It actually didn't take long for us to completely wipe out the Space Locusts.
Seems like there were only a few dozen of them as Amber had said which would be counted as lucky for us.
With the other Freighter joining the fight, the swarm was unable to even get close to either of us before the last locust was shot dead and floating off into space.
I leaned back in my chair and breathed out, feeling quite satisfied with the result of the battle.
More specifically, I was very satisfied with the capabilities of the ship.
I an, I already knew how good it can be with the pirates from earlier but this was an entirely different case altogether.
Ries turned to , "Boss, the Madalara is hailing us."
It took a mont to rember that was the na of the ship before nodding at her, "Patch them through."
She turned back to her console and a screen appeared in front of , showing a middle aged man with a cybernetic jaw and balding grey hair.
"This is Herbert, the captain of the Madalara speaking, I would like to thank you for your assistance. May I know who I am speaking to?"
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How polite.
I nodded in greeting, "I am Tera of the Teran rcenary Company. We're happy to help. Is everything alright?"
He stared at for a good few seconds for so reason before he responded, "My ship and the crew are fine but… I won't lie, had you not shown up when you did, we'll most likely be dead. Is there anything we can do to repay you?"
I turned back to Amber, silently asking her what would be appropriate for to ask for.
She grinned at and said only one word, "Credits."
Right…
I an, of course, but I wanted to make sure, you know? Just in case it's considered rude to ask the person you saved for a monetary reward.
I turned back to the screen, "We would be happy with so Credits."
"Of course, of course. I'll transfer so over right now. Thanks for the assist once again."
My Codex let out a notification beep and I looked down to see an incoming transaction of ten thousand Credits.
That should be enough to pay for the ammunition I used in the earlier fight and still have quite a lot left over.
That's one good thing about this universe too, ammunition is really, really cheap here.
Apparently that's also one of the things that humans manage to streamline and enhance to the point that factories were literally churning them out every second in order to be used for war.
It's to the point that buying ammunition for your weapons and cannons is cheaper than getting water and food for your crew.
And no, I wasn't talking about just buying a single bullet either but an entire crate of them.
Yeah… Buying an entire crate of bullets is cheaper than buying three days' worth of supplies… I'm not even kidding on that…
When I pointed this out, all three girls literally looked at and said, "Why do you think people would buy guns to rob people of food? It's cheaper than buying it."
Damn…
Putting that sad fact aside, I nodded at the Captain of the Freighter, "I've received it. Thanks. Be safe now."
He gave a salute, "And you too. May the light of Terra guide you."
The screen then shut off and the freighter began charging up their Travel Drives.
I did the sa as well where I handed control of the ship back to the autopilot before turning back to Amber, "What did he just say?"
Amber chuckled, "May the light of Terra guide you~ I most certainly need so guidance from Tera though~"
I frowned, "Is that so saying from this universe where you say the other person's na or sothing?"
Lea turned to , "Mistress… It's 'Terra' with two 'R's."
Oh… Ohhhh…
"Ok… I get it… May the light of Terra guide you… Terra, not Tera… Got it… So what does that an?"
"It's a saying that was popularised back when we were fighting against The Confederation," Amber explained, just as our Travel Drives accelerated our ship back into Travel speeds. "It's like a phrase of good luck where we might say to each other before going into battle."
Ah, so it's basically like saying 'may the gods watch over you' except the gods in this case was our ho planet.
I turned to Lea, "I guess this saying isn't really that popular with others outside of humans?"
She shook her head, "It is indeed not, Mistress. Alvs have our own saying actually. On our ho planet, we have the Tree Of Life and we believe that when Alvs die, we will join the Tree as one of its leaves. A saying similar to your human equivalent would be 'The Tree Of Life will bloom for you'."
That's cool.
I turned to Ries and she shrunk a little, "I… Don't really know about Maochattes… I've been living outside the colonies for longer than I have been inside… And… Umm… I've spent more ti studying about machines than my race's culture… Sorry."
"Eh? Why are you apologising? That's what makes you cool, Ries! And precisely why you're here! We wouldn't have been able to get this ship if it wasn't for you!"
She actually blushed before turning away to face her console, "Thank… Thank you, Boss…"
I then turned to Amber, intending to ask her more about that saying when I noticed her looking at the ground in deep thought.
Hmm? Did sothing happen?
"Amber?" I called out.
My words jolted her out of her thoughts and she quickly turned to with her usual smile, "What is it, Tera?"
"Sothing the matter?"
"Oh no, no. I was just thinking about… Nothing really~"
That sounds suspicious…
I gave her a look that told her I didn't buy her excuse and she giggled before sliding up to .
Just saying, she was still naked and so was Lea. So I had a really hard ti keeping my eyes focused above her neck instead of the two things bouncing up and down as she walked closer to .
"I was just thinking…" She whispered, her hand trailing up my thigh. "When are you going to give the cat so heavy petting?"
My gaze shifted to where Ries was sitting to find her busy with the console, acting like she was occupied with sothing on it.
I looked back at Amber before whispering in a voice that should not be overheard by Ries, "I already have you and Lea… I think it would be a little hypocritical of if I were to chase after soone else when the both of you aren't, right?"
She pulled back slightly, "Eh? Why would that matter? Both Lea and I love you for you, Tera. If you want to add another girl to the harem… Hmm… I suppose we would want to have a say in it since so of the girls might just be taking advantage of you. But if you want to go fuck so nice pussy, which Ries is in more ways than one as well, that's fine too?
Also, we have no problems with Ries joining the harem either."
I frowned, "Does that an you would be going to fuck other guys then?"
She waved at , "Pffft~ Of course not, Tera. We aren't with you just because of your cock or even your cooking, you know? I literally can't get wet without you anymore so I have no interest in anyone else. Besides…"
Amber then leaned in until her face was just an inch away from mine.
Her lips curled up in a smile while a fire seed to burn in her eyes, "At this point… I'm already obsessed with you~"
She then gave a kiss on the lips before pulling back, giggling like she had pulled off a prank.
Umm… Ok… I guess she was saying that to get a little riled up.
Honestly, I kind of guessed that Ries had at least so feelings for at this point but I just felt if I were to be the one to approach her, I would be taking advantage of her sohow…
That's why I had resolved myself that if she was the one that asked for it, I would accept her.
Even though Amber was practically pushing to her right now… I still felt a little scummy if I were to approach her…
I guess this was just my old universe values acting up.
"Is this normal in this universe?" I asked.
Amber shrugged, "Not really."
I was just about to roll my eyes at my lover until she continued.
"Under normal circumstances, normal people don't have harems. But if you're soone exceptional like you… Ehehehe~ It would be weird not to have a harem~ So go and get yourself one already~"
Riiiiight…
I'm just going to pretend I didn't ask in the first place…
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