Chapter 21&22

Chapter 21: Squeeze

The battleship has just set sail.

If we send Yatogami Tohka back now, it will definitely not be too late.

But even if she was really sent back, could they guarantee that she would stay in the mansion and not sneak out again? Based on everyone's understanding of Yatogami Tohka , even if she was sent back, she would definitely run out again.

And this time, in order not to be caught by them, Yatogami Tohka would definitely hide in a place where no one could find her until the battleship reached its destination.

If this happened, it would only be more troublesome later.

So the three golden fairies discussed and decided to take her with them and keep her under close watch.

This way, they could at least feel at ease.

"Tohka, don't blame us for not taking you with us to the battle. I originally suggested that the others take you with them." Ithea put her arm around Tohka Yatogami's shoulders, acting like a good partner on the same front.

"But the others didn't want to take you with them. Willem and Nygglatho also thought that leaving you on the island was the best option. My opinion alone cannot go against the majority."

"You must be joking. You didn't say a word when we had the meeting to decide." Nephren exposed her lie expressionlessly.

"But I really thought so, but it was useless to say it, so I didn't say it."

"Now that Tohka is here, there's really no point in talking about this."

Chtholly clapped her hands, attracting the attention of the others: "Since we have decided to bring Tohka with us, we must make sure she is fully prepared before the battle."

"Um."

Nephren nodded in agreement, and then asked

"Tohka, how much do you know about the Sixth Beast?" "Hmm..."

Yatogami Tohka pondered for a few seconds and answered confidently

"Except for the name, I don't know anything else!"

The three golden fairies were silent.

After a long while, Ithea, who was the most concerned, said with difficulty.

"Why not just send her back?"

"Agreed."

"That's it."

Hearing that she was going to be sent back, Yatogami Tohka said in panic.

"How can this happen! You clearly promised to take me with you!"

"We are not going on a picnic, Tohka."

Chtholly said with a headache,

"We are going to fight, to a very dangerous place and to fight very dangerous enemies. What if you don't know anything about the enemy's intelligence and something unexpected happens?"

"I can learn." Yatogami Tohka said sincerely,

"It will take at least a few days to get to the 15th floating island, right? I will study hard during the days on the ship."

"Are you sure?"

"Uh-huh!"

"Well, in that case, let's teach you how to fight the Sixth Beast." Chtholly said helplessly.

"I will randomly check your study content every day. If you can't answer it, you won't have dinner." Nephren said calmly.

If she was starving, she didn't know what she would do.

After all, this body has a strong appetite. Not to mention skipping a meal, even eating less would be annoying.

However, although Nephren looks cold, she is still a good person.

Even if there is really no dinner, when the time comes, if you open your big watery eyes and ask for help from Nephren, she will definitely be soft-hearted.

Afterwards, the golden fairies took Yatogami Tohka out of the cafeteria.

They first put away their luggage and relic weapons, and then brought Yatogami Tohka to the battleship's management office.

One of the responsibilities of the person in charge of the management office is to allocate rooms.

Since Yatogami Tohka has joined them, they naturally have to get her a room as well.

"Huh? You said that the Fourth Fairy Warehouse has sent an extra golden fairy?"

The fox chief, who looked a bit sarcastic, flipped through the list, checked the names and faces, and said in surprise, "There's one more. This is really rare."

He has also worked on this battleship for more than ten years.

When the military issued a task and asked him to connect with the manager of the Fairy warehouse, the only situation that happened was that the manager of the Fairy warehouse used various excuses to reduce the number of people going on the expedition.

There has never been a case of a willing extra golden Fairy.

Although it was a good thing, the more golden fairies that went out on the expedition, the better, but the fourth fairy warehouse was not reported in advance, and he only prepared three empty rooms.

Scratching his bald head, the clerk said helplessly, "As you can see, this battleship is of the smallest level and can only accommodate so many people.

This time, in order to participate in the 15th Floating Island Defense Campaign, every battleship is fully staffed. After you board the ship, there will be no empty rooms."

"Ah, what should we do then?" Ithea asked distressedly.

"Sleep on the floor. Although there are no empty rooms, we have plenty of blankets and quilts." The clerk suggested.

"If you are afraid of the cold, go to the boiler room. If you are afraid of the heat, go to the deck. If you want to sleep in the mess hall, you can, but you must get up and pack before six in the morning. If you don't have the habit of getting up early, then sleep in the warehouse."

