Tenkyou no Alderamin Summaries

Vol. 1 Chapter 3+ Summary

MC gets stuck with the guys from the island in officer training or whatever it is,
and eventually the MC gets put in charge of a light spirit squad, Red a fire one,
the two wind guys their own wind squads, and medic girl a medic squad. Also,
princess is at the school too because why not, although with special privileges.
Pretty Boy and Matthew run into his two asshole older brothers and they start
belittling Pretty Boy and Ikta starts arguing with them because he happened to
be napping in the tree they were being annoying faggots under.
Ikta gets beat up, but as he planned, it was witnessed by Redhead (who put a
stop to it) and the princess. MC describes himself as something like a guy who
says what should be said, when it should be said.
The sub-squad leader for Ikta's squad happens to be the daughter of said milf he
fucked when he was like 14. The daughter is 3 years older than him and she
pretty much convinces the squad to not listen to him.
After a while, they get dragged into a team exercise thanks two Torway's
brothers. The teams are Yayorishino and the two brothers' squads against Ikta,
Matthew, and Torway. Clearly not a fair lineup, but Ikta doesn't give a shit and
uses the opportunity to take control of his squad.The rules of engagement are a
recommended battle ground and to use paint rounds, essentially.
Ikta uses this opportunity to leave a day or so in advance to get to the site early
and prepare. The sub-leader girl has trouble believing he memorized the map
and thinks he's been in the area before, which he denies because he hasn't.
They get there and set up camp while Ikta scouts the area and he gets excited
by seeing some trees near a chest-high river (due to rain) and the squad doesn't
get why.
Ikta uses these trees that don't float to make a bridge underwater, to make it
where they can pass the river, which results in making their odds at winning the
battle slim.
The brothers ignored Red's advice (since she's actually used to Ikta) and find it
hard to believe a new recruit would make it to the battlefield on time, let alone
early. Which results in their heavy losses. The only reason they didn't lose there
is because Red sacrifices most of her squad (melee-oriented) to get the other
two squads out. And this is after she had to abort the stupid order the brothers
gave her to go upriver.
The brothers decide to make an ambush but it doesn't work with Ikta's plan,
which is to ignore them and simply wait along their eventual path of retreat (to
the academy) since they have the heavy advantage and there's no point walking
into an ambush.
This enrages the meathead eldest brother and he has them charge. This results
in Torway sniping his eldest brother (Ikta had him far away from the battles the
whole time), and the younger one picks him up (they had a rule to leave KIA
 where they are), telling Red that he would never leave his brother in a real
battle, corpse or not, which she seems to respect. This battle results in even
more losses, but the three squads manage to retreat again.>which results in
making their odds at winning the battle slim. By their I meant Red's squads were
fucked. Whoops.
Red's squads are pretty much fucked and ready to concede, their only
redeeming point in this exercise that they managed to retreat without being fully
annihilated.
Except they see Ikta's squads send up the surrender signal before they could do
theirs.
The reason for this is that Torway reported that he saw the princess (who should
just be watching from the sidelines with her bodyguards) doing something she
had absolutely no reason to be doing.
Ikta concludes the bodyguards betrayed the princess, kidnapping her, and
surrenders, taking the opportunity to use a foreign signal system that only he
and Red would recognize.
Red makes it the bodyguards first and decides to play hero by being in a position
to clearly kill the commander. The commander doesn't care and tells his lackies
to shoot both him and her, but his lackies are too loyal to shoot him, which he
considered an oversight on his part.
Commander explains the they were students under the General who Ikta warned
that he was going to die, which this shocks Red enough to let her guard down,
where the commander gets her immediately covered and starts strangling her
(neck bones audibly cracking is a good sign, right?)Torway snipes the bodyguard
leader, although this time with real rounds.
Red takes this opportunity to grab her swords and start destroying the guards.
After a few moments, she's covered in blood and it takes a moment for her to
register there's no enemies left.
While everyone's shocked at her appearance, Ikta casually comes up to her with
his usual tone and does his ordinary banter and jokes. For example, says
something like "you're really red, you know?"
She collapses at some point, still gripping her weapons, and Ikta massages her
forearms to get her to let the swords go, and she passes out. MC then has a
conversation with the bodyguard leader (who was somehow only on the verge of
death). Ikta explains how he figured it out (which I said above) and quite boldly
tells the commander he should've invited him, right in front of the princess's
face.
After that's over, Ikta recycles his really red joke to the princess and she starts
bawling.
It cuts to the epilogue, where Red was glad Ikta wasn't shocked to see her
covered and blood and could act normally.
Torway realizes he was always away from the battle to get him used to it. His
brothers stated that Torway freezes up when he's in close-combat, which Ikta
was trying to remedy.
 Matthew didn't do much in general, so his epilogue was with the medic, saying
how they rank the tactical strength of their group as Ikta > Yatori > Torway >
Princess, or something. And it ends with Ikta apparently soothed the crying by
saying he would listen to the princess for a month.
They're talking, without Red this time, and the princess wants him to become the
top of the military with his genius. There, she wants him to purposely lose the
war so the country can be cleansed. But to do so in a way he has enough forces
left to take the country back after.
There's also another bit with Anarai I don't really remember. End volume 1.
She was trying to delay them to get Ikta over there, which did work, although
probably unnecessary.
Ikta actually made a speech to his squad after the first victory that went
something like 'My squad has no need for heroes. I prefer the 3 lazy men who
will take on 1 man over the 1 brave man who tries to take on 3.' And that as long
as they follow him, he'll give them lazy battles, which is to say battles where
they do the least possible to be the most efficient.
Also, to wrap up, the reason the princess didn't invite Red to do the whole
cleansing thing was because she admits that Red is too loyal to the crown, and
too much of a model soldier.The princess doesn't have the power to randomly
shove him a good rank. She expects him to work up to it in 5-8 years or so
(which is still stupidly fast).
Another reason by motivations and such. Princess was apparently a political
hostage for most of her life in the enemy nation, so she has a much less religious
way of thinking. The people in Ikta's country treat royalty like gods due to the
heavy influence of religion there. Ikta, of course, likes science, so why he's in the
country in the first place is a big question.

