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Chapter 6 : Joint Committee on Holy Land Restoration[]

The capital of Gallia, Lutèce. A gathering about forming the ’Joint Armies of Holy Land Restoration’ was being held within the Versailles Palace situated within the suburbs.

Sitting in the primary seat of the spacious convention corridor was the pope, Vittorio Serevare. Julio, appearing because the pope’s assistant, stood behind him like his shadow.

The just lately topped queen of Gallia, Josette, ceded the primary seat to the pope and sat on the proper facet though this land was her dominion.

Nevertheless, she was presently occupying the throne underneath the identify, “Queen Charlotte”. Josette was really the dual sister of Charlotte, also called Tabitha, however to keep away from strife, this reality has not been made identified to the general public.

In the meantime, Henrietta sat on the left facet of the pope. On her facet was the Germanian emperor, Albrecht III.

Generals and ministers from every nation took the remainder of the seats all the way in which to the opposite finish of the desk.

A heavy environment hung within the convention corridor. The primary one to interrupt the silence, was Albrecht III of Germania.

“Your highness, I’ve just a few issues that wanted some explaining, would that be alright?”

Albrecht stated, sustaining his haughtiness earlier than the pope.

“Please go on.”

“Since we’re discussing about creating the joint military to reclaim the Holy Land, do we actually have an opportunity of successful if we simply attacked the elves head-on?”

“This isn’t about having an opportunity of successful or not. We’re about to lose our houses.”

“Even in the event you say that, if we had been to easily declare battle with out pondering it by, it gained’t finish effectively for us. It is best to know that doing this recklessly won’t solely trigger our destruction, but in addition speed up our personal extinction.”

“Now we have a trump card of our personal.”

“Ah.”

Albrecht III deflated instantly.

“And what is going to that be, precisely? I’ve heard rumours round. Concerning the revival of the true ’Void Customers’.”

“That’s precisely so.”

“The legendary aspect, ’Void’. If that is true…”

Albrecht seemed round him, solely to see that everybody seemed critical. Mm…he nodded whereas stroking his beard.

“So it’s true then.”

After that, he placed on a critical expression himself.

“Why aren’t you stunned?”

Henrietta requested, a bit shocked.

“Did you would like for me to be stunned?”

Henrietta hung her head in disgrace after he stated that. She had at all times handled him as a idiot in her thoughts.

“Nicely, I imply, at the present time we now have continents floating up into the air, so it isn’t a stretch that legends change into actual. Nevertheless, it’s too early to placate me with simply this reality. I’m not the identical because the likes of you.”

Albrecht III stated that with the chilly expression of a realist. He knew very effectively of the working joke that his nation, Germania, was a rustic of nouveau riche boors. Nevertheless, it was clear from his face that his aspirations by no means faltered despite the contempt others had for his individuals.

“In different phrases, you wish to see the true energy of the ’Void’.”

Albrecht III’s mouth curved up in a smile, as if he had been ready for this query all alongside.

“It not solely had the ability to destroy the Albion air fleet utterly, nevertheless it additionally might create giant scale mirages within the air…Certainly, that’s very spectacular. Nevertheless, we nonetheless don’t know if that is even efficient towards the elves.”

“Doesn’t everybody right here know that that is the ability of the ’Void’?”

“Even for me, I’ve solely witnessed it from far. Nevertheless, so far as I do know, it isn’t potential to make use of the ’Explosion’ spell that had destroyed the Albion air fleet anymore. This is because of the truth that utilizing it would deplete one’s psychological will! I’m not fallacious, am I? I can’t imagine that such earlier psychological will was wasted in our infighting.”

Henrietta seemed on the pope uncomfortably. To inform the reality, she had comparable doubts. The ’Void’ magic that Louise and the pope was in a position to make use of may be very robust, however will they nonetheless be capable of use it towards the elves in such a liberal method?

There was additionally the query of how efficient will it’s in the event that they used it.

Along with that, Saito and Tiffania have been captured. Louise has additionally left to save lots of them. On this case, there was solely two ’Void Customers’ left, the pope and Josette. Is that this actually sufficient to type the joint military and reclaim the ’Holy Land’?

