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

"We have a great advantage in the air, which allows us to replace all of your aircraft carriers with bombers and torpedo planes."

"We just need the royal family's material support in the early stages and public support for the Sons of Prometheus."

"As for the spoils, we will split them 37:3, 7 for us and for you, the Royal Family. The resources consumed in the attack will be borne by yourselves."

"At the same time, we can also re-establish the Solomon Line of Defense south of the Sith Sea. We will also send two aircraft to join in patrol and escort."

"But we want a 50-50 split on the maritime integration costs."

"..."

In the bright conference room, RX-03 stood up and talked, looked around, and finally stared at a ship girl who seemed indifferent to everything and supported her chin.

'Ajax...' RX-03 silently recited the name in his heart.

There is no false reputation below the name. The royal chief think tank is indeed difficult to deal with. Whenever his proposal goes a little beyond the line, she will shoot it down.

Even the shrewd Belfast didn't notice some of the traps in the rhetoric, but Ajax easily discovered them. Among the several ship girls present, she was the only one who brought her great pressure, and this kind of bad character was not something she was good at dealing with.

Feeling a little regretful for not bringing along RX-09, the equally bad guy, RX-03 looked at Ajax and asked softly, "What do you think of what I said, Ms. Ajax?"

Noticing that everyone was looking at her after RX-03 finished speaking, Ajax placed her well-proportioned and slender legs on the table, her black stockings faintly revealing the light of her flesh. The corners of her small mouth turned up in a mocking smile, and she folded her hands in front of her slightly raised chest.

"We are all smart people, so why bother testing each other like this, Ms. RX-03?"

After hearing what Ajax said, some of the ship girls lowered their heads in shame. They really didn't hear any temptation, they just thought the conditions were pretty good. They usually claimed to be smart, but until this meeting, they realized that they were just frogs in the well.

As if he felt his posture was not very comfortable, Ajax put his legs down again, tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and looked directly at RX-03 with his magenta eyes.

"You are quite similar to that sick fox in Sakura City, always doing meaningless things."

"I am well aware of the strength of the Sons of Prometheus, especially your foolish second brother, who defeated a full-strength Siren escort fleet in less than ten minutes in a battle at Port William."

"I don't know what's wrong with those people in the military. They actually gave up on you under pressure..."

At this point, Ajax stopped tapping the table, stood up and changed the subject.

"But now please understand the situation of the Son of Prometheus. It is you who are begging the royal family for cooperation, not the royal family begging you to cooperate. The maritime integration fee will be split 50-50... Ha, you are so brave to bring it up."

"I won't play dumb with you. The spoils will be split 50-50, and the integration will be split 40-60. I'll also mortgage one son of Prometheus to the royal family. Otherwise, there's no deal."

Faced with the aggressive words of Ajax, RX-03 did not panic. She smiled gently and opened her red lips.

"make a deal."

Although it was a little different from the 03- split she had expected, RX- still made a concession and gave up the deal with satisfaction. She also knew that Ajax had been very restrained and did not ask for too much, and also gave her a satisfactory spot.

This negotiation was destined to succeed from the beginning. What she discussed with Ajax was not about an alliance, but the reward that the sons of Prosius would give to the royal family after their successful battle - the reward after opening up the Sea of ​​​​Faloo.

After the Faro Sea was isolated by the Sirens, the garrison there was almost destroyed, and the Sardinian Empire had not been in contact with the Azur Lane for a long time. The last intelligence they got from there was the battle report they sent after they had recaptured the Dark Islands with the help of the Iris Church.

In the battle report, Veneto first stated the victory of the battle, but at the same time pessimistically stated that he did not have many people around him, and that Rome and the Empire were sinking, so he asked for support.

When this battle report was sent, the Royal Family was shocked and immediately held a meeting with other camps to form a joint fleet to provide support. However, because the war here was too intense, the plan was eventually abandoned and they have only recently become idle.

