Chapter 144: The Meeting Begins

"Then, I declare the 'Sisemliya Trade Conference' officially open. The chairmanship of the meeting was by me, Henry McDowell. The entire meeting is expected to last about five hours, with a break in between, but it may be extended depending on the actual situation in the meeting. In addition, we invited two observers to participate in this meeting. ”

With Speaker McDowell's movements, a middle-aged man with a strong figure and a stubble on his face was sitting in the guest seat next to him. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he nodded, even in the face of almost the entire Western Continent's ownership, he had no stage fright: "First meeting." I'm Ian Grimwood. ”

"Oh...... You're the famous lawyer. Olibart looked interested.

"I've heard that you've been actively involved in human rights issues." Archduke Albert on the side also showed an approving look.

"Hehe, please take care of me." Princess Kolotia smiled.

"That's natural." Attorney Ian nodded, and got back to work.

"And then there's this - Arrios Marclein, a famous guerrilla who has performed great feats in the countries around Crossbell. The purpose of inviting him this time is to ask him to ensure the safety of all of you in the meeting in the name of the neutrality of the association. ”

"I'm Arios Marklein. Please advise. Arios still had a cold face, and he only bowed his head slightly under McDowell's introduction, and his gaze swept over the people at the table.

"Are you the Wind Juggernaut?" Compared with Lawyer Ian, there is no doubt that Arios is more famous, and even the two bigwigs who were playing the score when Lawyer Ian introduced himself just now also expressed their position at this moment - first of all, Locksmith, who laughed heartily: "I often hear your name in the Republic." ”

"There are similar rumors in the Imperial Capital that there is a "Sword Master" here in Crossbell who moves quickly and moves like a wind." Prime Minister Osborne also changed his dark face just now and looked approving.

"Don't dare to be." Arios' voice remained calm and polite.

"So, let's start talking about the proposals." After a brief pleasantry, the meeting also got to the point, "The proposer, Mayor Dita Cullois, please explain and add." ”

"Okay." Dita stood up, "First of all, please open the information you have and read the first proposal. ”

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"Alas, I'm exhausted."

"I didn't expect the real training of the regular army to be like this......

Galleria Fortress, inside the baths.

Since this is a military fortress and not a resort - while bathing is a great way to cleanse the body and relieve fatigue, the fortress has only simple showers and small showers, not spacious private bathrooms like in Tolz. Therefore, although it was just a bath, it made both Macchias and Jusis complain.

There is no other reason - after watching last night's deeply surprising exercise, the internship is not quite over. According to Instructor Sarah, on the second day of their internship at the Garelia Fortress, in the morning they will join Lieutenant General Varta of the 5th Mecha Division to participate in a training course unique to regular army soldiers. After lunch and lunch break, in the afternoon they will have an internship that may be no less shocking than the previous practice of watching the exercise, a visit to the "train gun".

According to Heiliga, this exercise has no practical meaning at all, it is to show the group of people in Class VII the current "force" of the Empire in the Garelian fortress - as for the deeper meaning behind this, only the directors behind the arrangement of these internships will know. Anyway, compared to yesterday afternoon's exercise that lacked interest, the "Train Cannon" has made Heliga somewhat interested. After all, when he was in Crossbell, he didn't hear about the sword hanging over his head, and Crossbell naturally had an attitude of fear and anger towards the "train cannon".

At 11:30 p.m., the training was over and the students were sent to the cafeteria for lunch – although the beef risotto was only served on Saturday night, and the Sunday lunch was still the same bean soup, brown bread and corned beef, but this time, the hungry students devoured it one by one. After the meal, the students who had sweated in the morning training did not want to participate in the afternoon internship with a full smell, so bathing became a thing that everyone had to do at this time - the soldiers in the fortress were friendly, and when they saw the students coming, they even deliberately let the bathroom out for them to wash first.

"Lane, the scar on your chest...... Well, no matter how many times you watch it, it feels scary. Elliot said as he scrubbed his hair and said to Rien beside him. He was referring to the burn-like mark on Rian's left chest, somewhat like the statue's burnt wax condensing and blurring.

"Seems to have something to do with what Rien had as a child?" Gaius also asked curiously.

"It's not like you haven't seen it in swimming lessons." Heliga looked at the trio over there and couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, hurry up and wash it, the soldiers over there are still waiting to use it." ”

"You've ...... It's over? Marchias watched in amazement as Helliga had already pinned a towel to his waist and left the cubicleβ€”all of them had entered the bathroom at the same time, but he hadn't even finished his final shower yet.

"yes. I'm used to this kind of bathroom. "Not to mention the time when Faye and I first left Zephyr, sometimes we didn't see water for days...... It would be nice to have a river to take a bath. ”

"Wait a minute...... You and Fei...... Riverside? Bathe? "Macchias' brain circuitry seems to be spinning too fast.

"You idiot. Of course, they knew they avoided each other...... Right? Jusis attacked Macchias first, as usual, and then added, though his own tone was a little uncertain.

"Of course." Heliga nodded, "But now that I've thought about it...... I don't think it was a normal choice not to avoid it at that time......

"Absolutely not!" The other five spoke in unison.