----Adrienne's point of view...


　After Noah's people left, I called Cloviens, the leader of the 'Black Gold Knights', to his room in the fort. Cloviens entered the room with a stern look on his face, and I told him to sit down in a chair before asking him a question.

''What do you think about the people of Noah?''

I wouldn't want to see you again if I could.

　That word makes me wonder. Normally, he would have given a brave answer, but today he seems so passive.

It's not like you. What is wrong with you?

For three reasons.

　He said, then stood up and checked to make sure no one was listening outside the door before he spoke.

'One, they are probably all highly educated. I don't feel that they are a small, barbaric country in terms of their appearance, their manners, and the way they are received. They are definitely people of a big country.
　 At first I thought that 'a royal boy who has never been outside is accompanying a delegation on a sightseeing tour...' but...

Isn't it?

　There is certainly no mistake in judging them to be royalty from their clothing, but there shouldn't have been any particular element of threat. It doesn't seem like they are trained, nor do I get the impression that their magic power is extremely high. It's more like a 'coward' who lets the guards who protect him come into contact with us as if they were pawns, while he himself is on a safe hilltop.

'That boy's gaze was on the guards. This wasn't a mistake on my part, and from the fact that he saw through our 'scaled defensive formation', I can assume that he has an extremely high level of military education.

'They found out about the camp?　Oh no... why.

I don't know, sir. But he does know how many guards are guarding the village. I heard it directly from the commanding officer who accompanied the royal family.

　How could they have spotted it, when the course back to the fort was through the perimeter instead of through the village, just in case they had to return to the fort?　In a cold sweat, Cloviens explains further why.

'Secondly, though, is their medical technology. During the battle with Sandworm, three knights of the Platinum Knights had their legs amputated. The bleeding was stopped when they were brought in, so the priests sent to the fort were put straight to bed.
　But when the medical team of Noah arrived, they took one look at the knights and asked 'Where is the torn leg? He said something like a joke. The medical unit that was given the leg they were recovering was said to have set up a transparent tent-like object on the spot and after putting the knight to sleep with chemicals they used a small knife to cut open the knight's leg.

　I am indignant as I feel my blood boil at the thought of the scene. To further humiliate a knight who has been wounded for fighting bravely is no better than a barbaric country!　I yelled at him and Cloviens controlled it with his hand before continuing.

'Here's the thing. After cutting the leg open, they took their time sewing the shredded leg onto the knight. A knight who was present asked, 'What happens if you do that?' but the medical unit ignored him and continued to work.
　When they finished, the stitched leg was filled with blood and the fingertips moved slightly. They also told him that when they were withdrawing, they told him to tell the knight when he woke up that 'it won't be the same as it was before, but if he trained, he could stand and walk on his own feet again.'

　It should be difficult even for the legendary great magic to regenerate a torn leg. Don't tell me they can also 'reanimate the dead'?　I asked Cloviens half in jest.

'My people asked the question as a joke, as did the princess. They smiled and replied vaguely, 'If the heart stops for five minutes or so, maybe an AED could help,' but I'm guessing that they slurred their words because 'it's possible, but it falls under military secrecy.'

I'm getting dizzy...

　Cloviens says something like, 'Me too,' but if it's true, we'll have to negotiate with a ridiculous country. It can be predicted that they will definitely impose unequal conditions on us, but will some of the idiot nobles in the kingdom be convinced at that time? If they couldn't........it would be a war at worst, but would the kingdom really win?

''Can we win against Noah?''

　Cloviens bites his lip in response to my question before answering.

'That's the third reason. The medical unit has suddenly appeared in front of the fort, from this we can assume that Noah can deploy his forces at will. And the biggest problem is that unlike the Demon King's transposition force, Noah's transposition cannot be detected by us.
　And we don't even know how far away it is. At worst, it might be possible for him to transfer to the center of the royal capital. If it becomes a war, the kingdom's victory is doomed.

