Book 10: Chapter 9: Gerbera

Book 10: Chapter 9: Gerbera

Around Baron Glynn's main planet.

I was sitting in my chair watching the light of the battle happening on the ground.

On the ground, looking down from space, the descending allied units were destroying the Calvinists one after another.

The enemy fleet had been waiting around the main planet, but was now drifting around in debris.

The only fleet around is the fleet that was supposed to have broken away - in other words, the only allies.

The enemy fleet that has gathered and attacked with the allies that have joined it is now watching the ground battle.

"Kurt's really going at it."

While I was watching Kurt's activities on the monitor, Theodore, who was very upset from earlier, repeatedly asked as if she were yelling at me.

"Count Banfield, what is the meaning of this!"

"What do you mean?"

"The game should have already been won! And then you play this trick on us."

It offends me to be called a cheat.

But let's play the fool and tease Theodore here.

"Is that so? Sorry about that. But - now the Calvinists have suffered a major blow. It will also ensure that His Highness Cleo will take the position of Crown Prince."

"What's the problem with this, if His Highness Cleo is going to win?" Theodore turned red in the face and argued with me.

"Even if you win by such tricks, no one will recognize His Highness Cleo! Count Banfield, you will be held accountable when you return."

I looked at Theodore, whose nostrils had grown wide with excitement, and noticed that she had nose hairs.

I look at Klaus, who is waiting by my side.

I have lied about Klaus being removed from the scene.

"I'm being held accountable, Klaus?"

"I'm afraid that if we are ostensibly defeated, it will have to be done."

It's a terrible story. How much I have contributed to His Highness Cleo so far. It's sad for me, too, that you don't recognize my efforts.

The grinning face of Theodore was concerned about Klaus in person.

"Why is Lord Klaus here! I thought I drove him out of this battlefield!"

Let me tell you something, Theodore.

"Oh, that was a lie. I knew you were passing information to the enemy."

"What? No, there is no such thing. That is an accusation! In the first place, I have no motive."

"--that has nothing to do with it. You betrayed me. That's all that matters."

"You've lost your bloody mind, Banfield!"

I can't concentrate on the conversation because of your nose hair.

But still, I can't stand it when she calls me out.

I turned my attention to Klaus.

"You should say something to Lord Theodore, too."

" You noticed that too, Liam-sama?"

Klaus glanced at Theodore's nose, so I guess he was talking about nose hairs?

"Yes, So let me hear your verdict."The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

Then Klaus, too, thought it was over and made a radical decision.

"I think it should be handled."

I thought Klaus would have advised me to handle it quietly - behind the scenes.

I was surprised by his unexpected decision.

"I'm surprised that you would say that. You're not very happy about it, are you?"

"No, sir, that's not what I meant."

Klaus looks a little puzzled, so he must be thinking that he betrayed us and we should just get rid of him.

He's a bold guy.

He may be unforgiving toward his enemies, but he is a worthy man to be my subordinate.

Klaus is the first knight after all.

"I agree. If you agree, I'll take care of it."

Elysia, who was by my side, hands me my sword.

When I took it, Theodore, sensing what was about to be done to her, showed her back and tried to run away.

"Can somebody stop this bastard?"

Immediately after, Theodore falls to the ground.

I cut the tendons of both limbs.

I get up and approach, and stomp on Theodore.

"I'm far from being in the master's realm, but I can see his back."

We are beginning to see what a master in his prime is capable of.

Theodore doesn't understand what happened, but she seems to have grown up when she sees that I won't kill her.

This woman must have thought I couldn't kill him.

"Do you think you can get away with this? You bowed to His Highness Cleo! Don't think you can get away with this."

You can tease the bullish Theodore, but if you play with her too much, you will dirty the bridge.

"Make no mistake. The only reason I didn't kill you here is because you'd make the bridge dirty. Hey, throw him out of my ship alive."

"W-What are you talking about? If you kill me, you will be forced to pay for what you have done!"

I answered Theodore's words after I carried my sword.

"Don't worry. You've reached the point of no return."

Theodore seemed to understand what I was trying to say.

However, even though she understood - she looked extremely puzzled, as if she didn't think I would go this far.

"A-Ah, you, no way*." [TL/N: Masaka*, I think. But you get the meaning so I won't bother explaining.]

