Aeterna City Hall, Aeterna City, 31 July 2140, 07:00 pm
That night, Luigi, Lucien, Johnny, Ghost, and Sheperd, Lucien's bodyguard in Fortisregnum Empire, attended the grand banquet in Aeterna City Hall. They meet with several nobles and council members of the Fortisregnum Empire. Luigi discussed the potential investment of United Terran in the Fortisregnum Empire with several nobles and council members. They agreed to discuss the investment details in the House of Councils tomorrow morning. Finally, the royal family entered the Hall with several elit legions as bodyguards. One of the focus of the royal family is Emperor Aurelius's eldest daughter, Julia Felix Augusta. She is a young, beautiful, and royal jewel of the future Fortisregnum Empire. If his father was called "Imperator Populi" or "Emperor of the people," she was called "Principissa Populi" or princess of the people, famous for her kind and humble interaction towards the people of the Fortisregnum Empire.
Secretly, she admires one of the handsome and elegant young men from the United Terran representatives. She falls in love at first sight with Lucien Dubois, a young ambassador of the United Terran. Lucien Dubois is an unmarried, genius, young, and handsome French man who becomes a mentee for Luigi. He is a descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte from the mother lines, so he is one of "the nobles" from the first French Empire. Even though Lucien is not directly in the Bonaparte family, his mother's family still encourages and teaches him the value of nobility. After transferring phenomena, he joined the United Terran diplomatic corps for the New World. His mentor, Luigi Mussolini, asked Lucien to join him in the unknown alternative Roman Empire. He gladly accepts because he wants to learn about the ancient Empire, such as the Roman Empire, and he wants a new adventure in the New World.
Suddenly, Shepherd reports to Lucien that the princess is secretly watching Lucien. Lucien looked at the princess's face, which was red because of the blush in her face. Lucien asks permission from Luigi to talk with the princess. After he got permission, Lucien and Shepherd walked to the princess, and some princes from the Fortisregnum Empire vassals or other nations surrounded her. Lucien politely greeted the princess and introduced his name.
"Greetings, Your Highness. I greet the "princess of the people," beautiful and elegant. May God bless you and your family. Please let me introduce myself. My name is Lucien Dubois, a diplomat from United Terran." Lucien politely greets the princess first.
"Greetings, Ambassador Lucien. Thank you for your kindness. We hope our country will have good relations and our bonding will be strong." The princes give Lucien a hidden code. Unfortunately, even Lucien can not crack a code from the lady as a man.
Princess Julia has an order from Emperor Aurelius to have a good relationship with the United Terran people, especially their officials. If there is a chance, political marriage will be held to maintain the relationship between the two nations. Initially, Julia rejects the order from Emperor Aurelius because she is an independent young lady and wants to choose someone she loves. However, after Emperor Aurelius said that the United Terran is a hyperpower nation, bonding with a strong and advanced nation would give more stability and prosperity to the Empire. Even though she is an independent young lady, she is still the princess of the people who put the people's interests above her. She agrees and accepts the order but still wants to choose a man who will become his future husband. Emperor Aurelius did not have a choice for his beloved and strong-willed daughter, so he accepted Julia's condition.
"Princess Julia, after I saw you, I remembered one of my country's poems. Let me cite it, especially for you." Lucien politely asked permission to cite poetry for Julia.
"Go ahead, Mr. Lucien." Julia permitted him.
"Jeune fille en ce doux âge
Où le sein, frêle rameau,
S'entr'ouvre au souffle nouveau,
Où chaque printemps engage
Un serment au moindre oiseau"
"Oui, sois fière de ta jeunesse,
Fière de tes cheveux flottants ;
L'air est pur, la terre est immense,
Et le ciel est plein de rayons."
"Young girl, in this sweet age
Where the breast, fragile branch,
Opens to the new breath,
Where each spring invites
A pledge from the smallest bird"
"Yes, be proud of your youth,
Proud of your flowing hair;
The air is pure, the Earth is vast,
And the sky is full of rays."
Lucien cites the romantic poetry "A une jeune fille" (To a Young Girl) by a renowned French poet, Victor Hugo, and "À une jeune Grecque" (To a Young Greek Girl) by Alfred de Musset.
