Chapter 7 - The Union's Home

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It was another day in Azur Lane's base of operations, everyone had already heard of their new commander's trip to the Royal Navy dorms and many were wondering why he was there in the first place and whether he was going to visit their dorms as well.

Out in the storage units, the blonde haired Cleveland and her sisters: Montpelier, Denver and Columbia, had just finished their rounds in checking the storage area for Akashi and they were now about to go on their way to head to the office to give a report.

On the way there, the group began to discuss their new commander, with Denver and Columbia prodding their older sister of what their new leader could be like. The one to answer however was not Cleveland, but Montepelier who stated that it didn't matter since their sister was clearly the best. While the other two sisters were not disagreeing, they still desired an actual answer, but then again, they expected as much from Montpelier who worshipped their eldest sister.

While they were engrossed in their conversation, Enterprise who was also making her way to the commander's office stumbled upon them.

Upon noticing her, Cleveland wasted no time in greeting her fellow Eagle Union ship, "Enterprise hey!"

"Heading to the commander's office?" holding up the report, Cleveland merely grinned at the carrier.

"I see, why don't we go together?" Enterprise asked and the light cruiser gladly accepted.

"You guys should head back to the dorms," Cleveland said to her sisters. "We might shock the commander if we all go."

Listening to their sister, the rest of the Cleveland class ships made their way back to the dorms while Enterprise and Cleveland herself headed for the office. When they arrived at the doors, the two heard their commander discussing something with Akashi inside the office.

"So even with the money we do have, purchasing new weapons and armour would still leave us empty. Well that's problematic, how much can we buy?" asked Emir.

"If we're planning to budget, then just up to at least two fleets nya." explained the Sakura repair ship.

Deciding to enter rather than continue to eavesdrop, Enterprise knocked on the door and waited for a signal to come in. Once she was allowed to go in, she opened the door where she and Cleveland were met with the eyes of the four people inside: Emir, Belfast, Amazon and Akashi.

After exchanging greetings, the two girls gave their reports in. Emir scanned over the pieces of paper before giving a nod of approval. "Great work you two. You can go back to the dorms now."

Cleveland was about to head out but noticed that Enterprise had not moved at all. The cruiser then asked if she was not coming but was ignored and instead the white haired shipgirl addressed their leader, asking him what the current situation was like. Although he was stunned at first by the sudden questioning, Emir quickly replied since he was aware that she was a representative.

"We've been thinking of getting some new gear to use against the Siren's. We've managed to get some of their armour that fell under the sea after their attack, so we're planning to use those as targets to test which weapons can deal damage." Emir explained, but the carrier knew from what she heard that they were struggling at the moment and judging from the boy's tired face, he's been working himself to the bone to come up with a solution.

"You seem tired commander," the carrier pointed out. "Why don't you take a break. I heard that you visited the Royal Navy dorms, why not come to Eagle Union next?"

Everyone was speechless at the sudden invitation, making Enterprise think that she had said something weird. But Emir quickly broke the awkwardness and scheduled to visit the next day, to which Enterprise gladly accepted and then left the office along with Cleveland.

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