Louise was in the practice yard, working with the rest of the girls who were doing their exercises with the supervision of the musketeers. All the other girls seemed so determined in their practice, but none had committed themselves to fighting for the country. She wanted to shake her head at how hypocritical it all seemed. The only people who had decided to leave with her had been Kirche and Roll. It had been two days since Zero had returned, and just yesterday they had gotten a letter from the princess... The troops would be would be leaving the next day of the void, along with Zero, Roll, Kirche and herself.
***Break***
It was the next day of Void, when the two moons that hung in the sky overlapped completely. During this day, when the Albion continent was at its closest point to Halkeginia, a large fleet of Tristain and Germania ships carrying a united army of 60,000 soldiers sailed off from La Rochelle for the Albion invasion.
Tristain and Germania together had 500 ships. Only sixty of them were battleships while the rest carried soldiers and supplies.
Queen Henrietta and Cardinal Mazarini were in La Rochelle port, standing on top of the World Tree pier, watching the fleet start to sail off. Due to the sheer size of the fleet not all of the ships were able to load and depart at the same time. As the ships going up into the sky gathered together, it was surely an amazing sight to behold.
"It's as if they are seeds carried away by the wind," Cardinal Mazarini commented in a gentle voice..
"Seeds that will repaint the continent." Henrietta said as she looked at the force she had been pivotal in creating.
"There's no seed that can repaint a white country, blue." The Cardinal warned gently.
"You are right," Henrietta nodded, then shook her head."There is but one who can paint it red. And it is our fault he must be used. I hope Louise and Zero can forgive me." the young queen said, her voice heavy.
"It's possible that we will be defeated. All your hopes are on but a single man," Mazarini muttered.
"I do not believe he can be defeated. I only hope that he doesn't lose himself to battle as my beloved friend fears..." Henrietta regretfully admitted.
"I wonder why we have to fight though?" Mazarini muttered, in a barely audible voice.
Henrietta turned to glare at the older man and asked in a cold voice,"Why would you ask such a thing?"
"We could have blockaded Albion to make them starve. With careful planning, it could be a very successful idea."
"That would have been a good plan. But Zero brought a point to me. If we did that, the ones we target would be the last to suffer. We would be villains as surely as them. As nobles, it is our responsibility to govern ourselves. If we go to conquer the nobles, we go to free the commoners, otherwise no matter what happens Albion will be our enemy for generations to come. This would end in far more deaths than a short war like this will..."Henrietta replied without changing her expression.
"Don't say that. We do not need to settle it once and for all... You don't need just courage to ensure everything will come out well in the end. Then again, maybe I'm just getting old." Mazarini patted his whitening beard. "If we were going to lose, would you use the "Void" in this war, Your Majesty?"
It was a highly secret matter to discuss. Only a few people knew that Louise was a Void user. Henrietta, the Cardinal… and a few royal generals. "I wish it wasn't so, but if it came down to it, Louise is also a noble, and my friend. I do not know that I could stop her from using her power." Henrietta muttered silently, staring into the emptiness.
"Calm down. Your Majesty, you do not have to try and hold the weight of this on your shoulders alone. Hopefully my old bones are good enough for that." the older Cardinal replied to her, doing his best to comfort the young woman. He shook his head, knowing that he had unfairly pushed everything onto her... But there had been no choice with how she had handled herself and the victory at Tarbes.
Henrietta sighed as she thought about her friend. They entrusted the generals with knowledge of the Void only as the trump card. After hearing about Louise's Void, at first, General De Poitiers did not even try to believe in it. But he knew it was not impossible either. Because the Void was considered a legend, he could not believe in its existence easily. However, after being reminded about the military results in Tarbes, and the single great spell that had claimed the lives of so many men, the general found himself with no choice but to believe. Obtaining the legendary element of Void redoubled his courage and he promised Henrietta a swift victory. Henrietta, to ensure the victory in the first battle, gave him permission to call upon the Void user and her familiar as required. Henrietta sighed as she thought of the reason for this war… It was nothing more than letting one's personal grievance out on the people of that country. The war was only a means to calm down the hatred in her heart. She would never say it aloud after her conversation with Zero, but she knew that is what it truly was. How many humans did she send away to their death for this? It even included her childhood and best friend. In such war, there is no victory, it could not make one's crimes disappear, Henrietta thought. Despite knowing this, I still declare the patriotism of those troops who are sailing off. I know for sure I shall burn in hell for this. A trickle of blood ran down the edge of her lips as Henrietta bit them. Suddenly she started screaming out, "Viva Tristain!" As the sounds of the queen's cheers sounded in the sky. Officers lined up on the upper deck, saluted Henrietta, who was seeing them off, and shouted following the queen, "Viva Tristain! Viva Henrietta!" These shouts, accompanied with a chorus of the rest of 60,000 men that joined in, roared in the sky. "Viva Tristain! Viva Henrietta!"
