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

"Ah... I... I wanted to resist, but Fei'er held my arm down, and I couldn't move at all!"

"Xiaofei is pressing down on your arm, but darling, you still have your legs, right? Xiaofei is so much younger than you, she can't possibly press down on your legs too, can she?"

"…………"

"Now there's no way to explain it, is there? Hmm~ Darling is such a bad guy. You already have me and Jiajia, and Guanghui, but you're still thinking about cheating on me all day long. I know it's because I'm old and not as pretty as the young and cute Xiaofei, but darling, even if you're not coming home at night, you should at least tell me! I didn't sleep well at all last night without you by my side!"

"And this blanket, darling, you're not planning to collect all the blankets from all the sisters in the entire naval base, are you?"

"I'm sorry, too..."

The young man lowered his head deeply. After being scolded by his wife, he was already under a lot of pressure and felt even more guilty. He felt like a despicable scumbag. But just as he gave up all excuses and wanted to bow his head and reflect deeply on himself, and sincerely apologize to his wife and promise never to do it again, his cheeks were suddenly lifted up by a pair of soft hands.

"Okay, darling, I was just kidding, don't be so sad! Hehe~ Actually, I knew what Xiaofei was planning last night all along. Sending you to Xiaofei's place was intentional too~ Remember the gift I asked you to bring Xiaofei last night? Actually, I left a note in the box, so I played a part in making Xiaofei do that~"

With a loving smile on her beautiful face, Lexington pressed her forehead against the boy's and spoke gently. Her azure headdress fluttered slightly in the breeze from the window, her shallow breaths warm and sweet. Looking at Lexington like this, the scene suddenly reversed, and the boy slowly opened his mouth wide.

"Yes, it was your permission, Madam?"

"Hmm~ I've been planning this since yesterday morning. Didn't I ask you what you thought of Xiaofei during breakfast yesterday morning? Actually, Xiaofei was eavesdropping outside the door at that time~ So I secretly gave it a little push~"

The young man was somewhat bewildered. Last night, Phil said that Lexington had allowed her to do so, and he had thought that Phil was just saying that to get him to comply. He never expected that it was all true! Not only did she not blame him for his infidelity, but she also tried her best to find him a wife. What a wife! What a wife! How many wooden fish must he have broken in his past life to have the chance to marry such a perfect wife!

"But why are you doing this, Madam?"

"Of course, it's because I can't bear to see Xiaofei continue to be sad like this, darling. Xiaofei has been waiting for you for almost two years. I've seen all her efforts in finding you this past year, so even if it weren't for you, I want to help her. And, darling~ haven't you always wanted the Lie family to serve you together? Hehe, now that goal is one step closer, aren't you happy~?"

Happy? How could I not be happy? But I was already exhausted enough, and now with Fei'er on top of that, I can almost foresee myself getting thinner and thinner! What's more, even though Fei'er looks so gentle and cute, her craziness last night was no less than yours and Jiajia's. It was her first time, but she exhausted herself to the point of falling asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Even now, my back still aches.

"You silly girl, your mouth is going to twist from smiling so much! Alright, hurry up and take the Oath Ring to find Xiao Fei. Isn't that why you wanted to come see me so early in the morning?"

Volume 1, Chapter 328: You'd better find someone else!

"You silly girl, your mouth is going to twist from smiling so much! Alright, hurry up and take the Oath Ring to find Xiao Fei. Isn't that why you wanted to come see me so early in the morning?"

Looking at her husband's silly, grinning expression, Lexington held the boy's hand tightly, playfully poking his clean forehead with her soft fingertips. Other wives would go to great lengths to prevent their husbands from cheating, but she not only didn't guard against it, she even encouraged it. She hadn't been intimate with her darling for two days already, so why was this happening?

The young man chuckled dryly. He dared not refute what Lexington had said, because he had gotten up early that morning to go see his wife. Besides telling her that he and Phil had really done something bad last night and sincerely apologizing to her, his main purpose was to find a way to get a vow ring from his office.

The ship girl's feelings are so pure. Even Phil went so far as to push him to understand her feelings for him. Now that they've even done that kind of thing, he understands her feelings for him perfectly well from her actions last night. If he doesn't give her a ring now, it would really be unreasonable.

