Thursday, January 31, 2013

Tales of Xillia 2 - Leia Episode 2 English Translation


Leia Episode 2 – if ~ A Future That Could Have Been

Leia: Ah, Ludger!
Leia: You're safe?
Leia: Earlier, when I was gathering information for an article, I ran into Drossel.
Leia: She told me that Clanspia's Company's agents frequently go missing during their work.
Alvin: You mean all the Clanspia Company's agents? They can't all have such dangerous work…
Leia: It's supposedly related to the alternate timelines, or so I've heard.
Vel: …This is Vel. A new alternate timeline has been discovered…
Leia: Do there happen to be a lot of agents who have gone missing!?
Vel: So you've heard.
Leia: Are the alternate timelines really that dangerous?
Vel: All I can say is that it depends on an agent's abilities.
Vel: Lastly, I should tell you that this time factor is an extremely strong monster, it seems.
Alvin: Hey, what kind of conversation is this?
Vel: I'll send  you the coordinates for the target alternate timeline. The entry point is Bamia Gorge.
Vel: …Please be careful.
Leia: ...I'm a little worried, so I'll help out.
Leia: I have to pay you back for the other day anyhow.*
Alvin: I'll come too.
Alvin: I did hear the whole conversation after all, although I felt so left out. Besides, you don't want this reporter here to take some rumor and blow it out of proportion.
Leia: You could've just said you'd help.

*She means in return for what Ludger did in Leia Episode 1 (which wasn't really that much to be honest lol).

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Leia: Ag...ria?
Agria: Idiot, you're late!
Leia: Ow, that hurt~~~!
Agria: I thought I told you over and over!
Agria: Also, why did you bring these boys with you?

-L1: You shouldn't ask questions so rudely.
-R1: Nice to meet you. (Leia +)

R1 Route:
Agria: Huh? Why are you saying that, idiot?
Agria: Oh, did you get rejected by Jude and then run off to these other men?
Leia: That's completely wrong!
Agria: Whatever. Anyway, there's some monster here you really want to write an article about, right?
Agrial You want to write something about the ecosystem and poaching and all kinds of other troublsome things I don't care about…
Leia: Eh? Umm…
Agria: That's what you said earlier, wasn't it!?
Alvin: Yes, yes. And she thought she have to fight a bit though, and asked us to help out, right Leia?
Agria: I've heard that the monster you want to find was injured by some poachers and has become unusually ferocious.
Leia: Ah, that's right!
Agria: Ugh…. You're so slow. I'm going on ahead.
Elle: That person is too scary!
Alvin: Well anyway, let's get going too.
Leia: …Right. We might find some clues to its whereabouts.

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Alvin: Ahh… Is that the monster we're looking for?
Alvin: Of course it is.
Agria: Damn! I suppose if we leave it alone, something bad really will happen to this area's ecosystem.
Agria: It's too bad it got injured and by those damn poachers from Elenpios and went berserk, but I suppose we've no choice but to kill it.
Leia: People from Elenpios attacked it!?
Agria: Yeess, you're the one who investigated this, don't you remember!? You told me there are bastards who come out here and hunt monsters just for sport.
Leia: That's so cruel...*
Agria: People from Elenpios really make me sick.
Agria: Even ignoring this incident, they still keep carelessly using "gin" and killing spirits!
Alvin: But, I thought because of what Maxwell did, using "gin" for a little while longer is ok.**
Agria: But it's a fact that spirits are dying! And they're just averting their eyes and pretending it's not happening...
Agria: They say they have no choice because they can't use spirit artes, but even so they keep using "gin" excessively.
Agria: And meanwhile, Liese Maxia will slowly wither and become a wasteland too!
Leia: But that's why research is being done on "origin." To solve this problem.
Agria: What is that? Are you taking their side?
Leia: It's not about taking sides... I just know that there are good people in Elenpios who are trying their best.
Leia: I guess I just want to believe in them.
Agria: ...Believe in those bastards? You're seriously naive. Completely naive.


-L1: Why can't you believe in the people of Elenpios too? (Leia +)
-R1: To think that we were hated so much...


