Mob №115: “Yeah. But you really do like these plain jobs, don’t you.”
After eating at [Stardust Hamburger], when I bought the new volume of [Skeleton Knight’s Journey in Another World] at [Animem-ber] and the paperback volume 3 of the period novel [Mercenary Trade] series at a regular bookstore—Teishin Bookstore—and was about to go home,
“Hello.”
Someone called out to me.
At first I thought it was a sales pitch, but when I looked closely at the person who called out, it was Gracia-Curie-san, the manager of [Curie Garage for Repair and Recycling] who had helped me with the radar before.
At the shop she wore yellow coveralls and safety goggles, but now she’s dressed in a crisp suit.
“Ah… h-hello. Thank you for your help when I was getting the radar.”
“How’s it been since then?”
“Yes. It’s been working properly.”
It’s one thing to have necessary business conversations at a shop, but having a standing chat on the street makes me quite embarrassed.
“Oh yeah. Can you give me your number? I’ll give you my shop’s number too. We also take in unused older models and such, so if new radars come in, I’d like to recommend them to you.”
Well, since the conversation is just about parts, I’m less nervous at least.
“Ah, yes. If you get something good, please let me know. If I have the budget.”
I don’t particularly want something new, but it wouldn’t hurt to exchange contact information with shops like this.
So we exchanged numbers for business communication, and [Curie Garage] was added to my shop list.
“There we go. By the way, are you out shopping?”
After Curie-san finished operating her device, she started talking normally.
“I finished that, so I’m heading home now.”
“Lucky~~ I have a meeting with the recycling association now. It’s always the same boring talk where they don’t say anything important…”
Curie-san, who muttered that, had the same expression as Gonzales did before.
“Sounds troublesome. You have my sympathy.”
Even though I’ve never attended such meetings, I can imagine from her expression just how painful they are.
“Well, I’d better get going or I’ll be late. That’s a pain too. I’ll contact you if something good comes in.”
“Yes. Please do.”
With that, Curie-san left with light steps despite her tired expression.
After that, I went home once, then went to a nearby supermarket to buy ingredients for dinner.
The next morning, as usual, I cleaned and took out the trash before heading to the mercenary guild to take a job.
After glancing at the bulletin board, I called out to Roans-Oldman.
“Hey there.”
“Oh. Looks like you got a bit of a change of pace.”
“Though I never want to do a military-related request again.”
It’s already too late since the General has his eye on me though.
“I didn’t choose it knowing that, you know?”
“I know that much. So, is there anything good? The bulletin board is all pirate extermination.”
It seems pirate sightings have increased, probably because logistics are thriving for territory improvement.
“Let’s see. There’s a gate repair security job like you did before.”
“Where?”
“The gate at Planet Leoeodud, not far from Planet Gatohaga.”
The details he showed me were like this:
Job Description: Guard during wormhole stabilization plate replacement work.
Job Period: 72 hours in galactic standard time.
8-hour continuous shifts in a 3-shift system with 16 hours of standby/rest.
Work Environment: Free use of lodging facilities (capsule hotel style) in the management colony – free meals provided. Spaceship fuel provided.
Job Conditions: Bringing your own spaceship is mandatory.
If your brought spaceship is damaged, repair costs are out of pocket.
In emergencies, you must respond and sortie even during standby/rest time.
For the above reason, leaving the colony during standby/rest time is prohibited.
Compensation: 360,000 credits – fixed – hazard pay included.
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Except for work hours and compensation, it’s exactly the same as the previous request, but the location is the problem.
Planet Leoeodud is on the border, so it’s close to Nekirelma.
Furthermore, it’s near the previous battlefield, and given the current situation, things are quite unstable.
That said, there are many private soldiers of nobles and military patrols watching the border, so even though things went terribly before, I want to believe nothing like that will happen this time.
“I’ll take this one.”
“Yeah. But you really do like these plain jobs, don’t you.”
Oldman is teasing me, but I ignore him for now and proceed with the paperwork.
I’m not going to stand out any more than this.
Departure is tomorrow morning. After preparing thoroughly the night before, I was able to arrive before the work start date.
This time there’s no debris collection help, apparently just pure security.
The first day passed without incident, with no problems other than the standby time being boring.
Please let it end peacefully without anything happening.
While I was thinking such things on the evening of the second day after my shift ended, from a group of workers near me who were drinking alcohol with their meal,
“Hey, there was that noble rebellion the other day, right?”
“There was, but what about it?”
“Don’t you think that happened because the Empress is incompetent?”
A middle-aged man who was drinking quite a bit even among his drinking buddies said such a thing, despite having work tomorrow.
By the way, in regular colonies, day and night are divided so there’s no problem, but in concentrated facility work base colonies like this, the sense of day and night disappears, so people distinguish morning as when they start work and night as when work ends.
Incidentally, what the man is saying isn’t entirely wrong.
If Her Imperial Majesty had the pressure to silence rebellious nobles, that rebellion might not have happened—that’s certainly true.
“What are you saying? The current Her Imperial Majesty thinks about us common people very well, you know?”
“Plus she’s beautiful!”
His colleagues laughed and answered like that after hearing the man’s words.
“But we common people are still suffering from those shitty nobles!”
“But many of those shitty nobles were punished in that rebellion.”
“But there are definitely still some left, right?! That little girl is ruling the country, so the shitty nobles run rampant! I can’t stand getting killed for nothing because of that!”
The man shouted so loudly that the gazes of the surrounding people concentrated on him.
Furthermore, there were people who had been hearing his statements from before, and some were lightly glaring at the man.
As expected, the popularity of [Her Beautiful Imperial Majesty] with a 75% approval rating is amazing.
“Hey! That’s disrespectful! Stop it!”
“Shut up! Who’s covered in dandruff?!”
“Everyone! Help me restrain this guy!”
His colleagues, realizing this, went all out to restrain the man.
The man struggled, but as expected, when being held down by several grown men, he couldn’t resist.
He was quite drunk, but judging from his words, could he be one of those anti-Empire movement operatives?
Well, I can understand the sentiment, but blatant criticism of the currently popular Her Imperial Majesty is bad.
The next morning at breakfast, the worker group including the person who shouted those offensive words the day before apologized to the other workers and mercenaries who were there.
The alcohol apparently still remained, and he looked nauseous.
After that, the workers showed not a speck of hangover and efficiently completed their work, and the third day shift also ended safely.
Of course, just because it ended doesn’t mean we can go home—the job continues until the contract period ends.
This time, without any disturbances occurring, one day passed safely.
However, a disturbance was occurring somewhere beyond my knowledge.
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