CHAPTER 4: THE FÜHRER AND THE CURRENT SITUATION

At the end of the service of the online strategy simulation game “The Last Battalion Online” I had fallen asleep and found myself as “Eryutheia” my in-game avatar. 

Okay, that’s the end of the explanation. 

Although I don’t know the principle behind it, in terms of words it’s simple and clear, and there is nothing to twist about it. 

However, I believe that it would not be safe to accept the reality of the situation as it is, because it would be quite dangerous and complicated. 

Because right now I am “Eryutheia,” the President of the Yamato Empire.　

I’m not one of those ordinary people, okay? 

I am not so stupid that I don’t understand this situation. 

Indeed, I was the player who was controlling the character Eryutheia. However, I am not Eryutheia herself. 

I’m just a regular guy sitting in front of the monitor playing game. 

Then suddenly I became Eryutheia… I can’t help but wonder if I can fulfill my role as head of state. 

Besides, I am just an ordinary high school boy who likes to play games, and I don’t know what they will do to me if they find out that I am not Eryutheia. 

Well, it was never my intention for this to happen at all, you know? 

But what would the people of this country think if they knew that an ordinary high school boy had become Eryutheia, their country’s top leader? 

They’re gonna be angry, aren’t they? If you think about it in Japan, It would be like the Prime Minister suddenly possessed by a high school student from another world, right?　

Who the hell do you think you are? 

In the event that they find out, my body belongs to Eryutheia, so I don’t think they will execute me… still, I don’t know what they will do to me. 

They might even experiment on me or torture me to get me out of Eryutheia’s body. 

Even if they don’t, I might be thrown into prison as a suspicious person. 

I hate pain. I don’t want to spend time in prison either. 

Therefore, this fact must be concealed by any means necessary. 

I cannot expose myself by being incompetent. 

While making up my mind, I was guided by Ayame, the self-proclaimed adjutant NPC, whose face was even more glossy after taking bath, walking through the corridors of a place that looked like a palace. 

　……This is probably the presidential residence. 

Rasbata is only just a strategy game. The smallest detail depicted on the map was a city, and there were no detailed graphics of the individual buildings that existed there. 

So I can’t say for sure that this is the Presidential Residence, but… well, I am sure it is the Presidential Palace because that is where I, the Führer, live. 

I feel like there was a setting like that in the game. 

It’s a remarkably magnificent building. Everything is sparkling, almost like a fantasy. This is what the Palace of Versailles and other palaces look like. 

Just by the size of the long hallway, I’m currently walking through now, it’s much larger than my house in my previous life. 

As we walked through such a magnificent palace, I asked, “Speaking of which, what was the emergency?” and asks Ayame-san. 

See, didn’t you curious about it, what’s the emergency? 

Also, I’d like to get as much information as possible before the meeting in order to not expose my incompetence. 

In response to my question, Ayame-san had a look of disbelief on her face and replied “Well, do you believe in another world, Eryu-san?” she said. 

Aah, you mean another world. 

“Yes, I believe you.” 

Of course, I answered immediately. 

Certainly, if it were an ordinary person, I don’t think they would believe in another world. It’s just too unscientific. 

However, I am already facing the most unscientific phenomenon of being an avatar of a game and being in the game world. 

To someone like me, a different world is not that surprising anymore. 

“Ah, while it’s too early to talk about it. It seems that our country has been transported to another world.” 

　……I see, so that’s how it is. No, let’s just say that’s the way it is. 

With this timing, the only possible topic is “Our country has transferred to another world.” 

This is…. a problem. 

I mean, it would be incredibly difficult to be head of a nation even in ordinary times, but In a situation where I don’t even know much about, this whole transferring to another world situation, can I survive without exposing my incompetence? 

“This way. Is everything ready, Eryu-san?” 

After walking through the Presidential Palace for about ten minutes while feeling great anxiety, the place I was brought to was… the sign on the door says ‘Conference Room 1’ 

If I go beyond these doors, the Imperial Meeting, or whatever it’s called will begin, and I can’t show any real incompetence. 

　……It’s gonna be fine, I can do it. 

I nod my head in response to Ayame-san question and ask her to open the massive door. and then I went inside… 

“Woah, pre-war huh?” 

“Did you say something?” 

