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

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Stay, all three of you.

In the hotel lounge where Mimi had made the reservation. I was in control of the blink of an eye.

In the meantime, you checked in with the girl with the white beast ears who was clinging to my arms -- by the way, the receptionist's sister turned her gaze to see the garbage -- yes, she sat on the sofa set up in the hotel lounge and calmed down, but she naturally continued to sit next to me.

Looking at such a girl with a faceless expression like Mimi, Elma, and Mei, Tina sniffed and watched the motion of things, and Whisker was dumbfounded about what to do. It is such a situation.

"In the meantime, let's get you out of here." And explain the situation to me. I don't know you, and I have no idea why you stick around. "

"Oh, no..."

The girl with the white beast ears looked up at me with a crying face, and the beast ears on her head were shaking. Stop it. Don't arouse my sympathy. Inadvertently stroking my head makes me want to console myself.

“Because that's good. Will you talk to me soon?"

Mimi poked into the white girl with an expression she had never seen and a cold voice she had never heard. This is pretty smart, you know.

"I wonder if you don't look around by pressing your convenience against the other person without explaining the situation to the stone." As a single human. "

Elma wasn't as angry as Mimi, but she seemed simply stunned. No, I'm not mad at you. It was a bit of a punch.

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May is silent. But my instincts, my sense of battle. If this white girl takes any action to harm me, she's ready to be captured immediately.

"Oh, I see. I'm sorry, my lord. I can't help myself to what I've done..."

"Ahh... yeah"

I don't know how to react, so I have no choice but to reply vaguely. It's not like she wants to be sorry because she stopped snuggling up to me. Let's stop looking at me. [M]

"The name of this person is Seijou Kugi-oh, you named yourself first." My name is Kugi Seijo. A shrine maiden belonging to the Holy Empire God Province of Verzalus... what's wrong? "

I covered my face with one hand and looked up at the ceiling of the lounge. Oh, now... you're saying that this is the reversal of the swing that made it so convenient to get the Antrion. Looking at it, Mimi also had the look of biting and crushing a few bitter insects, and Elma was putting her hands on her temples as if she could withstand a headache. Mae's expression was as unusual as usual. The mechanic sisters were all smiling bitterly.

"No, don't worry about it. Because it's our situation. So why do you come all the way from the Holy Empire to the Gracchan Empire and suddenly hug me or call me My Lord? I have no idea what's going on."

The Holy Empire of Verzalus is a galactic empire located far from the Graccan Empire. Relations with the Graccan Empire do not seem to be good or bad, and there is always diplomatic ties. The Federation of Belembelem, a hostile nation of the Graccan Empire, and its ally, the Union of the Bilguinian Systems, are no problem. I heard that it is possible to travel using the gateway network.

And what is more distinctive is that they belong to a so-called spiritual civilization. What is spiritual civilization? I don't know much about it, actually. The main point is not only the scientific power, but also the spiritual power - it seems to be a civilization that uses and attaches importance to supernatural forces such as supernatural power and magic.

"This is because you have come from the higher world, and it is your mission to serve you and dedicate yourself to this."

A pure golden gaze stared into my eyes. Haha, I see. I have no idea.

Do you understand?

"No, not at all."

"I don't know what that means."

"Anyway, I know that it's my mission to dedicate myself to my brother."

Can you dedicate it?

"I'm a chef, but I don't know what's going on."

"Don't lie about the meal-eating doctrine."

Tina glances at me, but I see through it gorgeously. You two just looked so good that I hesitated. [M] If both of them looked at least as good as Mimi by human standards, it wouldn't have taken them long to reach out.

What, Commander Serena and Chris? It would be like a suicide to put your hands on those two. Even though it's a hobby of eating set meals, there is a limit to the amount of flints. By the way, Kugi-chan is quite OK with me. If it's just the way it looks. However, I would like to be cautious here, as it would be troublesome for the Versace Holy Empire to intervene with this child.

