My Desertion Would Be Faster Than Heros' Obsession

I’m amazed it added torture to torture

Discharge D-1917.

Gagne and Zara left for another unit.

Cool Mint Ice trio 78th became the highest among the corporals.

And that meant the same thing as the arrival of new recruits.

“This time, three new recruits have arrived.”

“What?”

I answered Benny’s words in a low-key voice.

Benny’s eyes were shining because she was still interested in the recruitment.

After all, since she enlisted, her successors, Sanchez and Dory, didn’t die either. There wasn’t really any reason to take my attention away from the recruit.

On the other hand, I wasn’t really interested. What’s new… Those who live will live…

What was more important than that now was my life. This is because, in the original story, the time of my death is finally approaching.

‘I did a good job of reclaiming my memories of the original.’

It’s still regrettable that I lost my original name in return, but more important than that is to prevent my death in the original.

In the original story, when Darlene enlisted, Aquila had just become a corporal. And since the original Saruvia died a year before Darlene enlisted, that was three months from now.

However, the problem is that the exact cause of my death was not revealed, and there was only one word, that I died due to a ‘monster’.

Even though the original is helpful for everything else, it doesn’t seem to help much in saving my life…

Instead, I decided to make the most of what was available to me. For example, getting more people to help me…

As I was sewing with a serious expression on my face, Benny said in a somewhat anxious voice.

“Saruvia, why don’t you go and see the recruits this time?”

Oh, by the way, I was talking with Benny about the recruits.

Come to think of it, maintaining good relationships with my successors was also important to my survival. Because I heard how April’s classmate, Benon, died.

And if these new recruits are particularly strong, I might as well put them on my side and help prevent my death.

“What about these new recruits? A Sanchez-class presence?”

“Yes.”

With that said, I dropped the needle I was holding. No, how can an impressive new recruit like Sanchez come again?

‘If two Sanchez protects me, I may never die!’

My heart began to race at the thought that another strong recruit might have arrived.

“Hey, how many?”

“It’s three people.”

“Stronger than Sanchez?”

“Oh, it’s not like that…”

Benny hesitated and said in a low voice.

“It’s the other way around.”

“What?”

“Impressive in the opposite sense of Sanchez.”

* * *

After a while, I was with Benny looking at the recruits with blank eyes. Ah, deja vu. I think it was something like this with Sanchez.

These new recruits looked really stupid.

Of course, it is true that all new recruits are originally stupid. Yeah, that’s right…

‘Why do they look so stupid?’

The three recruits were all male, and they were of similar physique.

The one in the middle had black hair, and the recruits standing on either side of him had red hair. The red-haired recruits somehow resembled each other, so it was doubtful that they were brothers.

And above all else, the biggest thing they have in common is…

‘It’s really stupid.’

They were both acting very stupid. Their facial expressions, gestures, and tone. Everything was awkward.

“…What was your name?”

Commander Deere, who had just left the training ground, asked with a bewildered voice. Then the new recruit standing on the far left shouted in a loud voice.

“Hello! I came from the top of the capital! This is Patty!”

This time, the recruit standing on the far right shouted.

“I came from farming villages! This is Matty!”

‘…Wow, really…’

As Deere struggled as if he had a similar feeling, Patty and Matty looked at each other and shouted.

“You! You have a very similar name to me!”

“Yes! I think I’ll get along well with you!”

“Haha! Let’s do well in the future!”

“Yes!”

Deere, who looked at them, grabbed the back of their necks.

“…Ouch.”

“Damn, what the…”

Benny also muttered with a pale face, and I also became a little annoyed.

How can you be so flawlessly bright? Why are they talking among themselves instead of introducing themselves in front of the seniors? Why is the greeting so bright again?

…In fact, I had a complete picture of who they were now. After all, the effect of the Black Magic Artifact is really good…

“Patty and Matty…”

Can’t you feel it from the name? It makes me want to gag.

Patty and Matty were comedians in charge of all the gags in the original ‘Four Crazy Obsessed’, and they were advisors on par with Darlene…

They had one normal colleague…

“…Aren’t you out of your mind?!”

L, who was looking at the recruit with a blank face, saw Deere’s distorted expression and quickly raised his voice and shouted. Then Patty and Matty took a stand, as if they were stitched together.

“…What is your name?”

Deere asked the recruit standing in the middle in a tired voice. He was the new recruit Patty and Matty would have to travel with all the time.

The recruit looked to the side with his shaky pupils and answered.

“I’m just Jason.”

“Okay, just Jason.”

From that day on, the nickname of the new recruit Jason became ‘just Jason’.

* * *

The original strong foreboding never goes unnoticed.

As my hunch told me and the original showed, Patty and Matty were truly incredible advisors. 

Darlene had an accident while doing what others ordered her to do.

However, Patty and Mattie had an accident by looking for things that no one else had done for them. So, Patty and Matty can be seen as being on the same level.

“Huh? Was it to collect new vessels here? I accidentally left the bowl I ate here!”

“Oh, me too!”

“Hey, this crazy…!”

They had an accident at a restaurant.

“Is this grass not weeding??”

“… Aren’t the flowers in flower beds not subject to weeding? No, it’s not even grass in the first place!”

“Hey, I pushed away all the flowers in that flower bed over there!”

“Ah, I pushed the flowers out of the flower bed in front of the company headquarters!”

“Oh, my blood pressure!”

They had an accident while working.

“Why is the toothpaste here?”

“Patty?”

“Didn’t we use toothpaste when we did the laundry earlier?”

“Yeah… But what is this?”

“Ah, I guess I did laundry with the paint we used, not our toothpaste! Haha, I was wondering why no bubbles came out!”

“Haha, I guess so!”

They had an accident while doing chores.

“Hey! Don’t hold your sword like that! If you drag it on the ground like that, the person behind you will get hurt!”

“When you raise your sword, be careful not to stab the person next to you! XX, there was a reason Louise said this!”

During training, Altair and Yuri were very angry, and here the old corporals won once again.

‘…Those were very important words…’

As such, they had an accident while working for a platoon, had an accident while working for a company, had an accident in their daily life, and had an accident during training.

If so, would they have had an accident in practice?

No, unfortunately they didn’t.

Of course, it was fortunate that if they had an accident in real life, they would really die.

Patty and Matty didn’t have excellent sword skills, and the two combined had enough sword skills for one person.

However, thanks to their combined skills and acting as one body, they somehow managed to survive the battles. They always killed monsters safely without getting hurt.

‘In the original story, they were just joking…’

Patty and Matty played two roles in the original story, one of which was a comedian and the other was an ‘explainant’.

So, it was roughly like this in the original:

“By the way, who is Aquila…?”

“Aquila? He is absolutely amazing!”

“Yeah, he’s so strong!”

“…Aquila handles fire-attributed aura, uses swordsmanship accurately, and is meticulous in everything.”

“Here you are, Darlene!”

“Did you hear the news?!”

“It’s about Winter and Aquila!”

“They are fighting!”

“…Winter and Aquila are fighting at the training ground, but somehow the atmosphere is unusual.”

Patty and Matty picked up all the news, chattered and passed it on to Darlene, and Jason was responsible for calmly organizing information between them.

‘Come to think of it, how did the two of them take turns talking?’

It’s really a gag setting! In about a year or so, will I be able to see it in real life? I’m so excited.

‘…No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

There was a clear reason why I paid so much attention to Patty and Matty, rather than just thinking to myself, ‘those advisors…’.

