I let out a groan as I dropped the box of loot I was carrying on the ground of my ship's cargo bay, all the fatigue I had accumulated throughout the day catching up to all at once.
Ragbar whistled as he walked up to my side, carrying a box of the loot in his hands, "This is a nice ship. Which company is it from?"
"Dragoon Ship Industries. It's the Broadsword model but we made so customisations to it," I told him.
He whistled again as he looked around the cargo bay of my ship.
In case you're wondering why they were here… Well…
While we were moving the loot into Ragbar's van, his stomach growled really loudly and he grumbled about missing dinner. As though in response to that, Valiea's stomach also grumbled at the sa ti though she tried her best to pretend that didn't happen.
That's why I decided to invite them on our ship for dinner as a thanks for helping move all this stuff.
I didn't even know this but there was a section of the walkway that connected directly to the cargo bay door of the ship instead of the docking hatch, which allowed Ragbar to drive the van directly into the ship itself instead of stopping sowhere.
I guess if you think about it, it wouldn't make sense for cargo ships to dock here and then have to carry the cargo in by hand so there must have been so way that vehicles could board the ship directly to unload or load stuff.
It helps a lot because I had thought Ragbar would only be able to park his van sowhere else and we'll have to carry the stuff all the way here on our own.
Now we just need to unload them from the van and we're done.
As we were going back to the van where Valiea was helping us drag the rest of the boxes out of the van's storage for us to move, a few of the drones in the cargo bay suddenly flew over to us.
I thought they were going to help but gun barrels popped out from their sides and took aim at Valiea and Ragbar.
"Intruders! Do not move or you will be shot!" Ries's voice ca from one of the drones.
I raised my hand quickly and stood in front of the couple, "Wait, wait!! They're guests! Rember them, Ries? The couple from the bar?"
There was a pause from the drones before one of them turned to look at Ragbar, "I don't rember this guy though?"
"Ah… Err… You got drunk and passed out but… This guy is Valiea's husband."
"Oh… Ehehe… Sorry about that. Err… Do you need help, Boss? You seem to be moving… Nyaaaa?! Is that a LR Seven Turbo Laser Assault Rifle?! I'll be right there!!"
The drones remained hovering in the air and I guess the whatever laser thingy she was talking about was the gun barrel that was sticking out of the box at an angle.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that she could even tell what it was just by the shape of the barrel.
"Err… Can't say I expected a welco like that. Ahahaha!" Ragbar chuckled.
"Ries… That's the Maochatte that you were carrying the other ti, right?" Valiea asked.
Before I could answer, the door slid open and Ries rushed out to sprint towards .
I spun around just in ti for her to leap into my arms, the smaller girl shoving herself into my embrace and taking a deep breath before popping out from between my boobs.
"Mnnn! Welco back Boss! Did you go on a shopping spree for this? You should have called !"
Ah, she thought I bought all this stuff…
I chuckled, "No, no. There were so assassins that tried to attack them so I got rid of them. This is all the loot I recovered from their corpses."
Ries blinked at , "You… You were attacked?"
"Well.. Not directly but I guess yes."
"Why… Why didn't you call us?"
"Eh? They weren't really a big deal so I just dealt with them myself. They weren't even that much of a threat."
Ries actually puffed up a cheeks really cutely in a pout when she heard that.
"Mnnngghhh!! You can't do that Boss!! What if sothing happened to you?! What if they had soone dangerous! You should have told us!!"
I'm surprised she was that passionate about this but… Yeah, I shouldn't give any excuses about this since I would expect the sa from them too.
"Sorry, sorry… I'll properly reflect on that. I'll send a ssage next ti if it happens again."
Ries puffed up her cheeks before turning to the couple, "Those assassins… They were sent after the two of you?"
The couple nodded.
"It's just so thugs that a couple of rich people threw money at to harass us," Ragbar explained.
'Harass'? They were trying to kill you, dude. That is way above the realms of simple 'harassnt'.
Oh wait… I guess Ragbar was trying to be considerate of to make the situation less serious than it actually was to assure Ries. Thanks dude.
She narrowed her eyes at the Ragbar and he visibly fidgeted under his gaze.
Err… I guess I should just change the topic right now.
"Didn't you co here for a laser rifle or sothing?" I reminded her.
She imdiately perked up again, "Oh yes!! The LR Seven Turbo Laser Assault Rifle!! It's an overpriced piece of hardware and actually a pretty shit weapon so rarely anyone uses it which is why I'm surprised to see one here!"
"Eh? It's that bad?"
"Yeah! Part of the LR series weapons from Galactic Armants, it was supposed to be designed to both be good at breaking shields and lting through armour."
Considering that laser weapons are usually more effective at draining shields and ballistic weapons are better at punching through armour, this was surprising to hear. So why was it bad?
I didn't need to ask as Ries answered my unasked question of her own accord, "They tried to do this by pumping up the fire rate to insane levels but in doing so, the raw power of each projectile significantly decreased. So it actually does worse than pretty much every other energy based weapon in breaking shields and it can barely even lt through a standard ballistic armour! The only thing it's good for is to lay down suppressing fire because of its fire rate but it's useless for anything else!"
I blinked at her, "Why are you so excited about it then?"
"Ah! That's because in order to get that fire rate, they have a specialised type of coolant feed which I could definitely use! I want that! Can I take it, Boss?"
"Oh, is that it? Sure. I was going to get you to look through all the stuff I got so you can see if there's anything you can use before we sell off the rest or sothing."
"Nyaaaa! I love you Boss!!"
She reached up and pulled in for a kiss on the lips before she hopped over to the box to start rummaging through it, completely ignoring Ragbar and Valiea who were just watching the entire ti with a blank expression on their faces.
I cleared my throat, "Ries… At least take it out of the van first and bring them over there to put with the rest…"
"Oh, ehehehe~ Sorry, I got a little too excited~" She giggled before tapping on her personal terminal to command the drones to hover over to help transport them.
As she watched the drones carry the boxes away, my Maochatte seed to have rembered that Valiea and Ragbar were there and turned to tilt her head at .
"Umm… Boss? You said they were guests, right?"
"Ah, yeah. As thanks for helping transport all this stuff back, I asked them to stay for dinner."
The Maochatte unexpectedly froze up and her eyes widened at .
She stayed still for a good few seconds before she shuffled over to to whisper, "Are you… Are you sure about this, Boss? They're going to get hooked, you know?"
"Hmm… It can't be that bad for them right? After all, they do make their own drinks so they shouldn't be that affected right?"
Ries blinked at before shrugging her shoulders, "If you say so Boss… But you might want to tell the others that we have guests for dinner tonight or they'll freak out."
Ah, that's right… Guess I'll send them a ssage later.
"Speaking of which? Where are they anyway?"
"Mmm… I think Amber said she was going to take a walk… Mara was checking out so of the Gene Splice clinics and also restocking so stuff… I think Lea also went with her to find more seeds for her garden. They said they would be back in ti for dinner so I'm assuming they are already on their way back."
In that case, there's no ti to lose! Ti to make dinner!
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