Chapter 43: Peaceful Takeover

The dark night fell on Itarica, the capital of the Count of Vermaar, and the navy blue curtain slowly spread over the earth, and the stars seemed to induce a slumber...... However, in Itarica City tonight, many are destined for a rare sleepless night.

Now...... What exactly is this supposed to be?

Sitting in the courtyard of the lord's mansion, looking up at the floating giant ship hanging high in the night sky from time to time, Princess Pinna couldn't help but think with a wry smile.

At this moment, the courtyard, which was originally just dusty rammed earth and no lawn, has been arranged into a decent open-air negotiation venue. The floor was covered with a layer of tough cloth of unknown material (oxford cloth picnic mats), on which was placed a long table that had been moved from nowhere, and the table top was covered with snow-white linen, fake flowers, teapots, and pastries in rattan baskets.

As for the Mobile Suit Gundam, which still stands in the courtyard, it served as the background and light source for this negotiation venue, and the three searchlights located above the head and on the shoulders of the Gundam robots were activated at full power, creating three pillars of light that illuminated half of the Count's Mansion as bright as day.

Looking out from the open gate of the lord's mansion, there were more and brighter pillars of dazzling light, projecting from the bottom of the Otherworldly warships in the sky, slowly moving back and forth within the city of Itarica, illuminating every street in turn. Many citizens were frightened by this unheard-of and unbelievable scene, and they closed their doors one after another, hiding at home and not daring to go out. But there were also some daring children who slipped out quietly, curiously chasing the moving pillars of light, running and frolicking in the empty and bright streets.

Stop here and retract your vision to the open-air negotiation hall in the courtyard of the lord's mansion. At this time, the members of the Imperial side include: Princess Pinna, the head of the Rose Knights, as the leader, and Hammidon, the female secretary of Princess Pinna. Young, reluctantly guest appearance as the head instructor of the think tank, Gray. Arude, the local little loli lord Miyu. Count Vermar, the leader of the Yellow Rose detachment who was sent back by the Otherworldly to spread the word. Spear. Mademoiselle Marquis de Balestie, and Captain of the Red Rose Detachment, Shirley. Pluto. Miss Baron de Luhagan, and Penny Bead, the captain of the White Rose detachment. Frey. Miss Baroness Gelky, the current leader of the city, had already changed into their best clothes and sat down at the negotiating table.

However, the negotiators of the Otherworldly were slow to arrive, making the representatives of the Empire quite anxiously waiting.

“…… It hasn't even come yet! That's a ...... It's so rude! She has waited here for so long! ”

After a long cold wind blowing in the courtyard, Penny Bead, the leader of the White Rose detachment, couldn't help but open her mouth at first, and complained with great dissatisfaction.

Like the captain of the Yellow Rose detachment, Poses, Penny Pearl is also a heroic female knight wearing exquisite armor, with neat short millet hair, a white canopy on the outside of the silver armor, and a thin sword decorated with garlands hanging from her waist.

If a Japanese high school girl who likes this type of anti-string star sees it, she will probably scream with admiration with joy.

However, Penny Pearl, the "elder sister" in military uniform, is not only handsome, but really wields a sword and slashes people......

“…… What's the solution? The situation is stronger than the people! The weak have to bear the humiliation of the strong. It's a bunch of flying guys! ”

Bo Saisi, the leader of the Yellow Rose detachment, who was sent back by the Otherworlders to spread the word, said in a decadent tone while looking at the few Otherworldly soldiers standing not far away...... Until now, these Otherworldly soldiers who wore simple and ugly green spotted clothes and were not of high rank at first glance. Except for flying down from the battleship in the air with a strange prop (Doraemon's [Bamboo Dragonfly]) and setting up a negotiation venue, he just stood there and didn't move. He did not explain anything to the owner of the mansion, nor did he mean to bow to them.

Although these arrogant and rude soldiers of the Otherworldly should not seem to have a very high status, and they did not seem to carry any weapons on their bodies, with this terrible fleet hanging overhead, no one in the audience dared to open their mouths to reprimand their rudeness, so they had to sit here and sulk secretly.

- Since ancient times, there has been a conventional rule in human society that when gatherings and exchanges or negotiations, the host or the most honorable person should be the last to appear and let everyone wait patiently...... On the contrary, the defeated or lowly must enter early, respectfully waiting for the fate of the victor or the strong—it is clear that the Empire is now directly put on the loser's side by the Otherworlders.

“…… Hum! What's so scary about flying guys? My father also once accompanied the army to fight against the rebellious Harpy tribe......"

