Chapter 750: Time and Promise

When Qin Ge returned to his room again, it was already late morning; he and Ou Gen Qin Wang had a wild time in the room, finally subduing the stubborn Ou Gen Qin Wang and making her call herself a little rabbit, whereupon Qin Ge felt satisfied.

However, I don't know if this was Ou Gen Qin Wang's scheme; anyway, when Qin Ge left, Ou Gen Qin Wang kept giggling, looking satisfied.

However, Qin Ge thought he hadn't lost out either, so for a while everyone was happy.

Returning to the room, there was no one there; however, the sofa and bed showed obvious creases, clearly indicating that more than one person had been in the room, and that it had happened in the morning.

Because the maid corps comes to clean every morning regardless of whether Qin Ge shows up, if only yesterday and last night's visitors had been here, there should be no creases now.

Qin Ge didn't mind, since his room wasn't some secret place and many shipgirls usually came by; all of this was normal.

Opening the cabinet, Qin Ge looked at the Oath Ring inside, took one out and held it, thought for a moment, then put it back.

Forget it, no date today, just rest for a day; after all, I plan to stay a few more days with Iron Blood, so I don't mind wasting today's time.

Moreover, only a few people in the Iron Blood faction need to receive rings, and right now only Peter Strasse and her group remain; as for the others, Qin Ge plans to wait a bit longer.

There are fifty rings in total; Qin Ge intends to give one to each faction's shipgirl he is close with. But that would be too many, so he can only make some selections.

Just like the Northern Union, Qin Ge only gave rings to Soviet Russia; even for the Royal faction, he was relatively restrained.

Qin Ge had just lain down on the sofa when his room door was pushed open, startling him; he looked over and saw it was Peter Strasse.

"Phew, it's you; I thought it was someone else." Qin Ge withdrew his gaze and stood up. "Peter, what's up? Anything wrong?"

Peter Strasse looked at Qin Ge in surprise. "Commander, do you have no plans today?"

"Plans?" Qin Ge shook his head. "I had some earlier, but after thinking, these days have been busy, so I'll just rest a bit today and then have none."

"Hehe, I doubt it's for that reason," Peter Strasse said, blushing slightly as he stared straight at Qin Ge. "I just came out of Ou Gen Qin Wang's room."

"Cough…" Qin Ge's old face turned red. "Although Ou Gen Qin Wang was a factor, that wasn't the root cause. I stayed overnight at Ou Gen Qin Wang's place last night and lingered a while this morning, so I only just got back to my own room."

Even if we were to go on a date today, the time would be a bit late; to avoid making others feel regretful, I'll still go out early tomorrow morning, which would be better.

"I see," Peter Strasse said, "but doesn't that just waste a whole day for nothing? Or could it be that you have other plans today, Commander?"

Qin Ge shook his head. "No, I'll just rest a while, then later this afternoon I'll wander around the hotel and chat with others, and the day will pretty much pass."

"If you pin down your plans to the minute, you can effectively reduce the time wasted in hesitation and choice—I recall I told you that, Commander," Peter Strasse said.

"Right, I remember," Qin Ge nodded. "Although completing tasks one by one within the allotted time is indeed very enjoyable, occasionally wasting a bit of time is also a kind of leisure, isn't it?"

"It's only just past ten in the morning, with about eight hours left until nightfall; since you have no plans today, Commander, would you help me carry out my plan?" Peter Strasse laughed.

"What is it?" Qin Ge asked, puzzled.

"Wasting time is something I can't tolerate, so if you want to waste time you must offset it with other time—let's go on a date; even if there's little time, I'll fully enjoy it," Peter Strasse laughed.

"Cough, I actually decided to accompany you tomorrow, so we can spend the whole day out together," Qin Ge said to Peter Strasse.

"Isn't it all the same? Besides, rather than arguing with me now, it's better to decide right away." Peter Strasse said, "I'll go back to my room to change clothes; Commander, please appear at my door after I'm done."

After saying that, Peter Strasse swaggered away, leaving Qin Ge standing there, a bit dazed; after a while he came to and couldn't help chuckling, "Tsk, really quite thrifty."

Turning around, he walked to the cabinet, took out the Oath Ring he had just hesitated to put inside, slipped it into his pocket, and closed the cabinet.

Just as he was about to stand before the mirror to tidy his clothes, Belfast walked in through the door that Peter Strasse had left open.

"Master, are you going out again?" Belfast asked with a smile.

"Yeah, I had planned to rest today, but someone just came over and said they wanted to waste time together, so I had to perk up and go out with them," Qin Ge said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Hehe, that's Miss Peter Strasse, right? I just saw her hurry into her room, obviously looking forward to this date as well," Belfast said, walking up to Qin Ge.

"Besides, Master, you obviously can't wear this outfit out today—it smells of someone else, and if you wore it on a date with Miss Peter Strasse it wouldn't be proper; let me get you a fresh set."

"All right, but hurry up—you know Peter is very particular about time," Qin Ge nodded.

"Don't worry, no matter how much one cares about time, going out on a date with one's beloved always requires some time for grooming," Belfast smiled, but his hands didn't stop moving.

"Ha, that's true." Qin Ge chuckled. "By the way, has Bisimai been busy these past two days?"

"Not too busy; every morning he goes to the Iron Blood command department, returns at noon, and rests in his room the afternoon," Belfast said.

"Hmm, I got it, thanks, Belfast," Qin Ge laughed.

"That's what I ought to do, Master," Belfast said.

With Belfast's help, Qin Ge quickly changed into a fresh outfit, gave Belfast a quick reminder, then left his room and arrived at Peter Strasse's door.

Just as Belfast had said, when Peter Strasse came out, twenty minutes had already passed.

"You should know, changing into this outfit took up a lot of my precious time…"

On the way, Peter Strasse said to Qin Ge, though his tone revealed excitement.

"All right, I'll definitely use this time of mine to clear your debt—just enjoy yourself," Qin Ge said with a laugh.

"Hehe, then that's settled!"