Translator: Flowingcloud Editor: Arocks141
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Time Paradox
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“I took a look.”
Having said that, Nobunaga took out the travel info magazine “Rarabu” that I put inside my bag.
It was the Kyoto traveler’s information magazine that I bought before the school trip.
I read through it completely to the point I stuck labels on them.
“Is this a book from the future?”
Having said that, a smile broke out.
“Paper that I’ve never seen before, pictures that seem to have torn out the scenery as is, several temples and shrines that I remember, scenery, and at the end of the book, 2016 is written so this book might not be something from this era. Or at least so I thought.”
He’s sharp, it was my best interest to not hide any secrets.
I felt like it was dangerous to tell lies to Oda Nobunaga, who was famous for being short-tempered and prepared to cut and kill me.
“Yes.”
“Did you happened to be spirited away and appear here?” 1
Spirited away (kamigakushi)? Testicle armor (kinkakushi)? A bride’s head-dress (tsunokakushi)?
2
“I can only say that I do not know though.”
“Well, that is fine. So, did I die over there?”
He threw an amazingly straight ball at me. The ball was so straight that I was lost whether to receive the ball or not.
However, if I don’t receive the ball, it seems like I have to swing the bat.
Snatch it away from the batter.
“Yes, in future generations, Nobunaga-sama would die in Akechi Mitshide’s rebellion called the Honno-ji Incident.”
“I see, it was written there too. It was written that this stone monument is the remains of Honno-ji, which means that you saved me?”
He read through it while I was blacked out, didn’t he?
“Yes, it seems so.”
“Hahahahaha, the heavens bestowed help to a person who set Mount Hiei on fire? Hahahaha.” 3
That’s not a laughing matter.
Huh? Will a time paradox occur?
Will I… disappear? 4
Huh? The contents of the traveler’s info magazine didn’t change? 5
“What happened? You suddenly became pale.”
“Um you see, it seems like I changed history. Then inevitably, I wondered if I was going to disappear due to the change of me not being born.”
“I don’t know what you’re saying.”
“Excuse me, could I have some paper and a pencil.”
“Pencil? You mean something to write with? Ranmaru, bring a brush and inkstone.”
Ranmaru brought a small desk, paper, brush, and inkstone.
This inkstone has a really nice engraving. This would definitely become an important cultural asset.
I drew a line with the brush I wasn’t used to.
I added an x-mark at the end of the line, then drew a branching line. 7
It’s similar to which came first: the chicken or the egg? 8
“Then, did you not simply move over to this line? A small fish from the Tairyu River jumped and moved to the neighboring river.”
Having said that, Oda Nobunaga drew a small circle on the line and then an arrow.
Hm? Does he understand time paradoxes better than me? 9
In the first place, time paradoxes are fiction and difficult to prove. 10
If that’s the case, then perhaps the theory that multiple timelines exist is right. 11
Then, I just happened to move between timelines.
Then if that’s the case, it’s inevitable that a small fish from the Tairyu River lost its way.
I wonder if I can return?
“An interesting person lost his way. Hahahaha, I will return your belongings to you.”
Having said that, he returned my backpack at hand.
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- Flowingcloud: Yes, this is the exact same title as Miyazaki’s Spirted Away. Here’s some reading to explain what being spirited away means in Japanese culture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_away
- Flowingcloud: F**k puns, not even funny.
- Flowingcloud: This is referring to the Seige of Mt. Hiei (link at the end of footnote) where he set the entire mountain on fire, which was pretty much blasphemy at that time. The mountain contained monasteries and many people in that time period were very religious, including Nobunaga himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Mount_Hiei
- Arocks141: This guy doesn’t have any clue on how parallel timelines work, does he?
- Arocks141: The existence of a separate timeline doesn’t alter the timelines that already exist. Back to the Future is scientifically flawed. And I swear, if I find one more reference to that series… <insert empty threat here>
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“This line is the line of the era I know. The passage of time, it could also be called the flow of the river.”
I stopped my hand and sent a fleeting look at Oda Nobunaga and saw that he was seriously looking at the line I drew.
“All right, continue.”
I was worried about whether he understood or not, but I had no choice but to continue.
“This x-mark represents the Honno-ji Incident. Then, this is the line that Oda Nobunaga lives, ah, sorry, to address you without honorifics, I’m truly sorry, don’t kill me.”
“Ahh, it’s fine, it’s fine, so continue your talk.”
My back is completely drenched.
“Yes, then, the future of this line that diverged has become a different line of the future that I’m in. So, if the people who should have met do not meet and the people who should not have met, meet, then my parents, grandparents, and I–who you wouldn’t be able to meet–wouldn’t be born. Do you understand?”
I myself don’t understand what I’m talking about. It’s a time paradox after all. 6Arocks141: Time paradoxes aren’t difficult to understand. They’re an irregularity that results in an impossible situation.
- Arocks141: By the theory of Darwinism, I believe we have an answer to that. Hmm? Oh, two creatures which weren’t quite chickens laid an egg and a chicken hatched from it. Thus, the egg came first.
- Arocks141: Yes. A 16th-century pre-science warlord understands time-paradoxes better than this guy. Do I have the right to be upset? Do I care about said rights?
- Arocks141: They’re easy to prove but difficult to resolve. That said, yes, they are fiction as far as we know.
- Arocks141: Umm… The theory regarding multiple timelines hasn’t ever been debunked, has it?