This wasn't a metaphor.
It was a real, unmistakable feeling!
Although it couldn't be called a spectacle of extraordinary phenomena,
there was still something.
Every shipgirl seemed to sense it. They raised their heads and gazed into the sky, seeing this scene.
Sacred and sublime.
"What exactly happened?"
Some shipgirls were puzzled.
"I don't know..."
"What... is that?"
"Could it be some kind of treasure?"
"..."
Some shipgirls began discussing it.
Eastern Dragon, Sakura Empire, Eagle Union, Iris...
Royal Navy, Iron Blood... Northern Parliament, Sardinia...
And so on.
Almost every region, no matter where it was located—whether on the planet's front or its far side, whether it was day or night, evening or dusk...
saw this meteor clearly.
It seemed to defy common sense.
Yet not a single shipgirl showed any particular confusion because of it.
They merely felt a faint stirring in their hearts, though they couldn't say what had caused it.
It was as if they had finally waited for some incredibly important treasure.
The world was cheering.
It was rejoicing.
Like a gentle mother telling her daughter that this was a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity, that this was the finest treasure.
My child...
Please seize her, all right?
On this day,
the winds were calm and the waves were still.
Even the turbulent sea seemed to settle down in a daze.
As if a ballad were playing a melodious tune.
The Sirens did notice something unusual.
However, they themselves weren't entirely sure whether it truly was an anomaly...
It was as if their data had become disordered. As if their central systems had malfunctioned.
They were somewhat bewildered.
Something that should have been nearly impossible had nevertheless appeared... leaving them confused and at a loss.
With a tiny hint of pleasant surprise.
After all!
Across countless parallel worlds, with