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

With a bright smile, the girl gently lowered her head, softly combing the boy's thick, short hair with a comb. Facing her father's unguarded face, her pretty cheeks were filled with love and affection. She bent down and gently kissed the boy's ear. Hearing the breath on his ear, the sound of his tongue tracing his earlobe, and the sound of his lips sucking on his earlobe, the boy immediately gasped in surprise, experiencing a truly immersive ASMR session.

"Fei? Fei'er?!"

Seeing the boy's startled expression, the smiling girl gently raised her affectionate face; she charmingly licked her moist lips, and then gave the boy a loving smile.

"Hehe... *kiss* my ear... It's all Daddy's fault for being so unprepared!"

"And...it seems Daddy's getting excited again, hehe~ If Daddy wants to continue doing lewd things, your Fei'er can continue to accompany you~"

The girl said softly, glancing at the tent that was about to rise again under the boy's body. She gently hugged the boy's head. Fei'er's alluring expression made the boy, who was resting his head on the girl's lap, swallow hard and tighten his throat. But before he could refuse the girl's seemingly nice suggestion, which he had already exhausted himself from the morning, another girl's sweet voice came from outside the girl's dormitory.

"Little Fei, are you still not awake? This is Marani. What's training today? I'm all ready to head to the training ground!"

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Volume 1, Chapter 337: Here we go again?

It was around nine o'clock in the morning, the time when the admiral's lecture at the academy was about to begin. He had spent a long time cuddling with his wife, Phil, who had become his shipmate, since he woke up early in the morning. After hurriedly changing into his uniform and eating a breakfast that had gone cold, the young man rushed to the naval academy across the bridge.

To be honest, the young man, who was already exhausted and a little dizzy from the morning, didn't really want to attend this last lecture before leaving. After all, he was going to Anan Port with his wife and the others to take a boat back to Tianshui to pick up Xiaorou in the afternoon. With such a tight schedule, he only had a few hours to pack his luggage and arrange the remaining affairs of the garrison.

That's to be expected. Although the Naval Academy usually manages its trainee admirals quite leniently, it is still a full-fledged military institution and can't be completely without rules. And just recently, he heard that the academy had some kind of event that temporarily canceled all the admirals' holidays and prohibited any student from leaving the school without permission.

Although the academy headmaster and his own naval base have a very good relationship, and he wouldn't be punished even if he left without permission, the boy felt it was better not to break the rules. He believed that if he asked his mentor, Junquan, for leave, she, as his own ship girl, would definitely not make things difficult for him.

What's more, I currently have a little burden to carry on my shoulders...

"Admiral, Admiral, so this is what the Naval Academy is like! Look, there are so many probationary admirals over there! They're all wearing the same uniforms as you! Sigh, are we allowed to sit anywhere in these lecture halls? I see them just finding any spot and sitting down!"

"Well, you can just find an empty spot to sit down. The pace is the same in all the lecture halls, so it doesn't matter which one you go to. But Zhaohe, did you remember what I just told you? Don't forget it."

Standing in the corridor next to the lecture hall, the boy squatted down and patted the head of the girl next to him, who had a long braid and seemed very excited. The girl beside the boy was Zhao He. Although in the small illustration in the game, the girl always dressed like a boy and always said "This master, this master," today she was wearing a light blue jacket and skirt in the style of the Republic of China era, and a pair of delicate cloth shoes, dressed very elegantly.

Wearing such a beautiful outfit, and paired with the girl's already quite good looks, which were ruined by her masculine ship uniform and attire, when she saw Zhao He with Yi Xian downstairs in the dormitory building, her pure and lovely appearance surprised even the boy a little.

The girl met the boy downstairs in the dormitory building. At that time, she, Haiqi, and Yingrui were helping Yixian and Belfast, who were busy, to carry the bedding of the other sisters who were not in the garrison to the square in front of the dormitory building to sunbathe. Because they were worried that the bedding would get damp and moldy after being left unattended for so long, Yixian and Belfast, who had already become familiar with her duties as "head maid", carried them out early in the morning.

As for why the girl came to the naval academy with him, it was because the mischievous Zhaohe was always getting in Yixian's way, so Yixian, in a fit of anger, dumped her on him...

