Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

The waltzes decided to go to the capital, which was just a short walk away (3 days) from the village until it almost cooled down. The objective is to purchase an automatic cane. In addition, it seems that knowing what kind of place this country is called the "Grand Duchy of Restophen" was one of the purposes of going to the official capital. I thought that if I went to the capital, where many people gathered, I could quickly get to know the atmosphere of the country.

The two of them flew in the air. Lucia manipulates gravity with magic and carries her body and waltz in the air.

During the journey, the waltz moves to check the lifesigns of the surroundings so that no one can see you flying. "Even so, the speed of movement is much faster than walking..." It took less than 10 minutes to cross the forest, over grassy areas, over wetlands, swamps, and even a few rivers, and reach the town of Shishiku. It's about time I went to the convenience store.

It wasn't as far as I thought it would be.

"That's right. It's the neighborhood."

"Well, I don't know if that town is the official capital, but..."

"... that's it."

Based on the information that a large town was close to the village, the town they arrived in was a typical citadel city. It is a town with a huge castle built on a slightly elevated hill, a large wall surrounding it, and a town built in its inner gap.

Waltzes, who landed about an hour's walk into town, feel like they're walking down a road near where they got off.

It's completely different from the Mid-Eden King's City, isn't it?

"That's right. That king's capital... what did you say your name was?" Oh, my God. There's a wall surrounding the city in that kingdom, but it's not a citadel. It doesn't mean that the town is spread out around the castle, and there's no castle in the first place right now... "

"It should be exactly the same in the sense of where people live, why is it so different?"

"The influence of history or the influence of geography..." Especially in places where there is a lot of war, it seems that a town like this round Montblanc cake is often created. "

"Hmm. Well, I wonder if there's a lot of war in the Duchy?"

"I see? It used to be a lot, but now it's not much... I wonder?" It looks like the city is spreading out somewhat outside the walls. "

The waltzes continued to walk towards a large town in the distance, blinded by the surrounding landscape, while exchanging such uncontrolled conversations. Sometimes the road was nicely maintained, and the two of them walked for about an hour, as they observed, to reach the entrance of the town.

The entrance to the town where the two came from was strange. Giant metal doors were blocking the entrance to the town completely without anyone passing through.

"Wow... how many meters are there?"

"I wonder if it's a little more than 30 meters." This door alone seems to weigh about three buildings. ”

The waltzes standing in front of the overwhelmingly intimidating doors were inadvertently blinded by their majesty.

And after a while, they realize a fact.

"By the way, where is the entrance?" There's nowhere to put it... "

"Hmm, after all, isn't this it?" This big door "

Even though there was a large door in front of me, there was no entrance around so that people could enter and exit. The only place I could get in and out was the huge door in front of them. However, the door was completely closed and it seemed impossible to walk. At last, there was no one around the town outside the wall, and it seemed to be quiet around the scene.

Could it be after business hours?

"No... I don't think there's any such thing as stony rocks..."

When the sun shines in the sky, and the waltzes look for the entrance to the city, a voice comes from above the gate. There were some people standing on the gate, guarding the gate.

You guys!

"What? About us?"

Well, there's no one but us, right?

"That's right, you guys! We're in danger here. Get out of here! You should still be able to escape!"

"Eh... what are you talking about? That person?"

"It's dangerous...? Is something coming?"

When the pair are confused by the gatekeeper's remarks, the scenery around the town changes. Something like smoke sprang up from the horizon. It will also surround the town.

It was the earth smoke that the horde of monsters gave when they were moving. It looks like this town was just under attack by monsters.