Chapter 10 – It goes on and on
Toshiro woke up seeing the ceiling of his new but temporary room, located in Adolfine's house, somewhere in Buenos Aires. At first, he felt her, stretching out beside him like a cat while firmly grasping his chest.
He looked to his side, and he saw her. Adolfine was lying under the blanket, but only half covered, with her shapely breasts poking him in the eyes.
"Don't look there… Look me in the eyes…" Adolfine pouted silently.
"Oh, okaaaaay…" Toshiro shifted his gaze into her blue eyes, from which every speck of hostility or distrust disappeared. "How's this?"
"Mmmmmhhhhmmm... Perfect…" Adolfine purred.
"Glad that you did it?"
"Yes. I finally had a man after two years… And it was something terrific…"
"So, now that we broke a boundary… Tell me – why do you hate being called Adi?"
Adolfine sighed and said, "I hoped you won't ask in such a way but…We really did cross a boundary… But I have a condition."
"Which is?"
"Hold me…"
"If that's enough to make you talk… Come on…"
Adolfine scuttled towards Toshiro and embraced him.
"It all started in '43… Let's say that my maternal instincts ran crazy at the time… And then I met a man. His name was Moritz. He had blond hair, blue eyes, and a square jaw – typical Karlslander hunk. But he was also intelligent as hell. He worked in the OKW as I did, in a different department… Word by word, sentence by sentence, we got closer… And then, one day, he claimed my virginity… Skipping forward a bit, we were a really happy couple of lovers. He had the keys to my house, we lived together… And he always called me Adi. At breakfast it was "Adi, pass me the salt." At work it was "Adi, let's go eat." In the Bedroom it was "Adi... Adi... Adi..."
"And then…"
"One day, I returned home, way earlier than usual. I wanted to surprise him. But I saw the shoes of another woman in the anteroom. I sneaked up the stairs. I heard moans of ecstasy from my bedroom. I furiously opened the door, probably startling every cat in the neighborhood."
"I caught him red handed…" Adolfine's eyes started glittering from the tears that started flowing. "He was fucking some floosy… The only thing that kept me from killing them both on the spot, was my reputation as the first Witch General… I didn't even say a word, but I felt that I put on a face that would make a Gorgon whimper in fear… They evacuated the room faster than I could count to ten to try to calm down… I saw Moritz throwing the keys to my home on the stairs… I just fell on the floor, curled up in a fetal position and cried till the morning… Good that it was Friday… I spent the whole Saturday moping… But on Sunday, my rage exploded. But it didn't explode in a normal way, oh no. I had a pair of dumbbells, which I got for birthday. I started training with them until I almost ripped my tendons… My arms were sore, but it felt so good... So good… After the weight was not enough, I started buying more weights… And I started doing other exercises… It relaxed me. It helped diverting my mind from that bastard that cheated on me… And the result…" Adolfine uncovered herself without an ounce of shame. "…is this body. This is the testament to my sorrow after being backstabbed. But you Toshiro… You gave me some hope… That maybe one day, I'll find a better man…"
"It's incredible how much we have in common…"
"Huh?"
"After my dad died, I also started training to keep my mind off him, to somehow calm the squalls in my heart… The whole mountains and fields around Yokosuka were my gym… And this…" Toshiro uncovered himself just like Adolfine did. "…this is mostly the result of that."
"My, my… Maybe I should finish Psychology and write my BA about "Therapeutic uses of physical exercises?""
"Heh, why not… I would gladly be your test subject. But… Yoshika won't allow that I believe. Our score is now even, so unless she makes a first move, we have to remain friends till the end. Closely knit friends, but only friends…" Toshiro sighed.
Suddenly, Adolfine kissed him on the cheek.
"This one night was enough, Toshiro. But if Yoshika would allow it, I'm always free to your… disposal… Until I get my own boyfriend that is!"
"Of course, hahahaha! Say… Want breakfast to bed?"
"N-no, thanks… I'll do breakfast as usual… But first, you know… Workout…"
"Can I go with you?"
"Sure you can! I've never done it with someone else!"
"By the way… Something just popped into my mind…"
"Hmm?"