Vol. 2 Summary

Volume 2 is about handling a rebellion in the north by the Shinaak tribe. Key points
may not be in exact order as I really can't remember exactly:

The trainees (Ikta and the rest of the officer cadets and their platoons), together
with Chamille, went to the northern outpost/camp/fort I can't remember for what
reason doh. I think it had something to do with their practical training.
The lieutenant general in charge of the north is more like a figurehead and his
subcommander, a major I believe, runs things
Only exception is with matters regarding the Shinaak tribe, who resides within
the borders in the northern mountains.
The lieutenant general feels the north is boring and seeks entertainment by
provoking the tribe. He confiscated the fire and wind spirits of the tribe and
deprived them of light. This is the primary thing that sparked off the rebellion.
 The subcommander was assassinated through an insidious plot orchestrated by
the phantom squad of Kioka who had infiltrated the north. Kioka also supplied
weapons and resources to the Shinaak tribe for carrying out the rebellion.
The Shinaak tribe is led by a female tribe leader (16 years) called Nanak.
Lt. Gen decides to launch an expedition in the mountains to subjugate the tribe
as part of his entertainment. he purposely withheld reporting to the central govt
so that he can be entertained (he's a piece of shit who is also a moron at the
same time).
Ikta and gang got involved.
The expedition was largely inefficient because the forces were split into 3 and
their attack routes were long and far apart; with the link-up point pretty far up
into the mountains.
Before expedition, Ikta met a girl called Kanna who was a soldier, but into
Anarai's book, and they had good rapport built
During the expedition Ikta deployed about 40 air rifles prototype (improved
versions of air shooters) with longer barrels and an improved range in Torway's
platoon. The original tech stemmed from Anarai. Btw, Chamille did not join the
expedition and was put in a safe place.
Ikta again fought his battle efficiently. The whole Knights group was essentially
under his command. When they were under surprise attack, he deployed his
forces efficiently, and only suffered 8 casualties with light wounds out of his 120
strong, and totally annihilated an equally sized enemy unit. Btw again, aside
from her flame platoon, Yatori also commands a cavalry unit now.
Ikta was tasked to bring Matthew to gather intel by throwing their forces at the
enemy to know their force strength. Ikta already guessed their size, and
proposed to have Torway's platoon as well and he would guarantee that he could
destroy the enemy with that with hardly any casualties and he did, thanks to air
rifles.
One of their friendly forces were lured in and trapped and under siege by the
Shinaak. an gravely injured soldier came to Ikta's camp asking for
reinforcements. Ikta refused to deploy his troops immediately because they will
be wiped out as well due to altitude sickness (the expedition is progressively up
the mountain at high altitudes). They need 2 days to adjust to their current
altitude before moving out.
Because of that, the force was wiped out and among them was Kanna, which Ikta
did not know beforehand.
Finally the link-up happened. Empire was poised for their final attack. Oh yeah, I
forgot there's this loud-mouthed but very honorable warrant officer that's worth
mentioning, however since I forgot and he died in the end, let's forget about him.
Ikta and team were forced to do some things they didn't like (like burning
homes) but they had no choice. fortunately, they did not need to massacre
people.
As they were moving to the end, they were ambushed. Ikta did not predict that
because he could not predict the tribe would be so reckless. The tribe's main
 goal was actually to kill the asshole LT Gen, because of what he did to their
spirits, which were sacred to them.
Yatori and Nanak (the tribe leader) were evenly matched, but in the end Yatori
triumphed, and they fled.
As Nanak made her way back, the remaining village was already ravaged by the
Empire's forces. The Empire's troops also went on a rampage after the extended
war; they tortured spirits, pillaged, raped, massacred the non-combatants and
etc. etc. These troops were actually committing war crimes.
Nanak was almost raped, but Yatori and Ikta came in the nick of time. Ikta
actually called Nanak 'Nana' and was relieved.
The troops that ran amok were rounded up alongside with Nanak who was tied
up.
Then a group of people rode towards them, they were from the Alderah Church
and witnessed the spirit torture and said they would report it.
Lt. Gen panicked and got Ikta and Torway to try to chase after them to persuade
them.
It was then they realized, a 10k strong army was marching towards them from
the north (north of the mountains). They were from a neutral country to the
north, which is very much like the Vatican of our world, ruled by the pinnacles of
the Alderah Church, with a 'holy' army. I'll just call them 'Alderah-Vatican' as I
can't remember their super long name. They were marching to attack them in
the name of Alderah to exact punishment on their treatment of the spirits.
Everything was actually part of Kioka's scheme.
Current status of the Empire forces: lost half of their forces in their expedition,
leaving about 8000 people who were war-wearied (the expedition lasted a few
months) and resource-depleted. They also had the remnants of the Shinaak tribe
to worry about. They needed to retreat but might not be able to do so fast
enough.
~ end ~

