Elder brother's garrison

"Uh...an attack has been launched?"

"Don't worry, when we Deans of the Deep Sea are too free, we occasionally have a casual fight to relax and stop when it's over," Deep Sea Yamato said to Shiro. "Simply put, I met Deep Sea Ryujo and her subordinates after that one time I played with them a little."

"Oh, I see. That's enough..." Xiaobai nodded, glancing thoughtfully at the Deep Sea Dragon on the bed.

"Shaking, shaking, shaking, shaking..." Deep Sea Dragon looked at Deep Sea Yamato, trembling with fear.

"……"noob.

Xiaobai thinks that what Shenhai Yamato means by "stopping at the right point" might not be as simple as she makes it out to be.

However, given the current situation, Xiaobai was too lazy to complain.

"Deep Sea Dragon." Xiaobai called out to the trembling Deep Sea Dragon a few times. When Deep Sea Dragon's confused gaze finally showed a slight tendency to turn towards her, she smiled gently and spoke, "Although I don't know what your relationship with Yamato-neechan was like before... well, Yamato-neechan is now a member of our newbie naval base. She's very gentle, considerate, and capable. Everyone in our naval base likes her very much, so you don't need to be afraid of her like before."

Done.

To prove his point.

Xiaobai walked over to Shenhai Yamato, took Shenhai Yamato's hand, and clasped their fingers together.

Fukami Yamato blushed and initially tugged at the hand a little shyly, but remembering what Shiro had told her before that she didn't mind if others knew about their relationship, she forced herself to endure the embarrassment and shame, grabbed Shiro's hand that was holding hers, and rubbed her face against the back of Shiro's hand.

"..." Deep Sea Ryujo stared blankly at Deep Sea Yamato.

"Right?" Xiaobai said with a smile to Shenhai Longxiang.

"..." Deep Sea Dragon swallowed hard, its gaze shifting back and forth between Deep Sea Yamato and Shiro with some hesitation, before finally settling on Shiro's face with some doubt.

"Really...really?"

"Deep Sea Dragon asked in a low voice."

"real!"

Xiaobai nodded.

"..." Shenhai Longxiang followed Xiaobai's hand and looked at Shenhai Yamato beside her, his gaze lingering on Shenhai Yamato's face.

At this moment, Yamato Akagi no longer had the arrogant and aloof look she once had. Even her empty pupils, which used to send chills down your spine with just a glance, now seemed much more approachable.

like……

Things have really changed.

Deep Sea Dragon's worries dissipated considerably.

Seeing that Shenhai Longxiang's expression had softened, Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief, plopped down on the edge of the bed, and looked at the two people in front of him.

"I never expected that Yamato-neechan would know you, Ryujin Akagi... I even accidentally mistook Yamato-neechan for the missing friend you mentioned..." Shiro apologized to Ryujin Akagi, "Anyway, I'm really sorry for startling you before."

“…It’s alright…” Shenhai Longxiang lowered his head.

"But speaking of which, Deep Sea Dragon, weren't you in Missouri? How did you sneak over here?" Xiaobai asked Deep Sea Dragon.

“Ah, about this…” Hearing Xiaobai’s words, Shenhai Longxiang remembered her own situation. She straightened up and said to Xiaobai, “I…I secretly ran away to find you.”

"Find me?"

"Ah."

"Is there something you need my help with?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

"Uh... I'm here to apologize..." Shenhai Longxiang said, head bowed. "I broke the phone you gave me..."

"Huh? A cell phone?"

"Ah."

Following Deep Sea Dragon's guidance, Xiaobai found the phone that Deep Sea Dragon had previously dropped on the carpet.

"I was playing with it for a while, and I think I used too much force. The phone suddenly stopped working, and nothing I pressed worked," Deep Sea Dragon said regretfully to Whitey. "Um... I'm really sorry about that..."

"..."

Xiao Bai stared at the unresponsive Longxiang phone for a while, then thoughtfully walked to his bedside, picked up a charging cable, and plugged it into the phone's charging port.

A few seconds passed.

Long Xiang's phone lit up again to his astonishment.

"Ah, sure enough, it's out of power." Xiaobai laughed at Shenhai Longxiang. "Don't worry, Longxiang, your phone isn't broken. It's probably because you stayed up all night last night and drained the battery. Just charge it for a little while and you can use it again."

"Huh? Charging... is that?"

"Everything in human society is basically powered by energy. Without energy, it's like a ship without resources—it can't function," Xiaobai said.

“…Ah…” After listening to Xiaobai’s words, Shenhai Longxiang stared blankly at the lit-up phone, her body went limp, and she sighed in relief, “So that’s how it is… The tools in the human world are really troublesome…”

"You'll get used to it," Xiaobai said with a smile.

Shenhai Longxiang leaned slightly towards the head of the bed, picked up her charging phone, and carefully observed the screen that had lit up again, her small mouth slightly open.

Xiao Bai silently watched the back of the Deep Sea Dragon.

She let out a soft sigh.

Ugh.

That's a bit of a pity.

Xiaobai genuinely believed that Deepsea Yamato was Deepsea Ryujo's friend.

If that's the case, maybe by leveraging my connection with Deepsea Yamato, I could directly persuade Deepsea Ryujo to join my naval base... saving me from all the trouble later.

