I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary
# 007 Space Age Grocery Store
On the way to the grocery store, Elma tells the story of a mercenary about the Turmaine system. The Turmaine is a hot spot among mercenaries, due to its location near the border with the Berberlem Commonwealth, where there are many pirates targeting trade and resource mining vessels. It seems.
"So the mercenaries are gathering in this star system. Or you came to this system without knowing such a thing?" "No, I told you a while ago, but the accident flew to this star system. It's unclear whether the error that has been made, or the life support device temporarily caused an error, is unclear. Fortunately, the ship was safe. "
Of course, ambiguous memory is a lie. It's a good idea to be treated as a crazy guy even if you say you've flew from another dimension, and I'm just saying that because you can make an excuse for something that isn't familiar with the common sense of this world.
"Is it okay? It seems that such an accident will be cursed later and there will be a guy who will die suddenly? I think it would be better to go to a medical station and get a medical examination once." I'll leave it. "
If I'm really obscured by a life support error, that's what Elma says. Even so, it may be good to undergo a full-scale close inspection once the transition or something has been (or is) considered to have been done from a different dimension. One of my goals is to go to a medical station and undergo a detailed examination. With that in mind, Elma, walking by her side, pointed forward and shouted.
"Hey, you can see it. That's a grocery store."
In front of you, you can see a signboard with "Oishii Mart" on it. Delicious mart ... It's a really easy-to-understand name.
"It's a simple name." "Yes? Everything seems old-fashioned."
Which part? The question comes up, but don't go too deep. Is it a "delicious" part? Well Japanese doesn't seem to be used, and certainly ... yeah? Am I speaking in Japanese? Why are you able to communicate normally with the humans in this world? When I ask Elma, it is natural that intelligent life forms belonging to a decent cultural sphere should have been "treated" in some way to communicate with other intelligent life forms.
"You have forgotten such a thing?" "It looks like that." "Are you really okay? You're really worried."
Sorry, the elf was sent to look at the pitiful. What a humiliation.
"Okay, here you go."
Enter the store and look around the store. From canned cereal bars to tube-type nutritious foods to food cartridges, to mysterious objects that can't be determined whether they are food or not, such as formalin pickled creepy creatures. Indeed, various products are placed in a narrow space.
"There are various things." "Yes. What do you buy?" "What is good. What do you recommend?" "If you have a cooker, why not buy a food cartridge? If you have the budget, I'm dealing with artificial meat. "" Artificial meat "" "I don't know? Efficiently cultivated protein. It costs much higher than ordinary food, but it tastes good." "Vegetables?" "It's something that some rich people eat. Even mercenaries with a good deal of money don't always eat that kind of thing."
Apparently, livestock meat and cultivated vegetables are luxury goods. Is that so too? Herding in a colony in space seems inefficient. Elma was looking at Girodillo and my face with a suspicious expression.
"It's your rich bonbon or something to say that natural meat and vegetables come naturally." "Nonkota I don't know. My memory is awful. ? "
She spread her arms and shook her head, although she wasn't convinced.
"I don't see it. I don't understand."
I also listen to Elma's recommendations and select groceries. They can order water here. Priced a bit, but I also bought artificial meat and some other things. I also bought food cartridges, mainly cereal bars for storage and tube-type liquid foods. Something like jerky is also recommended.
"Canned?" "I don't recommend it. It would be disastrous if opened in a weightless ship."
At the moment of emptying, it seems that the contents squirt out and watery juice splashes. He recommends solid foods such as cereal bars and jerky, or semi-liquid foods in tubes.
"Hmm ... I don't have any carbonated drinks?" "Carbonated drinks? What's that?" "Well, Cola or soda ... No, it's the sweetest and most crisp drink."
Elma tilts her head. Apparently it doesn't seem real.
"Is there any kind of juice?" "Yes, there are a variety of flavors." "I haven't heard of it before?" "What ......... what ...!?"
Is there no carbonated drink in this world? I asked the grocery store clerk, but I was sorry but never heard.
"God died ..." "What are you talking about like a daily believer losing faith and dying?"
There is no carbonated drink in this galaxy ... no, wait? Certainly, I feel that I've seen a story on the Internet about carbonated drinks that can't be taken properly in a spaceship. I don't know if the weightlessness is bad or the problem with the barometric pressure, isn't it obsolete? That is, the environment where gravity and air pressure are working properly ... Why not in a colony? Is it due to artificial gravity created by centrifugal force? I don't know. I can't even guess with my head. But isn't it a normal place to drink if you live on a planet? Is it such a place?
"I'm going to buy a detached house with a garden in a place of residence on the planet." That means only the first-class citizens with advanced citizenship can have land in planetary habitats, and they will spend hundreds of millions of energy to buy land and citizenship. "" Usso, you're a whale-class cruiser. " Or the amount you can buy. "" That's true. I've heard from Imperial soldiers before. "
Hundreds of millions of energy. But, but! I want to drink soda!
"I have to have a high goal."
Elma shrugs as if she was stunned, but for me it is a matter of life and death. I ordered the water and food orders and asked the owner to send them to the ship, so I decided to return to the ship and wrap up just enough food to eat and drink. Elma's share was just fine. Just one bottle of juice.