L1 Route:
Agria: Because they just treat us like uncivilized barbarians.
Agria: Not only that, those worthless bastards had once planned to use us as a fuel in their plan to find an energy source in our world.
Agria: How am I supposed to trust in such people? Huh?
Agria: Huh? What's with that face... Do you have something to say!?
Agria: Ow! What the...
Leia: This isn't the time to be fighting amongst ourselves!
Leia?: We have to take this monster down!
Agria: Hmph! Let's hurry up and kick this bastard's butt then!
Leia: Hey... wait!
Agria: Gyaaaah...!
Leia: Agria!


(boss battle)

-L1: (Quickly destroy the time factor.)
-R1: (Wait just a little longer.) (Leia +)


R1 Route:
Leia: Agria! Agria!!
Agria: You're too loud!
Leia: Ow.
Agria: Don't force me to act so desperately! Who knows what could've happened to me.
Leia: Then you shouldn't be kicking me!
Agria: Ha, that was my repayment for earlier.
Agria: Hm?
Leia: Th... thank you.
Agria: Hey... Do you really trust in those people?
Leia: Eh? Ahh, yes. Elenpios has its own problems too after all.
Leia: I know that not everyone is friendly towards Liese Maxia.  
Leia: But, I know if we just work hard, one day for sure we'll be able to understand each other and get along.
Leia: That's what I think.
Agria: ...Just like with us.
Agria: When the cliff of the Ni Akeria Sacred Mountain crumbled and I fell, you reached out your hand to save me.
Agria: Thanks to you, I...
Agria: Why are you smiling at me like that!? Idiot!
Agria: Well, we finished what we came here for. Now all that's left is to do our job as reporters.
Agria: Let's go home and start work on a manuscript, Leia.
Leia: ...


Lulu: ...Meow~
Alvin: Well that was a serious and difficult conversation, but I suppose it doesn't matter, does it?
Leia: Ludger… The alternate timelines, we have to destroy them no matter what, right?
Leia: …This was for the best, right?

-L1: Yes. That's right. (Leia +)
-R1: …I'd like to believe that.

L1 Route:
Alvin: …If we don't do it, our world can't be saved.
Leia: Ludger. Would it be ok if one day I write about the alternate timelines in my articles?
Leia: The things that happened there, the people we met… And also, the reason they have to cease to exist no matter what.
Alvin: …By doing that, they'd still be able to remain and not be forgotten.
Alvin:  Well then, let's eat and get some rest. I'm exhausted.
Leia: …Watch me, ok?

*Uhh, what? We murder monsters by the hundreds everytime we walk through a field >_> They drop money! I'm surprised there are not MORE poachers.
**Referring to ToX1's ending, when mana from the Shell was released into Elenpios. I'm not sure why this make using "gin" ok? Can "gin" use mana instead of a spirit's actual lifeforce? Removing "gin" at this point would cause Elenpios's society to fall apart, since it's pretty much used in everything (imagine if the world could no longer use electricity starting tomorrow, our society is built around it and we wouldn't be able to cope well with such a drastic change), which is why Jude is working so hard to research "origin" so they can be used to replace "gin" eventually, since they don't kill spirits.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Tales of Xillia 2 - Skits Ch7-11 English Translation

Chapter Index

Includes all main story skits for Chapters 7-11. Other skits activated not from story progression (including character episode skits) can be found here. The skits for Nova's phone calls that occur after you pay back your debt at the end of each chapter are included within the chapter translations. This is because those are the only skits you are forced to watch as a part of the story. 

To rewatch skits you've already seen, click on ライブラリ in the menu, then click チャットリスト.


Chapter 7

ルドガーの [main]
Ludger's Power

Alvin: So basically, the key to getting through this alternate timeline is Ludger's Corpse Shell power.
Rowen: Our job is to collect information and support Ludger, right?
Elise: Yes, let's do our best!
Tipo: Ludger, you've got to give it your all too!
Ludger: …
Elle: You're all… not afraid of Ludger's strange power?
Rowen: We're all quite used to strange things.
Elise: Like the master of spirits and space-time gates and…
Tipo: …stuffed animals that can talk!
Alvin: I'm sure Jude said something similar, right?
Elle: Right!
Elle: He said the same thing, right Ludger?
Ludger: Yes.
Elise: …But, destroying worlds is something scary.
Rowen: Yes. To be honest, it's frightening because we can't really comprehend the consequences of what we're doing.
Alvin: But, now that we're here, we've no choice but to do it. No matter what the consequences.

