Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

However, the formidable opponent Eugen was referring to was not Baltimore, who, without fully understanding the situation, directly found a loophole in Eugen's words, but rather the remarks she made during her rebuttal.

'Baltimore, does she really know so many idioms? Hmph, she'll do anything to please the Commander,' Eugen thought to herself.

Yes, the formidable rival Eugen was referring to Baltimore, who was good at using idioms. After all, Jing Su was from Donghuang and understood Donghuang culture. When you were with Jing Su, not to mention liking her, just chatting was much easier, and you could talk about many more topics.

However, the Eastern Huang language is exceptionally difficult to learn. As Jing Su's ship girls, they don't need to learn it; they can naturally understand what Jing Su is saying. But understanding and being able to use it are two different things.

Just like the difference between the refined spring of March and the common folk.

Especially those idioms and proverbs. When Eugen was studying Donghuang culture, he was quite curious about how just a few words could contain so much information.

Compared to proverbs from their own culture, those from Donghuang culture seem rather obscure. Without understanding the stories behind them, it's difficult to truly grasp their meaning.

That's why Eugen was so alarmed when he saw Baltimore skillfully using his team to solve problems. Didn't you see how Jing Su's eyes lit up when she heard those words?

"Baltimore?" Just as Eugen had expected, Jing Su was indeed quite happy to see Baltimore and hear what she said. She didn't even have time to look at Baltimore's attire before walking up to her and saying with a smile.

"Yes, Commander, Baltimore-class heavy cruiser Baltimore, hull number CA-68, reporting for duty."

"Commander, I've come to pick you up."

Chapter 224 Please put this on me

"Dingling bell~"

"I am Belfast. Regarding the venue setup, I want to emphasize that everything else is optional, but the wreaths and murals must be arranged on time and in the required quantity. This banquet, personally ordered by the Commander, must be treated with the highest standards under any circumstances."

Don't say there's not enough time; that's not something a royal maid should say. Our duty is to obey our master's orders completely!

"Kitchen, this is Belfast. How's the food preparation for the dinner going? What? Only the ingredients are ready? What about the desserts?"

No baking? Where's the store? Haven't you gone to buy any in so long?

The shops are all closed because the commander said there would be a banquet...

Okay, I'll handle it.

"Is this Yixian? Yes, this is Belfast. Yes, there are indeed problems with the banquet arrangements. Yes, the food hasn't been cooked yet. Could you please lend a hand? Tonight, the Commander is personally..."

Thank you for your support; I will certainly reciprocate.

"Dingling bell~"

"Frontline command, this is Belfast. What's up?"

The ship girls in all front-line defense zones are evacuating? Oh, it's like this, there's a big banquet being held in Dawn Port tonight, and most of the ship girls in the front lines will be attending. It happened so suddenly that there was no notification.

Explanation? What explanation? Did we fail to completely eliminate the Sirens on the front lines? Or is the remaining early warning system malfunctioning?

I'm asking you, by what right are you speaking to me?

As agreed, all actions taken by our Chenxi Port area on the front lines are unrelated to you. Would you like me to send you a summary of the agreement?

......

After the call ended, the room fell silent for the first time in a long while. Belfast frowned and waited for a while. When she was sure no more calls came in, she let out a long sigh, leaned back in her chair, and looked up at the ceiling.

"Phew~ So, everything should be arranged for now. Let me think about it. Hmm, I've given all the instructions. Now, all I have to do is wait for the banquet to begin?" The girl murmured to herself, her delicate face showing undeniable fatigue. However, despite her exhaustion, a blush appeared on her face as she looked at the clothes placed beside the chair.

"We'll be able to meet in just one hour."

Although you suddenly dumped such a big task on me, it's really troublesome.

But I'm so happy! I can finally serve you again, my dear master!

Yes, the girl sitting in the room was Belfast from the Royal Army.

After Jing Su announced that a banquet would be held that evening, and Belfast confirmed the list of people to be picked up, the other ship girls rushed to prepare for the banquet, thinking about what to wear that night and how to get closer to the commander.

