A heart-stirring White Day 2-3N

A heart-stirring White Day 2-3N

[14th of March - evening]

[Sanshuu Middle - classroom]

Anz: There were a lot of cool historical heroes in foreign countries too, not just Japan!

Gin: Foreign countries?

Sum: Mrgh...

Wak: Anzu, who are your favourites?

Anz: King Alexander the Great, who lead Macedonia to a triumphant victory despite being completely overwhelmed in numbers!

Son: Ooh! We went from a Demon King to a Great King!

Gin: Triumph sounds cool! That's how a king's gotta fight!

Anz: The Ottoman Empire's Mehmed II, who brought down Constantinople, previously thought to be impregnable!

Gin: Ooh! Awesome! Having a number after your name is so cool!

Son: Ancestor! Can I call myself Wakaba the Third in the future? [1]

Wak: What happened to the Second one?

Anz: There's still more to go! The Holy Maiden Jeanne d'Arc, the hero of the Hundred Years' War! Aah, how wonderful!

Gin: Holy Maiden... That sounds kind of off.

Anz: No! She's a female knight who hated sacrifices and donned armour, charging into the battle to ensure the safety of civilians!

Gin: Whoa! That's awesome!

Anz: Aah! We could follow the crossdressing up with a fantasy warrior fair! Knights, elves, magic wielders, church sisters... Aah, that's the best!

Sum: Now if you'll excuse me, she was just a normal run-of-the-mill village girl...

Sum: Her gallant armour-clad image is an idealisation made up by the past generations, or at least that's what some theories say.

Anz: That's just a disinformation campaign, a conspiracy by the English, who fought against France and thus Jeanne in that war.

Anz: She was a hero who fought according to God's voice she could hear like our Mikos can. Sumi-chan, do you doubt them too?

Sum: Urgh... That's... But still! In the end, Jeanne was doubted and burned at the stake!

Gin: What, she overcooked it? [2]

Son: That'd be a steak. Burned at the stake means an execution by fire.

Gin: Eeh!? An execution!? Why would a hero get executed!?

Anz: T-That's because Charles VII was afraid of her popularity, betrayed her and let her get captured by the enemy troops!

Son: I guess some people are no good even with numbers after their name.

Sum: Foreign countries are truly vile. Gin should learn heroes of Japan, a country of loyalty!

Anz: Not yet, there's a whole lot of other foreign heroes. Hector! King Arthur! Napoleon!

Sum: Tokugawa Ieyasu! Toyotomi Hideoshi! Takeda Shingen! Sanada Yukimura! Date Masamune and Chosokabe Motochika!

Gin: Alright, calm down! Break! Break!

Anz/Sum: Huff, huff...

Gin: All those heroes are cool, Japanese or foreign! They're all admirable and great role models, so don't fight!

Son: There are a lot of heroes, and they're all good!

Wak: Look, you two. Even if those things are important to you, try to control your words.

Anz/Sum: Sorry...

Gin: Ah, the enemy! Alright, time to bring that heroic spirit to battle!
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Notes:
1 - Naturally, a Lupin the Third reference.
2 - Original wordplay: "kakei" - burning at the stake vs "kakei" - household finances