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That's agreed? I thought I would have to think about it for a long time and go through many trials of life and death...... I didn't have time to prepare myself for it......

There was a moment of silence in the cabin, and then Sylvia said, "Yes, I agreed. ”

I paused for a few seconds to make sure I heard correctly, and hesitated to ask, "Have you thought about it?" ”

"Need to be careful?" She slowly stepped back against the table, and finally sat down on the table, squeezing the thick logbook aside, "I can make up my mind in ten seconds to participate in a battle that may be certain to the death." Considering that the matter of getting married might make the rest of my life worse than death, I took a few more seconds. Marriage is like a doomed death, since there is no escape, why not face it calmly? ”

Well, what should I say about that? Fenris's thinking is always so strange. For a moment, I even thought, either you made the wrong decision, or me......

How did I fall for her in the first place? Oh no, I'm not a young person who would act impulsively because of emotional likes and dislikes, not anymore. As I confessed to her, I was completely out of reason, or rather for the sake of profit, and there was nothing wrong with me.

"When will I be promoted to general?" Seeing that I was silent, she continued to ask.

"When you're thirty." I blurted out.

Sylvia was so surprised that she stood up, "Only three years?" You're kidding? Or do you not understand the promotion mechanism of our Navy? ”

The structure of the Navy is different from that of our Defense Forces, but it is also very similar. In the way of seniority, it is only a matter of time before he becomes a lieutenant to a captain, but captains and majors are a hurdle, and officers from ordinary soldiers often have to retire as captains after serving for half their lives, while it is much easier for officers and noble children from regular military schools to cross this hurdle. It is also easy to become a colonel from a major, and a colonel to a major general is a bigger hurdle, which is almost impossible to cross with qualifications.

"War, to hell with all mechanisms. There will be many brave generals who will fall one after another, and there will be many stupid generals who will be revealed. I walked back to her side and stood in front of her, "There will be countless young people who will die, and those who will survive will quickly rise to the sky." ”

"But I guess that even if I could encounter a battle of this magnitude every time I went on a mission, in three years, I would only be able to become a colonel. Want to be a general...... How big of a battle are we going to have? Sylvia said with a frown.

"Childish! Is your understanding of war so small? Think you're familiar with patrolling, escorting, and transporting, and occasionally run into a pirate? I put my hands on her shoulders and pushed her back down at the table, staring into her eyes and saying solemnly, "Those are peaceful days, forget them." Think about it, only fifty wild wolves were dispatched in today's battle, and then think about what they said when they left? Anaheim's rallying horn, the wolves want to assemble all of them! How many wolves are there? At least five thousand! What kind of enemy is worthy of all the wolves? How big is the battlefield for 5,000 wolves? Also, when the wolves are assembled, will the other interstellar warbands stand by? Can you imagine how big wars there will be in the future? ”

"I can't imagine it." She confessed.

"I can't imagine it. In fact, I've never seen fifty Space Marines at once in a battle I've ever experienced, and it only takes one or two squads to decide the course of a campaign, and a company to save a world from collapse. So I think that when an entire group of Space Marines is assembled, thousands of worlds will be ablaze, the entire starry sky will be at peace, our ships will have to go through a life-and-death battle every step forward, and the slightest mistake in our actions will be doomed. Moreover, the war will go on for a long time, and we may have to wander for years without supplies and repairs. This is the future we have to face, and we are far from ready, but at least we need to be mentally prepared. ”

"Sounds like a lot of yearning for me. Even if you don't survive, you can be posthumously awarded the title of general, which is worth it. She smiled nonchalantly, "So, are these predictions or inferences about the future?" Or is it just speculation? ”

"As for the coming war, that's speculation, and you can't go wrong. I had heard in the Hall of Silence that the guy named Abaddon was about to return from the Eye of Fear. And the fact that you will become a general in the future is my prophecy. I'm not a professional prophet, and even a professional prophet would have a hard time making accurate predictions about what will happen in three years......"

"Yes, I know that prophecy is only one of countless possibilities, not a predestined thing. What happens depends on our own efforts. Anyway, a thirty-year-old general, that is really a glory that he has to fight for with his life. She patted me on the shoulder, as if to comfort me, "You don't have to be so nervous, who said that the wolves must be assembled for war?" Isn't it time for the millennium, and maybe they're going to have a great feast. If we had moved a little faster, we might have been able to get a drink. ”

"The wolf's wine is not so delicious." I sighed and sat down beside her.

"Yes, a glass of wine from a wild wolf can only be exchanged for at least a hundred times more blood." She understood what I was saying, but her interest grew.

The difference is that for me fighting is just a job, ensuring that I have my place in the empire and earn food for myself, while for her, fighting itself is like a feast, an even more important part of life than eating. Ordinary people and Fenris, middle-aged people in the twilight and young people with surging enthusiasm, this moment seems completely different.

Seeing her fair face flushed with enthusiasm and fighting spirit, shining with a touching brilliance in this dimly lit cabin, even the long-dormant teenage heart in my heart seemed to be rekindled, and the passionate emotions returned to me.

