My Desertion Would Be Faster Than Heros' Obsession

Chapter 5
In the military, you have to save your body even though you’re in a higher rank

Discharge in D-2374 days.

The sun blazing in the cloudless blue sky showed off my presence.

The trees branched out more densely, and the birds chirped and flew into the trees.

Summer has come.

And it meant that new recruits were coming to succeed Zayden and Milfi.

“Did you know that there will be new recruits today?”

“Oh yeah?”

Now, doing the dirty laundry, I responded dryly to Caron’s words. I want to be promoted to First Class as soon as possible and escape from this chore.

“Hmm, a new recruit…”

I responded to Caron’s words, but I wasn’t very impressed with the arrival of new recruits.

And it will be the same for Caron. It’s probably just a word he brought up with to get my attention. I asked, stroking his hair, wiping the water off my hands.

“How many new recruits are there?”

“There were four in total.”

Well, after a month, half of them will be gone. Or maybe they’ll all be gone.

“And one of them was a woman!”

“…Hmm, okay?”

Caron looked at me with twinkling eyes, as if he knew I was interested.

‘I’m a female recruit…’

Suddenly, the bitter memory of Reina flashed in my mind.

Okay, let’s not get too attached this time. It is better not to show any interest like Yuri in the first place than to take care of a successor with clumsy responsibility and suffer after death.

However, the reason I react to the word ‘female recruit’ like this is because I am still the youngest in the women’s dormitory. I had to do everything Yuri told me to do.

So please, I hope the new recruits will be the youngest on my behalf…

On my way home from my laundry, I found new recruits in training.

“Ah, there it is.”

All of them looked stupid, but it was only natural as they were new recruits. While I was watching their training with a blank face, Ishina, who appeared from nowhere, came and stood next to me.

“What are you doing? Were you watching the recruits?”

“Oh, I was just passing by. Where have you been, Ishina?”

“I have an errand at the company headquarters. Aquila is still there.”

He said with a sad face.

“The company commander did the job.”

“Ah…”

There was sadness on my face as well.

Previously, Winter was the company commander’s pick, but now Aquila has become the company commander’s pick instead of Winter, who is busy with his successor management…

Since he was promoted to First Class for half a year, the company commander thought it was okay to let Aquila do the job, so he was slowly chasing him these days.

‘My poor colleague…’

As I have a tired face, Ishina continued.

“I just heard the names of those recruits, do you want me to tell you?”

“If you do, I will thank you.”

Of course, I wasn’t even curious about the names of those recruits, but Ishina started chanting their names.

“It was Shine, Muscle, Kashir, and Benny.”

“…Can I hear that again?”

I think I heard a familiar name somehow.

“What is the name of that female recruit?”

“The recruit’s name is Benny.”

A moment of great pleasure shook my whole body!

‘Benny! Benny is here!’

I wasn’t a hard reader of ‘Four Crazy Obsessed’, so I couldn’t remember the names of all the troops in the original.

But among the supporting roles, I remembered only the name ‘Benny’. Because she was the only female senior of the female lead, Darlene in the original story!

That’s…

‘Finally, the youngest!’

Benny will never die, and she will be the youngest in the girls’ dormitory for me!

“Hey, Benny…”

“Saruvia, did you know each other?”

Ishina looked at me with puzzled eyes.

“I think the name Benny is so lovely…”

“What, what?”

Ishina exchanged glances with Caron with a bewildered expression, and I felt Milfi, who was standing behind me with a laundry, looking at me with strange eyes, but I didn’t care.

‘A youngest! I can escape!’

Benny, my dear child. In the future, I will make you completely beautiful.

* * *

I had two female seniors named April and Yuri, but they all had left the unit when Darlene joined the army, so her only female senior was Benny.

In the original work, there was a problem with this body I possessed. Saruvia will die, but if I don’t let go of the tension, I might be able to avoid it somehow.

Anyway, what matters now is that Benny will survive.

In the original, Benny was a tremendous genius. A genius in swordsmanship dealing with wind aura, she possessed a genius comparable to that of Winter and Aquila.

In addition, in the original version, Benny had a very gentle and kind personality, but whenever Darlene made a mistake, she encouraged her not to overdo it.

She was a devoted ally of the female protagonist, no less than that of the male protagonists. Why, isn’t there a character that appears in some romance novels, the ‘loyal maidservant of a noble young lady’?

In any case, the character is a supporter of the same gender who takes good care of the woman no matter what she does and helps her without betraying her under any circumstances. No matter how the male leads do, at least one helper character of the same sex is needed. Benny was that role.

Although there was a difference that the position of the woman was higher than that of the maid because she was the senior, no matter what the woman did, she said, “It’s okay! I will help you!”.

‘His personality was so kind.’

To put it all together, a talented genius and kind successor.

Benny was the perfect replacement!

‘And most importantly, it’s not about Benny’s outstanding skills or kind personality…’

Benny had a very surprising secret.

She is…

‘Daughter of Tustar… !’

Benny’s father was Tustar.

I’ll say it again. Tustar.

Of course, Tustar was a general and division commander.

If the truth is revealed, even the company commander may end his military life in front of Benny, but in the original story, Benny lived by hiding it. Because she felt uncomfortable seeing people staring at her.

‘When did you reveal your identity?’

I can’t remember exactly, but I think Darlene revealed her identity when she was in danger as she was probably playing the role of ‘a woman’s helper’. To easily reveal the identity that has been hidden for years by Darlene, I also envy Darlene’s position.

‘Anyway, I’m the only one who knows who Benny is in this unit right now.’

…Oh my gosh, I think the day has come when I’ll be using the original information for almost the first time!

If I take good care of Benny, Benny will naturally appreciate me, right?

Then when I need help later, Benny might use her powers!

‘Benny, I’ll take good care of you unconditionally…’

Using the original information, I really felt like a heroine of possessed objects. Myself, female power +100.

“Nice to meet you, Benny.”

“Ah, hello…!”

When I greeted her lightly, Benny shuddered and responded quickly.

She looked younger than me, and had an impression of being gentle and round. She looked like a child who was loved and raised with her shiny brown short hair and white skin with no blemishes flowing with a strange glow.

“My name is Saruvia.”

After a light greeting, I started showing Benny the location of the items in the dormitory. Each time, Benny nodded and listened to me.

‘Hey, isn’t this perfect?’

Things had never been this good since enlistment, but everything was so perfect that I was in doubt.

‘I get anxious when things go too well in the military.’

I know this isn’t all a dream, right?

But seeing the lovely Benny in front of me was not like a dream.

While I was carefully explaining the life of the platoon to Benny one by one, Yuri, who was watching us while lying in a position to watch TV, raised her finger and called me.

As I approached Yuri, Yuri spoke in a cold tone to Benny.

“Recruit, do you know where the bathroom is? Go and wash your hands.”

“I didn’t hear well…?”

To come to wash my hands all of a sudden, it was a very silly thing to say. Benny, unable to understand Yuri’s words, had her brown eyes widened, Yuri spoke again.

“It is necessary to strictly follow the rules of personal hygiene. Go and wash your hands.”

“Oh, I see!”

‘Benny is such a good girl…’

As Yuri said, I thought as I watched the back of the woman leaving to wash her hands. To follow that sudden order without asking what’s going on.

I turned my head and looked at Yuri. It was obvious that Benny was sent out because she had something to tell me.

Yuri was still lying in a comfortable position as if this was her bedroom, but in fact, it didn’t matter to us, so this was really Yuri’s bedroom.

Anyway, it was only after Benny left that Yuri asked while tilting her head crookedly.

“Why are you in angel mode all of a sudden?”

Oh, it seems that Yuri didn’t like the way I was attached to my successor who might die.

But this time, I also had something to say with confidence.

“Yuri.”

“Huh.”

“I bet. This new recruit must be a genius.”

“What?”

“My senses are telling me that. This new recruit must be a tremendous genius, with the wind blowing and the heavens and the earth shaking every time she uses her sword!”

At those words, Yuri looked at me with a look of absurdity.

“Did you go crazy?”

“Really! I got a feeling! She must be a genius this time!”

“…Where are the drugs being dealt here?”

* * *

And a week later, Yuri was saying:

“This is it.”

Yuri’s small murmur was obscured by the cheers of the other seniors.

“Wow, it’s been a while since a genius came in!”

“Recruit, aren’t you kidding me?”

“Good good! Some elites have finally arrived!”

It goes without saying how active Benny was in her first swordsmanship training.

Benny, who grew up with the Archon couple, said that she had already held a sword before enlisting, but the moment she grabbed the sword, we were all able to witness her genius-ness.

A white aura spins around her sword, a gentle breeze blows from somewhere, and the bushes begin to tremble. And finally, the moment she struck down her sword in a large, clean trajectory, a strong gust of wind engulfed everything.

Clap clap-!

Applause poured out around Benny, who had a shy expression on her face.

Of course, I was also enthusiastically applauding with the seniors.

“Perfect!”

It’s a perfect day to have a successor come in with both character and skill guaranteed!

“Saruvia…”

“Yes?”

As I was clapping, Caron, who had a somewhat betrayed expression on his face, lowered the corners of his eyes and said:

“I… Do you think this new recruit is better than me?”

“No way. You are my successor, but that’s different. What is the difference between her and you?”

“But you didn’t applaud me like that…”

Those words made me feel a little absurd. No, every time he does something from now on, do I have to applaud myself? Isn’t that just a dog?

However, in order to appease Caron, I had no choice but to affirm…

“Yes, I will give you a lot of applause from now on.”

Clap clap-!

As I said that and clapped. Caron’s expression brightened in an instant.

Aquila, who was watching what I was doing, secretly followed me and applauded.

Aquila and my eyes collided in mid-air. I was now at a level where I could read Aquila’s mind just by making eye contact.

‘Do I have to do this too?’

‘Let’s do it, he says he likes it…’

* * *

After watching Benny’s training, I went to the shooting range and started my training.

To survive here, the most important thing is not to skip training and diligently nurture your skills.

Bang-!

It caught my eye that a bullet fired from the muzzle had broken a target in half.

“Huh…?”

Shooting skills that can break through anything I aim for! I really can’t help but love myself.

At that time, Benny’s swordsmanship that I had seen a while ago came to mind.

‘That’s what a real genius is…’

Somehow, I felt ashamed that I had just praised myself…

Yes, I made a promise many times, but I have to avoid being overly self-conscious!

Well, although I can’t help Benny, who is already a genius in terms of training.

‘Instead, I should help her adjust to life in the military.’

If that’s the case, I’m confident that I will be able to become a senior respected by Benny.

* * *

“Now, the person with the highest rank in the unit is Taro from the 70th…”

I started explaining the seniors with my lovely successor Benny in front of me.

“Taro is always tired, so you don’t have to worry about platoon work. He lost all his energy since ‘that incident’…”

“What is ‘that incident’?”

“Yes, ‘that incident’…”

Benny gave me a mysterious look, but I ignored it and continued explaining.

“Well, Deere… is new here, so I don’t know…”

Deere was the commander who came with Benny, and was the same level as Leon and Brave, who were promoted to other units. I am so happy that Leon and Brave, who are synonymous of violence and fear, have left.

Anyway, Deere was a senior man with curly brown hair and a neat impression, and like other commanders, he was an ordinary person who had no interest in the platoon ahead of his discharge.

The only thing Deere said to us every day was ‘What’s for dinner today?’ He was a really easy to know person.

“And Plato is a neat person, so you just have to do your job well. And…”

“Oh, Aquila?”

Benny looked behind me and started calling out Aquila’s name.

“Aquila?”

As soon as I turned my head, I could see Aquila’s scarlet eyes.

“Are you done?”

“Yes.”

He had been taken to the company headquarters today as well. It’s really sad.

“Feeling tired?”

“Not really.”

Aquila gave a short answer, glanced at Benny, and then clung to me without looking at her any longer.

“What?”

Aquila wrapped his arms around my waist, which was one of his habits when he was tired. But he doesn’t look very tired now.

I tried to remove it because we were in front of my successor, but Aquila put more force on his arm and brought his lips to my ear.

“Do you like it?”

“Ah.”

I flinched because of the hot breath in my ear for a moment, but I couldn’t get it off because Aquila was putting on more strength.

“What?”

“That’s my successor.”

“Benny, the good, talented kid, right?”

“I don’t like it.”

…I know Aquila better than anyone.

Therefore, it was not difficult to guess what he was feeling towards Benny now.

“You are jealous now…?”

