The random characters in the dating sim world are a bit bad.

At the dinner table, Dunbar listened intently to Norris's enticing conditions, quieting down and pricking up his ears. Lacey, seeing this, began to suppress her laughter, with an excited "karma has come" vibe.

"It's not about weapons. I just hope that you, Senior Norris, could serve as the head instructor for the guard training. I need to go back to school after the holidays."

Volume 2 School Life: Chapter 80 Quickly, Go and Fetch the Princess!!

Serve as the head instructor!

Norris fell silent in the face of Lyon's invitation, staring at the plate in front of him without uttering a word.

“Senior Norris, you can stay at the factory for a few days and observe the situation. The royal palace is probably still discussing your next orders. The factory will take care of the food for the soldiers on the warships. The training equipment at that base is also available for use.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lacey, who was sitting not far from the two of them, immediately expressed her liking for them.

"Great, Captain. I've been wanting to eat more... and practice that 400-meter run more."

"Eat your food and stop making noise."

Norris scolded Lacey, then said to Leon, "Excuse me," and fell silent again.

Norris, one of the old guard in the kingdom's army, can now be certain of one thing.

Although Bartofart currently harbors no intention of rebelling against the kingdom, based on the information available, he would likely stand up without hesitation if forced to do something by the kingdom. If Bartofart were to lead the rebellion, these long-oppressed border lords would probably follow suit. However…

Norris sighed deeply and then stopped thinking about these issues. He was now just a retired fifth-level officer; such matters were none of his concern.

As for whether the kingdom will eventually force Leon to rebel, only Leon himself knows.

After the meal, Lyon, accompanied by a somewhat absent-minded Norris, returned to the training base.

At this moment, the guards at the training base were all gathered in circles, with one or two people performing or competing in each circle, creating a lively and harmonious atmosphere.

"Master of the house."

"Gulav, tell everyone to stop for a moment and collect information on what needs help."

"I understand, Master."

Norris's eyes flickered slightly when he heard Leon suggest that Gulav ask the guards what difficulties they were facing, and then he excused himself to go to the restroom and left temporarily.

Upon arriving at the training base's restroom, Norris was just about to take off his pants when a guard walked in.

"Excuse me, can I ask you a few questions?"

“Um, Colonel Norris…”

The guard looked somewhat awkward and uncomfortable as Norris stopped him.

"Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you. It's just a few very simple questions, and it will be over quickly." Norris placed his hand on the somewhat nervous guard, trying his best to appear kind.

"Um, Colonel Norris, I..."

"Stop dawdling! You were soldiers of the Duchy before!"

"Senior Norris, I can't hold it in any longer! Please let me squat down before you ask!" After uttering these shameful words, the young guard ignored Norris's embarrassed reaction and bravely rushed to the squatting position, immediately pulling down his pants.

Plop!

The sound mixed with the smell came over, and Norris awkwardly pulled his hand away from the control panel.

"Commander Norris, please ask your question now. I'm all set."

Hearing the sounds coming from the toilet stall, Norris's forehead creased with annoyance. After calming himself down, he voiced his concerns. "That's a problem with your guard structure. Also, why does that kid Lyon always ask you what difficulties you're facing, like he did today? And why don't you feel any hatred towards Lyon? He defeated you all."

"Commander Norris. Our factory guard consists of two regiments: our former Van Os army's First Defense Regiment, and the factory's own Self-Defense Regiment. Our First Defense Regiment has 1,636 men, divided into three battalions of 500 each..."

"The head instructors ask us almost every week if we have any difficulties in our daily lives, and whether we need to write home. I just asked our company instructor to send my wages home the day before yesterday. Although it's only three thousand tia, it's enough for my family. And today I received a letter from home saying..."

"Wait, didn't you just say that Lyon was still paying you a salary?" Norris's eyes started to look strange.

"Hmm. Our combined monthly salary should be around four thousand Tia, but to be precise, it's called an allowance. Senior Norris, don't blame the head instructor just because he pays less. We're only doing this because we haven't been officially hired yet. Once we're officially hired, the allowance is at least five thousand a month..." The guard in the toilet stall began to defend Leon, based on the changes in his training mindset and common sense he had developed during this period.

Norris listened to the guard's words as if he had lost his soul. His body moved unconsciously towards the outside, staggering like a zombie, especially after hearing that the factory's chief engineer's annual salary was 500,000 Tia...

"Bartofalt, you're clearly preparing to develop into a career soldier. Those guards are paid so much, and it's even called an allowance..."

The word 'allowance' immediately made Norris feel uneasy, but fortunately, there was already enough unease to make him somewhat numb.

If Lyon were to say "He's gone too far" right now, Norris wouldn't see anything wrong with it.

Stepping out of the restroom and seeing the guards had already disappeared, Norris immediately stopped one of them and questioned him. After learning that Leon had already returned and that he was free to observe at will, he headed towards the brightly lit school building.

