How a Two-Life Scoundrel Lives - Chapter 106
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【Chapter 106】
“Absolutely not… absolutely not.”
Helen said through gritted teeth.
“Don’t lie to me.”
Krabel didn’t believe her.
“Even I would fall for someone like Private Carlisle at first sight. You’d have to admit that, wouldn’t you?”
“That may be true, but…”
Helen had no choice but to acknowledge that much.
Carlisle was someone with looks that anyone would inevitably fall for at first sight.
“But absolutely not.”
“Hmm?”
“Private Carlisle and I are bound by bad blood.”
“Bad blood?”
“A few years ago, I was slapped by Private Carlisle.”
Helen said, recalling the incident from that time.
“When his attempt to harass me didn’t go well, he couldn’t control his anger and slapped me.”
“Hmm. So that happened.”
“How could I possibly like Private Carlisle after that?”
“You still don’t understand.”
“…?”
“It seems you don’t have much romantic experience, but surprisingly, there are countless cases where people who hate each other end up developing feelings.”
“What kind of…”
“You’re probably thinking what nonsense this is. But it’s quite common. Since you seem unaware, I’m teaching you, so listen carefully.”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about, but absolutely not. I have never once held Private Carlisle in my heart.”
“Is that really true?”
“If it’s not true, I’ll offer my neck.”
“There’s no need to go that far. If it’s not, then it’s not.”
Krabel nodded as if he understood, then offered a different opinion.
“If you have no feelings for him… then you must be circling around Private Carlisle for the same reason as me.”
“…?”
“Actually, there’s nothing wrong with getting on Private Carlisle’s good side. He’s a direct bloodline of House Sigmund after all. You have ambitions too. Right?”
“What on earth…”
Helen made a dumbfounded expression, unable to understand Krabel’s way of thinking at all.
“If you’re lucky enough to catch Private Carlisle’s eye and even marry him, you’d become a member of House Sigmund in an instant, so it’s not a bad choice. I understand. Both you and I are officers from commoner backgrounds, so to achieve proper advancement, that level of ambition is…”
“What are you talking about right now!”
Helen finally raised her voice.
“I have absolutely no intention of using Private Carlisle for my ambitions!”
“Why are you raising your voice? If it’s not, then it’s not.”
“Didn’t the Battalion Commander make ridiculous assumptions?”
“Why is it ridiculous? For officers from commoner backgrounds like us to advance, such methods are also available.”
“Not me. I don’t have even the slightest desire to advance through such methods.”
“How disappointing. I thought you had ambition, but apparently not.”
“I didn’t become an officer for advancement.”
“Kuk.”
Krabel sneered at Helen.
“So I’m dirty and you’re noble? What tearfully touching nobility.”
“That’s not what I meant. Why do you keep misinterpreting my words?”
“I don’t want to hear it, so get out of my sight.”
Krabel drove Helen away as if displeased.
“Private Carlisle’s punishment will be 30 days of solitary confinement in military prison, so don’t mention it again. If you plead for leniency even once more, I’ll lock him up for up to two months.”
“Battalion Commander…”
“Get out! I said get out!”
In the end, Helen was driven out of Krabel’s office without obtaining leniency for Carlisle.
* * *
“Sigh.”
Carlisle, locked in military prison, leaned against the wall and let out a deep sigh.
“Butler.”
Baby Dragon poked his head out while rubbing his sleepy eyes, then frowned when he confirmed it was the dark military prison.
“I’m hungr… where is this?”
“Military prison.”
“Military prisooon?”
“Came here for insubordination. Had a fight with the Battalion Commander.”
“…”
Baby Dragon seemed at a loss for words and closed his mouth.
To think of getting into a brawl with the Battalion Commander as a mere private…
“Then I can’t eat?”
“You’ll eat something. But they won’t give you anything good.”
“That’s a bit troublesome.”
Baby Dragon frowned.
