Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"I think I'm suddenly getting nervous..."

While waiting for the ceremony to begin in the waiting room, Eve sat in his chair and squeezed his skirt. The sweat seeped into her hands, telling her that she was nervous as she said.

There were also Yuki and the wise next to her.... At first glance, they both laughed bitterly at Eve, who seemed to have nothing to do with tension.

"You're not nervous, are you? All you have to do is stand up and behave according to the manual that was given to you. And... we're on Eve-chan's side."

"That's true. Eve has nothing to be nervous about. If you answer as I tell you, we'll take care of Waltz-sama, Null, and us."

"... that might be good, but... you might have some kind of chest trouble..."

"Huh?

"... yeah. Saying bad things can be bad, so don't say it."

And Eve flagged herself and forgot to lower it. Well, that's why I can't tell you that bad things actually happen.

It was finally time for the award ceremony to begin while we were doing that exchange and raising and lowering some flags. As a result, Eve and the others will go from the waiting room to the square in front of the castle and sit down on the seats reserved for the honourers.

The award ceremony consisted in awarding prizes directly from Null to those who were particularly successful. However, if we were to praise all of them, it would not be too much noise at dusk, so we were to be limited to the top 20. Yuki and the wise man were among the twenty, the second and the third from above, respectively.

When the ceremony began, Nur's thankful words on behalf of the Borealis Empire (?) and on behalf of the Republic of Mid-Eden ---,

"Listen carefully! This gummy--" Gah "" Fufu?!/(adv-to, adv-to) (on-mim) twitching/twitching/twitching/(P)/

"Oops, I'm sorry. It seems that my sister bit her tongue too nervously. I'll say hello instead." Gugu.

--Cortex was supposed to say hello, but apparently the tension rose too high to start saying something else, so Atlas decided to say hello instead.

Then Atlas' greetings are over and the awards ceremony begins.

"Now, I will execute the award. First of all… Arderheit-Shach, Lord of the Western Wespel Region. Move forward!"

Null called out his name from the 20th in order of merit. In the case of Arderheit, although he was not fighting directly, he was recognized for operating the town of Wespel so that the resistance protecting Borealis could be used as a base. Well, in her case, recognition is not the main role, but rather a preliminary exercise. He seemed to have been expected to serve as an example to those who followed him by being awarded the first prize.

It's just... Adelheit himself was old and did not appear to have gone directly to the town of Vixen. The fact that she had a successor must have been the reason for her absence. Needless to say, Null is also aware of Ardelheit's stones.

"I'm sorry, Null. My successor, Margaret Shach (Yulia), will receive the prize on behalf of you because Ardelheit is not feeling well."

Hmm. All right.

"Haha!

"represented by Ardelheit-Shach, Margaret-Shach. This time, the Medal of Army is brilliant. In recognition of this achievement, I will give you this reward."

Nonetheless, Null handed Yulia something like a scroll. In it, there's a list of prizes -- I think, actually, it's blank... It was in a state of havoc. I talked to Ardelheit beforehand, and she knew the country's budget was tight, so she dared to leave it blank.

"Haha! Thank you, happiness...!

"Mm-hmm. Tell her I'll be glad to see you again."

"Haha!

Well then, next.

And now it 's--

"Margaret-Shach"

"Haha!

—— Julia's name is going to be called. In her case, it was supposed to be higher, but it was politically influential and ranked 19th. Julia's grandmother, Adelheit, had a very different ranking, and the political power to be rude to his predecessors, Adelheit, appeared to be in 19th place. Julia herself was not so attentive to the order of priority, and seemed to have accepted it as good in 19th place. It seems that the list of awards given to her is also blank. Well, I think I got the replacement in secret.

And for a while, the awards ceremony went smoothly.