Chapter 79 Southern Training Center (5)
The day the enlistment announcement was confirmed.
Henderson thought.
‘I want to be Roman Dmitri’s person.’
Lawrence Square.
I couldn’t forget what happened there.
Henderson and other people were going about their daily lives when Roman Dmitri appeared, violating the peace.
People covered their mouths with their hands.
Ben Miles, a heinous criminal, was dragged by the hair in Roman’s grip, blood dripping to the floor with his steps.
and.
Roman executed Ben Miles.
He said he could not forgive Blood Fang for sucking the blood of the people of Dmitri, and he willingly got his hands stained with blood.
to that look.
completely fell in love
Henderson, who was one of Lawrence’s crowd, applied for enlistment.
‘I don’t think a private soldier needs a great qualification.’
It was a general idea.
He wasn’t from a great family, but he was a private soldier of Roman Dmitry, so he thought the threshold wouldn’t be high.
But what?
The reality that Henderson, who barely passed the chin-up, faced was different.
All of them were far from ordinary people.
Chris and Kevin were proficient in using auras as shown in the battle of the great warriors, and there were also veteran mercenaries such as Lucas and Pookie.
There was only one person, Henderson, who could be called a perfect normal person.
It must have been from then.
running the training.
Henderson was stunned.
‘… Can I be of any help here?’
first few weeks.
Henderson wandered off.
Looking at the other soldiers who were following the drill, he thought that this place was not his place.
in honest words.
Unlike the strong hearts who didn’t blink an eye in the test of firing arrows in front of their eyes, wasn’t he shaking as if he was going to pee?
My heart still beats when I think of that time.
It seemed that I was the only herbivore in a group full of beasts.
I was seriously thinking about it for a while.
at last.
Henderson went to Chris and said.
“… I’m sorry, but I don’t think I’m qualified to serve Roman Dmitri.”
It was a realistic decision.
For the majority, this was believed to be correct.
Chris asked.
“Why do you think so?”
“You don’t know why. Unlike the other soldiers, I am a beginner who does not know how to wield a sword properly. It doesn’t keep up with the training process and it doesn’t stand out in anything else either. I think it was an arrogant decision for me to follow Roman Dmitri after living my whole life on farming.”
“You mean you want to give up because your level is lower than others?”
“yes.”
If it had been before meeting Roman.
Chris would have agreed with Henderson’s words.
however.
It was different now.
“When I first saw Kevin, he was just a young boy with nothing but venom in his eyes. To be honest, I couldn’t understand why a man like the lord would take a young boy from the slums. But does Kevin still look like such a weak person? no. In that short amount of time, Kevin has grown into a warrior no one can ignore.”
“… Is it really?”
“okay. The funny thing is, I am too. When I first met my lord, I unknowingly attacked him and lost all my front teeth. At that time, I was just a frog in the well. And just as the Kevin of the past and the Kevin of the present have changed, the past and present me have also changed under the master’s teaching. But what are you worried about? The lord judged it worthy of accepting you as an enlisted soldier. You may be shabby at present, but you have the potential to grow as Kevin and I experienced. Roman Dmitry. The lord we serve is the one who has the ability to make that possible.”
thump.
My heart raced.
Kevin is a dog that everyone admits.
But even Kevin was nothing but a slum boy before he met Roman.
‘Can I be like that too?’
I couldn’t be sure.
but.
Listening to the previous cases, I felt my heart heat up.
“… To be honest, I don’t believe in myself. As a farmer, I can’t even imagine becoming as strong as others, but like Chris said, I will trust my lord’s eyes. It must mean that he chose me out of countless applicants for a reason. I will work hard on training again. And I won’t be looking for Chris for anything like this in the future.”
that day.
Henderson had a different opinion.
And from then on.
Henderson’s life began to change.
* * *
Last few months.
Henderson has been training like crazy.
To not be ashamed of as a Roman person.
Even if you vomit after training every day, even if you pass out during training.
Henderson trained under evil to keep up with his teammates, and was eventually able to create his current body.
so that.
Looking at other soldiers who were able to prepare for a year, Henderson raised his voice.
“What do you guys think of war? When you fall on the borderline of life and death, where you can survive only by killing others, would you say that you cannot fight because the time to prepare for war is short? pitiful pups. One year is the time to start farming and harvest. After living a comfortable life for so long, now you make the pitiful excuse that you didn’t have enough time, that you couldn’t help it because you were a conscript.”
when the war begins.
I had to protect my own life.
Even if you were drafted, depending on how hard you work, you can at least make a difference.
however.
What about the soldiers of the other nobles?
