old light morning light

Chapter 43 "One"

As you can see, there is often no necessary relationship between giving and rewarding. Many times you are struggling to put in the effort, but you can only force yourself not to lose it. In the end, you are just trying your best to protect what should belong to you. nothing more.

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The red and blue stars are slightly yellowish. Even though they have entered the cold zone and no longer receive heat from radiation, they still look so warm.

Second class seat, the lowest seat of Imperial Passenger Transport.

Apart from providing a seat, there are basically no other services.

Oh, and water and three meals a day are also provided on Old Calendar time.

Everyone was doing what they were doing. Compared with the tragedy that happened before them, it was a completely peaceful scene.

I have to say, I also yearn for this in my heart.

It doesn't mean that they have escaped from the claws of the black falcon that may not exist, but in such a place that is isolated from the world and where everyone does not affect each other and has no opposing interests.

so that you can relax
"The look in your eyes seems to have a story, doesn't it?"

"Hmph, this kind of words come out of the mouth of a landlubber, I think it is a kind of story in itself."

Gulu was already asleep in his arms, and he had agreed to hold him for a while, but no matter how much Moral teased him, he didn't want to go to Moral's side at all, so Nalia and I could only switch. hug.

Then I was unlucky enough to hold him to sleep this time, but if he doesn't move around like this, it won't take much effort.

It's just a little overwhelming...

It's really not much younger than me, but like a child.

Is it because the race is different, and the growth stage is also different?
"What happened to the landlubber! You are not allowed to call me landlubber in the future!"

Why are you still angry?

Is landlubber a derogatory term?
It's quite visual, the Marine Corps, isn't that the navy that goes ashore...

"So tell me your story?"

Stories, what stories can I have?

I have fallen a lot, so I will naturally walk while looking at the ground.

And why even this guy Moral came up with his ears shaking, there is a whole aisle in the middle, okay!
"There's nothing to say, hey!"

Moral even stretched his neck, showing a faint tendency to run over.

"You guys just sleep on my lower bunk, don't you know what happened to me before?"

"Oh, that was also when I was in the Imperial Academy. Of course I am also curious about your story before."

"Who told you to look sullen and old-fashioned all day long?"

Is it my fault?
"Sit down for me, and fly out after a while!"

He pushed Moral down and sat down. Since he did not enter the transition state, there were still dust and even asteroid impacts outside from time to time.

According to the previous treaty concluded between the two countries in order not to expand the war situation, civilian ships exceeding a certain size must use the prescribed route even if they transition within their own country's control area.

Of course, this kind of medium and large passenger ship should obviously be within this treaty, so it still needs to rely on its own power navigation to enter the jump route.

"...Leo."

What, what Leo?
Nalia on the side suddenly looked at me, and muttered something softly.

"Littorio, my last name is Littorio Nalia."

Littorio...

Ram, was once famous all over the world for discovering sixteen water polymerized dimanganese titanium.

This kind of thing can obtain a super-alloy raw material called manganese-titanium complex by catalyzing the Lehring reaction.

Another synthetic derivative added with silicon germanium raw materials is the key raw material for ultra-high power output condensation links.

The breakthrough of this technology directly brought the phenomenal weapons of the doomsday-level flagships to the two countries...

But the good times didn't last long, and the native principality of Ram, which had expanded rapidly in a short period of time, was quickly annexed under the oppression of the empire.

Naturally, what we read in the papers is that the Ram royal family is actively seeking protection from the Supreme Emperor.

"You, have the blood of the Ram royal family?"

And Littorio is the royal surname of the native principality of Ram...

Although it was difficult to accept for a while, it was almost certain that this guy might be the royal princess of the Principality of Ram.

"Ah."

After feeling that I also started to speak softly, Nalia also shook her head slightly, and then smiled.

"My father is the younger brother of the Grand Duke Littorio, and I am his youngest daughter."

No wonder she was reluctant to use the dummy certificates issued by the Empire for military personnel.

"My hometown has been occupied by the empire, and I was sent to the empire for protection along with some other brothers and sisters who have royal blood."

This should be considered a hostage, right?

If her identity is logged in elsewhere, it will definitely attract the attention and vigilance of the empire, right?

