Wendy, a second lieutenant walking through Horseshoe City, was in a very bad mood.
She had discovered that ever since Captain John had been promoted to major and made battalion commander of the 1st Battalion, she, as Captain John's most loyal follower, had not only failed to become the fiercest Mage Soldier under his command as she had hoped.
Instead, after the captain's promotion, she herself had been promoted into the cushy position of Guard Unit captain.
During every battle, she could only stay in the command post with the former members of the 14th Squad and protect the captain.
Wendy knew that the captain had only assigned her to this position because he valued her.
But whenever she saw those five newly appointed company commanders leading soldiers into battle and claiming victory after victory while she could only remain in the temporary base and fret helplessly.
She became anxious to the extreme.
Those five were clearly here to steal away her title as Captain John's most loyal follower!
She had originally been pleased that the captain had transferred away that scheming bastard Hawk, leaving her to deal with only two latecomers, Laiya and Siegfried.
But now, the number of people trying to steal that honor had suddenly surged to seven!
A huge crisis. This was absolutely the greatest crisis she had ever faced!
"No, I have to do something!"
The more Wendy thought about it, the more she felt her position was in danger. She immediately wanted to ask Captain John for a transfer.
But when she recalled that before they had reached Fauken Bay by ship, she had made the same request to Major John after learning that she had been promoted to captain of the 1st Battalion's Guard Unit, only to be mercilessly refused.
Wendy could not