Euphemia IVThe drive back to the palace was made in silence. There must have been a look on my face because no one spoke, not even Dahlia. I didn't want a war with Corai. It was a war they couldn't win. Corai was too small to face a power like Aquitaine and win, the prince should know that. Maybe he did, but he had to do what was commanded of him. The same as me.I didn't see the logic in starting a war for New Guinea. It was a war they couldn't win and it might prompt my father to invade Madagascar. It was originally an Aquitaine colony and my father had been eyeing it to restore the empire's possessions. It wouldn't end well for them.Unless they thought Aquitaine wouldn't commit. My father was worried about Prussia. He feared the State Socialists would ignite another war and he had been preparing for that for years. Corai was a small power on the other side of the world. A small, but rich power that was dung in on its only other colony. Could Aquitaine afford to war with Corai whe

Calixte VII"We are now entering North American airspace," the pilot announced over the intercom. "We will be landing at the southern keys to refuel."The southern keys were the Florida keys, but of course, the name Florida didn't exist in this world. Maybe with the lack of Florida, the craziness that seemed to plague the state would be gone too. Let's home there were no Aquitaine Florida man stories.I already missed Riviere and the south of the homeland. I had only gotten to spend a week there and it was the best week of my life. Best week of BOTH lives. Two beautiful girls, sex five times a day, and two of those were three ways. My father didn't call once, the military left me alone, no Bian, Alphonse, Rolo, or Sasha. I wasn't risking my life fighting for an empire that wanted to expand and take over the world.For a week, I could pretend I wasn't the prince of one of the world's biggest aggressors. I could pretend I wasn't a prince at all. I was just the luckiest guy in the world.

Euphemia VIIThe tag looked a little... Childish. Okay, maybe that was the wrong word. Not childish, per se, but close to the gang tags that spray-painted cross Aquroya before the city council put a stop to it at my father's request.They looked like gang tags, not something I would not associate with supposed freedom fighters. The NGLF was far from a gang. According to some reports, the NGLF didn't just engage in radical movements, but they had taken the role of police onto themselves and had cracked down on criminals. From the petty to the big fish our justice system released."Mr. Ordel?"The police commissioner or chief or whatever he was called was red face. He was sweating like a pig and was whipping his forehead with a handkerchief. "Yes, Your Highness.""I've read reports about the NGLF acting like vigilantes."For some reason, he went redder. "They are radicals. Criminals rebelling against Aquitaine.""That much is clear. What was unclear was the vigilante activities mentione

Calixte VIIIThe hunger was abuzz with activity. It wasn't just their hanger either; all the hangers were preparing for the invasion of New Siberia. The first part of the invasion would be an airstrike to damage all the defense around the border. Oyashima was allowing them to fly through their airspace if I met with the prince when I got back. It wasn't exactly a meeting I was looking forward to. Another wife? I had two of them and they didn't seem to want to get along, but I was given no choice in the matter. That was part of the deal.It was a hot summer day in Acadia and the last thing I wanted to do was fly an air raid. I'd rather be in Karafuto Prefecture with Princess Kaya and her underage. Karafuto had a resort town with lots of pools and swimming sounded good right about now. Or hell, maybe I could go to Port Royale and swim in Alphonse's family pool. He had made the offer and I should have taken him up on it. It was a little too late now, given the situation I was in, but oh

Calixte IXI dreamed I was back in my warplane, flying over the desert of Morocco, the golden dunes extending as far as the eye could see. Below me, a battle was raring. Strangely enough, the skies above the battle were empty. It was a crystal blue sky with white clouds scattered through the endless azure.Then suddenly she was there, my enemy. She a better ace and it was everything I could do to avoid dying in my sudden new battle. The sky had turned into a death zone and I wished that I was on the ground, in the safety of the trenches, far away from my enemy. As far away from her as I could be.She appeared at my left flank and fired. Her bullets shattered my shields and ripped through my wing. The Jupiter Engine safety features kicked in and I was ejected from the plane, a powerful shield protecting me from the fireball that it had become.As I fell, she had come back around for me. My enemy was there, barreling through the sky towards me. Her guns were aimed at me. The shield that