After hearing the suggestions of the purser, the golden fairies looked at each other, feeling that it was not very appropriate.

The boiler room was such an important place, if it was bumped and damaged by the idiot Yatogami Tohka , they could not afford to pay for it. If they went to sleep on the deck, this guy might roll out of the battleship and fall to the ground in his sleep.

The cafeteria was fine, if the crew here did not mind facing food shortages.

As for the warehouse, it's such a dangerous place that he might be hit by something while sleeping, and die unheroically before he even fights the sixth beast.

"I can squeeze in with Tohka," Nephren suggested.

"It's the only way. Although I don't mind sleeping with Tohka, my sleeping posture is not very good." Ithea said.

"Well, let's do it this way. I'll just have to ask you to be patient for the next two days."

Chtholly said, "After all, among the three of us, Ren is the smallest and can barely squeeze in with Tohka."

"Hiss...sleeping with Ithea..."

Yatogami Tohka took a breath and said hesitantly, "This is my first time sleeping with someone else."

"We're all girls, you're not shy, are you?" Ithea patted her butt and asked teasingly.

"Why would I be shy? It's too lame for girls to be shy when sleeping with other girls!" Yatogami Tohka puffed out her chest, looking like she wasn't afraid.

But I couldn't help but ponder it in my heart.

By the way, Nephren seems to be only fourteen years old.

Does sharing a bed with a fourteen-year-old girl count as copper smelting?

But on second thought, Yatogami Tohka seemed to be only two years old.

That's right! Regardless of her inner age and gender, she has nothing to be ashamed of!

Chapter 22: Apartheid Laws At night, in Nephren room.

Throughout the day, Nephren and the other two golden fairies were working to make Yatogami Tohka familiar with the battlefield commands, methods of action, as well as the intelligence of the Sixth Beast and the easiest way to kill it before arriving at the battlefield.

Chtholly and Ithea, two women with rich combat experience, were in charge of imparting knowledge, while the more careful Nephren was in charge of compiling questions based on the knowledge

taught today as a test to see how much Yatogami Tohka had absorbed.

Taking the unfinished test paper from the exhausted Yatogami Tohka , Nephren began to correct the completed questions.

"Excluding the unfinished parts, and only counting the completed questions, your accuracy rate is 62%."

Ten minutes later, after marking the test papers, Nephren said, "If we include the unfinished parts, the correct rate is only 54%, which is not even close to the passing line."

"You can't blame me for this."

Yatogami Tohka lay motionless on the table, her eyes like a dead fish and she said,

"Many of the questions on the test paper are not answered by Chtholly and Esther.

The things that were taught and that I memorized were basically not on the test."

"Of course. If you can remember this, it's common sense." Nephren said calmly, "The battlefield is changing rapidly. If you want to survive, you not only need to know the basic knowledge, but also learn to use this knowledge to combine the correct solution at any time."

"That sounds so complicated."

"That's why we need to learn."

"Why don't I just follow you guys? It won't be wrong for me to do whatever Nephren does?"

"My intuition tells me that you will definitely not follow me obediently on the battlefield."

"How can I be so ignorant."

"Since you are a sensible child, continue to do the exercises tomorrow."

"Uh wow..."

Yatogami Tohka held her head and said with tears in her eyes: "Devil, Nephren is a devil."

"I am a golden fairy, not a devil."

Seeing that Yatogami Tohka looked exhausted today, Nephren did not ask her to review the questions she got wrong.

From morning to afternoon, Chtholly and Ithea took turns teaching her knowledge, and in the evening Nephren had to give her questions to test her.

To be honest, Nephren did not expect her to last this long.

"Then let's end today's study here."

Putting the corrected test paper on the desk, Nephren said calmly: "In order to continue studying energetically tomorrow, let's go to bed tonight."

"Nephren, go to bed first." Yatogami Tohka stood up and stretched, "My head is hot from studying today. I'm going to get some fresh air before going to bed."

"On the battleship, golden fairies are not allowed to leave their rooms without permission."

"But I'm not a golden fairy!"

"But in the eyes of others, you are, and you also hope that others think you are." Nephren reminded, "Don't forget, if other military personnel know that you are not a

golden fairy, they will most likely take you away, and you will not be able to stay in the fourth fairy warehouse in the future."

"Hmm...but at this hour, there shouldn't be anyone on deck, right?"

