Hagelt

**Hagelt** is a sailor of the Parpaldia Imperial Navy, belonging to the Phishanus-class 100-gun ship-of-the-line *Mewright* of the Imperial Navy Eastern Fleet of the Imperial Oversight Army.

## Chronology

### Japanese-Parpaldian War Arc

After the meeting was adjourned at the Duro Defense Force's Imperial Army Base in Duro, imperial army general Brem advised commanding officer Strim to shift the alert level to stage 2 for the entire army. Commander Lutos ordered 42 ships-of-the-line of the Imperial Navy’s Eastern Fleet, including some of the Imperial Oversight Army, to set out from the Imperial Navy Base in Duro before eventually going to Japan and attacking Maizuru, a city to their northwest that houses a major naval base.

At the Duro harbor, Hagelt was doing his part in the preparations. He thought that Parpaldia Empire’s homeland was inferior to Japan because he had been slacking off until now, but when he grumpily asked Renz, a higher-rank sailor, that a rumor had spread among the grunts that they were setting out to avoid being attacked by Japan. The loss of the Imperial Navy south of the capital in the Great Naval Battle of Esthirant was only shared with the upper echelons of the military, so low-ranking grunts like Hagelt and Renz were not aware of it. However, their commanders' actions lead them to believe that some rumors that they were hearing must have been true. As they were working, a series of bell rings rang across the interior of their ship. They heard captain Saxid's speech thru the onboard PA system for setting out to invade Maizuru City in Japan and punish the Japanese before ready to leave port as soon as preparations were done.

After seeing Renz’s genuinely serious expression, Hagelt started sweating. Now that he was unable to retort with a haughty remark, Renz went on to explain his considerations. Avoiding gossiping anyone, Renz told the rumor to Hagelt that Japan was using Mu's weapons and flying machines. Hagelt despised Japan seeing it as an uncivilized barbarian country outside the Third Civilization. Renz was suspicious of the need for all the ships, including the observation forces at the Imperial Army Base in Duro. Hagelt thought perhaps Renz was quite informed as it was rumored he had the support of the upper management.

In the Battle of the New Sea of Japan, the 42 ships-of-the-line of the Imperial Navy’s Eastern Fleet and Oversight Army that set out to attack Maizuru City in Japan were destroyed by the attacks of two JMSDF Hayabusa-class patrol boats. When they saw the overwhelming fighting power, they began to be frightened that the Ancient Sorcerous Empire had revived.

In addition, Hagelt was shocked to saw that the two Hayabusa-class patrol boats bombarded the attack fleet with its main gun and utterly crushed the fleet, mercilessly killing the soldiers and crews, but this time he thought that the 100-gun ship-of-the-line *Mewright* was next. The moment that the 76mm quick-firing gun turret of Hayabusa-class patrol boat *Hayabusa* turned to the ship-of-the-line *Mewright*, it was a depression.

While screaming mercilessly, Hagelt shook off his colleague's stillness and jumped into the sea, but as a result, the ship-of-the-line *Mewright* sank shortly afterwards where his colleague was killed.

After that, he was caught on a wooden board and drifted, but his whereabouts were unknown.

## Trivia

* Hagelt only appears as a character in the light novel.