It's time to give out the rings, Admiral!

Volume 1, Chapter 157: Sweetness

"Brother, why do we need to time our torpedoes carefully when they're in the trough of the wave when using a torpedo bomber to launch them?"

In the classroom where the instructor had not yet arrived, Su Yuchen, who was sitting in the back right corner of the classroom as usual, with only her unicorn sister to attend the admiral course, turned her head slightly upon hearing her sister's words.

Looking at the unicorn sister holding a small plane equipped with a liquid-cooled engine and looking at the teaching materials that Instructor Langley had previously compiled for Glorious, the boy thoughtfully pinched his chin.

"Well... the reason for requiring torpedoes to be launched during wave troughs is to ensure the accuracy of the launched torpedoes. Currently, most torpedo bombers still launch unguided iron rod torpedoes, which not only cannot be launched directly at high altitudes, but also, in rough seas, the torpedoes may change their course if they directly hit the wave crests."

"Ah, is that so? Thank you, brother." After hearing the boy's explanation, the unicorn nodded as if she suddenly understood. The little girl gave the boy a beautiful smile, holding the little airplane she had been loving since last night. Her face was slightly flushed as she continued to read the thick handout seriously.

Being able to answer his sister's questions brought him a satisfied smile, and the contented young man also lowered his head to read his Admiral's Handbook. As for why Glorious hadn't been with the young man since he'd done those absurd things with his beloved Admiral so early in the morning, she had gone alone to the young man's naval base on the other side of the bridge after making breakfast for him and his unicorn sister.

Because she followed the advice her sister Lexington gave her at the celebration last night, and although she felt a little sorry for Instructor Langley, she wanted to be able to help her beloved Admiral as soon as possible. As the strongest aircraft carrier in the current naval base, she reluctantly agreed to her sister's request and became her new instructor.

"Why hasn't that Mediterranean professor arrived yet? Class time has already passed."

"Maybe he won't be able to come. I heard he was injured by a bomb dropped by the Deep Sea during the battle the day before yesterday, and his fate is still unknown."

"No, no, no, I clearly heard that he was having an affair and then his wife found out and broke his leg."

The classroom was still noisy and chaotic. Perhaps because the mature and beautiful Radiance, as a large aircraft carrier, was not by his side as before, the boy, who had not been the center of attention in the past, raised his head in confusion today, feeling rather unnoticed.

He was also wondering why the professor in charge of the lecture hadn't arrived yet at this hour. After the class ended, he was eager to go to the naval base to check on his ship girls.

However, no one could answer this question for him. Instead, his unicorn sister gently tugged at his sleeve once again.

"Brother, thank you for the gift. The firefly is so pretty, hee hee."

Looking at the curious face of the boy who turned around again, the cute purple-haired girl, holding Yu-chan in her arms, smiled at the boy with a hint of joy and tenderness. As a small light aircraft carrier ship girl, she never expected that her brother would give her such a precious gift as a five-star carrier-based aircraft last night.

As aircraft carrier ship girls whose combat power relies entirely on their carrier-based aircraft, the strength of these aircraft largely determines the upper limit of their growth. In this era of extremely scarce equipment, one can imagine how precious a golden carrier-based aircraft is to a young girl, but...

Although he knew how important good equipment was to a ship girl, the boy still touched the strands of hair on her forehead with a mix of helplessness and affection after she thanked him countless times since he returned to the dormitory last night.

"I already told you not to thank me, Unicorn. As an admiral, it's my job to share good equipment with my ship girls. Besides, these planes aren't particularly powerful in my brother's inventory. Once Unicorn becomes stronger, I'll send you even better planes."

"Have you heard of the Flying Dragon? It's a five-star bomber, just like your Firefly. If you add an Avenger and a Sea Venom Fang, you can escort Illustrious on missions in the future."

The girl's grateful smile made the boy scratch his head a little embarrassed. Although the Firefly, as a five-star bomber, had decent stats like 7 for bombing, 6 for air combat, and 3 for submarine combat, it was still a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. Compared to the three B-25s and the Sea Meteor given to Illustrious, which were dedicated and top-tier aircraft, it could only be considered a second- or even third-tier spare. Not to mention that the boy had accumulated twenty or thirty Fireflies in the warehouse when he was salvaging ships, which were now useless.

