Vol 3 Chapter 32 (1/2)
Chapter 32: Gatherers in a Place of Meeting
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Lights filled the night Some came from the stars and so through a forest, the land had been cleared to create vast fields and a city
It was a large city
However, the city’s lights paled in coht in the sky and the fields
Those were the lights of an aerial fleet
Countless shi+ps formed several circles around the city Every so often, a few shi+ps would leave the city and another group would descend in their place
They were receiving supplies, receiving instructions, and then leaving The sides of the shi+ps contained the national emblems of MHRR and PA Oda and the emblems of a number of acade wind and the spraying noise of the wind and water forht, the voices ofpeople and noises of transportation were quite loud
That aht ht, and the voices of cows, horses, birds, cats, and dogs interested in or scared by the light and noise
A certain place was situated near the din yet far enough away to have a decent view of it all
That place was above the river running alongside the city A giant aerial shi+p sat in wait across the river
The blue shi+p was six hundredand its upper deck was unlit
Even so, a few people were gathered on that dark deck to watch the bright city One of those rapped in diht and wore a red unifor a festival, but stop eating so much meat You’re hu to copy the Reine des Garous?”
“Copycat”
Those co lae of the deck
He was Sassa Nari cloth charht side of his head, and a red unifor around “You really need to shut up about that You’re like Fuwa used to be Do you think you’re ?”
“No, I have Ma-chan And even if you are h money to support a faht away You would visit Ise for your honeyet divorced on the way back You really need to bring so a lot of trouble for everyone working under you You don’t want to kno often they cos like, ‘It’s time to start the mission, but our commander hasn’t shown up yet What should we do?’ ”
“What do you tell theoing on a rae at the front line, so they should head on out That usually works, but they were in a lot of trouble the one time you were actually asleep I felt bad about that, so I told shi+bata”
“That’s when he gavelecture, isn’t it? So that was your fault”
“No, I think that was your fault for falling asleep”
“Idiot,” added Matsu
“Shut up,” replied Narie on the back of the shi+p
It was a young ht hite hair
“Hi,” he said with a raised hand
Toshi+e bowed and Nariestured toward it
“Sit You must be tired, MHRR Student Council President Or would you prefer I called you Matthias?”
“I’m not sure if I should reply with ‘testament’ or use PA Oda’s ‘shaja’”
The man in an MHRR uniforhten the cuff of the pants sat in front of Narimasa
As he, Matthias, lowered his hips to sit, he let out a sigh and gave a bitter smile
“Ahh, I can finally sit down I feel like I haven’t bent s in forever”
“Order whatever you want to eat or drink, Matthias If you want bones, you can take them fro ingredient, Sassa My brother loves bone ently touched the small cross-shaped divine ur connected to the shi+p’s cooking division appeared and displayed a menu
“What, it’s all carried up from below? Do you not have someone test it for poison?”
“All of the food stands below are run by this shi+p’s cooking club, Matthias More importantly…”
Narimasa hesitated to continue, but Matthias answered anyway
“Yes,” he replied “With Musashi+ on their way to Magdeburg, Hashi+ba asked if she can send Tilly to surround the city”
In other words…
“It’s quite like Hashi+ba to not directly ask if she can start the Sack of Magdeburg Orif she could start the crossroads that leads to our…to the MHRR Catholics’ loss”
Toshi+e thought about what Matthias had said
…As always, he has no power
Toshi+e did not think that was a bad thing
MHRR Student Council President Matthias was the younger brother of “Wahnsinniger” Rudolf II, as MHRR chancellor and Holy Ro to the Testament descriptions, MHRR was a nation of multiple principalities and the position of Holy Roman Emperor was elected froht to vote lay with the prince-electors ere the representatives of the principalities
…That freed MHRR froht to name the emperor and allowed us to freely choose our emperor
However, the times had moved quickly By the tihts had ended and the e his power So…
“In the end, powerful families would inherit the throne or even have it forced onto the family has openly inherited it At any rate, I’m impressed you would want to come to a false empire with no real power”
Toshi+e tried to listen to Matthias, but he was extreur to orderto send the bill to shi+bata under Narihtly kicked Matthias’s shi+n under the table
“Hey, what do you want? Beer? Wine?”
