Elder brother's garrison

"Huh? Didn't you hear me?"

"I heard it," Xiaobai said, puzzled.

"Then I'm done talking."

"..." Xiaobai looked at Nia with some confusion.

Xiao Bai's face was filled with the feeling that "the truth is so simple."

“I let the deep-sea supply ship go,” Nia said.

"Oh..." Xiaobai lowered her head.

Is letting a deep-sea creature escape such a serious crime?

Xiao Bai really didn't feel anything about this.

After all, she has a deep-sea ship's equipment inside her body, a deep-sea dean at home, and a deep-sea lily that is always ready to establish a relationship beyond friendship with her.

—If we're really talking about serious issues, Xiaobai's situation is definitely more serious...

Compared to Xiaobai, Admiral Nia is already considered to be very dedicated.

"Don't you have any reaction?" Nia looked at Xiaobai's unwavering expression and felt extremely strange.

Logically speaking, at this point, the admiral in front of him should have shown him an expression as if he had seen a national grudge, looking disgusted and contemptuous, and turned away without even wanting to look at him, right?

Why isn't the admiral reacting at all?

"Um... well... after all, it was a deep-sea supply ship that was released... I think it's fine, it's okay. I understand, you did a good job." Xiaobai casually made up an explanation.

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Nia's eyes suddenly reddened for some reason, and large tears streamed down her face.

"Huh? Did I say anything really hurtful? Don't cry!" Xiaobai panicked and quickly grabbed a tissue from the table and handed it to Nia.

"Waaah—" Nia cried even harder as she watched Xiaobai hand her a tissue.

What's going on?

Xiao Bai felt there were too many unexpected developments today, and he couldn't keep up with the pace.

Chapter 213 Xiaobai's Identity

Nia was very touched.

I was really touched because I released a deep-sea creature out of pity, which resulted in my admiral status being revoked, my naval base being taken back, and even Cleveland suffering discrimination along with me in the first chapter of the sea.

If it weren't for my useless self dragging her along, such a powerful ship girl as Cleveland would definitely be living a life a hundred times better than she is now.

They would be sought after and loved wherever they went, and no one would ever look down on them, making it impossible to even find a team to team up with.

All of this is my own fault.

Nia even felt that it was her own fault.

If I were more ruthless and cold-blooded, perhaps my life would be quite the opposite now.

Although Nia always acted as if she didn't care about her condition, she was actually suffering a lot inside.

She felt sorry for Cleveland. Whenever she saw Cleveland return looking exhausted, Nia would always wonder if he had been discriminated against by other admirals, if he had spent the whole afternoon sitting at the door, or if he was fighting alone in the first node, unable to enter the higher-reward battle area due to the limited number of available slots.

She loves Cleveland; Cleveland is her family, her loved ones.

That's why she finds it even harder to forgive herself for dragging Cleveland down.

Yet, even when she was being condemned by everyone and had begun to doubt herself, an admiral stood in front of her and encouraged her. For Nia, this was something that could not even be achieved in her dreams.

That strong, beautiful, and gentle girl smiled kindly at me and said, "It's okay, you were right."

Is that correct?

Definitely not, Nia is wrong.

But it doesn't matter.

Nia wasn't preoccupied with whether what she did was right or wrong.

She was simply touched by Xiaobai's affirmation of her.

As long as you praise me, as long as you forgive me, as long as you like me, that's enough.

Even if it's just a perfunctory response, even if it's deception, it doesn't matter.

As long as this is the case, Nia has the motivation to keep living.

Xiao Bai is such a person. In an environment where criticizing Nia is politically correct, he is the first person who dares to reach out and pull Nia out of the endless vortex of darkness.

He beat up the person who had been bullying him and agreed to team up with him in front of everyone.

She is Nia's hero.

Xiao Bai looked at Nia, who was crying her eyes out in front of him, and was at a loss for what to do.

"Admiral, if you were a man, you'd probably die by a woodcutter's axe sooner or later," Veneto joked from the side.

"Ah? Why?"

"Admiral, you are clearly a girl yourself, so you understand what girls think, but you don't know what girls think in their hearts." Veneto didn't say anything directly, but just smiled gently, picked up a peanut from the plate, and fed it to Fubuki beside her.

Clicking on something so interesting is something only a boring person would do.

So Veneto decided to remain silent.

"Hey hey—" Xiaobai remained in the position of holding the tissue, not knowing what to do.

"Thank you..." Nia reached out and took the tissue from Xiaobai's hand, thanking him with a sob in her voice.

"It's alright, shall we eat then?" Xiaobai didn't know what to do now. Seeing that Nia didn't seem to be crying because of sadness and could stop at any time, she could only suggest, "The food has been served for quite a while and it's going to get cold. Why don't you eat with us, Nia?"

“…Hmm…” Nia, whose favorability rating had been boosted by Xiaobai, listened to Xiaobai’s every word.

The dinner ended in a subtly awkward atmosphere.

Outside the dining table, all the other admirals in the dining area were secretly watching Xiaobai.

At the dinner table, Nia would sometimes look at Xiaobai with a peculiar gaze, and sometimes shyly stare at her own bowl and chopsticks.

Veneto's face always wore that smile, as if he were watching his daughter grow up.

