Wiseman suddenly appeared behind Kay, who said nothing, only a smile was given. The children who were close to Kay were shocked to see a stranger appear in front of them. They continued to hide behind Kay.
"You have something to say, Wiseman?", Asked Kay. "Or, you have dead wish? Is that your game?"
"Well, well ... don't be like that", responded Wiseman. "There are children here. Surely, you don't want them to see your true nature, right?"
Kay sighed and activated his elemental power. His eyes turn yellow, then he snaps his fingers.
SNAP!!
As they open their eyes, they feel that they are no longer on the ship. They are in Throne, the garden of miracle.
Bel-chan, Eugen-chan, Taihou-chan, Shoukaku-chan and Zuikaku-chan are also in this garden with Kay and Wiseman. They are feeling too fascinating, watching the beautiful garden as they have never seen the beauty, yet gorgeous garden, all this time.
They ran to the garden and played with each other, forgetting about Kay and Wiseman.
"Are you sure, you want to bring them here?", Asked Wiseman. "Even though this garden is charming, there is very dangerous here. Strong enough to destroy the world."
"I know what I'm doing", answered Kay. "I already aware of that, but nothing bad will happen to them as long as I'm here."
"They will eventually forget about this place. Therefore, as far that I know, it will be least concern to me."
"Now, back to you. What do you want, Wiseman? Any reason for me to be here exactly?"
"Of course, there are something you need to here", answered Wiseman.
"If you're talking about the lesser cell, it should not be a big problem for us or this world", said Kay. "They will eventually die."
"It's true", said Wiseman. "Then, I trust you already knew the real reason, right?"
Kay sighed when he heard Wiseman say that. It seems that the cell is already established at this time, waiting for the time to find its prey.
"Are you telling me, that the cell is already here? At this timeline?", asked Kay.
Wiseman nodded at him, telling him the truth.
"Then, your reason … to send me liked, about ten years later from this day?", asked Kay. "If you knew the cell already appear in this time, then why bother to send me several years later, Wiseman? I can literally destroy them right now rather than waiting for them."
"You knew the trait of your enemies, Kay', said Wiseman. "Hide, when they weak and play, when they strong. You can search for them, all day all night, and got nothing."
"Yeah…yeah, I know", said Kay. "So, you're saying that, there is, at least one cell that strong enough to consider a threat for humanity?"
"You're correct", said Wiseman while clapping. "As I expect from you."
SLASH!! KLANG!!
Kay swings Rakurai towards Wiseman, which he manages to block it. Kay does not use his full strength, given that there are children here.
"You still haven't answered my question, Wiseman", Kay said while withdrawing Rakurai. "What is your real reason, to send me here?"
"Well ... well, talk about short temper", said Wiseman. "There aren't many reasons, just as some preparation for you, Kay."
Wiseman pointed his finger at the children who were playing with each other.
"You are a person who is bad, dealing with children", said Wiseman. "Really bad, liked you deal with them at Azur Lane."
"That means nothing, Wiseman", said Kay. "What about these children have something to do with your reason?"
"You treat them well, because you knew some of them", said Wiseman. "You already knew Belfast, Prinz Eugen, Zuikaku and Shoukaku, which surprisingly, they are here with us. What's happen, if you never met them?"
"There will be probabilities that you are completely ignoring them. This is just some precaution, even though I knew, the chances for you to really did that are pretty much very slim."
"You're an element, the one who will change the future. Your present itself, will affect the world."
Kay looked at Wiseman and sighed, what he said was probably has some truth.
"I will do what I can", said Kay, while looking at the children. "If the cell is really here, that's reason is good enough for to come here. I will find it, no matter how much, it will take."
"Then, good luck", said Wiseman while walking away. "Oh, before I forget, I have something important thing to tell you."
"You see, they are pretty much children here…and…"
"Good luck for that."
Wiseman immediately disappears from Kay's sight, making him confused since he doesn't know what Wiseman is talking about.
"I'm pretty sure there is something that he doesn't want to tell me", said Kay. "Well, that's not important right now."
Kay calls Bel-chan, Eugen-chan, Taihou-chan, Zuikaku-chan and Shoukaku-chan who are still playing. They responded to Kay's call and headed straight for him.
"Are you having fun?", asked Kay.
