Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... I'd like to leave it if it's possible. I've watched that moon float in the sky for thousands of years, so I miss it so much that it's gone now."

Deprexa's opinion was, in a way, taken for granted. Waltz's questioning is like asking, "Can we halve the moon that floats in the modern world?" That would not be the case for those who say it is good to lose half the moon.

Moreover, Deprexa is a goddess who considers the balance between development and sustainability in this world. The loss of the moon would dramatically change the balance of the world, which, as far as she was concerned, she wanted to avoid.

But it's also true that if we don't do something about the moon, we won't be able to align ourselves with the future. She therefore adds another word to the words that were directed at Waltz.

"For example, how about arranging them in one column?

"... I mean, all you usually see is the moon on the front side, and the other one's hiding in the shadows, right?

"That's right. It's sad to see one less month, but if it doesn't go away, I'm still convinced."

"I see..."

As for Waltz, who had only thought about wiping out the moon altogether, Deprexa's suggestion seemed to sound like an accurate answer.

"What do you say? Did you get the answer?

"I think it was a good suggestion, and I think it's possible?...... yeah. I'm going to do a little calculation of the orbit or a calculation of the timing. Thanks, Deprexa"

"I'm glad I could help you"

That's what makes me laugh, Deprexa.

And the two of them were finishing lunch, about to head back to the bridge —— that was when it happened. Shortly after I saw the sun on the other side of the planet, suddenly --,

Beep, beep, beep!

—— An alarm sounds aboard the ship.

"What noise?

"This alarm..."

Deprexa, dressed up on the ship, seemed to know exactly what it meant. Anyway, the alarm was set up by her.

"I don't know until the details...... there seems to be an anomaly in some system. Let's go back to the bridge."

"Right...... Yeah, let's hurry!

Waltz and the others rushing back to the bridge after such an exchange.

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And they came back to the bridge... In the meantime, the alarm seemed to have disappeared.

"After all, what was the alarm?

Behind the deprexa tapping the console, waltz tilting his neck as he peeks into the screen. Because, apparently, there was a bug in the logging mechanism, and there was no warning left.

"Excuse me, Waltz. It seems that the area where the debug information is written was forbidden to write in order to protect the system from alarms, leaving no information on what alarm it was."

"Yes...... You don't have any errors or anything right now, do you?

"Yes, all numbers are within normal range: barometric pressure, temperature, radiation, residual magic, etc. There are no suspicious figures that could be out of range."

"Hmmm...... On the contrary, is it possible that the alarm system is malfunctioning?

"You can't deny it. I just can't be sure."

"Oh well..."

Waltz conceived as he struck that correlation. With the safety of the sailors in mind, should we return to one end, to the planet, or continue on to the moon….

Sometimes you wonder if Waltz, who didn't know the Catalinas had a truce agreement with the Altiles just about this time, would be attacked again when he returns--

"... well, one more time, when the alarm goes off, think of a response then"

—— As things stand, there are no problems with the hull, so we seem to have decided to continue the mission.

"Objection, any?

That's what Waltz said and looked around. There was the figure of those gathered to hear the reason for the alarm, and everyone seemed to listen to Waltz--

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"... well, keep going"

—— No objection from anyone. Looks like we're headed to the moon on schedule.

Ships have been accelerating ever since Stranzia left the planet. The relative speed with the surface is currently 25,000 km/h. The size of the planet and the magnitude of gravity, plus the speed of rotation, were almost identical to that of the Earth, so to reach the second cosmic speed needed to leave the planet's gravitational pull and head to the gravitational zone of the Moon, we were expected to be able to accelerate with 15,000 kilometers per hour —— that is, within a further circumference around the planet.

After finishing the next circumference and making sure that the acceleration was complete as planned and, on top of that, that there was no problem with the hull of Strandia, Waltz seemed to intend to change Strandia's orbit and head into the lunar orbit. At present, the moon was going to modify the orbit of the moon sooner, because the more time it took, the more distance it would open between the planet and the moon, because it was taking a course away from the planet gradually while drawing a snoring orbit. In other words, I was in a hurry.

As a result, they attract unexpected developments…. At this time, those who were able to imagine a future that would strike themselves--

…………

—— I wonder if there was anyone other than the deprexa himself who did the Stranzia outfit.