Chapter 500 – Rewards
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“This can’t be happening! What, what is this? How did this happen?”
Alcyone was astonished by the success of the Mongoose team’s mission three times in a row.
At first, it was a gingaminga.
The second is doubtful.
The third is.
“What… I’m scared. Joanna, how big of an accident are you trying to cause?!”
It has reached the stage of denying reality.
Of course, Rebellion viewed the abilities of the Mongoose team as very insignificant, so the mission difficulty itself was easy.
However, the success of the successive missions was encouraging to the Mongoose team, which had repeatedly failed even in easy tasks.
I thought that the Mongoose team… No, Joanna would be able to handle any mission she was given without any problems.
That’s right.
Joanna has changed.
It was no exaggeration to say that I had awakened.
“Hehe… Operator Alcyone. You have nothing to worry about now. I have been reborn, so I will not disappoint the team anymore.”
Unlike before, her face was overflowing with confidence and was shining.
It was natural since I was given a lot of nutritional supplements.
“What’s new? What’s with that sad face? I don’t believe it! Who knows if they’ll fuck us up next?”
Alcyone’s distrust of Joanna was deep. But that was a problem that only time could solve.
“Joanna! Congratulations!”
“Hehe… Thank you, Agent Lynette.”
Unlike Alcyone, Lynette obediently congratulated Joanna on her growth.
“What is it, team leader, why are you looking at me like that! Am I strange? Anyone can see that you are strange. Considering what Joanna has done so far, isn’t this level of suspicion natural?”
Actually, Lynette was overly nice.
In the meantime, I didn’t say anything displeasing even once about Joanna’s terrible troll behavior.
“Alcyone. I understand that you don’t trust me. I will continue to prove this so that I can gain your trust.”
“Hmph! Okay, let’s wait and see.”
Joanna gives me a quick look.
She has a passionate gaze, full of anticipation for something that only I can know.
I smiled happily at Joanna and nodded her head quietly.
Joanna’s face brightens.
I think I will have to put in some effort today to reward Joanna. As she thinks about giving her reward, the blood rushes to her stomach.
“What is it… Team leader? That eerie smile.”
“It’s because I’m happy that I succeeded in the mission. How about having a dinner party to celebrate the success of three missions in a row?”
“… A company dinner?”
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We decided to have an after-party to celebrate the success of our third consecutive mission.
Celebrating the success of three consecutive missions was just a matter of putting it on.
Whether it’s your first success or your second success in a row, the meaning just depends on how you put it.
Like the 1st or 22nd anniversary celebrations.
The place we decided to have the company dinner… Was like the fine dining of the Earth.
It was such an extravagant dinner party that even Alcyone, who always grumbled, had no choice but to participate.
The demons’ food wasn’t my taste… But the demons’ food suited my taste as an Earthling quite well.
This was also because the food of the demons had many similarities to that of Earth.
“Just because we succeeded in such a lousy mission, our team is probably the only one who has such a luxurious dinner party.”
“Team leader, is this… Okay?”
Does Lynette not believe that a scrappy team like us can have such a luxurious dinner?
“It’s okay. This guy is the one shooting. There’s no way Rebellion would treat us like this, right?”
“Huh? Bark is the one shooting?”
As Alcyone said, Rebellion did not pay us for the dinner.
Why would you pay for a dinner just because it’s pretty?
Of course it was my own money.
Lynette looked sorry that I had bought such an expensive dinner. If I were to ask, I think I would at least contribute some money.
“It’s okay. We didn’t ask to buy it, but he said he would buy it himself… Lynette, at times like this, he’s just having fun.”
“Okay, Lynette. Don’t worry, just eat.”
“Okay, thank you.”
“I’ll eat well! Captain!”
We continued eating in a nice atmosphere. Now, I feel like the team atmosphere has become brighter.
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A vehicle with a smooth body came and stopped in front.
“I’ll take you home, is there anyone who wants to ride with you?”
“Please, sir.”
Joanna’s actions were already promised actions.
At Rebellion’s secret base, there was not enough time, so she decided to go to her house for the first time and give her a proper reward.
“Well, I’ll go separately. I’m sorry.”
“There’s nothing to be sorry about.”
Lynette refused as usual.
However, Alcyone, who had always refused, asked me to take her to see what was wrong.
Since I’m not driving her, I don’t have to feel tired driving her.
There is an amazing technology called fully autonomous driving.
However, I don’t like the uninvited guest who intrudes on a situation where I was planning on having a good time with Joanna.
It is also strange that Joanna gives a ride, but Alcyone says no.
