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Xu Huan explained matter-of-factly, "I remember you and Hutten were sister ships, right, Frederick?"
For some reason, Frederick remained silent for a long time after hearing this before slowly speaking again:
"Yes... Hu Teng and I... are considered to be sister ships with a good relationship in Ironblood. Usually... she tells me things, kid."
Although he had anticipated Hutten's deception, Frederick still found it hard to accept when Xu Huan told him the truth himself.
Plastic sisterhood.
"Hehehe..."
Chapter 100 Arguing, Arguing
“Huteng is still staying with the royal family. If there’s a chance, you two should be able to see her soon.” Xu Huan nodded when he heard Frederick’s explanation.
As expected, ship girls are not much different from humans; there are also close sisters among them.
"Then I'll look forward to it...child."
Frederick nodded slowly, looked at the young man's head, then suddenly reached out, took off his glove, and gently touched the top of his head.
This was something she had been looking forward to for a long time, and now that she had a goal, she naturally wouldn't hold back any longer.
It feels great in the hand...
Frederick's hand gently stroked Xu Huan's head. The young man was a little puzzled by the ship girl's actions, but her gentle demeanor prevented him from instinctively dodging. Instead, he asked...
"What's wrong, Frederick...is there something on my head?"
You know, he used to be the one touching other people's ship girls' heads...
I never imagined I'd be the one getting touched in the opposite way.
“No, child…” Frederick blinked his phoenix eyes, his hand unconsciously increasing its pressure slightly.
It was as if he intended to pull Xu Huan back into his embrace.
Fortunately, the action didn't last long. The other two who were fighting earlier arrived nearby together, and Frederick withdrew his hand temporarily upon seeing this.
Hindenburg is manageable, but if one's actions provoke the other monarch, it will likely take considerable effort to resolve the issue completely.
As a mother, it's best not to cause trouble for your child in this situation.
Moreover, the two of them have a long time to spend together, so there's no need to rush.
She's not the kind of child who gets easily angered.
Hindenburg's alluring eyes swept between Xu Huan and Frederick, and he asked with feigned curiosity, "Is this... my contractor?"
When she saw Frederick's rather friendly attitude towards the young man, she had already received confirmation from Frederick that the young man in front of her was the commander.
She was slightly annoyed that Frederick had beaten her to it, but she didn't want to show it directly.
Who told her to choose the monarch when faced with a choice between two options?
"commander..."
The monarch's actions were much more direct. After a simple greeting, he stood directly behind Xu Huan, leaning on his sword and staff, facing the two iron-blooded men.
Their demeanor seemed to be telling Xu Huan that the two iron-blooded ship girls in front of him were not good people.
Although in reality they are not that different.
“Is that even a question…” Frederick replied, “Didn’t you see that Lady Monarch has already begun planning to protect that child…?”
"I understand... the contractor..."
Hindenburg swayed her full, peach-like breasts and slender waist as she walked towards Xu Huan, her alluring red eyes curiously scanning the young man back and forth.
That look in his eyes was practically as if he intended to stare the person naked.
This intensely aggressive gaze caused the monarch behind Xu Huan to unconsciously frown.
Even Frederick, who was standing to the side, slightly raised his eyes.
"...Well, it's barely passable, I guess?"
"Hindenburg?"
Realizing he seemed to have acquired another title, Xu Huan remained unfazed and extended his hand with composure: "I am Xu Huan, an ordinary human soldier."
"Oh? An ordinary human soldier? Heh heh heh..."
Hindenburg grasped the young man's hand, his gaze fixed on Xu Huan like a glued thread: "I hope you can alleviate my boredom in the future?"
A delicate hand slipped into his palm. Xu Huan nodded, not lingering on the softness of the hand. But Hindenburg seemed to do it intentionally, gently scratching the young man's palm with his knuckles as he withdrew his hand.
Xu Huan raised an eyebrow and looked at Hindenburg.
