Chapter 14

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June 8, 2020

It’s Over! The Major General Is Bent! [Interstellar]

Chapter 14

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The metal door of the main hall opened automatically. The moment the black-haired major general stepped into the main hall, the whole main hall instantly quieted down.

Except for the soldiers in control of the battleship, everyone stopped what they were doing and talking about. They all stood up and faced the direction of Major General Taylor and paid their respect. They lifted their right fist and lay it across the chest to perform a military salute.

Only after the young major general slightly raised his head did all the talents dropped their fists and continued with their tasks.

As the blue-haired lieutenant colonel greeted his superior, his gaze crossed his superior and fell on the short youth behind him.

He shook his head almost invisibly.

Miao Te, who has changed into the new military uniform, followed honestly and obediently behind Major General Taylor.

Black pattern with silver was the style of the regular military uniform of the Empire. The only part of the shoulder that should belong to the epaulet is empty, which represents his identity as a minor in military training.

The Imperial Military Uniform was a masterpiece carefully designed by the top designers of the Empire. The lines are simple, clean, and neat, which can set off the spirit of the soldiers.

Wearing that military uniform on the body will immediately make people show a bit of a sharp edge.

Via looked at Miao Te, who still gives a feeling of childish innocence even when wearing the military uniform, and shook his head almost invisibly.

No matter how you look at it, this youth is not suitable to be a soldier.

The child’s eyes were too clean and too soft, like a delicate flower being carefully taken care for in a greenhouse, completely unsuitable for the battlefield.

Therefore, when the Major General-daren, his superior, put the child under him and asked him to train the youth as much as possible in the military; the blue-haired lieutenant colonel who was able to stand still in the face of his enemies several times powerful than him, felt a rare hint of distress.

En…… Although he is a trainee staff member, this is only an excuse for him to join the army. He doesn’t have any military knowledge or training in any military courses. Even if it was a genius, it would still be impossible to perform the duties of a staff out of nowhere.

Not to mention……

“You’re illiterate?”

Lieutenant Colonel Via’s voice was almost squeezed out word by word.

He had just arranged for Miao Te to input a dialogue of a less important meeting, but the teenager just looked at the hologram with a stunned gesture and he rapped on the virtual keyboard without moving his hands for some time.

As soon as he asked, he knew that the other party couldn’t even write ligatures, let alone use virtual keys to type.

“That … grandfather he … I only had time to learn how to read and speak again in that month.”

Miao Te lowered his head, secretly glancing at Via in the corner of his eyes as he spoke in a low voice.

He was not illiterate.

When he was in school, he was very good, and was even able to continuously skip grades. If it were not for suddenly being sick, he would’ve already entered university.

In addition to the Confederate State language of the Earth’s Confederate State, he could also speak two other continents’ languages.

……

Well, Miao Te was helpless (1). He couldn’t deny that he was semi-illiterate when it comes to the Empire’s lingua franca.

In one month, he only had time to learn how to read and speak the common language with the old man, and he had not yet learned how to write.

And typing on this virtual light key….. The characters were very different from the keyboard of the Earth. It was completely different that he could not use it at all!

“…..I understand. Take a test first, and then based on your skills, I will arrange applicable related training.”

Via exhaled and said calmly.

…………

First, the battle squad of battleship that fights on the frontline.

The instructor responsible for training the stout and sturdy combatants of the squad grabbed the youth’s small arm and small calf, and compared the youth’s arm to his that was twice as thick as the other, then looked up at Via.

“Lord Lieutenant Colonel, are you joking with me?”

Via: “…………Correct.”

Next, the Artillery Department.

That is, the soldiers on the battleship who are responsible for manipulating various artillery and shooting down assault ships approaching the battleship.

The instructor in this department actually does not disapprove of Miao Te’s small arms and small calves. After all, the soldiers in this department were slightly thinner but not lacking. The key is fast eyes, quick hands and to be able to judge and predict. This generally requires practice, and talent is not of great importance.

However, after the youth’s shot landed on the 8th ring in the most basic laser gun shooting——

Instructor: “Lieutenant Colonel Via, I think this child’s talent is also powerful in another sense.”

Via: “…………”

En, Miao Te shot the 8th ring of the target next to his.

Then there was the Piloting Department, which was responsible for the soldiers who pilots battleships.

