Tales of Zestiria ~Michibiki no Toki~ 6

Tales of Zestiria –Michibiki no Toki-
Chapter 6 “Where Plague Dwells”
Pg. 1
** The warmth radiating from that lonesome back **

Pg. 2
** They arrived at the plagued town… **

[The City of Great Trees, Marlind]

Sorey – Is this all
Because of the plague…?

Malevolence is spewing out from all over the place…

Knight - Your Highness!
Alisha – I’ve bought the medicines.
How are things here?

Pg. 3
Knight – …Anyhow, please head to the church first.

People - *cough*
*cough*
*cough*

Alisha – This is horrible…

…You all please wait outside first.
We can’t have the shepherd falling ill from this too…

Pg. 4
Doctor – That perhaps won’t be necessary.

We believe this disease is not contagious…

Alisha – What?
Sorey - It’s not?

Doctor – As this disease became widespread only at this period and even knights who came to aid us had fallen ill,
Words must’ve spread of it being contagious.
But in fact, we believe it resembles more of severe asthma or hives.

Since we’ve never seen this before, we tried various medicines on the patient,
And these medicines appear to be effective, even if it’s for only a short time.

However, the cause of the disease,
And why the disease is only confined to this town…
We still don’t know.

Pg. 5
The disease is curable as long as patients get proper medication,
But because word got passed out as it being contagious, no one would even come close to people from Marlind.
Merchants stop coming to this town, and to make it worse, the bridge also collapsed…

…Everything just seems so hopeless,
But
We cannot blame it on anyone.

Lailah - …The cause of this could be the malevolence.
Sorey – The malevolence?

Lailah - Occasionally, the “vessel” phenomenon similar to that between Shepherd and Seraphim could happen.
But even with pure heart, people with low spiritual compatibility can fall ill if their bodies reject the Seraphim.
Worst case, it can become fatal.

Pg. 6
Woman – Excuse me…
That outfit,
Could you possibly be…the shepherd?

Sorey – Oh, yes.
I’m Sorey.
Woman – I’ve heard that you can perform miracles…
Please use your miracle to save my daughter…!

Girl – Sir…
Shepherd?

Pg. 7
Help me.
This hurts…

People – The shepherd…?
That’s…
The shepherd?
Our savior…!

Please save us, shepherd!
Alisha – Sorey…

People - Shepherd!!

Sorey – Err,
I…

Lailah,
…can you do something about this?

Lailah - …I can ride away the malevolence,
But…

Pg. 8
Edna – If we purify this girl, we should be able to cure it,
But this town is overflowing with malevolence.
She’ll just become ill again in no time.

Sorey – But that’s…
Edna – Don’t start thinking that you’re omnipotent just because you’re a shepherd.

That’ll only
get you tainted yourself.

Sorey – …I’ll
Think about it.
Alisha – Sorey!
Wait.

Alisha - …Please take this medicine.
*pass*
Sorry we couldn’t bring more than this…

Doctor – That’s OK.
Thank you, Your Highness.

Pg. 9
Alisha – Sorey,
I…

Sorey – I
Thought I could help people if I become a shepherd.

But in the end, I couldn’t even cure a single disease.
Alisha – I must apologize too.
I shouldn’t push everything to you like that.

Sorey – Back with Edna’s brother, I couldn’t do anything other than running either…
When shepherd is supposed to be the hope for people…

Pg. 10
Alisha - …The power of shepherd must’ve obscured the line between dream and reality.
What you want and what you must. What you can do and what you can’t do…

I’ve experienced part of that power myself.
I’m able to see what I couldn’t see,
And do what I couldn’t do before.

It makes me feels very relieving,
But it also makes me feel insured.

Sorey – What can I do then?
And
What is it that a shepherd like me can’t do…?

Alisha – It’s just as the doctor said. This disease can be treated as long as we have the medicine.
Mr. Neft and the Sparrow Wings are working
To bring more medicine as quickly as possible.

Pg. 11
Surely, there are many people who would want to rely on your power,
But you’re not the only one struggling.

Trust me.

If the malevolence is what causes this disease, could we possibly do something about that?
Sorey – Alisha…
Alisha - Purifying it might not cure the disease,
But isn’t that something only you can do? And you must do…?

Sorey – Yeah,
You’re right…

Thanks.

Pg. 12
Drake - *ROOOOAR*

Sorey – That’s…
A dragon!?

Edna - …No, it’s a hellion.
Normal people can’t see it.
Lailah – That must be one of the juvenile forms of dragon,
The drake.

Hellion - *GROWL*

*GROWL*

Pg. 13
Sorey - What is this…!?
Lailah – Sorey, this must be what causes the disease!

Sorey – Please hurry to the church!
You might fall ill too if you wander around!
Soldier – What…?

Alisha – We found out what causes this plague now.
We’ll take care of it. Please order everyone to stay indoors.
Soldier – Y-Yes ma’am!

*SCREECH!!*

Pg. 14
*SCREECH*

Sorey – These clusters of malevolence…seem as though they’re spawning from that drake.
Edna – Or rather, it seems this is part of its power,
And that drake is feeding on the malevolence from the plague.

Pg. 15
Alisha – But it doesn’t look like it’s coming down at all.
We can’t do anything to it…

Sorey – If these are part of its power,
If we purify these, wouldn’t the drake get weakened and come down …!?

