Elder brother's garrison

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But that was only a slight improvement.

Xiao Bai's mental energy is still in a highly saturated state.

If we make an analogy...

The mental energy expended in writing that row of runes was far less than the mental energy expended by himself and Deep Sea Yamato in a single second.

"How many runes do I need to write to feel sleepy..." Xiao Bai squinted and thought for a while, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration and opened her eyes, "Ah! That's it."

Since each rune font consumes roughly the same amount of mental energy, shouldn't I just choose the simplest rune font to write?

Since one doesn't work, and five doesn't work either, then write a hundred!

Think of it and do it.

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai sat up from the chair and began to recall the contents of the "Great Dictionary of Runes".

"The function of the rune itself doesn't matter... The simplest rune font, the simplest and with the fewest strokes, is..." Xiaobai pressed his temples, carefully recalling and comparing, and finally opened his eyes, "Ah, found it!"

According to the Rune Dictionary, the simplest and most basic rune script is associated with territory.

This concept of runes is a bit confusing for beginners. It's probably the kind of rune that's useless on its own and has to be linked with other runes.

Of course, for a novice, whether it's useless or not doesn't matter anymore. As long as it can absorb spiritual energy, it's a good rune.

Xiao Bai recalled the strokes of the "territory" rune. The strokes of the territory rune were very simple, with only five strokes. The strokes were straight and even, without any crookedness. Even a beginner like Xiao Bai could write it neatly.

Xiao Bai picked up the brush and wrote several lines of territory runes on the rune paper in front of him in one breath.

Territory runes are indeed easy to write.

The time it took Xiaobai to write these dozens of territory runes was less than the time it took to write those five complex rune characters.

Xiao Bai filled a whole page with territory runes, then picked up a brush, gently touched the first territory rune, and activated his mental power to infuse it into the rune.

As Xiaobai infused his spiritual power, this ordinary territory rune began to faintly emit a dazzling golden light.

"Just as I expected!" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise, "This rune absorbed just as much spiritual energy as the other runes!"

The feeling of achieving the plan is wonderful.

Xiao Bai poured his mental energy into every single one of the hundreds of rune characters on the entire page in one go.

After the spiritual energy was fully injected.

The entire sheet of Xuan paper seemed to be coated with a strange metal, radiating a dazzling golden luster.

Xiao Bai looked at the Xuan paper with satisfaction and nodded.

"Hmm... I can clearly feel that my mental energy is a bit less now," Xiaobai murmured. "This time, the energy I've used up is probably enough for me to kiss Yamato-neechan for about a minute..."

"Cough cough..."

As if recalling something, Xiaobai's face flushed unconsciously. She coughed lightly twice, laid the Xuan paper back on the table, and pulled off a brand new sheet of Xuan paper to cover it.

"I think I'll feel sleepy after writing about three or four more pages."

Xiao Bai picked up his brush and quickly copied the characters onto the rice paper, then infused each character with his spiritual energy until he had finished writing three whole pages. When the ink he had ground out was completely used up, he put down his brush with satisfaction and rubbed his slightly sore wrist.

The process of quantitative change leading to qualitative change has occurred.

After writing hundreds of territory runes.

Little White finally got sleepy.

Xiao Bai rubbed his slightly sore wrists and yawned with a wry smile.

"Although writing this is really tiring... I can feel sleepy now..." Xiaobai pushed the chair back, wobbled to the bedside, yawned widely, and lay down on the headboard. "...It's so good that it's easier than the Admiral's job... I'll take a nap first."

Xiao Bai turned to her side, hugged the pillow on the bed, and closed her eyes contentedly.

Not a moment.

Xiao Bai's breathing became even and calm.

Time passes slowly.

The sky was getting a little darker.

"Click." Xiaobai's door was opened from the outside.

"Admiral? Are you inside? The maids just said it's time for dinner."

The ship girls Saratoga, Changchun, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Iowa entered the room and called out softly to those inside.

"Huh? The Admiral is sleeping?" The ship girls had just entered the room when they saw Shiro hugging a pillow and curled up on the bed, looking quite content. They couldn't help but be a little surprised. "Sleeping so early, Admiral, that's quite rare..."