“I also like Far Eastern sake”
“Quit copying us You’ll have some wine Drink it like a wo?” asked Matthias with a smile on the corner of his mouth
“Sorry,” said Toshi+e with a bow “Someone at the special duty officer level should never treat a student council president like this”
“What does it ot power?” asked Narilared at him from Toshi+e’s shoulder, but Matthias narrowed his eyes, lowered his hands behind the chair back, and stared up into the sky
“You’ve really saved me”
After all…
“It used to be all that was asked ofto whatever I was asked It was a lot like what people want from Musashi+’s Mr Impossible …No, I was actually asked to do well in school and carry out the history recreation properly, so you could say I had it worse Anyway…”
“One of your proble you say”
“I was told to do exactly that because it makes me look more important Anyway,” said Matthias “You all are not mine There are so Wallenstein as a second inherited name and Hashi+ba who took my aide Bishop Melchior as an additional inherited name, but people like Sassa here are entirely on the Far Eastern side”
But…
“I’m just a puppet, but I’m still happy Even as a weak puppet, I can still be used by powerful people to clash with the Testa exclusively for PA Oda and only using MHRR to advance your Genesis Project, but I’ the world in a big way”
He s all of you, you could make someone else your puppet if you wanted”
Toshi+e had his doubts about that After all, this emperor’s brother was the one who had personally accepted the alliance eight years ago after Hashi+ba had invaded MHRR land
It was true he ht have been a powerless ruler who had that action forced on him by the other principalities
…But since then, he’s used our power quite effectively inthe Catholic principalities
As a helper for PA Oda rather than as MHRR’s student council president, he had informed Hashi+ba how to maintain the infrastructure for their ease of use
He had told the with the local people, to keep their distance froy with the local people for mutual benefit There was a lot they would not have known and a lot of places where their chain of command would have broken doithout Matthias there
He had clearly researched PA Oda in advance
Hashi+ba had researched MHRR in the same way, so they had readily accepted and carried out his instructions That hy there had been so little chaos during the early stages of the alliance
Since then, Matthias had been their contact with the Testa the history recreation, and their shi+eld against the Testament Alliance when Hashi+ba took action
For all those reasons, Toshi+e spoke
“Matthias, you underestiht,” added Nari about you is how you’ll happily agree to things even if you don’t like the by whether I like it or not, but it feels like you’ll do anything that’s in your power”
“That is hoas raised”
Matthias pulled a knife froernails
He sharpened the nails of his thuer as he said more
“It isn’t difficult I don’t have to put up with anything and I don’t find any of it unpleasant I simply decided that I have no value if I don’t do what I’m told”
He took a breath and looked into the eastern sky Their fleet was receiving supplies and returning to its position, but a giant shi+p was visible far beyond that
…Is that the Musashi+ as it’s towed to Magdeburg?
While watching that shadow over the stars, Matthias put the knife in his pocket
“That shi+p is filled with people ish for things they were not told to do and its destination will set into o when I decided to show absolute obedience to my destiny The time for me and ”
He laughed quietly
“I wonder if the people inside that Musashi+ are also filled with hope and fear of what has been set inprepared in several places within the Musashi+ Most were held by the academy’s different committees as they discussed their future adave reports on the current situation, but at the center of it all…
“I can’t believe I have to work on this bridge We really should have cleaned up the student council room Ookubo, Kanou, and the other first and second years were having trouble finding h several reports on the bridge in front of Musashi+ Ariadust Acadeentle ash over her The nearby lanterns and sign fraht
“But it’s all thanks to you that I have a sign fraet as paper documents, Tsukinowa This is easier to carry around and I can link them with other charts”
“Maa”
It was so cute how the Mouse rubbed his cheek against her She could not help but lean her head toward hi, Masazumi? Neck exercises?”
“Waaaaah!!”
She quickly turned around to see as cli the stairs
“Teacher”
It was Oriotorai
Masazu a box and a bamboo insulated bottle
Masazumi watched Oriotorai sit next to her and hold up what she carried
“Here Nao by later, but take this dinner Ohiroshi+ki made I already ate at the cafeteria”
Oriotorai placed the box and bottle next to Masazuuette from one of the hard points on her waist
“Teacher, didn’t you just say you ate in the cafeteria?”
“Oh, this is dessert”
Oriotorai held her large sword between her knees and pulled the scabbard from a small portion of the blade
…Wait, wait, wait
After drawing the sword halfway, she pressed the baguette against it, gave a light tug, and split the bread with only one end of the crust reht? So are you testing that sword?”
“No, this is my personal sword Besides, ould I even test it on?”