As an "unusual" life, the ship girl is no different from a normal human in terms of appearance and daily behavior - at least aside from the delicate and somewhat excessive face, Ning Hai is indeed no different from the normal shy little Lori.

But in other ways, they do behave differently - at least in terms of diet.

"Crunch~"

Stunned as he watched an 11.3-centimeter-long bullet twist and break in that small mouth, Lilan suddenly felt that the grilled fish in front of him was a little difficult to swallow.

This tooth ...... It's too much, isn't it?

"That...... Is there anything strange on my face? Probably unable to stand Li Lan's straight gaze, Ning Hai stopped the action of "eating" and asked Li Lan.

Although he still seems a little raw in his demeanor, he is still able to communicate with Lilan normally.

Coughing dryly, Lilan hesitated, thinking that maybe they would have to spend a considerable amount of time together in the future, and it would be good to be able to understand it, Lilan finally asked deadly.

"If you are a ship mother, you usually eat ......" Looking at the half of the bullet in Ning Hai's hand - the fracture was extremely smooth, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching: "...... Is this one? ”

Ning Hai followed Li Lan's gaze, and finally realized that he was looking at the small half of the warhead in her hand, and couldn't help but hurriedly retract his right hand behind his back, and the flush climbed up his cheeks at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I—I've just come out, so ......"

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that-" Although Ning Hai's embarrassed appearance was quite praised, in order not to die on the tooth of "cutting gold and breaking jade" one day in the future, in the end, Li Lan's reason was still overwhelming.

That's where you need to use your own trick - change the subject**!

"In addition to ammunition, do you eat other things like steel, aluminum, and fuel?"

"Hmm......" The girl's eyes wandered, but she still whispered to Lin Xuan to popularize the "common sense" about the ship's mother - she seemed to be quite careful in this regard.

"With the exception of the aircraft carrier's sisters, the other sisters rely on ammunition and fuel to supplement their daily consumption, but we don't usually consume too much steel ......."

Lilan was stunned.

"Why is that?"

I was just about to say, "I've got your next diet", but suddenly he gave me such a sentence......

Not to mention the rest of this isolated island, the steel resources alone are far beyond the ration.

Ning Hai lowered his head even lower: "...... Will ......"

"What?" That's probably what the sound of mosquitoes is, right?

“…… Yes...... Fat ......"

“……”

Covering his face with one hand, although he didn't hear it clearly, it was enough to deduce everything from these two words alone.

So, following "there is still quite a difference between ship girls and humans", another conclusion appeared.

As an "unusual" life, not only does the ship girl look like normal humans in appearance and daily behavior, but even the innate "weight" resentment of human women is also the same.

―――――― Split ――――――

According to Ning Hai, light cruisers like her, and even all other types of ships can actually ingest aluminum, but they don't have the same effect as an aircraft carrier after eating it.

Bullets and fuel are "rice" and "water" -- no matter what type of ship they are, their daily consumption must be replenished by these two resources.

And steel is an inferior food.

Just like those low-energy, poor-tasting things in human society, if it is not necessary, I am afraid that no ship girl is willing to gnaw on these "cold" "food".

Although in Relan's opinion, those bullets were not much better.

Moreover, in the subsequent exchanges, Li Lan also understood that the ship's mother was reluctant to list steel as a "daily food", and it was also the most important reason...... This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

―――――― Split ――――――

By the afterglow of the setting sun, the last symbol in his hand fell, and Li Lan let out a long breath, looking at the dense runes on the page with satisfaction.

"I haven't written for a few years, but my calligraphy hasn't fallen behind~"

Coldly, a weak voice sounded in his ears: "Lord Admiral, what is this?" ”

"Shhhh

"What, what's wrong?!"

Without answering the nervous Ning Hai, Li Lan quickly changed to a serious expression: "Ning Hai, promise me one thing!" ”

"Yes, yes! If it's the Admiral's order—"

"Don't be so serious......"

What's going on with this inexplicable guilt? Shall I make you do something ashamed-

"Ahem, I know the conditions here are poor, and there is not even a door to knock on for you, but at least please make a noise when you get close, you know, people are scary but they will scare people to death......"

"That...... Lord Admiral"

"Huh?"

"People are not people, they are ship mothers"

“……”

Openly said that she was not a human Lori in front of me, and you were still the first!

Silently gave Ning Hai 32 likes in his heart, Li Lan put aside this "deep" problem for the time being, and the next thing he needs to care about is the night's affairs......

Suddenly, Ning Hai was still curiously looking at the book full of runes on the table.

Li Lan couldn't help but smile slightly, and gently patted Ning Hai's long silver hair - unexpectedly soft, but unfortunately there is no shampoo here, and it is estimated that it will be messy soon...... It's really a wretching thought.

"This is a diary, but it's encrypted"

"Plus...... Dense? ”

Ning Hai, who had all his attention focused on the runes, obviously didn't realize that the "poisonous claws" on the top of his head were "committing murder".

"Well, it's a diary that needs to be interpreted in a specific way, and Ning Hai doesn't like his diary to be seen by others casually, right?"

"Hmm"

"So—wait!"

Li Lan, who was about to continue, suddenly changed his face, and closed the diary on the desktop without hesitation.

"Eh......" The girl raised her head and looked at Lilan with confused eyes.

"Ninghai? Ninghai? ”

Under Li Lan's nervous gaze, the confused color in Ning Hai's eyes slowly dissipated: "Ah...... yes, I just-"

With a sigh of relief, Lilan dispersed the accumulated magic in his hands.

Smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, this was my mistake, I didn't expect you to have such a high affinity for magic"

"Magic?"

"Well......" Looking at Ning Hai with a puzzled face, Li Lan hesitated for a while: "Forget it, there is no after-show here anyway...... Ning Hai, do you want to hear the story~? ”

Suddenly, there was a sense of déjà vu.

Although he still didn't understand what it was, Ning Hai, who felt like he was very powerful, nodded honestly: "I want to~"

"Hmm...... Where to start......" Organizing the words, Lilan said slowly.

"This must be a mage's story - well, yes, except that it's a little different from those biographical novels, and his ending is more tragic......"

……