I, Azure Commander!

Tiancheng frowned. After all, she was the type of person who liked to worry about this and that. It wasn't a bad thing, as it would make her more thoughtful, but it did make life very tiring.

"Just what?"

"Everyone, have you ever thought about why the Lord left before?"

"This……"

This sentence immediately made the atmosphere on the scene serious. The ship girls looked at each other in silence for a while.

"Since the master left before, it doesn't mean he won't leave again. It's a good thing that he can come back on his own initiative, but... I think we shouldn't just be happy. We should also consider the master more and not let him leave disappointed again."

If Lin Xiao knew what she was thinking, he would probably think that she was worrying too much. With so many ship girls as wives, and living such a comfortable life, how could he bear to leave?

But from the perspective of the ship girls, this is not the case.

The commander had indeed left once, this was an undeniable fact, and the reason why he left, whether it was because of too much pressure or because he was unhappy about something, it was all related to these ship girls. Otherwise, how could the commander of such a big port just run away?

Although they had had a brief chat through the local area network, they had not seen the current Lin Xiao after all, and were not aware of his "changes". It was normal for them to have such concerns.

So after a brief silence, they actually began to discuss this issue in detail, and everyone spoke enthusiastically and came up with many solutions.

Of course, it can be summed up in two points - the first is to reduce the commander's work pressure and eliminate the possibility that he wants to "skip work" because he is too tired; the second is to find a way to establish a deeper connection with the commander, so that he will care about the port and the ship girls in the port, and when he finds it difficult to let go, he will naturally not be willing to leave.

Although this is difficult to achieve based on past experience, since Akagi and others were able to succeed, this may not be impossible. Later, we can ask Akagi and Kaga about the details of what happened and see if we can learn some experience from them.

Of course, as lawful good (questionable?) ship girls, they would not use some unfair means like Akagi and Kaga, well, probably...

Chapter 43 Commander Lin Xiao's Life on the Ship

The days of sailing on the sea are somewhat boring.

Opening the computer and chatting with the ship girls is a small change in the boring life, but it cannot change the empty feeling when looking at the vast ocean in front of me after getting up every day.

The sea was calm, the weather was quite good, and the sunshine gave people a very comfortable feeling - if it was occasional, seeing such a beautiful scenery would indeed make people feel relaxed and happy, but if you see it too often and get used to it, it would seem a bit monotonous.

It's winter now and the weather is very cold. It's really torturous that we can't put a lounge chair on the deck to bask in the sun comfortably.

Helplessly, I could only turn on the air conditioner, stay in the room, and hold a little loli in my arms - it could be Xiao Tiancheng or Yukikaze, or several other children who were in the early spring grade. The ones who were held more often were Yumu and Arimi. One was cute, and the other was comfortable to hold, and their soft bodies felt good to the touch.

Of course, it's not just like that. Sometimes I would hold the loli and read some comic books or novels that everyone can read with the children. The commander would read to the illiterate ship girls. Later, the literate ones also pretended to be illiterate because they all wanted to listen to the commander's stories.

Occasionally, when I feel like doing something, I will lock myself in the room, take out my thick notebook, open the first few pages, and add or modify the settings of the novel.

Sometimes writing a book is really a troublesome thing. Everything has to be logical. But where is there so much logic in reality?

If everyone could use logic and think when doing things, the world would definitely not be what it is now.

However, you can't always be writing about settings. Even if the outline and framework are all finalized, no one knows what the story will be like unless you start writing.

Anyway, I had plenty of free time and didn't feel like studying, so I just started writing the main text in one go.

Although he was deeply influenced by the online literature of his previous life, there was no such thing as serialization in this world after all. The story he wanted to write was something like a sailing biography, and the text was too fragmented so he couldn't continue. So he simply wrote according to the structure of traditional novels. One volume had about 200,000 words, divided into only a few large chapters, instead of small chapters of a few thousand words each.

However, theory is theory, setting is setting, Lin Xiao thought he knew a lot, and felt that writing would be easy. But in fact, it was not smooth at all when he really started writing. He wrote in a halting manner, and there were many places in the text that needed to be improved. Fortunately, he used a notebook document instead of handwriting, otherwise he would have collapsed just from revising the text.

Writing a book, turns out to be such a difficult thing... It seems so simple...

Fortunately, no matter how difficult it is, he doesn't have any pressure to update. He can just write slowly. There is no need to be too anxious. This kind of thing cannot be rushed. Quality is always more important than quick success.

