Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"So null? Don't you know a town near here or something?

"Near here, say this, there are no big towns or villages. Small settlements just dot. If it is a town on the road ahead… is the town of Zapato close?"

"The town of Zapato?

"Yes, there is a mountain range that separates this central plain from the western plain where Yulia's parents' Shah family live, but it is a town built in that mountain (or so-so), a mining city inhabited by the Dwarves"

Listen to that explanation,

"" Hmmm...... "

and sisters of Waltz and Lucia with overlapping voices.

Apparently, they both reacted to the word 'mine'.

However, Null didn't seem to know what the two people in front of him had reacted to.

Because the words she described that the girls of her age would react to should not have included any.

"Um... is something wrong?

As a result, she asks worryingly if there was anything that could not be explained to her.

But of course not.

Waltz and Lucia both opened their mouths somewhere intrigued and so on.

"Hey, Null. What kind of mines can you pick in that town?

"Right...... different things can be picked, but in those with high rare value, adamantite or misrill. Plus, it looks like you can pick platinum or gold (do they want the ingredients for the accessories?

"What about iron?

"Iron......? Seems to be able to mine... but it doesn't seem to be very profitable and shouldn't have been mined on such a large scale"

"" Hmm. ""

"Um... is there something in the iron?

"" Yeah. "" Sift.

"Oh, really..."

Null of how he couldn't hide his bewildered expression in front of the sisters, who suddenly began to shake their heads together, listening as intriguing as he could.

Then a hunter sitting beside her like that, who knew the circumstances, began to explain instead of the waltzes.

"Actually, null. Null may not know, but the waltzes have made their fortune by selling iron."

"... Yes?

"No, you know, hunter? That's too much. Sure, they also sold iron, but there are other things like orihalcon, nickel, chromium..."

"But it was born in the process of making iron, it's a by-product, right? Then I guess it's not a mistake to say that I made a fortune out of iron and stuck it up to the top of Mid-Eden?

"Hmm, well, if you say so... no, I'm not going up to the top, am I?

and waltz how he wanted to argue with the hunter's words.

But there's no way the hunter noticed that...

She went through and continued the words about Waltz.

"So, null. You better watch out for the waltzes, huh? Leaving it alone in the mine... I dug up all the deposits on the spot, and I can't even throw them out of the way to take over the country! ♪ To

"What.................. what?!

Null how the hunter's words were unbelievable to the Russians, doubting his ears.

At that time, Yuki B, who was sitting at her side, seemed to have a similar look...

The Waltz and Yuki A, who have been acting together for quite some time, seemed to just smile when they heard the hunter's words.

By the way.

The Waltz didn't seem to see you deny it.

Well, I'm not supposed to do anything about Boreas to them, but I don't think there's going to be any mining or refining, etc.

"Looking forward to it?

"Yeah. I was wondering if I could pick a metal or something I've never seen?

"What do you think?

Waltz, being friendly, strikes a gavel at his sister's words...

Later, towards Null, I threw this question at him.

"With that said, Null? Well, The What a town, far from here?

"... it is the town of Zapato. Right...... at this pace, I think if you take about 2 days to get close to the mountains you will see soon enough, and beyond that, go north along Sawa for about 3 days, you will get there. But the biggest problem with this journey...... is that it's so hard to get over the mountains. We have to cross the mountains without going through the western streets, so at this time of year, I think it will probably take about two weeks. So as for the whole journey, it would take about three weeks."

The more such a null story goes, the more...

"..............." Slow down.

Lucia, whose brilliance disappears from her eyes and becomes an eye like a dead fish.

From her head like that, the word 'mine' probably vanished in an instant...

Instead, the word 'Inari Sushi' must be growing in bulk and filling it.

Even if she keeps doing it right, the next time she can replenish Inari sushi is in three weeks.

There's no way Lucia can stand it.

"Oh, sister..."

She began to tremble in small pieces with a look that seemed to break even now.

"(Uh, Miss Lucia developed withdrawal symptoms... After all, there must have been something like that Inari sushi, Yaku...)"

"(You're in trouble... I don't have any fries here... Worst of all, with soybeans and seawater, I can handle the rest, but I don't have that either...)"

"All we have to do now is ask Cortex to deliver your sushi from Wang Du?

"So, but I apologize to the hunter who makes it for me..."

Lucia said so, once she closed her mouth and eyes...

I put a look on my face like I was determined to do something to my fellow worried gaze, and then I said:

"... yeah. I think we're gonna have to put up with this now!

Listen to that word.

"" "What?!

and react as if, hearing an impossible word, etc.

Before such companions, Lucia continued her words.

... although she seemed a little confused.

"I was just talking about Null, except for the mountains, because it looks like we're going to reach the town of Zapato in about 5 (...) days in total...... I think we can work hard, if that's about it!/(adv, adv-to) (1) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk

"... hmm? Wait a minute, Lucia. Any time beyond the mountains?

"Huh? Mountains? Sister...... Trying to cross the mountain, it's gonna take a while, okay?

…………

In that one word, the waltzes of how Lucia guessed what she was going to do.

But there was no one to speak out against such Lucia's selfishness because of the circumstances under which everyone had to rush the journey, or because there was no other reason why there was nothing else to be done...

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Even that day, Waltz and I were to travel to near evening and camp in the middle of the snowfield.

There seemed to be some thick cloud covering over their heads like that.

Seeing it, Waltz shrugged at Yuki, who was next door.

"Is it snowing?

"Yep. Mostly, when these temperatures are drifting low with clouds that feel creepy, it's roughly a precursor to snowfall, right?

"It's my snow. If we keep doing this, in one day, it's going to snow a lot, and it's going to travel faster than ever before..."

With that said, waltz frowning.

Yuki then turned his gaze to Waltz, who was similarly looking up at the sky.

And then I squeezed my expression a little tighter and then I asked her.

"Are you worried about Lucia?

"No, Lucia doesn't have to eat Inari sushi to die, so I'm not worried about that... but if the snow falls any further, you're worried the carriage won't be able to move on."

"Right...... Even on the central plains of Boreas, in this part of the South, we don't shake that much snow, so we managed to get this far... because it's not necessarily the same up ahead. Especially on the front side of the mountain range, there is a lot of snow, so even large streets can be blocked frequently during the winter. When the carriage gets stuck and can't move, it's hard..."

"Hmm. The world over here is similar... By the way, Julia, where's the house?

"Is it the Western Plains? It's not snowing over there, is it?

"What... even though it's Boreas?

"Um... just because it's Boreas doesn't mean it snows in all regions, does it?

After Yuki said that, she began to talk about why it didn't snow.

The story seemed a little important to Waltz as well.

"The western plains face neighboring 'kingdom of Alborosa', so warm, damp air flows in all year round. Instead of snowing because of it, it rains a lot this time of year."

"What's that? It's midwinter in Boreas, but the country next to it is warm all year round...... what paranormal?

"I hear it's not a natural phenomenon, is it? The 'World Tree' at the heart of the country is controlling the country's climate."

"... the world tree?

"Yes. Uh... that's it. It's like a tree growing in the capital of Mid-Eden."

"Ah... I see"

Listen to Yuki, waltz how the point went.

And she mouthed the name of someone she'd only met once quite a while ago.

"In short, the country ruled by Vega the Demon King..."

Once, when Mid-Eden was still a kingdom.

Vega, the demon kings who tentatively occupied the king's capital, in a gap of confusion in their internal affairs.

It was in the kingdom of Alborosa, a country to the west of Boreas, that they were captured by the waltzes and returned using metamagic instead of a round of roses.