The Elf clicked some buttons on his tablet and a group of droids arrived, carrying items in their hands.
-Let's start with Lady Aelita.
Terelen turned to her and took a scroll from one of the droids.
The Cheroni was surprised at the formal title, nobody other than Andrew ever called her a Lady.
Before she could even ask, the merchant started to read the scroll.
-For her contributions towards the Moon Elf Star Empire, Lady Aelita of Clan Charr, from this moment forth will also be known as Lady Aelita of the Moon Elf Star Empire and receive the title of Moonlight Lady along with the title of Moon Phoenix guard with all the privileges and responsibilities attached to said titles.
Additionally, Lady Aelita of the Moon Elf Star Empire receives the right to enter or leave the empire as she wishes along with the right to marry who she finds worthy of her hand and the right to be transferred into an elf body if she so desires.
Signed:
King Emperor of the Moon Elf Star Empire: Reluvethel Daezorwyn.
Terelen finished reading, rolled the edict, and passed it to shocked Aelita with a deep bow.
-My lady, it is my great honor to welcome you amongst the children of the moon.
He said with great respect.
Aelita took the scroll, still having a hard time believing that she had just become a noblewoman.
-Can you explain this?
She asked, trying not to bury the poor elf under a ton of questions.
-If you would be patient for another moment, I will explain everything.
Terelen said, taking another scroll from a different droid and starting to read.
For his contributions towards the Moon Elf Star Empire Lord Andrew Sparrow of Earth from this moment forth will also be known as Lord Andrew Sparrow from the Moon Elf Star Empire and receive the title of the Dark moon Lord along with the title of The Moon Dragon guard with all the privileges and responsibilities attached to said titles.
Additionally, Lord Andrew Sparrow of the Moon Elf Star Empire receives the right to enter or leave the empire as he wishes along with the right to possess a harem and the right to be transfered into an elf body if he so desires.
Signed:
King Emperor of the Moon Elf Star Empire: Reluvethel Daezorwyn.
-My Lord, it is my great honor to welcome you amongst the children of the moon.
Terelen onde more bowed deeply while presenting the edict to Andrew.
-Now let me explain this to you.
The elf said after Andrew took the scroll.
-After I contacted the King-Emperor about the jewelry, his highness asked me for the whole story and even summoned me before the elven court.
There I presented the Jewlery and received a noble status, which allowed me to marry the princess to whom I'm currently engaged.
However, his highness wanted to reward you for retrieving the jewelry and even parting with the set that you sold me.
So he decided to give you two noble titles and also the status of royal guard officers.
The rest of the rewards were added thanks to the Queen Empress and all the princesses.
Along with the titles, there are some items you will require, but we didn't have your specific measurements to craft them so I will bring them next time.
There are also letters for both of you from all the princesses and His Majesty ordered me to ask if You would be willing to trade the remaining sets of jewelry for their exact copies.
The only difference would be that there would be your name engraved on them instead of the princesses.
-There are engravings on them?
Aelita asked.
She looked at the jewelry many times but she never saw anything like engraving on them.
-Yes, there are, but they are hard to see for other races and they are placed inside the gems.
Terelen explained.
-Alright I'll trade them.
Aelita said.
It was better to have her own jewelry and it also would not hurt to be on the good side of the princesses.
-Thank you, this will make all of them very happy.
The elf bowed again.
-Stop that, I don't like the idea of bowing to anyone or anyone bowing to me.
She said.
-As you wish.
As for the later part of the edicts, you can always go to the Moon Elf Empire and go back as you wish, and no one can stop you.
At least if they value their heads.
Also if you so desire, you can transfer your consciousness into an Elf body, that will be genetically engineered specifically for you.
Or you can save this option for now, and do it if you get mortally wounded or just old and wish to become young again, or just want to be unaffected by the passage of time.
The last part is the marriage rights.
In our empire, a noble lady is usually married away to someone chosen by her family, but it's mostly just following the preferences young lady, so basically the family just accepts it.
However since Lady Aelita has no family in our empire, she can choose whoever she deems worthy of her hand, the only limitation is that the chosen one has to be a noble, since she is one as well.
As for Lord Sparrow, he can start his own harem as every noble has that right, whether he chooses to have only one wife or many is entirely up to him.
But the status of a wife can only be given to a noble lady, while ladies who are not nobles can at most get the status of a concubine.
