The Most Beautiful Christmas Present

"Ah, no! It's... the sky! Look at the sky!"

Vrrrrrrrrrr!!

The sound came almost simultaneously.

It was different from the rumble of tank engines. Not a vibration traveling through the ground, but the roar of a massive engine bearing down from above the gray clouds.

"Huh...?"

Hanna raised her head to look at the snow-filled sky. Cutting through the gray smoke and thick snowfall, enormous monstrous birds with deep-green wings were descending like messengers of Christmas.

Kiiiiiiiiii─!

A horrifying shriek that sent a chill down one's spine.

A sharp metallic shriek that seemed to tear through the sky spread across the ruins of Rosenheim. Imperial and Republic soldiers alike raised their heads and stared at the sky.

No one could tear their eyes from the green spectacle plunging vertically through the heavy snow...