"Yes! Unicorn will try her best!"

The little girl nodded happily at her brother's words. Although the events of yesterday had come too suddenly and left her feeling a bit dizzy, looking at the gentle face of the boy in front of her and remembering how much this "brother," whom she had only met not long ago, had done for her and her sister Guanghui, she felt her little heart start to pound restlessly.

It was a wonderful feeling. Although her cheeks were getting warm, there was a hint of sweetness in them. She felt uneasy, but she couldn't help but feel a little expectant. It was as if something was urging her to get closer to him, and she couldn't help but want to receive his praise and approval.

A blush crept onto the girl's cheeks. Gazing into her brother's dark eyes, she shyly opened her mouth.

"Unicorn has always worked very hard... whether it's supporting Illustrious, learning about air combat, or practicing carrier-based aircraft flight... Unicorn is a good girl, isn't she? She's been useful, hasn't she, brother..."

Volume 1, Chapter 158: Brother and Sister

"Unicorn has always worked very hard... whether it's supporting Illustrious, learning about air combat, or practicing carrier-based aircraft flight... Unicorn is a good girl, isn't she? She's been useful, hasn't she, brother..."

With a mixture of shyness and anticipation, the young girl whispered to the boy beside her. Her light purple eyes flickered slightly, and her smooth, lovely face was as red as the sunset clouds. However, this time, facing her brother's gaze, she did not lower her head in embarrassment as she had before.

The girl's eyes were full of expectation. Hearing her soft, sweet voice that could melt the hearts of many lolicon, the boy was a little surprised. But looking at the unicorn's little face that longed for his praise, he hid his previous helplessness and nodded gently with a soft expression on his face.

"Unicorn is definitely a good boy. He's so serious and obedient. And if it weren't for Unicorn, there would be many times when I wouldn't know how to face Radiant Sister. Unicorn has been a great help to me."

Reaching out to gently stroke the soft, light purple hair of the girl who had just shown a happy expression, the boy smiled and spoke softly. He knew very well how hard-working and diligent his "little sister" was. To catch up on her missed lessons, she was still reading in her bedroom last night while he and Guanghui were sleeping. If Guanghui hadn't thoughtfully gotten up to check on her, she might have stayed up very late.

"hey-hey……"

Receiving praise from her imagined brother, the little girl's rosy and pretty face broke into a happy and adorable smile. The warmth emanating from above made her heart race even faster. However, upon hearing the chatter of the female admirals sitting in front of her, who were captivated by this heartwarming scene of brother and sisterly affection, the girl, who had originally wanted to say something more, immediately lost her courage and buried her blushing face in Yu-chan's wings.

Wow! Brother and sister! How sweet!

"What an adorable little girl! I wish I could be her older sister. If I could hear her call me 'older sister,' I might be able to eat three big bowls of rice for lunch!"

"You can eat three big bowls of rice, but I wonder which ship she is from. I don't think I've seen her in the lecture hall before. And why does that boy look so familiar?"

"Putting everything else aside, look at other people's older brothers. If my brother were like that, I might become a brother-obsessed person too. Sigh... I really want a gentle and understanding older brother."

The girls' somewhat admiring voices reached the boy's ears, making him feel embarrassed and helpless as he withdrew his hand from the unicorn's head. With so many people watching, he was too embarrassed to keep touching his little sister's head like that.

He coughed lightly, pretending to read, and then seriously raised his head to continue reading his book. But just then, a sudden voice broke the silence of the classroom, causing chaos to erupt.

"Big news! Our previous professor has taken leave to go home, so Junquan will be teaching us these days! And I heard that the academy has recruited a few more ship girl instructors. According to rumors, it's very likely that Lexington and the others who came to our academy a couple of days ago are among them!"

"!!!"

"Really?! You're not kidding us, are you?! Otherwise, we'll drag you to stick to a streetlight!!"

"I, Zhou Zhongyan, will always love Lexington!!"

