The Difference Is Like Between a Dog and a Cow

18 – After Effects (2)

Colonel.

The end of a field officer.

Generally, this is a position in charge of one regiment, and commands about 3,000 soldiers based on a normal infantry regiment.

Three thousand people.

It meant that a halfway small city would be swayed by his words. In fact, it can be considered as a ‘market’.

The treatment itself is the same, and he is an omnipotent person of power who will never bow down anywhere in his jurisdiction.

However, even such a colonel cannot be compared to a ‘general level’.

The size of the unit in command, the area in charge, the weight of responsibility on the epaulettes, and the power in the hands.

It is different from the colonel.

The true center of power where the city’s mayor-level personnel are treated as ‘stuff’.

That’s because he was a general-level officer.

It wasn’t for nothing that there was a saying among officers that becoming a general was picking stars in the sky.

From that point of view, Colonel Sonny Zeppelin’s behavior was absolutely unacceptable.

Not one star, but two.

Not only did he infiltrate the meeting supervised by the warden without permission, he doesn’t respect Novgorod either. She didn’t even salute, she even spat out words at her warden.

In the military, which has a more vertical structure than any other organization, it is impossible to imagine.

Even if the division commander gets angry right away and slaps him on the cheek, everyone here right now won’t think much of it.

But Novgorod did not.

No, to be precise, I couldn’t.

If there is one person who is considered off-topic in the strictly observed ‘laws of the military’, it would be Colonel Sonny Zeppelin.

The Great Mage of the Sky.

The title of Grand Mage is not something everyone can receive.

It had to be a mage who achieved achievements that were officially recognized by the Central Mage Association. She had to possess overwhelmingly strong magical power even compared to all the mages on the continent.

Aside from that, you have to meet all kinds of tricky conditions, build achievements, and get more recognition before you can reach it.

Therefore, even on all continents, there were only 12 people who were officially called great mages.

In the first place, the great mage is a status that is treated as a kind of ‘strategic weapon’. An absolute weapon that can reverse even an unfavorable war situation in one shot.

Because she was the most powerful force in the Ukrnian army.

Even Major General Novgor, who was far ahead in age, career, and rank, had no choice but to give up.

It was not only the title of Grand Mage, but also the son of Count Zeppelin, the closest aide to the Duke.

If Major General Novgordo slapped everyone on the cheek, it was no different from destroying the tower he had worked so hard to build with his own hands.

“Big, hmm…… Colonel Sonny Zeppelin, don’t you think it’s a little out of the ordinary for him to treat him like this in the presence of all his men?”

“Ah, glory to the motherland.”

“… ….”

A wavy salute at the crooked hair. Novgorod’s expression twisted.

It’s a salute worse than no salute, and what Novgordo said was not about a simple salute.

“Well, that’s done. So could you tell me the officer’s name and where he is?”

“Colonel Sonny. I can’t be pampered by you forever. 40 Soldiers were attacked and killed by bandits! Are you doing this because you don’t know what the situation really is!?”

The division commander’s voice trembled with anger. Grand Mage. Yes, that’s good But now, this has gone too far.

Nobgordo came here as a division commander.

Because the Belgordo fortress was attacked, as the senior unit commander of the 18th Regiment, which was managing the fortress, there was a responsibility to hold a meeting and clarify the truth.

Compared to him, Colonel Sonny Zeppelin had absolutely nothing to do with the attack on the fortress.

There is no reason for her to attend the meeting, and there is even less reason for her to know the identity of the second lieutenant who was the main character of the incident.

“You are committing a serious excess of authority.”

“What if it’s not over-the-counter?”

The division commander sternly warned, but Sonny Zeppelin did not back down either. Rather, he went so far as to assert his authority confidently.

“Colonel! Are you trying to joke with me right now!?”

“Commander Novgorod, you don’t know anything either.”

She took something of her own from the bosom of her uniform and held it out towards the officers gathered in her conference room.

A golden insignia engraved with the shape of a bear, it is a pattern that Ukrnian soldiers cannot help but know.

Because it was the pattern of Orlando Rus III, the duke of the Principality of Ukraine.

“The King has instructed me to thoroughly grasp the truth of this incident.”

