HELMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Still flat, I see.

>>408
That might be because this Helma doesn't belong to the what-if 1947 series. This is just a random Helma pic Humikane drew. You notice how it wasn't posted on the "Gracefully aging" thread

差分というかいっぱい足しちゃった

They all went swimming?

That's your dream isn't it?
Relax Helma, you are still young.

姫様意外とおなかぷにぷに系･･･と本音を漏らして踏まれるまでが仕事

ゴシックゲルトちゃん14歳てのが急に降りてきたので描いた

Google Translate
I came down suddenly and drew 14 year old Gothic Gerd chan

なんかもう意味不明だけど新妻エーリカ

>>439
白ゴス＞ウェディング＞新妻　という過程

式終わり即初夜ーリカちゃん

>>440
>>444
I wonder who she married.

えっ、相手ってゲルトさんじゃないの？
勢いで押し倒したはいいけど花嫁略奪にやってきたウィッチ達と
バトルロワイヤルまでがひとまとまりなんですケド･･･

賑やかしにやってきた伯爵がかなりの強敵なので、
周りと同盟組んで戦うことも視野に入れましょう

知ってるかい？扶桑の昔話なんだけど、両手を引っ張ると
子供が泣いちゃうから、本当に愛情があるなら一歩引く物なんだよ。
と言っておいて場の動きが止まったところで伯爵猛ダッシュ

and then...

>>445

i don't

12 year old Tomoko

"Background things are done, but I'll post this because it'll get partly concealed by a filter and an object."
-Humikane

Posted this here just because. Although it has nothing to do with these fan service pics. This Jane will be in the background of some official work, like those world witches articles. Don't know who will be the main point of the finished picture.

And if people are wondering about translations, only the Eila pic in the Hanna birthday thread had meaningful text, the texts about the pictures in this thread were all quite meh.

Elma

ほのぼの系と言い張る

>>493
So we're seeing younger versions now?

>>445
>I wonder who she married

Heinz Mertens perhaps?

Kind of interesting that he never got around to making a 1947 Yoshika. Or maybe I just missed it.

This could mean that the movie takes place in 1947 and Miyafujesus comes back, and he didn't want to spoil her appearance.

>>507
Doubt that, he didn't do Lynette either

>>507
>Kind of interesting that he never got around to making a 1947 Yoshika.

<grimdark>She's going to perish in the movie</grimdark>

Did Humikane's twitpic account get deleted? Is that why he's uploading stuff to pixiv instead?

>>537
He was having problems with new layout, and he said he couldn't delete the things he wanted to. He tried to fix things with twizard but gave up. At least for now he isn't using twitpic.

>>538
If he is using Pivix now, would you care to share the link to his account?

>>542
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=195301

It's not like this is the first time he uses it though

>>543
Loli & Cold Winter made pixiv hotter.

Normally, it's around 40-60k view/ day but yesterday's stat was 87k!

>>546
The hell happened back in March and July?

>>547
I'm not sure about July but in March is because earthquake. That time pixiv down and stat of 2-3 days mixed up.

>>557
The Prinzessin in that picture is part of those KODOMO WICTHES, young witches, so I cut it out and post it in here because most of the other KODOMOs are here too

>>558
Heidemarie had breasts early?

>>564

>>568
Mostly the witches have the image of being bright and healthy, but an ill feeling can fit the night witches who struggle on the front lines.
Which makes it easier to draw them with a perverted atmosphere like this.
-Humikane

>>568
Is that from his pixiv profile? I don't see it there for some reason.

http://twitpic.com/64aqob
レント教官に挟撃を教わるHEIDICHANG

He's back to twitpic.

>>593
Lent teaching Heidemarie the pincer move

自宅で一人コミケ開催　出し物は抱き枕カバー　パッチセット　昔の同人誌　

One act at home, organized Comiket Doujinshi old patch set Pillow Cover

バトル続きの3日間でしょうが、夜はちゃんと休むんですよ

>>597
He held a comiket by himself in his home. With the patches and pillow cover. The green patch is 501 patch, camouflage version

>>602
>With the patches and pillow cover.
And an old doujinshi

It might be cute if their personal marks are similar also
-Humikane

>>603

Was it ever scanned?

>>605
It's looks really old, when he was starting with mecha musume.

>>605
>>606

Here's a pool of scans probably from the book.
http://oreno.imouto.org/pool/show/589

>>607
I disagree. I think the scans that are in that pool are from the art book, and this is the cover of that art book.

That "old doujinshi", as Humikane put it, has clearly different cover.

幻の歩兵戦 is the name of the old doujinshi.
It can be bought from toranoana http://www.toranoana.jp/mailorder/cot/pagekit/0000/00/35/0000003566/index.html

Judging by the sample pictures, it is indeed not the one that those scans in that pool are from.

>>609

Isn't that the one with the timeline of the SW universe.

Someone posted it ages ago on /a/, but I missed the chance to save it.

>>610
It came out in 2006, if it had any timeline it's massively outdated.

>>610

If you mean this...

>>618

...or this, the answer is: No it's not where the chart is from.

The first is from a rather old art book and this one is from the first fan book.
Both should be handled with care as both aren't necessarily canon in any way.

>>618

Not canon, but still interesting.

Wonder how differently will things play out after several thousand years.

*cough*DarkAgeofTech*cough*

New book, new book is done. I'll take it tomorrow for the fourth day of comiket
-Humikane

>>622

>>622
I thought Comiket is a 3-day event?

Sold out! Thanky you for coming all the way to Okayama inn. I'll go have some yakiniku alone to finish it off!
-Humikane

>>626
Don't really know, this thing might've been smaller and more private.
idk

Don't ask, Humikane didn't say anything about who she is yet.

>>629
Because of the famous mark she has I'll give no more hints.
-Humikane

Something to do with JG54? Perhaps Nowotny or some other 503rd?

the Green Heart symbol would mean Hannes Trautloft, I wonder.

>>631
I won't give any hints except it's about JG 54. I'll tell all eventually.
-Humikane

So it could be Trautloft, but it could be any one else from JG 54 also. Nowotny, Bonin and Kittel who were in JG 54 already have existing witches, so it might be more likely that it's one of them.

新装備
試作装備のフィッティングを行う大尉。
夜間視力強化の魔方陣が編み込まれていると言う触れ込みだが、
元々の強度不足に加え、ウィッチの魔法使用によるエーテル反応で
急速に耐久力が低下する欠点もあり、装着には専門の整備員が必要であった

>>641
New equipment.
Flight Lieutenant is getting fitted with experimental equipment. Having a night vision strengthening magic square to be sown in fabric might seem a bit exaggerated, but without it the power can be insufficient. Also, using magic creates a reaction in the ether, which causes the witch to rapidly loose her stamina, so it's good if one can use magic as little as possible but still have it be useful enough. Special maintenance members are necessary for equipping.
-Humikane

>>641
Is it just me or does it look a bit like the maintenance person actually has breasts?

