Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

It was only in the evening that Strela noticed the anomaly.

"Dear Su, Strela, over 495 people have been asked to attend a special lecture…"

"Ah? What is it, what is it?"

Strela inadvertently doubted her ears.If you don't use the instruction word more than three times, it won't be a special lecture delivery, but if a demon named Hermes finds out, the number of special lecture participants was increasing at a rate that just doesn't say that you're playing tricks that determine the delivery of special lectures immediately.Moreover, the widespread abuse of instructions among subordinates did not apply to everyone: 495 people - that is, 99% of the subordinates currently in the royal castle - used instructions in front of Hermes, which was not normally conceivable.

"... Hermes, you're cheating..."

It's not normally possible, so I'm counting my men in an unusual way...Though it was Strela who thought so, she didn't seem to think of a specific way to do it.

For example, as a quick method, there is a way to increase the count, but the information that has now been sent to the special lectures that were coming up to Strela and the others is not a communication from Hermes, but an aggregation by self-declaration from the subordinates.My men are telling me that Hermes can't flood it.

"No way, blackmail? No information on how Hermes is increasing the number of special lecturers?"

Threatening, feeling soft... Strella, who could only think of such a way, tried to see how Hermes was increasing the number of special lecturers and how her subordinates were getting more information.

It seems that the information has been rising at Sakura's opposite location.However, the sakura explanation was somewhere unboiled.

"... they've been watching me forever."

Ha?

"While they're watching, they want to speak instructions, and when they notice, they do."

"What is that, brainwashing?"

"I don't know the details, but I think it's probably some kind of intimidation."

"... is it possible that everyone has a weakness in Hermes?"

"I don't know, but imagine.Hermes will be observing us all the time.Whether you eat, take a bath, or sleep.... "

"You're taking a bath even though you're a triad...Well, it doesn't matter, but I mean... to escape the fear of being watched all the time, you're accepting to attend a special lecture yourself? "

"I don't know the details, but as far as I can tell from the testimony, it's true."

"... like you now?"

Strela jokingly said that Sakura, like a small animal who noticed that her natural enemies were targeting her, trembled her body and looked around.But because of the joke, Hermes is nowhere to be found...She will soon realize that Strela tricked her.

"Hey, Mr. Strella, this is a joke..."

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

"Nhih?!"

Yeah?

Suddenly, as Sakura suddenly raised her frenzied voice and blued her face, Strela leaned her neck strangely.As a result, she also looks back in the direction that Strella's gaze was pointing--

"What are you looking at?"

—— There was no one there, and Strela didn't seem to understand why Sakura was reacting like she was scared.

But Sakura definitely saw something.

"Ah, there's Hermes now...!"

"What? No, there's nobody here..."

Ah, that?

"You were so worried, you were hallucinating.(I'm sorry, I didn't think you were so worried...) "

"I see...."

As a result of being taught by Strela, Sakura exhales relief while feeling unspeakable anxiety.

Then, she stays with Strela and continues to support her work....Every time you see the phantom of Hermes, the sakura gradually fades over time.