Nanoha A's Portable -The Battle of Aces [PSP Game]

[eku]

I'll try to rip those photos for you.

[ShouTakuya]

did they release an english patch for the game?

[Oyajitchi]

Heyz, how is the translation for this game coming along? :P

[4th Dimension]

Incoming heavy duty necromancy.

RISE THREAD FORGOTTEN AND DO MY BIDDING.

Anyway as someone who came late to the party (I found Nanoha less than a year ago) I have gotten to the point where I have started playing the PSP games in the emulator. Even though I don't know Japanese

The first one is okay. It's not particulary deep and I feel like range focused characters have a definite advantage, to the point where while playing on the Nanoha's part the only characters that gave me trouble are Zafira (because his auto guard blocks a lot of my shots and he has the skills to force me to fight close to him) and Reinforce can be annoying since she has quick cast beams that can track you even through dodges. This might be a artifact of the AI not being the smartest tool in the toolbox, which is probably exemplified by Signum who is ruined by it. Signum has a lot of short to medum ranged attacks, BUT the AI seems not to be able to understand that her attacks have an actual range, so she will happily continue spamming attacks that have no way in hell of reaching me.

By now I have completed 4 paths and I have lost not once. Then again I was playing as the Aces and Rein where I could exploit ranged shenanigans. Considering that I'm terrible in melee (I have the reflexes of a dead horse) it's likely going to be more difficult going with some of the other chars.

By contrast I tried to play the second game and had my shit ruined in the first fight.

Then again I don't mind the game being easy, I like curb stomping my foes.

Anyway seeing as we do have translations of the three Aces's routes and no translation patch I was looking into the possibility of modding in the translation. No luck I'm afraid so far. The links to the tools that Chinese community used and that were being offered are now dead. I have tried figuring out the file system on my own, and using resources form the net I have figured out how to extract the files containing the dialogue, or at least where I think it is (I can see the talk in English (Rising Heart) but the Japanese is not using Unicode or Ascii). The trouble is that while there are unpackers for pac and lzs compressed files there is no packer that would put the file bakc together from modified file. So bummer there.

Spoiler for How to uncompress Battle of the Aces *.pac files:

DISCLAMER: Even though I have a CS degree I'm faaaaar from somebody that is comfortable with this kind of low level work/hacks. As such most of this is based not much on my expirience as on cobbled together info I was able to glean from the Internet. So the thanks should go there.
As for how did I do it, the dialogue seems to be contained in the story pac files. They are labeled according to which stage and whoose story they do. So Nanoha's prologue is in PSP_GAME\USRDIR\story_na_prologue.pac, but just opening the file in notepad won't do since that file is actually an archive containing multiple files. The archive can be extracted using quickbms's Add Pac script. Now that you have extracted the files from the pac archive one of them should be story_na_prologue.asm, but that one has been compressed using LZS compression (not much deduction needed when the first word in the file is LZS) and to uncompress it use LZS script for quickbms. This should give you the uncompressed story_na_prologue.asm file that contains the text that the characters speak in the Prologue of Nanoha's run and addresses of the sound files. You should be able to spot towards the end the Rising Heart's lines since they will be the ones that can be understood meaning even though we don't know how did they encode the japanese characters, ASCII should work for English.

Seeing as that route is closed I decided to at least provide subtitles for the cutscenes in video form and this is the first result.
The prologie and stage 1 on Nanoha's path

[4th Dimension]

The rest of the Nanoha's path subtitled
Stage 2-4 -Dark Piece Signum, Dark Piece Zafira, Dark Piece Shamal, Revi/Levi, Dark Piece Hayate
Stage 5 (The Will of the Book of Darkness and Stern/Starlight Destroyer) + End

Stage 2-4
I only really read the translation as I was adding the subs and couple of things surprised me. For example since I did not know what Shamal was saying to me before I finished recording, I learned too late about her situation and her possible post battle dialogue. As is I trounced her ridiculously since her AI is terrible, but after I learned that she knows that you DESTROYED her only friends (Dark Piece Shamal has memories of Shamal from before Hayate), and now understandably wants revenge and is willing to give it her best shot to defeat Nanoha. But since I trounced her handily in the end on top of the anguish of loosing what she considered her only family, she was not able to do ANYTING against and has FAILED her companions. Had I known that I might have gone easier on her and let her do some damage to me at least so she is somewhat content.

The standout is Hayate, who completely no sells the entire angst thing that Dark Peaces have and is just as happy as the real one and only wants a practice match with Nanoha. And since I bungled that match through overconfidence and she nearly ripped my/Nanoha's face in melee she is happy for it. Nanoha even doesn't have the stomach to tell her that she is not real.

In general it seems that this game is another supplemental material that does more and better Hayate than the main continuity.

Stage 5+E
First off the Nanoha/Stern contains some of the worst translation. I am grateful for he effort and you can get the gist of what supposedly was being said in Japanese, the usual Nanoha's spiel about understanding being important to the point that it's okay to fight if it leads to it and that she has the power to change things by blowing stuff up, but it's still head scratching at times. I was debating changing those lines along the lines of what I thought they were supposed to say but abstained since I don't know Japanese and would be changing the meaning based on a secondary a bit unreliable source.

The battle with Reinforce reminded me of how annoying it is to fight her. She is not really that strong, they explain it in the background by her slowly loosing her powers as she is transferring her power to Hayate, and this one I fight is a bit of a cheap knock off the Darkness of the Book of Darkness made. What is annoying with her are her really quick cast beams that tend to be able to keep tracking you even through dodges. As can be seen in the video she has hit me multiple times right at the end of my dodge animation. That really should not happen. Also I lost to her one match by being overconfident and trying to end the match fancy like with an SLB. When I god shot down initially I thought it was some bullshit because I was certain my beam blocked her beam. But upon reviewing the footage I see that what got me was the beam from her orb which I did not notice.

Reinforce dialogue was nice, and the part with Stern while not being as good as I thought it might be was still the birthplace of a a nice good frienemity. Also this quote by Nanoha is nice:

"I had to shoot out their sadness with my magic." - When you have a hammer ...

Also from the previous one:

"Yuuno-kun's words are always easy to understand, and makes me feel better...... so I'm glad!" - because most of his explanations and suggestions to you involve words like attack, hit, defeat, destroy, annihilate and such. And it's a reference to a part in A's I think where Yunno is explaining to Nanoha how to wake the Book of Darknes's master and Nanoha is visibly aprehensive that it's going to be complicated and then he explains that she needs to hit the Book REALLY hard and she cheers up since that's simple for her.

I'm likely to try doing Hayate again since she should have most interest in this incident. I did Nanoha first because I like her and it is MGL Nanoha, but Hayate should be really interesting.

One question for 0,5 persons who might have watched this thing. How are subtitles? Readable, unreadable? Should I keep trying to show Japanese subtitles too as I have been doing or simply pave over them which would actually be simpler for me?

[4th Dimension]

It seems I forgot to mention it here, but I have subtitled (using translations made by fans from this thread) the other two paths too, so now all three paths can be found on this shnazzy playlist:

MGLN A's Portable The Battle of Aces - English subtitles

Anyway I have figured out the format in which the subtitles are kept in the BoA and how to read them. I previously talked about how to get the files (quick bms -> add_pac -> lzs), so now I should say that the actual subtitle files (story_na_prologue.asm as an example) are encoded using Shift-JIS encoding. They can be easily viewed (after being unpacked (add_pac) and decompressed (LZS)) by changing their extension to txt for example, then they can be opened in a program which allows you to choose the encoing. Firefox can do this via the old menu (Alt) View -> Text Encoding -> Japanese (Shift-JIS).

I have also been playing with the idea of using my general knowledge of the plot/lore and characters, to attempt a translation of Zafira's path, since that could be fun considering he gets to fight all of the Wolkenritter and ALL of the Materials. I have had some success and this is what was translated so far. The trouble is I don't really know Japanese so this might as well be as close to the actual plot as an abridged version.
I might post it here to see if anyone is interested to do basic editing to tell me my mistakes before I put it on a video. But I'll first need to ckeck some problematic sections using the new way of getting subtitles straight from the files.

