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Chapter 2

The Kingdom’s Miscalculation

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Central calendar

Year 1639, Month 4, Day 25. Evening.

Port Maihark was in a great clamor like a madhouse.

Everyone raised their voices in wonder and admiration.

The citizens living nearby, the soldiers, and the sailors altogether were

gazing at the direction of the sea.

「What a huge thing!」

「Unbelievable, is that really a s.h.i.+p?」

「Is that a mountain floating on the sea?」

There were many shouts and yells.

Bruay was also doubting his own eyes. On the offsh.o.r.e,

there were several unbelievably large s.h.i.+ps lined up.

Just by measuring with the eye, one of the s.h.i.+ps had an

implausible estimated length of no less than 250m, which gave off a bizarre

presence. There were talks about how when the wars.h.i.+p Pima made contact with j.a.pan,

it boarded a 250 meter long s.h.i.+p, but he thought that they were just lying to exaggerate

their accomplishments. However, the reality was: ‘that s.h.i.+p really existed’.

Despite being anch.o.r.ed far away on the offsh.o.r.e, it was still absurdly large in

appearance and had no sails.

Eventually, something flew away from that large s.h.i.+p.

He had eyesight good enough that he could see that

there were people riding in it, so he understood

that it was some kind of vehicle. On the top of the vehicle, there was

something like an elongated board spinning around in high speed.

Although he previously had received a message about

how he would be picked up by the other party, when Bruay actually saw this

other way to fly in the sky that wasn’t a Wyvern, he was at loss for words. As

it approached, there was an unfamiliar ringing sound and a loud unnatural flapping

sound which put fear into the surrounding people. Eventually, a violent wind

began to blow as if it could blow away anything nearby.

When the vehicles had landed in the plaza, the wind

and the sounds gradually abated. A door on the vehicle’s side opened, a man

appeared from it and started to move with a steady gait towards the gathered crowd.

Bruay stepped forward and the man standing in front of

him saluted.

「Good day, I am Tsukasaki of the j.a.pan Maritime Self Defense Force’s QuToyne

Princ.i.p.ality Deployment Force. For this occasion, we have received an instruction

to pick up an observation officer from the QuToyne Princ.i.p.ality.」

Bruay replied in a hurry, while also being a bit impressed

by Tsukasaki's prompt behavior.

「Nice to meet you, I am Bruay, the operations staff of the QuToyne Princ.i.p.ality

Navy’s 2nd Fleet. I am grateful for the current reinforcements from j.a.pan.」

「Umm, I believe that you had been informed in advance, but have you finished

your preparations for boarding?」

「Yes. I will be in your good hands.」

Bruay held his the luggage and timidly boarded the

vehicle ──something that was called a helicopter, 『MCH-101』[i]. There were no decorations inside the aircraft, but the seat was fluffy

and comfortable to sit on.

Once again, the helicopter’s engine speed accelerated and

there were a strange sensation of floating. Although it was somewhat slower

than a wyvern, there were no jerky vertical movements caused by flapping, and the

smooth ascend of the helicopter astonished Bruay. This vehicle could fly

without almost no shaking and was much more comfortable than a wyvern, moreover

it could transport large numbers of people or goods.

「This is…… amazing. Just how this vehicle works is beyond my understanding……」

Fortress City Ejei.

Around the time when the tension with the Louria Kingdom

was still high. As a preparation for a full conflict, QuToyne Princ.i.p.ality established

Fortress City Ejei as a key point to defend the possible invasion route from

the border to the Princ.i.p.ality’s capital.

Since it was established as the absolute defense perimeter

of the QuToyne Princ.i.p.ality, it had a high strong wall and mechanisms in

every corner of the city to defend against invading enemies even if they

breached the walls.

Furthermore, the water spring that gushed forth inside

the wall and the huge stockpiles gathered in peacetime, make it impossible to succ.u.mb

to starvation tactics.

Approximately 30,000 soldiers of the Western Region

Division of the QuToyne Army were stationed in this Fortress City. 50 Wyverns,

3000 Cavalry, 7000 Archers and 20,000 Infantry, they were the main force

QuToyne Princ.i.p.ality.

