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

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Episode 5

“Bonus points are given when you perform training better than others or do good deeds, but since there’s no chance candidates will get any, you don’t need to know about them.”

Even I think that’s probably true.

‘It would be nice to get them, but I don’t need to think about bonus points.’

The key is not getting points deducted.

“Next, I’ll talk about the schedule. But first, the original training period for officer candidates is 12 weeks.”

12 weeks, that’s 84 days.

Just hearing it makes me feel suffocated.

“We’re shortening it to 2 weeks due to the special wartime situation, which is really unfortunate.”

It’s not unfortunate at all, what is he even talking about.

‘Even 2 weeks is too long.’

Every single day here is hell for me.

“Since the time has been reduced, we’ll only conduct essential training. However, since the Imperial Army doesn’t need stupid officers, the amount of academic study remains the same.”

I doubted my ears at this completely wrong and incomprehensible content.

‘So you’re going to cram what should be studied over 12 weeks into 2 weeks?’

The expressions of the candidates, including myself, hardened like stone.

“Therefore, the basic schedule will be training until evening, then academic classes here from after dinner until 2 AM.”

My hands started trembling at this murderous schedule that easily surpassed Daechi-dong.

“Academic classes start today, and training is scheduled for tomorrow morning with drill formations and running, so keep that in mind.”

Two training sessions per day, plus studying until 2 AM.

‘This is basically telling us to die.’

Isn’t it a universal rule that the military lets you sleep by 10 PM at the latest?

My common sense was crumbling in real time.

“Finally, I’ll tell you the barracks rules that candidates will be getting deducted points for like eating meals, so get ready to write them down.”

From experience, this was really important information I wanted to record, but I didn’t have a notebook.

‘I have no choice but to memorize it somehow.’

As I was preparing to memorize, Ion sitting next to me pulled out a notebook and an expensive-looking fountain pen from his jacket.

‘What preparedness.’

I couldn’t help but try to mooch off him.

“Could you possibly show me what you’re writing down later? I want to take notes but don’t have a notebook.”

“Of course, I’ll show you when we get back.”

“Thank you!”

“It was worth carrying it around out of habit.”

As expected of a rich family’s son, even his preparedness is different.

“Starting with what gets the most points deducted: lying on your bed when it’s not sleep time. If caught, it’s 2 points deducted regardless of reason.”

“Whaaat?!!”

“We can’t lie down? That’s ridiculous.”

Voices of shock and despair from the noble brothers echoed from all directions.

“Also, 2 points deducted if your cleanliness is poor during surprise inspections, and this applies to both rooms and individuals separately, so up to 4 points can be deducted. Clean properly.”

Endless deduction items kept coming.

Everything must be culture shock for the nobles.

“That’s all. Candidates with questions can raise their hands and ask.”

As soon as the Instructor finished speaking, dozens of hands shot up.

‘Why do they have so many questions? This is ominous.’

To me, the explanation was simple and clear with nothing particular to ask about.

But our noble brothers.

They looked like they had many questions.

“You, the candidate in front, ask your question.”

The candidate the Instructor pointed to stood up.

And the question he asked.

The content was truly a sight to behold.

“Do we have to clean ourselves? Bringing maids from our families would be much more efficient.”

Now I was starting to think maybe they were normal and I was the strange one, given their consistent behavior.

‘No, these guys are just crazy. Bringing maids to the military, to a training camp no less.’

As I was shaking my head, an even more shocking situation unfolded next to me.

“That’s a good idea. It doesn’t make sense for us nobles to clean directly.”

“I should contact my family. Tell them to bring some food when they come too.”

Pluto and Krushel looked at each other and nodded.

‘You guys, weren’t we supposed to come to our senses?’

It seemed like it was just my delusion again.

“Hah.”

The Instructor, who clearly felt the same emotion as me, frowned and pulled his cap down low.

“Candidate, come forward. Now.”

“Yes…?”

The candidate who asked the question walked out with an expression like ‘why?’

“Let me ask again. Did you ask if you could bring maids to clean the barracks?”

“Yes, it would be much cleaner and better if the people who usually do it handle it. Should I have them clean your room too, Instructor?”

