episode_0049

Belle said that she would spend time in intimate conversation with the seven young ladies captured by Freya. So we entered the garrison built next to the main gate of .

The area where the has become accustomed to entering and exiting.

One of the remaining lodgings was completely renovated and made into a space where personnel dispatched from the could live. Although the location was at the corner of the site, it was an incredible location that allowed you to take a straight line to the student center at any time.

‘It feels like a US military base located abroad… From the student council president Skadi’s point of view, it feels like he’s being watched, which makes the back of his head itch… ‘

No matter what choice you make in any situation…

Independence of is impossible.

It must have been a heartbreaking situation for the independent Skadi. In the original, it was a vassal of the Eastern Alliance, here it was a vassal of the … It seemed like she too was a student with a very strange fate.

Albit said while looking around.

“I feel this every time I come, but really has a lot of buildings. The student center is a huge tower like a castle… ”

“Ahaha―☆ It’s to the point of giving up a whole building to Bell where dozens of people can comfortably live♪”

“Of all the schools in Academy City, there is no one that can come close in terms of construction-related technology. Above all, many outside guests come to visit… ”

Kara trailed off and looked around. There, hundreds of dwarves and external students who had come to were gathered with worried faces.

Murmur

-I came here to request the production of weapons and equipment. What is this?

-I was able to obtain a lot of low-grade ether conduction ore at a low price… Hehe…

-Damn carpet and earless guys, they’ve been making a fuss centered around the aristocratic faction of for some time now, and they ended up doing something.

-Ugh… Since yesterday, those guys have been messing with the phone base station, so I can’t contact the school… What kind of fuss is this really?

They were looking at the student council bulletin board and reading news about the current Eastern Alliance movement. also had its factory shut down due to this incident, leaving it stranded.

“… ”

Customers flocked to .

Watching that scene, I thought that the sudden declaration of production suspension at was not unrelated to this incident.

‘Thanks to Maya and the facility engineering students who went on strike and ran away, they escaped from the school before the blockade began… ‘

The move to intimidate from drawing attention to the outside world was quite intentional. It seemed that the Eastern Alliance’s rebellion was not just a thoughtless and impulsive act.

‘In the original work, the northeastern part had already been taken over, so pressure was not applied in many ways to this extent… ‘

Similar to the original, but more detailed.

The reason why the shadow of changed there is felt so deeply… Is it my imagination?

“… ”

We left that scene behind us and entered the garrison office.

“Oh, I’ll open it for you.”

“Wow―☆ I’m not that sick anymore☆”

“Ah… yes yes… ”

Albit took the lead and opened the door to the garrison office.

Squeak-

A clean and sophisticated interior as expected from a building built at , a prestigious architecture and mechanical engineering school. There, members of the investigation team that followed Sigrun, among Academy City’s security maintenance unit , were resting or working.

I also saw the faces of the members of the investigation team who appeared as helpers in the original work.

‘Special species that follow the righteous fool Sigrun.’

In the game, they were NPC mob characters that had been replaced by public modeling, but here they were girls with unique appearances.

“Wait a minute~!”

The youngest member of the investigation team, a first-year, silver-haired, red-eyed vampire girl, obligingly blocked us. But soon he saw our faces and his eyes widened.

“There is no entry fee for outsiders… huh? Ms. Albit? Miss Lotta and Miss Kara… And Clara? What brings you here?”

“Hello. Miss Greta.”

“Hello, hello―☆ Greta! Fangs are cute today too~♪”

“Hehe! You recognize me! My canine dentition is said to be the most refined among the new students at … Oops, what more business did you have here?”

I answered Greta, who had a slightly harsh expression.

“Bell told me to wait here for a moment―☆ I will stay quietly~♪ quietly~♪, so I would appreciate it if you would allow me―☆”

“Ah… yes. Of course! You are the guests of Captain Sigrun and Secretary Bell.”

“Ugh―☆ We can’t be Greta’s guests~? That’s a shame… I was trying to tell you how to make your teeth white… ☆”

“Huh… ?! Um, is there really such a method?! The vision of canine whitening that the student council seniors never tell you about is here and now—?!”

Greta approaches with her fists clenched and her eyes sparkling. She had a innocence that seemed as if stars were twinkling in her eyes.

‘… ‘I get a new feeling every time I see children who are not playable characters having their own personalities.’

Would this be what it would feel like if it were revealed that one of the minor characters in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms game was actually a scholar with a secret story?

I answered by lightly pressing Greta’s nose.

“… Actually, I don’t know either―☆”

“How can that be—?! Were you treating me like a fool?!”

“Black… ☆ But Greta, if you don’t do this♪ you won’t pay attention to me―☆”

“Well, that’s not possible—?! Were you trying to get my attention?!”

“That’s right… I thought Greta could be a good friend―♪”

“Well, that’s not possible—?! Did you want to be friends with me?!”

An imbecile talk that will make you feel brain damaged just by listening to it.

Albit and Lotta were watching with bitter smiles, while Freya was hiding behind the tall Kara, pretending to be someone else.

Perhaps because they heard Greta and I talking, members of the investigation team began to gather around us.

“What, what’s going on?”

“ These are the kids from .”

“Are you here to help us this time?”

The members of the investigation team approached, showing signs of welcome. They became acquainted with us while sorting out the past incident in the North.

A member of the investigation team with a cheerful look said to us.

“I heard that all roads leading here are blocked due to the Eastern Alliance. How did you manage to find me?”

“Yes♪ The street cat lady over here cleared it all―☆”

“A stray cat? Prisoner?”

“That’s right~♪ I’m talking about this lady―☆”

As I said that, I pointed towards Freya.

