Arc 23: Incoming New Threat
Chapter 209: The Postwar Cleanup and the Robbery
The ruler type has appeared. That brought big repercussions for us. An existence even more formidable the advanced type. Furthermore, it’s difficult to deal with by using the Fra Gear since it’s a human-sized Fraze.
Naturally, a storm of questions poured from the rulers of each country that were watching the broadcast, but even I don’t know what to tell them. I can only say that it’s a higher rank than the advanced type and that they possess emotions. I wonder, is that the extent?
She was talking in an ambiguous language, but I believe she had a proper talk with End. She seed like an opponent who can communicate but...
In any case, the battle is over and the postwar cleanup has also finished. The damage to Rodoa that I have been worrying about is far less when compared to Yuuron. But even so, one of the mountain summits was blown away, and the battlefield beca a complete wasteland due to the scattering shot done by the charged particle artillery of the advanced type.
As for the damage we received, there were no fatalities, but quite a lot of seriously injured turned out. A considerable number of injuries ca due to the land tsunami caused by the advanced type. The injured people, having been transferred to the headquarters, eventually got better due to Suu and Rin using recovery magic and Flora treating them with dicine.
We’ve ended up in this state even after preparing that much, huh? However, I can surely say that it has ended this way because I was able to determine by chance that they would appear.
There are the results of our efforts as well. Rodoa didn’t receive much damage from the Fraze, however, the capital of the Central State had apparently received more damage due to the senseless rampage of the upgraded ard golems, even if we disregard the previous battle.
Dr. Bowman has been sent to a mine as a form of taking responsibility. It seems his sentence will be more than 10 years of forced labor.
Also, Statewide Governor Volk Rajeel was accused of managent negligence and condemned by the other state governors for shirking the safety asures of his research institution.
Eventually, Volk Rajeel lost his position, and a new noble youth took the position of the governor of the central state with the consensus of the other states.
After that, a new statewide governor of Rodoa has been chosen, and it was the one who responded quickly to solve this problem, the Hill State Governor Audrey Reliban-san.
She is shrewd, or should I say, she didn’t oversee this mont. I feel she has made good use of us, but I guess it’s not like she has done sothing bad. Oh well, whatever.
Even for us, working with Audrey-san is easier than working with that grinning Rajeel-ossan.
First of all, Statewide Governor Audrey has discontinued the developnt of the ard golems of the magic research institute. Well, guess that would be the natural thing to do. They will be troubled if another one of them rampages again due to so stimulus.
Next, they have unanimously decided to participate in the East-West alliance after having a discussion among all state governors. It seems that a large part of that reason if for them to be able to loan the fra gears in case of ergencies along with the Fra Units as well.
The clean-up process is going to ultimately be faster if we remove the aftermath using the fra gears. Yet there’s no one among the knights of Rodoa who can pilot the heavy knights even though I’ve imdiately lent out ten of them. As such, it has been decided to dispatch several knights to Rodoa to act as instructors starting from a vice-commander of our household, Nicola-san.
The removal of the wreckage is also progressing thanks to that. It looks like the city is starting to regain its composure.
Statewide Governor Audrey has softened the antagonism between Rodoa and Regulus after she has stood at the top and various trade treaties have been signed.
Countries that had bad relations up until now won’t be able to beco friends at once, but that action is definitely a big step forward.
Rodoa is located between the Regulus Empire, the Ramisshu Holy Kingdom, the Ferzen Kingdom and the Heavenly Empire Yuuron, and it mainly trades with them via land routes. But Yuuron has collapsed recently, and it beca impossible for them to trade at all.
The improvent of this relationship between Rodoa and Regulus is a godsend because of the current state of Yuuron. Well, that’s good for them, isn’t it?
「Master, can I have a little of your ti?」(Rosetta)
「Hmm?」(Touya)
I was stopped by Rosetta who was repairing End’s dragon knight in [Hangar]. She was in the middle of repairing the right arm that has been destroyed... or rather, which End had destroyed. We are incorporating a new fra model this ti in order to strengthen the Dragoon even further so that it won’t break so easily the next ti.
