episode_0043

“Want to watch me work?”

Mila said as she changed into the shirt Ray had given her. Mila shivered at the feeling of the shirt, which was so cold it made her shiver, having been exposed to the cold early winter wind all night.

“Why are you asking? I heard you correctly.”

Ray answered, picking a small piece of lint off the hem of Mila’s shirt with his fingernail.

“… Okay, then.”

“Oh, really? I thought you said no!”

Ray, who was preparing to whine a lot, brightened up at the unexpected answer.

“I’m not going far today.”

Mila glances at Ray’s expression, which is gloomy with disappointment, and looks dumbfounded.

“… You really wanted to see us fighting a bunch of bandits?”

“Chi, you said we had to subdue them as soon as possible, so what are you doing today?”

“Vigilante activities aren’t just about running out and fighting. There are a lot of things to do besides fighting. There are also piles of reports to receive.”

Ray, who is not so naive as to not understand even that, but still purses his lips in anticipation.

“Are you bored? Because you were just staying at home.”

Mila said as she patted Ray’s head.

“You think I just play around at home! I help out with things here and there… I even do laundry in ice-cold water… … .”

Of course, as a lover of a certain rank, it was not true that Ray had always suffered from such difficult housework. It was also true that Ray felt bored during the time of the day when he did not do housework, but Ray was inexplicably angry at Mila’s words.

“Ugh… . Ah, I see. Anyway, it’s okay to go sightseeing today, so just stick close so you don’t get lost.”

Mila had a queasy feeling that this late morning conversation might turn into a typical, cliche-like argument between a man and a woman, with a long history and tradition, so she wanted to end the conversation quickly. Instead, she reached out to Ray and let him take her hand, and the two of them left the dorm.

“Uh, umm… … . Sorry for yelling. Should I just do it to Mila who is suffering outside?”

At some point, Ray, who realized something, decided to apologize. Since it was a long-standing argument, it was only natural that Ray had experienced it in his past life. That was why he felt even more embarrassed at the fact that he had spoken out loud from the opposite position from his past life.

“Huh? No, what… . Something like that.”

Mila entered the barracks of the direct command unit, where there were piles of documents needed to run the vigilante group, and tapped the shoulder of a direct command unit member who was dozing off.

“Ugh… . Huh? Uh… . What’s going on… ? Ssup.”

The direct agent responds, wiping the drool dripping from the corner of his mouth.

“… … There was something a little strange in the report from the reconnaissance team.”

“Have you found the new bandit hideout?”

“No, no, that’s not it. The number of supplies is always wrong. Whether it’s shoes or gloves, if you supply 200 of them, 30 or 40 of them will always disappear.”

Mila walks towards the documents, picks up a piece of paper, and continues speaking.

“If that’s true… … . There must be a few things you can guess… .”

A woman responds while rubbing her sleepy eyes.

“Is it possible that Sarah is secretly stealing it…?”

Ray is by your side.

“He’s not the type of guy who would have the guts to do that.”

Rather than saying that she was not a morally worthy person, it was Mila who questioned Sarah’s abilities.

“But what… … . So far, there has been no complaint from the reconnaissance unit regarding supplies, so there must have been some kind of misunderstanding… .”

The woman with tired eyes pinched the space between her eyebrows and muttered slowly in a low voice.

“Um… …. I don’t know how you’ve handled things up until now, but clearly the numbers on paper don’t match up every time. This can’t just go away. It’s not something else, it’s the supply. When the numbers are blank like this, I think you should check it at least once.”

“Then, should we call someone from the scout team and find out?”

“The scouts should be out now.”

Mila decided to look through the papers some more, licking her fingertips.

“Why does my back hurt so much these days… … .”

“Anyway, that’s a joke because I did a little bit of it. I’m not a servant.”

“You just be a servant. Hehehe.”

“Hey, hey… hey!”

A couple of the members of the unit enter the barracks, chattering noisily among themselves, and when they see Ray’s face, the atmosphere freezes.

“Write… … .”

Mila looks on.

“… … I, I’m sorry… .”

“Huh? Ah… . I don’t mind. It’s okay.”

Ray smiled brightly. He still felt a strange feeling whenever something like this happened. The members who were very nervous sighed in relief at his angelic smile. If it had been Memer instead of Ray, it might have been a little more creepy.

“Um… , but what’s going on, Captain?”

One of the members asked the tired woman.

