I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 187

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Episode 187

“What should I…”

“You should give me a gift. I heard it’s tradition for seniors to give meaningful gifts when juniors become official.”

“Ah…”

Come to think of it, I also received a fountain pen as a gift from Eden.

‘What should I give her.’

A question that arose in my mind.

The first thing that came to mind was the fountain pen I received from Eden.

‘But this seems a bit heartless.’

Given Eden’s personality, it definitely wouldn’t be expensive, and he probably just bought it roughly at the market and attached meaning to it.

‘Even if it looks decent, they make good fakes these days, so it probably costs about 1 gold at most.’

I just accepted it at the time, but I can’t give the exact same thing to Aisa.

Because unlike Eden, I’m a good person.

“It’s sudden, so I don’t have anything prepared right now.”

“Hmm, if I have to wait, the anticipation builds up more, so would that be okay?”

“Uh…”

At her words about anticipation building up, I hurriedly looked around to find a gift I could give, but as expected, there was nothing.

And seeing me like this, Aisa raised the corners of her mouth as if amused.

“I’m joking. Just kidding. Just give it to me later. We’re busy right now anyway.”

“Right, I should have given it right away, sorry. Should I give you a tour of the 3rd Company?”

“Lieutenant Larsen said he’d do it, so it’s fine. More than that, you look like you have a lot of work, shouldn’t you do that first?”

At Aisa’s words, my gaze unconsciously turned to the desk.

“Sigh, you’re right.”

A sigh naturally escaped.

Now it’s basically passive.

‘When am I going to do all that.’

Seriously, there’s just no answer.

“Are you very busy?”

“Well, yeah. I couldn’t pay much attention to the Infantry Battalion while handling the work His Highness the Crown Prince assigned me, so now I have to do it all at once.”

Usually when you postpone work, it sometimes disappears on its own, but somehow mine stays exactly where it is.

‘I’m definitely cursed.’

If someone with spiritual powers saw me, they’d definitely be startled and run away.

Because there would be a bunch of evil spirits clinging to my shoulders.

“Then shall I help you a bit?”

“Huh?”

“If I have time, I’ll come help you. I’ve assisted before.”

Words too noble and pure to believe they came from a human mouth.

Even though I should refuse since it’s my work, it was so sweet it made me dizzy, and I couldn’t easily open my mouth.

“Uh… you’ll be busy too.”

“Of course I’ll handle my work first. Do you not want me to?”

“No… no, of course I don’t dislike it.”

“Then I’ll help you a little. I’m your junior after all.”

Aisa smiled, raising the corners of her mouth.

I’m not lying at all when I say she looked the most beautiful in the world.

* * *

“Ugh, I’m tired.”

Aisa returned to her quarters after finishing work and lightly unpacked.

“Everyone’s nicer than I thought.”

Her first day at the Infantry Battalion.

Paran was obvious, but from the company commanders to the company soldiers.

In Aisa’s view, everyone seemed pretty decent.

‘The soldiers all seem kind too.’

However, there was one fact Aisa overlooked here.

In this dreary Infantry Battalion, if Aisa talked to you, even sworn enemies would put their arms around each other’s shoulders.

“I’m glad I was a bit stubborn and came here.”

For Aisa to be assigned to the 3rd Company without any special mission wasn’t easy.

However, because her identity was exposed too clearly, she was temporarily floating.

When the direction was about to be set toward the Information Management Bureau, Aisa first requested a personnel transfer to where Paran was.

“Honestly, I didn’t think it would work.”

When Aisa sent the personnel request, she thought the success rate was 5 percent at most.

However, the personnel order came through as requested, and when she first received it, Aisa couldn’t believe it even seeing it with her own eyes.

‘I’m glad it worked out.’

Of course, the Intelligence Agency didn’t allow the transfer purely for Aisa’s happiness.

Naturally, there was a mission that followed.

The content was to be a connection and support for Paran.

“Just how highly are they evaluating him to attach support even when he’s not performing missions.”

And now she wasn’t even a trainee anymore.

Although Aisa’s Intelligence Agency career wasn’t very long, she had never heard of such exceptional treatment.

‘He’s amazing anyway.’

Many people succeed once, but there are really few people like Paran who continuously produce results.

And.

“His body also got better… crazy.”

Smack.

When strange thoughts started creeping in, Aisa lightly slapped her cheek and sat at the desk to write a report.

* * *

“Seeing our troop increase, there’s a good possibility that Belzium Castle also expanded their scale.”

“Didn’t the Intelligence Agency say they couldn’t confirm it?”

“Considering the current information gap, we can’t completely rule out the possibility. Your Highness.”

At Major General Gadus’s words, the Crown Prince frowned and stroked his chin.

“It feels like fighting in fog.”

This is why the Two Empires invest massive budgets in intelligence organizations every year.

Because if you don’t know the enemy, you can’t even plan operations.

“What does the Intelligence Agency think.”

The Crown Prince’s question turned to General Ir.

He pondered for a moment before speaking.

“Looking at the current situation, we haven’t confirmed troops heading to Belzium Castle. Your Highness, while we have an information gap at Belzium Castle, other places are still intact.”

After hearing the answer, the Crown Prince thought for a moment before speaking.

“If you say so, I’ll trust you. We can’t proceed at all if we don’t trust anyway.”