Vol. 3 Summary

- flashback on Ikta meeting Nanak when he was 8, and on field trip with Anarai at
the Shinaak village
- Ikta and Yatori were given field promotions 2 ranks up, became full lieutenants.
- Matthew, Torway and Halo were promoted to 2nd lieutenants
- Their immediate superior was captain Sazarufu, who is a pretty cool ossan - he's
cool because he doesn't have a big ego, and willing to follow the advice of his
subordinates
- Yatori proposed to set up a flame wall to block the advance of Alderah-Vatican
while the main force retreats
- Ikta negotiate with Nanak to truce and form alliance (as Alderah-Vatican will also
wipe out Shinaak as heretics). Cut his little finger off to take responsibility as with
Shinaak tradition and made 3 requests. The things he did moved Nanak but I won't
go into details and only after this Nanak recognized Ikta, which further shook her. So
immediately, one day after they have been all out killing each other, they became
allies.
- Together with Knights' original forces under the command of Sazarufu, with
Shinaak's remaining combatants, the block force numbered about 600+, while the
main Empire army will retreat
- Shinaak non-combatants will help out with setting up and maintaining the fire-wall
in the forested area north of the mountains.
- On the other side, Alderah-Vatican has a visiting force from Kioka. While Alderah-
Vatican has remained largely neutral, Kioka and Empire take turns in sending a
resident force to help train and maintain sharpness of the Alderah-Vatican's holy
army. Now it was Kioka's turn, and the timing and arrangement was actually part of
Kioka's plan
- In Kioka's resident force, was a major by the name of Jean. He is nicknamed the
"Unsleeping Radiant General" (even though he has yet to achieve general rank), as
no one has managed to witness him sleeping to date (completely opposite of Ikta)
. He has white hair, always maintain a calm demeanor and is a very hard worker.
On top of that, he is also a genius. It was explicitly foreshadowed that in future, the
"Unsleeping Radiant General" would be a known prodigy alongside and on par with
Ikta Solork, otherwise known as the "Frequent Slack-off Frequent Win Resourceful
General" (literal translation).
- Based on the response of the Empire's forces and how they could form an alliance
with the Shinaak within one day, Jean guessed that there's someone very capable
on the other side. Jean was the main commander of the small resident force but also
served as adviser to the General commanding the 10k strong holy army. This was a
battle between 10k++ vs 600+.
- I forgot the exact details of what happened in between, but there were 3 main
clashes in the whole volume:
-- first, was an invitation to the Alderah-Vatican to walk into a night ambush by
opening a path in the flame wall. They of course knew but there was other way
around the flame wall and took the invitation in order to gather intel
-- the Empire's block force lost more casualties than Ikta expected because, the
Alderah-Vatican were also armed with air rifles, and Nanak ignored Yatori's advice
and moved forward too much and ended up getting surrounded
-- Ikta was considering to save Nanak, especially when he remembered about how
he had 'abandoned' Kanna. But he calmly suppressed all emotions and analyzed the
situation logically. At the strategy level, he should save Nanak as he needed the
cooperation of the Shinaak non-combatants. At the tactic level, he would incur too
many unnecessary casualties if he did so but Nanak and her forces would surely be
annihilated. Then he remembered about Yatori and knew how she would move, and
commanded to his platoon, "Men, this is sudden, but affix your bayonets".
-- it was during this skirmish where Ikta and Yatori displayed ultra high level of
chemistry and synchronized without any form of communication between them.
-- managed to save Nanak and reform the flame wall but because this, the block
force lost more men than needed
-- at the micro level the Alderah-Vatican also suffered substantial losses but at the
macro level they were negligible due to the huge army. The General considered this
a failure as they failed to break through, but Jean thought otherwise as they gained
invaluable intel which they previously lacked, particularly about the block force size
and troop composition and fighting/deployment levels/capabilities.
-- Jean set in motion the phantom squad (see v2 spoilers) that was still in the area
behind enemy lines. He advised the General to deploy a small force to take a known
detour (which Ikta expected), and will support them with the phantom squad.
-- Sarazafu and Torway will split off and form a secondary block force to guard the
detour. Ikta gave important strategy to Torway on how he could take care of the
phantom force in which he succeeded and this marks the end of the 2nd encounter
-- meanwhile, the Kioka has deployed one of their precious balloons above the flame
wall, but Ikta could see no potential threat and based on Nanak's intel on the
mountains, there was no other way to break through so he was not worried whether
the balloon could have scouted an alternative route. However he was immensely
bothered by it as he felt that there was another meaning behind it but he just
couldn't figure it out.
-- what he did not expect was the use of cannons and a small breakthrough force by
Jean.
-- what Jean did was this: he used the balloon to scout the layout of the burning
forest, and re-enact everything within his camp, created a burning obstacle course
and trained his cavalry forces within the obstacle course until the horses were used
to it.
-- then with wet blankets shielding the troops, the Kioka resident cavalry broke
through the burning forest.
-- Ikta was stunned, and with Yatori and Nanak, he rode to intercept Jean's forces,
leaving Matthew and Halo in command of the rest of the block force needed to
maintain the flame war for a few more days.
-- While riding, Ikta tried to think of a way to get them out of this hopeless situation
-- in the end, he thought of an insane tactic but he laughed mockingly at himself
that this would be the shame of his life for what he was about to do
-- Ikta set up a trick to halt Jean's troops at a particular spot but leading them to
believe that there was a fire trap ahead with the smell of oil.
-- the 'light' platoon then blinded Jean's cavalry horses with their 'high beams' and
sent the horses into a frenzy. They then charged into Jean's forces.
-- Ikta's tactic was to create a situation to 'die together' with the enemy. Overall, the
tactic is moot as even if Ikta's forces can kill off many of the intruding forces, Jean's
forces are still at an advantage. However, many of the troops on both sides will still
die meaninglessly.
-- based on what has transpired till date, Ikta has deduced that Jean is like him, who
prefers efficiency and hates meaningless deaths. he then sent Yatori to raise a flag
to signal the intent to negotiate
-- Jean accepted to avoid meaningless deaths and thinking that he could negotiate
their surrender at the end of the day since they were at an obvious advantage
-- the two sides stopped their skirmish, attended to the wounded and both
commanders (Ikta and Jean) negotiated
-- through the use of verbal traps and a relentless will that would not give in, and
playing on Jean's psychology which hates meaningless deaths, he managed to get
Jean's forces to retreat
-- Jean felt extremely humiliated (which was a first for him)
-- as he was leaving, he asked about Ikta's intentions and why he was protecting a
rotten Empire. He deduced that the Kioka's way should be more in line with Ikta.
Ikta replied that he was not protecting the Empire and it was the last thing he
wanted to do. What he was doing now was protecting his friends (his comrades and
the Shinaak tribe). He also advised Jean to not work too hard by himself, to depend
on his subordinates more and to get enough sleep otherwise he would die early (this
marks the end of the first clash of the 2 would-be famed generals)
-- with that, the retreat of Empire's forces was a success and it marks the end of
volume 3.
-- forgot to mention this, there was a good scene between Yatori and Ikta where
they leaned their back against each another while eating.

Vol. 4 Part 1

Volume 4 primarily consists of 2 parts:

part 1 = chapter 1 spanning 60% of the book talks about how a plot to profit from
unsavory schemes on the people by a viscount of a southern province got foiled by
Chamille & her Knights. It is slow, a lot of exposition, somewhat unexciting, but the
slower pace provided some breather time for character development and world
building.

part 2 = a little more exciting, it transits to starting an assault on Kioka to take back
the eastern land areas they lost in volume 1. what's new is that there is naval
support and Chamille and her knights will be on battle ships. It ended after a small
naval fight after the Empire entered Kioka waters.

