Volume 6 Chapter 6 (1/2)
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Chapter Six: Sortie[]
The end of the year, first week of Wynn's moon, Man's day of the week becainia
It was the next day of Void, when the twothis day, when the Albion continent was at its closest point to Halkeginia, a large fleet of Tristain and Ger a united army of 60,000 soldiers sailed off from La Rochelle for the Albion invasion
Tristain and Gerether had 500 shi+ps Only sixty of them were battleshi+ps while the rest carried soldiers and supplies
Queen Henrietta and Cardinal Mazarini were in La Rochelle port, standing on top of the World Tree pier, watching the fleet sail off
All the shi+ps going up into the sky at the saht to behold
“It's as if they are seeds carried away by the wind,” Cardinal Mazarini said, sharing his thoughts
“Seeds that will repaint the continent”
“There’s no seed that can repaint a white country, blue”
The flag of Tristain’s royal faround
“It’s possible that ill be defeated,” Mazarini muttered
“I do not intend to be defeated”
“General De Poitiers is a great commander who is both bold and careful He is likely to succeed” Henrietta knew that calling hireat coenerals with more talent than him Generals who surpassed him existed only in history books
“I wonder e have to fight though?”
Mazarini muttered, in a barely audible voice
“Why would you ask such a thing?”
“We could have blockaded Albion to , it could be a very successful idea”
“We will march”
Henriettaher expression
“Don’t say that Courage is not necessary to settle it once and for all Well,old”
Mazarini patted his whitening beard
“If ere going to lose, would you use the ”Void” in this war, Your Majesty?”
It was a highly secret matter to discuss Only a few people knew that Louise was a Void user Henrietta, the Cardinal… and a few royal generals
“I should be burned with pleasure I would burn as a retribution for my sins”
Henriettainto the emptiness
“Calo there alone Hopefully h for that”
Henrietta entrusted generals with knowledge of the Void only as the trump card
After hearing about Louise’s Void, at first, General De Poitiers did not even try to believe in it But it was not iend, he could not believe in its existence
However, after being reminded about the eneral believed in it
Obtaining the legendary elee and he promised Henrietta a swift victory
Henrietta, to ensure the victory in the first battle, gave him permission to control the Void
Henrietta sighed over her own sinfulness
This war… against country, people
It was nothing rievance out on them
The as only a means to calm down lover's enmity
How many humans did I send away to death for this?
It even included her childhood and best friend, too
In such war, there is no victory or defeat, it cannot ht
Despite knowing this, I still declare the patriotis off troops, I will burn in hell for this
A trickle of blood ran down the edge of her lips as Henrietta bit the out,
“Viva Tristain!”
The sounds of the queen’s cheers sounded in the sky
Officers lined up on the upper deck, saluted Henrietta, as seeing the the queen,
“Viva Tristain! Viva Henrietta!”
These shouts, accompanied with a chorus of the rest of 60,000 men that joined in, roared in the sky
“Viva Tristain! Viva Henrietta!”
The chest-piercing repetitive cheers only intensified Henrietta’s awareness of her crime…
At the saic…
To use Fire by himself peacefully, Colbert finally reached the ”power” at last The power of heat… That is to say, the power to convert heat into movement somehow
Though steam based h for Colbert, anted to upgrade it into the Zero Fighter’s engine ”power”
Colbert concentrated on the analysis of this ”Enjin”
Though he wanted to asse close to it by trial and error… It was impossible to learn how to assemble an internal combustion Enjin of equal accuracy
First of all, inia
The iron that composed the Enjin could not be manufactured Even with the square-class spell ”Alchemy” it would be difficult to create such advanced ic technique mixes with impurities anyway
Secondly, the processing technology
To asseh quality Enjin, you would need to y of Halkeginia, it was nearly impossible
In Halkeginia, the concept of an entirely identical thing didn't exist
For instance, even aoods, there still aren’t two coun appear identical, but the details are different Even parts are not really compatible
Even if Colbert tried to un’s bullets, he knew that it would be ih one can create a brass frame, it would still have too h it was hard to create brass fraasoline” was an entirely different matter
Thus Colbert finished ”New Liquid Container” putting the technologies to use
In front of the laboratory in the Acadeic, Colbert, ithall the equiple-handed work
During half of a year, though the neeapon was finished, he still wanted to accoies, but his research results were settled there
Seeing Saito, who had shown up in front of the laboratory, Colbert spread his hands
“Ooh, Saito-kun, are you leaving?”
