Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Eve thinks as she goes down the stairs that were in the trees.... If I had the strength, would I have helped Elder Bear?

And at the same time, think about this.... that saving Elder Bear means nothing more than hostility with the Elves.

So how do we save Elder Bear without antagonizing the Elves... Eve thought about whether there was any way to open things up, whether it was possible or impossible.

"(Because Mr. Bear attacked Mr. Elves, naturally? Yeah. If you say that, Dragon, even Van, you might have fought people and done bad things, so we all have to be exorcised. Besides, it really may not have been decided that those bears attacked about the elves...)"

The Elves said they would crusade because the Elder Bear who attacked people might become a threat in the future. You shouldn't be able to bring people's theories of responsibility and shake them out there more than Elder Bear is a beast, but that's why it's hard to shake off the resentment that sprouted in people's minds without the ritual of "retaliation" - for example, by persuasion, etc... Eve, who understood that, didn't seem to think he could save Elder Bear by persuasion.

As a result, she next wondered if she could solve the problem by wielding her powers. But we can also easily imagine that when we solve it by force, between the elves and ourselves, we create a big walrus... That option seems to have disappeared early, too.

Or I was also thinking of a way to keep it from the elves, grab the Elder Bear off the spot, and move it somewhere far--but

"(... maybe not)"

—— Even though she knew she could save Elder Bear quickly, she couldn't have chosen that option.

"(The elves might be after the bear, so you can't move the bear around while avoiding everyone's gaze... I mean, in the first place, there may still be a question of who moves the bear... Dear Leah, Lucia, and Amber, if they find out that the bear attacked the elves, maybe they won't help...)"

Hope gradually fades from within Eve as we repeat such a dignified tour of thought. It doesn't matter which option you choose, you end up with two problems.

The first is that I can't find a way to resolve the mood of the elves. They're killing people and their families, so wiping away that emotion was nearly impossible.

And the second is the fact that Elder Bear harmed the Elves. Helping Elder Bear is synonymous with sheltering a murderer, in other words, if one likes it in a person. Although what the beast did and the sins committed by man cannot be compared in the same dimension, it did not change that it was a reason why it could not be helped to let go.

Eve seems to have abandoned thinking early on about the technique of resolving these two points. No matter how much you think about it, it's because you've decided it's hard to solve.

She therefore seems to have decided to reorient her point of view towards the forces, tools, etc. she now possesses, rather than the facts on the outside. Is there any way I can turn this predicament upside down in the bills I have now...

"(... would you ask Master Cole to arbitrate? But until Bear hurt the elves, maybe even just Cor can't help it... If I suck, I might turn to the hunting side...)"

With that in mind, a mundane question comes up in Eve.

"(... Speaking of which, Mr. Bear, how did you hurt or do something to those elves? You might have gotten your hands on the elves for being nice enough to bring us this far about the Eves, or strangely people-like tricks, right? Are you hungry? I might not have tried to eat about the Eves...)"

And --,

"Oh, shit!

—— Eve arrived at one answer.

Suddenly, a hunter walking in front asks the circumstances in surprise, against Eve, who speaks up as if he was convinced of something.

"Duh, what's up?! Suddenly..."

"Hmm... Eve, maybe you've come up with a way that a bear might be able to save you, huh?

"Is that true? But how..."

"It was an easy thing to think about - Well, maybe it hasn't been decided that we can still save the bear... but why did you hurt or do something to those bears and ask them directly why? Depending on its content, the Elves might be convinced too!

"Ask directly why? They're bears, so you can ask..."

And the hunter realizes what Eve is trying to say.

"Right! Mana!"

"Yeah! Maybe if I let you drink mana and transform it into what people look like, we could talk about it."

"I see. But what do we do? If he starts saying he attacked you because he's hungry..."

"At that time... I might not think I had a choice. But that bear, he seemed pretty smart, so you knew if you got your hands on the elves, they'd fight back, right? So I don't believe Eve attacked you because you're hungry... There was a special reason..."

"... right"

The hunter nodded as he narrowed his eyes to Eve's words. There was an atmosphere in that gaze that seemed to have something to say, but the hunter seemed to have decided to swallow the word.

And...... Eves goes into the woods following in the footsteps of Elder Bear and the Elves, and after a while catches up with them--

…………

—— In the end, when they were waiting for the two of them, they would inadvertently stop.