Mikleo – Lailah,

Form a retainer pact with me.
It’s better if we have more hands.

Sorey – No, you can’t.
Lailah – Sorey…

Mikleo - …Why are you stopping me?

Pg. 16
Sorey - You can’t just impetuously decide that on your own.
Mikleo – As if you have the rights to say that!

After Lailah told you about the fate of shepherd at the Sacred Sword Ceremony,
You just accepted it, with smile on your face, so quickly it crept me out!

Sorey – That’s because it’s my dream!
Plus, what else can I do back then?

Mikleo – “What else can you do”…?

Pg. 17
So you’re saying that your “dream” is just something you happened to stumble upon
Simply because there was nothing better else to do about your situation?
Is that really what you’ve been chasing after since you’re a kid?

If that whimsical thing is causing you pain and hatred,
Then just quit being a shepherd!

And if you already forgot Gramps’ words, then just throw this away!
Sorey – Mikleo! Cut it ou-

Pg. 18

Pg. 19
Mikleo – You cut it out!
Sorey – I…
Mikleo – I didn’t come along just to be a liability to you!

Fine.

A liability can just wait at the inn.

Sorey – Fine.
Let’s go, Alisha.
Alisha – Eh, but…

Edna – I’ll pass on this too.
Alisha – Lady Edna…?
Edna – My body is aching from using my power in such a long while.
Give me some rest.
Alisha – M-My apologies…

Pg. 20
Alisha – Is this really OK, Sorey?
Sorey – He said that himself.
Just leave him!

Lailah – This spring of youth!
The friendship between men!
This got to be it!

Sorey does have his share of spite too,
Doesn’t he?

Let’s just watch over them for now.

Pg. 21
Mikleo – Well then.

Edna – Where’re you going?
Mikleo – I’ll find the Demnolia Art Museum.
It’s the museum which holds the history of this academic center, Marlind.
We might find some records of this town there.

Since that drake is feeding on the malevolence in this town,
If we can pinpoint the reason behind this overflowing malevolence
And do something about it, we might be able to weaken its power.

Edna – You’re being childish.
If you actually thought that much, you should’ve just gone together with Sorey.

Pg. 22
Mikleo – And you? Is your aching fine now?
Edna – There’s no telling what a childish boy would do after arguing with his friend after all.
Little boy will need his chaperone.

Pg. 23
Mikleo – It’s withering…

“The academic center among sacred trees, Marlind”

“Those which radiate atop the trees are fruits of knowledge and flowers of arts.”
“Without resting beneath their shades, one shall never speak of the art and knowledge of the world.”
That was written in the Seraph Records.

It had been our dream since we were young.
We would read our book,
And dream of going to see each places.

But
If he’s like that, then I no longer know why I am out here…

Pg. 24
Edna – Then we should get going.
Nothing will change if we just stop on our path.

Plus, if given a choice, I’d rather watch
Beautiful flowers than some withering trees.

Pg. 25
Is this the place?
It’s very dusty here though.
Mikleo – Maybe…
Edna – What? You’re scared, Little Mikleo boy?
Mikleo – What’s with you constantly calling me a boy…?
Give it a rest already.
Edna – Mik-boy it is then. [To keep it short.]
Mikleo – Hey!! [No abbreviating too!]

This is terrible…
All these precious cultures…

Pg. 26
Edna – For a historical art museum, it sure doesn’t have that many artworks.
I wonder what happened.

*CLASH*
Mikleo – What!?

Attack - *GROOWL…*

Mikleo – A hellion!?

Pg. 27
Is that a bear hellion…? Or maybe, a rat?

Wait, Edna!?
It’s dangerous!

Attack – Oww.

Pg. 28
Edna – Geez, these normins…
Learn not to cause trouble already…

…He’s all yours now, Mik-boy.
You’re going to interrogate him, no?
Mikleo – R-Right…

Are you the one who rampage this art museum?
Attack – Ugh…
Mikleo – Why did you…

Attack – It ain’t just me…

All’a people who used ta love lookin’ at the artworks,
They’all changed after the war begun.

Pg. 29
They started speakin’ ill or even burnin’ the artworks,
Just ‘cause they’re from opposin’ country.
They’all just used the artworks ta fuel their antagonism.

Not only that…
Some o’ them started ta sell the artworks to the black market…
After they got the money, they’all laughed and said
“Wonderful. Love this war.”…

‘twas depressin’…
I hated ‘em…I cant forgive ‘em.

And I became…
A hellion…

Pg. 30
If ‘tis make me sufferin’ so much,
Then I should’ve just destroyed all’a ’em,

And just forget ‘bout it!!

Pg. 31
Mikleo - …The world might be full of sadness and suffering, yes.

Trying to live your dreamed life in this age without changing anything
May not even be possible.

But you mustn’t forget
that passionate feeling you have for arts, for this place.
If your feelings are really something you can cut off so easily like that,
There’s no way you would be suffering as much as this.

Pg. 32
Attack - …Just stand watchin’ ‘ese artworks with lotsa people made me cozy…
They dont worship me, but I I never felt lonely…

‘twas a happy life.

I never wanna do this.

Pg. 33
‘twas my treasure,
My love.

But still…

Pg. 34
WAAAAA

WAAAAA!!
** His heart pouring out…**