I'm in the azure sky, and I have an anti-fraud app.

“Of course.” Duisburg’s gaze swept over the commander’s main gun, then lingered on the muscular physique beneath his clothes. “There shouldn’t be any rule in the port area that says you can’t have two cafes, right?”

Levi noticed Duisburg's gaze, adjusted his main gun, and found it quite amusing to watch the girl's eyes sway back and forth with his movements: "Of course not. What I mean is, if you want a decent café, you can go straight to your Ironblood's café, I think it's called something like 'Carbonated' or something..."

"Anyway, there's no manager at that coffee shop right now. If you apply, there's a very high chance you'll get approved."

Duisburg followed the commander out of the office: "No store manager?"

“Yes.” Li Wei hung up the “Office is empty” sign: “The previous owner was Bismarck, but now Bismarck is busy with other things, so naturally he can’t stay in the café as manager. I even doubt whether that café is still in business.”

"After all, it was built for the competition with the Royals, and it's been almost half a year since that competition. Elizabeth doesn't care about it anymore... Thinking about it this way, it might really be closed down."

Duisburg, half gossipy and half joking, pressed on: "And what about the match against Real Madrid?"

“Ah…you weren’t here back then.” Li Wei gave a brief description of the match between Royal Milk Tea Shop and Iron Blood Cafe: “That’s the gist of the match. If you’re interested in the details, you can ask the people involved.”

"Let's go take a look!" Duisburg quickened her pace, taking the commander's arm. "Let me see how much our Ironblood's café differs from my ideal café!"

A few hundred meters in front of the Ironblood Cafe, the two strolled and chatted.

Li Wei: "How about a coffee shop of this size?"

Duisburg: "This café is huge! It has three or four floors... It's much bigger than I imagined a café to be."

Li Wei shook his head: "It's not that big. There are only two floors inside. The space inside is quite spacious, though. How big of a café do you want in Duisburg?"

Duisburg: "Me? Let me think... I want a small café, maybe... big enough for two or three tables. In my vision, the café is just me, the owner, and I can easily and comfortably choose what to do."

Duisburg began to talk at length about his ideals, when Levi suddenly asked, "Isn't there a menu?"

"No."

"How do I order coffee?"

"Of course you have to drink whatever I make!"

Li Wei: ...

"What if it doesn't taste good?"

"Is the coffee not good? That's your problem then~" Duisburg giggled. "Okay, just kidding. When you're in a coffee shop, you ask customers what their preferences are, and then you recommend the corresponding coffee to them."

"...So there's still no menu?"

Duisburg smiled broadly: "Yes, there is no menu."

……

"Alright, we've gone around in circles and seen everything we wanted to see, let's go inside."

Duisburg spotted the waiter in front of the Ironblood Café early on: "Isn't it still open?"

"Actually, I didn't expect that there would be ship girls here experiencing being waitresses." Li Wei stood with Duisburg not far from the entrance of the Ironblood Café, watching the ship girls leisurely spending their days inside: "Many of them are not Ironblood ship girls. It seems that the Ironblood Café has turned into a bunny girl experience venue."

Duisburg was thinking about something else entirely: "These bunny girl outfits look pretty cute. I wonder if there's one that would suit me... Commander, I'm sure I'd look good in one, right?"

"If you want to try it, just come on over." Li Wei led Duisburg straight to the coffee shop, gesturing towards Prince Heinrich, who greeted him with a look of delighted surprise: "Heinrich, do you have any extra bunny girl costumes?"

Heinrich, seeing that the commander wasn't there to see him, flashed disappointment in his eyes: "Of course! There are lots of bunny girl outfits here, and a special customization program. If you want one made, you can get it today!"

Li Wei gestured to Heinrich to take the girl beside him to try on clothes: "Duisburg wants to try out the bunny girl look, so I'll trouble you to take her along."

"No trouble~"

Li Wei grabbed Prince Heinrich, who was turning to lead the way, and kissed her on the cheek: "Alright, don't be so disappointed, I could tell."

Prince Heinrich then smiled: "Hmph, Commander, one kiss isn't enough, is it?"

"Then kiss me again."

"This time, we're going to kiss!"

"Okay, okay, let's kiss."

Prince Heinrich was in high spirits after receiving two kisses. He took Duisburg to choose a bunny girl outfit, while Levi sat alone in the café, chatting with the ship girls around him.

"Commander, wait for me~, it won't be long."

No sooner had Prince Heinrich left than Mainz approached, feigning casual conversation: "Commander, you haven't been to our Ironblood Café since the competition ended... Don't you like coffee that much?"