"Since the time Moritz cheated on you, didn't you…" Toshiro formed his middle finger and index finger into a pistol shape and moved forward and backward in an underhand motion.
Adolfine's cheeks blushed and she mumbled, "No… Not once… I somehow… Diverted all my attention to work out and work…"
"You should try it… I heard rumors that some the girls from the 501st are successful with it…"
"Thanks for the tip…" Adolfine mumbled with burning cheeks and stood up, stark naked.
"Adolfine, are you teasing me on purpose?"
"Oh, sorry… Could you throw me that sweater?"
"Yeah…" Toshiro turned around, picked up the sweater and threw it behind him without looking.
"Okay, done, you can look."
Toshiro turned back and saw Adolfine in the bit too long sweater, standing before him on the bed.
"I still see you naked…"
"Oh stop, you perv… We had sex, sure, but I'm STILL the boss!"
"Are you perhaps implying I could be the boss?"
"No… No… You getting a promotion to a Generalleutnant? Not now…"
"But someday I might, right?"
"I can't tell anything…"
"That means something is afoot…"
"I can tell you one thing, but for the love of God don't tell anyone anything!"
"Okay."
"There's a chance we'll be on equal footing soon. But the Military Council still has doubts."
"So me… A Generalmajor?!"
"Quite possible, Toshiro… They were really impressed by how you managed the 501st while in Romagna. Your expenses were both wise and to the point. You didn't throw out money on bullshit. The girls had so many victories under your supervision. That all profited… Your promotion is on a needle tip, Toshiro."
"Hmmm… I have the perfect way to tip it over to my favor…"
Adolfine looked at him carefully.
"Do you really want to pull that through?"
"Yes."
"Then I'll silently forward your plan to the higher ups. Of course you can't undertake anything until you get newer equipment."
"Sure thing."
"How many hives do you intend to destroy?"
"At first only one – the one that will be the closest to Neue Karlsland."
"One's just at the border with Amazonia, so okay, that will be your target. If you succeed, then I'm sure you'll have your red epaulets and golden cords on them soon, haha! Oooooooooh!" Adolfine gasped. "That would make you the first wizard General in history! And it would be a Karlslander! Ah, I have to use that as leverage!"
"Don't push your luck, Adi, I don't need that promotion so badly…"
"Hrrrrrrrrrgggrr…" Adolfine grinded her teeth. "Don't call me Adi…"
"Oh shut up, woman. I'll call you Adi when I want and wherever I want. Moritz is a thing of the past. Now, every time I call you Adi, you will recollect on yesternight."
"Jesus, Toshiro… Don't be so cranky all of a sudden…"
"Adi."
"Stop."
"Aaaadi…"
"Oh stoooop…"
"Just think about the last night… Adi…"
"Stooop!"
"Think, how good it was… Hear your mind recalling it… Adi…"
"Ssss…. Aaaaah…" Adolfine fell on her knees while moaning. "Just remembering it is so good…"
"Then how is it, Adi?"
"Okay… I'm okay… It worked…"
"Adi."
No reaction.
"Aaaaadileeeein…"
Adolfine only smiled.
"Holy shit, it really worked. You have willpower harder than Yoshika's shields!"
"Heehee… But please, call me like that only when we're alone, okay?"
"Sure, sure… People probably still remember, right?"
"Yeah…"
"By the way, what happened to that Moritz guy?"
"The next day, he voluntarily transferred to the polar station in Antarctica."
"Hahahahahahaha!" Toshiro laughed and tumbled on the bed.
Adolfine also started laughing like mad, falling off the bed. She peeked over the bed and said, "Oh, Toshiro… I just realized the comedic value of that situation… Really, thanks for everything…"
"I aim to please, Adi."
"Heehee… I like it when you call me that… I feel tingly…" She said with an alluring voice while slowly raising her sweater.
"Oh no no, don't you even try anything with Toshiro!" Yuki protested suddenly. "The pass is only valid for ONE shag, sleeping through the night and maybe some cuddling in the morning, but you CAN'T have another go!"
Adolfine, a bit surprised, raised her hands and said, "Okay, okay, I give up."
"Good… I personally would allow since you're a neat woman but… you know, Yoshika is engaged with this dunce and shit…"
"Heheh, yes, I understand. Just doing it once with him was a bit over the boundary if you ask me…"
"I'm glad we're on the same wavelength, Adi."
