——？？？ ——

[The day I met you, now I think of it as if I was in a different world, and it is really like the sun and the moon. 】

"What?"

Chaos Konrad, who was looking out the window at the park, heard the sound and felt a large hand on his head, so he looked up to see the owner of the hand, his adoptive father, Reichtum Konrad.

The tall man with blond hair and blue eyes and a Germanic face smiled gently, as if it was not what he had just said.

"You ......"

Kaos tried to ask him a question, but was interrupted by another voice.

"Attention units, check your shields and weapons. 】”

"[Roger!] 】”

At the same time as the voice sounded, everything in Kaos's vision was briefly distorted, and after the distortion was over, his adoptive father, who was originally dressed in homely clothes, had changed to a straight colonel's military uniform, and the original living room had become the office of the Colonial Star Governor.

The tranquil gardens, rockeries, fountains and butterflies that preceded the window have been transformed into residential areas, industrial areas, airports and ...... Corvettes and shuttles that are taking off urgently.

The only thing that hasn't changed is the big hand that Lechter placed on top of his head.

[I have to go, but I will remember every moment I was with you.] 】

[Stay strong and don't be afraid.] 】

The big hand rubbed the same pale blonde hair as Kaos.

[Everything will be fine, I promise. 】

"...... in the end"

Kaos was unable to complete the sentence, and as soon as he spoke, Lechtem's figure vanished with a strange, fleet-like voice on the radio.

"[Radar detects large unidentified object!] 】”

[All hands are in combat position!] 】”

Kaos looked out the window again with a sense of feeling, and just in time he saw Lechtem's flagship, the heavy cruiser "Roma" with several formations of destroyers taking off into the air, breaking through the atmosphere almost instantly.

Because I will do my best to protect you. 】

"No, I'm ......" Kaos subconsciously reached out of the window, but in the next moment, he ran into the cold porthole of the ship, and in the distance outside the window was the flagship of the Colony Governor, the black and white cold paint was extremely reassuring.

And here...... Kaos looked around at the ship he was "in" and saw only the strange, sleepy blue-and-white hue, and knew that it must be the car of Lechtem's lieutenant "Zhuang"—a strange destroyer sometimes called Kun and sometimes Peng, with sailors hurrying back and forth, but all of them ignored Kaos.

Not...... Shouldn't the lieutenant be on the same battleship as the governor? And before that, how did you get on board?

"They're coming! 】”

"[Enemy fleet confirmed, free attack-]"

The "voices" rang out again, this time Kaos could be sure they were coming from the ship's communication broadcasts, but before he could think about it, the battleship under his feet had already accelerated to make a roll, dodging an orange-red beam that shot out of nowhere.

[I hereby solemnly swear that I will give my life and strength. 】

[Committed to protecting the Federation of Galactic Systems and protecting human civilization. 】

As Kaos gripped the nearest railing to maintain his balance because he couldn't stand steadily, Lechtem's voice rang out again, as if he was leading the newly recruited Navy soldiers to read the Star-League Navy Declaration, which was still a monologue at first, and the more voices joined in the oath the further back on, and finally almost drowned out Lechtem's voice.

"We are outnumbered! 】”

"[The energy index exceeds the upper limit of measurement!] What the hell is that! 】”

As the "radio" sounded again, which seemed to be explaining the situation of the battle, Kaos saw the "enemy" they spoke of through the porthole.

It was a massive, squid-like and octopus-like metal creature that was even larger than the space station in orbit around Europa VII's colonization satellite in proportion to the ships that were at war with it.

It was unleashing strange ships similar to it to engage Lechtem's fleet, but at the same time, a large cluster of miserable green light was converging in its "vent" towards the planet.

In the course of the battle against these strange enemies, the "voice of Lechtem" has not stopped.

We will uphold the justice of all intelligent life in the universe. 】

From the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to the edge of the Milky Way. 】

[Today is the beginning, until the end of the death.] 】

"No ——!" Kaos didn't have time to care about the sound, because after several unsuccessful attempts by the fleet to interfere with the energy, the Roma had already rushed straight to the "vent" under the cover of several wingmen.

Compared to the warships present, the Mass Effect core is large enough to interfere with the energy convergence when it self-extinguishes, and it is only that heavy cruiser, but that is not necessary at all, is it! Maybe it's just its engine, and it's about to run away?

Click-coke--coke -

The "giant squid's" spout emitted a fiery beam of light that blinded anyone who saw it, as if the Roma had just disappeared into the vent was completely non-existent, and the beam silently hit the Europa VII colony below.

Moments later, the massive habitable planet exploded inside out in front of Kaos's eyes.

"[Zizi Zi ......]"

The "voices" that had been silent for a while sounded again, and the content seemed to come from many different news agencies and spokespersons.

"[We have received reports confirming that Europa 7 Colony has been destroyed.] 】”

"[The death toll is estimated to be more than four billion.] 】”

"[I, all my family members are ......]"

[The unknown attacker was named "Alienα", and all other information is unknown.] 】”

"[In light of this attack, we have no choice but to use all our weapons to defend ourselves. 】”

At this time, due to the loss of the commander and the colony star, many of the Star Alliance's warships began to shrink and try to protect the last remaining orbital space station.

"You ...... Damn it...... Octopus ......" Kaos finally uttered a complete sentence, "Sk'yahfqi'plahfPH'MAGG!"

At this moment, the entire battlefield seemed to be shrouded in some kind of strange shadow that constantly whispered.

——？？？ ——

Boom!

Kaos felt a knock on the back of his head, and when he looked up from the table top of the small desk in annoyance, he saw a blue adjutant uniform, and the black-haired and black-eyed Zhou put a glass of milk on the table.

"Let's go to bed after drinking milk, Claude has just been appointed governor of Europa VII, and he has a lot of trivial matters to deal with before the move, and he should be back late," he said as he looked at Kaos's expression: "Yo, I'm quite angry when I get up, and I look like I want to eat people." ”