High School Soldier
57. A plan

1914 Luan Empire, noon.

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The two factions that split the imperial government gathered in the building that became the center of the Luan Empire parliament, or if in Indonesia it could be called the DPR/MPR Building. Of course the members of these two factions sat in separate places, but faced each other with looks of hatred for each other.

Emperor Bogat sat in one separate place with the members of the faction, his face showing anxiety or something like that. Even several times he sighed at having to make this meeting.

This meeting of course discussed the continuation of the war, especially one where their troops were sent. The country's forces had reduced 80% of Luan's military might, almost wiping out their wyvern and dragon air power.

In a recent war, the Luan military lost 70% of their naval force exiting the Gateway in the Indian Ocean. It was at that location that the greatest sea power of this empire came out. That means they are at war with two countries near the Indian Ocean.

Although the number of enemy naval fleets fighting their forces is much less, but the weaponry owned is very much different.

When fighting one of the countries near the Indian Ocean, the Luan Empire's naval fleet did not lose much. But when fighting the other country, their naval fleet was like being attacked mercilessly to the point of being destroyed.

“Actually what kind of country dares to destroy the strongest naval fleet in this Andzrev Continent, Emperor?” ask one of the members of the military faction who is one of the generals of the country's army.

“Ya.., they can even have magic that can make midnight as bright as day,” said one member of the military faction who survived the battle against the Indonesian naval fleet.

The number of survivors of the battle against Indonesia on the side of the Luan Empire can be calculated with all the fingers that humans have.

The commander of one of the Luan Empire's warships that was tasked with attacking Indonesian territory from the Indian Ocean had a bad feeling about the battle they were about to face. So he prefers to put his ship in the back row.

The commander's choice was very precise, when almost all of his country's hundreds of naval fleets were destroyed by their opponents who numbered dozens of ships, only the ship and some of its troops managed to retreat and enter the Gate again.

Bogat just rubbed his face with his hands, he now felt very dizzy with this war.

He was not only tired of the mind, but also plagued by physical fatigue. Moreover, he after this meeting had to attend the meeting of the 6 leaders of the countries that were in the Andzrev Continent.

“I have never seen a ship made of iron and can float, and can go without the help of wind and paddle. Does the country's military only contain witches?” said one member of the military faction.

The peace faction continues to debate the military faction that has left the country's military nearly destroyed. But various arguments were made by members of the military faction to defend themselves. But still members of the peace faction could not accept the various excuses given by the military faction.

Because the argument of the losing party will be very rarely accepted, unless there are some facts in the argument.

Other world military, especially Indonesia no one has a fantasy technology that they call ‘sihir’. That is an opinion that is not necessarily the truth, except for people who have gone to another world.

But people who have gone to another world, also not necessarily able to give their opinion. Because their very limited knowledge of the other world would only be a fantasy of the people in this world.

While Bogat only propped his cheeks with his right hand, the hot atmosphere in this place only made him even more dizzy.

The second parliamentary meeting of the factions grew heated when someone came without permission and suddenly appeared in the middle of the parliament room.

“Did you call me, father.?” said a female soldier with a scratch on her face who is the son of Bogat.

When viewed from the scar, the scratch came from a sharp object like a sword or something.

The entire person in this place was instantly silent and only breathed while thinking about the words they would say later if needed.

“Yes. Earlier I wanted to ask you, Sheyn”

“What is dad?”

“Do you want to go to another world with your troops?”

Sheyn's eyes instantly widened upon hearing her father's words. Everyone in this place also looked extremely shocked by the words of their emperor.

Sheyn just lowered her head, like thinking of the most appropriate answer in her opinion.

“For what father needs my team?” sheyn asked with a face that was still hesitant.

“Of course your troops have been needed, of course if your troops are not just displays,” replied Bogat with a face like an understatement.

Sheyn's eyebrows dropped sharply after hearing the answer from her father. In his heart, of course, he felt annoyed because the troops he formed himself were underestimated by the designation ‘facade’.

**

Sheyn entered the military as a 10-year-old, a year after her mother's death from illness. His goal to join the military was to escape his grief after the death of his mother.

Together with a personal guard, Sheyn practiced military basics, the point is that he learned his theory before entering the fighting material.

Sheyn asks her coach not to hesitate in training her, of course the coach only considers if little Sheyn is just joking.

But he immediately got rid of the word ‘little boy’ from Sheyn. A few months while training, Sheyn brought five children of her age who came from the settlements around the palace.

“Mr princess, why did you bring them? Aren't you going to be distracted by training?” asked the coach with a confused face.

“To form an army, members are needed right? They are the first members of my army,” Sheyn replied with a proud face as if she had become a commander of the army.

The five people Sheyn brought in certainly looked very ready for training, as Sheyn did.

“So, train them too huh?” pinta Sheyn's.

Coach Sheyn only accepted her request with a slanted smile, and also felt uneasy with Sheyn's cute face.

