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by adminI had a friend who liked novels.
“Now the explosion-crazed alchemist is trying to burn the capital…”
That friend constantly talked about novels without even asking.
I skipped it at first, but gradually I began to become interested in the novel.
‘Let me take a look.’
Chronicles of knights and wizards.
Since it was a title I had been hearing about for a long time, I was able to look it up right away.
“Hmm…”
I read a few episodes, but I didn’t understand why this was interesting because I had lived my life away from books.
‘If you have magic, a sword, and a gun, can’t everything be solved?’
Of course, given the setting of the novel, I understood that it made no sense for guns to appear.
However, since I couldn’t concentrate, I couldn’t help but think of various random thoughts.
I was also a gun fanatic.
In the end, I wasn’t having any fun and left a comment.
-If you have 7 Circle, Sword Master, and guns and cannons, everything can be solved, right?
After leaving a comment, I turned off the app.
Occasionally, a notification that a reply had been posted would pop up, but I was horrified by the gruesome content that was visible in the notification history and deleted the app.
“What kind of novel is this? Let’s play a game.”
I sat in front of the computer, put on my headset, and muttered.
I would have forgotten that…
“Ah.”
Same routine as usual.
After finishing work, I was resting under the shade of a tree, and the shock of hitting an apple on my head made me remember my past life.
…It seems like I’ve been reincarnated in the world of a novel.
***
Imperial weapons research and development department.
Its main task is to improve weapons and develop new weapons.
The name and task are grandiose.
But there is nothing special about doing it.
The fact that we are living in a peaceful era plays a part, but what is important in this world is not new weapons.
It is said that at least 100 soldiers are needed to subdue one knight.
A single company of magic from a wizard can easily annihilate a company.
It is not difficult to find records of a Swordmaster-level knight who single-handedly stopped 2,000 soldiers, or a 9th Circle wizard who erased a country from the map.
In other words, it is knights and wizards who change the battlefield.
Therefore, many countries spare no investment in nurturing outstanding knights and wizards.
On the other hand, improvements to weapons and development of new weapons are being neglected.
In the first place, how much progress could be made by improving medieval cold weapons?
Therefore, there is not much to do in the weapons research and development department.
At most, it is about improving the durability of weapons and developing materials.
This is just a way to show that we are doing our job.
After going to work at 9 a.m. and handling various tasks, it lasts two hours at most.
For the rest, talking with colleagues or enjoying free time is the normal routine of weapons development and development.
It is truly a honey workplace.
Work-life balance, reasonable salary and work.
None of the department members have any problems, and the leisurely work schedule means there is no need to hold your head.
Besides, aren’t they civil servants who don’t have to worry about being fired until retirement age as long as they don’t cause an accident?
This is the dream department that everyone in the empire wants to join.
This is a fact that can be confirmed in the results of the students’ desired career survey.
The reason I was able to join such a department was…
‘I was lucky.’
I still don’t know how the weapons research and development department was named.
I don’t know about ability, but I definitely lack strength.
As the child of a baron, how much power can I have?
Usually, when you pass a national job, those with strong positions go to the departments that are popular, and people like me are usually placed in departments that are avoided.
But somehow I ended up being assigned to the honey department.
“Well, what is good is good.”
As I walked around thinking about this and that, I arrived at the department building.
“Working hard today too…”
I went to work to suck honey.
As I go to my seat and organize my work, department members begin to arrive one by one.
“Oh, Brown. You came early? Aren’t you tired?”
“I’m fine. James, are you okay?”
“I’m so tired I’m going to die. As I get older, hangovers last longer. I definitely like being young.”
“Good morning.”
While I was talking to my senior, the team leader and others also started to arrive.
“Good morning.”
“Okay. Let’s work quickly and rest.”
The workday began as usual.
***
By the time I finished work, about an hour and a half had passed.
When I looked around, I saw that Mr. James had fallen asleep in his seat, and the other team members had gone somewhere.