The expert equipping maintenance member: How was it?
Prinzessin: I'm getting cold!
-Humikane

Calm down Flight Sergeant
-Humikane

Shirley: Hoo..
Erica: Bunny Trude

They were trying to get her sign it afterwards
-Humikane

The base is a footprint of a fox
-Humikane

She has that facial expression as she tells herself that it's just work, nothing more
-Humikane

Work as in some kind of photoshoot I think

Getting ready for the photoshoot

When 501 was disbanded, before she went to the eastern front Trude visited 504. That photo (>>652) was taken there, the costume and set were mostly Dollio's personal items. But since Luciana and Trude's bodies are similar, Luciana did small adjustments to the clothes so everything went well

Full version

Trude: *panting*
pointing at Waltrud: couldn't run away

Trude: Is Flight Sergeant Helma.. okay?
Helma: Yes


The countess planned things to happen like this, so it wasn't a meaningless death
-Humikane

She did it on purpose!? Tears are coming in my eyes when I think of her toughness, to willingly get punched by Trude's steel bar. She is really a human dynamo, unbelievably strong spirit.
-Tabykarasu


Honestly I don't know why she did it, perhaps she did it to somehow get Helma there

Photo that is stored in the personal archives of Dollio's film studio

I think Erica is a real winner to have slapped this bare bottom.
-Humikane

>>653
>>657

>Dollio

>>658
Oh yeah, Doglio

>>597

>>646
Luckiest man alive? Or The Luckiest Man alive?

>>662
I still think it might be a girl, I can only think that that odd lump is a breast >>641

>>646

9001 HOURS IN MS PAINT

>>664


she has a lump in her breast? better head to the doctor.

If you count the IF pictures I've drawn more than 50 pictures. New record
-Humikane

I'm looking forward to the two art books
-Ningen

I wonder if he means 50 in a month or.. And the two books Ningen talks about are most likely.
>>622
>>647

Nephew (not even in primary school yet) came for a visit. I bought a really good looking pudding from the department store, but he wouldn't eat it because of the slight bitterness of the caramel. He said he wanted プッチンプリン (a certain type of pudding that doesn't have liquid caramel). Kids are difficult.
-Humikane

>>665

>>669
The expert equipping maintenance member: How was it?
Prinzessin: It was cold!
Text pointing at pants: She wore them

Just cleaned the previous version
-Humikane

With this cleaned version it changed so that Prinzessin isn't cold because she doesn't have panties, but the panties were actually somehow cold. Perhaps relating to the liquid dripping out of them.

>>670
Does anyone happen to have the "previous version"?

>>669
ああっと姫様の魔法力が切れてしまった！

If this goes against the rules of "keeping it classy", then I'll delete it.

>>672

I'll let it slide this time.

>>641
So the new equipment are the panties themselves? And they need an "expert" to fit them on?

>>672
This looks shooped, you can tell by the pixels.

>>673
If you let that slide, how much else are you going to let slide? Just saiyan.

>>671
>>646

>>674
I'm calling Shenanigans on the maintenance crew

Prinzessin > *

Just saying.

Johanna Wiese
model: Johannes Wiese

>>672
If you post a shop of a Humikane's work, could you say that it is a shop done by someone else.
I know it can sometimes be very obvious but just to keep things clear.

>>683
Hint is that this person, Hartmann, Barkhorn and Krupinski had an audience with the emperor of Karlsland.
The correct answer is Johanna Wiese. Simple wasn't it~. When Barkhorn was the chief of JG 52 second Staffel, Johanna was the commanding officer of the first Staffel. She is like a serious older sister. Both being of the same generation, she was an important person for Barkhorn who would ask advice from her. When they had to go to the audience with the emperor, Barkhorn would've gotten peptic ulcer because of the stress over the small trip if Johanna hadn't been there.
Johanna is an 18 year old Flight Lieutenant in 1944. When Barkhorn was in 501st Johanna worked as an instructor. So she wasn't on the front lines, but after the liberation of Gallia she was promoted to Squadron Leader and she went to the front lines again. She is a serious person but she also has this aura of an airheaded teacher drifting around her.
-Humikane


HPのurlにtw/001.jpgで
This tweet meant that people should add tw/001.jpg after the e-wacs url. So in other words the picture source is http://www.ne.jp/asahi/humikane/e-wacs/tw/001.jpg


Also, about this picture >>669 Humikane says that those panties are indeed torn.

>>685
>airheaded teacher
>naturally seductive teacher
Meant to correct that before posting

From the Squadron Leader's personal collection. Seems to be a photo taken just before the Trajanus Operation.
-Humikane

>>684
Humikane has a habit of slightly altering some pictures, and also deleting them. It didn't look like a shop to me, and considering his drawing spree, I wouldn't be surprised if it was done by him.

>>690
He does alter pictures into something more risque sometimes, but Humikane does not publish entirely NSFW pictures, anywhere, ever. No matter how big of a drawing spree he is in he will not publish bare pussy. Not anymore now that he is a big name.
And judging by the filename you found that picture from futaba. Futaba. Humikane does not post new pictures in futaba.
And if you say he posted it in some place like twitter first and then deleted it, and then someone posted it on futaba, twitter would've been overflown with comments. That's how big of a deal it would be if he published NSFW pics.

>>689
They're still trying to retcameo her into season 2?

>>677

I meant just this once.

What is this new Humikane's twitter icon, Johanna Wiese?

>>702
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/humikane/e-wacs/tw/dhkgg.jpg
Originally it was >>698 but Humikane deleted it and later replaced it with censura thing

new icon

>>703
Any idea how long the original picture was up?

>>709

5 hours 35 minutes and 34 seconds

>>710
Huh. I wonder why he took it down so fast. It doesn't seem any worse than some of the other stuff he drew lately.

>>711
It was just a joke, sorry.

>>683
https://twitter.com/#!/humikane/status/107794347625431040

Her familiar is pug

>>726

Cute

The icon I'm using now is Krupinski's personal mark. Although she doesn't smoke, she "is always covered by smoke so it's fitting", as Rall puts it.
-Humikane

Covered by smoke from the strikers she crashes.

Is he seriously going to start to change his icon this often?

