Elder brother's garrison

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"A room close to Xiaobai..." Nia paused slightly upon hearing Luo Lian's request, her bright expression faltering as she became somewhat troubled.

"What's wrong? Are there not enough rooms?"

“No, no, actually there are still plenty of empty rooms… but…” Nia glanced at Xiaobai and said to Luo Lian, “because Xiaobai’s room was one I saved before, and there are no empty rooms in the vicinity of her room, including those on the second and third floors…”

"It's fine, I can stay in the hallway outside Xiaobai's room," Luo Lian said unmoved. "Do you have a sleeping bag?"

“How could we possibly let Luo Lian stay in the corridor?” Nia quickly shook her head.

“Yeah, it’s not right to leave a perfectly good room and live in the hallway,” Xiaobai said to Luo Lian. “How about I move out? We can pick two adjacent rooms in the empty rooms to live in?”

"Huh??!" Nia's eyes widened immediately upon hearing Xiaobai's words.

The room Xiaobai is currently living in was arranged for her by Nia long ago when she rented this building!

That was a spot that Nia had specially reserved next to her room, specifically for her to be neighbors with Xiaobai and get to know each other!

Even before Xiaobai arrived at Chapter 8, Nia had already planned that after Xiaobai recognized her in Chapter 8, she would bring Xiaobai to live in this room. In the days that followed, Nia could visit Xiaobai's room whenever she wanted, and they could chat, talk, play games, and maybe even watch a horror movie together day and night. Then, at midnight, they could snuggle under the covers and hug each other—Nia had persevered until now for this very moment!

If Xiao Bai were to move out of this room to stay with Luo Lian, wouldn't Nia's bright future be shattered...?

Thinking about this, Nia felt a chill run down her spine.

"Xiaobai, your room was specially prepared for you by Nia, right?" Just as Nia was about to despair, Luo Lian calmly refuted Xiaobai's statement, "If you move out of that room, wouldn't you be letting down Nia's good intentions?"

“Luo Lian—” Nia clasped her hands tightly, looking at Luo Lian with a face full of emotion, her eyes welling up with sincere tears.

"Oh, I see..." Xiaobai scratched his head apologetically. "Then we really can't move out... How about this, Lianlian, you can share a room with me? The bed in that room is quite big, enough for two or three people to lie down on."

"Huh??!" Nia's expression, which was half moved, instantly turned into shock when she heard Xiaobai's words.

No, no, you can't!

If Luo Lian and Xiao Bai were to share a room next to each other in their own rooms, Nia felt she wouldn't be able to sleep at night!

Except, unless you bring yourself along!

"I...I want to too..." Nia said in a flustered voice as she thought of this.

"Xiao Bai, let's forget about it." Just then, Luo Lian smiled slightly, shook her head and declined Xiao Bai's suggestion. Then, she looked at Nia as she spoke, "You should stay in your room by yourself. I might stay up late often and disturb your sleep. As for me... well... if we really have to share a room, Nia, can I share a room with you?"

"Huh?" Nia was stunned. She looked at Luo Lian's serious expression and blinked. "Uh... okay, that's fine..."

"Then I'll have to trouble you for a while," Luo Lian said with a smile.

"Hmm..." Xiaobai pouted, "Alright then..."

Xiaobai's conversation with Luo Lian and Nia was quickly interrupted by the ship girls. Four blue figures appeared with trays on their heads, and the four Fubuki sisters, each with a bowl full of food, came to Xiaobai's side, took her hand, and wanted to sit at the same table with her. Xiaobai initially wanted to decline the destroyers, saying that she had to spend the day with Luo Lian and Nia, but when Fubuki mentioned that Laffey, Javelin, and Ayanami were also waiting for her at the next table, Xiaobai, despite her reluctance, was easily persuaded to leave by the destroyers.

Nia and Luo Lian waved to the back of Xiaobai as the destroyers took her away.

"Little White is still as beloved as ever by the destroyers," Nia sighed enviously as she looked at Little White in the distance.

“Yes.” Luo Lian nodded.

"..." Nia glanced at Luo Lian quietly, thought for a moment, and then whispered to Luo Lian, "Um, Luo Lian."

"Ok?"

"...Thank you."

"Thank you for what?"

"Well, it's that... you're willing to live with me..." Nia lowered her head shyly.

Compared to the options of Xiao Bai and Luo Lian moving away or Xiao Bai and Luo Lian living together, the outcome of Luo Lian and Nia living together is already a very good plot branch for Nia.

"Oh, you mean this?" Luo Lian smiled. "It's nothing, I'm just doing this for my own good."

"Eh?"

