I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 27

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Episode 27

“Since the Division Commander has repeatedly emphasized mental strength armament, everyone should be careful with their actions and warn the soldiers as well.”

“Understood!!”

The battalion conference room where officers had gathered.

Today, as befitting the military, the focus was on establishing discipline and checking armament status.

“I think we’ve covered everything important, so let’s end the meeting here. Thank you all for your hard work today.”

The Battalion Commander finished the meeting and stood up from his seat.

‘Hmm?’

Just before he left the conference room, he called me with his eyes.

“Ugh, I’m tired. I haven’t been getting enough sleep lately.”

“Isn’t your duty the day after tomorrow?”

“Exactly, I’ll die from overwork before the enemy even attacks.”

Officers leaving the conference room in small groups.

I watched for a moment, then headed to the Battalion Commander’s office.

“Lieutenant Paran here. May I come in?”

“Come in.”

After receiving permission, I carefully opened the door.

“It seemed like you called for me, so I came.”

“Haha, that’s right. It’s nothing major, but I’m thinking of going to the casino on Friday. How about it?”

“The casino? Ah…”

I dragged out my words at this proposal I very much wanted to refuse.

‘Why does he love gambling so much?’

Even if everything else about this person is an act, his love for gambling is probably genuine.

“Is there some problem?”

“I’m embarrassed to say this, but my allowance hasn’t come in yet.”

“Hmm, come to think of it, you said you spent all the money you had last time, right?”

“Yes. And my father sent me a letter asking why I’m spending so much money, so it’s difficult to move around.”

Since the deadline was set, now it was time to create distance rather than get closer.

‘That was a good excuse. Am I crazy to go to more casinos here?’

Of course, the Intelligence Agency would still want me to go to the casino and get something out of it.

“Hmm, I see.”

“How about in two weeks?”

By then he’d be in an underground prison, so I coolly made the suggestion first.

“That’s too far away for a soldier who doesn’t know what’s ahead.”

“I’m sorry. I should have saved some back then.”

From my expression to my tone of voice, I could now pass for an actor.

“This is troublesome.”

He could just go alone, so what’s so troublesome about it?

He’s really not an easy person to deal with.

“If you don’t have money right now, would you like to try some useful work? I happen to have something I was going to ask you about.”

“Work?”

I tilted my head slightly and asked back at this unexpected topic.

“It’s nothing big, but the transport battalion has been renting carriages from civilians lately, right?”

“That’s correct.”

“A friend of mine said he had no work, so he rented all his carriages to the military and got paid, but the day before yesterday some work came in.”

“Oh my.”

What an unlucky person.

“Should I lend him a carriage?”

Since Oclo Trading Guild branches are spread throughout the Empire, renting carriages isn’t that difficult.

“That would be good too, but since that friend also reduced his workforce, he wants to entrust the entire transport job to someone. Would that be possible?”

“The entire transport? Hmm.”

Since I’d never done trading guild work before, it wasn’t easy to give a definite answer.

‘But this smells suspicious.’

It might be different for an ordinary person, but would someone from Reconnaissance Command really make this kind of request for a friend?

I’d say there’s a high probability that’s not the case.

“Look into it and let me know. He says the payment is 400 gold, but if you agree to do it, I’ll try to get him to pay up to 500 gold.”

“That much?”

“Not bad, right?”

I had no choice but to nod at the Battalion Commander’s question.

‘This stinks. It definitely stinks.’

It’s basically like advertising that I’m suspicious.

“I’ll ask the trading guild once and let you know.”

“He’s been a close hometown friend since childhood, so please do me this favor.”

Essentially pressure meaning I absolutely must do it.

After saying I’d give an answer by tomorrow, I left the Battalion Commander’s office.

‘No matter how I think about it, 500 gold is excessive for transport fees.’

Since it wasn’t my problem to judge anyway, I reported to Lieutenant Alpen, and the answer came that very afternoon.