"This world belongs to Lexington! We are all Lexington's loyal servants!"

"What are you guys thinking? Even if Lexington becomes a ship girl instructor, you won't have a chance at all. She's already someone else's married ship."

"Smack! (Sound of a heart breaking)"

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted this out. Upon hearing this news, which was like an earthquake for countless admirals, all the prospective admirals in the classroom became excited as if they had taken stimulants.

Let's not even talk about the fact that the most popular mentor in the academy, the Monarch, will be their acting professor—that's Lexington! Lexington! The nation's wife! Strong, gentle, and beautiful, there's no ship girl more popular than her in the entire Governor's Mansion! Although she's already married, being a wife makes her even more…! …Well, even as a wife, she doesn't have a chance…

Listening to the various noises irritating his eardrums, the boy never expected that a class would turn into such a farce. He rubbed his temples with a headache. He hadn't rested much these past two days, not to mention that he had drunk quite a bit of alcohol yesterday. With all this noise, his head started to ache again.

But... where did these guys get their information? How are they so well-informed? Just last night, Lexington and the others discussed with me their desire to become ship girl instructors at the academy, so they could be with me legitimately. But it's not even close to happening yet, and the academy head, Monarch, only said that she would make arrangements in the next couple of days. How do they all know about it now?

Gently massaging his temples, the boy chuckled wryly, somewhat amazed by the wide range of information some of the students in the academy had access to. Listening to the increasingly noisy surroundings, and thinking that he should adjust his sleep schedule, he slowly lowered his hand from his temples.

However, when he opened his slightly swollen eyes, he suddenly discovered that the unicorn sister's delicate and lovely face had appeared in front of him at some point.

"Brother, please lower your head."

Hearing the girl's delicate voice so close to him, the boy subconsciously obeyed her words and leaned down. Feeling the soft fingers that suddenly appeared on his forehead, the somewhat bewildered boy felt that his faint headache seemed to have lessened considerably.

"This is what Sister Guanghui told me when she left this morning. She said that my brother drank a lot of alcohol last night and got up so early this morning. He will definitely have a headache again in a while. If my brother starts to have a headache again, she told me to massage him like this, saying that it will make him feel better."

"How are you feeling? Any better, brother?"

His head was cradled in the arms of the small girl, and the gentle fragrance slowly filled his nostrils. Inhaling the light yet sweet scent, the happy young man nodded vigorously. Being cared for like this by his wife and sister, even with a terrible headache, was a sweet joy.

"Ahem! Alright, everyone, please return to your seats and maintain classroom discipline. Due to Professor Zhu's unforeseen circumstances, I will be temporarily serving as the lecturer for the Admiral Training Course for the next few days..."

Volume 1, Chapter 159: After Class

Once again, Junquan, the mentor... no, Junquan, seemingly casually threw a flirtatious glance at them. What should have been a very serious admiral training course passed by amidst the sighs of countless guys whose minds were only focused on salvaging ships.

Thanks to the fact that they spent the entire class trying to get the attention of their mentor, Su Yuchen, who had a headache, managed not to learn anything except for the little bit of book she had read at the beginning.

"The course is over, Unicorn. Want to come with me to the port area?"

Watching Junquan, dressed in a professional classroom suit, leave the classroom with a light heart, and most of his fellow admirals also reluctantly leaving the hall with their ship girls, the boy put away his notebooks that he hadn't written a single word in throughout the entire class and stood up somewhat helplessly.

If I had known it would turn out this way, I really should have gone to check on my naval base sooner. My wife said that the construction company responsible for rebuilding the outer perimeter of the naval base should have arrived in the port area this morning, and as their admiral, how could I not go and check on the situation? Besides, I also need to familiarize myself with this port area that is clearly mine, but which I have never visited before.

"Yes, brother."

The little girl nodded obediently, then picked up her books and followed behind the boy. Although she was a bit shy, like her older sister, Radiant, she wanted to stay in the warm little nest in the dormitory. However, as an obedient younger sister, she knew she couldn't be so willful. Besides, it was her "brother's" naval base, and the other older sisters all hoped that Radiant and she could move to the naval base with their brother.