Saito had just finished preparing for the journey ahead He carried goggles, which were Siesta's grandfather's keepsake, on his neck Derflinger was tied on his back and a leather pouch was attached to his waist Various items were placed in there
“Yes,” Saito nodded
“Very well Will you head directly to the shi+p? Can you land this thing on the shi+p safely?”
This , the fleet had set sail for Albion
The shi+p that should have taken the Zero Fighter with it had already sailed with the other shi+ps and aiting for theons, noould carry the Zero Fighter as well
The new and powerful shi+p, which belonged to the newly created Dragon Carrier-class, was named Varsenda
Not only that, but Colbert, using Earth hts within the shi+p as well
So Saito only needed to take Louise with hihter and land on that shi+p
“Well, with a lot… One cannot be coht?
Saito said while turning around Louise had not appeared yet
“Because of this haste, I didn’t have the time to explain to you how the neeapon works”
“Is that so…”
Saito found an iron pipe hanging under the Zero Fighter’s wing What on earth is that tube for? But, there was no time for the detailed explanations now
“But before you go, here is the manual I wrote for you”
Colbert handed Saito a sh Saito could not read it, Louise could I'll read it later, he thought
“Thank you”
Then Colbert, looking hesitant whether to say or not, opened his mouth
“To tell you the truth…”
“Eh?”
“To tell you the truth, I do not want my student to ride a vehicle used for war”
He said bitterly
“Student?”
“Aah, how should I put it? Well, though you are not a noble, I still think of you as one of my students You don’t mind, don’t you?”
“No, I don’t mind that…”
Saito felt shy
“I do not want to use Fire for murder I…”
Colbert declared clearly
“Why? Everyone is saying that the Fire element is the ic so well”
“That’s right… Fire is the elereat value… However, I think otherwise I think that using Fire for destruction is lonely”
Recalling the words, Saito hung his head, embarrassed
“Oh yes, this flying ht?”
“Yes, when I was attacking battleshi+ps with it at Tarbes, soendary Phoenix!’…”
“I see! That Phoenix!”
Colbert shouted, delighted
“Teacher?”
“Phoenix is a legendary being Phoenix… firebird God, a symbol of destruction…and a symbol of ‘Rebirth’”
“Rebirth?”
“It's a reincarnation”
Saito wondered why Colbert looked so pleased Then, Colbert entered into a world of his own
“That’s right… Rebirth… indeed… it’s a syht? Really?”
Then, Colbert noticed Saito atching him in amazement
“Ah, aah! Sorry!” he bowed his head
“No, it’s all right I’m used to it”
Colbert put on a serious look
“Hey, Saito-kun… By the way, that…”
“What?”
At that moment, Louise showed up
“At last,” Saito muttered
“It can’t be helped! A girl has lots of preparations to take care of!”
“We're going to war What kind of girl preparations are there?”
“H Saito, cli and entered the cockpit One month had passed since they had run away from Louise's family
Since then, things were like this
Lifting up the rear bulletproof plane glass, Louise sat down in the seat
“Well, errr, teacher, ere you saying just now?”
“N-no…it’s nothing Yes”
Saito boarded the Zero Fighter
Then Colbert’s ine
As it was the second time, it was possible to operate calmly
Colbert, helping again, created a strong wind
Saito put on the goggles and rolled the muffler around his neck
Colbert shouted through the roaring noise of engine
“Saito-kun! Miss Vallière!”
Saito waved
“Do not die! Do not die! Even if it is hopeless! Even if you’ll be called a coward, do not die! Never die! Return safe and sound!”
Through the roaring of the engine, the voice was not heard However, Colbert's words reached soh he could not hear them, they reached his heart
“Ok!” Saito shouted opening the throttle
The Zero Fighter started sliding and bit by bit it started lifting
Gradually it grew smaller, until it faded away in the sky
Even though the Zero Fighter had disappeared in the sky, Colbert quietly kept on watching
After flying for two hours, there was a s, until it became a fleet buried deep in the sky Saito was reminded of a race of balloons he had seen on the television one time
Varying froth, hundreds of shi+ps were queued up, rand and a beautiful spectacle to behold
“Incredible…”
Saito exclaimed in a voice of admiration
“Hey, Louise, look A huge fleet!”
