The ship carrying the Amakusa, Kamijou and company moved north in the Adriatic Sea.
They were heading to the 'Queen's Fleet'.
They were standing on the deck of a ship that was floating on the surface of the water.
Tatemiya's weapon was called the Flamberge. It was a sword that was 180cm long. The wave-like shapes on both sides of the sword were said to have the effect of making wounds bigger. This sword was different from an ordinary sword, as it wasn't made of metal. It was unknown what material it was made from for it to be white in color.
"This sword is more suited for rough combat…never mind, we can only adapt to the changes."
Tatemiya stabbed the giant sword into the floor as he muttered to himself. Because the suitability of use was different from the situation, one had to change weapons sometimes. To Kamijou, who only relied on a fist, this was something he could not imagine.
Lucia was holding a large wooden carriage wheel in her hand. This heavy object was made from the Amakusa paper bundle.
"I can sense a unique 'smell'…"
She was holding onto the wheel, slowly spinning it about, touching the wheel to feel it.
"…This will do. I should be able to use the attack spell based on St. Catherine's 'Wheel Legend'."
In Kamijou's memory, she specialized in destroying a large wheel, and used the rain of shrapnel to attack the enemy.
On the other hand, Angelene placed some gold or silver coins into coin bags. She specialized in letting blunt weapons fly about, using them as a weapon to fight with the enemy.
"Ah…I can still put in some of them. But it'll hurt if I put in too many…then…then maybe a bit less…"
Hearing her being preoccupied with stuffing the coins inside the coin bags, and taking them out, Lucia looked panicky as she got closer.
"Sister Angelene, what are you fussing about with your weapons!? FILL THEM UP, YOU HEAR ME? FILL THEM UP!!"
"WAH! Won't it hurt if we hit them, then?"
"Even if we want to communicate, we have to create a suitable environment for it. If we could have talked it out without fighting, then we wouldn't need to work so hard for it!"
From afar, Kamijou stared at the two nuns chattering about. As if he couldn't stand them, he said,
"Seems like…I misunderstood the Roman Catholics."
"Though they're the Roman Catholics, there are all sorts of people in it…isn't that right?"
Orsola, who was standing beside him, silently said.
"It's not about eliminating who's bad; everyone has their own characteristics. You have a bad impression of the Roman Catholics, and actually, I also had…I didn't believe in my Amakusa friends in the past, thus I caused quite a lot of trouble for everyone."
"Is that so?"
Kamijou thought.
"I really can't associate you with bad people."
"About this…actually, women have a lot of sides to them."
After Orsola said these somewhat sensational words, she revealed a smile. No matter whether because of her clothing or her speech, this nun didn't know it herself, yet they emphasized a lot more of the feminism that she was born with.
At this moment, Index suddenly popped in-between them.
She was holding onto a staff.
"Here, take it. The Amakusa people lent it to me, but I can't use a spiritual item that requires the processing of magical energy. You might be more suited to take it."
"Oh my."
Orsola received the staff. It was made of silver.
On the tip of the staff, there was a little squatting angel there. There were six wings on the angel, surrounding it like a cage.
It was the weapon that Agnese used before. The Amakusa had detained the 'Agnese Forces' that surrendered in The Book of the Law affair. It had possibly been confiscated then.
At this moment, Kamijou suddenly noticed Index staring intently at him.
"Wha…what now, Index?"
"…"
Index remained silent for a while.
"No, it's nothing."
"Eh? WHY ARE YOU TURNING YOUR HEAD AWAY SO UNHAPPILY!!? THOUGH IT'S TIRING WHEN YOU REACT SO VIOLENTLY BY BITING ON OTHER PEOPLE'S HEAD, THIS COMPLETELY COLD REACTION OF YOURS IS REALLY TROUBLESOME, YOU KNOW!?"
Index completely ignored Kamijou's roar as she ran away. Seeing this, Orsola sighed,
"That's because you didn't take care of her properly."
Hearing her say this, right now, Index should be eating spaghetti, happily touring around all sorts of tourist attractions, busy creating wonderful memories. She didn't expect things to become like this all of a sudden. In actual fact, the one who had been most looking forward to the trip may have been Index.
"Though you always complain that you're unlucky, you don't have the intent of stopping, right?"
"…Like a workaholic father who's unqualified to be a parent."
The ship continued forward.
It felt like the white bulb-like glow of the 'Queen's Fleet' was a bit stronger as compared to before.
"Are you guys done? If so, let's start."
Tatemiya pulled out a rubber band-tied paper bundle from his jeans pocket.
Kamijou frowned.
"What do you mean by 'let's start'?"
"We can't just attack the 'Queen's Fleet' with this ship alone. Thus we need to increase our fighting force, like this."
Tatemiya took off the rubber band as he said this. Shua! He tossed the paper from the ship into the sea. The large number of papers gently swayed about in the air, like confetti falling from a confetti ball, before landing on the dark surface of the sea, silently absorbing seawater.
Thomp!
The papers expanded because of water absorption and created a large number of boats. Different from the 'Queen's Fleet', the slick design made one feel that it was a bit Japanese–styled. Each ship was about 30m long and 7m wide. As for height, they were about 20m. However, compared to the 100m ships of the 'Queen's Fleet', they seemed a lot weaker.
There weren't just one or two ships; there were tens of ships that appeared. The expanded ships suddenly appeared, squeezing against each other. The fleet of ships squeezed against the one that Kamijou was on, and the hull started to shake.
In surprise, Kamijou stared at the scene in front of him,
"…Isn't this a large fleet as well? If so, it'll be one heck of a battle. Even if the enemy is the 'Queen's Fleet', we can fight them head on, can't we?"
"You're overestimating us, aren't you? Look closely, this is a fleet completely different from the 'Queen's Fleet'. There aren't any cannons on them."
"…?"
Hearing him say this, there weren't any cannons on the ships. The walls and decorations on the ships' hulls would be considered slim, and they didn't seem able to withstand damage. If so, were these just ordinary ships?
"Then why did you prepare these?"
"You don't really need to use a navy ship for marine combat. The Amakusa is a secular sect that hides itself in the local culture. Of course, we learned some English history."
Tatemiya smirked,
"Do you know how the English Navy beat the so-called invincible Spanish Navy in the past?"