Steel steam and flame

Many times, on the battle line, you can see a high degree of tacit understanding and cooperation between the officers of the two countries. From the documents reported every once in a while, it can be seen that even in peacetime, fierce fighting will occur, and a huge amount of equipment and ammunition will be consumed.

There are more or less agents or intelligence stealers from other countries within the three giant countries. The imperial military's supervision department sometimes performs supervision functions by comparing documents reported by different countries. Many times they are disappointed, almost 100% comparable to each other, and this behavior of many officers is allowed to go unchecked.

But fortunately, it is only basic ammunition and does not involve other high-tech things.

In peacetime, the situation on the front is probably like this. Frictions will definitely occur, but they are not major, and there are few things that happen that are enough to attract the attention of the Imperial Parliament. Because the war between the three giant countries seems to have been discussed, and they always wait for the real arrival of the Red Star. For thousands of years, every huge war has been an absolutely important factor in such a special period and is almost unavoidable.

Even after entering the military school, Cassia could only learn some of the reasons from other people. When the Red Star approaches, under its influence, the encounter between El Nino and La Nina will bring abundant rain to the vast area on the front. And every time a red star comes, the climate on the Later Phase Continent will also undergo immeasurable changes, and the role of the stars will also be affected to some extent. Therefore, when the Red Star approaches, most of the commercial transactions between the transcontinental plates will temporarily stop for this reason. One is the irresistible force of nature, and the other is the route problem. The navigation of the airship relies on the stars in the sky. And in the military, perpetual calendar mechanical watches are issued to those with military ranks above lieutenant, also because they contain components that can capture the most basic astrological influences.

There must be other reasons for it, Cassia believes in it, otherwise the beginning of every war will be determined by this, and it will lose its meaning. Those in power do not have the same tacit understanding among senior officers in the army. When the time is right, they can completely destroy each other, so they feel that there is no need to wait. The confrontation lasted for thousands of years, and even the people who directed the confrontation between the three parties had changed several times. This was not an unreasonable move.

These things are also not recorded in the book yet, and will really enter the battle line soon. Cassia hopes to have a chance to learn some truth. There are still too many unknown things in the empire. With the deepening of advanced theoretical courses and the accumulation of knowledge from books borrowed from the military school library, Cassia's understanding of the world seems to be changing little by little. This is a subtle change, and there is no way to notice its slightest step. There will definitely be too much confusion on the way because all the knowledge is not in place. Cassia thinks this is a very natural phenomenon.

But even if the understanding of the empire is not very deep, the world in front of us seems to have begun to fundamentally change. It is like your own body, starting from the most essential core.

"The world you see in front of you may not look like this. It's just an illusion." Cassia sighed like this many times, because it is just an operation that is not known to most people. In many cases, This seemingly ordinary world can be overturned. After that, there may be other things hidden.

Sometimes I feel that it is not good to be a surgeon. When I return to the ordinary life that belongs to me, Cassia can no longer find the feeling of real existence at all. Maybe the reason is not just the surgery, but the study in the military school may also be one of the factors.

The other side is the new perspective the surgery gave Cassia. At least when I look at Empire, I know that there is more to life than hot furnaces and high-temperature steam in red copper pipes. There should also be other things, which are on the fantasy side. It seems like the book "Blue Lake" I have read before, people looking for different lakes around the world are finally accepted by the elves in the lake and taken to another world.

The world is vast, and an empire has many things that need to be explored for a long time. I used to think that I could see the entire empire from books, but that idea still seemed a bit naive. Cassia stood up from the bench, casting a dark shadow under the streetlights of the small square. Behind it is a bell tower surrounded by flowers, which replaces the small fountain. Fluorescent substances are added to the hands and readings of the clock tower, so that a little light allows them to be seen clearly.

It was a little after seven o'clock, and when Cassia and I sat down to read the documents, we estimated the end time in our minds to be about the same.

There was no one around and the weather turned cold and windy in the evening. Soft light came from the building not far away. It was time for everyone to sit at home and have dinner.

"It's time to go back." Cassia put the documents he had read back into the document bag, held them under his hand and walked towards home.

There were not many pedestrians on the street back. On winter nights, the bustling city becomes deserted.

Before Cassia went back, she went to the store and bought a nice box of matches as a gift. On the edge of a deserted street, a thick document was turned into ashes.

My mood and mental condition suddenly became completely normal before I left. The feeling of rejection that Cassia felt was gone, and the doubts in her sister Lilia's eyes also disappeared completely.

Probably because he had adapted to it, Cassia only dared to think in this direction. He did not wish to attribute it to the fact that he would soon be leaving for the battle lines.

In this state, I spent the day with my sister Lilia and my mother, either teaching my sister more advanced writing skills, or accompanying my mother to the bustling streets to buy things and some decorations.

I just told my mother about leaving. There is not much that Lilia can understand now. Nor did he ask his mother to take Lilia to the airport to see him off. Holding two suitcases that had not been opened much since they were brought back, Cassia set off alone after breakfast the next morning.

I have to say how sensitive children’s perceptions are during this period. Lilia didn't let Lilia see her pulling the suitcase out. Lilia ran out of the room crying herself. The words "Brother doesn't want Lilia anymore" in his mouth could not be fully uttered while crying.

After coaxing her for a long time, Lilia said goodbye to Cassia with red eyes.

"Brother, you must come back and see Lilia often."

"Okay, okay, I know." Cassia touched Lilia's messy little head and promised. He felt like time had turned by a week, and he was back to the way it was when he left the small town a year ago. It's just that the feelings between the two are completely different.

With the luggage, Cassia got into the limo and went to the airport and left Meselia.