"Yes, we are having fun, nii-nii!!", shouted Eugen-chan. "Eugen never saw a place that more beautiful than this."
"Thank you for bringing us here, Onii-sama", said Bel-chan.
Taihou-chan pulled Kay's sleeve and nodded her head. Shoukaku seems to be feeling very happy, possibly forgetting the incident of being bullied by Akagi. Zuikaku-chan just nodded and smiled cheerfully.
"Now, everyone come here and close your eyes for a moment", said Kay.
They followed Kay's instructions and closed their eyes. Kay immediately activates his element, closing the throne. When they opened their eyes, they realized they were on the ship.
"Alright, be a good girl and go to your room", said Kay. "It's already nightime and I don't want any of you bring trouble to Amagi. Can you do it?"
The girls nodded at Kay and continued to run to their own rooms, leaving Kay alone.
"I guess it's time for to go to bed", said Kay. "But they never told me, where my room, right? Maybe, I should ask Amagi first."
ZAPP!!
Kay kicks her foot to the floor, activates his element and tries to find Amagi. After a few seconds, he managed to track down Amagi and continued heading towards her.
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Kay was in front of the door he felt that Amagi was inside. Without hesitation, he continued to open the door.
"Amagi ... are you ... there?", asked Kay as he opens the door.
As he opens the door, he indeed saw Amagi, just half naked. The smooth skin of her that still wet, probably just finished taking a bath. The only part that covered some of her skin is just a wet towel.
Upon seeing Kay, Amagi's face turned red, feeling very embarrassed.
BAMM!!
Kay immediately closed the door and sighed at himself. He leaned against the door and apologized to Amagi.
"I…well, sorry about that Amagi", said Kay. "I should knock first before open the door."
"Don't worry about that, Kay", said Amagi while leaned against the door. "At least you have apologized and know your mistake. Make sure you are more careful later."
"...yeah, sorry", said Kay. "But, hey, you have a nice body. Thank you very much."
Amagi laughed a little even in her heart, she felt very embarrassed. She had never experienced such this event and didn't know why she felt ashamed.
"Is there anything I can help you, Kay?", asked Amagi. "Surely, you wouldn't come here to see me, just to talk."
"I want to ask about my room", answered Kay. "Seems liked Monarch completely forget about this matter."
"Your room? Oh, I'm very sorry about that", said Amagi. "Please give some time and then I will guide you to your room."
After several minutes of waiting, Amagi opened the room door. Kay could smell the fragrance from Amagi, a very fragrant scent. She also wears clothes that can be said to pierce the hearts of men and the sweet smile from Amagi can touch someone's feelings.
"Sorry for taking some time", said Amagi with a smile. "Shall we go to your room now? Or you want to have some detour first?"
"Nah, I want to go to my … well I change my mind, I will take your offer, Amagi", said Kay. "At least, to make it even for what I saw just now."
"I really hope you already forget about that, Kay", said Amagi, feeling embarrassed. "Now, please follow me"
"Yeah, yeah, as you wish", responded Kay.
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"*yawns*, I don't get enough sleep", said Kay. "I talked to Amagi for too long, yesterday. Now, I'm feeling very tired."
"Are you alright, Kay?", asked Ibuki. "And Shinano, please wake up."
"Don't mind me", responded Kay. "It just lack sleep."
They are on their way to the Sakura Empire. Kay had anticipated that they were almost there.
After a few minutes, Kay was able to see the port of Sakura Empire. Then, he saw something he doesn't want to see it.
There are plenty of children, waving of them. They are shouting, 'welcome back' at them. Kay already knew some of it, consider some of the children are from Eagle Union and Royal Navy.
Among the children, there was a little girl with white hair, wearing a captain-like hat, almost white clothes and a black coat with a little bird on top of her head.
The little girl is very confused seeing Kay, she immediately running towards Kay and smiling at him. The little girl is very curious at Kay since she never saw him.
Upon seeing the little girl, Kay became silent for a moment. He sighed a little bit.
"Wiseman…you will be dead when I see you again", said Kay in his mind. "Why I never thought about this? Of course, she will be here if this is the past."
The little girl is none other than, Enterprise. The little Enty that still pure and doesn't the hatred like the adult one. She is smiling at Kay, a very sweet smile.
But the opposite gestures by Kay, for Enterprise.
