Chapter 13 – Coupling Practice
“Commander ■■■. I heard that Units 470, 471, 472, and 473 have been disbanded with the decision to withdraw from Area 47 this time.”
“Could the unit’s pilots be supported by our unit?”
“No… I do not hope for many people. Even one person is fine.”
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“… Yes? Now, hold on… What the hell is that?”
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“Commander ■■■! Why is the story the way it is!”
“Not as a recruit! Our unit needs veteran pilots! How long…”
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“… Sorry.”
Morning as usual.
Lien Frost, who was communicating with a higher unit, lowered his head helplessly. Before long, blood leaked from her parched lips as she bit her teeth hard.
2.
In meetings with higher-level units, the commander of Unit 393, Area 39, always did the same thing.
To ask for new staff.
Lien said that since she was assigned to Unit 393, she has never missed this request in a meeting.
No, it’s not just Rien.
All the commanders of other units cry out for new pilots every time, just like Rien.
No matter which unit you go to, pilots are lacking, and somehow they struggle to get more supplies and support.
Thanks to that, the meeting was actually nothing more than a mayhem to take more.
And among those commanders, Rien was the youngest and most female.
Even those from ‘new nobles’…
“… These conscienceless humans.”
Rien’s body trembled slightly.
Her anger and disgust surged up from the inside of her chest.
Even if it’s okay to look down on a woman, I never thought I’d say such vulgar things openly. It is questionable how the nobles could do such a thing.
Throughout the meeting, every commander cries for a new pilot. However, among them, Rien was especially persistent.
If it seemed possible somehow, they shoved her from the front and back of her head.
It has to be. Because I was really desperate. I still shudder when I think of the first time I came to the base.
When she arrived, Unit 393 was in tatters.
Because the unit was wiped out, the commander died, and only a handful of remaining members were barely enough to form a platoon. Maybe she didn’t have a conscience though, but she belatedly put in a new recruit…
The problem was the quality of those recruits.
Rien doesn’t like to judge people by her rating.
But seeing her in this position, she couldn’t help but evaluate people. Only then can she devise an efficient and harmless strategy.
In that respect, the pilots who came to Unit 393 were all children of the ‘lowest class’.
Children who were evaluated as failing students by institutions…
Those were the members of the current 393 unit.
And, of course, there’s no way such recruits could survive for long.
“Konoha, Rohan, Ash, Kippa, Eri, Mikage, Kanata, Reina…”
Lien quietly muttered the names of the members of the unit who were no longer in the unit.
I can’t forget any of the names.
No, I can’t forget it.
They used their blood and lives as food to create the current unit.
So he had to remember them.
“Why? Didn’t it work this time too?”
Asuna spoke to Rien, who was lying on her desk. Rien nodded with her head slightly raised, with an expression as if her soul had been drained.
“Huh… Well, yes.”
“Okay? Anyway, you worked hard.”
Have you gotten used to it by now?
Unlike before, Asuna clicked her tongue and sat down in her corner with her legs crossed and started reading her report.
It was a report on the situation of the war that came down from a senior unit a few days ago.
“Leen.”
Asuna, who was reading her report with her serious face, frowned as if she had seen some bad prank. She then tilted her head, flapping her report in her hand.
“Is this really real? It’s not a lie?”
“… It could be a lie.”
“But anyway, how does this nonsense exist?”
“… It certainly does.”
The report Asuna was reading recorded what happened in District 47.
That, too, is something hard to believe.
At first, Rien’s reaction was similar to Asuna’s.
The reason she retreated from Area 47 this time was simple.
She originally planned to reduce her power lines, but a few days ago, an unbearable entity swept through the area.
Super-giant bugs over 100 meters in length…
That was clearly stated in the report.
Asuna read her report again and flicked the paper with her finger as if she had realized something.
“Oh, did you misspell a ball?”
“Asuna… Stop. I thought that was strange too, so I asked during the meeting, and it was true that it was written in the report.”
“… “
At Rien’s words, Asuna blinked at her eyes and rubbed the pits of her eyes for a while. She did that for a while as if she was denying reality, then she muttered in a dejected voice.
“And… Lien. These days, I’m thinking about switching to no religion. If there really is a God, he shouldn’t do this to us. Isn’t this the end of humanity? “
“… “
Destruction…
It’s like a joke, but I can’t deny it even if I want to deny it. Especially since it was a position where I could access more information than others.
When she became a commander, even the things she didn’t want to see were inevitable.
“Yeah, pretend there is. So what did this guy do? Are you going to do a subjugation? But when he sees him stepping out of Area 47… It doesn’t seem like that again.”
“… Well. I don’t know.”
After answering that, Lien straightened her back and lifted her head as if to warm up her frowning body. Then she looked up at the ceiling and slowly rolled her eyes. Her blue eyes were stained with her tiredness.
Huge bug… To be honest, it doesn’t touch my heart because it’s an unrealistic story.
Besides, it’s a far-off area from here anyway.
So you’ll figure it out on that side.
What was important to Rien was the work of District 39.
3.
