Elder brother's garrison

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What happened between Xiaobai and the maid while he was away?

Luo Lian's gaze swept quickly over Loki, finally settling on the ring finger of Loki's left hand.

A sparkling ring shone brightly on Loki's finger.

Luo Lian was taken aback.

Luo Lian recognized the ring. Xiao Bai had told Luo Lian that it was a special ring exclusively for newbies in the garrison. In addition to being used as a wedding ring, it also had the effect of shielding the aura of the deep sea.

How did this ring end up in the maid's hands?

Hmm... Could she be a ship girl from the Ella family? After developing a very good relationship with Shiro, she was given an engagement ring by Shiro?

wrong.

Although Xiaobai is a ship-collecting fanatic, she's not one to give away wedding rings casually. In other words, the ring on Loki's hand wasn't given away just like that—considering the ring's ability to shield against deep-sea aura... Could it be that this maid named Loki isn't a ship girl, but rather the head of the deep-sea department?

As Luo Lian thought of this, her thoughts raced through her mind, and the story between Xiao Bai and Loki quickly took shape in her mind.

Just as Luo Lian was subconsciously thinking hard, suddenly, Xiao Bai moved closer to Luo Lian, touched Luo Lian's cheek, and gently sniffed.

"Huh?!" Luo Lian was startled and instinctively covered her neck. "Xiao Bai, what's wrong?"

"Hehe, Lianlian smells so good." Xiaobai said to Luo Lian with a smile.

Luo Lian covered her neck, staring blankly at Xiao Bai.

Luo Lian's face instantly turned as hot as fire.

Two thick streams of blood suddenly gushed out of Luo Lian's delicate nostrils.

"Waaaaah! Lianlian! Nosebleed! Nosebleed!" Xiaobai was startled.

"Oh... um." Luo Lian reacted a beat too slow and quickly covered her nose and bent over, but unfortunately, the amount of blood was too much, and a lot of blood flowed out from between Luo Lian's fingers, dripping onto the ground in large drops.

"Lianlian, you, you haven't been studying for too long and under too much pressure, have you caught some kind of illness... I think I saw you have a nosebleed last time... Maybe you should take a few days off to rest..." Xiaobai said nervously to Luo Lian.

"...No, it's nothing. It's not a big problem." Luo Lian shook her head.

Just as Luo Lian was about to reach into her pocket with her bloodied hand to pull out a handkerchief, Loki stepped forward and handed her a roll of toilet paper.

"Please enjoy, guest."

"..." Luo Lian looked up and met Loki's gaze for a moment, then took the tissue Loki offered her. "...Thank you."

Luo Lian's nosebleed came quickly and went away even faster.

After plugging her nostrils with tissue paper, Luo Lian wiped the blood off her hands and smiled at Xiao Bai.

"It's okay, I'm very healthy."

"But Lianlian, you..."

"Speaking of which, Xiaobai, you just said I smell nice, right? That's the latest shampoo. Do you want me to recommend that brand to you?"

"Eh? Is that okay?"

"Yes, I also quite like this one. I'd be happy if you like it too..."

Luo Lian quickly changed the subject from Xiao Bai's concern for her and naturally started chatting with Xiao Bai.

As they chatted, Luo Lian gently touched her stuffy nose and looked in Loki's direction.

Ok……

Although the maid's identity as the Dean of the Deep Sea... was indeed a little surprising to Luo Lian, Luo Lian had been hanging out with Xiao Bai for so long that she was somewhat used to the existence of the Dean of the Deep Sea. After thinking for a while, Luo Lian gave Loki a deep look before looking away with relief.

After washing her hands and nosebleed with water, Luo Lian followed Xiao Bai and Loki back to the restaurant.

Two hours had passed, and the rune exam in the restaurant was drawing to a close. The admirals had finished their papers and were standing in a corner of the restaurant, whispering among themselves.

When Xiaobai and his two companions entered the restaurant, they saw Grandpa Ella sitting in the proctor's seat, frowning as he reviewed a completed exam paper.

Beside Grandpa Ella, Ella stood awkwardly surrounded by maid ship girls.

"How many times have I told you to pay attention to the correct strokes when drawing basic runes? How can you still make mistakes even with one of the most basic rune strokes, like the rotation rune..." Grandpa Ella scolded Ella, "You've been studying rune language since elementary school, and you clearly understand all the questions on this test, yet you still easily make mistakes..."

Chapter 1632 Revisiting the old place

"Uh." Faced with her grandfather's scolding, Ella shrank her shoulders, looking embarrassed.

"Ugh……"

Ella's grandfather shook his head, put down Ella's test paper, and picked up the test papers next to him to carefully review them one by one.

