I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy - Chapter 180

EP.180

The strategic conference room of Traunstein Castle, Grand Duchy of Austria, around the time the 7th Guards Division was taking its position.

Here, the disposition of those who surrendered after being dishonorably discharged from the Reich Empire was being discussed.

“I wonder if I can really trust those traitorous bastards. Anyway, aren’t they the heirs of a prestigious noble family of the Reich Empire?”

“I am the successor. “I released a spy and investigated their treatment, and I found out that they were dishonorably discharged and even their right to succession to the title was taken away for putting the crown prince in danger during the previous expedition to Switzerland.”

“But even so, you can’t completely trust them, right?”

There was an ongoing debate about whether it was trustworthy vs. unreliable, but everyone here had this in common.

‘It would be too much of a waste to mercilessly kill and cut off Huhwan like other surrendering officers.’

Since they were dishonorably discharged from military service, they cannot provoke the decline in morale of the imperial army by saying that even the heirs of prestigious nobles surrendered to the imperial soldiers.

Regardless of the reason, purging former officers of a potential enemy nation that had surrendered could be a hindrance to later attempts to placate the enemy nation, including the Reich Empire, in a critical situation.

“Anyway, weren’t they pretty useful guys before they were dishonorably discharged? Additionally, as they claimed, the information the authors brought is second-class confidential information of the Imperial Army. “I brought you a bunch of information like that, so you have to at least pretend to believe it.”

At those words, the commander and staff of the troops stationed at the castle nodded.

After purging them all, it would be revealed that the secrets they brought with them were wrong, and that wouldn’t matter, but what if all the information they brought was true?

Because it would be like gutting the goose that lays the golden eggs.

As the conversation continued, Major General Schweiz, the commander of the castle’s garrison, spoke.

“Bring here one of the six people you have in prison. It’s important to check if the confidentiality is correct, but we also need to find out if they truly betrayed the empire. We need to check it like that and, if it is useful, appease it appropriately and let it continue to lay golden eggs.”

Director Schweiz then pretended to slit his throat with his finger and spoke.

“Then, if it is determined to be useless or the frequency of laying eggs decreases, then you can dispose of it.”

**

Matthias von Griffin’s heart was shaking and his palms were already soaked with sweat.

“I believe you already heard this on the way here, but I am Major General Schweiz von Birgenstein, commander of the troops stationed in this castle.”

“Yes, Director…”

“To make it very easy to understand, I can say that your lives depend on my decision. Just know that it is. “Don’t think about doing something in vain.”

At the same time as those words were said, the eyes of the staff present all turned towards Mathias.

The gaze filled with emotions such as disregard, warning, suspicion, and analysis seemed quite heavy, but he tried to relax and come to his senses.

However, he acted as humble as possible so as not to be discovered as a double agent.

“We sincerely came to naturalize in the Grand Duchy of Austria and seek new opportunities. Please trust me, Director.”

When the director heard that, he smiled and gestured.

“That’s your situation. Let me start by explaining why we should trust you. I don’t know, but the staff here, and indeed the army of the Grand Duchy of Austria, have no reason to trust you traitors. “If that’s difficult, I’ll take off that useless thing on your shoulder.”

When these words were said, the two officers guarding the door of the conference room quickly approached and lightly touched Mathias’ neck with their swords from left and right.

“All right. I will never tell a lie. So please give me a chance. First of all, before we surrendered to the Grand Duchy of Austria, although we were only 29 years old, we rose to the rank of major and were Crown Prince Michael’s closest associates. “I often drank with him and played with him.”

“It seems like you were quite close to the crown prince. But why on earth do such people betray? “I heard from the Intelligence Department that you were dishonorably discharged from the military because you earned it on your own.”

“Other generals don’t know, but what is our fault? I simply helped establish an operation to attack Switzerland as instructed by the Crown Prince, and the General Staff and Intelligence Department approved it, so I pushed ahead with the operation. He was dishonorably discharged and even deprived of his right to succession to the title because he was charged with the failure of the operation. In one day, we became ex-convicts, became slaves, and were even divorced. We have no future in the Empire. “It’s so unfair.”

The officers, including the major general, who heard his words were able to understand Mattius’s situation to a very small extent.

Because when the crown prince gives an order to prepare a mission together, they are in a position where they have to do it without a word.

