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

"I found two Serovais in total. Which Serovais are you looking for?"

"That's... that's the older one! Oh, yes, I seem to still remember her number. Her number is..."

The string of numbers seemed to be at the tip of Lacier's lips, and she could spit them out as long as she opened her mouth. However, she still couldn't remember what the numbers were.

——Until Charles stood beside her and whispered:

"00019, this is her number."

What was Lacie thinking? Was Charles' memory so good? How could he remember it so clearly?

She obviously forgot everything.

Adele, the ship's mainframe, didn't care who told her the number. As long as someone gave her the number, she would be extremely loyal and conduct an investigation for them:

"Please wait... We have found Ms. Serloway with the ID '00019' for you. Do you have any other instructions?"

"Please tell me, how can I find her?"

But to Rachel's surprise, Adele gave a negative answer:

"I'm sorry, I only know that Ms. Serloway, numbered '00019', is now on the Homecoming, but I don't know exactly where she is. If you want to find her, you can explore the Homecoming on your own."

"Huh?" Lacey frowned.

Explore the Homecoming on your own?

It turns out that Fuwenna gave them such authority?

So she asked tentatively:

"Does that mean we can enter any area of ​​the Homecoming if we want?"

"It's you and Mr. Brave," the ship's host corrected meticulously, "Except for you and Mr. Brave, the other members of the Brave Team do not have such authority."

"Oh, like this……"

Rachel said she understood, and then asked:

"Then I want to find another person - 09527, Lentiheim's former guard captain Mla - he should be on the ship too, right?"

Adele replied:

"Yes, Mura No. 09527 is also on board..."

"Then you'd better not tell me that you can't find not only Serovi, but also Mula."

Lacey said while gnashing her teeth.

But the facts were destined to disappoint her:

"That's right. I don't know exactly where he is. Just like Serlovi No. 00019, I can't provide you with the exact coordinates."

"That's really strange." Laceel muttered, "You are so useless! Your shipborne host."

Since the shipborne host cannot be relied upon, they can probably only go back to square one and rely on themselves to figure out the truth of the matter.

Coincidentally, they had just learned from the ship's host that they had been granted very high authority by Fuwenna.

Fuwenna has no objection!

Then the other elves, including the ship's host Adele, would have no opinion on them.

It's a pity that they are the only two people granted the authority. As for the other members of the team - except for Sissi, who can use special methods to hide herself in the shadow of Rachel or Charles and explore the Homecoming with them, the remaining two people, Joseph and Godot, will probably have to fend for themselves.

It's not that you can't afford the Homecoming ship because you rely on high-level permissions to explore freely, but it's more cost-effective to be self-reliant.

But far can't quench near thirst.

By the time they finish exploring the Homecoming and find Serlovi and Mura, how long will it take?

Instead of hoping that she and Charles could find Serlovie and Mula immediately, it would be better to find another way. Although the shipborne host named Adele could not provide them with the location of Serlovie and Mula, it could always tell them where Fuvenna is now, right?

Not even just telling them where Fuvenna was.

Laceier asked confidently:

"Excuse me, can we contact Ms. Fuwenna through you now?"

After a brief silence, the ship's host responded briefly:

"can."

"Then please help me contact Ms. Fuwenna. I have something I want to ask her."

"it is good."

The slightly distorted sound of the ship's main engine disappeared.

Soon after, the gentle voice that was familiar to the entire brave team sounded from all directions:

"Hello? Is this Miss Rachel? What do you want to talk to me about?"

Lacey's mood was somewhat complicated.

She had an urge to ask the owner of the voice, the Governor of Lentiheim, what she had thought about and whether she should continue with her plan to return home.

But since Fuvenna said before that she needed some time to think about it, Lacier gave her time.

As long as it is not a delaying tactic, as long as Fuvenna does not intend to use such an excuse to secretly paralyze Lacie and then secretly let the Homecoming set sail, Lacie is willing to respect her.

At least now, they are still friends.

So, she resisted the urge, and truthfully recounted the abnormal situation that the entire brave team had just discovered, and then asked:

"Ms. Fuwenna, what is going on?"

After a strange silence, Fuwenna replied in a soft voice:

"This is normal, Miss Rachel, because the cabins in the living area... were designed this way."

[To be continued]

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25. Hiding the truth

"Is it designed like this?"

Lacey frowned.

She didn't understand what Fuwenna meant.