When I asked in an absurd voice, he flinched. Even if I think about it, he must have been too jealous of her since I was taking care of my direct successor at the dormitory.

Aquila always wants to confirm that I need him, so I guess he didn’t like me taking care of Benny without paying attention to him these days.

But Benny was a precious replacement who finally let me escape from the youngest of the dormitory! Besides, as no one knows, she is Tustar’s daughter! It was only natural for me to take care of her!

“Hey, my successor and my classmates are different.”

But Aquila was silent, so I added some words to make him feel better.

“The successor is what I take care of. You are different.”

I grabbed his hand that was wrapped around my waist. In an instant, warmth spread through my hands.

“The only person I can rely on is you.”

Aquila took my hand without answering.

“Even if you get tired of it, I’ll stick with you, so don’t run away either.”

“You have to promise that.”

“Yes.”

From Aquila’s tone, I could ascertain that his mood had completely relaxed.

Benny widened her eyes and looked at the two of us in turn.

“You two…”

“Yes?”

“Are you married?”

“What…?”

I looked at Benny with a puzzled look.

“That is a violation of the military law. It won’t make sense.”

“Ah… So, are you engaged?”

“No, that’s also a violation of the military law.”

“Ah… I understand…”

As Benny replied that way, she had a somewhat wretched expression on her face. It was as if she had realized something.

I turned my head to see Aquila’s face and it got even more ridiculous. Why the hell is he raising his eyebrows in this situation as someone doesn’t normally laugh?

“As you said, Benny is a really good replacement.”

“What?”

Why did you suddenly change your words?

* * *

Discharge in D-2308 days.

Military time passed slowly.

No, I will correct it. It went by very slowly.

It has been two months since Benny enlisted, and during that time, I have been enjoying a flawless military life.

Although three of Benny’s classmates died, it didn’t change much for me as I had not been able to memorize their names properly. I got along very well with her.

Thus, rare peaceful days passed by in the military.

One night, while I was sleeping, I woke up feeling like I needed to go to the bathroom.

As soon as I woke up, the first thing I did was roll my eyes and check the condition of Yuri.

‘Yuri is sleeping well.’

Alright, I’ll just go quietly without making any creaking noises. I carefully lifted my toes and left the dormitory without making a sound.

‘I am not some kind of ninja, but I have to go to the bathroom like this.’

In fact, Yuri, who is relatively knowledgeable, would only swear if I woke her up in the middle of the night, but I was still too wary of April’s doings even though she was not here anymore.

I rubbed my sleepy eyes and tried to enter the bathroom, but I stopped when I heard a noise from inside.

“Sniff…”

In an instant, goosebumps could be felt all over my body and I almost screamed, but I soon realized that it couldn’t be a ghost. If it were a ghost, it wouldn’t stay in a X place like the Border Guard.

‘Let’s think about it.’

This is the women’s restroom, and the sound of a woman’s cry is heard from within. Before I left the dorm, I made sure that Yuri had fallen into a deep sleep.

So it was clear who was in there.

‘It must be Benny.’

Wait, how is this…

‘Somehow I feel like I’m having a déjà vu…’

It was like seeing Caron crying in the laundry room before, um… Do I have to go through this process to make friends with my successors?? Is it a trend for young people these days?

This situation was so difficult that I wanted to cry, but I stood cautiously in front of the bathroom, aiming for the right time to enter.

‘Yes, I can go in now, listen to my concerns, and comfort you…’

Bang-!

I flinched as I heard the sound of something crashing inside.

‘Gee, can I come in now?’

I hesitated because I didn’t know what was going on inside.

I put my ear to the door and focused on the sounds coming from inside.

“No, calm down…”

It was Benny’s voice mixed with crying. She seemed to be talking to himself.

“How long do I have to live like this?”

Hearing Benny’s words, I couldn’t figure out what the problem was.

‘Did all three of your classmates die a month ago? Or did you break up with your family and get stuck in the military? Doing hard training every day and overcoming the hurdles of life and death? Poor facilities?’

…XX, there are so many problems that I don’t even know which of them are!

“I can’t live like this for the rest of my life… I have to change too…”

The weeping voice finally stopped speaking, followed by the sound of running water. It looked like she was wiping away tears in the sink.

‘Should I go in and comfort her now?’

The moment I thought that, Benny’s actions flashed through my mind.

‘She was fine during the day. It’s like shedding tears at night and talking to herself in the mirror. If I remember the bang, she might have banged her head against the wall.’

…XX, it’s a big deal. This is beyond the realm of what I can handle.

‘This is a level that requires an interview with the company commander.’

If I recite Benny’s symptoms to the company commander as they are now, the company commander will shout an emergency and go backwards.

Obviously, she has severe depression, but if I intervene, the situation may get worse.

Just then, I heard Benny approaching the door. It was obvious she was going to leave the bathroom!

‘If I am caught now, I will become an X.’

As I was looking for a place to hide, I quickly ran into the laundry room next to me.

If I ran into Benny now, she would know that I heard her cry, mistakenly think I had a bad image of her, and her condition could get worse…

Yeah, it’s best not to touch it carelessly in that state.

While I held my breath and hid in the laundry room, I heard Benny disappearing across the hallway. She seemed to be returning safely.

“Phew…”

It was then that the breath I had been holding out came out. I lost my strength and slid down, staring into the air with a blank expression on my face.

“After all, things are not going to go well.”

It seems that Benny, the perfect successor to everything, was also struggling inside.

“…Oh right.”

I almost forgot why I came out.

XX, let’s think about going to the bathroom first.

* * *

The next day, on the way out from breakfast, I found Benny, who was looking at me with some hesitation.

“Benny?”

“Saruvia…”

Benny came close to me and called my name in a low voice. When I signaled to speak, Benny whispered.

“Where were you last night…?”

“Huh?”

“I went to the bathroom for a while, but when I came back, you weren’t there…”

“Ah.”

It seems that Benny found my empty bed after returning from the bathroom.

It was obvious why Benny asked this. She must have been worried that I might have heard her crying near the bathroom.

“Are you really asking your senior about that?”

“Ah…! S-sorry!”

Benny had a bewildered expression on her face, and I took this opportunity to push it.

“Keep your mouth shut. Ugh, it’s something I can’t even imagine when I ask my senior about such a trivial thing…”

Fortunately, this seems to have ended the question. Because she had no words to answer.

But Benny’s expression darkened.

‘…Oh right.’

I immediately felt the urge to break my own head.

‘XX, my memory is like a goldfish.’

I’m sure I saw Benny struggling last night, and even if it’s to hide a secret, if I say this, Benny may become depressed.

Why the hell did I just say that to Benny? I feel it all the time, but when I wear military uniforms, I tend to act without thinking. Did I get an intelligence debuff curse?

“…Benny, it’s not your fault, it’s that I didn’t tell you where I went…”

I rolled my eyes and began to choose a word to answer.

‘What do I say?’

How do I excuse myself for suddenly leaving at night? Want to do gymnastics on a moonlit night? Suddenly wanted to run to the training ground?

No, rather than that…

“A…secret meeting.”

“What?”

“An affair…”

It was only after I said that, that I realized that that was a rather strange answer.

This is not the castle of the noble family or the imperial castle that appears in rofan, who the hell would I secretly confide with?

As I was contemplating on what to explain after realizing that I had answered incorrectly, Benny’s expression suddenly brightened.

“Ah! Now I understand!”

“What?”

“After all, it was true that you were meeting Aquila secretly!”

…What the hell did you misunderstand?

However, I think it would be better to just let it be misunderstood here.

“Yes… If rumors spread, they will go after it, so keep it a secret… Don’t even talk to the monsters, don’t talk to the mouse hole…”

“Yes! I will keep it a secret!”

Benny’s complexion suddenly improved. She seemed kind of excited.

‘Hey, how fun it would be to hear about dating in this closed space…’

“Haha.”

Now even Benny was having fun with a little laugh.

Yeah, if this misunderstanding makes Benny feel better, I’ll just let her have fun…

* * *

I was going to wait at least one more day to observe, but last night, Benny was also absent and came back a long time later. It was clear that she had been crying again in the bathroom.

There was one reason I could guess…

‘Colleagues.’

Three of Benny’s colleagues died a month ago. It was an event that Benny would have a hard time with.

‘The names were Shine, Muscle, and what was the other…’

Anyway, he had a rough name like that, and when her comrades died, Benny cried for a long time.

After that, I thought she was okay, but it seems like she was just pretending to be okay.

‘…If it had been like this all the time after my classmates died, for a month?’

If Benny had been crying all night long for a month, the problem was really serious. I reproached myself for not understanding the status of my successor, who I had decided to take care of, and came to a conclusion.

‘I can’t even fix it on my own.’

Of course, if I could take care of Benny’s mentality, Benny would owe me for this, but I wasn’t confident I could take care of her successfully.

Caring for the wounded characters one by one was something that the main character in a novel or a professional psychotherapist would do. But I’m neither one of them, and I’d rather leave this to someone more professional than me.

So I immediately reported to Yuri.

“Yuri, it’s an emergency.”

“What?!”

After hearing the details from me, Yuri’s face turned white and she ran straight to the commanders’ area.

“Wow, the energy…”

“I will go…”

Instead of Taro, who didn’t have the strength to get up from his seat, Deere reported to the platoon commander.

So, after that, Benny was receiving counseling at the company headquarters.

‘I’m sure they dealt with these issues quickly.’

Military officers were very quick to respond to issues that could affect their promotions.

As I finished thinking, I checked the laundry piled up in the laundry tub. Ah, the blood of a monster was splashed on the shirt. I’ll have to get the toothpaste out again.

The mint flavor just comes out in the mouth, but I don’t know why it has to come out of my fingertips…

Pls read only at pink muffin tl.

When I got up from my seat carrying a laundry basket with a grim expression on my face, Benny, who had just finished consulting, ran to me.

“Ah, Saruvia! I’ll do it!”

“Okay.”

Without hesitation, I handed the basket to her. It was my military rule that it was enough to make specifications for seniors.

As I was walking after Benny, empty-handed, Benny spoke quietly.

“Saruvia…”

“What?”

“I have a question for you, can I ask…?”

“You dare to try?”

“What?”

“Oh sorry.”

I lightly slapped my mouth. XX, I’ve been in the military for too long, and my speech habits keep changing.

I made a serious expression as if I was listening to Benny, and Benny, who had put a basket down next to me, spoke.

“I mean…”

“Mhm”

“Saruvia… Do you think I’ll get worse…?”

“What do you mean?”

My angelic successor is asking if she could get worse. It was like a lightning bolt in the dry sky.

“The other seniors seem to think I’m weak…”

“Well.”

With those words, I thought of the attitudes of the other seniors towards Benny.

“It’s been a while since we’ve had an elite, but I didn’t know that she would be such a weak-minded kid.”

“She wouldn’t last long if there was such a fuss over people dying here…”

This was the conversation between Dream and Carrot, who had just become corporals, that I heard a while ago.

“Ah, kids these days are all angel soldiers.”

These were the words Yuri muttered when I took special care of Benny.

Clearly, seniors tended to look badly at Benny’s inability to adapt.

‘But they don’t know the most important thing…’

Would you dare say such a thing if you knew Benny’s true identity? Even me, I can’t be rude to Benny.

‘Wait, now…’

This was an opportunity! An opportunity to “help” Benny. At this moment, let’s say something nice to Benny and make a good impression even a little!

…By the way, how did you say ‘good words’? XX…

“…You are just more sensitive than others.”

Not knowing how to convey my thoughts to her, I carefully selected my words.

“But if you’re going to survive here, you shouldn’t be engulfed by someone’s death for so long. Six of my classmates died, so I know how you feel.”

I looked into Benny’s soft brown eyes.

“Can’t you overcome their deaths with the intention of taking over your comrades’ share?”

Benny only blinked at those words, then opened her mouth again.

“The seniors… Did they think that?”

“Huh?”

“Did you all think that I was having such a hard time because of the deaths of my classmates?”

“…No?”

I looked into Benny’s eyes again.

Upon closer inspection, Benny’s eyes weren’t as soft as I had hoped. In the depths of her eyes, I grasped something like a firm belief that could not be explained in words.

“Among my motives… Kashir.”

“Yeah, I remember, Kashir.”

Even though I had just remembered his name for the first time, I quickly pretended to know him.

“I have seen it all. How Kashir died.”

I also remembered clearly that these new recruits were killed by a Firehorn, a second-class monster that spews fire from its mouth. The seniors instinctively avoided fire, but the new recruits were so startled that they couldn’t even escape.

