弓に矢を番え、そして射つ。
鉄の鏃（やじり）は人の体を容易に穿つ。
基本、人の体は皮に肉と水の詰まった袋のようなもの。
高速で、鋭いものが突き刺されば高確率で死に至る。
では、私のような。私のような怪物が。
人を射てば、どうなるか。
五人十人の体が刳（く）り貫（ぬ）かれ、
城門は容易に破壊される。
ならば、船はどうなるか。
……結果は見ての通りである。
我が矢は船を引き裂き、人を溺れさせた。
高揚すべき一撃であるが、少しばかり胸が痛む。
矢によって与えられる死が栄光の死であれば、
船を破壊されて与えられる死は無惨な死かもしれない。
戦場の只中にいて、戦うこともなく、溺れていく。
我が矢は、決して慈悲の一矢ではなかったのだ。
覚えていて欲しい、マスターよ。
我らは戦いと死を名誉と考え、恐れずに立ち向かう。
されど、その裏には……数え切れないほどの、
こうした、あまりに残酷な死が存在するのだと。
戦いは、良くないことなのだ。
戦闘機械たる、私が言うのも―――お笑いぐさだが。
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NA Localization:
I nock an arrow to my bow and loose it. Its arrowhead easily bores through its target's body. Broadly speaking, human bodies are little more than bags of meat and water. At high speeds, anything sharp can penetrate and, most likely, cause them to cease functioning.
So then, what if... What if a monster, like myself, were to fire upon people? My arrow gouges out five, ten bodies at a time, and destroys castle gates as though they were made of paper.
So then, what about a ship? ...See for yourself. My arrow tore it apart, dooming its passengers to drown.
While I should perhaps be elated over this accomplishment, my heart also cannot help but ache a bit. Dying to an arrow may be glorious, but dying because your ship was destroyed, without even setting foot on a battlefield, must be anything but.
The arrow I fired was not one of mercy. Far from it. So please, Master, I implore you to remember this. We may find honor in battle and death, and are thus unafraid to face them. But what is rarely discussed is how countless people have met cruel...far too cruel ends like these.
No, as ridiculous as it may sound coming from a machine built for battle like myself...there is nothing good about war.
Fan Translation:
Nock the arrow on the bow, then shoot it.
An iron arrowhead can easily pierce through a human's body.
Since the human's body is basically like a bag stuffed full of meat and water put inside a layer of skin, if a sharp object was to pierce it, death would be the most likely outcome.
Then, if a monster like me, if someone like me was to shoot humans, what would happen?
Five, even ten bodies would be hollowed out, and even the castle gates would be simply destroyed.
In that case, what about a ship?
The result is as you can see.
My arrow has ripped the ship to pieces and left its people drowning.
That single blow should have raised my spirits also pained me a little.
If death by arrow is called a glorious death, then death by the destruction of the ship probably would be considered a cruel death.
You remain within the midst of battle, yet not fighting, just struggling in the water.
My arrow was never an arrow of mercy.
I want you to remember this, Master.
We consider battles and death an honour, and we fight against it without fear.
Even so, behind it all....There are countless cruel death as such.
Fighting is not good at all.
A combat machine like me, saying such a thing―――I must have sounded like quite the laughing stock.
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Bond Level 10 of Minamoto no Tametomo.
Minamoto no Tametomo
Increases party's damage against enemies with