The General Nou, who command The Western Region

Division was confident that this Fortress City Ejei could repulse the incoming Louria's

invasion. The walls that reached as high as 25 meters will defend against invasion

from every hostile ground forces, and even to deal with attacks from the sky,

there were elite Wyverns trained for anti-air combat.

It was a complete impregnable, invulnerable, Iron Wall.

No matter how great the army will be, this city won’t fall.

「General of Nou, the gentleman from the j.a.pan Ground Self Defense Force have

come.」

「So they come at last…… Let them in!」

He was cooperating because the government told him to

cooperate, but he honestly didn’t like the j.a.panese military who had rudely entered

his country. j.a.pan has trespa.s.sed QuToyne Princ.i.p.ality’s airs.p.a.ce and made

contact after showing its force that capable of breaking through the military

air defense net. Since this was completely like a pressure diplomacy, this

impression displeased him.

Furthermore, when he heard the after-battle report of the

Grand Naval Battle of the Rodenius Sea that the large fleet of 4,400 Lourian

wars.h.i.+ps was stopped with only 8 s.h.i.+ps, he laughed scornfully that it was too

dramatically embellished. There were few people in the Army who took the report

at face value, and so they had unreceptive reaction to it, surmising that this

was some kind of information manipulation in the report.

Meanwhile, a report said that about 20,000 Louria

Kingdom’s soldiers are heading towards Fortress City Ejei. Land battle is, after

all, where the number matters. This time, j.a.pan had dispatched Ground Self

Defense Force 7th Division[1],

which had fewer than 6,000 people, and they were stationed at a Star-shaped base

about 5 km to the east of Ejei. With just 6 thousand men, they might be

effective if they attack the enemy unguarded, but they couldn’t be expected to

give a result that could influence the war situation, so he had a completely

negative evaluation of them.

More than anything else, he didn’t pleased with having

an army from another country in his country soil. The fact that the government

gave permission to use the land itself was very unacceptable to him, it was as

if they didn’t trust their own army. He had heard that the population of j.a.pan is

120 million, so just sending 6,000 soldiers, it was as if they were quite

unwilling to partic.i.p.ate.

In any case, he predicted that since his army would be

the one who repulses Louria, the j.a.pan army will have no part to partake.

Then there was a knocking sound from the door of the reception

office.

「Please enter.」

Prompted Nou who then stood to greet the SDF personnel.

「Please excuse us.」

After a greeting, three people entered the room.

「I am the Division Commander of j.a.pan Ground Self Defense Force, 7th Division,

Oouchida.」

Unlike jeweled and elegant clothes that Nou was wearing,

the three of them were wearing clothes with green and brown mottled pattern.

Nou couldn’t believe that this fellow is the general

of j.a.pan’s expeditionary force.

「My, my, thank you very much for coming. I am Nou, the General of QuToyne

Princ.i.p.ality Western Region Division. I am grateful for the reinforcement.」

First of all, he started with a lip service.

「j.a.pan's division commander-dono, the Lourian Army had conquered Gim and

will soon head towards Ejei. But as you can see, Ejei is an impregnable

fortress city. No matter how large an army is, it will be impossible to conquer

this city.」

Nou continued with an overbearing boast.

「Though it is extremely vexing, our country has been invaded by Louria and now

we are confronting that country and wagering our country’s fate. We swear by

our pride that we will repulse Louria Army. Gentlemen from j.a.pan, please be at

ease, I only wish that you could give us rear line support without any need to leave

the base you had established.」

What Nou was trying to indirectly say was almost

straightforwardly: “Get out of our way”. As his intention to break the pride of

the j.a.panese was visible, his aides sitting nearby was having a cold sweat on whether

or not this will be a diplomatic problem.

「We understand. We will provide rear line support from our garrison. However,

we have a request……」

「…… What is it?」

「Since we need to report the position of the enemy and the war situation to the

Operations Headquarters, can we station about 50 observers on Ejei? Also, so

that we are always informed about the movement of QuToyne Princ.i.p.ality Army, I

would like to ask for permission to request a communication mage to accompany

us.」

「Observer Officers? Well, you should have a duty to report the war situation

to your home country too. I understand.」

With the minimum necessary information and greetings were

exchanged, the meeting ended.