Belfast, on the other hand, urgently summoned all the royal maids on the front lines to set up the venue, which was clearly an act that put her own people at a disadvantage.

In theory, the faction that holds the banquet should be responsible for the arrangements, which is a common practice. However, considering the characteristics of the White Eagle faction, by the time they internally decided on how to arrange the banquet venue, it was too late.

After all, the White Eagle camp doesn't have a clear leader. Is setting up the scene a good idea? Of course it is. A well-arranged scene can earn a lot of points with Jing Su. But in today's situation, setting up the scene is a very disadvantageous thing to do.

Because the time is just too short, so short that the banquet will be held almost as soon as the setup is finished. There is even a high probability that the venue will not be set up in time. If the venue is not set up properly and the other ship girls are made to wait, it is not only a bad impression. What if Jing Su is disappointed?

Most importantly, the ship girls who were setting up the event basically didn't have time to take care of themselves. Jing Su had personally said that the best ship girl would get to spend the night with him, which was incredibly tempting for the ship girls. Setting up the event meant giving up such an opportunity, so when Belfast announced the end of the meeting, many people turned to Belfast for help.

Belfast naturally understood what they meant. After thinking for a moment, she finally took on the task. There was no other way; someone had to set up the venue. Besides, there was the same problem as before: the time was too short.

It's fair to say that in such a short time, only the Royal Navy's Royal Maid Corps seems to have the capability to set up a venue that can accommodate all the ship girls on the front lines.

As the head of the Royal Maid Corps, or rather, the entire Royal Maid Corps, their very existence is to take care of Jing Su and fulfill her wishes. Since only the Royal Maids can do this, what reason do they have to refuse?

What's a loss? Serving Jing Su is nothing to lose. It's something all the royal maids dream of. How could they possibly feel like they're losing out?

Moreover, in reality, it's not really a big loss. Although each port area is fiercely competing for the time to apply for the Jing Su Tie Tie (a service), they are still reasonable and there are many unspoken agreements that everyone tacitly abides by.

For example, when a ship girl is being affectionate with Jing Su, other ship girls shouldn't interfere. After all, if you do, you won't be able to prevent other ship girls from disrupting your interactions with Jing Su in the future.

For example, the royal maids suffered a loss at the banquet, and the other factions will have to make up for it. What the royal maids care about most is staying by Jing Su's side to take care of him, and that the ship girls from other factions will not disturb them in taking care of Jing Su. After tonight's banquet, it will be more difficult for the other factions to get involved in taking care of Jing Su's daily affairs.

Don't underestimate this point. The goal of all the ship girls is to get close to Jing Su. And in daily life, what could be easier to achieve this goal than taking care of her personally?

This explains why Belfast was so upset when she learned that the food for the dinner party wasn't ready. After all, there was only an hour left before the dinner party started. In such a short time, even if the venue was already set up, it would be too late to prepare the food.

Especially when it comes to food, the ship girls of the Royal Navy seem to lack talent. The things they make don't seem to suit other people's tastes, let alone satisfy Jing Su. The Eastern Huang culture that Jing Su belongs to is famous for its food, so it's already difficult to get him to get used to it. Add to that the strange and varied habits of other factions, and it's really giving Belfast a headache.

Left with no other choice, Belfast had to hand over the food preparation work to other factions. However, once other factions were involved in the dinner preparations, it was tantamount to sharing the authority to take care of Jing Su. Belfast already had a premonition that in the future, the Donghuang faction would definitely try to get involved in taking care of Jing Su.

The thought of someone taking away her job of taking care of Jing Su made Belfast feel more depressed than if she had been busy all day dealing with all sorts of emergencies and arguing with all sorts of strange people.

"Oh well, never mind. Let's take advantage of the time we still have and change my clothes quickly. I probably won't have time to do my makeup, but I'm still very confident about my clothes."

Without further ado, Belfast first activated the voicemail function on the room phone to prevent anyone from calling and disturbing her later. Then, she began to quietly take off her clothes and prepare to change.

