Elder brother's garrison

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After a while.

Xiao Bai, who was searching through the autograph book, suddenly brightened up and paused slightly.

"Ah, I found it."

Between the signatures of the two naval bases, there was a three-character name that caught Xiaobai's attention.

Xiao Bai blinked as she looked at the faint handwriting on the autograph book.

The handwriting is a bit crooked and looks somewhat rusty.

But it subtly exudes a delicate elegance.

The name on this is...

The female stove goddess.

Chapter 1637 She Wants to Go to Your House

This is indeed the most eye-catching name in Xiaobai's autograph book.

Although the Ella family has a different focus, it is essentially a large family like the Mu family. Therefore, they often have guests from all over the world. However, most of these guests are from official organizations such as the XX Garrison, XX Organization, or even XX Passenger Transport Service that helps transport materials. Very few guests come in their personal capacity.

In the autograph book in Xiaobai's hand, counting from the time Ella was born, only one person has ever visited Ella's house in their own name.

This person—or rather, this ship girl's name—is called Vestal Goddess.

Xiao Bai held the autograph book in his hands and stared at the three words "Female Kitchen Goddess" on the book for a long time.

The goddess of the hearth...

Xiaobai is both familiar with this name and not familiar with it.

The reason I feel familiar with them is because several rather extraordinary and magical supply ships have been stationed in the newbie naval base. I have started to have some interest in supply ships, which are often overlooked. Occasionally, in my spare time, I would look up some information about supply ships and repair ships, and I have some impression of the various types of supply ships that have appeared in human history.

The Vesta is a relatively well-known supply ship in human history.

Rather.

Compared to the shameful Sukhbaatar, a supply ship that never even made it out of the inland lake to see the world after the war, the Vestal was a supply ship that made many contributions on the battlefield alongside various famous large warships. It is not an exaggeration to describe the Vestal as a supply ship of honor.

However, these are all records from human history.

Xiaobai himself is only familiar with the goddess of the hearth in human history, and knows nothing about the ship girl goddess of the hearth.

In general.

The fact that the person who gave Loki the deep-sea aura shield was Vesta was slightly unexpected for Xiaobai, but also somewhat reasonable.

After all, Sukhbaatar never said that shielding the aura of the deep sea was a privilege reserved for her and Odin. If it were a legendary supply ship of the same level as her, it would be only natural that it would also have the ability to shield the aura of the deep sea.

Ok.

Decided.

After this deep-sea event ends, I'll use the rest time before heading to Chapter 8, which I had arranged with Admiral Haoding, to find the Goddess of the Hearth.

"Vestal... If she's a ship girl with a formal position, I should be able to find out where she is by checking the ship girl encyclopedia on the admiral's website..." Xiaobai murmured, closing the autograph book. "However... I hope Vestal doesn't end up like Lord Su, who has been in human society for so long but doesn't even have a formal position. If that's the case, it will be much more troublesome to find her."

Xiao Bai murmured to herself as she put the autograph book back into the document bag.

"Xiao Bai, have you found what you wanted to see?" Ella and Luo Lian asked Xiao Bai with concern.

"Yes, found it." Xiaobai turned around, smiled and nodded at the two people behind her, "Thank you Ella, thank you Lianlian."

"That's good!" Ella patted her chest in relief and gave Xiaobai a reassuring smile.

"Hmm... Ella, I've seen what I wanted to see, so let's get out of here quickly. After all, this is your family's archives, and it's not good for us to stay here any longer."

"it is good!"

The three left the archives room and closed the door behind them. Xiao Bai took out an open rune lock from his pocket, fastened it to the door, and with a gentle press, the rune lock firmly locked the iron door.

"Hmm..." Luo Lian rested her chin on her hand, looking intently at the rune lock.

"What's wrong, Lianlian?"

"Xiao Bai, I'm thinking... if you can open this rune lock at will, does that mean that all obstacles related to rune language are like nothing to you?" Luo Lian said to Xiao Bai.

"Uh..." Xiaobai laughed awkwardly, "It's...it's alright, it shouldn't be that amazing...Moreover, I should thank Ella properly today. Although it's not really my place to say this, Ella, you should be careful in the future. Such an important place as the archives can't just be brought in by anyone."

"Okay! I got it!" Ella nodded with a smile.