After sitting in the cockpit simulation used for training, the youth was down because of severe dizziness and nausea caused by flying a small warship for two consecutive time-space jumps under zero gravity.

………………

…………………………

In short, after a rotation, there was nothing more. And in the end, only Robin’s Destroyer Fleet was left.

Lieutenant Colonel Via also didn’t even bother to look for the man who was so brainless that he could only think with his lower body.

Although he and Major Robin did not get along well, he acknowledged the man’s strength.

The so-called Destroyer fleet is a squadron that can be accessed by elite soldiers who possess super high-strength battleship skills, keen prediction ability, extreme response ability, and excellent artillery ability.

In other words, every soldier who can enter this squad was all S trump cards.

And Robin being able to suppress this group of sturdy thorny elites was enough to showcase his ability.

Anyway, Via’s complexion has started to look a little unsightly.

Generally speaking, people will always have advantages and they would always have something they’re good at, right?

But now this child can’t do anything, and he couldn’t see any advantages. He’s simply waste wood among waste woods.

The Uriel family was a legendary aristocratic family with an extremely ancient history. Although it has declined, surely the descendant would not be such a waste wood to this degree?

Even if amnesia can caused previous knowledge to be forgotten, the bodily responses would not change. The child seems to have no prior training at all——in the current Empire even ordinary civilians would send their children to martial arts or spiritual training.

The youth, who has been identified as waste wood among waste woods, has timidly shrunk, occasionally glancing at the black-faced Via.

To be honest, he felt very embarrassed. What did he not do wrong in this rotation.

According to one of the instructors, he is too far from becoming a soldier with the most basic physical foundation, and he must start with the most basic exercise.

To be honest, he is really not good at those things. Physical exercise is necessary, but he has no talent for shooting and fighting. No matter how hard he works, it would be difficult to do.

If he wants to adapt to this future world as soon as possible, he must first choose the skill direction that suits him best.

Now then, what exactly is he suitable for?

Miao Te pondered carefully.

He was still thinking when someone happened to come and talk to Lieutenant Colonel Via.

It was a middle-aged woman who seemed to be a low-ranking officer, holding a metal instrument in her hand which looked like a glass ball. A dilapidated book was floating in the glass ball, looking like it was carefully preserved.

He glanced at it casually, but seeing the title of the book, he was suddenly a little surprised.

“……Atlantic?”

The book was so dilapidated that he can only barely recognized these three syllables.

He instinctively read the word.

But this reading made the middle-aged female officer holding the glass-metal instrument and Lieutenant Colonel Via who were talking, stunned.

The middle-aged woman looked at him in surprise.

“You know these words?”

“I know, of course.”

They really regard him as illiterate?

Although he couldn’t write the lingua franca, he was completely fine with recognizing and speaking……Wait, wait!

There seems to be something wrong?

He just read it out loud subconsciously because when he looked at these words that were so familiar, reading it was equivalent to instinct, he didn’t feel anything wrong when he read them out loud. But now, he suddenly realized that the words in that book were not of the Empire’s lingua franca, but the original Confederate State language on Earth!

This is asking for trouble!

The youth’s mind flashed with the thought in an instant.

Looking at the reactions of Lieutenant Colonel Via and the female officer, he’s afraid that at present only a few people can speak the language of the Earth’s Confederate State——just as few people on the Earth could understand the ancient Egyptian language, and even if they could, they could only understand a few words.

“You have learned Earth’s ancient language?”

Earth’s ancient language……

This title is really mouthful.

While Miao Te was vomiting like this in his stomach, one side of his brain was currently turning its gears rapidly.

He remembered the last time he had the image of the earth in his head, everyone attributed it to his family heritage.

“Just a bit……” He said.

“At that time when Grandpa re-taught me the language, I was taught two at the same time. I don’t know if this is the Earth’s ancient language that you speak of…… but Grandpa taught me this language more severely, saying that it was necessary for me to keep it in mind. He also showed me a lot of documentaries and articles in this language……”

Considering that he may inadvertently reveal his familiarity with many information regarding Earth in the future, Miao Te now put the blame on the reason that his ‘grandfather’ who showed him a lot of recorded information.

When the middle-aged woman across from him heard his words, her eyes suddenly lighted up, and the stone-faced lieutenant colonel’s stone face changed instantly.

“Where are the documentaries and information materials you’ve seen! In your hands?! Are they information chips!”

