That's roughly how it is.

In the office of the Dean of the Ryan Military Academy, Zhang Fan finished recounting what he had seen and heard, omitting the part about taking a bath.

Erwin and Wang Desheng looked at each other in bewilderment.

“Actually, I’m quite grateful to Alice,” Zhang Fan said with a smile. “Her pursuit made it seem natural for me to leave Moonlight Island.”

"In other words, you're now under Marquis Charles's command? And you'll be working for Prince Reinhardt?" Erwin sorted out the situation.

“Yes.” Zhang Fan nodded and added, “At the same time, he was also entrusted by the lady to undertake the task of breaking up the engagement between Princess Alice and Prince Reinhardt.”

"Why is it so complicated?" Erwin complained. "Even as the protagonist, you have way too many side quests."

Zhang Fan also wanted to complain, "You guys don't know, Blue Star is my hidden mission, okay?"

“As far as I know, there is no engagement between Princess Alice and Prince Reinhardt,” Wang Desheng said.

“Indeed, there is no written marriage contract,” Erwin said. “But in Ryan, who doesn’t know that this is a tacitly accepted fact? Even among the Senate members, who doesn’t treat Princess Alice as a future queen? Whether there is a marriage contract or not, it doesn’t really make a difference.”

“There is a difference.” Wang Desheng thought for a moment and said, “Determining a marriage contract is actually a very simple matter and does not take much time or effort. I think Marquis Charlie did not do it because he left himself some room to maneuver.”

“You mean… there’s still uncertainty in the relationship between Marquis Charles and Prince Reinhardt?” Erwin frowned. “But everyone knows that Marquis Charles is Prince Reinhardt’s staunch ally. If it weren’t for Marquis Charles backing him up, Prince Reinhardt would have succumbed to his uncle Ferlinan’s offensive long ago.”

“That’s not necessarily true. Reinhard might have other intentions as well.” Zhang Fan stroked his chin, finding it amusing. “If Reinhard were to ascend the throne in the future, I’d say the first person he’d kill would be Marquis Charles. Do you believe me?”

Throughout China's five-thousand-year history, how many examples of emperors "killing the dog after the rabbit is caught" have there been?

"Uh..." Erwin didn't know how to refute for a moment, "You've already promised Marquis Charles you'd go to Reinhardt's place?"

“Of course, how could I pass up such a good opportunity to infiltrate the Charlie family? You’d better treat me well from now on.” Zhang Fan looked at the dean, crossed his legs, and said, “From now on, I’ll be a double agent. If things go wrong, I might switch sides to Marquis Charlie’s side, and then no one will be there to help you.”

“You bastard,” Erwin said with a hint of disdain, “I’m warning you, the danger of working for Reinhardt doesn’t come from Reinhardt, but from his uncle, Marquis Ferlinan. He’s a hyena, and you’d better watch out so you’re devoured without a bone.”

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Dean." Zhang Fan thought that was exactly right; it would be more interesting to let them fight like dogs. "My withdrawal application will probably arrive in a couple of days. You need to hurry up and find a new person to help you with things within the college."

“There’s no need to worry about that, you already have a successor in your position.” Erwin seemed quite pleased with himself.

"Who?" Zhang Fan was both curious and disappointed. They'd already arranged a backup plan? Was I really that dispensable?

“From now on, I’ll communicate with you through him regarding matters on my end.” Erwin clapped his hands, and the office door opened. “This is also a good opportunity for you two to get to know each other…”

"Let me introduce you. This is the new deputy captain of the Royal Military Command Academy's guard."

The school security team was originally just an internal security force to maintain order in the academy, but Zhang Fan made a casual remark that was taken to heart. Erwin seemed to have a sudden realization and began to pay attention to this special force.

As the school security team grew stronger and stronger, Zhang Fan felt a headache coming on, because he had once talked to Erwin about a student army in a place called "Whampoa" in China, and now Erwin was using that as a model to build this school security team.

The school security team can now be almost understood as Erwin's private army, so the people who serve as captain and vice captain must be people Erwin absolutely trusts.

