I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 56
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Episode 56
I expected him to say something like asking me to help with some errand somewhere, but what came out of his mouth was completely different.
“I was quite surprised too. It’s a list that only includes the most crucial targets, so I wonder how the Lieutenant got his name on there. Did you do something behind my back?”
“What could I have done while being in the Catering Company?”
My voice grew louder without realizing it due to the injustice.
‘So that’s why that leader guy targeted me first.’
Thinking about it again gives me chills.
“Maybe it’s because of the Sadis incident. But they’re not an organization that moves based on revenge. Especially not in a situation like this.”
Eden stroked his chin while deep in thought on his galloping horse.
“Then what should I do from now on? Isn’t this dangerous as it is?”
“How dangerous could it be compared to the soldiers fighting on the city walls right now?”
“Well, that’s true, but…”
Another damn logical attack came crashing down on me.
“Well, just be careful. I’m also a target, but I’m still alive and well, aren’t I?”
“Captain, I mean Major, you’re also a target? How did that happen?”
“Do you think I just casually rose to Major at this age?”
Eden showed me an extremely irritated smile.
‘This guy is pretty young compared to his way of speaking and actions.’
I don’t know his exact age, but at face value, he looks to be in his late twenties.
“I always respect you.”
“I’m sure you do. More importantly, are we going the right way?”
Eden asked while looking at the road we were currently traveling on.
“Weren’t you the one who knew the way?”
“What are you talking about? I’m following the Lieutenant right now.”
“What…? I’m also following you right now.”
Two gazes meeting in mid-air.
As expected, this guy and I just don’t match no matter what.
* * *
“This looks like the potato warehouse, so we should burn this one.”
“Why burn it? I can’t eat because there are no french fries.”
“We already have enough potatoes stored. Even if we take them now, they’ll just spoil.”
Even with proper storage, potatoes have a maximum limit of 3 weeks.
“Tsk, I see. Who would have thought the day would come when I’d feel sorry about potatoes.”
“Let’s move to the wheat storehouse. That one’s at least worth taking.”
I recorded it as ‘to be burned’ in my notebook, then left the warehouse and mounted my horse to move.
“The village feels quite desolate with no people around.”
“Isn’t this the painful reality that war has brought? I heard it was originally a very lively village.”
Since all the healthy men who were the labor force are now fighting, even after the war ends, it will take a long time to recover to its previous state.
“How unfortunate. But doesn’t the back of your head feel itchy?”
“What? What do you suddenly mean?”
Thud!
Suddenly Eden raised his foot and kicked me while I was mounted on the horse.
Whoosh! Thunk!
At the same time, an arrow flew and stuck into the ground.
“Neighhhh!”
The horse cried out in surprise at the sudden situation.
But the one who was most surprised was actually me.
‘Shit, what the hell!’
If I had stayed as I was, my head would have been pierced without me knowing anything.
“What are you spacing out for! Hurry up and follow me. Hyah!”
After shouting at me, Eden drove his horse toward the direction the arrow came from.
‘What kind of person is so calm like that.’
I also immediately mounted my horse and followed Eden, but when I arrived, the situation was already over.
“I’m… I’m sorry! Please spare me just this once! I have a wife and children at home!”
A man lying flat on the ground, rubbing his hands together desperately toward Eden.
Looking at his rank insignia, he was a Sergeant wearing Adits Imperial Army clothes.
“A scout?”
At Eden’s words, the man shook his head vigorously.
“No… no! What am I to be doing reconnaissance? It’s embarrassing to say, but I ran away because I was scared of being assigned to the Vanguard Company.”
A deserter.
Unlike inside the fortress, when you go out on an expedition, access control becomes difficult, making this a common problem.
“Then you should just go your way, why shoot an arrow?”
“I… I thought you might attack me if we ran into each other. I’m really sorry! Please show mercy just this once!”
His voice was filled with such desperation that it was pitiful.
‘What is he going to do?’
Naturally, deciding what to do with this guy wasn’t my decision to make.
“That’s what I’m saying. Lieutenant, what do you think would be best?”
While I was quietly waiting for his decision, Eden looked at me and asked.
“What? You should do whatever you want, Major.”
“Wasn’t it the Lieutenant who was attacked?”
His eyes seemed to be asking me to answer quickly.
I could tell right away that he wanted something from me.
‘This guy is bothering me again.’
I turned my gaze to look down at the man who was desperately rubbing his hands together.
“Please, spare me just this once!”
His voice sounded like he was about to cry any moment.
First, it seemed necessary to determine whether he was telling the truth.
‘It’s a bit wasteful, but I have no choice.’
While staring at his face, I activated the skill that Eden loves to death.
[Would you like to view the target’s truth?]
[Cost: 30p]
“What?”
The price was much more expensive than expected, and I couldn’t help but speak out loud.
“Is there some problem?”
“No… there isn’t.”
“I can’t wait long, so decide quickly.”
“Understood. Just a moment, please.”
I rubbed my eyes and checked the price again.
‘It’s more expensive than Sadis.’
A deserter more expensive than Sadis?
Such a person cannot exist.
‘The points are precious, should I just tell him to kill him? No.’
I briefly considered extreme penny-pinching, but my wallet has been quite full lately, so I can handle this much.
[The Eye of Truth pierces through the target.]
