Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... So, Teresa? Not yet?"

"... waltz, may I ask you one thing?

"Huh? Why is Teresa sorting bugs, not me? That's because Theresa was there?

".................. um" Slow

Couldn't you refuse more than Waltz asked, Teresa, who was sorting out the bugs that kept coming from her people. She didn't work alone from the beginning, but seemed to share and sort (...) with (...) Waltz, Lucia, and Beatrice.... Yes, until just now.

"Wouldn't it be better with incineration disposal after all?

"Right."

"Right. When you're done with the Theresa you have left, why don't we all burn it?

"... the lords. I'd like to ask you another question.... Why are there more insects just at the concubine's cage? And about 4x..."

"" "............... Come on?

"... maybe not anymore..." Slowly

At some point, the contents of the cage (mulberry basket) that was at Waltz's place were emptied, and instead, the cage that was at my place was filled with worms full of chips... Theresa, who saw it, gave it a loud look already and exhaled a great deal. At that time, she didn't stick up at the desk in front of her because of the wreckage of a black object rolling in there...

That sort of bug they were doing —— it was, in large part, divided into three types of work: the first was to sample only living bugs and isolate them in another box; the second was to strip chip-like magic props from dead bugs and retrieve them. And the third is to divide the dead bug into disposal bags.

When they were done, it was their role until they sent the former two to Cortex, who is in Mid-Eden via macrophages. And then Cortex boiled, baked and analyzed, and it seemed like we were supposed to find out who was controlling the bugs for what. Then maybe the ”black bug” is really the bug......

As a result, there was a tragic (at best) sight in front of Teresa that literally embodied ”chisel is toss is toss”, but was her mind already paralyzed or, conversely, she couldn't afford it at all... It doesn't look like she feels sick to her, she just quietly proceeded with the pale work. Conversely, the other three people on the spot stopped working because of the still humane warmth in their hearts (?) because it left......

"Teresa, come on... I'll rip your chips off from the bug a lot, okay? Don't you feel sorry for me or something?

"Well, it's a job someone has to do... I keep my heart as a fox, so I don't feel anything..."

"Even I feel a little sorry for the bugs..."

"It's not a big task if you think that the concubine will endure here and dismantle the worms, and someday someone will be saved somewhere..."

"Oh yes...... You think that's important? So, good luck with the rest, huh?

"... I knew I could stop it?

With that said, Teresa gently places the cage with the black bugs next to the basket for disposal. I watched her act like that, but no one blamed her because everyone on the spot was thinking the same thing? i.e. —— I don't want to see bugs or anything like that again, ….

In that case. As if to break the heavy painful air drifting in the room (?), out of nowhere, I heard voices like this.

"Concubine ~? Have you dismantled the worm yet ~? One, at the expense of one, might help one human being ~? Come on, dismantle it quickly!

It is a Cortex that was operating macrophages. Apparently, she came to remind Teresa to give the sorted bugs away quickly.

"... Oh, it's Cole. Again, I don't understand why you're telling that to your concubine? Miss Lucia and Bear are here, and waltz...... as good, well, aren't there any other workers you can ask for in addition to your concubine?

'Yeah, you sure would be right. But think about it. I'm a concubine, so to speak. Of all the members I am there, who can I rely on the most ~... you know ~? Your sister won't talk to you ~... "

Listen to that word--

"What... so, Cor, you're saying you can't rely on me and Bear?

"That's a little sad..."

—— and Lucia and Beatrice, who each say so. For them like that, Cortex's casual words seemed a little caught on. It should be noted that Waltz seems to have deflected her gaze from the macrophage and thinned her shadow, sooo, but omit what she thought, needless to say.

Cortex, on the other hand, said this casually to two people who seemed unconvinced that their words had thorns.

"No, I'll tell you without misunderstanding, there's nothing you can never rely on ~? It's just that ~... the concubine was the only one working until the end, so in view of the current situation, until I said so.... Am I saying something wrong ~?

………… ♪ Biku ♪

"... ha. I'm in no trouble with Cole at all..."

"Yeah, I know. ~? That word is often said by various people ~ '

so cortex that puffs the body of the macrophage. After receiving her words like that, Lucia and Beatrice also seemed to tremble into small pieces as they leaned down...... The meaning of the tremor, at least, seemed very different between the two of us and Cortex.