About a week later in the Holfort Kingdom, our attention is upon the Bartfort Household's floating island. The territory of the household is quite peaceful, but there's a bit of a commotion at the harbor area as there is the Archangel, and the Eternal that are found floating by the docks and being near them is a grand looking silver and white airship that looks futuristic and medieval combined. This Airship is called the Crusader; this airship is a newly produced airship of the Count Yamato's Household which is designed to look like a normal ferry ship but seemingly equipped with all the functions of a battleship in it.

By the harbor, there is a large group of people gathered there as the Bartfort Household members are present there along with other household members mixed in them. The reason for there to be a large group gathered is because today is the day that Kira is going to leave Holfort and head towards Alzer for the student exchange program followed with the hidden agenda of finding Athrun and Cagalli who were discovered to be there. The young man having his noble ranked attire on, due to the current occasion.

Kira faces the friends and family he has made in the Kingdom as he is bidding them all goodbye before he leaves.

"take good care of yourself, okay?" Balcus is the first to bid goodbyes with Kira as the older man shakes hands with him and gave a friendly back pat with the young man. "I don't know much about Alzer, but if the country is all but trouble, you better head back here for safety. Got it?"

"yes, I got it." Kira nods with a smile to Balcus who smiles back before both turns to see Luce who came and gave a hug to the young man. "I'll be going now, Luce-san."

"take care of yourself, Kira-kun." Luce said as she looks and smiles to Kira while caressing his head and cheek. "eat well and stay away from danger alright?"

"I will." Kira nods before he and Luce shares another hug. Afterwards, the two backed away and let others bid their goodbyes with the Count.

"Kira-kun~! take me with you~!" Jenna cries out to Kira who backs away in fear as the eldest daughter of the Bartfort Household is struggling to lung at him because of Nicks who is holding her back. "I can stay with you and help you keep safe~!"

"you're no longer a student, remember?! You just graduated!" Nicks exclaimed while holding his sister back. "you can't go with him just because you want to!"

"I'm going with him~!" Jenna cries out as she continues to struggle with Nicks.

Kira looks rather awkward to the scene before he chuckles a bit and then turns to look at Finley and Colin who came near.

"see you later, Kira-niichan!" Colin said as he reaches out a fist and grins to Kira who smiles and bumps fist with the young boy. "make sure to have lots of stories for me when you get back!"

"I promise." Kira nods before he and Colin shares a quick hug.

"I don't really care if you go or not, but be safe and send back a lot of souvenirs for us." Finley said and this got Luce to groan in displeasure, the mother feeling that she really need to teach her youngest daughter more on empathy and other aspect of emotions that she lacks.

"very well." Kira nods with an awkward chuckle.

After the two, Nicks came by as he looks a bit in a tatter because of him holding back Jenna who is now being escorted back to the Bartfort Mansion after being deemed too crazy to bid goodbye with the young man.

"well, you saw that Jenna is too crazy for this." Nicks said after sighing before he smiles and shakes hands with Kira. "be well and take care of yourself out there, Kira. we all be troubled if the Kingdom's Hero got into some dangerous situations and stuff outside."

"I'll try my best to stay out of danger." Kira said with a chuckle before he shakes and grips Nicks' hand in a somewhat brotherly and friendly hand hold. "you better step up in being the new head of the Bartfort Household, okay?"

"did you have to remind me?" Nicks said after sighing tiredly, the now considered legal and eldest son of the Bartfort Household has been appointed to be the new head of the family after Zola and her kids got kicked out of the family tree. "I'm going to have a hard time being suddenly appointed the new head after graduating school. My life is going to be a hectic one."

"it comes with being the eldest son, right?" Kira chuckles as he and Nicks shakes hands again before parting.

After the Bartfort Household, it is now Kira's two friends who came to him.

"we'll take good care of the airship sales for ya." Raymond said as he and Kira shakes hands before Daniel got his turn. "also, do try to keep in contact with us, we can be in a pinch if we can't get to contact you when we got trouble."

"yeah, selling your airships to nobles can be challenging in this current time of the Kingdom." Daniel added in and Kira chuckles in response.

"I'm just a call away with Creare." Kira said with a smile.

"but still, selling airships is one thing…" Daniel said before sighing. "handling the ladies coming after us is a different matter."

