Editing City Series:Volume6e Chapter2 (section)

===Part 5===

Two old men sat in front of Schweitzer.

The forest beyond them had disappeared. The wall reliefs had moved back into place, covering the hole.

The old men were busy removing the armor and whatnot they were wearing.

Witzmann held a removed breastplate and looked up at Schweitzer.

“Something must have happened if the son of Schweitzer is here at the old HQ.”

Bermark opted to answer.

“You should know what that is now that you have seen the past. Things are underway to ensure that past happens. All in the name of the Nibelung.”

“Oh?” replied Elrich, undoing the strap on Witzmann’s back. The chest of the armor dropped down to Witzmann’s stomach. Witzmann caught the falling breastplate.

“The world has started to go wrong, hasn’t it? Then I’m guessing today is August 23.”

“I would expect no less of the man with the Titel of Hellsehen.”

“Don’t give me that crap, Bermark. You fully intended for us to die in there.”

“If you had, it would simply mean you lacked the necessary skill.”

Schweitzer’s cheeks tensed at that cold statement.

Witzmann smiled bitterly and Elrich stretched his legs.

The two old men looked to the large man in the center of the room – toward Schweitzer.

He looked down at the two of them.

“So I take it you two saw the past in there?”

“A much denser version of it than you saw. That Sein Frau there set us up. Still, it was a fascinating experience. But I would like to confirm something with that Sein Frau and with you…Captain Schweitzer is it now?”

“What is it?”

Witzmann looked to Elrich.

Elrich hesitated before hardening his expression, shutting his eyes, and nodding.

Witzmann nodded back and looked to Bermark and Schweitzer again.

“Are we correct in concluding that the Messiah is Hazel Mirildorf after being sent to the past in a Ton explosion on August 23?”

“Yes, that is indeed correct.”

“And does your presence here mean something happened to our commander?”

“Yes. She entered Tristan to use herself as a component of Neue Erde. Her Ober Beweisen extracts the Spacetime Tons and boosts Tristan. The Messiah’s Ober Beweisen lets her view all Tons, so-”

“You don’t need to explain every little detail to the man known as the Hellsehen. Our commander’s actions were linked to all of this, weren’t they? Including giving the Allies plans to our Wort Bombe and the Allies building their ACBS based on that.”

Bermark continued from there.

“The Messiah will lead an attack on Germania late tonight. She cannot break the Spacetime Tons extracted by the fräulein since she is a Stimmer, so the destructive power of the ACBS is needed to trigger the Nibelung. The fräulein hopes to-”

“To control the Messiah with her Beweisen and forcibly draw out the Messiah eye’s Ober Beweisen to crash the ACBS into the Spacetime Tons she extracted, right?”

“Correct,” confirmed Bermark.

Schweitzer nodded between the two of them and then asked Bermark a question really directed at all of them. His coat swished a bit as he turned to face his aide.

“What do we do about this?”

“The fräulein has always sought to trigger the Nibelung as the Geheimnis Agency Commander and Sir Heiliger is working toward the same thing now. The Nibelung is the one way for the Neue Kavaliers to protect Germany as its knights. If the Messiah chooses to lead us, then we must show her a willpower and strength worthy of being led.”

“I see,” said Witzmann with a sigh. “So Heiliger chose to follow the Naylor girl.”

Schweitzer turned toward him.

His gaze poured down on Witzmann’s bald head as the old man continued.

“The two of us saw the Messiah in the past. It was a valuable experience and it allowed us to make a number of decisions. But what about you two? Will you place your trust in Neue Erde or in the Messiah?”