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Sakura Empire, there is a group of children running towards the port, waiting for Amagi and the others to return home. Most of them are from Eagle Union and Ironblood, whose visit is expected today, though most likely postponed to tomorrow.
When they almost arrived, they could see Amagi, who was smiling at them. However, they were very surprised to see an unknown man, getting out of the ship.
Enty-chan who is a little girl with high curiosity, ran towards Kay. As she ran, a strong wind came and blew Enty's hat, making her chase to get it back. However, she is too short to reach it.
GRAB ...
Kay held out his hand and reached for the hat. He then sighed and looked at Enty-chan's face, who was smiling happily.
Kay placed the hat on Enty-chan's head.
"Thank you, Onii-chan", said Enty-chan while smiling.
"......"
"Well, it will be good if she acts liked this for the adult one", said Kay in his mind. "Let's ignore her before she starts to behave like little Eugen."
As Kay spoke that, he realized that someone was pulling on his sleeve. He thought it was Taihou-chan since she was the only one who did that. However, his guess was wrong when he saw little Eugen, pulling his sleeve
Somehow, she acts different than before. She suddenly becomes quite shy in front of the others.
She seems to feel awkward and uncomfortable with her peers.
"Ahh ... here you are, Eugen-chan!", Said Enty-chan. "Hipper-chan is looking for you whole night. You should go see her now before she gets worried."
Eugen-chan just kept quiet and hid behind Kay.
"Don't worry, Enty-chan", said Bel-chan. "Onii-sama and I have taken care of her as best we can."
"Onii-sama?", said Enty-chan while looking at Kay. "Then…thank you, Onii-chan."
"........"
Kay felt very awkward when he heard Enty-chan calling him with such a nickname. So, he just nodded at her without relying it.
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"Welcome back, Amagi-nee!", Shouted the children.
"I'm home", responded Amagi, smiling. "Thank you for taking care of them, Friedrich."
A tall woman with black haired that almost covered her right eyes came to pick them up. Kay already makes some guesses that she is definitely from Ironblood, considers her clothes and the emblem. Friedrich smiled at Amagi, saying that she didn't mind taking care of them as long as they were happy.
Friedrich looked towards Kay, who suddenly caught her attention.
"May I know, who is this child, Amagi?", asked Friedrich while talking about Kay. "It's quite rare for us to receive a guest at this time."
"Child??…really", said Kay in his mind.
"This man is a very important guest, Friedrich", said Monarch who suddenly interrupted their conversation. "We will talk more clearly later. There are children here and it's very inappropriate to discuss here."
"That's very surprising", said Friedrich. "Is this child too important?"
"Believe me, this man is really important to us", said Monarch.
"Alright, if you say so", said Friedrich while looking at Kay. "Then, welcome to Sakura Empire, child. I hope you will enjoy your stay."
"Ah…Well, thank you for the warm welcome", said Kay.
"Ano…are you alright, Onii-sama?", asked Bel-chan. "You seem acting really odd."
"You see…there are lot of children here", answered Kay. "May I know what happens here first, Amagi?"
"You didn't know, Kay?", asked Amagi. "I'm pretty sure you already knew the reason for most of the little shipgirls from ever factions came here."
"No, I don't know", answered Kay. "What give you the idea in the first place?"
"This man is unbelievable", said most of the girls.
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Sakura Empire, meeting room.
"So, are saying that you don't enough to take care of these children?", Asked Kay. "And your HQ also in the process of rebuilding?"
"That's right, even though I feel very ashamed to admit, we are not enough people", said Monarch. "We can't let these kids split up in faction as the sirens are still hard for us to beat."
"We can't beat the sirens like you saw yesterday", said Izumo. "We still can't use our rigging in full conditions and that's why we thought that we should stay together until we figured out something."
"It's too dangerous here", said Amagi. "Even though, Sakura Empire is probably safer, we don't know how long this place can handle it if been attacked."
Kay looked around and he found this place very dilapidated and not well maintained.
"So, can I ask who the leader here?", Asked Kay.
They looked at each other, and then looked at the Monarch, telling Kay that she was their leader.
"I'm the leader of this combine factions for time being", responded Monarch. "Is there any problem or dissatisfaction, Kay?"
"Not really, just want to ask, what is your next step?", Said Kay. "What do you want to do next, Monarch?"
"What do you mean?", asked Monarch.
