Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... thanks to Alfania's expensive sacrifice, it turns out that the artifact needs at least a supply of magic to be effective..."

"Not at all...... I really want you to take care of this sacrifice."

"... uh, sister? Mr. Alfania, I feel alive..."

After wearing alternative clothes (size free cafeteria uniforms) to Alfania, which got soaked in mana. Waltz and Alfania were taking to the bridge of Energia to report the results of the day. The place they are is a base in a hole, so it's hard to grasp the time, but the time is already at night, according to the clock. Today was the end of the day.

On that occasion, in addition to Waltz and Alfania, there seemed to be all the key members, such as Lucia, Teresa and Cortex, who listened to Waltz's explanation. However, Eve alone seems to be still sleeping in her own room because she has lost her magic and is in a full state of creativity.

In such a bridge, the waltz, today's meritorious (?) Along with Alfania, who had reported to everyone what experiments she had conducted, but as Lucia, who was listening, she wasn't sure what her sister was going to say. What, before them, should have died (?) Alfania stood. I didn't understand how expensive it was.

"Huh?! Could it be... a ghost?! [incomprehensible]

Beatrix also reacts to that statement.... but not more deliberately.

"Yikes! I'm scared! Teresa!"

"... why are you both grabbing the tail of a concubine"

"" Hmm? "" Gyu

"... I don't know if I can do this anymore..." Slowly

And, of Teresa's three tails, two were grabbed by the dog and fox daughters, looking sideways at Catalina (Jr.) also targeting the last one...... Waltz explained the circumstances in detail.

"Of course, this Alfania is real, right? I'm just dying in the middle of an experiment..."

We all reacted in unison to the words. I understood that Waltz was doing something dangerous again. But the thing that was most responsive --

"... wasn't that a joke?

—— Seems to have been Alfania himself.

Because her perception was only to the extent that she had lost consciousness during the experiment and, when she realized it, had been mana-marinated by waltz. I didn't think I was dying, etc., and Waltz's statement that he was "dying" during the experiment was only considered to the extent Waltz was exaggerating.

The opposing waltz seemed troubled whether or not to answer the Alfania inquiry honestly --,

"... that was in a hurry"

—— Looks like you decided to answer without covering it up.

"Because if you go to Alfania, you're suddenly going to look like a wrinkled grandma? Didn't know what that meant anymore?

"I don't know. What if I lose my magic and suddenly die of old age?

"Don't you think? At least it didn't feel like it was gonna grow.

"... Lord Waltz? I'm not angry, so tell me what you think now!" Nico

"Beh, nothing?

And, while answering, Waltz turns toward Theresa, avoiding the gaze from Alfania, where his eyes are not laughing.

Then Alfania, too, tried to learn from Waltz, and turned her gaze toward Theresa--

"... Hmm. Then there's no choice..."

"What can't I do?!

—— Seeing Teresa talking in an old-fashioned way, Alfania seemed to snort in a deep sense, with a convincing look on her face for some reason. That gaze seemed to contain colors as if to see something pathetic... Details are unknown.

"Well, isn't it good? Are they similar to each other?

"Which neighborhood does it look like?! Is that the way you talk? I don't care what you think..."

"Well, well. Let's just put that tough story aside, shall we?

"" Hey... "

Waltz began talking undone when he forced the conversation between the two people who started a barren exchange.

"So, back to Enchant, actually, you find that there are a lot of problems... Maybe this energy isn't being properly reinforced?

Then this time, the Energy Sisters react.

"Eh..."

What's that?

"Actually --"

Waltz then began to talk about the findings obtained from Enchant's experiments.... that an artifact that has completely removed its magic can only have the same strength as an item that has not been enchanted. And that the surgeon must supply magic to effectively draw the effects of the enchant….

What that meant was that the hull of the energy they were on might not be working well either. And the same goes for the new giant battleship Waltz was about to build......