153 – Flame (1)
“Are you okay?”
“Yes… ….”
I looked at Bell Meyer and asked. Tears glistened in her ruby eyes.
“Remember?”
“I haven’t fully come back yet, yet.”
I clenched my teeth. In the first place, Bell Meyer’s trauma was not cured.
Two years had passed, and her habit of intermittently forgetting her memories had completely disappeared, so Bell and I were just “Mistaking” That we were cured.
In the end, it was the difference in environment.
“Ah… ….”
Belle frowned as I gently grabbed her by the shoulder, feeling the scars she left behind.
The moment she saw it, her heart ached as if it had been torn apart.
When she opened her eyes on the cold prison floor.
When she was bound in her chains and tortured with her whips.
When I opened my eyes again after falling face down as if I had passed out.
How terrible she must have felt, she did not dare to put it into her mouth.
Rage welled up from deep within. Didn’t she know that the one who swung her whip at her was the angel in white who saved the lives of countless people in the Quernen War?
If he treats her like this despite knowing about her, then he is not human.
Even if you dispose of it, you won’t feel guilty.
“Please rescue the detainees, including the two, first.”
I removed her body from Belle and told the three soldiers watching from behind her.
“Yes? What do you think the lieutenant colonel will do?”
“It’s okay. I have been practicing hard just for this time.”
“…… ????”
“Don’t worry, I’ll beg you. If things go wrong and the fighting escalates, they will definitely take the people they hold in these camps as hostages.”
Moreover, most of the currently detained officers and senior noncommissioned officers belong to the Magic Brigade.
If you think soberly.
They were more important to the Uk ranian army than the military police or the soldiers of the Guards Infantry Division.
Infantry can be replenished.
But it’s not a sorcerer.
I don’t know what kind of sh*t the gendarmes from the National Military Police were doing with the strigoi.
Anyway, those imprisoned here are valuable people that the newly reborn Uk ranian must take with them.
“This is an important mission.”
I spoke in a firm voice, and the three soldiers nodded without saying anything.
“Lieutenant Colonel Enoch… ….”
“It’s okay, Bell. From now on, leave it to me. I couldn’t rescue Belle in time, and I can’t expose her to harm even now.”
“Right…… Belle, you haven’t fully recovered yet. I’m sorry, but I’m no help to Enoch right now.”
After finally persuading Luna, Bell reluctantly took off the sleeve she was holding on to.
“Please go back to where you came in and wait. I’ll make a fuss, so you don’t have to worry about the military police coming in.”
Thanks to finding the back door leading to the camp at the headquarters of the military police last time, I was able to enter the camp almost bloodlessly.
There were still quite a few people scattered around the headquarters of the National Military Police.
In order to completely pull the scales that are starting to tip toward us, we must capture the National Military Police Building.
In other words, the operation is to rescue all the allies in custody and subdue the military police headquarters at the same time.
If there are a lot of manpower to mobilize, there is no problem, but if there are few, it is honestly impossible to do without.
In that case.
I have no choice but to go upstairs myself and punish the corrupt people in the name of military police.
Currently, he is quietly obeying orders, but it may be a significant opportunity to trigger the movement of personnel who are suspicious of the series of events.
“Luna, we must have a lot to talk about.”
“Yes. Arrange everything and come back safely. Because I have a lot to tell you.”
Unlike the last time she acted like a crazy person, Luna Aire was her usual self.
As expected, something must have happened with Nikolai Hilbert.
And I also thought that maybe, with a very high probability, the person I thought was dead might be alive.
No.
Nikolai will be alive.
The person who left a message for me at the tavern must also have been Nikolai.
I don’t know why he hasn’t appeared in front of me until now. He also judged that it was a move that Nikolai was thinking about.
That’s right.
I’ll bring out the dagger I’ve been hiding.
I took off the brace on the rifle I was holding and inspected the weapon. Britain United Kingdom International Anpil Model L Bolt Action Rifle. One 10-round magazine is inserted, and there are 4 spare magazines.
