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|This chapter is under heavy rework, please be patient while the author tries to fix this mess...|

Anyways, enjoy :)!

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|A Day With The Maid Corp's|

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Despite having many duties as the Commander, Y/N is also in charge of many small events around the base, one of them is the training of the Maid Corps where some of the new maids from the Royal Navy are trained for the upcoming important parties and events.

The Commander is usually asked to participate in this small event in order to qualify which Maid is the most capacitated to serve.

Of course that this might sound like an easy task, however, it is not as many would though.

In this case, there's been some trouble with certain maids that have arrived a few weeks ago.

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|Commander's Office|

Thursday 4 P.M

As usual, the Commander was just doing the same routine as always, just finishing and organizing some paperwork from the recent commissions.

'Where did Hornet put the last commission reports...' (Y/N's Thoughts)

Y/N was trying to find the reports around the whole office just when the sound of someone knocking on the door before entering catching his attention in the process.

"Pardon me for the interruption, Master, are you busy?" (???)

"Oh, hey there Belfast. Not really I was just looking for some papers, how can I help you?" (Y/N)

The Commander returned to the seat near the desk now fully concentrating his gaze upon Belfast to hear her out.

"Well, you see, we will be having an important event during the next week and so I was assigned to train the new maids who have recently arrived not long ago" (Belfast)

Last week, the Royal Navy received two new light cruisers who were assigned to the Maid Corps.

"Oh, you mean Sirius and Dido? How have they been doing recently?" (Y/N)

"That's the thing, they are... Quite clumsy and require a bit more training than I expected..." (Belfast)

Belfast's expression was unusual, it seems she was a bit irritated while saying that.

"I see... I wasn't aware of such situation, is there anything I can do to help?" (Y/N)

"Actually, if I may ask, Master, would you mind coming tomorrow to our daily training? I'm sure that if you are around during it they would be highly motivated" (Belfast)

Such a small request didn't bother Y/N at all since he didn't have too much to do either, besides, it was a good way to return the favor to the maid who has done a lot for him lately.

"Of course, I don't mind!" (Y/N)

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The Next Day...

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|Azur Lane Base|

|Maid Training Space|

Friday 6 P.M

Usually, this sort of events is chosen to be made at the gym of the base since most of the time no one on a Friday comes to exercise.

"Again, thank you for assisting today Master, we appreciate such a gesture" (Belfast)

"I'm glad I can help, don't mention it" (Y/N)

As it was expected the one who organizes this training is Belfast, who is the most capacitated Maid with a ton of experience as well.

"Please take a seat over here, Master" (Belfast)

The Maid would indicate a nearby chair to move it gently for the Commander to sit.

There was a medium size table in the middle of the empty place, it was very well decorated with some silverware on both sides of the empty porcelain plates accompanied by a small and empty cup of tea.

Y/N took a seat in front of the table, not before he was given by Belfast some type of apron for him to cover part of his uniform.

"Uhm, Belfast? Is this really necessary?" (Y/N)

"Trust me, you will need it, Master" (Belfast)

The white-haired maid whispers in a low tone of voice the last part and she proceeded to move to the left side of where Y/N was.

The Commander was actually wondering why was the true reason for him being here.

Sirius was the first one to approach towards the medium size table where Y/N was patiently waiting.

While Sirius was walking with a silver tray that seems to contain a small portion of a cake along with a teapot she was actually shaking a little bit making the tray also wobble in the process.

"You must focus on the person you're serving not on the tray" (Belfast)

As expected, Belfast is giving all the necessary instructions and advice for the newbie maids, this however, made Sirius to be more nervous than before.

"Y-Yes!" (Sirius)

Although the clumsy Maid has some difficulty reaching the table she managed to do it in the end.

"Greetings Master, apologies for the waiting this maid has caused to you..." (Sirius)

The voice from Sirius was nervous and from what it can be seen she wasn't calm at all, even if it was only training.

Her trembling hands slowly tried to put the tray on the table, however, the balance from it failed and made the well-made cake fall into Y/N's apron staining it instantly.

