I, Azure Commander!

Have I traveled through time again? Who can tell him what is going on?

Lin Xiao was completely confused. He tilted his head with a lot of question marks in his mind.

The scene before him was beyond his comprehension. He had never seen such a scene before. Not only had he never seen it before, he had never even thought about it...

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Chapter 29 Helena's Plan

"Okay, Commander, it's too cold outside. You can take a breath of fresh air, but don't stay outside for too long. Be careful not to get sick. Go in and chat with Nuremberg."

Before Lin Xiao could come to his senses, Prince Heinrich pushed Lin Xiao into the cabin, then pulled Nuremberg up with one hand and took him to a sofa in the hall, then turned around and slipped away.

Lin Xiao organized his words for a long time before looking at the girl beside him. He still felt a little out of control for a while.

No matter how unbelievable it is, the fact is that he did not travel through time, and Prince Heinrich and Nuremberg, who should have said goodbye to each other and were separated from each other, appeared on the cruise ship in their port, and called him "Commander" all the time.

To be honest, he was surprised, of course, but in comparison, he was perhaps more astonished and puzzled. After all, from his perspective, it seemed that there was no reason for such a thing to happen.

"Um...Is it okay to call you Miss Nuremberg?"

"Yes! Um... Commander, just call me Nuremberg."

"..."

Lin Xiao was silent for a moment and covered his face. "So why do you call me commander? And you call me so calmly?"

"That, that..."

Nuremberg seemed to be frightened by his reaction. He shrank into the corner of the sofa with his neck shrunk, as if he was afraid of being hit.

However, remembering what the blue-haired senior named Helena said to him, Nuremberg mustered up his courage, gritted his teeth, and said, "The second ship of the Leipzig class, Nuremberg. From today on, let me stay here and serve the commander! ... Is that okay?"

Lin Xiao was shocked again. He didn't expect the other party to say that. What was this? For the ship girl, this was probably equivalent to a confession!

"All right……"

No matter what the reason was, facing such a situation, Lin Xiao naturally had no reason to refuse, so he nodded and agreed readily.

"In that case, you are welcome to join our port area."

"Yes! Nuremberg will definitely work hard!"

“It’s okay if you don’t have to be so motivated…”

Lin Xiao shrugged helplessly. If the other party really wanted to work hard and be a self-disciplined ship girl, he would have a headache instead, because there were too many ship girls in their port area, and compared to them, there were too few jobs, and there were not so many things to assign.

Otherwise, how come Changdao just lies on the sofa in the dormitory and does nothing every day without anyone caring him?

"So, is the situation the same with Prince Heinrich?" Lin Xiao asked, and unsurprisingly got a positive answer.

In this case, it would be normal for them to appear on the ship... Bullshit!

Still not right? Prince Heinrich is the director of the Maritime Administration, right? Nuremberg seems to be her assistant? Is it really okay for two important figures in the Maritime Administration to leave like this?

While Lin Xiao and Nuremberg were chatting, Prince Heinrich also successfully met up with Helena. The two looked at each other and smiled in tacit understanding.

"Have you arranged all the work at the Maritime Administration?"

"Of course!"

Prince Heinrich seemed very excited, rubbing his hands and saying, "I have finished all the work in the past few days, and then I will go to handle the resignation procedures. It is not that troublesome for a director of a small maritime bureau to resign. The affairs will be handled by the deputy director for a period of time, and then the headquarters will send a new director to take over soon."

"That's good." Helena nodded, and then said with a sigh: "But I just wanted to give it a try. I didn't expect you to give up the job of director so easily... Joining the port so easily, aren't you afraid of regretting it?"

"It's not that easy..."

Prince Heinrich said this. She wanted to regret it when she accidentally let the secret slip before, but in the subsequent interactions and understanding, she found that the commander was indeed very outstanding and very suitable for her, so she was naturally tempted. At this time, she thought of the previous misunderstanding. The commander seemed to be very happy for her to join, and she felt that they were destined to be together. So she no longer hesitated and went to the door with her assistant and good friend Nuremberg.

