Chapter 328 Undercurrent
The Prince of Wales' words eased everyone's gaze and softened the atmosphere.
Then, at her invitation, everyone walked into the house together. In the living room, there were three cups of tea, and some snacks and biscuits next to them. It was obvious that the three of them were drinking tea and chatting there.
"It seems that our return has disturbed your mood for drinking tea and chatting." Mikasa said with a smile.
"It doesn't matter. We are just old friends getting together. There is nothing important to discuss." Wales said with a smile, "Sit down. It's a good opportunity to have some tea and taste Hao's cooking."
"Craftsmanship?" Qin Ge pointed at the small cookies and snacks on the table in surprise and asked Hao, "Did you make this?"
"Yeah." Hao nodded, "What's wrong, Commander Qin Ge?"
"No, because the first impression you gave me was that of a very generous and free-spirited woman. I didn't expect that you could also make these skillful snacks." Qin Ge said.
"Haha, Qin Ge, you underestimate Hao. Even George V praised her dim sum skills. In our royal family, she is second only to the head maid." The Prince of Wales explained with a smile.
"Oh, second only to Belfast?" Because Qin Ge was from Belfast, he knew the craftsmanship of making snacks in Belfast, so he looked even more surprised when he looked at Hao.
"Then Commander Qin Ge, how about trying some?" Hao smiled, and then picked up the biscuits on the table and handed them to Qin Ge. "When I was on a mission with Sister George V, she always gave me biscuits, so I gradually started to like them."
Qin Ge listened to Hao's explanation and couldn't help but pick up a small cookie and put it in his mouth. He chewed it gently and nodded, "Yeah, it's delicious."
"Haha, as long as Commander Qin Ge likes it, sometimes eating some cookies can help improve your mood." Hao said with a smile.
"Okay, let's sit down and talk." The Prince of Wales smiled and said when he saw that the atmosphere had eased, and then everyone sat down.
She also picked up a few cups and poured some water for everyone.
"When did you come back?" After finishing all this, Prince of Wales asked Mikasa.
Mikasa smiled and said, "We just came back. Qin Ge arranged for his ship girl to go back to the room to sort out things. Then we went to your office with Akagi and Kaga to report, but found that there was no one in your office.
So I guessed that maybe you didn’t go to the office today, so I came directly to your house.”
"Okay." The Prince of Wales said, "Since Howe is here these two days, we can relax a little. After all, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
"I understand." Mikasa smiled, "Even I have to go back to Sakura Empire every year, let alone you, Wales. You should have been here for decades since you left the Royal Family. You have never been back, right?"
Prince of Wales smiled and nodded, "Yes, sometimes I even thought I was the Donghuang ship girl."
Hearing the Prince of Wales' joke, Qin Ge couldn't help but stand in awe. He suddenly thought of a person he had learned about in textbooks before. He was a doctor from Canada named Norman Bethune, who came to Donghuang, which was ravaged by war at the time, because of the spirit of Communist Internationalism.
He then continued to work in Donghuang, rescuing the wounded and participating in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Finally, he died in Donghuang due to illness.
The greatest leader at that time commented on him like this: Dr. Bethune was a noble man, a pure man, a moral man, a man who was free from vulgar tastes, and a man who was beneficial to the people.
Isn't it the same for the Prince of Wales at this moment? Because of the cause of fighting against the Sirens, he left his original camp and came to Donghuang to become the dean of the Commander Academy.
For decades, she has trained many excellent commanders for the Donghuang's fight against the Sirens. Today, as she said, although her own camp belongs to the Royal Family, she is now a Donghuang ship girl.
"Wales, I can only say that you are silly, but also very cute." Akagi smiled.
"Hehe, it's really not easy to get your praise, Akagi." Wales was not angry at all because of Akagi's tone. Instead, he seemed extremely happy.
"At a time when each camp values its own interests very much, people like you are outliers, so they deserve more respect." Akagi smiled and said, "Although I have a different stance from you, I still have enough respect for people like you."
"But you are right. In the past, the alliance was that the nine camps sat together to discuss how to expel the Sirens. But now the alliance has changed. It has become that the nine camps sit together to discuss the best option for their own camp's interests. It's a bit funny to say." said the Prince of Wales.
"Why? It's because they don't feel the pressure from the Sirens." Akagi smiled contemptuously.
"At the beginning, the Sirens destroyed all human ships and drove humans out of the nearby waters. It was a matter of life and death, so the ship girls and humans fought against the Sirens together.
But so many years have passed, the Sirens are still the same, and humans are still the same, as if they have become accustomed to this way of getting along, so things are slowly starting to change.
If it weren't for the appearance of Commander Qin Ge, which changed everything, I think our Azur Lane would be close to a civil war."
Akagi's words made everyone present ponder. The one who saw the most clearly was naturally the Prince of Wales. She knew a lot of inside information, so she understood it the most deeply.
“You’re right. From the moment the eight major factions began asking the Northern Alliance to provide what they had obtained, some things had actually changed.
But no one expected that a miracle man would appear in this reunion. He used his ability to attract the attention of all nine camps and made the relationship between the camps, which had been in danger, return to normal. "The Prince of Wales said .
"Is it as terrible as you say? I think everything is fine. And the technologies that the Northern Alliance provided this time , weren't they provided voluntarily?" Counterattack said to the Prince of Wales.
The Prince of Wales shook his head. "It's not voluntary, it's forced. So don't take it lightly. But now you don't have to worry about it, because with the appearance of Qin Ge, the deadlock between the camps has been broken, and the nine camps are unlikely to have conflicts again in the short term."
"Is that so? No wonder the last time Her Majesty the Queen sent King George V's sister to visit Sakura Empire." Hao suddenly realized.
