Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 43: Mutual-Evit 3 of 10 “Rondo” (Part 03)

The kingdom of Moloia, an island country located in the northwest of the Michigan continent. The country adheres to the form of Constitutional Monarchy government. The country itself is led by the King as the Head of State, while the Head of Government is held by a Prime Minister.

With the Political Triassic, the existing power in the country is divided into executive, legislative, and judicial sections. In the division of power there are four main departments that have a power division according to the provisions.

Although each faction has a strong influence on each form of power, each has different dominant tendencies. At the function of Executive power, the dominant power is held by the Royal Sustainability Guard Faction. The faction consisted of the King, the royal family, his cabinet, and several bodies assisting the duties of the head of government.

For the Legislature, the Faction of the Court and Political Systems is more dominant. The faction consists of bodies representing the people, institutions that make some state regulations based on the approval of other bodies, and mostly consists of state officials.

Judicial power itself is held by the Technology Development and Research Faction. Although directly the Judicial function is also held by the Faction of the Judicial and Political Systems, but the final decision is in the hands of the Technology Development and Research Faction.

This happened because the kingdom of Moloia itself is almost entirely controlled by a system of a group of A.I (artificial Intelligence) Super Intelligent who built the country from adversity. The center of that leadership exists in all forms of power, but as the parent settles on the judiciary as the enforcer so that a system called Government Law remains in place.

In addition to the three main forms of power, there was also the Military Faction that fully held the military power of the kingdom. This faction is special because it can interpret all functions of power in the event of special conditions, such as external or internal threats.

In addition to these things, Moloia also has a parliamentary system, the senate and the Prime Minister as the Head of Government. Because in the form of a state the Kingdom of Moloia is in the form of a Unitary State with systems granting full regional autonomy to 5 states, which really divide the power of the country are fractions.

The seat of government of Moloia itself is in Roter Pfeil, the police state as well as the capital of the Kingdom of Moloia. It is located in the western part of the mainland, at the peak of the Yim’jorden plateau.

In the high-altitude city, multi-storey buildings stand firmly in modern architectural style and are truly more advanced than any other land in mainland Michigan. The building uses special concrete, landslide and earthquake foundations, even to modify the plateau area with special steel and minerals.

There are some buildings that stand on the slopes, peaks, even hitchhiking on a steep cliff. Even so, there has never been a landslide because the existing architecture has completely changed the surface of Yim’jorden.

The plateau, which, when viewed from the valley, is full of large buildings, has been modified and nearly 80% of its surface is mixed metal and hard minerals. The soil, the trees, the grass, it's all artificial, it doesn't grow and it exists naturally.

During the Great War, the imperial people and Ungea called the city Steel City because almost everything was made of metal. Although there is now a greening system with a consideration of the function as a place to live, but pollution from diesel and fossil-fueled engines produce more pollution. That's why the city sky always looks gray even though it is in the highlands.

At the royal palace at the top of Roter Pfeil, a woman with a red gemstone tiara sits in front of a tea table on the balcony of her room. She wore a long pure white dress, had lace on her long sleeves and a small serrated wheel necklace of silvery precious metal.

Sitting on an iron chair with padded padding, he faced towards the city and observed the iron buildings below. Unlike all the buildings in the city, the palace is still made of the dominance of marble and retains aspects of the history of the kingdom of Moloia. What the 19-year-old woman saw was only visited several times in her lifetime.

“Always grey,” murmured as he stared at the city sky. Turning his gaze towards the room, he felt that his room felt not much different from the city. Looks perfect and neat, the layout of all the items is so effective to the point of being boring.

The woman is Ulla Vrog Ma’tar, the 30th Princess of the couple King Hadrian Vorg Mathias Pol Rune with one of his late concubines, Or’iama.

The King of the Moloia Kingdom himself had more than 28 concubines with one Queen. Of the many couples that exist, the fifth generation King of Moloia has 40 descendants— Consisting of 30 Princesses and 10 Princes, the King of the fifth generation, they all had families and gave grandchildren to the king.

Among the many Princesses that exist, Ulla Vrog Ma’tar or better known as Princess Amethyst is the last child of the King before falling ill and stop making offspring.

Shortly after Ulla was born, she lost her mother and was never glimpsed by the king. It was this that made him quiet, even from the many Princesses of the King who lived in the palace.

“Either day or night, this city does always feel gray.”

