Elder brother's garrison

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Missouri's voice trailed off for a moment at this point.

For someone like Xiaobai, the training feels like it happened yesterday, but for Missouri, the generational shift feels like a distant memory.

Missouri doesn't have a memory as reliable as Xiaobai's. As time goes by, the events of the past are becoming increasingly blurred. In Missouri's memory, she does have memories of training at sea with the admiral and sleeping together. To be more precise would be asking her too much.

"So, today is the first time?" Missouri said to Little White.

Xiao Bai smiled but didn't say anything.

"Missouri is the Admiral's wedding ship," Missouri said with a hint of resentment behind Xiaobai, "and yet she's ranked so low?"

"Hahaha..." Xiaobai chuckled dryly a few times.

“A womanizing admiral,” Missouri said.

"Ah... well, if Missouri had said so earlier..." Xiaobai explained awkwardly.

Then, Missouri's other hand reached out and gently covered Little White's mouth.

"Missouri is just joking," Missouri's amused voice came through.

—Xiaobai forgot again that Missouri's words cannot be trusted.

Xiao Bai sighed helplessly. But the lips that Missouri had covered felt something cold and cool. Xiao Bai moved his head and looked at Missouri's other hand that was reaching out.

On Missouri's slender ring finger, a glittering diamond ring shone brightly in the moonlight.

This is proof of the wedding ship that Xiaobai gave to Missouri.

“Speaking of Missouri,” Little White asked, “may I ask you a question?”

"Hmm? May I ask, Admiral?" Missouri withdrew the hand wearing the diamond ring.

"How many years have you stayed here since you came from the previous dynasty?" Xiaobai asked.

Missouri remained silent for a while.

"...Uh, if you don't want to talk about it, then forget it..."

"Fifty-four years, six months, and three days." Missouri tightened her grip on Little White's arm. "And four hours."

This precise data made Xiaobai want to complain.

"It's been so long..."

“Missouri is still young, still a young girl. Time hasn’t left any marks on her face,” Missouri said to Xiaobai. “So Admiral, please don’t call Missouri an old woman because of this.”

"No way," Xiaobai laughed.

Measuring ship girls by human time is meaningless. As long as they have ship equipment, they will always look young and have a lifespan much, much longer than ordinary humans.

"What does the admiral mean by asking this?" Missouri asked.

"It's nothing special..." Xiaobai thought for a while, "...It's just Missouri, how have you been living these past fifty years?"

Missouri remained silent.

"You're a very capable ship girl. If you were doing what ship girls do, the admiral here should have found out about you very quickly, right?" Xiaobai recalled the nationwide uproar after the rookie naval base reported Missouri's identity to headquarters. "But you've kept quiet for so long without anyone else finding out, which proves that you're living a human life..."

“The admiral is very clever,” Missouri said.

"...Even ship girls get hungry. Missouri, you learned almost nothing in the interstellar era except fighting the Abyssal Fleet. Now that you've come to the modern era, why don't you become a government ship girl like Enterprise and Emerald..."

This is also what Xiaobai is wondering about.

Although most of the ship girls in the new naval base seem to be doing quite well in human society, in reality, it is more difficult for ship girls to survive in human society as humans than to be ship girls.

Because ship girls can't do anything.

If we're just discussing the difficulty of getting started, compared to the easy work that ship girls can do right away, this kind of high-barrier job for humans is undoubtedly a huge challenge for ship girls.

“…Well.” Missouri said in her signature voice, “Missouri has also considered becoming a ship girl without a master and just getting by.”

"That……"

“But Missouri doesn’t know when you, Admiral, will appear,” Missouri interrupted Xiaobai.

"..." Xiaobai turned her head with some difficulty to look at Missouri behind her. "So... is this because of me?"

Missouri is beautiful under the moonlight, with gentle eyes and a faint smile on the lips.

Missouri reached out and gently pushed Little White's head back.

“Admiral, Missouri isn’t a ship girl with a particularly good memory. In the modern world, no matter how hard Missouri tries, how diligently she reviews and recalls things every day, writes in her diary, learns to draw your sketches, and uses a voice recorder to jot down anything about you that she can remember, she can’t stop the fact that your memories are gradually disappearing.” Missouri said calmly, “Every day, you are drifting further and further away from me.”