"why's that?" Kira asks, seemingly intrigued.

"the whole girl dominant to boys got switched. It's them now sending the invitations for tea parties to us that is just increasing day by day." Raymond said while adjusting his glasses. "it's good for you to be going off in the student exchange so that you don't have to handle this problem." He sighs a bit tiredly. "man, i'm now really wanting to go to Alzer because of this current situation."

"but if the place is like the Kingdom before the change, it may not be worth it." Daniel added in before both sighs tiredly.

"do try your best to find your wanted partner." Kira said with a chuckle as this got him into a headlock by Raymond and Daniel as both proceed to make a mess of his hair. "h-hey~!"

"you're so damn cheeky now that you got married, aren't you!" "just when we thought you could sympathize with us!" Raymond and Daniel exclaimed one another the other as both are really hating the fact that Kira is a married man and all. "we'll make a mess of you right now so that we can vent out all our stress on you!"

"I give! I give!" Kira cries out with a laugh as Raymond and Daniel made a mess of his hair as they planned.

"u-um!" a voice called out as the little banter between friends got broken up. The three turns to see Carla Fou Wayne appearing as she wore her student outfit and carrying a luggage back with her. "Excuse me, Count Yamato. Is it almost time for the departure to Alzer?"

"eh? No, we still have time." Kira replied. "why you ask?"

"thank goodness." Carla said after sighing before she bows her head. "please allow me to come aboard your airship, Count Yamato!"

"eh?" Kira and his friends made a confused expressions on their faces. "you want to come aboard my/Kira's airship? Why?"

"actually." Carla spoke out before explaining that she too had decided to go abroad to Alzer for the student exchange program.

"I see.." Kira said before he looks at the Crusader and then back at Carla before shrugging his shoulders. "there's vacant rooms in the Crusader, and we're going to Alzer. I believe you can just come on board if you want to."

"yes! Thank you very much!" Carla said before bowing her head. "I'll be sure to be of help to you at Alzer, Count Yamato!"

"uh…yeah?" Kira replied.

"ain't you the lucky guy?" "yeah, getting a girl who will help you when you're abroad." Daniel and Raymond commented and Kira just sweatdropped in response.

After the little friendly banter, Kira bids goodbye to Raymond and Daniel before he tidied himself up a bit to meet with Deidre who is joined with an older man who seems to be in his 50s and is seemingly a high ranked noble based on his attire.

"greetings, Count Yamato." Deidre greeted Kira while holding her fan close. "I do hope you are well on this day."

"I am." Kira nodded with a smile to Deidre before he looks at the noble beside her. "and you are?"

"he is my father and the head of the esteemed Roseblade Household." Deidre spoke out in introducing the individual who had a friendly smile. "Earl Augustus Fou Roseblade!"

"Greetings, Count Yamato!" the Earl said after a hearty laugh as he reaches out a hand to Kira. "it is such a great honor to meet with the Kingdom's great hero!"

"no, it's much an honor for me to be meeting you, Earl Roseblade." Kira said with a smile as he shakes hand with the Earl. "I've heard of your feats during the war. It is such an honor to meet the man who repelled the forces of other Kingdoms that tried to invade our home."

"hohohoho! I'm glad to be hearing such praise from you, Count Yamato!" the Earl grins. "I've heard praises spoken about you and I might say that many of them are over exaggerated about your personality being stubborn and such." He grins while shaking Kira's hand a bit strongly. "it is such a pleasing news to finally set those false information away after meeting you."

"y-yes.." Kira said as he finds the strong handshake a bit too much.

"so, Dear Count. Before you depart to Alzer, I would like to ask a question." The Earl spoke out. "may i?"

"yes, what is it?" Kira asks, confused and curious.

"What do you think of my daughter Deidre here?" the Earl asks with a hand motioned to his daughter who opened her fan and hold it in front of her mouth. "how do you find her after meeting her for the first time? What is your opinion of her?"

"my opinion of her?" Kira spoke out as he thought about it for a moment before replying. "Deidre-senpai is a strong willed person that I find to respect and idolize as she is the only person I know to be able to back up her statement with courage." He then smiles a bit. "also, I have to thank her after helping me with winning the first war against Fanoss back during the field trip."

