Commander, you smell so good.

"Please describe it in more detail, maybe there is something wrong with my understanding."

Now Mainz is confused. He can understand every word he says, but why can't he understand when he puts it into a sentence?

"It's hard for me to explain. I can only say this is temporary. Just treat it as... the maggots in front of you. Come back and explore later."

Jiang Zheng thought about it. The current Rhine Exercises and the Battle of the Denmark Strait did not happen, but Frederick the Great, who did not exist in history, appeared. How else can this be explained?

You can't just say that you've reached the end now, and you have to wait until this period of time before you can move on to the next chapter?

I feel like something terrible is going to happen to me, in every sense of the word.

"...I still don't understand, sir. Are you telling me a riddle?"

"If this isn't a joke, please take it seriously."

After making sure that she didn't hear anything, Mainz frowned slightly, her tone quite dissatisfied. She began to dislike the Riddler.

"No need to be like that, Mainz, I already heard it."

When Jiang Zheng was about to speak out directly, Frederick the Great beside him stopped Mainz.

Feeling the gazes of her two companions, she did not look at them but looked at Jiang Zheng.

Frederick the Great's dark golden eyes glowed faintly, his intimidating, snake-like pupils fixed on him, as if probing something...

Being stared at closely by Frederick the Great beside him, Jiang Zheng could still feel the strong oppression of this gaze even though he didn't make eye contact with her, which made him start to tremble subconsciously.

No ship girl in Sardinia would treat him like this, not even Count Cavour and Marco Polo.

The former is just serious and the latter is at most dissatisfied, but neither of them would deliberately target humans, let alone someone as non-threatening as Jiang Zheng.

Now, feeling such oppression for the first time, Jiang Zheng began to panic and couldn't help but look elsewhere for an exit.

But fortunately, the oppressive feeling disappeared the next second, and what followed was a hand gently placed on his back, caressing it gently.

"I'm so sorry, my child, I subconsciously..."

Noticing his trembling body, Frederick the Great returned to his normal state, with visible apology on his face. He raised his hand and gently comforted Jiang Zheng, completely forgetting that he was still a human being.

Even though Frederick the Great had not had much contact with them, he knew how fragile the human body was. Compared to the ship girls, they would break like porcelain at the slightest touch.

But what worries Frederick more now is that he accidentally hurt him.

This made her feel guilty.

Chapter 84 If I can’t deal with others, can I deal with you?

"Anyway, that's it. Please allow me to leave."

"No, this is a problem on our side. Although words cannot replace actions, I still want to apologize to you again... I hope it will not affect our friendship."

After what just happened, Mainz and others stopped communicating with Jiang Zheng. Instead, they introduced the beautiful scenery around their Iron Blood Empire, suggested that he go there to visit and learn more, and finally expressed their sincere apologies.

"No, it's nothing. It's fine as long as Frederick the Great didn't mean it. I'm not hurt either. I won't be implicated in such a small matter."

Jiang Zheng stood up and shook Mainz's hand, speaking with a smile, although he still couldn't help but glance at Frederick the Great.

Well, she still feels guilty.

"Feel sorry..."

Mainz apologized guiltily. Although this incident was not her primary responsibility, it was caused by her after all. Thinking of this, Mainz's face showed an even more ashamed expression.

I have to compensate him well in the future... Just make him some black coffee myself, using the finest coffee beans that are finely ground and carefully roasted.

Only after he left as if he wanted to escape did Mainz sigh. After all, he still failed to leave him a good first impression, and it was a bad one at that.

Turning to look at Frederick, seeing her silence, Mainz didn't want to talk about this topic and blame her.

Because she didn't dare.

"Your Highness, Frederick the Great, since you have heard it, please explain it to us."

After going to the door and closing it, Mainz asked Frederick the Great if there must be an internal reason for this matter.

"I remember Bismarck mentioned this to me, but I didn't expect it to be like this."

"Because this is history, Mainz, we need to go to Bismarck"

Looking at Mainz, Frederick the Great didn't say it directly, but he already knew what was going on in his heart.

I never thought this was what history is all about. The limitations of the times and the temporary difficulties... it's truly unpleasant.

After drinking the coffee in one gulp, Frederick the Great looked at Gneisenau. After the two of them looked at each other for a few seconds, they understood each other and stood up at the same time to go to the office to find Bismarck.

Mainz watched them walk past him and left, still confused.

"Hello? What's going on? Explain it to me!"

After seeing them leave completely, Mainz reacted and couldn't help but shout at them.

She had begun to dislike the Riddler now; the Riddler was truly disgusting.

They all deserve a beating!

......

"Is that so? This is really hard to accept..."

In his office, Bismarck received oral accounts from Frederick the Great and Gneisenau. He understood what was going on, but he still closed his eyes and sighed.

I didn't expect that it was because of the so-called adherence to history that the ship girls couldn't be awakened? Everything would continue to roll over and over again according to the marked line.

Such a heavy feeling of powerlessness weighed on Bismarck, and she understood what the corrective power of the world meant.

“I didn’t expect this reason.”

