Horizon:Volume 3 Chapter 01

Chapter 01: The Companions of the Closed Room

What does it mean to be able to speak.

Without a guilty conscience."

Point Allocation (Composure)

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• [Luuynes]: 『My lady.』

• [ANA]: 『What is it?』

• [Luuynes]: 『It appears that there is a situation in which I can go there. I think that it will become a situation where I will intrude on the co-operators. On the way, however, it seems that several kind souls will intermediate.』

• [ANA]: 『Yeah, I mostly understand, it is that old man... Ah, however however if you are coming over here, I want a letter. One from my elder brother, one from her and one from my friend. Ones which are handwritten, okay?』

• [Luuynes]: 『That degree of an order then one way or another.』

• [ANA]: 『My my, you do not care who the requested party is?』

• [Luuynes]: 『It is simply saying that I want the thing which I want. I determine that it does not matter who is the other party.』

• [ANA]: 『You are flawless.』

• [Luuynes]: 『It is an honour to be praised by you. Well then, my lady, is it not about time that you sleep?』

• [ANA]: 『Yeah…, however…』

• [Luuynes]: 『The cold is?』

• [ANA]: 『Perhaps that is right I wonder?』

• [Luuynes]: 『In that case, please relax. During the next few days the sun should be visiting there. For my lady who has received the nickname “Moon” in order to receive the sun, the time when the sun has arrived has come. That is something that I try saying.』

• [ANA]: 『Once the morning comes, the moon disappears you know? Is something which I try and say.』

• [Luuynes]: 『No, my lady, it is simply that it becomes impossible to see. It yields the light to the sun. There is no way that the moon disappears. It is a physical impossibility.』

• [ANA]: 『You are flawless.』

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There was a classroom which was warmly accepting the light of the sun.

The window was open, with class being conducted among the incoming wind.

In front of the blackboard there was a female teacher with a nametag Sanyou, who while stretching her back was drawing a hexagon with blackboard chalk.

“Well now, Musashi is currently in Hexagone Française I’m sorry that two weeks have passed since we have arrived here, and that the scope of class had finally reached this part—” Even since England, after covering English history, things had livened up and had been unable to catch up. While Sanyo was thinking that at this rate after the second semester would be perilous, for the time being she completed drawing the hexagon.

“Okay, this is the shape of Hexagone Française, however originally during the era of the Roman Empire this area was the land of the barbarians. At the present moment, this might be difficult to believe, however at the time with regards to Europe, beneath the southern areas of Rome was not a country but simply a deserted land in which several tribes came and went. That being the case, the Roman Empire called the part of this large land that would eventually become a part of Hexagone Française the Gaul province.”

Then,

“In order to suppress the threat of the barbarians, the Roman Empire dispatched Caesar. There in 511 B.C. Caesar oppressed a large portion of Gaul. This era of Caesar’s memorandum is still being conveyed today through “Caesar’s Military History”.”

Sanyou thought to herself, Lord Caesar had accomplished a variety of different things

With respect to the historical reproduction, since Caesar’s invasion of Gaul was the keystone for the territory segmentation that followed, it was re-enacted through a detailed plan. However as a consequence of being too passionate, a rehearsal ended up being conducted and after the main event, Caesar ended up writing “Came again, Saw again, and Won again” in “Caesar’s Military History”.

“Anyhow after the collapse of the Roman Empire, this land once again returned to being a lawless area. During the eight-ninth century, this area was once again conquered and the individual who granted this area peace was Charles the Great. In French he was known as Charlemagne. He put this area from present day Europe up to Tres España under his command, however after his death this “Carolingian Empire” was split into three…”

On the right side of the hexagon Sanyou drew a shape like an upside down shogi piece. Beneath both of these she drew a boot shaped diagram.

“One of these, the one on the right side was M.H.R.R. Another one of these, the one at the bottom became K.P.A.ITALIA. Lastly, where the former Gaul province was located became Hexagone Française.”

Well then,

“Do you know which part of Hexagone Française makes it weaker in regards to M.H.R.R. and K.P.A.Italia?”

