Even in the world of Kancolle, I want to drive a robot!

He instinctively groped for something in his arms, but found that his clothes had been changed, so he gave up.

Finally he spoke slowly.

"Are you talking about Tempalans?" There was hatred in the hoarse voice.

Silently keeping the name in mind, Sheffield discovered that his surveillance mission today had yielded incredible results.

"Is her name Templaris? Is there anything else besides this?" New Jersey inquired further.

"The first time, her first appearance should be in the Battle of the Faro Sea, a battle that only the sons of Prometheus participated in."

At this point, Xia Bai seemed to have returned to that hopeless battle, and continued with reluctance: "You also know that we lost that battle, and we lost miserably, losing our dignity and future."

"She calls herself the Arbiter Tempalans, and says she came here with the host's orders to destroy something. She used her powerful fighting power to defeat us one by one."

"203mm rapid-fire artillery, 150mm powerful penetrating beam, Hellstorm rockets, all our weapons are ineffective against her. We can only watch her control the situation of the battle."

"RX-01 risked his life to open an escape route for us... You all know what happened next."

"The son of Prometheus has become what he is now." Xia Bai laughed at himself, "That's all I know. It would be great if I could be of help to you."

After hearing Xia Bai's slightly sad words, New Jersey's mechanical rabbit ears drooped down weakly. She realized that she had inadvertently opened up the inner scars of the Son of Prometheus.

Feeling the mental fluctuations emanating from Xia Bai, New Jersey suddenly didn't know what to say next.

"Master, don't be too sad. Glory and Awesome have already told us everything about you. Don't worry. The Queen will not ignore this matter."

"What is gone is gone, and the living should look forward."

Sheffield couldn't bear it anymore and started to comfort the depressed Xia Bai.

"I'm not sad, I just feel guilty about my own weakness. Even if Tempalans appears in front of me, I can't do anything to her except running away."

Then Xia Bai looked towards New Jersey and said longingly.

"In fact, we, the sons of Prometheus, envy you, the ship girls. You are born with powerful strength and beautiful looks, and are sought after and admired by people."

"And we are the very definition of 'monsters', as others have called us."

"After undergoing this transformation, do we really have the right to be called 'human beings'?"

"I'm sorry, I accidentally said so much when talking about Tempalans. I think it's very troublesome for you to say so many strange things."

Sheffield glanced at New Jersey and saw that she had no intention of speaking, and he felt very angry.

You've led the conversation to this point, and now you're silent, what are you going to say? Don't let the maid do everything.

The maid was constantly winking at New Jersey, trying to get her to say something.

Five seconds later, New Jersey finally understood what Sheffield meant and said, "Sheffield is right. Things will work out when the time comes. Xia Bai, don't think too much."

“I have been traveling alone in the world since I was born. It is because of traveling that I understand that as long as I persist, there will be hope.”

"Hmm... maybe I'm not good at comforting people with my tongue. So, let's do a drill. I think you should understand what I want to say after the drill instead of these useless words."

Then New Jersey looked at Sheffield, clasped his hands together and said pitifully: "Sheffield, lend me some supplies, I have no fuel for the exercise."

"..."

Miss New Jersey, if you are not good at talking, please stop talking nonsense. Are you angry and want to attack someone directly because you can't comfort them?

The broom in his hand was crushed and broken, and Sheffield could no longer bear it.

The maid waved the broken broom in both hands and chased New Jersey out of the room. As New Jersey ran out of the room in a panic, he shouted, "Remember to practice with me, and... Sheffield, stop hitting me."

"Next time you see Tian Palans, contact me and I will help you teach her a lesson." After saying that, he disappeared without a trace.

After driving New Jersey out of the room, Sheffield threw away the broom, walked to Xia Bai's side, and took out something that looked like gold coins from her maid skirt. Then, she turned her head away embarrassedly and handed the things to Xia Bai.

"We're out of oil. Please use these first, master." A cold voice with a hint of shyness came into Xia Bai's ears.

He stared blankly at the resource coins in his hand, slowly clenched them, and then smiled.

"It's not my style to feel sorry for myself. It's really not my style to need others to comfort me, Xia Bai."

Recover your body and do what you should do. After all, the living still need to look forward. Feeling the resource coins in his hand that were full of Sheffield's thoughts, Xia Bai made up his mind.

However, this coin has a faint scent of irises and is a little moist. Where did Sheffield get it from?

Chapter 22 Is This the Royal Queen?

