"I never thought the day would come when you'd be asking me for a favor, and for something against the rules at that,"
Tristan grimaced, taking a sip from a bottle of cold beer.
He was supposed to be on a regular leave in Alfheim in a week's time and was busy planning his vacation schedule. Instead, he was dragged into a corner of a third-rate tavern in Lutèce, subjected to stale air and deafening noise, and asked to do a rather tricky favor. No wonder the lieutenant was unhappy.
The soldier's mission is obedience;
They must, at all times and in all places, adhere to ironclad discipline;
They must always remember the rules of confidentiality;
Tristan, who held a strong distaste for unruly behavior, increased his strict adherence to military discipline even further after becoming a member of the General Staff, having been rigorously trained to turn these words into instinct. In another place, or with another person, he would have already thrown a punch.
