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「Azur Lane Academy : Sakura Empire's dorm, Morning」

At Azur Lane Academy, there are several dormitories that have their respective national flags as a sign that the dorm is a temporary base for ship girls who are in the same faction.

Just like when Zeimachi escorted ship girl Cleveland back to the Eagle Union dormitory, the other faction also had a dormitory occupied by ship girls belonging to the same faction. There's also the Head Dorm who were not only a caretakers, but also a supervisors of each of the dormitories in their respective factions.

"..."

In one of the dormitories, or rather in the Sakura Empire's dormitory. There's a ship girl who has the appearance of a white nine-tailed fox who has opened her eyes.

The white fox girl only used a cloth similar to a yukata to cover her body, which every time she moved, the cloth slowly began to slip away from her body and was snagged by her soft and fluffy looking tails.

"It's morning already..."

Waking up from her bed and looking around her room which had a nuance like the land of the rising sun, Kaga then looked out the window and pulled it open in order to let the sunlight and fresh breeze in the morning to enter her room.

"...That man, what is he hiding."

For a moment, Kaga leaned her back on the window sill, whilst observing several buildings in the Academy that were previously destroyed.

Even though not much time has passed, but in fact all the destroyed buildings have been rebuilt and even renovated thanks to the cooperation of two people who worked behind the scenes, which is Akashi with her profit maximization and Zeimachi who gave her the knowledge for those.

"He said if nee-san and the others should wake up tomorrow... Let's check on them then, this'll be a chance to decided whether he's another liar, or perhaps..."

As she dragged her view to observe some ship girls that also had woken up, doing exercise, eating their food and etc., Kaga remembers the figure of the still judged new commander of her, and how their first meeting was at the port after she saw that mysterious man who appeared with some unknown girl beside him.

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.... -This sign is for reverse -

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At the port along with the others, Kaga, who at that time was trying to calm herself down from grabbing the man by the collar, had finally got the chance to met the person she considered as the last hope in order to find the truth behind Akagi and the other ship girls who were still sleeping in their dreams

Amagi who was beside her looked worried about the white-haired ship girl, but on the other hand she also understood that Kaga was doing all that to protect those closest to her.

On the other hand Warspite, who was still holding a communication device, was confused because the cell phone in her hand, for some reason suddenly shutting down on its own.

There's also Dido who felt nervous, because for the first time she could meet face to face with the person who had saved her from the repulsive fate of rotting into desire-satisfying meat.

As for the Enterprise, the ship girl was still acting as an observer on the other side of the harbor.

Shortly after the antique ship in front of them sank, the ship girls who had previously escorted their commander came out and were soon followed by two other people who leisurely walked on the ground and penetrated the water dew caused by the crushing high waves.

"Zei, are they welcoming you?"

"From the looks of it, yes.

"Heeeeh~ When I was being welcomed, I can always feel at home. Do you know what a home is Zei?"

"I know about it. Lia... After looking at them, do you miss it? Your home I mean."

" Hmn! Very much! I really want to meet them again, but not now. Because there's still something I need to found so I won't meet them soon."

"... Why? Shouldn't you continue to met your family as you continue your search?"

Sakura Zeimachi asked the question he already know he wouldn't do.

"I don't know but... I want them to smile."

"... That's precious. So you want to make your family happy by keeping your surprise didn't you?"

"Hmn~ Not only my familia. But also someone... Someone who continue to keep watching over me, someone I've put my promise."

"... Wait what? A stalker?! T-Tell me, who is it!?"

"Ehehe~ Zei you look weird. But it's a secret~ So I won't tell you~"

There's a little girl with colorful hair who keep chattering with a man beside her, they keep chattering on each other before some other ship girls approached them to join into their conversation and put more merrier mood before Kaga, Amagi, Warspite and Dido.

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Even so, Kaga felt something, a feeling that is often felt when a predator encounters something that could be felt when they met another strong one. It was a feeling of being intimidated by another strong foes, and the thirst for a battle of blood between her and the unknown beast.

"Even that Grey Ghost told me if he's not simple man huh. If that's the case..."