However, Louise turned away, puffing her cheeks
Louise'sfrom home, she was always like this
Saito tried to figure out the reason behind Louise’s bad mood
After confessing my love, Louise looked like she accepted it for a moment
Noret closer after that
But I interpreted Louise’s reward, “Touch one place that you like,” as perry
And after Siesta’s “Unbuttoning” reot even ry
Froirl was si two reatly
Actually, Louise was just jealous
Flirting with other girls after confessing his love to her and kissing her was soive
And, even though for a moment, she was ready to surrender her chastity for this fae, it was definitely not good Even threeswayed by his actions – that’s what she was so angry about
Because Louise kept being silent like that, Saito gave up
At the moment, they needed to find that warshi+p to land on Several dragon knights flew up, surrounding Saito’s Zero Fighter They started waving; Saito waved back Seeuide him to the shi+p
Following the backs of the dragon knights, at the speed limit of the plane, Varsenda came into view
The shi+p deck was flat and big in order to carry the large nuhts The sails from up there It wasn’t equipped with cannons as this shi+p’s sole purpose was to carry dragon knights
It was a perfect place to carry the Zero Fighter, or perhaps one should say that it was impossible for other shi+ps to do that
But even though Varsenda's deck was long and wide, the length of the deck was still too short for the Zero Fighter to land on
How could he land there?
Derflinger asked from his back
“Partner, bring this airplane closer to the shi+p See to catch us”
Many es could be seen on the deck
Ropes were put out on the deck Soldiers grabbed the ends of each rope and placed theth of the deck
It seemed like with Wind elehter would be able to land Pretty rough, he thought, but there was no other way
Saito's right hand moved to throw up a hook to the shi+p The hook wired up the Zero Fighter with the carrier, where it was fastened to
Colbert who noticed the hook, was likely to have told to the crew of the Varsenda to stretch out ropes across the deck to help the Zero Fighter land
They approached the Varsenda
Then other hooks fros and tail The flap was lowered
Saito carefully approached from the rear, towards the shi+p
Meanwhile, Louise didn't bat an eyelash for that sort of spectacle, and thought quietly
Of course, at that time on the boat
When she was pushed down by Saito…
Hoould have ended, if neither her faht
This ry at Saito who, rocked in security, was handling the landing, and started to beat him
“W-what are you doing?!”
“Why did you choose that place?! That place!”
Louise shouted
“There’s no other place to land!”
And so, they both completely misunderstood each other
As soon as Saito and Louise landed on the Varsenda and got off the Zero Fighter, they were greeted by the officer, as accouards
“Deck Officer, Kuryuuzurei”
“Where are we heading now?“
Although he was asked, the officer guided the them? In Henrietta’s instructions only the name of the warshi+p that they were to land on ritten, nothing else And the instructions of higher-up were always like this Telling one subordinate, they think that they already told all A noble’s subordinate ht Henrietta did not appear to be an exception
They are so confident, because that’s the way things are
Through the narrow e they were lead to a private two-h very small, it was still a private room Within this cabin, there was an extremely se, they were urged by the officer to follow hiain
After going in zigzags through narrow passages of the warshi+p, they finally stopped in front of a certain door
When the officer knocked, there was an answer from the inside The officer opened the door and let Saito and Louise in
They both were greeted by generals sitting in a line Golden mail-laces shi+ned across their shoulders They must be important commanders
Dumbfounded, Louise and Saito took seats offered by the soldiers Louise sat on the chair, and Saito after her
The General in the most top seat, opened his mouth
“Welcome to Albion Invasion Command Headquarters, Miss Void”
Louise felt nervous This general with a beard looked around 40 years old…
“Supreme Commander De Poitiers”
Quickly, the general described his colleagues
“This is Chief of Staff Wimpffen”
A s to the left of the General nodded
“This is the co”
The General with a handlebar mustache that wore a steel helmet, nodded solemnly to Louise
Apparently, this dragon eneral headquarters
After that, the General introduced Louise to the staff and generals, gathered in the conference room
“Now then, gentlemen This is the trump card that our Majesty kept, I introduce you the ‘Void’ user”
However, no one in the conference room even raised an eyebrow after those words They just stared suspiciously at Louise and her familiar
“In the battle of Tarbes, she was the one who gave the blow to Albion’s fleet”
Only after De Poiters's words did the generals look with an interest at them
Saito poked Louise
“What?”
“…is it all right to be exposed like that?”