In the end, after two or three days, he had only written less than 10,000 words. If this speed were put into the involutionary online literature market, I'm afraid that nothing would be left. However, if it were put into today's world, Lin Xiao estimated that his output should still be quite impressive.

"Boom boom boom——"

That day, Lin Xiao was typing on the keyboard in the room when there was a knock on the door.

"come in."

Just after finishing a paragraph, Lin Xiao stretched and prepared to relax a little.

The door was pushed open and Sirius walked in with a tray containing black tea and some snacks.

Don't look at Akagi like that, in fact, she still has some surprising qualities. For example, these snacks are made by her. Not only do they taste good, they also look very delicate and it is obvious that she put a lot of effort into them.

"Master, what are you doing, do you need help?"

Sirius always saw Lin Xiao locking himself in the room and not even hugging the children at home, and he felt a little curious.

"Nothing much... I just said before that I was going to write a novel. I've been trying to start writing these past two days. So, this should also be considered a job, right?"

Lin Xiao's words were somewhat self-deprecating. After all, he really didn't care about anything in the port now. Most of the matters to be dealt with were handed over to the secretary-ship Nodai, and other matters were basically done by the ship girls. He didn't even need to get dressed himself every day. Except for going to the toilet and eating, everything else was taken care of by others. Of course, if he didn't mind, Sirius himself would like to include the remaining two items within his job scope.

To some extent, he is really no different from a useless person or a mascot. As for helping the ship girls, the game is different from reality after all. He doesn't understand many things. Even if he can do it, his efficiency is low and he may even be a drag. The ship girls are even more sensitive to this. When they see that he has to work personally, they are all panicked, and they are afraid that he will get tired and run away.

So after trying a few times, Lin Xiao simply laid down completely. At most, he helped to deal with some simple matters and participated in discussions. He just ignored the more troublesome things and left them all to the ship girls. There is probably only one port like this in the whole world.

But although not having to work is a good thing, who wouldn’t like to have a free meal?

But after all, one can't just sit there and do nothing. Writing books is a different kind of "job" that Lin Xiao has found.

After all, his writing of a book is a beneficial thing for the port area. Maybe if it becomes a big hit in the future, it can guide some of the ship girls in the port area to return home?

"I see."

Sirius nodded. Actually, she didn't know much about writing books, but she knew that her master was working, so she put the tray on the table, put the teacups and meals on it, then stood behind Lin Xiao and began to massage Lin Xiao with just the right amount of force.

Lin Xiao sighed comfortably and squinted his eyes. He had to admit that a massage after sitting for a long time was quite comfortable...

Days passed by little by little, and Lin Xiao would occasionally go online to chat with Senior Mikasa. Although Senior Mikasa was not very talkative, there would always be other girls who would rush to chat with him, such as Nagato and Jiang Feng...

Everyone seemed to be looking forward to his arrival. Lin Xiao had become familiar with these girls before they even met. He was looking forward to meeting them formally. It really felt like an online romance.

But how many people are you dating at the same time? And the targets are all your own ship girls, so you don't have to worry about the problem of disillusionment when meeting them...

Chapter 44: Reunion

After sailing on the sea for nearly four days, the cruise ship finally arrived at its destination.

It is worth mentioning that yesterday at noon, he encountered a Siren attack for the first time in a long time. Because he had not experienced an attack by a Siren for so long, Lin Xiaogang was even a little confused when he was attacked, and he did not react to what happened for a while.

Of course, the ship girls at home were so happy that they jumped off the cruise ship without waiting for Lin Xiao to say anything, and sailed all the way over without firing any shots. They caught the shells fired by the Siren battleship on the opposite side with their bare hands and threw them back. The children were also playing and fighting, and came forward to knock on the "head" of the Siren battleship.

Compared with the ship girls at home, the training level of these Siren warships is really too low. Even if the children play around, there is no need to worry about any accidents. Even if they are hit by a shot in the face, at most they will get a little dust on their bodies, and they will not be injured. Lin Xiao did not care and let the children play.

After sailing on the sea for so many days, he was a little bored, let alone the children?

It is necessary to relax appropriately. Watching the children playing can heal his tired soul.

It was around noon when the cruise ship docked at the port of this remote town.

Compared with the city where the ship had stopped before, this small town was really shabby, so the cruise ship docked next to the town seemed a bit too abrupt and out of place with the surrounding small fishing boats.

