Chapter 200: A Final Farewell to the old Captain

"Have you finished talking with the ship?"

"Mm." I nodded at Dianeira’s question.

Then I released the gray chip that was still inserted in the armrest opening. I thought the artificial intelligence voice would stop, but to my surprise it continued sounding inside my head.

"OO AAA ~ Tarara ~

OO AAA ~ Tarara ~"

It seemed to be singing something, but I do not understand the rhythm...

Looking toward the console on the right side of the chair on the high platform, the light on the giant bracelet kept blinking, but now the light had changed to a soft pink color.

And the blinking rhythm is fast... It seems to match Nao’s rhythm.

My last order to Nao was to back up all the ship’s knowledge. Nao does not understand the word "data". Strange. That was the word I understood at the beginning and it sounded inside my head. But this artificial intelligence is damaged, so I will not complain.

The blinking on that giant bracelet seems more like the signal that the hard drive is writing information... Or that would be the case if this is a computer. And I do not think I am wrong.

"Well. Seniore Dian. Why have you not helped Xifia with what I asked? No! With what I ordered!" and I stood up from the Captain’s chair and straightened myself, arms on my waist, looking Dianeira straight in the eyes.

The good thing is that Dianeira is exactly my height, so I do not have to suffer the small humiliation of having to tilt my neck upward.

"Seniore? That sounds strange. You are always inventing funny words like Destan~" Dianeira laughed softly.

"Enough. Wait... Are these not the boots with the thick sole?"

"What?"

"... Ahem... Nothing. I mean. Let us go see how Xifia is doing. Move, come on!"

I pushed Dianeira from the back so she would walk.

I looked at my own boots. They are the ones I bought for the explorer set. Unlike the ones I bought for everyone else, Dianeira is wearing others made of black leather with a thin sole.

My boots have a little platform. They are for climbing rocks and have a slight heel...

That means Dianeira is taller than me.

What is wrong with the DNA of this world? I have not met a single girl who is shorter than me...

Wait... Helice is my height.

"What is wrong, Vremya?" Dianeira turned her head to look at me.

"Nothing!" I continued pushing her toward the conference room.

When we arrived, Kara and Destan were carrying a wooden box between the two of them.

"Did you find any problem?" I asked them.

"No. Everything is fine, Vremya-san. Kara-sama did everything to move the Captain with ease."

Destan shook his head and answered me. Kara only gave a slight shake of her head.

Destan and Kara carried the box and took it through the double door on the right side of the control room.

Upon entering the conference room, Xifia was placing special pieces to repel insects that are used when camping outdoors.

But according to my perception I have not found any other life form besides those sprouts born from the ship.

"Oh! Vremya, everything is ready for you to rest... Ahem, for all of us to rest."

Xifia had removed the table from the center of the conference room and placed it against the back wall. The chairs had also been arranged.

In this way Xifia had opened a good space so we could all sleep together.

Although in my backpack Mother had already placed not only sleeping bags but even beds, since Xifia has done all this I cannot avoid using it.

This reminds me that I have not yet placed the antenna for the Name of Cards network.

"Destan and Kara have taken out the old Captain. We must go out and give him a small burial."

Then the three of us went out following the route Destan and Kara had taken.

I thought Xifia would point out that Dianeira had not helped her, but in reality she said nothing. She looks very happy.

"Vremya YOO! The campfire is ready!!" When we stepped onto the outer deck, Magen was the first to see me and greet me.

Magen and Tikshna had already built a bonfire with bricks and stones.

Although I know the wood used to build this spaceship is very special and definitely very durable, the girls made a couple of planks so the campfire fire would not reach the wood.

They had placed not only a grill, but also a black iron pot and a couple of supports through which a special rod passes to roast large pieces of meat.

It seems that after spending so much time together they have learned to do things properly~.

"Great! We will hold a small commemoration for the Captain of this ship and then prepare dinner. Destan, Kara. Wait. Let us fly down."

Although the problem is not going down but coming back up... It is two thousand meters high... Holy ships!

"Vremya, why do we not place platforms along the hull of the ship while we descend?"

"Uhnm... That is not a bad idea... They could be elevation platforms... But there are no ropes that long..."

"Let them be several mobile platforms..."

"I have ropes of one hundred li, two hundred li, and four hundred li."

"I have the same!"

"x2"

Who said times two!?

"Fine. I will descend directly with Destan and Xifia to dig in the cave floor while you place the platforms."

Dividing the work again and sprinkling Fairy Dust once more so everyone could fly, like a fairy in a green dress from the island of Neverland, everyone became busy again.

"{Earth Element!}" I raised my hands and three small yellow earth fairies floating around me did the same.

"That was a strange magic chant, Vremya-san."

"Destan, please do not learn from Dianeira..."

"Mm." Even Kara nodded at my comment. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Using the earth element magic of the fairies I managed to dig a hole three meters long by two meters wide and four meters deep.

The ground is rock but it is rubble of broken stones, so it was not too complicated.

The selected place is beside the entrance of a cave that, according to my spatial exploration, is the definitive route the ship survivors took to exit to the outside world.

The cave has a height of about ten meters and a width of more than twenty meters. The depth is so great that the light we are using does not reach the bottom and it only looks like a cave where darkness reigns.

"Did you place all the old Captain’s belongings in the box?" I asked Destan and Kara.

"This." Kara took out a book that looked like a notebook with a wooden cover and handed it to me.

When I opened it I could see the aged pages, but although there are small cracks and some corners are missing, the pages seem complete.

It is full of writing with a clear pattern. It seems Kara thought it was a logbook and I understand why, because I can think the same.

But we do not understand the writing.

Taking out a green jade box, I placed the notebook inside and returned it to my backpack.

"We checked the room behind the Captain’s office and placed the things we believed belonged to him. We wrapped the Captain with white blankets and all the clothes that were still mostly complete." Destan began to report what they found in the private room.

It seems it really was the Captain’s cabin, because according to Destan there was clothing that looked identical to what he was wearing.

"Vremya!! Yooojjo!!!" Turning around, Magen and the others came running, with Magen jumping.

"Did the platform idea work?"

"It is ready! Although I do not understand that thing about pulleys, but Xifia, Dian and Tiksh solved it~"

"That is because you are stupid."

*POM*

"AY!"

Magen arrived in front of me covering her head with both hands and with a teary "they hit me" look in her eyes.

"There, there, there." I gave soft pats on Magen’s messy blond hair.

"Vremya. You spoil her too much. She will not study properly like this." Xifia stood on my other side and said.

"Hehe." Magen laughed and Xifia gave her an angry look.

"Okay. We will hold a small commemoration for the Captain of this ancient ship who sacrificed his life so that the others could survive and give them a future."

With my words everyone gathered around the hole in the ground with the wooden box beside it.

I have never been to a funeral, neither in my previous life nor in this one. I have also never been in a formal army in this world, so I do not know what salute to make...

But to my surprise not only Magen, but Kara and everyone else performed the same gesture.

Magen and the others placed their right hand on their chest slightly to the left, palm as if touching the heart. Then they gently bowed their torso forward while firmly but softly stomping the soles of their boots.

"Vrem?"

"Oh~" I imitated the girls and Destan in front did the same, a little more clumsily.