My Platoon is F**king Hopeless

“Who is this…?”

I asked back, and a young colonel with light purple hair smiled and replied.

“Sony Chepelin. Isn’t it strange~ I thought we would have met at least once after graduating from the officer academy?”

“Huh?”

Sony Chepelin?

The Sky Mage???

Why is she here?

My eyes widened. I clearly remembered the name Sony Chepelin.

Objectively speaking, the Okhraine Duchy is overwhelmingly weaker compared to all other playable nations unless you play as the Walter Tri-Countries.

But even being such a weak nation, before the world war starts, the Allied Forces or the Empire Alliance must open up the Okhraine Front.

And the problematic Okhraine Front would consume at least one month of game time even if I, as a stagnant player, prepared everything and started the war.

In other words, no matter which faction intrudes, they must be able to withstand at least that much, meaning they must possess the ‘minimum force’.

That’s why before I possessed her, I judged that there was hope of winning by playing from the Okhraine perspective.

Even if it’s just something, isn’t it worth fighting?

No matter who I am, I can’t do something crazy like occupying Somalia and taking over the United States. There are things that can be done in the game and things that can’t.

If such a challenge is made, it would really be crossing the line.

That’s why I planned to use Sony Chepelin as the most important hidden card for winning Okhraine.

One of only twelve Great Mages on the continent.

They were treated as strategic weapons and powerful forces within the system of Hearts of Generals.

In other words, weapons capable of controlling the entire front like famous generals such as Manstein of Germany, MacArthur of the US, and Zhukov of the Soviet Union.

If I had to pick the strongest and most troublesome enemy in the Okhraine theater, I would undoubtedly choose Sony Chepelin’s unit without hesitation.

‘The problem is why she is here now.’

Even in the game, the chance to meet Sony Chepelin is only after the war breaks out, so it’s natural that I couldn’t remember for a moment. Moreover, her appearance was slightly different from what I saw in the game.

‘She looks much younger than I thought.’

She looked at least in her forties back then, but now she is clearly in her twenties. Could someone change that drastically in five years?

“It’s true, right? You’re just starting to remember? The person giving speeches every year at the officer academy is me~.”

She quickly caught on that I recognized her and grinned.

“So, let’s get back to the point! What were you two talking about? Something secret or something?”

Her expression was wide open, but the feeling from her gaze was not gentle at all. Instead, it was sharp enough to sting.

“M-Major Sony Chepelin… Nothing happened.”

Bella Meyer replied urgently. As a result, the gaze that was fixed on me shifted to Bella.

“You said Sergeant Bella Meyer, right?”

“Sergeant Bella Meyer!”

“Don’t lie. Otherwise, I won’t use you. Right? It’s not like my hearing is bad.”

When Sony Chepelin flicked her finger, mana instantly consumed the space. With a thud, the gravity seemed to intensify, and my body was pressed down.

‘Pressure Amplification.’

An advanced purple-level magic that amplifies air pressure to forcibly suppress.

It could easily crush a person, but now it was only being used to apply pressure.

It was an incredibly precise, fast, and discreet control of mana.

“I won’t touch the one who has been injured. I originally wouldn’t involve the low-ranking soldiers anyway.”

“Guhhh… W-What are you doing…!”

Bella Meyer, who was barely enduring the compressed air pressure, raised her head with difficulty. Her lips trembled.

“Your posture is wrong. Kneel first.”

“Kyaa!!”

Thud!!

Bella Meyer was helplessly thrown to the ground. She collapsed from the pressure of the air.

The medical room of the battalion was already completely under Sony Chepelin’s control.

“Even if you are a major…! You can’t treat me like this…”

“Sergeant Bella Meyer, stop.”

I blocked Bella Meyer who was about to deploy mana like me.

There’s no way she could resist with her strength, and it’s not a wise decision to make an enemy of this woman in this situation.

“You seem to understand the situation well because you’re an officer.”

“Major Sony Chepelin, I will tell you everything. Please, can you dispel your doubts?”

“Doubts? I came almost certain.”

At that moment.

I instinctively felt that Sony Chepelin was seriously misunderstanding something.

She clearly thought that the mysterious mage group we fought and the one we are associated with are related.

‘A Major and a Great Mage?’

While it’s understandable that the Major came due to significant casualties in his unit,

For a Great Mage to come looking for me means that this fortress assault wasn’t just a simple raid by bandits.

‘There must have been something in that fortress.’

It was just a hypothesis, but it was gradually turning into certainty.

“Trusting judgments based on misunderstandings is dangerous. Can you really take responsibility for this?”

Despite the increasing pressure, I looked directly at Sony Chepelin and spoke.

I shouldn’t show weakness. In the end, it’s about presence and spirit.

Even if I see Bella Meyer being thrown to the ground, confronting the major will definitely catch their attention.

“…Your expression is good.”

Snap!

When Sony Chepelin snapped her fingers, the highly compressed air returned to its original state as if nothing had happened. The mana in the air stabilized in the blink of an eye.

I suddenly realized the power that comes with the name of a Great Mage. They’re not just ordinary humans; they’re extraordinary beings.

“So? Tell me.”

“We were only discussing Sergeant Lumina’s escape incident.”

“Escape?”

Sony Chepelin’s eyes narrowed. Bella, who stood up from her seat, also realized that hiding anything further would be meaningless, and bit her lip in frustration.

“Major Sony Chepelin, you knew that I and Lumina fought a mysterious mage group, didn’t you?”

“Yes. Why else would I come looking for a lieutenant?”

The major nodded in agreement. At this point, Sony Chepelin was already entangled in my pace.

“Do you suspect that we have some connection with that group? Or do you suspect that we might have cooperated with them instead of fighting them?”

Spy.

Sony Chepelin surely knows that all the great powers surrounding the borders are constantly eyeing Okhraine.

And to thoroughly prepare before devouring Okhraine, there is a rule to follow.

Sending operatives is the first step.

Especially when sending operatives to the military, it’s much better to send officers rather than low-ranking soldiers.

The amount and quality of information collected would be on a different level.

In other words, this woman thinks I’m a spy.

‘Extremely extreme.’

It wasn’t surprising. Even in the game, Great Mages were always like this. Extremely dangerous and scary, but all a bit eccentric.

Since Sony Chepelin is one of them, this was actually quite mild.

There are even crazy people who immediately discard thoughts when they doubt something in the south of the Rhinehardt Empire and investigate using hypnosis.

With a surprise attack, the major’s expression wavered slightly. I didn’t miss that moment and intended to drive the nail home.

“But I’m sorry to say this, but the premise itself is wrong. There are three errors.”

I spread three fingers.

“First, I graduated from the officer academy less than a month ago and am a newly commissioned lieutenant.”

As I said earlier, a meticulous Great Mage wouldn’t have checked my records carefully. They just came in with suspicion and started interrogating.

I folded one finger.

“Second, our platoon is almost abandoned in the unit and was supposed to be left as reserves in this operation.”

Without knowing my personal record, would they check the platoon’s record?

“And lastly, I chased after Sergeant Lumina, who panicked and fled the front, and ended up fighting a mysterious mage group.”

Now that I’ve dismantled all the premises, it’s time to draw conclusions.

“I have no connection with the enemy forces of Okhraine.”

“I did not leak tactical maps.”

“There’s no reason to specifically attack Belgorod Fortress among countless border forts.”

“Moreover, I participated in the battle. If you were there, Major, you wouldn’t have any doubts.”

Sony Chepelin’s expression changed rapidly. Initially, it was something like “Is that so…”, but now she seemed to realize that she had acted unjustly.

“What do you think I am?”

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