My mobile game wife came knocking.

"Those two people, one is named Karen Kaslana, and the other is named Ye Ming..."

Yae Sakura recalled the scene from that day.

Two people, a man and a woman, were swept ashore by the river. Even though they were unconscious, they were still tightly embracing each other. At first, Yae Sakura thought they were a couple who had died in the disaster, but when she got closer, she found that their clothes were tattered and their bodies were covered with wounds. Even though they were unconscious, their faces still had fierce expressions. Rather than embracing each other, it was more like a close-quarters grappling.

She rescued the two men and took them home. For a long time after they recovered from their serious injuries, the two men temporarily abandoned their conflict and recuperated in the village.

That must have been the most relaxing time of her life.

The leisurely daily life, the stories in a foreign land, and the feelings between the three gradually warm up in the ordinary daily routine.

Then, that night, entrusted by the villagers to hunt down the monsters infected by the Honkai, she unfortunately encountered a monster far more powerful than she had imagined, and fell into a dangerous situation.

"That night, he asked me why I came out alone. I replied that it was the priestess's mission alone, and I immediately received his response—a merciless slap across the face."

As she said this, Yae Sakura's eyes were full of warmth: "'Idiot! Aren't Kallen and I reliable? Remember, as long as I'm here, I will protect you and fight alongside you.' That's what he said."

For the first time, the priestess who lived for others felt redemption.

If the three of them continued to live together like this, it would surely be an incredibly happy future.

Although she later discovered that Karen's feelings for her were gradually becoming less like ordinary friendship, this little trouble was nothing compared to the happiness of the three of them living together.

Unfortunately, those days were soon shattered.

Yae Sakura said in a low voice, "His health is very poor. He coughs frequently, and sometimes he coughs up blood when it gets really bad. Kallen and I can't cure him no matter what we do. I've asked him many times what caused his illness, but he has never answered. I only remember that every time I asked him that, he would look into the distance with a nostalgic expression."

"And then he died."

"..."

After hearing Yae Sakura's story, Okita Souji remained silent for a long time.

"His illness is tuberculosis, which I infected him with."

Much later, the girl named Okita Souji whispered.

Chapter Six: Commander, help Laffey wash up.

"Commander, Commander, can we buy this?"

In the supermarket, Raffi grabbed the hem of Ye Ming's shirt, tilted her little face up, and looked at Ye Ming pitifully.

Ye Ming glanced at the shelves and found that several shelves were filled with chocolates.

"So Raffi likes chocolate? Of course you can have it." Ye Ming naturally tried his best to fulfill the little girl's wish. "Choose for yourself."

"Thank you, Commander!"

Lafite tiptoed and leaned over the shelf, picking through the chocolates for a long time, occasionally taking them down to compare with himself. After a while, he finally chose a palm-sized, gift-boxed chocolate.

"Lafite has been chosen."

"Just one?" Ye Ming asked in surprise.

"Yes, just one."

Laffey carefully placed the chocolate into the trolley, then, after thinking for a moment, took it out and carried it away. "Let's go, Commander."

"Huh? Oh."

Ye Ming, who found Lafite's behavior a bit strange, wanted to ask another question, but his phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket, interrupting his train of thought.

Ye Ming took out his phone and saw that Honkai Impact 3rd had already been downloaded.

Ye Ming couldn't wait to try logging in with his miHoYo account. He logged in successfully and his account was still there, unlike the account disappearing situation in Azur Lane.

Am I overthinking it?

After confirming that the account was working properly, Ye Ming breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a little disappointed.

I was hoping to have an encounter with my Valkyrie wives, but it seems I was dreaming.

However, it seems that the captain, as a player, has little to do with the Valkyries. Even if a Valkyrie were to come to the real world, most Valkyries would probably go looking for their female friends, except for a very few.

Thinking of this, Ye Ming felt much more relaxed. He quickly logged out of his account, uninstalled Honkai Impact 3rd, and hesitated for a moment when his finger touched FGO and Genshin Impact in the download list.

Forget it, since Honkai Impact 3rd is fine, there's no need to try these two games anymore. There aren't that many incredible miracles in this world.