The current team leader is Wang Desheng, and the vice-captain is...

"It's you." Zhang Fan stared at Ryan Military Academy's newly appointed deputy captain of the guard team as he walked into the dean's office.

"Dean, Captain Wang, Teacher Zhang," Nie Yun greeted everyone present.

"The 'Ten Swords' have been incorporated into the school security team. Under Instructor Wang's training, we are trying to apply Teacher Zhang's 'Sword Formation' to mecha combat," Nie Yun said, sitting down beside him. "Of course, it's still just simulation training, and there's still a long way to go before actual combat."

“I have already applied to the military.” Erwin looked smug. “Next month, 10 'Glory' humanoid mechs will be delivered to the academy, and then we can try live-fire exercises.”

"Glory" is Ryan's first generation of humanoid mechs controlled by "neural solution". Compared with the second generation "Honor" and the third generation "Glory", the mech is much smaller, but it still has a preliminary neural synchronization ability.

Although the "Glory" aircraft in storage are decades old, these 10 are all improved versions of the "Glory" and are in very good condition.

It's unclear what kind of power Erwin used to obtain these 10 mechs from the military.

"What do you mean by 'simulated training'?" Zhang Fan, seeing Erwin's smug look, really wanted to punch him and couldn't help but ask, "How far have you progressed?"

“I had them log into ‘Warfire’ using the simulator at the Mech Training Center to verify the ‘Sword Formation.’ As for the results…” Erwin interrupted impatiently, in a very good mood, “Yesterday we just took down the third ‘Level 9 Mech Warrior’ in ‘Warfire.’”

“You guys…” Zhang Fan didn’t know what to say.

“It’s not that exaggerated, Teacher Zhang,” Nie Yun added. “It wouldn’t be a fair victory for us to fight ten against one…”

"Where is the unfairness of your victory?" Erwin said seriously. "You have 10 level 1 mech warriors fighting against one level 9 mech warrior. Who bet on you to win? The level difference in 'Warfire' can't be bridged by sheer numbers. Since the other side has admitted defeat, we naturally win!"

In Erwin's eyes, the "Ten Swords" had become his own.

"Wait a minute, what did you mean by 'the third' level nine mecha fighter?" Zhang Fan asked, somewhat confused.

"It doesn't mean anything, it just means that this is the third 'Level 9 Mech Warrior' we've defeated..."

"Ah, this..."

“We are issuing challenges to the level nine mech warriors in ‘Warfire’ one by one,” Nie Yun said. “Apart from Wang Team’s ‘Wang Baihu’, we want to challenge all the other level nine mech warriors.”

"..."

"When you have time, log in to 'Warfire' and take a look." Erwin took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Now the number one spot on the popularity chart is no longer your 'Kira Yamato,' but my 'Ten Swords.'"

"Or you could log in later and have a sparring match with 'Ten Swords'? I promise I won't beat you to a pulp..."

Come on, Zhang Fan didn't want to argue with the dean who was acting like a child at the moment. Besides, "Kira Yamato" was only a level three mecha fighter. Going up there would just be asking for a beating.

"I'm not going to chat with you guys anymore. I'm going to the capital to report for duty tomorrow." Zhang Fan stood up and said goodbye to them.

"Dean, thank you for taking care of me all this time."

"Instructor Wang, thank you for your guidance. In my heart, you are both my elder brother and my teacher."

"Nie Yun, keep up the good work! Your potential is far greater than you think!"

"Don't try that," Erwin said with a hint of disdain. "Keep in touch. If I have any new information, I'll have Nie Yun contact you."

“I don’t have much to teach you. If you get into trouble outside, you can contact the ‘White Tiger Gang,’” Wang Desheng said with a smile. “They will help you within their capabilities.”

"Teacher Zhang, please continue to guide me in the future."

Zhang Fan left the dean's office.

Years later, as Lane Military Academy continues to grow and expand, this administration building will be converted into an on-campus hotel.

However, this small room on the 10th-floor terrace was preserved in its original state, permanently retaining four prestigious VIP seats...