Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Strict rules were imposed on the Eclerians who were treated as prisoners. In a previous battle, there was a lesson learned by other Eclerian prisoners who had been forcibly recovered by the Magic Furnace Bomb, so they decided to put them under the protection of the Transfer Magic by the Witch Amber. To that end, they had no freedom of movement and were forced to stay around Amber at all times.

However, the prisoners, rather than dissatisfied with their treatment, seemed to be even pleased. They made it psychologically easier when the demon conductor bomb was supposed to free them, albeit provisionally at the beginning, from the current situation, which they didn't even know would force them to die and be reincarnated.

"" "………" "Nico, Variously

"... Um, Master Yuki? I'm scared..."

Amber asks Yuki for help when she says she's under constraint, but somehow she feels an unspeakable sign from the roughly hundred prisoners that follow her with a grin.

Such was the camp where they were a day away from retrieving the prisoners. Conversely, it is the last camp, which is also a day away from Rotgarten, the immediate destination.

So Yuki was still making spicy dishes today (Sichuan-style hemp lady tofu), but even when she was consulted by Amber, because she couldn't do anything, Yuki replied to Amber with her eyebrows in the letter (c) as troubled.

"There's nothing I can do about it. Just figure it out for you. They are delighted to be free from fear and misery that they will never know when they will die. Perhaps in a few more days, I don't know what it's like to be... but I suppose you'll settle down anyway, right?... maybe."

"... what if I don't calm down?

"That's when... that's when. Worst of all, Master Cortex fan club (?) like, why not even be formed in Amber's fan club?

"That's... you want to give me a break"

Amber turns a strong bitter laugh of bitter ingredients against Yuki. Even though you have to pay attention to the flying Magic Conductor Bomb, their presence cuts off extra private time...... Such concerns seemed to have swirled in Amber.

Then she switched topics and started talking. Originally, I came to Yuki with a complaint about the prisoners (?) because it was not to convey.

"By the way, Master Yuki, may I ask you one thing?

"Yes? What is it?

"I was looking at yesterday's dinner or today's breakfast and I thought maybe... the dishes we're serving to the Ecclerians may not be spicy?

The captives were eating Yuki's dishes deliciously. But the dishes she cooks are supposed to be basically spicy. That's obvious if you look at the look on the face of the sage who was eating the same dish... It was either bright red, bright blue, or frowning.

The captives, however, were eating Yuki's dishes with a huffy huff and a delicious look on their faces. Amber knew Yuki's cooking spiciness well because he was eating the same dish again... As far as the prisoners, who delightfully eat the food, seemed to have to wonder if they were eating something different from themselves.

It wasn't Yuki who answered Amber's query like that... It was Argus, the troop leader who was helping me serve.

"No, what they're eating is the same dish as us. Dear Amber."

"So... you were originally good at spicy dishes, not m ——?

Argus gives such an intricate look to Amber's words.

"What do you say... should I say it becomes a habit..."

"Habits?"

"A slightly darker flavoring characteristic of the North and that spiciness...... It warms my tired, chilled body from my core, and I'm going to try again tomorrow."

"... is that what it is?

"Yep. Why don't you ask our people? They should all say the same thing."

Amber looks around when she hears Argus say that. Then the soldiers on the coalition side who were ahead --,

Bishi!

—— and return a salute.

Amber, who saw how that--,

"Hmm, that's what it is"

—— and although he feels a small catch, he seems to have decided to believe Argus' words.

It should be noted that at that time, Sophia the Witch noticed the unnatural laughter of the Allied soldiers --,

"(... lip service to superiors, I suppose?

—— and seemed to have guessed the circumstances... Have you read the air, it seems that she never penetrated it.

It should be noted that the reason the prisoners were delighted to eat Yuki's spicy dishes was not so simple a story, but seemed to have a summoner-like background from the modern world. Yuki makes spicy mahogany tofu, spicy meat sauce spaghetti, spicy curry...... When it comes to saying that Yuki's dishes, which were made by choosing only spicy dishes, are not commonly eaten in this world, is there an approximate idea of why the prisoners were happy?