I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 182

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Episode 182

“Food truck. No, I should call it a food carriage now. Do you get it?”

“Uh….”

I thought I’d explained it enough, but he still didn’t seem to understand.

“We’re going to modify the carriage so people can cook inside it. That way, we won’t need to unload the cooking equipment.”

“You mean cooking large quantities in that cramped space?”

“If it’s cramped, we can just make the carriage bigger. The road to Belzium Castle isn’t narrow.”

And it’s not like we’re cramming everything into one carriage.

‘A carriage for cooking rice, a carriage for frying meat, a carriage for frying potatoes. We’ll divide it up like that.’

Since military cooking prioritizes serving meals, the cooking process is extremely simple.

“It seems doable. No, it actually looks good. This way we won’t need to eat combat rations even while moving.”

“Come to think of it, that would be another advantage.”

The reason we eat combat rations while moving is because we can’t unload cooking equipment and cook in the limited time we have.

But if we set up a kitchen in the carriage, we can just cook and serve the food right away.

“Plus, since we can cook while moving, it’ll save time too.”

“That’s… true as well.”

Actually, I hadn’t thought that far, but Lieutenant Colonel Siel kept finding more advantages.

‘This seems… really good.’

The more I look at it, it’s both revolutionary and innovative.

“If we’re installing it in carriages, we’ll need to do some design work too. It’ll take some effort, but if we get support from above, couldn’t we finish it within a week?”

“Uh… well, I think we’d need to crunch the numbers for that.”

Actually, it probably wouldn’t even take a week.

‘If we have the carriages, making them would be quick.’

We just need to load the cooking equipment and secure it to the floor.

“This would be recognized as a tremendous achievement, wouldn’t it?”

“We don’t even know if it’ll be realized yet, so I think we’re getting ahead of ourselves.”

Honestly speaking, it seems like it’ll definitely be realized.

And naturally, the achievement will be recognized, but that’s not good.

‘The idea is too good.’

If I take this to the Crown Prince in this state, his interest and affection toward me will surely double from what it is now.

‘I really hate that.’

Just thinking about it feels terrible and makes my stomach turn.

“Battalion Commander.”

“Yeah?”

“Let’s submit this as your idea, Battalion Commander. You need to get promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.”

“Are you telling me to steal credit now? I’m not that kind of person.”

Siel shook his head as if it was fine, but the man is unnecessarily honest.

“I’m not interested in promotion, and honestly, even if I get promoted, it wouldn’t mean anything. I’m going to retire as soon as the war ends and inherit the family.”

“Still, this achievement should go to the Lieutenant. I appreciate you thinking of me, but wrong is wrong.”

Lieutenant Colonel Siel was stubborn.

He was obstinate about unnecessary things.

‘Damn it, where did Aisa go.’

I thought of Lieutenant Aisa, who desperately needed achievements.

Unfortunately, she’s never around when you really need her.

“Still….”

“If you’re thinking of me, just make this quickly. Our catering company is really struggling.”

“Sigh, understood.”

It seemed pointless to say more, so I gave my regards and left headquarters.

Then I returned to battalion headquarters and started writing the proposal.

Having experience with the catering company, and given the urgency of the matter, I completed it quickly and headed straight to the command post.

And at 6 PM.

In front of the Crown Prince, Major General Gadus, and other commanders, I reported on the catering carriages that would change the tide of war.

“Therefore, if we design carriages similar to culinary facility environments, we can eliminate the time wasted unloading cooking equipment and increase efficiency as well.”

“Oh….”

“What a clever strategy.”

The officers of at least colonel rank who heard the report reacted as if they’d discovered something revolutionary.

My stomach already felt queasy.

“Major General Gadus, it looks very good to me. What do you think?”

“I think so too. However, to cook on carriages, we’ll probably need additional modifications beyond just loading cooking equipment. Isn’t that right?”

Major General Gadus’s gaze turned to Colonel Paolo sitting in his seat.

“Yes, in my opinion, rather than modifying the carriages we currently have in transport, it might be better to manufacture new ones and bring them in.”

“Wouldn’t that take too much time?”

At the Crown Prince’s question, Colonel Paolo pondered for a moment before speaking.

“Even with modifications, it would take at least several days. Plus, to execute this plan, we’d need a large number of carriages, and transport doesn’t have the capacity.”

An expedition with a great army of 70,000.

Since the amount of supplies to transport is enormous, transport is always short on carriages.

“Then it would definitely be better to make them properly and bring them.”

“That’s right.”

“Lieutenant Paran.”

The Crown Prince’s gaze, after all calculations were finished, unfortunately turned to me.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“I’ll give you full authority, so please take responsibility and complete these catering carriages.”

Exactly the words I’d predictably expected.

These people should be thinking of executing it themselves when I give them ideas.

They’re disgustingly selfish.

“Your Highness, I only came up with the idea. Wouldn’t it be better for someone with specialized knowledge in carriage manufacturing to handle the execution?”

I wanted to start backing out, so I refused with a reasonable excuse, but the Crown Prince was a formidable opponent.

“You can bring people with that specialized knowledge to do the work. Originally, the person in charge should be someone who can draw the picture, shouldn’t they?”

‘This bastard… why is he suddenly making sense.’

I had nothing to argue back with, and refusing the Crown Prince’s request twice would be too risky.

