"My name is Belfast and I will be in your care from now on." The maid bow next to me who is currently sitting with a warm cup of tea in my hand. I am now inside Stella's office. Talking about Stella, she is sitting behind a neat and what-looks-like a newly refurbished expensive wooden table. We both are sitting on a black wooden chair with red cushion, the difference is where we are sitting. She is sitting behind the table while I am sitting in front of the table.
The room's floor was covered by a red carpet that looks and feels fluffy. Hell, I was wearing shoes and I still can feel it. That's how fluffy it is and it makes me wonder, does she get the fur from animal tails or something? I somehow remember I felt this kind of fur before. There are several bookshelves on the right side of the room that was cramped by books, scrolls, papers and all of those important documents. A red long sofas was positioned on the opposite of the bookshelves and behind a glass table with the perfect height for whoever are going to sit on the sofa. There are two windows with their respective curtains on the wall behind Stella where the light from the outside could enter the room. There are three standing air conditioners, one on the left side, one on the right side and one behind Stella's seat, between the windows that keep the room cold. On top of the table were Stella's closed laptop, a small metal box full of stationary items and a name plate with her name carve onto it.
"Me too." I responded to her before sipping on my cup of tea. Oh wow, this is a nice tea. No, it's a really, really good tea. "So Stella, when will you tell me what I'll be doing?"
"How about now? Belfast." Belfast nods her head and bring out a handful—no, a shit ton of papers from god-know-where. Oh nooooo! NO! NO! I understand now the reason Mia didn't choose me to do the paperwork when I was on the Army but being near Elizabeth has taught me how to do them, just a bit but the amount though, it's almost 100 times more than what I've ever did in my entire life. "I assume you understand."
"You want to make me do all the paperwork while you're enjoying your life doing whatever you want?"
"Yes."
"No!" Stella quickly retorts after Belfast agreed with me. "Belfast stop! We are going to divide the work."
"Equally?"
"Presumably." Okay, either answer me with a 'yes' or 'no', Stella. I am afraid for my incoming sleeping schedule if that is how she answer me. Maybe Ex-boyfriend bias is actually there and is going to kill me one day. "Don't think bad about me, Igo. I need to adjust your workload with your experience. The more experiences you attained, the more workload you got." Okay, so I need to fool her to think that I am—"And you won't be able to lie to me. I will know." Shit and Fuck! Fuck and Shit! FUCK SHIT! "And can I ask you to not believe any bad things Belfast said about me?"
"No. Belfast, I'll trust you with my life. Now tell me every bad thing about Stella."
"As you wish, master Igo."
"STOP BULLYING ME!" Stella throws me a pen which I expertly dodge. "Belfast, you're my maid—"
"And mine as well."
"Igo, shut it!" Hey, I used to say that a lot. "Belfast, stop betraying me with your new master!" And you need to stop saying it like I was cheating you with Belfast. Seriously, I wonder if anyone is hearing this conversation from outside and what are they thinking at the current moment. Hope this doesn't blow up into a huge scandal. "Now, if both of you can stop bullying me,-"
"NEVER!" You have to put a bullet inside my head for me to stop! I could her a small cute giggle from Belfast. Damn, what a cutie.
"Sigh...Belfast, give him some of my paperwork." Well, she is angry at me but her cute expression and tone right now definitely make it worth. Belfast nodded at her master's request and gives me 5% of the paperwork and land it on my lap and place the rest on Stella's table.
"Ugh….." I couldn't help but let out a surprise yelp when the heavy load land on my lap. I never thought it was this heavy but god, how much does this weight? 5 Kg? I am going to have a hell of a day from working on these pile not talking about Stella's part. I read the first paper out loud. "Permission to hold an Idol-"
"Denied." Both Stella and Belfast said at the same time. Huh? Do they know who request this? San Diego, I believe is her name if my right eye hasn't betrayed me yet.
"Permission to buy a new mic for—" "Denied." "Permission to buy a new sound system for-" "Denied." "Permission to hold an auditi-" "Denied." "Permission to buy a new set of Idol-" "Denied." "Permission to create a new-"
"Denied. Belfast, can you give me Igo's paper?" Stella shakes her head before asking Belfast. Belfast elegantly bow and take the paper from my lap, and show me a view of her valley which I enjoy very much. She put the papers on the table and read through it very fast. "So, is it her?"
"Yes."
"Sigh….put them in the Sandy box so I can properly denied all of it later." Sandy box, that sound VIP as shit. Imagine having a box for your request letter only. If that doesn't sound like a high-class treatment, I don't know what is. "How about we take a tour through all of the islands instead?"
"Sure." I am not going to deny a chance to stretch my legs. "Driving or walking?"
"Driving of course."
"Can I?"
"No. Not you, Belfast will."
"Why?"
"Do you still scream 'POWER!' when you drift through a corner?"
"Yes."
"Belfast, start the car." I could tell Belfast was holding her laugh as she bows her head and walk out of the room. "I was feeling jealous for Mia a couple of days ago but now I just feel sad for her. I forget how handful you can be." Okay, I am glad that Mia's image is getting better in her mind but I don't like the reason it is happening. "We'll wait outside, near the park." Stella stands up and walk pass me to the door but before she could walk even further I grab her hand and stop her in her place. "Hm? What is it Igo?"
