I, Azure Commander!

Lin Xiao wanted to say something, but Baltimore picked up the cabinet that Yuli had just moved and said, "Bremerton is right, Commander. We are all worried that you will get hurt when you are here. It is inconvenient to move things with fear... Yuli, let me move this. You and I can go to Bremerton's room and help us get the dumbbells that Bremerton uses for fitness."

"it is good!"

Upon hearing this, Yuli hurried into the room and came out after a while, holding an oversized dumbbell in one hand and a large barbell in the other. Lin Xiao vaguely saw the words "1000KG" on it.

Well, he does seem a bit redundant here.

Lin Xiao no longer insisted. It seemed that the ship girls really didn't need his help, and it was indeed a bit of a hindrance for him to stay here...

It's a bit embarrassing to say, but it's reasonable if you think about it carefully. These seemingly weak girls are not really the vulnerable group who need help. If anyone offends them, they will break your nose with one punch.

Following Bremerton downstairs, we saw a truck parked in front of the building. The ship girls were moving things up there. In the distance, there was another truck driving towards us and it also stopped in the open space in front of us. Then Prince Adalbert opened the door and walked out of the cab.

"The actual driving is different from the game, it's fun... If you fill up over there, you can come over here~"

"Ah, it's the Commander."

She then noticed Lin Xiao standing next to her and waved her hand to greet him, "Commander, do you want to try it? Driving is super fun..."

"No, you drive."

Lin Xiao smiled bitterly and shook his head. In fact, he didn't know how to drive, but he knew how to drive a boat. He couldn't drive a small boat, but he knew how to drive a big boat. His skills were very stable. He just drove one last night...

The girls were busy moving here, and there was no point for Lin Xiao to stay here any longer. So, she changed her mind and decided to follow the fully loaded delivery truck to the port and stay on the cruise ship.

But it wasn't just lying on the cruise ship and sleeping. He helped to sort things out and placed personal belongings in different areas. Then Lin Xiao got off the ship and went to the nearby vegetable market with Sirius, who was assigned by the girls to protect him.

Buy some fish, buy some meat. There is no food in the cruise ship now, only some snacks and sausages, so I have to buy some food for dinner. Although the port has prepared some food, it is not much, so I just buy some more and bring it with me, enough for three or four days. By then, many matters in the port will be settled, and then I will come to Lombard City to purchase.

Because there were so many people and they were going to last for a few days, Lin Xiao was very generous when buying vegetables. He didn't even say how many pounds of beef and pork he wanted, but just picked a few big pieces, which were enough for the vendor to sell for half a day.

Naturally, vegetables and fruits were also indispensable. They bought a large bag at a time. By the time they left the market, he and Sirius were already carrying large bags. Fortunately, the cruise ship was nearby, so they didn't have to walk too far...

After finishing these things, it was already late. The moving ship girls also transported all the things that needed to be brought over one by one. Lin Xiao helped to prepare the ingredients in advance, and several girls with good cooking skills made a sumptuous dinner. Everyone looked very happy and even a little excited.

Although we all lived together before, it was not in the port area after all, so it always felt a little less than before. Now that we can finally move to a real new home, I am naturally looking forward to it.

Chapter 56 Welcome to the Port

At night, the sound of the tide could be heard from time to time on the silent sea. The cruise ship was brightly lit. The children who had been busy all day sat down at the round tables. Several large tables were full of people, allowing Lin Xiao to truly feel the increase in the number of ship girls in the port area.

It seems like not long ago, everyone could still eat at one big table, but now there are not enough tables for two, and we have to have three big round tables.

In the future, when you go to the port area, you will have to follow the canteen model. Every day, different ship girls will cook a variety of delicious food. You can eat whatever you like and choose for yourself.

When the time comes, the entire cafeteria will be filled with your own ship girls. It’s quite spectacular to think about it.

Lin Xiao collected his thoughts and prepared to concentrate on eating.

I started to help the children around me pick up food. When I put the tender stewed beef on the children's plates, I could immediately hear clear voices of thanks.

"Thank you, Commander~"

This is Hobi. There is no need to look at him. Just by listening to the voice, Lin Xiao can already determine which child is speaking. As a commander, this is an ability he should have.

"I like the commander the most!" This must be Yuudachi. After turning his head to take a look, Gouzi couldn't wait to put the beef into his mouth with a happy expression on his face.

"Thank...thank you, Commander..."

Hatsuharu's voice is soft and still so cute, making people want to hold her in their arms and rub her for a while.

Following closely behind were Yugure, Hamman, Shimakaze, Mori... and finally a few Z-driver children, Z2, Z26, Z36, and then... huh?

Lin Xiao suddenly stopped moving and looked at the black-haired kid with twin ponytails sitting next to Z36, and was stunned for a while.

Who are you?

Lin Xiao was a little confused. Is there such a child in their family? He didn't seem to have any impression of him. And if he said he didn't know him, he seemed to think that the child in front of him was a little familiar... maybe he had seen him before?