>>804
That reminds me, is he ever going to finish or show >>487

I'm dying to see Jane and Dom in action.

>>806
I think he finished the picture with that Jane. But he isn't going to show it, it's going to be published in some magazine. Perhaps another World Witch article

>>807
Ok, thanks for that heads up.

>>806
>I'm dying to see Jane and Dom in action.
So is Minna, God I can't believe no one else jumped on that.

>>806
you mean like this??

>>811
I know that series of articles comes with 3 or so pages. Would you happen to have scans of the rest?

>>814

I got that from that karlsland.net place and so far, only two pictures have been scanned. I think. Here is said other scan.

No scan of this one

>>872

>>871
beautiful

一番小さい300ピースでも結構時間かかりました･･･　子どもの頃作ったのより、遊びが大きくてばらしやすい
印象

扶桑海ノ閃光（ふそうかいのせんこう）
は、1938年に、扶桑皇国で公開された映画

大本営陸軍企画、協力：陸軍省、海軍省

扶桑海事変での各軍、特に陸軍
ウィッチの活躍を中心に描いたもので、
主演の穴拭智子少尉以下、事変に参加
したウィッチが多数、実名で登場する。

空戦シーンは実際の記録映像の他、気球や
航空機をネウロイに見立て、ウィッチによる
カメラマンによって、迫力ある再現映像が
撮影された。


右写真
当時の鑑賞券　個人所蔵

通常の鑑賞券ではなく、主演の穴拭少尉
が券面にあしらわれたもので、早期購入者
には少尉の個人章をデザインした根付が
付属するという豪華版であったようだ。


というネタ･･･
劇場版、よろしくお願いします
（上のバナーから公式に飛べます）

>>935
Poster for the 1938 movie Flash of the Fuso Sea for those who bought an early ticket or something

This is fucking awesome

>>940

>>941

>>1137
"When I'm finished with my work I want to bring this project into conclusion"
-Humikane

"Had a meeting related to music. Although I'm a complete outsider when it comes to music, I had a pleasant day eating with the music staff. Long times since that last happened."
-Humikane

Movie music people I'd guess

本文編集は終了。　時間も場所も決まってないけど

>>1198
Don't just save the twitter pic directly from his tweets, go to his twitter profile page and press the bigger version.

>>1199
"Text editing has been finished. Although I haven't even decided the time and place yet"
-Humikane

With time and place I assume he means where these will sold

He also said this to Dan Kanemitsu who asked what book that is:
"It's just something that collects some previously revealed works, so it has really no value to people who are after data."

"Drew this book cover in one night. I'll line up all kinds of things in this book, so it won't be just about Suomus witches"
-Humikane

コンプティーク１２月号でついに あの漫画がスタートします！　そのタイトルはズバリ「ストライクウィッチーズ アフリカの魔女」！！　漫画家：野上武志さんによる渾身のストライクにハートを鷲掴みされた担当より☆☆☆


そしてコンプティーク１２月号（１１月１０日発売）には島田フミカネさん×鈴木貴昭さんによるワールドウィxe3
x83x83チーズが掲載！　今回はジェーン・Ｔ・ゴッドフリー大尉が登場！！　ふだん決して見ることが出来ない日常xe3
x81xae一コマをぜひ堪能してみてください。

Something about Jane, Africa, manga, some familiar names, and Comptiq.

>>1258
"Finally in the December issue of Comptiq, that manga starts. It's title is Strike Witches; Witch of Africa, by the mangaka Takeshi Nogami"

Welp, I don't really know what this means.

The other tweet says that there's World Witches article about Jane

>>1264
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-03/strike-witches/witches-of-africa-to-run-in-comptiq-mag

It means this

"About the drawing collection books, I will probably get them to the winter comiket. But as I haven't even reserved a space yet nothing is set in stone."
-Humikane

Not sure if he is talking about the calendar book, or the Nipa book, or both.

postan

"I was daydreaming and thought up a game like this. You are a veteran ace who has fought since the early days of the first great war, and now your body is heading towards it's "end". You are entrusted with one squad from your base. You need to train the members, better the equipment and gather fame. You can wage war online and mix your squad with your friend's squad. You get higher as you get more fame, and can do all kinds of different strategies with your ace witches."
-Humikane

Would be cool

>>1280

Since he has the money this could actually happen some time in the future.

>>1280
I'd play that.

>>1280
If it's online I think it will do especially well; are there any other multiplayer Strike Witch games?

"1947 Hijikata"
-Humikane

"About Barkhorn's colleague Johanna [Wiese] and why they have similar uniforms. They went into a tailor together and because of Johanna's suggestion they picked matching outfits, although Barkhorn resisted because she wanted something more plain.
"I'd like this"
"Come on, stop picking the ones that look like just work clothes, you're a girl."
They bickered like that before the tailoring old lady"

-Humikane

Maloney's adjutant, antagonist of Cold Winter 1947

>>1299
He doesn't even have a name? It's just 'adjutant'?

>>1299

>>1300

Arthur William Tedder

>>1301
Uncensored version when?

http://www.famima.com/shop/c/c501st/
Graphig

"They require no glue or scissors"
-Humikane

Somebody better fucking scan those. Do want.

>>1351
I think those are full products that don't require scissors, like Humikane said. So if there are ever any templates that you can cut off, those are made by fans most likely

>>1352
Exactly.
>fan scans product
>I can print it and cut it out
>???
Profit!

Proper scans required

>>1371
So that's the flag of the United States of Liberion? looks different from the TV show.

>>1372
The Liberion flag was shown in the anime? They've probably shown emblems or navy flags, but not the Liberion flag

>>1372

Looks very similar to the Liberian flag...

>>1373
One of the ships in episode 11 of season 2 had the USL flag, but it was just a blue field with 13 stripes instead of the blue field and stars with 13 stripes.

>>1388
>One of the ships
That's what I mean when I said it might've been a navy and flag and not the "real" national flag of Liberion. The whole flag business is so complex in this series cause you can't be sure what sort of army flags they are.
But I like to think that the flags in these world witches articles are the proper flags of the countries.

There are larger versions of it, but the board won't let them be posted.

>>1419

File size wise, or resolution size? If it's file size I can't really do anything about it because it's up to the host. If it's resolution I'll snoop around in the cpanel and see if there's anything about that.

>>1423

Filesize wise
Here's a link to the big picture
http://oreno.imouto.org/post/show/198134

>>1425

>>1424

Ah. Yeah I can't really up the file size limit because the site's on a "shared hosting" server. Maybe some time in the future we'll get our own server and I'll probably up the size to something like 10mb.

