What Do You Mean I'm The Captain Of A Yandere Mercenary Company?

Chapter 93: Itʼs Normal To Celebrate After A Successful Raid

Right now weʼre in a bar where most of the Mercs that had participated in the pirate raid had gathered for a celebratory drink. Apparently this was arranged by some Mercenary team who invited all of us to gather to celebrate.

Since Samson told us he was going, we saw no reason to decline the invitation and went to the location as well.

Iʼve already received several cheers and claps on the back from several Mercs that passed by and at least six of them had offered to buy me drinks.

There were more of them who wanted to approach me but Amber slammed the table angrily and told them to stop disturbing us and sent them away.

Then she went right back to drinking her beer except she now had her arm wrapped around mine while she was drinking.

Samson took care not to comment on it and just continued on like nothing unusual was going on.

”Iʼll admit… You really are crazy, Tera. Iʼm surprised you even survived this long,” Samson sighed, knocking back his beer and taking several swigs from it.

I shrugged, ”I dunno, just luck I guess.”

”Hell, lady… Your luck must be incredible then, to be able to pull all this shit off with all your limbs intact.”

I was about to say something when another Merc came to our table with a bottle of beer in his hands.

Amber reacted immediately and started hissing at him, literally.

The Merc raised his hands in a placating gesture, ”Woah, woah… Relax. Iʼm not getting her anything, just wanted to express my thanks. You might not have done it specifically for me but I just want to make a toast to you.”

I was a little confused but I raised my own bottle to him which he clinked his against before taking a swig out of it.

The Merc then left after thanking me again and walking off without even introducing himself.

Amber finally calmed down after he left and Iʼm pretty sure sheʼs drunk right now because sheʼs usually not this clingy.

I suppose I should see it as a blessing that she wasnʼt chasing Samson away at least.

Speaking of him, the Merc in question was looking at me with amusement while he sipped his beer.

I gave him a look, ”I donʼt get it, why are they treating me like I did them a favour?”

Samson raised an eyebrow, ”Really? Wait, you donʼt know?”

”Know what?”

”Just how much impact you made of course.”

I gave him a look that told him I most certainly do not know what he was talking about.

He set his beer down, ”Tera… Do you have any idea what would have happened if you had not suggested that plan?”

”Err… I guess we wouldnʼt have been able to defeat all the pirates in one go?”

He shook his head, ”Thatʼs one but not the main reason Iʼm looking for. One thing you need to know, Tera, is that as Mercs--”

”The only people you can really count on is yourself and maybe your crew,” Amber cut in.

She sat up but still left her arm on mine and turned to face me, her face suddenly serious.

Samson gave her a look and said nothing about her interruption but continued, ”Thatʼs right. As Mercs, we may enjoy the freedom that soldiers donʼt get, but you are pretty much alone out there and death can come to you without any warning.”

I raised an eyebrow, ”What does that have to do with this?”

He took another sip of his beer and placed it down slowly, ”Tera… It is not an exaggeration to say that a lot of the people in this room are here today and not floating out in space is because of you.”

”Me? But all I did was suggest some stupid plan though? The real MVPs are the military who completely wrecked the pirate battlecruiser, isnʼt it?”

Samson rolled his eyes, ”Yeah, sure. And who was the one who made it even possible in the first place? You of course. If you hadnʼt come up with a plan like this, we would have been sent straight towards the pirates and engaged with them to get their attention before the battleship could get into position. Iʼm going to guess that half of us would be shot down before that even happened.

These guys know that too, thatʼs why they are grateful to you.”

Amber hugged me to her, ”Hmph… They can be grateful from a distance. No need to come all the way here and disturb us.”

I patted her head, ”Ok, I think you drank enough for one day. Iʼm taking this away now.”

”Noooo… Come on, Tera… Just a little bit… I worked hard during the fight!”

”Mmhmm… If youʼre going back to sleep with me tonight, I donʼt want you in a drunken mess and throwing up on my shipʼs floor. If youʼre going to do that, Iʼm not letting you sleep with me tonight.”