The Difference Is Like Between a Dog and a Cow

49 – Heading to the Capital (3)

“Wow…… !!”

Rumia repeatedly exclaimed. I was genuinely surprised as well. Because the assigned accommodation was almost like a suite in a 5-star hotel.

No, honestly, I can’t even mix with a suite.

In terms of the feeling alone, it was close to a king or queen’s room that you only see in fantasy. There were even a lot of hired servants who looked like maids and butlers, so I said it all.

“This is an annex that is only allowed for VIP-level people who are going to treat the King alone. If you need anything, please call me anytime.”

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An elderly butler with white hair bowed politely. Judging from the fact that the other employees and maids followed behind him, he seemed to be in the position of a butler or manager.

“Then rest in peace.”

After the manager bowed politely, the employees who had been neatly lined up afterwards bowed their heads like swords. That alone is not a joke, it’s surprising, but watching the scene where they leave in sync as if they were having a fever ceremony, I laughed out loud.

Crazy ceremony.

Without adding a single exaggeration, it seems that the military discipline is tighter than that of the 3rd Battalion?

‘As expected, the capital is different, but different.’

As well as the attitude of the janitors, above all, the splendid appearance of the quarters assigned to our 5th Platoon also played a role.

Although the view of the headquarters of the battalion is not to the extent that it can be overlooked. After all, it was the capital of a country—and it was bound to be on a different level from the level of an outbuilding directly managed by the royal palace.

In the huge lounge, furniture made of expensive materials is lined up, and the colors of the wallpaper and furniture are unified in black and white, creating a very clean atmosphere.

Magic stones hanging beautifully on each wall illuminate the interior with a soft glow.

You could also enter the terrace directly connected to the outside by going up the well-trimmed revolving staircase.

Terrace.

I imagined raising a wine glass against the backdrop of the Milky Way embroidering the sky.

Romance, passed.

“Platoon commander!! Crazy!”

And among the three of us, the one who was most excited was none other than Rumia. Guess who isn’t an interior geek, she’s already lost her composure and wandering around her quarters.

“Ugh…… !! This is a picture drawn by a legendary artist in Nataland!? Go, isn’t it fake?”

From the small shelf to the chandelier hanging from the ceiling, Rumia captured the appearance of the dorm one by one with a twinkle in her eyes. I looked at her running around like a rabbit, then asked Belle, who was standing next to me with a complicated expression on her face.

“By the way, Sergeant Bell Meyer seems to have been here for some reason?”

She had been appreciating the scenery with melancholy eyes since she arrived in Kayef, but she hadn’t said anything since entering the annex here.

Looks like you’ve returned to your hometown that you’ve longed for.

Perhaps he was caught off guard, Bell lightly scratched my cheek shyly.

“Is it obvious?”

“You have such a vague look in your eyes that you cannot know without knowing.”

“I didn’t live there, but I came often. She lived around here.”

Bell Meyer said, looking at the panoramic view of Kayef through the huge window.

“If you lived around here…… Did Sergeant Bell ever come from a noble family?”

“Yes, didn’t you know?”

“???”

No, what kind of nonsense is this?

When I am embarrassed, Bell Meyer puts on a puzzled expression as well.

“I’m sure you know…… ?”

“I didn’t know.”

“Isn’t it written in your personal information?”

“…… Hmm.”

In the first place, after looking through my resume the first day, I never looked at it again. At the time, I only checked the specifics and just passed it on.

You don’t have to look for the document, you can check it through the status window, but you don’t have to read the paper.

“You didn’t see it right?”

“That’s because I’m the type of person who doesn’t pay much attention to my birthplace or status.”

“Ah…… No wonder. I thought the platoon commander’s attitude was indifferent from the beginning, but that’s why. The mystery has finally been solved.”

“What was different about the other platoon commanders?”

When I asked, Bell Mayer shrugged her shoulders as if it didn’t matter.

“Unexpectedly, he comes from a well-rounded family. The Meyer family. So, I am the last straw that officers who have been demoted for various reasons can cling to.”

Ah.

I thought I knew roughly what it felt like. She must have struggled to climb upwards again, using Belle’s identity as a stepping stone.

“At first, he did just about anything, and he didn’t know about the other platoon members, but he was kind to me. From the moment they realized that I had no particular idea, and that I was a weak person in my family, they treated me even more harshly.”

“It must have been a lot of hard work.”

But why is the offspring of such a great family stuck in a magic battalion on the outskirts?

‘Thinking about it again, there was no ‘noble’ trait in the status bar?’

I don’t know personal information, but I was the one who checked the ‘Platoon Management Status Window’.

Until a month after that, there hadn’t been any cases where stats went up or characteristics were created, so I haven’t seen them lately.

‘But wouldn’t it be possible to suddenly acquire aristocratic traits?’

Trying to think about a situation that doesn’t make much sense even with the knowledge of the deceased, Bell waved her hand and smiled.

“Ah well, it’s done! It’s a good day, but I want to talk about only good things. Didn’t the platoon commander say that yesterday?”

“Yes?”

“You don’t have to worry too much. It’s not like I was abandoned by my family. I’m still thinking about seeing you again this time.”

“Ah… ….”

It seems that she misunderstood that she was taking a very cautious approach to her family affairs.

Actually, I was thinking of a game system…….

