Elder brother's garrison

"Huh?" A hint of surprise crept onto Atago's alluring face. "Won't you chat with me a little longer?"

"We'll talk about it later." Cleveland pulled Atago to his seat, then pressed Atago down into the chair, before turning around to get another chair and returning.

"The admiral is a bit busy today," Cleveland said casually.

As Atago was forced to sit in the chair in front of Cleveland, she looked at Takao and Helena in front of her, and a bunch of questions kept popping into her head.

Huh? What's going on?

I feel like I've been subtly neglected...

Was my action when I left the warehouse wrong?

No, that was clearly a very flattering thing for the young male admiral. Even if the admiral were a girl, she should have fallen for it.

Atago touched her face strangely and began to doubt her life.

Chapter 303 The King's Treasure

Wichita opened her eyes.

The moment Wichita opened her eyes, she suddenly understood many things as if struck by a thunderbolt.

She is a ship girl.

I am a warrior.

Outside, there is a world full of humans, beautiful and kind, suffering from the torment of foreign enemies, and longing for the arrival of a savior.

That is yourself.

I will follow the admiral to the ocean, and with the giant cannon in my hand and the fire in my heart, I will sweep away and sink the foreign enemies called the Deep Sea one by one.

This will be my life, and my mission as a "brave warrior".

That must be a war that lasts for more than ten years, or even decades. Those are days of torment, boredom, and even trivial and arduous tasks. Those are lives that will inevitably be filled with separation and sorrow. But even in such a wretched war, there will be a human being outside the hatch who is willing to accompany you for a lifetime, waiting for you to move forward side by side with her.

That was his admiral, his master, his superior, his comrade-in-arms, and his family.

Wichita understood this in an instant.

Her eyes widened as she stared at the tightly locked hatch in front of her, and she was instantly filled with pride.

it is good!

Since this world is ravaged, since this sea is full of foreign enemies, since everyone in this world is looking forward to a ship girl who will save the world!

Since you have called me, I will answer and come!

Admiral! Welcome me!

I, Wichita, will crush every enemy before me with flames and steel. I, Wichita, will protect you and your home with my life and my oath!

Wichita opened her eyes wide with excitement, as if her gaze could pierce through the thick steel and reach the admiral's face outside.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—" Just then, as if sensing Wichita's lofty ambitions, the hatch slowly opened.

A large amount of white vapor shot outwards from beside him.

A sliver of light, like a stream, flowed down from the open crack, illuminating the space inside the cabin.

Wichita stepped out of the hatch.

Wichita's gaze couldn't penetrate steel, but improving visibility in the white mist was no problem, and she immediately spotted the red-haired girl standing in front of her.

Wow, it's the same color as mine.

Although she appears somewhat frail and young, that's fine too.

Wichita smiled confidently, then raised her hand and swung it sharply to the side.

With a whooshing sound, the white mist was immediately dispersed by her.

"You're the commander? Very good. From today onwards, you are my strategist, Wichita. Conquering this sea depends on you!" Wichita revealed a confident smile, looked at the girl in front of him, and shouted with a strong voice.

Wichita's domineering voice spread unchecked in all directions.

Be happy! Jump for joy! Cheers! I, Wichita, will bring you victory! I, Wichita, will crown this young girl as queen!

Wichita awaited the girl's reaction.

"Um, my name is Nia." However, the girl's expression was nothing more than a flat smile.

Wichita lowered her hand, somewhat puzzled.

I have a feeling that things aren't going as I expected.

“Your name is Wichita, right? Hello, I’m your admiral,” Nia said.

After saying that, Nia took Wichita's hand and walked behind her.

It was only then that Wichita realized there seemed to be quite a few people standing around.

She looked around and noticed that everyone standing around seemed to be wearing the same suits and carrying empty metal buckets.

Nia led Wichita to a chair and gestured for her to sit down.

This chair is like the defendant's seat in a courtroom, with several chairs placed in front, behind, left, and right, where all sorts of people sit.

An inexplicable pressure pressed down on Wichita, making her almost afraid to speak.

Wichita had many questions on her mind, but since her strategist had given such an opinion, she decided to wait and ask them later.

Wichita then sat down in the chair somewhat awkwardly.

"Alright!" Just as Wichita sat down, the white-haired ship girl wearing sunglasses, sitting slightly to the left of the three chairs directly opposite her, shouted coldly.

In an instant, pressure surged from the ship girl like a landslide.

"She's a pretty good prospect," the white-haired ship girl with sunglasses said, examining herself.

"Yes, it feels very imposing," the white-haired girl sitting in the middle nodded and smiled.

"Admiral, Admiral, did you hear what she just said? She's going to conquer the ocean! What a cool line! I want Fubuki too!" The blue-haired girl sitting on the right waved her hand and said excitedly.

The white-haired girl in the middle patted Fubuki's head, then looked at herself: "Hello, Wichita, my name is Lu Lin, this is Veneto, this is Fubuki, we are your admiral's friends."

—Oh, so you're a friend.