Freya, who was hiding behind Kara, is startled and shocked.

And the members of the investigation team who discovered her also opened their eyes wide and were shocked.

“Wait a minute… !”

“Huh?! [Purple Spinning Wheel]―?!”

“Greta—!! Hurry and call the leader-!!”

“Why is the strongest person in here?!”

The members of the investigation team begin to murmur as soon as they see Freya.

Since the forces of , including the current station, are in a sharp standoff with the Eastern Alliance of , all members of the investigation team were embarrassed as they looked inside the office.

“Leader~! What should I do with this—?!”

Sigrun, the head of the investigation team who was answering the phone in the innermost part of the office, looked back and said. Perhaps in the midst of a frantic report, her brown ears were constantly twitching.

“Ahh! He’s fine! Since we’re done talking with the bell clerk, let’s each look at our work!”

“Huh? Is this really okay? That person… He’s a beast wizard from ?”

“That person is an ‘explorer’ who has nothing to do with this job, so it’s okay! And if you think about it that way, I’m also a dark elf! Racial discrimination is prohibited in the investigation team!”

“Ah… but… ”

I burst out laughing when I saw that.

‘It’s not some American police… ‘

Pokkok

“… ?”

I looked to the side as I felt a small shock in my side.

Pokkok

Pokkok

Pokkok

Freya raised her wand and was poking my side like a woodpecker. He seemed dissatisfied that he had been brought to the center of such an incident.

Freya timidly expressed her anger in a dissatisfied tone.

“City, it’s noisy… Talking to a stranger… Don’t interrupt me… It’s like a robber ship… ”

“Ah☆ I’m sorry―☆”

“Jeong, really… If rain like this isn’t an emergency… Well, I wouldn’t have gone around with a robber… ”

“I’m sorry… ☆”

Until recently, our conversations usually ended around this point.

Ever since the conversation in the shopping district, Freyja had always timidly criticized and added condescending remarks.

“Hmm… If you always say you’re sorry… Why are there school rules? Why is there a leader? You have to show sincerity… Isn’t that what you should do…? ”

“Wow… It’s too much―☆ Then, would you like to eat the macaroons I was eating too? It’s so sweet and delicious-♪”

“Not a beggar… Hmm… Give it, give it… Taste it… ”

I got angry on the train and it seemed like I was hungry.

Omnyomnyom…

Freya took the macaron from my coat pocket and closed her mouth. I seemed to like it because it was a high-quality macaron included in the relief supplies Hilde sent me.

The momentary commotion passed.

The tension in the office returns.

We were sitting in Bell’s rather messy office.

“Excuse me.”

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A second-year female student with striking eyes and smooth red hair brought tea. He then said as he placed the refreshments on the tray in front of me.

“Take it before it cools down. Thank you for your hard work on the long journey.”

“Oh~☆ Thank you♪ To be treated so luxuriously―☆”

“Hehe, it’s nothing special.”

The female student bowed her head and left Bell’s office with the tray.

Wow…

Everyone drinks tea while holding the teacup to their mouth.

“Huuu~”

Lotta couldn’t drink the tea the female student gave him and was blowing on his mouth to cool it down. As always, he seemed unable to eat hot food.

Silence for a moment.

As the fragrant scent of tea spreads through the office.

A figure coming confidently towards us from outside.

It was Belle who confidently entered the office, opened the door, and came in.

Suddenly—!

The hair on one ear that Freya left behind as mercy.

They had been cruelly shaved off and buried in Belle’s clothes.

It was so generous that it could fill a small pillow.

Belle shouted with a grin, her face covered in fur.

“I figured it out! Modification of fur beasts! Those guys are trying to tie our feet now. The Northeast is not the area that the Carpet and Demon Alliance is targeting!”

“Not the Northeast? Then why are they occupying the dungeon gates…? ? These are also things that have the blessing of recovery… ”

“Huhuhu… The cutie secretary knows that too! The magic puppets of , the main force in the northeast! I guess they needed a blessing to make up for it, maybe just being in their neighborhood wasn’t enough!”

When he heard that, Lotta grabbed my sleeve and looked at me with anxious eyes. The gate to the Dungeon of Blessing, where I was going to heal my body, was occupied.

‘what… I couldn’t help it, I had no idea that the armor puppets from would come out so quickly.’

I held his hand and gave him a wink that it was okay. Then Lotta lowered his head with dejected, empty eyes.

Step by step

Belle hurriedly walked inside the office. And with a cheerful hand gesture, he pointed to the center of the map of .

“The main school of is targeting… They are targeting the barrier leading to the World Tree, especially the building, which is connected to the outside!!”

Freya heard those words and muttered as if she understood something.

“F, Frau and the nobles… The aristocratic faction’s long-cherished wish since ancient times… The hegemony of … Well, you haven’t stopped your stupid plan to bring it back… ”

“Hmph! It was our and forces belonging to the Aesir Warlord that protected for 1000 years! Where are the furry animals cheekily raising their spoons—!”

Freya asked a question without even hearing those words.

“Ha, but I don’t plan to even dream of it with the poor magic skills of the noble faction… What is the reason for running it so hastily? ”

“Hmm… I don’t know that much. Do you know anything about the investigation group?”

“For me, not at all… First of all, the student council at is all run by factions within the aristocratic faction… Because it was a tradition… ”

“This is why noble schools… ”

Belle began comparing what she found out and what Freya knew. It seemed like they saw our coming here to help as a golden opportunity.

‘What is really aiming for… Not the Northeast. If it is … ‘

For some reason.

My heart starts pounding, and a person’s face comes to mind.

“… ”

The first thing that came to my mind was Hilde.