Endless Silver Machine

The coordinates are located in the western sea, so there must be something there.

The signal sent by the royal family's dedicated line, which is specially designed to decipher the aviation magic ship, has special weight.

The other party doesn't know whether it's an enemy or a friend, so this is most likely a trap to lure you into taking the bait.

But there may also be hope.

After weighing the pros and cons, Lan Ming made a decision that he knew was hasty.

Through the ocean fleet exercise held with the second prince, Philip Iela, Lan Ming and Xia Luo quietly formed a small magic submarine to go to the coordinates designated by the other party.

Before deciding on the location, Charlotte used the submarine's reconnaissance equipment to search for magic fluctuations and mechanical sounds within the range, but found nothing strange.

"Lan Ming, are you going to float?"

"Wait a moment," Lan Ming stopped Charlotte, who was about to pull down the drainage rod, "there are magic waves on the water, and there are a lot of them."

"The other party should have discovered us."

"Well, originally we didn't come here to practice our escape speed."

Xia Luo could only respond to Lan Ming's joke with a wry smile. She didn't know if she said this to embolden herself.

"There's no signal here anymore."

Lan Ming glanced at the instrument and saw that the connection with the fleet in the distance had been interrupted.

This was an expected situation, so Lan Ming had already made arrangements in advance.

If they are unable to return to the fleet within the scheduled time, the second prince will transfer their fleet here as agreed.

This is the only solution when the worst happens. Lan Ming hopes that this emergency plan will not be activated until the end.

The small magic submarine began to drain water, its altitude continued to rise, and it soon surfaced.

"It's all surrounded by sea fog..."

It is impossible to determine the situation of the surrounding sea surface with the naked eye alone, and reconnaissance equipment is of no use.

The surroundings were gray, and the air was soaked with high humidity. Lan Ming and Xia Luo, who didn't often come into contact with the sea, were very unaccustomed to this feeling.

Moreover, after getting out of the submarine, I felt a little uncomfortable.

"Lan Ming, have you noticed it?"

"Well, this is not pure sea fog..."

If it were other people, they would not be able to detect this strangeness, but this disguise is useless in front of Lan Ming.

Just as she said, the thick sea fog and dull water vapor suddenly dissipated like a phantom.

The reconnaissance equipment began to display the target, and the data rose sharply within seconds.

Lan Ming and Xia Luo did not look at the display on the screen. To be precise, there was no need to look at it.

Even if this is a trap, Lan Ming must prevent the planned plan from starting.

Because the two fleets of the Bisi Empire join forces, there is no chance of victory in front of them.

The fleet in front of them, with no boundaries visible at a glance, already gives people an insurmountable psychological pressure from a visual perspective.

"Lan Ming, the other party has sent a signal."

This time, it was no longer an encrypted signal, nor did it go through a special line, just a sentence with a very clear purpose.

——Her Royal Highness Princess Lan Ming Yiela of the Bisi Empire, no matter what the outcome of the negotiation is, we will not be your enemy until you leave this sea area.

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Lan Ming chose to believe that she did not let Xia Luo do anything unnecessary.

The nearest ship lowered its boarding ladder and helped the two men onto the deck.

There were several girls on the deck wearing swimsuits and various sailor uniforms. The oldest child looked not much different from Lan Ming.

The girls were very wary of the two strange visitors. The girl who put down the boarding ladder hurriedly put away her tools and ran away.

"We seem to be hated."

Being stared at by so many cold eyes, Charlotte was a little at a loss.

"These kids are just shy..."

The other party was not the ferocious strong man as imagined, but a harmless-looking child, which made Lan Ming's tense heart relax a little.

Although using children to make enemies relax their vigilance is a common tactic of villains, Lan Ming hopes to look at the problem in a positive light.

The sea fog dispersed by Lan Ming spread again on the sea surface, and the destroyer they boarded also began to move forward.

"Um..." Finally, a girl who was watching came forward and talked to the two of them, "I will send you to the flagship now. Please stand here and don't move."

The girl's long ears were half-drooped, and a pure white cotton-like tail protruded from her blue and white striped swimsuit. She was a girl from the orc tribe.

Lan Ming roughly looked around at the other girls who were watching. Humans were not the only ones here, other races also occupied a certain proportion.

Such racially diverse organizations are uncommon except in neutral areas.

"Are those signals coming from the flagship?"

Xia Luo was told by Lan Ming not to show hostility easily, so she tried to keep her tone as gentle as possible.

But the girl was still frightened by Charlotte's question. Her eyes drifted left and right, then she turned around and ran into the bridge without answering.

The girl seemed to have only prepared that sentence, and Charlotte's sudden questions exceeded the load of her brain.

"Am I so terrible..."

Charlotte looked a little frustrated after scaring away a girl younger than herself.

"I understand, this must be a criminal gang that abducts children!"

Lan Ming confidently spoke out his guess loudly, as if deliberately letting the onlookers hear.

"Onee-sama would never do such a thing!"

I don't know where this voice came from. Taking this as a signal, the girls on the deck began to stir.

Lan Ming's aggressive tactics had immediate results.

"Onee-sama...is the captain of the flagship a female..."

The information that can be obtained, apart from this, is that these girls are not forced to stay here.

The flagship of this mysterious fleet is exactly twice the size of Lan Ming's command ship.

No flags were hoisted, not just the flagship, but all the ships could not tell who they belonged to from their appearance.