Since Jing Su was coming today, and there hadn't been any prior notice about a banquet, Belfast wore the uniform of the Royal Maid Service—a blue-and-white maid outfit—according to her status. In particular, Belfast's signature chain collar was something she could finally wear again after a long time.

To be honest, ever since Belfast learned of Jing Su's return, she had been looking forward to the day when Jing Su would personally remove the chain collar from her neck. This would mean freeing her body and then putting it back on her, which would mean regaining possession of her, swearing allegiance to Jing Su, and that from then on, her body and soul would completely belong to Jing Su.

The thought of this scene kept Belfast awake at night. If she were alone in her room, her mind would wander, and she might even cover the bottom of her skirt, her face flushed, her eyes glazed, and make strange noises in sync with the scene in her mind.

"crunch~"

Just as Belfast took off her maid outfit and was about to pick up the dress placed on the chair beside her, there was a sound coming from the office door.

The door opened!

"who!?"

Upon hearing the sound, Belfast panicked. As the head of the royal maid corps, Belfast was actually quite conservative. Only Jing Su could see her body. As for clothing, wearing a miniskirt that exposed her thighs and below was the limit Belfast approved of. At most, she would add the upper part of the bridge. After all, this was the characteristic of her maid outfit, and she had been wearing it for so many years that she was used to it.

Any more than that wouldn't do. The overall atmosphere of the Royal Faction is quite strange. As a faction that combines royal knights and elegant ladies, they do dress rather revealingly, but in terms of ideology, the Royal Faction is quite conservative.

To be precise, a considerable number of ship girls in the entire Dawn Port area are dressed very revealingly, but they are very conservative in their thinking. Only Jing Su can appreciate their bodies, and we are only willing to get close to Jing Su.

The "conservatism" mentioned here is simple: it refers to whether or not one is willing to show off their good figure to other ship girls. Some are open-minded, like those in the Eagle Union faction, who feel that their figure is their advantage. After all, they are all partners in the same port area, and everyone wears braids, so why not? It's hot in the summer, and it's cool and comfortable to wear.

Conservative groups like the Royal camp stated that they only allow Jing Su to appreciate their bodies, and not even their partners from the same port area!

Of course, this level of conservatism and openness applies only when Jing Su is not present, and even within the same port area. If they were to go outside and interact with forces outside the port area, each ship girl would be extremely protective of her skin. This is not just a matter of whether they are conservative or not; with their figures and appearances, these ship girls would definitely turn heads wherever they go.

If they weren't properly covered up, the thought of being stared at by others would make the ship girls feel disgusted. Even if they were wrapped up like dumplings, they still couldn't escape the attention of others, since a significant number of the ship girls had figures that were simply outrageously exaggerated.

When Jing Su was present, conservative? Open? Heh, not at all. Every single one of the ship girls wanted to show off their best figures. Of course, if they didn't, their commander would be snatched away by other glamorous beauties!

So, when Jing Su walked around the port area, she was always surprised to find that the incredibly exaggerated ship equipment in the game was actually worn by real people!

In conclusion, this explains why Belfast was so nervous when she heard the door open.

"Huh? Why? I clearly remember locking the door from the inside. How could it have been opened? Who could it be?! Ugh!"

It's important to know that Belfast was planning to wear her elegant and noble Servant outfit, which doesn't have any covering on the bridge. In other words, at this moment, Belfast's upper body was completely exposed!

"Is this the office? It's quite spacious, um..."

Am I coming at the wrong time?

......

"Master, next time you enter a room, please knock first. Opening the door suddenly without doing anything can be very annoying."

"Mmm~" Jing Su sat upright in the chair, nodding vigorously, cold sweat streaming down her forehead, not daring to turn her head to look at Belfast standing next to her.

"So, Master, why did you suddenly come to the office? Shouldn't you be getting ready to leave for the banquet at this time?" Seeing Jing Su's reaction, Belfast breathed a slight sigh of relief and quickly changed the subject, as it was working time.