The purple-haired princess lifted a cup of mint tea from a saucer, drinking it while enjoying the metropolitan view of the police state she was born in. The population density at Roter Pfeil is one of the highest after the imperial capital, full of workers and factories and laboratories.

Steam cars can be seen then-pass the road. Chimneys from factories and laboratories billowed, filling the sky with a deep gray color. Most of the Moloia HR is very neatly organized, almost no one of the royal citizens holds the title of unemployed.

Everyone has a job. The education conducted focuses on vocational, placing importance on expertise rather than knowledge. Because of this, in theory Moloia does not experience HR constraints.

But because of the perfection of effectiveness, a satisfaction gap arises and makes development expansion becomes hampered. From where Ulla sat, below there is a clear division of the city. Whether it's a district for factories, research, settlements, and the military, there are very visible job differences. Factory districts that are the source of the economy tend to be heavier portion of their work than elsewhere.

While enjoying the view before dusk, Princess Amethyst's room door was knocked, then someone's voice followed, “Princess Ulla, are you inside?”

The princess with purple hair unraveled until her back turned. Put the cup on the plate of the cup, then say, “Please enter, the door is not locked.”

“Ya ..!”

The sound of an open door rang out, then after that it closed again. Footsteps of boots sounded, telling him who came in the afternoons like this. Smiling lightly, the Princess seemed to have been waiting for the arrival of the figure.

“Good afternoon, Laura ...”

“Good afternoon too, Master.”

The one who came to Ulla's room was one of the military officers. With a dominant military work uniform in black with purple line accents around the arms, the short shoulder-length blonde woman looked extremely dignified. A few medals were on the chest of his uniform, signifying his level of a Second Level Lieutenant in the military realm.

Pale skin, blond hair, emerald green eyes, and slightly flatter ears with more pointed tips than most people. Laura is not a human being, she is a High Elf.

Standing near the Princess, Laura asked, “Are you looking at the cityscape again?”

“Iya .... This view is the only beautiful sight of the city. Redness in the middle of gray, so charming before nightfall.”

“You .. it is better not to open the balcony door too often for a long time, pollution from the outside will enter all, Master. What use is your room installed air filter if it is opened so wide?”

Ulla turned to Laura, looked at her heart and asked, “It feels irony, huh? Though we should be able to survive because of this technological advancement, but now we are threatened to be destroyed because of the system that brought our technological development.”

Princess Ulla pulled the chair from under the tea table, allowing the military veteran to sit with her. Preparing the cup to Laura, the Princess poured mint tea for her and smiled lightly.

Laura sat down and looked at the city, with a slightly sad look she said, “You heard the results of the Mahia System calculation from where?”

After drinking the tea, the Princess replied, “Dying Birds told me that.”

Laura slightly glanced flatly, understanding what the words meant. Drinking one sip of tea provided for her, Luara asked, “Then will Princess Ulla come along like your sisters? Race and fight to be the next King candidate?”

“Mana possible ...” Princess Ulla smiled wryly, looked at her personal bodyguard and said, “I am only the last daughter, most of my fate is only used to meekenkan country and do political marriage with people I do not know.”

Laura stared flatly, put her hands to the front of her chest and said, “Master, I, Laura Sam’kloi are Weapons at once Your Guardians. Ever since Mrs Or’iama died, I swear I will serve you. If you want, I will not hesitate to do anything. Even if it's dirty work ..”

“Stop that, Laura ...” Princess Ulla shook her head, staring dejectedly in light of her late mother and her fate as the Princess of the kingdom of Moloia. In a sad voice, he said, “For me you are like Brother, I cannot bear my heart to order such cruel things.”

“Then are you willing for others to decide cruel things to you?” Laura clasped Ulla's hands together on the table, looked at her Master and said, “Master knows for herself what system is in this country, ‘kan? If Master does not contribute, freedom will not Master can.”

Laura looked towards the city, with Ulla watching the people there. In a slightly pressing tone, the military officer said, “See the people down there, those who work in the factory for not being able to contribute more to their abilities .... Master is different with them.”

“What ... difference? Since childhood I was restricted ...”

“But ...” Laura stared with sadness, her heart felt sore to see a figure that she already considered the family resigned to the existing destiny.

Princess Ulla lowered her face, softly saying, “Yes, I must admit that I am more fortunate than them. Without pouring sweat I can get good food, no need to think about the primary needs for the next day. Compared to the soldiers, I also do not need to risk my life.”

Laura was at a glance speechless, slightly grasping the meaning of Princess Ulla's words. Releasing the Princess' hand and lowering her own hand on the lap, Luara asked, “What ... Master does not agree with the decision of the war?”

