Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint - Chapter 160

EP.160

5 minutes in the morning of the military is obviously a short time, but even that moment follows economic logic. 5 minutes for those who are in a hurry is like gold, but it is not a waste to give it away to those who are full of time.

5 minutes is like gold to me now.

because i’m asleep

sting.

The alarm went off before it even went off. I don’t know which angel did it, but I got precious 5 minutes with this. The 5 minutes before you open your eyes in the morning are irreplaceable.

“Wake up…. Try 3 times. Any further attempts would be futile. We will move on to the next phase.”

Something tapped my shoulder, but such a small touch could not disturb my sound sleep. I will defend these precious five more minutes from the wicked invaders.

I replied, pulling up the blanket.

“Ah, just five minutes.”

“…tried 3 times. Further attempts are judged futile. We will move on to the next phase.”

what. what was next

for a moment. if.

“Why hey hey hey hey hey hey!”

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

A cry louder than any alarm clock sounded in my ears. I rolled off the soft bed and threw the blanket away and woke up.

“today? This pattern is for today too! Yesterday, no matter what I did, he didn’t wake up!”

It’s unfair. Why is it only me? I want to wake you up like this, but why don’t you wake up!

I couldn’t hold back my anger and cried out.

“Did I pat you on the shoulder to wake you up? What a fuss this morning!”

The captain, already in uniform, said calmly.

“Already tried.”

“What are you trying! There’s no way I won’t wake up!”

“The head office does not make false reports. Also, why are you so confident when you wake up 10 minutes later than you wake up? It is negligence.”

“10 minutes?! Did I wake up 10 minutes late?”

“Positive. Sleeping in for 10 minutes is definitely an act of negligence. So…”

“Oh what? It’s been a while. Wake me up a little later. Haaam…”

I was about to lie down on the bed again, but the captain grabbed my hand and pulled me.

“Wake up! Have you learned negligence? How can you sleep here any longer!”

“Oh I am tired. I mean, I couldn’t sleep at all last night when I met a friend.”

“Did you even sneak out in the middle of the night? Your words and actions show no will to abide by the rules!”

“what. You fell asleep before bedtime yesterday too.”

“No… No! No, not actually negation, but will negation! The main building was not meant to be! Force majeure!”

Even though my face was blushing, the captain wouldn’t let me sleep.

Ah, that’s why it’s inconvenient to have a cohabitant. It is best to use the house alone.

“I don’t sleep like that today. The main building relieved travel and got enough sleep. You don’t show the same ugliness as yesterday!”

“Oh yes.”

“Positive! Yesterday’s incident was a coup! Today is different…”

The captain, who had shouted that, tilted his head with a puzzled face.

“…? question. Yesterday, the main building must have fallen asleep in the bathroom, but how…”

“Now. Let’s go eat breakfast! I’m sorry, but these are the beans Anna cooked this morning too!”

I jumped up and abruptly kicked in the door, and the captain naively followed me, leaving his doubts behind.

“question. Why are you sorry about that? The bean dish she made was good enough… no, very tasty.”

“Can I have another stir-fried bean?”

“Positive. You can eat it all day.”

Wow, people cover less food than dogs.

Today too, Captain, who had a mouthful of Anna’s stir-fried beans, enjoyed the taste with twinkling eyes.

“……!”

‘Delicious…! Another taste from yesterday! They obviously have the same appearance…!’

“Is it delicious? Today, I tried my best. Eat a lot.”

Anna smiled softly. The captain nodded his head and put the mixed stir-fry into his mouth.

‘If you ask me for this recipe…! It’s impossible. A recipe of this size must be classified information! The main building won’t find out…!’

what to follow You just need to remember this. High heat and plenty of oil.

no wait. What else did you mix? I can’t believe this fragrant and catchy scent.

and. this?

“Anna. What if I sprinkle it here!”

I rebuked him, but Anna responded calmly.

“I only sprayed a little. It’s just a little bit more than enough to fit between your thumb and forefinger. Don’t worry, I didn’t even spend the 10% commission I was supposed to.”

“You’re just writing as if you were your own.”

“Isn’t it a waste to go into that child’s mouth?”

“I didn’t mean to put gold dust in your mouth.”

When I grumbled, Anna smiled and grabbed the bag lying next to her. Then, putting the soup down in front of the captain, he spoke kindly.

“Today, I will stop by another district for a while. The eatery is closed today, so have lunch somewhere else.”

“…?! emergency! Is the closing fact true?”

