Elder brother's garrison

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“Yes.” Richelieu nodded.

"When we arrested you in Kyoto, although there were many of us, you should have been able to put up a fight or two, right?" Xiao Bai asked. "Since you have such superb fighting skills, why did you choose to run away instead of resisting?"

“…It’s no use resisting, I can’t beat you in the end.” Richelieu shook his head. “Besides…”

"and?"

"There are pedestrians on the roadside. If a fight breaks out, they might get accidentally injured..."

"..." Xiaobai looked at Richelieu in surprise.

Richelieu was far too gentle.

It's such a heartbreaking waste that such wonderful ship girls aren't receiving the treatment they deserve under Muxi's management...

Thinking about this, Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh.

Richelieu quickly filled out the job application form and handed it to Lexington with both hands.

"Although it's a bit late to say this, welcome to the world's number one naval base. I hope every day we spend together for the rest of our lives will be happy and joyful." Lexington smiled and put down the form. She looked Richelieu up and down in her maid's dress. "It's a pity that we won't be able to see you in this dress for a while."

“…” Richelieu lowered his head, his face flushed, and remained silent.

“You can choose the building where Little White lives.” Lexington then pulled out a key from behind his back and handed it to Richelieu. “This is your room key, number 1403. As for your sister Jean Bart… well… although she’s still in Chapter Eight, how about she lives with you when she comes back?”

“…Thank you.” Richelieu took the keys and nodded obediently.

"Go home and change your clothes."

Lexington extended his hand to Richelieu with a kind smile.

Richelieu looked at Lexington with some emotion, and slowly reached out and grasped her hand.

Lexington's smile widened, and she suddenly raised her other hand, picked up the camera, and started taking pictures of Richelieu in front of her.

Click click click click click—

For a moment, the intense flashing lights stunned Richelieu.

“Oh dear, this is the last Richelieu in her maid outfit! If we miss it now, who knows when we’ll see it again…” Lexington patted the photos with satisfaction. “Hehe… life should always be full of memories. Since Succouv is here too, let’s take a few more pictures—in two years these photos will become precious memories again—”

"Why?!!"

Click click click click click —

Richelieu, dressed in a maid's dress, frantically held the blushing Succouv, waving her hands frantically at the camera, but she couldn't stop Lexington from taking one photo after another.

"Make your expression even cuter, cheese—"

The final photo captured a flustered Richelieu, a listless Sukuf, and a smiling Xiaobai making a peace sign at the camera.

Chapter 2710 Richelieu Goes to Work!

The lively atmosphere in the admiral's office continued for some time.

A few minutes later.

Lexington put down his camera with a satisfied look on his face.

"I really got some great photos today!" Lexington said to everyone with a satisfied smile, cupping her cheek in her hand. "I'll develop every single one of these photos as quickly as possible and have them delivered to Richelieu's dorm. Remember to sign for them when they arrive!"

“Gulp…” Richelieu lowered her head and looked humiliated, like a female knight captured by the enemy.

"Lexington, now that Richelieu's matter is resolved, I'll head back to Chapter Eight." Seeing that things were settled, Xiaobai stood up and smiled at Lexington.

"Hmm, the super-Yamato is still at Bismarck's house, right?"

"Yes, I need to go back to the dorm."

“I see…” Lexington picked up his teacup and took a small sip. “Riceliu also needs to go back to check on her dorm, so let her go back to the dorm with you, Xiaobai.”

"That's possible... um, what about Sukup?" Xiaobai looked at the limp Sukup with some concern. "Is she alright?"

“After you leave, I believe Sukoff will return to normal,” Lexington smiled.

"Uh... well, okay then." Xiaobai smiled awkwardly, scratched her head, and waved to Richelieu, "Riccieu, let's go."

Richelieu quickly stood up and bowed to Lexington.

Lexington waved his hand.

"Little White, remember to come back and visit often," Lexington said with a smile.

"Okay!" Little White nodded to Lexington.

"Oh, right." Lexington suddenly seemed to remember something and asked Xiaobai, "You were in the photos we just took... Xiaobai, do you want a copy too?"

"Huh?" Xiaobai was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Richelieu.

Richelieu blushed and shook his head frantically at Xiaobai.

Little White smiled at Richelieu.

"Okay, send me a copy too," Xiaobai said to Lexington with a smile.

"OK~" Lexington.

“…” Richelieu lowered his head.

After temporarily bidding farewell to Lexington and Surcouf, Shiro and Richelieu left the admiral's office and headed towards the ship girl dormitory building.

Richelieu followed quietly behind Little White the whole way.

"Richelieu, don't keep following behind me. It's just the two of us here. You can stand next to me." After walking a while, Xiaobai turned back and called out to Richelieu with a smile.

"Ah...yes." Richelieu was lost in thought. She quickened her pace and came to Little White's side.

Following behind her client was a habit Richelieu had developed as a maid during her time as a newbie at the naval base. Although Richelieu's status had officially changed back to that of a ship girl, it was clear that the subconscious habits formed during her two years as a maid couldn't be changed overnight.

Little White smiled at Richelieu.

Richelieu also secretly glanced at Xiaobai's cheek.

"Admiral Lu Lin, I...I have a question."

"Hmm? What's the problem?"

“Why would Lexington still remember Jean Bart?” Richelieu asked.

“Ah…you mean Lexington?” Little White smiled and nodded when she heard Richelieu’s question. “That’s because I also infused Lexington with my spiritual power when I came to the naval base this morning.”

“Lexington also accepted your psychic power…” Richelieu murmured, staring blankly at Xiaobai’s calm face, her cheeks suddenly turning red.