Captain Penny Joo snorted unconvinced, but he didn't continue to mess around, just reached out to get something to eat to extinguish the fire, only to find that the rattan snack basket on the table was half empty before he knew it. And Shirley, the leader of the Red Rose detachment, who is quiet and elegant on the outside, but dark and sullen on the inside, is holding a large handful of pastries and eating them with his head down, and his mouth is full of cake crumbs......

“…… Yo! We're all restless here, but you, the dragon knight, are you having a good time? ”

Seeing that everyone else was in a mood, where could they care about drinking tea and eating pastries, but Shirley was eating by herself, Penny Pearl suddenly sneered with some displeasure, "...... Didn't you always say that as a descendant of a dragon knight family, you must keep in shape at all times and pay attention to your weight, so it's painful to lose weight in three days? Why are you eating so happily now? Aren't you afraid that you'll be so fat that you'll crush the pterodactyl? ”

“…… Hey, I don't really want to eat that much, but I can't help but have pastries in front of me, and I subconsciously want to nibble on a few bites. ”

Shirley, the captain of the Red Rose detachment from a family of dragon knights. Pluto. Miss Baroness de Luhagan, munching on the cookies, replied indistinctly, "...... What's more, you don't know that my pterosaur is dead, drowned by the flood of the imperial capital......"

- Shirley, Red Rose Captain of the Knights of the Roses. Pluto. Born from the Dilluhagan family, known for their ability to train dragons, both men and women in the clan are all five short statures, making them ideal for the role of a dragon knight with demanding weight requirements: the weight carrying capacity of the pterosaur is not comparable to that of an airplane on Earth. Even so, Shirley had to pay attention to weight control all the time, lose weight frequently, and sometimes even starved to the point of anemia and coma.

However, in the flood that destroyed the imperial capital, Shirley's pterosaur mount was drowned, and the Rose Knights lost their only aerial combat power - although the pterosaurs could fly, if they were chained and locked in a dragon's nest with iron fences, they would still be useless in the face of floods.

Obviously, with the current chaotic state of the empire's political situation, it will definitely not be possible to find another pterodactyl for Shirley to ride in the near future. So, after crying for a few days, Shirley turned her grief and anger into appetite and began to overeat all day long, as if to make up for all the food experiences she had missed in order to control her weight.

“…… In short, the cake is put in front of you just to eat, and if you don't do it, I'll eat it all! Ahh ”

Shirley shook a cream wafer in her hand and announced, "...... These otherworldly dim sum is really delicious......"

Hearing this, the negotiation table had not bothered to eat properly for most of the day, and the other people who had been hungry for a long time finally couldn't hold it back, and one by one they scrambled to stretch out their hands towards the snack basket, and in the blink of an eye, they divided up the cakes put on by those people from other worlds and stuffed them into their respective bellies...... Next, they drank the honey black tea in the stainless steel thermos teapot in one go.

Just as Shirley raised the empty teapot and wanted to refill the cup of the otherworldly people who had been standing as screens next to her, the Mobile Suit Gundam standing in the courtyard suddenly played a loud welcome song, and the negotiators of the otherworldly army finally entered.

“…… I've been waiting for you for a long time, so let's start negotiating now! As the commander of this armed parade, Wang Qiu sat down and greeted him like this...... But the representatives of the empire at the table didn't bother to listen to what Wang Qiu said, but as soon as they saw each other, they were dazzled by the luxurious dresses full of nouveau riche showing off their wealth on the representatives of the otherworld......

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In general, from ancient times to modern times, the uniforms of human officers have roughly undergone a process of evolution from ornate to ordinary.

In the "queue to shoot" stage in the early part of the Cold Weapon Age and the Hot Weapon Age, the armor of generals and commanders was usually the most conspicuous and ornate.

From a positive point of view, they need their subordinates who are fighting to the death to know where they stand at all times, and to fight side by side to boost the morale of their subordinates. From the perspective of negative energy, the armor pieces and gorgeous and dazzling ornaments on their bodies only exist for the only purpose on the battlefield - to save their lives. The sturdy armor can effectively defend against all kinds of enemy weapons, and the gorgeous appearance can tell the enemy that this guy in front of him is a big guy, and capturing him alive can be exchanged for a large ransom, and if he is killed, it is worthless......

- The reason why a lot of Japanese armor has to be so ostentatious, as if the samba dancers are in gorgeous costumes, is for the latter reason.

