Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"Master Waltz... he may deny it, but he may be the demon god himself."

"That's ~... maybe the same thing Eve denies about herself that she's not a maid of honor ~?

"Hmm!? Hey, Eve, maybe she's not a maid!

To Cortex's point, even if it's not good in my case, it's good in Waltz's...... and, in a way, Eve in a maid of honor making a self-centered statement.

It should be noted that no matter how much they deny it, from those around them, they may both only look like demons and maids...

After all, I guess their usual behavior tells the story of who the two of them are, more than those words......

Eve and Cortex, who interact like that, had a slow lunch at the store where they handled pancake parfaits, occasionally with their eyes on the black shadow in the corner of their sight (?) I was taking.

Knowing that that black object was not a bug, but something Waltz had unleashed, they both stopped worrying too much...

Well, as opposed to those two, the cafe owner seemed to be scratching a cold sweat that something would go wrong...

"Mmm. Might be great in there, this."

With that said, what Eve was sticking to was a parfait with a hard, thick pancake on it like a tile (straw).

Nevertheless, the cream used there seemed to be an alternative to raw cream, not based on dairy products as in the modern world, but extracted from plants like soybeans.

Apparently in this world, even with fermented foods like cheese and yogurt, there is no raw cream.

Such, seeing a parfait where almost 100% of the raw materials are of plant origin...... Cortex asked Eve.

"Isn't it salty ~? That pancake ~......"

"Mm-hmm. Soggy, huh? However... this saltiness and the sweetness of the cream... may seem indescribable!

"Really? ~... (No, if you mean Eve is good, I have no objection ~...)"

How much on earth do you like pancakes......

Cortex thinks that if you look at Eve's delightful expression and leave her alone, maybe, like some Inari sushi freak, you'll keep bigoting all the pancakes......

Even before her like that, of course, lunch was available... needless to say, it wasn't pancakes, it wasn't Inari sushi.

That doesn't seem to be her favorite thing... but it seemed a little special.

Therefore, the last time Eve was questioned, she returned the question the other way around about that dish that Cortex was talking about.

"Hey, Master Cole? Is that... delicious?

The... black dish didn't seem delicious to Eve.

Turning the question from Eve, who had such a bitter look on his face, Cortex began to mouth his thoughts on the dish when he smiled bitterly himself.

"That's right ~... Why, I was going to hang squid smear on pasta, where the sensitivity of the first person to devise squid smear pasta is going to make me wonder if it's sane ~... at least, it doesn't taste bad ~? Seeing where there is no weird odor left, were the ingredients fresh or the arms of those who cooked were top notch ~..."

And Cortex looking to the store owner.

At that time, the shopkeeper finally lowered his head without saying anything.

Perhaps Cortex's words meant something special to him......

Then the two meals continued, pinching girly conversations everywhere.

… but is.

Eve ate all the pancakes and finally, tried to get her hands on the fruit that was buried in the cream of the parfait... or Cortex, which she left until the end, Icarling (?) I tried to get my hands on... that's when.

Casa casa...... becha......

"...... ah"

Something black went into it rather than sticking to the meal of two people.

That look would be something like 'G' itself, which turns out to have food there...

But... that didn't seem to end it.

Zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzu......

abruptly reduced the amount of food...... and at the end of the day,

"... None... has become..."

As Eve said, he erased the dish from before the two of us, as if to ignore the laws of physics.

Apparently, waltz's made (?) That black object seems to have the nature to break down food......

Because of that sight, Eve had solidified herself with a spoon in front of a container that was completely emptied, with a crying look on her face.

Was the shopkeeper looking at it expected to be so... against Eve and Cortex, he seemed to be trying to serve drinks instead of cooking... unfortunately, his spirit of service doesn't seem to make it possible to save the minds of the two absurds.

Because...

"... I'm sorry, store owner. I remember the emergency, can you please bill me ~? That too, immediately ~" gogogogogo

Cortex emitted a black aura in the gentle look of the usual...... because it gave me a nickel and sticky grin......

