Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"Is this the South Fortress ~. As I heard rumors, there are many stone buildings ~"

To avoid any further collapse, Cortex spoke of such sentiments through a stone arch at the entrance to the old city wall, which was reinforced with wood... to the township from which he could see it.

Then Atlas, who was next to her, points it out with his arms together and his head tilted.

"If you say that, it's the same for Wang Du, right?

"No. I don't know... right. Fortress-like making, should I say ~? The township of the Wang capital is built on the assumption that people will live in it, but this city is indisputable and built to fight. People are built to live, not fight, so it's like a maze, and it's not the same fun as the king's capital."

"If you say so... maybe you do. Words may be bad, but messy or chaotic..."

Two carriages come and go on a critical wide boulevard.

Off the boulevard, the alley is on an extremely thin and rugged slope.

On the side of the road, which can never be said to be that big, the people of the town who are opening stalls...

Compared from the township of the zoned and neat King's Capital, it is true that there should be a line of buildings of the same construction, but the atmosphere was engulfed with completely different air, as if they had strayed into another world.

"Again, if you don't travel, you won't be able to see these views ~" Pasha

and the view peered in the finder with a delightful look on his face (?) Cortex cutting away...

"Right... but, Cortex. Why are you taking pictures of me, not of the city?

"Huh? That's because, of course, I haven't been making cameras to take pictures of the town. ~" Pasha

... which means she's been making cameras on purpose for this one, apparently.

But what you see in 80% of the photos taken with that camera is not a record of the journey... but perhaps, Atlas or Eve's weird face...

Such, after Cortex and Atlas, where we interact like we can say 'the usual', three people, especially of lower height, were also together to see it in the town landscape we first see.

"Isn't a house made of stone cold?

"I don't think it means it's cold because the floor is bottomed up with wooden slabs and the stones aren't exposed, do you? Besides, according to what I've heard, the region doesn't seem to get that cold even in winter..."

"Won't it get cold even in the winter...? I envy you."

And when we're walking together with such an exchange...

"Is that it? Maybe there's no home around here?

Suddenly opened, plugged into a plot of flat land with nothing but spread.

Then Cortex, which covers the country's information, returns the words to such Eve's question.

"This is... your sister just blew it up ~"

"Eh..."

All of a sudden, the three of them who didn't understand what Cortex had said and put out, doubting their own ears, listened back unexpectedly.

In that, like Cortex, Atlas, who knew the details, opens his mouth with a frightened look on his face.

"That explanation, it's too fractured... Um, there were some guys who attacked this town before, and Waltz (sister) fought to protect this town from them, but there was a trap... or a magical problem, and fountains and springs all over the city exploded. And this part of the neighborhood, where the explosion was particularly bad, blew up every compartment."

"Huh, the fountain exploded?... water vapor explosion? Or a geyser?"

"No, neither of them, but... Eve knows a pretty hard word, doesn't he?

With such praiseworthy words from Atlas, Eve cheeks happily small...

"Pfft... And - you might have told me that the springwater that explodes is in the labyrinth!... that? So, this is in the labyrinth...?

When she said that, she gave me a difficult look to stall as it was... and began to point some suspicious gaze around me...

"No, in the labyrinth..."

And then I say, Atlas shuts my mouth.

Maybe he remembered a giant aisle made of waltz and lucia, strewn underground...

Then Cortex walks in the lead, taking pictures of the city's scenery and fellow citizens, sending a raw warm gaze to Eve and Atlas and a few others who started labyrinth rigging, just about the city.

And then again, after coming all the way to the compartment where the houses hissed each other... and suddenly stopped for some reason, she opened her mouth, most importantly.

"Keep going this way... where the hell are you going ~?

"Huh? There's a destination somewhere, and you weren't walking? Dear Cortex..."

"There was a road there, so I was just walking ~? Isn't it the basics of the journey ~"

To those Cortex words...

"Oh, really?

"I've been traveling a long time, but I didn't know..."

"I want to walk because there's a way... I see. I can't even reason with that."

And when the three of you who were walking behind me are showing expressions of suspicion, regret, or interest...

"... ha"

Atlas sighed with a frightened look on only one of them.

"... what are you up to? Cortex."

If this was my sister (Waltz) or Strella, I can't deny the possibility that she's really walking appropriately, but it's the Cortex who's at the head of the curve that's entrusted to the top of the country.

Atlas seemed to think about it and thought she was up to something.

It's weirder that you're not up to anything than that, should I say...

"It's rude of you to be planning ~. I'm planning (producing), I hope you say ~"

Nico with that said... and Cortex with a grin.

