Hey.
It's a slightly shorter chapter, but I have a busy week ahead, So I just wanted the last few hours of my day to relax and enjoy it while I could.
There is a light-hearted chapter ahead, but nothing too serious.
Slightly lewd Warspite. Very slight!
Let's get back to it.
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"Warspite!"
Warspite jumps, almost spilling her tea at the loud voice to her right. Queen Elizabeth looks at her with narrowed eyes, annoyed she had to repeat herself.
"Warspite, are you well?" A softer voice opposite her on the large round table draws her attention. King George siped her tea but watched Warspite with concerned eyes.
"Oh... Ah, yes! I'm fine, thank you," Warspite smiled politely at King George but stared intently at the cup in her hands. She dared not look up anymore. Multiple eyes trained on her from around the table, most notably her sisters Queen Elizabeth and Valiant.
Lady Hood sat to her right and hid a smirk behind her teacup, eyes scanning her with palpable amusement. Warspite could see Hood's smirk in the corner of her eye, but why was nobody interested in that?
Why was she the main attraction?!
"You're very airheaded today, oh sister of ours. Usually so vigilant in the Queen's protection, but your head is in the clouds today," Valiant asked curiously, staring at Warspite like a puzzle to be solved.
"W-W-What?" Warspite sputtered on her tea, her ears flattened.
Hood's enchanting giggles gained everyone's attention, even the maids, "Don't listen to them, Lady Warspite; you're positively glowing with happiness."
Warspite shrunk into her seat, blushing.
"Nyahaha, hot date?" Cheshire's laugh startled everyone but Hood.
King George and Prince of Wales choked on their tea, Hood laughed merrily, and her two sisters stared furiously at the feline maid. The maids around the room looked at Cheshire with shock and amusement, except Belfast, who smiled and gave Warspite a wink when their eyes met briefly.
"N-No! I was thinking of new ways to prevent Sirens from entering the base!" Warspite babbled with a slight stutter.
"Interesting... and what strategies have you come up with?" Valiant interrogates gently, her eyes narrowing.
Warspite curses and thinks swiftly, but every time she tries to come up with an idea, flashes of her night with Kohaku come to mind. The very thought of it makes her core clench wantonly, and she almost lets out a whimper in front of her Queen sister and ladies of the Royal Navy.
Battleships shouldn't wish to be torpedoed, and yet all Warspite could think of was her three weaknesses being exploited.
Bad Warspite! So lewd!
"Well?" Valiant huffs with impatience, pulling Warspite out of her depravity.
Warspite growled. If she can't whimper, she will growl. "I said I was thinking of new ways, but I have yet to come up with any," Warspite snapped slightly. Everyone stares at Warspite in surprise. Their dutiful guardian is barking at her sister.
Whatever next.
Queen Elizabeth had been watching Warspite from the moment she entered the room; she was distracted and quiet, more so than usual, and now she was snapping at her sister. Queen Elizabeth was about to say something, but someone entered the room, gaining everyone's attention.
A young woman with golden blonde hair entered the room with trepidation, but she was doing well to hide it before the influential members of the Royal Navy. Following behind her was the maid Edinburgh, who frantically tried to tell the unannounced guest she wasn't allowed in without permission but was ignored.
Hood placed her cup down gently and looked over the woman curiously before addressing her, "You're Admiral Hipper? Prinz Eugen's sister."
"Huh? Yea... Older sister, but yeah," Hipper stood awkwardly before them but spoke confidently.
"I don't care who you are! Why did you barge into my tea party?!" Queen Elizabeth bangs the table and glares at the Iron Blood member.
Hipper hesitates, "It's about Kohaku..."
All the ladies stare at her curiously; Queen Elizabeth's glare fades, but she stares at her searchingly.
"Well, Lady Hipper? Please don't leave us in suspense. What's Kohaku got to do with this visit?" Prince of Walkes asks politely, receiving a huff of annoyance from the Queen.
"Ha? Ah... Well, The Iron Blood are trying to recruit-"
"NEVER!" Warspite shouts, standing up abruptly, making the table shake, causing everyone to jump in fright and stare at her, shocked. Warspite recognises what she just did and slowly sits back down, finding her lap very interesting, her cheeks burning brightly.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Everyone continued to stare at Warspite, speechless.
"Um... As I said, the Iron Blood wish to recruit Kohaku as a repair ship, even if he is a Rogue one," Hipper stares intently at Warspite, expecting her to shout again. Still, the battleship looks at her lap like a scolded child, avoiding all eye contact.
"Forgive her outburst, Miss Hipper; Warspite is a love-sick lady," Hood quips, receiving glares from Queen Elizabeth and Valiant.
