Elder brother's garrison

"The Admiral's taste... hehehe... slurp... hehe..."

—For Atago, being able to sit in this chair is enough.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

While strolling around town with the destroyers in the evening, Xiaobai ran into an acquaintance.

Luo Yin, not wearing his admiral's uniform but rather a simple, casual outfit, was standing in front of a street stall looking at the goods inside.

"Ah, the one who was bullied by Veneto." Before Xiaobai, Fubuki was the first to notice Luo Yin's presence, and pointed at Luo Yin with her little hand.

Xiao Bai and Luo Yin weren't close enough to greet each other, so Xiao Bai originally didn't want to go up and say hello.

After all, he didn't have much to say to him, and Veneto had even argued with him a long time ago. Rather than going up to say hello, Xiaobai preferred to just walk past him and let it go.

However, Fubuki's voice immediately revealed Shiro and the others' presence.

Luo Yin, who was picking out goods, was also attracted by the sound and turned his head.

He saw Xiaobai, let out a soft "uh," and his expression became complicated.

"Hello." Xiaobai could only greet Luo Yin.

"Hello," Luo Yin said respectfully to Xiao Bai, then shifted his gaze to the four destroyers beside Xiao Bai.

Destroyers are not very rare. As the most numerous ship girl type, destroyers are the most common ship girls in most admirals' naval bases.

However, the destroyers next to Xiaobai are quadruplet sister ships.

Sister ships are not just about being pleasing to the eye.

Among destroyers, sister ships always have a special ability to support each other. Four sisters together can often create value that six or seven ship girls of the same level cannot achieve.

Having heard Koei's detailed account of the events, Luo Yin knew that the four ship girls in front of Xiaobai were ship girls who had achieved miracles. The value of the sister ships had been fully realized.

—It's truly enviable.

"Hello," Luo Yin said to the four destroyers. "Thank you for saving my family's glory yesterday."

"It was Shirayuki who saved her." Fubuki scratched her head sheepishly and hugged Shirayuki beside her.

That day, Fubuki simply darted to Koei's side as a target for Shirayuki's skills; it was Shirayuki who did the work. After all, Shirayuki's skills are only effective against ship girls she considers family.

“I couldn’t have saved her without my sister,” Bai Xue said to Luo Yin.

"Okay. Thank you." Luo Yin originally wanted to take out his wallet to buy something for the destroyers, but when he thought about how their admiral was still in front of him, and how the admiral was rich and the destroyers were probably all pampered, he decided against it.

Xiao Bai looked at Luo Yin awkwardly.

Luo Yin acted as if nothing had happened, speaking to his own destroyer with a friendly smile, as if he were the only one in the world who cared about the past.

"Isn't that white-haired ship girl with you?" Luo Yin asked curiously when he saw Xiao Bai looking at him and not in a hurry to leave.

"Do you mean Veneto? She's at the hotel. I came out for a stroll with Fubuki and the others," Shiro said.

"I see." Luo Yin nodded with a hint of regret.

Previously, due to the crowds on the beach, Luo Yin hadn't had a chance to thank Xiao Bai and Veneto separately, and it seems he won't have that opportunity today either.

"Oh, right." Luo Yin looked at Xiao Bai and suddenly remembered something. "Uh, may I ask your name, Miss?"

"My name is Lu Lin."

"Oh, Admiral Lu Lin, I'm just asking. Do you know about the party tonight?" Luo Yin asked tentatively.

"reunion?"

"As expected, no one told Admiral Lu Lin." Luo Yin chuckled self-deprecatingly. "It's like this, because the fourth node has been closed to sea for the past few days, and the admirals of the fourth node don't want to go to the third node, we're planning to take a few days off. There's a gathering of the admirals of the fourth node tonight."

Luo Yin is going to a party later.

"Oh..." Xiaobai finally understood why Luo Yin was dressed casually.

"Miss Lu Lin, would you do me the honor of taking a look?" Luo Yin asked.

If Xiaobai could visit the Admiral Gathering area, the Admirals there would probably be very happy to do so.

"Have all the admirals who went to the fourth node been invited?" Xiaobai asked.

“We all know each other well. You contact me and I contact him. Basically, that includes all the admirals in the fourth node,” Luo Yin replied.

"Oh." Xiaobai nodded.

"Would Miss Lu Lin do me the honor of joining us?"

"...Does Nia know?" Xiaobai asked.

As soon as Xiaobai finished speaking, Luo Yin's heart skipped a beat.

Luo Yin looked up and gazed into Xiao Bai's eyes.

Xiao Bai's eyes were big and bright, very beautiful, but if you looked closely, Luo Yin could feel a chill behind that innocent gaze.

The coolness was strange, like the feeling of inferiority and submission that a lower species feels when looking at a higher species.

“I think it’s unlikely… After all, Admiral Nia only arrived at the fourth node yesterday, and she doesn’t have close contact with the other admirals. At the very least, not many people should know her phone number,” Luo Yin said.

Nia and Xiaobai are teammates. If Nia is neglected, Xiaobai is likely to get angry.

Luo Yin hadn't thought it through before inviting Xiao Bai.

If the girl in front of you finds out that her teammate wasn't invited, she might just walk away.

Luo Yin felt increasingly worse the more he thought about it.

"Okay," Xiaobai said softly.

"Where is the gathering being held, Bashanling (9) Lingwu?"

"Huh?" Luo Yin was stunned for a few seconds.

"What's wrong?" Xiaobai asked.