As he approached the teaching building, he looked through the glass and, upon seeing the discussions on combating air pirates and urban warfare, he slapped himself in disbelief.

Snapped!

The loud, forceful slap echoed into the classroom, and the instructor in charge of the lesson immediately came out.

"Commander Norris, are you alright? I just saw you slap yourself."

"Ahem. I'm fine. Are you having a tactics lesson? What are those materials...?"

"Oh, this is one of the courses our patriarch requested, so that we can gain some experience when fighting against air pirates."

"What about that street fighting just now?"

"Oh, that. We've considered a war of recapture should the air pirates occupy our city. If you're interested, Colonel Norris, you can come in and take a look; there are a lot of mosquitoes outside."

Mosquitoes, which Lyon loathed so much, had long been eradicated by the management system on the floating island.

"Good, good, good."

After three consecutive "good"s, Norris entered the classroom and began to listen in. As time passed, Norris's expression gradually became serious, and he frowned as he participated in the discussion with the others, representing the defenders of the capital.

"No! No! There aren't any soldiers in the capital?"

Norris, his face flushed, said he had already adjusted the marked troop deployments, but the instructor stopped him as soon as he put his hands on them.

"Commander Norris, please don't be angry. This is a one-to-one replica of the capital's garrison, there will be absolutely no problem. I can adjust the reconnaissance perspective for you."

The projection appeared in the classroom along with the instructor's voice. Bright and vivid images of royal soldiers appeared on the projection, and Norris sat down in the chair with a 'thud'.

[It seems Bartofalt is genuinely preparing to attack...]

"Senior Norris, please don't worry. We can confirm not only the capital, but also the entire Duchy of Vanos."

The instructor spoke calmly, projecting one reconnaissance point after another using his access permissions. Norris's breathing quickened upon seeing this, and then...

Boom!

"Instructor, Colonel Norris has fainted!"

"Damn it, what report?! Quickly start CPR! The patriarch said he was going to stay here, so stop standing there!"

In a daze, Norris heard a sentence that terrified him: "The patriarch said that once that king dies, he will take over the kingdom, and the same goes for your duchy."

'The kingdom is no good at all; the patriarch said that our duchy would be developed first.'

'Our duchy is the most suitable place for the patriarch to implement the plan.'

'Nonsense! The patriarch's wife is from our kingdom!'

"Tch! Our Second Prince's Snow Peak is also quite large! The Patriarch will definitely like it!"

Norris suddenly felt that the world had changed, become unfamiliar...

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Norris, who was far away on the border and began to worry about the kingdom, was unaware that the kingdom's high command was currently embroiled in infighting.

The king, who initiated the meeting, sat in a chair symbolizing his status, watching with a bored expression the marquis, duke, and earl arguing before him.

Vince and Bernard, the two leaders, opposed the Marquis's proposed punishment.

"Hmph! I don't think you two have any say in this matter concerning Viscount Lyon. After all, all the nobles in the capital know that your daughters are currently on vacation on Viscount Lyon's lands."

The Marquis looked at Vince and Bernard with a defiant expression, his eyes revealing his greed for Barutona in Lyon's possession.

The second-class warship named Bartona became famous overnight, attracting the greedy eyes of many nobles in the capital who wanted to take it into their own hands by any means necessary.

However, most of them did not show their strength because of their own family's power and because Lyon was favored by the princess.

"Hmph! The kingdom's laws stipulate that lost items obtained by adventurers belong to them. You're trying to force countless adventurers to rebel against the kingdom! You're trying to send the kingdom back to that time!" Vince roared, completely disregarding the fact that the king was still in the conference room.

"Your Excellency the Marquis has been getting quite close to the Duchy's princess lately. Has the princess promised you some kind of benefit? I hope that before you offer your advice, Your Excellency will consider whether your heart is aligned with the Kingdom!" Bernard's voice was very calm, each word seemingly harmless, but when put together, it directly attacked the Marquis's defenses.

"Earl Bernard, you, you, you, you're spouting nonsense! You're slandering me! Slandering me!" The Marquis's face was flushed red, and his weasel-like appearance made him look extremely angry.

"Your Majesty! Please do justice for me! Earl Bernard and Duke Vince have slandered my loyalty to the Kingdom! Waaah~. I have been working day and night for Your Majesty and for the Kingdom!" The Marquis's cries were extremely pitiful, but few tears fell.

However, the affected, delicate crying made the king's face turn ugly. "All of you, be quiet! Every meeting is so noisy. Don't you know how to be quiet?" The conference room fell silent after the king spoke.

"Since the Archbishop of the Temple has instructed us to report this matter, we need to come up with a corresponding solution. Viscount Lyon's lost item was obtained through adventure, and according to the laws of the kingdom, it cannot be forcibly taken. Let's leave it at that. However, we still need to investigate whether Viscount Lyon made things difficult for the Archbishop of the Temple. Is there anyone willing to go?"

