"Uh ..." "Um ... that's Elma, right?"

Mimi and I walked along the obscene third section of the street, and when we saw the destination grocery store, we saw it. It is a figure in a white hooded cloak leaning down on a wall, slightly away from the grocery store entrance, sitting down on the ground. You shouldn't usually know who it is, but the hood on your head is strangely distorted. It is undoubtedly due to the pin and the elf ears that stretched sideways. If you look closely, there are several sake bottles rolling around the figure. Did he stop drinking and drinking alcohol?

"Hiro-sama ..." "Hmm ... Well, let's just listen to the circumstances."

Walk towards the figure in the white hood and stand directly beside it. It seemed that the pikuri and the person in the white hood were sitting down. There is a tingling sensation in the back of the neck.

"" -Tsu! "

Action was quick. The person in the white hood pulls out the laser gun without showing his hand, and his muzzle is pointed at me. However, almost at the same time I pulled out the laser gun and pointed the muzzle at the opponent. The dead eyes of the fish are looking under the dingy white hood. Ah, this is a lot better. She stared at me with her dead eyes for a while and then dropped her laser gun and smiled.

"Huh, what's up? Did you come to laugh at me?" "That's not the case. If the person you took care of was like this, you would just ask about the circumstances ... Well, Mimi is more than that "" Elma ... "

Mimi kneels next to Elma, sitting down, holding her hands, which had been thrown gently to the ground. Elma looked at Mimi and smiled at her.

"In just half a month, the situation has been reversed."

Mimi couldn't say anything to Elma's words, and she hugged Elma's body silently. Elma is hugged by Mimi as she is done without help.

"What is the situation?" "It's not enough to hit all the savings and sell everything off the ship." "How much?" "30,000 energy more ..." "Thirty thousand ..."

Check my glance and my money now. It is about 3,500,000 energy. I can't help you.

"It takes more than two weeks to repair the ship to earn money, and even if I make a claim to make money, I'm confident that this accident is only for the accident ... I consulted the mercenary guild."

Elma shakes her head without force. Well, I guess so. It will take time to repair such a wrecked ship, and you can't make money if you can't move it. And the amount is the amount. There would be no money lender to lend 300,000 energy to the rootless grass mercenaries, and 300,000 energy is too large in the first place. It's like a bank that can lend, but is there a bank in this world? Even so, even if I expelled all the veteran's savings in the fifth year of mercenary life and sold it out to the ship under repair, it was still worth 300,000 energy, but what was the compensation? I'm scared.

"What is the payment deadline? What should I do if I can't pay?" "Today, about two more hours ... If I couldn't pay, I would be forced to work in a prison in Turmaen II. There were plenty of captured pirates there. I'm a former mercenary ...

Elma begins to shed tears.

"I was prepared to scatter into space while on a ship, but this is ... this is ..." "Elma-san ... Hiro-san"

Mimi looks up at me with her body trembling and her sobbing Elma hugging. With eyes that appeal to something. In contrast, I folded my arms and thought. Hmm ... it's easy to help. If you can pay for it, just pay for it. The problem, however, is that if you do so, you will have only 500,000 energy. No, it's a lot of money. In general. However, it is a very unreliable amount for operating funds for ships. There is no problem if it is a little repair or replenishment, but if something goes wrong and the ship breaks down or wrecks, the fever will increase immediately. Well, it doesn't matter if you earn quickly ... Will you even reap the remnants of the pirates? Mimi keeps staring at my face with anxious expression. Well, I hope you can see it with such eyes.

"Elma" "... what is it?" "You, become a crew on my ship" "Hello?" "300,000 Enel, I'll give you in. Instead, be a crew on my ship. Then, teach Mimi the ABCs of mercenaries from scratch, and I'll do my support as well. "" Cho, wait a minute. Are you serious? "

Ignore Elma, who looks at incredible things, ignores her personal digital assistant, and checks the time. About two hours later, 3:00 pm is the payment deadline.

"Don't have time, make a decision. Become a crew on my ship, or gather in the prison colony with former pirates prisoners to be comforters."

In this way, it's a choice. There is little choice. But Elma could be stubborn if you don't come up with these options. Looks like pride is high. It seems that giving in good intentions seems to be piercing.

"Why, why ...?" "Because Mimi would be sad if I didn't do this, most of all I wouldn't be able to overlook the terrible eyes of the caretaker.

