Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

At the same time as the hunter's attack inadvertently stopped, Alexandra dropped Halvard's stone poke to the ground, shaking her shoulders wide and breathing. There's no shadow left of her where she was gracefully dancing.

"Ha, ha... you're strong..."

Before her like that, a hunter who was disappearing shows up.

"I'm sorry, Alexandra. I cheated a little."

"Ha, ha... Z, you think it's cheating?

"Oh, like this, huh?

When the hunter said so, he floated his weapon around himself. That looks like a black blade with holes in the space, which I've also shown Alexandra before. When it shows up around the hunter about 50 copies, it starts to circle around her slowly.

Alexandra wasn't the only one who was surprised to see it. So are the mercenaries in her subordinate--

"Hunter, when will you have such power..."

"Something, I feel intimate..." Gyu

"... come on, let go of the concubine's tail. Miss Lucia......"

—— The Waltz were no exception. They all seemed to know the hunter would roll out a black blade, but they didn't think they could float it all into the universe after putting out a ton of it.

But what seemed most surprising was still Alexandra herself, who was slashing and tying with the hunter.

"What... no way you...!

"No, I'm sorry. When I stopped by, they were about to slash me in two, so I let them fight a little further away."

Yeah, talk to me--

Jakih......

—— and a hunter pointing 50 dagger sharps at Alexandra in unison.

I saw that. Alexandra finally ——

"... my loss"

—— admitted to losing.

"No, no, I cheated, and even my loss is fine. If you're making a big deal out of energy, Alexandra and the others can be on board."

"Even so... that power, it's not cheating or anything, it's the power you've acquired yourself, isn't it? Whatever you think, I don't feel like I can beat you right now... How the hell would I be able to do that if I worked out?

"Hmm... right. I wasn't doing anything in particular... but I wonder if I hunt in the woods every day... Rainy days, windy days, snow days... and more sick days, busy days, hangovers..."

"Aren't you working out properly..."

"As a" hunter, "it's routine to play with demons... rather, if you quit, you won't be able to call yourself a" hunter "... What do you say, Alexandra? If you live in the woods once in a while, maybe you'll find some tips for getting stronger, huh?

Alexandra looks troubled somewhere when she hears such a hunter's words. Can living in the woods really make you stronger...... She looked like she was serious about it.

Then the hunter who was watching the thing starts saying this about what he thought.

"Oh, yeah. Alexandra. Like me, I'll name two names, what do you say?

…………

"For example, in my case, I make my own rules about" going into the woods every day "to be a real" hunter "because I name him" hunter. "So, Alexandra, why don't you name two names and make your own rules?

"Two names and rules......?

"Think of two names for yourself and name them... well, are you ashamed after all? I get it. In that case, you should ask someone.... All right! Let's get Waltz on it!

"What... muscular m... not right..."

…………

"What's a martial arts god... how about it? Oh, no?

"Hey..."

"Nice! It!"

Cat beasts who hear that name Waltz came up with and mouthed and show contrasting reactions. In time, the hunter seemed to agree with Waltz's suggestion and had a brighter grin than anything else.

Alexandra, on the other hand, raised her voice of protest as the name "Martial God" seemed unacceptable.

"Wait a minute! If you name Takegami, you will be punished! Or, in the first place, do I have to name two names?

"... Hey, Alexandra. You want to be stronger than you are now, don't you? Even though I'm a knight in this position, everyone calls me a hunter. Everyone in the world is going to be strong with contradictions."

"It's..."

"Nobody's strong at first. Neither do I. Most people in the world aren't strong from the start. And they're all dying, not being strong. Then how can I be strong in it...... I think the tip is" two names ". After trying not to be ashamed of two names, you get stronger. Come on, Alexandra. Make up your mind."

That's what I said. A hunter looking straight at Alexandra. After all, for her, Alexandra, her ancestor, was an object of admiration...... He always seemed to think he should be strong.

Before such a serious look directed at him by his descendants, Alexandra ——

"Getting stronger... that's tough..."

—— and so he seemed to say... It is unclear whether the hunter understood its sincerity.