I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 227

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Episode 227
‘Well… I suppose I should count my blessings.’
The acrid, sulfurous stench of raw egg wafting from my hair was utterly repugnant.
Honestly, I’m just grateful it wasn’t a dagger.
‘Hmm, at this rate I might as well be a politician.’
I hadn’t done anything wrong, yet here I was, pelted with an egg.
I couldn’t have felt more wronged.
‘Are there no parents nearby?’
Usually when a spoiled brat acts out like this, the parents come running and bow their heads in apology—isn’t that the cliché?
But it was remarkably quiet.
“Where is the child’s guardian?”
As I paused to consider what to do.
Colonel Eden stepped forward first, surveying the surroundings before raising his voice.
Perhaps it was the slight irritation in his tone.
Everyone simply retreated, and no one dared step forward.
“Get out of here, now!”
Under Colonel Eden’s pressure, the young brat hurled another egg directly at me.
‘Are you serious? Why me again?’
By the order of things, it should have been Colonel Eden’s turn next.
The little child seemed to lack a proper understanding of fairness and equality.
Regardless, what mattered was.
Whoosh!
I caught the egg hurtling toward me at a moderate speed with perfect timing and a gentle touch.
‘Caught it.’
I’m not the type to fall for the same trick twice.
‘More importantly, I don’t think Colonel Eden should be left to handle this.’
He’s absolutely not the type to go easy on a child.
But if I just let it slide, would I truly be a responsible adult?
After all, one must teach a lesson.
‘Hmm, what should I say?’
After a moment’s thought, I walked forward in front of Colonel Eden and opened my mouth.
“Kid, are you a discriminationist too?”
I asked in a somewhat cold voice while brushing the eggshell from my hair.
The young brat’s expression turned to shock.
“Wh-what did you say?!”
“Then why are you attacking me simply because I’m a Lycan?”
“You monsters…! You killed people! Get out of here!”
Where exactly was he telling me to disappear to?
This place would soon become my domain.
‘If I tell him that, he’ll have a fit.’
That does sound entertaining in its own way, but I’m not such a bad person.
“Did I kill someone? I came here to catch the culprit, and what is this nonsense?”
I bent my waist slightly to meet the Unnamed Character’s eyes directly.
“And if you really wanted to drive me away that badly, you should have come to war. Why hide like a mouse and cause a commotion now? I don’t understand.”

I’m becoming something of a demon, it seems.
I’ve already crossed the line.
Honestly, my mood isn’t great right now.
‘If I go to the Quarters and shower, lunch break will be over.’
I couldn’t eat properly, and I’m wasting time like this.
Ah, there’s no way I can’t be angry.
“That….”
“Kid, what’s the difference between you and that murderer over there? The only difference is the weapon you’re holding—what you’re doing is exactly the same. Am I wrong?”
I stepped closer and snatched the egg from the Unnamed Character’s hand.
“Go home and study. Don’t cause trouble for others.”
I considered throwing the egg on the ground, but held back since it might create a foul stench.
‘This is truly being a model citizen.’
I’m an educated person, after all.
If there were only people like me, laws wouldn’t be necessary.
“Hic… hic… Waaahhhhh!!!”
Perhaps he was frightened.
The Unnamed Character suddenly began crying pitifully.
Well, he’s just crying because he has nothing to say.
There’s nothing particularly pitiful about it.
“I’m the one who got hit, so why are you crying? I really don’t understand. Don’t try to live life so easily.”
Just as I was about to turn away after saying everything I needed to say.
A middle-aged woman came running from somewhere and embraced the child.
“Oh my, I’m so sorry. I’m truly sorry.”
The woman arrived just as the situation was wrapping up, bowing her head.
Isn’t this cliché activating far too late?
“Well, it’s fine. He’ll need to wash his hair, but take him with you. I won’t charge you separately.”
There’s no noble as kind as me.
“I’m truly sorry. Ludin, apologize right now.”
“No! I don’t want to! What does it matter to you, lady!”
He pushed the woman away.
This is quite surprising.
