164 – People out of sight (2)
After that, the meeting continued for several days.
As new personnel arrived, some changes had to be made to the supply system, and it was natural that the treatment of the wounded and killed, which was increasing by the minute, also came up for discussion.
Of course, this did not mean that Victor’s intention to expand the front to the east was ignored. The captains of each battalion welcomed Victor with open arms when he said that he would organize an engineer battalion himself and carry out the mission rather than block the waves.
And that night.
The commander of the expeditionary force, General Igor, came to visit Viktor.
“Do you smoke?”
“I tried it once, but it didn’t work out well. If you want to smoke, do whatever you want.”
When Viktor gave permission, Igor put a thin cigarette in his mouth and lit it.
“You didn’t intend to be in the rear either.”
“I can’t do that. I don’t know my father’s intentions, so I have no choice but to do the best I can.”
“But I never thought that it would be laying tracks on frozen ground.”
Igor took a deep breath and let out thick smoke.
“With as few as 100 people.”
“Don’t worry too much because this decision was made after careful consideration for several days. Also, 100 people is a small number of people, but if all of them can handle the simbeop and history, isn’t it that small?”
“That’s why I’m worried.”
Igor sighed and dropped his shoulders.
Viktor was now trying to teach criminals a variety of visions, including the law of justice. I don’t know what the wind was blowing, but he, who had sworn loyalty to the royal family his whole life, wanted to stop Viktor right away.
“I heard that it is a battalion made up entirely of criminals. Aren’t there some violent criminals among them and high-traitors who are trying to shake the foundation of this country?”
“I concluded that we can control it sufficiently from here. The most skilled can barely emit sword energy.”
“…Anyone who has learned the Mind Law, no matter how dull he may be, will one day be able to unleash sword energy.”
“I understand your concerns, but…”
Viktor sighed and shook his head.
“I and Sir Malleus also consider this an ordeal from His Majesty.”
“Your Majesty…”
“You saw it too. How I was treated in the conference room.”
At many meetings over the past few days, Viktor felt uncomfortable being treated as a child, no matter how much the folding screen.
‘It’s good if it’s treated like a kid.’
The moment the name of the emperor, who was only watching government affairs in Rien without even showing his face, came out, the atmosphere in the conference room was instantly settled, which lit Victor’s heart on fire.
‘I think it’s the crown prince who ate it for nothing.’
The second was kicked off by the emperor himself, and the first kicked the crown prince with his own foot.
Everyone doesn’t say it out loud, but the gaze that Viktor was a child who was purely lucky was exposed blatantly, and it was unpleasant.
So, in order to obtain an achievement that would solidify her position, Shiron ordered in advance what stance to take.
-It would be better if you consistently insist that you are trying to prove that you are the person who became the crown prince. The next emperor said he would solidify his position, but what should he do? Anyone who can see the big picture wouldn’t even object?
Victor agreed with Shiron and spoke to Igor in a more refined expression.
“If you or anyone else intervenes here, won’t the purity of my achievements be diminished?”
“…You don’t want to bite.”
“Make sure to check carefully to see if anyone is playing tricks on the supply vehicle. No matter how vicious a criminal is, he or she will starve to death or freeze to death.”
“I see.”
Igor lowered his head and clenched his fists.
This expedition was a kind of demonstration stage.
The emperor’s test is whether he can make up for the power vacuum caused by Hugo Frien’s absence with existing combat power, and whether the crown prince has the talent to rule the empire in the future.
Igor, who was absolutely loyal to the empire, could not oppose the two issues even indirectly, let alone directly. That’s not all. Igor felt the most serious will in Viktor’s eyes after meeting him for a moment.
It looks different from when I saw it at the imperial palace a few years ago.
Does a place really make a person? It was impossible to see where the weak figure had gone, and the will to move forward was clearly conveyed to Igor.
*
Meanwhile, the parade ground of the temporary garrison.
Criminals who had been transformed into trainees were standing in a line.
[Wow, the smell of toe.]
“You go left.
[Wow, the smell of a sewer!]
“Okay, you go left too.”
[…This person is pretty good. She has a big scar on her face and looks bad, but I think it would be good to describe her as a clean rag.]
“right.”
Siron divided the people into two according to Latera’s discrimination. People who can be rehabilitated if they try hard, and trash who are born evil by nature and cannot be rehabilitated.
“Well, okay.”
Siron looked around at the trainees shivering from the cold and smiled with satisfaction. Although he divided the people into two, Siron had no intention of discriminating against them.
However, I wanted to familiarize myself with the bad guys in advance. Among those brought in, there were political prisoners, and there were also people who were unfairly sentenced for irreparable mistakes.
‘Is it roughly 2:1? There’s twice as much trash.’
Siron turned his gaze away from the trainees and looked at Malleus.
“You may begin now.”
“Are you really… okay?”
“Don’t the scriptures say that everyone can be saved by the Lord without discrimination? All you have to do is pray and sweat every morning.”
