The young commander looked at the other person's repentant expression and turned his attention to another person. However, he didn't know what to ask, so he asked a subtle question:
"H-Have you completed your task of dividing the plates today?!"
Atago immediately shook her ears, "Not yet, Commander, do you want to come? It's been a long time since I played Frisbee with my sister?"
Of course Su Xin shook her head. She hadn't even done her job when she was caught by these two experts who came to catch an adulterer. Didn't they see that the arm of the man on the other side was still broken?
Perhaps Ajax saw that there were other people present, so his bad temper was restrained a lot. He was sitting at the table with his legs crossed and eating macarons.
The maid Sirius spoke up at this time, and bowed to the ship girl standing at the door of the bedroom, "Miss Hao, the hall has been cleaned up. The bedroom... do you need me to go again?"
"Hmm? Not for now. She's sleeping. It took a lot of effort for her to calm down..."
Seeing the four visitors turn their heads to look at him, Hao stood up straight and tidied his long hair unnoticeably, "Um... Sorry, I didn't expect to scare you."
"No, it's okay. We are the ones who are causing you trouble..." Kewei restrained his expression and regained his composure. "But aren't you with your sisters?"
"Yeah... yes, but they didn't come with me this time. In fact... they didn't quite agree with me coming here to look for you."
Su Xin, who was listening in, didn't understand who this person was for a long time. Fortunately, the other party seemed to understand the little commander's dilemma and introduced himself with a smile:
"Nice to meet you, Commander Su. I am the last member of the King George V class. Hao, just call me by my name. I asked you to come here... because I have something to ask of you."
"Eh? Ah... hello, Hao." The little commander blinked, "Uh... I mean, nice to meet you, Hao."
Royal Battleship smiled, sat down next to Horror, took the right hand, thought about it and handed it to Su Xin, "Well... I'd better trouble you to do it. You have seen my level...
Su Xin understood after a moment's thought. It turned out that the stitches on Horror's body with messy threads were done by Haodong? It would be better for her to do it, so she waved for Horror to sit over.
Kewei, who had just witnessed the suture scene not long ago, was obviously much calmer. New Jersey and Atago were a little timid. They changed positions tacitly and stared at Su Xin as she gently inserted the needle into the flesh.
"Hiss... it looks so painful..."
Horror looked at New Jersey calmly and consoled her kindly: "...It doesn't hurt, just a little itchy... She's very careful..."
New Jersey couldn't understand, but Sirius looked at the little commander twice more, boiled water and made tea, then poured a cup for everyone. When he presented it to Su Xin, he pushed the porcelain cup towards her.
This detail was noticed by several Royal Navy ship girls present. Instead of being terribly confused, Hao smiled a little and looked forward to the outcome of the next conversation.
"Hmm...what is this thread made of?" Su Xin, who didn't notice the situation, asked while sewing, "Will it break easily? What about wound infection?"
"... I bought it, and disconnected it... It was easy."
This is not recommended. The little commander frowned slightly. Sirius explained softly:
"The line is the strongest line, but as a ship girl, if the range of movement is too large, it will still cause some wear and tear on it, so..."
Su Xin nodded, suppressed the doubts in her heart, and concentrated on sewing up the broken limbs. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and looked up, "Well... then what do we want to talk about?"
Ajax glanced at New Jersey and Atago who had come in, "It's very important to us... so I hope to talk to you alone..."
"...I don't think their presence or absence will have any impact." The young commander helped Kewei take off her complicated hat and put it on her legs. "They are my ship girls. We are one."
Hao hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "I'm sorry, because what I'm about to say... concerns the safety of our entire group. It's not that I don't trust you, but... we have to be careful.
"Really? But you just said 'you have something to ask of me', right? So I think the initiative should be in my hands. At least for this tea party... I can choose to withdraw halfway."
New Jersey: Is Su so tough? It's rare *w★~+
Atago: ...Strange, why does she look a bit like Amagi-san?
Kewei: She is so nice to me QA Q
Ajax was obviously not very willing to do this, but Howe made the decision after a brief hesitation, nodded at Sirius, and watched her go out on guard before he relaxed.
"...I'm sorry, you are right, we do need your help."
The little commander also breathed a sigh of relief and helped the horror that was holding his pants to pry open his fingers to prevent the thread from breaking again. "So... why did you send me an invitation?"
"In order to invite you to discuss the decision, in fact... I thought you would bring your secretary ship Amagi, but I didn't expect you to bring Kouwei."
Su Xin shook her head. "We thought this was a grand tea party, so we decided to let Sister Kewei bring me here to avoid any mistakes. I didn't expect it to be..."
Hao glanced at the tablecloth covered with cookie crumbs, smiled helplessly, and got to the point.