"Aww.. thank you for your poet, Mr. Lucien. That is beautiful". Julia thanks Lucien for his romantic poetry.
"Heh, I know that language. So you are a descendant of barbarians, huh?" suddenly, one of the princes said that to Lucien.
"I am sorry, your highness. What do you mean by that? May I know who you are, your highness?" Lucien was shocked that someone in this new world said that he was a descendant of barbarians, and he asked for the prince's identity.
"My name is Hasdrubal Barca, a crown prince of the Novacara Empire, Future emperor, and husband of Princess Julia". He introduces himself as the crown prince of the Novacara Empire, a rival of the Fortisregnum Empire. Suddenly, Princess Julia reddened because of shame and fear of what her best friend said to the ambassador from the hyperpower nation.
"You cite poetry of your country in the language used by the Gollian people, the barbarian country that we enslaved after my Empire and the Fortisregnum Empire conquered them. So your nation is still a barbarian country because it is a descendant of that barbarian people, hahaha." Hasdrubal said and laughed at Lucien.
Lucien was confused about who the Gollian people were, which he said were barbarian people. Suddenly, he remembered that this world was an alternative to Earth. The Gollian is similar to Gallia or Gaul in the Roman Empire age. Gaul was old France, and of course, Lucien was the descendant of the Gaul people. Suddenly, Lucien stares at Hasdrubal because he says that his proud nation, France, is barbaric. But he is still calm because some unnecessary action will ignite a war.
"Please, refrain yourself, your highness. Even though the United Terran is the united of all Nations, my nation, France, is Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, which encourage Cultural Heritage. You could say I am a barbarian descendant but do not say my nation is a barbaric country." Lucien tries to control his emotions.
"Huh, from my point of view, your nation is still a barbaric country, which is no match to my glorious empire, hahaha.". Crown Prince Hasdbrubal left Lucien and Princess Julia. He did not know that France is a nation member of the United Terran. If he confronts France, it means confronting the entire United Terran. When he arrived at Aeterna dock, the UTS Enterprise and her escort were back to the United Terran to send the free slaves for education, so he did not know that the United Terran is the new hyperpower nation.
Lucien and Shepherd were angry because Crown Prince Hasdrubal insulted their proud nation. Secretly, Shepherd sent some insect nanobots to mark up Crown Prince Hasdrubal and his men. He swears that if that bastard crown prince does not formally apologize to Lucien, he will give him a special gift from an angry Frenchman. Suddenly, Princess Julia apologized to Lucien on behalf of his best friend.
"On behalf of Crown Prince Hasdrubal, please forgive him, Mr. Lucien." Julia formally apologizes to Lucien on behalf of Hasdrubal.
"That's okay, Princess Julia. Maybe if one of our governments heard of what he said, they would demand a formal apology from the Novacara Empire. If they still provoke us, then war may be the choice." Lucien said while he controlled his emotions.
Suddenly, Princess Julia trembles after hearing Lucien's response. The Novacara Empire is equal to the Fortisregnum Empire. If the United Terran declared war on the Fortisregnum Empire, it would inevitably be defeated, and her Empire would be destroyed. She will try her best to prevent the war between the United Terran and the Novacara Empire.
"Rest assured, Mr. Lucien. I will do my best to get the Novacara Empire to formally apologize to your nation." Princess Julia tries to calm Lucien down.
"We don't have a dispute with the Novacara Empire. We will open diplomatic relations with them after establishing relations with the Fortisregnum Empire. But I need a formal apology from their crown prince." Lucien responds to Julia.
"Yes, I will do my best, Mr. Lucien." Julia tries to convince Lucien that she will approach Crown Prince Hasdrubal to give him a formal apology.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness," Lucien responded to Julia
"Mr. Lucien, this morning I saw you go to the slaves market. What are you doing there?" Julia asked why he and his team went to the slave market.
"Oh, my mentor and I go to the slave market to buy tens of thousands of slaves, then we free them to become our workers in our new industries in Fortisregnum Empire," Lucien said to Julia.
"Why do you give them freedom if you could use them as industry workers?" Julia admires Lucien and his mentor's action of freeing the slaves.