大精霊たち [main]
The Great Spirits

Elise: So there are great spirits in Elenpios too.
Alvin: There are from fossils and "origin" at least, but for there to be a real live great spirit here. It's hard to believe.
Rowen: The reason it exists is probably because of the alternate timeline.
Alvin: What is Aska like?
Rowen: It's said to be the great spirit that rules over light.
Tipo: If it had a bright and happy personality too, that'd be nice.
Alvin: It's best not to get your hopes up in regards to a great spirit's personality, based on my experience anyway.
Tipo: Yeah, you're right…
Elise: Rowen, are there lots of other great spirits out there?
Rowen: We've met the four great spirits of earth, water, fire, and wind. We've also met the great spirit of ice, Celsius, and the great spirit of thunder, Volt.
Rowen: I've also read about the great spirit of darkness, Shadow, and the great spirit that watches over the realm of the dead, Pluto. Their existences, at least, I can confirm.
Elise: And then there's Musee, and the master of spirits that all the spirits obey, Maxwell.
Rowen: That's the way it seems, but… I've heard stories about other great spirits that are equal to Maxwell.
Elise: Equal to Maxwell!? I wonder if that's referring to Khronos?
Rowen: That is a distinct possibility.
Alvin: I definitely don’t want to run into such a dangerous spirit.

世界破壊 [main]
Destroying Worlds

Alvin: How was the city?
Jude: Both the city and its people were exactly the same as in our own world.
Jude: However, no one know about the existence of Liese Maxia in this world.
Leia: Outside of that, everyone is living the same lives.
Leia: The earth, the ocean, the sky, they're all the same…
Leia: Hey, Ludger. Destroying this world basically means…

-L1: It means killing all the people who live in this world.
-R1: …It's not something you and the others need to worry about. (Leia +)       

R1 Route:
Leia: Even if you tell us not to worry…
Leia: Don't you get it, Ludger!?
Leia: Ludger…
Alvin: That guy, he's trying to shoulder all the burden himself. The burden of taking an entire world full of people…
Jude: …And killing them all.
Leia: …
Alvin: Are you prepared to bear this burden, Leia?
Leia: …I don't know.
Leia: I don't think even all of us together can bear this burden… But!
Alvin: All of us are better than one person… right?
Jude: Yes.

ちょっと強引に[etc.]
By Force…

Please read the translation notes about this skit, otherwise it will make no sense.

Elle: Ohh, there are so many animals!
Elle: Hey, what is that called?
Leia: That's a buusagi.
Elle: Buusagi, so… gyuunikomi!*
Elle: Ok, it's your turn next, Jude! We're on "mi."
Jude: Eh!?
Alvin: Are we playing Shiritori!?
Jude: Mi… mi… mizuumi?
Elle: Now it's Leia's turn!
Leia: Wha…what!? Mi… mi…
Leia: Oh, mimi!
Elle: Alvin!
Alvin: Why do I have to play too… Umm, mi…?
Alvin: …mininuigurumi! Now it's your turn Elle.
Elle: "Mi" again!?
Elle: Mi… mi…
Elle: Misonikomi!! Ok, Jude!
Jude: We're still going!? Umm… mi…
Jude: …mikadukimadarakabutoooaburazemi!!
Alvin: Wha, does that even exist!?
Leia: We can't seem to stop ending words in "mi"!
Jude: I'm sorry… It wasn't intentional…
Elle: Hey, hey, we're still on "mi." Next word, quickly, quickly!