When the j.a.panese officers left, Nou spoke to his aides.

「Does the j.a.panese Army have no pride? Or perhaps they are stupid to not

know the sarcasm?」

「Certainly, they have been dispatched by their country’s order, but if they are

located 5 km away from Ejei, they wouldn’t even be able to give a rear line

support. In practice, it was like they are told not to do anything. Perhaps

their own country had told them to not be a hindrance for our country.」

「Or perhaps, they are being cowards. With only 6 thousand people, even against

Louria Kingdom’s Advance Force, they wouldn’t last 1 hour. At any rate, since

they are s.h.i.+elded by Ejei, their base should have no great defense capability

either.」

「At any rate, even without borrowing j.a.pan’s help, as long as we have the defense

from Ejei’s impregnable wall, we will repulse Lourian soldiers without fail.」

General Nou and his staff only glared at the plains

beyond them, without even giving any attention to the JSDF.

CHAPITRE I

Invocation.

Au commencement, le Seigneur des créatures[4] donna

aux hommes et aux femmes, dans cent mille chapitres, les règles à suivre pour

leur existence, en ce qui concerne:

Le Dharma ou devoir religieux[5];

L'Artha ou la richesse;

Le Kama ou l'amour.

La durée de la vie humaine, quand elle n'est point

abrégée par des accidents, est d'un siècle.

On doit la partager entre le Dharma, l'Artha et le

Kama, de telle sorte qu'ils n'empiètent point l'un sur l'autre; l'enfance doit

être consacrée à l'étude; la jeunesse et l'âge mûr, à l'Artha et au Kama; la

vieillesse, au Dharma qui procure à l'homme la délivrance finale, c'est-à-dire

la fin des transmigrations.

[Note 4: Le Seigneur des créatures est une

qualification souvent donnée à Siva. Vatsyayana était donc Sivaïste comme tous

les brahmes de son temps.]

[Note 5: Pour les Brahmes, le Dharma est le rite

religieux, le sacrifice, l'offrande, le culte, l'obéissance à la coutume. Pour

les Bouddhistes, c'est la règle morale, le devoir philosophique.]

Le Dharma est l'accompliss.e.m.e.nt de certains actes,

comme les sacrifices qu'on omet parce qu'on n'en aperçoit pas le résultat dans

ce monde, et l'abstention de certains autres, comme de manger de la viande, que

l'on accomplit parce qu'on en éprouve un bon effet.

L'Artha comprend l'industrie, l'agriculture, le

commerce, les relations sociales et de famille; c'est l'économie politique que

doivent apprendre les fonctionnaires et les négociants.

Le Kama est la jouissance, au moyen des cinq sens; il

est enseigné par le Kama Soutra et la pratique.

Quand le Dharma, l'Artha et le Kama se présentent en

concurrence, le Dharma est généralement préféré à l'Artha et l'Artha au Kama.

Mais pour le roi, l'Artha occupe le premier rang, parce qu'il a.s.sure les moyens

de subsistance.

Toute une école, très nombreuse, fait pa.s.ser l'Artha

avant tout, parce que, avant tout, il faut a.s.surer les besoins de la vie.

En pratique, toutes les cla.s.ses qui vivent de leur

travail, et tous les hommes qui convoitent la richesse, suivent le sentiment de

cette école.

Les Lokayatikas prétendent qu'il n'y a pas lieu

d'observer le Dharma, parce qu'il n'a en vue que la vie future dans laquelle on

ignore s'il portera ou non son fruit.

Selon eux, c'est sottise que de remettre en d'autres

mains ce que l'on tient. En outre, il vaut mieux avoir un pigeon aujourd'hui

qu'un coq de paon demain, et une pièce de cuivre que l'on donne vaut mieux

qu'une pièce d'or que l'on promet.»

Réponse à l'objection:

«1° Le livre saint qui prescrit les pratiques du

Dharma ne laisse place à aucun doute.

