Vol 1 Chapter 8 (2/2)
This question was too difficult for me to answer by myself!
However, Admiral Luise shook her head
“Fufufu, call a friend you say? Do you really think you will be given that chance for every situation in life?”
T-Terrifying!
Have I ever seen Adry before?
However, Sergeant Aroha didn’t appear to be affected at all, because she started to rub her cheeks against the angry Admiral Luise
“A! Our cute Luise! You’re so adorable!”
“Let go of me”
“Come on, don’t be like that…”
There was an uneasy eant Aroha and Ad happened physically, but I feel like I can make out a plasma storm between the two It’s tactical retreat time for me
I tip-toed away frorove tree’s roots, without being noticed
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“Whew!”
Wearing a snorkel on her head, Ensign Meihowa resurfaced fro
“It is so much fun under the water There are so many species of aquatic life, I wonder if it’s because this is a planet abundant in nature”
“Hmm, really?”
I cheered up seeing her siddily like this, since ere stuck in the middle of a battlefield
However, people were not accustoe for extended periods of ti to take a break like this rather than go e Even I felt happy for no reason
“But to think you could set up the quarters that quickly I’m impressed, Greenie You have earned my respect”
“Then I wonder when that ‘Greenie’ nickname ear off”
“Fufufu, so you were concerned about it after all?”
“How could I not, Ensign?”
I sighed and turned around Then Ensign Meihowa started to panic
“Are you angry? S-Sorry, I didn’t ry”
“No, I’ry, but…”
“H you a Greenie has becorateful towards you”
“No, like I said, I’ry, but rather…”
I wasn’t angry, I was actually checking her out sneakily by looking at her reflection on the water I could see her approaching htly concerned Heh heh, ets a little bit closer
As I harboured those thoughts, she pushed my back out of the blue
Whoa! The hell?
I jumped around in surprise and saw her a fair distance away from me, because of the rebound She had her back turned to ht red around her ears
And as there a beach ball causing ripples between us? You’re tellinght?
“Hi~! Could you guys pass the ball to us?”
Sergeant Aroha se that was rove-roots Ad closely after her but huh? She appeared to be in a better mood now
I wonder what kind of eant Aroha performed
“I-It’s not like I was playing around with Lezirth!”
“Yes, yes, we understand So let’s play together now”
Sergeant Aroha smiled from ear to ear as she walked into the water I could hear so somewhere
Those soldiers also suggested to Ensign Meihowa to play with the she wanted to study the ecology, and kept on diving They were all worn out fro, since it was difficult for humans to dive for extended periods of ti equipment
“It see to keep up with you, Ensign”
“Really? I didn’t notice”
“You really have the sta for breath, Ensign?”
“ Why you!”
Ensign Meihowa blushed after hearing Sergeant Aroha She raised her voice and threw the beach ball, but instead of hitting Sergeant Aroha it hit me on the head, and then rebounded towards Admiral Luise
“What are you doing, Ensign!”
“I-I just…”
“Why did you hit Lezirth!?”
Adry in my place and jumped into the water with the beach ball in her hand
And we began to throw the ball at each other…
Oh yes, so that’s hoe’re in this situation
Hmm
It was enjoyable
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I headed towards the water tank after leaving the water The water tank, or the practice shell to be exact, was also being used for the showers by attaching a pump and a water pipe to it We had to shower frequently because of the mineral-rich water and the heat that made us sweat 2 litres an hour
Pencolt and Charlie Squad ers at me as they calares alone
I thought we reconciled? Why were they like that?
“You traitor!”
Pencolt yelled at me as soon as he saw me Huh? What did I do?
The Charlie squad leader wordlessly grabbed a deck of cards and began to play with his n Meihowa and retired to their quarters early on and were busying the
So TV via the n was able to block off the military hyperspace channels, she was not able to restrict the commercial hyperspace TV channels
The news channel was heavily focusing on the events of the Azoran syste about the fact that there were survivors in the Azoran system
The thought of the ene the information to track us down crossed
“The Elcro-Asa-Replicant Alliance is currently holding the soldiers and the e”
Visuals switched to the Federation soldiers andlocked up inside cells Surprisingly, I caught a glimpse of Commander Donna’s face The one who recorded the video seemed to be a soldier from the Alliance
[These Federation hostages will only be set free when the Azoran Solar System is liberated and the entire Federation force withdraws from the system, as well as the freedom of 2000 political prisoners]
The Federation never agreed to hostage exchanges This was a tradition that traced back to the days of the old Earth governes was to rescue them
“There’s no mention of us”
“Well isn’t that because the enemy will try to look for us if they become aware of our existence?”
