I really don't have money for the ship girls.

It's not her fault. Neither she nor Kaga suggested leaving last night. They just stayed put until the room was completely silent before they left together.

It was already 3 a.m.

Afterwards, the sounds of the Prince of Wales and the Commander's intertwined lovemaking were like a demonic chant, and the alcohol made her feel hot all over. In the end, she could only fall asleep by rubbing her firm thighs with a pillow between her legs. It was already quite an achievement that she was in this state of mind.

Then time passed little by little.

九点

ten o'clock

11 o'clock

十二点

Breakfast has been packed away, and lunch has gone cold.

Kaliyon and the others went from curiosity to surprise to anxiety to relief, and finally only admiration remained in their hearts—admiration for the Prince of Wales, and even more so for the Commander.

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Sunlight streamed into the room through the gaps in the curtains. The Prince of Wales was curled up under the air-conditioned blanket, her smooth, white arm extending out from under the blanket and then touching the man's chest. In a state of extreme languor and satisfaction, the Prince of Wales stretched her slightly sore thighs. Thinking about what happened last night, even with her composure, she couldn't help but feel her cheeks flush.

Even though I was the one giving the order, I said that if I didn't tell you to stop, you couldn't stop.

In the end, it was I who gave in first, unable even to force myself to take a shower. Judging from how clean I looked, the commander must have wiped me down after I lost consciousness. It was truly embarrassing...

Well, I woke up first anyway, so let's just call it a draw.

The Prince of Wales slowed his movements, trying to get out of bed, and then reached out a hand to pull her naked, alluring body into his arms again.

"You woke up early?"

"I'm still half asleep, stay with me and sleep a little longer."

He should have woken up by now, but Yingtian was touched by the Prince of Wales's movements. As a result, when he opened his eyes, he saw his lover's perfect body in the dim light. Without thinking, he reached out and hugged him.

"It's getting late." Although he also longed to be nestled in his lover's arms, the Prince of Wales still reminded him.

"I haven't had enough sleep yet."

"How old is the commander? Still sleeping in?"

"How can you blame me?" Ying Tian opened his eyes, feeling a sharp pain in his back. "I almost burned myself out last night."

The Prince of Wales said calmly, "It's my fault."

“No, it’s my fault.” Ying Tian rested his chin on the Prince of Wales’ smooth shoulder. “It was because I was attracted to my wife’s beauty.”

"Hmph, glib tongue."

"Just telling the truth."

Yingtian gently stroked the Prince of Wales, the smooth, soft skin rippling with tenderness. He said, "Sleep a little longer to rejuvenate. We still need to buy a wedding dress today, and shouldn't we also take wedding photos and have the wedding ceremony?"

"Of course we should, but not for now."

"why?"

“I don’t want to be stoned to death as soon as I get back to the naval base.” Prince of Wales pressed Ying Tian’s hand and said, “Commander, what you need to do now is to appease Guanghui and Yixian, and more importantly, to determine the selection method for the secretary ship. That’s what the commander should be doing.”

"Ok, I know."

Ying Tian, ​​of course, respected the Prince of Wales. He nodded, stopped what he was doing, struggled to sit up in bed, and felt a mixture of pain and pleasure in his body.

"What time is it?"

"Let me see, it's one o'clock now? One o'clock in the afternoon?"

The Prince of Wales suddenly raised her voice. In that instant, she realized that even if she wasn't stoned to death, her reputation would probably be ruined.

Chapter Thirty-Six: Heinous Crimes

Who is the Prince of Wales? He can be the head of the royal family, lead the Eagle Union fleet, and has no say in Iron Blood. He is also quite familiar with the Sakura Empire's ship girls. If it weren't for the ship girls, he would be more than qualified to be a competent diplomat. Of course, he wouldn't care much about the opinions of others.

"Amazing, amazing."

"The Prince of Wales is the Prince of Wales."

"I underestimated you. I thought only people like Atago and Prinz Eugen would... Hahaha, you look great, but the Commander's complexion is just so-so."

"Poor commander, he's just an ordinary person."

"What do you know? Commander, this is called using a mortal body to rival a ship girl."

Faced with these sarcastic remarks or the glances cast at her by others, the Prince of Wales remained silent, knowing that the more she spoke, the more enthusiastic the jeering would become, and that ignoring it was the best approach... In any case, her reputation would probably end up on the same level as Taihou or Atago's.

