(A/N) : Can I have a "bruh" in the comments for absolutely no reason ?

3rd P.O.V

Charles, Littorio, the Iris girls and the Northern Parliament can be seen going to the harbor to face the Siren threat oncoming.

Sovetskaya Rossiya : I can't believe the Sirens are already making a move ! I must thank you for helping us !

Charles : We have a common enemy. Of course, we will help you deal with it.

Clémenceau : It's about time I can finally fight on the field. I can't wait to see what you can do, mon frère.

Gascogne : New mission beginning. Destroy the Sirens for the glory of Iris République and the Northern Parliament.

Saint Louis : They shall feel our wrath.

Champagne : Their final judgement is getting closer.

Richelieu : Let's tag along, Rossiya.

Jean Bart : Trust me, the power of the Richelieu-class battleships is no joke.

Littorio : Count on my help as to show the strength of the Sardegnia Empire.

Everyone got on their ships before turning them into their riggings form before going to where the Sirens were seen.

(Timeskip given to you by the Iris République singing "The Last Stand" by Sabaton)

The coalition group got to the place where the Sirens were detected. There were indeed some Sirens present, but they were blue and purple instead of yellow. But one Siren was standing out from the lot. She looked like a Siren version of Roon with a rigging taking form of a shark. The group didn't seem to search for fighting, at least for now.

???1 : Finally, you came to pay a visit to me, Northern Parliament !

Sovetskaya Rossiya : Who are you ?! You're clearly not the daily Siren we are used to kill !

Omitter : You're god damn right ! I am Omitter, an Advisor-class Siren ! But I am not here to fight, at least for now ! *noticed Richelieu and Jean Bart* And the Iris République is here as well ! This is even better !

Jean Bart : What are you doing here ?!

Omitter : I'm here to talk with your leader, Iris République ! So, tell me WHERE IS HE ?! And don't think of lying because I got a report saying he is present here as well !

Richelieu : Why do you want to talk to him ?!

Omitter : Because I was tasked to talk to him ! *noticed a shipboy* So you're here, finally you- *notices a second shipboy* Wait a minute ! Since when there are two shipboys now ?! WHO BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU IS THE FUCKING MNF CHARLES DE GAULLE ?!?!

Charles : That would be me. So now, what do you want to talk about ?!

Omitter : Ah yes, you. You are quite the talk among the Sirens. After all, who wouldn't know the shipboy that managed to not only destroy 5 Orochis as well as to kill Observer Alpha, Tester Beta and Purifier by himself but that have reunited Azur Lane as well.

Sovetskaya Rossiya : WHAT ?! Is that true ?!

Richelieu : Indeed. We saw him destroy them by himself.

Jean Bart : And he was still holding back.

Charles : They're dead ? No wonder I never found their corpses.

Avrora : Wow... how strong is he truly ?

Gascogne : I am unable to answer this question. He never show to anyone his true power.

Omitter : Hey ! I'm right here ! Listen to me instead of talking among yourselves or I'll shoot you down now, you fucking shitheads !

The group turned back their attention to Omitter while glaring at her.

Omitter : You are quite the interesting individual Charles. Enough that Arbiter herself is taking interest in you. You should be grateful as there aren't a lot of people who get her attention ! Actually, you're the first person to have her full attention !

Richelieu : *frowns* What does she wants with my Charles ?!

Jean Bart/Algérie/Émile Bertin/Littorio : Do you mean OUR Charles ?!

Clémenceau : Wait, who is Arbiter ?

Charles : I would like to know as well.

Richelieu : Oh right. I never told you. Basically, she is the leader of the Siren Fleet.

Charles : I see...

Omitter : That's right ! Our leader is curious about you ! She wants to see the impact you can cause upon this world as well as how you will change the fate of this world to save it from the impending doom ! This is why I am here to talk as I was chosen by her to test your abilities ! You and your group will fight the army present in those waters ! You can call reinforcements if you wish but know that tomorrow, when the sun will rise, we will launch the attack ! You better be ready when that fight will start !