"The performance appears to be close to that of a fake habit."

When the enemy slashed at her, the girl had the red Avid hold a substantive sword - a blade that resembled a sword - and slashed at him.

"It's not a fake. I have a name for this child. I call her that on my own. --This girl is [Gerbera]. Remember her name."

Immediately thereafter, the surrounding mobile knights are cut to pieces and explode.

"I went to the trouble of telling you my name."

The girl holds her injured side with her hand and looks up at the sky with a bloodied face.

"I wish someone would call my name too."

A red avid appeared.

And hearing that it was using One-Flash, it was Kurt's unit that went to the scene.

Some had originally been waiting nearby, but Kurt was dispatched because his allies were being destroyed at every turn.

As he approached, Kurt squinted at the red Avid.

"The details are different, but it is definitely the same model as the Avid," he surmised. "What the hell did they do to reproduce even One-Flash?"

Is it possible that he is a user of One-Flash, the same as Liam?

Judging this to be the case, Kurt instructs his allies not to approach it carelessly.

'Keep your distance and work on long-range attacks! Never get too close!"

"I'll be right with you."

However, if they keep their distance, a number of magic circles will appear around Avid, from which the muzzle of a gun will be pointed at them.

Live ammunition.

Optical weapons such as beams and lasers.

Kurt gritted his teeth as these weapons struck.

(They've reproduced this much?)

He marvels at the enemy, who not only resembles his own friend, but also comes as close to his own performance as possible.

The Avid is a maneuverable knight that Liam had made with a huge budget, and it is not a machine suitable for mass production.

Just preparing it would be a challenge, but there are two more of them left.

"Three of such aircraft have been prepared, and the other two are at Liam's place?"

He regrets not being able to stop the enemy from heading toward the main force, but if the opponent is Avid, he gives up somewhere that it can't be helped.

However, the red Avid forcefully closed the distance to those who were keeping their distance.

"Did they even make the performance of the aircraft similar to ours?"

When Kurt saw an allied aircraft next to him shattered by a body blow, he decided that if he did not take it on himself, he would be smashed to death, so he had his knight maneuver and grabbed his sword.

When he slashed at the enemy, the enemy caught him with his sword.

Kurt wonders about this, but soon realizes.

"I may not have the same skill set as Liam. But this one will work!"

The opponent throws a flash, but Kurt, who has known Liam for a long time, senses it.

"So the pilot is just a look-alike?"

Kicking the red avid, he heard the pilot's voice.

Upon contact, the line opens and he can see the other person's face.

"You can't be fucking kidding me with that face!"

They look too much alike.

So Kurt immediately realized what the enemy had gotten into.

And he also immediately sees that he is injured and in a bad way.

"It's not a fake. And this one is Gerbera!"

Kurt is surprised to hear the girl's voice.

"A girl!"

"Number 3588--my purpose is to stall you."

The red avid--Gerbera tries to forcefully destroy Kurt's aircraft with its power.

However, Kurt, who had fought Liam many times in practice, anticipated and avoided the movement of One-Flash, which was too crude for him.

"How come it doesn't hit him?"

Kurt responds with pity to the girl who looks like Liam, who wonders.

"Your One-Flash and piloting skills are nowhere near Liam's."

"It's a lie. I learned it well! I practiced a lot and got praised for it!"

I had guessed what the Calvinists had done to the girl by her behavior and attitude, which were younger than she looked.

(Did they violate the taboo in order to win against Liam?)

Kurt's mobile knight avoided Gerbera's attack, which unleashed slashing blows, but there was no decisive blow against the rare metal-armored enemy.

So, she buys as much time as she can.

In the meantime, the pilot is ruined first.

Gerbera's movements became choppy, and it was unable to fly, falling and struggling.

When Kurt lowers the aircraft near it, the girl is crying.

"I've got to work a little harder, too, or I won't get--Mr. Hat's--praise."

She was desperately calling someone's name.

As Kurt closes his eyes to watch, his allies surround Gerbera and point their weapons at her.

Kurt had to stop them.

"Stop."

"But!"

"It's no use. The weapons in your hand won't hurt her. Besides, in my condition, I can't afford to move again."

Kurt thinks for a moment and then speaks to the girl.

"If you want to live, I suggest you open the hatch."