Continental Hero Senki

25 Dec, 13: 15.

Sarah invited me on a date, so I took it, and somehow she had a horse outside the fortress. And there was another horse available on the side, and Sarah hurried, "Ride fast".

All right, let's go.

"... where?

"There."

It was the mountain in the northeast direction from the fortress that she pointed to so.

"... what are you going to do?

"You've made up your mind."

When she says that, across the horse, she tells it for granted.

Reconnaissance.

The horse I haven't ridden in a long time was a little anxious, but I managed to manipulate it well. With bicycles, swimming, and vertical take-off and landing fighters, horses also seem to remember once on board.

"If it was a reconnaissance, I would have been honest without saying anything confusing."

"... you have no choice. My vacation, because it was yesterday"

I don't know what it was, but that's why we're on a reconnaissance mission together, me and Sarah. That's crazy. I'm supposed to be on vacation today...

"If it was a reconnaissance, there'd be others, wouldn't there? Why me?"

"Anyway, Yuzef, you're free, right?

"As I said."

Well, it's a date in a way to run through nature while riding alone with a girl...... isn't it? They're Sarah, and I'm used to seeing the scenery around here.

And a few minutes after leaving the fortress. We arrived at the foot of the mountain, our original goal. This mountain - no, it might be more appropriate to say hill - is not high altitude and slope is gentle, but the lush forest is spreading. For this reason, it is impossible to break in with a cavalry. Take a detour, or we'll just have to get down.

"What do we do? Wanna bypass the woods?

"... get off. I'm gonna get down there and climb to the top, and I'm gonna observe what's going on from there."

Copy that.

Me and Sarah climb the mountain with a horse attached to the right tree. I never thought I'd be doing a winter mountain climb on holiday until a few hours ago. Wearing winter gear for cold protection, no snow, sometimes at low altitudes and not so bitter. But I want to go home soon.

"... here is good"

I climbed the mountain about half way up, and all of a sudden Sarah whined about it. There's still a lot to the top, and what's good about it?

"Hey, hey, Yuzef"

"Hmm?"

"Hey, how hot is that?

"... Huh?

25 December. I mean midwinter. The Republic of Carlsbert is better than Silesia, but it's still cold. Cold enough for the cobblestone pavement to freeze.

Could it be a cold to call that hot? If you look closely, Sarah's face is bright red, and maybe she has a fever......

I thought so, and I took my gloves off and put my hand on Sarah's forehead.

"Ha!?

"Uh, don't move. It's hard to measure."

Sarah is in a hurry waving her hand, but there's no way she's going to hit me. Though it seems to be getting even more red with excitement.

...... hmm my hands get cold soon because of the low ambient temperature. I can't tell if Sarah is really hot or if my hands are just cold because of it.

I can't help it. I'm a little embarrassed, but do you want to measure it directly?

That's what I thought, and now I'm gonna put my forehead directly on Sarah's forehead and find out.

"Hey...... hey!?

"So don't move."

Stick your foreheads together and take your temperature. It's like a girl comic book, but it's an effective way to do it. If my temperature is normal, I can find out if I have a fever or not compared to myself, and there was a thermometer that I could measure my temperature with my forehead in my previous life.

... the problem is, when you do it with men and women, it's really embarrassing. But it's a better way than sticking your hand in the side.

Sarah had resisted right after she stuck her forehead, but then turned her face bright red, but she didn't have a particularly noticeable and reluctant attitude. Sometimes he just tries to push me away weakly.

It's the distance my nose is bumping into, so I breathe. I also found Sarah feeling a little hyperventilated, whether she was embarrassed or excited.

"... Hmm. It might be a little expensive, but no problem......? Sarah, are you feeling sick or something?

"Hey, no..."

"Really?"

"It's true! I hate jokes, that's why!

Well, then I guess I'll be fine.

Having finished measuring my temperature, I decided to move away from Sarah and pursue my earlier unintelligible remarks.

"But why did you suddenly say it was hot? Too much cold clothing?

"Chi, no! I just made a little mistake! I tried to tell you it was cold!

"Oh, yeah. Then I'm convinced."

It's cold indeed. I don't know because I don't have a thermometer, but I think it's probably freezing. Daytime, but there are coniferous forest leaves over us to cover, blocking the heat and light of the sun. Keep it up, you're probably gonna have a real cold.

"Sarah, once the reconnaissance is done in the right place, into the fortress..."

I was about to go back and my mouth stopped.

Why, because Sarah took off her jacket somehow.

"Sarah!? What are you doing?

Already she has taken off her jacket and dressed well enough to say she is lightweight. No problem in spring or fall, but that sucks in December!

"Uh, you know, it's cold, so, uh, I thought I'd take it off"

"The previous sentence and the sentence behind you are not connected though!?

Cold and undressed. At this time, the famous dialogue that came to mind in my brain was "Heaven has forsaken us". I'm sure it's not a lost cause I just remembered this.

"Sarah, calm down and get dressed. If you stay put, you'll go wild in the cold, naked, and sneak around the winter mountains."

"I'm not going to freak out. It's just that, you know, I've heard it's better to warm up with human skin when it's cold!

Sarah's face is bright red, Lu Rhythm hasn't turned around all the time, and her head and eyes are twitching. Shit, shit. It's terminal symptoms. This.

