Episode 206 Crusade of the Abyss – Strait Breakthrough (1)
The office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Army, Lumière, the capital of Francia.
“Thank you for your hard work as the head of the Inspection Department, Lt. Col. Giselle Darby. “Your passionate dedication was of great help to the revolutionary army.”
These are not empty words, but Giselle Darby, who had been working as the head of the inspection department directly under the General Headquarters for a while, was responsible for maintaining the discipline of the military for more than two years after the end of the war with Krafte.
Because she, whose sincerity and discipline were at their peak, inspected the unit with an eagle eye, the units were able to maintain a certain level of discipline and discipline in preparation for the inspection department that might attack at any time.
Well, I ate it dirty.
Perhaps influenced by the rumor that Christine, the ‘Black Witch of Aquitaine’, was supporting her, Giselle Darby soon acquired the title ‘Witch of the Inspection Department’.
Anyway, no matter what you do, they give you the title of witch, those damned bastards.
“It is an honor, Your Excellency the Marquis de Lafayette!”
In fact, Giselle Darby did not seem to care about such reputation at all and responded by saluting with a perfectly angled posture.
Rather, the problem is that I am quite disturbed when I see her like that.
“So, as we enter wartime again, there is a need to readjust the position of lieutenant colonel.”
Giselle Darby is looking at me with very expectant eyes.
I know very well that he is a capable and passionate soldier, but there is a limit to his rank, so if he were to be given a commander, the limit would be battalion commander.
However, Giselle Darby’s ability to encompass the entire battlefield is difficult to shine at the level of a battalion commander, so the position where her ability can be best utilized has already been determined.
“…I’m planning to assign the lieutenant colonel to the advance team that will be deployed to the main island of the Abyss Corporation. “Please serve as chief of staff in Commander Damien de Mirbeau’s vanguard.”
The light in Giselle Davy’s eyes, which had been shining just a moment ago, suddenly disappeared.
Oh, I’m so sorry.
But there is no other suitable person.
Damn Damien is typically a human being who is strong against the weak and weak against the strong, so he can’t manage him by attaching quite a subordinate to him, and Mirbo, who can’t be managed, can’t show off his abilities.
However, Giselle Darby is known within the military as Christine and I’s favorite person, and in reality, to some extent, she is a strong-willed person who speaks well even to her superiors, so Damien cannot just ignore her.
In addition, Giselle Darby is a person who displays keen insight and is well-versed in the most standard military operations, so there is no one better to assist Damien, who sometimes shows surprising unexpectedness but has low stability.
Still, it is true that I felt pity when I saw the anticipation disappearing and the cloudy eyes, so I cleared my throat and added.
“It is a dangerous mission, and Commander Mirbo is not an easy person to assist. However, your achievements will be properly evaluated, and I plan to use you as my rank. “I guarantee this.”
None other than Giselle Darby’s rank insignia proves it.
A first-time second lieutenant who was commissioned during the war with the Empire was already a lieutenant colonel after being rapidly promoted through the Empire War and the Iberica Krafte War.
After hearing that, Giselle Darby answered with an angular posture as if she had lost her temper at some point.
“I have received your position transfer order, Your Excellency the Marquis de Lafayette!”
“Thank you. I trust you.”
“ancient! “I will thoroughly assist Commander Mirbo so that he can demonstrate his maximum abilities!”
Of course, Giselle Darby.
I don’t have to explain what I’m thinking about Damien, but he understands.
Still, something else occurred to me, and since Giselle Darby will be directly involved in establishing Damien’s strategy, it would be a good idea to relay key information as well.
“It’s still private to the officers, but I’ll let the lieutenant colonel know in advance. The vanguard you will serve as chief of staff will be joined by wizards from the Magic Tower. “It is to build a ‘gate’ after landing.”
“What you mean by ‘door’ is….”
“It’s a large-scale teleportation device that connects the Central Continent and the Abyss Corporation’s islands. “If we succeed in building this, the Allied Forces of the Central Continent will be able to advance directly to their island without having to cross the sea.”
Giselle Darby understood just that and her expression became serious.
“It is no exaggeration to say that the outcome of the war depends on this operation.”
“I understand, Your Excellency the Marquis de Lafayette. Otherwise, I was concerned about how to supply the Allied Forces’ large forces, but if we succeed, that problem will be solved.”
“Yes, and the unit that will take out the enemies coming in while installing that door is Mirbo’s unit. “You understand how important this mission is, right?”
“Old Commander, Excellency! “We will do our best to ensure that we never fail!”
“Ok, fine. Oh and…”
“Yes?”
I added while looking at Giselle Darby, who had a slightly puzzled look on her face, wondering what kind of nonsense this was.
“Although he is not a member of the Revolutionary Army this time, Louis Dakiten will be going with him as a liaison between the Revolutionary Army and the wizards of the Magic Tower.”
“Ah, Louis Daquiten… you are the former captain. “It took a bit of work, but he’s a capable wizard, so I think he’ll be able to put his hands and feet together well this time as well.”
The expression on Giselle Darby’s face as she answered like that was so simple that it reminded me of my younger sibling who took care of me, so I naturally had a subtle expression on my face.
“…Your Excellency the Marquis?”
“No, no. Then let’s look forward to the lieutenant colonel’s performance. dissolution.”
“…? ancient! “I’ll just leave!”
Giselle Darby immediately saluted and turned her back.
Actually, I had to sigh a little while looking at Dabi from behind.
