I, Azure Commander!

That is - during the four years that he played the game, in what form did he and his ship girls exist in this world?

Complete reality, or just a bubble that does not overlap?

There are too many mysteries that are difficult to explain. Even if you ask the ship girls, you can't get any useful information.

So, where does the answer lie?

Lin Xiao looked through the window at the endless sky. Not far away, he could faintly hear the sound of waves hitting the shore. In the kitchen, the smell of fireworks was strong and the sound of cooking was endless.

A sparrow flew past the door, chirping for a moment, leaving a trace of its presence in that moment.

Until the quiet atmosphere was broken by the noise of children playing, Yorktown, who was cooking, suddenly called Bumblebee into the kitchen. When she came out again, the "hero" who was playing with the children had been coerced by the big devil and turned into a demon, pushing the dreaming children back to reality one by one.

Lunch is ready.

Lin Xiao's thoughts also stopped here. There was no need to think any further, because he had a feeling that one day, he would get the answers to all his questions...

And this answer doesn't seem so important to him now.

Because what really matters is always the people around you...

Chapter 50 The Difficulties Ahead

Lunch was ready, and the whole family sat at a large round table, looking at the large table of food in front of them.

Although it was prepared in a hurry, it was unexpectedly rich, colorful, fragrant and delicious. York City's cooking skills were unexpectedly good.

After all, although there is nothing special about White Eagle's food, it is better than the royal one. Moreover, as one of the representatives of the wives' group, Yorktown has naturally studied cooking very hard and learned from many ship girls with good cooking skills at home. For this reason, she has pestered Yixian a lot in the past, and facts have proved that her efforts are indeed quite effective.

Lin Xiao put a piece of braised beef into his mouth and raised his eyebrows in surprise. The rich sauce was quite flavorful, and the stewed soft and tender meat melted in his mouth and was very tasty.

Although I didn't pay attention, I think it must be very high-quality beef, otherwise no matter how outstanding the cooking skills are, the taste would not be so delicate and soft.

This is not surprising. After buying a villa worth several million Donghuang coins, do you still need a little money to buy food?

With fresh ingredients and superb cooking skills, Yorktown obviously performed exceptionally well today, which surprised Bumblebee and the Gridley sisters who had lived with her for a long time. They ate much faster than before.

"Xiao Jiajia, here, this is delicious."

The only exception was Gridley. Her movements were much faster than usual, but she was not eating. Instead, she was busy putting delicious food into little Gaga's bowl. At first, little Gaga was very happy and nodded in thanks. Unexpectedly, this seemed to motivate Gridley even more. She kept putting food into little Gaga's bowl and soon filled the whole bowl.

"Sister, this will be very troublesome for Saratoga-senpai."

McCall, expressionless, spoke helplessly.

This stay-at-home girl who usually stays quietly in a corner may be the most reliable of the Gridley sisters.

The word "senior" actually attracted Lin Xiao's attention. He glanced at Xiao Jiajia, who was sitting on the chair with his feet not even touching the ground and his face covered with rice grains. It was really hard to associate this image with the word "senior".

"Commander, how is the food? Is it tasty?"

Yorktown picked up the dishes nonchalantly, keeping his eyes on Lin Xiao from beginning to end, feeling both expectant and uneasy.

"Well, it's quite delicious!" Lin Xiao naturally praised it without hesitation and said with a smile.

"I'm glad you like it." The gentle lady smiled subtly with her hands covering her mouth, but the joy in her eyes was hard to hide.

Lexington, who was standing by, felt uncomfortable for a moment, knowing that he had lost the game. Although Lexington knew how to cook, which was a necessary skill for a wife, she was indeed inferior to Yorktown, who had specialized in this field for a long time.

There was nothing they could do about it. Although they knew cooking was important and had practiced it to some extent, the commander used to be very aloof and never ate with them. The cooking skills they had practiced so hard were of no use at all. As time went by, they naturally became lax in this area. As a result, they were completely defeated by Yorktown, who had persisted and firmly believed that one day she would have the opportunity to cook for the commander.

"No, I have to take the time to study cooking. It's a pity that Yixian hasn't come back yet, otherwise I could ask her for advice."

Lexington was filled with regret at this time. If Yixian was still alive, it would be fine. No matter how hard he tried, she would always be willing to teach him carefully, and sooner or later the gap would be closed. But now Yixian was not here, and it was too difficult for him to rely on his own research.

However, there is no point in regretting. A loss is a loss. Taking into account York City’s previous gaffe, they are now tied and she is not at a disadvantage. The outcome will depend on the subsequent "contest".

As long as everything is not determined before the commander's ring is given away, there is still a chance.

Fortunately, Yuuri, Xiao Tiancheng and Big Brother were not at this meal, otherwise the food at York City’s house would not be enough.

