Elder brother's garrison

Nia believed she led a regular life, treated people kindly, and studied hard. She had neither owed anyone money nor done anything morally reprehensible. Why would this person in front of her treat her like this?

"Hehe, this expression of complete ignorance is truly delightful." Ian, who was furious just a second ago, actually laughed when he saw Nia's bewildered expression.

"what?"

"I am oblivious."

Ian said softly, "This is the second time, the second time, Nia, and you still know nothing."

As Ian spoke, he clenched his fists and stared at Nia's face with hatred.

He roared, "You've taken everything from me!!"

"Do you know how much money my family spent! How many connections they used! to get me into your garbage university?!" Ian roared. "Do you know why I gave up so many excellent naval universities in Kyoto to study with a bunch of trash like you?!"

"It's all because of that bottle of nerve agent!!!"

"I swear I traded my future for that lousy university's neurotic drug!" Ian roared at Nia like an enraged lion, "Why! Why did that old geezer give it to you! Do you deserve it! Do you deserve it!!!"

Ian's eyes widened in fury, practically bulging with rage, and he roared at Nia again, "You! Don't! Are you worthy?!"

“Do you have money? Do you have connections? What good are these nerve drugs? Only I do! Only I am worthy!” Ian shouted, waving his hands frantically in the air.

"Only one bottle per class! I spent so much money, studied for four years, hung out with that bunch of trash for four years, and went to school for four years! All for that one bottle of nerve potion!" Ian roared, "Why don't I get one?!"

"I can't compare to those top universities, so why can't I compare to you at this university? Why?! Are your brains filled with mush?!" Ian's face flushed red. "Do you know how much pressure I faced from my family when I found out I wasn't given the nerve serum?! Do you know that?!"

"You ruined me! It was you! I'll get my revenge! I'll trample you under my feet, I'll make the whole world know they were wrong to choose you! They should have chosen me! Not a piece of trash!"

Ian was like a switch had been flipped, cursing and roaring wildly.

Nia stared blankly at Ian, who was gesticulating wildly like a clown.

Everything seemed to become clear.

Nerve potions are very precious. Only the most outstanding admirals are granted the right to possess them upon graduation. Even their existence is kept secret outside the circle.

The production of nerve potions is extremely limited; even the best universities can only provide no more than ten bottles, and Nia's university only has one bottle available per student.

It was obvious that the bottle belonged to Nia, not Ian.

Bonus chapter progress (12/44)

Chapter 315 The World's Most Willful Girl

Nerve drugs are a very special thing. They can stimulate the human body and mind, and through a certain substance in the drug, they can catalyze the human to have amazing abilities.

That is the Admiral Network, a magical power that allows you to communicate with ship girls through your five senses.

Only admirals who possess an admiral network are the best admirals.

Therefore, families of admirals take this very seriously, and an admiral with an admiral network can significantly enhance the reputation of their family.

Even when Xiao Bai took over, Mu Yu only managed to get him a bottle of nerve potion, which was lost and gone.

Therefore, Ian was extremely eager for this nerve serum. He couldn't compete with the other outstanding students at the advanced naval academy in terms of power and strength. So, for the sake of this serum, he and his family decided to send him to a rather ordinary and remote naval academy. There weren't many so-called "princes" there, nor were there any students whose academic abilities could rival his. As long as he performed consistently, obtaining the one and only nerve serum upon graduation would be a natural outcome.

This was his only chance to obtain the nerve agent, and the entire burden of his family fell on his shoulders. He endured four long years of torment, and just when he thought everything would come to a perfect end, just when he was waiting for the school to call him to their office and bestow upon him the nerve agent as the most outstanding student in the entire school with the highest level of courtesy and the most satisfied expression.

He saw Nia, led by her tutor, walk into the office with various school leaders.

Nia's face still showed an expression of complete ignorance.

Nia was an anomaly at school. She was a poor student, an orphan, with no money or power. Nobody even knew what had gotten into her that made her want to become an admiral.

Aside from studying, she was kind to others but lacked basic social skills, making her someone who lived in a completely different world from a rich kid like myself.

Nia is good at studying, but I am even better at studying, richer, and work harder than her! My family has been admirals for generations, and when I become an admiral, the family's abundant funds will be enough to support me in building a large number of ship girls, becoming a person of high status, and the credit for revitalizing the family will all be on my shoulders!

So why?! Why won't you give it to me?!

