Chapter 3 (1/2)

First of all, I’m sure that I can understand something if I try to operate the touch-display system in front of me.

Thinking that, I touch the words whenever something that piques my interest pops up.

「Upper Air Camera… Yeah, it’s nothing but the sky, eh. Oh, Outer Castle – South?」

When I try pressing it, the stair-shaped garden which I saw earlier appeared on the huge screens.

Each spot of the garden is being displayed from various angles, I can even see places that I missed when I was on the surface.

「An orchard, a field…… Oh, there were buildings in several places, it’s somewhat similar to a house」

There are square buildings at the side of the field and orchard. They have a door about the size of a person and their appearance are similar to a small house.

There’s a small stream flowing between the steps of the stair-shaped garden, It looks like there were also place similar to a small path that is not noticeable.

When I’m looking at the situation of the garden for a while, I noticed a movement in the garden which was quiet until now.

That small houses door opened.

Robots with slender limbs showed their figure from behind the door. The robots show no expression and look quite smooth, slowly walking inside the garden, they produce a round hose and start sprinkling water at the field and orchard.

It’s like they’re not carrying anything in their hand, so I think perhaps they have a pump inside their body and the water sucked from the tip of that hose is being released like a shower from the tip of their hands.

「Maybe they can also harvest the crops for me亅

I look at the water sprinkled by the robots for a moment, then I focus my attention to the screen panel.

There are also East, West and North options besides the South in the menu of Outer Castle Camera. If the South is the garden, I think the East and West is the area where the white houses are.

So, what is in the North?

When I try pressing the North, a scenery which different from the scene I saw until now is shown on the screen.

It’s only blue. For a moment I thought if it was sea, but apparently seems to be different.

Nearly half of the segmented screens is nothing but blue, but I notice that the rest are white tiles, lodges, and walls.

「Is this, a pool or hot springs?」

I don’t know without actually seeing it, but it really has an atmosphere similar to an outdoor pool. There seems to be quite a number of buildings nearby as well, but the pool feels considerably big in comparison.

「Hahaha, To swim above the sky? There’s nothing more I could ask for」

Saying that while looking at the screen panel, I operated the touch-display again.

There are surprisingly a lot but it’s no more than the camera entries. When I was thinking about seeing the second floor and the third floor, suddenly a high alert like an electronic sound rang in succession.

It’s similar to an alarm clock.

When I look up, I noticed that all the screens are unusually dyed in pitch black.

White letters appear in the middle of the black screen.

「…… Warning, detection of approaching object. Identification, threat, and recognition?」

Is there something serious approaching this castle?

「…… Eh? Isn’t this bad…?」

When I murmur that, I quickly looked at the touch-display. I thought of checking the appearance of the approaching object, but words different from earlier appeared on the screen panel.

「Defense Operation Option?」

Camera entries and facility operation contents are being displayed.

The Outer Island – West and South are currently being showed in the camera entries.