Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 319: Trash Novels

While dining in the cafeteria, Claude received a message that, because he was a member of the Senior Seminar, he could go to the cafeteria stove for three meals from a school officer. This is really good news, at least three meals at the cafeteria small stove school officer level are tastier and tastier than the food distributed at the Grand Cafeteria for sergeant and lieutenant officers, and even the ingredients are more advanced.

For example, Claude's choice of fried cod steak now on the canteen stove is made now, not like the only fried steak on the canteen stove that was made a long time ago. Even bread is honey white bread, and a lot of eggs are probably punched in the flour, which tastes deliciously rich and soft. Even Claude didn't think that a good meal would be served with an aperitif.

It has to be said that the supply and enjoyment of all classes of the Royal Army is really too different. Claude sighed in his heart when he tasted the pre-meal aperitif. No wonder Major Scully or Captain always wanted to be promoted to the rank of school officer. Turns out he already knew about this difference in treatment when he was next to the Great Prince and was greatly stimulated...

Enjoyed a delicious dinner in the officer's compartment, and Claude went to Colonel Manridge's office. As soon as I entered the door, I discovered that Lieutenant Colonel Manridge's dinner was more luxurious than his. Needless to say, two out of three bottles of fruit and wine on the desk are unopened, five or six dishes on the table, roasted snails, raw fish fillets, fresh blackberries, and a large pot of lamb steak.

No, didn't Lieutenant Colonel Manridge feel like a shuddering ghost because of the family trouble? How could he have enjoyed this dinner that exceeded the Colonel's standards unless he paid for it himself? What excitement did he get? Not ready to live? Claude's initial estimate is that the table is worth two or three gold crowns.

“Come and have a drink with me.” Lieutenant Colonel Manridge is not surprised by Claude's inaction. A while ago, the two of them had gotten to know each other so poorly that they could close their heads. Claude thinks he can enjoy the dining treatment of a school-grade officer in the cafeteria and should be under the care of his good friend.

Lieutenant Colonel Manridge poured Claude a glass of wine and, by the way, put a pair of knives and forks: “Whatever you want, have a good drink with your brother today. ”

“No, man, where'd you get this table?” Claude wants to ask first, so don't worry about eating.

Lieutenant Colonel Manridge was quick to understand what Claude meant when he asked. He laughed. “Don't worry, I won't pit you. This table is clear. Though it's not my brother's money, it's not my brother's embezzlement for his own enjoyment. It was meant for the bosses who came to the academy, but the bosses left the academy at 4: 00 p.m. But these premium ingredients are ready and wasted over time. So all the senior officers who stayed at the military academy are blessed, this is a share of the old man's share...”

So Claude quickly figured out where the egg-scented honey white bread he ate in the dining room stove at night came from. He would have found it strange that even if there had been a difference in the treatment of officers at the school level and officers at the lieutenant level, that would not have been so different. Normally, it's possible to have white bread with honey, but with so many eggs beaten in, it's a little too big for the money, and daring to have dinner tonight is just an exception.

Now that we know where these table drinks come from, Claude sits down and eats and drinks with confidence. But he didn't drink much, he only took the glass that Lieutenant Colonel Manridge poured him slowly to taste. When Lieutenant Colonel Manridge wanted to open another bottle, Claude stopped him and asked him to collect the two unopened bottles of good wine. He had a chance to taste them again later. He didn't want to go back on a drunken horse.

By the way, Claude asked if he could take two days off from the academy to visit Wangdu.

I didn't expect Lieutenant Colonel Manridge to pat the table. He was proud to say: "I don't need to take any time off. I'm also going to Wangdu Army Department to do some business tomorrow. You can go with me as my attendant and meet your three nieces at my brother's house...”

That's a really good solution to Claude's leave, and although Lieutenant Colonel Manridge is the chief administrative officer of the military academy, he can't approve Claude's leave application alone. As a trainee who comes to the military academy for training, the formal leave process should be for the trainee to complete the leave application, hand it over to the responsible instruction and transfer it to the administrative office, where the staff member investigates whether the trainee's leave application is false.

