The Difference Is Like Between a Dog and a Cow

25 – Going Out (4)

“So the platoon commander suddenly shook and snapped his head!!”

“What!?”

“I hear you quickly dodged the attacks of the rest of them and just ended up with blood clots.”

Bell Meyer tells an exciting saga. On the other hand, whenever I heard the story of Rumia Bluet, it felt like my heart raced.

No matter how much I tried to argue first, wasn’t it too cruel?

“Why didn’t you stop Belle!”

“Then it’s kind of like watching the kid while he’s being beaten.”

“That’s true, but… ….”

Rumia said in a worried voice. There was nothing else she was worried about. The city of Cherno was certainly a good city to live in, but it was by no means a place that could be said to be safe.

It is a city where thugs openly run wild.

Of course, since there is a proper police organization left, even if they can’t commit all kinds of crimes on their own.

Those who had colluded with the public power to some extent were interfering little by little with the lives of the citizens.

Being a soldier doesn’t change anything.

Because they are rather outsiders, some shops have colluded with bullies to charge higher than normal cigar prices.

All sorts of illegal businesses with soldiers as their main customers were also prosperous.

Typically, the red light district under the northern wall of the city, or the illegal gambling house under the biggest bar were such places.

The boring soldiers, who had nothing to say as leisure or hobbies, roamed around the red light district or gambling hall whenever they had a holiday, which was considered a kind of unwritten rule for some soldiers.

Soldiers, noncommissioned officers, and officers alike, everyone was the target.

For this reason, even as a soldier, he could not treat such criminals carelessly. Rather, if a weakness is caught, it is caught.

“Even my sister knows. What am I talking about.”

“Of course I don’t know. But isn’t it different from seeing injustice and passing by?”

“What if I try to harm the platoon commander?”

“I will never do it. You probably don’t even know who we are in the first place.”

Bell shrugged her shoulders as if it didn’t matter.

How many troops were adjacent to the city of Cherno. No matter how deeply involved the criminal group is in the city’s administrative power, every officer cannot be compared.

Because the local autonomy and the military personnel rights are clearly separated.

“Besides, do you think our platoon commander is someone who would easily fall for something like that?”

Bell had no idea that Enoch Levandel would lose to such a bully no matter what.

To be honest, I was a bit surprised.

It was because I never expected that the platoon commander would be this strong.

The first time Enoch handed her army coat over to Belle, she was startled and tried to stop it.

It is natural.

In Bell’s opinion, the best way to do it was simply to tell her well in words, or if it didn’t work out, give her money and send it off.

After all, money is the most important thing for arches.

The reason she was beating the boy was because she judged that the thing she was holding in her arms was valuable.

It doesn’t matter if they are soldiers or civil servants, they say they will touch them, but there is bound to be some kind of line.

If Enoch had tried to get on the spot well, he would have heard harsh words, but he would have been able to leave without hurting anyone.

But the platoon commander didn’t choose that way.

– Even if you don’t appreciate defending the country, you ignore those people. You worms that aren’t even as good as these bastards.

How cool those words were. It felt like the stuffiness that had been unknowingly going down all the way.

“I like him more and more. And… ….”

Bell Meyer recalled the time when he faced the thieves flocking to him.

The flame was so huge that it was incomparable to the flare Lumia had activated.

Enoch Levandel cast a level of magic that even Bell would momentarily mistake for the sun.

‘No matter how much I think about it, that wasn’t Solar Prominence.’

Since then, he is Bell Mayer, who holds the official title of first-class blue mage.

Not only does he have a high level of understanding of magic, but it is not difficult to analyze what the platoon commander did as a mage.

Solar Prominence is an advanced magic that condenses fire-attribute mana to the extreme and realizes it in the form of a huge sun.

Especially, since the structure of mana is quite complex and difficult to control, ‘red mana’ is used as a base.

It wasn’t a level of magic that could be activated with a single flick of the hand.

‘It’s just that the concentration and amount of mana are ridiculously high, so it’s automatically amplified even though it’s just a simple flare.’

At least from Bell Meyer’s point of view, it was clear that Enoch Levandel was gifted with a rare gift of genius in magic.

Didn’t you just say that the facility manager, Debra Bennett’s defense magic, which had been painstakingly developed, was shattered with a fireball?

I didn’t understand it at first, but now that I think about it again, it feels like all the puzzles are fitting together.

“I don’t know, but Rumia, you must hold on to our platoon leader. Got it?”

The 5th Platoon of the 2nd Company of the 3rd Magical Battalion under direct control of the Northern Corps.

