"It's going to be over soon."
From the bottom of the ship, Biagio Busoni looked up at the ceiling.
"This work is about to be over. Really, to work so much just to destroy a city. 'Queen of the Adriatic Sea'…before the end, I'd like to reexamine this place from an antique point of view, and not on practicality."
On first glance, the room was a 20m side perfect square. But on closer look, the four walls were tilted inwards. It wasn't a cube, but a pyramid.
Looking up at the walls which gave off a white light, one could see the tip high up in the ceiling. Though the depth from the sea to the deck was only 20m, the ceiling looked like it was over 100m.
"…Humph, hasn't it quietened down?"
As if responding to his voice, the flagship 'Queen of the Adriatic Sea' trembled slightly. The tremor didn't just occur once, but occurred once every few seconds. The surrounding escort ships were being destroyed like animals killing each other, getting hit by friendly fire. But the cannons continued to fire, which meant that the enemy continued to cross the ships. Even in the deepest part of the flagship, which was surrounded by thick layers of ice, the explosions continued to ring.
Here was the problem.
The male caretakers of the 'Queen's Fleet' were different from the nuns in the Agnese's Forces: they were not suited for combat. It was not because they were not suited for it, but because of their job scope. No commander would hold a weapon and stand on the frontlines, so because of this, there were only some supervisors.
Up till now, though it was still in acceptable limits, what made it a bit harder was that the nuns, who were used to working with their hands and feet, weren't used to ship-to-ship combat. They had only come here on the premise of being laborers, and they had never been trained on the ships. For things to turn out this way was to be expected…
(That's why I requested for a special force different from the supervisors…and yet this request was…)
The higher ups only focused on the capability of the 'Queen's Fleet', and made such a judgment, "No need for more troops; there won't be any problems with this fleet". They didn't consider everything completely, and may have caused this battle situation to change.
(…The higher ups are as useless as the subordinates, huh? Trash.)
Biagio glanced aside.
"So exciting. The barricade surrounding you, isn't it not so thorough?"
"…"
The one being asked this was a girl in the same room.
There was an iceball-like structure that was 7m in diameter in the middle of the room. Though the middle was like a soap bubble, when the 'Appointed Time of the Rosary' activated, the inside would be filled with ice. This was to freeze the nun who was suitable for the task, and destroy it magically together with the ball. This nun was now leaning on the outer curved surface of the ball.
Her name was Agnese Sanctis.
This nun was wearing a torn and tattered nun's habit that was somewhat revealing.
She didn't answer Biagio.
Or was she unable to answer? From her expression, one could tell that she was wondering why there was a need for wars, who were they doing this for, and for what reason? She completely didn't care about what was happening outside.
"It's this expression."
Biagio continued.
The four necklaces and the numerous Crosses on him made some sounds.
"So irritating. So far, you've been making a shameless expression as if you're waiting for others, as if you're standing in the light. You have no right to make that expression. You're a sinner, and yet you look like you're enlightened; that look infuriates me. Animals only need to crawl on the floor — only humans have the right to adjust their appearance."
He said with a smirk and a tinge of malice in his cruel words.
Agnese glared at Biagio's face.
"…Then let's hear it: what do you think I'm hoping for?"
"I don't have to ask that question for you to know, so I'm not going to ask it. Humph, I was really angry when those guys came in. Since you're making that look, I'll beat them up in front of you."
Agnese turned her body away in disgust.
Biagio saw her reaction with delight and said,
"I'm going to crush that hope of yours, because parts have no need for any feelings."