Atago stood quietly in front of the window, outside which was a world without a single light, dark and helpless and full of despair. She stretched out her palm and gently pressed it against the thick glass, and there was a cold feeling on the palm, like cold water dripping on it. Through this invisible obstacle, she seemed to be able to clearly feel the sadness and indifference of the outside world.

"Yamato, I want to go out." She spoke coldly, without the slightest emotion or fluctuation in her tone, as if it were just a simple request.

"Get out? What else is there in the outside world for you to be nostalgic for now? Lying on the sofa, Daiwa took a sip of the cold orange juice in his glass, the orange-yellow liquid contained large plump fruit and crushed ice.

"I want to go there." Atago replied in a whisper, she didn't know why she had such an obsession with the person who was already dead, like a figure that she couldn't let go of before she died, and she always wished to see him again, even if it was just a distant back.

"There? The town guard who killed the Admiral? Yamato guessed what the maiden was talking about, and she stood up and looked at the girl in a black kimono with her back to her, the hem of her long robe sketched with a scribbled brush of hideous ghosts and miserable resentments. Wearing such a fantasy picture of a hundred ghosts walking at night in hell, it is like being surrounded by these ominous ghosts. "Don't you regret it now? Kill him without hesitation, and watch him fall at your feet and struggle. Now I can't forget him who died, what a contradiction! She sighed softly, as if helpless.

"Killing him at that time had to be done, that was your order, an order that had to be carried out." Atago said lightly, her delicate face did not change in any expression, but there was a faint light in her dark pupils, like a lit candle swaying in the wind. "I'm just curious about him, and I don't think too much about it." She whispered as she stared out the window into the darkness.

"Curious?" Yamato drank the cold orange juice in one gulp, and the sweetness of the fruit mixed with the coldness poured into her throat, making her already dead heart even colder. "There are so many people you killed, and I don't see you curious about anyone. And don't you know? When a girl becomes curious about a strange boy, it is when she falls, as long as you get in touch with him further, you will fall into the gentle trap little by little, and in the end there is no chance to escape. ”

"But isn't he dead? Can a dead man shake me? Atago retorted.

"Of course the dead man is no play, but he is still alive and well, and her ship girls are you and me." Yamato smashed the empty goblet on the table, and the crisp collision between the two slammed into Atago's heart like a bell.

He ...... Not dead? Atago said a word, clutching the collar on her chest, her fingers a little white from the exertion.

"Yes, he didn't die, or rather, he came back from the dead." Yamato repeated in a deep voice what she had just said, and she stared at the girl whose figure swayed in the light, as if she wanted to see through her heart from such a thin back. "After getting this news, are you expecting something in your heart? Or is there more ideas, some ideas that have never been there before. ”

And ...... No, I just wanted to go...... Look. Atago's voice became quieter and quieter, and even she didn't believe what she had just said, as if she were an honest child who had never lied and lied with a red face, and she looked a little embarrassed in the light.

"Really? You've never hesitated to speak like this before. Yamato looked playfully at the girl who didn't dare to look back at her, she knew what the other party really thought in her heart, and after so many years of getting along, she was the one who knew Atgo best.

The girl did not answer, but just stood stunned and responded with silence.

I don't know how long it took, Yamato sighed helplessly and shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Forget it, I can't stop you if you want to go anyway, even if you don't agree, you'll still sneak out." , She waved her hand as if giving up, stepping on the clogs and walking towards the door step by step, and the crisp footsteps spread all the way away. She walked to the door and stopped abruptly, turned her head to look at the girl with her head down, and her tone was stern as if admonishing. "Atago, I just hope you can remember that you are the king of the deep sea, and he is the admiral, don't hope that anything brilliant will happen between you, and even if there is, the end will only be life and death." The last few words were spoken so heavily that they were like a vicious curse

Yamato pinched the doorknob and slowly closed the door, and the slightest wisp of cool breath left with the hem of her clothes, leaving the girl alone in the empty room, standing in place.

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early morning

As soon as the sun rose in the treetops, the town guard began to get busy, and the maidens packed up the necessities and luggage to be taken away in their rooms, and Jiqi was no exception, arranging their clothes and materials in the Welsh room, and the busy figures of the two were staggered with each other in the morning light.