Even though they were such advisors, they would certainly be helpful later on.

First of all, as they are taking on the role of ‘explainants’ in the original work, they are holding on to the rumors of the unit.

Best of all, they have a lot of money!

Patty and Matty have a lot of money! They are probably the most wealthy people in this unit.

Patty, who said that he worked at a store, is actually the heir of a huge store, and Matty, who said that he came from farming in the countryside, is actually the owner of a vast land comparable to a manor.

In fact, they were living without even knowing that they were Archons until now, and they were suddenly taken to the Border Guard Forces. Since their mother’s blood was thinly mixed with Archon’s blood, it was as good as being struck by lightning from Patty’s and Mattie’s point of view.

Patty and Matty’s parents sent them to the Border Guard almost for their funeral, but…

Because they are comedians, they never died and survived, and they became friends with the female protagonist, Darlene.

So Darlene gets Benny, who provides ‘power’, and Patty and Matty, who provides ‘money’ as allies as helpers!

‘I’m thanking the original for this.’

In case of an emergency, Patty and Matty will be of great help to me as well.

So, it would be nice to get to know the two of them, but…

‘…Will the conversation really work?’

But there was still a way.

In the original story, their moderator, their close colleague, and the only normal person, Jason. Being close to Jason would guarantee Patty and Matty’s relationship.

…However, unlike the original, there was one problem…

‘Obviously they were close in the original story…’

But now Jason is suffering a lot from Patty and Matty.

“Ha…”

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Jason squatted on the floor and sighed deeply, as Milfie and Benny comforted him with sad faces.

“Just Jason, why are you sighing so much?”

When I asked that in a light tone, Jason looked like he was about to die of agony again.

“I am really struggling…”

“…Yes, yes.”

Jason was a fairly ordinary recruit.

Ordinarily making mistakes, normally nervous in front of seniors, and wanting to desert normally…

However, Jason’s contrast between Patty and Matty had the effect of looking somewhat elitist.

Seeing Jason stand still while Patty and Matty have an accident, somehow he seemed trustworthy.

However, it was of course impossible for him to prevent the accident of the legendary advisors Patty and Matty, which even seniors could not stop.

“I cannot understand what my colleagues are thinking…”

“Yeah, same as us.”

According to what the corporals say, the so-called ‘adviser’, a soldier who is usually dumb and makes a lot of mistakes, is based on a lack of self-confidence. When you make a mistake, you lose confidence, so you make a mistake again. It is such a vicious cycle.

In such cases, the corporals explained that simply encouraging and cheering them on can build confidence.

But Patty and Mattie weren’t those typical types of advisors. They had very new personalities.

They always acted mindlessly, making mistakes, and they weren’t too afraid of their own mistakes. Even after being robbed by the seniors, they smiled and got up and grabbed the seniors by the back of their necks.

At the very least, the education of ‘fear and violence blah blah’ didn’t seem to work for them either.

“It’s the first human image I’ve ever seen in my life…”

As I chimed in, Jason said with a face that looked like he was about to cry.

“I really hate my classmates… I really, really hate it…!”

‘I’m so glad that my colleague is Aquila…’

…No, but obviously we were close in the original, right? How did we become friends?

I would advise Jason to be open-minded and accept his colleagues, but the thought of the countless incidents Patty and Matty had hit so far made it hard to say that.

‘…I’ll have to wait and see for a while.’

Maybe they will have an opportunity to become closer?

In the end, without giving Jason any consolation, I slipped past him, who was still ripping his hair out in agony.

* * *

“Ah, Ishina!”

My face brightened when I saw Ishina in the hallway in the distance.

Ishina, although he was a villain-type, he was still very good at dealing with human relationships.

Evidence of this was that he got along well with all his successors and even communicated to some extent with the 85th broken personality group.

‘I’ll have to ask Ishina what he thinks about Jason.’

He might be able to give some good advice!

Just when I was walking towards Ishina with light steps, I found something and stopped.

No, that bug on the window…

“Ahhhhhhhh!”

Seeing the bug, I almost jumped away from the window.

XX, is that crazy? What the hell is that?? XX, XX, XX!

“Hey! Ahh!”

As I was screaming while shaking my hands in a feeling that my whole body felt uncomfortable, Ishina ran to me and covered my mouth with one hand.

“Ugh, what are you…?”

Ishina covered my mouth and looked at the window. He banged the window to drive out the bugs, and then he took his hand from my mouth.

“No, Saruvia… What are you…”

“But the bugs were huge! Haven’t you seen it?”

Our unit was on the damn mountain, and I’ve seen all kinds of bugs here.

If I said I went out and saw a moth the size of the palm of my hand, would anyone believe me? But unfortunately, it was a fairly common bug…

In any case, the bugs on the windows had an ugly appearance that surprised even me, who was used to all kinds of bugs.

Basically, it looked like a green moth, but the body and the length of the antennae… No, just thinking about it makes me uncomfortable, so let’s not think about it again.

“Ha… You need to be modest.”

I closed my mouth because Ishina was looking at me with faint eyes and muttering like that. Well, it must have been a bit noisy…

Ishina said while looking out the window with a serious expression.

“Saruvia, as you said, it was definitely an unusual bug.”

“Yes! I wasn’t wrong!”

“No, you were right…”

“Yes…”

“Anyway, that’s something I need to report.”

Seeing Ishina’s back as he said that and disappeared, I had a foreboding that something else was about to happen.

XX, my death or whatever, Patty, Matty, Jason’s relationship, and whatever, I feel like dealing with that bug should come first.

After all, it was peaceful after a long time…

* * *

A little later, the company commander was talking to us with a serious face.

“It seems that a swarm of fairies is moving in this direction.”

‘…What?’

As far as I know, fairies are like fairies from ropan fairy tales, but I’ve never heard of such a thing in this world.

However, the seniors all listened to the company commander’s words and became serious.

“Everyone be prepared for the swarm of fairies. There is no need to stand guard during raids. Act quickly!”

“Yes!”

‘What the hell?’

* * *

And I could only hear the explanation of the fairy later.

According to the seniors, “Fairy” is an abbreviation of ‘Red-Eyes-Green-Body-Yellow-Legged-Moth’, but because of its size and appearance, it was mistaken for a magical being rather than an insect.

“And fairies have a habit of moving in groups.”

The fairies were said to devastate things around them by swarming in groups of hundreds, no, thousands. It felt reminiscent of the attack of locusts from the earth.

The fairy I saw looked like it had moved before the other fairies moved. In other words, the fairies were moving in the direction of our company.

“Then, are they monsters that swarm?”

When I asked that, Yuri shook her head.

“No, surprisingly, they’re not monsters.”

“What?”

“They’re just ordinary insects.”

“No… It looked like a complete monster…”

“They are stronger than monsters.”

Yuri said with a worried expression on her face.

“They cross borders freely. Even the monsters avoid the swarms of fairys.”

“… Isn’t that enough to just classify it as a monster?”

“I agree. This issue should be addressed to the Magic Classification Association.”

“Oh, you mean the tower?”

“What?”

Yuri asked with an expression that did not understand what I was saying.

“What is a tower?”

“Isn’t there such a tower that manages magic, and where wizards gather?”

“What are you talking about? Where is there such a tower?”

Looking at Yuri’s face that she didn’t really understand, I realized… Apparently, there is no such thing as a ‘tower’ in this world.