"I see…." The Earl spoke while Deidre blushes behind her fan in the background. "is that so?"

"yes." Kira said with a nod.

"very well, that is all I need to ask." The Earl said before shaking hands with Kira again. "do take care of yourself in your departure to Alzer, Count Yamato. I bid you a safe trip."

"yes, thank you." Kira said before the Earl backs away and leaves while Deidre did a curtsy to him.

"be at ease in your departure, Count Yamato. I will ensure that the Kingdom is safe with the position I have been bestowed by the Queen." Deidre said before she turns and leaves. "adieu~!"

Kira watches her leave before he turns and smiles to see Angelica, Clarice, and Olivia coming to him with company of Gilbert, Bernard, and Cordelia.

"seems that Augustus has had quite the conversation with you, Count." Bernard spoke out as he faced Kira and then turns to look at Augustus who was leaving the area with Deidre by his side. "was there a problem?"

"no, nothing other than greeting with one another." Kira said, thinking that his conversation with Earl Roseblade wasn't much needed to be mentioned. "he was just saying that it was an honor to meet me and such."

"I see.." Bernard said as he thought about it for a moment before he nodded and then smiles to Kira. "do have a safe trip to Alzer, Count. We wouldn't want anything to happen to you there now, would we?"

"I think we all don't want that to happen." Kira said. "do take care of yourself…eh…Father?"

"do take your time to get used to it, my boy." Bernard chuckles while seeming a bit pleased to be called such a title by Kira.

After Bernard, Gilbert came and shakes hands with Kira.

"I don't think you need a constant reminder to be safe on your trip, Kira-kun." Gilbert said with a smile. "but in my stance of representing my father who couldn't come to see you off, I believe I should say that you need to take good care of yourself out there." The two then looks at Angelica. "after all, Angie here would be angry if something were to happen to you."

"could you two not deem me as someone so hotheaded!?" Angelica cried out while blushing red as this made a laugh to be shared amongst the group.

Afterwards, it's his wives turns to say their goodbyes.

"Kira-san." Olivia went and gave Kira a hug. "please be safe on your way to Alzer."

"yeah, I will." Kira said as he gave a peck to Olivia's head while caressing her back a few times. "I promise."

"if you ever find trouble there, don't fight, okay?" Angelica told Kira while Olivia backs away to let the two stand before one another. "I know that you're trying to find your comrades who have been scattered around the world, but do remember that when you're in Alzer; you will be in a different nation that has different rules from Holfort." She went and tidied his attire a bit. "also, try your best to stay safe. I've been hearing a few bad stuff from Alzer over the years."

"I know." Kira nods. "I'll keep away from trouble."

"can you?" Angelica asks while raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms under her chest. "last I check, trouble always comes for you instead of the other way around."

"well….i guess I can work it out after I get there." Kira said while awkwardly scratching his right cheek as this made Angelica sigh before she smiles and both shared a quick kiss. "don't worry, I'll be safe."

"you better." Angelica said. "or I will really just get on an airship and go to Alzer before dragging you back here."

Kira chuckles before Clarice came near.

"I got more free time compared to them, but I still got my job to manage my household first." Clarice said with a smile. "once I get things settled and tidied up, I'll come and visit you at Alzer."

"I'll get a welcoming party ready when that time comes then." Kira said before both shared a kiss that lasted almost a minute.

"me too!" Olivia said as she gave a deep kiss to Kira.

"hey! I should get a longer kiss too!" Angelica cried out as the three girls started to fight on how long of a kiss they should get with their husband.

"h-hey! You guys!" Kira cries out as he is getting overwhelmed by the constant kissing by the girls.

"my my." Bernard said as he and Gilbert watch the scene. "this is rather problematic for the Count."

"indeed." Gilbert nodded.

As the three girls keep on fighting for the longer kiss with Kira, Lacus made an appearance as the former princess of Holfort came and did a loud hand clap that got everyone's attention.

"my, this is quite the scene." Lacus said before smiling sweetly. "taking the initiative, are we?"

"u-uh…well…" Clarice spoke out as she, Olivia, and Angelica look rather awkward and a bit scared at the sight of Lacus whose body emits a pink raging aura that took form of a demon. "it's just that…he was leaving…and we just wanted to…well…you know?"

