Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... you really don't seem to have a labyrinth, do you? Catalina."

"Yeah, looks like it. Not only that, but it doesn't seem to have a castle, does it?

"Castle?

"This is the castle that Yuki and the others used when they ruled Boreas in future times. Previously, when I saw it in the town of Vixen, it was a bigger building than the church, but from Energia's point of view, from the ground up, it's nowhere in town... it doesn't seem to have been built in this era yet"

"Then... is there no king in this land? That's... the Demon King or something."

"What do you think? When I was a kid, I never even heard of the word" king, "so maybe not."

Catalina leads you through town, at the beginning of a line. She had explained to the brave men the difference between the town of the past and the future, but she seemed to find herself not least bewildered by the very different sights of the town. Still, from time to time, he looked nostalgic because he remembered his childhood......

Then again, when a line walks through town interacting about the difference in scenery, you see a big building just off the boulevard. When I saw how it was, the brave man accidentally circled his eyes.

"That's... Catalina's home..."

"I mean home... it's a church that combines orphanages, right?

"It's like... it's like a castle"

"... I've always been raised to be taught that I'm a church, so it just looks like a church to me... does it look like a castle?

"The design is very different from that of the church in my country (Endersia), so I can't say at all… I think if I were introduced to it as a castle, I would believe it first"

"Really... that's in the castle..."

Though there are no moats around, high walls built with stones neatly piled up. A passage made so that you can walk on it. And a towering structure with a triangular roof......

Although stained glass was installed, its appearance is not strange to describe as a castle...... For a brave man who had never seen a church in the city of Vixen in the future era, it seemed that the building could not be seen merely as a church.

Then I walked for a while and the line came to the front of the church. So when Catalina stops, she frowns unexpectedly for some reason.

"I don't have a child's voice..."

"Aren't you studying, helping, or we're all going somewhere? Harvest..."

"Is that right...... There are children of all ages, from little to big, so I don't think it's the first thing that everyone will be gone together..."

"Then let's go inside and make sure. I think that's the quickest thing you can do than haunt your head here, don't you?

"... right"

Yes, after answering to the brave. Catalina comes up the stairs that were in front of her and up to the main entrance to the church.

The church doors that were there were completely open today, either to improve ventilation, but still, from inside the building, no sign of people seemed to be felt.

... but.

Even if no sign of a person could be felt, there was an anomaly that could not be ignored in the wind that was flowing out of the building.

…………

The line that I noticed it entered into a combat posture simultaneously with a breathtaking move, as if I was still partying. Anyway, it was drifting out of a dim building because --it smelled like raw blood.

Catalina, who felt that strangeness, still seemed desperate to hold back the urge to rush out and go. Realizing how she is like that, the brave man persuades her as she waves her head.

"Please wait, Catalina. Go with caution!

"Dean... and everyone..."

"You shouldn't go into bad behavior because it doesn't necessarily mean they haven't been attacked and taken hostage by some group than you don't know what's going on inside. But you're not gonna be stopping here forever, are you?... Victor, join me in the avant-garde."

"Ah!"

"Leah and Nicole, cover with magic from behind."

"I see... I see..."

"Okay."

"And Catalina..."

With that said, the brave man who worries about Catalina, where to place it in the line of battle. When we were partying before, her position was at the rear and she was unleashing recovery magic from it...... Given her abilities now, she seemed to think it was a lower measure to make her stand at the end of the line. As a result, he ——

"… please take the lead in directing and shielding"

—— Looks like I've decided to ask for the opposite position.

I heard that, Catalina...

"... ok. I'll protect you all. So...... please help the Dean and everyone!

—— It just seems that he decided to take the role with a straight gaze at everyone.

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And they came to the cathedral with the utmost vigilance.

There are wounded town guards (...) soldiers (...) and sisters, as well as demons who would be tamed by them... Everyone was lying on the ground powerless, suffering deep wounds (with a fuzz) or already desperate. Would I rather say this?... who seemed to be able to fight properly did not remain alone,

Except for those who assaulted them...

That's a threesome. A girl dressed like a wizard and an old man who looks pretty old. And in the light of the day plugging from the stained glass, three boys hovering their bloody swords against the universe...... Those were the ones who met each other yesterday when Catalina came to this town. Yes, it is a threesome that has been asking if this town is a town of Forn.

One of them, a boy with pointy ears, said this on the spot, as if to raise a victory.

"... my name is Enders the Brave! Here Vixen the Demon King, take it away!!

In front of the brave boy who said so, there was the look of the director of the orphanage lying gutted with blood from his chest...

Catalina who saw it--

"…………" duh.

—— It collapsed to the ground, as if it had lost its power.