War or Love 》Remake《

Third Reich / Chapter 1: Endless Snow

The year is 1941. Winter should start in a little over two months and the cold is already noticeable outside. It's a quiet day in the city of Berlin. It's cloudy right now, but a bit of white skies doesn't affect much in this big city, unlike the heavy rain that drives everyone into their apartments or houses. This rain has been pelting the city since days.

But there is someone who is deep in thought as he gazes out his window and watches drop after drop slipped down the window. His only thoughts revolve around not carrying out the next order he was given, as it would only result in countless more innocent victims. He definitely doesn't want more people to die needlessly, whether from his people or from the people from the other countries and companies. However, everything is so complicated, especially to do it in such a way that nobody would notice. "When will it stop?", whispers the man on his wooden chair, who wants to distract himself or me the Third Reich or Greater German Reich or also Third German Reich, but all my friends and relatives just call me Reich. I've been looking out the window for ages.

I sit back while I hear my stomach growl, but I don't want to eat breakfast until my sons are up. It's almost 12 o'clock. I thought I had to work today and therefore got up earlier, but I got the time wrong, because it's Saturday and I want to dedicate myself fully to my three sons today, as long as nothing comes up.

My dog ​​Kira is lying next to me wanting my attention so she nudges me with her wet and cold nose but I hardly move from her attempt which bothers her. She makes annoyed noises before licking my hand. "Kira das kitzelt! (Kira that tickles!)", I laugh. She lies down on the floor in front of me and stretches out her stomach to me. As I continue to just sit there and just smile at her and giggle lightly, she begins to whine. Then I laugh: "Du Jammerlappen! (You whiner!)" Then I reach out to her and scratch her stomach. She begins to stretch out and she also scratches the ground with her hind leg because she likes scratching a lot. Kira has been a long time companion for me, she has been part of my family for over ten years and she takes care of my children like a mother. Maybe she takes such good care of them because she has never had puppies herself? I'm not sure myself why she has such a big heart for my children.

Shortly afterwards, I hear my three children laughing and running around, who will definitely be running again. The three whirlwinds are always packed with energy and positivity. GDR is the first to arrive in the dining room, followed by FRG and Germany. The three overlook Kira and fall over her. Hopefully they aren't hurt! When the three are lying on top of each other on the floor, Kira gets up, goes to the three children and licks them. I can hardly hold back my laughter. "Geht es euch gut? (Are you alright?)", I ask, laughing. The youngest of my children, Germany says: "Ja, alles gut. (Yes, everything is fine.)" "Mir ging es nie besser! (I've never been better!)", comes giggling from FRG, who is on top of GDR.

I help my sons up before asking them: "Wie wäre es jetzt mit einem gemeinsamen Frühstück? (Now how about breakfast together?)" "Ja! (Yes!)", my three children shout. The five of us love our breakfasts together, as a family. They sit down at the table and I take care of the small breakfast for us. There is bread and pretzels, butter, cheese or jam. Anyone can take what they want.

After breakfast, I have a idea: "Kinder wie wäre es mit einer Runde 'Mensch ärgere dich nicht'? (Children, how about a game of 'Mensch ärgere dich nicht'?)" Of course they are enthusiastic about it and FRG and GDR excitedly rummage the board game out of a cupboard.

We play for a while and I seem to win, but the phone rings and we have to take a break. "Herr Großdeutsches Reich einige Ihrer Soldaten haben eine erstaunliche Entdeckung gemacht! (Mr. Greater German Reich, some of your soldiers have made an amazing discovery!)", my secretary's familiar voice calls into the receiver of the phone. What discovery? What could they possibly have found? "Und welche Entdeckung haben sie gemacht? (And what discovery did they make?)", I ask, since she's never so excited and I'm even more excited and curious because of it. "Sie haben in dem sowjetischen Gebiet nahe Moskau ein seltsames Objekt gefunden, das auf die Erde krachte und sie dachten, Sie kennen sich am besten damit aus und würde es sehr interessieren. (They found a strange object crashing into the ground in the territory of the Soviet Union near Moscow and they thought you knew best about it and would be very interested.)", she tells me. Wait a minute! It sounds great, but why in the area of the Union, that's strange. I repeat: "Mitten im sowjetischen Gebiet? (In the middle of the territory of the Soviet Union?)" Maybe I'll finally come across not earthly life because that would be incredibly awesome, it would be a great discovery and maybe I could befriend and learn about these beings. I've always wanted to make contact with not earthly beings. "Ja, mein Herr! (Yes, sir!)", she answers hastily. I continue my questions as it seems like a trap or misinformation because why near Moscow: "Sind Sie sich sicher? (Are you sure?)" I get the answer from her: "Ja, ich fragte die Soldaten am Telefon auch nochmal und sie bestätigten es. (Yes, I asked the soldiers again on the phone and they confirmed it.)" I trust my secretary very much and I am sure that she has asked so many questions that it must be true and I really want to know what there is. "Also gut! Sagen Sie fürs Erste alle Termine der nächsten 4 bis 6 Tage ab, besorgen Sie mir einen Wagen und sogen Sie dafür, dass bitte so lange, sich jemand vertrauenswürdiges, um meine Familie kümmert. (All right! For now, cancel all appointments for the next 4 to 6 days, get me a car and make sure that someone trustworthy takes care of my family until then, please.)", I order and hang up.