Azur Lane: Episode of Belfast Volume 3 Chapter 4 Part 4

Perhaps that’s why Sheffield remembered the titles and covers of all those books that she happened to see here, because they were easy to spot because of their fundamentally different nature.

Edinburgh and Bel-chan set out to find the dance books in Sheffield’s notes. There were various types of dances that were described there, so they had to check if there was something there that could be related to dancing at the balls specifically.

「Ahh, shall we do this, Nee-sama?」

Saying that, while Edinburgh was busy browsing through the pages of the books that they have already found, Bel-chan climbed a small stepladder and was handing Edinburgh new books from there, at the same time looking for more books about the subject that they were looking for.

「Did you manage to find anything that is of interest to us?」

Belfast, while still sitting in a chair and reading her books, looked up at her sisters.

「Actually, yeah. I think we can use some of those books.」

Belfast chuckled when she saw Edinburgh’s face as she returned to her seat, embracing a book in her arms.

「You seem to be looking forward to the ball very much, Nee-san.」

「Well, of course I am looking forward to it! There are some worlds that we maids can’t easily step into, and a ballroom is one of those worlds……」

「I think I get it…… or at least I think so?」

With a new book in hand, Edinburgh sat right next to Belfast, placing it on top of the desk.

「…… It’s a dream of mine to be able to wear a beautiful dress and dance while wearing it all night long. But it’s not like you would ever be able to understand a dream like that, Bel!」

「And why do you think so, Nee-san?」

「Oh, don’t you even try to pretend that you don’t know! Take that School Festival last year, for example! You did not want to wear it, didn’t you? That beautiful dress that Illustrious-san has made.」

「Ahh, you see, that was actually ——」

Belfast took a moment to think about that matter before giving Edinburgh her answer.

「—— I thought that at that time that dress was not the right choice for me, That’s all.」

「Fuhn, see what I mean……?」

But to that remark, Belfast had no words with which she could answer, seemingly being lost in her thoughts.

Without asking further questions, Edinburgh returned to the subject at hand.

「So, what about you, Bel? Are you going to attend the ball?」

「Why, of course I am. And I expect that you are going to escort me properly when the time comes, Nee-san.」

「Ah! And there it is! You are making fun of me again, aren’t you!?」

「That’s not true. It’s just that you seem to have way stronger passion towards balls than I do, Nee-san. so I’m sure that you are going to be a perfect escort as well as a dance partner to me.」

「Kuuuh~! Geez, you are so mean, Bel! Even if you yourself do not even realize it!」

Belfast then looked at Edinburgh with a funny look on her face as she stepped on the ground as if throwing a temper tantrum.

「But seeing you enjoying yourself like that makes me really happy, too, Nee-san.」

Saying that, Belfast picked up a dance textbook herself.

As she flipped through its pages several times, her expression changed into that of a deep thought.

「… It seems that ballroom dancing is more difficult than I thought.」

Belfast said so as she closed the textbook, with a serious look on her face once again.

「We don’t have that many days left to prepare, so we have to think of a way to teach everyone all the necessary dance moves by that time. But unfortunately, it would be a little bit difficult for me to teach all of the maids all the necessary steps by myself.」

「In the first place, dancing is done in pairs, right?」

At that point, Bel-chan opened her mouth to add that viable piece of info.

「Then that means that you cannot possibly master all of the dance moves all by yourself, Belfast-nee-sama.」

「Yes, Bel-chan. You are indeed correct on that one.」

As Edinburgh watched Belfast nod her head in agreement, she was wondering if there was a better way for them to utilize their time and learn all the things that they needed to learn.

At that moment, the image of two maids popped into Edinburgh’s head completely out of the blue.

「That’s right, Bel. I think that those two could be a great addition here, don’t you think so, too?」

「Those two? Who are you talking about, Nee-san?」

「Yes. I have a feeling that they would be great role models for learning all of the necessary dance moves out there.」

Edinburgh explained her reasoning, and then she placed her hand at Belfast’s shoulder.

「Okay then, let’s call those two in tomorrow and have them learn all the dance moves!」

* * *

The next day, when Edinburgh had finished all of her work, she then called up on the two that she had in mind ever since yesterday.

The place where they were going to conduct their training was a small grass field just down the downhill road from the Royal Navy’s dormitory.

「Here, Nee-san! Right this way.」

Edinburgh walked to where Belfast was currently standing. She must have arrived here earlier than Edinburgh and was currently waving her hand at her.

Bel-chan was waiting next to her, just like she did yesterday.

「…… And that is more or less why I have brought you two here.」

Edinburgh looked back at the two people who came along with her.

「So, from now on, I would like you two to memorize the dance steps written in this textbook.」

Just then, one of the people that Edinburgh brought along with her looked at her in a strange way with her mouth left agape.

“What? Edinburgh, you brought me here without actually telling me anything along the way, so I decided to just roll with it and see what it was all about, but you say that you want me to learn some dance moves?」

「Yeah, that’s more or less it. Surely you must have heard about the ball that us maids are going to attend, right, Kent?」

「Yes, that’s right. Although it was Suffolk who actually broke those news to me, mind you.」

「I nominated you to learn the dance moves because I thought that you guys would be the best choice, seeing as your motor skills are way above those of all the rest of the Maid Corps. And that you like to move around so much.」

Edinburgh then turned her gaze to the other person that she summoned here.

「As for you, Sirius, I just thought that you might be good at this sort of thing in general, too.」

When her name was called, Sirius straightened her posture at once.

「Yes. At least I am more confident in the way my body moves than brewing tea or cooking in general.」

「Yeah, I mean, those tasks that you listed are the original jobs that a maid should do, so that’s slightly concerning, but…… Oh well. Thanks to that, you are really saving our hides here. If you can master those dance moves, then this means that pretty much everyone can do it.」

And just like that, Edinburgh decided to teach both Kent and Sirius the dance moves, hoping that they would be able to memorize them properly.

First, she instructed them on how to move their legs, which was written at the beginning of the book, starting with simple steps.

One of them managed to master the steps surprisingly quickly.

「I have learned them already. Is this okay? Is that how that should be?」」

After saying that, Sirius danced so well that it was hard to believe that she had learned those dance steps, not knowing them before.

「Hey! Look at me! I think my legs move way better like this!」

As for Kent, she changed the basic steps slightly and danced with her own unique gait.

Both of them were unusually quick to learn the moves that Edinburgh introduced to them.

「It’s a little early, but it looks like it’s time to move on to practical application of those steps.」

「Nee-san. To make it more practical, why don’t you try preparing some music that will be played at the actual ball? That way the practice will be way more realistic.」

Hearing Edinburgh’s words, Belfast made such a proposal.

「Alright then, I will go and borrow some music player from Akashi-san.」

Bel-chan rushed towards the Purchasing Department right away.

Shortly after, she returned with a portable music player with a built-in speaker, and Edinburgh immediately played the music and told the two of the other maids to perform the steps that she taught them alongside the music track.

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