Frederick's expression remained unchanged, but her eyes were looking at the scenery outside the window. At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, which made her feel not good at all.

This feeling of being treated as a chess piece, being manipulated at will and forced to move along a fixed route, is really unpleasant.

But what is even more sad is that there is no place to vent this unhappiness, and one can only accept it silently.

Because you don’t know if your next step will be in His way.

But fortunately, none of this happened completely. More importantly,...

"But we still have him, don't we?"

Putting down his pen, Bismarck came to the side of Frederick the Great. Looking at the dark clouds outside the window, Bismarck felt there was still hope.

At least it hadn't started yet, and he knew about it.

Although he didn't know how Jiang Zheng knew the big thing, Bismarck didn't care about it.

Now that there is an information gap, it means that it can still be changed.

More importantly, Bismarck was glad that she had not yet used the gift given by the Sirens.

That gift that came with a heavy price tag.

"Him? That's right, he's a lovely child. Maybe he can lead us out and create another world."

Frederick glanced at Bismarck and noticed that the light in her eyes had not yet gone out and was still radiating light. He also knew who the "he" he was talking about was.

"Maybe, but since everything hasn't started yet, we haven't even started yet. We still have hope."

"What would you do if he could?"

Frederick stared at Bismarck. To her, someone could solve all this by deus ex machina. She would just smile and ignore it.

But what if? Even if it wasn't a deus ex machina, the mere fact of this information gap was enough to excite people.

"Me? I'll give him everything, whether he wants it or not."

As if she knew what Frederick was asking, a smile appeared on Bismarck's face. Seeing that the sky was still covered by dark clouds but was gradually getting brighter, she gave her answer without hesitation.

"Is this what you want?"

"No, this is what we want. Do we really have to fight endlessly like chess pieces? Until we are both sent to hell and sink to the bottom of the sea, never to rise again?"

"We can't go to Valhalla"

With her hands behind her back, Bismarck said seriously that she had thought a lot, and had considered a lot. Compared to those so-called illusory things, was it necessary to bury all the people she loved in the deep sea?

She couldn't do it, and didn't want to.

"That's very unlike you, Bismarck"

"No, I just learned one thing. Being human means facing reality. As long as there's still a chance to realize the life I want, I won't give up."

"But you are not human, you are a ship girl."

"What? You look down on shipgirls, right? Human lives are lives, but shipgirls' lives are not lives?"

After teasing each other for a while, Bismarck suddenly remembered something interesting and stared at Frederick with a smile on his face, which made her a little confused.

"What's wrong? Did you think of something happy?"

"In a sense, it is true. Although the conflict between you and Jiang Zheng is only a minor one, you seem to have forgotten that he is related to us."

"Does it matter? Is it you or me? Eugen wouldn't want to hand such a cute child over to my arms. He would resist."

Frederick watched the dark clouds outside gradually dissipate, and his mood improved a little, but he was still worried because of Bismarck's words.

Obviously, she was wrong in that matter, but it also hurt him easily.

Frederick wanted to find an opportunity to compensate him properly, no matter what he wanted, as long as he could afford it.

"Of course... Eugen, don't forget, she is my escort. With her fickle personality, she will definitely do whatever she wants to you after she finds out about this."

"What's more, you are threatening her lover, hehe..."

After saying this, Bismarck showed a hint of teasing on her face. She knew her frigate very well. Although it would be unkind of a gentleman not to take revenge at this time, it still made sense that a gentleman should never be too late to take revenge.

"Even though she says that, Eugen has never come to me. She hides when she sees me. Who do you think she'll come to?"

Frederick smiled and looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window, and couldn't help but think of what happened before.

At that time, she thought Eugen was also a cute child, so she doted on him more.

Maybe she was afraid of me because I took care of her too much, so she hid from me.

Thinking of this, Frederick strolled out of Bismarck's office.

It is highly likely that the Tiexue incident will not happen to her now, but the most important thing and the one that gives her the most headaches is...

How can I meet Jiang Zheng in a friendly manner?

Seeing her leave, Bismarck's face stiffened and he thought of something bad.

She had a very good relationship with Frederick, and Eugen was her best friend, but Eugen avoided Frederick but would not avoid her.

Who will be troubled in such a situation?

As it should be, this matter naturally fell on my head.

"This really is... a boomerang coming back."

......

If I can't mess with Frederick the Great, can I mess with you, Bismarck?

Chapter 85 I'm craving for cigarettes

"I'm sorry Commander, I didn't expect Frederick the Great to do this to you."

"It's okay, it's just a small matter. I don't take it to heart, so don't think too much about it. But how did you know?"

Seeing Eugen apologizing to him, Jiang Zheng wanted to laugh. What was his relationship with her? Was there any need to apologize for such a small matter?

Eugen's personality was a little different from what he had imagined, but Jiang Zheng didn't take it to heart. He took her hand and let her sit in his arms, gently stroking her cascading hair, with a bit of joy in his eyes.

Eugen really cares about herself.

"Well, then, my dear commander, what is your next itinerary?"