Azur Lane: Episode of Belfast Volume 2 Chapter 1 Part 3


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Translator: Kurehashi Aiko


PART 3



But this time around, everyone else was already fully awake for the sake of getting all the preparations ready.

 

Belfast then looked around the cooking table, carefully observing the maids that were walking around it and taking care of things as they needed.

 

「I really don’t want any ghosts to play tricks on my precious kitchen, and especially not today. So for today, we are going to give the cute little ghosts who live in the Royal Navy’s dormitory a delicious cake in order to appease them as much as possible.」

 

Immediately after Belfast made that proclamation, everyone else currently present let out a cheerful voice and seconded that opinion.

 

The expressions of all the maids currently present were that of a bright smile, and could feel that their motivation was going through the roof right about now.

 

For all of the members of the Maid Corps who have been involved with serving the children living in the Royal Navy’s dormitory almost all day long, a seasonal event like this one was like a true test of their skills as maids.

 

As for the process of cake-making, everyone said that they wanted to be a part of it, so for today it was decided that the members of the Maid Corps would alternate accordingly for each task. Currently, it was a turn of the cake-making group inside of the kitchen, but soon they would be switched with the group that was responsible for preparing breakfast.

 

「It’s almost the time for the children in the dormitory to start waking up.」

 

Belfast headed to the door to check on the state of the dining room’s preparations.

 

Taking a quick glance into the dining room, she could see that some of the children had already begun to gather.

 

「So fluffy~…… That looks so delicious……!」

 

The first thing that caught Belfast’s eye was a group of Destroyers that sat at the edge of the table. One of them was Cygnet,  a C Class Destroyer who still looked to be half-asleep, her mouth opened wide as she let out a mighty yawn.

 

「Eheheheh! It’s trick or treat time of the year once more!」

 

Next one was a J Class Destroyer, Javelin. Wearing a red-colored headgear on top of her head and a black cloak draped over her shoulders, it looked like she was ready for the festivities even before the breakfast was to be served.

 

But it seems that there were also quite a few other people who were quick to act because of the current date, not just the Destroyers.

 

One of them was York, a Heavy Cruiser of the York Class, that had just arrived through the doors leading into the dining room.

 

「Now, bear witness! This is my true form! …… I can already feel the Power “The Force” surging through this body!」

 

She had a pitch-black coat that even covered her head with a deep hood, and she had something on her that looked like a machine gun handle hanging from her back. And saying corny lines like that while being dressed like that, you would think that she was actually cosplaying some sort of manga or video game character of some kind.

 

As Belfast looked at the people who just entered the dining room, especially York, she suddenly remembered a training course a few months ago that had preceded the birthday celebration of Her Majesty. It was then that she would first interact with York, and since then she had at least several conversations with her from time to time when they would pass one another by on the dormitory’s corridors. Even in the midst of such a large crowd, the reason why her gaze would end up naturally following York’s face way more than anyone else might have been because right now she considered her to be a good and dear friend.

 

Not to mention that not so long ago it was only the beginning of summer and the summer vacation, but before anyone could even notice it was already autumn.

 

After that, more and more children from the dormitory started to come to the dining room, and within a few minutes the dining room was full to the brim, becoming loud and lively. .

 

Then, at the last minute possible, Queen Elizabeth came to eat as well while swinging the door wide open in her usual fashion.

 

「Happy Halloween, everyone! Now what’s for breakfast today!?」

 

It was at that moment that Belfast retreated into the kitchen.

 

The food that Sheffield had instructed earlier was finished neatly and was ready to be served to everyone.

 

And seeing that all of the maids that were currently present were ready to serve breakfast at a moment’s notice, there was only one thing left for Belfast to tell all of them.

 

「Well then, everyone. Let’s do our best today as well!」

 

***

 

Once the busy breakfast period came to pass without incident, Belfast decided to go and clean up the tableware in order to give the cleaning maids a hand.

 

「Belfast-nee-sama!」

 

Just then, Belfast could see Bel-chan approaching her with a bunch of dirty dishes in her hands.

 

「I’m going to help with washing the dishes as well.」

 

Looking up at her grown-up version, Bel-chan’s eyes were brimming with ambition and will to prove herself. She then proceeded towards the sink to put the dirty dishes inside of it and get to work.

 

「Yes, that’s a great idea. Let’s do the dishes together. It will be much faster that way.」

 

Then Belfast took the plate from Bel-chan’s hands. And once again, she was reminded just how small and tiny those hands seemed to be.

 

After they were done with the dishes, the two maids went out of the kitchen while still holding each other’s hands, only to find out that Elizabeth was standing in front of the kitchen door, waiting for them.

 

「Your Majesty?」

 

「Ah! Bel!」

 

Elizabeth smiled brightly upon seeing Belfast.

 

「…… Haa!」

 

But no sooner than that enthusiastic greeting Elizabeth must have realized that she was acting out of character, for she frowned and then cleared her throat as if trying to reset the whole conversation.

 

「E…… Ekhem, ekhem! I-I was wandering, Bel, completely incidentally, how is that cake-making of yours going on? Everything is proceeding smoothly?」

 

Elizabeth was doing her best to try and sound indifferent about this whole matter, but it was easy to tell that she was worried, curious and impatient at the same time.

 

「I am sure that since you are the one in charge of making it, Bel, that it is going to be delicious and entirely to my liking. So? What is it? Come on, spill the beans already!」

 

Honestly speaking, it was not that Belfast did not expect such a turn of events.

 

Most probably Elizabeth must have been skulking about the kitchen’s door ever since she was finished with her breakfast.

 

It would also explain the mixture of both anxiety and excitement that was written all over Her Majesty’s face. For a proper and elegant adult, she was still very much in touch with her inner child. 

 

「…… I’m afraid that if I would let you taste the cake right here and right now, Your Majesty, then it wouldn’t be that much of a surprise for later, now would it? And what would be the point of that?」

 

After all, surprises are the most effective if they can remain a secret until the moment of their grand reveal, so Belfast had no other choice but to remain silent here and not comply with Elizabeth’s request. 

 

Thinking that to herself, Belfast also started to think about the most suitable excuse that she could give Her Majesty here.

 

「Um, actually, to tell you the truth, Your Majesty, it’s still a secret to everyone else.」

 

But it was then that Bel-chan, who was still beside Belfast, interrupted her, and she spread her arms out as wide as she could.

 

「But actually, it’s going to be at least THIS big and……!!!」

 

In order to salvage as much as she could out of this situation, Belfast covered Bel-chan’s mouth with her hand in a hurry.

 

「… *Mumble*? *Mumble*, *mumble*, *mumble*……?」

 

「I’m really sorry, Bel-chan. I know that you are also really excited about it, but since it is still a secret, I cannot have you reveal it prematurely like that. That would be in a really poor taste.」

 

With her mouth still covered by the Head Maid’s hand and unable to formulate a normal sentence, Bel-chan only nodded her head once in order to show Belfast that she understood.

 

Making sure that Bel-chan properly understood the gravity of the situation and that she would not reveal the big secret before it was time to do so, Belfast gently let go of the little maid’s mouth.

 

「There you have it, Your Majesty. It’s a pity that I cannot actually tell you what kind of sweets are going to be served, but a secret is a secret, I’m afraid. You will just have to wait patiently for the grand reveal.」

 


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