Illya looked at the girl who approached in front of her.
Lavinia Vonberg.
The only daughter who captures the love of the Grand Duke of Vonberg, the highest authority in the empire and its hero who saved the country, she is the heroine of this reverse harem novel, <Sitalsa>.
'Anyway, she has a crazy appearance too.'
With her thick pink hair and golden eyes, her beauty was starkly attention-grabbing
When I read the novel, I didn't pay much attention to it, considering it just a typical appearance of a romantic fantasy heroine, but when I saw it in reality, it seemed as if an aura of light radiated from it.
Standing like this next to her, even though we were both girls, I felt a little small in my appearance with my short hair and men's clothes.
At that moment, Lavinia's gaze turned to the bottom of the platform.
Seeing fifty handsome young men gathered from various parts of the empire, her golden eyes flashed with a sharp sparkle.
It was clear that she had been selecting the most beautiful men in this unit with her keen hawk eyes, until now.
'Because Lavinia is madly in love with pretty faces.'
Also in the original story, she had a huge crush on handsome men, and she didn't hide this at all.
To the point that she would answer Axion without hesitation when he asked her: “Why do you love me in particular?” She says: “Because you are handsome.”
Of course, she enjoyed flings with other handsome figures every now and then.
Therefore, Illya was not fatally worried about her future life, even if she unexpectedly became the leader of this unit here.
Regardless of how she spends her military life, and in accordance with Lavinia's quality of loving pretty faces, the most effective and real relationship she will ultimately have will be with Axion, and most likely, Yusar.
Honestly, although she was more beautiful than the average man in her male uniform, she was small and frail in build.
Isn't she nothing compared to the main characters, who are tall, handsome, and well-built?
At that moment, after Lavinia finished her initial scanning of the two handsome men, she raised her gaze and approached Elijah.
She was holding a small silver badge in her hand indicating the rank of unit commander.
'She is young and very beautiful.'
Two crossed swords, between which the rose crest of the Vonberg family is meticulously engraved.
It didn't look like a badge of rank, but more like a cute brooch.
“Erhan Trengen, forward.”
When Keisha ordered, Elijah walked steadily towards Lavinia and stopped, then gave a military salute.
Immediately, Lavinia pinned the badge on Elijah's right chest, smiled broadly at her, and then greeted her with a sweet, refreshing voice.
“Erhan Trengen, please take good care of this anti-demon unit from now on.
Train hard and protect us from the demons.”
The tone of her speech was as if she was addressing a war hero going to eliminate demons, which made her feel a little embarrassed.
'And I'm not even the one leading this unit...'
Illya looked at the badge shining on her chest.
'By the way, in my previous life, I worked hard to get the promotion badge.'
But here, I got it unexpectedly and without any effort.
While she was thinking that human affairs were truly unpredictable, she suddenly had a strange feeling.
When she raised her head, she saw Lavinia staring at her with a very intense look.
'What is this?'
It looked like laser beams would be emanating from her eyes.
At that moment, Lavinia's scarlet lips rose slightly as she stared at her.
Soon a faint, almost inaudible sound was heard.
“…Nice.”
huh?
What are you saying?
Elijah looked at her with an incomprehensible face, then quickly looked at her chest.
Oh, do you mean this badge?
Indeed, it is small and beautiful.
So, this is Lavinia's taste in jewelry and adornments.
At that moment, Lavinia retracted her intense look as if it were a lie, and smiled at her.
“Then, please take care of this unit again.”
"Yes!"
She answered loudly and gave a military salute.
The small and beautiful unit commander's badge shone brightly under the sunlight.
•
After the joining ceremony ended, Lavinia greeted the unit members and then returned to the palace.
“Kisha, since today is the first day, don’t overwork the unit members too much.”
“Yes, young lady, please enter carefully.”
Keisha gave Lavinia a friendly smile and waved goodbye to her as she returned to the palace.
But as soon as she disappeared from his sight, the smile on his face disappeared as if it had never existed.
“Everyone, put your heads down.”
Ah, I was almost expecting it, but do you do this once the initiation ceremony is over?
Illya mumbled to herself, then pushed her head towards the floor and quickly performed a push-up position.
She felt blood rushing to her head, and quickly scanned her surroundings through her upside-down vision.