Then there is no talented and handsome genius wizard, right? All I have is the military, XX…

“Is that swarm of fairies just moving around like this? Is it impossible to eradicate or something like that?”

When I asked that question, Yuri’s face frowned in an instant.

“You still don’t know this place? You should be grateful that they didn’t issue an order to exterminate it. If we have to eradicate it, of course we will be in charge of it.”

“Aha… After all, Yuri, my thoughts were short.”

I nodded my head to Yuri’s words and confirmed it. Yuri, who was looking at my face like that, murmured.

“Actually, if I had to ask, it might be something the Black Magic Reconnaissance Special Forces should do, but…”

“What? Didn’t you say that swarms of fairies aren’t monsters? But why should the special forces of black magic reconnaissance do it?”

“Oh, you don’t know… But…”

Yuri looked around with a hesitant face and pretended to come closer to me. I quickly lowered my posture and brought my ear closer.

“I heard the rumors from above, but they said that this swarm of fairies is highly likely to be a side effect of the black magic used by the black magicians.”

“Fairy swarms aren’t monsters… Why are you saying this is a side effect of black magic?”

“Given the origins of the swarm of fairy tales, there was the residence of a warlock who had recently been arrested. Considering the fact that the original fairy swarm only appears in the spring, it is highly probable that the appearance of the fairy swarm at this time is itself an influence of black magic.”

It really felt like black magic was interfering with my life wherever I went. It’s always in the wrong direction.

‘So, these are the side effects of black magic…’

Just as I gave the most precious memories in exchange for using a black magic artifact, it sounded like the black magician also created a swarm of fairy tales as a side effect after using black magic.

In any case, when black magic is activated, a negative event must occur.

And we are the victims of that, XX!

“They say that black magicians are on the rise these days. We’ll probably be tired for a while.”

‘…XX, April, fighting.’

Every time I cheer for April in this way, it really hurts my pride…

As I was weeping inwardly, hoping that April would destroy this world, Yuri now began the story of how to deal with the swarm of fairies.

“You mustn’t let a swarm of fairies enter the building. So we have to close all the entrances.”

But Yuri, who said that, had a look that was just reminiscing about the distant past.

Her demeanor didn’t seem like that of someone new to the swarm, so I asked in a curious voice.

“Yuri, have you ever experienced it?”

“of course…”

Yuri said in a voice that somehow contained anguish.

“Saruvia, it was about half a year before you enlisted. And then…”

Yuri’s eyes suddenly became sad.

“April was there…”

“Ah…”

I also had a sad expression on my face.

I was well aware of how timid and hateful of bugs April was, but to be attacked by a swarm of fairy…

“April really checked the doorways carefully so that there were no gaps…”

I didn’t want to imagine how much her successors would have been robbed if there was a gap found by her.

“And back then, she was six times more sensitive than usual…”

“Such nonsense…”

April was six times more sensitive than usual, can you call that being a human at that point? It’s just a walking disaster.

Yuri still nodded with a serious expression on her face.

“So, this time too, we must prevent an attack from the swarm of fairies. I will not allow any gaps in April’s heart.”

“…”

…Is there any possibility that the original Saruvia died while preparing for a swarm of fairies? No, no matter how you look at it, they are also monsters…

* * *

Discharge D-1902.

War against bugs was declared, and training was halted.

Instead, we shut down the building that houses the armory and furnishings at that time. The doors and windows were closed with tape so that there were no gaps, and even the vents were closed.

Then the restaurant was shut down. All the people working in the restaurant moved to the platoon building.

Finally, we started closing the platoon building. All the windows and vents were clogged up, and Yuri thoroughly inspected even the toilet drains with a fierce gaze.

And only after supplying enough food to last for a few days, the only door of the platoon building was ready to be closed. Although the border service was still running, it was not completely closed.

“Oh, I’m tired…”

I taped hard and walked down the hallway rubbing my throbbing arms. Now that work is over and there is no training, I can continue to rest at the dormitory, but for me, it was better to train.

‘Actually, I don’t have time to prepare for something like this.’

Of course, the attack of the fairy swarm was a very serious problem for me, but my death is what I need to prepare more urgently!

“Ishina.”

When I called out Ishina’s name with a serious face, Ishina gently turned his head to look at my face.

“Saruvia?”

“Ishina, what do you think I should supplement?”

“What?”

“Something I could do better.”

I asked Ishina what he thought about the relationship between Patty, Matty and Jason a while ago, but Ishina looked at me with such suspicious eyes, so I had to stop asking that question.

It seems that he doubts whether I am doing something with his unique insight, but I was really upset…

‘But anyway, Patty, Matty, and Jason’s problems are on their own…’

It would be better for me to focus on other things without bothering to interfere. For example, my death. Something about thinking about my weaknesses.

And Ishina is very insightful, so maybe he can give me some advice about my weaknesses.

“Ha…”

But Ishina, who looked at me from head to toe, took a deep breath and said:

“You tied your hair well, and you kept your shirt collar dry, so you wore it well, and you tied your shoelaces well…”

No, I didn’t mean that…

“Wait…”

“I know it’s annoying, but you have to take care of yourself…”

When he gave a small answer to what seemed like a nagging remark, he took another deep breath and motioned for me to come closer.

And, as he had done before on the march, with his skillful hand, he tied my hair back up again. Of course, it wasn’t that I couldn’t tie my hair, but it was just annoying…

“Hmm.”

When I raised my hand and touched my head, I was amazed. It was really professional.

“How do you tie it up so well? Did you have any sisters?”

“No, it’s not…”

Ishina opened his mouth.

“I was an only child, and I wished I had a younger sister. I was practicing to explain to my parents why I should have a sister.”

“Oh.”

My eyes lit up at the story of his childhood that did not appear properly in the original.

“Did you have a reason to want a sister?”

“Well, it’s no big deal, I just wanted a little sister, like normal children do.”

He made a vague expression as if recalling the past.

“There were already a lot of boys in the neighborhood, and they were noisy, so I wanted a sister… What?”

“Haha.”

“In the end, I didn’t get a sister.”

Ishina shrugged lightly. After that, he looked at my face and said,

“Well, I think I’m glad I didn’t have one…”

“What? Why?”

“I didn’t know at the time, but I didn’t think it would listen to a damn thing…”

“…Ah.”

“Even you really can’t even listen…”

* * *

“Ha…”

I stopped walking when I saw Jason coming out of the men’s restroom with a deep sigh. His dark circles were getting thicker now.

…Was it okay to leave him as it is? Did they really become friends?

“Just Jason, are you okay?”

“Ah, Saruvia… Yes, I’m okay…”

“Are your classmates having an accident today?”

“Well, not yet…”

And as soon as the words were finished, L ran down the hallway, shouting.

“Hey, just Jason! Take care of your colleagues! Now the two of them fell and passed out from tripping each other!”

“What…?”

Jason’s face turned pale in an instant.

Then, he mumbled with a suddenly bright expression on his face.

“If they faint, they won’t have an accident… Maybe not for the next hour or so.”

…I wanted to correct that, but his expression looked really good, so I decided to leave it alone…

“Yeah, I’m glad you’re just Jason.”

I patted Jason’s shoulder. I’m really glad Jason wasn’t an advisor.

It was fortunate that there was only one person controlling Patty and Matty. Of course, this is at the time of the original story, but not yet.

And at that very moment, Dream ran down the hallway and shouted to Jason.

