episode_0423

“So, if you eat this, you won’t feel other people’s emotions?”

“Yes. Well, it’s only one day. Still, I recommend not using it now.”

Seth, who knew my situation, threw a leather bag containing a bunch of medicine at me from the torn space.

“Thank you.”

“That’s it. You will reap the full price later. It looks like a guest is coming, so I’ll just leave.”

I followed Seth’s eyes.

Before I knew it, Isabelle was walking from afar.

Meanwhile, the torn void closed, and Isabelle, who was preoccupied somewhere, did not seem to see the torn void.

That’s a good thing.

Because this person really hates Seth.

“Are you here?”

“Yes.”

Isabelle, who returned late at night, had a rather gloomy look on her face.

Did something happen?

“People from the Defense Security Command visited today.”

Isabel came over and sat down quietly on the bench opposite.

“Did they do a good job?”

“Yes. Baek In-jang was placed on indefinite probation.”

“That really hit me hard.”

Isabel smiles awkwardly.

“By the way, did something happen?”

“Why?”

“It’s because your complexion looks bad.”

“Oh, it’s no big deal. It’s just… a bit of an unlucky day.”

I had a vague sense of it.

“Is it because of me?”

This person enlisted with a false identity.

I know how thoroughly the past has been hidden and protected.

And I wanted to be recognized by my family.

“Do you know what the nickname of the Defense Security Command is?”

“What is it?”

“···It’s a noble’s sword. If a noble submits a complaint, the noble will somehow achieve the result they want.”

However, he ended up relying on his family’s authority.

In other words, Isabel gave up what she wanted to achieve because of me.

“Sorry.”

“That’s it. Because I brought it on myself.”

As far as I could tell, Isabelle was mocking herself.

“Starting tomorrow, you and the supply officer will take over the duties of the chief of staff.”

“Really?”

“You will probably have to be on duty as well. It won’t be as comfortable as before.”

“···Yes.”

“Thank you.”

He bent his will for what I wanted.

But what you want is a lie.

Thanks to this, I felt like I was sitting on a thorn cushion.

“Someday, I will grant you a favor you wish for.”

“That’s not what I wanted.”

“What I mean is… I don’t mean to settle the debt.”

Isabel’s eyes widened slightly, and then she burst into laughter.

“Thank you.”

We walked leisurely and arrived at the scouting post.

House of Lords Sheeborne and House of Corctus were looking at me with something of awe.

The supply officer was smiling happily and taking care of various duties.

It seems that Chief Baek was not a very good boss to his soldiers.

The good boss was the supply officer, and he smiled all day long about what was so good about it.

“Deputy Chief Dewin.”

“Huh?”

It was a Terup soldier who looked quite agile.

The eyes are full of pure curiosity like a child.

“Did you really kill the Immortal? They say he cut a hole in his body…”

“Yes. They tell me to follow along quietly and give it to the white wolf, but I get goosebumps so I have to do nothing.”

The supply officer looks at me with a frown on his face.

“Didn’t I say I would make you crazy before?”

“It seems to me that you are already crazy about me, right?”

“Pfft!”

The supply officer smiled brightly and entered the administration office.

Humid air sticks to the body and is quite unpleasant.

“I guess the rainy season is coming soon.”

When the rainy season comes, the water level of the Rhine River rises.

The current is quite strong, and it is almost impossible to cross.

It is the most convenient time for the scouts and the worst time for the guards.

‘Once I’m done with everything, I’ll go see Jean at least once.’

As I sat down on the old chair in the shelter, Isabel also sat on the chair next to me and crossed her legs.

Is it right to ask how he heard me and Baek In-jang’s story?

Or is it wrong to ask questions like this from the person who helped me?

“Can you tell me something interesting?”

It’s a fun story…

“There is someone who taught me about hunting.”

“What kind of person was he?”

“He was good at everything, brave, strong, and didn’t know anything. It was Hosott.”

“Really?”

“Yes. She was United. One day, while camping, while I was running errands, she called out to me from afar. Dwin! be careful! Dwin! Be careful!”

Isabelle’s eyes widen slightly.

“···What do you mean? Are you saying you said it twice?”

“Yes. At first I thought it was a joke. I hid behind a tree just to make fun of him. I was planning to rush in like an animal and surprise you.”

“Dwin?”

“Yes. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he lunged at her like an animal and screamed as she approached him. Ahhh!”

I still remember that time.

“But it wasn’t her in front of me. It was a huge bird like a cockatrice, looking like a cross between a cassowary and a lizard.”

“···New?”

“It was a sea water called ghost sound, and it fools animals by imitating vocal cords. Plus, he’s a guy with a good personality. He got so scared by me that his facial muscles twisted and he screamed.”

I get excited when old stories come up.

