Chapter 67: European Dog

Looking at the poised Belfast before him, Qin Ge actually felt a special feeling.

"Master?" That's a strange form of address. Although he had already looked at the shipgirl encyclopedia many times, when someone actually called him master, Qin Ge still felt a bit unnatural.

"Hello, Belfast, I'm Qin Ge, and from now on I'll be your commander." Qin Ge extended his right hand and said to Belfast.

"A handshake is too formal for a mere maid like me, so you don't need to do that, master."

Belfast said, performing a maid's salute, and said gratefully.

Seeing that Belfast was indeed a strict maid as described in the shipgirl encyclopedia, Qin Ge withdrew his hand, smiled, and said to her, "Then let's follow your standards."

"Thank you, master." Seeing Qin Ge so respectful of her, Belfast smiled and said.

"Then let me introduce you to the other shipgirls in our fleet; from now on you'll be companions." Qin Ge said to Belfast.

"Yes, master." Belfast replied.

Then Qin Ge turned his head, just as he was about to introduce Banrenma and Nengdai, and saw a group of fierce-looking commanders staring intently at him.

"Um... what's the matter, everyone?" Qin Ge scratched his head and said to the group.

"I will never coexist with the European Dog in this lifetime!" After saying that, a commander wiped the tears from the corner of his mouth, turned his head, and walked away tragically.

"Brothers, I'm going to get my poisoned spear; who's coming with me?"

"Me!"

"Damn the European Dog, count me in!"

Watching the group walk off together, Qin Ge's mouth twitched involuntarily.

"Your companions really seem quite unusual, master," Belfast said with a smile from behind him.

Qin Ge nodded speechlessly, "Never mind them; let me introduce you to the members of our fleet."

"Yes, master." Belfast said.

Then Qin Ge walked up to Banrenma and Nengdai and said, "This is Banrenma; like you, she's a shipgirl of the Royal Fleet. And this is Nengdai; she's a shipgirl of the Sakura Empire Fleet. You two will likely need to cooperate more, so please get to know each other."

"Greetings, senior Belfast, I am the Royal Head Maid Belfast, and I am honored to meet you two." Belfast said, performing a maid's salute to Banrenma and Nengdai.

"Greetings, senior Belfast, I am Banrenma; please guide me in the future." Banrenma said, flustered.

However, Nengdai remained as composed as ever, saying, "Hello, I am Nengdai; please guide me in the future."

Qin Ge looked at the three chatting together, nodded in relief, and at that moment Li Chenming, standing nearby, grabbed him.

"European Dog… ah, no, Qin Ge, can you teach me how to do a big build?" Li Chenming's eyes shone brightly as he looked at Qin Ge.

"Um… you just said European Dog, right?" Qin Ge said helplessly.

"What? You clearly misheard; I was calling your name. As such good friends, how could I call you European Dog, right?" Li Chenming said, tilting his head.

"Enough, I still don't know what you're like." Qin Ge waved his hand and said, "I really can't help you with big building; as you saw, I'm just like everyone else, putting the Wisdom Cube and supplies into the construction device and pressing start."

"Is there really no secret formula or the like? For example, picking a construction device with good feng shui before building? Or silently chanting some formula or spell while building?" Li Chenming asked.

"No, I basically just need to decide what type of shipgirl to build, then put the Wisdom Cube into the construction device, and it will naturally succeed." Qin Ge replied.

"Pfft… you really are a European Dog! People's luck simply can't compare, and being with someone like you, a European Dog, I suddenly feel enormous pressure." Li Chenming said helplessly to Qin Ge.

"Come on, others have the right to say that, but you don't. Not only is Z1 very strong, but after Z1 it can be remodeled, upgrading from purple elite quality to gold super rare quality." Qin Ge said to Li Chenming.

"So as long as you nurture it well, you will also have a gold super rare shipgirl someday, right?"

"But even after remodeling, Z1 is still an elementary school student! I want an older sister, like the Belfast you just built, an older sister!" Li Chenming said hopefully.

"Um… I definitely can't help you with that." Qin Ge said helplessly, holding his forehead, "And when I browsed the shipgirl encyclopedia, I felt there are plenty of older sisters you mentioned; I believe you will definitely build one someday."

"I also believe I can build one, but I want an older sister right now…" Li Chenming said.

"Then I have three more Wisdom Cubes here; want to borrow them?" Qin Ge said, looking at Li Chenming's state, helplessly.

"Are you really prepared to lend me your Wisdom Cubes?" Li Chenming said delightedly, "I heard that when you sold five Wisdom Cubes to Zhang Shaocheng, they produced a super rare shipgirl, and moreover a very powerful heavy cruiser."

"Of course, I already have three shipgirls, so I'm not in a rush to build more; the Wisdom Cubes sitting with me aren't of much use. If you want to build, I can lend them to you first, and when I need them back, you can just return them." Qin Ge said.

"..." After Qin Ge said that, Li Chenming felt even more torn. In fact, for him right now, fully nurturing Z1 is the most crucial thing.

After all, unlike Qin Ge, he doesn't have such a stable supply source; each week he can only rely on exchanging 500 units of supplies from Mingshi General Store to strengthen his shipgirls.

If he were really allowed to build a shipgirl now, the pressure and burden on him would be huge. That way, in the first school year, he would definitely not be able to cultivate a powerful shipgirl.

In this state of heightened anxiety, Li Chenming lifted his head to look at Qin Ge's shipgirls, then turned his head to look at Z1 standing beside him, and spoke, feeling very torn.

"Forget it, I'd better not build one now; the main thing is to fully nurture my Z1, because if I built another shipgirl my finances definitely couldn't handle it."

"Rather than letting two shipgirls end up mediocre, it's better to focus all my efforts on nurturing Z1, and once she has developed combat power, then gather resources and build a new shipgirl."

"However, keep those few Wisdom Cubes of yours for me; when I want to build later, you can sell them to me!"

Qin Ge looked at Li Chenming, who had regained his composure, and involuntarily smiled, saying, "Of course, if you need them!"