Azur Lane Under the Stars

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Thanks to Akashi's care and Amagi's nurturing, the originally weak little Amagi has become a very healthy half-human, half-ship girl, but she has retained her love of eating.

Kaga suddenly remarked with emotion, "To be honest, I was quite surprised that the Commander swore an oath to Jiang Feng. I thought..."

"Did you think I wouldn't be able to use a sworn destroyer?" Ren Shuo laughed, looking at Kaga's hesitant expression.

"Pretty much, but first there was Z46 and Kiev, and now there's Jiang Feng, could it be... Commander, you?"

Kaga looked at Ren Shuo with a complicated expression. Could it be that the Commander is now their ship girl, and they've had too much meat and want to eat some vegetables?

Ren Shuo said irritably, "Although I don't know what you're thinking, I feel that your expression is very rude."

Little Tiancheng in his arms seemed a little sleepy, his little head pecking at rice like a chick. Ren Shuo asked softly, "Are you sleepy?"

Xiao Tiancheng rubbed his sleepy eyes and nodded: "A little..."

"Then go to sleep... Kaga, make the bed," Ren Shuo said.

Kaga saw that Xiaotiancheng looked sleepy, so she started to take action. Ren Shuo gently placed Xiaotiancheng on the bed and coaxed her to sleep before he and Kaga quietly left the room and turned off the lights.

Back in the original room, it seemed that everything was already finished.

Amagi held a cup of fragrant tea, his eyes half-closed in contentment, while Akagi lay there like a dead fish, seemingly devoid of color.

"Is it over?" Ren Shuo glanced at Chi Cheng and asked.

Amagi smiled and replied, "Akagi has already deeply realized his mistake and will not repeat it in the future."

Kaga glanced at Amagi and said, "I think it's because you raised your sister to be filial through strict discipline."

However, she wasn't the type to talk much; she simply and considerately carried Akagi to the bed.

"Is Xiao Tiancheng asleep?" Tiancheng asked.

"Mm." Ren Shuo nodded.

"As for Xiao Tiancheng, once he falls asleep, he sleeps very soundly, and he sleeps through the night." Tiancheng said meaningfully.

Ren Shuo's heart also warmed: "So you want to..."

Amagi revealed a cunning smile: "My lord, do you know what punishment I gave that boy Akagi?"

"Punishment?" Ren Shuo was taken aback. "Wasn't it already over?"

“I told Akagi that I absolutely cannot touch you tonight.” Amagi pulled the bewildered Kaga over.

"So you want to?" Ren Shuo's expression changed.

Does he probably know what Amagi is up to? This is just too cruel for Akagi; it's like killing someone and then destroying their spirit!

And so, on this turbulent night, Akagi revealed a look of regret and shed helpless tears.

At this moment, Akagi felt as if his wife was being toyed with by a white-haired man and a chestnut-haired man, and he, as her husband, could only stand by and weep. Under the coercion of these two damned outsiders, his wife could only helplessly endure it, and in order to protect him, she could only say to him, "Please keep a close eye on me."

As dawn quietly crept across the horizon, Kaga and Amagi were exhausted from their pleasure, while Ren Shuo, surrounded by the two women, also fell into a deep sleep.

Akagi, on the other hand, suffered inhuman treatment and started babbling incoherently.

At that moment, Akagi stood up tremblingly and swore to the rising sun outside the window that no matter what painful the price, he would work hard, work hard, and work even harder, because Akagi knew that one day, Akagi would definitely be able to defeat Amagi!

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It seems that thanks to Amagi's intervention, Mikasa and Nagato finally stopped acting rashly. Otherwise, Ren Shuo even felt that he would be sacked by Nagato and Mikasa on the street and taken back to be dealt with.

Although Jiang Feng's Oath Ring caused a huge stir at the time, it quickly subsided.

After all, with so many marriage ships and waiting ships in the port area, if this gossip goes on for a week or two, there's no way to keep up with it all.

