――Verforet Northern Front. |
This is the general name for the danger zone in the mountainous forest region of northwest Verforet. The area is covered by a very thick Mist caused by the Giant Tree towering over the border with Eisengrad, which attracts a large number of special monsters. |
The most dangerous place in Verforet, the country of deep green and magic. The place where the best soldiers in the Verforet Gendamerie fight. The Rangers and magicians of the Northern Front work day and night with the Eisengrad Army on tough missions. |
Known for many achievements on the Northern Front, the Verforet Gendamerie's Unité Magique is said to have gone missing in action. |
The disappearance of some of the world's most powerful magicians has seriously upset the balance of power on the Northern Front. The Verforet Gendamerie has asked the SSS to investigate the magic army. To find out what is wrong, we came to the Northern Front. |
Orleans |
"Monsieur Conductor, I am glad you are safe. I'm sorry that our investigation was not thorough enough and that we put you in danger." |
Orleans |
"Mademoiselle Pennsylvania, you fought well. On behalf of the Northern Front, I thank you." |
Pennsylvania |
"As a knight, I did what I had to do." |
Putra |
"Pennsylvania is well back on her own. You were here with Orleans at first, weren't you?" |
Pennsylvania |
"I've been in combat here before, and I thought I could handle the Mist I saw earlier because it looked familiar. I figured I could turn back if something happened if I was alone." |
Vivienne |
"Me and Yoshino tried to go back too, but Orleans said we shouldn't go..." |
Putra |
"Good for you Vivienne, did you follow Orleans' advice?" |
Vivienne |
"Of course I did. Orleans is in charge of this operation." |
Yoshino |
"Vivienne said, 'then Orleans should come with us together'. However Yoshino and Orleans logically put her down." |
Vivienne |
"Attends Yoshino! You don't have to say that!" |
Orleans |
"Sincerest apologies. I would have gone to cover you, but we couldn't afford to leave this place unprotected..." |
Pennsylvania |
"This rendezvous point is where the participants in this operation are meeting. If we are completely divided, it will be difficult to continue the operation." |
Conductor |
I've heard that the key to this operation is 'magical power'. Apparently the Phantom Mist reacts to strong magical power and is particularly attracted to offense-oriented forces. |
Conductor |
This time, the missing were the Unité Magique from the Northern Front. A unit of excellent offensive magic users trained exclusively for combat. They are fierce warriors who are said to be the most highly trained in the world when it comes to offensive magic. They should be prepared for any emergency. |
Orleans |
"But every single member of the Unité Magique has disappeared from the area. Unusually for the maidens, they left no clues..." |
Orleans |
"I am almost certain that this is due to the previously reported magical barrier." |
Queensway |
"So a magical barrier... It's somewhat similar to the Steel Tree Barrier." |
Vivienne |
"It's not like the Steel Tree Barrier. It's like a railroad track, it bounces all kinds of forces back. But the magical barriers here are not that powerful." |
Yoshino |
"It can't repel magic or cancel sorceries, can it?" |
Queensway |
"If it simply has a high defence... Then there is still hope." |
Vivienne |
"The problem is that its defence is 'very high', Orleans tried it and it didn't work, non?" |
Orleans |
"Oui, I couldn't destroy it with my powers. It would still take someone comparable to a Unité Magique to break through that barrier..." |
Pennsylvania |
"The ones who went missing this time are said to be the best in the Unité Magique, specialists in offensive magic." |
Putra |
"In that case, Vivienne is the right person for the job." |
Vivienne |
"It's true that I'm good at offensive magic too, but I'm not sure if I can compete with the Northern Front's Unité Magique." |
Putra |
"How unusual for Vivienne to be 'unsure'. Are the people in the Unité Magique really that amazing?" |
Vivienne |
"They are that amazing." |
Putra |
"How amazing? Are they all magical gorillas?" |
Vivienne |
"Not just any magical gorillas. They are well-trained magic gorillas." |
Yoshino |
"Well-trained magical gorillas?" |
Vivienne |
"A group of people who have practised offensive magic just to fight phantom Mist, many of them have received special training before joining the Gendamerie. They've been going boom-boom since they were tiny. We're heading straight for the Northern Front." |
