"Attention Crew!"

"Normandy No. 2 is slowing down in port, beware of falling!"

After finally obtaining the security code for the authorized port call and determining the docking area of the port, as the ship's Mass Effect engine began to gradually shut down, the other deceleration auxiliary engines began to exert their power and start the deceleration program in reverse, and Normandy-2, which was quickly approaching the Citadel space station, adjusted its direction and attitude, and slowly flew towards the Citadel space station in the distance like a huge octopus with open tentacles.

Soon, the Normandy No. 2 spacecraft slowly docked at an empty semi-open dock around the harbor in the Citadel Military District, and as the spacecraft gradually approached and stopped, dozens of huge robotic arms dedicated to fixed ships on the pier automatically stretched out, and then it didn't take long for the magnetic discs emitting blue light on the mechanical arm to firmly absorb the bulkheads around Normandy No. 2, and directly detain the spacecraft firmly in the harbor.

"Sir!"

"The port call procedure has been carried out, all the engines of the Normandy II have been turned off, and you can now leave the ship and land at the port!"

“……”

"Roger!"

With the voice of the bridge navigator from the landing boat, in the next second, a UT-47 landing craft took Shepard, Miranda, Little Anne and more than a dozen other crew members who wanted to run to the castle for the first time to play or repair, and under the supervision of the guard guards of the castle mechanical soldiers around it, it slowly flew up from the top of the spaceship, and flew to the port personnel landing area a hundred meters away.

That's right, the Citadel doesn't provide pick-up service here, and if you want to leave the ship and land, you can only rely on a small landing craft or shuttle boat!

Because the Citadel is not the interior of the planet, but only a super-large space station, although all the buildings or high-rise buildings are strictly airtight structures, but those breathable atmospheres are only about seven meters above the ground...... They are contained by a rotor centrifugal force and a dense and colorless film of sulfur hexafluoride gas, which is located and controlled by a precisely tuned mass effect field.

Therefore, if the people of the visiting ship do not want to suffocate to death, or be captured by the sudden change of gravity and fall to their deaths, they can only use small landing craft to complete the work of embarking and resupplying the ship.

Of course, there are also dignitaries who can dock in the enclosed harbor, and then they can freely enter and exit the ship or repair and maintain the ship at will, without the need for a troublesome shuttle! But obviously, a former ghost Shepard, who is in fact dead, but is now suddenly alive, will definitely not have that treatment.

Because, some of her privileges that belong to the ghosts of the Divine Citadel were directly written off as early as two years ago, when she was declared dead by the Star Federation and the Divine Citadel Council, theoretically speaking, she is now a non-existent person!

"Freedom of movement, come back here tomorrow this time to report, we don't have much time to waste!"

As soon as she jumped off the small landing craft, Shepard reminded the crew members who were leaving in groups of twos and threes, and explained the approximate time when she planned to set sail.

“……”

"Yes, sir!"

"Shepard, I'll go first, see you tomorrow!"

Soon, some of the crew, including Miranda, who was not visiting the Citadel for the first time, made their way to the security checkpoint in the distance, leaving only Shepard and a certain little guy beside her.

"Wow! Is this the fortress? ”

"Well, it looks beautiful...... That one...... In that case, I'll go play now, and then ~ see you! Stingy big sister Shepard, wait until you're leaving, call me and let me know! ”

(ﾟ0ﾟ)ﾉ

Finally arrived at this place, and after looking at the surrounding situation for a while, looking at the surrounding port facilities and the armored steel floor full of sci-fi feeling, the mass effect constraint grating window, all kinds of advanced holographic equipment, and all kinds of machinery coming and going, plus those crooked stars who looked better than the other and were sorry for the audience for a while, Anne suddenly cheered loudly, and after raising the beautiful universal tool in her hand, regardless of whether the other party understood what she just said. What does the phone mean, and he turned around and ran towards the automatic door on the wall with a flashing holographic icon indicating the direction of the exit.

Now, she had seen the huge and beautiful castle cities in the distance, and there must be something delicious and fun there she wanted!

