309 Orange (1/2)
”Is that an aftereffect for staying so long here in the outer space?”
”Huh? No way!”
”Then how can they have orange skins and horns?!
”Ugh… T-this… To think that the virtual world's introduction with foreign entities would be real…”
”I had a hunch but… seeing them personally feels completely different.”
The magicians who just landed their spacecraft at the Omen IV marveled at the sight of several Arians who were working on constructing the space fortress that Ace was planning to build.
Their knowledge about the vast universe was so small and most of it had come from the virtual game. After all, the Academy they attended was only focused on teaching them about practicing mana. There may have been topics about the stars and the moons but it was only superficial knowledge.
”I would like to see them closer…”
As they alighted from the spaceship, many Arians took some curious glances at them. After all, they were clearly different from the members of the ”Xeno Collective” that they were used to.
The Omen IV wasn't alone in this Lagrange point as it has a smaller asteroid where towers and facilities were being built. These facilities were covered by a large dome-like structure where the magicians would be staying at.
”Hey… I thought that this Lagrange Point only has this celestial body… That huge thing was actually a spacecraft!”
”Yes… I didn't recognize it at first. But looking at it closely… It seems that it was just a camouflage.”
It was natural not to easily recognize the Omen IV. The Arian's spacecraft was designed to look like an asteroid to avoid detection so it wouldn't be easily recognized as spacecraft unless it was carefully observed in detail.
”Ugh… It seems nothing compared to the spaceships that were built by Sir Traceless Hands…”
”Oh… Maybe he gained the knowledge of building these advanced technologies through the help of the orange people?”
”I don't think so… It felt like Sir Traceless used his brainwashing magic to gain control of them instead…”
”Haha! What are you saying? Sir Wallace wouldn't be like that…”
”Can we try approaching them? We may learn something from them…”
”Oh? You're not afraid of them? You're really brave Hilda…”
[ The Arians are not proficient in your language yet so you don't need to speak with them. ]
”They're still studying our language? I knew it… It means that Sir Wallace couldn't have communicated with them… Is it done through you, Avalon?”
[ I can't answer this question. ]
”Hmph…”
Hilda was curious about the orange-skinned people's connection to Wallace.
”Mhmm… I can see that several automatons were monitoring the Arians… Eh? Isn't that a Steel Knight... Oh! That's Radiant!”
She had used this specific machine during the simulation so she has a different feeling when seeing the majestic knight again.
”Is it being controlled by Avalon? It looks like they're being used to observe the orange people in their work…”
”That's true…”