Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... Hey, Julia? What's all this... isn't this, like, dead? Nike......"

"That's crazy...... I did receive it from Mr. Strella when he told me it was a mana... was it an explosive"

Shortly after he put only one drop of mana in his mouth that he was given to Strella, Nike fell to the ground, scattering something magical around him like an explosion. As far as that goes, it just seemed to be dead--

"Ugh... Again... it wasn't just mana... or..."

—— Apparently, he didn't die instantly.

Waltz crouched on the side of such a nike and asked, making sure there was no problem with her body.

"Are you okay? Nike......"

"Keho... the magic I couldn't absorb just leaked out of my body. It's not enough to guide you...... However, although this was good because it was all that was left, if a normal person handled it, it would have been a big deal..."

I wake up my upper body while I say that, and I don't have anything to say about it, and so on and so forth, Nike. At that time, she was nodding convincingly, showing a bare gesture that would confirm her body, even though she was dying (?) Because he felt that his whole body was full of magic?

In response to her like that, Waltz points out exactly what he thought.

"Well, maybe not the drinker, huh?

"I guess so... no way, you know, I let him drink the rest of it?

"" "………" "sieve

"No, that's not it, is it? Even we didn't know that the mana that Strella gave us was such a hell of a substitute, and we still don't know how to use it... However, I guess we'll do something about it around Catalina. I'm sure."

"Catalina... Vixen..."

"What? Do you know him?

And, without saying that Catalina is separate from Vixen, Waltz asks if she has any acquaintance with her.

Then Nike, after leaking a laugh, says only one word like this.

"... it's a secret"

"A secret... doesn't it feel familiar, no matter how you look at it?

"Huh. I like it, but it's good"

"Okay. Well, then, in the direction that you don't know anyone."

".................. Mmm"

Although I was in a good mood somewhere until just before, Nike looked grumpy after hearing Waltz say it. Apparently, she doesn't realize what her actions mean.

Well, aside from that.

The story returns about measures to be taken against the world tree.

"So what do you say? I don't know if this is a good idea to say Mana...... but does it look like it can be used?

"With water...... no, you can handle it if you dilute it with booze"

"Maybe you want to dilute it with half a million bottles of alcohol in a barrel or something? That's what's gonna kill you, isn't it? I mean, physically impossible..."

"Hmm...... I love booze, and I'd love to try it the more I drown, but that's just... right, 500,000 barrels of booze.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

"No, no, I can't."

"But I knew it wasn't going to work. If there is a problem, how can we efficiently inject the magic of this mana into the world tree? Well, there's no way..."

Having said that, Nike set his gaze down on the silver bottle he had in his hand, and then turned his gaze toward the large world tree that shined in the morning burn around the heavenly side. That, too, gives me a more worrying look than I would describe in words......

She couldn't understand her words like that, Waltz asks questions.

"What are you going to do about it...?

"… As I said earlier, until now, the restoration and management of the world tree has been carried out by bugs in the trees. Using the magic of the world tree itself? But there are no bugs, and you can't see the mana in this container alone."

"It should be, right? So I don't think there's anything I can do about using mana... No way, Nike, you're not serious or something?

"No, I just meant the rest, and I don't really drink as much as half a million liquor barrels. Of course, even if it's diluted with water. But there's only one way. Well, it's gonna be a little tight..."

And next, Nike turned his gaze to ——

"... could you use the demon people?

—— her other relative who was lying and sleeping in the square. It was the devils.

"Dear Left, they are also the rest of the children. The ability to share the magic of the world tree is shared by all, just like the worms."

"I mean... you mean we all serve alcohol and drink out the intense mana made by Strella?

"Hmm. Well, before I do, I need to do something about my fear of the rest of people..."

That's what makes me laugh bitterly. It is unclear what the components of bitterness that were in that grin are made of...... However, her grin seemed to have a color close to self-derision.