Continental Hero Senki

That was on 5 December of the Continental Calendar 637, when the Emilia Division had just fallen Fortress Ormutz.

That day, Sarah Marinovska was walking for the fortress's watchtower.

I didn't have anything to do with the place. To talk to a female officer from Ostmarc who is supposed to be in the place.

When it comes to what you talk about, there's still nothing else to love. A friend who went to Ostmarc as a diplomat to dig roots and dig leaves to find out what he did locally, how he worked, and how he became involved. It's nothing confrontational or anything like that. That was what was happening in her for now.

But there was a client in the tower. Emilia Division Operational Staff, was Yuzef Waresa, an officer in sync with her.

She got confused about deciding whether to speak up or leave the scene by deciding not to see it, and the decision she made was an ill-intentioned one: "What conversation are you two having?"

But that would be a wrong decision for her.

This is what Yuzef said during the conversation.

"Well, I like that,"

and.

Whatever it is, it is a word directed at Fine von Linz, who stands beside him.

……

The two were then silent. Naturally Sarah was silent, too. But the silence of Fine and Yuzef was different from that of Sarah.

Sarah couldn't figure out exactly how to make that difference then.

"... Sarah."

Unexpectedly, that's what they called it.

If you look at Sarah speaking, it was Emilia, her best friend.

"What's wrong, Emilia?"

Sarah spoke with as little volume as she could to keep Yuzef and the others in the watchtower unnoticed. Emilia also walks quietly to Sarah.

"Let's talk. Just a little."

To that word of Emilia, Sarah nodded quietly and followed it. Leave the watchtower without Yuzef and the others noticing.

After some distance, Emilia spoke to Sarah walking with her as she walked down the hallway.

The content of that conversation is a story that Sarah knows well, too.

Why did Emilia enter the cadet school? How did you live in cadet school and what did you get?

What did you see in the Raskino War, the first actual battle?

What were you feeling at the Kingdom General Operations Headquarters?

How did you fight the Empire in the first operation you planned?

Sarah knew that well.

I knew it, but I was dealing with a best friend who seemed to have fun speaking without blocking Emilia's words.

But gradually, the content of the conversation changed slightly.

"Mr. Yuzef is amazing. Even though he was my age, he was very active in Ostmarc."

"But I can't wear it a bit that I'm getting along with Mr. Feene. As far as I'm concerned, I want to be the first to describe Mr. Yuzef to the nobility."

"Yes, Mr. Yuzef's face at Flanitze was good. It was a dependable face that I had seen several times in cadet school and Laskino. Maya and Radek said," Not really. "

Gradually, the content of the conversation was not about Emilia, but about Yuzef.

Emilia is smiling and talking to Sarah the same way. Speaking of Sarah on the other hand, she was grumpy as soon as Yuzef talked about it. No, he realized he was upset.

The reason for that grump goes without saying.

I'm jealous.

So I said.

"If Emilia and Yuzef got married, wouldn't they be a good couple?

That was in no way an abstract word, but Sarah could easily imagine the couple.

Both husband and wife are knowledgeable and good at both political warfare abbreviations. If Emilia were king, would Yuzef be the Shizuku Chancellor or around the military script? As a matter of course, it was also a combination that I could be sure would happen.

But the response from Emilia was unexpected to Sarah.

"That's impossible."

Emilia turned into a dark face after hitting her earlier.

"... what you call royalty would certainly be a coveted stage for the civilian population. But the reality is not. Instead of being privileged, the royal family imposes restrictions on every action. Even with me in this fortress, it can't be what I am."

There are restrictions on royalty. And the representative of that restriction is marriage, Emilia says.

Becoming a royal companion is, for the most part, a great nobleman. That consists of the reassurance that identity is indeed guaranteed and the desire of both royalty and nobility to have a political connection. In some cases, royalties and nobles from other countries become partners.

And there's no room for the will of the parties or anything else to get in there.

"Besides, Mr. Yuzef won't like the aristocratic society very much. If anything were to force him to be my partner, he would be rubbed by the rough waves of aristocratic society. I don't like that."

So it's impossible to marry him. That's how she stuck it. But Sarah predicted what was behind the words.

I saw Emilia's expression and how she chose the word, and I anticipated it.

"Sarah's not royal, is she?

"... right"

"Then there must be that kind of freedom. Why would Sarah tie herself up?"

Emilia smiles and tells Sarah the words.

Sarah could accurately predict the meaning of the word, the meaning of the smile.

But before that, she had to check.

"Hey, Emilia... what do you think of Yuzef?

That's what Sarah heard.

And Emilia, too, gave a simple and lucid answer.

"It's settled, isn't it? I 'm-"

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"-? - Hmm? Hey, get back to me. Are you dead with your eyes open, Sarah?

It was Yuzef waving in front of her who dragged Sarah back into the real world, thinking deeply about it. He could be seen observing Sarah with his eyes like he saw a rare beast.

For now, Sarah said, "It's not like that! No more sarcasm!," he scolded, decoping him thoughtfully. When Yuzef reacts slightly excessively, he gets back on his feet and tells him what to do.

"Sarah, I think it's going to be on the Duke's territory about the day after tomorrow. When it comes to the Duke's territory, stop by the garrison for now, where you open up the junior soldiers and disband the division there. That's why I want you to tell Colonel Miesel that the escort of His Royal Highness Emilia will be good for a few after that."

"Okay."

"Mmm, please."

When Yuzef finished his errand, he tried to walk away from Sarah because he had something to do. But before that, Sarah grabbed Yuzef's arm.

"... what's up?

"No, you know..."

Sarah hastily let go of her arm, but not Yuzef. Instead, he looks worried in anticipation of not feeling well. That his trick makes Sarah unnecessarily suspicious of behavior.

So she never hit him with a word of intent.

"Hey Yuzef. What do you think of me?"

"... ha!?"

When he heard the question, Yuzef was turning bright red and his hands were pounding around. In anyone's eyes, it was the behavior of a person in a hurry.

Sarah, who saw it, couldn't stop laughing and squirted.

I saw Sarah laughing. Speaking of Yuzef.

"If you think you asked a weird question, would you laugh as soon as..."

And it was slightly frightening.

"You don't have a choice, Yuzef's movements are too weird!

"That's because Sarah asks weird questions..."

His face, which recalls the content of the question, is once again dyed red. Having seen him like that, Sarah remembered Emilia's words that day.

Emilia didn't do anything to scare me that day. Even though I'm younger, I can't do anything like this. So after that day, Sarah had talked to Emilia about it. And Emilia, she doesn't even hate it, she consults with me.

And Sarah, she's spinning words now.

The words Emilia said to herself that day at the fortress. Trying to tell him that in his own words.

"Hey, Yuzef"

"... what?

Sarah, smiling as much as she could execute, conveyed the thought.

"I like Yuzef!