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February 10
I've been working diligently as of late to assure the Council that their selection of myself was not a mistake. As the first human wizard on the Elven Council, I feel I have a great responsibility to prove my worth, and to show them that my understanding of the old magicks is equal to their own. I believe I have the support of Nasrudin and a few of the others, but Arronax and his contingent are in strong opposition to my presence and seem ready to do anything to ensure my failure here. I will persevere.二月十日
为了不要辜负议会对我的期望，一直以来，我都在不辞劳苦地努力工作。而作为精灵议会破格收取的第一名人类，我更感到自己肩上的责任之重大。为此，我一定要在这里大展才华，让所有人都清楚认识到我的存在价值，让他们都明白到在魔法之路上我也是个能与他们平起平坐的利害角色。相信在整个议会中，包括纳斯鲁丁在内的几个人都站在我这边。但是阿罗纳克斯和他的同僚们则一直对我非常反感，为了把我赶出这里，他们会不惜一切，用上任何卑鄙下流的手段。即管放马过来，我，寇刚绝不会因此而退却半步。}
{1171}{28l
March 12
I've discovered something incredible. I need to do more research, but this could be exactly what I've been looking for...a way to convince the ENTIRE council that I am as worthy to lead as they are. I must look further into this...三月十二日
不久前，我发现了一些不可思议的东西，而它可能就是我一直梦寐以求的最佳筹码。凭着这个了不起的发现，相信整个议会都会对我刮目相看，之后就能真真正正地成为他们的一员！不过现在一切还为时尚早，我得要继续对之进行研究，更深入地去了解它再…}
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April 3
I continue to be amazed by the things I discover. It seems that there is another side to Necromancy that none of us was ever aware of. Yes, long ago I discovered the power to resurrect the dead, but I never dreamed that I could actually SPEAK with their incorporeal souls! It's incredible! Yes, these poor souls they are in pain, but the things they can tell us! I believe I'm on the verge of discovery an entire new College of Magick. Soon I will share my discoveries with the rest of the Council...四月三日
我不得不承认，自己的确被这个惊人的发现所深深的迷住了。看来，死灵术也有不为人知的另一面。是，在很久以前我就掌握了起死回生的力量，但是我万万没有想到自己竟然能够亲自和灵魂面对面的沟通！太神奇了！虽然这些可怜孤单的灵魂看上去都显得非常痛苦黯然，但想想看，他们能够告诉我们多少的秘密啊！现在，我相信自己即将创立一个新的魔法学派了，不久之后我就会和议会里的其它人分享我这个惊人的发现...}
{1173}{28l
May 14
Today I animated the lifeless body of a mountain lion. I'd found the poor creature not far from my laboratory here, expired, it seems, from natural causes. To animate the dead is not the same as resurrecting them, as the creature is merely an earthly shell, still dead, being powered by a soul I have trapped within it. It was a pathetic sight, and I released the creature's soul not long after. But the possibilities for such an application are endless! Truly, I have found something incredible here...五月十四日
今天我唤起了一只mountain lion。事情是这样的，我在实验室附近找到了这只可怜的生物，看上去似乎是由于自然原因而死去。要注意的是，唤起和复活可是两码事，被唤起了的生物仍然只是一具行尸走肉的躯壳，它之所以能够继续动，完全是体内那个被魔法所禁锢的灵魂在驱动。然而，对“被禁锢者”来说这绝对不是一件好事，所以没过多久我就再次施法，释放了那只可怜的灵魂。不过对这样一种方法的应用是无可限量的！的确，通过这次实验，我又发现了更多奇妙的东西…}
{1174}{28l
June 22
I've found that it is possible to pull the very soul from a living being. All of my experiments to date have been upon beasts, but there is no doubt that the spell would work perfectly upon a living, sentient being. Not that I would ever do so, of course, but the curiosity within me burns as this new knowledge opens up to me! I have been given these visions of the lands of the dead, and I must try to understand them. It is both a blessing and a curse, but I must strive forward to the end...六月二十二日