>>1425

>162 cm

Jane's the same height as Trude!?

>>1436
Liberions run tall.

Except Francie.

>>1499
Even Francie is as tall as Wilma...

"It seems that it can't make it to the winter comike, so there will be no sketch books from me there after all"
-Humikane

Some other time then

Here are some picture that'll be in the book(s)

Some things never seen before: IF-Sanya is slightly different, couple more 1947 pics, Rossmann/Wiese pic, perhaps two Erica pics

"I'm two months late with this picture"
-Humikane

I wonder when Humikane will do the pics of Lynette and Miya in 1947, why the mistery?

"After a long time I'm drawing the Yoshika-Lynette pair, so I'm going to pour all my heart into it"
-Humikane

>>1634
Probably should note that this tweet by Humikane has nothing to do with >>1580

"Next year is the year of dragon. There hasn't been a witch with a familiar like dragon. I wouldn't like it if there were scales all over the body. I wonder if it would just be a one single scale under the chin, and if it was touched she would get angry. The Strikers she would use would be the Dragon Slayers (nickname of Kawasaki Ki-45), and this pun would also piss her off.
The familiar dragon could look like a noble creature with that nobility-type of eyebrows."
-Humikane


The type of eyebrows I think he means are the ones that are very thick in the inner ends, and the outer ends might be even entirely non-existant.

>>1643
Also, Humikane isn't saying he's going to make a witch with dragon familiar, he's just throwing ideas around for fun. Because as said, the year of dragon is coming.

>>1643
>one single scale under the chin, and if it was touched she would get angry.
HNNNGGG

More Shizuka as twitter pic

"She saw military cadet (talking about -Humikane

Column Scan again~
Not very clear though

Mysterious ex-501 witch with not much description. The only description was made by the maintenance crew.

"Sleeping Erica dakimakura. Has this ever been done before? (I'm not really planning on making this)"
-Humikane

>>1691
>>(I'm not really planning on making this)"

>>1691
Does he just hate money or something?

>>1695
I suppose he just wanted to troll on us...
God, I am imaging him saying "Problem?" with that troll face...
(facepalm)

"Cleaned version"
-Humikane

>>1697
Why don't they ask Humikane drawing this instead ; __ ;
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-5790.html

>>1698
Because it's cheaper to hire a shit artist to draw shit.

>>1691
>>1697
What I am actually surprised about is that she's wearing panties while sleeping.

"The outer box of Zero second volume limited edition. Released 26th of January"
-Humikane

>>1800
My birthday!

Mikado, that some non-witch character or whatever from Fuso Sea. Perhaps inspired by this tweet >>1643 Null made his interpretation of dragon familiar with her. She has the eyebrows Fumikane mentioned, and a name pun, Mikado(ragon)

>>1819

"It will be distributed in Okayamakan with a thing that makes a sound when the forehead is pressed"
-Humikane

>>1819

>Mikado
>an emperor of Japan

So she's supposed to be Hirohito!?

>>1827

want

Waiting for better scans

Minna, 1937

>>1913
Oh god my heart.

>>1913
Not bad

10 years

>>1913
Yes. Yes. YES

>>1913

>>1923

>>1923
Quite youthful looking for someone who is 31.

"Trude's face has always been a bit childlike so she hasn't changed much"
-Humikane

>>1926
Sweet jesus, Trude IS the imouto!

>>1950
"Something like dark blue would've fit better though"
-Humikane

>>1950
Holy Christ, she was right the whole time

>>1950
-I love imoutos!-
-NO TRUDE, YOU'RE THE IMOUTOS-

"Last drawing of the year. Gallia's pride is their agricultural system, and she is the front figure"
-Humikane

The text on the picture:
"Eat vegetables to get a healthy body
-Gallian agricultural department"

Amelieee!!!

>>1954
She's encouraging the little kiddies to eat carrots to improve their eyesight for the war effort. How nice. Either that or Humikane played her having a rabbit familiar for all its worth.

>>1982
"It's kinda like an event in an RPG, if you rescue her she'll join your party.
Young lady Amelie entered the field to stop the mischievous rabbit from laying havoc on the crops. But when she got there she found out it wasn't the rabbit who was causing it.. or something"
-Humikane

>>1982
That's great, taking an idea of stay-behind Neuroi units and making it into that.

>>1989
A 'land army' tale; I kinda like that idea as you rarely hear of them in print or TV!

>>1876
"Isabelle! Look! There's a rabbit!"
"I'm sorry Kunoka, but this rifle is so big that I don't think there would be much left for eating"
"What!? idiot! "Boys" are always like that!"
("Wow she didn't get the joke" kinda situation)
-Humikane

This is partly connected to that picture. Apparently Isabelle was joking

>>1950

"The fellow adventurers who will accompany you in the Gallian Quest"
-Humikane

Elaborating more on that rpg idea from >>1984

>>2030
>Rudel
>Even though she failed a teleporter spell, she came out of stone just fine.

Holy shit that's awesome

>>2025
People like these kind of Trude apparently

I wouldn't say this otherwise but most things that have been translated since the /a/ threads died were translated by me. I will be away for six months, coming by some weekends, so if there are lurking translators here it would be nice if you translated things.
If your translating is just using google translator don't post it, those things just add to the confusion

>>2033
I would translate stuff if I could, but my ENGLISH isn't so good...

>>2035

Even so, it might be worth a shot. If it's in English at least the native speakers might be able to get the gist of it. Can't be worse than google translate at least.

>>2033 I always wondered who it was who had been doing the translations, kinda.
Thanks for everything, dear.

>>2036
Very well, then.
I will post my crude translation.
Hope it's not worse than nothing.

>>2032

>>2041
And then...

Some new short story on humikane's twitter.

https://twitter.com/#!/humikane/statuses/157161797235904512
昔書いたテキストの整理してたら、エーリカが世界のエースの解説をするって言うやつがあった。懐かしい。今
のワールドウィッチーズを語り部エーリカでやるって感じかな。

https://twitter.com/#!/humikane/statuses/157163054138785792
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/humikane/e-wacs/tw/halt.txt 導入部だけ　

ハルトマンのエース オブ ザ ワールド(仮）

バルクホルン（以下バ）　「起きろ、ハルトマン！」

ハルトマン（以下ハ）　「うぅ～～ん、後30分･･･」

バ「お！・き！・ろ！」

ハ「もう～、何だよ～トゥルーデ」

バ「本国からお前宛に新たな任務だ。世界中で戦っている私たちの仲間、ウィッチ達を
　　紹介し、その活躍を広く知ってもらうことになった。
　　なにしろ前線では広報もままならん地域があるからな。これも重要な任務だぞ」

ハ「ええ～何で私が･･･」

バ「何を言うか、お前はわが隊で一番のエースだろう、エースがエースを語る。
　　広報任務としてはこれほどのものはあるまい。誇りを持って望めハルトマン！」

ハ「めんどくさいよ～トゥルーデがやってよ～」

バ「だめだ！私は戦闘記録を整理分析せねばならんのでな」

ハ「宮藤の？」

バ「ハ・ル・ト・マ・ン！」

ハ「んもう･･･仕方ないなあ。ささっと終わらせてごはんにしよっと。
　　今回紹介するのは～････」

I don't have enough japanese skill to understand all of it and I don't think my english is good enough to help in translation.
But at least, I'll try to catch up and put it here.

