I, Azure Commander!

After thanking the dean for his concern, Lin Xiao went back and took the girls out for a walk. First, he met up with the ship girls in Yorktown, then he spent most of the afternoon in the busy area of ​​the city center, bought a lot of food and daily necessities, and finally found a very high-end hotel for a meal in the evening, which cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Although it can't be called a reward, the girl in the family is going to go on a journey, and Lin Xiao actually has a bit of the mentality of an old father at this time, as if his own daughter is going on a long journey, he is very worried in his heart, but he is not like an old mother who likes to nag, so he just stays aside like a dull melon, but his eyes are quite kind.

Of course, this kind of feeling is for children like Lafite Xiao Tiancheng, and for a big girl like Noshiro, it is naturally another kind of worry. Although there is no difference in essence, there are still differences in the details.

Fortunately, he himself had to go there as a commander to be responsible for commanding and assisting in the battle. He would be able to watch his own ship girls fight with his own eyes and could help to a certain extent. Otherwise, if he just stayed in the back and waited, Lin Xiao would probably be restless, unable to eat or sleep well.

In short, half a day passed and York City and the others were sent back home. They returned to the dormitory and took a shower. Lin Xiao took a storybook and read stories to the children at home. After a while, the children became sleepy, so he sent them back to their rooms to sleep.

The ship girls seemed to have long been accustomed to the attack, and they did what they were supposed to do, no different from the past. The only difference was the commander Lin Xiao...

In his room, Lin Xiao lay on the bed looking at the ceiling, feeling somewhat uneasy.

After all, they are going to the battlefield, and the battlefield changes rapidly. No one knows what will happen. Lin Xiao, who has experienced the last incident, knows the dangers of the battlefield. Now he is facing countless more powerful enemies. Even though he knows that they are still no match for his girl, even though he has great confidence in the ship girls he has personally trained, he is still worried. As a result, he can't sleep now and has no desire to sleep. He is just worrying about nothing.

"Commander, are you there?"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door from Noshiro, and without waiting for Lin Xiao to respond, he pushed the door open and walked in.

After all, they are an old couple. Now Noshiro is no longer as reserved as before. When she is alone with Lin Xiao, she acts more and more like a wife rather than a subordinate.

Lin Xiao enjoyed this change, but...

"Has it been seen?"

"After all, the commander has been looking uneasy all day. Not only me, but also Xiao Tiancheng and Nagashima have noticed it, in addition to the two children of Yudachi Shimakaze."

"I'm worried about you."

There was nothing to hide about the girl he had, and she was his wife. Lin Xiao seemed to be relieved and spoke out his true feelings.

"I know."

Noshiro nodded in response, "But I don't think you need to worry so much."

The beautiful girl smiled and said, "Commander, don't you trust us too much?"

"I'm not. Of course I believe in your strength, but..."

"No, I'm not talking about strength... Training level, equipment and so on are of course important, but there are things more important than that."

Lin Xiao was stunned, as if he realized something.

"Commander, the ship girls are all emotional, and almost absolutely emotional. Since they know that there are people waiting for them to return to the rear, behind the battlefield, they will definitely... definitely not fall on the front line. Don't forget, even if they have the same training and equipment, the combat effectiveness of the ship girls will be greatly different if they fight with different emotions. You are the first one to believe this, aren't you?"

Lin Xiao opened his mouth and wanted to say that it was because of the favorability system that he could be so confident in saying those seemingly childish words, but...it didn't really matter. It didn't matter what happened in the game. After all, he was in reality now and shouldn't look at problems with the same thinking as when he was playing games.

Otherwise, why would he be so worried when they are just a few mass-produced Siren ship girls?

It was as easy for the Golden Fleet to push forward as it was to eat and drink. Even if they were careless, at most the fleet would be easily destroyed by the ship girls. There was no risk of sinking like facing those real Sirens high-level ship girls.

"Okay, Commander, don't think about those unnecessary things. It's just a waste of time. It's better to rest early so that you can be in good spirits tomorrow and command the battle better."

