3 "The stage of the great farce"
Planet TERA resembled the Earth. but it was considered a holy land and living on it was prohibited. its natural environment was ideally controlled by artifacts around the planet and so it was every bit as beautiful as one would expect from a Holy Land.
The only artificial building there was a large conference hall where the Renza Federation allies gathered on the smallest continent. Moreover, the facility was built underground so it couldn't be seen from above.
only facility management staff were stationed there, and it was impossible for the staff to go out. the councilors and attendants of each country came there by transfer gate from the outer satellites.
there were five Transfer gates, and trustees and officials came and went using the gate for the state to which they belonged. they wore robes dyed in the color of each of the five families,
the hall lead towards a huge cylindrical conference center.
There were 50,000 councilors for each country. The seats were divided into honeycomb blocks. And each appeared from a short-distance transfer gate, the attendants prepared their materials and refreshments, and gathered to chat with each other after preparing for the meeting
"Can we get this over with... I'm tired of waiting for this farce of meeting to being."
prince Sansui namwaroru suirei, the 3rd prince of the green spirit (suirei) kingdom said as he drank a drink made by mixing fruit liquor with carbonated water.
Two monitors came up beside him.
"it's your duty as a councilor. You should be honored to come here. "
prince rotsuka akeno kasen, the 6th prince of the Fire springs (kasen) kingdom said with a serious look.
"Yes but we already know what will happen so i understand his feelings..."
---------left is rotuska,Center is sansui, left is jitsuki is behind him-------
The young man on the other monitor was jitsuki ren kihaku, the 10th Prince of the Crown Prince Kingdom of the amber cavalry nation ( kihahu)
Each had the distinctive appearance of their country.
They heard a sound similar to a bell.
Cling !Clang!
"It is time for the puppets to do their dance."
almost 10 people in gorgeous robes came out and got on 5 pedestals in the middle of the room. they were the current governmental leaders and their candidates for succession.
"Well then let this kangaroo court of a meeting begin"
Sansui said. he stood up and the other councilors all stood up with him they headed to each pedestal and corrected their posture.
Then DOOON! a big the taiko drum sounded. everyone bowed to the pedestal.
"in the name of the top five councilors we declare this meeting of the Great Council of the Renza Federation shall be started " the chairpersons said. everyone sat down.
"Well ... ... what's on the agenda this time" said an elderly man with green hair, he was the King of the Green spirit Kingdom Suiten Hyouka Suire.
---Suiren's father-----
"We have no choice but to talk about the obvious matter at hand."
The Kaou representative, Ranga Baruwemuru souka said remarking on the situation with seina.
She was somewhat different from the rest of the people, her ears where red leafs and her toes looked like twigs, she had half a fairy like figure.
"yes I suppose you're right" the king of the fire spring nation , hakuten mashiro Kasen said.
--------karen's dad-----
"There's nothing to talk about, ZINV is clearly a godly knight and is clearly the founder of our humanoids... he belongs to us regardless of who found him and must be turned over " machi kashou Kigyoku said. unlike the other's he was merely a stand in until Gyokuren took her position.
"Now... what about matter of the applications for abandonment inheritance rights?"
"Well I know I would personally love for that petty little witch queen to take your place, but i can see why you would be against that kigyouku Ahahahaha!"
Enten shinshu kasen a man with brown skin and bright red hair next to the king said.
"What a crude name... Is that your nations official way of talking about our future queen?"
"I am simply trying to praise you, you're doing such a great job! But the rest of us want our daughters welcomed back as heroes."
"Yes I agree...now let's get back to the subject at hand"The others nodded
"the ship will be held onto by the Kaou nation, it's crew will be assigned to two people from each nation." A big applause echoed in approval.
(Geeze this is such a farce) Sansui thought.
---------I am very unsure about this section... It translated poorly in google even with the names fixed and honestly It's just a big mess sanui seems to be saying it's a farce because none of the representatives actually get to do anything but watch while the kings and their successors decide shit among themselves so it's a sham government. ---------
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"Welcome Seina Yamada "
For Seina who was accustomed to the luxurious hotel on Recepushi this new place he was brought to was narrow and shabby. it had no decor anywhere and seemed like a behind the stage area.
a giant man who seemed like he could be a professional wrestler stood up from a desk of a simple but heavy construction . His presence also made the room even smaller feeling. This was an office, but it felt like a waiting room. Of course an office needs no such decorations to be functional but it was clear from this room that the way the racepshi's budgeted on decor for guests was very different from how they budgeted for their selves.
"Seina, this is my father the general manager of Recepshi"
"Hello I am Ekushito · Rasepshi".
"Hello, I am Seina Yamada." they shook hands. it felt like seina was having his hand grasped by a strong baseball glove.
"please sit. get comfy."
there was a simple sofa and that was basically it. Although it seemed that the whole wall was a monitor.
"I'm sorry I know this room is a bit small"
"oh, no, I like it. it's calming."
"I'll comeback for you when this is over. Maya put tea in front of the two, bowed and left.
"I'm glad you came seina ... I want to talk a bit."
"uhm ok ... ...."
Even though Seina was being handled as a guest, he was not sure why the general manager of the planetary scale facility would take the time to talk to him.