Laura momentarily fell silent at the opinion of her Master. Gazing towards the city, he said, “I the senates do not regard them as living beings .., they simply consider the people outside of Moloia nothing more than numbers. Especially the military, they really seriously want to start a war. In fact, even other factions have sent spies to neighboring countries.”

As the atmosphere became silent, the twilight wind blew and waved their hair. In a city with no birds flying above it, the silence was punctuated by the clanging sounds of the machines below.

“This war ...” Ulla's son looked at the long blonde woman by the boat. In a serious tone, he asked, “What is true just to reduce the potential for internal conflict? It's not that such meetings are often discussed and Unit 00, Rhea, always rejects them. If the Mahia Sistem as Administrator did not accept the proposal from Athens, would not war not occur?”

“I don't know, my authority to access it is still lacking.” He looked back, put on a serious expression and said, “But according to the calculations of Nartaya and Moska there are other results that appear. It was also what prompted Athens to continue urging Rhea to approve her war plan proposal.”

“Other results?” Princess Ulla was surprised, immediately got up from the seat and asked, “What is it, Laura?”

“His words .. there MacGuffin appeared in the Kingdom of Moloia.”

“MacGuffin?” Princess Ulla's eyebrows shot up, a little confused by it and said, “If it's not wrong it's one of the elements for a story plot in a novel or theater, isn't it? Some kind of object or something that makes a character get a motive to act.”

The princess sat back down, covered her mouth with her right hand and slightly turned her eyes to think. Realizing something, he asked, “Keeping aside Athens, what indeed gave the motives of the peace-loving A.I decided to go to war? Not that while fighting the empire, the three of them refused to continue the invasion and stopped in the western archipelago of the empire?”

“I also know less .... However, he said there were rumors of Black Element already appearing there.”

“Eh, black element?” Princess Ulla was really surprised to hear such a thing. Frowning and staring intently, he asked, “That rumor that he said he wanted to be summoned by the Perverted Stream during the Great War? What ... is it some kind of Devil or something?”

“I don't think so .... A few weeks ago there was news that Odrania Dies Orion was summoned in the kingdom of Felixa and it was not a Black Element according to Athena.” calculations

“The Ancient Demon King?!” Princess Ulla woke up again, stared in shock and made sure, “That even she said was indestructible during the Great War?!”

“I-Yes  .... According to the news from the military spy, the Demon King was defeated by the Holy Beasts serving the Luke Family. If not mistaken ..., his name is Fiola.”

Princess Ulla trembled, sat back down and began to worry at the military side that seriously wanted to fight all the countries at once. “He-Great also people Felixia it .... If not wrong, our kingdom used to be a demon summoning field several times and we are completely overwhelmed, right?”

“Ah, the incident in the Muhdara Desert.” Laura slightly looked away, considering she had joined the war in the desert. Although he looks to have a teenage and feminine appearance, the High Elf actually has lived for more than 400 years and has served the kingdom of Moloia since the second King generation.

Sighing fretfully, Laura again said, “Indeed, in such a sense we lost to another country .... The people of our kingdom, precisely those who are not descendants of Elves or Demi-humans mostly have low magic activation .... The holy magic that is the main weakness of the demons we do not have. Inversely proportional to us, Felixia and Miquator many magic users like that.”

“So what is the tip of the Black Element? If not that Demon King, what were those A.I looking for to the point of wanting a war? And also, I heard that Rhea suddenly gave a ban to delay the attack and reduce the power to attack Felixia?”

“You heard up to that detail apparently .... Well, the military got that too and was forced to delay the attack. Rhea was the ultimate authority after the Main System, if other A.I refused it meant they were also against their creator. Authority is very important for the A.I.”

“Laura, you didn't answer my question!” Princess Ulla was getting upset, Laura as if she kept avoiding her question. Sit down and look at his hands forward, he presses, “You must know about that Black Element, ‘kan? What are those systems looking for?”

“Master, to be honest this is still just a rumor ...”

“The rumors you hear are usually true! Just say!”

“Eng, they said they had found Father in Luke.” region

“Eh? Father?” Princess Ulla's mind was blank at first glance, not understanding why the word suddenly appeared in the calculations of the A.I. Turning his gaze away, he said, “If it is not wrong the A.I.s mentioned the creator of the Mother Main System, it means that .... Does Felixia also have A.I?!”

