Elder brother's garrison

"I can't see it. I can live as long as you live." The Will of the Deep Sea said calmly, as if it were something completely unrelated to itself. "Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about yourself."

"Uh," Xiaobai stammered.

Xiaobai didn't linger on the topic of lifespan and quickly changed the subject.

"Deep Sea Will, how old do you look? Judging from your appearance alone," Little White asked earnestly, nestled against the Deep Sea Will's chest.

"Around twenty years old?" Deep Sea Will seemed unsure about the question. She raised her hand to examine her fair wrist, pondered for a long time, and said, "I probably won't be particularly young."

"Twenty years old is already very young," Xiaobai remarked, a smile involuntarily creeping onto her lips.

If Deep Sea Will can become so charming and feminine at the age of twenty, then wouldn't I be able to become like that in a few more years?

Great!

Come on, me!

Xiao Bai secretly cheered himself up.

"What are you laughing at again?" The Will of the Deep Sea noticed Little White's expression.

"Hehe, it's okay, hehe..." Little White rubbed against the chest of the Deep Sea Will, its underwater legs tightly clasped around the Deep Sea Will's legs. "One day, I will have them too."

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"Speaking of the next topic, about Xiaohong and the others..."

Xiao Bai spoke to the Deep Sea Will one thing at a time, one sentence at a time.

Deep Sea Will also replied to every single one of them with utmost seriousness.

They were just chatting about everyday things.

Inside the Roman Baths, the air was thick with steam, and the sounds of conversation, intermittent and seemingly drowned out by the rushing water, drifted through the mist.

The communication between Xiaobai and the will of the deep sea does not require much emotional interaction. For them, even just chatting casually, or even just counting sheep in a monotonous way, is more fulfilling than many social interactions, allowing people to immerse themselves in it without even realizing it.

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Perhaps due to the passage of time, the steam in the Roman Baths began to thin, and it felt slightly cool.

The will of the deep sea raised its hand and waved it in mid-air. Water mist transformed into butterflies that fluttered their wings on its fingertips before dissipating.

The Will of the Deep Sea lowered its hand and gently patted Little White's shoulder.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Xiaobai turned her head and looked at the Will of the Deep Sea.

"It's time to go out," the Deep Sea Will said to Little White. "It's getting a bit cold here."

"Huh? The temperature of the bathtub isn't something you can just snap your fingers at..." Xiaobai paused, clearly not having had enough of being in the Deep Sea Will's arms. She was about to say something, but looking at the Deep Sea Will's calm and serene expression, she nodded and said regretfully, "Oh... okay."

wow-

Xiao Bai's body emerged from the embrace of the Deep Sea Will and climbed out of the pool. The Deep Sea Will followed Xiao Bai out.

As soon as Xiaobai, who was walking in front, heard the sound of water splashing behind him, he turned around and looked at the Deep Sea Will. He found that the Deep Sea Will had wrapped a towel tightly around its body and did not expose any part of its body that should not be exposed.

"What a pity," Xiaobai sighed.

"What's a pity?" the will of the deep sea retorted.

"It's such a rare opportunity, and I even wanted to give you a back rub." Xiaobai raised her hand and made a back rub motion in the air.

“…Next time,” the Deep Sea Will replied briefly.

As soon as the Will of the Deep Sea finished speaking, Xiao Bai's movements suddenly froze.

"Huh? What did you say?" Little White stared wide-eyed at the Will of the Deep Sea, her expression as if she had seen a pie fall from the sky. "We... have a next time?"

"..." The will of the deep sea.

This time, no matter how excitedly Xiaobai asked, Deep Sea Will ignored her.

Pushing open the door to the changing room, Xiaobai and Deep Sea Will had barely stepped across the threshold when the water stains on their bodies instantly disappeared, and their wet towels were replaced with dry clothes.

Xiao Bai quickly put on the clothes, then looked at the Deep Sea Will, who was silently buttoning up his clothes.

