Elder brother's garrison

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"Uh... maybe a hundred or so?" Xiaobai said.

"...A hundred or so is alright." The female hearth goddess rubbed her shoulders, slowly sat up from the stool, then stretched her body a couple of times before walking up to Xiaobai and saying, "Admiral, when I joined the naval base, I did tell you that to repay your kindness, please don't hold back and use my abilities freely, etc.—if these hundred-plus ship girls were our own, that would be fine, but is it really necessary for you to suddenly ask me to manage the ship girls of someone else's naval base..."

"Goddess of the Hearth, do you mean... you don't want to?" Xiaobai asked cautiously.

"It's not that I don't want to... but Admiral, you should at least give me a few reasons to help outsiders. I can't just do whatever you tell me to do, or I'll lose face." The Vesta gestured with her chin to the other supply ships sitting beside her and said to Little White.

Oh wow.

Xiao Bai probably understands what the female Kitchen Goddess means.

"Hmm..." Xiaobai thought for a moment and then spoke to the female hearth goddess, "It's like this... First of all, Admiral Haoding is our comrade-in-arms in this eighth chapter's exploration. When we arrived at the eighth chapter, you saw that Admiral Haoding's ship girls took good care of us. So when I heard that their ship girls' ship equipment was damaged and no one was taking care of them, I wanted to help them as much as possible—after all, if their ship equipment is repaired, they can also participate in the construction of the eighth chapter as active combat force... It shouldn't be a bad thing, right?"

"Hmm..." After listening to Xiaobai's words, the female hearth goddess nodded and muttered, "The admiral's first reason can barely convince me... Well, I'll give you face and lend a hand a little... Are there any other reasons?"

"Yes, there is," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"Tell me," the goddess of the hearth blinked.

Xiao Bai bowed and beckoned to the female stove goddess with his finger.

The female stove goddess understood immediately and moved closer to Xiaobai, standing on tiptoe and bringing her ear close to Xiaobai's mouth.

"The second reason..." Xiaobai said with a laugh in the ear of the goddess of the hearth, in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Goddess of the hearth, don't you love studying their ship equipment the most... These are all world-class ship girls... Their ship equipment is not comparable to the civilian ship girls you usually meet in Kyoto. They will all listen to you later. You can use the excuse of repair to make them pose whatever pose you want, and they will have to pose for you."

"Wow, really?" The goddess of the hearth opened her mouth, her eyes sparkling, and glistening drool kept flowing from her small mouth.

“Absolutely true.” Xiaobai nodded.

"Wouldn't that be beautiful... Pshaw, pshaw, pshaw!" The female hearth goddess was about to raise her head to speak when she quickly realized that she had lost her composure. She quickly straightened her expression and said to Little White with righteous indignation, "Admiral, a doctor's heart is like a parent's! How can you make such assumptions about me! Isn't it perfectly within the capabilities of a medical ship girl to step forward and offer help when she sees a ship girl whose ship equipment is damaged and needs assistance!"

"so?"

"Ahem... So, I wasn't after their ship equipment. I... I just had the world in my heart and the ship girls in my heart, that's why I took action—sigh! You wouldn't understand even if I told you, Admiral. Anyway, I'm a doctor with a benevolent heart, and I took the initiative to give! I'm not going to say anymore, the patients are all standing over there! I'm going now!" After saying that, the Goddess of the Hearth skipped away from Little White and excitedly ran towards Elizabeth.

Chapter 1834 All Ancient Legends Are True

“Odin, look over there.” Sukhbaatar, chewing on a squid tentacle, approached Odin and slowly pointed to the back of the goddess of the hearth.

“I see.” Odin nodded.

"what is that?"

"The silhouette of the goddess of the hearth?"

“No, that’s an old lecher,” Sukhbaatar sighed, a knowing look on her face. She held a squid tentacle in her mouth like a cigarette, and remarked to Odin, “Admiral, you have some skill! The Goddess of the Hearth is still young!”