'So that was the apron for...' (Y/N's Thoughts)

"I'm so sorry my honorable Master, punish this clumsy and useless Maid for what she has done!" (Sirius)

Sirius immediately lowered her head in shame in front of Y/N trying to apologize to him.

"Sirius it's fine, it was just an accident, there's nothing to worry about, this is just training..." (Y/N)

Y/N mentioned trying to cheer the Maid up who was a little bit overreacting to the whole situation, and he wasn't mad at all, after all his uniform was still clean thanks to the apron.

"Again..." (Belfast)

Belfast said with a more compromised and harsh tone in her voice that actually heard quite scary from the perspective of Y/N.

"Y-Yes right away!" (Sirius)

Sirius immediately straightened herself as she slowly grabbed once again the silver tray to go back from where she started.

"How much she's been trying to do this?" (Y/N)

Y/N asked a bit worried for the clumsy maid who probably has been doing a lot of effort just doing this task.

"Probably the entire day..." (Belfast)

Belfast mentioned not being disappointed at all as she understands how difficult can it be to become a proper Maid and gain experience.

"Oh..." (Y/N)

"Originally, her Majesty was helping with this task, but she just lose it after being spilled with tea several times..." (Belfast)

Y/N couldn't help to imagine Queen Elizabeth getting mad at against the new Maids for being so reckless, even a small chuckle could be heard from him.

"Haha, that makes a lot of sense" (Y/N)

"I hope this isn't a problem for you Master, you don't need to do this if you don't wish to" (Belfast)

"It's fine, as long as I don't get burned by the hot tea I will stay as much as necessary to help them out" (Y/N)

Y/N mentioned it as a small joke, but deep inside him, he was worried about probably getting burned by the tea if it was spilled all over him.

"I'll do my best to avoid that from happening..."  (Belfast)

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A few minutes later...

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Once again Sirius was approaching the table, but this time she was shaking less than before.

"Keep going, you're doing great" (Belfast)

"Y-Yes!" (Sirius)

Fortunately, Sirius was able to reach the table without a problem, however, both her voice and movements seem to still be quite messy.

"It's fine Sirius, you are doing great so far, keep up the good work" (Y/N)

"Y-Yes? T-Thank you for those wonderful words, my honorable Master!" (Sirius)

Sirius carefully put the silver tray into the table without dropping anything in the process.

"Thanks for the wait, Master, allow me to serve you..." (Sirius)

Sirius mentioned as she slowly and carefully grab the teapot full of hot tea and served it in the fragile cup without dropping anything.

Once Sirius was done serving the tea, she proceeded to serve a piece of a well-made cake into the empty plate in front of the Commander.

"Please enjoy, my honorable Master!" (Sirius)

Sirius made a little reverence towards the Commander while saying that.

"You have done well, Sirius" (Belfast)

Belfast proudly compliments the newbie maid who immediately goes to her original position shocked to have actually completed the small training exercises.

"Is that so? I'm glad..." (Sirius)

"Nice job out there, Sirius" (Y/N)

A very small, but proud smile could be seen around Sirius's face, it seems she was satisfied with her capabilities of becoming a good maid as Belfast.

"It was all thanks to you my honorable Master, I'm so happy to have you here helping me..." (Sirius)

"You're welcome!" (Y/N)

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Ten minutes later...

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The next one to approach the table was Dido, although most of the time she tends to distract herself and think of unreal situations, she seems confident and didn't have too much trouble walking with the tray until she was close to Y/N.

"Uhm... Greetings Master thanks for the wai-" (Dido)

Part of Dido's body, specifically her chest, somehow collided with the silver tray when she was bow serving tea in the small cup resulting in the liquid spilling in around all the table and splash into the apron that Y/N was wearing.

'Is this apron fireproof? I think my whole body felt the heat of that tea...' (Y/N's Thoughts)

"Ah!? I'm so sorry Master... Please don't abandon me, I know I'm not like Belfast...!" (Dido)

Like usual, the light-blue haired compared herself with the rest of the Maids, she does really takes very seriously this sort of things especially thinking that the Commander is going to abandon her.

"Don't say those things Dido, you're as good as Belfast!" (Y/N)

Once again, the Commander was trying to cheer up the sad Maid who immediately lowered her head in shame in front of the Commander just like Sirius did.