“After that, we didn’t let that monster run away…”

“Yeah.”

The Firehorn that was attacked by us fled across the border, but we couldn’t track it beyond the border, so we left the monster as it is.

Taro said that the Firehorn had been attacked properly this time, so in the future, he will become afraid of humans and will never cross the border again.

“I should have removed it, but I missed it…”

‘…Huh?’

I looked at Benny, bewildered by the trembling of her voice. Now that I see, Benny was not simply grieving over the deaths of her comrades.

She was dissatisfied with the fact that she had lost the monster that had killed her classmates.

“When the night comes, I keep thinking about it and I can’t sleep…”

She spoke in a low voice, but at the same time in a voice full of strong resentment.

“I should have killed it, but I couldn’t…”

Not knowing where to put my gaze, I noticed a wound on the back of Benny’s hand.

“…How did you get hurt?”

“Oh, I can’t sleep and I’m so upset… I slammed my fist against the bathroom wall…”

…Ah.

Benny, XX is strong…

I realized.

The fact that Benny, who has survived until the original point of the Border Guard Force, is not only strong in combat power…

She is mentally… Well… She was really strong. XX is strong with an innocent face…

It wasn’t that she was sad over the deaths of her comrades, it was that she couldn’t sleep because she was angry that she had left the enemy alive… It is certain that she will surpass her father and become a general.

I thought that she was just a good girl based on the way she treated the female lead in the original story, but there was such a secret.

“It was like that… I was in pain because I couldn’t get my revenge… And…”

Not sure what to say, Benny spoke again.

“A senior told me that I was stupidly weak. Living here has to be so bad that I shouldn’t care if anyone else dies.”

“Uh, that’s right…”

Perhaps because of the advice the senior gave to Benny, Benny asked me, ‘could I get worse?’

And there’s something really annoying about it…

“Benny, would you mind telling me who the senior is?”

“Oh, I don’t think that would be possible.”

Now it’s clear

‘This XX doesn’t help…’

I was enlightened for the second time. The senior who said that to Benny…

‘After Benny enlisted, he never made a mistake with the abstinence method.’

Benny didn’t speak high of him when he told her about the ‘seniority’. That meant he was lower than me.

‘Caron, Zayden, Milfi.’

It was obvious who the culprit was.

‘Zayden, this XX.’

Yes. I forgot that he was a character tormenting his successors in the original.

Zayden XX chastised his successor, Benny, for being weak, and that made Benny even more confused!

To be honest, I didn’t really care what he did to his successors, but if the target is Benny I’m trying to take care of, it’s a different story.

“Really, how could that XX be so unhelpful in my life?”

Power entered my eyes. As I clenched my fists and stared at the ground, Benny, standing in front of me, flinched and cautiously called me.

“aruvia…?”

“Okay, Benny. Go ahead and do the laundry first.”

“Yes…?”

“I think we should have an honest conversation.”

* * *

“Zayden.”

“Sa-Saruvia?”

After a while, when I called Zayden, who was mowing, in a sweet voice, he looked at my face and jumped in surprise.

“I have a question for you, do you have time?”

“Why-why not!”

For some reason, Zayden seemed terrified. He ran to me at high speed, and politely put his hands together.

“Zayden, did you…”

“Yes, yes!”

“Did you say anything useless to Benny?”

“What?”

Zayden jumped at those words, but the look on his face made it seem like I was right. He was restless and tried to come up with an excuse, but I raised a hand and stopped him.

“Her colleagues died a while ago, so I have to protect my hard-working successor.”

“Well, I really meant to give her advice…”

“Who gives advice like that, huh? Advice is advice when you say nice things and have a friendly attitude, but that’s just a threat.”

I could feel my blood pressure rise, but I smiled brighter to calm my anger. Then Zayden trembled even more.

“If you heard that you are going after Benny…”

“That, that…”

“If you get caught like this again, you’re dead, really.”

I once again threatened Zayden strongly, then left and ran to Benny. Now it was time to put back the mentality that Zayden had broken.

In the past, it was said that this work should be entrusted to professional personnel, but I have changed my mind.

‘Because Benny is strong.’

Benny is by no means a weak kid. With just a little help, she will probably be able to overcome herself and become stronger.

Then when you uncover your identity later, you might be able to help me too!

And not only that…

‘I can never go back to being the youngest in the girls’ dormitory!’

Benny’s mental shake and accidental death during subjugation will never happen!

* * *

“Benny!”

“Saruvia?”

When I returned with a brightened face, Benny looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“Heh, I have something to tell you.”

As I arrived next to her, I took a deep breath and said.

“No need to feel bad!”

“Yes?”

When I shouted, Benny’s eyes widened even more.

“There is a difference between being mean and being poisonous! It’s true that you have to be strong-minded to live here, but that doesn’t mean you have to give up your humanity and go bad!”

I don’t know what April or Yuri might think, but at least I thought so.

“If you must unconditionally avenge your comrades, you can do that!”

I grabbed her two hands.

“Instead, you just have to become stronger so that you don’t have to suffer and not get revenge like this time. Think of this failure as a stepping stone to become stronger. If you want to keep the way you have been, you have to be stronger.”

After that, Benny looked at me with strange eyes.

“Ah…”

She nodded slowly.

“Saruvia is right.”

As I raised the corners of my lips as she seemed to have accepted my words, Benny spoke in her characteristic calm and serious voice.

“That is correct. If I don’t have the strength here, I have no choice but to throw away what I have. I know well that in order to maintain myself, I have to be that strong…”

Benny’s expression was much brighter.

I’m happy because things seem to have worked out!

At that time, Benny opened her mouth with a somewhat shy voice.

“Saruvia…”

“Yes?”

“If you ever need help later, just tell me…”

‘Got it.’

After all, as in the original, Benny does not forget grace!

“Help, what can you do?”

When I pretended to know nothing, Benny smiled meaningfully again.

“I can really help with anything. Really, anything…”

‘… Aa the daughter of Tustar.’

“If you need help, be sure to tell me. I will help you with anything.”

As she said that, I felt a strong energy in Benny’s smiling face.

It was as if I was one step closer to survival!

* * *

And after a while, during the monster subjugation, Benny found and killed the Firehorn who had killed her comrades.

I don’t know how she found the exact same Firehorn, or how she blew the aura sword across the border…

Anyway, I understand that Benny is XX strong…

‘It feels like I raised a tiger cub.’

* * *

D-2190 days until discharge.

I was in the best mood today.

“Then the higher the rank, the more you try and show an exemplary image.”

“Yes, I understand!”

That’s because today was the day I was promoted to First Class!

After a brief promotion ceremony with other platoon comrades at the company headquarters, I made a happy face.

I’ll have to go back to the platoon to sew, but anyway, all that matters now is that I’ve been promoted!

“I am so happy…”

I grabbed Aquila’s arm and shook it, and he looked at me with warm eyes. It was a face that was obviously in a good mood.

Finally, we have held on to this XX place for two years, and we’re promoted to First Class!

‘XX, if you think about it, by Korean standards, I should have already been discharged…’

Thousands of dollars boiled in my mind as I suddenly remembered this crazy period of service, but I decided to be content with the present. Here, the more thoughtless you are, the happier you are.

“Ah, we have platoon training today, it’s good to miss out.”

Gamma platoon comrade Damian said so, and Beta platoon comrade Blue nodded.

They were our only colleagues in the Beta and Gamma platoons, respectively, and all we did was chat for a while, going back and forth from time to time.

But at this moment, we were feeling a deep sense of camaraderie.

“By the way, isn’t it the day the recruits arrive today?”

I tilted my head to ask, and an answer came straight from Blue.

“I heard there have been no recruits in our company.”

“Oh?”

Since Blue belonged to the beta platoon attached to the company headquarters, the information was very quick. Again, fast information is helpful.

“Anyway, I am finally free from chores.”

As I recalled the countless laundry, weeding, sewing, and other chores, my face became bright by itself. After enlisting, I became a housekeeper.

At that moment, Damian spoke with a serious face.

“Instead, starting with a first-class, you have to work at the border.”

“Yeah, I thought it would be very tiring to do it that one time.”

Border guard service literally means border guarding, and it was the main task of the Border Guard Forces. It was a task to set a time and guard the border at the guard post, but since it was a dangerous job to have monsters popping out frequently, only those participating in the service are a first-class officer or higher.

Day and night, work has to be continued, so sometimes seeing Yuri go out to work at night, I thought that a trainee would be better.

‘After all, a first class soldier must only work…’

Until now, I only had to work during the day, but now I have to work until the night, XX. Shouldn’t the demons sleep too? Can’t we all rest together at night?

“I heard that there are a lot of deaths in the border service.”

Blue said with a serious expression.

“Everyone has passed the training period, so now they are proud that they are not capable of being killed by monsters, but guard duty is much more dangerous than that.”

In an instant, the atmosphere darkened. After overcoming one great crisis, I’m faced with another great crisis.

‘XX, this guy’s army never has a peaceful day…’

“Ah, I’ll have to go take a look.”

“Yeah, thanks for the info too.”

After confirming that some time had passed, we exchanged greetings lightly and then dispersed into our respective platoons.

Although we had a serious conversation a while ago, I was still feeling the best!

‘There are only six years left!’

Anyway, I passed the hurdle of being a trainee once, and I will be discharged in 6 years!

* * *

But what awaited us upon arriving at the platoon was shocking news.

“Denin is dead.”

“What? What do you mean…?”

I even made a speech mistake I had never made before, and stood there with a bewildered expression on my face.

“Literally. Denin died while on guard duty.”

I looked around the other troops with confused eyes, but looking at their faces, it didn’t seem like a joke. No, you can’t play a prank on people’s lives in the first place.

Even the 85th personality breakdown, Blair and Topio, had their eyes wide open.

‘Hey XX…’

I realized.

Being promoted to First Class was never a good thing, it added one more crisis! Oh XX!

A First Class, Denin, who died, was in the 84th, a match between Blair and Topio. He had half a year left until he was promoted to a corporal, so his skills had already been fully recognized.

But to say that he died while on guard duty…

I realized once again the dangers of guard duty, and that this XX apocalyptic universe was determined to kill me.

‘… Apocalypse?’

At that moment, something popped into my mind.

I thought I was possessed by ropan, but in fact, if it wasn’t ropan!

“Status window!”

…But nothing happened.

‘…Shall I put it another way?’

“System window!”

…Likewise, nothing happened.

XX… Yes, the time for denial of reality is over. Calm down, Saruvia…

In the end, I decided to accept the reality that I had to be put into that dangerous border service where people died today.

During border guard duty, in front of the land infested with monsters, I’ll have to deal with the demons who try to cross the barbed wire.

The work was carried out at the checkpoints located for each platoon, and that was the reason the platoon was separated. In order to stand on the borderline more effectively. In addition, the guard duty was carried out by two, and was rotated with other members of the unit every three hours.

While on guard duty, they were excluded from monster subjugation and training, so high-ranking seniors deliberately stood guard during training.

Of course, since I just became a first-class officer, I should only work during the most tiring hours without any of that, but XX.

“Saruvia, you don’t have to worry about that.”

My expression continued to darken after hearing the news of Denin’s death, and Ishina comforted me.

‘It seems that Ishina wasn’t shocked at all. After all, it’s a great mentality like a villain.’

He said with a friendly smile that didn’t suit the situation.

“If you have your usual skills, you will be able to work smoothly. Don’t be conceited, and remember to always focus. Saruvia, you can do well.”

“Thank you for saying that…”

Since Ishina was promoted to first class 3 months ago, he had already been on guard duty for 3 months, and his words sounded more reliable today.

Aquila snuggled up close to me. His body temperature was transmitted from the place he touched.

I knew this was his way of comforting me. The warm energy made my head go numb, and I was able to regain my composure little by little.

“Yes… Yeah, maybe it’ll be ok…”

As I nodded with hazy eyes, a shadow fell behind us.

“Dream?”

After seeing the image of Dream, we naturally let go of ourselves so that we would not be misunderstood.

“I have a guide for you on your first guard duty.”

When Dream opened his mouth, we listened to him.

“You know the bulletin board with the work schedule? In the future, you have to figure it out.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Saruvia, you work at six o’clock this evening. Aquila, you are twelve o’clock at night.”

“Yes, I understand.”

‘As expected, you only gave the worst time period.’

12 to 3 o’clock at night when Aquila was working was, of course, one of the worst hours because he wouldn’t sleep as much.

After answering Dream’s words, I asked a meaningless question.

“Who will we work with?”