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In response to the question everyone looked around. When she indicated someone as a test the blonde-haired student,

“Ah, I’m sorry, my family is Catholic…”

Sanyou formed a wry smile. People do have a lot of circumstances, after nodding in recognition she took a breath,

“Well Hexagone Française does not have either a Holy Roman Empire or a Pope. In other words, it is simply a country which possesses a large volume of land. Therefore compared to the other two countries they possess a weaker level of influence, even when they installed an internal king this wasn’t recognised by neither M.H.R.R. or K.P.A. Italia, with this conversely being something that was exploited. However…”

Sanyou drew multiple oblique lines on the interior of the hexagon and created a plane.

“The central region. In respect to M.H.R.R. which consists of a large number of mountains and forest and K.P.A. Italia which has a small landmass, Hexagone Française with its rivers and large plains had an advantage when it came to production. Using this land as a foundation, by the time of the crusades, Française had become a country which compared favorably to other nations, following this there were the civil wars due to the hundred year war and the religious revolution, however on the contrary these events were used to establish “Gallicanism”, a Catholic style which was not controlled by the Pope. Then…”

Sanyo wrote “Emperor” in the center of the hexagon.

“After increasing national power and obtaining an original Catholic style, they also obtained their own Emperor. This was not like the Roman Emperor who was bound by Catholicism and history; it was an Emperor for the sake of Hexagone Française.”

“Among those Emperors, the individual who led Hexagone Française to its peak was—”

There she took a breath. While looking over everyone, with her back hand she wrote on the blackboard.

“The current Chancellor Louis Exiv.”

Tapping the blackboard and taking a look, there was an unreadable something written on the blackboard, with that Sanyou halted her movements.

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“… Well then,”

While thinking that the neighboring classroom that had suddenly become quiet was a mystery, Mary stood up from her chair.

Inside the silent classroom, she raised her right hand and at her hands appeared a Shinto style sign frame.

It was a set with Tenzou.

The previous day, the confirmation for the contract has passed through Asama and using the setting “Hidden Tsirhc” a combination of Catholic and Shinto was achieved.

“— Mary? Can you give your opinion? Is it all right?”

“— Eh? Um, Jud, my apologies teacher, I was just doing a bit of thinking about Tenzou-sama.”

For some reason everybody straightened their posture and took a position where they were straining their ears. By the window side, the wet man and his older sister were fanning each other with desk mats, and Musashi's Princess was watching that. On the opposite side, the corridor side,

“Muneshige-sama… I just now almost let my soul escape from my body.”

“Eh? What’s the matter Gin. There’s nothing strange about thinking about your partner.”

While thinking that there were people here who understood what she was saying, Mary operated her sign frame. While thinking that if Tenzou, who was next to her on her right hand side staying silent and looking downward, was feeling unwell she would look after him later, she,

“Well then, Hexagone Française which had gained Louis Exiv as its Emperor, increased the size of its territory. It was a result from of the shape becoming a hexagon that there was a trend for Française to be called Hexagon. This was the origin of Hexagone. Then according to the recreation of History, they will be the victor of the thirty year war and it is the current thinking that they will become an existence which could be said to be the supreme ruler of the entirety of Europe.”

However,

“Louis Exiv decided to cooperate with the Mouri clan who governed the Far East portion of Hexagone Française. He had a student marriage with the current head of the Mouri clan, the women who inherited the name of Mouri Terumoto.”

Mary thought. That there is someone who is in a similar situation as her.

She had come to the Far East by claiming the survival of England as her just cause however there was also that type of thing between Mouri and Hexagone Française.

Mary while thinking back on the knowledge on the Far East power balance that she had Tenzou teach her every night,

“Originally the Mouri lineage was a powerful regional clan of a small force; however in the generation of the enlightened monarch Mouri Motonari, they expanded the scale of their force. At that time, the Amako family who was overseeing the Izumo region was brought down, however IZUMO, which was being overseen by the Amako family, feared the intervention of Hexagone Française—”

Mary looked out the window. Everyone else looked as well.

What was outside the window was the land and city floating in the sky.

It was a floating island, a place where things such as the construction of Musashi were done.

On the occasion of the large scale reconstruction that Musashi had underwent 10 years ago; she had come from England to see it together with her younger sister.

