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âAhâŠâŠhow can you do that with your back rattlingâŠâŠand how can you do that 10-man captain Smithson against four people without hesitationâŠâŠâ
âAhaha, a, as you can imagine, I might not be able to do battle right now eitherâŠâŠâ
âYou donât work out enough!â
âAlmeidaâŠâŠyou ended up passing out the second time and leaving everything else to the other threeâŠâŠâ
The morning after the orgy. The four gauntlet knights sat stiffly together at a very long table in the dining room of the Celesta mansion, dressed somewhat sloppily and babbling away, exchanging their thoughts about last night. As I watched from a distance, Hildaâs hand snapped out from behind me.
âHow is it really going? Isnât it painful for your muscles and joints?â
âI donât have any subjective symptomsâ
As one would expect, there is a temporary shortness of breath or the like when shaking oneâs hips violently, but there is not much in the way of fatigue that lingers afterward.
âItâs the opposite of me. I am confident that I can do combat and intelligence work for three days without a break, but I canât have sex so many times a dayâ
100-man commander Becker put his elbow on my shoulder opposite of Hildaâs. âŠâŠWhen or rather naturally entered into the conversation, he might have somehow peeked into yesterdayâs thing too.
âThe first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the two of you are both human beings, and youâre already 40 years old, Becker-kunâ
âWell, itâs true that at my age, I tend to leave the front lines of physical competition to those who come after me. While Kingfisher and Vincent are still active, I canât afford to age out of the game, being just a little younger than themâ
âVincent, that Overknightâ
âThatâs it, Scott Vincent. I was a lot stronger than him when I was younger. That son of a bitchâ
Along with Sir Bonaparte at Trot, the Overknight is a symbolic figure in the Celesta army. General Scott Vincent, one of the two Overknights, is known as the ăKing of Lightningă or ăSword of Celestaă and is one of the most feared warriors on the continent. 100-man commander Becker casually refers to him as such and claims that he was stronger than him. It is true that his strength is Master Knight level no matter how you look at it, but once again, I think it is amazing.
âI wonder if General Vincent was over forty? I think itâs about to decline because heâs an ogreâ
I feel caught up in the way Hilda-san says it and ask her back.
âBecause heâs an ogre?â
âYes, ogres age a little faster than humans and beastmen. They are said to have the shortest lifespan of any subrace so farâ
It makes me a little sad to hear that. Iâm not a long-lived species either. I guess I would age too quickly for the elves and dragons, which is a pity. I donât have much of a problem with that. Iâm sure Goto and Isaac will die of old age much sooner than I will.
âThere are others out there like Arthur Bonaparte, though. Even at sixty, heâs not only not weak, heâs getting stronger with a new set of eyeballsâ
âAhâŠâŠthere are always exceptions to everything, arenât thereâ
100-man commander Becker with a faraway look in his eyes, and Hilda, who laughs bitterly. Well, I think that old man is really too helpful when talking about race theory.
âWeâre heading to Catalina now. It seems that this time Catalina is packed with Gold Arm Great Knight Chief Lister Jail. Unlike the time of the great invasion, Catalina is not deployed for battle, but the population is almost the same because farmers who cultivate and herd cattle until the fall will also be there. Donât get too sloppy just because itâs a town you knowâ
All members of the special task force return a salute to Dianneâs instruction. Well, I canât deny that Iâve been a bit slack lately, no matter where I go.
âItâs about time we did some trainingâ
âNo, the only person who has been completely slacking off is 10-man captain Keiron. Lantz and I had at least some target practiceâ
âSeriously? When did you do it?â
âIn Polka, there were 100-man commander Isaac and 100-man commander Williams and I felt a strange pressure if I played around too muchâ
ââŠâŠI thought Lantz and Goto were the kind of guys who didnât feel that wayâ
âOnly 10-man captain Keiron can live that freely in the armyâ
I heard that the three peaceful men of our troop were enjoying Polka very much. âŠâŠIt is somewhat frustrating that I was quite busy.
âBoyd, I hope you havenât missed any trainingâ
âO, Of course, Iâm. There was nothing else to do but date and huntâŠâŠâ
âIâll give you a review when we get to Catalina. If youâre weaker than you were before winter, weâll triple your basic trainingâ
Anzeros had been in demon instructor mode for a long time.
ââââââââââââ
Moving smoothly on the wings of Laila and Maia. As expected, there was still a glimmer of snow on the ground, but Catalina, which is much further south than Polka, was already showing signs of spring.
âI was contacted by communication magic yesterday, so I thought you were about to comeâ
Great Knight Chief Lister greets us.