The results of the investigation will then be handed over to Lieutenant Colonel Manrich, who will decide whether to reject the student's application for leave or continue to submit it, or to the principal's office at the military academy, which will replace the first principal, Prince Hansburg, who will handle the affairs of the military academy. General K. Priest, the commander-in-chief of the military academy, signed off on this student's leave request to be allowed to pass…

So even if Claude had applied for leave, Lieutenant Colonel Manridge would have had no difficulty on his side, and he might have to wait two days for it to be handed over to the principal's office. Now, Lieutenant Colonel Manrich listed Claude as his attendant, and Claude went to the King to do his duty for the military academy, not to go out for his personal affairs, which was easier for him to do.

“You arrive at the military academy by 8: 00 tomorrow morning, and I'll check you out and you can leave with me in the carriage.” Lieutenant Colonel Manridge ordered.

Leaving the administrative office, Claude looked at the candle fire and lit the canteen, his heart moved and passed again. After discussing it with the master masters of the canteen, he paid a small bag of the leftover honey egg bread, and Claude went to the stables to grab a ride and left the military academy to go to Old Zacilac's house.

Pushing open the courtyard door and riding in, Claude found that all the clothes and ropes that were hanging from the yard had been packed away, presumably in the morning. These two days are beautiful, with a faint sunlight, although in February of the melting season, the village of Calebon is very dry due to the high terrain. Apart from the frost and some thin snow residue in the fields in the weedy bushes on the side of the road, the roads in the village are no longer muddy but look dry and flat...

A wooden stick was inserted next to the well in the courtyard and an oil lamp hung on the stick. Under the light, the daughter-in-law Doris was brushing a large iron pot, while Aunt Natalie was swinging a pile of dishes in a vine basket. Looks like their home should have just had dinner too, which would be washing dishes and cookware.

This well is really their baby. It's February and the weather is cold. But the well water in this well is not cold at all, but it feels a little warm, and occasionally a little hot air, a little like a hot spring. So Aunt Natalie's family routinely put all the cleaning work by the well, and if Claude didn't rent a room with a private bathroom and toilet, maybe Claude would have to brush his teeth by the well in the morning, just like old Zacilac did.

“Claude, you're back. Um, what smells so good?” Aunt Natalie turned around and greeted Claude with enthusiasm. But she had a very clever nose and immediately smelled the honey chicken bread that Claude had brought back from the cafeteria.

Claude had to hand over the paper bags in his hand, and he wanted to take these breads for a midnight snack, but since Aunt Natalie smelled the scent, he couldn't hide them anymore, so he just took them for a personal favor: "Oh, it's this honey chicken protein bread. Today we started school with some big people, and the cafeteria prepared this for hospitality. But these big men cheapened us officers without staying for dinner. So I bought four to bring back and let your aunt taste fresh..."

“Oops, Claude, you're so kind, how can we be embarrassed...” Aunt Natalie quickly wiped her hands on the apron, took the paper bag with the bread, lowered her head and sniffed hard in the bag's pocket: “Wow, that's sweet, I smell eggs and honey. It must be expensive. Thank you, Claude. It's a waste of money. You don't have to spend so much money in the future. Here you are, like in your own home. If you need anything, just say it...”

Claude nodded: “Actually, it didn't cost much. It's just that there's no such thing as a regular military cafeteria. It's hard to get today, so I bought a few things for everyone to taste. ”

Claude tied the ride to the livestock shed and added some horse feed and fresh water to the sink in front.

“Leave it alone, I'll wait for the old man in my house to come back and let him take care of your horse.” Aunt Natalie said.

“It's all right, that's what's going on, it's done right away.” Claude removed the saddle from the rider and put it aside, brushing the horse a few more times with a big brush, and things were fine.

“By the way, Claude, you take a bath at night. No, if you take a bath, I'll burn you hot water and pour it in the water tank.” Aunt Natalie greeted her very warmly.

Claude shook his head: "No, Aunt Natalie, I just washed it last night and it won't wash today. Not much movement during the day, no sweat, no dirt on your body, just brush your face down your teeth before going to bed at night. ”

“I'll let Doris fill your tank later so you don't have to brush your teeth at night.” Aunt Natalie said.

