From Commander to Their Special Someone

> *Just because I'm "the commander chosen by the Oracle," the priest calls for me on a near daily basis at this point.*
> **Priest:** I have some big news for you today!
> **Demi:** Valentine... voting!?
> **Priest:** That's right!!
> **Priest:** It's a momentous winter event, broadcast throughout the country!!!
> **Priest:** The gallant men who protect this country show off and appeal to the people!
> **Priest:** The amount of chocolate sent to each troop is counted up as a competition of popularity!
> **Priest:** Go ask about the rest of the details from the program's sponsor!
> **Priest:** Now then! I have a salsa lesson to go to. Farewell for now.
> **Demi:** (Salsa!? The dance...!?)
> **Demi:** (...Who was the sponsor anyway...?)
> "Sponsor: Guinness Group"
> **Demi:** (.........Ah.)
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 1 ~The Highly Capable Sponsor Appears~

> **Guinness:** Thanks for coming!
> **Demi:** Guinness-san! Thanks for all your hard work.
> *When I visited the hotel managed by the sponsor, I was greeted by the lively, smiling president himself.*
> *This is Guinness-san. He's the representative of the famous, nation-wide Guinness Group.*
> *The Guinness Group primarily manages hotels, and is also the industry leader for tourism in this country...*
> *They're even the sponsor of the kingdom's news. You wouldn't find a single person in this country who doesn't know about them.*
> **Guinness:** Sorry to be asking for favors when I'm on break from military duty, but there's something I'd really appreciate the training center's cooperation with.
> **Demi:** If I can be of any use to you, please just let me know! I'd be happy to help!
> *Everyone always works so hard, and now they have the opportunity to receive attention and support.*
> *Even I'm getting pretty fired up about it.*
> **Guinness:** Many thanks! I'll certainly be repaying the favor in kind!
> *He then explained to me that we need to collect ingredients for the voting chocolates.*
> **Guinness:** The chocolates being used this time around are made by this hotel's patisserie.
> **Guinness:** But, as soon as the voting was announced...
> **Guinness:** We got so flooded with advance orders, there's absolutely no way we can make due with the amount of materials we originally prepared.
> **Guinness:** Well, that just means the response has been amazing! That in itself is definitely cause for celebration!
> **Guinness:** But we ran into a problem when some of our staff went out to secure the additional materials we need.
> *There were monsters breeding over in the area. ....So, in other words.*
> **Guinness:** Please! Send your troops over to the harvest point and drive the monsters away!
> **Guinness:** Of course, we'll buy up any and all of the ingredients you pick up during the mission!
> **Guinness:** And, since it is time for the popularity vote after all!
> **Guinness:** I'll be taking some movies to introduce the troops when you have some time to spare. Leave all the prep for that to me!!
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 2 ~Commander's Important Mission~

> **Guinness:** I'd like to film the troop introductions by one squad, six troops at a time.
> **Guinness:** It's easier for the viewers to get a feel for them in their usual battle setup.
> **Guinness:** So come on and show me your squad-building skills, commander. I've got high hopes!
> **Demi:** (Six squads of six troops each for the appeal movies...)
> **Demi:** (Hmm... This is a pretty big responsibility...)
> **Demi:** (First off should probably be Ringnes-san...)
> **Demi:** (Following up on his stability, maybe bring out the younger ones next...)
> As I put my brain into full gear... To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 3 ~Squad #1's Appeal~

> Appeal movie #1
> **Guinness:** We're about to get rolling. Everyone, please give a statement and appeal to the people!
> **Ringnes:** A-alright...!
> **Director:** Action!
> **Ringnes:** I-... I put my all into earnestly fulfilling my daily military duties. That'th all.
> **San Miguel:** Hnfnh! Choco... nks!
> **Becks:** I'm gonna turn every single person in this country into a Smilin' Sam with my tough & gorgeous accessories.
> **Satan:** Heya! I love flowers!! I wanna make flower chocolates with everybody so we can all be happy happy!
> **Tiger:** Gaaah ha ha! Long as I've got alcohol, I'll be chargin' at those monsters at ten million horsepower!!!!
> **Kingfisher:** Grandpa wants to be famous too. I want to have a crowd cheer me on!
> **Director:** Cuuut!!
> **Guinness:** This squad's full of some pretty unique troops. Your setup was perfect!
> **Demi:** R-really...? (Ringnes-san was nervous though...)
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 4 ~Squad #2's Appeal~