I have also been messing with the Gears of Destiny. Long story short, that game is unlikely to ever be fan patched since EACH stage has a separate font file/encoding that does not fit any of the known encoding. So while I know exactly where the subtitle text is, I can not decode it since the encoding is unknown. More on my ADVENTURES in trying to figure out how Gears of Destiny store the data HERE.
I have been OCR-ing the text from GoD using KanjiTomo and was able to translate the prologue and the first fight in the first stage. So it's possible, but it will be a painstacking process.

[4th Dimension]

I'm putting this here because... someone might be interested and might be able to corect my mistakes.

This is essentially a non Japanese speaker's attempt at translating Zafira's path in The Battle of Aces game:

Spoiler for Zafira: Prologue:

Phase of 蒼き狼 ザフィーラ
Phase of Blue Wolf Zafira「守るべきもの」
Things to protect



ザフィーラ：
守護の獣として生まれたのが、
一体いつの事なのか、
もはや、思い出す事もかなわない。
Zafira:
When I was born as a Guardian Beast,
whenever that happened,
I can no longer remember.

ザフィーラ：
闇の書の守護者。
夜天の騎士として過ごした戦いの日々も、
今はもう、遠い記憶だ。
A Guardian of the Book of Darkness.
Even the days of the battle that I spent as a knight of the night sky,
are now a distant memory.




ザフィーラ：
最後の夜天の主、
主はやての手によって、
闇の書は新たな名を授かり、
Zafira:
The Last Mistress of the Night Sky,
our mistress Hayate,
gave the Book of Darkness a new name,

ザフィーラ：
騎士と魔導書とその主は、
今はただ、平和に暮らしている。
Zafira:
the knights, the magic book and their mistress are
now living in peace.

はやて：
はー。
ザフィーラのおなかは、
もふもふやー。
Hayate:
Hahaa.
Zafira’s belly is
also fluffy.

ヴィータ：
昔っから、
寝心地はなかなか最高なんだ。
Vita:
I've always
found him quite
comfortable to sleep on.

はやて：
そーやねー。
あったかいしー♪
Hayate:
Sounds good.
So warm ♪

ザフィーラ：
ありがとうございます。
Zafira:
Thank you.

リインフォース：
主はやて……。
楽しそうにしていらっしゃる。
Reinforce:
Mistress Hayate...
seems happy now.

シグナム：
そうだな。
ザフィーラもあれで
楽しいのだと思うか。
Signum:
That's right.
I think Zafira
is also enjoying this.

シャマル：
ほんとにね……。
あ、はやてちゃん、ヴィータちゃん。
お風呂の準備できましたよー。
Shamal:
Certainly.
Oh Hayate-chan, Vita-chan.
I am ready for your bath.

はやて：
はーいっ！
Yesss!

ヴィータ：
じゃあな、ザフィーラ。
See you, Zafira.

ザフィーラ：
ああ。
Zafira:
Ahh.



ザフィーラ：
さて……。
では、私も。
Then...
I need to go too.

リインフォース：
ザフィーラ、今夜もか？
Reinforce:
Even tonight, Zafira?

ザフィーラ：
ああ。
日課にしているのでな。
Zafira:
Ah.
It's part of my daily routine.



ザフィーラ：
すまんな。
付き合わせてしまった。
Zafira:
Sorry.
We should practice together.

リインフォース：
なに。
ちょうど私も散歩をしたかったところだ。
What?
I just wanted to take a walk.

リインフォース：
今夜も雪になりそうだが…
それでも修行とは、精が出るな。
Reinforce:
It is likely to snow tonight but...
despite that you still are training.

ザフィーラ：
先の事件では肝心な時に、
主や仲間達を守れなかったからな。
Zafira:
Recently, at the critical moment,
I failed to protect my Mistress and my comrades

ザフィーラ：
今よりもっと、
この身を強く鍛えねばな。
Zafira:
I must make
this body stronger than it's now.

リインフォース：
良い事だが、
あまり無理はするなよ。
Reinforce:
That is good,
but don't push yourself too much.

ザフィーラ：
それは、お前もだな。
Zafira:
You too.

ザフィーラ：
闇の書の闇を分断した際のダメージ、
生半なものではなかろう。
Zafira:
Damage you took when separating
from the Darkness, was not insignificant.

リインフォース：
そうだな……。
防衛システムの再構築はおろか、
自分自身の維持で精一杯だ。
Reinforce:
I see....
Not to mention the rebuilding the defense system,
I will do my best to maintain myself.

ザフィーラ：
ゆっくり休んで回復させろ。
お前には少しでも長く、
主のおそばに居て欲しい。
Zafira:
Please take a rest and let yourself recover.
I want you to stay by Mistress
as long as possible.

リインフォース：
わかっているさ。
お伝えしなければならないこと、
主の喜びに繋がること……。
Reinforce:
I know that.
Things need to be imparted,
to ensure the Mistress's happiness...

リインフォース：
やらねばならぬ事は、沢山ある。
Reinforce:
There are a lot of things to do.

ザフィーラ：
それだけではない。
お前自身の幸福のためにもだ。
Zafira:
Not only that.
It's for your own happiness too.

リインフォース：
同じことさ。
主の幸福が、私の幸福だ。
Reinforce:
It's the same thing.
My Mistress's happiness is my happiness.

リインフォース：
昔から優しいな……。
お前は。
Reinforce:
You have allways been....
gentle.

ザフィーラ：
どうだかな。
Zafira:
Is that so?



* noises *


Zafira:
...?


リインフォース：
今、何か聞こえたな。
Reinforce:
I'm hearing something.

ザフィーラ：
結界が展開する
気配のようだったが。
Zafira:
It seems like
a barrier has been set up.

リインフォース：
妙だな。
高町なのはたちの結界とも
違う感覚だ。
Reinforce:
It's strange.
Takamachi Nanoha's barriers
feel different.

ザフィーラ：
ああ。
むしろ、我々のものに近い。
Zafira:
Ahh.
Rather, it's closer to ours.

ザフィーラ：
何かあってからでは遅い。
行って調べて来るとしよう。
Zafira:
We should not wait for something to happen.
I should go and check it out.

リインフォース：
大丈夫か。
Reinforce:
Will you be okay?

ザフィーラ：
問題ない。
お前は家に戻り、シグナム達に。
Zafira:
I'll be fine.
You should return to home, to Signum and others.

リインフォース：
わかった…。
気をつけてくれ。
Reinforce:
I understand...
Be careful.

ザフィーラ：
ああ。
Zafira:
Ah.

Spoiler for Zafira: Stage 1:

STAGE 1:

ザフィーラ：
シグナム！？
お前は家にいたはずでは。
Zafira:
Signum!?
You should be at home.

シグナム（？）：
誰だ、貴様は？
何故私の名を知っている。
Signum (?):
Who are you?
Why do you know my name?

ザフィーラ：
！？
Zafira:
!?

ザフィーラ：
（偽物？
いや、それにしては……）
Zafira:
( A fake?
No, if that's the case... )

シグナム（？）：
答えろ。
貴様は何者だ。
Signum (?):
Answer me.
Who are you?

ザフィーラ：
お前の同朋、
盾の守護獣ザフィーラだ。
Zafira:
Your comrade.
Shielding Guard Beast Zafira.

ザフィーラ：
尋常ならざる事態と判断する。
悪いがお前を放っておくわけにはいかん。
Zafira:
It seems that this is an unusual situation.
I'm sorry, but I cannot let you through.

シグナム（？）：
我が前に立ち塞がると言うのなら、
刃をもって通らせてもらう。
Signum (?):
If you wish to bar my path,
I'll go through you with my blade.

シグナム（？）：
我が剣レヴァンティンに、
倒せぬもの無しと思い知れ！
Signum (?):
You should know that there is
no one that my sword Laevatein cannot defeat!

ザフィーラ：
防いで見せよう。
この拳で！
Zafira:
I'll stop you,
with this fist!

--------------
FIGHT
--------------

Complete victory:

シグナム（？）：
バカな……
我が斬撃が、ことごとく……。
Signum (?):
Stupid....
My slashing and everything....

