NIKKE, when the stars bloom

It seems that these days, these Nikkis who seemed to be friendly with her on the surface have never looked at her straight in the eye in private.

"I won't show mercy just because you didn't choose your weapon." The noble girl said coldly, "This is a duel of honor. If something unexpected happens, please don't feel resentful..."

"The commander has said it has begun~"

Even someone as patient as Mihala couldn't help but feel annoyed after seeing Helen's aristocratic attitude again and again.

Click, click, click, click!!!

Four cracking sounds were heard from the woman's right knuckles. Mihara, who had already shared the pain with the noble girl, broke four fingers of her right hand with her left hand...

Helen: “!!!”

The sudden and intense pain instantly flooded the girl's senses. The pain of the broken joints made her instinctively loosen her right hand that was holding the hilt of the sword. She tried to relieve the pain that directly affected her brain by spreading her five fingers.

Clang!

The rapier landed as expected.

Mihala rushed forward in a few steps as if nothing had happened. She stepped on her right foot with a smile, raised her right knee while leaping to the commanding height, pointed her left foot towards the ground, and hit Helen's chin with her knee.

If this nearly 1,000-pound knee had been hit hard, even Nikki would have suffered at least a moderate to severe concussion and would have to stay in the hospital for a few days.

Faced with such a brutal knee strike, the weaponless noble girl followed her instincts completely, turned her head to the side, and crossed her hands in front of her to protect herself. Her movements were no different from those of an ordinary person who had no fighting experience.

Boom——! !

The explosive impact force easily broke through the defense of the two arms, and Mihaela's knee penetrated the girl's jawbone through her arms.

The fainting feeling came as expected.

Boom!

After just one encounter, the captain of the Praise, who had initiated a duel, was easily knocked to the ground by her opponent.

"I win, little noble sister."

Mihaela landed steadily and symbolically stomped her high heels on the floor, indicating to everyone that she was fully capable of crushing Helen's head. Then she narrowed her eyes and smiled charmingly:

"There should be a punishment for the person who loses the duel, right~?"

"..."

Listening to her opponent's words, the noble girl fell to the ground, swallowed by humiliation, pursed her lips and remained silent.

Tears began to flow uncontrollably in her eyes. If the girl had not been holding on stubbornly, she would have probably shed tears by now.

However, at this moment, Phoenix, who was watching the game closely, walked slowly towards Helen amid Yuni's applause and celebration.

dah, dah, dah, dah...

The man walked slowly and steadily, approaching the girl with an unquestionable aura.

"Does it hurt?"

Squatting down, Phoenix lowered his head and looked carefully into Helen's gem-like blue eyes.

In this pair of beautiful eyes, the lieutenant clearly saw the anger, hatred, fear and terror hidden within.

But he couldn't find even a trace of resentment in her. Even though she was so angry and unwilling, Helen's eyes were still as pure as a wounded little animal, without a trace of viciousness or cunning.

This is just a girl who has been well protected in life both before and after becoming Nikki.

"You haven't been to the front. You haven't killed Letcher."

The lieutenant's unique hoarse voice echoed in Nikki's ears, and each unpleasant word continuously ground at Helen's dignity and soul.

"Although Mihala's pain sharing cannot be defended by shutting down pain perception, I didn't see any doubt in your eyes, and you didn't know this information. Therefore, can I understand that you didn't try to shut down pain perception at all?

In other words, you don't even have the most basic combat awareness, and you've even forgotten that you have the ability to turn off pain.

A battleship commander who has never seen Letcher, cannot withstand pain, and has no ability to respond, even if you are really asked to go to the sea to fight Letcher in the future, you will just die with a ship of unlucky people to accompany your naval glory.

Tell me, what is the essential difference between you and those useless commanders who only know how to charge and run, Miss Helen."

"I didn't! Naval battles and land battles... No, they're different..."

Hearing Phoenix's question, Helen wanted to refute, but her tone became weaker unconsciously. On the contrary, pearl-like tears could no longer be controlled and slid down her cheeks, admitting her cowardice.

The false dignity was shattered by reality, and the arrogant soul was torn apart by words, but the lieutenant's heart-piercing words still echoed in the girl's ears like an abyss.

"Do you really care about the glory of the navy? Or do you just want to prove that you can be an excellent noble even if you become Nikki?"

"I told you I didn't!"

The boldness and playfulness that are unique to a young girl bloomed slowly at the moment when her arrogance was destroyed. Helen shook her head in horror, unwilling to admit that everything she had done was just to prove that she was still a lady from a noble family.

"You know nothing! I have no chance to go to the surface! The Praise is the only battleship on the Ark! It is also the first battleship on the Ark!

What happened! After it was built, everyone used it as a pool salon!!!"

"That's not a reason for you to be incompetent, Miss Helen."

After seeing the little beast's almost hysterical roar, the evil ghost named Phoenix finally revealed his ferocious fangs that had been hidden for a long time. Then, he grinned and uttered the Abyss Contract, which consisted of only three words.

"Want to learn?"

"……what?"

Crystal clear tears still hung on her eyelashes. The noble girl, who was unaware of the dangers of the world, leaned sideways and propped up her right elbow. She stared at the lieutenant with a blank look and asked in disbelief:

"Learn... what to learn?"

"Commanding troops, personnel management, tactical layout, strategic guidelines, and things like political judgment, you have a lot to learn, Captain Helen."

The demon whispered in a persuasive manner, and finally uttered those three words again.

"Want to learn?"

"..."

Staring into the lieutenant's emerald green eyes, Helen's plump lips trembled slightly, "Are you... willing to teach me?"

