Griffiths wrote and drew for a while, and felt that the complicated things were overwhelming, so he took out a stack of documents from the case file beside him, lit a fire in the brazier next to him, and burned the documents.
Clues about Odessa's plot and sealed artifacts, as well as possible interference from other organizations, were not information that Griffith could obtain by himself. He returned to Homonwo soon after completing the advent ceremony in Odessa.
Until Roland sent him a piece of information.
Based on the tip of this intelligence, Griffith carefully arranged his itinerary and headed to the North on the pretext of picking up the Storm Squadron who had been transferred back to defense. There, he got the already arranged Birren Hill commanded by Alandel.
With the support of the No. 1, the pursuit of Medini was completed.
In other words, from the beginning to the end, he did not receive official authorization to fight. He was completely waiting for the Metini incident to take place before launching a battle and seizing some key personnel and materials.
After the Medini wizard and Naira escaped with the remaining sealed artifacts, Griffith could no longer stay in the area and fight, so he and the Brunhil retreated back along the established route.
He checked the documents carefully and then burned any evidence that might reveal that he was traveling alone.
Griffith first burned the information about the military deployment and hydrological conditions near Metini. Then, he looked at the files left in his hand about the social relationship between Naira and Neferti. On Neferti's name
Draw a circle.
There is something wrong, but I still can’t explain clearly, so I must investigate carefully...
Just when Griffith was about to issue an investigation application, there was a knock on the door again.
A waiter asked him to go to the captain's cabin.
The captain's cabin is on the upper deck, below the bridge deck, not far from the room of the ship's army commander.
This is a small suite, consisting of a living room and a bedroom, and is elegantly decorated. All the space is fully utilized, and small cabinets and drawers that can be opened and closed are installed to store books and clothes.
The captain, Alandel from Neopolis Island, is in the reception room. Interestingly, Neferti is also there. She and the captain are sitting at opposite ends of the small round table, drinking black tea together. The other party is better than herself.
She was only a few years older, and she was a well-educated aristocratic lady. The frightened Neferti relaxed a lot.
"You mean, in your dream, you saw yourself and other girls running away?" Alandel asked softly.
"Yes, I...ah!" When Neferty saw the knight being led into the room by the waiter, she jumped up like a big dog at the corner.
"Don't worry, you are my guest here," Alandel touched Neferty's hand, comforted her to sit down, and then said to the knight: "We are talking about her dream. Miss Kwai Mantha is in Aode
I was frightened during the Sa incident, and I often see you killing people in my dreams."
Trauma syndrome, I've had it too... Griffith saluted the two ladies and sat on the sofa farther away from them.
"Homonworth will help you," Alandel continued. "The psychic powers of the Knights of Ravenel are very powerful. The impact of the battle will damage your mind, and it is not impossible to lose your memory. Scholars of Medini
Have they nursed you back to health?"
"No, um, I mean, I don't remember."
The three of them talked for a few more words, and then Neferty got up to say goodbye and went back to her room to rest. There were many things she couldn't remember and she was in a low mood. When she passed by Griffith, who stood up to see him off, her beating heartbeat filled the entire ship.
You can hear it in the long room.
Neferti didn't even say goodbye before escaping through the crack in the door with a squeak.
…
In order to carry out this special operation, Griffiths was assisted by the supplemented and strengthened Storm Squadron and the latest battlecruiser HMS Birrenhill.
The battlecruiser Birrenhill is a new product designed by Count Roland. It uses sails as the main power and steam engines to provide auxiliary power. The whole ship uses wind and coal as energy, and is supplemented by the mysterious attributes of the battleships in the past.
Specific dust crystals increase the efficiency and speed of the sails. Unlike the old battleships, the Birren Hill was not equipped with ballistas and trebuchets. Instead, it creatively deployed 32 of the latest 12-pound guns under the decks on both sides of the battleship.
.
With a crew of 310 and marines, she is one of the most powerful warships on the Tranquil Sea.
The captain of this expensive new warship, Miss Alandel, is a commander appointed by the Senate. She is young, but her rank is not lower than Griffith's. She comes from a famous family and has high authority like Sonia.
If land support operations are to be carried out, the Birren Hill will obey Griffith's orders; if it enters a naval battle, the Storm Squadron will obey the captain's command.
Alandel sat dignifiedly on the recliner and looked at him. Her etiquette and temperament were impeccable. She was wearing the captain's uniform, and her graceful flavor and gracefulness made her look even more charming. Before performing this mission, Griffiths
I never expected that she would be commanding such an important battleship.
"Why you?" Griffith thought for a while and finally asked the question he had been thinking about for a long time.
"I worked hard for it!" Alandel was quite proud. "First of all, my family has a naval heritage. No one knows tides, reefs and monsoons better than us!"
A family of mermaids? This scene... Griffith imagined mermaids of all sizes wandering in the deep sea where the sun couldn't shine, and he couldn't help but feel a bit frightened. There was no way to break away from the darkness, and there was no sound, and they seemed to be far away.
The figures swayed their fish tails and surrounded him.
Griffith felt that his sanity was about to be lost because of this scene, and he hurriedly pressed his forehead and stopped thinking about it.
"Secondly, someone spoke for me," Miss Mermaid pretended not to notice, "There are several elders who have been serving in the Bayeran Navy. It is not difficult for them to decide a captain. Isn't Sonia also the commander of the army?
