It's another fresh morning. Remembering that I slept less comfortably yesterday after changing to the new dorm. The beds here all seem stiff. Though we are in the same dorm, the unrestrained Yukari sister... gives me a headache? No, she disappeared during yesterday's curfew.

"Ugh, my head hurts, and..."

I tried to move my arms and legs.

"Uh, why can't I move at all?"

It seems like something heavy is blocking my arms and legs, definitely not a case of sleep paralysis.

But... no matter how I struggle, I can't break free. Could it be some kind of side effect?

These are all nonsense, because when I opened my eyes, I found out what was going on. There was a huge lump in the blanket covering only my head, as if a leopard had burrowed inside.

"Hey, cut it out!!"

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"You ants, embrace Sister's judgment to the fullest! Hahaha..."

Bullets swiftly cut through the air in beautiful arcs, ultimately landing on a large group of passing ships bearing ASEAN military insignia.

"Hahaha, every time I see those two odd eagle chicks, I can't help but be happy. I never thought I'd like them this much!"

A slightly yellow-skinned woman picked up a rocket launcher and started firing back at the RPG across, while the blonde girl on the armed helicopter pushed the dead loader into the raging waves.

"Gee, what a persistent group!"

The rocket launched by the previous yellow-skinned black-haired woman accurately hit the armed helicopter in front of the blonde girl, prompting the pilot to urge anxiously.

"Sister, it seems they aren't targeting us. They are just a regular transport convoy, much weaker in firepower than the Alliance headquarters."

"No, can't you see that this unit is more heavily armed than the remaining ASEAN forces? And..."

Underneath the blonde girl's fair skin, a hidden joy showed through, telling her that this transport convoy was definitely not as simple as she had imagined!

She immediately took out an old-fashioned radio and responded to the other side.

"We have spotted an Elena military transport convoy here, requesting support to seize their cargo!"

"Elena?"

"Yes, they seem to be transporting some large equipment, requesting to intercept!"

"Alright, reinforcements will arrive within three minutes."

The spark of battle ignited on the ocean, and news naturally spread to Edward's ears.

"Commander, our transport ship was attacked by Imperial armed forces on the way to the ASEAN sea route, requesting..."

"Follow my order, abandon ship and escape!"

"Uh, but..."

"Abandon ship and escape, I won't tell you again!"

Nobody dared to disobey Edward's command spoken in person, so the mobile fortress, several times larger than an aircraft carrier, was left abandoned by lifeboats under the encirclement of Imperial military helicopters.

Hundreds of civilian ships orderly evacuated from the huge mobile fortress. In fact, Elena only had four of such large fortresses, three at sea and one on land.

However, no one has ever heard of the land fortress, but according to the information stolen by hackers from the server, there is indeed such a thing... and it's right in front of them!

...

There are many things I cannot accept, just like my mother. In the end, I had to let go, and of course, my mother, among them, will never make me remember a lot.

"Mom, what kind of person is she really?"

"She should be a very gentle person."

Yukari nodded after taking over my words, and I expressed my agreement as well.

"Yes, she must be a very good homemaker, because in my memory, my mother has never quarreled with my father once, although it is very likely that they didn't spend much time together, so they cherished each other more."

"Well, I envy you. My mother never talks to me at home. Every Christmas, I go have dinner with my mother after work, but of course, it's not a happy meal..."

Her face and eyes were filled with sadness, an indescribable pain that eroded my heart, wondering if not having the happiness in my memory was not lucky or happy enough?

All this is because...

"Instead of all this, could you just move away from me, you fool!"

I tried to break free from Yukari's grip, but no matter how much I struggled, it was in vain. Her strength was much greater than I had imagined, and in the end, she even threatened me by putting her hand like a sharp knife to my chest.

"If you move a muscle, I will take your life!"

"I believe you."

What wouldn't a woman who dared to take your life in the dead of night dare to do?

But looking at this once familiar face, now so unfamiliar, was it because I had become decisive and actively embracing life? Obviously not. I had no idea what had happened, I just knew that I hadn't felt this free in a long time!

"Laugh if you want to, cry if you want to. I feel quite fine without my parents' control and my grandparents' nagging."