Sovetsky Soyuz : We should say the same as well !

Omitter : And one last thing for you only Charles !

Charles : What do you want now ?!

Omitter : Simple ! I want you to face me in my fortress in a 1 versus 1 ! You are quite skilled in fighting, so of course I will fight you personally ! Be sure to show up as I am craving for a huge battle that will enter history !

Charles : ...Fine ! 1 versus 1 on the stage Final Destination ! No items, we can only use Fox and we only have 2 lives each ! *takes his Nintendo Switch*

Omitter : Now we're talking the language of gods ! Deal ! Let's start now !

Author : Oops, wrong script again. Let's change that.

Take 2

Charles : ...Fine ! Count on me to show up !

Omitter : Excellent ! I'll be waiting for you then ! And remember, the battle will start when the sun will rise ! See ya, suckers !

Charles P.O.V

After her last words came out, she left with her group back to her fortress but not without I noticed some... scars and bruises on her body ? Are those some injuries she got in battles or it is something else ? I don't know and I don't have time to deal with that since we have to discuss about our strategy for tomorrow.

Charles : Let's get back to the base to discuss about the strategy.

The rest : D'accord !/Right !/Da !

(Timeskip given to you by Chibi Roon and Chibi Omitter looking at each other with a murderous intent )

3rd P.O.V

The coalition group went back to the Northern Parliament base to discuss about their strategy.
They are all sat around a table to see what to do to defeat Omitter and her army.

Charles : Rossiya, you said you were defending the base against those Sirens, so what should we know about their situation ?

Sovetskaya Rossiya : Indeed. As you saw, the Sirens haven't the usual yellow color on their riggings but blue instead, and sometimes purple.

Avrora : And from what we saw, the blue Sirens are stronger than the yellow ones.

Minsk : And for the purple ones, they are stronger than the blue and yellow one.

Clémenceau : We saw some of them on our way to your base, but we didn't had much difficulty to destroy them.

Richelieu : Maybe because we got retrofitted before we faced the Orochis.

Jean Bart : Let's not forget that Charles and Clémenceau are from the future.

Gascogne : Also, aircraft possessed by both Charles and Clémenceau are clearly superior to the Sirens.

Saint Louis : And we shall add that they even have guns and missiles, which makes clearly better.

Champagne : They can still use more firepower if needed... after all, they always held back...

Charles : That might be true, but do you know how many Sirens are present in your waters ?

Sovetskaya Rossiya : They are quite a lot of them. The number might be above a hundred thousand, and it's not counting the possible reinforcements from their side.

Richelieu : Do you think we can win, mon chéri ?

Charles : Even if me and Clémenceau are here, this fight will be much tougher than the Orochis, even with our technology.

Clémenceau : So, you mean this will be hard for us to win ?

Charles : Yeah, and if there's reinforcements from their side as well... Yeah, I won't risk that !

Jean Bart : Are you giving up ?

Charles : Of course not. However, with our number here, I think it would be best to call for some reinforcements as well, if you're okay with it.

Clémenceau : I think that would be wise to do that.

Gascogne : Agreement. Reinforcements will increase our chance of victories.

Champagne : I shall agree to call for reinforcements.

Sovetskaya Rossiya : I have no problem with that, and so do my comrades.

The Russian Shipgirls all nodded.

Charles : Très bien. I will go on my ship to call for reinforcements. I'll be right back.

Charles P.O.V

I went to the radio station on my ship to call the Azur Lane base to ask for reinforcements. On my way, I saw that God and Satan were playing some video games. They were playing Just Dance and it looks like they are enjoying themselves. Whenever I have time, I shall play that too, most likely dancing on Rasputin by Boney M.

Anyway, I got to the radio and I started calling the base to ask reinforcements.

Belfast P.O.V

I was cleaning Charles's office while most of the base were in a meeting. Apparently, they heard about what the Sardegnia Empire did to forge bonds with Iris République and wanted to do the same. As I was about to leave the room after I finished cleaning, the phone on his desk started ringing. I went to it to answer the call.