‘I need to rest too.’
Stretching, I got up from my seat and headed to the back of the department building.
There are hardly any people, and it is moderately shaded and cool, so there is no better place to take a nap.
As usual, I was lying down in a suitable place and dozing off.
“Ugh!”
As I stand up, startled by the shock I feel in my head, I see something rolling next to me.
It was an apple.
“Ha… Mr…”
While I was clutching my throbbing head, strange memories began to come to mind.
It was an unfamiliar memory, but at the same time a familiar memory.
After a while, I came to my senses and looked blankly at the sky and muttered.
“Have you gone crazy?”
I muttered while clutching my still painful head, but there was no answer.
I returned to the department, trying hard to suppress the uncomfortable feeling.
“Mr. Brown, you arrived just in time. The department head called all department members.”
At that moment, Aren looks at me and says.
“Did something happen?”
“I don’t know. It’s an emergency meeting. The other team members went first. Let’s go quickly.”
“Ah, yes.”
I thought about holding meetings once or twice a quarter, but suddenly it was an emergency meeting.
Thinking it was strange, I followed my senior into the conference room.
Most of the department members were gathered together.
The head of the department glanced at me and his face looked serious.
‘What’s going on?’
The head of the department, who never lost his placid expression no matter what happened, seemed to have a big problem when he was making such an expression.
He quietly found a seat where the department members were gathered and sat down, watching the department head’s thoughts.
As time passed and the seats were almost filled, the head of the department spoke.
“Is there anyone else coming?”
“I think we’re all there.”
Team leader 1 responded.
“Then, let’s start the meeting. There was talk that the department was being reorganized. You won’t be able to avoid the weapons development and research department either. I think you all know the reason.”
The department head looked around the conference room for a moment and continued speaking.
“If that happens, I won’t be able to work like I do now. So, if you have a good idea, tell me. Something that can prevent the abolition of the department.”
‘The department is being abolished?’
How long has it been since I was happy that I got a job?
While I was thinking about something else, other departments started talking about their ideas one by one.
“How about engraving a magic circle on the weapon?”
“That was a plan that came out a few months ago. The higher-ups have already decided that it is not feasible.”
“If you put a magic stone on the weapon, magical power or aura will come…”
“Do magic stones come out if you dig into the ground? It’s not even efficient. It is a project that was abandoned several years ago.”
“Further research on improving the quality of weapons…”
“How much more can the quality be improved here? Even the higher-ups decided that weapon improvement was no longer meaningful.”
Eventually, the conference room became quiet.
The head of the department said while looking around the inside of the conference room with a disapproving expression.
“If you want to continue working here, you will have to prepare something feasible within a month. Let’s end this meeting.”
After the department head left, other department members also stood up and started moving to their respective seats.
“ Wow… that’s a big deal. If the department is abolished, won’t you just become unemployed?”
When we returned to our seats, James said.
“Am I going to be fired? What should I do next?”
Arren said with tears in his eyes after hearing James’ words.
“You will be moved to another department. But there is no department like this, so it’s a big deal.”
The team leader continued.
“The Ministry of Finance was where I worked before. There is no concept of leaving work on time there. If you listen to what other colleagues say, there is no place more comfortable than here. The good times are all gone.”
“A good plan within a month…”
“They said to bring something that is feasible. Within a month. What else should I change here? It’s better to find out as much as possible about connections…”
My teammates started talking about what to do next, but I was preoccupied with other thoughts.
The memories that came to mind and the current situation began to mesh together.
‘Have I really been reincarnated in the world of the novel?’
What the acquaintance said to me in my memory and the current situation began to align.
It was as if I had been reincarnated in the novel he was explaining.
And, one more thing.
Memories of the weapon from my past life also began to come back vividly.
It seems that in my past life, I was quite interested in weapons.
If we utilize this memory, we may be able to prevent the department from being abolished.
[Development plan. firelock.]
First, start with what you can make right away.
I quietly sat down and started writing a plan.
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