"Have had sex with my daughter Maya yet?"
"Pffffffffffffffftttt.... What!"
seina spit out his tea
"Hmmm ... so you haven't ... well that's alright... she's still pretty young, perhaps you prefer a seasoned woman? there's no rush... take your time."
"... .... I just got married!"
"yes and now that you have those four women, it's time to think about the next candidates ... I heard your hometown of Earth was monogamous, but as your aware by now thing's are different up here in space. "
"Even so, I'm not about to have an affair or start such a relationship ...... I can't believe you'd encourage me to. You're her father ... ..."
"yes but our mission is to curate the finest genetic and cultural heritage."
"curate what now?"
"Through Seto, we have been given much of your cultural information. Like other planets it seems that political marriage was also once done on the earth to maintain power."
"That's true... .... but that was only in special cases"
"and you're not a special case?, and I thought you'd be more aware then that..."
"... ... Haha... well I guess your right"
"Marriage Strengthens the power structure. In our case, it's the difference between creating dancers with great talents or incompetent one ...... I won't refuse, but won't force you to do anything either. just be conscious of it, we expect any offspring you may have with our family to be prepared to become dance princess. learning the skills and the training and giving them to a successor is the duties all dance princess must uphold. "
"Even so, I'm a bit clumsy... and, even if I did think about it, I don't think my descendants would have any artistic talent ... ...."
"Are you kidding your biased probability is wonderful qualification and should lead to a mind perfect for it..., and if you don't like Maya, you can have her other sisters, or even Makihi would you like that? "
"What ?! Isn't Makihi is your wife!?"
"Makihi has nine children, but only two of them were conceived with with me"
"……eh?" Seina had been in space for a few years now, he knew that ethics here were different from on Earth, but he had never heard of such an extreme example like this so far.
"I and Makihi think that it is easier to express ourselves as comrades, partners, rather than as a married couple, moreover we're best friends."
"that is an odd concept for me to consider."
"well you should start... do you think you will be able to stay in your cultural bubble forever?"
"eh?"
"I hope you don't mind me rambling but i think what i have to say may be of use to someone in your position"
"huh ... ...?"
" culture is a special thing that can only be created by existential people with advanced intelligence, but it is also a mirror of those people in a sense. The main desires of those people, their appetite, there Libido ...... there are all sorts of combinations you can achieve with those factors and as such there are all kinds of diverse cultures. "
"I agree"
" well just like how cooking methods and food ingredients and seasonings preferences vary in the galaxy, there are There are also a tremendous numbers of types of sexual norms. However, your appetite is for your own survival, for you libido is only for maintaining the species and the results it yields, and so you don't see that there is so much more it can lead to then that..
"But what's the point?"
From the point of view of survival and population maintenance, it was just a waste of time and resources.
"well for one thing it is a very useful tool for suppressing conflict. thanks to you Seina, I got a pretty rare glimpse at a planets initial culture, but on the other hand, I had to read about how various cultural foundations were destroyed by each other. "
"some times cultural destruction can be good ... ... what about pirates?"
"Da Ruma, and Tarrant Shank's cultures are completely valid cultures as well."
"Tarrant's culture being valid !? how can you even call what he does a culture?" seina got unusually mad in tone. Ekushito remained calm
"I don't pretend to understand it or think it's valid for me, it's out of my personal preference, but it's certain that it was valid for someone, the only person who probably understands it is Tarrant himself"
"What about those who died because of him?"
" culture and expression are inherently wasteful endeavors, things are accepted and rejected as they evolve.When you refuse to do more then the minimum necessary to live, it can easily mean death, but, there is also no need for wasteful things and luxurious things, and therefore, people's way of thinking about culture is diverse, but respecting the culture that is there is important, and it's our mission on racepshi is to maintain those cultures, so we don't reject any culture. "
"Nevertheless ... I have no regrets about catching Tarrant nor crushing the daruma guild."
"well if that was your choice Seina, I will not deny the validity of that idea, but can it be said that it was really your choice?"
"Huh?"
"In the first place, the fight against pirates wasn't started by your will now was it Seina? Seto kamiki Jurai-sama saw your abilities and decided to use you, and so did Ms. Airi Masaki, and Mikami Kuramitsu ... ...and they instilled their values and mores in you, In other words, you are like their tool ... No ......? do you ever decide your ship's route? Do you ever have a choice in what you do? Do you ever exercise your own will? "
"...... that's true that I don't, But i chose the possibility of doing what they told me . It was better than any other option i had before that."
he felt he had only one single path to take until he met with Amane, and it was probably a path with a very bad ending.
"But nothing is done because of your decision, ZINV, Kamidake, the ladies who are around you, their influence on you is too strong, it is unusual for individuals to have all the say in things, but you are completely guided by others. "
Seina's thought about it... it was even because of Hakuren's idea that he was there getting this speech first place.
"Of course, initially even though you had no power in your choices the choices made for you were mostly in your favor, but now it's not."
"That's true, but ... ...." That was what Kuisu had also been trying to tell him.
But honestly Seina hadn't yet thought about it any further yet.