2° Nous voyons par expérience que les sacrifices

offerts pour obtenir la destruction de nos ennemis ou la chute de la pluie

portent leur fruit.

3° Le soleil, la lune, les étoiles et les autres corps

célestes paraissent travailler avec intérêt pour le bien du monde.

4° Le monde ne se maintient que par l'observance des

règles concernant les quatre castes et les quatre périodes de la vie.

5° On sème dans l'espérance de récolter.»

On ne doit point sacrifier le Kama à l'Artha parce que

le plaisir est aussi nécessaire que la nourriture. Modéré et prudent, il

s'a.s.socie au Dharma et à l'Artha. Celui qui pratique les trois est heureux dans

cette vie et dans la vie future. Tout acte qui se lie à la fois aux trois ou

seulement à deux ou même à un seul des trois peut être accompli. Tout acte qui,

pour satisfaire l'un des trois, sacrifie les deux autres, doit être évité (par

exemple, un homme qui se ruine par la dévotion ou le libertinage est insensé et

coupable)[6].

[Note 6: Au temps de Vatsyayana, la philosophie Sankia

et le Bouddhisme avaient complètement discrédité, au moins dans les hautes

castes, les pratiques du Dharma brahmanique; ce n'était plus guère qu'une

superst.i.tion populaire. On s'en aperçoit à la pauvreté des arguments que

Vatsyayana oppose aux Lokayatikas.

On voit que le Dharma, I'Artha et le Kama avaient

chacun des partisans exclusifs dont les préférences dépendaient de leur

situation: quelques-uns choisissaient seulement deux de ces trois termes.

Barthriari dit (Amour, stance 53): «Les hommes ont à choisir ici-bas entre deux

cultes: celui des belles qui n'aspirent qu'à jeux et plaisirs toujours

renouvelés, ou celui qu'on rend dans la forêt à l'Etre absolu.»]

Une partie des cent mille commandements,

particulièrement ceux qui se rapportent au Dharma, forment la loi de Svayambha.

Ceux relatifs à l'Artha ont été compilés par Brihaspati, et ceux qui concernent

le Kama ou l'amour ont été exposés dans mille chapitres par Nandi, de la secte

de Mahadéva ou Civa[7].

[Note 7: Vatsyayana, on le voit par les mots en

italique, prétend qu'il se borne à reproduire des préceptes édictés par la

divinité depuis l'origine des choses et par conséquent obligatoires.]

Les Kama Shastras (codes de l'amour) de Nandi furent

successivement abrégés par divers auteurs, puis répartis entre six traités

composés par des auteurs différents, dont l'un, Dattaka, écrivit le sien à la

requête des femmes publiques de Patalipoutra; c'est le Shastra ou Catéchisme

des courtisanes[8].

[Note 8: De même que le Shastra des courtisanes de

l'Inde a été écrit à leur requête, le 3e livre de l'Art d'aimer a été composé

par Ovide, à la demande des femmes galantes de Rome: «Voici que les jeunes

beautés, à leur tour, me prient de leur donner des leçons. Je vais apprendre

aux femmes comment elles se feront aimer. L'homme trompe souvent, la femme est

bien moins trompeuse. La déesse de Cythère m'a apparu et m'a dit: «Qu'ont donc

fait les malheureuses femmes pour être livrées sans défense comme de faibles

troupeaux à des hommes bien armés. Deux chants de tes poésies ont rendu ceux-ci

habiles aux combats de l'amour. Il faut aussi que tu donnes des leçons à

l'autre s.e.xe. Tes belles écolières, comme leurs jeunes amants, inscriront sur

leurs trophées: «Ovide fut notre maître.»]

Après avoir lu et médité les écrits de Babhravya et

d'autres auteurs anciens, et avoir étudié les motifs des règles qu'ils ont

tracées, Vatsyayana, pendant qu'il était étudiant en religion (comme en Europe

étudiant en théologie), entièrement livré à la contemplation de la divinité, a

composé le KamSutra, résumé des six Shastra susdits, conformément aux

préceptes du saint Livre, pour le bien du monde. Cet écrit n'est point destiné

uniquement à servir nos désirs charnels. Celui qui possède les principes de la

science du Kama et qui, en même temps, observe le Dharma et l'Artha, est sûr de

maîtriser ses sens.