Also, thank you >>2033 for your past translations.

Aurora

>>2081
Possibly related

http://twitter.com/#!/humikane/status/159600322426310656
ne.jp/asahi/humikane…　ぼちぼち

http://twitter.com/#!/humikane/status/159606617363578881
あ、しっぽ忘れてた　オオカミで

http://twitter.com/#!/humikane/status/159608067376431104
陸ストライカー装着図は、仕事の合間に書くには手間かかりすぎるので。　三突Gかな　丸太振り回すぜ！

>>2081

>>2084
Loli Eila HNNGGG

Hello, translator-tan here, with translations.

"ぼちぼち" - "Little by little."

"あ、しっぽ忘れてた　オオカミで" - "She lost her wolf tail because of a (neuroi) beam."

"陸ストライカー装着図は、仕事の合間に書くには手間かかりすぎるので。　三突Gかな　丸太振り回すぜ！"

- "Because her job requires land striker units, finding free time to write much is inconvenient.

Her striker unit is probably based on StuG III Ausf. G"

Not 100% that the part about "not having enough time to write" is the best translation, so I would appreciate someone proof-reading it.

>>2086
I should note that the "probably" part stems from the original tweet, not speculation on my behalf, it translates literally as I wonder, but I don't think "Striker unit" meshes well with it in a sentence. So basically, it's just Humikane pondering on the matter.
Keep in mind though, I believe that his twitter account isn't canon. Or so he claimed?

>>2087
He just said things on twitter are not yet confirmed by writers and other people in the creation team (after all, he is just the character designer). Some of them are just products of daydreaming.
But then, most of the time designs got passed after a while, so it is pretty safe to say they are mostly canon.

>>2086
>"あ、しっぽ忘れてた　オオカミで"
Pretty sure that actually says "Ah, I forgot her tail. It's a wolf."

>>2081
I like it, I just hope that there's more art of her in the future.

>>2095
Scratch that, she's already in art.

>>2096

That was very fast

>>2101

She's equipped with Mjolnir.

>>2101 Clearly her tail regrew >_>

>>2102

Not sure if serious, but it's a satchel charge.

>>2101

http://twitter.com/#!/humikane/status/159989701875474433

[picture link]　カサパノスをさらに3連結した特製の対ネウロイ手榴弾を振り回して突撃するさまは、ミョルニルを手にし
た雷神トールの生まれ変わりとか言われたという･･･

>>2104

Well, yeah. But Humikane called it Mjolnir, I don't know if it's a specific finnish type.

>>2110
It's kasapanos anti-tank grenade.(one on the leftin the pic)
Three of them stacked together is appearetly effective against Neuroi.

>>2110
What Humikane is saying is the way she wields the grenade is similar to Thor and his hammer.

>>2110

I have a sudden urge to listen to amon amarth

Not entirely accurate translations

>>2081
>>2101
"Forgot her tail. Her familiar is a wolf"

"I don't have time to draw her in her strikers, as I'm drawing this between jobs. But it's most likely StuG III... wielding a log!" (referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War ctrl+f logs)

"She attacks wielding Kasapanos, a weapon with three explosives attached together, which works effectively against neuroi. She could be called the reincarnation of the Mjölnir wielding God of Thunder Thor"

"-Shit, I'm out of ammunition.. Ah! Commander, don't you have Molotov Cocktails!?
-Yeah, spirit (the distilled beverage kind)

She's like that"
-Humikane

>>2118
Those are not entirely accurate translations*

Text in picture: Bo-o-bs
(This is drawn by Humikane. It looks a bit different from usual so I felt the need to emphasize that)

>>2120

>>2118
Actually, I wrote it a bit wrong, it's
"She attacks wielding three Kasapanos explosives attached together, which works effectively against neuroi. She could be called the reincarnation of the Mjölnir wielding God of Thunder Thor"

"What's wrong, say the last letter.. say it"
-Humikane

>>2081
If anyone knows what the kanji on the left of the middle row is, tell me. For some reason I can't figure out what it is, and I can only deduce based on the rest of the text and comments on futaba that someone did something slightly negative to Nipa, and Aurora is demanding that person to step forward.
So the point is she's protecting Nipa

>>2132
The whole sentence read:
"Anyone who've teased at Nipa, come forward now."
That middle part is "the one who teases".

Apparently she is part of the recovery team for downed Air Witches and that she hates people teasing at Nipa.

>>2135
Tease? What kanji is it exactly?

>>2136
今ニパ笑った奴表出ろ

笑った = to smile / laugh at / sneer
I think it would be more proper if translate to "laugh at"

There's also another version of translation on danbooru.
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/1078561

Yeah, "laugh at" is better.
I did think it might be 笑, but it just looked too different to my eyes

"Occasionally she goes on counter offensive.. I mean she's just nursing her"
-Humikane

http://t.co/S69aLeva　ちょっとだけ５０６話　

Don't forget there is still a short story to get done.

Beginning of 1945, Central Gallia, Dijon
The base of 506th JFW B-unit

"It was just for a short while but, thank you for letting me help you!"
An energetic voice, and deep bow was engraved into everyone's memories, as the black haired witch flew away.

"She was an amusing girl, hopefully we'll meet again."
The Liberion Marine who watched the black haired witch leave, Flight Lieutenant Jennifer J. DeBlanc murmured. Her wish would be granted in 30 minutes.


"Hey, isn't that Flying Officer Kuroda?"
Hearing the noise made by the maintenance members, Flight Lieutenant DeBlanc went out to the runway, thinking that it couldn't be. There indeed the black haired witch they just saw off was arriving, Fuso Army Flying Officer, Kuroda Kunika.

Having just spent few days together, they don't exactly cry bitter tears when they have to part, but they've become partners who wish nothing but good for each other. Although it's nice to meet again, because the separation was just 30 minutes long there really aren't any deep emotions going around.