Looks like Sarah's been trying to undress herself a few times because of my concern, and I grab that arm and hang my jacket on Sarah's body while desperately stopping it. If you stay like this, you'll freeze to death instead of a cold. Really.

Sarah stopped taking it off because of her desperate efforts. Good, 'cause if you take it off, you'll almost look like a pair of underwear. Yeah.

I also thought during the bundle. Now Sarah's coming at me. I fall for an attack I wouldn't expect, and a dull pain runs in the back of my head. If there was a rock, it would probably be dead. No, if Sarah's safe, then push him down... push him down?

Pushed down!? What's the situation!?

"Sarah, what's wrong!

"Heh, heh, heh, he said Julia wants a sister or a brother!

Relax! Julia's not the kid to say that! Maybe that kid's serious about not needing anything else if Sarah's here!

I desperately try to retreat from Sarah's impending body, but there's too much difference in muscle strength. That's right, I'm a staff officer and Sarah's a captain of an elite unit. There's no way you can win.

The look on Sarah's face cannot be seen because of the backlight. But it turned red to the neck muscle.

Oh, what a sight. No, I might be happy in a way. The feeling of being pushed down and laid down by a beautiful girl is conveyed to my body. They're freaking out.

That's not if you're thinking about it. It would be bad if I did anything out of consciousness. We need to calm Sarah down now.

But how am I supposed to beat someone better than my muscle strength?

When I was trying to mobilize knowledge that might be useful from less knowledge, I heard noises other than ours in this forest that were supposed to be quiet.

"Sarah, Sarah."

"Hey, what the fuck! Scared you noticed?

"No, calm down. Don't hit me again, please."

He manages to grab both arms of Sarah, who hits him pompously and weakly, and whispers information about the sound he hears earlier in Sarah's ear.

"I heard a noise. 10 o'clock direction from Sarah. I don't know what that sounds like."

……

As soon as I did, sanity returned to Sarah's face. His face isn't red, and his eyes are serious.

... Good. I thought I was going to die.

Sarah, as she meditates her eyes in a position that keeps pushing me down, is concentrating on exploring the identity of the sound. I'll wait for her to say one word without moving myself to make as little noise as possible.

"... people. The sound of stepping on branches, talking too. Probably two. And Yuzef, it wasn't 10: 00, it was 11: 00. Make sure the report is accurate."

"This is rude."

While I apologize, I take my pocket watch out of my pocket. It's not an exact watch, but you just need to know more or less time.

The time now is 14: 20.

Calculating from the position of the sun visible behind Sarah and the latitude of Fortress Ormutz...... the person is in the northwest direction. Two nationalist divisions are assembled, in a direction where Schumperk is.

"... for now, is that 'person' an enemy or an ally, or a civilian? Let's find out."

"Yeah, right."

Saying so, Sarah prepares herself in case.

I'll get my cold clothes back from her, too, before I get ready. The difference in strength with Sarah doesn't make a difference, but you can't let them fight one-on-two.

Then Sarah muttered in a voice whether she could hear me or not.

"At a time like this, read the air... not at all..."

"Hmm? What?

"Hey, it's nothing!

Sarah poked me in the forehead as she yelled in a small voice to avoid being targeted.

Yeah. I'm relieved with my usual Sarah.

---

Meanwhile, at the Fortress of Ormutz around that time, Fine von Linz, a spectator martial officer from the Ostmarc Empire and intelligence staff for the Emilia Division, was walking in the fortress with a chill.

Supply Staff Rasdwav Novak, who questioned it, speaks to her.

"What's up, Miss Linz?"

"Ah, Captain Novak. Um, uh, didn't you see Major Yuzef?

Fine was looking for Yuzef.

The reason is that she is on vacation today, and likewise to meet and vary with him who is supposed to be on vacation today.

"Give me Yuzef? Anything new again?

"Uh, yeah, it's something similar."

something similar, her words are not lies. In fact, we were about to meet under the pretext that we would get new information and bring it to Yuzef.

Neither did Radek question Fine's words in particular, and he answered her questions honestly.

"Hmmm...... Yes, Yuzef is in reconnaissance with Major Marinovska, Miss Marinovska.

"What..."

"Well, you're surprised. It's not normal for two Majors to scout."

Radek was right, Fine was certainly surprised. But the kind of amazement was a little different from what Radek thought.

I was thinking yesterday about what I'm going to do today, and I don't see him when it comes to the holiday season.

And by the words of his friend, Radek, Fine became the feather of several defeats since he reunited with Yuzef. You'd be surprised.

Radek, unaware of the circumstances, speaks to Fine.

"Oh, yes, Miss Linz. What about the supplies from the Empire..."

But by then Fine had already walked with his back to Radek. At first it was disrespectful to Radek, who is above class and age, but the person of the moment was not the place to be.

"............... you've never seen that guy drop so much shoulder. No way."

And here he finally realized.

Today's date is December 25. The figure of a woman searching for a man her age. And I hear that the man went out alone with another woman, albeit at work, and dropped his shoulder. Radek noticed.

"... let's pretend we don't notice"

It's kind of a hassle. He thought so and decided he hadn't seen anything.

25 December 637 Continental Calendar.

That date, to be told to future generations of historians as the first day Fine von Linz lost an intelligence battle against Sarah Marinovska… naturally did not.

But for those of us, it will certainly be an unforgettable day.