韩素英茫然地盯着那个金发女人。那个声音......一段时间过去了,但她永远不会忘记。那位中年妇女轻轻一挥手,就发出了退下的命令。
"Han Su-Yeong… Is it really you?"
“韩素英......真的是你吗?”
When she heard that voice again, Han Su-Yeong felt something welling up inside her.
当她再次听到那个声音的时候,韩素英觉得有什么东西涌上了她的心头。
While slowly descending to the ground, she kept staring back at Anna Croft. She didn't know where to start asking her questions, so she asked whatever jumped out of her mouth first.
她慢慢地走到地上,不时回头望着安娜·克罗夫特。她不知道从哪里开始问她的问题,所以她先问了从她嘴里蹦出来的任何问题。
"How many years has it been since we left?"
“我们离开已经多少年了?”
"…It's been 20 years."
“...已经20年了。”
Han Su-Yeong's trembling lips swallowed those years down. She felt dizzy. Who would've believed now that the horrifying scenarios had ever taken place in this world?
韩素英颤抖的双唇吞噬了那些岁月。她觉得头晕。现在谁会相信这个世界上曾经发生过这样可怕的事情呢?
The city of Seoul was no longer the place she remembered. No, this city was as complete as the one from the 1865th turn, the one she thought was pretty much perfect. The deep greenery of the trees lining the streets, and children dribbling balls around in the distant playground far away.
首尔城已经不再是她记忆中的那个地方了。不,这座城市和1865年的那座一样完整,她认为那座城市非常完美。街道两旁绿树成荫,孩子们在遥远的操场上打着球。
Twenty years.
二十年。
So, that's what it was. In a world where we don't exist, you have managed to carry on.
原来是这样的,在一个我们不存在的世界里,你们继续生活下去。
And that's how you got to change the world to this extent.
这就是为什么你要改变世界到这种程度。
"Han Su-Yeong?"
“韩素英?”
The startled Anna Croft quickly offered support as Han Su-Yeong wobbled unsteadily. This was an embrace from a person she didn't even like, yet Han Su-Yeong clung onto those shoulders and broke down in tears.
韩素妍摇摇晃晃地走着,惊呆了的安娜·克罗夫特立即给予支持。这是一个她根本不喜欢的人的拥抱,而韩素妍却紧紧地抱着她的肩膀,泪流满面。
At last, they had returned to the 1864th turn.
最后,他们回到了1864年。
The world where they completed the scenarios for the first time.
他们第一次完成这些场景的世界。
Some managed to return, while some, couldn't.
有些人设法返回,而有些人则无法返回。
Some things had to remain as the past that nothing could change.
有些事情必须保持过去的样子,没有什么可以改变。
She saw the sight of the [Industrial Complex] spreading out in the far distance.
她看见工业园区在远处蔓延开来。
Kim Dok-Ja's fading bronze statue stood before it. Next to his figure assuming a slightly awkward pose was a massive statue of a squid.
金道子的青铜雕像正在褪色,站在前面。他的身影旁边摆着一个巨大的鱿鱼雕像,姿势略显笨拙。
⸢To commemorate Kim Dok-Ja's return⸥
纪念金道子回归
While looking at that bizarre monstrosity of a squid, Han Su-Yeong alternated between breathless sobbing and hysterical laughter. She didn't want to admit it. If she insisted on it, then she felt that something somewhere might change, somehow. But right now, right in this moment, she simply had to admit to it.
韩素英一边看着那只奇形怪状的乌贼,一边上气不接下气地啜泣,一边歇斯底里地大笑。她不想承认。如果她坚持这么做,那么她就会觉得某个地方可能会有所改变。但此时此刻,她不得不承认这一点。
Their plan was a failure.
他们的计划失败了。
And this place, it was the conclusion to the world they had found.
而这个地方,就是他们所发现的世界的结局。
*
Two years went by since the companions' return.
两年过去了,自从同伴们回来。
Two years were a longer stretch of time than one might imagine, and perhaps fittingly, several incidents happened during then.
两年的时间比人们想象的要长,或许恰当地说,在那期间发生了几起事件。
Such as, Yi Hyeon-Seong and Jeong Hui-Won leaving the Complex. Or, Shin Yu-Seung and Yi Gil-Yeong entering high school. Yi Ji-Hye getting slapped with an 'F' during the first midterms. Etc, etc….
比如,李贤成和郑惠媛离开了大楼。或者,申玉升和李吉英进入高中。易智慧在第一届中期选举中被打了个“f”。等等..。
When all these many, many incidents were to be summarised, it'd be like the following:
当所有这些许许多多的事件被总结出来的时候,会是这样的:
<Kim Dok-Ja Company> had been disbanded.
金道子公司已经解散。
<Epilogue 4. The Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (7)> Fin.
尾声4.无所不知的读者视角(七)。
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Chapter 543 - Epilogue 4 – The Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (8)