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Translation of the glossary accompanying the short story "talk"

 

 

Blood-suckers (Term)

A general term used to describe organisms that consume the blood of their own kind. 

Einnashe was a special exception as a subspecies of Blood-suckers. 

Most of the Blood-suckers were weak against sunlight, but there were indeed Blood-suckers who were only active during the day. 

The Dead Apostle of Tsukihime were representative of the Blood-suckers. They were Blood-suckers derived from mankind. 

 

 

The Engulfing Forest (Colloquial Term/Name)

The common name of Einnashe. It was also called the Sentient Forest. 

A magical creature that was active every fifty years. It was a blood-sucking demonic forest that not only targets humans, but also other creatures that dared to tread into it. 

The forest was filled with instruments of death. The tree branches were sufficient to wound creatures even when still, but while Ennashe was active, they all assaulted with the intent to kill. One can only imagine the view of such an alien realm. 

During periods of activity, blood began to perfuse all the branches and roots. They entire forest flashed dark red. The scenery could be said to be Hell itself. 

It was thought to be a Reality Marble. (Translator's Note: Merem's theory, and it was proven wrong in the story.)

 

 

Magical Energy (Term)

The source that powered all magecraft, analogous to gasoline. 

There were many names for it. For example, the magical energy in the atmosphere was called Mana. The meaning of Mana was approximately the same as that in the Polynesian culture. Also, Ether was not a form of Magical Energy as it was something else. 

The Magical Energy in this story included Mana and the Magical Energy generated by magi themselves. 

The difference in magnitude between the Magical Energy that permeated the natural environment and the Magical Energy generated by an individual was so great, it was foolish to compare the two. 

Since the atmosphere in the Engulfing Forest was under Einnashe's control, one could not utilize the Magical Energy of the environment. As a result, most magecraft could not be activated, a magus could only activate very small-scale spells that utilize an individual's internal storage. 

As an aside, this thing called "an individual's Magical Energy" (Translator's Note: the Lesser Source, i.e. Od) was used by Blue (Translator's Note: Aoko) in a foolish yet clever manner. To use a simile, it was like driving a car for 1000 km on 1 L of gas. 

Also, the capacity of Ciel was ridiculously large. If a regular magus' gas tank was 40, then Ciel's was more than 4000. She truly deserved the name Miss Glutton. 

 

 

The Twenty-Seven Dead Apostle Ancestors (Term)

The oldest 27 Dead Apostles. 

However, some had already been succeed by the next generation of Dead Apostles. Nowadays it mostly referred to the distinct factions that existed among the Dead Apostles. 

The Ancestors established their kingdoms consisted of Territories, Dead Apostles, and the Dead. However, some exceptional Ancestors had neither a Territory nor coven. 

The Vampires who were subordinates of True Ancestors favoured Territories, but those Ancestors who became Vampires as a culmination of pursuing magecraft had very little interest in such power. 

The Ancestors were non-aggressive against one another. At the present, there were two main factions. 

In some sense, they were an organization with power that rivaled the Church and Association. 

 

 

Einnashe (Name)

A member of the Twenty-Seven Dead Apostle Ancestors. Number Seven. 

Most Dead Apostles were concerned about balancing their needs for blood and the sustainability of the society, but there were also Dead Apostles with values unchanged since the Middle Ages and sucked blood with reckless abundance. 

Einnashe was such a Dead Apostle. 

However, due to its peculiar nature, it was difficult to eliminate it. As a result, it was currently siphoning blood without control. 

It was thought to be a Reality Marble. 

 

 

Burial Agency (Organization Name)

The Inquisitors of the Church who were given special privileges. However, since they were not actually responsible for stamping out heresy, they were also called Executors or killers. 

Their policies had always been "shoot first and report later". 

Faith was secondary, the only necessity for the job was the power to obliterate the heretical. 

From the outside, it seemed like the ranks of the Burial Agency was filled with magi who loved to explore the taboo, people who enjoyed enslaving the captured heretics, gun nuts, and maniacs with insatiable bloodlust. 

It consisted of seven members, with one on reserve. 

The reserved member was always an exceptional candidate from the Church, but it kept changing because the person kept dying during missions. 

 

 

Merem Solomon (Name)

The Four Demon, the Great Beast. 

Burial Agency Number Five. His other name was Crown. 

He was a Demon-user who wielded the imaginary beasts called the Four Great Beasts. 

He was also one of the Twenty Seven Dead Apostle Ancestors. 

On the surface, he played the role of a priest with the magical beast of his left arm. He really looked like a boy of about twelve. 

The child was whimsical, sometimes he was very kind, while others he was cruel. 

Originally he was a Divine Child worshiped as a living god by a small tribe. 

Not only did he have the special power to communicate with animals, he was also able to give shapes to the selfish wish of humans. Because of his powers, the tribesmen severed his limbs and placed him on an altar since he was a child. 

It was unknown if he would eventually become a god if he kept living like that, but a passing True Ancestor intervened. 

After that, the youth became the Dead Apostle of the True Ancestor and was given the name Solomon. He became one of the oldest Dead Apostles. 

 

 

Princess (Name/Colloquial Term)

The person Merem called Princess. Needless to say, it was that person. 

To True Ancestors, she was Hades, but Merem was quite fond of her. 

Merem seemed to assist the Princess in chores such as trading gold for money, booking plane tickets, etc. 

The Princess did not really know what to do with Merem's unconditional affection, but without him, she would have much trouble roaming around the world. 

During this story, she was peacefully slumbering in her hideout. 

 

 

Ciel's Immortality (Event)

After the obliteration of Roa, Ciel lost her characteristic immortality. 

Ciel naturally reverted to having a body that would "die if killed" since the World no longer needed to kept her alive to sustain Order. 

However, Ciel was still tough. No matter what, Ciel's body was still the one that "survived" after being killed by Arcuied and abandoned by Roa's soul. Its power of regeneration was exceptional. 

Still, she would not resurrect if killed. In order to kill someone who could regenerate like Ciel, it was best to destroy the brain, where the Magic Circuits converge. 

 

 

Forte (Name/Colloquial Term)

A magus of the Association. 

A rare magus who experienced gruesome melees such as protecting Seal-Designed Magi and recovering grimoire. 

Forte favoured spells called Aero Strikes, and the sword acted as the magical staff. 

There were three orifices on the body of the sword, thus the sword was not quite fit for slashing. The purpose of the orifices was to generate sound. Slashing the sword generated a resonant effect, producing an invisible impact on the target. 

She looked like a blade-wielding swordsman, but this swordsman performed her swordplay hundreds of meters away from her opponent. 

The oldest daughter of a mage lineage of many generations. It seemed like she encountered Aozaki, who also shared the Wind Element, several times. 

 

 

Satsujinki (Colloquial Term)

The person Merem called Satsujinki (Translator's Note: "Killer Shiki" and "Killer Demon" are homophones, both are "satsujinki". Word play.) Needless to say, it was that person. 

One year after the story of Tsukihime, he gradually became a rumour. Such was the fame of this person. 

He was still the same fool with a knife-fetish. 

By the way, he still kept the whimsical Princess company while ceaselessly complained. It seemed he came all the way to Germany not because of the whim of the Princess, but due to the tip of some third party. 

 

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