‘This child really needs counseling.’
How did such a creature of pure malice come to be born?
It’s truly lamentable.
“You brat! Didn’t I tell you not to do that?!”
“What do you mean ‘ma’am’? I hate everything!!!”
Ludin screamed and suddenly bolted in the opposite direction, vanishing from sight.
‘Denying his own mother and fleeing. This kid’s definitely a criminal in the making.’
I could only regret that I couldn’t arrest him preemptively.
“I’m so sorry. Please allow me to apologize sincerely on his behalf.”
The woman bowed her head once more.
How on earth did such a precious child come from someone like this?
I waved my hand, thinking life must be incredibly difficult for her.
“It’s fine. He’s still young, so I’ll let it slide. Still, your son could use some better discipline.”
“He’s not actually my son, but I’ll have a stern word with him.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Now that I thought about it, something had seemed off.
“He’s from next door. He recently lost his parents, so I’ve been taking care of him.”
“Both of them?”
“Yes, his father died in combat, and his mother… she was yesterday’s victim of this crime.”
“….”
The woman spoke while looking at the traces of serial murder behind my back.
My body went rigid, and the words I’d just spoken came flooding back to me.
‘Hmm….’
How was I supposed to salvage this?
As I was pondering for a moment, Colonel Eden’s voice reached my ears.
“Colonel, I didn’t know you were like that. You’re a complete scoundrel.”
“What? No, that’s not—”
There was considerable injustice in that assessment, but when circumstances unfolded like this, I had nothing to say.
“I need to find the child before he gets too far. I’ll head out first.”
“Yes… yes, please do.”
I watched the woman leave her spot.
I pulled out the egg I’d taken from the child and looked down at it.
“Sigh.”
If my memory served correctly, I was pretty sure I’d said he was just like a murderer.
To be honest, logically speaking, I still didn’t think I was wrong even now.
But the situation and the target made it all rather ambiguous.
“This is frightening. I should be more careful myself.”
Colonel Eden dug in once more.
This man was the worst.
“No, how was I supposed to know? I was just trying to give him a stern word.”
“Is that what you call stern? I’d die from a needle prick.”
“I nearly died from being hit by an egg.”
Even thinking about it again now, that sensation of death I felt when something struck my head—
it was truly horrifying.
“Now that I think about it, there’s quite a smell. Give me some distance, would you?”
“Sigh… It seems I won’t be able to eat a hamburger after all. My apologies.”
“What are you apologizing for? Only you can’t eat one.”
“Yes…? Aren’t you coming with me?”
“My clothes are perfectly clean. Go catch a carriage and head back. I’m going to grab a hamburger. We’ll see each other later.”
Colonel Eden said as much and headed toward the hamburger shop.
I was simply too astonished to say anything.
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“They’re deliberately leaving us alone right now because only we’re dying!”
“How is it possible they can’t catch someone committing crimes every single day like this?!”
“We cooperated with everything they wanted! So why do we have to live like this?!”
Belgium Castle Guard Headquarters
Over a hundred former Adits Empire citizens had gathered, raising their voices.
The reason they were doing this was simple.
Today made ten.
In other words, the serial murders had been continuing for ten days straight.
“Everyone, please calm down. We’re doing everything in our power to investigate. You’ve all seen us patrolling late into the night.”
Polt, the commander of the security guards, stepped forward with an awkward expression and addressed the crowd.
He felt wronged too.
He was genuinely trying to catch the culprit, but they kept appearing and disappearing without a trace.
No matter how much they intensified patrols, by morning there was always another corpse—it was like living in a horror film.
“But why can’t you catch them?! These are crimes happening in the city!”
“You’re deliberately not catching them because we were Adits Empire citizens!”
“That’s absolutely not true. What would we gain from that?”
From the security guards’ perspective, the risk of copycat crimes and additional incidents was high enough
that they were making every effort to catch the killer as soon as possible.
It was simply that results hadn’t materialized.
“So what?! People are dying, and you’re telling us to just wait?! To trust you when you can’t even catch them?!”