I pull her toward me until her face was closer to mine and give her a kiss. "That's your ration for this morning."
Her surprise face from my kiss was immediately replace by a face of addiction. "You realize that your love is a drug to me right? Do you want me to go wild?"
"Calm down will you?" I tickle her nose with mine while our face was still close. "I'll give you some more later okay?" I'll tease her before standing up from my seat and walk out of the door with Stella behind me. We walk on the hallway with a thin reddish-orange with yellow sides that stretch from one end of the hallway to the other end. There are windows lined up on the opposite wall from where the doors are. There isn't exactly anything special that I can tell you about this hallway except that in front of the main door way to this building are stairs leading to the second floor.
We exit the building and was greeted by a relic of the past. No, I am not being poetic or anything. The car in front of us is literally a relic from the past. I believe this is car come from the first generation of cars in which I mean it wouldn't look out of place in the early 20th century London or New York. Hell, I believe people would pay billions of dollars for this thing from how antique this piece of technology is. I believe I heard some old farts refer to this model as 'The Imperial Landau'.
"Did I went back in time or something?" I ask to no one in particular as I sit on the back seat. Belfast who was sitting on the driver seat glance back at me and said.
"Don't worry my master. This car has been upgraded to meet today's standard so you can be at ease as the only old thing is the car's body." Is it old looking or actually old? Old looking means that it's actually not old, just specifically built to looks like it was old that could mean no billions dollars for me. As we are talking, Stella get in on the seat next to me. "I believe we are ready, master?"
"Which one?"
"Igo, can you not be that snappy with anyone except for me?" Stella come on…I know Belfast is a beauty and all but I've only meet her today and there's no way she would've fallen for me in that short span of time. "I am afraid that some of the shipgirls couldn't match your humor sense and they could be some misunderstanding."
"It's okay master Stella." Belfast suddenly answer Stella's concern. She was smiling reassuringly at Stella. "I believe the shipgirls will warm up toward master Igo and I, myself, enjoy master Igo's snarky remark." See! She likes it! So there's no reason for me to stop.
"Okay, but I'll be keeping my eyes on you Igo." And that is a surprise because of? "We are ready Belfast." Belfast nods her face lightly and drive the car. At first we are driving on the brick road of the park before we finally arrive at the smooth asphalt road. "I don't think I need to tell you about the office building that we just exit." She said to me as we drive past through that building. I mean I've only been inside her office and not the other rooms so maybe she could explain those to me.
"Hey, I never enter other rooms other than yours so there is something you could explain to me."
"Sure, I'll take you on another tour later. . .Us….. Belfast, you will not join us." I noticed that Belfast was glancing at us, wanting to said something before Stella shut her down. I wonder what she was about to said. "I'll give you time to get acquainted with Igo later but let me have him for myself today."
"As you wish and should we visit the queen in our tour as well? I believe that she requests to hold a tea party with master Igo." The queen? We have a queen here? I thought Stella have the highest position here. Guess I was wrong.
"I guess we could do that." Stella answer before she continues explaining all the buildings in this one island. Next to the office is a school or lecture hall, that's how she said it. This building is the biggest contributor to the amount of windows in this island, like heavens, whoever the architecture of this place must have a thing or two for windows or just copy paste windows everywhere on the walls. If you look from the air, the shape of the building is square with a square hole in the middle and another square sections on the right and left side of the building. The building has a reddish-brown roof with white walls.
On the left of the lecture hall is a Meowficer den?, I have no idea what a meowficer is. The building has a pink cat's paw print above the door and it looks like a garage with a little section built on the left side of it and having a brown roof. I see some colorful bipedal cats that have the same size as the Manjuu walk in and out of the door. I assume those things are Meowficer. Man, is this place the SCP containment or something? There are some hella bizarre things here.
On the right side of the office is the Tactical class that looks like those old Romans temples with those marble pillars while having a blue roof. If you want to have a clearer picture, it looks like Abraham Lincoln Memorial without the giant Lincoln statue. I heard that this is where the shipgirls honed a specific skill and ability whilst the Lecture hall is your general school where they learn general things.
Below the Meowficer Den or the left side of the Meowficer Den if you look at it from the fountain is the Canteen. I don't need to explain much about this place other than what it looks like. It looks like a giant storage building and having the same blue roof just like the tactical class building. It also has a helipad directly next to it with a helicopter park on it. There isn't a lot of people in the canteen right now because we have just pass breakfast time and lunch is still 6 hours from now.
Below the canteen is where the coins are stored, or Merchant is what Stella call it. It looks like your usual supermarket honestly, nothing special about it. So we focus on the other side of the circle or the right side of the tactical class. It's another storage building where they keep all of the equipment, which is appropriately called the Munition, which makes me think that this is where they keep the weapon but why is it so small? I assume shipgirls use the same weapon like a normal ships and the normal ships weapon are big so why is the storage so small here? Is there a humongous underground section to that building?
