Dreaming Butterfly

Chapter 22

*Evan's/My Azur Lane Base

*Evan/My POV

It was the next day. My mind is still full of questions about the dream I had last night.

As I was lost in my thoughts, Enterprise entered my office.

"Good morning Evan." Enterprise greeted me.

"Huh? Oh hey Enterprise." I tried to put on a smile so that she won't notice. "I think I should forget about that dream for now and focus on the paperwork." I said in my mind as Gascogne entered my office and greeted me in her usual robot language.

*Timeskip

It was lunchbreak. Instead of having lunch, I immediately went to the library to see if there're any information about The Dreamworld.

"Bonjour Le Capitaine." Bearn greeted me as I entered the library. She was eating a loaf of bread as her lunch.

"Hello Bearn." I greeted her back as I went deep into the library.

"Le Capitaine?" Bearn tried to get my attention as she noticed that I'm acting strange but I ignored her and continued making my way deep into the library.

After minutes of searching, I still cannot find any information regarding The Dreamworld.

"Looks like this place doesn't have the information I need." I remarked. I made my way to the exit and left the library.

I went back to the Office to see that Enterprise and Gascogne are waiting for me.

"Identification Complete. Welcome back Master." Gascogne greeted me.

"Hello Gascogne." I greeted back and sat on my desk.

"Where were you Evan? You didn't join us for lunch." Enterprise asked.

"Don't feel like eating." I replied.

"O-Okay. Anyways here's your paperwork." Enterprise handed me a stack of papers and I proceeded to do them bit by bit. 

After what seemed like eternity, it was dinner time. Like lunchtime, I skipped dinner time and went to the library.

"Ah. You're back Le Capitaine." Bearn greeted me again once I entered but I gave her a short nod and went to another section of the library.

"Is something wrong Le Capitaine?" Bearn asked me but I shook my head. I stayed in the library until Bearn told me that she's closing the library.

I made my way back to my quarters where I went into bed and slept.

*Evan's/My Dream

*Evan/My POV

"Hello? Shinano?" I asked as I see that I'm in the void again. Shinano appeared before me a moment later with her eyes closed.

"I see that you have difficulty trying to find The Dreamworld." Shinano opened her eyes and replied.

"Yes." I nodded my head.

"The key to The Dreamworld is already with you." Shinano gave me a hint.

"With me?" I was confused.

"Yes." Shinano replied.

"What is the key?" I asked.

"The key is that legendary gun of yours. The one you got from a distant land." Shinano replied.

"Wait. You don't mean..." I instantly knew what she was talking about. Before Shinano could reply again, a giant centipede wrapped around her and dragged her away.

I chased after the centipede but the centipede and Shinano were gone without a trace.

"The legendary gun that I got from the distant land." I thought before I woke up again.

*Reality

*Evan/My POV

"The legendary gun." I repeated Shinano's answer after I woke up. It was already the next day and I knew what I have to do.

"Should I tell someone about this?" I asked myself in my mind. Eventually, I decided that I shouldn't tell anybody about Shinano and the Dreamworld. I got up from my bed and got ready to start off the day.

*Timeskip

After a long day, it was finally the evening. I had dinner, went back to my quarters, got ready for bed and slept. 

Around 3.30 am, I woke up and changed into my Service Dress Blue, then I woke Mir up and the two of us went outside of my quarters to obtain Breidablik. After obtaining Breidablik, I wore a black cape with my Binding Blade/Sealed Sword behind my waist and Breidablik on the right of my waist.

I went into the dorms of the members of the Evan Squad to help them tuck into their beds. After tucking them into their beds, I kissed them goodbye and went to the docks.

After arriving at the docks, I looked back at the dorms of my shipgirls.

"Goodbye everyone. Goodbye Evan Squad. Come Mir, let's go." I said my goodbyes to my shipgirls as I went aboard my Nimitz Class Carrier to prepare to go to the Dreamworld, obviously unaware of a certain Richelieu Class Battleship opening her eyes in her dorm.