"In fact, to put it simply, we don't want to join the commander's port, nor do we want to become a group called 'wandering ship girls'. We want to open up a new place in this world, just for ship girls."
Just this short sentence changed the expressions of the four people who came to the banquet/catch the adulterer, because no matter how it was interpreted, this was a classic "rebellion" line in their minds.
As a human being, Su Xin's first reaction was to refuse to join. It was not that she was against Hao's ideas, but she knew that she had too many concerns.
The simplest one is, what should Su's father and mother do?
If she really joins a group that can be temporarily called a "camp", as a "traitor" who leaves the human camp and truly stands on the side of the ship girls, it is simply unimaginable what kind of consequences ordinary people related to her will suffer.
Therefore, Su Xin quickly shook her head and refused, "I will keep it a secret. Let's just say we are here to drink tea and help Horror fix his sutures before we go back."
Hao smiled helplessly, "I understand that this path will be difficult and will not be accepted by humans, so I invited you here today not because I hope you can join us, but because I hope... you can help me take care of a child."
"...Who? Terror? Or the destroyer?"
"No, she's older than me." Hao chuckled, then pointed to the bedroom with the door closed, "She's in there, it's a heavy cruiser."
"...A heavy cruiser that needs to be taken care of?"
"Well, her name is Cheshire."
Chapter 814: Little Heartless
When Su Xin mentioned Cheshire, the first thing that came to her mind was "Alice in Wonderland", which she had read in her previous life.
This children's literature work is about a girl named Alice who accidentally falls into a rabbit hole while chasing a talking rabbit, and then enters a magical kingdom and begins an adventure. (Note 1)
The story mentions the classic image of the "Cheshire Cat", a cat that "always has a mischievous and peculiar smile" and can appear or disappear out of thin air, which once made Commander Su curious.
Later, when I looked up information, I found out that the legend of the Cheshire Cat has existed for a long time.
It is said that a visitor from outside the area came to Cheshire, where animal husbandry is thriving, and saw a domestic cat drinking milk. When he approached, the cat was frightened and raised its head, and the milk stains on its mouth formed a "smile".
Although the fairy tale fantasy was broken, Su Xin, who loved furry things, remembered the image of the "Cheshire Cat" for a long time and even sewed a few dolls for it, which are still on the bedside of her room in her previous life.
Memories that are too old may be wrong, but Su Xin is sure that she has never seen a royal heavy cruiser named "Cheshire" in the game. She guessed that it was either a later ship or a scientific research ship after the second phase.
The probability of the former is slightly higher. After all, she is not a military fan and does not know much about historical ships. However, she should be the only scientific research ship in the world.
"Unless... the Purifier is being lazy again?"
Su Xin was lost in thought and remained silent for a long time. Hao, who was waiting for an answer, looked a little nervous.
Fortunately, the stagnant atmosphere did not last long. The young commander came back to his senses first and said, "I want to hear the details before making a decision."
"Yeah... of course." Hao nodded without surprise, "She... actually we picked her up on the isolated island. She was fighting with a crab on the beach... um."
"I didn't sense any familiarity with her, and couldn't rely on my intuition to determine her name. She told me that her name was Cheshire, and that she was a royal heavy cruiser."
"I gave her some oil to fill her stomach, and took her home to show her to George V and her sisters, but no one recognized her..."
"Well... I think it would be irresponsible to rashly hand her over to the Military Police under human jurisdiction, because I can't guarantee that she will be taken in by a good commander."
"But you know, what we are doing...she is still young and not suitable for participating in these, so before I leave, I want to find someone I can trust and entrust Cheshire to her."
Hao looked straight over and said, "And you... are the best candidate we came up with after discussion."
"...I don't understand." Su Xin sat up straight and questioned: "Since you don't want to have too much contact with humans, why do you look for me who is also a human? Where does your trust come from?"
"Well...Actually it was Ajax who mentioned you. She knew you when you stood up for the destroyer named Kisaragi in Tidecaller earlier."
Hao looked at Ajax who was holding his chin next to him, "She thought you were a nice person, but she just posted about it for a while and then it was over. Later, you became famous because of that video, and then she started to pay attention to you."
"Don't use the word 'care', I'm just interested in her." Ajax curled his lips, obviously upset about the lack of understanding of her feelings just now, "She's just a nice person."
Su Xin smiled good-naturedly and asked, "Then how do you know she is willing to follow me? After all, these are just your unilateral guesses, and if I don't agree, what can you do?"
Hao, who has a gentle personality, was somewhat uncomfortable with the slightly offensive words, but she really had no choice. The implementation of the plan was imminent and there was no time to hesitate.
Compared to wandering around with me, it is obviously the best choice for Cheshire to follow this female guide who at least has no problems with her character.
As for the result of the request being rejected...then they can only take Cheshire with them while they walk and help find a home.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and finally Su Xin broke the deadlock.