"Even if you choose not do anything about it in the immediate future, I think that it's about time you think about it, especially because Renza is far more chaotic than the Galactic Federation, Hakuren could easily get you wrapped up in warfare. "
"But I have no basis on which to judge what she's doing."
"then here's a question for you, how do you gather information and make your own judgments?"
"What do you want me to do Ekushito?"
"Wow... geeze... ... this is the prime example of the evil effects of the GP..."
"Evil effects?"
"GP is a passive organization dealing with incidents as they happen.
Of course there are positive aspects in crime prevention, but that's generalized towards crime, it's not versatile.for someone like you Seina, who is going to be wrapped up in political situations, you need to learn to exercise good judgment, so what should you first do is judge yourself find your own purpose and keep it in mind ... I'm telling you this because my family collects cultures, I want to preserve their diversity. Even though you think other cultures might be incompatible I want you to see that there may be ways that they are. "
"I guess your right"
"Your still young, so i understand that you are still pretty quick to think that differences can be immediately rejected even those of your enemies, but you should learn to be more flexible and open to discussion, it can clear up things which are cloudy... and It it's also important to have fun."
"... ... I will try, but it will take time"
"Seina, in your case you are going to find that there are often problems were there is not that time you speak of. oh but you know... There is one thing you can do right now..."
"what is that?"
"I would like you to have sex with Maya"
"............"
"Or one of my other daughters or Makihi..... for the first time, I recommend Makihi."
"No, I'm still married, having relationships with other people ..."
"There is a phrase"Eating a cold meal is a man's shame." Anyways, whatever you do, you should negotiate it with your wives. "
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It was three hours later that the result of that meeting was conveyed to Kiriko.
Once again they gathered on the veranda while listening to Makihi, Fuku and Acha stayed in the living room as usual and enjoyed playing. D was eating curry on the terrace. she was only eating a small plate but the smell of drifting curry overpowered the smell of the tea they were drinking.
"so there making an anti-pirate unit incorporating Seina?"
"I can't say I'm surprised that's the same thing that happened with the GP"
"And unfortunately their position on the matter is not that strong, so we begin to operate in the form of a small experimental unit. the Kaou nation seems to be in charge of providing equipment for it."
They watched as renza sent a lot of their humanoids to the area around the ship.
"I know there here to make sure pirates don't try and attack the ship but it seems like they are just setting it up so they can capture seina and take zinv for themselves if things get bad or take it by force if we don't hand it over." neiju said
"well if that happens then we will storm them and get him back"
" as the owner of racepshi i can't let you do that I can't allow you to take any action that will disrupt the peace of my customers" Makihi said
"but you facilitate a ton of things that do just that!"
"Wow ... ... for an Entertainment Planet, Recepushi is a powder keg and it won't be amusing when it explodes."
"luckily this is a place where fire is prohibited ......... Still, I'd like to ask serious approval on what my husband discussed with Seina." Makihi said putting gasoline on the fire
"Seina is not a stallion!"
"Didn't you just undergo a political marriage, I don't think that argument works. Besides, which one of you is going to go first. Is it going to you Kiriko how about you miki?
"What about tsukiko"
"Hey! how did my mother's name get dragged into this?"
"I know I'd like to."
"Amane!"
"Miki, why did you go bringing up tsukiko."
makihi watched them bicker... "ahahaha how entertaining...... Either way, it's dangerous to leave things in this state. you shouldn't prolong this."
"I personally think the situation with Fuku-chan being separated from him is more problematic than us now isn't it?"
"If this keeps up long enough we will have to deal with Fuku-sama and Acha-sama being anxious."
" it could be dangerous to keep her from seeing Seina for too long."
she could get anxious and take the kamidake out to see him causing a riot.
"miki would you be able to do anything about that if it happened?"
"Sorry, but Miki-sama, Kirche-sama , and D aren't allowed to transform into cabbits here."
Makihi said
Miki tried to do it but only ended up wrinkling her eyebrows.
"Ah, I can not transform! Hey, how about you Kirche? "
"I can't transform either"
"But how !?"
"its an inhibition code that Washu-sama coded in. Please rest assured that when you are at Recepushi, the inhibition code will be active."
"Grrr!" Miki was upset
"then ... is there's an inhibitor for Fuku, maybe washu can lock down Kamidake's functions?"
"Hey Miki, Kirche, do you think can you stop the ship if she tries to move it What is the extent of the inhibition code?"
"uhm... lets see..... ... ... ... I think we may be able to manage it somehow."
"Fuku-chan is still young, so I think if all three of us try we can prevent it,"
"well if that happens, please do that." Kiriko looked at Makihi
"And ... just to be safe, we can't approve of relations between you and Seina ... but ..." Kiriko stopped to glance at Amane.
"About things with Maya, I'll leave it up to Seina."
Amane nodded to agree
"I am aware that things with Maya are not going to be hurried either and I won't not force them but thank you."
"Is that so"Kiriko watched a monitor with the scenery outside. The extraordinary number of mechs sent by renza made her realize how serious the discovery of ZINV was to renza. Kiriko accepted then that The situation of seto assigning women to Seina would continue to increase.
"... When is Hakuren's experimental unit scheduled to start operation? since Recepushi is remaining neutral, will we have to move out even though it's her experiment?"
