Mob №119 “Welcome, mercenaries! I am the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Fleet Subjugation Force and Commander of the 1st Fleet, Jack-Baldor-Breskin! I’m grateful for your cooperation in training our 1st Fleet’s fighter craft squadron!”
The next day, the request from the military—or rather, from the Central Fleet Subjugation Force 1st Fleet—was posted.
I had hoped about 100 people would rush to apply and it would close the same day, but since the opponent was the 1st Fleet, most people seemed to have gotten cold feet, and the recruitment slots never filled up by the deadline.
So as promised, I accepted this mock combat request.
There would be a meeting the day after the deadline closed, and we’d depart immediately after it ended, apparently.
Normally it would be departure the day after the meeting, but there were scheduling issues with the transport ship to carry everyone.
Incidentally, regardless of whether I accepted the job or not, they would still investigate the identity fraud issue related to the Duke’s associates that was connected to the reckless driving charges in my father’s traffic accident.
That said, the investigation had only just begun, so there didn’t seem to be any progress yet.
I reassured my parents that it wasn’t an amount I couldn’t pay now, but I didn’t tell them I’d spoken to His Excellency the General about the identity fraud.
If I carelessly tell them and the Viscount Leendert’s son’s side catches on, it’ll be troublesome.
And then the day of the meeting.
In the large conference room where all 50 participants in this request (excluding partners) had gathered, Colonel Shunera Floss-dono came with one female subordinate to give the briefing.
Both the Colonel-dono and her subordinate received pick-up attempts from some of the participants, but they were shot down with a single icy glare from the Colonel-dono.
Incidentally, among the participants were Fialka-Tiursad-san, aka [Leopardess], and her exclusive maid android Sherry-san; the [Feathered Helmet] combo of Rossweisse-san and Lambert-kun; Arthur-kun and Seira-jou; the chuunibyou patient Levin-kun; Bernard-no-ossan; Molize; Dan-san; the newbie Shiora-jou; and Yuri-Priliera-kun, aka [Hero-kun].
I thought Rossweisse-san and Seira-jou wouldn’t get involved with the military, but I was surprised they’d accepted.
When I asked Lambert-kun and Arthur-kun about the reasons for that,
[Because we can attack back at those military bastards who’ve pissed us off so much until now]
came the violent response.
Especially Seira-jou—her look in her eyes was quite dangerous.
And for some reason, Fialka-Tiursad-san, aka [Leopardess], who had sat next to me, kept repeating the mysterious behavior of trying to talk to me but immediately turning away.
And even more mysteriously, Rossweisse-san and the android maid Sherry-san were sitting next to each other, both showing smiles while remaining silent.
That atmosphere was eerie, and even the guys who had been hitting on the Colonel-dono were too frightened to call out to them.
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[Side: Third Person Perspective]
WVS-09-Rossweisse and Sherry, Fialka-Tiursad’s maid.
There was a certain grudge between these two.
When Rossweisse was searching for a pilot worthy of herself in order to abandon her partner Lambert-Riagrades, she had nominated Fialka-Tiursad, aka [Leopardess], as a pilot candidate.
However, her communications were blocked every time—she being an ancient weapon and also an electronic warfare craft—and she couldn’t even have a conversation with her.
Now her relationship with Lambert had improved, but the fact that her communications as an electronic warfare craft had been jammed remained a humiliating memory for Rossweisse.
And now, these two were engaged in a war of words using a communication method called internal communication.
Rossweisse [It was you, wasn’t it?]
Sherry [Whatever do you mean?]
Ro [You’re the one who interfered when I tried to contact Fialka-Tiursad]
Sh [Could you not call my lady by her name when this is your first meeting?]
Ro [You’re the one who made it a first meeting, aren’t you? How overprotective]
Sh [I think it’s better than being loose, changing partners left and right, don’t you?]
Ro [Trying to obtain a more excellent partner is normal]
Sh [My, my, that must have been so difficult. I was able to meet a wonderful lady-partner at first sight, though]
Ro [You were just lucky, weren’t you? Besides, it’s impressive that you, an assassination weapon originally, can even work as a maid]
Sh [I have servant programs inputted into me. Besides, precisely because I’m a former assassination weapon, I can read opponents’ intentions and prevent harm]
Ro [Is it okay to tell your lady about that?]
Sh [Go ahead. My lady won’t abandon me over something like that]
Ro [……I see. So Fialka-Tiursad is a good partner, is she?]
Sh [I won’t hand her over to you, you know?]
Ro [I don’t want her anymore]
Sh [I suppose not. That Lambert-san seems to be quite a good person after all]
Ro “Wait…… What are you saying?!”
Rossweisse inadvertently spoke out loud.
“Regarding the details of the request…… Did you have some question?”
At that voice, Colonel Shunera Floss, who had been giving the explanation, was surprised but allowed questions.
“It’s nothing…… Please continue.”
Rossweisse sat down without asking a question.
At this moment, Rossweisse vowed in her heart—I’ll definitely make that woman feel embarrassed too.
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Then the explanation began, the details of this request were explained, and after listening remotely to His Excellency General Jack-Baldor-Breskin, the client, we loaded everyone’s ships onto the transport vessel and immediately departed for the Halitok Sector.
