Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

The four waltzes walk down the corridor of the lecture building, talking about classes, talking about dinner, and talking about why they can't remember the last 30 minutes or so. The destination is the Grand Lecture Room where Grand Duke Josephine and her knights, chased from the capital.

Along the way, Lucia says something like this.

"Something's wrong, isn't it? It seems that the college grounds are big, and even though they're not that big, they don't see Josephine at all. I don't think it's strange to meet the knights at lunch or in the cafeteria....."

The college was certainly large in terms of area, but usually the places where people come and go are fixed, so it cannot be said that it is abnormal that the four people who were traveling around the college frequently yesterday and today do not meet with Josephine and other related people, but the probability was quite low.

Listening to Lucia's point, the other three play with "definitely".

I'm super busy, isn't it?

You said that you would stay in touch with nobles from all over the country, but it might not work out?

We might have left the academy before we knew it.

"I'm sure you're busy, but I don't think you're going to leave the academy without telling us anything..."

Lucia walked ahead of the party while saying that. And when I came to the split way to the corridor that leads to the large lecture room.

"Huh? Which lecture room was Josephine and the others in?"

Lucia didn't seem to remember which corridor she had crossed off to go to the lecture room. For the time being, during the orientation, High Speer used the college map to explain the location of the main classrooms, but he did not actually move and confirm, so he seemed to have forgotten.

It's that way, isn't it?

This way, please.

and Teresa and Asteria pointing in separate directions at the crossroads. It seems that both of them, like Lucia, have forgotten the direction of the big lecture room.

As a result, the three will ask for the opinion of the remaining one.

"Do you know which one of us is your sister?"

"I don't think my concubine is here..."

No, no, it's over here.

"... I'm sorry. I don't remember because I didn't listen to Dr. Hi Speer in the first place..."

"" "Eh..." "

"No, I was thinking about something else at the time." "I wonder which discipline I'll be able to graduate from safely..." Well, in the end, I didn't have a choice. "

While saying that, Waltz took the pen out of the bag and placed it at the center of the crossroads. And let go.

Calan, Calan...

This way.

…………

Isn't it too appropriate to orient yourself with fortune-telling...? "Lucia and the three of them turned their uncooked gaze toward the waltz.

"If you don't understand everyone, you can't help it..."

Waltz opens up and shrugs his shoulders, and Lucia walks in the direction pointed out by the waltz pen, smiling bitterly. No one knew, so she decided to proceed as she had told her sister.

And then the three people behind her went after her, and they walked about 20 paces.

"Huh? That's weird..."

Lucia stops unexpectedly and gradually tilts her neck.

Where were we going?

"Le, Lucia? You didn't eat anything weird, did you?!"

Even though he was talking about the big lecture room until a few seconds ago, before his sister, who had suddenly forgotten where she was going, Waltz senses something zealous on her back.

But that was not the end of the anomaly.

"Speaking of which... yes..." Where were we going? "

The Asteria said the same thing as Lucia.

However, Teresa--,

“Huh? An old type of barrier magic?

--Because my head was made of machine, I didn't seem to lose sight of where I was going, just like Waltz. She seems to have been able to pinpoint the reason Lucia and the others forgot where they were going.

There's no such thing as barrier magic?

"It's not the kind of barrier magic used by Catalina, it's a completely different type of barrier magic used in ancient times." It's like a curse that disturbs your sense of direction or makes you forget your destination, and prevents those outside the barrier from reaching their destination. "

"Hmm. I see... By the way, how does Teresa know that?"

"It's only natural to know." This old barrier magic has been inherited by many people and is now called by a different name.... phantom and magic "

"I wish I could say that from the beginning..."

"... I just wanted to say something nasty"

And because the waltz was not very good, Teresa floats her geso face as usual.

In response to such a reaction, Waltz narrowed his eyes a little, then stared at the end of the hallway while adjusting the position of the millenia in his arms...

"Now, I wonder who's unfolding the barrier magic or the phantom magic..."

She mumbled in bitterness.