Chapter 45 – 4. At the Mouth of Despair (5)
Administer the drug and adjust the amount for 1 hour.
Elizabeth, who had been moaning while lying on the bed, suddenly began to turn her head around. Perhaps the contractions had subsided and he had time to look around. Unfortunately, with the ointment and bandages covering his face, all he could see was darkness.
“Elizabeth, it’s okay.”
I held Elizabeth’s hand tightly. She was calloused and her hands, which gave a strong impression, were now shaking. It was because of her trauma and the pain it caused.
“Jeong Woo…… ?”
“Yes, I am here.”
Elizabeth’s breathing calmed. That much to her, her presence in me seemed terribly comforting. And I couldn’t stand that fact, so I held her hand as if in prayer and wept quietly.
“Are you crying…… ?”
“No, I am not crying.”
Tears flow. I am not the hero of any military story or legend. Far from being strong like the main character in the story, he is weak both physically and mentally. He never forgets his doubts, and with every step he loses something.
“Sorry.”
Damn right Justice, faith, nabal, everything is fucking right. If there is no strength, there will be flexibility. If you don’t even have flexibility, you shouldn’t be a nuisance to others. What the hell is this? What have I done in this life
There’s nothing. No achievements Yes, I did kill Rolfe and avenge my previous life. But that wasn’t my strength. It was the power of Beatrix Adler. A deal? That was a fucking beggar. This is the result of denying reality and being proud.
“What are you talking about…… ?”
“All of it.”
Borrowing other people’s abilities and helping them don’t make me great. I should have known that sooner. It has to change actively. It is not about attracting people to rely on, but I have to attract people to become a support for them.
“It’s not Jungwoo’s fault…….”
Elizabeth comforted me even in the midst of her death. She is mortal, unlike me who had the experience of coming back to life even after dying. In the midst of her body suffering and not being able to see an inch ahead, the only thing I can rely on is my hand, drowning in grief.
“My face must have become very ugly…… ?”
How afraid how round would it be
“Do you think it will be difficult to be hugged by Jungwoo from now on…? ….”
“It is not so. How pretty you are.”
“However, it will be difficult to go back to the way it was before…….”
I couldn’t bear to deny that. It was because I felt like I was in the same position. That the Queen’s slapping wasn’t just a hand-smashing sword. Even if it seems to be swinging lightly, the flesh becomes soft and the nerves are crushed. The bones are crushed and the brain shakes in the bone pain.
Had it not been for Beatrix’s healing magic, I would have gone back to March 13, 1942.
“Jeong Woo…….”
“Yes, I am listening.”
“Was it true what you told me before…… ?”
Saying I don’t love you. Elizabeth asked it in a trembling voice. I was saddened by her increasingly weak upbringing, and she said no.
“It’s not like that, you know it’s not.”
“That’s fortunate…….”
What the hell is lucky? Even if I put a dagger through your heart, I failed. Beatrix was too strong. Even after her death twice, she couldn’t find any gaps in her.
Force is power, resourcefulness is resourcefulness, talent is talent.
There was nothing the Queen hadn’t peaked at.
“Jungwoo, if I die…….”
“You are not dying! It will never happen!”
“If that’s the case, please listen to my will…….”
Elizabeth’s body trembled. The effect of the drug seemed to have subsided. She sweated profusely, as if she had been shocked by the pain that came back again. She groaned and groaned, but she could barely speak.
“I’m sorry for not being able to help you…….”
I held her hand and whispered no.
“If I die, don’t be sad…….”
Her voice grew more and more draining. I hurriedly increased the amount of drug administered, but the effect was not very noticeable. Seeing that she could feel the presence outside, she thought Adele had returned home, who had promised to fetch her doctor, but she did.
“In the next life, please be my lover…….”
All I could do at this moment was listen to Elizabeth.
“I’ll promise…….”
Helpless and powerless.