The chest-piercing repetitive cheers only intensified Henrietta's awareness of her crime… with her heart at the head of it, it was a tough war council indeed.
***Break***
As Zero and Louise boarded the ship, Zero looked at his fighter which was being lifted into the air by a group of wind mages. They had originally wanted him to land on the ship, but he'd objected to that on grounds of pure stupidity. Why risk breaking or damaging an irreplaceable tool just to make an impact on their soldiers? Shaking his head he looked at a fairly solid looking young man waiting at the end of gang plank who appeared to be waiting for them. He had an unusually dark look to him.
"Deck Officer, Kuryu." the young man introduced himself.
Zero looked at him for a moment with a cocked head, then replied,"Zero Wily. Is everything set?"
"Yes sir. They've already moved four of those barrels that you requested, as well as the materials to make more should the need arise. They've been marked with Wax and red markings on the to so that none mistakenly open them and the alchemy gear has been stored below decks with the rest of our equipment. Your metal dragon is being loaded even now as I'm sure you saw." Kuryu reported
"I did. Thank you. Have all the others boarded?"
"Those few from the academy who were coming with you have boarded, yes."
"Good, what is our first stop?"
Although he was asked, the officer guided them both without answering. Where could he be taking them? In Henrietta's instructions only the name of the warship that they were to board nothing else. Then again, the instructions of higher-up were always like this. Tell something to one subordinate, and they think that they already told all of them. A noble's subordinate must lead a long and annoying life, Zero thought. Zero couldn't help but think that Henrietta did not appear to be an exception to this rule.
Through the narrow main-deck's passage they were lead to a private two-man cabin. Although very small, it was still a private room. Within this cabin, there was an extremely small bed and table. Once Zero and Louise placed their luggage, they were urged by the officer to follow him again.
After going in zigzags through narrow passages of the warship, they finally stopped in front of a large solid door.
When the officer knocked, there was an answer from the inside. The officer opened the door and let Zero and Louise in.
They both were greeted by generals sitting in a line. Golden mail-laces shined across their shoulders. Zero knew the pomp that was associated with arm chair commanders and had to stifle a sigh. Louise and Zero took seats offered by the soldiers.
The General in the most top seat, opened his mouth. "Welcome to Albion Invasion Command Headquarters, Miss Void."
Louise felt nervous. This general with a beard looked around 40 years old…
The older gentleman nodded with respect as he introduced himself, "Supreme Commander De Poitiers." Quickly, the general described his colleagues. "This is Chief of Staff Wimpffen." A small man with a deep wrinkles sitting to the left of the General nodded. "This is the commander of the Germania army, Marquis Handenburg." The General with a handlebar mustache that wore a steel helmet, nodded solemnly to Louise. As Louise looked around the room hesitantly, the General introduced Louise to the staff and generals, gathered in the conference room. "Now then, gentlemen. This is the trump card that our Majesty kept, I introduce you the 'Void' user."
However, no one in the conference room even raised an eyebrow after those words. They just stared suspiciously at Louise and her familiar.
"In the battle of Tarbes, she was the one who gave the blow to Albion's fleet at Tarbes."De Pointers said with a smile on his face. Only after De Poiters's words did the generals look with an interest at them.
Zero poked Louise.
"What?" She demanded, annoyed at the lack of respect in front of these important nobles.
"…is it all right to be exposed like that?" Zero asked her after a pause.
"If not, it would not be possible to cooperate with the army." Louise reasoned.
Zero sighed. Although Henrietta ordered Louise to keep silent, she herself revealed it with ease, he thought. Though Henrietta kept on saying that Louise was important, somehow her actions contradicted that. Thoughts about the queen annoyed Zero a little. Then he remembered Henrietta's tremble at that time. He shook his head again. Children forced to bare the world on their shoulders. He couldn't reasonably expect them to understand everything. They'd not yet faced the horrors of real war... His fist clenched around his saber at that thought.