[Proceed with the work through Oclo Trading Guild as the target wants. We’ll assign someone for on-site control, so just arrange it and don’t worry about it.]

“Tsk, as expected.”

I don’t really want to do it, but what choice do I have?

When the higher-ups tell you to do something, you have to do it.

‘Still, it’s better than going to the casino together.’

As long as that person in charge of the site doesn’t cause any trouble.

“What could go wrong? Whatever happens, if I just endure for a week, it’ll be over.”

I deliberately ignored the rising sense of foreboding and threw myself onto the bed.

*    *    *

“This is the commission form I got from my friend, so take a look. The money is 500 gold as we discussed yesterday.”

As soon as I arrived at work, the Battalion Commander called me and handed over the commission form.

Departure point – Retten, the central city of the August Margraviate, Alpine Guild Warehouse

Destination – Festo Barony

Items – Clocks, wine, silk

Commission fee – 500G

Requirements – 5 carriages, escort force capable of dealing with bandits

“Departure is in two days, is that okay?”

“Yes, I think there should be no problem. May I take the commission form?”

“Of course. Please do me this favor.”

“Not at all. Rather, I’m grateful.”

“Haha, let’s go out and have fun together when you get paid.”

“I’m always up for it.”

I left the Battalion Commander’s office and headed to the post office within the division.

“Please send this express.”

Sender: Paran Oclo

Recipient: Oclo Guild Retten Branch Manager

Address: Oclo Guild Retten Branch, August Margraviate

I handed the commission form and a short letter I wrote to the military postal worker.

“Is this business mail?”

“Not business… it’s personal.”

“Then for express to the August Margraviate, it’s 50 silver.”

‘Damn expensive.’

Considering regular mail costs 3 silver, this is a murderous price.

‘I should have just said it was business mail.’

Actually, it doesn’t matter much.

I’m going to bill all of this to the Intelligence Agency anyway.

“You’re departing right now?”

“Yes, we’ll arrive before evening.”

“Please take care of it.”

After paying with my own money for now, I left the post office.

“But surely they won’t say no just because I sent it, right?”

It’s a slightly worrying part, but the probability is very low.

I’m not the same person with no succession competitiveness as before.

“But today is really quiet too. Anyone would think the war is over.”

The number of enemy provocations in the past week: 0.

On the surface it looks very peaceful, but in reality they say they’re reorganizing their forces and regrouping.

‘Thinking about it will only give me a headache. How about I do some personal training for the first time in a while. I’ll try using the system too.’

Lieutenant Alpen is an excellent teacher, but self-directed study time is also necessary.

“Right, today I’ll go with my own method.”

I barely suppressed my desire to rest and headed to the training ground.

“Shop.”

[Points Owned: 90p]

<General Items>

-Sturdy Boot Laces 5p

-Foot Odor Removal Socks 5p

.

<Swordsmanship Manuals>

-Protect Yourself 10p

-Akan Swordsmanship 20p

-Practical Defensive Swordsmanship 40p

.

-Domain Expansion 2,000p

.

Really countless manuals.

This wasn’t a structure where items were added according to rank, so I could browse up to the final tier.

‘What on earth do I need to do to collect 2,000 points?’

Even though I received points for passing the 8th grade fitness test last week, I’m still in double digits.

‘Is there anything useful?’

I sorted by price and looked at the manuals I could purchase.

“Practical Defensive Swordsmanship 40 points, this isn’t bad.”

The saying that offense is the best defense only applies in one-on-one situations.

‘If you only attack without defense on the battlefield, you’re just asking to die quickly.’

Just as I was about to make up my mind and purchase it, an unexpected manual caught my eye.

-Hamus Swordsmanship 40p

“This is here.”

It’s the swordsmanship I started learning recently, and it’s quite a troublesome one.

“I can’t keep learning from Lieutenant Alpen forever, so should I go with this?”

Once this mission ends, there’s a high probability I’ll part ways with Lieutenant Alpen.

But I still need to learn swordsmanship after that, so if I’m not going to switch to something else, purchasing this is essential.