ザフィーラ：
我が身は鋼……
いくらお前でも、
そう容易く斬れはせん。
Zafira:
My body is steel...
No matter how much you try,
it is not easy to slice.

Victory:

シグナム（？）：
く……強い…っ！
Signum (?):
So ... so strong ...!

ザフィーラ：
ここまでだ。
剣を収めろ。
Zafira:
That's it.
Put away the sword.

Narrow victory:

シグナム（？）：
くそ……
あと一歩のところで……。
Signum (?):
Damn...
Just one more step...

ザフィーラ：
ぐ…っ…
その太刀筋、
紛れもなく我らが将だが……
Zafira:
Ouch!
That swordsmanship,
but I'm still superior......

-------

シグナム（？）：
…う……
ああぁ……っ！？
Signum (?):
...Uh...
...AAa...h!?


ザフィーラ：
シグナムッ！？
Zafira:
Signum!?

-- Signum fades away --

ザフィーラ：
……消えた！？
これは、一体……？
Zafira:
. . . She disappeared?!
What in the world...

リインフォース：
ザフィーラ。
リインフォースだ。
Reinforce:
Zafira.
It's Reinforce.

リインフォース：
今起きている事態の原因がわかった……。
闇の書の残滓が原因だ。
Reinforce:
I understand now what is causing this...
It's the pieces of the Book of Darkness.

ザフィーラ：
何……？
Zafira:
What...?

リインフォース：
砕けて散った闇の書の闇……。
その残骸と断片が
復活しようとしているんだ。
Reinforce:
The Darkness of the Book of Darkness was broken...
It's remains and pieces
are coming back to life.

リインフォース：
闇の書に関わった者たちの
思念を集め、
その姿を取って。
Reinforce:
They are collecting the thoughts
of those that were involved with the Book of Darkness
and are taking on their appearance.

ザフィーラ：
だが、その断片とやらはもう倒した。
かつてのシグナムの姿と記憶を
再生していたようだったが……。
Zafira:
But, they have already been defeated.
It seems they were playing
with the appearance and memory of old Signum.

リインフォース：
そこだけではない。
他にも発生するはずだ。
Reinforce:
This won't be the last.
Others should also start appearing.

リインフォース：
先ほどリンディ提督や執務官達にも連絡し、
対応策を取ってもらっている。
Reinforce:
I also contacted the Admiral Lindy and the Bureau.
They are moving to counter this.

ザフィーラ：
そうか。
こちらはもう少し、
この周辺を当たってみよう。
Zafira:
I see.
Then I'll go on a patrol
and look around for more.

リインフォース：
すまない……。
私も出撃したいのだが……。
Reinforce:
I'm sorry...
I would have liked to join you too, but...

ザフィーラ：
お前は主のおそばにいろ。
それも立派な務めの内だ。
Zafira:
You must stay with Mistress.
It is your duty.

リインフォース：
ああ……。
Reinforce:
Ah...

ザフィーラ：
（盾の守護獣の務め、
　今度は必ず、果たしてみせる…！）
Zafira:
( This time Shielding Guardian Beast,
will surely not fail his duty! )

[4th Dimension]

Spoiler for Zafira - Stage 2 translation:

STAGE 2

ザフィーラ：
――ここまではっきり
偽物だとわかると、
逆に驚かんな。
Zafira:
When, who is a fake
is really obvious
it's no longer surprising.

闇の欠片ザフィーラ：
乾きが止まらん……。
この牙が…この爪が、
血を、糧を欲している。
Dark Piece Zafira:
The thirst must stop...
These fangs... these claws,
they thirst for blood.


闇の欠片ザフィーラ：
お前は誰だ……
俺は何故、ここにいる！？
Dark Piece Zafira:
Who are you...
Why am I here!?


ザフィーラ：
（遙か昔の自分か、
　それとも、我が身に眠る獣の本性か。
　いずれにせよ…）
Zafira:
(Are you are me from long ago,
or the beast that sleeps within me?
In any case...)

ザフィーラ
知る必要はない。
おまえには、ここまで眠ってもらう。
Zafira:
That is irrelevant.
You have to be put to sleep.

闇の欠片ザフィーラ：
ふざけるな……！
俺は誇り高き狼！
貴様ごときに……ッ！！
Dark Piece Zafira:
Don't be silly...!
I'm a proud wolf!
As you are...!!

ザフィーラ：
野獣の誇りなど、空しいだけだ。
悪いが先を急ぐ。
さっさと片付けさせてもらうぞ！！
Zafira:
Such pride in a beast is vanity.
I'm sorry but I'm in a hurry
so I'll dispatch you quickly!!
---------
FIGHT
---------
Complete victory:

闇の欠片ザフィーラ：
ぐおお……！
バカな……俺の爪が、
俺の牙が…まるで……！！
Dark Piece Zafira:
Guh...!
I'm stupid... My claws,
my fangs are useless!!

ザフィーラ：
過去は未来を越えられん。
皮肉な事だがな。
Zafira:
The past can not beat the future.
It's ironic.

Victory:

闇の欠片ザフィーラ：
ぐああ…っ！
バカな…バカな……。
Dark Piece Zafira:
Guh...
How could... How could...

ザフィーラ：
かつての己だ。
何をするかは見えている。
Zafira:
You are my former self.
Your actons were predictable.

Narrow victory:

闇の欠片ザフィーラ：
おのれ……
あとひと息で……ッ！
I...
need to catch a breath....

ザフィーラ：
手こずったな……。
自分相手といのは、
存外にやりにくいものだ。
Zafira:
I was wrong.
My opponent was hard.
________

闇の欠片ザフィーラ：
うおぁああああ……っ！
何故だ…何故…ッ！！
Dark Pice Zafira:
OaaAAAAAh...!
Why... Why...!

---------------
* Dark Piece Zafira fades away *
---------------

ザフィーラ：
誇りは己のためではない。
守るべきもののために持つものだ。
Zafira:
Pride is not for oneself.
I take pride in what I protect.

アルフ：
ザフィーラ！
聞こえるかい？
Arf:
Zafira!
Can you hear me?

ザフィーラ：
ああ。
どうしたアルフ。
Zafira:
Ah.
What is it Arf.

アルフ：
アースラチームやフェイト達も出勤した。
なのはも出てる。
Arf:
Artha's crew and Fate are in the field.
Nanoha has also been dispatched.

アルフ：
ニセモノと間違えて、
攻撃したりしないでよ？
Arf:
Don't mistake them
for fakes and attack.

ザフィーラ：
するか。
本物か偽物かくらい見分けはつく。
I won't.
I can tell real from imitation.

アルフ：
ならいーんだけどさ。
Arf:
That is good.

アルフ：
ああそれから！
防衛プログラムの構築体、
マテリアルってのがいるんだって。
Arf:
Okay then!
The revival of the defense program,
is being handled by a Material.


アルフ：
そいつらを叩けば、
断片の復活も止まるって。
今みんなで、そいつらを捜してる。
Arf:
If you take it out,
the revival of the fragments will stop.
Everyone is looking for it.

ザフィーラ：
そうか。
情報、感謝する。
Zafira:
I see.
Thank you for the information.

ザフィーラ：
防衛プログラムのマテリアルか。
どうも、それだけではなさそうだが……。
Zafira:
Material of the defense program?
It seems to be more than that.....

--------------
WARNING
Unknown approaches at high speed.
--------------

星光の殲滅者
捕らえました。
闇の書の守護獣。
Starlight Destroyer:
I've caught you
Guardian beast of The Book of Darknessバラゾ

ザフィーラ
高町なのは…？
いや、違うな。
Zafira:
Takamachi Nanoha...?
No, it's not her.

星光の殲滅者
お初にお目にかかります。
私は闇の書の構築体（マテリアル）の一基。
Starlight Destroyer:
I'm glad to have met you.
I'm one of the building parts (materials) of the
Book of Darkness.

星光の殲滅者
申し訳ありませんが、
捕獲させていただきました。
Starlight Destroyer:
I'm sorry but,
would you be kind and surrender?

星光の殲滅者
闇の書復活のため、
私の糧となっていただきたく思います。
Starlight Destroyer:
To revive the Book of Darkness,
I will need to consume you.