Belfast : HMS Belfast from the Azur Lane base on the phone. Who might you be ?

Charles : Hello Belfast, it's me Charles.

Belfast : Master Charles, this is a surprise to have you on the phone. Can I help you ?

Charles : Can I talk to Queen Elizabeth right now ?

Belfast : I'm afraid Her Majesty is in a meeting with the other factions right now.

Charles : I need to talk to her right now. This is an emergency and the Northern Parliament is in great danger right now.

Belfast : ...I see. I will go to her immediately. Please wait a bit.

Charles : D'accord.

I went as fast as possible to the meeting room.

Meeting room of the Basilica

3rd P.O.V

The 4 main factions were reunited in the room to talk about what the Sardegnia Empire did to strengthen their bonds with Iris République and wish to do the same.

Queen Elizabeth : Thank you everyone for coming here. You know why we are here right ?

Nagato : It is to forge bonds with the Iris République the same way the Sardegnia Empire did, right ?

Queen Elizabeth : Exactly. And I wanted to know if you wish to do the same ?

Nagato : I would like to do that.

Enterprise : Doing that will benefit everyone. So, I won't object.

Bismarck : I don't mind.

But just as they were about to choose who will be Charles's future brides, the door opened brutally. Everyone got startled and looked at the entrance to see Belfast panting while having the phone in her hands.

Queen Elizabeth : Belfast ?! What is the meaning of this ?!

Belfast : I apologize for interrupting this meeting but I came here because there is an emergency call for you, Your Majesty.

Nagato : An emergency call ? From who ?

Belfast : It is Charles.

Everyone widen their eyes as it was Charles calling. There must be something wrong if Charles is calling for help.

Queen Elizabeth : Bring me the phone. *takes the call* This is Queen Elizabeth speaking.

Charles : Sorry for interrupting your meeting but I need your help right now.

Enterprise : What's going on ?

Charles : I need to ask some reinforcements because we have a huge Siren Army in the Arctic that is threatening the Northern Parliament and I'm afraid that despite our advanced technology, we are not enough to deal with them.

Bismarck : How many Sirens are there ?

Charles : Over a hundred thousand, more than there was during Orochi's attack, and it is lead by an Advisor-class Siren called Omitter.

Everyone widen their eyes as they heard the number of Sirens present in the Arctic and also that another Advisor-class Siren was present there.

Nagato : This is clearly not good. We need to do something right now.

Enterprise : Indeed. We need to intervene immediately.

Queen Elizabeth : Understood. We are preparing ourselves now, stay in touch as I will need to tell you who will come to help you.

Charles : Understood. *ends call*

Queen Elizabeth : Belfast, go get Neptune, Monarch, Cheshire and Drake right now. Warspite, go get Valiant.

Belfast/Warspite : Of course, your Majesty.

Enterprise : Cleveland, could you call Seattle and Georgia to come here as soon as possible ?

Cleveland : Will do !

Nagato : Kawakaze, I need you to bring Ibuki, Izumo, Kitakaze and Azuma immediately.

Kawakaze : It will be done, Lady Nagato.

Bismarck : Prinz Eugen, can I count on you to being here Roon, Friedrich der Grosse, Odin and Mainz here ?

Prinz Eugen : Of course, Frau Kommandant.

Meanwhile with Charles

After he ended the call, he sent a message to Richelieu to tell the others that he will stay on his ship to wait for Queen Elizabeth's call.

Richelieu P.O.V

I was wondering what mon amour was doing. He is taking quite some time to do a call. As I start to get worried, I got a message from him, which relieved me. I started to read it out loud.

Charles : "If you read this, this means I'm still on my ship but I called the base and they are going to send reinforcements here. I need to wait for Queen Elizabeth's call, so I can get you the list of the reinforcements that will join us here"

Sovetskaya Rossiya : So, what did he said ?

Richelieu : We are getting some reinforcements. Charles is waiting to get the list of the said reinforcements.

Jean Bart : At least, we have good news.

