17: Post-training fellowship

Instructor Atekoro who was overpowered was useless, so it became self-training time afterward

The exhausted and retired trainees are also encouraged, and somehow everyone restarted the march training all over again.

「『Beast Fantasy』 is out!」

「「「「「『Beats Fantasy』 is out!?」」」」」

「It's an awesome RPG!」

「「「「「It's an awesome RPG!?」」」」」

At this time, the power of song is great

By singing together while walking, everyone's unity as well as willpower would increase

I take the lead, and everyone following me sings accordingly

Thanks to that, almost no one dropped out, all the trainees were able to continue the Pseudo-marching until the end of the practice time

「Nyahahahaha! Do your best! Everyone, do your best!」

And my sister Selen was always standing ahead of the troop to cheer the trainees

In other words, she also joined the pseudo-marching. But she did it while carrying a fucking heavy iron bar, and walked till the end without being out of breath

「Selen is wonderful, her stamina is top-notch」

「「「「「You too!!」」」」」

Again, the retorts flew from the surroundings

What the heck?

There is no way I would be out of breath with just this much, right?

During the training with 『Tanu-sage』, I once had to run through the roadless mountain all day and night

While carrying not less than 50Kgs of luggage as training for being stranded (a part of it was harassment though）.

Compared to the pseudo-marching today, the road is flat and much more comfortable

「Onii-chan! It would be dinner soon so I will go back!」

「OK, told mom and dad I said hi」

「I will come again tomorrow」

「「「「「You will come again tomorrow!?」」」」」

Like that, the first day of the training ended

Of course the trainees must stay at the barrack and cannot go home, this is to teach them about the community life and how to rest during war times

「Oh boss! Boss keeps making us amazed」

After the training, the one approached me is the small man, Seki

Although the training has just ended, this guy seems pretty composed

「I didn't expect boss's relative to be  a super-VIP like that! With that, that shitty bastard Atekoro wouldn't meddle with boss anymore! Serve him right!」

Calling the instructor shitty bastard

Well, with his character, it can't be helped

「So, my sister is a big shot after all?」

「Of course! To begin with, the instructor is said to have the power to treat the trainees as if he's their god, but in fact it's different. Even the "forcing trainee to quit" part, a person won't have such power」

「Hmm」

The new recruits are the valuable assets of the imperial army

In order not to lose them even from the training phase, even selecting the drop-out requires careful consideration

Not just the instructor in charge, but at least 1 another instructor must have the same opinion, then the instructor office chief must make the final judgment to decide the disqualification of a soldier

「Having too many drop-outs would be the stain of the instructors themselves. To train everyone properly and to have the least amount of drop-outs as much as possible, that is the objective of the training camp itself」

「And yet, why did Atekoro take the initiative to produce drop-outs like that?」

「That should be personal, but maybe he just loves to torment others?」

「What a piece of shit」

「Yes, a piece of shit」

However, by making the impression that he can expel someone with his own assessment, he would harass the trainees inconspicuously and induce them to resign by themselves

But, it's admirable that Seki knew something like that really well

「My good ears is my forte. Anyway, if Atekoro dares to do something, younger sister-san will surely report it to the top brass. So at least that guy won't do anything this year」

「You don't worry that he would give up me and target someone else?」

「In that case, boss will keep your eyes on him, right? You are currently the trainees' leader after all!」

Who is the leader?

「So in order to curry favor, you changed and sucked up to me? How about the big brother you yearned for until yesterday?」

「Gashi-san? He is exhausted over there」

When I moved my gaze to where he pointed at, there was a huge man lying down exhaustedly

Lying on the ground like the letter 大, he doesn't even twitch, almost as if he's already dead

「...Gashi-san. He's worry that you are dead, so please at least breath」

「...haaa, haaa」

He's still alive

「He wanted to compete with boss Jira and overdid it. He's exhausted to the point that even talking is hard. Here, please drink water...」

「Gagufu!」

Seki shoves the water leather bag on his waist to his brother's mouth

The *gokyugokyu* sound echoes (gulping sound)

「...Boge!? Seki! Are you trying to drown me!? It's overflowing from my nose!!」

「You have revived...」

An unexpectedly helpful man.

Although he has the atmosphere of a parasite who sucks up to stronger ones

It's different from his outward appearance, huh?

「...Oi, Jira!」

「Yes」

「Today I lost to you in just about everything, but you will see. Eventually I will surpass you someday!」

Okay

「That is not possible at all, you know, Aniki? Boss Jira is an elite monster from the beginning. We, just ordinary people, won't be able to win against him no matter what. Aniki too should curry boss's favor and become his underling with me, let's suck the sweet nectar together」 (suck the sweet nectar = idiom make a good thing out of something)

That is a super transparent parasitic purpose

「No! I will become the strongest person in the empire by myself! There is no meaning if I can't do it!」

「What a high motive」

However, does being the strongest have any meaning?

According the the game scenario, Behemoth empire will eventually become a ruined country

By the hero of wisdom Sero

Standing at the top of such a country is meaningless

「Aniki is too eager. If your hope is crushed then on the contrary, the brothers will be sad, you know」

「Hmm」

That is a topic that attract my interest

I need to know in detail

「...I and Gashi are orphans from the slum. We grew up without knowing our parents' face」

「Heh」

That is heavier than I thought

The situation of the orphan in the empire is somewhat different from other countries

For the empire, the strength is the only truth

The weak is the evil itself, giving birth to the weak children are the parents' fault

Naturally, there is a different about how strong or weak each person is when they are born

The children deemed as weak won't be helpful to the empire and will be thrown away

Not all parents in the empire did it, but there are still some good-for-nothing ones

That is also one of the proper reasons why Behemoth Empire would be destroyed by Sero eventually

「Although I'm like this right now, my body was really small back then. I grew up with the orphan brothers like Seki, but 10 years ago I was still smaller than Seki」

Gashi also talked

「That's why I was thrown away by my parents. They must have thought such a small child wouldn't be able to serve the empire in the future. To show that they have made a mistake, I became huge」

「Aniki tried his best. He somehow gathered the small amount of food in the slum and forcibly ate them all even when he was about to puke. That's how he became big like this...」

Seki, who grew up together with him, talked

「Before I knew it, my physique has become the best in the slum, so everyone started to rely on me. If I become a regular soldier, and if I gain more merits, I can let all my friends in the slum have food to eat. For the sake of the brothers who endured and shared their foods for me, I must get promoted!」

「In the slum, the children who shared the same circumstances as us need to support each other to live」

That's why Gashi wished for merit that much.

He needs to be successful to gain the assets to support his poor friends

The quarrel in our first meeting too, perhaps it was only to let the children in the slum to eat, even if it's just a little

He needed money and resorted to extorting....

「...Sorry, for knocking you down」

「What!?」

I hit the pitiful Gashi's shoulder

「From now on, just tell me if you have any trouble. I will help you. We all are trainees in the same camp. Just like brothers, right?」

「Suddenly a disgusting relationship appeared!? Stop, it's scary! Why are you crying!? Uwaa, you are gross!?」

When we first met, I thought they are just some small-fry characters, but they are unexpectedly good guys!

And thus, something good happened in my life at the training camp