In short, Xiaobai felt the meal was a bit awkward.

After finishing her meal, Nia left the table and went to the staff lounge to change her clothes.

Only after Nia left did Cleveland bow to Little White.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome," Xiaobai waved his hand.

There's a lot more to Cleveland's "thank you" than meets the eye, and it's exhausting to think about it all. Oh well, at least they're very grateful to me.

"Excuse me, who exactly are you people?" After thanking him, Cleveland asked Xiaobai.

Ah, it's finally here.

After a series of ups and downs, Cleveland finally asked that question!

The admirals who had been waiting for a long time all perked up their ears.

Yes, who exactly is this white-haired little girl?

They started with such a big show, daring to let their ship girls beat people up in the guild, and even making the guild owner come out to clean up their mess. The guild owner, who held the reins of all the admirals in the first chapter, didn't have a temper at all. Not only did he not punish them, but he also handed over a huge amount of merit.

Good grief, even if you're the guild owner's illegitimate daughter? No, even if you were his biological mother, he wouldn't be this biased towards you, would he?

"Ah... this?" Xiaobai was also at a loss.

It's really not something I can say out loud that I'm the world's number one admiral.

If I were to say it out loud, it would be a disgrace to my own garrison.

Even if Xiaobai is shameless, she should still try to make her brother in heaven proud.

But Nia had said before that teammates shouldn't have secrets, which cut off his own escape route, making Xiaobai feel that lying is no longer a good idea.

For a moment, Xiaobai also hesitated.

“My admiral was directly appointed by the governor-general,” Veneto said, knowing that Xiaobai would have a hard time answering, so he spoke up for her.

“The Governor?” Cleveland was taken aback.

“Yes, the Governor-General of the Pacific, don’t you recognize him? Right, Admiral?” Veneto said.

"Mmm-hmm." Little White glanced gratefully at Veneto and nodded quickly.

Xiao Bai was indeed a special admiral directly appointed by Pacific Governor Mu Yu, that's correct.

“Ah…” Cleveland sat in the chair, looking at Xiaobai in a daze.

To be honest, this news doesn't seem very impactful.

The Pacific Governor is indeed a special position several ranks higher than the Admiral, equivalent to an Admiral's administrator. Basically, all Admirals are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the corresponding region.

If Xiaobai really does have some special relationship with the current governor, then the guild owner's reaction isn't entirely incomprehensible...

But right.

There's a subtle feeling that this news isn't as shocking as I'd anticipated.

Cleveland thought Little White was the sister of the admiral of the world's number one naval base, or the descendant of some untouchable retired general, or perhaps a top admiral who pretended to be weak to deceive others, or even a special creature that could punch the governor and kick the deep sea.

—Never mind, that's just a plot in a novel. Maybe Cleveland is just being delusional.

But this is for the best. It means that the distance between him and Xiaobai is not insurmountable. If Xiaobai were truly some unattainable being, Cleveland himself would really not know how to get along with her for a while.

Cleveland smiled gently at Xiaobai: "Then please take care of me in the future."

"Okay, I'll also leave my ship girl to you," Xiaobai said with a smile to Cleveland.

Everyone got up and walked towards the entrance of the dining area.

You have to pay at the entrance. Just hand over your Admiral's Certificate, and the hostess will swipe it to deduct the corresponding merit points.

Xiao Bai handed over his admiral's certificate.

"This customer, you have a premium membership card from our manager. You can get a 20% discount with that card," the young woman said, pointing to the black card that Fubuki was holding.

"Ah, no need, that's already been sent out," Xiaobai said with a smile.

I gave all of these things to Fubuki, so how can I take them back?

We can only take it back after Fubuki has used up all the merit points inside.

"Ok."

The young lady accepted Xiaobai's admiral's certificate with her signature smile.

She put Xiaobai's admiral's certificate into the card reader, looked at the long string of numbers on it, and couldn't help but sigh with envy.

—As expected of the world's number one admiral, he's got money.

If someone came to me with this card and said they wanted to elope with me, this young lady said she wouldn't even need to pack her luggage; she would just throw herself into that person's arms and get married on a whim.

Despite her thoughts, the hostess knew this wasn't the time to daydream.

After the young lady skillfully completed the operation, she removed the Admiral's Certificate from the card reader and returned it to Xiaobai.

"Thank you." Xiaobai took the admiral's certificate and placed it in Veneto's hand.

Most of my personal belongings are stored on the ship girls. The ship girls have ship equipment space, so it's safer and more convenient to store things on the ship girls than to carry them by hand.

Veneto retrieved Xiaobai's admiral's certificate from the ship's equipment space.

-

At this moment, Nia had just finished changing her clothes and came out of the dressing room.

As soon as she stepped outside, she saw a muscular man in a black suit loitering in front of the dressing room.

"manager?"

Barbatos was overjoyed to see Nia leave the house and quickly came over, saying, "Oh my lovely little girl, you've finally come out!"

Mr. Barbatos grinned, his face full of menacing expressions.

Mr. Barbatos was over fifty and already had a wife, so it seemed rather strange for him to be standing at the door fawning over a young girl.

"Mr. Barbatos... what are you trying to do?"