Albrecht III continued to press on and stated,

“Your Holiness, what do you suppose is the figuring out think about a battle? Diplomacy and techniques… may be what you had been excited about, however these are all ineffective. It’s only energy, uncooked energy that determines the victor of a battle. I solely wish to know, if we’re those holding that form of energy.”

“Your Holiness, I agree with what Germania has stated.”

Henrietta was additionally pondering of the identical factor.

“Not solely that, we now have a scarcity of ’Void Customers’. Are we actually capable of win towards the elves like this?”

“There’s no want to fret about this. We’ve already set in movement plans of our personal.”

“Is that this true?”

“Sure. I’ve already despatched somebody expert on that.”

Henrietta was extraordinarily anxious about them. For Henrietta, they weren’t mere pawns of battle, however her trusted mates.

If it had been potential…

Since they had been “captured”, it means the elves didn’t plan to kill them. What about Louise, who had entered the land of the elves? She didn’t get captured too, did she?

I ought to have stopped her then, even when I needed to tie her up by the neck, Henrietta thought as she chewed her lip.

“Might you please inform me as quickly as potential if there are any new developments?”

“Definitely. Nicely then, I shall reply your questions. Even when the 4 of us couldn’t come collectively, our personal magic remains to be very highly effective. Nevertheless, since we cannot use this magic at a whim, I can solely ask you to belief us.”

“And the way do you anticipate us to do this!”

“The Gallian Queen, Josette, sitting has the ability to forged a a lot highly effective ’Explosion’ spell than what Miss Valiere had accomplished again then.”

“So, you’re saying that that spell can be utilized once more with out fail? And will probably be of a fair larger scale?”

Josette, who has been silent the entire time, lastly spoke up.

“Sure. I’ve learnt just a few new spells, even when I’ve not forged them earlier than. Nevertheless, there is no such thing as a mistaking this highly effective feeling I’ve inside me. As for its energy…”

There was a brief second of silence within the corridor.

“Can we take that as proof that you’ll not renege in your phrases?”

Josette smiled when she heard such a query.

“Nicely, if my efficiency can’t fulfill you, then I shall cede half of my nation to Germania. Nevertheless, that’s made underneath the belief that we each nonetheless have land to rule over after that is over.”

Albrecht III shot a demise glare at Josette earlier than taking in a deep breath.

“…Alright, I’ll put my religion in your phrases.”

Vittorio smiled as he nodded.

“Nicely then. We will likely be going deep into enemy strains to save lots of our ’brothers’, earlier than reorganizing ourselves into a bigger power and go straight for the capital, Nephthys to reclaim our ’Holy Land’.”

“After that, we’d be capable of activate the dormant magic gadget, and save Halkeginia from its present disaster. Is that appropriate?”

“Sure.”

Nevertheless, Henrietta’s sharp eyes caught a flash of gloom on Vittorio’s face.

“…In different phrases, I might solely look forward to Louise and the others to return?”

“That’s all you have to do.”

The pop stated with a tense face,

“We’ll create an diversion to extend our probabilities of success. We should assault them with haste!”

Listening to the pope’s high-spirited phrases made Albrecht III chortle out heartily.

“Did I say something unusual?”

“No, in no way. It simply that, listening to such fiery phrases eased my thoughts. I see, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Alright then, I’ll do it. It doesn’t matter what, we don’t have a alternative anymore.”

“Alright then, I’ll depart the main points of forming the joint military to you two.”

Having stated that, Vittorio stood up. Nevertheless, he seen that Henrietta nonetheless seemed distressed.

“Is there something worrying you?”

Vittorio requested.

“No…” Henrietta shook her head. Vittorio then left with Julio. Josette left shortly after them.

Henrietta watched Vittorio depart. She felt that he was hiding one thing from her.

“This man, has hid one thing from us, and it appears to be one thing necessary.”

Vittorio pressed his temple after he has returned to the room that had been ready for him. He appeared to be excited about one thing, and shook his head.

Julio smiled and spoke as he seen his grasp’s antics.

“Are you exhausted?”

“It’s nonetheless early.”

