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

## Introduction

 Oh, we did it! Now we can buy replacements for our research tools. お、やったじゃん！　これで研究器具を買い換えられるな

 Yes. In fact, we can also enlarge our laboratory too. ええ。それどころか、実験室の増設も出来ますよ

 Alrighty, finally we can start working on new research. よし、これでようやく新しい研究に手を付けられるな

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 My apologies for interrupting you in the middle of talking. 話し中のところ失礼する

 It seems that we came at just great timing. どうやら丁度良いタイミングで来たようだな

 Hm? What's the matter you two? ん？　お前らどうかしたのか？

 We have an earnest request for you. Could you please read our drafted idea? 折り入って君たちに頼みたいことがある。我々の起案書を読んでもらえないか

## The Doctors' Wish

 Hrm... An expansion of the doctor's office. I see.  ふむ……医務室の増設か。なるほどな

 This summer the amount of clients has been greater than usual.
Thanks to Saitou-kun coming for help, we've been able to finish all the work smoothly. However, as one would expect, it's a little cramped to work in the same room. 今年の夏は例年よりも利用者が多かった
斎藤君が来てくれたお陰で仕事は滞りなく進んだが、やはり同じ部屋で仕事をするとなると少々手狭でな

 As we don't have enough room for visitors of patients or giving minor consultation, we're slightly stumped. 今は患者の見舞客やちょっとした相談を受け入れる場所がないので少々困っているんだ

 As I need to listen to patients' private matters or topics they don't want others to hear,
I want a place where I can protect the privacy of my patients. 私は患者の個人的な事情や、人に聞かれたくない話も聞くので
患者の秘密を守れる場所が欲しいと思っている

 Alright, I totally get your situation.
I must admit it has been weighing my mind if there have been any inconvencies with your work.
I'm really thankful for you summarizing the problem points. よし、事情は良く分かった
確かに俺も、君たちの仕事に不自由がないか気にかかっていたところだ
こうして要点をまとめてきてくれたことを有難く思う

 Oh no, it's us who are very grateful for you immediately considering it.
As you know, it's not us who are the most inconvenienced, but the people who need the infirmary. こちらこそ、すぐに検討してくれて有難い
なにせ部屋が手狭で一番困るのは、我々ではなく医務室を利用する者達だからな

 Hum. I'll give it a positive consideration. うむ。前向きに検討させてもらおう

## The Duo's Request

 Aka, Ao, taking in the two doctors' opinion, I'm thinking of doing the doctor's office expansion. アカ、アオ、あの二人の意見を取り入れて、医務室の増設をしようかと思うんだが

 Eeeh! Why, we appealed our request first! えー！　なんでだよ、俺たちの方が先に要望出したのに！

 That's true, though... The expansion of the doctor's office is something I've thought about for a long time.
This time there's also signatures of writers supporting it, so I think it's high priority appeal. それはそうなんだが……医務室の増設は前々から考えていたことだ
今回は文豪たちの署名も添えられていたし、重要度の高い意見だと思う

 ...I get it very well in my head, but if you ask me to honestly say if I approve it or not... ……頭では分かっているのですが、素直に賛成できるかと言われると……

 Understandable. If you two are against it, I won't force it. そうだな。二人が反対するなら無理にとは言わない

 However, I want you two to understand their feelings too.
While fighting in order to protect literature, they're also bearing on their shoulders the responsibility to look after others' wellbeing.
If we can be of help to them, I think we should listen to their opinions as much as possible. だが、彼らの気持ちもわかってやってほしい
文豪として文学を守るために戦いながら、人々の健康を守る責務も負ってくれている
そんな彼らの力になれるなら、俺は出来る限り聞いてやりたいと思う

 ...Tsk. I guess we've got to listen to them. ……ちぇー。仕方ないなあ

 Fine. We also have approached them when we've suffered of the summer heat or have had minor injuries. 分かったよ。俺たちも、夏バテした時とか、ちょっとした怪我をした時に寄るしな