　It's no longer funny. Even if you allow just one soldier to invade the royal capital, Noah's soldiers can expect enormous damage since they can defeat the A-class demons. The next delegation will be here in 30 days - we must consult with His Majesty and his sisters and take effective measures to deal with them.




----Kouki Arakawa Viewpoint

　After arriving at Noah Island, we went straight through the gate and transitioned to the Earth side. After feeling something like jelly, my vision dawns and I see the space in front of me where we all gathered a few hours ago. I deactivate my suit and then run to the lab where my mother is.

'Mom!　Mom!　Open a little.

　I knocked on the door of the lab, and a sleepy-faced mother came out of her room.

'Ko-chan, what's wrong?'

You see, we've got a meeting with the kingdom side on the other side of the world. And it's in thirty days, so thirty hours later.

　I'm in too much of a hurry to give a proper explanation, but as I'm desperately trying to tell her what it is, my mom opens her mouth, putting her finger to her chin.

'Hmmm, hmmm. I see, you've successfully made contact with the other world country and a date for the meeting has been set. So, we're supposed to have the meeting in 30 days, but our time in this world is 30 hours later, so you're in a hurry to get back, right?

　That's a genius!　You know better from my explanation of my inability to grasp the point. I was impressed and said, 'Oh yeah! Mom tilts her head and asks me a question.

'But why are you in such a hurry to get home?　There's no point in rushing around in another world. Shaving an hour off over there will only give you a few minutes over here.

And because my dad said to hurry up!

　If you ask me, yes, it didn't mean much when I came back with all my might. I'm just embarrassed to admit it honestly, so I'll put the blame on Macho.

'Oh, your father said that.

　I didn't understand it either!　It's more about the talks. Although we, the advance team, have succeeded in contacting the kingdom, we haven't decided who will participate in the talks. You can continue to leave it to Macho and the others, but I have a feeling that leaving it to the martial arts special forces will not be a good idea as far as I'm concerned.
　When I pointed this out to Mom, she smiled like she would when she was punishing Dad.

'Of course, your mothers will do the negotiating. Your mom, Claire and Ellis, to be exact.

　I have a bad feeling about this. According to Cort, who has recently become a good friend of mine, all the 'three witches' who shouldn't be offended at the Hakone base are going to be there. I don't know about Claire and Ellis, but it's true that if you piss off your mother, you're in trouble.
　I've never pissed them off, but I remember Macho taking a spanking from Mom before and rolling around like a rag in the corner of the room. I was three or four years old at the time, and I made up my mind at the time that I wouldn't let my mother get angry.

"Do you want to join us, Kou-chan?

'No!　I'll be waiting for you on Noah's Island, and I want to see the birds.

　I don't want to see my mom in a serious debate - I'm probably going to throw up after the trauma of that time. I think I'll be taken to another world anyway, so I'll just go to Noah's Island and watch some rare animals. While I was thinking about this, my mom asked me a question.

'How did you feel about the language and stuff?　I don't know if I got through to you.

I used some kind of translation spell. I wasn't doing anything stupid.

"Magic... but without knowing the actual language, we can't verify that the translation magic is really correct. I could learn it myself, but it would take time...

　When I told her about the translation magic, my mom shut up while mumbling to herself. It seems that she wants to verify whether what the otherworldly person is actually saying and what is translated by translation magic is the same. Moreover, he's talking about learning it by himself or something plainly awesome, but he's probably in a tight time frame, and he's thinking about whether there's no other way to do it. There's no one else who can do that but you...yes.
　There is a first-rate blonde sister, Roberta-sensei, who is a first-rate linguist. Aikawa-san once said, 'There's no one who can match Miss Roberta's speed in learning a language,' so I tried teaching her Russian, and she's a monster who mastered it in 20 minutes. And yet, he was a mysterious teacher who taught a subject called 'Music', which is a basic education subject. I tell my mom about it.

'Is that teacher a good one?'

Yeah. Fake class.

　He seemed to agree with my words and said, 'I'll ask for your help. Unusually, my opinion was helpful, so as I was feeling better, Claire's voice broadcasted over the entire base.