The generals smiled to Louise. Fake smiles. Louise was the only one fooled by them. "You may think it is a hastily chosen headquarters. This ship ensures absolute security. You see, this warship which is specialized in carrying dragon knights is not equipped with cannon. So in that way, it can be troublesome if the enemies aim at us. "
Louise looked at them as she laughed nervously as she asked in a cute, confused voice,"Then why did you make such a warship into general headquarters?" The whole room burst in laughter as she finished.
"In normal ships there is no space for such conference rooms. They are stuffed with cannons." one of them said kindly.
"For a flagship that controls a huge army and fleet, the ability to process information quickly is more necessary than offensive power. That makes sense." Zero agreed.
"Enough with the chatting. Let's continue with the war council," said a general of Germania. The genial smiles disappeared from the other generals' faces.
***Break***
It was a long war council, and the logistics were complicated and rough. Making 60,000 soldiers land on Albion was merely a secondary problem.
The main problem was how to deal with the powerful enemy air fleet. Even though during the battle at Tarbes 10 Albion ships-of-the-line along with the Lexington were destroyed, 40 ships-of-the-line remained. Although Tristain and Germania had 60 ships-of-the-line because it was a united fleet of two countries, executive confusion was to be expected. When you take into account that the Albion fleet was said to be superior to a fleet half again their strength, the potential difference between them was canceled. Secondly, the selection of the landing point. On Albion's continent there were only two places where the large army of 60,000 soldiers could land all at once.
The capital city Londinium's southern airbase Rosais, or the northern port - Dartanes.
Because of the port size, Rosais was preferable, however… aiming straight there, their large fleet would be discovered at once and that would give enemy the time to prepare a defense. "Wasting soldiers in the assault would put the capture of Londinium at risk." The Chief of Staff calmly analyzed the forces and informed everyone. It should be kept silent. What kind of assault would that be with enemy resistance.
The allied forces needed a surprise attack. 60,000 soldiers needed to land in Rosais without facing enemy resistance. Thus they needed to deceive the large enemy army and draw their attention from the landing point at Rosais. Simply put, the Tristain and Germania united army of 60,000 required a cunning strategy that could deceive the enemy into thinking that they would land in Dartanes. And was only the second problem. The first was a very willful familiar...
***Break***
The council had been going on for nearly three hours, and had shown no sign of slowing down. the generals all argued and bickered over different tactics, most of which generally being the same thing with minor variations. Zero sighed as he tried to endure it. This was the crap he'd wanted to get away from. He started to tap his hand on the table impatiently.
"Can we hope for Miss Void's cooperation in either of the two?" The noble with a staff badge asked while watching Louise.
"Could you blow up the Albion fleet, the way we blew up the Lexington in Tarbes?"
Zero watched Louise. Louise turned around and shook her head. "It is impossible…I don't have enough willpower stored to cast such a strong 'Explosion'. I don't know how many month's or years it would take to make one like I did before..."
The staff officer shook his head. "Then such an unreliable 'weapon' can't be called our trump card."
Those words made Zero stand and state in a deadly tone, "Louise is not a weapon. Don't ever call her that again."
"Yeah, I'm a weapon. She's a girl. I know its kinda hard to tell the difference what with my slim girlish figure... But ya know, I got a point here somewhere," Derflinger rambled from Zero's shoulder.
"What? It's not for a familiar nor its defective weapon to talk." the officer said, feeling the power of his rank as a true noble of Tristian.
"Oh, so now you're using the whole familiar thing and disregarding my rank? Whatever, not like a bunch of amateurs like yourselves are worth anything anyhow. So, what exactly are you going to do except complain about me? Are you going to complain to the Albion forces until they let us land? I know I'd certainly prefer to shoot myself than deal with a bunch of incompetent fools. Louise has eleven sunken ships under her belt, as well as the crews. I have forty thousand troops and thirty dragons to my name. What have you, except an over exaggerated sense of self worth and the ability to point fingers when you're too incompetent to figure out an actual workable strategy?" Zero said as he stared down the noble.
"You dare talk to me like that?" the officer said as he pulled out his wand. His eyes widened and he swallowed as a saber made of light appeared less than an inch from his face.
"Push me. I'm already angry enough... Give me a reason." Zero said, his eyes cold. The moment this man had referred to Louise as a weapon was the moment he crossed a line. She was nothing like him. "I am not happy with your treatment of her as a second rate weapon. She's done more for this country than you have. Speak another word, and it will be your last."
General De Poitiers interrupted, knowing that the young man was not joking. "Gentlemen, calm down. There is no reason to fight like this. Can we leave the handling of this matter to Miss Void?" he turned toward Louise.