?She is so beautiful and cute~"
Griffith couldn't refute these words. His eyes returned to Alandel. The tight white uniform with silver edges and slender waistline beautifully highlighted the outline of her chest, and her straight long legs.
Slightly tilted to one side, she looks more slender. This kind of figure and beauty, if associated with the brave and heroic posture when commanding a battleship to bombard, it is really irresistible.
Griffith suddenly felt much better.
"Finally, my judgment on you has proven my overall view and judgment, hum! My family members, those old diehards believed that you were just a pawn at first, until the iron-clad facts were put in front of them, they had no choice but to recognize me
There are always people who don’t believe it, but I do have extraordinary foresight, a keen eye for pearls, a sharp gaze, and foresight. It’s really unfair to put people into the unreliable category just because they are good-looking.”
Griffith couldn't help but tilt his head and glance at the bookshelf in the captain's room. Illusions and magic could not be hidden from him, and he soon discovered that light novels for young girls were carefully hidden among professional books.
Alandel didn't care at all and continued to express her opinion:
"After the Odessa incident, the mysterious power increased.
"Extraordinary people are more powerful, and the promotion of extraordinary people is much easier. The intensity of psychic energy is increasing, its forms are more diverse, and the distance between mystery and us is getting closer.
"We believe this is the remaining spiritual energy after the power of the ancient gods was broken. The mysterious world seems to be profiting from the failure of the outer gods.
"Although we were not able to capture the first target, Nala, and the sealed object he controlled, there must be a reason why Neferti was taken by the wizards. We must pay attention to her carefully."
Griffith nodded. The thread of life in the virtual world resurrected Krista, and she disguised herself as a saint from the Holy Light Church and started the summoning ceremony. During this process, some personnel from the Holy Light Church and Odessa
The mysterious world is involved in the large-scale conspiracy of the cult. It would be ridiculous for the Holy Light Church to be unaware of it.
The two chatted for a while, and then the waiter came to invite them to the dinner.
…
Even during wartime, dinner on a warship was an important social event.
The mistress of the Birrenhill is the beautiful Mademoiselle Alaindel de Valenille, and the formal dinner held every evening in the officers' mess is an obligation for all respectable people on the ship to attend.
Griffith sits on the left hand side of the captain's seat, which is the seat of the most distinguished guest on the battleship. He has the honor to pull out the chair for the captain's lady when she takes her seat. If there is a big shot with a higher military rank and title than Alandel,
He also sat in this position when he was on the ship. Next to Griffith were the Marine lieutenant on the ship and several officers from the Storm Squadron.
On the right side of the captain's seat are her adjutants, artillery lieutenant and medical officer. The captured Miss Neferty was also brought here. Although she is a prisoner, she is also the eldest daughter of a marquis, and she will be treated politely along the way.
of hospitality.
A small band of 5 people selected from the cadets, sailors and marines of the Birren Hill played cheerful music, and the guests at the banquet talked in a soft and gentle tone while dining.
After a day of fierce fighting, although Griffith was full of thoughts, he still wanted to eat dinner, which could also give his nervous brain a rest. After he pulled out a chair for Miss Captain and asked her to sit down, all the officers and
Only guests can sit down.
The waiter served appetizers to everyone.
"Today's appetizer is wheatgrass, tuna and cheese mushroom soup. The accompanying wine is Pasha fruit wine."
After the waiter served everyone the appetizers and drinks, Captain Alandel raised the wine glass with slender white fingers and said to everyone: "Knight Ravenel, in the name of the captain of the Brunhil, I say this to you and
Heartfelt congratulations to your soldiers on the unquestionable victory and honor achieved during the day just past."
Griffith raised his glass and returned the greeting with a smile. Compared with the captain's charming smile, his smile was like sawing wood with a saw.
Everyone present drank a glass of sweet wine, and the banquet officially began.
Perhaps to maintain etiquette and not to neglect every guest, Alandel ate very little. The officers in the combat department ate quickly so that they could stop immediately and enter a conversation state when needed.
This dinner was really good. The vegetables and fish were all tender and delicious. The steak had a delicate texture and was grilled and grilled with grape vines. The accompanying wine was really unforgettable. Everyone here had a small glass of aperitif.
With a glass of wine, coffee and juice at your disposal. Griffith secretly marveled in his heart that such a dinner could even be compared with the banquet at Count Larmore's palace, which was too luxurious for a warship on a combat voyage.
A few days before the voyage, in order not to leak information and complete emergency combat deployment, Griffith and his troops had a casual meal in the cabin. This was the first time he had attended such a banquet tonight.
"The dinner was so sumptuous, the salmon from the Broken Sea was so delicious~" Griffith felt that Alandel was too enthusiastic, which made him a little embarrassed.
"I really deserve it," the army officers expressed their thanks one after another, "for bothering you so much during the battle."
As long as they are not deployed in big cities, the supplies that elite troops like Storm Squadron receive are limited. Even Sonia has to eat raw cucumbers and carrots with everyone, and the hard bread can be used as a shield. If she can't eat a meal,
After that, the remaining half can even be hollowed out and used as a tea cup. Such terrible bread can only be eaten after it has been soaked in soup, and the hot soup is made of carrots, cabbage, potatoes and everything else that can be collected near the camp.
A stew of vegetables, with a lot of butter and salt.
Alandel looked at Griffith and said with an unchanged expression:
"This is our daily dinner, there is no special treat."