This time, Tiursad-san’s [Ukrimo] apparently couldn’t accompany us and would be getting maintenance at the dock.
The journey had no problems, and using the military’s authority to transfer between gates, we arrived at our destination, the Halitok Sector, around 5 PM in Galactic Standard Time.
In the Halitok Sector where we arrived, the warships of the Imperial Military Central Fleet Subjugation Force 1st Fleet were all lined up.
We’re supposed to have mock combat for fighter craft squadron training, right?
But is it really okay for the whole fleet to come?
[Now then, everyone. After boarding your respective ships, please follow our instructions and land on the designated warship]
As I was feeling such doubts, instructions came from the Colonel-dono.
That the designated warship was an aircraft carrier was naturally expected.
And when everyone had landed on the aircraft carrier,
“Welcome, mercenaries! I am the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Fleet Subjugation Force and Commander of the 1st Fleet, Jack-Baldor-Breskin! I’m grateful for your cooperation in training our 1st Fleet’s fighter craft squadron!”
Standing imposingly with his assembled subordinates, His Excellency General Jack-Baldor-Breskin was waiting with the pommel of his military sword—probably ceremonial, though it was a real one with an edge—planted on the ground, both hands placed on the grip.
Honestly, the intimidation is no joke!
It seems all the mercenaries felt the same, as even the guys who’d been hitting on the Colonel-dono were properly behaving themselves.
However, only Rossweisse-san seemed composed.
I guess since she’s not human, she doesn’t feel intimidation?
“Now then, I’d like to get straight to the mock combat, but you must be tired from getting here. The mock combat will begin tomorrow morning. So we’ll provide lodgings—please rest well and recharge your spirits.”
“I’ll now guide you to your lodgings. Women, please follow me; men, please follow Flax-Ailud-soldier over there.”
“I’m Flax-Ailud-ssu. The inside of the ship is quite complex, so please don’t get separated-ssu.”
On His Excellency the General’s orders, the ones who appeared before us were a somewhat flashy-looking young man about my age or slightly younger, and the woman who had come to the meeting with Colonel Shunera Floss-dono, Lieutenant Miliciana-Todel.
Incidentally, Todel was a beauty with short cream-colored hair and upturned eyes, and her chest’s magnificent equipment was something even women would stare at.
And just as we were about to move, Colonel Shunera Floss-dono said,
“Oh yes. Your Excellency, previously some military academy students were incited by someone to plan peeping, which was discovered just before and avoided disaster, but if the same thing happens again, I won’t say anything about the ringleader’s name, but I will cut it off, you know?”
While facing His Excellency the General who was her superior, she drove in a pile-bunker-class nail with a voice that echoed throughout.
At the single phrase [cut it off], His Excellency the General, of course, and all the male soldiers present, as well as all the male mercenaries including me, reacted with a frightened twitch.
Surely she wouldn’t really cut it off…….
Or rather, warning him means His Excellency the General incited students to peep, doesn’t it?
If it were military academy upperclassmen or something, fine, but it’s not something His Excellency the General should be doing…….
Despite the scary statement at the end, we were somehow guided to our lodging rooms, and perhaps because we were also guests, we were each given private rooms.
Unlike the aircraft carrier during the previous escort job, probably because it was actually used by the military, it gave a quite utilitarian impression.
And considering the arrival time, it became dinner time in quite a short period.
It’s well known that military food in general, especially on ships, is quite delicious, and it actually was quite delicious.
However, there was one thing that bothered me.
Perhaps because we were supposed to be adversaries, even if only in mock combat, after the military personnel left, aside from the guide officers Ailud and Todel, and the cafeteria staff during meals, we had no contact with anyone.
We weren’t restricted to limited movement areas except for places like the bridge, engineering sections, and captain’s quarters, and with a ship this large there should be quite a few people aboard, yet I couldn’t even sense anyone’s presence.
Could it be that aside from the two caretakers, the cafeteria staff, and the bridge crew including the captain and maintenance personnel, everyone has disembarked?
And those remaining aren’t just one person each, right?
If that’s the case, then the Colonel-dono’s pile-bunker was also directed at us mercenaries.
I wanted to ask Ailud and Todel about that, but they were each caught by flashy people and I couldn’t call out to them.
Incidentally, that night, thanks to the Colonel-dono’s pile-bunker’s effectiveness, apparently no miscreants appeared among the mercenaries.
The next morning, immediately after breakfast ended, we were summoned, and it began with greetings from His Excellency the General via monitor screen.
[Good morning, mercenaries. Today, you’ll engage in mock combat with our 1st Fleet’s fighter craft squadron. At that time, thoughts like letting the military save face are completely unnecessary. Feel free to knock them down to your heart’s content! Rather, if you get taken down too easily, we’ll consider it not doing your job seriously, report it to the guild, and you’ll get no compensation!]
And the content of that greeting was borderline contract violation material.
Well, in reality, you can get taken down quite easily sometimes, so I think it’s probably a joke.
Actually, other people are laughing at it as a joke.
However, considering His Excellency the General’s personality, I thought [he might actually do it].
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