Elder brother's garrison

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How could such a chaotic Loki have become what he is today?

Xiao Bai suddenly became curious.

"Something must have gone wrong later, right?" Little White said to Loki.

“Hmm.” Loki nodded, gazing out at the sea. “...Something unexpected has happened.”

"What accident?"

“Although the young mistress and the young patriarch care deeply for the family, they haven’t had much contact with the Deep Sea Dean, and even the ship girls around them don’t understand the Deep Sea Dean’s characteristics,” Loki said. “Although I came to that sea alone, there are Deep Sea frigates in the Deep Sea territory I’m in charge of that are connected to me. The ship girls only defeated me to the point of incapacitation, but preserved the basic communication functions of my ship equipment. So, relying on the Deep Sea Dean’s level of mental power, the Deep Sea frigates in the Deep Sea territory, once they realize I’ve been captured, will come looking for me even if they are thousands of miles away.”

“…Uh.” Little White blinked. “That’s terrible…”

“…Yes.” Loki nodded, closed his eyes and thought for a while, “On the seventh night after I was captured by the ship girls and came to the island…that is, a few days before the young master and young mistress were going to take me away from the island, my escort ship arrived in that sea area during the raging storm that night.”

"...Have battles broken out?"

“Yes.” Loki nodded. “That night, my escort ship arrived in that area. The ship girls on the island discovered the Abyssal Fleet on the sea. They didn’t realize that I had lured the Abyssal Fleet there, so they rushed to the sea and engaged my Abyssal escort ship’s fleet in battle.”

"Hmm... but the escort ship girls around Ella's father and mother should be quite strong, right? At least they should be able to withstand attacks from the deep-sea escort ships that have lost their commander, the Deep-Sea Dean," Xiaobai said.

Loki nodded in response to Xiaobai's statement.

“My deep-sea territory is relatively weak to begin with. In addition, my deep-sea frigates have traveled thousands of miles and lack supplies. Without my leadership, their combat strength is also a disorganized mess. If we really fight, we will not be able to defeat those ship girls,” Loki said.

"That……"

“However, as I said at the beginning,” Loki said to Little White, “the young mistress and the young patriarch, including their ship girls, know very little about the Dean of the Deep Sea.”

"?" Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

“A storm is brewing at sea that night,” Loki warned.

"...Ah!" Little White blinked, then, as if remembering something, suddenly covered her mouth in realization, "Storm!"

When a storm rages, seawater is swept into the sky and erodes the land as torrential rain. From a certain perspective, during a storm, the boundary between the sea and the land is very blurred for deep-sea creatures.

With his ship heavily damaged and unable to move, Loki could very well be nourished by the deep-sea energy sweeping across the land during the stormy weather, gradually regaining his combat strength! Furthermore, with all the ship girls on land fighting the Abyssal Fleet at that time, once Loki regains his fighting ability… then Ella's parents on land are in grave danger!

Seeing the surprised look on Little White's face, Loki nodded.

“During that stormy night, I was nourished by the deep sea air while confined in the iron cage, and gradually regained some of my strength,” Loki said to Little White. “Soon, I broke free of my shackles, tore through the iron bars, and walked out of the cage that had confined me for seven days.”

"...And then?" Xiaobai asked nervously.

"I was filled with rage as I stepped out of my cage." Loki patted his chest, closed his eyes, and said to Little White, "At that time, I was completely controlled by intense anger. I only wanted to kill the humans who dared to imprison me for seven days, hear their desperate cries of death, and tear them to pieces."

"……"noob.

“Because during those seven days, the young master and young mistress often came to talk to me by the iron bars. Even though I couldn’t understand their language at the time, I found out where they lived when they left. So, driven by my overflowing anger after leaving the cage, I rushed to their place during a night storm.” Loki said slowly and calmly.

The atmosphere quieted down at that moment.

Loki did not continue speaking.

Little White stared blankly at Loki with his eyes wide open, without asking any more questions.

The only thing between them was the gentle sea breeze.

After a while.

Little White swallowed hard and asked Loki.

"Miss Loki, did you... attack Ella's parents at the end?"

“No.” Loki shook his head.

"Huh? No?" Little White was taken aback. "Miss Loki, weren't you completely consumed by rage at the time?"