Before Louise could respond Zero cut in,"She has a name. Its Louise. And that's a terrible idea. Her best use of power is eliminating magical interference. You want an anti-ship capability? Look at me. I've got at least five times the range that the primitive and useless cannons you fools pride yourselves in." After a few moments of silence to his proclamation he shook his head and looked at them contemptuously. "Call yourselves nobles if you want, but you can't do a damned thing anyway, just like that useless waste of space Wardes. Come on Louise. Lets leave these idiots to argue over whatever useless tactics they want. We'll do what needs doing when it needs doing." Then with a look back at the wild eyes of the staff officer who still had his wand out, he added,"If you think can, try. But realize that if you can't, I'll kill you." As the man put his wand away reluctantly Zero put his saber back in its resting place and led Louise from the room.
"You fool! That 'familiar' bested the Viscount Wardes in one on one combat, and destroyed an army himself!" General De Poitiers yelled as the door shut behind the pair. "Do not antagonize him!"
"He's just a commoner who was given a title, why should I believe those stories?" the young man replied hotly, angry that he had been humiliated so by a mere familiar.
General De Pointers sighed as he looked at the rebellious young man. Shaking his head he turned away from the young man. "If you provoke him further, I'll have you flogged."
"You can't do that! I'm a noble!" the man objected violently.
"I don't care if you're a noble. That man out ranks you no matter your grievance with him, and we are at war." The general stated in a hard voice.
"Oh, and what would my grievance with him be?" The younger man asked, caution clear in his voice.
"I know your relation to Mott. A favored nephew who was standing to inherit his fortune. I know that the familiar caused you to be pushed into this rather than letting you buy your way out, but that doesn't matter. He is favored by the queen. He also has the power to turn this war around. I'm impressed by the void, but to have a man who can kill an army of men by himself is something I'm far more interested in than bed time stories. If you provoke him and he finds a reason to remove you, nobody will mourn, nor take action on your behalf. You are expendable. That pair is not, do I make myself clear?" De Pointers asked, a chilling indifference evident in his manner and tone.
***Break***
As Zero walked through the halls of the battle ship back towards the room they had been given he grumbled unhappily. "Stupid cocky know nothing bastards, always the ones in charge but don't know their asses from a hole in the ground. Should be fired...Out of a cannon. Into the sun. Make everyone's life better."
"Zero, calm down. Why are you so angry?" Louise couldn't help but ask.
Zero looked at his summoner as if she was stupid for a moment, then sighed. Shaking his head he said,"You're not a weapon and I won't let anyone treat you like one. You're just a kid who's been pushed into war."
"I'm a noble too!" Louise countered.
"You're a kid Louise. No offense intended, but you should be at school having fun. Not out here risking death. But just because its how it should be doesn't mean that's how it is though." Zero said with a hint of regret.
"I'm not afraid Zero." Louise said, trying to sound brave.
"Doesn't matter if you're afraid or not. If any pantheons show up they won't give a damn. They'll still kill you and those around you regardless of how brave you are. That's why I'm here. I'm the weapon, not you." Zero explained in a patient voice.
Louise shook her head and then sighed in defeat. "I don't want to argue about this again. We'll deal with the problems as they happen. Who knows, maybe my book will give me something new. After all if I'm in need..."
"Hey, you listened to me after all!" Derflinger piped in from Zero's shoulder. "You're not so bad little girl."
"Neither are you rusty old sword."
***Break***
"Hey, Louise..." Kirche said to the pink haired girl who was lost in thought across from her at the table. "Louise, are you alright?"
"Hmm?" She looked up. "Sorry, did you say something?"
"Yes! Just what do you need my help with here? All that was mentioned is that I'll be staying with you and Zero to assist in your protection once we land... But what of before that?"
"Hopefully... There isn't anything before that... If there is, we might not land..." Louise shrugged
"Is it really looking that bad?" Kirche asked curiously.
"Yes... The generals gave it a rather bleak outlook..." Louise admitted reluctantly.
"Its alright. We have Zero and his fighter." Kirche responded, her voice full of confidence.
"He said he only had a quarter of its machine gun ammunition left... but almost all of its cannon... He said it can't be used more than once or twice more for combat operations..." Louise replied doubtfully.
"Do you think it would seat a third person?" Kirche wondered aloud.
"Hmm I wonder. Why?" Louise asked curiously as she looked at the germanian.