“That’s not true,” Li Wei denied immediately. “I’m just too busy.”

Mainz: "Busy? Busy with what? Busy exchanging ideas with other ship girls?"

Li Wei: ...I don't know why, but I feel like I've been hearing this phrase a lot these past few days. Is it just my imagination?

Li Wei came up with an excuse: "Of course I'm busy with official duties."

"Hmph..." Mainz didn't make things too difficult for the commander. Standing behind him, she said, "How about this? I'll forgive the commander for just one shot, okay?"

Li Wei pinched the Mainz symbol: "So they're after ammunition after all."

"Of course we came for the Commander." Seeing that Levi didn't refuse, Mainz plopped down in the Commander's lap: "Which ship girl doesn't?"

Li Wei let Mainz pull out the main gun and search for an entrance between his core compartment and cargo hold: "Hmm... I never expected Mainz to be so daring."

“There’s no other way…” Mainz nestled in Li Wei’s arms. “If we weren’t this daring, when would we ever get more ammunition?”

"Then let's see how you perform~" Li Wei reached down, gesturing for Mainz to step on the jailer's hand: "Come on, let me see your sincerity."

Mainz placed her warm black stockings under the commander's palm: "Commander, is this enough sincerity?"

……

"Commander... Ah, now that I'm wearing this uniform, should I start calling you Master... Master... Master, please stop staring at the uniform... Let's get started...!"

Duisburg chose a fairly conventional bunny girl outfit and appeared before Levi.

"Oh, not bad." Li Wei looked him up and down: "What do we start?"

"Hehe, I just chatted with Prince Heinrich, and she said the cafes are all maids, so I could start with a maid experience." Duisburg made a few shy gestures, completely different from her previous demeanor: "How about it, Master?"

"How about some special training? It can be really rigorous~" Duisburg approached Levi to show off his uniform: "The Commander's gaze... is suspicious. Hmm? Are you particularly interested in the design around the waist...? Well, would you like to get a closer look?"

Levi moved closer discreetly, making Duisburg think he was going to see her waist, but instead he licked the exposed marshmallow.

"Hmm~"

I thought you'd be surprised.

“Eek!” Duisburg put on a show: “Is this the kind of surprise the Commander wanted? As for why I’m not surprised… hehehe, I already guessed it from your eyes.”

Li Wei: "Since we're going to have special training, let's start with greetings."

"Welcome back, Master~"

“Not enthusiastic enough.” Li Wei took a glass of wheat juice from Prince Heinrich. “It needs to be more enthusiastic. Here, Prince Heinrich, set an example for Duisburg.”

Prince Heinrich pounced on him, exclaiming, "Master, welcome back~, mua!"

Levi looked toward Duisburg.

Duisburg seemed a little awkward about the bunny girl outfit: "Welcome back... Master, um... do you need to be a little more enthusiastic? Phew... I understand...! Please continue to guide me."

"Alright, that's enough for today." Levi gestured for Duisburg to rest for a bit. "I always feel like you're not as at ease in this outfit."

“Master… I’m alright. Since I volunteered for this special training… please continue to train me rigorously so I can learn how to run a coffee shop.” Duisburg approached the commander: “Commander, actually…”

"Actually?"

"Actually, there are just too many ship girls around, and this outfit... um..."

Li Wei: "I think you might need to overcome your shame first."

"Overcoming shame?" Duisburg mused. "But in front of so many people..."

Li Wei snapped his fingers, and Prince Heinrich immediately stepped forward to demonstrate, kissing the commander's main gun.

"Hmm? Commander, why do I smell something else?" Heinrich frowned. "This smell is somewhat familiar. Who sneaked away while I was changing clothes in Duisburg?"

Not far away, Mainz, with his back turned, quietly sipped his coffee.

Chapter 393 Duisburg's Little Secret

"So...this is the place you've chosen?"

“Yes, that’s right~” Duisburg had changed out of her bunny girl outfit and was standing next to Levi in ​​casual clothes: “I really like this little corner; it would be perfect for a small café~”

"Xing, if you've already chosen a location, come back to my office with me. I'll approve your construction application right away, and you can start building your own coffee shop."

"Huh? Do I still need to build it myself?"

"You don't need to do the actual construction yourself. With the engineering technology in the port area, building a small coffee shop like this can be done in a few days, and if the requirements aren't too high, it could even be finished today. However, you will still need to provide on-site guidance. It's always more troublesome to modify it after it's built than to make direct changes."