So the broadcast
Yes, that was obvious However, I felt a sense of unease building insidethe news
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“Lezirth”
I heard Sergeant Aroha calling me When I exited the cool, air-conditioned quarters, a blast of hot air embraced me
However, I couldn’t feel the heat’s intensity all thather body
“Come this way”
“No, but I…”
“Quick! I’m embarrassed as well”
She lowered her head Although I couldn’t see her expression very well, I could tell her pointy ears were blushi+ng Eh… what could she want?
“Ah, OK I don’t knohat you want though”
I, Lezirth Dawnbringer, the Commander of Dawn Corps, cannot allow a lady to be embarrassed
I followed Sergeant Aroha as she led me to the officers’ quarters
I walked into the makeshi+ft quarters tent first, but there wasn’t anyone inside There were just 3 ca beds set up The tent itself was the same size as the soldiers’ tents, so it felt spacious compared to ours, due of the lack of beds
“Hmm, no-one’s inside?”
“Lezirth, could you sit down on the bed first?”
“Eh?”
I turned around in surprise Sergeant Aroha ca She was so close that her chest was touching le towel layer
“N-No… that’s!”
I backed away fro over the bed legs Then she slowly approachedthe towel in place
“I don’t do this to anyone, even if I have Asa blood running through me Trust me on that at least”
“No wait! Sergeant! S-Stop it! If you do so that cannot be undone…”
But it was too late As soon as her hand let go of the towel, it slid off her slender body and dropped onto the floor
And underneath was the reddish-brown bikini swi before
‘damn it!’
Huh? N-No, that was just out of reflex I wasn’t disappointed or anything
Sergeant Aroha sneakily smiled and came closer
“Pfft Hahaha, sorry Were you expecting so?”
“…”
I wore an exasperated expression This woman, damn it Shouldn’t I sue her for sexual harass?
As I thought about those possibilities, the tent door opened and Adht red They cleared their throats and pretended to look elsewhere
The two girls took out a note each and handed it to Sergeant Aroha
“What! Luise! I believed in you! Were you betting on me?!”
“Ah, s-sorry Lezirth I was caught up in the moment I’m sorry”
Admiral Luise’s face was as red as a well ripened to e sincerely was so cute
And she was still dressed in the same 3-piece swimsuit that she wore before Every tihs and dropped onto the floor
However, that didn’t ry just because she was cute damn it… you let me down, Admiral Luise I trusted you!
Sergeant Aroha laughed and sneakily brought her face closer to mine and whispered into my ear
“Sorry Lezirth, but eren’t doing it out of fun We just did this so that we could fix a little argument they had before”
“Eh?”
“And since there are people watching us… we’ll do it next time e’re by ourselves… okay?”
Saying that, she snickered and distanced herself
da a fool out offro with other people!
“Gee, you’re so cute, Lezirth Heh heh”
And she winked at me
Although I did not understand the whole situation, it sounded like I was teased to resolve a little argun Meihowa and Admiral Luise had
‘As if so like that is okay!’
I was angry that they had an argury, but… Ha… haa My heart was beating furiously What did this woman just do to me?
“Hmm S-Sorry about that, Lezirth It was our fault”
Ensign Meihowa spoke with her ar off the tri-coloured racing swimsuit ith her er when she had her arms crossed like that
Although she wasn’t usually as large as Aroha, when she had her arht burst
Ah… I should be telling then Meihowa’s breasts and her shtly covered by the swimsuit…
It’s somewhere that would be impossible to see in a normal situation, but I could look as aze
No, what do I mean, ‘look as much as I want’? Coer! I straightened up myself
After continuously averting n Meihoed her head in surrender With a teary-eyed expression, she held my hand with both of her hands
“Sorry… I’y?”
“Are you sincerely sorry?”
I glanced at Ensign Meihowa and she nodded her head
“Of course!”
“Then I will forgive you, on a condition!”
“Huh? W-What is it?”
“Can I touch your wings for a bit?”
“Eh?”