"I see.." Lacus' smile grows sweeter as she showed her SEED mode eyes at the girls. "I believe you all know the rules about getting a head start, right?"

The girls quickly moved away from Kira as they really don't want to get Lacus' anger on them.

"we're sorry!" Angelica and the others cried out as they hide behind Gilbert and Bernard, both high ranked nobles sweatdropping to the little scene.

Lacus smiles to them before her aura dies down and she goes straight for Kira who cleans his face up from all the kiss marks he got from the girls.

"Lacus…" Kira looks at his pink diva who came near and just smiles to him. "umm.." he tidied himself quickly and takes her hands while showing an awkward smile. "I don't know what to say other than 'I'm going to go now'."

"Is that so?" Lacus asks before she smiles lovingly to Kira and gave him a peck on the right cheek. "then do be safe on your trip to Alzer."

Kira smiles and nodded to Lacus as the two hugged one another.

"I'm going to find all our friends and once I do, I'll call you and throw you the biggest welcoming party you'll ever see." Kira told Lacus who smiles in the hug.

"I know you will." Lacus replies as both separated a bit and looks into one another eyes. "don't worry about our land, I'll make sure to make it safe." She then intertwined her hands with his. "But promise me that you'll keep yourself out of trouble and take good care of yourself."

"I promise and I will." Kira said before the two shared a minute long passionate and deep kiss. "I have to come back here to you and the rest, right?"

Lacus nods with a happy smile before sharing another kiss that was quick.

"oh, right. Speaking of coming back." Angelica spoke out as she got out of hiding with the others and went near Kira before turning to motion a hand to Cordelia who stepped forward. "there's someone I would like you to meet. Her name is Cordelia, Cordelia Fou Easton."

"ah, right. She's your personal maid in your household, right?" Kira said as he bows his head a bit and smiles to the maid. "Angie told me much about you before the wedding. thank you for helping Angie in that lovely wedding dress that day."

"it was my pleasure, Count." Cordelia replied while bowing her head. "I am pleased to hear that you were adorned by milady's attire."

"we all talked about it back home and we've decided to have Cordelia come with you to Alzer." Angelica said to Kira who made a confused noise. "it's to keep track on you and make sure you stay out of trouble along with preventing you from ever cheating."

"but i won't cheat." Kira had a sweatdrop behind his head. "I mean, I wouldn't ever cheat since I have the four of you as my wives and…"

"just take her with you, Kira." Lacus spoke out as Kira looks at the pink diva and pales a bit when he finds that she was smiling too sweetly and looking rather ominous upon him. "you'll need all the help as you go to the Republic's school and search for your friends, right?"

"y-yeah…" Kira nods as he looks at Cordelia and smiles awkwardly. "I'll be in your care, Cordelia-san."

"as will I be in your care, Count Yamato." Cordelia bowed her head.

After the little greeting and such, the last person came to greet and bid goodbye to Kira.

"Teacher, you came too? Oh, my apologies. It should be Headmaster now, right?" Kira greeted the last person as it is none other than the Holfort Academy's etiquette teacher himself.

"you can call me Teacher as you wish, Count." The older man said with a smile as he shakes hands with Kira. "nothing much has changed but my position in the school."

After the war and the changes that had been done, the Etiquette teacher had been promoted to be the Holfort Academy's new Headmaster. The changes done as the previous one had been replaced to ensure a new system can be placed upon the school.

"studying abroad is a great challenge for any student." The older man spoke to Kira while smiling. "but I have no doubt that you will have quite the fun time there."

"I believe I will." Kira chuckles with a smile. "and I believe that the school will be in good hands now that you are the Headmaster."

"that is still need to be seen for the future." The Etiquette Teacher spoke after chuckling. "after all, it is the time of a new beginning for the kingdom after surviving the war, but it is in my duties as a teacher and now the Headmaster to see through this new era of change."

"indeed." Kira nods before he sees Hachi and Creare's drones that came flying into the scene.

"Kira, it's time to depart." Hachi stated while Tori comes flying in out of nowhere and perched onto the young man's right shoulder. "everything has been packed accordingly into the Crusader and the maintenance of the Archangel and the Eternal are at 100%."

