The Difference Is Like Between a Dog and a Cow

48 – Heading to the Capital (2)

It was a bright day heading to the capital. After a quick shower from early in the morning, while I was ironing my military uniform, I heard a crackling noise from the lounge.

“Eek, kyaaak!”

“Ah! No! Catch! Catch!”

With Lumia’s scream, Bell’s voice screamed in panic.

I don’t know what the hell they’re doing, but I can definitely feel that everyone is excited about heading to the capital.

I woke up pretty early too, but the two of them got up much earlier than me and were getting ready.

Wearing such a stiffly square military uniform, I stood in front of a full-length mirror and trimmed my hair.

If I had to take care of it, it would be the plain clothes I shopped with Bell last time, and there was nothing else. It’s not like I’m going on a trip in the first place, I’m going to the capital to be praised for my achievements, so there’s no need to pack everything.

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But that was purely my opinion.

“…… ????”

“Ha ha ha…… Is it a little too much?”

“Not a little.”

Next to Rumia were two bags high enough to reach her thighs. No, I don’t bring two bags like that even when I travel abroad.

And in Bell Meyer’s case it was more spectacle.

“Ah–, evil.”

“Please, why are you taking the parrot?”

The load was relatively smaller than Rumia’s, but the problem was the cage held in her right hand. Inside, without fail, was Belle Meyer’s favorite parrot.

“In case you didn’t know… ….”

“Could Roxanna and Claude starve?”

“No, it’s not that kind of problem… ….”

Bell Meyer continued to blur the end of her words, as if there was something unsettling about it.

“I can’t. She can’t carry it all. Sergeant Rumia will leave one of her bags behind, and Sergeant Bell will leave her parrot.”

“Well, then I’d rather unpack my things. Because clothes can be bought there……. You must take the parrot with you.”

Why are you like this today?

Something was strange.

Has Bell Meyer ever been so stubborn about her? Until now, she had been faithful to my words, she had followed me well, so she felt even more uncomfortable.

“Does the parrot have anything?”

“That…… No. I’ll tell you later. But I have to take this kid.”

“Mmm. Platoon Commander, I’ll ask for this too. I’ll pack my things again. You might as well take Sergeant Bell’s parrot with you.”

Furthermore, Lumia Bluee also started firing support, so it became difficult for me to take care of it.

‘What, is it similar to Lumia’s trauma?’

Bell Meyer had been documented that she was suffering from dissociative amnesia with depression even in her original written statement.

She may look normal on the outside, but she is suffering from mental illness from the beginning.

Her original mental illness is often hidden from her outward appearance unless it is extremely serious. Even I, the platoon commander, for a moment forgot about her peculiarities.

Partly because Bell Meyer hides it well, but that doesn’t change the fact that she is sick.

‘Among her former subordinates, she showed signs of obsessing over certain things.’

Her friend was autistic, but…….

As much as she had received counseling for depression several times, she thought that Bell Meyer’s symptoms would not be very different from the symptoms she suffered from.

With that in mind, it was somewhat understandable that she was overly obsessed with parrots.

For some reason, she tended to be overly obsessed with her dog number, and she became extremely anxious if it ever broke.

If that’s really the reason, taking a parrot would be much more helpful for Sergeant Bell Meyer’s stability.

“…… I’ll take you right now. You have to be careful not to get into trouble.”

“It’s okay. They trained me well.”

Well, so far, Bell’s parrot has never been particularly noisy or ran amok.

Except for the occasional time when Belle took him out for a walk, he didn’t particularly pay attention to anyone and stayed quiet.

And besides, it’s a parrot, so it’s going to be a big deal?

“Okay. Then the parrot is okay.”

“Thank you, Platoon Captain Enoch.”

“Then now, just go to Lumia. I just take out everything else and bring only the bare minimum of clothes and cosmetics. Do you understand?”

“Ah, yes…… All right.”

Rumia, who had been pointed out by her cock, stretched her shoulders, as if she had thought that her self would be fooled too. She dragged her two large bags back to the lodging, and soon she brought a bag that was just the size of a backpack.

“I was able to do this from the beginning…… Why didn’t you?”

“hehehe, I’m a little excited.”

Rumia let out an awkward laugh.

Anyway, with this, she is ready to depart for the capital. When I took the platoon members and headed to the main gate of the unit that had been notified in advance, there were already a line of wagons from the National Military Police waiting there.

“Glory to the motherland!”

