Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Buffoo...

"... what is this child?

Nike in front of the Endels boy who suddenly hugged me and couldn't hide the confusion. This is naturally the first time she meets the Enders boy...... She didn't know why she was suddenly hugged.

However, recalling his words just before, the question also seems to have cleared up quickly.

"... I see," Mother "? You're not his mother, are you?

I don't know if the word reached the Endels boy who was holding Nike and burying his face in her chest, but at least it seemed to reach Deprexa. Anyway, she leaned in silence, as if she felt a sense of sin.

As a result, it was the third party, the brave Leonardo, who was supposed to explain the situation.

"He had just recently lost his mother... and the atmosphere of Master Nike seemed similar to that of his mother.... See, Mr. Enders? You're rude to Nike, aren't you?

That's what I said, brave man trying to pull the Enders boy thing off his nike.

Nike, on the other hand, seemed to have looked at the brave man's explanation and Deprexa's reaction and even guessed the general circumstances.

"I see...... other similar (...) mother (...), or..." chi

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"Looks like there's another deep reason for this. Well, that would be good. It's good to leave it like this until this child is satisfied."

"But..."

"I'm telling you I have more than enough. Except if it's harmful, but it's not."

"I'm sorry. Enders, thank you very much for your time."

Brave man who says so and bows his head. That looks like a sister somewhere ——

"... are you this guy's sister?

—— Nike asked as he turned his eyes to the brave man and to Leah, who was behind him.

"No, we're not sisters or brothers"

"Brother...?

"He is a man of this age, and we are a man of the future. I had a little connection with him in the future..."

"Right...... You think it's important?

"Yeah, he's very important."

A brave man who answers Nike's query with a grin. It's unclear how Nike perceived that laugh, but she seemed to have wrinkled her eyes just like the brave ones.

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"Hmm...... I see. He was swallowed up by unknown magic and appeared on the ceiling of a world tree with a flying boat.... the future is bright"

Tables and chairs brought from underground to ground by tightly controlled "black bugs". Sitting there on his back, Nike was asking about the situation from Deprexa. At that time, was no one trying to drink the tea the bugs brought, except for the nike, because they were reluctant, or because there was some other reason?

"I'm glad you understand. So, I wanted to ask Nike. Didn't you feel any major magic fluctuations lately?"

"You don't know how to get back to the future, so you're saying you've come to the rest for tips?

"Yes."

That's what I said, a deprexa shaking her head up with cockroaches. Others, both the brave and Leah, agreed as if to learn from Deprexa.

By the way, the Enders boy seemed to have gotten smaller on the chair since he got me back. He was ashamed of what he did, and he couldn't stay. Still, from time to time, when I looked at Nike's face, I guess I still couldn't help but feel my mother's shadow on Nike's appearance when I saw him with some unfortunate look on his face.

And...... Nike answered Deprexa's query this way, recalling events he had recently met.

"Unfortunately, I don't feel those peculiar fluctuations in magic. These past few weeks... No, I haven't been out of here for the rest of the years, but other than the magic the rest and the bugs used, I haven't received any signs of magic by saying this, have I?

"Really..."

Deprexa who listens to Nike and gives him an unfortunate look. The other two similarly laid their eyes down.

But as for Nike, who heard the circumstances, he didn't seem to have a clue.

"If there was something big enough going on beyond time that the magic was so small that I couldn't feel it, maybe it wasn't" normal magic "?

"" "Magic... isn't it?

"Let the magic go outside. It could have been the type of magic. Especially if it wasn't just a physical phenomenon. This, for example."

That's what Nike said when he put his finger--

"" "... Lantern?

—— It was a lantern on my desk. However, it is not the type of candle that burns, but the [Magic Lantern] that shines by magic.

"Yes, it's a lantern. This demonic lantern lights a magical flame in a case that shields magic, making it difficult for magic to leak outside. This mechanism increases efficiency and keeps glowing for a long time. If magic created a time leap, maybe this magical lantern-like mechanism worked.... somehow, it's a great magic called [Time Leaps]. No wonder you've got that idea."

"Because of the great magic, we need something like a cage that traps magic... so the magic didn't leak, did it?"

"Well, it's just a guess"

That's what I said, a shoulder-clapping nike. As for her, that seemed like the best advice... As far as the expression on the faces of Deprexa and the brave men who had heard it seemed of great value.