"My nation did not have slaves, and we hate if there is a country that has a slave law. We will try to lobby them to abolish their slave law, and as compensation, we will invest in several sectors, including civil technology. If they still maintain their slaves law, we will ban them from our product, and we will embargo them." Lucien respond to Julia
"So if my Empire still has a slaves law, you will ban your product from coming and embargo my empire?". Julias asked Lucien again.
"Of course, however, we will try to buy slaves as many as we can and give them freedom. Nevertheless, if the Fortisregnum still maintains their slave law, we will embargo and ban your Empire." Lucien responded that there is a possibility that United Terran will embargo Fortisregnum Empire.
"Rest assured, Mr. Lucien. Currently, my father will try to abolish the slave law and will give freedom to the slaves. However, some of the council members are against this policy, and they threaten to dispose of my father if he legalizes to abolish the slave law." Julia says that his father wants to abolish slave law, but some people are against that.
"Rest assured, Your Highness. My government has several plans to support the Emperor to abolish the slave law." Lucien respond Julia
"Thank you for your help, Mr. Lucien. Do you want to dance with me?" Julia invites Lucien to dance with her.
"Your Highness, it would be my greatest honor to accept your gracious invitation to share a dance. I am humbled by the opportunity to partake in this joyous moment with someone as esteemed as yourself." Lucien accepted Julia's dance invitation.
Lucien and Princess Julia become the main characters in the grand banquet. They are a handsome and beautiful couple, just like the hero and heroine in romantic literature. Lucien's mentor, Luigi, is proud that his mentee made the royal princess fall in love with him. However, there is a fire that will ignite a war between two nations. The fire from the Crown Prince of the Novacara Empire, Prince Hasdrubal, was jealous of Lucien for stealing the heart of Princess Julia, his childhood friend, and his angel-like figure. However, Princess Julia did not feel the same as Crown Prince Hasdrubal. She thinks Prince Hasdrubal is just his childhood friend and best friend, not more. He swore that if he did not have Princess Julia's heart and body, he would declare war on the Fortisregnum Empire and that France, with the help of the Industrial Age Nation, Imperio Estelar.
Secret base of Novacara Empire agents, Aeterna City, 1 August 2140, 01:30 am
After the grand banquet, Crown Prince Hasdrubal sent a group of elite commandos of the Novacara Empire "Sacred Band" to murder Lucien, the thorn in his relationship with Princess Julia. Ten of Sacred Band is discussed in a secret building in Aeterna City.
"We got the orders from the Crown Prince Hasdrubal to assassinate one of the barbarian nation diplomats. Based on the data of the Crown Prince, that nation is the descendant of the Gollian people that we conquered and enslaved centuries ago," the Sacred Band commander, known as ʾAḥad or number one, said to his comrade.
"Hehe, a diplomat from the barbaric nation that is a descendant of the Gollian people? This will be an easy mission for us." One of the comrades responded that killing the diplomat from France/United Terran is easy.
"Do not understand this mission, Ašrā (number ten). Based on Imperio Estelar's spies, the diplomats and his team come with a massive ship that is more than the United States of Amarilon (USA) ship. I am afraid if we murder this diplomat, we could ignite a war with a nation comparable to the USA as hyperpower." ʾAḥad tries to think carefully before acting with an unknown nation comparable to the world's strongest nation.
"Do not be afraid ʾaḥad. You are the leader of the elite soldiers from the great Novacara Empire. We are no match against barbaric nations. Even if the Fortisregnum Empire declares war on us, we can defeat and destroy them." Šnā, as vice commander, said to ʾAḥad that their Empire is no match against the barbaric nation because they had plenty of military support from the Imperio Estelar nation.
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"You are right, Šnā. Our Empire is strong, even for the Fortisregnum Empire. However, we can not underestimate our target. We lack information about this nation, and this mission is too risky for the fate of our Empire. Even though this diplomat was really from a barbaric nation, we still had to face the Fortisregnum Empire in the open war because one of the diplomats died in their national event." ʾAḥad said not to underestimate something that they did not know.
"Relax, ʾAḥad. The Crown Prince gives us the new weapon technology from Imperio Estelar. He gives us a magic hand cannon and musket for this particular mission. He also gave this equipment from the USA for this magic hand cannon and musket, which they called the "Magic Silencer" to reduce the sound of this magic gun." Šalāš told the team and showed the boxes containing magic hand cannons and muskets.