After the king brought up the important matter, everyone in the conference room looked away, especially the marquises, who wished they could bury their heads in the wall.

After all, they didn't want to go to Lyon's territory to conduct an inspection and then be killed by some so-called air pirates. Such things were quite common for these old nobles, especially since Norris, a fifth-rank officer of the kingdom, was currently being held captive.

At that moment, Norris, who was watching Augustus and the others apply magical imprints to the warship parts in the factory, sneezed with a sense of foreboding. His gaze, weary, drifted towards the warship docked atop the floating island. [Will I even be able to leave alive...?]

Inside the meeting room, the king sighed helplessly as he looked at his silent ministers and began to think.

[Sigh, can't these guys be a little less troublesome like Milen? Maybe... I should ask Milen to handle this too. After all, she's the one who promoted Bartofalt. If she goes, I can replace him, right?]

The joy in his heart was written all over his face, and the official next to the king, who was most adept at reading people's expressions, immediately stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let the Princess Consort investigate what happened? Viscount Lyon was promoted by the Princess Consort herself."

"Hmm~, the Queen?" The King pretended to be reserved as he pondered.

"Your Majesty, the Princess Consort is absolutely the most suitable candidate. Speaking of which, the Princess Consort came to inquire about matters in our Hunlun region a few days ago, as if she intended to go and inspect it." At this moment, it was appropriate for the military nobles to speak up.

“Since the Princess also intends to inspect the chaotic area, then let her handle this matter. The specific guard duties will be handled by Viscount Lyon. You can prepare a general plan and give it to the Princess. I'm a bit tired now.”

The king then stood up and left the meeting room, his face beaming with immense joy.

[Hahaha. I'm a genius! Milian will definitely need several days to investigate, and then she'll be patrolling the chaotic areas for at least a month! I can go out and have fun without worrying about anything else during this month! Hahaha...]

Volume 2 School Life: Chapter 81 Myrenu: I'm here, Leon~

Inside the office.

After looking at the documents in her hand, Milenu looked at Vivi, who was standing in front of her, with some disbelief.

"Weiwei, are you sure these demands were made by His Majesty?"

"Your Highness, this is what the official who delivered the inspection documents said."

Seeing the expression on Milianu's face, Vivi immediately cursed the kingdom's scoundrels in her heart again, and this time she even cursed the king as well.

[…What is the King thinking? The Queen already has so many things to handle, and now he's even entrusting her with inspecting the border!]

"I understand, Vivi. Go and arrange the airship for the trip. We don't need too many guards; Leon is very strong. The power of that lost item is more than enough." Milenu's face flushed slightly, and her eyes flickered with thoughts of Leon, showing her deep longing.

“Your Highness, I have no problem with the warships. But bringing all the guards is also fine. After all, according to the kingdom’s intelligence over the years, air piracy in the chaotic regions has been a serious problem.”

Vivi was a little stunned when she saw Milenu, who trusted Lyon a lot. After she came to her senses, she offered her suggestions.

“Vivi! Leon is a knight we can completely trust. No matter what happens, he will never betray me, you know that?”

A rare hint of life appeared on her fair, jade-like face. Seeing Milenu's trust in Lyon, the captain of the guards, Vivi, nodded in apology and left.

[The Princess truly trusts that Bartofalt. Once we reach his territory, I must find an opportunity to test him.]

After Vivi left, the office door closed, and once again Milenu was alone.

"Ahhh! I can finally go see Leon. I've missed him so much since I last saw him."

"That bastard Leon is definitely taking advantage of them right now. He might have already slept with Ange and the others. After all, when Leon went back that day..."

Milianu couldn't help but recall the day she impulsively drew her longsword instead of training, slumped onto the table, buried her head in her arms, and breathed rapidly.

"Hmm~, Leon is really wicked. But... we'll see him soon. I'll definitely snatch back all the benefits then. Hehe..."

"It would be quite interesting to patrol the border under Lyon's protection. We might even catch a glimpse of Lyon fighting those air pirates."

"No, no. Milen, you can't think like that. What if Leon gets injured fighting the air pirates? And then we'll have to figure out a way to get Vivi and the others away. If we don't get them away, we won't be able to be with Leon." Milen's alluring lips curled up slightly, then puffed out again as she worried about how to get Vivi away.

"Hmm~, whatever! Anyway, that bastard Leon will definitely find a way to get Vivi away, otherwise he won't be able to kiss me~"

A shy yet expectant and wistful voice escaped from her unadorned lips, and her beautiful eyes were now overflowing with longing for Leon, unable to contain the glittering galaxy in the sky.

She, Milenne, was completely captivated by Leon's love.

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