Lin Xiao thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized, isn't this the child with a very unhappy expression that he met at the entrance of the Maritime Administration that day? It seems that he was covering for Z28 that day?

But why was she on a cruise ship...wait...

"Z28?!"

If he was confused just now, this time Lin Xiao was completely shocked. Wasn't the person sitting next to the little girl with black hair and twin ponytails the child Z28 whom he was very familiar with?

Z28 looked very uneasy at this moment. He shrunk his neck and looked at Lin Xiao in front of him with some fear. His eyes were tearful and it seemed that he was about to cry.

As expected...as expected, this approach simply won't work, right?

She looked helplessly at Z2, who had no expression on his face at the moment, and received affirmative looks in return. Z26 and Z36 even gave her a thumbs up, as if to encourage her.

"That, that..."

Z28's face flushed, and she clenched her fists nervously. Finally, she mustered up her courage and whispered, "Commander..."

Seeing his friend shouting, Z24 seemed to have a fierce struggle in his heart, and then, as if he was discouraged, he also shouted: "Commander."

"Ah this?"

Lin Xiao was even more confused. He was just wondering if this cute girl came over with her friends or was just here to eat for free, but in the blink of an eye, she did this to him?

Turning his head to look at the smiling Z26 and Z36, Lin Xiao seemed to understand something, and then he remembered something he had forgotten before.

"Z2, and Z26 and Z26, the friends you mentioned before, could they be..."

"Yes, Commander, it's Z28 and Z24."

Z2 quickly gave an affirmative answer and then asked, "So, what is your choice?"

In fact, when Z28 suddenly came over to talk and expressed his feelings, Z2 was also very shocked. He even considered whether he should call the gendarmerie to investigate his commander.

But then I thought that I was also a loli, and all Z-Drive sisters were loli, so I quickly dismissed the idea.

As for Z28, including Z28 who just said yesterday that she also wanted to join the port area with Z24, Z2, as the elder sister, is naturally very concerned.

After all, these two children are her sisters, and there are no Z28 and Z24 in the port area. If they can join the port area as sisters and supplement the members of the Z drive team, Z2 will of course be very happy.

It was just that Z28 didn't know what kind of misunderstanding she had towards her commander. She seemed to always feel that she would be rejected if she directly asked to join, so she was very scared and never dared to tell him about it.

Even a person like Z2 who knows nothing about anything almost laughed out loud when he heard her say that.

Are you kidding? Rejecting a shipgirl who came to her doorstep, and a regional destroyer? Her lolita-loving commander? How is that possible!

Not to mention that Z28 is extremely cute, and has the natural advantage of white hair. From Z2's perspective, she can easily end the battle quickly with a crushing attitude.

But Z28 didn't believe it, or she was not confident. She refused to follow Z2 to see the commander directly to talk about this matter. Z2 was helpless. Thinking of how those despicable adults had "harmed" Prince Heinrich and the little cutie from Nuremberg, he simply made this plan. On the day of the move, he brought Z28 and Z24 to the cruise ship early, let them hide in their rooms, and then sat at the dining table naturally at dinner time, using the atmosphere to give Z28 more courage.

The fact also proved that the plan was successful. Z28 had already called the commander, so the next step was to see the reaction of his own commander, which could be said to be no suspense...

As for Lin Xiao, to be honest, he is still a little confused.

He really didn't expect that Z28 would call him commander like this...

He was of course very clear about what such a title meant, but that was also why he was a little confused. After all, in his opinion, things seemed to come a little too suddenly.

And the kid next to him, is he called Z24? He is also a member of the Z-Drive, so it is normal for him to be friends with Z28, but... if it is reasonable to say that Z28 wants to join their port area, then this Z24...

Again, who are you? We've only met once!

However, seeing Z28's uneasy expression and the look of being about to cry, Lin Xiao quickly put all these doubts behind him, nodded to the two children, and said with a smile: "Welcome to join the port..."

Chapter 57: Unexpected Life in the Port Area

"Z24, are we dreaming?"

At night, in the quiet room, the little cuties on the two small beds were obviously having trouble falling asleep.

To be more precise, one of them had trouble falling asleep, and the other was made to have trouble falling asleep...

Z24 covered herself with the quilt, feeling a little exhausted, and sighed, "Z28, this is the tenth time you have asked me this question."

"Nine times, not even ten times..."

Z28's answer made Z24 even more angry. He lifted the quilt and sat up. "So you knew that too?"

"I...I just can't believe it..."

Z28 said with some guilt and grievance, "This is the port of Commander Lin Xiao! Have you heard? He won first place in the academy competition before, and the latest news is that he seems to be directly promoted to captain, captain!"

"Okay, okay, you've said these things so many times that my ears are almost callused..."

Z24 was truly helpless, looking at her only good friend so far with a sad face. If she didn't really want to stay alone in the Maritime Administration, how could she have stepped into this landmine?

