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l want to shine on you, and always like that dazzling sun.
l will defend you from all the darkness.
This is the truth from my heart.
lf only our hearts could connect, l could get you to believe me.
Even if you can't see it now, don't lose it.
Your kindness won't be in vain.
You'll be carried aloft by the wind to somewhere that isn't here.
You'll cross the sea and cross time, and l know you'll blossom one day.
Whatever the day, l'll be there for you.
l hope l can watch over you like the sun for all time.
This is the truth from my heart.
Moribito Guardian of the Spirit
～♪
Episode 6
To Die in the Misty Blue
Now l look nothing at all like a prince.
（チャグム）これで どこから見ても皇子には見えんな
Are you sure that you'll be all right?
（タンダ）本当に大丈夫か？ （バルサ）ああ
Yes.
Torogai?
（トーヤ）トロガイ師？
l've decided to leave with them.
（トロガイ） わしも 一緒に出ることにした
師匠 そのロバは どこで？
Master, where did you get that donkey?
（トロガイ） たっぷり足腰 鍛え直してやるからな
l'm going to build up his legs until he's good and sturdy.
そうお前の伯父さんに言っとけ
Tell your uncle l said that.
Let's go.
行くよ
（チャグム）バルサ
Balsa.
Thank you for everything,
世話になった
Make sure that you don't catch cold. Take care.
（サヤ） 風邪ひかないように お元気で
（タンダ）バルサ
Balsa.
死ぬなよ （バルサ）ああ
Don't get yourself killed.
Right.
As long as you stand there paralyzed by your lingering affections...
お前が そうやって 未練たらたらしてる間に―
こやつらの死ぬ可能性は どんどん増えるんじゃ
...the more their chances of dying increase!
バカ者(もん)！
Such a fool!
At that pace, l doubt that they'll make it...
（トーヤ）あれじゃ おてんとさまが出てる間に―
...to the Misty Blue Pass before the sun goes down.
青霧峠(あおぎりとうげ)まで行き着けるかどうか 怪しいよ
（副隊長） 女が最後に確認された上流より―
We have 100 men between her last known location and Yashiro village...
ヤシロ村周辺に100名
青弓(あおゆみ)を東西に分けた山々には―
...and 350 men on each of the mountains...
それぞれ350名を配置 捜索に当たらせております
...that divide the Aoyumi into east and west.
They have been ordered to search for her.
Reports suggest that the woman appears to be gravely injured.
報告によれば 女は 相当な手傷を負っている様子
l do not believe that locating her will prove difficult.
見つけ出すのは そう難しくはないかと
（隊長）なぜ そう言い切れる？ （副隊長）はっ
What makes you so certain?
Sir?
（斥候１）申し上げます！
l have a report, sir!
（斥候１）昨夜から未明にかけて―
We have had reports from the Yashiro village area...
ヤシロ村方面で カンバル人とおぼしき女を―
...that last night some farmers saw what appeared to be a Kanbal woman.
大勢の農夫が 目撃していることが分かりました
What direction was this woman headed?
その者は どちらへ向かった？
As for that... Some farmers claimed that she was traveling to the west...
それが 西へ向かったという者もあれば―
...while other reports say that she was heading south.
南に下ったという情報もあり…
She's doubling back towards Kosenkyo?
光扇京(こうせんきょう)に戻ってくるだと？
（斥候２）見つかりました！ （隊長）うん？ どこだ？
We've located her!
Where?
There are reports of a suspicious-looking woman...
（斥候２） ヤクーの棚田より更に東の地で―
...being spotted in the lands east of the Yakoo rice terraces.
怪しい女を見かけたとの 報告がありました
今度は東か
To the east this time?
隊長
Commander?
Send the men who left to join the manhunt to the east!
山狩りに向かった者たちを 東に向かわせろ！
No, to the west as well! And assign lookouts to Kosenkyo's city gates!
いや 西にも光扇京の入り口にも 見張りを立てよ！
Yes, sir!
Follow me!
（副隊長）続け！ （斥候たち）はっ！
Yes, sir!
（モン）あの女 山狩りがあると読んでいたようだな
lt looks like the woman anticipated that there would be a manhunt for her.
この動き 恐らく揺動か
These multiple sightings are most likely a diversion.
お前たちは どう読む？
What do you two think?
