I, Azure Commander!

"It's about the commander hugging a cute child and rubbing his face against hers~"

As Sky Eagle spoke, he looked at Javelin, which immediately made Javelin's face turn red and he stammered, unable to speak.

"Cough-cough-"

Lin Xiao coughed awkwardly, but it didn't matter. He was already very familiar with such situations. So he put on a serious look and said calmly, "It's okay. Is there any problem with a commander who loves his children hugging his own destroyer? There is no problem. Only people with tinted glasses would think something is wrong."

"But, I didn't say there was anything wrong with this. I was just saying that everyone would pay attention to this matter~"

Tianying looked a little surprised as he looked at the commander who suddenly blew himself up.

"..."

Lin Xiao was silent for a while, chose to ignore the question directly, and said: "Well, since most people have left, it's about time for us to set off and look for Dido and the others... By the way, besides Dido, who else didn't come over from home?"

“And Southampton and London, Sussex, Centaurs and Newcastle.”

"Are there still so many?" Lin Xiao was shocked. If that's the case, then quite a few ship girls were found this time...

There are already seven ship girls here, including Javelin, Leander, Achilles, Ajax, Aurora, Cupid, and Jersey, plus there are six ship girls at home, a total of thirteen ship girls!

This is really an unexpected surprise.

"Yes, actually, we didn't have any hope at the beginning... Everyone just thought it was a coincidence, that there just happened to be someone with the same name. After all, the commander has disappeared for so long, and there has been no news for such a long time, so we only asked some people to come and take a look, not all of them."

"Well, let's go back without further delay."

Knowing that there were so many ship girls at home, Lin Xiao no longer wasted time. He waved his hand and began to rush out with the ship girls. As for the after-sales work at the stadium, there would naturally be someone from Saint Aunt's company to help deal with it.

After all, Haitian is about to leave her job, so naturally she is no longer needed to do these things.

After leaving the stadium, we went to the parking lot to pick up the car, but found that there was only one car for us when we came here, but when we went back, there were too many people and there was definitely no room. Aurora and her friends didn't buy a car, so they took the subway here. This was a bit of a headache...

Fortunately, after Hai Tian communicated with the staff, someone was delivered soon. Driving is very simple for the Kancolles, there is nothing complicated about it, and they can get started right away, so there is no need to worry about not having a driver.

In the end, Aurora drove one car and Haitian drove another. Lin Xiao hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to get in Aurora's car.

After all, she is a ship girl who has just returned to the port area, so she should be more familiar with it. She is not a socially anxious person like before. Now Lin Xiao is not a social expert, but at least he will not be nervous when facing his own girl.

Aurora and her friends' home seems a bit far from here. After all, this is the city center, and both consumption and rent are relatively high. Although it is easy for the ship girls to make money if they are willing, they are not serious free ship girls after all. A dozen sisters live together, and their life is relatively warm. They don't have any demands for a high standard of living, so they generally don't want to go out to sea to run commissions to make money.

It's enough as long as the funds in hand are enough. Occasionally, I will do odd jobs to earn some money. Only when life is really difficult will I go out to run two or three commissions in a rotating order, and then I can live for a long time.

Although such a life is indeed quite good, the living conditions are definitely relatively limited. Lin Xiao discovered that most of the ship girls who were stranded outside seemed to be like this. It’s not that they are lazy, but they just don’t have that many desires and needs for material things, so they rarely take on commissions.

It was the same with Littorio and the others before. They would never go out to sea unless they had no money to eat.

Along the way, he occasionally talked to the ship girls he had just reunited with. Ajax was sitting in the corner, looking a little unhappy. Lin Xiao noticed it, but he didn't have time to ask about it for the time being, and it was actually not convenient to ask in front of so many people. He could only focus on the other ship girls, talk to them, and occasionally tease the good child Javelin sitting on his lap. As the distance got farther, such a happy time was still short-lived, and soon they arrived at their destination...

Chapter 27: Use harsh medicine on the cowardly maid

"We're here, Commander. This will be our residence for the time being."

It is not called "home". In the hearts of the ship girls, only the port area and only by the side of the commander are considered their real home, and other places are just temporary residences.

"It looks good..."

Although it is relatively remote, they do not live in a residential building, but in an independent small courtyard. Although it looks a little simple, it is also very warm.

The yard is well greened, with many flowers and plants that Lin Xiao can't name. He doesn't recognize them, but they are very beautiful and look carefully cared for.

"Are these the flowers that Aurora planted?"

"Yes!" Aurora looked at the commander in front of her with some surprise and joy, "Commander, how did you know?"

