The next day.
Man, that smoked stuff sure was quite the surprise. They were stuffed in vacuum-sealed packs, but once we opened one, the contents started wiggling creepily. But, well, when we mustered the courage to try them out, they were actually quite tasty, so the three of us ended up finishing them all.
As for the taste… they kinda were like richly flavorful shrimp. Not the boiled kind though. They were more like sashimi. But the texture was similar to, um… abalone? Anyway, that was my impression and I have absolutely no intention of digging deeper than that. It’s better for stuff like this to remain a mystery… for my stomach’s sake.
“I want to look around for power armor weapons today.”
After waking up, I ate breakfast, did my routine workouts at the hotel’s training gym, took a quick shower to wash off the sweat, and went off to do some shopping.
“Lemme serve as your tour guide, boss.”
“S-Sis…… You have to be more careful with your words. Don’t talk to big brother so casually.”
For some reason, I found the dead ball sisters standing in front of me the moment I opened the door to go out of the room. Just what is going on? I turned my gaze to Mimi, Elma, and then Sara, who was standing outside with the sisters. Yep. It looks like Sara tagged along as well.
“Yes. These two really wanted to make it up to you, so I came with them as a chaperone…… so if they do anything stupid again, I’ll be able to immediately throw them inside a holding cell in prison.”
Sara just casually said something dangerous, which allowed a glimpse of just how peculiar the internal affairs in a dwarven company is. She just casually said something like throwing people in prison with a straight face after all.
“So, how did your company decide to deal with these guys anyway?”
“Due to your request Hiro-sama, they narrowly avoided the harshest punishment. They got severely reprimanded, got prohibited from drinking for two weeks, and got slapped with a pay cut for three months. By the way, I also got fined a two-month salary reduction, but I was not prohibited from drinking. The chief engineer was banned from drinking for a month and got fined with a three-month salary reduction. He is also scheduled to undergo another round of leadership training seminars.”
“Why is getting prohibited from drinking part of the punishment? Is that really something unbearable for dwarves?”
“Course it is, boss.”
“It’s too cruel.”
“I’m glad I wasn’t prohibited from drinking myself.”
The dead-ball sisters looked pretty down while Sara had a relieved expression on her face. As outrageous as it sounds, getting prohibited from drinking is supposedly one of the cruelest forms of punishment for dwarves. They really are hopeless alcoholics huh?
“Okay. I gotcha. Like I said last night, I’ll accept your apology. But I thought I told you not to cause me any more trouble yesterday as well, right? Then why did you bring these two troublemakers here again?”
Normally, they should have been prohibited from getting in contact with me.
“Well, about that… It’s not yet set in stone, but the company is thinking of dispatching these two as Hiro-sama’s personal mechanics.”
“……I’m sorry, but come again? You’re saying what now?”
“Um, these two would be dispatched as your personal mechanics.”
“……Why does it have to be these two?”
I glanced at the red-haired loli with a silly grin on her face and the blue-haired loli who looked flustered due to her sister’s behavior. Isn’t the personnel selection weird? Why did they have to push these troublemakers onto me?
“These two are greatly skilled, you see. And they have great enthusiasm for their work. But, well, that enthusiasm did backfire on them in this case.”
“If you ask me, the little sister should be more than enough. She looks more well behaved and decent overall.”
“U-Uhm? T-That’s……”
“Just why!? I’m also cute, right boss!?”
The blue-haired little sis blushed at my compliment, while the red-haired big sis made a fuss and complained. Why? Because you’re ‘that’ sort of person, that’s why.
“Rather, what do you mean about personal mechanics anyway? How would that work?”
“Their salaries will still be paid for by Space Dwerg. In other words, they will still be serving as Space Dwerg employees. Of course, we will do all the necessary procedures in order to allow them to travel freely outside the colony as well, so you don’t have to worry about that end. The only thing you’ll need to bother with is providing these two rooms to stay in the Skizbrazunil. We will be shouldering all their living expenses as well, of course.”
“Fumu……?”
Well, isn’t this a bargain? I’ll get to have two experienced maintenance crews, and practically all their living expenses will be provided by the company they work for. I can’t deny having some skilled pro engineers to take care of maintenance work does sound quite nice.
“I’ll say this first before anything else. Tagging along with mercenaries like us can be quite dangerous. I can’t guarantee your lives, and you might get to have some really scary experiences if you’re with us.”
“But we’ll be able to travel around to all sorts of places, right boss? We can go sightseeing and drink rare booze. Even with the danger, I’m more than willing to tag along. We’ll be imposing on you, boss, but we also want to repay you for not pursuing the issue.”
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