''I'll let you know. Miss Arakawa, please come to the front of the fifth level gate as soon as possible. The gate is about to malfunction due to the brainiacs coming back from another world.

　There's no doubt about it, the machos have started to return from Noah's Island all at once. And since they didn't consider the time lag with Koch, the speed at which they appeared and the speed at which they left in front of the gate didn't seem to mesh, causing a huge congestion.
　Mom, with an expression on her face that looks like veins are going to float in her temples, says to me, 'Just stay in your room for a while and take it easy,' as she tries to leave, and I hurriedly ask her to do something for me.

'Wait!　I got into a battle with a sand worm in another world. The worm was big and a bit scary, so I want to bring something to protect myself other than my suit.

''After all that caution, your father did battle in a situation where Gongju was present. I'll squeeze you in later but what do you want to take with you?

　I know the fort was surrounded by grasslands, maybe most of the kingdom is in a similar environment. Then it's a thing!　I'm going to use the Han Chinese romantic weapon that I asked my mother to put to practical use before, it's big, thickly armored, strong and safe.

"I want that thing. I want to take that tank that she made for me!

　Are you serious?　Well, if you need me to do it, then I'll do it. Okay, I'll make the necessary arrangements, but I only finished the second boat.

　After nodding at her words, Mom headed for the gate with a somewhat dumbfounded expression on her face. I'm going to force my mom to get on that thing since it's safe to ride it anyway. I started walking towards the residential area to have a meal while imagining what I had never seen in person.




---Miki Arakawa Viewpoint----


　Before going to the gate, I borrow a 'bulldozer' from the construction department and take the elevator down to the fifth level. As the doors open, I see dozens of powersuits massed in a group in front of the gate ahead of me, so I put all my strength into my right foot and blow the gas pedal as hard as I can.
　As it is, I lower the bulldozer basket to the ground and plunge into the group of powersuits and pull them to the wall in one go. I don't know what the impact did to the inside of the suit, but it's not going to kill me, so I should be fine, and right now the gate is more important than those brainiacs.

I think it's the right thing to do. I think the cleanup will come last, so let's leave the cleanup to Ellis, she's the one who has to take the reins of the brain muscles.

　As I get off the bulldozer, Claire approaches me with a smile. I chuckle at her words, then tighten my expression and give her instructions.

'Claire-san, we are moving our plan to Phase 2. Tell all Noah-owned bases to 'enter the other world with the disposable gate'. We have a large amount of food and simple barracks prepared, especially at the Russian base, tell them to make sure they are sent to the other world.

What is the size and nature of the men, forces and supplies to be transferred?

　Was I wrong to say that?　Claire-san asks me a question with a bit of a grumpy look on her face.

"All of them - all but the Hakone base will be closed within 78 hours. After the raid, each base should try to destroy any evidence and then arrange for gate operators to be sent to Hakone Base. If the intelligence agencies of each country have been alerted to the situation and it is impossible to escape, we will attempt to rescue them.
　Large weapons, such as the Tolstoy and Space Destroyer, will be transferred to the other side as soon as they are ready. We expect to be able to transfer within twelve hours on our own time, so please inform your respective crews as well.

I'm not sure I understand the situation on the other side, sir?

　That's not to worry. The fact that the reconnaissance team made contact with a nation of another world means that they were able to do so because the island to which they were transferred is safe. The size of the island must also be large enough, since Koki says he's going to take the thing with him.
　The only thing left to do is to take advantage of the time difference with Earth and build a base over there while supplies are being sent. We've also prepared simple living quarters in case it takes a while, so there's no problem.
　As I explained, Claire agreed and began sending instructions to each base. In the middle of that, she asks me a question while operating the terminal.

''What is that 'thing' that you insist on taking with you, Conju-kun?''

　It would be better to show her, after all, that thing's second ship has her name on it. I decided to do so and told Claire to follow me, and then I took the elevator to the special tech area.




　Claire-san is restless and squirming as she rides the elevator, which is normally only open to technical personnel with special permission. She must be nervous because this is the first area she's visiting, and I try to speak to her in as gentle a voice as possible.

