The Difference Is Like Between a Dog and a Cow

42 – Unopened Used Platoon (2)

“Roxanna!”

At that time, an old man wearing a white gown ran out from the other side of the hallway. He was wearing a Ukrnian military uniform underneath, and the patch on his shoulder was a definite mark of a military surgeon.

But I couldn’t figure out who it was.

Even I, who had been constantly visiting the medical corps since my transfer, was an army surgeon I had never met.

I heard that there are only two resident surgeons in the battalion in the first place?

‘Who are you?’

For a while, Roxanna scratches her head and looks at the old man.

“For now, just relax…… !!”

“I am fully recovered now! See, I just supplied mana, and I’m fine, right?”

“What? Mana supply!?”

The old man hurriedly approaches me and grabs my pulse. The pale but clear mana felt at her fingertips.

It was the first sensation I felt, but I could tell he was checking the mana flowing in my veins.

“…… Really. Roxanna! What the hell were you thinking?”

“How can you just watch when you are experiencing symptoms of magic shock right in front of your eyes?”

Roxanna replied in a determined voice. The old man must have been full of energy, let out a sighed breath and shook his head.

By the way Roxanne I’ve been told that she apparently has serious heart problems, but she’s like this can she go around me?

“Wait a minute, your affiliation… ….”

“My name is Lieutenant Enoch Levandell. She has been assigned to the battalion for about a month.”

“Enoch Levandel?! Then you are…….”

The old man looked back and forth between me and Roxanna, then clapped their hands together.

“Roxanna’s new platoon leader!”

“Yes, I am.”

As I blurt out her identity, Roxanne’s green eyes pierce my face. In disbelief, her lips parted slightly and a thin voice flowed through them.

“Platoon commander?”

“…… I didn’t expect to see you this way for the first time. Nice to meet you, Sergeant Roxanna.”

I see.

It was not easy from the first meeting with her.

***

“How on earth did you graduate from the military academy?”

The old military surgeon asked, examining my body here and there. He was looking at me like some strange creature.

“Anyway, the 18th Infantry Regiment Surgeon said something similar.”

“This is the first time I’ve seen a mage with a deformed body as well as the magic core. It’s like a body modified only to use magic.”

That’s probably the majesty of the MAX ‘combat power stat’.

I have to fight well somehow, but my body is a b*tch with all kinds of debuffs, so I must have had such a deformed body.

“Why does this keep happening? If the body was modified only to use magic, it would show symptoms of mana deficiency even if it was slightly overworked…….”

“Hey, have you ever heard of the surgeon’s opinion during the first physical examination?”

It was natural that there was none.

As soon as I woke up, I was in the barracks of the 3rd battalion.

As I answered in silence, the old surgeon touched my forehead.

“No matter how much the recruiting officer dispatched to the military academy or the manager who judges the suitability of magical powers, it seems that they are not doing their job properly.”

He cleared his throat a couple of times to clear his voice, then poked the area where the magic core was located and said.

“The reason you waste your mana excessively is quite obvious. Because the magic core is in a state of extreme hardening.”

Cure? Are you talking about that hardening phenomenon? As soon as the word that the magic core had hardened came out of the mouth of the army doctor, I was scared.

Menopause and hardening of the body are really serious diseases.

I can’t believe I’m dying too…… ?

“Don’t look so serious. Nuclear sclerosis is a disease that occurs surprisingly often. To be precise, it can’t even be called a disease.”

“What exactly is nucleus hardening?”

“You have to use your muscles and make it a habit to become flexible and toned. The magic core is the same concept. You see, you’ve never used magic properly before, have you?”

“Yes, it is…” ….”

“Usually, when mana is manifested, I use magic little by little. However, it seems that your magic core has never used magic since then.”

Did there be any background circumstances like that?

Although I became a person named Enoch Levandel, I didn’t know what happened prior to being possessed.

It’s only been a month since Kim Jin-hyeok, a retired army officer, has become an active magician, Enoch Levandel.

In the world of Hearts of General, there were a lot of things that I didn’t know about.

I care about information about when someone used magic for the first time, like hardening a core in a strategy simulation game.

In the first place, there is no indication on the status window, right?

“So, in the end, what is called manuclear sclerosis… ….”

“Literally, because I’m just about to use unused muscles, I can’t use them properly, and I can’t even react properly with the magic core itself.”

“You won’t be able to control your magic power well. That’s why mana is leaking out of the body to a dangerous extent.”

Roxanna, who was sitting on the horse next to the surgeon, takes over her words.

“As a simple example, if the mana cost of a normal Fireball is 10…… Your magic core useslessly increases the firepower of magic by pouring 100. It’s an extremely inefficient method of mana control.”

Hearing that, I felt real.

Until now, I thought it was because I was just an idiot, but it turned out that I had no choice but to become an idiot?

I lowered my head and looked at the magic core that was subtly scattering mana.

f*ck, there are all sorts of cases like this.

