Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

'So... what's the other question ~? Brother ~'

and Cortex pointing the water against the Atlas I was thinking about.

Atlas then asked his sister, with a slightly more difficult look on her face.

'Strella... if it's true, what's wrong with her that we're supposed to be talking about here?

and newbie (?) Atlas asks around, as Teresa can tell.

The moment I heard that word, the waltz next to him frowned... probably because, until this time, I had completely forgotten my sister's existence...

Such waltz appeared to have passed on to Cortex, who was on the other side of the radio wave, but she replied to Atlas without saying anything about it.

"Come on? You seem to be alive, but you're not returning a response to the call ~. Through the intelligence officer, I hear that Master Canopus and your sister Strella are doing well, so ~... perhaps your sister has left you too much and you're coming to your head ~? Right? Your sister?

'... no, I know... I know...'

And Waltz insists he knows, even though he's left his sister in the neighboring country for months.

Either way, there's no mistake that Waltz himself cares about his sister, so I wonder if there's any movement from her, too, in the near future.

After such an exchange... Teresa asked Cortex.

"... it's Cole, right? How's the royal castle going? Is the hunter doing well?

'Yes. It looks like your sister used Tentacle Elephant's foot meat to make round BBQ like manga meat today, too ~? I'm crying that there's no one to eat for me ~'

"Hmm. It's the way it always is."

'No, I don't think so. It...'

That's what I said and sighed...... and imagine the hunter, waltz with a bitter smile.

Then, following a brief confirmation of the situation in the King's Capital and the sharing of handover matters, the meeting that day seemed to be hauling to an end.

Later, under Atlas (?) from the knights, too, into carrying out a small number of reconnaissance units in the neighborhood......

And it's a story after Atlas disappeared from the spot.

"... after all, now concubines are in a happy mood. I'm sure you're happier than you were before you lost your life?

Theresa, who was about to go to her companions who had fallen asleep earlier, stopped unexpectedly and said such a thing.

"Yes...... I don't think anything's changed.

"Something like this... I feel like I could have been a Waltz's family..." Niyali

"... just go to sleep!

say, with the back of your hand, waltz showing you how to get rid of Teresa

Theresa, however, did not obey her words and mouthed this inquiry when she gave her a look that seemed inadvertently difficult.

"Whew, waltz? The Lord... even if this sounding noise was someone's contentious noise... is he still not going to intervene?

Hearing the words, Waltz narrowed his eyes as he watched the burning fire... and replied with a hard look.

"... yeah. It may seem cruel, but there's no direct intervention whenever possible. I've told Catalina before, but if you start saving one, you have to save everyone, right? I think that's going to be a big deal someday, for us, and for the side to be saved. These hands are not infinite, and I have things to do... (and one day...)"

I said, waltz meditating on my eyes watching the bonfire.

That flame she was watching was supposed to be a gentle light that just warmed her body quietly.

But right now, the scenery she would be thinking of probably doesn't include the word 'kindness' in any way.

In fact, the expression of Waltz, who meditated on his eyes, never seemed to catch on.

In advance of her reaction like that...... Theresa said this to Waltz, for some reason, as she stopped heading to the place of energy where the bed would be available and returned to the side of the incendiary fire where she had just risen, lowering her hips there and looking up at the sky that was dyeing in pitch black.

"I can't even say this is an opportunity, so I have something to tell the Lord right now."

"... stop slandering me, right? For once, you're hurtful."

"Mm-hmm. Don't worry. How could a concubine say that to Waltz?

And Teresa turned her gaze back from the black sky to the waltz... and opened its mouth.

"The Lord... is not alone now. At the time I came to this world, only Miss Lucia might have been able to forgive me, but now I have a concubine, Lord Catalina, the Hunter Hall and Julia... and countless others, right? And the fellows also have various acquaintances, and beyond that, the knights of the royal castle and the people of the king's capital are also connected... Now Waltz has 10 million Mid-Eden people on his side. Of course, some of them may rebel. But the concubine assures you that they are a small number. So the Lord...... could I live more honestly with myself? The Lord already has enough power to force his thoughts through and change this country."

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"Ah... but if you honestly try to live, don't you want me to tell you that the concubines get in the way first, or whatever you think?

"That's not true."

That's what makes me laugh bitterly, Waltz.

I'm not sure if that Theresa's words were merely troublesome sermons for Waltz... but there seems to have been nothing for Waltz to argue with about them.

It will be the next day, and everyone will wake up...

Then every day, when the desperate breakfast snatch by the knights began.

Looking at them like that, Lucia, who looked deliciously cheeky with thawed Inari sushi, tried to mouth the last one... at that time.

Stuff!

To Atlas, who was in a position to bind the knights, the black-backed men appeared.

Seeing them kneeling in front of Atlas...... apparently they are the knights that Atlas has unleashed as a scourge.

Then they gave the scroll to Atlas, saying nothing in particular, and from the spot,

Stuff!

and disappear......

At that time, Eve, who saw them, seemed as excited for some reason as never before.

"Dear Lucia! Did you see it?! Now!"

"What? The knights in black?

"Yes, yes, yes! That must be" carrot "?!

"Carrot?

"Something... Screw the strong, help the weak, black-crush five-person unit 'Carrot'?

"Phew, hmm... (I don't know what it is... Absolutely, Eve, I think I'm getting something wrong...)"

and that Lucia is tilting her neck.

With the scrolls that Atlas had received, he approached the simplified desk where they were eating.

And talk about this.

"You know very well, Eve. I told the scout squad to platoon every five of us."

"What? Isn't that 'carrot' m"

"Eve seems to be studying a lot, brother. Glad to hear that?/(adv, adv-to) (1) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk

"Ha ha!

and eve and atlas wearing the usual skinship.

Lucia also seemed to smile at whether such an exchange between the two seemed smiling.

Well, for Eve, maybe it was just a disaster...

Then Atlas comes to Waltz, who was eating breakfast without his hands, and gets to his sister. No, no, open the scroll... and look through its contents...

…………

... gave me a look that seemed difficult without saying anything.

Waltz asks, seeing how he is like that.

"... what? Breakfast will no longer taste good, silent pressure?

"No... hey, I'm in trouble..."

"Atlas...... That I don't like trouble, you know t"

"There's a civil unrest going on in the town ahead..."

"... on top of this, it's a hassle..."

If you try to refuse to listen, you'll be told before you refuse, and Waltz worries if you want to block your ears and decide not to listen because you can do it afterwards.

But in the end, she wouldn't show the trick of blocking her ears... just pointing a sharp gaze at the end of the street where she would be going.