The Difference Is Like Between a Dog and a Cow

41 – Unopened Used Platoon (1)

The unrest in the city of Cherno was quickly resolved.

According to the original plan, all troops connected to the city should have been swept away at the same time, but since the obvious evidence was discovered, there was no reason to do so.

Major Lannister, who seized all authority from Lamour, immediately freed the Shakov Guildmaster from being imprisoned underground.

As soon as the guild leader, who was waiting for the arrival of the military police, opened Pandora’s Box with Chief Secretary Alpera, the city turned upside down.

In the ledger that Shakov kept, the corruption of merchants and guards (excluding his own faction) was written down in detail.

The evidence was so vast and detailed that even Major Lannister stuck out his tongue in disgust.

– He must have been a merchant who flew even in the center, not on the outskirts.

– That’s too much praise.

Since the momentum has already waned, the military police have consistently ignored the claims of those who were at odds with Shakov.

Who doesn’t know that all the evidence presented by Shakoff was written in a biased way?

However, in reality, only the winners are remembered. At the point when Lamour’s forces disintegrated, their defeat must have already been decided.

Thus the guards, merchants’ guilds, and even the municipal administration. Almost dozens of people were arrested at once.

The city’s guards had a crush on Lamour and were newly reorganized, focusing on those who had not committed any violations.

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While public officials were being arrested in droves, it was needless to say the end of Gavial, an obvious criminal organization.

Lauro and his gang, including the boss, were summarily executed in the central plaza, and their bodies were said to have been hung in the plaza for three days as an example.

Soon Lamour will be executed for treason to the state, so his brother will reunite with him in hell.

Medeta City, Medeta City.

The swift and drastic punishment was highly commendable, but as long as the bureaucrats were wiped out, Cherno city’s administrative work was in a state of collapse.

The national gendarmerie, including Major Lannister, had no choice but to ask for support from nearby units in order to prevent the inevitably occurring security vacuum and paralysis of administrative work as much as possible.

Of course, by order of Lieutenant Colonel Lockhart, our 3rd Mage Battalion was also dispatched with personnel from the logistics and personnel departments to carry out the task.

And the long-awaited, additional mission given to me and our 5th Platoon, who can be seen to have played a major role in this case…….

“Platoon commander, please move this.”

“Yes, I understand.”

It was to decorate the barracks.

“Hmm, it seems that most of the furniture has been moved, right?”

The lounge, which used to be sparsely placed with furniture compared to its size, is now quite clean and full of pleasant feeling.

A luxurious rocking chair and an antique fireplace were newly installed on the wool sofa.

The cage for the parrot Bell Meyer used to raise was also placed in one corner of the lounge.

‘…… It was a bit random. A parrot.’

Since the lounge was all overhauled, he said he wanted to grow it in a large space, so he just allowed it.

A pet is fine, right?

Somehow it looks cozy.

And most importantly, all of this furniture was provided ‘for free’.

It was thanks to the special efforts of the Shakov Guild Leader.

Even if it wasn’t for me, I’d been devising sufficient countermeasures, but it was all thanks to me that I was able to be released as soon as I was detained.

Rumia, who had roughly completed the arrangement of all the furniture, shrugged her shoulders happily, and Sergeant Bell began to whine.

“Rumia~!! Let’s stop now!”

“Ugh! Sergeant Bell, you can’t do this.”

“Ah…… I don’t know…… I’m having a hard time…….”

Even though he flatly refused, Bell jumped up on the sofa and lay down in protest.

“Tsk, if you have nothing to do, go in and rest.”

Sergeant Claude looked at him as if he was pitiful, then quietly disappeared into his room.

In an atmosphere that fizzled out in an instant, Rumia had no choice but to give up.

“Ugh, okay. So, shall we finish today’s work here? I brought all the furniture I received anyway.”

“Not a bad idea. You don’t have to do everything today.”

Unfortunately, I was also in a state of stamina.

I didn’t actually use my strength, I just moved it using a simple wind attribute magic.

Perhaps it consumed a lot of mana with the last water cannon, or it was because after that day, if you used magic a little bit, symptoms of anemia began to appear little by little.

“Ah…… Right! Sorry! I should have thought about the platoon leader’s body…… !”

Lumia must have noticed that my complexion wasn’t looking so good, and Rumia said, startled.

Bell, who was trying to play a prank on her, also sneaks up from her seat and approaches.

“Platoon commander, are you dizzy again? Shall I cast a healing spell on you?”

“No, it’s fine. I still have to endure it. Because I can’t always get help from Sergeant Bell or Sergeant Rumia.”

“I heard you haven’t gotten better yet.”

“Yes, but… ….”

I was joking that I might get body aches, but in fact, the day after Lamour was arrested, I got body aches like a ghost.

The medical officer said it was because he moved excessively while not fully recovering.

It seems that the ‘slow recovery’ debuff, which was one of the attributes that was added, is unnecessarily effective.

‘Damn it.’

Still, you can’t always depend on two people.

As much as I am slowly training in parallel even in the midst of pain, I will have to endure with evil from today.