Wichita thought it was a military court.

Was the line you just delivered cool?

Wichita said that it was just something she felt spontaneously, and as for whether it was cool or not... she feels a little embarrassed now when she thinks about it.

She subconsciously looked to the side.

There were many people sitting to my left as well.

Two mature older women in white sailor uniforms, two little girls with purple and white hair, and a girl with brown and yellow hair.

"Hi~" One of the older girls in a sailor uniform waved at her. "I'm Atago, big sister."

"Hello, I'm Kaohsiung."

"My name is Javelin, nice to meet you, hehehe."

"Lafite...please take care of me."

Cleveland.

The ship girls greeted him warmly.

Wichita nodded somewhat reservedly to the ship girls.

Wow, there are already so many ship girls...

This is not what I expected...

Just then, a blue-haired ship girl appeared from behind Wichita and handed her a bottle of mineral water: "Hello, I am Helena."

"Oh, thanks... cough, thank you." Wichita took the bottled water and looked to her right.

To the right was a group of demons and monsters... their bodies emanating an aura that he couldn't yet comprehend.

"Excuse me, may I ask you...?"

“Those amazing older sisters over there are Admiral Lu Lin’s ship girls,” Helena said, standing next to Wichita. “And over here, everyone except Cleveland was just built by the Admiral.”

"Huh?" Wichita was startled and looked at the ship girls on her left one by one.

The ship girls on the left all gave Wichita awkward smiles.

"Even I felt like this child at first, that I was a unique and special being..."

"I'm very sorry, but Kaohsiung has also experienced this kind of sentiment."

"I've thought about that too."

“…Laffey, no…”

All four ship girls were looking at Wichita with the same eyes they were looking at when they saw a dark history.

Looking at the many ship girls in front of her who were in no way inferior to her, and then at the monsters on her right who seemed capable of easily defeating her, and remembering her entrance line, Wichita couldn't help but blush.

Wichita, an excellent heavy cruiser ship girl, felt a sense of shame just three minutes after stepping out of the construction facility.

“Please relax,” Helena said to Wichita. “I only came out less than an hour earlier than you. Let’s treat each other as equals and not be too nervous.”

"...Uh, okay."

Nia was standing on the other side, looking exhausted.

The construction of 1,082 ships has been completed. Wichita happens to be the last ship girl in the 1,082nd construction, which is quite a coincidence.

Building is a very simple thing. Just find someone to throw the resources in, and then you just press the button.

But even something as simple as this becomes really tiring to build over a thousand times.

Not only am I physically exhausted, but I'm also mentally exhausted. When welcoming the ship girls, my initial excitement gradually turned into a beaming smile, and now I'm just maintaining a stiff, professional smile.

"Construction is all complete." Xiaobai sat on the chair and looked at the five extra ship girls that Nia had brought over, and smiled happily.

Now Nia has seven ship girls, that's great.

"Yes, it's all thanks to Xiaobai and the company's help," Nia said gratefully.

Xiaobai provides a wealth of resources, while the enterprise provides a precise guidance buff; Nia even believes that neither of these two can be dispensed with.

The company's buff effects are really amazing; every ship girl is an excellent partner who can help you.

“I’m glad you’re satisfied, Nia.” Little White nodded, then said to Mr. Barbatos, who was standing in the distance, “Mr. Barbatos, the construction is finished. Thank you for your hard work.”

“It’s not hard work, really not hard work.” Mr. Barbatos didn’t mind at all.

He had only been standing there for a few hours, and the Admiral's Guild was able to get a reward of 1,028 deep-sea metals for free—that was an incredible windfall.

If he could, Barbatos would even like to stand for a few more hours.

Mr. Barbatos reluctantly let the staff return to their posts and then lifted the ban on the second floor of the guild.

After the construction was completed, Barbatos had nothing more to do. He gave Xie Yun a look, then dragged his fleshy body down the stairs and happily returned to his office.

Xiaobai stood up from the chair: "Alright, in short, the construction is finished."

Xiaobai nodded to each of the new ship girls in front of her.

Although these ship girls have very different appearances in their naval bases, they are basically all of the same ship type, so there is no envy or anything like that, only pure blessings.

"Company, speaking of which, did you bring the things we asked you to bring before?"

“Oh, of course I’ll bring it. To make room for this, I didn’t even have a single plane in my ship’s equipment compartment.” Enterprise stood up with a smile, then walked to Nia and raised her hand. “Speaking of which, Tizi said something similar to me before she left.”

The company's eyes gleamed, and they crossed their arms.

Then, as the company moved, one piece of equipment gleaming with gold fell down behind her.

In no time, these glittering pieces of equipment were piled up into a small mountain.

"The King's Treasure!"

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.

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.

I originally had time to write another chapter today, but I need to pack my things and get ready to board the train. It's inconvenient to write on the train, and I also need to report to my advisor at school. It will take about three days to get back and forth, so I'll be updating twice a day for today, tomorrow, and the day after.

Chapter 304 The Expedition