Chapter 5 - Searching for a place

City of Kremlin

1020 Military time

*knock knock knock*

"come in"

"Sir!"

"yes? what report do you have soldier?"

"one of our scout ships spotted a large unidentified naval vessel with unusual design at 0800 near the east side of the Hearthy Sea!"

"do we know of any navy possessing such ship?"

"no sir! the ship also seemed to carry large cannons so it is most likely a warship and it doesn't have any sails yet we didn't get any magic signature of any Magic Boiler Engines either but it has something akin to a large smokestack"

"interesting... is it a monster of sort then?"

"no sir! we got no such signature of a large magical beast of any sort but we did get two signature of sort. one of them matches that of a spirit but we do not know what type and how strong and the other is a human but it is unsure since the spirit is messing up our reading" "the ship also is covered with magic barriers but is seems like a weak one"

"I see... ready up one of our large cruiser and armoured cruiser! we will see if the ship is an enemy or a foe... especially with the war closing in with the Ludvig country"

"Understood Captain!! I will excuse myself now"

"Interesting... a large weird naval vessel with two crews... hmm? it is estimated at around 280m long?! now that's something new... only the demons have created something close at 230m..."

Back at the IJN Yamato a few hours prior|

"phew... seems like our first contact isn't weird.." Yamato says after the scout boat ran away to report it's finding

"what do you mean not weird? the damn ship is already weird enough for this era ye know?" Yama was also relived that the first ship they were found with was a scout and isn't an Ironclad which could fight and make some troubles which both of them didn't want any. "anyway I'm going to make some flags just because idk wtf I should do.... I'm very much so bored and it's better to make use of these modern knowledge"

*one hour later of flag making and experimenting on the mast*

'okay.. should I put Japan's flag? yeah that's a definite yes... but which?' Yama is at the mast and is thinking what flag she is supposed to put

"Yamato what version of Japan's flag should I put? the war time or peace time?"

"peace time for now~" Yamato says with a happy tone as she is drinking green tea on top of the 3rd Tri-15.5cm turret

"okay!.. hmm... guess I should put this here.. uhuh... nah.. hmm.. yeah that works perfectly!" as she finished talking a screen pop out of nowhere and scaring the shit out of Yama and made her almost fall from her barrier that she made as a platform. "wuaah!!! I almost fell... phew.."

"are you okay Yama-chan?" Yamato heard Yama's scream so she asked if she is hurt or anything

"I am fine! I only got scared to shit by this notification here"

"oh okay~ be careful up there, we still don't know how durable our physical body is" Yamato reminded Yama that they did not know how durable and how powerful their physical body is yet

"okay okay... sheesh she is such a worrywart at times... just like a mother hehe~"

"anyway what is this notification?"

[Successfully installed an automatic flag switcher]

"huh interesting... hm?" after she read the notification and dismissing it she felt a presence on the north east side and so she checked with her magic to zoom in and then she saw two sailboats. one of them is the scout previously seen and the other seems to be an auxiliary ship of some type.

"Yamato it seems like we have a scout that is watching us"

"hm? really? huh two ships... and one of them is the scout ship we saw earlier"

"so what should we do Yamato? wait and see?"

"Yeah that'll work"

2 hours later|

"Sir! the unidentified ship is seen over there" the sailor points to the unidentified warship

"I see... it truly is large and the material used is seemed to be... metal? hmm"

"all ship we will get first contact with the unidentified warship. Scout ship EN Fally M. Winter will be at front and IN Bherman Armoured cruiser will follow. auxiliary ship EN Kappa and Large cruiser EN Ghotthemburg shall go at the back!"

"YES SIR!!" all of the sailors on board simultaneously answers

at the IJN Yamato|

"Yama-chan the fleet is moving towards us. it seems like the scout ship and the cruiser is going first whilst the auxiliary ship and the large cruiser is going 2nd"

"I see... how bout you aim your secondaries at them at the 200m mark"

"hm? sure"

on the EN Ghotthemburg after the 200m mark|

"sir the warship's cannons are pointing at us!"