Well, what is the importance of such a system in the yard that has already possessed. Due to the nature of the game, which is a strategy simulation, these detailed stories don’t even come out in the first place.

“If you don’t mind Sergeant Bell, you have a day or so free. It wouldn’t be bad for her to visit her parents’ house once.”

“Right?”

I answered with a vague ambiguity.

Of course, it was something she had to approach carefully as it was a family affair, but she wasn’t really interested in it.

Just because Belle is from an aristocratic family, it’s not like she’s going to fall for me.

She would have fallen long ago. Not to me, but to other former platoon commanders.

“Okay then, let’s start by unpacking. I have to go to the military uniform shop today and get the formal uniform prepared by the battalion commander.”

“Ah…… !! Great!!”

Rumia, who was walking around, picked up her luggage and entered one of her rooms at the sound of her robe. He seemed to like it. Belle, watching her, burst out laughing at her, and she also took another room and went in.

It was only after Bell and Rumia changed into plain clothes that we got out of the annex and entered the city.

“Wow.”

“This is…… The capital Kayep…….”

Me and Rumia were overwhelmed in that state.

Huge crowds and beautiful towering buildings. The rattling of wagon wheels and the voices of people filled the air.

The fragrant smells from the restaurants formed along the straight road violently stimulate the sense of smell.

The atmosphere of the “Downtown” That I hadn’t felt while riding in the carriage. It was only now that I realized that I had come to the capital of the Principality of Ukraine.

It was similar to the shock I had when I first arrived in Seoul for an interview with the cadet.

Besides, the first city I visited was Cherno, on the outskirts, so it felt like I was approaching by boat.

I thought the city was lively and full of people, but…….

The capital, Kayev, was huge, crowded, and complex, with only one city block comparable to the entire city of Cherno.

This makes Sergeant Claude Lane hate it.

“Um, Sergeant Bell? I told you to go to the clothing store here. Do you know the geography of this place?”

“hehehe, don’t worry. All you have to do is follow me!”

When I asked, slightly confused, Bell Meyer checked the small map he had received, and skillfully set out to find the location of the clothing store. Bell continues to advance without hesitation even though it is a fairly complicated street with alleyways connected.

‘I heard he hasn’t been back for a long time, but he must have lived a long time to find the way so well.’

As it is a street formed right in front of the royal palace or outbuildings, it would be impossible unless you are from a really noble family to have visited a place like this often.

‘…… Then why are you really stuck in the magic sergeant? In Haojie, noncommissioned officers are consumables just like bottles, unless it’s a really special case.’

There’s no way the people in Belle Meyer’s family didn’t know that. The sorcery noncommissioned officer was treated as a ‘noncommissioned officer’, but in reality he was treated as a disease that knew how to handle mana.

Isn’t that the case with Sergeant Claude? After enlisting as a general soldier, Keith belatedly unlocked his magical powers and was commissioned as a magic sergeant. His rank certainly went up, but even with the title of war hero, he was only promoted to sergeant major.

Even if it is unavoidable to be sent to the army, isn’t it normal that you should have been sent at least as an officer for the sake of the family’s face?

Soon, several scenarios started popping into my head.

Did your family force you to enlist as a disciplinary measure against an arranged marriage? Or maybe she was a villain who couldn’t be rehabilitated without being put into the army…….

Aside from that, all kinds of useless imaginations unfolded, but I shook my head and quickly scattered them.

‘It can’t be.’

Neither story goes well with Bell Meyer. Perhaps the reason for her depression also had a lot to do with her enlisting in the military.

I was following Rumia and Bell while thinking about things like that.

“…… ? What?”

The two people who were going ahead were blocked by a huge crowd. At first glance, dozens of people were lined up on the street as if watching something. A group of people swearing harshly or throwing stones at each other.

“Is something wrong?”

I asked in a not-so-good mood, and Rumia whispered, holding her face close to her ear.

“It’s like escorting criminals.”

I looked up and saw the military police escort passing by just in time. Inside the wooden prison cell sat a man whose limbs were bound with chains.

[I am a heretic, a murderer, a slayer.]

After checking the writing on the sign hanging around my neck and the skull tattoo along my arm, I immediately knew the identity of the criminal being dragged.

Strigoi.

It’s a pseudo-anti-government group that appears as a random encounter even in the game, and it’s a bloody bastard who sticks with national security until the second half.

Basically, it was a concept of a group of corrupted black mages, and their armed forces were considerable, so even compared to other civil war forces such as thieves and guerrillas, the difficulty of subjugation was considerable.

‘Those bastards deserve public execution.’

For a while, I felt pity for a while. After confirming his identity, he didn’t look so pitiful.

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Is there really no answer if there is a sudden riot in the capital or special economic zone in a situation where there is a lot of external chaos because it is in the middle of a war? Even if the subjugation fails in time, there is a high probability that the country will fall into a state of civil war.

Reviving the memory of being beaten in the back of the head several times and losing the game, all I could do was get angry.

‘In a country like Ukraine, we need to manage it more clearly. It would be a matter of seconds for the country to turn upside down if we cooperated with such people.’

In a situation where there is nothing more to look at, I was about to say let’s go to the clothing store quickly.

“Ugh, ugh!!”

“Sergeant Bell?”

“Ugh…… Whoops.”

Bell Meyer’s expression suddenly turned white. I suddenly started to vomit.