Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

In a debriefing after the mission, Yuki was reporting the results to Cortex.

"The recapture operation has ended in failure"

"Really?"

That concludes the report. It was clear from anyone's eyes what had happened, and Cortex himself had been there, and there was nothing to say, nothing to hear, nothing to hear.

Above all, there have been no casualties on our side, and the Boreas people who were in town have been rescued. There was nothing wrong with their personal belongings, but there were no injuries to the general public. Indeed, the mission itself could be described as a failure, but in view of the fact that it was able to crush the base of the Eclerian army, it was rather a failure close to unlimited success - no, it could not be called a failure in the name of success, so it was more of a celebration than a reflection.

Just --,

"Next time, let's proceed with the operation with caution on the Eccleria airship"

—— The look on Cortex's face to say so was not excellent. She was narrowing her eyes as she gazed at the biggest loss in this battle - the view of the town of Aruba, which was further transformed.

Cortex seemed to have a sense of crisis about Eccleria's attack at this time. In this battlefield, a weapon was used that should also be called a Magic Furnace Bomb, but if this were used over the King's Capital in Mid-Eden, how many victims would there be... Nature and wrinkles lean between her eyebrows imagining it.

It's not just the capital of my country. She could also be used as a weapon for Operation Scorched Earth in the towns of South Fortress and Alc, or in neighboring Endercia, or in friendly countries such as Merclio. That method of attack, which can also be described as a weapon of mass destruction, was a very nasty attack that drew a line with any country that had ever responded, but was also likely to detonate, even in an attempt to blow it up with some great force. What the hell should I do...... Cortex figured out how to deal with it, and it seemed to bother his head.

"Looks like we need to speed up the plan as it is ~..."

"What the hell are you talking about?

In the midst of the desolate earth that the morning sun illuminates. Yuki asked Cortex, speaking to himself with a harrowing look on the spot where there was the town of Aruba until earlier.

But somehow --,

"No ~. Nothing."

—— Cortex seems to have misled his own words. Did you even think about awkwardness when someone else asked you something, or was it really nothing......

"Well, leave that trivial thing alone..."

That's what Cortex said, and when he returned to his usual soft look, he asked Yuki. More specifically, with his gaze toward Yuki's knee.

"You seem to get along a lot ~?

On Yuki's lap while Cortex and Yuki interacted --,

".................. zzz"

—— and there was the head of a wise man to sleep comfortably. Yes, Yuki had a knee pillow against the wise man.

"Yeah, I'm your husband," he said.

"... Um, Master Yuki ~? When I can smile uncontrollably like that, I won't be able to penetrate ~..."

"... no, nothing (I see ~. This is what it means to have room for rear recharge ~)"

With that said, Cortex tried to anticipate why Yuki and the others suddenly became friends —— on the contrary, they began to interact as if they were a couple.

"(Well, eighty-nine, something big must have happened when Sage chased Yuki, who ran away ~...)"

But Cortex stops anticipation there. He thought it was impeccable to imagine what had happened.

And one more thing. There's a reason she stopped speculating.

'Hey, Cortex. You, where are you now?

The voice of her brother (Atlas) entered her radio communication system.

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After Cortex went home in a hurry. Yuki looked at the scenery with nothing missing, kneeling about the sage. He had something on his mind about the appearance of the town of Aruba, which had changed further in just one attack.

"... can I take this country back..."

Yuki whines words that are not directed at anyone. The feeling of thinking of the country seems to have become puffy and zero. Not so long ago, Eccleria's attack left a strong impression in her.

She was anxious. Just like Cortex, he had a sense of crisis about something called a Magic Bomb. What can we do when the Magic Conductor Bomb appears in the city of Vixen, the capital of Boreas? Unlike the town of Alba, it is impossible to evacuate all the people from that place where tens of thousands of people live. As long as Yuki haunted his head, no way could come to mind to protect the citizens of the city of Vixen from the Magic Conductor bomb.

So she was deeply troubled --

"It's good to see you... Yuki..."

—— I heard a voice like that coming from her knee.

"What, sir?

".................. zzz"

"... Phew"

And Yuki with a grin. I didn't seem to think of a clear way to deal with the Magic Furnace Bomb, but from the look on her face when she heard the wise man's sleep, the colours of wonder and worry seemed to have disappeared.