Vol 2 Chapter 10 (1/2)

Laihiala Pilot Acadedoramme, and naturally has e of the Silhouette Knight on campus Included are the inner skeleton, outer skin, parts crafting and the linKing of crystal tissue, a place to assemble all the parts; all these facilities are named as a whole as the ‘workshop’

In order to service the ten hts, the interior of the workshop was spacious Situated at the edge was the antic chair A Silhouette Knight was placed on it, and a large group of students were doing ht was placed on a truck to be transported The sound of haiant armour into shape could be heard There was noise everywhere and so

A burlystudents with heavy steps No, it was a bit wrong to use burly as the description The e, but he had a stout body He ice as thick as a nor sense of presence to the surroundings This wasn’t because of body fat, but the strong and thickdown his back and hisrace, a dwarf

He approached the squabbling students and silently hit the He held back, but being whacked by a dwarf still made the two of them roll on the floor in pain

“Really, everyone is finding trouble with me at such a busy time!! If you have time to talk trash, then move your hands!!”

“Cough! Bo… Boss! Sorry, ill get back to work right away!!”

If a dwarf gets serious, they could crush boulders with their bare hands It was no joke You don’t want to get on the bad side of the ‘Boss’ - the leader of the pilot acade nonstop rushed back to their work station

“Stop hts were destroyed! I’ve had enough”

The Silhouette Knights that were heavily daed in the battle with the Beheinally start from repairs, but with most of the machines destroyed with only the core and the frareed to build new ones from scratch

With the knowledge and skill of the hts wasn’t too difficult But it wasn’t just one or tith so many orders, the workload draet help from people from the craftsmen department; the academy really went all out

Even though there were iven toparts Those that were heavily daed and needed a lot of ould be worked on later

“ This one would be worked on at the very end”

The Boss stopped before one of the ed seriously, only that one’s inner skeleton fell co behind only sparse parts - a terrible sight The ether reactor and e was a miracle

“On closer inspection, the destruction was really thorough Was it da exhausted? The inner skeleton is breaKing apart”

The Boss was staring at the wreckage seriously for a long while The students hearing him mumble tilted their heads, unable to comprehend why the Boss was so surprised

“Ah? That should be coht? It can’t be helped if the ether reactor was flattened… Huh?”

The student as speaKing doubted his oords, staring intently at the wreckage The ether reactor was intact, but theapart Seeing this illogical situation, he finally understood why the Boss was puzzled A new question arose and he asked:

“Ah… Did the silver nerves break? What an unusal way of breaKing down”

“Oh, that’s right The way it was destroyed is unique”

The Boss focused on what appeared to be the legs of the wreckage After re the armour, the exposed crystal tissue was torn and frayed in the middle For these experienced craftsmen, this was a familiar syue sooner or later That wasn’t surprising, but--

“These fellows had all their parts replaced with new ones before they set off, ould it suddenly tear froue? Hoas it piloted? Weird, this fellow broke down in a weird way”

The Boss grunted and stiffened his face hidden by his beard His intuition told hie; the way it broke doas obviously different from all the scenarios they had seen before

The maintenance department didn’t just do repairs If there were any structural improvement that could be made, they would be the ones to implement it Hence, they have to do their best to understand any underlying problems in the machine“The naht runner is that fellow Di… What the hell did he do?”

The Boss yelled out loudly, and assigned soe to himThe Capital of Fremmevira Känkänen had a famous aristocrat district Most of the nobles who have their own territory also owned a property here The Serrati Marquis clan also has a mansion here The twins Archid (Chid) Olter and Adeltrud (Ady) Olter were led by their sister of a different mother, Stefania (Tiffa) Serrati into this place which they hadn’t seen for a long time

The aged butler led these three towards Marquis Joachim Serrati’s study roo the personality of the owner and a steadfast atmosphere

Tiffa who could see him every other day aside, the twins saw their father for the first time in years, their nervousness was clear for all to see

Joachie his docu a few moments later:

“Thank you, Tiffa It’s been quite a while since I saw the both of you It’s great that both of you are healthy Is Ir well?”

“Yes, long time no see, father Mother has never fallen sick before, she is as fit as a fiddle”

It’s a bit aard for a conversation between parent and child, but it’s itimate children of the Marquis, plus their ill relation with the legal wife meant they didn’t have much of a chance to interact with the main family They seldom talked to their father, Joachim, so both parties weren’t used to this

“Father, I have brought the for them?”

Tiffa sensed the aard atetting straight to the point would help them open up with each other

“That’s right… I heard from Tiffa that Archid and Adeltrud have a friend naht?”

They never iined that they would hear this name from Joachim Not just the twins, even Tiffa had a surprised expression

“How is he as a person? Do tell o on”

Their father’s tone was beyond debate Chid and Ady suppressed their doubts, looked at each other and described their iic; In teric alone, he should be the top talent within the nation; and his passion towards Silhouette Knight, etc

Even just listening to half of it was enough to shock you, but Joachim did not question and listened quietly The doubts in the twin’s heart grew deeper because they didn’t knohy their father was interested in Eru Joachim probably read their doubts from their faces, pondered for a moment and explained:

“He was listed as one of the contributors in the battle with the Beheh there wasn’t any awards for him this time, but it was proposed that he should be rewarded for his efforts in the future”

“Hmm? This ed!?”

