The Arts of Warfare aren't just about the fights. It's also about everyone that participates in them, including what they do every day outside of combat. What happens when the Panzerkraft girls are let loose in their everyday lives? Very interesting things. What about if the Jägermeistern guys are included as well? Get ready for a lot of tomfoolery. Part of Projekt Jägermeistern.
One day, all members of the Anglerfish Team and Messer-Ein were walking around the Zuikaku's top deck as they chatted with each other. In other words, it was a relatively normal day for them.
"Hey, Yukari," Saori began as she faced Yukari. "What was that strange name Erwin gave you? Gude-… something or other…" She was somewhat curious about the name that she couldn't even fully say.
"Guderian!" Yukari corrected as she faced Saori with a smile. "It's my soul name." She then raised a hand behind her head in an awkward manner. "Though I think it's a bit presumptuous for me…"
"Oh? Why's that?" Saori wondered.
"Heinz Guderian was a famous German commander," Miho informed with a smile. "He held a great influence on tank development and tactics in Germany before the war, and because of that, he's best known as being the father of the Blitzkrieg."
Anton raised his eyebrows upon hearing that. "Oh, speaking of soul names," he began as he turned to Nathan. "What was that name that Wolf gave you, Nathan? I remember it started with a G…"
"Ah, you mean Galland!" Nathan offered as he faced everyone. He then tilted his head side-to-side a bit. "I'm not sure if it's really appropriate for me, though, considering I don't fly or command, eh."
Anton looked at him for a bit before he turned to Erich. "Hey Bubi, do you know who he was?" he asked in curiosity.
"Adolf Galland," Erich began with his usual calmness, "was a famous German fighter ace who ended up leading the Jagdwaffe for most of the war. He also helped introduce a lot of new ideas into fighters and came up with some new tactics for them, as well. Many of those ideas and tactics were highly successful."
"Aaaaah…" Anton raised his eyebrows as he understood.
"Say," Saori began with a giddy attitude as she clapped her hands lightly, "if I were to get a soul name, perhaps it would be…" She then pointed to herself as she winked. "Cinderella!" she claimed as she struck her pose. "So am I right, or am I right?"
In response, everyone else stared at her with blank looks for some time. They did not see the idea of such a soul name for her as being anywhere close to appropriate. Saori, however, looked a bit lost at why everyone was looking at her in such a way. She thought the name was fantastic for her.
"… Nö… Nur… Nö…" Erich finally responded as he slowly shook his head.
"Eh?" Saori reacted in confusion as she held her pose. She was both confused at the physical response and the verbal response. The physical response she could understand the meaning behind well enough. She was simply confused that it wasn't in agreement with her thoughts. She had no idea what the verbal response even meant because of her lack of knowledge of the German language, hence her confusion to it.
"That's not how these things work, Saori," Miho told her friend in a way and language she would hopefully understand. She still felt it would be a crapshoot anyway trying to get her friend to understand because of Saori's obsession with anything related to romance.
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Part of Projekt Jägermeistern.
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