole in the ceiling――

オレは動揺のあまり、ＶＲを落としてしまった。%K%P
I jumped, dropping the voice recorder.

あわてて拾い上げる。%K%P
I hurriedly picked it up.

録音は継続中……。%K%P
Right when I was in the middle of recording....

停止ボタンを押して、ポケットの中にねじ込んだ。%K%P
I pushed the stop button and shoved the VR into my pocket.

ゆに「それ、今の、ボイスレコーダー？」%K%P
Wasn't that a voice recorder just now?

ゆに「なんか録音してたの？」%K%P
Were you recording something?

悟「うん、まあ、ちょっとな……」%K%P
Ah, well, I just...

ゆに「あっ、わかった」%K%P
Ah, I got it!

ゆに「こころんにメッセージを吹き込んでたんでしょう？」%K%P
You were leaving a message for Kokoron!

ゆに「当たり？」%K%P
Am I right?

どうしてこいつは、こうも勘が鋭いんだ？%K%P
How is this kid so sharp?

いや、そうじゃないのか……。%K%P
Or no, maybe not....

勘ではないのかもな……。%K%P
It might not be his godly intuition....

録音は中断されてしまったが、こうなったらやむを得ない。%K%P
I'd been interrupted right in the middle, but now that it's come to this, there's nothing I can do.

ゆにのことを先に片づけてしまおう。%K%P
Let's settle things with Yuni first.

悟「ゆに、話があるんだ」%K%P
Yuni, we have to talk.

オレがそう告げると、彼は……。%K%P
Once I'd said that....

ゆに「え～っ、また質問？」%K%P
E～hhhhh, ANOTHER question?

不満そうに顔を歪めて、ガックリと頭をさげた。%K%P
He screwed up his face in dissatisfaction.

上の階に戻ったオレは、部屋の奥に向かって歩いていった。%K%P
I returned to the upper floor and walked to the middle of the room.

ゆに「な～に？　話って……」%K%P
What is it nooow...?

ゆにが仏頂面を浮かべたまま、オレのそばに近づいてくる。%K%P
Still sporting a sour look, he came over to me.

だらしなく両手をぶらさげて、彼はオレの前に立った。%K%p
With both his arms swinging sluggishly, he stood before me.

なにか隠してることないか？
Are you hiding something?

スフィアって聞いたことないか？
Have you ever heard of SPHIA?

悟「おまえ、なにか隠してることないか？」%K%P
Yuni, are you hiding something?

余計な会話をしている暇はない。%K%P
I don't have time for chitchat.

オレは正面から切り込んでみることにした。%K%P
I decided to go with a frontal attack.

ゆに「隠してること～？　特にないけど？」%K%P
Hiding～? No, nothing in particular.

悟「本当か？」%K%P
Really?

ゆに「うん」%K%P
Yeah.

オレには彼がとぼけているようには見えなかった。%K%P
It didn't seem to be playing dumb.

だがこれだけでは、まだ足りない。%K%P
But this wasn't enough.

悟「おまえ、スフィアって聞いたことないか？」%K%P
Hey, have you ever heard of SPHIA?

余計な会話をしている暇はない。%K%P
I don't have time for chitchat.

オレは正面から切り込んでみることにした。%K%P
I decided to go with a frontal attack.

ゆに「スフィア？」%K%P
Sufia?

ゆに「ブルガリアの首都のこと、だっけ？」%K%P
Isn't that the capital of Bulgaria?

悟「それはソフィアだろ？　はぐらかさないでくれ」%K%P
That's Sofia, right? Please don't try to evade the question.

ゆに「はぐらかしてなんかいないよぅ……」%K%P
I wasn't really...

悟「じゃあ、質問を変えよう」%K%P
Then let me ask you something else.

悟「オレと最初に会ったとき、おまえ、なんて言ったか覚えてるか？」%K%P
Do you remember what you told me when we first met?

ゆに「最初って、おとといのことだよねぇ？」%K%P
First met... you mean the day before yesterday?

ゆに「そんな前のこと、忘れちゃったよ」%K%P
That was so long ago, I've already forgotten about it.

悟「そうか、じゃあ教えてやろう」%K%P
I see. Let me tell you, then.

悟「おまえはあのとき、こう言ったんだ」%K%P
This is what you said.

悟「『ただこの人は、忘れちゃってるだけなんだから』って……」%K%P
"This person just forgot"...

悟「あれ、どういう意味だったんだ？」%K%P
What did you mean by that?

ゆに「どういう意味も何もないよ」%K%P
Nothing really.

ゆに「ただ本当のことを、言っただけで……」%K%P
What I said... was just the truth...

悟「本当のこと？」%K%P
The truth?

ゆに「だってそうでしょう？」%K%P
Well, wasn't it?

ゆに「悟は、記憶喪失なんだから」%K%P
Because Satoru has amnesia.

悟「待て……」%K%P
Wait...

悟「いま何て？」%K%P
What did you just say?

ゆに「悟は、記憶喪失なんだからって、言いました」%K%P
I said, because Satoru has amnesia!

悟「どうしてそんなことを知ってる？」%K%P
How do you know that?

悟「オレはこの避難小屋では誰にも記憶喪失のことは言ってないはずだが？」%K%P
...I'm sure I never mentioned my amnesia to anyone in this shelter cabin.