Tsk tsk, is there any hope for Louis?…
* * *
The Lafayette mansion on the outskirts of Lumiere.
After finishing work and coming home from work and having dinner.
I leisurely raised my cup and savored the coffee.
Then I looked at Christine’s face as she sat across from me and drank coffee.
A handsome face with sharp lines overall but delicately sculpted, and long, flowing black hair.
She always has a calm expression, as if she never loses her cool, and her eyes are cloudy and sunken, so people often call her witch-like, but to me, who knows what kind of face she makes and how happy and smiling she is, she is infinitely lovely.
There is no particular conversation going on.
Still, just sitting across from each other, leisurely savoring coffee, and sharing the same place and time makes me feel comfortable.
“What is so fascinating about the faces you see every day that you look at them like that?”
Oops, have I been looking at it too long?
I smiled shyly, looking at Christine with a puzzled face.
“There’s always something new when I see it.”
“Hmm…”
Christine looked at me with narrowed eyes, then lifted her cup with a graceful movement and drank the coffee.
I wasn’t like that before I got married, but after I got married, he seemed to like me more, so I feel like I’m losing money…
But as I was leisurely drinking my coffee thinking that, Christine, who had been drinking her coffee a few more times in an elegant manner, put down her cup and said, I got up from my seat.
“ok?”
Then he walked towards me, put his hips on my knees, and leaned his head as if he was sinking into my arms.
“Huh Christine? “Coffee doesn’t taste good when it’s cold.”
“I drank it all.”
Christine answered slyly, and when I looked up, I saw that the coffee cup she had left behind was empty.
…On the outside, it looked so elegant and leisurely, savoring it, so I didn’t know he was gulping it down like that.
When I looked down at her with a somewhat puzzled expression, Christine looked up with a slightly sullen expression and asked.
“Do you not like it?”
“No, that’s not it.”
Ah, what should I do with this cute creature?
I was thinking of immediately carrying him to bed, but I cleared my throat and held back.
Even she wouldn’t see me as an animal at that point.
As I pretended to be as relaxed as possible and raised my cup to drink coffee, Christine lifted her hand and gently touched my neck and smiled.
“Is it that interesting?”
“Yes, it’s fascinating.”
Christine seems to have an interesting sense of passing something with a gulp, as she has a protruding neck bone, which women do not have.
“Don’t you get tired of it not once or twice?”
“No matter how many times I touch it, it feels new every time.”
“Haha….”
I just returned it as is.
Now that I’m used to her curiosity and playfulness, which I didn’t notice before marriage, I gave up halfway.
“Try some more Pierre.”
“I drank it all.”
“It’s not fun…”
Christine gently pressed the area around my neck, but soon took her hand away and leaned against my chest, quietly closing her eyes.
I looked down at her and opened my mouth.
“It’s almost before our eyes now.”
“yes that’s right. “All the countries of the Central Continent have gathered, and all that remains is to wait for the Eastern Empire’s fleet to arrive, and the schedule they mentioned is today.”
Christine added after a pause.
“As the route is a sea route, we will have to wait for about a month more. It will be such an unprecedented and variable voyage. “Let’s not be impatient.”
“That’s right.”
I said, stroking Christine’s long, delicate hair.
“…You don’t say much about me taking over as general command of the advance team.”
“…Do you want me to beg you not to take it?”
“No, that’s not it.”
Christine chuckled.
“…I am also the one who hastened the war with the Abyss Corporation.”
“I did.”
Christine is not a generous person who leaves grudges unresolved…
In fact, Christine played a big role in the formation of this allied force. She did half of the work of attracting the wizards of the Magic Tower and the navy of the Northern United Kingdom.
But at the same time, she is someone who is very reluctant to let me voluntarily jump into the fire pit.
So honestly, I was a little skeptical.
Christine was too wise to not know that this would happen, but she was just as active as me in the process of preparing for this war.
“…Anyway, the Abyss Corporation is hostile to Franzia, and you were convinced that if the Eastern Empire was defeated, they would target us, right Pierre?”
“you’re right.”
Christine looked directly at me with her pitch-black eyes-
“…then you will put me in danger to protect your people…”
she said with a soft smile.
“The best thing I can do is not to stop you with the excuse of worrying about you, but to help you come forward under the best conditions when you are at least at risk. So I just did it the same way and you didn’t like it?”
He knows exactly what I’m going to answer, but he doesn’t bother to hide the look of anticipation on his face.
Her actions made me smile, so I lowered my head and gave her a kiss as light as a bird before responding.
“How could you not like it? “You are the best choice in my life.”
Christine smiled, reached out, pulled me down again, and kissed me.
After taking a long breath, she said, feeling her breathing become slightly rougher.
“I guess this isn’t enough, ma’am?”
Christine chuckled and answered.
“There’s still a lot left before you can feel sleepy, right?”
I got up and headed to bed, holding her as she naturally wrapped her arms around my neck.
And….
Knock-knock-
ah, what else.
When I furrowed my eyebrows, Christine laughed and patted my chest.
When I had no choice but to drop Christine off, she went to the window and opened it.
As soon as Jeon Seo-gu flew into the room, Christine took out the familiar paper wrapped around her foot and unwrapped it.
“What is it about?”
I was in a good mood for a long time, but I wish the information was important enough to break it.
Christine narrowed her eyes and looked at the contents, then smiled and answered.
“It seems like the admiral of the Eastern Empire is very punctual.”
“yes?”
“The fleet of the Eastern Empire has arrived in Brest, Pierre.”
…You really do that on schedule?