*Ok, so to translate this literally, I have to use the Japanese words, otherwise it's not going to make no sense. I will translate all the words they say below. This skit would be completely changed if this is localized. You see, Elle is playing a Japanese word game called "Shiritori." Basically one person says a word, in this case Leia said "buusagi" or "rappig." The next person has to take the last syllable from the last word said (in this case "gi") and use it to start another word. So Elle says "gyuunikomi" or "beef stew" ("gyuu" = "gi + yuu" so it counts as starting with "gi"). Her word ended in "mi", so now she says it's Jude's turn to come up with a word that starts with "mi," which of course makes Jude think of Milla (which in Japanese is "mira") and freak out. If you say a word that ends in the Japanese character "n," like "onii-san" for example, you lose. The character "n" by nature of the way Japanese works, cannot be used to start a word. I hope that makes sense. You can learn more about Shiritori here.

Buusagi = rappig (rabbit/pig hybrid creature)
Gyuunikomi = beef stew
Mizuumi = lake
Mimi = ear
Mininuigurumi = mini stuffed animal
Misonikomi = miso stew
Mikadukimadarakabutoooaburazemi = A cicada with a crescent moon-shaped marking on its body.

ルルの飼い主 [main]
Lulu's Owner
(You must walk, not warp, to Milla's Shrine after meeting alternate Milla and Musee in Ni Akeria to activate this skit.)

Elle: Hey, is Lulu's master Ludger? Or the guy with glasses?
Lulu: Meow?

-L1: It's Julius. (Julius +)
-R1: Of course, it's me. (Elle +)

L1 Route:
Julius: Yes. 3 years ago, I came across Lulu, who had just been born.*
Julius: Ah, thinking about that really takes me back. I remember, Ludger had been rejected by a girl he liked and sulked about it all day. Then that night, he ran away into the city.
Elle: Ludger was rejected!?
Julius: Unfortunately, yes.
Julius: When I finally found him, Ludger was crouched in a back alley along with Lulu.
Lulu: Meow~
Ludger: …
Julius: But, in the end you still stayed friends with that Nova girl, right?
Ludger: Wha!?
Elle: The stories the old guy with glasses tells are really interesting!
Julius: I'm glad they're interesting, but…
Julius: Please stop calling me an "old man," I'm still in my 20s after all.
Elle: The fact that it bothers you, isn't that just proof that you are an old man…?
Julius: Ah!
Ludger: Heh…

R1 Route:
Elle: Just like I thought. Lulu seems more attached to Ludger after all.
Julius: …That's incorrect.
Julius: Lulu is only attached to Ludger because he makes her food.
Ludger: Wha!?
Julius: But I think Lulu knows that the one who buys her food is her true master…
Julius: I know true devotion and affection will triumph over selfish reasons such as food! Right, Lulu?
Lulu: Meow…
Elle: Lulu, who do you love more? You have to pick one person.
Lulu: Meow <3 span="">
Elle: She says she loves Elle the best!
Ludger: Wha!?
Julius: Lulu, you too…?**

*Meaning she was a stray, and I don't think they bring her home at that point yet? Not sure. Either they didn't yet, and Lulu finds Ludger when he runs away, or Ludger took Lulu with him when he runs away. I think the former makes more sense.
**I think he's referring to Ludger choosing Elle over him in regards to not handing over the watch earlier?

再会ユリウス [main]
Meeting Julius Again
(You must walk, not warp, to Milla's Shrine after meeting alternate Milla and Musee in Ni Akeria to activate this skit.)

Julius: Ludger, what happened with your job at the station?
Ludger: …
Julius: I see…
Julius: You deliberately came to this world then. You became one of Bisley's…
Julius: No, I mean one of Clanspia Company's agents?

-L1: It's the same work that Julius, whom I've always admired, used to do. (Julius +)
-R1: Bisley told me the truth, unlike you, Julius. (Bisley +)

L1 Route:
Julius: Admired… huh...
Julius: I always just thought I wanted to be an older brother you at least wouldn't be ashamed of, but it seems it backfired.*
Julius: Ludger, everything in life has two faces. One that the world sees and one that is hidden. The same goes for the Clanspia Company, and for me as well.
Julius: Ludger, you don't need to involve yourself with my hidden side.
Julius: No, you must not get involved.

R1 Route:
Julius: No… in this case ignorance is bliss.
Julius: I had no choice. I was told the truth by that man, and what I had to do was decided for me as well.
Julius: I… didn't want you to get mixed up in all this too.