“Ah. Aquila, you will be with Altair…”

‘Isn’t it surprising to be standing with Altair?’

I thought he would be with Dream and Carrot, but I tilted my head, then realized something.

‘For a moment… Maybe it’s not like that the first job is directly handled by high-ranking seniors, or something like that…?’

If so, the senior who will work with me…

“Saruvia, you should go with Winter.”

“…Did I hear correctly?”

I don’t know if this is fortunate or unfortunate.

* * *

“Saruvia, don’t worry too much.”

On the way to my first job, my body began to harden with tension.

Ishina encouraged me, but that didn’t help either. I got up after a quick meal for work.

‘XX, I think I’m going to…’

When I stepped out of the restaurant, Winter was already waiting there.

“Winter.”

“Saruvia, today is your first border crossing. Don’t be too nervous because it’s your first time…”

And the moment I saw his face, surprisingly, the tension disappeared.

‘Even if a demon appears, I think Winter will do something about it.’

With Winter, the elite among the elite, I shouldn’t even be afraid. In addition, of the four male protagonist candidates in the original work, Winter was the person whom I had the most confidence in personally when dealing with monsters.

Somehow, to me, his image is like that of the Northern Archduke who returns after dealing with all the monsters alone…

‘Somehow, I think he’ll make a coat for the female heroine out of monster hair.’

Of course, I am well aware that in reality, monsters looked terrible. I wouldn’t really want to make a coat out of that fur.

…Come to think of it again, Winter isn’t the type to make coats with monsters. If it was Winter, he would definitely not use the corpse of a monster privately, saying that he should not embezzle goods.

Anyway, when I thought of working with Winter, my worries suddenly disappeared and I felt like I was doing well.

As I had a smile on my face, Winter nodded with a serious face.

“It’s always the same.”

…It was a voice that would have nagged me about my facial expression management for eternity.

* * *

Standing at the guard post, I clasped the gun with both hands and stared at the other side of the barbed wire with anxious eyes.

The guard post was slightly floating from the ground, so the lawless area beyond the border was clearly visible.

A land occupied by demons, uninhabited by humans.

Occasionally, when I saw demons in my eyes, I was nervous and fixed my gun, but Winter said that I could not destroy all the demons across the border anyway, so I only had to block them from crossing the barbed wire.

‘It’s really in principle.’

I thought as I glanced at Winter standing next to me in a poised pose.

According to Ishina, seniors usually relax and chat about various things, but Winter showed no sign of that.

‘Still, in the original story, he was always asking questions about the life of a woman.’

It looks like he doesn’t even care about me! After possessing this world, my ropan positive circuit was destroyed about the 325th time!

As I was vigilant across the border without first speaking to me, Winter finally spoke up.

“Will you be able to adapt well to the next border shift?”

“Yes? Yes that’s right!”

“Okay. Is there anything inconvenient about life as a first-class soldier?”

‘Yes? Isn’t it all uncomfortable?’

I wanted to say that, but I held back the sound of my heart.

“It doesn’t seem like much has changed except for one extra shift, so I think I’ll be able to adapt well.”

“Okay. If anything is difficult, please tell me.”

With Winter’s last words, silence fell again. As I wiggled my fingers, unable to hold back the silence, Winter added.

“As for life as a first-class soldier… Rather, it may be more convenient in some aspects as the chores disappear. And keep your back at a more 90 degree angle and look straight ahead.”

“Yes…”

He shut his mouth again, and we became awkward again.

‘…I can’t.’

I hate to hear Winter explain the principles, but this atmosphere is terribly boring. This time, I’ll have to talk to him first.

“How was Winter’s life as a first-class soldier? Do you have any advice for me?”

At those words, Winter frowned slightly and made a look of contemplating something.

“I don’t think I was much different from a trainee when I was in First Class. I was just following the rules of life.”

‘After all, he was the king of principles.’

Looking at Winter’s unchanging face, I impulsively asked a question.

“How is Winter so strong? Did something happen?”

Occasionally, I admire him, thinking, ‘As expected, male lead #2!’, ‘As expected, as indifferent as a Northern Duke!’, or ‘He’s a complete perfectionist in everything!’ .

I suddenly wondered about Winter’s life.

“Have you ever been afraid of something in the Border Guard?”

At those words, Winter looked at me with his blue eyes, then opened his mouth again, looking over the border.

“I am… I thought I had never experienced anything special.”

Finally he began to tell his story.

“Well, after enlisting in the Border Guard, I wasn’t too scared or unfamiliar with it. I’ve already heard many times before enlistment about what will happen… Before enlisting, I had been practicing swordsmanship enough, so I wasn’t afraid of monsters, and I was fortunate enough to be able to maintain good relationships with my colleagues.”

“Ah, it seems that you are really close with Altair.”

“Because Altair is easy to get along with. Yuri also followed the rules, so it suited me well. None of my comrades died, so I’ve never been very disappointed.”

It seems that all 78th units of Alpha Squadron were Winter, Altair, and Yuri. Miraculously, all three were so strong that they were called the elite, so no one died.

“Like this, I don’t have anything special to say, so I don’t have much to say. If you wish, I can advise you on establishing your own principles while adhering to them in the military.”

“No, it’s fine…”

“Well, yes. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.”

…Like a professor.

However, I did have a question for Winter.

‘What kind of life did you lead before enlistment?’

If nothing special happened after his enlistment, his abilities and personality must have been formed before enlistment. Seriously, winter might have blue blood. He has the blue blood of aristocrats…

‘…No, weren’t blue blood reptiles?’

Then I’ll just have to do it with red blood flowing.

Anyway, Winter seemed to be a cold human from birth.

“Then, were you strong before enlisting?”

“Yes.”

Winter nodded lightly.

“Because my parents are of different races.”

“Ah…”

If both parents are Archon, it is common for them to be thoroughly educated before enlisting. In the case of Caron, both his parents died while serving as officers and he was raised by adoptive parents.

Benny, who seems to have grown up only with love, was a rather rare case, and she was fed up with the reality that the children of the Archon couple had to enlist soon.

‘Yeah, just like Ishina, who grew up with the Archon couple, became a villain…’

Even Ishina wasn’t a villain when he was born, well…

“My parents trained me thoroughly from a young age, and I just enlisted with all the skills needed for the Border Guard. I don’t know what kind of unit I’ll be assigned to, so I started by training basic physical abilities, then trained in swordsmanship, marksmanship, horseback riding, spearmanship, swimming, and rock climbing.”

Hearing that, I felt a little strange.

How would parents feel about having to educate their children to put them in a place like this?

“The most important thing among them is to maintain reason.”

Winter said in a cold voice.

“To keep reason and follow principles. Emptying your emotions and not making unnecessary assumptions. To follow orders given and not to question.”

I turned my head to look at his side.

Sculpture-like features, a handsome man who looks like he jumped out of a ropan cover.

But in his blue-gray eyes, I felt as if I had glimpsed an emptiness that could not be described in one word.

“That is the most important thing to survive as a border guard.”

‘…Whoa, I’m going crazy.’

If this was ropan, the people around him might talk about Winter as a ‘monster without blood or tears’, and there might be a scene where the female protagonist heals Winter’s wounds.

However, Winter’s principality and cold personality stemmed mostly from the fact that this world was an apocalypse.

If it were not for this world, Winter, who might have grown up to a moderately blunt and perfection-seeking personality, was transformed by this world into a principlist who completely abandoned his emotions.

In the past, I couldn’t understand Winter, who was loyal to the imperial family even though he suffered this hardship because of the ‘contract magic’…

Unconditionally loyal to what you are supposed to be loyal to without expressing your personal feelings, and just doing what you have to do. That was Winter’s way of surviving.

Without showing it outwardly, I had no choice but to curse the world once again.

‘Crazy worldview.’

Where the hell did the Archons sell their human rights? It was this world that made Archon into a monster without blood or tears.

…For some reason, it reminded me of April, who left to destroy the system of this world…

‘April fighting…’

XX, I am rooting for that crazy X.

But I have no intention of leaving to break the system of this world myself like her, so I just have to calmly cheer for her.

‘When I am discharged, I will live a very quiet life…’

“Saruvia.”

“Yes?”

I lifted my head in amazement as Winter suddenly called my name while I was thinking.

“Focus.”

“Ah!”

‘If you think about it, it’s a dangerous border shift that could cost your life, but it must have been that you were too stupid to think about Winter’s past.’

I glared at the barbed wire.

At that moment, I saw a huge snake crawling over the barbed wire on the right. The thing with yellow spots on its purple body was one of those monsters.

“I will shoot.”

Bang-!

To survive, you have to act fast. Soon, the monster’s body lost its strength and slid off the barbed wire, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

Winter, who was watching me like that, gave me a light compliment.

“You acted calmly. Well done, Saruvia. Let us continue to do so.”

“Thank you.”

I thought the atmosphere had warmed up a bit, but Winter asked me a sudden question.

“Saruvia, you…”

“Yes?”

“How have you been living?”

“What?”

“Since I told you, I wanted to hear from you as well. If it makes you uncomfortable, you don’t have to tell me.”

“Ah…”

I just stood there with my mouth open.

…Winter asked the same question to the original female lead.

At that time, Winter remembers inquiring about how Darlene was doing.

However, just because he asked the same question as the original heroine, I couldn’t just be happy and say, “Is it a romance development?”

‘How did I live?’

That’s something I couldn’t talk about…

I have faint memories of Saruvia before the possession, but I have not experienced the situation myself, so I have no feelings, what can I say?

‘I can’t even talk about possession.’

What the hell should I be talking about? ‘Yeah, my hobby was reading novels featuring people who look like Winter, hoho. Thanks to that, Winter is familiar and I am not afraid.’?

No, I can’t.

“I… I don’t know.”

Winter just reacted as usual.

“Yeah, I got it.”

‘XX… It’s like writing a cover letter…’

I felt like I had to add something more somehow, so I pondered for a while and then opened my mouth again.

“I just grew up in an orphanage…”

Although the original Saruvia was born as an archon, she grew up unable to interact properly with other children.

“Well, it was better than here anyway.”

I said, shrugging my shoulders with a non-serious face.

“I just want to get discharged quickly. In fact, anywhere is better than here.”

Yep, that was all I could say about the past.

I couldn’t even talk about the ‘I’ when I was on Earth. Because the only memory I have about ‘me’ at that time was my name.

‘Let’s be grateful for the fact that the name remains in my memory…’

It is the most precious memory to me, but I have buried my ‘name’ in the corner of my heart, which I cannot tell anyone.

* * *

(3rd person pov)

After that, work continued.

Saruvia got used to border work to some extent, and she was no longer afraid of border work. Of course, working at night or early in the morning was the worst.

Seniors other than Winter showed a more flexible attitude when it came to border work, and they got to know each other through all sorts of conversations.

“XX, I want to desert~”

Mumbling like that, Saruvia went to the restaurant.

‘It’s 12 o’clock in the afternoon today, so I’ll have to get lunch quickly, XX.’

Looking at Saruvia’s back, Milfi looked back at Benny with a serious face and said.

“Benny, Saruvia is more… Don’t you think her eyes are impressive?”

He was just saying back and forth that it seems that her eyes have turned around these days.

“Yes… Saruvia is a really good senior… Except for the way she talks sometimes when things happen…”

Roughly speaking, Saruvia was nice to her, but she was surprised to hear her swear when she had additional work to do.

“I think border work is very difficult.”

“Yes, it seems to change people.”

It meant that it seemed like Saruvia had turned around more because of the border shift.

They looked into each other’s eyes and then nodded. At this moment, Benny and Milfi were thinking the same thing.

‘She seems to be going crazy these days, so let’s not stand out!’

* * *

(Saruvia’s pov)

Discharge in D-2098.

“Ah, the party is off…”

I came from work and leaned against Aquila and muttered.

“I want to eat brioche. I want to eat lemon cake. I want to eat…”

Pls read only at pink muffin tl.

It is a baked confectionery that I used to eat often before possessing, but I have never touched it since I fell into this world.

XX. It’s obviously a ropan worldview, but does it make sense that you can’t eat Western desserts?

Eventually I buried my face in Aquila’s shoulder. When I run out of sugar, I easily become sensitive and tired, so when I come back from my guard duty and there is still time until dinner, my condition deteriorates sharply like this.

“Do you want something sweet?”

“Yes… I’ll be dizzy, XX…”

I mumble with my face on his shoulder as Aquila pats my head with his hand. As my body warmed up, it was worth living for a while.

“Saruvia!”