"I guessed." Lin Xiao smiled. "Although there are many flowers and plants that I don't recognize, I can still recognize roses. There are many roses planted here. I remember that you like roses very much, so I subconsciously thought of you."

Aurora's face flushed, she was excited and happy, and she was obviously very surprised that the commander remembered something about her.

After all, there are so many ship girls in the port area, and even the number of marriage ships is not small. It is impossible for the commander to remember everyone. Moreover, they have had very little contact with the commander before, and they can only see each other after a long time. She is already quite touched that the commander can remember that she likes roses.

Lin Xiao could naturally see the girl's excitement, and couldn't help but sigh again that the ship girls were so easy to satisfy. Some small details that were not insignificant could make them happy for a long time.

By the way, Aurora's wedding dress seems to be a Chinese wedding dress... When it first came out, Lin Xiao was amazed and married Aurora immediately. Now that it has come true, he seems to want to see what Aurora looks like in that wedding dress even more.

Of course, these are all things to come later. For now, we still need to meet the girls who stayed in this small courtyard and did not go to the book signing event.

In fact, as soon as they got off the car, Lin Xiao saw a girl standing at the gate of the yard, holding a basin of freshly washed clothes, ready to dry them.

With her brown hair, light blue-grey eyes, and petite body holding the washbasin, she looked particularly adorable, especially in that striking maid outfit, which instantly doubled the girl's cuteness.

The girl in the maid outfit looked at Lin Xiao who suddenly appeared in front of her with some surprise. She stood there in a daze, and the wash basin in her hand fell to the ground with a "pop". The clothes that had just been washed were instantly covered with mud and became dirty again.

This is undoubtedly quite unbecoming behavior for a maid, but this is obviously not the time to think about this issue...

"Commander?"

Newcastle rubbed her eyes. For a moment, she thought she must have seen it wrong. After all, that was the commander. The commander who had been missing for so long suddenly appeared in front of her...

Wait, could it be? No way...

Newcastle apparently quickly remembered something very important. The author of the novel that had been widely promoted seemed to have the same name as their commander. So when they heard that there would be a book signing event for him today, many girls went to the house to find out more.

However, before this, Newcastle didn't think that things would be so coincidental - after all, it was probably just the result of someone having the same name, right?

No one wants the commander to be gone, but even so, we can't rush to seek medical help...

It's just that I still hold on to a glimmer of hope in my heart, so I still let some people go and have a look. Actually, I don't have much hope.

But what about the commander who appeared before him now?

Is this a dream...or an illusion?

Newcastle took a deep breath. Even so, as a maid, since her master appeared in front of her, she had to keep working at all times.

"Excuse me, Master..."

The cute girl crossed her hands in front of her, bowed slightly to apologize, and then quickly bent down to pick up the clothes on the ground.

At the side, a girl with short ivory-gray hair got out of the car, saw this scene, walked forward silently, and started to help her clean up.

"You are so embarrassed, Sister Newcastle..."

"Sheffield?"

Newcastle looked in the direction of the sound and immediately showed a look of surprise.

Sheffield also appeared. This couldn't be a dream, could it? So, the master really came back?

Aurora and the others really brought their master back!

Newcastle's hands moved a little faster and he quickly put the clothes back into the washing basin. Then he lifted the basin up and when he looked up again, his eyes were filled with tears.

But as a maid, how could I show my shameful side in front of my master?

Newcastle gritted his teeth, tried hard to hold back his tears, hurriedly placed the pot on the edge of the flower bed, cheered himself up, rubbed his eyes, and forced a not-so-pretty smile on his face.

"Master, you are finally back. Are you here to see us? Come in and sit down..."

As she spoke, she led everyone into the yard.

"Miss Newcastle, are the clothes hung up so soon? Hey, who is this...?"

However, just as he walked into the room, he heard a somewhat unfamiliar voice. Lin Xiao looked over and saw a tall girl walking out of the inner room with a broom in her hand. Her long carnation-colored hair fluttered behind her, and her amber eyes were eye-catching. The astonishingly large front armor looked particularly eye-catching against the white and black maid outfit.

"Ah, are there guests coming? Welcome..."

Halfway through her words, it seemed that even she herself felt that something was wrong. The person in front of her was a man, obviously he couldn't be a ship girl. The guest of the Freedom Ship Girls was not a ship girl but a human?

This is a bit weird no matter how you think about it, right?

"Charybdis, what's wrong? What happened?"

Another voice came from the inner room. This time it sounded much more familiar. Lin Xiao immediately guessed who the other person was. He turned around and saw that it was the royal maid Dido.

But... Charybdis?

Lin Xiao glanced at the tall girl again. Are you talking about her? I've never heard of her name.