"everything you need is all packed up too~!" Creare added in.

"okay." Kira nodded before he smiles to everyone. "I believe it's time for me to go now."

"do take care and be safe." The Headmaster of Holfort stated while shaking hands with Kira once again. "be well, Count Yamato."

"yes." Kira replied before Lacus and the others came near as his four wives gave him a kiss on the lips for their farewell and safe return to him. "I'll be going."

"be safe." Lacus and the others spoke in unison while smiling to Kira who nodded and smiles back.

About 30 minutes later, the crowd began to holler out their goodbyes at the dock as the Crusader Airship is undocking itself and soon flying out of the harbor area; the new vessel being followed by the Archangel and the Eternal that are flying behind.

Lacus and the others waved their hands goodbye as they watched the three ships leaving the area.

Kira is at the main deck of the Crusader as he waves his hand goodbye while watching how the distance of his ships and the island is just growing by the passing second.

As he does this, Hachi's drone came hovering near his left shoulder while Tori came flying and perching upon his right shoulder.

"may I ask for some confirmation for our current course of action, Kira?" Hachi spoke out and Kira nods. "I still find it to be more efficient if we just go to Alzer, find our missing comrades, and return as quickly as possible." The AI made a few beeps then turns to look at the man. "why bother going to another country while doing the student exchange program?"

"let's just say that it is in an adventurer's nature to traverse the unknown." Kira replied with a smile to Hachi's drone. "it's something I've picked up after being an adventurer in Holfort Kingdom for a while."

"I see…" Hachi made a few beeps. "that is a satisfactory reply." The drone then hovers in front of Kira. "still, was it really wise to leave everything in Miss Lacus' hands? I do understand that she can manage our land by herself, but without Creare who is merely tasked with helping Miss Angelica and Miss Olivia. Wouldn't she be burdened by her duties?"

"you'd be surprised at how strong willed Lacus is." Kira said as he focused his eyesight upon the Bartfort floating island, the young man seeing Lacus who blew him a kiss goodbye to which he returns with the action of catching the blown kiss and placing it to his chest. "she won't be having too much trouble handling the island which is easier compared to her managing the ZAFT resistance back in our world."

"hmm. I see." Hachi replied before beeping a few more times and then its drone's eye lense flickers a few times. "We are now reaching 150kms distance, shall I initiate the Archangel and the Eternal's Mirage Colloid system?"

"please do." Kira nods and Hachi gave the command on the computer system in the two ships as they slowly turn transparent and disappear from sight which leaves the Crusader to be the only visible airship in sight.

"Mirage Colloid system activated, Archangel and Eternal are now cloaked." Hachi reported before receiving intel about something that made the AI beep several times. "this is?"

"what's wrong?" Kira asks while looking at Hachi.

"it would seem that we have additional baggage that are not listed in our records." Hachi said as the AI beeped a few more times before projecting a hologram screen showing a live image of several worker bots finding crates hidden in the Crusader's Armor hangar. "we found them in the Armor Hangar."

"are those stuff that Lacus and the others sneaked in for us?" Kira asks as he and Hachi proceeded to go right into the Crusader's main entrance door from the main deck while Tori flew away. "or perhaps those are merely Cordelia-san's belongings that were brought on board? Or perhaps Carla Fou Wayne's belongings?"

"I don't think so." Hachi replied. "Miss Carla and Miss Cordelia's belongings were taken on board into their own reserved rooms in the Crusader. These are not their belongings."


Sometime later, Kira and Hachi are at the Crusader's Armor Hangar as the two are watching a pair of worker robots sorting the unknown crates that are being prepared to be opened with crowbars.

"just what were brought on board?" Kira asks while Hachi scans the item with his thermal, ultrasound, and other scanners in its drones' functions. "supplies? Or something else?"

"this is strange." Hachi said while beeping a few times as the AI's inner camera picks up several heat signatures that are coming inside the crates which are also showing life signs as well. "I'm picking up life signs from inside the crates and judging from their size, they're humans."

"wait what?" Kira asks confused and bewildered before he sees the crates opened and he soon finds that inside are Marie and her five fool lovers as they were all hugging their knees before peeking their heads up to see him.