Rather than being a port, it would be more accurate to say that this place is just a small pier.

The fishermen near the dock were also stunned to see such a large and luxurious cruise ship. They thought some important person had arrived, so they all came over to watch the show, but they did not dare to get close and could only watch from afar.

It was not until Lin Xiao led the ship girls off the ship that they realized, oh, it turned out to be the commander and the ship girls, no wonder they were so rich...

Lin Xiao obviously had no intention of wasting time elsewhere. As soon as he got ashore, he went straight to the point without even eating. He took the girls and chartered a few cars, heading towards the back mountain next to the town.

The car drove along the winding mountain road, spiraling all the way up. At the top of the mountain was the shrine where Nagato and the others were.

Fortunately, the mountain is not very high, so it does not affect the network signal. Otherwise, if the senior could not surf the Internet, he might not be able to find them.

Arriving at the gate of the shrine, there were endless stone steps in front of them. Because they had been in contact all the time, the ship girls in the shrine knew that he would probably arrive at noon today, so they sent people down to pick them up early.

Standing at the bottom of the stairs was Tiancheng holding a red umbrella. Originally, no one wanted her to make a special trip, for fear that she would catch a cold and start coughing when she returned. But since it was related to the commander, Tiancheng insisted on coming over to take a look herself, and no one could stop her.

"Lord..."

Looking at the familiar figure in front of her who opened the car door and got out of the car, even a ship girl like Amagi, who is usually steady, couldn't help but tremble in her voice.

She has been waiting for this moment for more than three years!

A minister without a master is like a rootless duckweed floating in the world. For the ship girls of Sakura Empire, especially for Amagi who was more traditional and conservative, losing her commander was a heavy blow that could not be heavier. For a long time, she was depressed and had no appetite. She just sighed and mourned all day long, constantly reflecting on her own mistakes.

During that period, she coughed very badly, so badly that even Akagi was terrified even though he knew his sister was a ship girl.

Fortunately, Akagi Kaga helped to comfort her, and there were children at home who needed her to discipline. Amagi thought that one day the master would come back, so he reluctantly cheered up and started to take care of the affairs of the family. At the same time, he began to plan to find his master in his mind.

In fact, she had already taken action several times before this time, each time with great fanfare, but each time ended in vain. Akagi and Kaga had a lot of resentment in their hearts, which was somewhat related to such experiences...

If this is the case in Tiancheng, what about the children?

The few children standing behind Tiancheng, Xiaoxiang Leidian, lined up in a row, all with red eyes, including Mutsu, who came up and hugged Lin Xiao's thighs tightly.

Although they all knew that the commander was coming back, knowing was one thing and actually meeting him was another. They were not like the cunning adults who secretly used Mikasa-senpai's computer to chat with the commander.

I haven't seen the Commander for such a long time. Even though I don't have so many worries as a child, I don't think about these things most of the time. When I'm tired of playing all day, I still think of the Commander occasionally. I want to see the Commander, but I can't see him. I don't know where he went. I kept thinking about him and fell asleep unconsciously. I saw the Commander in my dream at night, but he was gone when I woke up...

Lin Xiao picked up the children in front of her one by one and comforted them. As she was holding them, she got used to it and picked up Nagato as if she were a loli. Seeing that the other party had a bad look, she put the adult-like little fox down and rubbed her ears inconspicuously, which immediately turned her into a little wife.

"You are finally back. I have kept you waiting for so long..."

The words were somewhat formal, but the tone was soft, and the little adult blushed slightly as he rubbed his palm.

Chang Meng is so cute!

Of course, Lin Xiao did not forget the great contributor Mikasa-senpai, and walked up to her and gave her a big hug. This completely different style of behavior caught Mikasa-senpai off guard. Although she was a great senior, she blushed in public.

"Welcome back, Commander."

Then it was my wife. The girl greeted him gently, her eyes full of softness and reserve like water. They were all wives, so Lin Xiao naturally would not favor one over the other. He also went forward and hugged her. Well... it felt completely different from Senior Mikasa.

Of course, this is not the Black Mikasa-senpai. To be fair, she is at least much stronger than Kaname.

There is a big difference between being poor and having nothing at all…

Finally, it was the little fox, Jiang Feng, who stood aside coolly with a long sword on his waist, his hands folded across his chest, his face expressionless. He only glanced at him out of the corner of his eyes, as if he was too lazy to pay attention to him at all.