It's just that before the now serious looking Kuroda appeared here again, there was a report of Neuroi breaking through the Karlsland-Gallia border, and that they were heading towards this base... So ominous feelings were welling in her heart.

"What on earth.."
Before DeBlanc could finish her sentence Kuroda bowed like she did when she was leaving and said:
"I'm sorry!I forgot something!"

Slightly amazed, she helped Kuroda to pack all of her things in her duffel bag to make sure she had everything. After she saw off the witch for the second time in one day, DeBlanc's coworker called out for her.

"I can't believe she is a Fuso noble"
The frank words belonged to the Liberion Marine Flight Lieutenant Marian Carl.

"But she isn't a difficult person"
DeBlanc retorted.

"Well that's true. Just because one is born in a noble family doesn't mean one has to be petty and mean."
Carl is harsh, she was born in a farm and she had troubles finishing her education. But in her tone there is a voice of a child who she would scold the most. She has cynicism mixed in her thoughts of her past self.

"That's not what I meant... You're so mean, Marian."
DeBlanc had a Liberion nationality, but she was a descendant of a Hispanian noble family. So she murmured that in a pouting tone, as if Marian was saying that towards her, trying to take some substantial meaning out of her life.

Carl is weak against DeBlanc when she takes this attitude.
"Aah... Sorry. I'll take that back. Besides, I don't hate Kuroda."
Awkwardly hiding her embarrassment, Carl turns the discussion into other direction.
"Kuroda fits here better than that place (A-unit), right, Wing Commander?"

Being brought into the conversation, the Commanding Officer of B-Unit, Wing Commander Geena Preddy raises her eyes from the magazine that was delivered from her home country. She just shrugs in a way that doesn't show if she agrees or disagrees.

---------------------------------

Same day, some hours later, Northeast Gallia, Sedan
The base of 506th JFW A-unit

In 1944, due to the efforts of the 501st JFW, Gallia was liberated. But there were all kinds of haggling and chaos in the internal politics surrounding the reconstruction. In addition there was all kinds of speculation and trifle about the clout that is in the aid many major countries have been offering.

The after effects of the disorder manifested themselves also in the military. The newly organized defence of Gallia, 506th JFW, was not formed with just military necessities in mind. As a sort of symbol for that, the A-unit was formed only of the nobles of the world, and the B-unit was formed entirely of Liberion witches. And they were separated into two bases, one in Dijon, the other in Sedan.


"Haahh, I'm finally here"

Flight Lieutenant Kuroda received orders to go to Europe and Gallia, to take her place as a member of the 506th JFW in the appointed time...
But she didn't arrive at the appointed noble A-unit in Sedan, instead because of some mistake she appeared in Dijon in the B-unit. Surprising the commanders of bothe bases.
Because the Strikers she used were in a bad condition, she stayed in the B-unit for maintenance and rest. So she arrived in her destination, A-unit of Sedan, two days behind schedule.

"They're the same unit but they're separted into two bases.. Aah, it's complicated"

Kuroda complains, trying to set aside her own carelessness.
Although, just because of those peculiar circumstances, she was sent there from her branch family made of poor nobles. So that they could get there hands on some economical special favors.

For Kuroda the economic factor is surely a motif as she was told to work hard enough for Gallia so that she won't get kicked out of her duties. This was said as if it's completely natural.
Even with such a short time, she was charmed by the relaxed atmosphere of the B-unit, forgetting all her worries. But first comes the monetary things.

"I wonder if I can make it easier for granpa and granma with this"
If anyone of the main family had heard that they would murmur "What plebeian expressions" with wide eyes. So Kuroda arrived to the base in Sedan.

-Humikane

インスマスバーガー新発売

>>2216

Mmm, Humikane hates McDonalds?

>>2217
Japanese McDonald's is running "American Places" themed series of burgers recently (Grand Canyon burger and Las Vegas burgers n such)
This one is Innsmouth Burger.
This one is "

>>2235

>mfw Lovecraft reference

>>1876
Did anyone every find better scans for this?

Here are some new ones that need better scans

>>2292

>>2293

>>2214

Part B


--Landing--

Approaching the runway of the Sedan base, Kuroda's eyes caught a sight of a single witch who stopped on her tracks.

Being near the runway, by the entrance to the base facility, the witch indeed was waiting for Kuroda.

Even though Kuroda had finished her long trip from Fuso and finally landed safely, she didn't have time to relax.

In front of her was standing a black uniformed witch who looked at Kuroda's Strikers with a frown. They were maintained in the B-base but they were not in the best of conditions.
She had long, luxurious blond hair. From her black uniform with red piping, and the silver eagle on her chest, Kuroda could see she was attached to Karlsland Air Force.

"Flying Officer Kuroda, isn't it"
"Ah, yes, Kuroda Kunika, Fuso Army Flying Officer"
"Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. Karlsland Air Force Flight Lieutenant. 506th's Commanding Officer in battle."

"Eh... umm..."
Kuroda getting bewildered by the onslaught of information, the Karlslander repeats, without really being able to hide the feeling of "this always happens" from her voice
"...Wittgenstein is fine. Squadron Leader Grunne is waiting"

"Y-yes... umm... did the Commanding Officer in battle come here just for me..."
"Hmph, a "careless thing" who manages to go to the wrong base when taking up a new post, I just wondered what she was like"

Wittgenstein didn't intentionally mean to reprimand her partner who was stepping almost for the first time on European soil. But she wanted to show with her strictness that even if Kuroda had even one excuse for her tardinesss, it would not help her position to try and explain it here.
After all, first impressions are crucial, however.

"I'm sorry!"

Hanging her head and yelling out her apology, the maintenance crew of the hangar gathered a bit to see what was going on, making the situation quite embarrassing for Wittgenstein.

"Wha-... Hmph, it seems you're reflecting on your actions. You too! Get back to work!"

"Haaaa... I don't have any excuse"
"Enough of that. Report yourself to Squadron Leader Grunne to take up your post"
"Really!?"
"Wha-...!?
"Isn't there some kind of punishment... or, tangible cut in salary...?"

This has confused Wittgenstein, or more like, making her bring out her maliciousness.
"I don't have control in such affairs. Regardless, as I said everything concerning this discourse is to be overlooked, so be in peace"
"Wah... Thank goodness!"

As if she was told she wouldn't die tomorrow, Kuroda light steps were on the verge of skipping. Wittgenstein looked at her back dumbfounded.


