I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 114

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Episode 114

Trembling.

Really just a little.

As soon as his hair, which was really just a little longer than regulation, was pointed out, Colonel Gaillan’s face turned pale.

“I’ll… I’ll correct it immediately!”

“No. That style has quite a unique personality, why change it? It looks peaceful and quite nice.”

The sentence alone might seem fine, but everyone would know.

Colonel Gaillan’s chances of promotion to general had just become 0 percent.

“Captain Bellum.”

“Yes… Yes!!!”

“I’ll be inspecting the base overall, so guide me.”

“I’ll escort you! By carriage.”

“Are you trying to lock me in a carriage because you have something to hide? Just bring one horse.”

“Ha… haha, understood.”

General Maemold’s field inspection began in a suffocating atmosphere.

Everyone had frantically prepared to survive, but they couldn’t fool the eyes of General Maemold, who was seasoned in field experience.

“The maintenance condition of the warships is seriously terrible. Do you think I won’t notice what you haven’t been doing just because you oiled them today?”

“No sir!”

“Then why did you manage them so carelessly? Does the Lieutenant Colonel think war is a joke?”

“No sir!!!”

The ship captain with lieutenant colonel rank insignia shouted at the top of his lungs.

I guarantee today will be the worst day of his military career.

“For the Navy, ship maintenance is life, but your mental state has deteriorated beyond repair.”

While there was some element of speaking harshly to make them come to their senses, his mood was actually quite poor at the moment.

‘At this rate, there could be problems when the enemy attacks.’

Both Hasmon Fortress, which he had visited just before, and Yalc Island.

Both places had preparedness states that were quite inadequate in General Maemold’s eyes.

‘I can’t change this overnight. This is difficult.’

If it were when he was Navy Admiral, it might have been possible, but currently he was in the position of Supreme Commander.

A position where he had to see the whole picture.

Especially since the current center of the war was the Army, he couldn’t invest much time in the Navy.

‘I’ll have to go back and replace the Admiral or something.’

While thinking various thoughts simultaneously, General Maemold continued his field inspection.

And after that day, Yalc Island’s defense posture became incomparably more solid than before.

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“You’re not asleep yet, are you?”

Aurora came out of the kitchen carrying a plate of light snacks.

‘He came down to the kitchen himself yesterday too, but why doesn’t he say anything?’

Of course, she knew this was consideration for her.

That’s why she had come to the kitchen today to prepare snacks for him, even though he hadn’t asked.

“I wish the young master could rest comfortably at least in the manor.”

Being a maid, she heard all sorts of rumors throughout the manor.

Among them, the one talked about most was naturally Tems Oclo.

From what Aurora heard, he showed seizure symptoms just hearing Paran’s name.

‘If he’s already given up the military position, he should accept it and stay quiet.’

Maybe in the past, but now there wasn’t a single maid in the manor who liked the hot-tempered young master who had been pushed out of the succession.

“Really disgusting…”

Thud.

“Ah!”

Aurora, who was walking along the corridor, suddenly bumped into someone who appeared from the side.

And when Aurora confirmed who it was, her body froze.

“Young… Young master, I’m… I’m sorry!!!”

The person who had scolded her in the morning and whom she had just been cursing inwardly.

Having bumped into him physically, Aurora reflexively bowed her waist.

“Hah, don’t you watch where you’re going?!”

Tems spoke in an irritated voice while running his hand through his hair.

“I’m… I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.”

“Enough, just take care of this. Should I keep holding it?”

Tems pointed with his eyes to the tray he was holding.

“Huh…? When did that…”

“I caught it when you were falling. Otherwise it would have spilled all over my clothes.”

“Thank… thank you!”

Aurora repeatedly bowed while expressing her gratitude.

“Going to that youngest brat?”

“Yes…”

“What’s so great about that guy that you’re bringing him snacks at this hour. Tsk tsk.”

Tems clicked his tongue as if displeased.

Aurora standing before him couldn’t say anything.

“Are you going to keep blocking the way there? If you’re going, why don’t you hurry up?”

“I’m… I’m sorry! Have a comfortable night.”

Aurora bowed one last time and headed toward Paran’s room as if fleeing.

Aurora knocked and entered the room.

Tems’s expression as he watched her had a bizarrely mixed array of emotions.

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“Does every place he digs have a gold mine? Living life so easily.”

Perhaps for extreme satisfaction, the development speed was considerable.

‘At this rate, he’ll probably discover a dragon’s lair later.’

Knock knock.

“Yes.”

When I reflexively answered the knocking sound, Aurora opened the door and came in.

“Young master, please have this while you work.”

“Huh? Ah, you don’t need to bother bringing me things.”

Even though I said this, honestly it was perfect timing since I was just getting hungry.

“This is what I’m here for, isn’t it?”

“I suppose so, anyway I’ll eat it well.”

Thinking gratefully, I first picked up a chocolate cookie with my hand.

‘Huh?’

A slight dampness I felt as soon as I touched the cookie.

Something was a bit strange.

‘How can a cookie be damp?’

Unless someone spat on it, normally cookies should be hard and dry, right?

Especially since what she brought now wouldn’t be freshly baked, there was even less reason for it to be dampened.

“Wait… wait a moment.”

