Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... hey Catalina. This, this very expensive plate of lacquer paint... how much did you pay for it?

"... It's Vixen. When I bought 30 and it was priced, it was 300 gold a piece"

"Oh well... (I should have bought one too...)"

◇

After I traded such exchanges with the hunters who were in the kitchen and broke up with my little self and the vans. Catalina (Vixen) had come all the way to the front of Cortex's lab.

There, as Waltz had said, seemed to be a rolling obstacle blocking the road. This is Teresa, who was wrapped up for a reason I don't know.

Catalina asks toward her.

"... what is wrong with you?

Theresa then began to respond with a gestured look, as usual, as she looked back toward Goron and Catalina, while remaining in a curly state.

"I don't know...... Instead, the concubine wants you to tell me. This is what happened when I realized..."

"I don't know...? I wasn't tied to someone..."

"Didn't this really happen when you realized? I came this far to complain to Miss Lucia, who makes loud noises with Don, but the moment I touch the biometric key at the door there, my later memory is falling out.... No, I don't remember, but I must have been instantly tied up."

"Really...... How long has it been in that state?

"... what time is it?

"... it's 4 o'clock"

"Well, it's three hours."

"... Didn't they call for help?

"Of course I called you. Well, I don't know why, but everyone just sent a warm glance and didn't come close to the concubine. What if, concubine, everyone hates you?

"No, I don't think so..."

With that said, Catalina unfolds the knife of junctional magic and uses it to untie Teresa.

As a result, Teresa became free ——

"This place... is definitely only Miss Lucia! One word... No, two words, complain!

—— She was prestigious and approached the door. … that too, in total oblivion of the events that occurred three hours ago.

"Miss Lucia! also shen s --"

Gum!

Patali......

"" Chi.

And Teresa returns to the wrapped state. Apparently, two letters of "learning" are missing from her dictionary.

Well, leaving that aside, Catalina, who was looking at the situation, seems to have figured out what caused Teresa to be tied up.

"... magic, isn't it? It would be like a trap."

I noticed a magical trap like the one in some labyrinth was planted at the door of Cortex's lab. Theresa, who approached the door without knowing it, was tied up in a trap.

... Yes, because of the proximity (...) to the door (...) I (...)...

"... Lord Catalina, by the way? If, Lord --"

"... yeah, I know. I know, so don't say anything. And call me Vixen..."

"Ugh, um..."

And more victims. After a similar exchange since then, there will be about a few more victims...... After all, in their heads, the concept of learning may not exist.

◇

Back then, in Cortex's lab, which was able to block sound and magic as much as possible ——

"... yeah? Sounds like magic has been activated again now... that's crazy..."

—— As the saying suggests, Lucia felt a magical activation and seemed to be leaning her neck.

That's what she was training for, roughly speaking, on how to use automatic magic (autospelling). In further detail, he seemed to have encouraged training with a view to meeting the trap, which is fundamental to automatic magic.

"I wonder why it doesn't work...... [trap of captivity]. I've got a little bit of a response that's going to work..."

Yeah. Roaring, Lucia leans her neck against her own magic that doesn't work inside. Apparently, she doesn't know, outside the room, that the magic is working well. Well, it's in the wrong activated position, so maybe the statement that "it doesn't work" isn't a mistake.

Meanwhile, Cortex, who had taught autospelling against Lucia for one hassle of his work, said ——

"I'm sure that's because the image you're thinking of is still thin ~? Imagine more specifically the situation where magic is activated using that" rope ". For example, replace it with someone who knows who's hanging from a trap ~...... Whatever, you don't mind if I do ~?

—— He seemed to be mouthing statements that caused victims to leave outside the door. It should be noted that she herself is not tied up for some reason.

"Thank you, Cor. I'll try!... because I will never, ever give up!

And Lucia trying to build magic again. As a result, although Cortex's captivity still did not materialize, the feeling of magic disappearing from his body seemed to have been gained. It should be noted that it will not be necessary to say what happened by that magic.

By the way, trap magic wasn't the only thing she was practicing. Because passive trap magic alone shouldn't produce vibrations big enough to rock the hull of energy......