Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

The next morning.

Eve, who was preparing breakfast at the cafeteria, was working unsettled.

"... you might be wondering..."

What the hell did she care...... Of course, it's not about the Waltz being unable to communicate with the future.

What Eve cared about was the Griffon children. It is about the children of Griffon who may have been orphaned because they killed their parents on a plateau on the border between Mid-Eden and Endersia.

Yesterday, the other cracked parent might come home, so I decided to check on her for a day, but I hadn't been there to see how she was today, so I was worried.

And it was the same with Beatrice. Sometimes she was the one who unfolded the junctional magic that caused her parent Griffon to lose her life, and she felt a responsibility that wasn't small.

"... right. After breakfast, Dr. Leah said he'd take me to that plateau before class started today... so I'll be patient until then?

"Yeah... right..."

Beatrix tells me, nodding Eve. Then she put more effort than usual into that arm of squeezing udon.

Near such Eve and Beatrice, there is also the figure of a hunter...... She seemed to have heard an explanation from Catalina, Jr., about what had happened on the plateau.

"... that's how your mother, Griffon, exploded"

"Right...... Junction magic is more dangerous than I thought..."

"Yes...... But instead, it helped."

Griffon was about to attack the Catalinas. Beatrices trapped there with junctional magic...... The Catalinas were helped by the self-destruction of the magical Griffon. Well, it was a class accompanied by teachers with strong fighting power, so even in the worst case scenario, there shouldn't have been anything like the Catalinas getting hurt.

Incidentally, the hunter seemed to know what reason he was going to fight Griffon because he had been consulted by the larger Catalinas on what content classes to do. Thus she said this with a straight eye toward Catalina (Jr.).

"You're gonna teach Griffon a proper lesson so he doesn't waste his life, right?

In this world, in order to live, demons and other animals had to take their lives. If you do not, you cannot eat. Therefore, it was important to learn the dignity of life... Those in the role of teachers dared to let Catalina and Eve fight demons or grow plants.

In other words, it was within the assumption that Griffon would lose his life. Especially though I didn't seem to even assume they had children.

Then the hunter asked, changing the subject. Something bothered me.

"By the way... as far as Catalina's concerned, I think Griffon said he was going to build a nest... which means Griffon comes from an egg like a bird, right?

Griffon looks like a lion's torso with an eagle's head on it. Are they fulfilling mammals or birds? Is it fetal or egg raw...... The hunter has a professional pattern (?), he was interested in something called Griffon Ecology.

"Hmm, I only saw it from a distance, so I don't know the details, because it was piling up tree branches like a bird's nest... maybe hatching from an egg!

"Oh well... eggs... eggs! [incomprehensible]

The hunter's expression seemed to speak of something more than words. At that time, when I saw Catalina, who was in conversation with her, watching the hunter react and with a dry grin...... She seems to have noticed what the hunter is thinking.

Therefore Catalina advised.

"You can't, can you? Mr. Hunter, eat Griffon eggs and children. We decided to keep an eye on each other!

"Hmm? Ooh... right... It's okay. I won't eat it."

"That would be good... (If I hadn't told you, you would have definitely eaten, hunter...)"

And Catalina, who sees and is convinced by the reaction of the hunter who says:

It is unclear whether the hunter against is aware of Catalina's concerns…. She mumbled about this as she moved her cooking hand.

"I want to go too... let's go..."

After building a large base at the bottom of the ground to modify the energy, she never went out on the surface, and was in command of the workers in the base. For this reason, in her, the desire for hunting is growing gradually... Catalina's story of standing around against Griffon seemed very fascinating.... Note that the last time she hunted was three days ago.

Towards her like that, Catalina said clarity.

"No!"

"Da, no......? Hey, why?

"When the hunter comes... something's going to hunt about Griffon"

"Like I said, of course, we're not gonna hunt or anything?

"... can you look me in the eye and say it?

"Mochiro..."

"…………"

…………

As little more than this, a hunter unwittingly speaks in front of Catalina, who turns a jittery gaze. However, that, it seems, was not because of the backwardness within me...... The hunter smiled nicely, putting his hand on the culinary hat Catalina wore ——

"It's okay. It's okay? Because I would never do anything that Catalina worries about."

—— And he moved his hand, and sneezed, and stroked her head.