Putra |
"Sounds like a very hardcore fighting group... I didn't know there was such a unit in Verforet." |
Orleans |
"The Unité Magique is a strike force set up to fight on the Northern Front. Soldiers on the Northern Front are required to be highly skilled, so many of them have been trained since childhood, and Pennsylvania is one of them." |
Pennsylvania |
"I belonged to the Archery Corps, though." |
Putra |
"Huh? Is Pennsylvania a St. Irish knight? I thought you were from Verforet?" |
Pennsylvania |
"Yes, I am. I'm from southwest Verforet, I fought as a Verforet Gendamerie on the Northern Front, and then for various reasons I was accepted into the St. Iris Knight Academy." |
Putra |
"Heh, it's not easy being sent from one place to another. But, I am sure that your hard work while you are young will be worth it! If you have any problems, you can ask us big sisters anything!" |
Pennsylvania |
"Yep! I'm looking forward to working with you!" |
Queensway |
"Um, Miss Putra... Do you know that Miss Pennsylvania didn't 'request' to go, but 'was begged' to go?" |
Putra |
"Huh?" |
Queensway |
"She went to St. Iris Knight Academy as a special student. It's very unusual for someone from outside of the country to be admitted as a special student, it's really amazing." |
Queensway |
"Not many people who enter the Knight Academy have the 'Northern Front veterans' to begin with." |
Vivienne |
"Pennsylvania is a famous person in Verforet too. Even before she attended school, she was selected as an archer for the Northern Front, and she is a prodigious archer girl. In terms of experience alone, she is older than you, Putra." |
Yoshino |
"So that kawaii girl was a fierce fighter in the past." |
Vivienne |
"Putra, what were you doing before your entered the military academy? Swimming fully naked in the sea?" |
Putra |
"Yes, I did that, but that's not all I did!" |
Yoshino |
"What other forms of training do you have?" |
Putra |
"Other forms? Well, let's see..." |
Putra |
"I used to eat a lot of fish!" |
Yoshino |
"Be it osakana, be it oniku, both are oishi. That's how it is." |
Yakutsk |
"Northern Front's Unité Magique, as Instructor Khabarovsk praised them. The special task force with a mastery of magic. She said it was very difficult to fight with them." |
Yakutsk |
"It's a big deal for such a well-trained unit to disappear all at once in a place where they're used to fighting. I wonder if we can even manage that magical barrier on our own." |
Orleans |
"Of course, we'll need more reinforcements to completely clean up the situation. We are in the process of recruiting more soldiers who are good at offensive magic." |
Orleans |
"However, the two 'supports' I have called in may be able to deal with the magical barrier. I have made that decision and have drawn up this operation." |
Yakutsk |
"We were supposed to meet up with these two supports here? Didn't you divert those two because it was safer than the route we were taking?" |
Orleans |
"I also thought that the enemy would be attracted to Monsieur Conductor's magic, so we split our forces. But that backfired, I didn't think the enemy was targeting at the two of them over there..." |
Yakutsk |
"That said, it's hard to rendezvous if we missed each other. Let's wait here a little longer. We can't do it without them, it's not a job that can be left to Vivienne alone." |
Orleans |
"I guess I was naïve in my outlook... If anything happens to those two now, it will be my fault." |
Yakutsk |
"Don't worry. Those two are Eisengradian soldiers. They're going into this operation with the right level of preparedness. They will get here. That's why ya chose them." |
Orleans |
"I agree... We mustn't falter." |
Orleans |
"I have no doubt that the two of them will be able to utilize their power on the Northern Front. Even if the enemy attacks them, I am sure that they will manage to break through." |
Vivienne |
"It doesn't matter whether their powers will work here or not. The question is whether they can break the magic barrier..." |
Verforet Northern Front. We are on our way to the rendezvous point to bring this unusual incident to a conclusion, with mysterious magical barriers all over the place. The help of a pair of powerful 'supports' is indispensable. |
If we cannot meet up with the two women, this operation will have to be aborted. |
They are offensive magic casters, said to be comparable to the Verforench Unité Magique. I wonder where these two women are now... |