Chapter 202: Yixian? Yixian!

After the numbers of the Grand Fleet were confirmed, Qin Ge chatted with everyone for a while, arranged the subsequent training plan, and then returned to the Reception House with his shipgirls.

Several days passed in a blink, and finally the time came to the end of the semester.

That day, under Belfast's service, Qin Ge put on his commander uniform, and together with all the shipgirls, headed to the academy hall.

Today is the graduation day for the second-year students, naturally also the awarding ceremony. Not only will the second-year students be granted non-commissioned officer ranks, but the first-year students will also be granted the rank of private first class.

Furthermore, the academy will today commend the instructors who have worked diligently over the past school year. This is a major event for the Commander Academy, and also for the entire Donghuang Navy.

So, a few days ago when Qin Ge was chatting with Mikasa and a few others, he heard that the Command Headquarters would be sending someone, and the Maritime Affairs Bureau would also be sending someone.

The Director of the Maritime Affairs Bureau, Qinglong, was already an old acquaintance of Qin Ge, so he wasn't particularly curious about her. What Qin Ge was most curious about, however, was who the Command Headquarters would send.

Because Qin Ge had heard more than a few times about the Donghuang Navy Command Headquarters over such a long period, and had actually seen several staff officers of the navy headquarters, but they were all merely humans.

As for the high-ranking shipgirls within the Donghuang Navy Command Headquarters, Qin Ge had not yet seen any. Especially the Commander-in-Chief Yixian inside, he was even more curious.

He wanted to see what difference there was between that Yixian and the Yixian at his own academy.

But thinking about this, he felt as if he were dreaming, after all it was just a graduation ceremony of the Commander Academy; as the Commander-in-Chief of the Donghuang Command Headquarters, how could he possibly come?

Someone of her stature would normally only appear at the ceremony for granting ranks to flag officers, right?

Thinking that, Qin Ge and his shipgirls also walked into the hall. Afterwards Qin Ge took a seat at the instructor platform behind the presidium, while his shipgirls sat together with the school staff.

"Senior Mikasa, you're still as early as ever," Qin Ge said to Mikasa.

"Hehe, not really early; when I arrived, the students were almost all seated," Mikasa said with a laugh.

"They're naturally excited: one reason is that they will graduate today and become true commanders; another is that today is a holiday, and they will also become privates first class, so next year they'll have underclassmen," Qin Ge said to Mikasa.

"What you said is not wrong; indeed some people feel refreshed when happy occasions come," Mikasa smiled.

"By the way, is the Command Headquarters coming today?" Qin Ge asked curiously.

Mikasa shook her head, saying, "I don't know the specifics, but I heard from the Prince of Wales that it seems to be a big shot, though I don't know exactly who."

"Huh? If the Dean says it's a big shot, then her status must be quite high," Qin Ge nodded and said.

"Unclear; we can only judge when she arrives later," Mikasa shook her head and said.

Afterward, the two chatted casually for a while, and during that time A Furore and the others also came to sit on the instructor bench. Even the Director of the Maritime Affairs Bureau, Qinglong, came over, waved at Qin Ge's direction in greeting, and then took a seat in the guest section.

Looking around the venue, the only ones still missing were the mysterious guest from the Command Headquarters and the Dean, the Prince of Wales.

As the meeting time drew near, finally the silhouette of the Prince of Wales appeared, accompanied by several familiar yet unfamiliar figures following at her side.

"Oh, I didn't expect her to actually come?" the Mikasa beside Qin Ge said, somewhat surprised.

"Who?" Qin Ge looked toward the Prince of Wales's side, gazing at the tall woman, but for a moment he couldn't react.

"The Commander-in-Chief of the Donghuang Navy Command Headquarters, Yixian!" Mikasa stared at that silhouette and said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing that, Qin Ge looked astonished at that silhouette, saying, "That's Yixian? Impossible, Yixian isn't supposed to look like that? Our school also has a Yixian, how could I mistake her appearance?"

"Of course it's because of the Awakening," Mikasa said to Qin Ge. "Before Awakening, although the shipgirls each had their own differences, the differences in appearance were not large."

"But after Awakening it's different; the shipgirls undergo a significant change, even to the point of being described as earth-shattering."

"That amazing? Why hasn't Senior Mikasa's appearance changed?" Qin Ge asked.

"Hehe, I certainly couldn't compare to Yixian; her Awakening must have been very deep, undergoing such a drastic change in appearance, I even suspect she has completed her Awakening," Mikasa said, looking at the distant silhouette.

"However, I've noticed that besides appearance, there is also a great difference in demeanor," Qin Ge said.

"That's only natural," A Furore interjected from the side. "A faction's leader naturally ought to have the dignity of a leader. Compared to our academy's Yixian, the Donghuang Commander-in-Chief Yixian has endured far more hardship and faces far more complex circumstances."

"Without the leader's demeanor and dignity, how could one possibly command the entire Dunhuang Navy? Just like the Soviet Alliance of the Northern Union, the whole person is icy cold all over and quite arrogant."

Qin Ge nodded, then suddenly thought of something and looked over to where the staff were seated, only to see Guanghui and Weineituo talking about something.

So he said to A Furore, "Why do I feel that my Weineituo, tsk, although she looks very dignified on the outside, inside she is a ……"

A Furore and Mikasa couldn't help but chuckle; they were also fairly familiar with Qin Ge's shipgirls, so they naturally knew exactly what kind of person Weineituo was.

"I don't know whether the Weineituo of the Sardinian Empire is like that too, but I believe it should be similar; although I haven't seen her, the demeanor shown in the images is very much like your Weineituo," Mikasa said with a smile.

"If that's really the case, then the internal personnel of the Sardinian Empire must indeed be suffering greatly," Qin Ge also remarked.

Meanwhile, while the few were speaking, the Prince of Wales brought Yixian onto the stage, had her and her subordinates sit beside Qinglong, and she herself walked to the center of the stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, instructors and students, today is once again the annual graduation ceremony, and at the same time the annual rank‑awarding and decoration ceremony."

"This is not only an affirmation of our work over the past year, but also an expectation for our work in the coming year."

"And today, in this setting, there are also two weighty figures who have come to cheer us on."

"They are the Commander-in-Chief of the Donghuang Command Headquarters, Yixian, and the Director-General of the Donghuang Maritime Affairs Bureau, Qinglong!"