Hindenburg winked meaningfully, his long eyelashes fluttering gently, his alluring eyes carrying a certain profound meaning.
"commander...."
The monarch lowered his voice and whispered a reminder to Xu Huan: "Frederick is alright, but Hindenburg... we need to be more careful with him."
"clear..."
Xu Huan nodded.
Judging from this brief interaction, the ship girl in front of me is a bit more cunning than Hutten, another Ironblood ship girl who likes to be straightforward.
As for Frederick...
The young man is hard to judge. He seems fine on the surface, but there's always a feeling that he's hiding something.
Although the monarch warned him to be wary of Hindenburg, he felt that Frederick was more 'dangerous'...
After reading it, Xu Huan looked at the three of them with some doubt and asked the question that had been lingering in his mind since earlier:
"By the way, how did you two start fighting?"
The mental energy detection instrument detected signs of invasion from other forces, but until he recognized the ship girls, Xu Huan still thought he was fighting the Sirens.
"You'll have to ask Miss Monarch about that..."
Hindenburg smiled dismissively: "To resort to violence over a few words, doesn't that seem to be against royal etiquette?"
"Hospitality etiquette? That's for guests. As for rats trying to sneak in... the royal family doesn't have the habit of entertaining them. They usually just drive them away."
"To expel someone, you need to have the strength first... Doesn't Miss Monarch seem to understand the situation yet? If the contractor hadn't arrived in time, the next time she opened her eyes, she might really be lying in a hospital bed in the infirmary~~"
"This is the royal seas—"
Perhaps it was Xu Huan's presence that made it difficult for the two, who had not yet determined a clear winner, to fight in front of the commander. Thus, the battlefield shifted from the sea to their mouths.
chatter.
Xu Huan looked at the two people beside him and felt somewhat helpless.
This was the first so-called 'argument' he had witnessed since arriving on this planet.
Unlike the situation between Hu Teng and Little Octopus, where one side completely dominates the other, the two in front of us are evenly matched, and it seems difficult to explain in a short time.
The young man regretted asking such a potentially explosive question.
He sighed somewhat helplessly, and just then, a gentle figure walked up behind him.
She placed her hands on the young man's shoulders, her gentle voice wafting over on a fragrant breeze:
"Is the child... getting a little irritable?"
"I wouldn't say I'm annoyed, I'm just a little helpless..."
"Don't interfere, just watch quietly..." Friedrich's gentle voice rang out, and with a gentle exertion of her hands, the young man unintentionally fell into the ship girl's soft embrace once again.
"I've always been here...child."
Chapter 101 Entering the Royal Family
The noise didn't last long before it came to an end.
A large part of the reason was that the two people not far away were arguing when they realized that the commander had been secretly hugged by Frederick at some point.
To prevent a situation where the snipe and the clam fight while the fisherman benefits, Hindenburg simply stopped his verbal sparring with the monarch.
Rather than engaging in a quick verbal battle, she cared more about her contractor.
Frederick hadn't been there long before he started making advances, and she couldn't even imagine what he might do if they had been together longer.
With everything settled, Xu Huan breathed a small sigh of relief after realizing that it was a misunderstanding that was rather difficult to explain.
After briefly calming down the two ship girls, the monarch silently turned back to continue her shift, while the young man took on the role of a tour guide, leading the two Ironblood ship girls, who were nominally visiting, into the Royal Port area.
"Do you think... we'll run into some troublesome people along the way, Contractors...?"
"It shouldn't be... What happened before was just a misunderstanding."
Xu Huan's eye twitched as he answered.
"Child... what do you usually like to eat? Lunchtime is almost here..."
The three of them, aboard the prototype ship of Frederick the Great, chatted casually in the cockpit. Apart from some lighthearted banter about Hindenburg, the majority of their conversation consisted of the two ship girls curiously inquiring about various aspects of Xu Huan in order to gain a deeper understanding of him.
"What do you like to eat...?"
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