Ill-fated Relationship
Ill-fated Relationship
There is no end to the things that must be done as a commander of the empire.
Of course, representing the great warriors of Velos is an honorable thing, but that doesn't mean one's heart is light.
Honor always comes with responsibility, and the weight of that responsibility could not be easily measured.
Especially just looking at the enthusiasm and will of the warriors filling up this training ground right now, it was something that could never be light.
"Commander-nim, morning training is complete. There's still time left, so a little more...."
"No."
That was why she always had to do her best.
"Rest is necessary for proper training. Make sure the warriors are able to rest until noon."
Not only that, she had to be clever, and like one who leads, she had to weigh flexibility and efficiency.
Teop-.
"You always work hard. Deputy Commander, I am aware of your hard work."
"C-Commander, where are you going?"
"I am going to do the backlog of paperwork. I will be in my office, so find me if something comes up."
On top of that, even encouraging the officers who worked harder than herself.
Like this, the things that must be done as a commander inevitably have no end, both externally and internally.
Is that why?
Teobeok-teobeok-.
Kkiik-.
Teolseok-.
"...Is anyone out there?"
"......"
"Is no one there? I'm asking if anyone is near the office."
"......"
"No one is there, right? Then..."
Cheolpudeok-.
"Uoooooh-."
Before she knew it, flopping flat onto the office floor had been added to her daily routine.
If she were a Velos person who valued honor, especially one leading the warriors, such sloppiness would be pointed at with scorn in itself.
"But what am I supposed to do when I'm so damn tired...."
I'm a human being too, you know. Human.
Do you know how I feel, running in circles every day waking up at dawn to prepare teaching materials, prep for training, scout the surroundings, command operations, infiltrate enemy lines, hold meetings, and do paperwork?
"Ah, I wish I had multiple bodies."
Then I could entrust training to them, have them handle work instead, and send them out to war.
Like this, a war with no end in sight made even herself feel fatigue, and made even her strong body groan.
"......"
However, that didn't mean she had any intention of surrendering first.
Especially if the opponent was those bastards from Eclipse, the eternal arch-nemesis of great Velos.
The reason was simple.
"Because they were bastards who didn't know the first thing about yielding since ancient times."
Literally, those Eclipse fellows didn't know moderation.
To be precise, they had all the good resources since long ago, but far from sharing them, there was no other tyrant like them who coveted even other nations' resources.
That was why the confrontation with those bastards might have been inevitable.
Fortunately, the power of our Velos was mighty so their momentum had been broken a lot, but now even we are a bit....
Pisik-.
"I must really be exhausted."
To think I'm having such weak thoughts after hearing about the suffering our ancestors went through.
If the warriors outside heard this, it was talk that wouldn't stop at mere disappointment.
She raised her lying body to erase distracting thoughts.
Then she flopped down at the desk that shared most of her daily routine and began skimming the piled-up documents.
They originally said work was the best thing to shake off idle thoughts, so rather than having such strength-draining thoughts, she chose overwork.
Taktaktak-.
Is someone running in the middle of all this?
Fortunately, I got up at a good timing.
"C-Commander-nim...!"
Scarcely a minute had passed since she pulled herself together when the deputy commander appeared, swinging the office door wide open.
"I told you to take a rest."
"S-I'm sorry...! It was just so urgent...!"
Unlike his usual calm appearance, the deputy commander showed a pale face.
"An urgent matter?"
"Yes...! It seems an external force has appeared...!"
"What?"
As soon as she heard those words, her mind snapped awake.
Along with it, her body rose by itself, and a case to be guarded against just as much as losing a war came to mind.
"With all the caution I took...!"
That was none other than a third-party force.
Above all, in war, not losing is more important than winning.
It might sound like wordplay, but losing and having things taken away were strictly different.
To put it simply, having both nations swallowed by a bunch of rabble was the worst possible form.
"Speak in detail."
"Th-That is...!"
She tied up her fluttering hair and hurriedly ran to the training ground.
Along the way, she heard the details from the deputy commander.
According to the deputy commander, bandits with an unfamiliar crest were arrested in the eastern forest of Velos.
The problem was that they weren't simple suspicious persons. Among their luggage, there were items painted with Velos's crest, and things painted with Eclipse's crest as well.
"A letter?"
"Yes, among them was a letter along with a stamp bearing Velos."
"Tell me in more detail."
"I don't know the details, but...."
The content of the letter was written like an appeal written by young children, and the recipient is presumed to be Eclipse, hmm.
"Are they planning to act like us and soften each other's guard?"
"It seems so. Seeing that even our energy was imbued on the letter, surely...."
"Enough. I will go find out the rest myself, so you summon the warriors."
"Yessir!"
Acting like children while looking for an opening, those bastards.
On top of that, not content with swallowing great Velos, they're trying to collapse their arch-nemesis Eclipse too?
Their wickedly cunning appearance made her stomach turn.
"What in the...!"