> Appeal movie #2
> **Orval:** I swear that I will protect each and every citizen. Please rest assured and continue on with your lives at ease.
> **Lambic:** I swear on my life that I will drive off the threat of the demon king once and for all!
> **Schwarz:** As a doctor and as a soldier, I move only to save the lives of the citizens. That's all.
> **Erdinger:** Hey there~ It's your blossom on the battlefield, Er-chan! I'll be at the shop tonight, so how about you come by to see me?
> **Weihen:** I have no interest in fame. I merely wish to share my knowledge and powers for the sake of my beloved people.
> **Coors:** If you give me chocolate, I'll tell your fortune! Everybody, vote for me nya!
> **Director:** Cuuut!!
> **Guinness:** Huh! The princes, the wisest person in the country, a famed peerless doctor, a star dancer...
> **Guinness:** And even a mythical fortune teller! What a stacked team!
> **Demi:** Y-yeah...
> **Demi:** (As I thought, the troops I end up having to command are pretty incredible people, huh...)
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 5 ~Squad #3's Appeal~

> Appeal movie #3
> **Trappe:** Popularity has nothing to do with me.
> **Corona:** I have no interest in anything but birds.
> **Bud:** I'm not really good at public speaking.... ........Sorry.
> **Blue Moon:** ................... (love everyone)
> *Hoegaarden.......... seems to have returned to the forest.*
> **Miller:** .....I have heard that the substance called "chocolate" is... sweet.
> **Director:** Cuuut!!
> **Guinness:** What an untalkative team. I love it!
> **Demi:** (Aaahhh!! Blue Moon's thoughts aren't going to be recorded, it just looks like he's being silent....!)
> **Demi:** U-um... Could we give some signs to everyone and do a retake...?
> **Guinness:** Oh! That's a great idea. Let's do it!
> As we record take 2... To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 6 ~Squad #4's Appeal~

> Appeal movie #4
> **Urquell:** My charm comes from my cool horns to my hot, passionate soul. I eagerly await your soul-shaking vote of love.
> **Duvel:** In gratitude of your sentiments, I will devote my body and soul to defend this nation.
> **Tui:** I dedicate my all for this country, and for my lord Lambic-sama.
> **Rochefort:** I too would spare no effort for this country and my beloved lord.
> **Leffe:** Valentine's is a festival of love. I hope wonderful love stories come to fruition all throughout this country.
> **Singha:** I swear that I will live up to the expectations of the people, and turn this battle of love into a sweet dream for you.
> **Director:** Cuuut!!
> **Guinness:** This team's got such incredible stability, everyone's so trustworthy! They really stand out!!
> **Demi:** Agreed...! (Rochefort-san and Leffe-san are really in their customer service modes!)
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 7 ~Squad #5's Appeal~

> Appeal movie #5
> **Sofiero:** Eh!? Everybody in the country's gonna see this!? Whoa-ho, oh man! I'm gettin' all nervous! Ma, are you seein' this!?
> **Fix:** R-r-r-r-right then! U-uh! Anyway! Please take a look at our vegetables!
> **Murphy:** ......Well, um. Uh. I make... delicious food, so......
> **Kona:** I- I'm generally just behind the scenes. Please leave me out of this kind of thing.
> **Anchor:** I'll d-d-d-do m-m-m-my, my uh, b-be-be-bezt...
> **Leviathan:** P-p-p-p-pl, pl-pl-plea, p-p-p-p-pleab...
> **Director:** C-cuuut!
> **Guinness:** Hahaha! Everybody's inexperience has even gotten Murphy all nervous too!
> **Guinness:** Well, of course, being out in a place you're not used to is going to get anybody a little tense.
> **Demi:** They've even got me nervous too... (Everybody, do your best...!)
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 8 ~Squad #6's Appeal~