Part 1
- volume starts with audience with the court officials, including the prime minister,
and the army commanders, Marshal Igsem, and General Remion, among other
officials, for Sarazafu, Ikta, Yatori, Torway.
- LT Gen in v2 and v3 got demoted to lowest soldier rank, his wealth got confiscated
and redistributed to compensate those who died, and he was executed
- Sarazafu got promoted to Major
- Torway got promoted to full lieutenant
- Sarazafu was left in the audience chamber and questioned on the rebellion matter
by the Gen Remion who praised him for what he did
- Sarazafu was already prepared beforehand by Ikta on how to answer the questions
as Ikta didn't want to be in the spotlight as the person who is most responsible for
the successful outcomes in the north, so Sarazafu said that everything was
teamwork and ideas brought forth by his excellent subordinates
- Sarazafu was also prepped by Ikta to give a suggestion to the top brass on how to
deal with the Shinaak tribe
- The Shinaak tribe will be resettled in the eastern lands, just short of the city and
lands the Empire lost in v1. They will farm the not so fertile land there with hardier
crops which they had been growing in the northern mountains where the
environment was harsher. They will trade with the military by supplying the border
troops with food. The Knights Order of Chamille, together with Sarazafu, under the
command of Colonel Tetdrich (Matthew's father) will oversee everything.
- The 'evil-looking (looks like rodent or snake)' Prime Minister (who is operating in
the capacity of the Emperor - will be explained why later) butts in and accuses
Sarazafu that he can form his 'own army' in this way. This is because with effective
utilization on the land, the army stationed there will not need to depend on external
food supplies.
- Sarazafu got these instructions cum proposal from Ikta, but in truth, it's revealed
later that this proposal of resettling the Shinaak east and the officer composition for
overseeing all this actually originated from Chamille
- Remion told the Prime Minister to not interfere with military matters, consulted
Igsem, and they accepted Sarazafu's proposal
- our heroes set off for the southern province (can't remember the name so I'll just
call it province A) to meet Colonel Tetdrich and persuade him to accept the offer
- they were welcome as heroes as the people in the Empire had heard of their
northern exploits by now, this place is Matthew's hometown so we get to know a
little more about Matthew here
- Matthew's mom is a boisterous, friendly woman who's good with cooking and
handling farm work; she is well respected and loved by the people
- While Marshal Igsem and General Remion radiate authority and fearsomeness,
Colonel Tetdrich seems friendly; but was initially indecisive on whether he should
accept the new post or not
- the heroes later discovered that there is a change in tax law that affected women,
women need to pay more tax; but the people who got really affected were the
singles and widows. Many can't make enough money. Some had to take loans and
some had to flee (especially if they can't repay the moneylenders) to the
neighboring province (where the current tax laws don't apply) to find work; but it's
not easy as there's some kind of headcount quota and they needed some kind of
documents/permits to do it legally (can't remember all the details here, may have a
couple of things wrong or mixed up because it's so slow-paced and the exposition
on certain parts so long that I was reading most of chapter 1 half-asleep).
- Chamille brought her entourage to visit the Viscount of the province, to question
him on this
- Viscount said harvest was poor and have to increase taxes
- at any rate, they smelled a rat, and started investigating
- Torway and Matthew investigated warehouses covertly and found traces of
harvested grains being moved
- Following that, Ikta wanted to investigate brothels with Sarazafu and Torway but
Chamille went along to cockblock him
- they put up some act and managed to interview some of the whores; they learned
about whores racking up debts (because of the taxes) and tried to flee to
neighboring province
- Yatori and Halo dressed up as whores (they look good in the color pages), went to
a moneylender who also smuggles people out of province and provide necessary
documents for them.
- a group of Colonel Tetdrich's troops were supporting them, and in one fell swoop,
they captured the smuggler cum moneylender and his cronies
- with enough certainty about the Viscount's scheme, Chamille and her knights went
to confront him
- Viscount saw Chamille and knights except Torway, who was hiding out of sight with
Viscount's secretary/assistant
- as the Third Royal Princess, Chamille exposed his crimes: Viscount hid the
harvests, and sold women to the neighboring province, which is women deprived
due to a previous endemic affecting mostly women.
- Viscount denied, but Ikta, along with the help of Matthew, lay verbal traps and got
Viscount to say something that imply that he will kill the perpetrators (which are
implied to be the scapegoats and the secretary will be implicated)
- knowing that he is betrayed, the secretary became the evidence giver leaving the
Viscount with no way out; and with this the issue is resolved.
- Chamille already guessed that Colonel Tetdrich already knew of the Viscount's
atrocities but still sought verbal confirmation
- Matthew upon hearing it, confronted and reprimanded his father for not saying
anything, and he accepted the the reprimand shamefully.
- however, Ikta or Yatori or Chamille (can't remember who) acknowledged that
Colonel Tetdrich was actually powerless, and reporting it may worsen the situation.
As to why he was powerless, because the military is separated and could not
interfere with domestic affairs. Even if the central govt gets wind of it, if the Prime
Minister supports the Viscount (as the Emperor is effectively disabled), there is
nothing even Marshal Igsem and Gen Remion could do about it
- but, thanks to Chamille, with her authority as the 3rd royal princess, she was able
to put an end to this
- Colonel Tetdrich thanked Chamille, and who has an initial concern about shifting
his household IIRC, finally agreed to take up the offer of overseeing the Knights
Order and Shinaak tribe in the eastern lands.
- Chamille and Ikta got to spend time alone; here it was revealed the plan to resettle
the Shinaak tribe originated from Chamille. Ikta went along with it because it was
not a bad plan and it suited him. He then commented and asked whether this is part
of Chamille's grand plan she talked about in volume 1. Chamille did not say
anything to that but commented about the rot that is plaguing the Empire, and
atrocities like what they witnessed is taking place throughout the Empire. Even
though she was a political hostage in Kioka, she was given much freedom and
witnessed the disparity between the 2 countries. Chamille shared a story about
encounters with Empire refugees on the eastern frontier. They were hungry, sick,
and plagued with hopelessness. Yet due to their programming about royalty being
Gods, and the disparity bewteen them and nobility, they did not cry out, or scold or
lash out at her as she was passing by. Anyway to cut the story short, she said a
bunch of things while in tears that really strengthened her development as a
character. One of the reasons why she was drawn to Ikta was because of how
differently he treated her. She felt saved when someone was willing to lay blame on
her for the suffering of the Empire. Even Ikta appeared somewhat moved (implied)
even though he said nothing. In his mind, Chamille, who was brought up in Kioka,
had the right thinking and perspective of what the Empire was like.

this is end of part 1.

