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"I heard you guys were always talking about teaching without props, now that we have the props, who wants to try it?"

The little girls looked at each other, but none of them raised their hands.

Li Wei randomly selected a name: "Z1, it's you. Set an example for your sisters."

Z1 stepped forward: "I... what should I do?"

"First like this, then like this—we think you all understand quite well, and Z19's previous analysis was also very accurate."

Despite her tomboyish personality, Z1 was still a bit intimidated when faced with the real thing. She knelt on the chair, adjusted her height, and stared at the main gun muzzle in front of her, unable to take the next step—it wasn't that she didn't know how; no ship girl is born knowing everything.

z1 simply couldn't bring himself to speak in front of others.

Knowing, doing, and demonstrating in front of a crowd are three completely different levels. Even the skilled Z23 couldn't help but feel nervous in front of a large number of destroyers, let alone the relatively inexperienced Z1.

"Watch closely, I'll only demonstrate once."

Li Wei demonstrated it once: "Like this, you can imagine it as a lollipop. Practice it the same way you practiced before."

z18's eyes lit up: "Lollipop! I love it! Commander, you taste just as good as a lollipop!"

Z19 gently nudged Z18: "How could the Commander be a lollipop? The Commander's is clearly..."

z18: "But the commander himself said it was a lollipop..."

“Very good, excellent, keep going like that.” Li Wei showed full approval for Z1’s actions, then laughed and said, “I said it, but don’t bite into it like you’d a real lollipop—let me ask you first, you all probably melt lollipops in your mouths, right?”

z18: "Don't worry, Commander, I'll be very careful and won't let the teeth touch!"

z19: "Commander, me too!"

The two little girls stuck out their tongues to show Li Wei, to prove that they wouldn't make any mistakes.

Li Wei felt a little relieved: "You guys come over here too, so you can get a closer look. Z1, you can slow down a bit... Yes, that's it, so the other ship girls can participate as well."

z18: "So this is what the Commander tastes like! I thought..."

z19: "So Teacher z23 was eating something so delicious before!"

Z1 looked up at Li Wei: "Hmm... Commander, is this enough?"

“That’s certainly not enough, but you’ve done very well.” Hu Teng had woken up at some point. “If you want to practice more, I can give you some guidance.”

……

Name: z1

Identity: Leader of Z-Drive

Personality: Confident, but struggles with things she's not good at.

Number of times: 42

Weakness: Doing such things in front of her sisters.

Status: So shy I feel like I'm going to faint

Last time: Demonstration with the Commander in the classroom

……

That evening, Bismarck took Levi to sample the Ironblood cuisine.

The two strolled through the quiet streets, Bismarck looking every bit the blissful girlfriend.

"Commander, today's campus tour looks quite nice."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"Your lips are constantly smiling, they haven't stopped."

Li Wei's expression remained unchanged: "Well... something interesting happened."

Bismarck pulled the commander into a barbecue restaurant: "Can you tell me about it?"

“Of course.” Li Wei picked out the parts he could talk about—mainly Hu Teng’s acting, Z23’s predicament, and Z1’s progress.

Bismarck leaned against the commander and thoughtfully grilled meat for him while Levi spoke.

Li Wei looked around: "...Is no one watching us today?"

Bismarck: "So the Commander already knew about this a few days ago?"

Li Wei laughed and said, "Of course I know—your figures are so obvious that you can be seen even if you don't pay attention—especially since every ship girl knows what happened to me the day before, there is only one possibility: they are watching from the side at all times."

"The commander doesn't seem surprised at all?"

“I’m used to it.” Li Wei shrugged. “Come to think of it, I thought…”

Bismarck placed the roast meat in its proper position: "Did you think Frederick the Great was coming to greet you?"

Li Wei nodded as he helped Bismarck spread out the roast meat: "Yes, isn't Frederick the Great going to participate?"

Bismarck: "Heh, of course I'll participate."

She took out her communication device and sent out her location information. A few minutes later, Frederick the Great slowly entered. This time, the mature woman wore a black veil, almost making Levi believe that Frederick the Great had made all the necessary preparations.

"Hehe~, Commander, you're staring so intently, aren't you?"