Kiriko thought that if Recepushi would maintain neutrality, it wouldn't be possible to house them there. once the deterrence units left Recepushi, Seina would definitely be out of her reach. not forever of course but she didn't want to wait.
"don't worry. The base of operations will be here on Recepushi"
" but you're neutral ... ...."
"Battle in Recepushi and similar acts are forbidden, but there is nothing wrong with using the ship as a base. many hostages are housed here and many organizations hostile to each other, It is not uncommon to have a rooms in the ship used as an office, in the past pirates may have used some as a their base."
"so can we also do other political activities here?"
"As long as there is no conflict with the restrictions, of course the spaces available for rent are limited and the rent is also quite expensive so it is difficult to use as a base unless it's paid for by someone with a national level budget."
if the situation escalated the operation might go full-scale, then it would necessary to move the base from Recepushi, so there was no reason to put it here longer.
"In any case I don't think we will need to rent for that long."
"oh ... ... How long will we have to stay here? Seto-sama told me it might be for a while, but I don't want to be here forever ..." Kirche and Kiriko nodded.
"if you're going to be here long enough we will see about lowering the rates, but we will get the estimates to you as soon as we can."
When Kiriko became part of the royal family of Jurai, she got her own planet as a territory, and part of the tax revenue from it became hers to live off of. personally she had her own national budget of a major country on earth. And Amane, Ryoko, Neeju also had sufficient budgets, but spending money frivolously was something they all wanted to avoid.
"maybe we can just use the kamidake as a base, its nice a big in there."
Miki said happily.
"Even so, the cost of anchoring your ship will be necessary, and considering the future expansion of activities, you still might need a base in Recepushi" the Kamidake itself was a top secret. so they wouldn't be able to bring outside people to it.
"Do not worry, this place you're in is being permanently paid for by seto"
"Does it include meals?"
"and toiletries?"
"Of course, we even have outfits for rent that are in the budget. "
"I'm happy about that but it's a poor consolation prize from that old hag......"
"Like ryoko said, I'm glad were living well but I'm upset I have to be away my beloved husband, the luxury just seems empty without him doesn't it?"
"Oh Neeju-sama, that reminds me.... i got a message from seto to give you..." Because the wedding was stopped in the middle of the ceremony, you are not married yet.
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!"
Everyone said suddenly realizing that was true
They would only officially be recognized as married after their oaths were read and no objections were made.
"... ... Then that also means we haven't been announced as fuku's backup." D said with a firm tone as usual.
"............ "
" ............ "
"Boy ... ... that old hag sure has gotten us into a bind."
"if we can't pilot the Kamidake outside we should consider camouflaging mizuki and using it."
mizuki had no proper exterior of it's own yet yet. and when linking with the Kamidakeit it would get in the way if it wasn't specially designed not to, so a special one was still in development while it remained mounted in the Kamidake.
"no! that's too much trouble!" Miki said frustrated
"hmm the kamidake is a small ship... we can always just place it inside of a large shipping vessel and fly it around that way... "
"............" Unusually Makihi ignored Miki
She remained silent
And Neiju who was watching her quickly realized something and had a bitter smile.
"shit..."
"What's wrong?"
"Although they're very similar in character, this is still a huge difference between their experience levels and positions"
"Is that a bad thing!" miki said
"Don't get angry. I didn't mean anything bad by it Your proposal is the simplest and quickest as a solution, even Recepushi has nothing to say against it... now do they. "
"... ... if that is what you wish to do... then as an official of Recepushi, I will not be able to refuse that request." Mr. Makihi replied to Neeju's question.
""eheeheheheheh Really? Really!? "" everyone except Neeju was amazed and stared at Makihi.
"I am only one of the officers and not have the full authority of Recepushi to say so, but I know that Seina was brought here against his own will, if there if i receive a formal return request from Kiriko, and you have the ability to safely do so without causing a panic, I must allow it. "
"so you were quiet on purpose,"
"Makihi you communicate just like that old hag does"
"Oh really?"Makihi smiled
" you have to think about what you can do for seina on your own while you're here, as seto said you're going to be here for a while."
"so in a way we are being tested on what we can do?... and here i was expecting that everything would be happily every after the wedding..." said Neiju
"Well then I think it's best then that I leave the decision making to my more experienced sister and her team ...." Miki turning to check from confirmation from Kirche. Kirche nodded D stopped eating curry for a moment to nod then resumed eating immediately after a glancing at Miki.
Amane ryoko and neiju nodded in conformation.
"roger that" Kiriko nodded and turned face to Makihi.
"Ok then, Since it seems that a suitable conclusion has been reached, I will I will issue a transfer key code to this place, please use it to go back and forth between the Kamidake and this place"
Makihi bowed and left.
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Kanji
翠霊 Suirei
三翠 sansui
ナムワロール namuwarōru六 火rotsuka
緋乃 akeno
火泉 Kasen
翠天Suiten
氷牙Hiyouka
十騎jitsuki
十騎・煉・騎珀 jitsuki ren kihaku
蘭香 ranga
颯花soukaバルウェムル Baruwemuru珀天 hakuten
磨白 mashiro
花櫻 Kaou
磨地 machi
化抄 kashou
奇玉Kigyoku
炎天 enten
真朱 shinshu
Planet TERA resembled the Earth. but it was considered a holy land and living on it was prohibited. its natural environment was ideally controlled by artifacts around the planet and so it was every bit as beautiful as one would expect from a Holy Land.