Well, before I could ask, the car was moving through a bridge to another island. Whoever design this bridge must have been looking at the picture of the Golden Gate bridge because this looks exactly like that. I think the reason as to why this bridge was built like this is because in front of us is where the shipgirls from the Eagle Union live. How do I know? Well other than Stella's explanation, the building here looks almost the same like the ones on Eagle Union, the country I mean. The only things that differentiate Azur Lane's Eagle Union and the actual Eagle Union is the lack of fast food restaurants in every corner of the road. Guess everyone eats in the canteen in this place. I also notice among the buildings, some little replica of Eagle Union famous buildings, like the Empire state building, Lincoln Memorial, etc.
"That one building is where everyone lives." Stella points her finger to a rather big hotel. Wait only that? So what are these other buildings here? "All these other buildings are just recreational buildings. Arcade, Gym, Laundry and all those things you used to see on the Eagle Union." There are a shit ton of recreational things here. Like, this is a small city but only one building that was used as a residential while all the others were place to play. That isn't the only weird thing about this island, another weird fact is that the city only takes 30% of this entire island. Why is the city so damn pack where you have literally 70% of the islands still a wild, untamed forests?
"Is there a rule to build your city so pack like this, Stella?"
"No, I never make those kind of rules. The Eagle Union girls prefer it this way." Huh…..well, who am I to judge ones taste in city planning?
"Should we take a tour on the Eagle Union's forest? I believe there is a road that went through the forest and circle the island."
"Don't worry. I can do that on my own time." I said to Belfast and she nods at me before continuing the tour and drive to another bridge. This bridge is similar to the London Bridge so you know which island we are going. Yep, the Royal Navy's island. I could tell that they took inspiration from kingdom-era architecture. A giant castle, that was made out of white materials presumably marble or other white things, is standing majestically in the middle of the island. All of the other building, where the Royal Navy shipgirls live, were made out of the same materials like the castle but just smaller than the castle, of course, but still bigger than your normal house in London. "Oh wow." I let out a small noise in awe when we are driving under a middle-age-looking gate completed with a draw bridge and river flowing in front of it. There's also walls, giant-stone walls, surrounding the whole kingdom like the one you see on those Isekai anime. On the other side of the walls was the residence of the shipgirls that were design to looks like middle-ages buildings but I still can see air conditioners and satellite on the houses. There's also a working replica of Big Ben, although smaller, in this city.
"We'll be arriving at the castle in five minutes." Belfast said as she drives the car faster and we arrive exactly 5 minutes after she said that. Belfast stop the car in front of the castle's garden where maids has been lined up on the sides of the walkway toward the castle. "I am sure it's not proper to make the queen wait." She means get the fuck out if you are wondering. All the three of us exit the car and the maids immediately greet us.
""Welcome, masters."" All the maids said at the same time. Did they train themselves to do this or did maids are born with that skill?
"Come now, masters." Belfast said as she leads us toward a little patio in the middle of the garden. Sitting in the patio were some women with some, how do I say it, of the world most diverse bodies. They were sitting around a table that was covered by a pure white table cloth. There are four empty seats with two cups of tea on the table in front of the seats, probably reserve for me and Stella and whoever the other two are. Stella and I seat next to each other and Belfast stands on the side.
"Welcome, commander Stella." A woman greets Stella with that sort of airhead tone. The woman is wearing a white dress with enormous, let me say that again, ENORMOUS boobs and her dress wasn't even helping to cover the upper side of them. Hell, her dress end just above her plump thighs while having a sort of whitish-transparent, thin coat with black hems that is supposed to cover her lower body, if she was standing, but since she was sitting down, the coat wasn't doing its job. Her hands, lower arms and lower-half of her upper arms are covered by pure white long gloves but her shoulders and upper chest are still free for me to see. Her legs are covered by white stocking and was secured by a white garter belt. She's also wearing pure black high heels. She has a long white hair which she tied on the back of her head and on the two sides of her face. Her slightly bright blue eyes were half open when we enter the patio and was close when she greeted Stella. In front of her is a cup of tea and a white hat with black accessory that I assume is hers.
"Hello Illustrious and hello there, Unicorn."
"Uh um, hello commander…Stella." I understand her confusion since she has to start referring to Stella with her actual name if she doesn't want to confuse both of us. Even though I am okay with them calling me by Igo honestly, but they do what they have to do. Unicorn is a smaller girl than Illustrious, I believe her face is around the same height as my stomach. She has a long light purple hair that reach down to her waist with a little cute bun on the left side of her head. She wears the same clothing like Illustrious just smaller to accommodate her small size. She was hugging a unicorn doll with wings, that doll also has a similar long hair and tail that have the same light purple color just like her hair, so I can't clearly see her upper body and most of her face as it was obstructed by the doll but I can still see her royal purple eyes peeking out once in a while.