（ユン）私も揺動と見ます （ゼン）右に同じ
l believe them to be a diversion as well.
l concur.
（ジン） 私も… そのように考えます
As do l.
l believe that to be the case as well.
l thought l ordered you to get some rest.
寝ていろと言ったはずだ
Lying still doing nothing only frustrates me.
（ジン）何かしていないことには いらだちばかりが募り―
かえって傷の治りを悪くします
l believe it only slows down the healing process.
There is but one option left open to us.
我らに残された方法は ただひとつ あの女の考えを追うこと
And that is to deduce what that woman is thinking.
We put ourselves in her place...
あの者になりきり あの者が取るであろう行動をたどる
...and we deduce what action she is likely to take.
体は動かずとも このジン 考えを巡らすことはできます
Perhaps l am physically incompetent...
...but my mind is in perfect working order!
Taga and Sune, gather the intelligence that has come to the manhunt teams.
タガ スンは 隊に入る情報を全て集めろ！
Yes, sir!
Zen, Yun, and Jin, the rest of us will analyze that woman's thoughts!
ゼン ユン そしてジン 残りの者は あの女の考えを追う！
Yes, sir!
（モン）まずは あの女が 打って出る次なる策に対し―
The first order of business is to counter the woman's next ploy...
...with a certain and resolute move of our own.
揺るぎない一手を返すこと
突き止めよ あの女人の行く手を
Let us determine what path the woman is taking!
Begin silent meditation!
沈思黙考！
About those hunting dogs that attacked us both...
（トロガイ）わしと お前を 襲った猟犬だがな―
お前の言うとおり―
As you say, surely there can't be a great number of men of that caliber.
あれほどの手だれが そう何人もいるとは思えん
That said, those people are tenacious.
だが ヤツらは しつこいぞ
その子を殺すまで 何度でもやって来る
They'll keep coming and coming until that boy is dead.
No need to worry.
心配するでない
ヤツらを まいてしまえば―
lf you can manage to give them the slip, you'll live to see the next spring.
お前さんは 次の春までは生きられる
Chances are, that egg won't hatch anytime soon.
恐らく その卵は しばらくは かえらん
卵というものは 一定の成長を終え―
Eggs don't hatch until what's inside has developed to a certain degree...
外の世界に出る準備が整ってから ようやく出てくるもんだ
...and is fully prepared to emerge and face the outside world.
わしが見たところ―
From what l saw, the egg inside you hasn't finished its preparations yet.
まだ お前さんの中の卵は その準備を終えてはおらん
l will go and find us some answers.
わしも何がしかの答えを得てくる
お前さんたちも うまく逃げるんだよ
Make sure that you get away safely, you hear?
Good luck to your own task, then.
（バルサ） では よろしくお願いします
Good luck to your own task, then. Right.
Hey! You there!
（斥候）おい！ お前！
The north. The woman will cross the Misty Blue Mountains.
北だ あの女は青霧を越える
My conclusion was north as well.
（ゼン）俺も北と読んだ
She was born in Kanbal. She will go north.
あの女の出身はカンバル 北だ
Yes, but she is wounded. And that wound is no mere scratch.
だが 傷を負っている 軽い傷ではない
なにより皇子がそばにいる
And most importantly, the prince is with her.
At a glance, it certainly appears to be a suicidal move.
確かに 一見 自殺行為
知恵者なら むしろ青霧は避ける
A wise man would avoid the Misty Blue Mountains.
…と 我々は読むはずと考える
That is the conclusion that she expects us to make.
She will do the opposite and will go to the Misty Blue Mountains.
ならば その裏をかいて やはり青霧
That's right.
そうだ
（ユン） 裏をかくは 策士たるものの常道
Misdirection is commonly employed by any skilled tactician.
確かに あのときも 逃走したと見せかけたり―
True. During our skirmish, she feigned escape.
She also discarded her spear and instead attacked with a throwing stone.
短槍(たんそう)を捨て つぶてを用いて攻撃に転じた
いずれも裏をかいている
She misled us both times.
だが それは 手段を選ばなかっただけともいえる
But you could say she merely used any means necessary for her goal.
There is one thing that does concern me.
だが ひとつ気になるは―
That she refused to strike any of us with a fatal blow...
