Crossing the azure as a black dragon

"Yes and no... There are other enemies besides the Sirens."

Seeing the conflicted expression on Black Flying Dragon's face, Shinano added an explanation.

"what is that?"

Rarely does Shinano not speak riddles, so Black Flying Dragon hurriedly pressed for an answer.

"Monsters and monsters."

Shinano sighed softly.

"understood."

Black Flying Dragon didn't know what a monster was, but he could tell that there was more than one kind of monster. If Shinano called it a monster, then it must be quite dangerous.

"I am about to travel to the Sakura Empire's mainland. Could you please look after this port for me?"

Shinano spoke only after Black Flying Dragon finished asking his question.

"Has it been a long time?"

Black Flying Dragon frowned.

"At the latest, one week."

Shinano replied.

"...It should be possible."

Black Dragon was somewhat insecure. What if Shinano left and the Sirens attacked the island directly? She could protect herself, but she couldn't protect the island.

"They dare not act rashly."

Shinano saw through Black Flying Dragon's thoughts.

"Then there's no problem."

Black Dragon nodded.

Chapter Fifty-Four: Stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside

After ending the conversation, Shinano stepped down the stairs. Under the watchful eyes of the Black Flying Dragon, Chitose Chiyoda and several ship girls joined the group from the side and followed Shinano away from the island.

The shrine was not lively in the morning. Only a few shrine maidens were sweeping fallen leaves, and the Akagi on guard duty was not on duty, making it seem rather deserted.

"I'll go for a walk too."

After enjoying the cool breeze by the wooden fence, Black Flying Dragon decided to go down and take a look; it would be too boring to just stay here and watch.

The shrine is located on the highest level of the port area. The level below it is where Kaohsiung and the others live. The streets here are not yet completed, and there are only family houses every now and then. The completion level of these two levels combined is not as high as that of the bottom level.

So the black dragon went straight to the bottom.

Stepping down the steps leads to a large plaza where numerous destroyers and light cruisers are conducting their morning exercises. As far as the eye can see, there are all sorts of animals; it truly lives up to its reputation as the Sakura Empire Zoo.

"Yay~ Good morning!"

Just as Black Dragon was debating whether to take some photos to remember the occasion, a small animal with blue hair entered her field of vision.

"Fubuki?"

Black Flying Dragon regained his composure and watched as Little Snowflake trotted over.

"Yes, I heard you came here yesterday, but I couldn't find you when I went to look for you..."

Fubuki nodded repeatedly, but her ears drooped as she spoke.

"Haha, I visited their home in Kaohsiung yesterday and didn't get back until last night."

Black Dragon smiled and shrugged as he explained.

"I see. Would you like to come over to our house? It's nearby!"

Fubuki suddenly realized, flapped her ears, and looked at the black dragon.

"May I?"

Black Dragon was somewhat surprised.

"Hehe, of course! Didn't Yuudachi-chan come along?"

Fubuki chuckled mischievously twice, then looked around.

"Yes, I left in a hurry and didn't bring Yuudachi with me. I'll definitely bring her next time."

Black Flying Dragon was a little conflicted. Just now she was wondering whether to go back to the port and bring Yuudachi with her, but in the blink of an eye Shinano left.

"Really? Let's go!"

Fubuki didn't pay much attention and started hopping around to lead the way for Black Dragon.

Following Fubuki, Black Dragon turned right into a street. The main food and residential buildings on the street were already completed, while many entertainment buildings were still under construction.

The tools used by the barbarians are excellent, and the dust and noise during construction are kept to a minimum, so that even passing by the construction site has little impact.

"The Manjuu are really amazing. When we came here, there was nothing at all, but now everyone is living happily."

Fubuki watched Banju work and praised him generously.

"Yes, I heard that the Manju appeared with us at birth. Fubuki, were there any Manju with you when you were created?"

Black Dragon asked with some curiosity.

"No, isn't the Manju hatched from an egg?"

Fubuki tilted her head in confusion.

"Generally speaking, the eggs hatch into broiler chickens, which cannot understand our speech and cannot use construction tools."

Black Flying Dragon reached out and pressed down on Fubuki's shoulder, speaking earnestly.

"It's a bit complicated, let me go ask!"

Fubuki thought for a moment, then jogged over to the Manjuu's construction site and started talking to the Manjuu that was directing the work.

"...Can the Manju speak human language?"

The black dragon was startled and quickly moved closer.

Even though this world is full of irrationalities, she still can't accept that Manju can speak human language.

However, as soon as she got closer, she heard Fubuki and Banju exchanging "chirps".

The conversation lasted for several minutes before Fubuki got up and returned to Black Dragon's side.

"How about it?"

The black dragon was very curious.

"They are built using Rubik's Cubes, just like us. One Rubik's Cube can be used to build..."

Twenty little chicks!

Fubuki gave a thumbs up.

"sharp."

Black Dragon exclaimed in admiration, "Fubuki can actually understand what Manju is saying, that's amazing!"

"Right?"

Fubuki also thinks Banju is amazing.

After the brief incident, the two continued forward, walking out of the street and turning several times until they arrived at the front of a courtyard house, which looked much larger than the one in Kaohsiung.

"Hehe, isn't that great? There are a lot of people living here, including my sisters and Hibiki's older sisters."

Fubuki proudly introduced it to Black Dragon.

"great."

Black Flying Dragon praised it.

"Speaking of which, are there any hot springs around here?"

Black Flying Dragon didn't go straight into the house; instead, he looked down and asked Fubuki.

"Yes, it's over there, but it hasn't been set up yet; there's only an open-air pool."

Fubuki quickly gave an answer, pointing to a grove of trees in the distance.

"An open-air hot spring."

Black Dragon stroked his chin.

"Are you going?"

Fubuki blinked.

"I want to go."

Black Dragon was very honest; besides cherry blossoms, hot springs were what attracted her most in Sakura Empire.

"Oh! I'll go get Xiang, let's all go together."

Fubuki suddenly perked up, ran forward, pushed open the door, and disappeared without a trace.

Black Flying Dragon tilted its head; why was Fubuki even more enthusiastic than her?

Taking two steps forward, Black Flying Dragon stepped through the gate and was greeted by a spacious courtyard. In the center of the courtyard was a flower bed with some flowers and plants planted in a reasonable manner. At this moment, a pink-haired girl with a lightning bolt side ponytail was watering the flowers.

"?"

The girl noticed the black dragon and looked over.

"Hello, my name is Black Flying Dragon, a friend of Fubuki."

Black Flying Dragon stepped forward amicably and introduced himself.

"Hmm, Hibiki told me that my name is Rai, and I'm Hibiki's younger sister."

Lei sized up the black dragon, nodded, and introduced himself.

"May I ask, what did Hibiki say about me?"

Black Flying Dragon didn't get too close, maintaining a certain distance as he asked.