Sigh… I always told Yuan Ye I wasn’t a lolicon, and now, just a few days later, I’ve personally married a destroyer girl. While Fei’er isn’t exactly a loli, I have a feeling that next time I see her, I’ll involuntarily shrink a head shorter. But… I’m marrying Fei’er, a destroyer! Is this really okay? This isn’t like a game where you can just marry anyone. Won’t the military police arrest me? I don’t want to be in jail so soon!

"Madam... but is this really the right thing to do? Hasn't the Governor's Office always strictly prohibited admirals from marrying destroyer ship girls who are less than five years old? What if..."

Thinking of the Governor's strict requirements, the young man, who was still feeling apprehensive afterward, frowned with some worry. But standing in front of the safe, seeing her husband's suddenly conflicted expression, Lexington winked at him with amusement.

She reached out and straightened the slightly disheveled collar of the boy's pajamas, then brushed aside a small tuft of hair that had stuck up on his forehead from sleeping. Looking at her husband, who seemed guilty yet incredibly endearing, she pursed her lips, took his hand, and whispered to him.

"Hehe, so you can be scared now, darling? I've never seen you hesitate like this before when you were getting married to Claxton, Snow White, and even Archerfish and Big Bluefin. You used to just wave your hand and marry whoever you wanted, so why are you scared now?"

That's different! Before, it was a game, everyone was a two-dimensional character, so there was no psychological pressure when it came to marriage. But now, everyone has become a living, breathing person. Every ring given out represents binding a girl for life, and it means taking on more responsibility. I've grown up under the red flag for over a decade! Even if this world allowed admirals to have harems, it's impossible for me to feel no pressure at all!

"I was like that before... I'm sorry, madam, I'm really reflecting on my actions now."

Games are games, but he couldn't use the fact that his past actions were all part of the game to excuse his present behavior. Under Lexington's incredibly gentle gaze, the boy lowered his head in shame. But suddenly, he noticed that his wife had inexplicably let go of him, walked to her desk, and picked up the exquisite telephone on it.

"Hehe, darling, have you ever wondered why the military police never dared to arrest you despite you marrying so many destroyer girls? Actually, it's because..."

As she spoke, she winked affectionately at the bewildered boy, then, facing her husband, she delivered her prepared speech into the receiver where the operator's voice rang out.

"Please connect me to the Governor's Office Gendarmerie, that's right, the Gendarmerie Headquarters."

"Hello? This is the Naval Military Police Headquarters in Tsugawa City. I am Special Operations Captain An Huaiyu. How can I help you?"

A few seconds later, the call connected, and Lexington gently pressed the speakerphone button. A somewhat serious female voice came from the phone in Lexington's hand.

"Hello, Ms. An, I am a concerned citizen. I cannot reveal my name, but I would like to anonymously report an admiral who married a destroyer that is less than five years old. I have evidence to prove this."

The boy was dumbfounded. Listening to Lexington's gentle voice, he stared wide-eyed in bewilderment. Why was his wife suddenly calling the military police? Could it be that his wife was really going to betray her own family for the greater good?

"Seriously?! Z21, get me a pen and paper, our sales figures for this month are saved! Ahem, miss, please tell me everything you know. If it's true, I guarantee our military police will severely punish that guy who dared to marry the destroyer."

“Hmm, no problem.” Lexington grinned, looking at her husband’s pitifully nervous appearance. She gently squeezed the fingers she was still holding in her hand, then rubbed his cheek. Of course, she wasn’t doing this to report her beloved husband; it was just that this method might help him understand a little faster than explaining to him.

"Here's the thing, officer. I want to report the admiral of the naval base next to the Naval Academy. This morning, I saw him come out of the dormitory of a destroyer girl."

"Oh! So the evidence is conclusive! Miss, you say you have evidence, right? If possible, please mail the evidence you have to our military police headquarters. You don't need to come in person. By the way, you mean the naval base next to the Naval Academy, right? Hmm, let me see..."

"Wait, you mean the one next to the Naval Academy? The one that's built on Nanxiu Bay?"

"That's right, so what?"

"...Excuse me, miss! That area is outside the jurisdiction of our military police! You'd better look elsewhere! Goodbye!"

Before Lexington and the bewildered boy on the other end of the line could react, the call was disconnected with a dial tone indicating the power had been cut off.

