Chapter 448 Veterans and Recruits (Part 1)

That night.

Britannia Empire, Northern Territory, Michael Knights Base No. 1, Darlene's tent.

"Ah... today's training is finally over..."

After a girl returned to the tent, she took off the armor on her body as quickly as she could, and then threw herself on her bed without any image.

"Yara, strictly speaking, the training is not over yet." Darlene took off her armor and said helplessly to the girl with whom she had a fairly good relationship, "We still have to clean the tent. And polishing our armor."

After hearing what Darlene said, the girl who threw herself on the bed without any image, the girl whom Darlene called Yara, immediately put on a look that looked like she had eaten shit. With an expression on his face, he said:

"We can't go to bed right away... In addition to polishing the armor and cleaning, we also have to wash the dirty clothes we changed from taking a bath yesterday... There are so many things to do... It's so annoying..."

It's winter now, and it's still in the northern part of the empire. In the winter in the north, only people with mental problems would take a bath every day.

There are also many northerners who haven't bathed all winter.

Even the generals of the Michael Knights who have to practice sweating every day don't take a shower every day.

Generals of the Knights of Michael take a bath about once every 10 days in winter.

Yesterday was the first time Darlene and her group of new recruits took a shower since arriving at the base.

A large bucket filled with hot water, several people share a large bucket, each person scoops hot water from the bucket and uses their own towel to wipe their body - this is the way of bathing in the military.

Yara straightened up and jumped up from the bed, then said to Darlene:

"Darlene, it seems that the others haven't come back yet. Let's go wash the clothes first. After washing the clothes, we can slowly wipe the armor and clean up."

"okay."

The two picked up their dirty clothes and walked out of the tent side by side.

After settling in the base, Darlene also understood a truth: the military base is a very strict place. Whether it is bathing, eating or washing clothes, there are designated areas, special bathrooms for bathing, and special meals. If you want to do something in the canteen, you have to go to a specific place to do it. If you go to the bathroom to wash clothes and your superiors find you, the consequences will be quite serious.

Darlene and Yara carried their dirty clothes and walked towards the laundry room specially used for washing clothes.

As the two walked towards the laundry room one after another, they were also chatting.

"It's just comfortable without armor." Yara moved her shoulders, which became more relaxed. "Armor is really heavy..."

"Yes..." Darlene also smiled bitterly at this time, "The armor is really heavy..."

Darlene joined the army purely to make a lot of money and win a better life.

However, this is only her main reason. Darlene has a secondary reason for joining the army.

The secondary reason why Darlene joined the army was that she thought the armors worn by the soldiers were so handsome, and she wanted to try wearing such handsome armors.

However - now after actually trying to wear the armor, Darlene realized how naive and stupid her original idea was.

If possible, Darlene didn't want to wear armor that was so heavy that she had to carry it like a grandfather every day and wipe it clean every day.

"Our daily life is very regular now." Yara continued. "We wake up before dawn in the morning to train. After running around the base, we start to have breakfast. After breakfast, we start training. Then we have lunch. After eating After a short break for lunch, I continue training, then have dinner, and have a cultural class after dinner. After the cultural class, I occasionally have a story class, and then I can move around freely. But it is said that I can move freely, but I can move The space is also very small, and the time for free activities is basically dedicated to the armor and tents that need to be provided like a grandfather..."

Specially tell the generals about the great people and deeds of the empire,

Story classes, which can increase the sense of belonging and pride of generals, are different from cultural classes. Story classes are not held every day, but only once every three days.

"It's a pity that there is no story class tonight." Darlene sighed softly, "I still want to continue listening to the story of 'King of Knights'..."

For generals, story classes where they can sit down and listen to stories are a rare moment of rest and entertainment in the day.

Not only can you sit on the ground very easily, but you can also listen to very exciting stories.

Perhaps because the "Knight King" is also a girl, Darlene has a very fond impression of the "Knight King" who is also a girl but has extraordinary achievements. She likes to hear the stories of the "Knight King" the most.

These days, almost every story class tells the story of "King of Knights".

After all, the "King of Knights" has too many great deeds.