Grozny : I agree. Want some refreshments ?

Algérie : Let's wait for Darling's return, first.

Littorio : Yeah, I feel like my drinks have always a better taste whenever he's with us.

Émile Bertin : I agree with that statement.

The rest nodded.

(Timeskip given to you by Charles and Shtorm going to the Azur Lane anime world to screw up the plot)

Basilica's harbor

3rd P.O.V

The leaders of the main factions were in the harbor with all the girls that were called to get ready to go to the Northern Parliament.

From the Royal Navy, Queen Elizabeth herself will go there with her sisters Warspite and Valiant. They are accompanied by Neptune, Monarch, Cheshire and Drake.

For the Eagle Union, Enterprise will join the fleet alongside her sisters Hornet and YorkBruh, uhh, I mean Yorktown. Georgia and Seattle will come along them.

Bismarck and Tirpitz will go fight the Sirens in the Arctic. Roon, Friedrich der Grosse, Odin and Mainz are also coming to show that Ironblood has a great engineering, despite Iris République having the advantage of having two shipboys from the future.

Nagato and Mutsu will represent the Sakura Empire and will join the fight to honor their title as "BIG SEVEN". Ibuki, Izumo, Kitakaze and Azuma are also accompanying them.

Queen Elizabeth : As you may have heard, Charles is in the Northern Parliament right now as we are speaking. They asked us some help to defeat the huge Siren fleet and this is what we will do.

Bismarck : Watch our as the Siren in the Arctic are stronger than the the one we know. We have mostly faced Sirens with yellow riggings. But up there, they have blue and even purple riggings that are stronger.

Enterprise : But if we work and stand together, then we will win. So, never forget that our unity is our strength.

Nagato : We are counting on you to get victory against Omitter and her army. Are you ready to go ?!

Everyone : YES !!!/JAWOHL !!!/HAI !!!

Meanwhile with Charles :

Charles P.O.V

I was waiting for Queen Elizabeth's next call. After waiting for half an hour, the phone was finally ringing.

Charles : This is Charles speaking.

Queen Elizabeth : The reinforcements are ready. We are going to depart from the harbor in five minutes.

Charles : Who is coming here ?

Queen Elizabeth : I will join myself the fight alongside Warspite and Valiant. Neptune, Monarch, Cheshire and Drake will also be present.

Enterprise : I will also join the fight with Hornet and Yorktown. Georgia and Seattle will also come.

Bismarck : Tirpitz and I will help you with our engineering. Roon, Friedrich der Grosse, Odin and Mainz will also help.

Nagato : Mutsu and I will come as members of the "BIG SEVEN". But Ibuki, Izumo, Kitakaze and Azuma will also join us.

Charles : This is some great news. When do you think you will get to the Northern Parliament base ?

Queen Elizabeth : If the travel goes smoothly, we might be there for the middle of the night.

Charles : That's good because the Sirens said that will start their attack at the beginning of the next day.

Enterprise : Alright. We're going to go now. See you at the base.

Charles : See you. *ends call*

Now that the reinforcements are confirmed, I go back to the base. After a few minutes, I finally got back in the cafeteria, not bothered by the cold. Everyone saw me and was waiting for the answers.

Clémenceau : Are we getting reinforcements ?

Charles : Yes. As we speak, they just left the base and are going towards the Northern Parliament. If everything is going well, they'll be here for the middle of the night.

Sovetskaya Rossiya : Those are some good news. Let's drink to that.

Everyone : CHEERS !!!/ SANTÉ !!!

We were profiting of a calm evening. After all, we cannot overwork ourselves. Now, we just have to wait for the reinforcements to arrive and to brief them about the situation.

(Timeskip given to you by Chibi Takeo [from Attackingoreos's story] and Chibi Yamashiro spending their honeymoon together)

Middle of the night

3rd P.O.V

Most of the people in the Northern Parliament base were asleep, except Charles who just woke because it was his shift now. Everyone were doing shifts to be ready for the reinforcements to come. Right now, Charles was in a shift with Clémenceau. They both went on the harbor, despite the blizzard and the cold. It was 3 A.M.