Axion, too, immediately struck a pose as soon as the order was issued, as did Yusar.
'Indeed, heroes differ.'
As for Lennox, he was barely positioning himself awkwardly following Elijah, but he was staggering miserably without being able to maintain his balance.
But he was much better off compared to others.
“How to put your head down?”
"Putting my head on this wet ground?
Are you crazy?
I won't do it!"
One of them even objected in a sharp voice while looking at Kesha.
“Uncle, are you sane?
I can’t do this!”
Wow, is this guy calling Keisha, the unit's general manager and coach, "uncle" now?
It's not just impoliteness, it's pure madness.
At that moment when Elia was shocked by the impudence of this rebellion against authority, something she could not have imagined in the army in her previous life,
Catch!
Keisha grabbed the back of the little rebel's head with one hand and pushed him forcefully towards the open ground of the square.
Bump!
The young man's head penetrated the dirt of the square floor and was completely embedded in it, while his flabby body hung from his neck to the ground.
H, is this really okay…?
The rest of the noble boys' faces turned pale at this sight, and Keisha now approached them.
"If you can't plant your own heads, I'll help you.
Does anyone need help?"
“Ah, ah…”
They let out a desperate moan and quickly put their heads on the ground, striking the pose.
But, as might be expected from noble boys who had never done this before, they soon staggered and fell one after another.
Keisha crossed his arms and looked down at them, commanding:
“We will continue until everyone can plant their heads properly.”
We are doomed.
Illya gritted her teeth and closed her eyes tightly.
Thus, she began her military career in the Anti-Demon Unit.
•
“I'm going to die, really...”
Illya let out a moan, then threw herself onto the bed in her room.
Her neck and shoulders were aching as if they were going to fall.
Keisha did not issue the dismissal order until 9 p.m.
They had been sticking their heads in for a full six hours.
“Even in my previous life, I had never stuck my head like this for so long…!”
Honestly, after one hour had passed, most of them couldn't take it anymore and fell down.
Some of them even fainted.
Two hours later, she too could no longer bear it, and fell for the first time.
After that, she regained her position with stubbornness and willpower, but she no longer remembered how she had managed to hold on.
She was repeating madly nothing but her desire to kill Keisha!
It was only after darkness had fallen that the stubborn Keisha ordered her to stop, and as soon as the order was given, she fell to the dirt floor, lying down.
Then she crawled back to her room.
Although she expected this before joining, it is really daunting.
“But more importantly, this damned Axion is no ordinary human being.”
Only Axion held out for six hours.
Sweat was pouring off of him like rain, and his face was distorted in pain all the time, but his posture did not shake at all.
The expression of subtle astonishment on Keisha's face throughout the training was clearly because of him.
When the order to leave was issued, he got up and was the first to head towards the annex building, limping.
“I wonder, what kind of training has this monster received since his childhood...?”
In the original story, he was said to have been born into a prestigious imperial military family, and received harsh physical training.
But not only his physical ability to endure it, even his mental strength was insane.
How can one become like this?
“Most importantly, the muscle pain tomorrow will be tremendous.”
Probably more than half the unit will not be able to get out of their bed.
But Kesha is never complacent.
Even if he had to destroy all the beds in the annex, he would forcibly drag them out.
“He's really crazy...
If he wasn't my boss, I would kill him.”
Elia fell asleep cursing Keisha.
•
Meanwhile, Keisha was in his office taking his medicine, recalling the day's training.
Honestly, Axion's survival for six hours was no surprise.
“As expected from a boy who has been trained by Derek Robelt since his childhood.”
If it had been Derek, the famously inflexible Imperial military commander, he would surely have subjected his son to such harsh training that death would have been easier for him from a young age.
Planting the head all day, not just six hours, would have been a no-brainer for him.
But what really surprised him was Erhan.
“A boy who hasn't received any training yet, and he lasts for two hours!”
The most surprising thing was after he fell.
Unlike those who gave up and lay down, he gritted his teeth and regained his posture with crazy eyes as if he was going to kill someone.
This terrifying madness is the driving force that enables one to shoot down enemies without hesitation on the battlefield!
Keisha really liked that look in his eyes.
“Indeed, my eyes were not mistaken.
Erhan, this boy has real talent.”