Ludger: Ah…
Julius: Ludger.
Lulu: Meow…
Julius: Lulu?
Julius: I get it. I shouldn't treat him like a child, right?
Julius: But he's my little brother, so no matter what I…
Lulu: Meow?
Julius: Sorry for making you listen to my grumblings.
Lulu: Meow~
Julius: Haha, thank you. Perhaps you're a much better adult than I'll ever be.

*I think he means he doesn't want Ludger to admire him? Not much about Julius's character has been revealed at this point, but from that train scene in Chapter 1 I think Julius wanted to shield Ludger from Bisley and the world in general, because of their power. So he doesn't want Ludger to walk in his footsteps at all.

if~ミラとミュゼ [main]
If ~ Mira and Musee

Elle: Milla's sister is a bad person, isn't she? She's scary and she bullies you.
Alvin: She seems different than the Musee of the true timeline.
Leia: Yeah, this Musee is much scarier than that Musee.
Elle: This? That?
Milla: Shut up! What do you people know about my sister!?
Leia: W…well… Sorry.
Alvin: The Milla of this world really seems to depend on Musee…
Elle: Someone who says those kinds of things about your soup has to be a bad person, right?
Elle: If I said those things to Papa, he'd get really mad, and I think he would probably think that I was bad.
Elle: That's why, Elle would never do that sort of thing!
Milla: …It's not that simple of a relationship.
Elle: Because you're siblings?
Milla: It's not simple because we're siblings!
Elle: She's weird!
Julius: Because they're siblings… huh. That hits a little too close to home…*

*He literally says "that make my ears hurt", which is a phrase that means "what someone said hits a weak point of mine and is hard for me to hear." 

断界殻のない世界 [main]
A World Without the Shell

Milla: So this world has no Shell.
Milla: And to think that there are "gin" that don't kill spirits in this world as well.
Tipo: That's because our Milla gave mana to this world.
Jude: Of course, there are still many problems we have to solve.
Elise: But, it's certainly better than being at war!
Milla: …Is it really better this way?
Milla: Do you have any guarantee that the world is better off now than when the Shell existed?
Elise: W…well…

-L1: There's no guarantee.
-R1: Because that's what Maxwell said?

L1 Route:
Milla: You see, there is no guarantee. …But…
Milla: Even if there was a guarantee, I wouldn't want to be told by you people who go about destroying worlds.
Ludger: …

ふたりは相棒 [main]
Partners

Elle: Hmm hmm hm hm hm hmm hmmm~ The Land of Canaaan~
Milla: You're in a good mood. Although there's no reason to be.
Elle: Wrong, there is a reason.
Milla: What? You've made me a little curious now.
Elle: It's… a… secret~
Elle: Right, Ludger?
Milla: Hey… Tell me what happened.

-L1: It's… a… secret~
-R1: We made a promise. We're going to the Land of Canaan together.

L1 Route:
Milla: Ugh… Fine! I didn't really want to know anyway.
Milla: Honestly, these two certainly make an unpleasant pair.
Elle: The fact that we're a pair leaked out!
Milla: Huh? So "it's… a… secret~" only meant that?
Elle: It's not just that! To be more accurate, you should call us partners.
Milla: Ok, now you blurted it all out.
Elle: Your question was unfair! That's why I can't be partners with Milla.
Milla: Mind your own business! I prefer to be by myself anyway!
Lulu: Meow~…
Milla: Ah, don't feel sorry for me!
Ludger: Heheh…
Milla: What are you laughing at!
Ludger: Ah!
Milla: Honestly, what infuriating partners!

フシギ素 [etc.]
Mysterious Material

Milla: Tipo is really made of a mysterious material…
Tipo: H… hey!?
Milla: He feels quite soft to the touch, but… I wonder what he's made of?
Tipo: D… don't look at me there!
Elise: P… please stop!
Elise: Tipo has… various secrets.
Milla: Various secrets, like what?
Elise: Well, that is… he has a variety.
Milla: Oh come on, it's ok if you tell me just a few of them.
Jude: Ahh, please, Milla-san… Tipo is just… very bashful, so…
Tipo: Half of my body is made of a mystery material! If it were exposed, it'd be bad.
Milla: …So in reality, you don't really know yourself, do you?
Elise: That's not true.
Tipo: If you're going to say that, then tell me what you're made of!
Milla: Me? I'm, uh…
Milla: K…kindness? Or something.
Milla: H…hey! You were all able to laugh and make some retort, weren't you?
Milla: I was really curious too…* It… It's not embarassing…

*She says a word here that can mean a lot of different things, and I'm not sure I got it. It's something like that. The word is "ボケた."

