Azur Lane Under the Stars

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But just as St. Louis picked up his spoon and started eating, Long Island reverted to his usual listless demeanor and said to St. Louis:

"Let me tell you, St. Louis, everyone says pork knuckle is full of collagen, but that's nonsense. It's mostly fat, I'm telling you..."

St. Louis felt his blood pressure suddenly spike, and with a sudden burst of strength, the spoon broke. He then stared at Long Island with a terrifying look in his eyes.

"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!"

Ren Shuo, standing to the side, silently ate his rice. Hmm, this fried rice seems to have been made by Zeppelin? It tastes pretty good.

Really fragrant.

Chapter 474 Top Commander of the Port Area

If Ren Shuo had the choice, he would definitely prefer the Royal Tea House.

It's not that the food at Tiexue is bad or that the service is poor.

The main reason is that Ironblood is more suitable for people who drink more heartily, while Royal is more quiet.

Furthermore, most of the games on the Ironblood side are suitable for creating a lively atmosphere while drinking, while the Royal side is purely for relaxation.

If Ren Shuo had to choose, he would prefer the royal atmosphere.

But today, Ren Shuo will be officially certified to work.

Yes, the Royal Temporary Butler Certificate was personally issued by Head Maid Belfast.

Yesterday I lost to Hu Teng and now I have to work with him in the Royal Shop for an afternoon.

Of course, lunch is included.

After a quick lunch, Ren Shuo, guided by Belfast, changed into a tuxedo and a black bow tie. If he didn't say anything, just standing there, he looked quite impressive.

“Master, it suits you very well.” Belfast’s eyes lit up when he saw the handsome Ren Shuo in front of him.

Hu Teng circled around Ren Shuo, looking him up and down, and muttered to himself, "Not bad, Commander, this suits you very well."

Ren Shuo looked at himself in the mirror and said, "I think if I weren't a commander, I could definitely become a top star with my looks, right?"

Belfast said, "The master is the most handsome."

Hu Teng then chimed in, "I think you'll become the most popular male escort..."

Ren Shuo grabbed Hu Teng's cheek with his other hand; it was smooth and tender, and felt wonderful to the touch. "Is it this little mouth? Is it this little mouth that's talking nonsense?"

Hu Teng slapped Ren Shuo's hand away impatiently: "If you keep doing this, I'll beat you up."

Ren Shuo sneered: "Belfa."

Belfast refused to cooperate: "Miss Hutten, as a maid, you can't hit your master."

Hu Teng didn't say anything, just gave a slightly arrogant snort, and then walked out to prepare for the afternoon's work.

Ren Shuo asked Belfast, "Belfast, what do I need to do?"

The conscripted soldier hadn't been told what kind of work he was to do even last night by Belfast.

Belfast said, "Master, you just need to follow Miss Hutten."

Ren Shuo nodded: "Then I'll go out..."

As soon as he stepped outside, Ren Shuo thought he would cheer himself up and start working with full energy, just like in the comics. But as soon as he opened the door, things didn't go quite right.

Queen Elizabeth, dressed in a maid's outfit, and the German man stood forehead to forehead in the royal shop. There was no orange-scented atmosphere at all; instead, they looked like two naughty children arguing.

Both of them were filled with anger and resentment, their small mouths clenched tightly, their big eyes staring at each other.

"What's going on?" Ren Shuo moved closer to Hu Teng and asked.

Hu Teng looked up at Ren Shuo and then explained, "It seems that yesterday you lost to me and had to serve as a butler for an afternoon, right? Then the Germans were unconvinced and said that our royal family was engaging in malicious competition."

Ren Shuo gave Hu Teng a strange look. "Hu Teng, are you now saying 'our royal family' without hesitation? Belfast has taught you well."

Ren Shuo then asked, "So, you've come here to cause trouble?"

Hu Teng shrugged: "Who knows?"

"Commander, you've come at the perfect time! Why are you helping this blond dwarf against our Ironblood?!"

Upon seeing Ren Shuo emerge, Deutsche ignored Queen Elizabeth and rushed directly in front of Ren Shuo, asking him somewhat angrily.

