Academy Genius Commander

34 – Peter Yeager takes off (4)

When Count Benner accepted his daughter’s request, he smiled lightly and spoke in a soft voice.

“After entering the academy, even if I helped, ‘I can do it by myself.’ Didn’t you always do well by yourself? I never thought that you would come to ask me for something before graduating from the academy.”

“I think so too. But this time, the thing I want is something I can’t get with just hard work, so I’m asking you a favor.”

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Laura came here worried that her father would listen to her request.

Count Benner really wanted to do anything Laura asked for, unless it was something that would become a problem.

His daughter, Laura von Benner, has always shown more than expected, far from rotting her own father.

As a father, I was full of desire to praise my daughter for being very good, but in order to play the role of the head of the patriarchal era, I had to show the strict father figure, so I lived without giving a proper compliment.

So this time, I thought of doing my daughter’s favor, saying that as a father, I was proud of my daughter, and even giving her a compliment that I hadn’t been able to do in the past.

So Count Benner said to his daughter with a satisfied smile.

“Tell me anything. I’ll do anything I can do for you.”

Upon hearing her father’s positive answer, Laura had the expectation that everything would work out in her heart?

His normally calm and cold expression brightened and the corners of his mouth went up slightly.

“Thank you, Father.”

“not. This is the first request from you, who has always ranked first after entering the Imperial Academy, beating the sons of other aristocratic families. I feel like I want to pick a star from the sky. Then don’t be shy and tell me now.”

At those words, Laura took courage and spoke.

“After graduating from the academy, I want to be under the command of Captain Peter Yeager, no, Major. Father, please help me.”

“You mean the one who received the Cross of the Silver Knight’s Sword?”

“Yes. It seemed to me that the best way to succeed as a future commander was to begin military service under him. Didn’t your father always tell you? No matter how talented an officer is, after graduating from the academy, he has to learn in real combat for 10 years, so he has to meet a superior who can set an example.”

Count Benner heard that and nodded.

Because, from the time he entered the academy until he graduated, his father told him that if he wanted to succeed in the world, he had to meet a good boss first.

It was because he went under the command of Brigadier General Howard at the recommendation of his father, learned a lot, and made use of that experience to make steady efforts.

That’s why he wanted to respect his daughter’s wishes as much as possible, but there was one problem.

“Certainly, it is not wrong to call him Captain Yeager, no, since he will be promoted soon, Major. He has the qualities of a hero. Even if you look back at the history of the empire, no one has been promoted to major after receiving the Silver Knight’s Sword at that age for the last 100 years. But… even though you’re not a man and can’t succeed to the count, to apply for him as a member of the count’s family is…”

“I know. However, Major Jaeger will be promoted faster than anyone else, and his reputation and value will increase. He is now the youngest recipient of the Silver Knight’s Cross and is a 20-year-old major, but later a lieutenant colonel at 23 and a colonel at 25. He is someone who can eventually become a general before he turns 30.”

“…That’s why His Highness the Crown Prince told me to keep an eye on him and provide support whenever needed. But that reason alone won’t convince me. Be specific.”

Hearing that, Laura von Wenner recalled the conversation she had with Peter Yeager yesterday.

No matter how much he claims to support the Crown Prince by agreeing with Count Benner’s family, Commander Peter Yeager generously informs him of the principle, usage, and value of the new anti-vibration developed by himself.

In that appearance, she could see the genius and boldness of a man named Peter Yeager.

Because if you are a normal commander, when you conceive of a new strategy, you try to keep it a secret so that others don’t know about it until you have a chance to play an active part.

Captain Yeager opened everything up and told me that I, Laura von Wenner, even if I found out, I thought I wouldn’t be able to use it as much as I did, so I thought I would have disclosed everything.

At the same time, if only we could fight together under such a confident commander.

There was also an expectation that she would be able to overcome the limitations of being a woman and rise to the position of a general like her father whom she respected, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and expanding the territory of the empire.

“According to a story I once heard, I heard that officers, noncommissioned officers, and soldiers who fought with Major Jaeger on the Rhineland front received considerable benefits. The company commander, who was his direct superior, was promoted to major beyond the rank of officer, and the rest of the platoon commanders were confirmed to be promoted to captain next year, and among the noncommissioned officers, sergeants and above were all passed as long as they submitted documents to the officer course.”