The ship girls, curious, tiptoed and cautiously entered the room.

Then, their eyes were quickly drawn to the several sheets of Xuan paper on the writing desk that radiated a rich golden light.

Changchun walked curiously to one side of the writing desk, picked up a piece of Xuan paper that looked sometimes hard and sometimes soft, sometimes radiant and sometimes shrouded in mist, and looked at it for a while.

“These are…” Saratoga moved closer to Changchun, looking at the Xuan paper with curiosity.

“These are… Ah, I remember, these should be runic script, right?” Changchun said in surprise. “Speaking of which, Miss Ella gave the Admiral a lot of runic writing materials before she left. Could it be that the Admiral has been writing these in the room since just now?”

"As expected of the admiral... I found these rune fonts quite difficult to read."

The ship girls gathered around the writing desk, marveling at the Xuan paper in Changchun's hands.

Then, the ship girls' gazes shifted to the several layers of golden Xuan paper in the center of the writing desk.

"This is... uh..."

The ship girls stared at the several layers of Xuan paper radiating golden light, and suddenly paused in surprise.

Missouri and Iowa looked somewhat surprised.

Changchun and Wisconsin's faces instantly turned quite red.

Saratoga looked at the strange reactions of the ship girls around her with a puzzled expression.

"what is this?"

"Uh...I...no, I don't know..."

The ship girls whispered among themselves and picked up the rice paper in front of them, which was slowly being written on.

"Why does the admiral write such...strange characters..."

The ship girls blushed.

On Xiaobai's Xuan paper.

Three whole pages.

It was filled with neatly written, golden "正" characters.

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Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps for some other reason, but the territory rune that Xiaobai just wrote was exactly the same as the Chinese character "正".

正。

This is a truly captivating font.

In general, Chinese characters, besides their inherent meaning and concepts, are also often used for quinary counting due to their simple stroke structure.

Until recently, with the gradual development of the internet information industry, this character has also been gradually discovered to have new and vulgar uses in the increasingly developed online literature and culture industry, especially in the comic industry that is not suitable for children.

For example, writing tally marks on a girl's thigh to count the number of times they did unspeakable acts, or branding her forehead or buttocks with unique marks, creating a striking contrast between the girl's fair and soft skin and the bold, dark characters to attract attention.

In Tirpitz's masterpiece "Yurukan Girls," a work by a master of doujinshi (fanfiction) about the naval base, this element has been added to some very impactful scenes more than once, to the point that most of the ship girls in the base have a rather strange conditioned reflex to this font.

The neatly written characters on Xiaobai's table were so eye-catching that when the ship girls looked over, they could always subtly sense a strong sense of territoriality and possessiveness in the brushstrokes. For those who had read the Yuru Kantai Collection, these few pages of calligraphy simply and directly evoked memories, like having an R18 Yuru Kantai Collection comic book open and placed on a table, making the ship girls' faces unconsciously flush.

"I never expected that the admiral had a habit of practicing calligraphy... I never noticed before."

The ship girls looked at the pages of densely written tally marks on Xiaobai's desk, which faintly emitted a golden light. Changchun and Wisconsin would occasionally exchange glances, a rather strange sense of embarrassment and shame flashing in their eyes.

Why did the admiral practice writing tally characters?

Could it be that it's meant to be written on the ship girl's thigh...?

That's so exciting!

The ship girls blinked their big, watery eyes, each one secretly delighted as if they had discovered Shiro's little secret.

—Except for one person.

"Uh-huh?"

Saratoga shook her head, looking at the strange expressions of the four ship girls behind her, frowning with a completely bewildered look on her face.

Although Saratoga was the ship girl who had been closest to Tirpitz among those present, she was also surprisingly the only one who had never read Tirpitz's masterpiece. Of course, she was unaware of the profound meaning contained in the several pages of tally marks that Shiro had written.

"It seems that even admirals have their own hobbies from time to time," Iowa said to the ship girls with a smile.

"Ah...you're right." Changchun thought of the few volumes of Yuru Kantai Collection manga piled up in his room, and shyly poked at his fingers, "Everyone has a few hobbies they're a little embarrassed to talk about with others..."

