Connected World's
First Contacts

"......... Quiet enough huh?"

"Hm"

I, Jonathan Crish, am currently sitting on the riverbank with a simple fishing rod that I just made out of one branch of my small tree and then I tied it with a rope, so be a fishing rod.

It's just that, somehow Lieutenant Fujiwara was sitting next to me as if he didn't care about the gaze of the squad team who looked at me with a suspicious look

"bm .... Lieutenant?"

"Yep~"

'What the fuck is this about him'

I thought while trying not to be distracted by her teasing tone, I had no idea what she was thinking, which was certain she might be trying to tease me as usual.

"Jonathan"

Hearing my name on the call, I turned towards him who was staring into this river with a very clear expression of worry on his face.

"Do you think we'll be in armed conflict later?"

'So that's what's bothering her mind, huh?'

I replied with a shrug of my shoulder as an answer that seemed indifferent.

"If we're to be honest, it's very likely that we'll engage in armed contact"

"That's so....."

It's naive to think that marines who patrol in unknown places will not have armed contact, every marine trained to be ready for the worst, we already know that, but for people who have never been placed in a dangerous zone, it is natural that anxiety envelops his mind.

That goes for me too.

"We'd better move now Lieutenant"

Lieutenant Fujiwara smiled at me a little.

"You're right, Corporal"

We again continue the journey, crossing hills and trails that are quite difficult to pass vehicles that use the track, for wheel-based vehicles, and the road is quite difficult, it can be said that it can still be passed but with the condition of the hills that are prone to landslides and mud that makes the road very difficult to pass, it makes me have to be extra careful about weather changes that we cannot accurately predict.

"Hn....~"

'?'

My eyes turned slightly towards Lieutenant Fujiwara who seemed to be enjoying the scenery around us.

"You seem to enjoy the view very much, Lieutenant"

"Ehe~ That's how it is, ...."

Looking at her who looked cheerful made me smile in silence.

"Copral, according to the map, we'll get to Alpha in 2 hours"

First Sergeant Joseph, I who heard the report can only nod in response.

With the M2-Bradley behind us as heavy weaponry support, I can at least calm down a bit if there is potential for an impromptu attack.

Before long, we also managed to pass through the hills and reach the area of sloping plains where along the eyes saw only grass that grew on the side of this path.

"Copral, what do you think?"

Fujiwara asked when he saw something in the distance, I who had been staring back then could only be silent.

"Stop the vehicle"

Fujiwara ordered me to stop the car and Bradley stopped shortly after.

"So we're really in a fantasy world huh?"

Canda Sergeant when he saw a castle surrounded by residential residents about 12 kilometers from our position.

"What do you think, Lieutenant?"

I can only wait for instructions from the squad leader regarding what we found. Seeing the absence of markers on the map made by the air squad, it is likely that they did not see or were unaware of the existence of such a large settlement at the point they marked

Lieutenant Fujiwara, who was looking through his binoculars, remained silent until he began to look at Sergeant Joseph.

"Sergeant, what do you think?"

"We should report to the central command and wait for further instructions"

"Quite reasonable, well, shape the perimeter and keep an eye around!"

"Yes ma'am!"

The sergeant immediately turned to the squad that had disembarked from Bradley, the marines then began to stand by, while the Sergeant returned to the Humvee Car where he immediately contacted the base about what we found.

'Kah's kingdom? Man, I hope we don't have a troublesome deal'

"Copral, you better get back into formation, wait for my instructions or Sergeant"

Fujiwara's orders were answered with a nod of the head.

"Have you heard about the rumors going around the base, Corporal?"

One of the marines started talking to me, seeing that there was nothing we were doing but standing and staring around, I chose to return the words.

"What's going on at headquarters?"

"Some say that we're in a fantasy world and we're here to explore and exploit, see what we find, I think the rumors are true, aren't they Corporal?"

"Come away" I replied with a shrug. "if I'm going to waste my face on it, what are we talking about for that matter that has nothing to do with us?"

"Nonsense"

After the conversation ended, the Sergeant went back to the group, saw him get out of the car, I can only assume that he had received an answer from the center.

"Cleanings"

Fujiwara immediately turned his head towards him, "What did the headquarters say?"

"We are ordered to make contact with the residents there, the surveillance aircraft will arrive in our airspace in 8 minutes. One more thing, the command also emphasized to avoid armed contact in any respect. ROE standards are strictly defined"

Hearing that response, Fujiwara nodded in understanding, he then looked at us who were still waiting for instructions.

"Everyone, get ready!"

"Roberts"

We got into the vehicle and prepared to leave for the kingdom, if there was anything I could expect.

'May we not meet the dragon'

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The squad sent by Delta Headquarters consists of 1 First Lieutenant Commander Fujiwara Sayaka, 1 Specialist (Former JTAC) Explosives, 1 Scout Sniper, and 1 Specialist, 3 Combat Engineers who served as operators and commanders at M2-Bradley, as well as 5 Lance Corporal from the 12th Mechanized Infantry Regiment

For a glimpse of nothing special about the team, they were assigned to the Charlie sector where the results of reconnaissance aircraft E-2 from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, the presence of settlement posibility.

'But who would have thought that it wasn't just a settlement'

The colonel who saw the report from Sergeant Joseph about the existence of a royal civilization in their position, made the status of the leading team a little threatened.

What's more the place they went, based on the results of the temporary analysis....

'The devil's cousin'

He is eager to send at least 3 F-18 aircraft to their locations as a quick air support backup if needed, but given how stubborn the Navy is about sending their assets to unfamiliar territory, it must be hoped that something will not happen to them.