I'll do part 2 another time as I need to leave house now

Vol. 4 Part 2

- With Col Tetdrich with them, the heroes proceed to the new eastern frontier,
settling the Shinaak there. Col Tetdrich and his wife appeared to the right choices as
they mixed around well with the Shinaak and the tribe love especially Hana (or
Hannan, whatever) Tetdrich.
- while Ikta was sleeping in a hammock high up in the trees, Nanak pounced on him,
but he was cockblocked by Suuya and Chamille
- switch back to central government, Prime Minister talked about the threat of
Kioka's cannons and initiated campaign to take back eastern lands which
encompass a mountain with iron ore.
- he claimed to be acting in Emperor's capacity; it is somewhat implied that Emperor
is being controlled (I'm speculating he's been given some kind of drugs) based on
his behavior
- Gen Remion (General refers to Captain General which is just a rank below Marshal)
was pissed; he heatedly tried to talk to the Emperor in a loud voice, but Emperor
shrunk back fearfully and asked to be brought back to his room
- Marshal Igsem asked Remion to stand down
- and so the campaign was launched
- the plan is as follows: their eastern army (comprising of Sazaruufu's forces and the
old Eastern army - those who were previously under Rinkan's command) will march
in to take the Eastern lands; at the same time, the Empire Navy, headed by Admiral
Yurugus, a transgen homo who has make-up face of pretty woman but muscular
body of man, (also, Yurugus are the 3rd pillar of the 3 loyal families of the Empire)
will take control of the seas south of the targeted Eastern lands, establishing a
reinforcement cum supply route via sea.
- Chamille and heroes will join the naval fleet
- Ikta went back Solork orphanage to pick a family heirloom and will join up with the
fleet at the final friendly port before the navy head into Kioka waters
- Chamille, Yatori and Halo will join Admiral Yurugus on the flagship, while Torway
and Matthew will join Lieutenant Polmy Yurugus (niece of Admiral Yurugus) on her
ship; both Torway and Matthew were scared of Admiral Yurugus who was eyeing
them like prey
- also during this time, Matthew displayed his knowledge about ships, which even
surprised Yatori
- each hero will also be joined with 8 of their men; the rest will join up with the main
army with Major Sazaruufu
- on boarding Polmy's ship, she suddenly has a personality change, and began
behaving like a pirate, and being rough on her guests; she made them work on the
ship, abused them verbally
- btw, the Yurugus were descended from a famed explorer, Cpt Famed Explorer
(can't remember his name)
- Polmy thought her guests were extra baggage to which Matthew vehemently
rebuked, telling her that she should see them as allies that would add to her fighting
force; he found her foolish to not accept every little help she could get as she has
not been in actual war yet
- in any case, the duo male heroes 'suffered in silence' and looking forward to Ikta
joining them.
- before that, they met the ship's commodore, an old geezer who had handed pretty
much all the ship's duties to Polmy; she is said to be among the top 5 in ship
handling in the whole of Empire's Navy
- geezer said that her behavior towards them partly stemmed from jealousy, due to
them being younger and had already experienced actual war, earned credits,
awarded Knights honor, and being hailed as heroes of the northern unrest/conflict
incident, and as a descendant of Yurugus, one of the 3 loyal families, these
emotions were even stronger
- Ikta joined them at final friendly port of call; he deduced what happened to
Mathew and Torway and started bullying Polmy, starting off by calling her
affectionately Polmyn with no honorific.
- he did all sorts of things that pissed Polmy, including hugging her, taking off her
bra, and running around the deck, climbing the ropes with her running after him,
- he also set rope traps and ended tying her up a couple of times and showing off
some bondage tying styles
- Matthew reminded Polmy that individual disputes have to be settled alone; this is
the rule of the sea, preventing Polmy to engage her crew's help with Ikta's pranks
- finally Polmy crumbled mentally and hid herself in her cabin
- nearing the border, but still in Empire waters, Polmy's crew spotted Kioka's
scouting ship.
- flagship gave Polmy the command to give chase with 2 other ships
- Yatori told Admiral Yurugus to signal to Polmy's ship to allow the rest of the heroes
to stay and aid them
- Admiral Yurugus was befuddled and thought she should prioritize on the Knights'
order safety as they were guests to him (or her lol) and they should bring them to
the flagship with a small boat
- Yatori advised otherwise if he didn't want to lose his niece and her crew
- Polmy originally did not want the heroes to help, but Matthew shouted at her, and
chided her for taking things lightly
- Polmy followed a textbook strategy, gave sharp and accurate commands to her
crew and they caught up with Kioka's scouting ship and approached from the side
- btw, the whole Empire has already been equiped with air rifles (those with wind
spirits), including the Navy, though the Navy did not have much practice time yet
- anyway, Torway readied his troops to shoot but Ikta held him off and kept peering
and observing desperately the enemy
- he told Torway to look at the enemy ship's side for peculiarity which they saw,
compartments for cannons
- the cannon doors open; Ikta cried for all to prone, only the land troops did
- cannons hit Polmy's ship; crew died, crew flew into water; masts/sails destroyed;
Ikta got flung and his side got hurt with large impact and bruised; Polmy got flung
and almost fell over; Matthew caught her and brought her back to consciousness
and back up on board
- Polmy was stunned and could not react
- whole crew was also stunned
- only the land troops were actively fighting with their rifles and crossbows
- Torway got his troops to fire into the cannon compartments
- geezer commodore came up and shouted for the crew to get their act together
- with geezer taking over, they managed to flee; but the ship was in tatters
- Admiral Yurugus was stunned by the defeat, this was the Empire's firsthand
experience with ships outfitted with cannons, she got everyone together to give a
status report for the lost fight. Yatori and Matthew joined, while Halo tended to Ikta's
injuries
- each person gave status report
- during Polmy's turn, she panicked and started giving excuses, saying how the fight
would have gone well without the cannons,
- Admiral Yurugus was pissed and blasted Polmy for her behavior even though she
was a Yurugus, and that he was just looking for a status report and not looking to
assign blame. He confined her to the flagship and took her command post of her
ship from her and got the geezer to take charge again
- back in the heroes's room, Ikta talked about Polmy's behavior was due to the
pressures of being a Yurugus as one of the 3 loyal families, to which Torway and
Yatori both looked down; Matthew then went to find Polmy later in the night, who
was on the lookout deck
- Matthew was surprised to find that Polmy's real personality was a soft-spoken girl
and she was just putting a front, partly due to the expectations of her as a Yurugus
- Matthew talked about the legend of the Cpt famed Explorer and how he admired
him, saw through Polmy that her scar was a self-inflicted one, showed his own scar,
and built rapport with Polmy => Matthew x Polmy ship starting to set sail

