Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"I'm surprised!

"I'm surprised ~?

"I can't believe he was alive..."

"I can't believe you were alive."

"No, it's not going to be that easy..."

Three people scratch the siege net of the elves and go all the way, inside the elves. They used Yulia's phantom magic and deceived the elves' eyes... At that time Julia seemed to think to the Cortex that she was dead. Of course it's a joke.

"Then you want me to tell you why you were alive ~"

"I want to know too."

"It's phantom magic, isn't it? Look, it's like Waltz's body."

With that said, Julia creates five identities at a time. It seems that all of those divers have entities, and they seemed free to move around picking flowers that were growing on the spot, swinging with branches.

Then a few seconds later, this time the identities disappeared simultaneously, but so did Julia herself at the time, because everything was identical from the beginning... Nevertheless, the real Julia herself looks transparent (?) She said this to the Cortex, who seemed to be on the spot and had a surprised look on their face.

"Master Waltz's body is called a hologram, right? It was so hard to create phantom magic like that."

And again, Bhun, and Yulia showing up.

Having seen her like that, Cortex and Yuki mouth their thoughts on each one with a convincing look on their face.

"... just hearing that story only makes me feel like a waste of talent ~... I think the ability of so many elves to deceive their eyes is commendable ~? Instead, should I say great” effort ”~? What do you think of Yuki ~?

"I hear the elves are particularly sensitive to magic, so I think it's amazing how they can fool their eyes —— no, their ears, right?

and two unconditional compliments about Julia.

To them like that, Julia is ——

"… it is a presence that will continue to refine" Kiri

—— and say words that are neither humble nor thought-provoking, but there's no usual mood for bosses... It just seemed like it was a consequence word of my own volition, chasing someone's back. It should be noted that ”someone” was sneezing on the ship of Energia just about this time, or he was feeling chills...

Then again, three people keep going north through the woods, alert to the surrounding elves. On that road, exercise phantom magic from one end to the elves I met and confuse them... And in the sky you can see from between the woods, when you start to see the starlight.

"... here we are. There it is."

As Yuki said, I see something in their sight, something like a settlement. Apparently, that's the entrance inside the elf.

"... Again, it's like an elf symbiotic with the forest, and you don't use flames ~. Is that blurry orange light a magic lantern ~?

"Can you tell at this distance?

"Of course that is ~? I can't see the fever."

That's what I said, Cortex flirting around Julia's side. To be precise, that gaze seemed to be directed a little out of step with Julia who was there...... Seeing where Julia herself was smiling bitterly, Cortex definitely seemed to have spotted Julia.

Such Cortex asks against Yuki, who was next door, when he turns his gaze back forward.

"So where is Elf's chief ~? If it looks like it's stuck in the building, I thought I'd throw a stone at it from here and call it out ~ …"

"Direct hit if you can...... no, it's nothing. I'm sorry, but I don't know where he/she is either. This is a guess... my ankles weren't weak yet in the future, so I guess I live on the biggest tree"

"That's right ~... But, hey, from here on out, it's hard to see what's going on in town, so I'm still going to have to get inside the town ~"

Town that was visible from the Cortexes who were on the ground. It spread upwards on the tree.

A spiral staircase is set up around a thick tree, which leads to houses about 30 meters above the ground…. And between the trees and the trees, scaffolding, like a suspension bridge, was exactly the kind of town the forest dwellers seemed to live in, where they could come and go only on the trees without bothering to get down on the ground.

The figure was also visible from the Cortex, who were on the ground, but it seemed difficult for them to grasp the whole picture of the town, either because they stood in a place where the tall trees would thrive, or because their vision was hampered by the leaves of the trees and the trunks of the thick trees.

In that situation, Cortex has a word.

"... with our weight, can we climb up ~..."

The moment she speaks that way, the air solidifies for two or more reasons.

Apparently, coming here, either as a result of Yuki's diet or his qualities as an intelligence officer in Yulia are going to be tested.