94. Punishment or opportunity?
On a night filled with soft moonlight, I had just finished washing up after doing the same training as usual.
Even though the day was getting warmer, the night was still cold, so steam rose over Encred’s shoulders as he entered the dorm.
Even though we know that in two days we will have to cross the river and go on an operation to understand the terrain, the intensity of the training remains the same.
In fact, nothing will change.
No matter what awaits you ahead, the fact remains that you have to build up each day and move towards tomorrow.
Encred’s daily life was the same.
Just like the boatman said he was a boring guy.
This is the accommodation I returned to. Enri, who was talking to Kreis on one side, approached and stopped.
His eyes landed on Encred’s bed.
Esther had already settled down on Encred’s bed.
Even if you play with a grimoire, when it’s time to sleep, it settles into its place as if it were there.
Esther was lying face down on the bed, resting her head on her front paws.
Esther’s gaze turned to Enri and then back to her feet.
It meant there was no interest at all.
Enri treated Lake Panther with caution.
I didn’t even try to pass by it.
Did you say that the Lake Panther is considered a guardian spirit in the Green Pearl Plains?
Enri asked, raising her voice a little, across the bed.
“Have you ever received separate Pathfinder training? “I saw you before and it seemed like you knew something about that.”
It has never been like that. It was barely possible to find the way.
However, I knew and could understand why Enri misunderstood.
‘I learned everything from them.’
There is no need to be embarrassed. It’s something the other person can’t remember.
I once received help from Enri’s knowledge at the tall grass in Green Pearl.
At that time, all I learned was a few things by repeating today.
Encred scratched his forehead and answered.
“at all.”
“Then, do you know anything about the road above the river?”
Above Pen-Hanil, it is close to the Northern Belt.
Even though I was working as a mercenary, I had never been there.
“It’s spring now, so the ground will slowly thaw, but it will still be hard. “I’ve been down that road a few times. Would you like to tell me what you know?”
Enri had a thoughtful personality. Is it because of this type of personality that he became a hunter?
Or maybe living as a hunter makes me think this way?
He was the type of person who thought things through and did what was most necessary at the moment.
As a result, I naturally blended into the unit.
Even now, I had just woken up while talking to Chrys.
Rem didn’t really bother Enri either.
Except for Rem, I ignored the rest. I wasn’t the one to argue.
“They say he used to be a hunter, so it looks like he spent some time hanging out somewhere.”
Rem said while sitting on the bed. In her hand she holds an ax and is sharpening it with a sharpening stone.
Then he cast his gaze to one side, and on that side were Andrew and Mac.
It’s a corner of the accommodation.
Andrew flinched at that gaze and shrugged and straightened his shoulders.
“stop.”
Encred warned Rem.
“No, are you discriminating against me again? Are you going to take care of the new person? “He treats his ex-wife poorly with his new wife, and ends up getting stabbed in the back.”
Aren’t the words incoherent?
And who is the ex-wife and who is the new wife?
“Crazy guy.”
In short, Encred, who dismissed Rem’s personality and life, approached Enri.
Enri couldn’t even dare to come close to Encred’s bed because of Ester.
“Kyaarung.”
As they passed the bed, Ester tapped Encred’s thigh with her foot and cried.
The paws seemed to be telling me to finish work and go to bed.
‘Are you jealous too?’
This isn’t just RAM’s problem.
There was a strange current flowing through the dorm.
This is the current that flows after Enri, Andrew, and Mac join.
It wasn’t a troublemaker squad for nothing.
It is not an atmosphere that welcomes newcomers.
Encred didn’t even try to mix them up.
I also knew that it wasn’t something that could happen as I wanted.
I also thought that there was no need to move with one mind and one intention.
When they enter the battlefield, they each fight on their own.
If you follow me around for no reason, it will be a good chance that I will not be able to follow my orders and die.
I will take care of my own life.
This is the troublemaker squad’s only guideline.
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“I’m sweating.”
As soon as we joined, Enri, who had been paying attention to me, said that.