It is common to be referred to as an abandoned platoon rather than its official name, and even the platoon members do not deny the fact that it is the worst place of exile.

It is the first and last golden rope that suddenly came to such a miserable situation.

It wasn’t enough that he had already caught the attention of Colonel Sonny Zeppelin, so he was rapidly building his image from battalion commander to company commander.

He was the one who could change the 5th Platoon. And later, when he leaves the battalion in recognition, who can stay by his side… ….

The weak younger brother in front of you will be the only one.

“Sister Bell… ….”

“No matter what happens, I will always stay with Platoon Leader Enoch. Because he can be trusted.”

A turbulent era will soon arrive.

Although it is said that he is an almost abandoned child, he is the son of a high-ranking aristocrat in his own way.

Although he always seemed indifferent, Bell Meyer was the most sensitive person to the news of the world.

The world situation is twisting little by little.

Bell instinctively sensed that what people praised as the era of peace would not be far away.

“Rumia, I’m serious now. Promise me.”

“What kind of side of the platoon commander are you convinced of? Of course, I know you’re a very nice person, but…….”

To Rumia’s question, Bell answered with a confident expression.

“My gut feeling.”

Her red eyes flashed.

‘It seems that even if there is a hole in the sky, he will survive.’

She is such a strong person.

Bell Meyer was sure of her own intuition.

***

Wow, I think I’m going to search.

No, it might be better to just search.

“Cough Cough!!”

“Platoon commander…… Are you okay?”

“Oh, no, it’s not okay…… Please get me some medicine from the medical unit…….”

“Now, wait a minute!”

Rumia confirmed that she had a slight fever and ran out of her room.

I said in a dying voice. I only moved my fingers lightly, but my muscles screamed like crazy.

f*ck.

He said he wanted to move well with such a body, but when he woke up after a night, he caught a cold like a ghost.

And that, of course, is a very venomous guy.

I never thought he would attack with time delay like this while he was fine when he was shaking off the bullies with excitement.

‘A body like an asshole.’

My whole body ached as if I had a cramp. Will this be the only way to survive when a real war breaks out? It was a body that could only be described as hopeless.

“It’s a big deal. I really need to develop my immunity first.”

5 Years is not a very long time. As long as I’m not suddenly kidnapped by the headquarters, I will face the war as a field commander.

And sanitation in field life is worse than you might think.

It was the same on the modern battlefield where all kinds of medical systems have developed. I couldn’t even imagine how serious the situation would be in this place without a proper hospital.

If you don’t want to go out and not see the enemy face to face and get all kinds of unidentified endemic diseases…… Immunity really needs to be nurtured steadily.

Besides this stress.

I felt once again that stress management is the most important thing.

Perhaps yesterday, I used my body without realizing it, and my stress was naturally relieved.

It would have been a real mess if I hadn’t been able to get rid of the stress in time, in a state where I caught a cold and was on the verge of death.

I was fortunate enough to see it.

I’m sure I got sick yesterday, but if it was going to explode someday, it’s better to suffer like this now.

‘When I decorate the official residence in the future, I must bring a punching bag to the training room.’

In real life, if I couldn’t stand it, I would feel much better if I went to the boxing gym instead of the gym and hit the punching bag.

It’s stress, well, you’re receiving it, so wouldn’t it be quite effective in improving the mental health of the platoon members?

I think Claude will especially like it.

Actually, it was right after I got permission from Lieutenant Colonel Lockhart to convert the official residence into a lodging for our 5th Platoon.

I can say that the current dorm is moderately cozy and worth living.

More than anything else, there were no windows, and the somber atmosphere unique to the basement was quite annoying.

Unexpectedly, people are easily affected by the environment. If you stay in such a place for a long time, you will develop mental illness that you didn’t have before.

Isn’t there no reason to insist on living in the basement when you have been granted permission to use the official residence?

‘Then, if I use this room as my accommodation and office, and decorate the next room to resemble a common room… …. I can assign them as private quarters, starting with the back room.’

I pictured the shape of the official residence in my head and thought about the interior of the accommodation, albeit roughly.

‘The unit will have to leave after a year anyway.’

It was one of the best presents I could give to the members of the 5th Platoon, who felt sad just looking at it.

…… But hasn’t it already been twenty minutes? Why isn’t Rumia coming?

I tried to wait a little longer, but the headache got worse and worse, so I finally got up and went outside.

If you’re going to be diagnosed anyway, it’s better to go to the medical unit than stay in the room.

Let’s get out of the dorm like that.

Jaak-!!!

In the smoking area not far away, Rumia was slapping Sergeant Rex on the cheek.