Then, Benny’s voice was heard. Everything bothered me, so I didn’t answer and stayed still.

“Ah, you were here… Oh!”

When she raised her head, Benny opened her eyes in a surprised voice.

“S-sorry! Do what you were doing…”

“No no. Wait a minute.”

I know what she’s misunderstanding, but I don’t think she’ll believe it even if I explain it…

Benny, who usually had a calm expression on the face of the world, was looking at me and Aquila with a happy death expression.

“Ho ho, it’s perfect…”

“What?”

“What?”

“Didn’t you just say something?”

“There is no such thing.”

…Obviously, Benny felt like she was denying her self-talk, but for now, I decided to move on.

“So why did you call me?”

“Ah, a new recruit has arrived, in case you haven’t seen…”

“I am not interested in recruits. Half of them die anyway.”

At those words, Benny made a somewhat strange expression on her face.

“There is only one recruit this time.”

“Yeah, so what. If they live more than three months, then we can get to know each other.”

“…If I dare to tell you what I think…”

Benny said in a cautious voice.

“This recruit will definitely survive.”

“Why? A genius?”

“You can see…”

As she persuaded me to keep watching the recruits, eventually I went with Aquila to where the recruits were training.

There were already other members of the unit besides us hiding and admiring the training.

“Wow…”

And seeing the new recruit, I couldn’t help but admire him.

Aquila, who would normally have been displeased with my successor’s attention, was nodding in admiration this time.

“This new recruit, really…”

I didn’t know what to say, so I was choosing words, and in the end I decided to just say what came to mind.

“Really strong…”

This new recruit was a tall man with an impressively muscular body, a grumpy-looking face, and a lush beard.

“…What’s his name?”

“It’s Sanchez.”

“Hmm…”

Hearing his name from Benny, I marveled for a moment, then just said the words that came to mind.

“A strong name…”

Yeah, there was nothing else to say…

A new recruit named Sanchez was really strong just by looking at him.

Gray hair like a veteran on the battlefield, gray eyes like a wolf’s, a gray beard that looks like something out of a martial arts novel, huge muscles…

He even followed the recruit training conducted without any effort at all, and he seemed to take the training as easy as possible.

I suddenly felt sorry for the corporals who had to control him. If it were me, I wouldn’t even dare to scold him because I’m afraid of him…

There are different ranks in the military, but sometimes you have to buy it yourself…

“How old is he?”

No matter how I look at it, I looked at his grumpy face, which seemed to have received all the waves of the times, and when I asked, Benny gave a nonsensical answer.

“The same age as me.”

“Cough!”

As I coughed, Aquila gently patted my back. Then Benny blushed again and smiled sinisterly.

“Benny, how old are you?”

“I am eighteen.”

Yes, Benny is 18, a year younger than me.

But Sanchez is 18? The same age as Benny? Same age as Caron?

“Children these days are growing up so fast…”

I muttered in a hoarse voice.

“Hey, other people’s children can be mature…”

As I said that, thinking of Caron still demanding attention in front of me, Aquila nodded next to me.

“It’s because they’re too cheap.”

I tried to respond to Aquila’s words, but Benny laughed again with a sinister expression on her face, so I just quit.

No, maybe he was possessed by another spirit in his body?

* * *

Sanchez was not only impressive visually. He boasted a very splendid past from the process of unpacking on the first day.

I wasn’t in the men’s dormitory, so I heard the story from Caron later…

“This… Isn’t that a black magic artifact?”

“Yes.”

“What? Are you a black magician? Why are you bringing these things?!”

“I just got it from someone I knew.”

“No, where did this get sold?! Black magic is forbidden by the imperial family, and to bring black magic artifacts to the army?!”

“Calm down. First, I have to report this to the platoon commander.”

Sanchez made a journey of mixing artifacts that could use black magic with luggage brought from outside.

And Winter, the meticulous perfectionist, found the artifact.

We obey the orders of the state, and black magic was forbidden by the imperial family, so of course the army was inevitably turned upside down.

When even the company commander heard the news, he was furious and ordered that all the artifacts were confiscated.

‘You’re really crazy XX…’

To be honest, I was curious as to what a black magic artifact would look like in a fantasy world.

I wanted to run to Sanchez and ask him for an explanation of it, but I persevered, using the spirit of a soldier I had learned in this world.

‘I’ll have to ask him in detail when Sanchez gets used to his military life.’

However, Sanchez, who had been the subject of special management by his seniors from the first day, showed no sign of softening after that…

“This new recruit is…”

Ishina’s eyes darkened.

“Strong…”

Again, everyone’s reaction to this new recruit was the same.

“A strong name…”

This was my reaction when I heard Sanchez’s name.

“What did you do before enlistment?”

“I have been working as a blacksmith’s assistant. So I can handle the hammer well. And I learned the sword from the mercenaries.”

“So strong…”

Blair spoke in a muffled tone, then squirmed in an instant.

“Where are the fish?”

“I chewed it.”

“Ah…”

While eating, Dream looked at Sanchez’s plate and muttered in an absurd voice.

It really felt like Sanchez made the word ‘strength’ into a human being.

It is a different feeling from the strength of the male leads. Aquila and Winter are strong, but they and Sanchez feel very different…

“He must have been very glamorous before enlisting…”

I muttered, remembering Sanchez’s strong muscles, and Ishina said in a natural voice.

“Yeah, he said everything about being a blacksmith and a mercenary. Being acquainted with information about monsters is an advantage thanks to life as a mercenary, but it’s also a problem because you can’t adapt to a vertical culture.”

At those words, I was a little intrigued and blinked my eyes. If you live as a mercenary, will you ever have to fight monsters?

“You mean that Sanchez already has experience dealing with monsters by being well-informed about monsters?”

“Oh, not that.”

Ishina started explaining.

“That is the role of the border guard. If we let the monsters go down to the village, there’s no way we’ll be fine. Haha.”

“Haha, that’s right.”

Ishina and I made eye contact and smiled. And I got a little sad…

XX, I want to desert.

“I mean, if you have experience as a mercenary, you will be familiar with monsters and black magic. Mercenaries are also associated with dark connections such as the Assassination Guild and the Intelligence Guild.”

“Assassination Guild…? Information Guild…?”

Wow, that was a really ropan-like word!

There was also a time when the guild leader of the information guild expected the development of a ropan that interested me.

When you access the information guild using the password read in the original story and make an extraordinary request like a possessor, the guild leader, who pretended to be a general guild member, said, “It’s interesting.” He became interested while doing it, and after receiving help, he said that he would grant a request in return, and it got even more entangled… I was waiting for such a Ropan possession…

But, let alone the development of the romance, the male leads now did not have the male-like behavior, XX.

Anyway, it was quite interesting that Sanchez knew about it as well.

“Ah, so Sanchez said that he received a black magic artifact from someone he knew, did he get it directly from the black magician?”

“Isn’t that supposed to be the case?”

“Aha… So what does black magic have to do with monsters?”

I didn’t know much about this world except for what I read in the original, so I had to ask people around me a lot, and each time Ishina answered it in detail, not like a villain.

Whether he’s a villain or not, he just needs to be nice on the outside.

“Well… A black magician can also cast magic using monsters as materials. Conversely, I’ve heard that it’s possible to create monsters, but I don’t know much about this.”

“Aha…”

Nodding lightly at Ishina’s explanation, my interest in Sanchez grew.

It seems that one of the important elements that make up this world is about black magic, and if you know more about black magic, you may be able to understand this world better than it is now.

‘I’ll ask later when I get to know Sanchez a little more.’

The more I know about Sanchez, the more I want to ask Sanchez, but in fact, there was no sign of getting acquainted with Sanchez…

At that time, words that were difficult to understand came out of Ishina’s mouth.

“I thought that the artifacts Sanchez brought this time would be helpful to Caron, but I don’t think I can even ask about artifacts in this situation where it’s difficult to have a proper conversation with Sanchez.”

“To help Caron… What are you talking about?”

“Some of the things Sanchez brought were artifacts related to memory. Caron has lost his memory, so I thought it might be helpful.”

Ishina said with a light shrug as if it wasn’t important.

“But right now we can’t even talk to Sanchez properly.”

Ishina’s words continued, but I couldn’t concentrate on his words.

Because I was so worried about the artifacts on that ‘memory’ that I went crazy.

Caron has been with us since a while ago, and even though he was talking about his ‘memory’, he didn’t show a big reaction and just kept his eyes open.

‘I think Caron needs memories too…but…’

Of course, those artifacts will help Caron too, but…

‘Can I get my memories back from the previous world?’

If I recover the memories of the previous world that remains blurry, I may be able to recall the contents of the original work in more detail.

Without stopping to think about the artifacts, I naturally continued the conversation with Ishina.

“Did Sanchez do any harm to Milfi and Zayden?”

“No, it’s not…”

According to Ishina, Sanchez’s dormitory is right next to Zayden and Milfie but Sanchez occupied a very wide space at bedtime.

“No, they are seniors though…”

Zayden, you treat me so XX and bully Benny, but you can’t move in front of Sanchez? It is also a sample of strong and weak people.

I tried to rebuke them for being timid, but I just kept my mouth shut, thinking that I might not be able to move in front of Sanchez either. 

Caron said with his eyes wide open.

“It seems like they’re unnecessarily scared of Sanchez, so they’re just afraid of anything he does.”

I glanced at Caron gently. Yeah, when ordinary humans see Sanchez, they have no choice but to lose their sense…

However, for some reason, when we said Sanchez’s name, Caron had a strange reluctance to him.

“Caron, you don’t like Sanchez?”

“It’s just that he was acquainted with a warlock before enlisting, something is not good.”

“Why?”

“Black magic… To me, that is not a good feeling.”

“Oh, it could be.”

After all, black magic was an overtly sinister word. At that time, Ishina spoke to Caron in a soft voice.

“Well, Zayden and Milfi aren’t afraid of Sanchez for nothing.”

“What?”

“You know what Sanchez said when they asked him to pick up the thing that Milfi dropped last time?”

Ishina continued speaking, receiving the gazes of me and Caron.

“He said that he does not listen to those who are weaker than him…”

“Ah…”

I had to admire it.

Is that really the human way of thinking? How can you think like a beast?

‘What kind of breeders are we, XX. It varies.’

Will I ever be able to get close enough to ask Sanchez about the artifacts? No, can I even get to greet him in the first place?

What I feel here is that there are so many special people in the world… And the place where you can meet all those special people was in the military, XX.

* * *

Today’s border shift was a job standing with Winter after a long time.

“Oh, Winter. Do you know…”

Recalling the story I heard from Ishina, I parted my lips.

“I heard that black magicians use monsters as materials to use their powers, so is the monster we hunted out?”

When I brought up the story of the ‘Black Magician’, Winter’s hard expression hardened even more.

“Black magic is strictly forbidden in the Empire, so I don’t know much about it, but… Sometimes, monsters from across the border come down to the village, so I heard that black magicians usually hunt and use them as materials.”

“Aha…”

Well, even a level 4 monster was so small that the people of the Empire can just beat it with a frying pan.

‘There is a reason why the people of the Adolf Empire are rumored to be strong on the continent.’

Because this is everyday life in the Adolf Empire!

“Then is it true that a black magician can create monsters?”

“Rather than a black magician intentionally creating a monster…”

Winter’s brow furrowed.

“It would be more accurate to say that a monster was created by chance as a side effect of black magic.”

After all, Winter, there was really nothing you didn’t know. My curiosity was resolved and I had a bright face, but Winter seemed uncomfortable talking about black magic, which was banned by the state.

“Stop talking about this. Just being interested in black magic is disloyal to the imperial family. And as for the twenty-fourth time already, keep an eye on the front while on guard duty.”

“Ah…”

Winter’s loyalty to the imperial family was astonishing. I am interested in the black magic that the imperial family is persecuting even because of the resentment I have against the Adolf Empire. Because the enemy of the original enemy is my friend.

“But for Archon, isn’t a warlock better than the imperial family?”

In the end, when I couldn’t stand it and raised a question with a glance, Winter gave me a shocking answer.

“You seem to be mistaken. Warlocks are never kind to different races.”

“…What?”

“Children of unguarded races are sometimes used by warlocks as enchantments. Doing chores, becoming a test subject for black magic, or dissecting the corpse of a monster. I’ve heard that sometimes they even handle human corpses to remove the necessary organs and dispose of them.”

“Why…”

I knew that this country was never kind to Archon, but I didn’t know that even the black magician, who was being persecuted with us, would be like this.

“Why would they use the Archons?”

