The fresh morning breeze lifted the curtains and burrowed into the bedroom of a newlywed, blowing away the air that still had a hint of pink.

Karl was woken up by a slightly cool wind, he rolled over and found him alone on the bed, and then he heard a noise in the kitchen downstairs.

He sat by the head of the bed, took a cigarette from the cigarette case on the bedside table beside him, put it in his mouth, pinched the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, lit the cigarette with a small flame.

A puff of cigarette was exhaled, and he suddenly felt that the whole world had become a better place.

This is not in vain, he decisively ran hundreds of kilometers from Osmanthus City to the town where his hometown is located that day, and finally caught up with the wedding at the last moment.

The cars he encountered along the way were all requisitioned by the military, which is why he couldn't even take a ride on the way, and the vehicles for military missions were forbidden to unrelated people.

While smoking a cigarette, he thought about taking his new wife to his place of work to start a new life after the marriage leave.

The landlord has already said that the façade on the first floor will be rented to them in the future.

Many bachelors in the workshop where he works solve their lunch problems with dry food such as bread or steamed buns and a can of juice at noon, and only go to eat a good meal after work in the evening.

His wife's skills in the kitchen are still good, and when the time comes, she will open a shop and learn from humans to make a meat bun and juice set, and the business should be good. Otherwise, glutinous rice with sausage and mung bean puree will make a rice ball, and it is estimated that some elves will like it.

In a few years, they will have a child, and the level of education in the city where he works is still higher than in his hometown.

A sudden knock on the door interrupted Carl's reverie for the future.

He put on his clothes and went downstairs to find the mayor of the town and an officer of the local garrison visiting.

"What's the matter?" Karl asked.

Marianne, the wife who was standing by the door, turned around and said to her husband, "I'll help you pack your bags" and went upstairs.

The mayor of the town, who knew the person who had come all the way back from the wedding not long ago, handed Carl a roll of parchment dyed red with both hands, "I'm sorry to disturb your newlywed life, but the country needs you now." ”

Carl solemnly took the call order from the mayor with both hands, and said, "I'll report on time." ”

The town's improvised militia assembled at 12 p.m., and Karl, carrying his wife's backpack, arrived at the assembly site outside the town five minutes before the deadline.

The assembled wagons were lined up in several rows, and the militiamen who had arrived were bidding farewell to their loved ones who had come to see them off.

He handed the red parchment to the officer in charge of registration, and the officer whistled, "Little brother, your feet are shaking so much, are you okay?"

Carl smirked and signed his name on the report sheet.

As soon as he finished signing, he received a slap on the back of the head.

Karl turned away in a rage, but was killed on the spot when he saw the man who had beaten him.

"Mom, why are you here?" said Karl, shrinking his neck.

Carl's mother stuffed a bag full of jerky into her son's hand, and then helped Carl sort out the neckline and corners of his clothes, and said, "Take it, share it with everyone on the road, sometimes everyone can help each other through a lot of difficulties." Don't worry about things at home. ”

"Got it. Karl replied, "This time we're just helping to transport things, not going to the front." ”

A "snap" sounded on Karl's head, and his mother withdrew her finger and said very seriously: "Don't underestimate the enemy when you go to the battlefield, your mother and I once took a delivery mission when I was a young adventurer, and I was surrounded by a large pack of wolves." If it weren't for the knight named Artoria passing by, your mother and I would have turned into wolf dung, and there would still be a stupid boy like you. ”

The whistle soon sounded, and Karl, like many militiamen around him, said goodbye to his relatives, boarded the carriage after gathering, and then set off into the distance under the eyes of his relatives.

At nightfall, the convoy arrived outside the city of Osmanthus at night, which had become a huge military camp, where troops and supplies were constantly gathered from the railway, and then horse-drawn carriages from all directions carried them to the south.

Carl took his call-up warrant and inquired all the way, and finally came to a small camp.

After confirming Karl's identity, the officer in charge of the place said to him, "You can take a break, go to dinner first, and leave in the middle of the night, right?"

Carl said it was no problem, he had slept along the way.

"Huh, Carl?"

"Ah, Gothrib!"

Carl met his co-workers in the workshop while he was cooking.

"Half of the brothers in our workshop have been drafted. Gothreb said as he ate, "They're all gone, and we're probably done." ”

"I heard just now that I was setting off in the middle of the night. Carl said as he ate.

"It may be earlier, or it may be delayed. "Some of the troops will let us go there and prepare in advance. ”

As a result, Gothrib was right this time, and as soon as they finished eating, an officer of a team preparing to go south came here to receive them.

In this camp are all temporary recruits of all kinds of professional and technical personnel, who will be strengthened into the various teams.

Karl, Gothrib, and two veterinarians followed the officer to a detachment of about three thousand elves that were about to be drawn out in the middle of the night. This detachment strengthened a brigade of ballistas, which consisted of fifty ballistas and ten logistical wagons. Karl and Gothrib's task was to participate in the maintenance of these ballistas.

The captain of the ballista brigade handed two cigarettes to Carl and Gothrib, "This time it's going to be a problem for both of you." ”

"That's what we're supposed to do. Karl took the cigarette and put it to his ear, "Let's check the chassis and axles of the car before we go, and we can check the ballistas on the way." ”

The captain was naturally happy, and he immediately arranged for the maintenance personnel of each car to cooperate with the experts to inspect the car.

Carl went to the logistics vehicle, put his luggage, received an overhaul kit, and began to check the ballista that was about to be deployed, led by a logistics officer.

After inspecting a car's steel chassis, axles, front-wheel steering, and brakes, Carl drilled out underneath the car.

"Dude, we've got a good car. The captain handed Karl a cigarette.

Karl took the cigarette and put it on his other ear and said, "Basically, it's fine, but I recommend oiling the bearings and brake linkages before you go." ”

"No problem. The commander beckoned the crew to start refueling the car.

Karl and Gothrieb spent three hours inspecting the chassis of all the ballistas and wagons in the ballista brigade, and the cars were in basically good condition, except for two cars that had to be replaced with bearings that were a little worn out in case they were needed, and the other cars were also a little oiled.

The two of them finally had time to smoke on the side, and they got a lot of cigarettes along the way. Because they don't smoke at work, they now have time to smoke cigarettes.

"You two have worked hard. The captain reappeared, this time bringing two cans of drinks, "This batch of cars is not bad, there are not as many problems as before." ”

"yes. "This model of car uses a lot of new technology. ”

Then he pointed to Carl on the side, "He invented that new braking system." ”

"Oh?" the captain looked at Carl in surprise, he knew that these two were technicians in the car production workshop, but he didn't expect that the young one was still a skilled person.

"It's nothing. Karl smiled and said, "If I can make a cart that doesn't use a horse, then I'll be in the history books." ”

"It's not impossible. The captain thought and said, "We heard that a power company was being built over there when we were passing through the city, maybe there was something good over there. ”

Karl and Gothrieb immediately remembered the message.