"Deep Sea Will, where are we going next? Your bedroom? Or should we go for a walk?" Little White asked expectantly, her hands clasped together. "I don't think I've ever slept with you before. Should we bring Little Red along?"

As Deep Sea Will buttoned its clothes, it looked up at Little White, its serene expression unchanged, but it did not reply for a moment.

"Deep Sea Will, speak up!"

“…Hmm.” The Will of the Deep Sea fastened her buttons, lowered her hands, and gazed gently at Little White. “…You should go.”

"Huh?" Xiaobai was stunned.

“In the real world, you still have a lot to deal with,” the Deep Sea Will explained to Xiaobai.

"No, are you alright...? If I'm just staying here for a day..." Little White stammered, looking at the Deep Sea Will with a face full of reluctance, "It's a rare opportunity like this, so everything should be fine, right..."

Xiao Bai is naturally very unwilling to return to the real world.

After all, Deep Sea Will still had most of her time to be a sweet, innocent girl. During this time, he could kiss her freely and hug and cuddle her as he pleased. Deep Sea Will's obedient and adorable behavior was simply too good to pass up. Little White was unwilling to leave until he had used up this time.

“You’ve been unconscious for more than just one day.” But to Xiaobai’s surprise, the Will of the Deep Sea told her something unexpected: “Actually, you’ve been unconscious for about a week.”

"Huh? A week???" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

“Hmm.” The Will of the Deep Sea nodded, his eyes filled with apology. “A week has passed since you ended your battle with Frederick the Great until your consciousness appeared in the spiritual world.”

"It...it lasted that long? I didn't feel anything at all...where did my consciousness go during that time...huh?" Xiaobai was completely baffled, but suddenly a thought flashed through her mind. She remembered the lucid dream she had before, in which she seemed to have stayed in that strange place for a while.

Absolutely!

So I had that lucid dream for a whole week?

Xiao Bai realized what was happening too late and covered her mouth.

“I should have reminded you, but I haven’t been able to find a suitable opportunity,” the Deep Sea Will said to Little White. “It would be a bit of a downer to talk about what we were discussing in the bathtub earlier.”

"Uh, that's true..."

If I were unconscious for a week... the ship girls and abyssal deans in the real world would definitely be extremely worried about me.

Furthermore, given the vast ocean, it's hard to imagine that something wouldn't happen between the Deep Sea Deans from our own naval base and the native Deep Sea Deans from Chapter Eight...

"Besides Dafeng Village, the rest of the spiritual world has also been damaged by the Deep Sea Assassins. To maintain the stability of the spiritual world, I also need to make time to repair those wounds, as quickly as possible." The Deep Sea Will added to Xiaobai at this moment, "So..."

"Sigh... I understand, I get it."

Upon hearing this, Xiaobai responded dejectedly.

It seems that those few hours I spent in harmony with the will of the deep sea were the last time I'd done so in five hundred years.

Once I return to the spiritual world and resolve things there, the Deep Sea Will will likely revert to its cold and aloof state.

But as the Deep Sea Will said, no matter how reluctant Xiaobai is, the real world is clearly more important now. The past few hours have already been the result of the Deep Sea Will trying its best to increase the time spent with Xiaobai.

As if bidding farewell to her beloved daughter forever, Xiaobai approached the Deep Sea Will with teary eyes, reluctant to leave, and tiptoed to touch the Deep Sea Will's face again and again.

"That will of the deep sea, I... I'm leaving..."

"Yes." The Will of the Deep Sea nodded.

"You, you have to remember me... We even made a promise to take a bath together, sleep together, go shopping together, and do this and that kind of thing together next time..."

"We only made an appointment to take a shower."

"Oh, I'm so reluctant to part with you, Deep Sea Will." Little White threw herself into the Deep Sea Will's embrace, hugging its waist tightly and starting to act coquettishly.

"...You'll still see me when you come back."

“That makes sense… but…” Xiaobai paused halfway through her sentence, then sighed deeply, reluctantly taking one last breath from the Deep Sea Will before withdrawing, muttering softly, “Oh well, it’s all yours anyway…”

"..." The will of the deep sea.