Whenever Ian thought of this, the resentment and anger in his heart tore at his body like venomous snakes.

He is not satisfied.

So he used all his remaining resources and spared no expense to replace Nia's garrison with a place that appeared peaceful and bright on the surface, but was actually full of despair.

He wants to destroy her.

Just as doing so would prove that the school's actions were wrong.

Nia looked at the man in front of her who had almost lost his mind, filled only with resentment and roaring.

Well, it's really just human nature.

Nia was neither angry nor afraid. In fact, she felt a pang of pity for the person who had gone mad in front of her.

"So that's how it is..." Nia turned around and glanced at Xiaobai, her expression quite complicated.

“Ian, this is different,” Nia said softly, bowing her head.

"How is this different! How is it different from what I said?!" Ian's eyes were wide open, the blood vessels in his pupils almost instantly turning his entire eyeballs blood red. "I did nothing wrong!"

Ian glared at the little white standing behind Nia, then fixed his gaze on the ship girl standing next to her.

"I've seen everything about you! What's different about you?!" Ian swung his hand fiercely, as if this gesture could help him disregard all the injustices in the world. "Your ship girls! Your equipment! Your training level! Your money! Everything you have now, including the respect of everyone around you! Which one of it did you earn yourself? It was all given to you by her! You're nothing but a dog in her eyes! Even if it wasn't you, even if she helped anyone else here, can you guarantee you would have done better than them?!"

"Yes! I'm insidious! I'm vicious! I used my family's resources to change your garrison! I ruined your beginnings!"

"But! What's the difference between you and me back then! In the end, we're both just useless trash who can only stagnate without resources! We're the same!" Ian roared at Nia. "Then why didn't the school choose me back then! I clearly had more resources than you! So I'm not wrong! They're the ones who are wrong! They're the ones!"

Ian's voice was frantic, revealing a deep sense of resentment and anger.

His voice was loud enough for all the admirals on the beach to hear, and the cacophony of conversation erupted like boiling water overturned by a lid, engulfing the entire beach.

“What a madman,” Veneto said, looking at Ian.

Nia's gaze also subtly lowered.

In fact, Ian was right; without Little White's help, he had indeed accomplished nothing.

It was Xiaobai who helped him build the ship girls with his own money; it was Xiaobai who brought out the equipment from his naval base and gave it to him; it was also Xiaobai who helped him regain his position and gave his ship girls excellent training opportunities.

Behind every success I achieved at the first stage, there was Xiaobai's support.

Nia had nothing to say.

“It’s different.” But at this moment, Xiaobai stepped forward, met Ian’s gaze, and said to him, “It’s different.”

She walked over to Nia and hugged her tightly.

"I won't help anyone else, I'll only help Nia! It's different!" Little White said stubbornly to Ian, pursing her lips.

The white-haired girl's reaction and voice were not loud, but strangely enough, her actions gradually silenced the noisy discussions around her.

It was as if this girl possessed some kind of magic, drawing everyone's attention.

"Then tell me! What's different?" Ian shouted unwillingly.

"Let me speak." Seeing Xiaobai step forward, Veneto knew she couldn't just stand by and watch. She took a few steps and walked up to Xiaobai and Nia, shielding the two girls behind her.

Xiaobai isn't good with words; let's leave that to Veneto, the expert in that area.

Veneto looked at Ian seriously, and Ian's expression instantly darkened when he saw Veneto.

It seems that all of this originated with Veneto. It was Veneto who punched Ian unconscious, which led to Ian's tragic fate.

However, even if Ian hadn't been expelled from the Admiral's Guild, given his composure, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold out for more than a few days before he exploded upon seeing Nia getting stronger every day.

The matter is no longer as simple as Veneto offering Ian some answers. Ian's words were an act of sacrificing his own future, pushing his admiral and Nia into the eye of the storm.

Xiaobai doesn't care, but if it's not handled properly, it won't be a good thing for Nia.

“It is true that my admiral initially took Nia’s matter as a pastime, unintentionally.” Veneto first admitted Ian’s words, “So the admiral did not take it seriously at first, and only took it with him when he went to war.”

Veneto shrugged. "But it wasn't until three days ago, when you requested the exercise from Nia, that our admiral took it a little more seriously."

"You might ask, what's different here? Well, let me tell you."

“That night, for the first time in a real sense, Nia said to our admiral, ‘Please help me, I want to win,’” Veneto said.