"It would be troublesome if we were seen."

"What would happen if I were seen?"

"If you violate the apartheid law, you will be..."

Just as Nephren was about to say something, her voice suddenly stopped. To be honest, she didn't know what would happen if she violated the apartheid law.

Because the law is the law, and violating the law is always bad, so they have always abided by the rules set by the government.

The only reason the Golden Fairies obey the laws and rules is because they are pure by nature, not because they are afraid of the consequences. But what will happen if they really break the laws and rules? Being punished?

Punished by whom?

The Golden Fairies are the strongest race in the entire Floating Continent Archipelago and are the secret weapon against the Sixth Beast. Who really has the authority and power to punish the Golden Fairies who have

made mistakes?

Yatogami Tohka words made Nephren fall into deep thought for a long time. "And I went to the cafeteria today to eat with so many orc soldiers, and they didn't say anything."

Yatogami Tohka continued, "What racial segregation law? Which idiot came up with it? It's useless!"

"The purpose of the apartheid law is to protect us." Nephren brought out the official statement, "As a golden fairy without a conquest, it is easy for us to be bullied by orcs outside."

After the extinction of humans, the world was left with only various orc races.

There were at least hundreds of races in the entire floating continent archipelago, with different appearances and abilities.

However, although they were collectively called orcs, not every race had the characteristics of beasts.

Among them, those races without beast characteristics and whose appearance was completely indistinguishable from humans were called [nosign species].

And no-sign species were discriminated against.

The reason is simple.

In the history of the orcs, humans are the culprits who created the Seventeen Beasts.

As one of the few races with magic power, they were once the overlords of the continent.

Not only do they have the ability to defeat the Demon King, but they also conduct various researches to further explore the mysteries of the world.

The birth of the Seventeen Beasts is the result of human research getting out of control.

At the same time, it was also the reason why the beastmen had to flee their homes, stay away from the earth, and finally retreat into the sky.

And those races that look exactly like humans naturally became the target of anger.

And because most of the unsigned species do not have strong bodies and strength like the beastmen, in this society where strength is generally respected,

Their status was originally lower than that of other orc races.

Because of this, the non-significant races are often bullied and looked down upon by other orcs. As a race with human appearance, the golden Fairy are often regarded as non-significant races when they appear in the orc world.

In order to avoid discrimination by orcs, the United Government of the Floating Continent Islands issued a racial segregation law to keep the golden Fairy away from other races. On weekdays, they can only live in the Fairy warehouses on the border and cannot communicate with other orc warriors even on the battleship.

"But don't you think it's strange?" Yatogami Tohka asked,

"If the purpose of the apartheid law is to protect, then it should be to protect the orcs. The power of the golden Fairy is far stronger than that of the orcs. Can't you just beat them up?"

"Violence is bad."

"But if the orcs started the fight first, then they are the ones who are at fault. Why should you bear the consequences?"

 "..."

"You are the ones who have been contributing to the Floating Continent Islands, why do you have to endure such treatment?" Yatogami Tohka snorted, "I don't want to obey this unreasonable law!"

Facing Yatogami Tohka continuous questioning, Nephren didn't know how to answer.

The golden fairies were taught from birth that they should devote everything to the floating continent archipelago.

They were used to obeying the orders and commands of their superiors, and could tolerate being wronged sometimes.

After all, in exchange for fighting the Sixth Beast, they also got a peaceful life, with enough food and warm clothes.

The essence of the golden fairies is the undead, and the more indifferent they are to their own lives, the stronger the power they can exert.

Therefore, sometimes even if they are treated unfairly, they don't feel it.

Just like the implementation of apartheid laws.

Even though they were excluded from the mainstream world by the coalition government, they didn't feel much, and no one would protest.

Even Nephren, who was afraid of death and oblivion, was the same. It was not until Yatogami Tohka mentioned this that she realized that the treatment her race had suffered was indeed unfair.

"That makes some sense." Nephren said, "I didn't expect Tohka to be so smart and think so much."

Clever?

The girl was slightly stunned.

To her, this was not a compliment worth being happy about.

Even if she is really smart, she is now playing the role of Yatogami Tohka , a character that should be considered stupid. If she is given the title of smart, then doesn't that mean she justOOC?

In order to avoid lowering her role-playing value, the girl quickly said,

"These are what Willem told me when we were chatting before. I didn't come up with them!"