> Appeal movie #6
> **Carlsberg:** Anyone can see my noble charms without me having to say a word, right?
> **Moritz:** I'm aaalways open and looking for drinking buddies to help console lonely ol' me~~~
> **Sol:** Sol wants everybody's love, meow! Please invite me out for sashimi when you bring me chocolates, nya!
> **Newton:** Yo! Citizens of the nation! Do you have a problem that needs solving? Then come on over to handyman Newton, open 24 hours a day!
> **Karhu:** Chocolate is really delicious, isn't it? If I could eat a whole bunch of it, I'd be so happy.
> **Baltika** FU HA HA HA! I ASPIRE TO HAVE AI RULE THE WORLD. THE ONE BEHIND OUR MASTER PLAN IS THE UNPOPULAR PESSIMIST, HITE, AGED 39.
> **Director:** Cuuuuut!
> **Guinness:** That was quite the show of greed, it was even refreshing in a way! I could learn a thing or two from them!
> **Demi:** No. You probably shouldn't...
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 9 ~How About Them...?~

> **Guinness:** Alright. We've wrapped up with the troops currently on active duty. Thanks again for your cooperation!
> **Demi:** No, thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to see another side of everyone myself.
> **Guinness:** Hey, that's great! I'm glad I was able to help you out too then.
> **Guinness:** Though, you may have already noticed that some of the hero candidates on break are accepting votes too, right?
> **Demi:** Yes, I was a bit surprised by that.
> **Guinness:** Haha! We'll all be back eventually.
> **Guinness:** So I went ahead and entered in the four of us as well!
> **Guinness:** We're already done taking movies, so how about taking this opportunity to have a chat with the others?
> **Guinness:** They've been helping out with the event too, so they may show up at the training center or hotel a number of times.
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 10 ~Pretty Boy's Business Trip~

> **Stella:** Ah! Hi there, Demi-san! Good afternoon!
> **Demi:** Ah, it's you...!
> **Stella:** You know who I am? I'm Stella, I come out for the national news broadcasts sometimes.
> **Demi:** Yes, of course!
> **Stella:** Aha! Yay, I'm glad!
> **Stella:** I've been working over at the hot springs for a while now, but we finally have a little leeway lately...
> **Stella:** So that's why I went on paid vacation and came back here for a while!
> **Stella:** I wanna cheer on the people of this country too. I'm going to give it my all!
> **Stella:** I'm going to go help out with some advertising now! Let's all have fun with this event together!
> **Demi:** (What a cute, lively boy...)
> **Demi:** (I may end up fighting together with him one day, so I decided to check his profile in the register.)
> *I took out the Punebuma citizen register and flipped through the pages.*
> **Demi:** (Found it! Stella's profile...)
> **Demi:** ........
> **Demi:** 82 years old!?!?
> *This cute young boy has actually lived for quite a while...*
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 11 ~The Hard Working Farm Boy~

> *(tremble tremble tremble) ... Stop... shaking... Don't be... nervous...*
> **Demi:** (Hm? The guy shaking over there...)
> **Demi:** Floris-kun!
> **Floris:** Fuaah!!
> **Floris:** Ah, eh, um...! Co-... Commander Demi... -san...
> **Floris:** Y-you know... who I am...?
> **Floris:** Awawa... I, um... I... Er...
> **Floris:** I'll try my best... not to b-be a n-n-nuisance...!
> **Floris:** G-goodb-....
> **Floris:** Wait, um...! Our farm sells milk and meat every morning in town, so I'm here on business for sales...
> **Floris:** I recommend the eggs and sausage! Okaythanksbye...!!
> **Demi:** (Oh yeah, he put in a request off from military work in order to help out at his family's farm...)
> **Demi:** (....A farm, huh. I should drop by sometime.)
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 12 ~The Lovey Dovey Family~

