Angel Yan Starts to Imagine

After eating their fill, Akashi went back to researching Su Luo's energy supply problem.

Meanwhile, Su Luo played with Azi for a while. By the time Azi got tired and sleepy, it was just the right time for the sky to darken.

Su Luo picked up the now sleeping Azi and placed her on a soft mattress, which Akashi had kindly provided. However, Akashi had mentioned that once they returned to the port, the Commander would have to pay for it. Su Luo let out a sigh of relief.

Playing with children made him unconsciously adopt a fatherly mindset. He worried about more things, his mind became more tense, and he got tired more easily.

Now that Azi was asleep, Su Luo could finally temporarily escape his fatherly role.

He glanced at Akashi, who seemed to be constantly calculating something. Su Luo didn't disturb her. He tiptoed to the door of the small cabin and looked towards the not-too-distant area where the village used to be.

The village that had been engulfed in flames earlier was now devoid of fire, and the village itself had vanished.

The Manjuus had worked meticulously. Not only had they extinguished the fire, but they had also buried the victims, preventing their bodies from being exposed to the elements.

To prevent Azi from being reminded of the tragedy, the Manjuus, under Akashi's command, had not only buried the victims respectfully but had also cleared away all the houses that had been burned to ashes. Now, the Manjuus were busy transplanting various flowers and trees they had found in the surrounding forest.

Since the victims had suffered so much pain in life, at the very least, they should be allowed to rest in a place filled with blooming flowers and beautiful scenery after death!

Su Luo did have Momo's ability to control plants, but due to his current energy issues, he couldn't assist the Manjuus. Otherwise, the Manjuus wouldn't have to work so hard! Akashi had plenty of flower and grass seeds. According to Akashi herself, she had prepared these seeds to sell to ship girls in the port who enjoyed planting flowers and grasses. Of course, if Su Luo wanted to use them, he would have to pay...

It could only be said that as the boss lady who monopolized the port's commerce, Akashi's value was still rising!

Looking at the nascent land of flowers in the distance, Su Luo nodded. Once Akashi solved his energy supply problem, he would use Momo's abilities to make the place even more beautiful. Until then, the Manjuus would have to work a little harder!

Su Luo yawned. There had been too many twists and turns today, and he was feeling tired!

In that case, he should go to sleep! Tonight, with no married ship girls around, he could finally get a good night's sleep!

"Akashi, I'm going to sleep. You should go to bed early too!"

Su Luo called out softly to Akashi, who was still engrossed in her research. After hearing Akashi's subconscious reply, he didn't bother her further and walked towards the other bed in the room.

He hadn't experienced sleeping alone in so long!

Su Luo lay down on the bed and quickly fell asleep. Akashi, who had been sitting by his side, seemingly calculating, stopped her actions once she sensed Su Luo had fallen asleep. She put all the scratch paper used for calculations into her cargo hold, then blinked her large eyes and looked in the direction of her Commander.

She tiptoed over to Su Luo and softly called out his name a few times. Seeing that Su Luo didn't react, Akashi, confirming he was truly fast asleep, her eyes instantly lit up.

"Commander is asleep, nya! In that case..."

Akashi stealthily took out a camera from her cargo hold and aimed it at Su Luo on the bed from various angles, frantically pressing the shutter.

"Photos of Commander's sleeping face, nya, they'll definitely become best-selling products in the port, nya!"

After taking photos for a while, Akashi felt she had taken enough and was about to put away the camera when, on the bed in front of her, Su Luo, perhaps feeling a bit hot, pulled his blanket to one side. Then... his abs, enhanced by gene matching and looking much stronger, were revealed to Akashi.

Akashi was silent for a moment. She glanced at the camera in her hand, then the shutter clicked again.

"Limited edition photos are worth more, nya!"

After taking more photos, Akashi put away the camera, satisfied. Then, she looked at Su Luo, whose blanket had been pulled open quite a bit, and shook her head.

"Commander's sleeping posture is really bad, nya. No wonder the married ship girls say Commander is like a child who needs care when he sleeps, nya!"

Akashi pulled the blanket back up, covering Su Luo, and then walked towards the bed where Azi was sleeping.

Although she was sharing a room with the Commander, she wasn't a married ship girl, nor was she as uninhibited as Akagi or Miss Mordor. All she could do was take photos of the Commander.

"Goodnight, Commander, nya!"

Lying on the bed, Akashi whispered towards Su Luo's direction before closing her eyes and entering a state of light sleep. She wasn't truly asleep; her ship equipment's radar was always active, guarding against any external threats to her Commander's safety.

As the sky completely darkened and everything in the cabin became quiet, the only ones still awake were the Manjuus working diligently outside the cabin, and... Angel Yan, who was in the sky, observing everything Su Luo and Akashi did.

Hiding her presence somewhere in outer space, Angel Yan watched the scene that had just unfolded. The girl named Akashi was frantically taking photos of Su Luo, muttering about promotional products. Angel Yan frowned.

However, she didn't dwell on it too much and simply uploaded everything she had seen to the Sacred Knowledge Repository.

Earlier, her mission here had changed. Kaisha had sent a message saying Zhixin was already on her way and would take over Angel Yan's previous task of observing Su Luo.

Angel Yan had no objections to this mission and unconditionally supported Queen Keisha's arrangements!

What puzzled her, however, was that Queen Keisha hadn't assigned her any further tasks, merely telling her to act according to her own wishes...

She had questions about Kaisha's orders and had inquired, but Kaisha hadn't explained, simply telling her to act as she pleased.

Angel Yan remained in her hidden location, observing Su Luo's situation while silently recalling all the conversations she had with Kaisha that day, trying to find any useful information.

After all, the Queen hadn't explicitly told her whether she should leave and hand everything over to Zhixin, or if she should carry out the observation mission alongside Zhixin...

Angel Yan recalled that at the beginning, the Queen had said... if Su Luo had no ties to other factions, he might be... the future of the Angel Civilization!

Remembering this, the frown on Angel Yan's brow relaxed slightly, though it still remained.

"He might be the future of the Angel Civilization... The Queen said she'd have Zhixin take over my observation mission..."

"Is she planning to betroth Zhixin to him?"

Angel Yan guessed, but new doubts arose.

"But the Queen didn't explicitly say whether I should stay or leave..."

"And... what does she mean by letting me act according to my own will from now on?"

Angel Yan pondered.

"Moreover, this statement feels somewhat familiar."

Angel Yan indeed felt that Kaisha's words were somewhat familiar, as if she had heard them somewhere before, but she was certain that this was the first time Kaisha had ever spoken to her like this.

Growing more convinced of the familiarity, Angel Yan directly searched her own seven-thousand-year-long memories. Soon, she found the result!

She had indeed heard this sentence before, and... the person who said it was herself! When she had first joined the Angel Civilization and argued with Kaisha over the angels' gene matching system, she had personally told Kaisha that she hoped her future partner would be chosen according to her own heart, not according to cold data...

(Akashi: Sell the ship girls' clothes to the Commander, and sell the Commander's photos to the ship girls!

I make money, and they get happiness! It's a win-win-win, nya!)