Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

And--,

"......" Jii

"... what?"

"Thanks to you, my view of Beastmen has changed a lot."

"Ah, yes...?"

"Thank you."

"Eh..."

—— Josephine's farewell greetings to the Asteria lying on her bed at home. At that time, Josephine's words of gratitude puzzled Asteria. He didn't know why he was being thanked.

Later, leaving the bewildered Asteria in bed, Josephine and the Waltz team left the underground space and flew up into the sky. Josephine's skin is stroked by the refreshing air that is different from that on the ground.

It's getting a little chilly.

Oh, I'm sorry. I'll adjust the wind magic to warm it up.

And the moment Lucia said it, the ambient air rose about three degrees.

"... is this also Lucia-sama's magic?"

Yeah. It's a combination of fire magic and wind magic. It's very difficult to adjust, so I've worked a lot on it. "

"At that age, what is compound magic..."

"Well, it's called compound magic, I'm just mixing it up..."

Lucia turned around, saying that. At that moment, an artificial sun (flare) appears on the spot. It's the summer sun. Did it rise about 20 degrees?

”I was making it invisible, but I always made some flares, and I felt like I was warming up my body with the wind around me.”

"............" Woof!

"Hey, Lucia? The artificial sun at night... was it flaring?" If you let that light shine on me, I'll find out from the people on the ground. "

"Oh! Oh, yeah! I'm sorry!"

Lucia nodded, and the artificial sun disappeared from the scene. By the way, even though Lucia's artificial sun is invisible, it is constantly floating around her, but it seems that she can switch between active and inactive, so that no one approaches without knowing it and becomes ash, or the building burns.

When the dazzling artificial sun disappears, Josephine's reaction returns.

"Well, can you use that mighty fire magic so easily?!"

"I don't know if I can use it, but I don't know why everyone can't use it, but..."

When Lucia said that, Josephine silently began to think about something. I'm not sure what she's thinking. Maybe they think of Lucia's country of origin - that is, the inhabitants of Mid-Eden - as having a Lucia standard, a Ton Demo nation full of Ton Demo citizens. Well, maybe it wasn't a mistake.

While exchanging such exchanges, you can see the official capital. The city itself hasn't changed. It's the same as it was four days ago.

When Lucia saw the official capital, she looked for a landing spot.

We'll land on that castle terrace, right?

Although it was Lucia who asked, Josephine didn't respond. They're still thinking about something.

Lucia had no choice but to go down to the terrace of the castle. Then Josephine finally returned to me--

"... haa?! You've already arrived!"

--She raised her voice in amazement. And she--

It's a big deal, so even tea--

--In a way, I'm going to direct such words of invitation to Lucia and the others... That's where the unexpected happens.

Bummer!!

The doors of the terrace were opened, and countless soldiers came to the terrace. They're all fully armed.

Seeing the situation, Josephine shouted in a panic.

"Wait! They are guests!" I won't allow you to point your weapons at me! "

The soldiers were absolutely obedient to the words of the head of state, Josephine —— they were supposed to be. Even if I had opened the castle for four days, it would be impossible for the Grand Duke of Josephine to sway.

Yes, it was impossible. That's impossible--

* giggle *! * cackle *!

"... eh..."

* Giggle *...

It was happening.