"Rather than protection, it is actually imprisonment. We are actually hostages held by the empire."

In this way, even if the Archduke Ram wants to resist the oppression of the empire, he will be forced to accept the humiliation in the end.

Although this method is violent and despicable, it has to be said that it is very effective for certain situations.

"Tell me these things, is it really okay?"

Although this guy's purpose is very likely to just want to hear me tell some stories about me, but if this kind of thing is said, it has already expressed something.

At least in her heart, I am already someone who can be trusted unconditionally, and this is why I had a grudge before.

"Ah."

Nalia shook her head slightly, then leaned directly on the backrest.

"Before you asked me my surname, but you didn't tell you back then, but you still had something in your heart, didn't you?"

"How should I put it, everyone has their own secrets."

"If you don't want to tell me, what will I think?"

"Speaking of which, if I were you, I would also make such a choice. To know your status, it should be worth a lot of money, right?"

As if thinking of something, he suddenly sat up straight again, and then looked directly at me, meeting my eyes.

"You shouldn't hand me over to the empire like this, right?"

This kind of half-joking and half-serious attitude is probably not a proposition, right?

Besides, am I like that?

"At least I don't think I will have such an idea before tomorrow."

"But if I knew how much you're worth, I might as well..."

"Then that means, it's better not to let you see the sun tomorrow?"

How did she manage to say such murderous words in a gentle tone?

And this atmosphere...why suddenly something is not right?
At this time, you should obviously feel the murderous aura, right?

"Uh……"

"Hahaha……"

Suddenly, Nalia, who had been staring at me, laughed, and glanced at Moral, who was looking at me with resentment.

"Fortunately, I am not of the direct lineage of the Grand Duke, so it is not very valuable."

"Tch! That's a pity."

This is also true, if it is not the Grand Duke's biological child, it will not have any direct deterrent effect, and the value will naturally not be that high.

"You don't look like a native of the empire, do you?"

coming.

This guy said so much because he believed that I would not go outside and talk nonsense, so the purpose of doing this was just to exchange stories with me.

Just like asking someone's name, you should also declare your family name first. This is the polite way.

It can also be seen from this point that although she is a violent landlubber, as a princess, she should be pampered and well-educated, right?
But then again, how should I tell her?

Let's see what questions she will ask.

"Well, my father and I were sent here as captives."

"captive?"

"My father used to work as a pilot in the Principality Commonwealth, the predecessor of the Alliance, to prepare carrier-based aircraft for the Principality."

"You also know that according to some practices of the navy, a certain number of family members can live on a large warship."

"So I've been on a warship as long as I can remember."

"That's when I only knew that it belonged to a 'Shield Guard' class battleship, and my father was a crew member on it."

Shieldguard-class battleships, the traditional and reliable Alliance series of battleships, have been widely used in the Alliance long before the Alliance came into being.

At the beginning of the research and development, it wanted to rely on the incredible shield capacity to prop up the defensive front for regular fleet battles, so the name is also very straightforward-Shield Guard.

It was my dream, but also, it destroyed my dream...

"In another battle, our ship was sunk by the Empire. My father, as a carrier pilot, drove a carrier-based aircraft and took me through emergency ejection to save my life. The iron coffin of destruction failed to become our home."

"It's just like what I did when I took you to escape, but we were lucky, and we were free in the end."

"Ah."

Nalia also listened quietly, and from time to time, she responded softly once or twice to show that she was listening.

"Of course, a carrier-based aircraft flew in the airspace and was quickly locked by the empire. However, because the fire control radar was not activated, we were not destroyed immediately, but the hope of my father flying the carrier-based aircraft back to the Principality That's how it broke."

"In the end, under the control of the empire, we still landed in the maintenance cabin of the empire ship and became prisoners of the empire."

"My father also relied on his status as a carrier-based pilot and his technology as a bargaining chip to exchange for my current life."

"Otherwise, maybe in another world, even if I managed to survive, I might be just a slave, right?"

"Um"

"The premise is that I also showed a very good mechanical sense and talent, so I was trained by the empire, and I just became a classmate with that guy as a captive."

Moral, who had been eavesdropping, saw the sight of the two of us, and spread his hands, saying that it had nothing to do with him.

"You will know what happened later..."

(End of this chapter)