Connected World's
Dawn at Headquarters
"What's the!?"
After Suzu's confession of their identity, the Marines who were still in shock began to approach the two.
"So, let me confirm once again, you guys speak English, and you guys are from Japan?"
"Y..Yes, we have come from Japan"
Replying Riria with a very stiff language, the Marines began to exchange glances before turning to the two of them.
"Base, this is Delta Company, are you listening to me, over?"
("Listen clearly")
The Marines who were the leaders of the Delta squad, once again stared at the two who looked uneasy.
"We reported on the status of the two beleaguered humans earlier"
("Continue")
"They claim to be humans from the earth, they came from Japan, asking for further orders"
The central command did not reply at all by radio, but the momentary silence ended after the command gave instructions to them, which was to take the two men to the base for further confirmation
"Clear Landing Zone"
The Venom UH-1 helicopter began landing, the marines were preparing to board but the two girls seemed to say they did not want to stay, the Delta squad leader quickly responded to their concerns
"Why are you standing there? Come with us, we'll take you home"
"Heeh!? Really!"
"certain"
The two girls seemed to explode in excitement, the expression on their faces exploding in pleasure made the squad leader have to look the other way.
"Bro, did you see Sergeant's expression"
"She's shy, heh .."
The insinuation of the successful marines made the Sergeant glare sharply at those who seemed to demean him in front of the children.
As the helicopter began to raise its altitude after everything had gone up, the view of the grassland began to appear to shrink after they had flown high enough.
"Whoa. This is my first time getting on a helicopter"
"really?"
"Yes!"
The two laughed off each other as if they had no burden at all, to the marines themselves, those who heard the two girls who exchanged words with the language that sounded so familiar could only assume that they seemed pleased with their presence.
("Sergeant, do you think they're witches of this world?")
The Marines asked him over the helicopter radio, because the sound of the helicopter rotors being very loud made their sound impossible to hear without the radio serving as ear protection.
"When viewed from the appearance, they seem to play a role like that"
Too many crazy things that he witnessed today made him only able to assume that an existence like a witch was very likely to exist in this world.
'After all, I wonder how they can be in this world'
'The headquarters must be in a craze right now'
The two girls who looked extremely excited made him smile in silence.
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I don't know when I feel like my life is so exciting, every compliment, every luxury in my life is like a colorless world.
Sarashiki Riria, that is my name, as the eldest daughter in the family who has a name in the eyes of the world, I was trained since childhood to live like a doll girl.
My parents never loved me, and even everyone I knew, everyone looked at my status rather than my true self.
Until then my world began to differ, I was with four others who were summoned to this world to fight against the demon race, at first I was very strongly opposed about it, but slowly I realized one thing.
They in this world accept me for who I am, they smile and support me sincerely, something I never felt in my old world.
Day by day I live in a world where civilization is far from the modern word, an era where social castes still prevail.
The world I thought could be my new home, slowly deep in my heart I could not accept this.
Until that night we got together, for the first time we talked about our old house.
Tokiwaki, the man whom I consider to be our role model for staying encouraging and fighting together with us, started to feel the same feeling as the other four.
They miss their homes, they have families that welcome and wait for them. Then what about me? Does my family care if I'm missing? Does anyone worry about me if I'm not around?
One by one those questions popped into my head just after we finished meeting at that restaurant
In my dark room, I felt a little lonely, in this world for more than a year, I was alone, even though the five of us came from the same world, but we came from a different place.
'.....'
The feeling of tightness gnaws at my heart when I remember someone who was always with me when I was a kid until I went to high school.
'Robert....'
The man who since he was a teenager was hired as my servant, since long ago he was always with me and always accompanied me, I wonder, how is he
It still stings my heart until the sun comes up.
Another day passed, Tokiwaki and the other two went to the southern region after a request from local residents regarding the threat of monsters in the forest. Suzu and I, we both chose to walk to the west where, according to Suzu's confession, she felt a strange energy wave in the area
"Ryria!"
We fought desperately, that day I was in the depths of my heart, I was afraid of death. I was afraid, so scared that my legs would not stand, Suzu was injured by taking me, with the monsters getting closer to us, I, on the verge of breaking up, can only hope for anyone to help us.
A miracle happened right before my eyes.
Like the lightning that struck followed the explosion, hundreds of these creatures in a short time were killed by things I never thought would exist in this world.
'Aircraft...!?'
My eyes were not wrong, Suzu and I we were both at a loss for words, joy was an emotion that entered me upon seeing a pair of fighter planes from our world coming.
I don't know if I saw it wrong or not, but when one of those planes flew really low, I could catch a glimpse of the pilot in the plane giving it some kind of hand gesture before raising the altitude and flying away from us.
Our pleasure did not stop there, as we thought we would tell others what we saw, something appeared in the distance, and that something managed to confirm what Suzu and I were thinking.
