Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Teresa and a few other girls were held lightly by Beatrice, as if they were dolls or small animals, and headed towards the castle.

They didn't seem to notice the gaze that was being directed at them there.

"Is that... Lucia?

"Yes. Lucia, Theresa, Beatrice, and Eve. Probably got a bug repellent and went back to Waltz to report it."

"Of insect repellent... medication? Er... moku... moku..."

"... it's wood vinegar liquid"

"Ah... that's it"

Behind the royal castle were the brave men and Leah, who were catering to the black bugs coming from the world tree. Until the early morning, although there were wise men, yuki, and water dragons, since the troubles caused by insecticide spraying, only two men, the brave and the rear, had been fighting the bugs that came on the spot.

Nevertheless, was it handled by just two people for the bugs coming from the world tree, which extends to 8 km in diameter, and that is not the case...... Looks like he was fighting with the soldiers of Alborosa defending the royal castle.

There's just nothing wrong with it, not that... The two of them now have an unexpected problem (?) Looks like he was facing.

"But... even if you have insect repellent pills... insects... aren't there?

"Right...... I hardly see anything like it since I got back from my break."

"We... here... are you still waiting?

"Leah, you think it's a waste of time, don't you?

"... Yes"

Again, only so many appeared that I wondered if I was going to fight a large number of bugs, and even children could deal with them, and both the brave and the rear, had spared no time.

That's the same for the soldiers in Alborosa...... Nowadays, the number of soldiers had also been reduced to about half. Because of that, Leah, who was looking at the current situation on the spot, where insect density and population density had fallen, seemed to question whether it was good as it was.

But on the other hand, the brave man seemed to have a slightly different idea than her, even though he thought the same thing as Leah.

"... we are, so to speak, the final line of defense. Even if the bugs have decreased, we do not believe that they should move until we can make sure that they are completely safe.... It's common in these cases. The moment we left, the allies on the spot were suddenly attacked by their enemies and wiped out..."

Brave man who narrows his eyes by saying so. In his brain like that, maybe the sight was coming up when he regretted it. It should be noted that this is a snakefoot, but on the contrary, because I left the scene, some of my friends (parties) were completely destroyed or not...

After hearing the words of such a brave man, Leah thought with a seemingly difficult look on her face...... I said this to the brave, as if to imitate the words spoken by the other members of the Brave Party from time to time.

"... Whatever happens... I... will follow you to the brave... So... if the brave man... stays here... so will I."

In contrast, the brave man replies with a slight apology.

"Excuse me, Leah. I know you have plenty of time. Instead, I will hear one request from Leah, so don't hesitate to say it"

"... requests?

"Yes, a request. Wishes, favors, hopes, etc. … If it is something that can be fulfilled by me, I will only fulfill one. I'm just the one who can make it happen, so I don't want big bucks, I want the world, that's the kind of difficult request to make, if I can... make it an easy one. Well, in some cases... even if it's hard, it can come true, right?

A brave man in a maid who smiles bitterly when he says so.

Leah, by contrast, for a little while, after thinking --

"... ok. So... one... I'm going to do you a favor..."

—— and he arrived at the conclusion, slowly opening his mouth and making a wish.

"Until the bugs... do it... with me... practice your dance... will you?

…… Is that good? Just practice dancing... "

"... I knew... something a little harder... should I have asked you?

Leah gently offers her right hand with a grin along with the word.

Then the brave man smiled and shook his head with a small smile himself... I took that hand I was offered and put my hand on her hips.

"No. Please do it in dance practice. Perhaps there will be another proper dance party soon, so let's just say I surprise you all then."

"... Yes"

And brave men and Leah who start taking slow steps on the spot.

At that time, the brave man seemed concerned, for a little while, with the gaze of the soldiers around him. Until half a day ago, he wondered if it was a little careless because there was a battlefield spread out here and some soldiers were killed there.

But still he danced because it was an unhung rear wish or because there was something special about that step......