Xiaobai wasn't sure if Ella had listened to her, and she was too embarrassed to ask again. After leaving the archives, the three of them left the library and returned to the ground, back to the banquet in the restaurant.

Xiao Bai and his two companions were gone for about an hour or two. In the grand banquet, they weren't particularly conspicuous. When they returned, the top ten admirals were raising their glasses and chatting at a table.

"Oh, it's Admiral Lu Lin!" Admiral Zhao Kuo, who was chatting and laughing with the other admirals, was the first to spot Xiao Bai and the other two who had returned to the banquet. He raised his glass to Xiao Bai, his face beaming with a憨态可掬 smile, "You've come at the right time. We were just talking about how you, Admiral Lu Lin, led the ship girls to display your might on land and repelled the Abyss Dean this time!"

"Greetings, Admiral Zhao Kuo." Xiao Bai smiled at Admiral Zhao Kuo. "Admiral Zhao Kuo, are you sober now?"

"Hahaha! Drunkenness? That's not true!"

"Huh? But didn't you get drunk by Grandpa Ella before...?"

“Admiral Lu Lin, the adult world is actually far more complicated than you imagine…” Admiral Zhao Kuo said, a trace of vicissitude flashing across his eyes. He raised his glass, took a sip of the wine in it, and looked melancholically at the sky outside the window. “Sometimes, pretending to be drunk is a necessary skill.”

"Uh……"

Xiao Bai certainly didn't quite understand what Admiral Zhao Kuo was saying.

Anyway, these people usually say a lot of things that I can't understand in meetings, so Xiaobai won't be too bothered by these two sentences.

"Speaking of which, where did you guys go just now, Xiaobai?" Guild Master Ergou asked Xiaobai.

"Us? Uh, we... went for a walk."

"Taking a walk..."

The top ten admirals exchanged glances and smiled knowingly.

"That's really something that evokes girlish sentimentality..."

"I feel like I'm a year younger."

"It's great to be young..."

A nostalgic look appeared in the admirals' eyes as they smiled and talked to each other, without doubting Xiaobai's words.

Perhaps this is the adult world.

Xiao Bai felt a little relieved. She turned her head, looked around the bustling banquet hall, and blinked.

"Huh? Where are Miss Loki and Ella's grandfather?" Xiaobai asked the admirals curiously.

“Loki… Oh! Little White, you’re talking about that maid ship girl who’s been by your side lately, right?” President Er Gou nodded upon hearing Little White’s words and said to him, “The old man who treated us to dinner just now got drunk, so that little maid took him to the kitchen to rest and sober up.”

"Wow... they managed to get themselves drunk like that..." Xiaobai said, then breathed a slight sigh of relief. "How long have they been gone?"

"Hmm... Speaking of which, that old man seemed to have been in the kitchen for quite a while." After being reminded by Xiaobai, President Ergou also glanced at the time. "Let me see... it seems to have been almost twenty or thirty minutes."

"Huh? Has it taken that long?"

"That's how it is when you sober up, but I think the old man is still quite healthy. Drinking a little too much once in a while won't cause him any problems." President Er Gou shook his head, raised his mug of draft beer, gulped down a mouthful, and revealed a satisfied smile, "Wow—it's so delicious!"

Xiao Bai chuckled dryly as he looked at President Er Gou.

The top ten admirals then started talking about things like "Little White is awesome" and "Newbie Naval Base is awesome." Because it was so embarrassing, although Luo Lian and Ella listened with great interest, Little White said he couldn't take it anymore.

After spending a short while at the banquet,

Xiao Bai suddenly remembered that Grandpa Ella was still sobering up in the kitchen. He also realized that he hadn't properly greeted Grandpa Ella since she came up from underground. So Xiao Bai decided that he should go to the kitchen to say hello to Grandpa Ella and Loki.

Ok.

It's better than listening to others brag about themselves here.

Think of it and do it.

Xiao Bai tugged at Ella and Luo Lian's arms.

“Lianlian, Ella.”

"Huh? What's wrong?" Ella and Luo Lian, who were listening with great interest to the top ten admirals praising Xiaobai, turned their heads.

"Let's go to the kitchen and find Miss Loki and your grandfather, Ella," Xiaobai whispered to Ella and Luo Lian.

"Little Bai, do you need to see Grandpa for something?"

"Uh...it's nothing, just saying hello...after all, we've received so much care from your family here..." Xiaobai said to Ella with a smile.