Therefore, she turned around and left directly, so as not to stay with this sister Shepard, who was said to be going to a meeting later, and was also slamming the door! Before, she said that the other party refused to give her a little more money, so what could she do with such a pitiful ten star coins?

In short, there is nothing in this world that can be difficult for her, and later, she will definitely find a way to get what she wants.

However......

She had just run out of a few steps with her little bear, and she hadn't had time to run far, when she suddenly stumbled, and was directly grabbed by her little arm and dragged back alive!

"Let it go!"

"What are you going to do? You won't give me any money, and won't you allow me to run around and play by myself?! ”

As soon as she turned around, she saw that it was the big sister Shepard who was a little paralyzed, cold all day, and even more annoying that she refused to give her money, Anne said angrily while breaking away from the other party's hand.

“……”

"Go and register your identity first and get the admission permit! Otherwise, you'll be caught by the C-Sec patrol police later! ”

Now this little guy doesn't have any identity information at all, even if it is the name in the universal tool that the other party is using and the identity card of the war refugee, it is just the technician on her Normandy 2 who added it to the other party, whether it is in the Star Alliance or the Divine Castle, or anywhere else, it has no record, and it is an invalid document at all!

So, such a little guy, not to mention that he still wants to go to the five guard arm cities of the Divine Citadel, under the locking of the security system and sensors throughout the Divine Citadel, I am afraid that he will not even be able to get out of the third gate of the port area, and he will be caught by the police, right?

"I am who I am, I am the greatest flame queen Anne Hasta, what else do you have to verify? That kind of troublesome thing, let's just save it, I won't mind anyway! ”

(ˉ▽ ̄~) cut ~~

Hearing that it turned out to be such a small thing, Anne waved her hand indifferently, turned around and wanted to run away.

It's a pity......

This time she still couldn't run away, and even before she could take a second step, she was caught again and dragged back brutally.

"You wouldn't mind...... But the police will mind! ”

This time, Shepard didn't let go again, but just grabbed the other party's hand and walked forward.

Ahead, the vacant C-Sec security room was opening for them, a special passage that the Citadel had specially prepared for their undocumented Normandy II, whose crew members had just disappeared.

"I'm Her Majesty the Great Queen Anne, you can't do this to me, I have a privilege, I don't want to check, I want to play now!"

(“▔□▔)ノ

"Hah! It's useless if you're the Queen of the Galaxy, come with me honestly! ”

After reluctantly glancing around at the port staff who were casting curious glances at her, Shepard dragged the other party along with a bit of amusement.

"I'm really the Queen of Flames, I'm amazing!"

"Yes! No matter how good you are, you have to go to the security check first! ”

“……”

"I'm still the head of the Kpoplustar district! If you don't allow me to play, be careful that I call my Armada to scare you to death! ”

٩(//̀Д/́/)۶

What are you kidding, her great flame Her Majesty Queen Anne, the savior of several worlds, the master of the sanctuary world, the head of the Federation of the Kprustar district, doesn't even have the slightest privilege, and what kind of security check does she have to go through? It didn't make sense, she didn't want to be checked by those guys!

It's not that she blows, but Her Majesty Queen Anne herself is the most dangerous explosive, and that broken security equipment will definitely not be detected, which is a waste of her precious play time.

"Unless this castle belongs to yours, otherwise, you can honestly go with me!"

Shepard didn't pay any attention to the little guy's nonsense.

What did the other side say about the queen and the Führer, and the fleet? No kidding, this little guy is afraid that she is not living in a dream, if there is a fleet, how can she still be trapped on that planet AN-5367, and send pathetic signals everywhere for help?

She guessed that the dormant chamber should be loaded with some kind of brain protection device, so that the other party entered some kind of virtual environment to spend that long dormant protection time while sleeping, right?

"As long as I want, this dilapidated fortress will become my family at any time!"

(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

Waving the bear she was holding in her hand, Anne expressed a serious protest against the stingy big sister Shepard next to her for daring to underestimate her behavior!

