Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Just raising the planet's surface vertically, even if it rises to altitudes of thousands of kilometers, doesn't change the body feel of gravity so greatly. Going to space and becoming free of gravity is the result of an equal difference between the centrifugal force caused by flying around the planet at high speeds and the gravity of the planet itself.

Thus, at about the height of the world tree, the waltzes never felt the cosmic ”gravity free”. Nevertheless, the view you can see from it, though the universe itself, seemed not to be an exaggeration.

"" "………" "Pocahontas"

"Precisely Planetarium... Well, in fact, it's a monitor..."

over the planet, a dark world that had spread approximately 100 km. But there, it was completely dark, not... Incredibly countless stars shined in the usual night sky amidst such a clear view that they were likely to be sucked in. To parable —— in the gap between the stars, it's hard to find the black part, enough to say….

Those who watched such a sight were reacting differently to each of them. And some admire, and some fear, and some look again upon a man called himself, and some ——

"My concubine wants to try to get here on her own someday..."

—— He seemed to be pointing his admirable gaze.

In the meantime, the two younger men were having this conversation.

"Something... I'm scared..."

"You know how it feels..."

In a world where we can't grasp distance because of the lack of air, there are large planets behind us that give us an overwhelming presence, and there are so many stars that even the word "countless” shines before us... Eve and Rosemary, thinking about themselves in such a sight, felt like they were getting smaller than usual and seemed to have feelings closer to fear.

Then, you were listening to those two words, and the energies said it like this with their chests stretched.

"It's okay! I'll protect you all!

There, not ”me," but "us," right?

Rosemary and Eve respond after hearing such words of encouragement.

"... thank you, Ene. Marie, I'm so relieved."

"Right. It's not the Eves that are flying through the universe, it's the Enes."

'To tell the truth... We're just piloting a ship, too, so I don't think it's gonna be much different from the two of us under the circumstances, huh?

"Do you just see a little bit more things than everyone else?

"Hmm, maybe..."

"Then aren't you afraid of Ene and the others?

'Yeah. There's Mr. Victor on board...'

More importantly, we're all on board. If it were just us, I'd probably miss you and be back on the ground soon. "

"Oh well... that's right. If you think Eve has everyone too, you might not be scared anymore!

"Yes! Near Marie, I forgot there was both Master Eve and Mr. Dragon!

That being said, Eve and Rosemary completely erase the scary look and rejoice instead.

Meanwhile...

Looks like someone who still had a serious look on his face was on the spot.

"... Teresa. At this point, I confess clearly, right?

"... I always feel like I'm being made clear..."

"Me... I don't like high places!

"Hmm. Master Left. So, if you're this high, how can you not feel scared or something? Because the ground is not visible..."

"So please hold hands! [incomprehensible]

"... Lord, you didn't listen to people, did you?

Apparently, Beatrice just wanted to hold Teresa's hand for now, regardless of the foregoing or the reason.

It should also be noted that Lucia, who was watching it, was a little late --

"Well, I'll take this hand, won't I? Isn't that good? There's nothing less..."

—— and it is unclear why Teresa began to hold her left hand.

Then I was waved both hands with a boom by two people who had a happy look on their face...... Teresa inquired toward Waltz, who was sitting in the captain's seat.

"Wow, it's waltz. Shouldn't it be time to get there?

"Really...... energy? What's the altitude now?

"Er... Zero is here, Mr.... 120,000 meters!

"Yes. Well, I'll see you soon."

That's what I said, waltz looking in the direction of progress again.

Then it won't be long before I see one change in the world tree.

"Looks like you haven't grown any leaves, but you can see the heavenly side."

…………

"For once, you're looking like a tree, huh?

The heavenly edge of the world tree that was on the path of energy. There, the likeness of branches without leaves of trees was seen thin. However, from trunks that extend to 8 km in diameter of the world tree, the branches are extremely thin…. Because of that, they couldn't see the branches from the ground. That appearance might, rather, be better described as ”capillary" than as a branch.

"... energy. Could you dodge that branch and go around on the tree?

"Aisa"

When the energies answered that, the starlight began to flow through the view that was illuminated by the bridge walls. From top to bottom at first. In the meantime, I wonder if I have circled clockwise around the direction of travel, flowing from top to bottom again.

And turning clockwise again, where the black shadow of the planet came under everyone's feet...... Waltz accidentally leaked this way when he saw the view he had seen there.

"Honestly... it was totally different than I had imagined..."

What was on the heavenly side of the world tree. It was like a giant ”birdcage” surrounded by thin branches. Nevertheless, the gap in the net was far wider than that of the hull of energy, which extends to a total length of 350m, so ——

"So why don't we go in and try it?

—— Looks like Waltz decided to break inside every hull of energy to find out more about what was there.

And that was the time.

Powa......

On the other side of the clear view, a red light point emerged. It also occurred in the "birdcage," so if it's not a star, it's not a shooting star.

And when it gets bigger --

"" "Hey?!

Zdwong!!

--It's attacking the energy. Apparently, the "light point” didn't mean it grew as big as it looked, it just looked bigger because it came straight up to the energy.

"Energy?! Damage?!

"Heavy particle shield prevented it, so there was no damage..."

But the temperatures on the hull's surface have increased a little, right? I think it's fire magic.

"Fire magic... too much in a vacuum would be awkward..."

With that in his mouth, Waltz tries to figure out how many more times he can get his current fireball, and see where the hell that came from. But as far as she could tell, on the heavenly side of the world tree, I saw nothing special but a ”birdcage”. Of course, instead of a small shadow, I can't even find a biological response.

In the meantime. One of those who was on the spot raises an astonishing voice as if it were something different from what it normally is.

"What... no way..."

"What? Did I just say something? Cortex."

"Why is this happening..."

"... you, have you changed your character?

Waltz looks surprised to see Cortex react very differently than usual.

But such a girlfriend, too, would hear the next Cortex word and change her expression dramatically.

"... Macrophage is here..."

"" "What...?

"Besides, there's a very big one..."

At the end of Cortex's gaze, which stood from his seat, stuck against the wall, and was directed at the view from which he could see ——

Gogogogogogogogo......

—— There seemed to be an unlimited number of objects close to transparency. It also has a massive artificial magical life form "macrophages" that reach several kilometers in diameter….