My ship girl setup is off...

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After letting go of Zheng Ri, Enterprise took his hand and led him into the house. Seeing Enterprise so obedient, Saratoga happily took Zheng Ri's arm and began to chat with him casually.

While talking to Saratoga, Masaharu also greeted the ship girls around him; he couldn't just have eyes for Enterprise and the others.

As the women from the company gradually entered the house, St. Louis looked at Cleveland, who had already driven her car into the garage, and thanked her slightly.

"Thank you for bringing the commander, Cleveland."

"It's nothing strenuous. It's just a matter of taking my sisters for a ride while picking up the commander. But don't worry, their food is all taken care of."

Cleveland tossed the McLaren keys to St. Louis, who caught them with a slight reach. Seeing Cleveland's cool demeanor, St. Louis couldn't help but joke with her.

"Cleveland, you always manage to throw something cool and stylish, no wonder you caught Helena's attention!"

"Wow, Louis, don't be like that. It's just those girls joking around. Don't say it anymore. If the Commander takes it seriously, I'm doomed."

Compared to St. Louis's beaming smile, Cleveland wore an embarrassed expression. If the commander took it seriously, he would be doomed. That would be betrayal. Besides, he wasn't gay. What was he thinking?

"Alright, I won't joke around anymore. Have Montpellier and the Commander explained things clearly?"

Seeing Cleveland's embarrassment, St. Louis stopped teasing her and instead asked her about something she was more concerned about, which made Cleveland look relieved.

"Yes, the misunderstanding has been cleared up, but we'll still have to see how they behave. I can't help them with these things; they're a bunch of people who need my help."

Thinking of his sisters, Cleveland couldn't help but feel a little helpless. They wanted to be on good terms with the Commander, but they also wanted to stick close to him. What a bunch of brats.

"Hehe~, alright, you should go change your clothes too."

Cleveland glanced down at his original attire.

She decided to just go in like that, and St. Louis didn't try to persuade her anymore, and they went into the house together.

"By the way, is this your house, Enterprise? That's great! And it's not even Christmas yet, is it? The Christmas tree is already up so quickly?"

After being led into the house by the Enterprise, looking at the location where the Enterprise lived and the very tall Christmas tree, I couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex feeling of mixed emotions, including nostalgia and regret). I had to admit that I wasn't as rich as the ship girls; I was the one working for the port.

Although it is said that they rely on selling their bodies.

"Well, since it's getting close, I got it trimmed properly. This Christmas is going to be spent with you, Commander, so I definitely had to pick a big one."

Enterprise was sitting on the side of the Christmas tree, pointing at it with his hand, his face beaming with a happy smile. To his left, Essex had already taken over, and Saratoga was nestled in his arms, listening to him talk.

"By the way, Commander, have you prepared any Christmas presents for me?"

As if struck by a thought, the company looked at Zheng Ri with a glint in its eyes.

Chapter 208 The Life I Long For

"Yes! Commander, did you prepare any gifts for us?"

Upon hearing the company's question to Zheng Ri, Saratoga's eyes lit up, and he looked up at him with a sharp glint in them, as if he had caught the scent of prey.

"...I've never celebrated Christmas before, so I really don't know what to give as a gift. Where I'm from, we usually just eat an apple to celebrate, since we don't have a holiday for Christmas. So, I'll give you an apple for Christmas."

After a pause, Zheng Ri used his left hand, which wasn't being held, to ruffle Xiao Jiajia's pink hair. It was really pink. He wondered if the pinker the hair, the harder she would hit someone. Zheng Ri thought to himself in a silly way.

"Huh? No way, Commander, you have to give me a big Christmas present!"

Saratoga was very dissatisfied with the commander's perfunctory attitude. She jumped down from his arms and then used her hands to make a big circle.

"You little Jiajia, I don't have that much money. How about I give myself to you?"

Seeing Saratoga wanting such a big gift, Masaru couldn't help but laugh. He was a penniless old man, truly penniless. As for those millions, strictly speaking, they weren't his own; they belonged to the ship girls, except for the ones temporarily kept in Plymouth.

"Huh? Then... in that case..."

Hearing Zheng Ri say this, Saratoga was a little incredulous. Such a small amount of money, and the other ship girls didn't give it to him? But thinking about this thing, Saratoga remembered something, and a faint blush rose on her face. Then she took out four cards from her ship equipment and handed them to him.

"Commander, Sara has a little bit of money here... Tomorrow, Commander, could you take Sara to Akashi's shop? Consider it... uh, the dowry we were talking about in the Eastern Empire."

Zheng Ri looked at the hesitant Saratoga, then at the four gold cards in her small hands, and hesitated, thinking, "Goodness, how much is one card again? I didn't realize Saratoga was such a rich little girl."

