I died and was reincarnated as Warship in a fantasy world

When Alba and Patricia exited the room, Emmanuel bid them farewell, and approached me.

“Is the discussion postponed?” (E)

“No. We agreed to receive assistance from your Empire.”

“Brilliant. ‘La Gracia Real’ will have to return to report this. In two weeks His Imperial Majesty may send a fleet.” (E)

“What are the odds you are not going to just abandon us?”

“The odds are great. My report, plus the fact that I shall stay here, should convince everyone that this is a worthy endeavor.” I stared at him in disbelief.

“Wait, you’re going to stay here and send the ship back? Just like this?”

“Be patient, Doll.” Yuriko stood up and pulled me away for a private conversation.

‘Don’t forget, any assistance is necessary for these people, and this man may be a bridge between a fleet, and us. Who knows, if they will shoot on sight.’ Yuriko whispered so quietly, that even my ears had to struggle to hear her.

Seeing that we are done whispering, Emmanuel coughed.

“I remember Lady promised to let me explore her ship~?” The captain smirked, and without waiting for my response he headed to the ironclad.

Yuriko and I waited for Patricia to return.

The girl came back an hour later. Her face was red, and she avoided laying her eyes on me.

“How is Alba?” I tried to break the awkward silence.

“Mother is fine. What is going to happen…?” (P)

“The situation is bad enough to call for some help. I will try to fork out Western help right now, to compensate for their ship being gone.”

My little plan was to make Emmanuel remember the favor he owes me, to make the ironclad leave some of their cannons for the ‘Black Demon’s restoration.

Afterwards we headed to the pier.

The Westerners were busy with work. A port crane was unloading some of the top deck’s cannons on the pier. A bunch of crates and barrels were waiting to be loaded.

Emmanuel was using a spyglass to look somewhere far into the sea.

I approached him to ask what is going on.

“Ah, you are here? Can you tell me, is that your ship too?” The man pointed towards where he was looking, and I saw a pillar of smoke from there.

When I rechecked the coordinates from Fairy’s last reported location, I concluded that it is her.

“Yes. Are you leaving your cannons behind…?”

“It is our gesture of good will. That battleship could use some firepower.” Emmanuel caressed a long barrel of a cannon.

The cannon was looking like the usual muzzle-loaded cannon of Napoleonic era, however, a couple of mechanisms at its back revealed that it is an early breach-loaded gun. It was close to a high caliber Armstrong gun.

“Then what are those crates for?” I pointed at the bunch of crates and barrels.

“The crates contain shells, while the barrels hold gunpowder. It would be weird to have the guns without any ammo, would it?” Emmanuel smiled, and patted the gun again.

Fairy entered the port, and immediately docked by my ship’s side.

I let Aoutsuki dock by Fairy’s other side. The ship could use some minor repairs and spare parts.

Fairy was not rushing to disembark, so I boarded the transport.

The nurse was at the bridge, coordinating the refueling and resupply.

“It’s good to see you again~.” I waved her.

“Greetings.” She spared me one glance.

“Don’t be so cold to me~. How soon can you build another Kuronami-class?” I approached her control table.

“I lack the crucial parts for building another ship. I could only build one. Akizuki-class, however, can be produced every 2 days.” (F)

“Then, is your drydock free now?”

“…” The nurse looked at my ship, then at myself.

“Repairs are not required.” (F)

“It is not for me. I hope your drydock can be used for retrofitting that sail battleship.” When she looked at the ‘Black Demon’, Fairy made a wry face.

“So…?”

“Yes…” The kuudere nurse turned toxic, and after gritting her teeth she deployed the mobile base.

When the local blast furnaces produce some more steel sheets, I will ask Fairy to install them.

Soon the pirates would have their own sail ironclad, propelled by a destroyer towing it.