ザフィーラ
そうはっきり言ってくれれば、
むしろ清々しいな。
だが、断る。
Zafira:
You speak so openly,
and it's really refreshing,
but I have to refuse.

星光の殲滅者
そう言うと思いました。
Starlight Destroyer:
I thought so.


星光の殲滅者
それではこの場で、
魔導戦の勝敗にて。
Starlight Destroyer:
Then we will decide it here,
through victory or defeat in magical combat.

ザフィーラ
よかろう。
わかりやすくて、助かる。
Zafira:
Verry well.
It's clear what I must do to survive.

----------
FIGHT!
----------
Complete victory:
星光の殲滅者
そんな……
完全に防がれた！？
Starlight Destroyer:
Such...
perfect defense!?

星光の殲滅者
私の戦闘データでは、
ここまでの差は……。
Starlight Destroyer:
According to my battle statistics,
the difference between us was...

ザフィーラ
データで勝敗はわからぬさ。
数字で答えが出るならば、
戦う意味もなくなってしまう。
Zafira:
Do not rely on numbers to give you the
outcome of a fight. If you do the meaning
for fighting is lost.

星光の殲滅者
成る程、
勉強になります。
Starlight Destroyer:
I see,
that's informative.
___________
Victory:
星光の殲滅者
く……
敗れました……
目的叶わず、残念です。
Starlight Destroyer:
Huh...
I was defeated....
It is unfortunate that I failed.

ザフィーラ
これまた、
随分と潔いな。
Zafira:
Again,
quite gracious of you.

星光の殲滅者
どうやら、
こういう性格のようです。
Starlight destroyer:
It appears that
that is my personality.
__________
Narrow victory:

星光の殲滅者
惜しいところまでは行きましたか……
ですが、私の負けのようです。
Starlight Destroyer:
Did you go to the regrettable place...?
Then it seems that I lost.

ザフィーラ
どうやら、そのようだ。
お前も強かった。
Zafira:
It seems so.
You were also strong.

星光の殲滅者
ありがとうございます。
Starlight Destroyer:
Thank you very much.
_________

星光の殲滅者
ああ……
闇の書の復活……
そしてさらなる飛躍には至りませんでしたが……。
Starlight Destroyer:
Aahh......
The revival of the Book of Darkness....
was not completed....

星光の殲滅者
次がありましたら…
今度は負けません。
必ずや、血と怨嗟の暗黒を蘇らせてみせます。
Starlight Destroyer:
If there is a next time....
I will not lose then.
I will certainly then revive the darkness of blood and resentment.

ザフィーラ
いつでも来い、とは言えんが……。
再び会う事があったら、
その時は相手をしよう。
Zafira:
I cannot say come anytime....
But if we meet again,
let's then have a rematch.


星光の殲滅者
はい……
では、さらばです。
Starlight Destroyer:
Yes...
Then, farewell.

* Starlight destroyer fades away *

ザフィーラ
オリジナルとも随分と違う……
変わった自我が発生したものだな。
Zafira:
She is quite different from the original......
and has a peculiar personality of her own.

By the time of Stern's fight I start using a dictionary to check on meanings so th quality should improve.
Also I love her extremely polite request for him to be consumed by her to help the Darkness grow.

[4th Dimension]

Spoiler for Zafira - Stage 3:

STAGE 3

闇統べる王
ほう……。
面白い獲物がかかったわ。
The King of Darkness:
Oh....
What an interesting prey.


ザフィーラ
――何者だ、貴様は。
Zafira:
.... Who are you?


闇統べる王
何を愚かな。
これは貴様等の主の姿であろう…？
The King of Darkness:
What foolishness.
Am I not you bastards mistress...?

ザフィーラ
我が主は、
そのように品のない物言いや
振る舞いをなさらぬ！
Zafira:
My mistress,
doesn't behave with
such vulgarity!

闇統べる王
吠えるな下郎。
守護騎士風情が、
我に逆ろうて善いと思ってか。
The King of Darkness:
Don't bark peasant.
Your Guardian style
won't work against me.

闇統べる王
我は闇の書の構築体（マテリアル）。
言わば、貴様等の母体ぞ。
The King of Darkness:
I am one of parts (materials) of the Book of Darkness.
The one that spawned you.

ザフィーラ
どこから生まれようと、
我が仕えるは、ただひとりの主のみ。
Zafira:
However I was born,
I will serve only one mistress.

闇統べる王
愚かな。
うぬも所詮はけだものか。
The King of Darkness:
Fool.
You think we were finished.

闇統べる王
どこまで逃げようと、
どう生きようと、
闇の書の呪縛からは逃げられぬ。
The King of Darkness:
No matter where you go,
no matter how you live,
you cannot escape from the curse of the Book of Darkness.

ザフィーラ
我らを縛る鎖、すでになし。
強き主と祝福の風が、
呪いの縛鎖を断ち切った。
Zafira:
The chain that bound us is no more.
Mistress and the Blessed Wind,
severed the curse's lash.

闇統べる王
塵芥にも等しい、愚かな獣よ。
我が魔導に滅び、闇の書に還るが良い！
The King of Darkness:
Stupid worthless beast.
Perish by my magic and return to the Book of Darkness!!

ザフィーラ
その姿、
この拳で、霞と消してくれるッ！！
Zafira:
I'll relieve you
of that appearance with this fist!!

-----------
BATTLE
-----------

Complete victory:
闇統べる王
有り得ぬ……何故だ！？
貴様は闇の書の一部に過ぎぬはず……
何故我が魔導が通じぬ！？
The King of Darkness
Impossible... how ?!
You are nothing more than a part of the Book of Darkness...
Why wasn't my magic able to eliminate you!?

ザフィーラ
この身は鋼……。
貴様ごときの邪な魔導は通じぬ。
Zafira:
My body is steel....
It does not move for your wicked magic.
____________
Victory:
闇統べる王
おのれ…
我が魔導が、貴様ごときに…ッ！
The King of Darkness
Grrraa...
My magic is like yours...!

ザフィーラ
闇は夜明けに消えるものだ。
貴様もそうなる！
Zafira:
Darkness disappears with the dawn.
Just as you will!
____________
Narrow victory:
闇統べる王
ぐぅぅ……
殺し切れぬ……何故だ……ッ！？
何故落ちぬ！？
The King of Darkness:
Guh...
I cannot kill you... why is that...?!
Why won't you fall?!

ザフィーラ
この身を導く光がある。
その程度の闇、恐るるに足らん！
Zafira:
There is a light that guides me.
Your Darkness does not scare me!
--------------------

闇統べる王
ふ…ふふ……
勝った気になるなよ、塵芥……。
The King of Darkness:
Mu... haha...
Your victory is for naught, dirt....

闇統べる王
貴様も所詮、闇の落とし子だ……
呪われた過去は、消えはせぬ。
The King of Darkness:
You are a lost child of Darkness after all, wretch ...
The cursed past will not go away.

ザフィーラ
見苦しいな。
Zafira:
It's ugly.

闇統べる王
貴様等の主とて…所詮……。
The King of Darkness:
Your wretched Mistress... after all...

ザフィーラ
罪をあがないながら未来を探し、
命を生きる。
それが我々の主が示してくれた未来だ。
Zafira:
A future where we live our lives,
redeemed of our sins.
That is a future out Mistress showed us.

ザフィーラ
主自らが一番にその運命を背負い、
ともに歩むと言って下さった。
The Mistress has taken our fate on herself,
and has said we will share it together.

ザフィーラ
そうしてともに生きる事を、
幸せと言ってくださった。
Zafira:
And so I am happy
that we live together.

ザフィーラ
我らが主の器の大きさに比べれば、
塵芥に等しいのは、貴様の方だ！
Compared to our Mistress,
it is you who is dirt!

闇統べる王
ぐぅ…あああ……っ！
The King of Darkness:
Gu... aahhhh...!

----------------
* fades away *
---------------

なのは
ザフィーラさん！？
なのはです！
Nanoha:
Zafira-san!?
Nanoha here!

ザフィーラ
お前か、高町なのは……
どうした？
Zafira:
Takamachi Nanoha...
What happened?