APPENDICE AU CHAPITRE I

Si, au lieu d'être simplement un casuiste, Vatsyayana

avait eu le génie lyrique, il aurait commencé par un hymne au dieu Kama, tel

que celui ci-après (traduction de M. Chezy).

HYMNE A KAMA

Quelle est cette divinité puissante qui, des bocages

situés à l'Orient d'Agra, s'élance dans les airs où se répand la lumière la

plus pure, tandis que de toute part les tiges languissantes des fleurs,

ranimées aux premiers rayons du soleil, s'entrelacent en berceaux, doux asiles

de l'harmonie, et que les zéphirs légers leur dérobent, en se jouant, les plus

ravissants parfums?

Salut, puissance inconnue!… Car au seul signe de ta

tête gracieuse, les vallées et les bois s'empressent de parer leurs seins

odorants, et chaque fleur épanouie suspend, en souriant, à ses tresses de musc,

les perles éclatantes de la rosée.

Je sens, oui, je sens ton feu divin pénétrer mon

coeur, je t'adore et je baise, avec transport, tes autels.

Et pourrais-tu me méconnaître?

Non, fils de Mayâ, non, je connais tes flèches armées

de fleurs, la canne redoutable qui compose ton arc, ton étendard où brillent

les écailles nacrées, tes armes mystérieuses.

J'ai ressenti toutes tes peines, j'ai savouré tous tes

plaisirs.

While in the middle of the flight to the mother s.h.i.+p, he

kept admiring the usefulness of the helicopter.

When the helicopter approached the carrier anch.o.r.ed offsh.o.r.e,

he was overwhelmed by the size of the mother s.h.i.+p that was incomparable when

seen from the faraway sh.o.r.e.

(What’s with this s.h.i.+p size‼ …… Ah, I understand, if the s.h.i.+ps are this big,

then a large number of personnel could board it, and so when it becomes a melee

fight, they could capture the enemy s.h.i.+p one by one through overwhelming numbers.

As the number of captured s.h.i.+ps increased, the fighting power will also be

quickly increased, so this one s.h.i.+p alone would certainly be able to deal with dozens

of s.h.i.+ps.)

Using his own knowledge and logic, he was trying to make

sense of the helicopter destroyer.

Helicopter Destroyer 『Izumo』

Total length - 248 m

Standard displacement - 19,500 tons

Construction cost - 114 billion yen[ii]

It was the largest destroyer[sic] of the j.a.pan Maritime Self-Defense Force that could

handle the arrival and departure of five helicopters at the same time.[iii]

Bruay alighted on the s.h.i.+p deck that was wide enough for

a cavalry battle.

(The floor is hard…… This is…… made from iron? How could it float in the

sea? What kind of magic is this? A s.h.i.+p should be constructed from wood……)

With the incomprehensible fact of an iron s.h.i.+p floating

in the sea as the beginning, Bruay’s confusion kept increasing.

As he was told by Tsukasaski, he entered the s.h.i.+p’s interior.

(…… The inside…… is bright. Did they burn something? No, light magic? Is

this a Magic s.h.i.+p?)

After being guided into the s.h.i.+p interior that was so wide

that it felt like an illusion, Bruay arrived at the bridge and met with the

captain.

This time, Bruay saluted without any delay.

「I am Bruay, the navy operations staff representative of the QuToyne Princ.i.p.ality.

We are grateful for the reinforcements.」

「Nice to meet you, I am this s.h.i.+p’s captain, Yamamoto. This might be sudden,

but we have already located the position of the armed insurgent s.h.i.+ps. It’s

about 500 kilometers west from this location. Their speed is very slow, about 5

knots[iv],

but they are heading towards our direction. So we planned to leave tomorrow

morning and issue a warning to the armed insurgents to turn back. If they don’t

abide, then after we fire a warning shot, we will eliminate them entirely. So

please relax yourself inside the s.h.i.+p until tomorrow.」

「Eliminate them entirely...... Eliminate, entirely?」

How absurd. There were only 50 QuTonean s.h.i.+ps and 8 j.a.panese

s.h.i.+ps. Only 58 vessels couldn’t possibly confront 4,400 vessels.