"Welcome commander Stella. May I request you to introduce the new commander to us?" An elegant voice comes from an elegant lady with artic blue colored eyes. She has a blonde wavy hair that she positioned on the right side of her face like a side ponytail. She wears a union jack coat that hides the upper body detail and accessory of her navy blue dress, that end just below her knees, and she also wears a dark gold belt on her waist. She wears slightly translucent-black stockings on her legs, wait….. is that actually a dark brown long pants? Nah that's definitely stockings. She wears white high hells with some red on the platforms and heels. She wears a boater hat with white brim and a miniature ship bridge as the crown. Huh? I knew that these girls are ships but are their clothes a part of their actual structure or is that just a decoration? In term of chest assets, she doesn't have any or is that coat of hers cover them really well? There is only one way to know and that is to touch them personally, but I can't do that. Not now at least. There's an aura of elegance around her that honestly weird me out from how high class it feels like to be near her.
"Hello Hood. I guess I need to introduce him." I glance at Stella and she looks like she was having a realization. I think she expect me to introduce myself, which is fair. I pick up the cup of tea in front of me and take a quiet sip. Hmm, as I expected of the Royal Navy, this shit is good. "This person name is Igo and from now on, he will be an Admiral in Azur Lane." Maybe you should add that I will be the second human in Azur Lane's ranks and by the looks of it, the only male here. I don't know how am I feeling about being the only man here, at least I have Stella that I can talk to and I can pretend that she is a male with weird tumors on her chest or something. I take another sip from the cup of tea. "He may or may not be my lover."
"Pffftt!" I chocked on the tea when Stella suddenly drop the bomb. I thought she would keep our relationship a secret but nope, day one and she already proudly claim me as her own. Although to be fair, our lover status is more or not a fake one as I am legally still Mia's boyfriend but I could entertain the idea of us having a lover like relationship, beside we already have one a long time ago.
"Igo…." Stella said my name grumpily.
"Yes honey." I use a teasing tone while looking at her warmly. She pouts at me and pinch the side of my belly. "Ow! Okay sorry, sorry…. I am kidding, stop pinching me... that tickles."
"Hmph…."
"Your interaction is cute and all but I hope that you didn't choose him merely because of your relationship." Another woman speaks out with her scarlet eyes lock on her tea. She has a gold hair short with a braids headband made out of her own hair. Her headband ends behind her head which she ties with a blue ribbon. She wears a long sleeve red pin tuck shirt with black cuffs and white section on the front running from her collar until her hem. The collar and shoulder pads are gold and she have two gold chains crossing from her right shoulder, over her quite big assets and end in her chest pocket which is on the left side of her shirt. She wears a black circle skirt with a thin red line going around it. Her skirt ends above her thighs and combine with her tight pure white thigh-high stockings, make that small part of bare skins of her thighs more appealing. I want to be crush or sleep on them because of how plump they are looking right now. She also wears a red cape that cover the right side of her body and was pin on her right shoulder. She wears white oxford shoes with black platforms and red heels. I don't know whatever it was only me or is it normal here, but strapped to her waist is a spadroon sword inside its scabbard.
"Don't worry, Prince of Wales. He may not look like it, but he had been in more than enough conflict to qualify him for this position even before he hit seventeen years old."
"Okay, don't say it like I was a trouble maker that would jump head first to an incoming train."
"You're not?"
"….god damn it, you're right." I was working my ass off to search for a reason to say no. I dig to the deepest part of my teenager memories and sadly, I didn't find any. Fuck…darn it all. "But to be fair, I have grown so much more. I have become a proper adult."
"Arguably. Anyway, where is the queen?"
I am going to wreck her body when we are alone later. Mark my words. You know what? I can do it now since we are next to each other and nobody would notice her lower body under the table cloth. I move my left hand and start molesting Stella's thighs. She glances at me but I pretend to play stupid and increase the intensity of my hand. Let see how much she can keep it in.
"Oh my~ It seems that the queen was busy before you arrive and the last I heard from the maids was that she is choosing a dress to wear." Illustrious said with her ever so airhead tone. The Queen, the leader, I wonder how she is look like. I assume she possess a classy, elegant and charming aura around her while having a nice and beautiful body that'll outclass Illustrious's magnificent body. I mean it's the Queen, I don't know which queen she is but still a queen, a symbol for beauty and elegance in a kingdom. I can't wait to see her and while I am waiting, I've a woman beside me to tease.
I'll move my hand toward Stella's pelvic area. Her hands were on top of the table so she couldn't just move it down if she doesn't want the shipgirls to notice. Stella glances at me again which I answer with an innocent smile before tracing her pussy on her pants. I stir and push my fingers slowly to give her the most pleasure. Stella clench her thighs tightly and trapping my hand in her delicious area. She might think that she is torturing me, but she isn't, it's the other way around actually. Time to give her more delight. I feel around again and spread her labia wide using my index and ring fingers while hovering my middle finger in front of her vagina. I lightly tease her exposed inner walls by slowly caressing it and at that moment, I feel her thighs shivering. She is ready and as to answer her needs, I push my finger into her.
"It seems that the Queen has arrive." Hood said out loud as she glances toward her back. I immediately retreat my hand from Stella's body. She is free, for now at least.