“I’m hungry.”
“Bear with it.”
“How can I bear being hungry?”
“If you’re really hungry, you could go out and eat by yourself.”
Carlisle gestured toward the iron bars with his eyes.
With his small body, Baby Dragon seemed perfectly capable of escaping from military prison.
“But what are you going to do now, Butler?”
“Well.”
Carlisle shrugged at Baby Dragon’s question.
“I’ll rest here for a while and think about it. This might actually be better. At least that guy won’t bother me here.”
“Hmm.”
Baby Dragon thought for a moment, then spoke.
“But Butler.”
“What.”
“What’s the reason you’ve endured until now? You’ve been patient for a long time considering your personality.”
“Because Sir Helen asked me to.”
“Do you like Sir Helen, Butler?”
“I respect her.”
Carlisle said decisively.
“I like her as a commander, there’s no other reason.”
“Hmm.”
“But why are you asking that?”
“Since you’ve ended up in military prison anyway, you don’t have to listen to requests like that anymore, right?”
“That’s true. I’ve already caused trouble.”
“Then you can do as you please, Butler.”
“Do as I please?”
“You weren’t planning to keep enduring it forever anyway. With the Butler’s personality, he’s not going to grovel before the Battalion Commander.”
“That’s true.”
“Then cause even more trouble.”
“Cause more trouble?”
“Yeah.”
“Since it’s come to this, just go all out. Then the Battalion Commander will be in even more trouble, right?”
“What do you mean by that.”
“Try causing a scene saying the Butler might desert or make an extreme choice. Then do you think Papa Butler will just sit still?”
“…?”
“Of course the Butler might have done something wrong too. But once an investigation starts, Papa Butler will find out that the Battalion Commander has been harassing and bothering the Butler, so will he still just sit still? The Butler is trying his best to serve quietly and diligently, but he’ll think the Battalion Commander is needlessly picking on him and making him go astray, right?”
“Ah?”
“So deliberately cause a big scene once. Then the Battalion Commander will end up begging desperately in front of the Butler instead.”
“You’re a genius?”
Carlisle was impressed by the Baby Dragon’s opinion.
“How did you even think of that?”
“I’m a dragon, you know? A wise being!”
“Acknowledged.”
Carlisle nodded his head.
“Then what should we do first.”
“Hmm.”
The Baby Dragon thought for a moment then said.
“Then shall we start simply with desertion? Then the Battalion Commander will search for the Butler and turn the entire forest upside down, right?”
“Really?”
“The Battalion Commander absolutely won’t be able to report to his superiors. Because it’ll be exposed that he needlessly stirred up the Butler. Actually, this was a battle of nerves. The Battalion Commander probably expected that the Butler wouldn’t be able to act out because he’d be scared of punishment. I guarantee it.”
“How ridiculous. I was just enduring it because of Sir Helen’s request and for the company members.”
Carlisle gritted his teeth as if just thinking about it made him angry.
“Of course from the Butler’s perspective it would be like that, but from the Battalion Commander’s view, it probably looked like you were enduring it because you feared punishment, right?”
“That’s exactly it….”
“So the Butler can just do whatever he wants. As long as you don’t commit heinous crimes, nothing will happen.”
“Right.”
Carlisle nodded as if he had made up his mind.
“But how do I desert. I don’t even have my sword.”
“Wait and see. I’ll help you.”
The Baby Dragon thumped its chest as if telling him to trust only it.
Late at night.
The Baby Dragon slipped through the iron bars and stole the key from the waist of the dozing Military Police, bringing it to Carlisle.
“Here.”
“Not bad.”
Carlisle grinned and took the key.
“There are guards at the entrance, so let’s go out this way.”
“Okay.”
Carlisle came out of the iron bars and escaped the military prison through the window as the Baby Dragon had taught him.
“Now I can live a little.”
Carlisle showed a relieved expression.
