“师父，过来和我们一起玩吧!”“嘿，易智慧。女名女子名。看看我的腹肌，好吗。甚至我的黑火龙也赞扬了我......“我们今天要去吃正赫师傅做的饭，对吧?”
Even Yu Jung-Hyeok was like that, yet what was I like?
就连余正赫也是这样，那我是什么样子呢？
⸢….We must get ready for the next scenario.⸥
我们必须为下一步做好准备
We were always in a hurry as if we were being pursued. We never had any leeway. And as we got to the latter half of the scenarios, such tendency grew even stronger. Our goal was 'always' right in front of our eyes. I acted as if the scenario themselves would break down if we didn't solve whatever it was in time. But now that I began thinking deeply about it, the scenarios would've been just fine even if we didn't hurry up and do something about them.
我们总是很匆忙，好像有人在追我们似的。我们从来没有任何回旋余地。当我们看到后半部分的情况时，这种趋势变得更加强烈。我们的目标是“永远”就在我们眼前。我表现得好像如果我们不能及时解决任何问题，情节本身就会崩溃。但是现在我开始深入思考这个问题，即使我们不抓紧时间采取行动，情况也会好转。
"H-hey, Yi Gil-Yeong!! We agreed not to use any skills here, didn't we?!"
“嘿，李吉英!!我们说好不在这里使用任何技能的，不是吗?!”
"When did I?! You gotta give it your best always!"
“我什么时候开始的?!你应该一直尽全力!”
I heard the kids' voices as they were returning with hunted prey.
我听到孩子们带着猎物回来的声音。
Soon after that, I heard Han Su-Yeong's loud call that reverberated throughout the valley. "Alright, then. The treasure hunt event will now begin! The prize is a Star Relic from the Black Flame Dragon!"
不久之后，我听到了韩素英的大声呼喊，回响在整个山谷。“那好吧。寻宝活动现在开始！奖品是黑焰龙的星际圣物!”
"Whaa, really? From that Black Flame Dragon?"
“哇，真的吗?从那条黑火龙那里?”
"I've hidden it somewhere in the valley, so the first one to find it is the winner! Ah, right. You're forbidden from using your skills. Got that? Besides that, there are other prizes too, so….."
“我把它藏在山谷里的某个地方了，所以第一个找到它的人就是赢家！啊，对。你被禁止使用你的技能。明白了吗？除此之外，还有其它奖品，所以......”
"That Star Relic is mine!"
“那颗星遗迹是我的!”
Han Myeong-Oh quickly discarded his fishing rod and jumped inside the stream, but a little while later, Jeong Hui-Won grabbed hold of his head and threw him out of the water. In no time at all, Yi Ji-Hye and the kids returning from their hunting trip all jumped into the valley's water, too.
韩明吴迅速扔掉鱼竿，跳进河里，但不一会儿，郑慧媛抓住他的头，把他扔出了水面。没过多久，易智慧和打猎归来的孩子们也都跳进了山谷里的水里。
"Yo, hold up, Ji-Hye noona!! That's [Ghost Fleet]! You think I won't notice it just because they are tiny now "
“哟，等等，智惠诺娜!!那是(幽灵舰队)!你以为我不会注意到它们，只是因为它们现在很小吗?”
"Yi Gil-Yeong! Are you seriously taming water bugs? You cheater!?"
“YiGil-Yeong!你真的要驯服水蝽吗?你这个骗子!”
"Both of you, disqualified!"
“你们两个，取消比赛资格!”
How long had it been since all of my companions were smiling together like this? Maybe, this could be our first time. They were able to smile even though the scenarios hadn't ended yet. They were able to chat away in happiness like that, and share their stories.
多久没有我的同伴们像这样一起微笑了？也许，这可能是我们的第一次。即使这些场景还没有结束，他们还是能够微笑。他们可以像那样愉快地聊天，分享他们的故事。
⸢And while looking at that spectacle, Kim Dok-Ja suddenly felt lonely for some reason.⸥
当金道子看着这个奇观时，不知为什么突然感到孤独
Could it be that I had failed to understand a single thing about the 'Ways of Survival' - no, wait, regarding my companions, instead? Maybe, because I was drunk in the fantasy of witnessing the Conclusion, I actually ended up missing all the countless words that had to be read in order to reach the true Conclusion?
难道我连一件关于“生存之道”的事情都没有理解——不，等等，是关于我的同伴吗？也许，因为我沉浸在目睹结论的幻想中，我最终错过了所有为了得到真正结论而必须阅读的无数词汇？
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A scenario that previously felt like nothing important suddenly felt as imposing and difficult as a 'Great Fable' now.