A completely different voice from before. Even the Novgorod division commander shut her mouth and listened to her next words.

“Since it was a top-secret operation, I didn’t say anything about it…… A valuable ‘artifact’ was temporarily stored in the raided Belgordo Fortress.”

“Artifact?”

Sony Zeppelin’s remarks stirred the air in the conference room. Why were the artifacts stored in the outskirts fortress?

The colonel, noticing the questions rising on the faces of the officers, immediately opened his mouth.

“I can’t go into details, but…… Anyway, it’s the king’s edict. I just received the transfer of authority from the deputy chief of the National Military Police who was investigating the scene.”

In an instant, the atmosphere of the scene changes. Since the prince’s decree had been issued, Major General Novgordo’s authority, which was only a division commander, had lost its power.

“Okay, let’s go back to the previous story. What is that so-called name, affiliation, and current location?”

***

“I failed.”

“Ummm…… I can’t help it.”

Bell Meyer trudged back after leaving the hospital room for a while. She had hoped for it in her heart, but it seems that she was also rejected.

“I must be busy, but they kept feeding me noodles so that I wouldn’t be rude.”

She grumbled, pouting her lips.

It’s not that I don’t understand very well. Even the division commander personally exercised it, and the atmosphere in the staff must literally be on the verge of exploding.

“Thank you anyway.”

“This is a request, Platoon Commander, of course. Oh, by the way, did Claude come and go?”

“Yes, before Sergeant Bell.”

“Still, a visit to the hospital is coming to see if I have the last bit of conscience left. If this didn’t come, I was going to say something.”

“hahahaha… ….”

Of course, it was a fairly free-spirited outfit for coming to visit an injured superior.

My hair was frizzy and smelled strangely of alcohol. It was the feeling that came to me as soon as I woke up after drinking too much.

– I heard that he was injured while taking Lumia out.

– Yes, what. It happened.

– Really. I’ve seen a lot of injuries in my military career, but I’ve never been so absurdly injured as you.

– My body is particularly weak.

– Tsk.

I couldn’t say that the conversation we had was very sound, but…… Didn’t you come here thinking about it?

Honestly, if I hadn’t come all the way to the hospital, I might have been a bit disappointed.

And first of all, it was distinctly different from the usual Sergeant Claude’s attitude in that he never used swear words.

“Umm, I’ll go back soon too. If I’m here, the platoon commander won’t be able to rest. You need to get some rest to get well soon.”

Sergeant Bell Meyer shakes his butt and stands up.

“Then take a break?”

“Oh, wait a minute. Sergeant Bell Meyer.”

“?”

I grabbed Bell’s sleeve as he was about to leave.

“That…… It is a secret between the two of us that Sergeant Rumia has left the front line. Rumia found the behemoth taking a detour and followed my orders to block the path.”

Soon, the military police and its own investigation team will cross-check the testimony of Sergeant Bell and me for a clear fact-finding.

In the process, it was revealed that Sergeant Lumia had left the front line without permission.

No matter how much you fight with the unidentified behemoths, you will not be able to avoid punishment. If you don’t, you could face a court martial.

Fortunately, only Bell and I knew that Sgt.

I intended to cover up Rumia’s desertion as it is now.

“Of course, Platoon Commander.”

“This should be taken to the grave, you know? For all of us.”

It wasn’t empty talk.

Being able to identify the sorcerers belonging to the Soviet Empire, who were presumed to be behind the attack on the fortress, was like catching a mouse by stepping backwards.

If Lumia is found guilty of desertion, it is certain that the few bells she accumulated and my achievements will be devalued.

Perhaps the joint responsibility may be entered into the red flag.

Because the military was such a place.

Bell Mayer wasn’t unaware of that fact, so he nodded his head in affirmation.

“I will keep my promise. Secret.”

“Okay. It is a secret between the two of us.”

It was the moment when we pledged our will again by intertwining our little fingers.

“In vain! It just caught on!!!”

Boom!!!

As the door crashed into the wall, a woman appeared. Three chrysanthemums painted on a fluttering officer’s coat.

“Oho~ What are the two of you? What kind of secret did you share? Let me know too!”

What crazy.

Who else is he?