“It's impossible .... The land tends to be very close to Spirit and Magic. Things like technology hated them. If the empire still might appear like that because they tend to be tolerant of our elements, but Felixia it tends to be similar to the Miquator and does not like what we call science.”

“Then what do they call Father? Don't tell me that the man who created them came out of nowhere in Felixia?”

“Not it .... “ Laura turned her gaze heavily, hesitantly saying, “The rumor is not to say come, but it is an incarnation. In the viewpoint of imperial knowledge, it's a kind of Avatar.”

“Avatar? Waitaminute! Those systems believe in such a divine incarnation?!” princess Ulla panicked.

“Let's know, it's just a rumor. After all, there is still much we do not know about this world .... Master knows for himself, the A.I who have built and saved this country from destruction have not been able to achieve the truth they crave. They were similar to the Miquators witches, eyeing the Beginning of the Beginning. It's just ... approach in a different way.”

Princess Ulla fell silent, she more or less knew the main purpose of the A.I because it was stated in the Ancient Testament of Moloia when it resurrected the Mahia System hundreds of years ago in ruins. Blood — Exactly the genetic map embedded in it makes Ulla have the activation of Mahia System and can awaken such a sleeping technology.

It also has the right of access to the most legal information, among which is what existed before the Great Flood that submerged the world there was a civilization that was almost at the Beginning of the Beginning.

But when he thought of such a thing, he became afraid because it could have been a similar disaster brought from the sky that happened again and destroyed the existing civilization. Erasing the history of — destroyed the civilization that had formed during the 2,699 year calendar pendulum.

“What ... indeed we should know all that? I think ... There are times when we are okay to be ignorant creatures ...”

Hearing that Laura slightly understood the feelings of her Master. He who is a High Elf and has known many secrets Moloia feels that there is some knowledge that should remain hidden. Taking a deep breath, he said, “Indeed true .... However, those who already enjoy the knowledge and are stunned at it will not stop. For them, the pursuit of truth is a pleasure in itself ..”

“I don't understand .... They should know that truth is like the sun. The closer it will burn.”

Laura looked towards the city. The setting sun made the sky even darker, bringing a cold wind blowing down their skin. Electric lights began to light up in the city, bringing a bright light that made the city seem to have no night. Together with his master, he smiled faintly looking at the urban glitter of the high forging.

“I think ... Knowledge is not that bad, Master. Thanks to that, scenes like this can exist in our country. Before the Mahia Sistem spread to the corners of Moloia, the inhabitants of our country could only rely on oil lanterns for lighting .... This, not too bad for me.”

“What is one of the reasons you came out of the forest?” princess Ulla asked without looking at her.

“Not .... I came out of the forest because I was invited by the Second Generation King of this country. Maybe you don't know, but I was once a concubine of the King, loh.”

“Eh?! Really?” Princess Ulla immediately turned her head, surprised and completely new the first time she knew such a thing.

“Ya, although I never got a night visit, anyway. The Second Generation King was .. The person was very strange. He had curly black hair, red eyes and his gaze was always blank. Although weak, he was very intelligent and managed to expand the kingdom. He always brings victory to this country. Despite having many concubines, he only gave offspring to a Queen. You could say he's a very romantic King.”

“But ... as far as I'm concerned she's the most number of concubines. If not wrong until a hundred more.”

“She did a political wedding out of necessity. Despite doing so, his heart was only for the Queen. Honestly I had felt jealous of the Queen he chose.”

After that, the two women also talked about romance — as well as the conversation liked by the girls. For a moment forget their serious talk with a small joke, exchanging secrets and a smile. In the depths of the heart both people want such a time to remain until any time.

But deep down they knew it was impossible. Next year, the peace period of the Michigan continent will surely end. The land will re-enter the war period again. It was already established, otherwise Moloia herself would have been destroyed in brackets for decades to come.

Although Ulla himself did not feel the difficulty of living in the war, but his late mother often told some wartime stories to the Princess Amethyst. Not a single story ended happily, whether it was the story of the prince and princess, the witch and her familiar, even to the village girl and the noble child.

There is only a bad ending, no one smiles and is covered with tears. All of these are true stories during the Great War, a time of hundreds of years of warfare.

“I hope there are stories with happy endings out there .... A story without heroes must die to save the land. A story without having princesses sacrificed, without having to commit suicide together for love or a story that is not sanctioned because of caste differences.”

Highlight Ulla's teary eyes. As one of the holders of the activation factor, he knew too much despite continuing to be inside the palace.