Chapter 2 - A Helpless Body

 Behind the body that felt unbearable pain, there was a fortune that was difficult to describe in words.

 Amagi and Amagi-chan carried my body into their private room like a patient being held like a Princess.

 Honestly, it felt very embarrassing but I couldn't refuse it. My body felt frail and needed rehabilitation training to be able to walk again like before.

 My body muscles were thin and my breath easily tired. It felt very torturous because I was much weaker than a five-year-old child.

 "I know you girls have an excessive sense of concern for someone as weak as me, but this is so embarrassing," I said while covering my face with both of my hands. My position as a patient carried by Amagi looked like a pitiful man right now.

 "Is there a problem with this?" Amagi muttered with an innocent look that didn't understand the situation.

 Because the corridors of the Sakura Empire area were dominated by ship girls walking in pairs, I could feel their sharp gazes directed at my weak body.

 "You should have dragged me instead of carrying me like this," I replied after feeling the pressure from the piercing gaze.

 "Eh? Why does a patient have to be dragged? Isn't carrying you like this more effective? My Admiral always does this when I'm injured and about to faint," Amagi replied with a bright gaze.

 "That only happens if the victim is a ship girl! For a man like me, this is so embarrassing!" I grumbled without being able to move my body because I felt weak.

 My little grumble probably sounded very pathetic because I could hear the laughter of the ship girl from the Sakura Empire. This humiliating insult made my face itch because of the unbearable shame.

 If only my body wasn't this weak, maybe I could walk away from the Sakura Empire territory and settle in a group of shady trees located not far from the Azur Lane military headquarters on the same island.

 The long journey ended when my vision which was covered by shame faded.

 A room with a simple wooden floor with tatami mats and wooden walls polished by the beauty of the Sakura Empire's typical size greeted me.

 Inside Amagi's private room, there were two ship girls that I was very familiar with because of my emotional level and the stability of my luck that made it difficult to get SSR ship girls from the rewards dropped in the Azur Lane main scenario.

 The third chapter, the fourth map, and only appeared after fighting the Boss in that part of the map because they were one of the Bosses themselves.

 That was the level of difficulty in getting ship girls who were in Amagi's private room.

 Their synchronization looked extraordinary, it was proven by their gazes that were fixed on me in the same second.

 The flow of sight, the sharpness of the eyes, and the twitching of their long fox ears were perfectly intertwined in one synchronization.

 The scary smile that gave intuition about dangerous girls like a Yandere immediately seeped into my weak body that was trying to hold back fear. The reality created by a game and real reality are two different forms of consciousness.

 In the game they were sisters who understood each other and were a little possessive of each other, I could be scared if faced them directly.

 The smile of the yandere girl was directed at me who was in Amagi's arms.

 "Akagi, Kaga, why are you already here?" said Amagi to greet the two fox girls named Akagi and Kaga.

 My gaze was fixed on Kaga who had short white hair and was wearing a kimono with a blue-white pattern. Her calm blue eyes gave me the strength to face her sister who had an yandere nature and was too possessive when it came to the safety of her love for the Admiral of the Sakura Empire.

 Her calm face seemed indifferent to me and that was a blessing of luck for me.

 The girl next to her was a product of the same type as Amagi. Her hair color which was similar to Amagi's, like blackish brown gave an extraordinary elegance to the ship girl who came from the Sakura Empire. Her bright red eyes felt very piercing when our dead gazes met and the urge from her instincts that could not control her behavior was clearly visible from her teeth that were visible from her friendly smile.

 "Amagi Nee-sama, who is this man? Why are you carried him like that? He looks weak like the insects that often bother our Admiral," Akagi said with her sarcasm that coincidentally hit the mark.

 Stabb...

 I Feel an invisible arrow piercing my body, I couldn't reply to her words. Right now my body was very weak and didn't have the strength to deny her hurtful sarcasm.

 "Don't talk like that, Akagi. He is a patient who is treated directly by Shinano," replied Amagi while placing my body to sit on one of the cushions that had soft foam and facing the small square table.

 "Would you like a glass of green tea?" said Amagi while sitting next to me.

 "If it doesn't bother you," I answered briefly with awkwardness.

