Chapter 1: The rumored daredevil newcomer.

NA Brigade Base

"We are going to have a new member tomorrow"

Major Sanger stoically informed his subordinates. One meter and ninety two meter tall, Sanger Zonvolt is a large built man with well developed muscle. Then, combining with his ashen grey hair and his stoic demeanor, nobody would dare to get on the wrong side of Sanger.

"Eh? That's guy is finally here?"

Excellen chirped excitedly. While other people wouldn't dare to openly behave in such frivolous manner in front of someone such as Sanger, Excellen is not someone who can sit still and acts serious.

Excellen Browning is an eye catching beauty whose figure could drive ordinary girls to the point of jealousy just by comparing their figure to her.

Silky long golden hair runs across her slender back in a pony tail.

And while she is tall and well balanced, she has a rich and ample bosom which suited her perfectly well.

Unlike the serious and stoic feeling that her Major Sanger gives off, Excellen possesses a pair of mischievous emerald marble as though to highlight the fact that she is a teaser and troublemaker in nature.

"Uhuhuhu, I am dying to see him. I really want to see what kind of person he is. People in our CIC and Intelligence department has been talking about him non-stop"

Excellen giggles as her eyes slowly drift into dreamland.

"I don't know what did you hear from our CIC and the Intelligence Department, but he was recommended to join us by Major Kitamura Kai"

Sanger answered flattly with his usual unemotional voice.

"…Why do I have a feeling that I am the only one who was left out?"

Bullet complains.

Brooklyn Luckfield is his real name, but the male soldier prefers others addressing him as Bullet.

Short golden spiky hair and azure pair of irises, Bullet is clearly a Caucasian descended.

Slightly taller than the beauty who sitting lazily on a chair next to him, Bullet is a well built male with a serious look. However, contrast to the feeling that Excellen exudes, Bullet makes people think he is a naïve sort of person.

"Don't worry Bullet, your onee sama won't leave you out of it. How could I and Boss make out while leaving you alone like that?"

Excellen grins widely

"Please stop saying thing that would mislead others… Anyway, what kind of thing did you hear from the CIC and the Intelligence Department?"

Bullet replies with a deadpan look and then suddenly asks Excellen with a face full of interest.

"Bullet, onee sama is happy that you at least show some interest in this topic. You have grown up"

Excellen replies in a joking tone while playing with her pony tail.

"It's only normal. It wouldn't be weird if it is the general or Major who know about this newcomer. But, this is the CIC and Intelligence Department that you are talking about. How is that those who in charge of communication or who busy gathering information and data know about this guy before us?"

"There is a rumor of that guy was dating with Laura Laurenfrost"

"Laura Laurenfrost?"

Bullet parrots after the beauty. The name Laurenfrost does have a familiar ring to him but he could not remember where he heard it.

"You have really disappointed your onee sama, Bullet. At least pay attention to media a little. It's the same Laura Laurenfrost who starred in "Seirei Tsukai no Gun Dance" recently and the daughter of the Admiral Allen Laurenfrost."

"So that's her"

Bullet claps his hands together and exclaims

"Yep, and our newcomer was rumored to be Laura's secret boyfriend while working as her family's personal guard."

"…what gut…"

"And, in order to protect Laura's hard earn reputation, her over doting father the Admiral tried to fire the guy. But, it seemed that the Admiral owed our newcomer some sort of debt, the Admiral can only resort to pull up that daredevil's profile and then kick him to somewhere faraway where he could not contact with the Admiral's daughter anymore."

"It sounds like a soap opera to me… "

Bullet remarks with a deadpan look on his face

"Isn't it beautiful? The lady and her personal guard fell in love with each other and then only to be separated by society's opinion and status' barrier. Isn't it tragic? Everyone was talking about this daredevil of a man until they learned that he was sent to our base and transferred into our unit."

Excellen giggles as she remembers listening to those rumors that spreading among the base like wildfire.

"I can only hope that he would not pull us back"

Bullet says in deject as contrast to Excellen's excitement.

"He will be tested. I would not give him a special treatment just because he was recommended by Major Kitamura."

Sanger replied with his arms folded.

"Haahhh…"

Bullet sighs outwardly.