アルヴィンはオジサ [etc.]
Alvin is an Old Man

Elise: Sigh. Nothing romantic ever seems to happen…
Alvin: Ohh, I didn't realize Princess Elise had already reached an age where she would say such womanly things.
Elle: Ohh! Alvin, just shut up!
Tipo: It can't be helped, can it? After all, Alvin is already at that age where he needs to be taken care of by the young people.
Elise: Because he's an old man.
Alvin: Old man, old man!
Milla: Yes, he really is an old man, isn't he?
Alvin: I'm not an old man!
Alvin: Oi, Ludger! Say something to this rude group of girls!

-L1: No, because they're right, you are an old man.
-R1: Something.

L1 Route:
You'll regret saying that in 10 years.

R1 Route:
Alvin: Ludger… That's just the sort of gag and old man would pull.

Lulu: Meow~
Alvin: Ah, Lulu… You're the only one who understands the sorrow of us adult men.

エルの友 [etc.]
Elle's Friend
(Activates in Ha Mil after Ch7 ends)

Tipo: Coming to Ha Mil really brings back memories of the first time we met Jude.
Elle: The first time?
Jude: Yes. We met and became friends here.
Jude: What was Elle's first friend like?
Elise: Was it a boy? Or a girl?
Elle: Eh? Ah… a boy. He was a cat though…
Elle: Lulu reminds me of him a little. We were always together, playing and having fun. He never grew bored of playing with me.
Elise: Tipo has never grown bored with me either.
Tipo: Eheh!
Elle: Tipo's just a toy so he doesn't count.
Tipo: I'm not a toy, I'm an amazing stuffed animal!
Elle: Stuffed animals are toys.
Tipo: I'm not a toy!
Jude: It seems after all…
Elise: …Elle and Tipo really are friends.

楽しい街、カラハ・シャール [etc.]
Callaha Sharl, a Fun City
(Upon first visit to Callaha Sharl)

Elise: Everytime I come to this city it's always so fun and full of life.*
Tipo: They sell lots of souvenirs in the marketplace too~
Rowen: Ludger-san, this is your first time visiting Callaha Sharl, right?
Rowen: If there is anything you'd like to know about the city, please tell me and I'd be happy to explain.

-L1: (Ask about the city's ghost stories) (Rowen +)
-R1: (Ask about popular souvenirs.)

L1 Route:
Elise: Eh?
Rowen: Oh… I see, you're curious about that, are you?
Rowen: Those sorts of stories often eixst in places where lots of people are gathered after all.
Elise: But I have never heard of any ghost story…
Rowen: Ah. That's strange, even though there is one so close to you in the Sharl family.**
Elise: Ah…
Tipo: W…we won't fall for that sort of joke!
Rowen: I'm quite upset that you think it's a joke.
Rowen: That mansion is part of the history of the six houses of Ra Shugal.*** According to history, there are one or two ghosts.
Rowen: The most famous of which is probably the story about the headless knight.  
Elise: …The headless… knight?
Ludger: …
Rowen: Yes. He wanders the mansion every night, searching and searching for his head…
Rowen: He opens one door and says… "it's not here"… He then peeks into the next room… "it's not here either"…
Tipo: Ohhh~~~!
Rowen: And then, BANG!! The door to your room opens…!
Elise/Tipo: Kyaaaa~~~~!!!
Ludger: …!!!?
Rowen: Well well. If I scared you that much, I can't help by think how lucky I am as a storyteller to have such willing listeners. Hohoho.
Ludger: …!!