“Hmm.” Loki nodded and said to Little White, “At that time, all I could think about was killing the young mistress and the young master, seeing their pained expressions, and hearing their desperate screams and cries.”

“…Miss Loki, you…”

“Because when I rushed into the young mistress and the young master’s room, I heard the young mistress’s miserable screams and the young master’s panicked cries,” Loki said, turning to Little White.

"what?"

"When I rushed into the room to attack them, I saw the young mistress lying on the bed, her lower body covered in blood, screaming in agony. The sound was even more painful and miserable than I had imagined when her body was being torn apart," Loki said to Little White.

"Eh... could this scene be..." Little White was stunned when he heard Loki's words.

"Perhaps frightened by the storm, or perhaps by the deep-sea fleet at sea, the young mistress is about to give birth," Loki said to Little White.

"Approaching...approaching childbirth..."

“…I only learned about this much later. When I first met the young mistress and the young master, the young mistress was nine months pregnant. Because she had been staying at home for a long time, she was suffering from depression. In order to help her relax, the master ordered the young master to take her on a vacation and wait for her to return when her due date was near.” Loki said to Little White.

"Uh……"

"In short, when I barged into the young mistress's room and heard her cries of pain far greater than I had imagined, I was stunned into silence," Loki said to Little White. "For some reason, the murderous intent in my heart was completely overwhelmed by the sight of the young mistress giving birth."

"and then?"

“After that, neither the young mistress nor the young master noticed me. I remained in the same position as when I entered, standing in front of the door, and watched helplessly as the young mistress, under the protection of the young master, exerted all her strength and gave birth, covered in blood,” Loki said.

“…Childbirth…” Xiaobai’s eyes darkened. “The books say it’s very painful…”

“Exactly… I’m certain that what the young mistress endured, the pain she suffered, was no less than what I tore her to pieces. So I was filled with doubt, I was extremely curious about what she was doing at the time. This doubt even overwhelmed my murderous intent for a short time.” Loki said, spreading his hands towards Little White. “After the young master accompanied the young mistress through childbirth, they found me standing at the door. At first, the young master nervously guarded the young mistress and the child, but when he saw me standing motionless at the door, the young mistress understood my doubt. She weakly persuaded the young master to leave and gently beckoned to me at the door. After I approached, the young mistress handed the child to me so I could examine it.”

Loki frowned deeply as he said this.

“As the Dean of the Deep Sea, I shouldn’t understand. I shouldn’t understand,” Loki said to Little White. “But for some reason, when the young mistress’s child was handed to me, I suddenly understood. That was the young mistress’s child; she had just given birth to her offspring. The pain she had just endured, the blood she had shed, the hoarseness she had screamed—all of this was the price she paid for giving birth to her offspring. The child was covered in blood, pink and tender, and kept crying out. When I got close, I didn’t even know what to do for a moment, so I just stood there, holding out my hand to the crying child.”

"Then...the crying child grabbed my little finger."

Loki looked down at his little finger and remained silent for a while.

"The hand is very small."

"It's really small."

"It's also very hot."

"It's really hot."

"It feels like a heart beating on my finger."

"..."

"I remember the clothes the young mistress dressed me in."

"I remember the food that the young mistress prepared for me."

"I recall the young mistress's gentle smile by the iron bars."

"Finally, at that moment, I finally understood completely."

Loki's voice held a hint of confusion, but also a hint of understanding.

Loki looked up and spoke to Little White, who was sitting on a folding stool.

"finally, I understand."

"Human life...is truly magnificent."

Chapter 1631 Detective Luo Lian

The deep-sea amphibious ships are not human.

As beings at a higher level of existence than humans, they do not need to eat or sleep, nor do they need to pass on their lives through human reproduction. Their theoretical lifespan is very long, and even if their bodies are torn apart by cannonballs and sink into the boundless ocean, the aura of the deep sea will reshape them into new deep sea creatures.

Therefore.

The concept of life is not in the minds of deep-sea amphibious ships.

That's why.

Loki, who had never witnessed or understood such a scene before, was awestruck by the blood-soaked, sacred moment when he witnessed Ella's mother giving birth to Ella. Finally, through the tender touch of the infant in its swaddling clothes, the bewildered Deepsea Dean's intellect matured in that instant, and he grasped the concept of life.