“Just Jason! A fairy that seemed to have fallen from the herd came into the building! A Fairy came into the room where Patty and Matty had passed out and said they were awake! Ugh, they scream so loud!”

“…My life…”

Jason mumbled bitterly, and I didn’t have anything to say to comfort him, so I just left…

The bug is serving as an advisor to Jason’s share…

* * *

Smoke rose from over the mountain.

All the seniors who saw it moved quickly.

“Emergency! A swarm of fairies has appeared!”

“Everyone close the doors!”

The rising of smoke was a signal that a swarm of fairies would appear.

As soon as we heard that the smoke had risen, even the platoon leader and non-commissioned officers came out and quickly began to give orders.

Following their instructions, we carefully checked the windows that had been blocked over the past three days, and started closing the last remaining doors.

And finally, all the entrances are closed.

Bam-!

Occasionally, I heard the sound of something hitting the window.

And every time, I shuddered and was startled. The sound of something huge hitting the window was terrifying.

The attack of the swarm of insects had begun.

Bang-!

“Ah!”

“Damn!”

Benny and I flinched each time the fairy stuck to the window sill.

“Father… I miss you…”

Benny even mumbled something like that to herself.

‘No. If your father comes to our unit, another version of <The Crown Prince’s Assault> will occur!’

That was more terrifying than the swarm of fairies that are now attacking the unit.

On the other hand, Yuri, who was watching us, clicked her tongue.

“Why are the kids who can catch monsters so afraid of things like that?”

I was really embarrassed. It seemed better for a giant monster to attack me than for the fairy to attack me.

“Hey, didn’t that look absolutely terrifying?!”

When I answered with a weeping voice, Yuri looked at me with an absurd look.

“Hey, even the worms will be afraid to see you.”

…That sounds like something I’ve heard often in my old life.

In any case, whether we were terribly afraid of the swarm of fairies and whether I was pathetic or not, the bugs continued.

And after some time…

“…It’s worse than I thought…”

“What?”

“There are so many more fairies than I thought. I don’t know if they entered the building through a crack we didn’t find.”

Yuri muttered with a serious face, so I quickly answered her confidently with a face that could give her trust.

“Don’t worry! I checked it thoroughly!”

“Yes. Go out here and check again.”

“What?”

“Hey, go out and patrol the building.”

Yuri coolly stretched out her finger and pointed at Benny and me, then motioned for a cool way out.

‘Oh, really…’

In the end, I had no choice but to leave the dorm with Benny in tears.

“I want to desert…”

“I miss my father…”

Hearing Benny’s words makes me want to desert even more.

But if I desert now, will I be buried in that swarm of fairies? XX, let’s put up with desertion for now.

Sanchez came into my eyes as I walked out of the hallway with helpless steps.

“Sanchez?”

He was rubbing the window with a mop, but it was inconceivable to me, who had not even gotten close to the window for fear of a swarm.

“Saruvia, you are here!”

As usual, Sanchez was kind to me, but after seeing Benny standing behind me, he bent over to greet me 90 degrees. His hands were tightly pressed against his body, and his head was almost flat on the floor.

…Was there such a bloody greeting law in this world? No, doesn’t it seem like the genre has changed a bit now?

“What are you doing?”

“I was cleaning the windows. It was stained.”

Sanchez replied in his characteristic indifferent tone. In response to the absurd answer, I looked at him with trembling eyes.

“You can see the bug up close…?”

“I am stronger.”

…If I interpret it, it meant that he was stronger than the fairy, so he was not afraid of the swarm of fairies. Awesome, Sanchez… After all, you judge everything by force…

I am really glad that Sanchez was not in this unit at the time of the raid on the Crown Prince. If he had been in this unit, he would have easily defeated the Crown Prince, and so our unit would have been on the road to disintegration…

No, anyway. I stopped paying attention to him and left with Benny to patrol the building.

* * *

After Benny and I started patrolling the building, I met Aquila.

As soon as I met Aquila, I was happy and immediately started pouring out what was inside of me.

“I want to desert.”

“Yes.”

We shared existential concerns about why we should be in the military.

It just means we want to desert.

And as I turned the building patrol over to Benny and continued my conversation with Aquila, I heard a creaking sound of a door opening somewhere.

“Ugh, the musty smell…”

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‘It’s Taro.’

The smell inside the platoon building was not good as there was no ventilation for the second day because it was closed except for one door since yesterday.

Taro, who opened the door of the commander’s dormitory and came out, smelled the smell, and was tormented in the hallway.

“What the hell is in this unit?”

Poor Taro… Coming to this unit and suffering only…

He will be discharged from the military after three months.

Taro, who suffered the ‘Attack of the Crown Prince’ during his first promotion as a commanding officer and ‘Attack of the Fairy’ during his final period as a commanding officer, must have had a good spell in his life.

“Taro, are you okay?”

Winter, who had just left the men’s quarters, looked at Taro and asked. Actually, he didn’t seem to be really worried about Taro, but it seemed like he was just asking politely.

“Ha, yes… You, too, are struggling…”

Taro, who was sitting on the floor, muttered as he looked at Winter.

“Your 78th colleagues will be promoted soon… When you are a corporal, you will really constantly struggle…”

“No.”

“Yes, that’s how it is…”

Taro with a weak voice staggered back into the dormitory.

And then, Winter and my eyes met.

“Saruvia.”

“Yes?”

“Your hair has changed.”

“What? Oh, probably.”

That’s because this morning, Ishina taught me the technique of preventing hair from sticking out when tying my hair three times with a braid, and showed me a demonstration with my own hair.

So, compared to when I was tying it alone, it was tied up neatly, and I noticed the difference. Winter too.

The moment I answered in an uninspired voice, Winter’s face changed.

Yeah, he’s obviously subtly… subtly… His ears were red!

‘What?! Are you ashamed to see me? Ropan cliché?!’

The positive circuit is back! Hey, restart it!

I have always never forgotten that this world was originally a Ropan world, and there was always a glimmer of hope in my heart.

Therefore, when a change in the body of the original male lead #2 caused the ears to turn red! I couldn’t have thought, ‘are you mad?’ like an idiot! The reddened ears and neck are definitely ropan clichés!

As I glanced openly at Winter with a twinkle in my eyes, Winter opened his mouth.

“Ah, I thought it was a little hot, so it was because of that.”

But Winter… He was pointing towards Aquila and speaking…?

When I was bewildered, this time, Aquila with a displeased face said to Winter.

“Winter, come to think of it, you will be promoted in three months.”

I’ll start again. The fire and ice properties.

I don’t know why humans have attributes, but watching Aquila and Winter fight like that under the influence of those attributes is really outrageous.

“Congratulations in advance on your promotion to Commander-in-Chief. Good luck with the other units.”

That’s what Aquila said, but it wasn’t the real congratulatory voice. I looked at Aquila’s scarlet eyes and realized what he was thinking.

‘He was just happy that WInter will leave this unit.’

“Yes, I will be promoted soon.”

Winter said in a cold voice.

“But again, I don’t know. Will I ever be assigned to this unit again?”

‘That would be a provocation… No, it might just be possible to analyze all the possibilities without missing out on it as usual in winter.’

‘…It’s just that I feel really bad.’

It was not a ropan cliché, it seemed that Winter has a fever because of Aquila…

The conversation between Aquila and Winter continued.

“You know that the possibility is small, don’t you? So I’m just saying goodbye in advance.”