"As long as you are obedient, I will teach you."

Under Mihala's excited gaze, Yuni's admiring eyes, and Marianne's helpless roll of the eyes, Lieutenant Phoenix wiped away the tears from the corners of the noble girl's eyes with the back of his index finger and quietly stated the first requirement of the contract.

"First, you have to stand by me."

"My dear Miss Helen."

Chapter 186: We have everything you want

The lieutenant left.

However, he did not run away from home, but took his wife, whose right knuckles were broken, back to his underground dormitory.

Of course, all the squadron Nikkis, including Marciana, also filed out of the cafeteria tacitly. Even Helen, who had just suffered a beating from society, chose to go with them after wiping away her tears.

However, in the end, only Mihala, Yuni and Marian entered Phoenix's room.

I want to ask Maruchana why he didn't go in with him...

The main reason was that two students, Naga and Tia, were still present at the scene. The teacher was still very thin-skinned most of the time and did not feel comfortable getting too close to the instructor whom the students admired in front of the students.

Nadja is fine, but if Tia sees this stupid blonde girl, she will really make trouble.

The teacher eats out without taking her with him?

Can this be called a teacher?!

……

Outside the house, the 04-F team, the Aegis Force, and the teachers and students of the affiliated high school were all thinking about their own things.

Inside the house, Phoenix held Mihala's hand affectionately and asked Anik to help fix the parts on his finger joints.

"I'm leaving at noon." The man said, rubbing his thumb gently on the back of his wife's hand, "Just in case, let me help you remove NIMPH.

The deal with Shuen has not been finalized yet, and I'm afraid that kid will take advantage of my absence to order you to do something stupid again."

"Ah."

Mihala nodded obediently in response to the commander's suggestion.

In fact, after Phoenix returned to the Ark and was transferred from the Rehabilitation Center to the MMR Affiliated High School, he had already mentioned the matter of lifting NIMPH to Mihara.

However, the woman at that time politely rejected the commander's proposal after thinking for a moment.

She was the first Nikki who chose to refuse to release NIMPH. As for the reason, it was so simple and plain that others were speechless.

In Mihala's opinion, being forced by her man with instructions is a very romantic thing...

That's it.

It was precisely because the reason for the refusal was too outrageous that when Phoenix again proposed to remove NIMPH for her, Mihala, who knew her limits, nodded and agreed without hesitation.

So, the nanometal cut Nikki's finger.

The next second, under the gaze of Yuni and Marian, Mihala pretended to be weak and acted coquettishly to the commander as if no one was around. In the end, she got what she wished and held her man's right hand, and slowly lost consciousness with a smile on her face.

It was a little trick that was as good as a textbook. After witnessing the whole process, the other two ladies present seemed to be instructed by a god, and their levels suddenly jumped up several levels.

Both of them had experienced the Corrosion virus and knew that it would not cause any other discomfort symptoms except dizziness and loss of control over the body.

But Mihala knew how to take the opportunity to pretend to be uncomfortable.

Even though everyone knew she was acting, they still couldn't help but admire her good control of the timing.

That kind of delicate figure that neither causes disgust nor fails to arouse others' desire to protect her, not to mention that men cannot handle it, even women find it difficult to resist this kind of gentle and tender support.

Yuni learned.

Marianne learned that, too.

I must practice with the commander when I have the chance in the future.

……

……

[Phoenix: Deputy Minister, I plan to add one more spot to the first list, and let Helen join me.]

[Anpa: Boy, I am your direct superior now, no need to call me deputy minister.]

[Ampah: If it's Helen, I think there should be no problem. Burnim will definitely be happy to help.]

[Ampah: But your naming is too direct. The headquarters will definitely know that you have discovered that Helen is an undercover agent.]

[Phoenix: Boss, I am also a member of the intelligence department now. It would be strange if I didn't know that Helen was an undercover agent. The headquarters should assume that I am an insider.]

【Anpa: ……】

[Anpa: That makes sense. Please wait a moment. I will communicate with the headquarters to see if we can add a temporary quota.]

【Phoenix: All right, boss.】

The lieutenant put the phone into his pocket with his left hand, turned his head to look at Mihaela who was still holding his right hand and fell asleep, and suddenly felt a little reluctant and guilty.

Damn, ever since that shopping trip, he seems to have never seriously walked down the street with his wives.

Either he was shooting someone, or he was running wildly on the way to shooting someone.

"It's almost time."

After calming down casually, he turned his right hand into "liquid" and pulled it out of Mihala's palm. After making sure that he did not wake up his wife, Phoenix stood up, touched the little head of Yuni who was guarding beside him, and said:

"According to the frequency of MMR Affiliated High School turning over supplies every three to four days, everyone will be able to gather in the outer area within half a month at the latest."

"Eh?"

When Marian heard that it would take a full half month to reorganize the team, and that the squadron needed to go to the Far North to track down Letcher, worry and confusion immediately settled on her brows.

"The Letchers have already migrated north. If we wait another half a month, won't we even have room to track them?"

In response to Marian's question, the completely shameless lieutenant first leaned over and kissed Yuni's little mouth, then stepped forward and kissed the girl's lips, smiling and explaining:

“Tracking is just a means. The ultimate goal of the central government is to find out the purpose of this group of Letchers going to the Far North.

As long as they can get the result, those people don’t care about the process.”

After that, the man who no longer planned to stay walked towards the door. Under the gaze of the nine people outside the door, he calmly ordered:

"Lavi, Helen, we are ready to go."