Frederick the Great arrived leisurely and sat down opposite Livy and Bismarck: "We've been waiting~"

“Frederick, you look really good in that outfit,” Li Wei exclaimed sincerely. “It’s like…”

"Like a wedding dress, right?" Frederick the Great's lips curled into a smile. "I specifically chose something similar in style, but not a wedding dress—of course, I'd be happy if the Commander wanted to put one on me."

Li Wei was caught off guard by Frederick the Great's sudden "forced marriage," and for a moment, he stood there speechless. In the end, Bismarck took over for Li Wei: "Frederick, your time with the Commander will begin in a moment; for now, it is nominally Hutten's time."

"Heh..." Frederick the Great did not refute: "That boy Hutten hasn't shown up all afternoon, has something happened?"

So Li Wei repeated what he had said before, but in a more abbreviated way.

"I see, Hutten is very thoughtful." Frederick the Great covered his mouth and chuckled. "So, it seems the Commander prefers women of higher status like the teacher, right? For example... hmm?"

Li Wei was much calmer this time. He put a piece of sizzling roasted meat into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed before answering, "As a student, there shouldn't be anyone who doesn't like their teacher, right? After all, in the eyes of students, teachers are almost omnipotent—and the exiles these days also like their teachers, don't they?"

Frederick the Great's gaze held a deeper meaning: "They like you, the commander."

Bismarck interjected again: "Frederick, what would you like to drink? We have all kinds of drinks here, including wheat juice."

“That depends on what the commander chooses.” Frederick the Great looked at Levi’s opaque glass: “I will of course choose the same drink as the commander.”

“That’s soda.” Bismarck, his expression unchanged, poured Frederick the Great a glass of soda: “Come on, cheers!”

Frederick the Great ignored Bismarck's little gesture, raising his juice and Livy's wheat juice to a toast: "Come on, cheers!"

"...Frederick, aren't you going to eat?"

"Eat, of course you'll eat." Frederick the Great paused under the table. "Commander, is it because you've used up a lot of energy this afternoon and want to have a proper dinner? Of course, no problem, come on, ah—"

Bismarck belatedly realized: "Commander, this is delicious, come on, let me make it for you, ah—"

Li Wei could only eat to his heart's content.

……

After dinner, Livy bid farewell to Bismarck and strolled through the streets with Frederick the Great in his hand.

"This trip to Ironblood has certainly shown me some different things," Li Wei said, taking the initiative to change the subject. "I thought life in Ironblood Port was boring for you all, which is why you were thinking of returning to the home port, but actually..."

"You think our lives are quite colorful, right?" Frederick the Great chuckled. "That's just what you see. In reality..."

"Actually?"

"In reality, being away from the Commander is utter torture for us ship girls." Frederick the Great stopped and kissed Levi's forehead, his kiss devoid of desire, filled only with contentment: "Especially for us ship girls who yearn to be by the Commander's side, who consider the Commander our top priority..."

"What about those Z-Drivers..."

“They are still young after all.” Frederick the Great continued forward, their shadows stretching long under the streetlights. “It’s never a bad thing to cultivate some interests and hobbies when they are young—whether from a selfish perspective or… In any case, no one is stopping them, and they can have their own ideas.”

"Hehe, don't worry. As long as you follow the steps, you will eventually belong to us. This is our destiny as ship girls, and also... your destiny as a commander."

Li Wei took a few steps forward, but couldn't bring himself to move: "...Is this what fate means? We're still on the street. If we get hit by Z23 again, that would be the third time in the last few days."

"Z23? Ah... I've heard of her. She's the girl who bumped into you twice, right? She's lucky, isn't she? But maybe it wasn't just a coincidence?" Frederick the Great said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, there won't be any Z23 here. Even if there are other ship girls, they're—"

Before Frederick the Great's voice had even faded, Levi heard the footsteps of other ship girls.

He sighed softly, "Who is it this time?"

Tirpitz appeared before the two: "Commander, I'm back... Thankfully, I made it in time, you're still here."

Chapter 383 Frederick the Great's Words Become Law

Livy looked at Frederick the Great: "Was this also part of your calculations?"