なのは
ザフィーラさんのいる場所で、
マテリアルの反応が消えたって……
やっつけちゃいましたか？
Nanoha:
The signal from the Material
from Zafira-san's position is gone...
Are you hurt?

ザフィーラ
たったいま、な。
Zafira:
I'm not hurt.

なのは
すごいです！
私も向かってたんですが。
Nanoha:
That is amazing!
I was also going for it.

ザフィーラ
悪い事をした。
すまんが、他に回ってくれ。
Zafira:
I did the bad thing.
Sorry, but please turn back.

なのは
はいっ！
Nanoha:
Yes, sir!

ザフィーラ
ああ……
それから。
Zafira:
Ah....
Then.

なのは
はい？
Nanoha:
Yes, sir?

ザフィーラ
できれば、
敬称と丁寧語をやめてくれ。
どうも座りが悪い。
Zafira:
Could you please,
stop using the honorifics and polite language.
It doesn't suit me.

なのは
そーなんですか…？
アルフさ…アルフにも、
同じこと言われたんですが。
Nanoha:
Is that so...?
Arf-sa... Arf also
said the same thing.

ザフィーラ
守護獣や使い魔に、
そんな風に話す人間は稀だ。
普通に話してくれれば有り難い。
Zafira:
For guardian beasts and familiars,
humans who speak like that are rare.
I would appreciate it if we could talk normally.

なのは
はい……じゃない、うん。
じゃあザフィーラも、
フルネームじゃなくて普通に呼んでね。
Nanoha:
Yes si... no... yeah.
Then Zafira could you also
please not call me by my full name.

ザフィーラ
努力しよう。
Zafira:
Let's try together.

This one presented some challenges, especially with the speacihifying between Zafira and King, since according to the dictionaries practically every word she uses to adress him can be either interpreted as a pronoun OR as an insult (wretch).

Also some of the word compositions are probably some form of phrase that have double meanings or something since going by the dictionary or Google Translate they make no sense.

For example: 何故我が魔導が通じぬ！？ is translated by GTranslate as Why can not my mage lead me!? Errrr, what? Now taken slightly out of context and if we make the assumption that GTranslate fucked up the relation between the words I could change that into Why my mage are you not following me? But that would be a loose translation. Also, do you really think Dearche would call Zafira a mage, and the term for mages is madoshi not mado. So I'm thinking the word is magic and not mage. Other words are simple Naze - why/how, waga - my, mado - magic, but the last one seemingly doesn't fit.
The translations for 通じ that I could find were thing like bowel movement!, evacuation, understanding?!, and eliminate. Oh and the last character is a negation apparently.
While translating it as "Why could my magic shit you" and the Zafira's response as My body is steel, it cannot be shat! would definitely amuse me I highly doubt that is the meaning. So of all of the possibilities on offer I went with elimination and translated it as: "Why couldn't my magic eliminate you?!" as the least of the bad choces.
Although there is a possibility that the actual meaning is understanding, but since it's Dearche, it's not friendly understanding but about forcing someone to your point of view since Dearche is all about people following her.

[4th Dimension]

I'm marking sections I'm especially uncertain in red. I'm using * to mark my comments on those too.

Spoiler for Zafira - Stage 4:

STAGE 4
Zafira vs Shamal

シャマル
あ……
こんなところにも！
Shamal:
Ah……
Even here!

ザフィーラ
シャマル……？
Zafira:
Shamal…….?

シャマル
ザフィーラの姿をしてたって、
騙されないんだから！
行くわよ、クラールヴィントッ！
Shamal:
Using Zafira’s appearance,
won’t fool me.
Let’s go Klarwind!

ザフィーラ
いや…シャマル、
ちょっと待て！
Zafira:
No…. Shamal,
Wait a minute!

----------------
BATTLE
----------------

Complete victory:

シャマル
えーー！
なんで、全然ノーダメージなのーー！？
Shamal:
Eh!
How did I do no damage at all?!

ザフィーラ
それは私が幻や思念体ではなく、
本物だからだと思うが。
Zafira:
That is because I’m not a fake,
I’m the real thing.

シャマル
うそっ！？
Shamal:
No way!?
________________
Victory
シャマル
あれ……
なんだかええと、もしかして……。
Shamal:
Eh…..
Could it be…
Is it possible…

ザフィーラ
気付いたか？
Zafira:
Have you noticed?

シャマル
……本物……？
Shamal:
…...the real one…..?

ザフィーラ
ああ。
Zafira:
Yes.

シャマル
うそー！
Shamal:
No way!
________________
Narrow victory
シャマル
あら…あらら？
ええと、もしかして……。
Shamal:
Oh… ups?
Could it be….

ザフィーラ
やっと気付いたか……。
本物だ。
Zafira:
At last you noticed……
I’m the real one.

シャマル
やっぱり！
As I suspected!*
------------------------------

ザフィーラ
早とちりも
ほどほどにしておいてくれ……。
寿命が縮む。
Zafira:
Moderate your jumping to conclusions,
and leave this area to me….
I’ll live longer.**

シャマル
ザフィーラが、
ちゃんと言ってくれないから！
Shamal:
Zafira,
that is not what happened!

ザフィーラ
いきなり襲いかかってこられては、
反論もできん。
Zafira:
You suddenly attacked me,
you cannot deny that.

シャマル
……ごめんなさい。
…….I’m sorry.

ザフィーラ
他の場所の様子はどうだ？
Zafira:
What is the situation elsewhere?

シャマル
この近くにまだ、
大きな反応があるわ。
それを叩かないと。
Shamal:
A strong signal
is being felt from near here.
If you don’t hit it…

シャマル
それからね、
リインフォースが……。
Shamal:
Then
Reinforce will… …***

ザフィーラ
ああ。
Zafira:
Understood.

シャマル
この事件が自分のせいだろう、って
大分落ち込んでるわ。
はやてちゃんがフォローしてくれてる。
Shamal:
She is blaming herself for this,
and is feeling down.
Hayate is with her.

ザフィーラ
ああ……。
Zafira:
Yes……

シャマル
クロノ執務官達も、
闇の書事件の余波被害の範疇だって
言ってくれてるんだけど。
Shamal:
Chrono’s clerks are saying
that the potential damage could rival
the Book of Darkness incident.

ザフィーラ
早く終わらせよう……。
被害を出さないためにも。
Zafira:
Let’s finish this quickly…
to prevent the damage.

シャマル
リインフォースのためにも…ね。
Shamal:
Also for Reinforce’s sake.

ザフィーラ
ああ。
……リインフォースの残り時間は、
もう少ないのだろう？
Zafira:
Yes.
…Reinforce doesn’t have much time
remaining?

シャマル
春までもつかどうか…
どんなに頑張っても、
半年くらいだろう、って……。
Shamal:
Whether she’ll last until spring…
No matter how hard she tries, she has half a year top… …****

ザフィーラ
……やはりか……。
Zafira:
… … after everything … …

シャマル
早く終わらせて、帰らなきゃ。
Shamal:
We need to end this quickly and go home.

ザフィーラ
そうしよう。
主と同朋の、安らかな時間を守るのもまた、
守護の獣の務めだ。
Zafira:
Let’s do it.
Protecting the peacefulness of the Mistress and companions,
is the guardian beast’s duty.

Zafira vs Lightning Blade Assailant:
--------------
WARNING
Unknown approaches at high speed.
--------------

雷刃の襲撃者
捕まえた…
盾の守護獣。
Lightning Blade Assailant:
I caught....
a Shielding Guardian Beast.

ザフィーラ
またこの類か。
お前も構築体（マテリアル）か？
Zafira:
Another one of them.
Are you a Material***** too?

雷刃の襲撃者
いかにも……。
我が名は雷光。
閃の太刀にて、君を斃すッ！
Lightning Blade Assailant:
Yes……
My name is Raiko (Lightning).
With a flash of my sword, I’ll kill you!

ザフィーラ
抱えている魔力量はともかく、
人格はまるで幼子だな。
相手をしている暇はないのだが。
Zafira:
Despite all your magical strength,
you still behave like a child.
I don’t have time to be your opponent. *6

雷刃の襲撃者
なんだとっ！？
これでも僕は砕けぬ王を目指す、
《力》のマテリアル！！
Lightning Blade Assailant:
What!?
Even if I look like that, you are in the presence
of the Material of “Power”!!!

