Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

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"Please call me when you need me. The shipboard host 'Adele' is at your service at any time..."

"as well as--"

"Welcome everyone to the Homecoming."

[To be continued]

20. Welcome

The name of the starship under your feet is "Homecoming".

"It seems that the elves are determined to take this starship to leave Pangaea and return to their homeland?"

Lacey couldn't help but think.

At this moment, Charles beside her suddenly asked:

"Was the name Homecoming given by the elves? Or was this starship called Homecoming before it was rebuilt by the elves?"

"Before it was rebuilt," the ship's mainframe named Adele replied respectfully, "long before that, this starship already had a name."

"……Um."

Charles looked at Laciel.

Laceier saw an "as expected" expression on his face; he seemed to have anticipated the answer from the carrier's main engine.

"It seems that the original owner of this starship is in the same state as we guessed," the brave man said in a low voice, "He has a home but cannot return, or he still can't find the way home...?"

The witch secretly regretted not having thought of this, and pretended to be confident that she had thought of this a long time ago:

"Right, right! But isn't the name of a ship usually decided at the beginning of its design? In that case, does that mean that when this starship was still in the design stage, the person who decided to build it had already become homeless?"

"..."

The hero was silent for a moment and shook his head:

"I don't know that, but since you put it that way..."

He asked the ship's mainframe again:

"Are our guesses correct?"

The ship's mainframe still faithfully and patiently answered his questions, but this time, its answer was somewhat disappointing:

"I'm sorry, I can't answer your question. I've only been put into use for a short time, so I haven't found the relevant information in the database. I can only tell you that the naming of the starship was determined before I came online."

"Online?" Charles didn't quite understand the meaning of this word.

"It just started running," Rachel told him. "Anyway, I guess what He meant was that this starship had already been named 'Homecoming' before He was 'resurrected', so..."

I don’t know whether I should feel regret or relief. Anyway, the witch sighed:

"——The elves still failed to resurrect their mistress. The main engine that now appears on this starship is completely a brand new 'baby'."

When you think about it this way, it’s quite... subtle.

The mother and her children of the past have swapped roles and status.

The mother who raised her children with great difficulty died peacefully after her children were able to survive on their own. The children tried to revive their mother, but in the end they only created a specious substitute.

Lacie couldn't help but look up and stare at the sound pickup, video and sound amplification equipment hidden in the ceiling above her head - those were the new mistress's omnipresent ears, eyes and mouth.

"So," she thought, "is this shipboard host that calls itself Adele the Matron that Charles and I know?"

If so……

Does this mean that the children of the past have become the mothers of today and gave birth to this new "mistress"?

The moment this idea came to her mind, Lacie felt that her thoughts were a little too divergent.

Oh shit, this is really a bit weird.

Let's just look at Fuwenna in the distance - the most important thing now is to follow the instructions and go to the main control room.

Lacier hurriedly gathered her thoughts, which had long been scattered to who knows where, and cleared her throat, pretending to be serious:

"Okay, that's it. We don't have any more questions for you to answer, so please take us to the main control room now."

Then, she turned around and whispered to Joseph and the other two behind her:

"I'll explain to you what's going on when the time is right!"

After all, the three of them had never experienced the abnormal events before Lentiheim, and lacked understanding of the mistress and the starship itself, so they felt confused... This was understandable, although she had already told them the general situation before coming.

But Lacie has always felt that no matter how much she talks, it is not as good as experiencing it personally, or having the situation explained to her while she is experiencing it.

But now is not a good time to explain the current situation. Let's wait until we are settled.

Fortunately, although Joseph and the other two had different reactions, they all expressed understanding for Rachel.

Although they haven't had an adventure together for a long time, the tacit understanding between them has not disappeared.

After realizing this, Lacie actually felt the long-lost sense of security and warmth.

It has to be one of our own!

Then, she took the lead and walked along the green arrow on the ground.

"Come on," she said, "let's go and see what the elves are planning to do!"

……

Guided by the onboard host Adele, they traveled through the huge Homecoming.

This starship, which had not yet been completely rebuilt, was not as quiet as Lacier had imagined. On the contrary, because the elves still had to do the final finishing work, they could often hear noisy and harsh cutting and welding sounds as they traveled inside the starship.

But even so, in Laciel's eyes, the degree of completion of this starship was a little too high, beyond her imagination.

Through observation and confirmation with Adele, she even found a complete ecological circulation system inside the starship.