"It's alright, it's alright. We've booked the whole bar next to the Admiral's Guild. It'll start in a few hours," Luo Yin said. "Since everyone knows each other, there aren't any tickets or anything like that."

"Okay, I understand." Xiaobai nodded. "Can I bring ship girls?"

"It's up to you."

"Thank you." Xiaobai expressed her gratitude and left with the four Fubuki sisters.

Luo Yin was left alone, his heart pounding.

It seems that Admiral Lu Lin has agreed?

Luo Yin was both bewildered and unconsciously relieved.

Shiro and the four Fubuki sisters returned to the inn.

"Admiral, you're back so early today." Veneto and Roma were chatting together when they were surprised to see Fubuki and Shiro return so early.

"Okay, Veneto, I'll go find Nia." After sending Fubuki and the others back to their room, Xiaobai said this and left.

Xiaobai walked to Nia's room and knocked on the door.

Xiao Bai also felt worried as he knocked on the door.

— Xiaobai realized it too late.

It wasn't until Luo Yin told her about the gathering today that Xiao Bai realized that she had gradually and completely cut off Nia's social circle.

It's been a long time since I've caught up on anime.

So there won't be any extra updates today.

Chapter 293 The infatuated girl

While it might be a bit inappropriate for a newbie to say this, it's true that people need to communicate with those around them to live in this world. Especially for admirals, it's dangerous to fight alone at sea. No one can guarantee that they won't run into trouble or need help from friends during their time as admiral, so communicating with those around them is essential.

But Nia didn't.

Nia was unable to integrate into the circle of other admirals from the beginning and could not enjoy any benefits that this "collective" offered her.

Especially recently, since Xiaobai appeared, Nia has been spending 24 hours a day with Xiaobai.

Xiaobai and Nia were like special beings detached from the mortal world, completely different from the other admirals in the first chapter of the sea.

Xiaobai was touched by this friendship that was always there for her, but she knew it wasn't right.

The reason why Xiaobai doesn't contact other admirals is because Xiaobai is the admiral of the world's number one naval base, and there is no need for him to deal with these admirals from the first chapter of the sea.

This is not the arrogance of the strong, but the self-awareness of the strong.

However, Nia is not the world's number one admiral. There will come a day when Shiro leaves Nia. Without Shiro, Nia is just an ordinary, even somewhat weak, young female admiral.

If Nia hasn't integrated into the circle of admirals by then, perhaps when a certain opportunity arises, she will fall into the same abyss that Shiro fell into before she met her.

Footsteps came from behind the door.

Cleveland, with a toothbrush in his mouth, opened the door.

"Admiral Lu Lin?" Cleveland looked at Xiao Bai standing in front of the door with some surprise, and she stuck her head out to look around at Xiao Bai.

Xiaobai is rarely alone in the first chapter's sea city; she's almost always accompanied by ship girls.

"Good evening, Cleveland," Xiaobai greeted, getting straight to the point, "Is Nia here?"

“It’s behind.” Cleveland pulled the toothbrush out of his mouth and pointed behind him.

Inside the room, in the bathroom separated by blurry glass, the sound of a shower made the silhouette of a slender young woman appear and disappear on the glass.

Each room in the hotel is equipped with a bathroom, including Shiro's room. However, it would be too crowded for all the ship girls to go in, and it would be too troublesome for them to shower one by one, so everyone went downstairs to the bath with hot springs to shower.

Cleveland ushered the young white-collar worker into the room.

The room's decor was similar to Xiaobai's, and Cleveland usually kept it very clean and tidy.

On one of the beds, a clean and tidy set of clothes to change into and pink underwear were neatly arranged on the white sheets.

This looks like Nia's bed.

Xiao Bai looked at the bra and thought to herself, "It's a size that's far beyond what I can wear."

Cleveland walked to the bathroom door and opened it.

As Cleveland opened the door, the whirring sound of the showerheads became even clearer and more distinct.

"Ah!" Nia exclaimed in surprise. Xiaobai could see through the blurry glass that the girl inside was turning around with her arms crossed. "What? It's Cleveland! Did you leave something in the bathroom?"

"No."

"Do you need to use the restroom?"

"No."

"What is it?"

"Admiral Lu Lin is here to see you," Cleveland said.

There was a brief silence between them.

"...Huh?" After a while, Nia finally reacted, "Little White is here?!"

She quickly turned her head and looked towards her bed through the blurry glass.

Although this glass seems to be able to be seen through, in reality, if you look closely, you can only see large blobs of color and blurry human figures.

But enough is enough.

Nia saw that there was indeed a white-haired girl on her bed, looking in her direction.

"Okay, then come out when you're done washing up." Cleveland said, putting down his toothbrush, picking up a water glass to rinse his mouth, then closing the bathroom door and walking out.

Sitting on the bed, Xiaobai stared at Nia in the bathroom, completely frozen in place.

Then, Nia quickly turned off the shower, and after a flurry of activity in the bathroom, she emerged wrapped in a bath towel.

"Little White?!" Nia ran out in surprise and delight, her still-dry body leaving a water stain on the floor.

Good evening, Nia.

"What do you need from Xiaobai?" Nia walked to Xiaobai's side, smiling awkwardly as she picked up her clothes that she hadn't changed yet.

Water droplets kept seeping from Nia's skin, down her hair and the towel, onto the clothes in her arms.

"Dry yourself off first." Cleveland took the clothes from Nia's arms and then put a towel over her head.

Xiao Bai smiled as he looked at Nia.