Saratoga was more curious about the ring on the Prince of Wales's hand. She examined the silver-white band; it was beautiful, but the diamond was tiny. She said, "Welsh, why is your ring different from the Oath Ring that Glorious and the others wear?"

This statement attracted everyone's attention, and many people seemed to have discovered a blind spot.

"Such a small ring."

"It's just ordinary, Commander, how can you present this to us?"

"Well, after all, the commander has always been very frugal, so he wouldn't spend money extravagantly."

Such remarks elicited a faint smile from the Prince of Wales. Others might not know how much effort and blood and sweat the commander had poured into this ring, but she knew perfectly well. What use was a large diamond, anyway? Anyone in the naval base could easily buy a few hundred carats; the sentiment behind the ring was what mattered most.

Of course, it wasn't just the Prince of Wales who was under pressure; Ying Tian was also the one being closely watched.

Leaving aside Taihou, she wasn't among the crowd waiting for the Commander and Prince of Wales to arrive before starting their meal inside the restaurant.

St. Louis, resting her chin on her hand, winked at her with a smile that resembled that of a child stealing food.

Shoukaku remained silent, seemingly lost in thought.

Kaga's eyes were cold.

Ron diligently filled his own bowl with the chicken soup she had cooked, then tilted his head curiously and asked gently, "Drink up, Commander, why aren't you drinking?"

Nonsense, even if Ying Tian rarely drank chicken soup before, he knew that chicken soup was at least not red... What is this called, a river of blood?

Fortunately, Yingtian has a thick skin and a strong stomach. Under these circumstances, he could easily drink chicken blood, let alone red chicken soup. Besides, although the color was not good, the taste was actually quite good.

"Yes, Commander, drink more. You can barely stand up."

Ying Tian glared at Kali Yong, too lazy to bother with such slander. Compared to those who remained silent, Kali Yong, who spoke, seemed rather endearing.

Ying Tian had considered this situation beforehand. Putting himself in her shoes, if the person he liked didn't choose him but chose someone else, it was impossible not to have feelings. Moreover, theoretically, this was his own problem. Knowing the other person's feelings, he neither clearly accepted nor clearly rejected them, and then turned around and put a ring on another girl's finger. No matter how you look at it, it was his fault.

Besides, it's impossible to refuse. The ship girl and the commander are already firmly bound together. Besides, do I really want to refuse?

Therefore, Yingtian had already faced all of this squarely.

"Actually, you don't need to wait for us to come before having lunch..."

"Does that mean you'll be doing this every day from now on, Commander? Take care of your health."

Ying Tian couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Kaliyong, if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

"Alright, alright," Kaliyon said, waving her hand dismissively. "I was just giving you friendly advice. Don't blame me if you break down later."

Ying Tian took a deep breath and decided to ignore her, saying, "What I mean is, we shouldn't let a few people delay everyone's meal, otherwise our health will collapse... No, no, it's all Kariyong's fault, she's got me all confused."

"Oh yes, yes, it's all my fault."

Carlyon wanted to interrupt again, but then she felt several murderous glares. Hmph, she thought, "We'll fight to the death against enemy Essex-class carriers, but now we're all sisters in the same naval base. It's time to back down."

Ying Tian continued, "What I mean is, if we can't eat together this time, there's always next time, everyone understand?"

"Yeah, I'm so hungry, and the food's all cold," Saratoga said between bites.

Well, Saratoga doesn't understand, but it would be abnormal if she did.

St. Louis placed a piece of meat in Ying Tian's bowl and said with a smile, "What would the Commander like to eat for dinner?"

Shoukaku also picked up some food: "The Commander isn't picky about food, so he'll definitely eat whatever I make."

Richelieu picked up some food as well: "Even if I'm not a picky eater, I still need to try something different. How about a French meal?"

"French cuisine? You don't eat that every day in Africa."

"What's so special about Africa compared to French cuisine?"

"Because the true French tradition is in Africa... hahaha, I'm not going to say anything more."

The atmosphere at the meal gradually became lively. Looking at the large pile of food in his bowl, Ying Tian knew that many people had already understood what he meant.

You have to eat your food bowl by bowl, or you'll choke to death.

She didn't buy a wedding dress or take wedding photos. According to the Prince of Wales, these things could be postponed or even done with other people. She had already received enough and really didn't want to cut herself off from her sisters in the port area.

