I, Azure Commander!

Just as the security guard nearby had noticed the embarrassed look on the waitress's face and was about to come over to chase her away, and the maid had slightly restrained the smile on her lips and was about to take some special measures, Lin Xiao suddenly thought of something.

He had just used it, how could he have forgotten about it?

So, under the gaze of the security guard and the young lady who were stopped by Sheffield, Lin Xiao took out a brand new certificate from his pocket.

Although it is reasonable that this kind of thing should not be easily displayed in front of ordinary people, if it is not used when it is needed, it will lose its meaning.

The reason why the Maritime Administration issues the so-called commander's certificate is to allow commanders to avoid so many headaches when facing some minor troubles in life.

"This is……"

The waitress obviously no longer trusted Lin Xiao. Even though she looked confident, she took the certificate from Lin Xiao with some doubt. When she opened it, she was stunned.

"You, you are..."

Her first reaction was not surprise, but a look at Sheffield beside her with understanding.

No wonder she thought this girl was so outstanding and eye-catching, it turned out that she was a ship girl!

When the commander's certificate was returned to Lin Xiao, the waitress's attitude had changed drastically, and she became respectful in an instant. The same was true for the security guards on the side. In fact, they had guessed what the little notebook was when Lin Xiao took it out. After all, those who work as security guards and police officers these days are reminded to remember this thing during their training.

After all, commanders are a special group. To some extent, they are equivalent to officers in the navy. In fact, they do have a corresponding military rank system. In addition, due to the particularity of the commanders and the ship girls group, the handling of many things will be different.

"This thing, at least can make you believe what I say, right?"

Lin Xiao was really helpless. In today's society, he just wanted to find his wife, but it was so troublesome...

"Yes, I'm very sorry. I'll contact the front desk now."

The waitress said this while continuing to look at Lin Xiao, recalling what the other party had just said. She had just treated it as a joke, but if the other party was the commander... No, no, even if it was the commander, it would be unlikely, right?

Boyfriend, husband, etc., unless...

Suddenly taking a deep breath, the waitress who had just worked in the company for half a year suddenly realized something. She seemed to know something extraordinary!

Now that I think about it carefully, although I have only seen her from a distance a few times, every time I met the president, I always thought she was so beautiful, with incredibly good skin and a perfect figure. So it seems that I should have thought of this possibility earlier.

And if this is true, then Commander Lin Xiao is really...

The waitress shrank her neck and began to feel a little scared. She tried to recall carefully whether she had done anything rude or offended the other party.

Her guess was further confirmed after she received a reply from the front desk staff from the president.

"Mr. Lin, the president asks you to go over now. I will lead the way for you."

He returned to Lin Xiao with some trepidation. Lin Xiao certainly didn't care about those little things just now. Although it did make him feel a little embarrassed, that was because he forgot to bring his cell phone.

I followed the waitress into the elevator and arrived at the third-to-last floor of the building. After walking around for a long time, we finally stopped in front of a beautifully decorated office.

"Mr. Lin, the president is inside, I..."

The waitress obviously wanted to leave but was afraid to do so, for fear that someone would come to tell her to pack up and leave. She didn't want to lose such a good job, with high salary and good benefits, and she never had to work overtime and never had to suffer bullying.

"It's okay, it's just a small matter, don't take it to heart."

Lin Xiao waved his hand and pushed the door open.

Such an action naturally made the little girl gasp again. Even the top business tycoons had to knock on the door politely when they came to see the president. Not like this guy. Sure enough, this commander named Lin Xiao was the commander of their president, right?

Thinking about the fact that the CEO who was known as the uncrowned king in the business world was just a ship girl in the other port, she felt deeply the vastness of the world. She sighed in her heart and was about to leave when the door behind her opened again. The cute girl who seemed to be a ship girl came out. She looked at her expressionlessly and said, "St. Louis and the commander are looking for you."

Anyway, the commander's certificate has been taken out, so there is nothing to hide. Fortunately, the hall is chaotic enough, and the only ones who know about this are her and the security guards. She is the only one who can think of his identity and relationship with St. Louis based on Lin Xiao's previous words.

"Oh yes."

The little girl's heart was almost frightened. She swallowed hard and followed Sheffield into the room nervously. She saw Commander Lin Xiao sitting in the president's seat. Next to him, taking tea leaves from the window and preparing to make tea was their president, Miss St. Louis.

"Let me do it."

Sheffield took the fine tea leaves from St. Louis and began to brew tea with skillful movements. In terms of tea art, the royal ship girls, especially the maids, obviously have certain unique qualities. Although brewing tea is not Sheffield's specialty, as a maid, she still has the necessary skills. Now in the port area, the only one who can brew tea better than her is probably Hao.

A cup of brewed tea was poured for each person, including the waitress who was called in. When Sheffield handed the tea to her, God knows how flattered she was.

"Don't be nervous, just sit down."

St. Louis smiled and motioned for her to sit down.

The waitress glanced nervously at Sheffield who was standing by and the president who was still standing next to Commander Lin Xiao, and sat down on the sofa carefully.