A cross bridge was set up between the destroyer and the flagship. Lan Ming and Xia Luo boarded the deck of the flagship under the watchful eyes of a group of girls behind them.

"You actually came to such an inexplicable place alone. Is this really okay, Your Highness the Princess of the Bis Empire?"

Unlike the destroyer that just sent the two people over, it was obviously an important flagship, but there were only a handful of girls on the deck.

"It's our first time meeting. It seems we don't need to introduce ourselves."

The girl with her long hair tied around her waist in front of her was the commander of this fleet. This was Lan Ming's intuition.

The other girls on the deck looked scattered, but in fact they had surrounded Lan Ming and Xia Luo.

"I'm sorry, I really want to talk to you about cooperation. But before that, can you cooperate with us?"

There was a sharp gaze hidden under the lenses, and the girl exuded a dangerous aura.

"Specifically, what do you want us to do?"

Since boarding the ship, Lan Ming has felt difficulty breathing. This was not caused by nervousness.

The sea fog became thicker and thicker, the air became more and more humid, and the clothes I wore became sticky and uncomfortable.

"Slightly restrict your personal freedom. Although there are only two of you now, there is no guarantee that no one will disturb you in the future."

The girl held her chest with both hands, and the two plump fruits seemed ready to jump out of her chest at any time under the squeeze of her arms.

"Such a request is unacceptable."

Charlotte flatly rejected the girl's request without any room for concession.

"It's a pity..." The girl sighed, "The other party is Her Royal Highness after all. Letting her get hurt is not a wise choice, so I will give you a choice."

"Don't you know the basic principles of negotiation?"

Holding back the pain in his chest, Lan Ming still did not show his weakness.

The girl's expression did not change, she just listened to Lan Ming's argument indifferently.

"That statement is only true when both sides have equal strength. No matter how you look at it now, our side has the greater advantage, right?"

If she cannot agree to her request, she can only use force to solve it. This meaning is revealed in her language.

"As long as you wish, you won't have to endure this pain right away. Is it because you don't use your magic equipment to show your sincerity?"

The pain of Lan Ming and Xia Luo cannot be hidden from the girl, because this pain is given to them by the girl.

If Lan Ming hadn't told Xia Luo not to take out the weapon without his own instructions at the beginning, Xia Luo would have turned against the girl for his own sake.

"This is one of the reasons..." Lan Ming's voice has become much weaker, "And if this is your purpose, you don't have to go to such trouble in the first place, right?"

Lan Ming showed a victorious smile, but the girl was slightly startled.

"...Haha, are all the royal families of the Bis Empire as interesting as you?"

She burst out laughing without any restraint.

"Sorry, I'm probably the most immature person in the royal family."

I don’t know when the physical discomfort stopped getting worse.

"I've heard that you are very popular in the Bis Empire. Did you decide to become an idol in order to save your country?"

"This was not my intention...it just became this situation unknowingly."

"If this method is used deliberately, it will only be disgusting..."

"Eh? Is it... disgusting..."

Lan Ming twitched the corners of his mouth in shock.

"Ah, no, I mean it's disgusting to deliberately use your body to earn points."

"How could anyone use that method!"

"Oh, that's the standard reaction of a purdah lady."

"Your Highness Princess, should we get down to business?"

Charlotte, who had already recovered, finally couldn't help but intervene in the conversation, and brought Lan Ming, who was already blushing from being played by the girl, back on track.

"Miss Knight seems very boring. Are you used to this kind of thing?"

After the shot hit the target, the girl's attention immediately shifted from Lan Ming to Xia Luo.

"I'm still a virgin..."

Holding back the shame, Charlotte responded like this, pretending not to be moved at all.

"A virgin...but isn't the advantage of a virgin even greater...a virgin?

"Don't be a virgin and keep talking!"

"Oh, that's the standard reaction of a virgin."

"Kill you... I must kill you... Your Highness, please give me instructions..."

"Charlotte, calm down, everyone is the same..."

There was silence all around. Young girls who had never experienced anything in the world were not used to dealing with such topics.

"Can you trust us already?"

After comforting Charlotte, who was on the verge of breaking out, Lan Ming extended an olive branch to the girl.

"Well, I don't plan to waste any more time. If you can't go back in time, troublesome people will come."

The girl has seen through Lan Ming's emergency plan in advance. It is impossible for the princess of a country to go to the appointment without preparation.

"My name is Philly. Is it enough for you to know this name?"

Of course, the possibility of this being a pseudonym cannot be ruled out, but the girl did not continue to reveal her information.

The girls watching on the deck dispersed in twos and threes, leaving the three of them on the deck.

"follow me."

Lan Ming originally thought that the negotiation would be conducted directly on the deck, but the girl turned around and walked towards the bridge.

Entering the room of the unknown organization, Lan Ming hesitated.

However, now that she knows she has a contingency plan, it should be an effective diversion.

"Lan Ming, if an emergency occurs, can I take action based on my own judgment?"

Charlotte asked softly in Lan Ming's ear.

"Haha, aren't you always like this?"

Yes, there is still Charlotte by his side.

Although I was a little uneasy, as long as Charlotte was by my side, there would be no problem.

Charlotte's ability to become her own personal knight at such an age is not only based on her family background.

Charlotte, who spent her childhood with Lan Ming, allowed her to persevere in the chaotic power disputes.

Charlotte is his spiritual support. He has been like this before and will still be like this in the future.

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