--New post--

"Kuroda Kunika, Fuso Army Flying Officer, reporting to take up a new post"

Looking at the office, a unit for the nobles wouldn't come in mind due to its modesty. The impression is not bleak, it has more the charm of a study of a writer who is very scrupulous when it comes to tidiness. Kuroda embraced this nice feeling.

Squadron Leader Rosalie de Hemricourt de Grunne. She is attached to the Britannian Air Force, but she is the heiress of two families of earls from Gallia and Belgica. She had a uniform from the Belgican side of her family, with a black stand-up collar, and white tights with boots.
Looking at it with modern eyes, it seems like it has too many decorations to use in battle, but Grunne is after all an honorary Commanding Officer that doesn't take command in front lines. She gives the feeling of an antiquated "Aristrocrat Soldier" that has nothing but good will for other people.

During her interview with Grunne, Kuroda looked into her deep turquoise eyes and her light blond hair with a braid that ended in a round form at the nape of her neck. She looked like a princess from fairy-tales, or rather the tender mother of that princess.

"Thank you for coming all the way from the far away Fuso. It seems you've gone through some trouble..."
"Auh, yes... as I thought, it's a problem...?"

Bringing up the failure that happened couple days ago made Kuroda lower her head in quite a grandiose way and say her words very slowly.

"No... Ah, that's not what I meant"
"Not what you meant?"

"Umm..."
This time Grunne was at a loss for words.
"Didn't something painful happen at the Dijon base?"

"Ha?"
Kuroda's wild reply made Grunne lower her pose like a small animal.

"We aren't... well... really loved by the Liberion witches..."
"Eeeh?"
Not really understanding Grunne's words, Kuroda's voice became noticeably louder.

"All the people there were really nice. Well I can't know what kind of people they are with just two or three days. But still, it's not like they feel like my childhood friends, but they taught me how to play with cards and such, they were really nice! Ah, I taught them how to walk on stilts, in return..."

Grunne was slightly overwhelmed by the thoughts that were vigorously put into words as they popped in Kuroda's head, but she was releaved to see her energy.

"So you didn't have any bad expriences"
"No!"
"I see... good"

Even though she said that Kuroda couldn't relax
"Don't you get along with those people?"
"No... well... We don't really have any quarrels, but there is there, and here is here, so we haven't really had any intercourse... We know that this isn't really a good thing"

"Mmmm..."
Kuroda didn't really know how to answer. At any rate, she was assigned here to work and get paid, so that she could make it easier for her grandparents. Using her head wasn't part of her duties. But piling up the cheerful and friendly Liberion people to some troubles Grunne mentioned, has left an uncomfortable feeling over her.

"Oh yes! Squadron Leader, this"

Kurida takes a bottle out of her hand luggage.

"What is this...?"
"It's Cola. They gave it to me as a present. It's sort of what black tea is for Britannian's, some thing they won't get tired even if they drink it every day. Like they would die if they didn't. It might stink like medicine for us who aren't used to it though"
"Can I have it?"
"Yes, they didn't really address it just for me, also"

Opening her luggage a bit more, she shows a duffel bag filled with bottles.
"I have my share already"
Kuroda declares cheerfully.


"Well then, excuse me"
"Yes, if there is anything you don't know, do come ask"
"Thank you. Ah... by the way, Squadron Leader. Can you manage the bootle opener? You understand how to use it?"
"My... I'm not that much of a princess"
Grunne smiles tenderly and Kuroda leaves her room releaved... At that moment.

"Wa... Hya!"
Grunne's yell rises from the other side of the door.

"Squadron Leader!"
Kuroda rushes back in the room, and Grunne's documents and uniform soaked from the Cola that had bursted from the bottle.

"I'm sure... she'll hate me for this..."

"Marseille, age 8, summer.
She still doesn't know why she has the strong powers she has, and what she should achieve with them."
-Humikane

>>2388

"An old eagle appeared before this young Marseille. The pupils that stared straight into her eyes seemed to want to convey something...
"What's this bird flying around for! I'll pluck it's feathers!"
"Gyaaaaa!"
Something like that happened"
-Humikane

昨日の続きというか終わり

There's also a v2 for 506d
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/humikane/e-wacs/tw/506d2.txt

>>2397
Hanna: "You aren't so bad, bird..."

Eagle: "You too, little girl..."

Arrow pointing to the eagle: Nearly dead

So he's going to keep lolifying the cast at this rate. Can't say that I approve.

>>2397
Anyone happened to save this? Humikane already deleted it, and it would be a shame if it was entirely lost

>>2454

「よっと！」
軽業師めいた動きで障害物をかわし、中尉はそのまま一気に空へと駆け上がっていった。

残されたのは、唖然とした整備兵達と、憮然としたウィトゲンシュタイン大尉である。
「･･･まあ、腕はいいのかの･･･」


それにしても、乱暴な出撃である。
整備兵に聞いたところ、扶桑陸軍で使用している液冷エンジンは、カールスラント製の
ライセンス生産品であるらしい.。
その点は問題ないにしても、他国のストライカーをフィッティングもせず飛ばすとは･･･
肝が据わっているのか自信過剰なのか。整備に自信のある我が部隊だからいい物を。

ウィトゲンシュタイン大尉が考え込む姿は、もともとの立ち振る舞いもあって、無駄に
深刻に見える。周囲の整備兵達も､問われるまでは口を出したりせず、黙々と
いつもの作業に戻っている。

「あの機材の担当者は？」

ハンガー中に響く鋭い声で、大尉が質問を投げかける。
名乗り出てきた二人は、実直そうな魔導機器関連担当の青年と、あどけなさの残る
ソバカスの少年＝エンジン担当であった。
二人とも、何かしらの叱責を受けるのではないかと不安顔である。
少年のほうなど気の毒なくらい蒼白な顔色で、青年の後ろに半分隠れる格好だ。

「あれを最後に飛ばしたのはいつじゃったかな」

質問には、まだ落ち着きのある青年が答える
「受領後のフィッティングと、テスト飛行のみですので･･･およそひと月半。
　整備日誌を確認すれば正確な日付が出せますが」

ウィトゲンシュタイン大尉は鷹揚に手を振って返す。
「ああ、そこまでせずともよい。なるほどな。その間の整備状況は？｣
「日常点検、週一の重点点検、全て日誌に残してあります。
　最終飛行後にも、格別の異常は見られませんでした」
「そうか、ふむ」

大尉はまたしばらく考え込むと、ほれ、と右手を差し出す。
何事か、と目を見合わせた二人であったが、急に得心がいって目を輝かせる。
ツナギのポケットをごそごそと探り、スタンプの台帳をとりだす。
少年は手についた機械油をツナギでぬぐい、指先でそっと台帳をつまみ、また
手の汚れに気づいて拭きなおし、とパニック状態である。

