"It's really yours. I thought you were a herbivore."
Edward knocked on Lin Ao's door and said this nonsense.
"ha?"
Today is the day when the Osiris sets sail. Lin Ao, who has been restricted from disembarking for a week, is fast asleep. He yawns and appears in front of Edward with disheveled hair.
"I don't understand what you're saying."
Edward put his hands on his hips: "Lieutenant Anton asked me to inform you that you will be responsible for Ms. Isabella's security in the future."
"Did he give permission?" After hearing the news, Lin Ao's tone was obviously more energetic.
Edward said to him: "I saw it. It was Isabella who asked Li Youde specifically for you. Yes, you son, you have got such a beautiful girl!"
"Don't, don't be ridiculous!" Lin Ao's face turned red immediately.
"How can I be stupid! If that's not the case, why would I specifically name you? She already has four female soldiers to protect her, and she only wants you as a man! Damn it, this ship is becoming more and more unfriendly to singles, you I found a HER beauty, Natasha and Bart were flirting with each other, and even Sister Sima Qian ignored me every time I pestered Lieutenant Anton!"
"Sima Qian is pestering Lieutenant Anton!?"
"Sima Qian has roped in Anton to be her driver these days when she disembarks from the ship. Herodotus and I are both laughing! No! I'm leaving!"
Seeing Edward disappear at the end of the corridor, Lin Ao remembered that he should tidy up his appearance. He hurriedly put on his clothes and walked to Elizabeth's room in an anxious mood. He didn't know how excited he was.
"Dang." Lin Ao knocked on the door and could hear his own heartbeat as he waited for the door to open. The female soldiers guarding the door looked at themselves with vigilant eyes. These female soldiers did not know Elizabeth's identity, but knew that she was from HER, so they were wary of any visitors.
"Who?"
"I, Lin Ao! I am..."
"come in!"
Before Lin Ao finished, he was welcomed into the room by Elizabeth. Li Youde gave Elizabeth an ordinary driver's room, which was simpler than Lin Ao's room.
"I was still wondering when you would come."
Elizabeth looked delighted and her smile was bright. Lin Ao was too shy to look her in the face. He thought to himself: "Damn it! It's all Edward's fault for making me so nervous!"
"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"No! I'm fine! I came here to ask if there is any task for me?"
Elizabeth: "I don't know anyone on this ship. Although we have just met, I think I can trust you."
Seeing Lin Ao's mechanical nod, Elizabeth smiled and continued: "Lieutenant Anton and I have to take care of the duties of the pilot, so I won't just call you around. I asked you to come because I want you to take me to visit the Osiris. , I’m embarrassed to let strange female soldiers outside do these things.”
"Did Li Youde allow you to move around freely?"
"He allowed it a few years ago, but I don't dare to run around, but it's too boring for me to stay in the room these days. There isn't even a vase of flowers in this room. Do you know where there are flowers on the ship?"
"Forehead…"
Lin Ao thought for a while. He had never paid attention to the plants on the ship. There are some in the restaurant, but they are all fake flowers, but...
"There seems to be one in Sima Qian's room. I'll go and ask for you."
Seeing Lin Ao turning around to leave, Elizabeth called him: "Wait a minute! Don't you want to take me with you? I want to take a stroll."
"Eh? But Sima Qian is a reporter. Is it okay for you to go see her?"
"I'll bring my sunglasses and a hat!"
Lin Ao didn't dare to let Sima Qian see Elizabeth. After all, the other party was a reporter. If she saw any clues, she would be in trouble. But at this moment, Elizabeth was looking at him with eyes that she couldn't refuse. Lin Ao hesitated for a moment and nodded.
…
Elizabeth followed Lin Ao closely, looking at everything on the ship curiously like a friend. From time to time, she would stop to touch some of the equipment on the ship, and said with emotion: "The specifications of Xingmei are similar to those of the Empire, but the appearance is a little different."
Lin Ao asked: "Is the interior of HER's ship similar to that of Osiris?"
"The specifications are similar, but the decoration is completely different. Your ship is almost all white, but the Imperial ship has murals on the walls, and carpets are stuck to the floors and ceilings of the corridors."
"The corridors on the ship are also carpeted!? It's too luxurious!"
"I have only been on my father's flagship, and that may be the only ship like that."
"Have you ever been on a battleship?"