“Hwaaam… Well. I think the supplies are leaking somewhere.”

“Are you talking about our supplies?”

“No, no, scouts.”

A woman who can’t even pronounce words properly because she yawns with her mouth wide open.

“Oh, there is a separate reason for that.”

“For a certain reason?”

“It’s more surprising that you didn’t know. I think everyone else probably knows.”

“Ah… that.”

“There’s no one who doesn’t know that.”

The members each nod their heads and say something.

“Yeah, I’m the only one who doesn’t know. What on earth is the reason?”

Mila sighed and shrugged.

“The special forces guys will take it without anyone knowing. It’s better to take new ones and leave behind the old ones, otherwise they’ll just disappear.”

“Special Forces… … , the kids that Remili brings around? Why would they? No, more than that, how could they take them so obviously?”

“You don’t know what I’m talking about. It’s a habit they’ve learned from hanging around with thieves for a long time, so they take it like ghosts. Last time, there was even a story that it disappeared while I was yawning.”

“Then are you touching our supplies too?”

“No, for us or Ailee’s kids, once they get into a fight and get in trouble, they just start twitching and twitching. The ones they mainly harass are the scouts. They look down on us as hikers. They say we don’t contribute much in combat. If you call each other scouts, they curse.”

“No, no, then. Are you saying that Sera and Ailee knew everything? Then why hasn’t it been resolved until now? And even though she’s Ailee’s sister.”

“The relationship between the sisters wasn’t that good. They could barely communicate when Memer mediated, but that was it. And now, Ailee-sama isn’t that high of a position. So the scouts just gave up and kept working, and Sera-sama probably gave up too.”

“Wow, it’s going well. What is the king doing after all this… ?”

“Are you the king?”

“No, pretend you didn’t hear that. Everyone.”

As everyone in the barracks tilted their heads, Mila, who was at a loss, quickly gathered her words.

“… … Let’s pretend you really didn’t hear that. Ahem. Then I guess I’ll have to call Remili and talk to her. ”

“Who are you calling? They’re never coming.”

The members are giggling among themselves.

“… … Really? Even if I call you? Are you saying you’ll go that far?”

Mila asks while washing her face dry.

“There were times when I had to tell the members to deliver the message even though they were right in front of me.”

“Eight Really! You have to become the captain and go yourself! Okay! I’ll go.”

Mila jumps up from her seat, throwing away her papers.

Instead of the vigilante symbol, the special forces flag with their own unique yellow pattern on a red background fluttered in the early winter wind. It was not just Mila who felt that something had changed in the air, even though they had only walked a short distance. Ray shivered with a creepy feeling.

“Why is it so quiet?”

“The special forces went out on a night operation yesterday. I heard they all returned during the night, but they’re probably still resting. ”

Mila and Ray went to the front of Remili’s quarters and stood facing the two commandos guarding the door.

“What may I bring you?”

A woman asks roughly with a husky voice. She looks down at Ray and clearly frowns one eyebrow.

“Military corps leader Mila Arshul. I came here to see your big-ass faces. ”

Mila responds even more bluntly.

“What are you here for?”

The woman guarding the door stretches out her arms. Ray hides behind Mila’s back in the unnecessarily tense atmosphere.

“… … Won’t you get out of the way?”

Just as Mila was starting to feel the limits of her patience, Remili could be heard shouting from inside the room.

“Why are you being so noisy again? Do you want to hear some logs again?”

Mila takes advantage of the moment when the special agent standing in front of the door hesitates at the sound and kicks open the door with her foot and goes inside.

“Hey, let’s talk.”

Remili, who had not expected that he would come in so suddenly, hurriedly threw the long pillow she was holding out of the bed.

“What… What is it? Can’t you see that I’m resting right now?”

“I know. It’s hard work in the middle of the night. But it’s a bit urgent.”

Mila said, leaning against the wall of her quarters and crossing her arms.

“What are you going to do in the morning breeze? With your lover. The special forces barracks is Geumnam’s territory! Pickling in broad daylight… No, don’t bother me and get out!”

“I just came to watch you work… . If you bother me, I’ll leave.”

Ray spoke in a sullen tone as the arrows of criticism were directed at him.

“No… I’m not telling you to leave in a hurry… Just stay long enough so that it’s not bothersome. Moderately. ”

Remili, who had been sulking, responds coolly to Ray’s words.