146. Interim Evaluation & Letter of Recommendation

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“ask?”

Miria took a small deep breath at the appearance of Cheon-seong receiving the words with a surprised look in her eyes.

“Interim assessment this Friday. I want you to be in the same group as me… How can it not be?”

Millia speaks carefully. She had to think a lot today to get that word out now.

ㅡI want to increase the time I spend with Han Chun-seong.

She felt that she should be closer to Han Chun-seong, but she couldn’t think of a proper way to do that.

After a long and long thought, what I came up with was the ‘interim evaluation’ scheduled for this week.

“…There was an interim evaluation.”

When Cheonseong awkwardly responded, Millia hurriedly added her words.

“Actually, I’m not sure if I’ll be of the greatest help to you in this midterm, but I hope you’ll be in the same group as me. And it’s a bit embarrassing, but last week I was able to rise to the 2nd level of talent. I may not be enough from your point of view, but I won’t be a burden to you either.”

As she continued earnestly conveying her intentions, Chunseong nodded in surprise at Milia.

“Congratulations on reaching level 2 of the talent. And thank you for saying that, but Milia, would it be okay if you teamed up with me and not Luna? I think Luna will feel sorry for you… .”

I received the word positively, but the nature was thinking beyond Millia’s request.

ㅡCurrently, Milia’s best friend is Luna.

It was a fact that anyone in the same class could know now.

However, choosing herself over Luna at the crucial moment of the midterm evaluation… it felt like a surprise to Han Chun-seong.

It was to the point where I wondered if it was okay to accept her offer straight away.

“As for Luna, if you don’t reject me, I’ll speak to Luna right away today.”

When she was told as if she had already thought of that, Chun-seong nodded as if he had nothing more to hold back.

“Then I think it’s good to team up together.”

“Agar Castle. So, can we do the same group?”

“yes.”

Milia smiled really brightly at the natural appearance of accepting it more readily than expected.

Cheonseong also smiled lightly at him and added words.

“Did you talk to me about midterms?”

“That’s right. Actually, the last time I took you to the infirmary when you collapsed. You said you’d do me a favor. Actually, I was going to say that now. But since you accepted it so willingly, I’ll use that request now.”

Let’s continue with a smile that says Milia is really happy. Heaven immediately shook her head.

“no. With this, how can I do what you asked for? I also think it would be nice to team up with you.”

“…yes?”

When Millia answered as if she were curious, Cheonseong burst into laughter.

“I am still grateful to you for helping me back then. So, I would like you to use it when making a slightly bigger request.”

“If you say so… ok. I will think so too.”

Chun-seong, who had eyes for Milia who carefully nodded, spoke out as if she was apologetic.

“By the way, Millia. Can you explain a little bit about what this midterm is like? I didn’t listen to the lecture last week, so I don’t know how the midterm evaluation will be conducted.”

“That’s also true. Han Chun-seong, you may not know. This Friday, it can be said that it is a cooperative evaluation conducted under the direct evaluation of Instructor Carly.”

“A cooperative evaluation?”

“yes. I thought my spirit could give you strength, whether you can positively affect each other’s characteristics and manifest greater power.”

At the words that followed, Chunseong nodded as if he had a guess.

“Then I think it would be better for me to team up with you.”

After that, the two people who exchanged words about the midterm evaluation continued their conversation in a friendly atmosphere.

Unlike Chun-seong, who purely thinks about the midterm evaluation, Milia, who focuses her gaze on Chun-seong, came to look at him with eyes that had a slightly different meaning.

Now, his words have borne fruit.

It’s like a small step in our relationship, but it’s a meaningful enough step… .

Millia really thought so.

***

Class C training camp.

After breaking up with Milia, I headed to the training ground without any hesitation.

Attribute level 5.

It was because he felt that, aside from meeting Anastasia, most of the time ahead should be devoted to reaching the next characteristic.

But I had to stop the spear not long after I started practicing.

that buck

that buck… .

A blonde man who stood out to anyone was slowly approaching me. And he was neither an instructor nor a cadet.

It was the ‘officer’.

What stood out most of all was the medal hanging over the black uniform, which was different from the instructor’s uniform.

It perfectly matched Anastasia’s officer’s uniform the day before.

“Agar Cadet?”

Facing a man who called me by my first name, I became nervous without knowing why.

“Yes. I’m Han Chun-seong, but…”

At the same time, when I looked at the name tag written on the top of the uniform, I saw a name along with a star meaning captain.

‘Captain Medelpen?’

The car I wanted to read like that.

“I think you are very surprised now. You don’t have to be so vigilant. First of all, to introduce myself, my name is ‘Medelpen Gracia’. I am currently serving on the front as an officer with the rank of captain.”

