Although we just left port not too long ago, we still decided to return to Comatt Prime space colony in order to take care of our spoils. We’d face various inconveniences if we continued patrolling around with our cargo capacity full after all.
Nonetheless, it would be getting our priorities backward if we allowed this fact to hinder our patrol duties, so we just threw the scrap we got from the pirate ships and the rest of the loot into the loot storage space we arranged with the Comatt Prime space colony.
“We’ll stay in the colony to start with the repair and modifications of the captured ships, Boss.”
“Gotcha. I’m sure there won’t be any problems, but be careful anyway.”
“Yes!”
We’ll have the mechanic sisters stay in the Comatt Prime colony. They would be proceeding with the repair and modifications of the two medium-class and two small-class ships we managed to capture. They wouldn’t be in any danger while staying inside the maintenance docks, so there should be no problem. The port area was especially secure since the imperial military and colony security were conducting strict regular patrols and were always on the lookout.
“We will also remain in the colony to interview the two lovely ladies who will be modifying the captured ships.”
“That’s fine, but don’t get in the way of their work.”
“But of course.”
It seems Space Dwerg’s Mr. Wamdo and his staff will be remaining in the Comatt Prime space colony as well. Fomalhaut Entertainment’s Zuia has boarded Krishna while the rest of his staff together with the folks from Nyaatoflix and Mobius Ring will board the Black Lotus and continue their coverage there.
“You just don’t stay put, do you, sir? Or rather, you’re surprisingly quite diligent when it comes to working.”
“Un? Really?”
“Yes. You are quite different from our image of mercenaries.”
Krishna was currently parked inside one of Black Lotus’s hangars, and while we were in the middle of taking a short breather inside the break room, Mobius Ring’s Allen began to say such things.
“I’m not really familiar with that so-called typical mercenary behavior though.”
I’m not really a native of this dimension, so I didn’t really get the standards the folks here would consider ‘normal’. Of course, it’s not like I don’t study about their norms and customs, but I’m just too used to common sense I cultivated back on Earth, so I found some of the norms and values here pretty peculiar and just couldn’t get used to them.
“Uh, how should I put it? The typical mercenary we know makes a lot of money in one go, loses that money in one go as well after playing around without restraint, and would generally live a slovenly lifestyle as long as they had the money to spare.”
“That’s right. Compared to them, Hiro-sama is really diligent, or should I say, stoic.”
“Stoic huh……”
Uh, I do flirt around a lot with Mimi, Elma, and Mei, pig out on delicious food prepared by Tetsujin V every day, and buy stuff without restraint as long as they catch my eye though.
“To put it more straightforwardly, since you’re together with two ravishing beauties, we thought you were spending most of your time flirting around day in and day out without restraint.”
“You wanna get deducted points again?”
“No, no, I’m saying that’s how others would normally think as well! Right!?”
Nyaatoflix’s Nia turned to Fomalhaut Entertainment’s Zuia and Mobius Ring’s Allen to back up her claim, but the two just laughed dryly and didn’t make any comments. The two of them didn’t voice their agreement, but since they didn’t deny it as well, I guess that’s really what people from this world would normally think.
“Well, the point deduction was just a joke, so don’t worry. Anyway, is that how it is? If I acted like that, it would take me ages before I’m able to upgrade my ships. Also, my piloting sense would become dull and my skills won’t improve much.”
“That comment itself is a perfect example of being stoic.”
“For some reason, Hiro really doesn’t let up on his self-discipline, doesn’t he?”
“It won’t be good for my skills to get dull after all. I don’t wanna die, and I definitely don’t want my crew to die either. We’re risking our lives constantly, so it’s only natural to not cut any corners, right?”
Since I was shouldering the lives of Mimi and Elma as well, my responsibilities are quite heavy. If I mess up, my life isn’t the only one at stake.
“As a Gold Star awardee and Platinum-rank mercenary, you really have quite the different outlook huh.”
“But maybe I’m just too much of a workaholic. Alright then. After the break, we’ll launch out in Krishna immediately. We have to go back to patrol duty. Please proceed with the analysis data caches, Mei.”
“Yes. Please leave it to me.”
“Is there really no way to have more rocky developments?”
“What does routine patrol duty have to do with ‘rocky’ developments anyway?”
It’s been two hours since we left Comatt Prime’s port once more. We were able to perform our patrols without encountering any sort of trouble until now. At the behest of Earl Dareinwald, we were granted a bit of discretion when it comes to our activity range while within the Comatt system, but if we didn’t encounter stuff like pirates while acting within that range, our patrols would just resemble leisurely sightseeing drives. We literally rounded up all the perpetrators of the attack on that civilian ship in one fell swoop today, so I guess the rest of the pirates would be wary of acting up for a while.
“Ah, we’ve received an emergency message from the command center of the Comatt III defense forces.”
“Oops. A rocky development really came. It’s because you said some ominous stuff, Zuia.”
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