“Thank you.”

General Ir bowed his head, but the atmosphere wasn’t exactly great.

“We need to move before changes occur in the current situation. Is the deployment of the newly introduced supply carriages complete?”

It seemed like a question directed at me, but this was strictly Colonel Paolo’s responsibility.

“Yes, we’ve completed perfect adaptation through several training sessions.”

A voice filled with confidence.

Of course he would be.

The problem that was most awkward has now been perfectly resolved.

‘I’m literally spoon-feeding him, so he should at least eat it well.’

Colonel Paolo knew this fact too, so he came by the day before yesterday and gave me an expensive bottle of wine as a gift.

“Major General, now that the problematic parts are resolved, isn’t it time to set the expedition date?”

“Yes, I think the same. So looking at the schedule, four days from now seems appropriate. What do you think.”

“Four days from now.”

“They say the weather will be good starting then.”

It’s not like there’s an advanced weather prediction system like a meteorological office here.

But they still make some degree of forecasts.

“There shouldn’t be any problems with preparations.”

“Yes, we could depart tomorrow if needed.”

‘Tomorrow seems a bit too soon though.’

My mind isn’t ready yet, for one thing.

“Then let’s set it for four days from now. Prepare according to schedule. We can’t keep dragging this out forever.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

The date was decided rather quickly.

However, as the Crown Prince said, we can’t keep dragging this out indefinitely.

With troop reinforcements and supply carriages, we’re already delayed almost a week from the original schedule.

“Have the tactical plans been established?”

Now that the schedule was set and the food issue resolved.

The important thing now was naturally the attack.

The Crown Prince’s gaze turned to General Koppen, the chief tactical advisor.

“We’ve planned the operation based on attacking from all directions as mentioned before, and have completed the review stage.”

“The results?”

“Well… the enemy’s walls are so solid that whether we can scale them seems to be the key issue.”

At General Koppen’s words tinged with concern, the Crown Prince’s brow furrowed.

“Just how formidable are Belzium Castle’s walls that you all speak of them so? I’d like to go see them soon.”

Since there were no photographs, naturally the Crown Prince had never seen Belzium Castle.

There were some drawings, but a single sheet of paper was insufficient to grasp the castle’s true nature.

“Think of it as a fortress. However, with Your Highness leading us, our army will surely be able to scale the walls.”

“It should be so. No, it must be so.”

Leading an army of 70,000 only to fail at scaling the walls?

Endless questioning looks about his qualifications would pour down on him.

“Since there’s still more time, don’t get buried in the current plan and look at it with an open mind. If we can devise a good strategy, the date can be postponed further.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

General Koppen bowed his head and answered at the Crown Prince’s words.

After that, the Crown Prince’s gaze turned to all the other commanders.

“If any of you think of good tactics, don’t hesitate to speak up anytime. Offering opinions doesn’t cost money or kill anyone.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

“Don’t just answer ‘understood’ every time, actually voice some opinions. Yes, Lieutenant Paran.”

“Yes…? Yes, Your Highness.”

Why is he calling on me again, damn it.

I’m sitting at the very back where my face shouldn’t even be visible, but he has quite the memory.

“Do you have any good ideas? For attacking Belzium Castle.”

“Uh…”

I quickly racked my brains at the Crown Prince’s question.

‘Why is he asking me when there are people who went to good academies and studied tactics their whole lives sitting right there?’

Still, since he asked, I had to give some answer.

“Isn’t Belzium Castle’s biggest problem the walls?”

“That’s right.”

From what I’ve heard, they’re so incredibly thick and solid that they absolutely won’t collapse even if bombarded with magic shells.

‘The masterpiece of the former Count Abiel or something like that.’

There’s a story that the Emperor of the Adits Empire was so impressed when he saw the completed walls that he promoted him to marquis.

“How about concentrating fire on one spot to break through?”

Nothing in the world is invincible.

No matter how well built, if you keep hitting it, it will eventually collapse.

That was the opinion I offered, but the rebuttal came quickly.

“It’s not that we haven’t considered that. However, Belzium Castle’s walls won’t collapse from just something like that, Lieutenant.”

“Is that so?”

General Koppen’s confident voice.

At first I thought it might be overestimating, but listening to it, there was a reason.

“Especially if one part of the wall is under concentrated attack, they can activate magical devices from inside to temporarily strengthen its durability. So it would just be wasting magic shells.”

‘Wait, they even have that kind of advanced technology?’

This is quite surprising.

‘Amazing technology.’

There was a reason the Abiel Ducal House was highly regarded in the field of magical devices.

“It seems the Lieutenant doesn’t have any brilliant ideas either.”

The Crown Prince spoke with disappointment, but this was the reaction I wanted.

“I apologize, Your Highness.”

“No, if you always came up with brilliant ideas, how would that be human? Still, keep thinking about it.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Fortunately, there were no more requests for opinions after that.

The operation was finalized as the existing plan and time passed quickly.

* * *

Creak! Creak creak!

A wonderfully clear morning as expected.

The tightly closed gates of Rimircastle split apart left and right and opened completely.

‘There are damn many of them.’

70,000 troops and thousands of carriages.

Just looking back gave me a feeling of pressure in my chest.

“Gentlemen.”

At the voice from above, I looked up to see the Crown Prince standing on the watchtower.

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