86: Albert Journey

This is not a story about a hero but a man who is suffering.

Stellar year 2148 there a young man at the age of 16 who also known as the Devil which easily rose up his rank to Major, he also a scientist who doing research and theories about the legion however he also have a dark background. He had an average look of an alba which have the hair color silver same as his eyelashes but the only different color is his eye which is of different, particularly his left eye, which is white than silver, much like his mother eye.

There a young man who was watching news about the current update of the war whereas he just smirked and laugh like a madman.

"__ Hahahaha No casualties What a tremendously joke!!!!"

"Most of the majority people think that there a group of unmanned drones, the Juggernauts, to think that the 86 were unmanned What a joke!"

He then stood up and take a glass of water and throw it to the television as he made a serious face and said

"What a joke."

He then got himself readied to go out by wearing in the republic military's dark-blue collared uniform for male officers. As he got himself readied, he then stared at the mirror perhaps to get rid of his nervousness he started to said something.

"Fight, we have to get ready to fight."

As he finished saying that, he wore his eye patch to his left eye and then immediately get out from his small apartment.

As he walked towards to his destination he has to walk through the main street of the Republic of San Magnolia's capital, Liberte et Egalite which was so peaceful and beautiful one would be hard to believed that the country was currently in war, however the young man didn't show any expressions at all, as his mind were almost going nuts. He then heard his name being called out which grabbed his attention and looked behind his back.

A girl who was clad in the similar outfit as the man wore the only difference is that the uniform is for the female officers. She is Milize Vladilena a beautiful Alba girl but the only difference is that, she is also a descendant of the race native to this land since ages past, but also a pureblood Celena, who were considered to be of noble birth.

"Albert, good morning."

The young man stopped waiting for Lena to approach at him at the same time he greeted her back.

"Good morning, Lena."

He quickly changed his expressions to a happy going, than his previously expression.

Milize Albert is the name of the young man. As you might have guessed, the relationship between Albert and Lena is that of a cousin, however he is of a different bloodline. The difference of him is that he is a mixed blood and not a full alba thanks to his mother being half celena and only his father known of this, keeping it secret even to Lena, who doesn't know it. If this secret is out, he would surely be sent out to the battlefield with the rest of the 86.

However, in his mindset, he should be, because he should be sent there with his mother but because of his father protected him, he, ironically, escaped that fate unlike his mother and instead, become a full civilian though he still had to hide his left eye which is the same colors of his mother, which could gave away his identity as a mixed-blood and a non-alba to the eye of everyone in the republic.

As they were about to continue to talk, he noticed the expression of Lena has darkened which causes him to ask

"Is it about the today news?"

"No, it just that most of the people didn't know the truth."

This cause the man to smirked and continue to walk to his destination

"It better for them not to know the truth, in order to make their hands not dirty."

The young man respond coldly while making a serious face which Lena didn't notice.

"What do you mean about that?"

This causes the young man to stop walking and then then face to Lena while speaking,

"Do you think that the majority of the people will believed that the 86 are humans?"

This causes Lena expression to become darkened as she looked at the expression of Albert's making.

"Let not wasting time here since we have duties to attend."

This make them end their conversation as Albert continue to walk to his destination which is the Palace Blancneige, once home to the royal court in the past day and now served as the military's luxurious headquarters. It is also the center of command for the entirety of the Republic's military.

Since there were no soldiers outside the Gran Mule, on the front lines one hundred kilometers away the fortress walls. Only the 86 who so called the unmanned weapons of Juggernauts were fought on the battlefield and they were commanded from the control rooms which is located in the military's headquarters. In others words not a single soldier in the Republic military had sent to war and didn't know the true combat.

their jobs have been replaced by the 86, many of them serve only as handler of 86, logistic and other that does not involving direct combat.

As Albert entered the building, he quickly catching the conspicuous stench of alcohol coming from a group of officers that passed him by. He then makes an expression as if he looked something disgusting

What a disgusting pig

Most of the soldiers afraid of him no thanks to him making disgusting face whenever they see him, and many spread gossip regarding him not being a handler due to cowardice, laziness and whatever insult they can throw. Other may think that because he know the war would end sooner which is something that even he think is nothing more than wishful thinking. And also they don't want to mess with the son of high ranking commander.

As he was about to walk to the lab division department

"Morning, Albert."

A voice called out to him, and he turned and to find out that one of his colleague Annette (Henrietta von Penrose) , who had joined the army as the same year he had, greeting him. She was a technical lieutenant affiliated with the lab division and also a friend of Lena's since secondary school. She was currently a person whom Albert can easily speak despite him being anti-social.

"Good morning, Annette."

He greeted her back and then resume his destination faster since he still haven't finished his works.

"Where are you going?"

"I wanted to finished up my theory about the legion as fast as I can so that I can pass this thing up to the higher up."

Annette then gave a long, cat like yawn, this causes Albert to get irritated

"Something matters with my work?"

"Nothing wrong, it just what is something interesting regarding the legion? It already proven they will shut down in just two year."

"Well in my theory, it's not."

Albert replied with a serious expression which make Annette surprised

"You should know that the Legion's central processors have a life span built into them, and they should shut down in a little under two years, Correct?"

"...Yes."

"The Legion's central processors had a structure diagram based on a mammal's central nervous system to create liquid nanomachines. They indeed had processing power rivaling that of a large mammal's cognitive abilities, but they were also integrated with a fixed time limit and a program that would erase that structure diagram."

"And?"

"If their central processors structure was gradually being lost, all they'd have to do is replace it with the structure diagram from something else…. And there were plenty of available substituties, after all."

"So what the substitutes?"

Annette ask Albert which he then show an expression of excitement and respond

"A human brain."

When the word come out of his mouth, Annette were horrified at hearing it due to the reasons of the legion won't shut down in two year if Albert's theory is correct. Albert then continue to walk to his office in order to write down his theory which taken almost half a day and as he's ready to submit his theory to the military's higher up.