V2 Ch 41. A certain cruiser’s bad mood

Name：I died and was reincarnated as Warship in a fantasy world Author：AFP_Writer
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Today was another practical lesson. I was tearfully asked to go and find myself something else to do but I still attended the class.

I was not too surprised to see that the idling students even made a living chain to keep myself away from the firing range.

[Fire or not to fire, that is the question.]

I walked away from the students and the range and when I was 200 meters away, I turned around.

The fate itself must’ve tried to punish me but aside from a fire I managed to load half of the guns and before the effects ended the first turret had its breaches opened for loading.

As if everybody knew what is going to happen, the range was cleared and now everybody graced me with having their ears closed. I was clear to open fire.

BOOM – close fly-by

BOOM – not-so-close fly-by

BOOM

“AAAAA!!!” Everybody screamed when the target was torn apart. The shell somehow managed to hit the target and destroyed it. Usually the magic was only blackening it a bit or making it wet but my shot just left nothing but a crater.

“Next target, please~!” I am so pleased to have something hit after so long that I am really getting overexcited. Not that it can be helped…!

It would be a lie to tell that anything was hit after that but it was enough to make me withdraw and let the others finally return to their practice without worrying about a 700 kg ‘Hello’ hitting the backs of their heads.

Just in case it worked out I tried opening the ‘Ding’ menu.

‘Ding’

‘You received 6 copper coins, 2 skill points, 2 upgrade points, 20 mm/70 Mk V Oerlikon (Replaces Light AA), 3’’/50 Mk 34 (Replaces TG)’

HMS Delight – BC. Mod – 1945/1949 – Modernization progress 2/10.

Accuracy – 2/100

Reload – 5/100

Recoil – 1/100

Machinery – 99/25

Guns – 51/25

Equipment – 99/25

37 mm Pom-pom Quadruple mount. Loaded - 32/32.

20mm Mk V Oerlikon. Loaded - 20/20.

0.5''/62 Mk III No. 3. Loaded - 8/8.

It is not too much but at least it is something.

Instead of regretting the amount of rewards I got, I headed to the library to borrow a couple more books.

When I opened the door of the senior students’ building I saw that the door was held from the inside by someone’s hand.

“Let go of the handle, please.” My eyes were focused on a small girl with brown hair. I don’t know how she ended up here but with how adorable she looks in her glasses I had to fight myself so as not to start petting this adorable creature.

“Haaaaaa… Are you deaf or too stupid to hear what I told you?” The girl suddenly became furious.

“Erhm…”

“This majestic Me told you to let go of the handle and now you are frozen here like a statue. Don’t block my way. And no, I am not junior, Delight from class 1-2. I am your be-it-all-damned senior, so please~ get out of my way.” The girl walked away as soon as I stepped to the side.

[What the hell happened…?]

‘This child is hopeless…’ She murmured something before finally disappearing behind a corner.

After that even the librarian with her 1000 reasons not to give me a book was unable to make my mood become worse. Nothing could make me feel even worse.

I chose myself a nice spot at the square between the dormitories and began reading the ‘exciting’ book about some magic things. Because I took a high place in the recent ranking, Lilith blabbed everybody that I am some kind of a super-genius and she already created herself a delusion that I am too genius for this academy. Right after the rumor reached my ears I wanted to punish her a bit but just after a single glance at how blessed she is in her ignorance I could not force myself. If I do fail then it would not only mean that I am dumb (not argued) but it would also mean my sweet Lilith will be disappointed in me! My stubbornness made me study hard to make Lilith feel good and here I am, studying day and night just for the sake of fulfilling her delusions…

The lessons were finally over after the bells rang around the academy and soon this place will be flooded by noble ladies gossiping about everything they heard from other magpies.

To find myself some comfort I headed to Lilith’s room. I was not stopped by the supervisor because everyone already knew I am frequent guest here, so I had no issues arriving to the familiar room but when I tried opening the door it appeared to be closed. I listened if there is somebody and I clearly heard there is. I began knocking the door and after an entire minute it was opened.

“Tch, who da f* is strolling here?” An angry voice called out while opening the lock.

I immediately opened the door only to find that my mood indeed can be worse than it was.

“Ah, it’s you? And here I thought I’d have some time with My Lady…”

Yes, it was her, the infamous Xera.