Vestal is actually considered old among the ship girls in the newbie naval base. However, the legendary supply ships Sukhbaatar and Odin are also quite old. One of them has been adrift at sea since the human era ended, and the other was born a hundred years ago. Their combined age is enough to be equivalent to more than thirty newbies. So, it is reasonable to say that Vestal is young.

"Lord Su, what are you doing here with this campfire?" Xiaobai didn't mind Sukhbaatar's joke. She smiled and looked at the other supply ships in front of her, asking in a friendly manner.

"We're having a meeting to discuss helping... um!" The deep-sea supply ship had just opened its mouth to speak when Sukhbaatar suddenly jumped up from the bench, charged to the deep-sea supply ship's side with a swift movement, and covered its mouth. "Ugh? Waaah?"

"Shh, shh, shh—Top secret! We agreed not to tell anyone else!" Sukhbaatar said nervously to the deep-sea supply ship. Only when the deep-sea supply ship realized what he meant and nodded did he relax and lower his hand, then smiled at Xiaobai, "Hahaha, little girl, we...we didn't do anything, just came here to chat and stuff...you know, just like when we were in the naval base, we used to slack off like that."

"I remember Supply-chan was quite hardworking..." Xiaobai looked thoughtfully at the deep-sea supply ship.

"Huh? Really? I...I...I..." The deep-sea supply ship immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"...Never mind though." Xiao Bai smiled slightly and said to the supply ships, "It's fine to slack off. This expedition, Lord Su, the ship equipment space capacity of your supply ships has helped us a lot. Now we have reached the eighth chapter, and I will abide by the previous agreement and not force you to go on the expedition. Please rest assured, Lord Su, you can relax and rest at your own pace."

"Hmm... Oh oh oh..." The supply ships nodded softly.

"Well then, Lord Su, Odin, Supply Sauce, I'll head back over there first." Little White pointed to Elizabeth and her companions, who were parked not far behind them by the roadside, as well as the goddess of the hearth who was circling around them and observing them, and said to Sukhbaatar and the others.

"Have a safe journey, have a safe journey." The supply ships breathed a sigh of relief and said while chewing on dried squid.

Xiao Bai turned around and took a couple of steps, then suddenly seemed to remember something and turned back to say, "Oh, right, Lord Su."

"Huh!? What's wrong?" The supply ships, including Sukhbaatar, had just relaxed when Xiaobai suddenly shouted, startling them so much that they almost dropped the dried squid they were holding. They looked at Xiaobai nervously, blinking their innocent big eyes, their suspicious expressions practically written all over their faces.

"Well, Lord Su, you have a campfire here. If you're feeling a bit bland later, you can go to the granary in the valley and get some fish to grill." Xiao Bai said to Sukhbaatar, "Elizabeth told me that the fish there are all caught by them, and there are quite a lot of them. Please feel free to take as many as you like, Lord Su."

“Oh…oh…” The supply ships, including Sukhbaatar, blinked and nodded repeatedly at Little White.

Xiao Bai waved to Sukhbaatar and the others, then turned and hurried back to the roadside.

"What's your name? What ship type are you? What color is your paint? What level are you? What kind of attack methods do you usually use? Would you mind showing me your ship equipment?" By the roadside, the female hearth goddess, who had arrived a step ahead of Xiaobai, was circling around Elizabeth's body, chattering away while her small hands kept groping between Elizabeth's waist and legs.

"Who are you? How can you be so rude? How can ladies be so handsy when they meet..." Elizabeth blushed and looked embarrassed as the female hearth goddess bothered her. She wanted to raise her hand to shoo the female hearth goddess away, but the female hearth goddess's figure was stuck to her like a sticky rice cake. No matter how she waved her away, the female hearth goddess could slip into her blind spot.

Seeing that Xiaobai had finally returned, Elizabeth looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Admiral Lu Lin, may I ask who this ship girl is...?"