“I’ll do my absolute best.”

“How reliable. I’ll provide unlimited support, so just bring me results.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

After a few more exchanges, the meeting ended.

I tried to escape this nauseating space first, but unfortunately Major General Gadus caught me.

“Lieutenant Paran, these catering carriages are truly remarkable. How did you come up with such an idea?”

“After seeing His Highness the Crown Prince in difficulty, I pondered all night and was fortunate enough to think of it.”

A perfect answer.

Of course, the content was a lie.

‘I thought of it after seeing food trucks, what else could I have thought of.’

I’m not genius enough to come up with such ideas without foundational knowledge.

“Indeed, the Lieutenant’s loyalty is truly something we should all emulate, as His Majesty said. Truly remarkable.”

“Ha… haha, thank you.”

Being praised for loyalty I don’t even have.

Since I’m human too, I felt a slight pang of guilt.

“This is just my personal intuition, but I think these catering carriages will greatly influence the tide of war. So please complete them well. If you need anything, feel free to tell me anytime.”

“Then, if I may ask for just one thing.”

“Oh, speak freely.”

Something had just occurred to me, and the timing was perfect.

“This is an urgent matter, isn’t it? Something that needs immediate resolution.”

“That’s right.”

“But there’s no one at the company grade level who could handle this. And I can’t exactly assign menial tasks to those who outrank me.”

I can’t tell Colonel Paolo to investigate carriage manufacturers and compile a report.

“So you’re saying you need people.”

“Yes, that’s right. Smart people, at that.”

“If the Lieutenant needs support, I should provide it immediately. I’ll get you personnel selected and workspace allocated by today.”

“Thank you very much.”

This is practically express train-level efficiency.

“You should get going now. I feel like I’ve kept a busy person here too long.”

“I’ll come back with results next time. Loyalty.”

I saluted and left the conference room, then mounted my horse.

“This is going to give me a headache.”

Carriage manufacturing.

I don’t even have a clue where to start.

“I guess design will be important first.”

Manufacturing can probably be solved to some extent by offering high unit prices.

“Ah, I don’t know. Let me just go in and rest a bit before sleeping.”

It might seem foolish to put off today’s work until tomorrow.

But will I be any less busy tomorrow if I work now?

I’ll have to work overtime until 10 PM either way.

Then mathematically, it makes sense to enjoy my last bit of leisure today.

‘And getting enough sleep is work in its own way.’

After finishing all my rationalizations, I headed straight to my quarters.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whiiiiing!

I was about to enter my quarters without much thought when I heard what sounded like a gale-force wind from the side.

When I turned my head, horrifyingly, Colonel Schultz was swinging his sword.

‘If I get caught up in this, my life is screwed.’

Haven’t I experienced this situation once or twice before?

Knowing all too well that I was about to enter a shark’s mouth, I quickened my pace while minimizing any sound.

However…

Really, however…

Colonel Schultz’s field of vision was far, far too wide.

“Lieutenant Paran.”

“Hic!”

My name called in that deep voice.

This is a horror movie – my body hair stood on end to the point where I wouldn’t need to go to a theater.

“Loy… Loyalty, Regimental Commander. Were you training?”

“The weather’s too nice to waste staying inside.”

What kind of nonsense is that?

‘If the weather’s nice, you should lay out a mat and photosynthesize, not work up a sweat.’

His thought process is completely messed up.

“Ha… haha, then please continue your hard work! Loyalty!”

I tried to salute naturally and go inside.

But would it be that easy?

“Lieutenant, change into training clothes and come out. I’ll take a look at that swordsmanship I mentioned before.”

“Pardon…? You’re in the middle of personal training, so you don’t need to bother with me…”

“This is a promise I made with His Majesty – how could my personal training matter? Or are you planning to make me a disloyal subject?”

“That’s… that’s not what I meant.”

“Change clothes and come out.”

“Yes…”

As expected, nothing worked on him.

I went into my quarters dejectedly and changed into training clothes.

“Damn it, damn it, damn it!”

I was going to get 10 hours of sleep for the first time in a while, and this bolt from the blue strikes.

‘Lieutenant Colonel Garen leaves and Colonel Schultz comes. Are these Special Forces people here just to torment others?’

Of course, I knew this moment would come from the time they started talking about making me stronger.

But not today.

“Sigh.”

I sighed and roughly grabbed a water bottle and my sword before leaving my quarters.

“You take a long time getting dressed.”

“Pardon…?”

I came out pretty quickly, so what kind of nonsense is this?

“In my day, if you took more than a minute, you’d get beaten until dust flew out. Well, that’s understandable. The world has gotten better these days.”

Colonel Schultz spoke as if it was nothing while wiping his sweat with a towel.

‘What kind of group beats people for not getting dressed in under a minute when there’s not even a war going on?’

The word “barbaric” couldn’t be more fitting.

“I’ll come out a bit faster next time.”

“Don’t worry about it. Just some bad memories from the past came to mind.”

From what he’s saying, it sounds like he got beaten up back in the day too.

‘So that guy also had days when he got beaten.’

He felt a bit more human for a moment, but that was brief.

“The promise with His Majesty aside, I personally have high expectations.”

“What kind of expectations…”

“Lieutenant Colonel Garen said that with effort, you have enough talent to even make it to the Imperial Knights.”

“Pardon…?”

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