No more than 10 idol bullets.
A Webley revolver that I’ve been using as a secondary weapon since two years ago. It has six rounds in the cylinder.
Two more army knives from Claude Lane.
The armament is certain. In the meantime, I finally got to use the close-up magic battle that Major Claude Lane had taught me about in actual combat.
After finishing the final weapon check, I looked at Bell and Luna alternately and said.
“Then take care of Belle, Captain Luna.”
“Don’t die. I’ll feed you one.”
Luna swung her clenched fist into the air at her. It was a messy hand full of bruises.
At that time.
“Lieutenant Colonel.”
Bell Meyer grabbed me by the collar and pulled me toward him. In an instant, their lips met. A warm breath entered the gap and tickled her neck.
She kissed her lightly and cut her face.
To be stunned by the sudden action and staring at Bell.
This time she hugs me first.
“I’ll be waiting for you. As always.”
“Yes… ….”
Bell heard her answer and released her arms from her embrace.
After exchanging last glances with the soldiers responsible for the rescue, she placed her rifle firmly on her shoulder.
I’m slow.
And stay calm.
I went into the lion’s den.
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***
It was right after the emergency fell on the headquarters of the National Military Police. Simultaneous demonstrations took place in most areas of the capital, Kayef.
No.
It was not a protest, it was a riot.
The newspaper they held in their hands was revealing the full story of all these incidents.
A rebellion caused by the combined efforts of the National Military Police, the Capital Guard Division, and the Eastern Corps.
There was no way ordinary citizens would accept a coup d’état caused by people without any cause, obsessed with groundless fear and endless lust for power.
They caught and beat the gendarmes who ordered them to disperse, and were on their way to the Petrovuna Palace.
The anger of the citizens was a fire.
The flames of purgatory that will never be extinguished, no matter how much water is taken and poured.
Until they burn themselves to ashes, the citizens will never give up.
It was to the point that even a moment ago, we had to shoot blanks at the citizens who were trying to break through the headquarters of the National Military Police Force and drive them away.
“Damn it…… !!! From now on, shoot all those who disobey the orders of the National Gendarmerie!”
In the end, the head of the Military Police Superintendent, who was in control of the situation, reached the point where he made the worst decision.
“Citizens?”
“They are not citizens! Look at the stick in your hand right now. Do you see that as a citizen in your eyes?”
“Ha, but no matter how much you fire at the citizens… ….”
Clap.
A muzzle was thrust in front of the officer expressing his disagreement.
“Do you want to be thrown down there for treason too?”
“…… No.”
“Then tell your subordinates immediately! Shoot without remorse!”
Almost being chased out of his commander’s room, he looked at his hands.
Is this correct? He acted more boldly than anyone else as an aide to the head of the Military Police Command.
Even when he heard of the killing of Commander Sigmund, he was unmoved.
But not citizens.
Who knows if their siblings and parents are among them. Maybe there is Brian who lives next door.
It wasn’t just himself that was the problem. What about the military police who actually pull the trigger?
When I ordered them to kill my mother, kill my father, and shoot my brother and sister with my own hands.
How many subordinates will obey him?
“This is…… Even if it’s wrong, it’s so wrong. It can’t be like this. If it continues like this, everyone will be destroyed.”
Since there was a setback in securing the prince, the premise of all operations has collapsed.
What the coup forces are doing now is nothing more than an ugly struggle to preserve their own lives until the end.
How far do they plan to run?
Initially ten people.
Then a hundred.
In the future, he will give the order to shoot without hesitation, even though he knows that there are thousands of lives in front of him.
It’s been a long time since the wrapping paper that says ‘For the motherland’ has been peeled off.
We have to stop before it gets worse.
Even if it was too late, the capital, Kayef, had to be prevented from being stained with the blood of innocent citizens.
However, the only person who can pull that brake is himself.
The young gendarme officer took out his pistol, which had been secured in his pocket.
“God forgive this foolish soul.”
He muttered that.
He returned to the room he had just left.