Yes, it's working hours~

Anyway, ignore the blush on your neck and cheeks, it's work time now~

It is the time for a serious and elegant maid to report her work to her beloved master.

"Well, I heard from others that Belfast was in the office, so I came here specifically to see you." Coincidentally, Jing Su also wanted to change the subject, and since she had come here with the real intention of seeing Belfast, she directly broke the silence.

"Hey, Master, did you come all this way just to see me?" Upon hearing Jing Su's words, Belfast froze on the spot, and the Wisdom Cube began to flash faster!

"Yes." Feeling the warmth emanating from Belfast, Jing Su took her hand and said tenderly, "Belfast, during this time, it's all thanks to you on the front lines. I've heard news about you from the other ship girls. It's so good to have you on the front lines."

Belfast, you really, really, thank you for your hard work, carrying the entire front line all by yourself.

From now on, you don't need to work so hard. I'm back; leave the rest to me.

"commander!"

Jing Su's voice was very soft and slow. As Belfast listened, her eyes began to well up with tears, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.

So many days and nights, so many longings.

Feelings of grievance, relief, and sadness all erupted at this moment.

But then, he heard Jing Su say, "Leave the rest to me."

Was she wronged? Of course she was. On such a vast front line, with various factions intertwined, trying to appease and coordinate each faction was no less difficult than taking on a single Siren host. And for so many years, Belfast could only rely on herself for this job.

Are you sad? To be honest, I was a little sad when I found out that Jing Su suddenly said she wanted to hold a banquet. She came back and hadn't done anything yet, but she made me busy. She didn't say a word to me. How could I not be sad?

But why, upon seeing Jing Su and hearing her voice, did the Mind Cube tremble?

Tears fell uncontrollably, and my body trembled uncontrollably.

why?

Oh, so it's the person I love so much who's come back~

"Commander, please put this on me~"

Chapter 225 Invitation and Dance

The hall was bustling with activity, filled with beautiful girls who would be stunning anywhere else.

Stunning mature women with amazing figures, petite and adorable lolis, and vibrant young girls—if you can imagine it, you can find it here.

The women either gathered in small groups, whispering amongst themselves, or held up their wine glasses, glancing around. But in either case, the girls were clearly distracted, as if searching for something.

However, among the group of girls who seemed preoccupied, there were a few who were genuinely enjoying their time together.

"Oh, Gabelin~ Long time no see~" A clear voice rang out, making a purple-haired girl tremble.

"Hiss~ Ayanami, don't call me that in public!"

"It really is a javelin! It's been a long time."

“Zzz~”

"Z23, Lafite, it's you guys! Long time no see, long time no see!" Javelin was taken aback when she heard the familiar voices, then joy appeared on her face as she turned around and greeted the figures she had been longing to see.

The people speaking were none other than Javelin of the Royal Navy, Laffey of the Eagle Union, Z23 of the Iron Blood Corps, and Ayanami of the Sakura Empire.

Despite the current division within the port and the opposing factions, it reflects the collective will of the ship girls, and friendship exists between them.

Putting aside other things, many ship girls have a very good impression of the Royal Navy faction. Although Queen Elizabeth of the Royal Navy faction has a proud personality and tends to speak without thinking, the Royal Navy faction's support capabilities are recognized by other ship girls. Whether it's Perseus and Unicorn leading the way during leveling up, or the gunnery and carrier groups, the Royal Navy faction has top-notch support.

Even after Jing Su went missing, in the face of the Siren's invasion, it was still necessary to send Royal Navy ship girls to fight alongside the army.

Therefore, while there may be antagonism between factions, ship girls from different factions do indeed have deep friendships in private.

For example, the four members of Javelin and Lafite are known as the "Four Little Ones" in the port area and are often teased because the so-called "Big Three" actually have four members.

Although it can be a little embarrassing when people tease them, the bond between Javelin and the others is very deep.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the front line, Javelin took off running towards the assembly point.

To some extent, Javelin is one of the few ship girls among those currently looking around at the front lines who doesn't want to see Jing Su.