“The guy ran away. A woman ran after the scream without even wearing pants. I was left alone. Only later did she look for me and her eyes widened. When she saw me giggling because it was funny, she asked me. What do you see? So I said.”

Back then, every day was dangerous, but it was still fun.

I felt alive, and I felt secure just by knowing that I belonged and was contributing to something.

“I don’t know what the situation is, but there’s this crazy person running around with his pants off and staring at me. I almost died when I got hit.”

“Hahaha! You deserve it!”

Isabel clapped her hands and laughed.

···okay. Let’s ask.

“The security guard knew too many things.”

“Yes?”

“He even knew the story that Baek In-jang and I shared together. They said it was what was written in the petition.”

I still can’t read Isabel’s emotions.

She stared at me for a while, then turned her gaze towards the Rhine River.

“How did you know?”

“I heard. I was outside the dorm.”

“Aren’t you already eating?”

“Because I was the one who guided Baek In-jang.”

Baek In-jang has been in the military for 10 years.

Could it be that such a person doesn’t know geography?

Even if you don’t know, why didn’t Isabelle come in with you?

“Is that so?”

Everything makes no sense.

‘It’s probably something you don’t want to talk about.’

Anyway, it helped.

I don’t want to do anything that would pry on my benefactor and put him in trouble.

“Let’s do one last inspection of the unit before the rainy season comes, and then go help Jean.”

* * * * * *

When rain starts pouring down on the front lines, soldiers have to wear raincoats and catch the rain with their whole bodies.

Precipitation that is so overwhelming that it can take the lives of children brings lingering illnesses to adults.

For example a cold.

“Ugh, what is all that?”

“Cold medicine. When soldiers fall, boil it and feed them.”

“Ah, thank you. Put it down anywhere.”

Jean was making something similar to a heating lamp in the shelter with the soldiers.

The shape is similar to a drum stove.

“What are you doing?”

“It’s cold when it rains. You should be able to eat even something warm.”

‘They take good care of the soldiers. ‘

I wish the administrators had been like that when I was in the military.

Come to think of it, Anne belonged to this unit.

Although it sounded plausible, it was somehow handled well in the end.

Anne, who used to come to me every day, never came to see me after hearing about my decision.

‘How are you doing?’

When I see it again, what on earth should I say…

Is he on guard duty? There was no sign of Anne.

“Is there anything I can help you with?”

“Nothing. Go in and rest first.”

If that’s the case.

“Chief Vice President, we will do the rest.”

“I don’t like it. I will help you.”

“Now that we’re finishing up the work, it’s okay for us to do it ourselves.”

“Yes, I don’t like it.”

The soldiers seem to be concerned about this.

We were similar in age, but that was what a rank insignia was.

“Arthur, take care of yourself.”

“Yes. It’s dark so take a look.”

Isabel must have noticed that too, saying hello and leaving the barracks without looking back.

Jean began helping the soldiers prepare for the rainy season.

It was obvious that if I stayed any longer, I would only be noticed by the soldiers, so I left the guard barracks with Isabel.

It’s hard to be that friendly.

“I think they should just get rid of the knights and start with the Ten Seals.”

“Oh, no way.”

Isabel shook her head.

What does this person not know?

That’s the way to catch people.

* * * * * *

Time passed and the rainy season finally came.

Kwaaaa!!!!

The sound of rain is nothing short of hideous.

The rain that started pouring down from dawn turned the dirt roads into puddles.

The drainage channel spewed out water violently, like a dam discharging water.

Susan and Kailish slept soundly to the sound of their drums as a lullaby, while Coober and Amilla were frowning and wearing raincoats.

“Ugh…look at the rain.”

“Cheer up~.”

“It’s all because of you, you idiot.”

“Cheer up~.”

Amilla reacted angrily to my humorous prank.

Along with the white man’s probation, an order was given to keep an eye straight on the Rhine River.

Thanks to this, the search party was going to have a difficult rainy season.

“I wonder what happened because of you…”

In fact, I was told that the scouting party did not have to do anything.

Thanks to this, I was able to take off my clothes and sleep comfortably.

Isabelle, who was also off-duty, was the same one who was lying on the bed.

It’s like adapting to the military.

“Have a nice trip.”

“Brother, don’t sleep too hard.”

Jean put on a raincoat over his armor.

During the rainy season, hearing and smell are paralyzed.

Crossing the Rhine River when it is swollen and flowing into a torrent is crazy, but it is not impossible.

Especially if the opponent is Immortal.

Thanks to this, Jean, a member of the security guard, is confirmed to stay overnight for two weeks.

‘Well, it’s not that I’m having a hard time.’

I waved my hand lightly, thinking about something trivial.

“Have a nice trip.”

“Yes.”

Just like that, the driver’s quarters became empty in an instant.

Since there was nothing to do in the silence that had come, I closed my eyes to kill time.