The only artificial building there was a large conference hall where the Renza Federation allies gathered on the smallest continent. Moreover, the facility was built underground so it couldn't be seen from above.
only facility management staff were stationed there, and it was impossible for the staff to go out. the councilors and attendants of each country came there by transfer gate from the outer satellites.
there were five Transfer gates, and trustees and officials came and went using the gate for the state to which they belonged. they wore robes dyed in the color of each of the five families,
the hall lead towards a huge cylindrical conference center.
There were 50,000 councilors for each country. The seats were divided into honeycomb blocks. And each appeared from a short-distance transfer gate, the attendants prepared their materials and refreshments, and gathered to chat with each other after preparing for the meeting
"Can we get this over with... I'm tired of waiting for this farce of meeting to being."
prince Sansui namwaroru suirei, the 3rd prince of the green spirit (suirei) kingdom said as he drank a drink made by mixing fruit liquor with carbonated water.
Two monitors came up beside him.
"it's your duty as a councilor. You should be honored to come here. "
prince rotsuka akeno kasen, the 6th prince of the Fire springs (kasen) kingdom said with a serious look.
"Yes but we already know what will happen so i understand his feelings..."
---------left is rotuska,Center is sansui, left is jitsuki is behind him-------
The young man on the other monitor was jitsuki ren kihaku, the 10th Prince of the Crown Prince Kingdom of the amber cavalry nation ( kihahu)
Each had the distinctive appearance of their country.
They heard a sound similar to a bell.
Cling !Clang!
"It is time for the puppets to do their dance."
almost 10 people in gorgeous robes came out and got on 5 pedestals in the middle of the room. they were the current governmental leaders and their candidates for succession.
"Well then let this kangaroo court of a meeting begin"
Sansui said. he stood up and the other councilors all stood up with him they headed to each pedestal and corrected their posture.
Then DOOON! a big the taiko drum sounded. everyone bowed to the pedestal.
"in the name of the top five councilors we declare this meeting of the Great Council of the Renza Federation shall be started " the chairpersons said. everyone sat down.
"Well ... ... what's on the agenda this time" said an elderly man with green hair, he was the King of the Green spirit Kingdom Suiten Hyouka Suire.
---Suiren's father-----
"We have no choice but to talk about the obvious matter at hand."
The Kaou representative, Ranga Baruwemuru souka said remarking on the situation with seina.
She was somewhat different from the rest of the people, her ears where red leafs and her toes looked like twigs, she had half a fairy like figure.
"yes I suppose you're right" the king of the fire spring nation , hakuten mashiro Kasen said.
--------karen's dad-----
"There's nothing to talk about, ZINV is clearly a godly knight and is clearly the founder of our humanoids... he belongs to us regardless of who found him and must be turned over " machi kashou Kigyoku said. unlike the other's he was merely a stand in until Gyokuren took her position.
"Now... what about matter of the applications for abandonment inheritance rights?"
"Well I know I would personally love for that petty little witch queen to take your place, but i can see why you would be against that kigyouku Ahahahaha!"
Enten shinshu kasen a man with brown skin and bright red hair next to the king said.
"What a crude name... Is that your nations official way of talking about our future queen?"
"I am simply trying to praise you, you're doing such a great job! But the rest of us want our daughters welcomed back as heroes."
"Yes I agree...now let's get back to the subject at hand"The others nodded
"the ship will be held onto by the Kaou nation, it's crew will be assigned to two people from each nation." A big applause echoed in approval.
(Geeze this is such a farce) Sansui thought.
---------I am very unsure about this section... It translated poorly in google even with the names fixed and honestly It's just a big mess sanui seems to be saying it's a farce because none of the representatives actually get to do anything but watch while the kings and their successors decide shit among themselves so it's a sham government. ---------
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"Welcome Seina Yamada "
For Seina who was accustomed to the luxurious hotel on Recepushi this new place he was brought to was narrow and shabby. it had no decor anywhere and seemed like a behind the stage area.
a giant man who seemed like he could be a professional wrestler stood up from a desk of a simple but heavy construction . His presence also made the room even smaller feeling. This was an office, but it felt like a waiting room. Of course an office needs no such decorations to be functional but it was clear from this room that the way the racepshi's budgeted on decor for guests was very different from how they budgeted for their selves.
"Seina, this is my father the general manager of Recepshi"
"Hello I am Ekushito · Rasepshi".
"Hello, I am Seina Yamada." they shook hands. it felt like seina was having his hand grasped by a strong baseball glove.
"please sit. get comfy."
there was a simple sofa and that was basically it. Although it seemed that the whole wall was a monitor.
"I'm sorry I know this room is a bit small"
"oh, no, I like it. it's calming."
"I'll comeback for you when this is over. Maya put tea in front of the two, bowed and left.
"I'm glad you came seina ... I want to talk a bit."
"uhm ok ... ...."
Even though Seina was being handled as a guest, he was not sure why the general manager of the planetary scale facility would take the time to talk to him.