"Huh? Huh?" Saratoga stared wide-eyed at the ship girls with a bewildered expression.

“Writing tally marks…how romantic.” Missouri cupped her face, gazing at the pages of Xuan paper filled with tally marks, and said with a smile, “Missouri thought the Admiral would be a very shy person, but she didn’t expect her to be so bold.”

"Hmm..." Wisconsin pondered, silently lowering her head, pinching the inside of her thigh, then secretly lifting the hem of her shirt to carefully examine her flat stomach. After a while, she muttered softly, "Will it be itchy here... when I write here..."

"Huh? Huh? Huh?" Saratoga looked at the ship girls in front of her, each with their own thoughts, with a puzzled expression.

what happened.

This atmosphere is one where only I feel inadequate.

Saratoga reached out her hand to the ship girls who were lost in their own thoughts, making a pleading gesture in mid-air. Just as she was about to speak, Missouri suddenly clapped her hands.

"Oh, I almost forgot, there are other top ten naval commanders waiting at the dinner party, and we need to invite the commander to dinner."

As Missouri spoke, she reached out and flipped over the three sheets of Xuan paper on the table.

"Ah! Right! I almost forgot about the important matter!"

"Let's wake the admiral up first..."

The ship girls gradually realized what was happening.

Turning over the Xuan paper, Missouri turned to look at the other ship girls behind her, and her gaze first fell on Saratoga, who was clutching her hands and looking confused as if she wanted to say something.

"Senior Saratoga?"

"Huh? Um..." Saratoga stared blankly at the other ship girls around her who had quickly ended their conversations, clearly realizing it wasn't appropriate for her to ask any more questions. She could only awkwardly withdraw her hand and shake her head as if she had been rebuffed. "No... it's nothing."

"..."

After Missouri turned the page of Xiaobai's calligraphy, the ship girls composed themselves a little, then gathered around the bedside, gently calling Xiaobai's name and patting her on the shoulder.

"Admiral...Admiral."

Xiaobai wasn't sleeping very deeply. The ship girls whispered in Xiaobai's ear twice, and Xiaobai groggily opened her eyes.

"Hmm...Missouri?" Xiaobai rubbed her eyes, looking somewhat dazed at the ship girls surrounding the bed, her gaze sweeping over each of them. "Ah...what's wrong?"

"Admiral, it's time for dinner," Missouri said to Little White.

"Dinner? Uh..." Xiaobai paused, fumbled in her pocket for a moment, then pulled out her phone to check the time. "Wow... it's already so late..."

Since she had already eaten with the ship girls and the blonde lady who ran a street stall in the afternoon, Xiaobai wasn't actually hungry.

These days, Xiaobai would rather take a nap than eat.

But as for dinner...

Although Xiaobai doesn't understand social etiquette, since it's a dinner party, the attendees will naturally include other top ten admirals in the world, and Ella and her grandfather might also be there. Even Xiaobai would feel embarrassed to miss such an event.

Xiaobai yawned, shaking off the drowsiness in her head, and looked at her ship girls. "Alright, let's go."

The dining area for guests at Ella's house was conveniently located in the lobby on the first floor of the building where Xiaobai and the others were.

The lobby on the first floor was filled with very stylish long tables, which stretched from one end of the room to the other. The long tables were covered with white cloths, and candlesticks and fruit platters were placed one after another. Chairs were placed on both sides of the long tables, and there was enough space for more than a dozen people to move around on both sides of each chair.

Having shaken off their sleepiness, Xiaobai and the ship girls arrived on the first floor. As soon as they entered the hall, they saw a black-clad maid with a bandage on her forehead guarding the door.

"Ah! It's Miss Connor!" Xiaobai recognized the black-clad maid at a glance and greeted her with a smile, "Miss Connor, is the injury on your forehead any better?"

Connor's gaze silently shifted to Little White. She stared at Little White's smiling face expressionlessly, seemingly deep in thought. Only after a few seconds did she bow slightly to Little White.

“Much better,” Connor said in a detached voice.

"Oh, I see." Xiaobai smiled and reminded me, "Lexington told me that even a bruise can leave a scar if it's not treated properly, so Miss Connor, you must take the injury on your forehead seriously."