After searching through the vague memories in his mind, he finally remembered that it seemed to be the third batch of Dido-class ships, but Guayou had not yet launched this ship before he crossed over.

I'm almost used to this kind of situation. After all, games are games and reality is reality. Just because something doesn't exist in the game doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist in reality.

Now thinking back to what Aurora said before, such as "find the target" and other words that I didn't understand at the time, I seem to have some clues now.

However, at this point, the focus of the problem is obviously not here.

"Master...master?"

Dido was obviously stunned at this time. She didn't even care about her colleague Sheffield and her sister Sirius, not to mention Tianying and Azuma, including the unfamiliar faces of Haitian and others. Her whole attention was focused on Lin Xiao, and she was completely dazed.

Tears of grievance immediately filled her eyes, and the beautiful girl sobbed uncontrollably on the spot. No matter how she covered her mouth to try to hold back her tears, the grievance, self-blame and uneasiness that had accumulated for so long finally burst out completely, making her cry like a child.

Lin Xiao also felt uncomfortable, as if a piece of emptiness was missing in his heart. Seeing the loyal maid crying so sadly, he felt somewhat guilty.

Without saying anything, he walked forward and gently hugged Dido in front of him, letting the girl rest her head on his shoulder, feeling the clothes on his shoulders getting wet bit by bit.

"I'm sorry, Dido, for leaving you for some reasons..."

"Master...Master?!"

Even though she was too sad, Dido came to her senses at this point and exclaimed as if she was flattered.

Including Newcastle, everyone looked at the scene in surprise.

After all, in their impression, the commander has never hugged anyone, either actively or passively, let alone apologize to the ship girl.

Although the commander had not done anything that required an apology in the past other than poking them randomly, it was the first time they heard such a tone and words from the commander's mouth. Their surprise at this moment was naturally tantamount to having their world views refreshed, and they were speechless for a long time.

Dido even forgot to be sad. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the face so close to her, the face that she had engraved in her heart and thought about day and night. She looked at her master's serious eyes that were slightly sad and apologetic, and she was incoherent for a moment.

"How can this be, I... a mere maid like Dido..."

"Don't say that."

Lin Xiao stretched out a finger to cover the girl's soft lips, "Dido is one of my favorite maids... and one of my favorite ship girls."

"Really...really?"

"of course it's true."

"..."

I thought even Dido would be happy about this, but what Lin Xiao didn't expect was that Dido fell into silence again after he said this. After a long time, she let out a long sigh.

"Alas - as expected, poor Dido is dreaming again, right? The master's favorite maid, a mere Dido, how could it be possible... Wow, if the master knew that Dido could have such unrealistic thoughts in her dreams, he would definitely hate Dido!"

"So..."

Lin Xiao patted his head. Well, he finally saw how pessimistic this girl was. The negative energy maid Dido was indeed worthy of her reputation.

As a master, there is nothing she can do to a maid who has given up on herself.

"This is not a dream, if you don't believe it..."

"Snapped--!"

“Eh…eh?!”

With a crisp sound, Dido suddenly covered her back, her face as red as if blood was dripping.

"Do you feel the pain? Do you believe now that you are not dreaming?"

"Um……"

A humming sound as thin as a mosquito came from Dido's nose. The poor maid was completely caught up in the rhythm of her master and was led by the nose.

"Anyway, let's go get everyone here first."

In fact, there was no need to shout. The noise just now had obviously alarmed the other ship girls at home. Soon, the remaining ship girls, Southampton, London, Sussex and Centaur also rushed over. When they saw Lin Xiao, they were all stunned, but they quickly understood what was going on.

I originally thought it was a duplicate name, but it turns out that it is actually the Commander!

Everyone was present, and Lin Xiao gave the ship girls a brief explanation about the time he was missing...

Because similar remarks have been made so many times, they have become quite familiar to me now.

After briefly explaining the matter, the ship girls also got a reasonable explanation. Dido also slowly calmed down and returned to her normal state. However, she was still very uneasy and seemed to be hesitant to speak. After Lin Xiao finished speaking, she finally couldn't help but asked: "Then, Master, when you come back this time, will you leave again?"

Then, before Lin Xiao could speak, her eyes were filled with tears again, like an abandoned puppy. She looked as if she wanted to hug her owner's arm or thigh but didn't dare to. The poor maid lowered her head, and her aggrieved look was heartbreaking.

"Master, you won't abandon Dido again, right? Really not, right? Can Dido trust the master? Can she trust him, right?"

"Don't worry, it won't happen again. I can guarantee it..."

Lin Xiao really couldn't bear it anymore, so he gently stroked the girl's head to comfort her.

"Well... Dido, Dido believes in the master. As long as the master doesn't deceive me, I'll be satisfied..."