"Yeah, I have a gift from my sworn brother in the Imperio Estelar. He said this was a pistol from the Angles Empire. He bought it from the merchant who came to Imperio Estelar. He said this is a good weapon for assassination missions, so I always bring it secretly." ʾAḥad shows the pistol, which resembles the FN 1910 pistol, including a silencer.
"Wow, you have a weapon from a superpower nation? Man, I am jealous of you. Haha." Šemōnā said to ʾAḥad that he was jealous because ʾAḥad had a pistol from a superpower nation.
"All right, guys, thirty minutes from now, we will go to the target hotel. Remember, the Royal Hotel has several layers of guard, and we do not want to alarm the Fortisregnum Empire Legion. If you are detected, kill them silently with your weapon before they sound the alarm bell. Based on our spies, the target is in the third-floor VIP room. Be quick and silent." ʾAḥad finished the briefing and told his comrade to be quick and silent during the assassination mission.
ʾAḥad and his comrades did not know that Sheperd and Ghost detected their action through an insect nanobot.
"Heh, ancient people want to assassinate Mr.Lucien with Napoleon era and WW1 gun. So interesting that this world has a large disparity in technology." Ghost commented that people with ancient civilizations have a weapon from the Napoleonic era and a WW1 gun.
"So they are the people from the Novacara Empire, huh? That bastard crown prince had insulted my nation. Maybe Mr. Lucien has already forgiven them, but my anger will punish them. Death will be a mercy for them. "Sheperd said that he is angry with Crown Prince Hasdrubal for insulting Lucien, a descendant of barbaric people, and his nation. He said that France is a barbaric nation because only their ancestor was the Gollian People of Gaul in Earth's time.
"Relax, man, we will finish them. However, I want one person for our interrogation. We need more information about this world. We got some information from their discussion. First, they got military support from the Napoleonic-era nation Imperio Estelar. Second, their power was more than that of the Fortisregnum Empire, so they could invade and conquer the Fortisregnum Empire with Napoleonic Era technology. This is not good. We must inform Mr. Luigi and Mr. Lucien about this information." Ghost fears this condition could affect the United Terran project in this new world.
"You are right. I will prepare some traps in the Royal Hotel and tell the guard to prepare to take action." Shepherd left the surveillance room to set several traps around the Royal Hotel and tell the guard to prepare and be aware of the incoming incident.
Royal Hotel, Aeterna City, 1 August 2140, 02:00 am
Ten commandos of the Novacara Empire came secretly to the Royal Hotel. They saw several royal guards guarding the front and back gates. However, they have a piece of information from the informant and traitor of the Fortisregnum Empire, to whom an engineer at the Royal Hotel has secret access. He is loyal to the Novacara Empire because they allow him to study a new technology from Imperio Estelar and become the royal Engineer. The commandos prepare their weapons and put silencers and magic silencers into their pistol and magic hand cannons. Then they enter the secret gate entrance. ʾAḥad read the map from the Engineer and follow it to the ground floor. When they walk through the secret underground passage, Ghost watches them through nanobots.
"Heh, this Royal Hotel has a secret passage. By the way, how does this foreigner know the secret passage of the Royal Hotel? I think of one of the employees or an official giving them access to the secret passage. Shepherd, target walking through in secret underground passage. I will scan the final coordinates of this secret passage and send it to you. Set an ambush with several legions at the final passage, over." Ghost gives Shepherd information about the intruders.
"Copy that. Set an ambush on the set coordinate. I'm out." With three legions, Shepherd has already set plasma mines in the enemy's escape point at the entrance of the secret passage.
After setting plasma mines, Shepherd and three elite legions coordinate to set an ambush. They set an ambush on the third floor before the assassins approached Lucien. They ran as fast as they could to the third floor to set an ambush. After the assassins are on the second floor, legions will prepare outside the Royal Hotel to capture the fleeing assassin. Ghost already reported the incoming incident to Luigi and Lucien. Lucien was shocked as the enemy's primary target and swore to punish this crown prince, Hasdrubal. For now, he and Luigi were evacuated to a safe place in another room in the Royal Hotel with the three legions.