The stone-paved path in the academy was straight and wide. Pulled by the little girl's sleeve, the boy left the classroom and walked on this seemingly endless path. He frowned, as if he was not used to the glaring sunlight outside.

Tsugawa has always had a great climate, with warm and humid weather for most of the year. However, it has one drawback: the summer sun is too bright. As a result, many tourists who have visited Tsugawa call it "the city covered in gold".

Bathed in the warm sunlight, the boy felt the aftereffects of not getting enough rest these past two days kicking in again. He covered his mouth, wanting to let out a big, comfortable yawn. After all, he was surrounded by his adorable unicorn sister, not in front of Glorious and Lexington, so he didn't need to worry too much about his image.

Before he could even get into the zone, a familiar figure suddenly appeared beside him.

"Su Yuchen, you look so tired. Didn't you get a good rest last night?"

Looking at the boy who was already crying but was forcibly suppressing his yawns, and after dealing with the trainee admirals in the academy who were still hoping to get her back after class, the beautiful Junquan, dressed in her dignified black business suit, stood under a huge banyan tree by the roadside and smiled as she spoke to the passing boy.

As a ship girl, after learning the news last night that was enough to shake up the entire admiral community, she had a lot to say to the boy. However, because he was always bothered by his former sisters last night, she couldn't find a chance to talk to her admiral alone until the end.

"Guide... Lord, monarchical power? What are you doing here?"

Looking at Jun Quan, who was holding a clean bouquet of Bai Baihe and leaning quietly against a banyan tree by the roadside in the summer sun, he was almost startled by the sudden voice. He squeezed his eyes and turned around quickly, clearly a little surprised.

Why is Instructor Junquan here? Isn't she supposed to be giving a bombardment lesson to the ship girls later? I remember she told me last night that she might have to stay at the school to teach and couldn't resign for the time being... But since she's waiting for me on the way from the teaching building to her naval base at the north end of the academy, maybe she has something to tell me?

"Well, I have some things I want to say to my dear admiral, but before that, thank you for the gift you gave me last night, I really like it."

Gently brushing aside her long hair, Junquan looked around warily before smiling as she walked from the flowerbed to the boy's side. Wearing black high heels, she stepped onto the hard stone slab, allowing her gaze to meet the boy's dark eyes at eye level.

The gifts she referred to were naturally the equipment the boy had given her at the celebration the previous night. Two gleaming MK6 guns, a quadruple 380mm gun, and a gleaming Type 3 armor-piercing shell shaped like a white radish. As a ship girl who used her own two-star twin 15-inch main guns from the E country and two one-star triple 14-inch main guns from the academy's warehouse, plus a three-star triple 16-inch main gun from the E country, she had never seen such a display before. Her hands trembled slightly when she received them. If it weren't for her monarch telling her that these were relatively common equipment in the boy's naval base, she would have thought that the boy had emptied his coffers to get her these five-star equipment that were priceless and impossible to find on the market.

Although she later learned that these were only standard equipment for battleships and battlecruisers in the boy's naval base, and that the more powerful main guns were in the hands of capital ships like Missouri, she was still so excited about this that she couldn't sleep all night.

If ship girls of five stars or higher are the gems among all ship girls, irreplaceable miracles, then equipment of five stars or higher is like the glittering jewels on a crown. Unlike five-star warships, which can only be possessed once, their value is absolutely no less than any precious treasure. Even equipment like the quadruple Bofors, which is almost never used in daily life, can easily fetch an unimaginable price in the Governor's Mansion's exchange.

"However, I really didn't expect that my admiral would actually be the legendary admiral of the naval base. If the monarch hadn't told me herself, I wouldn't have believed it... How could a trainee admiral suddenly transform into such a young, top-tier admiral whom even the Governor-General's Office and the Military Police can only look up to..."

Volume 1, Chapter 160: Purple Cabbage

"However, I really didn't expect that my admiral would actually be the legendary admiral of the naval base. If the monarch hadn't told me herself, I wouldn't have believed it... How could a trainee admiral suddenly transform into such a young, top-tier admiral whom even the military police can only look up to..."