‘Oh, crazy bastard. Really crazy bastard.’

I wanted to go out right now and shut that mouth.

“Haah, these bastards really.”

The Instructor sighed and hung his head low.

Obviously in a state of extreme anger.

But his reaction after that was unexpected.

“Give up any thoughts of that happening. I won’t take any more questions. Move out for dinner. Dismissed.”

The Instructor, who I thought would at least let out a lion’s roar, left the auditorium without saying anything.

‘What… what? This is ominous.’

He was definitely pissed.

I could feel that anger through my skin, but he’s just letting it slide like this?

That’s absolutely impossible.

“Let’s go eat. Too many things happened in such a short time, I’m hungry.”

This time too, we formed a four-column formation and moved to the dining hall.

‘The facilities here are really good.’

I put a reasonable amount of seven different self-serve foods on my plate.

“Wow, this looks delicious.”

First, there was meat.

There was also salad, and this was good enough that I wouldn’t need to worry about three meals a day.

But our picky noble brothers.

They complained here too.

“No way, the meat is overcooked. How are we supposed to eat this when it’s so dry?”

“Where’s the cake? We can’t go without dessert.”

It felt like a direct path to punishment, but fortunately there was no instructor in the dining hall.

‘Are they following the saying that even dogs aren’t bothered while eating?’

Since there was no chance of problems this way, I lightly ignored the noble brothers’ nonsense and sat in an empty seat.

“Everyone, please enjoy your meal.”

“Enjoy your meal.”

“This isn’t the worst, at least.”

After exchanging simple greetings, I picked up my fork and took a bite of meat.

‘Oh… it’s delicious.’

Of course, the food at the Marquis household was much more delicious, but comparing it to that would be wrong.

‘If military food had been this good, those 21 months would have been a little happier.’

The food where I was stationed was truly hell.

‘Would they get angry if I said it was food waste level?’

Anyway, because of that, I constantly ate frozen food, which really ruined my body.

‘If I hadn’t exercised consistently, I would have been discharged with severe obesity.’

No matter how few places there are to make money, it’s hard to understand those who mess with the meals of conscripted soldiers.

“But what about tomorrow’s training? I’ve never done exercise or anything like that.”

Krushel asked with a worried expression.

‘Tomorrow’s training is definitely drill formations and running.’

If drill formations are what I think they are, they focus more on education than training, so they shouldn’t be physically demanding.

As long as we don’t get group punishment because of someone’s screw-up.

‘The problem is the running.’

Running – just from the word’s meaning, it means running like hell.

“Haven’t you ever tried jogging regularly?”

“No, I just read books in that time instead of exercising. Isn’t Paran the same as me?”

“Well… yeah.”

The part where he tried to put me, someone with special grade on the Korean military fitness test, on the same level really rubbed me the wrong way, but I couldn’t argue back.

The body I’ve possessed now isn’t much different from Krushel’s.

‘I did exercise a bit for a week after my enlistment was confirmed, but I wonder if that’ll be enough to get by.’

The key is how far we have to run.

‘Most nobles are definitely skinny pigs or just pigs, so they absolutely can’t do high-intensity training.’

Even if they do, that would actually be great.

Rather than something ambiguous, if it’s completely difficult and everyone drops out, it’s all the same in the end.

“I’m scared, but let’s work hard together.”

“Let’s do that.”

While having a brief conversation, I dipped the bread I brought into the sauce and tried it.

‘Why is this so delicious?’

The meat is good too, but this place seems to be famous for its sauce.

“This is going to be really fun. Do you think there are bonus points for finishing the run first?”

Clueless Derick spouted nonsense with an expectant expression.

‘Does he think training is some kind of running race?’

Of course, that possibility isn’t completely out of the question, but the military training I know wouldn’t be like that.

“Do you exercise regularly, Derick?”

Ion, sitting next to him, asked while cutting meat.

“Exercise? I do more than my peers. Every morning I climb mountains and in the afternoon I have knight training…”

Everyone listening looked at Derick with shocked expressions at his murderous schedule that went beyond intense.

‘For him, this place might really be like a resort.’

He wasn’t excited about coming to the military for nothing.

“That’s… amazing.”