Name: Gabi
Affiliation: 3rd Army Corps of the Adits Empire, Tactical Staff
Rank: Captain
Position: Tactical Staff Officer
Specialties: Calculation, Tea ceremony, Taciturnity
Current state: Trying his best to deceive and get through this somehow.
‘Look at this bastard?’
A betrayal that I could feel in his identity.
If I had let him go out of pity, it would have been a disaster.
“Please, just once…”
“Wait, but thinking about it again, he might not be a soldier, right?”
“Hmm, why do you think that?”
“If he’s a deserter, he should be heading south, not coming this way.”
From the moment it was confirmed he wasn’t a deserter, it became very easy to think of plausible reasons.
“Right, that’s quite strange.”
“Des…desertion would obviously be unforgivable, so I was trying to live in the Raikhan Empire!”
The man rebutted as if he had been waiting for this.
Perhaps because he was a staff officer, his mind worked incredibly fast.
But in times like this, there’s an invincible move.
“I just have a bad feeling about this. No matter how I look at it, doesn’t he seem like some staff officer who came out on reconnaissance?”
Hiccup.
As soon as I finished speaking, the man’s pupils shook violently.
“Looks like I hit the jackpot.”
There was no chance Eden would miss such an obvious reaction that even I could see.
Swoosh!
Eden brought his sword to the man’s throat without a moment’s hesitation.
“Wa…wait a moment please! I’ll talk! I’ll talk! Right now the Adits Empire is planning something huge!”
Eden, who had been swinging his sword, stopped momentarily at this topic that couldn’t help but pique his interest.
“Oh, tell me.”
“Instead, please promise you’ll spare my life.”
An earnest and desperate voice.
Since he had already acted once before, I couldn’t trust him.
“If the information is true, sparing you is nothing. If we win the battle, I’ll even promise a reward.”
The man’s expression brightened at Eden’s words.
“I’ll trust you and tell you. Right now the Adits Empire is targeting a surprise attack on the North Gate! The timing is tomorrow dawn!”
“A surprise attack.”
“I’ve told you what I know, so can I go now?”
The man looked ready to run away the moment he got permission.
But Eden wasn’t such an easy person.
“Not yet! Lieutenant.”
“Yes.”
“What do you think? Does this seem like proper information to you?”
‘Ah shit, why is he asking me again?’
At this point, he definitely thinks of me as a lie detector.
‘I’ll go along with this just one more time.’
Since the outcome of the battle was important to me too, I activated the skill once more.
[Would you like to view the target’s truth?]
[Cost: 15p]
[From the second use, the cost is reduced by half.]
‘What’s with this out-of-place discount?’
These guys would be more than enough to recall as an error, so I hurriedly made the payment.
[Eyes of Truth pierce through the target.]
Name: Gabi
Affiliation: 3rd Army Corps of the Adits Empire, Tactical Staff
Rank: Captain
Position: Staff Officer
Specialties: Calculation, Tea ceremony, Silence
Current state: Desperately praying that the enemy will fall for the bait he threw.
‘Bait? Then there’s a real plan somewhere else.’
The explanation was ambiguous, making my head hurt even more.
And the system, as always, knew my troubles better than anyone.
[The criterion is met with 3 uses of Eyes of Truth.]
[You have acquired the skill ‘Ears of Truth.’]
[Ears of Truth]
An excellent commander should know how to read people’s hearts to prevent accidents.
Ability: Use points to hear the target’s inner thoughts for a certain period of time.
‘This is really overpowered.’
Eyes of Truth was already overpowered, but being able to read inner thoughts.
There was no need to hesitate.
[Would you like to hear the target’s truth?]
[Cost: 20p per 10 seconds]
‘Expensive.’
How much suffering do I have to go through to earn 20 points, and they want me to spend it for just 10 seconds.
It was ridiculous, but I had no choice other than to purchase it.
‘I have to extract everything in exactly 10 seconds.’
After preparing questions in my head beforehand, I tearfully offered up 20 points.
[The target’s truth will be heard for 10 seconds.]
“Major Eden, in my view, this seems like a smokescreen. The truth is something else, isn’t it?”
There was no time.
I didn’t need to beat around the bush and spoke directly, and once again the guy trembled.
-Wha…what! How did he know?
Meaningless, useless words.
I had to draw out more.
“Why…why won’t you believe me?”
[9]
[8]
Time flowing coldly fast.
It was time to push harder.
“You have to tell the truth properly for us to believe you. Right now it’s the Seto Family planning the strategy, so they wouldn’t move so simply.”
[7]
[6]
[5]
As my words got longer, I unknowingly used up 3 seconds.
“That certainly makes sense.”
[4]
Eden agreed from the side, using up another second.
-Damn, to think they’d be suspicious like that. Is he really a lieutenant? Why is he so experienced?
[3]
Again, he was only saying useless things.
“A smokescreen.”
Eden stroked his chin and began pondering something.
[2]
“I don’t even know who that is…”
“Are they planning to use the North Gate as bait and attack somewhere else? The East Gate and Western Gate… the East Gate is closer to the Inner Fortress, so if they’re going to do it, it would be there.”
[1]
-This damn…
[Time has expired.]
I didn’t hear everything, but there was a definite reaction.
Actually, there was no need to listen.
Every time he lied, his eyes wavered, and now he showed a more certain reaction than ever before.
And he himself was well aware of that fact.
“These damn Lycan dogs, die!”
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