"This is the Commander's world..."
The vampire narrowed his eyes, looked at the Tiandao Palace in front of him, then raised his hands and stretched lazily.
"It looks like a nice view, I like it!"
"But... why are there so many children here..."
Rodney looked around curiously. The street was bustling with people working in the shops and chatting and laughing on the streets. They were all little girls who looked under ten years old. Because of this, she and Kaohsiung had attracted the attention of many children along the way.
"It's really strange..."
Kaohsiung also felt it was a bit strange. Although the sea fogs were not familiar with humans, they still had some understanding of human society. According to the information about humans that the sea fogs downloaded from the network of their own world, humans generally only start working after they mature, that is, when they become adults, and their young will learn knowledge and skills in a place called school.
Of course, this is a very time-wasting way for Haiwu. They can obtain information through "concept communication" and data transmission, so they naturally look down on this backward information acquisition technique.
And at this moment, a soft voice appeared beside the sea fog.
"Excuse me...are you the sisters from the Royal Fleet?"
"Why?"
Hearing this voice, everyone turned their heads and saw a girl with short blond hair and dark green dress standing not far in front of them. She looked about eight or nine years old, with a pair of sleepy eyes half closed, and seemed to be half asleep and half awake, as if she was sleepwalking.
"I am Iona, the flagship of the Royal Fleet."
Iona also stood up at this moment and greeted the girl in front of her. When the girl heard Iona's answer, she smiled.
"Ah... As expected, I guessed it when I saw a big sister I didn't recognize... Ah, Brother Fang Zheng asked me to take you to the tutelary fort... That will be the home of all the big sisters, please follow me..."
As she spoke, the girl turned and walked forward, but after taking two steps, she seemed to think of something and turned around and lowered her head to everyone.
"Ah... I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Tina, Tina Sprout. Sisters, just call me Tina. Then... let's get going..."
“Haha…”
Looking at the girl in front of them, whose steps seemed to be sleepwalking and swaying, the sea mists couldn't help but sigh, and then followed Tina and walked along the street.
"This is a store, this is a restaurant... oh, there's also a fast food restaurant, big sisters can come here if you want to eat, and that's the cat restaurant, because there are too many things for us to finish..."
As the number of cursed children increased, the number of houses in Tiandao Palace naturally increased. However, most of the cursed children lived in the school, so apart from the dormitory buildings, there were basically only some shops on the streets.
Fang Zheng originally planned to exchange for some shops in other worlds, but later decided to only exchange for shops, and leave the rest to the cursed children themselves. After all, not every one of these children will go to the battlefield, and many of them actually have ordinary dreams for the future, such as opening a small shop, or growing flowers, or being a fashion designer or baker.
So Fang Zheng finally decided to exchange some stores and let these children run them themselves. Of course, these raw materials and ingredients were all shipped from Shana's world. If the cursed children wanted to rent stores and buy materials, they would need to use points to make purchases.
The same applies if the Cursed Child wants to buy something in the store.
However, it is not good to always "import" raw materials from other worlds. In fact, the Tiandao Palace has also begun to be self-sufficient. For example, in the "Cradle Garden", there is a greenhouse dedicated to growing vegetables and flowers. The cursed children who like farming have joined the Horticulture Department and the Agriculture Department, and then sell the crops here to the cursed children who open flower shops and food stores in the Tiandao Palace for processing. Although it is just a very simple beginning, for those children who could only live in the sewers before, with no idea of life and death, and no idea whether they have a future, it is already a very happy normal life.
The garrison where the sea fogs lived was not too far from the "pier" and was very conspicuous. Compared with the European-style buildings with yellow bricks and red tiles around it, this building called the garrison was pure white as a whole, a three-story rectangular vertical building. From the appearance, one can see a bit of solemnity and dignity.
"This is the home of the elder sisters... When there are more people in the future, Brother Fang Zheng will build new buildings for you..."
As she spoke, Tina raised her head with a smile, and the sea mists opened their eyes wide with curiosity, staring at the tutelary fort in front of them.
"This is our...home?"
I have to say that although I often hear this word from humans, home is still a fairly new word for mental models.
"Home... in human language, is the place where you live with your loved ones..."
Musashi, who had been standing quietly by the side with her eyes closed, whispered, then she looked at Tina.
"Does father live here too?"
"...Brother Fang Zheng?"
Tina was slightly stunned by Musashi's address, but as she was in a daze, she didn't think much about it and just shook her head.
"Brother Fang Zheng lives there. I, Sister Nymph and the others also live there..."
"Then I'll live there too..."
"Wait for me, Musashi!"
Just as Musashi was about to turn around and leave, the vampire next to her grabbed her hand.
"Don't even think about running away. You should know that I'm the secretary ship this month!"
"But, in human cognition, isn't home a place where relatives live together? I am father's daughter, so isn't it normal for father and daughter to live together?"
"Not at all! You are just yelling! If that's the case, then I would yell too!"
“Haha…”
Watching the argument between the vampire and Musashi, Tina blinked, then looked at Rodney beside her in confusion.
"Big sister, what is this secretary ship they are talking about..."
"That's the rule of our Royal Fleet."
In response to Tina's question, Rodney gave a wry smile and began to explain.
"The secretary ship serves as the commander's deputy, mainly handling the internal affairs of the Royal Fleet and some resource allocation for the commander, as well as notifying and distributing attack orders... Originally, the commander designated Iona to be the commander. But because everyone wants to be close to the commander, it was finally decided to draw lots once a month to determine who will serve as the commander's secretary ship..."
"Is it so good to be a secretary ship?"
"Of course, because if you become a secretary ship, you can be with the commander 24 hours a day."
“Oh…I see…”
Rodney didn't notice that after hearing his explanation, a sharp light quietly emerged in Tina's half-open and half-closed eyes.