Could it be that the elves could sleep peacefully without even a bed? Or were these hibernation chambers, as she had imagined, relying on some special means, such as flooding with nutrient solution, to function?

She couldn't just rely on blind guessing.

So, through the "bridge" of Adele, the ship's mainframe, Lacier asked Fuvenna again:

"I don't understand, what do you mean it was designed this way?"

However, Fuwenna's answer is still puzzling:

"Literally - Miss Rachel, this is how the living quarters were designed when we first tried to rebuild the Homecoming."

"That's not what I want to know," Rachel said quickly. "What I want to know is why these cabins in the living area are designed like this?"

Fuwenna replied with a slightly apologetic tone:

"I'm sorry, Miss Rachel, but that's all I can tell you. The cabin in the living area was designed this way from the beginning."

After saying this, she skipped the topic without waiting for Laci's response.

She then offered a solution:

"Except for the cabins in the living area, there are probably no other cabins suitable for you to rest on the Homecoming. However, there may be other cabins outside the Homecoming. There may be houses in Lentiheim that have not been demolished yet. You can stay there for a few nights..."

When Fuwenna said this, Charles suddenly stood up and interrupted her:

"No need. Let's just stay in the living area. Although the cabin is empty, we have brought tents and sleeping bags with us, so we don't have to worry about not having beds... In fact, as long as there is a place to lie down, it's enough for us."

Since Charles said so, he must have his own plan, so Lacee cleverly stepped back two steps and gave the stage to Charles.

Fuwenna was silent for a moment, but did not raise any objection in the end:

"If you and your companions think so, then I have no objection."

"Yes." Charles nodded, "I'm sorry to bother you so suddenly."

"No problem," Fuwenna said, not caring at all. "Do you have any other questions?"

Charles shook his head and said decisively:

"Nothing."

"Then, I hope you all sleep well." Fuwenna said goodbye, "See you tomorrow, everyone."

"See you tomorrow."

Communication was interrupted.

Fuvenna leaves the stage and Adele returns.

"Excuse me, is there anything else you need?"

The ship's host asked in an exceptionally friendly voice.

For some reason, Lacie didn't think the voice of the ship's main engine was gentle and pleasant at all. On the contrary, she even felt that the slightly distorted voice was eerie, sending chills down one's spine.

But fortunately, she has Charles.

While Charles was dealing with the ship's main engine, he also used his reassuring low voice to dispel the chill that enveloped Lacie's heart.

"It's just like warm sunshine."

Lacie thought about it and felt a little proud for some unknown reason.

This is her Charles, who is so cute and reliable. She wants to ask if there are other people who have a Charles like her.

Of course, no one else could have a Charles like her.

After all, she had already completed the privatization of the bus. Although Charles belonged to the entire Pan-Continent before, now he belongs to her alone.

Thinking of this, Lacie instinctively turned her head to look at Charles.

By this time, Charles had already sent away the ship's host.

Of course, that’s not necessarily the case. The shipborne host is not so easy to get rid of. Although it has apparently left, in fact, through the microphone and camera equipment, it can still "hear and see" them.

After all, they were now on the Homecoming—in His “belly”.

In this way, it is natural that He can feel their presence at all times. Perhaps in some ways, their presence may be far greater than that of the Monkey King in Princess Iron Fan's belly.

Lacie almost laughed herself to death as she thought about this.

But at this moment, she suddenly felt someone gently holding her hand.

——It’s Ciel.

She instinctively raised her head and looked at Charles, and Charles also lowered his head and looked at her.

Her face was reflected in the man's iron-gray pupils.

Then, she saw Charles' eyes move slightly in a certain direction.

Lacie couldn't help but move her eyes as well, and as Charles suggested, she looked in a certain direction out of the corner of her eye.

Then, she saw the "eyes", "ears" and "mouth" belonging to the ship-borne host "growing" on the ceiling.

It was at this moment that she realized what Ciel wanted her to do.

So she naturally moved closer to Charles, hugged his arm intimately, pouted her lips, and asked in an almost coquettish tone:

"What are you looking at? Am I that good-looking?"

Charles naturally let her hug his arms and let her rest her head on his shoulder.

He even straightened his back deliberately so that she could lean on him more comfortably.

"Well, I never get enough of it."

The hero replied softly.

Upon hearing this, Lacier rolled her eyes, snorted softly, and cursed:

"Glib tongue!"