A man who wore a blindfold, who walked with silent and soundless steps. He had no intention of harming nor to threaten them, he even walked jokingly with a colorful haired child beside him who carried three blades with her.

"... We'll see, who eats and who gets eaten."

And then...

Since Kaga also wanted to see how's Akagi condition at that time, Kaga then changed her attire, made and ate her own breakfast and got ready to head to the place where Akagi and the other ship girls were still sleeping.

"I'll be going."

It seems that the reason why their places were put together, was to make it easier to monitor them.

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「The Void」

That place is「The Void」, where the two creatures, namely Moriarty and Yjor who had cleaned up the waves of creatures that could even destroy the universe, were busy with their own activities.

Yjor who was using her gigantic form similar to that of a draconic snake, was currently in the middle of cleaning up the remains of the battle and the corpses of the creatures that were scattered all over the place.

"..."

[... So he even could make this expression.]

Occasionally, it could be seen from her snake eyes that frequently glanced at Moriarty who was looking around at the「Feathers」scattered throughout「the Void」, if Yjor became somewhat irritated with the timeless girl.

'You should take this chance and be honored, newly wed. Since even I, is not that impertinent toward your mate.'

If it had been the usual Yjor, there's no doubt the snake would have screamed at Moriarty and ordered her to help or even substitute that snake's duties. However, it seems the snake got softer and decided to let Moriarty saw some brief memory archived in the「Feathers」.

After Yjor decided to ignore Moriarty, the timeless girl who was oblivious to Yjor's good intentions reached out to another Feather and got the picture, memory, and events that happened inside that「Feathers」.

[... So this is why he knew about them. His memory, as a member of MOTH.]

In one of those memories, Moriarty saw a memory fragment of a nameless soldier.

A young man who had a look full of emptiness, a young man who had no intention of living judging by the tone of his voice, a young man who looked completely terrified and filled with regret when he saw the other warrior who was someone named… Hua.

He is a warrior of unknown origin.

He doesn't use name but only used a code for his calling.

He continues to fight while giving many people the opportunity to extend their lives in this world that will one day be destroyed.

And that is... By taking all the hatred, chaos, destruction and humiliation from that「World」in order to become the form and epitome of Honkai itself.

Which mean...

[... You silly. If you really like her, then why would you end your own life in that way?]

Which mean to become every Herrscher in that era, and end the tragedy from befalling the resident of that 「World」. Just like the deed of a determined madman or「The Fool」in the distant past.

[...]

Moriarty then continued to watch the memory fragments until the end, however… The ending she saw was too painful for her to continue, so finally Moriarty stopped what she was doing and stepped forward towards Yjor.

Yjor who was busy "sweeping" the Void with her gigantic draconic serpentine body then noticed Moriarty strodded towards her. Even so Yjor continued to ignore her, or at leas that what's she going to do until Moriarty called out the snake's name.

[Yjor... I'm going back.]

"GOOD, CAREFUL ON YOUR TRIP SINCE THOSE TRASH ALWAYS APPEAR WHEN YOU DIDN'T EXPECT THEM."

[...]

Yjor, who was happy that she could finally use two brooms to clean「The Void」, said goodbye to Moriarty to be careful on her way home. Actually Yjor felt helped by Moriarty's aid earlier, but since she's the type who would rather bite her snake tongue's than to say thanks to someone, so she said it in that phrase.

And of course Moriarty felt that if there was a bit of annoyance from Yjor's tone, the timeless girl then took out an figure that was very similar to Yjor's to improve the snake's mood, and gave it near the snake's tail.

[Thank you. Hope you like it.]

Even though Yjor only caught a glimpse of Moriarty's gift, Moriarty still hurriedly opened her hand and made a tattoo that was engraved on her hand giving off a serene glow. In an instant, the girl disappeared from「The Void」and returned to her own world in order to do something else.

"HUH... HE USUALLY ONLY GAVE THEM FEATHER AND HID IT INSIDE OF THEM... BUT for this girl, he chose to let her use it however she like it... As expected if I need to say."

As Moriarty was finally gone, Yjor then changed back into her small snake form and looked around at the figure Moriarty had given to her. She sniffed, licked, and looked at all sides of the figure like a skilled critic of her work.

"... Post-modern."

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