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Azur Lane: Episode of Belfast Volume 1 Chapter 2 Part 6

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Translator: Kurehashi Aiko

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PART 6

Ranger quickly ran towards Javelin and managed to snatch the piece of paper out of the Destroyer’s hand.

 

[Hyiiih!]

 

Also the grim and serious look that was now written all over Ranger’s face was so scary that it left Javelin spooked for a good moment or two.

 

While holding the manuscript page in her hands, Ranger returned to the podium, and then spoke up with a trembling voice, as if she was about to break down on the spot and cry.

 

[T-This is…… No, that’s not it, don’t get it wrong…… You see, it’s just that……]

 

Ranger tried to mutter something in desperation, and then she turned round to face her students head on.

 

[This is –––––– Yes, that’s right! This was a Free Addition to those Danger Prediction flips we were looking at just now! That’s it!]

 

With her face bright red with embarrassment, Ranger held the manga manuscript up high as she clearly managed to come up with that retort on the spot just now.

 

[You see, it goes a little bit like this: this girl right here happened to oversleep in the morning right in the beginning of the new school semester. And right at the end of that hallway, there is this handsome guy that this girl cannot particularly stand! Because he’s going to be asking her questions like “What are you doing here so late?” and all other things like that……]

 

After Ranger tried to come up with a few more quick explanations on the spot like that while adding completely unnecessary retorts, she then reached a tipping point and she slapped the lecturer’s desk with both hands with all of her might.

 

[S-So then, here’s a question: what is the girl supposed to do in a situation like that? Do you have any problems with that!?]

 

Hearing Ranger say that, none of the students uttered any counterargument for that.

 

Rather, it was impossible to do that. As well as to think of a suitable answer for that completely phony question.

 

As for Belfast and the rest of the observing lecturers, they were completely swallowed up by the momentum of this chaotic scene and they were now left quite speechless when it was all over.

 

Of course, the instructors, Belfast included, were well aware that this page was not a prompt for the lecture. No matter how you tried to look at it, what Ranger was currently showing was a manuscript of a manga, and it was too late to say that this was merely a part of the “Danger Prediction” exercise.

 

However, no one was going to say that to Ranger. It would be way too cruel of a thing to do.

 

So before anyone even knew it, the classroom was filled once again with an awkward silence, but this one was even longer and even more awkward than the previous one.

 

[…… Can someone think of a possible answer here? Anyone?]

 

However, the only thing that answered her was the deafening sound of silence, and Ranger started to become even redder all over her face, so much that even the tips of her ears were beet-red. She then groaned as she let her eyes down and stared at the podium that was right under her.

 

It was completely clear to everyone present that Ranger herself was doing her best in order to try and clear the uncomfortable atmosphere that suddenly beset the classroom, but since she was not doing all that great of a work about that, she soon hung her head low in a self-deprecating gesture. It was also as clear as day that her ego took a mighty blow because of that blunder just now.

 

While Belfast did not share those information with anyone else, she could not really help herself but to make a completely unnecessary assessment like that on her own.

 

[W-What about you, Yuudachi-chan? Any ideas?]

 

When Ranger called her out by name, Yuudachi raised her head from over her desk, looking as though she was mighty confused by this sudden development.

 

[Huh? Ehh, umm…… This is way too difficult for me. Besides, I don’t even have a clue what the possible dangers in here might be?]

 

Yuudachi scratched her cheeks as she pondered her head really hard, unable to look directly at Ranger’s face for some reason, before she eventually gave her this answer.

 

[W-Well, here goes nothing…… “W-Whoa! I’m going to be late! So in order for that not to happen, let me just push this needlessly handsome guy aside, since he is clearly getting in my way!”]

 

[But that action won’t result in creating a romantic situation of any sort!!!]

 

With a sudden change in her expression, Ranger once again vigorously slammed her hands into her podium while shouting those words.

 

[Uwawawah!!!]

 

Surprised by their teacher’s sudden loud voice, Yuudachi leaned backwards and almost ended up falling out of her chair as a result.

 

[W-Wasn’t this supposed to be all about Danger Prediction?]

 

[That’s right! And it is precisely about that! This is a danger prediction of love! Girls are always in danger of falling in love with boys’ casual gestures and attitudes! Be sure to remember that!]

 

[All of a sudden I have no idea what the heck are you even talking about, Sensei!?]

 

Apparently giving up on the idea of Yuudachi being able to produce any kind of sensible answer, Ranger turned towards York next.

 

[Y-York-chan! What about you!? Any ideas!?]

 

[W-With the use of my precious “Force”…… I’m pretty sure that I can manage to avoid the pretty boy just in the nick of time……]

 

[But that’s what I have been telling you! No romance can hope to bloom if you just evade him like that!]

 

Ranger twisted her entire body as if she was perplexed and confused, and then after giving up on yet another student she pointed at the sear right next to York’s.

 

[Cygnet-chan! How about you? Any ideas!? Any at all!?]

 

[Huh!? Umm, eeehhh……?]

 

In this new and unprecedented situation, where she no longer had any idea what this lesson was supposed to be all about, Cygnet involuntarily bursts into tears.

 

[S-Sensei, you’re so scary now…… At this rate there is no other outcome but to collide into one another!]

 

At that moment, Ranger’s ears twitched with surprise upon hearing Cygnet’s words. And then her expression turned brighter, as if she was finally able to hear what she wanted to hear all this time.

 

[Cygnet-chan! Good! That’s good! But what after!? What would happen after the collision!?]

 

[A-After the collision, you say……?]

 

Hearing that Ranger’s voice suddenly became gentle once more, Cygnet cried out and started to ponder her head about that problem some more.

 

[I-I’m sure that if something like that were to happen to me, I would have first apologized ot the handsome man, and then I would just run away from there in a hurry.]

 

[…… Yeah, go figure. It’s just a shame that you are such a late bloomer.]

 

After saying those words, Ranger let out a long and heavy sigh ––––––

 

It seems that Cygnet’s words just now managed to touch her heartstrings, albeit only ever so slightly.

 

[Ranger-sensei.]

 

At that time, Javelin raised her hand straight up in the air so fast that it was actually kind of surprising.

 

As for the look in her eyes, it was the look of sheer and utmost confidence, as if she knew that this time she could not possibly get the answer wrong.

 

[I…… Javelin thinks that she knows the answer here! If it was me, when I would bump into someone like that, I would most probably first stare blankly at that handsome guy’s face, at the same time wondering if it was perhaps destiny that we were able to meet like this here.]

 

As Javelin was saying so, she started to stare at the ceiling of the classroom, with a somewhat mesmerizing look written all over her face.

 

Seeing Javelin like that, Belfast was really starting to wonder if the young Destroyer really got that answer right.

 

[…… Yes, that’s right. Those words. Those are the exact words that I wanted to hear here for so long!]

 

Ranger smiled brightly, the look on her face indicating that Javelin’s words were some sort of a wondrous medicine for whatever it was that was ailing the Eagle Union’s Aircraft Carrier.

 

[But, you know. It’s not like the two of you could really get along from the very beginning like this. Not to mention being honest with your feelings. It all starts with hating one another’s guts and the like. Heck, there are probably even more things that you just can’t stand about him.]

 

Then, for some reason, while looking into the distance with an ensnared expression, she began to speak of the scene in the duplicated manuscript’s page, completely forgetting about the flip they looked at before, engrossed in the setting of her own imaginary story and what way beyond that.

 

And for some odd reason, Javelin seemed to have picked up on that idea and looked as if she was about ready to think of the possible continuation on the spot, if not the multitude of different scenarios.

 

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