Elder brother's garrison

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So, if we calculate it that way, Osmanthus is Richelieu's only relative.

However, Muxi rarely meets Richelieu on weekdays. Even when they do meet, Muxi's interactions with Richelieu are mostly cold yet gentle commands, forcing her to do things that may be illegal or disorderly. Therefore, compared to regular ship girls, Muxi clearly prefers to treat Richelieu as a useful tool.

After each mission, Osmanthus would often abandon Richelieu, ignoring her and leaving her to fend for herself until the next time she needed help.

At this time, Richelieu would hide his identity and return to human society to live a poor and simple life.

Richelieu once believed that this was how ship girls and admirals should interact.

Just like cows eating grass, dogs eating meat, birds flying in the sky, and fish swimming in the water, it's the natural order, and this is how it should be.

Until he was captured by the newbie naval base.

After being captured and imprisoned in the newbie naval base, Richelieu did not give up hope of contacting Osmanthus during the two years she lived there. Richelieu had fantasized that Osmanthus might try to rescue her out of consideration for the bond between the admiral and the ship girl. However, to Richelieu's disappointment, Osmanthus never contacted her again after the "kidnapping of Admiral Lu Lin" incident was settled. Then, a long, long time passed, until she had gradually become familiar with life in the newbie naval base, when Admiral Lu Lin suddenly brought news of Osmanthus.

Admiral Lu Lin said that Mu Xi already knows that she has been captured and taken to the rookie garrison.

Admiral Lu Lin then said that Mu Xi told him not to think about her anymore and to live happily from now on.

This means that Muxi unilaterally severed his relationship with her.

—He had been abandoned by his former admiral.

Although Richelieu was initially shaken by this development and felt somewhat resentful and even shed tears, as he had said at the beginning, he did not find it strange or odd that Osmanthus abandoned her; in fact, he felt that this was what Osmanthus should do.

Because Muxi is such a person—both cold and gentle.

She was gentle because she often had a smile on her face, but she was also cold because she never took anyone or anything to heart.

Having fallen into the beginner's naval base, Muxi has gone from being a useful tool to a nuisance.

So, any troublesome issues can be resolved by cutting them off.

correct.

The newbie naval base indirectly led to Richelieu's abandonment by Osmanthus. But strangely enough, although Richelieu thought about escaping from there several times, he never truly complained about it. Being abandoned by Osmanthus was sad, but from a certain perspective, it also gave Richelieu a sense of liberation and peace, like watching a kite with a broken string float into the sky.

This kite... it's gorgeous and beautiful, but the kite string is so strong and sharp. The wind in the sky is so strong that the string cut Richelieu's fingers, making them feel painful and cold.

I've already tried my best to pull them apart.

But the wire breaking is its own problem.

If it's gone, it's gone.

Richelieu thus accepted his fate.

After accepting her fate, Richelieu stayed in the newbie naval base. Gradually, she began to realize that not all admirals treated ship girls the way Osmanthus did.

The naval base for newbies is very large, and the ship girls are well-fed and clothed, filled with laughter and joy.

Ship girls don't need to struggle for a living; their material conditions are well guaranteed. Occasionally, they may have some spiritual desires, such as wanting to hold a ship girl ball, build a cruise ship amusement park, open a street of shops and become a shopkeeper, hold a ship girl arts and culture event, or go out for dinner. These carefree ideas are often quickly recognized and, with the support of the naval base, are reasonably realized.

Richelieu lived in human society; she experienced its joys and sorrows, and also felt the warmth and coldness of human relationships.

Therefore, she knew that the life of the ship girls in the newbie naval base was something that many people in human society could only dream of.

Richelieu admitted that he had indeed envied the ship girls in the newbie naval base.

Admiral Lu Lin may be tough on outsiders, but she is exceptionally kind to her own ship girls.

There are so many ship girls in the naval base, it's astonishing, even countless. Yet, Admiral Lu Lin always manages to dedicate a significant amount of time to almost every single one of them. It's as if her day has 240 hours. While Admiral Lu Lin does show some favoritism towards certain ship girls, she has never neglected anyone. At least almost every ship girl in the base, when not at the base, manages to see Admiral Lu Lin every few days, talk to her, and chat.

Even I, a convicted maid, could often see her figure in various corners of the naval base.

Richelieu knew that this was someone else's admiral.

These ship girls... they must have saved the Earth in their past lives.

That's how it is.

Watching the ship girls living happily in the newbie naval base, and seeing so many sister ship girls walking hand in hand all day long, Richelieu felt like she was watching a science fiction movie.