Rosetta gets down from the crane.
「As a matter of fact, there is sothing strange with battle the other day」(Rosetta)
「Sothing strange?」(Touya)
That day, I’ve asked Rosetta and Monica to be in charge of the maintenance and adjustnts of the spare units.
I’ve also assigned them with the responsibility of observing, investigating and recording the actions of the Frazes in addition that. Accurately speaking, they were assistants when it ca to observation. I felt uneasy leaving all of it to Palshie alone... because she’s a hard-core clutzy girl.
「The number of people who had received serious and half-serious injuries and thus were transferred to headquarters was 36 during this battle. However, the number of fra gears which master had recovered on the battlefield was 35. One unit is unaccounted for」(Rosetta)
「......What?」(Touya)
That’s absurd. I’ve made sure to specify everything up to the parts of the fra gears and collected them into [Storage] after the battle, you know? Are you saying it wasn’t on the site?
「Accurately speaking, a head, a main chest unit, an upper part of left arm, an entire right leg are missing. All of them are parts of a heavy knight」
「Are you saying that so knight riding it stole them in the middle of that battle?」
「No. It’s the other way around. I think that soone else has collected the broken parts of the fra gear seeing that the parts have been scattered. Please look at this」
Rosetta turns on a monitor installed in the corner of the garage. The aerial recording that reflects the battle from the other day starts to play. It’s the ti before the advanced type has arrived. What’s wrong with this?
「This place here」(Rosetta)
Rosetta stops the recording with a click. The body of a broken fra gear is being shown at the edge of the screen.
She then unpauses the video and the recording starts to play again. Then, the body of the broken fra gear has disappeared from there.
「...... What’s going on, with this?」
「Now we switch this to a magic induction image and...」
「Ah」
The video displays the figures of several people carrying off the body of a fra gear. They are being covered with a faint bluish light. I’m not grasping that details, but they certainly resemble humans. They might be demi-humans though, but I can’t see sothing like tails or ears, so they don’t seem to be beastn.
「Apparently, they are using disappearance magic or artifacts. They were perfectly caught in the magic power perceptors though. They are properly projected up till the fra gear」(Rosetta)
The armor of the fra gear has been colored with magic power paint after all. At any rate, who are those guys?
I can’t imagine they are the subordinates of a mber from the East-West alliance. I’m already loaning the fra gears to them, and I can’t imagine they have a reason to do that.
In that case, is it a different country? The battle this ti was known for several days. Does that an there were those who went there in order to try taking advantage of it?
「Good grief, it’s like they are imitating a thief who steals at a fire scene... Search. The broken parts of the Fra Gear」
『......Search completed. Displaying』
The map projects in the sky, but the pins are only pointing to Brunhild. What does that an? I know it won’t react to the fra gears I’ve sent to Rodoa after I’ve designated the search to the broken parts.
「They are probably inside a magic jamming barrier. The sa type as Babylon’s」(Rosetta)
Ah, I see. So does that an that tracking them is impossible?
「Can they make a fra gear from those stolen parts?」
「Impossible. Well, they may be capable of assembling the broken guy back to the original heavy knight if they spend ti, but it will be impossible to mass produce it」(Rosetta)
I guess that’s right. They don’t have the Ether Liquid either. I won’t be troubled if this kind of technology exists.
「However, I wonder if it might be dangerous should the technology being used in the fra gear is applied sowhere else. It may be possible to make an inferior imitation」(Rosetta)
「Hmmm. That would be troubleso...」(Touya)
Monica, who is also repairing the dragon knight, straddles herself from its shoulder and says sothing from up there while I was being worried about the situation.
「Just in case, wouldn’t it be better to convey to each country that it has been stolen? Just imagine how troubleso it would beco if a fake heavy knight rampages or sothing. Wouldn’t groundless charges cos flying in?」(Rosetta)
That’s also true. I don’t think a copied knight will be easy to move since there’s also the matter with the Ether Liquid, but I have to make sure.