A moment of silence echoes in the hangar as Kira and Hachi stares at Marie and the others.

"u-uh…hello?" Marie said with an awkward smile and hand wave.

In response, Hachi's drone and worker robots instantly armed themselves with pellet guns and taser guns that are all directed at the stowaways.

"w-w-w-w-w-wait~! Please don't hit us!" Marie screams out in plea as she and her lovers all looked scared at the sight of the weapons aimed at them. "please~!"

"you have ten seconds to explain as to how, when, and why your current location is on my airship." Kira said, looking incredibly pissed at the sight of the one person responsible for the entire chaos in the Kingdom that he had to deal with. "starting now."

"t-the thing is!" Marie cries out as she soon explained that she and her lovers were on board the Crusader in a form of stowaways is because they were forced to go to Alzer because of the Queen. "that's why!"

"and for what reason did the Queen herself send you six on board my own ship?" Kira said, very unpleased by the fact that he has these people as stowaways on his airship. "why bother coming to Alzer when you lot have your own island to stay at? Why even join in the first place?"

"w-well…the thing is…" Marie pokes her two index fingers together in front of her chest while looking very awkward. "we kinda….keep on getting death threats and such by the people who hate us…in a way?"

"if you don't start talking more truthfully, I'll have Hachi use you six as cannonballs for the Crusader." Kira said as his eyes goes SEED mode. "I'm really not in the mood for lies."

"i-it's the truth! We were really getting death threats!" Marie cries out as she looks at her foolish lovers one by one. "tell him, you guys!"

"it is the truth, Bart- I mean Count Yamato." Julius spoke out before coughing a bit into a fist then continues. "let me retell the tale of how our Dear Marie nearly got harmed by evildoers who were…"

"I'm not in the mood to hear such foolish and long tales." Kira said before he snaps his fingers once and Hachi's drone fired its taser that pierced Julius' right shoulder then electrocutes him.

"aiiiehhh~!" Julius cries out in pain as he gets electrocuted before he passes out while smoking.

"who else can give me a more concise explanation?" Kira asks while the worker robots readied themselves to fire their weapons at the group upon his command.

"w-we got death threats by the people who were pissed at us! They wanted to kill Marie because of what she did at the war!" Greg cried out quickly, not wanting to get tased to the point of fainting like Julius. "sure a lot of people died, but it can't be all her fault!"

"wrong, it was all her fault." Kira said before a worker robot tased the muscular man till he faints in his crate box. "if you couldn't remember well, this one person caused the war to nearly wipe out Holfort Kingdom." He stares down at Marie with a hateful glare. "all of it is because she wants to be the Saint and the Queen of the Kingdom that nearly fell from the war."

"Marie-san would make a great queen!" Jilk interjected while sounding very displeased. "how dare you say that the war was all her fault! It was all the Temple's fault that the war started, it was all..!" he soon gets tased with electricity that is somewhat more stronger than what the first two got. "Aggghh~!"

"Hachi." Kira looks at Hachi's drone that made a few beeping noise.

"even as an AI, I find that his to be extremely irritating." Hachi said before beeping and the other worker robots readied to fire their tasers at the remaining fools.

"so? What about you guys?" Kira asks to them. "any interjections like the first three?"

"n-nothing!" Brad and Chris cries out, both being scared of being electrocuted.

"good." Kira said before he turns and began walking away. "get a transport boat ready, Hachi. Send them back to the Kingdom and…"

"w-wait! We can't go back to the Kingdom!" Marie cries out as Kira stops and turns to look at the short girl with a sneering stare that made her squeak a bit. The so called Fake Saint soon shakes her head before reaching into her pockets to take out a letter that is sealed with wax that has the Holfort Family's royal seal. "the Queen really told us to go to Alzer!"

Kira looks at the letter while Hachi's drone extended out a little arm to grab the object and brings it to him. The Count taking a better look at the object in his hand as he finds it to be a very authentic looking letter.

"what are the chances that this is a forgery, Hachi?" Kira asks while Hachi's drone scans the content before making a strong beeping noise.

"nearly 1.21%. This world doesn't have the necessary equipment to make forgery." Hachi replied before shining a laser at the wax seal that has its imprinted seal scanned. "especially forging the royal family's seal is nearly impossible for anyone to do without the right tools."

