Having come to Earth, the first thing Koutarou and Clan did was to hide the spaceship, the Cradle. They were planning on burying it in the forest of a small mountain in the suburbs of Harukaze city.
“Bertorion, this place really won't be under any development, will it?”
“Yeah, it's fine. This mountain will remain untouched. I came here looking for beetles every year so there's no mistaking it”
“Then that's fine”
The Cradle slowly sank into the ground, as if it was water as Koutarou and Clan watched over it.
Clan's smaller spaceship, the Cradle, had been designed with observation and research work in mind. Because of that, it had all kinds of functions to hide itself in order to not disturb the target of study or its living conditions. That's because it was best to study something secretly. And the Cradle burying itself in the ground was one of the functions for just that. Using a barrier, it created an excavator by repelling the dirt around it as it slowly sank into the ground. Once finished, the only thing that would remain on the surface would be a hatch to enter. Remains of the ground being dug up would remain, but it would eventually be covered by nature.
“So what do we do now?”
”We don't do anything. We just sleep, like we did before leaving Forthorthe”
At first, Clan had planned to use her second super-space-time repulsion shell to return back to the present from Forthorthe 2,000 years into the past. By reversing some of the parameters, they should be able to return from where and when they came. However, the second repulsion shell had been used in their battle on Forthorthe. She had to think of another way to return.
The solution she came up with was to spend 2,000 years in a place where they would never be found. By adapting the technology used for hyperspace, they would be able to freeze time onboard the Cradle. So as long as they weren't found, they would be able to pass through 2,000 years. And once that time had passed, they would just return to Earth through normal means.
However there was a large problem with that. A part of the Cradle had been damaged and it wasn't capable of spaceflight. The parts required to repair that wouldn't be created until 20 years before present time. Because of that, Koutarou and Clan had woken up once 20 years in the past and repaired the Cradle. Once repairs were complete, they used both normal travel and hyperspace travel to return to Earth.
Without using hyperspace, the closer a ship flew to the speed of light, the slower time would pass. But by using both, it still took them ten years to reach Earth, which to them felt only like a few days.
The reason for why they didn't just use hyperspace was to reduce the amount of time spent frozen on Earth as much as possible. If they only used hyperspace, they would have to spend 20 years frozen. But since Earth didn't have any off limit areas like Forthorthe's “Bertorion's special territory”, it was better to spend as little time frozen as possible. That said, if they were too slow and reached Earth while Theia was there or was on her way, they might be detected. So it was important to find a good balance between the two.
So because of that, there was the need to sleep onboard the Cradle once while on Earth. And so they had chosen a place where Koutarou had gone to play as a child to hide the ship.
“How many years will we sleep now?”
“Please wait a little, I'm calculating that right now”
Clan operated her bracelet and calculated how long they needed to sleep. Clan had a nonchalant look on her face, but there were a lot of parameters that had to be used to calculate how long they needed to sleep. As a result, it started to take some time, and Koutarou began fretting.
“Clan, you could just make a rough estimate”
“...”
Clan adjusted her glasses and showed a dissatisfied expression. She was only making an accurate calculation because Koutarou had asked, so that irritated her.
“Bertorion, you like just casually tramping on scientist's efforts and beliefs, don't you?”
“I can only imagine you're wasting your time...”
“What do you mean by waste! I'm―”
“It's because you're like this that Theia calls you sly and whatnot, even though you're cute”
“...”
“Just be more relaxed. You know, more― eh? What's with that strange face?”
“I-It's nothing! Ahem, more importantly, I've finished the calculation!”
Clan cleared her throat as her face turned red and forcibly changed the topic. She then quickly displayed her results on a hologram.
“Sorry, I'm not wearing the armor so I can't read it. I might be able to understand it if you use ancient Forthorthe”
Koutarou was able to read some ancient Forthorthe, having spent quite a bit of time in Forthorthe of 2,000 years ago. But he couldn't understand modern Forthorthe at all.
“That's right, I forgot”
Since Clan had begun thinking of Koutarou as someone from Forthorthe, she had naturally used modern Forthorthe as the display language. She decided to report the results using her own words.
“Well, in total we need to sleep for ten years and 323 days, or almost 11 years”
“11 years... couldn't you just count that in your head?”
“You're being mean now, Bertorion! You know it's not that simple!”
”It's just that you're more lively and fun when you're angry”
“I'm not having any fun at all!”
