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Azur Lane: Episode of Belfast Volume 2 Epilogue

EPILOGUE: The Girls’ Courtesy

For several hours after that, Belfast had to stay in bed for a while due to her cold getting a turn for the worse.

Edinburgh and the surrounding maids were not persuaded that she could work as normal anytime soon.

「Bel, you work far too much to begin with, so you need to rest properly to compensate for that.」

Those were Edinburgh’s words, and there was no way that she would change her mind anytime soon.

In the end, she had to sit down for a long time and recover, and the birthday party for the two of them was held off to be conducted on some nicer day, towards the end of March.

「Happy Birthday!!」

Once again, Edinburgh took the lead in decorating the inner courtyard, and it was a great success with not only the shipgirls from the Royal Navy’s dormitory in attendance, but also the shipgirls from other factions as well.

Everyone enjoyed the food prepared by the Maid Corps, and the fun birthday party continued until the sun went down.

And finally, Belfast and Bel-chan received presents from Edinburgh on behalf of the entire Maid Corps.

* * *

「Bel. And Bel-chan as well, here you go.」

The two of them were handed over a bouquet of different flowers each.

As for Bel-chan, she was handed a bouquet of Rubinas flowers.

「It’s certainly a strange flower, but it’s so beautiful.」

「Bel-chan, each birthday has a birth flower, and Rubinas is Bel-chan’s birth flower.」

Edinburgh proudly said so.

「By the way, in the language of flowers this particular flower means: “’You are my peace of mind”. Yeah, it fits Bel-chan so perfectly.」

「Ah, Edinburgh-nee-sama…… your face is too close.」

While Bel-chan tried to pull her body away slightly, she still thought about it.

—— Serenity…… Peace of mind…… Lately she has been thinking that she was doing a far better job at serving others than before.

Bel-chan looked up at the sky from the inner courtyard. Because of that some time ago, she felt that her desire to serve others has become much stronger than ever before.

—— Thank you so much for that, little birdie.

In order to be able to give her peace of mind like in the language of flowers, Bel-chan thought that she had to keep on doing her best.

* * *

「As for you, Bel, do you know what that flower means?」

Edinburgh asked her little sister, and she nodded her head.

「Yes. Of course I know.」

What she was given was an anthurium flower.

Belfast also knew the language of flowers. The flower language of this flower meant “warm hospitality”.

As the Head Maid of the Royal Navy’s Maid Corps, she thought that the language of flowers was perfect for her.

She also thought that this past year had really been a lot of different things for her.

Despite being called perfect, there were times when she had to rely on someone else.

But what has changed most of all was that she has been able to interact with many more people than last year.

—— She was sure she would be able to treat everyone more warmly than ever before.

「Bel-chan.」

Belfast called out to Bel-chan who was right next to her, and then they both gave Edinburgh their flower bouquets so that she could put them into some water.

Then they came in front of the round table where everyone was gathered. For today, they were the stars of the show.

「Bel-chan, are you ready?」

Belfast then asked the little maid.

「Yes, I practiced it many times with small birds.」

Bel-chan nodded her head, and she just showed Belfast a big and warm smile.

「Well then ——」

Belfast.

And Belle.

Almost at the same time, they both bowed their heads deeply in front of everyone present.

「Thank you for coming to the Royal Navy maids’ – Belfast and Bell-chan – birthday party.」

The season was already spring. A warm breeze passed between the two maids.

As for their curtsy…… It was as beautiful today as ever.