Elder brother's garrison

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"Deep Sea Will... are you angry?" Xiaobai asked cautiously.

"No," the Deep Sea Will said coldly to Little White.

"...Did I say something wrong?" Xiaobai expressed deep remorse. "Ah...Is it really too early to call myself 'Mom' now...I'm sorry..."

“I’m not angry.” The Deep Sea Will shook its head coldly.

"Eh? But Deep Sea Will, you clearly..." Before Xiaobai could say anything, Deep Sea Will's palm touched Xiaobai's face again.

"Go back!" The Will of the Deep Sea once again pushed Little White out of the mental world with a "biu".

With the strike of the Deep Sea Will, Little White, who was sitting on the sofa, disappeared instantly, and the several Deep Sea Phoenixes that were nestled against Little White fell to the ground with a few thuds.

The deep-sea giants blinked and looked at the will of the deep sea.

The Deep Sea Will coldly stared at the Deep Sea Taihou.

The deep-sea giant phoenixes swallowed hard in unison, then quickly got up from the ground and ran away in a flash.

Suddenly, the once lively living room was once again left with only Deep Sea Will alone.

Deep Sea Will sat on the sofa, looking down at the coffee table in front of him, without saying a word.

After a long while, the Will of the Deep Sea reached out and touched its face.

— It was scalding hot, almost burning my hands.

"Tsk." The Will of the Deep Sea clicked its tongue and kicked the coffee table in front of it hard as if venting its anger.

With a thud, the coffee table was kicked outwards by the Deep Sea Will, shifting several inches.

Silence fell over the living room once again.

A considerable amount of time passed.

"Why……"

"...Why did you only kiss my cheek?"

The mournful voice of the deep sea's will, tinged with a hint of resentment, lingered in the air for a long time.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Xiao Bai rolled around in bed several times before finally waking up from his mental world.

"Wow!" Xiaobai sat up quickly. After realizing that the surrounding scenery was not the luxurious decoration of the spiritual world, but a simple room in the real world, Xiaobai realized that he had been pushed out of the spiritual world by the will of the deep sea again.

Xiao Bai sat on the bed, lost in thought for a long time.

"...What did I do to anger the will of the deep sea?" Little White curled up on the bed, holding his head, trying hard to think.

Xiao Bai wanted to return to the spiritual world to ask again, but when she was about to enter the spiritual world, she found that the spiritual world had been sealed off by the will of the deep sea.

—However, as mentioned before, the behavior of the Deep Sea Will sealing off the entrance to the spiritual world is like a sulking daughter locking her own bedroom door; it cannot stop the mother, Xiaobai, who has a master key.

However, Xiao Bai wouldn't do anything to make things difficult for the will of the deep sea. Since its spiritual world was sealed off, Xiao Bai wouldn't forcibly break open the entrance and go back in.

Xiaobai said that her daughter's thoughts were like the bottom of the sea, and the age gap was too big for her to understand.

After all, her daughter is several hundred years older than her.

Went to the hospital

I guess it's because of my irregular lifestyle these past few days. When I woke up today, my stomach felt heavy and hot, and I went to the toilet several times this morning. I guess I have gastroenteritis.

I had taken a day off a few days ago, so I didn't want to take another day off today. It wasn't anything serious, and I felt like I could just tough it out. But just now, while I was typing, I suddenly felt a wave of dizziness wash over me, and I almost fainted in front of the computer. I also felt a rush of gas to my stomach. I lay on the chair, dazed for a while, before finally managing to go to the bathroom and vomit before I felt better.

I feel a little unwell... Let me rest for another day.

Chapter 756 Just Demolish It

After struggling in bed for a while, Xiaobai still secretly probed the entrance to the spiritual world for a bit.

The entrance to the spiritual world was sealed tightly by the will of the deep sea. Whenever Xiaobai tried to enter the spiritual world, he could feel an invisible barrier.

After confirming that the Deep Sea Will had no intention of calming down anytime soon, Xiao Bai got out of bed and left her room with a subtle sense of loss.