Clan's temper erupted once again. That had been Koutarou's goal all along, but having gotten emotional, Clan didn't notice that.
“Ten years... I see, ten years huh...”
Upon hearing from Clan that this was ten years in the past, Koutarou noticed something. His expression unconsciously changed from a smile to a more serious one.
“Besides, you― what is it?”
Noticing that the atmosphere around Koutarou changed, Clan's anger vanished. They had spent so much time together that she could tell when he was serious.
“It's nothing. It's just... I was just thinking that my mom dies soon”
Koutarou's serious expression eased up a little and he showed Clan a small smile.
Koutarou and Clan had been sent to Forthorthe on January 24, 2010. So ten years and 323 days from that would make today's date March 7, 1999. Koutarou's mother passed away on April 16, 1999. In other words, in about 40 days from now, his mother would lose her life.
“...I understand how you must feel”
Clan looked down a little before looking at Koutarou gently.
“Thank you, Clan... You should just always be like that”
“That's none of your business”
Since they were in the past, they could prevent all kinds of incidents if they tried. However, the two had decided that this wasn't realistic.
They would try to prevent any incidents that just happened to occur in their presence, like the mass murder in past Forthorthe, but they wouldn't use their knowledge to actively prevent any incidents.
If they went around preventing all the tragedies present, Koutarou and Clan would never make it back to their own world. For starters, the two weren't immortal, so they didn't have that much time, and they were also hesitant over if they were in the right to choose what accidents and incidents to prevent. That said, they couldn't overlook people hurting in front of them. So they would only help those. That was the same decision as the one that had made at the mass murder in Forthorthe.
This decision was their last resort as a result of their time slip. They weren't gods, so there was a limit to what they could do. To put it more simply, they wouldn't use this time slip for personal reasons.
With this decision in place, Koutarou couldn't save his mother.
“Bertorion, it's your own mother isn't it? Why don't we just pretend that decision was never made for a moment and save her?”
“Clan...”
Clan's suggestion greatly moved Koutarou. It was his own mother after all, so he was dying to save her.
But... can I really let Clan keep it in while I help myself?
When they had woken up for repairs ten years ago, a similar opportunity had presented itself to Clan. However, she endured it and returned to Earth without doing anything. Koutarou felt like him saving his mother was incredibly unfair. That was true, both for Clan and the vast majority who would never get such a chance.
And if I save mom, history will definitely change...
And another cause for concern was that history would change. If Koutarou's mother was to survive, the chance for him living in Corona House on his own was very low. Instead, chances were that his dad would just work away from home, and Koutarou would never meet with the invaders. And if that were to take place, Koutarou couldn't imagine what would happen. Like in sci-fi movies, he might lose his place to return to, or he himself might even disappear.
“Since we've come this far, I'll stick with you until the end. The royal families owe an immense amount to you”
Clan was well aware of what Koutarou was worrying about and the dangers of it all. Despite knowing all of that, she still recommended it. That was a sign of friendship from Clan. At the same time, she believed it was a sign of gratitude from the Forthorthe royal families.
“Thank you, Clan. But... can you give me some time to think? I can't decide right away”
He was happy over Clan's offer, but Koutarou wasn't sure what he should do.
If possible, he wanted to save his mother. But at the same time he wanted to return to his own world. That was why he had worked so hard up until now. And he also didn't know what would happen to himself and Clan if history did change.
What would happen to himself after saving his mother would be what he deserved, but that wasn't true for Clan. Koutarou couldn't find a method that would satisfy everyone. Because of that, he couldn't make up his mind right away.