“The memories I can recall each day are becoming increasingly blurry, the events in my diary are becoming more and more distant, the portraits I draw are becoming more and more unfamiliar, and even when I listen to the recordings of my own voice, I sometimes feel like I am listening to someone else’s story,” Missouri said. “Missouri doesn’t know how long she can keep going, and Missouri doesn’t know how long she can remember you.”

"Missouri is afraid that one day she will wake up from her sleep, look at her diary, look at your portrait and feel no emotion, and then wash up and cook."

"Time is cruel, Admiral."

Missouri is certain that his passion for you exists, but he cannot guarantee that this flame will burn until the end of his life. Perhaps one day, Missouri will tire of searching and stop searching.

"Admiral, you're really going too far. You only spent half a year with Missouri, but you expect Missouri to wait for you for fifty years."

"Over the years, Missouri has done many good things and many bad things. Her identity as a ship girl has been recognized many times. She has made many friends and many enemies. Many outstanding men have expressed their love for Missouri, and many outstanding women have done the same."

"Missouri doesn't dare to become a ship girl. She's afraid that once she becomes a ship girl, she'll get to know other admirals. There might be a one in ten thousand chance that, as the admirals in her memory gradually disappear, Missouri will unknowingly accept invitations from other admirals, and then she really won't be able to be an admiral's ship girl anymore."

Missouri isn't usually a talkative ship girl, but this time, she said way too much.

Xiaobai could understand these words, yet he couldn't quite grasp them; they still made his heart clench.

“Missouri…” Xiaobai turned her head and looked at Missouri behind her.

However, the next second, Missouri, with her diamond ring on her hand, pushed Xiaobai's face back once again.

“Missouri is very happy, really very happy, very, very happy that you gave her a wedding ring. But Missouri does not feel that she is unworthy of this wedding ring.”

"This is a gift Missouri deserves, a reward for the admiral's favor, and a reward for Missouri's fifty years of waiting."

Missouri seemed to finally realize that something was wrong with her, and she remained silent for a while.

Xiao Bai remained silent alongside her.

"Admiral." After a long while, Missouri finally spoke softly to Xiaobai.

"Ah... I, I'm here," Xiaobai replied somewhat flusteredly.

“Look at Missouri,” Missouri said, gradually loosening her grip on Little White’s leg.

Xiao Bai was then able to turn around more easily and look at Missouri behind him.

Missouri's eyes were red and filled with tears. She stared at Little White, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, it was hard to tell whether she was crying or laughing.

Perhaps "bitterly beautiful" would be a better description of her current expression?

"It was such a precious opportunity to sleep with the Admiral, and I'm so sorry to have let him see Missouri in such an embarrassing way," Missouri said to Shiro.

"Ah...it's nothing..." Xiaobai shook her head.

"Admiral."

"Well, I'm here."

“I love you,” Missouri said to Little White.

Xiao Bai looked at Missouri without saying a word.

Missouri gently shifted her head, moving closer to Little White.

Finally, she leaned close to Xiaobai's face and gently kissed Xiaobai's lips.

P.S.: Single update warning.

This chapter took more effort than I expected. I often had to stop writing to think about the direction, and then I ran out of time. Anyway, I'll just post this much for today... In any case, if I post 4,000 words today, it's probably more than most of the other authors on Hedgehog Cat.

Chapter 732 A Chance Encounter with the Senior

Missouri's lips were soft and moist. Hot breath slowly drifted from Missouri's mouth, like mist, swirling slowly along the gap between Xiaobai's lips and sticking to the tip of Xiaobai's tongue.

Xiao Bai's tongue trembled involuntarily.

This isn't the first time Xiaobai has been kissed. For example, there was Muxi, the discontinued North Carolina, and the deep-sea Taihou in the spiritual world. Although it only happened three times, for Xiaobai who has never even been in a relationship, it's already quite an experience.

However, all three kisses were for a reason. Xiaobai was mostly forced to kiss, and the situations were so urgent that Xiaobai didn't even have time to experience the feeling of kissing before it ended hastily.

Missouri was different this time; she had laid a thorough foundation, giving Xiaobai enough time to react.

