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

Well… Obviously the girls were all too occupied with enjoying my food to even talk about Mara's family so we ended up only talking about it after we had finished dinner and they were cleaning up.

"So I guess I should just start with my family itself. Seeing that Tera came from another universe anyway so I don't think you are familiar with any Noble Families."

I nodded, sipping on the tea that Lea had made for me.

The dish in front of her telekinetically lowered itself into the dishwasher with a flick of her hand, "You already know the existence of Noble Families and how they came to be. And I would go into more detail about it but it's honestly worth an entire history lesson on it altogether so I'll just skip that for now. For starters, you should know that every Noble Family has a sort of 'specialisation'."

I raised an eyebrow, "Specialisation? In what sense?"

"In their Psionic capabilities, Captain."

"Like faster casting time or something?"

She tilted her head at me, "Casting time?"

"Errr… Like faster activation time or something?"

"Ah… That is one, but there are others of course. Some more specific than others."

I pointed at her, "I'm guessing your Family is specialised in reading minds then?"

She chuckled, "I can see why you would think that way but that isn't entirely accurate. You could say that my Family is specialised in manipulating Psionic waves. Or to put it in a more crude term… We are specialised in manipulating minds."

"Like mind control?"

"In short, yes. As you already saw with my brother earlier."

Ries turned to her, "I thought Psionics can't mind control people?"

Amber nodded, "That's what I thought too? It's like a well known fact amongst everyone and one of the first things that was debunked when Psionics became public."

Lea piped up at that, "Although I heard that there are alien creatures that are capable of mind control so this sounds a little weird that Psionics aren't capable of that?"

Mara sucked in a breath before exhaling, "Ok… Whatever I'm about to say next cannot leave this ship…"

Her sudden change made all of us feel a little wary but we nodded at the same time.

"That thing about Psionics not being able to control people? That's a lie. Something that all the Noble Families and the UTG fabricated to lessen the public's fear of Psionics."

Amber rolled her eyes, "Of course. Why am I not surprised?"

Mara continued, "Most definitely can't and most of those that can can't do it subtly. Manipulating minds is a really delicate process and if the Psionic isn't careful, they would turn the person they are controlling into a vegetable instead."

Lea tilted her head, "Are you saying that those alien creatures that are capable of mind controlling sentient beings have better Psionic powers than humans?"

She shook her head, "Assuming you are talking about the creatures that are also using Psionic waves to control minds… It's actually the complete opposite. It's because Psionics have so much Psionic potential and are way more powerful Psionically that makes it difficult to do so. It's like trying to do surgery with power tools instead of precision tools."

Ok hold up… I just heard several troubling things and that's not counting the fact that PSionics can mind control people into a vegetable.

I raised a hand, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, hold it right there… What's this about alien creatures that can mind control? And what's this about assuming she was talking about alien creatures that use Psionic waves to mind control? Are you saying there are alien creatures that mind control people using other methods?!"

Mara gave me a look, "You didn't know that, Captain? They exist."

"Of course I didn't know that! How the heck was I supposed to know something like that?! That's horrifying!"

"Space is generally horrifying, yes. But I would actually say humans are the most horrifying ones."

Unexpectedly, Lea and Ries both nodded their heads.

"I agree."

"Me too."

Eh? We are?

Ries leaned on the kitchen counter, "Seriously… I learned about human history back when I was young and humans are absolutely crazy. You are the only civilisation around that sees something that can kill you and think 'how can we make a profit out of it'. I think that's pretty cool though. We all love you for it."

Lea also let out a sigh, "Just hearing about the things humans have done in the past is enough to send shivers down my spine…"

Err… What? What did we even do?

Amber giggled, "Remember when I told you that you coming from another universe isn't even the weirdest thing around, Tera?"

"Ah right… You were telling me about how gene mods were made from reverse engineering alien creatures that time…"

"Mmhmm~ Wanna guess what we did to those alien creatures that can mind control people through Psionic energies?"

I blinked at her, "What?"

Mara answered instead, "We caught them, analysed them, figured out their Psionic potential, turned them into supplements that Psionic children can take while growing up to increase their Psionic potential. For normal people, they became headache pills."

I don't even know how to react to that.

"What about those creatures that don't mind control people through Psionic waves?" I asked.

"There's one that uses hormones that basically forcefully impregnates other sentient beings and then forces them to recognise the offsprings as their own babies even if they aren't their own species and then make them raise them as one. Well, we caught them, researched on them, then started reproducing them through artificial wombs to make hormone drugs."

Ok, I guess I can see why people think we're the crazy ones. What the fuck is wrong with humans?

Hold on a moment…

I gave them a serious look, "You girls don't think those alien creatures are horrifying at all?"

Amber shrugged, "I think they are icky for sure but not horrifying? They're just pests."

She's saying like those alien creatures that are capable of mind control are akin to some mosquito or something…

"Yet you girls are terrified of dogs…" I pointed out.

At the mention of that word, all of my girls blanched.

"Dogs are different, Tera…" Mara shuddered uncharacteristically. "Those creatures… We already know what they are capable of and are able to deal with them… But dogs… You can know everything they are capable of and they will still find a way to kill you."

"Can't you as a Psionic just lift them up and toss them away if one is attacking you."

"If the dog knows it's dealing with a Psionic… They will come up with a plan to attack them when their guard is down… You could be dead before you even know what attacked you…"

Huh…

Hang on… That just gave me an idea…

"In that case… Do you think it's time we get a dog?" I suggested.

All of the girls froze and stared at me.

I gestured at Mara, "You did say that you would be able to contact some people to help us get the license to get one but it might alert your Family to where you are right? At this point, your brother already knows so we might as well just get a few for protection, right?"

The girls looked at one another for a few moments before turning back to me.

"Are you serious about this, Captain?" Mara asked.

I shrugged, "We might as well, right? We've got nothing to lose at this point. But err… Like I said… If you girls don't want that then I won't do it."

The girls all went quiet and they looked at each other again, making me think they were having some kind of telepathic conversation or something before they finally turned back to me again.

"We'll… Think about it, Captain… But for now… It seems like we've gone quite off topic."

Oh right… This whole thing started for Mara to talk about her Family but we ended up talking about mind controlling alien creatures instead…

Speaking of which…

"So your Family is basically specialised in mind control?" I asked, bringing the topic back.

She hesitated, "Technically speaking, no. There's other Families that are more specialised and better in that area than we are. We do have some talent in it, that I will not deny."

"Ok… I guess I can sort of understand it. Mind control is part of being able to manipulate Psionic waves but not all Psionic wave abilities are tied to mind control. Something like that?"

She nodded, "That's a pretty accurate summary of it. Captain also knows that the Noble Families are basically fighting amongst themselves, right? Both within and without their Families?"

"I can see that, since you're a prime example of it. But do they even reach to the level that you and your brother are fighting that day?"

She nodded, "Some Families have their fights out in the open while others conduct clandestine battles instead where they make use of pawns and proxies to do their battles for them. Then there's also the battles using Exo-Knights to settle disputes as well so there isn't an exact frontline for this battle but everyone is involved in some way."

Hmm… It certainly sounds like a pretty crappy life…

"Oh would you look at the time? It's time for a bath, Tera~" Amber quipped suddenly.

Right… I guess that's her way of saying that she wants to pause the conversation there to have sex now…

Fine, we'll continue this later…