"Okay! I've got it, Admiral! It's just a matter of not letting anyone know that you've already become our Admiral! Don't worry about it!"

The girl nodded sweetly to the boy. Although she seemed so confident, the boy couldn't help but sigh with some worry. For some reason, he felt that the girl's answer was a bit unreliable. Otherwise, she wouldn't have angered Yi Xian, who had such a good temper, so much so early in the morning.

"That's good. Don't forget what I told you to call me. Don't call me Admiral once we're in the classroom."

"Okay! I understand, Brother Yu Chen! Hehe!"

The boy patted the girl's head again, which made the somewhat excited girl squint her eyes in enjoyment. The boy then led Zhao and walked into the somewhat noisy classroom. Since there was still some time before the lecture started, most of the admirals and their ship girls in the lecture hall were talking together.

The boy looked around, wanting to find an empty seat for himself and Zhaohe. But just as he was about to lead Zhaohe to a less crowded area at the back of the lecture hall, he heard someone's familiar shout.

"Hey! Yu Chen! Over here!"

A distinctively loud voice rang out in the lecture hall, instantly drowning out the conversations of the other colleagues. Looking in the direction of the sound, the young man indeed saw Yuan Ye and his friends in the seats near the window.

Why did I run into these guys again?

The boy, rubbing his head in pain, walked over with Zhao He behind him. Before leaving, the boy gave Zhao He a look that reminded him once again. After receiving a smile from the girl, he went to Yuan Ye, Fang Wanyan, and Xu Tu. Seeing Yuan Ye, whom he hadn't seen for a few days, give him that familiar smile with a hint of smugness, the boy habitually greeted them.

Good morning, Yuan Ye and Xu Tu.

"Good morning, Yuchen."

"Good morning, what's with the good morning? Are you asking for it? Just seeing you, Yu Chen, you lucky bastard, makes me feel terrible. How can I even say good morning to you?!"

"Where am I? Yu Chen, why are you greeting Xu Tu and Yuan Ye? I'm sitting right here, can't you see me?"

Just like encountering those troublesome friends he had made in school, ignoring Fang Wanyan who was making a ruckus as if she had been ignored, Yuan Ye stood up, patted Xu Tu next to him, and told him to give up his seat for the boy. He casually picked up his notebook and squeezed in, then patted the boy's shoulder.

"Speaking of Yu Chen, I haven't seen you these past few days. I didn't see you bring Guang Hui to the training ground this afternoon either. I was hoping that Tian Kong could have another match with Guang Hui to gain some experience."

"Well, I've had some things to take care of, so I don't have much time."

"What's going on? Ah, you wouldn't happen to be somewhere fishing for ship girls and deliberately not inviting us, would you? No way! Yu Chen! How can you go and do this all by yourself! That's so disregarding brotherhood!"

Hearing Yuan Ye's loud voice, the boy subtly twitched his lips. Knowing the guy's personality, he was too lazy to pay attention to him. However, he was right about one thing: he had indeed been with the ship girl ladies these past few days, and they were ship girls that could shake half of the governor's mansion if word got out!

Thinking back to the last time he met Yuan Ye, he only had Glorious as his ship girl. At that time, he thought he would work hard with Glorious to become an excellent admiral. Now, not only does he have Unicorn sister, but he has also found his lovely girls again and is living a life of being a kept man. He couldn't help but smile and took out the lecture notes and notebooks he needed to listen to the lecture from the bag in his hand.

He turned around and looked at the little Zhaohe beside him, took her hand and made her sit down next to him. Only now did Zhaohe's figure, which had been hidden behind the boy, come into the view of the three mischievous friends beside him.

Volume 1, Chapter 338: No one understands Yi Xian better than me!

"Yu Chen...you rascal, you didn't actually bring back a new ship girl behind our backs, did you?"

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet. Yuan Ye stared blankly for a moment, then, as if a duck had been choked and suddenly lost its voice, he finally managed to squeeze out a sad sentence from his throat. The girl who had been sitting next to the boy who had been greeting her sat down with a smile.

Besides the trainee admiral, the only people who can come to the academy to listen to lectures with the admiral are their ship girls. Since the girl next to the boy looks somewhat familiar for some reason, she has a face that is hard for humans to match, and such a pair of lively and beautiful eyes, what other options are there besides another ship girl?