Every day the members who train with Sheyn keep growing, and they train like a real army of men.

The nobles who saw the children practicing the line-striping just chuckled. Mistakenly, the boys continued the line-up training despite being bullied by their coach.

Like not wanting to lose to the girls, the son of the military nobles of the Luan Empire wanted to obtain military training as well.

The development of the troops formed by the children of the military nobles was much faster, even gaining recognition first by the emperor.

The forces formed by Sheyn grew to have hundreds of members who were all women. Sheyn named this team ‘The Rows of the Roses’, he himself also made the flag of this team.

However, the forces Sheyn formed did not function in the war. These troops were only functioned like bodyguards, guards on imperial ceremonial occasions.

In the end, Shyen was summoned by his father, and told that his army was needed in battle.

**

“When will we leave dad?” sheyn asked seriously.

Bogat looks happy when his son agrees to his order to be sent to another world.

“There is still time, just wait until the time is announced,” replied Bogat while again supporting his head with his left hand.

Without saying anything more, Sheyn walked out of the room with a satisfied face. Because in the end the troops he formed had obtained the task that should be obtained by an army that was intended to fight.

**

Bogat has ended the meeting whose end result is not clear. The agenda that he did then was a meeting of all the leaders of the Andzrev Continent.

In the courtyard of the palace had been parked a wind dragon and four wyverns belonging to the Luan Empire's air force. Because the meeting place is not in this country, but in the country of Hrabro which is located not too far from the center of the Luan Empire. Half a day of flight is the time required.

Bogat could actually set out on his own to his neighbors, but escorts were a wonder for important people in the empire. No one knows what will happen along the way.

At the very least, none of the bandits possessed air power. But that's not the real danger. Wyverns and wild dragons, as well as other large flying animals that could eat humans were dangerous things in the air.

Half a day flight has been passed Bogat and his bodyguards. They have been through the airspace of the Hrabro Kingdom.

There is this kingdom, there are still many air troops passing by. Because the kingdom of Hrabro prefers to send a small portion of its air force. Unlike the Luan Empire which directly deployed most of its troops to battle with the other world.

There is a palace at the center of the royal government of Hrabro. Bogat and his bodyguards then descended on the palace's backyard to put his mount there.

Dozens of soldiers were ordered to guard the leaders' parking lots of dragons and wyverns.

The royal palace of Hrabro is not as big as other kingdoms, but for security matters here it is arguably as tight as the cloud palace in the kingdom of Arevelk.

To the meeting room, Bogat was guided by a soldier. While the four guards walked from the right and left sides, and behind him.

Inside the meeting room, there had been all the leaders of the entire country who were in the Andzrev Continent. Except Sigiz, but his representatives attended this meeting.

Bogat occupied an empty place, in front of it was a hexagon-shaped table.

The representative of Sigiz was the great military general of the Kingdom of Arevelk, as well as Sigiz's personal bodyguard. But Sigiz could not attend this meeting, because he was still in another world.

“For what other worldly Queen Sigiz?” ask the king of Hrabro Kingdom, Lukav.

“I don't know either, but he only brought a small army. So it is impossible for him to go there to fight,” replied Sigiz's representative.

“Yes, he also asked me for permission to enter the Gate that was raised in my country. He did not say his goal to go to another world,” continued Bogat while drinking wine that had just been poured by the servant.

This meeting was of course to discuss the course of the war, but Sigiz's absence at this meeting was like something different.

“Then, is your Queen still against war?” ask the king of the kingdom of Biez, Ban Mamaki.

“Yes, I think he has been too weak to oppose this war,” replied the Representative with a face that underestimated Sigiz.

The representative's answer was enough to make the other leaders surprised by the smile on top. Yeah, when else can they talk about Sigiz when he's not in this world.

Bogat put back his glass with a pale face. Other leaders also realized things were wrong with Bogat.

“What are your plans already running?” ask Bogat to the representative.

“Our preparations are done, but most of our nobles are opponents of war. So to run the plan, maybe we have to catch them one by one,” replied the representative.

The plan in question is a plan for the kingdom of Arevelk to join in this war. Because it would be very difficult to fight a strong army without a strong army anyway.

The military of the kingdom of Arevelk was the strongest in the continent, but their leader preferred to take the peaceful path by not going to war against otherworldly forces.

The majority of the military nobles in the kingdom of Arevelk did not agree with the decision of the Sgiz who they thought was cowardly.

But when the military of the country in the Andzrev Continent was almost destroyed, only the military of the Arevelk kingdom was still strong as usual. It was all thanks to Sigiz's decision to refuse to go to war with the other world.

But the military nobility planned everything so that the kingdom of Arevelk was involved in the war, of course, unbeknownst to Sigiz.

If Sigiz heard of their plan, the death penalty would befall the war-mad in the kingdom of Arevelk.

But Sigiz's departure to another world was used to formulate the plan. And the plan almost went ahead after all the preparations were done.