“No, it’s nothing. Ayame-san” 

The scene beyond the door is exactly like the world of a war movie depicting Japan during World War II. 

Two rows of long desks are lined up in a dimly lit conference room with thick curtains closed, and numerous old men in suits and military uniforms are lined up neatly in a row, staring at each other with serious expressions on their faces. 

What can I say, the atmosphere is already so bad. 

The temperature feels like freezing. 

The atmosphere is especially bad with the old man in the blue navy uniform and the old man in the khaki army uniform. They are glaring at each other. 

And as soon as I entered the room, these intimidating old men stood up and bowed to me in unison, saying, “Glory to you, Führer” 

How can they react like this to such a small girl, as if a terrifying dictator has come to their door. 

By now, you can guess how Eryutheia was treated. 

Eryutheia isn’t merely just a head of state. She is a total dictator. 

Well, of course. Because in the game, as the player, it was I who was directing internal affairs, diplomacy, the navy, and the army. 

A dictator who controlled all the power in the country. That is my other half, Eryutheia, whom I play as a player. 

If they find out that I am just an ordinary high school student, it is going to be more serious than I had imagined. 

Up until now, even if I was found out, it would be my own fault, and I don’t want to be tortured or put in prison… I had been thinking about it for a while, but it is not the same. 

If it were discovered that Eryutheia’s inside was me, that would mean the dictator Eryutheia had suddenly disappeared. 

A dictator who practically rules the nation by herself disappears overnight, you know? 

There’s no doubt that there will be chaos on a national level. 

I was determined once more to keep this fact a secret for both myself and the country, no matter what it took. 

　……But then again, I wonder why all the big guys here are staring at my thighs― my absolute territory? 

Is it because I’ve turned into a girl? it seems that I can sensitively feel someone’s gaze, such as “Oh, this old man is looking at my thighs right now.” 

It is a little bit embarrassing, so I try to cover it up with my hand. Then, what does that mean, that all these old guys are… no, everyone has a very disappointed look on their face, except for the military officers, don’t they? 

Don’t tell me they are all perverts with a thigh fetish.

　……Wait a minute, come to think about it, my country, “Yamato Empire”, seemed to have a “Perversion” as a national trait. 

Within Rasbata, it was a useful ability to increase the speed of technological developments, with no particular disadvantages or anything like that… could it be that the whole nation has really become a pervert? 

There’s no way, that can be true, right? 

Although I’m concerned about their gaze and the propensity of our country’s bureaucrats, so as not to be discovered, I don’t want to make any unnatural movements… I proceeded through the conference room as confidently as possible and sat down in a throne-like place. 

Then, the cabinet ministers, as they bow their heads together, are ordered by hand to “sit down” 

They were all seated in a single, undisturbed movement. 

Wow, the cabinet ministers who run the country behave like pet dogs.

So this is what you get when you have a dictatorship. 

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The setting that probably won’t be mentioned in the main story. 

Yamato Empire Edition.

The nation created by the protagonist within the Last Battalion Online. 

Is an island nation consisting of a population of about 120 million people, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. 

In addition to the mainland the Yamato Island, which is about the same size as the total area of mainland Japan, it also has several other smaller islands in its territory. 

Geographically speaking, it may be closer to the Hawaiian Islands as it is located in the middle of the ocean away from the continent, but its latitude is about the same as that of Japan. 

Their fundamental culture is very similar to that of pre-war Japan. A red circle on a white background is set as the national flag due to the fact the protagonist can only draw a simple picture on his computer. 

Its basic political system is a dictatorship based on the leadership principle. This is a remnant of the game era in which players were able to run a state as complete dictators. 

The technology was around World War I. As the most powerful industrial country in the Rasbata chaos server, it has an industrial strength similar to that of the U.S. before World War I. 

Unlike Japan, the country is able to be self-sufficient in the least minimum amount of resources, but only food cannot be produced domestically due to the limited amount of land mass. 

National Traits :

Fanatical Patriotism (National Unity and National Happiness slightly increased) 

Leader Worship (Greatly increases National Unity and National Happiness after victory in war)　

Perversion (Increase speed of Technology R&D) 

Technological Supremacy (Increase speed of Technology R&D) 

Elitism (Slight increase in Military Training Speed) 

　……There may be possibly some changes.