ʾAḥad and his team have already arrived at the exit of the secret passage. They arrive at the kitchen at ground level. They scan the kitchen condition to see if there are some royal hotel employees or chefs. The royal hotel was empty because they took action at 02:00 am, and the assassination mission had already leaked. ʾAḥad feels incredibly anxious during this mission because their mission is so smooth, like calm before a storm. Even though it is late at night, some employees must serve the guests, but this royal hotel is strangely empty. They load their magic hand cannons and pistols and release the safety, ready to fire at the Fortisregnum legion or someone who detects/locates them.
ʾAḥad opens the kitchen, and the corridor is empty, even for the receptionist. He feels the enemy has discovered them but can not prove that. However, they must continue this mission; success is the only option. They take the stairs to the first floor but still do not meet one of the employees and hotel guests. It is the same for the second floor; the anxious feelings of ʾAḥad get more robust, and he feels that if they take the stairs to the third floor, death will await them. He and his comrades are already prepared to challenge death, but he feels certain death after entering the third floor on this mission. After they arrived at the third floor, the light from the oil lamp was off, making the third floor darker than the first and second floors.
Suddenly, some plasma energy that lighted the third floor came from the other side of the corridor. Two of ʾAḥad comrades were hit by the plasma assault rifle, and their body was obliterated. ʾAḥad and his remaining comrades were shocked that their comrade's body was obliterated. They shoot the magic hand cannons and pistol to the other side of the corridor. But they could not see anyone. They think they fight mages who release the lighting magic or someone with a magic gun. They try to locate the enemy and try to shoot them down. Suddenly, the head of another two was blown because of the bullet from a sniper railgun. They panicked because they could not see where the enemy was because of the darkness of the third floor. The six remaining commandos were stopped and prone to the floor, trying to avoid enemies' magic guns.
Shepherd shoots two of the assassins with a plasma assault rifle and obliterates their body. After shooting, he activated his camouflaged armor to blend with the dark so the enemy could not see him and light shoes to reduce the sound when walking to Lucien's room. Ghost shoots two of the assassins with sniper railgun from the top of the building across the royal hospital. Both Sheperd and Ghost stop shooting and let the assassins feel the fear of death and uncertainty. They want to torture and inflict psychological effects on them.
After several minutes of being prone to the floor, there was no reaction from the other side. Darkness and silence inflict fear and increase the anxiety of the remaining Sacred Band members. ʾAḥad tries to be prone to the other side, and his team follows him from the back. The target room is at the corner of the corridor, and he thinks the target already knows and shoots lightning magic or a magic gun at them. He thinks about what kind of enemy they face and the consequences if they still go to the target room. They can choose death at the enemy's hand or death by execution by the Crown Prince because they failed and ran from the mission. If they choose the first option, they only die, and the people of the Novacan Empire will remember they died on duty. However, if they choose the second option, they will be remembered as cowards, and their families will suffer from humiliation.
ʾAḥad and his team are steadfast in their heart and run to the target room, ready to face the enemies and ready to die. After they start to run, Ghost shoots the three of them, and they fall to the floor. ʾAḥad, Šnā, and Šalāš abandon their comrade with heavy hearts because they must succeed and kill the target. On the front of the target room, they prepare their guns and are ready to break the door. After they break the door, they try to shoot someone in the room; however, there is no someone in the room. Suddenly, Sheperd deactivated his camouflage and stabbed his combat knife into Šalāš and killed him. Then, he rapidly takes his plasma pistol to shoot Šnā and obliterates his body.
Looking at someone who killed his comrade, ʾAḥad is angry and shoots his pistol at Shepherd. However, his bullet can not penetrate the body armor of Shepherd. He shoots his pistol until his pistol is empty. Suddenly, Shepherd punches ʾAḥad's face, and he is thrown back because of Shepherd's punch. Shepherd walks to ʾAḥad and grabs his clothes. Suddenly, ʾAḥad releases his secret poison dagger and tries to stab the neck of Shepherd. However, the neck of Shepherd was protected by nano armor, and ʾAḥad knife could not penetrate the armor. Looking at the futile action of ʾAḥad, Shepherd laughs and throws back the ʾAḥad body to the wall.