A powerful commander, a huge port area... That makes sense, but such a port area must have a lot of work, right? And there are so many ship girls in the port area, even if Commander Lin Xiao is as good as Z28 said, he still has to work, right? A lot of time is spent on work every day, and the rest of the free time is always spent on accompanying the wedding ship, or brushing up the favorability of the big sisters to get on board. Children like them, whose ship equipment is not powerful, are mostly ignored...

But in fact, the latter is not a bad thing for Z24. If the commander doesn't pay attention, then so be it. She doesn't envy those so-called port-area ship girls who have the commander accompany them every day and are often patted on the head or hugged and lifted up high...

Being a marginalized ship girl with no one to care about her, she can live a more comfortable life, just like before.

As for work or exercises, if there is any, then just do it. Anyway, you have already followed your good sister on the pirate ship on impulse, and you can't run away. What else can you do?

After being retorted by Z24, Z28 fell into a brief silence. Five minutes later, Z24 began to feel sleepy and was ready to fall asleep.

"I say, Z24, are we really not dreaming?"

"Ahhhh——!"

Z24 was almost going crazy. He covered his ears and shouted, then said, "Yes, yes, we are dreaming. Are you satisfied? Can we go to sleep first? We may have to get up early to work tomorrow morning."

"Oh……"

Z28 nodded and was silent for a while. "But, can we dream of such a good thing? Are we really dreaming?"

"???"

Z24 suddenly felt a little regretful. She felt that she might as well just stay in the Maritime Administration and work as a marginal ship owner, where she could at least sleep well!

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The next morning, Z24 was not woken up early as he had expected because he was a newcomer and needed to do more work. On the contrary, because he had gone to bed very late the previous night, it was already nine o'clock in the morning when he got up.

Z24 looked at the time on the clock and for a moment thought that he and Z28 had been thrown overboard on a small raft.

However, it was not the case. The bed beneath me was exceptionally soft, and this sleep was more comfortable than any other before. Z28 next to me had not woken up yet. This guy probably didn't get much sleep last night.

After getting up and washing up in the bathroom, Z24 opened the door and walked out, only to run into Lin Xiao, who was still in pajamas and holding a toothbrush in his mouth, who opened the door at the same time.

"..."

The two looked at each other, and Z24 quickly looked away, confused for a moment.

She slept until now because she went to bed late last night. What about the commander?

Shouldn't the excellent commander mentioned by Z28 have been working for a long time by now?

"You're awake, where's Z28?"

"She's still sleeping."

"Wake her up, it's getting late, it's almost time for breakfast. I was just about to come over to wake you up."

"At this time... for breakfast?"

"Yeah, it's about the same time in our port area... Normally it might be a little earlier, but because everyone was quite excited last night, we slept a little late, so we woke up a little later than usual."

“…Oh.” Z24 nodded, closed the door and hid back in her room. She still looked a little confused. Why was this port area a little different from what she had imagined?

Shouldn't a port like this one be getting up at five o'clock to conduct drills, have lunch on time at six-thirty, and start getting busy before six-fifty?

Moreover, the commander seemed to be very easy to talk to, which made Z28, who had deliberately restrained her usual middle school behavior in order to prevent Z24 from being alienated or excluded by other ship girls, feel a little obedient. How to put it... To be frank, the commander was just getting too demanding and was about to have a fit.

"Z28...Z28, wake up, don't sleep any more, the commander just came to wake you up."

No matter what, Z24 called Z28 anyway. Z28, who had been unresponsive, sat up like a spring after hearing the word "Commander", and looked at Z24 with horror.

"Really? The commander just came? What time is it now... Wuwu, it's over, it's over..."

"Calm down, idiot."

Z24 tapped her head. "The commander just got up, and he didn't come over. I just happened to see him when I opened the door... Z28, listen to me. I feel like this port area isn't as strict as you think."

"Eh?"

Z28 was still a little confused and responded with a half-comprehending tone. Z24 did not say anything else. What the truth was, this Demon King...she had to continue observing it herself.

Resisting the urge to act silly, she quickly urged Z28 to finish washing up. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Lin Xiao standing at the door. He had already changed into casual clothes and seemed to be waiting for them.

"Alright? Then let's go eat together. Hurry up, they must be waiting anxiously..."

After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he habitually held the backs of the two little girls with his hands and led them towards the restaurant. Halfway through the walk, he remembered that they seemed to be the ship girls who had just joined the port area, and he was not very familiar with them yet. However, he did not let go. After all, they were all his own children, and they would get familiar with each other sooner or later...

Chapter 58: Your commander is a salted fish

The dinner table was as lively as usual. When Lin Xiao arrived with Z24 and Z28, many children were already complaining that they were hungry.

Yudachi was naturally the main force among them. When he saw Lin Xiao coming, he cheered: "Oh! The lazy commander is up. We can finally have dinner!"