[When are you going to sea? It feels like my bones are getting rusty. ] Doug has been yelling since morning.
But this was obviously the seventh day after disembarking, and the administrative leave had just passed halfway. To be honest, Austin hadn't had enough rest.
"I guess there are no tasks assigned to us during the above period, so you should think about it first."
[If the superiors don’t send us, we can go by ourselves. Think about it, we are so weak now, don’t you want to become stronger? ]
"I do, but isn't there someone watching?"
Yesterday, Austin just completed the review of the Poseidon Church and submitted a supplementary explanation to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The agents watching him have not yet withdrawn.
[You are stupid. You want to become stronger. Isn’t this a reasonable need? ] When Doug opened his mouth, he said in a tone that said, "Since the request is reasonable, you can definitely apply. There is no mission anyway. I personally sacrificed administrative leave to improve myself. Isn't this something worth publicizing to the entire army?" Is it a good thing? ]
Austin was about to refute, but then he thought about it and realized that what Doug said this time made sense, so he immediately sat down at the desk and started writing the application.
Brigadier General Ted's eyes darkened when he saw Austin's application. Since the addition of this great figure to Fleming Harbor, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has come more frequently. People are staring at him everywhere. He always feels like someone is lifting the back of his neck, and he feels uncomfortable all over. comfortable.
"'Because you feel that you are not qualified for the position of captain, you are applying for administrative leave for self-improvement?'" Ted couldn't help but read out loud.
"Isn't this nonsense?" Ted cursed angrily and slammed the application form on the table. "It's completely against the rules! Reject it! It must be rejected!"
"Hey, brother Ted, why are you so angry so early in the morning?" As soon as he finished patting the table, there was bold laughter from outside the door.
The person didn't knock on the door, just opened the door and walked into the office.
Ted wiped his face, put on a classic smile, and stepped forward: "Isn't this Brother Willis? What kind of wind brings you, the famous man, here?"
The man whose door was almost as long, wide and tall as the door frame laughed: "Brother Ted was joking, but fortunately His Majesty the King appreciated it and I just followed him to do some small things."
"Hey, you can't say that. Our Navy is where we are today thanks to my brother." Ted said as he took Willis to sit on the sofa and asked his secretary to serve tea.
"Brother, why are you here for this trip? You didn't give any news in advance, so I could prepare well." Ted sat on the sofa next to him and asked with a smile.
Willis did not answer immediately, but took a sip of tea, smacked his mouth twice, and replied: "Brother, I am helpless. His Majesty the King also sent me here temporarily."
"Your Majesty the King?" Ted's heart skipped a beat when he heard these words, and he already had some guesses, "Is it because of His Royal Highness Princess Lysa?"
Willis nodded first and then shook his head: "Yes, but not entirely."
"Oh?" Ted said "Oh". He had already recalled all the potentially risky things he had done in the past ten years, selected the parts related to His Majesty the King, and made a list.
"First of all, it's the matter of Her Royal Highness Princess Lysa. Your Majesty is a little disappointed with you. You didn't pursue her back and didn't tell her, and you let her make such a big mistake."
Ted frowned and asked, "Has it been confirmed? Are you sure it's related to Her Royal Highness?"
"Since the person with her must be Ravery Jonson, then Her Majesty the Princess cannot escape from the relationship." Willis sighed, "The cabinet is going crazy because of this matter, and His Majesty the King is also It’s a headache.”
Ted took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat, thinking that he didn't say at the beginning that Lysa had a great person with him, and he wouldn't have sent Austin if he had told her at the beginning.
In short, he would not agree if the blame was placed entirely on him.
"Then how to deal with this matter?"
"His Majesty the King and the cabinet are trying their best to remove Princess Lysa, but this must prevent her from poking other holes." Willis leaned on the backrest and looked at Ted, "But she has disappeared recently and has been away for many years. After Freira's death, the kingdom's intelligence services knew nothing about her whereabouts."
"So?" Ted knew the point was coming and leaned forward slightly.
"The military has decided to give you a chance to make up for your mistakes and find Her Royal Highness Princess Lysa."
really.
Ted smiled bitterly in his heart, asking him to do things that even the kingdom's intelligence department couldn't do. Wasn't that deliberately making things difficult?
Although he was cursing in his heart, Ted still smiled slightly on the surface and asked tentatively: "What's your advice?"
Willis left the backrest, leaned over and whispered: "This mission was completed by that Austin, right?"
"Yeah, that's right."
"The Review Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has questions about the report he submitted. Although all the descriptions are perfect and there are witnesses and evidence, some of the committee members just don't believe a word of it." Willis narrowed his eyes, "But these are all trivial matters. , Who doesn’t have secrets in this world? So the committee means that this matter should be left to Austin. If it succeeds, all previous doubts will be wiped out. If it fails, then let him go to the Inquisition or military court. "
It was said lightly, and it was quite open-minded, but Ted knew how difficult it was to complete this task. Although the Kingdom of Meletni is only an island country, there is no problem that its national strength ranks among the top three in the world. How can Austin find someone who cannot be found by the kingdom's intelligence department? Isn't this a joke?
But Ted still nodded, but after hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but ask: "This kid seems to have some background. The group of magicians from Poseidon Church value him very much. Is this arrangement reasonable?"
Willis's narrowed eyes flashed with cold light: "It's because those gangsters value him so much that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will give him another chance. As for whether he can seize it, it depends on him."
At this point, Ted understood what it meant. He sighed, did not argue on this issue, and asked for details: "When will it start?"
"When his vacation is over, there will be tasks coming, you just have to arrange them."
Ted nodded.
"Okay, let's talk about the second question." Willis sat up straight, his expression became much kinder, he patted Ted on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Congratulations, brother, the military has decided to promote you to major general. .”
"Huh?" Ted's first reaction when he heard the news was not surprise, but fright.
The war between the Meletni Kingdom and the Orista Empire has reached a stalemate. Before the war started, the kingdom was stronger than the Orista Empire, so it did not plan to fully invest in the navy, but now the situation is serious, and now it seems that Ted, the newly formed first fleet, will not be able to escape the battlefield.
"What? Aren't you happy? Now that you're in your position, it's not easy to move up a level."
"I'm happy, why aren't I happy? I just didn't expect it to be now, and there was no warning before." Ted wiped his sweat and said with a smile.
"Hahaha, look at this." Willis took out a document bag from his carry-on bag and solemnly took out the documents.
"After discussion between His Majesty the King and the Cabinet, the new First Fleet of the Royal Navy has been renamed the Royal Navy Mobile Support Fleet, and you have been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, taking office today." Willis briefly stated the contents of the document.
Ted, who just wanted to retire as soon as possible, was mad.