Except when bugs are discovered, members of the squad live freely within the squad. But that didn’t mean I was wasting time pointlessly.
“Now! Try some more! Can you fight bugs properly with this!?”
Shouted Chandler, who had a rough build.
Then, young soldiers grabbed wooden swords and attacked the surrounding area. But maybe it was because of the big difference in physique, it looked like the neighborhood hyung was playing with the kids.
Every time Chandler’s wooden sword moved, the bodies of the troops were thrown out with a single blow. The sound of the wooden swords colliding and resonating was quite menacing. It was a force that would break a bone if hit properly.
It was as if they didn’t look at them as children.
Normally, he is flirtatious, but he teaches quite harshly. Netoru sat in the shade of a nearby tree and watched Chandler like that.
“… Have you always taught like that?”
You may wonder what kind of training that kind of training would mean to a pilot who moves a holy cavalry, but it has a lot of meaning.
In the first place, since the weapon that the holy cavalry handles is a cold weapon, the more you experience it with your body and increase your understanding of the weapon, the steeper the combat power.
In that respect, Chandler’s method is not wrong.
But that’s not perfect either.
Still, I should say that Chandler is doing his best in his own way. There was no way he knew the proper training method since he was not even a regular knight in the first place.
There is probably at least one male pilot who was a knight in an ordinary unit, but… As expected of a place hated by nobles, there is nothing here.
Among the pilots, there was a big difference between commoners and knights. Not to mention the magical nervous system built into his body, even his weapon skills.
To be honest, from Netoru’s point of view, I wonder what rank means in a world where bugs run rampant,
The nobles of this country were afraid.
Just in case the commoners overwhelm the nobles.
Just in case the nobles were dragged to the guillotine.
The advent of the revolutionary period in the kingdom again, just in case.
Despite pretending not to, nobles fear commoners as much as bugs. That’s why even in this situation, they keep their secrets tightly hidden.
It’s funny, but it was an era where strength was needed more than ever, and that’s why strong power soon becomes overwhelming power.
“There is nothing to see here.”
Netoru, who was watching Chandler’s drill, gave a long, tired yawn and got up from his seat.
He immediately left Chandler and his male pilots behind and headed to where the female pilots were training.
After all, women are better than sweaty men.
I had only taken a few steps, and the atmosphere and smell in the air began to change.
At the place where Netoru arrived, there were a group of women sitting in a circle around Ceres.
The women were exercising with something like a yoga mat on the floor, just like the Pilates exercises they saw in real life.
In fact, it was nice to see her wearing something like leggings that showed off her body lines.
─Everyone please follow me.
When Ceres started to move, the female soldiers who surrounded her in a circle copied Ceres’ movements.
─Put your knees a little wider than the width of your hips, and extend your hands a little longer than your shoulders.
“… “
─If you have made it this far, go down as if you are pushing your hips all the way back and straighten your elbows.
Soon, more than a dozen girls began doing what is commonly known as the cat pose in real life.
It was part of a warm-up to build a magical nervous system in the lower abdomen of female pilots.
“… After all, Ceres is teaching here.”
It was quite spectacular to see the women’s hips lifted at the same time. And among them, even among teenagers, Ceres’ body in her 20s is unique.
Thanks to that, Netoru couldn’t help but notice.
Each and every movement of her gently straightening her body was bewitching and refined.
Really… She’s a woman I covet every time I see her.
On the other hand, she was also a woman who couldn’t be fooled at the moment.
Besides, she seems to be quite friendly with Karen, so if you touch her halfway, you don’t know what effect it will have on Karen, who has just started talking.
“… Hmm?”
Then, suddenly, Netoru noticed her strangeness.
I couldn’t see Karen around Ceres.
Where does he train separately?
It was then that she looked around her with such thoughts.
“… What are you looking at secretly like a pervert?”
Suddenly, Karen’s voice came from behind.
She was a little surprised, but Netoru looked back at her with her unconcerned face. Then she saw Karen’s face glaring at her with wide eyes.
Netoru shrugged her shoulders with her nonchalant expression.
If you’re shy or embarrassed for nothing here, it’s just a funny look.
“I just happened to hear it.”
“Accident? And… Yes, you… Aren’t people too shameless?”
And Karen, who was impressed in many ways by looking at such a netoru, put her hand on her forehead and sighed.
“Well, it just went well. Help me out. Is the time okay?”
“What can I do to help?”
“It’s training, of course.”
It’s training… Netoru took a good look at her Karen’s outfit and nodded her head.
I don’t know anything else, but if it’s training like this, I should help.
Karen, like the other women, was wearing black leggings that clearly showed off her body line, and she had a different charm from the pilot suit seen in the cockpit.
“Follow me.”
Let her watch it with delight, and follow it,
─Oops! Lee, Lin! Don’t pull too hard!
─Ah, you have to do this much to exercise!
─Aaah! Nana! Really die like this!
When she arrived, her twin sisters were waiting for Karen, doing couple Pilates.
Then, suddenly, Karen stopped her bold steps, and looking back at her, she asked Netoru.
“I’m asking just in case, do you know how to do coupling exercises?”