“As you said, there is such a thing as probability, so I want to leave luck to that small possibility. And we still have three months left to say goodbye.”

“But three months is too short.”

“Well, I think three months is enough time.”

As I listened to their conversation, I felt more and more confused.

‘What kind of socialite are you guys?’

A way of speaking that hides the truth in each word and turns it round and round. No, XX, why the hell are they using that dialogue instead of me?

Both had expressionless faces, but in the increasingly bloody atmosphere, I wanted to escape from this place.

It was the attitude of two male protagonists competing for a female protagonist, but I knew that was not the case. How many times have I been hit by this XX apocalyptic world?

Then Winter called my name.

“Saruvia.”

“Yes, yes?”

“After I go to another unit.”

“Yes?”

“Can you write a letter?”

“What?”

“Because I think you’ll need some help after I’m discharged. I can help.”

Winter was gazing at me with eyes forcing an answer, and Aquila was now looking at me with blazing eyes.

‘XX, what’s the situation?’

Why the hell did sparks come to me now…?

“Winter.”

This time, Aquila called Winter.

“Be careful, so it won’t be misunderstood.”

“What?”

“Have you forgotten Article 93 of Chapter 15 of the Military Code on page 194? However, in the case of fellowship within the military, the subjects are transferred to different units. Second, if you are in a relationship with those in a leadership relationship, you will be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. Third, a person who commits sexual promiscuity in the military shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years.”

“You, why did you memorize that?”

When I asked, stuttering, Aquila responded with a stern voice.

“Of course I would.”

“Uh, yes…”

What Aquila had just said was something Winter had recited to Aquila and me a long time ago. How do you get it back like this?

But Winter responded without blinking an eye.

“Yeah, as you said, I’m going to another unit in three months anyway, so I don’t have to worry about being misunderstood and transferred.”

“Two, if you are in a relationship with those in a leadership relationship, you will be sentenced to up to one year in prison. What do you think of this provision?”

“Actually, not all laws are right. Some things need to be revised.”

Between Aquila and Winter, I became more and more tormented…

Just then another voice intervened.

“I told you to patrol, what are you doing here?”

When I looked up, what I saw was Yuri, who was looking down at me with cold eyes.

“Yuri…!”

And at this moment, there seemed to be a halo above her! Yuri, you’re here to save me…!

“Once the patrol is over, go back.”

…No, you came to seek me.

As I began to curse inside of this absurd fate, fortunately, Yuri withdrew from me and looked at Aquila and Winter alternately.

“…Hah.”

She sighed deeply, and Aquila and Winter stopped the confrontation. Well, because of his nature, he seems to know that it’s ridiculous for them to fight like an antagonist like that…

“Please stop.”

Yuri again gave them a cool gesture to get them out, and they really disappeared from this hallway. To say that the conflict is resolved so quickly, is it actually Yuri in the 78th class?

“Yuri, I really missed you!”

“You, hah…”

Yuri stared at my face and sighed again…

“Saruvia, I have some advice for you.”

“Yes?”

“What do you think is the most important thing to a man?”

“What?”

It was a really random question that didn’t suit this situation, but Yuri seemed sincere.

“Uh… Violence and fear are the most important virtues that a human being should possess.”

“… No, you know what the most important virtues to look for when choosing a man are?”

“Ah.”

Oh my gosh, you’re having a conversation on a topic like this. Suddenly, I felt like I was a real Ropan girl, and I was having small talk!

“…Strength?”

At those words, Yuri had a lost expression on her face…

“No, Saruvia…”

“Then is it the face?”

“No.”

“Wealth…?”

“Not even that.”

“Oh, are you talking about humanity?”

“It’s all wrong, Saruvia.”

Yuri suddenly made an incredibly serious face.

“Sociality is the most important thing when choosing a man.”

“What?”

“Keep in mind. Sociability is the most important thing.”

…It’s really nonsensical. Furthermore…

“I, but to be honest, Yuri…”

“I also know that I lack social skills. But not for those who are less than me.”

Yuri now began to give her speech, word by word.

“You shouldn’t date people who aren’t social. Think about it, Saruvia.”

However, many male Ropan males lack social skills. Of course, Yuri, a person from this world, doesn’t know that.

Ah, the reason Yuri is saying this after witnessing Aquila and Winter fighting a while ago.

“Are you talking about Winter and Aquila?”

“…No!”

Yuri, who suddenly had a strong denial, pointed across the hallway.

“Yeah, there are people out there with good social skills. A guy like that is better than people with no social skills.”

From where Yuri’s finger was pointing, Altair was walking along with Ishina. As Ishina had a blanket in his hand, it seemed that he had been sent on an errand.

“Aha, are you talking about Altair?”

“Are you crazy? Ishina!”

“Ahh.”

When I looked at Yuri and narrowed my eyes to try to guess what Yuri was doing, Altair, who had now arrived where we were, greeted us naturally.

“Hey, Yuri, Saruvia. What are you doing?”

Altair patted Yuri on the shoulder with a cheerful attitude as usual. On the other hand, as usual, Yuri wiped her face and removed his arm that was on her shoulder.

“I’m talking about something important, so don’t bother.”

“Ah, why, what is it~?”

I didn’t miss this opportunity, and I told him.

“Yuri said that she likes men with social skills.”

“Is this crazy?”

Yuri glared at me.

Altair asked with a smile as if it was ridiculous.

“What, social? Haha! That’s something Winter doesn’t have!”

After all, the only socialite of the 78th class, Altair. You are well aware that Winter is not social.

‘…By the way, this isn’t the cliché that Yuri is referring to socially, right? Isn’t it the same as saying that Yuri will have some kind of relationship with Altair in the future?’

To be honest, I was a little skeptical…

Then, I made eye contact with Ishina, who was waiting behind Altair with a blanket.

‘Ishina has been waiting…’

I guess we’ll have to leave the two of the 78th class to have a conversation.

So I threw a rice cake that Altair and Yuri could bite into. (tl/n: like she threw a change of topic they can talk about in this case.)

“What are you two going to do when you are discharged?”

“What kind of thought are you having already? There are still two more years left.”

“But, isn’t it time to think about it?”

I was at the level of jokingly saying that they had to do this or that because they had a long time left in the military, but the time has come for Yuri and Altair to really seriously think about it.

“Well…”

Yuri was silent as if lost in thought.

“Well, what am I going to do? Such a difficult question…”

Altair started to stumble like a sophomore in high school when asked what he would do later.

“April said that she would go to the Black Magic Reconnaissance Special Forces, did you hear that?”

“What? Really?”

Altair and Yuri’s eyes widened at once.

“Uh-huh, hey, Yuri… Let’s not even go close to that place after we’re discharged.”

“Yeah, I would never go there.”

Altair asked with a puzzled expression.

“No, after being discharged from the military, why the hell did she go there?”

“I don’t know either, but she’s going to reveal the secrets of this world…”

“She was always crazy. I don’t understand.”

Yuri said in a cynical tone. In fact, she spent more time with April than I have.

“Anyway, the two of you are thinking of pegging the border guards…”

“…Do you want to bang your head?”

“I didn’t say that.”

When I smiled softly, Yuri glared at me, and her face turned serious as if she was thinking about it again.

‘Okay, I guess I can leave my conversation with Ishina during this time.’

But maybe he didn’t want to leave me alone, so this time, Altair spoke to me.

