The Couple's Daily Life of Frantically Farming Battle Merits (Part 2)

6:30 a.m.

The warship set out from the harbor on schedule, heading for Bugi Island two hundred kilometers to the southwest to drive out the Cheese Pirates who had entrenched themselves there and wrought havoc.

Leading the mission was a young branch colonel named Stainless.

This seemed to be his first time commanding a ship alone on a mission of this level. He was brimming with fighting spirit, eager to get started, his eyes practically overflowing with a thirst for battle.

"Zehahahaha, are you two the new recruits from Marine Headquarters who came to train aboard my ship?"

Leaning against the railing, he stylishly lit a cigar and grinned at Noah and Shiya, who had just come aboard.

"You must be pretty nervous right now, huh? The enemy is a major pirate with a bounty of over fifty million Beli, after all."

"But don't worry! With Colonel Stainless here, he won't have any chance to hurt you... Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!"

Watching Stainless cough violently after choking on his cigar, nearly losing his breath altogether, Noah helplessly covered his face.

"...Colonel, has anyone ever told you that when smoking a cigar for the first time, it's best not to inhale?"

"Cough, cough... Is that really a thing?"

Stainless had been choked to the point of tears. "But it's not my first time. I'm obviously very experienced, so don't... don't underestimate me!"

Even though his attempt to look cool had been exposed, the young Colonel Stainless was still desperately trying to preserve his pride.

Unfortunately.

That pride was doomed not to last much longer.

When the warship reached Bugi Island and Stainless witnessed Noah charge into the pirate horde, slaughtering his way through them with the bearing of a god descending upon the world, his eyes nearly popped out of