Mob №114: “That’s a line that’ll make enemies of all women in the universe…”
To avoid getting caught up in troublesome matters, I quickly moved away from there and headed to the familiar fast-food chain [Stardust Hamburger] to have lunch.
I ordered a set with iced coffee, a cheeseburger, and fries.
They recommended the new white sauce burger, but I declined for some reason.
As I sat at a table reading a light novel on my wrist-com while nibbling on fries, I overheard a conversation between two high school girls sitting nearby.
“Ta-da! I finally got a platinum ticket!”
“That’s a ticket to watch the Planet Race Grand Prix finals! How did you get that?!”
“I applied for a regular ticket and actually got one!”
“Lucky~ Mine was sold out the moment I tried to apply.”
“Getting it was seriously lucky~ Now I can meet Noswile-sama!”
“No, no. You can’t meet her with just a spectator ticket.”
“But I might run into her!”
“Well, I’d like to meet her too if I could. She’s cooler than most men.”
“Right~ I wonder if there’s some way to meet her” Apparently they’re fans of Noswile-san. I realized once again that she’s really popular with women. “After the race ends, for some reason you get called to the waiting room and they say [I spotted an attractive girl during the race, so I thought I’d catch her] and you become their lover and team mascot or something…” “That’s not going to happen.” “I know! But still. They probably have a lover who’s a team member or staff or something. They’d definitely never announce it publicly though.”
“Well, of course. If it were someone outside the team, a man would have to be a perfect handsome taller than Noswile-sama, and a woman would have to be cute, fragile, and make you want to protect her.”
“No, no. What about a man who’s cute, fragile, and makes you want to protect him—like an otokonoko?”
“That’s… acceptable!”
The content of their conversation is getting suspicious.
Putting aside a male lover, what about a female lover?
Could Noswile-san have that kind of preference… no, I don’t think so.
Being so popular with women must be tough too.
Come to think of it, I feel like there was a thin doujinshi with someone Noswile-san-like as the main character… should I go to [Animem-ber] after this and look for it… no. Let’s not do that.
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【Side: Rossweisse】
“Mm~ delicious♪ The muscat parfait here really is the best♪”
I put the jade-colored dessert in front of me into my mouth and let out a voice of praise.
As I was enjoying the muscat parfait,
“Hey. You know… ever since you got that body, you’ve been eating all sorts of things, but why does a ship care so much about food?”
My partner Lambert called out to me with a puzzled expression.
“This body is a bio-droid, so meals are necessary.”
“But aren’t you eating too much?”
Well, that criticism is certainly not wrong.
After all, there are over 10 empty parfait dishes lined up on my table.
“But this bio-droid body doesn’t get fat no matter how much I eat. So wouldn’t it be a waste not to enjoy various things?”
Unlike humans, this avatar made of bio-droid material converts consumed food into energy, and even if excess is accumulated, there’s no change in external appearance.
“That’s a line that’ll make enemies of all women in the universe…”
Lambert made a subtle expression while drinking his coffee.
By the way, the shop we’re currently at is a cafe chain called [Estrella Coffee], which is a reasonably stylish place.
Previously, we heard from Captain-Uzoss that this is the shop where he got hassled by some amateur acquaintance of his.
“By the way. What are you going to do about the military’s invitation that’s been coming for a while now?”
“I don’t really want to accept it. It seems restrictive, and there’ll definitely be more people telling you to let them ride, right? There are already some now…”
Lambert was invited to join the military both when he participated in the consolation party hosted by Her Imperial Majesty to recognize his war results from the recent war, and also at the end of this capital escort duty.
However, from his tone, it doesn’t seem like he intends to enlist.
“It certainly would be annoying. Especially that woman.”
“That woman… Captain Hyliat, was it? She’s beautiful, but I’m somehow not good with her…”
“That’s a correct instinct, so don’t forget it.”
The Captain Hyliat that Lambert is talking about is that overly calculated woman who’s military propaganda personnel.
Lambert’s instinct that he’s not good with that woman seems to be perfectly normal.
“Thinking about it, maybe it was a mistake to get promoted… Even at the mercenary guild, I get hassled by various nobles at the same Bishop Rank. I understand the feelings of people who stay at Knight Rank…”
Lambert sighed and drank his coffee.
His skills have improved considerably, but without riding me, he’d be at most Rook Rank.
However, among Bishop Rank mercenaries, there are surprisingly many whose skills are equal to or less than his current level.
Of course, there are also people who became Bishop Rank through achievements other than minimum combat, but such people give off a different atmosphere.
Above all, those who were promoted through certain ability and sincere work don’t hassle you unnecessarily.
Those who do hassle you are trash below garbage with neither ability nor sincere work, and—
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“Ah! There, there! It’s Riagrades-kun!”
“He really is handsome, isn’t he!”
“Looks like there’s unnecessary baggage with him though…”
—stupid-looking women who are obviously after money.
They’ve been hassling us plenty at the mercenary guild, but now they’ve finally come to hassle us outside the guild too.
And all three of them appear to be guild receptionists.
Furthermore, one of them is a woman who was a sympathizer of that Queen Rank mercenary named Stridum-Bissen.
Her sugar daddy is gone, so she’s set her sights on Lambert, the current promising stock. How enthusiastic.
“Hey, Riagrades-kun. We’d like to have a little chat with you.”
One of the receptionists, Carnina-Burton, talks to Lambert while showing her charm, completely ignoring me.
“What? I have plans after this, so please make it brief.”
But Lambert just responds annoyingly.
“N-not here. And with your girlfriend here, it’s a bit hard to talk… so we’d like you to come with us.”
Ah, receptionist Carnina-Burton just got irritated.
She tries to cover up her expression and calls out again, but—
“Then please leave. If I have to exclude my partner who’s right in front of me, I won’t talk.”
“Wha…!”
Lambert doesn’t seem to have any intention of dealing with her.
Why does Lambert dislike this receptionist Carnina-Burton?
The reason is that he heard from Alphonse-Zeistole, the receptionist… woman? Man? …well, anyway, that receptionist who sent Stridum-Bissen to prison, that this woman tried to sell him and his partner—me—to Stridum-Bissen as slaves.
Well, no one would be won over by someone who tried to make them a slave.
And how long are these women going to ignore me?
“Why don’t you give up already?”
When I spoke up, the receptionists finally turned their gazes toward me.
“We have business with Riagrades-kun. Don’t you think you should be considerate?”
“No. I’d hate it if Lambert became someone’s slave.”
Receptionist Carnina-Burton spoke to me with a mocking attitude, but she seems to have flinched a bit at my response.
“Such a thing…”
“You can’t say it wouldn’t happen, right? After all, you’re the one who brought me to that place.”
And toward receptionist Carnina-Burton who was trying to make excuses, Lambert is unusually showing his anger openly.
For the normally carefree Lambert, he probably couldn’t believe it.
“Th-then we’ll come back another day…”
“We’re sorry!”
At Lambert’s atmosphere, the receptionists showed frightened expressions and quickly retreated.
While watching Lambert sigh in relief at that scene, I brought the muscat parfait to my mouth while thinking about what parfait to have next.
“Ahh, delicious.”
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