20 – Regarding the former adjutant… there is a sad legend.
Some time after Glass went into the kitchen to prepare a meal…
A delicious smell from the kitchen began to flow into my nostrils.
‘Come to think of it… How long has it been since you ate a house meal cooked by someone other than your sister?’
Since becoming an adjutant, I have been able to eat out, deliver, and eat only meals that I prepare myself.
Even what my sister did for me was mostly just a simple breakfast from the cafe menu.
It was virtually non-existent in the past four years that people were officially served home-cooked meals.
It was the time when I had high expectations for the current situation while thinking about that.
“Hee hee hee~”
“yes?”
The next moment, as if watching an interesting spectacle, I saw Kwon Soon staring at me.
At first glance, she looks like a cat with round eyes.
I asked cautiously, feeling that he was cute for a moment.
“..why would you do that? Did you get anything on my face?”
“yes? No, it’s not like that… We also wanted to finally have a decent adjutant.”
“A sane adjutant…? Who was the former adjutant?”
At her words, I asked with a little curiosity, and Kwon Soon showed me a moment of melancholy on her face and told me about it.
“There is a sad legend… no, a bittersweet story.”
“yes?”
“The former adjutant… He was such a pitiful person. I always did my best with a sense of responsibility.. Unfortunately, I was frustrated every time because I couldn’t produce good results. In the end, I ended up quitting my job as an adjutant because of that. Adjutant Jinhyeon came in as his successor.”
“ah..”
I started to feel a little sinking in the story that was a little heavier than I thought.
Having worked as an adjutant for quite a long time, I also had quite a few things to see and hear about such people.
Unfortunately, it was not easy to plan a strategy and command the army without talent, and this inevitably resulted in people failing and dropping out despite their efforts.
As I recalled that fact, I began to feel regretful, and Kwon Soon continued to speak as he saw me.
“When I think of that person, my heart still hurts. I still have tears in my eyes when I think of the time when I spent the whole night planning a strategy, forcing myself to do something that didn’t suit my aptitude, and finally hitting my mental limit and exploding in a grand way… Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyous!”
“yes?”
The next moment, Are suddenly stretching Kwon Soon’s cheeks.
At that moment, for the first time, I could see her blushing, embarrassed face.
‘Huh?
One thing that came to my mind naturally while watching her reaction.
In response, I put aside Kwon Soon, who was screaming in front of me, and asked in a cautious voice.
“Um… Aressi? Could it be that the lieutenant…”
“…Yes..j.. This is my story.”
Are, with her face blushing, answering with embarrassment and difficulty.
For some reason, I felt my heart pounding a little at her fresh appearance, but then I spoke to her with a light smile.
“You must have suffered a lot, to think that you worked as a hunter and also as an adjutant..”
“… ha.. yes. Frankly, it wasn’t easy. I wasn’t too keen on it.”
Are, letting out a slightly heavy sigh, cools down the emotions on her face.
Then, she returned to her usual calm face and spoke while looking at me.
“But it was something someone had to do. In the end, I had no choice but to take it. And, as this child said, after a big failure, I completely gave up.”
Certainly, unlike the military, since they were black hunters whose system was not clearly established, there were differences in the way each group operated according to their own circumstances and personalities.
In some cases, as in the past, a person with a leadership role doubles as an adjutant and takes command, or in other cases, a contract is signed from outside and a temporary person is called in to take charge of the operation.
Of course, the most ideal case would be to officially enlist as an aide-de-camp as it is now, even if it takes a certain amount of cost or conditions.
“Certainly, working in the field while also conducting is not an easy task. That may have its own advantages, but the overall ability to cope is limited, and above all, the burden on the person concerned will be quite large.”
“Yes.. I, too, felt that limitation while experiencing it myself, and eventually made a strong request to the management and obtained permission to officially hire an aide. As a result, I ended up hiring Mr. Jinhyeon.”
“okay..”
At Are’s words, I slowly nodded my head…
Looking at me like that, Hae-rae showed a light smile on his lips again, as if he was a little embarrassed.
“I’m looking forward to it.. Regarding Mr. Jinhyeon’s performance in the future.”
“Yes, my body is lacking, but I will do my best.”
At Are’s words, I answered with sincerity.
My gaze then turned to a rather cute-looking creature making a loud noise below her.
“ah! aaang! Let me go because I’m doing well!”
In the meantime, Kwon Soon’s cheeks are still being stretched by Are’s hands.
Looking at it, it seemed like it was quite a shameful black history to be in charge of the temporary aide-de-camp from Are’s point of view.
However, this made me feel close to her in another way, to be honest.
‘Somehow… the reason Are and other hunters understood my difficulties was because I had this background.’
Unlike the S-class Hunters of the 28th Guild, who took lightly what I was doing when I was in the Hunter Guild, the people here seemed to understand the importance of adjutants and their difficulties quite well.
And this is because they have experienced this directly and have been watching it right next to them.
Recognizing this fact, I was able to automatically nod my head about the situation so far.
‘It is said that people know the value of things when they experience their shortcomings. How much trouble I was there.’
Even though I was discharged as an adjutant, this is probably because a new elite adjutant will come in anyway, and that person is probably more competent than me.
You’ll have to suffer a little from the annoyances of those bitches, but at least you’ll be able to command the hunters a little more skillfully than me and complete the mission.
It was clear that no matter what I did, there would never be a situation where they realized my difficulties or missed me.
Like that, in a part I never thought of, I felt the bad feelings towards those bitches bloom again,
After getting rid of the hellish memories of the 28th Guild from my head as quickly as possible, I turned my attention to the girls in front of me.
Unlike those girls who regarded me as useless for 4 years, they are recognizing and acknowledging the value of a person, even though it has only been 40 minutes since I met them.
Committing to do everything in my power for these people in the future, I began to build my will in my heart once again.
at that time.
“Repas (meals) are ready. Everyone please come.”
“Ohhh… Finally.”
At the words of Glass coming from the kitchen, Kwon-soon runs happily like a child.
Then Aree also got up from her seat and looked at me and said.
“Then go, lieutenant.”
“all right.”
So, I entered the kitchen in a more comfortable mood than before.
right after that…
“Wow..”
I couldn’t hide my surprise when I saw the table set in front of me at an unimaginable level.
What was served there was not a single meal at a family home, but dishes with a quality that could be called a banquet at a high-end restaurant.
Salad and soup, main dish of grilled chicken and potatoes.. and even wine with the lid off.
Looking at food that can be called art, I asked with surprise.
“I. Hey… is this really a dish that can be completed in 40 minutes? It’s not normal…”
“Of course it is Non. It was prepared 2 hours in advance and finished and set up 40 minutes ago. Since we have a special guest, we should treat you like this.”
“ah… ”
Surprised by the fact that I spent a lot of time preparing the dish more than I thought,
At the same time, I was moved again by the fact that I was the target of the treatment.
I started to feel my heart tingle again.
Like that, I sat down in the mood as if I was being comforted by the hardships I had suffered in the Hunter Guild, and then I raised a glass with my new colleagues.
“Then, for our new lieutenant, Lee Jin-hyun!”
“for!”
As I drank a glass of sweet wine with a toast, I became convinced.
I am sure that life here will also be a very sweet time for me like this wine..