「ええい、じれったい！」
大尉は、両手で少年の拳をつかみ、強引に台帳をもぎ取った。
大尉の細く白い指、普段の態度からなんとなく想像していた物より、ずっと繊細で
温かい手のひらの感触に、少年は頬を紅潮させる。

青年からも台帳を受け取った大尉は、二つの台帳にスタンプを押す。

「全く、黒田は乱暴な奴じゃ。わらわの機材で事故など起こされては迷惑じゃし、
後々扶桑との間で面倒の種になったやも知れぬしな。帰ってきたらきつく言っておかねば･･･」

そういいながら、ふと大尉は我に返り、顔をしかめる。
考え事をしながら合間合間の作業だったため、思っていたより余分にスタンプを押してしまったのだ。

｢む･･･う」
またも無駄に深刻に見える表情に、二人が身を固くする。
が、いまさらうっかりスタンプ押しすぎました、何個か取り消す､とも言い出せない大尉である。

「ほれ、今日はサービスじゃ！」
照れ隠しからの厳しい口調で、二人に台帳を突き返す。

その内容を首を伸ばして見ていた周囲から、どよめきが起きるほどの大盤振る舞いであった。

この二人、主力機材との兼ね役とはいえ、使うあてなどないであろう予備機材の担当に
回されたときには、「無難」以上の評価など望めないと思っていたのだが･･･

｢黒田さんありがとう･･･」

整備兵達の中に、トラブルメーカー黒田待望論が生まれるのも時間の問題であったという･･･

>>2455
Thanks

>>2385

Part C



--Sortie--

After having taken up the new post, Flying Officer Kuroda sneaked into the Witches' lounge room, but there was no one there. She had heard from a couple of soldiers, that Flight Lieutenant Wittgenstein and the other Flight Lieutenant of this Wing, Adriana Visconti of the Romanian Air Force, prefer a hands-on approach to leading, and spend a lot of time in the simple lounge room next the hangar. It was also implied that Wittgenstein heavily observes how her subordinates work.

"This is "simple"..."
Kuroda has a dry smile as she looks at the interior design of the room which is like from a high-class hotel.

Kuroda's name is the name of a branch family of a noble Fuso family. It's not like she ever had to feel hunger, but she lived modestly, and was very far apart from the image of someone noble. So she couldn't deny that she had an anxious feeling in the base which was like "The Residence of the Aristocrats".

She felt much more calm in Grunne's office, where you could really see the personality of it's inhabitant.

"It seems there is a lot of money here."
She mutters with a sigh.

However, behind a door there was a corridor which connected the room directly to the hangar, and there the expensive wallpaper suddenly changed to something you could see in a work place, a place where schedules are to be strictly followed. After confirming that there were no people there either, Kuroda moved towards the hangar. As the new types of Strikers have slowly been accepted, engineers from Fuso have been dispatched all around, and also here. But at the moment, they were working just on some ordinary duties for this local Wing. Kuroda wanted to greet them.


"Oh, are you the newcomer?."
Near the entrance, in a dark corner, there was a witch. She had the healthy looking skin of a Southern European and long but light, wave like hair with deep chestnut color. She had a dark uniform which fit her firmly, and on her loop tie as a finishing touch there was shining a brooch that looked like a long dragon that was bending it's body back and forth.

"Adrian Visconti. Romagnan Air Force Flight Lieutenant. Nice to meet you."
Her back parted from the wall it was leaning against and she stepped towards Kuroda. And just from that you could see her flexibility and strength. Coupled with her greyish blue and sharp eyes, Kuroda associated her with some kind of large carnivorous cat.

"Nice to meet you too. My name is Kuroda Kunika, I'm a Flying Officer of the Fuso Army. I'm looking forward to working with you."
"Yeah, it seems you will be under my command. Well, at ease."
"Ah, come to think of it."

There was something Kuroda was interested about.

"Flight Lieutenant Wittgenstein is a night witch, isn't she? Isn't it hard for her to be a Commanding Officer in battle?"
"Woah, you have some courage to say that around her, Kuroda."

Visconti pointed with her thumb towards the open of the hangar, where Wittgenstein was giving orders to the hectic mainentenance crew members.

"Wah... No, I mean, it wasn't about her abilities, but her sleeping or the like, that is she alright!?"
Becoming flustered, Kuroda's last words were more like a yell and Viscontin let out a small chuckle.
"So you got lectured by the Princess. How unlucky, or careless. Try your best Kuroda."
"I can hear you, Flight Lieutenant Viscontin."
"Oops, excuse me"
"Truly... well it matters not. It is partally inevitable that I'm seen like that."

This reaction made Viscontin let out a knowing sound.
"I wonder if something good happened during last night's patrol. She's the type who shows her attitude right after that."
"Hee..."
Kuroda replied as Viscontin whispered this in her ear.

"As I said, I can hear you!" For some reason slightly blushing Wittgenstein seemed to already be loosing the leadership of this quarrel.

"In actuality, I entrust the daytime battles to Viscontin. Flying Officer Kuroda, you also basically fight under her command.
In night patrols and emergencies, you are under my command."
"I see..."
Kuroda had a question in her mind, tha how it would actually work in the end, and Viscontin answered that.

"The so called political decisions. It was agreed upon the creation of this Wing, that a Karlsland soldier would be the figurehead of the battle command."
"It seems you'll say everything you want to say. But, no one has any reason to say anything bad about the performance in battle behind our backs, mine or my subordinates."
"There is no doubting your strength. And thinking about the paperwork connected to commanding a multinational Wing gives me chills. For taking on stuff like that I'm also thankful to you."
"How cheeky... Not having your abilities to match your duties would be troublesome for the name of my family. Even under normal circumstances, people who are noble..."

Viscontin interrupts Wittgenstein
""Noblesse oblige", you mean? If this was a war in some Medieval times I would say you have a splendid dedication... but this is a different time, above all the enemy is different... Our enemy is not like humans"
"...I know that"
"If you ask, the neuroi won't take part in a fair one-on-one fight. This battle is not just duty and responsibility of the noble."
"I know that!"

"...If you know it then fine"
Viscontin seemed to look at her partner with gloomy, worrying eyes.

"Uuuhhmm... Is this my fault..." Kuroda couldn't bare the atmosphere she thought she created with her loose lips, trying to find a proper timing for her to get in the conversation. But those thoughts were blown from her mind as the base echoed with the sound of the alarm.
"Enemy attack!!"

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Thanks for the translations