“Because of the strong physical abilities, they can do what they are instructed to do, and no one cares if they get caught up in a dangerous task and die.”

I felt my feelings for the black magician drop.

It was also understandable that Caron said earlier that the warlock was ominous. After all, the original male lead #4 had an intuition like a beasts’.

“Saruvia, it is quite common for young ones to be used and killed by warlocks. And why are you suddenly interested in black magic?”

“Oh, rather than I am interested in black magic…”

I was afraid that this crazy principle-minded Winter might report me to the state as a reactionary, so I waved my hand to explain.

“Isn’t this new recruit, Sanchez, a mercenary? I was talking about it with Ishina, and it was said that he might have a connection with a black magician.”

“Sanchez…”

At that, Winter slowly opened and closed his eyes. It was a face thinking about something.

“The most important thing in this border defense force is the relationship with each other. I wonder if Sanchez will be able to establish a stable relationship and adapt well to the army.”

“Oh, is it?”

As someone who will be face to face for 6 years, as Winter said, the relationship between the meeting with the senior and the successor was the most important.

In fact, they are the people I have been with the longest except for my motives, so if I behaved well, they would be the ones I would get along with the most. Except for Aquila, I would often hang out with Ishina and Caron.

Seeing Winter’s words seemingly concerned about the relationship between Benny and Sanchez, I seemed to recall the rival relationships.

‘Gagne and Zara didn’t get along well with the 78th.’

They continued to be compared because their successors were too elite, and eventually they hated the 78th.

“Although Benny is an elite… I don’t think Sanchez will be jealous of his senior, and I don’t think Benny will be ignored because she is strong.”

“Well.”

But Winter was still in a negative tone.

“Benny never gets angry under any circumstances and tries to maintain good relations with everyone. Sometimes you have to know how to be angry, but I don’t know if Sanchez, who seems to only recognize people stronger than him, will always recognize the kind Benny.”

“Ah…”

My mouth opened automatically. Aside from that, Winter perfectly understands the personalities of Benny and Sanchez…

‘You were also concerned about the relationship between your successors.’

There was only one thing to say in this situation.’

“Then what will Winter do?”

Curious about his reaction to his spoiled successor, Sanchez, I asked a question, but Winter asked with a disbelieving face.

“Me?”

“Yes. I was wondering what you would do with Sanchez…”

“I must not interfere.”

Winter interrupted me and said,

“Because if someone intervenes in such a relationship, it just makes it seem comfortable.”

“Aha.”

I nodded my head in front of the phenomenon in which Winter stubbornly adheres to his principles, ‘Of course Winter’. Well… that’s right… Wait a minute.

Wait, maybe…

“Winter, did you know about my relationship with Zayden?”

I thought Winter, who was far away from me, was unaware of it, but I think he took too lightly the fact that he was trying to control and analyze everything. Because Winter naturally nodded at my words.

“Yeah, I knew. But now, Saruvia, you seem to have solved it well.”

“Wow…”

In the end, I had no choice but to open my mouth again. Winter. This being, you are raising your successors really strongly.

I’ve already given up. Even if something happens, Winter will not take good care of me. This man will drop me off a cliff and make me stronger.

* * *

I was looking for an opportunity to get to know Sanchez somehow, who was bringing catastrophe to the unit, far from making friends with others.

Yeah, just like what’s unfolding right before my eyes…

“Hey, recruit.”

While mowing the entire company headquarters, 85th called Sanchez.

“Hey, you go and get some new gloves.”

Then Sanchez stared at Blair with gray eyes.

He didn’t say anything and just stared at him with a stern look on his face, and Blair looked embarrassed.

“What, what? XX!”

“Are you asking me to bring it?”

“Yeah?”

“I don’t listen to anyone weaker than me.”

“Hey XX!”

Blair screamed out of embarrassment, and Topio also tapped Sanchez and said.

“Ah, the recruits are gone. Are you kidding me? Would you like to go back?”

“… Are you serious about that?”

“What?”

“Can you make me go back?”

At those words, the inside of the training ground became quiet. Milfi and Zayden were already weeding quietly, and Benny was next to me with her eyes wide open and a silly expression on her face.

‘As expected, Sanchez, XX is strong…’

Blair and Topio were swearing and withdrawing from Sanchez, realizing that he was a madman they couldn’t deal with.

Hmm, okay. Let’s think about it. This absurd situation may be a development to show the true power of the original male protagonists.

‘…Wait, unfold?’

My broken positive circuit started working again after 2 years!

‘Ropan unfolds!!’

Yes, the original male protagonists subdue Sanchez to show that they are strong and cool!

It was an absurd logic to even think of on my own, but if you want to survive here, you have to have hope like this…

I looked at Ishina, who was right next to me, with twinkling eyes.

“Ishina, what should you do?”

“What?”

“If your successor doesn’t listen to you like that.”

Since Ishina had an expression on his face as if he didn’t feel a sense of crisis, I added.

“It was unimaginable at the time.”

“If April…”

“…Ah, PTSD… Don’t talk about it… Anyway, aren’t the kids these days being too quiet?”

At those words, Ishina stared at me, and suddenly let out a deep sigh.

“Sigh…”

He looked at me with empty eyes and muttered.

“Yeah, kids these days are really sick of not listening…”

“…Why are you looking at me?”

“You really don’t even listen too…”

…I finally decided to keep my mouth shut in front of Ishina.

‘No, didn’t I follow Ishina well?’

No matter how much I think about it, it’s unfair, but once I’m in my position, there’s nothing I can do about it. In any case, Ishina seemed unwilling to control Sanchez.

I looked at Caron, who had been trying to get my attention from my right side for a while.

“Caron.”

“Yes?!”

Caron, who was weeding in a crooked shape to get some attention, raised his head with a remorseful expression.

“Do the weeding right. I’ll applaud you later…”

“Yes…”

I think he’s starting to become a civil servant, maybe it’s because of his mood?

‘Winter is already…’

He was the type to develop a strong successor.

‘Is it Aquila, then?’

He is the main male lead of the original work, so he may prove his strength through the process of subjugating Sanchez.

“Aquila.”

I ran to Aquila, who was working from a distance, and tapped his arm, and he lifted his head.

“What?”

“Sanchez… oh, what is this?”

Seeing the traces he had made, I couldn’t help but admire him.

He had finished weeding more neatly than anyone in the unit here. How the hell could you even do this? Also an elite soldier. You have high male lead power.

“Sometimes the head of the department or the platoon commander orders me to weed, so I’m confident in weeding.”

“So it’s like that…”

I was a little sad at the thought that he seems to have succeeded Winter and became the best worker in the company.

…At the most, I was looking forward to the start of the romance story, but in the meantime, what if the male lead of the original main male actor is declining day by day?

“Oh, no. I didn’t mean to say this.”

When I came to my senses, I approached Aquila again and said,

“What do you think of the recruits?”

“What?”

He looked at Sanchez with his expressionless scarlet eyes. Soon, he turned to me with warm eyes and said:

“I have no idea. Why?”

“Ugh, he said he wouldn’t listen unless someone was stronger than him… I thought you would want to fight him and win.”

“Why?”

“Why not?”

I was surprised to hear the voice that didn’t seem to have any real emotion, and I asked, but when I saw Aquila’s eyes, I realized it.

‘He’s really not interested.’

Aquila never came forward unless he was originally interested. For him, there was no reason to quarrel with Sanchez, who did no harm to him.

The most important thing to him right now was not how cocky Sanchez was with his other seniors, it was more on weeding right now…

“Why, was he being cocky towards you?”

“No, it had nothing to do with me… But how can you be sure it can’t be?”

“Because I didn’t see it.”

“Maybe something you haven’t seen?”

“No way. I watched it all.”

“What? Did you keep watching me?”

Those words made me feel a little better. It’s nice to know that someone cares about me.

As I was smiling, Aquila asked.

“Are you sure I’ll win if I fight Sanchez?”

“Yeah, of course.”

“Why?”

“You are so strong.”

That’s right, since it’s the original male lead #1, it’s natural. It is impossible for a male lead to be pushed by another supporting person. That’s just a logically impossible sentence.

But at my word, Aquila raised an eyebrow slightly.

‘I think it’s good to say that you are strong.’

At that time, Ishina, who was watching from the side, said in a tired voice.

“Sigh. No matter what the topic of conversation is, it always ends up in a world just for the two of them.”

* * *

I’ve been off topic for a while. Okay, let’s get back to talking about Sanchez.

In any case, all the firsts failed to subdue Sanchez, saying, “I don’t listen to anyone weaker than me.”

Other male candidates such as Aquila were not interested in him in the first place, so let’s leave that aside.

And now I was watching the confrontation between the corporals and Sanchez with an intriguing eye.

‘It’s really interesting because I’m not there.’

“No, are you feeling down right now?”

El asked in an absurd tone. He had sent Sanchez to run an errand, after which he replied, “Whoever is weaker than me blah blah.”

Since Sanchez followed official routines like training and showed his rebellion only to trainees and first-class officers when doing chores, the corps seemed to be unaware that he was doing this behind the scenes, only knowing that he was out of control.

“Blair, Topio.”

As El called their names, they quickly bowed their heads to the ground.

“Aren’t you managing your successors?”

“El. That, that…”

Topio stuttered and said.

“For us too… that… .”

“Oh, how frustrating!”

El sighed, figuring out that he had been doing the worst for the trainees and first-class soldiers because of his hesitation. He had a face with a sore throat.

As if realizing that it was not a matter to be entrusted to his successors, El sharply opened his eyes and glared at Sanchez.

The corporals standing behind him, Dream and Carrot, were also looking ridiculous. Dream spoke in a sullen tone.

“Hey, you said you don’t listen to anyone weaker than you. So, if we are stronger than you, will you listen to us?”

“…I don’t know if you can win, but if you win, I’ll do what you say.”

“What?”

El’s  face turned white at the inappropriate words to refer to his senior.

“Oh my God, I see all kinds of strange people living now…”

Carrot, always timid, seemed to be intimidated by Sanchez. He didn’t make eye contact with Sanchez, but spoke to El instead.

“We need to get it done quickly in our line before the seniors know it.”

“…You are right. In particular, we need to solve it quickly before the commanders know it.”

I still looked at the ground and looked anxious.

It was clear from their conversation that they were trying to subdue Sanchez by force, but they weren’t sure if they could defeat Sanchez.

Of course, since they have the experience they have accumulated so far, they are naturally better in battles with monsters and other tasks, but they do not know about fighting with humans.

Look at Sanchez’s plump muscles. If they get one hit from his fist, I’m sure they’ll fly away. Moreover, Sanchez was also very good at swordsmanship, and he blew other people’s swords away with just one swing.

However, the corporals were already talking to each other, and after a while Dream stepped forward.

‘It’s a big deal. They really want to fight.’

Dream was the most powerful among them. So they must have been fighting with bare hands.

“Hey, if you’re that strong, let’s take off the insignia and fight.”

XX…!

In the end, Dream has spoken to Sanchez!

The moment I heard those words, I finally lost my mind and raised my head, and made eye contact with other successors who, like myself, did not understand what the hell this was all about.

‘What the hell is this?’

‘I do not know…’

In particular, Benny didn’t seem to understand what she was going through right now, but when she lightly slapped herself on the cheek, she seemed to have mistaken it for a dream.

But unfortunately, this was the reality, and Benny was hit by a huge bomb…

Suddenly, I feel fortunate that my immediate successor is Caron. I’ll have to pay more attention to Caron in the future. Every time I finish work, I have to give them a round of applause.

Anyway, Dream and Sanchez were now standing glaring at each other. It really looked like a fight. Sanchez’s clenched fists stood out.

While the successors watched with anxious eyes, Dream and Sanchez really started fighting with their bare hands.

“Ah…”

After a while we were all bowing our heads to the ground as if we had seen nothing…

This was all I could say about the outcome of the fight.

Sanchez was really strong.

* * *

Now the problem is more serious.

Although Dream had suggested that he remove the rank insignia first and stick with it, Sanchez overcame Dream with his fist.

Even if we think, “We have no choice but to remove the rank of insignia and join the ranks,” the company executives will say, “What nonsense is this?” They’ll see Sanchez as the supreme and punish him.

And no matter who gets punished, it will inevitably cause the entire company to become noisy…

‘What would you do if it was April?’

However, even if it was April, she would not have been able to suppress Sanchez by force. Instead, she’ll be chasing after the Corps…

Suddenly, Leon and Brave, experts in Violence and Fear, came to mind. They would have consistently educated Sanchez after being chastised by April, and would have succeeded in controlling Sanchez.