~ end of v 4 ~

Vol. 5 Part 1

independent events may be out of order as I can't remember

- flashback: Mama originally belonged to a lost tribe which was able to tame and
communicate with eagles, and they are able to read the winds/currents and tell the
weather. Jean recruited her into Kioka to make use of her talents
- Mama wanted her own kid and keep f**king everyone she met, but after a year,
she didn't get any and Jean concluded that she's barren. She was saddened but Jean
consoled her and changed her thinking by telling her that she can play motherly
role to her crew, who would become her children
- reason was many small countries like that of Mama and Jean were destroyed, and
Mama basically recruited all her crew from the survivors and remnants of these
destroyed states and they were orphans who were just as lonely and deprived of
'family love'
- thus Mama practically f**ked all her crew, sometimes 3 men per night
- only guy who didn't get laid was her subcommander, Mr. Unbeddable
(I know that it sounds weird and LOLworthy the way I described it but it's not that
bad when you read the text )
- on Empire side, there's a high level strategy discussion meeting
- Ikta had to stay in bed, he provided strat (as usual) and Yatori and Matthew would
attend
- Matthew would act as the main strat provider partly because he knew more about
boats than the rest of the heroes
- during strat call with all the ship captains/commodores gathered in addition to
Yatori and Matthewl, Admiral Yurugus's subcommander, Mr Critic (again forgot the
name lol), tried to convince Empire fleet to retreat
- why? because the scouting ship has cannons, and that makes it likely for entire
Kioka fleet to have cannons, since they won't send a ship with cannon to scout if
cannons are still rare. he also gave a bunch of other arguments and played on their
fears after the rest of captains saw what happened to Polmy's ship when they
passed by it while boarding the flagship; Polmy's ship is currently kept afloat by
scooping water out
- Adm Yurugus didn't like to run away and was a little pissed but acknowledged
Critic's points and his given role in shooting holes to their plans.
- Critic says it's quite dumb to carry on the expedition if the whole Kioka fleet has
cannons just to preserve their admiral's face
- Yatori stepped in and say it's not just the admiral's face is on the line, but the land
expedition as well.
- by running away, they not only lose the ability to reinforce and create a supply line
to the land expedition, which will likely be caught up in a drawn out war as the
mountain is a highly defensible area, the Kioka will then be able to reinforce their
own troops to defeat the land expedition
- she then invited Matthew to provide the strategy
- after all that, Admiral Yurugus smiles, says the strat is interesting, and after the
navy has provided their expert advice on naval fights to make adjustments to the
strat, he thinks that it might work given the skill of their fleet
- they are also going to give a sea burial to Polmy's ship, the crew is reassigned, and
the heroes also reassigned
- before that, Yatori had a converstation with Ikta and asked why he got Matthew to
stand in for him this time
- Ikta said he's the best for the job, and he has overworked during the northern
retreat battle
- Yatori says 'yeah you even missed out on sleep and meals'
- she also grumbled that next time, she would be the one to give away the little
finger and there was no argument about that
- Ikta smiled wryly and said if that's what she desired and she said that's what
"Yatorishino" desired
- he then said, 'since that day, his desire is what Yatori desires'
- Chamille heard their conversation, was crushed, and ran back to cabin
- finally on ship reassignment: Ikta, Torway on separate ships, Matthew on another
ship with geezer and Polmy, Halo and Yattori and Chamille will remain on flagship
- Ikta got everyone to bring 10 bottles of premium liquor, acquired by Chamille in
advance, to their own assigned ship to build rapport with the captain and crew. This
is to break down any barrier, possible misgivings with the land troops, and ensure
that they can effectively fight alongside with one another. The fact the liquor is a
product of a legendary discovery (or something to that effect) of Cpt Famed
Explorer increased this effect
- on Polmy's ship, geezer and the captain are old friends, but the rest of the
lieutenants jeered and bullied Polmy due to their jealousy of her skill and promotion
to handle a ship previously, they made fun of her failure; fortunately Matthew
stepped in and pacified the situation before it got out of hand with the liquor
- on the flagship, Halo was setting up field medical centers on the ship; Mr. Critic
commended on her and her men's abilities.
- then as he passed by her, he whispered into her ear, greeted her and called her
'comrade', to which Halo stiffened
- back to Kioka POV, Mama was surprised by the sudden appearance of the Empire
fleet, as she did not expect them until a few days later.
- she deployed 16 ships on external with side facing outwards (one of them was her
flagship), and got 20 normal ships readied inside, closer to the harbor
- Based on Ikta's advice, Torway could tell that only 8 of the ships had cannons
because their ship bodies were lower, the rest were faking
- through the clever use of upwind and downwind positions and slanted facing of
their fleet (the details of the mechanics flew over my head), Kioka's effective
cannon range was about the same as the air rifles' range
- Suuya was on lookout deck with Ikta who was monitoring entire situation at the
highest possible point, she caught on to the mechanics at the end of the day before
Ikta finished; and inside Ikta, he thought, 'hey this girl is growing and could grow
further', thanks to her constant association with him.
- when Empire ships got close within cannon range, they fired their air rifles at the
cannon operators
- anyway, it was a fierce fight between the 2 fleets
- Mama ordered her cannon fitted ships to run away first and act as support instead
as the central 20 ships come to reinforce them
- but 3 of the Kioka cannon ships were caught up and overrun
- 2 were fighting and could be lost
- Mama knew that if she lost more than 4 of the cannon ships it was over for their
fleet as she would not have enough cannon ships to implement her strat
- one of those fighting had Unbeddable heading to rescue (either that or he was it
itself I can't recall)
- she ordered her flagship (also a cannon ship) to go save the other, she was
confident of her ability
- the one she went other was engaged with the ship Polmy and Matthew were on
- can't really remember the sequence of events, but the Polmy-Matthew ship had
both their geezers injured during cannon blasts; as the other lieutenants were
against Polmy given command of the ship, the geezer asked Matthew to decide as it
involved the fate of his men and him and also because Matthew was on the original
Polmy ship previously and experienced Polmy's failure first hand; Matthew says
based on his experience in the north where he also made a lot of mistakes, he
rather trust his life to one who has made more mistakes than one who hasn't yet
made a single mistake, thus Polmy becomes acting captain of the ship
- the ship they were engaged in got away, as the Mama flagship fought them
- meanwhile, I can't recall how, but Yatori was somehow on the ship that
Unbeddable was on, he recognized her as an Igsem and saw how OP she was and
called her a monster, knowing that they are just food folder, and with some kind of
pride in him, he raised the negotiation flag
- Yatori stopped her forces, and asked for conditions
- Unbeddable challenges Yatori to personal combat, if he wins, they continue
fighting, if she wins, whole crew will surrender thus there was no real disadvantage
to them
- Admiral Yugurus agreed to conditions
- Yatori was too OP and defeated Unbeddable without breaking a sweat
- meanwhile, as she took the chains of command, Polmy first sung a song on/of Cpt
Famed Explorer. This act greatly raised the spirits of the crew and removed all the
ensued confusion from the cannon blasts
- she then ordered the ship to give up on chasing the ship that was getting away
and turn around to engage the flagship
- she says if they conquer the enemy flagship, they will win and the fighting will
stop
- Mama made a feint, and Polmy reacted properly and in time; Mama was impressed
by the opposing captain's ability
- but Mama had cheat code because of her eagle which aided her ship maneuvers;
in the end, Polmy got injured too, it was not fatal but she was losing blood and
started losing consciousness
- Matthew realized something suspicious with the hovering bird making weird
sounds and got his men to shoot it down
- Mama lost bird and was confused, and unable to give decisive commands to her
crew and in ship maneuvers
- Matthew and Polmy ship crew boarded Mama ship and fought melee
- Matthew saw a lot of senseless bloodshed and suddenly recalled Ikta's words, "a
war must be fought in a relaxed and easy manner. that's the correct way to fight a
war" (something to that effect)
- Matthew then raised a flag of negotiation
- in the end Mama realized that they had lost and the harbor had been overrun and
she surrendered
- in the end, with the captured ships, the Empire's force remained close to the
fighting strength as before, and Admiral Yurugus was pleased
- Mama was captive, got to meet Ikta and realized why she lost (from what she
learnt from Jean)
- Critic was talking to Yatori about her exploits, and before he left, Yatori exposed
him as a spy and suddenly a bunch of armed men appeared surrounding him
- aside from the messenger pigeon caught, Yatori said that while debating and
persuading the Empire to give up on the expedition, Critic knew too much about the
inner workings of Kioka's ships and cannon tech, exposed him as spy; admiral
Yurugus was disappointed in him and said that he was a good subordinate
- but what Yatori did not guess was that he was more than an Empire spy for Kioka,
but a member of the phantom squad (a name give to a group of people in Kioka
specially trained to carry out covert ops, espionage, propaganda and infiltration
missions)
- while being brought away by soldiers, as they were passing by Halo, Critic took
Halo hostage
- Yatori taunts him to kill Halo as she knew that he wouldn't do it which will lose him
his hostage
- Critic taunts back and says he could cut a ear off to show how serious he was
- Yatori says when he did that, the window of opportunity is enough for her to cut off
his head
- Critic then asked to be given horse and 3 days' food/water
- Yatori can follow him at safe distance before Critic releases Halo; safe distance
being Yatori can't rescue Halo without risking her life while at the same time if Critic
kills her, Yatori can catch up to him still
- after retrieving Halo, Yatori apologized due to her negligence; Halo shook her head
and kept saying sorry. It can be inferred that Halo was apologizing for some other
reason here and she might also be a spy.
- finally Chamille and heroes set off from harbor to link up with Sazaruufu and land
troops
- Ikta also complimented on Matthew's decision to raise the negotiation flag and got
Mama to surrender
- before they left, Polmy came to sent off Matthew; they exchanged some form of
family heirlooms and set a promise to meet up again to return the stuff LOL.
- Polmy then suddenly kissed Matthew, shocking him, then scolded him dummy and
ran back with a red face (Matthew x Polmy ship sailed LOL)

~ this ends the first part of v5 which spanned about 50-60% of volume 5 ~
not sure when I'll do the rest but definitely not today