But why a bride price? Am I the one being married?

"I didn't realize my little Jiajia was such a rich woman. I'm so envious! But I think I'll pass. I'm afraid my business wife will kill me if I accept."

Zheng Ri politely declined Xiao Jiajia's offer and pushed the gold card back, jokingly saying something that made the ship girls laugh. What was this? Was he henpecked?

However, the company was a little unconvinced, and with a slight frown, explained to him:

"Commander, I never said no. I have no objection to you wanting sworn ship girls."

"Oh, just kidding, right, Essex?"

Zheng Ri explained with a smile, then nudged Essex, who was standing next to him, with his elbow. Essex nodded quickly when asked the question.

"Ah, Commander, you're right!"

"What's wrong? You're not saying anything."

Zheng Ri was a little worried about Essex. Since he came in, Essex had been very quiet and hadn't said much.

"I...I'm alright! I just didn't know what to say to you, Commander."

Feeling the gazes around her, Essex's voice trembled slightly. She hadn't expected to be sitting in this position, but she couldn't find a topic to talk about with the Commander. Ahhhhh! Essex, what are you doing!

"Sigh, Caliyong, look, Essex's getting nervous again. He said he was going to make a good impression on the Commander, but now he's failing. I think I could do it too."

Looking at Essex, who was now speechless, Fearless spoke to Ticonderoga in a somewhat exasperated tone. However, the name she mentioned made Ticonderoga raise an eyebrow and ask her a question.

“Fearless, we should be giving Essex our trust, not expecting you to replace her. And why bring up that name again?”

"Isn't this what the commander always says? What's wrong with me saying it?"

Ticonderoga's slight displeasure left Dreadnought somewhat at a loss for words, but what was wrong with him shouting? Commanders all liked to shout, so why couldn't he?

"...follow

"It's up to you. Essex can't say it now, so why don't you go up and talk to the commander?"

"Uh, never mind then. It's not our time yet; it's mainly the senior members of the company's time."

He glanced at Enterprise, then shook his head. He wasn't stupid. Today was Enterprise's and the Commander's day. To sneak over there now would be suicide, even if it meant getting into trouble.

"Then you still say?"

"hey-hey..."

"Independence, if you want to go up and talk to the Commander, just go ahead. He doesn't see you as Noshiro."

Opposite to Fearless and Ticonderoga, watching the hesitant Independence, Batan encouraged her from the side. He knew that his sister was wearing the school uniform that the Commander had bought for her, and he could see that the Commander liked her. Since that was the case, she should bravely move forward.

"Badan, I'll make my own decisions, don't rush me, but thank you anyway."

Hearing Badan's encouragement, Duli smiled slightly, but the smile quickly disappeared. The usually meticulous and meticulous Duli was now worried, which was just too much like him.

It's so similar, so incredibly similar! Is this you? Or not? This is definitely you.

It's just that Jung Il's evaluation of Independence is too similar, whether it's his face or something else, which is why Independence can't help but worry.

Seeing Duli's hesitant and uncertain expression, Badan had no choice but to continue encouraging her.

"Alright, alright Jiajia, put it away. I do have money, I was just kidding you earlier. I just forgot I was going to prepare gifts for you guys."

Masaru confronted Saratoga, admitting that he hadn't thought about preparing Christmas gifts. He simply didn't know what to prepare. Although he knew the personalities of many ship girls, he was a bit troubled by not knowing what they liked.

"Huh? Commander tricked me! Take this, Sara Sister's Magic Fist!"

Upon realizing she had been deceived, Saratoga felt a surge of anger and brandished her fist at him, gently landing a soft slap on his chest.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I'll do it next time."

"No! This time is the only one!"

As the company watched Saratoga and Zheng Ri playing around, a joyful smile unconsciously appeared on their faces. They wished their lives could continue like this.

Suddenly, the company remembered that small company that was even smaller than itself.

Chapter 209 Let's Go a Little Wild

"commander?"

However, while Zheng Ri was dodging Saratoga's playful antics, a soft, sweet voice came from outside the door. Zheng Ri looked towards the door and saw Indiana holding a cute little flying creature in her arms. The voice came from the little creature she was holding.

Upon seeing Zheng Ri, the blonde cutie flew up from Indiana's arms, floated slowly, and drifted to Zheng Ri's side. She raised her hands, opened her chubby little face, and whispered something to him:

"Commander, I want a hug~"

"Oh, it's my adorable Eldridge! Come here for a hug~"

Looking at the little cutie who could fly in front of him, her unique clothes, and the long tuft of hair on her head, Zheng Ri knew that this must be his little darling who wanted to be lifted up high. So he put his hands around her soft waist and lifted her up like he was coaxing a child.

