"Your Excellency, Commander, although I really appreciate you for letting us join the combat meeting...... Is that okay?"

Waiting until the combat meeting was over, Klute asked uncertainly

"We are Unit 422, a punitive force that does not exist in archives and history, wouldn't it be nice for us to participate in a meeting of this level?"

Even though things are sometimes lacking, Klut is not confused in some ways.

"The only difference between the so-called punitive troops and ordinary troops is that there is no open establishment, the members have no names, and the troops have no fixed supplies~"

Patting Klut on the shoulder, Carl said he didn't care about anything like that.

"With a change of uniform, and a name, who would have guessed that you were a punishment unit......?

recalled that he almost starved to death in Unit 422...... (Very familiar scene) those kind soldiers actually saved their food and starved themselves to eat first, such a unit will not be very bad no matter how you look at it, right? ）

"You are a heroic army that can still fight after eating only two meals a day, and you can endure it silently for so long while eating less than you can eat every day, and I Carl Gilman absolutely believe in you!"

Feelings: Carl treats everyone as if he were a foodie...... But then again, the daily supply of Unit 422 is indeed a bit pitiful

"Therefore, based on my own observations and expressions towards you, I have decided to trust you, and please bring my troops to the city of Basel this afternoon, and I will explain to you the combat mission in detail when the time comes...... Liella stayed. ”

"Huh, me?"

Liella didn't understand what it was like to be called by the puppet leader.

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If someone had told Liella the day before yesterday that she would be favored by a well-known man in two days, she would have thought that this person would be crazy, but today, the day after she had very accidentally rescued a girl who had thought she was just lost and starved, she was summoned by the girl.

And the 'girl' who was rescued by herself was actually the recently famous Lando Barça group leader himself.

"Be my lieutenant, Liella. ”

When Klute was gone, Karl spoke directly

"Huh?"

"When I was my adjutant, transferred to me from the Nameless Unit. ”

Compared to Kluet, who met in Pingshui, what made Carl care more was actually this girl named Liella, this beautiful girl who had a meal for Carl. (It seems that he also recognizes Alicia in this way...... ）

"I have already learned about you through the military department, the first batch of volunteers to participate in the northern defense operation, the first week of the outbreak of the war joined the combat unit to fight the enemy, and successively changed three volunteer units, because each time the army was wiped out, he escaped back to the rear alive and was alienated by his companions called the ominous 'Grim Reaper', and finally sent to the punishment unit. There's nothing wrong with your file and the previous information, and you were sent to 422 solely because of rejection, am I right?"

"That's right...... You're absolutely right......"

Thinking of her nickname and the injustices she had suffered in the army, Liella looked depressed and lowered her head slightly.

"I am indeed called the 'Grim Reaper,' they say...... It's all because of me, killing all my teammates...... Because of me, those troops were wiped out......"

"Do you think so too?"

"Of course not! I'm not the Grim Reaper!"

In desperation, Liella uttered one of her most common mantras.

"What kind of death?!I'm in danger every time! I try my best to save my life every time! I survive a desperate battle every time I fight alone! I've never been a deserter! I've never been greedy for life or afraid of death! I've made a mistake in command, the troops have been surrounded, the battle line has collapsed, and my teammates have died, can I be blamed for this?! The troops are finished, I'm alone, killing the enemy in front of me, getting through their defenses! Capture their weapons! Steal their provisions! I only returned to my own side through the enemy's blockade of the battle line, why did they say that about me......?

As she spoke, the corners of Liela's eyes turned a little red, and she clenched her fists tightly.

She didn't know what's wrong, in front of Carl, who had only met once, she suddenly revealed her weak side, as if she wanted to reveal all her thoughts in this silver-haired and red-eyed pseudo-girl.

This had never happened to Liella before.

'I can't be in love with this pseudo-girl?'

Looking at Carl's beautiful face, she muttered to herself

"The total annihilation of the troops, it is because of the stupidity of the commander and the strength of the enemy, that you can survive in a unit led by a fool, which shows that your wit and bravery are beyond the ordinary and have great abilities. If anything, they're only half right. ”

"Half?"