“But the strange thing is. If your magic core was really like that, it would be natural for it to fall into a state of deprivation just by using magic once or twice.”

“Yes.”

“The capacity and density of the magic core are not normal. It’s been a long time since I rolled on this floor. Your magic core really makes me want to dissect it.”

The military doctor spat out bloody words casually.

“Yes?!”

“Just kidding. I am curious, though.”

Isn’t this a complete psycho?

At first, I thought he was just a warm-hearted grandfather, but after hearing what he said, he seemed like a mad doctor with a philosophical outlook on life…….

A bit embarrassed, I quickly turned the conversation to another topic.

“Oh, by the way, is Roxanne and her sergeant all right? According to the teacher, it takes a lot of magical power to fill the capacity of my magic core to some extent…….”

As soon as I fell, I was able to move like this thanks to Roxanna’s just-in-time supply of her mana.

If it hadn’t been for her, she would have been lying on the floor until someone came out of the medic or her men came up to do their business.

So, isn’t that the story of sucking the mana of a child as weak as me?

I wanted to give it back if possible. Right now, the military doctor said there wouldn’t be a big problem.

“It’s okay, you don’t have to worry. Roxanna’s condition is what I know best. I was worried too, but it looks like you’ve adjusted it well in your own way.”

“…… Regulating?”

“Roxanna has a more serious problem with the magic core than you.”

Drinking disease.

A congenital disease that is born when the demon core and heart, which should have been separated originally, merge.

As much as the heart performs the function of the magic core, the density, quality, and efficiency of magic are incomparably better than other mages.

At the same time, if too much mana is accumulated that the heart cannot handle, or if too much mana is consumed so that the heart cannot be maintained, it will lead to death-.

Sergeant Roxanna Elim was in such a state.

“Come to think of it, Roxanna enlisted purely for treatment. She can receive mana at any time, and there is no other place to drain it than magic battalions.”

So, in the peculiarity of the document she saw for the first time, it was written, “Leave it to live versus duty”.

I simply agreed to the puzzle, but Roxanna, the person involved, didn’t like the explanation of the medical officer.

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“Uncle Edward! You decided not to say that!”

“Shouldn’t I at least tell the platoon commander the truth?”

“No, I didn’t come just to get treatment.”

Roxanna approaches me. Her emerald eyes sparkled softly.

“I can do it…… ! You just saw the platoon leader! I can help too!”

She aggressively appeals to her own needs. I could recall a conversation I heard from Belle and Rumia the other day.

-Roxanne I overworked her last time she trained, so she’s on the medic now.

At that time, I just skipped over it, but now that I think about it, it means that patients with heart disease were training normally.

Demonic patients train? Even if you go crazy, are you really crazy?

“Sergeant Roxanna.”

“Please don’t say that to the platoon commander. I can take care of my own business.”

“Didn’t you say that you were taken away from training last time…? … ?”

“That, that…… !!”

She must have caught her off guard, and Roxanna’s strong insistence faded.

“At that time, it is true that I was overdoing it… …. It was said that it was an important training for all battalion members to go to war, so I did a little more than usual…….”

To be honest, her motivation was good to see. When she first heard her story about Roxanna in the papers, she didn’t even think of it on her own in the first place.

But when I met Roxanna, she was more bold and motivated than I thought.

She’s hardly the kind of person who, just a few weeks ago, was stuck on the duty station and was about to die.

What kind of officer in the world would hate a subordinate who tried to challenge himself while burning himself?

However, the difference between simply overdoing it and being able to die is huge.

“I am not trying to exclude Roxanna. Sergeant Roxanna is, of course, a valuable member of my platoon. However, it is true that the current physical condition is too dangerous.”

Motivation is good, but from my point of view as a platoon leader, it was more important to not have an accident.

Because if she was unreasonable and she really brought her to her deathbed, it wouldn’t just be her problem with Roxanne.

At my words, Roxanna bit her lip. She suppresses her emotions as best she can, and puts her face down.

“Al…… I will.”

“But.”

“…… ?”

Let’s add one more word, and his head suddenly rises.

“Doctor, are you saying Sergeant Roxanna’s discharge is possible?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Because you don’t have to put too much strain on your heart. Apart from training, I would like them to return to our platoon and live together.”

“Really?”

The shady expression instantly brightens.

It’s like seeing a puppy that goes about every word from its owner.

‘Still, the relationship between the platoon members didn’t seem bad. The barracks have also been renovated, so we should stick together at least once.’

After putting on the upper clothes I had half taken off, I approached the pink-haired sergeant and gave him a hand.

“I look forward to seeing you formally, Sergeant Roxanna Elim. This is Lieutenant Enoch Levandell, who has been appointed as the sergeant’s platoon leader.”

“Ah…… ! Me, i…… !”

She grabs my hand and bursts into laughter.

“My name is Sergeant Roxanna Elim! Thank you so much!!!”

Although there were several happenings in the middle.

It was only now that all the members of the platoon had gathered.