"First of all, I don't understand the clouds that have come from the upper world." What do you mean by explaining it to ordinary people? "

"? You are not a resident of this world, but a visitor from the higher world, right?" I think you're the only one who knows it well...? Above all, it is obvious from the viewpoint of the power overflowing from your body that you are special. "

"Ahh... that's right. I see."

Here we go. Apparently, she's convinced that I've suddenly lost myself in another world. Speaking of which, I think that Miriam of the Minfa family was also talking about spiritual things like this.

"If one in ten thousand people were a spiritual being like that, it would have nothing to do with you, right?" I don't want to be suddenly told to sacrifice myself or my husband. "

“It doesn't matter. This is why visitors from the higher world like you are visible in this world."

"Why? What do you mean?"

“Simply put, these people used to pierce the world.”

Hole

“Yes, it's a big hole that runs through the world and the higher world. As a result, there are more beings and potentials in the world than there are in the multiverse, including the upper world, and the power of the world is flowing in, and there is a crisis of collapse due to rupture."

"Oh, oh..."

I don't know. This is just a spiritual story. Or the historical black notebook of the junior high school student. Suddenly, I turned my gaze to Kugi-chan, and everyone else, including Mimi, turned their faces toward Kugi-chan. Well, that's what happens. That's what happens. I think so too.

"But the intervention of the higher beings brought things together and sealed the hole. But the potential that once flowed through the holes in the world left many fine scratches and cracks all over the world, and from time to time, various beings may stray from those scratches and cracks in the world.”

"Is that who you think I am?"

“There's no doubt about it. The power that will continue to be unleashed from you--potential is obviously not from this world. You can even twist the laws of the world with the power of your will if you like. Don't you have any idea?"

"Ughhhh..."

I have no idea. Just holding my breath slows down the flow of time, I can read and speak any word or letter without a multilingual translation implant, and a little while ago, I twisted the laser shelling that directly hit Krishna with mysterious force. Unusual bad luck, curious fate, trouble, and physical constitution are also abnormal.

"Even if the story is true and I know it." So how do you get to the point where you serve me and you dedicate yourself to me? "

"These people are trying to correct their past mistakes. It is their mission to rid the world of the harmful beings that flowed into the world when the great hole was opened, and to protect and serve the higher worlds that fell into the world by the wounds of the world.”

"That's a very distant story... if it's true, it's going to be looked down on and sacked by the entire galaxy."

“When the world was restored by the superior, the fact was forgotten by the rest of us. And from the moment they are born, they can carve that fact into their bodies. It is the only way to atone for the punishment that the higher beings have inflicted on them."

The golden eyes without any clouds still stare into my eyes. Damn, this is it. I don't feel that I can do anything about it by persuading or paraphrasing. Even if you completely reject her and ignore her, I feel like she's going to come around with us by any means necessary, driven by her sense of mission. If they suddenly stop seeing each other, they'll die secretly in an alley somewhere, or they'll be eaten by people who don't even know where they are.

"... what do you think?"

"It is certain that the Holy Empire of Verzalus is an altruistic nation." They are extremely generous unless they invade their territory, and they consistently offer their free assistance in dealing with crises such as space monsters. ”

"Is that how state management works...?"

"That seems to be what it's made of." At the very least, it's only good for the neighboring countries, and if you look at countries that are physically far away, like the Graccan Empire, they're not poisonous, they're not drugs, they're other countries. "

Isn't there still some people who are invading from their territorial ambitions?

“Bend your knees in front of the Psyonic technology of the Divine Empire of Verzals. I've only heard rumors about it, but the Psyonic Tech ships of the Holy Empire of Verzals are going to jump.”

"Jump...? Eh, you can't be moving in an instant?" A spaceship-class object? "

“They say we can jump from one fleet system to another without using Hyperdrive.”

"It's a fleet..."

You can't win that. It would be impossible for a regular fleet to cope with a fleet moving between stars in an instant, ignoring the hyperlane connection.

