Connected World's
Reconnaissance and Preparation
"Fujiwara Lieutenant One, you better go back to Headquarters, the rest of us will take control of this place"
XO Jad, Navy SEAL Team-6, along with Raidsoc team, and the Alpha Company that was currently gathering at the outer meeting point of this kingdom started talking about the three humans who were now standing behind Fujiwara without saying anything.
"Uhm, Lieutenant Fujiwara.... A..are you all right to say that to the King?"
Tokiwaki began to seem to tremble nervously when the three of them heard for themselves how Fujiwara answered King Arthur.
Fujiwara with a smile looked at the three without caring about the threat.
Jad who walked towards the Raidsoc team and Navy Seal, immediately greeted by Samuel who handed over his radio.
"Sir, the report from Headquarters"
As he picks up the radio, Jad begins to confirm his identity.
"Here XO, Seal Team 6, confirm"
["Jad, you are with Alpha Company, we command RTB, you must return with the three humans to the base, I expect confirmation of your journey and your arrival in 12 hours, this is Headquarters Out"]
Hearing the transmission, Jad began to stare at the team who saw him as if they knew what the headquarters had said earlier.
"I think we have another task, you all get ready, we'll be out of AO in 15 minutes. I'll tell Lieutenant Fujiwara, you're all ready soon"
"Yes sir!"
They immediately moved to the safe house to prepare their goods to move from here.
Jad himself, he stared at the royal castle with a sharp gaze when he noticed for a glimpse a death glare directed at them.
'Oh, so yes'
Thought Jad when he realized the gaze came from a woman with long white hair wearing the typical iron armor of a royal knight.
'From the reports of the incident in Rosella Kingdom, I'll bet they'll label us enemies'
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Elsewhere, Delta Base. March 3, 2023.
Lieutenant General Norman, please, he is currently looking into the report that has entered his office where the report on how the response of the Death Reporting that demands answers to the deaths of six marines who served without public knowledge where and why why.
'The effect of two aircraft carriers from this place is a bit difficult for our position'
He then turned his gaze to another document containing the process of establishing the front headquarters from Delta Base.
'Still going well'
Subsequent reports came from the investigation team regarding the prisoners they captured from the incident.
'They're still stubborn, aren't they?'
The team in charge of the prisoners interrogating them seemed to have trouble getting answers from them, tiara subjects are also still in the process of detention where they have to use injections of sleep makers who have a mixture of several chemicals that are common to drug addicts so that he does not make a noise that ends up they have to kill Tiara here.
The Lieutenant General then walked out of his office room towards the area where Riria and Suzu were.
Both of them still seemed impatient to go home, he knew their feelings, but considered the problems that would arise if they were rash in making a decision, he could not risk what they knew would cause the world to fall in panic because of this
'I can't imagine what the world's reaction would be if they knew about our world's connecting portal to this world and the fact that they could just as easily bring our world's people into their world, it was inconceivable that panic would occur if this were to spread to the media'
The Pentagon's order remains absolute, which is to close the meeting on this situation no matter what.
With the return of the two carrier groups, they were now in a position where they were completely alone without any sea support.
Fortunately they still have one marine asset, the USS Arleigh Burke flight I, which was deliberately assigned here as support for the base.
There is no need to explain why the ship is allowed to be here, because it is very clear Flight I of the Arleigh Burke class destroyer is the most obsolete version than other destroyer classes.
In the barracks area some Marines who were unaware of its existence seemed to be joking with each other as if they were ignoring the fact that they were in a world where monsters like dragons could be everywhere.
'They're too relaxed'
Norman thought as he continued his footsteps.
Sarashiki Riria, who is now 19 years old counted two years she and four others trapped in this world.
For the first time he was silent staring off the coast where he sat very quietly letting the sea breeze blow his hair.
"Do I bother you?"
Norman asked as he approached Riria from behind, Riria who was slightly jolted from her daydream immediately turned to Norman.
"Of course, sir"
Riria said in a formal tone while smiling at him.
Norman then sat down beside Riria while taking off his guard hat.
Amidst the calmness of the military port that was still in the construction stage, Riria looked at Norman as if the gaze was indifferent to ethics in the higher-ups in front of her.
Norman who was used to that attitude especially from teenagers seemed to only be able to smile sympathetically.
"You've been through a lot, the five of you have also been quite burdened by what you've been through, haven't you?"
The Norman questions were purely pitying on what they had experienced in this world.
A world without technology, a world without knowing about peace, a world where killing each other can happen not to mention a world where slavery can be clearly seen in front of your eyes.
Norman honestly could not imagine what they had been through all this time, he could only assume that they could at least be more relieved to not have to go through it again.
"Lieutenant General, what should we do?"
Norman chose silent silence when he saw the boy begin to look at him with a gaze of deep sadness.
"I thought going home was impossible at first, but when I met you, the hope I had returned to my heart. Sir, I want you to get us home as soon as possible, I beg you"
Norman knew what Riria was feeling, this was the umpteenth time whenever he met Riria, he was always asked the same question.
He wants to go home
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Headquarters Keating, a very controversial name for the name of the headquarters that once entered as a list of names of unlucky bearers.
The base in the area of the demon queen Rosella appears to have built several tents and several temporary control centers made from a combination of several worn containers
"......"
Jonathan as usual returns to the routine where he guards the gate along with the Lance Corporal for a full 12 hours.
