*Kingdom of Askr

*Evan/My POV

"So will you come to Crimea with me one day Lord Evan?" Elincia asked me.

"Umm." I was unsure of how to answer.

"I hope this is not too much for you." Elincia added in.

"I really must learn how to say no to strangers and especially people I know." I thought.

"I know that your world still needs you so I won't stop you if you say no." Elincia said, accepting the possibility of me saying no to her offer.

"I am a Commander of Azur Lane so it's true that my world still needs me since the Sirens, including Royston haven't been defeated yet. But I don't want to disappoint Elincia. What should I say? What should I say?" I thought.

"Lord Evan. Are you still there?" Elincia spoke to me.

"Huh? Oh yes I'm still here." I snapped out of my thought.

"So what is your answer?" Elincia asked again.

As I was thinking of how to answer, I thought of something.

"There's only one answer to this question. Well here goes nothing. Fleet Admiral Evan Siegfried of Azur Lane striking in." I said in my thoughts. "Elincia. My answer is a yes. But not now." I spoke out loud.

"You do?" Elincia asked, trying to confirm that I said yes.

"Yes. However, I won't go to Crimea with you anytime soon." I replied.

"I understand." Elincia acknowledged my answer.

"I'll say my reason even though I'm sure that you know what is it already." I spoke. "The reason why I won't go to Crimea with you anytime soon is because I'm still needed back in my world and it's not just my world that needs me, Askr also needs me as well." I explained. "My job is still not finished back in my world and judging from the fact that Askr is always involved in wars, there's no doubt that another Kingdom will declare war on Askr in the future." I added in.

Elincia processed all of these information and started clapping. "Spoken well Lord Evan. I admit, I forgot that Askr is always at war with other Kingdoms." Elincia admitted.

"Yeah. I wonder if there will come a time where Askr will experience true peace. First is Embla, then it's Muspell and recently, it's Hel. I wonder what's next." I wondered.

"We better prepare for what's coming for Askr next." Elincia suggested.

"Yes. So I won't come to Crimea with you anytime soon." I agreed.

"I understand. Come on, let's go back to the others now." Elincia prepared to leave.

"Alright. My shipgirls are probably wondering what we are doing back here." I agreed as I followed Elincia to go back to my shipgirls.

*Royston's Siren Base

*Third Person POV

"Grand Admiral. Big news!" Observer Alpha rushed inside the throne room of our 'favorite' Siren Commander.

"What is it?" Royston asked.

"I encountered a new shipgirl." Observer Alpha informed Royston about Shinano.

"Is she from the Sakura Empire?" Royston asked.

"Yes." Observer Alpha nodded.

"Does she have long gray hair?" Royston asked.

"Yes." Observer Alpha nodded.

"Does she have fox ears and fox tails?" Royston asked.

"Yes." Observer Alpha nodded.

"It can't be. Shinano is finally here?" Royston muttered under his breath. "Is she all alone?" Royston asked his last question.

"Last time I checked, yes." Observer Alpha nodded.

"Good. Let's try to get that new shipgirl to join the Sirens." Royston suggested.

"What if she refuses?" Observer Alpha asked.

"You know the drill. If she refuse, then we will destroy her. Since Evan Siegf*ck is not here to disrupt our plans, then that new shipgirl will either be the newest member of the Sirens or scrap metal." Royston replied and opened his centipede tome.