'Will she be nervous?'

Yes, I've never visited this area because it's guarded by the squad that reports directly to the commander. Even within the unit, there's a confidentiality agreement, so I'm even more nervous because there's no chance of getting any information.

　Apparently, Shuichi-san hadn't even explained this area to her, his second-in-command. Since the area is set up quite far away from the risk of accidents, it will still take some time to arrive, I decided to explain to her the thing that is being built down the road.

I gave him the 'Creation Program' that allows him to design a weapon at will. Then a while later, 'Done!' I was astonished when I saw the creation file you brought to me.

What did you design?

It's a 'super tank' weighing about 35,000 tons, 290 meters long, 50 meters wide, and 30 meters high.

'Huh!　There's no way you can run a tank like that. It will sink to the ground.

　That's what I thought at first too. I laughed at how unfeasible it was, no matter how much Gong-Ju, but that girl started talking about the plan with a serious expression on her face. In the New Metal Development Department of the Next Generation Science Laboratory, one of my workplaces, where Kunju had visited before, they were developing new lightweight metals. The department was so small with only 13 researchers that even I, who worked there, had forgotten the existence of the department, and had produced only modest results, which would take 10 years to develop new metals.

　However, Gong-Ju proposed to me that I should strongly support the department. Although I thought it was useless, I was glad that he had told me his will, and I paid the research expenses from my personal assets to the department that had no possibility to increase the regular expenses. A week later - and they succeeded in developing a new metal without a hitch - after getting more than 20 times their annual expenses, they were motivated to get their hands on it. Apparently, they were just not able to experiment because they were ridiculed and didn't get enough money, and they were already one step closer to completion.

　With only a little time and explanation, Gongju saw through it and pushed the development department to get the lightweight metal he wanted. Incidentally........they also transferred to Noah, but they joined Noah for 'Conju's sake', which is unusual for a technical staff member. They said that they wanted to thank him, but it's all probably because of Conju's humanity. When I told her this much, Claire-san asked with a shocked expression.

''Then you have completed it?''

Yes, we built it in a much stronger form than it was originally intended, thanks to the new metal.

　The elevator arrived in the area and the doors opened. I found Claire-san gasping next to me when she saw the huge object sitting on the large dock.

''The one in front of me is the super-sized multi-turret tank that Conju invented──. It's the first ship of the 'Alice type land battleship', Alice.

　 Weighing approximately 7500 tons, 311 meters in length, 55 meters in width and 28 meters in height, it is capable of being half-submerged by snorkeling, equipped with two 26-centimeter triple-barreled guns and 40 "VLS" missile vertical launch systems at the rear.
　Other four 20mm machine guns for anti-personnel and anti-aircraft use are arranged like hedgehogs, and the ship can carry 30 power suits in addition to its normal crew. I stopped thinking about it any further when I tried to estimate its performance and the results on the terminal showed that it could easily destroy a single division of the land-based self-defense force.

''Claire-san, I'm sorry to be surprised but the name of the second ship is 'Claire', right?　Gongju apparently named it after a woman he knows. As I recall, he said something like 'it's good luck to name a ship after a woman'.

'Wow, is that for me?　Why again?

　You'll have to ask him about that. In the first place, you can agree to name the first ship after Alice, but isn't the second ship usually named after me!　
　At this rate, the third ship will be Ellis or Roberta or something like that....... I forgot, why don't you enlist the help of a teacher named Roberta at the academy from Gongju?　He had been advised to do so. Remembering that, I asked Claire-san about it, and she asked back with a subtle expression.

'Roberta from the academy?　Are you talking about Roberta Scarlett?

Maybe so, but do you know?

　When I ask him, he gives me a look that says, 'I know,' and bites down on a bitter bug. What's going on?　Even if something has happened between the two of you in the past, I need you to ask for help now. When I tell her that, Claire-san nods and then asks me a question.

''I'm sure you'll be able to cooperate. But.........it will cost you a little bit of money, is that alright with you?