"Admiral Zhao Kuo... truly worthy of being an admiral skilled in clerical work. His answers to the questions on this exam paper are precise and neat, and his runic writing is like engraving. This level of expertise is nothing like that of a student learning runic language for the first time." Grandpa Ella looked at Admiral Zhao Kuo's exam paper with satisfaction, but when he saw Admiral Zhao Kuo's short answer questions, a hint of disappointment appeared in his eyes. "Alas... what a pity."

The rune language exam is divided into two parts. The first part consists of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions to test knowledge of rune language, while the second part consists of short-answer questions to test whether the test taker has the talent to write rune language.

Although Zhao Kuo's exam paper was answered neatly and precisely in every question, making it practically perfect, unfortunately, Ella's grandfather did not sense any activated runic language power in Zhao Kuo's short answer questions.

In other words.

Zhao Kuo, the admiral, did not possess the exceptional talent to write runic languages. No matter how thoroughly he studied runic languages ​​in the future, he would never be able to become a user of them.

Grandpa Ella put down Admiral Zhao Kuo's exam paper and looked at the next one.

Zhao Kuo was followed by Hao Ding.

Admiral Haoding's exam paper was also filled to the brim, with vigorous and powerful strokes that highlighted the sharpness of the young man.

However, when Grandpa Ella looked at the answers that Admiral Haoding had filled in, he found that the test paper was filled with densely packed "I don't know" answers. Only the last few short answer questions were written in a few unfamiliar runic words.

Surprisingly, although the runic language that Admiral Haoding wrote was meaningless, Grandpa Ella sensed a faint but active power in the few nonsensical runic words written by Admiral Haoding.

"Hahahaha!" Grandpa Ella shook his head and laughed. "What a pity, what a pity..."

Although Admiral Haoding has some slight talent for using runic languages, he doesn't seem to have much interest in learning them.

Grandpa Ella opened the third and fourth exam papers.

Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling are indeed twin sisters, their minds are connected, and their test answers are almost identical. However, compared to the distinctive test papers of Admiral Haoding and Admiral Zhao Kuo, these two admirals' test papers can only be described as mediocre. And unfortunately, judging from the feedback on the test papers, neither Admiral Lian nor Admiral Ling has the talent to use runic language.

After carefully reviewing the paper, Grandpa Ella turned it over.

The next exam paper was blank, so blank that the examinee didn't even bother to write their name.

Grandpa Ella looked up at the admirals in the distance, his gaze lingering on the carefree guild leader Er Gou for a moment before he sighed.

Grandpa Ella acted as if nothing had happened, flipped open the test paper, and looked down at the bottom.

Grandpa Ella's eyes lit up when he saw the exam paper below.

On the two exam papers with elegant notes, not only were the knowledge questions in the first half filled in neatly, but Grandpa Ella could also feel the active power of runic language on the short answer questions in the second half.

"Okay! Sure! Great!"

Grandpa Ella slapped his thigh hard and looked at the signature on the test paper.

"Admiral Nanxing, Admiral Duan Shuiliu! You two are promising talents for learning runic languages!" Grandpa Ella excitedly put down his test paper and called out to the admirals.

"Grandpa, have you finished reviewing the questionnaire?" Admiral Zhao Kuo and Admiral Hao Ding stepped forward and asked Grandpa Ella.

"I've read them all, I've read them all." Grandpa Ella said to Admiral Zhao Kuo and Admiral Hao Ding with a hint of regret, "The two admirals' papers are full of momentum and have distinct personalities. Among all the papers I've graded in my life, they are quite impressive. However, it's a pity that Admiral Hao Ding and Admiral Zhao Kuo do not have the talent to learn and use runic languages."

"Oh, I see." Admiral Zhao Kuo and Admiral Hao Ding exchanged a glance and sighed.

"Don't be discouraged, Admirals. The learning threshold for runic languages ​​is extremely high; it's a once-in-a-million skill in society. Logically speaking, I wouldn't be surprised if none of you admirals have any aptitude for runic languages," Grandpa Ella said, his face beaming with joy. "However! As the saying goes, fate is a mysterious thing. Admiral Duan and Admiral Nan, you two possess a rare talent for learning and using runic languages!"

"Us?" Duan Shuiliu and Nanxing were slightly taken aback when they heard this.

“Yes! Yes! Hahaha!” Grandpa Ella nodded happily. “Runic language is a magical power. I wonder if the two admirals would be willing to study some runic language with us?”

"As for me," Duan Shuiliu thought for a moment, then bowed to Grandpa Ella, "I'm very sorry, but I've decided to devote all my energy to the management of the military police from now on, so I can't comply."

"I see..." Grandpa Ella looked at Duan Shuiliu with pity, then turned to Nanxing, "And what about you, Admiral Nan?"

All the admirals' eyes immediately shifted to Nanxing.

Nanxing glanced at the test paper in Grandpa Ella's hand, looked up at Xiaobai and the other two standing at the restaurant entrance, and then seriously lowered his head to think for a while.

