Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Deprexa and Sebastian transferred to the rear of the hull of Strandia. They jumped from there on their own feet to space --,

"Sebastian, are you coming?

"As You Will"

Tong......

He traveled.

Deprexa and Sebastian, with their rampant demon guidance furnaces, were thinking about various things, looking behind the gradual departure of Strandia. Things I've done since I was created. Or what has happened since I met the waltz etc... Perhaps you can say that that information is the same as what people call "horse racing lights".

In that, Deprexa remembers.

'... oh, I was. I just have to report to you...'

I really want to get in touch with Waltz to explain the situation...... That's what Deprexa wanted, but there was nothing she could do without the means to communicate long distances with Waltz. Thus, the deprexer flies a radio wave toward the outlying Strandia. To communicate the status quo that we flew out of the ship with our Stranzia mainframe….

'... can anyone hear me?

With the loss of the main engine, the demon conductor, by now it would have switched to auxiliary power and turned dark, thinking about the ship, when Deprexa threw audio information toward Stranzia--

"Yeah, I hear you ~?

—— The voice as usual returns from Cortex, arguably a fellow who has been shipbuilding and managing Stranzia together for the past two weeks or so.

Deprexa apologized to the owner of such a soft voice.

'... Excuse me. Cortex. The mainframe has broken, so I'm dumping it in space'

Just going to throw it away...... I'm not sure Cortex could feel the deprexa's sub audio, which was giving such an atmosphere. However, she responded as usual to the Deprexa without asking about the details.

'That's tough ~. Now let's have a macrophage.'

'No, we're already offboard --'

'No ~. I already put it on ~?

…………

When Deprexa is questioning Cortex's statement, she feels something uncomfortable over her head.

Prune......

"Macro, phage......?

How long have you been there...... It was on Deprexa's head, as if the macrophage had suddenly appeared.

Deprexa was surprised by the way it looked. But her surprise is not limited to the advent of macrophages alone. Macrophage descends sully from the head of the deprexa and now passes on his arm…. And that's because we started moving to the red, luminous magic furnace.

The macrophage that reached the demonic conductor enclosed the entire furnace. Although that did not mean that the explosion of the demon conductor would be suppressed, Deprexa seems to have largely guessed what the macrophages were going to do.

'... you're trying to protect Strangea'

Even though the perimeter was a vacuum, there was still a Strandia hull at a distance that could still be said to be close range, so I guess we're trying to hold off the explosion as far as possible so that Strandia won't be harmed by accidents...... Deprexa seemed to think so.

But that prediction of hers, apparently, was off.

'No, you don't ~?

From the other side of the radio wave, the voice flew in again, denying what Deprexa had said.

What the hell is the difference...... Deprexa tried to ask Cortex why —— then.

'... Lord. It's time for the limit.'

Sebastian, who had previously controlled the demon guidance furnace, flew audio information towards Deprexa with regret. At that point, the red brightness of the magic conductor furnace seemed so rough that it felt dangerous to see it. The feeling of brightness was also gradually narrowing, creating an atmosphere as if we were doing a countdown.

'Oh... this is our final period...'

The end of a long life that reaches 10,000 years is a blast. After thinking about it, Deprexa seems to have gone beyond grief and fear and laughed the other way around.

"Phew..."

'I'm sorry......'

Not knowing why Deprexa laughs, Sebastian apologizes.

'No, it's fine. Sebastian. I, at the end of the day, have thought many times before about what happens to us. Less, like people, shouldn't just mean getting the end of the line on the bed. So maybe these developments are, in a way, the natural end for us, right?

"Dear Deprexa..."

'By and large, I think my life was satisfactory. I met Sebastian, and I was blessed with my cute daughters and grandchildren, even though they were machines. And if you have any remainder of your heart...'

A deprexer that zeroes such audio information around no one. Then she turned her gaze toward the big moon that was visible in front of her --,

"... I wanted to talk to Waltz at the end"

--He uttered such a final word.