"That's good information to know, but why are you telling us this now, and what exactly is your goal here?" King George asks Hipper directly, trying to prevent the conversation from becoming another argument between the three royal sisters.
Taking a deep breath and expecting the worst, trying to ignore the lingering voice in her head telling her she's committing treason against the Iron Blood at this point, "She's forcing my hand. My schwester plans to force Kohaku into a marriage contract with Lady Bismarck and Tirpitz."
Everyone from the Ladies around the table to all the maids around the room looks at Hipper in stunned silence; even Warspite looks up in shock but doesn't cause another scene; her twitching doggo ears make quite the cute sight.
The silence soon breaks, "WHAT?!" Everyone stands abruptly and shouts as one. Hipper winces at the volume, or was it Cheshire's hissing in her ear?
"The nerve!"
"The audacity!"
"Why Bismarck? She's a prude!"
"My tea spilt!"
*Hissss!*
Hipper didn't know the Royal Navy could be so animated and emotional. She would have thought more about it, but the Queen broke the animated ladies from their rants in a rare show of leadership.
"SILENCE! You're my servants, Ladies of the Royal Navy. Act like it!" Queen Elizabeth huffed and pouted, but the girls around the room followed her instructions and quietly sat down, not wanting further daily tasks to be placed upon them by the angry loli.
Queen Elizabeth turned to Hipper again and pointed at her rudely, "You! Why would Bismarck agree to such a thing? I thought pride was her big shtick."
"Hah? There are multiple reasons, I suppose. Bismarck wants him punished for the offence against her wolf pack U-boats, turning them pink. She wants a repair ship on the Iron Blood's side, and while you may think she's a prude, Bismarck actually has one of the largest erotic novel collections.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Everyone stared at Hipper unblinkingly, processing what they had just heard.
"..."
"PFFF," Hood, unable to contain herself, spits her tea into her silk handkerchief in panic; the silk cloth cannot contain the mouthful of liquid as it spills down onto the table's white cover and her lap.
"L-Lady Hood! Control your-" Edinburgh shouts in alarm at the Lady's outburst, still blushing herself heavily.
"HEHEHEHAHA!" Hood breaks into a manic giggle, bordering hysterics and clutches her waist as she laughs, tea dripping down her chin.
"NYAHAHAH!" Cheshire joins in and laughs, falling to her knees.
Prince of Wales shakes off the shock and looks between the two laughing women with a frown at their display, "Honestly, you too... " The Prince of Wales stops when she sees King George hiding her face behind her hands and her body shaking, "George?"
"Haaaaaa?" Was the only response the Prince of Wales received.
Everyone was giggling or, in Hood's case, laughing hysterically, much to Queen Elizabeth's chagrin, but Warspite sat motionless and furious.
'My Kohaku and some Iron Blood battleship, Some weiner loving hussy? Not happening!' Warspite growled quietly at the thought. She would have to show Kohaku again who he belonged to.
"Stop laughing!" Queen Elizabeth shouted.
"Hahahah!"
"Nyahaha!"
"Heheheh!"
"Fufufufu!"
"PFFFFFF"
"STOP IGNORING ME, DAMN IT! YOUR QUEEN COMMANDS YOU!"
Hipper took a step back, then another, until her back was against the door. She was watching the obscene sight of the Queen having a tantrum while her well-mannered servants broke down in hysterics and ignored her.
She didn't get what was so funny, to be honest... The pink U-boats or Bismarck's hobby. Who cares if Lady Bismarck liked to read Erotic novels? "Hah? I don't get why you're all laughing. Why does it matter if Lady Bismarck likes to read erotica?"
Hipper was ignored, "Grrr, she only reads Vanilla erotica like BDSM."
"PFFFF" Everyone.
Queen Elizabeth looks furiously at Hipper when everyone starts laughing harder, "You're ruining my tea party!"
*Crash*
Hipper and Queen Elizabeth look to Hood, who's now sat on the floor laughing, clutching her abdomen and gasping for air, "Stop! You're killing me!"
"I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DON'T STOP EMBARRESSING ME!" Queen Elizabeth shrieks.
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Done!
A whole Chapter with just one scene, how unusual of you, Zero.
I had a lot of fun writing this; it's nice not to think too heavily and write to one's heart's content.
So Queeny and Valiant are suspicious of Warspite but haven't figured it out yet.
Who knew Bismarck was so lewd?
Hood must be loving this. I Can't wait for the scene when Bismarck comes and meets the Royal Navy.
No mercy for Biscuit.
I own no Art or Gif's
Thanks for the support and votes!
Zero-