"Only once, during the Battle of Carthage."
Lin Ao opened his mouth wide: "Have you participated in the Battle of Carthage?!"
"My sister and I were sitting on my father's flagship at that time."
"Isn't your father afraid that something will happen to you?"
"My father, a noble, must take the lead. My sister and I have also received training in driving humanoid weapons. But I am very poor at driving, but my sister Mary is very talented. My father also asked the Red Knight to teach her."
"Oh, that's how it is."
During the conversation, the two of them had already arrived at Sima Qian's door. When they made their intention clear, Sima Qian generously let Elizabeth come into the room and choose the plants she liked. Although it was a selection, there were only a few flowers that Lin Ao couldn't name. Elizabeth held up one of the spherical flower pots and asked: "Is this okay?"
"Okay, you can take it to school as you like."
Sima Qian's attitude was very easy-going. Lin Aoben was worried that she would pester Elizabeth to interview HER even if she didn't see that Elizabeth was a princess. He was relieved. When she was about to say goodbye, Sima Qian suddenly said: "If you have anything to tell the outside world, you can come to me."
Lin Ao and Elizabeth were both stunned, and Sima Qian immediately closed the door.
"What does she mean?"
Elizabeth was a little panicked.
"Um...Sister Sima Qian is a good person. You don't have to be afraid. Let's go to the restaurant!" Lin Ao comforted her.
The residential area is not far from the restaurant. They quickly arrived at the restaurant. Before they entered the door, they heard Li Youde's voice:
"Ms. Fiona, please don't prepare salad every time for me! Bring some meat!"
Fiona put her hands on her hips and asked, "What's wrong with the salad? Vegetarian salads are nutritious."
"I can't eat enough! I'm a soldier, how can I work without protein and meat!"
"Isn't your job just to sit there and give orders? How tiring can it be?"
"Commanding a ship is very tiring! My brain can't function normally just eating salad, and I don't have time to come over every time to get food! I beg you, instead of meat, can you give me more eggs? Milk? That’s good too!”
Li Youde turned into an almost pleading tone within a few words. Fiona suddenly knocked down the spoon in her hand: "Stop pretending! I only gave you salad because I knew you were hiding secretly to eat hamburgers! It was also taken into consideration. Your nutritional balance!”
"This, this is nothing."
Fiona pointed her spoon at Li Youde, who was already starting to flinch: "I know it all! The chef will secretly bake some patties for you every time, and you always smell like burgers!"
"This, I, this,"
Li Youde was speechless. Elizabeth, who was hiding outside the door, asked curiously: "Is the Covenant captain's personal diet management so strict? The empire is far from it."
Lin Ao shook his head: "No, this is an exception. Let's go to other places..."
…
The two of them took a brief walk around the ship, and Elizabeth was sent back to her room when the ship was about to leave the port. The two of them also made an appointment to do this again when they are free next time. When the door closed, even the female soldier guarding the door saw Lin Ao's flushed face. He has never been so happy as he is today. Due to the environment in which he grew up, Lin Ao has rarely played with girls of the same age for so long.
"Is this a date? No, no, no, that's definitely not what a date is, and no one goes on a date on a battleship."
He felt inexplicably happy and returned to the room with light steps.
…
"What's wrong with you? You're out of your mind."
Lin Ao was woken up by Lieutenant Anton, and he remembered that he was in the hangar helping Anton repair the arm of "Hundred Steps".
"nothing."
"Okay then, give me the wrench."
Lin Ao took out the wrench from the tool box and handed it to Anton, who was clinging to the arm of the machine. When Anton had just grasped it firmly, Lin Ao asked him:
"Lieutenant, does Sister Sima Qian know about Elizabeth?"
Anton was startled, and the wrench he was holding loosened and flew back into Lin Ao's arms. Now Lin Ao could see it.
"It can't be yours!"
Anton looked embarrassed: "It's not this, this is me...I really can't help it! She saw some clues and then tortured me!"
"She tortured you?"
"It's not torture, but she is a reporter! She lured me out after just a few chats. But! I made her swear not to disclose this matter to the outside world, and she also knows the consequences!"
This was the first time that Anton saw Lin Ao look at him with contempt. Without saying anything, the two of them heard an alarm sounding inside the ship:
"A firefight occurred on the scheduled route, please prepare the crew for war."