"Well, what better way to make use of it than to have a fire and a void mage. Between the explosions you can make and the fire I can throw, we'd have a good arsenal even without those weird guns it has on it now. And with Zero flying it, we'd be nearly untouchable."
Louise nodded. "I think that's a good idea. I'll have to ask Zero about that. At this point there is a rather large opening in the back, but its... not very well set up for anything except maybe hiding in."
"Well, we can always try. There are still one or two more missions before we truly have to worry about losing the power that it has right?"
"Yeah, you're right. We'll figure something out." Louise said as she pulled the prayerbook out. "I just wish I had the power to do something. They're all putting their hopes in me... Even the princess is relying on me, but I'm still a failure. When they need me the most I can't do anything."
"Come off it, with this poor little Louise tripe," Kirche said as she theatrically put her hands to her face. "You saved Tristian, you and Zero did. Without you two, I would be back home, preparing for an invasion... But now we're going to stop these bastards, and keep our people safe. When Tristian really did need you, you were there. You did the unthinkable, by stopping an entire army by yourself."
Louise looked at her former rival. "I suppose you're right."
"Of course I am. Its why I'll always win against you, and I'll have my darling come to my bed before yours!" Kirche teased.
Louise's eye twitched and she stood up, turned around and felt a heat well up in her cheeks as she carefully said,"You're a little too late for that Zerbst. Zero has taken my invitation to my bed already. You've lost that battle already."
"Oh! Really? I'm so proud of you!" Kirche shouted as she dove and hugged Louise as she started gushing,"I just knew you'd do it! So how was he, was he good? Was he considerate or the forceful type?"
Louise's head started to feel light as the thoughts caught up to her. She had merely used word play to annoy the woman and hadn't expected this reaction. The only things she could think to say involved that incident. "He's considerate, and kind... He gets kind of embarrassed when I suck on his skin to leave marks...But when he holds me I feel secure, like no matter what, I'll be safe..."
"Oh, the big strong Zero is a softie? Oh my, oh my!" Kirche said, her eyes alight. "Oh I can't wait. This just makes me want him even more! I'll have to try even harder to catch up to you! I guess this makes us rivals of a sort again, even if its more friendly!" She said as she squeezed her rival/friend harder.
***Break****
It was five past eight the next morning. The divisional command aboard the Varsenda, had just received reports of the enemy ship sightings.
"This is far earlier than we had planned," muttered General De Poitiers softly. He had originally planned to make contact with the Albion fleet around ten o'clock.
"They're a bunch of impatient bastards," commented one of the staff officers.
"What about the 'Void'?" asked staff officer from the meeting yesterday.
"The spell had been decided upon last night. The plan will proceed accordingly." the Germanian general spoke softly but confidently.
"What kind of spell is it?" General De Poitiers inquired in a low voice while looking through the battle plans. A staff officer leaned towards the General's ear, and whispered to him the details of the spell Louise had reported.
"Interesting… It will be a triumph if it succeeds! Courier!" A courier quickly ran over at the general's call. "Order 'Void' to deploy. Mission objective: 'Dartanes,' full operational freedom. 2nd Dragon Knight Squadron as escort. Repeat again!"
"'Void' deploy! Mission objective 'Dartanes,' full operational freedom! 2nd Dragon Knight Squadron as escort!"
"Good, now pass it on at once!"
The courier immediately headed towards the upper deck of the carrier where Zero and Louise were supposed to be waiting. .
"With this, we can now head towards Rosais without worry."
"Indeed."
"Yeah, I agree." A chipper voice agreed. They noticed that a man wearing heavy blue armor with long blond hair trailing behind him had walked to the front of the ship. His whole body seemed to glow.
"Knight-Captain Zero? Is that you? Get to your dragon!" De Poitiers demanded as he watched the willful young man.
"No, I don't think I will." Zero disagreed.
"Are you turning traitor on us?" demanded the same angry staff officer from before.
"Of course not. But this breaks our plan because of the timing. Look up there," Zero pointed at three barely noticeable shapes coming through the clouds. "An illusion will save some of the fleet I suppose but what of the rest, or the Dragon Knights you would uselessly sacrifice? I suppose..." Trailing off Zero lifted his arm with his fully charged buster and fired at the fore most ship. As the blast hit a deafening chain of explosions lit the sky and for a moment it seemed that a second sun had been lit in the now dispersed clouds.
"What the hell was that!" De Poitiers demanded, then handed down a command to the subordinates responsible for engaging the enemy fleet as he saw them massed behind where the cloud cover had hidden them."Transmit to all battleship captains. Once engaged with the enemy, do not let a single ship near the ground army's transport ships!"