After the meal, everyone had a satisfied look on their faces, except for little Gaga who felt a little uncomfortable because his stomach was too full because Gridley took too much food.

After eating and drinking, Lin Xiao collapsed on the sofa, hugging McCall for a long time. During this time, he ate a few popsicles from the girl. There were popsicles of various flavors, and they tasted great with the faint milky fragrance of the little girl.

Lolita is really the greatest gift in this world... Especially Lolita like Destroyer who never grows up and never expires, she is simply amazing.

On a quiet afternoon, Lin Xiao called the ship girls in the academy to report that he was safe and told them that he had found Yorktown and others. On the other end of the phone, he could vaguely hear Yuudachi's chattering voice, as if urging him to go back quickly.

Of course Lin Xiao also wanted to go back early, but...

There is a more troublesome problem right now.

Lin Xiao raised his head and glanced around the room. The two Yorktown sisters, plus the four Gridley sisters, made a total of six ship girls. It was certainly a happy thing to find so many ship girls at one time, but this happiness was also accompanied by some troubles.

The dormitory is full.

That’s right, the dormitory, which had been short of space before, could no longer accommodate six more ship girls. This meant that Yorktown and the others now had to face the problem of not being able to go back with Lin Xiao immediately.

Of course, we also thought about having friendly negotiations with Wales and asking her to move in a few more dormitories, but unfortunately, the Naval Academy now has no extra dormitories.

They can't kick people out of the dormitory, can they?

In fact, when Lin Xiao felt that the dormitory was not enough and went to Wales to talk about this matter a few days ago, Wales was quite speechless.

You know, when she assigned a dormitory to Lin Xiao, she had already left some space in consideration of this guy's special situation. There was no problem at all in having a few more ship girls living there. What she was afraid of was that this guy would pick up a few more ship girls while studying at the academy.

I originally thought that the space given was already quite a lot. Even if this guy is a super European emperor, now he is studying in the academy. The ship girls around him are either someone else's or the instructors of the academy. He can't get many more ships, right?

The results of it?

This guy first sent people over to "fight" for the right to skip classes, and then how long has it been since then?

It took at most two days for this guy to get a ship girl?

It's really a humanoid self-propelled boat-salvaging machine...

But Wales had no solution to this problem for the time being. There were only so many dormitories in the college, and the share given to Lin Xiao was several times that of ordinary people. The college now had no extra dormitories, so it was impossible to conjure up a dormitory building out of thin air, right?

There was no other way but to bite the bullet and bear the pressure from Lin Xiao's ship girl, waving his hands to indicate that he had no other choice.

This issue needs to be explained to York City and the others.

"Um, York City..."

It wasn't something that needed to be hidden. After Lin Xiao had a good rest, she called Yorktown over and explained the matter to her.

Lexington also came over curiously, listened to the whole thing, and immediately a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

This is simply God helping her...

Old friend, old friend, let’s see what you can use to fight me now!

As for the city of York, it naturally looked as if the sky had fallen and the earth had collapsed, and for a moment it could not accept the facts before it.

"I'm sorry, I will find a way to deal with this matter as soon as possible. Before that, you guys can just stay here in York City for the time being, okay?"

"I understand……"

How else could Yorktown answer? She could only smile bitterly and nod in agreement. Since the commander had said so, he had already made his decision. The shipgirl had no choice but to obey the commander's decision.

However, even so, she would never give up so easily!

Yorktown began to consider how to improve the commander's favorability under such "difficult" conditions, and how to quickly solve the problem of insufficient dormitories.

Lin Xiao felt bad when he saw Yorktown in front of him kept silent after responding. They were all his own ship girls and he finally found them and met them. They were both very happy and moved. However, they had to stay away from home because of a small problem like accommodation. Although it was not his responsibility, it was really a dereliction of duty as a commander.

After all, we still don’t have our own port area…

If you can have your own port area, you can build your own dormitory building, tall and big, so that even hundreds of ship girls can live in it. You can even build dormitory rooms of different styles according to the camp. Everyone can choose where they like to live.

However, the port area is not so easy to obtain. The hard requirement is that one must first graduate from the Naval Academy. As for other conditions that are more stringent for other commanders, they are not a problem for Lin Xiao.

"One year..."

When Tianying and the others had negotiated the deadline, they thought it was already very short. But now that they think about it, they feel that it is still too long. They can't wait to graduate from the Naval Academy and get their own port.

With one year to graduate, and taking into account the repairs and even reconstruction works after acquiring the port area, wouldn’t it take a year and a half to officially move in?

That would be too long. Lin Xiao estimated that at his current speed of finding ship girls, if he was not confident, he might have hundreds of ship girls under his command in a year and a half.

After all, it has only been more than two months since we came to this world, and there are already 22 ship girls in total, right?

Of course, this is the case when everything goes well. Lin Xiao is not sure how fast he can find the ship girl next time, but one thing is certain - no matter what, the accommodation problem will be a big problem that will bother him for a long time afterwards.

