Gladiator’s Little Sister: Is Gladiator a Member of the Fates?; The OSHI Sake Bubble and Hexagon Republic Diplomacy

I challenged the princess’s reasoning. “Okay, Princess. I won’t deny that Sisy has advantages that neither of us has. But if you make Sisy a member of the team, won’t you ignore Mr. Warm’s request? Remember, Mr. Warm said not to tell anyone about this message.”

The princess argued, showing her negotiation skills, “I still remember Mr. Warm’s message. But I didn’t break it! I won’t tell Sisy about Mr. Warm’s message. I’ll tell her that this is a project between you and me.”

I tried to argue, “But—“

The princess immediately refuted me, “Polyops, do I need to explain in more detail what my position is?”

I fell silent. At the same time, my brain revealed to itself what I knew about the princess. The princess did say that she was actually fed up and annoyed with the procedures that made her always have to be guarded. But the princess never wanted to remove the procedure at all. She knew who she was and what the consequences would be if something bad happened to her. That was why, no matter how much she hated the security procedure, she still did it.

While I was still silent because I was struggling with the thoughts in my mind, I could still hear the princess say, “I told you, earlier I said that if you and I fought Sisy, Sisy would win. I said, I was sure that if Sisy fought my three bodyguards, Sisy would win.”

While I was still silent, the princess continued to bombard me with her voice, “Sisy is like you, members of the Five—more than that, like the Wissenmeisters and Wissenmeisterin of the Big Five…”

While I was still silent, the princess continued to bombard me with her voice, “Doesn’t Polyops trust her? Sisy is like family to me, and so is she to Sisy. Sisy also said that she considers me more like family; she is closer to me than to her brother.”

That was when I immediately saw an opportunity to talk about something: “That Sisy's older brother is the gladiator Brandao Landall Rotschwert, right?”

The princess responded, “Huh? I think Polyops already knows about that.”

I replied, “Yes, I know about that. Now Polyops would like to ask the princess, Is it true that the rumor that Brandao Rotschwert is a member of the Fates?” I asked about it because some media outlets wrote about such a rumor.

If Brandao Rotschwert was indeed a member of the Fates, there was a reason why it was kept secret—or at least not so clear. The Fates were still a very small group compared to the total population of the Earth. Most people still disliked their presence. If Brandao Rotschwert’s membership was revealed to the public, of course, the gladiator’s commercial value would decrease no matter how great he was in the sport of human life.

The princess immediately shook her head and said, “I don’t know about that—and I don’t want to find out. Sisy has rarely communicated with her sister. I told you, Sisy feels like her sister is no longer a member of her family; Sisy is closer to me.”

I didn’t want to force further information. “Oh, okay, okay…”

The princess returned the topic to its original direction: “Well then, now, do you agree if–”

I interrupted the princess, “It’s like this, Princess. Okay, what I said earlier, I’ll also say about whether Sisy will be an additional member of our team.”

Immediately a smile appeared on the princess’s face. “Well, that’s it, Polyops can understand me,” said the princess while extending her palm and patting my left cheek”.

“Yes, yes, yes,” I said in response to her clapping.

Then I brought up the topic of the matrix again. “By the way, Princess. We already have the answer from the Hexeneinmaleins matrix and the Kana matrix. Sake and chrysanthemum flowers are the ingredients for our potion. But why is it written 0 shisu?”

The princess turned my question around: “What do you think?”

I answered, “Maybe it’s just for compatibility.”

The princess asked, “Surely you’re thinking about the ‘norm’ that the shisu tree is the key to breaking through the Quietus Cloud, right, Polyops?”

(***)

With a wafer straw, I sucked a drink that was in a bubble. The bubble and the drink came from the same bottle. We can set whether we will drink in the usual way, which is drinking directly from the bottle, or in a more unique way by pressing a button that can make the bottle create bubbles that contain the drink in the bottle.

The bottle that allowed me to drink in that way was the OSHI sake bottle. OSHI is the first brand to produce a bottle that offers us the ability to drink from bubbles. That is one of the reasons why OSHI immediately has many fans.

You might ask, wait, wouldn't I be stupid if I drank alcohol when I already know I will be doing a lot of activities for the next few hours? This is another thing that OSHI sake offers: consumers can choose the percentage of alcohol content they will drink simply by pressing the buttons provided on the bottle. For now, I choose not to put alcohol at all in the bottle that I drink.

My car is currently driving on the Alleinbahn for the trip to the Republic of Frankcia. From Guldendorf to Mailly-le-Camp, the distance is about 1070 kilometers. Luckily, in the country I'm going to, there is already an Alleinbahn line that can make it easier for me to go to the commune with the postal code 10230.

The Republic of Frankcia was able to adopt the Alleinbahn line from our country thanks to their diplomacy. Although our country is not in an alliance, they have enough bargaining power to be able to work together to bring the Alleinbahn to their country.

The same goes for the Cone of Farmers that I have to visit in Mailly-le-Camp. The Republic of Frankcia was able to have this technology thanks to its diplomacy with us, too. In comparison, the Republic of Poland would find it difficult to carry out such diplomacy because its bargaining power is different.

Although cooperation has been established, there is still no sign that my country and the Republic of Frankcia will forget the war. Despite the cooperation, there is still no sign that my country and the French Republic will forget about the war. In fact, my country and the French Republic are two of the countries that were the main actors as the masterminds and movers of the Thousand Years' War.