Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva!.

Chapter 593 Return to the Crown Star Region
Four-leaf Crystal Star Region, Gray Dust Crystal Headquarters.

The beautiful blue-roofed mansion is located in a corner on the edge of the headquarters. It is relatively quiet here and convenient for going to the headquarters for meetings and work. It is where Tilan currently lives.

On the west side of the second floor of the mansion is Tilan's private study. The room is very large and contains many ancient books and classics. At this moment, Tilan is lying under a bookshelf with many open books piled beside her. Her soft long hair is spread on the ground, and the girl's arms are slightly opened and placed at her sides.

Looking at the ceiling above her head, the girl's eyes were sometimes closed and sometimes opened, thinking about what had happened recently.

The Federation was in chaos. Even though she was not in the central star field at the moment, she could feel the crisis slowly spreading from the eye of the storm.

The Western Star Region where Blanche is located has shown extremely strong determination and fighting spirit. They will not surrender or give up easily. On the Federation side, there is no reason to tolerate such a split. War is inevitable.

If the Federation wins and the rebellion in the Western Star Region is quelled, it will also usher in a long period of public security management. It is estimated that the post-war policy arrangements will face many disputes and it will be difficult to really appease the local residents... She recalled what she had seen and heard in the Central Star Region in her mind, and speculated on future developments.

What if the Western Star Region wins? The probability of this is very low, but if they really win, then... Tilan opened his eyes and shook his head. Even if they win this battle, there are still five major fleets in the Federation Central Star Region.

The best outcome would be to win and negotiate with the Federation to conclude a peace agreement, so that the war can be settled.

She wanted to help and end this dispute, but both sides were currently angry and no one would listen to her advice. The residents of the Western Star Region had accumulated resentment and hatred that needed to be vented, and the federal officials also believed that they had a natural righteousness and would not allow separatist forces to emerge.

Alas, the will is there but the strength is not enough. Not to mention that there are many factions in the Central Council and it is extremely difficult to unify voices and opinions. Even these star regions in the southeast have different ideas. Most of them strongly support the federal officials and believe that the rebellion in the western star region must be severely cracked down. A small number of star regions believe that it is justifiable for the western star region to initiate independence. There are also many star regions that think it is none of their business. After all, it is a matter nearly ten thousand light years away. If it were not for the development of hyperspace navigation technology, the two sides might not meet for tens of thousands of years.

Due to the vast territory, more than 90% of the residents of the Federation have never left the star region where they were born in their entire lives. It is no wonder that they don’t care about that distant world that only appears on TV shows. It’s like you pay attention to the country’s capital and several famous big cities, but you don’t know much about the thousands of unknown counties and remote areas in the country.

The thoughts in her mind kept turning around, making Tilan a little tired, so she simply closed her eyes and took a nap among the pile of books.

It is midsummer now, the surrounding environment is very quiet, and the occasional cicada chirping can be heard from far away.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Tilan woke up from a nap, shook her head slightly and straightened her hair. She put down the book and walked out of the mansion.

Behind the residence is a maple forest. The maple trees are very tall, with yellow and orange maple leaves arranged in a staggered manner. When walking in the forest, you can hear the crisp sound of stepping on fallen leaves.

Walking in the maple forest covered with fallen leaves, Tilan felt refreshed physically and mentally. The wind blowing in her face lifted her skirt a little, occasionally bringing leaves to brush against her ankles, and she could feel the coolness and moisture of the leaf petioles.

Walking under a big maple tree, Tilan stopped and looked up at the treetops. The stacked maple leaves blocked the sky, reminding people of the clouds reflected by the sunset.

She jumped up lightly, stepped lightly over the branches along the way, and then landed on the green branches at the top of the tree canopy. Sitting here, she could look across the woods and see the city in the distance.

The birds in the woods were chirping. Tilan raised her hand slightly and caught a little bird that landed in front of her. Its body was round and fluffy, its feathers were bright yellow, and its wings were brown and black.

The little bird first stood on the side of her palm. Tilan deliberately turned her palm over, watched it spread its wings and land on the back of her hand. Then Tilan smiled and turned her palm upwards, watching it continue to jump up and down in the air.

"Silly, but cute." Tilan thought for a moment, took out the rice that she usually fed Bai Yuan from her arms, and handed it to the little guy.

After pecking at the rice grains, the little bird jumped up, turned around and disappeared into the sky.

This guy ran away after eating. Tilan couldn't help shaking her head when she saw him.

Continuing to sit on the branch, Tilan reached out and picked a few leaves, carefully looking at the light red and yellow textures on them, recalling some ancient method of making bookmarks, which seemed to be to remove the leaf surface and leave only the veins on the leaves.

Leaving behind a few leaves that she liked the most, the girl curiously folded the rest of the leaves in her palm. She first tried to make a square, and then a paper airplane. Unfortunately, the leaves were too small and had a certain toughness, so they quickly returned to their original shape.