“Then I will go to the medical unit to get some medicine.”

“Shall we go with you?”

“No, it’s fine. Sergeant Lumia is also resting well.”

Since I was thinking of burning a cigarette anyway, what am I going to do by taking her all the way to Rumia?

I trudged out of the barracks, leaving behind the two still worried eyes.

***

“Coup! Cough Cough!”

I spit out the cigarette that was in my mouth. I had only taken one sip, but all of a sudden, dizziness began to set in.

My body is shaking, and my head is pounding again.

‘Ah…… This isn’t good.’

I quickly stepped on the butt and extinguished it, and headed straight to the headquarters where the medical unit was located.

Did you say that the amount of production could not keep up with the amount of mana consumed?

Originally, in this case, it could have been easily solved by obtaining mana from a third party.

The problem is that the density of my magic core is 10 times that of a normal mage.

The medic added that even if they brought in first-class mages like Rumiana and Bell, they would get better only if they supplied mana until they were almost exhausted.

I thought I would just rest quietly for a few days…… I’m going to say this sh*t because I moved some of the furniture.

‘I’ll turn around. Slow recovery, this is holding my ankle too much.’

In Hearts of General, some debuff characteristics are changed or deleted through acquired experience and effort.

For example, weakness.

Those things were one of the debuffs that could be sufficiently overcome through steady training.

On the contrary, there are debuffs that cannot be removed no matter what you do.

Typically, it was this ‘slow resilience’ that I keep talking about.

It’s a debuff that can never be overcome, but it’s just that injuries heal a little later, illnesses heal a little later, and it takes a little longer to recover lost magic.

Actually, it wasn’t a debuff that could decide the outcome of a war. It is also a characteristic that there is no big problem in securing a position in the early stages and being promoted.

So it was one of the debuff traits I used often, but when I actually experienced it, it was quite annoying.

Especially as a magic officer, it was fatal that magic restoration took a long time. At this rate, I wonder if I will be able to fight properly on the battlefield five years from now.

“Damn it… ….”

Ping-.

At the staggering sight, my feet going up the stairs are spinning, and I barely hold on to the railing when I almost fall.

I was fine until now, but if I had known it would make such a sudden rush, I would have brought Rumia.

As I struggled up the stairs, I regretted my foolish choice.

“After.”

Choose your breath again.

Since the most basic symptom of magical power deficiency is shock due to difficulty breathing, it is important to maintain consciousness and control breathing.

Still, it’s like an idiot, but it’s been almost a month since I possessed a body that wasn’t an idiot again.

A certain amount of know-how is acquired.

“Fu, pu-hu.”

I felt dizzy every time I climbed one step. Was the height of only the second floor this high?

It’s a completely different discomfort than when I fainted from stress in front of Lockhart’s battalion commander.

The sense that my body is hitting its limits came true, and at the same time, I felt a tremendous sense of shame.

Is it true that the body is at the level of radioactive waste?

It was when I somehow staggered up the stairs to the second floor and staggered to my duty.

Puck.

“Ah!”

I can’t see properly, and I bump into a person approaching from the opposite side. The light shock broke the consciousness he was barely holding on to.

I just fell backwards and hit my head on the floor with a thump.

Fortunately, the floor was carpeted, so the back of my head was only throbbing, but I wasn’t seriously hurt…….

f*ck, I couldn’t move my body.

“Eh?! Uh no! Are you okay!?”

“Of, Coffin. Duty.”

As I put my lips together with difficulty, the pink-haired woman thrusts her face into her.

“Yes!? Please tell me one more time!”

“…… Duty officer.”

“Ah-! Duty officer!! Now hold on! But this symptom is just a symptom that occurs when there is a lack of magic power…….”

She turned her head around and surveyed her surroundings, then sat down on top of me.

“Well, now. Doing… ….”

“Wait a minute!”

Her small hand was placed on my heart, and a tremendous concentration of mana flowed into my magic core in an instant.

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I could feel it instinctively.

Hey, what is it?

It is extremely fresh, as if mana was freshly generated from the magic core. The concentration was thicker than any mana he had ever felt, and even richer.

My vision, which had been cloudy, was quickly restored, and as my breathing calmed down, my head naturally cleared.

Muscles that lost control for a while also return to their original state.

Mana Supply.

Like a blood transfusion, I injected my own mana into my magic core.

I quickly checked her condition.

It was said that even first-class mages Rumia and Bell were exhausted, but in just a few seconds, the mana was supplied to the level where the magic core could operate normally.

Anything like this would have taken a toll on your magic core, right?

However, the mage in question just wiped her chest, saying that it was fortunate, and seemed to be unconcerned.

Besides…… I feel like I’ve seen this person a lot somewhere.

I couldn’t confirm his rank because he was wearing plain clothes, but he had light pink hair, emerald eyes, and a skinny body.

No way?

As I stood up, she held out her hand to me and smiled.

“My name is Sergeant Roxanna Elim. It’s the first time I’ve seen you in the unit! Are you new?”

As expected.

He was the last member of my platoon who was always in the room.