While Annie was getting work at the research institute back on track, Li Wei had business of his own to attend to.
He set out again aboard the fully refitted Eye of the Sky, bound for... Francis.
"Sigh..."
Sitting by the window with tea and pastries, Li Wei sighed quietly. As he gazed out at the endless sea, he recalled the scene at Military Intelligence Section Seven when Old Butler had assigned him this mission.
"You want me to go to Francis?"
He had to admit, he had been quite surprised when he first learned of the assignment.
"Francis has already surrendered to the Kingdom of Kront. What am I going there for? Surely not peace talks."
"Your mission is to assist the resistance in Francis."
"Francis still has a resistance?"
That genuinely startled Li Wei. He had not thought the Francisians possessed that sort of perseverance.
"Yes. The circumstances are actually rather complicated..."
Old Butler explained the situation to Li Wei-and, just as he had said, it was rather complicated.
After the City of Flowers announced its surrender, most of Francis's military forces had indeed disarmed. However, a small resistance force had refused to follow the City of Flowers' orders and continued fighting against the army of the Kingdom of Kront.
When the Empire learned of this, it held discussions and ultimately decided to send someone to assist the resistance.
For one thing, from a military perspective, keeping the Francisian resistance alive would prevent the Kingdom of Kront's army from concentrating its forces against the Empire.
For another, rumor had it that the resistance owed its repeated victories over the Kingdom of Kront's army entirely to its commander. This commander was supposedly a young girl, and a saintess at that. She possessed the Holy Lord's blessing and power, which