âDeclaration of the End of the Great Invasion! The declaration of the end of the great invasion has come out!â
One morning. One of the garrison soldiers ran through the spiral corridor from top to bottom whilst slamming in the pot, and we, with our sleepy eyes, vaguely heard it.
âDeclaration of endâŚâŚâ
âWho was the one who make it public?â
âIsnât it Sir Buster or the Queen?â
When I saw him off while yawning at the entrance of the room sparsely, a screaming cheer was heard at the bottom and all the men were amazed.
âWh, What, what?â
âI wonder if he was very happyâ
âI think itâs a good guy whoâs excitedâ
When I was listening to the situation, Tetes and Naris, who looked happy, ran passed me.
âWhat are you doing, letâs all change clothes quickly and get offâ
âEh, wh, what is the meaning?â
âWhat are you saying? If you declare the end, there will be a medal awarding ceremony everywhere after a simple ceremony. Does it mean that the people of Celesta will be given a medal too? Tetes-chanâ
âWell, I wonder. Maybe we can ask the mayor to find outâ
I was wondering if they could give a medal to another country that wasnât sent for the purpose of defending their bases.
Move forward.
âWell, our reliable companion from Celesta, Dianne Special Duty Corps 100-man commander Dianne. Please take itâ
âItâs been a medal since the Ace Knight emblemâ
âWow, thatâs cool, Renfangasâs medalâ
âIâm going to treasure itâ
The medal that I received is a medal which is a mass-produced iron product, the design of an wolf which is the national emblem of Renfangas, the name of the fort Catalina and the year 377 which is this year according to Renfangas´s calendar. In Renfangas, this defense medal will be distributed to all fortresses that have survived the great invasion.
âItâs a good thing to protect the fort and welcome the winter. Itâs treated like a normal front medal, so if you collect 15 you can become a Red Armâ
Naris immediately attaches it to the chest of her armor with a clip. Beyond that, there is also Almeida´s figure, who is holding the medal in a rare and proud manner.
âWell, there is no such person because it is only a terrible look even if the person who does not take the front line order becomes a Red Arm. Even if you get a title and retireâ
âAh, I wonder if there are any people who have only collected defense medals for 15 years. It seems like theyâll be promoted in another wayâ
âThatâs rightâ
Tetes giggled and put the medal on her chest with a pin.
âThis is the first time for me to receive a medalâ
âMe tooâ
Boyd and Luna look very happy. We donât have the chance to receive a medal. Crossbow soldiers still donât go out of the scope of the experimental operations force, so there arenât many opportunities for recognition.
â100-man commander BeckerâŚâŚIâm sorry, Iâll prepare it in the afternoon, so hereâs merely for formâs sakeâ
âAh, itâs fine. Actually, Iâm not defendingâŚâŚâ
It seems that the timing of entering the city was just recently, so it was not possible to prepare for 100-man commander Becker. He was a 100-man commander who tried to decline, but he was a little surprised because the defenders around him booed him.
âTetes, is it not possible to decline?â
âItâs no good, or because itâs solidarity like this. Having a defense medal at the same base in the same year will be the most important friendship in Renfangas no matter how many years have passed and declined it meansâŚâŚâ
âIts boorish, isnât it?â
âThatâs rightâ
But it might be nice. A few years later, when I left the army and traveled to Renfangas, I could meet someone in this bar, or find this medal on the wall of a store and talk about this yearâs city. Iâm sure it will be a good conversation. Iâll take good care of it until then.
The declaration of termination means that most of the garrison has already moved south.
âItâs a shame that the dear meat and beast meat will rot. Iâm going to buy them in bulkâ
âItâs not going to rot, is it? The butcher soaks it in salt before thatâ
âIf it salted, itâs just a matter of time! Itâs raw meatâ
âEven if itâs a week from here to Rennesto, Iâll get there. Even if itâs a snack along the way, itâs too exaggeratedâ
It seems that the soldiers are regretful of the meat left by the butcher while preparing for withdrawal. Whichever way you go to the south, the more delicious livestock meat is in normal circulation, so I donât think they should worry about it that much, but the food situation here is tough.
âWhat do we do, Dianne?â
âItâs hard to overdo it during the winter. I think the squad itself should be withdrawn into Polka or Bassonâ
ââŚâŚIts reasonable, but I wonder if itâs ok as an organizationâŚâŚâ
For the time being, a special task force that has organized even corps-level politics has actually taken a rest during the winter. Iâm a little worried about the wind.
âWhat, I wondered why I was working so farâ
â?â
âDuring the winter, we can come and go here to investigate with Maia and Laila, even if there isnât the whole corps. Now no matter if Maia comes to Catalina or goes to Rennesto. And yet, we can even bring in Isaac, Mikagami sisters and other Celesta soldiers if we want, and thatâs a hassle, but you can say that we have a lot of freedom of actionâ
ââŚIsnât the activity during this great invasion a task of hitting a wedge?â
âYes, you can say thatâ
When it comes to it. During winter, we will be based in Polka and Basson and we will go back and forth between Catalina and Rennesto as necessary. We are active around bad weather-resistant Maia and we also have a premise that we will bring in personnel from the corps headquarters of Quica, if necessary and put them in. It is possible to bring in human resources from Trot and elf territory with a little effort. It is possible to squeeze the ground to that extent.
âIt seemed like a roundabout trip, but considering the future, this month has been meaningfulâ
âIndeedâŚâŚâ
âThatâs whyâ
Dianne hits my shoulder.
âWe will also withdraw tomorrowâ
âEh?â
âYes. Withdraw to Rennesto, talk to Alex Buster once and then head back to Polka to relieve the fatigue. Be able to leave at any timeâ
âY, Yesâ
Iâm used to the sudden movement, but as usual, itâs sudden.
