With a whoosh Unicorn's face turned red. She blamed herself for panicking and shutting her eyes—she hadn't even seen Yukikaze clearly.
She'd mistaken Yukikaze for a Deep-Sea monster, and worse, fainted from fright—how disgraceful for the Royal Navy.
Wait—this wasn't her fault! It was the girl in front of her. If you're not a Deep-Sea monster, why claim you are? You even said you'd swallow her and Yu-chan whole, scaring her into fainting.
"So you're not Deep-Sea! Then why say you are? Threatening to gulp me down—and you wouldn't spare even Yu-chan. That's unforgivable!" Unicorn raged.
In Yukikaze's eyes the whole world dimmed. Suddenly Unicorn loomed like a skyscraper, aura overwhelming, face dark.
"Meow!" Yukikaze's fur bristled. Her hands formed orchid fingers over her chest as she unconsciously leaned back.
"Worst of all, you made me faint and ruined the Royal Navy's dignity—you deserve ten thousand deaths!" Unicorn cracked her knuckles and stalked closer.
Facing the terrifying aura, Yukikaze gulped, voice trembling: "I—I was wrong to scare you. I—I apologize. C—could you please let—"
"me go?"
"No more talking—receive divine punishment!"
"No! I know I'm wrong—meow!"
A miserable cry rang across the beach, so heart-rending listeners wept.
Moments later Yukikaze lay limp, legs clamped, white drool at her mouth, as if Unicorn had done something awful to her.
"Hmph! Dare scare Unicorn again. I may look cute, but when I'm angry even I'm scared of myself." Unicorn placed hands on hips.
What had happened: Unicorn tickled Yukikaze's armpits—Yukikaze's fatal weakness. She surrendered at once, but Unicorn pretended not to hear and kept tickling until Yukikaze collapsed on the sand.
"Hehehe…" Lying spent on the beach, Yukikaze laughed. She hadn't been so happy in ages. Each time she linked soul networks with new Admirals, Deep-Sea attacked, destroying the Naval Base before she could play with the other Ship Girls.
Homeless, unwilling to believe in curses, Yukikaze kept journeying to contract new Admirals. The result was always the same, yet she never gave up, sure she'd find a home of her own.
Seeing the collapsed Yukikaze laugh, Unicorn shivered—was this girl a masochist? After being tickled senseless she was actually happy.
Cradling Yu-chan, Unicorn prepared to flee, distancing herself from this M freak. Big sisters said you could catch weirdness by staying near weirdos—best to run!
The moment Unicorn tried to leave, Yukikaze sprang up. "Is this the Illustrious Naval Base?"
Just as she started running, Unicorn heard Yukikaze call and sprinted away: "Sister Azuma, help!"
She dashed toward the Admiral's Villa at the Naval Base, hoping Sister Azuma would drive off this masochist.
Seeing Unicorn bolt, Yukikaze chased after. "Wait, Unicorn—don't run!"
"Ahh! Don't follow me!" Unicorn ran madly, horrified the freak was behind her.
"Then stop! Let me talk!" Yukikaze called while pursuing.
"I won't stop! Why are you chasing me anyway?" Unicorn refused, not understanding the masochist's demand.
"Because of—achoo!—because I need to ask you something! Please stop—I can't keep up!" Yukikaze kept chasing the fleeing Unicorn.
Because she had traveled a long distance to reach this island, she was so exhausted that she fell asleep directly on the beach. Not having rested enough, she was woken up by Unicorn, and now her physical strength certainly couldn't match the energetic Unicorn.
With a 'guada' sound, Yukikaze tripped over a stone while running and fell straight to the ground, unconscious.
Hearing the 'guada' sound of someone tripping behind her, Unicorn turned her head in confusion. Seeing that the Masochistic Pervert had fallen, she immediately slowed down and stopped, slowly approaching the Masochistic Pervert.
"Hey! Are you okay?!" Even knowing the other party might be a Masochistic Pervert, Unicorn still approached Yukikaze. After all, being a masochist wasn't a crime punishable by death.
Just as Unicorn was about to use her right hand to check if the other party was still alive, the other party suddenly grabbed Unicorn's ankle with her right hand, scaring Unicorn so much that she accidentally fell while backing away.
"Ah! It hurts!" Landing on her bottom on the hard ground, Unicorn cried out in pain. Seeing Yukikaze holding her ankle, Unicorn immediately shouted, "Masochistic Pervert Yukikaze, why did you suddenly grab me! Let go of your hand already!"
When did she become a Masochistic Pervert again? Yukikaze said dissatisfiedly, "Hey! Unicorn, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't just say whatever you want! Watch out or I'll sue you for slander!"
"You're clearly a Masochistic Pervert, yet you won't admit it. Then let me ask you, why did you laugh so happily when I treated you like that! If that's not being a masochist, then what is! So let go of your hand quickly, or I'll be infected with masochism too!" Not wanting to become a masochist, Unicorn urged Yukikaze to let go quickly.
Hearing this, Yukikaze knew Unicorn had misunderstood her again and quickly said, "You've got it wrong! I'm not a Masochistic Pervert. The reason I laughed so happily was because no Ship Girl has ever been so close and played with me before! That was a laugh born from being moved."
"So that's how it is. Yukikaze, it must have been very hard for you all this time!" Hearing that Yukikaze had never had a Ship Girl play with her, Unicorn felt a bit of sympathy for her. It seemed Yukikaze was a Free Ship Girl! Moreover, her personality might be very eccentric, not communicating with other Ship Girls, leading her to be lonely all the time.
Unicorn was different. After all, Unicorn had her sisters and Sister Azuma, staying happily and carefree in this Naval Base. Thinking this made her feel even more that Yukikaze was pitiful!
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