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

After eating cockroach fruit like a mini size mask melon, Mimi and I continued walking in the forest of the Grad clan territory to raise food.

Animals, aren't they attacking us?

Mimi, who was walking around scanning the area, looked up at me like that.

"Unless you're a carnivore, that's not how you attack.I'm afraid of animals, I'm afraid of animals too. "

That's what it is.

Of course, I don't know what happens if you're hungry or you're trespassing on our territory while we don't know.I don't know how to tell the beast's territory.Some beasts have a strong sense of territoriality, so there is a possibility that they will approach and intimidate even without attacking.

"Well, even if I see animals, I'd like to avoid fighting as much as I can."

"Why? You can take meat, right?"

"Well, no one can dismantle an animal, can't they?At least I can't. "

Do you want to?

"Hora, you've seen the mysterious creatures that were grown in the meat farm dismantled as meat before.We need to make sure that the prey we hunt like that is properly torn apart into meat.However, naturally, animals have bones if not only the meat but also the internal organs. If the internal organs are badly damaged during dismantling, the contents come out and the meat becomes useless.It also needs to be bled out and cooled, and at the time of disassembly, blood coming out of the prey may be bloody, not just on the hands, but in some cases on the whole body, so you need a lot of water to wash your hands, your body, and cool the flesh of the prey you hunt. "

"I see... it's hard."

"It's tough. Anyone can kill a prey if they can handle a weapon, but it takes skill to make hunted prey edible meat.Well, even if you do it properly, you can take the meat. "

"But?"

"Blood drainage is not going well, and meat that is not properly processed is stinky and tasty to say to the body."

"... after taking my life and struggling with it, then I can't do it."

"Yeah, so I don't really think about actively hunting animals."

Cleaning up after dismantling the prey may attract other carnivores.It is too dangerous to do something bad without knowledge.

Hiro-sama is amazing after all.

"Nh, well, this is the difference between the environment in which you were born and the environment in which you grew up."

"I think that's not all.Somehow, this is the qualities I was born with.... "

"No, no, I don't think so.This would simply be a knowledge gap.I've heard so much about hunting and dismantling, and I've never actually seen it. "

It would be unusual for colony-grown mice to have knowledge of hunting and animal dismantling.In the first place, there are few organisms in the controlled colony space other than humans - in a broad sense, including elves and dwarves.Wild dogs and cats, as well as rats and cockroaches, are almost non-existent.

Mimi, Tina, and Whiska are born colonists, so they seem to know the existence and shape of dogs, cats, or other playful animals and other popular animals as knowledge, but they hardly ever actually see or touch them.

Elma was a nobleman born in the Imperial Capital, where all sorts of things gather, and she seems to have stretched out to various places for quite some time as a mercenary, so that's not the case.

"I see...."

"Yes, Mimi is still young, and with experience, she'll be the captain of anything more burdensome than me."

"You're the captain... that might be a little interesting.I went looking for my grandmother. "

"Maybe I'd like to see you for a minute."

Mimi's grandmother, Celestia.She is the sister of Emperor Geppels and was a mercenary who jumped out of the Empire.It seems that the news is unknown, but as far as Mimi's story is concerned, I remember seeing her when she was young.Then there's a good chance he's still alive.

"... so what happened to the battle?"

"Well, I won't be able to hear you in the morning.It must have been settled that the battle was not continuing.Considering that there has been no sporadic fighting since then, I think the system forces have won..... "

If the system army loses, Black Lotus will not be safe.Probably Krishna, too.I don't think it's in a boulder.

Incidentally, since there were no sporadic fights since then, the reason why the system forces were expected to win was that if they were expected to be damaged enough to destroy them, reinforcements would arrive from nearby systems immediately, and in doing so, reinforcements would immediately fight the exhausted bandits who were destroying the Rifil system.

No matter how big the red flag is, it doesn't have enough power to wipe out the forces and Imperial garrisons in neighboring systems, including the Refill system.That's why they usually stand around to avoid being scattered and wiped out.

"Well, depending on the damage, there will be rescue today and tomorrow."

I hope so.

As I was walking through the woods talking, I saw light on my way. Light?

"What is it?"

"Is it a river or a spring?"

"No, it doesn't seem like the way you say it reflects light."

And he cut open the sword, and walked further afield. That's....!

"What is this?"

"What is this?"

It was something I didn't quite understand.

No, I want you to wait. I want you to excuse me.Why is this thing here?It was an unusual object.Moreover, the shape clearly does not seem to be a natural object.

"I don't know what this is really about. A drill blade?"

"It certainly looks like that, but isn't it too big?"

"If you say so... eh?Is this really it? "

It was a shiny, pointed object.I wonder if the length is about 1m just in the visible part?The thickness will be good enough for me to grip.It has a white color and emits light from the entire body.As for the shape... I can't prove it because it's piercing the ground, but the tip is sharp and it feels like a spiral blade like a drill is running three ways.

It doesn't seem like a natural object, but it doesn't even look like a subtle, complete artifact.Somehow, the texture of the material feels like wood.

Let's pull it out for now.

"Are you okay? Is that light, is that radiation or something dangerous?"

"Cherenkov, I don't think it's light, but it could be dangerous."

I don't touch anything I don't understand.It is a concept that can be said to be basic in avoiding danger.Sure, it would be better not to touch this object that I don't quite understand in that sense.

"It could have been dropped by a destroyed Starfleet, or it could have been part of a crashed airliner."

"Either way, I think it's better not to touch the mysterious objects that we publish."

That's right, I'll leave you alone...

The mysterious object flashed violently when I tried to leave it alone.What is it!? Is it an explosion?!Cover Mimi with vigilance and distance from the mysterious object.In doing so, the light subsided.What the hell is this? Why is it so messy now?

"What is this?"

"I guess I'd rather not touch it."

It started flashing again. Yeah? Hello?

"Maybe you don't understand what we're saying?"

"Eh? No way...."

When Mimi tried to deny my words, the mysterious object sparkled like a reply only once.Mimi shuts up about it.

"... if you understand the words, try shining twice."

Twice glowing. I see.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Stay away from me."

That's right.

When they turned their heels back, they began to flash violently again.It is a reaction as if it were desperately retained.Wow, what is this?What should I do?