Clémenceau : Did you managed to sleep a bit ?

Charles : It wasn't hard since I was cuddling with the girls. Waking up and get out of the bed without waking them was the hard part but I managed to do it. What about you ?

Clémenceau : I could sleep a bit as well. Strolling around might help get accustomed to the cold.

Charles : So, how is it going with King George V ?

Clémenceau : Very good actually. I had a date with her while you were in the Sardegnia Empire. It went very well and I might confess to her during our next date.

Charles : *smirks* Ara~. That must have explained why you were holding hands with her when I cane back.

Clémenceau : *blushes* Please, don't tease me like that...

Meanwhile with Atago :

Atago : ...

Takao : Something's wrong, Sister ?

Atago : I felt a disturbance in the "ara ara".

Takao : ... Nu. Please, nu.

Back to the boys :

Charles : But still, I will support you. You deserve just as much happiness as everyone else after all.

Clémenceau : Even the Sirens ?

Charles suddenly stopped walking.

Charles : ...

Clémenceau : What happened ?

Charles : I know I said I wanted to kill the Sirens, but after what I saw earlier with Omitter, I'm starting to have doubts about doing that.

Clémenceau : What do you mean ?

Charles : When I saw Omitter leaving, I saw something on her arms and legs that looked like some kind of scars or bruises. Which makes me got thinking, what if the Sirens were forced to do all of that ?

Clémenceau : Are you sure about that ?

Charles : Those are only speculations. The only way to know if this is true or not is to interrogate the Sirens themselves, but in this case, most likely Omitter since she's here.

Clémenceau : I see. *looks towards the sea* Isn't that the reinforcements that you asked there ?

Charles : Hmm ? *looks in the same direction as his brother* Oh ! You're right ! Please go fetch everyone while I greet them !

Clémenceau : Got it, frérot ! *runs towards the base*

Meanwhile in the Siren World :

Arbiter's P.O.V

I'm waiting for Observer Zero's report about the situation in the Arctic. After a while, she finally came to me to report.

Observer Zero : I got news from Omitter : that the MNF Charles de Gaulle is in the Northern Parliament right now. She said she will launch the attack against him when the next day begins.

Arbiter : That is good to hear. Anything else ?

Observer Zero : Yes, Empress. There is another shipboy with him. According to the information, his name is the MNF Clémenceau, and he would be Charles's big brother.

Arbiter : I wasn't expecting that. But my biggest interest is still on that Charles. Thanks for your report. What about Observer Alpha, Tester Beta and Purifier ?

Observer Zero : Their resurrection is a success despite that they now fear Charles to the point mentioning his name in front of them would cause PTSD.

Arbiter : I see. Thanks for your report. You may leave.

After Observer Zero left, I was processing all the informations she gave me. So, his test will start tomorrow.

MNF Charles de Gaulle, be ready for the test, as your futures fights will become harder from now on. Show me what you can do. Show me your strength, your power, your intelligence, your leadership. Because you have been choosed to free us from the tyranny we are trapped in ! Prove me I was right to choose you !

(A/N) : And that's it for chapter 21. I hope you have enjoyed it. Feel free to leave your feedback and opinion in the comments.

First, can we have an "ayyy lmao" in the comments for no reason ?

Second, for the poll results for who will become Charles's bride in Ironblood.  The winner of the poll is Tirpitz. You got it, she won't be the lonely Queen of the North anymore.

However, from now on, it will be harder for me to update my books as I am starting to look for a job. My apologies about that but I hope you can understand.

That is all. I hope you have enjoyed this chapter. And see you in the next one.

TheBreizhOne out !

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New characters that have appeared in this chapter :

Omitter :

Valiant :

Neptune :

Cheshire :

Drake :

Seattle :

Georgia :

Ibuki :

Izumo :

Kitakaze :

Azuma :

Odin :

Mainz :

Of course, none of those images belong to me. So, credit to their original artist.