Chapter 246 – Mission Report to the Other World
He returned to his longed-for home, but Wolfgang was not allowed a sweet rest.
Far from comfortably enjoying hobbies or spending happy time with lovers, it was to the point where I couldn’t even sleep well at night because of the visitors flocking to it day and night.
‘I’d rather go to the polar region one more time.’
It was to the point where I seriously thought about how badly I had suffered in the past few days.
“Sir Wolfgang, please, just one word!”
“You swore you’d be willing to become a devil for the sake of the one you love?”
“Is it true that the rumors that you have been appointed as the successor to the current commander-in-chief?”
“How on earth can you be so popular with women?”
Wolfgang grabbed his throbbing head.
Why did things turn out this way?
As her gossip about Alicia continued, the imperial family, which was worse than her, entered into a massive media control to prevent her from mentioning her at all, and Wolfgang took full responsibility for her backlash.
No matter how much I tried to suppress it, people’s curiosity never seemed to fade. It just wanders around looking for another victim. Numerous reporters, pompoms, and aristocrats eager to profit from the impending race for the throne began flocking to Wolfgang’s mansion like clouds.
For Wolfgang, who likes a quiet rest, it was nothing short of a disaster.
Of course, he wasn’t the type to watch things like that, but the interest that reached a level close to mass madness was truly terrifying.
‘Does everyone want to die?’
Even if he openly pressured him to kill himself, even if he frowned and yelled at him, even if he threatened to use force if he bothered him any more, the effect was only short-lived. Or, to be more precise, more people were constantly coming back than those who had fled.
Just like the monster hydra in the legend that cutting off one head produces two heads, he got tired of the crowds that continued to gather even after he chased them away. In the end, he even mobilized the authority of the lieutenant general to place guards around his house before he could barely get his privacy guaranteed. But there was
It’s a story inside the house to the last.
“Hey! That’s Sir Wolfgang!”
“Where, where?”
It was inevitable that once I got out of the house, I would have to face bothersome things again.
Just before going to work for the unified headquarters, how many crowds had he suffered? As Wolfgang remembered, people hadn’t shown him that much interest even during the triumphal ceremony.
‘Ah, I don’t want to go in.’
In front of the commander-in-chief’s office, Wolfgang hesitated for a moment. Even though I’ve already finished my report in writing, that damn boss insists on looking at my face.
So I was really reluctant, but I had no choice but to come this far. Because a soldier was a being who had to be killed if he was born. Sadly, even with three stars, there are no exceptions to the rule of thumb.
The reason for his anxiety was a kind of bizarre certainty that the conversation with the commander-in-chief would never end neatly with a mission report.
The commander-in-chief must have heard what kind of hardships Wolfgang was going through, and the commander-in-chief Wolfgang knew was a man like a hound from hell who would never let go once asked. It’s never an exception even when you catch someone else’s weakness, so you’ll definitely bite and hang on.
But what can I do? It’s something you can’t avoid even if you don’t like it.
“Loyalty. That’s me, Commander-in-Chief. I’m going in.”
The delay wasn’t too long. Wolfgang took a deep breath and opened the door to his office. He tended to think that if he had to be beaten, he had better be beaten and finished as quickly as possible.
“No, who the hell is this? Come on. Sir Wolfgang, the sinful man.”
“…”
By the way, why does the hawk hurt a little from the start?
Craig Kaul, the commander-in-chief of the Empire, who was called iron-blooded due to his ruthless personality and his sword-like work, had a monstrous expression that Wolfgang had never seen before.
Twisted mouth and twitching cheeks. It looks like he’s barely holding back a burst of laughter.
“Keuheuk…! Come sit down. How could a commander in chief dare to set up the ‘core of the military’ at will?”
Glancingly, instead of slumping down on the guest sofa, Wolfgang stared blankly at the commander-in-chief’s desk.
Marshal of the Imperial Army, who is suffering from heavy workload so that 24 hours are not enough. Of course, as usual, countless kinds of papers are piled up on his desk.
Today, however, one impurity was mixed in that scene of patriotism, and that was a newspaper with a large portrait of Wolfgang smiling unnecessarily ambitious.
[Defense Newspaper]
[Lieutenant General Wolfgang von Schwarz, who is he?]
