Commander Seeking the Treacherous Merchant

In a dimly lit room somewhere in the port, several ship girls were gathered, plotting how to sneak into the Commander's bedroom and "capture" him. However, they began arguing over how long each of them would get to "possess" the Commander after they succeeded.

While they were arguing incessantly, a knock came from the door, and the room fell silent in an instant.

The ship girls in the room exchanged glances, suspicion in their eyes, as if looking for the one who leaked their plans. The atmosphere in the room became tense, but no one stepped forward to open the door.

Perhaps not getting a response, the person outside grew impatient. With a loud bang, the previously locked door was ripped from its frame, shattering into several pieces before crashing heavily onto the floor.

Outside the door stood several ship girls. Leading them, Frederick the Great smiled with a hint of affection as she looked at the ship girls in the room. Her gaze gradually shifted, finally landing on Loon.

The moment she was stared at, Loon's body stiffened.

Behind Frederick the Great, Clemenceau, the leader of the Vichy Papacy's Inquisition, also focused her gaze on Mogador, who was only wearing a cloak. Clemenceau's eyes lingered on Mogador's attire for a long time. Although her expression remained placid, Mogador inexplicably felt increasingly nervous, and Clemenceau's gaze on her seemed to grow sharper.

"...Wearing this is perfectly in line with the Inquisition's..."

Before she could finish speaking, Mogador was glared at by Clemenceau. Considering the other party was the leader of the Inquisition, Mogador wisely shut her mouth.

Under their watchful eyes, Loon and Mogador had no choice but to obediently walk towards them.

After the four of them left, Taiho, who was in the room, saw Mackerel, who was small and had been hidden by the two older sisters in front of her. Taiho began to tremble and silently took two steps back.

Upon seeing Taiho, Mackerel's face broke into a smile.

"Taiho, Mackerel's here to play with you!"

With that, Mackerel ran towards Taiho.

"Don't come near me!"

Taiho cried out fiercely. Taiho wanted nothing to do with Mackerel's enthusiasm and even wanted to escape quickly!

Outside the room, seeing the farce between Mackerel and Taiho, Amagi walked in. Her gaze fixed on Akagi, who was being surrounded by Mackerel and Taiho, a faint smile on her lips.

"Akagi, come with me."

Her voice was soft and gentle, but to Akagi, it sounded incredibly authoritative.

"...Yes, Sister Amagi!"

Akagi, realizing their secret meeting had been reported, offered no resistance to her elder sister. She gave Taiho a look that said "good luck," and then walked towards Amagi.

Seeing Akagi leave, Taiho, who had been dodging Mackerel around Akagi, looked at Mackerel, who was now very close, and turned to run outside.

Inside the room, only one girl remained: a pink-haired maiden in a black and green dress, with a heart-shaped tail at the end of her tail—Momo Belia Deviluke, a princess from the Deviluke Star who had arrived in the port by accident.

Seeing her organized gathering abruptly end, Momo looked confused.

The few people just now were all initial members of the Paradise Plan she had selected for their Commander. Although their personalities were a bit... ahem, unique, their love for the Commander was absolute! Unfortunately, the plan was interrupted before it could even begin.

As Momo lamented this, the head maid, Belfast, entered from outside.

After gracefully bowing to Momo, Belfast spoke.

"Princess Momo, I'm not entirely sure what you intend to do, but I hope you can slow down your plan for the time being."

"Why?"

Momo asked, looking at Belfast, who got straight to the point.

"The Commander hasn't been feeling well recently and needs rest. Given the personalities of the members you've chosen to execute your mysterious plan..."

Belfast paused and smiled at Momo.

"The Commander will be very troubled then."

Momo nodded, indicating she understood.

"Alright."

Through the head maid's reminder, Momo understood the Commander's condition. After all, Momo, who was already very familiar with the port, knew that their Commander already had several married ship girls.

"Then... I'll just find a way to strengthen the Commander's physique first. This is also for everyone's future happiness!"

Momo didn't give up on her plan; instead, she added some preliminary steps to it! After all, with so many sisters in the port, the Commander truly needed a good body!

Belfast looked at Momo's renewed vigor and didn't say anything further. She bowed to Momo again and prepared to leave.

But Momo suddenly called out to her.

"Wait, Head Maid, besides the sisters just now, have you arranged for someone to supervise a few other sisters?"

"What does Princess Momo mean?"

"For example, Miss Atago from Heavy Sakura?"

"Miss Amagi will be handling them all together later!"

