Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... you like that so much?

"Yeah? Ofuhi (sushi)? Yeah, I'm good! ♪ Momogu ♪

After finishing purchasing the bangle at the accessory store, the waltzes were even coming to a place where there was a fountain near the town entrance. So the two of them seem to have bought a snack from a stall that stood side by side like the first day they came to this town before sitting back on the edge of the fountain and eating there.

"Hey, sister. Where are you going this afternoon?

"Right. So far, I don't have any plans... outside?

"Outside... out of town?

"Oh. Because... you bought a cane yesterday, didn't you?

"... try and shoot! ♪ Kikupi ♪

"Uh... didn't you want to be able to use little magic?

"Yeah. Of course, yeah... but I knew I wanted to be able to use the old magic too."

"I think I've used it enough already..."

And, from time to time, Waltz remembers Lucia's actions in a series of super powerful magic. Even at the moment, too much firepower (?) It was Lucia's magic to be proud of, but given what lies ahead, there was no trouble with stronger magic, so even as a waltz, she seemed to welcome her sister's magical progress.

"So, in the afternoon, let's get the gear we bought yesterday, in the meadows outside town, and practice magic?

"Yeah!"

"And..."

"... yeah?

"Yeah. Nothing?

………… (I don't know what's going on... sister... Are you hiding something from me earlier?...... yeah. I think I care about something......) "

After leaving the accessory store, Lucia seemed to have noticed something strange about her sister. However, since Waltz's inexplicable behavior was not something that had just begun, Lucia seems to have decided not to think more deeply about it.

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And after lunch, the waltzes came outside the town of South Fortress after changing clothes at the inn. There, the gentle hills, the large fields, and the dotted woods were spreading.

Standing a little higher, we could hope to near the distant horizon, and in that sight, it seems, we could observe the demons go and go. Besides, you can also catch a glimpse of the adventurers chasing the escaping demons and vice versa the adventurers who are chased by the demons to escape... The sight of this world, beautiful and cruel, seemed as it were.

Of those hilly areas, Waltz, shaded by forests and hills, walked from town to unseen places from the streets, inadvertently stopped there. Nevertheless, I wasn't testing Lucia's magic or taking a break...... Other than that, he stopped for some special reason.

However, Lucia, who didn't know the details, apparently thought the place was her destination, and she seemed to have started warming up, trying to use magic there.

"We should use magic here, right? ♪ Gogogogogogogogogo ♪

"Yeah, you're not, are you?

"... Huh?

Lucia listens to her unexpected sister's words and gives her a look as if she was bored by a fox. And she said this, remembering that something was wrong with her sister so far.

"Maybe... something happened?

In response to that question, Waltz turns around with a suspicious look on his face and responds to his sister looking in that direction.

"Something's up, not so much... but you're attached. We…"

"Attached... What?!

"Maybe, I think it's okay. From the atmosphere, it's just a little cumbersome, and I don't think it's meant to hurt us."

"What is that..."

... what does that mean?

Waltz went into action before Lucia asked him that.

'--I know you're there. Don't hide. Come out, will you?

Waltz spoke to the person who would be there this time, throwing his voice towards the forest he had just passed. However, with the usual loudness of voice.

"At this distance... can you hear me?

"Yep. I spoke to Lucia with ultrasound modulation..."

"Yeah?"

"Well, in short, I used magic to get my little voice far away. Really, it's science, isn't it?

"Hmmm......"

Even though her sister's explanation did not seem to be well understood, Lucia seems to have decided to interpret the explanation herself and swallow it.

Then she began to wonder, using wind magic, if she could do something similar —— that was when.

"... you're out"

As Waltz said, from the woods, one figure appeared.

It was one woman. Someone taller than Waltz, wearing a uniform outfit in blue monochrome, with something like a stick in his hand. It 's--

"... who was it?

"I'm pretty sure I've seen it somewhere lately..."

""... ah! The brave party guy!

—— A few days ago, he seemed to be one of the members of a brave party that Waltz ravaged.