A corridor with white walls.

It is full of the smell of disinfectant and keeps the corridor in the hospital bright at all times. Walking on the marble floor were two women dressed in red. One of them was a tall, long-eared woman, and the other was a petite girl with prosthetic legs.

Tall and short, both of them carried rattan cages in their hands, and walked down the corridor in the afternoon sun.

At this point, the tall woman smiled gently at the short woman, "I'm sorry for your trouble, Tachibana." It's okay if you don't have to help. ”

"Well, it's all right, Miss Juana. Said to be a helper, but also to visit Master Somao's illness, this kind of thing gradually felt meaningful. - I just felt a little surprised. ”

"Accident?" However, what Tachibana didn't expect was that Juana showed a surprised expression after hearing her words.

“Tes。” Tachibana replied. Although, he is a spy of the chief company, but he has no special friendship with the student union. Moreover, it is the student council that has the right to decide on the recommendation and political power of the name, and it is the party that obeys the other party's arrangement. Not long ago, Zong Mao was dismissed, and he also heard the news from the mouth of this Miss Juana. but

"Miss Juana, the Eight Dragon Kings, actually came back to visit the sick and the children and bring flowers and fruits."

"Say 'the one'...... But now that I no longer have the "disgusting laziness", I am no longer one of the Eight Great Dragon Kings, so I don't need to be called by this title anymore. Said so. Juana smiled in the shadow reflected in the white corridor: "Well. What do people think of me? I also have a bottom in my heart, because it is written on both the news and the Internet (Internet), so I can understand. ”

"Jud., rest assured. Tongshen Obijo also set up a fan club of Miss Juana, who likes to be stern the most. Indeed, in the recent vote on the 'profession most wanted Miss Juana to have', the first place was a female teacher, the second place was a female section chief, and the third place was a female inquisitor. Other than that. There is also an opinion that 'female squad leaders have a sense of morality due to age'. ”

"I don't understand very well, but is that female teacher also a profession?"

In response to Juana's question, Tachibana tilted her head in thought, and then said, "I used to ——, with Somo-sama, but this is, as part of the intelligence gathering work of the first agent, Somo-sama, so I asked Somo-sama about the investigation, and he replied with a super serious face, 'Don't you think it's hard to distinguish the types of occupations?' 'Ahh Somo-sama said that I was a 'fiancée', and that's probably it. ”

"Although. These words are not very well understood. But ......, well, since it's considered a female teacher's department, let's take in more knowledge. Ah—turn right over there and you'll be outside. The children's ward is right in front. With that, Juana pushed open the door to the outside hallway with her knee.

And Tachibana, who saw this scene, couldn't help but think: "...... If you grow taller, your knees will be able to press it. ”

The rattan cage in his arms emits a creamy aroma with the light heat. The mellow fragrance that enters the nose is a smell that has never been heard in the Tachibana family, which specializes in Japanese food.

“…… Did you make it yourself? ”

“Jud。“ Juana, who was in the pouring sun, turned her head and responded: "Because I let the dough wake up all night before going to bed at night." ”

"I see, I started preparing after dinner last night."

"Oh, why are you in such a hurry?"

Thinking it would be better not to answer, Tachibana remained silent.

"Eliminate stress? I think it's better to sleep well at night. ”

"No, I'm very happy to be engrossed. As for sleep, you can solve it with a compressed sleep charm. ”

“Jud。” Behind Tachibana, who replied, the afternoon sun seemed to be chasing after her out of the square.

The hospital at the destination is on the hill on the other side of the square, and on the left you see several school buildings surrounded by the walls of Alcala.de.Henaras. At the foot of the hill stretches out into the wilderness the scene of a town. Suddenly, Juana looked at the east of the city, as if very concerned, but it was a slum, and it was supposed to be a hospital for the poor.

"—Miss Juana, are these snacks going to be sent to other hospitals as well?"

Jud., when the proposal was proposed, the man put forward the condition of "equality for all".

Although he thought it was impossible, he asked the bakeries from all over the country to cooperate in the project, although this was all he brought from my home. ”

"That's the head of the school and the student council." Occasionally, he appears in conversation, but Tachibana doesn't remember Miss Juana ever calling him by name. Holding the question in his heart, he walked on the stone floor of the square and asked Juana beside him, "Does the chief always say that doing these things will cause you trouble?" ”

And to the question that Tachibana asked herself, "Hmm-. Juana frowned in thought. However, without waiting for her to answer, Tachibana continued to ask questions after following her: "It seems to me that the chief seems to have left everything to Miss Juana. Actually, I sometimes think—"

Is he not good, confirm it, think so, therefore, Tachibana continued to say the words he had just not finished: "It seems that he was forced to serve as the president of the three expeditions to Spain and the president of the student council.

