How do I start a romantic relationship with a ship girl?

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"...Genes? Or some kind of special prosthetic body?" Xu Huan stared at the tentacles for a while before frowning again.

Having fought on the front lines for many years, he had seen many kinds of creatures, such as fungi, grass mushrooms, birdmen, and so on, but he had never seen a humanoid creature with tentacles.

Or perhaps it's a newly developed technology?

"Huh? What are you talking about?" The girl asked, puzzled by the bunch of novel terms.

Moreover, aren't the humans in front of you afraid of the tentacles at all?

"Never mind, as long as it's not a starfish..."

Xu Huan hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to remove the gun from the other man's forehead.

Judging from their first meeting, the other party's attitude towards me was at least not hostile. If they had intended to kill me, I would not have been able to wake up safely like this.

Xu Huan still felt a natural affinity for human form.

He found himself in a completely new place, and the person in front of him was completely unaware of his guns and cannons. They might very well be local natives who didn't even recognize these things.

Most importantly, his intuition, honed over many years, told him that the person in front of him posed little threat.

Ignoring the girl's scrutinizing gaze, Xu Huan activated the smart tactical watch he always wore on his wrist, and a humanoid projection composed of blue and white light dots immediately appeared.

"Let's check your body and confirm our current location."

"What is this? I've never seen this before!"

Upon seeing anything new or interesting, the Royal Treasure would, like a curious child, stick its head out and observe it intently with unwavering eyes.

"watch."

"Yeah, I've seen human watches before, but none of them seem to be this style." The blue and white light reflected in the girl's red eyes, also casting a thin layer of light on her fair skin, making it look very delicate and lustrous.

"This—hmm?"

Xu Huan was about to explain when he suddenly realized a very important issue.

Before the watch's translation and simultaneous interpretation function was activated, he and the girl in front of him had no communication difficulties whatsoever...

Is this a planet under the rule of the United Nations?

But... why don't I have any recollection of the humanoid creature with tentacles?

Suppressing his doubts for the time being, he silently noted down the other person's physical characteristics. He checked the results on his watch and found that apart from some dehydration and weakness, everything else was normal. Even the hidden injuries he had sustained earlier had been perfectly healed.

The recovery of physical condition can all be attributed to the effects of the reagents... but as for the location—

'? ? ? '

Three question marks.

It means that the current location cannot be determined.

Xu Huan narrowed his eyes.

This tactical watch can be considered one of the most cutting-edge achievements of human technology, with comprehensive and powerful functions, among which the basic positioning function is perfected to the extreme.

In the words of the research and development department, as long as you are in the same star system, even in the holy land of the empire, they can pinpoint your exact location.

So now, myself...

Are they no longer in the same galaxy? That seems unlikely. Or is it a parallel universe?

Some headache.

He was just a soldier responsible for killing and slaying monsters on the front lines, and his understanding of this area was only enough to pass a basic knowledge test. When he encountered this situation, he was really at a loss for what to do.

"Hey, hey, hey—are you spacing out? You haven't told me about this watch yet!" Royal Fortune looked at Xu Huan, who was frowning and deep in thought, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, even though I'm a pirate, I wouldn't stole such a small thing."

"It's nothing, just a little glowing gadget. But you said you're a pirate?"

The word "pirate" was not unfamiliar to Xu Huan; he had eliminated at least eighty to a hundred space pirates.

"Yes, Royal Fortune, a ship girl from the Hurricane faction."

Xu Huan's history wasn't great either. The name Royal Fortune sounded familiar, but he didn't think much of it. However, the term "ship girl" reminded him of some games and anime from the last two centuries.

"Uh... ship girls?"

Chapter Three: Xu Huan, do you like him?

According to Xu Huan's own understanding, ship girls are a product of anthropomorphizing historical warships, and the different ship equipment of each ship girl is the best interpretation of this.

From the time this concept was born until his time, the technology of individual soldier equipment advanced rapidly, and it was no longer difficult to cram firepower comparable to that of a warship into a space the size of a person.

In other words, there are no objective technical barriers to realizing ship girls.

But if he remembered correctly, the ship girls seemed to possess far more than just ship equipment; they also seemed to have some psionic abilities?