I focus my eyes toward the oncoming fleet of maids. Where is the queen? I don't see her. Oh I know, they are sweeping the walkway for her to make sure that there's no harm. Aha! So I just need to wait for them to reach the patio and let the queen out of the castle. Come now Queen! Let me see you! The maids opened up and make lines on the left and right side of the walkway. I notice that there's two blonde little girls left behind when the maids moved apart, who are these two little girls? One of the girls has a wavy hair with drills on the end of her hair while the other one has a bob cut hair with two side ponytail with two balls-shaped accessories near the end of the ponytail and dog ears made out of hair that makes her looks like a corgi. Huh? Why are they in the middle of the walkway? Won't they be in the way of the Queen?
Seeing my confuse face, Stella whispers to me. "Igo, the wavy haired one is the queen while the other one is her sister."
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"Calm down Igo. They are more than qualified to lead the Royal Navy." Well, I mean, I never underestimate their ability to lead. The only thing is, I overestimated their body. Sigh…..well, at least I have Illustrious's and Prince of Wales's bodies to ogle at. The two children,-I mean women sit down on the two empty seat while the maids work fast to pour their tea and put the desserts on the plates. I eye them to scan their clothing and body thoroughly to see whatever they're actually just some holograms.
The Queen is wearing a black shorter version of Unicorn's dress with gold lines that make some patterns on her dress and her dress ends just below her stomach before being continue by a white tiered skirt. She wears white ruffle that covers her neck and shoulders while wearing a black cloth choker. There's also blue ribbon with long ends above her ruffle while another accessory above it, which is a gold medal with anchor on it. There are some accessories on her head, a black headband with gold lines, four white ribbons and a FREAKING CROWN. A real fucking crown! She wears gray metallic hand stockings and pure white gloves with tiny blue ribbons on her inner wrist. Her legs are cover by white thigh-high stockings with two little ribbons sew to it and she also wear red oxford shoes. Her electric blue eyes were so beautiful that it froze me for a solid minute.
While her sister, the equally petite blonde, is wearing the smaller size of Prince of Wales's, I am going to call her PoW from this point, shirt with the red being replaced by black on the shirt while the black on PoW's cuff was replaced by red and she still have the gold shoulder pads. One of the weird thing is, she wasn't wearing anything to cover her lower body except for a tied string black panties. Is there a reason as to why she does this or is she into exhibitionism? She wears a long white scarf that has gold anchor ornaments on each end. She wears white school socks that stretch to below her knees while also having metal bracelet exactly above those socks. She wears white brogue shoes with brown soles. She also carries a long sword or does it look long because of her small body? The sword has red edges, gray fuller, gold guard and white grip. The shape of her sword if you look at it from the front looks like an arrow sign. Her amethyst purple eyes emit a serious aura and if I have to guess she is her sister's right hand woman and a knight as well.
"Welcome to our island, commanders." The blonde corgi said to us with a smile.
"Hello Warspite and good morning, Queen Elizabeth." Elizabeth….huh? What do you know? I know two Elizabeths. Wait could this Elizabeth be older than her looks? Since the booba Elizabeth looks 30 while her actual age is 50, could this petite Elizabeth who looks like a 10 years old be a lot older than her looks, possibly 30 years old? There's a chance but I think it's rude to ask her now.
"Good morning Stella." God damn does she sound like cheeky brat. "And I assume you are Igo." I nod at her question and she continue. "I've read your deployment history and can I ask you something?"
"Yes?"
"Are you ready?" She asks in a serious tone that doesn't suit her small body. I see, this cheeky brat is still a queen under all that children exterior and Stella said that she is qualified to lead The Royal Navy earlier and I am seeing it now. Now, how do I proceed from this point onward? What does she mean by 'ready'? Can I read her mind? I assume not since we are both living in totally different worlds. She is a royalty, I am peasant. She leads an entire navy, the biggest thing I have lead is a Battleship. She is a shipgirls whilst I am just a normal human. There's so much difference things about us and trying to put me in her shoes is harder than catching a mosquito with chopsticks.
….how am I supposed to do this? Can I just say 'yes'? What is the risk of me just saying 'Yes'? What am I supposed to be getting ready for? A test? Possibly and most likely since she is the leader of the Royal Navy and she would like to test my ability as I will be her new commander. What happen if I fail? Will she command the Royal Navy to not follow my orders? Will she force me out of Azur Lane? What am I supposed to do? She is a Queen so a 'No' isn't even an option. Saying 'NO' right away would not only damage my relation with the Queen but it might also damage my reputation in front of these women and maids. Guh! Come on IGO! Think! Pick your words carefully as to not hurt anyone feelings. What is the Royal Navy tradition and norms again? Wait do I even know? Yeah I don't.
COME ON GOD! Help me! Give me some sort of inspiration! ANYTHING! I need to answer her sooner and with each seconds pass, the pressure become heavier.
"Queen Elizabeth, can I ask you to explain more about your question? I believe it's to ambiguous for Igo to understand completely." THANK YOU STELLA! I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUUUUUCCCHHH! I AM GOING TO FUCK YOU UNTIL YOUR MIND MELT FROM PLEASURE!
"I guess you're right." The tiny queen thought to herself before she takes a bite of a cookie from her plate. "Hnngg! This is good!" CUTE! She is hella cute! That cute, high-pitch 'Hnngg' from her is absolutely adorable. "Hm…Igo, are you ready to be an Admiral? I heard that Stella didn't contact you first before she takes you under her wing."