มีมาให้โลก สิ่ง Koutarou และตระกูลแรกได้ถูกอำพรางยานอวกาศ แหล่งกำเนิด พวกเขาได้วางแผนใน burying ในป่าภูเขาเล็ก ๆ ในชานเมืองของเมือง Harukaze"Bertorion สถานที่แห่งนี้จริง ๆ จะไม่พัฒนาใด ๆ จะได้หรือไม่""ใช่ ได้ดี ภูเขานี้จะยังคงขาวละเอียด ฉันมาที่นี่หาด้วงทุกปีดังนั้นจึงไม่ mistaking มัน""แล้วว่าเป็นการปรับ"แหล่งกำเนิดช้าจมลงในพื้นดิน ประหนึ่งว่ามันเป็นน้ำเป็น Koutarou และตระกูลเฝ้าดูมันได้รับการออกแบบของตระกูลยานอวกาศขนาดเล็ก เปล สังเกตและวิจัยทำงานในจิตใจ เนื่องจากว่า มันมีทุกฟังก์ชันเพื่อซ่อนตัวเพื่อไม่รบกวนเป้าหมายของการศึกษาหรือสภาพความเป็นอยู่ของ ที่มีก็ควรศึกษาอย่างลับ ๆ และแหล่งกำเนิด burying เองในพื้นดินเป็นหนึ่งในฟังก์ชันที่เพียง ใช้อุปสรรค มันสร้างการขุด โดยต้านทานสิ่งสกปรกรอบ ๆ มันจมลงในพื้นดินช้า เมื่อเสร็จสิ้นการ สิ่งเดียวที่จะอยู่บนพื้นผิวจะเป็นขณะที่ป้อน ของพื้นดินที่ขุดขึ้นจะยังคงอยู่ แต่ในที่สุดจะถูกครอบ โดยธรรมชาติ"ดังนั้นเราทำอะไรขณะนี้""เราไม่ได้ทำอะไร เราแค่นอน เหมือนเราได้ก่อนที่จะออกจาก Forthorthe"ครั้งแรก ตระกูลมีแผนใช้เชลล์ repulsion super-space-time เธอสองเพื่อกลับไปปัจจุบัน Forthorthe 2000 ปีในอดีต โดยกลับ พารามิเตอร์บางอย่างเขาควรจะกลับจาก เมื่อพวกเขามา อย่างไรก็ตาม เชลล์ repulsion สองทีมาใช้ในการต่อสู้ Forthorthe เธอได้คิดวิธีอื่นกลับเธอมากับโซลูชันที่ใช้ 2000 ปีในสถานที่พวกเขาจะไม่เคยพบ โดยการดัดแปลงเทคโนโลยีที่ใช้สำหรับเปอ พวกเขาจะสามารถตรึงเวลาเรือแหล่งกำเนิด ดังนั้น ตราบใดที่พวกเขาไม่พบ พวกเขาจะสามารถผ่านปี 2000 และเมื่อเวลาได้ผ่านไป พวกเขาจะเพียงแค่กลับโลก โดยวิธีปกติอย่างไรก็ตาม มีปัญหาใหญ่กับ เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของแหล่งกำเนิดได้รับความเสียหาย และไม่สามารถ spaceflight ส่วนที่ต้องซ่อมแซมที่ไม่ได้จนถึง 20 ปีก่อนเวลาปัจจุบัน ที่ Koutarou และตระกูลได้ตื่นขึ้นในอดีตเมื่อ 20 ปี และซ่อมแซมแหล่งกำเนิด เมื่อซ่อมแซมได้เสร็จสมบูรณ์แล้ว จะใช้ทั้งเพื่อการเดินทางปกติและเปอเพื่อกลับสู่โลกโดยเปอ ใกล้ชิดเรือบินความเร็วของแสง เวลาช้ากว่าจะผ่าน แต่ โดยทั้งสอง มันยังคงเอาสิบปีพวกเขาจะเข้าถึงโลก ซึ่งพวกเขารู้สึกเหมือนไม่กี่วันเท่านั้นThe reason for why they didn't just use hyperspace was to reduce the amount of time spent frozen on Earth as much as possible. If they only used hyperspace, they would have to spend 20 years frozen. But since Earth didn't have any off limit areas like Forthorthe's “Bertorion's special territory”, it was better to spend as little time frozen as possible. That said, if they were too slow and reached Earth while Theia was there or was on her way, they might be detected. So it was important to find a good balance between the two.So because of that, there was the need to sleep onboard the Cradle once while on Earth. And so they had chosen a place where Koutarou had gone to play as a child to hide the ship.“How many years will we sleep now?”“Please wait a little, I'm calculating that right now”Clan operated her bracelet and calculated how long they needed to sleep. Clan had a nonchalant look on her face, but there were a lot of parameters that had to be used to calculate how long they needed to sleep. As a result, it started to take some time, and Koutarou began fretting.“Clan, you could just make a rough estimate”“...”Clan adjusted her glasses and showed a dissatisfied expression. She was only making an accurate calculation because Koutarou had asked, so that irritated her.“Bertorion, you like just casually tramping on scientist's efforts and beliefs, don't you?”“I can only imagine you're wasting your time...”“What do you mean by waste! I'm―”“It's because you're like this that Theia calls you sly and whatnot, even though you're cute”“...”“Just be more relaxed. You know, more― eh? What's with that strange face?”“I-It's nothing! Ahem, more importantly, I've finished the calculation!”Clan cleared her throat as her face turned red and forcibly changed the topic. She then quickly displayed her results on a hologram.“Sorry, I'm not wearing the armor so I can't read it. I might be able to understand it if you use ancient Forthorthe”Koutarou was able to read some ancient Forthorthe, having spent quite a bit of time in Forthorthe of 2,000 years ago. But he couldn't understand modern Forthorthe at all.“That's right, I forgot”Since Clan had begun thinking of Koutarou as someone from Forthorthe, she had naturally used modern Forthorthe as the display language. She decided to report the results using her own words.“Well, in total we need to sleep for ten years and 323 days, or almost 11 years”“11 years... couldn't you just count that in your head?”“You're being mean now, Bertorion! You know it's not that simple!””It's just that you're more lively and fun when you're angry”“I'm not having any fun at all!”Clan's temper erupted once again. That had been Koutarou's goal all along, but having gotten emotional, Clan didn't notice that.