"After all, if I were to actually share a room with Xiaobai," Luo Lian said with a sigh, looking at Xiaobai sitting at a table with the destroyers in the distance, and smiled slightly, "I'm not kidding, it would be fine for a day or two, but if it went on for too long, I would die."

"Is it really that exaggerated...?"

"Hmph, just imagining Xiaobai just finished her bath, wearing a white, sheer nightgown, climbing onto the bed with her delicate white feet, first sitting on the soft mattress like a duck, pulling up the snow-white blankets, slowly lying down on her side to stretch her body, smiling at me and saying, 'Lianlian, it's getting late, let's go to sleep together.' Then I see that adorable body opening its arms to me without any defenses." As Luo Lian spoke, blood began to gush from her nose like a burst dam, quickly staining the plate crimson. "Just imagining it makes me want to collapse. If I saw this scene in real life, I'd probably die on the spot."

"Hey! Hey! Hey! He's bleeding! He's bleeding!!!" Nia exclaimed.

"Don't panic, it's just a nosebleed, it's nothing serious."

Chapter 2603 The Enemy Comes to the Door

The commotion caused by Luo Lian's nosebleed in the cafeteria lasted only a few minutes.

Two hours later, dinner time at Nia's house was over.

After dinner, it got noticeably darker, and the sun had completely disappeared from sight. With the light receding, the whole city seemed to be draped in a dark veil.

Dinner was delicious.

Little White is very full.

To aid digestion, Xiaobai, Nia, and Luolian chatted as they sat on the steps at the edge of the lawn, watching the destroyers play games.

"Speaking of which, how did Luo Lian get to Chapter Eight?" Nia asked curiously. "It must have been at least a two-week journey from Chapter Two to Chapter Eight, right?"

“Well, I have a ship girl in my family whose ship equipment ability is teleportation magic,” Xiaobai said with a smile to Nia. “Although the conditions for using it are a bit harsh, it can shrink the distance to an inch and travel a thousand miles a day.”

"Wow, that's amazing! So, Xiaobai, you renovated the cellar just for this?"

“Yes,” Xiaobai nodded, “the food cellar has now become an important teleportation base for me.”

"This...this is something you can tell me...?" Nia quickly covered her ears. "Never mind, never mind, never mind, I'll pretend I didn't hear anything. Little White, you'd better not tell me! It wouldn't be good if word got out!"

Seeing Nia covering her ears and shaking her head, Xiaobai and Luolian smiled slightly.

Given the special relationship between Nia and Shiro, Shiro didn't want to hide the fact that Super Yamato had teleportation abilities from her—or rather, since they spent so much time together, there was no point in hiding it. Nia was just kind and hardworking; she wasn't stupid. If strange ship girls and characters started popping up in her territory from time to time, she would eventually realize it herself. So rather than letting Nia guess, Shiro simply chose to admit it openly. That way, she wouldn't have to hide it when using Super Yamato's abilities to transport people from the naval base in the future.

But...

Although Xiaobai doesn't intend to hide Super Yamato's abilities, the fact that Super Yamato is the Dean of the Deep Sea... given Nia's tolerance, she'll probably be quite frightened after finding out.

For Nia's mental health, let's have the super-large ones and the others disguise themselves as ship girls for now.

"Speaking of which, after things are settled here, I plan to use my teleportation ability to bring a few more ship girls from the naval base..." Xiaobai said to Nia.

"commander!"

Just then, a voice called out interrupted Xiaobai's words.

The three of them turned their heads and saw Veneto from Nia's family walking towards them from the direction of the gate, waving as he approached.

"Veneto? What's wrong?" Nia stood up, dusted herself off, and asked Veneto, who had rushed over.

“Commander, there’s an unfamiliar admiral outside the door!” Veneto stopped and spoke to Nia.

"Hmm? An admiral I don't recognize?"

"Yes! As soon as he arrived at our door, he said he wanted to see you."

"see me?"

"Ah."

"Male and female?"

"male."

Nia looked puzzled and turned to look at Xiaobai and Luolian.

Xiaobai smiled and said to Nia, "Nia, could it be that some admiral has taken a liking to you and wants to confess his feelings?"

"No, that's impossible... There are so many ship girls prettier than me..." Nia blushed instantly upon hearing Xiaobai's words. "Besides... I haven't had much opportunity to socialize since I came to Chapter 8, and I never interact with male admirals... The few people here who have spoken to me are all female admirals, how could there be anyone..."

Nia's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke.

"Did the people who came say what they wanted to do?" Luo Lian asked Nia's Veneto.

