178 Chapter 178 Join the Army
Upon hearing Desmond’s response, all the won at the table had a different reaction, Claire was helpless in the face of Desmond’s stupidity and Sasha simply did not understand the logic of such action; on the other hand, Kyuru was the only one calm at the table, although this could be because she didn’t care about the whole thing in the first place or the little fairy had already sensed sothing with her empathic abilities.
′′ Let’s not look so surprised, it was a matter of ti for the war to get worse and once that happened the fate of every human city will be in the hands of the military and therefore our lives will be in the hands of the military.
I had already foreseen sothing like this since the day the mutant beasts attacked this place, it’s just that I hoped to have more ti, in any case, now the only way to have even a little control over our destinies is by sacrificing a little of my freedom by joining the army. ′′
Desmond’s argunts managed to make the girls understand his reasoning a bit, but at the sa ti, it made Claire realize one thing in particular.
Since the world had gone to hell, many had died and although the losses were massive, it could be said that the population that suffered the greatest impact was n over 25 years old, the shelters and underground bunkers took won and children. while the n went out to fight for their families.
From that mont on, the labor force was scarce in the sectors where n were mainly hired, at first it did not seem like a big deal, after all the reality is that won are as much or even more capable than n in many fields so after having left behind certain stereotypes, it was possible to gather the workforce for many sectors.
The problem was the military, it was predominantly made up of n and the won in it were subjected to a lot of abuse at the hands of powerful espers so recruiting more won wasn’t exactly easy and there weren’t many n to recruit in the first place.
It was for these reasons that the military invented all kinds of thods to increase their ranks, great salaries, vacations, luxuries, and privileges; etc. Among those thods was one in particular that Claire believed would be used by Desmond.
They called it a petition or inheritance of honor, the children of soldiers who have died before, during, or after the day of awakening could use the military achievents of their parents to ask for sothing from the army, the higher the achievents, the greater what is you can ask, and with enough achievent, you can ask for almost anything.
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If Desmond wanted to have even a little control over his freedom and his destiny, he could not afford to start from the lowest part of the military chain of command, so his only option would be to use the military achievents and dals from his father as a bargaining chip to obtain a high enough military position.
It turned out that when Desmond explained his plans to the girls, it was exactly as Claire had assud, the only difference being that Desmond was going to apply specifically to a high position within the esper sector.
As ntioned before the vast majority of the world’s population possesses so kind of esper ability, unfortunately, those who possess abilities powerful enough to be considered useful weapons by the military are few; that is why the military chain of command is divided into two sectors.
The standard military sector is in charge of all military operations and the esper sector is considered a special forces division that deals mainly with high-risk missions and is the main trump card of the army on the battlefield.
Although both sectors are part of the army, there is a clear hierarchy between them, normally a mber of a certain rank in the esper sector is considered two ranks above soone with the sa title within the military sector.
The only requirent to be in the esper sector was power, the stronger one was the higher one could rise in position, in theory, Desmond would not have to use his father’s military achievents to be accepted in the esper sector but it was different if Desmond he wanted to be assigned to a specific location and gain so favoritism in the process.
And that was exactly Desmond’s line of thought, he was going to use his father’s military achievents to directly apply for the position of the first lieutenant in the esper division, he knew that he was opening up so tests intended to test whether he had the strength to back up such a claim, but Desmond was pretty confident about the results.
′′ It’s my fault. isn′t? For disobeying you and revealing the ability I gained on the day of the ceremony, I’m sorry Desmond. ′′ From the tone of her voice it was clear that Claire felt very guilty for how things turned out, but that day she had had to support her friend or she would not forgive herself.
′′ Don’t worry, I already told you that this was only a matter of ti... look, we’ll are gonna talk about that later, okay? For now, I want to relax a bit, do you want so tea? Sasha makes a tea that is great for relieving fatigue. ′′
At first, Claire was not very encouraged by Desmond’s words as she knew he was only trying to comfort her, but when Desmond ntioned tea for fatigue, Claire felt that the other girls at the table had suddenly turned their attention to her; at that mont Claire wanted to be able to hide in a hole out of sha as it was obvious that the girls knew quite well the reason why she was exhausted.
Desmond on his own just enjoyed a steaming cup of tea while ignoring the strange expression on the faces of all the girls at the table, there was an awkward silence in the room for several minutes until Desmond seed to rember sothing in particular.
′′ Oh, I almost forgot... Claire, when do you have to report to the local military headquarters? ′′
Finding a way to escape Sasha and Kyuru’s awkward stares, Claire imdiately responded to Desmond by telling him that she had a week’s grace before she had to report to the military.
′′ One week huh... if I take into account how long the paperwork and relocation issues take that ans I have less than four days... well, I guess taking a break is off the table. ′′
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