“Yes? Is there some problem?”

Aurora asked innocently as if wondering what was wrong.

Leaving her behind, I picked up the spoon I had placed on the drawer and brought it to the cookie… there was no need to even touch it.

“Hah.”

Since poison was already on my hand, just holding the spoon revealed a deep purple color.

“What… what is that?”

Aurora was startled when the spoon’s color changed.

What I need to confirm here is her true intentions.

[Would you like to view the target’s truth?]

[Cost: 5P]

‘That’s not much.’

It’s an amount I can easily afford.

[The Eye of Truth pierces through the target.]

Name: Aurora

Affiliation: Oclo Count’s Mansion

Position: Maid

Specialty: Cleaning

Current State: Confused by incomprehensible objects and actions.

‘Doesn’t seem like it for now.’

I was curious if she had deliberately attempted assassination, but for now she appeared innocent.

“Where did you get this from?”

“From… from the kitchen.”

‘Poison on refreshments brought from the kitchen? That’s a bit strange.’

Think about it, how could anyone know that Aurora would choose chocolate cookies out of all those many cookies.

“Was there any problem on your way here?”

“Um… I bumped into Young Master Tems before coming in. Because I wasn’t watching where I was walking properly.”

‘As expected.’

I can already picture what happened.

“After you fell, the tray must have been in his hands for a moment.”

“How… how did you know?”

“I have my ways. I’ll clean up these cookies, so you go back to your room.”

“Y-yes!”

At my somewhat forceful tone, Aurora bowed her head and left the room.

“What should I really do about this bastard.”

He’s probably waiting somewhere, sinisterly hoping for me to eat the cookies and die.

‘I almost really died.’

I only noticed because I knew about the poisoning plan in advance.

If not for that, whether they were soggy or not, I would have just eaten them without thinking.

‘This is really too scary to live with.’

I went into the bathroom and scrubbed my hands thoroughly.

“Even if I go and tell Father about this, that guy will just shift the blame to Aurora and make excuses.”

You might say Broad Oclo couldn’t lack that much judgment, but fathers are naturally weak when it comes to their children.

Especially the more they’re the eldest son.

‘In times like this, I need to nail him with irrefutable evidence.’

I’ll nail him with irrefutable evidence.

Come to think of it, there was an expert in this right beside me.

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“So, you came to find busy me asking to solve this.”

Eden glared at me with eyes that showed his displeasure.

“No, well. Not exactly solve it, but I wanted to ask for your opinion. If you could solve it too, I’d be even more grateful.”

“Sigh, because I took on one wrong junior, now I’ve become someone who has to worry about noble family affairs on top of everything else.”

“This goes beyond family affairs – it’s a matter of life and death. Before an important operation, we can’t have me, a key person, getting assassinated.”

“Hmm.”

Whatever he was thinking, he stroked his chin and leaned back in his chair.

“Right, the Captain can’t die. You’re the only soldier who’s been on reconnaissance with me.”

“It’s been a really long time since we’ve thought alike.”

“Tsk tsk, so what, scentless poison herb?”

“Yes, I even brought it here.”

I handed Eden the chocolate cookie I had carefully brought in a box.

“Well, if the Captain says so, then it must be. Scentless poison herb. It’s an item that can’t be brought in without permission, yet he managed to obtain it quite well.”

“Is that so?”

“The Captain doesn’t even know that?”

“Well, I’d have to have worked with poison-related matters to know that.”

Rather, it’s strange that Eden knows about this.

‘How many types of poison herbs are there that he has them memorized.’

I only know it’s hard to bring into the Capital, but I don’t know the details of what’s available.

“Tsk tsk, recruited specially without training process, so you don’t know anything.”

“I’m always ready to step down from my position anytime.”

“That won’t do. Anyway, solving it – well, if you want, I could do it as early as tomorrow.”

“R-really?”

At the unexpected words, I widened my eyes and asked back.

“What’s difficult about it? Just search him and arrest him. But since he possessed poison herbs used for assassination in the Capital, there’ll be some damage to the family.”

At Eden’s words, I felt a ringing in my head as if struck by a hammer.

‘Come to think of it, that’s right.’

In South Korea, if A commits a crime, only A gets punished, but it’s different here.

Especially with nobles, everything involves the family, so even if they don’t fall completely, they can’t entirely avoid the consequences.

“You seem reluctant.”

“Ha… haha, I have some attachment to the family.”

Actually, rather than attachment, wouldn’t it be too regrettable if the family’s wings got clipped when their stock is rising?

It’s assets that will become mine later.

“It can’t be helped. I’ll solve this problem myself.”

No matter how I looked at it, getting Eden’s help didn’t seem easy.

“What are you planning to do by yourself?”

“I need to think about it more, but first I need to find out where he got the poison herbs. If we raid that place, there’s bound to be a ledger.”

Usually guys doing this kind of shady business keep records of who bought what.

“Oh, and then?”

“Showing that to Father and having him expelled would be the most certain way.”

If there’s even evidence that Tems purchased poison herbs, even Father couldn’t take his side.

“How are you planning to obtain that ledger?”

“That’s what I need to think about from now on.”

Since I can’t lead soldiers and cause chaos in the Capital, this is perhaps the most difficult problem.

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