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"Lianlian?" Xiaobai thought for a moment, "No need."
Mu Yu only helped Luo Lian with the enrollment procedures for the Naval University, and that should be the end of it. With Luo Lian's strength, she no longer needs Mu Yu to provide her with any help after entering the Naval University.
"Lianlian is very capable, there's no need to worry." Xiaobai smiled, looking completely at ease with Luo Lian.
“I see. Missouri was overthinking it.” Missouri bowed slightly to Xiaobai. “The interview is now over. Does the Admiral have anything else to say? If not, Missouri will take his leave.”
"It's alright, thank you for your help today."
"No, that's not true. See you tomorrow, Admiral." Missouri smiled and left.
When she's feeling cloying, she's as affectionate as Luo Lian and Saratoga; but when it's time to leave, she's as decisive as a stranger. This ship girl's grasp of distance is truly masterful.
Shaking his head, putting the Missouri matter out of his mind, Little White and Lexington returned to the admiral's office and began their work as admirals.
In the minivan, Ringo and Mu Yu sat at the very back.
The staff sat in the front of the minivan, while rows of props were haphazardly placed in the middle. At the back, there wasn't much room left for Lin Qing and Mu Yu, so the two of them were squeezed together.
Mu Yu felt the touch of Ringo against his arm, and subconsciously sniffed the girlish fragrance emanating from her.
Mu Yu covered her face, feeling immense pressure.
Ringo is a boy who is more girlish than a girl. Because of his quiet and beautiful appearance, Mu Yu calls him a soul harvester. You can easily fall into his trap if you're not careful.
If there is a God in this world, then God must be out of his mind to give such a perfect appearance to a man.
Mu Yu turned her head and looked at Lin Qing.
Ringo gently rested her head against the other car window, her black hair flowing like silk, revealing her slender, snow-white neck, her hands covering the new folding fan in her hands.
"You like this fan so much?"
"Ah."
"The one Lu Yun gave you is already broken."
"It's ok."
Mu Yu scrutinized Lin Qin's furrowed brow.
Perhaps Ringo just wanted an object to express her longing for Lu Yun.
Mu Yu leaned back against the seat behind her: "You already knew that Lu Yun's fan was a gift from the ship girl?"
"Ah."
“…Oh ho.” Mu Yu stared at the roof of the car, thinking for a long time.
Come to think of it, I seem to have inadvertently started to see Ringo as a girl. That fan wasn't really a token of love or anything; it was just a gift from a reliable senior to a junior. If that's the case, then whether the gift came from a ship girl or not doesn't seem to matter.
Having figured this out, Mu Yu sat up abruptly.
That being said, there's a reason why Mu Yu and Ringo put aside so many things to come to the newbie naval base. Mu Yu knows almost all the secrets of the newbie naval base. If another admiral came here and accidentally discovered something, it would be a big problem.
To prevent any trouble from arising at the new naval base, Mu Yu took on the task of conducting the interview.
I just don't know why Ringo took it on too.
Considering the relationship between Ringo and Lu Yun, Mu Yu wasn't worried about anything going wrong.
"Speaking of Ringo, what made you apply for this interview?"
"..."
"Ringo?" Mu Yu turned to look at Ringo beside him.
Ringo leaned against the window, her breathing steady; she appeared to be asleep.
Dressed in red against the snow, with delicate willow-leaf eyebrows and long eyelashes like two slender boats, her two pink lips were like a bright moon on the snow, captivating all who beheld her.
Some people, with just their face, are a stunningly beautiful landscape painting.
"What a mess." Mu Yu sighed as he looked at Lin Qing's unguarded state.
When this man gets really flirtatious, women don't stand a chance. Ever since Ringo learned to cross-dress, he has captured the hearts of almost every young man and woman who has seen him. Most of them even willingly succumbed to temptation after learning Ringo's gender.
Although it's unclear who prompted it, judging from how things turned out after Lu Yun's visit, Ringo's cross-dressing fetish is most likely closely related to Lu Yun.
Mu Yu stretched, took out his phone, opened a chat app, and started flirting with girls.
Spending too much time with Ringo requires you to occasionally chat with real girls. Although Mu Yu hasn't seen any girl prettier than Ringo yet, this is an extremely important step because if you don't replenish your female energy in time, you might be turned gay by the soul harvester at any time.
Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.
