Chapter 146 (1/2)

Chapter 146

Dragoon 146: Friends and

“And I’ Why didn’t he invite me!?”

His ash blonde hair swept back, the tan skinned Eunius Diade had so him more quarrelsome than usual

“Don’t drag oonto do with it!”

“Fighting an ancient weapon, and even Gaia’s mechanized unit! I wanted to join in on the fun”

“Like I car!”

His silky blond hair grown out, Luecke Halbades sat across the table from his friend from his academy days

Two other friends had suddenly returned froether to drink

That much was fine

But Luecke and Eunius were the only ones around that round table downing their glasses

Turning an eye to the nearby seats, there Rudel and Aleist were both at different tables, accompanied by their female encampments

When looked upon from the side, both of them were surrounded by lovely ladies, but those around made sure to take their distance There were even customers who left the shop

That was simply how tense the restaurant’s air was

“Eunius, if you want to knohy you weren’t taken along, you can just ask those two”

As Luecke sipped his drink and said that, Eunius reached his hand for a snack as he vetoed the notion

“Like hell I can do that!”

Having just returned fro man of silver hair and blue eyes

He was currently surrounded by seasoned warriors of the Dragoon Brigade as he drank It was quite accurate to say Rudel saw the wooons as his idols

Luecke looked at Rudel’s enjoyable-looking table

“The ones with him are Major Bennet, Cattleya Ninias, Lilioons, that is”

While he said that with a hint of cynicisirls truly were elites

Aoons, it was as if they were chosen to be elites a elites

Before the valorous dragoons putting checks and restraints on one another as they closed in on Rudel, thehis meal

Perhaps Izumi was in tune with those restraints as she spoke less than usual Everyone at Rudel’s table was s tension

It seems Rudel spoke of what happened in Celestia, at least to the extent he was free to speak on

Bennet alone seehted at her subordinate’s achievements

(Compared to that, Aleist’s table is…)

Luecke looked at the other pitiful table

Aleisthappened with Nate- one of his harem members- while they were alone in Celestia

Nu of beauties than Rudel’s table, the number was more than double

There were plenty of drunks at the bar, but no one even thought to pick a fight with the beauty-surrounded Aleist More than that, they directed eyes of pity

A haree

“And so, Alest-sa happened between you and Nate?”

His face increasingly pale, neither food nor drink passing through his throat, Aleist Hardie levelly answered the question

Curling blond hair, reen… his features were of the beautiful sort, but soave off a most unfortunate are

“Nothing happened Nothing at all I was able to get some sound sleep, so I preferred it over there I want to return to Celestia”

At the end, he leaked his true feelings, ca

using the other woe him with questions as well

Eunius ate his meal as he looked between Rudel and Aleist’s table

“When we just got together to drink, they came in one after the next and casually surrounded them I’d like to have some stupid banter at least at times like this”

Luecke shared the sentiment

(Dammit! I wanted to consult with them on Lena! Read the mood, you lot!)

Unable to speak out against Aleist’s hare Rudel, Lucke downed his glass

For some reason, Millia was present at Aleist’s table

“Hey, I think I’o over there?”

As Millia pointed at Rudel’s table, her sister elf Lilim who heard that waved her hand

Lilim, whose eyes were closed as per usual, waved with a s that, Millia felt just a little annoyed

The store had specially prepared the table and chairs, there were quite a few people at Rudel’s table, and it didn’t look like it would fit anymore

Eunius looked over the elven sisters

“Looks like things are getting complicated over there”

Luecke, to his friend who said such a thing

“Over there as well, you mean But what’s with thesesince past ten At the rate things are going, in a few years, I won’t be surprised with twenty or thirty”

He sighed at Aleist’s ever expanding harem

What was stranger than anything was the fact the man in question was in lover with Millia, who had eyes for Rudel At present, he had no desire for a harem

In his student days

At first he had ad his efforts in futility After losing an interest in a harem, he chased after Millia And yet, froather around Aleist

To the one in question, it was nothing more than a bother

Eunis leaked his real feelings

“As I thought, Harems are only fun to watch I do feel jealous, but if you say I’ll turn out like Aleist, I’ll have to decline”

Luecke was the same

“My thoughts exactly I can only handle won… no, if I had to, two at most Yeah”

While Luecke was zealous towards Rudel’s stepsister, given her status as an illegitiht not be unable to take Lena arses as a legal wife

Therefore, if he wanted her by his side by all means, she would be treated as a mistress

Perhaps sensing Luecke’s feelings, Eunius spoke tiredly

“And is that one Lena? You really are… well, I guess you’re better off than when you were a straight-laced asshole”

“Don’t stick strange names on me!”

Luecke found hi teased, but there he heard Bennet’s voice

“Eh, no… I raduated first”

At Bennet’s great fluster, wondering what had happened, the two of them quietly observed Rudel explained with a smile

“What are you talking about, Major? You’re the sae as us Those born to the wolf tribe are considered to be one year old at birth, with age counting up every New Year, right?”