“No, no, Aunt Natalie, I'll do it myself. Now adding water to the tank will only get cold at night, so it's better to bucket a new one in the well, have some hot air, wash your face and brush your teeth without ice.” Claude waved to refuse, was about to enter the room, remembered going to Wangdu tomorrow, and turned to Aunt Natalie and said, "Yes, Aunt Natalie, I have business tomorrow, I'm going to Wangdu, there may be two or three days. So I guess I won't be coming back to bed the night after tomorrow. I'll tell you first, don't leave the door for me...”

Claude was about to turn around and hear Aunt Natalie mumbling with her daughter-in-law Doris: "You said such a good young man with a promising face and a rich family. Why did you get married so early? It's a shame, I wanted him to be Bena's husband...”

Claude stumbled onto the threshold of the room and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he was agile and grabbed the door door before stopping the castration and standing on his body.

Claude Heart said: “Aunt Natalie is so hopeful to marry her own daughter. Luckily, she is a family member. Otherwise, another unmarried officer will come. I'm afraid these two old men will pack their bags and send Halbena to his bed overnight. The next day, they will come out and force Lima to go to Moon Temple to marry...”

The oil light was lit, and the oil light had been promised beforehand and was for Claude's use, but Claude needed to buy the oil himself. Claude pulled a knight's novel out of his pocket, which he found from Colonel Manridge's office, and who forgot it. When Lieutenant Colonel Manridge stayed in military school, he relied on this knight's novel to send out boring time. He turned it over several times, even saying that he could write several similar popular novels based on this knight's novel, except that he had a lazy attack and refused to write them by hand.

The knight's novel and the popular novels that Claude and his youngsters saw just as they crossed were roughly the same, and the only thing that was somewhat peculiar about this knight's novel was that the magician who appeared didn't seem evil. It may be said that the magicians in the book ignore the lives of the people and regard the civilian population as ants. But he did not do anything bad that proactively harmed civilians, even buying food and alcohol in the town was paying as usual. Even a rogue who wanted to be his disciple and haunted him by learning magic was left alone without hurting his life.

In order to hunt a dragon for precious magic materials, his war with the dragon affected several villages and towns, posing a great threat to the lives of the civilian population, while the magician was indifferent. Only in the end the dragon and the magician were mutilated, and they could only retreat from the silent nursing wounds. At this point, the protagonist finally appeared, a noble son with a floral moonlight appearance, a very handsome young knight, usually happy and kind, who likes to help others.

After the hero heard the rumor of the dragon, he was ready to go and kill the dragon, which endangered the civilian population. Then comes all kinds of adventures and encounters, all kinds of beautiful women traveling around. Claude suddenly felt that the knight's novel was very similar to the online novels he had seen in previous life, such as when the protagonist said he was going to destroy a monster or something, and the beauties around him had rushed up and beaten the monster so hard that they couldn't even recognize his mother. So the young and beautiful hero hero once again harvested the respect and love of the civilian people. In fact, he didn't help at all. All the beautiful women around him helped him deal with it...

Then, more bloody things happened, the sorcerer's arrogant daughter, known as the magical genius who appeared only 300 years ago, was prepared to go to the trouble of the dragon in order to avenge her father. Unexpectedly, the magician's daughter and the protagonist met, fell in love at first sight and fell in love enthusiastically. So the sorcerer's daughter put all the magic she stole from her father on the hero's body. The story ends with the hero relying on these magical objects to save his life, while the magician's daughter is with the dragon.

The protagonist was very sadly named Dragon Slaughter Warrior and left with a broken heart and the beautiful girls who survived. Farewell to the magician's daughter's grave: I will never forget the love you gave me in my life...

Claude's disgusting desire to burn the book in the fire was disgusting, and the main character was a scum man, relying on a pair of so-called the most handsome faces in the world to deceive the beautiful girls to work for him and enjoy themselves. And those pretty girls are brain-wrecked, compared to some of the fans of young girls in their previous lives...

I knew I wouldn't be wasting the night on this junk novel. Claude was about to get up to wash his face and brush his teeth, but he heard the door knock. Aunt Natalie's voice came from outside: “Claude, you're not asleep...”