ゆに「……え……」%K%P
...eh...?

彼は言葉に詰まった。%K%P
He found himself lost for words.

たちまち表情がこわばっていく。%K%P
His facial expression immediately froze.

その視線もふらふらと落ち着きなく宙をさまよっていた。%K%P
His eyes darted around the room.

どうやらようやく尻尾を出し始めたらしい。%K%P
It seems I finally got him.

悟「それにだ」%K%P
And that's not all.

悟「仮におまえに記憶喪失のことを告げたとしても、それは後になってからのことだろう？」%K%P
Even if I had talked to you about my amnesia, that would've come later, right?

悟「あのときのオレ達はまだ、初対面の段階だったんだ」%K%P
Back when you said that, we'd just met for the first time.

悟「人格が換わってることにも、誰も気づいていなかった」%K%P
And nobody had noticed that another personality had taken control of me.

悟「オレ自身でさえ、なにが起こったのかわかっていない状況で……」%K%P
Even I hadn't realized what was going on myself...

悟「なのに、なぜなんだ？」%K%P
So why?

悟「どうして人格が換わったことに気づいた？」%K%P
How did you know that Kokoro's personality had changed?

悟「それが優希堂悟であり、その悟が記憶喪失に陥っていると、なぜわかった？」%K%P
How did you know that I was Yukidoh Satoru, and that the same Satoru had amnesia?

ゆに「それは……えーと……」%K%P
That's... ummm...

ゆに「たぶん、信じてもらえないと思うけど……」%K%P
I, I don't think you'll believe me, but...

ゆにはツマサキで文字を描くようにして言った。%K%P
Yuni wrote on the ground with the toe of his shoe as he answered.

ゆに「ぼくには、予知能力が、あるからだよ」%K%P
I have... the power of precognition.

悟「予知能力～！？」%K%P
Precognition?!

ゆに「ああ、そんなに驚くようなことじゃないんだ」%K%P
Yeah, it's not really something to be surprised about.

ゆに「予知能力って言っても、ほんとに、ちょっと先の未来がぼんやりとわかるだけで……」%K%P
I call it precognition, but I can only see vaguely into the near future...

オレは彼の瞳の奥をじっとのぞき込んだ。%K%P
I looked deep into his eyes.

先程まであったはずの狼狽の色はすっかりと消え失せている。%K%P
The panic that'd been there just a moment ago had completely vanished.

わからない……。わからなかった……。%K%P
I don't get it.... I didn't get it....

オレは彼が何を考えているのか、まったく読めなくなってしまった。%K%P
I couldn't tell what he was thinking anymore.

ゆに「やっぱり、信じてもらえないよね？」%K%P
You don't believe me, do you?

その声色の中には濁った響きがない。%K%P
There was nothing suspicious in the tone of his voice.

本当のことを言っているような気がしなくもなかった。%K%P
But still, I felt like he wasn't telling the truth.

しかし、言葉の指し示す意味内容自体は、著しく信憑性の乏しいものだった。%K%P
Really, there was very little credibility to what he'd just said.

予知能力なんて、信じられるわけがない。%K%P
There's no way I can believe in precognition.

オレが困惑していたのは『彼の声色』と『言葉の内容』に、埋めがたいギャップを感じたからだ。%K%P
What disturbed me most was the gap I felt between "his tone" and "what he said."

悟「予知能力か……なるほどね……」%K%P
Precognition... I see...

認めたわけではないが、ひとまずそう言っておく。%K%P
There's no way I'd actually believe that, but for now, let's go along with it.

悟「じゃあ、証明してもらおうか……」%K%P
Well then, will you prove it to me...?

悟「これから起こることを当ててみてくれ」%K%P
Try to predict what's going to happen after this.

悟「未来のことなら何でもいい」%K%P
Anything regarding the future is okay.

悟「ひとつだけでもいいから、実際に予知して見せてくれよ」%K%P
Even just one event is fine, so show me what you've got.

ゆに「う～ん……」%K%P
Uh～mmm...

ゆにはアゴのあたりをコンコンとゲンコツでたたいて答えた。%K%P
Yuni answered, gently knocking his fist against his jaw.

ゆに「うん、いいよ？」%K%P
Yeah, okay then.

ゆに「それじゃあ、手のひらだしてみて？」%K%P
Well then, would you give me your palm?

悟「……えっ？」%K%P
...eh?

ゆに「手のひらだよ」%K%P
The palm of your hand.

ゆに「右でも左でもいいから、見せて？」%K%P
It doesn't matter if it's the right or left, so would you show me?

悟「まさか……」%K%P
No way...

悟「手相を見るとか、言い出さないよなぁ？」%K%P
You're not talking about palm reading, are you?

ゆに「言い出すけど？」%K%P
So what if I am?

悟「それは予知でも何でもないだろ！」%K%P
You don't call that prediction!

悟「ただの占いじゃないか！」%K%P
Isn't that just fortune telling?!

ゆに「占いだって、予知能力の一種じゃん」%K%P
Fortune telling is a kind of precognition!

ゆに「もう、いいから見せてよぉ」%K%P
Come on already and show meeee!

ゆにはオレの手のひらをつかみ取ると――。%K%
Yuni grabbed the palm of my hand and――