Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... eh? The tempo escaped in an emergency?

Waltz, who was in Borealis, was suspicious of information communicated via the operator (Eve). I didn't think the tempo would defeat the ecclesian side.

"A dragon might have thrown a beam out of your mouth?

"A mouth-to-mouth beam, not a dragon brace?

"Maybe Lucia said something about a beam that would shoot you?

"Hmm... So, what's the tempo?

If you say you're going to build a new vehicle, you might have it in your room.

"... how far is it now?

Waltz herself was at a distance from the tempo, so she didn't know how complete the mobile armor she was making. At this time, Waltz only seemed to think that Tempo's mobile armor would defeat the beam of the earth dragon, but as mentioned earlier, Tempo's mobile armor has already reached a practical level.

How far is it made? What's that supposed to mean?

"No, don't worry about it because it's an inside story. Anything else?

"Hmm, I stopped the Ecleria furnace, so tanks, weapons and so on might not fly much."

"Yes... That's fine then...."

After receiving a report of an incident that occurred in Tempo. Waltz, who cut off communication with the operator (Eve), turned his gaze to Ardelheit, the person who was on the other side between his seat and his desk.

She was in the town of Wespel, west of Borealis. So she is discussing her strategy with an old woman, Ardelheit, who can be said to be the leader of the insurgency.... During the consultation, I heard that there was a problem with the tempo.

After hearing the report on the tempo, Waltz returned to a meeting with Ardelheit - that is, to discuss the recapitalization operation.... instead, Ardelheit talked to me.

"... I just felt a sign of someone calling me BBA somewhere. It's my fault...."

"Maybe it's your fault. At least my operator didn't say anything about Ardelheit...."

"Hmm. Well, that's fine. So, what is it? Did something go wrong?"

"Hmm, it's not a big deal, but my sister attacked the capital of Ecleria and made the steel mill impossible to rebuild, and the mechanized dragon hit me, and I escaped urgently and returned to Mid Eden.

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"What? That face...."

"... no, that's just what the devil said."

After talking about recapturing his country's capital, it seems that Ardelheit wanted to say something to the waltzes who are actually attacking the enemy's capital. But when she started saying one thing, she felt like she couldn't stop, and she decided to shut her mouth.

"Strange Alisa."

Are you not thinking deeply about the situation, or are you trying not to think about it...? Waltz doesn't seem to care deeply about Ardelheit's reaction and returns to the topic before receiving a report from operator Eve.

"So, what we talked about earlier. We're ready to launch an attack on the capital. Of course, in the capital of Borealis, right?

"... finally? Ahh... it's been so long..."

"Yeah, it's been a long time... in every sense..."

Waltz remembered the twists and turns of the day. Borealis was captured by Ecleria three months ago. At that time, it was in the middle of winter, and now it is spring. However, Borealis is located in the north, so winters are longer than in other regions and spring is a little earlier.

Nevertheless, the time Waltz actually spent, including the time he had spent in the past, would be as long as plus two months. Considering three months of rounding, six months have passed since the territory of Borealis was occupied by Ecleria.

Speaking of war, it is the first time in over 1,000 years that Ardelheit has fought in a way that has gathered soldiers in the fields to decide whether to win or lose, and even if not as much as Waltz, fought in the whole country for three months.... The effort also seemed to have grown unparalleled.

"Please... no, I'll leave it to you, Mr. Waltz. I can't do that anymore. Recently, my body has gotten heavier and I'm starting to lose my head... This is the limit of your physical strength."

"What are you talking about? Still looks..."

Aren't you young...? That's when Waltz made such a nuance statement and tried to deny Ardelheit's words.

Concom, Concom, Concha...

"Mr. Watts. To report... ah. Ardelheit's grandmother too...."

Julia, the grandson of Adelheit, comes into the room where they were.

"Hah... if Margaret gets married early and gives me grandchildren, I can always travel to the afterlife..."

"... what were you talking about? (You have a beautiful daughter named Rosemary. Well, I'm an adopted child...)"

"No, I don't know... So, what kind of report?

"Ah, yes. Actually..."

Since an operator system has already been installed on the Mid-Eden side, if there is any novel information, the system is such that information is passed from the operator in charge immediately. Nevertheless, Julia brought the information outside the operator's area of responsibility - that is, around the rebel soldiers.

In fact, Julia tells Waltz the information she got from people outside the operator's control.... Waltz, who heard the information, had unusual wrinkles between his eyebrows.