第１６３０堀：軍部の方も色々大変 (Part1)
Chapter 1630: The Military Has Its Troubles Too
Side: Jessica
“...And so, it feels like the training of our new recruits is finally taking shape.”
“It’s the same on my end. How are things with Quar’s Royal Guard?”
Stasia and I are currently visiting Seraria’s office. We aren’t here as diplomats, but as generals of Weed, discussing the cultivation of our new soldiers.
“Well, it feels a bit strange since so many are poached, but the training is going smoothly. That said... we still haven’t managed to fill the void left by Sisua and Sona.”
At those words, Stasia and I can only offer bitter smiles.
Sisua and Sona are veterans—or rather, they were personnel from Seraria’s personal guard who achieved enough to be granted peerage.
“Well, those two did receive training for house heads, so it’s not like they can be replaced so easily,” Seraria replies while continuing her administrative work.
“Training for house heads? Is that something you do in Roschur?”
In my home country of Zilba, I don’t recall anyone telling us to study just because we were granted a title...
“It shouldn’t be anything rare, though. Stasia, you had that too, didn’t you?”
“Yes. Well, it was only a few days of handover training. Jessica, Lady Marly should have received it as well, right?”
“...Ah, I feel like something like that happened. I seem to recall Hivia screaming in agony...”
“That sounds like Marly. Perhaps she thought she could just use Hivia to handle the education for her?”
“That’s entirely possible. There were indeed times when Hivia was absent from the unit back then.”
She was away so often that I thought she was on a separate mission, but the first time it happened, she had such a miserable look on her face.
Still, she does seem more capable of unit management and negotiations than before.
“The rest is just a matter of how much practical experience—or rather, actual work—they can accumulate.”
“Don’t act so high and mighty. You dumped so much work onto me and Una,” Quar says, her eyes narrowing sharply at Seraria’s remark.
Well, given that Seraria’s personality is supposedly similar to Lady Marly’s, that would be expected.
Though, nowadays... she does her work properly.
“What? Is there something you want to say, Jessica?”
“No, it’s just that if that’s the case, the only way to raise subordinates is to appoint them as captains and have them learn unit management.”
“Well, that’s the only way. At the end of the day, organizational management is just that, but scaled up and more complex... you could say.”
“Indeed, to put it simply, that is true. However, one must also manage finances and maintain the appropriate placement and relationships of the personnel involved.”
As Quar says, it’s easy to say, but incredibly difficult to execute.
Especially the relationships between those under one’s command.
There are some in the military who claim that such things don’t need to be considered, but even so, we never intentionally pair up people who are openly hostile toward one another.
If we did that, it’s obvious the mission success rate would plummet.
Therefore, we try to form units with people who get along—though that might be the wrong way to put it—or at least, people whose relationships won’t hinder the mission.
If we can’t do that, the people who dislike each other will either both die, or one will die or be discharged.
In that case, we lose the combat power we spent time and money cultivating.
Well, it’s not a total waste, as they might move to the police or other sectors, which is fine for the individual or Weed as a whole, but for the military, losing personnel is always a painful matter.
“Well, ultimately, the only way to fill the holes at the top is to promote someone. Even if we handpicked a newcomer, they wouldn’t be convinced unless there was a very good reason.”
“Indeed.”
As Seraria says, the void left by commander-class figures like Sisua and Sona isn’t easily filled, but if we are to do it, we must start with those who already hold high ranks within the current units.
Pulling someone from elsewhere or making a newcomer a commander is a surefire way to cause friction within the unit.
“That’s why, Your Majesty, why don’t we think about the education program together? You were my captain, after all.”
“Why me? I’m incredibly busy with my duties as Queen. Oh, or are you saying you’ll do my work for me in exchange? I’d like to get some exercise, so that’s fine by me.”
“No, I mean while doing that work as well. Besides, Your Majesty, you need to consider the next candidates for General, too.”
“That’s still a story for the future, isn’t it? What, do you want to quit?”
“Of course not. I’m saying that if we were to suddenly resign or retire, the situation would fall into chaos, so we need to decide on candidates. I have no intention of stepping down from this position until Lady Sakura and the others come of age.”
“Hah, Quar, you’re so devoted to your daughters. Still, I understand your concern. In fact, during the Haiden incident, the upper echelons vanished entirely, causing massive chaos. It was fortunate that it only lasted a few days, and because we had trained our subordinates to some extent, there weren’t many issues with the actual work. Aside from my husband’s diplomacy, that is.”
Exactly. It is because that actually happened that we are having this discussion now.
Stasia, sitting next to us, offers a bitter smile, partly because she was indirectly the cause of that incident, but no one blames her for it.
The point is that the trouble we faced back then could happen again.
“Still, when you say ‘education,’ it’s really just lectures and practical work, right? There’s no way to shorten the process of assessing interpersonal relationships, is there?”
“That is true, but wouldn’t it be odd to just adopt the Roschur method—the one you and I received—or the peerage education as is?”
“Ah, I see your point. Jessica is from Zilba, Stasia is from Findall, and Fiora is from Dafaio, after all.”
As the two of them say, our origins are all over the place.
Therefore, it’s possible that our educational backgrounds differ.
If we were to implement an education system arbitrarily under those conditions, the higher-ups might end up clashing.
Until now, we have managed those differences by discussing them among ourselves as the leaders, but that was only possible because we were the founders. For the subordinates who follow us, those rules will become something akin to absolute, unwritten laws.
Those kinds of rules were taught because they were necessary, and for the military, rules and orders are absolute.
Ignoring the education that serves as the foundation for that is not something one can easily do.
That is why we need to eliminate those potential problems as much as possible.
“I’ll have Fiora talk to Lord Yuki later, but for now, I want to at least put together a draft.”