"This is Vestal, my ship girl..." Xiaobai introduced Elizabeth shyly, then called out to Vestal, "Vestal, Miss Elizabeth's ship equipment is undamaged, please stop and introduce yourself..."

"Huh? You're not injured?" The moment Xiaobai finished speaking, the Vestal Goddess paused, stopping beside Elizabeth. She looked up at Elizabeth with regret, clutching the hem of her skirt, sighing like a sly old rogue who had missed his prey, "That's a real shame... I was most interested in her out of all these ship girls..."

"There are countless ways to greet someone, but none like yours—starting with a curse..."

"Oh, I'm so sorry, so sorry... Miss Elizabeth, the Goddess of the Hearth isn't usually like this... She probably got a little excited when she heard that over a hundred of you had come to see her, that's why she acted this way..." Xiao Bai quickly stepped forward to explain to Elizabeth, "The Goddess of the Hearth meant no harm, please forgive her, Miss Elizabeth..."

"More than a hundred of us are looking for her?" The female hearth goddess caught the key words in Xiao Bai's words. She stopped in her tracks, puzzled, and asked Xiao Bai, "What does Admiral Lu Lin mean by that?"

"Hmm... it means exactly what it says." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Elizabeth. "Now that Vestal is here, I'll tell you the truth—the method I just told you for repairing your ship equipment is actually on Vestal."

“Her?” Elizabeth looked at the goddess of the hearth in astonishment.

“Yes…” Xiaobai nodded to Elizabeth and continued, “Um, Miss Elizabeth, could you send one of our ship rigged companions who is injured to our side to summon her ship rig in front of the Vestal?”

"Sure, sure..." Elizabeth looked at Xiaobai with confusion. She waved to the line of ship girls behind her, and then two ship girls came up.

The two ship girls walked up to Shiro and Elizabeth and released their ship equipment.

With two flashes of white light, two ship-equipped aircraft, occasionally spewing sparks and with some external damage, appeared behind the two ship girls.

"Hmm, it's a medium-damage injury? Come here and let me see!" The Vesta Goddess had sharp eyes. As soon as she saw the ship equipment released by the two, she took out two wrenches, revealed her sleeves, and approached the ship girl. She swung the wrenches and was about to smash the ship equipment of the two.

"Hey! Stop!" Elizabeth was startled by the goddess of the hearth's actions and quickly stepped forward to stop her. But the next second, Little White grabbed Elizabeth's hand, smiled, and turned Elizabeth around.

“Miss Elizabeth, please don’t be in a hurry… let me say a few words.” Xiaobai said gently to Elizabeth, “Miss Elizabeth, how many years have you worked at the Haoding Garrison?”

"Uh...me?" Elizabeth was still worried about the two ship girls who had just been attacked by Vestal, but with her hands being held by Shiro, it was inconvenient for her to turn around and look behind her. So she replied absentmindedly, "I...me, it's been about five years..."

"Five years...that's not a short time," Xiaobai sighed. "Miss Elizabeth, in your five years as a ship girl, have you ever heard of a legend circulating among the people?"

"legend?"

"Yes... There's a legend that's widely circulated in the fan community of ship girls. It's said that in a certain area of ​​Kyoto, there's a ship girl who has mastered medical skills. She's kind-hearted and cares about the world, and she treats the ship equipment of any ship girl who comes to visit her free of charge..." Xiaobai said.

“Hmm…” Elizabeth frowned and thought for a while. “I’ve heard this kind of legend a few times during a certain expedition, but it’s mostly wishful thinking. It’s probably just a joke that some ship girl came up with when she was bored, to relieve the tedium of repairing ship equipment, right?”

"That's what I thought at first too," Xiaobai sighed, tugging at Elizabeth's hands. "But, Miss Elizabeth, what if I told you that this legend is actually true, that there really is a kind-hearted and compassionate medical ship girl in this world?"