“Hmm. I understand, I understand.”
‘…I never thought I’d live to teach criminals how to be fair.’
Although he agreed with Siron’s suggestion to divide the team in two, Malleus was unable to form an appropriate consensus on Siron’s method. Instead of referring to them as instructors or priests, they call them by strange words like fairy. If you don’t have the qualifications, you feel dissatisfied with the fact that they are teaching you for free the mental laws that you can’t learn even if you pay a fortune.
However, the feeling of resistance in carrying out the work is only Malleus’ personal impression. He is a person who knows how to kill his ego on an expedition.
Malleus sighed and walked away with the left group.
“Attention everyone.”
Siron, who saw that, spoke to the group on the right.
“I’ll skip my introduction thinking you heard it on the train. I’ll teach you how to do Dokdo from now on.”
Shiron took out a marked stick and a compass and handed them out to twenty or so people. Some trainees wondered what kind of tool this was, and some seemed to already know how to use it.
“Now, this is a compass. You can find north, south, east, west, and latitude. This is a ruler. You can divide the distance on the map by a certain number and measure it.”
Shiron explained the very basics step by step. The law of Dokdo is difficult to learn not only for the educated class who can read and write, but also for those who have completed higher education courses.
However, the level of education of trainees varies greatly.
It was an arduous task to teach the advanced skills of reading maps through triangulation to someone who could barely do simple addition and who could not read.
However, in order to consolidate the frozen ground and lay a track there with a limited number of personnel, simple engineering knowledge such as the Dokdo method and triangulation was necessary.
Siron planned to pass on knowledge every other day to those who would be called the Engineer Battalion in the future.
“…This is what we will learn and practice today. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them.”
After opening his mouth for a moment, Siron looked around at the people who were holding their heads and groaning. And there happened to be someone in the corner raising his hand.
“I… fairy.”
“Something?”
“Can we learn the Mana Mind Method?”
“Of course. I will teach you not the cheap mind techniques that you can find on the street, but the advanced mind techniques that will allow you to shoot strong energy without difficulty if you practice consistently.”
“Oooh-”
As Siron spoke confidently, the trainees began to become more energetic. Rather than the Dokdo Act, which is unclear as to whether they will use it if they survive. I was more interested in how to protect my body and show off my strength right away.
‘It’s an advanced trial law.’
At first, the trainees were wary of Siron, who even introduced himself as a fairy, treating him as a mentally ill person who had beaten a man to death with his bare hands. Now, most people have begun to let down their guard as he gives them as many carrots as they can just follow his orders.
However, there were, of course, those who crossed the line just because they were a little nice. No matter how good their roots are, they are unable to give up the habit of eating from the gutter.
Siron thought so as he watched the woman get up from her seat without even ordering it.
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“Fairy. I have something to ask you personally.”
“…something called a name.”
“My name is Natalia.”
Natalia, with dark blonde hair and an ugly scar on her face, bowed politely at first glance.
“I already have some mental skills to learn. I also know how to read a map.”
“So. So you want to skip training?”
“…Of course not.”
Natalia calmly ignored Siron’s sharp retort.
“It’s because I want to personally interview the fairy.”
[be careful. I have bad feelings for this hero.]
“Let’s do it here. We don’t have the talent to look after each trainee’s circumstances.”
Siron followed Latera’s advice and glared at Natalia.
He has the will to raise his hand and kill me if the situation arises. Whether it was a lie to say that she had mastered the mind method, she clearly read the will that Siron exuded.
“Go ahead and say it.”
“…”
“Isn’t meal time being delayed because of you?”
“…no.”
“Go back to your seat.”
Natalia bowed her head to Siron and tried to return to her place.
“for a moment.”
Then, Siron turned around and called her out.
‘Tell me if this woman is lying.’
Siron, who asked Latera for a favor, began to approach Natalia.
“Haven’t we seen this before somewhere?”
“…I do not know.”
[You are shamelessly lying.]
“What is the charge?”
“I committed murder.”
[This is true.]
“who.”
When Siron asked harshly, Natalia hesitated but answered clearly.
“I’m not sure… I think he was wearing nice clothes…”
“Is it an assassination?”
“…I don’t know. Just by accident.”
[For your information, this woman has accumulated a lot of penalty points. It’s true that I killed people, but I killed too many people to accidentally kill people.]
“You have a unique accent.”
“…”
Siron slowly approached Natalia’s ear.
“I’m intentionally pretending not to be like that, but… my accent is similar to the guy who confronted me a while ago.”
The guy whose head exploded on the train.
Chen.
Natalia thought of her colleague who had already died.
Siron removed his face and tried to organize information about the woman. It’s hard to say for sure because of the dull blonde hair, but he’s probably right.
Those who are called untouchables but consider themselves the legitimate successors to Kylie…
After thinking about it for a while, I realized that this woman’s crime was not murder, but terrorism for political purposes.
“If I can afford it, I will give you time for a personal interview.”