“You recognize, generally I’d like to simply say the reality.”

“Me too.”

“How I want to inform them that the ’magic gadget’ doesn’t exist in any respect, or that even when the 4 legendary familiars come collectively and use absolutely the ’Void Magic’, we nonetheless wouldn’t be capable of stop the land from rising to the air.”

“Ah, how rigorously we guard these truths.”

“And but we’re nonetheless claiming to retake the ’Holy Land’… No, due to that, that’s precisely what we should always do.”

“Ah.”

Vittorio nodded.

“A battle in hell awaits.”

“Agreed.”

The each of them checked out one another after that earlier than breaking into sardonic laughter.

“Will we, be capable of deal with all this?”

“We don’t actually know, till we’ve tried it.”

Simply as they had been having such an dialog, Josette pouted as she stated, “What’re you guys babbling about? Isn’t as we speak an necessary day?”

“That’s proper.”

Vittorio and Julio stopped laughing as they turned critical once more.

Julio requested Josette, “Are you prepared?”

“I’ve ready all the things. I don’t plan to let anybody besides Julio to be my acquainted anyway.”

Vittorio gently reminded her, “Josette, Julio is already my acquainted, you realize.”

“I knew that. Nevertheless, didn’t your Holiness stated earlier than? A powerful sense of longing, has the ability to tug a well-recognized to my facet.”

“Mm.”

“A very long time earlier than, when founder Brimir was summoning the fourth acquainted…he managed to ’Re-summon’ the elf woman who had already turn out to be a well-recognized. That’s undoubtedly as a result of founder Brimir’s cherished her dearly.”

“Sure, precisely so.” Vittorio stated in order he was reminded of one thing he wrote on the “Legacy”.

That’s proper.

In the course of the time when founder Brimir summoned the final acquainted, he efficiently summoned the elf woman Sasha, who had already turn out to be Gandálfr.

“The acquainted of ’Zero’, will solely be summoned by two means. The primary is ’destiny’, and the second is ’love’. Am I proper?”

“Sure.”

“Nicely then, it will be excellent if Julio turned my acquainted. Assembly Julio again in Saint Margarita’s was my destiny. Not solely that, there is no such thing as a one who loves Julio greater than I do. This sense of mine won’t ever be lesser than what founder Brimir had felt.”

“Is it actually that highly effective?” Julio requested with a mocking tone.

“Hey! Don’t you imagine me!”

“No…It’s simply that it’s too arduous to like somebody that strongly. Perhaps you’ve by no means thought that you just really don’t love me that a lot. Didn’t they are saying the love is rather like measles. It goes as quick because it comes.”

“In different phrases, I’m obsessive about the thought of loving you? You’re attempting to say that this sense of mine, just isn’t ’love’?”

“No, that’s not what I meant. I simply wish to say that the sensation of yours may not be that robust. Hey, Josette, I’m solely saying this as a result of I’m anxious about you. Wouldn’t you be devastated if the acquainted you summoned isn’t me?”

After listening to this, Josette’s expression turned somber.

“Devastated? If, the acquainted I summoned isn’t you, I’ll finish my life proper right here and now.”

“Hey, don’t make such jokes…”

Julio immediately seen how critical Josette seemed when she was saying this.

“I’m not joking about this. Isn’t this what loving somebody means? I’ve already determined this once I left Saint Margarita’s. I’ll observe you all my life, as a result of I really like you. If my love for you isn’t actual, then that may additionally imply that my dedication then was a lie. For me, there is no such thing as a level in persevering with such a life.”

Josette took out pistol hidden in her gown.

“Hey, Josette, that’s not a toy, you realize.”

“If, I can’t summon you, if I’m unable to make the ’Gate’ seem right here, I’ll shoot myself.”

Julio silently considered how he was going to take away the pistol from Josette’s grasp.

“Don’t come any additional. Take yet another step ahead, and I’ll blast my head open instantly.”

Vittorio watched her with amusement and laughed.

“You’ve misplaced, Julio.”

Julio might solely shake his head, troubled. He then swiftly unsheathed his sword.

“I perceive. If the one that you just summon just isn’t me, then I’ll slit my throat with this sword.”

