i think i get it now, what probably happened was that when ernst fainted from the near end of ch.3 he was probably having a dream about his past so the entire thing we read in ch.4-6 was probably a flashback.
Yes, it is the first pANEL IN BOTH STORIES IT BOTH SAYS THAT ITS TAKING PLACE IN THE SAME COUNTRY, MC I FORGOT HIS NAME IS WEARING THE SAME UNIFORM AS HANYUL IM PRETTY CONFIDENT ITS TAKING PLACE IN THE SAME UNIVERSE AFTER THE SOUND OF SUGAR CUBE OR AT THE SAME TIME AHHHHHHH- (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
i think i get it now, what probably happened was that when ernst fainted from the near end of ch.3 he was probably having a dream about his past so the entire thing we read in ch.4-6 was probably a flashback.