Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

The dispatch of Canopus, that is, the night Mid-Eden decided to send its strongest troops.

Waltz and the others had a pre-departure meeting at the underground workshop.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Canopes, how do you get around? You can't use metamagic, can you?

Waltz uttered as he remembered them, who had returned quite late.

"I don't know about concubines, but it doesn't look like they can't use metastatic magic, does it?

"Hmm, were you hungry or something because you fought too hard?

Like myself, is.

Taste it, he remembered Lucia saying too much magic would make him hungry.

"Come on... maybe he couldn't come home with his men who couldn't use metastatic magic"

But this time, a handful of elite troops should be formed just to shoot down the airship, so there's no way the transfer magic can be used.

"And by the time the information reached Lord Canopus, the Imperial Castle was also devastated..."

That's what I said, Teresa, laying her gaze down emotionally.

I mean, as a local commander, I guess I prioritized the battle in front of me over the royal castle where things were already over.

"Right..."

You've strangely reminded me of the previous kings, Waltz, whom I regret.

So,

"Well, then we have to do what we do, too."

And I repartitioned it.

"So, how do we fight 800,000 soldiers, that's the problem..."

That, too, comes directly from the front.

The point is, what to do if the Canopus squad fails the operation.

"With Lucia's magic, it's going to end in an instant, like 800,000 or eight or eight billion people, but this time when they do it, no one's going to be happy, so there's no magic at all."

"Uh... yeah"

Exactly, Lucia can't get that far either... or something like that.

"But you were dealing with each and every one of them, and this one's got it, right?

Last time, the hunter reached his limit around cutting 1000 demons.

"Uh, for now, let's fight for zero dead this time, shall we?

"Eh..."

A voice rises from almost everyone.

"Huh? What? You thought I was gonna kill them all?

"Is it not?

Another joke..., tempo of things like that.

"No, if you do that, there's really no future for this country, is there?

Perhaps the future will be perpetuated, from the neighbouring countries, with hind fingers as the country that committed the massacre.

"Plus, I don't want to kill 800,000 people or anything meaningless."

It's unproductive, Waltz muttered inside.

When Waltz had a fed up look, next door, Catalina was smiling at her like that.

There seemed to be something about Waltz saying he wouldn't kill anyone.

For her supreme proposition of saving lives, Waltz's attitude may have been delightful in trying to reduce sacrifices as much as possible.

But without realizing what she looks like like like, Waltz fights a non-lethal way out.

(For once, it's not like there's no way...)

With the acoustic weapon Parametric Speaker, we can silence the approaching 800,000 people in an instant, but as always, Waltz didn't want to be on the surface stage as much as possible.

However, since the number of boulders is this time, it may be difficult to leave it to the people alone.

Well, most of the time, when I realize she's in the lead and dealing with things...

"So, no bizarre ideas or anything?

Waltz dares to ask, even though he thinks it is something that has been discussed scatterly in the upper (royal castle) parliament.

The scene, like you wouldn't think of in a congressman (?) I've been hoping for an idea that comes out because I'm a person of...

Well, it couldn't have come out that easy.

But when everyone was silent, a voice rose from the two homunculus.

"If it's bizarre, it's bizarre for Atlas to hold a bomb and attack the enemy."

"Then Strella is a human (homunculus) cannon. It's an arrow."

Two people who talk recklessly (but not impossible) rather than bizarre.

"So, if 800,000 people can handle it, you can do it, okay? I don't think I'm gonna die like that."

"... I don't want to..."

Looking at those two interactions...

"... Hmm. I see."

Waltz was convinced for some reason.

"Hmm? You really don't want to do this, do you?

That's not a convincing place. Well, things like that, Teresa asks Waltz.

"And you need a pit and a water slider..."

Apparently, she's totally into her world.

"... uh, waltz?

"Ha! Your sister finally broke"

"Excuse me. I've been thinking about the operation."

"Uh, where did the story of the operation come from?

"From around where we talked about Julia holding a bomb and doing a Sacubus cannon?

"Hiu!?

Raise your voice like that, Julia, shrinking your bat-like wings.

"... no, of course I'm kidding. But I've come up with a good idea."

Apparently, Waltz came up with something from Atlas and Strella's story.

"... I think."

That's how Waltz cut it out.

"We think 800,000 enemies will attack us, so we think we're scared, we're dangerous, we're dangerous."

Waltz remembers someone saying that when we talk in front of a lot of people, we think of everyone as potatoes.

"But if I think about it, I think it's gonna look different."

And I said, put aside a moment.

"Domino brands..."

"No way..."

The complexion of the tempo changes.

"Oh, play that..."

Teresa also opens her eyes.

Taste, the play they had, eaten a big eyeball by the hunters (in the village of Alk) at the workshop.

That is,

"... pita o lasui o chi"

Waltz wants to do that human version.