"...Well, I understand the reason, but what are you doing now?"

Lin Xiao looked at Noshiro in front of him in astonishment. He was depressed right now! Why did he still have to hand in his homework?

Noshiro's cheeks flushed, and she lowered her head and said, "This is the mission they gave me. Let me 'comfort' the commander..."

"Forehead."

This was something Lin Xiao had not expected. Well, now everything was really said out in the open. There was no need to hide it anymore. It couldn't be hidden anymore.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Big Brother and the others directly laid things out in the open and made things clear...

"But, we have to go to the battlefield tomorrow, isn't that a bad idea?"

Lin Xiao pulled his pants and tried to struggle.

"Really? But that's not what it says."

Noshiro looked at Lin Xiao with a half-smile, and immediately saw from his expression a sense of shame that made him want to dig three feet into the ground.

"You can't blame me for this. It's all because you're so tempting. You seduced me!"

Lin Xiao tried to quibble.

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault. What a willful commander. I can't help it. It's my fault, so let me take the consequences myself."

Noshiro seemed too lazy to argue and spoke calmly. She took off her little leather shoes and lay on the bed. Her little feet wrapped in black stockings swayed rhythmically in the air, attracting everyone's attention.

At least Lin Xiao was watching very seriously, with no distractions...

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That night, the lights were bright, and the feeling of not having to hide seemed to have allowed Noshiro to let go of his final burden, and even made Lin Xiao vaguely feel like he had met Sirius.

Of course, it's only a vague idea. Noshiro is obviously still quite a distance away from Sirius in terms of rank or hardware. Her winning point is her long black silk legs and pure and attractive face.

Of course, it’s not to say which is really better or worse. After all, the two give different feelings and are not comparable.

Although emotionally speaking, Lin Xiao still prefers Noshiro, it has nothing to do with actual experience, it’s just that Noshiro’s position in his heart is too high and difficult for others to compare.

The next morning, as expected, they had completely put aside their worries and got up a little late, but were greeted with teasing looks from the adult ship girls and the innocent and puzzled expressions from the children.

"Did the Commander sleep with Noshiro-nee yesterday?"

Yuudachi looked at the two people who walked out of the room together with great curiosity.

"Well, because of some...work stuff, we talked for a long time at night and fell asleep without noticing."

Lin Xiao stepped forward and ruffled the little girl's hair, immediately diverting her attention.

Laffite said nothing, still looking listless as before, but beneath that seemingly tired and weak appearance, Laffite was actually never a confused ship girl. Her performance was nothing more than great wisdom acting foolishly.

Over in Xiao Tiancheng... they were teasing each other just like the older girls. Hatsuharu seemed to be vaguely aware of something and her face turned a little red. Shimakaze was the one who reacted the most violently and exclaimed in surprise with his usual loud voice that almost blew the roof off.

“Eh——?!! I-Is it true that we are sleeping together… So Noshiro-nee is from the marriage ship?!”

Shimakaze looked at Noshiro with great surprise and a little bit of envy.

After all, becoming a marriage ship is a pursuit of most ship girls. Since they have chosen to join the port, they certainly hope to be valued by the commander. Receiving a contract ring from the commander is naturally a kind of substantial affirmation and praise for the ship girls.

Although Shimakaze's favorability rating is not very high, only about sixty or almost seventy years old, he still has some respect for such things.

Moreover, this girl who was somewhere between a loli and a girl seemed to know more about certain things than Hatsuharu. She looked at Noshiro in front of her as if she were an adult, and her eyes were so complicated that Noshiro was speechless.

"Oh, oh, Noshiro-nee, do you want to eat red bean rice today? I can't make it, but... eh~"

Noshiro couldn't help but knock the girl's head and said helplessly: "Don't think too much, kid. Hurry up and get ready. We will go to the Maritime Bureau to find Miss Peter. Take anything you need with you. Don't bother the commander again. In addition, today is a good opportunity. If you want to become the strongest destroyer, you must study hard and see how Yudachi and Lafite fight the Sirens. It will be very beneficial to your growth."