“Ten years... I see, ten years huh...”
Upon hearing from Clan that this was ten years in the past, Koutarou noticed something. His expression unconsciously changed from a smile to a more serious one.
“Besides, you― what is it?”
Noticing that the atmosphere around Koutarou changed, Clan's anger vanished. They had spent so much time together that she could tell when he was serious.
“It's nothing. It's just... I was just thinking that my mom dies soon”
Koutarou's serious expression eased up a little and he showed Clan a small smile.
Koutarou and Clan had been sent to Forthorthe on January 24, 2010. So ten years and 323 days from that would make today's date March 7, 1999. Koutarou's mother passed away on April 16, 1999. In other words, in about 40 days from now, his mother would lose her life.
“...I understand how you must feel”
Clan looked down a little before looking at Koutarou gently.
“Thank you, Clan... You should just always be like that”
“That's none of your business”
Since they were in the past, they could prevent all kinds of incidents if they tried. However, the two had decided that this wasn't realistic.
They would try to prevent any incidents that just happened to occur in their presence, like the mass murder in past Forthorthe, but they wouldn't use their knowledge to actively prevent any incidents.
If they went around preventing all the tragedies present, Koutarou and Clan would never make it back to their own world. For starters, the two weren't immortal, so they didn't have that much time, and they were also hesitant over if they were in the right to choose what accidents and incidents to prevent. That said, they couldn't overlook people hurting in front of them. So they would only help those. That was the same decision as the one that had made at the mass murder in Forthorthe.
This decision was their last resort as a result of their time slip. They weren't gods, so there was a limit to what they could do. To put it more simply, they wouldn't use this time slip for personal reasons.
With this decision in place, Koutarou couldn't save his mother.
“Bertorion, it's your own mother isn't it? Why don't we just pretend that decision was never made for a moment and save her?”
“Clan...”
Clan's suggestion greatly moved Koutarou. It was his own mother after all, so he was dying to save her.
But... can I really let Clan keep it in while I help myself?
When they had woken up for repairs ten years ago, a similar opportunity had presented itself to Clan. However, she endured it and returned to Earth without doing anything. Koutarou felt like him saving his mother was incredibly unfair. That was true, both for Clan and the vast majority who would never get such a chance.
And if I save mom, history will definitely change...
And another cause for concern was that history would change. If Koutarou's mother was to survive, the chance for him living in Corona House on his own was very low. Instead, chances were that his dad would just work away from home, and Koutarou would never meet with the invaders. And if that were to take place, Koutarou couldn't imagine what would happen. Like in sci-fi movies, he might lose his place to return to, or he himself might even disappear.
“Since we've come this far, I'll stick with you until the end. The royal families owe an immense amount to you”
Clan was well aware of what Koutarou was worrying about and the dangers of it all. Despite knowing all of that, she still recommended it. That was a sign of friendship from Clan. At the same time, she believed it was a sign of gratitude from the Forthorthe royal families.
“Thank you, Clan. But... can you give me some time to think? I can't decide right away”
He was happy over Clan's offer, but Koutarou wasn't sure what he should do.
If possible, he wanted to save his mother. But at the same time he wanted to return to his own world. That was why he had worked so hard up until now. And he also didn't know what would happen to himself and Clan if history did change.
What would happen to himself after saving his mother would be what he deserved, but that wasn't true for Clan. Koutarou couldn't find a method that would satisfy everyone. Because of that, he couldn't make up his mind right away.
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