It's not when you're fighting, why do you want to be so emotional? Well, maybe I can find something else to do......

So I waved, and the barrel that I had thrown on the ground flew into my hand, and I took the skull glass that the wolf had left for Sylvia.

"Speaking of the wolf's wine, isn't there still one more here, do you want to have another drink?"

Sylvia turned her head to look at me with a hint of wariness in her eyes, "I remember you said you were going to keep these drinks to celebrate more victories. ”

"I just won one of the greatest victories of my life!" I could not help but prolong my voice, and in an impassioned tone like a missionary's prayer, "I have lost tens of thousands of enemies, and more of humanity will fall at my feet in the future, and the spoils of war I have won could fill an arsenal, but those victories are nothing compared to tonight, past and future." Tonight, I have obtained the most precious treasure of my life, and I have plucked the brightest stars in the night sky......"

With her hands over her ears, Sylvia tilted her head and slammed it on the side of my head, interrupting my chanting, "I'm not deaf, don't shout so loudly." What are you doing as a wizard to learn to speak? Is there still this course in the Psionic Academy? ”

"Of course the academy doesn't have it, but it can be used in war, so I learned it. It's you, there should be this course in your naval academy, right? Eloquence is also an important part of leadership. ”

"Of course, but I was young and ignorant at that time, and I basically failed all the courses related to leadership. I was supposed to repeat my grade, but my father used his rights to forcibly take me to the ship for an internship. At that time, he said the same thing as you, as long as you can win, nothing else matters, so I am like him, specializing in helm and gunnery...... As a result, you saw ......"

"Too much of a single capability may have some upper hand on a small battlefield, but it is not enough to deal with all the problems encountered in a war. When I first graduated, I was confident that I could be invincible, but less than a year later, I realized my mistake. Luckily, my abilities gave me more opportunities to do it all over again, so in the days that followed, I learned everything. ”

"You can do anything?"

"Of course not, there's always something I can't learn. For example, when driving, witchcraft can always easily break machinery. There is also gunnery, without a good mathematical foundation, no matter how you learn it, you can't calculate the trajectory, so you have to aim directly. ”

Then Sylvia stared at me with a look of disappointment, "I want you to be my first mate or gunner." ”

"Nepotism is going to have an accident. You know how hard it is to train a naval officer, even if I take it seriously and learn it from scratch. But with so many people on board, is it difficult to find another one who knows how to drive a boat? I knew that Erdien had experience sailing. ”

"He's only going to be a frigate-class boat on Death Watch......"

"It's as if you've piloted a cruiser alone. Besides, before you can find someone to drive the boat, you have to at least get the boat moving, right? In addition, the unification work of these people on the ship is also the first, one leader, one voice, all those who oppose it, for the time being, we do not have the prestige of life and death, so we have to drive away first. ”

Sylvia stood up and walked up to me and looked at me condescendingly. I was about to get up, but I was held down by the shoulder.

"I'm the captain of this ship. Outside, even if you're higher in rank than mine, you have to obey my orders, you know? If there is something that doubts me, we can talk privately. She said.

"That's nature."

"And here, this is our private space, this is our home, and here you have the final say. It's been a long time since I've experienced what a family is like, and I've probably forgotten what I should do, like cooking. Besides, I don't have that much time. ”

"It's fine. Haven't I learned everything, and I can be a cook, believe it or not? ”

"But at least I can pour you a drink. Didn't you just say you wanted a drink? She reached for the barrel I was holding.

That's right, I just talked so much nonsense for a long time, and I actually forgot about such an important thing as drinking...... No, it's not important to drink, it's important to get her drunk and ......

But now in this situation, it is clear that she has seen through my intentions - of course, in this case, how stupid would a woman not be able to see it?

I'm not sure I'll beat her in terms of drinking, so I'll just go straight and she'll agree anyway, won't she......

So I put the barrel aside, stood up and grabbed her wrist, and when my other hand tried to hug her, she put her other hand on my forehead. Her arms were slightly longer than mine, and I didn't have any room to move further.

"In such a hurry to enjoy the loot?" She smiled a little playfully, and didn't get angry because of it, but the strength in her arm was irresistible.

"I thought ......"

She didn't give me time to defend herself, interrupting me and saying, "Admittedly, your offer is attractive to me. But women can't be driven entirely by reason. You owe me something else. ”

She folded her arms, leaned closer, and looked me in the eye, "Now, put aside those transactions of rights and interests, and answer a woman as a man, do you like me?" ”

Such a simple question I had to answer without hesitation—and yet I felt as if an inexplicable force was grabbing my throat, making those two simple syllables stuck in my throat and unable to utter them. It's something I've never encountered before, and I simply can't deal with it.

After a few moments, I remembered something.

I bowed my head deeply, avoiding her gaze, and the power faded, and my throat relaxed, and I regained the ability to speak.

"I ...... I can't tell...... "The voice was so small that I could barely hear it, but I was sure she heard it."

I leaned slightly to make sure her pistol and sword were still on the table, and she didn't bother to take them, so that's fine.