Vol 1 Chapter 1 (1/2)
In the year 2120 AD, human explorers on Mars discovered a specimen of a silicon-based alien species, called the Letix
The coated itself around the outer space; growing by absorbing energy froly, that existence didn’t only exist in the 3rd dimension For the first time in the history of anism that existed outside the third dimension
By analysing this Letix, the hu As a result, humans were able to escape Earth and expand not only within their own solar system, but to the far reaches of the entire universe
Even with the inforathered from the Letix, it still took huy and capacity necessary for hyperspace travel
With the Earth year 2200 AD as its start, a new intergalactic poas born, as the human race set out to explore the every corner of the known universe
However, huical advances and good fortunes: a hostile assembly of Letix started to censor the human race and its advanceed a war against these Letix
This infor broadcasted on the public network, was projected onto ram projector while it was in hibernation
I wonder if kids these days sleep in class Why did they broadcast such basic and trivial infor those lines, I stretched out my arms
“My body feels so stiff after the cold-sleep since I haven’t had one in a while”
I pulled myself up from the cold-sleep purposed bed Normal people would suffer instant death as soon as they are put to a cold-sleep, but since I had spaceonly slightly drowsy
“Haa, why do I still feel sleepy after a cold-sleep?”
I looked at the olian and half Caucasian youth who appeared to be 17 years old with light brown hair and black eyes
I feel like I’ve lost quite a bit of muscle since I’ve been sustained on fluids while I was asleep, but I guess I’m mistaken
I tensed up my muscles, like how the male ancestors would’ve done in the past, to check my body
“Hmm, it’s a bit cold”
Just why did they use a rash guard as the standard attire for cold sleep? It’s cold
Co, I headed towards ures on the display next to the cold-sleep bed as I walked by
Seventh of April, space Year 189 9:30 AM Federation Standard
“What? space Year 189?”
The year I fell asleep was… hmm, I can’t remember clearly because I’ve been frozen too it number
That’s right, it was the year 69 The year 69 which was still crystal clear in my head because various reasons (a nuht?) Then that means that I’ve been in cold-sleep for 120 years
“Ha… these guys It’s not funny Not funny at all”
I ignored the hologram display next to the cold sleep bed and approached the cabinet
“Vice Ader—1st space Marines and Commander of Dawn Corps Deactivate hibernation!”
The cabinet that was programmed to react to my voice played an electronic beep but then displayed a red error screen shortly after
Huh? Was it broken?
Now that I looked around the place, it really did look like 120 years had passed with all the collected dust on the interior They sure worked hard for this prank
“So, these guys think that they can play a prank on me since I’ve been nice to theain? Hey! Hurry up and co to so around naked now, can I?”
Even when I kept sending signals via the private channel of Dawn Corps, no-one appeared
Huh? Don’t tell
But there’s no way the First space Marines can be wiped out so quickly So
Suspecting sorabbed the cabinet and pulled it open by force
“Huh?”
The cabinet door opened without ly, there was a plank of plywood behind it
Feeling rushed, I put on so over my cold-sleep attire and opened the plywood up When I did, a dark, storage like place with heaps of randoht
“What? What’s going on?”
I didn’t knoas going on I tried to open the actual door of the hibernation chae
“damn it It… doesn’t see for the last 120 years?”
I was starting to feel nervous, but I couldn’t start panicking now Surprising people who just awoke from a cold-sleep with ‘You’ve been asleep for the last millennia~’ was a common prank to play
It would be a pain if so appearance and recorded it The navy recruits these days , because they loved pranksheld in detention
I can’t be fooled by these things
I decided to escape through the storage space for now
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[Congratulations on being admitted into the space Federal Military Forces This planet Epiece—2 is under the direct control of the space Federation For those who are interested in joining the Federal Military Forces, please visit the Recruits Office]
[In space, there are numerous illnesses that all of you never would’ve faced before If anyone feels ill, please report to the Infirmary]
[The planet Epiece—2 has a gravity of 10345 coet accustomed to, so please use an assistant robot for help if you are coravity level]
The fe played over the speakers sounded a lot like instructions being given out at a station for the travellers No, the place that I actually exited after se area in a station
What’s going on? It doesn’t seem to be a joke at all
I earing the rash guard, which was nothing more than just a swim suit and supposedly the cold-sleep attire
If they did this as a joke, even a good natured person like myself wouldn’t be able to overlook this How dare they let the co nothing but a swim suit?
This was going to be a hot topic to discuss throughout the whole Federation Doing soh cri a senior officer Hence, this was not
“H-Hey, you What did you do with your shoes?”
“Were you robbed?”
Men wearing yellow uniforms, presumably station workers, approached and inspected me
I ignored thes But I obviously didn’t have any pockets while being nearly naked, so the only thing that I could grab onto was the dog tag hanging around my neck
“Dog tag… that’s it, I have !”
