Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

As Lucia invited them, the beasts returned to the village and were guided to the white building in front of the village.

The building now looks like a two-story reinforced concrete dwelling with a square "exterior wall" removed. Yes, it's a newly built property that Lucia built last night. When the beasts arrived in the village, it seemed that the outer wall had been fitted, so much so that the majority of the beasts leaned their necks to see if there was such a building.

And one more thing they wondered about. The property was too small for 30 beasts to get inside.

”Um... Master?”

A fox beast girl takes a step forward and asks the waltzes.

Huh? Master?

"I'm not going to treat you as slaves, so you can call us by name." I'm Waltz, and this is Lucia, right?... but I can't say that! Since you're about to say something, you can call me freely... but if you can, can you call me something other than your husband? "

Well then, Master.

"You haven't changed, have you?... (I'll do it... this fox girl...)"

Both Master and Master had the same meaning. Do you know that or not? Without hesitation, in front of the fox daughter who spoke "Master", Waltz frowned grumpily. That said, I told you that you can call me freely, but I can't let you fix it... Waltz seems to have decided to accept being called a master.

“I think it's hard for 30 people to live in this building, but do we all live here?”

Do we live in this tiny house, pushed into a cramp? "Or perhaps you'll tell me to sleep outside..." As a beast girl, she did not have such experience, but she could not say that it was a favorable condition, so she wanted to refrain if possible. Well, even though I still thought I was a slave, I didn't think I'd reject it.

Waltz responds to such a beastly girl. It also smiled suspiciously.

"Fufufufu... you can't worry about that, can you?" I think you'll be satisfied if you go inside. "

"Is that so...?"

"Well, by the way, what's your name?" We've talked a few times during the day, but you haven't taught us, have you? "

"Ah! I'm sorry!"

The beast girl hastily straightens herself, and bows her head and speaks her name.

"My name is Asteria."

"Asteria... (The stars...? Because they have dark hair and gold eyes?)"

From now on, please be aware of it.

"Well, don't be afraid." Well, why don't you go inside the house first, Asteria, just in time? And let me know what you think, too. "

"Eh......"

“Is there a problem?”

"No, no..."

The beast girl, who called herself Asteria, walked to the house that the waltzes had made, without concealing her confusion. And stop in front of the house and breathe--

Gachari.....

--She applied force to the door and pulled it toward her.

At that moment, Asteria's eyes rolled up. I didn't open the door, so I haven't seen it in the house yet.

"I-It's...!"

I was surprised by the Asteria. It was a device to close the door of the house. In this country, in order to close the door, it is common to use a pulley with a hook, tie it with a hammer and fix it, or use a distortion of the door to force it to be fixed. In the meantime, the doors that use pulleys are fairly expensive, so they are only used for luxury properties.

In such a situation, the door closers that were fitted to the waltzes' houses were spring-loaded. Moreover, it is an authentic one-way damper, and it is smooth to open and close. In addition, the door handle was fitted with a key that was rare in this country, so it seems that it was even more astereal.

Yeah? What?

"No, no..."

"I wonder if my common sense is strange..." Seeing the reaction of the waltzes who were sending a foolish gaze toward themselves, Asteria managed to contain her surprise and opened the door to the end.

As a result, the sight of the house in her eyes --

"... eh"

--The asteria that saw the sight is hardened again with rounded eyes.