Herta Space Station operated steadily in orbit around the Blue Planet.
Farther away in this Sea of Stars, a space fleet was approaching.
The spacecraft belonging to the Interastral Peace Corporation had crossed the vast Sea of Stars for a major business meeting, finally arriving here.
At that very moment, inside the largest and most luxurious of these ships, whose hulls bore Interastral Peace Corporation markers:
A voluptuous woman with red-and-white hair sat behind a desk. Her figure was well proportioned, and her uniform emphasized this all the more. Her slight fleshiness made her look like a ripe, plump fruit, giving off an enticing fragrance.
Even so, the surrounding Corporation employees merely stood at a distance, busy with their own work, occasionally stealing a moment to glance her way.
They all knew that Director Topaz was beautiful and a very nice person-but if you kept staring at her, you would be the one in trouble.
Apparently, three weeks earlier, a veteran member of the Fan Club had had his performance score docked and been made to write a self-criticism.
At this thought, the employees unconsciously turned to look in another direction-a male employee was working diligently, undistracted by anything around him.
Seeing this, the other employees could not help thinking:
This fellow called Martin really was lucky. Not only had he survived a disaster in space, he had even brought back a new business opportunity.
About two weeks earlier, a Knight of Beauty named Argenti had flown his ship straight into a Corporation branch, bringing back this employee who had suffered a disaster.
Afterward, while repairing and refurbishing the Knight of Beauty's exquisite, luxurious ship, the employees responsible for maintenance discovered that its fuel was actually a Flames from Beyond the Universe!
Everyone had been badly frightened at the time,