So Jiang Feng happily continued fishing. Of course, the only difference was that Ren Shuo would occasionally accompany Jiang Feng fishing, or at night.

When the mood strikes, the starry sky becomes our blanket and the yacht our bed. Anyway, with TB-chan keeping watch all night, Jiang Feng and I can go crazy as much as we want.

To be honest, although Jiang Feng wasn't particularly well-endowed, perhaps due to his swordsmanship, his body was incredibly flexible and resilient...

In short, night fishing with the river breeze gradually became one of Ren Shuo's favorite things.

On the other hand, Louis IX was in a rather difficult situation.

To be honest, Louis IX made his move before Jiang Feng, and now Ren Shuo and Jiang Feng have done it even more times than Louis IX.

On the day of the oath, Louis IX was filled with thoughts of Ren Shuo, so Ren Shuo could do whatever he wanted. However, when Louis IX came to his senses, he was shocked and felt that as a palace guard knight, he had been far too shameless.

Therefore, Louis IX declined some of Ren Shuo's requests.

Thinking about it now, this won't do. The commander wants me to play the role of the knight princess, but I don't agree to it. No wonder the commander keeps running to the vixen's place every few days.

Thus, with the help of Richelieu, Jean Bart, and Joan of Arc.

One night, a pirate commander kidnapped the female bishop's sister to be his wife. The knight princess and the holy knight went to rescue her but were captured instead. Then, the archbishop sacrificed himself to save them. And so the drama unfolded.

Then, the clueless Gascoigne, lured by champagne, spent the whole night eavesdropping at the door.

When Louis IX and Jean Bart helped each other out of the house, they were startled to see Gascoigne sitting there with his knees drawn up to his chest.

For the rest of the day, Richelieu was too ashamed to face his sister.

I felt that my authority as the older sister had been completely shattered last night.

The main problem was that Gascoigne couldn't stand Gascoigne's innocent question about what she had done.

Are they doing special training with the commander or something...?

These bizarre questions, one after another, forced Jeanbart and Richelieu to flee in disarray... to deal with the instigator, Champagne.

So, with her two older sisters gloriously betraying their teammates, a bewildered Joan of Arc and Louis IX took on the task of educating their younger sister Gascoigne.

Chapter 547 Telling Fairy Tales to the Little Ones

"Commander, who do you think will win in the end, Little Red Riding Hood or the Big Bad Wolf?"

During the evening story time, which was always the same, the mackerel asked with a curious look.

Ren Shuo said, "Well, the Big Bad Wolf is very cunning, but Little Red Riding Hood is also very capable and clever."

"They're as clever as fireflies!"

Santiago stood with his hands on his hips, sporting a goofy expression.

"No, no! He's clearly just as smart as Spence!" Spence protested.

Just as Spence and Santiago were arguing fiercely, Fletcher suddenly revealed a subtle smile:

"I seem to remember that in the end Little Red Riding Hood was tricked and eaten by the Big Bad Wolf disguised as her grandmother."

The two of them immediately fell silent.

They blinked at each other, and Spence said tactfully, "I think you're more like Little Red Riding Hood."

How stupid of them to be eaten by a wolf disguised as a grandmother?

She! Spence! would never admit that she's such a stupid ship girl!

Santiago retorted, "You look more like Little Red Riding Hood! Look how small you are!"

Seeing that Spence's face was turning red and he was about to start another bloody fight with Santiago, Ren Shuo quickly persuaded him, "Alright, alright, how about we tell you the story of Alice in Wonderland and the Three Little Pigs next?"

"Alice?" Santiago grinned foolishly. "Is it that Alice?"

“Not the one you know…” Ren Shuo instantly realized that this Alice was being mistaken for the princess commander.

"Ahem, a long, long time ago..."

As Ren Shuo gave his vivid narration, and amidst the occasional exclamations of surprise from the children, an evening of fairytale time gradually came to an end...