"Have had sex with my daughter Maya yet?"
"Pffffffffffffffftttt.... What!"
seina spit out his tea
"Hmmm ... so you haven't ... well that's alright... she's still pretty young, perhaps you prefer a seasoned woman? there's no rush... take your time."
"... .... I just got married!"
"yes and now that you have those four women, it's time to think about the next candidates ... I heard your hometown of Earth was monogamous, but as your aware by now thing's are different up here in space. "
"Even so, I'm not about to have an affair or start such a relationship ...... I can't believe you'd encourage me to. You're her father ... ..."
"yes but our mission is to curate the finest genetic and cultural heritage."
"curate what now?"
"Through Seto, we have been given much of your cultural information. Like other planets it seems that political marriage was also once done on the earth to maintain power."
"That's true... .... but that was only in special cases"
"and you're not a special case?, and I thought you'd be more aware then that..."
"... ... Haha... well I guess your right"
"Marriage Strengthens the power structure. In our case, it's the difference between creating dancers with great talents or incompetent one ...... I won't refuse, but won't force you to do anything either. just be conscious of it, we expect any offspring you may have with our family to be prepared to become dance princess. learning the skills and the training and giving them to a successor is the duties all dance princess must uphold. "
"Even so, I'm a bit clumsy... and, even if I did think about it, I don't think my descendants would have any artistic talent ... ...."
"Are you kidding your biased probability is wonderful qualification and should lead to a mind perfect for it..., and if you don't like Maya, you can have her other sisters, or even Makihi would you like that? "
"What ?! Isn't Makihi is your wife!?"
"Makihi has nine children, but only two of them were conceived with with me"
"……eh?" Seina had been in space for a few years now, he knew that ethics here were different from on Earth, but he had never heard of such an extreme example like this so far.
"I and Makihi think that it is easier to express ourselves as comrades, partners, rather than as a married couple, moreover we're best friends."
"that is an odd concept for me to consider."
"well you should start... do you think you will be able to stay in your cultural bubble forever?"
"eh?"
"I hope you don't mind me rambling but i think what i have to say may be of use to someone in your position"
"huh ... ...?"
" culture is a special thing that can only be created by existential people with advanced intelligence, but it is also a mirror of those people in a sense. The main desires of those people, their appetite, there Libido ...... there are all sorts of combinations you can achieve with those factors and as such there are all kinds of diverse cultures. "
"I agree"
" well just like how cooking methods and food ingredients and seasonings preferences vary in the galaxy, there are There are also a tremendous numbers of types of sexual norms. However, your appetite is for your own survival, for you libido is only for maintaining the species and the results it yields, and so you don't see that there is so much more it can lead to then that..
"But what's the point?"
From the point of view of survival and population maintenance, it was just a waste of time and resources.
"well for one thing it is a very useful tool for suppressing conflict. thanks to you Seina, I got a pretty rare glimpse at a planets initial culture, but on the other hand, I had to read about how various cultural foundations were destroyed by each other. "
"some times cultural destruction can be good ... ... what about pirates?"
"Da Ruma, and Tarrant Shank's cultures are completely valid cultures as well."
"Tarrant's culture being valid !? how can you even call what he does a culture?" seina got unusually mad in tone. Ekushito remained calm
"I don't pretend to understand it or think it's valid for me, it's out of my personal preference, but it's certain that it was valid for someone, the only person who probably understands it is Tarrant himself"
"What about those who died because of him?"
" culture and expression are inherently wasteful endeavors, things are accepted and rejected as they evolve.When you refuse to do more then the minimum necessary to live, it can easily mean death, but, there is also no need for wasteful things and luxurious things, and therefore, people's way of thinking about culture is diverse, but respecting the culture that is there is important, and it's our mission on racepshi is to maintain those cultures, so we don't reject any culture. "
"Nevertheless ... I have no regrets about catching Tarrant nor crushing the daruma guild."
"well if that was your choice Seina, I will not deny the validity of that idea, but can it be said that it was really your choice?"
"Huh?"
"In the first place, the fight against pirates wasn't started by your will now was it Seina? Seto kamiki Jurai-sama saw your abilities and decided to use you, and so did Ms. Airi Masaki, and Mikami Kuramitsu ... ...and they instilled their values and mores in you, In other words, you are like their tool ... No ......? do you ever decide your ship's route? Do you ever have a choice in what you do? Do you ever exercise your own will? "
"...... that's true that I don't, But i chose the possibility of doing what they told me . It was better than any other option i had before that."
he felt he had only one single path to take until he met with Amane, and it was probably a path with a very bad ending.
"But nothing is done because of your decision, ZINV, Kamidake, the ladies who are around you, their influence on you is too strong, it is unusual for individuals to have all the say in things, but you are completely guided by others. "
Seina's thought about it... it was even because of Hakuren's idea that he was there getting this speech first place.
"Of course, initially even though you had no power in your choices the choices made for you were mostly in your favor, but now it's not."
"That's true, but ... ...." That was what Kuisu had also been trying to tell him.
But honestly Seina hadn't yet thought about it any further yet.
"Even if you choose not do anything about it in the immediate future, I think that it's about time you think about it, especially because Renza is far more chaotic than the Galactic Federation, Hakuren could easily get you wrapped up in warfare. "
"But I have no basis on which to judge what she's doing."
