Mercenary Markup Prices

 

After finishing their meeting with Hestia, Kou and Voy returned to their lodging—a dormitory equipped with a garage—aboard the armored transport vehicle piloted by the orphans from Oikos.

Hestia had prepared an ID and a communication terminal specifically for use in the I908 Fortress Area. Apparently, if you registered with either the Amphitheater or the Palaestra in this area, you’d be issued a locally recognized ID.

Since Kou had no personal ID, any costs incurred if he left—or died in—I908 would be billed to Astraea. Kou begged her to bill Asia instead, and she reluctantly agreed.

If it went through Astraea, even things like the extent of damage and armor material procurement policies might be scrutinized. There was no doubt he’d get dragged into a study group if that happened.

By the way, the standard fee for a garage-equipped dorm was 100 mina per day—equivalent to about a million yen per night. Since