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The next morning, Spence and his gang rushed into Ren Shuo's office.

"Commander, Commander! We want to put on a play!"

"Huh?" Ren Shuo, who was turning into a ruthless signing and stamping machine, raised his head in a daze.

"A play? Why are you suddenly thinking about acting in a play?" Chapaev asked.

"Because of Spence!"

"No! It's clearly because of Sister Littorio!"

"No, no, you're all wrong!"

The little ones chattered away, talking all at once, but after a long time, they still couldn't come up with anything coherent.

A bit annoyed by the noise of the sparrows, Ren Shuo quickly said, "Fletcher, you speak! Everyone else, please be quiet for now!"

Thus, through Fletcher's words, Ren Shuo finally learned the whole story.

It turns out that last night I told them a lot of fairy tales, so this morning the little ones started a heated discussion. Some said they were Alice, and some said they were the Mad Hatter.

Others said they were the three little pigs...

With these role-playing activities, the little ones started vying for roles. Littorio, who happened to be passing by, suggested putting together a stage play or something, and then each child could choose what role they wanted to play and perform a scene in front of the commander.

Then the commander will select the final role based on each person's performance.

After hearing this, Ren Shuo felt both amused and exasperated; Littorio had really shifted the blame onto him.

Indeed, it would be quite nice to have the little ones put on a stage play.

Ren Shuo pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I grant permission. All the ship girls in the port area can put on a stage play, and then we can judge and score them. We'll distribute the rewards based on the rankings... Consider it a good event."

The secretaries had no objections; peaceful days were quite pleasant, but perhaps a little something extra was needed to spice up the mundane routine?

Hood and Yorktown, who were very interested in the specific rules and procedures, volunteered, and the little ones went back to prepare their scripts and casting.

The port area instantly became lively after the announcement was released.

Akagi waved vigorously: "I want to act in 'The Fox Returns'!"

Kaga knew that her sister and the Commander had done this before, so her face darkened: "This is a fairy tale! A fairy tale! You're starting this with an R-rated scenario? Aren't you afraid the Commander will kill you?"

"Then... Snow White? I'm the princess who was awakened by the commander's kiss, and Amagi-nee is the wicked stepmother..."

"elder sister."

"Ok?"

"Amagi is behind you..."

"How could that be? You can't scare me... Sister?"

"uh-huh?"

"Eee-ya!!!"

Elsewhere, people were also enthusiastically discussing various aspects of the event, with ideas such as forming teams and backstabbing emerging one after another.

Littorio originally planned to stir things up and then watch the show from behind the scenes, but Ren Shuo ruthlessly dragged him out and made him go to jail as a casting judge.

Ren Shuo's reasons were also reasonable and well-founded. Didn't you always say that you were the most dazzling ship girl in the world? Saying that if you debuted, you would definitely be the world's number one superstar?

I have complete faith in your judgment, so come on, let's be judges together.

During this time, Ren Shuo also asked Littorio about how Veneto had dealt with him because of some of her "first, second, and third" remarks.

Littorio, however, was unusually outspoken and instead became hesitant and stammering.

This made Ren Shuo even more interested.

For the first time in his life, Ren Shuo asked Akashi for a spray that would prevent him from being detected when he stalked others, and then began to engage in stalking.

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"Are we, the Free Iris, going to put on a play too?"

Louis IX was cooking when he turned around and asked.

Richelieu leaned against the wall by the door and nodded: "Yes, it's necessary. After all, each faction should at least contribute one play, right?"

"Then why don't you send Vicious Triumph and the others? It'll be a good opportunity for the little ones to have some fun."

“That’s what I originally thought, but the little ones aren’t interested. They prefer watching the fun from below rather than going up and performing themselves…” Richelieu’s expression was a bit strange.

Louis IX also stopped chopping vegetables: "No, did Eugen infect you with this?"