"I see, is that Willem?"

Nephren did not doubt it, but nodded in approval: "It seems that he has been studying the golden Fairy these days. It is not surprising that he can think of these questions."

Seeing that Nephren accepted this statement, Yatogami Tohka breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, she stood up and stretched her body: "Then, I'll go out for some fresh air, you go to sleep first."

"I'll go with you."

Although she agreed that the implementation of racial segregation was unnecessary, Nephren was still a little worried about her going out alone at night.

After putting on her clothes again, Nephren got out of bed and came to her side.

Facing Nephren who decided to go with her, Yatogami Tohka mouth twitched.

She originally wanted to wait until Nephren fell asleep before going back to sleep, so that it would not be so embarrassing.

But now Nephren was worried about her going out alone and insisted on accompanying her, and she had no reason to refuse. So, the two had to walk out of the bedroom together.

Coming out of the bedroom, which was not much bigger than a prison, the air seemed to have become fresher. Walking onto the deck of the battleship, Yatogami Tohka took a deep breath and her mind relaxed.

Although she said that she was just going out to get some fresh air, now that she was really out, she found that it was not bad. She had been studying all day today and she was exhausted.

I originally thought that this would be a pleasant journey of fighting monsters without thinking, just swinging the sword, but I didn't expect that I would have to memorize so many things before fighting monsters.

For example, the meaning of military horns, hand gestures on the battlefield, areas that golden fairies cannot approach, the attack methods and solutions of the sixth beast...

Even if you don't act like a fool, it's still difficult to remember all the knowledge in a short period of time. He exhaled deeply, and his drooping spirit was lifted up a lot.

The battleship was moving at a constant speed, and the night breeze seemed to take away the fatigue in my heart, making my heart unconsciously calm down.

"It seems that there are not many stars today."

Yatogami Tohka looked up at the sky, then leaned on the railing and looked down at the scattered floating islands below. She said with some surprise:

"But the floating islands are really beautiful from this angle. I didn't expect the floating islands to be so beautiful at night."

In the dark night sky, floating islands, near or far, were like pearls inlaid in the black curtain, flashing with light. This was a scene she had never seen before.

Perhaps, after leaving this world, I will never see such a scene again.

Seeing the slightly excited Yatogami Tohka , Nephren also walked over and leaned on the railing to admire the surrounding scenery.

As one of the few golden fairies who likes leisure in the fourth fairy warehouse, she doesn't like to wander around like Ithea and Chtholly. She actually prefers to read or stay in the yard to bask in the sun.

Even on the warship, she would lock her Spirit in her bedroom because of the apartheid law, and would not go out like she does now.

Therefore, even though the golden fairy has the ability to fly, she rarely goes out at night just to see the scenery.

Under the leadership of Yatogami Tohka , it was also the first time that she took the initiative to break the shackles of the apartheid law.

The cool night breeze blew up her lavender ponytail. Standing on the vast deck, looking at the surrounding scenery, she couldn't help but indulge in it for a moment.

"It was the right choice to come out with you tonight."

"Has Nephren never come out before?"

"No, I prefer to stay in a safe place." Nephren replied,

"But it feels good to come out once in a while."

"Right? It's a shame to lock yoursSpirit up!" Yatogami Tohka said,

"If you like, we can go to a farther place together in the future!"

"Forget it."

"Are you still worried about violating the law?"

"Well, although we won't be punished, Willem and Nygglatho, as managers, will inevitably be affected."

"You don't have to worry about that!"

Hearing Nephren concerns, Yatogami Tohka looked mysterious. After looking around and making sure no one was eavesdropping, she whispered,

"The reason Willem has been hanging out in the library these days is to find a way to help you get free."

"oh?"

Nephren turned her head, her expression still indifferent, and asked with curiosity or sadness,

"How did you know?"

"Hehe."

Yatogami Tohka put her hands on her hips and said proudly, "Because I am Willem assistant! If he finally decides to declare war on the government, I will be

responsible for beating up all the government officials!"

"..."

Looking at the girl in front of her in silence, Nephren felt tired again. It was okay to just break the law a little bit.

After all, apartheid laws really didn't work.

But what is the purpose of suddenly overthrowing the government now?

No wonder Willem and Yatogami Tohka have been communicating more these days.

It turns out that this guy is instigating Yatogami Tohka to be a traitor.

I must remind Chtholly later and let her take care of her man.