"You have several problems that need to fix as soon as possible", said Kay. "Starting from your rigging and your commanding. Surely you can do better than, yesterday right?"
Monarch seems frustrated to hear that. She immediately asked Kay if he was questioning her abilities.
"There is something you need to know, Monarch. This man already defeating some sirens without us noticing them.", said Amagi. "We probably in danger if Kay doesn't help us."
Monarch sighed and nodded, he knew he had to forget her pride and accepts the reality. These shipgirls can't destroy sirens by themselves that easily compared to Kay.
"Then, do you have any suggestion, Amagi?", asked Izumo.
"I do have", said Amagi. "But I need Kay to agree with this."
They looked at Kay, waiting for an answer from him.
"What do you want from me, Amagi?", Kay asked. "Hope it's not something difficult."
"Then, would you mind becoming our guardian, Kay?", asked Amagi. "Since you're already good dealing with children, plus your strength and personality. I think it's perfect job for you."
"Ermm…I don't come here to babysit some children, you see", said Kay. "I have something more important to do."
Kay tells Amagi that he does not agree but Amagi insists that Kay accept it.
"You don't have to give an answer now", said Amagi. "Take your time and think, then you will give me your answer."
"Alright…alright, let me think first, would you?", said Kay. "Then, if you excuse me since I'm very tired right now."
Kay walked out of the room, leaving them.
"Are you sure, that's fine, Amagi?", asked Monarch. "We still don't know much about him and that's why we need to act very careful around him."
"You worry too much, Monarch. It's fine", said Amagi. "We may don't know him too much, but he indeed knew us from the start."
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Kay walks without direction and purpose. Although it is still the Sakura Empire, this place is clearly very different. Kay felt this place did not have enough facilities or was very old and in poor condition.
"Seems liked someone is slacking too much, apparently", said Kay as he walks. "
Suddenly, he heard some noises, coming from a building. He continued on his way and found that the building was a cafeteria and there were many children in it.
"Everyone lined up and took the food provided", said one woman. "Make sure you finish all of it ..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Kay and continued to greet him.
"So, you're the one who Amagi is talking about", said the woman. "I'm Georgia, battleship from Eagle Union. It's very nice to meet you."
"My name is Kay, just…a random person", said Kay. "Well, it's nice to meet you."
As Kay and Georgia tried to talk, several children came towards Kay. They are Bel-chan, Eugen-chan, Taihou-chan, Shoukaku-chan and Zuikaku-chan.
"Ano ... do you want to join us, Onii-sama?", Asked Bel-chan.
"Well ... I'm just walking here .... wait.… wait a minute", said Kay as he saw what was on the tray that Bel-chan was holding.
Kay saw some canned food on Bel-chan's tray. Kay then took it and examined it, making the others feel strange. Kay then looked at the other children's tray, he only saw canned food and water.
"Wait ... wait ... are you for real", said Kay.
Kay then went to the place to take the food and only saw the canned food provided.
It's bean, bean canned food, green peas, red peas, some corn in cans, meat in cans and many others. All of them are rations, army food and canned foods.
"Beans! You give them beans? For breakfast?", asked Kay. "You gotta be joking with me. Do you really give them canned food to eat?"
"Yes, what's wrong with that?", asked Georgia.
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?", shouted Kay. "More liked, what's wrong with your head!!"
"Are you seriously giving them canned food every day?"
"Well, they are simple to provide", said Georgia. "And, children seem to liked it."
Kay then looked at Bel-chan's face who tried to avoid Kay reading her face. Seems they never like the canned foods in the first place.
"Well, you know what, no more canned food from now on", said Kay while activates his element, collecting all the canned foods from the children.
ZAPP…ZAPP…ZAPP…
"Wait, what are you doing, Kay?", asked Georgia. "If you take the food away, what the children will eat then?"
"Home cooking", said Kay as he walks to the kitchen. "At least, better than canned foods."
Kay opened the kitchen drawer and checked the available materials. He needs to act fast because he knows the children are hungry right now.
"Let see ... we have flour ... honey ... oh! Eggs!", Said Kay. "That's good enough for five minutes cooking."
Kay is thinking of making breakfast for the children. He needs to make a simple one but delicious and nutritious.
"Simple one…simple one…I guess pancakes will do it", said Kay. "Yeah, why not…better than canned food at least."
"Now, let's get this ready."