"Four degrees to the left! Eras is near!
Ooooooo ~ tsu !!
On the day of the rendezvous meeting between the ship and the rescue fleet (Rendezvous), after seeing Irath, I was sitting on the mast, "Not a lookout."
Well, I didn't climb with the intention of dying because I moved by metastasis.
Why the lookout platform is because the first discoverer is probably a rescue fleet. That would be more impressive. The angels will discover it, and there will be nothing.
The correction value of the course is notified by radio from the patrol aircraft. And a while after the last course correction ...
After sunset, the area is already quite dark.
And then, a glowing light appeared in the sky.
"What is that!"
"Is it the light of a goddess?"
Yes, that is the light of the goddess. The name is called "Toudan". It is a type of lighting bullet that is dropped from an aircraft and slowly descends with a parachute. Then, receiving the light from behind, he emerged in the darkness.
"It's Eras! I found Eras!"
From the lookout platform, the throat screamed, and the voice reached the deck.
"" "" "Ooh oh oh!" "" ""
Banzazai! Banzai! "
Yeah, withdraw!
It is the taste of an angel who disappears in a delicious place.
It's more goddess-like and more effective than leaving the end.
When the crew turned their eyes to the angel who had been sitting on the girder until a while ago, there was nobody there, just sails fluttering in the wind ...
Yeah, this is it, this!
Yoshi, transfer!
* *
In the dark, the lights are lit, and the transfer work continues.
Not only humans but also important things such as logbooks and safes are carried out and transferred to the flagship of the rescue fleet. It is only after dawn and light that the Eras crew is assigned to the other two ships. For now, the decision was to move all crew to a safe flagship.
"What's the state of Eras?"
"The keel isn't unusual, but the other parts are severely damaged, so repairing would require as much budget as a new one ..."
"Yes. It was originally difficult to tow. It's a decision to abandon. It's going to be self-sinking ..."
The Fleet Commander of the Rescue Fleet said so, and the captain of Eras shook his head.
"No, you don't have to. The destination of Eras has already been decided. She will set off for a new Lord and set off on an eternal voyage ..."
"What? What are you talking about?"
After passing through the words of Commander of the Fleet and confirming that the crew had been transferred, the captain of Eras left the stern tower and took out what he had kept in his pocket.
And after some manipulation, he grasped it with his right hand and protruded high into the sky.
Pon!
Orange light shot into the sky.
"What, it is!"
Through the surprise voice of Commander, the captain of Eras stared into the sky, and glowing balls of light appeared one after another in the sky. It is the same as when I found Eras.
And the captain looks at the stern tower of Iras illuminated by the light ...
"Oh! Oh oh oh ..."
Two small figures sitting on the roof of the stern tower.
One side is the delicate appearance of the angel who handed the sacred vessel used earlier.
And the other is a pretty girl, about 10 years old, who looks cute, but is tattered, hung his left arm with a cloth, and bandaged his legs. The girl is smiling and waving her right hand. Full of power ...
Ooh oh oh oh!
The Eras crew on the deck cheered.
Yes, everyone knew even if nothing was explained. That little girl is "Eras". It's the soul of "Eras" ...
Eras! Eras! Eras!
Then, in front of the cries of Eras and the crew of the rescue fleet staring stunned, Eras disappeared. The soul of the ship, and the huge hull that lost the mast, the main body.
"... we have traveled to the goddess's fortune. He fights for our country, fights the storm to protect the crew, and completes his mission to Irath, and the goddess Give me mercy, and as your own barge, your summons… ”
What kind of honor is that?
As a captain. And for the soul of the ship, what joy is it?
The rescue fleet commander was aware of tears flowing on his cheeks.
However, I did not think that it was embarrassing for a large man to cry in public.
Now, when a man sheds tears without tears.
In addition, there will be no one in this radius of several tens of miles, including those who are not weeping now.
Then, after a while, the fleet lifted sails and took a return trip. A delightful look, which is completely different from the harsh expression when leaving the port.
The captain of Iras noticed that the sacred gift given by the angel had disappeared from his hands, but he did not wonder. "The sacred treasure lent by God disappears after finishing its role." There is no wonder. In mythology it was common.
* *
"Yeah! I'm wrecked, but I'm getting 40 new and advanced ships!"
Pon!
Speaking of that, colette and high five.
"Collette, good work!"
"No, I didn't understand something, but it was interesting! In this case, please call me anytime!"
Collet, dressed in tatters and bandaging or hanging her arms, laughed and said so. Certainly, it may have been fun for Colette.
The people from the fishing village, who had been arranged in advance, are heading here to catch the Eras on a fishing boat. When it moved too close to the pier, the waves generated by the emergence of Eras attacked the fishing village, so they appeared a little offshore.
Now it is low tide, so it will be full tide. And, finely, the wind is blowing towards the land. Furthermore, after dawn, the land is warmed by solar radiation, and there is a high probability that the wind blows from the sea side to the land side. Somehow it could be moved to the pier.
Well, if the wind changes direction and it's swept offshore, I'll just have to relocate and move it. This time, if you relocate to an Earl's port, you'll have plenty of man and towing fishing boats.
This time, of course, I wanted to help hundreds of sailors. But it was a great opportunity to be able to get forty (40) free cutting-edge ships.
Thanks to everyone, get a new ship for free! It's a good thing!
The captured ship is the same forty gates, but that was the “biggest main battleship” of the time when the first forty were built. So, it is now an old ship that is about to be destroyed. So it seems that he was loaned to a slaver's reckless expedition as a generous ship that was lost.
On the other hand, the Eras you got this time is a relatively new ship.
Nothing, the Navy builds only the largest battleships. You need cruisers and destroyers. So, the newest 40 ships built with the technical ability to build 64 ships. This should be helpful for our ship construction.
Repairing seems to take as much work as new construction, but it will be a good study, so it will not be bad.
Anyway, hand over to Earl Bozes for research and repair.
… However, after negotiations with the kings are over. How much do you want to buy Eras?
Yeah, I'm not a charity, I am.
You still have to earn money for the territory because you are the lord of the Viscount Yamano. There are a lot of things I want to spend on researching mineral resources, constructing fishing boats, etc. for territorial development. If possible, I'd like to give some allowance to those in the military service period too.
Yeah, this world is money!
Pia, why did you let Colette play the role of the soul of Eras?
Yeah, he thought that it would have a strong impact on the story of the goddess among the sailors, and if he thought that the ship had a soul, everyone would take care of the ship and easily destroy the ship I thought it would be difficult to do it.
If you do so, the pace of building a new ship will decrease, and the performance of the ship will be delayed.
Ships take a huge amount of money to maintain, so you only have to increase the number of vessels you own.
Ummm, well. As planned ...
Now, what if you return to the anti-submarine patrol aircraft circling over the rescue fleet?
... Transfer!