[The Galactic !@Emperor$# who subjugated Kaira #% conquered the @#^ dinsion]
Beeep-
The more Karlstein focused on the words in the book, the louder the dizzying white noise in his head grew.
Suddenly feeling his limit, he closed the book and cooled his head for a mont.
Then a question arose.
“Is this really reality?”
It was a natural question.
Could it be a dream?
It was hard enough to understand how he had moved the body created in his ntal landscape to reality, let alone believe that the platinum egg had broken through his nearly infinite ntal barriers.
Was it because his true body was unconscious?
Karlstein’s thoughts beca tangled up.
At that mont...
“Over here! So young man—!”
It seed the nurse from earlier had brought soone with her. Judging by the not entirely unfamiliar voice, she was probably one of the nurses who had been in charge of Soyeon in his previous life...
Seeing as she doesn’t recognize now, it seems my looks have really changed.
After finishing that idle thought, Karlstein decided to leave for now.
“There’s no one here?”
“Whaa? B-but he was definitely here...”
“Hmm? You say soone was here?”
Karlstein, who had instantly moved to the rooftop railing of the hospital, fell into deep thought.
Naturally, he had brought volu 53 of CGH with him. Although he could not understand much of the content because the letters appeared broken, it was still enough to capture his interest.
[Karlstein Babylon1#^!^!## Web!#%Dinsional Army@#% @#%@Subjugated Smudo!#%^!^]
Smudo. A na he knew. It belonged to none other than the Single Number No. 8.
But in the first place, was not the na Karlstein Babylon itself a na that should not appear in Chronicles of the Galactic Heroes?
Though his heart scread that he should find Soyeon, wherever she was, he instinctively judged that investigating volu 53 should take priority.
After all... even with his extrely heightened senses, he could not find any trace of Soyeon. At the very least, it was no natural disappearance.
Was it the intervention of sothing transcendent?
“What on earth...”
But before Karlstein could finish that thought—
Pzzzt-
His body began to alternate between becoming translucent and solid, starting to detach from reality.
“...?”
Pop-
The platinum-colored egg popped out of thin air, flapping its wings anxiously.
Karlstein fixed an intense gaze on the egg.
Flinch-
Is this place reality? Or is it virtual?
Regardless, the being that brought him here was undoubtedly this egg.
Moreover...
“What’s with these chains?”
Unlike usual, the platinum egg was tightly wrapped in six thick chains of green, purple, red, and other colors.
But before he could get an answer, Karlstein felt a premonition similar to when he had been transported here.
“...”
Tssp-
Karlstein disappeared from the hospital rooftop.
Thud.
CGH Volu 53 fell limply onto the rooftop railing.
***“Am I back again...?”
It was that dark space with a burning black heart. Karlstein realized he had returned to where he was originally.
He had difficulty wrapping his head around what had happened.
“You...”
The platinum-colored egg, seemingly exhausted, sat beside him with its wings drooping.
What the hell are you?
But more than that, the contents he had seen in the book would not leave his mind.
...
A series of events were listed as if describing future occurrences, and there was a brief ntion of Soyeon toward the very end. But it was difficult to understand beyond that.
Not only did it not enter his mind due to so forceful power, but the broken text made it nearly impossible to read. But he did glean sothing...
Community unification. War against Chaos. Agreent with Sephiroth.
He could understand the main points before Soyeon’s na appeared.
“...”
The conclusion he reached was—
“By dealing with those three matters first, I should be able to get to the bottom of this.”
Karlstein fird his resolve while looking at the exhausted egg.
Certainly, he could dismiss the earlier incident as a dream, but Karlstein did not think so. At his level, even such trivial things were unlikely to happen by chance.
Karlstein picked up the platinum egg and examined it from various angles. The egg wiggled its legs, delighting in his attention.
“Can you actually freely travel across dinsions?”
Despite Karlstein’s serious question, the egg rely wiggled its legs, showing little reaction.
Besides, there was no way it could be unrestricted. He rembered how it was tightly wrapped in thick chains that seed to be made of light.
Though it seed to be out of strength and recovering at the present...
“Anyway, I understand. If you can use that ability again, call . Before that I...”
Karlstein looked back at the black heart. First, he needed to get accustod to Kaira’s power. Then...
His eyes burned with intense will.
War? Hah, I’ll end it quickly.
Gaining the power of another Single Number had that much significance.
***“You called for ?”
“Yes.”
Virdel maintained her manners towards the one who summoned her, but did not relax her tension. Moreover, she seed depressed since the last mission.
Virdel glanced at the half-broken pendant hanging from the woman’s neck and listened to her words.
“His Majesty is currently in hibernation. There shouldn’t be any problem with him waking up.”