Although ital and we didn’t require any physical ID, the dog tags were kept in order to retain the customs back on Earth
I held onto azes were directed at h the station barefoot and in nothing but rash guard
I could see the sun of the Epiece syste
The criaps of solar panels was the proof that this solar syste to be sustained for another 200,000,000 years So that hy the space Federation chose to settle on the Epiece solar system and use Epiece—2 as its military planet
Everyone from the space Federation and recruits from other planetsrushed in to the Epeice—2 station And all of them stared at me
To think that I, the hero of the space Federation Wars and the Co watched as I walked in near-naked attire, was e
Then suddenly security guards ere holding rifles stopped me in my tracks
“You! Stop there! Identify yourself!”
“Ehh?”
“Don’t’ move!”
Saying that, they sent a small exploration robot towards me
The exploration bot was shaped like a trilobite that went extinct on Earth a long, long tio and it floated towards me
There was a playful drawing of a black eye on its back in a a-like fashi+on, but it wasn’t cute at all! I didn’t like the fact that it was approachingby the set manual, so I couldn’t really blame them
The robot inspected various parts of my body for any space virus or contamination as I held my hands up in the air as instructed
[Status: Normal]
“Why are you walking around in that attire?”
When the results turned out to be noruard Did they think that I was robbed because I was injured?
“Ah, by the way…”
“You n planet if your ID isn’t on the scan list, so I’ll lead you to the Recruits Office”
The security guards brought around a small electricity-driven patrol car before I was able to say anything
I tried to explain my situation to them… but I wasn’t even sure how I could explain in the first place I couldn’t walk around like this, so I decided to board the patrol car for now
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There were a lot of people lined up at the Recruits Office The line showed no sign of decreasing even when there were 20 workers processing 20 different people at once
The guards cut through the line and led me to a Recruits Office worker
The worker appeared to be around 40 years old by Earth’s standard with a not-so-subtle potbelly He earing a uniform that seemed like it was about to burst open He squinted his eyes as he looked at me
“What’s this meant to be?”
“I thought he was a volunteer recruit fron planet since he didn’t show up on our data base when I perfor hi around the station Please take care of him quickly”
“Listen here, guards Can’t you see all those people in the line? I can’t take care of this guy first”
“But we can’t let hiay We can’t bring a cute naked guy like him to our office”
“He’ll eat hi that he’s a holiday present”
The guards giggled as they said that
My, my Look at these fools How dare they sexually harass a three-star officer
But I couldn’t get angry, as it was true that I was prancing around nearly-naked Ughh, how ele e to me now?
“Tsk, can’t be helped then I’ around naked”
Saying that, the officer shooed the guards away
“Ah, so… um, how should I say this… I don’t knohat happened, but it seems like I’ve been unenlisted from the military?”
When the security guards left, I pulled out uards as I did not want to be embarrassed in front of them
“My naer 1st space Marines, Coer”
I was the one as saying it, but I sounded coarse However, it can’t be helped I liked to talk informally in casual places, but as a Vice Ad out orders
“Huh… dog tag? Hold on a moment…”
The officer took the dog tag from me and scanned it, only to be surprised at the result
“Lezirth Dawnbringer, Coht?”
“Ah, so anyways”
“Well if it’s really genuine, then it’s quite a treasure So go sell to a souvenir shop or to a crazy collector So, you’re a new recruit?”
“What?”
I was taken aback at the officer’s attitude This guy didn’t believe that I was Lezirth Dawnbringer at all Was it because I looked young?
But as a hu enlisted into the e of 10 I appeared to be 17 years old, but I was actually over 100 years old
“Now listen here, officer, I’er…”
“I’enes”
Without asking for enetic scanner
As the bluish laser scanned me from the top of oing blind if the laser shone directly into one’s eyes while scanning
My genetics must’ve been analysed instantly, because I could hear the officer co
“Tsk, it’s a Replicant? Why didn’t thewas suspicious I can’t understand why the space Federation allows your kind to hold a gun”
The officer complained as he handed a file to me
“But here, I do have a duty to fulfil, so I can’t really reject a fake humanoid like you”
“Eh? What? Officer, what did you just say to me?”
Not caring how surprised I was, the officer filled out my recruitment form without my permission
“Now then, go wait over at the back Hurry up!”
“No, listen to me, officer!”
Did this bastard make fun of me; the one who led an army of 100,000 to battle over 10 billion Letix forces? Didn’t he know that I gathered enoughwith over the ht as a war hero?
This officerer—the Commander of Dawn Corps of the 1st space Marines!
It happened as I opened my mouth to train some sense into this person
“Kuuk”
My sto sounds I suddenly got hungry
A black haired fehter as she operated a terminal
“Hehe, I packed tooWould you like some?”
The junior officer s Who… did they think I am?
But the sood Ah, this so spices… was it synthetic cinnamon? I like cinnamon And is that peanut butter that I smell? I really like peanut butter Choco-chips? I really, really like choco-chips
By the ti the muffins
“Why did you give hined to a barrack”