Chapter 401: Awakening Initially Completed

"Today's mission is finally completed." Guanghui watched as her companions drew nearer on the sea, and she said to the unicorn and centaur beside her.

At this moment, several very small aircraft models flew around Guanghui as if being remotely controlled, and the scene looked incredibly magical.

"Yes, Guanghui senior." The centaur said modestly to Guanghui, and while looking at the carrier aircraft flying around Guanghui, she revealed an envious expression.

"Guanghui sister, you're amazing today." The unicorn also wore an envious look.

"Hehe, just as Akagi and Kaga said, I can now complete a full dream, so my strength has also increased." Guanghui smiled, "But you don't need to be envious; as long as you work hard and train, once you reach full proficiency, I believe your awakening will only be a matter of time."

"Hmm, I've always believed that." The centaur nodded, "But I feel Guanghui senior's change isn't just in strength; your appearance has also changed quite a bit."

"Really?" Guanghui touched her own cheek and said to the centaur and unicorn.

"Yes, Guanghui sister, although you were already gentle and beautiful before, now you've become even gentler and even more beautiful."

"Hehe." Guanghui couldn't help but laugh happily upon hearing her adopted younger sister, the unicorn's words.

In fact, when she looked in the mirror this morning, she had already noticed this; after all, shipgirls have exceptionally keen observation. Moreover, her commander seemed to have noticed this as well, showing a very surprised expression at her change.

"They've arrived, Luodenni senior, Belfast senior, Ou ruo la senior, Nengdai senior, and Biaoqiang senior." The centaur said this to Guanghui and the unicorn at that moment.

"Hmm." Guanghui and the unicorn both nodded and looked toward the approaching few.

"What are you chatting about, looking so happy?" Luodenni, at the front of the formation, saw Guanghui and the others' smiling expressions when she stopped, and thus asked.

"Luodenni senior, we were just talking about Guanghui senior's awakening." The centaur replied.

"Hehe, Guanghui's awakening is indeed something worth being happy about. Moreover, she has become gentler and more beautiful; I believe the commander will surely like this version of you, Guanghui?" Luodenni smiled.

"Not at all." Guanghui remained composed, smiling at Luodenni, "I don't think the commander will like me more just because I've become gentler and prettier."

Because his feelings toward each of us are the same, I'm more convinced he'll feel excited about my increased strength.

"What Miss Guanghui said actually fits the master's personality quite well." Belfast smiled.

"I think we should leave here and return to the command ship; otherwise the commander might get anxious. Besides, look—the commander is already sailing the command ship, gradually approaching us." Ou ruo la pointed at the command ship gradually drawing near to their position and said to everyone.

"Indeed, then let's hurry back to the command ship; the mission is now complete, and we should return." Nengdai said to everyone.

"Hmm, form up, anti-ship."

At this moment on the command ship, Hao and Fanji stood beside Qin Ge, looking at the distant gathering of shipgirls, their faces still showing some surprise.

"I never expected that Qin Ge's commander's Guanghui would have awakened to this extent now. According to what you said, the two from the Sakura Empire who discovered she bore awakening traces did so half a year ago, right?" Hao asked Qin Ge.

Qin Ge shook his head. "To be precise, it was last September."

"Tsk, that's fast. You know, when I awakened, from starting to dream to completing a full dream, it took over a year." Fanji said to Qin Ge, his words full of praise, "And your Guanghui, from discovering the awakening marks on her body to completing the first dream, has only taken eight months so far."

"Qin Ge commander, I feel this can't be explained by luck alone, so I want to ask whether Guanghui's rapid awakening is directly related to you, or do you know how to accelerate shipgirls' awakening?" Hao asked Qin Ge.

She has always been the type to directly ask whatever question she has, never beating around the bush, nor hiding her intentions.

After all, she came here precisely to perhaps gain something useful for the Royal from Qin Ge's growth, and now such an answer could increase the number of awakened shipgirls for the Royal, which is of utmost importance.

Qin Ge smiled and said to Hao, "Actually, regarding this issue, I've also been seeking a clear answer. As of now, I don't have a very precise answer, but in the haze, I feel the factor that contributes the most here should be companionship."

"Companionship?" Hao and Fanji exchanged a glance, somewhat puzzled.

Qin Ge nodded, looking from the window of the command ship toward the sea, where shipgirls were forming up and sailing toward the command ship, "Hmm, companionship."

"Can Qin Ge commander give us an explanation?" Hao asked Qin Ge.

"Of course. Actually, from the time I knew Guanghui possessed awakening traces, I went to find her and told her about this. But back then we basically knew nothing about how awakening proceeds."

Moreover, the information we learned was that after possessing awakening traces, formal awakening begins as time passes, but no one can tell me how long that period is.

Afterward, I discussed with Guanghui to record everything down, so that later we could gather more data and find the key to shipgirl awakening.

However, as we recorded the data, I discovered that in fact everything we do each day is the same as usual, except for one change: the time I spend accompanying Guanghui has increased, almost constantly being with her." Qin Ge said to Hao.

Hao's expression was full of doubt: "But Qin Ge commander, if it's about companionship, we in the Royal have many commanders of fully leveled shipgirls who also accompany their shipgirls every day, yet so far none have achieved autonomous awakening."

Qin Ge smiled, "This isn't something I know; I can only tell you what I've actually recorded. If we insist on saying how I differ from others, perhaps it's just that my luck is better—this is fate."

At this moment, Hao and Fanji exchanged a glance, and both fell into contemplation.