Elder brother's garrison

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“…” Richelieu was silent for a moment, “Admiral Lu Lin…I am willing to serve you like a slave…”

"There's no need to exaggerate like that..." Xiaobai smiled, patted Richelieu's hand, and said gently, "Riceleu, what I meant by what I said just now wasn't to coerce you into anything, it was just an explanation. Do you know how I became immune to Jean Bart's ability?"

"……do not know."

“It’s the Admiral Network,” Xiaobai said, as several transparent mental tentacles emerged from behind him. “I’ve poured a lot of mental energy into other people’s bodies. After receiving my mental energy, they can become immune to Jean Bart’s abilities within just a few days.”

“…?” Richelieu looked at Xiaobai in confusion, seemingly not understanding what Xiaobai meant.

“What I mean is, to keep you seeing Jean Bart, I need to inject a large amount of mental energy into your ship rigging every now and then,” Xiaobai said. “Although this mental energy is nothing to me, it’s different for you recipients. First and foremost, Richelieu, you’re not my ship girl, but if I inject such a large amount of mental energy into your ship rigging, even if I don’t intend to mark you with the admiral’s mark, the large amount of my mental energy stored in your body will eventually affect your ship rigging, thus creating a link with my mental energy—you should know what it means for a ship girl to create a mental link with an admiral, right?”

"To become...Admiral Lu Lin's ship girl?"

“That’s right.” Xiaobai nodded and smiled at Richelieu, saying, “In order to see Jean Bart all the time, Richelieu, you have to become my ship girl.”

"Huh?" Richelieu was stunned. She looked down at her hands, which were being held up by Xiaobai. "Okay, I'll become Admiral Lu Lin's ship girl..."

"What's wrong? Don't you want to?" Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

“No, no… it’s just that someone like me…” Richelieu looked troubled.

"What's wrong with someone like you?"

“I…I once attacked Admiral Lu Lin, I fought Saratoga, and I…I’m a ship girl with a dark past, which would tarnish your naval base…” Richelieu’s voice trailed off, “You…you wouldn’t like me…this is repaying kindness with enmity…”

“If I really disliked you, I wouldn’t have brought Jean Bart to see you in the first place,” Xiaobai said.

"what?"

"Actually, I've never minded," Xiaobai blinked at Richelieu. "Even if you were once Osmanthus's ship girl, I wouldn't mind... There are so many admirals in this world who have let down ship girls, Osmanthus won't be the first, nor will she be the last. Hmm, but this is the first time I've heard that you beat Saratoga... I'm undecided about this... How about after this is all over, I drag you in front of Saratoga and let her beat you up too, to vent her anger?"

Xiao Bai was discussing it with a sincere expression.

Richelieu felt the warmth of the little white hand and fell silent.

"Alright, don't think about it so much. Things will work themselves out. If you keep talking, you'll forget about Jean Bart again," Xiaobai reminded him with a smile.

“…!” Richelieu was startled and quickly grabbed Xiaobai’s wrist.

Richelieu's reaction was tantamount to giving Xiaobai an answer.

"Bite your teeth and don't scream," Xiaobai said softly.

“?” Richelieu was taken aback, and then the next second, the vast, ocean-like spiritual power surging from Xiaobai completely overwhelmed her.

This was the first time Richelieu had sensed Xiaobai's spiritual power.

Before this, Richelieu had only occasionally heard about it from the discussions among the ship girls in the naval base, or from Succou's complaints. The ship girls always said that their admiral's mental strength was as strong as the ocean and unfathomable. Succou, after getting drunk from drinking juice and soda, would always tell herself with a flushed face that her admiral's mental strength was a monster, and so on...

Today, Richelieu has finally been able to feel Xiaobai's spiritual power with his own body.

Indeed... it's quite bizarre.

"Waaaaahh ...

Richelieu's suppressed and panicked voice instantly soared into the sky.

……

Half an hour later.

Water was placed in the open-air hot spring pool, and the warm water surface slowly rose in the pool.

Xiao Bai and his group went to the changing room to change their clothes. They wrapped themselves in white bath towels and took a quick shower. Then they unwrapped the towels, soaked in the pool, and looked up at the moonlight.

"Phew—I feel all my fatigue gone." Yamato Shinkai stretched lazily, as if he were doing the happiest thing in the world, with an expression of great joy on his face. "Soaking in an open-air hot spring late at night is so refreshing! It's just that the water temperature is a bit low. It would be better if it were a bit hotter."

"Glug glug glug..." The super big one sat on the lowest level of the pool, and her tall figure allowed her to still have half of her head above the water.

"Shiro, how are you feeling?" Yamato Akagi asked Shiro.