Memories of last night flooded Richelieu's mind.

As a ship girl, the feeling of being infused with the admiral's spiritual power is quite peculiar.

Admiral Lu Lin's network of admirals was so powerful and strong that she felt like a vulnerable being who had shed all pretense in front of her, like an ant in front of a giant chariot or a seagull in front of a giant wave. All she could do was close her eyes and let Admiral Lu Lin's mental power manipulate everything about her at will... This feeling of being choked and then ravaged and enjoyed, as if her life was being held by someone else, was very dangerous for a ship girl. But what was surprising was that Richelieu found that she did not dislike this feeling.

Lexington... she always had that dignified, shrewd, and cunning demeanor, but even when she was enduring Admiral Lu Lin's mental power, did she have the same feeling as me?

Richelieu looked at Xiaobai's face, thinking with a slight sense of vengeful satisfaction.

"Hmm?" Just then, Xiaobai seemed to notice Richelieu's gaze and turned to look at her.

“!” Richelieu was startled and quickly lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong.

"..." Xiaobai blinked and smiled at Richelieu.

……

Xiaobai and Richelieu both entered the ship girl dormitory.

Richelieu's dormitory location was clearly marked on the key Lexington had given her.

After temporarily saying goodbye to Xiaobai, Richelieu followed the room number on the key to his dormitory. Holding the key in his hand, Richelieu looked at the tightly closed door in front of him, feeling as if he had been transported to another world.

Richelieu wasn't unfamiliar with the ship girl dormitory. In fact, as a maid at the naval base, she had been invited here many times by the ship girls. In terms of familiarity, for Richelieu, who worked 18 hours a day out of 24, the ship girl dormitory was probably a place she was more familiar with than her small house.

However... this time Richelieu did not come here as a maid, which touched her deeply.

Pick up the key and open the door.

The door was open, and everything in the house came into view.

Richelieu had originally planned that the first thing she would do after moving into her new home would be to give it a thorough cleaning, but when she actually stepped inside, she looked at the scene before her and suddenly realized that her previous idea was probably unnecessary.

Richelieu's house was exceptionally clean, so clean that there was no need for any cleaning at all.

To confirm this, Richelieu even squatted down in the entryway and gently wiped her fingers. Looking at her spotless fingertips, she exclaimed in amazement that there wasn't a speck of dust even here.

“That makes sense… The naval base has a lot of maids, and even uninhabited houses are kept very clean…” Richelieu murmured to herself. She closed the door behind her and slowly walked into the living room. Although the dormitory had been uninhabited before, Richelieu found that none of the furniture was missing when she entered the living room.

The living room is fully equipped with air conditioning, a refrigerator, a sofa, a television, and even network cables and a router.

From this perspective, even if we haven't been to the bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen yet, they must be fully furnished enough to move in with just our suitcases.

It's so complete that Richelieu doesn't even know what else to buy.

Is this really an uninhabited dormitory?

The fact that even the dormitories at the newbie naval base are set up like this is a bit too extravagant...

Richelieu kept thinking to herself, she sighed, and her gaze quickly shifted to the full-length mirror in the corner of the living room.

Richelieu saw himself in the mirror.

The woman in the mirror is a reserved and humble blonde maid.

Looking at herself in the mirror, especially her maid's dress, Richelieu was lost in thought for a few seconds before she came to her senses and sighed softly.

"...Let's change our clothes."

Richelieu took out her old clothes from her ship's equipment space and changed them right there in the living room.

After taking off his maid's dress and changing back into his old clothes, Richelieu folded the clothes he had taken off and placed them on the coffee table. Then he stood up and looked at the full-length mirror one last time.

The person in the mirror is a dashing ship girl with long, golden hair reaching her hips and wearing a blue military uniform.

This is Richelieu's original attire and appearance.

But when Richelieu looked at herself in the mirror, she felt that she looked completely unfamiliar.

I haven't worn anything other than a maid outfit for two years... Did I used to look like this...?

Richelieu unconsciously hugged his chest, staring at his shorts in the mirror, looking at his bare thighs for a while, and then gently pursed his lips.

Hmm... I used to really like this outfit, but after wearing it back today, I actually feel a little ashamed...

Ugh……

Two years is enough to change a ship girl so much; this world is truly cruel.

Richelieu sighed and lowered his arms, looking up at the ceiling.

Two years ago, when she was still living in anonymity, waiting for orders from her former admiral while making a living by selling cotton candy in a park in Kyoto, she never imagined that just two years later, she would become a ship girl in a rookie naval base, living in such a spacious and bright room without having to pay a single penny.

Oh, by the way, speaking of money...

Now that I'm a cute ship girl at a naval base, it seems like I can start receiving a normal ship girl salary...

The newbie naval base seems to offer ship girls a very generous salary.

Richelieu shook her head, quickly dispelling the thoughts in her mind.

Forget it, let's not think about that now. I didn't become a newbie ship girl in the naval base because of the money...

Richelieu sat on the sofa for a while.

The house was unusually quiet when I was alone.

Richelieu blinked and looked out the window.

A little boring……

How much time has passed since I stepped into my home?

Richelieu glanced at the time.

It had only been less than ten minutes.

Only ten minutes...

I thought five hours had passed.

Normally at this time, I would be following the instructions of the Head Maid of Reputation, cleaning various places in the naval base, or accepting requests from ship girls to clean their homes, or fixing their clogged drains, tiling, washing clothes, or cooking for them.

Now that I'm no longer a maid, these kinds of jobs naturally won't fall to me.