The female officer grabbed Miao Te’s shoulder with gleaming eyes and shouted at him excitedly.

“……Can’t remember!”

Miao Te quickly shook his head to deny it.

Where would he find these earthly documentaries for these people?

“It was Grandpa who showed me. I don’t know where he put it or whether he took those things with him.”

The two faces staring at the dark-haired youth showed disappointment at the same time. Especially Via’s, his disappointment was even deeper.

Because he dealt with everything after the old man of the Uriel family died, he naturally knew that the old man did not carry any information chips with him.

…… Such precious things must have been hidden by the old man.

And this young child does not understand anything, too stupid to understand. He does not know the preciousness of those articles, so he shouldn’t have lied to them regarding such things.

……No, this is not for sure, further monitoring and observation of this child is still needed for a while.

Via originally thought about whether the old man was hiding it in his grandson, but then remembered that Miao Te had performed a full body check before entering the ship. If he carried an information chip, it should have been detected at that time.

….. What a pity.

Breathing deeply, Via looked into the young child’s eyes with a complicated expression.

Currently, the child is totally unqualified as a soldier……and by the looks of it, he would still not be qualified in the future when he grows up like this.

But nevertheless, when the knowledge that the child has is revealed, no matter which force in the empire, they would rush in demand for it, and he would also be given extremely high treatment.

It is known that all the scholars who are engaged in research regarding the ancient civilization of Earth are highly valued. In particular, the more information they have, the more they will be respected.

It should not be revealed.

Lieutenant Colonel Via passed a contemplative look at the female subordinate beside him, letting her release Miao Te.

He couldn’t let the child know how important the information he had is, because he didn’t want to see this little guy’s wry expression at all.

The most important thing he should do now is to let the little guy stay honest and obedient.

His thoughts were like this while looking at Miao Te.

The youth opened his eyes and looked at him. His black pupils were clear and as the surrounding light fell into it, it gleamed bright.

A young and childish face, how naive looking it is.

Looks pretty deceiving.

Thinking of the series of stupid things this little guy did, Via thought so and opened his mouth.

“Since you don’t know anything and you only know these words, go to the History Research Department to assist.”

“Okay ~” The youth blinked, and then smiled brightly as he answered.

Stone face, don’t think that I don’t know that you’re pretending. I can see how much you pay attention to this Earth’s ancient language…… How good that he found a way to support himself when he has no golden thighs to hold in the future.

Earth’s ancient languages specialist.

Look at how tall, how safe, and how compelling this cultural profession is!

Miao Te wondered about this in his heart while Via continued to lecture him.

“You have always behaved rudely in the presence of Lord Major General. He doesn’t care about these things that you do because he is very young and very generous. However, when you go to the History Research Department later, there would be older seniors.” He looked at Miao Te sternly and said.

“You must not be so rude anymore, understand?”

“Oh.” The boy looked and nodded with a very obedient expression.

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On the way to the History Research Department lead by the female officer, Miao Te, who pondered for a long time, finally couldn’t help voicing out his curiosity.

“How old is your Lord Major General?”

This kind of thing should not be regarded as military secret, right? The youth thought.

All day long he hears people say that he is young and promising, so how young is he really?

Looking at that face, he is indeed quite young. He looks probably about…… twenty years old?

……..But it’s a bit unscientific to be a major general in your twenties. No matter how good and talented you are, you must be at least 30 years old to be a high-level officer right?

In addition, he also said to him a while back, ‘You’re still young’.

If he could say this, it means that the major general should be quite a lot older than him. It can’t be only a few years age gap.

En….. That’s right, being a major general in his early thirties can be considered young and promising.

So, it should be that the Major General-daren just looks young, right?

The basic information of all officers above the rank of general in the empire is open and transparent information in the Star Network. Therefore, the age of the Major General is indeed not a military secret.

Moreover, it is also one of the reasons why his subordinates are proud.

Therefore, the female officer answered this question of the teenager behind him with a simple smile.

“His Majesty is very young. He’s only 56 years old.”

“…………What?!”

56 years old… only?!

The stunned youth received a fright.

That’s not an old goblin?!

The author has something to say:

Let’s say that Miao Te is now the only person in our modern world who can read the ancient Egyptian script.

And not everyone is interested in ancient Egypt now.

While in the future interstellar, the Earth is the vision and dream of all human beings.