“We won’t help those who just pray like plants waiting for rain, hoping someone will come to their aid. But we will help those who are struggling to win, who are actively seeking a response with a resilient heart and a pure soul,” Veneto said, a confident smile on his face. “This naval base will do everything in its power.”

“Nia’s lifestyle and kindness touched our admiral, that’s all.” Veneto’s voice suddenly rose as he spoke. “We’re all good people in our naval base, but we’re not saints who throw a few coins at lazy beggars. We only help those who deserve our help! Do you understand?”

At the end, Veneto suddenly shouted.

Veneto's voice exploded from within her like a bomb, instantly spreading across the beach.

The beach fell silent, stunned by those words.

Veneto spoke with such force that Ian, facing her, was so shocked by her words that he took several steps back.

“Of course, if you still have questions about this, or any inexplicable knots in your heart, I can answer you like this.” Veneto looked at the expression on Ian’s face that seemed to still have knots in his heart, snorted coldly, and then looked at the sea.

She raised her hand and snapped her fingers lightly.

The Romans on the sea sensed Veneto's gaze, and immediately sprang to attention, raising their cannons and unleashing a series of powerful shots.

The level 90 ship girls' artillery fire seemed to have eyes, hitting every ship girl in the ensuing melee without missing a single shot, leaving all of Ian's ship girls heavily damaged.

“Boom boom boom—”

Four bright red flames bloomed on the sea like fireworks.

Those were incredibly cool four cannonballs.

Veneto lowered his hands, put his hands on his hips, and looked at Ian.

Veneto's powerful voice echoed in every corner of the beach.

"Do you need a reason to help a cute and kind girl?"

"After all, our naval commander is the most willful girl in the world!"

Chapter 316 A Sudden Change Occurs, Cannon Fire Abounds

Ian was too young after all. He used a fallacy of equivocation to make Nia waver greatly in her belief in her actions, and also made all the admirals on the beach think that "Nia was just lucky," thus arousing the resentment of all the admirals on the beach towards Nia.

Perhaps that's why he asked Nia for permission to participate in the exercise.

The outcome of the exercise is not important; the winner of this exercise was already decided from the beginning—it was Nia, who had the help of Xiaobai. However, if Ian continues to say things like that, it will definitely not be a good thing for Nia.

—But that's just a bunch of fallacies. Sorry, compared to talking nonsense, I, Wei, have been struggling in society for several years with my family. A few words are all it takes to confuse you little chicks who have just graduated from the Naval Academy for less than a year.

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.

On the sea, under Veneto's watchful eye, Rome finally fired the cannonballs with a resounding thud.

Aim, anticipate, fire, and turn—all in one fluid motion.

They displayed the spirit of the Italian ship girls.

True ship girls never look back at explosions.

This is the role of an excellent battleship in a fleet.

Ian's ship girls were all heavily damaged at this moment, lying prostrate on the sea surface, their ship equipment emitting thick black smoke like coal cylinders.

"We lost." In the distance, the light carrier girl crouched on the water's surface, raising her hand with a touch of sorrow.

Upon hearing this, Cleveland and the ship girls behind her breathed a sigh of relief and stood up straight.

To be honest, they were under a lot of pressure during the battle. After all, it was a battle that risked the admiral's honor, and they were facing a fleet with a higher overall level than their own. If the enemy hadn't been so unmotivated to fight, and if the Empire and Rome hadn't intervened, it would have been hard to say who would have won.

"Thank you for your guidance." Cleveland and the ship girls behind her walked up to the ship girls who had been rendered incapacitated by Rome and carried them on their backs.

Ship girls that have just been heavily damaged will have some difficulty moving around. The hatred between admirals is a matter between admirals, and the ship girls are still good friends.

It was also Cleveland and her team's responsibility to carry these heavily damaged ship girls back to the beach.

Rome retrieved her ship equipment and rushed to the light carrier girl's side, pulling her out of the fire and debris: "Sorry, I hurt you."

Light carrier girl: "It's alright, this always happens during exercises."

"Come on, let me help you back."

"Thank you."

Rome didn't mind the soot from the light carrier girl getting on him, and carried her towards the main force.

Winning was really easy.

However, at that very moment, a very ominous feeling sprouted in my heart.

Suddenly, a cool breeze rose from Rome's back.

Rome's progress suddenly came to a halt.