However, they had already left after becoming commanders.

‘I suddenly miss the old corporals…’

April was a crazy X, but she led the platoon well, Louise was the only one who could calm April down a little, Leon and Brave managed successors with synonyms of violence and fear, Plato was meticulously and fairly educating new recruits…

It was only after they left that I realized their value.

Now, Dream was supported by Carrot and El with a bruised eye and a bewildered expression, while Sanchez stood triumphantly.

Then, a familiar voice was heard.

“…What’s going on with this?”

Yuri was muttering in front of this bullshit with her characteristic cold voice.

She looked at Sanchez with cold eyes, then saw Dream with a bruise in one of his eyes, then flicked her finger and motioned for Carrot. Carrot quickly ran in front of her.

“Explain what the hell is going on.”

“That, that…”

After a while, Yuri, hearing the situation from Carrot, sighed as if it was ridiculous.

“You can’t manage just one new recruit and create this kind of thing? Don’t you feel embarrassed in front of your successor?”

She seemed angry at Dream for showing his defeat to a recruit in front of his successors. Yuri flicked her fingers again, pointing to something, and soon they followed Yuri’s orders and banged their heads side by side on the floor.

The atmosphere is getting more and more catastrophic…

‘Can Yuri control him?’

Yuri kept a cold expression on her face as she walked and stood in front of Sanchez. Yuri was the tallest among the women, but standing in front of Sanchez, it  made her look small.

“Hm.”

She said in a low-pitched voice.

“If you are so dissatisfied, why don’t you go to the company commander and ask for another unit?”

Will Yuri succeed in subjugating Sanchez? I watched them with trembling pupils.

“What is this? If you want to hear only those who are stronger than you, go to the company commander and say so.”

‘Is there any place that is tighter than this?’

It’s really absurd. Isn’t that a logically impossible sentence?

The moment I was nervously waiting for Sanchez’s answer, Sanchez opened his mouth.

“I have no desire to fight.”

‘What do you mean?’

Since he spoke so briefly, it was difficult to understand the meaning of his words.

“I don’t really want to fight. You’re going to lose anyway, I hope you don’t fight with me.”

“You crazy…”

Rough words came out straight from Yuri’s mouth.

Now, I feel like I wanted to escape from this place.

‘Oh my God, Yuri is being ignored!’

Buried in Winter’s coldness and April’s madness, in fact, when I first saw Yuri, I thought she looked pretty terrifying.

She was tall and had a body that looked like she worked hard. Her cold expression on her face, and her ability to not lag behind men when she was training. Objectively, Yuri looked much scarier than April, and her physical abilities themselves were stronger.

Being ignored by Sanchez was probably a shock to Yuri, who was probably ignored for the first time, and it was also shocking to me when I saw her ignored for the first time.

If I just break my head on my own and wake up again, I hope everything will be fine…

Yuri was glaring at Sanchez with the most furious eyes I had ever seen, and now a chill was emanating from her. How the hell do you do this? She is also a member of 78th Cool Mint Ice Trio.

Previously, I had asked Aquila if he had any plans to defeat Sanchez, but now Aquila has become more elusive. A higher-ranking officer was ignored, and even if he stepped in and defeated Sanchez, the situation became more and more bleak.

‘What kind of development is going on?’

Well, from the time Taro spit a paralyzing sting at Winter, who was fighting the prince, I realized that this was a crazy opening ground army.

When I had a resigned face, the other successors did their best to pretend they didn’t see or hear anything, Yuri had eyes full of anger, and Sanchez stood still with a grim look.

“Hey, Yuri. Why don’t you come like this?”

A distinctive shrill voice was heard.

Altair was walking around with his hands in his pockets, calling for Yuri!

“What?”

As he got closer, Altair’s face became serious, realizing that the situation was serious. He alternately stared at Yuri as he confronted Sanchez with his mad-faced successors, his three corporals still with their heads on the floor.

“…Why is your expression like that?”

Seeing Yuri’s expression, he seemed confused. Because Yuri was the type to keep her composure.

“…Hey, what’s going on?”

Altair naturally clasped Yuri’s shoulders and kept Sanchez and Yuri apart.

But the moment I saw Altair’s face, I could understand.

Fresh blue hair and eyes like 78th cool mint ice, white skin that contrasts with other seniors, and a face with a refreshing and refreshing impression. It was a contrast to Sanchez with a truly macho face, but…

I was well aware that Altair was the most macho among the humans in the Alpha Squadron, no, the 18th Company.

And today’s Altair was not Altair, but the old version of Altair, that is, ‘Kontair’.

* * *

After telling Yuri to wait, Altair disappeared with Sanchez.

And he soon appeared with a smile on Sanchez’s shoulder.

‘…What?’

Sanchez, who was shouldered by Altair, looked tense.

“Come on, Sanchez.”

Altair said, tapping Sanchez a couple of times with a cheerful smile.

“You should apologize for being rude.”

When we were bewildered, Sanchez said with the most respectful look.

“I’m sorry.”

‘…What?’

I doubted my ears once again, but Sanchez was really apologizing to all of us.

When Altair glared at him, Sanchez spoke again, this time looking towards the corporals.

“I sincerely apologize for being rude. I will prevent this from happening in the future.”

‘What, you thought it was going to be okay?’

Pls read only at pink muffin tl.

Previously, he only spoke with a rude and short answer, but suddenly he’s saying words perfectly. In fact, in the worldview of Ropan, the short answer is only allowed for male characters.

Yuri looked at Sanchez and Altair alternately with questionable eyes, and Altair left the place in his usual, playful attitude.

After Altair’s departure, I was worried that Sanchez would fight again, but he only politely apologized again in front of Dream, Carrot, and El.

I don’t know what the hell Altair did, but I do know he’s a great alpha human worthy of the Alpha Squadron anyway.

Suddenly, the words I had heard several times from the Border Guard Force ran through my mind.

“Violence and terror save us all.”

‘Oh, it saved us this time too… In the end, I have no choice but to reevaluate April again…’

I had to shed tears inside, knowing that she was right again, who I had called crazy several times.

* * *

…Thus it seemed that Sanchez had cleared up the ranks with Altair, but in fact, the matter was not entirely over.

He was remarkably polite in front of Altair and listened to the corps, but he was still disrespectful in front of the first ranks and trainees.

Even if he did not oppose the first-class soldiers, he still did not listen to the instructions in particular.

Zayden, Milfi and Benny were the only trainees except for Sanchez, as Caron was promoted to First Class this month, and they didn’t complain about Sanchez’s ignoring them.

This was because Benny focused on honing her swordsmanship without any interest in Sanchez, Milfi was originally a jerk among scoundrels, and Zayden was a sample of strength and weakness. No, Zayden XX, am I getting mad again when I think about it?

‘Then how the hell am I supposed to ask Sanchez about the artifact?’

In the current situation, the best way was to use Altair’s power.

Of course, Altair is close to me, so if I ask him to talk to Sanchez…

‘If you get caught asking openly about the Warlock Artifact, you can be robbed.’

…No matter how much I thought about it, there was no answer.

After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to spend time with Aquila and exchange useless conversations. After that, my head is a little clearer.

“Aquila.”

I reached out to the training ground and found Aquila training.

The training time in the routine was over, and Aquila, who was always sincere, continued to train even after the work hours were over.

“Saruvia.”

Aquila found me and quickly lowered his sword.

There were no seniors in the training room, so I entered the training room with light steps.

“I have to work at three in the morning. XX I’m pissed off.”

Feeling like whining, I drew closer to Aquila.

Suddenly, I saw the trainees training next to me.

‘Benny is still doing well.’

She was fighting Milfi, and no matter who saw, Milfi was being pushed one-sidedly. Soon Milfi’s sword flew away.

“Wow, Benny. You really are flawless.”

“Thank you…”

Benny smiled shyly.

“She’s really good. Yes?”

“Yes.”

But Aquila, who answered me, didn’t seem very interested in Benny. Just by listening to his voice, I could read what he was thinking.

I shifted my gaze to where Aquila’s eyes were headed. Aquila was always the first to discover what others couldn’t see.

‘Sanchez?’

Aquila was looking at Sanchez.

No, to be precise, Sanchez is looking at Benny.

Sanchez also seemed to have seen the match between Benny and Milfi, but somehow his eyes looking at Benny were very warm.

“Ah.”

It seemed that Benny belonged to the strong people Sanchez recognized. It seemed that Benny herself didn’t know.

It was funny that Sanchez was looking at Benny, who had been ignoring her before. I decided to stimulate Sanchez a little more.

“Benny!”

“Ah, Saruvia!”

Benny’s expression brightened as she found me.

“Benny, are you working hard today?”

I strode towards Benny with a smile. And lightly patted her shoulder, I said.

“I want to see your sword after a long time, can you show me your aura?”

“Oh? I will show you right away!”

“Yeah, that’s what you do best.”

Benny, who followed me, raised her sword with a happy face, ready to show off what she did best. I glanced at Sanchez with a happy face in the gap.

In front of all of us watching, Benny stood still, holding her sword in both hands. After taking a few deep breaths, she jumped lightly and flew high. The sword swung in the air, and an aura shot out of her sword.

Unlike other Archons who usually create large auras at once, she was characterized by light chaining of short auras.

Without a sign, her sword moved lightly and slashed three branches from the tree. The birds sitting on it were startled and flew away.

“Benny, you’re really good.”

“Thank you…!”

The characteristic of Benny’s swordsmanship was that it was quiet and precise.

Unlike the usual swordsmanship that cuts down a large tree and leaves traces around it, she only cut down three branches.

But other than that, there were no scratches on the tree, and the birds sitting on the branches flew away without any injuries.

Anyone who knows swordsmanship can understand how difficult it is to precisely control it.

And Sanchez was also looking at Benny from a distance with his mouth open.

‘This is your match.’

I felt a little proud of seeing Benny. Maybe it’s because I’ve taken care of Benny for a long time before, so it’s not as good as Caron, but it’s like seeing the kid I raised.

As I was about to leave the seat in a proud mood, I heard Sanchez’s loud voice.

“Benny.”

“Huh?”

As if Sanchez didn’t know what to call her, Benny looked back with her eyes wide open. Sanchez said, looking at Benny with a hot look.

“Can you show me something more difficult?”

“Huh? Like what?”

“For example… Can you aim at a flying bird?”

Apparently, Sanchez wanted to see more of Benny’s abilities. I looked at Benny with a triumphant expression. Perhaps Benny can easily drop flying birds to the ground.

But Benny gave an unexpected answer.

“I can’t cut a bird… I cannot kill an animal for no reason.”

Those words made me feel a bit prickly. The first day I shot with a gun, I aimed at the bird for no reason…

“If you ask me that, I will not. Because I didn’t learn the sword to harm life like that.”

Benny spoke with a firm voice, and hearing those words made my conscience a little more painful.

Okay, anyway, starting today, Sanchez seems to have recognized Benny, so let’s think positively…

Benny seems to follow me well, so if I ask Benny, she might help me talk to Sanchez in a normal way. I didn’t know the story would go this way.

As a result, it was Benny, not the male protagonists, who brought Sanchez down…

* * *

“Benny. I’ll do it.”

“Benny. Is there anything I can do to help you?”

“Benny. What is it?”

As I expected, after seeing Benny’s aura, Sanchez followed Benny tiredly.

He was more polite to Benny than he was to Altair, and Benny seemed to have accepted Sanchez’s chasing after her.

‘Hmm. It went well as planned.’

I looked at them and smiled.

After chasing Benny, Sanchez has become really polite to all the seniors.

Especially because Benny likes me the most, Sanchez has been very polite to me too. Caron, who was watching him, growled.

‘…No, I thought that was a bit of a strange remark.’

Anyway, that’s how our alpha platoon was back at peace. It was a good thing.

“Benny, do you think you’re getting along well with your immediate successor these days?”

I spoke lightly while Yuri was away from the dormitory, and Benny’s face suddenly turned red.

‘…Wait, is this possibly a romance story?’

My head started spinning quickly.

Until now, I thought that Sanchez would be a device to prove the strength of the male actors, but the Ropan development I expected has already been broken.

‘…Was it a romance development for Benny?’

XX, that’s why I’ve been reminded over and over again that I need to prevent excessive self-consciousness. After all, I have to get rid of the illusion that everything will revolve around me just because I possessed it.

There is no doubt that Sanchez is the character who creates romance with Benny.