"Yes, I understand!"

Shimakaze is an easy child to deal with. With her personality, once you talk to her seriously, she will immediately become serious. Although she is sometimes reckless and sometimes stupid like a fool, she is a good child after all...

Lin Xiao watched from the side, but couldn't help but stretch out his evil hands towards Tutu, and severely ravaged her hair, making that beautiful white hair a mess.

"Ah, really, the Commander is always like this..."

Shimakaze reacted and hurriedly took a half step back, avoiding Lin Xiao's "magic clutches". Then, she complained a few words while fixing her hair. However, she only complained verbally. Lin Xiao, who knew her well, naturally knew that this child didn't actually hate such intimate actions as head patting. She avoided it only because he had messed up her hair. In addition, the more important reason was, well...

November Bounty Program:

Because I saw someone give tickets, so I sent them in advance

Due to today's burst of updates (there will be two chapters of 4,000 words updated in the evening), I have paid back 12,000 words of the 10 chapters and 20,000 words I owed before, and only 8,000 words are left. I should be able to pay it back tomorrow, so I'm opening a new bounty.

The time is from the release of this chapter to 11.7:23 on the evening of November 59, a total of more than eight days

As for the rules for adding more chapters… because it’s already on the shelves, for the author, blades and rewards are more important than monthly tickets and recommendation tickets, so the rules are:

100 monthly tickets for one update

2000 recommendation tickets per update

60 blades per update

Reward 8000 per update

If there is a gold treasure chest (although it seems unlikely), one gold treasure chest will give you 30 extra chapters, which counts as chapters.

unlimited

Extra chapters refer to standard chapters of 2000 words. I will return them in the form of -word chapters, so one extra chapter = two chapters owed. Please be informed.

Current data (data at 12 noon):

Monthly ticket: 945 Recommendation ticket: 19298 Reward: 18.91W Blade: 674

Don't worry that I can't pay it back. I haven't missed a single chapter from last time. I'll start a new chapter after I've almost paid it back. Also, I won't delay it that long this time. Well... unless some big shot really smashes the gold treasure chest, I'll be able to pay it back within November. Come on and turn the author into a coder...

Chapter 28: Z's Ordinary Life on a Boat

(Well, the last chapter was rejected just a few hours after it was posted. It has been rectified now. You can refresh it after it is reviewed and read it, or you can come to the group directly: 615645452. I posted it in the group folder named blocked chapters. Well, the version in the group is the unrectified version)

Shimakaze was just feeling thankful that her ears were not touched, when a certain scumbag took advantage of her off-guard vigilance and directly grabbed the pair of furry ears firmly, rubbing them carefully, feeling the extremely comfortable touch. After pinching them for a while, the fingers finally nodded in satisfaction and let go.

The poor rabbit was already dizzy and had a red face as he squatted down, his body too weak to stand up.

“Aaaaah, my ears, my ears cannot be touched casually…! My body is so weak…”

After a long while, Tutu finally regained her strength. She immediately looked at Lin Xiao from bottom to top, with a face full of shame and helplessness. "Commander, haven't I told you many times? You can't touch a girl's ears casually!"

"But everything is fine in early spring, you see..."

As Lin Xiao spoke, he pulled Chuchun, who was sitting on the sofa watching the show, over and started rubbing her ears.

“Woo, woo, woo~!”

Hatsuharu was watching the show with great interest, but was suddenly pulled over. Then she felt a very strange feeling, warm, comfortable and strange. She fell limply into the commander's arms. But this girl was different from Shimakaze. She was too weak and did not dare to resist or speak. She just accepted it with a blushing face.

Perhaps it is because of this that Lin Xiao becomes more obsessed with bullying her?

"Look, Hatsuharu is very well behaved. You can touch her ears and tail at will. Aren't we all shipgirls of the Sakura Empire? You are a colorful one, so you are an elite among the Sakura Empire, aren't you?"