“Whoops. Hughes will guide you to a more delicious house, so don’t worry. This guy has wide feet, so he must know where to eat.”

“No….”

‘I can’t think of a better canned bean dish!’

Why are you limiting yourself to beans? Have you ever thought of another dish?

Anna’s smile at the dead Captain was that of a mother at her daughter. Anna said with a smile full of maternal love.

“Wait until evening if you can. I think I might come back then. Hughes. I am taking good care of you. I will do what you ask and come.”

It means that I am selling the spices I have left. I grumbled.

“Take care of what. He is a man who can stand firm even on his own.”

“So you’re telling me to be strong. Alone, you have no choice but to live bravely, but if we are together, it’s okay to be silly for a while. I think you need that.”

“Why do you keep treating me like a child who was put out by the water? Instead of worrying about him, worry about me first.”

The captain is doing this because he doesn’t know the back alley stuff, but even so, there are a lot of people who salute first when he goes to the unit in uniform.

If you knew that he was a communications soldier, you might ignore him, but when he was the main body, you would think he was just a captain because he was hiding his identity.

“…When I come back, I’ll make something even tastier with all kinds of ingredients, so don’t feed me something too delicious.”

Anna smiled and left the eatery.

She is heading to the market in District 13. The gold dust they sow there will be converted into real gold. He also bought vegetables, and if he had money left, he might buy 1st-level luxury item raw meat that can only be bought with an additional fee.

Hmm. Pretty expected. Then, shall we simply do a tour today?

“beep. Have you eaten?”

After emptying the bowl, the captain nodded.

“Positive. It is a very good workmanship. It is comparable to the best meal the main building has ever had.”

I know the taste is scary, but it’s the best meal with canned soybean stir-fry. The military welfare of soldiers cannot help but be questioned.

I can’t wait to see what happens when Anna comes back and eats the food she’s going to show off. How will you react when you eat food coordinated with sufficient funds and the finest spices.

“question. Who is Anna? There was no one among the nursing soldiers who presented such dishes. Was it even a former legendary feeder?”

“Where is the legend of the emergency bottle? I’m just an ordinary 0 level citizen.”

“…Level 0? her?”

The captain opened his eyes wide in surprise. I didn’t miss the gap and poked in.

“Did you just think of that? Only level 0 was eating such delicious food! It’s unfair!”

“wealth…!”

The captain, who was about to say no, swallowed his words and nodded honestly.

“Negative… negate. Maybe. Because the headmaster thought that all low-level citizens were living hard and miserable lives.”

Low-level citizens are a bit hard and miserable, but you, the communications soldier, are weird. Compared to you, quite a few low-level citizens are relatively noble.

…no. Still, the captain’s salary will be steadily deposited in the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs. I don’t know how that money will disappear, but it’s better than level 0.

“Still, the life of a 0-level citizen who is administratively treated as half-abandoned isn’t so bad. The military authorities would be proud of this…”

‘It must mean that the main officer’s loyalty to the military was not meaningless.’

what. The mindset is strange.

When you see how you usually live.

– Level 0 enjoys this much luxury and freedom, so why am I like this even though I am level 3? dissatisfaction! rebellion! strike! revolution! We will suspend our mission from today!

I thought it would be like this. On the contrary, you say that you are proud of being loyal to the military, saying that you did a good job?

It’s more than you think. Is it pure or strong? At this level, the military power that created something called a communication soldier is amazing.

“I can’t be positive. Will it be so? There is no problem when people live together. The problems of those who can’t afford it arise when hardships come upon them.”

As the time to go to work approached, alarm clocks rang throughout the residential district. Unlike last night, no one complained about the noise.

If you can’t get up and are late, the number of days of labor may increase.

For ordinary citizens, the existence of an alarm clock is a matter of love and hatred. It was a signal that painfully drove away the sound sleep in the morning while protecting the precious daily life.

Most of the citizens who got up as if they were being kicked out walked the streets like corpses, clutching their hungry stomachs without eating breakfast. Most of them moved in the same direction, so the procession of people became one huge flow.

Some young men stood in the hallway and pounded on the door.

“hey! Philip! wake up!”

“Aren’t you dead? Damn you look tired. I should have sent you early yesterday.”

While the young people regretted it, the sharp sound of the alarm clock was still ringing loudly behind the tightly closed door.

the captain asked.

“Why are they knocking on other people’s houses?”

“We decided to wake each other up in case we couldn’t wake up even if we heard the alarm clock. Even if you are late, your labor for that day may be nullified.”

