early morning

When Jiqi opened his eyes, the light from outside came through the curtains and curtains that had been drawn, staining the room a pale yellow white. The cool morning breeze blows outside, stirring the heavy curtains.

He lay on the bed, looked at the plain white ceiling and exhaled deeply, stretched out his hand and patted his somewhat tired cheek fiercely, his sleepy eyes flashing with determination. Last night, in order to fulfill his promise, he sat next to the lonely big sister in the prestige room, and watched the summer festival fireworks outside the window until midnight, when the fireworks resounded throughout the city. It was also at that time that he said goodbye to Prestige and returned to his room, which was nearly an hour later than his usual schedule, so when he naturally woke up this morning, Jiqi felt that his eyelids had become heavier than before.

But he knew that this was definitely not a reason for his laziness, nor was it a reason for him to lie in bed. As the admiral of the town guard mansion, he shoulders the hope of all the ship's mothers, and must bear the heavy responsibility of everyone's eyes, and must be worthy of the tears they once shed. He opened the curtains, his morning eyes were like a sword that broke the curtain, illuminating everything in an instant, and he put on a new admiral uniform, which was a new suit prepared for him by the avant-garde, with three ears of rice delicately inlaid with gilt white cloth, a medal symbolizing the governor's palace neatly pinned to his chest, and behind the eagle soaring and spreading its wings was a slender naval cannon intertwined, and its sharp eagle eyes stared at the deep sea in the distance. He straightened his folded neckline, clenched the command knife placed next to his bed in his hand, and took a deep breath at the rising sun in front of him, which was the preparation he would make every time he went to sea, just like the so-called strengthened memory, and kept telling himself in his heart that no matter what kind of scene and picture he faced in the face of the deep sea, he must not show a scared look, since he chose to face it with the ship girls, he must do what he says. Because once they are scared or afraid, those lovely girls will be distracted to take care of themselves, and no one can guarantee that they will not be destroyed by the countless deep seas in this state.

He took one last breath, the inky black pupils under his slender forehead flickered with fierceness and determination, and he closed his eyes slightly as if he was waiting for a machine to start, and when he opened them again, a sharp sword rain shot out of those eyes.

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restaurant

Jiqi sat on the main seat and took a sip with the steaming Zhou in the bowl, and the plain white rice grains were surging in the hot soup.

Sitting at the end of the long wooden table were several thin and timid figures, their blinking eyes peeking from time to time. It was the nervous Fukiyuki sisters, who sat in their seats and sipped porridge while looking at the young man with a light smile on the corner of their mouth with twinkling eyes.

Their timid eyes swept across the long table, and it seemed as if everyone sitting here had their own thing to do. Prestige and Lexington were busy back and forth in the kitchen, Saratoga drank porridge and apologized to Noah's Ark sitting across from her with apologetic eyes, Avant-garde and Wales sat quietly on the right and left of the Admiral like protectors, quietly tasting their own breakfast, and Fantasy and Sirius finished their breakfast early, silently sitting in their chairs waiting for the Admiral's order to go to sea, with a look of confidence written on their faces. And only the sisters were absent-minded, and kept thinking about the night talk before going to bed last night, whether they should ask the admiral to go to sea.

Looking at the meat porridge in the bowl, Fuxue continued to take deep breaths, as if he was cheering himself up, telling the Admiral what he was thinking. But every time the words came to her mouth, she always froze, as if something was missing, she knew that it was the courage of self-confidence, and their sisters did not have that kind of innate thing, nor were they the top-ranked ship girls on the illustrated book, let alone strong strength. Thinking of this, she lowered her head to look at the rich porridge in the bowl, and the white bubbles that bubbled out of it seemed to be their own fantasy, and they would shatter without a shadow at the slightest touch.

"Admiral, are we going to sea?" The fantasy who was sitting in the position swinging his legs seemed to be unable to bear the silence now, and took the lead in raising his hand and asking. Her long, sky-blue hair shimmered in the sunlight, shimmering like water.

"That's for sure, of course we're going to sea," Jiqi nodded in the affirmative after drinking the last sip of porridge, and smiled at the corners of his mouth. "Wait a minute, we will form two fleets, the first fleet will have Lexington as the flagship, Saratoga, the avant-garde, the prestige, and you and Sirius as members, and the second fleet Wales as the flagship, and I will follow you with the Blowing Snow sisters."

"Huh?" The Fukiyuki sisters, who were immersed in drinking porridge, seemed to hear their name from the mouth of the admiral. "Mention ...... Admiral, are we going to sea too? She looked up, her eyes surprised.

"Don't you want to go to sea?" It's a little strange to gather prayers.

"Of course not...... No, we really want to go to sea! The lively first snow jumped out with her hand raised, her little face was filled with a happy smile, and the corners of her mouth still had the rice grains that had not been wiped off. She originally thought that her sisters would be left in the town guard to watch the house after eating, but she didn't expect that there would be a chance to go to sea to fight the deep sea.