"I……"

Shimakaze doubted his life for a moment, but then he shook his head firmly and said, "No, it's not possible. Absolutely not!"

"Even if it's the commander, isn't it?"

Lin Xiao looked at the child in front of him with some pity. Bunny ears were obviously very rare and felt very good.

"Even the commander can't... well, it still can't work!"

"You hesitated for a moment, didn't you?"

"No...no!" Shimakaze waved his hands and backed away, covering his ears with his hands, looking at him vigilantly.

The feeling of having my ears touched is so embarrassing that I lose all my strength and can hardly move. It also itches and feels weird, as if something is about to come out.

So even if you are the Commander, you cannot touch his ears casually, unless...

Shimakaze didn't think any further because everyone had already packed their luggage and were ready to go.

Lin Xiao looked at the large group of ship girls in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and waved his hand - "Let's go!"

The group walked in the street in a mighty manner. Even though it was still early in the morning, they still attracted a lot of attention. Under the gaze of everyone, they arrived at Yorktown's house. As one of the representatives of the Taitai ship, she was naturally not to be underestimated. She grabbed her sister early to help supervise the children in the family to wash and dress, and then took some necessary items and waited for them to arrive.

At about 8:30 in the morning, we finally arrived at the Maritime Bureau of Lombardy City.

The group, including the commander Lin Xiao, totaled 23 people. They crowded over in a black mass, scaring the little loli Z28 who was in charge of guarding the door.

Fortunately, he saw Yorktown and Lin Xiao leading the group, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly asked someone to notify the director, exchanged a few words, and let them in.

Lin Xiao remembered this Z-type expellee, a white-haired loli with a gentle temperament like her mother, a very cute girl.

Z28 looked at the backs of the group of people leaving in a mighty manner and was still dumbfounded for a moment. She had never seen a port of such a large scale. Although she had heard that a powerful commander might have dozens of ship girls under his command, she had only heard of it and had never seen one. In the past, the most powerful person who came to the Maritime Administration was a lieutenant colonel who brought eight ship girls with him, including several older sisters. At that time, Z28 had some respect for joining the port.

In fact, she was not a girl who was determined to be a free ship girl. She just felt that the ports were too empty. Although she had a commander, she had few companions. There were only three or four of them living in a large port. There were many things to do every day. She always felt tired and lonely.

It’s better to stay in the Maritime Administration. There are many friends and gentle big sisters. The daily work is very simple. I can have enough food and a place to live. I can also get a salary. I can buy any delicious food I want by myself.

But as a ship girl, seeing many of her companions following their commanders, and looking happy no matter how hard or tired they were, she actually still had expectations for it in her heart. She had imagined the scene of herself joining the port more than once, but in the end she never took action. Even if she was occasionally tempted, others might not invite her. After all, she was just a destroyer, with low training level, unimpressive ship equipment, and just so-so rarity. If she joined a slightly more powerful port, she would be a drag.

It’s the same this time. Seeing the port area with so many ship girls, Z28 is actually a little moved.

The commander wants to salvage the ship, and the ship girl also wants to find the commander, wanting to find a commander who is excellent, gentle, and good to her. On this basis, Z28 also wants to find a port area that is as lively as possible.

But she still has self-knowledge after all. Ship girls join the port not to be mascots, but to work and go on missions. Commanders are not doing charity and will not keep useless ship girls for nothing. Although there are very few such ship girls, if they really stay in the port every day and do nothing but eat for free, many commanders will eventually choose to retire them.

Retirement, as the name suggests, means driving her away and out of the port. For a ship girl who will not recognize a second commander, her life is basically ruined. She either has to find a job somewhere in the Maritime Administration, or simply sink herself and live a carefree life. Those with a deeper relationship will mostly choose the latter.

Although generally speaking few commanders would do this, they do have this power. Of course, they cannot abuse it, otherwise the Maritime Administration will intervene.