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第百二十季 神無月の一三

Season 120, 13th of the Godless Month (October)

夜雀が経堂する新商売が好調

Night Sparrow's New Enterprise Promising

最近、夜雀が始めた新商売が好調だ。

Recently, a night sparrow has started a promising new business.

その商売とは、焼鳥屋ならぬ焼き八目鰻屋である。

That business is not a grilled chicken stand, rather, a grilled lamprey stand.

人通りの少ない夜の道、突然現れる紅い提灯の屋台。

On a night road where few people pass, one day a red-latern stand suddenly appeared.

その紅い灯りに誘われてふらりふらりと暖簾をくぐると、そこは焼き鳥屋ではなく焼き八目鰻屋だ。

When one, lured by the inviting red lights, passes through the shop's curtain, what they find is not a grilled chicken stand but a grilled lamprey stand.

この一風変わった料理は変わった物好きの幻想郷の間で話題になっている。

This peculiar ingredient is becoming a topic within the curious circles of Gensokyo.

この屋台を出しているのは、ミスティア・ローレライさん(夜雀)だ。

The one who runs this stand is Mystia Lorelai (Night Sparrow).

ミスティアさんは紅提灯から焼き鳥を撲滅すべく、この新商売を始めたという。

To put an end to red-latern grilled chicken stands, Mystia started her shop.

昔から八目鰻は鳥目に効くと言われ、重宝されてきた。

Since long ago, it was said that lamprey was good for night-blindness, and it was found to be very useful.

また反対にこの道を夜歩いた者は、鳥目になることも多いという。

On the other hand, it's said that people who walk this road at become night-blind.

その為、この道を通って鳥目になった者がそのままこの屋台に駆け込んだり、最初から予防の為に一杯やってから、という客が多い。

For that reason, the many people who have taken the road and become nightblind stampede into the shop, and others come in to prevent such a thing from happening in the first place. Such customers are frequent.

ミスティアさんはこう語る。

Quoting Mystia,

「夜の屋台の定番が焼き鳥ってのはおかしいわよねぇ。

"Night stands that specialize in grilled chicken are strange, aren't they.

もっと二重に美味しい食べ物だってあると思うの。

I think there are other foods that are twice as delicious.

二重って味と商売的って事ね。

That 'twice' also goes for business.

で、考えたんだけど、この辺は鳥目のお客さんが多いじゃないっていうが私が人間を鳥目にしているんだけどー。

So, I was thinking, it's said that many customers around here become night blind, but I'm the one that causes night-blindness in humans.

だとしたら鳥目に効く八目鰻は人気出るんじゃないかなと思ってね。

If that's the case, I thought that maybe lamprey might be pretty popular.

人間を鳥目にして夜まともに歩けなくして、鳥目に映るは提灯の紅い灯り。

Making humans night-blind and therefore making it hard for them to walk around; in that night-blindness they'll see the red light from the laterns.

仕方が無く入ってみると鳥目に効く八目鰻。これって無敵じゃない?」

They'll helplessly come in and see that there's lamprey, great for night-blindness. Don't you think this is ingenious?"

まだ、この店では店主の歌が聴けるサービスもある。

As extra service, you can listen to the shopkeeper sing.

お酒が進んだ後でないとまともに聞けないこの歌を聞いてしまうと、もう帰れなくなる位の素晴らしい歌だ。

One cannot fully appreciate this song unless they're deep in sake. If anyone listens to this wonderful song then, they won't be able to go back home.

なおこのサービスは拒否出来ない。焼き鳥より焼き八目鰻。

Also, this extra service cannot be refused. Grilled lamprey over grilled chicken.

(射命丸 文)

(Aya Shameimaru)

*夜店への問い合わせは、手近な雀ないしは文々。新聞までお気軽にご連絡ください。

*Feel free to contact nearby sparrows or Bunbunmaru Shinbun for enquiries about the night stand.

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