Translations
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Translated by: Ayase
In the beginning
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I first saw the history book of the "Two Staffs" when I was 8.
I snuck past the strong barriers in the Ransen library and as I opened the history book, my heart pounded.
When I looked at it, I was not able to read the characters at all.
Their meanings I didn't even try to understand.
But I really wanted to know what was written in there.
That excited feeling, I can clearly remember.
I thought "I want to see the world with the same feeling that I used to have at that time."
We Ribika call this country which spreads far and wide Sisa.
Even without leaving Ransen, we are able to hear the speech and phenomenons from various lands from traders and bodyguards.
The forest with a huge tree full of green, the miasma valley of darkness, a lake whose surface shines with the colors of a rainbow, and the "Void" intruding on our world.
The more I listen to these tales, my young heart beats faster with excitement.
I imagined tens and hundreds of times traveling through the world of Sisa.
Daydreaming with my eyes closed and ears covered, I would think of going to many different places and meeting all the different cats.
These daydreams I sought to make reality, it didn't take much time.
I want to see the world with my own eyes.
Merely, only that desire excites me.
After leaving Ransen, many seasons passed.
I am still traveling now.
At this time in Sisa, food is difficult to come by, women are declining due to a disappearance of a part of their body, and Voids and demons are increasing in numbers.
The orgin we do not know of, it seems this world is taking a turn for the worse.
There seems to be more mystery than knowledge that I gained through traveling.
To find that knowledge, I travel.
I want to know everything.
At this location of great danger, my existance must be unusual.
For this reason, I think I should write everything down about villages where I visited and ourselves.
I need to share this knowledge with everyone.
Perhaps by this, a means to saving the world will be found.
In Ransen
Somari, a Ribika who wants to know the world.
Translator notes: The last two lines are like a closing to a journal (in case anyone finds them weird). Felis lybica is the name for an African Wildcat. The half human/half cat species in this game called 'Ribika' are most likely taken from this. Also there is a breed of cat called Somali, which also can be connected to the 'Somari' name of the one who wrote the above.