"You should have guessed some things, right?"

St. Louis did not shy away from the question and stated the matter directly, but his expression was still relatively kind, which slightly alleviated the girl's anxiety.

"President, I..."

"Don't worry, I asked you to come here just to ask you to help me keep this secret."

St. Louis didn't really care. Although the secret of her being a ship girl had been kept well, it was obviously not unknown.

I don't want to spread the news just to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"I definitely won't tell anyone... No, President, I know nothing!"

"nature."

St. Louis also nodded, and then said, "That's what I want to say. I will ask the HR department to transfer you to another position, and your salary will increase. Of course...if I hear something that shouldn't be spread, I will not be lenient. With my ability, I believe it won't be difficult for you to never find a job again."

"I will keep it a secret and won't tell anyone a word!"

This frightened the young girl, who was not very experienced in the world, and she stood up immediately.

Lin Xiao couldn't help laughing and chuckled, "Auntie Sheng, don't scare her. It's not a big deal. I believe she won't say anything nonsense."

"Okay, go and rest first. I have something to discuss with your president."

Then, Lin Xiao asked the other party to leave.

When the waitress nervously closed the door, Lin Xiao couldn't help laughing again, and then teased: "Auntie Sheng, it's really not an easy thing to see you."

St. Louis rolled her eyes at him and didn't bother to argue. After all, she couldn't meet everyone. She already had a lot of work to do every day, and making money was not an easy thing.

"Commander, are you here to ask about the publication of the novel?"

"Yes, but I came to see you as well... Don't make yourself too tired."

Lin Xiao did feel a little sorry for Aunt Sheng. Running a business empire is not easy. Even after they move to the port area, Aunt Sheng might have to come to the office from time to time to handle some matters.

"It's just that I've been a bit busy lately. I've arranged everything during this period of time. After that, most of the work can be completed at home... Come to think of it, Commander, do you think of me? Do you think of me during the day or at night?"

"Of course you think about it all day long. You're my wife, who else should I think about?"

"The commander is thinking about so many people at the same time~"

St. Louis also joked, then stopped talking nonsense and got straight to the point.

"As for the novel's release, to be honest, it's quite different from what I expected..."

Lin Xiao's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he frowned, "Sales are not good?"

"No, it's great, far beyond my expectations."

Aunt Saint shook her head, then took a document from her hand, flipped through a few pages, pointed to a row of data and said, "It's only been a few days since the official release, and the sales have exceeded one million... This is even though there is still a lot of publicity work to be done. The printing factory is currently working overtime every day to print more copies. It can almost be said that the supply is insufficient to meet the demand."

"So awesome?"

This was something Lin Xiao had not expected. One million was not a small number. Although it was still far from the real bestsellers, it had only been a few days...

“The final sales volume…”

"It is currently estimated that by the time the publicity and promotion work is completed, the total sales will be at least tens of millions. This is just the volume of one copy. If we take into account the continued publicity through other channels, the final audience will reach a terrifying level."

When St. Louis said these words, she was both surprised and proud. Of course, she had read the novel herself and naturally found it very interesting, but she did not expect it to reach this level.

After Lin Xiao was shocked and excited, he was also very relieved. The reason was that KanColle really existed in this world, but the general public knew very little about them. Although there were many literary and creative works with KanColle as the theme, most of them were based on imagination. Even if a commander was bored and got involved, he would not have as much knowledge and experience as Lin Xiao. In addition, Lin Xiao's writing style contained some elements of a cool article, and the angle was novel and bold enough. In terms of the degree of interest, it could be said that it formed a dimensionality reduction attack on the original KanColle secondary creations in this world.

As for the authenticity of the novel and the doubts about some of the settings... Just as I had thought before, with the spread of the news that the author of this book was the champion of this year's college competition, all the nitpickers suddenly shut their mouths and were speechless.

All in all, Lin Xiao's plan to use the novel to expand his popularity has been quite successful so far. If things go as expected, it won't be long before this novel becomes a blockbuster. In addition, the comic adaptation, animation and even TV series and movie adaptations are already in the works...

"It seems that it's almost time to start writing the second volume of the novel."

Although it was just a momentary impulse, Lin Xiao was indeed more motivated to continue creating.

"Commander, please continue to rest here. I still have some things to deal with. I have been quite busy these past few days. I will spare some time to accompany you later."

Having said that, it has come to an end. It seems that Saint Aunt has received some news and has to go back to work.

Lin Xiao did not stay too long. He rested in the office for a while and then left with Sheffield.

If she goes back at this time, she can play with the children at home for a while, and then it is still time to play video games in the evening. Prince Adalbert seems to really like playing video games, so much so that even Changdao has been persuading her to do something else recently. Obviously, Lin Xiao’s previous measures were still very effective. At least Changdao now knows to be moderate when playing games, which is a good thing.

I should just stay idle for a while longer. As for work, although I feel more motivated than before, I should just take a few more days off, at least until I officially move into the port area...

