Azur Lane: Episode of Belfast Volume 2 Chapter 1 Part 5

「Well, if that’s the case, how about you join me in here as a supervisor for just today?」

Listening to Belfast’s request and pondering it carefully, Sheffield stood in complete silence for a moment out there.

However, she eventually let out a long sigh as if she was giving up in her mind, and she went to put her beloved mop away in resignation.

「Thank you very much, Sheffy.」

「Why are you saying that? Ah, could it be that you think that I am going to give up on my duties?」

Saying that, Sheffield opened the tap water handle in the sink with all of her might, and,

「I have no intention of quitting my cleaning duties, just so to let you know.」

As she said that, she picked up a bucket from the supply storage and put it under the running water, filling it to the brim. She then put her beloved mop inside of it.

And when she squeezed it and swirled it around with full force in order to get it ready for work,

「I just decided to clean the windows in the kitchen first and foremost, that is all.」

「I see that you are as stubborn about cleaning as ever, aren’t you, Sheffy?」

Despite Edinburgh’s wry smile, Sheffield quickly began wiping the window frames with a true finesse and skill.

Come to think of it, Sheffield’s obsession with cleaning was truly something else, something that no one could overtake her with.

「Hey! Head Maid! I know that the base for the cake is supposed to be a sponge cake, but I don’t really think that we will be able to bake it all at once, you know? Don’t you think it would be better for use to bake the layers one by one, instead?」

It was at that time that Kent spoke up from behind the preparation table, all the while working alongside the other maids without a moment of rest.

As for that matter, when Belfast happened to be measuring the size of the stove oven in advance, it was just barely big enough to accommodate the entirety of the bottommost layer of the sponge cake.

And since the pumpkin cake would be served in the late afternoon as a sort of snack, it meant more or less that even if they were to bake all the layers of the cake separately, they would still be able to make it in time and have some additional time left to spare.

「Hmm, yes, that’s actually a good suggestion. Please do just that, if you’d be so kind.」

And just like that, the cake-making process could proceed forward without interruption and unnecessary trouble.

At that exact moment, a single thought blossomed inside of Belfast’s mind: that everything was proceeding smoothly and that there was no way that something could have possibly gone wrong now.

But it was also at that exact moment that the wooden door leading into the kitchen came flying open with a loud bang.

「–––––– Give it back! Give it back, I said!」

「Kyaah!」

As a result of that sudden action, Edinburgh, who just so happened to be right in front of the kitchen door, slipped and the bowl that she was holding in her hands was no longer there.

「Ah!! Oh no!!」

By the time anyone was able to realize what was going on, the bowl that Edinburgh was holding onto went flying high in the air.

But fortunately enough –––––– it was thanks to Bel-chan’s quick thinking and actions that she was able to catch the bowl in her small hands right before it was able to smash into the floor.

「Phew, that was a really close call.」

「Ah, thank you very much, Bel-chan……」

With that sudden crisis somehow managed to be averted, Edinburgh thanked Bel-chan while wiping the sweat off of her forehead while at the same time letting out a sigh of relief.

「Hey!! It’s really dangerous to open the door so suddenly like that! Whose bright idea was it!?」

As Kent lashed out towards the sudden kitchen visitors, Suffolk, who was reading carefully through the recipe book and Sheffield, who was busy with her cleaning, all looked towards the entrance to the kitchen.

All of them wanted to see what the commotion was all about.

The first one to come into view was the Royal Navy’s F Class Destroyer Foxhound, she was the one who shouted out loud as soon as she stormed into the kitchen. As for her clothes, she was wearing a cute orange and black outfit with pumpkin motif all over it.

The other person was also a Royal Navy Destroyer, an F Class called Fortune. She was dressed in all black in an outfit that was most probably a witch, accompanied by the pointy hat sitting on top of her head, and holding onto a surf clam in one of her hands.

By the way in which both of them were dressed, it looked like they were ready to enjoy Halloween to the fullest.

「If you want me to give it back to you, you have to give me something in return! That’s how the law of equivalent exchange goes!」

Foxhound yelled out loud once again, completely ignoring Kent’s roar just now.

But if you were to look closely at the two Destroyers, one could see that their eyes were filled to the brim with tears.

Of course, that fact did not manage to slip Belfast’s attention, and she slowly approached the two child-like shipgirls.

「You two, first of all, please try to calm down a little bit.」

She then spoke in a soft and soothing tone to both Foxhound and Fortune, not looking angry in the least.

「Do you think you could possibly tell us what exactly happened between you two? You barged in here so suddenly that I am sure that I speak for everyone in here when I say that this is all a little bit confusing.」

Hearing Belfast say that, Foxhound fell strangely silent.

But it also seemed that she was beginning to calm down a little bit.

「Let’s take a deep breath first and foremost. And then, based on your explanation, we will decide what to do with you, or maybe to forgive you altogether.」

「Y-Yeah……」

Foxhound then took a deep breath, just as Belfast instructed her to do. After slowly breathing in the air and then releasing it after holding it in for a moment, she finally started to explain the situation to Belfast.

「A-Actually, umm, the thing is, until a while ago both Fortune and I were walking around the school, showing off our Halloween Cosplays for everyone else to see……」

While saying that, Foxhound spreads her hands to show Belfast the pumpkin-design outfit that she was wearing, as if to confirm her own words. It was a very well-made costume with parts of it that were becoming more accentuated and parts that retracted themselves as the one wearing it moved around, and it looked even better on a model such as Foxhound, who would always look good, no matter what kind of clothes she would wear.

In the same way, Fortune would spin around while standing in place in order to show her costume off to everyone. Even though if anyone else was to do those poses and show off like that it could have been considered as extremely embarrassing, but when the two Destroyers were doing it, it looked downright adorable. Also, both of those costumes were surprisingly well-made.

「So, while we were dressed like that we were going from room to room, saying “Trick or Treat” as per tradition to get our hands on some free candy. Also, the reason why I was going around with Fortune was that she said that she feels way too embarrassed to do this on her own, so I tagged along with her as support. Right, Fortune?」

Fortune nodded her head vigorously in affirmation of Foxhound’s words.

「Y-Yes, that’s right…… And both of us actually ended up receiving way more sweets than we could handle…… >.<」

Even though Fortune must have felt really anxious about having to explain the situation to so many people that were currently in the room, she was still doing her very best while her small body was shaking.

「A-As to be expected, with so much candy on us we were unable to carry it around with us, so…… So we decided to go back with it to the dormitory and put it all back in our rooms for the time being……」

「Yeah, so we did just that, dropping the candy back to our rooms. Then, I went to the first floor, but then I remembered something all of a sudden while I was on my way, and I decided to get back to my room to get it. But then we saw some maid going away somewhere with nothing else but our candy in tow!」

「But for one of the maids to be stealing candy from children without their permission……? No matter how you try to think about it, that’s pretty much inconceivable……」

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