101Leafy researched the game with the Hilltop Works fan translation patch, English translation by Cargodin
A charm seller in the Qing city on the day of the Divine Path. The whole city is on edge, and the charm seller points the player to the gatekeeper for the prison and reports the lady-in-waiting running into the throne room.
Charm Vendor speaks 12 times in the script, in Qing Dynasty.
Stage: Qing Dynasty
Each block is one message window, with a link to the place in the script where it appears.
You're here for today's ritual. Right. The Divine Path. Actually... I don't know if there will be one. Everyone in the City is on edge. This one seems heavily politicised, the guards were banned from using their prided sorcery, and there is word of a vile ghost on the loose...
あんたが今日の見立て役なのか…天道式…そうだろ。ただ、本当に天道式があるのかどうか…。なにやら城内中がぴりぴりしてるんだ。とてもまつりごとがあるようには…衛兵たちも、自慢の妖術を禁じられてる。それに…物の怪を見たという噂もあるんだ。
The Ghostmaster's apprentice was loitering by the Nine-Dragon Wall.
It's the black wall on the right. That wall was built on the wish that the nine dragon veins would bless the City. Maybe he found something.
さっき九龍壁を物の怪使いの小僧がうろついてた。なにか見つけたようだな。
九龍壁とは、九つの龍脈が城内を守ってくれるようにとの願いで建てられたものだ。右手の黒い壁がそうだよ。
The building on the left is the prison, where several travellers have been wasting away for days until they return to their senses. Sadly, there don't seem to be any vacancies today...
左手側にある建物は宿牢（やどろう）だ。旅人は、何日か宿牢に閉じこもり、そこで苦しみを味わうんだ。苦しみの中で心身の調和を取り戻す。でも、見たところ、今日は満室のようだ…。
Huh? Don't tell me you want to get into the prison so badly! Try talking to the gatekeeper. Not the guard, the gatekeeper! He's so vexed by the prison.
なんだ、どうしても宿牢に入りたいのか…門番に掛け合ってみるといい。衛兵じゃなくて、門番だ。なにやら宿牢のこと、心配していたからな。
The gatekeeper has been in the prison for a long while now. If you're looking for His Majesty's lady-in-waiting, she was last seen this morning preparing for the ritual, but I hear she's since gone missing!
門番のやつはずいぶん前に宿牢に入ったきりだ。女官を捜してるんだろ？陛下に仕える女官の姿が見えないって。今朝がたは、しきりに天道式の準備をしていたのに。
According to all the rumours... His Majesty is afraid.
What does His Majesty fear so? Look at those pitiful barricades.
He surrounded the throne room with a barrage of bright yellow charms. Such an undignified display... But, well, I can't say I mind. I'm making a killing off of it!
陛下は怯えられている…もっぱらの噂だよ。
何が陛下を怯えさせているんだ？見ろよ、あのぶざまな霊符の壁を。
本殿のまわりを、あの黄色い霊符で覆い隠してしまったんだ…それもなりふり構わずにだ…まあ、おかげでうちは商売繁盛なんだけど。
I saw the lady-in-waiting run into the throne room just now. Did something happen? The City gate is closed too. Does this concern the ritual?
今、女官が本殿の方にかけ込んで行ったぞ。何があったんだ？城下への門も封じられた。天道式はどうなるんだ？
Have you had your audience with His Majesty? How was he doing?
The prison have gone still, and the air feels thicker yet. I hope nothing bad happens.
陛下に謁見したのか。ご様子はどうだった？
…宿牢はさっきから静まりかえってるし、空気は次第に重くなるし…良からぬことが起きなければいいが。
The doctor's wife says she wants to speak with you at the City gate.
医者の奥さんがあんたに会いたいって、城下に出る門のところに来てるよ。
Did Doctor Xuantai... I see. Then His Majesty too must face his destiny. You can't slip up now!
やはり…玄太先生が…こうなれば、陛下もご自身の宿命を…あんた、しくじるんじゃないぞ…
What is happening? Was the ritual a success? It was, wasn't it? ... Aaah. So, His Majesty left us to follow the Divine Path.
何が起きたんだ？天道式はうまくいったんだな？…そうなんだな？あああ、陛下は宿命のもとに旅立たれたんだな…
All four Divine Choices must be made in order to rouse feng shui. ... What are you going to do? Do you know where to go next?
風水を起こすには、四神獣全ての見立てが必要なんだろ？…どうするんだ、あんた…心当たり、あるのか…
English translations by Cargodin for Hilltop Works Fan Translation Patch: https://www.patreon.com/hilltopworks/posts/kowloons-gate-160555525?collection=18503