-Is everything clear?
The elf ended the short introduction to their new identities.
-This will take a bit of time to get used to and I hope there are some kind of manuals for all of this.
Andrew said, trying to understand everything he just heard.
-The relevant data will be delivered to you along with the items in five days, that said please let the droids scan you and give them a sample of your blood.
Terelen said and took a step back to allow the droids to do their thing.
The scan was simple as the droid just used something that looked like a metal hula hoop up and down their bodies a few times, then the next one used a device that none of them had ever seen before to take a few milliliters of blood from both of them.
After that Aelita went to get the jewelry, while Andrew was still talking with the merchant.
He learned the reason for the harem system, which was simple, there were 15 female elves for every male, so they needed a way to make everyone happy.
As for the main reason why he and Aelita got the noble status, it was also not complicated.
The fights Andrew had with pirates impressed many high-ranking elves along with the king emperor himself, so he used the chance to rope in a talented stationmaster before others got the chance.
Or at least this was what Terelen thought about this matter, especially since in similar situations the elven officers got their asses handed to them in the simulations.
The truth was that the empire was having a long period of peace so they lacked people with actual combat experience.
Not that there were none at all, but no one had fought a battle or even a skirmish for at least a thousand human years.
-Here you go, they are all here.
Aelita came interrupting their chat.
-Thank you Lady Aelita, the replacements will arrive in five days.
The merchant said.
She nodded and helped Lan and Ilia to carry their items back.
-I must take my leave now, See you again in 5 days.
Terelen said.
-See you.
With that, the elf left and went straight for the student's station as she was the last one remaining that was not on ice.
Andrew also joined the ladies in getting the items stored, it took a while wbu soon enough all the items got sorted and then stored.
While they were busy, the new modules arrived and there were a lot of them.
Starting with the advanced Metal alloy production module that Andrew traded for and following with another 500 mid-size storage modules which increased their storage capacity to 812 500 tons.
40 hydrogen generator modules, 20 gas storage modules, 10 Gas separation modules, 2 hangar modules, 30 Component manufacturing modules, 5 Research modules, 5 Computer core modules, 7 Drone repair modules, 54 Water storage modules, and 8 sanitation modules as the station was getting too big and it also had kore residents now, 5 Life support modules and lastly 7 water purification modules.
With all the new modules, the station grew much bigger again and its capabilities also increased.
Andrew decided not to buy any more point defense cannon modules, for now, and instead focus on the railgun modules research.
However, his goal for now was to get his hands on a real antiship weaponry, before the pirates got their hands on some better ships.
When they stored all the items, Aelita kicked them all out of the command center to focus on rearranging the station.
While she was at it, Andrew asked her to use all four stations of the ladies and make them into four bigger substations, which delighted Lanarine and Iliana as they were worried that their stations would be scrapped.
The reconfiguration of the station took a few hours, but Aelita finally could optimize its design now so she sorted the modules and arranged them into groups, which boosted their performance and also made the whole thing easier to navigate.
It was already evening when she was done with her work.
-It's all done, now the station should work way better.
She said getting out of the command chair and stretching her body.
-That's good to hear, but it's enough for now, you just got out of the tank so don't overdo it.
Andrew said entering the command center.
-I still have the upgrades to install, so I'm not done yet.
She protested.
-The upgrades can be installed tomorrow, for today you better get some rest.
-But..
-No buts.
You are going to get some rest and that's it.
Andrew interrupted her before she could protest again.
-Alright, I get it.
She finally admitted defeat, though she was not happy with it.
-Great, then I'm off.
He said and only then did she notice that he was holding a towel in his hand.
-Where are you going?
She asked.
-To test the Jacuzzi module, this thing took so long to research that it should be great, but I haven't had the time to test it yet.
Andrew said.
Especially for this occasion, he bought a few pairs of swimming shorts.
-Then I'm going with you.
Aelita said after a moment of thought.
She also bought a swimsuit, and this was a great occasion to try it out.
Alright, I'll wait for you there and get the thing ready.
He said before they parted ways.
The preparation of the bath took a few minutes as the module had never been used before, but after filling the bath with water, the internal heaters made the bath nice and warm.
Andrew wanted to check out the bubbles but decided to wait for Aelita before activating them.
It took a few minutes before the airlock to the module opened again, But once it did, Andrew's jaw hit the floor At the surprising yet beautiful sight before him.