Even that clumsy bundle of propaganda paper that makes him feel sorry for the tree every day delivered to his office, he won’t let him go.
Truly, the whole world was Wolfgang.
“…Don’t make fun of me.”
Even though he didn’t seem to like it at all.
Wolfgang let out a long sigh as if in desperation and carefully sat down on the sofa. The commander-in-chief grinned, picked up the newspaper, and attempted to read it aloud, but when Wolfgang’s expression suddenly turned cold, he immediately quit, as if concerned about a cataclysm.
Instead, the commander-in-chief, who quietly approached the sofa and sat face-to-face with his subordinate, handed over a hip flask filled with strong whiskey. Unlike usual, Wolfgang did not hesitate.
“Yes, as soon as I returned, I couldn’t even rest and went through a lot. In many ways, he did a great job.”
“I just tried my best to achieve the goal of the given mission.”
Wolfgang, who poured all of his whiskey at once, replied without changing his expression.
Somehow, rather than a place to report on the achievements of the mission, it was more like two men flirting, but in comparison, the story seemed to be progressing somehow.
“Honestly, I thought it would be a success even if I just grasped the trends of the North Korean thugs, but on the contrary, the goal was exceeded.
“I didn’t expect to achieve such great results. I thought things were completely messed up, but somehow, after struggling, it worked out well in the end. Should I say it’s the grace of the heavenly gods?”
“This is true. I’m confused whether it’s humility or deception. Anyway, the reason I called you here today is because I was reading the report and I had a question.”
“What is it?”
The commander-in-chief took out his baton and pointed to the middle paragraph of the report.
Wanting to do something, I looked at that part, and at once Wolfgang’s mouth fell shut.
“Looking at this part here, Bjorn, chieftain of the Frosttooth tribe, writes that you promised full cooperation to the Empire in exchange for your contribution to repelling the invasion of the Fimbulbert tribe. I mean, I’m not a man who would bow his head to others just for a reason.”
He thought he’d be able to crush it moderately and move on. Wasn’t he, after all, no match for the commander-in-chief of the empire? Wolfgang swallowed his saliva.
The commander-in-chief put his chin on Wolfgang’s shoulder and said.
“Lieutenant General Wolfgang. I’m sure you’re not an idiot who makes things worse by lying needlessly. But the story doesn’t quite fit. Is there something in the middle that I didn’t understand? Or, the acquisition process Have you used some inappropriate means to write a report on?”
It wasn’t really a way to rebuke him. The nuance that seems to be purely asking questions. However, if he gave another sloppy answer here, then he would never be able to get over it.
It was because the commander-in-chief of the empire was not a very easygoing man.
A mediocre subordinate would not have cared about it, but more than anything else in the world, he hated the act of a trusted subordinate betraying his expectations. Just as Wolfgang still hadn’t recovered from the wounds he suffered during the war, it was for a similar reason.
So Wolfgang chose to close his eyes tightly and tell him the truth.
“Well, actually…”
Needless to say, it was his relationship with Astrid that Wolfgang wanted to hide, even reducing the contents of the report.
The commander-in-chief, who had a bad relationship with Bjorn in the past, knew more about the Frosttooth tribe than Wolfgang, and he knew how fiercely he and Astrid fought during the war.
Wolfgang could not honestly tell such a commander-in-chief that, as a result, he had seduced Astrid and swallowed the entire Frosttooth tribe, and that he had succeeded in his mission by using means no different from that of a handsome man.
To seduce a female general of an enemy country and enlist her as an ally? These days, such a development doesn’t appear often in novels. It’s a story that would appear only in vulgar novels written by Madame Noir.
“Hey, hey…”
But now that this has happened, I have no choice but to tell you everything.
As Wolfgang’s story continued, the commander-in-chief’s expression became more and more mysterious.
“So I, uhm. I fought and defeated Astrid and had physical relations with her… As a token of my trust, I presented her with a badge of rank on one side of me. Then Chief Bjorn was very satisfied, and he probably considers me his son-in-law. That’s it.” Perhaps it was a decisive factor in the mission’s success…”
It was just a simple summary of the facts.
For some reason, Wolfgang felt ashamed and wanted to die.
