Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

The battles of the Cortex (mainly Atlas) were increasing in radicality... around that time.

Not yet, in a room at City Hall, gracefully (?) Waltz and the hunter, who were facing the Count, with tea in their mouths, and Yuki.

Waltz muttered roughly when he heard from the Count that the Count himself and the brave men, plus the soldiers of this town, were working together to fight, but could not clean up the minotaur that he had lived underground.

"What about a brave man who can't beat Minotaur? Minotaur doesn't seem that strong..."

Then the hunter, who heard her words, opens his mouth with a look like he was interested.

"Hmm? Does Waltz know about Minotaur?

"Yep. Um, with a musculoskeletal torso like a human... a horse, right?

"... it's Centaur..."

"Is that it? Was it?

and waltz as he mouths, in his head, replacing various animals and people's bodies.

Then for a while I thought about it and when the figure of a brave man in a cow mask appeared on his head, he finally seemed to remember what Minotaur looked like.

"Oh, that was a cow"

"A cow... If you ask me... well, I don't know if it's a cow..."

With that said, the hunter tried to overlap the cow image and minotaur that was in his own head.

As a result, either because the image of the cow she had did not subtly match that of Minotaur, or because she thought of a mysterious creature in her head, she seemed to unwittingly smile.

Apparently, the 'cow' in her head is not a Holstein breed dairy cow...

Waltz asked about her earlier reaction to a hunter who was laughing with his nose about something he might not have gotten good at.

"But... isn't Minotaur famous?

The hunter had a strange reaction to the phrase, "I know Minotaur.

Waltz thought it might be something awkward to know, but...

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Even in the labyrinth, he's the one who won't come out unless there's so much to it."

... In short, I guess Minotaur means, in this world, minor demons,

Then Yuki, who was sitting next to him, gives a slightly contemplative look and raises the question.

"Speaking of Minotaurs, I think it's like a labyrinth-specific demon... I mean, does this town have a labyrinth?

"Speaking of which, Yuki. You didn't know the structure of this town..."

"Um... yes. It was the first time I saw it coming..."

"No, you don't have to be afraid... I'm the one who didn't tell you."

By not knowing the structure of South Fortress, Waltz utters just words of follow-on to Yuki, who seems sorry.

Then she explained that a large number of soldiers once built a huge maze and trap around the city and beneath it, in order to protect it, as it pushed over to South Fortress.

Later, when we talked about a huge underground lake in the basement... Yuki opens her mouth again with a hazy look on her face.

"Could it be... that the labyrinth that was raging in Vixen disappeared, and the same thing happened, like a lake that was made instead, in the basement of this city?

"I don't know... I don't know that far, but maybe, back in the day, the same thing happened..."

With that being said... I think maybe when I dug the underground, I got caught up in Lucia's magical particle beams and earthly magic and was unknowingly exorcised... etc. Waltz.

Then as she turned that gaze to some distant place, remembering that there was no unidentified chunk of meat rolling in the tunnel... Yuki started talking back to Minotaur.

"... if there was a labyrinth in that underground lake, it is also possible that the minotaurs who originally lived there lived in the underground tunnels made by the waltzes."

"I see... (Either way, it's because we dug the hole, so...)"

Waltz said so, breathing a small sigh, then rose his seat.

Apparently, she felt annoyed by the look of the Count, who was deeply contemplating what to do because she encountered problems that could not be helped by her own...

Shortly after she took her seat,

"Oh? Quickly, are you going to exorcise Minotaur? We're going out?"

A hunter who stands to chase himself and speaks to her like that.

But somehow, unlike the Count, her expression was always bright...

"... something, hunter, sounds happy to you?

Waltz asks, wondering how she is like that.

The hunter then began to answer the question as he took his favorite dagger out of the bag he had and checked for any deficiencies in maintenance.

"... nasty? I may be careless, but lately, I haven't had time to hunt... So, if you think Waltz and I can go hunting for the first time in a long time, be happy. I've... I've found the time, I've been training. Just worship the back dust like you used to, 'cause that's not gonna happen, is it? Look at that, huh?

"Oh yeah... (I thought you were out hunting every morning... you weren't...)"

Waltz struck such an appropriate gavel and smiled bitterly as if he was just a little shuddered on the surface.

But inside of it, he seemed to feel an not insignificant apology for creating a cause for the hunter getting caught up in his busy...

Yuki then also took a seat, offering a gratuity against the Count before hurrying after the two...

And as they came to the door, the three turned to the Count... Waltz said to himself, to the Count, who had a quiet gaze.

"Excuse me, Count. I'm going to clean up a little bit, can you wait about 30 minutes?

"... Huh?

"... after all, was it a long time? Then 20 minutes... no, I'll clean it up in 5 minutes, just give me a minute"

Those on the spot waltz a strange look at the sudden reduction in time to 1/6.

In that, the Earl immediately returned his expression and smiled slightly, opening his mouth.

"Originally, I understand that it is outside (among others) to annoy Mr. Waltz's hand. But embarrassingly, we're... we're the ones who can't help it. So please, if you have time, please help us..."

Standing from the chair I was sitting in, saying so, I bow my head, Count.

Waltz then began to utter words he was trying not to say that much, feeling like it would be a grand tour of apology.

"No, it's me who's worse, so keep your head up. I'm going to know that this happened because I'm going to make a trap without a proper investigation. Responsible, all heads (?) Don't worry, I'll kill you."

"What... Oh, yes. Please..."

To waltz, who said so lightly, surprise, joy... and other complex expressions containing emotions of various colors, Count.

Against him like that, Waltz, in a token...

"Well. Shall we go"

As if trying to walk away from the scene as soon as possible, turning around and opening the door, he first walked out of the room.

And then, like Waltz, he speaks two or three words with the Count, and then comes the hunter and Yuki.

"So, what are we gonna do?

At the right time to catch up, the hunter asks Waltz.

"Right... In the meantime, why don't we go in through the nearby entrance"

"Then... is that it? of our parents... the entrance to the tunnel that was on the site."

"... er... something, I'm sorry..."

"No, don't worry about it. I broke it, not waltz. Instead, I'm going to make the house more luxurious next time, so you can spin your budget on Cortex, okay?

"Yeah... Make sure you do (blood tax...)"

That's what I said, smiling, waltz scratching my cheeks.

Thus the three were to enter the underground tunnel from the entrance near the top of the hill where the city stood, in the form of a chase after the Cortex...

Note.

Behind those two...

"(Minotaur, Minotaur... I feel like I'm forgetting something, but I can't remember... The meat is delicious... oh, is that it?

I forgot because Yuki tried to remember something important, and I remembered something else... after all, promise, should I say...