Chapter 1828: The 101 Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion (1/2)
After his conversation with Miyuki, the event continued as usual, and the girls from the First High School, which consisted of Eimi, Shizuku, and Miyuki massacred everyone on the Ice Pillar Break with their power and won against everyone.
Mayumi didn't talk with the three of them immediately, but rather she watched the Battle Board event since both Honoka and Haru were competing in both girls and boys rookie division respectively.
Everyone also did the same and watched the event, but they had confidence in both Honoka and Haru and they didn't think that both of them would lose, especially Haru.
When the First High School watched the Battle Board game, Tatsuya also watched the event with a group of people. Among the group there were several men and one woman, watching Haru on the screen with interest.
”If he wasn't someone from the 18 Assistant Houses...” one of the men said with a sigh, especially when he thought about Haru's performance before and had to admit that it was so amazing.
”With his character, I don't think that he'll become a soldier,” Tatsuya said calmly.
”Oh? Why do you think so, Tatsuya?” One of the men clearly showed an interest in Tatsuya's words.
”........” Tatsuya wanted to say that Haru was Kasugano Haruka, who was the most popular singer in the entire world at that moment, but he knew that Haru had trusted him, so he decided to keep this secret and said, ”The salary of the soldier isn't much.”
”...............”
”...Does he likes money?”
Tatsuya thought for a while and said, ”I'm not sure, but he isn't someone who loves being bound by a rule and I also don't think that he'll be suitable on the 101 Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion. Unless...” He glanced at the only woman in the group, but he didn't say anything.
The 101 Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion is a detachment of the main unit, which is an experimental magic-based unit, separate from the normal chain of command. The 101 in the name of the battalion is read as ”One-Zero-One” and not ”One-Hundred and First”. It was established by Major General Saeki Hiromi.
Major General Saeki Hiromi, the former Commander-in-Chief of the battalion, established the Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion with the aim of having a magic-equipped military force independent from the Ten Master Clans. The Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion carries all the characteristics of black-ops. The current Commander-in-Chief of the battalion is Lieutenant Colonel Kazama Harunobu.
Only the Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion's command structure allows for soldiers during active duty to not be restricted by the military's ranking system, yet still manage to maintain their right to participate on the front lines. Although called a battalion, it is only the size of two companies. The majority of the troops in the battalion are Magicians who use Ancient Magic, such as Kazama and Yanagi Muraji. On some level, all the soldiers are considered lab rats for magical experimentation, but they aren't ashamed of being members of the battalion.
”Eh? What's wrong? Why are you looking at me? The only woman in the group looked at Tatsuya with confused expressions. Her name was Fujibayashi Kyouko and she could be said to be the only flower among the 101 Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion.
”He's quite lustful, so if he sees you then he might be interested in coming to this battalion,” Tatsuya said, but then even though his emotion had been erased by his mother, he felt quite weird when he thought Haru might eat Fujibashi Kyouko.