Richelieu never imagined that one day the same thing would happen to him.

For Richelieu, Jean Bart's appearance was a plot development that surprised her even more than her life-or-death judgment. Looking at the ship girl who was affectionately embracing her, Richelieu felt a mix of emotions. She couldn't tell whether her feelings at this moment were relief, surprise, confusion, exhaustion, warmth, the end of suffering, anxiety, fear, or something else entirely.

No.

It's so messy.

too messy.

It's all so chaotic it's driving me crazy.

One second she was contemplating the grim prospect of being beheaded, and the next she was a ship girl with a younger sister, with Admiral Lu Lin and the others surrounding her, ready to applaud and congratulate her. ...

This must be a dream.

Richelieu's body swayed twice, and he watched as Jean Bart's eyes slowly closed.

"Richelieu, you look a little strange today. Are you not feeling well?" Little White asked curiously when he saw that Richelieu hadn't spoken.

Could it be that Richelieu doesn't like Jean Bart...?

Xiao Bai stared at Richelieu's expression, thinking with some worry.

Xiao Bai had previously thought that Richelieu would blush and jump for joy after seeing Jean Bart, grabbing Jean Bart for kisses and touches, and then thanking her gratefully... But after Richelieu actually met Jean Bart, she seemed somewhat moved, but calmer than Xiao Bai had imagined.

Is there any ship girl in this world who doesn't like her younger sister?

Xiao Bai thought to himself with some surprise.

“I…” Just then, Richelieu finally spoke, shaking her head and looking at Xiaobai with a strangely complicated gaze, “Admiral Lu Lin… the prerequisite for a sisterly relationship between ship girls should be that they work together in at least the same naval base… I… Jean Bart, although Richelieu’s sister, shouldn’t be my sister…”

Chapter 2703 Things That Must Never Be Forgotten

"Ah... so that's what you're worried about." Upon hearing Richelieu's words, Xiaobai immediately smiled.

Richelieu's statement is indeed true.

While the primary criterion for establishing sisterhood among ship girls is based on ships of the same class, the condition of "being in the same naval base" is indeed a premise that many ship girls generally accept.

Just like Saratoga, the rookie naval commander, she can't just abandon her own naval commander, Lexington, and go off to become the sister of the governor's mansion, Lexington, can she?

That's not okay.

This will cause a huge mess.

Of course.

That being said, if Saratoga encounters Lexington from another naval base, she will generally greet her with a polite "Hello, sister" or something similar, unless it's a naval base with which she has a particularly bad relationship. However, there is always a polite barrier between this "Hello, sister" and her older sister.

"It's alright, there really aren't any other Richelieus in my naval base." Xiaobai said to Richelieu with a smile, "After all, Richelieu, you are a very rare ship girl. It's no big deal if Jean Bart can't find anyone else, so she'll look for you."

“But…but…” Richelieu hesitated.

"Eh? Wait, so you're not the Admiral's ship girl, sister?" Jean Bart, who was listening to Richelieu and Shiro's conversation, widened her eyes and exclaimed in surprise.

Richelieu's shoulders trembled slightly upon hearing Jean Bart's surprised voice.

For some reason, Richelieu suddenly felt a faint pang of heartache.

“I…I’m not Admiral Lu Lin’s ship girl…I’m sorry, Jean Bart.” Richelieu looked at Jean Bart, gave her an apologetic expression, and said as calmly as possible, “You should find someone else to be your older sister…As for me…it might not be possible.”

"Sister, which garrison are you from?" Jean Bart blinked and tilted his head to ask.

“I… do not have a naval base.”

"Then where is your admiral, sister?"

“I… I don’t have an admiral right now.” Richelieu lowered his head, looking dejected.

"So, how did you get here, sister?"

"She was captured by Lexington and me," Xiaobai interjected with a laugh.

“Oh—abducting a woman! Admiral, you are such a person!” Jean Bart raised his hand, putting his arm around Richelieu while pointing at Little White.

“No, no, you’ve misunderstood,” Richelieu quickly interjected, explaining to Jean Bart, “I was arrested and brought in for labor reform because I made a mistake.”

"Huh? Our garrison also functions as a prison?" Jean Bart blinked.

“...Yes, there are.” Richelieu lowered his head.

"So, what mistake did you make, sister?"

“…kidnap, kidnap Admiral Lu Lin.”

"Wow!" Jeanbart hugged Richelieu tightly. "So it was you, sister, who abducted women!"

“…” Richelieu blushed, looking ashamed and not daring to look up.

