I, who was eager to retire, became an Imperial General.

Chapter 46 This must be an illusion, haha!
"..."

Nighttime, outside Stone Village, Imperial troops' encampment.

Wendy and her group were gleefully showing off their achievements to Wendy, who was escorting an Allied major with a broken arm and a face full of despair.

At that moment, John realized that he had underestimated Wendy's ability to cause trouble.

This guy seems to have an Allied attraction device attached to him; wherever he goes, he can launch outrageous attacks on the Allied forces with precision and lethality in a way that he can't comprehend.

Last time you captured the captain of the Allied squad, and this time you've captured a major for me.

So, next time, are you going to send Anna Splinter, the main character, to Prison Daega so that she can unleash her protagonist power and kill Prison Daega on the spot?

Why, why are my plans always inexplicably disrupted by unexpected factors?

Is this God's will?
"Please spare me, really."

John, filled with despair, couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Then he looked at Wendy, who was beaming with enthusiasm, blinking her eyes and with an expression that said, "Warrant Officer, praise me!"

He finally forced a smile and then, against his will, praised the other person:

"Well done, Sergeant Wendy, you have certainly lived up to my expectations!"

"Hehe, it's all thanks to Captain John's brilliant leadership, it has little to do with me!"

Seeing John take the initiative to praise her, Wendy proudly raised her little head, and then gave an answer that made John's eyes go black:
"I'm telling the truth. Actually, the reason we were able to capture this guy so easily this time is all thanks to you. If you hadn't used the spirit of the Empire to influence the villagers of Stone Village, making them realize the greatness of the Empire and voluntarily reveal the Allied intelligence to us, then it would have been quite troublesome for us to find these rats."

"However, thanks to your teachings and example, I have also come to understand the true spirit of Maslow, which is to help the weak and oppressed, to help the common people, and to let the common people who have been oppressed by the kingdom stand up. When that time comes, the common people who understand the greatness of the empire will spontaneously become the eyes of the empire and thus take the initiative to fight for the empire. Captain, am I right?"

So, this can be considered a question: Why did His Majesty rebel?

I thought Wendy was the traitor.

In the end, I was the one who betrayed others?

What a joke!
John was devastated upon learning the truth and felt like slapping himself.

But when he thought of what he had heard from Ernest about the miserable lives of commoners in the kingdom, he sighed helplessly.

Oh well, let it be an accident.

Anyway, he had already finished writing the reform bill. As long as Leia was defeated as promised, he could then leave the battlefield full of Allied forces and, with Dormammu's recommendation, head to the capital of the Empire.

From then on, there was no need to worry about assassination attempts by the Allied forces.

So it wouldn't make a difference if we messed with the Allies again.

Thinking of this, Warrant Officer John felt a little more comforted, and his smile brightened considerably. He even felt like giving Wendy some pointers:
"Wendy, you are right about helping the weak and oppressed and helping the common people, but it is still too one-sided, because the Empire's real enemy is never a specific kingdom or person, but a much broader existence."

“Those who reap without sowing, those who exploit the masses through unequal treaties, those who try to influence the people’s trust in the empire, and those who hinder the empire’s development for their own selfish interests, are all enemies of the empire.”

"Only by eliminating these enemies can the lives of the people be changed, and only then will the people spontaneously support the empire, making the empire more stable and powerful."

"Who are our enemies and who are our friends? This is a question we must figure out before we take action. Only after we have clarified our goals can we make wise decisions."

"Furthermore, Wendy, you are too driven by self-interest, which is not a good thing. As soldiers of the Empire, protecting the citizens of the Empire and maintaining its stability are the most basic responsibilities of Imperial soldiers." "If one acts with self-interest as the starting point and seeking returns as the goal, even if what is done is right, it will only turn what should have been a good thing into a bad thing in the end. This mentality is unacceptable. This is a behavior that we, as true Imperial soldiers, not lackeys of nobles, need to constantly reflect on and avoid!"

"Clap clap clap!"

"Well said, sir! I have never seen such an upright officer as you. This is a blessing for the empire and its citizens!"

Just as John finished speaking, a burst of enthusiastic applause came from the crowd. John looked in the direction of the sound with some confusion and saw a man with long, flowing golden hair and a longbow on his back.

The middle-aged man was now looking at him with excitement and respect.

At that moment, a certain scene in his memory began to gradually overlap with this figure.

But as soon as John recognized the man's identity, he was struck dumb, and his heart was filled with turmoil.

Especially when thinking about the titles the other person had received in the game, such as 'Dragon Hunter' and 'First Person of the Imperial New Army Against the Allied Forces', which were given to them by the official Easter egg chapters.

John suddenly felt dizzy and almost collapsed to the ground.

But he was still somewhat unwilling to believe this fact.

At the same time, he kept telling himself that the other person was just a lookalike and definitely not the villain he was thinking of!
After all, Siegfried Fafner only joined the Empire in the mid-game, and there are still five years since that point in time that he knows!

Although there is some information about his early life, the game does not provide a detailed biography.

But if I remember correctly, at this point in time, the other person should have been living in seclusion in an unknown little mountain village surrounded by mountains.

He hadn't yet become the future villain who, in a fit of rage, killed the local nobles and led his entire family to join the empire when the kingdom's nobles increased taxes, making the village unable to afford them and the entire village was about to become slaves.

How could the other party possibly appear in front of him five years in advance?
So, it's a hallucination, it must be a hallucination, haha!

I must be scaring myself!
That's definitely it!

John kept convincing himself, while forcing himself to stay alert and looking hopefully at Wendy beside him, trying to get this foolish subordinate who always caused him trouble to give the answer he longed to hear:

"Wendy, who is this?"

"Oh, I don't know. Hey you, what's your name again? Our captain is asking you a question."

Wendy glared at Siegfried, feeling a surge of anger.

She had been so busy updating Warrant Officer John's new spirit in "Maslow's Quotations" that she was about to put down her pen to praise Warrant Officer John's wisdom and bravery, but before she could finish, this despicable scoundrel beat her to it.

This guy's behavior is practically saying that she, as Warrant Officer John's number one follower, is incompetent!

In other words, the other party wasn't an Imperial soldier; otherwise, she would have reprimanded him severely for "stepping with his left foot first" and made him recite Maslow's quotes a hundred times.

Let this guy know that the clever Sergeant Wendy is not someone to be trifled with!
"My name is Siegfried Fafner. I am the eldest son of Ernest Fafner, the village chief of Stone Village, and the one who voluntarily provided Allied intelligence to your troops."

"Thank you so much, great Imperial Army, for upholding justice for Stone Village. I am deeply grateful. Therefore, I sincerely wish you well, and may the glorious moments of the Empire be with you, esteemed Commander John!"

Inside the camp, Siegfried, his resolute face illuminated by the lights hanging outside the tent, spoke respectfully and sincerely to Warrant Officer John, whose face was inexplicably pale.

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(End of this chapter)