Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"Well Dan..."

"No, eating rare boar meat is awkward..."

Teresa, who was waiting in the basement for the Asteria who had returned safely, greeted her with dinner. There was a strange boy at such a dinner place... Asteria, recovering from Welldan's despair, wonders.

"By the way, this guy..."

"Oh, don't worry about me. I just stopped by because I wanted to talk to Waltz-sama."

"Po, Pote-sama's voice sounds..."

"Yeah, I'm Potentia." In some cases, the figure of the insect, in some cases, the figure of the human, and in some cases-- "

"I don't need that kind of stuff, so just tell me what you need to do."

Waltz rushed at Potentia, who was dressed up and didn't say much, and he started talking in a very unfortunate manner.

"This time... it was an attempted beast kidnapping by a merchant regiment on the ground, but they were not excluded." Should it be eliminated this time? I wanted to confirm that. "

Potentia was instructed by Waltz to disable the adventurers with the aim of assassinating and capturing Josephine. Therefore, there are many naked people in the forest who have been stripped (?).

However, this time, the merchant corps that caused the problem in the village are not eligible for the elimination of Potentia, including the escort. If we are to avoid repeating the same incident again, we should eliminate the approaching merchant corps without exception. Well, Lucia destroyed the merchant corps, so the same merchant corps would never come again.

"It's better not to do that..." I mean, I don't think the Commercial Corps will be here for a while, so maybe we should get rid of them even if they come in the future. I think you've been quite alert in this incident..... "

When Waltz said so, Teresa complained.

"If you do that, the people in this village won't be able to live." Besides, I think the merchants who came to the village were supposed to eventually go to the academy and deliver food and supplies. It's the main road from the village to the college. So, if you stop the trade corps, the students and teachers who live in the academy won't be able to live anymore. "

Considering the amount of time it takes to travel to and from the official city, traveling between the village and the official city once a week is almost without rest. Moreover, even if I went back and forth between the village and the official capital, the margin could not be taken so much, so it was impossible for dozens of merchants to deliver supplies only for the village. In other words, I came to the village for another reason —— I was just stopping by the village to deliver supplies to the academy.

Now that we've lost it, it's a shameful thing for the waltzes, the villagers, and the academy officials. Supplies of food and other necessities have been cut off.

Lucia, listening to the waltzes, noticed the magnitude of the situation and muttered to herself, "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry... unless I do something extra..."

Asteria shook her head.

"No, Master Lucia has nothing to do with it. They attacked us suddenly, so it was very helpful to me. I think other Beastmen are thinking the same thing.”

"I don't know? But... what should I do..."

"I wonder if we can save ourselves from food and supplies..." When Lucia was troubling her head, Potentia said, "Oh my God," and said this.

Has Lucia forgotten who I am?

"Who is Potato-chan?"... bugs? "

That's what I was temporarily starting to look like.

Pervert?

”... I'd like to ask why you thought that, but I'm a gentleman.”

"... Potato. You may not know, but most perverts say so."

Rather, have you ever seen a pervert who doesn't say anything?

"Why is that? It's strange."

”... I won't help you if you say such a thing.”

As Potentia starts turning her eyes to the waltzes, Lucia returns with a bitter smile.

"It's okay. I know that, right?" Potato can help you, right? As a transport clerk for supplies "

Lucia asked, and Potentia sighed and nodded.

I'll bring the supplies from Mid-Eden. In fact, it's already ready. ”

Ready?

Yes, it's ready. From groceries and necessities to frozen Inari sushi…

"You know! Cor-chan's instructions?"

"No, it's my decision." Even so, I-- "

That's what Potentia said, with a naughty smile.

I'm a disciple of the wise man!

”... after all, you're a pervert, aren't you?”

I'm sure.

"You've made a mistake..."

”What is it...?”

... I really don't want to help you, do I?

That said, Potentia turns to the Waltzes again.

The waltzes kept going late in the evening, repeating that exchange over and over again.