"I wouldn't say that Master..." (Belfast)

A very low, but selfish whisper could be heard from Belfast who let out a small giggle for such comparison.

"C-Cmon Belfast, don't say that!" (Y/N)

Y/N would say as a whisper response too, though it was only a joke he was afraid Dido would take it in a bad way if she heard.

"Try again Dido, go ahead" (Belfast)

"Y-Yes..." (Dido)

An ashamed Dido clean everything up before trying once again to serve her Master.

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A few minutes later...

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Dido was back with another tray ready to try again.

Like before, her movements were good enough to keep balance and not make anything fall to the floor, but the problem comes when she approaches the Commander.

"G-Greetings... Master, thanks for the waiting..." (Dido)

Dido was able to put down the tray on the table with no problem at all, she was a little calmer this time, but was barely able to properly move her hands probably trying to give a good impression to the Commander.

"If you don't do it correctly, the Master would not hesitate to abandon you, Dido..." (Belfast)

Such words coming from Belfast were specifically made to actually motivate Dido, who seems to have actually taken it very seriously once she heard that.

Her movements from her begin to be more fluent and also she stopped being nervous, just like a whole different person.

It was a matter of time after Dido was able to fully serve her Master by successfully pouring the tea into the porcelain cup and precisely putting the piece of cake on the plate.

"Please enjoy it, my Master, but please do not abandon me...!" (Dido)

The amateur Maid might have taken the words from Belfast a little too serious waiting for the worst if she wasn't able to complete her training.

"You have done well, Dido, as expected" (Belfast)

"Y-Yes? Then that means you're not going to... Abandon me, Master?" (Dido)

"Of course not, I wasn't even planning to do that!" (Y/N)

"You shouldn't be scared Dido, those words were merely to improve your performance while doing this, the Master won't do such a thing" (Belfast)

The explanation of Belfast would immediately calm Dido who would let out a relieved sigh.

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Some minutes later...

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"Very well ladies, you have proved to be capable of serving as a capable Royal Maid during our next most important event that will be during the next week" (Belfast)

Belfast was speaking in front of the two sisters who seems to be paying their full attention to the Head Maid.

In case you're wondering, Y/N was to the right side of Belfast the whole time hearing every part of what she was saying.

"First, I would like to thank the Master for being present in our training, please be sure to also give him your gratitude for having time to be here with us today..." (Belfast)

"Thank you very much, Master!" (Sirius & Dido)

Both sisters would say at the same time as they bow in front of the Commander as a signal of respect.

And so on the day continues for everyone else, the Commander would return to doing all the paperwork and the group of Maids return to their typical labor.

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|A Dance With True Feelings|

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After weeks of preparations the Royal Navy party was finally able to begin, in such there would be special guests from Iron Blood and Sardegna Empire.

The Commander was also invited to participate in such a party, although this kind of events can be kinda boring sometimes, Y/N decided to give it a try and spend some quality time with everyone.

Since it was a formal party, Y/N has to wear something "elegant" he would likely assist the event with just his typical officer uniform, however, Belfast insisted that he should wear something that would fit with the topic of the event.

And so there was Y/N wearing a black tuxedo that surprisedly fit him pretty well.

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|Royal Navy Party|

Saturday 9 P.M

Y/N was doing a little of everything, he was talking with some Royal Navy members and also with some from the Sardegna Empire, but he would also just sit eating the pretty fancy and expensive food that there was, it was truly an important party from the look of it.

While Y/N was walking around the huge place observing all the fancy decorations that were pretty noticeable, he couldn't help to see that there was someone alone resting her back against a wall, kinda far away from where everyone was as she tried to ignore whoever that pass nearby.

"Bismarck? Hey there! I didn't expect to see you here" (Y/N)

Y/N greeted getting close to the blonde leader from Iron Blood that doesn't seem to be having too much fun at the party.

Bismarck was wearing a long black dress that seems to have been made with the best and unique materials with also some ornaments around it related to Iron Blood.
It was a little weird to actually see Bismarck without her typical uniform.

"Commander? Greetings..." (Bismarck)

Bismarck rises up her gaze towards the Commander to return the greetings in her usual type of voice.