After installing the air conditioner in the town guard's house, Jiqi spent the rest of the time in the office except for the first night, and spent the rest of the time in the Welsh room to spend the hot summer, in the name of rubbing the air conditioner, he almost emptied his cabin, stuffed the change of clothes into the girl's closet, and fell asleep with the girl's graceful curves in his arms at night, as for what happened in the middle, only Jiqi and Wales knew.

"Admiral, are you going to take this away?" Wales pointed to the sheets that had been folded in the corner of the closet, and there was a faint stain of blood on them, which seemed to be the kind that could not be washed off. "Why does this look so familiar, and didn't this big pants that the Admiral wore a few days ago? How to throw it here? Hey! How can there be blood on it too? The girl looked at what was hidden in the corner and became curious, and she stretched out her hand to unfold the sheets and shorts, as if remembering something.

"That and that...... It's something from that night. Jiqi stood aside and his face flushed, these things he had collected as souvenirs, although each one was washed and folded, but the red on it was still bright red.

"I knew it was something from that night, I thought it was thrown away by the Admiral, and it's a pity that I didn't find it at the time." Wales put away the blue sheets and pointed to the rest of his pants, looking a little puzzled. "So what's going on? I'd like the Admiral to explain it to me. The corners of her mouth twitched, as if she was sneering.

"That...... It was an accident. Jiqi hung his head like a defeated rooster, he thought that these things would be hidden forever, but he didn't expect that there would be a day when they would be exposed.

"It's Lexington, it must be her." The girl snorted and spoke. Although she is not a secretary ship, she still knows everything about the situation in the town guard mansion, and there are only two girls in total who are close to the Admiral, except that she is Lexington, the bold American aircraft carrier stealing cat. "I know, she told me a few days ago about what happened between you." As soon as he remembered the scene at that time, Wales wanted to blurt out a sentence in his heart. In fact, it wasn't a big deal, and she had long known that the two of them would come to that point sooner or later, but when she thought of the Admiral's thin and hot body being wantonly enjoyed by other girls, posing in various poses, she always had a little bit of unwillingness and reluctance in her heart. After all, exclusivity is a common problem for every girl, and even if it is a soulless puppet, few like to share it. But there is no way now, after all, the Admiral is not a doll but the spiritual pillar of the entire town guard, and every ship's mother hopes to get more care from him, even Noah's Ark, who stays at home all day.

"So you all know." Jiqi touched his nose a little embarrassed, he never told Wales what happened in the office that night, and always felt guilty when facing this cute girl, like a scumbag who came home to face his smiling wife after messing around outside, and felt like a ghost in his heart.

"You don't have to hide these things in the future, and this is something that girls only do." Wales will be folded and put in her suitcase, which is full of her underwear. She picked up the blood-stained shorts and stuffed them into Jiqi's hand. "You can show this to Lexington, I think she'll keep it well."

"To her?" Jiqi was a little overwhelmed with shorts.

"Doesn't the Admiral know that the first time is something very important for a girl? In particular, something symbolic is worth preserving for a lifetime. Wales teased his long blonde hair as he sealed the full suitcase.

"Isn't my reservation the same?"

"It's normal for girls to keep these, but if it's a boy." As she spoke, a subtle hint of disdain flashed in her eyes as she looked at Jiqi. "It would be considered perverted." She said those two vicious words with ease, turning someone's face pale.

"Well, this ...... I really don't really understand. Jiqi scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"Now that you know, why don't you go?" Wales issued an eviction order mercilessly, as if looking at a tenant who was in arrears of rent and wishing that they would move out quickly. "I'll have to change my clothes later, are you sure you want to stay here?" She raised her eyebrows, and her tone was as tough as that of a big brother in the underworld. She has now said goodbye to her weak self in the past, and has become the strong appearance she wants to become, and even the tone of her voice is different from before.

"Yes, my Majesty." Jiqi nodded with a wry smile and retreated from the girl's boudoir with his tail between his legs like a mourning dog. Last night, he experienced the pain and joy of being conquered, and he was pressed under the changed girl all night, and there was no room for resistance.

He now knew that Wales had changed completely, that she had become what she wanted her to be, that she was as strong and brave as a knight and would not back down.

He stood at the door and looked at the girl who was buried in tidying up, smiled slightly, took the shorts in his hand and left silently.