Azur Lane: Silent Service
Chapter 30 - Buckingham Palace

The Royal Navy's dining room is located on the main island. Shaped like a small palace with unique medieval carvings. The atmosphere around me felt very heavy and awkward due to the Eagle Union military uniform that felt striking in an elegant place like this.

With a small blink of my eyelid, I ordered Sofia to pay attention to the conditions around us. My movements are very limited in this place and the slightest information would be very useful for a backup plan.

“Mr Altair, we have arrived at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has been waiting with her bodyguards” said Belfast who entered her Perfect Maid Mode.

Belfast opened the entrance to Buckingham Palace and a long, red carpet roll welcomed me. The Royal Navy's Maid line awaited my arrival and bowed like a special guest.

“Welcome to Buckingham Palace, Mr Altair!” the Maid line.

Sofia and I looked at each other. Our winks and glances were fixed on one of the Royal Navy's Maid uniforms. They planted a cloth-covered voice recorder and left a strange trail in the proportions of their shoulders.

“Stupid!” the criticism that Sofia made naturally moved in her sharp eyes and was read by me.

Without verbal communication, Sofia's eyesight had its own meaning that denigrated the Royal Navy's Maid.

“Is this what you do to welcome someone?” I said to get some information about the customs of the Royal Navy Maid.

“True, Mr. Altair. We offer special services only for special guests. A person who can meet Queen Elizabeth in person is an important figure who deserves the full service of the Royal Navy” Maid Union reply Belfast.

“Of course, you have the right to choose one of them as a companion through a long night at Buckingham” Palace Belfast continued with a sweet smile on its face.

“I understand” reply short.

Doing that kind of thing in a beehive? I'm not that stupid to do that.

“Hmm.. Why just one?” my many.

Technically, doing so with two other Maids is an ideal condition for working with the Royal Navy. As a healthy male, the condition is much more tempting than choosing one among them and Honey Trap tactics will work effectively.

“A-Aaah, right too. If Mr. Altair is not satisfied enough, we can do it in turn. We only provide one Maid because Maid who served at Buckingham Palace has a tight schedule to maintain the cleanliness and neatness of Queen Elizabeth's residence.”

Ah, so it seems. A network of spies disguised as Maid more precisely.

Queen Elizabeth, huh? In the story and story game Azur Lane, HMS Queen Elizabeth is the most influential figure in the Royal Navy faction. Speech that comes out of his mouth is like an absolute order that must be carried out by the ships of the Royal Navy. Put aside his overly spoiled and coercive character, in fact.. HMS Queen Elizabeth is an old ship that has a hull design from the super-dreadnought era and became the main command of the Royal Navy ship movement. So that the speech of Queen Elizabeth is an order that must be carried out by the Royal Navy faction.

Pretty surprising little fact, isn't it?

Yes, I understand that fact as a natural thing because the body shape of HMS Queen Elizabeth in the world of Azur Lane is Legal Loli!

Uwaaahahah!!

The looooli!

Aaaarrr!

Calm myself!

Yes, I have to be calm to face this horrible reality.

Loli that have such a spoiled and coercive nature would be extremely troublesome!

“Belfast, tell me how to be formal after meeting Queen Elizabeth?” my door to Belfast.

“Mr Altair, a man should be able to behave according to the circumstances of the place. Such a thing does not need to be taught but rather embedded in the body and mind to behave politely.”

What kind of poetic answer is that?

That meant.. I have to adapt my environment when I meet Queen Elizabeth?

“Just relax, Mr. Altair. Queen Elizabeth is a leader who is easy to understand if it has one goal in common” said Belfast.

“...”

“...”

Sofia and I fell silent after hearing the declaration. Belfast's words that gave clues and threats were the war flag that the Royal Navy had flown. The meaning behind the remark was the preparation of the Royal Navy faction to utilize the secret technology of Eagle Union as part of their technology. There's only one small step to take that is to make sure my goals are in line with those of the Royal Navy.