"Ha, ha, no, no!

Before that unspeakable and overwhelming sign, the shopkeeper rushes to prepare a signature form for the actuary.

He wasn't guilty at all... but when this happens, no one can touch him, so I'll just have to say...

Then Eve and Cortex, who came out of the store, set their feet on the royal castle, without getting lost.

Of course, the destination is the floor where Waltz will be doing the work, where there is a workshop dedicated to her in the upper part of the royal castle.

At that time, the look of Eve and Cortex walking down the street was filled with anger (cheeks) and sadness, just like the people walking around… I guess that means that other people were in the same situation.

Well... to the boulder, it seemed that there was no one but Cortex who was furious enough to go around and smile...

"This food grudge ~... Should it be kept in the sunshine ~..." Gogogo

"Ha... But I could eat a pancake, so let's see... I, for one day today, might only be eating a pancake!

and Cortex and Eve walking in big strands through the city, talking to each of them alone.

Then we reach the royal castle, go through the first compartment with the entrance, then through the seventh compartment in the centre….

And the two of us came aboard the elevator to the freakishly spectacular floor of the workshop on the Royal Castle, on its upper floors...

"... that? What's wrong? Both of you. You look so scared..."

Waltz, who was hit with food grudges by Eve and Cortex... but without knowing what caused it, seemed to be leaning his neck.

"... sister ~? Now, will you stop spraying something like a black bug ~? Otherwise, on behalf of all the people of Mid-Eden, I declare war ~? ♪ Gogogogogogogo ♪

"What?"

"Dear Waltz, it could be terrible... Ruining Eve's precious meal, you know..." Guru

"Hey, what the hell..."

Then the two of them briefly explain things like black bugs... after all, waltz didn't seem to know what they were talking about.

Therefore...

"Er... that ~? Could it have been my mistake ~?

Cortex seems to be losing confidence in the words he starts to say and losing momentum in his remarks.

"What the hell... I'm already... I'm busy right now, so don't interrupt me, okay?

To the two who came, where the prestige was gone... it seems Waltz has decided to return to his original task.

Eve inquired most of all about her.

"Master Waltz... what are you doing?

"Huh? What... Spread roses on South Fortress, increased production of micromachines though?

"Oh, well. I might not have killed all the rats."

"Ugh, yeah...... I know I'm sorry, but I don't want to hear too many words..."

From Eve, who was only an 8-year-old, she was a waltz who frowned at the radical words that flew... but she seemed really busy, turning her back on the two and turning to the terminals at the MEMS production facilities.

Then again, she starts operating the terminal… tilting her neck for some reason, opening her mouth.

"But there's something wrong with it. The sum of the amount of micromachines made and the amount actually stored does not add up, or is it less than I thought..."

Listen to that...

"(Absolutely, cause, that's it!

"(Maybe not anymore ~. Sister ~......)"

and Eve and Cortex convinced that the micromachines Waltz built are escaping from the side they built to the outside of the building.

Then it was when they thought about pointing that out to Waltz...

Pickah...... dogowong......!!

… one distant mountain that was visible outside the scenic window, with a bright white glow, unexpectedly evaporated and disappeared….

Look at that...

"... Speaking of which - Master Cole? Didn't you say anything about Lucia?

Eve mouths words like that, as if she remembered.

Then Cortex also remembered something about Lucia... opening its mouth.

"... by now, it looks delicious, I'm eating tons of Inari sushi ~... should be ~... I mean, I guess that's what it is ~..."

But Waltz still didn't seem to understand the situation...

"Huh? What are you talking about?

Even this period seemed to be tilting his neck.

Therefore, Cortex... spoke frankly of what had happened.

"... maybe Lucia is addicted to Inari sushi (?) So it broke ~, that's what I'm talking about ~?

"... Huh?

The moment I heard that, I finally stopped my hand slamming the terminal and waltz turning out in a hurry.

Apparently, she hadn't realized, until this moment, that she was about to destroy the country.

... Well, it's her sister who's trying to destroy the country directly...