"Admiral? Have you rested enough?" In the courtyard, Yi Xian, who was standing in front of Bismarck, heard the door open from Xiao Bai's side and looked over.

Yi Xian raised his hand, holding a pair of gleaming silver scissors. The deep-sea Bismarck, bound like a mummy, trembled in front of Yi Xian.

"Ah, um, you've rested well." Seeing Yi Xian greet her immediately, Xiao Bai smiled back at Yi Xian. She walked over to Yi Xian's side and observed the Deep Sea Bismarck on the chair for a while.

Xiao Bai didn't spend that much time in the spiritual world; including the time spent traveling within it, the total time didn't exceed a little over an hour.

The spiritual world isn't some magical place where a year is inside and a day is outside, like in novels. Because time flows at the same rate, not much time has passed in the real world either. The entire courtyard is still empty except for Yi Xian and the two Deans of the Deep Sea Academy; there is no one else there.

"Yixian, what are you going to do?" Xiaobai looked at the scissors in Yixian's hand.

Yi Xian followed Xiao Bai's gaze to the thing in her hand, then smiled slightly: "Remove the bandages."

"Is it going to be demolished already?" Xiaobai asked Yixian curiously.

"Didn't the Admiral just ask when her injuries would heal?" Yi Xian said slowly to Xiao Bai. "Although I said it would take some time, when the Admiral went back to his room to rest, I thought about it carefully. Comparing the Deep Sea Dean to humans is indeed a bit unreasonable, so I checked her injuries a little afterward."

"Oh." Xiaobai nodded knowingly. "Has her injury healed?"

Yi Xian didn't reply immediately. She reached out her other hand, which wasn't holding the scissors, and gently squeezed and stroked Deep Sea Bismarck's bandaged body for a while: "Although Yi Xian has no experience in treating people, judging from her reaction, there shouldn't be any major problems."

"Eh? Yixian, don't you have any experience treating people?" Xiaobai asked, somewhat surprised.

"The naval base is full of ship girls. If they get injured, they can just take a quick repair device. Ship girls like Yi Xian, who have never been in contact with humans other than the admiral, naturally have no experience in treating external injuries."

Xiao Bai thought Yi Xian's words made a lot of sense.

"...But I remember you and Bai Xue bandaged up the Deep Sea Bismarck together, didn't you? Yi Xian, you seemed quite skilled at it."

“Yi Xian knows the basics,” Yi Xian said. “During my time at the garrison, I read quite a few books on this subject in my spare time.”

You absolutely cannot understand what incomprehensible things a ship girl with so much free time would do. I never expected that Yi Xian would not only practice calligraphy, boxing, embroidery, and tea ceremony, but also read books on nursing that a ship girl would probably never need in her life.

Xiao Bai admired Yi Xian to some extent.

"Yi Xian was still debating whether or not to demolish it. Now that you're here, Admiral, how about giving Yi Xian some advice?" Yi Xian asked Xiao Bai.

"Okay, let's dismantle it." Xiaobai nodded.

In terms of medical knowledge, Xiaobai is a complete novice. In front of Yixian, who has already acquired some nursing knowledge through books, Xiaobai, being the younger sister, will not casually express her opinions.

After Xiaobai nodded, Yixian picked up the scissors, gestured for Deepsea Bismarck to sit up straight, and cut towards the bow on her chest.

Deep-sea Bismarck seems to have some resistance to scissors, but with Xiaobai and Yixian standing in front of her, she has no way to resist and can only silently accept this reality.

With a crisp snap, the bow tied around Bismarck's chest fell to the ground.

Yi Xian put down the scissors and, holding the bandages below the bow, untied it layer by layer from the body of the Deep Sea Bismarck.

Bismarck sat obediently on the bench, watching the person and the ship girl in front of her remove the bandages from her body one by one.

The bandages wrapped around Deep Sea Bismarck's body were very thick. Before she removed them, she looked like a humanoid doll made of white bandages arranged in a star shape, bloated and even somewhat cute. Because of the thick bandages, Deep Sea Bismarck's body did not show any female physical characteristics. If you didn't look closely and see a pair of green eyes through the gaps in the bandages on her head, even a novice would find it hard not to associate Deep Sea Bismarck with a mummy doll.

