A knock at the door interrupted what President Glass was about to say. Only after the butler entered the study, set down two cups of tea, and left again did President Glass glance at the tightly shut door and say to Xiao Ran, "That's right, the fleet led by Max Sterling, a hero of the First War."
Xiao Ran was somewhat puzzled. "Do they have the ability to stand against Earth on their own?"
President Glass did not answer directly, instead asking, "You know about how that fleet repelled the Primal Demons, don't you?"
Xiao Ran nodded. "I know a little about it."
"Mm, you probably learned it from internal records too, didn't you?" President Glass mused for a moment before saying, "Perhaps because I've lived long enough, I know certain things that weren't recorded in the Unified Army archives, things that don't match the records either."
"The Seventh Fleet's war against the Primal Demons ultimately ended in humanity's victory and led to the emergence of Vocal Weapons. None of that is wrong. But the reality differed greatly from what was recorded. The process was not as glorious as the records claimed—that humanity once again defeated an unknown threat, that the Seventh Fleet bravely and fearlessly achieved victory under the leadership of the Earth Unified Army."
Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows. He knew quite a bit about the Seventh Fleet, but it had been far too long since he had watched that anime, and many details had become blurry. Still, he remembered the mad singer called Bashin and the eventual victory.
President Glass continued, "The truth was that the Primal Demons were simply impossible to fight at the time. To buy time, the Earth Unified Army ordered the entire Seventh Fleet to attack the planet where the Primal Demons were