"Hey, only Toshiro has permission to call me that, you old snake!"
"Haha, okay, Adolfine. Till next time!"
"Yeah…"
"Now, that was unexpected…" Toshiro said. "Good ol' Yuki keeping my relationships straight… So, I'll go start a fire under the boiler, and you can already start working out."
"Works for me." Adolfine replied.
"And get dressed…" Toshiro sighed.
"Pot, meet kettle." She replied while looking down Toshiro's loins.
"Out of my room already, damn it!"
"Hahaha!" Adolfine laughed and scooted outside.
Toshiro dressed himself in his short IFN uniform and walked out of the room. And yet again, Adolfine finished at the same time. She was wearing a simple black sports bra and training shorts.
"Using your old uniform as training clothes? That's… unusual…"
"Better than cutting them up for rags, right?"
"I suppose… Okay, go down and heat this house up, it's a bit brisk…" She said while rubbing her hands over her arms.
Toshiro quickly ran down to the basement and lit a fire. He stuffed firewood to the brim, and walked out. He could already hear the clang of weight being moved around in the gym. He entered the training room, and saw Adolfine lifting a barbell on a bench. Toshiro walked around her, picked up the biggest dumbbells he could find and also started lifting.
"You would probably lift the barbell I have with one hand now, right?" Adolfine asked.
"How much?"
"Hundred and fifty."
"Maybe I could… Just before my arm would rip off, heh…"
"You're underestimating yourself, Toshiro…"
"I meant without magic… With magic, I could probably lift every weight in this room, you and do a handstand on my pinkie."
"Ah, you just made a differentiation between the 'physical' you and the 'magical' you, I understand now."
"Yup. I'm proud of my body but I'm also proud of my magic capabilities. Let's not waste our breaths on idle chatter, Adi."
"Yeah. Our lungs aren't muscles after all, haha!"
"Technically they somewhat are but… You're the boss, heheh…"
After an hour, they wandered before the bathroom door. The both grabbed the door handle at the same time. They looked at each other abashed, but Adolfine made a sly smile and said, "Toshiro, you were brought up in a culture that had mixed bathing as something normal, right?"
"Riiiight…"
"And the girls in the 501st didn't exactly mind, right?"
"Not exactly… Some were a bit reluctant in my vicinity but…"
"Okay then, I'll take the tub, you can take the shower."
"Fine by me!"
"Haha, I knew you'd accept!"
They entered the bathroom. Adolfine switched the lights on and then she ran the water. They looked at each other.
"So… Who's undressing first?" She asked.
"Still a bit reluctant, huh?"
"Sort of… I mean, yeah, we screwed less than ten hours ago, no bars held but…"
"Wait until the water runs, then tell me to turn around, you'll undress and enter the bath. Then I'll undress with my back towards you, and I'll take a shower in the same position."
"Fair enough…"
After a few minutes, Toshiro was under the shower, and Adolfine was soaking in the tub.
"I love bathing… It relaxes me…" She said in a dreamy voice. "Toshiro…?"
"What?"
"Could you wash my hair?"
"Oh, but I'll have to watch your naked body then?"
"I don't care… Just do it."
"Okay then…"
Toshiro turned off the shower and fetched a shampoo bottle. Adolfine sat in the tub, looking at him with glad eyes.
"Come on, tilt your head back…"
Toshiro started washing her long black hair. Since he also had long hair, the experience paid off. After rinsing, Adolfine said, "You have some experience, Toshiro… That hair of yours must be a bitch to wash…"
"And it's white, so I have to wash it super thoroughly… I just wanted to do it, when you came up with your proposal…"
"Then let me return the favor, okay? Just wet your hair and let's go."
With a sly smile, Toshiro just dunked his head between Adolfine's legs. When he raised his head, he was slammed in the back of it.
"Damn you, not so fast and not there!"
"Heheheh, sorry, I had to…"
"Jesus… Turn around and let's get this over with…"
After the whole ordeal, they went to change clothes. Toshiro pulled on his usual uniform, and Adolfine had her usual dark blue shirt, temporarily without her pilot jacket, and black leather pants, this time without the funky holes instead of pockets.
