Chapter 21: A Quiet Change
"Then I'll ask you to take over the town guard for half a day, Veneto. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" In front of the open port berth, where there are no ships docking, a young man in a refreshing casual suit instructed the girl who was standing quietly in front of him.
"Admiral, please don't worry, there is no special mission today after the end of the escort mission yesterday, just be responsible for patrolling the fixed sea area." After being solemnly explained, the girl nodded and responded without much waves. She knew that her admiral didn't want her to be too busy with these official duties to say such things.
"Well...... This is also the case, but if there are special circumstances, it can be dealt with first, and of course, if there is an emergency, please report it quickly. The boy stared at the girl, and so prompted.
At this moment, the girls who were playing beside the two of them heard such instructions from the Admiral, intentionally or unintentionally, but they all sighed in their hearts, and there was a little envy in their eyes when they looked at Veneto.
The fact that he was able to give the right to make decisions in such a natural way is enough to prove that in the young man's heart, it is Veneto who can best understand and implement his wishes. As a flagship, even if Veneto was entrusted with such a temporary succession, she could not capture the change in expression on her face, naturally she had expected this, and she had enough ability and confidence to accept this position so calmly.
"So...... Betty, Mogador, get ready to go! Aritus, who had been watching Veneto carefully, felt a little relieved to see Veneto react like this.
The girl who has lived together and together for a long time has become an inseparable and extremely important person in his life. No matter when or where she is, Aritus can not hesitate to entrust important matters to her, and this right of less than half a day is nothing to her.
"Uh-huh~ The commander is leaving!" Betty, who seemed to have endured for a long time, shouted in a cheerful tone, and the double spiral ponytail that naturally swayed with her body also reflected the heart of her master.
"Senior, see you in the afternoon!" Watching Mogador, who had been in charge of teaching him for the rest of the day, leave, Shi Jinfeng also said goodbye like this.
"I'll come back in the afternoon and have training~" Mogador's voice came from afar, but it made the smile on Shi Jinfeng's face freeze instantly. Although there is a senior with experience and serious teaching, it can greatly facilitate the training process for Shi Jinfeng, but the slightly excessive training amount makes her feel tired even as a ship's mother.
"Okay, Tokitsukaze-chan~ We don't have a task at all this morning~" Suzuya, who was quite empathetic, so comforted the hit Tokitsukaze.
"And! The most important thing is that the Admiral will definitely bring cute sweets with him when he comes back~ Hmm, I haven't tasted it for a long time......" Suzuya, who was completely occupied by appetite, shouted with resentment.
"Sweets...... "Sweets" Shi Jinfeng, who had just been summoned for less than two weeks, only had some impressions of this term in knowledge, and she had never actually tried it, and she seemed to be watching the direction of the admiral's departure quite avidly.
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"Whew! It's great that we don't have a mission today! The girl in blue, who was constantly circling around a teenager on the sea, shouted as if she wanted to release the tiredness that had been suppressed for a long time.
"I've been working hard lately." Due to the distance, Aritaus, who was in the center of the formation, did not bother to waste his strength shouting at Mogador in the distance, gently conveying his thoughts in the spiritual network.
"Huh...... Actually, it's just that I'm not used to it at first, so don't worry about it. Betty, who was standing closer to the boy, shook her head slightly as if she wanted to express that she was not tired, and the scene of the pale gold spiral horse's tail fluttering in the wind made Arantus can't help but take a second look.
"Ahem, it will be much easier when Shi Jinfeng's basic training is completed...... I think it's next week......" Arytes said as he looked at the two girls who were walking with him this time.
Aritaus, who is not a small mental age, looked at the immature faces of the two of them, and thought of the slightly heavy tasks recently, and some guilt inexplicably rose in his heart.
Such young and energetic maidens have to fight against those extremely dangerous deep sea people, such a thing would have been unimaginable in the peaceful years of the previous life. But in this wasteland era full of mutations and crazy monsters, it is a scene that can no longer be ordinary.
"Shi Jinfeng's talent is not bad...... It's just that I don't have that much time to teach her too much, it's a pity......" Mogador, who heard what Aritus revealed, seemed to be quite sorry.
Shi Jinfeng's potential didn't seem bad in her eyes, but even she couldn't pass on a lot of combat experience and skills to her like she did in the academy, and she could only memorize the most crucial parts with more intensive training.
"No way...... It's the limit now, and I can't cobble together more rich time for them to ......," Aritus seemed to look a little gloomy at the question.