The main problem is that there's not much data left.

One Lafite is enough for a wife!

With that in mind, Ye Ming no longer hesitated and decisively deleted FGO and Genshin Impact from his download list.

Let's make sure to buy all the daily necessities that Lafite might need.

As Ye Ming put his phone back in his pocket and prepared to push the cart, he suddenly noticed that Lafite was sneakily trying to stuff something under the cart.

Upon closer inspection, Ye Ming was astonished to find that there were actually two bottles of red wine.

Children shouldn't drink alcohol—that's what Ye Ming originally wanted to say, but upon closer reflection, he realized that Laffey's prototype was the Benson-class destroyer HMS Laffey, which was apparently built in 1941. If you calculate her age that way, Laffey, who looks like a little girl, is actually an old woman.

Of course, despite that, Claudie not only has the appearance of a little girl, but also a personality just like a little girl, making her a true little girl in every sense of the word.

Even for a ship girl, drinking alcohol is not a good thing, right?

However, Ye Ming remembered that in the New Year's storyline of Azure, Lafite seemed to have come over drunk. The little Lafite in the backyard would often take a sip of red wine whenever he had nothing to do. To be honest, Lafite was also quite cute when he was drinking.

Ye Ming was very worried, fearing that Lafite might get drunk and cause trouble. If he turned into a destroyer over a hundred meters tall and started firing randomly while drunk, that would be terrifying.

But Ye Ming didn't want to disappoint such a lovely girl as Raffi.

Ye Ming thought for a moment and decided to pretend he didn't see it. He would hide the wine when he got home so that Lafite wouldn't be able to find it.

He pretended to look at his phone for a long time, and only after Lafite successfully stuffed the red wine to the bottom of the cart did Ye Ming cough twice and put his phone away.

Feeling guilty for doing something wrong, Raffi shuddered and quickly took two steps back, keeping a safe distance from the shopping cart. She pretended to be calm as she looked at the laundry detergent on the shelf next to her, but her face was a little red.

Ye Ming pretended not to know anything and told Raffi to follow. They walked around the supermarket, where Ye Ming bought Raffi daily necessities such as toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, and shower gel. He also let Raffi choose a pillow herself. After paying and leaving the supermarket, Ye Ming went next door to buy Raffi a dress and shoes. Finally, on the recommendation of the shop assistant, he bought two sets of pajamas and underwear for her to change into before going home.

It was already past nine o'clock when they got home. This was usually the time when Ye Ming played games, but the sleepy Raffi's head was nodding little by little, and her eyelids were constantly drooping. She was already in a half-asleep state.

Ye Ming tossed his things into the living room, went into the bathroom to prepare a bath for Raffi, tested the water temperature, and then shook Raffi's shoulders vigorously: "Wake up, Raffi! Take a bath first, then go to sleep!"

"Hmm~"

Laffey glanced at Ye Ming groggily, then spread her arms wide with her eyes closed: "Laffey is so sleepy, Commander, please help Laffey wash up."

Ye Ming isn't a perverted lolicon, so of course he couldn't agree.

"Lafie is a girl, and girls shouldn't let boys help them take a bath."

Ye Ming remained expressionless, his tone serious.

"Ugh~ Laffey is the Commander's wedding ship, the Commander's wife." Laffey muttered unhappily.

"That won't do either!" Ye Ming said firmly. "Raffi is still young. There are some things that Raffi will understand when he grows up. In short, he has to do things for himself."

“But when the Commander was in the port area, he clearly had the Royal Maids Team do all his own things,” Laffey retorted softly.

"Did I?" Ye Ming wanted to say that he wouldn't take the blame, but seeing that Lafite was already lying on the sofa like a lazy cat, ready to sleep, he quickly pulled Lafite up.

"Take a shower before you sleep. A married ship that doesn't shower won't be welcomed by the commander."

"Ugh~ This is so troublesome."

Laffey rubbed her eyes. "Then, Commander, please help Laffey wash her hair. It's such a hassle to wash Laffey's hair."