Although her face still maintained the same blank expression as Laffey's, it was quite obvious from the long ahoge (cowlick) on her head that she was very happy.

"Indy, why are you carrying little Eyre here?"

As soon as she entered, St. Louis saw Eldridge in Zheng Ri's arms and Indiana standing by the door, and asked her curiously.

"...She said she sensed the Commander, so she called me over."

Indiana glanced at St. Louis before slowly explaining the reason to her. Upon hearing this reason, St. Louis smiled slightly, thinking that Eldridge had come to dislike Indiana, which would be bad.

"Since that's the case, Indiana, since you're already here, why don't you change your clothes and go meet the commander?"

Hearing St. Louis say this, Indiana finally looked up at St. Louis and said in disbelief:

"...Is this alright? I'm probably bothering you, aren't I?"

"Hehe~ How could that be? Enterprise didn't tell anyone she couldn't see the Commander, did she? Although she's deeply in love with the Commander, it's not forbidden. It's just that things might get a little chaotic when they start drinking, so..."

St. Louis chuckled and reached out to ruffle Indiana's hair. He wondered where the rumor had come from that Enterprise was keeping a close eye on the Commander. If that were true, Enterprise would have already started fighting with the ship girls from other factions.

"Okay... I understand, I'll prepare..."

Her words startled Indiana for a moment, then her face flushed slightly. After all, she would occasionally host parties and gatherings here, and things would get a bit chaotic after drinking, with mostly dirty jokes and such. Now that the commander was here, things would definitely be even more unrestrained.

Thinking of this, Indiana decided to change her clothes first before coming back. It was a rare opportunity to meet the commander, so she needed to dress up properly.

"Waaah... my seat"

Set~

After watching Eldridge and the Commander play around for a bit, Saratoga sat back in her original spot. Saratoga had no choice but to sit on Enterprise's lap, staring intently at her. However, Eldridge had no idea what Saratoga was doing; her ahoge (cowlick) simply formed a question mark.

"My little one is so cute, let me give him a kiss~"

However, Zheng Ri was very satisfied with his little cutie. He not only held her in his arms and rubbed against her, but also kissed her chubby little face. Especially when he saw the tuft of hair on her head forming a heart shape and jumping around, he couldn't help but sigh.

Honestly, destroyers are absolutely fantastic, I love them.

"Commander... harassing a destroyer is a crime."

Seeing that her husband was becoming more and more of a lolicon, Enterprise couldn't help but say to him, "You're committing a crime by not embracing these beautiful, tall ship girls here, but instead embracing a little loli."

You broke the law, do you know that?

"It's okay, even if I commit a crime, no one can bring me to justice, right? Besides, this isn't harassment. Look at my adorable little guy, Lift Up High, he's so happy. How did I break the law? What did I do wrong, right, Eldridge?"

Hearing the corporate announcement, Masaharu got a little annoyed. What's wrong with being a lolicon? Cute is justice, okay? I don't like lolis, it's just that the person I like happens to be a loli.

"Commander, if you do this, I'll have no choice but to put you and Royal Ark in jail. Then Belfast will have to bring you prison food."

The company adjusted its hat, realizing that Mao Zhan wasn't there, and gave up. Her tone was somewhat threatening, but if you looked closely, you could see a hint of doting in her eyes.

"Huh? No, do we still have a prison here?"

While inhaling Eldridge's scent, Masahiro asked curiously, "My port has prisons? When did this happen?"

"Um, it was something our senior colleague suggested building, because that Royal Ark keeps coming over and trying to seduce the destroyers."

"Essex is right. Commander, if you become like that, then I'll have no choice but to send you in to reflect on your actions."

The company nudged his stomach with its elbow, reminding him, and Zheng Ri nodded after a moment of confusion.

"Don't worry, it won't turn out like that. I'm your commander now, and I don't want to be sent to jail by my own ship girls."

After learning about the Royal Ark incident, Masaharu remarked with emotion, "Even as a commander, he was threatened by ship girls and sent to prison. It's truly a tragic situation."

"So, Commander, you should make sure to have a good chat with everyone here when we're having drinks later."

Enterprise blinked at him, her purple eyes filled with love and doting affection. At the same time, her words caused a glint of light to appear in the eyes of the other ship girls watching nearby. If Enterprise said that, then it meant...

"Uh, Enterprise, I thought you were going to..."

Zheng Ri understood what Enterprise meant. To put it bluntly, today was the best day to have a silver party, but that didn't make sense. Shouldn't everyone be reminiscing about their long-lost feelings with Enterprise? That's how it should be for all the ship girls, so why is it different with Enterprise?

"Because you're not just mine, darling. We don't have many battles right now; it's just a lot of trivial things every day. In that case, you should have more fun."

At this point, the company kissed him, its eyes full of doting affection.