Shock.
This was the only word that came to the mind of Garviel Loken, who had just been promoted to Tenth Company Captain of the Luna Wolves.
As a talented new recruit, he had been valued by the captain of the Tenth Company shortly after joining the Luna Wolves, serving as his adjutant on the battlefield and achieving numerous military merits.
Until the recent Dalinite xenos purge, the original Tenth Company Captain had died gloriously in battle.
And he, Garviel Loken, this new adjutant, had taken his place.
He was very nervous.
Today was his first day in office, and also a rare day when the Primarch, Lord Horus, had summoned all their captains for a meeting.
Before, Loken had only ever glimpsed the appearance of this god-like Primarch from a distance.
On the battlefield, his banner was the prelude to victory, his war cry the unstoppable howl of a wolf.
Lord Wolf-Shepherd was always a fierce, giant wolf.
And today, he was fortunate enough to be with the other captains and to see the approachable, humble, and kind side of this invincible god.
What he had seen today had truly shattered his preconceived notions of Lord Horus.
Loken thought to himself.
—And then he saw the projector start playing.
The good news was that it had shattered his preconceived notions of Horus.
The bad news was that it had shattered them a bit too much.
The projection flickered up and down, and after a High Gothic title of Sagittarius Golden Ring of unknown meaning popped up, a magnificent theater was instantly displayed before everyone's eyes.
A theater?
A play?
Sagittarius... Golden Ring?
What did this mean?
The various captains looked at each other.
As participants in the first Great Luna Wolf Study Session, they had been expecting a detailed tactical explanation and breakdown from the Primarch Fulgrim herself, or from Kasjia.
Using the advantage of the large amount of information that a hololith could carry, to teach the essentials of the Emperor's Children's guerrilla warfare and training methods, bit by bit, and finally accompanied by a practical demonstration.
Weren't study materials all like this?
But why did this projection... seem to be a play?
The hololith flickered, and the view of the theater was quickly zoomed in.
Approaching the semi-circular marble stage, supported by intricately carved stone pillars, the crimson carpet was brightly colored. The several bright lamps behind the red curtains on both sides made the magnificent golden decorations on the theater's dome shine brilliantly.
Bright and beautiful, magnificent and luxurious.
A theater with extremely lavish decorations.
But what did this have to do with how to command a legion in battle?
"Could it be that Lady Fulgrim... took the wrong storage device?" Torgaddon whispered.
Loken, beside him, actually quite agreed with this statement.
But fortunately, it was just a recording of a theater performance that was taken by mistake. If it were some other kind of recording...
...that would be a bit too terrifying.
Awkward as it was, the image continued to play.
This recording was really as the title suggested.
Fulgrim, as the performer and playwright, in this magnificent theater hall, told the story of her and Kasjia spending thirty years on Chemos, and exchanging a Sagittarius Golden Ring.
It had absolutely nothing to do with guerrilla tactics.
But for some reason, Horus did not seem to turn it off or make any comment.
He just leaned quietly against the conference table, immersed in watching Fulgrim's performance.
His facial expression even fluctuated with the emotions of the characters in the play.
Horus seemed very engrossed.
He liked this very much.
Looking at the Primarch, who was like a supreme god in the eyes of all the Luna Wolves, a very blasphemous thought suddenly came to Garviel Loken's mind.
No, no, no.
No!
He immediately denied it.
As the Wolf-Shepherd God of the Luna Wolves, his goal was the glorious future of the Emperor's unification of the galaxy!
The cause of the Great Crusade was an unprecedented, great undertaking for humanity!
As the Emperor's most loyal son, Lord Wolf-Shepherd Horus naturally vowed to spread the Imperial Truth throughout the entire galaxy, to liberate the scattered compatriots still suffering under the oppression of xenos, as his lifelong goal!
Lord Horus was great!
He was a perfect man who had long since cast aside those low-level pleasures!
How could he be interested in such a boring and vulgar love story!?
He would never be like that vain peacock Fulgrim, talking about some "Sagittarius Golden Ring" all day long!
Definitely!
It must be so!
But Lord Horus did not stop the playback as Loken had expected.
He watched very intently.
Until the play was over.
"...Fulgrim!"
"You! Will always↑, be↓ my—Cen↓taur↑!"
Fulgrim's performance ability seemed to be constantly improving.
Compared to the solo performance on Chemos before, the performance in this recording seemed to be even more passionate.
If the previous one could make one's toes curl through ceramite armor...
...this time, it could even curl through master-crafted artificer armor!
"Wherever you may ride↑ in the future↑! I will be by your↓ side—!"
"This↑ is our 'pact'↓!"
With her cadenced and emotional recitation, the red curtain finally fell.
[The End]
The mental assault on all the captains of the Luna Wolves finally came to an end.
Captain Loken's results in the Great Luna Wolf Study Session were not very ideal.
He didn't quite understand it.
But he was greatly shocked.
Looking at the final subtitle, It is love! The power of love that allows us to save this world, Loken tried to free his brain from the chaotic state it was in.
"Is it over?"
Horus looked at the projection that had finished playing, lost in thought.
As if he was still a little bit unsatisfied.
"That was a very wonderful performance," Horus said. "It seems my sister is also a very charismatic performing artist."
He liked this play very much.
It reminded him of some of his own things.
But looking at the expressions of his captains, he was a little hesitant to show it.
"But it does seem to have nothing to do with command tactics."
"Captains, what are your thoughts on this?"
He passed the ball to his captains.
"I still think it's most likely that Lady Fulgrim took the wrong recording."
Torgaddon spoke for most of the captains present who were full of questions.
"I don't like this stuff. We are Space Marines. We are not interested in this kind of love story," Abaddon said with a frown, his eyes full of disdain.
(Actually, he liked it very much too.)
"And you? Tenth Captain Loken, what are your thoughts?"
Horus showed a simple and honest smile, looking at the somewhat confused new captain.
"I'm not very sure..."
"But perhaps, Lady Fulgrim wants to tell us... that the reason the mortal auxiliaries of Chemos are so capable in battle is because of... uh, the power of love?"
Loken's mouth felt a little dry as he spoke.
He was just an ordinary Space Marine. Reading comprehension was not his strong suit.
These words drew another burst of laughter from the other captains.
"The power of love..."
Horus murmured with a smile.
"Sagittarius, Golden Ring..."
The paper airplane of childhood has finally flown back into my hand~
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