But do you know that this is a better atmosphere?
Previously, when new unit members arrived, the atmosphere was really tense.
Some of them ignored Encred, the squad leader.
Those people would be evacuated just a few days later with something broken or seriously injured.
There were times when it was Rem’s doing.
Sometimes it’s someone else’s work.
‘It’s probably mostly squad member work.’
Encred also had an unusual sense of humor.
It was fortunate this time.
These people are all familiar faces, and although I don’t know why, they seem to like them.
Then at least it won’t break somewhere and go out.
It was just a guess, but it seemed plausible.
“There may be a few things to look out for up the Pen-Hanil River. Most of you will figure it out, but I think it’s better to know than not to know. Do you know anything like a flat stone plate? There are a lot of stones like that up the river… … .”
After that, everything I heard from Enri was live knowledge.
First-hand experience and experience, tips passed down from the days of previous hunters.
Among the flat stones, except for those that are yellowish in color, all of them explode when heated in a fire.
There are times when a poisonous snake hides under a yellow stone.
There are sections where the river becomes deeper and the current speed becomes faster, etc.
I couldn’t memorize everything in one day, but there was a big difference between knowing something roughly and not knowing it.
As I listened and memorized them one by one, it was time to close my eyes.
When I arrived, Mac was taking the seat next to me.
He came over and whispered.
“I have a favor to ask.”
Those words seemed to attract the attention of the rest of the squad except for Ragna, who was on duty.
It is a warning from the sixth sense.
‘Should I tell him to leave it alone?’
What will happen if we leave it like this?
I think we’ll see Andrew and Mac dead after returning from the operation.
“Please request a transfer.”
Despite the fierce gaze, Mac finally said what he wanted to say.
“Well, brother. “When you come in, you can do whatever you want, but when you leave, it’s not so easy.”
It’s Audin. This was a joke. Acting mischievously after seeing the other person’s reaction is like the tradition of the troublemaker squad.
However, those listening just wonder if this is a joke.
Mac muttered, ‘Did you hear everything?’
Before Rem could say anything, Andrew came forward first.
He jumped up and suddenly started shouting.
“I guess you don’t like me, so why not attack me! No matter what anyone says, I will learn from my squad leader, or rather, my platoon leader. “I’m never going out!”
It’s ambitious. The spirit of a soldier can be said to be young, if not younger.
Was that spirit willing?
“I’m First.”
Rem suddenly stood up. She stands holding the ax she was sharpening.
He stuck out his tongue and pretended to lick the ax blade.
“Where should I cut it?”
Even Encred was scared as he watched it.
You can feel the sincerity in his foreign appearance, gray eyes, and tone of voice. If I try, I think I’ll lose at least one arm.
“Are you saying that if you do it first, I’ll have to deal with an asshole? “I come first.”
At those words, Saxony shakes his head and spits out the words. These were Andrew’s first words to him after joining.
“Brothers, don’t you know? I don’t kill. Just massage it. So I have to do it first.”
All three were very motivated. And when Mac saw that, he grabbed Encred’s sleeve and shook him.
“f*ck, stop me, what are they? “Andrew, why do you say that?”
I had to stop Mac before he started crying. You can’t see a grown man crying every now and then.
“stop.”
But I think this is another good thing.
Rem doesn’t deal with people he doesn’t like.
‘Where shall I cut you?’ actually means that I will give you a round of sparring.
So it’s a favor.
Saxony is a person who consistently ignores things. So just talking to me is a favor in itself.
The same goes for Audin. If it wasn’t a favor, they would say something like, ‘Brother, please take care of yourself.’
In the first place, if I didn’t like it, I wouldn’t have made the same joke.
This is it, how should I explain this?
“But kid, I’m a little busy, right? Shall we see our platoon leader, Nari, when he goes on a mission? Because there will be a lot of time left at that time. “At that time, even if you cry that you want to leave, they won’t let you go.”
Rem said with the same smile. It was creepy.
Andrew’s face turned blue, but he didn’t back down.
