Even in Horai Island, <> lines were heard.

<>

"How can I say it, it's prideful, or it's a superior attitude. ......"

"<>. It's true, if we were united as a dictatorship, there would be no more wars."

Jin says, and Reinhardt agrees.

"<>. That's an interesting way of putting it. ...... but I don't want to live in such a tight world either.

"I don't know what the is for."

And Saki agreed.

"But that ship ......<>," she said.

Jin looked doubtful.

"I wonder where the leadership is?"

<>.

The <<>, which would have been the origin of the <>, denied material civilization and praised spiritual magical civilization (......) as its doctrine.

Then, what about the <> derived from it?

<>, aim to create a mage-led world! >>

<>

* * * *

"......<<> is worse than the <>!"

Jin, who was listening on Horai Island, muttered to himself.

"Yeah. They are proudly declaring world domination.

Reinhardt was also disgusted.

"Kuhu, it's kind of funny when he's so brazen..."

Saki is also smiling wryly.

The old man also made such an assessment.

I checked with <<<< peepers and there are no humans on those three ships>>.

"There were no humans in the facility west of the Pandor continent either, right?　Where in the world are they hiding?"

Jin's question has no answer so far. The old man has been searching for them with his "peepers," but he has not found them yet.

"......For now, let's keep an eye on those three ships."

"Right."

Will they attack?

Now, the fleet of Horai Island was approaching the three ships of the New Magic League (Neo Magias).

"I think it's about time we let them declare something, don't you?"

Reinhardt said.

<>

"Yes, ......."

Jin considers the contents of the declaration.

"How about 'no unjustified aggression' or 'protecting the dignity of mankind'?

"Kuh, that's kind of cool, isn't it?

"Well, I think that 'protecting the dignity of mankind' is too abstract, isn't it?"

Saki praised him, but Reinhardt seemed to have doubts about the latter part.

"Then, maybe we should stop talking about dignity and start talking about freedom, independence, autonomy, human rights, and so on?"

Jin thought again about the proposal.

"Yes, I like the idea of human rights.

"Freedom sounds good, doesn't it?"

Reinhard and Saki seemed to be attracted to different words.

"Hmmm, how about ......<>?"

"Oh, that sounds good."

"Oh, good." "I think that's a good idea."

This time, Reinhardt and Saki are pleased.

<

After reaching a consensus, the old man gave his instructions to the fleet.

* * * * * * * * * * * * *

<<<

A loud voice of deus ex machina echoed off the coast of the Principality of Jagus. It is the voice from the flagship battleship Hotaka. This one is using a loudspeaker.

< and ! >>

It is hereby declared that the two are cooperating with each other.

>

"......After all, < was right...... and the other flag is a <>......"

Hearing this declaration, Buena Heiti, the Minister of War of the Principality of Jagus, nodded repeatedly.

"How can I help you, Your Excellency?"

Rokow b. Shiharro asked.

"Well ......, I think we should stay out of the way and just wait and see.

"Indeed. It's frustrating.

The navy of the Principality of Jagus is made entirely of wooden ships, and it is unlikely to be able to compete with the <>, the <>, or the <>.

The Minister of War imagined that if a war were to break out between the fleet and the combined fleet of the and , he would be in danger just by being near them.

And he was quite right.

* * * * * *

< was of course heard by as well.

"Cheeky ......!"

"You stand before us, Magecraft Meister!"

Deus ex machina, what are you doing?

The automatons were outraged.

Isn't this the time to show our power?

"I agree. I heard that threatened his stronghold with dozens of wooden ships hundreds of years ago.

"Oh, that's what I heard."

That's half true. However, they don't seem to know that there were two major factors behind this: the absence of Jin and the magi emulator.

"Then, can we win if we meet them head on?"

"Then, can we win by going head-to-head?" "Yes, but as we have progressed, so have they. After all, they have all-metal ships. Four ships. And one of them is 250 meters high.

"We'll never know unless we try."

"Don't be stupid. Don't be stupid. We tried, and they were stronger, so we lost.

Then what are you going to do?

"......I'm sorry, but I'm going to pull out of this one."

"............"

"......"

Everyone fell silent.

Then, after a minute or so.

"......, let's pull out."

"We have no choice."

"We have no choice."

They agreed to retreat.

"Make a 180 degree turn!"

The order was given and the three ships turned around and headed away from the Principality of Jags.