“That is none of your enterprise. That is solely in regards to the sincerity of my ’love’.”

“You guileless little one. The sincerity of your ’love’, can be necessary to me. If the ’love’ you communicate of just isn’t actual, then there is no such thing as a that means for me to proceed residing.”

A tear emerged from Josette’s eye as she heard this. She was so touched that she might solely mumble,

“I really like you, Julio.”

“I really like you too, Josette.”

Josette held the gun in her left hand as she lowered her head and chanted the spell. The runic melody of the ’Summon’ spell crammed the air round her…

Julio and Vittorio stayed hushed till the spell chanting was full.

After that, Josette gingerly waved her wand. Regardless that only some seconds has handed, Julio and Josette felt as if they’ve skilled an eternity.

With a crack within the air, as if to shatter the grave environment surrounding them, a gate appeared in entrance of Julio…Josette collapsed to the bottom.

“Josette!”

Julio rushed to Josette’s facet anxiously, and carried her up. Josette regularly open her eyes.

“Don’t fear, I’m simply exhausted…”

Julio snatched the gun away from her, and threw it to the nook.

“You silly woman! Are you actually going to die if the gate just isn’t opened?”

“After all I’m.”

Julio stood up, and walked by the ’Gate’. He appeared earlier than Josette once more. It seemed similar to he went by a aircraft of sunshine.

Simply as Josette wished to kiss Julio, he stopped her.

“What occurred?”

Nevertheless, Julio didn’t reply her and as an alternative checked out Vittorio.

“If no runes appeared on my chest, then that may be the case, proper?”

“Sure. Nevertheless, let’s imagine there may be zero likelihood for that to not occur. Josette substituted King Joseph as the brand new the ’Void Consumer’, and as such, the acquainted ought to heed her summons.”

“Identical to how Miss Valiere had Gandalfr?”

“Mm.”

“…Then I’m relieved. I don’t worry dying for the Church, however I do have loads of issues that I’ve at all times wished to do.”

Josette seemed confused and requested,

“What do you imply?”

Julio remained silent for some time earlier than shaking his head.

“It’s nothing. You don’t have to fret about it, Josette. Let’s proceed.”

Josette continued chanting the spells.

“My identify is Queen Josette of Gallia. Pentagon of the 5 Elemental Powers, bless this humble being, and make him my acquainted…”

After which, Josette kissed Julio.

Julio felt as if his brow was burning and touched his brow.

“Are you okay, Julio?”

Julio hugged Josette.

“It’s alright…in comparison with the ache in my chest, this little ache on my brow is nothing.”

The ache on his brow, bears the heavy fact that he’s not “Lífþrasir”. The heavy and painful fact burns in his coronary heart…

Julio’s coronary heart throbbed in agony as he spoke softly,

“We’ve actually, recreated founder Brimir sensible achievement, eh?”

“Mm, the primary summon was as a consequence of ’destiny’, and the second as a consequence of ’love’. We’ve repeated the miracle the place founder Brimir fell in love together with his acquainted.”

Vittorio nodded satisfactorily and stated,

“Nicely then, the final one could be Tiffania’s acquainted…Ah, the irony of all of it. The acquainted of such a mild woman, could be the bearer of such a merciless destiny.”

“All of those will likely be for us, the clan of the ’Magi’. Irrespective of how merciless the destiny, we are going to at all times have to simply accept it, for the good thing about the clan.”

Julio closed his eyes, and spoke as if he was singing,

“How merciless this destiny is, being the ’Void’ that will likely be revived irrespective of what number of occasions we get killed.”

Vittorio agreed with him, and stated,

“There is just one approach to cease this.”

“So, we might solely depend on ’him’.”

“Sure. If it had been him, then he wouldn’t make the identical mistake as Sasha.”

“True.” Julio nodded his head.

“There’s nothing to be anxious about. He’s a man who stood in entrance of seventy thousand males to dam them for Miss Valiere.”

“In different phrases, a man who would undoubtedly die for the particular person he loves.”

Julio seemed out the east window.

“If solely they might efficiently save him.”

“Undoubtedly. I hope so too.”