episode_0033

While one of the instructors was tasked with guarding the food warehouse, the other was to take command of the Harkon unit.

thus.

“Please take care of me, Instructor Aria.”

[Of course, Instructor Cloud.]

I decided to guard the food warehouse, and left the tactical command of this operation to Aria.

[Are your eyes okay?]

“You don’t have to worry too much because you have a visual aid.”

[Still, be careful. The space craze passed an hour ago, right?]

“It stings a little because of that, but it’s literally just a tingling sensation. It’s not something to worry about. By the way.”

Even if I say something like this, it may be like a scratch.

“After revealing that I was part of the Galaxy Unit, it seems like his words and actions toward me became a bit softer.”

[…….]

“Don’t you feel the same way, Instructor Aria?”

[I cannot confirm the details because they are confidential, but I am not a person so rude that I can speak carelessly even after finding out that he is a senior in the industry.]

Instructor Aria answered bluntly.

[Or are you expecting me to treat you as coldly as before? If you like a picky junior selling out or something like that… .]

“No, that can’t be.”

One such being is enough.

And now that I am freed from that existence, I am enjoying countless freedoms, even though I will never be able to climb Mecca again.

“Now is the perfect time. I am a person who prefers cozy and peaceful school romantic comedies rather than stories of battlefields full of iron and blood.”

[That’s what you liked.]

“If I had to use an analogy, it would be like that. I’m not saying it’s really like that.”

[Isn’t it because you have already lived in the world of Sangvis? Since childhood.]

“…….”

also.

“Did you notice?”

[I’m not that stupid either. I would like to apologize for stealing the instructor’s contract.]

“Even if that’s not the case, you can still find out if you try to know. My career was listed on the wiki created in Starlight Colony.”

Instructor Aria succeeded in deducing confidential information about my past based on several pieces of information.

And why it is confidential.

[The hardships… There must have been so many.]

“What’s new? I have protected countless lives with these hands, so I am satisfied with that.”

[You plan to protect me in the future, right?]

Aria asked in a slightly subdued voice.

[Seeing that you went out of your way to bring a ‘controller’ with you even in front of the food warehouse, aren’t you trying to help the students by operating the drone even though they can’t climb the Mecca themselves?]

“…You just input macro commands for AI movements.”

[That alone will be helpful enough. For them. Finally, the time for the operation has come to an end.]

The time for small talk is over.

The ship arrived at the front of the operational area along the route I suggested, and there were already troops in the hatch waiting to be dispatched on board Harkon.

[But is it really okay? I’m not saying this, but putting them all in together… .]

“It’s okay. Even in this extreme situation, I will not show hostility towards our allies.”

today.

A total of 6 Harkons boarded the launch system of the open hatch.

Except for Second Lieutenant Natalia’s Harkon, who belongs to the National Guard, all other Harkons are, of course, students of our Green Camp.

in other words.

“Envy and jealousy toward talented students may be laughed off at an academy, but if it happens in an emergency situation like this, the problem becomes very, very serious.”

[…….]

“Carry out operations together and resolve any resentment… No, it doesn’t matter if you don’t resolve it. I just hope that the sediment will not be exposed and cause damage to the entire ship.”

There are times when jealousy becomes an opportunity for development.

“So, please take care of me. I want you to listen to the stories of your platoon members in real time and give feedback.”

[Please leave it to me.]

“Okay, then… .”

-Ahhh.

Captain Edmund’s voice echoes throughout the ship.

-The ‘glacier cutting’ operation begins now.

As soon as the captain’s orders were given.

Clap, clap!

The battleship shook, and six Harkons flew out of the hatch into the Debri area one by one.

“…….”

I took a quick look at the armament of the two Androids guarding me, then adjusted the app on the tablet I was holding.

“Hmm.”

Radar data showing the movement of friendly aircraft sortied into space showed four aircraft moving forward and two aircraft following them, each moving separately.

“I have no intention of forcibly harmonizing it, but it is still a huge step forward.”

In a way, I’m satisfied.

“Giving it up to Lavender.”

* * *

“…Suddenly I got goosebumps on my back.”

Green Camp A Team leader, Andrew Jim Jacques – ‘Andy’ kept a strong grip on the trembling control stick and continued to check the radar.

[leader. what’s the matter? Is it because there is lavender in the back?]