Volume 1, Chapter 329: The Outlaw

On the other side of Tianshui City, in a clean office, a petite girl with short green hair and a rather spirited look walked in through the open front door with paper and pen in hand.

The girl wore a black cross medal around her neck and a bright red armband on her slender arm. Anyone with eyes could tell that this was the insignia of the naval military police, and the girl was a ship girl belonging to the Tsugawa City Military Police Headquarters.

Her name is Z21, but unlike the Z21 destroyers that were only one-star rarity after they were built, she is a modernized Z21 Kai, whose combat power is much stronger than that of the ordinary Z21, and her rarity has also increased to three stars.

Obtaining ship girl upgrade cores is extremely difficult. A single destroyer upgrade core can cost almost ten or more large-scale construction resources in the Governor's Mansion. Despite its high cost, the girl's admiral, who is now the Governor's Mansion's special agent, Chang'an Huaiyu, still went bankrupt to gather enough resources for her upgrades.

The young girl patted her military uniform. When the admiral gathered enough resources for her to upgrade, she vowed to bring glory to her admiral and never let him down. She had been working hard towards that goal.

However, she recently heard that there was another Z21 active in the distant northern seas. Although it shared the same name as her, that Z21 was far stronger than her.

She and her sister ship Z22 once repelled attacks from large deep-sea formations, and she also sank countless deep-sea capital ships single-handedly. Her guns and torpedoes seemed to have eyes, and even in the darkest night, she could accurately sink those deep-sea ships that dared to provoke her.

The girl envied herself, but her ship of the same name, far away in another sea, also brought hope to the young girl. Who said that a destroyer couldn't be stronger than a capital ship? Who said that destroyers were born only to be assistants to those big sisters capital ships? As long as she could become as strong as her ship of the same name, she would never let the admiral down.

Clenching her fist tightly, the girl decided to double today's training quota. She then took the paper and pen she needed and approached a black-haired girl. Looking at the admiral sitting behind a neat desk, she noticed that the admiral, who had just been excited because this month's performance could be saved, was now slumped over the desk, sighing like a dried-out salted fish.

"What's wrong, Admiral? Didn't someone just call to report a destroyer with a married woman? Why are you suddenly so disheartened?"

The girl's questioning voice reached the ears of the black-haired woman, who was also wearing a military police uniform. The woman lazily raised her arm and waved to her ship girl. She wanted to improve her performance, since her special operations team hadn't caught a single admiral who dared to marry a destroyer this month, while the disciplinary inspection team had already called in quite a few admirals who harassed destroyers for a chat.

"There's nothing I can do, little Z21! It's that guy who wants to marry a destroyer! That guy! I heard he's been missing for over a year, but recently there are rumors that his ship girls have found him. Although I really want to arrest that guy and set an example for those despicable lolicon fans, I just can't beat him!"

"Can't beat him? Even you can't do anything about him? Renown is on an expedition and should be back soon, right? With Renown, a battlecruiser, coming back, plus me and the other members of the team, aren't all these ship girls enough to capture an admiral?"

Hearing her admiral's dejected words, the little girl was a bit confused. She, along with her sister Renown and the other members of the team, had at least ten ship girls in total. Although they might not be able to beat those veteran admirals in the committee, they could at least make them obediently return to the military police station to give statements! Why was her admiral so sure that they couldn't win?

"Ah, I forgot. Little Z21, you haven't been with the military police for long, so you probably don't know yet. Didn't you ask me before why the military police headquarters we're in now had a building collapse? Actually, it wasn't a building quality problem at all, as the outside world is saying."

"Emmm... I think it happened when I was still working as an assistant to the previous special operations captain. Our stubborn captain couldn't stand that outlaw relentlessly giving rings to his destroyer sister, so he devised a plan to 'invite' him to the station for a chat. But somehow, our plan to lure him to the military police station under some pretext and then arrest him was discovered by their ship girl."

"You know what? Even though that guy probably doesn't care about any of this, his ship girls all swarmed to our military police station like mother hens protecting her chicks after they heard about it. A few of the older ship girls came, but the vast majority were the destroyer girls we were 'trying to' save! You have no idea how angry those little girls were when they heard we were going to ban that guy from marrying destroyers!"