I nodded my head bewildered as he calmly introduced himself.

“My name is Han Chun-seong, and I am a C-class cadet attending the academy.”

Compared to that, it seems like a shabby self-introduction, but there were few words to express myself beyond now.

Medelpen smiled lightly at my words and pointed to a bench near the training ground.

“I’d like to talk to you for a moment, is this a good time?”

He nodded his head, not knowing why, as he calmly respected me as a cadet.

“Fine.”

When I sat on the bench with Medelpen, the eyes of the cadets around me were stinging.

Even though I felt their eyes, honestly, I was just curious about this situation.

First of all, I know that the officer position of ‘captain’ is a rank that is not low at all.

Before I fell into this world, I had basic knowledge about the military, and I knew that I was in a fairly high position reading novels.

“But, like a cadet with a lot of rumors, he has a different side from other cadets, starting with his prayers.”

“Do you see that?”

“It’s pretty stable to say that it’s been a little over a month since I entered the academy, so the reason I came to Chunseong Han isn’t really that grandiose. I just wanted to run a simple test.”

“If you say it’s a simple test… .”

“There is no need to be nervous. It’s just a really light test.”

After speaking with a smile, Medelpen suddenly raised her hand and showed it.

“Would you like to look at my hand for a moment?”

“Yes. All right.”

Once he obeyed, a strange change soon took place in Medelpen’s hands.

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!

In an instant, four or five layers of blue waves exploded from that hand.

“…!”

That moment when I stopped breathing because the aftermath of that intense wave felt like it was expanding to me.

The blue wavelength disappeared before my eyes like a lie.

It literally just disappeared into thin air without affecting me in any way.

“You just have to honestly tell the sensations Cadet Han Chun-seong felt. The test just ends there.”

At the calm voice, I blankly nodded.

“The feeling I saw can be described as four layers of blue wavelengths.”

When I told you exactly what I felt, Medelpen’s eyes widened in an instant.

“This… is more amazing than I thought.”

Let me just blink my eyes at that reaction. He smiled and added an explanation.

“What we just did is a kind of reaction test. It can be said that it confirmed how much crisis can be felt. In that sense, it’s like I felt an incredible reaction from Cadet Han Chun-seong, who just entered this year.”

I didn’t fully understand Medelpen’s words, but I did know that I did well on his tests.

“…okay.”

The time when I just wondered if that would be the end while answering without hesitation.

Seruk.

When Medelpen took something out of her arms, her eyes naturally went.

It looked like a small booklet made of gold and looked very luxurious.

I looked at it blankly, wondering what it was, and Medelpen pushed it out to me.

Took.

…Carefully accepted, the man smiled softly.

“Don’t be too burdened. I’m not forcing you, I’m just giving it to you because I want you to read it.”

“Can I read it now?”

When I spoke carefully while fiddling with the golden booklet, Medelpen nodded as if it were natural.

Carefully opening the booklet, I had to blink in a daze.

ㅡ[Recommendation letter for officer application]ㅡ

As soon as I saw the first sentence on the page, I felt like I was out of breath.

‘Officer support… ?’

I had only read the first sentence, but a sense of rejection for no reason filled my entire body.

And I immediately understood why Medelpen came to me.

There was only one reason why he would come to see me, besides the fact that there were many rumors about me.

‘I’m trying to get the officer to support me… .’

Turning her head creakingly at the recommendation, Medelpen shook her head with a faint smile.

“Cadet Han Chun-seong seems a little misunderstood. It’s not like an application for an officer who has to go straight to the front line. In the first place, it must have been about a month since I entered the academy, how can I become an officer right away?”

“I see… I understand.”

Even as I awkwardly received the words, it felt as if a heavy lump of metal had suddenly been placed on one side of my chest.

A few years from now when I graduate from the academy. To be honest, I still have no idea how to pursue my career path.

Carly had told me in my first lecture to raise my hand if anyone was willing to go to the front line, but just because I raised my hand didn’t mean I was completely set on a course.

In fact, I even said that it was okay that Carly wasn’t on the front line… .

But now. Seeing the letter of recommendation for officer support that really touched me, I felt like my heart was very heavy.

The feeling of seeing a single booklet and feeling what the real reality is.

“You seem very surprised, so if I add a little more explanation, this will be helpful when Cadet Han Chun-seong graduates from the academy a few years later.”

“A letter of recommendation…”

When I belatedly picked up the point, Medelpen lightly nodded.

“Recommendation letters are a kind of ‘privilege’. You can stand on the frontlines in a better place, and that’s why I highly regarded Cadet Han Chun-seong. Wouldn’t it be okay to be a cadet dedicated to the Empire?”

Even though it sounds like you’re overestimating me… .

I wasn’t in a good mood at all.