She heard huh? I wonder who else know about this truth. "It's okay, Queen Elizabeth. I am sure I'll adapt fast as this isn't the first time I was 'forcefully' put in a position. Although this is the first time someone hides it under the pretense of 'Promotion'." I could her some snickers coming from the women except for Unicorn who is showing a confuse face.
"I am glad to hear it." The queen said to me. I assume she was worry about me and would like to hear my actual thought about it. "If you need any help or consultation, you can ask me directly. It's the queen jobs to help her servant after all." I achieve another title as her servant. Well, it's not like I could say no directly to her anyway and I get a friend that I can talk directly although having different social status. "Bel, what is your first impression of Igo?"
"Hmm….I see him as a womanizer type that will tease his woman and wouldn't stop even if she ask him or she die out of embarrassment."
"Your majesty, I would like to raise an objection!" I immediately stood up and speak out my mind. I will not let Belfast make me be remember as a womanizer. I have to fight for my image!
"Queen Elizabeth, please don't grant him the request and I would also like to confirm Belfast's impression of Igo." Stella! Why did you stab me in the back?! I mean, I did tease you and molest you just now but come on! At least help me here! "He is quite a playboy." I will play with your body after this!
"I am sorry, but all of this is just a baseless accusation. I would like to meet a lawyer please."
"Commander, you shouldn't give up immediately and ask for someone's help." The corgi said to me while crossing her arms in front of her non-existing chest. "You should at least try to fight first—" Okay Corgi, it seems that I need to clean your ears first, human ears that is, because you didn't hear me trying to raise an objection. "-before asking for help. Womanizer—I mean commander, I would like to see your struggle for your image." Why am I supposed to fight when you already call me a womanizer?! It ruins! First day and my image was already in ruins!
"Oh my~" That airhead tone means that Illustrious is talking. "Commander, I would like to turn myself over to you in place of Unicorn as she is still just a child." NO! NO! NO! How low did my image going to go!? How did I come from a commander to a pedophile?! THIS IS ALL BELFAST FAULT! "You can do whatever you want to me as long as Unicorn grow to be a healthy adult."
"That is a tempting proposal but I am not after Unicorn."
"Yet."
"Stella, I'll pay you hundreds of dollars to help me out here."
"Is this the first instance of bribery in Azur Lane?" PoW speak up after being listener to our dialogue and worst of all, she is also against me. "I wonder how the higher ups would react to this?" Is she blackmailing me? She is, isn't she? "Hood, what do you say about the crime that have just been carry out in front of us?'
"Hmm yes, how am I going to do about this?" Hood brought out a smartphone from her pocket and place it on the table. She taps the screen once and a sound recording play out.
"Stella, I'll pay you hundreds of dollars to help me out here."
It was my voice. Oh why? I knew I shouldn't trust these women! They must've colluded with Stella to bully me! "Oh, the playboy commander would absolutely do everything in his power to delete this recording. I am afraid about my future, Wales." Oh, you should be! I will have you pay for this! Each and every single one of you!
"How much did Stella pay you?"
"That's a secret." Hood slyly smile as she answers my question.
"Can I force you to say it?"
"I would gladly take Hood's place to duel with the commander." PoW speak out while giving me a small glance. They are working together! This is not fair! Where is the chivalry of a knight?! One-on-One fight instead of ganging up on me!? Where is that!? And you call yourself a Prince!
"Miss Prince of Wales." I call her name formally which make some women to snicker including PoW herself. "I assume that you are a knight, no?" She nods. "So, I assume that you follow the Chivalry of a knight?" PoW only smile at me, waiting for me to continue. I hope that smile symbolize a 'yes'. "Isn't there a rule where a knight has to fight one-on-one? And since I challenge Miss Hood first means that I have to duel with Miss Hood first, no?"
"That would be the case, if Hood was a knight herself." Shiittt…. "It is a knight job to protect the nobles after all."
"My Queen, your majesty, may I request for Miss Hood to be knighted?"
"I am sorry commander, but only a knight can request the queen to knight someone." The cute Corgi speak out. ThAnK yOu FoR rEmInDiNg ThE qUeEn AbOuT tHaT, Warspite! If the Queen deny my request because I am not a knight yet, I swear to god, I will impregnate the Queen and force the Royal Navy to accept me as their king. I am going to fill that tiny womb of hers with hundreds litters of my semen and make her pregnant with my child! MARK MY WORD! QUEEN, YOUR NEXT ANSWER WILL DETERMINE YOUR FUTURE! "But it is up to Her Majesty to determine that." Hohohohoho, retreating aren't we!? It's useless, CORGI! You're already in my revenge book! You're my next target after the queen if she says no.
"Hmm, tradition is tradition after all so I can't knight Hood just because the commander asked me to." THAT SETTLES IT! QUEEN YOU'RE GETTING PREGNANT AND I AM GOING TO BE A KING! Well at least until I can knight Hood and win my case, after that, you're free. "I can however, knight you but I will not do it just because you're the commander. You have to work for it." Oh don't worry, I am going to work HARD alright and you will enjoy it. "So be close to me and work hard, my servant!"
"I will…my queen but mark my words, I will have my revenge."
