Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"You know... hiring asylum seekers as subordinates..."

"Everyone should be well educated, so I think we can use it.Of course, there may be some people who can say that it's a hassle, but if it's an interview, how can we get rid of it in advance? "

If you're worried about a shortage of people, why don't you hire some of the Eclarian exiles...Strela thought it was a good idea and suggested it to Hermes, but the other Hermes didn't seem to have much control.

From Hermes' point of view, Strela must have felt simply irresponsible just to come up with an idea.After all, Eclaria is now a hostile country to the Kingdom of Merclio.Even though I abandoned the country and fled, can I trust them...?Previous problems of competence and incompetence were growing into doubt in Hermes' mind.

Strela speaks to Hermes without a body or lid.

"This is the famous quote of an old great man."The real fear is not a capable enemy, but an incompetent ally."

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"... no, I'm not talking about you."

"No, I don't think so at all, and I'm not a subordinate in the first place."

"(Wasn't Hermes one of my men?)"

"Indeed, when the work I asked my men to do got worse and came back, I passed through the daze and even got murderous, so I don't know what Strela was saying.But I want to believe it.If you treat me with conviction, my people will answer someday. "

"... well, I don't know how you feel about wanting to think that way.Then why don't we just try one or two Eclarian asylum seekers? "

I'll push it a lot, won't I?

"I don't want to leave them alone in the open like this, because it's going to be a mess, a development... or a big city, so I don't want to leave them alone."

Strela opens her heart to Hermes as she turns to doubt.Strela told the village chief Tanaka and others, who were displaced from Ecleria, to stop further exploitation, and Tanaka and the others stopped the exploitation of the forest itself, such as the felling of trees.However, the village was being modernized smoothly by installing water, sewerage, gas, and electric wires on the land that had already been developed, and if left unchecked, development was proceeding with the momentum to complete the village as a modern city.We have to stop it somehow...As a result, Strela thought about hiring Tanaka and the others at Hermes'.

"You don't have enough men, do you? I can't give them to my men, but instead, there are more Tanaka, so use them."

"... are those Tanakas the property of Strela?"

"Because you have the right to kill yourself, do you own it?"

"... hah, there's nothing we can do about it, just the two of us?"

After first exhaling and saying what you want to say, Hermes exhales a lot again.I wonder if we can continue to grasp the trail of the Eclarian exiles...With all that trouble, Hermes admitted to welcoming the Eclarian exiles as his men, as Strela said.If there's anything I can do, just let Strela take responsibility...It seems that Hermes was thinking about such a thing at this time.