Vol. 5 Part 2

- Sazaruufu trying to get along with his superior, MJ Gen Shiba who seems to be
expressionless, but to no avail; Shiba likes to start everything with "......pointless"
- heroes linked up with Sazaruufu, the presence of princess Chamille increase their
morale
- appears warrant officer Lukaanti, sister of said warrant officer in v2 whom I
decided not to mention; she's a fan of Yatori
- Ikta wanted an update, Sazaruufu said that enemy was holding in and morale was
dropping for them as time goes on, but one day, a balloon suddenly flew into the
mountain, and their morale increases and they were vehement about not
surrendering at the negotiation meeting
- Ikta and Yatori accompanies Sazaruufu to 4th negotiation
- dang, Ikta and Jean met again and both were pissed right away
- Jean's subcommander, who is the sister of the phantom squad captain killed by
Yatori in v3, also wanted to fight Yatori but Jean told her to stand down
- Ikta deduced it was because of the arrival of the Unsleeping Radiant General that
the enemy got a morale boost, he also saw through this was an independent act of
heroism on Jean's part and that there was no such order from their top brass for
Jean to 'drop' in
- negotiations came to a standstill again
- Kioka's perspective, Jean's subordinates were surprised that Ikta saw through them
that this was an independent decision on their part though they claimed that they
still have a trump card he did not know; however they did not expect Ikta to be
there and things have become more problematic for the Kioka forces
- Ikta thought of an interesting strat, he went to talk to commander, MJ Gen Shiba
about it
- initially, Shiba had concerns and as usual starts with "pointless", but Ikta brought
up his old name and past history, Shiba together with Rikan were known as the
"Twin Walls of the Sun", and after a few more additions, Shiba broke into a smile for
the first time, and said it was interesting; after this, there appeared to be closer
rapport between Shiba and Ikta
- On Jean's side, a platoon of Kioka came to link up with them; Jean says it's
impossible for troops to break through Empire who has surrounded mountain from
outside on land
- but it turns out that it was released POW from the Empire
- Jean's face turned sour and realized what was Ikta's strategy
- by releasing POW back to Jean, they add additional resource burdens on them,
especially with regards to food
- furthermore, Jean cannot abandon these POW troops, as the army guarding the
mountain will lose trust in Jean if he is seen to abandon troops to suit his
convenience; this is because the army guarding the mountain were not directly
under Jean's command and had no prior relationship and bonds with Jean; so the
trust can be shaken easily if not careful. Jean's presence was what gave the army
morale to continue holding out. If he is seen to abandon the POW because it affects
his strat, then if the mountain cannot be held any longer, he might abandon them
(he is after all a very important asset to Kioka). This is why Jean must definitely
accept the POW troops if he did not want to risk this trust breaking and Ikta knew
that very well
- following days, there will be more and more POW troops released to Jean to drain
his food supplies
- meanwhile, Jean got his people to extend the tunnels in the mines to try to dig an
underground way out far from the mountain.
- again, Ikta, Yatori and Chamille happened to be left alone
- Yatori started combing Chamille's hair; all this time Chamille had enjoyed the
affection shown by Yatori and Halo; but suddenly, Chamille remembered the
conversation Ikta and Yatori had on the ship (especially about Ikta's wish is what
Yatori wished for), she suddenly grew angry, brushed Yatori's hand away, and
scolded her, "know your place, are you trying to take the place of my mother or big
sister?"
- Yatori was shocked stunned. I can't remember whether she apologized here or
later, but Yatori apologized that she got ahead of herself, and was just a Knight and
guard for Chamille, and was not privileged to serve her personal needs directly
- Chamille ran away back to her tent
- Ikta and Knights were going to discuss the next move; as Ikta wanted to seek
Yatori's input on one of his concerns, he was interrupted by arriving unfamiliar
officers that wanted to talk to Yatori alone, she left, and Ikta was stunned and left
too
- they met up again later in tent, and Yatori's face was grim, and she said that she
has been recalled back to central region for certain reasons
- everyone was surprised, Ikta then tapped his finger in Kioka code and silently asks,
"what's up?"
- Yatori reply in same code, "can't say"
- Ikta's felt a chill as there are few things which Yatori and him can't share between
each other, and even more so right now while they were at critical stage of war
- He deduced that something would be bad if Yatori says it, and quickly change the
mood by asking when she's leaving, which is 2 hours later, Ikta nods and says to
come back here in an hour later, and he rushes off
- Ikta rushes to Commander Shiba's tent where high grade officials are all gathered;
he asked Shiba straight about the matter; while Shiba did not give a straight answer
right away; Ikta then asks by whose order is this; Shiba answers 'Marshal Igsem';
messenger officers protested and Shiba silenced them saying that it's unreasonable
to recall 2000 troops without giving any sort of info or reason; Ikta then asked who
else was recalled since a total of 2000 troops were recalled; from the names given
by Shiba, Ikta knew they were pro-Igsem faction; which matches what he thought
because if Yatori would keep secrets from him, it would be with regards to matters
regarding the Igsem family
- Ikta also reasoned that the fact the recall happens now at such a large scale while
they were on campaign means that the only matter big enough would be a coup
detat. He also reasoned that since Marshal Igsem only called on those whom he has
absolute trust, the mastermind is probably Gen Remion; shocking everyone in tent
- Yatori went to Chamille's tent, but her attendant says she doesn't want to see
anyone
- while outside the tent, Yatori told Chamille she was recalled and asked her to take
care, and for her safety, from now on, always stay with the Knights whatever she
does
- after waiting for a reply that did not come, Yatori left
- Chamille wavered and wanted to go out, but in the end she did not and was 'alone'
once more
- Yatori met the rest of the Knights outside the rest of tent and Matthew pressed her
to say more
- Yatori says she can't reveal more until she gets a good grasp of the situation but
she drops strong hints, saying that if anyone threatens the military order, as an
Igsem, she will deal with it no matter who the other party is
- Torway got the hint, trembled, and said, "so Father really went and did it"
- Yatori says she knows Torway is not involved and not told at all about this,
probably because Torway was too kind and can't decisively shoot an enemy that
was yeterday's friend; she also said she felt relieved that Torway is not a clear
enemy because she would be concerned about the ranged power if so
- this shook the rest of the knights as they saw Yatori's resolve in seeing a friend as
an enemy without hesitation if it comes to so
- Yatori says it'd be fine if Torway doesn't take any side and remains as he is, but if
he does, the rest of the knights must also decide, to take Igsem side or Remion side
- this shakes the group even more
- Yatori says resolutely tgat she hopes that things can be resolved without this kind
of fighting, but if things come to shove...
- Ikta then appears and says 'not hope, but wish for it'.
- Ikta then tells Yatori strongly, "Wish it of me, Yatori! As long as you wish it
earnestly, I'll bring it to fruition." He then points to the setting sun, "even if it means
pulling out that sun once more, even if it means to reach the limits of the sky, I'll
stretch my hand and reach it."
- Yatori eyes widened at him for using such an unscientific statement to make his
point (literature-wise, there is actually one more interesting reason on why this