“Hey, Saruvia. What kind of world is April going to reveal?”

“Well, she said it was about why this system was maintained.”

“…What system?”

“He said things like, how the heck could the absurd situation of the Archons continue to serve as the Border Guard Forces continued…”

“No, wait.”

Suddenly Altair’s face turned serious.

“That’s right, of course, because we made a contract like that, so we follow the magic and then the law, right?”

“Mhm.”

“Of course, who would like this situation… April’s words must be… Oh…”

Altair, who had been stuttering, finally spoke the word.

“It sounds like treason, doesn’t it?”

“Hey, hey.”

Yuri covered Altair’s mouth in disbelief, and looked at me and Ishina with surprised eyes in turn, speaking in a threatening tone.

“Did you just hear something?”

“We didn’t hear anything.”

We quickly gave Yuri the answer she wanted and made a face that we didn’t hear anything.

At that moment, Yuri again gave Altair a warning look, and then released the hand that was covering Altair’s mouth.

“You take care of your mouth.”

“But think about it. That April?”

“If it were her, it would be okay… No, be quiet.”

The atmosphere grew heavy again. I took this opportunity to see if I could leave.

But Altair had no intention of letting me go.

“Saruvia. I’ve been thinking about it, but if it’s April’s class-Ow!”

“Don’t say that word! Don’t even say half of it!”

Although it may seem like Yuri is misleading, ‘treason’ was a word that we in the military should never say out loud. Even the place I possessed is set in an empire where the emperor exists.

If entangled in treason, the neck and body will separate, and all the limbs can say goodbye.

“Okay, okay. From now on, I’ll call it ‘the thing that shouldn’t be named’.”

…It’s strange, when I hear that word, something comes to mind. After all, people in this world probably don’t know well.

“Anyway, unless April is trying to commit ‘the thing that shouldn’t be named’… I thought about the system she was talking about.”

Altair lightly tapped the area around his wrist.

“She was probably referring to this contract magic. Because this is the very system that locked us up in the Border Guard Forces.”

“Yes… I understand.”

So, does that mean that April went to find a way to get rid of this contract magic?

Contract magic is a contract that Archon made with the emperor of the Adolf Empire long ago, and that contract flows through blood and comes into effect… That was all I knew about contract magic.

“Altair, do you know anything more about this contract magic?”

When I asked that question, Altair raised an eyebrow and smiled and started explaining.

“Hmm, the willingness to learn more! That’s a very odd question.”

Damn.

“The contract magic… It’s pretty vague magic.”

“Why?”

“It is natural that Archon’s blood gets diluted as time goes by as it mixes with the people of the Empire.

“As you said, it’s strange.”

“Is that right, Yuri? There are no clear standards for judging that someone is an Archon, or whether they have to enlist within a few days after it takes effect, and there are many things that are unclear about the contract magic.”

I started to focus more and more on Altair’s words.

As he said, this ‘contract magic’ that tied us to the Border Guard was really strange.

“But one thing is clear.”

“What is it?”

“Now, the contract magic…”

Altair said in a low voice.

“…Is black magic.”

“…What?”

“What are you talking about?”

I asked again with surprised eyes, but Yuri just looked at Altair with a puzzled expression on her face. Even Ishina couldn’t hide his absurd expression.

But I never understood what he was saying.

‘Black magic is forbidden.’

It is black magic that is banned at the empire level and they even created and cracked down on the ‘black magic special search force’, but the contract magic made at the empire is black magic?

When I had eyes that did not understand anything, Yuri said in a voice filled with frustration.

“Hey, then of course contract magic is black magic, it’s ridiculous. The Border Guard is an army. Food is edible…”

Yuri was taking Altair’s words for granted.

‘What?’

As I pondered the source of the difference between Yuri and I in accepting Altair’s words, I realized something.

“Is all magic black magic?”

When I asked that question, Yuri asked what I was talking about.

Pls read only at pink muffin tl.

“Then, is there any magic other than black magic?”

…Oh, that’s right.

In this world that I possessed, the general magic that I think of does not exist. Teleporting, dealing with the four elements, and things like that.

The only magical power that existed in this world was black magic.

‘Somehow, the last time Yuri asked what the tower was…’

I didn’t know that there was no magic tower but no magic itself too. XX, then, in any case, there is no such thing as a genius mage for a male lead in this world.

Knowing that contract magic is also black magic, the negative perception that came after hearing that the warlock exploited the young Archons seemed to deepen.

When I finished thinking, Altair put a hand on Yuri’s shoulder and said, calming Yuri.

“Yeah, of course contract magic is black magic. It’s funny that the state used a power forbidden by the state, but anyway, the state used black magic. Then there is something we can deduce…”

“What?”

“The price for casting black magic on a large scale must still be being paid somewhere.”

That was something I knew.

‘All black magic must have consequences or side effects.’

For example, didn’t I just give my original name in the original world to revive the memories of the original?

“So, what do you think the cost or side effects will be?”

Altair asked us a question.

“…”

“How would we know that?”

We gave the answer that we didn’t know, waiting for Altair to tell us the answer. But Altair said with a smile.

“Of course, I don’t know either!”

“…Are you kidding me?”

“No, how can I know what other seniors don’t know?”

Yuri opened her eyes harshly, but Altair only showed his characteristic cheerful smile.

“So, the bottom line is~ If April really intends to cause ‘the thing that shouldn’t be named’, I think it will be important to find out what the cost or side effects of this contract magic are. There must be something going on right now, because we don’t know anything.”

“Hmm…”

It was not described at all in the original.

At first, Darlene didn’t seem to care whether this world was a military establishment or an apocalypse. She will probably live well no matter what worldview she falls into, huh…

‘That must be the reason why April went to the special search force for black magic.’

The place that knows best about black magic is probably the ‘Black Magic Reconnaissance Special Forces’.

As the saying goes, knowing the enemy and knowing yourself is the key to victory, the Black Magic Reconnaissance Special Forces must have studied the knowledge related to black magic in order to eradicate it., as if we were memorizing information about monsters.

So, April must have joined the ‘Black Magic Reconnaissance Special Forces’ to get information about this contract magic.

‘When the hell did you ever think of that again in this hellish survival apocalypse army?’

While I was immersed in various thoughts, Yuri seemed to have no interest in the story of contract magic, and started chatting with Altair about post-military plans. Oh, I need to get out of here quickly.

Ishina, who had to wait for a while with a blanket, seemed to feel the same way as me, and when I looked at him, we naturally escaped from Altair.

Walking next to me, Ishina turned his head and asked.

“Saruvia, you seem to be very interested in black magic these days, is it because of your mood?”

“Well… It won’t happen in the future. I was just curious for a moment.”

There was no longer any need to use black magic artifacts.

‘Yes… I don’t know how this world turns.’

For now, let’s do our best in this XX place.

In the meantime, if April triggers ‘the thing that shouldn’t be named’ and even dispels the contract spell, I’ll have to bow to her 108 times.

* * *

The seventh hour of the fairy swarm’s attack.

Now, the sky, which had been hidden by a swarm of fairies, began to appear.

And while I was expecting to drink honey in the dorm comfortably, unfortunately, the military did not put me at ease…

“Hey, isn’t that a gap there?”

“Seal it before anything comes in!”

It was because I had to make sure that a swarm of fairies did not enter through the gaps.

I thought I had checked all the gaps, but the swarms of fairies broke through like a ghost in a place that was poorly blocked, so we struggled for a long time to respond quickly each time.