[proposal. Did you forget that the person behind you is listening?]

[I know. I’m telling you to listen, but what?]

[Jesse, you… .]

An argument ensued right away.

Jessie, the person who hates Lavender the most among Team A, started blatantly sarcastic and babbling on the chat channel.

[Don’t come closer, you. Don’t come up behind me and try to stab me in the back with that weapon.]

[Well, I don’t have any weapons right now… .]

[Isn’t that iron skewer tied to the back of your hand a weapon?]

[Go, don’t get closer. Because I know myself too.]

Since it was a public line, Lavender, who was following behind, strongly responded to Jesse’s words.

[Stand, stand… .]

[Stand?]

[Senior, please don’t suddenly come close to me. Because I can move my hands in surprise without realizing it.]

“Ah.”

Andy realized the identity of the goosebumps running down his spine.

[what? Are you arguing with me now?]

[I think the senior started the dispute first… !]

Lavender Whiteley.

It’s been a month since we met, and considering the time when we were reluctant to meet face to face due to problems in the middle of that, we had only had a proper conversation for about a week.

‘I misunderstood his personality.’

After the Friendly Fire incident, he appeared despondent and depressed, and whether it was the aftermath or just his natural tendency, he still remained timid.

[Well, I’m trying my best, but I can’t do anything about people coming at me with ‘hostility’!]

It may be expected, but he was probably a student with a one-of-a-kind personality.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to give such a confident answer to that Gisen Jessie, no matter how much I ride Harkon.

[what?! you really… !]

[Stop it.]

Hanae, who had been quiet until now, quietly opened her mouth.

[Instructor Aria is listening to our conversation.]

[…….]

Jesse immediately closed his mouth when he heard the name Instructor Aria.

It must be because Jesse admires and admires Instructor Aria.

[joy… !]

[Jesse, are you going to keep talking to Lavender like that?]

[Then what’s wrong? What is good for me!]

“Ha, haha… .”

Although human relationships are complicated in many ways, Andy just waited to pull the control stick that had been extended forward again.

A fight between women, or jealousy over talent.

Or, guilt-by-association-like displeasure toward someone who is like a student of an instructor who ignores him.

And essentially, Jesse was the one who got shot down by Lavender the most.

“It will last a long time.”

[huh? What did you say?]

“No, nothing.”

Andy calmly answered Jesse’s questions and scanned the lumps in front that were invisible to the radar.

“This is Green Tea One. Encounter mission objective.”

Andy was at the forefront and reported to the line exactly what he saw.

[…Confirm the huge ether glacier ahead.]

Instructor Aria, who had been quietly listening, opened her mouth.

[Exploration around the Ether Glacier from Green Tea One to Four. Be alert to ether monsters that may be lurking around Debri.]

“Follow instructions.”

Buuuung.

Use the booster and head near the glacier.

Hold up your shield, aim your beam rifle forward, and prepare for enemies that may appear.

“Seek. Nothing wrong with the front.”

[good. Then we immediately begin retrieving the ether glacier. Natalia begins cutting the ether glacier, and Lavender escorts Natalia.]

[Larger.]

[All right!]

Jiyiing.

Harkon N, riding Ensign Natalia, activates the ether grinder in his hand to split the ether glacier.

The ether glacier is cut in the direction the grinder moves.

There was nothing in it that could be called ‘water’, but the empty mass of the ether bus itself was the core of this operation.

[iced coffee. This is Cloud One. I forgot to tell everyone one thing.]

Suddenly, a masked instructor joined the line.

[Green Tea One. Is there really no one at the front?]

“Yes?”

[If you look closely, there might be something there?]

Instructor Cloud asks with a smile.

Andy hurriedly looked ahead, but all he could see was the Debri-ether glacier moving in space.

“It seems like there is nothing.”

[Oh my. Isn’t there something visible?]

For a moment, Andy was able to feel an emotion in Instructor Cloud’s voice transmitted through the public line.

[You don’t know what’s right in front of you.]

Then you search.

“…in one!”

[Call sign is-]

“Scan the debris ahead with the ether laser! Come on!”

[……!]

At the moment when Hanae’s aircraft moved forward and irradiated the ether beam at Andy’s words.

Blah blah, blah blah.

“The glacier….”

Debri, the ether meteorite that was slowly approaching, began to open its mouth like a monster.