Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"Should I or should I not go in..."

"Why don't you just let me in? Bear also says he uses junctional magic... (It may not work...)"

"Yeah, you're right. Come on, Teresa. I'm so upset..."

Three people who could have stood in front of the inn but couldn't push the door there. More precisely, should I say that Teresa, who was in the lead, was scared to notice just before she opened the door?

Lucia and Beatrice, on the other hand, who were behind her, seemed willing to enter the inn.... in front of the building ——

"Why don't you go in first, lords, to try it?

"What are you talking about already? First thing I said, Teresa."

"You're right. Besides, I'm going to have to concentrate on junctional magic. I'll leave the negotiations to Teresa, okay?

…………

—— Lucia and Beatrice are no less than Teresa and they were intensely acquainted... In the end, they seem to have decided to go into the inn, with Teresa at the forefront.

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Karan Cologne......

The inn they came to was a wooden architectural building with thick walls... There was a kitchen and dining room on the ground floor with a total of about six rooms between the second and third floors, the inn said.

Its interior is almost dark due to the absence of customers...... There seemed to be a light on in the back of the kitchen. Apparently there's a clerk there.

"... let's ask!

"Hey, Teresa? Wouldn't there be some more decent way to put it?

"... sorry ~. Is anybody there?

"" ………… "

Teresa speaking in [Cortex mode] as if people had changed from the middle of nowhere. Such is her monomane (?), although both Lucia and Beatrice knew...... They weren't used to that transformation, and they both got an unconvincing look on their faces.

Theresa's call, on the other hand, seemed to reach whoever was firmly behind the inn. Some time after she called ——

Pata pata pata......

—— and a person appeared from behind the inn.

"Uh... are you a customer? Excuse me. I didn't do the inn today."

Appearing before the three were Real Town Daughters who looked about the same age as Lucia. If I wasn't an animal man, I wasn't an elf, I wasn't a dragonneut, I was a normal looking girl. Apparently, she's chopping up this inn.

Towards such a girl, Teresa replies, staying in [Cortex mode].

"No ~. I'm not here to stay at the inn ~"

"Hey, Teresa. I don't know if I'm ever gonna talk to you like that.

"... there are many orders. I don't know if it's either good..."

…………

"Well... I came here today with the intention of staying, but because the town is in trouble, I'm going to give up staying. Well, the concubines have just arrived in this town, and they don't know what's going on here. So, if you'll excuse me, I'd like you to tell me what happened in this town... Can you tell me?... Oops. Before you do that, go ahead." Shh.

So, Theresa takes some wrap out of the sleeve that was connected to the subspace. As soon as I saw it, I saw Lucia shining her eyes wide open... Apparently, the contents of the package are Inari Sushi.

"... okay?

"Hmm. I don't want you to hesitate. I was wondering if the town was terrible enough for me to go shopping."

"Uh... yeah. Thank you very much. Traveler's (...) Sister (...) Chi (...) N (...)!"

"Pfft. You don't have to worry about it."

"............" gogogogogogogo

".................." sooo

"... you know damn well!/(adv, adv-to) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (uk) (

Murder intent from the person behind (?) Did you feel directed, Teresa, who also offers Inari sushi wrapping to you. Whether it played its part or the unusual signs that were enveloping her seemed to have disappeared like lies.

They were then led to a desk in the dining room of the inn…. I was to be briefed by the innkeeper's daughter about what happened in town.

"It's been said that about two months now, the adventurer's brother died suddenly in the guild, which is the beginning of it all. Then the sickness gradually spread to the adventurers, the guilders, the shoppers..."

"... so many people have died that a pile of corpses can be found in the square, are you saying?

"Yes......"

"... that's hard to hear (and probably this kid's parents...)"

"No, that's okay. I haven't talked to anyone lately and it's been a long time since I've talked like this..."

"You're the one on the left... Oh, you were. I totally forgot to name it. My concubine is Teresa. So here's the vertical twin drill with the beatrix --"

"Hello? (Twin drills?

"Uh... hello? (Twin drills?

"So it's Miss Lucia who keeps sushi on her cheeks over here."

"Also, mochi?! ………… thank you. Nice to meet you, huh?

"Yes. Best wishes. My name is Alicia."

"... Hmm. It's a pleasure to meet you. (What the fuck? Between now......)"

Though Teresa found a small discomfort in the way the innkeeper's daughter spoke... Before she inquired about it, the innkeeper's daughter, who had named Alicia, had begun to tell the details of what had happened in this town.