Slowly, Yi Xian peeled off the outer bandages layer by layer, revealing the fabric stained with a little black blood underneath. As the bandages gradually thinned, the beautiful curves of Deep Sea Bismarck's body were slowly revealed.

Finally, with the last layer of bandages removed by Yixian, the deep-sea Bismarck's skin, which had been deprived of sunlight for nearly two weeks, was finally exposed to the air.

Beneath the bandages, Deep Sea Bismarck was naked, her slightly bluish skin stained with dried blood. As Yi Xian removed the bandages one by one, Deep Sea Bismarck's healthy and energetic body was gradually revealed to Xiao Bai.

At first, Deep Sea Bismarck was somewhat resistant to having her bandages removed, but after the bandages were completely removed from her body, the sense of liberation from the constraints of that life-sized prison made Deep Sea Bismarck breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's completely recovered after all." Yi Xian murmured in surprise as she looked over the body of Deep Sea Bismarck, holding a large pile of bandages in her arms.

The Deep Sea Bismarck's injuries have indeed fully recovered. At a glance, although there are still quite a few dried bloodstains on the Deep Sea Bismarck's skin, none of the terrible wounds left before the bandaging have been left, not even a trace of scabbing. Her skin is smooth and firm, as if she has had a spa treatment and is delicate and fragile.

Yi Xian still remembers the kind of injuries Bismarck suffered when she was brought to the courtyard.

It was like walking through a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire; if the treatment had been delayed even a little longer, he would have definitely died from a severe injury.

This level of severe injury wouldn't be a big deal for a ship girl with ship equipment, but the ship equipment on Deepsea Bismarck had already been torn apart by Shiro. Without access to the deep-sea resentment, Deepsea Bismarck wouldn't have the recovery methods of a ship girl. Yixian originally thought that it would be difficult for her to recover even within three months. Unexpectedly, just over two weeks later, Deepsea Bismarck had completely recovered.

Yi Xian even suspected that the Deep Sea Bismarck might have recovered much earlier, but he only discovered it now.

"This resilience truly amazes Yi Xian." Yi Xian stretched out her finger and gently rubbed it against the cheek of Deep Sea Bismarck, wiping away some powdery bloodstains and revealing the pale skin beneath.

Pale white skin might not be a good sign for humans, but for Dean Shenhai, it's proof of good health.

Just like the newbie naval commander, Abyssal Yamato, she worked as a full-time maid all year round with a pale complexion. Yi Xian not only didn't think she looked sickly, but even thought that Abyssal Yamato had a special exotic and bewitching beauty.

"Is this recovery speed fast?" Xiaobai asked Yixian curiously.

"It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone," Yi Xian said to Xiao Bai. Looking into Xiao Bai's eyes, Yi Xian sighed. "Maybe she's just naturally very energetic. In any case, it's a good thing that she's recovering quickly."

Yixian picked up the bandage from the ground.

"Let me help you throw it away," Xiaobai said, extending her hands to Yixian.

Yi Xian smiled and then handed the scattered bandages to Xiao Bai: "Thank you, Admiral. After all, these were used by the Deep Sea Abyss Ship. To avoid trouble, Admiral, you should find a place to burn them."

"Burn it?" Xiaobai thought for a moment. The only place with fire in Nia's yard was the kitchen. "I understand."

"Thank you for your trouble, Admiral." Yi Xian bowed to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai ran into the kitchen with the bandages in her arms. Nia happened to be making soup today, and the stove was lit. After confirming that there was enough space under the stove, Xiao Bai threw the bandages in.

Xiao Bai watched as the bandages were gradually engulfed by the flames and slowly turned into black ash before leaving the kitchen.

Back in the courtyard, Yixian was carrying a basin of water and washing the body of Deep Sea Bismarck.

As a dean of the Deep Sea who had only been enlightened by the will of the Deep Sea and was just able to understand human speech, with his intelligence only half-awakened, Deep Sea Bismarck did not yet have the sense of shame of a human. Deep Sea Bismarck stood naked on the ground, watching Yi Xian wipe his body little by little with a towel soaked in water.