Xu Huan wasn't a seasoned enthusiast, and his memory of this setting was somewhat hazy.

By his time, the ships on the seas of the old era had long since evolved into giant warships soaring through the stars. In addition, he was busy traveling to different missions and front lines every day, riding different starships, so he didn't have much time to study these things.

After announcing their names, Royal Wealth eagerly awaited Xu Huan's reaction.

But after waiting for a while, seeing that the young man in front of him still looked blank, he became somewhat discouraged.

I'm not a ship girl from a major faction like Eagle Union or Royal Navy, and the historical prototype ships are from a very, very distant time period, so it's hard for people who aren't history buffs to know about them.

"Looks like I'm still not very famous..." The girl pouted somewhat dejectedly, feeling a bit listless, and her curiosity about Xu Huan also diminished considerably.

Aside from the watch that lights up, there doesn't seem to be anything special about it?

Being good-looking shouldn't be considered unusual.

After confirming once again that the young man in front of him was alright, Royal Wealth decisively turned around and headed back the way they came.

"Let's continue exploring."

"and many more--"

Seeing the ship girl leave so abruptly, Xu Huan quickly called out.

Judging from what we just saw, the girl in front of us clearly had a good understanding of this planet, and it seemed that other humans also lived in other places.

He is a great guide.

"Oh? What's wrong, human?" The ship girl turned her head upon hearing this, but her expression was much colder than before.

"Can you take me to a safer place? Or somewhere where humans gather?" Xu Huan stood up and patted his combat uniform, which was now a faded, unrecognizable color.

"Safety? As long as you don't stay in the ocean or coastal areas, the Siren threat isn't actually that great. You should know that, right? As for areas where humans live..."

As he spoke, Royal Wealth glanced at the tentacles emerging from his hair and gestured:

"There are very few humans who aren't afraid of someone like me... so I generally don't approach humans unintentionally, as it's easy to cause trouble... or perhaps I should say that ship girls generally don't approach humans at all?"

"After all, we appeared at the same time as the Sirens, and many people can't tell us apart, and—"

The ship girl deliberately dragged out the last syllable of her sentence.

"And what?" Xu Huan asked.

“And humans are too weak…” the girl explained, “When an individual possesses great power and is not restricted or punished by your human laws… put yourself in a human’s shoes, hmm, it’s terrifying to think about.”

"Although ship girls are generally friendly to humans, if you happen to encounter a few 'crazy' girls with very different personalities, there's nothing you can do if you get killed~ So the best way is to stay away as much as possible, right?"

"So are you sure you still want me to take you? Maybe I'm one of the 'crazy people' too?"

Is this well-intentioned advice, or simply a case of finding it too troublesome?

After a moment of silence, Xu Huan chose the most realistic approach.

"...You said you were a pirate before?"

He took out a small crystal pendant that was emitting a faint blue light from his belt, waved it in front of Royal Wealth, and said, "You should like this. Be my guide for a while, and this will be yours."

Every soldier could end up in a situation like his, and the things they'd saved up in advance might just save their lives.

Human money and paper currency are very likely to be worthless to other races, so storing items of high value is the best solution.

The prerequisite is that one has the ability to protect oneself and that the other party does not have any natural hostility towards humans.

Just as Xu Huan took out the crystal pendant, Royal Wealth visibly froze slightly.

In her perception, the eerie blue light emanating from the crystal contained an extremely rich concentration of mental energy, so pure that it was almost comparable to that of the Mind Cube.

A treasure trove! Absolutely a treasure trove!

"make a deal!"

The girl didn't even blink before reaching out to take it.

Then they just missed.

"Don't rush, let's talk about it after you've completed the task. Who pays you for doing nothing?"

Xu Huan withdrew his hand, tossed the crystal pendant in his hand, and then stuffed it back into his pocket in front of the ship girl.

"Hey, hey, hey? I'm a pirate, you know. There's no one else around for miles. I can just rob you and throw you into the sea to feed the sharks, and no one will know, okay?" The girl felt that her reputation as a pirate had been insulted.

Upon hearing this, Xu Huan shook his head with amusement:

"The same principle applies to you; those who aren't afraid can give it a try..."

A tiny octopus actually started giving itself a warning?