I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary

I woke up with something poking my cheek.

False ceilings are familiar and lighting is dim and visually friendly.

I move my neck to get away from my cheeky finger, but I can't get away from my cheeky finger to that extent.The devil who attacks me keeps poking me in the cheek with precision.

I can't help it.Open your eyes with an attitude and look at the junkies.

Oh, my God.

"Good morning."

The bad guy was Elma.Whatever's fun is, she's looking at me with a Cheshire cat-like smile on her face.

"What is it?"

"Hiro thought his face was innocent and cute."

"You...."

That's not a great face to remind me of, but it shouldn't be as cute as a child's face.Oh, no. Were there stories that the Orientals looked young from the perspective of the Westerners?Maybe I look younger in Elma's eyes.

"Well, I might be a kid compared to Elma's sister."

Ironically, she wakes herself up from her bed and bites her yawn.In any case, in the first half of her twenties, she looks even like a teenager, but as her sharp ears indicate, she is an elf.Contrary to her appearance, she is two times older than I am.I don't know the exact age.

If she does, I'll still look young, even if I haven't reached Sandaichi.

……

Hmm?

For some reason, I wondered at the silent Elma and looked at her, and her expression solidified with a kind of surprise.No, really what?Was there such a rigid element?

"Nah, nothing.Yeah, it's nothing.Wake up. "

Suddenly, Elma, whose face turned red suddenly, turned away from her face and left the room as if she were saying so.All of a sudden, I can only see the back of it.

"... what's wrong?"

Seriously, I don't know from the bottom of my heart.

"Niisan, what if you had a fight with Elma?

A girl with red hair - a woman who looks like her - asks me that from across the table.In fact, she is not a girl or anything, but a fine woman of my age.

"No, I don't think so...."

Get up, take a shower, and have breakfast in the cafeteria in the break space.I was doing my usual routine, but for some reason Elma avoided me.When you look at me, you hide, or you leave the room.

"Elma went to wake up your brother today, didn't she?What happened there?

A red-haired girl - a blue-haired woman with the same face as a visible woman - asks me that.She is the twin sister of a red-haired woman.They are both a race called dwarfs, not humans, and what looks younger is like a race trait.As this appearance is much stronger than that of adult men, if you think that you are a child and try to imitate it, you will be very painful with the power that is contrary to your appearance.

"No, at least I didn't do anything to piss you off, and I don't think I said... I just shook my cheeks and woke you up, and you said your face was cute, so Elma, if I were your sister, I might be a kid."

"Hmm...?

"It certainly doesn't seem so angry.

I don't think there are any elements that don't piss me off because I mention age, but Elma doesn't seem angry when I mention age in the first place.The twin sisters in front of me have not been dating Elma as long as I have, but they have been dating for as long as I can see.

Hey, Elma, is that your youngest sister?

Oh, yeah.

Elma's family structure is like a brother and sister to both parents, and Elma herself is the youngest child.

The twin sister - Tina - listened, and the twin sister - Whiska clapped her hands.

Maybe oniisan called you "Elma Oneechan" and surprised you.

"Hmm... is that so?

At least it's hard for me to understand.The so-called gap adorable?Elma?Not really, is it?

"Well, we'll get back to it in time.Better get there than that, huh?

Oh, I guess it's about time.

The Reefil system, the home planet of the Elves, was almost there before we were on our way.

Good morning, both of you.

"Good morning! Master Hiro!

Good morning, Master.

When I got to my mother ship, the Black Lotus cockpit, there were two women there, each calling out to me.

The name of the girl with bright brown hair who called me Hiro-sama is Mimi.

The girl who helped me get in trouble with the first colony I stopped by and got on my ship's crew with all sorts of things.Initially an amateur, he acquired the skills of a mechanic and an operator, and now he not only deals in operator business, but also arranges and manages spoils of war, as well as traded goods loaded on his mother ship, Black Lotus.I'm no longer part of a fine crew.

In fact, she is the granddaughter of the Emperor's granddaughter, that is, the sister of the current Emperor, and can be named as a critical collateral imperial family, but she did not come to Ping even though she was told that her unknown grandmother was the sister of the Emperor. After all, she chose the position of "daughter of the civilian of the terma prime".And now it's happening.

And the name of the beautiful woman who shakes her wet long hair, who called me Master, is May.It only appears to humans at first glance, but it is a maid rod - the so-called maid robot.

It is customized with high-performance parts that spare no money and boasts breakthrough performance as a made-to-measure.My work as a maid is, of course, my "maid of the day", which is full of maneuvers, battles, and everything.He is also a master of swords to me.I don't remember if it doesn't hurt, but I'm a strict believer!

"Soon we will arrive in the Refill system.The scheduled arrival time is 22 minutes. "

"Roger that. When we get to the Rifil system, we'll send Krishna out to the Rifil Prime Colony in a flash drive."

"I understand."

Mei nodded without questioning my words and accepted my instructions.Meanwhile, Mimi was tilting her neck.

"Shouldn't we just start urgently from Black Lotus if anything happens?

"Still, it's fine.You didn't seem to have any trouble on the way...?

"Ahh... yes"

The light is slightly lost from Mimi's eyes, and there are signs of giving up.Perhaps I have the same eyes.

"By analogy from previous cases, it seems very likely that there will be some kind of trouble.Formation for flexibility will be prepared in advance.Well, that makes sense. "

May is convinced by herself.I mean, is it possible that Mei, who is a mechanical intelligence, can also deduce patterns?I mean, isn't that an outlier?

"Anyway, that's what it is.I'm sorry about Mae, but I'll take care of Mae here, and Mimi needs to get ready for Krishna. "

"Okay."

Yes, I'll take care of this.

I nodded back to the two people who nodded, and with Mimi I put the Black Lotus cockpit behind me.

"That's why Elma's acting weird."

"Hmm? What's the matter?

When I went to Krishna's cockpit while talking to her, Elma was already there.I sent a message on a small information device, so I guess I saw it and quickly headed for Krishna's cockpit.The Black Lotus cockpit is located close to the center of the ship, so it's a long way from Krishna's hanger.

"Checking the system is over.I'm running a diagnostic program on the plane now. "

"Thank you. You're back."

"Nothing. Forget it."

Apparently Elma doesn't want us to go into that strange behavior in the morning.Well, if that's the case, then it's the samurai's mercy that goes through it.I'm not a samurai or anything.

"Well, the plane is perfect.Just like new. "

Looking at the results returned from the airframe's simplified diagnosis program, she murmured.Then Teena and Whiska appeared on the cockpit's main screen.

Let's turn away. Why don't we take a good look?

That's what Tina said across the screen, turning her chest against her.Tina and the Whiskey dwarf sisters are all excellent ship engineers.They're not official crews of Krishna and Black Lotus, they're dispatched from Space Dwelg, a distributor of Black Lotus, but... they've been pretty familiar with the life of our ship lately.Maybe it's time to retire from Space Dwelg and become our crew.Sometimes I think that.

"They took off their hats on their arms.By the way, are you ready?

Preparing your mind?

"I think I'll be back in the Refill system for a while, so we'll have to take care of the bandits again."

When they heard my words, they looked at each other, nodded one at a time, and took out the wrench and spanner from somewhere.

"So much for asking?

Would you be so kind?

"Hi."

I yielded to persuasion while pretending.Well, even if I say I gave in, I don't feel like holding back.Even if it is not official, I would like you to squeeze your strength beyond working as our crew.And let's all make money and be happy.