Seeing that Xiaobai was feeling slightly awkward and unwilling, the Will of the Deep Sea raised its hand and summoned a beam of light on Xiaobai.

The beam of light pulled Little White up from the ground.

"Goodbye, Will of the Deep Sea." Little White, bathed in the beam of light, waved to the Will of the Deep Sea.

"See you next time." The Will of the Deep Sea waved to Little White, "...Mom."

"Um, see you next time... Wait, what did you call me?" Little White, floating in the air, was about to reply when she suddenly realized something, her eyes widening, a look of surprise and disbelief on her face. "Say it again, what did you call me? What did you call me again—"

Faced with Xiaobai's surprise and helplessness, the Will of the Deep Sea simply smiled slightly and waved to her.

"Deep Sea Will, wait, wait a minute, don't send me away yet, let me stop, let me hear it one more time, let..."

Xiao Bai's voice abruptly stopped.

next second.

Little White's dancing figure disappeared from the spiritual world, leaving only the Will of the Deep Sea smiling sweetly at the air in front of it.

Chapter 2186 The Real World

"Let me hear it again!!!"

Xiao Bai shouted, opened his eyes, and sat up straight in bed.

Then Xiaobai found himself facing a white wall covered with tiny cracks. The surrounding environment was the complete opposite of the bright sunshine in his spiritual world—the light was dim, the air was damp, and the dark aura of the deep sea condensed into wisps of mist that occasionally drifted past his eyes.

I'm back in... a familiar place.

Xiao Bai closed his mouth, silently looked at the cracks in the wall, and finally lowered his head with a face full of regret.

Xiao Bai was feeling regretful that she hadn't been able to properly listen to the Deep Sea Will's farewell speech when suddenly, as she looked down, she noticed a thin pink blanket covering her legs.

This pink blanket is covered with trendy cartoon characters. It's fluffy, warm, and feels very comfortable to the touch, and it looks brand new.

There are indeed some daily necessities in deep-sea cities, but soft fabrics are still very rare.

"Huh? Do I remember seeing this in deep-sea cities?"

Xiao Bai looked puzzled and subconsciously lifted the blanket on her lap.

As Xiaobai moved, the blanket was pulled off her legs, revealing a pair of bare legs.

Xiao Bai was stunned.

Xiao Bai first scratched her legs, then her gaze involuntarily moved downwards, and following her hand, she saw her flat stomach...

"Alas??!"

Xiao Bai finally realized that she seemed to be naked. She let out a soft cry, and in fright, she quickly hugged her chest and looked to both sides in a panic.

How did I end up completely naked, with only my underwear left on... Where are my clothes? Where are my other clothes?

Come to think of it, this wall in front of me looks familiar. Is it some kind of deep-sea prison?

What kind of prisoner treatment is this?

Could it be that... during the time she was unconscious, Frederick the Great took the opportunity to recover from her injuries, then attacked everyone on the sea, wiping out Missouri, the Deep Sea Yamato, and the other Deep Sea Deans in one fell swoop?

No, it can't be...

Xiao Bai felt a chill run down her spine at the thought. She clutched her pounding chest, her emotions surging uncontrollably.

"Tick."

Just as Xiaobai was panicking and didn't know what to do, suddenly, she heard a faint sound of water dripping behind her.

The ticking sound was very faint, but it seemed quite jarring in the quiet prison cell.

Xiao Bai felt nervous and quickly turned around.

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What did Xiaobai see behind him?

Xiaobai saw it from behind: Missouri, with her sleeves rolled up, was squatting by the bedside, squeezing a wet towel next to a clear bucket of water. She kept looking at Xiaobai as he turned around, her hands never stopping.

Tick ​​tock tick tock——

Large, clear water droplets flowed from the towel and dripped into the bucket under Missouri's squeezing fingers.

Missouri: “…”

"..."

Xiaobai and Missouri remained in this position, one sitting naked on the bed, the other squatting under the bed, staring at each other in silence.

at last.

It was Xiaobai who spoke first.