Although he was very curious about where the supplies came from, looking at Sheffield's expressionless face, Xia Bai instinctively told himself not to ask too much.

Although the feeling of weakness was alleviated a lot after using the resource coins, I still couldn't unfold the RX-02.

Sure enough, more supplies are still needed.

Shaking his hand to refuse Sheffield's support, Xia Bai walked down from the bed with difficulty.

"I'm feeling much better now. Can Sheffield take me to meet your queen?" Xia Bai asked Sheffield, who was anxious to further repair his body.

"As you wish, master." Accompanying Xia Bai, Sheffield led him out of the room to where the Royal Queen was.

The royal corridor is very long and wide. There are many compartments at the top of the corridor, and each compartment has a different oil painting.

The vermilion fine-pile carpet stretched as far as the eye could see in the middle of the corridor, and the white walls were embellished with golden symbols, which sparkled in the sunlight.

Walking on the corridor, Xia Bai admired the royal luxury and elegant architectural style while listening to Sheffield explaining to him the things to pay attention to when meeting the Queen.

"Our royal queen is very 'generous' and full of 'majesty'. She is also a very 'gentle' and 'kind' person. As long as the master sincerely expresses his thoughts, she will definitely consider it carefully."

"But Master, don't think she's easy to talk to and offend the Queen. In the royal family, we all have to obey the Queen's orders."

After listening to Sheffield's words, Xia Bai's mind emerged with a noble and elegant blond hair.

The image of the queen, full of majesty but with gentle eyes, strong and reliable, guiding the royal family forward in this cruel world...

"The queen of the royal family... to be trusted and surrounded by so many ship girls, she must be someone worth learning from and asking for advice." Thinking of this, Xia Bai couldn't help but look forward to the upcoming meeting.

After a moment, Sheffield stopped in front of a mahogany door, bowed his head respectfully, and said, "Master, we are here."

Xia Bai stopped walking when he heard this and looked at the carefully carved mahogany door in front of him. He always felt that there was an uneasy atmosphere inside, as if there was some ferocious beast in the room.

Xia Bai swallowed nervously and asked the maid beside him, "Sheffield, do you think it's a bit too rude for me to meet the queen in pajamas? How about I go back and change into something else?"

"Master, your original clothes have been taken away for cleaning. This is the first time that the royal family has a male visitor, and it is good enough to find a pair of pajamas with a neutral style."

Sheffield glanced at Xia Bai with the eye that was not covered by his bangs and continued.

"Or are you too nervous now, Master? It doesn't matter, the Queen won't care about these trivial matters." Then she prepared to push open the door with her white little hand.

"Wait... let me tidy up my clothes." Interrupting Sheffield's actions, Xia Bai hurriedly checked if there was anything wrong with himself.

There was nothing strange on his face, and he wasn't holding anything resembling a weapon. Although his clothes weren't very good and seemed to be women's clothing, there was nothing that could be done now.

His image represents the image of the son of Prometheus. If the queen is dissatisfied, it will be a waste of time and effort.

After a long while, Xia Bai tidied up his clothes and nodded to Sheffield.

As Sheffield moved, an inexplicable sense of tension enveloped Xia Bai's whole body.

"What kind of person is the royal queen...?"

The door was opened.

What came into view was a spacious hall filled with gold and splendor, with iron half-armor decorations on both sides, portraits of old nobles hanging on the walls, and dazzling crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.

At the end of the hall, there was a pale golden throne on the steps. The throne was carved with delicate patterns that expanded outward in circles. Next to the wide seat were two lion heads, roaring with their mouths open, revealing the nobility and majesty of the throne's owner.

Sitting on the throne is a... ?

Except for her long golden hair, she was completely different from the royal queen Xia Bai had imagined.

A pair of pink legs wearing white over-the-knee socks, a small crown on the head, and a thin figure, as if frightened by someone who suddenly came in, with her mouth wide open and fangs showing.

No matter how you look at it, he can't be more than fourteen years old, right?

'This is your royal queen?'

After the shock, Xia Bai stared at Sheffield, conveying this message. He wanted to make sure whether he had recognized the wrong person.

Sheffield remained silent and just nodded slowly.

Approaching Sheffield, Xia Bai whispered, "Didn't you say she was majestic? Why can't I feel that?"

"Master, you will soon be able to feel the Queen's majesty. Don't speak yet, so as not to offend the Queen."

After quietly reminding Xia Bai, Sheffield took a step forward, bowed his head respectfully, and said in the direction of the throne: "Queen, the son of Prometheus has been brought here."