Hearing that, Count Benner nodded his head without questioning his daughter’s words.

This is because when the prince recruited Major Yeager and then investigated all the records related to him, it was confirmed that all known achievements of the soldiers with Major Yeager were true.

At the same time, if Laura was able to grasp such information, it means that she had been interested in him for a long time…

Deep down, I felt proud that that child, like myself, had an eye for recognizing talented people.

“He made such a feat even when he was a student platoon commander, but I can’t even guess how great of a feat he will make when he officially takes charge of a battalion. In the process, if I, Laura von Wenner, have a record of contributing with her, it will be of great help to my future success. At the same time, you will be able to learn the basics that you need to learn as a commander very well, which my father emphasized so much.”

When Count Benner heard that, he sighed.

Because even if he thought about it, there was nothing wrong with his daughter’s words.

In particular, considering that it is written in the Imperial Military Science textbook that ‘battalion commanders are guaranteed the right to operate independent units in war, and can use that autonomy to dominate the battlefield’.

Even when he was a platoon commander, he moved a battalion to slash the enemy battalion commander’s head, and when he was a company commander, he was a genius who used 100 soldiers to massacre hundreds of soldiers under one colonel and two lieutenant colonels.

I was looking forward to how great the performance would be if I was in charge of one battalion.

That’s why the Crown Prince and himself promoted him to this point with somewhat unreasonable measures, but Jaeger Battalion will be placed in the most dangerous place with priority instead of being promoted quickly in exchange for outstanding achievements.

Thinking of it…

As a father, I honestly didn’t want to agree.

However, as the saying goes, there are no parents who can overcome their children.

“good. But there are conditions.”

At those words, Laura’s face brightened like a bright full moon, and Count Benner, who saw him, felt dejected inside.

The count continued his words calmly, wanting to maintain his dignity as a father until the end.

“First of all, since I’m the head of the operations headquarters at the staff headquarters, it’s not unusual for me to tell the head of the personnel department to vacate a seat under Major Yeager. Major Yeager is a person who draws attention, so I can’t just send you under him. So, make sure you keep the top of the class until you graduate next year.”

“All right.”

“Then, when Yeager is promoted to major, we will openly select academy graduates under the pretext that he needs an ‘adjutant to the battalion commander’. you will support Major Yeager isn’t an idiot either, so I’ll accept it even if your grades are crawling on the floor. Shouldn’t you show a grade of senior level in order not to be talked about later?”

If other alumni and academy students had heard of it, they would have been outraged when they saw the honor of being the top graduate with a guaranteed general promotion so lightly.

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Laura von Venner was a student who had never missed a top spot since her freshman year.

So, from her point of view, this level of condition was not an unreasonable demand.

“I see, Father.”

And Count Benner, taking this opportunity to give his daughter a compliment she hadn’t been able to do before, rose from her seat and stroked her hair, as she often did when she was a child, and said:

“Until now, except for unavoidable cases, I have refused all requests from nobles around me to send their children to a good place, as well as requests for personnel appointments. But this time, I will break the iron rule once more for you, who, with the body of a woman, did not cause a single problem at the academy and gave the family the honor of being the chief. So wherever you go, do as you do now, so that I will not regret this choice in the future.”

Hearing that, Laura was proud of her and felt the passionate denial of her father, who believed in her, and shed tears of emotion.

That night, father and daughter were able to open up and share many things that they hadn’t shared before.

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Laura also asked a question about Major Jaeger, whom she had decided to follow, and Count Benner honestly expressed his thoughts on the question through his personnel records and what he felt when meeting in person.

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And the next morning, Earl Benner wrote a letter to Major Jaeger (Jin).

[After winning the mock battle, my daughter said she wanted to ask you something herself, so I told you to ask while handing out the food. My daughter asks to be your lieutenant, so I hope you treat her well when she officially takes over as your subordinate.]

After writing it like that, it said, ‘Take care of my daughter, you damn bastard.’ I thought about adding something for a while.

Even though Laura’s eyes twinkled when she told the story of Major Yeager, it was because she recognized his ability, not because she had a rational crush on her.

I gave up writing like that.

I just couldn’t shake off the uncomfortable and anxious feeling that, like the feelings of a father with all daughters, he couldn’t possibly take my daughter away.