* * *
Someone else dies
For Otto Moritz and Anton Feininger, death is like a bad friend that cannot be separated. It’s familiar but deserves to be avoided, and it’s a bad quality that not only drives you into fear, but also makes you feel guilty.
“Feininger, Ms. Schneider said that Jungwoo won’t be able to recover for a while.”
The Army Intelligence Department of the Bernhardt Wehrmacht deals with more comprehensive information. Although the accuracy of the information they handle is often inferior to the SS intelligence police, as a counterweight, they have an overwhelming advantage in terms of total amount.
“Everyone needs time to get frustrated. In the meantime, we must do his part.”
“Information on the underdogs, including the head office, is superior to that of the 1st Bureau of the National Security Headquarters of the Waffen SS.”
Otto and Anton were comrades in every sense. It’s been like that since before, so there’s nothing to say now. Having seen so many deaths in their respective worlds, the two felt a certain affinity for each other.
“Although it may lag behind in accuracy, if you use this point well, you will surely be able to draw the picture that the First Lady and Lieutenant General Moritz want.”
Whether it’s sunny or dark, it’s a terrible thing for people to die. People don’t know that desperately avoid Perhaps because it is difficult to live without it, I dare to ridicule a subject that would have trembled in that situation.
Those who affirm death and praise war are born that way.
“Don’t forget the premise. We are blood allies of Yeongbu-gun Seo Jeong-woo. An alliance made in blood is never betrayed. I want to obtain your oath only with trust, not magic like oaths.”
“I also owe him the lives of his men and his family. People sometimes overlook the power of trust. But sometimes the two letters of trust elicit stronger cooperation than any fear or oppression.”
The study of the Moritz house, where the large table was brought, was filled with various documents, from street maps to reports. With the help of the underdogs, the proof of absence at the scene was solved, and it was also done free from the threat of wiretapping and surveillance.
“Good. Originally, it’s not something I’m going to judge on my own, but I’m hearing that it’s a serious matter, so I’ll proceed arbitrarily.”
The Bernhardt Army Intelligence Department, formally nicknamed the secret agent, is a total of 135 operatives, including high-ranking officials such as Feininger. Even if the bond they formed was not shallow due to the nature of an intelligence agency, the fewer people who knew about Seo Jung-woo’s secret, the better.
“Did you get the thing you were talking about?”
“Here it is.”
Feininger took out a rolled up scroll from the pocket of his uniform.
“A scroll of specially ordered memory overflow magic. The area will be about the size of this room, and the deadline is about a week, as you said.”
It is inevitable that more than 100 secret agents are gathered in one place for a long time. Immediately after the phone call with Adele, the remaining operatives left the house except for Feininger, Heinz, and Rosencrantz. To put an end to the family’s whereabouts and the turmoil in Saxony.
“The memories I will share with you from now on are top secret.”
“Are you trying to flood Lieutenant General’s memory?”
Otto nodded his head. Hartrude Heinz and Franz Rosenkrantz are with Frida on the first floor. So the right time is now. That doesn’t mean they’re unreliable, but as I said above, the fewer people who know about this, the better.
“Look, Feininger.”
“…… !”
The magic scroll is torn. The light that flows from Otto’s body is eventually passed on to Feininger and Anton, who are sitting across from him.
– Won’t you give up?
A thrill arose.
– I won’t turn away.
Anton Feininger clenched his fists. He did so even though he set the range of memories to be flooded to only about a week. It was hard to remember. Like himself, he had indirectly encountered Jung-woo’s days.
— That she killed my wife and her daughter.
That was the beginning of a strong alliance.
―The fact that my family, who lived quietly in Partenope, Campania, was massacred!
Earth in another dimension. Shameful life there. A passion that challenged the dream of being a pianist until he took his own life. And after coming here, I met Beatrix Adler by chance.
“You were scheduled to be purged in the near future. Jungwoo and I were members of the black orchestra, a secret society. In the distant future from the day you died, we rebelled all at once, but in the end it failed.”