Nuremberg was a friend of Prince Heinrich, and he had heard that the other side's port area had many iron-blooded sisters, as well as his own sister Leipzig. He didn't want to part ways with his good friend, so he simply boarded the pirate ship and joined the port area.

Originally, they had the intention in mind. They just needed to find a way to hint to Commander Lin Xiao indirectly, and he would just ask them to invite them. After all, it was a bit inappropriate for the ship girl to take the initiative to say such a thing.

It stands to reason that no commander would refuse a powerful free ship girl to join the port, but they didn't know that Lin Xiao was very smart and actually had no intention of salvaging the ship, and they almost caused a big disaster.

If Prince Heinrich and Nuremberg had given all kinds of hints that day, and the straight man Lin Xiao had been "playing dumb" (actually he was really dumb) and didn't understand, what if the two of them misunderstood that they didn't want to accept him, then the whole thing would have been ruined.

Helena saw this and stopped it in time. She asked Sirius to drag the stupid commander away. Then she and Prince Heinrich explained the cause of the matter and gave them an idea.

——Yes, that's why Nuremberg and Prince Heinrich appeared on the cruise ship today. In fact, they had already checked in last night.

Just get on board, and when the commander comes on board the next day, pretend nothing happened. You don't have to mention it specifically, just call the commander and blend into the team as if nothing happened. He won't chase you away directly.

Facts have proved that Helena's method is still very useful. Lin Xiao was really foolishly fooled and confusedly regarded them as his own ship girls.

This is much easier than trying every possible way to hint at this fool... and they don't need to suppress their shyness and bring it up actively. Everything happens naturally, and everyone pretends nothing happened. After a few days, they become close companions.

Everything went smoothly as planned. Prince Heinrich breathed a sigh of relief and stretched his body with a look of comfort. Then he seemed to remember something and looked at Helena. He moved closer and closer until he was in front of Helena and whispered in her ear: "By the way, Senior Helena, is there a wedding ship in our port? Will the commander give out rings?"

Chapter 30: Young People Don’t Know How Valuable a Ring Is

"By the way, Senior Helena, is there a wedding ship in our port? Will the commander give out rings?"

Prince Heinrich leaned closer to Helena and asked in a low voice.

"Senior or something...don't call me that. Just call me Helena normally."

Helena was indeed not used to being a senior. She was just an ordinary girl, although the commander would often take the lead in making trouble and call her "Sea Mom".

"As for wedding ships, of course there are. The commander will also give out rings. He just gave out one not long ago, but..."

"Just what?"

Prince Heinrich seemed to be quite interested in this topic. Just like what some commanders had heard, salvaging a ship was like falling in love. If the ship girl had a certain affection for you and was willing to go with you, it didn't end there. There would naturally be further progress. The affection between each other would further develop as they got along, and finally, rings would be given to each other, and they would commit to each other for life and live happily ever after.

Prince Heinrich has been a ship girl for a long time and has naturally seen many things like this. She had no intention of joining the port, but after seeing so many ship girls in the port who always had happy smiles on their faces, especially the married ships with particularly bright smiles on their faces, she gradually became interested in having a commander and in the oath. However, she could not find a suitable partner for a long time afterwards. There were a few who she barely liked, but to be honest, she was not very moved. After all, she still had a job, and there were many ship girl companions in the Maritime Administration. Once she joined the port, there might be only a few ship girls in the entire port. Even if it was a small port with only a few people living in it, it would be very empty and not lively at all. She always felt that life would be very monotonous.

But the more she had to give up, the stronger her desire to find a commander to spend her life with became. Until she met Lin Xiao, she didn't take it seriously at first, and even after the misunderstanding, she just wanted to quickly cut off ties with him. Although she wanted to find a commander, she didn't want just any commander. Not everyone could be her commander.

But what happened next?