"Is everything alright?" (Y/N)

Y/N asked as he notice that Bismarck was far from the rest of the other girls who were all together either talking or drinking.

"Yes... It's just that I'm not very used to these types of parties with so many people, especially with the Royal Navy members..." (Bismarck)

Rather unusual was to see a shy Bismarck who seems to be a little embarrassed by the presence of certain ships.

"Oh, I see... What about Tirpitz? Did she come with you?" (Y/N)

"Yes, but you know..." (Bismarck?

The relationship between Bismarck and Tirpitz wasn't the best at all, not since what happened between them in the past, the Iron Blood leader couldn't find the exact occasion to properly talk with her.

"Ah, you're both still..." (Y/N)

Y/N didn't want to talk too much about it, that would probably make the conversation awkward.

"Indeed..." (Bismarck)

"Mmh..." (Y/N)

Y/N was thinking about what would be the best thing to do just when he noticed how most of the guests around the place started dancing to some classic music.

"Say, Bismarck, everyone has started to dance, will you give me the pleasure to have a dance with you?" (Y/N)

Y/N mentioned extending his hand towards Bismarck who seems to be surprised for such unexpected action.

"I certainly didn't expect that from you, Kommandant..." (Bismarck)

"Sorry, perhaps I was too straightforward?" (Y/N)

"No, not at all, it's just that I didn't get invited to dance with anyone yet..." (Bismarck)

Though having a very popular reputation among everyone, it seems nobody dares to invite Bismarck into a dance, perhaps because of her personality or because they don't know how to do it, fortunately, Y/N didn't have a problem doing it.

She immediately grabs Y/N's hand without hesitating, after all, Bismarck does trust in the Commander.

Just a few seconds later, Bismarck along with the Commander were both having a peaceful dancing in the middle of the dance floor around other couples of girls that were doing the same.

The Commander's steps weren't the best or the worst, but luckily, he's been practicing for this type of situation thanks to the help of some Royal Navy members that were glad to teach him.

"Say Kommandant, I didn't think you would know how to properly dance with a lady" (Bismarck)

Bismarck would be the first one to start the conversation, it was a little direct, even so, Y/N didn't mind answering.

"Oh well, I have been practicing for this sort of occasion, just in case, you never know, right?" (Y/N)

"Is that so? Perhaps were you preparing for dancing with me in particular?" (Bismarck)

The Commander wouldn't expect to actually be somehow teased by Bismarck who is not that type of girl, still, he found it cute.

"Indeed, I wouldn't like to give a bad impression to such an important woman as you, Bismarck" (Y/N)

The response from the Commander would make Bismarck to have a small, but almost noticeable blush around her cheeks that she would try to hide by avoiding making direct eye contact with Y/N.

"I see..." (Bismarck)

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Ten minutes later...

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They would have stopped dancing after a moment, it was truly a wonderful moment for Y/N who enjoy it to the fullest being able to spend time with the Iron Blood leader.

Both Bismarck and the Commander were now outside on a near balcony enjoying the view while being in complete silence between each other.

"Kommandant...?" (Bismarck)

Again, Bismarck would be the first one to break the ice between her and the Commander who would slowly turn around to focus his gaze on the blonde woman in the black dress.

"Yes? What is it?" (Y/N)

"I... know that I'm not the best with words, but... I want you to know that... I enjoy being at your side, thank you for inviting me to dance tonight..." (Bismarck)

Anybody could tell that Bismarck was truly making a lot of effort on expressing herself towards the Commander who was only limited to having a comfortable smile around his face

"You're welcome, it's always a pleasure!" (Y/N)

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|Looking for a pillow?|

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|Commander's Office|

Saturday 5 P.M

A very peaceful silence was around Y/N's workplace, he enjoys working in silence and it also helps him to focus much quicker.
All this nice environment was suddenly cut off by someone instantly slamming the door of the office which would catch the Commander by surprise.

"Commander!" (???)

The ship who entered the room was Baltimore, she seems to have a deep red blush all around her face, at first Y/N thought it was because the heavy cruiser from the Eagle Union is very active in terms of doing sports, but that wasn't the reason at all.

