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Authors: Kazuma Kamachi
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sorcery for manipulating ocean currents using the legend of Saint Blaise as a framework. Simply put, this was a technique for high-speed sea travel that allowed one to go fast enough to circumnavigate the earth in three days. It was not a Soul Arm–like function attached to their armor—it was something activated purely by each individual knight’s own body. The armor they currently wore had no such functionality. Because the knights themselves were so highly maneuverable, adding Soul Arm effects to the armor would have just slowed them down. With their tremendous strength, they could go on rampages more violent than effects produced by Soul Arms, so they would have run the risk of destroying their armor with their own power.
They were simply called the Order of the Knights.
They had once gone by names such as “Seventh Mace” and “Fifth Axe” in England but had abandoned such titles seven years ago. That was not because the current Order had lost its outstanding individuality, but because the Order had been reborn by each knight having acquired every skill.
The reason they needed to acquire such strength was related partly to circumstances particular to England and partly to the original objective of establishing the Order.
Right now, the United Kingdom operated under a complex three-sided chain of command.
The Queen Regnant and the Royal Family Faction, headed by Parliament.
The Knight Leader and the Knight Faction, commanding the knights.
The Archbishop and the Puritan Faction, led by the faithful.
Their power relation was as follows.
The Royal Family Faction issued royal commands to the Knight Faction, controlling them.
The Knight Faction used the Puritan Faction as convenient tools.
The Puritan Faction gave direction to the Royal Family Faction under the name of Church advice.
In this beautifully triangular system, if one attempted to carry out an agenda while even one of the others was not convinced of the policies therein, the other could present total opposition by taking the long way around the chain. However, there was another reason that the United Kingdom was said to have the world’s most complex Crossist culture.
The United Kingdom was a combination of nations consisting of England, the northern part of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Reminders of this remained to this day—certain places even issued their own currency.
For example, there could be bad blood between the Puritan Faction’s English and Welsh members, despite them belonging to the same group. Conversely, it wasn’t unusual for separate factions within one nation, like the Puritan and Knight Factions of Scotland, having pipelines to each other. When Sherry Cromwell, the code-breaking expert, bared her fangs at the English Puritan Church—which she belonged to—she had this sort of backing in addition to her personal motive.
Three factions and four cultures.
This two-dimensional diagram where each affected the other led to the nation called England becoming more complex. In turn, the greatest mission given to the Knight Faction was to make sure this complex combination of countries didn’t break apart in midair.
Thus, these particular knights hadn’t been persuaded beforehand…
…that the English Puritans—the Puritan Faction—had gained the same power as the Knight Faction.
The English Puritan Church, also known as the Anglican Church, had originally been created to oppose Roman Orthodoxy, which had the entire world under its rule. They wanted to operate their own nation themselves, but if they didn’t obey the Roman Orthodox Church, they would be attacked as a nation that disobeyed the teachings of the Crossist god. So by placing an independent church withinEngland, they could explain themselves by saying their actions were in line with the teachings of the god of Crossism—meaning English Puritanism—even if they weren’t strictly following Roman Orthodox canon.
In other words, the English Puritan Church had
They were simply called the Order of the Knights.
They had once gone by names such as “Seventh Mace” and “Fifth Axe” in England but had abandoned such titles seven years ago. That was not because the current Order had lost its outstanding individuality, but because the Order had been reborn by each knight having acquired every skill.
The reason they needed to acquire such strength was related partly to circumstances particular to England and partly to the original objective of establishing the Order.
Right now, the United Kingdom operated under a complex three-sided chain of command.
The Queen Regnant and the Royal Family Faction, headed by Parliament.
The Knight Leader and the Knight Faction, commanding the knights.
The Archbishop and the Puritan Faction, led by the faithful.
Their power relation was as follows.
The Royal Family Faction issued royal commands to the Knight Faction, controlling them.
The Knight Faction used the Puritan Faction as convenient tools.
The Puritan Faction gave direction to the Royal Family Faction under the name of Church advice.
In this beautifully triangular system, if one attempted to carry out an agenda while even one of the others was not convinced of the policies therein, the other could present total opposition by taking the long way around the chain. However, there was another reason that the United Kingdom was said to have the world’s most complex Crossist culture.
The United Kingdom was a combination of nations consisting of England, the northern part of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Reminders of this remained to this day—certain places even issued their own currency.
For example, there could be bad blood between the Puritan Faction’s English and Welsh members, despite them belonging to the same group. Conversely, it wasn’t unusual for separate factions within one nation, like the Puritan and Knight Factions of Scotland, having pipelines to each other. When Sherry Cromwell, the code-breaking expert, bared her fangs at the English Puritan Church—which she belonged to—she had this sort of backing in addition to her personal motive.
Three factions and four cultures.
This two-dimensional diagram where each affected the other led to the nation called England becoming more complex. In turn, the greatest mission given to the Knight Faction was to make sure this complex combination of countries didn’t break apart in midair.
Thus, these particular knights hadn’t been persuaded beforehand…
…that the English Puritans—the Puritan Faction—had gained the same power as the Knight Faction.
The English Puritan Church, also known as the Anglican Church, had originally been created to oppose Roman Orthodoxy, which had the entire world under its rule. They wanted to operate their own nation themselves, but if they didn’t obey the Roman Orthodox Church, they would be attacked as a nation that disobeyed the teachings of the Crossist god. So by placing an independent church withinEngland, they could explain themselves by saying their actions were in line with the teachings of the god of Crossism—meaning English Puritanism—even if they weren’t strictly following Roman Orthodox canon.
In other words, the English Puritan Church had
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