It’s human cooperation to survive in this urban jungle. It is an alliance by necessity.

However, Captain Righteous Life, which happens before the alarm clock rings, could not sympathize with this.

“question. Why do I need someone else’s help to wake up? It’s just a matter of going to bed on time and waking up on time.”

“Don’t think of everyone like you. There are people like me last night who fell asleep late due to unavoidable circumstances.”

“Isn’t that what happened because you’re a bad person!”

The captain was quite curious, so I decided to follow this trend with her. The people trudging along the main street split into several groups.

Climbing like luggage on a large wagon that came tumbling around.

Line up in front of a large building in the main street.

Or being swallowed into a factory that looks like a huge warehouse.

“Some go to the factory, some to the warehouse, some to the destination, some to the Corps of Engineers or Supply Corps… They go to work for the day.”

The lower classes of the military country, who have no land to farm, have only their bodies. Therefore, all they do is fill it with their bodies.

Most of the money ordinary people earn comes from the workhouse, and they make a living by working day by day. Of course, all of the salary comes from the military, and the military collects the products from the workhouse.

In fact, it is safe to assume that all places where laborers are used are under the management of the military.

“Even the head office knows that much.”

“But you knew very little about the type and intensity of servitude, right? What type of labor is preferred.”

“…Positive.”

“haha. As captain, I don’t even know that.”

The captain kept his mouth shut as if his pride was hurt. I suggested the Captain before he got any more pouting.

“Shall we go for a labor experience today?”

“Was that the kind of thing you could experience?”

“What in the world could there be? If you talk well, it will be pierced.”

“…warning. Your statement carries a very high risk. There are things that are prohibited by law in the military, and if you break them, you will be punished severely depending on the level of the ban.”

Even as he said that, the captain followed me into the procession as if he wanted to see the inside of the factory.

It may be a little daunting for Captain Indoor Pine, but it’s okay to realize the hard work here. Maybe this can be a bigger stimulus.

It was then.

Shouts were heard in the middle of the crowd.

“You bastard thief!”

A strong kick hit the little boy. The boy waved his hand as he rolled over.

“Oh no!”

It was the pickpocket boy who touched my body yesterday.

As if he hadn’t reached the point of being a pickpocket yet, he was facing the man who was sulking with anger.

“I saw everything you tried to pickpocket! Where to hide!”

Everyone passing by looked at them at least once.

But that’s it.

Citizens who were walking looked at the boy and the man once more and then went back to their own way. Their attitude was indifference.

“Help! That person made me… evil!”

Stolen or robbed and beaten. Because it wasn’t their concern.

In fact, even after seeing the child caught by me yesterday, no one intervened or stood up. It was just that Captain Gunguk was by his side, so he simply looked at him with hostility.

At least in this district, there are few people who are relaxed enough to go directly into other people’s business.

“…pickpocketing is a crime. It is said that the nature of the crime is not so serious, but it is a big problem that he committed the same crime calmly even after he committed it yesterday.”

And the captain wouldn’t have that kind of leeway.

However, the girl who bizarrely identified herself with others tried to stand up for the child crying in pain.

“but. Private sanctions are not permitted. He has no right to condemn sinners at will.”

He would have been the first to be destroyed if he had been left untouched by the military. A person who creates a gap by giving himself even though he has no room to spare.

Did the military protect the communications soldiers or did they use them?

“…do not dry it.”

“no. I should dry it. You interfering is something no child wants.”

I adjusted my pace slowly in the flow of people. The man who was almost late for work kicked the child one last time and disappeared into the crowd.

The boy lay down as if he were dead, then opened his eyes and looked at the man’s back, then jumped up. Strangely enough, a smile hung from his mouth as a moan escaped.

“…Hehe, even if it takes time to go to work… I won’t be taken to an orphanage anyway… It’s worth it…”

There was no income, but there was no loss either.

The boy took it as luck and disappeared into the street again.

The captain, who happened to pass by the boy just by chance, heard the sound and kept his mouth shut.

“…”

‘I don’t want it. They didn’t want a military ruling. If the master had intervened, both of them would have had undesirable consequences.’

From their point of view, having become soldiers, they are negligent in their duty. A boy who commits a crime deserves to be sent to an orphanage, and a man neglects his duty to report a crime instead of private sanctions.

But the captain was genuinely glad he hadn’t intervened just now.

I quietly pretended to comfort the distressed captain.

“haha. Don’t be sad. This is everyday life.”

There was no answer.