我发现有可能将生物体里的灵魂活生生的抽出来。到目前为止，我的实验对象还仅仅限于野兽。但毫无疑问，假如对象换作是一个有感情的生物，这些魔法也肯定会行得通。但我绝不会去干这些伤天害理的事。虽然求知欲，好奇心正慢慢的腐蚀着我的良心，虽然我无时无刻都渴望着去了解清楚死亡的领域…啊，这个发现简直令我又悲又喜。骑虎难下，但是无论如何，不把它研究个透彻我誓不罢休。}
{1175}{28l
July 6
Nasrudin and an entourage of the Council Members stopped by today, wondering why I've been neglecting my duties. I wanted to tell them what has been happening, but kept quiet as I still have much to learn. Begging some privacy, and pretending not to be in the best of health, I promised to resume my duties as fast as I possibly could. I could see in the face of our leader that I was not believed. I haven't much time.七月六日
今天，纳斯鲁丁和另一位议会成员一同来到这里，问我最近一段时间为何总是疏忽职守。我多么想把一切都告诉他，但是时机尚未成熟----我还有太多的需要研究了。所以我只能装病，还答应一旦身体好转后就会立即回到岗位上，希望能够蒙混过关。但是纳斯鲁丁脸上的表情无疑在暗示：他已经不再信任我了。剩下的研究时间恐怕已经不多。
另外，我和距此不远的小镇上的守墓人打好了关系。在往他口袋里塞了大把大把的金币之后他也非常的合作，应该就在本周的周末就能够收到货。
I spoke with the gravekeeper from a town not far from here. He was quite accommodating after I fattened his purse, and he should be making a delivery to me by the end of the week.}
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July 15
My theories were correct. I know that some may look at the things that I've done in the name of magick and call them monstrous, but these shells that I raised and then quenched were already dead to begin with...that I used them to further our knowledge should not be of no concern! And now that we can control these spirits, who is to say what is right and wrong concerning them. I'm no tyrant, but power is control. I now have this power, I and I alone...七月十五日
我的这些理论完全正确。我知道会有一些人看到我以魔法之名的所作所为后会称之为歪门邪道，但是那些被我唤起继而又扑灭的躯壳原本就是已经没有生命的……而利用这些已经死了的人来扩充我们的知识，绝对算得上是一番伟大的事业！但既然我们能够控制这些灵魂，谁又有资格评判它们的是与非。我并非一个暴君，但力量即是支配。现如今我拥有了这种力量，我，只有我……}
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August 8
The Council has found out what I've done, and they are furious. Arronax is screaming banishment, and Nasrudin is speechless and the rest of the Council eyes me with distrust or outright revulsion. Can they not see the power in these things? The importance? I pity them, these poor unenlightened souls. Caught forever in their shallow thoughts, they whimper like small children, afraid of what they cannot understand. And fear me they should...八月八日
议会已经发现了我的所作所为，他们暴跳如雷。阿罗纳克斯叫嚣着要放逐我，而纳斯鲁丁则默不作声，还有议会其余的人，眼中不是对我的猜忌就是露骨的厌恶。他们有可能看不出这其中的力量么？看不出它意义的重大么？我真同情他们，这些无知的可怜虫。永远被自己狭隘的思想所束缚，他们像小孩那样呜咽着，对他们无法理解的东西充满了无限的恐惧。所以他们是在畏惧我……}
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November 17
The sentence has been passed, and tomorrow I stand before the council to be banished. I go not into the Void with fear or malice, but merely with anticipation. If this be my death, then it will be a homecoming...perhaps I was never meant to truly be among the living. And if not, then I go with open eyes into the unknown, and welcome what I will see there...十一月十七日
判决已经通过了，明天我将在议会面前被放逐。被送往大虚空我没有丝毫的畏惧或者怨恨，心中反而只有期待。如果这就是我的死期，我将视死如归……或许我原本就不该与生者为伍。如果我没有死，那我此去将洞悉未知的世界，坦然面对在那里见到的一切……
（UGO&Xq_261译）} |
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