Can we find a way to ask the Maritime Administration for some leniency so that we can get it to the port earlier?

Lin Xiao sighed somewhat melancholy. This matter was no longer Wales's responsibility. It was the Maritime Administration that decided on the allocation of the port area. If one wanted to get the port area, one had to get the approval of the director of the Maritime Administration.

But unlike the "easy-going" Wales, the Maritime Director and his men are not familiar with him now, and they can't use the same tricks they used against Wales to deal with others.

The reason why Wales fell into the trap was, on the one hand, because she was caught off guard, but the more important reason was the presence of acquaintances like Skyhawk and Laffey, as well as the existence of the "big sister" George V. Rather than being "coerced", it was more out of human relations and worldly wisdom. Otherwise, how could a dean of a naval academy really be afraid of power?

As for the Maritime Administration... not to mention that he didn't have any acquaintances, Lin Xiao still didn't know who the director of the Maritime Administration was...

I'll slowly think of a solution later. I have to find an opportunity to get to know the Director of the Maritime Administration first. It's easier to get things done with acquaintances. If I can get more familiar with the other party, it will surely be much easier to ask him to do things for me later.

"Then Yorktown and McCall, we'll go back first."

After resting for a while, Lin Xiao suddenly took the loli in his arms aside, then stood up and prepared to say goodbye to York City and the others.

Although he also wanted to stay here for a while longer and spend more time with Yorktown and the others, after all, they had just "reunited" and it would not be good to leave so soon. But by the same token, many of the ship girls at the Naval Academy had only been seen for a few days, and there were also many children there, including the noisy guy Yudachi and the real newbie Shimakaze. He would always be worried if he was away for a long time, and he also wanted to go see the child Shimakaze in the afternoon to see how these new ship girls were trained.

As for York City, they already know where to live. There is a long time to come. I can come to see them tomorrow or anytime, or they can go to the college to play at any time. There is nothing to do here. I can only play with the little Loli and read comic books with her.

"Are you leaving now?"

Yorktown is a mature girl after all. She has already accepted this helpless fact. While thinking of a solution in her mind, she will not drag her feet on the surface and cause trouble to the commander. When she heard that Lin Xiao was leaving, she just asked with a little reluctance and regained her former gentleness and elegance.

"Well, there is a new ship girl at home who needs more care."

Yorktown naturally understood the meaning of this "new" ship girl. It meant that their commander had found or built a new child. This was a very common thing in the past, so it was not worth being surprised.

But to be able to receive so much attention from the Commander, and to have the Commander care so much about her growth, even now that the Commander's temperament has changed drastically, I think she should be a very outstanding junior, right?

I don’t know which camp the girl is from... If possible, I would naturally hope that she is from White Eagle.

Although partners in the same port area don't need to compete, fighting for the commander's favor is another battlefield. The more children in one's own camp can get the commander's attention, the other ship girls in the camp will naturally be paid more attention. It is also necessary to get more attention from the commander and develop the younger ship girls in the same camp...

PS: Add some pictures

Chapter 51: The Commander's Grand Tactics of the Long Island Raiders

"Wait, Commander, I'll go back with you too."

Just as Lin Xiao was about to leave, Bumblebee beside her suddenly stood up with a bright smile on her face: "There are quite a few sisters from the Hong Kong area over there, I'll go say hello to everyone."

"Bumblebee..."

Lin Xiao was a little moved. This girl was so thoughtful and knew how to behave.

"Hehe, it's mainly because I'm too bored staying at home, and my sister will definitely not let me live in peace. Commander, Commander, just take me away."

"..."

Lin Xiao rolled his eyes helplessly, he knew it.

"OK then."

Lin Xiao nodded. No matter what the purpose was, there was no reason to stop the sisters in Hong Kong from reuniting.

"Then, Sister York City, I'll leave the children at home to you~"

Bumblebee said this with a grin, and then followed Lin Xiao out of the door.

"You..."

York City shook his head helplessly and watched their backs go away. After a while, he was suddenly stunned and remembered something.

"By the way, I forgot to tell the commander about the matter at the Maritime Administration."

After thinking about this, the first thing she wanted to do was to catch up and tell the commander, but then she changed her mind and decided not to do so, because this matter might not be related to the commander. Maybe the director of the Maritime Bureau just had some questions for her? There was no need to let the commander worry about everything, which would be too tiring.

After Lin Xiao disappeared once, the ship girls were obviously still frightened by it. Although they still didn't know why he left in the first place, when they thought of how hard the commander had worked in the past, even if he shook his head, they would still feel that this was one of the reasons, and naturally they didn't want him to bear such great pressure again.

Let's find a time to meet the Director of the Maritime Affairs Bureau tomorrow. If it's really a major matter that needs the Commander's decision, it won't be too late to contact the Commander...