That's too much, really too much! It's only been a few days, and Yu Chen, you lucky bastard, already have two ship girls? Just the day before yesterday, I was practically dying from the sunburn from Qin Hanwen, that second-generation rich kid, with his third ship girl. And now, only two days later, before my wounds have even healed, you, even more despicable than him, have sunburned me all over! Poor me! Why am I always surrounded by so many damn lucky bastards?!

"puff!!"

"Really?! Yu Chen, you already have a second ship girl? Who is it?"

Xu Tu, who was drinking soda, suddenly sprayed it onto the table in front of him when he heard Yuan Ye's words. He coughed violently and stared at the boy with wide eyes, both of them looking on in surprise and disbelief. To be honest, after seeing these guys in the classroom, the boy had already guessed this outcome. He felt in his pocket and realized that he seemed to have forgotten to bring a pen. He looked at Zhao He next to him, and the cute little girl seemed to understand him perfectly, pulling a brand new fountain pen out of the pocket of her jacket.

"It's not actually what you imagine."

The young man remained silent for a moment, not intending to reveal the matter of his daughter and the garrison so early. He planned to give a few casual words, but just as he was about to tell them the words he had prepared, Xu Tu suddenly seemed to have noticed something and frowned at the group.

"Ah, I remember now! Isn't this the boy we met at the Chinese restaurant before!"

"That boy? You mean that one... Oh, she's a ship girl! Yu Chen, you didn't happen to rescue the ship girls from Miss Yi Xian's restaurant, did you? I was wondering why she looked so familiar!"

Hearing Xu Tu's words, Yuan Ye was astonished. How could he not have realized that the girl they had mistaken for a boy in the restaurant was actually a ship girl? Otherwise, how could Yu Chen have gotten there first? And... this little one must have some kind of relationship with Miss Yi Xian, right? Doesn't that mean that if they managed to rescue her, their chances of successfully rescuing Yi Xian, who had already been modified and become a five-star ship girl, would be much higher? Damn it! Why can't I have such good fortune?!

Su Yuchen, who was used to Yuan Ye's loud voice, didn't feel anything after being yelled at. However, Zhao He, who didn't like these guys who might know his admiral, felt that he couldn't stand it anymore.

What?! You guys actually thought I was a boy?! What do I look like a boy in?! Although the Admiral always says I'm too boyish, and Sister Yixian keeps saying that if I continue like this, the Admiral won't like me, but I'm already changing! Now I'm learning how to be a lady from Yingrui every day, and I even wear dresses every day now, things I never used to wear much!

"You guys are the boys... Pshaw, you're girls! I... I, Zhaohe, am not a boy at all. I'm... Yuchen's favorite ship girl, remember that!"

Indignant that her own admiral's friends had mistaken her gender, Zhao He stood up and pointed at Yuan Ye and Xu Tu behind him, shouting loudly. But before she could utter her usual "This Great One," she remembered Yi Xian's instructions, glanced at the admiral sitting next to her, and withdrew her arm in a muffled voice, then obediently sat back down in her seat.

Hmph, with the Admiral by my side now, the magnanimous Lord Zhaohe will let you fools off this time. But next time, hmph...

………………

So, that's roughly how it happened.

Ten minutes had passed since they entered the classroom. After much explaining, the boy finally told them the "reason" for bringing Zhao He to the academy. He said that he had met Zhao He before because of some things, and since Zhao He had never seen what classes were like at the Naval Academy, he brought her here today to see for herself.

"What? So that's how it is... Did you think I'd say that? Yu Chen, you'll have no friends if you do this! What's the difference between what you did and salvaging a ship? Look at the way that girl looks at you! She's obviously treating you like an admiral!"

"Also, you didn't know, did you? The restaurant we went to earlier was actually owned by Miss Yixian. You should know Yixian, right? She's the most popular ship girl in the C-class! She's known as 'Leg Fairy.' I won't even mention her long, white legs, but this Yixian isn't your average Yixian. She's already been upgraded and her rarity has been raised to five stars! Now that you've managed to get Zhaohe, who's acquainted with Yixian, getting Yixian will be much easier! So now you know why I wanted to stab you to death with a spear, you wretched seal?"