一个以前觉得没什么大不了的场景，现在突然变得像一个伟大的寓言故事一样令人印象深刻和困难。
I plopped down below a parasol and dazedly looked on. Someone lightly tapped me on the shoulder.
我扑通一声坐在阳伞下，茫然地看着，有人轻轻地拍了拍我的肩膀。
"How goes it with your scenario?"
“你的剧本怎么样了?”
Yu Sang-Ah grinned refreshingly.
余相娥笑得很清爽。
I replied with a powerless grin of my own, and she addressed me again. "Well, Dok-Ja-ssi, your communication skill has always been a little lacking, so it can't be helped, I guess. You were also like that back when we were working for the company."
我回答时露出无力的笑容，她又开始对我说话。“好吧，Dok-Ja-ssi，你的沟通技巧总是有点欠缺，所以我想这是无可奈何的。我们在公司工作的时候，你也是那个样子。”
"….I was?"
“是吗?”
"You really didn't speak all that much to other people."
“你真的不怎么和别人说话。”
I became utterly speechless after she mercilessly carpet-bombed me with facts. But then again, after giving it a bit of thought, it made total sense. I grew up without a friend from a young age. I wasn't clued in on how to socialise with other people, and back then, I only thought about how to weasel myself out of the company meal get-together. I figured that, rather than wasting time doing that, I might as well read the 'Ways of Survival' one more time instead.
她用事实无情地地毯式轰炸我之后，我完全说不出话来。但话又说回来，经过一番思考之后，这个想法完全合情合理。我从小就没有一个朋友。我不知道如何与其他人社交，那时候，我只想着如何逃避公司的聚餐。我想，与其浪费时间在这上面，不如再读一遍《生存之道》。
⸢Kim Dok Ja y ou h ave a fri end no w⸥
金道子你现在有个朋友
And then, here was an inorganic 'substance' that tried to rile me up by saying that it was my friend.
然后，这里有一种无机“物质”试图激怒我，说它是我的朋友。
Yu Sang-Ah settled down beneath the parasol too, and observed our companions with a relaxed gaze. Perhaps she was going for the camping look herself, because rather than the usual Buddhist robe, she was now wearing a casual one-piece with a wide-brimmed straw hat. She sure knew how to match the atmosphere regardless of where she was. She was someone too good to be kept in the <Kim Dok-Ja Company> run by a pretty useless leader, at the very least.
于相雅也坐在阳伞下，放松地看着我们的同伴。也许她自己是去露营的，因为她现在穿的不是一般的佛教长袍，而是一件休闲连衣裙和一顶宽边草帽。无论身在何处，她都知道如何营造这种氛围。她是一个非常好的人，至少不能被一个毫无用处的领导人管理在金道子公司里。
"Sang-Ah-ssi, do you by any chance regret getting in the subway that day?"
“桑阿斯，你有没有后悔那天乘地铁?”
I wasn't sure why I asked her that. Even now, the events of the very first scenario remained vivid in my mind.
我不知道为什么要问她这个。即使是现在，第一个场景的事件仍然在我的脑海中栩栩如生。
⸢If only Yu Sang-Ah's bicycle didn't get stolen.⸥
要是余相娥的自行车没被偷就好了
If she got her start from somewhere else, then she might not have become <Olympus>'s Incarnation. Maybe, she wouldn't have to die, either. She wouldn't have to experience the pain of reincarnation, too….
如果她从其他地方开始，那么她可能不会成为奥林匹斯的化身。也许，她也不会死。她也不会再经历轮回的痛苦。
"No, I don't."
“不，我不知道。”
I had never seen such a determined expression on her face before.
我从来没有在她脸上看到过如此坚定的表情。
"So, Dok-Ja-ssi. You mustn't regret anything, either."
“那么，Dok-Ja-ssi，你也不要后悔。”
"Pardon? Regarding what…..?"
“什么?关于什么...?”
"I mean, everything."
“我是说，一切。”
I wasn't sure what to say to her. It felt as if I'd only sound like an ass just by thanking her or expressing my gratitude. The 'Ways of Survival' never taught me what I should say in moments like this.
我不知道该对她说什么。感觉就好像我只要感谢她或表达我的感激，就会像个混蛋一样。生存之道》从未教会我在这种时刻该说些什么。
As if she could read my mind, she grinned refreshingly and pointed to someone over yonder.
好像她能读懂我的心思似的，她咧嘴笑了笑，指着远处的某个人。
"I think it'll be for the best that you speak to that person first."
“我认为你最好先和那个人谈谈。”
<Episode 86. The square circle (2)> Fin.
第86集。方圆(2)财务。
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Chapter 456 - The square circle (3)
