Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

For little Catalina, the words told by her sister were shocking enough that each and every one of them was unacceptable.... I will soon be separated from everyone and act alone. Get away from Pixie, too. And you will find yourself in a long and tough battle......

If a human being who knows nothing was pushed to do that one day, he would escape reality after refusing to do everything in his power. It's like being able to suddenly push hell after everything you've been deprived of, even though you've been happy. There shouldn't be so many of them, such as acceptable people.

That's the same for the little Catalina. She shook her neck sideways as if she refused to understand the meaning of the word, one step after another as she opened her gaze toward her sister.

"No... no... right?

If my sister is saying it to surprise me about herself, how appeased could she be... Little Catalina feels a burning pain that spreads chills through her heart, almost zeroing her tears.

To such a small Catalina, my sister said coldly.

"... unfortunately it is true. I'm not going to lie or delude you in that regard."

"Why... why... that..."

"It's --"

So my sister —— the big Catalina, accidentally stopped talking. A little girl dyeing her face blue, embracing her as if seeking the base of her heart attacked by despair to Pixie, and looking up at herself as she stored a large grain of tears in her eyes...... I realized that such a young self could not accept a relentless future like this.

With Catalina today, it wasn't a big problem even if we were to leave everyone and put ourselves in a tough fight. If the destination was the battlefield, it would be to destroy the opponent in half a day and come back across the continent in another half day. Maybe it won't take that long.

But the little self, to the extent that healing magic and junctional magic are only a little more available. I don't even know to what extent my powers prevail, but I am lacking in all experiences, and on top of that, I didn't actually experience the events of the future unlike my present self. It was simply an act of planting fear, such as teaching only the disasters that would occur in the future.

The big Catalina who noticed that, huh, exhaled small then...... I was dyeing my expression to the color of despair. I walked over to my young self--,

Guh......

—— and embraced her again.

In such a sudden act of her sister, little Catalina puts another confusing color on her face than just before.

"Sister... honey...?

"... after all, it smells just like me"

"What... Ugh, yeah..."

"Do you know what this means?

"What? The smell... meaning?

"Whether it be a person or a demon, all creatures have different smells. Because the ratio of regular bacteria on the surface of the skin that make the smell does not change that much once the creature is born and stable."

"So... your sister and I, we have the same bacteria in our bodies?

"That's the thing. Exactly the same resident fungus lives on the skin. Do you know what that means...... ah (...)?

And a big Catalina who calls her little self "you" instead of "Catalina."

It is unclear whether the little Catalina understood exactly what such a call meant or what the question meant, but the big Catalina went on to say it without worrying about it.

"You may have hard days, but one day, there will come days that you will find pleasant and delightful. That's absolutely all. And that's why we're trying to protect the world from the future so that the past doesn't change."

"That's..."

As she noticed something, little Catalina looked up to the person she admired as her "sister". From that look the colour of fear fades...... It was like some kind of answer was found in me.

Seeing the look on the girl's face like that, Catalina slipped her hand gently over her head, away from her, and turned her back.

"Well...... I have to go now. My story earlier —— is your future story likely to be accepted?

"... if you don't accept it, you can't. The fact that I accept the future is also going to protect the future, just as I'm trying to protect the future..."

"Yeah, that's right. You can say that you have a more important role than anyone else."

"... one day, can you be happy?

"At least I'm happy now. I assure you."

"... ok"

Little Catalina nodded slowly as she was ready. The hand holding the pixie, though still shaking small, will soon gradually subside.