While You Chen was busy in the Rainbow Theater, Noelle, who was in the garrison, was also very busy.

Wearing the black garrison uniform that he had not seen for a long time, Noelle was still a little sentimental in his heart.

She joined the garrison because she was not used to seeing that citizens would always receive various threats and their lives were not guaranteed. But now, it was the same group of people who wore the same uniform as her who ruined the peace of Crossbell.

Whatever the reason, regardless of the difference between Tangula Gate and Belgard Gate, the people who attacked the city were the guards, and that would never change.

In that scuffle, the garrison was badly damaged, and the existing strength was less than 30% of its original strength. Those who couldn't get out of bed because of the side effects of their true knowledge, those who couldn't come to training temporarily because they were seriously injured in battle, and some of them were completely disheartened by the dark status quo of Crossbell and voluntarily resigned from the garrison.

Thinking about it this way, it's really for Deputy Commander Sonia...... No, it really left Commander Sonia with a pretty mess.

Moreover, Noelle also heard that the new speaker is not Mayor McDowell, but that gentleman?! She let out a long sigh, her slender, calloused fingers gently brushing away the scattered strands of hair on her forehead.

"What's wrong, Noelle."

The person who greeted Noelle was dressed in the same black security uniform as her, with a masculine appearance, and his left hand was held in a cast and bandage and hung around his neck.

Sergeant Jakes, a former friend of Noelle's.

He took good care of Noelle when he joined the garrison, and was once Noelle's best friend.

As for the reason why they are not friends now, it's not that the two of them are stiff, it's just a matter of pure belief. There is an irreconcilable contradiction in the thinking patterns of the two people.

That is, Sergeant Jakes wants to have a relationship with Noelle that goes beyond friends, beyond boyfriend and girlfriend.

But Noelle is clear that he likes men.

irreconcilable contradictions.

Hearing his colleague's question, Noelle quickly soothed his furrowed eyebrows and gave her a smile back: "It's nothing, probably a little tired." ”

"Hey! Then you hurry up and rest, I'll help you move these! ”

"Huh? No, no, your hands ......"

"It's just a broken bone! Look at me with perseverance, it hurts, it hurts......"

Originally wanted to show that he was very capable, Sergeant Jax was extremely chaotic and had to snatch the crate in Noelle's arms, but as a result, the broken hand was struggling, and there was a sharp pain directly, and the crate slipped from the hands of the two, and with a bang, the lid of the crate was knocked off.

“！！”

The two gasped almost at the same time.

The two of them only knew that what they were carrying was [materials], but no one expected that it would be this kind of thing.

Noelle's face turned pale, and he walked straight to the command room, no matter how Sergeant Jakes shouted, he didn't respond.

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Command Room.

Commander Sonia was standing in the warm sunlight, communicating with Anigema, and Noelle stood quietly waiting for her call to end.

Commander Sonia wears a white uniform, and the overall look is a little more fancy than the original black uniform of the garrison, and it is well-cut. With ice-blue hair, he also wore a small officer's hat. This is not the uniform of the garrison. Noelle was well aware that all the uniforms of the garrison were black.

After a long while, Commander Sonia finally finished. From what I heard, I guess I was exchanging patrol tasks with the current mayor.

"What's the matter, Noelle."

"Commander...... Do you know what the [material] we are moving? ”

Noelle's expression was gloomy, although he rushed over with enthusiasm, but thinking about it carefully, as the commander of the garrison, how could Sonia not know what it was?

"I know. It is the heavy machine gun of the Karuman consortium, the latest production model. There are also howitzers and rocket launchers, the latest radar installations, and our new uniforms. ”

Commander Sonia was also refreshed, and said it directly.

At the mention of the word Karumen, Noelle's eyes showed a veiled look of disgust.

The name alone made her feel like her nose was full of gunsmoke, and she choked on it.

"So...... Commander ......"

"You're probably trying to ask why. Actually, I didn't want to hide it, and I was going to announce it to you after you finished moving. Since you asked, it's okay to tell you about it first. ”

Commander Sonia gently pushed down her glasses, and her intellectually calm eyes fixed on Noelle's somewhat bleak face.

"Our garrison ceases to exist from today."

“！”

"Disbanding the garrison and restructuring the Wehrmacht. This was the first decree of the Speaker to be amended. Because now he is the only one in the parliament. So no one objected to him. ”

“！ Isn't this a dictatorship? ”

Regardless of this decree, when it comes to dictatorship, Noelle can only think of bad things.

"That's right. It's dictatorship. Forcibly lay off all officials by force. If they don't cooperate, I'm afraid that Karumen's mercenaries will make them disappear from the world. ”

“！”

This practice!

Noelle bit her lip to keep her from making a resentful sound.

Sonia smiled wryly at her unwilling expression. The heart said: This is also youth.

If Commander Sonia had been twenty years younger, she would probably have reacted the same way. But now Sonia is more from the big picture. In the current distorted status quo of Crossbell, dictatorship is not a good practice.

However, with Karumen, Sonia doesn't know if it's okay or not.

One thing, though, Sonia can be sure. That is, the Speaker of the Speaker does have the ability.

Regardless of whether his new decree is good or not, the fact that neither the Erebonian Empire nor the Republic of Calvard has issued a statement against Crossbell shows that he must have a lot of things going on behind the scenes.

It seems that I heard that the actions of terrorists on the Empire's side are becoming more and more rampant, and on the Republic's side, the parliament is also in a small chaos.

Should I say, is it worthy of being counted by him?

Originally, the garrison was set up because of the interference of the two major powers and the fact that it was not allowed to set up troops. The reorganization of the garrison into the Defence Force now is a direct challenge to the two major powers.

The reason why they have swallowed their anger so far is probably the results of the work of the Speaker of the Speaker behind the scenes.

Politics is dirty. Beneath the surface of this peace, there must be some kind of dirty deal hidden behind it.

However, is it good or bad to lose blood like yourself?

Is it good or bad that the Wehrmacht has a lot of power?

"Noelle, are you unwilling?"

“…… Yes. Commander. I'm not reconciled......"

Noelle closed his eyes, unwilling to look at his esteemed commander. She's not stupid, and she'll understand when you think about it. It is precisely because of the lack of strength that the garrison can lead to so many tragedies.

From the black military dog incident at the beginning, the giant griffin incident, to the Clos Bell melee that just happened, they are all directly related to the weakness of the garrison.

Noelle also understood that there is no such thing as good or evil, and that weapons can save people as long as the person holding them is dedicated to good. However, reason is rational, and once the weapon of that war madman is used, Noelle always feels a little lost in his heart.

"Noelle. You've changed. ”

“…… Probably. ”

If it was the former Noelle, he would probably choose to obey directly.

But now, she has chosen to resist.

However, the answer to this question can only be obtained by you. Noelle, if you feel that the garrison is doing something wrong, you can choose to resign. I would recommend you to go to other positions, such as the police station, which is now being reorganized, and there is no sign of Karumen, or it would be good to go to the support section altogether. ”

“…… I'm sorry...... Commander...... Let me think about it......"

In this way, the worried Noelle turned around, did not even salute the army, and walked out lonely.

Sonia smiled bitterly and wanted to say something, but in the end she only sighed weakly: "This serious child......"