"Admiral?" And Prestige, who was busy in the kitchen, suddenly poked her head out and asked, as if she had heard something strange from Jiqi's mouth. "Are you going to come with us too?" It was as if she had heard the Admiral mention himself in the Second Fleet.

"Yes," Jiqi nodded, "it's the custom of our town guards, and I'll be with you every time we go to sea, and if you don't believe me, you can ask Lexington and Wales." ”

"Lexington, is this true?" She asked Lexington, who was standing beside her, her brow furrowed under her long blond hair. Like the admiral accompanying the ship mother to the sea, she has never heard of it in any town guard mansion, because everyone knows that the opponent's shells and missiles on the battlefield will not grow eyes, if you are unfortunately hit by these things, the ship mother only needs a bubble bath to repair, and for the weak admiral, this is likely to be life and death.

"The Admiral is real, I was also taken aback by his strange request when I first came to the town guard mansion." Lexington shrugged and smiled helplessly, draining the washed dishes and putting them in the cupboard.

"So you're just allowing the Admiral to mess around?" Prestige's tone at this time was a little unkind, she knew that the ship girls around Jiqi were the kind of beings who were strong enough to walk sideways in the deep sea, but she was still not at ease to ensure the safety of the Admiral. "Don't you know how dangerous the deep sea is? Even if it's an epic ship girl, there is a possibility of destruction at any time in that kind of place, and you as a ship girl don't know it! In the end, her voice was as sharp as a sword, even if she had undergone the transformation of the core of the battle, she was called the god of war by countless admirals, she could not completely guarantee the safety of the admirals, not to mention that they were a group of ship girls who had not even experienced transformation, what guarantee could they get.

"Don't blame them for their prestige, this is the rule I set for myself, and going to sea with you is my bottom line as a commander." Ji Qi opened his mouth to explain.

"But no Admiral ever did that, it was simply ...... In the send-off. Her eyes were full of doubts, and she couldn't understand how a flesh-and-blood Admiral could face the guns of the deep sea, even though she knew that such an act could boost morale and give effect to Admiral's talent, but this dispensable increase was not worth the battle.

"Maybe it would mean death for the other admirals, but not for me." Jiqi shook his head and replied, "Prestige, you probably don't know my Admiral skills yet, but if you did, you wouldn't be as surprised as you are now." ”

"Admiral skills?" This is a term of prestige that is very easy to hear, but she knows that this is a rare existence on the Admiral like a meteor falling, and generally the Admiral will only have the Admiral talent that can increase the number of his own ship, and skills are rare among them.

"My Admiral talent can be used on myself, which means that while giving you talent amplification, I can also have a not weak combat power." Jiqi explained that she knew that the prestige was also for her own safety, but as an admiral, she must be responsible for the ship's girls. Although I can't be tough in front of the deep sea, I can still use it as a support to add buffs to them in the back. "And even in the face of danger, don't you have the confidence to keep me safe?" He turned his head and smiled evilly, she knew that the stronger the ship's self-esteem, so when her own admiral questioned their combat ability, they would find ways to prove that what the admiral said was true.

"Who...... Says who! Hearing this, the prestige seemed to be like being stepped on by her tail, and she hugged her chest and snorted, "I am the ship's mother who is called the {Africa} god of war, how can I not protect the safety of the admiral." ”

"Wouldn't that be good," Jiqi smirked, remembering that he had used the same agitation method on Lexington last time, but he didn't expect it to work equally well for prestige, and he was triumphant in his heart. "So my safety is entirely up to you, Sister Prestige, and you have to take care of me when you go to sea." He showed a pitiful appearance, pulling the black skirt of his prestige, and he looked like "you said you wanted me to go to sea".

"This ...... This, Admiral, how can you do this. When she came back to her senses, she realized that she had been tricked by the Admiral, and she opened her mouth slightly and didn't know what to say. Obviously, she didn't want the Admiral to go to sea with them, but now she promised the Admiral to go to sea to protect his safety, what is this! Prestige smiled bitterly in his heart. Originally, she thought that this young admiral who had just come of age would be as obedient and cute as her younger brother, but she didn't expect that under his lovely face, there would be evil eyes like a little devil.

It's really ...... The truth is so hateful! She said with a pretended evil in her heart. But now that it has been spoken, there is no reason to regret it.

"So, you've already agreed to the prestige, and you can't deceive me as a ship's mother." Gather prayers to fight snakes with sticks, and step up the offensive while the prestige is hesitating.

Looking at the admiral who was a bit of a scoundrel, Prestige sighed weakly and chose to make concessions. "Okay, okay, but when you go to sea, you must follow me, Admiral, don't run around."

As soon as the words came, Jiqi showed a treacherous smile, as happy as a little devil who got candy.