The horror of shaking hands has passed. Even Anton Feininger, who was adept at not showing emotion, was like that.
“Did you see? Shortly after Bernhardt’s homeland won the war against the Federation of Slavic Republics, Beatrix Adler prepared for a series of battles against the United States of Atlantic with the slogan of conquering the world.”
Anton saw. The appearance of some countries that had withdrawn from the Federation of Slavic Republics united with the mighty United States of Atlantic. Thus, a massive increase in armaments and the appearance of preparing for the upcoming war.
“The reign of that foreign press-like Führer was perfect. It was not a dream to unify the world either.”
Beatrix Adler intended to put her real world at her feet. He embarked on a purge to strengthen solidarity within the regime before going to war with the United States.
“That was the fuse for what was to come.”
The secret society Black Orchestra is an elite group made up of key figures in Beatrix’s Cabinet and the military. Former Secretary of Defense Rolf Renner, Secretary of State Gustav Euler, and Army Lieutenant General Otto Moritz.
“I can’t believe it. How could an individual, not an organization, bring together such a person?”
“Does he have a chin? But that fact alone makes the Great Eagle Owl worth chasing.”
“And Miss Schulz, who rebuilt the organization?”
“If I say it twice, it will be nagging.”
Otto began to explain the memories I shared and now passed on.
“The incident started immediately after the victory on the Eastern Front. Beatrix intended to launch an undeclared air raid on United States territory. But it was only leaked on the opening day.”
The problem is that the date of the air raid is a top secret that only the highest-ranking general in the military knew.
“Now that I think about it, I wonder if it was a self-made act on the part of the Führer, but Beatrix took immediate action anyway. He intuited that a disquieting force was lurking among high-ranking military officials, and ordered a large-scale search operation.”
That was the so-called Grand Presidential Decree No. 815.
“Originally, the Black Orchestra was a meticulous enough organization to formulate a plan over many years. However, the investigations caused by Action 815 also affected us, and we began to waver as several commanding-level personnel were arrested.”
So, the day after the conductor’s arrest, the Black Orchestra prepared a coup d’état to seize power as soon as possible before the unity of the organization collapsed.
“That’s how the top-secret flying dragon operation was promoted, with the goal of securing air supremacy in downtown Brullin to seize the main base and make the rebellion successful.”
The top-secret flying dragon operation secretly pursued by the Black Orchestra was literally an armed uprising using the flying dragon units of the Bernhardt Air Force.
“The trigger was rather urgent, but it was an impeccable operation for such things.”
In Bernhardt’s authorities, dragons were treated as weapons of mass destruction, so only the Fuhrer and his subordinates were able to approach them. But what about the 100 or so flying dragons? As long as Air Marshal Dietrich Weininger granted sortie permission, access was possible.
“The planner of the plan was Jeong-woo, the Kapellmeister of the orchestra at the time.”
“Dragon is the natural enemy of dragons. In order for the operation to succeed, it would have been necessary to block the sortie of the President’s Skeleton Dragon and his subordinates.”
“There was a way. Because there was a wolf’s brother.”
“…… Erich Wolf’s?”
Otto nodded his head. Everyone has a plan. And most people consider my plan perfect. Because the variable is underestimated or ignored.
“Actually, he did a great job. Until Beatrix showed up.”
On the day of the giant. Beatrix was hosting a meeting on the coast of the Northeast Sea, about five hours from Brullin. The meeting, which was held 30 minutes earlier than scheduled, was attended by all aides under the president, and the revolutionary army hurriedly escaped after planting a bomb there.
“Dietrich Weininger had a weakness for us. Thanks to that, as soon as news of the terror came, over 100 flying dragons covered the skies over Brullin. The ground forces were commanded by me, and the base was occupied with the 9th Corps Special Suppression Company as the main axis.”
