Then, Keisha looked at Theo calmly and asked:
“What point do you mean?”
Keisha's eyes looked at him sharply.
But Theo did not back down, and answered in a cautious voice:
“I know very well, Colonel, that you care about that boy very much.
But whether it is because he has done training beyond reason, or because he has done such things...”
“Get to the point.”
At Keisha's command, Theo took a deep breath and continued:
“In my opinion, honestly, I think this kid is going to negatively impact this unit in the future.”
“Isn't it because you think it will negatively affect me?”
“That…”
At Keisha's sharp remark, Theo's words trailed off.
"Theo, I know what you're thinking.
But I'm not as weak as you think."
Hearing these words, Theo quickly lowered his head apologetically:
"Sorry!
I never meant that!"
Keisha continued speaking indifferently, now eating the chocolate:
“Anyway, why don't you leave him alone for now?
Erhan hasn't negatively affected the unit yet, right?
And if he causes a negative impact later as you say, wouldn't we be able to take action then?”
Theo fell silent.
Kesha's words made some sense, too.
"…Understood."
Theo agreed with a troubled face.
•
“Lennox, when will today’s goods arrive?”
“The Claude Merchant Guild said they would ship them at dawn.
Invoices up to 110 will arrive today.
As for the goods ordered yesterday, they have just been ordered from the guild.”
Lennox Elijah answered clearly and precisely as he looked at her.
Seeing this, Illya was secretly surprised inside.
'He seems like a completely different person.'
He didn't show any of his usual shy behavior.
It's been two weeks already, and Linux is gradually starting to change at some point.
Normally, he was still as confused as before, but when he got involved in their work, his attitude became sharp.
It can be said that blood does not lie.
He was truly worthy of being the son of a merchant family.
“Lennox, you are really good at your job.”
When she complimented him, Lennox blushed and smiled shyly.
“Haha… This is how I can be useful to Elle.
I just tried to imitate the way my parents work.”
For a tradition, his approach to work was absolutely perfect.
This level makes him quite the expert quartermaster.
Elia said to him with an admiring face:
“If you take on unit supply duties, you'll be great at it.”
"What is this?"
“It is the task of providing all necessary supplies to the army and managing their condition.”
Then Lennox answered in a voice lacking confidence:
“So, if it's a job I can do, it must be a very trivial job...”
To Lennox who had returned to his shy mode, Elia shook her head and protested:
“No, it's a very important job in the army.
Maybe more important than the fighting itself.”
Logistics is responsible for providing soldiers with food, weapons, and all their equipment.
If supplies are cut off or not properly provided, the army is bound to collapse.
No matter how excellent a unit's combat strength was, they could not fight while starving and without weapons.
“I can do such important work?
No, Elle!
It’s impossible!
Stop joking.”
Lennox waved his hand dismissively.
“Even now I can barely distribute the goods with the help of my parents...”
But Elia smiled softly.
The day will surely come when Linux will take on this important work.
And very soon.
“Most importantly, Lennox, I have a request.”
"What is it?"
“I am thinking about changing the types of goods we currently import.”
Elijah suggested.
“Please bring as many foods that are easy to store and that everyone can eat, such as crusty bread, bacon, and cuts of processed meat.
As much as possible.”
Upon hearing that, Lennox tilted his head in confusion.
“These things are served in meals too, right?
Even the kids in the unit complain and say they taste bad.
I think it would be better to bring luxury goods like Yusar does...”
She also knew the tastes of the boys in the unit regarding food.
But she shook her head and smiled.
"No, you'll find out soon.
Let's go eat."
•
After a few days.
"Eh?
What's this food today?"
“Do they want us to train while eating this?
This is really too much!”
The usual bread and meat were gone, and all that remained were pale soup and moldy biscuits.
“Kisha is clearly doing this intentionally to torture us.”
They don't know Keisha well.
Illya clicked her tongue inside her.
Kesha, if he wanted to starve them, he would starve them completely, and he would not give them food that could not be eaten in such a vile manner.
'Finally, the time has come.'
Ilya remembered the original story.
Around this time, one of the Grand Duke's family servants embezzled money and fled.
Coincidentally, he was the servant responsible for distributing supplies to this unit.
Therefore, loneliness meals will become miserable for a while.
But of course, Kesha doesn't care about such things.
In the end, not only would most of the boys reach the brink of starvation, but they would also fall during training.
'Even Military Doctor Theo will suffer.'
The so-called <March of Suffering>.
Of course, the original story was going to be that Axion would superhumanly complete his training even in those harsh conditions, thus gaining more and more of Keisha's trust and love.
In the original story, everyone was going to starve and suffer for a while, but that's different now.
Elia approached the frustrated boys and shouted:
“Come on, everyone pay attention!”
The boys looked at her.
“As of today, we have brought new goods.
Bread, cured meat, and bacon.
They are easy to store, do not spoil for a long time, and can be eaten anywhere!”
When she took out the bread, cured meat, bacon and other foods, the boys' eyes lit up all at once.
“Give me one too!”
"Me too!"
These foods are usually overlooked, but the situation is different now.
Compared to pale gravy, dry cured cuts of meat and hard bacon will look like fine steaks, and hard bread will feel like a finest bun.
The food they had prepared ran out in an instant.
"amazing."
Yusar, who suddenly appeared, whispered to Ilya.
“This is also your ability, right?”
"Yes."
When Ilya answered, Yusar looked to one side of the dining hall and continued:
“But it looks like that boy doesn't need anything.”
Axion was there eating the wretched soup, and Elia replied, snorting derisively at the sight of him:
“He wouldn't buy it even if he were to die.”
After all, didn't he complete his training perfectly in the original story while eating those crappy meals?
Illya turned her head, thinking that it would be fortunate that he wouldn't come to her and cause trouble unnecessarily.
•
“Aren't there fewer patients than you expected?”
Theo tilted his head in confusion.
He heard that the distribution of food rations to the soldiers had deteriorated due to the embezzlement of one of the servants of the Grand Duke's family.
Of course, Keisha didn't care about such things, but Theo felt nervous as soon as he heard the news.
If there was a disruption to the food supply, military doctors, including him, had no choice but to be on constant alert.
Soldiers who did not receive good meals quickly exhausted their energy, resulting in a high rate of casualties.
Even on the front lines, if there was a problem with the food supply, the medical clinic was always crowded with patients, and work piled up.
Moreover, aren't these just those spoiled and weak boys?
He had prepared for a huge surge in patients, but the clinic was quieter than he expected.
While he was wondering what happened, Keisha appeared.
“I came to take medicine.”
When Theo quickly got up and saluted, Keisha asked him with a strange smile:
“Theo, how are you doing when the clinic is so quiet?
Did you manage to catch your breath?”
“What the hell happened?”
When asked, Kesha replied:
“Thanks to this boy.”
“Do you mean Erhan?”
When Theo asked in a sharp voice, Keisha nodded.
Theo was lost in thought.
After a while, he slowly opened his mouth.
“Is it possible that this boy brought food from outside?”
"Okay."
When Keisha answered, Theo coldly let out his words:
“He is not a soldier, but a merchant par excellence.”
“Thanks to that merchant, the condition of this unit has improved.
And you, Theo, don’t you look a little more comfortable?”
Keisha's remark was correct, but Theo didn't answer a word.
When Erhan's praise came from his commander's mouth, Theo felt a strange coldness in his chest.
“This is something that would not have happened if we had a proper supply officer to begin with.
Didn't I suggest that a long time ago?
That we needed a supply officer.”
He objected clearly, and looked at his commander with a look of challenge.
Then Kesha asked him sharply:
“Theo, do you hate being praised by Erhan?”