This IZUMO was,

“Prior to the Mouri invasion, the shrine and the central development were floated; furthermore, the surrounding ports, companies and workshops were also floated and considered a neutral territory. There were many connections to the Amako clan in IZUMO…”

She had heard that Milton and Walter, who were of the Amako clan, even after overseeing the flotation of IZUMO, had continued to battle with Mouri. They were doing this as a preventative measure against Mouri and Hexagone Française who were trying to interfere with IZUMO.

It was two years ago when those two came to England. I wonder if it was because they had decided that IZUMO’s status as a neutral territory was stable.

On the inside Mary happily thought that it was after she had departed from England that she had become able to think that way about them.

“There are quite a number of individuals originally from IZUMO who are currently in Musashi.”

The one who nodded in agreement was Oriotorai.

“That holds true for me, as well as Suzu’s father, Toori and Kimis’ mother’s family side were also from IZUMO. Also… Sanyou was as well”

The one who nodded in agreement was Kimi.

“Haha, at IZUMO our grandmother was doing fluid related…., now she would be an advisor I wonder? Anyway, it's that type of feeling right? If I can make the arrangements, I was considering visiting her today, however, Foolish brother?”

In front of the dancing girl’s question, the wet man however tilted his neck.

“Hmm….. You’re planning to bring Horizon along with you right? Nah, I’m a little reluctant, I'll go afterward.”

“Is that so, Toori-sama? Why?

In response to the Musashi’s princess’s question he scratched his hair with an um.

“Well, for some reason or another I guess.”

Mary who was thinking that there must be some circumstances, looked towards the puzzled Horizon. There,

“So about this Mouri family, at the moment they have a slightly difficult situation approaching them. That is because in the era of the Mouri family current head Lady Terumoto, they become the representative of Hashiba’s side, the western force, during the final battle deciding the rulership of the Far East, and battle with the Eastern forces of Matsudaira—”

She took a breath.

“— As a result they meet their defeat and lose a large amount of their force.”

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Nonetheless, in order to get across her words, Mary opened her mouth. There,

“However the Mouri clan, Lord Motonari prospered with his three sons, and prepared for what was to come. Towards his three sons so as to unite their abilities there in the story of the “three arrows”, a famous anecdote of Lord Motonari right?”

This was knowledge that she had heard from Tenzou just the previous day.

Lord Motonari called his three sons together and first handed his eldest son a single arrow which he was made to break.

After that he handed his next oldest son two arrows, which he somehow managed to break by himself. However, …..when he handed his third eldest three arrows, he tried to break these on his own, however he was unable to do so.

The eldest and second eldest were both unable to break the three arrows. The three men who were unable to break suffered a trauma. Consequently Lord Motonari,

“……You must not ostracise. As to combine the abilities of the three of you. You will suffer emotional damage otherwise…!”

Saying that, the three of them peacefully combined their abilities and overcame the difficult situation, it seemed to be that sort of instruction.

This apparently was something that nearly became inconsistent with the historical re-enactment, however this was apparently averted thanks to Lord Motonari’s praised ad-lib ability.

The the people of the Far East have high skills for performance, is what Mary thought.

“— There Lord Motonari sent his second and third born sons into the east and west countries that Mouri was suppressing in order to solidify the defences of the indirect rule that Mouri was conducting. However the first-born son who was succeeding the Mouri clan soon passed away. Consequently the child of the oldest born son, the grandchild of Lord Motonari Terumoto ended up becoming the young heir to the Mouri clan.”

However Lord Motonari, who was supporting the young ruler, before long also passed away.

While being supported by her two uncles who had gone to different families and her other uncles who were the children of Lord Motonari’s concubines, she took command of the Mouri clan.

“However, afterwards they suffered the Hashiba invasion and surrendered, choosing to become incorporated into the organization as this was the path to keep Lord Terumoto alive.”

I wonder if it was because of this, it is said that Hexagone Française and the Mouri clan formed a close relationship in order to prevent the invasion on the Far East side and prevent the interference in Hexagone Française’s rule.”

Well then, there Mary spoke. What was being displayed in her sigh frame was Hexagone Française’s structure.