After hearing Sheffield's words, the little queen finally reacted and whispered, "I thought it was Befa who brought the ice cream, but it turned out to be Sheffield."

Then he sat up straight and said, "No need to be polite, Sheffield." As if he noticed Xia Bai standing beside him, he continued, "Tell me who the man next to you is?"

With the Queen's permission, Sheffield raised his head and answered, "The Son of Prometheus that Miss Glorious and Miss Terrible brought back yesterday."

"Have Glory and Terrible brought people back? How come I didn't know? Hmm...what is the Son of Prometheus?" After thinking for a moment, the little queen said something shocking.

The atmosphere suddenly felt a little wrong.

A thousand alpacas were running wildly through Xia Bai's mind. He thought that the queen should be busy with all kinds of affairs and work hard day and night, but how come the queen in front of him knew nothing?

"Sheffield, although I know it's not very polite, can I ask how she became your royal queen?" Xia Bai quietly approached Sheffield and asked in a low voice in her ear.

"Because she is the Queen Elizabeth," the maid replied in an inaudible voice.

"That's it?" Xia Bai's eyes widened.

'That's it.' Sheffield responded with a definitive look.

After exchanging glances, Xia Bai expressed that he could not accept it.

"Hey, don't think that you guys won't be discovered by me when you whisper down there. Sheffield, explain to me what's going on."

The little queen shouted on the throne, it seemed that Xia Bai and Sheffield’s secret communication had been discovered.

With a reproachful look at Xia Bai, Sheffield walked up the stairs and whispered something to Elizabeth beside the throne.

Elizabeth listened to Sheffield's explanation while nodding slowly, making a 'hmm...hmm' sound, then looked at Xia Bai below, with the corners of her mouth raised high, revealing her little canine teeth.

Chapter 23 The Queen's Trial

After Sheffield told Elizabeth what had happened, the Queen pretended to be dignified and said, "Your name is Xia Bai, right? I heard from Sheffield that you came to ask me for supplies."

Seeing Elizabeth on the throne finally speaking, Xia Bai considered carefully and replied, "That's it, Your Majesty."

Trying to appear more sincere, Xia Bai continued, "My purpose of meeting the Queen is to obtain supplies so that I can contact my family. I beg the Queen to agree."

"This king does not care about why you borrow supplies from the royal family, nor is he interested."

Hearing the queen's decisive voice, Xia Bai felt greatly disappointed and wondered whether he should go to Guanghui or Kewei for help.

"But..." The words drawn out in a long tone made Xia Baiyou feel hopeful again.

Elizabeth, sitting high on the throne, pointed the scepter in her hand at Xia Bai, revealing her little fangs excitedly.

"If you can complete this king's trial, why not lend you the supplies?"

Elizabeth was bored waiting for the head maid to bring her ice cream, but since someone like this had come, the little queen had an idea to kill time.

"Trial?"

"Yes, it is the Royal Queen's trial. How about it? Do you agree?" Looking at Xia Bai who was already interested, Elizabeth continued, "After completing the trial, the Royal Queen will give you as many supplies as you want."

After hearing Elizabeth's willful words, no matter whether they were true or false, Xia Bai was moved or blinded by the interests.

Although he didn't know what the trial was about, he was still willing to give it a try. After all, the son of Prometheus on the island was still living a tight life.

With the intention of bringing back some resources, Xia Bai replied to Elizabeth.

"Of course, Queen, please tell me the content of the trial."

Hearing Xia Bai's reply, Elizabeth's face was filled with smiles. She took out a mobile phone from somewhere, pointed at it and said, "You will know in a moment, just wait." Then she put on her black lady shoes and hummed an incomprehensible song.

Xia Bai blinked and looked at Sheffield next to Elizabeth, hoping that she could give him some hints, but unfortunately the maid didn't seem to want to pay attention to him.

Five minutes later, a girl with short white hair and a big sword on her back walked into the hall.

Elizabeth stood up when she saw the girl come in and said excitedly, "Sirius, you're here."

"..."

The girl called Sirius nodded without saying anything.

Elizabeth ignored Sirius's rudeness and excitedly waved her scepter at Xia Bai and said, "The first trial is this - a competition in front of the palace."

"If you can defeat Sirius, then the first trial will be completed." After saying this, Elizabeth sat back on the throne, eating pastries and squinting her blue eyes cutely.

The first trial? Does that mean there are still a few more? However, thinking of the generous rewards for completing the trial, Xia Bai looked at Sirius carefully.