I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 131

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Episode 131

Tiri-ri! Tan! Tan!

Fortunately, as the orchestra’s music came to an end, I was able to let go of the hand I had been holding.

“You look tired. How about stepping outside for some fresh air?”

“I’m fine. I had a hard time dancing when I didn’t even want to.”

“What…? No, it was an honor for my family to be Her Highness the Princess’s first partner. Everyone must be envying me.”

“Envious… I’m the one who envies the Lieutenant the most. So much that I’m jealous enough to want to step on your feet.”

The Princess said this while looking down at my shoes that I had worn for the first time today.

‘Why is this woman really acting like this.’

I don’t know how many times I’ve had the thought that I’m going crazy in this short period of time.

“Ha…haha, please bear with that just a little.”

“Let’s see each other often. This is quite enjoyable.”

Suddenly she dropped a bombshell statement.

‘No. No. Why would I see you often.’

This absolutely must not happen.

“If Your Highness calls for me, I will come running.”

Wearing a mask of lies, I bowed my head and answered.

“I hope those words are sincere.”

And with that appearance, the Princess left what sounded like a murder threat and departed.

‘Hmm, as expected, it’s best not to get involved with the Imperial family. Especially the Princess, I mustn’t be bewitched by that pretty face.’

Since my energy was completely drained, I moved to a quiet place to spend time before slipping out of the banquet hall.

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“Are you sick somewhere? You look tired.”

Louis asked while looking at Rene who had returned to her room after finishing the banquet schedule.

“Not really, I’m just a bit tired.”

“More than that, do you know how flustered I was when you suddenly said you wanted to dance with Lieutenant Paran?”

“What’s there to be flustered about. Mother seemed to enjoy it very much.”

Louis shook his head at Rene’s words that seemed to ask what the problem was.

“What sudden whim was that? You’re not usually like that. It’s not like you fell for him at first sight.”

“I’m just curious. What’s so different about him at that age that he achieved such merit.”

“Hmm.”

Louis leaned against the wall and recalled Paran Oclo’s face.

“He’s a scary person. Despite his young age, he never took off his mask even once from start to finish.”

“Mask…? Tell me more.”

Rene showed interest in the story Louis brought up.

“What, did you really fall for him?”

“I don’t have the energy to joke around, so just tell me.”

Louis shook his head at Rene’s endlessly cold demeanor toward him alone and continued speaking.

“On the surface, he’s really an ordinary person. Moderate flattery, and lazy behaviors. It’s hard to find differences from an ordinary officer.”

“But?”

“Do you think such an ordinary person could achieve that level of merit? It’s all a thorough mask. And I couldn’t see what’s beyond Paran’s mask for even one second.”

At Louis’s words, Rene carefully retraced the meeting that had just occurred.

‘That foolish appearance was a mask?’

A moment of doubt.

But Rene shook her head.

‘I think there’s some misunderstanding.’

Since humans are emotional animals, no matter how well trained, they cannot wear such a perfect mask.

Especially Rene, having experienced countless people, was somewhat specially gifted at distinguishing lies.

Paran was clearly the type who showed when he was lying and when he wasn’t.

‘There’s no need to… correct this.’

His misunderstanding wouldn’t harm Paran in any way.

“I suppose so.”

“He’s like a monster that Uncle raised with great care.”

“From your perspective, do the two of them seem close…?”

At Rene’s question, Louis pondered for a moment before speaking.

“They seemed very close. Whenever Uncle had time, he would go find Lieutenant Paran to talk, and they always ate meals together.”

Grip!

Out of Louis’s sight, Rene tightly clenched her dress hem with her hand.

“Still, I’m glad Uncle looks healthy. He seemed to be doing well.”

“Brother is… no. I need to take off this dress, so please leave.”

“Alright, you worked hard today.”

Louis gave a brief greeting and left the room.

Left alone, Rene scrunched up her expression and looked up at the ceiling.

“Why am I really acting like this.”

Even knowing that Paran had done nothing wrong, she had been irritated during the dance.

Emotional behavior that was unthinkable for her usual self.

Regret came flooding in belatedly, but she had already left the banquet hall.

‘As long as Uncle is doing well, that should be enough. What am I to him.’

Surely thinking that way was right.

The suffocatingly stuffy environment of the Imperial Palace was making it impossible for her to let go of Eden.

“Sigh.”

Had there ever been a day in Rene’s entire life that left only regret like this?

She closed her eyes and let out a sigh.

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“Yawn, I’m dead tired. Time to sleep.”

Even hiding in a corner, people kept coming to find me, making those two hours pure hell.

‘It’s supposed to go until 3 AM tonight, how do they even endure it.’

For reference, I escaped like lightning as soon as the Emperor and Empress left at 11 PM.

“This is tea that’s good for fatigue, please drink it all.”

“Thanks.”

Drinking the tea Aurora brought, I felt the winter chill subside a little.

“Could you draw me a bath?”

“Yes, I already told them, so you can go in about 5 minutes.”

As expected of Teacher Aurora, whom I trust completely.

Her sense was truly excellent.

‘I’m going to bathe and then sleep straight through until tomorrow afternoon.’

Even if I wake up in between, I absolutely won’t leave the bed.

“Young Master, the bath is ready.”

“Okay.”

Right on time, I heard that the bath preparation was finished.

I went straight to the bathroom and immersed my body in the water.

“Ahh, this is good.”

The traces of winter remaining throughout my body melted away.

