1969 - Earth, Summer, The Same Day.
"Chop-chop lads! Get into position, you've done this a million times already!" A big man in his forty with his rough and deep voice yelled.
"Woah! When did we did hit the million mark?" A tall man in his thirty retorts sarcastically.
"I heard that! Phiria, one month in the lumber mill for Reis, thank you!" The big man said.
"Noted old man!" Said Phiria while giving thumbs up to the old man with a determined face.
"Wha- INJUSTICEEEE!!!!!" Yelled Reis.
"Well, to be fair, it's your own fault anyway." A female with bun hair and fair complexion chimed in.
"You're my wife! At least side with me!" Reis whined.
"...Whatever." The female answered with a flat voice.
"SHUT UP REIS!" The big man scolded and continued, "Mira, adjust the mana influx of the formation core. Phiria! Increase the mana output process when I give you the sign!"
"Got it!" Mira the female with bun hair replied.
"Roger!" Phiria added at the same time.
The room was filled with blue line inter-connected making a big intricate circle, on each axis a small blue circle the size of a man were drawn, standing there was the big man, Phiria, Mira, and Reis. In the center of the room, an orb the size of a small car can be seen floating. The Orb was filled with compressed Mana, and if were to be released can engulf the entire city of France.
Sweat can be seen dropping from the face of the big man, focused on the flow of Aether in front of him, the big man guide it to the line on the surface of the orb. The Orb line flickered into light blue, indicating that Aether was processed into Mana. Several minutes passed the big man yelled, "REIS! START THE DEACTIVATING PROCESS NOW!"
"ON IT OLD MAN!" Reis yelled back. Sweat can be seen on reis forehead. The difficulty was meant to be impossible for a normal person to handle. One wrong step and the mana will go out of control, destroying the orb and leading to a big explosion.
"PHIRIA! NOW!" The big man finally gave the sign.
"UGH!!...DONE!!" Although struggling Phiria handled the job well.
"That's it, boys...and girls! No sweat at all. Hahahaha..." The big man commended and laugh.
"Yeah right." Reis rolled his eyes.
"Phiria! One more month for Reis, thank you." Said the big man.
"Whoa, you read my mind old man, I've written it down already." Phiria chuckled.
"THIS IS LABOUR ABUSE!" Reis protested.
Ignoring Reis protest, the old man gave out a big laugh while proceeding to exit the room. The skies were filled with blue lines and the minute later disappeared into the air. The surrounding mist was cleared and revealing the beautiful Village of Remy in the middle of the forest. Clearwater can be heard streaming down the stream to the big blue lake. Bird's chirping and flying in the sky, with the occasional monster's roar can be heard.
On the outskirts of Remy, the group of people from Hermes Wing can be seen preparing to enter the village.
"Don't mess this up now!" The captain spoke.
"Yes, Sir!" the group answered.
The Village of Remy were consisted of 15 households. Quite small compared to other villages. Filled with European architecture house, a brick paved road, small village square with a fountain in the middle of it, and a multipurpose village hall that extends into the school. Lumbermill nearing the lake, and a farm stretched into the mountains.
A big man can be seen exiting the village hall and yelled, "REIS! WHAT'S THE TIME!"
"Eight o'clock old man, and geez, you don't have to yell, I'm right behind you anyway!" Reis replied.
"Oh shite! Hermes Wing!" The big man panicked and ran towards the village center.
Hermes Wing group walked and arrived at the village square. Puzzled by the sight of the village. They were expecting a grand architecture and state of the art magical equipment, filled with magical automatons befitting the title. The village of masters. But, their expectation was nowhere to be found. Instead, all they've seen now was just a normal village, too normal in a world filled with magic.
"Hahaha, welcome to the Village of Remy!" The big man laughed while running and welcomed the Hermes Wing group.
"Ah! Yes, thank you, sir. It's an honor, sir!" The captain snapped back to reality and saluted the big man. The rest followed after.
"Hahaha, at ease. It's been too long already since I've thrown away my title, so forget the formalities, hahaha." The big man ordered.
"Thank you, sir! And I'm afraid I can't do that sir! You're a military hero and a master on top of that, so I can't drop the formality, sir." The captain drop his arm and proceed to the military resting position. The rest followed their captain positions.
"Okay then, gentleman and ladies, please follow me to the village hall. This way please." The big man guide the group.