"I see that you also have winter pants…"
"Just a slight modification."
"Why did you actually cut those holes in your pants?"'
"For a better feeling of airspeed and other things…"
"Not everyone can have a FFG…"
"Precisely. Let's make ourselves some breakfast, and drive off to work."
After breakfast and dressing up to leave, Toshiro asked, "Hey, Adi, why don't I drive today?"
"I don't know…"
"Oh come on, I haven't driven anything since Romagna…"
"That's why I'm worried."
"Ugh… Fine…" Toshiro pouted with a disappointed look on his face.
Adolfine looked at him with a tense face for a few seconds, but she gave in and shoved the car key into his hand.
"Just don't do anything stupid, okay?"
"Me? Stupid? Pleeeaaaaase…"
"I have a feeling I'm already regretting this…" Adolfine sighed. "Go and run the engine so the interior heats up a bit."
"On it."
Toshiro ran to the car and started the engine. He saw Adolfine slowly locking down her castle and the gate leading to it. She entered the car and said, "Onwards, Toshiro… I hope we'll get there in one piece."
"Trust me…"
"…ah, well, we only lost a wheel…"
"For fucks sake…"
"Hey, I really didn't see that rusty nail, just before the curb of the sidewalk before the HQ building… It could have been anyone… And your assistant can finally do some manly work, not something a gal after high school could do…"
"You owe me for a wheel anyway."
"Write me an invoice or something…"
"Sure, sure… I'll give it to you after work… Or studying in your case, heheh…"
"Ah, right, I'm going to the course today… Where?"
"I'm leading you to the classroom right now."
On the third floor of the east wing, Adolfine stopped before a door.
"Enter, Toshiro… And may your goddess have you in her grace…"
"It can't be that bad…" He said as he entered.
The room had only one chair and one one-person school desk. A big blackboard was before him, and a lectern between. Behind the lectern, a single man was standing, with his back to Toshiro. The man turned around.
He had a rather unpleasant facial expression and a monocle in his right eye.
When in doubt…
Toshiro saluted.
"I see my student has come… First the formalities and pleasantries." The man said with deep voice. "Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle. I will be your training officer for the next two weeks or so, so we should lay down some ground rules… First – tardiness is a crime in my book. You're late, and I'll whip your ass, and the good Kaiser won't help you. Second – you are to always address me properly. The proper ways of addressing me are – Herr Generalfeldmarschall or Herr Lehrer. Thirdly – I hope you really are a genius, because I will be cramming months' worth of education into your skull in mere two weeks and I will be the one that will judge if you pass. And lastly – no private matters discussed. We keep this strictly professional. We have a tight schedule, and I don't want to sidestep. Understood, Oberst Edelweiss?"
"Jawohl!" Toshiro shouted back.
"Then sit, pull out that notebook and pencil from your desk and let us commence. As an officer of the Wehrmacht, and particularly of the Luftwaffe…"
And so, Toshiro's torment began. Sperrle was talking like a machine gun, and drawing complicated tables, diagrams and plans on the blackboard, without any rest.
But a break finally happened - Toshiro was released for dinner. Totally coincidentally, Adolfine waited for him before the mess hall.
"You look like a dead man, Toshiro. But I sort of expected it…"
"Can I request another teacher?" Toshiro moaned.
"Nope."
"Then let's eat… I probably lost a kilogram or two just by listening to that guy…"
They entered the mess hall, and immediately Inge, being third from the beginning in the queue, waved to them.
"Hello, Herr Oberst!" She cheered. "Should I help today too?"
"Please, do… I would probably faint by waiting at the end of the line…"
"Verstanden!"
"You did it, Toshiro." Adolfine said with a smile. "Come on, let's get seated."
After getting seated, Adolfine asked, "So, how is it?"
"Laaaaater… I'm so hungry I could eat the table…"
"Aaah, I heard he's got such an effect on his students…"
Toshiro just rested his head on the table and sighed deeply.
"Heheh, poor Toshiro… You would probably rather do a marathon than this, huh?"
"Puh… Would I ever… I never used my noggin so hard…"
"Never?"
"Nah… School was like a summer breeze compared to his… Even cramming for my high school end exam I set up was much easier…"
"But you're managing, right?"
