Azur Lane - A New Era

Chapter 6 - A Royal Visit

After a week of long classes with different shipgirls, Emir was finally ready to take over Azure's position as the commander of Azur Lane. However before he could even step foot in the office he had to look like a commander first. He was lucky that such a caring maid had pre-prepared a black commander's uniform, with gold finishes, for the boy and to top it all off, was a matching black hat with a golden strap and Azur Lane's insignia placed at the centre of it. Though Emir seemed to hate wearing it, therefore it was only ever on his head rarely.

Once two weeks had then passed, Emir now tried to devote his time to meeting and getting to know the shipgirls. He had already met a few, here and there, but never really familiarised with them, just the simple greetings. This wasn't good for the commander of the fleet, so he was heavily advised by both Belfast and Amazon to go out and meet with as many ships as possible. At first, Emir's plan was to use the secretary system, however the girls explained that would still take way too long. So being the good teacher that she was, Amazon had set up a day where her new commander can meet her faction leader, Queen Elizabeth, in a tea party.

Hearing this out of the blue broke Emir's mind, that he shortly fainted after being told. However, it was already approved by her majesty, so he had no choice but to go.

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Waiting in front of the Royal Navy's dorms, Emir shook like a newborn deer while Belfast merely watched her young master with a concerned expression. She had already tried her best to comfort him, but his anxiety just wouldn't go away. Just the thought of meeting the higher echelon of a faction, made Emir's stomach twist and churn.

Amazon then walked out of the dorms with a bright smile. "Ah you're just in time, come in commander!"

Despite him not really wanting to be there, the young commander pushed on. Inside, he noticed that there were not as many people as he thought there was gonna be, but the ones that were there had their eyes fixated on him, whilst murmuring amongst one another.

"It's their first time seeing you, so they're very excited," Amazon informed.

"Right," Emir replied with a nervous smile. "The Royal Navy is about as glamorous as I thought it would be on the inside."

Looking at their commander, the girls noticed he was taking in the decor of the dorms: Its magenta carpet that ran along every inch of the halls, the grandeur designs that wrapped around the window frames and the lines of chandeliers that ran along the ceiling. Everything that was within the dorms, Emir took it in like a child in a new home.

After walking for some time with the two, Amazon left her commander with Belfast since she had other things to do.

"Are you ready young master?" the maid asked.

"Honestly I wanna turn back around and go back to the office, but how would that look?" the commander admitted, before continuing to walk to the garden.

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When they arrived at the garden, the commander was speechless at the greenery and collection of flowers, which painted the garden in an array of colours. For Emir it was like the beauty of nature itself was taken from an artist's collection and pasted onto reality.

"Ah, Belfast you have arrived!" a voice boomed, tearing the young man's attention away from the garden.

Not too far from where they were, stood a snow white gazebo, made of stone. Under its shade, were four blonde haired females: one dressed as a maid, while the others sat around a small, circular table that matched the colour of the gazebo.