Chapter 89

After leaving the Prince of Wales, Qin Ge did not go directly to Ninghai but returned to his own house.

When he just arrived at the front door, the door was opened from inside, and the person who opened the door was naturally Belfast.

"Master, welcome back." Belfast said to Qin Ge.

"Hmm, thank you." Qin Ge nodded with a smile and walked into the room.

"Master, how did your talk with the Prince of Wales Dean go this time? Did she agree with your idea?" Belfast asked.

Qin Ge sat on the sofa and said to Belfast, "She agreed, but she put forward a condition."

"Oh? What condition?" Belfast wondered.

"It's that when we carry out missions, we must have a bodyguard hired by her accompany us, and she will schedule the Strategy and Tactics Course on Monday and Tuesday consecutively, leaving the remaining five days for us to take on commissions." Qin Ge said to Belfast.

"That's actually fine, and this issue should have been changed long ago. Before, you weren't saying that commanders coming from afar could only listen to one lesson, and most of the time was spent on the road back and forth."

"After this change, they can come directly to Shenhua City, stay for One Day, attend two lessons, and then go back. Not only does efficiency increase, but it also saves the time spent traveling back and forth." Belfast nodded and said, "But what's the situation with the bodyguard?"

Qin Ge said, "Because the Dean said my identity is different now, before we have full control, every time we carry out a mission, there must be a ship girl accompanying us. However, she will not participate in our missions; she will only act if I encounter a life-threatening danger."

"I see, the Dean surely wants to guarantee your safety while ensuring our autonomy, after all you are now the treasure of the entire Commander Academy." Belfast smiled.

Qin Ge shook his head helplessly, "What do you mean by treasure? I actually don't want this, but the responsibility on my shoulders is heavy, so I have to do this."

"This is your greatness, Master; as long as you give an extra lecture at the Grand Lecture Hall, the losses of Donghuang's entire coast will decrease somewhat. If I were the Dean, I would certainly do the same." Belfast smiled.

"That's the reasoning." Qin Ge nodded, "Furthermore, I have settled the source of the Wisdom Cube; the Dean personally issued a note, and I can directly take supplies to Ninghai to purchase."

"So Master is preparing to build new sisters?" Belfast smiled.

"That's right, just as we planned back then, I will take one or two people to carry out missions, while the rest remain in the Academy to train." Qin Ge said.

"Hmm, what kind of sisters is Master preparing to build?" Belfast asked.

"This time I plan to build a destroyer and a battleship, plus either a light cruiser or a heavy cruiser as desired." Qin Ge said after thinking.

"I thought Master was preparing to build two battleships, but it seems you are still adhering to your own principle." Belfast smiled.

Hmm, our fleet is developing healthily now, but we can't let a momentary preference delay the overall situation. Qin Ge smiled and said, "By the way, how are Banrenma and Nengdai?"

"They are both resting upstairs now." Belfast said.

"Hmm." Qin Ge nodded, "Then let's first clear out the three rooms downstairs; otherwise, when we later build new shipgirls, there won't even be a place to rest, which would be very awkward."

"Hehe, Master, I've actually already cleared them out." Belfast said with a smile.

"Ah? When did you clear them out?" Qin Ge exclaimed in surprise. Although he knew Belfast was usually capable, he hadn't given this order yet, so how could she have guessed it?

"A qualified maid can keenly grasp the master's intentions, especially those the master themselves hasn't even noticed—that's very important." Belfast said with a smile.

"Uh… but I was just in those downstairs rooms a couple of days ago and everything was still fine in there; why did you tidy them up today?" Qin Ge exclaimed in surprise.

"Because according to your personality, this time when you go to the Dean, you will surely bring up the matter of expanding the fleet, and the Dean will certainly give support, for only your expanded fleet will have the chance to experiment with more tactics."

"So when you left, I started tidying the rooms, and I also went to Ninghai, my senior in the warehouse, and moved back three sets of furniture and such in your name."

Belfast, while speaking, led Qin Ge to take a look at the arrangement of those three rooms.

Qin Ge, faced with this situation, could only say somewhat speechlessly to Belfast, "Why didn't you tell me you had planned this earlier? If cleaning was needed, I could have helped you."

Belfast shook her head, "This is a maid's duty; if even this little thing required the master's help, then Belfast would be too derelict."

"You've worked hard." Qin Ge said earnestly to Belfast.

"It's not hard at all; being able to serve the master is Belfast's honor." Belfast said, making a slight curtsy toward Qin Ge.

"You..." Qin Ge said helplessly, "I suddenly realized that if this continues, once I leave you, I won't be able to adapt to many places."

"Hehe, Belfast is a maid who will serve the master for life, so you don't need to worry; just leave everything in life to me." Belfast smiled.

"Alright, since that's the case, go call Banrenma and Nengdai now; after they come down, we'll go together to the warehouse to find Ninghai to exchange for Wisdom Cubes and such, then head to the neighboring Construction Grand Hall to start building." Qin Ge nodded at Belfast and said.

"Yes, my master."

Belfast quickly went upstairs and summoned Banrenma and Nengdai down; when Banrenma learned that Qin Ge was going to build new shipgirls, he couldn't help but show great excitement. Meanwhile, Nengdai beside him also nodded and smiled at Qin Ge, and she also sincerely rejoiced at the increase in her commander's fleet strength.

Several people left the room and headed together toward the warehouse; after handing over the note written by the Prince of Wales to Ninghai there, they exchanged twenty Wisdom Cubes at Ninghai's place.

As for why they exchanged twenty Wisdom Cubes, it was because Qin Ge wanted to be absolutely sure; although the previous attempts had succeeded on the first try each time, there was no guarantee that future attempts wouldn't fail several times in a row.

So they prepared a few more Cubes, just in case.