"Uh, um…." Unicorn couldn't contain her confusion when everyone was laughing from my declaration. "Big sister Illustrious, what are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing Unicorn. The new commander is really easy to tease."
"Unicorn, please don't grow up like them. Please grow up to a be a nice, caring, friendly and kind woman, okay?"
"Uh Oh…um? okay?" Unicorn's confusion only deepen by the looks of her face and it's cute. Good, stay cute Unicorn! "Um, commander Igo…."
"Yes?"
"Can I call you big brother?" CUTE! FUCKING ADORABLE! Oh, how I wish my actual sister would act cute like that instead of the reincarnation of the devil.
"Of course you can, cute little Unicorn." Unicorn blushes when I call her cute and hide her faces behind the little unicorn doll. CUTE! THIS IS WHAT THE WORD 'CUTE' IS MADE FOR! "Or do you want me to start calling you little sister?"
"'Uni' is fine, big brother." YES! YES! UNI! YOU'RE ADORABLE AND SWEET AS FUCK! Please pamper me! Wait that sounds wrong!
"I can't believe our commander is not only a pervert but also a pedophile."
"Wales," PoW's eyebrows lift up as she tilts her head to look at me. "is there something that you want to say to me? Do you hate me or something?"
PoW's put her cup of tea down before she covers her mouth and says. "Oh my~, commander. Don't you think you have skip some steps by calling me by my name?"
"My apologize, let me reiterate that. Oh the absolute beauty definition of beauty, The star of my night, The most beautiful woman in this planet, My one love, My true destiny, The one true woman of my dream, The person I keep on thinking before I went to sleep, The woman whose beauty would even rival a goddess of beauty, A woman that I would sacrifice the entire world just to be the love of her heart, Prince of Wales." Everyone went silence with a shock face at first before they burst out laughing, of course elegantly. Even Uni, my little sister. "I just dig my own grave, didn't I?"
"Yes. Yes, you did." Stella barely could answer me as she was busy laughing.
"Oh my commander, you are making me blush." No, you are not. You are laughing. Stop lying to me woman! "Well, if that is how you feel about me then I guess I have to take you on, but beware commander." She slyly smiles at me which sends me a shiver down my spine. "I will not go easy on you and the punishment would not be light." Oh shit, the grave that I just dig is deeper than the Mariana trench.
"Wait, a duel has to be a knight versus a knight and if you forget, I am not a knight."
"Yet."
"Warspite, please don't be the next Stella."
"What are you talking about commander?" Corgi, that force innocent tone of yours is suspicious as hell. You definitely know what I am talking about. "Don't you promise your Queen that you'll work hard for her." Where is the chivalry of a knight? Is she a knight or just cosplaying a knight? "Why don't you have a mock duel with Prince of Wales? I will gladly be the referee."
"I am sorry girls but I have a tour to continue, isn't that right Stella?" Stella you better stay yes! Stella eyebrows raise and a mischievous smile grow on her face. Shit! I can't depend on her! Time to plan B. "Isn't that right Belfast?"
"Hm, we can spare some minutes—" Before Belfast could answer further, I stand up and hold both of her hands while mouthing the word 'Please save me!' quietly. Belfast please! You're my only hope! You're the one who get me in this situation and you will get me out of this as well! "Well, I think we have to—"
"Look girls, your man has to continue his tour now. I have a job to do so, if you excuse us, we have to go. Stella come on." I pull Belfast toward the car before any of the shipgirls could say anything in retaliation or persuade her to stay. I could her laughter coming from the patio behind me, probably laughing at me. It doesn't matter, I have declared that I will take my revenge on them and I intend to keep that promise. WAIT FOR ME ROYAL NAVY!
When we reach the car, I push Belfast in the driver seat whilst I jump onto the seat behind her. Stella was not far behind us and get in the car while laughing. "Oh Igo, I love you so much."
"You're laughing. I was being bullied and you are laughing. How could you?"
"To be fair commander." Belfast butt in as she drives the car out of the castle and into the Royal Navy residence. "You are quite cute and easy to tease."
"Belfast, the only thing holding me from being a pervert, just like you said earlier, is Stella, you know?"
"Don't worry, commander." Belfast calmly said. "It is a maid job to serve her master after all." Wait, does a maid job even stretch that far? And I'm her master! Oh god, the power on my hands! I could make her do R18+ stuffs! Oooohhhhh! This is getting interesting.
Belfast drives the car through the Royal Navy's city and arrive on a bridge. It's a multi-span cable stayed bridge that is supported by several thick pylons and each pylon have a mast that are set on top of the pylon. The Mast each have eleven metal cables that are anchored and providing support for the road. It's looks like Millau Viaduct on the Iris Libre or Iris Orthodoxy depending on who you ask.
Our car eventually crossed the bridge and enter a village. I say that this is a village is because it wasn't as big as the last two navies, but that doesn't mean it's less beautiful though. Multiple canal ran through the island with several mass-produce warships lining up on the docks that were built on the canal. The buildings here are tightly pack and more colorful than a bag of gumballs. Orange, bright blue, normal blue, turquoise, white, all of the bright colors are here. Eagle Union got modernity, Royal Navy have their Elegance whilst the Iris Orthodoxy have beauty in their hands with the mini Eiffel Tower on the middle of the village, well it is still big but considering the real Eiffel height, this thing is a miniature. There's also a church that was modelled after the famous Notre Dame de Paris.