"Slander." Perhaps Tachibana's words were too much, so I saw Juana walking in front with her back to this side and saying in a very stern tone: "Pay attention to your words! That man is a great man, and what if we don't believe him. ”

However, in this case, Tachibana asked again, "Miss Juana, why can you trust him?" Now almost all the work is lost to Miss Juana, and today I don't know where the president and student president is. Isn't it bothering that you don't know what to do with the letter that you are going to hand over to the chief in the morning? As a result, the Valdes siblings were asked to find—"

"Slander." Juana called her name again.

"So. And why do you trust Tachibana? Zong Mao? ”

He replied immediately. That's something to be proud of. Because. He made me discover a new meaning to exist. "But. What Lihua didn't expect was that Juana said something after her answer: "Then, you don't need to listen to my reasons." - Because, it can't be used as a reference at all. ”

“Jud。” Tachibana bowed her head gently.

"I'm sorry to just ask a hypothetical rhetorical question."

"No, I think that person just smiled weakly when he heard your question."

“…… Why would the chief be such a completely unmotivated person? ”

No motivation at all......

Looking at Juana's back, which seemed to be a little dejected, it was really proof that he had said too much.

All in all, Juana didn't look back and said, "That's because of him, he lost the meaning of life." ”

Hear these words. Jean couldn't help but stop. She did understand, and she was furrowing her brows.

The meaning of survival. For the opposite Tachibana himself, it was Zongmao.

If that kind of thing ever happened to the second who was the chief minister, however,

“…… Lost? ”

Put yourself in that situation, just imagining it makes people chill all over, but in reality, it's ......

"The children in the children's ward are looking over here."

Hearing these words, Tachibana turned her gaze to the two white buildings in front of her. From this side, it is the north side of the children's ward. On the back is the sunny side. Even though you can't see the ward, you can only see the corridor and the dining room. But the children there have noticed Juana and themselves.

“……！”

There was a commotion on the other side of the window. Some of the children had already run, and in Tachibana's eyes, it looked like they were bowing their heads to their close relatives, but they found that there were two sick buildings, and those two sick buildings were ......

"On the right is the ward of the longevity family, and on the left is the ward of the human race. Beware, that's what you need to be. - The children in it don't understand the meaning of the distinction, and there is no need for them to understand. ”

However, Tachibana, who heard these words, was very puzzled. But since there are human beings and longevity people, it also means,

“…… Where are the children of the half-shou tribe, who are the mixed races of humans and longevity? ”

"How can there be a place for them in the central hospitals of Spain, which believes in purism? For ordinary people, it is difficult to distinguish the difference between them and the longevity people, so they are hated very much. In response to Tachibana's question, Juana still answered it in a back-to-back voice. Then, when I heard Juana's explanation, Tachibana remembered: "...... Miss Juana was, as an elite member of the longevity clan, promoted to the representative of the student union. But ......"

For humans, the longevity race, and people born between the two races, Tachibana speculated that she should have a lot of thoughts in her own heart, and if she thought of anything, she couldn't speak lightly as she was the vice president.

“…… However, ......, the president and student president clearly pointed out the incident. ”

When Miss Juana made a proposal to send a snack, he said that "everyone is equal". That refers to the equality of all humans, longevity, and half-longevity.

Moreover, Miss Juana praised him and made him all equal. So, Tachibana ......

Tes.,—— was very understanding. I'm sorry. ”

With that, Tachibana picked up the rattan basket and re-placed it with Juana, and looking up from the left, Juana showed a small smile, somehow, it always felt that it was a smile that was somewhat similar to that person.

Then, Juana slowly cast her gaze away from the hospital to the western sky. It was above the sea from Shimonoseki (the Iberian Peninsula) to the New World. There was a flat, huge cloud floating in the air.

"In that ocean...... Our "Super Blessed Fleet" is being constructed.

Sooner or later, the old regiments will be dismantled, and the ships and fishing boats of the Battle of Lepanto will be transformed into ships that can sail the open sea. The transport ships used in the New World were then resold to the private sector. Such a house of glory's saint. Lorenzo' was also able to repair, and what was left was the flagship' St. Martin's re-tuning. ”

Juana gazed at the clouds in the distance and said, "—'Saint. Martin'. It's really what it is. How deep of despair will it bring to Musashi and Britain?