我ら全員に あえて致命傷を負わさなかったこと
あの状況下―
Under those circumstances, we all could have been struck dead.
全員が とどめをさされていても おかしくはなかった
（モン）うむ
（ジン）あれも また 我らを かく乱させるために―
lf that was another case of subterfuge meant to throw us into confusion...
裏をかいたのだとすれば―
回り回って南もある
...then it is entirely possible that she will double back and go south.
Jin.
（モン）ジンよ
That detail has troubled me ever since the battle as well.
俺もそれだけは ずっと気になっていた
皇子を連れて逃げるために 手段を選ばぬあの女が―
This is a woman who will stop at nothing to escape with the prince...
...so why is it that she did not kill us?
なぜ 我らを殺さなかったのか
あの場において それが最も 確実な手段であるにもかかわらずだ
Surely that would have been the soundest course of action, and yet...
確かに げせぬ
lt is most baffling.
And yet, l think there was some other motive at work behind that action...
しかし そこには 皇子を連れて逃げることとは―
何か別の目的があったようにも 思える
...that is separate from her objective of escaping with the prince.
ならば やはり女が向かうは…
ln which case, the woman's destination is...
Commander!
（斥候）お頭！
（斥候）山狩り隊に 都西街道を西に向かう―
The manhunt teams have received reports of a woman...
...resembling a Kanbal native heading west on the Tosei highway.
カンバル人らしき女を 目撃したとの情報が入りました
That is a diversion.
（ユン） それは揺動 たった今 青霧と出た
We just concluded that she is going to the Misty Blue Mountains.
（斥候）しかし 報告によれば―
But sir, they say that she is carrying what appears to be a short spear...
女は 短槍らしきものを携えており―
...and, what is most noteworthy, she has a child in tow.
何より気になるは 子連れだったとのこと
やるな あの女
Well played. Not only has that woman divided the manhunt's forces...
山狩り隊の力をそぐばかりか―
...she's also kept us pinned down here.
我らをこの場にくぎづけにしおった
Moribito Guardian of the Spirit
Are you in pain?
痛むのか？ （バルサ）大丈夫
l'm all right.
まだ今はね
For the time being anyway.
What did l tell you? Aren't you glad we didn't join the manhunt teams?
（農兵）ほれ見ろ 山狩りに加わんなくて よかったろ？
l knew all along that she was going to go west.
俺は最初から西と踏んでたんだ
Commander! Please, follow the path that you believe to be best.
お頭！ お頭は 自分の信じる道を行ってください
私がタガを連れて 西へ確認に行ってまいります
l will take Taga with me and scour the road to the west.
ですから お頭は…
Therefore, you...
（ユン）俺が行く 今のお前に馬は無理だ
l'll go. You're in no condition to ride.
But l...
（ジン）しかし！
She may be our enemy, but l admire this woman.
（モン）敵ながら あっぱれな女よ
万に一つ あの女であった場合―
lf the woman on the road does indeed turn out to be her...
...use blowgun darts dipped in poison to kill her.
倒す際には 毒を塗った吹き矢を用いよ
Whatever you do, don't get inside her striking range.
間違っても あの女の間合いに入るな
Yes, sir!
Zen.
（モン）ゼン （ゼン）はっ！
（モン）我らは 青霧へ向かう
You and l will make for the Misty Blue Mountains.
（斥候）ごめん！
Excuse us.
何か？
Can l help you?
Has a woman been by here? An injured woman?
（斥候）女が来なかったか？ ケガをした女だ
Oh, yes, plenty of them. Because of my profession, you see.
いくらだって来ますよ 商売柄ね
でも ここに来る女は みんな 用が済んだら すぐに出ていきます
But every woman l receive is gone...
...the moment their business with me is concluded.
そりゃ そうですよね 薬草以外に用がなければ
Well, why not?
Why come to me unless they need medicinal herbs?
私だって―
Even a man like me knows that it's a man's role to keep women safe.
女を守ってやるのが 男の 務めだってことぐらい分かってます
でもね 物心つく前から―
But for as long as l can remember...
...it's the girl who's always gotten herself hurt and always ends up here...
女のほうが どんどん 傷 作ってくるんだから
しょうがないでしょ
...so what can l do?
No wonder my first thought is always to heal her wounds...