"...Admiral Lu Lin, you and I both know this is impossible..." Elizabeth replied.

"See, I knew you wouldn't believe me," Xiaobai sighed.

"..." Elizabeth bowed her head. She thought for a moment, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes. "Could it be that, Admiral Lu Lin, you want to tell me that the ship girl who just harassed me and my companions is the medic ship girl you just mentioned?"

"Yes, that's right."

"..." Elizabeth.

"Why don't you speak?"

"...Admiral Lu Lin...I appreciate your kindness...but the rapid repair device is a precious resource. Rather than wasting it on us, it would be better to leave it for the ship girls of Admiral Lu Lin's family..."

"Huh? Why are you bringing up express repair again?"

"Didn't Admiral Lu Lin fabricate a pretext to allow my companions to secretly use the express repair service?" Elizabeth asked gratefully, but also with a pained expression. "We truly appreciate Admiral Lu Lin's kindness, but my companions didn't use the express repair service for the sake of the bigger picture. They did it voluntarily..."

"..." Xiaobai smiled wryly, "It seems Miss Elizabeth really doesn't believe it..."

"..." Elizabeth didn't speak, but her expression made it very clear.

"Alright then." Xiaobai released Elizabeth's hand. "Miss Elizabeth, it's about time. Look back."

"Turn around?" Elizabeth was taken aback and turned around.

then.

Elizabeth saw behind her that the goddess of the hearth was standing in the middle of the road, clapping her hands with a contented expression. Beside her, the two ship girls whose ship equipment had been damaged were lying limply on the ground, panting with delicate and beautiful faces. Behind them, the ship equipment that had been damaged had been transformed into something brand new in a short moment.

"Done." The goddess of the hearth gave Little White a thumbs up.

“…Huh?” Elizabeth looked at her companion lying on the ground, completely bewildered.

What happened?

What happened during the two sentences I exchanged with Admiral Lu Lin?

Chapter 1835 Surrounded by Stars

Elizabeth usually assists the admiral with all matters, big and small, at the Haoding Naval Base. Since arriving at Chapter 8, she has been personally entrusted by the Haoding admiral with the responsibility of managing internal affairs. Therefore, Elizabeth remembers very clearly the injuries of the two ship girls who were just called to the side of the Vestal Goddess.

In the last battle, they were struck by torpedoes from the Chapter 8 Abyssal Destroyer and by artillery fire from the Abyssal Heavy Cruiser, respectively, resulting in moderate to severe damage to their ship equipment. In order to save a batch of rapid repair devices for the elite combat forces in Haoding Garrison, they were both arranged to go into the valley after being injured, to do some light physical labor in a relatively safe environment.

Just as she ordered them to deploy their ship equipment, Elizabeth saw the tattered ship equipment behind them, which was hissing and sparking.

but……

Right now.

When Elizabeth finished chatting with Xiaobai and turned around to see them again, she found that their ship equipment, which had been tattered just moments before, had been completely renewed without her noticing!

Elizabeth covered her mouth, staring in astonishment at her two companions lying in the middle of the road. Her gaze lingered on the ship's rigging behind them, her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief.

"It's... fixed?"

“Yes, it’s fixed,” Xiaobai said to Elizabeth.

"Admiral Lu Lin...when did you use the express repair service on my comrade...?"

“I already said I didn’t use the rapid repair device…” Xiaobai gave a wry smile. She patted Elizabeth’s arm and smiled at Elizabeth, “I know you’re very surprised right now, Miss Elizabeth… Actually, I was just as surprised when I first met Vestal. I can tell you with certainty that it wasn’t the rapid repair device that repaired your companion, but my Vestal—she’s the legendary medical ship girl who lives in Kyoto that I just told you about!”

Elizabeth looked up, bewildered.

She first looked at the goddess of the hearth in the middle of the road, her expression shifting as she gazed at her. Then, she couldn't help but look towards the other ship girls.