Later, after hearing him and his ship girls talking about so many companions, she began to be moved. A port area with so many ship girls would undoubtedly be much more lively than other port areas. There would be many colleagues in the same camp to chat with on weekdays, and even many ship girls she had admired for a long time, such as the Iron Blood flagship Persia... Oh no, it's Bismarck, such as Tirpitz, who looks handsome and cold but is actually very gentle, and the legendary Frederick the Great. These extremely powerful and rare ship girls, of course, also include some other relatively familiar companions. Prince Heinrich has actually always wanted to get to know them, but never had the chance. Now, once he joins this port area, ho, all his wishes are fulfilled at once. How cool would it be?

Especially after being persuaded by Helena and the others, who praised their commander, she no longer hesitated. She did as Helena suggested. She packed her luggage that night, and after dealing with the work handover the next day, she took Nuremberg and checked into the cruise ship.

If she was still a free ship girl, she would naturally have no thoughts. But now that she has joined the port area and become a port ship girl, Prince Heinrich has some thoughts in his mind when he thinks of those happy wedding ships he saw in the past.

but……

I heard that there are... and many port commanders will not give out rings, and will not even have too much contact with ship girls. Instead, they will choose a normal life trajectory, marry humans and have children, and only regard being a commander as a somewhat special job. These commanders will deliberately keep a distance from the ship girls on weekdays to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

Although there is nothing wrong with this approach, after all, although ship girls are living creatures, they are definitely not humans and do not have the ability to reproduce. As human commanders, they have to live their own lives, and ship girls may not necessarily, or should not, be the whole of their lives.

So some commanders marry people, and some commanders marry people. That is their freedom. No one can stop them, and no one has the right to gossip about it.

So Prince Heinrich was still a little worried about this.

However, after hearing Helena's answer, he immediately felt relieved and did not pay attention to her next sentence - "But there are quite a lot of ship girls in our port area, and many people want the ring, so the competition is very fierce."

The competition incentive is not fierce, and it is not easy to get it. This is not what Prince Heinrich should consider now. After all, she has just joined the port area, and she got in by taking advantage of the situation. She is still a pure newcomer and has no qualifications. There are so many big guys in the port area, and she has no advantage in terms of rarity or training. It is good enough for her not to be an invisible person. How can she dare to expect to get the ring now.

Moreover, although she joined at the speed of light due to various reasons and because she wanted to find a port and a commander, she actually doesn't have much contact with the commander yet, and she can't say that she likes him yet, and it's far from the time for her to receive a ring... As long as she knows that the commander will give out rings and wedding ships normally, there is no need to rush, there will always be opportunities in the future.

Alas, when you are young you don’t know how expensive a ring is!

Helena looked at this newcomer who knew nothing about the situation in the port area and seemed to be at ease. She shook her head helplessly. She thought about how many ship girls had joined the port area with the same idea. They all felt that the time was not right and there was no rush... Then what? Then they missed the best opportunity to strike while the iron was hot. With the commander's speed of fishing, there would be newcomers in the port area soon. The only advantage of being a newcomer was gone. If they were not good enough, they would basically have no chance.

Those who once said they were not in a hurry are now so anxious that smoke is coming out of their heads every day, but it’s no use!

But she was too lazy to persuade her any more. Her past experience was there. It was impossible to persuade a naive ship girl who had just joined the port and had not figured out the situation. Besides, she was not the ship girl of the White Eagle... Just let her be. If she realized the situation earlier and woke up in time, and took the time to improve the commander's favorability, then there would still be a chance. If it was too late...

As the ship gets along with the commander, the favorability will gradually increase. Then what? Then you find that the commander's favorability towards you is only 60 or 70. Wow, it's over! At that time, it will be far from as easy to increase the favorability as it is now as a new ship.

Chapter 31: Finally meeting the Ship Girls

Although they encountered some unexpected surprises and the port area had two new members, this did not affect the rest of the itinerary because the distance was very close. It only took a few hours, and by noon, they successfully arrived at the port of the neighboring city.