「Ah, no. Of course if the enemy turns back, or begins to surrender or

escape, then we will refrain from attacking.」

「That's not what I meant…… Certainly our country’s fleet has prepared 50 s.h.i.+ps.

Will we perform this operation with only 58 s.h.i.+ps? This might be rude to ask, but

have you been informed of the enemies’ number?」

Bruay was concerned that j.a.pan hadn’t been informed of

the enemy’s size.

「We have been informed of the number of the armed insurgent s.h.i.+ps. We have already

informed the staff that there will be no need for escorts from the QuToyne

Navy, so we will ensure Bruay-dono’s safety. Please be at ease while performing

your duties.」

Bruay was surprised again. The j.a.panese intended to

challenge a huge fleet of 4,400 s.h.i.+ps by themselves without cooperating with

the QuToyne Navy.

✦✧✦✧✦

Bruay’s diary of

that day

I boarded the j.a.panese s.h.i.+p safely as the QuToyne

Princ.i.p.ality’s citizen.

The flight until the s.h.i.+p was extremely comfortable, the

interior of the metal s.h.i.+p with a size beyond the norm also had a fixed

temperature. In addition, it is bright even at night. Although I should be in

the middle of the sea, the swaying of the waves are inexistent. Everything is

out of common sense and so, I am very astonished.

In my meeting with the captain, when he told me that

they will challenge Lourian’s 4,400 wars.h.i.+ps with just 8 s.h.i.+ps, I at first thought

that they were suicidal. But after I observed this s.h.i.+p’s interior, its size,

and then its metal construction, then I understood that fire arrows or ballista

wouldn’t be able to damage it for sure.

On the other hand, the s.h.i.+p's deck is so high, so the

arrows fired from that higher alt.i.tude will surely hit the enemy s.h.i.+ps. There

are no fixed-installed weapons like a ballista, but it is highly probable that the

weapons are portable and will be deployed when they enter battle preparations. Although

for a moment, I was in despair that there were only 8 s.h.i.+ps, there is a

possibility that enemy’s attacks won’t be effective against this s.h.i.+p. j.a.pan

seems to possess absolute confidence in the battle.

To be this nervous as an observer officer, this is the

first time I’ve felt this way ever since I had been born.

Tout-puissant Kâmâ, ou, si tu le préfères, éclatant

Smara, Ananya majestueux!

Quel que soit le siège de la gloire, sous tel nom que

l'on t'invoque, les mers, la terre et l'air proclament ta puissance; tous

t'apportent leur tribut, tous reconnaissent en toi le roi de l'Univers.

Ta jeune compagne, la Volupté, sourit à ton côté. Elle

est à peine voilée de sa robe éclatante.

A sa suite, douze jeunes filles, à la taille

charmante, élancée, s'avancent avec grâce; leurs doigts délicats se promènent

avec légèreté sur des cordes d'or, et leurs bras arrondis s'entrelacent dans

une danse voluptueuse.

Sur leurs cous élégants, elles disposent des perles

plus brillantes que les pleurs de l'aurore.

Ton étendard de pourpre, ondoyant devant elles, fait

étinceler dans la voûte azurée des cieux des astres nouveaux[9].

[Note 9: Allusion aux écailles brillantes du poisson

qui couronne l'étendard de l'amour indien.]

Dieu aux flèches fleuries, à l'arc plein de douceur,

délices de la terre et des cieux! Ton compagnon inséparable, nommé Vasanta chez

les Dieux, aimable printemps sur la terre, étend sous tes pieds délicats un

doux et tendre tapis de verdure, élève sur ta tête enfantine des arceaux

impénétrables aux feux brûlants du midi. C'est lui qui, pour te rafraîchir,

fait descendre des nuages une rosée de parfums, qui remplit de flèches

nouvelles ton carquois rendu plus redoutable, présent bien cher d'un ami plus

cher encore.