“We can’t live like this. We’re terrified. There’s no solution. You said you’d protect us!”
“Everyone, please settle down. Hear me out.”
After Polt managed to calm the crowd somewhat,
he carefully opened his mouth.
“Our security force views this serial murder as a highly sophisticated, premeditated crime.”
Murders committed without fail every single day, slipping through our tight patrols.
Everything about it was far too perfect to have been committed by an ordinary person.
“Crimes of this caliber should be handled by the Strong Crime Investigation Team, but since they’re based in the Capital, it will take over two weeks for them to arrive here.”
Two weeks meant fourteen days.
At his words implying that fourteen more people would have to die, the citizens’ expressions darkened.
“What are you saying right now?!”
“You’re telling us to just wait here and die?!”
“Calm down, and let people finish what they’re saying.”
Polt stepped back and waved his hand as the crowd looked ready to rush forward.
“Since the Strong Crime Investigation Team couldn’t respond, the Security Guards have reached their limits, so as of this morning, the case has been transferred to the Military.”
It was a measure that had literally just been implemented.
It wasn’t the Security Guard Commander’s decision, but a directive that came down from higher authorities.
“The Military has assigned its finest experts to handle this, so I’d truly appreciate it if you could wait just a bit longer.”
At the mention that something was being done, the citizens’ anger subsided somewhat.
“Please, just resolve this quickly. I’m too scared to leave my house these days.”
“I’m begging you.”
The citizens spoke their pleas earnestly, then turned to leave.
Polt wiped the cold sweat from his brow and entered the Security Guard headquarters.
* * *
“So you’re telling us to catch them now?”
“That’s how it is.”
In the Command Office.
Colonel Eden showed me and Lieutenant Gato the document that came down from the Western Investigation Unit.
The contents were absurd.
【Serial Murder Case Arrest】
-Secure the identity of the perpetrator behind the serial murders occurring at Belzium Castle. Live capture is prioritized, though lethal force is permitted if necessary. Regarding the investigation authority of the Security Guards in this case…
In summary, the document was telling us to catch the killer because the Security Guards were useless.
“Why is this being handed over to us?”
Crimes occurring within the fortress.
This should be the Security Guards’ jurisdiction, not the Military’s concern.
“They couldn’t catch him in ten days and the fortress is in chaos, so they’re trying something different.”
“But handing it to us doesn’t change anything.”
I’m confident I could do better than the Security Guards, actually.
But what am I doing right now?
I’m pouring twenty-four hours into tracking the Reconnaissance Command, and now they want me to catch a criminal too.
I’ve never been more serious about wanting to discharge from the Military.
“Colonel Raint said to make this the first priority.”
“The situation seems more serious than expected?”
“Probably. Even yesterday evening, I stepped out briefly for dinner, and people were throwing punches at each other—it was chaos.”
If this is just one person dying per day, statistically it’s not really a problem.
After all, people die from disease and accidents every day anyway.
But this is different—it’s a source of crime, a kind of wellspring of evil.
“Tch, I’m swamped.”
I could already see myself working past overtime into the early morning shifts.
“For someone so busy, you don’t seem to have much to show for it, Colonel.”
“Well, that’s because their behavior is strange.”
“Their behavior is strange.”
“Fine, then. Anyway, I’ll be taking direct control of this operation, so just follow my orders.”
I’d naturally expected him to dump this on me.
But Eden stepped forward and seized command himself.
“Yes, sir.”
“Understood.”
In a way, there’s nothing easier than simply following orders.
I nodded, feeling relieved.
“First, Special Operations Division 2 will collect all investigation files from the Security Guards, organize them, and identify anything we might have missed.”
“Yes, sir!”
A tedious and headache-inducing task.
At least I’d dodged that bullet….
“And Special Operations Division 1 will prepare for stakeout duty. I’ll mark the location for you this afternoon.”
“Ah… understood.”
Of course this man wouldn’t let me slack off.
‘Tsk, spoke too soon.’
Stakeout duty—my entire body already ached at the thought.

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