"then here's a question for you, how do you gather information and make your own judgments?"
"What do you want me to do Ekushito?"
"Wow... geeze... ... this is the prime example of the evil effects of the GP..."
"Evil effects?"
"GP is a passive organization dealing with incidents as they happen.
Of course there are positive aspects in crime prevention, but that's generalized towards crime, it's not versatile.for someone like you Seina, who is going to be wrapped up in political situations, you need to learn to exercise good judgment, so what should you first do is judge yourself find your own purpose and keep it in mind ... I'm telling you this because my family collects cultures, I want to preserve their diversity. Even though you think other cultures might be incompatible I want you to see that there may be ways that they are. "
"I guess your right"
"Your still young, so i understand that you are still pretty quick to think that differences can be immediately rejected even those of your enemies, but you should learn to be more flexible and open to discussion, it can clear up things which are cloudy... and It it's also important to have fun."
"... ... I will try, but it will take time"
"Seina, in your case you are going to find that there are often problems were there is not that time you speak of. oh but you know... There is one thing you can do right now..."
"what is that?"
"I would like you to have sex with Maya"
"............"
"Or one of my other daughters or Makihi..... for the first time, I recommend Makihi."
"No, I'm still married, having relationships with other people ..."
"There is a phrase"Eating a cold meal is a man's shame." Anyways, whatever you do, you should negotiate it with your wives. "
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It was three hours later that the result of that meeting was conveyed to Kiriko.
Once again they gathered on the veranda while listening to Makihi, Fuku and Acha stayed in the living room as usual and enjoyed playing. D was eating curry on the terrace. she was only eating a small plate but the smell of drifting curry overpowered the smell of the tea they were drinking.
"so there making an anti-pirate unit incorporating Seina?"
"I can't say I'm surprised that's the same thing that happened with the GP"
"And unfortunately their position on the matter is not that strong, so we begin to operate in the form of a small experimental unit. the Kaou nation seems to be in charge of providing equipment for it."
They watched as renza sent a lot of their humanoids to the area around the ship.
"I know there here to make sure pirates don't try and attack the ship but it seems like they are just setting it up so they can capture seina and take zinv for themselves if things get bad or take it by force if we don't hand it over." neiju said
"well if that happens then we will storm them and get him back"
" as the owner of racepshi i can't let you do that I can't allow you to take any action that will disrupt the peace of my customers" Makihi said
"but you facilitate a ton of things that do just that!"
"Wow ... ... for an Entertainment Planet, Recepushi is a powder keg and it won't be amusing when it explodes."
"luckily this is a place where fire is prohibited ......... Still, I'd like to ask serious approval on what my husband discussed with Seina." Makihi said putting gasoline on the fire
"Seina is not a stallion!"
"Didn't you just undergo a political marriage, I don't think that argument works. Besides, which one of you is going to go first. Is it going to you Kiriko how about you miki?
"What about tsukiko"
"Hey! how did my mother's name get dragged into this?"
"I know I'd like to."
"Amane!"
"Miki, why did you go bringing up tsukiko."
makihi watched them bicker... "ahahaha how entertaining...... Either way, it's dangerous to leave things in this state. you shouldn't prolong this."
"I personally think the situation with Fuku-chan being separated from him is more problematic than us now isn't it?"
"If this keeps up long enough we will have to deal with Fuku-sama and Acha-sama being anxious."
" it could be dangerous to keep her from seeing Seina for too long."
she could get anxious and take the kamidake out to see him causing a riot.
"miki would you be able to do anything about that if it happened?"
"Sorry, but Miki-sama, Kirche-sama , and D aren't allowed to transform into cabbits here."
Makihi said
Miki tried to do it but only ended up wrinkling her eyebrows.
"Ah, I can not transform! Hey, how about you Kirche? "
"I can't transform either"
"But how !?"
"its an inhibition code that Washu-sama coded in. Please rest assured that when you are at Recepushi, the inhibition code will be active."
"Grrr!" Miki was upset
"then ... is there's an inhibitor for Fuku, maybe washu can lock down Kamidake's functions?"
"Hey Miki, Kirche, do you think can you stop the ship if she tries to move it What is the extent of the inhibition code?"
"uhm... lets see..... ... ... ... I think we may be able to manage it somehow."
"Fuku-chan is still young, so I think if all three of us try we can prevent it,"
"well if that happens, please do that." Kiriko looked at Makihi
"And ... just to be safe, we can't approve of relations between you and Seina ... but ..." Kiriko stopped to glance at Amane.
"About things with Maya, I'll leave it up to Seina."
Amane nodded to agree
"I am aware that things with Maya are not going to be hurried either and I won't not force them but thank you."
"Is that so"Kiriko watched a monitor with the scenery outside. The extraordinary number of mechs sent by renza made her realize how serious the discovery of ZINV was to renza. Kiriko accepted then that The situation of seto assigning women to Seina would continue to increase.
"... When is Hakuren's experimental unit scheduled to start operation? since Recepushi is remaining neutral, will we have to move out even though it's her experiment?"