âCommunication magic? âŠâŠIf only Celesta had it, we could spare more than half of the flying dragon flightsâ
âTell Alex. Itâs one of the few military advantages we have in this country. I donât think heâll give it upâ
Dianne and Great Knight Chief Lister exchange wry smiles. In todayâs world, not only transportation but also communication is slow. We rely on messages and letters. If communication magic could be transmitted to all countries, it would be revolutionary, but if it were used for military purposes, it would also reduce transmission loss and time differences to as close to zero as possible. The battlefield where people intercept each other would surely be a wilderness of wonders. The development of such a system, if started, would in turn reduce the operational reliability of Renfangas in the country. The probability of disinformation being replaced by disinformation even in areas unrelated to the war would be less than zero. Thatâs why it canât be leaked to the outsideâŠâŠis the logic I was taught by Tetes, who is a user.
âRather, you can have a flying dragon in Renfangas. There are some subspecies in the Eastern Mountains, as I recallâ
âWeâve had a few plans for this in the past, but unlike your species, theyâre not as accustomed to people. Some of the people in charge of keeping them have become pitiful. Afilm and Celesta wonât give us their eggs under realistic conditions. The actual carrying capacity is not that great, and the risk is not worth itâ
âOh dear. I guess the hardship is mutualâ
Celesta with its flying dragons, Renfangas with its genius in magic creation. One of them wants a means of communication that covers a large country and the other wants a safe and extensive means of reconnaissance. The two sides are probably itching to make a clean exchange.
âWell, thatâs all right. We have a lot to report, but first letâs get you settled inâ
âI understand. Thanks for the welcomeâ
Our room is almost exactly as we left it. I guess thatâs to be expected since we are part of the dragonâs crew and they donât know when weâll be back. Still, itâs not as comfortable as it should be after a while.
âItâs dusty, as youâd expect. Maybe I should clean up todayâ
âIâll go wash the quiltsâ
âLantz, Goto, you guys mopâ
The two look uncomfortable when Keiron orders them to do something. âŠâŠThey are too arrogant for regular soldiers who are not yet ready to act like big shots.
âNo, wait a minute, Keiron. What are you going to do?â
âEh? I was thinking Iâd go and sit in the sun for a bitâŠâŠâ
No good boss. These guys are all here.
âGoto is helping the girls get their stuff together Lantz and Keiron, mop!â
The three of them looked disgusted at my corrective order. What the hell, thatâs reasonable.
âWhat is 10-man captain Smithson supposed to do?â
âŠâŠThatâs what Iâm getting at.
ââŠâŠGreetings with Dianneâ
Keironâs leaping kick came flying in. Donât jump to eye level, even if youâre an athletic fox.
Well, cleaning itself is not that big a job. We are almost done by lunch and meet up with the girls in the corridor near the rooftop. There is still snow on the rooftop, so it was not a good place to gather.
âRationâŠâŠYouâre not in the middle of a battleâ
âNo, the mayor and the people at the station said it was for lunchâŠâŠwhat should I say if it wasnât rationed?â
ââŠâŠWell, rationingâ
There are stores inside Catalina and food and alcohol are normally distributed now that the town is functioning as a town. If you want something, you have to pay for it. Even so, the fact that they are providing us with food, albeit at a minimal level, is a sign that they are including us in their army numbers. Boyd brought a jar of soup in a cart and freshly baked bread in a wooden box. In another jar, there were meat dishes and pickled vegetables and a few bottles of alcohol.
âOho, itâs gorgeous beyond compare to the fallâ
Lantz rubbed his hands and rejoiced.
âWell, itâs just normal, thoughâ
âWe just canât go around eating without moderation during a major invasion that disrupts distribution for a month!â
Naris and Tetes each get their own portion. I, too, saw the cityâs resilience in the breadâs subtle warmth and the aroma of the soup. Yes, this is not just a fort. It is a ăTownă where Renfangas still make food and survive. We canât always say, ăItâs not enoughă. They eat and drink delicious food and live while creating various things. This city has never given up on being such a normal city.
âWe have to quickly take back the land ahead of us from the demons as wellâŠâŠâ
100-man commander Becker gave me a dubious look, but I didnât want to explain myself in a wild way.
Neia also grabbed a piece of bread and nodded with somewhat sad eyes.
ââŠâŠYeah. We all want to at least enjoy eating to our satisfaction, donât we, guys?â
âIf this one and Kalwin connect, it will come true. âŠâŠNo, Iâm afraid Iâm not talking for ăPeople over hereă as you say, Smithson-san, but for Kalwinâ
âNo, thatâs important too, right?â
Neia took a quick bite of bread and smiled very deliciously, like a child.
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