As a somewhat unfamiliar professor lectured on the podium, Yuan Ye lowered his head and whispered to the boy beside him, "I envy Zhao He, but as colleagues we see every day, I can't hide this information that I haven't shared with others much. It's just a pity that the information I got from my older brother with a week's worth of food money has now all gone to this stinky seal."

"I see..."

The boy muttered to himself, a wry smile on his face. "I know all that you're saying. Speaking of Yi Xian, probably no one here knows the eldest sister of the C Department better than me. Not to mention that he talked to her all night the day he met her, he even slept with his head on Yi Xian's lap until dawn. And all the lunches I've had at the naval base's restaurant these past few days have been prepared by Yi Xian."

Using the pen Zhao He had given him, the boy underlined a few key points on his handouts. Not wanting to discourage him again, he remained silent, ignoring Yuan Ye's smug expression. He calmly took a sip of the bottled soda Xu Tu had given him, but...

"Hmph! You guys don't know this! Actually, Sister Yixian really likes to mention... Brother Yuchen! She's just too shy to say it! As long as she mentions it one day... Brother Yuchen has a change of heart and gives her a ring, then we can get married!"

Volume 1, Chapter 339: Except for me, Zhaohe!

"Pfft!...Cough cough...Cough"

The soda he had just drunk was immediately sprayed out, and the small amount of water that went into his trachea made the boy cough painfully. He patted his chest hard to make himself feel a little better, just like Yuan Ye and Fang Wanyan beside him. The boy looked incredulously at Zhao He, who had said those words and seemed to be very proud of them.

Good guy!

Yuan Ye was stunned. He had just thought that his friend was not interested in the information he had given him because he was unaware of these things. It turned out that the other party had already succeeded!

Heh... It's alright, Yuan Ye. This little thing can't even get to me. I'm used to Qin Hanwen's constant tanning and sunbathing! So what if I have a super popular ship girl like Yi Xian? So what if she cooks incredibly delicious food? So what if she's quiet, gentle, generous, and virtuous? So what if she has such beautiful legs? So what if she can gently comfort you when you're tired? I, Yuan Ye, won't...

Kuso! I'm so envious!!! I want a ship girl with a wife-type body! I want to be gently comforted when I'm tired! I want to eat as delicious food as Yixian's every day! Why! Why does everything good happen to Yuchen, that stinky seal?!

Tears streamed down Yuan Ye's face. He sniffled, his nose stinging, and he almost burst into tears from the heat. He'd only been apart for a few days and already gotten to know Zhao He. A ship girl willing to obediently go to the academy with you meant she trusted you completely. And judging from Zhao He's words, the legendary Yi Xian seemed to have reached the point of being determined to marry anyone but her friend. At that point, even without establishing a relationship between the admiral and a port ship girl, it was probably something someone could easily accomplish with a single word.

Two ship girls were retrieved in just a few days—what kind of efficiency is that? Moreover, besides Yi Xian, who has already reached five stars, rumors circulating in the academy say that Zhao He, a three-star light cruiser ship girl, is so rare that her actual rarity is even comparable to some top-tier four-star ship girls…

His hand holding the soda trembled slightly. He took a deep breath to calm his urge to challenge the seal in front of him to a duel. Yuan Ye pushed up his glasses... Although he wasn't nearsighted, he always wore these black-rimmed non-prescription glasses to project an air of sophistication.

"...I was wondering why you seemed so nonchalant. Turns out...you'd already made your move. I underestimated you."

"Do not……"

Yuan Ye's forehead was somewhat dark, and looking at Yuan Ye who seemed to be suppressing some darkness, the boy subconsciously wanted to retort, "No, I didn't! I didn't!" However, fate had other plans. He had only just uttered a single word of "no" when Zhao He, completely unaware of his mistake, once again put his hands on his hips, patted his chest, and spoke with a smug expression.

"Of course! Brother Yu Chen is the best! Not only Sister Yi Xian, but also Sister Chongqing, Sister Ying Rui, Sister Hai Qi, and Ping Hai, Ning Hai, and Chang Chun, they all like Brother Yu Chen!"