"Hmm... what the Commander says makes sense." Duisburg stopped the Commander who was about to leave: "Then, Commander, could you help me out?"

"Oh? What do you want me to help you with?"

Duisburg took out his communication device and showed Levi images of various furniture items that had been saved on it: "I don't know much about construction either. Commander, could you give me some suggestions, like what kind of furniture we should use..."

"Hmm... how about we talk about this back in the office?"

Inside the office.

“Your idea is…quite unique.” Li Wei tried his best to describe it: “…This is truly the first time I’ve ever seen a coffee shop designed like this.”

Duisburg sat opposite the commander, while his black-stockinged jailer sneaked out from under the table: "Eh? Isn't this how everyone designs it? Commander, could you tell me how everyone else designs it?"

“Hmm… First of all, it’s rare to see a table placed right at the entrance here.” Levi explained step by step, holding up a diagram he had drawn in Duisburg in just a few hours: “There’s usually a spacious area right at the entrance for customers to come and go easily. If you really like this style, then get one of those movable ones that can be dragged around… Ugh, are you even listening?”

"We're listening, we're listening~" The people above and below Duisburg nodded simultaneously, but not from the same source: "The Commander wants those movable tables and chairs, right? I've written them down~"

“…It’s not that I want it, but that I’m modifying your plan. If you insist on your current plan, you can proceed as it is… hiss…” Levi gasped, trying to ease the sensation from the main gun. Whether Duisburg did it on purpose or not, she lightly scratched the muzzle of the main gun with her toenail, forcing Levi to interrupt her.

"Mmm, okay~" Duisburg still had that charming smile: "And then? Commander, I'd like to use beige lighting, what do you think, Commander?"

"The warm lighting and soft color scheme are indeed nice, but it's a bit monotonous on its own. You could put some landscape paintings on the wall... um... or portraits... or something like that..."

Duisburg retracted her black silk chocolate and stomped the cream on it into her high heels: "What should I hang on the wall... oh, right, how about a portrait of the Commander?"

Li Wei: "...I'm still alive."

Duisburg giggles.

"Alright, let's leave it at that for now." Li Wei gestured to take the design blueprints away. "I don't think you really want me to see these blueprints. I think you just want more ammunition. Go find the ship girls in charge of construction later and tell them your ideas."

"A little while?" Duisburg accurately grasped the meaning behind Levi's words: "Then now..."

“Now, of course, I’m going to give you a little punishment.” Levi stood up and gestured for Duisburg to come over: “I’m going to give you a punishment you’ve always wanted to experience.”

……

Outside the office, Newcastle hesitated for a moment in front of the creaking door before finally deciding to knock: "...Master, are you in your room?"

The creaking of the door paused for a moment, and Levi's voice came from behind it: "Yes. Newcastle, what can I do for you?"

“Master, this is the royal information I compiled for Belfast. Belfast asked me to find a small place in the royal area to build a kindergarten. This is the kindergarten proposal.”

"Um...can we come back later?"

Newcastle understood what was happening in the room: "Master, Belfast takes this matter very seriously and is waiting for me to return to continue the discussion—you don't want Belfast to be disappointed, do you?"

Inside the room, Li Wei could feel that the core module of Duisburg had shrunk considerably. He thought for a moment, then said, "Could you please describe it like this? For some reasons, it's not convenient for me to open the door right now..."

Newcastle: "If the owner thinks there's no problem, then of course I have no problem either."

Newcastle was giving a report outside, while Duisburg was firing off into action inside. Levy suddenly had the unsettling feeling that Newcastle was the one wearing the hat…

"Hmm, as expected of Belfast's contingency plan, there are no problems. Let's approve it."

"it is good."

Hearing the footsteps leave outside the door, Duisburg suddenly felt weak. She gently bit the commander's shoulder: "Commander, really..."

Li Wei carried Duisburg toward the sofa, saying, "Don't worry."

"What do you mean, 'don't worry'? Newcastle definitely knows..."

"Yes, Newcastle definitely knows, so you can rest assured."

Duisburg was speechless: "How can we be at ease with this?"

Levi placed Duisburg on the sofa and gestured for her to step on the back of the sofa: "Newcastle is well-informed and won't make a fuss."

"...Is this the port area?" Duisburg, under Levi's command, obediently pointed towards the cargo hold: "Wait, Commander..."

“Your companions who came with you have all experienced the cargo hold. Are you sure you want to wait?” Levi continued his offensive before Duisburg could answer: “Then you’ll be the only one who hasn’t experienced the cargo hold.”