"I see... Hmm, that's fine." Ella glanced at the top ten admirals who were chatting with a hint of regret.

Xiaobai knows where the kitchen is.

When Xiaobai and his two companions arrived at the entrance to the kitchen, a row of maid ship girls stood guard at the kitchen door like security guards.

Upon seeing Ella and Xiaobai Luolian approach, the maid ship girls quietly stepped aside, making way for the three of them.

These maid ship girls wore chef's hats and snow-white aprons. When Xiaobai walked past them, he could smell a distinct odor of cooking oil on them.

These maid ship girls... are they chefs?

Were they kicked out?

Xiaobai glanced at the maid ship girls guarding the door with some curiosity.

Ella didn't care about the maid ship girls' condition. She pushed open the kitchen door and pulled Xiaobai and Luolian into the kitchen.

"Grandpa! I heard you drank yourself into a stupor again!" Ella shouted to the kitchen as soon as she entered the door. "Little White heard you were drunk, so she came to see you. Aren't you happy?"

Ella's voice spread throughout the entire kitchen space in an instant, like waves.

Xiao Bai followed Ella and looked towards the kitchen.

In the huge kitchen room, which resembled a basketball court, the fire on the stove had been extinguished, and various half-finished dishes were placed on the stove in pots. The chefs who were cooking were nowhere to be seen, and the entire kitchen was empty.

One glance.

In the entire kitchen, only Grandpa Ella, leaning on a cane, sat in a seat not far from the kitchen door, calmly chatting with Loki standing in front of him.

Grandpa Ella's current state was not like that of a drunken and chaotic person as described by the top ten admirals.

in contrast.

Although Grandpa Ella's face was flushed with alcohol, his eyes were clear and his back was straight, making him appear quite sober.

Seeing Ella lead Xiaobai and Luo Lian into the kitchen, Grandpa Ella stopped talking to Loki and looked towards the door with a smile.

"Hahaha, you little rascal, you're always just waiting to see me make a fool of myself, aren't you?" Grandpa Ella stroked his beard with one hand and laughed at Ella and Little White.

Grandpa Ella's gaze was full of love as he looked at Ella, but Xiaobai didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he always felt that Grandpa Ella's gaze was always shifting towards him, and it was full of a cryptic meaning.

The three of them walked up to Grandpa Ella and Loki.

Xiao Bai stared at Grandpa Ella's sprightly face for a while.

"Um... Hello, Patriarch..." Xiao Bai scratched his head and greeted Grandpa Ella, "Um... I heard you drank too much just now..."

"Ha, ha, ha..." Before Xiaobai could finish speaking, Grandpa Ella burst into laughter. "Admiral Lu Lin is very kind, but when I was young, I was a legendary wine god. This little bit of wine won't get me drunk. I'm sorry to disappoint you!"

"Hey... Grandpa, why are you still pretending to be drunk?" Ella's eyes widened.

“You little girl wouldn’t understand the adult world.” Grandpa Ella reached out and poked Ella’s forehead. “It’s a rare banquet, so we should leave the time for the young people. This old man will just have to have a few drinks with them.”

Surprisingly.

Grandpa Ella's words were exactly the same as those used by Admiral Zhao Kuo.

"Grandpa, you don't need to hide in the kitchen all the time, do you?" Ella pouted and asked her grandfather.

"If I stay outside, how can they have the nerve to start chatting amongst themselves?" Grandpa Ella shook his head, and for some reason, glanced at Little White and smiled at him.

Just as Xiaobai was savoring Grandpa Ella's smile.

"Oh, right." Grandpa Ella suddenly seemed to remember something and said to Luo Lian, who was next to Xiao Bai, "Luo Lian."

"I'm here."

"Speaking of which, I've been in the kitchen for a while now, and I'm suddenly getting thirsty," Grandpa Ella said to Luo Lian with a smile. "Could you please go outside and bring me a bottle of mineral water to quench my thirst?"

Luo Lian blinked, exchanged a glance with Grandpa Ella, and then nodded knowingly.

"Okay." Luo Lian turned around. "I'll be right back."

"Uh... as for mineral water, there should be some in the kitchen, right?" Xiao Bai asked Luo Lian, sounding a bit puzzled.

"It's okay, the ones outside are sweeter." Luo Lian shook her head, said to Xiao Bai, and then ran away from the kitchen.