Hollow Regalia, Vol.2: Between the Dragon and the Deep Blue Sea by Gakuto Mikumo and Miyuu

Author:Gakuto Mikumo and Miyuu [Mikumo, Gakuto]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2023-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

5

“This is a nice room. A bit small for three people, though.”

Giuli looked around the guest bedroom they were shown to before hopping onto the middle bunk bed.

Accompanying her were Rosé and Iroha. The latter had run after Chiruka and, after desperate persuasion, cleared up the misunderstanding. They had a pleasant bath right after, and then she was reunited with the Berith twins; it was then that they were shown to the guest room.

“Well, it is a guardian ship. Their guest room couldn’t be that luxurious,” Rosé said indifferently as she checked the bedsheets.

“They got a wide selection of liquor, though. Marius’s gifts, you think?” Giuli checked the contents of all the cupboards and lockers.

Giuli acting whimsically curious was nothing new, but Iroha was at a loss for words once she saw the girl’s little sister do the same. She thought of how to scold her for her lack of manners after thinking she was a decent girl with common sense, but then she realized—the twins were looking for bugs.

“Out in the hallway…there’s someone on the lookout. What about the ventilation duct?” Giuli asked with an unfazed expression after quickly destroying the bugs.

“Wide enough, but we’d have to leave our equipment behind.”

“I’ll go, then. You stay here and guard Iroha, Rosy.”

“Got it, Giuli.”

“W-wait, hold on, go where? Shouldn’t we ask Amaha for permission?” Iroha hurriedly tried to stop their plans from moving along any further.

“Don’t worry, I’m just doing some sightseeing.”

“Giuli…?!”

Iroha stood astonished as Giuli took off her jacket. Left only with light innerwear on her, she clung to the ventilation duct near the ceiling and crawled into it like a cat.

“You sure we should let her go?” Iroha asked Rosé, fully aware protest was useless.

Rosé’s expression didn’t change as she glanced back at her. “Did you feel anything was off after looking around the ship, Iroha?”

“…Off? I mean, it’s my first time on a guardian ship. I found it very commendable to see the whole crew work in earnest,” she answered sincerely, though confused.

Rosé nodded. “Yes, I think the crew is strangely on edge. As though the ship were in the middle of military operations.”

“Military…operations?”

“There’s one other strange factor. Why did the submarine attack the Hikata earlier at noon?”

“…Because of the Council’s piracy?” Iroha asked back, puzzled.

The Council for Japanese Independence called itself a government in exile, but they were no more than pirates attacking cargo ships indiscriminately. It was nothing strange for the US Navy to try to get rid of them.

Rosé, however, shook her head.

“If they really wanted to put an end to their piracy, they would’ve acted earlier. The Hikata has been doing this for four years.”

“But they couldn’t find them due to Chiruka’s powers…”

“Vanagloria’s power is immense, but it shouldn’t be that difficult for the Navy to find the Hikata’s location if they put their all into it. They would simply have to scrutinize the areas the satellites don’t show.”

“Ah…” Iroha was taken aback.

The US Navy attack submarine had found the Hikata and fired on

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