"I don't have that~" Frederick the Great chuckled. "I do wish I could be alone with the Commander, but well, given how popular my Commander is, it's inevitable that he'll be targeted by so many ship girls."

Even that lonely queen of the North has come to find you!

Tirpitz remained unmoved by Frederick the Great's mockery, simply looking at Livy with his blue eyes.

“Alright.” Livy gestured for Frederick the Great to wait a moment, then walked aside with Tirpitz. “Is there something you wanted to discuss with me?”

Tirpitz, however, became flustered: "It's nothing serious, it's just..."

……

Frederick the Great spoke a few words to Tirpitz and Livy, after which the two parted ways. Tirpitz left satisfied, while Livy walked towards Frederick the Great.

Frederick the Great didn't ask what the two had talked about. There was only so much that ship girls and commanders could say before, and it was easy to guess.

"Let's go."

Li Wei: "I'm afraid I'll have to go back early today."

"Is it with Tirpitz?"

“Yes,” Li Wei said without hiding anything, “She offered me a condition that I found hard to refuse.”

"Oh?" Frederick the Great asked with interest, "What conditions could make my commander so eager?"

Li Wei patted Frederick the Great's jelly: "It's not that I'm impatient... it's just that I feel it's already very kind of Tirpitz to go to such lengths, so I don't want to make things too difficult for her."

"What a gentle child." Frederick the Great lowered his head and kissed the commander. "A gentle child deserves the reward he deserves."

Li Wei savored Frederick the Great thoroughly, until he was almost out of breath before they separated: "Aren't you angry? Your time was supposed to be yours, but someone else took it."

Frederick the Great: "Of course I'm angry, but there's nothing I can do about it. It's the commander's decision, isn't it? So I have no choice but to accept it."

Frederick the Great led Livy onward, and Livy found that the park seemed to be getting deeper and deeper into the distance.

“But besides accepting, I also want some interest of my own~” Frederick the Great led Levi to a quiet corner of the park, sat on a bench, and gestured for Levi to lean against him: “Let me give the Commander a good rest. You’ve been busy every day for so many days. Even an iron body needs rest.”

"At least I got some rest every night..."

Li Wei lay obediently in Frederick the Great's arms, facing inwards, inhaling the unique scent of Frederick the Great: "Mmm..."

Frederick the Great patted Livy's head and ran his fingers through his hair: "Naughty boy, lie on your back."

Even lying on his back, he couldn't see Frederick's face.

Li Wei muttered to himself as he shifted his position. He suddenly felt that this position looked familiar, as if he had appeared in this position before—sure enough, Frederick the Great gently pulled his marshmallow down and pressed it against Li Wei's face, then accurately found and grasped Li Wei's main cannon.

"Good~"

"Well……"

Li Wei held the marker on the marshmallow in his mouth and spun it around.

"What a good boy, good boy, good boy~" Frederick the Great's expression was gentle, his hands moving without stopping, even showing a tendency to get faster and faster: "Since the commander has to work hard tonight, I won't waste any more ammunition, how about two rounds?"

"Well……"

Livy's mouth was stuffed full of Frederick the Great's cotton candy, so he couldn't speak; he wanted to nod, but his vision was blocked by the cotton candy, so Frederick the Great probably couldn't see his face either.

"If the commander agrees, then give your main gun a little tap~ Ah, how invigorating~" Frederick the Great pressed his finger against the pulse of the main gun, feeling the slightest fluctuation: "The commander has agreed~"

Li Wei: ...You didn't say I disagreed with what to do.

However, he was originally planning to agree and didn't dwell on this detail.

Frederick the Great's fingers seemed to have their own thoughts, moving as nimbly as a small snake coiled around the main cannon. Although he was simply serving with his palms, it gave Livy the illusion that he was swimming in the ocean.

"Commander, if you want to disarm, you'll have to say so beforehand, okay?" Frederick the Great gently parted a piece of his cotton candy to let himself see the commander's expression. Seeing the happy look on Levi's face, Frederick the Great's lips also curled into a happy smile: "Sweetie, no one will take it from you. You can eat as much as you want~"

Li Wei tasted it even more intensely.