Kira sighs tiredly before he opens the letter and takes out the folded paper before opening it to read the content.

"Dear Count Yamato, my apologies for forcing this matter to you." Kira reads the content as Mylene's voice is heard in his head reading the letter to him. "it has come to a matter that Marie Fou Lafan along with Julius and the others are currently not welcomed to the people of the Kingdom as there's been constant death threats to kill her for starting the war and everything. So I do beg your forgiveness as this was the only way to ensure that there won't be any bloodshed in the Kingdom after it had tiredly regain its peace after the war. P.S. if possible, could you somewhat support their finances? Julius and the others used up all the money that was supposed to be for their daily needs, and just made a statue of that Fake Saint which ended up making them broke and penniless. We will be giving them some allowance in the future, just not now. Thank you."

After reading the letter, Kira's only reaction was to have an irritated and twitching eyebrow while his hands crumpled up the paper into a ball before throwing it into the air for Hachi's drone to fire a laser that burns it.

"you lot used up all your given money for a statue of her?" Kira said while turning to look at Chris and Brad. "all the money that was supposed to be used for your daily needs?"

"to be precise, it was a golden statue." Brad spoke out while pointing out a finger. "we had to hire a young yet famous sculpture to make it and it took quite the amount of money to make it since it was gold."

"but it was worth it in order to show Marie our devotion to her." Chris added in after adjusting his glasses. "and besides, if we were getting that much money on a monthly basis, we can just ask them to increase the amount to have spare savings and whatnot."

Kira's eyebrow twitched again as he had just marked the five fool into the five broke idiots in his mind.

"Hachi, just do it." Kira said as he looks away while facepalming. "send this lot straight into the infirmary."

"with pleasure." Hachi said before commanding the worker robot to fire their tasers at full capacity and literally shocked the world out of Chris and Brad who screamed in pain.

Now with her five lovers down for the count and smoking, Marie just looks scared.

"are there others like them who have been sent on board like you?" Kira said as Marie shakes her head rapidly.

"n-not that I know of!" Marie cries out.

"good." Kira said as he watches some worker robots carry Julius and the others on a stretcher, the robots just piling them on top of one another instead of carrying them off one by one. "Hachi, get those lots out of my sight and keep an eye on them. I don't want them anywhere near me or anywhere near any important facility of the Crusader." He then points at Marie. "this goes for this brat too."

"understood." Hachi said as a worker robot went and picks Marie out of her crate box like a cat before taking her away with the others.

"w-wait! I still got another letter!" Marie cries out as she reaches into her pockets and takes out another letter that wasn't wax sealed. "It's from the Fanoss Princess!"

"From Hertrude?" Kira said as the worker robot carries Marie to him and he receives the letter in hand. "is this a real forgery?"

"n-no! she asked me to give it to you since you were leaving for Alzer and everything!" Marie said. "you got to believe me! I'm not that smart to make forgery letters, you know!"

Kira looks at Marie with squinted eyes for a moment before he closed his eyes and nudged his head to the side in commanding the worker robot to take her away.

After being left alone with only Hachi accompanying him, Kira went and opened the letter that is addressed to him by Princess Hertrude.

"what does it say?" Hachi asks, curious about the letter's content as the AI joined Kira in reading the letter.

"Dear Count Bartfort. How do you fare today?"

Hertrude's voice is heard reading and speaking the content of the letter as a flashback occurs with the former first princess of Fanoss who is currently writing the letter on an office table while she sits on a wheelchair.

"I've heard news that you plan to leave for Alzer in the quest to search for your comrades who have been reported to be there. Be assured that I've heard it from the news shared to me and my household."

As Hertrude was writing, she caught notice of Hetrauda who came passing by her office's front door, the younger sister smiling to her older sister who returned it before she continues on her letter.

"there's not many reason as to why I am writing this letter to you, but the only reason I can think of is that I never properly thanked you for saving me and my sister from the war. There's so much chaos and destruction that we had laid upon Holfort, we were prepared to be punished heavily, but such a thing never came. I suppose you and the princess had something to do with it. I don't have any complaints about it, I merely want to share my gratitude to you and just that."

Hertrude seems to be finishing up her letter but just as she was about to place away her quill pen, she pulls it back before continue writing.

