Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Thanks to Teresa, we managed to reconcile (?) Asteria and Catalina rushed through the woods to return to the village. Asteria runs through the trees in the form of beasts, and Catalina uses her legs to move around. At that time, Asteria, who had seen Catalina, was sure.... this person is not a human.

One of Catalina's steps was a big jump of about 50 meters, and the trees that were supposed to be obstacles were somehow deformed to avoid her. It's no longer like a shell with a human figure. The Asteria who was looking at the figure seemed to be about to escape again, but she thought she could not escape, so she quietly ran alongside Catalina.

Asteria asks Catalina as she passes through the gap between vines and roots that are as intricately intertwined as the eyes of a rough net.

Well... Catalina? Why did you decide to attack me earlier?

No, I didn't mean to attack you from the beginning, did I?

Eh......

“I've never seen a race like Asteria before, so I was very interested, but I'm not a mad scientist, so much so that I'm forced to attack and dissect her.”

”I didn't say a word about the autopsy...”

…………

Catalina is silent as she runs through the woods. It seemed as if he was going to regret digging a grave, but the truth is unknown. It seems that Asteria did not think so deeply because if she ran at such a high pace, she could not hear the sound of the wind or was short of breath.... it looks like some of your thoughts have stopped.

Because of that, the conversation between the two of them breaks down. If the waltz was difficult to communicate with, a silence that was probably mentally unbearable spread to the spot.

The Asteria also thinks that she should talk about something, but for her, the person Catalina was quite an unknown person--

'(I have to tell you something. But what kind of hobby does Catalina have... ah... I can imagine it somehow. What kind of things do you usually... ahhh... I can imagine this as well. I can imagine what you're interested in.'

Although she was an unknown person, it seems that from her words and actions so far, she had an imagination of what kind of person Catalina was. But now that I know what I'm interested in, it's not like I can tell a story about it... As for the Asteria, I ended up not knowing what to talk about with Catalina. I can't even talk about biological anatomy.

When the Asteria was silent, Catalina opened her mouth first.

“Did Asteria reveal her identity to Waltz?”

"What? Is that...?"

"You haven't revealed it, have you?" I don't think there's anything that you hate even if you reveal it. "

…………

Catalina asks the other way, as the Asteria gets stuck in the story. That's something Asteria cares about in her daily life. It was her biggest problem.

Instead, Asteria forgets to respond and gets confused because she didn't expect the question from someone who hadn't seen her in hours. For a long time now, she has lived in a human form, and she hasn't thought about it, such as exposing her former form in public. In short, she had no intention of revealing her identity to the waltzes, and if she could, she would remain a Beastman.

When the Asteria is silent, Catalina also thinks about something and then opens her mouth.

"You don't have to worry about it." Even when I knew who I was, the waltzes accepted me. ”

When I heard Catalina's words, the Asteria felt complicated. It was fascinating to live without concealing one's identity - that is, without falsifying one's identity.

In addition, about half of my feelings are not about me--

"(Catalina-sama... I wonder who she really is...)"

I had no choice but to question Catalina.