雷刃の襲撃者
さあ、正々堂々
かかってこぉーーいっ！
Lightning Blade Assailant:
Come on, fair and square
bring it!

----------------
BATTLE
----------------

Complete victory
雷刃の襲撃者
そんな…！ どうして！？
僕の一閃が、
まったく効いてないなんて……！
Lightning Blade Assailant:
What...! How?!
Why did my flash,*7
not work at all...!

ザフィーラ
まあ、いくら速くとも
その細腕ではな。
Zafira:
Well, as fast as you are
your arms are too slender. *8
___________________

Victory
ザフィーラ
速いが、軽い。
その程度の一撃では、騎士は倒せん。
Zafira:
Quick but light.
Such attacks cannot defeat a knight.

雷刃の襲撃者
そ…そんなぁ……！
僕は《力》のマテリアルで…
うんと強いハズなのに……！！
Lightning Blade Assailant:
T… That…!
I am the Material of Power…
I should be really strong…!! *9
______________________

Narrow victory
雷刃の襲撃者
ああ……！
あとちょっと……
あとちょっとだったのに……！！
Lightning Blade Assailant:
Oh….!
Just a bit ….
Just a bit more…

ザフィーラ
その『ちょっと』が、勝敗を分ける。
覚えておくといい。
That “bit” separates victory from defeat.
You should remember that.

-------------------------------------

雷刃の襲撃者
いやだ、いやだ……
うそだーーーーっ！
Lightning Blade Assailant:
No way, no way….
Noooooo….!

ザフィーラ
すまんな。
先を急ぐんだ。
Zafira:
Sorry.
But was in a hurry.

Annotations/comments:
* The translation here is pretty clear (also;  as I thought;  still;  in spite of;  absolutely;  of course) but doesn't really fit the context of Shamal finally figuring out that Zafira is the real Zafira and that she has been whailing (this part of dialogue only happens if you BARELY won) on her comrade.

** This part is a bit of a mess that I wasn't able to decypher properly. Zafira does mention jumping to conclusions, moderation and leaving, so the first sentence is my best attempt to string those together.
The second one was machine translated as "Lifetime shrinks", so I decided to modify it to fit it to the translation of the previous sentence.

*** I have to give thanks to the Chinese translation (well Google translated version) for pointing out to me that this and previous sentences are part of one single thought and not as those stops indicate two different thoughts. Otherwise the next part makes considerably less sense.

**** Oh the timeline references are correct. The trouble here is more with the second sentence where I am not cerain if the meaning is supposed to be "No matter how Reinforce tries" or "No matter how I try to help her", both of which would fit the context.

***** Often during this path when they refer to Materials and when Materials are taling about themselves they refer to themself as 構築体 of the Book of Darkness. This term is composed of kanji for bulding, construction and body/substance. In fact 構築 means construction. I think I translated it as building parts of BoD in Sekou's section but I really am not as sure. GTranslate translates it as constructs which also doesn't feel right since they allmost allways follow that expression with material in brackets.
If I have to make a guess and given later revelations I would guess that the term is supposed to show that they are a part of the Book of Darkness but more important than the normal Dark pieces.
In this case I simply decided to drop the entire word since saying "are you a building block (material)" wouldn't feel right and "Are you a Material" conveys the intention properly enough.

*6 I don't really get where Zafira gets that she behaves as a child. Oh that has been Levi's characterization since forever, but here it's more that she is brash and agressive than anything. She even uses male pronouns for herself (boku). The next part is also a bit wobbly.

*7 This is probably a reference to her speed and probably should be loosly translated as speed, but she does use the word for lightning flash, and it's the same word she used in her prebattle boast when she bragged that she will end Zafira in a "flash" of her sword. So I left it in.

*8 He litreraly calls her arms slender/thin (細腕) with the implication probably beeing that she is not strong enough despite her speed.

*9 I'm definitelly not certain about this one. At first GTranslate translated this as something alog the lines of strong husband!! so I loosly translated it as Levi complimenting Zafira on being able to withstand her. But then I listened to her speaking and she definitelly did not sound reticent but petulant. I rechecked it and noticed that hazu (which is where GTranslate got husband) can also mean that you expected something so I changed it to this. In this version she is complaining about how she is supposed to be really strong and that did not go as expected.

[4th Dimension]

Spoiler for Zafira - Stage 5:

STAGE 5

Zafira vs Dark Piece Vita
Start

闇の欠片ヴィータ
ザフィーラ……。
Dark Piece Vita:
Zafira……

ザフィーラ
ヴィータか……。
自分の状況に、自覚はあるか？
Zafira:
Vita……
Are you aware of your situation?

闇の欠片ヴィータ
わからないよ……
目が覚めてからずっと……
痛くて怖くて、寂しいんだ……。
Dark Piece Vita:
I don’t know……
Since I woke up……
I’m in pain and I’m lonely and scared ……

ザフィーラ
……む……。
Zafira:
……uh……

闇の欠片ヴィータ
守りたいものなんかないのに、
戦わなきゃならない……。
Dark Piece Vita:
I have nothing I wish to protect,
but I’m forced to fight…… *

闇の欠片ヴィータ
大切なものができたって、
主の気まぐれで奪われる……。
Dark Piece Vita:
Important people I had,
were taken away on the whim of the Master……**

ザフィーラ
（これは、
昔のヴィータの心の底か…。
闇の書時代の）
Zafira:
( Is this,
the old Vita from her darkest times.
Back during the Book of Darkness days.)

闇の欠片ヴィータ
出会った人も死んでいく……
いつだって壊して、殺してばっかりだ……。
The people I meet also die……
always destroying, doing nothing but killing……

闇の欠片ヴィータ
そんなの、
もう終わりにしたいのに……
終わらないんだ……。
Dark Piece Vita:
I want,
this to end already……
It just never does……

闇の欠片ヴィータ
どうすれば終わる……
どうすれば救われる……？
苦しいんだよ……。
Dark Piece Vita:
How can I stop……
How can I be saved……?
It’s so painful……

闇の欠片ヴィータ
ザフィーラ……
助けて……。
Dark Piece Vita:
Zafira……
help me……

ザフィーラ
大丈夫だ。
今、助けてやる。
Zafira:
It’s all right.
I will save you now.

ザフィーラ
終わらぬ悪夢を、
終わらせてやる！！
Zafira:
I will end your
endless nightmare!!

-------------------------
BATTLE
-------------------------
Complete victory:
闇の欠片ヴィータ
あ……
ああ……。
Dark Piece Vita:
Ah……
Aaaahhh……

ザフィーラ
つらかったな……。
もう、大丈夫だぞ。
Zafira:
It was hard……
You should be fine now.
_________________
Victory:
闇の欠片ヴィータ
うう…あ…っ。
Dark Piece Vita:
Uhh…ah……

ザフィーラ
ヴィータ……。
Zafira:
Vita……
__________________
Narrow victory:
闇の欠片ヴィータ
ザフィーラ……
ごめん…大丈夫…？
Dark Piece Vita:
Zafira……
Sorry… are you okay?

ザフィーラ
問題ない…。
お前の心を救えるなら。
Zafira:
It’s not a problem
since I was able to save your heart.***
-------------------------------

闇の欠片ヴィータ
あ……
なんだか…
楽になってきた……。
Dark Piece Vita:
Ah…….
Somehow…
I feel better now……

ザフィーラ
目を閉じて、
ゆっくり眠れ。
Zafira:
Close your eyes,
and sleep peacefully.

闇の欠片ヴィータ
うん……。
Dark Piece Vita:
Yeah……

闇の欠片ヴィータ
なぁ……
目が覚めたら……
苦しいの、終わってるかな……？
Dark Piece Vita:
Hey……
When I wake up……
will the pain be gone?

ザフィーラ
ああ。
優しい主と家族がいる。
友達もな。
Zafira:
Yes.
There will be a kind Mistress and family.
You will also have friends.