A son ordre, doux et caressant, mille oiseaux

amoureux, par le charme ravissant de leurs tendres modulations, arrachent à ses

liens la fleur encore captive.

Sa main amicale courbe avec adresse la canne

savoureuse, y dispose, pour corde, une guirlande d'abeilles dont le miel

parfumé est si doux, mais dont l'aiguillon, hélas! cause de si vives douleurs.

C'est encore lui qui arme la pointe acérée de tes

traits qui jamais ne reposent et blessent par tous les sens le coeur et y

portent le délire de cinq fleurs:

Le Tchampaca pénétrant, semblable à l'or parfumé;

Le chaud Amra rempli d'une ambroisie céleste;

Le desséchant Késsara au feuillage argenté;

Le brûlant Kétaça qui jette le trouble dans les sens;

L'éclatant Bilva qui verse dans les veines une ardeur

dévorante.

Quel mortel, Dieu puissant, pourrait résister à ton

pouvoir, lorsque Krischna lui-même est ton esclave? Krischna qui, sans cesse

enivré de délices dans les plaines fortunées du Malhoura, fait résonner sous

ses doigts divins la flûte pastorale, et aux accords mélodieux d'une céleste

harmonie, forme avec le choeur des Gopis éprises de ses charmes, des danses

voluptueuses à la douce clarté de Lunus, le mystérieux flambeau des nuits.

O toi, Dieu charmant! dont la naissance a précédé la

création et dont la jeunesse est éternelle! Que le chant de ton brahmane

a.s.servi à tes lois puisse, à jamais, retentir sur les bords sacrés du Gange! Et

à l'heure où ton oiseau favori, déployant ses ailes d'émeraude, te fait

franchir l'es.p.a.ce dans son vol rapide; lorsqu'au milieu de la nuit silencieuse,

les rayons tremblants de Ma (la lune) glissent sur la retraite mystérieuse des

amants favorisés ou malheureux, que la plus douce influence soit le partage de

ton chantre dévoué, et que, sans le consumer, ton feu divin échauffe voluptueus.e.m.e.nt

son coeur!

Il est intéressant de rapprocher de cette invocation

celle de Lucrèce à

Vénus.

INVOCATION

  Douce et

sainte Vénus, mère de nos Romains,

  Suprême

volupté des Dieux et des humains

  Qui, sous la

voûte immense où dorment les étoiles,

  Peuples les

champs féconds, l'onde où courent les voiles,

  Par toi tout

vit, respire, éclos sous ton amour

  Et monte,

heureux de naître, aux rivages du jour.

  Aussi, devant

tes pas, le vent fuit; les nuages,

  A ta divine

approche, emportent les orages;

  Pour toi, la

terre épand ses parfums et ses fleurs;

  Le ciel

s'épanouit et se fond en lumière.

  Car sitôt

qu'il revêt sa splendeur printanière,

  Et que, par

les hivers, le zéphir arrêté

  Reprend enfin

sa course et sa fécondité,

  Les oiseaux,

les premiers frappés par ta puissance,

  O charmante

Déesse, annoncent ta présence;

  Le lourd

troupeau bondit dans les prés renaissants,

  Et, plein de

toi, se jette à travers les torrents:

  Sensibles à

tes feux, séduites par tes grâces

  Ainsi des

animaux les innombrables races,

  Dans le

transport errant des amoureux ébats,

  Où tu veux les

mener s'élancent sur tes pas.

  Enfin, au fond

des mers, sur les rudes montagnes,

  Dans les

fleuves fougueux, dans les jeunes campagnes,

  Dans les nids

des oiseaux et leurs asiles verts,

  Soumis à ton

pouvoir, tous les êtres divers,

  Le coeur

blessé d'amour, frissonnants de caresses,

  Brûlent de

propager leur race et leurs espèces.

L'invocation qui nous paraît avoir le plus de charme

est celle de l'Art d'aimer d'Ovide.

Romains, s'il est quelqu'un parmi vous à qui l'art

d'aimer soit inconnu, qu'il lise mes vers, qu'il s'instruise et qu'il aime!