Instead of the weak, ordinary women, she was the only strong woman he recognized. She’s different from other women. Well, this kind of development. Of course, as I said before, all women are different, but only men don’t know that.

Thinking about it now, Benny was also a character with a strong female character. Genius, strong, outgoing, naive and cute-looking.

XX, this was it…

I decided not to be surprised if Benny later confessed that she was in love with Sanchez. If possible, it would be interesting if she told me first.

“Thanks to Saruvia, I am doing well…”

To the question I had jokingly posed, Benny looked at me and answered with a blush.

‘…Why is your face blushing again?’

It seems to be true that the romance with Sanchez is going to continue.

‘Wait.’

I had nothing to do with Benny getting along with Sanchez.

“The reason Sanchez gets along well with you is because of your abilities, right? Because Sanchez recognized you as a strong person.”

But Benny shook her head at my words and said in a crawling voice.

“No… .It’s all because Saruvia told me well…”

* * *

(3rd person pov)

“Why are you being so nice to me all of a sudden?”

Benny said, looking at Sanchez.

Came to do the laundry, and Sanchez was passionately rubbing a shirt, saying he would do it all. Of course, if Sanchez, who is strong, worked so hard, it seemed that the work would be over soon.

But when Sanchez, who had not even thought of doing the laundry a few days ago, suddenly followed her around, Benny could hardly understand.

“It is because Benny is strong.”

Said Sanchez, looking at Benny with gray eyes. Those words made Benny even more confused.

‘Aquila is strong, Winter is strong too. If you had seen my swordsmanship, you would have also seen Aquila’s swordsmanship…’

But Sanchez followed only Benny herself, and she didn’t know why.

“Why are you following me?”

At that, Sanchez said in a hard voice.

“Among all the people I have met, Benny is the strongest.”

“No way… What about Winter or Aquila…”

“When I was talking about strength, I meant strength within.”

When Sanchez said that, Benny had no choice but to shut her mouth and listen to him.

“Until now, I have only seen people who use swords for no purpose. But Benny clearly had a reason to use the sword. So, I want to be strong like Benny.”

Sanchez remembered what Benny had said a while ago.

“If you ask me that, I will not. Because I didn’t learn the sword to harm life like that.”

Hearing this, he looked at Benny again.

There were a few strong humans in this unit that he recognized. Whether it’s Winter or Aquila…

…and Altair. He was really strong.

In any case, Sanchez knew who the strongest of the strong men was.

Before enlisting, he worked as a blacksmith’s assistant, mastering various weapons, and learning swords from mercenaries.

They had no reason to use swords. It was simply a means to get what the sword wanted.

But Benny saw the sword as a life. It was not a tool for her.

Hearing her words, Sanchez was very impressed. Inwardly, he felt ashamed of his past self, and wanted to learn from her what ‘real strength’ was.

So he decided to have Benny as his teacher.

“Ugh, that’s right…”

Benny answered with a bewildered voice.

It was so sudden that Sanchez followed her for that reason…

Just then, the door to the laundry opened and Milfi came in.

“Milfi.”

Benny slightly bowed down to him and told Sanchez that being strong starts with being polite to his seniors. Sanchez also politely greeted Milfi, and Milfi felt very burdened.

After greeting them, Benny helped him with a brief introduction to get along.

After that, stories about other seniors naturally emerged. It was to adapt to Sanchez.

“Commander Taro has lost all his energy since ‘that incident’ and is always tired.”

“That’s right. He hasn’t been very interested in platoon life since ‘that incident’, so you don’t have to worry.”

At Benny and Milfi’s explanation, Sanchez looked at them with confused eyes.

“What is ‘that incident’?”

Benny and Milfie met each other’s eyes.

…However, neither of them knew what ‘the incident’ was, so they couldn’t answer him.

“Ugh, there’s something called ‘that incident’.”

“Right, there is such a thing.”

They took turns introducing the seniors, and finally it was time to talk about Saruvia.

“Saruvia…”

Benny rolled her eyes and smiled. Saying that name made her feel better.

“Saruvia is a very nice person. She is so kind.”

Then Milfi looked at Benny with a look of wonder at what was wrong with her, but Benny didn’t care.

“She is the person I admire the most. It was thanks to Saruvia that I was able to adapt well to military life.”

Benny liked Saruvia. Benny could have been praising Saruvia for hours.

‘Saruvia is a genius.’

Of course, her shooting was excellent, but Benny had another reason to think that Saruvia was a genius.

She’s really smart…’

It wasn’t just high intelligence, good memorization, or a lot of knowledge.

Saruvia acted really cleverly.

She was quicker than anyone else, and she was good at judging situations. Based on that, she was also good at controlling the people around him.

Besides, she was a friendly person. In the past, when she was not able to adapt and had a hard time, didn’t she solve it well?

‘I wish I could be like Saruvia too.’

So Benny had no choice but to admire Saruvia.

“Saruvia is a wonderful person…”

When Benny said that, recalling Saruvia’s appearance, Milfi let out a deep sigh with an astringent expression on her face.

“Ehh… Whether it’s seniors, colleagues, or subordinates… How is it that no one is healthy?”

Of course, Benny didn’t care about Milfi’s words and continued her thoughts on her own.

‘Oh, I almost forgot that fact! I can’t forget something so important!’

Realizing something, Benny opened her eyes and said to Sanchez.

“And no matter how pretty Saruvia is, don’t look at her because she will unconditionally marry Aquila!”

“…Huh?”

“What, what? If it’s that hard, just tell me.”

Sanchez reacted as if he had heard the most absurd words, and Milfi seemed to be seriously concerned about Benny’s state of mind, but Benny exclaimed loudly.

“That is the pleasure of my life these days! When those two get married, I will definitely play the piano!”

“What…?”

“Look at their faces! Just by looking at their faces, it looks like the two of them will get married! Ha, I hope she’ll tell me first when she gets married…”

So, unintentionally, Benny made a strong impression on Sanchez for Saruvia.

* * *

(Saruvia’s pov)

“Sanchez.”

While working on the renovations together, I called out Sanchez, who was working next to me.

At the time, there were no other troops around. It was said that it was the perfect time to secretly ask questions about the Black Magic Artifact.

First of all, if I ask about the artifact from the beginning, the purpose will seem too obvious… Let’s talk about black magic naturally.

“Sanchez, if you’re a mercenary, do you know black magic?”

At that, Sanchez, who was shoveling like a mad bulldozer, raised his head.

“Are you talking about the black magician?”

It was such a blunt tone.

“Yes.”

“How did you get along with the warlock? I heard that there are so many young Archons killed by a Warlock.”

After hearing the story of the Warlock from Winter, I have been curious about that.

“It is, but the warlocks I knew did not use these races. Of course, I have seen some warlocks using different races.”

Sanchez made a serious face.

“He was chasing different races to the extent that he couldn’t even remember who he was, so I XX him and XX…”

“Uh huh, that’s right…”

After all, Sanchez, XX is strong…

I guess we can move on to the main topic now.

“Sanchez, what artifacts did you bring?”

“Artifacts?”

“Yes. What kind of power can they exert?”

When I asked, Sanchez made a face recalling the things he had brought.

“A fan that can change the weather, candy that sharpens memories, a cursed doll that can stop the heart of someone you want, a rabbit doll that can dream your dreams…”

‘…Candy that sharpens memories!’

This was the one that seemed most useful to me right now!

…But no matter how you think about it, it’s a bit shocking, isn’t it?

“…Sanchez, you brought a bunny doll in your bag…”

“Yes.”

“…”

Still, everything Sanchez said seemed useful. It was a pity that those items were confiscated by the company commander. First, though, I only need one candy to sharpen my memories.

“How do you use those artifacts?”

“All black magic always comes with a price.”

It was a little scary for Sanchez to have a serious expression on his snarky face, but I listened anyway.

“The most important principle of black magic is that. Power always comes with a price.”

“Oh, so how do you use it?”

“For weather-changing, for example, it takes ten human fingernails.”

“Ahh…”

…I just lightly let go of my interest in “candy that sharpens memories.” No matter how useful it may seem, there are reasons why people don’t do it.

“Oh, that’s right. Ten nails…”

I have no intention of recalling the memories of life on Earth until I pay the price…

I’m not in desperate need of a memory from the original yet… To be honest, if I could clearly remember that Darlene was obsessed with being comfortable, unlike me, I just felt like I was going to have a stomach ache.

Let me be content with just remembering my original name.

‘The interest I had in the Dark Magic Artifacts would end in vain like this.’

After all, it seems that the work of a person cannot be known even one inch ahead.

When I started shoveling again after an awkward match, Sanchez asked me the question first, this time.

“By the way, are you close with the 85th?”

“Yes?”

Humanity Breakdown 85th? Why are their names appearing that have nothing to do with me?

“I think the way you speak is similar.”

“…XX?”

“Especially you. You seem to have a somewhat similar tone of voice.”

…Are you doing this on purpose to make me feel bad?

No, I can’t have a personality breakdown like the 85th…!

#1. The Secret of the Original 『Four Crazy Guys Are Obsessed With Me』

~tl/n: this is what happened in the original work of the novel Saruvia possessed in that she doesn’t even know herself.~

(3rd person pov)

When Saruvia died, Benny cried a lot.

While living here, she thought that she had gotten used to the death of others, but she could never have imagined that Saruvia would die.

The day Saruvia died, Benny fainted from crying and had to be carried in by Sanchez.

She thought she would never be able to return to her normal life after that, but as soon as she saw Ishina and Aquila regaining their composure, she knew she had to be strong too.

We must not be immersed in Saruvia’s death forever. She must be strong. Even Saruvia wouldn’t want her to be so weak.

…However, it was terribly lonely to be in the female dormitory alone.

So when a female successor named Darlene came in, Benny couldn’t help but fall in love with her.

Orange hair resembling Saruvia! In addition, even the appearance of a somewhat lovely impression seemed to resemble Saruvia.

‘Is it possible that Saruvia is back?’

Benny thought so, but a new recruit named Darlene seemed a little different from what she had expected.

“Sorry… I don’t think I can…”

“My abilities are not enough…”

“Do I really have to…?”

…She was indescribably frustrated, but Benny decided to lead Darlene as Saruvia did to her.

It’s okay to make a lot of mistakes.

It’s okay to avoid things you’re afraid of.

As Saruvia did to her, Benny will protect Darlene.

…However, Aquila’s attitude was a bit disappointing.

“How could you…”

Seeing Aquila, who had always been indifferent to others, sticking by her side to prevent Darlene from getting hurt, Benny was very upset.

Even Caron, who was always begging for attention to Saruvia, is now wandering around in front of Darlene.

As Aquila and Saruvia always giggled insidiously, and Ishina, who would be next to them shouting “Ugh, crazy people!”, he also laughed no matter what Darlene did.

Even Winter, who had been in a strange battle with Aquila over Saruvia, now tries to control Darlene according to his own will.

She was so embarrassed that she almost cried!

“How are you all doing that?”

When Saruvia was there, Benny’s hobby was ‘watching Winter and Aquila fighting over Saruvia’.

Of course, she always thought that it would be best for Aquila and Saruvia to get married in her mind, but sometimes when she saw Saruvia with Winter, she leaned towards that again…

‘Actually, it’s good when I’m with Caron, and when I’m with Ishina…’

No, of course everything is good, but that’s not what’s important.

In any case, Benny was determined to take care of Darlene with devotion, but seeing the people who followed Saruvia while she was alive take care of her, it broke her again. Even though she herself is one of them.

So, that very day.

The day Aquila talked to Benny about ‘the plan’.

“What are you going to do, Benny? If possible, I hope Sanchez introduces you to the Warlock and helps you contact them.”

“Ah…”

“I heard your father was Tustar.”

“Hey, how…”

However, Aquila’s previous “plan” was too shocking to be surprised that Aquila found out who her father was.

“If you use your father’s power, even if you send a letter outside, your superiors will turn a blind eye to you. Can you help me?”

The moment she heard those words, it felt as if a fire had exploded in Benny’s head.

It was only then that she began to understand the actions Aquila had shown.

“Ah…!”

Benny ended up crying.

This was against her beliefs. It was absurd. It was unethical. It was something the world would deplore.

It was a complete denial of the way she lived her life until now! Benny, that was something she could never agree to!

But, but…

“When you two get married, I will definitely be playing the piano accompaniment…”

In the end, Benny decided to help Aquila’s ‘the plan’.

Without Saruvia, Benny’s faith would have been broken long ago.

Her life, her beliefs, were protected by Saruvia…

If it was for Saruvia, anything could be destroyed.

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