metaphor was used which you will see later)
- Ikta then said, "Even if you are unable to wish for it, I'll wish it for you. The thing
that you have been wishing all this while is my one and only wish!"
- Yatori's resolve was shaken, and she mumbles, "can I really wish it..."
- To hide her shaken resolve, Yatori faces her back to them, and left, increasing her
pace as she walked
- with Yatori gone, the rest of the knights are shaken by the split, Matthew asks what
they should do
- Ikta then said now, the thing that has been troubling him is gone and he is clear on
what he needs to do, he asks the other knights to also get prepared to make some
tough decision; he asked them to gather every one in the tent, using Chamille's
name, and he will go fetch the princess
- All officers gathered in tent and complaining; Ikta makes entrance with Chamille
with Kusu (Ikta's light spirit) in Chamille's arms
- Ikta starts off with, "we are fighting a pointless war right from the beginning", he
then went on to criticize the decree which treats them like toys, sacrificing Lt Gen
Rikan because of failed policy and suddenly changing their mind again and thinking
that they need the eastern lands after all
- some officer asks him to shut up and it's disrespectful to criticize imperial decree;
Ikta then says "yeah it's your job to use such a reason to stop all rational thought in
people", but yet it's also hard to lay blame on that because what they do is
absolutely right as military men, and thanks to that kind of righteousness, Rikan lost
his life, and that Ikta had honestly wanted him to live on even if he was branded a
coward
- He then said, "how long are you all going to continue this farce?"
- he then became heated and started scolding them, telling them the military's
purpose is to protect the citizens lives and possessions, maintaining peace, but yet,
the fruit of their wins get usurped by the nobles
- someone then said, "this is a rebellion! restrain him and give a court marshal!"
- Ikta then says, "it's too late for that! for right now, a rebellion is already
happening, a coup detat orchestrated by Gen Remion!"
- everyone was stunned and looked at commander Shiba, who confirmed it with his
silence, Shiba then asked Ikta what is his purpose in doing this
- Ikta says he's here to present them with a choice, not joining the rebels, or non-
rebel side, but a 3rd choice, everyone waits with bated breath
- Ikta then tells a story,
"There was once a person in the empire military. he is thought to not amount to
anything, he has subpar physical abilities, average looks, everything about him was
average, and during tactical discussion/debate, he will come up with something
strange and out-of-this-world, anyway, he was given the nickname of Midday-
Lantern (in other words 'useless'). If things carried on this way, he would be forever
a Midday Lantern, but he was not blessed with such luck. The world around him was
plunged to war. During this time, there were 2 distinguished capable people,
Solvenares Igsem (current Marshal), and Telshinha Remion (current Gen). Despite
their capabilities and their abilities to win fights, due to their rank as lieutenants at
that time, they were unable to give their voice to strategic discussions. As such they
keep racking lost battles and were unable to overturn the situation. Faced with
despair and the prospect of death, a forgotten Midday Lantern started shining at
this time."
- by now, everyone in the room knew who Ikta was talking about; about the memory
of a past hero who had been sealed with the branding of a 'war criminal' (I was
almost shedding tears at this point ;_; )
- Ikta: "this man thought of something outrageous which was something sneered by
everyone except the young Igsem and Remion who thought there was worth in
trying; in the end they succeeded in retreating thanks to this man's strategy.
Because of this, the young Igsem and Remion became friends with this man. And
due to the differing factions, the young Igsem and Remion normally wouldn't have
even become close or familiar with each other, but thanks to this man's
intervention, they became unthinkably close to call each other 'Sol' and 'Tel'. The 3
then became really close, and thanks to the young Igsem and Remion, this man
became more 'active' and displayed his ingenuity in strategies, troop use and
deployment, and whatever he came up with is new and outlandish in a
revolutionary way. Those who used to mock him as Midday Lantern stopped, he was
now likened to the Sun of Dawn, respected by his peers, loved by his superiors. And
he also gained 2 young subordinates who were excellent and aspiring. They were
Rikan and Shiba, who would later be known as the 'Twin Walls of the Sun'."
- Ikta looked at Commander Shiba, who had dropped his cold expressionless face,
and was listening intently, waiting for more.
- Ikta: "The man ascended rapidly, and soon, he was entrusted with a regiment on
the front lines. When the soldiers on the front lines were plunged into predicaments,
this man will say 'Don't give up! No matter how dark the night is, there is no night
without dawn! For we are protected by the sun!' He will inspire them with this."
- Ikta signaled to Chamille who aimed Kusu at him
- Ikta then said, "There is no night without dawn. I love these words for they are an
astronomical phenomenon, a basic scientific fact."
- Ikta then took out from his pocket a fine silverwork, which was hand sized,
octagon, decorated with arrowheads on the hem, Chamille then shine Kusu's light at
it. The silverwork looks initially like a military emblem, but with the light, light
radiated from the arrowheads from the center of the silverwork, which makes it look
like the rising sun at dawn.
- Shiba trembled
- Ikta then said, "The son of the Empire's army General Bada Sankrei, Ikta Sankrei,
shall tell you this. The sun which had sunk with my father's death, rise again. It's
dawn. Now, the former distinguished warriors led by the Empire's famed general.
The most powerful army in this world - the Rising Sun Regiment!'
- Chamille was briefed on what had happened back home and knew Ikta had set this
up to take control of the entire army to break through the situation, but did not
know the details and did not expect this, so she was just as surprised
- the whole room was in an uproar, the other heroes and Shiba were stunned
- Ikta had met Shiba when he was young and they were reunited; he told Shiba
about his plan to form a 3rd force to resolve this infighting or the Empire will be
doomed from both infighting of 2 powerful factions and external intrusion of Kioka
who would definitely take advantage of this; he told Shiba that this is possible
- Shiba started laughing loudly and shouted to his long dead friend, Rikan that he's
missing out on all this since he went and kick the bucket so early, and that the sun
had indeed risen again
- he then accepted the call to restore the Rising Sun Regiment under Ikta's
command. Fortunately 1/4 of the officers here had fought with Ikta's dad before,
and half of them looked up to Rikan and Shiba
- Ikta told Shiba to round up all the forces, and isolate those who might be of
Remion faction
- Ikta apologized to his friends for hiding this as he never thought that it would
come to this
- Sazaruufu then told Ikta that this is akin to starting a 2nd rebellion
- Ikta said that he's prepared for the consequences and so is Chamille
- he then told the rest to make their decisions
- and end off saying he couldn't do this alone and need their help
- and they all joined his cause
- Ikta then told Chamille to take Yatori's job of kicking him in the butt if he gets
cocky
- he also told Chamille that everyone makes mistakes, and there will be a chance for
her to apologize to Yatori
- Chamille nods, in her heart, she really wants to see Yatori again, wants to mend
their relationship, but yet, another part of her hopes that things remain this way and
that Ikta only looks at her.

~ end of v5 ~
Incidentally, there are only color illustrations and 2 battle maps in this volume. For
those who don't know, the illustrator has health challenges and volume 6 onward,
this series got a new illustrator.