“...Is that so? What a relief.”
I knew it.
Despite feeling it was disrespectful to even worry about Karlstein, Virdel was relieved by Maxien’s confirmation.
“Then why am I...?”
Virdel had been focusing solely on training for a while. She opened and closed dinsional gates as instructed when needed, but never neglected her training.
“Why else would I call you?”
Fair enough.
Maxien had a cold and indifferent personality. Though Virdel had received teachings from her, there was not particularly any warm sentint between teacher and student.
In that aspect, both Maxien and Virdel had similarities.
“If it’s a lesson, I’ll do my best.”
“Good.”
Training was welco. She felt a constant thirst for learning.
Virdel had taught herself many things, but she could not match the efficiency of growing through the teachings of soone more advanced.
“Follow .”
Maxien led Virdel to a training ground deep underground.
“When His Majesty wakes up, the war will expand even more.”
“...”
“Your dinsional gate ability will be particularly useful.”
Virdel knew this too. If it were not for her dinsional gate ability, a strong person like Maxien would not have personally taught her.
“If only to maximize your dinsional gate ability, it’s troubleso if you stay at that level.”
“...I understand.”
Virdel steeled her resolve and followed Maxien.
***A laboratory cluttered with all sorts of odds and ends.
Bang-
At the sound of the lab door being roughly opened, a reflexive excuse spilled from the mouth of the skeleton lying in a massage chair.
“Ack! The ongoing project is already finished! My other research just needs ti and budget—“
Selena and Keisha Winsler, also lying in massage chairs, went round-eyed.
“...”
The man who opened the lab door looked around and nodded.
“Mm. I heard there are so juniors here who are the rising stars of dinsional research.”
“...?”
As the unfamiliar figure entered, question marks floated around their faces.
How did he get here?
Who is this man?
But before they could figure out his identity...
“Follow . You’ll all be working at the Galactic Empire’s 1st Dinsional Research Institute.”
“...Sorry?”
“Mm? But isn’t it supposed to be two of you? Who are you?”
Keisha Winsler, who was just visiting, blushed.
“I-I’m not a researcher—“
“Well I doubt it matters. As talents chosen by His Majesty, you’ll be useful sowhere.”
“What?”
“I’m sure you know of the Kaiju bastards traveling through dinsions?”
“...I did hear of it.”
“Then what are you doing?!”
“Pardon?”
“Surely you don’t intend on being technologically outmatched by re Kaiju?”
“Uh...”
“Co along. Produce enough results, and I’ll petition His Majesty for a reward.”
“Er, excuse ?”
Shuffle shuffle-
The Imperial soldiers who had followed the mysterious man began to gather the lab’s materials and data.
Although they wanted to protest this forceful action, they kept their mouths shut at the sight of the splendid Galactic Empire uniform the mysterious man was wearing.
And so, they were appointed to the Dinsional Research Institute as if being kidnapped.
***Fwrsh-
“Hmm... Were you satisfied with just that level of firepower?”
“Pardon?”
Yongyong felt peerless pressure from the woman before him.
Fwrsh-
Especially from the small fireballs floating around her, he felt an intense heat that seed capable of lting even the sun.
“Ether is the source of everything, a power that can beco anything.”
“...”
“And yet you’re satisfied with just slightly increasing firepower...”
Yongyong found it difficult to co to his senses.
“Isn’t it too one-dinsional to think of simply creating flas with Ether like you do?”
Yongyong did not know how to respond to the woman who treated his Hellfire like a re campfire.
The woman with an empty right sleeve was wearing an Imperial officer’s uniform.
“It’s not about raising the temperature, but about embodying the essence of burning.”
“...Yes ma’am.”
I don’t get what you’re on about though?
“Of course, it won’t make sense at first.”
Yongyong suddenly felt goosebumps rising.
“But there’s nothing a good beating can’t fix.”
“!”
“At least it’s much better than relying on inadequate equipnt.”
“Gagh.”
***“Aria. Is there a need to rush like that?”
Aria spoke without taking her eyes off the holograms that densely filled the entire office.
“Prepare for the worst, as they say.”
“But don’t you think it’s too hasty when His Majesty hasn’t even woken up yet?”
“Hm.”
Aria spun her chair to face the hooded woman, Camilla Bashatiret.
“Feeling guilty, are we?”
Given Camilla’s position, it had been difficult for her to play an active role in the Kaira subjugation.
“That’s n-not it!”
Despite her vehent denial...
“Hm. Don’t worry, Miss Camilla. There’s a mountain of work you need to do.”
“Eek!”
Aria ended the conversation with a faintly playful smile.
Everyone was busily preparing for war.
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