Unexpectedly, Deepsea Yamato and Deepsea Ryujo knew each other, but their relationship was only ordinary.

Xiao Bai sighed with disappointment.

Judging from this trend... it's highly likely that the friend from Deepsea Dragon Chronicle is really dead...

"Dong dong dong."

Just now.

A series of knocks sounded from outside the door.

Everyone looked toward the door.

"Please come in."

Xiao Bai called out to the door.

About a few seconds passed.

The doorknob was turned, and Ella's maid, Connor, pushed open the door expressionlessly. She stood respectfully outside the door and gave a slight bow to Xiaobai inside.

"Guest, the admiral's meeting at the restaurant has ended, and it's almost time for dinner..."

The maid Connor was only halfway through her sentence when she saw the scene in the room and her expression suddenly froze. The rest of her words got stuck in her throat.

"Ah, it's Miss Connor." Xiaobai, ignoring Connor's pause, smiled and said, "Thank you for reminding me. I'll be there for dinner, Miss Connor..."

Before Xiaobai could finish speaking, at that moment...

Little White's ear.

Deep Sea Dragon, who had just been playing with his phone, looked at the maid Connor at the door in disbelief and spoke in surprise.

"...Loki?"

Chapter 1527 Loki

Xiao Bai's room was quiet.

Deep Sea Dragon stood there, mouth agape, staring at the maid Connor standing at the door, his eyes filled with confusion, bewilderment, and an overwhelming sense of surprise.

"Loki...Loki?"

Shenhai Longxiang murmured softly. The phone, which she had been clutching like a precious treasure, slipped from her hand and fell limply into the bedding with a loud thud, making a particularly noticeable noise in the quiet room.

"……what?"

Upon hearing the voice of the Deep Sea Dragon, Shiro, who was greeting the maid Connor, shut her mouth.

Loki?

Xiao Bai turned her head and looked at the Deep Sea Dragon beside her.

"Long Xiang? What did you just say?"

"Loki...Loki! We...we said she's Loki!"

Shenhai Longxiang jumped out of bed with a thud.

Deep Sea Dragon Rising, panting and her face flushed with excitement, patted her chest with delight, then patted her chest again at the maid Connor by the door, her voice trembling slightly, "Loki! It's me! Do you remember me? I'm Dragon Rising! We were together on the sea back then! I... I've been looking for you for so long!"

Deep Sea Dragon was excitedly talking to the maid Connor at the door. As she spoke, her eyes reddened, and large tears kept flowing from her eyes.

Xiao Bai stared blankly at the Deep Sea Dragon.

Judging from Deep Sea Dragon's reaction, it's highly likely that this maid, Connor, also knows her.

And from what Shenhai Longxiang just said, it seems that the maid named Connor in front of everyone is the missing "friend" that Shenhai Longxiang has been looking for for a long time.

Ok?

Wait a moment.

If Deep Sea Dragon's friend is Miss Connor...

Doesn't that mean...

Xiao Bai's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at the maid Connor at the door in surprise.

"Miss Connor, you...you are not...?"

"Excuse me, guests, it seems you've mistaken me for someone else." Xiaobai had only asked half a question when Connor, the maid who had been silent until now, finally spoke. Her brow furrowed, and then she bowed expressionlessly to Deep Sea Dragon and Xiaobai in the room. "It seems the guests need to rest today, so I'll take my leave. Sorry for the intrusion."

"Eh?"

"Eh?"

Xiaobai and Shenhai Longxiang were both taken aback.

Under the watchful eyes of Xiaobai and Shenhai Longxiang, the maid Connor quickly retreated into the corridor, turned around in a flash, and fled like the wind to the other end of the corridor as if her life depended on it.

"Yamato-neechan!"

In an instant, Shiro realized that the maid Connor was trying to escape. She quickly turned her head and hurriedly called out to Yamato Aqua standing beside her.

"Order!"

Yamato nodded quickly, understanding immediately. He leaped from the bedside, rolled up his sleeves, and dashed out of the room, shouting into the hallway, "Hey! You up ahead! Don't run! My admiral wants to ask you something!!!"

dong dong dong dong-

Maid Connor did not stop. In response to Deep Sea Yamato, there was an even more obvious sound of Maid Connor running away.

"Hey!! Still trying to run away!!"

Yamato's voice suddenly became louder.

Suddenly, Deep Sea Yamato darted off in the direction of Maid Connor.

Rumble, rumble, rumble——

dong dong dong dong-

flapping flapping flapping—

Hiss hiss hiss hiss—

A commotion erupted in the corridor.

About a minute or two later.

Under the watchful eyes of Xiaobai and Shenhai Longxiang, the chaotic noise that had filled the entire corridor finally quieted down.

It didn't take long.

Yamato Fukami then dragged his feet, panting heavily, as he carried the maid Connor back to Shiro's room.

Shiro and Ryujo looked toward Yamato's shoulder.

The maid Connor, who had just tried to escape, was now bound hand and foot with some kind of pig-tying rope by Yamato Aqua. Her hands and feet were tightly tied together, and even her mouth was covered with tape.

"Whoa—this girl is incredibly strong..." Yamato Fukami walked into the house, closed the door behind him, and locked it with a click. Then he threw the maid Connor off his shoulder onto the carpet. "Hey, Shiro, I've brought back the person you wanted."