"maintain a slow speed. we don't want the warship to think we are attacking.. especially at this range and time since we didn't bring out our guns yet and the warship seemed to have land mortar sized cannons instead of a conventional pounder or a large magigun"

"yes sir!"

back on the IJN Yamato|

"Yama it seems that they slowed down.. should I lower my guns?"

"hmmm... yeah I guess we should.. also raise the K/Kilo flag and sound the horn"

"okay!

*loud blaring horn befitting a super battleship*

at the EN Ghotthemburg|

"sir they lowered their cannons and raised a flag and sounded a powerful horn"

"I can see that... I think they wanted to communicate... hmm I think we should go near them.." after some thinking captain Kurk Kerman decided to get near the unknown warship and to show that they come with peace "raise the peace flag and let the Ghotthemburg be at front and the rest escorting at the sides. also put all guns and cannons down! we must show that we come in peace"

"yes sir!"

....

"sir there are two woman at the starboard side and one of them could be the spirit"

"alright all escorting ship make way for the Gotthemburg to dock with the warship"

"Yama make a bridge for the large cruiser"

"ay ay cap'n!!"

"please don't say that again... I don't like it"

"fine..."

as the two very different warships nears each other Yama makes the railing on the starboard side go down and then makes a bridge and an anchor point for the Ghotthemburg

"easy does it... easy does it... *thunk* okay!! we are docked!! *whack* OOOUUU!!" after the docking was done a sailor got whacked by the captain because he was in the way and then the bridge is lowered and the captain saw two big and large woman with two swords for both of them and also saw one of them carrying an umbrella of sorts with an interesting pattern(Higasa)

"welcome on board on the IJN Yamato!" Yamato says with a hint of happiness

"eh?"

"hm?"

"huh?"

everyone at that time was confused at the same time

"wait Yamato why are you the one welcoming them?"

"hm? well I am the ship so I must welcome them!"

"well this is new" Captain Kurk has never had this type of invitation to an unkown ship before. he had already thought that the ship was friendly since all of it's action are non aggressive and is welcoming for a warship that is so strange and powerful looking. he also heard what Yamato said and only brushed it off because he doesn't want to think too much about it. an unknown warship in his county's water and is also the biggest warship ever really is already too much and he knows he will get scolded because of his fast and rash actions to just go at the unknown ship and just asks it's intention

Yama and Yamato is also at fault here since they didn't know how to approach the country that is nearest to them so they just stay around near the coast to just see if there's anyone and to show that they're friendly. plus they didn't know how powerful their naval vessels are and if they can launch powerful enough magic to destroy their magic barrier which is enforced with science shenanigans such as to shuffle the magic barrier to make it more durable or just section it or just lattice configuration to absorb and disperse the kinetic power of an impact

"uhh.. anyway so, introductions! My name is Yamato Isoroku and I am an Ex-Admiral of the Royal Japanese Navy and this is IJN Yamato which is the spirit of this battleship" Yama quickly introduces herself after noticing that they can understand what they're saying and vice versa. Yamato wanted to introduces herself but get beaten to by Yama and sulks a bit then stares at Yama with enough intensity to make normal people shiver in fear for a bit since she is a fucking battleship for god's sake

"oh! ah my name is Kurk Kerman and I am a temporary captain of the Port City of Kremlin and is a captain of the Empire of Frieden's navy. this is my aide Lieutenant Mcfreebe" Kurk was surprised to hear that the spirit was the spirit of the battleship since spirits usually posses or uses smaller and less complicated object, machinery and tools. plus they usually posses objects that are mostly made from things from nature and a metal warship isn't one of them.

"I am here to know what is a battleship this large is doing near the coast of Kremlin and so-"

"well we're lost and since we don't know what in gods hell what to do we just wait. not like we will starve to death or die to dehydration. plus I am bored" Yama quickly cuts Kurk from further explaining and then tells what her reasoning to just sit around and do nothing. "also I came in peace and do not want any fights"

"ah... I see.. " the man in his mid 30's is dejected after getting cut off by Yama. 'seems like you made her sad Yama-chan' Yamato said through the soul realm. 'shut up'

chap ends here. thx for reading though