"Su Yuchen, you don't have some other huge secret you're hiding from me, do you? Like, are you actually not from this world, but a Martian from Mars? Otherwise, how do you explain how you transformed an obscure coastal port into a super-massive naval base with hundreds of ship girls, a place even deep-sea flagships have to give way to, in just five years?"

Jun Quan slowly approached the young man, her graceful body almost touching his. Looking at her beautiful face, which held a hint of teasing, Su Yuchen, feeling a little guilty, gently wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

You might not believe it, but that day, the mentor of the monarch almost guessed the whole truth. However, compared to that real Martian surnamed Lu, who not only encountered time travel but also obtained his own garrison in the game, he, an ordinary person from Asia on Earth, was as ordinary as could be.

“How…how is that possible? Monarchic Mentor? What other secrets could I possibly have? I’m just an ordinary person…and if Lexington and the others hadn’t found me, I wouldn’t have known I had such a large naval base.”

The boy chuckled dryly and responded softly. But hearing his casual words and the two words that shouldn't have been said to her, Junquan pouted unhappily and pinched the boy's nose hard.

What exactly constitutes an ordinary person? Does Su Yuchen mean that an ordinary person is someone with hundreds of powerful and beautiful ship girls, hundreds of rare and expensive gold-tier equipment, a massive amount of resources that can't be contained in a single warehouse, and a naval base so enormous that it takes hours to circle around it? That's terrifying!

And most importantly, I've already said you're not allowed to call me mentor anymore!

"Since you say you're an ordinary person, then I'll reluctantly treat you as an ordinary admiral, my dear admiral. After all, I'm your ship girl. But didn't I already tell you? You're not allowed to call me mentor anymore!"

The hand pinching the boy's nose applied a little force, but only a little force. The force was just enough to block his nasal cavity, and it didn't seem like displeasure at all. Instead, the affectionate manner made it seem more like a lovers' little squabble.

"Ah, I understand! Gui... Junquan, please let me go."

The boy nodded in agreement. Although he knew that his mentor, Junquan, who had become his ship girl, might not want him to call her that, perhaps because he had said it so often before, the word "mentor" would still slip out of his mouth without him noticing.

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The warm summer breeze rustled the treetops along the roadside, making a crisp, rustling sound. Satisfied, the unicorn released its nose and led the boy and Junquan, who was standing shoulder to shoulder with him, slowly walking along the stone path.

According to her mentor, she was planning to go to the cemetery, which is also located on the north side of the academy, to lay a bouquet of flowers for Instructor Lin Xian, who had died in the previous battle.

Listening to the chirping of insects unique to summer, the boy quietly turned his head to look at the large bouquet of lilies held in Junquan's arms. When death and sacrifice were truly before his eyes, he deeply felt that he was no longer the carefree boy who could live in a peaceful world; war was all around him.

He lowered his eyes slightly and sighed softly. However, unlike the boy who seemed to be sighing, Jun Quan, who was already used to such things, turned around and smiled at him, sensing the boy's gaze.

Where there is the deep sea, there is war, and where there is war, there is death and suffering. Living in this world with alien life forms like the deep sea, war is commonplace. Every year, thousands of ship girls and admirals sacrifice themselves on the vast ocean, and countless civilians are killed innocently. Yet, the war may not stop unless one side is completely defeated by the other.

Besides the ship girls who fight on the front lines against the deep sea, the admiral is also a position that often faces life and death, and this is specifically noted in the annual recruitment of new admirals.

Although the boy hasn't encountered any dangerous incidents so far, as the commander of the ship girls, the admiral naturally becomes the target that the Abyssal Fleet most wants to eliminate. Whenever the Abyssal Fleet enters the coastal waters, the first target is the naval base where the admiral, being human, resides. Having the ability to distinguish between ordinary people and admirals, they will frantically destroy the naval base before returning to attack ordinary civilians.

Noticing the change in her admiral's mood, Junquan smiled gently at the boy. After all, in her eyes, her admiral was still a child, and it would be too much to ask him to get used to such things like she and most other ship girls.