Speaking of which, the battle report was sent out when the sons of Prometheus went to attack Solomon's defense line and the Sardinian Empire reduced the pressure and had a little space.

The rise of the Sons of Prometheus is inevitable, and they will definitely attack the Solomon Line between the Sea of ​​Sith and the Sea of ​​Faloo.

Therefore, the Royal Family directly allied with them and attacked the Solomon Line together with them and the Sakura Empire. Even if the operation failed, it could help relieve the pressure on Veneto.

But if successful, the interests between the Solomon Line of Defense will be too far for the Sakura Empire and the Royal Empire to take, so they can only be given to the Son of Prometheus.

After reaching an agreement, both parties shook hands in a friendly manner and left the meeting room talking and laughing.

Faced with Belfast's repeated invitations, RX-03 smiled and waved his hand to refuse.

"I still have some things to deal with on Splan Island, so I won't stay for dinner... The person we chose as collateral should be in heaven now. You can explain it to him when he comes down later."

"Don't worry, my second brother is a tough guy, he won't care about this."

Then she quickly boarded the mecha and prepared to leave with Mirai and CX-18. Although her second brother would not cause trouble for the ship girl, he would cause trouble for herself. With his stupid personality, he would definitely ask questions for a long time, so she rarely spent time talking to Xia Bai.

Moreover, Xia Bai cannot go back to Splanland Island now. The incident happened in Port William. The military was shocked by his powerful combat capability. Just kidding, he destroyed a Siren escort fleet in less than ten minutes. Who would not be tempted by such combat capability even if it has flaws?

They send people to the island every day to inquire about his whereabouts. If it weren't difficult to turn hostile now, RX-03 would have driven them away long ago.

However, although everything had already been discussed in the communication, Ajax unexpectedly took the initiative to ask Xia Bai to stay, which made her a little puzzled.

That's right, she and Ajax had been in contact for a long time. Specifically, not long after Xia Bai finished communicating with her for the first time in the royal family, the other party found her by some unknown method.

That's why she was worried that her stupid second brother would be cheated and not know that there was a bug on him.

Now all he could hope was that Ajax wouldn't go too far with Xia Bai. He shook his head and put his worries to himself, then the RX-03 began to accelerate back to Spland Island.

"Solomon...we will be back, don't worry...hehe~"

Get up from where you fell, and the day of washing away the shame is not far away.

(End of Volume 1)

Volume 2: The Future is in Your Hands

Chapter 1 Two Leaders

"Your Majesty, is this altitude enough?" Looking at Elizabeth shivering in his arms, Xia Bai's words were full of sarcasm, while he controlled the RX-02 to continue climbing upwards.

However, Elizabeth seemed to be very uneasy because it was her first time flying in the air. She bit her lips and punched Xia Bai hard with her little fists.

"It's too high... Get down here, you stupid servant!"

The constant vibration of the fuselage and the G-force generated by the rapid upward flight made Elizabeth feel very uneasy. She had never experienced such excitement in her life, having usually lived a life of luxury.

After stopping the RX-02 in the air, Xia Bai stroked the queen's soft golden hair and said softly, "Look around. This is a rare scene for the ship girls."

Elizabeth heard gentle words in her ears and stopped what she was doing. Like a frightened orange cat, she looked around cautiously.

In the full-circle mode, she could clearly see the white clouds slowly floating by not far away, and she seemed to be surrounded by the blue sky. Looking down, she could even see the Royal Island which seemed very small.

This sense of novelty immediately made her no longer afraid. She broke free from Xia Bai's arms, looked left and right curiously, and stretched out her little hand to touch the clouds, but was blocked by an invisible wall.

"Your Majesty, we are in a mecha. Because it is in full-circle mode, it looks like we are floating in the air, but there is actually an inner wall."

After hearing what Xia Bai said, Elizabeth's face flushed red. She put her hands on her hips and pretended to know everything. She said proudly: "Of course I know what you said. Just now it was just...just..."

