Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Then, after sharing a common view among the five of us that Energia has drilled a hole in the road, keep quiet.

A braveless nascent brave party (?) walking inside the town of Alk, paying attention to Magi Mouse, who may be lurking in the snow.

But the boulders didn't run into the second magpie mouse in the city, and the five of them finally made it to the tavern.

Then there, this was the sound.

Kowong......

Kowong......

Kowong......

It is a constantly spaced sound, like beating a tree to something.

It was a tree spirit in a city where people weren't walking, creating a unique atmosphere.

If you meditated on your eyes and heard that sound, maybe it makes you feel like this is in the woods where the woods live.

In fact, the audio source seemed to be the sound produced by smashing the tree with an axe.

And when the hunter saw the person who had that axe, he ran over for a small run and called out.

"Mr. Village Chief! Long time no see!

A man who was wearing a cold suit and pounding his axe on firewood with all his heart...... he is the owner of a tavern.

As soon as he heard the voice flying towards him, he showed some deliberate way to wipe the sweat off his forehead before responding to her greeting.

"Hmm? Ooh! Long time no see! Hunter's lady. By the way, I'm the mayor now, right?

"Oops, this is rude. Looking good, Mayor."

"Ha-ha! You look good, too!

With that said, the mayor of the town of Alk, the owner of the Tortoise tavern, puts the axe on the spot and shows it taking a breath.

Even under the circumstances in which Magimouse was trekking through the city, nothing seemed to disturb him and pull him inside the tavern.

Then he asked with a bitter smile as he turned his gaze to the one-of-a-kind member who was behind the hunter.

"Amber as good...... what can I say about this, but it's a weirdly dressed party, huh?

Then, the shopkeeper and several knowledgeable swordsmen waved blush and began to explain the situation.

"This is a trial that your sister imposed on us?!

"Hmm? Your sister?

"Uh..."

The swordsman gets confused about what to call the hunter as a result of being questioned by the store owner.

Because I've ever called a hunter "sister" or "sister," or the original name "hunter" or "lease" (?) didn't seem to come out of my mouth right away.

... For the record, her real name is Elizabeth,

Have you guessed that, or have you seen it?

Now the sage, dressed as a woman, opened his mouth.

"... This is a trial prepared for us by the Hunter Hall. At first, it was a curriculum prepared by the Hunter Hall for Energia to be like a girl, but sometime we got involved too...... As a result, we dress like women to this day."

"Hmm. I see..."

and now the shopkeeper with a convincing look.

But just one thing, words I really don't understand (?) There seemed to be.

"By the way... what the hell is that 'Negi' thing? From what I've heard, it sounds like someone's name..."

5 people who listen to that word and shut up for a while.

Needless to say, I was just waiting for Energia to start talking to herself... somehow, no matter how, until how long ago, there seemed to be no sign that she would start talking, which was transforming into swordsman armor.

So her partner, the swordsman, starts explaining instead.

"Is Energy my precious partner? It's turned into armor now, but this kid has the will, too, right?... See, energy? Say hello to the mayor?

and a swordsman who touches the black armor he was wearing and speaks toward it.

If someone who doesn't know the circumstances sees a man speaking against an unspeakable armor and the outfit of a woman hiding from under that armor, they will feel overwhelmed, creepy, or sorry for being there.

In fact, seeing the look on the face of the shopkeeper, who was turning his gaze on the swordsman, he must have been worried exactly how to react.

But still, the energy, it didn't try to talk inside out.

If you think about her normally, you shouldn't be able to think much about people being familiar or anything, but if you think about the fact that each person is not good at it, maybe Energia wasn't particularly good at being a liquor store owner who seemed soft at first glance.

The swordsmen thought about that and couldn't help but wait for her words like this, so they tried to change the subject...... at which point the reaction finally occurs to the energy.

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah...

And, unwrapping the micromachines that comprised the swordsman's armor, falling to the ground, and being a piece of it, becoming a girl......

But when she became a man, for some reason she hid behind the swordsman's back.

Then she uttered such a bomb statement while hiding behind the swordsman.

"This guy stinks......"

"Hey......?!

…………

"What...?!

"To the first person I met... that's an amazing statement..."

People on the spot who inadvertently doubt their ears because of the extra environmental sound being absorbed into the snow that was around them, or because of the unexpectedly crystal clear sound of the words of energy, even though it was not so loud.

Especially the swordsman hiding her on his back, who sometimes had lost his armor or felt like a painful gaze coming from the shopkeeper and didn't seem to mind.

But the shopkeeper, over the swordsman, didn't do anything to stare at the energy.

Instead, he seemed, listening to her, even upset.

"Yes, no, that shouldn't be... the smell should have gone away properly... Huh?! Hey, nothing..."

The owner of the liquor store starts to smell his own body odor when he hears that rambling directed at her that looks just like the fox girl who used to live in this town and says it's nothing.

And there came untold silence among those who were on the spot...

Then a while later, over everyone's heads, when there was a good amount of snow.

Come on, it's getting cold, and we moved the place for discussion into the tavern.

Earlier, Energia made an extremely rude statement to the shopkeeper, but he didn't seem to care about it, and he seemed to offer a honey-rich hot lemon for all the guests who came.

And it seemed that the hunter decided to serve the purpose for which he had come to the shopkeeper when he gave his little mouth to the hot lemon tea.

That is, the question is, have you not seen the brave man?

Well, as far as the store owner's reaction so far, it seems unlimited that he knows anything is close to zero.

"Hey, mayor. Have you seen the brave man?

"Brave man? Endercia boy?

"Hmmm... well, that's what I'm saying, but he's looking like a maid now, and he shouldn't look like a man at all"

"What is that...... Well, good. I didn't see that, did I? I've been here a long time."

and the shopkeeper who speaks the words the hunter expected.

When I heard the words, all those other than the energy who started the hunter and were on the spot, seemed to have an unfortunate look on their face… all of them, shutting their mouths because there was no information coming from the shopkeeper about the brave man when I asked him how much.

In that, I ask him if the energy that was tilting the mug with lemon tea while imitating the hunter is now accustomed to it.

"Hey, Mr. Mayor? How come all the people in this town, they don't come out of the house? Earlier, loud noises in the alley...... yeah, nothing '

Then the shopkeeper, with a more and more expressive look as to whether he was still heavily wounded in an invisible place, begins to answer the energy question.

"Sora, because we're all scared. I don't know when the magpie mouse monster will hit me from under the snow, so I don't want to accidentally go out there. We all have stockpiles, so we'll be watching for a while and waiting for most of them to cool off."

and the shopkeeper who narrows his eyes and talks.

His sunless expression was apparently not caused only by the fact that he was hurt by the words of Energia.

Seeing that bitter look, the hunter now spoke to the shopkeeper with a bright look as he tried.

"We've got a week. Waltz will do something about it, so be a little more patient."

"Is that the lady... What the hell are you gonna do with her?

"Come on? I don't know what I'm familiar with either. I just believe that Waltz would do something about it."

"Even a boulder knight feels good.... Well, leave it to that lady, she'll do something about it"

and then sigh, and smile bitterly at the shopkeeper.

Still, the hunter's words seemed to spare some time (if any) to the shopkeeper's mind because the dark colors were clearer than his expression earlier.