As he spoke, Raffi seemed to recall his past life in the port area, and said with some sadness, "Before, Belfast and Newcastle would help Raffi wash his hair, and Little Belfast would often help Raffi too."

Upon hearing these two familiar names, Ye Ming was taken aback.

Belfast, a versatile maid skilled in various technologies, is the head maid of the Royal Maid Team. She is Ye Ming's third wedding ship. Because both Belfast and Enterprise wore white wedding dresses and had long white hair, Ye Ming, with his mischievous sense of humor, renamed them and placed them in the training ground. Belfast was called Belfast of the Entrepreneur Family, and Enterprise was called Enterprise of the Belfast Family. He also put a baby Belfast there, specially renamed it the Daughter of the Belfast-Enterprise Family.

As for Newcastle, Ye Ming remembered that she was a light cruiser released not long after the game started. She was the former head maid of the Royal Maids Squad and Belfast's older sister. Because of her good strength, she was leveled up to the maximum level early on. However, as more and more powerful ships appeared, Ye Ming used her as a storage ship. As for whether she was married or not, he couldn't remember.

Since Lafite had said so, Ye Ming naturally wouldn't refuse any longer.

Moreover, washing a little girl's hair is a perfectly normal thing to do, compared to giving her a bath.

"How about this, Commander, you wash Laffey's hair first, and then Laffey can take a shower by herself, okay?"

"Ah."

Lafite nodded in agreement.

Chapter Seven: The Commander's Skills Are Poor

Little Laffey, although you can give rings, build wedding ships, and occasionally make jokes and memes in the game, you still need to be careful about the impact in real life.

Since Ye Ming knew that Raffi's clothes would need to be washed anyway, he didn't let Raffi change into a towel. Instead, he simply pulled the half-asleep Raffi into the bathroom and pressed her down onto a small stool.

Raffi obediently sat down on the stool, legs together, arms on his knees, head down and resting on his arms, and after a few seconds began to breathe evenly.

Seeing this, Ye Ming sighed helplessly, squatted down next to Lafite, and fumbled to remove Lafite's two rabbit ear hair clips. Her cute ponytail immediately cascaded down, turning into a gorgeous head of white hair.

Ye Ming put the hair clip aside, turned on the showerhead to test the water temperature, and gradually wet Raffi's hair from top to bottom.

"Hmm~?"

When splashed with warm water, Lafite mumbled cute sounds in a daze, but her body remained motionless.

After wetting the little girl's hair, Ye Ming turned off the shower, poured shampoo into his palm, and began to wash Raffi's hair.

An awkward situation has arisen.

As a boy, Ye Ming always had short hair. His daily hair washing routine consisted of simply wetting his hair, applying shampoo, rubbing it a couple of times, and rinsing it clean. However, this experience didn't work as well on someone like Lafite with long hair.

As normal human beings, we undergo metabolism every day. Normally, when a person washes their hair for the first time, there is oil and dirt on the hair and scalp. When using shampoo, because the shampoo is meant to remove the oil and dirt, there is usually not much foam. However, when washing hair a second time, even if only a small amount of shampoo is applied, a lot of foam will be produced.

Considering that Raffi's hair was quite long, Ye Ming poured in a little extra shampoo. However, Raffi's hair was cleaner than a normal person's after washing. Ye Ming only rubbed the shampoo on Raffi's head a couple of times, and a huge amount of foam came out. A lot of foam dripped down Raffi's head, covering Raffi's hair, clothes, and the ground with milky white foam. Ye Ming was flustered and quickly rinsed it off with water.

As a result, the foam landed on Raffi's face. Half-asleep, Raffi sneezed, looked up, and it took her eyes a while to focus. The little girl glanced at Ye Ming's hands covered in milky white foam, then looked at herself covered in foam in the mirror, wiped the foam off her face, and looked at Ye Ming again.

"The commander's skills are terrible~"

"I'm sorry, Raffi," Ye Ming apologized.

"Giggle!"

However, the little girl didn't seem angry at all; instead, she laughed out loud.

"Commander, there's no need to apologize. Laffey is very happy. This is the first time the Commander has washed Laffey's hair. It feels so interesting."