Chapter 28 Z's Determination

I had a few days of leisure in a row. Every day I either played with the children or played video games with Nagashima and Prince Adalbert. Sometimes I read novels and comics. Anyway, I just played. Except for eating and sleeping, I played every day. I called it relaxation.

Life like this is naturally comfortable, and there are maids to provide exclusive service around the clock every day. Don't be too comfortable in your life.

Of course, bad luck may never end, but good days do have an end. After a while of such relaxing days, the test results were finally released. As expected, Lin Xiao's results were not problematic at all, and were even quite good. Many subjects were close to full marks. When he went to Wales to get the transcript and official commander's certificate, Wales looked at him with an unbelievable look, as if a line of words was written on his face - this kid actually did so well in the test? Did he cheat?

Lord Lin Xiao is a magnanimous man and will naturally not argue with her. No matter what, the official commander's certificate has finally been obtained. The next step is to harm our beloved Director of the Maritime Administration, Miss Peter Strasser.

I came to the Maritime Administration again. Thinking carefully, it seems that it has been a while since I last came to the Maritime Administration...

Maybe I will come here less often in the future. After all, I have a port area and I have moved to the island with the ship girls. Apart from purchasing daily necessities, I basically won't come back.

As he approached the familiar gate, the familiar little cutie Z28 was still at the door. When he saw Lin Xiao, his eyes suddenly lit up and he came up to say hello.

Lin Xiao resisted the urge to touch the child's head and nodded with a smile.

No one would dislike such a cute little girl.

"Are you here to see Director Peter this time too?"

"Well, I need her help with something..." Lin Xiao shook the official commander's certificate in his hand, "I will probably move to the port area. I may come to the Maritime Administration less often in the future, or maybe I won't come again. Haha, what do you think? You may not see me in the future. Will you miss me?"

It was obviously half-joking, but Z28's expression froze. Looking at the official commander's certificate in Lin Xiao's hand, his pupils trembled as if he was struck by lightning.

"Why...Hasn't Commander Lin Xiao only been here for a year?"

She made a sound of confusion.

"Well, because of some special reasons, anyway..."

Z28 figured it out quickly. The reason was actually very simple. For an excellent commander like Commander Lin Xiao, everything in school must be as simple as it could be. There was no need for him to learn anything there. Even Director Peter and Dean Welsh thought so. That was why he only needed to study for one year to graduate.

That's right. Such an excellent commander should indeed take up his post earlier. He can keep the port safe by staying in it and make great achievements by going out to sea. In the story, he will undoubtedly be the most dazzling protagonist.

And she, Z28, is just an insignificant little character, but...

Small characters also have their own ideas and are unwilling to be ordinary. Z28 thought that he still had enough time and silently made up his mind. Looking at Commander Lin Xiao who seemed to have noticed that something was wrong with him, he forced himself to cheer up and said with a smile: "I will definitely think of it, but Commander Lin Xiao will definitely not remember a small person like me, right?"

"How could that be?" Lin Xiao shook his head and said, "Z28 is very cute. I will definitely not forget you. If I have time someday, I might come to see you."

That’s what you say, but when are you free?

Lin Xiao himself didn't know that everyone always has their own lives to live. After having a port area, he would have a home to accommodate the existing ship girls. Then Lin Xiao could go out to sea with peace of mind and look for his own ship girls all over the world.

I don’t know when this search will end. I have to stop and rest occasionally, and spend more time with the ship girls at home. How can I have the time to look at a strange ship girl who I only have a vague impression of?

A man's mouth is nothing but a lie.

"really?"

Z28 didn't know all this. She just felt happy in her heart. There seemed to be light in Lin Xiao's eyes, shining brightly. The innocent girl's heart was full of beautiful treasures. She didn't care whether such a thing would happen or not. As long as the person who cared about her also cared about her, even if it was just a little bit, it would be enough to satisfy her.

"Of course it's true...Okay, I'm going to go find Chief Peter. See you later."

Lin Xiao waved to the little girl and walked towards the office building of the Maritime Administration. This was not the first time he had been here and he was very familiar with the place. He greeted several familiar ship girls along the way and came to the door of the director's office and knocked.

"come in……"

A familiar voice came from inside the door. Lin Xiao pushed the door open and saw Director Peter working diligently as usual, with his head buried in his desk. He did not raise his head even when someone came until he heard the familiar voice.

"Long time no see, Chief Peter."

Peter Strasser finally raised his head and looked forward. He stopped what he was doing and shrugged. "It's you."

His attitude was not unfamiliar, but it was definitely not welcoming. Although he had a good impression of Commander Lin Xiao, somehow, perhaps because he had seen his truest side, Peter Strasse just felt that he could not respect the commander at all - even though he had saved the ship girl of the Maritime Administration, and even the entire city of Lombardy.

"So, the famous Commander Lin Xiao came to me. Is there something going on?"

Peter Strasser said jokingly, "I heard that you have become a best-selling novelist recently?"

"Is it really okay for the Director of the Maritime Administration to tease a commander like this?"

"This can't be considered a joke..." As they spent more time together, their conversations became more casual and less restrained. "I'm also your reader."