While listening to Belfast reporting about progress and the state of the game, including the matter about his company and businesses, Kousuke couldn't help but get slightly distracted. It had been a couple of weeks, but it still feels incredible to him that he could make his fictional 'waifu' into reality thanks to his Sacred Gear. It was every otaku's wet dream, yet he had fulfilled it alongside his childhood's dream of making a great game. His life had changed dramatically ever since he was summoned as a Hero. Then when he eventually returns, he gets his well deserved break and... the harem he once thought impossible but grew attached to it more than he realized.
If this was a dream, he wish he could remain asleep forever. The maid immediately noticed the blank look on her Master's face, so she halt the report and steps closer to him. She reach out and feel his forehead with her palm, not noticing anything amiss with his temperature.
"Are you okay, Comman-Master? You seems to be in daze." She asked with her head tilted to the side, her concern almost caused her to slip for a split second. Feeling the warmth from her hand, Kousuke returns to reality with a smile. Her concern only filled his heart with contentment, but something else pulled his attention away. As she leaned slightly forward, the elegant cut of her dress revealed a glimpse of pale skin framed too perfectly to ignore. The neckline dipped just enough that his eyes were drawn there before his mind caught up, the contrast between pristine fabric and soft curves quietly stealing his focus. It wasn't deliberate on her part, if anything, it was the effortless way she carried herself that made it difficult to look away.
"Cough, I'm fine, I was reminiscent my past a little bit." He said with a cough as he looks away. Of course he tried to appear calm, but it was rather difficult since there was a huge reason why he made Belfast, his favourite shipgirl, to life before many other choices. Before he was summoned, his most played gacha games was none other than Azur Lane. The moment he came across her in the game, she never left his lobby. Everyday, he was greeted with her soothing voice which was a music to his ears.
Then when he finally saved enough gems, he didn't hesitate to get the 'Oath' ring. Why? Because the ring literally symbolize eternal promise between the commander and the shipgirl. In short, the game allowed the player to marry their waifu. It was such a brilliant move, it would makes players spent more money on them just to make their own little harem in the game. Furthermore, some shipgirls even unlocked new outfit/skin for that very purpose. It's called wedding skin, and lord knows how happy he was when he saw her in a white beautiful dress right after putting the ring on her ring finger. Yes, the game went that far for immersion.
And that very same ring now sits neatly on Belfast's ring finger which reflected light. During her creation, he went as far as adding his own memories of her to the mix. After all, what he wanted isn't just HMS Belfast, a Light Cruiser from the Royal Navy in Azur Lane. No, he was making HIS Belfast to reality. So she retained the knowledge he had of her in the game, which was the reason for her occasionally calling him 'Commander'.
"I was just thinking I don't regret having you as my first creation in this world." He muttered honestly, he grabbed her hand and put it near his cheeks. His honesty only caused blush to creeps on her cheeks, she could even feels her facial muscle slowly morph her mouth to a smile. "If I were to go back in time, I wouldn't change a thing. After all, isn't this my promise to you?"
Her eyes widened at his words, she could no longer suppress the growing feeling in her heart. There were indeed such promise exchanges between them, but that was when she was just a character in a mobile game, nothing more and nothing less. So when she opened her eyes for the first time in the endless white space, Belfast was rather stunned. Strange memories flashed through her mind, then a realization hit her. She was just a fictional character based on the real warship that now becomes historical museum for tourism. That sort of realization would turn anyone's worldview upside down, so it wasn't a surprise that she almost lost herself within countless unsavory thoughts.
Then she saw him. His nervous expression at that time was rather vivid in her mind. He was waiting for her to say something, anything at all. At that moment, she saw a vision of his past. That's when it struck her—it doesn't matter who or what she was in the past. Because from then on, she had surpassed limitation on herself. She had became a real living person thanks to his meticulous effort. Her precious Commander and beloved Master had made the impossible, possible.
She desperately wanted to hug him, but her rather strict professionalism to her duty makes it impossible for her to break out of character. She was just happy that she could help him in a much more real way than what her fictional past could ever dream of. As the head maid of Royal Navy, it was her goal and dream to assist anything her Master asked for.
But when she learned about his harem, the maid couldn't understand what she was feeling. Is it heartache? Or happiness for her Master? In the end, she put the matter at the back of her mind as she gets busy with managing the virtual world and his business in reality. But some thoughts occasionally break free, making her questions things she normally wouldn't. 'What if he had forgotten the promise they made?' After all, that happens in the game.
But now, her uneasiness disappeared as if it was never there to begin with. She didn't know what got to her but before she knew it, she already sealed his lips with hers. His eyes widened at her action, but instead of pushing her away, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her even closer with his eyes closed. The kiss dissolved every bad thoughts she once had as instead, it melts her heart even more. It even pushed her to take another step forward as the innocent kiss gradually turned heated.