It was almost noon but not yet time for lunch, and the port was at its busiest. Countless fishmongers set up stalls nearby to sell fresh seafood just caught from the sea. Big and small fish were jumping around in the big red basin, telling of the fresh scent.

These freshly caught fish can be stewed directly after purchase with just a little salt. No other seasonings or complicated techniques are needed to make them delicious, and there will be no fishy smell. Fresh food always has a flavor that is hard to match with frozen food.

Lin Xiao originally wanted to find a restaurant near the port to solve the problem of afternoon lunch, but when he saw the fresh fish and shrimp for sale, he immediately gave up the idea and took St. Louis to buy a lot of different seafood. The price was not expensive and quite affordable. There was enough seafood for six people plus a little Tiancheng, but it was only a few hundred yuan, at least half cheaper than in the mainland.

Lunch was naturally prepared by Chef St. Louis. Although she might be one of the richest women in the world, she was just an ordinary ship girl in the port area. She did not think that she was special because of her wealth. If possible, she would rather use all her wealth to buy a few rings for her sisters... Unfortunately, she could not. The commander was not such a superficial person. He would not go against his principles for a few hundred billion. Emotional matters could not be forced. A forced melon is not sweet.

Moreover, since she is a ship girl of the port area, she does not think that the money belongs to her. It is just that as a member of the port area, she is relatively good at these things and is just helping the port area to generate profits.

The processing of seafood is relatively troublesome. Helena and St. Louis sisters, together with Lin Xiao and Nuremberg who had just joined the port area, were busy for a long time. However, the preparation is relatively simple, basically it only requires simple stewing or steaming.

It is worth mentioning that Prince Heinrich originally wanted to help - she thought that her little iron could help with tasks such as smashing shells. As a result, the little iron broke several plates, which was estimated to be worth tens of thousands of US dollars. When she heard this number, she hurriedly fled the kitchen.

But it's not just the construction itself. In fact, everything on this cruise ship is very valuable. Any single plate is enough to cover Lin Xiao's living expenses for four years of college in his previous life.

Thinking back on these things now, it really makes me sigh...

The world will eventually change, and so will people's situations. Just like the protagonist in the novel, who gradually went from relying entirely on his own efforts to success, to relying on certain external forces, and then to relying entirely on cheats, the less people believe that hard work can lead to success, the closer the aesthetics and social trends will be to this, but these big situations are not something that one or two people can change. For Lin Xiao, those past troubles have finally left him, and he doesn't want to think about them anymore. For him, focusing on the present life and cherishing the girls around him is the meaning of his life.

Who cares about the rest? Who cares? Living too smart is stupid...

Therefore, he seldom tries to explore those unknown secrets recently, such as the mysterious "star map" in his mind, and the reason why he came to this world... It doesn't matter what, as long as these living girls in front of him really exist, he has nothing to be afraid of.

After finishing what could be described as a sumptuous dinner and simply cleaning up the table, at about one o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Xiao and the ship girls once again stepped onto the port, took two taxis, and drove towards a small town not far away.

It takes about half an hour to drive to the town. The khaki car is driving on the gradually quiet road. The wind is blowing outside the window. The driver looks at these special passengers curiously in the rearview mirror. He can roughly guess their identities, so he wants to talk to them, but he is a little restrained. In the eyes of ordinary people, commanders are actually like some special officers. In the hearts of them who have no experience of getting along with the ship girls, they think of them as weapons rather than young and beautiful girls. They are just slightly strange weapons. This is especially true in the eyes of middle-aged and elderly people with old-fashioned ideas.

Therefore, the entertainment industry related to KanColle is only popular among young people. One of the reasons for opening these industries is to narrow the distance between young people and KanColle - maybe it can attract some suitable talents to become commanders?

Lin Xiao held little Tiancheng and sat with Nuremberg. This girl was also a very taciturn person. Although she didn't have much space, she still kept a distance of more than ten centimeters from him, huddled in the corner, as if she had paranoia, looking at the commander in front of her with fear and curiosity.