The intergalactic empire warfare in this world is basically a form-finding game that involves systems organized by a hyperlane network. It is basically known how the hyperlane networks of the major nations are connected, and it is important to know how the attacking and defending sides control the so-called choke point, the hub system where the hyperlane is concentrated. Defend or attack. However, it appears that the fleets of the Holy Empire of Verzalus can ignore such hyperlane networks and jump wherever they please. You can't win a battle with an ordinary Galactic Empire. Defending the chalk points will allow us to ignore them and strike as many flimsy spots as we can in the rear.

"Well, I guess I'll leave the ship for now... but I guess that's it." What if I say no? "

”Oh, that's... if that's what you want... this body will obey that...”

Having said that, Kugi-chan began to wring her tears as she looked at my face. Isn't that cheating? Why don't you just cheat on me and hit me directly on my conscience?

"... what will happen to you after that?" You're going to report that you weren't able to fulfill your mission or something, right? "

"Oh, perhaps it will be disposed of..."

"Disposition? Lower salary? Demotion?"

"I think I will be removed from my role as a shrine maiden... because I was not qualified as a shrine maiden because I could not serve the one I met to serve." Until then..... "

Kugi answered Mimi and Tina's questions with a shivering voice, and Kugi looked up at me with her face wet with tears. Stop it, those prone beast ears and their facial expressions work on me.

“I have a question”

Mei shouted out in an atmosphere of what was going on, not only with me, but also with the women.

"Yes, yes... what is it?"

"It is said that you will vaguely dedicate yourself to it, but specifically, what benefits will you provide to your mistress?" Also, what do you and the Holy Empire of Verzalus want from your mistress? It is too inefficient and wasteful to send personnel to other countries far away for one-sided service and dedication in search of a "higher world being" who does not know whether they are there or not. Isn't there any reasonable reason to do that? ”

“It's literally everything. I will dedicate myself to this. Life, spirit, and body are everything. I hate to give up my life if you wish. [M] This body was born and lived for it. I-If you don't want to do that...... if you don't need to...... I can't help it......"

"I see. So what do you want from your mistress?" Isn't there something there? "

"And especially... due to the mistakes of these people in the past, you have lost everything and appeared in this world." The blood, the wealth, the position, the connection with all the worlds will be insufficient in this one person as a price, but if it is a redemption at all. "

“Are you sure there's nothing there? Isn't your master a more useful source of power for the Holy Empire of Verzalus? Judging from your story, Master has a high level of potential. Isn't the Divine Empire of Verzalus using your presence to encircle the [Upper World Presence] like your master and use it for its own prosperity?"

“It's never like that! Certainly, if you stay in this country, you will be prepared to spend any time without any difficulty, but we do not intend to force you to do so. Some people can help this person on their own, but I'm not imitating anyone who has lost themselves in this world like my king for this person. Please cancel that word alone."

Kugi-chan's tail stretched with excitement. Oh, my tail is so fluffy too. Besides, there are three of them. The ears above my head are like that, and I wonder if they're fox beast ears.

"I see. It's impossible to believe that claim by your words alone, but my reasoning is only reasoning." Let's pause it. ”

That said, Mei lowered her head slightly to Kugi-chan. Kugi sat down on the sofa again to apologize. Apparently, he was ashamed of what he had done.

"... so what do we do now, my boy?"

"Ask me...?"

I think Hiro-sama can only make a decision on this matter.

Elma and Mimi were staring at me with their eyes. Damn it. I looked to Tina and Whisker for help, but Tina just shrugged her shoulders and Whisker shook her head. It would be troublesome if we left it to ourselves to decide.

"... go to the Holy Empire of Verzalus, work, if that's not what you mean... try it for now." But try to get along with everyone. First, I'll leave it to May to take care of me. "

"Yes, thank you! It will definitely help you!"

I understand.

Kugi-chan looks up at me with joy on her face, still wet with tears. The ears above his head were also pinned and he looked really happy. Mei's expressionless as usual, but for now, leave it to Mei and everything will be fine. Go. I believe in May.

And Mimi and Elma. Let's talk. I'm sighing, but I think this is force majeure. Whatever it is, there's nothing I can do to completely reject it and leave it alone, and I don't think I can help it.