"Ah... um... I feel a little hot..." Sitting between Super Yamato and Deep Sea Yamato, Shiro felt the presence of the two snow-white bodies beside her and couldn't help but smile shyly. "It's a little hot..."

"The more comfortable it is to soak in a hot spring, the hotter the better!"

"Like This……"

"Looks like you, Pachina, don't like hot water either. Last time when our Deep Sea group went to the hot springs, everyone like Kamikaze, Musashi, and Ryujo were enjoying themselves, but Pachina passed out after a short while. How embarrassing!" Deep Sea Yamato looked at the moon and leaned slightly towards Pachina. "Sigh... what a pity. If you're afraid of such hot water, you're missing out on a lot of fun in life... don't you think so, Super Yamato!"

"Glug glug glug glug—" the giant one was blowing bubbles.

"..." Xiaobai smiled with pursed lips.

Shiro's gaze bypassed the deep sea and went towards the other end of the hot spring.

At the other end of the hot spring, Richelieu and Jeanbart were standing close together.

Richelieu's face was flushed red, whether from the water temperature or something else, and she leaned against the edge of the hot spring behind her, looking up at the sky in a daze.

The hot water flowed beneath him, sliding over Richelieu's shoulders and submerging his chest, with only a few glimpses of his fair, plump skin floating on the surface.

Drops of hot water slowly dripped down Richelieu's chin, gradually sinking into her collarbone and forming a small, glistening pool.

"Wow—" Beside Richelieu, Jean Bart's hands pushed across the water, emitting a series of laughs. "Hahaha! This is a hot spring! It's so hot and fun! I feel like I can't breathe! Sister, look! Whoosh—the steam is rising!"

Jean Bart pushed the water's surface with a splashing sound, creating ripples.

“…” Richelieu came to her senses and changed the direction of her gaze, glancing slightly at Jean Bart.

Seeing Jeanbarne's carefree demeanor, Richelieu's face showed a faint mixture of relief and confusion.

"Um……"

"Huh? Sister, what are you thinking about now?"

"without……"

"Why do you always seem so worried, sister? I'm just saying, you need to take things easy and try to be happier!"

"..."

"Hehe, now I'm officially the older sister!"

As Jean Bart spoke, he happily hugged Richelieu, wrapped his arms around Richelieu's waist underwater, and rubbed his smiling face against Richelieu's shoulder.

Richelieu, feeling Jean Bart's touch, thoughtfully raised his arm and glanced at his palm.

Previously, when Admiral Lu Qierling was channeling her spiritual energy, she was holding this spot...

The feeling of my mind being completely filled with the ship's equipment at that time was like a dream, and even now, just recalling it makes that intense feeling seem to throb in my arms...

Richelieu pondered for a long time, his gaze lost.

A sense of emptiness, a feeling of not knowing whether he was right or wrong, and a strange sense of fulfillment made Richelieu's mind go blank.

From now on, what expression should I wear when facing Admiral Lu Lin...?

Oh……

correct.

Starting today, I can no longer call Lu Lin Admiral.

It's time to start calling him Admiral...

Chapter 2706 Frederick the Great's Gaze

The bright moon hung high in the night sky.

Under the night sky, Xiaobai and his group, having finished soaking in the hot spring, were getting dressed.

Richelieu squatted sideways in front of the wardrobe, one hand pressing down on the bath towel on her body, the other reaching into the wardrobe to take out her underwear.

The soft white lace-trimmed garment had just been plucked by Richelieu's fingers when, in the next second, a pair of delicate, smooth hands swiftly slipped from under Richelieu's arm and snatched it from his grasp.

Richelieu paused for a moment, then instinctively turned around.

"Hehe—sister—let me dress you!"

Just as Richelieu turned around, he was greeted by Jean Bart's quirky and mischievous smile.

Jean Bart was seen pulling at the triangular piece of lace fabric with her index fingers as she moved closer to Richelieu as if she had a scheme in mind.

Richelieu was startled and instinctively took a step back.

"Hehe, this is my first time getting so close to a pretty older sister! Let me do something for you, okay? Come on, sister, stretch out your leg—oh dear, don't be so shy! Look at the Admiral, she had someone else dress her too!" Jean Bartenberg wiped the drool from his mouth with the back of his hand, then chuckled and continued to approach Richelieu, "Sister, just give in to your little sister—"

Richelieu clutched her chest and leaned against the wardrobe, staring wide-eyed at Little White not far away.

Xiaobai was indeed having Deepsea Yamato and Super Yamato help her get dressed, but the three of them got along harmoniously and pleasantly, and their gazes were very clear and friendly when they looked at each other, which was obviously different from the situation on her side.

Richelieu swallowed hard.

The next second, Richelieu, blushing, pushed Jean Bart away and then snatched back her underwear when Jean Bart wasn't looking.