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âRecently, I feel like an aristocrat with many villasâ
Keiron murmured while checking the equipment while packing.
âGreat positive thinking, right?â
That said, he doesnât seem so disgusted and Lantz laughs.
âBecause, in Polka´s inn, we always are in the same room, and in Rennesto, we have our own beds. Wouldnât it be great if you thought you were going from a villa to a villa?â
âIt might be true if you say soâŚâŚâ
Lantz also nods with his arms crossed.
âItâs certainly good to have your own private items wherever you goâ
Goto seemed to decide to hide the erotic picture scroll under his bed. I mean.
ââŚâŚWhat are you doing?â
âEhâŚâŚbecause itâs not always possible to come prepared. Iâd better stock up for an emergencyâ
âYouâre too reliable to insist that erotic picture scrolls are the best preparationâ
âLet me take care of thatâ
Thatâs no good.
âIâŚâŚIâd rather settle in a place where Silvia-san is than a villaâ
Boyd must have imagined living with Silvia while carefully cleaning his room. He has a face which seems to be happy. The masturbation brothers click their tongues at the same time.
âAh, good guys have fiancesâ
âRead the air, Boyd. Iâm flying around at work. I wonder what kind of feeling Iâm most happy about. I think itâs because you´re a brute. This is why you´re a non-virginâ
âEh, ah, emmâŚâŚsorryâŚâŚ?â
I felt sorry for Boyd. However, I also seem to receive it completely when I interrupt here, so I keep silent.
And night.
âItâs modest, isnât it?â
On the rooftop of the night when Irina winds up the wind-repelling barrier, she serves liquor only for us. Itâs too secret to say a launch. I mean, I just canât get enough alcohol to act in the town. Attendees were Irina, Laila, Maia, Neia, Dianne, Anzeros, Aurora and 100-man commander Becker. The gauntlet group attends the garrison drinking party. Apple is absent because flying with a hangover will definitely be a problem. Unfortunately itâs a secret to the others.
âYou donât think there was such a fierce fight, itâs a quiet nightâ
As Irina turns her cup toward the moon, she takes a sip of the delicious ăStormy Whaleă.
âItâs not the end. There are times when hordes of monsters approach and next year there are hundreds of thousandsâ
Dianne conducts.
âWhat is that?â
Itâs a little strange that the two of them are facing the same direction (turning their backs to the table) and drinking, so I talk to Laila who seems to know something. Laila smiled, turned around behind me, poured alcohol and also turned her head to the moon.
âItâs called a moon cup. It reflects the light of the moon. Drink up the cup. Itâs a way of drinking that was popular with beastmen in the past. Alcohol that contains moonlight carries a good dreamâ
I drink alcohol and I also drink the rest of the cup.
âDoesnât that mean that beastmen are not good unlike other races?â
âI donât know if it works for beastmen. Iâm not in the moodâ
Laila giggled. However, she was familiar with the dragons of the worldâŚâŚwell, she said she used to play with Lunaâs grandmother.
âThen Iâll try it tooâ
âItâs certainly elegantâ
Anzeros and Aurora also imitate it.
âLet me pour in some alcoholâ
âNnâ
It happens that 100-man commander Becker, pours alcohol to Maia. The reason why the progress is subtly slow is that I learned that ăStormy Whaleă is easy to get drunk because of the heavy alcohol percentage. And Neia was not drinking, looking at the far north land with a cup.
âNeia. Isnât the liquor good?â
âNo. Well, itâs not strong, but its not to the extent I like itâ
Taking a sip.
âItâs delicious. âŚâŚKalwin also makes good alcoholâ
âIs it made?â
âAlthough it was only during good harvest, I managed to drink alcohol at the royal palace, so when I was lucky, I was often treated by a heroâ
âPrivilege?â
âWell, thatâs rightâ
Another drink.
ââŚâŚKalwin has 30,000 people. As a country, there arenât many, butâŚâŚitâs not easy to lead or walk with dragonsâ
ââŚâŚâŚâŚâ
âI want them to have a good drink. I want to free them from the life of counting the turn of their children even if it is a bad work. I believe it can be done, but it is frustratingâ
âAs Neia wants to return as soon as possible, isnât it good drinking here?â
âI canât say so. I beat Orn. ââI was able to do half the meaning of my lifeâ
The meaning of being alive. Words that came out lightly with a bitter smile.
âIt is the other half to get back and connect this side and the people. At Kalwin I should have been dead. I donât think I´m too impatientâ
And the other half. Light, just light. âŚâŚI was interested in it without any sense.
âNeia?â
â?â
âDonât you think about marrying someone peacefully or becoming a mother?â
âAre you talking to me?â
âNo, Iâm just interested in the consciousness of the heroâ
âHuhuâ
Drink and drink. Not a drink but a breath.
âIâm sure Iâll die before thatâ
ââŚâŚâŚâŚâ
âDonât look like that. I was chosen from people who couldnât even have a meaningful life. So I would have to live that way when I returned to Kalwinâ
Dianne turned her back and spoke there.
âSo, what if Kalwin could connect with us without having to rely on a hero?â
ââŚâŚIâm sure Iâll die before that happensâ
âWhy is it soâ
ââŚâŚItâs just an intuitionâ
Neia was shaking the empty cup comfortably. It doesnât matter how tragic it is.
âI see. âŚâŚAndyâ
âYesâ
âWhat do you think?â
âItâs not acceptedâ
Iâm patting Neiaâs head lightly.
âIâm sure weâll help you before thatâ
âI hope soâŚâŚâ
Neia smiles and closes her eyes. I donât know if she is asleep, thinking, or putting up with some emotion.
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