That also uses 800,000 soldiers...

"Cortex? How long will it take them to reach South Fortress?

"Right - given the information received from the Border Guard and the number of opponents - is it about a week from today?

"Well, then... how do we allocate the personnel?"

"You don't have to think about Wangdu defense, as security around Wangdu will be enhanced by, for example, regrouping the soldiers you have placed ~? I have some concerns that I have shared with you, so I will have trouble opening the King's Capital for a very long time ~"

And, Cortex.

By 'matter of concern' she means if the invasion of South Fortress was in itself a trap.

In this case, her expectation was that the Wang capital or its environs would likely be targeted, so she wanted to avoid Waltz and Canopus leaving the Wang capital for as long as possible.

However, the information that is now coming to her did not have anything like an attack targeting Wang Du, and since there was some room for security around Wang Du, she decided that something could be done.

This means that all waltz parties (+2) can go out, except Cortex and Atlas and Strair, who are in a position to control Congress.

Well, Waltz seems to have been going about it with that intention from the start.

"I'm sorry."

"No, because this is what we do ~"

"Yes..."

Unlike the Guardian, whose raison d 'être is unknown, Waltz was a little envious of her for having a clear role.

"Oh, speaking of which, what about Mr. Swordsman and Mr. Sage? Do you want to come with me?

and waltz to voice the two left by the brave men.

"... it's not clear if I stay here like this, so can I come with you?

and Sage.

And swordsmen, too,

"Where my sister (hunter) is going, I will offer you everywhere!

He spoke while sending a hot gaze at the hunter.

By the way, the hunter said, 'Oh, well. Good luck,' he said.

"Okay. But don't complain when you're dead, okay?

"... I'll think about it when I'm dead."

"If it's for your sister..."

It's strange what the sage is saying, but it's too late for the swordsman...

Therefore, the two participants were decided to participate.

"Then hurry up, let's go!

When one thing was decided, and yes Waltz raised his voice, the words flew by accident.

"Mm-hmm. I'll take care of the rest, okay?

Teresa just said she was leaving a message.

"Of course, Teresa's going, too, right? It's the Cortex for that."

"Well, then..."

As the head of the country, I can't seem to stop.

"Dear Teresa ~? Let us take care of Wang Du."

"Well, Cortex said it, too."

"... really, isn't that good?

"Yes. Of course ~?

"... then I want you to take me with you."

"Yep. Sure, I'd kidnap you if you refused."

"... it's okay... to refuse."

Teresa with her hands on her face with a tranced look on her face.

"... I figured I'd leave you..."

"... just kidding."

Theresa returns to her normal condition immediately.

... Thus, Teresa's participation (?) It was also decided.

"And who wants to stay in Wang Du for any reason? I'll force you to, though."

"It's all right! Sushi is properly bought and frozen for 100 servings, so I don't have to come back to King's Capital for a while, I'm fine!

and Lucia looking at the tempo ring (item box).

"... yeah, then you'll be fine"

Lucia was running her mouth about something Waltz didn't understand, but apparently everyone, there's nothing particularly wrong with it.

"Well. Well, come on, I'm gonna go... what am I gonna do..."

A waltz that flips from a last minute state to show depression.

"Hmm? Did you drop it in your purse, too?

Apparently, to what Waltz looks like now, the hunter caught a glimpse of himself when he dropped his wallet.

"No, we're leaving King's Capital, which means it's not weird when Altair attacks us, is it?

"Speaking of which, you did... I totally forgot"

And Heppe, the hunter who said,

"I mean, I've been out hunting from Wang Du many times over the past two months, but they never attacked me, did they?

"What... when..."

I thought the hunter was going out early in the morning because he was working out. Waltz.

Besides, the hunter dresses as a courtier these days, so he didn't seem to notice.

(Hmm?... I mean, do you go hunting or working out dressed as a warrant lady?

and when Waltz tries to put his doubts to the mouth, Catalina gets him ahead of him in a separate case.

"That means, after all, can we assume that there are some constraints to Altair's metastatic attacks?

I guess there is still some condition that you didn't attack the hunter who should be almost defenseless.

"Uh... could it be you? 'That guy who shouldn't say his name' method..."

"Sorry, I don't know what you're talking about..."

"... if I said 'Altair' outside the junction, would you be able to keep an eye on it?

Both when the water dragon was attacked and when the captain of the intelligence unit was attacked, they had Altair's name on their mouth.

Afterwards, Waltz and the others are also calling out Altair's name in conversation until the city is tied up.

In other words, the name of Altair had always been raised just before it was subjected to a metastatic attack.

"That's the thing. What would you like me to try?

If, as Waltz expects, there is no need to develop a portable urban junction.

So we were supposed to leave for South Fortress, but we were going to do an experiment to quickly examine the pattern of Altair's metastatic attack.