"Yes, yes… Yuki is even helping me if I skip something…"
"Oh, how nice…"
"Yeah…"
"Oh, look, dinner is coming."
Toshiro didn't even have the energy to turn around. He only saw as Inge put a plate full of bean soup complete with a spoon and loaf of bread before him.
"Oh, thanks, Inge…"
"Glad to help, Herr Oberst. Here, Adolfine."
"Thanks, Inge. Let us eat."
Sometime by the end, Adolfine started questioning Toshiro again.
"So, how is it?"
"The amount of knowledge I have to take in is truly titanic. The General is giving his lecture with the speed of an MG42 and he's using really specialist terms."
"But you do understand your situation now, right?"
"Yeah, I understand. And frankly, it's good that I'm given this course. I'm learning some really handy stuff now. Stuff that Minna didn't even touch upon when we were doing our usual paperwork."
"And how do you find the General himself?"
"He looks scary. But he's a really knowledgeable man, not bothered the slightest that I'm the Kaiser's nephew. And he is strict… and…" Toshiro looked at Adolfine, who stopped with her spoon midway. "…aaaaand he's behind me, right?"
A heavy hand landed on his right shoulder.
"Indeed I am, Oberst Edelweiss. I'm glad that you're taking this course seriously, and you're not whining or trying to mitigate the responsibility somehow. Finish up the soup, and let's go. We have the last straight for today, so to speak."
"Jawohl…" Toshiro responded quietly and started shoveling the soup quickly in his mouth, topping it off with some bread. "Finished. It was nice to eat in your company, Adolfine, Inge… Now I have more pressing matters at hand."
"Bye, Toshiro."
Toshiro's lips moved silently and formed a single sentence towards Adolfine.
'I will kill you…'
Adolfine just smiled towards him.
After returning to class, Toshiro's torment resumed. It ended at 1755, when Sperrle looked at his watch and said, "This is the end for today, Oberst. Have a good evening."
"Thank you for today, Herr Lehrer. Same time, same place tomorrow?"
"Yes."
"Then good night, Herr Lehrer. I hope for an even better day tomorrow."
"Hope is the last to die…"
Toshiro took his notebook and exited the room.
What sins have I committed in my past existence to deserve this torture…?
Toshiro went to the ground floor lobby. Adolfine was waiting for him.
"Let's go home, Toshiro. Bye, Helga."
"Bye, Adolfine. Bye, Herr Oberst."
"Bye, Feldwebel."
They exited into the building into the brisk, dark evening. The car was already waiting for them.
"Don't even think of driving, Toshiro…"
"I'd rather drink battery acid in my current state… Just drive me home…"
"Don't tell me it's that bad…"
"Physically I'm rather fine, but mentally I'm pumped out…"
Toshiro slumped in the front seat of the car like a sack of bricks. Adolfine drove to her home. After entering his room, Toshiro just dropped down on the bed, just like he stood.
Rest for my tired bones… Maybe I'll take a nap…
"Toshiro… Hey… Toshiro…"
"Whaaaaaaat…" Toshiro mumbled while regaining consciousness.
"It's 2100, here, I brought you supper…"
"Oh, I'm sorry I dozed off…" Toshiro murmured while looking at a plate with some sandwiches and steaming hot tea. "Thanks for the bedroom service, Adi."
"You had a really hard day, I should take care of my friend and subordinate, heh… Eat up, take a bath, go to sleep. You'll have to repeat the same thing for the next sixteen days... Well, fourteen actually, you won't have class on Sundays."
"How nice…" Toshiro said sarcastically as Adolfine started exiting the room.
He ate and took a bath. With only a towel to cover his manly parts, he was stopped before he entered his room by Adolfine peeking out of hers.
"Good night, Toshiro. Remember – train hard, sleep harder!"
"Hahaha! Yeah, that's a good way to do it! Night, Adi."
Adolfine smiled brightly and closed the door to her room. Toshiro entered his room and dropped on his bed. While he was trying to go asleep, he heard muffled moaning from behind the wall. He listened carefully.
Oooooh no… For fucks sake…
Toshiro stuffed his head under his pillow and went to sleep after some time.
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