"So you are the commander of the Novacara Empire special elite commando, huh? I will remove my nano armor to give you a chance to kill me. Come revenge, your comrades." Shepherd provokes ʾAḥad to take revenge on his comrades after taking off his armor.
"How do you know I am from the Novacara Empire? How dare you to kill my comrades. I will kill you now." ʾAḥad was shocked that Shepherd knew that he is from the Novacara Empire. He then ran to punch Shepherd's face.
"Heh, this is your punch? Commander Ghost's punch is more pain than your punch?" Shepherd provokes ʾAḥad again and punches ʾAḥad's stomach until he vomits.
"Heh.. heh.. heh.. heh..., Darn you. I will definitely kill you". ʾAḥad tries to punch Shepherd's stomach rapidly. However, Shepherd still stands out.
"Standing here, I realize you are just like me, trying to make history (killing and protecting Lucien). But who's to judge the right from wrong (the action of killing each other)? When our guard is down (face each other fairly). I think we'll both agree (both of them are commando and obey the orders of their leader). That violence breeds violence. But in the end, it has to be this way." Shepherd says the same condition: both of them must obey their leader's orders as elite commandos.
"Huh.. huh. So you are an elite commando, too? Fine, I will finish this." ʾAḥad activated his magic to buff his body and improve his power. He punches Shepherd's stomach with two hands and uses his fullest power until Shepherd is knocked back. However, Shepherd still stands despite marks from the ʾAḥad punch. Suddenly, the wound and mark in the Shepherd's stomach is rapidly healed.
"Why won't you die?" ʾAḥad was shocked that Shepherd still stood after his rapid and strong punch.
"Nanomachine, man. This technology improves the regeneration of wounds and increases the life span of humans." Shepherd tells the reason to ʾAḥad why his wound rapidly regenerated.
"Enough for the plaything, Shepherd. Knock him out now." Ghost orders Shepherd to knock out ʾAḥad via communicator.
"Haha, my leader wants me to finish you off. See you next time." Shepherd puch ʾAḥad stomach until ʾAḥad unconscious. Next, Shepherd brings the unconscious ʾAḥad to the selected room where Jhonny is already there for interrogation.
Interrogation Room, Royal Hotel, Aeterna City, 1 August 2140, 08:00 am
The unconscious ʾAḥad was seated in a single chair. Shepherd doused ʾAḥad with water until he gained consciousness. When ʾAḥad opened his eyes, he saw two people in the room: Shepherd and a brown-haired man. The brown-haired man introduces himself as an official from United Terran named Jhonny Bean.
"Good morning, commander of Sacred Band from Novacara Empire, ʾAḥad. My name is Johnny Bean, and I am an official from United Terran. Nice to meet you." Jhonny introduced himself to ʾAḥad. ʾAḥad was shocked that United Terran had known his official commando name.
"How do you know I am from the Novacara Empire? Heh, I think there are traitors to the Fortisregnum Empire. But wait, who are you? What is United Terran? We did not dispute with United Terran." ʾAḥad thought that traitors from Fortisregnum leaked the information to United Terran.
"Huh, do you know that the main target of your assassination mission is our people?" Jhonny asked to ʾAḥad.
"Our main target is a diplomat from a barbaric nation, a descendant of the Gollian people. What is that nation's name? Ah... France. We did not have a dispute with the United Terran. We only want to assassinate a diplomat from France because he is the thorn in a relationship between our crown prince and Fortisregnum princess." ʾAḥad remembered that his target was a diplomat from France and not the United Terran.
"Heh, if you take this mission before the formation of United Terran, maybe I will support you hahaha." Johnny laughs because he is a British man, and Lucien is a French man. Before the formation of the United Terran, Britain and France had a historical love-hate relationship. Before the modern age, they were enemies and rivals trying to show that they were the superpower nation. They were allies during WWI, WWII, the Cold War, and the early 21st century. Still, after the British exit (Brexit) from the European Union (EU) and before WWIII, their relationship was tattered because of political differences. Suddenly, Shepherd stared at Johnny because of his statement. Then Johnny tells him that it is a British-French joke.
