I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary

Chapter 571 「No」「Boo!」

「Um... are you sure

this is okay?」

「It’s fine. I’ll bill the expenses to the Imperial Household later, so you can think of it as practically a grant from them.」

「No, that almost makes it worse

... Wait, you’re really going to bill them? The Imperial Household?」

「Of course I am.」

Isolde hugged the newly made sword to her chest, wearing an extremely complicated expression.

Happy, but also overwhelmed, and also at a total loss—like a bunch of emotions got tossed in a blender.

Still, Isolde says the strangest things. The Imperial Household selfishly forced this on us, so of course I’m billing them for the costs. Huh? What about the ship I got for Serena from them? Doesn’t it count as payment? That’s that, this is this. Different matter. Nobody told me ‘We gave you a ship, so you owe us favors’, either.

「Next we’ll need four personal shields, and merc-grade armor too. The official stuff