Compared to Prince Heinrich who took the initiative to make the decision, the weak Nuremberg was somewhat tempted, but joining the port area directly like this was somewhat like being dragged into the water by a good friend.

There was no other way. Lin Xiao couldn't make the relationship between himself and the ship girl so awkward. He could only take the initiative to talk to her and try to find topics to talk about. But this girl was really amazing and could always easily kill the conversation. Fortunately, Xiao Tiancheng came to the rescue and the atmosphere finally became a little more lively.

"Um, Commander...what are we going to do?"

Because of Xiao Tiancheng, Nuremberg seemed to relax a little and was not so nervous. She looked in the rearview mirror of the car and saw the road passing by quickly in front of her eyes. She asked curiously.

"Go find the shipgirls back home... um, by the way, I haven't told you about this yet. Since you have joined the port, I should have told you earlier. You should have heard from Prince Heinrich that there are many shipgirls in our port working far away from home?"

"Well, Heinrich told me."

"It's not like that, actually. How should I put it... it's my fault."

Lin Xiao organized his words a little, and using his traditional skills, he briefly recounted what was happening in their port area to Nuremberg.

"Is that so?"

Nuremberg was naturally surprised by this fact. "Is that why you came all the way from Area C to the Maritime Bureau to ask about the news about the Freedom Ship Girls?"

"That's right. In fact, most of the ship girls in our port area are still stranded outside. We have to bring them back quickly..."

"Um……"

Nuremberg was silent for a moment, and suddenly a barely perceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Commander, you are really excellent..."

"what?"

I was a little surprised that Nuremberg would suddenly say such a thing, but there was no time for them to continue chatting, because they had already arrived at their destination. Not far away, next to a straw pile, several children were playing together, and a white cat's head was particularly conspicuous among them...

Chapter 32: Even if it is Prince Snow, the arrogant will be defeated

After arriving at the destination, Lin Xiao looked towards the town in front of him in the car. Although it was called a town, it was more like a small village. There was a haystack not far from the entrance of the village, which gave people a very obvious sense of age.

And right next to the haystack, there were a few children playing.

Although they are called children, some of them are actually not that young anymore and can barely be considered girls. They are probably big lolis, similar to Hatsuharu.

In fact, they are just Hatsuharu-class ship girls. The little squirrel with short black and brown hair is Wakaba, the one with pink hair and small tiger teeth is Hatsuharu, and the remaining two are Hatsuharu-class modified, not Hatsuharu-class. However, they are all little lolis, and in Lin Xiao's eyes, there is no difference, and there is no need to care about these.

There is the cute blond loli Ariaki, and a cat girl Yumu who looks a bit like Hatsuharu. There are four grown-up kids, with a real little kid. Their cute white cat heads are particularly conspicuous in the crowd. They are shaking their heads while pulling straw from the haystack. If they were in a normal rural family, they would be immediately served with a meal of fried meat on a bamboo board.

"My Lord, it's Xuefeng and the others!"

Xiao Tiancheng made a cute sound and quickly recognized the children in his own camp. Lin Xiao nodded, opened the door next to him, and got out of the car holding Xiao Tiancheng.

After putting Xiao Tiancheng on the ground, Nuremberg behind him also hurriedly got out of the car, looked around curiously, and then turned his attention to the children who were playing.

Obviously, those were the commander's targets.

So, according to the commander, those children were actually the ship girls from their port?

It's not that Nuremberg didn't trust his commander, but it's normal to subconsciously doubt something like this, right? After all, it's somewhat out of common sense.

The timid and quiet girl naturally did not say anything, and Xiao Tiancheng just smiled quietly, standing there looking at the friends not far away who he hadn't seen for a long time.

As the commander, Lin Xiao naturally had to muster up his courage. Without any hesitation, he walked forward. A big hand suddenly stretched out, picked up the conspicuous white cat head, held up her arm, and picked her up.