Adele told her that this large ecological cycle system was enough to support the elves' voyage in space for three thousand years. Coupled with the "hibernation" equipment provided in each cabin, it could even allow the elves to nearly double the expected value at the beginning of the design under extremely harsh conditions.

If after setting sail, most of the elves fall into a state of suspended animation through "hibernation" equipment, leaving only a few people to check and maintain the operation of the starship, this starship can even carry the elves to travel in the starry sky for five to six thousand years.

Perhaps it was because the data sounded too luxurious, even a little outrageous, that Lacie didn't know what to say for a moment.

This was the first time she realized the specific level of technological development of the civilization that gave birth to the elves.

In comparison, the previous civilizations that probably had not yet stepped out of the cradle of Pangaea were simply weak in front of it.

After all, the warning left by the previous civilization to the later generations was "Never touch the starry sky". In this case, the primary reason for the destruction of the previous civilization was probably some kind of attempt -

After attempting to touch the starry sky, the former civilization encountered an irresistible disaster and was destroyed, thus completely withdrawing from the stage of history.

Then the question comes:

This led to the starship being named "Homecoming"... What was the reason that prevented all the crew members from returning home?

Thinking of this, a slightly terrifying idea suddenly jumped out from the depths of Lacier's mind, and kept shouting to remind Lacier of its existence -

"The disaster that appeared on Pangaea and destroyed the previous civilization, is it just an isolated incident on this planet, or is it..."

"Or is it a general situation in this universe?"

Is it the reason why the starship under our feet was named Homecoming and crashed in Pangaea...

Could it be that the strange civilization that built this starship also encountered a similar disaster after touching the starry sky?

The mere thought of this possibility made Lacey feel cold all over.

"This is really the world's fault."

She thought with mixed feelings.

So what happened to the universe? Why did every civilization that touched the stars encounter an irresistible disaster? Could it be that there really are so-called gods in this world, and that the universe has long been cursed by them?

As Lacie was lost in thought, Charles beside her gently tugged at her cloak.

"We're here," he reminded.

Lacey woke up as if from a dream.

She said "Oh" in a panic, came to her senses, stopped and looked forward.

Adele's guidance stopped here, and the green arrow on the ground was aimed at an extremely heavy and wide cabin door at the end of the corridor.

That was probably the end point of this journey, the main control room that Adele mentioned.

Or, to put it in more common terms, it is probably the bridge of this starship.

The Archon of Lentiheim, temporary captain of the starship Homecoming, was awaiting their arrival behind this door.

For some reason, Lacie suddenly felt a little nervous.

Perhaps in her understanding, there are always many serious commanders in the bridge. If she just walks in like this, she might be stared at by many people at the same time.

Just thinking about it made her feel a little stressed.

But, now that she was here... and Charles was beside her, as were her fellow brave team members.

There is nothing to be afraid of anymore.

Thinking of this, Miss Witch stood up resolutely.

But she had to figure out how to open the door first. Shouldn't she need to enter a password or verify her identity? Or should she just tell Adele and the door would open automatically?

Just as Lacie was thinking this, the door seemed to sense her presence.

Almost silently, the door opened.

But what caught Lacie's eyes was not the commander and his subordinates who were walking around the cabin delivering information and messages, frowning and thinking, but a pitch-black darkness where one could not see one's hand in front of one's face.

There seemed to be no one in the darkness.

Lacele wondered if Charles, with his keen perception, could detect any living creatures in the darkness.

Anyway, she didn't detect any breath of living creatures.

But there is indeed some kind of "living thing" in there.

Something slowly walked out from the deepest part of the cabin, accompanied by light footsteps, gradually leaving the darkness, and gradually exposed itself in the pale white light at the door of the cabin...

"Living creature".

——It’s the lady consul.

She was still wearing the uniform jacket that looked like a military uniform, with a pure white star velvet flower adorning her temples, and a gentle, faint smile still on her face.

She walked out of the pitch-black control room.

She seemed to have anticipated the arrival of the entire team of heroes.

Then she knelt down, lifted the hem of her long skirt, and saluted to everyone gracefully and politely:

"Everyone in the brave team, welcome."

[To be continued]

21. Just look up

Do elves have night vision like witches?

If not, why didn't Fuwena turn on the light?

The entire control room was dark. Fuvenna hid inside. What was she doing secretly?

Lacie wanted to ask directly, but felt it was inappropriate.

In front of her companions, she couldn't just walk over and rub Fuwenna twice and yell like she did before:

"Oi! Lao Deng! What's going on in Lundyheim?"