This wasn't Nanxing's first encounter with runic languages.

Previously, when Xiaobai approached Admiral Nanxing to explain the misunderstanding about New Jersey, he had demonstrated the use of rune language to her.

“…I don’t have much time…” Nanxing put down his hand and nodded to Grandpa Ella, “But…if you don’t mind that I learn slowly, I can learn some.”

"Great! Great!" Grandpa Ella jumped up from his chair excitedly upon hearing this, his old face crinkling with smiles. He grabbed the documents on the table and happily handed them to Nanxing. "Admiral Nan, these are documents on runic language. Although the rules of our hometown prevent us from taking these documents out of town, I can still make some exceptions for you here at the Ship Equipment Center so you can use these documents freely!"

"Thank you..." Nanxing accepted the information book handed to him by Grandpa Ella with both hands.

"Hahahaha!" Grandpa Ella laughed heartily, cupped his hands to the admirals, and bowed. "Something good has happened today! Something good has happened today! Thank you all for being willing to indulge this old man's whims. I apologize to you all in advance!"

"Old man, we can't take it anymore, we can't take it anymore!" Admiral Zhao Kuo hurriedly moved aside, wiping the fine sweat from his face. "If you can find a suitable student, then it's not a loss... at least our exams will have some meaning, right?"

"Admiral Zhao Kuo is right!" Grandpa Ella nodded with a smile. "Speaking of which, this exam must have been quite tiring for everyone. Now that the weather is fine, how about I ask the ship girls to prepare some food and treat you all to a meal?"

"Uh...we actually already had the victory celebration yesterday..."

"It's alright, it's alright, you can never have too much of this! Then admirals, please continue the meeting. I'll go and instruct the ship girls to prepare for the banquet!" Grandpa Ella was in a particularly high mood. With a wave of his hand, the maid ship girls around him got up and followed him out of the restaurant in a lively hustle and bustle.

Grandpa Ella left.

The admirals present all returned to their seats, their previously composed and solemn postures relaxed, looking utterly exhausted.

"Wow... the exams are finally over..."

"This runic language is harder to answer than I expected... It reminds me of the nightmarish cram school I had before entering the Naval Academy..."

"Yeah, yeah, it's so tiring." President Er Gou nodded with a deep sense of empathy.

"You clearly submitted a blank paper!" the surrounding admirals rebuked.

Finally free, Ella looked at the three little white guys standing at the restaurant entrance and was moved to tears.

"Little White!" Ella pouted, looking utterly wronged, and ran to Little White's side, grabbing his hand and shaking it incessantly. "I'm so miserable..."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work," Xiaobai said to Ella with a smile.

"Hmm... It's not bitter at all. Just thinking about how we can go play soon makes me not bitter at all!" Ella shook her head and chuckled at Little White.

“Yes…” Xiao Bai looked at Loki and Luo Lian beside him and nodded.

"Oh right! Loki, since you're here too, how about you come out and play with us?" Ella snuggled into Loki's arms, smiling at him like a spoiled child. "With you by my side, Grandpa won't worry about my safety!"

"Yes, ma'am."

Loki looked at Ella, who had thrown herself into his arms, and nodded slightly.

Since Xiaobai wasn't participating in the deep-sea territory cleanup operation anyway, there was no point in getting involved with the other admirals. So, after a brief greeting to the admirals, Xiaobai, Ella, Loki, and the other two left the restaurant.

After leaving the restaurant.

Ella excitedly went back to her room first, ostensibly to change her clothes, and then grabbed a map. She then dragged Xiaobai, Luo Lian, and Loki away from the ship equipment research center, and like leading Xiaobai on a tour of a back garden, they ran off to the surrounding shopping streets for a big shopping spree.

Ella was indeed very serious about taking the three of them, including Xiaobai, to play in the city.

We had a great time that day.

It's evening.

Ella led Xiaobai and the others to the entrance of a fashion store.

"Xiaobai, I highly recommend this fashion store! The items there are all very trendy, it's great!"

Ella proudly introduced the little white boy with a smile.

But they didn't notice Xiaobai's embarrassed expression.

"...Uh, here...?"

"Yes!"

"..." Xiaobai stared at the familiar entrance of the fashion store, her face full of complicated emotions.

Ella's idea is good.

When she took Xiaobai sightseeing today, the shopping spots she chose in the city were all nice tourist attractions.

Unfortunately, Xiaobai had already gone out for a trip here with Iowa a few days ago.

Although Ella grew up here, she had never systematically studied the city, unlike Iowa who had carefully researched it with the help of the internet. So, Iowa had already taken Xiaobai to every place Ella had visited beforehand.

Take this fashion store for example.

It stirred up some embarrassing memories for Xiaobai.

Iowa once brought Xiaobai here, and almost succeeded in seducing Xiaobai when the waiter wasn't around.