"That was a few suicide ships full of explosives. I couldn't make out any crew on them, probably set to fly and forget. A good tactic. Probably woulda taken down a good few of our ships before the illusion had done its job." Zero commented lazily.
"How the hell could you see that?" the staff officer demanded hotly.
"What? You can't see that well? I know you are nobles and I'm but a mere familiar, so your perception should be so much more acute than mine, right?" Zero replied as he moved his arm to point it at another ship that had moved closer to their fleet. On a second glance he noticed it was near the Redoubtable, the ship that he knew held a few 'officers' from the academy. He fired another shot crippling the offending ship.
"How are you doing that? Where did you get this weird armor?" De Poitiers asked, his voice full of awe as he saw the rampant destruction being created by the young man who, seemingly effortlessly, fired out blasts that dwarfed any square fire magic that he had ever seen in power or range.
"I told you. I'm the anti-ship capability. Louise is the anti-magic capability," Zero stated as he continued firing shots every five seconds. Each blast landed on a ships cannon, crippling their combat capability. Some of these blasts chained into secondary explosions. After four more ships the whole of the Albion fleet started to pull back into a hasty retreat. As he turned to the general he smiled,"This saves our other technique to be used at another time right?"
"What of your anti-ship capabilities? Doesn't this give that away?" The older officer wondered curiously.
"So? It makes them cautious and gives us room. They'll fear what I just did. They'll want us to land our troops because its easier to defeat troops than someone who can sink their ships from a range like this. Knowing that we can make large illusions means that they'd be more inclined to check things out before committing their forces. In a ground war where information is far slower, that whole illusion thing would be far more effective, and actually have the chance for it to work more than once. And considering that a smaller illusion could be used, maybe fifty to a hundred people at a time, Louise might be able to use them in quick succession to divert the enemy movements from our real forces and emplacements allowing us the advantage of terrain in most cases. At least that's my opinion from my meager experience."
"You're not just a familiar are you?" the general asked quietly as he heard the shouts from the nearby ships cheering Tristian. "You're really military aren't you? That title isn't just some honorific..."
"I was for a long time. Longer than you can imagine. Now I simply fight to protect."
"But this is an offensive war." The general commented.
"That may be, but if we give these nobles more time to gather their resources they'll be able to make their own moves against the other lands easily enough. And if one falls they'd effectively be able to eat into the lower continents at a snails pace. They've already tried that. Enough innocents suffered then. I won't let it happen again."
"I'm glad you're on our side," the general said with a smile.
"I'm not on your side. I'm on Louise's side." Zero corrected the older gentleman.
"But that is one in the same. She's a good noble of Tristian. One of the most courageous I've met."
"If anyone tries anything to hurt her or needlessly puts her in danger you'll find just how much of a difference there is between the two."
"She could not ask for a better familiar I think. Do not worry, I truly do not intend to use her anymore than absolutely necessary. She reminds me of my daughter...The only reason I wished to use her in this case is that likely most if not all of us would have died had the battle been on Albion's terms... I had to weigh the options."
"I understand that all too well. Its why I avoid command as much as possible. But whatever, you're a much better alternative to any of the other generals that we have. If you can, please get that stupid staff officer assigned to another boat or something, I'm about ready to break his damned jaw." Zero smiled as he looked at the man in question.
"Bastard! Keeping this type of information from us is near on treasonous, and then you make demands? You think too much of yourself!" The offended man yelled.
"Agreed. I'll have him moved to another ship. Although, I must cautiously agree that it would have been nice to have this information." The general said, hesitating in the latter half of comment.
"I told you that I was the anti-ship capability didn't I? Nobody wanted to listen to a mere familiar, so I left rather than sit through a bunch of useless arguing by people like him." Zero said with this finger pointing directly at the staff officer.
***Author's notes***
Sometimes I love writing for Derflinger.
Thanks for the reviews. Axl doesn't care about the whole tempting fate. That just leaves him to watch more hilarity involving Zero. The population I gave was the number given by the series. I don't see how Saito can be part of the story since he should be long dead, what with the whole time distortion between the worlds making this whole thing possible.
On the compulsion runes for Axl, that's something that I can't reveal yet, At least on the immunity. All of the runes have compulsion built into them though.
As for the request, I'm really not taking any. Also, you owe a dollar to the epic jar.
Also congrats to the one person who picked up on the Jurassic Park quote.