*Elise lives in this city with Drossel, the lord of the city (technically lady, but that doesn't imply "ruler" so...).
**This line is confusing. It's something like this.  
***Six prominent families in Ra Shugal that hold political power. They are said to have descended from the six pupils of the sage Kresnik. I'm not sure how much political power they still have, because Gaius is the king of all Liese Maxia now. However, it seems like Drossel (who is now the head of one of the houses) is still in control of Callaha Sharl under Gaius.

新B級グル [etc.]
New B-Class Gourmet Food
(Triglav after repaying debt)

Alvin: Ugh, I can't think of any ideas…
Elise: What's wrong, Alvin?
Alvin: Recently, there's been a lot of new B-class gourmet dishes, right?* So I thought I'd try to think of a new menu.
Elise: If that's the case, you should try asking Ludger.
Alvin: Hey, Ludger, do you have any ideas for a new B-class gourmet food?

-L1: How about a stew that uses monster meat? (Alvin +)
-R1: How about a sushi rice bowl where the surface is covered with pink colored foods? (Elise +)

L1 Route:
Alvin: Ohh, that sounds great! There's nothing cheaper!
Elise: Eating monster meat is scary. Some of them are poisonous…
Tipo: And some of them will curse you…
Alvin: There's no need to worry! Our great chef will come up with a recipe that gets rid of the poisonous flavor.
Alvin: Right, Chef Ludger~
Ludger: Eh!?
Alvin: Please put your mind at ease. Just in case the unthinkable occurs, I'll get you a life insurance plan, so no need to worry.
Alvin: I'll be the one who collects your insurance payout, so I'll just need you to sign here…
Elise: You'd better run away Ludger. When there's money involved, Alvin is even scarier than a monster.
Alvin: Ah, oi wait, Ludger!      
Alvin: Damn, I could've profited whether he succeeded or failed…**

*B-class gourmet, is a phrase in Japanese that means "dishes that are delicious, inexpensive and provided in abundant amounts." Or in other words "cheap everyday food that many people enjoy." In Japan this can refer to things like ramen, curry, etc.
**He means, if Ludger created a popular dish and sold it, he could've profited off that, or if Ludger got poisoned and died, he would've gotten an insurance payout and profited that way. Lol.

Chapter 8

遊び人アース [main]
Playboy Arst

Leia: Hey, Gaius, you're really fitting in with the people of Elenpios, aren't you?
Gaius: …
Leia: Umm, Arst, you're really fitting in with the people of Elenpios, aren't you?
Gaius: Yes, I've been passing myself off as the prodigal son of a rich family from a remote region.
Gaius: In public, as I've gotten more friendly with the people, they've come to call me "playboy Arst."
Leia: Your public persona… unexpectedly, you're quite into it!
Elle: Playboy?
Milla: Why are you wasting your time with this when the world is in a crisis? You're not a playboy, just a careless, leisurely person.
Gaius: A careless person… Ludger, do you think so too?

-L1: Yes. You are too carefree.
-R1: I think it's something necessary precisely because the world is in a crisis…? (Gaius +)

R1 Route:
Gaius: Exactly. If a statesman does not understand the true feelings of the people, then the world really will head into ruin.
Gaius: It would be as if cutting off the rudder in the game of politics.
Leia: The world's crisis is the people's crisis… That's why getting to know people is such an important power to have to fight this crisis.
Gaius: Yes, you seem to understand too.
Leia: A journalist is a representative of the normal citizens after all!
Milla: …
Elle: As I thought, the king is such a great and important person!
Gaius: …
Leia: Elle, don't call him that…
Elle: Ah… umm.
Elle: As I thought, the playboy king is such a great and important person!
Gaius: Hm… haha…

ミラの [etc.]
Milla's Hair

Milla: Why are you looking at me?
Gaius: I was just thinking that your hairstyle is different from the true timeline's Milla is all.