However, as if there was no time to feel such nausea, when she arrived at the scene, her eyes went wide.
According to the report, the suspicious persons who should have been bound were nowhere to be found, and only our warriors had collapsed.
"Dammit...! Hey, are you alright!? Pull yourself together!!"
The saving grace was that the warriors' condition wasn't to the extent of threatening their lives.
Rather, there were no injuries and they looked like they had just fainted momentarily.
Between what she heard from the deputy commander and seeing this sight, it was certain they were bastards using unusual tricks.
Uuung-.
As a result of hurriedly scanning the surroundings at that thought, she immediately found something drawing her gaze.
"A portal...?"
It was a suspicious portal near the fallen soldier.
"......"
There shouldn't be anyone in Velos capable of creating such a portal.
Furthermore, even considering it the work of Eclipse, the magic power felt distinctly different from usual.
"Then, as expected...."
A situation where the story fits only if you view it as something made by those bastards.
However, matching the puzzle like this forces the choice of having to enter the unidentified portal.
This was a gamble that someone in the position of commanding warriors should not take, but.
Uuuung-.
"There is no commander anywhere in the world who lets the enemy run away."
In addition, if there were a commander stomping their feet and leaving fallen comrades behind, there would be nothing as pathetic as that.
Having steeled her heart like that, when she reached her hand out toward the portal, a dazzling light swallowed the world.
It felt like being eaten by a whale of light.
...A whale?
Why on earth am I thinking of a whale at a time like this?
I don't know well, but along with gradually closing eyelids, her mind grew hazy.
*
Kkiruk-kkiruk-.
"...This is what happened up until just now."
And summarizing the things that happened now....
"...is it that for some reason I became naked, fell into an unfamiliar coastal area, with no one around, and strangely no strength coming into my body?"
No, actually, that's not important.
Since I rode a portal, I must have fallen to a strange place, and my strength must be gone because I'm exhausted.
...Right.
The events listed just now are only suspicious, not strange.
Especially compared to this hideous thing standing stiffly right in front of my eyes now.
"I get all that, but...."
"Then what on earth is going on with this...?"
Really, what kind of situation is this?
Literally, the preceding events and the current situation weren't all that strange.
However, this bizarre shape and large size of...
M-My male organ growing in between my crotch was definitely a strange thing.
"Even the sensation is too vivid, as if it was there originally...."
Moreover, it twitched on its own without even being touched, leaving her not knowing what to do.
No, it would be a blessing if I just didn't know what to do. Feeling stuffiness and agony at the same time, it was enough to make her dizzy.
"What on earth should I solve first...."
Basrak-.
Just then, amidst an already awkward situation, the presence of someone approaching was felt.
"W-Wait...!"
Of course I had tried to find other people, but just not right now...!
At the suddenly heard sound, she hurriedly looked for something to cover herself with.
Just in time, leather that appeared to belong to a dead beast caught her eye.
She picked it up for now and roughly wrapped her body in it.
Jumul-jumul-.
"Ugh...! Ah, sit down...! Please go down...!"
Jumul-jumul-.
"Ugh, hugh...!"
Of course, this bloody male organ wouldn't go down no matter what.
So she ended up hiding it as much as possible while keeping it erect in a hurry.
However, crises always come all at once.
Sasasak-.
"A-A bug...!?"
Screaming at the bug on top of massaging an unfamiliar male organ was a secret to take to the grave.
*
"Uh...."
It's a big deal that the squad members suddenly disappeared, but it can happen.
Because it could be someone's doing or our paths crossed incorrectly.
"So...."
And even falling into a strange place, becoming a woman, and being naked.
...Right, let's say that can happen.
However....
"Yuria...?"
Could encountering the enemy army's highest core figure in a place like this also be something that just happens?
Literally drawn by a scream, I had just stepped into the forest path only to run into a completely unexpected person.
And with this body unable to use even a shred of magic.
"A bi- big deal, no wait, ugh, th-that is...."
"...Who are you?"
"Eh...?"
Thinking I would face a crisis helplessly just like this, the story was flowing a bit differently.
"...I am Yuria, a commander from the region called Velos. I came to be here due to a problem, are you a resident of these parts?"
"Uh, well...."
...Come to think of it, there's nothing to be scared of, right?
Sure enough, there was no way she could recognize me, and there was no danger of falling into peril right away.
That was evident just from her tone of voice and the attitude she treated me with.
Because even our Eclipse was only hostile to Velos and didn't show different animosity toward other nations.
'That means if I play it right, I can get out of the immediate crisis.'
Even if not that, I needed someone's help to solve the current problems.
'I came to be here due to a problem.'
Then there was no need to think long.
If I'm going to use her, right now—when she also seems to have something going on—is the golden opportunity.
Meanwhile, the cheek that had been hit by that bastard when participating in a small-scale battle previously tingled again.
"Are you perhaps a suspicious person instead of a local resident...."
"No."
So since it came to this, I decided to make use of her until I found out the circumstances.
"I am a Velos resident."