Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"Master Waltz ~?

Meeting with Yuki (?) After finishing, Julia appeared at Waltz, who was working in a large workshop.

"... that? Aren't you busy right now?

Yesterday's Cortex story was about being made to work like a carriage horse...

"No, I'm busy when it comes to busy, but I'm also waving my job to my men, so it doesn't mean I'm the only one who's particularly busy, does it?

"Oh, my God."

Apparently, the Intelligence Department is not a black department.

"So, Master Waltz? I just wanted to ask you something..."

That said, Julia takes out some kind of clear liquid from the bag, in a bottle.

"... I've found it on North Fortress, it's a burning liquid... this isn't Sequille, is it?

"... Huh? What do you mean, it burns?

Waltz tilting his head to that liquid that looks like just water.

"Uh... well, take a look"

Julia said so, staining the handkerchief she had with a small amount of liquid, bringing the gas burner fire, which was in the workshop, closer.

... then,

Shubbo!!

With a bright white light, the cloth burns out in an instant.

... Of course, the handkerchief wasn't made of a magnesium ribbon, or the gas burner output was high.

"Hmm?!

As soon as he sees it, Waltz floats a bottle with liquid under gravity control and quickly moves it to a space with nothing in the workshop (on the runway of energy).

However, don't shake it as much as possible, be gentle...

"Hey... but you don't have it anymore, do you?!

"What? There's more, isn't there?

Then, about four more from the bag, Julia takes out the bottle with the liquid.

Of which, one...

Porous

"Ah..."

Spilling out of Julia's hands, on the ground...

"... dangerous...!

I didn't fall.

Just before it hit the ground, it was taken by Waltz's gravitational control.

And Waltz isolates a total of five bottles on the runway (?) Then I opened my mouth.

"... Julia. You, that liquid, where did you bring it from?

"Uh, it was in the heart of the city of North Fortress, a fountain... or a pond of water, right?"

"... was it... was it any awkward...?

Julia looks surprised at Waltz's unusual reaction.

"... that's a kind of nitrate ester... nitroglycerin."

"Huh? To what... what?

"Nitroglycerin. Explosives. It's a dangerous substitute for an explosion if you shake it, drop it, close the fire, freeze it? That's a hell of an explosive one, too."

"What..."

Yulia blues to Waltz's words.

"So you mean we, brought back such dangerous stuff from North Fortress?!

"That's what's gonna happen..."

"... Huh."

Julia enters the ground sighing.

"... you've come back alive well... well, it looks like it's mixed with water and impurities, so I don't think it's going to explode unless there's much left to do."

"... really, I thought I was going to die... or I was blown up once..."

"What..."

Julia remembers blowing up an inn in North Fortress.

At the same time, it reminds me of the North Fortress people.

"Ah... speaking of which, the city folks were taking this liquid home looking important, but what are they using it for... After all, is it dangerous...?

In one case, Julia clouds her expression, wondering if the people in the town with a soft look are behaving in a terrorist manner behind them.

"... Hey, Julia? Weren't there more elderly people to take home?

"No, that's it..."

With that said, Julia remembers the look on the old man's face she was happily bringing home.

"If you say so, it could have been"

"Right? Nitroglycerin is definitely an explosive, but it can also be a drug. Speaking or breathing gas dilates the blood vessels, making it easier for the elderly and people with narrower blood vessels to consume it."

"Heh... that's what happened. I thought you were about to start a revolt."

"Well, I can't deny that possibility either."

"Uh..."

And under Julia's direction, an investigation will be conducted into the security of North Fortress, or it will not...

"Nevertheless, you generated nitroglycerin in nature well... and from the fountain? From the fortress fountains of this country, nothing really buzzes..."

With that said, Waltz reminds me of Mana from South Fortress.

For this minute, is there something gushing up in West and East Fortress that you don't know how to handle?

"... if it is, let's find out?

"No, you don't have to bother looking into it. You'll see."

Apparently, Waltz intends to take a trip to West Fortress and East Fortress in the near future.

With such an exchange, Yulia changes the subject to Xu (Omomu).

"... Um, Master Waltz?

Unlike earlier, Julia turns her magical face to waltz.

"... could you leave the role of the envoy to be sent to Master Sirius, to me?

Apparently, it was at the end of the story that I came to Waltz to ask him about the nitroglycerin, and the story of the envoy was the real deal.

"I thought you'd say that."

"Then..."

Julia is a former employee of Sirius.

It was clear that Julia would rather go and talk than a human being who did not know Sirius would go.

Besides, she is Mid-Eden's Director of Intelligence.

It wouldn't even suck as a role.

... but

"No. I haven't decided who to let go of this one yet. It's not a decision. It's a mistake."

Waltz leaving behind a word that can be taken as both negative and positive.

"... you have any thoughts?

No, there isn't, is there?

"What..."

"No, but... well, there's a lot going on."

"Ha..."

Julia decided to think it was a complicated situation.

"By the way, Julia? Sylvia's not with you today, is she?

"Are you a junior? No, we're still acting together today, aren't we? Seems like Junior's picking up some forgotten things for the energy guy right now."

With that said, Julia turns her gaze to the energy (airship).

"... you say energy properly, don't you?

"Yes, of course, because Master Waltz is a named airship"

"Oh, you know what..."

Waltz had a point about Yulia speaking happily of the name of Energia.

"... Speaking of which... Sylvia was with you at North Fortress, right?

"Yep. Can I help you?

"... don't you have nitroglycerin, Sylvia, too?

"Ah..."

Dogowong!!

... and abruptly, the energy exploded.