No. Musashi and the UK are still testing each other. …… In the case of the downed transport ship, the two sides are still in the process of deciding each other's course of action. ”

As she muttered to herself, Juana shifted her gaze to the western sky. Looking at the sky where only the setting sun remained, she narrowed her eyes under the lenses and sighed: "Sooner or later, night will come." ”

“…… According to the genealogy, it is said that the Three Conquests of Spain are known as the 'Empire on which the sun never sets'. ”

Tes., agrees with Juana. But I saw the slander with his head hanging down. Juana couldn't help but smile a little self-deprecatingly, and said, "The United Kingdom where the aliens exist is the Empire of Night, and the Far East is the 'place of sunrise'. That's right. The people who reached the dawn of the Night Empire, as they rose, the sun gradually sank. ”

"That's ......"

"Tes., maybe it's unfounded, but I think so. What a perverse thing it is to want the sun to never sink. It's because it saves people from the night that the sun shines, isn't it?

So, among the families who had sunk in the dawn, they tried to get up desperately from the dark night no matter what. I wonder if there will be such people.

Relative to the splendor of the empire we have kept, it often brings new light. Desperately struggling Dawn, too. ”

As Juana said this, two figures approached on the right-hand side, in the direction of the hill uphill. When he and Juana looked back, they saw men and women in baseball uniforms.

"Ahh Look, big brother! Sure enough, it's here! Eldest sister! Eldest sister! ”

The owner who can be called a vigorous voice is,

“……？ Brother and sister Valdes? ”

"What the hell is going on. Is this a hospital? ”

Tachibana nodded in agreement with Juana's inquiry. While thinking about what was going on, in front of Tachibana's gaze, Valdes arrived one step ahead of her brother, and after a salute, she stopped, looked up at the sky, and said, "The secretary has gone to the chief, as if he will bring him over at night!" - yes, it's over! ”

“…… Sister. My brother thinks that such a report can be done with the Divine Script. ”

"Tes., thank you. - So what is the report of the fourth agent, which cannot be explained clearly by the divine text? ”

“Tes.” Brother Barudis replied by arriving later. Then, with a slight salute, he suddenly threw out a sentence: "The British 'Queen's Shield' has made concessions to the Far East." ”

“…… Hey? ”

Tachibana was able to understand the reason why Juana Juana was questioning. The concession meant that Britain showed understanding of the Far East Musashi.

“…… However, if Musashi and the United Kingdom joined forces, it would be very troublesome. ”

Judging from the composition of Musashi's war against the Holy Alliance, European countries must unite as one.

"—can you make that clearer?"

"Tes., that's why I don't use psychic scripts, but give orders myself."

Brother Valders lowered his head and began to speak very seriously: "The content of the concession is that the diplomatic ship will give permission to supply the fallen transport ship and land at the fourth level.

Although the permission for the crew of the transport ship to return to Musashi has not yet been granted, this does not hinder the purpose of the British intention to hold a trade conference and a diplomatic conference with Musashi. ”

The meaning of these words was understood by the expression that Tachibana had disappeared from Juana's face.

“…… What the United Kingdom and Musashi are preparing for diplomatic relations and other meetings represent ——。 ”

"In this way, it will not be long before the relationship between Britain and Musashi becomes clear......"

Tes., Juana continues the conversation.

"The naval battle of the Armada is already at hand. - That is, Britain decided to decide on Musashi's policy before going to war with Spain. If so, then what about Musashi? Is it completely impossible to find out some of Musashi's information from the intelligence networks of various countries? ”

In response to the questioning, the brother and sister both showed panicked expressions and exchanged glances.

"That's ...... Right? Eldest brother...... Tell me about it, right? ”

"Sister. Brother, it's the first time I've envied you that you're younger than me. What do you think of the next time we fall down the stairs together and create an incident like a body swap? ”

Looking at the eye contact between the Valdés siblings, Tachibana suddenly remembered that this was indeed a sequel to transgender literature published in the Kamakura period, "Stand-in Story. His Majesty the Emperor is Lord Doggami, and Lord Dogami is His Majesty the Emperor".

All in all, Brother Valdes scratched his head and continued: "Musashi and the group of transports...... It looks like a festival is being held. ”

"...... festival?"

"Tes., how to describe it, the Musashi side was shooting fireworks horizontally into the sky between the two ships in the evening, provoking a war of 'which ship is stronger', and there were visual musicians who 'dived' into the audience, but no one caught it and was taken to the ambulance station."

"...... the hell about that country. What about the transport ship? ”

“Tes.，…… It seems that a schoolgirl with a spear is the best of the high-speed fishermen, and as the chief, the festival begins the moment the crew eats up all the food reserves. With the "Boss! Leader! The shouts lit the bonfire and worshiped the spear and her, and there had been a big commotion because of a small fire.

Mmmm, Tachibana, who could imagine that kind of scene, nodded repeatedly. Although, such a behavior has attracted speechless glances from the other three, Tachibana still doesn't care about it at all.

"If you attack this kind of guy, how can we say that we are really the righteous side of the order." (To be continued......)