It was pure bliss itself.

‘So many things happened today.’

Receiving a medal from the Emperor, unexpected banquet attendance, and even dancing with the Princess.

Who would believe all this happened in one day?

“Still, it wasn’t bad.”

Especially the welcome I received during today’s triumph procession – I’ll never forget it for the rest of my life.

‘A scene I protected by risking my life.’

Honestly, there are many bastards I don’t want to protect.

While I go out and fight to the death, there are those spoiled brats my age who play around comfortably and then get jealous when they see my success.

‘It does make me angry when I think about it, but well, I’m not doing this for free.’

If I had been treated as poorly as I was in South Korea, it would have been really hard to endure.

“But now that I think about it again, it pisses me off. I won’t let you guys off easy.”

By the way, I memorized their faces, tracked down their families, and recorded them separately.

“Ugh, anyway, good work.”

I’ll probably be thrown into more difficult situations ahead, but just for today I want to rest well…

“Young master, there’s a guest outside who wants to see you. What should I do?”

‘Damn, what now.’

Just as I was organizing my thoughts in a good mood, Aurora’s unexpected words came from outside the bathroom.

“Who is it?”

“He said you’d know if I mentioned Jeffrey. He says he’s a work colleague.”

‘Shit.’

A name that couldn’t help but make me curse.

It’s the name Eden used as a fake identity during the reconnaissance operation.

“Show him to the reception room.”

“I told him that, but he said he’d wait outside.”

“Sigh… I understand, I’ll be right out.”

Letting out a deep sigh, I changed my plan of soaking for at least 20 minutes and immediately finished my bath.

“He’s not planning to send me to the Western Front today, is he…?”

I was very anxious, but if he had any real conscience, that wouldn’t be it.

“What brings you here at this hour?”

When I dressed simply and came out of the manor, just as Aurora said, Eden was waiting for me leaning against the wall.

‘Please, let it be nothing serious.’

A desperate prayer.

As if heaven heard my heart, the words that came from Eden’s mouth were ridiculous.

“I just felt lonely since I came to the capital, so I called you. I figured the Captain wouldn’t stay long at the banquet hall.”

“Ha…haha, is that so?”

He called because he felt lonely.

What the hell kind of bullshit is this?

‘It’s 11:30 PM right now, isn’t this workplace violence?’

I’ve never wanted to report to the labor office so badly.

“Let’s go have a drink.”

Lieutenant Eden trying to drag me along as if it were the most natural thing.

I can’t get swept up in this flow.

“I overdid it a bit at the banquet, so I’m sorry but today will be difficult.”

A polite refusal.

If you speak kindly, you should receive kind words in return, but he wasn’t like that.

“Then there’s no choice. I’ll decide the Lieutenant’s posting myself.”

“Ha…haha, what do you mean by that?”

Why does he get to choose my posting arbitrarily?

“The candidates for the Lieutenant’s posting have come up, and I’ll make the decision, so don’t worry and rest.”

He says this while raising the corner of his mouth in a smirk – this is just Satan.

‘This piece of trash.’

Calling me out late at night past 11 o’clock and even threatening me.

What kind of insane behavior is this?

“Sigh, let’s go. I was trying to rest for once in a while.”

“How nice it would have been if you’d said that from the start.”

“This is really too much.”

“What’s too much is a lieutenant thinking of resting while leaving his lonely senior behind.”

Eden spouted this ridiculous nonsense and went to the street to hail a carriage.

The bar we headed to.

As soon as I saw the sign, I couldn’t help but frown.

<Arvion>

“No, why here of all places.”

“Don’t you like it? The food here is the best value for money.”

“That’s not it… isn’t this place run by them?”

Besinia’s branch.

Ever since I learned their true identity, I haven’t even gone near this area.

“Is that some kind of problem?”

“No, well…”

“Isn’t it enough for a restaurant to just have good food? The Lieutenant nitpicks strange things. Come in.”

Eden opened the bar’s door with light steps and went inside.

‘No, am I the one being strange here?’

I wanted to grab a passing citizen and ask them, but unfortunately I wasn’t in a position to do that.

“This is really dizzying.”

Sighing, I followed Lieutenant Eden into the bar.

“Steak and a decent red wine here, and something suitable to go with it…”

Lieutenant Eden was already sitting and placing an order.

And the person taking the order was the employee who had guided me when I came to make a deal last time.

“Yes, thank you for your order. It will take a little time, so we’ll prepare some simple dishes as a service first.”

“I won’t refuse if it’s service.”

“Haha, please wait just a moment.”

The employee headed to the kitchen, and I checked the bill placed on the table.

“Why did you order so much?”

Steak, salad, pizza, and french fries…

‘Wait, why are french fries here?’

The french fries menu that I definitely developed was clearly written on the order slip.

“Is something wrong?”

“Huh…? It’s nothing.”

I put down the order slip for now and tried to think.

‘Should I confront them? No, that would be pushing it.’

I did develop it, but I was too busy to apply for a patent.

And this is Besinia’s branch.

If I nitpick about something like this and get grabbed on the way home and go missing, it wouldn’t be strange at all.

“Here are the french fries you ordered first and fried squid as a service appetizer.”

Two dishes, fried to a golden brown, were placed on the table.

‘But what is that?’

White powder sprinkled on the french fries.

At first it seemed strange, but the moment I smelled it, my pupils couldn’t help but dilate.

‘Could this be.’

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