One of the Lance Corporal who held the role of Rifleman in the unit 0311, began to groan in boredom when they had been standing guard in front of this post for 4 full hours.
"Hey Corporal, didn't you ask Colonel Anderson for an assignment?"
"Huh? Why should I? The Alpha Company would be very upset if I suddenly asked for another assignment"
"Well, haven't you been officially transferred to the 32nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment, 1st Company?"
Jonathan leaned his body against the wall made of sacks filled with sand/sandbags while starting to look at the sky.
"Well, I want to know why I've been transferred all of a sudden to the 1st Company"
Jonathan did not want to comment further on that, because he thought it was very troublesome to talk about.
The space that still looks very blue without air pollution that fills the sky makes Jonathan want to retire in this world.
But once again he thought that it was impossible to happen.
After all, the aliens that they had thought were very sophisticated creatures, were nothing more than mixed-race creatures that had a very backward civilization even far from the modern word
'really disappointing'
He thought while breathing.
The Shift change arrived, Jonathan could breathe a sigh of relief after standing guard at the entrance to the Rosella area along with 14 Marines with the rank of Lance Corporal like crazy.
The guard post was set up about 1.5 kilometers from the kingdom making it a little cursing because he had to walk quite far there
Along the way, the afternoon feel tickled his nose a little. The smell of spring makes him a little calm.
'I hope nothing strange will happen'
He thought as he walked, but along the way, he saw a female elf who seemed to be leaning under a tree with a face crushed in the swallow the sadness was still clearly visible on his face.
'......'
Jonathan began to walk up to the elf but before he could speak the elf immediately looked at him with both eyes flushing with tears.
"What more do you want? Are you still not content to take away everything I have?"
Asked the Elf blankly, Jonathan chose not to answer the question.
He remained silent staring at the Elf who was crying about to lose what he was going through.
Although they provide financial assistance to those who have lost a family member who took part in the recruitment force, it still does not change the fact that they lost one of their family members who are dear to them.
"Come"
Jonathan then sat down beside him as if indifferent to that slashing gaze.
"We humans also sometimes act arbitrarily, things like war that leads to losing the life you love are very painful. I know that too, because....."
Jonathan then took out a photo from his pocket, it was a picture of someone he knew, arguably it was a photo of him while he was in the joint training forces between Ukraine and NATO.
"He's the bravest bastard, he's my best friend, and now he's gone. War brings nothing but sorrow, my father also did not escape from it"
Jonathan recalls his mother's story about his father, whose father was in the KIA's 1st Marine Division when they were assaulted while serving in Fallujah.
The elf did not speak at all as he looked at Jonathan who was looking at the clear sky.
"A world without war sounds like heaven, but without war we wouldn't know about the weight of losing something that makes us want to defend those we care about, that's what my Sergeant Coach said. I know you won't listen to my babbling, but listen to me. Your father risked his life because he cares about you, because he loves you, because he wants to see you grow and be as strong as he wants. So don't drift in grief, look around you"
Jonathan said before he stood up and walked back away from the elf who was staring at him as if he was running out of words.
'Dad'
The elf walked back to the kingdom with the rest of the sadness that was inside him trying to recall what the human said.
In the Kingdom, his eyes seemed to be given a new angle, he saw something he had never seen.
'They....'
The strange humans seemed to smile at the residents and even many of them regardless of distance, swiftly helping the residents.
'Why they...'
Elves, a race always known as a race that hates humans, for the first time, Luna, as an elf race, her eyes opened when she saw this scene.
The kingdom that in his eyes there are only commoners who live in distress even some are so poor that they cannot afford to have enough food to make Queen Rosella have to intervene at any time, right now in front of him...
The people of the half-human race, elves, dwarves, even goblins seem to smile and delight in their presence, these strange humans.
"Hey sir, how about we play!?"
The children of the Dwarf and Goblin races seemed to approach the human with the round object they had been playing with since.
The man looked fearless and played with them, this strange sight enveloping him as if he had been given a new vision of what he had never seen.
"Oh, where have Luna been?"
One of the women of the Cat-People race seemed to smile towards Luna who was still frozen speechless.
Just before he could answer, the two strange humans came close to them.
["Hi, you must be Luna, the daughter of Marcuela, we have great respect for the courage of your father, your father's hero"]
Speak to them in a language he does not know, but their facial expressions and gestures they give to Luna make him widen his eyes to what he sees.
"fufu... Luna, your father's been considered a hero by them, you should be proud of that"
Said the woman while smiling at her.
'Dad, hero?!'
What he saw today became a moment for his life, it was seen when he returned to the house where in his house that became the rest of his father's memories, on the dining table looks something wrapped using paper made of expensive objects on the table.
'What is this?'
When he opened the package, there was a flag folded neatly into a triangle, a box containing a medal, and a letter signed from Miss Queen Rosella.
("For the sacrifice and bravery of Marcuela who sacrificed herself to save the lives of the inhabitants and save the life of one of the otherworldly human warriors without regard for his life, hereby I, Rosella de Voir Junois, am, awarded the Medal of Honor to Marcuela. Otherworldly man also gave a special tribute to Marcuela for her sacrifice, we will never forget her courage")
The writing was very clear purely from the respectful intention of them making Luna immediately sat on the floor of the house with tears back flooding her face.
'Dad....'
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