ザフィーラ
大切なものも、
守りたいものも、沢山持っている。
Zafira:
There will be plenty
of people important to you that you wish to protect.

闇の欠片ヴィータ
へへ……
ほんとかよ……？
信じられないけど……。
Dark Piece Vita:
Heh……
Is that true……?
I cannot believe it……

闇の欠片ヴィータ
そんな未来が……
来たら、いいなぁ……。
Dark Piece Vita:
Such a future……
would certainly be nice……

ザフィーラ
大丈夫だ…。
お前はちゃんと、
そんな未来を生きている。
Zafira:
You are fine.*4
You really are
living in such a future.

--------------------


ザフィーラ
未来…か。
Zafira:
The future...

ザフィーラ
守護の獣として、
主や仲間の未来を守るのも、
成すべき事のうち。
Zafira:
As a guardian beast
protecting the future of my Mistress and comrades
is something I must do.

ザフィーラ
この拳がどうか、
未来を拓き、心を守れる盾とならん事を……。
Zafira:
Will this fist,
open up the future, and become a shield that protects the hearts. *5

シャマル
ザフィーラ！？
最後の反応を見つけたわ。
あなたのすぐ近く！
Shamal:
I found the last signal.
It’s really close to you!

ザフィーラ
わかった。
すぐに向かう。
Zafira:
I got you.
I will head there right away.

シャマル
気をつけて！
この反応は、多分……。
Shamal:
Be careful!
The signal is probably……

Who could it be? DUN DUN DUN DUN!

Annotations:
* This is a wobbly translation. Google translate translates it as "I do not want to protect, but I have to fight..." which I feel does not fit with the later section and Vita's character. So I modified it to mean she has nothing to protect yet she is forced to fight.

** Okay this one is one big wild guess from me. She mentions important things/people (the noun can apparently mean both) and then she says the words for Lord/Master, on whim and gone. So I cobbled this together. I think it fits, she is in despair because possibly even the other Wolkies are gone. The actual meaning could still be quite different.

*** He will mention heart multiple times in the next section, and he actually uses kokoro which is literaly heart/mind/spirit etc. Maybe in Japanese it has a different meaning in context, but here it doesn't excatly fit. Then again other choices aren't significantly better and I don't know how to properly rework this so I left it as it is.

*4 That だ probably should change the tense or something of the previous three kanji that mean all right/fine and such. So the actual meaning could be slightly different.

*5 there is heart again, but more importantly I'm unsure of the real tense of the sentence. I think it's future since he is hoping he will be able to become, to mould his fists, into something that can protect his friends and comrades. That objective was stated back in the prologue. But it could also be present where he considers how his fists allow him to help protect his friends and their future. Also "open up the future" is messy.

[4th Dimension]

Spoiler for Zafira - Final stage:

Final Stage
Zafira vs The Will of the Book of Darkness (Dark Piece Reinforce)
Start
ザフィーラ
――やはり、その姿を取るか。
Zafira:
-----Of course you would take that form.

闇の書の意志
我は…闇の書………。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
I am … the Book of Darkness…….

闇の書の意志
だが、我が身を織りなす部品が
まるで足りない……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
However, some of my parts *
seem to be missing……

闇の書の意志
防衛システムも、
転生能力も……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
The defense and reincarnation systems
are also missing…… *

ザフィーラ
それらは全て、破壊された。
もう還る事も、蘇る事もない。
Zafira:
Both were destroyed.
They won’t return and there is nothing to restore.

ザフィーラ
そして…、自らの命と引き替えに、
それを捨てる事を決意したのは、
他の誰でもない、お前自身だ。
Zafira:
In exchange for our lives,
you personally and not anyone else**
decided to throw them away.

闇の書の意志
ありえない……
我は闇の書、
永遠をさすらう破滅の書だ……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
Impossible……
I am the Book of Darkness,
a book of ruin that eternally wonders……***

闇の書の意志
闇の書が消えれば、
お前達も消えてしまうはずなのに……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
If the Book of Darkness is gone,
you should have also disappeared……

ザフィーラ
救ってくれたのだ。
お前と、我らが主が。
Zafira:
She saved us.
You and us all were saved by Mistress.


闇の書の意志
主……
誰だ、その主とは……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
Mistress……
Who is this Mistress……

闇の書の意志
お前達をいたわってくれる主など
いるはずもないのに……。
This Mistress that showed you kindness
and cannot possibly exist…… 4*

ザフィーラ
出逢えたのだ……。
この地で我らは、最後の夜天の主に。
Zafira:
We met her…….
the last Mistress of the Night Sky, here in this land.

闇の書の意志
我は闇の書……。
我が願いは…我らの望みは……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
I am the Book of Darkness……
My wish… our hopes…

ザフィーラ
永遠の牢獄から解き放たれ、
未来に向かい歩むこと。
Zafira:
Were freed from the eternal prison,
and we are now walking towards the future.

ザフィーラ
それを今、叶えてやる！
Zafira:
And now I’ll do the same for you!

--------------------------------
BATTLE
--------------------------------
Complete victory:
闇の書の意志
お前は……
こんなに、
強かったのだな……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
You are…… *5
so strong……

ザフィーラ
お前達を守るために強くなった……。
それだけだ。
Zafira:
I became strong so I could protect you…… .
That is all.
______________________
Victory:
闇の書の意志
不思議だな……。
痛みが消えてゆく……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
It’s wonderful……
The pain is gone……

ザフィーラ
ああ……。
お前の永遠は、ここで終わりだ。
Zafira:
Yes…….
Eternity of that, ended here… *6
______________________
Narrow victory
闇の書の意志
受け止めてくれたのだな……
私のすべてを……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
You withstood me…….
all of me…… *7

ザフィーラ
ああ……。
Zafira:
Yes……

ANNOTATIONS/COMMENTS:
* The question here is is she refering to these two systems in the first part, or is she refering to other things missing (like her power since she is probably nowhere near as powered up as she should be). I went with the first option, but she does add too/also when refering to both of the systems.

** I think this doesn't really fit the lore of A's (Hayate helped too), but as far as I am able to figure what "他の誰でもない、お前自身だ" means.

*** wonders here is meant to say wondering/moving around, not wondering/questioning. So my English is wonky here not the translation so much.

*4 This sentence actually had me dissasembling it completely so I could get what was it's real meaning. I think I did a good job here.

*5 She actually seems to use the past tense here. "強かった" means essentially strong, but the suffix "かった" indicates past. I think it's supposed to refer to the match they just had since it is now in the past. Since having Reinforce say "You WERE strong" could easily be interpreted as you were strong before this fight I choose to use the present.

*6 He actually says something along the lines that can literaly be translated as "Your eternety ended here" which is I think not the intended meaning and does not fit the context. So I modified it into this.

*7 I am totally not certain about this one. Google Translate translates this as:
You accepted me ......
All of me ... ....
Now while this would fit my shipping of Reinforce and Zafira* it doesn't fit the context really. Digging into the matter I found that while "受け止めて" can be translated as taking/accepting and such, it can also have a meaning along the lines of stopping the blow. Taking that into consideration and the fact that this piece of dialogue only happens if you barelly win (meaning Reinforce went all out on you) I went with the idea that she is incredulous/suprised he was able to withstand her attacks. But as I said I'm far from certain about this one.

Next up the epilogue....

* Yes you heard that right. And you can't stop me hahahahahaha. They can have prolonged discussions about duty towards waga aruji long into the night while Zafira is stretching and and doing his martial arts exercises.
Also when you fight her in game, she really is the most mobile of all the opponents that you face and really presents most of a challenge due to that mobility. Unlike the others she is constantly moving all over the place and is a therefore lot less vulnerable to the flying kick across the map which is Zafira's bread and butter attack. As such I got a really strong impression that these were two old veterans that know each other's tricks fighting at the bleeding edge of their skill levels.

[4th Dimension]

Ah, that was not actually the end of the stage. There is this part that is the epilogue of the fight but not the actual epilogue.