I prepared hard and created a plan that the Imperial General Staff would approve of, but unfortunately it failed.

Because of that, he was kicked out of the military and could not receive proper treatment as a human being, so it seemed to be a sufficient motive for betrayal.

Martius gathered his feelings of unfairness at his situation from the bottom up and tried to recall the sad memories he had experienced on the way here.

Then I remembered what the crown prince had said.

‘Play the most insignificant and resentful trash. No, become such trash.’

And then he opened his mouth.

“I am now in a position where I cannot see my wife, with whom I lived face-to-face until yesterday, as well as my children. At home, not only our father and younger siblings, but even the servants and maids look at us like trash left on the side of the road. In particular, the young maids who worked at our mansion believed that they could change their arms if we just touched them, so they deliberately wore short skirts and did things that emphasized their buttocks and breasts. Even the bitches changed their attitude in an instant… Can you imagine how miserable our situation is?”

The directors, including Director Schweiz, suspected that the man named Mathius might be crazy.

‘I’m telling you not to lie and to tell the truth. Did you turn around? ‘Why did you fall asleep talking about such a vulgar story?’

However, even though I ended up underestimating the personality and abilities of the man named Mathius, I was at least able to know that he was not lying.

Because he was such a bastard and an asshole that everything he said was assumed to be true.

So I nodded and signaled for him to continue talking.

“What is even more horrifying is that even the right to succession to the family was taken away by the second younger brother. The point is that there was no longer room for reinstatement in the Reich Empire. They had to spend their whole lives in a position no better than a serf, receiving little more than a small allowance from their family, and living in misery without being recognized by anyone wherever they went. So I came to the Grand Duchy of Austria to escape this terrible situation. “I want to have the opportunity to live like a human being again.”

Director Schweiz and his staff thought after hearing Mathias’ story.

‘Other traitors say superficial nonsense, such as saying they came because they admire the Grand Duchy of Austria or because they want to fight under a general or commander they admire. ‘It doesn’t seem like he’s lying, since he’s only talking about his miserable situation.’

“Then let me ask you. “What do you think about the crown prince?”

When Mathius heard this, he recalled what Lieutenant General Jaeger had said and responded as follows:

“He is a scumbag, a petty bastard who reveals dirty things about women and doesn’t take any responsibility. “One day, as an Austrian officer, if I fight against that bastard, I will rip off his limbs, kill him, and then feed him to dogs and crows.”

Although he even insulted his former lord, which a nobleman should not dare to do, there was no sign of hesitation or hesitation on Mathius’ face.

After seeing that, Director Schweiz was convinced.

It is true that these bastards do not have the bare minimum of conscience as human beings and are shameless, but their hatred of the empire and the crown prince is sincere.

Therefore, it was believed that the statement that he wanted to surrender to the Grand Duchy of Austria would not be a lie.

‘If the information these bastards brought is correct, we will sit back and take advantage of the blessings that come our way. So, just suck up as much as you can for a few years and then purge when you no longer need it. After all, they are trash and not nobles of the Grand Duchy of Austria, so you won’t feel guilty when you kill them.’

“I hope you understand that we have no choice but to keep you locked up until we confirm that the secrets you brought are true. However, from today, the place you are staying will be changed from a prison to a private room for officers. “We will provide the same food rations as the officers.”

“Thank you for your trust, Director.”

“And judging by her expression, it looks like she’s hungry. I’ll give you a woman to serve you. Let’s go now. “We have a lot of other things to do.”

The reason the warden assigned the woman was simple.

Even hard-core spies reveal their true feelings when they get involved with women and drink alcohol.

Moreover, it was because the woman had a much greater advantage over the man in showing that she trusted the five majors, including Martias, and at the same time being in charge of 24-hour surveillance.

And two months later, it was confirmed that the information brought by five people, including Major Mathius, was actually confidential to the Imperial Army.

Those five people began serving with the rank of lieutenants after receiving special permission from the military headquarters of the Grand Duchy of Austria.

From then on, they fought devotedly, sacrificing their lives and sacrificing their lives on various fronts, as if they were people who lived with the sole intention of one day taking revenge on the empire that had made them like this.

Gradually, he began to be recognized as a trustworthy officer by the military command and nobles of the Grand Duchy of Austria.

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The contents of episode 178, which was serialized at 10 PM yesterday, have been completely revised.

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