episode_0075
by fnovelpiaDuring that time, I traveled to various colonies and tutored students from many families, and after looking into the financial status of those families, I signed a contract.
Why?
‘Because there were a lot of scams.’
The pilot training curriculum actually ends once you obtain the license.
Normally, it is normal to receive tutoring every month, but sometimes, there are cases where it is provided as short-term, accelerated tutoring.
In such cases, there were times when I did not receive the money on time.
One is because he went bankrupt.
This could be said to be a truly unlucky case. It was a case where the owner of a small business who was devoted to his child’s pilot training was killed by an android one day and was unable to receive his money.
Was it possible to receive tutoring fees from a mother and daughter who were preoccupied with attending a funeral?
at all.
Rather, they expressed their respect for the deceased from afar by paying a reasonable amount of money, although it was not as much as tutoring fees.
It was only later that I realized that the death was actually a fake death.
It is said that he copied his personality into an Android AI and had a huge funeral, and at the same time, he used death insurance to pay off his debtors.
By the time I found out the truth, the insurance company’s debt collection team, which had already realized it before me, had taken away the Android’s ether semiconductor down to the nanogram level.
Another case is when they really, purely tried to eat me.
After learning everything there was to learn, he tried to accuse me of being a ‘suspicious man wearing a mask’, so I safely escaped from the colony through an acquaintance and sued the person in question for false accusation.
So, when I teach someone somewhere, I have always considered whether I can receive financial compensation for my education.
The same goes for this place, Starlight Colony.
The most important thing was whether the colony could pay me a reasonable salary, and I thought I had reached a fairly appropriate deal with Vice Principal Stella, who was in charge of negotiating that salary.
Although I thought it was a colony that was on the verge of collapse, I still thought that its financial health was not that bad.
however.
“The debt is 5,000 trillion!!”
What does this mean?
“Principal!! Don’t just laugh, explain! Come on!”
I’m not angry.
Aria It’s not that instructors or students are angry.
“This is my first time hearing this!!”
Vice Principal Stella, the principal’s closest confidant and member of the same family, shouted with blood in her neck.
“What kind of nonsense is that? Debt, no, debt!! Debt!! Not just 500 billion, but 5 trillion?! The entire annual budget of the colony is less than 500 trillion!!”
“Wouldn’t it be strange to think of the 10-year budget as debt, Vice Principal?”
“In cases like this, don’t call me by my official title!!”
“…isn’t it working?”
Starlight Colony’s chairman, Yggdrasil, stepped to the center, raising his glasses with one hand.
“It’s just like I said before. Starlight Colony has incurred quite a bit of debt so far. To be exact…a debt that is not a debt.”
“A debt is a debt, what does that mean?”
This time it was my question.
“It’s so absurd that I want to ask the Chairman of the Zodiac Alliance on the other side of the screen.”
[You can ask, if it is you.]
“……?”
[This is not a recorded statement. It is a video call connected to that person in real time.]
“What….”
Vice Principal Stella blushed and was embarrassed.
“Well, no, that’s….”
[I thought I knew, but it seems I didn’t. great. To put it simply, not a single penny has been repaid to date for the cost of creating the colony.]
“…Oh, me again.”
When I heard the amount, I wondered how much I owed.
Even when I looked at the entire colony’s operating budget, I never saw the amount of 5,000 trillion credits, so it seems to be a story between ‘Creation Beast level’ beings.
“The first chairmen of Starlight Colony borrowed money for the initial creation of the colony from the Space Federation, and have been letting it sit without interest until now?”
[That’s it.]
“The investment money…isn’t it?”
[Even if it is an investment, there is no such thing as a free investment. It was a loan. The contract is uploaded to our database and stored separately as the ‘original’ in the ether jewel box.]
“It’s over.”
Should I leave?
no.
It’s not enough to leave.
“Isn’t it unreasonable to suddenly demand 5 trillion credits to repay the cost of creating a colony?”
[Now that you have the ability to repay, aren’t you asking me to repay, Paladin?]
“…….”
[Please rest assured. Currently, it is only connected to ‘that room’, and it is a direct video call to the Galaxy where no one else can come in between.]
The Federation Chairman, Sapphire Unicorn, spoke calmly beyond the hologram.
[Three ether buses have come together, and I think we can easily repay about 5 trillion credits.]
“Do you accept it as ether?”
[If you want to sell the Red Moon or Fenrir’s ether, you may have to buy it…]
The Sapphire Unicorn smiled softly and shook her head.
[I’m not sure if the price is right.]
“Market price…?”
[It was doubtful whether the transaction would go through in the first place. Someone was so bold in disabling each colony’s power that all the representatives of the Zodiac 12 colonies were very angry?]