‘Right, let’s master at least one thing properly.’

As I always say, hesitation only delays delivery.

[You have purchased the Hamus Swordsmanship manual.]

[Swordsmanship Codex has been activated.]

<Swordsmanship Codex>

-Hamus Swordsmanship (0.1%)

“Oh, what’s this?”

I thought they’d just throw me a book and be done with it, but a system rivaling online lecture sites opened up.

‘These guys are really like onions.’

No matter how much you peel, something new comes out, so the fun of opening them is considerable.

<Hamus Swordsmanship>

Progress: 0.1%

Basic Lecture – Free

Face-to-face Lecture (Instructor: Hamus) – 5p per hour

“Uh…?”

Another layer of the onion was peeled away, but this time it was so shocking that I was momentarily speechless.

‘I can learn this directly?’

The founder of the swordsmanship.

I don’t know how they bring back dead people, but if it’s true, it’s an incredible function.

‘But the fee is… a bit steep.’

5 points per hour, just 14 hours of learning would exceed the cost of the manual.

“I’ll use it only when I’m really hopelessly stuck.”

For now, I need to tighten my belt with austerity measures.

[Starting Hamus Swordsmanship basic lecture.]

[Watch and learn the demonstration movements of the combat doll.]

A combat doll that looked good at fencing appeared right in front of me.

It swung its sword and advanced step by step.

‘What’s that?’

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Several parts of the sword path drawn by the combat doll remained in the air as yellow lines.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

The combat doll that showed about twenty movements disappeared after finishing with a sword-lowering motion.

[Perform the swordsmanship perfectly according to the path.]

“This feeling is good?”

For Koreans steeped in cramming education, there couldn’t be a more efficient teaching method than this.

“Should I try it right away?”

Fortunately, all the movements the combat doll showed were ones I’d learned recently.

“Whew.”

I calmed my heart rate with deep breathing and then calmly picked up the wooden sword.

‘First is a vertical cut, then step forward.’

Swoosh!

I moved my body and swung the sword according to the set sequence.

At the same time, the combat doll’s trace turned red.

It didn’t feel good, but I continued the movements anyway.

‘Lower the upper body while making a diagonal cut.’

Swoosh!

‘360-degree rotation followed by forward defense.’

‘Thrust.’

‘3 consecutive cuts. One! Two! Three!’

.

Perhaps because I had experience with it, there was no major hindrance in the movements.

‘Not bad? I think I’m just doing well.’

The moment I was about to be satisfied with my skills.

A message that killed my mood appeared.

[Calculating swordsmanship score]

.

[0 points]

[Terrible skill, please work harder.]

“What…? Terrible?”

I wasn’t expecting a perfect score, but 0 points?

What kind of ridiculous nonsense is this?

[Would you like to check the detailed evaluation?]

“Don’t ask, just show me quickly.”

I faced the evaluation sheet in an irritated state.

<Training Evaluation>

-Personal rhythm that doesn’t follow the manual

-Inconsistent sword trajectory

-Very poor connectivity, movements acting independently

-Gaze focused on surrounding scenery instead of the enemy

Comment: Instead of trying to do something right away, watch the combat doll’s demonstration first.

“No way, am I really that bad?”

Shocked by the evaluation, I replayed the demonstration to see what was different.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The combat doll showed the perfect answer with no deviation from before and disappeared.

Looking at its movements alongside the training evaluation, I roughly understood what the problem was.

“Still, it’s not worth 0 points.”

There’s definitely a problem with the scoring system.

“I got it, I’ll somehow get a perfect score.”

I moved my body while recalling the movements the combat doll had just shown.

A bit more lively, and with more precision.

Since I paid attention to each detail, naturally the result should be better than before…

[0 points]

Comment: Hey. I told you to watch it repeatedly several times.

[Demonstration viewing (0/20)]

[By instructor’s judgment, evaluation is restricted until conditions are met.]

“Is this… really a system?”

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————