I Was Sent to an All-Female Frontline Unit to Get Rid of Some of the Trouble, but the Most Beautiful Girls Who Are Rumored to Hate Men Love Me So Much That I Have a Hard Time at Night

Chapter 48: Seizing Military Funds (4)

“You’re letting us live, is that it!?”

Those were dangerously threatening words to direct at fellow allies.

In the first place, since the numbers weren’t too different, the commander and the other members of the upper-level dispatch unit didn’t believe they would lose to the women in front of them.

Still, being spoken to in such an aggressive way was something the commander couldn’t overlook. Filled with anger, he spoke.

“Don’t be ridiculous! I don’t know what unit you belong to, but we’re a dispatch unit under the direct orders of the Luvankrum Empire’s military high command! That means we act under the command of the most powerful individuals in this army! Do you really think you can get away with saying something so combative as ‘we’ll let you live’ to us!?”

Any insult to them was the same as an insult to the military high command of the Luvankrum Empire.

Even with that implied in his words, the woman with the mischievous expression just looked exasperated.

“Oh, right, right. You’re one of those people who hide behind their status when things get tough. Congratulations! You’ve made it into the top five of my ‘most hated personality types’ ranking!”

“T-That doesn’t matter!! More importantly, just tell us your affiliation already!! I’ll report this as an official complaint when we meet with the high command later!!”

“I said, if you get the quiz right, we’ll let you live, so let’s make it a quiz~… And about the later part—”

“Hey.”

“Ow…!”

The mischievous woman, who had proposed a quiz, received a light chop from the calm-looking woman.

“Don’t say things on your own. The order was to wipe them out. Besides, we can’t let people live if they’re saying they want to get rid of Finn-senpai.”

“I knooow. I just wanted to have a liiittle fun with the people who said they wanted to get rid of Finn-senpai.”

The woman pouted, sticking out her lips in a sulky way.

Unlike the dispatch unit soldiers who remained tense, she didn’t seem nervous at all.

At that moment, the commander considered two possibilities as to why these women in front of him showed no sign of tension.

The first: they’re used to real combat and are confident they can win.

This is the same logic as how the frontline unit, the strongest in the Luvankrum Empire’s military, shows no panic even when facing a severely outnumbered battle.

The second: they’re not used to real combat and don’t even understand the tension of a real fight.

Just as a strategist might see danger in a situation that a beginner wouldn’t recognize as critical.

Depending on which one it was, the commander’s actions would differ.

Since they referred to Finn—who is still just a trainee—as “senpai,” he leaned toward the second.

In other words, he believed they were likely still inexperienced in real combat, and with that thought, he spoke.

“Don’t get cocky just because you caught us off guard! No—if you had the advantage of surprise and still let that chance slip away to stand face-to-face like this, then it means nothing! Because of that arrogance, you’ll die here and now!!”

“Wow, seriously, every guy except Finn-senpai is just an idiot, huh~”

“W-What!?”

“The reason we didn’t attack even though we caught you off guard is because we’re confident we can win even in a frontal fight. Obviously.”

“You’re saying you can win even in a direct fight!? Don’t make me laugh!!”

The commander took a step forward on his horse.

“Maybe you underestimated us because we’re just dispatch soldiers, but that’ll be your downfall! Finn Teraward is one thing, but there’s no way mere trainees like you could ever defeat us!!”

“Ahh, yeah, Finn-senpai is really strong. I fought him in training many times, but I never won even once… But you know—thinking that he’s the only strong trainee kind of shows you have no idea what’s really going on~”

“W-What was that…?”

“Because Finn-senpai was so overwhelmingly strong, he’s the only one known outside of the trainees, but among us, there are a few others who are called geniuses—even if they’re not quite at his level. Like me, or this girl here!”

With a mischievous smile, the woman stepped behind the calm girl and placed her hands on her shoulders.

But the commander just sneered.

“You’re calling girls like you geniuses? I’m getting tired of laughing.”

“Yeah, I’m also getting tired of talking to guys other than Finn-senpai… well, I was bored from the beginning anyway.”

The woman with the mischievous look walked alone toward the dispatch unit soldiers.

“Alright! Everyone! Focus on individual take-downs! First, attack that woman all at once and show them our strength—”

The moment the man began to speak—

A spell was cast from the woman’s hand.

“U-Uwaaaaaaaa!!”

“Gwaaaaaaaaaaaah!!”

“D-Damniiiiiiit!!”

The dispatch unit was destroyed in an instant by that one attack.

But the mischievous woman had already lost interest in them.

“I wonder if Finn-senpai would praise me if he saw that spell just now~”

“Finn-senpai praises any kind of spell.”

“Haha, true. He’s so kind.”

That Finn was kind was well-known among the students and trainees who trained in the same era as him at the magic academy.

Especially among the male trainees, many saw Finn as a rival or an enemy, but among the girls, it was a widely accepted truth.

That was because when he attended the magic academy, Finn kindly helped any troubled female students—whether they were classmates, seniors, or juniors—with their studies and magic training, without ever showing annoyance.

That continued even after he became a trainee.

One of the other girls checked inside a cloth-covered wagon and turned to the two women with a nod.

Inside was the objective.

A large amount of money—confirmed.

“All that’s left is to move this, right?”

“Yeah.”

“That was easier than I thought~”

“It’s a mission for Finn-senpai. Don’t let your guard down until it’s complete.”

“Yes, yes. …Geez, I act all modest when I talk to Finn-senpai, so can’t he be a little nicer to me too~?”

“I talk to Finn-senpai the same way I usually do.”

“Eh? Saying that’s not different is kind of a stre—”

“It’s not different.”

“But—”

“It’s not different.”

While exchanging those words, the girls hauled the money-filled wagon to the designated location.

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After arriving at the forest to train coordination with everyone—

Sephia-san stepped forward and spoke.

“Before, we did a bit of mock battle training with Finn-san included, but today, Finn-san also wants to participate in coordination training, so that’s what we’ll be doing.”

“Thank you very much!”

With the military gone, there was no need to hide my feelings anymore.

So I openly expressed my happiness, and Sephia-san gently smiled at me.

“We understand your enthusiasm, Finn-san, and while we’d like to jump straight into coordination training, it depends not just on your magic capacity—which we’ve already confirmed is sufficient—but also on factors like stamina and experience. So we’d like to check those aspects first.”

“Got it!”

In short, they wanted to check my basic physical ability as a soldier.

“To prepare for that, we’d like you to be in your best condition, so please pair up with someone and do some stretching beforehand.”

“…!”

“With Teraward-kun…!”

“As a pair…!”

“Stretching…!?”

Sephia-san wasn’t saying anything unusual, but—

Hearing her words, everyone suddenly raised their voices in excitement.

And then—

“Sephia-senpai! I want to stretch with Tera-kun!”

“Me too!”