“What, you don’t want to take me there?”
Alcyone seemed to have read my shocked expression and asked me sharply.
“Of course… No.”
“… You’re taking me to my house first? Isn’t Joanna’s house closer?”
Do you know where Joanna’s house is?
They didn’t seem that close.
“… Joanna said she was sorry for the accident and told me to take you there first.”
“It’s just as the captain said.”
“… Really?”
Alcyone looked suspicious, but he didn’t say anything else.
We delivered Alcyone safely and headed to Joanna’s house.
Joanna lived in a neat mansion outside of her city center.
“It’s shabby, but please come in. This is my house.”
It was a house that was not that small and suitable for living alone.
But before we had time to look around the house, we were stuck together and sucked each other’s lips.
-Jjueup… Chuk… Chuk…
Clothes fall to the floor one by one.
Joanna and I wandered around the house all night, lusting after each other’s bodies non-stop like animals.
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I woke up in the morning in Joanna’s bed.
I couldn’t see her.
It felt like I was washing in the bathroom.
He must have been tired, but he was very diligent.
Perhaps because it was morning, I could see the alter ego radiating his presence eagerly.
I tasted her again and headed into her bathroom where she was washing up. Then I saw a photo in a small frame on top of the cabinet.
It was a picture of Joanna and a man in military uniform standing next to her.
He was a man with a cold appearance.
What’s unusual is that it has pointed ears.
But it was a familiar face.
‘I think I saw it somewhere…’
〈 Isn’t it Martin? 〉
Before I could even remember, Cosmos gave me the answer.
Martin was a demon who gave me a space battleship and negotiated a truce in the Great Demon War.
‘Could this guy be Joanna’s boyfriend?’
“This is my father.”
Joanna, who came out of the bathroom after washing up, said to me while I was looking at the photo.
None of the demons look like old people.
They all look so young that it is impossible to guess their age, so misunderstandings like this are inevitable.
Martin is Joanna’s father…
I slept with his daughter.
Martin… If you know this, you might roll your eyes…
“How is your relationship with your father?”
“Well, that is…”
Looking at Joanna’s expression, it wasn’t very good.
It was fortunate.
If Martin cherished his daughter, there was a high possibility that his relationship with me would be discovered.
I haven’t found Helena either, so she shouldn’t discover my identity just yet.
It seemed like there was a need to be a little careful.
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The four executives leading Rebellion were having an important meeting. Because we were both busy, we couldn’t meet in person this time, so the meeting was held through a virtual screen.
Cloud and Claire mainly spoke, and Kaura and Hermann listened.
Not only was Rebellion created around Cloud and Claire, but it was also because the two were pouring everything into Rebellion’s activities.
Kaura and Herman were close to Rebellion’s strong supporters who had separate businesses.
Most of Rebellion’s plans were made by Claire, and Cloud has mainly been on the scene and rescued Pantheraine.
Rebellion was now preparing for a large-scale Pantheraine rescue operation.
A huge Panthera slave auction is held in Farmeri.
I was planning to raid that place.
It was something I had been preparing for quite a long time.
But it wasn’t easy.
This is because it was obvious that there would be a significant security force.
Although Rebellion had been steadily increasing its size, rescuing Panthera from a slave auction gathered by the upper class was still a burden.
『Are you including the Mongoose team as well? You seem to be in good spirits these days?』
The story of the Mongoose team came out from Hermann’s mouth.
『Isn’t it a strange mission to fail considering the momentum is good?』
Claire responded as if she was dumbfounded.
『I guess Joanna was amazing. She made such an easy mission such a failure.』
Joanna’s extreme foolishness was famous even among them.
『Still, I thought she would want to change team members… Seeing as she is trying to lead the way somehow, isn’t she a pretty trustworthy person?』
『It’s trustworthy… It looks like Team Leader Bark has been going in and out of Joanna’s house. Can a person who commits an affair be considered trustworthy?』
Cloud doesn’t seem to like Claire’s evaluation of Bark.
Hermann opened his mouth with a mischievous smile.
『Still, you made Joanna at least somewhat useful. Does this mean she is the power of love?』
『What is the power of love…』
Kaura snorts.
She informed the team members who would be working with Bark that he was a married man with a family.
Even though Bark had a wife, he was not a person who was reluctant to have relationships with other women.
It was a measure to prevent women from becoming deeply involved with him and being hurt by finding out later that he was a married man.
But even when I knew that, I couldn’t intervene in the developed relationship.
It was clearly an area of private life.
Unless it was a crime, Rebellion did not touch the private lives of her organization members.
