I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

"It will be you leading several small teams to infiltrate Victoria. Doctor. You should know what the word 'infiltrate' means."

The lynx doctor looked at her with a serious expression.

"You should have seen Operator Vina's file."

“Vina is Aslan… so, are we going to start, cough, an uprising?”

"If possible, I hope you can understand that we want to restore Operator Vina's legitimate status in Victoria in a legal and reasonable manner."

"So in the end, we still have to take action. But aren't you coming along, Kal'tsit? I thought you'd be there for something this important."

"The Rhodes Island ship has other important matters to attend to and cannot attend to both at the same time."

The lynx doctor seemed somewhat disappointed.

"But don't worry about manpower, Doctor. The nine combat teams you're assigned include all the elite and veteran operators that Rhodes Island can deploy. Amiya will also be going with you; she'll explain the current situation in Victoria to you on the way."

"Nine squads? What a rich lineup... It feels like a heavy burden is being placed on us."

Looking at the long list of elite operators on the roster he had just received, the Doctor couldn't help but take a few deep breaths.

"I trust you to handle everything, Doctor. After all, everyone has seen your performance during this time and is willing to follow your instructions."

The lynx doctor added another sentence.

"There's one more thing."

"Our goals are the same as our friends', and if possible, allying with our friends can make things go much more smoothly."

"Now, go and assemble the troops, Doctor."

"Friends? We have allies in Victoria?"

But Dr. Lynx had already left, so the doctor had to keep his doubts to himself and ask Rabbit after he set off.

"Talulah, what are you looking at?"

After tidying up the house, Alina found her in the study, which had very few books.

"We're looking for clues. A lot of things can be found in these audacious old newspapers."

Talulah flipped through the old newspapers with great interest. They were filled with exaggerated headlines recording all sorts of news, stories, or rumors that had been circulating for who knows how long.

"Were any hidden clues found?"

There are several points of doubt.

Talulah picked up a newspaper from 1082.

The largest and most eye-catching headline at the top reads: "Shocking! The truth behind last month's meteor shower was actually a gigantic mechanical structure!"

Alina glanced at Talulah, and Drak, realizing what was happening, coughed and then relayed the information from above.

"So how did this reporter find out about that? Didn't the people who launched those machines arrest him?"

"However, it didn't."

Talulah then pulled out a newspaper from two months later, which read: "[Gemini science fiction writer Lewis's novel, *One Flew Over the Stars*, released, becomes a global sensation in just one month. What's the reason for his success?]"

"Because of this wildly popular work, and with some embellishment, the news became that the reporter had secretly read the author's first draft."

"Later, the reporter himself came forward to apologize, and the matter was dropped."

"So what does this mean?"

Alina didn't know.

After all, in 1082 she was still worrying about what to eat every day.

"Hehe, you wouldn't know this, Alina."

The deer girl didn't know, but Talulah did.

"So what exactly is it?"

"Of course what that reporter said is true. The truth hidden behind that meteor shower."

"But I don't remember any meteor shower like that."

"Because someone doesn't want others to know, you idiot Alina. So he blocked out the sky, making the meteor shower visible only in certain areas, specifically the areas where it was launched."

"..."

Alina understood when Talulah said that.

"Did the old man hit you?"

“I saw it with my own eyes, and the old man told me himself. Besides, I’m the old man’s precious child, how could he bear to hit me?”

Although the person who took her to see him was another old codger.

"If you're so capable, then don't say nice things. It's a real shame that the old man didn't give you a good beating back then to make you behave."

This friend of mine really dares to ask about anything!

"But this has little to do with what we're going to do."

"So I found this."

Talulah then brought out a more recent newspaper.

"Ghost troops?"

Alina recognized these words.

"A ghost-like organization that turns everything it touches to ashes."

Talulah smiled smugly.

“On the land of the Tara, there has emerged an organization that hates those who follow Aslan.”

"And... a scene of utter devastation, as if everything had been purified by fire. Alina, don't you think this description sounds familiar?"

"Are there other Draks here?"

The deer girl was very clever and immediately guessed the truth behind the matter.

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"Since there are other Drak, why would those Tara people go all the way to Ursus to find you?"

Alina knew that her friend's identity was not simple, but that complexity was not simple for Yan Kingdom, but for Victoria, it was a burden she wanted to avoid.

One is a pure-blooded descendant of Drak from the native land, and the other is a descendant born from the union of a dragon and Drak from the Yan Kingdom. Isn't it obvious at a glance which one is more suitable to be the king of Victoria?

“That was before, my Alina. Your mind is still stuck in the past.”

Talulah took out her phone and waved it at her.

"What's this."

"A cell phone."

"wrong."

Talulah pointed to the pattern printed on the phone case and asked, "Do you understand now?"

"……community."

"That's right. Because times have changed, Alina."

Talulah then pointed to her face.

“My bloodline used to be something they feared, but now it is the noblest bloodline to them.”

"They don't understand the meaning of community; they think that community is just the empire of the god-king alone."

"As for me, I, Talulah, have the same bloodline as the God-King, and also the blood of Drak. I am half a natural Talulah. If I become the King of Victoria, then the Talulah will be above the people of Aslan because of my identity. They can turn the oppression they suffered in the past back onto the people of Aslan."

"And they can still continue to act like nobles within the community, treating other races..."

Talulah didn't say anything more; she believed Alina understood.

"But these are just the ideas of those Tara nobles."

"Now, whether they are ordinary Tara people or Asra people, after living together for so long, they can no longer distinguish which side they belong to. They will just continue to live with the side that is in power."

"Even this so-called Ghost Squad. Drak's actions are nothing more than an attempt to restore Drak's status in Victoria."

“Look at what he’s done… massacring civilians, destroying towns, and only caring about spreading the idea that the Tara people have a noble bloodline, without caring about how his actions will cause even more severe persecution and hostility towards the Tara people in the towns he has persecuted.”

"The distinction between races that had been largely forgotten has been brought back to light by their wanton actions, which have brought to the forefront the discrimination and oppression that had been so painstakingly eliminated."

"He is forcing the Tara people to stand with him, forcing innocent people to fight for him over so-called racial differences."

“Drak, Alina, do you believe his words about all the Tara people? Do you believe he has never killed a single Tara who resisted him?”

"Even if such a person becomes king, he will only be another tyrant."

Talulah despised this Drak; she was ashamed to be a Drak herself.

"Are you going to stop them, Talulah?"

"Of course. Now that I've discovered it, how can I tolerate them using the Tara people to satisfy their own selfish desires?"

"But how can we stop them on our own?"

The Reunion Movement members are far away in Ursus, and there are only the two of them in Hillsshire. Although Talulah is very powerful, it would be too dangerous for her to face an organization with an unknown number of members alone.

"Don't worry, there's always a way out."

After venting her emotions, Talulah looked at Alina and smiled at her.

"Alina, what do you want to eat tonight? Let's go out to a restaurant!"

"Anything is fine. I'll do whatever you say. Let's also buy some groceries to stock up."

After packing their things, the two, disguised as tourists, happily went to scout out the town.

……

The lynx stood high on Rhodes Island, facing the evening breeze, gazing at the setting sun where the sky met the earth in the distance.

The vast, desolate land and sorrowful scenery should have evoked feelings of sadness and prompted reflections on the hardships of the land, but a visitor dispelled all the lynx's thoughts.

"The doctor has already set off."