“It will be over soon…”

As I was standing in the hallway, looking at the sky through the window with a faint face, I saw Milfie, with a desperate face, running from the other side of the hallway.

“…What? What’s wrong?”

I summoned Milfiie, and he bowed down to me with a surprised face.

“Dory, accidentally opened the window in the furnishings, and a swarm of faerie came in. So, I’m trying to fix it with the trainees…”

“Ah…”

I followed Milfie’s foot since the future was clear. If they didn’t fix it, we would all be robbed together in solidarity responsibility.

Benny and Jason were already standing in front of the furnishing room that Milfie had took me to. And behind it was Ishina, who seemed to understand the situation.

“Saruvia?”

“Oh, Ishina. I came here because I was worried that the recovery would go unwell.”

I looked at Jason as he stood in front of the locker room door and took a deep breath.

“Is it just Jason taking care of it?”

“I have to close the windows that are still open and get rid of the swarms of fairies, but I guess everyone doesn’t want to go…”

So, Jason was the winner. I wouldn’t even have thought about his colleagues, as they might cause further accidents.

“How about Sanchez? He doesn’t seem to be afraid of bugs.”

It was Benny who answered those words.

“It doesn’t look like he’ll have much to do.”

Aha, now that I see it, it was the attitude it was not her business either. It must have been that the youngest were to do that… Well, that’s the usual absurdity.

I express my condolences to Jason, who will soon have to enter that hell. God, how can he be so unlucky?

‘You would be good together with Taro.’

“I mean, all I have to do is kill the swarm of fairies in there and get rid of it, right?”

Jason asked in a trembling voice, and Ishina explained in a friendly voice to him.

“No. First we need to check the number of swarms of fairies. Normally it was forbidden because it was dangerous, but if there are more than fifty, you can use a flamethrower.”

“So you mean I have to count the number of bugs one by one?”

“That’s right.”

…Also, it was very unusual to convey negative stories with kind words.

By the way, if you want to fire a flamethrower once, you have to check the number of bugs and report it.

Just as Jason’s face grew even more desperate, something flashed in my head!

‘Yes, this is it!’

As in the original, I needed someone to control Patty and Matty, so I had to get Jason to become friends with Patty and Mattie.

And now was my chance!

“Milfie, go get Patty and Matty!”

“…Are you serious?”

“Are you talking to me now?”

“Go, I will go!”

Milfie, who specializes in running errands, vanished, as always.

Moments later, he reappeared with Patty and Mattie.

“Saruvia!”

“What are you doing?”

Wow, they’ve already started talking to each other… Oh, now is not the time for this.

“Patty, Matty, listen.”

I said with a solemn expression on my face.

“There’s a whole bunch of fairies out there, and we have to sort it out…”

“Ah! Can we fix it?”

“I will go right now!”

“…Don’t talk, XX.”

It was also difficult to control them…

“You have two things to do. One, counting and reporting the number of worms. Two, if there are more than fifty insects, use a flamethrower, and if there are fewer than fifty insects, kill them by hand.”

Others would of course expect Patty and Matty to have another accident, but I knew them in the original.

This was just for Patty and Matty, so it can be how Jason came to accept them in the original story.

“Patty, you count the fairies. Matty, you catch bugs. Did you understand?”

“Yes, I understand!”

“Yes!”

Patty and Matty responded vigorously and opened the door to the furnishing room, and Jason, who had been watching us with blank eyes, finally came to his senses and shouted.

“Saruvia, are you serious?! Are you serious about letting them in?”

Jason, almost paroxysmal, gripped the locker’s doorknob even tighter.

“Haven’t you heard that there is a swarm of fairies in here?! Get out of here! You never know what other mistakes they’ll make! Back off! Hurry!”

Yeah, considering Patty and Matty’s usual behavior, he couldn’t help but be suspicious of that. He’ll think they’ll go beyond the furnishings and fill the hallways with swarms of fairies.

But Patty and Matty both have one thing they are good at.

“Jason, believe me.”

“But…!”

“…Are you the type to have faith only when violence and fear are involved?”

“No, I just believe it.”

Jason stepped out of the locker room door neatly. Well, violence and fear save us too.

“We’ll take care of the bugs!”

“Wait, Jason!”

As soon as Jason got out of the way, Patty and Mattie shouted in hoarse voices and ran into the locker room. Fortunately, it didn’t happen that they accidentally slam the door open and a swarm of fairies pours out.

“Oh, no…”

Meanwhile, when they left, Jason sat on the floor and looked at the furnishing door with empty eyes, but he couldn’t open the door because he was afraid of the swarms of fairies…

Soon something amazing happened.

“Thirty-six! Thirty seven! Thirty-eight! A total of thirty-nine fairies!”

Less than a minute had passed since they entered the locker room, and Patty exclaimed an incredibly accurate number.

‘After all, it’s like a guy who owned a store as soon as he was born.’

“Then I’ll hit it!”

‘After all, the man who was the master of rural life is different.’

Matty also shouted in a voice that had nothing to do with fear, and for a long time there was loud noises from the room.

And after a few minutes passed, Patty and Mattie came out with smiles on their faces.

“Don’t worry, Jason!”

“We took care of the fairy swarm!”

“Saruvia! It’s solved!”

“Done!”

“What, what?!”

Jason asked in a trembling voice, then looked at the faces of his classmates, and, to see if he had the courage, opened the door to the locker room and entered.

Moments later, Jason’s voice came from beyond the door.

“Really?! Even the numbers look correct!”

“If it’s like this, it’s our specialty again!”

“Okay, what we did today is solved!”

At the end of the magical girl-like lines, they patted their shoulders and disappeared somewhere…

Patty and Mattie were very close to Darlene in the original story, and they were very talkative, rumbling through all the information. So I knew quite a bit about them.

The son of Matty learned business management, but unfortunately, Patty was not very smart, so he did the chores of managing the warehouse.

‘But Patty got the ability to figure out the exact quantity just by looking at it like that instead.’

Unfortunately, Matty wasn’t very good at farming, so Matty’s parents told him to just do the housework.

‘And there are a lot of XX in the countryside.’

Really, this was just for Patty and Matty.

At that moment, Jason came out of the room and muttered with a blank face.

Now he’s starting to see the usefulness of Patty and Matty. Will Jason be friends with them in the future?

As I was about to leave with a happy expression on my face, suddenly Jason ran up to me.

“Sa-Saruvia!”

“Yes?”

And Jason bowed 90 degrees, just like Sanchez did…?

“Thank you!”

“What?”

Why are you thanking me?

“I didn’t know you knew Patty and Matty so well! Besides, I really hated bugs, thank you for being considerate!”

“What, what? Just Jason, what are you talking about?”

It wasn’t a big deal. Jason needs to thank Patty and Matty and get to know them instead.

‘Then one who controls Patty and Matty…’

I just can’t handle them… Oh no!

‘This is my chance!’

Jason seems to appreciate me for this. So if he becomes friends with them, then it’s easier to get Patty and Matty’s help through Jason!

Realizing that, I quickly lowered the corners of my lips that were raised by itself, turned to Jason, and said:

“Just Jason… There is one thing I want you to do with this.”

“What is it?”

“You should get along well with your classmates from now on.”

“What?”

Jason’s eyes widened, but I steadfastly continued.