If Xiaobai didn't want to, she had plenty of time to turn her head away, or support Missouri with her hand, or interrupt her. Even now, when Missouri kissed Xiaobai, her movements were quite gentle. Xiaobai could pull her lips away from Missouri's at any time.

But Xiaobai didn't do that.

Xiao Bai felt the soft touches coming from her lips and looked at Missouri's face, which was so close to hers.

Because the two were in close proximity, Xiaobai could only see the upper half of Missouri's face.

Missouri is so beautiful.

Xiao Bai stared at Missouri's eyes and long eyelashes, watching her delicate eyes tremble in the moonlight.

Little White never expected Missouri's confession.

When Missouri shared his reflections on those fifty years, Xiaobai truly didn't know how cruel the act of waiting was for Missouri.

Even Missouri, who seems confident in everything she does, must have a vulnerable side.

Thinking this, Xiaobai did not refuse Missouri's lips as they pressed closer and closer to hers.

Xiaobai doesn't dislike Missouri. She likes having Missouri around and appreciates how Missouri can be both reliable like an older sister and cute like a younger sister. However, when it comes to love, it doesn't quite reach that level.

If I had to describe Xiaobai with one emotion, it would be "completely confused".

Xiaobai believes that his sexual orientation is indeed normal. However, after spending so much time with the ship girls, Xiaobai has gradually come to feel that hugging and cuddling between girls is a normal thing, and going further to share a bed is not out of the question.

Even now, when Missouri kisses him, Little White is still completely confused.

When Missouri told him "I love you," Xiaobai couldn't refuse her.

Little White closed its eyes.

Seeing that Xiaobai hadn't reacted, Missouri's lips finally moved.

Missouri gently opened her mouth, her two rosy lips pressed against Xiaobai's lips, gently rubbing and squeezing them. Missouri breathed a little and then gently sucked on Xiaobai's lips.

Missouri's movements were warm and gentle, with no intention of restraining Xiaobai. If Xiaobai wanted, she could push Missouri away at any time.

Xiaobai didn't push Missouri away. She closed her eyes and quietly felt the touch between her lips.

This kiss lasted longer than the previous three combined, and perhaps because of the environment, Xiaobai also felt much more comfortable than the other three.

Gradually, Missouri's saliva moistened Xiaobai and her lips, and with Missouri's movements, a muffled sound like popsicles being smashed gradually emerged.

Upon hearing this sound, the pretty girl's face flushed red, and a burning sensation quickly spread to her ears. She slowly opened her eyes and looked towards Missouri.

Missouri's eyes were watery, like emeralds, as she gazed at Little White.

Missouri's lips left Xiaobai's. She stared at Xiaobai with a hint of mockery in her eyes: "Missouri thought you, Admiral, would refuse."

"..." Xiaobai breathed softly, swallowed, and didn't say anything.

After being touched by Missouri's saliva, and without Missouri's kisses, Xiaobai felt her lips were cool and empty, as if she had lost something.

Xiaobai looked at Missouri, whose face was also flushed, but rather than shy, her face showed a kind of bewildered happiness.

"Admiral," Missouri asked Little White, "are you listening to Missouri?"

"……Um."

"Missouri is very happy now, Admiral, how about you?"

"...I, I don't know..." Xiaobai pursed her lips, her feelings complicated.

Missouri smiled and reached out to touch Little White's face: "Admiral, your face is all red."

Little White shrank back.

“…Missouri knows.” Missouri withdrew her hand from the pale face. “Admiral, you have many ship girls, such as Tirpitz, Saratoga, Enterprise, Constellation, Yamato, Musashi, and many more. They all have a vague crush on you. Compared to them, Missouri, who has no special features, is not so dazzling. If we compete fairly with them, Missouri’s chances of winning are slim.”

"...The odds of winning..."

“Yes, Missouri ran away.” Missouri lowered her head, bringing it to eye level with Xiaobai’s. “Because Missouri’s only redeeming quality is her boldness.”

"It's impossible to monopolize the Admiral's position, and Missouri has never even considered that... so..."

"Missouri," Little White called out to Missouri.

Missouri paused, looking at Xiaobai with some confusion.