Life is like sand slipping through your fingers; before you know it, a lot of it has flowed away silently.
Several days have passed since the day of the interview with Missouri, and the banners on the main street of the naval base have been taken down by the ship girls, waiting to be used again next time.
On the playground below the office building, Yamato Fukami, dressed in a maid outfit, stood with her arms crossed, looking at Richelieu and Pachina, the two new trainee maids, standing in front of her.
Pachina's maid outfit is similar to Deepsea Yamato's, a conservative style that's not very breathable, covering up long legs and large breasts tightly. But Richelieu's is different. Richelieu's maid outfit is specially made and quite revealing, with black stockings, leg rings, a super short skirt, and half-exposed breasts. The various meaningless, purely eye-catching cutouts and white lace make Richelieu look more like a cafe girl who charges hundreds of dollars for a photo than a proper maid.
Richelieu blushed and pressed her thighs together tightly, clutching her chest awkwardly and pulling at her skirt, looking quite uncomfortable.
Most ship girls have a wild personality and don't particularly care about their skin being exposed to others. When their clothes are badly damaged and burst open inch by inch, they will at most blush symbolically and then cover their chest and say something like "Ah~".
However, there are also a few more conservative ship girls.
For example, Richelieu.
When Richelieu first became a maid, she thought her uniform was the same type as Yamato's and Repulse Reputation's.
A few days ago, since her own work uniform hadn't been made yet, she was using the one that belonged to Deep Sea Yamato, which was similar in size to her. But today, when Richelieu received her own work uniform, she immediately felt something was wrong when she saw the noticeably lighter weight in her hands and the layers of light lace.
"Hmm, it looks amazing." Yamato Fukami stroked his chin, carefully examining Richelieu's clothes, a look of satisfaction in his eyes.
Richelieu looked up at Yamato in embarrassment.
"Why this one?"
"Hmm? Because this set is really pretty," Yamato Fukami said matter-of-factly. "It was really hard work to make, let me tell you, those little lace flowers were so difficult to do."
"You did this??"
“Yes, Reputation has been very busy these days, so I’ll take over your maid outfit job.” Yamato Fukami nodded in satisfaction. “Actually, I originally wanted to make it for Pachina. I’ve wanted to try a beast-eared maid outfit for a long time, but I have to follow orders.”
Yamato looked at Pachina wearing the same maid outfit as herself and felt a little helpless.
Shenhai Yamato frequents the internet and has a rather avant-garde perspective. The games he plays, the novels he reads, the photos the group admin posts during holidays, and the various cosplays—the maid outfits in them are all Richelieu-style erotic sets—are things he rarely wears himself, which are quite conservative.
Richelieu was filled with shame.
“I don’t like this,” Richelieu said, his face flushed.
"You don't like it? That's even better, isn't it?" Abyssal Yamato smiled warmly. "I'm the Dean of the Abyssal Fleet, and I love seeing you ship girls unhappy."
That makes perfect sense, and Richelieu didn't know how to respond for a moment.
"Alright, alright, you'll like it after a while. Let's start training." Ignoring Richelieu's protests, Abyssal Yamato addressed the two apprentice maids before her, "Reputation wants me to train you as maids. I initially refused, after all, I am, after all, a head of the Abyssal Headquarters. I can't just teach you because she wants me to, but..."
"Get started already." Pachina glared at Deepsea Yamato.
"Okay, okay." Yamato Fukami put her feet together and placed her hands in front of her. "Ahem, before we begin, let me ask you something: do you know what's most important for a maid?"
Chapter 350 Smile!
Yamato's question came suddenly. She looked at Richelieu, who was still struggling with his maid outfit, and said, "Richard, can you answer this?"
“…Sweeping.” Richelieu didn’t know what was most important to a maid; she was just thinking about what she had done in the past few days and gave a similar answer.
"Isn't that just being a cleaner?" Yamato Akagi shook his head.
“Serve,” pachina replied.
"That's not right either." Fukami Yamato gave him a "you guys never expected this" look, and put his hands on his hips, becoming smug. "Let me tell you, the most important thing for a maid is looks!"
As Shenhai Yamato said this, she stretched out her clenched fist: "I only realized this a while ago after posting a selfie online. I'm cute, I'm super cute. Whenever I post a selfie in a maid outfit, a lot of people leave comments saying that the maid sister is super pretty!"