 It's the request brought up by those two, who among the writers are the ones with the strongest sense of responsibility.
I can see from this drafted idea and the signatures that they seriously need this expansion. 図書館の文豪の中でも、特に責任感の強い彼らの起っての願いですしね
この起案書と署名を見れば、彼らが真剣に医務室の増設を必要としていることが分かります

 Thanks! Your desired laboratory expansion will be delayed a little, but I'll make it happen for sure. ありがとう！　二人の念願の実験室の増設は少し先になるが、必ず叶えるからな

 It's fine, we're used to the current space anyways.
We can manage this year as we could buy replacements for the experiment tools that had become old. いいんだよ、俺たちは今の部屋で慣れてるし
今年は古くなった実験器具の買い換えで我慢するよ

 It's also thanks to their cooperation that we could achieve results with our research. 研究の成果が出たのは彼らの協力のお陰でもありますしね

## A Doctor's Duty

*In the new expansion room of the doctor's office...*

 Hey, is now a good time? な、今良いか？

 Oh, it's you two. おや、君たちか

 Sorry, were you in the middle of consultation or something? すみません、診察中でしたか？

 Right now it's outside of consultation hours. No need to worry about it. 今は診察時間外だ。気にすることはない

 So this is the new doctor's office, huh. How's it like? ここが新しい医務室ですか。使い心地はどうですか？

 Yes, it's very pleasant. I'm also making some good progress with my work. It's all thanks to you for approving the request. うむ、とても快適だ。仕事も捗っている。君たちが賛成してくれたお陰だ

 Now more people will come visit the doctor's office without hesitation. It will get busy now on, I guess. これで気軽に医務室にくる者が増えるだろう。忙しくなりそうだな

 Eh? I'm glad that now it's more pleasant here, but if people will start coming here all freely, won't it be too much? えっ、快適になったのはいいけど、人が気軽に来るようになったら、大変じゃないか？

 Not at all.
We doctors want people to come to the doctor's office whether they have a slight mental condition,
or some minor troubles. そんなことはない
私たち医者は、心のちょっとした不調を感じた時や
小さな悩みでも、医務室を利用してもらいたいと思っている

 Heeh... Is that so? へえ……そうなんだ

 There are people who lead a life of writing day and night when they start writing.
If such a lifestyle is continued, it's obvious that one's condition will deteriorate. 原稿を書き出すと昼も夜もない生活を送る者もいる
そんな生活を続けていれば当然不調になるに決まっているのだが

 If people can show up here without reserve, they can understand their current situation in a simple way.
And thus before they become sick, we can also give them a heads-up. 気軽に顔を出してくれれば、今の健康状態を簡単に知ることが出来る
そうすれば、病気になる前に注意を促すことが出来るだろう

 Of course we treat people's illnesses, but before that, creating an environment where no one would get sick...
I think that's the most important duty of a doctor. 病気の治療は勿論だが、その前に人々が病気にかからないような環境を作ること
それが医師の大切な役割だと私は考える

\*appears\*

 Saitou-kun. Are you prolonging a medical examination? 斎藤君。診察が長引いているのかね

 Mori-sensei! No, I'm not. Some visitors came over. 森先生！　いいえ。お客が来ていました

 We're sorry. Were we too noisy? すみません、騒がしかったですか？

 No, not really. Seeing faces of healthy people in the office makes me happy. いいや。医務室で元気な者達の顔を見られて嬉しいよ

 Are you already done for today? 今日はもう終わりなのか？

 Yes. It was a quiet day without incidents. ああ。何事もなく静かな一日だったな

 Thank you for your hard work. My day also had a peaceful end. お疲れ様でした。こちらも今日は穏やかに一日を終えられました

 Is that so? ...Lively but peaceful, that's probably the best. そうか。……賑やかで平穏ならば、それが一番良いだろうな

 Would you like to have a break with us? Just now I was preparing some tea. 君たちも一緒に休憩するか？　お茶の準備をしたところなんだ

 May we? Then, we'll gladly have some. いいんですか？　それじゃあいただきます