Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"The story we're going to talk about is fiction... well, think of it as a fabrication story"

Catalina speaks so as to teach Vega before she loses her confidence and sinks. Such a thing, she began to say this as if to recall her memories.

"... Once upon a time, there was a girl who didn't like people. When you see someone you don't know, you immediately hide in the shadow of a tree or in the shadow of a building...... Even if I knew, I was a girl who didn't like to talk face-to-face with people. She still doesn't like people, but the result of living without ever throwing out what she had to do —— she became the greatest person in the country. Instead of drawing the king's blood either, he said he wasn't even a town girl..."

"Oh, that's..."

"So it's fiction, metaphorical talk. I'll leave it up to Vega to decide who to apply it to."

When Catalina said so and smiled, she went on to talk further.

"Becoming the greatest in the country, one day, all of a sudden, she was waged war by another country. That hurts a lot of people and as they die...... what do you think is wrong with her that doesn't like people?

"... fought on the battlefield without running away...?

"No, I'm not fighting. You don't want to see the enemy..."

"What..."

"Of course, I haven't even run away...... But I'm not on the battlefield at all."

"Then what the hell..."

"I was waiting at the castle. Believe in your people, don't think about losing, just like you always do..."

…………

"But she wasn't making the kind of dangerous bet you'd expect to never lose. Perhaps… that is the most powerful weapon for her…"

"The strongest... weapon?

"What she was doing waiting for her buddies to return at the castle was thinking about the future ahead of us by many steps. And it was always about keeping thinking about how we could get closer to that future. So winning or losing is as planned. The irony is that there wasn't much desire to get along with people there...... Well, often, a person at the head of a person may be lonely."

That's what I said, grinning bitterly, but sighing Catalina. As far as that goes, apparently her story doesn't seem to be fiction.

Vega, on the other hand, seemed to know roughly who it was. It's just unclear if that matches what Catalina thinks......

Now Vega opens her mouth, as if to be sure of it.

"Is there anything depressing about that person?

"Right...... Almost every day, I think I'm depressed. Like a cliché, I don't like maids cleaning rooms..."

"I hate maids... don't you?

"And you also said that your favorite brother has a stomachache from being favored by various women... Because of that, they say it's a cliché that we should all perish."

"What... did you have a brother?!

"What? Ah... I think Mr. Vega is probably making a difference. I'm tired of making up stories right now. You never meant Mr. Waltz, did you? For once, I assure you (… half, though)"

"To make it up, it was a strangely realistic story... ok"

When Vega said so, she gave a soft look. Hearing about Catalina seems to have calmed me down quite a bit.

At that time, Catalina utters these words.

"... instead of being blinded by the shocking matter now in front of us, we turn our eyes to the future so that the same mistake will never happen again, and take back more than we have lost... Not a word I could have said with a negative mindset, but thinking so would make a few things easier?

"... right. Let me think for a second."

"Yep. Now, there's got to be time to think."

That's what I say. Catalina turns a gentle grin on Vega. The opposing Vega also seemed to smile somewhere shy.

And that's when. One person enters her tiny guest room.

Gacha......

"... Should I keep it with this grudge sunshine ~" Gogo Gogo...

Cortex came with pointy fox ears and a silver tail. He had something to do, and he moved again from Mid-Eden to Alborosa.

She started saying things like this, like finding Catalina or not.

"Already, Master Catalina ~? Don't you think this world should be doomed ~? Or can I destroy ~?

"... is something wrong?

"Ma, I saw Atlas and the maid flirting ~. Plus, clean my workplace on your own ~...... Really, I wish everyone would blow up ~..."

and cortex swelling cheeks, with a mouthful of radical things. At that time, Vega, who was on the spot, seemed to have a freaking look at Cortex before seeing him for the first time... Her appearance, on the other hand, did not appear to have gone into Cortex's eyes.

Because Cortex was already not on the spot and was headed to those who were lying at the window in order to achieve their purpose.

"I broke a bone to make this between jobs, but now that it's done, I'll administer it ~?

That's what I said, to the neck of the six water dragons who slept there ——

"Busbusbs ~"

—— and Cortex protruding the syringe relentlessly. Apparently the cause of the water dragons' loss of consciousness was paralysis due to neurotoxicity, so they've been producing drugs in Mid-Eden to neutralize it. Perhaps the contents are vitamins, but the details are unknown.

As a result, the water dragons --

"" "Ugh..." "

—— and I groan, and I'm about to wake up...

"... that ~? Sleep again m"

Dogowong!! x6

... At the next moment, no one probably expected the water dragons to return to their original big dragon appearance and blow the windows out of every guest room...