No problem. I'll consider it a necessary expense.

　Claire-san hears my reply and then starts communicating on her own device. Does she say that it costs money, or does she ask for money in exchange?　
　That's all well and good, but the question is whether you're going to do the job for the price you're paying. As I was looking at him, the communication seemed to be connected and he began to speak.

'Robby?　It's Claire. Have you been asleep?　It's noon now, get up.

　Roberta seemed to be asleep. Even though it's summer vacation, it's a little unsettling that a teacher is sleeping at this time of the week.

'I need your help with my work. 'Wait!　Don't cut it out, how about that cake from the French bakery you mentioned before?　I'll give it to you down the hall. And I'll get the wine. Huh?　All right, I'll put some meat on it. I'll send someone out to pick you up now and you can get ready.

　Apparently, he's the one who asks for food, not money. Wouldn't that be a pretty thing to do?　I tell Claire with a smile as I finish my communication, and she replies with a disgusted look on her face.

'Robby will eat, it's already eaten; five servings in one meal is the norm, you know?　And yet, it's the enemy of women to 'not get fat'!

　When Roberta-san arrives at Hakone Base, I'll do a thorough and thorough inspection as much as time permits. After making up my mind to do so, I returned to my room with Claire-san to finish the remaining miscellaneous work.





----Adrienne Viewpoint----

　Ever since Noah's people returned, a royal meeting had been held every day in the kingdom in the presence of His Majesty. The first problem was whether to refuse or seek a compromise when confronted with 'disadvantageous conditions'. Even if I explained Noah's armed forces, the leading nobles said, ''There's no way we can easily defeat the Class A designation! They refused to listen to him, saying, "I've never heard of this country.
　Furthermore, some radical aristocrats even went so far as to say, "We've never heard of this country, so of course it's a small country. It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you'll be able to get your hands on some of them. In the midst of all this, a single word from Lady Cassis decided the policy of the kingdom.

It's true that defeating an A-class demon is unthinkable. But I also can't imagine my sister speaking in ramblings. What do you think?　I'm sure you'll agree with me that it's a good idea to take your opinions into account and gather all the troops that the kingdom can currently move at once into a fort with 'ceremonial equipment'.
　That way, we can excuse Noah as the 'best treat,' and if we show a good number of them, they will be intimidated if we are really a small country.

　Obviously, this is a stopgap response, but it is also true that there is no other way. After that, in order to prepare for the attack of the Demon King's army, it was decided to gather '8,000 people' extracted from various places to the fort, leaving a minimum amount of troops. And now, looking down at the plaza from the top floor of the fort, I see that the last of the knights gathered from all over have just entered the fort.

　Led by the strongest Black Gold Knights, the Platinum Knights, the Knights of St. Rose, the Knights of the Holy Rose, the Knights of the Great Eagle, and other knights representing the kingdom are lining up and waiting for Noah's arrival, but my anxiety doesn't disappear. As I was thinking about this with a sinking feeling, I saw the armor I saw before named Suit appear in front of the fort, so I hurriedly headed to the square. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time in the future.

You will be able to see that you are not the only one. I would like to tell you how many delegations we have here, if that is alright with you?

You!　That was rude!　Get on your knees.

　I stop myself from glaring at the knight of the Order of the Great Eagle, who suddenly has a high-handed attitude.

'Yes, twenty-three thousand men are on their way here as an advance party. A further 32,000 will arrive as the main force with a half-day delay, our personnel will be 55,000, thank you.

　I managed to stomp out of my mind and almost fell over. Obviously not with the peace diplomacy numbers!　I can see that the knight who was breathing next to me is also turning blue. Normally, even if you say the country's war potential, the number that can be put in at one time is about half to 80% of the total, since there is security maintenance and border security, etc. Calculating on Noah's side, the maximum number is nearly 100,000.
　It's impossible ... there's no way the kingdom can win. I could only smile affectionately at the messenger, feeling the premonition that the kingdom would disappear in the near future.