Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... so, Julia ~? You know the rest ~?

"... even if you went up the spiral stairs, you wouldn't necessarily be able to cross the suspension bridge ahead, so I'm supposed to be on an undercover mission by myself, would you? I understand."

"The suspension bridge... can't cross... by weight..."

"Oh no... wouldn't it be dangerous if all three crossed the suspension bridge? Even if I know, I may have to cross in circumstance... (Is this the good excuse?

and the concept that Yuki is invisible ”weight” (?) Julia, who realizes how she's about to be squashed by, and keeps words of follow-up in her mouth just in case. Seeing where Yuki's tremor stopped when she heard that, apparently Yulia's words played a role. Note that for the record, no matter how much Yuki's own body diets —— no, let's not talk about this.

Thus Julia was to infiltrate the elves alone. Meanwhile, Cortex and Yuki were supposed to be waiting on the ground, because if they were found by the elves without phantom magic, they would have no means to escape... Cortex seemed to have thought of the plan beforehand.

"While I'm waiting for Julia, for once, I'm hiding, but if I find you ~... I'm doing the right thing, so please focus on the mission ~?

"Ah, yes. But... what do you say... I have a really bad feeling..."

"No, it's my fault ~? Chi ~ no ~ i ~"

"... ok. Now, I'm going to find the Elf's chief and assassinate him right away... and not ask him about the year. I'll be right back, just wait."

That's what Julia said, when she stood up from the bush where she was hiding--

Bhun......

—— and used phantom magic, disappeared and came forward. And when she feathered with her back wings, she rose to the sky at once.

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Dogowong!!

"(... after all, you weren't willing to hide for adults...)" Slow

As soon as Julia got down to the town of Elves, a loud noise was heard from the ground. Apparently, it was the sound of Cortex and Yuki starting the fight. It should be noted that it has taken less than 20 seconds since Julia flew off the ground until she heard a noise.

"(… care for Cortex and Yuki… I don't think I am…)"

When Julia said so to herself, she looked around.

There seemed to be a spread of three-dimensional towns where houses continued up to those above the large trees. However, there are no stairs or ladders in place that can be called to reach the door of the house...... Apparently, the elves are either relying on their ankle strength to jump, climb the trunk of the tree, or use some magic to get into and out of the upper building. Probably use metastatic magic or magic with elevator like effects.

"(No way, flying magic? Or no gravity-controlled magic like Lucia's...)"

and Julia as she guards her surroundings, thinking about how the elves are moving over the trees.

From such a sight of her, there seemed to be no appearance of the people of the city. I don't know why, but they're all out of town or caged in the house.

"(Could it be because Master Cortex was too violent while we got here? Oh, it's just fine. You don't have to be extra vigilant... Find the chief quickly, wash him away... let him vomit his age and go home)"

And, for a moment, I was about to forget what I had come here to do, but soon when I remembered my purpose, I started walking through the town that was on the tree.

"(Guess you two are talking about living by the heavenly edge of the biggest tree...)"

With that in mind, Julia was thinking back about Elf's head. With the Lord in the Elf, who borders the Boreas Empire, Julia had only met once in the past and still remembered the face of his "..." woman (...).

And it wasn't just the face I remembered.

"(Due to that personality... maybe I don't feel like I live up there...)"

Only once did Julia face to face with Elf's head, and that was years ago, too. Still, the head of the elf seems to have been an unforgettably habitual figure for Julia.

"(The devil) or the bigotry... You just did a lot more than we expected...... Then again this time…)"

And that was when Julia expected it.

"... Huh, you fools! Nah, I didn't know you were coming into my yard, laughing a thousand times! Taste the taste of the super weapon I made for a time like this with its own body!

A girl about the age of Rosemary who speaks of that peeks into the battle under the tree from above the suspension bridge... I need a palm-sized black object from there--

"This is the wise knot of the Elves."

Dogowong!!

—— I failed to try to throw it and blew myself up.

Apparently, she's...

"(... was there)" Slow

—— It appears to have been Alfania, the head of the elf.