At the base is still busy with various things that are being worked on by the Marine forces, while the military base and defense bases both land and air have been completed, make the construction team can focus more on working on others such as the construction of permanent headquarters and military barracks for troops.

While it was far from Delta Headquarters, the continent was visually confirmed by the E-2 plane as a demon continent.

("Stable height, visual confirmation of Alpha unit presence confirmed")

On land, the squad unit led by Lieutenant Fujiwara is getting closer to the densely populated residential area where civilization is believed to exist.

"Stay alert boys"

Said the sergeant through the radio communicator. Each of the Marines began to repair their helmet positions shortly after they began to approach the residential area.

'Is it possible that their language matches what's in our dictionary?'

'Partially, how do they know the structure of their language?'

Jonathan thought as he thought again about the dictionary the team gave him before departing from the base. According to Lieutenant Fujiwara this dictionary contains basic vocabulary for the surrounding population, but it has never been explained to them that this vocabulary will be used for humans in this foreign world.

Just as they reached the outskirts of the resident settlement of this foreign kingdom, one thing was quite shocking to them all.

("Sergeant, did you see what I saw!?")

The commander at Bradley seemed as surprised as we were when he saw the unusual resident, beginning to look at us with a fearful and suspicious look.

"Stay alert to all of you"

Tegur Fujiwara radioed to the rest of the group trying to keep the team calm, although he himself could not help but be surprised to see this.

"hooo... So this is what we call Nekomimi, right?"

"Hm? Do you know anything about their species, Corporal?" Joseph asked about his sudden words.

Fujiwara, who was also interested in what Jonathan said, began to look at him with a face demanding an explanation.

"Well, you know about anime characters who usually have animal ears like cats and ....."

("Fucking weebs!")

("Fucking weebs!")

("idiot weebs!")

"Well...why should I believe your words" Humiliation simultaneously stormed the radio, the last sentence of the Sergeant did not help him at all.

"H.hey, why are you insulting me! I'm just talking about character!"

"Hm? You have your own taste for such creatures, hee"

For some reason the gaze of Fujiwara who looked at him with a suspicious look made his heart almost stop.

'Stop, stop that condescending look on you, Lieutenant'

"fufufu"

"So, how should we, Lieutenant?"

The sergeant who quickly ended the insult to Jonathan, he immediately asked the status and what they should do, seeing the gazes of the residents who looked at them with an uncomfortable look made him a little uncomfortable

'Same as Afghanistan'

He thought when he saw their eyes.

"For now, let's say hello to them, Jonathan, come with me"

"uh?"

He and Fujiwara got out of the car while the others were on standby in their respective vehicles, Sergeant Joseph was ready to start operating a 50-caliber turret on top of the Humvee as a precaution in case of armed contact.

"Ehm, I don't think they like us, Lieutenant"

Jonathan said as he stood beside Fujiwara, just as he said that, some people who looked like medieval knights but had a body posture that resembled a beast began to form a formation in front of the settlement, as if to signal that they were not welcome here at all.

"err...."

"Not to be so afraid, Corporal"

Fujiwara giggled small looking at the expression from Jonathan.

"Erm..... ("*Excuse me, don't you mind our presence?"*)

Fujiwara said with a dictionary in his hand.

Some people who have animal features but behave like humans, actually increasingly show fear in the squad.

Seeing the lack of development on both sides, Jonathan looked slightly at the children who seemed to be afraid and some were curious about them.

"Hello?"

He waved at them, but it was responded with an aggressive attitude from the guards.

("*Man! How dare you come here! Do you want to declare war on us!*")

"uh? What did he say, Lieutenant?"

Jonathan, unprepared for hot comments from the guards, turned to Fujiwara hoping for an explanation.

"Hn, it looks like they said something about the declaration of war?"

Reply Fujiwara when looking at his dictionary.

"Gee!"

"Wait a minute, why is that so!?"

Panicked by what Fujiwara said, Jonathan tried to think of something but whatever he tried to think, he could not find any solution.

Meanwhile, inside the castle of Demon Queen Rosella, he who was enjoying Maid-made tea in particular, suddenly something entered into the living room in this castle.

"Miss Rosella is terrible!"

"Hm...what made you enter so suddenly without waiting for my approval?"

"M..I'm sorry for my stupidity!"

He quickly knelt down in front of Rosella who was still unconcerned by what made her secretary panic.

"Well, then tell me what you want to say"

He quickly raised his face, looking directly at Rosella who was still unmoved but what he was going to say next, made Rosella instantly speechless.

"Humans are here, you say?"

"Yes miss! I'm not lying, they're in front of the settlement!"

"Hehehe...hehehe...hahah! So that's how it is"

Rosella with a dark laugh, started to stand up, her face showing an expression of anger that she could no longer bear.

"In the end they will still consider us a race to be destroyed, hahaha! I did nothing at all!"

One room shook with Rosella's outburst of anger. His scarlet red hair lit up as if the marker was the burning embers of hellfire, the black aura that enveloped him felt increasingly curdling.

"Miss, what should we do"

With her kneeling position, Sophia did not dare to look at Rosella who was exploding in anger.

No need to answer Sophia's question, Rosella quickly floated up and flew out of the room at high speed.

"N..Miss!?"

Sophia who was jolted by Rosella's sudden actions could only be silent to gawk at Rosella's enslaving anger.

"..! ... You, immediately order all units to follow Miss Rosella!"

"By pleasure"

The maid went straight out of the room and moved in the other direction, Sophia on the other hand, started chasing Rosella hoping nothing would happen to her

'Why are humans here! Miss Rosella did nothing to humans!'

He cursed in his mind, the meeting between the two races where the modern human race with foreign races in this foreign world was started.

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