So Tilan stopped trying overly complicated styles and simply rolled them up piece by piece, imitating the shape of layered roses, and finally froze them together at the bottom to fix the structure.

That's good. Looking at the formed maple leaf rose, Tilan felt a little satisfied. Then she rubbed her hands gently and watched it fly into the air, drifting away in the distance under the guidance of the air flow.

It is indeed much more fun to use supernatural powers in this regard. If there is no special method, the maple leaf rose just now cannot be stacked up, and it will fall directly when it is used, and it cannot fly at all.

Tilan, feeling much more relaxed and happy, jumped down from the tree again, then touched the ground with her toes and landed gently on the ground.

Looking back at the maple forest again, she suddenly made a decision. Since she couldn't avoid worrying about Blanche and Orlais, she would go to the central star field.

She didn't want to get involved in this kind of dispute before, but now if she continued to stay in Siyejing and wait for the result, she would only feel anxious and depressed.

As expected, people should be more open-minded, less stubborn and entangled, and more straightforward and frank.

After making the decision, Tilan began to write letters to tell Masha about her decision, and then explained some things to the people around her.

Two days later, she boarded a starship bound for the central star field and set off.

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When she arrived at the Crown Star Region again, Tilan's mood was very different. She came here with curiosity and anticipation before, but now, she was probably a little worried.

Even if you don't watch the news, just by looking at the people walking on the roadside, you can tell that the atmosphere in the central star field is a bit tense now. Because of the independence of the western star field, the quarrels within the Federal Central Parliament are particularly fierce. Many officials are blaming and denouncing each other, and many people have resigned.

As soon as she arrived at the hotel, Tilan received an invitation from Arnansha, who asked her to meet him tonight.

After replying to the letter and agreeing, Tilan first settled down and asked the people around her to understand the current situation and circumstances. Then she washed up, changed into comfortable and appropriate clothes, and went to the agreed place.

Riding on the hovercraft unique to the Crown Star Region, Tilan traveled through the complex fortress city, which was the political and military center of the Federation. Uniformed staff and a small number of priests from the Golden Flame Cathedral could be seen everywhere.

Arriving at the agreed "Tulip Restaurant", Tilan walked in and soon saw Arnansha sitting in the corner. Unlike usual, this "hard-core" singer was wearing a beach dress and a light yellow sun hat on her head.

"Tilan, welcome back." When the girl approached, she turned her head and gave a welcoming smile.

"Long time no see, Teacher Arnansa." The two sat down.

"I didn't expect you to come back suddenly. Masha called me before and said that none of you would come." It seems that Arnansha and Masha have a good relationship. If you think about it carefully, they are of similar age and must have been classmates in school.

"That was my original plan, but I'm still a little worried." "Well, that's normal. Both Blanche and Ores are your friends." Arnansa waved to the staff nearby and ordered two drinks.

"I have been staying in the Crown Star Region recently because I have to attend the discussions of the Central Council at any time." She explained the situation to Tilan.

"Currently, in order to unify internal voices and fight against Blanche's influence, the Central Council has decided to support Orles and send her as an ambassador to travel around the various star regions in the central region. She will probably visit other star regions after that. However, each local star region also has its own singers. How much support it can get depends on whether the local singers and the government cooperate."

"What does the official think of the independence of the Western Star Region at present? Do they think it is a big crisis or just a minor issue?" Tilan was very curious about this.

"It's just a minor matter for the Federation as a whole. After all, the western star region is already barren, with weak industrial strength and a poor fleet," explained Arnansa.

"But for some senior executives, this is indeed a matter of life and death."

"Before when we were in school, I was your teacher and had to treat everyone equally and fairly. But now that you are halfway through graduation, let me give little Tilan some special lessons." Arnansha lifted the long dark red hair beside her ear with one hand and lightly touched Tilan's nose with her fingertips.

"First of all, the Federation is a huge complex with multiple forces and voices within it, each with different demands. You can't treat the Federation as a complete and independent person. This is inappropriate."

"In addition, most bills are actually advocated or opposed by only a small number of legislators, and others don't care. For example, this year there was a bill about the subdivision of game ratings and changes to the rules for content review. People in the literary and art circles may be very concerned about such things, but business, industry, the military, religion and other forces don't care that much."

"Speaking of the issues in the Western Star Region, before this incident, the pacification, economic recovery, and assistance to the Western Star Region were all handled by the Commerce and Environment Departments. The military forces I belong to rarely intervened in this matter."

"So after the incident, those officials who are directly responsible for this area will definitely be questioned. As a result, many people in the commerce and environmental management departments have been dismissed in the past few days, and there has been a quarrel in the parliament about who should take over the next position." Arnansha shook her head and talked about some clichéd and annoying things.

"Now that the war has begun and the Fifth Fleet has been dispatched, the military is considered to be involved in this incident."

"Are you worried about how to deal with Blanche after the war? Accidentally, punishment is inevitable, but considering the issue of post-war appeasement, Blanche will not be sentenced to death, but house arrest." Arnansa expressed her opinion.

