Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

all over town, encounting with the glad soldiers (?) As opposed to the Atlas who continue to...

In some old building, on the corner of the same city...

Kachan...

and cups with tea in a quietly ceramic saucer... there were two women (+1) who enjoyed the flavor, aroma, and atmosphere.

Apparently, they're waiting for someone in that room with their mouth full of tea and sweets served.

"Huh... After all, it's not my home... but it's a good thing to be generous in a known place..."

And what I mouthed was a hunter who was supposed to have a home in the tallest part of this town.

Her original home... that is, the Count's house, was not in such a state that she could live because it was still under reconstruction after collapsing into battle with the unidentified ring.

Furthermore, it seems that the rebuilding of the home was lagging behind because the Count himself had given top priority to funding and the supply of people to the restoration of the town.

So the Counts were now living in this city hall... in short, in the corner of places like town hall and city hall, temporarily.

Nevertheless, the building was not merely a hall, but also a place that was normally used by the Count family facades as a venue for various ceremonies such as dinner parties.

So for hunters who have been in and out of this place since childhood, it may be said, in a way, that it is positioned like a villa, or a home in a close neighborhood.

... the woman sitting next to her opens her mouth so that she can taste the air in such a building, together with the hunter.

"Sure, your heart rests..."

It was... Yuki, the former demon king, who grumbled to agree with the hunter's words and then carried tea into his mouth in a graceful manner.

To her, who lived in a giant castle until the other day, there seemed to be nothing particularly distracting about it, even in a room elegantly decorated with antique items.

"Right. It would help if you could say that. I was wondering what I'd do if I cared."

"No. I didn't notice. Next time you get a chance, I will definitely do it, so come to Castle Demon King."

"Looking forward to that... hmm? Yuki house...?

and a hunter who mouths it that far and then frowns for some reason.

She probably imagined the castle Yuki would have lived in...

Well, leave it that far...

Two people who have lived in a similar world, right next to them enjoying the atmosphere of the place... somehow, an airborne girl unlike them, sat in her seat looking narrow on her shoulders...

"..." Gokuri.

I don't know how to drink tea, it's a waltz I was drinking while covering up only holograms of the contents of the cup...

The hunters and yuki who were on the spot were inside, so I didn't need to be particularly concerned, but Waltz seemed nervous in vain because the Counts, the hunter's parents, were different.

Nevertheless, the Counts have not yet come to this room...

You realize how she is like that, hunters mostly talk.

"Waltz? You look pale, but... are you okay?

Waltz then opened his mouth, looking very different from his usual attitude, showing a bare gesture wiping the sweat scratched in his hands with his thighs.

"... honestly, you're nervous..."

"What...?

The hell, because I had no idea where the elements of tension were, or at the same time two people who divulge their voices of doubt.

Against them like that, Waltz breathed a small sigh before... asking the other way around.

"... for example, right? What if the hunters meet with my Creator... oh, my God, what would you do? Aren't you nervous? (... I'm not in this world anymore, am I?

"Ah... If you say so... you might get nervous (I mean, like going to say hello to your fiancée's parents...)"

"Right... (and the battle over Master Waltz begins...!

Then... somehow, two people with a look like they were ready, shaking a little, and taking the cup in their hands at the same time.

Whatever that looks like, it's a samurai tremor...

(Absolutely, something, you're mistaken... both of us...)

As she frowned at the fact that the color of the air surrounding the place had changed so much that even the unreadable waltz of the air could tell...

Gacha...

"Sorry for the inconvenience! Dear Waltz."

Count Beltz, a strangely low back, the hunter's father, opened the wooden door and came to the room.

"That's not true, is it? Hey, hunter?

"Huh? Ah, ah. You've been talking a lot to Waltz and Yuki, so... you're not waiting, are you? Father (hey, waltz... Are you sure you're nervous?

"That's... good"

When he said so, the Earl of Belts lowered his hips to the opposite chair, pinching the waltzes and the long desk with a reassuring look on his face.

Seeing him take a deep breath like that to get his broken breath done... maybe he's rushed all the way here.

"Um... could it be that, when you're very busy, you've come?

Pushing without an appointment... and calling the Count, who is the head of town, is now waltz thinking, 'Could it have been awkward...' etc.

The Count then answered her question with a slightly tired look on her face.

"... I don't deny it. There was a lot going on while the town was rebuilt..."

With that said, the Earl turns his gaze to the enormous energy visible from the view of the window.

"Um... something, I'm sorry..."

"No, Master Waltz will not feel anything. In a short time, we have also heard Liese say that the large sums of money and personnel for reconstruction were collected because of the cooperation of Master Waltz..."

"No, it would help if you could say that..."

"... whoa ho!

A hunter with a deliberate cough, somewhere shy, on the side of the two of them interacting like that.

Then she began to introduce the Count to Yuki, who was next to herself, changing the subject as if to delude herself.

"Um, father. Someone I want to introduce you to..."

"... what?!

The Earl is accidentally deflected by the condition of his daughter, who suddenly begins to speak with a strange expression, and by some sort of deterministic statement that comes out of her mouth.

The hunter, whose father somehow understood what he thought, continued his words with a bitter smile.

"No, I'm a friend. It's about her..."

"... oh well. Right..."

Suddenly he was introduced to Fiancé, or he thought, the Count heard the word 'friend' and seemed to stroke his chest down.

... but then, to a word that comes out of his daughter's mouth, he gets slapped in a vortex of confusion.

"She's the Demon King."

"... what?

And I'm going to solidify myself while I watch Yuki...

In response to him like that, Yuki began to talk about introducing herself, including supplements.

"No, you don't, do you? Master Hunter. Ex (...) Demon King, to be exact. Uh... I'll see you first, father of the hunter. My name is Euclidean E Sirius, and I was a former emperor of the Boreas Empire. Everyone calls me Yuki, so be sure to call me Yuki in the future as well."

But remain solidified, Count not returning a reply...

In his brain like that, the word 'demon king' must be playing loops, like a tree spirit (obsessed) that doesn't attenuate in his head...

"Is that it? That's crazy..."

Yuki waves to confirm his reaction to the Count who says he's finished talking but doesn't respond at all.

But then for a while there was no decent response coming back until it was sorted out in the Count's head...