... that was the time.

Zusassassassassassassassa...

All the while, from alleys and shadows, the South Fortress soldiers suddenly appeared... and surrounded one Atlas.

"Hey... what do you mean?!? Cortex!"

"When it comes to travel, isn't it common ~? It's trouble ~?

"Artificially caused trouble doesn't mean trouble!

And it was the moment Atlas disputed.

Bun!!

One of the soldiers waved his sword towards Atlas relentlessly.

... but...

Bachkin!!

Shortly before he hit Atlas' head, his fist shattered and blew his sword, as if it had been shot away with a ball of cannon or something.

Then...

"Oh... it's the real Atlas...!

Surprising voices containing colours of interest, rising from the surrounding soldiers.

After hearing such a voice... somehow, with a delightful look on his face, the soldiers were slashed in unison, into Atlas...

"Hey, stop..."

"It's training, so don't let them get hurt badly ~"

"These guys, you definitely don't think it's training, do you?!

With that said, Atlas repeats the sword that strikes relentlessly, at one end, without, breaking, avoiding...

Seeing him like that, Eve asked Cortex if the situation could swallow.

"Ko, Master Cortex!? What's going on!?

"Right ~... I'm focusing too much on rebuilding the town, to see if the original role, the function of defense, is not dull, a punch out inspection, should I say ~. Well, if you're traveling, think about it to the extent that you run into trouble"

Then I don't know what you thought of her words like that.

"... ho ho! I mean, maybe this is the one called 'Chivalrous'?!

and Eve suddenly starts to shine her eyes.

Make sure it propagates...

"Right... You meant practice for people to hunt people, right?

"I'm usually attacked (...) by the soldiers in town (...) ru (...) side (...)... but if this is like a performance, it might not be a bad idea to get a slow view from the outside like this..."

Fei Long and Silanui, who at first seemed worried, also looked at the killing line created by Atlas and the soldiers, with a reassuring look...

And then, after a while...

Pww!!

Soldiers pull up simultaneously with a clear look along with the whistling sound of

Apparently, he's finished training...

"Why, ha-ha-ha..."

"Good luck. Atlas ~"

With that said, Cortex gives Atlas the drink he took out of his bag.

"Oh, that helps... no!

Even so, while drinking the beverage offered, Atlas protested.

"Is that it? Fake ID just now. What did you sign up for?! ♪ Gokugoku ♪

"No ~? Atlas. If a man cares about details, women will hate you ~?

"... (I want to be hated... rather hated...)"

"Don't worry, it doesn't say anything big. Oh, by the way, it's not over yet, is it? Tea b... training until you leave this town ~"

"You just tried to say something different, not train, right?! Cortex!"

You can't stand my sister's tyranny anymore, when Atlas says so and tries to stuff--

"Dear Atlas, it could have been cool!

Eve said those words to him, turning a sparkling glance at him.

Apparently, for her longing for ninjas, Atlas, who was dangerously standing and dancing in situations such as being a killing squad or a chamberlain, was looking radiant...

"Eh... no... he said it was cool."

Then, for some reason, the Atlas becomes overwhelmed...

Cortex, who did not miss such a change in him, went on to say the words in such a way as to agree with Eve.

"Right ~. I think Atlas should be more, more confident in what he does ~? The same goes for the soldiers earlier, because I admire Mi-na Atlas."

"Oh... yeah?

"Yes ~"

"Hmm... then you have no choice...!

"(Pfft ~. It's a little ~)" Nico

Cortex smiles unintentionally because he did what he wanted, practicing the Atlas way he was making Julia investigate.

... It just seems like apart from that, I wanted to think of something.

"(... Really? ~. Eve thinks you're cool about Atlas too ~. This is going to increase your competition if you leave it alone... Well, it looks okay for a while. ~)"

Then you realize that Cortex's gaze was directed at you, and Eve mouths the words of doubt with an anxious look on her face.

"What... Ko, Master Cortex? Anything wrong?

"No. It's nothing. ~? I just thought," That's cute. "

"What... hey, wow... yeah. It could be nothing..."

An indescribable smile that was stuck on Cortex's face (?) to Eve, who only slightly pales.

Apparently, Eve's mood can't be recovered in a simple way, like Atlas...

"Sa ~ me. So let's take a closer look around the city ~"

Cortex starts walking in the lead again with that said, and four people following her with different kinds of expressions behind her.

Thus, tourism in the city of Cortex Products (?) was to resume...

... just.

Cortex may not realize that only one of its members had some special gaze on Atlas...