Bismarck in the deep sea quietly looked at Yixian, her green eyes containing a strange emotion.

Yi Xian seemed to treat Deep Sea Bismarck like a child. She carefully held a towel and washed Deep Sea Bismarck's body, and Deep Sea Bismarck cooperated with Yi Xian.

"Raise your hands."

"Lift your foot."

"Raise both hands."

"Turn around."

"Squat down."

Under Yi Xian's voice, the Deep Sea Bismarck changed positions like a child.

"Yi-hsien feels just like a mother to me," Xiao-bai remarked to Yi-hsien as she watched Yi-hsien interact with Deep Sea Bismarck.

—I always feel like even though I'm the mother of a daughter, my maternal power is completely outclassed by Yi-hsien in this aspect.

Looking at the Deep Sea Bismarck, who was behaving so obediently in Yi Xian's hands, Xiao Bai once again felt a sense of frustration for no apparent reason.

Chapter 757 The Missing Ship Girls

After cleaning the Deep Sea Bismarck, Yi Xian took it to the bathroom for a shower.

Finally, having freed herself from the bandages and become clean, Bismarck put on clothes similar to those of her younger sister, Tirpitz, and squatted down next to her.

"Ah, it's over." After finishing with the Deep Sea Bismarck, Yi Xian relaxed his shoulders and murmured with a sense of relief.

"Thank you for your hard work, Yixian," Xiaobai said to Yixian.

"It's not hard work." Yi Xian shook her head. Her gaze lingered for a while on the Deep Sea Bismarck and Deep Sea Tirpitz, who were squatting side by side at her door. A smile appeared on her face.

Although Bismarck and Tirpitz were dressed similarly, in loose shirts and shorts, their overall auras were completely different.

Tirpitz of the Deep Sea has a gentle, weak, and incredibly languid feel, while Bismarck of the Deep Sea, wearing the same clothes, has less of that languidness and more of a boyish air.

In short, whether it's ship girls, deep-sea deans, or even high-class deep-sea ladies, they are all beauties, and they look good in anything they wear.

“These two are very obedient, so obedient that they don’t seem like deep-sea amphibious ships at all,” Yi Xian said to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai nodded, smiled at Yi Xian, but didn't say anything.

Xiao Bai knew the reason why the Deep Sea Bismarck and the Deep Sea Tirpitz were so obedient.

While it's true that Tirpitz of the Deep Sea surrendered voluntarily, and Bismarck of the Deep Sea was partly to accept her sister's surrender, the bigger reason was the Deep Sea Will within Shiro's body.

When enlightening the two new deans, the Deep Sea Will directly transmitted a wisp of its own spiritual power—that is, Xiaobai's—into the bodies of the two Deep Sea deans, allowing them to quickly learn human speech.

This is something the Deep Sea Will is particularly good at. She did the same thing when she enlightened Deep Sea Musashi. In a sense, this kind of interaction of mental power is similar to the Admiral linking ship girls through the Admiral Network. Once Xiaobai's mental power enters their bodies, Deep Sea Bismarck and Deep Sea Tirpitz will completely belong to Xiaobai's side.

When facing Shiro, both Bismarck and Tirpitz feel a strong sense of closeness and submission. What Shiro says to them carries great weight, much like an admiral's command to a ship girl.

Incidentally, the reason why the Deep Sea Bismarck recovered so quickly might also be due to something the Deep Sea Will did casually.

However, Xiaobai couldn't tell Yixian about this. If he revealed that the King of the Deep Sea had merged with him and was living in his spiritual world, even Yixian would be scared half to death. So, for the sake of his own and others' physical and mental health, Xiaobai didn't want to tell anyone.

Yi Xian and Xiao Bai chatted with the two Deep Sea Deans in the courtyard for a while. When it got dark, Yi Xian said goodbye to Xiao Bai and then took Deep Sea Bismarck and Deep Sea Tirpitz back to their room.