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Chapter 23 - Chapter 023: Peace Must Be Built on the Deterrence of Military Power

He really knows what the Martian's world is like?

And the Martian should be the princess of the Martian Empire?

That is to say, she should be a protagonist, possibly the female lead?

[Fallen Saint Black Cat: Quickly tell us, what kind of "work" is this Martian princess in, what's the plot? She's the female protagonist, right?]

After sending this message, Black Cat realized she was being somewhat impolite, as if she was digging into someone's privacy right in front of the Martian princess.

But her curiosity had already led her to send the message, and she couldn't take it back, so there was no use regretting it.

[Golden Toilet: What I saw was an original anime TV series called "Aldnoah Zero," a sci-fi war type, mainly mecha battles. The story in brief is about Male Lead 1 [Earth side] and Male Lead 2 [Mars side] fighting fiercely over the princess. Male Lead 1, with his super-computer-like brain, pilots a mech that by all appearances should be easily destroyed by the Martian technology mechs, yet somehow analyzes the opponent's weaknesses and incredibly defeats one Martian Knight after another. For this kind of plot, what's the usual outcome? Black Cat, what do you think?]

Ah, suddenly he was asking her.

[Fallen Saint Black Cat: For a Happy End, obviously Male Lead 1 and the princess end up together, they become representatives of their respective sides, promoting peace. For a Bad End, there are many possibilities—the male lead dies, or the princess dies, they don't end up together. The worst would be if the antagonist Male Lead 2 survives, the male lead dies, and the princess is forcibly taken? Ugh, it's not this outcome, is it?]

Such a terrible result, what were the scriptwriters thinking? The investors would curse them to death, completely unable to recoup their investment.

However, in recent years, Black Cat had watched many anime with quite a few sick endings.

So, would "Aldnoah Zero" have a terrible Bad End?

[Golden Toilet: Neither. Everyone survives, but unfortunately, the princess doesn't choose either of them. Even though the princess also likes Male Lead 1, in the final episode, she suddenly marries a yellow-haired background character who appeared for less than five minutes with fewer than twenty lines. So "Aldnoah Zero," which could have been considered a masterpiece, instantly earned the title of trash work

Fallen Saint Black Cat: Uh]

Ruri Gokou was truly rendered speechless by such a bizarre ending.

No wonder Golden Toilet's tone toward the princess seemed somewhat mocking; it turns out he was provoked.

It was understandable; after all, Black Cat had also watched anime that initially had great expectations, only for the endings to be so explosive, making one want to 'visit' the author and ask if their brain was broken.

.....

Vers Empire, the princess's room.

A golden-haired young girl, as exquisite and beautiful as a doll, suddenly had her expression become rigid.

She felt somewhat strange, as if this Mr. Golden's tone seemed angry at her, as if he didn't like her.

So this was why.

If she were also watching an anime TV series where the female lead suddenly married another character with almost no screen time, she would be very depressed too.

So, why would she do this?

She shouldn't do this.

[Martian: Um, maybe she was threatened?

Golden Toilet: No one threatened her, the princess chose herself]

Ugh, how could that be possible? How could she make such a choice?

There must be some reason.

That so-called background character with yellow hair must have something special, requiring her to marry him to achieve something she wanted to do in the future.

So, just as she was preparing to ask another question, he went offline.

As for the livestream, A2 had closed it when he came online.

[Whisperer: Although it does sound quite depressing, this Mr. Golden didn't explain the situation in detail. So I think the Martian princess marrying the so-called background character with yellow hair is very likely due to political factors, which is quite realistic]

The Whisperer in the chat group made this comment.

[Dr. Kouzuki: The so-called yellow-haired background character is probably one of the powerful nobles of the Vers Empire. Marrying him is a common political alliance. The princess might be trying to utilize his power, or the royal family wants to form alliances. But to reach this point, it ultimately shows that the princess herself lacks power and cannot control her own destiny]

This had somewhat of a mocking tone.

[Dr. Kouzuki: By the way, don't misunderstand, there was no particular meaning in what I just said, it was just mockery]

Ugh!

The golden-haired girl's mouth corner twitched.

[Dr. Kouzuki: Of course, I am also a woman without power. Perhaps someday, if I truly find myself with no way out, I might also face the fate of selling my life away]

After such a self-deprecating statement, Dr. Kouzuki went offline.

So, what should she do?

The princess, just fifteen years old, now became confused.

Originally, she was to serve as a goodwill ambassador to Earth, easing relations between both sides—a task that made her both nervous and expectant.

She truly wanted to contribute her part.

But she never imagined that her action would become the fuse for the second war between Mars and Earth.

To truly change something, one needs to possess real power?

Need to have one's own armed forces? Become an iron-blooded queen?

But this goes against her ideals; the peace she hopes for is not established under the threat of force. She hopes everyone can understand each other and move forward together amicably.

However, according to Mr. Golden, without military power, she's just a mascot, seemingly a puppet manipulated by others.

In Mr. Golden's eyes, she must seem very childish and laughable.

[Martian: Does peace need to be built on the deterrence of military power?]

She couldn't help but pose this question confusedly in the chat group.

[Whisperer: Yes!!! Miss Martian, if you remain this naive, then just as Mr. Golden said, you should just stay as a mascot and live well. Don't volunteer to help with anything. Being too kind without having enough power to deter bad people may cause consequences worse than purely evil actions]

Miss Whisperer earnestly warned her this way.

So, the golden-haired girl's expression became even more bitter. Could she only watch and do nothing?

Suddenly, she thought of something—

[Martian: Miss Whisperer, can you teach me? Be my teacher]

She had almost forgotten that Miss Whisperer seemed to be a military personnel, and had even joked before about being the captain of a warship.

.....

Meanwhile, Ejie, who had gone offline, looked up at the aircraft descending from the sky.

The Bunker Commander was finally going to meet face-to-face. He hoped it would be a smooth conversation.

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