Queen Elizabeth nearly fell because of the sudden pull of the German troops, which made her even angrier. She then said to Ren Shuo, "You must have come to our royal family because our royal family is superior, right? Servant, speak up!"

"What did you say?! We Ironbloods are the best in the world!" Germany roared in anger.

“Commander (servant), you speak!” The two men looked at Ren Shuo at the same time.

Ren Shuo also felt a little awkward; it didn't feel good to say this to anyone...

"Well, I made a promise with Hu Teng yesterday while playing games, so that's why I came here. It'll only be an afternoon. You two calm down. Ironblood Royal is fine, fine... Here's what we'll do, Deutsche. I'll be working here this afternoon. Tonight, you Ironblood side can see if there's anything they need my help with, so just let them know."

Ren Shuo could only try to smooth things over.

Deutsche pouted unhappily, but she also knew that this was a compromise solution, after all, she wasn't the kind of person who was unreasonable, right?

However, to be fair, the method Gneisenau taught me really works! First, cry, then make a scene, then threaten to hang myself. Before I even started threatening to hang myself, the commander agreed to come and help us that night.

Deutschland repeated what Prince Adalbert had said to him: "Commander, why don't you come work as a bartender here tonight?"

Ren Shuo hesitated, "Bartender? I've never mixed drinks before."

Deutsche said, "It's okay, someone will teach you. If you really can't learn it, then you can just stand behind the bar."

Ren Shuo complained, "Why do you have to portray me as someone who sells their body?"

Deutsche said with some confusion: "Isn't that right? Aren't all the people in the port here to spend money because of you, Commander? If you round it up, isn't this basically the Commander selling his body?"

Miss Germany, couldn't you have been a little more tactful? You always seem to think of yourself as a gigolo.

However, after so long, Ren Shuo has gotten used to the ship girls' views. Even if they are just living off women, the ship girls will listen to him in everything. As for the commanders, they all have bad stomachs and live off women, but most of them can still live off women. Isn't that a skill?

Ren Shuo didn't want to continue the topic, so he said, "Then it's settled. I'll go report tonight..."

Deutsche immediately smiled happily: "Then we will await your arrival, Commander."

After saying that, he glanced triumphantly at Queen Elizabeth, then skipped away.

Germany was satisfied, but Queen Elizabeth puffed out her cheeks, looking displeased: "Commoner! Why did you agree to that single-celled organism's request?!"

Ren Shuo reassured, "Isn't this fair competition? It was agreed that the flagship girls of each faction are not allowed to be the overall decision-makers, and as the commander, I can't take sides either, so I can only help one side once, and only this once."

"Ugh..." Although Queen Elizabeth was still very unhappy, she did not continue to make a fuss, after all, it was the commander who would have a headache in the end.

“Alright, Your Majesty, we need to get to work. Please return to the East Palace to oversee things. We can handle things in the front,” Belfast said.

Queen Elizabeth then left reluctantly.

"Alright, let's get to work..." Hu Teng pulled Ren Shuo away as well.

Originally, everyone would order food based on who was available or who they were on good terms with and wanted to tease a maid, so they would ask that maid to order.

However, because of Ren Shuo's arrival, Sheffield, who was in charge of taking orders this afternoon, was much less busy.

Everyone wanted Ren Shuo to come and order the food.

“Commander! Over here, I want a kiss from you, Commander~” Saratoga deliberately winked at Ren Shuo.

Unfortunately, with his flat-chested figure, Ren Shuo showed no interest in Saratoga's seductive gaze, and even seemed to want to laugh.

"Please have some self-respect, miss. We don't offer that kind of service," Hu Teng said irritably.

Sarah was somewhat displeased with Hutten's interruption: "We didn't ask you, hmph, so this is how you act as a maid? No way, I'm going to complain."

Hu Teng's temples bulged with veins. If it weren't for the clothes she was wearing, she would have really wanted to teach this file a lesson about why flowers are so red.

Lexington, somewhat embarrassed, covered Saratoga's mouth and said, "I'm sorry, my sister, for causing us trouble... There are two of us, two servings of orange juice and two servings of omelet rice."

