Everyone had arrived; no one was late. Annanu folded his arms and nodded in satisfaction.
At least mentally speaking, this bunch was pretty decent.
"Time is of the essence. Let's start training." Rolling up his sleeves, Annanu spoke at once.
Adekate hurriedly grabbed him, terrified.
"Hm? What is it?" Annanu looked at Adekate in confusion.
"Commander, aren't you planning to... say something?" Adekate was not quite sure whether Annanu was playing dumb or genuinely dumb.
At a time like this, shouldn't you usually say something to boost morale first? Especially since the training Annanu was about to conduct clearly did not look simple. Were you really not afraid of discouraging your subordinates?
"Huh? Say something? Say what?" Annanu looked utterly baffled.
Adekate:.
Oh no. He really was dumb.
"Oh, you mean I should give them a little morale boost?" Annanu finally understood what Adekate meant, his face lighting up in realization.
Adekate looked pained. Although Annanu had caught on, he somehow felt even worse.
"Boost morale, huh... then, how about this?"
A thin layer of mud instantly covered Annanu's body. Once it dispersed, a stunning woman with a curvaceous figure—the sort who could make every man cry out, "I'd hit that!"—stood in his place.
Adekate:?
He felt that things were taking a rather wrong turn.
Her pure white clothes were stretched taut by her ample chest, paired with Annanu's newly transformed seductive features.
Every soldier's breathing grew rapid.
"I'll be cheering you all on, okay? Work hard in training, okay~"
Putting a hand to her mouth, Annanu clenched his other hand into a fist and said those words.
"YES!!!"
There were clearly seventeen people—no, sixteen, since Adekate had not joined in—yet their voices erupted with enough force to seemingly shake down the city walls.
Whoosh—
Annanu changed back, grinning at