There was a line outside the Houndclaw space station, where a simple check was being conducted. Every ship that wanted to enter the station would have to go through the check before being permitted to do so.But like was said, the check was simple, and it was mainly to register the ships that were docking in the station.Unlike other space stations that were very strict, the Houndclaw space station was quite lax in its management. This was because the main population of those that resided in the station was made up of outlaws, pirates, and fugitives of the law.The good thing about this is that there was a minimum guarantee of secrecy when business was being conducted at the station. But as a consequence, the security in the station was terrible.Clover was not concerned with all these factors. He was rather satisfied with the place. Due to how lax the security was in this place, it made it easy for Clover to avoid his pursuers and lie low while attempting to fix his ship. With this s
Past the docking bay, there was a common area. After going through a few corridors and taking a lift to the upper level of the station, one would arrive at the common area. Here, this was where most of the residents of the space station conducted most of their activities.The Houndclaw space station, as dilapidated as it looked, was still a proper space station. The size of the space station was about the same as Earth's moon. The overall structure of the space station was in the form of a rhombus-shaped brick.There were four places from which one can enter the station depending on the direction one came from. Each of these docking areas had access to an identical common area and from there, one could explore the space station. There were multiple facilities that catered to different needs in the station and, depending on what they were in need of, it was possible to get it.Following Ktulu as he led the way, Clover observed his surroundings. There was nothing much to say about it. T
The confrontation between Clover and the Vogul drew a lot of attention, causing a crowd to form around them. The loud clamor of noise then proceeded to draw even more attention and people to them.Ktulu, who was leading the way for Clover, noticed the commotion that was going on at the entrance and his gaze was attractive over there.Ktulu had already gone a bit further away from the entrance, so from his side, he could not see what was going on clearly. But Ktulu did not appear surprised. As he looked at the crowd that was gradually forming, Ktulu also commented."Do you see this, my lord? Things like this are a common occurrence in this space station. The inhabitants here are a rowdy bunch and they like to cause trouble.""Most likely, it is some ignorant newcomer who doesn't understand the ways of the station that is being harassed right now. Serves him right!""You don't have to be surprised, my lord. Probably you will stumble across two or three such scenes like this. It might se
Before Ktulu was able to call out, the Vogul had already grabbed Clover by his shoulder. He was just about to pull Clover to his side when suddenly, Ktulu, with fear and trepidation in his hand, suddenly rushed to tackle him, prying the Vogul away from Clover.Dum!There was a dull sound of collision as Ktulu pushed the Vogul away from Clover, causing the two of them to crash and tumble to the ground.This sudden turn of events caught everybody by surprise. Especially the Vogul, who felt like the wind had been knocked out of his lungs, leaving him wheezing and gasping for breath.Ktulu was not in a better state than him. In his hurry to stop the Vogul, Ktulu had not held back at all to reach him in time. Because of that, he had misjudged the amount of strength in his charge. When Ktulu knocked into the other Vogul, he ended up hurting his arm against the solid chest of his opponent, leaving him in pain and with his shoulder dislocated.This couldn't be helped at all. Although the othe
There was the sound of a large crash followed by the fires of an explosion that rocked the body with violent shock-waves and sent massive tremors through the very earth and shaking its foundation.In the wreckage of a medium family sized personal spacecraft, the terrified screams of a child could be heard calling out loudly into the empty space. With the debris of the collapsed spacecraft blocking his way as well, the electronic sparks from damaged appliances adding to the somber atmosphere in the spacecraft, a boy of not more than seven years old stood in the wreckage crying and screaming out loudly for his mother.His face was blackened by the soot resulting from the explosion and snot and drivel ran down his nose as tears streamed from his eyes.Cough, cough, cough!Due to the smoke that was everywhere, the child entered into a coughing fit for a long while as he choked on the smoke. Trying to look through the haze of the smoke, the child called out at
Clover opened his eyes to the cute faces of his two little sisters. His sisters, Arya and Verna, looked down at Clover from above his hammock with their chubby little faces that didn't seem to want to outgrow the excess baby fat in their cheeks. With curly golden locks of hair that were braided in the shape of a flower wreath on their head and two pairs of sparkling eyes that shone with the light of the stars, Arya and Verna could not be any more identical to each other.They were like a pair of twin stars that had been born in the universe and whose light shone for the other. Right now, these twin stars had looks of discontent on their faces and their lips were pouted in very cute frowns as they looked at their brother, who had just woken up from his sleep. It was as if they were annoyed at him for not answering their calls sooner.As a glorified siscon who loved his sisters to death, how could Clover stand seeing such a pitiful look on their faces?Clover love
Finally, after a few minutes had passed, Clover stopped teasing his sisters anymore. Releasing his grip on the twins. Clover let them escape.As if they had been given a new lease in life, Arya and Verna hurriedly escaped from the treacherous claws of their big brother, Clover, like he was some heinous fiend.Staring at Clover with grievance and reproach, the twins stared away from him with about two meters between them lest he attack them once again.Laughing awkwardly, clover used his palm to ruffle his golden hair as he tried to brush off the awkward atmosphere in the garden. Clover knew that he might have overdone it with his teasing a little, so he was afraid to look his sisters in the eye.Humph!Seeing Clover like this, Arya snorted in an unladylike fashion that was very unlike the image she was always trying to portray to others as being a mature lady.Standing in the very large hammock with arms akimbo, Arya pointed a slender finger
Clover shook his head to get out of his dazed state, then he looked towards Arya, who avoided meeting his eyes due to guilt. Speechless, Clover could only stand up from the ground before making his way back to his original position.Seeing as her big brother was making his way towards her with an expressionless look on his face, Arya started to panic.Taking a few steps back before stopping, Arya tried to muster up her courage as she said to Clover."What do you think you're doing, big brother? Are you going to hit me?" Arya's voice trembled as she asked this, but Clover did not answer. Instead, he continued walking silently towards her.Now, Arya had a trace of fear in her heart and she was reminded that although her big brother was very caring and doted on her and Verna a lot, he could be unreasonably strict at times.Remembering those times, Arya tried to stand her ground."Don't go too far, big brother. You can't hit me because of this,