"Ti...?" Yuan Ye finally understood. The missing word after "Ti" was clearly "Du"! So, Yu Chen, you not only targeted Yi Xian and Zhao He, you've stirred up trouble in the entire C-class ship girl group!

Holy crap! Are you even human? These ship girls are so hard to get for everyone else, but you just have to say a few words and they'll obediently come home with you?! Where did you come from, some kind of chosen one?! I really want to learn your amazing ship-farming skills!

He took a shaky sip of soda to calm his nerves, but it wasn't enough, so he took another. Yuan Ye turned to look at Xu Tu and Fang Wanyan, who were equally bewildered beside him. They also glanced at Yuan Ye, and in a tacit understanding, the three of them grabbed Su Yuchen's sleeve together...

"Yu Chen! Teach me how to salvage a ship!! Please!"

"Count me in too! Brother Yu Chen!"

"Brother Yuchen! Please, please teach us how to salvage the boat! I beg you!"

With three loud voices, each with its own distinct characteristics, the group of teenagers finally managed to get the professor's attention on the podium.

"You students in the fourth row on the left, please be quiet. It's class time!"

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"Sigh, so Zhang Hao deserved to be expelled from the academy. He was too eager for quick success and didn't even listen to the instructors' orders during combat."

"No, I think the real reason he was expelled wasn't disobeying orders. Didn't I tell you before? Zhang Hao's family lives in a coastal county near Yundu. I heard that county suffered a severe deep-sea attack, and he concealed this fact when he applied to the naval academy. I heard that his father died in that disaster..."

The morning lecture continued, and quite some time passed. Yuan Ye and Xu Tu leaned back in their chairs, idly chatting about campus gossip. The teenager's story was indeed shocking, but with the teenager's excuses and explanations, he eventually managed to convince them that Zhao He was just joking.

Of course, even with the boy's explanation, it's still a certainty that he has an ambiguous relationship with those C-class ship girls. But at least compared to the initial explanation, the boy's sophistry is obviously much more credible. After all, who would believe that he could just grab so many ship girls at once?

"Really? Anyway, it's all in the past, and we can't interfere with the academy's arrangements... By the way, Yu Chen, aren't you related to Miss Yi Xian? How about... we go to Yi Xian's Chinese restaurant for lunch together again? Hehe, I still can't forget that taste, it's so delicious! Hmm, at worst, we'll pay half for your portion, how about that? I don't believe Yi Xian won't give you a discount."

"I'm afraid that won't work. Let's not even talk about whether I can take you there. I have something to do at noon, and I'll probably have to take more than a month off afterward."

"Huh?... Oh, you're going back to pick up your sister, right? But the academy has a written test for us trainee admirals next week, and we're not allowed to take leave lately. Are you sure you can get leave?"

"How would you know if you don't try? That's why I was just about to go find Mentor Junquan, wasn't I? Ah... get out of class is over, I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to find Mentor Junquan first. If anything comes up, tell me when I get back..."

Volume 1, Chapter 340: I'm relieved.

Su Yuchen didn't think she was qualified to be the admiral of so many ship girls in her own port, nor did she think anyone in the world was qualified to be their admiral. She was only able to become their admiral because she was lucky enough to play the game and lucky enough to come to the world they lived in.

He felt he wasn't qualified yet, but that didn't mean he wasn't willing to acquire it. So even though he already had such a large naval base, his wife, Jiajia, Guanghui, Fei'er, and so many other girls who trusted and believed in him, the young man still wanted to graduate from the Naval Academy without relying on their strength, just by relying on his own efforts to prove himself, just as he didn't want to tell Yuan Ye and the others about his encounter with his wife and the others.

After the morning lecture, the boy went to find his mentor, Junquan. After all, she was his own daughter. Even if he didn't favor anyone, his own admiral would always show favoritism. So, after chatting for a while in the corridor, much to the envy of a bunch of admirals, the boy successfully obtained a leave slip for nearly two months from his mentor.

In fact, the monarch initially planned to grant him a six-month scholarship. Since the monarch was overseeing him, he wouldn't have to worry about his credits. However, the round trip would only take a month and a half at most, which was a waste of time. So he only asked for two months. The extra half month was in case any unforeseen events occurred that prevented him from returning in time.