-L1: What does the hair of the true timeline's Milla look like? (Milla +)
-R1: That's surprising that you were looking at that. (Gaius +)

L1 Route:
Gaius: How can I describe it… On the left side of her head her hair just goes up on its own in a sort of swoosh.
Milla: Wha, that's such a childish way to describe it. You seem a little out of touch with the times in that sense.
Gaius: That's because it's not something I would say when speaking of politics or war…
Milla: Sylph probably did her hair. He did mine in the past, but it became too much trouble to keep it like that.
Milla: Although, when I would be moving around quickly, it would sometimes hit my enemies and take them by surprise.
Gaius: Hm, to think that it could be used in that way!
Elle: I understand.
Elle: When Elle's hair doesn't part perfectly down the middle it bothers me.  
Elle: To get my hair looking just right is a pain cause it takes way too long.
Milla: Elle, you do your hair yourself?
Elle: Uh… In the past, Papa would do it for me.
Milla: And now?
Elle: Ludger… does it for me.
Milla: What? Then it's a pain for Ludger, not for you.
Elle: Sitting still for that long is a pain too!

R1 Route:
Gaius: It's not as though I was doing it on purpose. It was just a casual passing thought.
Milla: Such a sullenly person.
Elle: Sullenly?
Gaius: It was unintentional.
Ludger: Heh…
Gaius: If you continue I shall have no choice but to declare war.
Milla: We… we got it! "It was an unintentional passing thought." Understood!
Gaius: …As long as you understand, that's good.
Milla: …The point at which this person gets fed up is about the same as Elle, in a sense. Don't you think?*

*She didn't say "fed up" exactly, she said "his criticizing/fixation/etc. switch." Basically this means "the point at which he gets fed up and gets mad."

四象刃た[main]
The Fauves

Milla: Ohh, it's way too cold! What is with this place…
Gaius: You should use the strength you're wasting on talking to move your body faster. In your case, that extra energy could warm you up considerably.*
Milla: You're really saying boring things in such a boring way.
Gaius: Then your boring complaining is quite well-matched.
Milla: Such a nice personality. You don't have any friends, do you?
Gaius: Friends, huh… No, I suppose I don't have any.
Leia: Th… that's not true! The Fauves were your friends right?
Gaius: The Fauves, huh…
Elle: Fauve? That sounds like something cool…
Leia: Wingal and Agria… Also, Jiao and Preza.
Leia: They were Gaius's elite bodyguards. They were all really strong.

-L1: Bodyguards are not friends, they're subordinates.
-R1: Where are they now? (Gaius +)

R1 Route:
Leia: Ah, well…
Gaius: They're nowhere. They're all dead.
Ludger: Ah…
Elle: King…
Leia: It happened during the war to release the Shell. We were all involved too…
Gaius: It's nothing you all need to worry about.
Gaius: Wingal, Jiao, Preza, and Agria. They all laid the path upon which I was able to move forward.
Gaius: Therefore, all the responsibility lies with me, and because they gave their lives, I will not give up.
Gaius: I want you to understand that.
Ludger: Ah.

*Implying she talks too much. Lol!

雪国、カン・バルク[etc.]
The Snow Country, Khan Balk

Elle: So… so cold!!
Lulu: Meow… meow…
Gaius: Really? Today is actually quite on the warm side.
Elle: Liar! There's no way cold colder than this cold could exist!
Elle: Ludger, don't you think so too!?

-L1: Yes. It's freezing…
-R1: That's not quite true, is it Gaius? (Gaius +)

R1 Route:
Gaius: Yes. It's warm enough that one almost doesn't even need a jacket.
Elle: That can't be true, right!? You would catch a cold!
Gaius: If you discipline yourself, you won't lose to such a thing as a cold.
Gaius: When I was in my twenties, I used to walk around outside in short sleeves while eating icicles in place of ice candies.
Ludger: !!
Gaius: You can grow accustomed to anything.
Gaius: Although, Ludger, you seem to be doing quite well in this weather. Perhaps I should show you around to some scenic places in the area.
Lulu: Meow?
Gaius: When I was a child, I used to go out in the middle of winter and pretend certain secluded areas were my secret base. Then I would make huge snow forts in those places..
Gaius: There are many interesting things about Khan Balk that only the locals know.
Elle: Lulu… the king is really an amazing person after all…
Lulu: Meow…

魔物と人
Monsters and Humans
(Activates upon arrival in Shan Du)

闘技場に挑め
Let's Fight in the Coliseum!
(Activates in Shan Du with Gaius in the party)