One of the men from Hermes Wing asked in a hushed voice, carefully not to be heard by the captain and the big man, "Who is that man?"
"He's a military hero from the first world war, they called him the Shining General of British Empire. Mastering the art of Golden Knight at the age of 25. Single-handedly held the line while the allied forces were retreating from the German assault. Armed only with a broadsword on his back. Returned from the battlefield covered in blood, lost his left eye, fractured right arm, several holes of bullet wounds, and the famous broken sword." His colleague explained into his ears in a hushed voice.
The man that asked before shocked and finally realized, "N-no way, he's the great general Anderson?"
"The one and only General Edward H. Anderson." The man that explained before confirmed.
"U-um, g-guys I think you should stop talking, t-the captain was glaring at you." The newbie female said with a hushed voice.
The two were startled and noticed that the captain was glaring at them from time to time.
The village hall was quite big for a small village, the inside was a large hall that can fit a hundred people, a kitchen, a small office on the second floor, and a hidden room on the basement that holds the village formation core. The village hall was extended to the right side to accommodate the school, and on it's left was the village clock tower that shows the current time which is eight past twenty in the morning.
Old man Edward leads the Hermes Wing group into the small office in the village hall. The office was a typical office filled with paperworks, bookcases filled with books, a desk, a landline phone, a sofa, and a couple of chairs.
"Please be seated ladies and gentleman. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. Forgive my rudeness. I'm Edward Hugh Anderson, just call me Edward and could you please give me the documents before I forgot about it." Old man Edward said after sitting on the desk chair.
"It's an honor General Edward, I'm the captain of the group, my name is Rodgers Huey, and this is my subordinate on this mission. Jacob Williams from the American branch, Bertram Schmidt from the German branch, Irene Vinter from the Greenland branch, and Aileen Hutcherson from the Scotland branch. And myself from the Nepal branch sir." Captain Rodgers explained in details and give the official documents.
Old man Edward reached out to his pocket, grabbing his glasses to read the documents.
A couple of minutes passed and finally old man Edward said, "Ah, your organization are quick as always, I just sent the paperwork a week ago about the kid's information and you already decided where to place them."
Still amazed by the documents old man Edward said, "Interesting. You guys want to mold more of those kids with all this curriculum. Even I cannot touch in those subjects still. Okay, Approved."
Old man Edward stand up and extend his arm to give a handshake to the captain.
Captain Rodgers stand up, and accepted the handshake and replied, "Thank you, sir."
BOOM!
Old man Edward and Hermes Wing group were startled. A sound of a big explosion coming from the forest nearby the village, the sound was so loud, waking up the entire villagers in the village.
"An enemy!" The man from Hermes Wing called Jacob said.
Hermes Wing group of people were readying their arms. They were reaching out for the pistol loaded with magic bullets mounted on their uniform belts. Old man Edward veins were popping, angry by the situation.
"Now what those kids are up to!" Old man Edward grinded his teeth.
"Huh, k-kids?" Captain Rodgers and the rest of Hermes Wing group was confused by Old man Edward words.
"REIIIIISSSS!!! GET THOSE KIDS IN THE OFFICE!! NOW!!" Old man Edward yelled.
Hermes Wing group were dazed and confused by the sudden yelling of the old man. Because there was no one called Reis in their group, and there was nobody can be seen in the village hall since their arrival.
From the shadows on the bookcase, a man figure can be seen appearing. Only one people from Hermes Wing group that seen the strange occurrences, it was the newbie officer, Aileen Hutcherson. If not for her working in the field of magic maybe she's already fainted by the man sudden appearance.
"Cut one month off from lumber mill work, then we have a deal." Reis, fully appeared in the office said with a grinning face.
"DEAL! You got a minute, if you're not here in a minute i'll add two months of work in the farm!" Old man Edward ordered.
"Well. That's easy. Hahaha." Reis laughed while his body disappeared once more into the shadows.
While the rest of the group have a cold sweat on their back, the one called Bertram asked in a stuttering manner"I-I-Is-Is That R-R-Reis The Vicious S-S-S-Sna-Snake?"
"IM ALREADY RETIRED!!!!!!" Reis yelled responding to Bertram that heard it faintly.
"48 SECONDS LEFT!!!" Old man Edward yelled back.