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香霖堂――

ちょっと普通じゃない客しか訪れない店先で、普通じゃない赤と緑の巫女と
普通の黒い魔法使いは、その日全く偶然に顔を合わせた。

Kourindou---

That day, at the storefront visited only by slightly-unordinary visitors, the unordinary red and green shrine maidens and the ordinary black magician stood. They had run into each other by sheer coincidence.

  魔理沙「偶然だな、お前ら何しに来た?」

  早苗「禍公が帰り際に置いて行った百人一首を売り飛ばそうと」
  霊夢「倉に押し込めといて、変な霊に憑かれたら困るしね」
  魔理沙「実は全く同じ事を考えていた。偶然ではなく運命の巡り合わせ

    だったな」

  Marisa "Hey, fancy that. What're you guys doing here?"

  Sanae "I thought I'd go sell these Hyakunin Isshu cards that Magakimi left behind."
  Reimu "It would be a big pain if I just crammed these in the storehouse and they
      got possessed by some weird spirit."
  Marisa "Actually, I was thinkin' the exact same thing. Must've been some twist

      of fate that we're all here, and not a coincidence."

三人が抱えているのは、禍原命廟が生前に執筆した詩歌が書かれた、貴重な

当時の百人一首である。
残念ながら今時の少女達は、和歌で風流を感じる奥ゆかしい趣味は持たない。

The three of them were holding very valuable, vintage Hyakunin Isshu cards, on which Mitama Magahara had written poetry during her lifetime. Regrettably, today's young girls lack the refined taste needed to feel the elegance in present a waka.

  霊夢「霖之助さん、入るわよ」
  霖之助「うーん、確かここにあった筈だが…」

  Reimu "Mr. Rinnosuke, we're coming in."
  Rinnosuke "Hmm, I'm sure it was right here..."

不在の確認もせず、慣れた調子で無粋に押し入る霊夢と魔理沙。

少々困惑した様子で早苗が後に続く。
一方の店主・森近霖之助もまた、来客など気にも留めず、雑多な品々をひっ
くり返して、ぶつぶつと何かを繰り返している。
物を捨てられない病気は大変だな。魔理沙は心の中で他人事のように呟いた。

Without checking if the store was occupied or not, Reimu and Marisa heedlessly barged in as if they were used to doing so. Sanae followed them, somewhat confusedly. The lone storekeeper Rinnosuke Morichika was turning over various objects, repeatedly muttering something under his breath, and paying no attention to the visitors. Compulsive hoarding is a terrible thing to witness, Marisa thought to herself, as if she didn't do the very same thing.

  魔理沙「今日は何を探してるんだ」

  霖之助「ああ、いや、ここに保存しておいた等身大の少女人形が…」
  魔理沙「おま…いつの間にそんな性癖が…」
  霖之助「そう言えばまだ話していなかったかい? 最近は君達もあまり

      来てくれないからな」

  Marisa "Whatcha lookin' for today?"

  Rinnosuke "Oh, there was just this life-sized girl doll that I was storing here..."
  Marisa "W-woah, dude... when'd you get tastes like that...?"
  Rinnosuke "That reminds me. I haven't told you yet, have I? Neither of you have

       come here very recently."

露骨に引いている霊夢や早苗を全く意に介さず、霖之助は事の顛末を独り事

のように語り出した。
等身大で生きているような質感を持つと言うその少女の人形は、湖畔で妖精
達によって発見されたのだそうな。

Paying no heed to Reimu and Sanae, who were clearly getting impatient, Rinnosuke started telling them the whole story, from start to end. This girl doll, which he said was life-sized and made of lifelike materials, had been found on the shore of the lake by some fairies.

  霖之助「妖精で良かった。これが命蓮寺の妖怪鼠だったら、譲り受ける

      のに幾らふっかけられていた事か」
  早苗「そこまでして等身大の少女の人形が欲しいだなんて…」
  霖之助「外の世界の素晴らしい技術が使われているかもしれないだろう。
      置きっ放しでも仕方が無いから、思い切って誰か詳しそうな人

      か妖怪に尋ねよう、そう思って探していたんだけど――」

  Rinnosuke "I'm glad it was just fairies. If that youkai mouse from the

       Myouren Temple had gotten it, I would've had to seriously haggle."
  Sanae "You wanted this life-sized girl doll that badly...?"
  Rinnosuke "Some splendid techniques from the outside world may have been used
       in its creation. It wouldn't do just to leave it there, so I thought
       I would ask some human or youkai who seemed to know something

       about it, but as I went to search for it..."

不意に、早苗の服の懐から電子音声が鳴り響いた。

間欠泉の異変の際に、八雲紫が用意した遠隔通信機と同じような物を、守矢
神社の三柱は、今や独自に開発して所持しているらしい。
珍しい獲物を見る人食い妖怪のような霖之助の視線に、霊夢と魔理沙は苦笑
いを押し殺した。

Suddenly, an electronic sound came from Sanae's pocket.

Apparently, the three gods of the Moriya Shrine had developed their own remote communication devices, similar to the ones prepared by Yukari Yakumo during the Geyser Incident. Rinnosuke's eyes shone like those of a maneating youkai who just saw some rare prey. Reimu and Marisa tried not to smile awkwardly.

  早苗「すみませんが私はこれで。導命樹に、歌を歌う見慣れない妖怪が
     出現したとの事ですので」

  Sanae "I'm sorry, but I have to go now. Some song-singing youkai we've never
     seen before has showed up at the Life-Guiding Tree."

屋外に身を翻して足早に飛び去る早苗。百人一首はしっかり置いて行かれて

いる。
導命樹は命廟への返還がとりあえず決まった後、今はまだ守矢神社に仮置き
されたままである。
妖怪と聞いては黙ってはいられない。霊夢と魔理沙も互いに見合わせ、札の
山をその場に残して後を追った。

Sanae turned and ran outside, swiftly flying away. The Hyakunin Isshu cards were left right there. It had been decided that the Life-Guiding Tree would be returned to Mitama before anything else, but at the moment it was still left with the Moriyas for safekeeping. When they heard the word "youkai", they couldn't remain silent. Reimu and Marisa exchanged glances, left the pile of cards where it was, and followed Sanae.

  霖之助「歌を歌う妖怪ね…ふむ、まさか…」

  Rinnosuke "A song-singing youkai... hrm, don't tell me..."

霖之助は少しの間記憶を辿った。

そして、僅かに頬を緩め、残された百人一首の品定めに取り掛かった。

For a short while, Rinnosuke searched through his memory. Then, he relaxed his face somewhat, and began appraising the Hyakunin Isshu cards that had been left behind.
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