“Don’t be hasty, it’s not so that would be decided immediately, it would depend on his performance from now on”

Eru who risked his life in the ‘Behenised or rewarded after the situation was resolved Eru hiive up on it without much hassle, but the twins couldn’t accept it

Those who actually watched would definitely know

That ht be the reason why Chid beca with Joachim was strict, but he wasn’t unreasonable

“But father, you said it would depend on his performance, so what should we do?”

“Si from now on Understand?”

“Yes, father!”

The joy on Chid and Ady’s face were easy to see, the tense atmosphere of the visit had also dissipated The tere close to Eru and were sure that he would ’ one day If they tell their father at that tinised They had always been relying on Eru, so this was so him back

Tiffa had a gentle s to overlook Eru’s acco to help was the sae his expression as he watched the cheerful children

For a whole week after the Behemoth incident, Laihiala Pilot Academy stopped their classes

As the event overlapped with the field trip, manythe pilot cadets in high school The school thus needed time to attend to this situation

In this sudden holiday, the students ere safe and sound spent their time freely Some visited their parents back home; some relaxed in their hostel; others used the chance to play as much as possible As for Ernesti--

The Echevarria mansion was situated near Laihiala Academy City In one of the roo before a desk, writing down soh the s, only the sound of the tip of the pen touching the paper could be heard

“ Hh structure of it

He had just completed a section and returned the pen back into the ink bottle Eru stretched in satisfaction, rotated his stiff shoulders and leaned back onto the chair

The words on the notebook were tidy, detailing the design theory he had learned in class, his thoughts fro other pilots and , which included his memories from his previous life This notebook could be described as ‘book of terrifying knowledge of a different world’ The last page had the freshly finished sketch of the machine based on these notes

“With this, I could complete the promise I made with those two… What’s left is the promise with His Majesty”

He crossed his arain He was troubled over the pro the best Silhouette Knight’-- the content of the proress

“There are mountains of proble a Silhouette Knight… ht…”

The te into a corner of hisover his mind Shortly after, Eru couldn’t resist the temptation and said it out loud:

“Wahh, Silhouette Knight, I want to pilot a Silhouette Knight…”

The worse thing was thinking about related matters The more Eru tried to not think about it, thea real Silhouette Knight was actually a great stroke of luck Closing his eyes, Eru could see that scene before hi pace sending strong vibrations; the friction the ar sword; the inertia he felt whenever he entered the coiant beast All these experiences and memories assaulted Eru in the form of an illusion

“Ughh, I want to pilot soh…”

Thatthat you could pilot and run around in Eru was just athis fact, he laid down on the table meekly“No good… I can’t work like this At such a tio out for a walk”

He propped hi out onto the streets once he was ready

Some time later, Eru showed up at the smithery ‘Termonen Workshop’ which was situated in Laihiala Academy City He ca dwarf Batson Termonen

As the son of a s to inherit the fae friend that likes Silhouette Knight a little too ht craftsman

With this background, they had been acting like a Silhouette Knight fan group

“ That’s what happened I will be building a better Silhouette Knight and present it to His Majesty”

“What ‘present it to His Majesty’! Why does it suddenly look like a request fro!? I don’t knohat to say to you, there should be a gradual progress in events…”

Eru who strongly believed that the completion day would come chattered cheerfully while Batson just brushed it off casually Batson thought Eru was going on a field trip, but in the end Eru exchanged bloith the Beheht Eru had safely returned, but heEru’s actions had been unpredictable over the years Batson sighed deeply, giving up on retorting each point

“Eh, forget it This suits your style, too So what are your plans? Do you have an idea about the new Silhouette Knight?”

“No”

“Hey”

Eru’s firht Eru had a plan from his confident demeanour

“If you ask me what I want to create, I do have lots of ideas But the problem of where to build it hasn’t been solved How about constructing it at your place?”

“Of course not!”

Silhouette Knights were about ten ic ar you can make in a workshop in town

“Can’t you accommodate this? Aren’t we comrades?”

“I don’t care if you are a comrade or a friend, no means no!”

As the two of the happily, the door of Batson’s roo force Both of them were shocked as they turned to look at Batson’s father

He worked long years as a crafts body was full of solid muscles, and his fierce bearded face looked just like a de them back several steps

“You two… Didn’t I say don’t be noisy, it would interfere ork?! If you want to be noisy, do it outside!!”

Without waiting for him to finish, the two of theh Batson’s room was on the second floor Eru who jumped first landed smoothly and used Air Cushi+on to catch Batson who jumped next Their movements were unusually practiced, as if they had probably done this several times before

“Eh, ere chased out What do we do, Batson?”

“Dad is fierce, it can’t be helped Ah, how about going to the Pilot faculty’s workshop?”