Darlene felt quite proud when she thought that as a Britonian, she had such a great ancestor.

And there are many people who hold the same idea as Darlene.

Every time after hearing the story of "The King of Knights," the room erupted in cheers and "Hail!"

"Although there is indeed no story class tonight." Yara continued, "But the cultural class every night is pretty good, isn't it? Learning arithmetic and understanding characters is also quite fun."

"Yes, that's true." Darlene smiled, "Culture classes are indeed quite fun."

Although many people find cultural classes boring, there are also many people who find them interesting.

For example - Darlene and Yara.

Darlene feels quite fresh about learning something she has never been exposed to before and something she never thought she would learn one day.

After learning a few more words and mastering a little more arithmetic, Darlene felt a sense of accomplishment.

Darlene didn't know what the use of learning this kind of thing was for her, but this did not prevent Darlene from becoming very interested in it and studying it very seriously.

…

After chatting like this, the two quickly arrived at the laundry room of the base.

There are many laundry rooms in the base, and the two arrived at the one closest to them.

There were many soldiers going in and out of the laundry room at this time, and there were also men and women among the soldiers going in and out of the laundry room.

However, just as the two of them were about to enter the laundry room and start washing clothes, two sturdy male soldiers suddenly walked quickly from the side of the two of them, and then blocked the way of Darlene and the two. .

The two male soldiers each held a set of dirty clothes in their hands.

"What's the matter?" Yara frowned and asked the two veterans who suddenly stood in front of them.

After hearing Yala's inquiry, one of the two male soldiers laughed a few times, then puffed out his chest and said in a somewhat arrogant tone:

"The two of us are soldiers of the 9th Brigade of the 4th Army. In other words - we are veterans and your seniors. Do you understand? New recruits."

"Recruits, you probably don't understand the rules in the army." At this time, another male soldier said, "In the army, recruits have the obligation to help the veterans make groceries."

After that, the two male soldiers threw the dirty clothes in their hands into Darlene's arms without any explanation.

"So - you two will wash our clothes, and we will be waiting for you two outside the laundry room."

"Hey! Wait!" Looking at the two male soldiers who suddenly threw their dirty clothes into her and Yara's arms, Darlene said angrily, "Why didn't I hear that there are such unreasonable obligations in the military! Wash your own clothes!"

"Why not?" one of the two male soldiers said displeased, "This is a practice passed down from generation to generation in our army. When the two of us were new recruits, we also helped the veterans with various chores. "

"That's you! We won't do it!" After yelling at the two veterans, Yara threw back the dirty clothes of a male soldier in her arms.

"What?" The male soldier who had his dirty clothes thrown back glared at Yara and Darlene, "Are you two recruits planning to disobey the veterans?"

So what? Before Darlene could say this, a girl suddenly rushed out from the side of the crowd.

The girl who suddenly appeared quickly rushed between the two male soldiers and Darlene, and then apologized to the two male soldiers:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. My two friends don't understand the rules of the military yet, and they don't know the obligations of recruits. I hope the two seniors can understand."

Before the two male soldiers could respond, the girl who suddenly appeared continued:

"To express my apology, I will take my two friends away now and give them a hard training! It may take an hour, so please leave your clothes and other things to others to wash!"

After saying that, the girl grabbed the clothes of another male soldier in Darlene's arms at an extremely fast speed, threw him back, and then grabbed Darlene and Yara at an extremely fast speed. The two of them dragged them away.

The two male soldiers who still didn't react looked at each other in confusion, holding the dirty clothes in their arms.

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"Um...thank you for helping me and my friend out of trouble." Darlene thanked the girl who was still pulling her and Yara forward.

No matter how stupid Darlene is, she still knows that this girl was just helping her and Yara out of trouble.

"Thank you." Yara also thanked the girl at this time, "Although I don't know who you are, I still thank you for helping us two out of trouble just now."

"You're welcome." The girl said very freely.

Then he stopped and turned around.

"After all - I'm just helping an acquaintance."

Looking at the girl who turned around and turned her face towards Darlene, Darlene's pupils widened in surprise, and then she said with joy:

"Helen!"