“Jean Barth, Richelieu was also forced back then,” Xiao Bai said with a smile. “I don’t blame her for kidnapping me and all that. The real bad guys are someone else.”

"I see, thank you, Admiral! I understand completely now!" Jean Bart nodded and smiled at Little White.

Jeanbart turned to look at Richelieu.

Then Jean Bart tightened his grip on Richelieu's arm.

"Sister! You're so beautiful, with such a fair complexion, such red lips, and sparkling eyes. You have such a great figure, such long legs, and such a lovely bottom!" Jean Bart, his eyes shining, hugged Richelieu and smiled affectionately. "I don't care! I don't want anyone else to be such a beautiful sister! You're the first sister I've ever seen, so you're my sister! It has to be you!"

As Jeanbart spoke, he rubbed and touched Richelieu, taking advantage of her.

Richelieu blushed.

“No…no, I…I can’t…” Richelieu weakly protested, “If Admiral Lu Lin is willing, she can build another Richelieu to be your sister at any time. That Richelieu should be your real sister…”

“Riccioli isn’t so easy to build,” Xiaobai said with a smile.

Richelieu is an extremely rare ship girl, so rare that even the world's number one newbie naval base didn't have her before.

But then again.

If you really want to build Richelieu, you could ask the company to try building it...

However, looking at the interaction between Richelieu and Jean Bart, Xiao Bai felt that doing so was really unnecessary, so he quietly dismissed the idea.

“Sister, since you don’t have a naval base or an admiral right now, why don’t you join our naval base!” Jeanbart grabbed Richelieu’s arm and pleaded with her. “Sister! If you join the naval base, our relationship will be perfectly legitimate! Can you bear to leave me alone in the naval base, watching other women’s sisters be in pairs every day?”

“No, no… how can this be…” Richelieu was startled by Jean Bart’s words. She glanced at Little White with fear, afraid that Little White would show a displeased expression.

Richelieu believes she is still guilty. Although Shiro doesn't seem to want to end her life anytime soon and has been giving her as much leniency as possible, it doesn't change the fact that she is the lowest-ranking maid in the rookie naval base—even the mass-produced deep-sea Taihou maids are of a higher rank than her.

Osmanthus has long since abandoned Richelieu.

After more than a year of emotional reflection, Richelieu is now able to view his former admiral with a more rational and detached perspective.

But in any case, she is a ship girl with a dark past.

If a ship girl like myself were to appear on the list of active ship girls in a newbie naval base, it would definitely be a stain on my reputation.

Admiral Lu Lin has already been as lenient as possible with me. If I were to want to become Admiral Lu Lin's ship girl and tarnish the honor of this naval base... that would be ungrateful and disloyal.

"Sister, don't you want to become the admiral's ship girl?" Jean Bart naturally didn't understand what Richelieu was thinking. She just hugged Richelieu with a pitiful expression.

“No, it’s not like that… things aren’t that simple…” Richelieu just shook his head.

"I don't care, I don't care! You're my sister!" Jeanbart shook his head vigorously and hugged Richelieu tightly. "My intuition tells me that you're my sister!"

Richelieu looked at Jean Bart with a complicated expression. She subconsciously raised her hand to touch Jean Bart's head, but quickly withdrew it as if she had been electrocuted.

Richelieu is really torn.

Strictly speaking, Richelieu did not dislike Jean Bart.

Richelieu felt a mix of panic and bewilderment at Jean Bart's appearance, but his heart was filled with mostly positive emotions. The girl was playful and lively, her hands seemingly smeared with lard, wanting to touch him everywhere, her face a sly, mischievous grin—a real little rascal who loved to take advantage of people. Even though she had secretly done things to him before that were a mix of resistance and coercion, Richelieu felt he could tolerate her indefinitely, even finding some enjoyment in her intimate touches.

But this is not his own sister.

Richelieu always felt extremely disappointed whenever he thought of this.

"Alright, Jeanbart, don't force Richelieu." Little White said to Jeanbart with a smile.

“Admiral…but…but…” Jean Bart still looked pitiful.

"Let me say a few words to Richelieu," said Xiaobai.

“…Hmm, alright.” Jean Bart looked at Little White for a while, then reluctantly let go of Richelieu.

Little White smiled as he watched Jean Bart leave Richelieu's body, then looked at Richelieu.

Sensing Xiaobai's gaze, Richelieu immediately straightened up, looking rather reserved.

“Richelio, how long have you been working at the naval base?” Xiaobai asked.

“Me? Well… it seems like it’s been two years…” Richelieu said, looking down.