“Yes, that’s right”

“You were born in the twelfth ht?”

“No, I was definitely smaller than those in my year, they always called me small, but…”

Bennet looked anxious

“You became two soon after birth, and enrolled in the acadeht? But that raduated on the two your course, you were fifteen, so you should be younger than Lieutenant Cattleya”

Bennet blankly opener her mouth and looked at Cattleya Cattleya didn’t seem very amused

“Yeah, yeah, I’m the older one What’sofficer!”

Seeing Cattleya down her drink all at once, Bennet startedexcuses

“I-I mean no one ever told me I was supposed…”

Perhaps the drink had put Rudel in a good mood

“That’s got nothing to do with it Iofficer, you’re still her superior!”

Bennet’s ears standing sharply upwards droopedher head Covering her face with both hands, her tail began to quiver

“… When I’ I’ a -chan on your name From here on, I’ll call you senpai I’m sorry”

When she said such a thing, Cattleya snapped

“If a Major talks to me like that, I’ll just be troubled”

Lifting up her orange hair, Enora to Rudel

“Looks like our coether next tiht?”

To Enora who asked in a fawning voice, Rudel crossed his ar

“I think that’s possible, but…”

There, Lilim to Enora

“Yey, brigadeto make him promise in the confusion?”

There, Enora spoke with a face of leisure

“My apologies I mean, it looks like our superior officers are all busy, and this is the special privilege of his peer in rank See, me and Rudel are peers”

Liliht break Looking over that, Rudel spoke

“Izu?”

Izumi, who had kept careful watch, made an expression as if to say, don’t turn this towards me

Enora spoke

“Rudel, why are you checking it order with Izumi-san? Let’s just let the two of us…”

Rudel smiled

“No, Captain Oldart told me, ‘You should never take any action on your own,’ after all He sounded really disheartened, so breaking those words all of a sudden is a bit…”

It seeherups whittle the captain away quite a bit

As Izuht confirmation with her

Surrounded by these valorous oons, Izumi responded

“No, as long as you’re acting alongside other dragoons, I think it should be fine…”

Unable to endure the pressure fro htly clenched her hand in victory

Seeing that, Luecke muttered

“Looks like they’re enjoying themselves more than at Aleist’s table”

He gave his honest opinion

Eunius agreed

“Only in comparison, that is”

Only a few hours after the drinks with the feroup able to slip out of the pub, flee into a back alley, and drink in peace at a stall

As if rehearsed, the four of theether to pay the tab and slipped out of the back door

While they did feel bad about it, fro men

Re their upper coats, the top few buttons of their shi+rts opened, the four raised their glasses

“It’s that As I thought, it’s nice to take it easy and just have a drink between men”

On that statement from Rudel, Luecke spoke in surprise

“What’s this, you were actually able to read the h, if you asked me to drink in that sort of atmosphere…”

“No, so… it’s good to be surrounded by women you admire, but you’re always mindful of them, or how should I put it”

Mindful, Rudel put it With an alass of ale on the table

“You’re lying I sa , and I could feel all the blood leave me, you know”

Seeing Aleist on the verge of tears, Eunius gave a grand laugh

“You reap what you sow And the nuraduated So are you still after Millia?”

Not at his drink, Aleist’s face reddened at the topic Eunius brought up Teasing the easy-to-understand Aleist, Eunius reached for the food

The food wasn’t anything refined, but even so, the at everything naturally taste better

“Oh, this isn’t half bad”

As he said that, Luecke reached out a hand as well

“Then I don’t mind if I do More i about Lena, this is about Erselica She ca around”

Sipping his drink, Rudel s, it was hard to say they got along

Unlike his stepsister Lena, he never really talked with Erselica arses

“That’s rare, perhaps? I’ve heard so around anymore”

He said with a swig Rudel,

“It hile I was having sos about the factions, but do you know her intent?”

Perhaps worried for her, Luecke made a serious face

Rudel had no idea what Erselica was trying to do

“Who knows? I haven’t heard anything”

“I see,” said Luecke, leaving his glass on the table to look at Rudel

“There have been so movements in the palace as of late Especially around Princess Aileen… it was the same ere at the acade this time”

Aileen Courtois had soroup Of course, that was only through her favorite young man called Fritz

Of cooverned by the arses House

By Aileen’s work, he was also the captain who couard

He held an eainst him in their student days But Rudel himself didn’t care about it all too much

“The princess, eh Coraduate, isn’t she?”

It was tiraduate the academy To Rudel, that relation was the more important one Not as man and woon by his side

Hearing of Fina, Aleist joined in on the conversation

“Graduation… eh What do you think I should do? How should I put it, there are some new recruits scheduled to join my platoon, but they’re all women”

At Aleist who butted into the conversation, Eunius shook his head and shrugged his shoulders

“I thought itthat, I don’t want any part”

Luecke was,

“I’ll have to agree”

Rudel looked at Aleist