“Look, there were things Patty and Matty were good at too, right? If you keep helping Patty and Matty, maybe someday, they will be of some help.”

To be honest, I know they won’t be of any help to Jason in the future, but I can’t be honest with him, so… Just please, I mean, you should do it like the original…

It was selfish I thought, but suddenly Jason made a face that realized something.

“Yes! I will!”

‘…You really believe this. Okay, that’s good then.’

With today’s grace as an opportunity, Jason will become the same character as the original, explaining with a tired expression in the future even if his comrades have an accident!

* * *

(3rd person pov)

In the place where Saruvia had left, Jason, who was looking at it, murmured.

“Saruvia, you were the type to take better care of your successors than I thought…”

“Yeah…”

Benny, who was listening to him, nodded slowly.

“She has been very helpful… She pretends not to be interested, but secretly knows everything and takes care of us.”

Benny smiled shyly, not knowing what Saruvia’s dark intentions were because she was Tustar’s daughter.

“That’s right… Because I’m Zayden’s colleague, she was reluctant, but she didn’t really care about that.”

Milfie, genuinely not interested, nodded, not knowing Saruvia’s attitude being not interested in whatever he did.

Benny met Jason’s eyes and said in a serious voice.

“Honestly, she’s a little crazy, but she’s not a bad person.”

“…It’s not that Benny is wrong, but she’s more crazy than a little crazy…”

Whatever Benny and Milfie said or not, Jason thought to himself as he clenched his fists.

‘Just like Patty and Matty helped me, the motivation is to make up for each other’s shortcomings! So I have to take care of my motives in the future too!’

Jason’s eyes twinkled.

* * *

(Saruvia’s pov)

“Saruvia.”

“Yes?”

After successfully solving the fairy swarm and giving advice to Jason, I was excited as I walked down the hallway when I heard Ishina’s voice behind me.

When I turned around in surprise, Ishina was following me.

“…May I ask what you are doing these days?”

“What?”

As usual, Ishina rolled his dark green eyes and said softly.

“You kept getting interested in black magic, this is just a guess, but it seems like you used Sanchez’s black magic artifact…”

At those words, goosebumps were felt all over my body.

‘I knew he was a villain…’

There was no way he’d not figure out the situation with his brilliant brain, but I didn’t expect him to ask so directly…

“Hey, how did you know that?”

“…Hah. Saruvia, the wrapping paper with the black magic artifact can be seen if you just throw it in the trash…”

…He was talking about candy wrappers. It’s my fault for not being more careful…

“As you know, it is my responsibility to dispose of the waste, so I did a good job destroying the evidence… Will you stop looking at me like such a suspicious person…?”

“…I will correct it.”

After all, Ishina, you’re very quick-witted. You can even guess my looks…

“And above all, Saruvia.”

Suddenly, Ishina’s eyes became serious.

“Because of your personality, there’s no way you’re interested in Patty, Matty, or Jason, but it seems like you’re trying to be friendly for nothing.”

“…”

“What are you doing?”

…Come to think of it, Ishina watched all my recent moves.

Everything I talked about with Altair and Yuri about black magic, and the advice I gave Jason a little while ago.

In front of those eyes that insisted on an answer, I swallowed my saliva. In an instant, the atmosphere became heavy.

Ishina’s always friendly eyes were pressuring at this moment.

…Still, it’s been 3 years since we’ve been together, and maybe he can help me with his own affection.

‘Shall I leak something…?’

If I use that unique villain attribute, I will be able to survive no matter what kind of crisis I face in the future.

“If I’m honest, will you help me?”

And at those words, Ishina slowly tilted his head.

“No?”

What came out of his mouth was a firm refusal.

…Well, he doesn’t know anything about my plans, so it would be weird to say yes.

“Ah… But why did you ask?”

“That’s because I’m worried…”

…Obviously I didn’t do anything wrong to Ishina, but it was a word that somehow made me feel guilty.

* * *

Discharge D-1826.

Today was the day that Commander Taro was finally discharged from the military, and the 78th Cool Mint Ice trio unit was promoted and left for another unit.

‘Taro…’

As I recalled Taro, who was exhausted and emaciated after two years of coming to this unit, I burst into tears.

‘Taro, live a long and healthy life outside.’

Yuri, who was packing her belongings in the seat next to the dorm, said while I was holding the Taro ceremony first inside me.

“I’m going to the 40th Infantry Brigade.”

“Still, I’m glad you didn’t go to a difficult place like the Snow Mountain Brigade.”

“Yeah, among the other units, it is also closer to this unit. Well, what does it matter now?”

Even though Yuri had to part with her troops, she looked as cold as usual. It felt strange to see the person I shared the dormitory get promoted to for the second time, so I watched her pack up and quietly opened my mouth.

“Thank you for that.”

“…Well, you did a great job too.”

Of course, this is not my point.

“Be sure to peg the Black Magic Reconnaissance Special Forces.”

“Is this saying goodbye or a curse? Are you crazy?”

Unable to do anything about me because she had to leave now, Yuri opened her eyes sharply and looked at me. Oh, it’s so fun to be able to play with Yuri after 3 years!

“Do you know where the others are going?”

“Altair was assigned to the 107th Mountain Brigade, and Winter was called to the company commander’s office later than us, so I don’t know yet.”

“Oh, really? If Yuri was in the 40th Brigade… Come to think of it, April was assigned to the 39th Infantry Brigade…”

As soon as I brought out April’s name, Yuri and mine’s expressions became dim at the same time.

“That crazy X…”

“I still can’t get her name out of my mouth…”

“Are you sure she’s not really trying to cause ‘that shouldn’t be named’?”

“I do not know. I can’t understand her head…”

Yuri shook her head and packed her luggage, and I followed Yuri with her bag on the way out.

‘Yuri is also going.’

Oh my gosh, I have 5 years left!

…5 years?

‘Five years left? XX.’

As I followed behind Yuri with a face that suddenly darkened, Altair, standing in the distance, waved his hand widely.

“Hey, Yuri! Have you packed all your belongings?”

“Yes.”

“Saruvia, be well!”

Altair greeted me with a cheerful face and started talking to Yuri. It makes me feel proud to think that I am the person who saved his life. (tl/n: all the good people are leaving )

“Did everyone gather?”

“Ah, Winter!”

Winter appeared with a low voice, and Altair and Yuri turned their heads.

“Okay, where did you get assigned?”

Altair, who had been clapping Winter’s shoulder with a wide smile, suddenly looked up and down at Winter and gave a strange expression.

“You… Why aren’t you ready to leave…? Did you…”

Yuri asked with a trembling voice.

“Well, Winter, you must be…”

“Yes.”

Winter nodded lightly and said.

“I’m here to serve as a commander.”

And after a moment of silence.

“No!”

Altair and Yuri shouted at once.

“No! If this is the case, that kid is really going to…!”

“…There’s only one way left. Winter, change it! Go away!”

And while they were screaming, Winter greeted me with a calm voice.

“Ah, Saruvia. Nice to see you. I’ll be here for two more years.”

“Ah… Congratulations.”

It wasn’t surprising because it was a result I already knew from the original story, so I responded with a shaky voice.

Okay, so the starting point of the original is coming…

…And the death of Saruvia in the original is also approaching, XX!

Reminder: pls do not repost ANYWHERE smh

tler note: these ‘chapters’ are novel chapters instead of kkp episodes, meaning each release is about 20k+ words, so updates won’t be frequent as there are many pages tl.