 Akagi, Kaga, Amagi, and Amagi-chan stared at me like an animal in a zoo.

 "Hey, Onii-san, why does your face look so ugly and gloomy?" asked Amagi-chan in her innocent little girl tone.

 Stabb...

 "Ugh, it feels so sad when I can't deny it," I grumbled in a tired tone and wanted to lay my head on the table.

 "Amagi-chan, you are too rude if you speak so frankly," Kaga said in my defense and stared at my face closely.

 "He became like this because Shinano was too lazy to take care of him, Shinano only focused on herbal medicine and it made my nose hurt because the smell of the medicine was so pungent," Kaga covered her nostrils using a pinch of her hand.

 "I'm sorry, I don't know why I didn't die after drowning. If you want to blame someone, please don't blame me who doesn't know anything," I argued to maintain my dignity which was already thin as a tissue.

 Pooouurr...

 Tiinnggg...

 Amagi poured hot green tea into a clay cup without a handle and brought the cup closer to me.

 "Don't think about it, Shinano saved you for a reason. Shinano isn't a ship girl who often hides patients in her private room for no reason. This makes me wonder why Shinano and our Admiral seem so distant. There must be a reason behind it," Amagi said in a soft tone and waited for my reaction after sipping her green tea.

 "T-Thank you," I said while slowly drinking the green tea that Amagi had made.

 Gluppp...

 A few drops of green tea had flowed into my throat. The warm, bland taste, and relaxing aroma of the green tea made my body feel lighter.

 "It's not too bad, my tongue is a little numb because I can't taste anything. It feels wasteful but thank you for taking the trouble to do this for me," I said to thank Amagi.

 Taakkk...

 After finishing half of Amagi's green tea, I felt more relaxed than usual.

 Could it be that my body lacks nutrients because I've been in a coma for too long?

 If I think about it further, I didn't get an IV injection that supports my body's basic needs to replenish energy or vitamins needed for daily needs.

 "Maybe this is a bit excessive, is there a piece of fresh fruit here? At least one that has a strong sour taste to attract my tongue's sensors in processing the taste."

 "Fruit that has a strong taste? Like lime?" Amagi replied with a wink.

 "That's a good idea, do you have one?"

 "I do have one but I only use it to clean the cutlery. If it's for food, that's too much."

 "No problem, I need it."

 I forced Amagi a little to take the lime to elicit a response from my body which seemed to have died from drowning in a coma.

 "Okay, you seem to have other plans by asking for a lime like that."

 Amagi hurriedly took a lime that was not far from the entrance to her private room and sat back down in front of me.

 "I only took one fresh lime, the sour smell is a bit pungent so you have to be careful," Amagi said while handing me one lime.

 "Uhm, if you don't mind, please squeeze it on top of this cup of green tea," I requested while pushing my half-empty clay glass cup.

 "Huh? Do you want to drink green tea mixed with lime? That's a new combination I've ever seen, does it taste good?" Amagi asked while stretching her fingers to squeeze the lime.

 Crash...

 I could clearly see the power of the hand of a ship girl who had a disease in the main story of the game. The squeeze given by Amagi seemed like a torrent water that flowed rapidly until it filled my cup of green tea which was full of lime juice.

 A pungent, sour smell wafted into my nose but my facial expression response was too late.

 Amagi, Amagi-chan, Akagi, and Kaga wrinkled their faces until their strange facial expressions were visible.

 "Uhh… this makes me want to get out of here," Amagi-chan grumbled, looking pained by the scent of the lime and wanting to leave Amagi's private room.

 "As I thought, my body's reaction is too late," as I said that, my face immediately caught the attention of those who wanted to observe my un-wrinkled expression from the sour smell.

 "Are you a human?" Akagi asked, starting to shed tears.

 After Amagi finished squeezing the lime to fill my cup of green tea, I immediately finished it in one big gulp.

 Glupp…

 The warm taste of the green tea and my hoarse throat indicated that the drink mixed perfectly.

 Takkk…

 After I finished drinking the glass, they all observed my face and didn't react at all.

 "It seems like it'll take a long time for my body's reaction to return to normal."

 After saying that sentence, my eyebrows raised and a sour sensation filled my face, bringing cheerful laughter to the shipgirl sisters in Amagi's private room.