Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

'... Streller? Are we good now? Hey, we just need to talk. "

Strella...... That's one of the homunculus made by the waltz. Specifically, he is the sister of Atlas and the sister of Cortex. Well, to be exact, it's a few seconds difference that the three of them were born into this world, so there's no going up or down in age, and I might say ”triplets”.

In contrast to such a strella, Waltz, who flew the waves, seemed a little nervous at this time, imagining a response that would fly from his sister. He was nervous, but therefore, to mislead it, he was forced to speak brightly.

Because Waltz, while saying that he would send Strella to the Kingdom of Merclio for a short period of time, was almost unattended and hadn't been in touch until today. Because of that, I didn't seem worried about what my sister would tell me. Well, the Kingdom of Merclio is the Mid-Eden Republic of the Waltz and the Eclerian kingdom they antagonize (?) Although we seem to be in close contact with the same homunculus sisters Cortex to coordinate the front, as it is a country in the middle of the

Then it won't be long before I get a response back from Strella.

"I can't."

Two, two, two...

Strella that instantly disconnects communication, whether it's kanji or sound, with just two letters in her mouth. Apparently, she's quite angry, as Waltz expected.

But Waltz's didn't seem to be tofu mental enough to give up there either.

'I'm sorry I left you,' you think? Besides, I'm counting on you to deal with Eccleria... '

Then, in response to that word, the response returns from the stretcher that should have disconnected the wireless communication.

'I assure you, sister, you don't think I'm ever, ever sorry, do you? Don't you really think it's okay if we get through this? Otherwise, for a long time, no tone out, that's impossible.'

".................. I'm really sorry" Shin

Was it a picture star, or couldn't you find the words to say it back...... A waltz shunned enough to tell over communications.

Strella, by contrast, continued to say this by changing her attitude slightly as to whether she had received such Waltz's reaction as an apology.

It's all right now, isn't it? I couldn't bother going back to Mid-Eden because Merclio had something like where I was too... '

…… Where? '

"Yeah, a place. It's a very comfortable place, isn't it? I live with Canopus as a temporary first royal of the kingdom of Merclio, but in this position, I can do whatever I want.... gather smart demons to build private forces, attack S-class adventurers regularly, attack soldiers, tighten the wind discipline, etc. That's not too bad, is it? This, the princess's position, he said. '

'No, it's not bad or bad or anything like that before... uh, sounds fun?

If you denied Strella's words, waltz how she felt like she was going to be in a bad mood and decided to affirm it for now. She seemed to want to keep her sister in the mood as good a condition as possible. Anyway, Waltz contacted me like this not because of anything, because he wanted to hear Strella's voice, but because he had a favor to ask her...

You guessed Waltz's intentions like that, and Strella threw this kind of inquiry at her sister.

'Well? Speaking of which, sister, what can I do for you today? Well, there's no way you're gonna call me without errands, is there? I haven't contacted you before...'

"Ugh..."

"Oh? Drawings?

'... ugh, yeah. You... you know what Mana is? That transparent watery looking one. Well, Merclio is one of the biggest producers of magic props, and there's no way you don't know...'

"Yep. Of course you do, don't you?...... hmmm. I mean, she wants mana, right? But you don't know if I might be mad, do you?

"Ugh..."

"You see the soul gall..."

and Strella who looks happy somewhere and speaks so. It didn't seem like she was angry at her sister, who hadn't heard from her in a long time.

Though, I'm happy, it didn't seem like it.

"Oh, my God... it's your sister's favor... what do you want?

"Do something there......"

But? Isn't it in Mid-Eden, like Mana? Or maybe, sister, you don't know where the mana is in Mid-Eden? No way, huh? '

'No, of course you know where mana is and how to make it, don't you? (Catalina and Cortex...) But we're just a little short. Even if we gather the mana that's all over Mid Eden, you know...'

"What? What are you doing? Sister...... '

"Now, I'm in a country named Alborosa, and the world tree there is about to break. So, Catalina needs a lot of mana to fix it. Roughly... about a ton of mana for a big lake in the middle of your country, right?

The moment Waltz said so ——

"I can't."

Two, two, two...

—— and a streller to disconnect the line again.

Then again, she will not respond to Waltz's contact... Until Catalina, who was listening to that exchange, called directly, Strella seems to have decided to ignore it.