He naturally knew that such a practice would bury some hidden dangers, but it was really impossible for him to spare a whole year to train him, and he could only hope that the continuous low-intensity battles in the future could find and fill in the gaps and eliminate the problems.
Although the ship's mother is a kind of life beyond common sense, it has not reached the level of being born to know. Even what was engraved in their memories was formed by fusing some of the Admiral's memories with all the remnants of their predecessors at the beginning of the summoning, and they did not belong to them.
That's why they need to be taught and trained, otherwise it's hard to use them as usable combat forces if they've been summoned for less than a month.
It was during these days that Mogador, who was in charge of the training tasks, had to discuss the planning of the training plan with Aritus from time to time, and her own original tasks were mostly assigned to Betty.
Alitus was not a man of thin nature, and even though he often had a little look on his face and a sense of wandering, he could also feel the warm relationship between the girls and himself. That's why he chose to take the two girls to Blecado together, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation for the two of them.
"Uh-huh...... But Mr. Commander, I remember that there were collapsible aero-powered boats in the warehouse? Didn't you bring it out today? Looking at the figure of a young man in a ship uniform that can only be seen at the training ground in the north of the island on weekdays, Mogador, who was leaning over, asked curiously.
"That thing is still in subspace...... However, I chose the long-range model before, and the speed was only about 27 knots. "The new power boat, which uses new power to absorb solar energy conversion power, is naturally received at the Central Naval Academy.
It has to be said that the high tuition fees of the college also provide relatively high-quality education and support for this, and Arrites also lamented that fortunately, the tuition fees have already been paid, and he does not have to pay an extra bill.
"Huh? Mr. Commander...... What's the use of such a slow ship...... It's slower than Sister Veneto~" Mogador tilted his head to Aritus and asked very incomprehensibly.
"Ordinary ship girls can't reach your speed!" Aritaus said angrily, using his natural ability and overloading the main engine, Mogador can even reach a top speed of 47 knots, and this crazy speed has exceeded that of most ship mothers......
"Hey...... Is the commander praising me~" Mogador, who seemed to be quite proud of his point, asked happily.
"Whew...... At that time, I chose the long-range model because the high-speed model was only about 35 knots, which was not much faster than when I sailed on a ship. Arritheus answered Mogador's question, but he thought that if he needed to move at such a fast speed, the power boat would not be of much use, and it would be better to choose a long-range version with a greater carrying capacity.
"But the cordon over there still needs to be released......" the boy muttered in a low voice, his tone mixed with a little helplessness.
"Huh? So why didn't Mr. Commander release it early? Betty, who was obviously aware of the hint in the young man's words, suddenly asked out loud.
"Going to Braikado earlier would have been better for a little longer, and the more time the better, wouldn't it?" Arites said with a chuckle, but unconsciously changed the subject.
Betty and Mogador, who had been brought out by him to think about Blakedo, couldn't help but miss the dessert they had tasted over there when they heard the boy tell this, and left their doubts behind and chased after Aritus to ask how much budget he had.
In the spiritual network, there was a constant exchange of thoughts between Betty and Mogador, and from time to time Aritus, who interjected a few words, had a faint sense of amazement.
Whether it was the boy who chose to awaken his ship's ability due to the critical situation, or the boy who came into contact with the jade fragment last time he sensed, he thought more than once about whether he could still be defined as an ordinary human.
The ability to ship brings a powerful striking force, as well as the ability to withstand damage beyond the limits of human physiology; Generated by the stimulation of the filip fragments, the perception beyond the ordinary five senses allows him to capture a clearer and more real side of the world, and his vision is naturally a gap between him and ordinary people.
But perhaps it is the deep impression of thirty years of human memory, and the young man at this moment is just skeptical, and he can't exist without human society, he just thinks that he may have some small problems due to too much depression, and he doesn't care too much.
It's just that he may have forgotten that even the new humans look at the Admiral with a little puzzlement and strangeness, just like they look at those ship girls. The changes brought about by identity and power make it difficult for them to integrate into ordinary human life, and perhaps only the ship girls who have lived and died together can better understand their feelings.
"Mr. Commander, hurry up!" Perhaps because of the teenager's distraction and thinking, the host that was originally running at full strength was slightly affected, and he distanced himself from the two girls.
Looking at the innocent and lovely faces of the girls, Aritus, who had come back to his senses, restrained the unnecessary emotions in his heart, nodded slightly and galloped towards the distant sea.