“It really helped me” reply me with a small smile.

“Then, I need a record of Maid's schedule on duty at Buckingham Palace so that I can come on time to get their special service”.

“Only that?” reply Belfast with a surprised expression.

“Yes, that's all. Indeed especially?” reply me with questions.

My one small goal has increased..

The reason why I said that sentence was to utilize the layout of Buckingham Palace as a sensitive information hunting ground through the Royal Navy's spy network. Embedding recorder and hidden camera would be my little hobby to keep an eye on the Royal Navy's movements from behind the scenes.

Ekhem! Not that I want to peek!

This is just an espionage activity by exploiting the carelessness of the Royal Navy Maid scattered in Buckingham Palace.

“Humm.. What is it?” my eyes were turned to the mysterious figure standing in the corner of the room.

“Why are there small children in a place like this? Exceeding-”

“That's your son?”

My question elicited a small silence that spread widely.

“Mr Altair, they are Novice Maid who is undergoing education as a Royal Navy Maid. Regarding their looks similar to mine, it could be said that she is my sweet little sister named Little Bel.”

“Then.. Beside him is Little Chesire who is studying special guest reception for important events like this” said Belfast who introduced the two children.

Little Bel and Little Chesire walked up to me and saluted me as an ethic of the Royal Navy's Maid introduction.

“S-Goodnight, Mr. Seawolf.” said they both.

“Seawolf, huh?” I muttered after hearing their greetings. Even for Novice Maid, my identity as USS Seawolf is known. As expected of the Royal Navy's spy network.

It means that the Royal Navy has made very thorough preparations to drag me into the Royal Navy faction.

“Goodnight.. Little Bel's.. Little Chesire” said to reply to their greeting.

“Didn't you guys work too late for a small child size?” continue saying.

Little Bel and Little Chesire rose from their respectful positions then looked at me with a wide, innocent smile.

“Kuuuhu!” Sofia received that sweet attack and held onto her chest.

“Can I kidnap her?” without a word coming out of her mouth, Sofia's gaze that was watching them and turning towards me had explained everything.

With my cynical gaze denying the bad idea, I rejected Sofia's request for the future of the two little Maids.

I mean, in terms of appearance and physical condition. Both Maids are child versions of HMS Belfast and HMS Chesire. Their status is a subclass ship of the object the ship has created.

So, as a form of homage to Belfast and Chesire. I tried to restrain myself from physical touch that might ruin their future.

Y-Yeah.. Hang me!

Age is just a number!

Prison is just space!

Self-esteem is so expensive!

“Mr Altair, it is time we head to the Queen Elizabeth” throne room, Belfast said, reminding me of my purpose in this place.

I almost forgot for that one because of the loli-loli's timidity.

Before I go.. And as a wise adult. I gave Little Bel and Little Chesire a soft caress in their head hair.

“Hnnngg~”

“Muuunya~”

Little Bel and Little Chesire enjoyed the gentle caress by closing their eyes.

Damnit damnit!

How do I avoid this faith?!

With a heavy heart and full of regret, I was forced to relieve my stress with this embrace.

The parameters of Loli have peaked and my pent-up desire filled with bad ideas has risen!

I took off the soft caress and rushed to the throne of Queen Elizabeth with Belfast.

With the code of my blink of an eye, I informed Sofia of a secret plan to fend off the unreasonable requests of the Royal Navy.

Whether it's a ship or a human, greed will remain.

And I will face it after passing through the throne door.

“Mr Altair, please wait a moment here. I will inform the arrival of Mr. Altair to Queen Elizabeth” Belfast said as she left.

“...” I just fell silent and observed the conditions around me.

“Game has started, Master?” ask Sofia.

“Yes, Sofia. Let's see how crafty the Royal Navy's ability to take advantage of the situation” replied me with a cynical smile.

...(.(.Little Bel & Little Chesire)...