"Jiang Feng, my little fox..."

Lin Xiao immediately stepped forward and wanted to hug the other person, but when he saw the other person's unapproachable look, he shrank his neck and backed away.

Three Nothings...

Lin Xiao now feels as if he has seen his online girlfriend who is very talkative online but is actually an icy beauty in real life...

However, this cool little fox is really handsome!

Handsome and cute, I really want to hold her in my arms and rub her fox head hard...

Chapter 45: How to Coax a Little Fox

Speaking of which, it’s really hard to believe that this cool and cute little fox in front of me would actually say such words when he was on the Internet before?

Is it true that you can judge a person by his appearance but not his heart?

When we meet each other on a daily basis, we tend to be more restrained. But it is different on the Internet. A humble person may become an arrogant person, and a good person may become a bad person.

So this little fox who looks extremely handsome, cold and resolute on the outside, actually has such wild thoughts hidden in his heart?

Mensao?

Lin Xiao only dared to think about these words in his heart. He could easily guess what the consequences would be if he said these things to others in person...

Even so, the little fox knew that it was him on the other side, so she probably still restrained herself, and restrained a lot. If she really went online where no one knew each other, who knows what she would become?

Don't dare to think, don't dare to think...

Lin Xiao was staring at the little fox in a daze. Jiang Feng was stared at for so long that he couldn't hold it anymore. He finally couldn't help but said in dissatisfaction: "What are you looking at?"

"Of course I'm looking at my lovely and beautiful wife!"

Lin Xiao was also shocked when he came back to his senses. Fortunately, he was now a veteran and no longer the same person as before, so he quickly took remedial measures. As expected, the little fox on the wedding ship blushed slightly, subconsciously turned his face away slightly, but couldn't help asking: "What did you just say?"

"I mean, I'm looking at my favorite ship girl, Jiang Feng's wife!"

Lin Xiao said this with a serious face. When Jiang Feng's ears were no longer erect and gradually softened, he shamelessly moved forward and put his arms around Jiang Feng's slender waist with a playful smile.

Jiang Feng's face flushed, but he didn't dodge. Although he didn't know what medicine the commander took wrong today, in his usual impression, he would not say such nice words very often. Even if it was a three-no little fox, he was not a tsundere after all. He would not be like Haman and Sylvie... Oh no, it was Hipper, who would deny with a red face and then make a series of tsundere remarks after the denial, saying things like "pervert", "hateful", "I don't like it" and so on.

and then?

When the other person really turns around and leaves, you start to regret it, but you are not honest about your regret, and you don't chase after them to apologize or explain. To be honest, it's okay in novels and animations, but it's really like this in reality. Unless you are a bootlicker, or you are so beautiful and outstanding that it's unfair, otherwise who would bother to pay attention to you?

Lin Xiao succeeded in his trick and had a smiling look on his face. While he was smiling, his hands were not quiet and he started to touch the little fox randomly.

The target was mainly her hair, furry ears and tail. The result was naturally that the little fox hit the back of her hand with its tail, followed by a somewhat angry roll of the eyes.

The time for reminiscing about the past is almost over. Although it is noon, it is winter after all. We are still in the mountains and the air around us is very cold. It is not suitable to stay outside for too long.

So soon, Senior Mikasa reminded everyone that it was time to go back. If they had anything to say or anything to do, it would be more convenient to wait until they returned to the shrine.

Akagi and Kaga naturally stepped forward to help Amagi up the stairs, and little Amagi followed behind. Akagi held her hand and called her "Sister Amagi" all the time. Although it seemed a little strange to call herself that, the little one seemed to be used to being called that, so no one said anything.

Da Tiancheng naturally liked this smaller version of himself very much. He greeted her with a smile, chatted with her from time to time, asked her many questions, cared about her health, asked her if she had eaten well, etc., and then talked about some things related to the commander. The two of them had a great time.

Everyone watching this scene also had a smile on their face. Little Amagi was definitely the darling of the Sakura Empire. Her little boat was particularly cute, and she was liked and loved by everyone. In addition, little Amagi was different from the naughty little Akagi. Not only was she cute, but she was also obedient and sensible. In addition, she had a weak health, so not only was she the ship girl of the Sakura Empire, but everyone in the port area spoiled her when they saw her, and treated her with delicious food and drinks. The reason why little Amagi was so greedy was inseparable from this.