Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1624 The Great Empire

The Paladin Academy Library, surrounded by a quiet environment, is located in the center of the lake west of the academy's teaching area.

From the outside, it is a huge white square building.

Inside, there are multiple magical spaces to store books covering all fields of the entire Saint Losolon continent.

Even the Pope once praised the library of the Paladin Academy as the incomparable treasure of Saint Lothal.

Unlike the library in the main tower of the tower, the Paladin Academy Library is a truly comprehensive treasure trove of knowledge.

In order to build this library, the deans before Amaya fought again and again with legendary masters from various professions on the continent in exchange for their recognition and sharing their skills with the academy.

The gray-white statues on both sides of the stone bridge in the lake in front of the library represent the presidents of past generations.

The statue of Amaya holding a heavy sword is also among them.

With his own efforts, he reconciled with several alien royal courts and added a vast amount of inherited knowledge of alien royal courts to this library.

Even Littorio had great respect for this great masterpiece created by successive deans with their entire lives, and did not erect Lin Lan's statue on both sides of the bridge.

Lin Lan, wearing a bird-beak mask, was walking alone on this deserted covered bridge.

Through the weapon core, he heard the little loli Vincenzo's endless narration, and he had fully understood the historical origins of the statues and libraries on both sides of the road.

On weekdays, this is the favorite place for students, and it can be said that the lights are on 24 hours a day.

However, due to the start of the admission examination which lasted for nearly a month, the college library was also closed during this period for array maintenance and book inventory.

The gentle, bright sunshine fell on his robe, and a refreshing breeze blew over the clear lake water that was reflecting the sparkling waves.

Lin Lan enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere and walked towards the main entrance of the library step by step.

The admission examination for the five alien girls who were rescued from the maze by him, Sardinia and Iris ship girls was held today.

When he noticed this while browsing the list of subjects in his office, he felt no wavering in his heart.

If there are too many coincidences, they will no longer be coincidences.

When he reached the end of the covered bridge in the lake and climbed up the steps in front of the library, he turned around and looked down the steps, then gently took off the bird-beak mask on his face.

"..."

After looking at the empty stairs for a long time, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He withdrew his gaze and walked into the library.

Several minutes after he left, a petite figure in a white dress slowly formed from the gathering of white light spots.

Another breeze blew from the lake, and the outline disappeared with the wind, as if it had never appeared.

Arriving at the deserted library hall, Lin Lan used the Grand Master's badge and followed Littorio's instructions in the fleet channel to activate the search array here.

According to the records provided to him by the retrieval array, this huge multi-dimensional library was empty and there had not been a single visitor for almost two weeks.

“Commander, the Empire is in the library, there is no doubt about that.

"But even if I want to find her, it will take some effort."

After informing Littorio of this situation, Littorio replied with a tone that sounded like he had a headache:

“However, I personally suggest that the commander start by searching around the cafeteria space in the library.

“Empire may find a place to sleep when she gets sleepy in the library, but she still needs to eat.

“I specially stored food in the cafeteria spaces before the closing time and told her how to get to these cafeteria spaces.”

Lin Lan was stunned when he heard this:
"I really thought the Empire was here to help you. After all this time, isn't it just a change of place to continue to isolate yourself?"

"Haha, she has been staying in the library since she asked the five freshmen you rescued about your whereabouts."

Littorio's voice was obviously a little embarrassed:
"I also advised her to return to the temporary port first, but she believed in your promise to the five freshmen and was convinced that she could wait for you to find her at the academy, so I did not report the truth to Veneto."

After hearing Littorio's explanation, Lin Lan finally understood why the Empire insisted on staying in the college library.

The innocent Sardinian girl who followed her own way chose to trust him absolutely after learning that he had promised Lucival and the others to see them pass the freshman assessment. Although it seemed absurd, it was indeed consistent with his understanding of the empire.

As for why Empire was still staying in the library even though today was the freshman assessment for Lucival and the others?
Two possibilities.

Either the Empire got lost in the library, or the Empire overslept and forgot the date.

"I understand. Don't worry. I will find the Empire."

After leaving this sentence in the fleet channel, he did not choose to teleport to the cafeteria space in the library as Littorio said.

Walking to the teleportation magic circle in the library hall, he took a deep breath when faced with nearly a hundred fragment space teleportation points appearing before his eyes.

"What a great empire.

The lovely face of the chestnut-haired Sardinian aircraft carrier girl flashed through his mind, and he whispered to himself softly:

"I'm here to pick you up."

The high-dimensional power of mind awakening spread from his fingertips, drawing his sight and slowly locking onto a teleportation point in the fragmented space.

……

A chestnut-haired girl wearing a beige and white wool sweater and the Paladin Academy uniform curled up alone under the bookshelf in the quiet book world.

The empire, sleeping on two thick ancient books, is dreaming.

In the dream, she was standing outside the cathedral in the port area, wearing a floor-length white wedding dress and a wreath of roses on her head.

All around were the blessing smiles of companions from various camps.

Sisters Veneto and Littorio, with pleased smiles on their faces, stood by her side, one on each side.

"Empire, you will be sworn in with the commander in a moment, aren't you happy?"

"...Shouldn't the Commander be the one who is happy about marrying into Sardinia's family?"

Empire tilted his head in confusion, causing Veneto to burst out laughing.

Littorio lovingly arranged the wedding hair accessories on her head and said with a smile:

“The commander is well aware of how great the Empire is, which is why he held the oath ceremony with the Empire so quickly.

"Look, the commander is coming out."

As Littorio raised his hand and pointed to the church, the Empire's sleepy turquoise eyes also looked at the familiar man in a white commander's uniform who was walking towards him from the church.

He still had an unshaven beard and looked haggard.

Looking at the commander getting closer and closer to her, the expressionless and adorable Sardinian girl felt an indescribable sadness in her heart.

After coming to the port and spending so much time together, she really wanted to ask the commander -

Commander, why can't you learn from the great empire and ensure adequate rest no matter how heavy the responsibilities are?

And when the commander came and stood in front of her, looking at her with gentle eyes, she gently opened the gift box of the vow ring in her hand.

The Empire then noticed that large tears were uncontrollably flowing out of his eyes and sliding down his face.

The surrounding music gradually faded away.

The figures of my companions also became blurred.

Sister Veneto and Sister Littorio beside me disappeared without a trace.

The Sardinian aircraft carrier girl didn't say anything, but the happiness of being able to swear an oath with the commander was replaced by waves of loss, reminding the empire of a cruel truth -

All this is nothing more than a beautiful dream reminiscing about the past.

(End of this chapter)