This time, he is playing a big poka, but Elma is a veteran of the past five years. It will be a good teacher for me who has no common sense in this world, or for a colony-grown, naive Mimi. In addition, there is a maneuvering arm that can handle the aircraft normally even though it has runaway without knowing it. It's safe for me to have a subpilot in case of emergency. I'll give Mimi a lecture on maneuvering the ship over time, but that's a long way off.

"Wow me !?"

For some reason, Elma turned her face red and long ears. Mimi also has a slightly surprised face. Is the reaction a bit too sensitive? I think, but I will nod here.

"Oh" "Hmm, hmm? Yeah, right? Did you look with such eyes?"

Elma somehow suddenly begins to muzzle. What kind of eyes are those eyes?

"Well, that's right."

I was sorry to call it a space elf, but the choice of the store was right, I had a lot of knowledge about the procedure, and all the advice was accurate. The follow-up to Mimi, including "Okusuri", was also successful. In some cases, it's not entirely my responsibility for the runaway.

"Yes, that's right ... but there's Mimi, right?" "It doesn't matter if you've added another person. What? Mimi" "Yes," "Oh, yes, one person isn't enough ..."

Elma swallows her saliva for some reason and looks at me with a passionate gaze. Yup? Anything wrong with the reaction? Is it just me.

"Why do you want to get on my ship or not?" "No ... get on," "Well, let's welcome. Please do your duty." "Oh, I understand. I'll ask you softly ...? ""? No, I'll use it as much as I want? "

What is this guy saying? 300,000 energy? 300 million yen in yen? I guess it's decided to use it.

"Oh, yeah ... I understand. I'll be prepared. It's easier than dealing with a lot of pirates."

I don't know anything about this thing. Well, is it good? Anyway, let's go to the headquarters of the Star Military and pay at last. He goes to the headquarters of the Star System Army with Elma, who knows what she is determined to do, and pays the compensation provided by the money Elma prepared and my 300,000 energy. The process took some time, but now Elma is fine and clear. Instead, he had to pay 300,000 Enel of debt to me without a sentence.

"Thank you ... I've missed my boss a lot thanks to you." I will wait patiently. "" That's right ... I understand. "

Somehow the reaction seems to be shy. I feel like something serious is going wrong.

"Anyway, it's a buyout. I was really going to replenish my groceries. You have to buy your daily necessities, too." "Some of them. Some of them stayed safely on the boat." I'll buy it and go back to the boat. "" Yes, Hiro-sama. "

Mimi stands on my right and Elma stands on my left. Seen from the side, flowers in both hands. Elma is just a cosmic elf, and is a terrific beauty. I'm sorry for the contents. But traveling is a compassion for the world of companionship, and it's not bad to have more companions. Especially if it is a beautiful and excellent crew. I don't seem to be able to reach out. It seems to be twisted if you reach out poorly. Anyway, if your money is 500,000 energy, you can't help too much in case of emergency. I had to rest for a week for some reason, and I have to move to make money as soon as tomorrow.

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"Speaking of which, what's the case with the mercenary that destroyed the battleship?" "That's the case? Well ... it looks like you've sold the ship and paid for the damages." "Is it already due?" "Yes, that's right. It looks like today was the deadline." "Today ...? I told you not to be guilty?"

If we break the deadline for a claim ordered by the military, it will be a fine crime. At least in this country. It would be too domineering to have to pay enormous reparations in just one week, even if the law of the country has gone so far. Especially in this system of military power, this disposition and notification is essentially the same thing as the military condemning the mercenary. It is common knowledge that repairing a wrecked ship is not complete in a week.

"Yeah, well ... it's like Captain Baritone, who was in charge of calculating and claiming compensation, and notifying the deadline." "That pig. Shall I give it? "

That pig in the budget department doesn't really care about the existence of a mercenary and me who has been successful in using the mercenary successfully. That's why I often use this kind of harassment. It's a bit of going to defeat the pirates with the Star Troops-no, that mercenary's mistake isn't a bit of a dimension-but if you make a mistake it's easy to get jailed. It is troublesome for me to flow.

"Selena" "Oops ... but this is a problem, please investigate, try to drag that pig down if possible" "ha"

However, even though you sold a ship, you can get that much compensation in a week ... Mercenary is better than expected. Should I stop the army and become a mercenary ...?