> **Demi:** (Who's over there...?)
> *I decided to check out the hotel's lunch buffet, and found the Hite family having a meal together.*
> *Everyone helping out for the event was gifted a special lunch ticket.*
> *Guinness-san's customer service is so perfect, it's basically godly. I'm so grateful for everything he's done for us.*
> **Miller:** The hotel's omelettes are so... fluffy...
> **Baltika:** AGREED. THIS IS CELEBRITY QUALITY.
> **Baltika:** HOWEVER, DOESN'T MASTER PREFER HIS OMELETTES WELL DONE?
> **Baltika:** BALTIKA IH BEAM!
> **Hite:** Whoa, you stupid...!
> Sizzle!!!!
> *Baltika's beam was directed straight at Hite's plate.*
> **Hite:** You... You promised me... that you wouldn't be bad...
> **Hite:** Ugh... This is why... I didn't want to come out in such a public place...
> **Hite:** But Miller wanted to go... So it took all I had to come out here...
> **Baltika:** I HAVE DONE ZERO WRONGDOINGS. LOOK AT YOUR PLATE, MASTER.
> **Hite:** You just do whatever you want, and now my omelette's burnt to a...
> **Hite:** Huh!?
> *A heart-shaped mark was burnt into Hite's omelette.*
> **Baltika:** BECOME MORE DELICIOUS~ LOVE LOVE KYUN.
> **Miller:** I will proceed with the ketchup.
> Squirt squirt... nyoop.
> *A crooked red heart joins alongside the burnt heart mark.*
> **Miller:** Become more delicious. Love love... kyun.
> **Hite:** ...I TOLD you guys, so many times, you're forbidden to do that outside the house...
> *There's no mistaking that this is a loving family.*
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 13 ~A Valentine on a Whim~

> **Demi:** "I want to be included"... That's the message the enemies seemed to spell out.
> **Demi:** .......
> *I found myself pitying him a little.*
> *I took one chocolate, wrapped it with a memo addressing it to the demon king, and set it out on the plains.*
> In the dead of night...
> **Choco sheep:** ...Mofukyui. Kyumuchu...
> **Love magician:** Kyunmofu, mofukyui...
> *The sheep reached out to pick up the chocolate I set out, and took it with them as they left.*
> To be continued.
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### Vt. Ch. 14 ~A Reward to Look Forward to~

> **Guinness:** With this, we've finally got enough materials to cover the advance orders and enough to sell on the day of the event!
> **Guinness:** Man, you really helped us out here!
> **Guinness:** We even broke a record with the number of viewers for the national broadcasts! I could just scream out of happiness here.
> **Guinness:** In return for all your help, here's a token of my gratitude. Please accept it!
> *Guinness-san handed me a very extravagant-looking gold-leaf envelope.*
> **Guinness:** I really appreciate all your help in particular. I prepared this especially for you.
> **Demi:** Oh no, you're the one who's been a tremendous help to me... But thank you, I'm glad. I'll open it up now...
> *Executive suite tickets for two, for a free night's stay, and an extravagant dinner.*
> **Demi:** T-this is...!
> **Guinness:** Ha ha ha! It's just what it looks like.
> **Guinness:** Our best room and best food! Please make use of it and bring along any troop you like.
> **Guinness:** There's no mistake it'll be a very special night! Guaranteed!
> **Guinness:** Of course, we'll even come by in the morning to give you our special greeting.
> **Guinness:** "Looks like you enjoyed your stay last night."
> **Guinness:** Like that! Ha ha ha!
> **Demi:** N-no, I'm grateful, but... Huh!? Ehh!??
> **Demi:** (I get the feeling I should keep this a secret from all my troops...)
> **Demi:** (Oh man... What do I do... Aaahhhh...)
> *This is probably going to continue to bother me even up until White Day...*
> The end.
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