Co-Research with Chief Librarian ~Part Four~/Story

## Introduction

 Oh, come here and look, I found a treasure in the document archives. お、ちょっと来てこれを見てくれ、資料庫からお宝を見つけたんだ

 What's this... nyot a book, but a painting. これは……本じゃないぞ、絵だ

 Seems somebody put it away here and forgot all about it until now. 誰かがここにしまって、今まで忘れ去られていたようだ

 I don't have much of an eye for paintings, is this one any good? 吾輩は絵の良さなどわからんが、これは上手いのか？

 I don't really know, either...
Oh, do you want it? It'll really shine hanging in the Office. 俺も絵はよくわからんからな……
お、欲しいか？　司書室に飾ると映えるだろう

 ...So you're into curios too, huh. ……お前も骨董趣味があるのか

 Haha, it'll be great! Old stuff's got that special flavor that today's stuff just doesn't have.
The bad news is... I want you to clean up that archive I mentioned and purify a magazine. はは、いいじゃないか。古いものには今のものにはない独特の味わいがあるものだ
その代わりと言ってはなんだが……例によって書庫の掃除と雑誌の浄化をして欲しい

 Seems there's an especially large amount this time around. In any case, enlist those guys' help.
I'll be heading out, though. I can't stop sneezing when I'm in the book archives. 今回は特に大量にあるらしいぞ。なんならあいつらにも手伝ってもらえ
吾輩はこれで失礼する。書庫にいたらくしゃみがとまらん

## Treasure in the Archives 1

 You said to help you out so I came, but... I didn't hear anything about this! 手伝えって言うから来てみれば……こんなにあるなんて聞いてないぞ！

 I'm putting your research work on hold for today. If we don't work on this now, we won't be able to face the New Year. 今日は研究もおあずけだ。ここで頑張らないと年末を迎えられないからな

 What a mountain of magazines...
So right now you're asking us to check whether these are all tainted or not?? 雑誌の山じゃないですか……
これを今から、侵蝕されてないかどうか確認するんですか？

 Having to file even such old magazines one by one, no wonder you're short-handed. こんな古雑誌までいちいち管理してたんだな、ここが人手不足なのも当然だ

 ...That's true, but we can't just let them get tainted and disappear from existence right under our noses.
This is also in your job description. Don't complain about it. ……そうだな、だが、侵蝕されて存在が消えるのをみすみす見ていられるわけはないだろう
これも仕事のうちだ。文句を言わないでくれ

 Sheesh, I guess I gotta do it. ったく、しかたねーなあ

 Considering the speed at which Taints affect magazines, leaving them be would spell trouble. I'm relying on you. 雑誌の侵蝕スピードを考えるとここで放置しておくのはまずいんだ。よろしく頼むぞ

## Treasure in the Archives 2

 It was really a coincidence that we found this in the document archives.
Within the document archives lie treasure and trash alike. これが資料庫で見つかったのはほんとうに偶然なんだ
資料庫にはいろんなお宝とガラクタが眠っている

 I want to organize that, too, but truth is currently our hands are too full with Taints.
If you search closely, you might be able to find other things... そちらも整理したいが、今は侵蝕者の対応で手が回らんのが実情だ
探せば他にも出てくるかもしれないんだがな……

 Our main priority right now is to clean up the archives. Just like how December was once called "Shiwasu", before you know it the end of year will pass us by.  とにかく今の問題は書庫掃除の方だ
十二月を師走と呼ぶように、年末はあっという間に過ぎ去ってしまう

 So for the meantime I want to tidy up... or so I'd say, but... 今のうちに片付けておきたい……ところなんだが……

 ...Sorry, I have a meeting coming up. I leave the rest to you. ……すまない、俺はこれから会議なんだ。あとは任せるよ

## Chief Librarian's Souvenir

 Oh, looks like you're done. お、終わったようだな

 It was really hard work, you know! ほんっとーに大変だったんだからな！

 ...This is being counted as overtime work, right? ……これ残業代出ますよね？

 My bad. You guys seem worn out, so I bought some mitarashi dango for you.
Please forgive me. 悪かった。お前たちがぐだぐだ言うから、みたらしだんごを買ってきた
これで許してくれ

 Hell yeah! The Chief sure gets it! やった！　さすが館長！　わかってるじゃん

 Keep this a secret from Cat. ネコには秘密だぞ

 You look tired. Did something happen? 疲れてますね。何かあったんです？

 No, I was just reporting the results of our research.
Tainting phenomenons seem to have suddenly increased. Even genres of books that have not been affected before have started being tainted. いや、今までの研究成果の報告をしてきたんだ
今、侵蝕現象の発生が急激に増えているらしい。今までなかったジャンルの本まで侵蝕されているということだ

 How very fascinating. Though I suppose we won't be saying that for long. それは興味深いですね、そうもいっていられないのでしょうが

 Yeah, and there's also that one Taint's case. We need to find its source ASAP. ああ、他にもあの侵蝕者の件もある。早く原因がわかればいいんだが

 The Librarian will get even more busy from now on. 司書がますます忙しくなっちまうな

 That's right. I seem to have placed quite a heavy burden on you...
Sorry the conversation turned all serious. Let's leave this talk for next time.
For now, let's eat the mitarashi dango.  ああ、他にもあの侵蝕者の件もある。早く原因がわかればいいんだがそうだな。君にも負担をかけてしまうことになりそうだ……
すまない、重い話になってしまった。この話はまた今度にしよう
今はとりあえず、みたらしだんごだな