Should I say that this is a top-notch mental ability?
“Come at me anytime! I am Andrew of the Gardner family. “I won’t avoid it!”
The fact that it appears to be a determination to risk one’s life is probably not just Encred’s mistake.
Looking at that, Kreis shook his head.
Enri took a step back and looked.
Rem creates an atmosphere of fear with a hearty laugh.
Audin just muttered, ‘Brother, calm down, it’s going to happen anyway.’
Saxony, he just glanced at both of their bodies expressionlessly. I whispered very softly.
“I think it would be okay to cut off a few fingers.”
It’s even creepier because I wonder if that’s true.
Encred opened his mouth while thinking.
“Don’t hurt me. We are members of the same squad. “I’m about to go to battle.”
It was a warning and a promise to keep.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t stop them from doing anything.
I don’t even have the ability to do that.
“Don’t make a lot of noise while sparring.”
“Don’t worry Mashu. “I’ll cut out your tongue first.”
I told you to stop making jokes.
“Come on! “Go for it!”
Sleep time passed as I tried to calm Andrew down from his panic.
When Encred somehow managed to control the situation and went to bed, Esther came into his arms and hit his chest.
It felt like he was scolding Esther for coming home late, so he stroked Esther’s forehead with his finger and said,
“sorry.”
Then the leopard purred and snuggled into Encred’s arms.
I felt a warm feeling.
Just because I was Encred didn’t mean I wasn’t worried about the future.
Especially because sometimes in my dreams the boatman says terrible things.
It was like that today too.
I closed my eyes and fell asleep, and saw a black, curved river.
“Shut up and cry, for your crying will be my food and joy.”
Clap clap!
How do you make that kind of laughing sound when you laugh?
Being trapped in today is painful and scary. What happens when you can no longer go to the next step?
Just thinking about it made my heart ache with anxiety.
So what?
Encred woke up and shook off the nightmare.
That was the end.
‘What’s going to happen is going to happen anyway.’
You have to do what you have to do.
Walking on the road is the same.
“good morning.”
Encred, who woke up in the early morning, muttered to himself and started the same day.
Starting with the technique of isolation, Balaf’s bed martial arts.
Afterwards, he sparred with Rem and trained in swordsmanship with Ragna.
From practicing living with Saxony to training your sixth sense.
“In some ways intuition is a dangerous weapon. “If the other person knows how to deceive you well, you will be deceived.”
These are the words of Saxony. What should I do to avoid that?
It’s still the same.
Training, experience, and polishing through practice.
Andrew, Mac, and Anne got along pretty well until Encred came along.
In Encred’s opinion, even though the method was terrible, all of the squad members seemed to show favor.
Only if you are in a position to accept it.
‘It will be quite difficult, though.’
Wouldn’t there be that much left?
Just like you did.
Two days like that.
“let’s go.”
In the early morning, I passed by the sleeping squad members and headed out of the dorm.
It was the day we went on a mission to understand the terrain across the Pen-Hanil River.
This is an order directly from the battalion commander.
If you fail, it’s a pain.
If successful, there will be a reward.
Didn’t you say that the battalion commander who came this time was that kind of person?
This is what Kreis was talking about excitedly.
“Marcus, I heard you’re a warmonger? Instead, it is said that those who are meritorious are always rewarded and those who are guilty are always punished. In some ways, it is like a monster created by the military policy of the Kingdom of Naurilia.”
A worthy reward is given to those who achieve merit.
A sword without forgiveness for those who commit sins.
He is a commander who fits perfectly with the kingdom’s army.
So, what is your mission now? What is the purpose?
‘Is this a punishment?’
Or is it an opportunity?
Encred thought it was an opportunity.
Prove yourself and build a reputation no matter what.
Wasn’t that what he also wanted?
“We meet again.”
These are the people who joined the mission to cross the river before leaving the castle gate. To be more precise, I should say that we met when Encred joined.
The person who was appointed as the platoon commander was Torres of the border guard.
fantasy,