When it was time to say goodbye to my classmates, only two people saw me off, Yuanhui and my sister.

That was the moment I became a person who had already died, especially after the strange dream I had on the first night of joining the alliance, everything changed!

"Haha, what do you want for breakfast?"

"Why are you asking these questions?"

"Don't waste time, just tell me!"

Under her relentless questioning, I finally agreed to speak up.

"I like stewed pork and potatoes, preferably with some milk, and then..."

"Great, that's what we'll have for breakfast!"

"Are you going to make it?"

I was almost moved to tears, because my sister had never cooked a meal at home, or rather, I had never eaten her food, but my father and the others had. Would it be a pity not to experience it myself?

"Then that's great."

"You're dreaming. I mean, I want you to do it, but to prevent you from complaining, I'll let you cook your favorite food... How about that, are you grateful to me?"

"..."

What's going on? After all that, I still have to cook, and what kind of trap is this? Even if it's a scam, there should be some boundaries!

Hoping she would make breakfast was truly hopeless, and yet I was so looking forward to it...

"Be optimistic, I've given you a little choice. Who cooks depends on you, and that seems fair to me."

Yukari pretended to be cute, but she still didn't seem to have any intention of apologizing. It appeared that crossing oneself in front of a real demon would be of no use!

I had no intention of rushing to the kitchen to cook. I admit I slightly liked the clean and tidy kitchen in this 'new home,' but first, I wanted to drink some water and ask Yukari a question.

"So, with such a nice living environment, and the freedom to eat whatever you like instead of the cafeteria's monotonous boxed meals, all of these... aren't given for free, right?"

*Panting sounds*

"Asleep already, are you kidding me?"

Yukari curled up in the quilt like a little cat, not moving at all. Of course, as the queen of this academy, I couldn't control whether she slept or not, but she was sleeping in my room after all!

I reached out to wake her up by lifting the quilt, but on second thought, no! Wouldn't that be a bit... inappropriate?

So, I decided to be honest and just make breakfast.

When the breakfast was ready, that girl dashed over with drool hanging from her mouth, which didn't quite match the image of a queen. But what could I do?

Helplessly, I reluctantly served her a bowl of food just to get it over with.

"There you go, just like you said, I cook, you eat."

"Mm, okay."

I suspected she was so absorbed in devouring her meal that she didn't really pay attention to what I said, speaking incoherently.

"Sigh, how pitiful it would be if someone saw you eating like that."

Half jokingly, I took out my phone to capture her less-than-dignified eating appearance, but before I could press the capture button, a flash of light passed by, splitting my phone in half right before my eyes!

"Uh..."

It was really asking for trouble, and I ended up with a broken phone.

"Hmph, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean anything by it. I'll get you a good communication device later. That phone could easily be used as a time bomb by evil organizations!"

"Okay, okay."

Excuses, definitely excuses, but what could I say?

Yet, Yukari was right. The network coverage of the phone was too extensive. It would be quite troublesome if the Empire or the Alliance took advantage of it.

After finishing breakfast, as agreed, we headed to Yukari's current secret location. Walking from the fake hill in the fortress's back mountain park to the mountaintop, we could see a three-story villa. Normally, everyone stayed at home or went out to participate in various construction and cultural activities. Few had the leisure to come here for a stroll, making it the perfect secret base.

"Of course, the most important thing is that this place is not within Elena's electronic monitoring range, avoiding Edward's control is something we have to consider."

Just then, a burly man appeared from the end of the forest, bearing a striking resemblance to Mr. Flandre but lacking the robustness of a real man.

"Ah, forgot to introduce, this is my left guard officer, Frat, Flandre's brother and my only family."

"Yes, Your Highness, the queen has saved us brothers, so we pledge to follow the queen to the death!"

The big man bowed at a perfect ninety-degree angle, then Yukari called him up.

"Let me introduce you, this is our new member from now on. Come on, introduce yourself to everyone."

With a smile, Yukari pushed me toward the big black man, asking us to shake hands and get to know each other.

"I'm Frat, what about you?"

"I'm the newcomer Hagrid. Well, today let's consider it my official joining you all, please guide me!"