"I'm still wondering what could've been my fate If I had chosen the right path that day. I'm wondering that perhaps if I was more seriously trying to win you over, then the future might change. Each day that comes and pass as I stay upon this land that the Kingdom have given me, I keep on recalling the words of the elder elf who gave each of us our fortune of the future. I'm starting to believe that the hero who was in it, wasn't Canard at all, but perhaps you."

The former princess of Fanoss Dukedom sighs a bit as she looks at the letter she has written before adding a few more sentences.

"thank you, Count Yamato. Thank you for saving my life, my sister, everything. You saved me from the darkness that had plagued my entire life. Truly, thank you."

Returning back to Kira, the young man had finished reading the letter with Hachi as he slowly folds it and slips it back inside the envelope before handing it to Hachi's drone that extended its little arm to grab the object.

"keep it in my room, Hachi." Kira said. "also, can you make plans for our land's vegetation produce along with Balcus-san's land produce to be sent to the new Fanoss Household?"

"I believe I can, but are you sure?" Hachi asks. "as much as she was manipulated into starting the war, she is somewhat in the same position as Marie Fou Lafan."

"yeah, I know." Kira nods as he slowly walks away. "but I believe that she deserves some happiness after overcoming her darkness."

"very well." Hachi said before beeping a few times. "I merely hope that Miss Lacus doesn't find this action to be cheating as she had warned."

Kira went from the Armor Hangar and to the Crusader's main bridge where he sat upon the captain's seat and looks upon the vast view of the very sky before him.

"Hero, is it?" Kira spoke out before he sighs and smiles a bit. "I don't like that at all." He then looks to the side and finds Tori who came flying and perched onto his seat's arm rest. "don't you feel the same, Tori?"

"Tori~!" Tori cried out while turning its head several times to look at Kira who chuckles before looking back to the vast view of the sky before him.

The Crusader flew off into the direction of the Alzer Republic as the airship just flew off while being followed by the cloaked Archangel and the Eternal.


Meanwhile, upon the darkness in a kingdom that is far away from the Holfort Kingdom. Our attention is upon the castle of the mystery Kingdom and in one of the many rooms available inside.

In one of the room is an office room used by the many nobles as it is decorated with such fashion to represent the person's ranking. The shadow silhouette of a man is just sitting at his office table and was in a game of chess against himself, the game had progressed to a possible checkmate of the white side against the black side.

This person stays silent in his office room while his gaze is locked upon the chess set. There's no sound in the room until it was gone when several knocks came from the door that was opened by a soldier to come in while carrying a scroll in hand.

"pardon me, sir. I have the report that you wish to hear about the war between Holfort and Fanoss." the soldier stated as he went and delivered the scroll to the mystery person who takes it. "it is as you expected, sir. Holfort won with the aid of their Armed Knight."

"and Fanoss Dukedom was absorbed into the Holfort territory?" the mystery person asks and the soldier nodded in response. "how predictable."

"Sir, is it true that we won't try to attack Holfort now?" the soldier asks. "it's just that the troops have been complaining that we didn't take the chance to attack when we could've do so."

"my dear compatriot, you must tell our comrades to have patience." The mystery man replied as he reads the scroll's content once before he placed it to the side then leans against his seat. "patience is a virtue and time is no one's ally. The day will come for our forces to invade Holfort, but that day is not today or any near time." He then reaches out to take a white knight piece from his chess set and place it to a spot that surrounds the black king piece in a checkmate. "for now, we must make preparations to ensure that we have all the pieces we need to do the invasion for the future."

"I see…but what about the divided forces?" the soldier said. "I've heard talks from the higher nobles who wish to grow their own faction in the kingdom and then…"

"let them try and grow the seeds of their doing." The man spoke before reaching out and picking up the black king piece and holds it near his face that is revealed to be that of a blonde wearing a white domino mask that covers his eyes. "after all, you cannot make harvest without them, right?"


That's a wrap!

Thanks for reading but it's time for a very long hiatus cause it's going to start with the alzer republic soon. Thanks for many reviews and PMs for the ideas on the new arc that will come quite later or sooner depending on my time availability. Or if I am too busy with my other chapters of stories

So let's just wait and see

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