Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"" Crest...... ring?

"Yeah, it's where we have our home. It's a little far from here, but this ship will be able to travel in a few hours. How about some replenishment? I'd probably be surprised if I saw it."

Deprexa's Home —— Crestling. It was the name of the future capital of Endelusia, and a ring-shaped supermassive structure floating over that capital. Apparently, it already exists in this era, and it's floating somewhere in the world.

Julia seemed worried about how to respond to Deprexa, who said she was "surprised" because she had seen it. I can't say "I know" before the deprexa I speak happily, and I can't cut the whiskers... Looks like she decided to think about it a little and then keep it through for now.

"We are also temporarily suspending the survey of the World Tree at this time, so I don't think there is a problem...... just in case, let me check with Master Waltz"

"Yeah, of course. Looking forward to hearing from you."

With that said, a grinning deprexa. For her, Julia and the others, maybe for the first time at home (?) Perhaps he is a guest to invite to.

Then she went on to say this.

"I would also like to ask you a few questions from me...... are you sure? It has nothing to do with this..."

"Yes, of course."

"Now sweeten to your words...... You're both demons, aren't you?

As soon as I heard the word, both Julia and Dahlia held a sweat in their hands. I suddenly switched to a delicate topic, so I imagined what they were going to say and I got nervous by accident.... For the goddess Deprexa, it is no exaggeration to say that we Demons are "enemies". In the worst case scenario, we wonder if we are going to be erased somewhere before we are called into Deprexa's home.

But naturally, that didn't happen.

"Do you two act with the so-called" humans "... and never get hurt? For example, being taken off the hook…"

That word of Deprexa was worrying about Julia and the others. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the culprit who created the construct of a demonic and human conflict was on him, so he felt a responsibility that wasn't small.

Both Julia and Dahlia seem to notice that right away. But neither of us tried to swallow it right away. Just like Yuki, the former demon king, he didn't immediately believe in Deprexa.

Still, the two of them seem to have decided to answer the Deprexa question honestly. Instead, I couldn't hide it.

"" No, not at all ""

If we say so only to Julia, it seems that in the early days when we came to Mid-Eden, some things were like discrimination. But now the more I can say at all, the less discrimination-like discrimination there was. There was this reason.

"Due to the fact that Master Waltz has been called a" demon god "by everyone and, on top of that, has a proven track record of enriching the country, there is almost no one in our country who abuses the demons. People are treated equally, both human and demonic. There are others, slaves, witches, dragonuts, marine creatures and unidentified creatures, all equal."

"The last one...... oh, you were there for sure. As far as I can tell, it's like a dream country."

A red-haired fox daughter who restrained people in the city of Rice and plunged into fear, and a deprexa who nods as she remembers the mysterious creature (Shvar). She seemed to think about other black objects (micromachines) in the ship's corridors… Even if the energy sisters have human rights, the micromachines themselves may not have human rights.

Listening to such Deprexa's words, Julia was ——

"Dream, is it..."

—— and after you say it... It seems that some doubts have come to mind, and she asked Deprexa about this.

"Um, Master Deprexa? How did Master Deprexa create two races: Human and Demonic? Master Waltz said that humans and demons are, by nature, the same race, right?

"... yes. Formerly of the same race. More specifically, there were two unfamiliar tribes, which began by calling one of them a" demon tribe "and the other a" human being ". The reason I named it that..."

""... for what reason?

"... excuse me. Can you ask Waltz why? She would... probably understand."

And, in the end, Deprexa, who doesn't talk in detail and leaves Waltz to it. At that time, her face was red because the color of the console in front of her was reflecting...

Just so you know, all of a sudden you thought about stopping the words, Deprexa just said a few things about the situation.

"... they needed their own flag. I couldn't live those tough times just because I'm fighting apart...... At that time, humanity was in danger of extinction."

Deprexa, speaking so much, frowned and whispered. It seems that in a time not long after she came to this world, people were in a difficult situation, and in order to get rid of that predicament, they dared to create a tribe called "Man" and "Demon Nation".

Against Julia and Dahlia, no more, I did not force myself to ask. Though I was interested in ancient history like no one knows...... Looking at the look that Deprexa had on her face, she seemed to lose that temper too at some point.