As long as she wanted to, it wouldn't be a difficult thing to take down this Divine Castle! Whether it is by skill or force, she can do it easily.

"Good! The whole galaxy is your home! ”

While pulling the other party on, Shepard responded with a smile.

"Not really! All I have is the Kplustar Zone! ”

(.. •˘_˘•..)

Dominating the galaxy or something, it sounds like fun, but it would probably take a long, long time, and she wouldn't have time to spend so much time on Kproru's side.

"Kprustar Zone...... I don't remember, so where is that? ”

Shepard frowned and thought hard, she didn't seem to have heard of this star sector in the Milky Way, in short, she knew that it would definitely not be the area where the little guy was found on planet AN-5367.

"The Kprue region is in the Milky Way......"

(´◔‸◔`)

"I don't know if it's in Sagittarius or Perseus, anyway, at the edge of the galaxy, my Federation occupies a whole large cantilever!"

Anne is really not to blame for this, she has no interest in remembering those strange planet names and cantilevered names! It was good for her to be able to remember that the capital of her Hero Federation was in Haven now, after all, Her Majesty Queen Anne was very busy, where did she have time to think about so many inconsequential things?

“……”

"Okay, I see...... Little one, don't dream first, come and go to the security check with me! ”

The entire galaxy has long been explored by the Citadel, they have never heard of any country or union that can occupy an entire cantilever, if they really have that kind of strength, the Citadel would have been under the control of the other party a long time ago!

"Damn! You let go, I'm not dreaming! ”

（#-_-)╯

"Whether there is it or not, come over and stand for me!"

However, Shepard didn't let go, in fact, she definitely wouldn't let go until the security check was over.

"Humph! I'll tell you, I'm very good, you'd better give me a little money, and then I can generously give you a battleship, which must be better than the tattered ship outside you! ”

( ̄^ ̄) Hmph!

For the matter of those ten star coins, Anne has always been worried about it! What is the use of this stingy guy who just gives himself a little pocket money?

"Okay, I know you're amazing!"

"As for the money thing...... Let's talk about it another day......"

When it comes to money, you can't get it......

It's not that she, Shepard, doesn't want to give, but she, the landlord, really has no surplus food at home! I can't say, when she finishes dealing with the things here in the Divine Castle, meets the people she should meet, and talks about the things she needs to say, she may have to go to some planets to search a few times first, and get a little scarce precious metal or even more scarce element zero, otherwise, their little action funds are really not enough?

"You're a stingy guy!"

(｀д′)

“……”

"Hurry up, it's just the two of us now!"

……

"That's right!"

"I know you...... The famous galactic hero, the savior of the Citadel, and the former ghost of the Citadel, Chief Shepard? ”

At the entrance to the security check, a non-commissioned officer of the Turks had been waiting impatiently...... When he saw that Shepard, who had been declared dead for two years, finally dragged the little human girl who wanted to run around, he finally couldn't help but laugh and tease.

Of course, the smiling humans of the Turks probably wouldn't be able to see it.

"You don't mind if I'm on business now, do you?"

After gesturing at the flattened long stick-style detector in his hand, the Turui officer asked the former Divine Citadel ghost in front of him a little awkwardly.

"Of course, please hurry!"

After glaring down at a little guy beside him, telling him not to run around, and successfully getting a big grimace from the other party, Shepard smiled indifferently and walked to the detection position indicated by the turian and stood up.

“……”

"Chief Shepard...... Unfortunately, my test equipment shows ...... You still seem to be a dead man?! ”

Frowning, it took more time than anyone else to scan and test Shepard up and down three times, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with his instrument, the Turui officer said in surprise to the woman standing across from him in front of him.

Because, he was sure that there was nothing wrong with the results of his scanner!

However, the results of the analysis showed that this Shepard was actually a dead man? But if it's a dead person, what is the matter with the other party's heartbeat and blood flow?

"Yes, I died once!"