"I only hope that he will survive your test Major…"

Keeping that thought for himself, Bullet dejectedly shakes his head. Then he turned toward Excellen as though he just remembers something important

"Lieutenant, what's that guy name?"

"Shirogane Takeru"

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"So you are here"

Greg, the Base CO says to the young man who standing in front of him.

"Lieutenant Shirogane Takeru reporting for duty with the EFA North America Brigade, sir"

Saluted, the young man greets the CO.

"At ease, pilot. I am Commander Greg Pastral. I heard what happened… life is surely tough, huh?"

Patting his hand on the young man's shoulder, Greg says in a sympathizing manner.

"I beg you do not believe in those rumors around me… I can swear that they are just all baseless rumors"

The young man hastily speaks while waving his hands around as though to deny the CO's misunderstanding of him.

"…Don't worry too much. I am not a man who easily judge other by rumors"

Greg says

"…But you just did"

Takeru keeps that thought for himself as he feels an incredible urge to face palm.

Seeing how the young man unable to trust his claim, Greg clears his throat and says

"Ahem…Your assignment will be…"

"Excuse me"

Interrupted Greg from finishing his sentence, a woman voice resounds across the room as the door of Greg's room opened.

Then, nonchalantly entering a blond and busty beauty. For some reason, she keeps staring at Takeru from the first time she entered the room. Her appearance makes Takeru strangely unease.

"What is it? I have clearly told you that I would send him to you later"

Greg tiredly says, face meeting palm.

"Ahahaha, I just couldn't wait to check him out"

The woman chuckles lightheartedly, still has not withdraw her gaze at Takeru.

"Well, there you go…"

Undergoing the same face meet palm routine, Greg tiredly gestures Takeru to follow the blond woman.

"What's going on?"

Takeru asked inwardly. He can only look back and ford between Greg and the strange blond beauty.

"So this is him, huh? Hmmm…"

Ignoring Takeru's state of confusion, the blonde twirls around him, putting her hand on her chin and staring all over his body as though she is evaluating him.

"What does Laura see in a guy like him even though she rejected Kazehana Kamijou, hmmmm? She surely has weird taste."

"Please don't say it right in front of the involved person. And I believe that my relationship with Laura is completely different from the rumors around us"

"Hahaha, don't mind me"

The blonde nonchalantly reply only piles up Takeru's depression.

"I like you"

The blonde says something incredible

"Huh?"

Takeru looks at the woman aghast… what did she just say? Like him as… in a man and a woman or… a new toy? Surely the later.

"Hey, Greg. Can I take him to my room? Oops, I mean, to our unit? Hahaha…"

"…"

It is the usual face meet palm routine for both Takeru and Greg the Base CO. However, while Greg knows that the blonde was only toying around with the newcomer, Takeru aka the newcomer has no idea whether the blonde who has just made that outrageous slip was kidding or not.

"I promise to behave, ahahaha"

Once again, people would have o idea whether the blonde was serious or not with her laughter and her mischievous emerald eyes.

"Very well. Please take good care of him… and don't cause another woman problem for him… He was barely just over his problem."

Greg said hesitantly.

"I beg your pardon, sir"

Takeru turned at the CO in dismay. No way, did the CO just surrender him to this strange woman's hand? He smells nothing but trouble from her. She may look as playful as his Lt. Hayase Mitsuki but it seemed that she also has a dark side of a troublemaker and a teaser like his Yuuko sensei and Lt. Munakata Misae.

"Don't worry too much son. I'm sure that she was only joking... My bad, I forgot to introduce. This is Lt. Excellen Browning"

Greg assured Takeru… though Greg himself wasn't so confident of his claim.

"Please to meet you, handsome. Oh, I almost forgot, the boss wants to test our newcomer"

Giggling, the blonde says her greeting to the dismayed Takeru. Then, suddenly, she turned toward Greg as though she just remembered something.

"Again?...Authorized. Just don't send him home crying, you hear?"

"Sir, yes, sir. Uhuhu. This is going to be fun"

The blonde lets out a cryptic giggle.

"You are surely having it tough son"

Greg said, averting his gaze to avoid Takeru's questioning look…