Those wings have been bothering me for a while—what do they do when she sleeps? If they were anything like bird wings, then they ht fracture easily, but that doesn’t seem to happen And she sat down fine on chairs and rested on her back seely without any discomfort I wanted to kno they functioned
So that hy I asked, but Ensign Meihoas being so embarrassed
“Ah… t-that’s a bit…”
“Eh? Is that how it is? I see So you’re sorry, but not sorry enough to let ain, I suppose it would be rude for an Apprentice to talk like this to the alht?”
She looked like she was about to burst into tears, but she must’ve worked up her resolve, because she bit down on her lower lip
“Whew! It can’t be helped Fine, you may touch them But! Not just now”
Did she hate it thatthe thesto fully study every nook and corners of your Elcro wings! Keh heh heh, uhahahahahahaha!
I laughed like an evil villain inside my heart
“Hmm, anyhow, the reason why I called you here is not to tease you”
Adram visual popped up
“We have not relayed this order to the soldiers just yet thanks to Ensign Meihowa’s assistance”
“Oh, finally”
“But the order is a bit…”
Solian Earthling, whose hair was greying here and there, was sitting down at a table A star on both sides of his shoulder indicated his rank as a Commodore
He was a low-ranking junior compared to a three-stared Vice-Adly high considering that ere only an inco on?
[My name is Commodore Dae-Sik Park of the 2nd space Marines, Coade]
Although the Ursa Major Brigade did not exist while I was an officer, I could guess what kind of brigade it was
One of the 8 Kishi+ns of the Federation: Ursa Major
This man must be the pilot of the Ursa Major, also nicknamed the Emperor
Hmm, Ursa Major the Violet Eht against Diablo the Black Tyrant, or even beat him
Even if the Alliance had the Kishi+n Diablo, the Federation also had Kishi+n-class Alter-Arave the Federation the upper hand when a fight between two Kishi+n-class Alter-Armours broke out
Also, the Ursa Major was a e over the close-ranged Diablo The Federation had the upper hand in all aspects
‘But that’s assurammaton does not interfere But victory should be certain if a Kishi+n-based brigade enters the fight’
Although I did not kno capable the pilots for Diablo and Ursa Major are, this assuhtly stronger As long as the Tetragramade enters the Azoran system, the victory was certain
Then suddenly, Coh I didn’t notice because he earing a poker face till now, his smile instantly made him look like a villain from some action movie
He spoke while stroking his beard
[I understand that the Kishi+n Diablo is currently on Azoran-3 But you see, hter became a heroine in her school play So I cannot possibly take the Ursa Major there, so I will be sending 4 Master-Class Alter-Armours accompanied by the Air Force and the Navy]
Eh? What did he just say?
I thought I atching soave out his orders based around his personal life, and he calls hi me?
[And the ones weheld hostage at thebase You will stay hidden on Azoran-3 and distract the enemy on foot, nine hours fro point and the mission details will be available on your military computer terminals]
“…”
I could feelinsidehappened with Coive aan injured platoon to suicidally distract the enemy in an Alter-Armour infested area
But wait, we’re not even the ones being rescued? He’s ordering us to distract the enemy for the others to escape?
“damn it! How is so their lives here, and what did he say? His daughter’s school play is more important? How rotten is the Federation if sooing to bring the Kishi+n here when he knows the enemy has one!”
Sure, Master-class Alter-Armours were powerful, but they were two ranks below a Kishi+n-class Victory against the Diablo even with four of them was uncertain
“The problem is, this is a formal order”
Ensign Meihowa spoke with a depressed expression
Wait, so this bastard just gave the orders while talking about his daughter’s play as a formal order?
“The Federation has really lowered their standards”
“Yes, I agree”
Adreed to my remark
“And I found this out by hacking, but… the Tetragrao It seems like it attacked the Oden Solar Systee was not as severe as the last time”
50 hours had passed since the last attack by the Tetragrammaton
Tetragra Wail attack was a powerful one, but that power itself careat cost of cooldown time
Ad Wail
Then we can assu to use the attack again, because they could not possibly have a pilot as great as Admiral Luise
“But I did not realize how severe the issue was The Federation has really decided to kill us Do they hate us Replicants this much?”
Adeant Aroha shook her head
“No, it’s not just Replicants They hate anyone with even a drop of Asa or Elcro blood Oh, what a tragedy~ our platoon has only those types of people?! Ah, what a coincidence! damn it!”
And Sergeant Aroha tried in vain to lift up our moods with those sarcastic remarks