v1c5 (1/2)
While translating this chapter, since it has a drill instructor and although the lines were in j.a.panese they sounded familiar, then it clicked. Yes, many of the lines are almost word for word quotes from Gny. Sgt. Hartman from Full Metal Jacket but in j.a.panese. To preserve the theme I matched and used the quotes from the movie, with some rewording to accommodate the other world stuff though. Now read all the drill instructor’s lines in Ronald Lee Ermey’s voice, do you maggots understand?! >:)
Volume 1 Chapter 5 – Beginner’s training
Today, I’m walking with a 20kg load on my shoulders. No, rather I’m being forced to run. I’m not allowed to stop. That’s because the drill instructor is chasing right behind me with a stick on hand.
“You, wild rabbit puke! Don’t run like a slug! That’s why you got into a draw with a p.u.s.s.y wild rabbit!! Run! Run! You f.u.c.king maggot!!!”
I had the intention of skipping the Beginner’s training. As it is, I was already thinking of secluding myself in the inn till my money ran out. I’m not bold enough to keep living carefree after being exposed to such ridicule. On the morning of the training day, haven’t eaten breakfast and still sleeping peacefully, suddenly Drevin broke into my room smas.h.i.+ng down the door and dragging me to the training grounds.
“Didn’t I say it was compulsory? Gahaha” [TL: Well, it wasn’t compulsory in ch. 2. How things change.]
Despite being the a.s.sistant guild master where does he find free time?!
“How did you know the inn?!”
“You didn’t show up in the guild for about two day, did you? And that’s when I recalled I had connections with the Beginner’s training and had it checked. Ah, don’t worry about the inn. They were properly debriefed. Also I’ll fix the door later.”
And so, I was dragged away to the training grounds. At the grounds there were already 5 cadets waiting. Four men and one woman. These are the comrades I’ll share h.e.l.l with. However, except for me who was sunk into depression, the mood was filled with lively chatter. I’m glad the instructor is initially courteous.
“Gentlemen, thanks for coming to this Beginner’s training. I’ll be looking after you this whole week, Gentlemen. I’m your senior drill instructor, Vogt, a former A rank adventurer. You are still little chicks, but I wish you to stick through this week of training where you’ll learn what makes an adventurer, and see you off the nest as splendid ones. Then, first put this equipment around your neck.”
Besides murmurs of “A former A rank, incredible!” or “An A rank, really?” that I could hear, they all quietly showed faces br.i.m.m.i.n.g with hope. I’m the exception. The instructor was putting on the collars one by one.
“This is equipment that will help you with your training.”
Everyone showed a doubtful face, but obediently had them put on. At the end, the moment my collar was finally put on, instructor Vogt sneered and laughed, that was the beginning of our one week h.e.l.l.
“Attention, maggots!”
The instructor shouts in a very loud voice.
“You pukes will be living here for a week! That collar is a ‘Slavery Collar’. It’ll be removed after one week! The only road left for you sons of b.i.t.c.hes is nothing but putting all your effort into training.”
In the act the cadets started and uproar.
“Putting slavery collars arbitrarily, you can’t stop us from taking it off!”
Slavery collar? From the name, is that an item to turn someone into a slave? I try to take it off, but it doesn’t budge an inch. Perhaps, could this be a bit dangerous?
“Silence! you maggots! From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be ‘Sir’. You maggot there, if you have anything to say, spew it out!”
“Sir, this is a criminal act, sir!”
“Eyeb.a.l.l.s here! You maggots. This is a letter of approval with the signatures of His Majesty the King and the General Guild Master. We have permission to use the slavery collars within this training ground. Now, stop your s.h.i.+tty gossip! I order you to carry that load!”
Is that the effect of the collar? My body moves on its own and lifts the weight. So heavy.
“The answer is yes, sir! You maggots!!”
“Sir, yes, sir!”
“I can’t hear you!!!”
“SIR! YES! SIR!!!”
“Alright, you’re all carrying that. On the track, full strength, double time! Run!!”
“SIR, YES SIR!!!”
It was the beginning of h.e.l.l. He’s gonna work us to the bone. If you reach your limit they use healing magic and keep you working again. For 3 days we did nothing but run carrying that load. We started combat training from the 4th day.
“Bulls.h.i.+t! You couldn’t kill me! Let me see your real war face!”
“SIR, YES SIR!!!”
“Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair. There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on man, woman, human, elf, beastman or dwarf. Here you are all equally worthless! And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to be adventurers. Do you maggots understand that?!”