Kiriko thought that if Recepushi would maintain neutrality, it wouldn't be possible to house them there. once the deterrence units left Recepushi, Seina would definitely be out of her reach. not forever of course but she didn't want to wait.
"don't worry. The base of operations will be here on Recepushi"
" but you're neutral ... ...."
"Battle in Recepushi and similar acts are forbidden, but there is nothing wrong with using the ship as a base. many hostages are housed here and many organizations hostile to each other, It is not uncommon to have a rooms in the ship used as an office, in the past pirates may have used some as a their base."
"so can we also do other political activities here?"
"As long as there is no conflict with the restrictions, of course the spaces available for rent are limited and the rent is also quite expensive so it is difficult to use as a base unless it's paid for by someone with a national level budget."
if the situation escalated the operation might go full-scale, then it would necessary to move the base from Recepushi, so there was no reason to put it here longer.
"In any case I don't think we will need to rent for that long."
"oh ... ... How long will we have to stay here? Seto-sama told me it might be for a while, but I don't want to be here forever ..." Kirche and Kiriko nodded.
"if you're going to be here long enough we will see about lowering the rates, but we will get the estimates to you as soon as we can."
When Kiriko became part of the royal family of Jurai, she got her own planet as a territory, and part of the tax revenue from it became hers to live off of. personally she had her own national budget of a major country on earth. And Amane, Ryoko, Neeju also had sufficient budgets, but spending money frivolously was something they all wanted to avoid.
"maybe we can just use the kamidake as a base, its nice a big in there."
Miki said happily.
"Even so, the cost of anchoring your ship will be necessary, and considering the future expansion of activities, you still might need a base in Recepushi" the Kamidake itself was a top secret. so they wouldn't be able to bring outside people to it.
"Do not worry, this place you're in is being permanently paid for by seto"
"Does it include meals?"
"and toiletries?"
"Of course, we even have outfits for rent that are in the budget. "
"I'm happy about that but it's a poor consolation prize from that old hag......"
"Like ryoko said, I'm glad were living well but I'm upset I have to be away my beloved husband, the luxury just seems empty without him doesn't it?"
"Oh Neeju-sama, that reminds me.... i got a message from seto to give you..." Because the wedding was stopped in the middle of the ceremony, you are not married yet.
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!"
Everyone said suddenly realizing that was true
They would only officially be recognized as married after their oaths were read and no objections were made.
"... ... Then that also means we haven't been announced as fuku's backup." D said with a firm tone as usual.
"............ "
" ............ "
"Boy ... ... that old hag sure has gotten us into a bind."
"if we can't pilot the Kamidake outside we should consider camouflaging mizuki and using it."
mizuki had no proper exterior of it's own yet yet. and when linking with the Kamidakeit it would get in the way if it wasn't specially designed not to, so a special one was still in development while it remained mounted in the Kamidake.
"no! that's too much trouble!" Miki said frustrated
"hmm the kamidake is a small ship... we can always just place it inside of a large shipping vessel and fly it around that way... "
"............" Unusually Makihi ignored Miki
She remained silent
And Neiju who was watching her quickly realized something and had a bitter smile.
"shit..."
"What's wrong?"
"Although they're very similar in character, this is still a huge difference between their experience levels and positions"
"Is that a bad thing!" miki said
"Don't get angry. I didn't mean anything bad by it Your proposal is the simplest and quickest as a solution, even Recepushi has nothing to say against it... now do they. "
"... ... if that is what you wish to do... then as an official of Recepushi, I will not be able to refuse that request." Mr. Makihi replied to Neeju's question.
""eheeheheheheh Really? Really!? "" everyone except Neeju was amazed and stared at Makihi.
"I am only one of the officers and not have the full authority of Recepushi to say so, but I know that Seina was brought here against his own will, if there if i receive a formal return request from Kiriko, and you have the ability to safely do so without causing a panic, I must allow it. "
"so you were quiet on purpose,"
"Makihi you communicate just like that old hag does"
"Oh really?"Makihi smiled
" you have to think about what you can do for seina on your own while you're here, as seto said you're going to be here for a while."
"so in a way we are being tested on what we can do?... and here i was expecting that everything would be happily every after the wedding..." said Neiju
"Well then I think it's best then that I leave the decision making to my more experienced sister and her team ...." Miki turning to check from confirmation from Kirche. Kirche nodded D stopped eating curry for a moment to nod then resumed eating immediately after a glancing at Miki.
Amane ryoko and neiju nodded in conformation.
"roger that" Kiriko nodded and turned face to Makihi.
"Ok then, Since it seems that a suitable conclusion has been reached, I will I will issue a transfer key code to this place, please use it to go back and forth between the Kamidake and this place"
Makihi bowed and left.
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Kanji
翠霊 Suirei
三翠 sansui
ナムワロール namuwarōru六 火rotsuka
緋乃 akeno
火泉 Kasen
翠天Suiten
氷牙Hiyouka
十騎jitsuki
十騎・煉・騎珀 jitsuki ren kihaku
蘭香 ranga
颯花soukaバルウェムル Baruwemuru珀天 hakuten
磨白 mashiro
花櫻 Kaou
磨地 machi
化抄 kashou
奇玉Kigyoku
炎天 enten
真朱 shinshu