In a dim room somewhere in the naval port, several ship girls had gathered to plot how to sneak into the Commander's bedroom and take him for themselves. However, they had gotten into an argument over how long each of them would get to keep the Commander after succeeding.
Just as they argued endlessly, there came a knock at the door, and the room fell silent in an instant.
The ship girls in the room exchanged looks, suspicion in each of their eyes as though they were trying to find out who had leaked the news. The atmosphere immediately grew tense, yet no one took the initiative to open the door.
Perhaps because no one had come to answer it, the person outside grew impatient. There was a loud bang from the locked door, followed by the door breaking free from its frame, shattering into several pieces and crashing heavily onto the floor.
Outside the door stood several ship girls. Frederick the Great, at their head, wore a faintly loving smile as she looked at the ship girls in the room. Her gaze gradually shifted until it finally landed on Roon.
Roon's body stiffened instantly under her gaze.
Behind Frederick the Great, Clemenceau, leader of the Vichy Papacy's tribunal, had also fixed her eyes on Mogador, who wore nothing but a cloak. Clemenceau's gaze lingered on Mogador's attire for a long time. Though her expression remained calm, Mogador inexplicably became increasingly nervous and felt Clemenceau's gaze growing sharper and sharper.
"...But dressing like this clearly conforms to the tribunal's—"
Before she could finish, Mogador received a glare from Clemenceau. Considering that the other woman was the tribunal's leader, Mogador quietly shut her mouth.
Under their gazes, Roon and Mogador could only obediently walk toward them.
After the four left, Taiho noticed Albacore, whose petite frame had just been hidden behind the two older sisters in front of her. Taiho began to tremble slightly and silently backed away two steps.
Albacore, on the other hand, broke into a smile upon seeing Taiho.
"Taiho, Albacore came to play with you!"
With that, Albacore ran toward Taiho.
"Don't come any closer!"
Taiho cried out sharply. She had no desire whatsoever to accept Albacore's enthusiasm and even wanted to flee as quickly as possible!
Outside the door, Amagi watched the farce between Albacore and Taiho before stepping into the room. Her gaze settled on Akagi, who was caught between Albacore and Taiho, and a faint smile rested on her lips.
"Akagi, come with me."
Her voice was soft and gentle, yet it sounded extremely imposing in Akagi's ears.
"...Yes, Sister Amagi!"
Akagi could tell at a glance that their secret gathering had been reported. She did not resist her sister at all. After giving Taiho a look that told her to take care of herself, she walked toward Amagi.
Seeing Akagi leave, Taiho, who had been circling Akagi to avoid Albacore, looked at Albacore, who was now practically right in front of her, then turned and ran outside.
Only one person remained in the room: a pink-haired girl in a black-and-green dress, with a heart-shaped tail behind her—Momo Belia Deviluke, the princess of Deviluke Star from another world who had arrived at the naval port by accident.
Watching the gathering she had organized end just like that, Momo was somewhat confused.
Those girls had all been the initial members of the Paradise Plan she had chosen for her Commander. Their personalities might have been a little... ahem, unique, but their love for the Commander was absolute! Unfortunately, the plan had been interrupted before it could even begin.
As Momo lamented this, head maid Belfast entered from outside.
After calmly offering Momo a salute, Belfast spoke.
"Princess Momo, I do not know exactly what you intend to do, but I hope that you can slow down your plans for the time being."
"Why?"
Momo looked at Belfast, who had gotten straight to the point, and asked.
"The Commander has been feeling somewhat unwell recently and needs rest. Judging by the personalities of the members you selected for that mysterious plan, if you begin it now..."
Belfast paused and smiled at Momo.
"The Commander will be very troubled when the time comes."
Momo nodded, indicating that she understood.
"All right."
Thanks to the head maid's reminder, Momo now understood the Commander's situation. After all, Momo was already very familiar with the naval port and knew that her Commander currently had quite a few married ship girls.
"Then... I'll first find a way to strengthen the Commander's physique. It's for everyone's happy life in the future, after all!"
Momo did not give up on her plan. Instead, she added some preliminary steps to it! With so many sisters in the naval port, the Commander really did need a strong body!
Seeing Momo become even more motivated, Belfast said nothing further. She saluted Momo again and prepared to leave.
But Momo suddenly stopped her.
"Wait, Head Maid. Aside from those sisters just now, have you sent anyone to keep an eye on a few other sisters?"
"Princess Momo means?"
"For example, Miss Atago of Heavy Sakura?"
"Miss Amagi will handle restraining her as well!"
"Then what about Miss Jun'yō?"