• Chancellor: Louis Exiv: Inherits the blood of the gods. Testament Armour user.
• President: Mouri Terumoto: Wife of Exiv. Also inherits the name of D'Artagnan. Testament Armour user.
• Vice Chancellor: Lord Turenne: Due to the name inheritance being announced only recently, details unknown
• Vice President: Luynes : Refers to the God of War Palais Cardinal . Also inherits the name of the treasurer Mazarin.
• Secretary: Mouri Motokiyo: Hexagone Française’s automated doll Mouri 1. Terumoto’s adviser
• Special Agent: The Three Musketeers (Henri, Armand, Isaac): Battled styled automated dolls attached to Terumoto.

“— That should sum it up. Since France had formed their relationship with Mouri, it was then that they first began to exchange automated dolls as personnel. It is said that they are a part of Mouri’s side force replenishment, however including that nothing is said about Turenne’s identity except that they are a first year different species, it is a source of uncertainty.”

The one who nodded in agreement was the glass wearing boy who was close with Shakespeare. In front of Mary’s eyes, while he was pulling out a sign frame with the same contents as hers,

“It would seem that it was a personal recommended by Louise Exiv’s younger sister, the former provisional chancellor and student president Anne D'Autriche, who as the result of an incurable disease is currently undergoing treatment at an M.H.R.R. Protestant city. However, according to talk, this person apparently passed the test implemented in Hexagone Française by quite a narrow margin. It is said she might be the possessor of some type of specialized ability or something.”

“Well, from what I hear, that is in other words an idiot?”

“No, after all being at the Vice president class, there is no way that it is that straight forward. It is something to be cautious of.”

The one who spoke in agreement was Oriotorai who was standing at the podium. While writing a summary of the words with chalk on the blackboard, she sent a smile of recognition this way.

“Well, that should sum it up. Thank you for your opinion Mary, you did a good job.”

Being told that by the person who was in charge of this class, there was relief that she was becoming a member of this class.

“Thank you very much!”

“Jud. Well Mary, our class has this kind of atmosphere okay? Um, the contents of your punishment are—”

She said Jud, however Mary tilted her head. While questioning what exactly was occurring on her inside,

“I think it was determined by majority so it become like that… however, how does me kissing Tenzou-sama constitute a punishment?”

The neighboring Tenzou hung his head, tilted it and fell onto his desk, and then Oriotorai, while still keeping her back facing this way, raised a strange noise with chalk on the blackboard.

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Masazumi was reflexively taken aback at the ear-splitting noise which penetrated her ears to her core.

I’m really bad when it comes to this type of noise. Glancing around her surroundings, there directly in front on her, Mitotsudaira's hair was completely standing on end and shivering.

“My my my! Nenji! You’re rippling!”

“Yeah! Shake my surface!!”

How noisy.

Nevertheless, Oriotorai in response to Mary, dragged the strange noise until she reached the edge of the chalkboard.

During that time, Masazumi was lightly clenching her teeth and shaking, however

“Ah!”

The strange noises vanished, and at the same time that Oriotorai turned around the end of class bell began to slowly ring out

Oh, well, Oriotorai who had checked the time placed the chalk and paused for a moment.

“Well for now today’s class is finished. Then during HR we will discuss the preparations for the upcoming planned field trip. Well, the current Musashi has not yet decided where it is headed yet, when the situation is clear it is something that I want to decide. Also the person who is going to Miriam’s place, please take the notes."

Hearing the words being said, Masazumi suddenly thought.

Determining the situation of Musashi is my job, is it not.

Well, what should Musashi do for the current future? That plan had been mostly decided upon.

There Mitotsudaira who was in front of her turned around and spoke.

“Masazumi? In approximately one week, Musashi’s repairs should be completed. If there is something that you haven’t decided upon, I am available for consultation you know? My hometown is in the sky of Hexagone Française after all.”

“Ah, in that case, I’ll have you accompany me after school for a bit. There something that I wish to examine a little. I also wished to discuss with everyone where we should direct Musashi from here on out.”

With those words, everyone in the classroom turned around. Oriotorai also raised a smile, however loudly clapped her hands.

“Okay, okay but for now, wait until after we have finished HR okay? Then you can do as you please.”

Jud, Masazumi exchanged nods with Mitotsudaira, then as if to convince herself Masazumi muttered.

“I have to keep a level head. Both for the future of Musashi and the Far East… First thing to do is HR. Once that was finished, it would be after school. That was the start of free time.”

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