Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Around that time, Beatrice and Fei Long (and Ground Dragon Polaris), who were in the hangar, were together looking for Leah. Beatrices uses beast ears that can detect magic to detect magic that would be leaking out of the rear...... And Feilong seemed to be using his sensitive nose and chasing the smell of the rear.... Note that just because you are a dog beast doesn't mean you have a particularly good sense of beatrix smell. Her sense of smell is normal human, except when detecting (...) people (...) objects (...) of one (...) part (...).

But the pursuit of the two wasn't going well.

"There are too many signs of magic on board to know which one is Master Leah..."

"Uhm...... I don't have a good nose either. The smell of the machine... I can't smell it in this ship because it smells different from the beast... How's it going? Polaris."

"Kew......" kun

"Hmm, doesn't Polaris know..."

Like, two people —— no, all three of them -- were unable to exert their original power in a special bridge called the Energia Ship. If this were in a quiet forest or other environment, from their pursuit, no one would have escaped.

Fortunately, however, it didn't mean that it was that wide in the energy. At the rear of the hull there are dangerous machines, such as nuclear fusion reactors, propulsion engines or on-board gravity control devices, which do not allow people to enter…. Laser and mazer firing systems, radar groups, etc. are also present at the front of the hull, so it was not possible to enter. It is the result of Waltz's enhanced security, as he had previously allowed Merclio's interlocutors to enter the ship.

That is. If the rear can move, only the central part of the ship. It is a hangar, a pantry, a sailor's quarters, a cafeteria, and an area with a bridge. It should be noted that linen rooms, examination rooms in Catalina and laboratories in Cortex are included in the sailor's quarters.

Beatrice troubled his head while taking that into account and dropping his eyes on the onboard map he had at hand.

"Really, where have you been? He's not in the cafeteria in the first place, and he doesn't even seem to be in the hangar here..."

"Hmm. If you hide in the hangar, you'll know just how stinky it is... Lord Beatrice? Is there some junction magic that blocks the smell?

"You can do it if you make it new, but it shouldn't be there in general? Besides, I've never heard of Leah being able to use kingdom magic..."

"Then I guess I'm still not here. So, shall we go to the next place?

"Right...... The biggest neighborhood was headed for the hunter and the brave, so why don't we go to the bridge?

"A bridge... I don't think it's the right place to run."

"You might be surprised, right?

So, when Beatrice tried to put his foot on the bridge. Fei Long accidentally opens his mouth.

Lord Beatrice, by the way.

"What is it?

"Aren't you going to the pantry?

"The pantry? I don't think there's anyone out there."

A pantry that was on board the energy ship. It was a large freezer that was installed in the hangar. A compartment made to store food for a long period of time, with a temperature inside of it of minus 40 degrees. It's not an environment where people can go in and stand it.

Thus, Beatrice excluded the pantry from the rear search range.... There's no way you're hiding in a place like that... That's what I thought.

But Feilong seemed to have a different idea.

"... Sure, it would be a harsh environment for people. But how did Lord Leah escape Lord Beatrice? She ran away from you, what did you want?

"What... no way!

"Hmm. That's what I'm thinking. Lord Leah... I wonder if Lord Leah, who lost his place in the society in which men form, escaped in search of a place of death. With that in mind, isn't it a place of hope for Lord Leah today that is in a pantry unsuitable for a person's survival?

"Right..."

Hearing Fei Long's hypothesis, Beatrice nodded heavily. The look seemed harsh and reflective that his thoughts were sweet.

Then the two (+1) walked towards the pantry. And I just finished loading food from the crestling--

Bashu......

—— and it was opened.

Shortly afterwards, a small noise can be heard from inside the dim pantry, which was wrapped in white smoke because of the temperature difference.

Bali...... Boli......

It sounds as if it would shrug something stiff...... Hearing the sound, Beatrice accidentally set herself up.

Then shortly afterwards, when the white smoke that was enveloping him clears, the Lord of its sounds enters the eyes of the Beatrices.

"………" Bari…… Bori…

"Li, Mr. Leah......"

It was Leah who was clinging to the meat that was in the pantry as she dyed it bright red around her mouth. The hindsight is unmistakably rear, but the signs are unusual... Fei Long, who held Polaris, also put his strength into his arms.

Then Leah stops the mouth she was chewing at that time. And turning quietly toward the Beatrices ——

to "………"

It held up its bright red mouth.