Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"You guys! Are you okay?!

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"... what's up?

"" "............ Huh?!

Mercenaries on the rendezvous side who had been unable to react for some time, even when their leader, Alexandra, appeared. In front of something like a giant sandworm or a giant "bird" that flew in about the two women (?) and, most importantly, Alexandra and the others, their heads seem to have finally, at the limit of processing, flattened out.

"So, Captain... what the hell is this..."

"... Jack. I know what you're thinking right now. But what? Don't worry about it. Try not to think about anything extra, it'll make things easier, okay?

"Captain......"

I'm not sure what I thought when I heard Alexandra's words, but what a complicated look Jack the deputy leader brings to mind. Alexandra who saw it also seemed to have a subtle look on her face.

"... give up"

"Ha..."

"Hey, you guys. I'm picking it up..."

Waltz pinches his mouth when he sees the mercenaries reacting in some puzzling way.

"No, it's nothing. Don't you, Jack?"

".................. Yes"

"... right, right. Nothing."

"I was asking you all...... well, if you'll do the South Fortress thing right, anything will be fine"

"... South Fortress? What are you talking about? Captain."

"Actually...... I had a lot to talk about while you guys were gone.... about what we're going to do. Jack, they kicked us out of Acerdyne, and we, frankly, have nowhere to go. No, it's not exactly... if I get this job, it's gonna be a little bit of a treat."

"Oh and..."

"Oh, yeah. So we all want to talk about it."

"... ok. But I don't think it makes much sense to talk about it, do you?

"Why?

"Whatever discussion we have, at the end of the day, we all follow the decision of the head of the regiment. And..."

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"... if you get the job, you can fly in the air on Arre, right? Then you'll want to stick your neck in any treat. Smoke and things like to be expensive."

"... Huh. Right."

Alexandra snorts at herself mocking what she thought when she heard Jack explain. Everyone thinks the same...... Maybe that's what I thought.

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Then Alexandra and the others, all members of the group, discussed what was to come. The agenda concerns the requests being received from the waltzes and the survival of the mercenary corps. Alexandra had decided to follow the Waltz and was going to quit the regiment leader. So I will formally pass it on to my peers and see if I will continue to act with her or not.

Even as my client, Waltz, I didn't mean to force myself to tear down the mercenary corps. If Alexandra is going to need to be ready to head to South Fortress, I'm going to wait for that time... Whatever decision Alexandra and the others made, they were going to respect it.

And the discussion seems to have ended in roughly three seconds (...), except for the first explanation by Alexandra. The result, as Jack, acting head of the regiment, put it. As one, I didn't make the choice of breaking up with Alexandra and continuing with the mercenaries. I mean, everyone decided to quit the mercenary and move to South Fortress with Alexandra.

Waltz, hearing the outcome of the discussion from Alexandra, opened his mouth with a bitter smile.

"Something's not clapping... I thought the debate would be a little more incandescent..."

"I can't help it.... The Temple of Demons, you know why we're mercenaries?

"(A demon... well, fine) Well... at least I guess it doesn't mean you like it and you're fighting. I mean, even if you know the background, isn't that a difficult system question to answer?

"That's the Temple of the Devil. You know how it is.... clumsy creatures who can't blend into society, stay in a determined place, and know only this way of life...... We mercenaries are pests, so to speak, from the people who live in town. But even we want to live a steady life. Every day, I eat warm rice, sleep in a soft bed, and dream happy...... I don't know how hard that is...... Oh, no, you're acting like a fool. I'm sorry."

"It's nothing good... So, what's my suggestion this time..."

"Let's hope so. Well, from what I've heard from the Temple of Demons, it looks like a town we've just done, so we'll be living a life of adventurers for a while... it's like practicing to be true humans for us who've lived mercenary lives for a long time"

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A waltz of how I didn't get an answer right away when I heard that word from Alexandra. Whether my proposal leads to the future that Alexandra and the others think of… She didn't seem to know the immediate future, although she would know it if it were the future in 1300 years.