"Whoa whoa Baltimore, calm down, there are plenty of ways to open a door instead of slamming in it so suddenly!" (Y/N)

"I-I'm sorry, but there is a group of destroyers doing embarrassing stuff around the base!" (Baltimore)

"Oh, actually, you're not the first one to complain about it..." (Y/N)

From early in the morning Y/N has been visited by certain ships saying just the same as the American cruiser, however, due to the high amount of work that the Commander has, he couldn't fix such a problem at all.

"They say they are looking for a pillow and then they do some pretty embarrassing stuff..." (Baltimore)

The American heavy cruiser couldn't explain herself correctly causing a bit of confusion on the Commander who would pretend to somehow understand what she's trying to refer to.

"Oh, is that so...?" (Y/N)

"You need to do something!" (Baltimore)

Just when Baltimore was done talking, by the door that was already opened the exact group of destroyers that the heavy cruiser mentioned a few seconds ago entered into the room.

"Uhm... excuse us, Commander?" (???)

With a group of destroyers, Baltimore actually meant the usual group of Z23, Ayanami, Javelin, and Laffey.

By the way, Baltimore took the opportunity to get out of the room as soon as she could, it seemed whatever the group of destroyers did to her was something serious or perhaps not and she was just overreacting.

"Hello there, how can I help you all?" (Y/N)

Y/N couldn't help to notice that one of the destroyers, Laffey, seems to more sleepy than usual, though it was hard to notice since she's always in that state.

"We are helping Laffey to find a pillow to sleep!" (Javelin)

The most charismatic of the group, Javelin, answered immediately.

"A pillow you say? Well, in which way can I help with that?" (Y/N)

"The thing is that she's looking for a specific type of pillow" (Ayanami)

Ayanami would explain by some simple gestures with both her hand about what was the true meaning of what they were looking for.

They have searched for using two specific parts for the American Destroyer to sleep between. (Do I have to be more specific?)

"Oh, so that's why Baltimore was complaining, you shouldn't be doing such things like that so randomly" (Y/N)

"I apologize for all the trouble, Commander, those weren't our intentions" (Z-23/Nimi)

"Could we try to see if Laffey finds you as a comfortable pillow?" (Ayanami)

"That's a weird request, but
I guess it's fine if this stops the complaints from everyone..." (Y/N)

The sleepy destroyer would then slowly get close to the Commander...

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A few seconds later...

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"Zzz..." (Laffey)
The smol destroyer would be laying in the Commander's lap peacefully sleeping.

"Unbelievable..." (Y/N)

The Commander would say in a low voice to not wake Laffey up, he wasn't able to keep working at all because of this, however seeing her sleeping actually made Y/N also be a little sleepy, after all, he doesn't tend to rest very well sometimes.

"Well... A little nap won't hurt anyone, right?" (Y/N)

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Seven hours later...

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Y/N would immediately wake up observing that a lot of time passed since he fall asleep.

"HOW MANY TIME DID I SLEEP?" (Y/N)

"Commander, keep it quiet... I'm sleeping..." (Laffey)

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|The Auspicious Crane|

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When it comes to competition, there are two solid rivals that have been trying to surpass each other through the time.

Countless of battles have occurred between those two to define who is the best.

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Actually, only one of those two takes it seriously while the other doesn't truly care about it.

"Grey Ghost, let's have a duel!" (Zuikaku)

The auspicious crane from the Sakura Empire, Zuikaku, has always been trying to do her best and improve to become even stronger and surpass her own limit to beat any rival.

She's always looking for strong opponents to prove her strength and hard training. This opponent is and always has been Enterprise.

The pride of the Eagle Union, the Grey Ghost or Big E as many call her as a nickname, has been constantly challenged by Zuikaku to see who is stronger.

As usual, Enterprise tries to avoid encountering the Japanese aircraft carrier to avoid "conflicts" with her.

The Commander is aware of such a situation and because of it, he's been doing everything to make the two aircraft carriers get along with each other, with no success at all.

However, it wasn't only about combat and proving who was the strongest, it also involved who was the Commander's favorite one.

You might be asking, why? There's no explanation for it, but as long as it involves winning against the Grey Ghost then Zuikaku will give her best.

