I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.93Trust and Leave It to Me (3)

by fnovelpia

About an hour and a half after our superhumans went in.

While I was frantically clicking the completion buttons on quest resolution lists with the help of Marian’s “automatic (not really) quest collection system”…

“Commander, the conference room door is opening.”

“Oh, looks like they’ve finally finished.”

When I heard that the firmly closed door was opening and my pretty superhumans who had been holed up inside were about to appear.

Whatever plan they came up with.

And no matter how quickly they brought it, for someone like me who had no expectations…

I was thinking that these supposedly highly intelligent beings took quite a long time, which meant they must have had some serious disagreements.

With a strangely pleased expression, I welcomed Berial, who approached my command seat as their representative.

“Oh?”

“Commander, would you like to hear the plan we’ve developed?”

Obviously, the quest I received basically told me to listen to whatever they came up with without question.

Thinking that surely these crazy game developers wouldn’t force some completely ridiculous plan on me.

I nodded as I looked at Berial’s confident demeanor.

And when I heard what came out of her mouth.

Namely, the suggestion to just directly tell the space monsters what the current situation is.

‘Ah, so at this point we need to talk to the monsters.’

Having accepted the fact that I’d completely forgotten the details after spending three years away from the game living in the real world.

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<Quest>

<They’re People Too, People!>

<Objective: Accept the meeting results>

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After confirming and clicking on the quest completion window that had just appeared before my eyes.

I made a promise to myself that for these small, microscopic details that I claim to remember, I should just stop trusting my memory and ask those around me instead.

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The next morning.

As they say, strike while the iron is hot. Right after waking up.

I rushed to the biology research lab to meet with Oxianor.

<<“What on earth is causing such a commotion so early in the morning, Commander Icarus?”>>

Of course, due to the many distrust debuffs that had been applied to me, Oxianor’s initial response was somewhat grumbling.

But that didn’t last long.

“I’ve come to impose restrictions you can’t refuse, Oxianor.”

<<“Hmm?”>>

I calmly explained our current situation.

Specifically, the absolute truth that the Pirate Empress Marian was my subordinate.

And consequently, the pirate alliance was essentially under my command.

<<“Are you perhaps suffering from some mental issues after resolving so many of our requests recently?”>>

“…”

<<“Although we don’t know much about the ‘fatigue’ of ordinary intelligent beings, your current state truly doesn’t look good.”>>

From our eyeball gentleman Oxianor, with genuine concern in his voice…

I received a look that seemed to say, ‘Is this guy perhaps going crazy from overwork?’…

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‘Ah.’

Seeing how he was treating me like someone with mental issues, I hurriedly contacted Jessica who was nearby.

I decided to bring Marian, who was still loafing around somewhere in the base, and pretend that we had a great relationship.

However, there was one thing I hadn’t considered…

“Hmm, so you dared to doubt the deep affection between my oppa and me?”

<<“Pirate Empress?! How are you in our commander’s base?!”>>

“How impudent. If you want to speak so boldly, you should at least bring your precious ‘Ultra-evolved Being’…”

<<“This cannot be! I see! Icarus, were you urgently requesting support because you were invaded by the Pirate Empress?!”>>

“What.”

<<“Vile Pirate Empress! Even if you defeat me here, now that you’ve launched a preemptive attack against us… our Queen will surely make you pay the price!”>>

“Huh? Huh?”

Contrary to our expectation that bringing Marian would solve everything.

Oxianor was horrified at the sight of Marian and instead concluded that we had been invaded by the Pirate Empress.

And then he tried to request support from the monster headquarters…

Jessica and I had to do our best to prevent such a misunderstanding, explaining that wasn’t the case.

Of course, no matter how hard we tried, our opponent was a space monster with over-technology in biological engineering.

He didn’t need any special tools to request support like humans would; he could simply report to the monster queen through his neural network.

We could only anxiously try to persuade him with words.

The problem was that the debuffs currently applied to me were severely affecting my “credibility.”

<<“Don’t worry, Icarus. I will inform the Queen about this situation.”>>

“Aaaah, no!”

Seeing that he had no intention of listening to me, I was plunged into deep contemplation about how to handle this situation.

But at that moment.

“Stop making unnecessary noise, eyeball monster.”

<<“What did you say?”>>

“I’m reaching my limit in tolerating your denial of the relationship between my oppa and me.”

Marian, who had been observing the situation, looked at Oxianor’s eyeball, which was several times larger than herself, and uttered those words.

Then, pointing at me, she showed a resolute attitude.

“Watch carefully how deep and beautiful the relationship between my oppa and me is!”

<<“What does that mean…?”>>

And after showing such a determined attitude.

Marian approached me, immediately wrapped one of my arms with her entire body.

With fingers that had developed thin but hard calluses from all her efforts, she caressed my body while acting coquettishly.

Eventually, looking up at me with sparkling eyes, she proudly exclaimed.

“Oppa, let’s do that again today… pant pant.”

“…”

And the moment I heard those words, I gently turned my head to look to the side.

There, among our superhumans who had come with me, Pashtra and Griyanar were.

More precisely, they were giving thumbs up to Marian or nodding in approval.

Realizing how the situation was unfolding, I boldly declared to Oxianor, whose large eyeball was filled with confusion.

“Oxianor, I will prove that I am not crazy with the current situation!”

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A little while later.

<<“This is truly astonishing. To think that you were the… ‘oppa’ of the Pirate Empress.”>>

“Finally, you’ve awakened to the truth, eyeball monster.”

“Marian, could you please leave us for a moment?”

“Yes, oppa~♡”

Once the confusing situation was resolved, I asked Marian and the others to step away for a moment.

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‘Yes, that’s it.’

Satisfied with the clean state of the trust window, I tried to restart the conversation with Oxianor, who was still confused.

“So, Oxianor, would you say we’ve built enough mutual trust by now?”

<<“…Indeed, it would be inappropriate to treat someone like you as just another commander in our faction, compared to others.”>>

“Oh?”

<<“First, according to the authority granted to me, I will try to provide you with all the help I can give you right now.”>>

And seeing his clearly ‘friendly’ attitude, I could feel satisfaction once again.

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