At that very moment, the Sobeck Fleet, with the battlecruiser Moon Rabbit serving as its flagship, had arrived in the DL102 system, just two jumps away from Yaochi.
On the bridge of the Moon Rabbit, Rear Admiral Jaeger Sobeck looked down at Viscountess Selur, whose face was full of anticipation, and rubbed his temples with a headache. "So Major General Sulme, who's besieging the Yaochi system, wants me to lend a hand and offer some advice?"
Miss Selur nodded solemnly.
Sobeck pressed his fingers to his forehead in exasperation. "It's already the third day since they began their landing operation, isn't it? Has it gone badly?"
"Badly doesn't begin to describe it. They've suffered heavy losses, been routed, and forced to abandon their gear." Miss Selur looked even more grief-stricken.
Sobeck eyed her suspiciously. "Maybe it's just me, but are you taking pleasure in his misfortune, Selur?"
"That's a misunderstanding! All right, all right, it can't be helped. Since you asked, I can't exactly refuse to answer." Miss Selur sighed. "Fine, I admit I don't have much respect for Major General Sulme. It's really the accumulated grudges of several generations."
"Oh, the bitter feuds of noble houses among the feudal lords? The kind that could easily fill ten seasons of a TV series?" Sobeck, a fallen noble himself, couldn't help feeling envious.
"Yes. My family and the Sulme family have had their differences for generations. But I personally have no private grudge against Major General Sulme. He did serve as my instructor when I studied at the Royal Military Academy, and he made me rewrite my thesis three times, but that was official business. I truly have no personal grudge against him."
Well, that certainly sounded like a deep-seated grudge!
"But you should know me by now. No matter how