Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Around that time, Lucia, by the way ——

"Uh-huh... Teresa..." Guru

—— as Teresa wished (?), had his face messed up with tears and snot. She seems to have been more worried about her than anyone else in fact, although she had written unscrupulous words in the letter she sent to Teresa.

And next to that, there's waltz--

"I've told you many times, you don't have to worry too much, do you? Because it's common with Theresa's body, Cortex's body, maybe it's sturdy enough to fall in the" Great River "and not die... and worst of all, even if it's buried in a rock with metastatic magic, you should be able to break every rock and escape..."

—— and he was fooling around about his sister when he completely lost track of the output limiter hanging on Teresa's body. My sister uses metamorphotic magic to create a kick-ass for Teresa's shipwreck, and my sister takes away the means of escape... Apparently, this combination of sisters was the underlying cause of Theresa's impending shipwreck.

Those two wandered through the holes of the world tree for hours. Once in a while, we talk on the radio and make sure there is no Theresa where the radio waves arrive, change the location... He was literally walking around the world trees, from end to end.

But even now, at night, there is no response from Teresa... Lucia's heart, the person who transferred Teresa, seemed to bear the weight of her responsibility.

It's just, as I was saying, my sister Waltz didn't seem so worried.

"Look, when I sent you dinner via the Cortex item box, you got a letter back saying," Say yes, "right? Well, for now, it's not like you're stuck in inaction, and you don't have to worry so much, do you?

"But,” I said... "Gu.

"Um, that's it, think about it? Lucia. Do you really think someone who wants your help will give you a clean flat meal, carefully repackage it, make paper and pen it back the way it was? I can't find the words to write. It's a pain in the ass, right? Definitely..."

"... sister..."

"Yeah?"

"How do you know so much about Teresa?

"No, you don't understand, do you? I just felt that somehow...... (Wow, maybe my thoughts, Teresa is poisoning me?!

and waltz in a heartfelt hurry, following Lucia's allegations. Although her assumption that she had ”gotten a pain in the ass," that wasn't the result of her understanding of Theresa, it was just a coincidence —— apparently.

"... obnoxious"

"... then Lucia. Yes, but if I understood Theresa enough to read Theresa's thoughts... is that acceptable, Lucia?

"... Huh?

"Do you know what Teresa thinks so she can take it? Me. What do you think?

"Sooo... I might not like it"

"Right... Bye? Now think the other way around, okay? What if Lucia could read Teresa's thoughts? I mean, Lucia said something about Teresa--"

"... sister"

"Yeah?"

"Something's barren, so let's not think about this anymore..."

"... right"

Say that orally, then be silent... And Waltz and Lucia started walking among the world trees again.

Even then, as they have repeated so far, in a world tree where radio waves are difficult to pass from a distance, they continued their call by radio towards Theresa...... Theresa hasn't responded since.

By the way, the two of them weren't the only ones who were searching for Teresa in the world tree. Cortex and hunters manipulating macrophages had also joined Teresa's search, from the remote Mid-Eden. Others are waiting outside, sometimes extremely dangerous to explore in a world tree that they don't know will be attacked from anywhere.

However, the Cortex acted separately from the Waltz and were not present on the spot, thinking it would be more efficient to find them in a decentralized manner than to go around the same place for four. Perhaps by now, the Waltz and I are searching the other side across the center of the world tree.

And the sun sets, at night, and even late at night... Looks like Waltz, considering Lucia's physical limitations, decided to end the day's search.

"Lucia? No more today --"

"Yeah. I'm not leaving. Until I find Theresa, I won't give up..."

"But Lucia? If you fall, you'll be annoyed by the others? (Especially to Catalina...) And Teresa wouldn't be able to do anything about it right now, so I don't think it's going to change that once we get back? You're just gonna miss me for a day, aren't you? Teresa..."

That's what Waltz said, when he could fool around about his sister... Now Lucia said this, after a little thought, somewhere she seemed sorry.

"... then at the end of the day, I want to see that old woods. If I hadn't called in that place and heard back... I'd give up and go home today" Shin

"Okay. Which way, you'll be stopping by on your way home, so when you get to a place with a good view of the forest, let's call it in, shall we?

"... yeah"

When I said that and turned my heels back, I went back the way I came and the two sisters started walking in a direction where there was a crack in the world tree.

And after about half an hour of traveling through the cavity in the world tree, the two returned to the great cavity where the glowing mushrooms were growing on a rolling basis.