As it was expected, the Sakura Empire aircraft carrier already have taken the lead and immediately offer herself to be the Commander's Secretary for the time being, apparently because this would "help" in her training.

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|Azur Lane Base|

Thursday 8 A.M

A few days have passed since what happened and as she said, Zuikaku would always bring the paperwork for the Commander with no exceptions.

At the moment, both Zuikaku and the Commander were around the main docks of the base just doing revisions about some basic stuff such as the state of certain ships that were being repaired.

On their journey, they would find some ships from different factions who would approach to have a small casual talk with both of them.

Everything was good until...

"Hey Commander, I was looking for you, our daily training is about to begin would you like to come along?" (Enterprise)

The American aircraft carrier approached in a friendly way to the Commander with her natural calm voice to invite him to the training the Eagle Union usually has around this time.

"Hey there Enterprise, I would lo-" (Y/N)

It's not weird that the Commander is interrupted every time he tries to speak.

"Grey Ghost!? The Commander is with me now, he doesn't have time for that!" (Zuikaku)

Zuikaku immediately got closer to Y/N like protecting him from something.

"Zuikaku, hello to you as well..." (Enterprise)

Politely as always, Enterprise would still try to be friendly towards Zuikaku who didn't seem to care at all.

"Ahem... As I was saying, I would love to, but I'm currently busy with some work..." (Y/N)

In one perspective we have Zuikaku who had a triumphant smile when hearing the Commander can't go along with the Grey Ghost and in the other one we have Enterprise who would just understand the situation.

"I see, don't worry about it, please excuse me then, we will talk later, Commander" (Enterprise)

The American aircraft carrier made a little reverence and then left the place.

"Yes, I won this time Grey Ghost, the Commander is staying with me!" (Zuikaku)

Y/N would only be limited to have a curious smile across his face, he actually finds it funny how possessive and competitive can Zuikaku actually become when Enterprise is around.

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Some days later...

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Like usual, the Commander was already woke up and working in his office checking up some papers coming from the recent commissions sent some days ago, but also inspecting the current situation against the Sirens that were written in a big amount of papers that he would need to read one by one.

The silence in the office would be interrupted by the sound of the door being opened by someone in particular.

Rising his gaze, Y/N would spot Zuikaku who has been lately doing a great job as a Secretary.

"Commander, I have successfully delivery all the paperwork you assigned me to do!" (Zuikaku)

"Oh? That was quick, great work Zuikaku!" (Y/N)

The small compliments from the Commander would do the aircraft carrier feel even more confident about being better than the Grey Ghost.

"Wait, I forgot to bring you the last papers from the recent sorties, I'll go immediately to search for them!" (Zuikaku)

"Oh, don't worry, Enterprise brought them to me a few moments ago!" (Y/N)

The Commander commented slightly rising up the papers that he was reading in his right hand.

"W-What!?" (Zuikaku)

"What is it?" (Y/N)

"Commander! I'm the only one who should help you with that type of things, not the Grey Ghost!" (Zuikaku)

By the tone of her voice, anyone could tell Zuikaku was a little annoyed because of it, even if it wasn't a big deal, at least for the Commander, who was glad to receive some extra help.

"I'll bring you all the reports from now on, I need to be better than the Grey Ghost!" (Zuikaku)

"There's no need to do th- and she's gone... I guess old rivalries can't be forgotten, huh?" (Y/N)

Just when Y/N was about to speak his Secretary left the room a little bit angry about what she was told.

'Keep it together Y/N remember how weird the emotions of a ship can be...' (Y/N's Thoughts)

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Good day all, I hope you're having a good day so far :)!

So yeah, another chapter, nice!

In this case, I decided to do something different and finally finish writing this last part related to the memories of the Commander.

As you might notice I have also changed the name of these chapters to|Old Memories Of The Commander| which in my opinion sounds better.

I have also made an entire new rework to all of the story, because oh my god, it was truly painful to see how the first chapters were written... I can only blame myself for that.

Anyways, I'm currently working on |Cold Frontline| adding some small details, and that stuff, is nothing too serious, but I have added some new things into the first chapters, you might wanna take a look especially in the chapter |Superior Orders| just saying.

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