Wild Panjandrum

 

Many Transferees take one look at a Nereis and murmur, ‘An elf’. They picture those idyllic archers of the woods.

But the elves handed down in Earth’s old legends were nothing so gentle.

At P336 Fortress Area, a rumor that fairies lived in the forest had become popular among the children.

「What kind of fairy is it?」

Four children were excitedly talking it over. Three boys and one girl.

「I heard it rolls around.」

「What kind of shape would that even be…」

「Like a giant spinning wheel?」

「Then that’s just a Panjandrum!」

Even children knew what that was.

The ground-rolling self-propelled depth charge Panjandrum.

「If it were a Panjandrum, nobody would call it a fairy.」

The girl said that, and the boy frowned and shot back.

If it were a Panjandrum, then the story would just be about some strange Panjandrum wandering around in the woods.

「That’s true too.」

The girl seemed to reconsider. Calling that a fairy was rude to fairies.

The children knew