まずは その傷 癒やしてやらなきゃってなりますよ
違いますか？
Am l wrong?
す… すまなかったな 変なことを聞いて
Forgive us. Perhaps our question was inappropriate.
Commander?
（ゼン）お頭！
The front hoofprints aren't the same size as the back ones.
（モン） 前と後ろの ひづめの大きさが違う
黒蝗馬(こっこうば)か
A Kokkou stallion, eh?
Even a horse that can gallop across three kingdoms in one night...
三国を一夜で駆ける黒蝗馬も 走らせなければ意味はない
...is of no use if you don't let it run.
日が暮れる前に捕らえる！ （ゼン）はっ！
We shall capture them before nightfall!
Yes, sir!
The mountains seem farther away than ever.
（バルサ）いつになく山が遠い
カンバルは そんなに遠いのか？
ls Kanbal really that far away?
Kanbal lies beyond the mountains beyond that mountain.
カンバルは あの山の向こうの向こう
まだまだ先さ
We've a long way to go.
Are you tired?
疲れたのかい？
バルサ （バルサ）うん？
Balsa...
What sort of place is Kanbal?
（チャグム） カンバルは どんな所じゃ？
Well...
（バルサ）うん… ヨゴに比べたら厳しい土地だね
Compared to Yogo, it's a harsh place.
空気も薄く 岩ばかりの痩せた土地
The air is thin there, and the soil is rocky and barren.
But there are meadows where you can give free rein to your horse.
でも 馬を思いっきり 走らせることができる草原はある
Once you're there, it's not such a bad place.
行ってみれば意外に悪くない所さ
Does your family live there, Balsa?
そこにバルサの家族もいるのか？
バルサ？
Balsa?
Cut across the stream! The paths branch off for a while, but...
お前は渓流を突っ切れ！
一度 道が分かれるが その先に合流できる岩場がある
...there's an outcropping ahead where you can get back onto this trail!
Do whatever it takes to get there ahead of her!
そこで なんとかヤツの前に出ろ！ （ゼン）はっ！
Yes, sir!
あっ バルサ！
Balsa!
走れ！ （馬にむちを打つ音）
Go faster!
l have you now, Spear-wielder!
捕らえたぞ！ 短槍使い！
（モン）えい！
お頭！
Commander!
お頭！ 無理です！
lt's no use!
But the prince!
（モン）だが 皇子が！
l know that, sir! But we can't afford to have you die here too!
分かっております！ ですが ここで あなたにまで逝かれては…
l was sure that a horse like that would be able to climb back up on his own.
あいつなら 自力で 登ってこられるかと思ったんだがね
Forgive me.
許しておくれ
This arrived from the Hunters.
（無人の体(てい)）狩人より届けられました
（聖導師(せいどうし)）ああ…
帝(みかど)には 時を見てわしが伝える
When the time is right, l shall inform the mikado myself.
下がっておれ
You may go.
Yes, sir.
Master Shuga!
（無人の体）シュガ様！
シュガ様 これを
Master Shuga, this is for you!
（女性）薬あるかい？
Do you have any medicine?
追えば突き殺すとまで言われて 俺は待つしかなかった
You said you'd gore me to death if l followed you, so l could only wait.
What am l, a warrior's wife?
これじゃ まるで武人の女房だ
So, l see you're still in one piece, Balsa.
無事だったんだな バルサ
Sorry about that.
すまなかったね
ただ 今は少し眠りたいんだ
For now, though, l just want to get a little sleep.
As l sat huddled and alone, holding back the tears on those nights...
When it felt like l was about to succumb to my doubts...
...there you were, at my side before l knew it.
lt was none other than you who was there for me.
l keep wishing, "l want to be strong." l stumble and hurt myself again.
But because l have you to believe in, l can get back to my feet.
l simply want to tell my dear one, "Thank you."
At the top of my lungs, again and again.
l call out to my precious loved one.
ls my voice reaching you?
ln this world that always changes, human warmth never does.
l'm certain l sensed the presence of the one that l hold dear.
～♪
Next Time
Chagum tries to acclimate himself to the life of a commoner.
A vague sense of unease begins to blossom in his young heart.
Next time, "Chagum's Resolve."
Episode 7
Chagum's Resolve
The waterwheel turns...
...carrying his emotions with it.