Seeing the queen becoming more and more guilty and her voice becoming smaller and smaller, Xia Bai thought to himself that Elizabeth was indeed still a child. He held back his laughter and stopped teasing her, and controlled the RX-02 to descend.

"Hey! Servant, why are you starting to land? I still want to see the scenery." Elizabeth began to yell, as if she was dissatisfied with Xia Bai's actions.

"We have been out for a long time. We should go back and see if they have finished the meeting. Isn't Your Majesty worried about the outcome?"

"I don't care...Okay, let's go back and take a look, but you have to take me to the sky next time. I haven't shown my majesty to my subjects yet." Although she was reluctant, Elizabeth still agreed with Xia Bai's words.

Although she is playful and willful, she can still distinguish what is important and what is unimportant. After all, she is the queen of the royal family and the apparent leader of the royal family.

Elizabeth asked hesitantly as they were falling.

"Servant, do you think that this king is unfit to be the leader of the royal family?"

"Why do you say that?" Xia Bai, who was concentrating on operating the RX-02, turned his head in surprise. At this moment, Elizabeth was hugging her legs dejectedly, her long golden hair was no longer bright, and she was a little depressed.

"I was kicked out of such an important meeting...Isn't this ridiculous for a leader of the royal family?"

What's wrong with that? Just do what you can. I'm the leader of the Sons of Prometheus, but I was kicked out. I think that's OK.

But Xia Bai did not tell Elizabeth what was in his mind. He could now feel that there was something wrong with her mental state.

"Although they all respected me in Belfast, I could feel that this respect was not because of how great I was, but just because I was the Queen Elizabeth."

"...I don't know a lot about the Royals' decisions or what's happened recently. I just play around and do nothing every day."

"I also want to be a queen who is respected by others for my own abilities, rather than being a mascot."

Elizabeth had always had this question in her mind, and she usually kept it suppressed. But today, not being allowed to attend the meeting became the fuse, and she vented everything out.

Xia Bai has a very insightful understanding of this issue. He is self-doubting and cannot find the direction to work towards. This is a problem that the son of Prometheus often encounters.

Now is the time for him to step forward as a 'confidant brother'. After thinking for a while, Xia Bai said to Elizabeth: "The leader of a force does not necessarily have to be someone with good abilities."

"If you can make the royal shipgirls respect and love you, you have fulfilled your responsibility as a leader."

"A leader relies not only on ability, but also on spirit. When your spirit can infect other ship girls to fight for you and form a royal family around you, you are a qualified leader."

"And who says you don't have the ability? Knowing how to use people well is also a skill."

"Under your leadership, the Royal Family, Belfast is the maid, Warspite is the knight, and they all went to their proper places."

"You don't have to do anything, or even say anything, just sit on the throne and you are the queen of the royal family."

“So there is no such thing as an inappropriate statement. Some people are born noble, and some become great later in life. But that doesn’t stop you, who are noble, from becoming great.”

Feeling that his words would make Elizabeth give up, Xia Bai quickly changed his approach.

"Now Elizabeth, don't you want to work hard? I can teach you."

"Don't look at me like this. I am the leader of the Sons of Prometheus. I have the final say on Sprain Island."

"Elizabeth, what do you mean by that look? Although I was kicked out, I volunteered... Never mind, I can't explain it to you. Give me your contact information and I'll explain it to you when I get back to the island."

Seeing Xia Bai looking somewhat embarrassed, Elizabeth was amused. She just wanted to vent her emotions suddenly, but she didn't expect the servant's reaction to be so funny.

Thinking of this, Elizabeth was no longer lonely. She sat in Xia Bai's arms and said confidently, "I don't need you to teach me. Humph~ How long have I been the royal queen, and how long have you been the leader? Can you teach me?"

Hearing the disdain in Elizabeth's words, Xia Bai felt that it was all in vain. She only listened to the second half of his words and looked down on him. What a hateful loli.