“I could never live like that even if I died.”

“Huh? This is fun. And if you don’t sweat, your body gets all itchy, right?”

Your body gets itchy if you don’t sweat.

At words I couldn’t relate to at all, everyone skipped responding and focused on eating their food.

Having finished our meal faster than expected, we immediately left the dining hall and returned to the barracks.

“Ugh, this would be the perfect time for a nap.”

Pluto looked at the bed with eyes full of desire.

‘Buddy, you’re already thinking about lying down…?’

Exceptional footwork.

But the real deal was someone else.

“I’ve been thinking, we just need to not get caught, right? What if one person keeps watch for 10 minutes while the others lie down?”

A ducal family isn’t a ducal family for nothing.

Ion presented such a brilliant idea that even I found myself nodding.

‘If we do that… it could work?’

Our room’s location is quite far from the entrance.

So even if we spot an instructor while keeping watch and wake people up, there’s plenty of time.

“Ooh! As expected of someone who will lead a ducal family in the future. To think of such a genius method.”

Pluto gave a thumbs up while flattering him.

“Haha, thanks for saying that. Then we need to decide the order for keeping watch. Should we do it fairly with rock-paper-scissors?”

“Sounds good.”

“I want to lie down quickly. Let’s do it right now.”

Rock-paper-scissors proceeded without any hesitation or delay.

I wanted to object, but I was also too tired physically and mentally.

‘Right, this is a structure where we can’t get caught.’

Isn’t there a saying that perfect deception is invincible?

This looks like perfect deception to me.

“Rock-paper-scissors, if you don’t throw, you lose!”

“Rock-paper-scissors, if you don’t throw, you lose!”

.

.

With many people, it went on for several rounds, and miraculously, I came in first place.

“I’ll keep watch first.”

This decision came from judging that it would be advantageous to definitely keep watch first and then sleep soundly.

“Then I’ll go second.”

“I’ll go last.”

After deciding the order, all the roommates except me lay down on their beds.

‘But really, these guys have nerves of steel.’

I’d be too scared to even pull up the blanket, but somehow they all tucked themselves completely into their blankets.

‘Did the people who said they’d think of themselves as dead for 2 weeks actually die?’

I wanted to say something, but since I participated in this too, I had nothing to say.

“It’s quiet.”

Except for people going to the bathroom, there wasn’t even an ant in the hallway.

Everyone was probably either collapsed leaning against chairs, or if they were brave, lying on their beds.

‘But didn’t they say there would be theory classes after meals?’

It’s well past the time when they could have called us back to the auditorium, but there was no summons.

‘They wouldn’t give us time to rest like this, so maybe meals aren’t finished yet.’

Keeping watch is such a boring and tedious task that all sorts of random thoughts kept coming to mind.

“Ugh.”

When about half of the 10 minutes had passed, I stretched and prepared to lie down.

Like that, 1 minute, 2 minutes.

As the shift change time approached, I was starting to yawn…

Knock knock!

A sound like something tapping came from behind my head.

The moment I quickly turned my head, our eyes met.

With the red-hatted instructor standing outside the window with a menacing expression.

‘Why is he… coming out from there.’

My thoughts stopped for a moment and I couldn’t open my mouth.

Meanwhile, the instructor opened the closed window.

And as he stepped over and came inside, staying still like this would mean death.

“Everyone… wake up!”

I woke up the sleeping roommates with a voice loud enough to be heard from far away.

“Ugh, huh…?”

The roommates who opened their eyes froze in disbelief at the unbelievable situation.

‘You damn bastards! Don’t just stay there, get out of bed quickly.’

Even if you want to escape from wrongdoing, you need to be in sync, but these guys are hopeless.

“I’m pretty sure I told you not to sleep, but did the Instructor’s words not sound like words to you?”

A voice filled with anger.

This is real.

“S…sorry!”

I bowed my head without a moment’s hesitation.

“Cadet, didn’t you hear me say not to sleep?”

The Instructor approached Krushel, who was awkwardly getting up from bed, and asked.

“I…I heard you.”

“Then why were you lying down!!!”

The lion’s roar finally exploded.

Krushel’s bangs fluttered.

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