At those words, everyone couldn't help exchanging glances. Captain Nemo, who had been clamoring to test the ship just moments ago, wore a conflicted expression. His face flickered with hesitation and pain, as though he'd just been ordered to slaughter civilians.
Lieutenant Colonel Anne Romanova opened her mouth to say something, then closed it again and turned a pleading look toward Feifei.
Even Captain Planck looked utterly astonished. As a pirate captain and a Snakehead, he actually thought Yu Lian was being a little extreme.
Come to think of it, what was a mere pirate prisoner like him doing hanging around here this whole time?
"Though it might be possible, and it might not, I still think you're being a little too extreme, dear. You mustn't go down the heretical path of the Forbidden Arts school."
Yu Lian caught sight of Little Gray from the corner of his eye. She was still dressed as a shipgirl, sitting upright on the main beam in front of the bridge terrace, looking just like a figurehead.
The fact that she was dressed like a shipgirl only made her look even more like a figurehead from the space age.
Feifei said to everyone, "The commander was just asking."
Yu Lian nodded. "I really was just asking offhand. If possible, we could even send a signal to say goodbye, or something along those lines."
He swore by the Spirit of the Universe that he really had no designs on the old Skywhale. After all, she might well be Edelweiss's great-grandmother. Besides, hadn't they taken advantage of her to capture this ancient dreadnought?
He genuinely wanted to say goodbye to that ancient space beast. It was the proper thing for a righteous and upstanding man to do.
Captain Nemo hurriedly sent over a pop-up window. After