In a few swift movements, almost in the blink of an eye, Richelieu had dressed himself with remarkable skill.

"Wow, that's fast!" Jean Bart exclaimed in surprise as he looked at Richelieu.

“Because the Head Maid of Prestige taught me how to dress quickly…” Richelieu said to Jean Bart as he straightened his collar and combed his long hair.

"Oh... what a pity, I really wanted to dress you, sister..." Jean Bart immediately slumped onto the chair, looking incredibly regretful. "We're such dear sisters, yet you won't let me touch your body at all... Jean Bart is so heartbroken, sob..."

“…” Richelieu blushed, didn’t say anything, and just turned his head away.

Richelieu didn't mean he didn't want Jean Bart to touch him.

However, ever since they met, this little girl has been touching him inappropriately. They've only known each other for less than an hour, and there's hardly a part of him that she hasn't touched... Moreover, Jean Bart's hands are exceptionally nimble, like a slippery white snake. If Jean Bart were to help him get dressed, who knows what dangerous things might happen.

no no no...

At the very least, we absolutely cannot allow Admiral Lu Lin to do this to us.

"You two have such a good relationship." With the help of Deepsea Yamato and Super Yamato, Shiro changed her clothes and walked up to Richelieu and Jean Bart with a smile.

"Ah! Admiral, you've arrived!" As soon as Jean Bart saw Little White, he immediately raised his hands high in front of him.

"Jean Barth, don't catch a cold, go and change your clothes." Xiao Bai smiled as she looked at the towel on Jean Barth's body.

"Okay, okay—" Jean Bart skipped and hopped to the wardrobe where his clothes were kept and quickly put them on.

Xiao Bai silently watched Jean Bart's retreating figure, then turned his gaze to Richelieu.

“Lu Linti… no, Admiral.” Richelieu looked at Xiaobai with a complicated expression. She opened her mouth to Xiaobai, then bowed respectfully.

"If you're not used to calling me Admiral now, you can call me as you always have for now," Xiaobai smiled.

"…Thank you very much."

"How does it feel to become my ship girl?" Xiaobai asked again.

“…” Richelieu fell silent, looking at her arm with complicated emotions. “Um…Admiral Lu Lin, your mental strength…is very strong. I…my mind is so confused right now, I don’t know whether I should be happy or disappointed, I…”

“After all, you’ve been through a lot.” Xiaobai nodded as she listened to Richelieu’s words. “Things will work themselves out. You’ll get used to it eventually.”

"Ah."

"Oh right, I'm going back to Chapter 8 with Jean Bart later, so I won't be able to stay with you for a while." Little White continued to Richelieu. "Riccieu, you should stay here at the naval base tonight and get ready. Pack your things and come to the admiral's office tomorrow morning. I'll be waiting for you there."

“…Huh?” Richelieu looked at Xiaobai in confusion.

“After all, starting today, you’re no longer a guest of our naval base.” Shiro covered her mouth lightly, looking at Richelieu’s well-fitting maid dress, and smiled at her, “You’re my ship girl now, so this semi-mandatory maid job is no longer suitable for you—ah, of course, if you still want to be a maid, I don’t mind, after all, everyone has their own ambitions.”

Richelieu was taken aback, then quickly shook his head at Xiaobai.

"It's settled then. Tomorrow morning... um, how about nine o'clock? I'll be waiting for you at the Admiral's office." Xiaobai said to Richelieu with a smile. "Go back and get a good night's sleep tonight. We'll deal with your matter tomorrow."

"Mmm." Richelieu clasped his hands together and gently placed them in front of his lower abdomen, nodding obediently at Little White.

"Admiral, Admiral, I've changed my clothes!" Jean Bart, now dressed, skipped and hopped over to Little White and Richelieu. "Wow—soaking in the hot springs is so much fun! Admiral, what else do we want to do?"

"Jean Barth, it's time for us to return to Chapter Eight."

"Hey—I haven't had enough fun yet!"

"Nia and Lianlian are still waiting for us to return in Chapter Eight. We can't keep them waiting any longer."

"Oh, alright then." Jean Bart walked dejectedly to Richelieu, then reluctantly looked up at her. "See you tomorrow, sister!"

"See you tomorrow." Richelieu reached out and touched Jean Bart's head, nodding gently.

“Richelieu, I’ll leave the cleanup at the hot springs to you. Turn off the lights and close the doors, you know—” Xiaobai smiled and waved to Richelieu, “We’re heading back now.”

Richelieu watched as Little White and his group pulled Jean Bart away.

Richelieu silently watched Xiaobai's back, then couldn't help but look at Jean Bart, who was standing beside Xiaobai and talking to him about himself.

“—Admiral Lu Lin.” Richelieu suddenly stepped forward and called out to Xiaobai.