She took a sip of the black tea that Sirius had brewed, her expression soothing, "...wait until she wakes up, I don't want you to force her on me."
"Well, I understand. This is a thankless task. We... don't have anything to pay you as a reward." Hao sighed, lowered his eyes and remained silent.
The little commander blinked, turned his head and asked Horror, "Since you have nothing to do anyway, why don't I help you change other places?"
"...Hmm? Sure...Thank you."
Kewei watched the whole process of the young commander removing stitches, cleaning and suturing from a close distance. He felt a little overwhelmed and simply stood up and sat over to New Jersey.
Ajax regained his good impression of Su Xin, and she said that the person she had followed for so long must be no simple person.
Hao was obviously used to it, drinking tea with dessert, just as a halftime break.
The little commander sewed and spoke again, "Since the content of the following conversation is very relaxed, why not call Sirius back? It's boring to stand outside, it's always more lively to come in."
Ajax raised his eyebrows when he heard that, raised his chin towards Hao, then stood up to open the door and call for help, looking quite proud.
After Sirius came in, he helped add some hot tea and wanted to stand in the corner, but the commander pulled him to sit next to Horror on the pretext of "helping to fix his limbs", protecting the zombie girl in the middle.
At this point, the atmosphere in the suite returned to harmony. Everyone seemed to have their memories cleared. No one mentioned rebellion at all and they just stared at Tailor Su.
I don't know how long it was, but I heard a light "click" sound, and the bedroom door was opened from the inside, and a little girl in a maid outfit staggered out.
"Hmm...Cheshire is so sleepy..."
Hao looked over gently and waved to the child, "Cheshire, are you hungry? Do you want some cake? Your sister Sirius bought it specially for you."
"Hmm? I want to eat~"
The little heavy cruiser, wearing a cat-ear headband with bells hanging on it, which made jingling sounds when she walked, came over unsteadily and stretched out her hands, allowing Hao to hold her on his lap.
She pinched the fork and fed herself a mouthful of sweet cream, then she had the leisure to look at the few unfamiliar sisters who appeared in the hall.
"...Who are you?" Cheshire licked his fork and looked at the little conductor who was still helping with the stitching. "That sister is so beautiful..."
Ajax rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Greedy little guy, you actually look down on others when you serve me. Really..."
Hao was also happy, and at the same time he had more confidence in the fate of little Cheshire, "She is a new sister, and from now on Cheshire will live in the house of the beautiful sister, okay?
"...Huh? Then, what about you guys...?"
"Well... we have to go to a very far place. It's very tiring and there's no cake to eat. The sister's surname is Su. She's a good person. How about she pick you up as soon as we come back?"
Little Cheshire forgot to swallow the cream in his mouth. He was stunned for a long time and suddenly started crying with his mouth open. "Is it me, is it me who is too naughty... wuwuwu..."
Although Hao is very feminine, she is not good at coaxing children. I usually buy cakes to coax them. This time, she cried so much even with cake. I guess it doesn’t work.
She took a handkerchief and wiped her tears gently while saying sorry, but no matter how much she was persuaded, she couldn't stop crying.
While the other end was getting extremely anxious, Su Xin on this side finally finished sewing the last stitch. She breathed a sigh of relief after tying the knot and looked at her work with great satisfaction.
"Hmm...it looks good."
Cheshire paused, blinked his big eyes, moved his butt forward, and saw the terrifying bow around his waist, "Wow... It's really, really beautiful..."
Horror touched the knot on the side of the waist. It was indeed beautiful, like a decoration that was specially pasted on. It was much more beautiful than a knotted thing.
"…Thanks."
"Well, you're welcome. If you want to take it off, come anytime... Well, come find me when you get a chance."
"......Um."
Su Xin sighed and looked up at the strange little cruiser who was staring at the bow in silence, "Cheshire...is that so?"
"Hmm? Sister, are you calling me?"
"Yes, do you want to stay at my sister's house?"
"...No, I want to go with Sister Hao and the others—
"You can have any cakes, you can choose any style you want, we have snacks and drinks, enough clothes and dolls, three meals a day, whatever you want to eat can be made for you, and there are many children to play with you, how about it?"
"Eh? Great! (⊙★★⊙)"
ps: Note 1, author Lewis Carroll, the talking rabbit with a pocket watch also appears in Azure, it is Shimakaze's fairy tale skin [White Rabbit of the Wonderland]
Note 2: Currently, the story is still mainly about daily life, and the drama will be interspersed to avoid being too long and boring. Little Cheshire will grow up, and the progress will be linked to scientific research (Cat! My cat!
Chapter 815 Two Hundred in the Car
Because of the addition of two little experts in catching adulterers and a greedy kitten, the five people returning to Hong Kong exceeded the overload limit and had to take taxis in batches.
