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I'm tired...

Con.....

　In the morning's joint training with the Multispecies Alliance Army, we somehow managed to clear the hell out of the hell of scraping through the anti-aircraft fire that Noah's ground troops were seriously firing up, but I was seriously tired. I was languishing in the lounge for generals on Noah's island with Conn, without eating, when Shingo peeked at me.

''Huh!''

Hey, what's going on?　It's unusual for Shingo to come over here dressed like that.

　Shingo was wearing a special brigadier general's uniform that was provided for one reason or another. But this guy wasn't for fighting, though, this was a rank given to him to get in and out of the institute.

'Yeah, I'm here to see the Type 0 suit!　You know, it's kind of super-secret, so I knew it existed, but I couldn't see it in person. And since they dropped the classified class today, I figured I'd come take a look.

I see.

　My best friend in front of me is saying some plausible things, but this guy wouldn't come to G-88 where there's no internet connection for that reason. Today, Aikawa-san is supposed to be attending a meeting on the G-88 side of the space development strategy, but did he come with that?　It's not..... That's the reason for this creepy behavior like glancing upwards at me.

''Shingo, I think Alice and Aikawa-san would be cute, but frankly, that expression is creepy. That's what it is, right?　You want 'Satanakia'.

Ew!　Oh, yeah, yeah.

What language..... But I'm pretty sure they're going to take the flying unit down. If you want to fly, you'll have to put the prototype we built before you. And I'm pretty sure they're going to drop off the fire control unit that you guys loaded on board. With all the armaments we have on board, of course.

　No matter how much my mom says she's being nice to me, she wouldn't give me the 8th generation "Satanakia" with military level equipment. However, I'm not so sure about just a frame, so I'm sure they'll at least put armor from the 6th generation, which is two generations old. Even that is state-of-the-art equipment considering the balance of the world.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I have a Type-0 suit. Just come up with a name for your Type 0 suit.

'Why not name it after a demon like Satanakia?

　I was thinking of naming her after a demon, but since Alice is with me this time, I'd like to name her something else. However, I was at a loss for a good idea. In Russia, for example, the name of a natural phenomenon is named after a mirage, a storm, or a lightning bolt, while in Japan, power suits are named after mountains such as Fuji, Tsurugi, and Hito. By the way, our Noahs are all identified by numbers, which is extremely tasteless.

I see. Then what are the names of the Japanese monsters?

'Yamata no Orochi or Kagutsuchi?　It's a nice look, but it doesn't look good on Alice. And you don't want to be Con, do you?　You're a girl too.

　His tail moved lazily to the side as he spoke to Conn, who was dexterously drinking vegetable juice from a straw on the table. Apparently, he doesn't like this.

'Oh, so what's your angel's name?　Alice and Conn could be named after angels too, right?

'Maybe!　Should we try attacking the goddess type or something?

I'm sure they'll have a bad look at you. I'm afraid they will look at you unfavorably.

　Con floated the letters with magic and advised me. It's true that some of the spirit races that were planning to participate in the competition had that kind of lore in their ancestors.

'Speaking of which, what about Alice?　Why don't you ask him about it?

"Alice got a call from her mother after her pre-morning training. She's going to spend the afternoon in the medical wing to see what the device does to her brain. And by the way, you can name it whatever you want.

Well, I guess I can't ask Meg now that she's working.

　Meg!　Did this guy just say "Megumi" about Aikawa-san?　f*ck you!　I was too busy to get along with Alice, but this guy is treating her well.......

You seem to be getting along pretty well, a**h*le. Speaking of which, what are Shingo and the others up to these days?

'Huh?　I think I just heard Gong-Ju cuss out something outrageous right now.... For a while now, Meg has been busy working on the manned platform project to launch the G-88 into orbit. It's a bit of a stretch on the Earth side, but between you and me, I hear they're busy planning a birth in space and all that.

Hey, that's...

Yes, they're going to do the same kind of experiments that would be done on the Earth side, but they've made a proper agreement with the researcher and his wife. But the researcher and his wife and the researcher's wife have agreed to be the test subjects, and they also have people who can use healing magic just in case they need it. I've been working on the maintenance of the people from Chernobog who were brought here by Koki.

'I see... some of them have mechanized parts of it.

Yeah. They're in violation of the treaty on the Earth side, so they have to do it on our side. There are too many people who want to be free to do all sorts of things because the notion of a treaty is gone, and the last time I was asked to put a chainsaw in my arm, I had a hard time.

　Those people are also free in a different way than the macho group........ Last time I remember there was a group of people who caused problems within the Merkava Kingdom and were half killed by the captain. When I told Shingo about it, he was afraid to ask me what I had done.

A while ago," he said, "there was a swarm of demons at the place where Noah is in charge of security. An urgent fast horse came from the nearby village where they appeared, and the members of Chernobog heard about it and set out on a mission...

Huhhi, aren't you supposed to be on the road?

'That wasn't a dispatch, they went out in an armoured personnel carrier with a 20mm machine gun!　So when I got to the village, I was like, 'Hi!　We're here to help, you mooks, back off!' I heard that he eradicated the demons while saying, "I don't know,

But I don't know if that's too much, but they're good people.

The problem is what happened afterwards. He should have gone home after finishing his work, but he was drinking in a transport truck to a nearby inn town. They didn't do it for self-defense, but with a heavy combat weapon loaded with live ammunition.

　There's a bio-recognition device that prevents anyone other than the registered person from operating a gun, but even then, it's a big problem. The reason why the recognition system was adopted is because some of the macho troops made a surgeon from the Ursna Empire shoot a gun without permission, I believe. I think that was also a stupid reason to have a beautiful surgeon ask them to shoot a couple of rounds or something like that.

Well, but I hear those people are very popular. They can do whatever they want with the materials after hunting demons, but after they cash them in and use them for drinking money, they pack them in a bag and throw them into an orphanage or church. They don't think they're aware of it, though...

　Surely they wouldn't find out about it on Earth, but this is G-88 and Noah is the only one who uses synthetic fiber backpacks for military purposes. If they had a backpack full of gold and silver coins, much less the copper coins they received from the store as change, they would have known who was doing it.
　That's why the captain allowed himself to be killed and entered the brig for five days.... While I was thinking about these shy troopers, I suddenly came up with a good name.

"Hey Shingo, how about 'licorice'?

Huh?　What?

It's a formula 0 name!　

'I think it might be a good idea!　It's flashy and beautiful to look at, and I think the sinister image is a good thing for a combat power suit from the enemy's point of view. What about Kong?

Con!　Cue!

　Apparently, Con liked it too. It's true that I like the look of it, but that's not the only reason I chose the name licorice. If someone asks me why I chose it, I'll tell them that in the language of cluster amaryllis, "You're the only one I think of," and that I chose it for Alice. But the other reason is that higanbana has another flower language, 'reincarnation' - and I'm sure it's the same for me. I think this meaning is more appropriate for me.