Since I've already won over love, I, the Prince of Wales, want both friendship and love.

In addition, there is another very important matter, which is to appease the two former married ships. Guanghui is alright, after all, they have met and exchanged feelings. As for Yixian's current mood, Ying Tian feels that he is either Xue Pinggui or Chen Shimei just by thinking about it.

"Commander, what's a good name for the group?"

Ying Tian thought for a moment: "A loving family?"

"..."

"What, is it not good?"

The Prince of Wales finally said, "It's fine, it's clear at a glance."

After the Prince of Wales created the group chat, Yingtian added Guanghui and Yixian to it. The two joined the group almost instantly, but did not say anything.

Prince of Wales: "Glorious Sister, Yixian Sister, this is the wedding fleet."

"puff--"

Upon seeing the awkward way the Prince of Wales addressed him, Ying Tian couldn't hold back.

The Prince of Wales gave Ying Tian a reproachful glare: "Who do you think I lowered myself for?"

"It was me, I committed heinous crimes."

With this mindset in mind, Ying Tian started typing in the group.

Yingtian: "@Guanghui @Yixian, are you both here?"

Radiance: "Yes."

Yi Xian: "Yes."

Ying Tian: "Actually, it's nothing much. The Prince of Wales has also become a wedding ship, as you all know, so I was thinking that whenever we have free time, we could take some wedding photos together. What do you think?"

Guanghui: "We have time, but the current situation makes it inconvenient."

Ying Tian: "I can let you teleport over."

Yi Xian: "That's possible, it's the commander's right. However, the naval base doesn't have many materials to begin with, so I think it would be better to wait a while longer."

Prince of Wales said from behind Yingtian, "I've said it before, all we ship girls want is an attitude; nothing else really matters."

Ying Tian pursed his lips, pondered the words for a long time, and finally only typed "good".

Then he remembered something.

Belfast has been invited to join the loving family.

Ying Tian: "I forgot to mention, Belfast is actually a wedding ship as well. I will officially announce it in a couple of days."

After sending the message, Ying Tian was too embarrassed to look at the group chat anymore, and he couldn't imagine what the Glory of the Garrison and Yi Xian were feeling.

In short, it can be summed up in four words: heinous crimes.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: New Trouble

Now that the personal matters between the children are mostly cleared up, it's time to get down to work.

Ying Tian basically agrees with the current punishments for Columbia and Magdeburg. Compared to some meaningless punishments, it is much more meaningful to let them fight more and make amends.

As for how to punish Taihou, no decision has been made yet. It can't be too lenient, but there aren't any severe punishments for ship girls. Cannon blasts are just a matter of scraping their skin, and they can drink poison like a beverage. As for things like being beaten with a stick, even if the board breaks, it might not even turn their delicate skin red. So it should just be that Taihou is temporarily confined, and not even in the basement, but in a room on the top floor where she can get sunlight.

"Actually, even what we did to Columbia and the others isn't really a punishment. There's a saying among ship girls that powerful ship girls are made by feeding them oil. The commander's influence is important, but the experience gained from actual combat is also crucial. Almost no ship girl doesn't want to become stronger. However, there are only so many sortie opportunities. Although oil resources have increased considerably since the commander returned, they're still not enough to be used at will. So, letting Columbia and the others sortie more is not only a punishment but also a reward."

Zhenhai's explanation gave Yingtian a new understanding, but Yingtian did not intend to dwell on the matter. Compared to a company or the army, the garrison headquarters, which had no obvious hierarchy, was more like a big family, so there was no need to impose some impersonal rules and punishments.

Ying Tian had a pretty good idea of ​​what to do with Enterprise, Akagi, and the others who were stuck in this world. It wouldn't be fair to send some of them back to the naval base ahead of time, but it shouldn't be such a big problem once summer vacation ended. After all, he would have to go back to school then, and there would be fewer opportunities to see him... Although this idea was a bit narcissistic, Ying Tian was certain that the real reason everyone wanted to stay was because of him.

Compared to other things, the selection of the secretary ship was actually the one Yingtian cared about the least.

Because the naval base is currently operating according to a set of established procedures, as long as someone with certain abilities serves as the secretary ship, it's unlikely that the entire port area will become worse, if not better.

The selection of the secretary ship only requires gaining the trust of the majority of the naval base. Yingtian believes that many people are absolutely capable of serving as secretary ships.