Crossing the azure as a black dragon

Black Flying Dragon looked around; she was all alone and didn't have much to pack.

"Excuse me!"

Bush hopped a couple of steps to the campfire and warmed his hands by the fire.

It's quite warm here during the day, but a bit chilly at night, so Black Dragon lit a fire.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Z2 nodded to the black dragon and then sat down to one side.

"Is this your restricted area? There seem to be quite a few sirens here."

Seeing that neither of the two little ones seemed to have any desire to talk to her, Black Dragon could only try to woo Helena.

"No, we just heard the sounds of you fighting the Sirens and came to see if we could help."

Helena shook her head slightly.

"I see, I'm sorry."

Black Dragon quickly apologized, saying she was disturbing the mission.

"No need to apologize. It's only right that we help each other out."

Helena smiled slightly.

"Um... then which direction should I go to get to land?"

Black Dragon hesitated for a moment, then asked.

She had been adrift at sea for almost a month, and because she dared not move around freely, she had been wandering around nearby. This was the first time she had encountered any other people.

“If you keep walking west from here, you’ll see land… If you don’t have a place to stay, you can come back to port with us so we can look out for each other.”

Helena pointed out the direction, then looked at the black dragon.

"port?"

Black Dragon frowned slightly. To be honest, although she was now a ship girl, she did not intend to get involved with human commanders.

"Please rest assured, we are from Free Port, a port jointly built by the commanders for us ship girls who have lost our home. If you have nowhere to stay, you may want to rest there for a while. It is still very safe there."

Helena explained to Black Dragon in a soft voice.

"I see. Will my presence cause you any trouble?"

Black Dragon hesitated for a moment. Helena wouldn't lie like that for no reason; she did need a place to stay.

"No matter where a ship girl comes from, as long as she encounters difficulties, our port will take her in."

When the port was mentioned, a hint of something special appeared in Helena's eyes.

"Then I'll have to trouble you."

Black Dragon was temporarily relieved.

"However, we will patrol the same route as planned tomorrow, so we may return to port quite late."

Helena smiled slightly.

"It's alright, I'll go on patrol with you."

Black Dragon didn't care; if she didn't like the port, she could leave on her own.

As a ship girl, she was born at the top of the food chain, and could survive alone even if she went to the deep mountains to be a hunter.

Let's get to land first.

"Thank you. Let's get some rest and try to get back as soon as possible tomorrow."

Helena nodded, stood up, and leaned against a nearby tree.

Black Dragon didn't say much. He glanced at Bush and Z2, who had also started to rest, then casually lay down on the ground and closed his eyes.

……

As dawn broke, the Black Flying Dragon opened its eyes.

It was quiet all around. She sat up and looked around. Bush and Z2 were still sleeping, but Helena was gone.

"..."

After calming down, Black Dragon followed the grassy path it had previously taken out of the camp and made its way to the seaside.

The sun had not yet risen, and the hazy atmosphere gave off a slight chill.

A figure of modest stature stood on the beach, gazing into the distance; it was Helena.

Did I disturb you?

Helena noticed the black dragon and looked away.

"No, I usually wake up around this time. There are plenty of edible fruits on this island, I'll go pick some."

Black Flying Dragon shook his trench coat and said.

"No need to trouble yourself, we're not hungry yet."

Helena shook her head.

"Okay, let me see if there are any sirens around here."

The black dragon was not unexpected.

On her first day as a ship girl, she discovered that ship girls have a low hunger threshold and do not need to eat every day. However, she felt that the satisfaction of eating was very important, so she was busy looking for something to eat every day.

"kindness."

Helena agreed to the proposal.

Black Flying Dragon waved her right hand to the side, and pale blue light gathered at her right side, forming her ship equipment.

Then five carrier-based aircraft took off and scattered in all directions.

"It's definitely different."

Helena looked at the Black Dragon's ship equipment and murmured softly.

"I am not the same model as Feilong. You can think of me as an independent individual modified from Feilong."

Black Flying Dragon glanced at its ship equipment.

"I see."

Helena didn't dwell on this point.

They are

As a product of human research, this level of change is not worth paying attention to.

The two said no more and stood quietly on the beach, listening to the sound of the sea washing over the sand.

As the sun gradually rose, Bush and Z2 emerged one after the other, and the Black Dragon's carrier-based aircraft also returned. There were no large-scale Sirens around, only three small groups.

"Let's go."

The makeshift team behind Helena.

"Yes!"

Bush obediently responded.

"Go back early, Eugen is getting worried."

Z2 responded in kind.

Black Dragon nodded to Helena, its feet touching the seawater, and the carrier-based aircraft took off again.

The group of four left the isolated island and traveled north for more than half an hour before returning to their designated patrol route. They then began moving northwest.

"The sea is so vast, you can easily get lost if you're not careful."

Black Dragon looked at the unchanging scenery around him and sighed.

She's not the type to remember directions, so expecting her to find her way at sea is asking too much of her.

"Has Sister Feilong lived alone at sea for a long time?"

With the addition of the aircraft carrier Black Dragon to the fleet, Bush, a destroyer, unconsciously moved closer to it.

"I am Black Flying Dragon, you can just call me Dragon. I have been floating on the sea for a while, but it's not that long."

Black Dragon corrected Bush's pronunciation and then answered the question.

"Oh~ Sister Long, which side did you come from?"

Bush was very obedient.

Helena, who was not far away, unconsciously glanced over when she heard this question.

"It's quite far, I can't remember the way anymore."

Black Dragon's pupils contracted slightly before returning to normal, and he smiled as he reached out to pat Bush's head.

She wasn't a native ship girl of this world; her consciousness belonged to a casual player on a blue planet who, after spending almost a month farming a Black Flying Dragon, couldn't help but exclaim "Yay!"... and then that was it.

She remembered that Ember could travel through time and space, and perhaps she could go back in the future on her own. So after confirming her identity, she began to train hard. Unfortunately, after so long, she was still a noob who couldn't use Musou.

"I see. Bush doesn't remember the way back either. When he was conscious, he had already followed his sisters to this port."

Bush nodded, seemingly understanding.

"As long as you can live a good life, it doesn't matter where you are."

Black Dragon, in turn, offered Bush a word of comfort.

"kindness!"

Bush nodded seriously.

After chatting with Bush for a while, Black Dragon accelerated and caught up with Helena and Z2 ahead.

"what happened?"

Helena slowed down to ask.