It took less than five hours for more than 90% of the city’s main base, Brullin, to be handed over to the rebels. It would have been nice if it had been there. If Beatrix, who survived the explosion, had not penetrated the troops deployed for the assassination and had not summoned other dragons.
“The situation that was smooth turned around from that point on.”
For the success of the operation, the death of Beatrix Adler was inevitable. In the orchestra, she was a woman who had previously competed for the position of head of the Iron Cross, and she had arranged for their leader, the Eagle Owl. She also had another man called a wolf and Dr. Bernhardt’s best brain under her command.
“Damn it, Beatrix didn’t have a weapon. I mean, it was only bare hands. Even so, the two people with Dr. Maximilian’s sword and prosthetic arm couldn’t stand her.”
Leona Schultz, the third great eagle owl, and Carl Wolf, Wolf’s younger brother, died like that.
“Beatrix scrambled to secure air supremacy with my dragon beasts. Our rebellion is over. No matter how many 100 dragons there are, I can’t help it as much as my natural enemy.”
Just because the air is taken away doesn’t mean the ground is powerless. Moreover, if it was Bernhard, a world where magic existed.
“I don’t think the ground will collapse right away just because the air is taken over.”
“At that time, Beatrix’s special summons was on the ground.”
“…… The Iron Cross.”
Bernhard’s most elite unit, which even puts the mighty 6th rank magician, the brilliant Elfriede, at the bottom.
“The bomb we left behind was designed by Dr. Maximilian himself. It is Nosa’s masterpiece, combining magical engineering and alchemy. It’s hard to believe that Beatrix escaped safely from that monster that destroyed magic within a kilometer radius and devastated the entire area.”
“But she actually got out.”
“Among the members of the Iron Cross, who were specially summoned, there was one who fully revived even those close to death.”
“…… Wait, is that so?”
Otto picked up a pencil that was rolling over the tabletop and wrote his name on a piece of paper.
“Yes, we can kill Beatrix…… !”
Of course, for this to happen, several conditions must be met. The most important thing was to get rid of all the members of the Iron Cross led by Beatrix and the special summons.
“But how? Some members of the Iron Cross do not reveal their identities. That information is also not under the jurisdiction of the National Defense Forces. Even in the Royal Guard, if it wasn’t for Heinrich, he would have known about the member Elfriede.”
“The problem isn’t all that. We have to recruit every single dissident we met through Jung-woo’s memories.”
From Dr. Maximilian to the swordsman called the wolf’s aura, and the third great eagle owl.
“Miss Schultz is protected by an unknown powerhouse called the Shadow Lady.”
“Dr. Maximilian and the wolf’s brother switched identities and disappeared. The doctor must be somewhere in the dwarf ghetto, but there’s no way to figure out what the damn Wolf is going to do.”
But despite all the odds, this gamble is worth taking. It’s better than trying to do the impossible of killing that Beatrix Adler.
“Feininger, find them all. Find him and help him relive the revolution of his previous life once more. Then we can definitely do it.”
“That mighty Beatrix Adler…….”
“…… I can kill you!”
Otto Moritz and Anton Feininger found an absolutely sure way to attack.
* * *
Saxony is vast. The basement is even more so.
“Carl Wolf?”
In a place that should not be located in the middle of a labyrinth-like area, there is a gambling house where the big boss, Gisele Schneider, lives.
“Long time no see.”
A man wearing a long sword took a step forward in a dark casino table, in a space where only minute lights and fluorescent paint shined.
“She’s that vampire, she managed to be alive.”
“I guess you remember. Well, there was a lot going on between us.”
“…… What’s the matter?”
A wolf’s brother is another wolf. The man standing in front of me now is the younger brother of the knight who competed equally with Beatrix Adler.
“Have you heard of Seo Jeong-woo?”
“The Prince of the East?”
“Right.”
And he is the pervert who killed his older brother. That means that the man in front of him is the current number one sword.
“I need to kill him.”
Giselle laughed.