They don’t even have the minimum qualifications.
Even so, Henderson smirked at the sight of the soldiers complaining about him.
“For those of you who have lived without thinking for a year, today’s training might have been difficult. by the way. If we knew we were lacking in the present, wouldn’t it be a normal reaction to try to catch up rather than grumble at us? why. Are you asking us to be on the same level as you?”
Roman said.
to the southern front this time.
to prepare for war.
Roman’s soldiers, including Henderson, really went through training like real battles, and although it can’t be said to be perfect, they were still ready to accept war whenever it broke out.
That’s why I couldn’t understand the reaction of the other soldiers even more.
Even though they are in the same space, they are pathetically optimistic about reality.
Henderson’s words were offensive.
soldiers of other nobles.
they shut up
The fact that Henderson’s preparation period was less than half a year had nothing to argue with them.
“Jerk the.”
Henderson turns around.
Even if they go through today’s work, they will not change, but Henderson will train passionately tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Roman Dmitry.
Because it is the will of the lord.
Roman’s soldiers had already started a war in their minds.
* * *
Training continued.
Extreme fitness training.
Even in situations where the intensity increased day by day, Roman’s soldiers gritted their teeth and trained to the end.
The gap with other soldiers was severe.
Was it because his pride was hurt by the overwhelming difference?
The nobles who watched the training expressed their dissatisfaction.
“I don’t know why they overdo it like that.”
“That’s right. I don’t know if this is the Western Front, where battles are fought all the time, but the Southern Front is far from war, isn’t it? Anyway, it seems that only our children are suffering because of these guys.”
“If you were originally born in a shallow way, you will lose your strength in meaningless places. If we don’t do that, where will the Dmitri family get recognition?”
“That’s right ha ha ha!”
They openly mocked Roman.
It was like
The Southern Training Center is famous for being a place where aristocrats spend a two-year vacation, so why the hell are they training so far here?
I would rather understand if it was the western training center.
There, if you make a contribution, you will be rewarded for that, but the southern training center does not force training on nobles in the first place.
under the scorching sun.
Roman’s face turned red.
Seeing him undergo training with the soldiers, I couldn’t help but feel foolish.
among the nobility in the shadows.
Henry Albert was there too.
Unlike the aristocrats who mocked Roman, the more he saw Roman, the more he worried.
‘… How the hell am I supposed to win the heart of a guy like that?’
really.
He was an unusual person.
If he was interested in pleasure like other nobles, he would start a conversation with it, but he is a guy who sweats for nothing on the southern front in training.
His thoughts were different from his own in the first place.
To be honest, if it hadn’t been for the order of Viscount Bale, my uncle, I would have been flirting with other nobles.
but.
I couldn’t.
The thought of being assigned to the same unit as that guy from now on made me feel like my head hurt.
‘Do you have a safety oversensitivity? If you come to the Southern Training Center, how nice it would be to have conversations with fellow nobles and build friendships. After all, commoners don’t know how to relax. oh i don’t know either it will work out somehow.’
I lay down in the shade.
The sun was hot.
He could hear soldiers shouting slogans in the distance, but he closed his eyes in the cool shade.
after a good night’s sleep
Perhaps this tedious training is over.
* * *
That time.
1st line of defense on the southern front.
Cairo’s soldiers watched the border from the high walls.
“Ugh, I’m tired.”
“What happened yesterday?”
“Don’t talk. I only got two hours of sleep because I was playing cards all night with the boys in Squad 2.”
The soldier showed a tired face.
He didn’t look at the border properly.
After sneakily checking to see if there was anyone under the wall, he took out a canteen hanging from his waist and opened the lid.
good.
The smell of alcohol irritates the nose.
The soldier next to him asked in surprise.
“Did you bring a drink?”
“What do you mean? Does it take a day or two to bring alcohol in a canteen? You need to let go of your naivety side. What’s the point of having a drink in a place where no one will come anyway? And rather, this is good for work efficiency. Rather than being sleepy and unable to properly check the border, it’s better to have a little alcohol and stay awake.”
“but… .”
“If you don’t want to drink, don’t. What do I drink?”
Gulp.
The soldier took a drink.
An irritating sensation that travels down the esophagus.
The soldier who eventually stood on duty could not stand the desire to see the soldier exclaiming and exclaiming.
“I only have one bite.”
“So it is.”
Southern Front.
It was a common sight there.
The long peace gave birth to a complacent mind, and there were no major problems during the years of service.
however.
they hadn’t seen
Overgrown with bushes at the border.
The fact that the place was visibly excited while drinking.