Eru didn’t understand why Batson estion and tilted his head

“Didn’t a bunch of Silhouette Knights get totaled in the recent battle? They should be repairing them now, let’s ask them to let us observe”

“I get it, that’s a great idea, let’s go, then!”

Eru cheered himself up and ran in the direction of Laihiala Pilot Acade behind

It was past noon in Laihiala Acade through the school gate when they heard so for them

“Hee, found him”

“Caught Eru--!!”

The ones who grabbed Eru’s arms were Chid and Ady Because they were both taller than Eru, Eru whose arround

“Eh- Chid, Ady? What is it? This is so sudden”

“Nothing, how should I put it, we guessed that Eru would be here”

“Since we guessed right, we should catch hio next?”

The two of the his legs hanging in hed depressedly

“ I was thinking that the workshop of the pilot school are conducting the repairs of the Silhouette Knights, so I wanted to observe”

“Is that so? Let’s hurry there immediately!”

“It’s fine to go along, you two But it’s about time you put me down”

And so, the four of theh they were just in their first year of middle school, they were already familiar with the layout of the campus and reached there in no time

They sneakily peeped at the insides of the workshop The knocking sound of hary shouts and the roar of the Silhouette Knight’s engine It was noisy inside Eru wanted veryfocus of the craftsroup slowlyAnd, they cae and would be dealt with later

At the rear of the workshop was a giant chair for Silhouette Knight maintenance On it were iron pieces that could only be described as wreckage being lifted by a crane That was probably the torso of a Silhouette Knight As the exterior had caved in, the inner skeleton was also warped Leaving Eru and Batson aside, the twins couldn’t comprehend what it was for a moment Thankfully, there were scraps of red paint as clues, which led theinal form of that machine

“That is… eh, could it be Guyale that was piloted by Eru?”

Chid observed the profile of Eru as gazing at the wreckage and mumbled a question

“Correct I reed It is co it off until later”

“A, what did you do to destroy it until it looks like that”

Ignoring Batson as stunned, Ady stared at the coe and see before her could tell her wordlessly just how desperate the battle with the Behemoth was Even the tho had never piloted a Silhouette Knight could iine it easily

When they heard Eru talk about the incident in the past, both Chid and Ady thought they had understood how dangerous it was But the wreckage displayed before theiant lue was the force that destroyed it, and how dangerous it was to face it--

Chid clenched his fist until it turned white, while Ady was tearing up One ave them the chills It couldn't be helped, but the tere terribly frustrated about not doing anything to help during such a crisis

” Pretty”

At this looret and turned towards Eru slowly”Even a destroyed robot is so pretty”

Eru sighed, his profile looked so charmed He didn't realise the at icy and said:

”That's right, when soe behind, it is known as the 'elegance of silence' The air of defeat and loneliness Is so pretty”

The eyes of the twins met for a split second, the 132nd session of the Olters siblings’ conference ended with a consensus-- they decided wordlessly to attack Eru

”!? Ick Ick hwurts ick hwurts, wife areth youth dowing!!”

Eru’s cheeks were been pulled hard,hi without letting up

“Eh, you can’t blame them, Eru…”

Batson watched calmly from the side by himself

“Hey, where did you brats co a racket here!!”

The twins pinched for a o Eru as finally liberated nursed his cheeks and was about to protest when a roar cah to be heard over the other noises in the workshop They turned to see a dwarf youth with a strong presence -- the Boss, David Hepken

“Oh? Isn’t that the silver boy? You really like it here, huh, but don’t disturb our work”

The Boss knew Eru, as hanging around the pilot school as if it was normal And, he was even here when school was out Even the Boss was stunned Eru looked past hi behind him

That face was as pale as a ghost, under the eyes were thick eye bags His carefully combed blond hair was a ht, Dietrich Cunitz For a moment, Eru couldn’t identify him with the Dietrich in his memories and rubbed his eyes But no matter how he looked at him, the Dietrich before hiance and cockiness were gone, with frustration and gloo its place

“Eh, uht? What happened?”

Eru asked with a stiff smile that lacked confidence Dietrich's face looked so down that even Eru was troubled Dietrich responded with an ugly smile and said hoarsely:

“ Ahh, Ernesti Ke keke… a little… right, just a little I have been having night uard down just a little… Ugh, that person acting cute with a terrifying voice, pui!”

As he spoke, it spurred the ht off to the other world-- The Boss gave hi him back Dietrich blacked out for a moment and then woke up The Boss’ chop probably worked

“Ugh, oh, oh… Ah! Where aet it Since Ernesti is suht? That makes it easier”

“Ahh? What does the boy need to explain?”

“What else, you want to know the reason why Guyale broke down right? Isn’t that why you asked the ‘reason’ to come here?”

The Boss looked between Dietrich and Eru’s face for a long while, slowly getting what his words meant His frown became even deeper

“Wait Di, fro, that boy seems to be the reason why Guyale broke down?”

“Eh? Isn’t that… You asked hi that?”

“No, I didn’t look for him, he just showed up by himself”

The conversation didn’t match and all three of them tilted their heads simultaneously In the space of these few seconds, Dietrich seeether