Spoiler for Zafira - Final Stage - END:

闇の書の意志
私はやっと、
消えることができるのか……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness
At last,
I can finally disappear……*

闇の書の意志
永遠の闇から
抜け出せるのだな。
The Will of the Book of Darkness
I can finally escape
the eternal Darkness……

ザフィーラ
ああ……
静かに眠れ。
Zafira:
Yes……
Sleep peacefully……

闇の書の意志
お前達は……
大丈夫なのか……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness
Are you guys……
all right……?

ザフィーラ
いいんだ。
我々には成すべきこと、
成し遂げたい事がある。
Zafira:
We’re fine.
We have something to do,
and we want to accomplish it.

ザフィーラ
心優しい主と、
帰るべき場所。
それを守り抜く事だ。
Zafira:
Kind hearted Mistress
and a place to return to.**
That is something we need to protect.

ザフィーラ
今はな……。
その場所に、
もうひとりのお前も含まれているんだぞ。
Zafira:
Now……
In that place
there is also another you.

闇の書の意志
……そうか……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
……Really?……

闇の書の意志
ならば、その優しい主と騎士たちと、
もうひとりのわたしに……
どうか、祝福があらんことを。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
In that case, the gentle Mistress, the knights
and the other me…
Please be blessed.***

ザフィーラ
ああ……。
確かに、受け取った。
Zafira:
Thanks ……
we appreciate it.*4

闇の書の意志
ありがとう……
おまえは……昔から、
優しいな……。
The Will of the Book of Darkness:
Thank you……
You……have always
been kind……*5



ザフィーラ
……お前ほどでは……ないさ。
Zafira:
……no……not as much as you.

シグナム
ザフィーラ、シグナムだ。
闇の書の断片が、
次々消えていっているそうだが……。
Signum:
Zafira, it’s Signum.
The pieces of the Book of Darkness
seem to have all disappeared one after another……

ザフィーラ
今、中枢を眠らせた。
Zafira:
I have just put to sleep the main one.

シグナム
そうか……。
苦労をかけた。
Signum:
Really?
Was it a lot of trouble? *6

ザフィーラ
いや……これでいい。
Zafira:
No…… it wasn’t a problem. *7

Annotations/comments
* I personally don't like it, I feel that end would be more appropriate, but she does use the verb for dissapear 消える.
** Again I think a place to call home or a home, would be more appropriate but this is how he states it.

*** There is a possibility that this is some sort of phrase that should be translated as "I wish you best" or such, but I was not able to find such a interpretation. Also I was never able to figure out what the があらんことを and especially the あらん part is supposed to mean/contribute.
Also there is a slight possibility that she is only blessing Zafira for bringing her this news, but I chose to interpret this as she giving her blessing to all of them, it seemed appropriate.

*4 The literal translation is something along the lines of: "Yes. Certainly, received/accepted." but I went this way because I think it better translates the intent/meaning into English.

*5 This is clearly meant to mirror the sentiments expressed by Reinforce back in the Prologue. Again the literal translation is kind of different "You...from old times...kind/gentle" so I went with this. I also think this validates my decision on how to interpret that line back in the Prologue.

*6 In Japanese this is composed of two words + participle in the middle. The first is trouble and the second is かけた where the た part is probably the suffix indicating past so that means that is't probably a verb "kakeru" which seems to have a gajilion of meanings including "multiply" and I am completely stumped which one in particular is the correct one. But considering the context there really is not many things this sentence can mean if trouble is one of the words.
Then again it's possible I am completely off base especially since the original sentence does not end with a question mark.
It could be something along the lines "That was a lot of trouble for you", or "We troubled you" or something like that too.

*7 In the original the literal meaning seems to be "Disagreement ... it's fine" so I could have translated it as "No... it was fine" but I think "it wasn't a problem" fits better with the translation of the previous Signum's line.

[4th Dimension]

Spoiler for Zafira - Epilogue:

Epilogue



ザフィーラ
そして、ほどなく
事態は終わりを告げた。
Zafira:
And thus, before long
the situation came to an end.

ザフィーラ
大事にも至らず、この件は無事、
闇の書の闇の余波被害という事で処理された。
Zafira:
The case ended safely and did not cause the
level of damage that the Book of Darkness incident incurred.*

ザフィーラ
同じような事がまた起きぬよう、
警戒と注意が続けられるが
当分、事件に発展する事はないとのことだ。
Zafira:
To prevent the same thing from happening again,
we will continue for the time being to be vigilant,
but it seems that the case is not going to develop into an incident.



リインフォース
そうか……。
断片の中枢は、私だったか。
Reinforce:
Really……?
The main piece was me?

ザフィーラ
ああ。
Zafira:
Yeah.

リインフォース
再生されていた私は、
何か言っていたか？
Reinforce:
Did my copy
say anything?

ザフィーラ
我らが主と、我々とおまえに
祝福を、だそうだ。
Zafira:
It seems our Mistress, we and you
have her blessing.

リインフォース
……そうか……。
Reinforce:
……Really? ……**

ザフィーラ
静かにでいい……。
少しでも長く、主のおそばにいろ。
Zafira:
Peace will be nice……
So you can stay for even a bit longer at Mistress’s side. ***

リインフォース
そうするつもりだ……。
ありがとう、ザフィーラ。
Reinforce:
I will do so……
Thank you, Zafira.

ザフィーラ
そして、平穏な日々は戻ってくる。
Zafira:
And so, the peaceful days returned.



はやて
ザフィーラ……。
ほんま、おつかれさまや。
Hayate:
Zafira……
Thank you very much.

ザフィーラ
いえ。
Zafira:
No problem.

ヴィータ
苦労かけたな。
Vita:
It was difficult for you. *4

ザフィーラ
なに。
Zafira:
Nah. *5

はやて
今日はザフィーラの好きなもの、
いっぱい作ったげるな。
なにがええかな？
Hayate:
Today, Zafira I’ll make
what you like the most.
What would you like? *6

ザフィーラ
楽しみにさせていだきます。
Zafira:
I’m looking forward to it. *6

はやて
あー、
でも、もうちょっと、モフモフしてから……
はー、やっぱり、モフモフやー。
Ah,
But just a bit more of fluffiness……
Yes, your fur is so soft. *7

ザフィーラ
はい……
どうぞ、ごゆっくり。
Zafira:
Yes……
Please, take your time.



ザフィーラ
何よりも大切な……
守るべき日々だ。
Zafira:
It’s important above all else……
that days such as these must be guarded.

This one contains probably some of my worst translations.

Annotations/Comments:
* This is the first one in a series of statements that were more complicated than I expected and have completely stumped me. The literal translation is something along the lines of "It did not reach importance, the case is safe, darknes's book's darkness's consequencial damage reffered to things treated", while GTranslate "helpfully" translates it as: "It did not reach importance, this case was safely handled in the aftermath of the aftermath of the darkness of the book of darkness.". Note that it completely drops any reference to damage? So my translation is basically me winging it based on what was said before (when Shamal and Zafira met) and my loose interpretation of the GTranslate translation.

** This is supposed to be a rethorical question/suprise reaction. I'm not confident that meaning is passed on via this translation properly.

*** This is again a kind of loose interpretation of literal "Peacfull good... But a little longer, at Misress's side stay" but I think it again fits with the context.

*4 This pretty much mirrors what Signum asked Zafira couple of dialogues ago, only her line had a particle. I feel this should be a question, but it clearly does not end with a qeustion mark, so I formulated it in a way where Zafira could answer negatively.

*5 He actually seems to say What, but that would make no sense in context. So I went with Nah.

*6 Tis entire exchange is off. The previous line that Hayate says is also wobbly but the main problem lies here. I simply can not confidently dechypher なにがええかな. The sentence does start with nano, which is what but it's not marked as a question?!? Initially I went farther of course and translated it much more loosely as "I wonder what would you like".
Also if this is a question, Zafira certainly doesn't answer it.

*7 Oh boy, this one made no sense to Google Translate. For some reason they use katakana here for the word "モフモフ" which apparently means soft to fouch. Why use katakana, this doesn't look like a loanword?!? Frankly I initially thought she was refering to some sort of receepie or something. And the rest isn't better since a) she drops quite a lot of parts of the sentence as Japanese are won't to do and b) god damned Kansai dialect.
Still I'm pretty certain I got the real gist of it.