The next bridge and city that we are touring is really, really screaming 'ROME!'. Roman architecture is thick on every single building that exist on this island. Houses, shops, even the bench and the canals. The Sardegna Empire is the one who resides here. They even have famous building from the main Sardegna Empire, The Colosseum, The leaning tower of Pisa and even some pantheons buildings was scattered here and there. Man, aren't they a fabulous bunch?
The next island is the Northern Parliament. Some part of The Northern Parliament city was built under a translucent dome. At first I wonder why did they separate the city, but it was answer when we drive inside the dome. It was snowing inside. White pure snow drops from a couple of snow making machines which was situation high up above the road to mimic the falling snow. The buildings in this city are mostly box-shaped, white-colored and flat roofed building that looks like the actual Northern Parliament architecture. I couldn't focus much but I assume they also build a couple of little-size famous monuments from the Northern Parliament. The coldness was getting to me even though Belfast turn on the heater. Noticing this, Belfast sped up the car and take us to the next island.
The next village, I mean island, sorry there is so few buildings in this island that I assume that this is island was a village. This island belongs to the Dragon Empery and the huge carve dragon on the center building scream it loudly. What I notice the most was the huge amount of bamboos here and also the wild animals. From small birds to even PANDAS! Panda! How the hell did they get them here?! Anyway, I guess this island main attraction is the animals and calming nature and of course, some little version of famous buildings on the main Dragon Empery.
Cherry trees or Sakura. That is the characteristic of the next island. Tall Pagoda buildings, brick roads, all that Sakura Empire classic architecture were here. From the pointy roof to even the benches on the side of the store, they sure knew how to use their materials to create home-like environment. In the middle of the city was a castle just like the Royal Navy but with the distinct Sakuran style. I have to lift my head 70 degrees up just to look at the top from the bridge that was connecting this island to the last island. The calming sound of wind accompanied by the sound of little girls running and playing while occasionally greet Stella and be surprise by me. Why are they so many of little children here? A girl passes Stella some Balls of rice which she gladly shares with me. It was delicious and refreshing. Can't wait to have a culinary adventure on all of these islands.
The next island is METAL. I mean black and red steels decorate the entire landscape like there is some sort of virus that transform organic matters to pure METAL. Turrets and AA guns was scattered above all the buildings, making this place the most heavily fortified island of them all. Good god, how much money did they spent to make this whole place? And how heavy? If this was a floating island, this will be the first one to sink, straight to the bottom of the sea. Oh, and there is also some little version of famous monuments from The Iron Blood main country.
"How is that place still floating?"
"I have no idea." Stella shakes her head left and right as she and I scan the entire Iron Blood's island. I could hear Belfast snicker in front of us as she drives the car back to the HQ island. Oh, I forget to mention. Each island has three bridge, two was connected to other nations island while one was connected to the HQ island. Probably to lessen the distance that the shipgirls needed to travel if they want to go to the HQ island.
"We have arrived, masters."
"So how was it Igo?"
"Well, colorful and unique are an understatement. I have to ask though, how much money does Azur Lane spent for the islands maintenance?"
"Quite a bit if I have to be honest, but it's a money well spent. As long as the girls are happy."
"Please stop talking like a mom… I don't want to start having idea of marrying you."
"Well, I am ready for when you are going to make that a reality." Stella teasingly smile at me which I reply by covering her face with my hand. "By the way Bel, is it near lunch time yet?"
"Yes master Stella. How about we make our way to the Canteen? I believe it is also the best way for the girls to meet master Igo." She is not wrong. If everyone is going to eat at the canteen then that mean I could meet all of them at once which save times. "But may I advices you about something master Igo. I would advices you to not tease random girls as there are some girls that are,-Uuum how do I say it? Special."
"I see." Well, they are humans after all so it's not surprising if some of them gave some screws loose on their head but that doesn't mean I should just leave them right? Belfast maybe a little bit harsh on them and maybe I could help them or something. Although I am not a psychiatrist or even close to one but maybe all they need is someone that they can talk to. "But I don't think it wise for me to be wary of them as it will damage their first impression of me."
"You are right my master so I will be always be next to you in case those girls decide to do….things." Okay, you are scaring me Belfast. What kind of 'things' will they do to me? Or is this one of Stella pranks on me? Guess I have to meet them to judge their personality and assess whatever they are truly special or just joking.
"We better get going now." All three of us exited the car and start walking toward the canteen. Alright, time to make a good first impression. LET'S GO!
"Yes, of course! Sorry Belfast, but maybe next time."
"Yeah, they are still a puzzle to even me, their Fleet Admiral."
Nevermind, I am just getting ahead of myself.
"…..You're going to die after this."
"Those are wisdom cubes, master Igo."
The world change into peaceful scenery.
It looks like a bomb,-no, it is a bomb and it's coming at me fast.
The mannequin skin turns to match mine.