"Back then, our stubborn captain got a really bad lesson from a bunch of little girls. In the end, they even demolished our military police headquarters building! If it weren't for Instructor Ella intervening and making us promise never to meddle in their business again, the very existence of the military police headquarters might be in big question now!"

"Wow...that's impressive...but he's just an admiral...why would he dare to go against the military police..."

The green-haired girl widened her eyes in surprise, as if she could hardly believe what her admiral was saying. In the year or so that she had been on duty, she had dealt with admirals of the rank of colonel or even general, but even with several ship girls and even a capital ship, she had never seen anyone go against the military police, which was a quasi-violent organization!

"That's really how exaggerated it is! Little Z21! Our stubborn captain retired early because of deep psychological trauma, which is why I'm the special operations captain now! Instructor Ella said that guy has at least a hundred ship girls at home! Although the unreliable Instructor Ella is probably just bragging, since she's always so unreliable, it's still possible that he has dozens of ship girls, otherwise so many destroyer lolis wouldn't have come to the military police station to cause trouble."

"Oh, right, I heard that the 'Shadow of the North Sea' Z21 that you admire the most is also one of his ship girls. It seems that she went to the North Sea with Z22 because she was going to find that guy."

"Ugh?"

………………

"So, that's how it is. You're truly loved by everyone, hehe~ But so am I~ I played a part in making things this way back then~"

Facing Lexington, who had finished speaking and playfully rested her soft forehead against his, the young man listened to his wife's explanation and nodded, somewhat bewildered. Just because she wouldn't allow him to marry a destroyer, his little girls had demolished the military police station? This was simply too outrageous! The thought of a group of girls tearing down a police station for the sake of their lolicon was just too hard to accept.

He glanced vaguely at the stack of precious vow rings in the opened safe, then pointed slightly with his finger.

"Madam...you mean, even if I were to marry Fei'er now, my colleagues in the military police...wouldn't dare to do anything to me?"

Volume 1, Chapter 330: Danger of Su Yuchen

"Madam...you mean, even if I were to marry Fei'er now, my colleagues in the military police...wouldn't dare to do anything to me?"

Staring blankly at the flawless face before him, the young man whispered a question to Lexington, who was smiling at him.

As the violent institution used by the Governor's Office to control all the admirals, if even the military police couldn't do anything to him and his girls, then there was nothing in the world that could restrain or control him. Perhaps for a lolicon like Yuan Ye, this would be a great thing, but for the young man, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Oh yeah, you can marry any destroyer you want, darling, are you happy? Ah, darling, if you ask that, does that mean you're really smitten? Sigh—darling, you wouldn't actually prefer the younger girls in the naval base to us older girls, would you?"

Bathed in bright sunlight, the sunflowers outside the window smelled even more fragrant under the sun. Perhaps because he had truly tasted the beauty of lolis from the unicorn and Phil, the boy, who was already a little embarrassed, immediately looked away guiltily. Facing Lexington's doting yet slightly reproachful expression, he quickly shook his head as if to prove himself.

"What? How could that be, madam? I'm really not a lolicon! And I'll always love Mrs. Lexington. I'm just, I'm just a little worried that without the restraint of the military police, the Governor's Office might be unhappy with us."

Although he said it himself, the boy still felt a little guilty. He was definitely not a lolicon, and he had always believed so. But now that he was about to give Fei'er a ring, these words just didn't sound convincing coming from his mouth.

Hehe~ I'll always love you, my dearest husband~

"Actually, darling, you don't need to think so much. It was Instructor Ella and the Governor's Office's decision to stop the military police from interfering with our naval affairs. After all, as the largest naval base in Tsugawa City, it's understandable that we have a little bit of privilege."

Hearing her husband's words, a hint of joy and satisfaction appeared on her beautiful face. Lexington chuckled and took the boy's hand, holding it tightly in her palm.

As her husband's favorite wedding ship, and also his indispensable helper and secretary, she didn't care whether her husband was a lolicon or not. In fact, if her darling really was a lolicon, that might be even better—that way, there wouldn't be so many charming sisters like Illustrious competing with her for her beloved in the future!

"Ah."

Looking at Lexington, who was completely unguarded and gave him such a gentle and lovely smile, the somewhat moved young man smiled back at her. Lexington's soft palm had a slightly refreshing coolness, which felt very comfortable to hold, and he couldn't help but feel a little dry in his mouth. But before he could speak, he saw the gentle and lovely lady wink at him with her clear, autumn-water-like eyes.