“Ah… Cleveland did ask, but he didn’t say anything. He just stood at the door with a dark face, saying he had to see the Commander no matter what,” Veneto explained, a slightly embarrassed look on her face. “Well… it didn’t seem like he was confessing his feelings… it seemed more like he was seeking revenge.”

"Seeking revenge?" Upon hearing Veneto's words, Xiaobai and the other two were all taken aback.

"Nia, do you have any enemies in Chapter Eight?" Xiaobai asked.

"No way..." Nia quickly shook her head, "Ever since what happened in Chapter Two, I've tried my best to stay out of the Admirals' social circles, so I don't have any enemies or friends!"

"Hmm... Could it be that they're after me?" Xiaobai nodded thoughtfully.

"You came here because of Xiaobai?" Nia was stunned. "But Xiaobai, this is only your first day here!"

"Yeah, so we ran into trouble on the very first day." Xiaobai smiled and said to Nia, "Nia, do you remember when we went to the beach today and were ridiculed by some unfamiliar admirals because we were discussing research ship girls?"

"Ah! It's them?!"

"Probably..." Xiaobai nodded vaguely, "It's not good to leave it here, let's go out and take a look first."

Led by Veneto, the three of them arrived at the main entrance.

At that moment, the front door of Nia's house was wide open. Cleveland stood with one foot on the threshold, arms crossed, frowning as he looked outside.

Cleveland!

Nia called out.

Cleveland, who was frowning and looking outside the door, heard Nia's voice, lowered her hand, and turned to look at Xiaobai and the other two.

"I just heard someone come to see me outside Veneto's door, is that right?" Nia asked Cleveland.

“Hmm…” Cleveland nodded. “I tried to persuade him to leave, but he wouldn’t listen and insisted on seeing you.”

"That's it..."

Nia nodded thoughtfully, then patted Cleveland's arm and walked out the door with Little White.

As soon as Nia stepped out the door, she saw a governor with messy hair standing alone in the middle of the road.

Amidst the bustling crowd, the admiral with his messy hair remained motionless, staring down at his feet, his face ashen, looking like a statue.

This person was indeed one of the admirals who had mocked Xiaobai on the beach.

"Really..." Nia murmured, then frowned, "Could they be here to cause trouble..."

The moment Nia stepped out the door, the admiral with the messy hair in the middle of the road seemed to have noticed something and looked up.

Upon seeing Nia's wary expression, the chicken-haired admiral glared at her for a moment, then anxiously searched around her before finally finding Little White.

"what!"

With a shout, the chicken-headed admiral sprang into action, his thin body moving with incredible speed. He strode forward with his long, thin legs, charging towards Little White like a wild, untamed creature.

"Huh?? Cleveland, Veneto, protect Little White!" Nia was startled by the man's reaction. Although she didn't quite understand what the man was going to do, her instinctive desire to protect Little White made her quickly call out to Cleveland beside her.

"Yes!"

Cleveland and Veneto flashed to the front of Little White, one after the other.

Nia's Veneto moved with lightning speed. She scooped Little White into her arms and pushed him forward with one hand. As she did so, a bright silver turret appeared out of thin air and aimed directly at the approaching man.

Cleveland was even faster. Before Nia could finish speaking, Cleveland was already in front of the man, poised to throw a punch at him who was trying to get close to Xiaobai.

But next second.

Cleveland's punch missed its mark.

Because before the man made contact with Cleveland's fist, he bent over—or rather, he fell face-first to the ground.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the man knelt on the ground, his hands pressed tightly against his forehead, and dragged his entire body forward towards Xiaobai while repeatedly kowtowing to Xiaobai's position.

"I'm so sorry!!!"

The man's loud voice echoed through the street.

The moment the apology was finished, the man's body slid right in front of Veneto's feet, leaving Veneto, who was holding the cannon, stunned and unsure of what to do.

"Regarding what happened this afternoon! I was the one who mocked you on the beach this afternoon! I am very sorry! I was blind to your abilities! I was a frog in a well, and I was the first to question your level. I bear full responsibility for the gossip about you on the beach, and I feel deeply ashamed for the damage to your reputation. Therefore, I have come to apologize and ask for your forgiveness!"

The man slammed his head to the ground and shouted loudly.

"Huh? An apology?" Nia was stunned by the scene.

"Regarding...regarding your insightful opinions on the research ship girl exam questions!" The man said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a stack of exam questions, which he held up high. "You are absolutely right!"

“Research questions…” Nia turned to look at Xiaobai.

Little White, held in Veneto's arms, clung to Veneto's arm, her feet dangling in the air, staring wide-eyed at the man before her.

"Oh...it seems you've realized the problem with the test questions..." Xiaobai asked the man, "So you're not here for revenge?"