“No, that’s it.”
[They said they were scolded for forcing their soldiers to go to war to get the red moon. Yes, that’s right. There is no other way to express it. That is correct.]
ah.
I had a hunch.
[But…you know, right?]
“Che.”
“Hey, instructor…?”
The situation has already left the hands of the Sapphire Unicorn and the Chairman of the Zodiac Alliance.
“Historically, the three ether buses have never been gathered in one place.”
[There wasn’t one? Have you erased it from your memory? Are you upset? Or is it because there are not three?]
“At least there was no case where we were together as ‘one team’.”
[Hehe. Me again. I think you forgot.]
How could I forget?
There was a time when the owners of the ether bus were fighting with each other.
“You probably forgot. The words they shouted as they fell are still fresh in my ears.”
So I can say for sure.
[The Universal Century is the history of the strong.]
“The story of victory is when the strong survive and use it.”
A diet of the fittest.
Survival of the fittest.
As humans advanced into space, their intellectual domain expanded, but as technology developed and the domain of human intelligence was handed over to machines, humans became more destructive and barbaric in some directions.
Absolute population growth.
Development of war technology.
The development of AI and the emergence of similar humans.
Disregard for life.
In the process, humans became even more engrossed in the logic of ‘the stronger is superior’ than before.
in other words.
[As the chairman of the Zodiac Union, I decided to accept the opinions of each colony. Each of your 5,000 trillion won and 12 colonies decided to take their own bonds.]
“…….”
[Please rest assured. I divided it by 1/12 and took the remainder. I have no intention of urging you right now, hehe.]
The Sapphire Unicorn waved hello to us, especially to me.
[Article 200. I’ll go look for it after I pay off the other colony’s debt. Until then, goodbye.]
Beep.
The picture was cut off.
And at the same time-
“Heyㅡㅡㅡ!!”
Vice Principal Stella’s reason was also cut off.
“What are you going to do!! Now, the 12 constellations of the zodiac are being asked to give up 400 trillion won each!!”
“Haha, hahaha.”
He was so angry that he grabbed his collar and started shaking it back and forth.
“Hahaha.”
Despite this, Yggdrasil just started to shed a good-natured smile.
“What.”
Yggdrasil smiled broadly, spreading his arms to everyone in the briefing room.
“It will be possible if we all overcome this crisis together!”
* * *
After a while.
“I’ve never worked for a company before, but is this a fucking cow or something?”
“This is exactly what it means to be a shitty company.”
“…Instructor Aria?”
“Yes. Did you call me?”
“No, I guess I heard wrong.”
“You heard it right.”
The situation was so shocking that while everyone was gathering their thoughts, I went to the break room to avoid the crowds and have a quick chat with Instructor Aria.
“What are you going to do?”
“What should I do? We will make it right.”
Instructor Aria didn’t seem to like it.
“I really don’t like the way they are asking me to ‘come here’ and give up money, and I am just angry because it is obvious that they are going to take money from this small colony.”
“…….”
“It is money that needs to be repaid. However, to put it bluntly, it is money that can be repaid even after 100 or 500 years. That’s the nature of investment money for colony creation.”
“We have been living interest-free for 100 years now. Um.”
Is it investment money?
Is it a loan?
Although there may be differences depending on perspective, the contract clearly states ‘indefinite repayment’.
The authority to exercise rights to that contract has now been divided into 13 parties.
Chairman Sapphire Unicorn 200 trillion.
And the remaining 4,800 trillion credits were distributed to each of the 12 colonies.
“I don’t know anything else.”
Instructor Aria clenched her fists tightly and her eyes lit up.
“As expected, the number of creation…”
“The Virgo Colony cannot tolerate trickery here.”
“Huh?”
“Would you please keep it a secret that I have become the owner of the Creation Tree?”
What was burning in Instructor Aria’s eyes was will.
“I want to see how my home colony judges Aria Milkyway, who is not the owner of the Creation Tree.”
A little revenge, and pride.
“Colony, how much I am worth after being abandoned by my family.”
“…I think there’s some story behind it.”
“Nothing much.”
Instructor Aria’s eyes began to glow red.
“As the student council president, I achieved excellent results in the colony competition, but I was kicked out because I did not win the championship.”
“…….”
“To be exact, I lost my seat to my younger sister. I’m not particularly attached to that location. …instructor. Only the instructor knows this.”
Seriously, I was starting to get angry.
“My younger sister is not Ace.”
“Huh?”
“My younger sister just sits there.”
sincerely.
“Little Sister’s battle is fought by AI. I tried to reveal it and was kicked out of the family.”
It was worth getting angry.
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