As I salute Major Lannister, who was standing in front of me, he greets me with a wry smile.

“Are you a little late?”

“Sorry, I’m having a hard time organizing my luggage.”

“All right. We’ve just arrived. Now, let’s all get on board. The luggage will be carried by our children in the back wagon.”

As soon as the major’s words were gone, the military police who had been lined up came and quickly retrieved the luggage.

Thanks to Lumia’s luggage, as well as mine, the military police lightly lifted the luggage and loaded it onto the wagon.

Of course, the cage in question was never handed over.

“Can I ask what it is?”

“Oh, this… ….”

Before Bell Meyer could say anything, I jumped first.

“It’s kind of like our platoon’s mascot. It’s a parrot He said he was worried about Sergeant Bell and wanted to take him with him.”

As the military policeman who was about to take the cage turned his head to look at the major, the Lannister swept his chin and smiled softly.

“In short, it’s like a canary in a mine. All right. If that is the case, there will be no problem.”

He seems to have accepted the parrot as a symbol of good luck. In fact, I often carry them around with such a nuance.

In response, Bell Meyer gently tugged at my sleeve and nodded. It was an expression of gratitude.

“Don’t worry too much and just live normally. Isn’t it the schedule you used to cry out loud when you left?”

“Ah…… ! You don’t want to go that far, do you?”

“Yes, yes, you would.”

“Enoch is the platoon leader!”

It’s a good day, but I’m in a halfway mood right from the start.

I played with the bell lightly to evoke the low-pressure atmosphere from the moment I made the parrot a problem.

Fortunately, the strategy worked well, and Bell’s expression softened.

“Then let’s all get on board. We have a long way to go than we thought.”

I must have loaded all my luggage.

After finally getting on top of the military police carriage painted black, the military policeman standing outside closes the door and sits in the coachman’s seat.

“Let’s go now!”

Rumble, rattle.

With the wagon shaking, the 5-day, 4-night itinerary to visit the capital began.

***

The capital, Kayev.

That name I miss.

From the time Baron Mayer, who managed the remote territory, was chosen by the former duke, King Orlando Ruth II, and ascended to the center, it became the home of Belle Myer’s life.

Sometimes, memories of the hometown I spent with Debra Bennett, which was my original hometown, with whom I have become distant now, come to mind.

What occupied the most weight in the memory of a person named Bell Meyer were his days in the capital, Kayef.

A harmonious family, a family and father protected by the king. As the second daughter among 2 boys and 3 girls, her relationship with her older sisters and brothers was not bad either.

There, Bell Meyer received the highest level of education, and at a young age he was offered a scout to one of the capital’s mage towers, ‘Ziva’.

The second daughter of the Baron, favored by King Orlando Ruth II.

The youngest magic trainee in the Chiba Magic Tower.

It didn’t take long for her life, which seemed to be shining golden, to collapse in an instant.

Those who have noble blood and talent combined have a high value as ‘magical’ just by their existence.

A flower with a beautiful shape and sweet fragrance is bound to attract flies.

The year she turned 18.

Following her father Alexei Meyer on a tour of the provinces, Bell Meyer was kidnapped by the Strigoi, a group that studies black magic and worships evil spirits.

It was because of Belle Meyer’s magic talents that she was scouted by the Chiba Magic Tower at a young age, and because she was naturally gifted with ‘blood art’.

There she found her mind corrupted by terrible necromancy and river magic.

Even after she was narrowly rescued by mobilizing her national power, her aftereffects continued to eat away at Bell Meyer’s consciousness.

It was for this reason that she decided to enlist in the military. Her bellmeyer’s magic core was severely damaged during the ‘cleansing’ operation, which was her torture at the time.

In addition, as the power of the principality passed from the 2nd to the 3rd generation of Orlando Ruth, the Meyer family was naturally pushed out of the competition for power, and the Meyer family, including Alexei Meyer, were dispatched as administrators of a city slightly away from the capital.

As long as the prince’s protection is gone, Bell Mayer’s identity cannot be safely protected.

In this way, the promising daughter of the Baron Mayer family, and the girl who could become the youngest mage of the Chiba School, became a member of the closed platoon of the frontline magic battalion.

For Bell Meyer, who had such a past, her capital, Kayef, was the only place that symbolized those happy days. A paradise for her where she could unleash her own dreams without any worries.

“…… I’m finally back.”

After relying on the carriage for a long time, the panoramic view of the huge city over the horizon.

Bell Mayer muttered as he looked at the place.