"You are indeed a 'god', but not a god of death, but a Valkyrie. She is a Valkyrie who roams the battlefield. ”

(Carmon was right on that.) ）

For the first time, Liella was so praised by a well-known figure who represented authority, from the ominous Grim Reaper to the Valkyrie, who symbolized the image of the country.

Being praised and praised like this made Liella, who had been criticized and criticized for a long time, instantly feel like she had found a soulmate, and Carl's favorability instantly soared by 30 points. Relationships jump directly from 'knowing' to 'confidant'.

"What's your answer, then?

Originally, Carl thought that this recruitment should be nine out of ten, but he didn't want to......

"But I'm sorry, I ...... I can't leave Unit 422 yet. ”

"Huh?"

This time, it was changed to Karl

He didn't understand why he had done so much foreshadowing, praise and favoritism in advance, why he still couldn't get his sister into his arms?

Anyway, she didn't want to soak her, she couldn't have misunderstood, right?

"If you show up a month or two earlier...... I don't think I'll turn down your invitation anyway, Head Carl Gilman, but ......"

Since Klut came to 422 as captain, a lot has changed.

422 became less cold, his comrades became less distant, and the troops gradually became less like troops and more like their own home.

"Are you worried about other people's opinions? You definitely don't have to worry about this, you see, didn't you see it too? Who were the people in the room when we had a meeting just now?~ There are volunteers...... There are family soldiers from the south, foreign friends, and officers of the emperor's **, in my army, you need to worry about everything, but you don't need to worry about others wearing colored glasses to look at you~"

Even the officers and non-commissioned officers who trained the soldiers were all prisoners of the emperor's ** side, and they were wearing the emperor's ** military uniform, and the etiquette of the army was changed to the imperial style, what could be more strange than this?

Compared to the problems of the Lando Barça team, what is the problem of Liella?

"No, that's not the problem. ”

People are becoming more and more like family and friends, and there has become a place of hope and understanding. It's becoming more and more impossible for Liella to let go.

"422 is already my home and I don't want to leave her. ”

Very formally, Liella bowed and apologized, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, Captain. ”

If it had been a month or two earlier, I would not have rejected this puppet girl who had a good impression at the first sight, right? This puppet lady and commander who was so sure of himself, and a commander with good command ability, should not have to worry about the fact that the army would be wiped out one day and that he would lose all his comrades-in-arms and be alone...... Can you be a big soldier in peace, participate in battle after battle with your comrades, and take off your military uniform and return to your hometown when the war is over?

I should have been looking forward to such a chief, right?

And...... And Kluet, and him.

I don't want to leave him......

"Yes, I see, you just stay in Unit 422. ”

And Carl is not a strong man, and he can only do it when he sees Liella so persistent.

"The next question is asked as a personal question, and it doesn't matter if it's not easy to answer. ”

But somehow, Carl suddenly felt that Liella had a feeling of being arched by a stupid pig.

"You have a lot of ...... in the army Is the person who cares right?"

Although he wanted to ask 'the person he likes', considering that it was difficult to brush up on his favorability, Carl did not use the kind of language that might attract resistance.

"Hmm. ”

Somehow, Kluet's figure was the first to pop up......

"Got it"

Looking at the girl's happy and moistened face, Carl was 100% sure.

This baby is lost on the road of life......

"From tomorrow onwards, you and Klute will come with me to Basel to inspect the enemy, and you will be staying in our barracks tonight. ”

"But don't I need to go back to the army?"

'The commander doesn't want to buy and sell?'

For a moment, the girl had this worry.

"Of course, Unit 422 will be transferred to me tonight, so you don't have to worry about not being able to return to the troops, right?"

"But ...... from the military department"

"I even dare to use the emperor's ** official, what else would I not dare?If the military department didn't want victory, they would have withdrawn me a long time ago, don't worry, there's no problem~"

"Why...... Do you want to take this big step?"

Liella said she couldn't understand Carl's thoughts.

"Because you don't want to leave 422, and I don't want to let you go, so I can only do this~"

Of course, there is also the fact that 422 is very experienced as a combat unit, which is a good help.

But in order to coax the girl, this reason will not be said~