"In that case, what about Miss Jun'yō?"

"Like Miss Atago, Miss Amagi will keep an eye on the three of them, including Akagi. If necessary, Miss Shinano will ensure the three of them have sweet dreams!"

Momo blinked her eyes, understanding that the Heavy Sakura yandere trio had been taken care of by the head maid.

"Then... Miss Scylla from Royal..."

"The Royal Maid Corps will be conducting maid skill training and assessments soon! I've already asked Sirius and Dido to prepare!"

Belfast said with a calm smile.

"Also, the Queen has summoned the flagships of each faction. I believe that for the time being, the sisters of each faction might not have much free time!"

Momo nodded and didn't ask any further questions. She just looked at Belfast, feeling a sense of admiration in her heart. As expected of Belfast, whom the Commander called the perfect and dashing head maid.

Valkyrie's examination lasted for a while. After a thorough check on Su Luo, she confirmed that besides the weakness due to certain unspeakable reasons and lumbar muscle strain, the Commander had no other issues. Valkyrie finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After leaving the infirmary and having a simple meal in the cafeteria, Su Luo did not return to his office to continue working as usual. Instead, he strolled towards Akashi's workshop.

The port area was vast, but fortunately, Su Luo had been in the port area for a long time and had visited most of the places, including some ship girls' dormitories. However, he had never actually been inside Akashi's workshop.

Outside Akashi's workshop, Su Luo stopped in his tracks. Looking at the closed workshop door, Su Luo had a feeling that Akashi might be inside painting gold paint on some boxes.

Su Luo reached out and knocked on the door. A moment later, the workshop door opened, and Akashi, wearing a white lab coat, walked out.

"Commander, meow? Is there something Akashi needs to repair, meow?"

The moment the door opened, Su Luo saw the gold paint inside the workshop and the purple boxes placed next to the paint... It was fine, at least they weren't white boxes.

After a moment of silence, Su Luo pretended not to see it. Looking at Akashi, who seemed to have noticed his displeased expression, he took out the examination results from Valkyrie from his uniform pocket and handed them to her.

"Akashi, there's a situation now that requires your help."

Akashi took the examination results handed to her by the Commander and examined them carefully, occasionally glancing at Su Luo.

"Wuu... Commander, are you hoping I can help you make some special little toys, meow?"

"Cough, no!"

Startled by Akashi's sudden question, Su Luo quickly denied it.

"Oh, no, meow? I can give the Commander a discount, hmm, five hundred Red Gems each, meow!"

Su Luo's lips twitched, and he shook his head decisively. Akashi sighed slightly, feeling a little regretful. She had already prepared those little toys.

"Then how does Commander want Akashi to help you, meow?"

"Hmm... Is there any way to completely solve this problem in one go?"

Akashi pondered for a moment. After a while, feeling Su Luo's intense gaze, Akashi's heart stirred.

"There is one way, meow!"

"What way?"

Akashi turned around and rummaged through the somewhat messy workshop, pulling out a pair of oversized scissors.

"Just cut it off, meow! That way, Commander won't have this trouble anymore, meow!"

Su Luo looked at the gleaming scissors and silently took two steps back.

"Commander, it's a painless way to remove troubles, meow, but this is a bit expensive, meow! Hmm, considering the retaliation from the married ship girls after this is done, meow... how many Red Gems should I charge Commander, meow?"

"Cough, Akashi, it doesn't have to be that extreme!"

Akashi covered her mouth and smiled, casually putting the scissors aside.

"Just kidding, meow. After all, it's the common property of everyone in the port. Even if Commander wanted to do that, the married ship girls wouldn't agree, meow... As for Commander's needs, Akashi understands, meow. Commander wants to strengthen his body as much as possible, right, meow?"

Su Luo nodded, indicating that this was indeed what he thought. As for the common property Akashi just mentioned, he pretended not to hear it.

"Commander, please come in, meow! I'll run a full-body scan for you first. If you want something like the gene serum from the movies that can turn you into Superman with just one shot, it will take quite some time to develop, meow!"

As she spoke, Akashi turned around and led Su Luo into the workshop.

After taking a few steps, Akashi turned back to emphasize to Su Luo.

"Commander, Akashi's examination also requires Red Gems, meow!"

Before Su Luo could complain, Akashi spoke again.

"Also, Commander, don't touch things here randomly, some of them are quite dangerous, meow!"

(There's a Bilibili video of Mogador's demonic laughter lasting for an hour. After watching it, Mogador's laughter echoed in my mind.)