On the dirt slope next to the railway, a girl in a high-tech leotard watched the train whistling in front of her, smiling brightly.

If Dawn sees her, he will surely recognize her identity - one of the "Iron Blooded Sons", "White Rabbit" Miriam Orion, the one who invaded the fortress of Orox before.

"Whew, I'm back safely." Miriam patted Yima Pingchuan's chest, "It's great that you don't have to use force to save them~hehehehe~ When the fortress was discovered, what was going to happen?" ”

The ringing of the bell came from her waist, and the girl took out a white-shelled "ARCUS", pressed the connect button, and put it to her ear.

"Hey, this is "White Rabbit", uh-huh, it's a solution. Hawkers~ Don't care about the details, anyway, I've done my job well, although I've met a lot of interesting people, but I don't have the feeling of 'those guys' at all. ”

"Huh? Is it false information? Can I fool you and my uncle? Aha, it's so powerful, it's a pretty good opponent to take down. ”

"-Me? I'll meet up with Claire in a moment, goodbye, Rect. ”

Miriam put away "ARCUS", took one last look at the train in the distance, and said to herself: "Does it seem to be called "Military Academy"? Hmm~ It feels very interesting. Right, Little Silver. ”

At her call, a silver-white golem appeared, answering with a word different from the lingua franca of the mainland.

"yes, yes, it's over." The girl jumped and sat in the crook of the puppet's arm, "Let's go, Silver Arm." ”

The silver golem carried Miriam into the air and flew to the north, in which direction Heimdall was in the Crimson Imperial Capital.

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Fortress of Orox, the topmost floor.

Lufas, who had just finished his inspection, sat on the sofa resting, and there was a cup of freshly brewed black tea on the coffee table in front of him, and the tea temperature was just right, but this noble son who was second to none did not touch it.

He thought in his mind with his eyes half-closed—

"It's time for them to leave, just like the plan, "White Rabbit" infiltrated the fortress to intensify the conflict between the two sides, but I didn't expect my father to use such inferior means, how could this bit of courage and pattern be the opponent of that adult."

"In the other three, Duke Kane is ambitious, patient, and powerful, but he is so happy and arrogant and underestimates the enemy. The Marquis of Rogner was a typical warrior, good at killing enemies on the battlefield, weak in strategy, and loyal to the royal family, and never supported Duke Kane's proposals. The rest of the Marquis of Haines - he is the only one, I don't understand it very well, but the three families are gone, and it is difficult to support them alone, and everything is as the lord expected. Just, will it go so well? ”

"I don't think you would answer me even if you asked. Hehe, you're sure to say it's a new subject for you. ”

Thinking about it, a smile appeared on Lufas's lips, and he reached out to pick up the teacup-

For some reason, a black-haired and black-eyed teenager with a sword at his waist appeared in front of him, sneaking in to save people, and leaving calmly, to put it mildly. (Actually, it's not an understatement, it's that Li En pretends to be good.) ）

"It's really like that, you should be very relieved."

The entrance of the tea is slightly cool, and the person is not cold.

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Luxury hotel in Crossbell Autonomous Region, Entertainment Street.

Rector Randall, known as "Scarecrow", still wears a baggy shirt, beach pants, and big sunglasses, casually throws a small box aside, picks up a cold drink and enjoys it.

You must know that the technology of ultra-long-distance communication has not yet been realized with the current stage of guiding technology, and the only thing that can be done is the black technology from before the Great Collapse - Lien's self-made mobile phone, or the ancient relics that have not been recovered by the church - the black box used by Olibat, and it is the object that Rykert used to communicate with Miriam that was unearthed with Oguana.

Throwing away such a valuable thing casually shows that Rect's style of acting is indeed maverick.

Under his feast, a cup of ice cream quickly bottomed out.

After eating, he lazily lay on the sofa, completely unable to lift his energy: "Kezhou is really boring now, I knew that it was better to go on a mission with Miriam." ”

"No, I'm not here for a vacation? What kind of vacation is going on a mission. It must be because the negotiation with Wuxiang and Loulan is too tired. Ahh ”

"It's not right to let Claire take over the work here, if she comes, won't I have to clean up the gendarmerie mess, it's better to have fun here."

"Hurry up and enjoy the peaceful days now, or it won't be long before this place will fall into clouds again." Alas, Crossbell is really troubled. ”

"Oh, in this way, I forgot to buy a gift for Miriam, ha~ If that girl makes a fuss, I will have to be scolded by my uncle and the white eyes of Claire."

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A few hours later, the headquarters of the "Railway Gendarmerie".

The beautiful "Ice Maiden" kept flipping through the materials, looking at the hand-marks, like a sophisticated machine, cold and efficient, and the documents on the desk moved from left to right at an astonishing speed.

Just as Claire was working on her mind, there was a strange knock in the room, not a knock of fingers on the door, but a sound similar to a clang.

Claire herself was not surprised, on the contrary, there was a touch of softness on her cold face. She walked over to the windowsill and reached open the window, and a girl who looked to be only 12 or 3 years old leaped in and threw herself into Claire's arms.

"Ah, ah, Claire, long time no see." The girl was Miriam, who had just returned from Balyahat.

"Hehe, I'm relieved to see that you're still so lively, Miriam." Claire gently touched Miriam's head, as if the eldest sister doted on the younger sister, "Did the mission go well?" ”

"Na, na, Claire, listen to me, I met a group of interesting people this time~" Miriam really jumped up and down like its code name "White Rabbit", and told all about Ballihat's trip, and danced at the end, "Look, look, it's funny." ”

"Military Academy? I've seen it a month ago. Claire smiled, and only in front of Miriam would her smile be so much, so natural.

"Eh~~~~~ have you seen it already? I want to listen, I want to listen. Miriam used a binocular flash attack.

"Good, good. But I'll have to wait until I've got the report ready and I'm sending it to you. ”

"To the uncle? I'm going to go with you, take me with you, take me with you. ”

"Fifteen minutes later." Claire sat back at the table, "You've been flying for so long, you're hungry, there's your favorite cake on the coffee table over there." ”

"Really? Claire is the best. Miriam cheered and ran over.

"Iron-Blooded Son", as the name suggests, the children of "Iron-Blooded Prime Minister" are brothers and sisters to each other, and they are all family.

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Balfrem Palace, office of the head of the imperial capital.

Near noon, the chief, Karl Regnitz, was supposed to go to the restaurant for dinner, but someone suddenly arrived, so he had to ask the restaurant to deliver it - two servings.

"It's so rare that you'll do a surprise attack." Carl half-jokingly said that the person who came was his political ally, Gillias Osborne, known as "The Iron Chancellor".

"I'm going to apologize." "The Iron Prime Minister", which gave a tough impression, bowed his head, "Because of my mistake, your son was involved in the conspiracy of the Duke of Elbaria, I'm really sorry, but fortunately Macchias is safe and sound." ”

"It's not your fault, I didn't expect that person to do this. For the sake of Lufas's timely remedy, this time I won't bother with the Elbariana family. Karl shook his head and said that he had been contacted by Sarah yesterday, and that he had not intervened because Lufas had promised to settle the matter.

"The opponent surrenders his identity, but we can't lose our grace, like your style." Osborne knew the ally well, and knew the courage and talent hidden behind this peaceful exterior, "But you can't let the nobles gain an inch. ”

"What do you think?"

"Take this tax increase for the aristocracy to expand the army as a breakthrough point, although it will not change substantially, at least it will make them restrain on the surface."

"According to you, I will ask to see Your Majesty tomorrow morning."

"Hehe, all for the future of the empire."

The two giants of the reformers are determined to be between three words.