"Your target is a diplomat to our nations. Even though he is a Frenchman, he is also a diplomat for United Terran. If you provoke one of our nation members, you provoke the entire United Terran." Jhonny says that France is a member of the United Terran.
Suddenly, ʾAḥad is trembled because he provokes some united nations like the central government in the world. If they are a united nation based on Shepherd's technology when fighting with him, it shows that they are a superpower nation or a hyperpower nation. He imagines that their Empire will be destroyed if their nation fights a hyperpower nation like the United States of Amarilon (USA).
"So.. so.. our Empire is provoking a hyperpower nation?." ʾAḥad trembled when asked to Jhonny.
"No, your nation is not provoking the United Terran. However, your crown prince has provoked the official member of United Terran. Fortunately, your mission has failed. If your mission was successful, your nation provokes United Terran. By the way, we are not barbaric nations and do not like to declare war if we do not have a robust, justified war goal. Lucien thought this incident did not need to escalate to open war. We only need a formal apology from your crown prince to ensure he is not abusing his power as a crown prince." Johnny answers the question.
"Rest assured that we will not kill or torture you. Just like I said before, we are not a barbarian nation. However, we need your cooperation with some information about this world". Johnny tried to persuade ʾAḥad.
"No, I do not want to betray my Empire. I prefer to die than betray my Empire." ʾAḥad confirm his loyalty to his Empire.
"Do not worry. We do not ask you to betray your Empire. We only ask about the weapon your team used during the assassination mission. If you tell me the truth about these weapons and the nations that produce them, I will gladly release you and give you some gold. Do you understand?" Johnny tries to persuade ʾAḥad again, and he promises to reward him.
"Are you sure you do not want me to reveal the information or weakness of my Empire? Do you not want me to betray you and change my alignment with you?" ʾAḥad asked the question to ensure Johnny's intention.
"Of course, I swear to my God. To release you if you tell the truth about the nation that produces these weapons, and I will not torture or kill you." Johnny swears to God that he will tell the truth.
"Ok, I will tell you. This is a magic hand cannon from Imperio Estelar, a Great Power Nation. They supply us with magic hand cannons, muskets, and magic artillery. They have a majestic dragon species for their air force and land force. Our wyvernlord is no match for their majestic dragon. Majestic Sky Dragon is for their air force, and Majestic Land Dragon is for their land force. I heard from my sworn brother that he has a new weapon called a rifle, a reverse engineering weapon from the Angles Empire. Imperio Estellar have massive ships in their navy. They called it magic ironclad, which has magic metal and wood composition for the material. They are an expansionist empire with the motto" Gold, Glory, and Gospel," which means they conquered other nations for wealth and power and preached their religion to other nations." ʾAḥad describes the information about Imperio Estelar, a great power similar to Spanish Empire in the exploration, colonialization, and industrial age.
"This is a pistol which I got from my sworn brother in Imperio Estelar. The Angles Empire produced this weapon. They are a superpower nation that does not have magic power. They relied upon machine technology for their army, navy, and air force. They have flying machines that they call aircraft. They have machine land dragons called tanks for cavalry and rifles as their weapon for infantry. Their navy is strong because they have metal ships called "Battleships" that can shoot artillery with a range more than Imperio Estelar ironclad. They were an expansionist empire; however, they stopped their expansion because they faced a challenge from their rival, Weltenkraft Reich ." ʾAḥad describes the information about the Angles Empire, a superpower nation similar to the British Empire and the United Kingdom in World War I and the Interwar period.
"Ah, a superpower nation similar to my nation, huh?" Johnny responds to ʾAḥad description of the Angles Empire.
"Huh, what do you mean, sir?" ʾAḥad confused about Johnny's response.
"No, it is nothing. All right, thank you for the information. We need more cooperation with you. Shepherd, release him and bring him to ICIA headquarters," Johnny orders Shepherd.
"Wait, what do you mean? You already swear to release me to my Empire..." ʾAḥad screams. Shepherd brings him out of the room to go to ICIA headquarters.
"Heh, do I swear to release you to your Empire? Shepherd knocked him out." Johnny orders Shepherd to knock out ʾAḥad.
After ʾAḥad unconscious, he will be brought to the ICIA headquarters for "special treatment."