"Alright, stop wasting time, darling~ Xiaofei is still waiting for you in the dorm. Hurry up and grab the vow ring you want most, and go find her. Don't keep Xiaofei waiting."

A gentle, loving voice reached the boy's ears, making his heart flutter. Following Lexington's fingertips, he looked at the sparkling, precious vow rings in the safe. He carefully picked one up and put it in his pocket, then swallowed hard. Under Lexington's puzzled and surprised gaze, he picked up another ring and then casually opened the exquisitely crafted crystal box.

"Darling, isn't one enough? Do you have other sisters who also want to receive rings?"

"No, madam."

Seeing Lexington's somewhat surprised expression, the boy, holding the sparkling diamond ring in his hand, looked up and stared directly into her eyes, then shook his head at her.

"Then why, my dear, did you..." The boy's denial reassured Lexington a little. She really thought that her husband had gotten involved with another woman besides Xiaofei while she was away. But if that wasn't the case, then why did her darling want to take another Oath Ring?

The young man didn't keep Lexington waiting for long. He pursed his lips tightly, as if he had made up his mind and was thinking about something. Then he reached out and held his wife's gentle and soft hands. He met his wife's somewhat questioning gaze and spoke solemnly.

"This one is actually for myself. Even though you ladies are already wearing rings, as your husband, I should wear one too, so that I can prove that I am your husband."

"Also, Madam, although it's a bit late to say this now, I hope you can give me a little more time. When everyone at the naval base returns, when I'm truly capable of taking on the responsibilities of your admiral, then I will definitely make it up to you with a grand wedding. So please give me a little more time now."

A gentle breeze ruffled her long hair across her forehead. Listening to the boy's heartfelt voice, and glancing at her husband's increasingly uneasy face, Lexington opened her bright blue eyes wide in bewilderment. Her mind, completely jumbled by her husband's sudden words, desperately tried to decipher their meaning. After a long while, a sweet mist clouded her vision, and she nodded firmly to the boy.

"Hmm~ really, why say this now! It's making it hard for me to see anything in front of me! But, um! I'm waiting for you, darling."

Suppressing the inexplicable flutter in her chest, Lexington slightly curved her lips and then nestled her shoulder against the boy's chest, which made her feel incredibly safe and sweet. Looking at her husband's chin so close to hers, she reached out and drew a big circle on his chest with her finger, complaining.

Honestly, all my darling knows is how to flirt with sweet words, but he never takes responsibility afterward. It leaves me all hot and bothered, unable to do anything about it, even though I want to be intimate with him! Hmph, I've decided, once we're on the passenger ship tonight and things settle down, I'm going to drain him dry, not without Jiajia, not even if Guanghui comes! For now, I'll just have to give my time to Xiaofei for now!

Volume 1, Chapter 331: Metamorphosis

The oath of ship girls is different from that of human weddings. Compared to the human emphasis on material and practical matters, the only thing that beautiful and kind ship girls care about is the spiritual unity and contract with the one they love.

They may not have a grand and glamorous wedding, they may not have countless people coming to sincerely bless them, they may not have a pure and beautiful wedding dress, and even the wedding ring that symbolizes love and union can be replaced by a cheap toy for them.

They don't need anything, because when they fall in love with someone, it means they have given him everything. Ship girls are like the embodiment of all that is beautiful in the world. They are beautiful, they are noble, and having them is like having all the beautiful things in the world. But even for such beautiful lives, the one thing they cannot lack in their world is the attention and love of the person they cherish.

Having successfully obtained the much-needed item from the lovely lady, the young man returned to Phil's dormitory, which he had only recently left, carrying the precious Oath Ring.

The morning sunlight was so bright that it was hard to open one's eyes even in the living room. As soon as he stepped into Fei'er's simply yet comfortably decorated living room, the somewhat nervous and excited boy smelled a fragrance in the air that made his mouth water.

Although he had just said not long ago that he would make breakfast for Fei'er and himself when he got back, a whole night had passed since last night, and he and Fei'er had done so much tiring physical labor during that time. As soon as he smelled the delicious aroma of the food, he, who was finally free from the worry of how to explain it to his wife, immediately felt a strong urge to eat that made him feel hungry.