Inferior Fra Gear 《Fake》 ...... An imitation? I feel a ba-a-ad premonition.
「Well, it will be impossible for them to make a better unit than a heavy knight no matter how hard they try, so feel relieved」(Rosetta)
「No, I wonder if I can be relieved leaving it like that though」(Touya)
Well, I can’t think of any counterasures against it though. Should I have also installed a self-destruction chanism beforehand? There’s also this ani where the hero has detonated his unit and himself spectacularly. I wonder, was it for the form of beauty? Although that might have been done in order to preserve his secrets.
「Yae-dono and Hilda-dono units are more important. Should we proceed the sa as before?」(Rosetta)
「Hmm. There won’t be any changes. It’s fine to make a specialized type for Yae. It doesn’t need to be ingenious. I think Hilda’s will also be fine sa as before」(Touya)
「Is, that so? Then, whose unit is next in line after that?」(Rosetta)
「Ours ~ja!」(???)
Suu is standing at the [Hangar] entrance with a daunting pose together with Shesca’s maid figure behind her. Did Shesca bring her here? I was surprised.
She then cos dashing and suddenly hugs .
「Isn’t it about ti for to pilot a fra gear!? I’m already tired of practicing in the fra unit ~ja!」(Suu)
Suu cos pushing and grinding her head against my abdon. Unn, Suu’s fra, is it?
I’m worried, to be honest. No, it’s not about Suu’s skill. She’s considerably skillful judging by her combat results in the fra unit. I can say it demonstrates the superior ability of children who do not hold any strange prejudices, but Suu has enough ability to wherein I might have to consider her as a genius pilot.
However, I think that she feels as if it’s so kind of a ga. In the end, she’ll be taking lives on the battlefield. I wonder if she is prepared for that.
「Wouldn’t it be fine even if Suu doesn’t do those dangerous things?」(Touya)
「What are you saying!? We are also Touya’s fiancee and we will fight when it’s necessary to fight! We don’t feel like becoming an ornantal wife by withdrawing to a safe place! We also want to protect everyone!」(Suu)
Suu looks up at with serious eyes. This kid is serious. She might have co with such resolution by growing up as a mber of the royal family.
Was I the only one treating her too much as a kid?
「......I got it. Then, shall we make Suu’s personal fra? What kind of fra do you want?」(Touya)
「A strong one ~ja!」(Suu)
It’s a little vague. I intend to ask what type would be good though.
「A huge one is good. The one which can destroy the opponent with ‘Gangang’ like Elzie’s. Ah, Touya has shown that normal unit which does different combinations and turns into a big one!」(Suu)
Eh, did I show such a thing...?
「Then, we will also be destroying the enemies by launching the rotating arms and gouging out the cores of the Frazes. Like that ~ja. Ah, make us a golden hamr too!」(Suu)
Ah, I sohow get it. It’s that one...
Hmm, the fra will be a power type with strong defense and destructive power in that case. Will I be ignoring the mobility in this case then? As for the flying arms...I guess, there is nothing we can’t do if we use Fragarach technology?
But what will I do about the combination? Remote control....No, it will be impossible without sothing like an autonomous AI. It may possible if it’s manned, but then pilots will be needed if that’s case.
「I think it’s manageable. Wasn’t there sothing that’s just right in [Warehouse]?」(Shesca)
... Really? Well, there might be so way since they did manage to breath life into the picture fra. It may be possible to use a technology like an artificial intelligence as a support chanism for Suu if they have sothing like that.
「Unn...... I guess, there are things to try. Shall we do it?」(Touya)
「Hooray! As I’ve thought, Touya is the best husband ~ja!」(Suu)
I was rather surprised when Suu hugged my neck and gave a light kiss on the lips. She then rubbed her cheeks against mine. It appears that she is gradually starting to act mature.
Just when I’m thinking about that, Shesca turns to Suu from behind and makes a sudden thumbs up. Did you instigate this scenario!? This fellow truly is bad for education!
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