After breathing the stale air inside the military prison, breathing fresh air made him feel like his mind was clearing.
“Where’s my sword?”
“Isn’t it with the Battalion Commander?”
“Mm.”
“Butler, you hide. I’ll bring it right away.”
“Okay.”
30 minutes later.
Flap flap!
The Baby Dragon brought Grimgand to Carlisle.
“Good work.”
“This much is nothing. Hehe.”
“Let’s go now.”
Carlisle moved with the Baby Dragon while avoiding the sentries, then jumped up and crossed over the castle wall.
* * *
A few hours later.
“Please do me a favor.”
“I cannot.”
“Ah, why.”
“Are you really doing this? How long have you and I known each other?”
Begman argued with the sentry guarding the front of the military prison.
He had come to see how Carlisle was doing and to comfort him, but regulations prohibited visits to soldiers confined in military prison.
“Ah! I’m asking you for a favor!”
“If I end up in military prison too because of this, will Sergeant Begman take responsibility?”
Unable to watch any longer, Kudo stepped forward and offered a gold coin each to the sentries guarding the military prison.
“Buy yourselves something delicious when you go on leave later.”
“Y-you shouldn’t do this.”
“It’s fine, so please take it.”
“This isn’t right….”
The sentries said it wasn’t right with their mouths, but quietly accepted the gold coins Kudo offered.
“These bastards really! Are you guys really doing this?”
“….”
When Begman saw this and burst out in anger, the sentries awkwardly looked away and pretended not to notice.
“Don’t get angry for no reason, let’s hurry and go in.”
“These guys wouldn’t listen to my request!”
“These friends also have to make a living, don’t they.”
“Just wait and see! Grr!”
At Begman’s growling, the sentries just looked away and pretended not to notice without responding.
“Just show us the way, you disloyal bastards.”
“Please come this way.”
The sentries guided Begman and Kudo inside the military prison.
Inside the military prison, there was only one Military Police sleeping with his head down on the desk, not even an ant in sight.
“There’s no one here?”
“That’s strange.”
“Is he confined somewhere else instead of here?”
“That doesn’t seem to be the case.”
“Then?”
“Over there.”
Kudo noticed that the solitary cell door was slightly open and said.
“It’s open?”
“…!”
The startled sentries hurriedly headed to the solitary cell where Carlisle had been confined.
“Oh, he’s not here!”
“Gasp!”
The sentries were shocked out of their wits.
It was only natural for the sentries to be shocked, since Carlisle, who should have been locked up in solitary, had vanished without a trace.
“Well, well.”
Kudo clicked his tongue as if genuinely impressed.
“Our Private Carlisle must have been quite frustrated. To think he couldn’t wait and broke out of prison.”
“You bastard! Are you finding this funny?”
Begman snapped at Kudo with a face pale as a sheet.
“Of course I should laugh. What else can we do? It’s already happened.”
“Ugh.”
Begman clutched his hair as if the mere thought was horrifying.
“What happens now? No matter how I think about it, we’re all screwed.”
“The one who’s screwed isn’t us, but the Battalion Commander.”
“Huh?”
“He stirred up Private Carlisle who was staying quiet and made him break out of prison. Do you think the Battalion Commander will be safe? If this gets reported up the chain, forget promotion—he might have to take off his uniform.”
“Is, is that so?”
“We just need to watch this fire from across the river, then find and bring back Private Carlisle.”
“Are you sure?”
“Probably so.”
Kudo was grinning as if he found the current situation amusing.
“But how do we find him? In the middle of the night like this.”
“We have that guy, don’t we.”
Kudo pointed to the old wolf that was following Begman around.
“Ah! Right!”
“Of course…”
Kudo whispered in Begman’s ear.
“It would be even better if we find him as late as possible.”
“So that bastard Battalion Commander will be sweating bullets?”
“You catch on quick. Hehe.”
Kudo flashed a mischievous smile.
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