"But Cerberus saved me again, and I don't know what they did! So, I'm afraid I don't even understand what kind of state I am in now. ”

Shepard had known about her body abnormalities for a long time, and she had already tested it many times when she was on Normandy II! She can't be considered dead now, but she's not alive either...... It is said that Cerberus could have resurrected her for the better, but the time was too rushed, the Reapers were watching outside, and people with ulterior motives were secretly sabotaging, so in the end, they had to wake her up in a hurry.

Regardless, Shepard didn't mind much.

Although she didn't know what method Cerberus used to resurrect her, who was already dead, she was already very satisfied to be able to live again and continue to work for the survival of this galaxy and the Star Alliance.

"Let's test this little girl first......"

The Turks who didn't know what to do with Shepard struggled for a while, and then planned to finish the last work first, and then think about the rest.

“……”

However, the reality is harsh......

As he routinely scanned the scanner in his hand around the little girl's body and read the identity of the other party's multi-purpose tool, he once again became unsure of what to do.

"Strange!"

"It's amazing that I couldn't detect any information about her...... Did you find her from some primitive planet? ”

You know, now that the Divine Citadel has shared data with the Earth's Star Alliance, after an earthling is born, all the information will be linked to the Divine Castle's database at the same time, and then it can be queried! Here in the Citadel, all the information of all the legal citizens of all the members of the Citadel Council is stored, whether alive or dead!

But now, the data of a living human little girl turned out to be blank and unrecognizable?

"Sorry! This little girl is a war orphan I 'rescued' on planet AN-5367, and it can be said that she is now a refugee, so ......"

Shepard saw that the other party was embarrassed, so he quickly opened his mouth to explain.

“……”

"Even if you are a war refugee, it shouldn't be like this...... Forget it, your affairs are beyond my purview, and I think my commander, Captain Bailey, will be able to give you access to the Divine Citadel......"

"Please rest assured, he is also an earthling of the Star Alliance, so he shouldn't be too embarrassed for you."

After thinking about it, the Turkian had no choice but to transfer the matter of the two to his superior, to be honest, it was the first time he had encountered such a strange situation after working in the Divine Citadel for so long.

"Okay, thank you!"

"Hey! Annie! Please don't run around, come with me here! ”

"Haven't you finished checking it yet? It's really troublesome....."

￣へ￣

"If you don't pass the inspection, you will not be able to move an inch in the Divine Castle, and if you are caught, I will not have time to save you!"

"That's impossible, I can go wherever I want, no one can catch me!"

"Really?"

"Of course!"

“……”

For some reason, Shepard suddenly knew a little bit about why Miranda was avoiding the little girl.

"That's right! Big Sister Shepard, are you really not buying those big Ivans of mine? I'll tell you, they're very powerful, just one of them, 'boom' the ground, and this castle will be gone! ”

(≖ᴗ≖)✧

“……”

"At a young age, don't learn from those terrorists!"

This little guy wants to cheat his money in a different way, and she, Shepard, will definitely not be fooled. In short, no matter what the other party says, she will never give even another star coin!

"Humph! Don't pull it down! ”

“……”

"By the way, I just heard you're a ghost agent?"

... (，，•₃•，，)？

"Little Annie, tell me, what tricks do you want to play?"

Sighing, Shepard had to stop in front of the door of Captain Bailey's office that the Turk officer had said, and looked at the clever imp in front of him with his arm crossed.

"I seem to have some ghost sets for you, do you want them?"

"They're good, and they're made of special materials, not only are they comfortable to wear, but they also have a shield generator and stealth function, which is so much better than your tattered 'N7' suit, do you want it?"

(๑•̀ㅁ•́ฅ)

"Does a set cost 10,000 star coins, pay the money first and then deliver it?"

There was no need to guess, Shepard could imagine what the other party was going to say next.

"Not really!"

"The ghost set is a little cheaper, only 5,000 star coins per set!"

(๑¯ิε¯ิ๑)

“……”

"Alright, come in!"

Shaking his head, Shepard said no more, just stretched out his hand and pointed to the office door that opened automatically.

"Humph! I know you won't believe it! ”

o(´^｀)o

"Unless you can take it out, I'll believe it!"

“……”

"If you don't give money, I won't show you!"