For human beings, life itself is incredibly fragile, and the transmission of life is incredibly painful. The birth of any life involves going through tremendous hardships and obstacles, which is why life is irreplaceable and extremely precious.

When Loki truly understood the weight of life, she could no longer bring herself to harm Ella's parents or Ella herself.

A gentle sea breeze blew across the pebble beach.

Blowing away Loki's bangs, his smooth, white forehead was revealed.

Loki had always presented himself with an almost numb calm expression, but at this moment, Xiaobai saw a bright feeling on Loki's face, as if he had been reborn and had suddenly realized something.

This was the first time Xiaobai had ever seen Loki make such an expression.

Honestly.

It was a bit shocking.

"And then... Miss Loki, you stayed on land?" After a moment of silence, Little White tried to ask Loki.

“Hmm.” Loki’s expression gradually returned to calm. She lowered her hand and nodded slightly to Little White. “After that, I dispersed the deep-sea frigates on the sea and remained on land until now.”

"I see." After hearing this, Xiaobai breathed a long sigh of relief. "No wonder you and Ella have such a good relationship, Miss Loki."

"?"

“After all, Miss Loki, you literally watched Ella grow up.” Little White smiled at Loki. “In a way, Miss Loki, you can be considered Ella’s half-mother.”

“…” Loki.

"Hmm, I think I understand." Little White nodded and stood up from the folding stool, but she was soon confused again. She asked Loki, "But... Miss Loki, I have another question."

"what is the problem?"

"Since you didn't come ashore because you were looking for fun on land, why didn't you tell the truth to Deepsea Dragon when it asked you why you left without saying goodbye?" Little White asked Loki.

"Well..." Loki thought for a moment, "It's a bit complicated to explain my situation, and back then my relationship with you guests wasn't like it is now. Even if I had told you the truth back then, you might not have believed me."

"Uh...that's true." Xiaobai scratched his head.

“And…” Loki looked up, gazing at the sea, “…the reasons I’m staying here might not be convincing to you…perhaps it’s just that something’s wrong with my own head…”

Loki's last words were spoken to himself.

Loki's voice was soft.

It felt as if the faint sound of the ocean waves would engulf us at any moment.

“No, not at all.” Little White interrupted Loki’s mutterings, flashing a bright smile as Loki looked at her. “Miss Loki, your head is perfectly fine. On the contrary, although you’re relatively young among the Deep Sea Deans, your intellectual level far surpasses that of most of them. I can vouch for that!”

Loki looked at the confident Whitebeard and remained silent for a long time.

The waves crashed against the pebble beach, making a splashing sound.

After a while.

Loki lowered his head slightly and spoke to Little White.

"……Thanks."

Loki bent down, folded up Little White's folding stool, and handed it back to Little White.

"Guest, your two hours are almost up, it's time to go back."

Loki spoke to Little White.

Little White's gaze remained fixed on Loki's face.

Xiaobai felt that Loki seemed to have changed in some way. She stared at Loki's face for a long time before she realized that there was a faint, gentle smile on Loki's lips.

"guest?"

"Oh well!"

When Xiaobai and Loki returned to the restaurant, Luo Lian was standing at the restaurant entrance, gazing at the gate.

"Little White!" Luo Lian waved to Little White and Loki as they returned.

Luo Lian's face was steaming, and her complexion seemed to have become much rosier in the two hours she had been gone. When Xiao Bai walked up to Luo Lian, he could smell a very strong fragrance of shampoo on her.

"Lianlian, I saw that you wouldn't be back for a while, so I went for a walk on the nearby beach with Miss Loki. You didn't wait here for long, did you..." Xiaobai asked Luo Lian.

"It's nothing, I just got back too, it's not a big deal." Luo Lian shook her head nonchalantly, then shifted her gaze to Loki behind Xiao Bai, and suddenly frowned in confusion.

For the past two weeks, Luo Lian had been staying underground and didn't know much about what was happening on the surface. So when she saw Loki next to Xiao Bai, she just regarded Loki as an ordinary maid serving Xiao Bai.

At first, Luo Lian didn't think much of it, but at this moment, Luo Lian noticed that the atmosphere around this maid named Loki... seemed to be a little different from before she left.

I feel like my relationship with Xiaobai has progressed by leaps and bounds.

Ok……