Thinking of this, Xia Bai gritted his teeth in anger, saying something like, "Do you know the meaning of RX-02?", "How many sirens have been found for UX-53?", "No one understands the son of Prometheus better than me."

These words, which Elizabeth could not understand, made her laugh out loud.

When RX-02 returned to the beach, Xia Bai saw Belfast who had been waiting for a long time, and immediately walked over with Elizabeth with a worried look on his face.

Before he could reach Belfast, he saw the other party bow slightly and his signature smile appeared on his face.

"From today on, Mr. Xia Bai will be our ally. Please give us your guidance."

After hearing what Belfast said, Xia Bai understood that the alliance was successful. His joy was evident on his face, and he immediately asked, "Does Belfast know where RX-03 is now?" He just wanted to take Elizabeth to RX-03 to let her hear what the other party thought of her.

You dare to look down on me and question my ability? I will slap you in the face soon.

Belfast looked embarrassed and thought for a long time before answering Xia Bai's question.

"Ms. RX-03 has left with her guards... She said you should stay with the Royal Family."

"what?"

Chapter 2 One Week Later

It had been about a week since the Son of Prometheus had established an alliance with the royal family. Although Xia Bai had shouted that it was impossible and wanted to chase him back, he was ridiculed by Elizabeth for this.

But in the end, thinking that his third sister would not harm him, his muscular brain did not allow him to think about anything too complicated, so he abided by the agreement and stayed in the royal family.

At the same time, what Belfast said also gave him a reason to stay in the royal family - he acted as a messenger to avoid the lack of a buffer zone when any disagreements arose between the two sides, laying a solid foundation for both sides to jointly attack the Solomon Line of Defense.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that he has to stay in the royal family. After all, he is quite popular in the royal family...except Sirius.

Originally, Xia Bai wanted to share this news with the maid first, but Sheffield had been avoiding him for the past week. When they met occasionally, he just glanced at her and left in a hurry. He didn't know what was going on.

"Ugh..."

Leaning on the bed, Xia Bai flipped through the book in his hand, but in the end he didn't read it.

The day after the alliance was successful, RX-03 mailed him a bunch of incomprehensible books, telling him to study more, improve his emotional intelligence and eloquence, and not be easily deceived.

"Just saying some incomprehensible things."

Throwing the book in his hand aside, Xia Bai raised his bracelet and tapped in the air, showing a light screen. The study time was over, and it was time to surf the Internet.

The bracelet was sent together with the book. I heard that it was made by the ship girls of the Sakura Empire. It is activated by mental power and is used for communication among the ship girls. It also has the function of accessing the Internet, just like a microcomputer.

Over the past week, the Royal Navy's fleet girls have been clearing out the Sirens in the surrounding waters in preparation for the attack on the Solomon Line to ensure safety in the rear during the attack.

So Xia Bai didn't go to chat with the ship girls he was familiar with. He had nothing to do all day, and the arrival of this thing happened to help him pass the time.

After skillfully entering the internal forum of the ship girls, Xia Bai found that many people liked and replied to the picture post he posted yesterday.

The picture is a sunset picture he took in the sky while driving an RX-02, with the caption: Today is also a day full of hope.

The old lady who wants to drive a Gundam: "Wow, wow, #tears expression, I want to be in heaven too... Xia Bai, you have to wait for me to come back, remember to let me drive the RX-02."

As soon as Xia Bai saw the familiar ID, he knew it was Miss War-Yan. Miss War-Yan's dream was shattered by reality. She was captured by King George V of England and has not returned yet.

After a moment of silence for War-weary, Xia Bai replied.

RX-02: “＃Hands clasped together emoji, just hope you return safely, I’ll be waiting for you.” Then he slid his finger downwards and continued to look at the replies.

Conscientious businessman: "Meow, can Mr. RX-02 fly that high? Can you let me study its internal structure? Curious cat head.jpg."