However, as the range, power and accuracy of firearms continued to increase, and the forms of warfare became more and more brutal and unscrupulous, the uniforms of officers began to gradually become indistinguishable from the uniforms of ordinary soldiers, especially after the emergence of the profession of "sniper", it became more and more difficult to recognize who was a second lieutenant and who was a general on the battlefield - however, the military uniforms of the generals at the ball were as gorgeous as ever.

However, in the other world on the other side of the "gate", military technology is still far from being developed to such an extent. The dignitaries and nobles of the Farmatt continent are still accustomed to judging people's status by the magnificence of their clothes, and they never pay attention to any low-key luxury, but advocate flamboyant style, and are eager to wear all their belongings on their bodies - in the original work of "Fantasy Self-Defense Force", a Japanese general was seriously despised because he wore a sloppy combat uniform to meet the envoy of the empire, and he was seriously despised and almost couldn't get off the stage......

In view of this, Wang Qiu and others said: Isn't it just pretending? can't even pretend to be forced in front of the natives, what kind of traverser are you?

So, when the negotiations began, Wang Qiu changed into a set of special military dresses for the captain of the Otherworldly Chengguan Brigade that he had concocted, based on a set of white dresses of Japanese admirals who had come from the plane of World War II, with purple and silver embroidery patterns, as well as gold epaulettes and tassels. A handicraft sword inlaid with colorful gems is hung on his waist, and the shape is a reference to the "legendary holy sword" in the anime where the brave man kills the demon king. The chest is full of all kinds of medals: there are medals issued by the Chinese government in the modern world, as well as Soviet medals and Japanese medals obtained from the plane of World War II, as well as a medal awarded by the Indian government in the real world - after all, Wang Qiu brought such a big golden cosmic monster to the Indians, and the gold made by peeling off the skin and bones blew up the treasury of the Indian Federation in an instant, so I have to send a medal to thank you...... All in all, after looking at the mirror, Wang Qiu felt that he could try to play the fairy tale Prince Charming in a stage play with this dress.

The former Knights Hospitaller Paladin Levi also put on a specially customized costume, a set of colorful and beautiful ultra-luxury full-body armor - the edges of all the armor pieces are gilded or painted, and the armor pieces on the shoulders and chest are also made of various colored reliefs with cloisonné technology, the theme is small and dense flowers and blades of grass, and many flying and frolicking butterflies are inlaid with relief techniques, and the center of the helmet is decorated with a golden eagle with wings, and the sides are gilded laurel branches, and they are also inlaid with fine emeralds. Rubies and sapphires are an excellent piece of art overall. Coupled with the white cloak embroidered with gold threads on the back of the armor with crosses and garlands, it is really "holy light", and the force is extremely high.

Political Commissar Guo also changed into a military dress and hung up his own medals, medals and commemorative medals, but insisted on not agreeing to add some inexplicable ornaments. Director Ma, who served as the "supervising army", was still wearing his woolen winter suit, but he still listened to Wang Qiu's advice, inserted an extra gemstone brooch, hung a large medal on his chest, and changed a pair of glasses with gold wire rimmes, which finally had some style.

Even Ma Tong, who has always been crazy, was dressed up extra carefully this time. In order to wear more gold and silver jewelry on her body as reasonably as possible without looking pretentious, she actually changed into an embroidered dress and embroidered tube skirt inlaid with gold and phoenix by a Miao girl, and then hung a head full of shining gold and silver jewelry and crystal and colorful jewelry, which at first glance became a glittering mobile jewelry store......

——According to Ma Tong's words, their delegation is a super mix and match combination of anime-style exaggerated military dress + Japanese-style fantasy brave knight armor + normal version of ordinary military dress + modern suit + luxury version of Miao girl's national costume, and it is full of nouveau riche vulgar style...... However, in the eyes of the natives of the Falmatt continent, such a series of luxurious and exaggerated dresses do have an awe-inspiring effect.

Then, in the midst of the silence of the imperial side, Wang Qiu took out a document and threw it on the table, announcing the final result of the negotiation in an arrogant tone: "...... Before starting the talks, I would like to state that your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, are not here to negotiate with you now, and now you are no longer the regent of the Empire, and in fact do not have the qualifications to start diplomatic negotiations with us. So, this time, we are announcing to you the policy of peaceful takeover of the Countdom of Vermar and the city of Itarica, the specific terms of which are in this document, and there is no room for change. In addition, I hope to report this matter to the Senate and the Emperor through your channels, and send a diplomatic delegation that can really call the shots......"