Yamato Fukami had a look of sudden enlightenment on his face: "Yes, as a maid, you are in the public eye, enjoying the first glance of your master when he returns home. With such a unique advantage, how can you become the strongest maid if you are not cute!"
Richelieu looked at Yamato's serious eyes, and the hand that was clutching his chest and pulling at his skirt involuntarily loosened.
...Why does this Dean of the Deep Sea give me the feeling that he really enjoys being a maid?
Wait, aren't you Abyssal Yamato? The Queen of Battleships, the woman whose every call makes the entire Abyssal realm tremble? Why are you here talking to us about the Way of the Maid?
Yamato walked up to Richelieu and put his hand on Richelieu's shoulder.
Richelieu was startled when Dean Shenhai put his arm around his shoulder.
"Let me tell you, as ship girls, we inherently possess beauty beyond that of ordinary people, but this cuteness is often wasted by ship girls who are solely focused on battle." Abyssal Yamato revealed a pained expression. "Don't you think it's a pity?!"
"what?"
"Don't you ever, even for a single moment, feel it's a pity that someone as beautiful as you is doing such an ordinary job?!"
"emmm..."
"Don't you feel it's unfair that no one appreciates you despite your good looks?!"
"..."
"Don't you ever have a moment when you want to be treated gently by the admiral who usually ignores you, and see her smile and say thank you, and then drink the tea you hand her?"
"...I kind of want to."
"Then go be a maid!" Yamato patted Richelieu on the shoulder, giving her a "you finally understand" look. "Being a maid is the only job in the naval base where no one will say anything even if you're by the admiral's side day and night. When the admiral has something to ask you, you're the first person he'll look up at. When the admiral is tired, you're the first person he'll look at. When the admiral wants a drink of water and needs help, you're the first person he'll help! Don't you want the admiral to see you every moment? Don't you want the admiral to see your cute little face more often?"
Yamato Shinkai said this.
Richelieu was completely bewildered by Yamato's words, but he didn't know where to begin refuting them.
"So, being a maid is a good job, isn't it?" Yamato Fukami looked at Richelieu and gave him a lecture.
"Hmm...it seems...not bad." Richelieu avoided Yamato's gaze and nodded with some difficulty.
"Then what are you waiting for? Why are you hiding your nicebody? Show it off! It's your pride!" Yamato said, placing Richelieu's hands on either side. "Head up, chest out, you're the best!"
"But……"
"Don't look confused. Maids should only smile! Smile!"
"Uh...okay..."
Richelieu forced a smile.
Yamato Shinkai raised his hand and straightened Richelieu's mouth.
Pachina, standing to the side, sighed as she looked at the maid, Shenhai, who had transformed into a caring older sister.
Unlike Yamato, Pachina has absolutely no interest in maids.
No, speaking of which, deep-sea ships probably wouldn't be interested in maids.
They snatch what they like and break what they don't. Maids and such are really boring.
If it weren't for Xiaobai being here, who would want to participate in maid training here?
Pachina stared blankly at the sky.
"Pachina, what's wrong?" Yamato Shinkai noticed Pachina's strange behavior and asked, somewhat puzzled.
Pachina's azure eyes swept over Yamato's body.
"Do you still remember that you are the Dean of the Deep Sea Institute?"
“Huh? Of course I remember,” Yamato Fukami replied matter-of-factly.
"Then do you still remember that you are the enemy of the ship girls?"
"Remember that."
"You were captured by the ship girls and became their maid. Is it really okay to become their maid so devotedly?" pachina asked.
Richelieu also wanted to ask this question.
Deep Sea Yamato was stunned for a moment, then her face instantly turned red: "I, of course I know! Maid, maid is just a title that lowers the guard of ship girls. The Dean's maid, can you call her a maid? She's a substitute. I, I haven't forgotten my roots... You, aren't you one too!"
"I'm pointing at Pachina," said Yamato Shinkai.
"I just like Xiaobai and want to be with her. What others do is none of my business," pachina said calmly. "Is that strange?"
Pachina's actions are quite profound.
Even Yamato from the Deep Sea was conflicted: "Me too, Shiro is so good to me, what's wrong with me being her maid... As for the others, the others have nothing to do with me..."
Just then, two destroyers happened to pass by and saw the Deep Sea Yamato talking with Richelieu and Pachina. They jumped and skipped over to it.
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