'Are we going home?'
I thought as I looked at the sky where I and Suzu were currently being carried by our world army helicopter.
'America? How they got into this world'
I can only imagine that they are stuck just like us in this world, but once again my thoughts are broken after seeing what is on the other end.
"Riria, look at that"
A military base that looks still being built, stands on the beach with a variety of modern ships anchored not far from the beach
"Ryria, they might"
"Yes, that makes a lot of sense"
They were able to get into this world with the manipulation of spacetime, or at least that was the theory that popped into my head.
Our helicopter began to approach the base, and landed with several soldiers standing in the distance staring at us.
"Are you alright, ladies?"
Asked one of the soldiers in English, I who spoke little English, replied in a very rigid language.
We started walking towards the base with these soldiers walking as if escorting us. I've heard a lot of bad rumors about American soldiers, but from what I've seen they don't look like bad guys.
"Gentlemen, and you, ladies"
The soldiers began to pave the way, shortly in front of us a 45-year-old-looking adult man dressed in official green military attire walked over with dignity.
"H...Hello, sir!"
Me and Suzu we were both made nervous by the aura of honor from her, we may be too accustomed to the attitude of the nobles or the attitude of the royal knights who normally do not behave like us modern humans in general.
"Sir"
The soldier who had picked us up started saluting the man, and from the badge attached to the man's shirt, I assumed that he was at least Lieutenant General.
"Good work gentlemen, well ladies, I'm sure you have questions for us"
Suzu and I nodded, before long the two of us were led to what seemed to be a building for the command center, a newly completed building, still full of former building materials piled on the edge of the building.
"Whoa, just this time I'm looking closely at the modern tank"
Suzu said as she stared at the M1A2 Abrams Tank being cared for by this soldier. I know a little about the United States' combat equipment, but when I see it from a close enough distance, my curiosity is a little provoked.
When we were brought into the building, various soldiers in officer clothes seemed to be busy with their respective affairs, suzu and I with the man we headed to the second floor where in the room, the flag of the United States was very neatly standing in the corner of this room.
"Please sit down"
After he sat in his chair, Suzu and I knew that they must have many questions about our whereabouts and how we got here, it's fair considering I have the same questions I want to ask them.
,
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"Whoa ... So this is what makes this thing emit explosive magic?"
Rosella de Voir Junois, the leader of the Demon race and leader of the half-human race, is currently staring at the Marines who are dismantling the LAV-25mm bushmaster weapon system.
Enthusiastic and curious, Rosella continues to shower questions on the Marines who are rechecking the bullets connected to the LAV-25 turret weapon system.
"He looks happy"
Sergeant Joseph smiled stiffly at how the marines who looked overwhelmed by Rosella's attitude continued to shower them with thousands of questions.
"Aren't you going to help them, Sergeant?"
"Hey, watch your talk, Corporal, I'm still your boss"
"Well, you don't care about it, Sergeant?"
"so"
The two stared at each other for a while before turning to stare at this very unfamiliar area.
"Do you think we need to call for air reconsilation assistance?"
"And admit that we're lost somewhere?"
Sergeant shrugged off Jonathan's back questions, the reason why they stopped at the edge of this forest, because right now they're lost, the map provided by the headquarters would not accurately map the path causing the team to move in a direction that was not at all on the map and was now in nowhere.
Lt. Fujiwara also seems to be confused about the exact location they are in.
Deadlocked because there was nothing else he had to do, Jonathan took off his helmet while breathing as deep as he could.
"Why? Are you finally tired of Marine life, Corporal?"
"Well, that's not Sergeant, I just admire how fresh the air is here"
"Heh. You're talking like a saturated man in the city"
"so"
Shortly Lieutenant Fujiwara walked towards them and began giving instructions to move back towards the southeast.
The team took a while to be ready to move even more so the LAV-25 crew who was taking care of the turret weaponry for a while made the new team able to move after they finished reassembling the steel car armament.
In the middle of Rosella's journey as usual sitting on the front bench right in the middle between Jonathan and Fujiwara, he seemed to enjoy this trip very much.
Fujiwara himself, ever since they fought with that giant lizard-like monster, he had always been silent at all.
'Shaken from the experience of the first battle, it's been a long time since I felt that'
Joseph thought when he saw the expression on Fujiwara's face that still showed concern.
As the Marines and Demon Queen Rosella return down the trail, far away from where they are at Delta base, Riria and Suzu find out the reality they desperately want to hear about their world after more than a year in this world.
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"Bored, very boring"
In a dim room of light, a human-looking silhouette sat quietly staring into the darkness with a disappointed facial expression.
"It's too disappointing for my entertainment"
He spoke with a tone that echoed in the darkness.
"Let's add this excitement to something else"
a red magic circle shone in the darkness of this room, the dark roar accompanying the silhouette seemed to be a melodic melody in his ears.
"Let's party"
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