It seems that everyone believes that the Federation will win, Tilan thought.

Whether it is the data on paper or various objective conditions, the Federation does not have the possibility of failure, but Tilan vaguely feels that this independence will not end so easily. She doesn't know where this feeling comes from, maybe it's just a psychological reaction.

"What if the Fifth Fleet fails? What will the Federation do?"

"The probability of this happening is extremely low, but if it really happens..." Arnansha fell into thought.

"The Central Parliament will be caught in a huge vortex of turmoil, many problems will become more acute, and conflicts that are no less severe than the division of the Federation will occur."

"Is it so serious?" Tilan was surprised.

"Yes, you may not know what this means, so let me explain it to you."

"Because the First Fleet and the Second Fleet have been disbanded, in fact, the most elite fleets in the Federation are the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet. The Third Fleet was a heroic fleet during the civil war four hundred years ago. It suffered many casualties in the war and also had the most heroic results. Therefore, after the Federation was reunited, the Third Fleet was also responsible for the most important duty of guarding the capital, the Crown Star Region."

"Unlike the other fleets, the Third Fleet is the strongest. It is basically impossible to mobilize this fleet to leave the Crown Star Region. It can only be mobilized if the Central Council, the Golden Flame Flower Cathedral, and the Inquisition all agree. So I say that it is almost impossible for this fleet to leave the Crown Star Region."

"The second is the Fourth Fleet. This fleet is responsible for protecting Isanissa's hometown, the Twin Trees Star Region. It is also the origin of the Federation. The ancestors of the most powerful elven families and human consortiums in the Federation mostly came from there. The Twin Trees Star Region is also known as a living fossil left over from the Third Era. It preserves many relics and history of the Federation's early years and is the cultural center of the entire country."

"Just like the Third Fleet, the Fourth Fleet cannot be easily mobilized. This represents a certain shaken belief and will cause great panic."

"Apart from these three, there are the Sixth Fleet, the Seventh Fleet, and the Eighth Fleet. Many of the people in the Eighth Fleet are reservists and experimental starships. Many new recruits are trained and drilled in the Eighth Fleet. It is also the place where many old officers are placed. It is not suitable for frontline combat."

"So we can only choose the Sixth Fleet and the Seventh Fleet, right?" Tilan replied.

"Yes, the Sixth Fleet is as powerful as the Fifth Fleet, but its normal duty is to patrol the various star regions in the central region. If they are transferred, it means that the defense of these places will be suddenly vacated. Such an action will be opposed by various local forces in the central star region. Because if the waterways between the star seas are not patrolled and guarded by fleets, it is easy for pirates to breed."

"In the past, the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet would rotate every five years to carry out patrol missions. This time, the Fifth Fleet happened to be resting in the Central Star Region, so it was sent out to carry out the counterinsurgency mission."

"I'm sure little Tilan will ask again why we haven't mentioned the Seventh Fleet." Arnansa held a spoon and gently stirred the cold drink cup in front of her.

"Because most of the Seventh Fleet's personnel are not purely human. Some of them are mermaids, some are transformed life forms, and some are starships controlled by mechanical life forms."

"This is a fleet prepared for a brutal decisive battle that may come in the future. Once civilization falls into a crisis similar to the Fifth Era, this fleet will serve as a template and be quickly replicated and promoted to expand the combat power of the entire civilization. Of course, the various ethical issues and out-of-control problems that arise will also be ignored."

"This fleet will not be awakened unless it is absolutely necessary."

"Mechanical life?" Tilan thought of the Sigma Council, a neighboring country that did not belong to the Federation.

"During the civil war, the Sigma Council remained neutral and restrained the mechanical life forms within the Federation so that they would not participate in the struggle between the two sides."

"I don't know much about the Sigma Council. I only know that when the Federation was established, they served as allies with the Federation to fight against the 'Dark Sun'. However, the existence of mechanical life is too different from that of intelligent creatures such as humans. Therefore, they were not incorporated into the Federation, but existed as a separate country."

"So I said, if the Fifth Fleet really fails, and the other fleets within the Federation cannot move easily, then there will be fierce conflicts."

"I see." It seems that if Blanche and his men can defeat the attack of the Fifth Fleet, the Federation will most likely choose to compromise and retreat, Tilan thought.

When Tilan was thinking about how to deal with various outcomes, Arnansha suddenly talked about another thing.

"Can Tilan drive a mecha? Why don't you come to the Eighth Fleet to participate in the test deployment of new mechas? I happen to be very familiar with the personnel in this field."

"Ah, this?" Tilan was awakened from her thoughts. Why did he suddenly talk about letting her drive a mecha?

"I know you're not such a quiet girl, haha. Although I still can't see what you're planning, you will definitely do many extraordinary things in the future. So, do you want to learn in advance the ability to break through and save your life on the battlefield?"

"Well... okay." Thinking that he really needed to know more about the Federation's true battlefield strength, Tilan agreed.

(End of this chapter)