"Like Miss Atago, Miss Amagi will keep an eye on all three of them, including Akagi. If necessary, Miss Shinano will let the three of them have a good dream!"
Momo blinked, realizing that the head maid had already made arrangements for Heavy Sakura's trio of yanderes.
"Then... Miss Scylla of the Royal Navy..."
"The Royal Maids will soon be conducting maid skill training and assessments! I have already asked Sirius and Dido to make preparations!"
Belfast wore a composed smile.
"Additionally, the Queen has summoned the flagships of every faction. I believe that, for the coming period, the sisters of every faction will not have much free time!"
Momo nodded and did not ask any more questions. She merely looked at Belfast and sighed inwardly. As expected of Belfast, the perfect and elegant head maid the Commander always spoke of.
Valkyrie's examination continued for some time. After giving Su Luo a thorough checkup and confirming that the Commander had no other issues besides weakness caused by certain indescribable reasons and lumbar muscle strain, Valkyrie finally felt completely relieved.
After leaving the infirmary and heading to the cafeteria for a simple meal, Su Luo did not return to his office to continue working as usual. Instead, he strolled toward Akashi's workshop.
The naval port was huge, but fortunately, Su Luo had been here for a long time. He had visited most places in the port, including the dormitories of certain ship girls. However, he had never actually entered Akashi's workshop.
Outside Akashi's workshop, Su Luo stopped and looked at the tightly shut doors. He had the distinct feeling that Akashi might be inside painting gold onto crates.
Su Luo raised his hand and knocked on the door. A moment later, the workshop doors opened, and Akashi emerged wearing a white lab coat.
"Commander, meow? Is there something you need Akashi to repair, meow?"
The instant the door opened, Su Luo saw the gold paint inside the workshop, as well as a purple crate beside it... Well, at least it was not a white crate.
After a moment of silence, Su Luo pretended not to see it. Looking at Akashi, who seemed to have noticed his expression was not very good, he took out Valkyrie's examination results from his uniform pocket and handed them to her.
"Akashi, there's something I need your help with."
Akashi accepted the results the Commander handed her and examined them carefully, occasionally glancing at Su Luo.
"Um... Does the Commander want me to make some special little toys for him, meow?"
"Cough, no!"
Caught off guard by Akashi's sudden question, Su Luo hurriedly denied it.
"Huh, no, meow? Akashi can give the Commander a discount. Mm, five hundred Red Gems each, meow!"
Su Luo's mouth twitched, and he decisively shook his head. Akashi sighed softly, somewhat regretful. She had already prepared those little toys earlier.
"Then how does the Commander want Akashi to help him, meow?"
"Hmm... Is there any way to solve this problem completely in one go?"
Akashi thought for a moment. Then, feeling Su Luo's fixed stare, an idea suddenly came to her.
"There is one way, meow!"
"What way?"
Akashi turned around, rummaged through the somewhat messy workshop, and pulled out an enormous pair of scissors.
"Just cut it off, meow! Then the Commander won't have this kind of trouble anymore, meow!"
Su Luo looked at the scissors gleaming with cold light and silently took two steps back.
"Commander, painless removal of your troubles, meow. But this is rather expensive, meow! Mm, considering the married ship girls might retaliate against Akashi afterward, meow... Mm... How many Red Gems should Akashi charge the Commander, meow?"
"Cough, Akashi, there's no need to go to such extremes!"
Akashi covered her mouth and smiled, casually placing the scissors aside.
"Akashi was only joking, meow. After all, that belongs to everyone in the naval port. Even if the Commander wanted to do that, the married ship girls would not agree, meow... As for the Commander's needs, Akashi understands, meow. The Commander wants to strengthen his body as much as possible, right, meow?"
Su Luo nodded, indicating that this was indeed what he wanted. As for the shared property Akashi had just mentioned, he pretended not to hear it.
"Commander, come inside first, meow! Akashi will first help you test all your physical data. As for the kind of genetic potion the Commander wants, the sort that can turn someone into Superman with one injection like in the movies, it will still take quite some time to develop, meow!"
As she spoke, Akashi turned around and led Su Luo into the workshop.
Yet after taking only a few steps, Akashi turned back to emphasize something to Su Luo.
"Commander, Akashi's examination also costs Red Gems, meow!"
Before Su Luo could complain, Akashi spoke again.
"Also, Commander, don't touch things around here randomly. Some of them are quite dangerous, meow!"
(There's a Bilibili video containing an entire hour of Mogador's addictive laughter. After listening to it all, Mogador's laughter keeps echoing in your head.)
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