"Okay, two servings of orange juice and two servings of omelet rice... It'll be ready soon." Ren Shuo wrote it down and went to place the order.

Lexington sighed helplessly. She had come here hoping to have a good talk with the commander, and maybe even subtly ask if she could get some special treatment in terms of food because she was a married ship... but it turned out to be this useless and troublesome sister of hers again.

Thinking this, Lexington glared at Saratoga.

Saratoga was somewhat baffling.

After placing the order, the cake for Prince Eugen's table was ready, so Ren Shuo took it over.

"Your cake and afternoon tea~" Ren Shuo put down the tray and prepared to leave.

But Prince Eugen stopped him.

"Wait a minute, Commander... no, I mean, young butler~ could I be so lucky as to be fed by you?"

Ren Shuo sighed helplessly, "Eugen, stop messing around."

Prince Eugen said seriously, "How can this be called making a fuss? Let me tell you, Commander, you are a butler and a staff member, while I am a customer or a lady here for tea... As a customer and a staff member, I am your god. As a lady and a butler, shouldn't you grant my request?"

Ren Shuo sighed helplessly. He figured it was just the wedding ship being affectionate, and besides, it wasn't exactly slacking off; it was part of the job. Since Belfast didn't stop him, it meant she agreed...

So Ren Shuo could only pick up the small spoon and say to Prince Eugen, "Ah~"

Prince Eugen opened his mouth happily and accepted Ren Shuo's feeding.

Ren Shuo said, "Is this alright? I have other things..."

“That’s just one bite. You should at least feed me the rest!” Prince Eugen said seriously.

Helpless, Ren Shuo could only feed Prince Eugen bite by bite.

On the other side, Hutten, watching the scene unfold, whispered to Belfast, "Is this really okay?"

Belfast said thoughtfully, "This won't do... It will delay our work, and if everyone follows suit, the turnover rate will be greatly reduced."

Belfast also noticed the restless thoughts of the other sisters present.

Hu Teng asked, "Then what should we do? Should we say it's not allowed?"

Belfast shook her head: "No, because the other maids also do these things, this is the traditional maid work... If we don't allow them all, it will actually reduce our sales."

"So what do we do?" Hu Teng was completely clueless about these things.

Belfast smiled. "Hutten, you know? In the past, the so-called top stars had to be paid a lot of money, or even auctioned off."

“I know that, you mean…” Hu Teng’s gaze became strange.

Belfast's smile widened: "What I mean is, the owner can help with feeding, but... it'll cost extra."

"I'm going to work on the specific pricing. You can keep an eye on things for now." Belfast went backstage.

Hu Teng glanced at Ren Shuo, then continued with his own business.

The commander never dreamed that he would become the port's top star...

Ren Shuo finally managed to deal with Prince Eugen, but he felt utterly exhausted.

The main problem was that Prince Eugen had put forward all sorts of bizarre ideas and demands, so that I couldn't say I was slightly aroused, but could only say it was out of respect.

If I weren't a seasoned veteran and a master of recoil control, I would have really made a fool of myself.

"Commander, come here for a moment." Hu Teng beckoned to Ren Shuo.

"what?"

Hu Teng pointed to a blackboard and said, "This is your specific job..."

Ren Shuo looked at it and was immediately stunned.

To receive a gift from the Commander and a kiss from the Commander, you must spend at least XXXXX yuan. This offer is only valid this afternoon and is limited to ten people. The highest bidder wins.

"No, how did this make me look like a gigolo?" Ren Shuo said, somewhat exasperated.

"Let me tell you, this won't do! I disagree!" Ren Shuo said righteously.

Belfast replied, "But master, this way you can kiss everyone openly and honestly."

"...Am I that kind of person? I'm telling you, it's impossible." Ren Shuo wavered for a moment.

"It's a pity, it's not just about kisses, everyone would probably be happy to hug you, and maybe even give you some face wash or something... And the kids would probably love the Commander's kisses too, since it's perfectly acceptable." Belfast looked quite regretful.

"...I want a raise." Ren Shuo was completely swayed.

Belfast smiled modestly: "Of course."

Hu Teng pushed Ren Shuo outside, saying, "Alright, alright, time to get to work!"