Elizabeth had just been pulled aside for a talk by Xiaobai and didn't witness the scene of the Vestal repairing the ship girls' equipment, but the other ship girls from Haoding Naval Base who came with Xiaobai had all seen it with their own eyes. At this moment, these ship girls stared wide-eyed at the Vestal with a shocked look as if they had witnessed a miracle, and they were all stunned and speechless.

Elizabeth worked with these ship girls in the same naval base, and she knew very well that even if Xiaobai and her ship girls colluded to deceive her, these ship girls who worked with her would not lie to her. The fact that they could put on this kind of expression at this moment had already indirectly proved that what had just happened on this street was indeed as Xiaobai had said.

—That ship girl named Vesta…is she really a medic ship girl?

So there are such amazing people in this world?

Elizabeth felt her head buzzing for a moment, and even her thinking became somewhat stiff.

"Miss Elizabeth." Just then, Elizabeth felt her hand being gently tugged. She looked down and saw Little White smiling gently at her, speaking kindly, "Now you should understand completely, right?"

"So...it's all true..."

“Yes, it’s all true.” Xiaobai said with a smile, “So, Miss Elizabeth, if you don’t mind, how about I have the Vestal Goddess help repair the other injured ship girls in your naval base right now?”

"May I ask how much energy your goddess Vest consumes when using her healing abilities...?"

"She doesn't consume resources or quick repair when repairing ship girls' equipment. Well... just think of it as physical labor. As long as she's well-fed, well-hydrated, and rested, she can repair any ship girl at any time—of course, the time required to repair ship equipment is definitely much slower than using quick repair devices."

"I, I understand!" Elizabeth hurriedly bowed to Xiaobai after hearing his words, saying, "I, I will immediately arrange for someone to prepare the best food and the best bed for Her Majesty the Goddess of the Hearth! Admiral Lu Lin, I will never forget your great kindness today..."

“We’re comrades, so let’s not be so formal. Besides, strictly speaking, it wasn’t me who helped your comrades repair their ship equipment, it was the Vesta. If you really want to thank someone, thank her.” Xiaobai smiled at Elizabeth. “Then, Miss Elizabeth, could you please bring over the injured comrades from the other parts of the valley later?”

"Yes, ma'am!" Elizabeth exclaimed excitedly. She turned around and ran to the goddess of the hearth in the middle of the road, bowing deeply to her. "Your Excellency, I apologize for my rudeness. Please forgive me. Please wait a moment, and I will give you a satisfactory answer!"

Done.

Before the goddess of the hearth could reply, Elizabeth lifted her skirt and excitedly ran off down the side of the street, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The goddess of the hearth looked in the direction where Elizabeth had disappeared, scratching her head in bewilderment.

"Huh? What did that ship girl go off to?"

"She went to call the other injured ship girls in the valley for you, Vestal Goddess." Xiaobai walked to Vestal Goddess's side with a smile and said to her, "You'll be busy soon, Vestal Goddess."

"Wow, so many?" When Vesta heard that there were other wounded ship girls, her eyes lit up as if she had seen a mine. She rubbed her hands together and approached Little White, excitedly whispering, "Admiral, Admiral, I, I'll confirm one last time... I really, I really can do whatever I want with those ship girls, is that okay?"

"Sure." Xiaobai nodded with a smile, then pointed behind the female hearth goddess. "Miss Hearth Goddess, turn around and look."

"What's wrong?" The goddess of the hearth looked behind her and saw that the group of ship girls who had been standing behind her were now staring at her with the same fervent look as if they had seen a living Hua Tuo (a legendary Chinese physician). "Huh?! This is..."

"Lady Vessel, you should realize by now just how important you are to changing the course of the battle in Chapter Eight... You're practically a savior descended to earth right now." Little White patted Lady Vessel on the shoulder. "Anyway, Lady Vessel, just go and enjoy yourself."

"Really...anything is possible?" the goddess of the hearth exclaimed excitedly.

"Ah."