番红蕊秘制法 Saffron Secret Recipes

一封政官密信，乍一看还以为是菜谱，细读之却总觉得像一桩经言语粉饰的迫害阴谋。 A confidential letter written by a political officer. Though it looks like a recipe at first glance, on closer inspection it reads more like a persecution scheme

致温库卢姆先生：

To Mr. Wincolm

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数年以来，雅城仰赖桃金娘接取天赐润泽。我等花费五六载，刨其根系、剪其枝节，如今这株红木摇摇欲坠，早已失去了它的效用，却仍妄图伸展叶冠、遮蔽雅城的光辉。我等已密谋好伐木之计，只需在承泽的仪式上略动些手脚，桃金娘便会失足跌落深渊——雅城依山而建，历史上失足坠崖之事不在少数。

   For many years, Janusopolis has relied on the rose myrtle to obtain the boon of the gods. We have spent five or six years now digging out its roots and cutting back its branches. Now, this red tree is on the verge of collapse and has long since ceased to serve its purpose, yet it still seeks to spread out its canopy and eclipse Janusopolis from the glorious rays. We have a secret plan to fell this tree. We just need to wait for the ceremony to make a small move, and the rose myrtle will slip and fall into the abyss... Janusopolis is built on a mountainside — there are more than a few cases of people who have lost their footing in its history.

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关于下一株神木，我等本想另择一傀儡，至于桃金娘之女，缇里西庇俄丝…我们且唤她为番红蕊。依我之见，随意寻一借口将番红蕊处理掉即可，但辅祭柯德克斯极力要求将她培养为下一株神木，毕竟她从小接受相关教育，能为我们省下很多力气。至于桃金娘之女的身份…她年岁尚小，全无羽翼，只要将她禁足，传谕权便仍能牢牢握在我们的手里。

   As for the next sacred tree, we were planning on selecting another puppet. As for the rose myrtle's daughter, Tribios... We'll call her saffron for now. In my eyes, I think it would be fine to just find an excuse to off saffron. However, Codex the acolyte is extremely insistent on raising her to become the next sacred tree. She has undergone related education since she was a young girl, which would save a lot of work on our part. As for her identity as the daughter of rose myrtle... She is still young and has not yet grown wings. If we can just keep her grounded, the power of the divine oracle will remain tightly in our grasp. 

你我都知，番红蕊最优秀之处便在于怎么烹饪都合适，煮粥、炖菜、煎炸，如何不是一道锅中佳肴呢？

   We both know that the saffron's most outstanding property is that it can be cooked in so many ways: Put in porridge, stewed, or fried... No matter how you cook it, this plant will always be a delicacy.

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达姆纳蒂奥

Dannalio