N'est-ce pas l'art qui fait voguer les vaisseaux rapides à l'aide de la voile

et de la rame? qui guide dans la course les chars légers? L'art doit aussi

gouverner l'amour.

Loin d'ici, bandelettes légères, ornement de la pudeur

et vous longues robes qui descendez jusqu'aux pieds! Je chanterai les ruses et

les larcins innocents d'un amour qui ne craint rien, et mes vers n'offriront

rien de répréhensible.

L'auteur de la Callipèdie, poème latin du moyen âge,

s'est inspiré d'Ovide dans l'invocation qui suit:

O vous, Grâces, modèles divins, et toi, Vénus, mère

des amours et de tout ce qui nous charme, toi que Pâris, sur le mont Ida, a

justement proclamée la plus belle, inspirez moi des chants dignes des

sanctuaires d'Idalie, afin que ma muse ne dépare point un si beau sujet et

apprenne à tout le genre humain un art sans prix.

✦✧✦✧✦

5 km East From

Fortress City Ejei. JGSDF QuToyne Princ.i.p.ality Relief Force Headquarters

Lieutenant General Oouchida Kazuki, the Division Commander

of the j.a.pan Ground Self Defense Force’s 7th Division, and his staff officers were

talking about the meeting in Ejei that was held earlier.

「Nou-dono is so adamant to a.s.sign us to rear line support. It seems that he

wanted to minimize our casualties in the frontline.」

「I am really grateful that he was that concerned about us. If we are talking

about rear line supports from our HQ, then it will be mainly composed of attacks

from the artillery regiments’ guns, correct? If it becomes a melee battle, then

there is a possibility that it will strike friendly army so we must be really careful

when using it.」

「Before it became a melee battle, we need to weaken the enemy as much as

possible with fire support. However, if we don’t warn Louria Kingdom’s army, the

damage inflicted on them would be no different than a ma.s.sacre. At the very

least, I want to issue a warning prior to the attack.」

「Should we issue a warning using a heli?」

「Yes, but as long as the enemy isn’t accompanied by hostile Dragon Knights. It

will be an intolerable disaster if a heli was downed by a wyvern.」

「Then, let’s call for some air support in the sky.」

Despite some misunderstandings, they steadily continue

their preparation for the threats that will soon appear.

✦✧✦✧✦

Central Calendar Year 1639, Month 7, Day 22. Fortress

City Ejei

About 20,000 soldiers from the Advance Force of the Louria

Kingdom’s Eastern Lords Division marched until 5 kilometers west from Fortress

City Ejei, without encountering any enemy forces. In the order, they must

advance until reaching a location 2 kilometers away from the city. But because of

a bad hunch he had, June-Philia avoided making camp too deep into the enemy’s

territory.

They will stay at this location for a week and perform

reconnaissance in force.

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j.a.pan is being Yandere.

Also QuToyne. j.a.pan have a different meaning of rear line support. You

may mean guarding the logistic, but j.a.pan understand it as: to rain h.e.l.l and

brimstone upon your enemies.

[1]

The The 7th Division (第7師団 Dai-Nana s.h.i.+dan) is one of nine active

divisions of the j.a.pan Ground Self-Defense Force. The division is the only

armored division of the j.a.pan Ground Self-Defense Force. They have 3 Tank regiments equipped with Type 90 MBT,

1 Mechanized Infantry Regiment with Type 89IFV and Type73 APC, 1 Artillery

Regiment with Type 99 155mm SPT, 1 Anti-Aircraft Regiment with Type 81 SAM and Type

88 SAA, 1 Combat Engineer Battalion, 1 Signal Battalion, 1 Recon Company with Type

87 ARV, 1 Aviation Squadron with UH-1J and OH-6D, and 1 Logistic Support

Regiment.

In all, the armored division had about

6,500 men, 230 tanks, about 350 Type 89 and Type 73 armored personnel carriers,

40 self-propelled howitzers, 48 mortars (81-mm and larger), 12 106-mm

recoilless weapons, 40 35- and 40-mm self-propelled air defense systems, along

with other armament and support systems, making it the most well-armed j.a.panese

division