Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

After storing the balmkuchen logs brought to the chancellor's office in a magic bag with magically made ice...

Billy...

"Ah!... I tore it again..."

Gackling... and Lucia getting drooped.

When I opened the origami and tried to bag it, did the force not work or did I break it?

... that's not once or twice either.

I had already sacrificed five.

I don't know what to say to Lucia like that. Cortex and Atlas.

Especially Atlas, 'Lucia. You, you're clumsy...' I sometimes decide never to say.

What if I told you... that he won't be able to look into the sun's eyes tomorrow.

"... how come, Atlas, you and Cortex (Cortex) can make little birds that easy?

Lucia asks a very difficult question to answer for them, which has only been built for about a few months.

To her inquiry like that, Cortex was scratching an unspeakable cold sweat.

No way, 'If you practice again and again, you'll be able to break ~?' I can't say.

Even for them, this is the first time in their lives to break a crane...

And Cortex pointing his gaze at Atlas.

with associate audio,

"(Atlas? You said you'd teach me how to fold responsibly. ~?

"(Oops! You're gonna throw it all at me!

"(Yes)"

"(Grunting...!

And it would be that we are talking...

"... what's going on? We both..."

Lucia has a strange look on her face that she doesn't get a medium response back to her query.

Atlas opened her mouth when she stopped being in Lucia's condition.

"... it's gonna be tough because I'm gonna try to do it with a small origami from the start? How about getting used to it on a big piece of paper and then making a little one?

Then, just a moment.

"Now, please use this"

Cortex gave Atlas a bunch of scrap paper (...) that occurred during the paperwork.

... Apparently, even with a large piece of paper, you don't think you can break a folding crane in one go.

"Thank you, Cor!

Lucia thanking you with an honest grin for not realizing Cortex's intentions.

"Yes. Good luck ~. Okay, so I'll sort out the remaining work at the desk ~..."

"Yeah!"

And Cortex walked away from the spot.

"(The Cortex one, you ran away!

... and the struggle of Lucia (and Atlas) begins...

The atlas cuts straight square a piece of paper the size of A4 paper and Lucia folds it.

Billy!

"Uh..."

Lucia breaks the paper folded into a triangle where it unfolds into a square.

... What the hell kind of principle is it that breaks where there are no elements to break at all?

"Come on, Lucia. Yes, Next Paper"

Atlas sends a voice of encouragement to Lucia.

... before I could teach him how to fold, all I could do was speak to him that way.

"Yeah. Thanks..."

Upon receipt of the paper from Atlas, Lucia immediately begins to fold.

Billy...

... When I sacrificed about 10 sheets of paper, the glow was completely lost from Lucia's eyes.

"Yes, the next paper..."

"... Mr. Atlas.... That's enough..."

"What..."

In Lucia's sinking, Atlas doesn't know what to call it.

"... I'm sure, I'm... clumsy..."

"No, that's not..."

No, I can't say enough about Atlas.

Cortex, who had fled to the desk to observe the whole thing, was also pointing his gaze of pity at Atlas, to the boulder.

Then,

"... I don't like it"

Atlas squeaks.

"... Huh?

Lucia leaked her questionable voice, not knowing why Atlas grumbled so.

"... Lucia. Don't give up, why don't you just fold one more?

"What... uh, yeah... but no matter how many times you do it, it must be the same, right?

That's what I said, Lucia, with her gaze down.

Then,

Gatan!

As the risen Atlas stood directly behind Lucia,

I turned my hand from behind her and placed two sheets of paper on the front.

Then open your mouth as you take one in your hand.

"Do as I say, move your fingers."

"What?! Ugh, yeah?!

Lucia attacking the sudden unfolding.

"So, let's go?

With that said, Atlas began to fold the paper.

Fold the square paper and make a triangle first.

It was a little creepy, but Lucia also imitates Atlas and makes a triangle.

"Fold it again..."

"... yeah..."

"So here's the problem."

It came from triangle to square.

"Ready? First, put your finger in the triangular bag and inflate it to the side."

"Uh... like this?

"Yes. So I hold this horn and this horn together with my fingers. Can you do that?"

"Yeah."

"So, then, from the opposite corner to the part you're suppressing with your finger, fold it with your other hand..."

And Atlas, which easily completes the square.

"Uh..."

Mimic Atlas in a dangerous way, Lucia trying to fold.

... but it seems oddly powerful that it doesn't work the way you want it to.

"Look, here's what we do"

With that said, Atlas takes Lucia's arms and teaches her to apply and subtract force.

Through Lucia's hand, Atlas gently puts his fingers on and folds them, as if looking through the corners of the origami.

"Look. I could"

"... wow"

For the first time, it was possible to expand into squares that could not be done many times.

Lucia looked very happy when she said she was just beginning to fold.

"So the other side is next."

"Yeah!"

And the two worked together, slowly, but surely.

"... so if I break your head, it's done"

"I got it!

The folds didn't fit, the sweat made them wet and wrinkled, and yet a two-legged walking crane with its own weight and bent neck was completed.

"If it's your first time, you can do it."

"Yeah! Thank you, Mr. Atlas!

Lucia turns her full grin to Atlas as she holds the worn crane she was able to do as if it were a treasure.

"I'll show your sister!

"Oh, oh... there you go..."

Atlas smiles bitterly at Lucia, who seems happy.

Lucia, however, did not leave the chancellor's office immediately and stopped once she laid her hands on the knob at the door.

And then, looking back, he opens his mouth like it's hard to say.

"Uh... when you get back, will you tell me again?

Lucia turned her upper hand toward Atlas, blushing her cheeks.

"... ah. I told you I'd take responsibility until Lucia broke the crane properly.

"Yeah! Thanks!

You were relieved to hear Atlas say that Lucia opened the door to the chancellor's office and ran to the underground large workshop.

Atlas and Cortex left in the room.

Cortex opens his mouth after making sure there are no more people nearby as well as Lucia.

"... I know you do, but watch out for role deviations ~"

"No, it's a crime to get your hands on Lucia in the first place,"

"Even if Atlas isn't willing to do that, Lucia isn't necessarily the same ~?

"... Huh."

To the words of Cortex, Atlas exhales deeply with his head in his arms.

"How can relationships be so hard..."

"Then shall I make it more complicated ~?

With that said, Cortex stood next to Atlas and kissed him without any hesitation on his cheek.

"... you know what? Where my brothers kissed me, you think I have something to think about?

"I mean it - what if I said...?

And when I wink with a happy grin, I look straight back and go back to my desk, Cortex.

"... ha... my stomach hurts..."

The remaining Atlas was to sink into the gutter and sofa, rubbing one's chest.