Tasting a maiden's crimson lips is an art.
As a gardener who had tasted many beautiful flowers, Jack understood how to treat different delicate blossoms.
Saint Jeanne, true to her name, was a pure and lovely maiden like a golden iris.
Beneath her seemingly delicate exterior was an extremely tenacious will.
Therefore, when tasting this delicate flower, one needed to be slightly more forceful, as if the pure saintly maiden were resisting the invasion of a demon lord.
Appropriate possession, to stimulate her self-defense instincts, thereby making the mundane exchange of saliva game more atmospheric.
...
"Commander, aren't you a bit too skilled?"
The saintly maiden complained in a voice that sounded like a spoiled whine.
"If you want to experience the feeling of having your tongue bitten, I think I can give it to you."
Jack tucked Jeanne's slightly messy bangs behind her ear, and once again, like a second bloom, captured her small mouth, only to be pushed away by Jeanne within ten seconds.
Evidently, suddenly becoming "unskilled" was rather uncomfortable.
So Jack smiled freely and immediately performed a hat-trick.
Jeanne no longer spoke of being skilled or unskilled; simply resisting this almost corrupting pleasure had already consumed all her energy.
A few minutes later.
Jeanne, slightly dazed, leaned against a tree. Jack then placed his hand on Jean Bart's long ponytail, gently caressing it to soothe the maiden's nervous emotions.
"Have you been waiting long?"
"Not too long."
"Does Jean Bart want me to be more skilled, or less?"
"I want you to..."
Jean Bart opened her eyes: "Be more aggressive."
Jack smiled faintly.
He had encountered a hardliner.
That's right, a gardener occasionally encounters thorny roses.
And facing these flowers that harbored thoughts of counter-killing the gardener, Jack's consistent approach was to meet force with force!
Activating a two-way 5x sensitivity, he would determine their domestic status through an ultimate offense-defense battle.
At this point, it was no longer a simple kiss, but a game where whoever made the other ascend to heaven first, won!
And so, what followed was a scene that transcended Jeanne's understanding of the world.
Jeanne: It's just a kiss, why are they fighting?!
Jeanne: Even if they're fighting, what about clothes?! At least wear some clothes!
Jeanne: Wahhh~ I feel like I missed something. Is it too late for me to be a pirate now?
At this moment, let alone Jeanne.
Those who had been watching the show from the sidelines, who had initially not responded to Musashi's teasing, began to regret it.
Because they discovered that their Commander, in addition to his handsome, reliable, and powerful realistic side, also possessed a sensual side that almost every Shipgirl had fantasized about in private.
He was truly the kind of Commander who could 'fight' with a Shipgirl anytime, anywhere, the kind with many seeds!
Belfast secretly gave a look to her sister, Sirius.
Sirius nodded, indicating she understood.
Plan A canceled, execute Royal Maid Plan B!
...
After resolving the emotional knots of Saint Jeanne and Jean Bart, Jack led the Shipgirls towards the core area of the entire Crescent Bay Port.
Soon after, in front of a building with a blue anchor symbol.
"Welcome home, Commander."
As soon as they reached the entrance, a blue-haired maiden walked out of the gatekeeper's room and greeted everyone.
It was Ibuki, who was serving as the gatekeeper for the Navy Command building.
"I'm back, Ibuki. Is anyone upstairs right now?"
"Besides Sister Amagi, everyone else is out. After all, everyone thought you, Master, would be 'outside' these two days and wouldn't return."
Knowing I wouldn't return and still guarding the gate here, little Ibuki is indeed adorably simple-minded.
Jack pinched the pair of small horns on her head.
Ibuki smiled, then noticed the group behind Jack.
They were a group of Shipgirl sisters with distinctly different temperaments and styles from Sakura Empire.
Strange, didn't Akashi say it would take two full days for the Commander to reach the main port? How did they pick him up in only half a day?
"It's been a long time, good day, Miss Ibuki."
Following behind Jack, the perfect head maid Belfast elegantly greeted Ibuki.
"Oh, you're too kind, Miss Belfast."
"No, no, as the Commander's personal Royal Maid Corps, it is already a dereliction of duty that we failed to be by the Commander's side when he returned to the world. We, the entire Royal Maid Corps, should be thanking our Sakura Empire sisters for taking care of him on our behalf."
"Eh?! Is, is it that serious?!"
Ibuki let out a naive gasp, looking a bit flustered.
Musashi stepped forward to help her out: "Not at all. We in Sakura Empire also have a custom of shrine maidens serving deities. The Commander is like a deity to us, so we were merely fulfilling our duties and obligations. The sisters of the Royal Maid Corps don't need to thank us like this."
The two looked at each other, neither willing to yield.
From the moment they stepped into this building, the true battle among the Shipgirls—the struggle for the Secretary Ship position—had already begun.
Since that was the case...
"We won't back down either!" x2
Saint Jeanne d'Arc and Jean Bart also stepped forward, suddenly realizing that their love for the Commander was no less than anyone else's!
"Heh heh, he's quite popular, isn't he~"
Yorktown cupped her face and smiled, completely enjoying the spectacle.
"Sister, shouldn't we step forward and contend?"
"Oh my, it's rare to see my sister finally understand, but the Secretary Ship position isn't decided by who has the loudest voice.
Don't you agree, Commander Jack?"
That one sentence made everyone's gaze fall upon Jack.
Jack sighed.
"Do we really have to discuss this at the door? This is a very important matter for both you and me, isn't it?"
"My apologies, Master, I was too eager!"
"This concubine apologizes to you, Commander~"
Belfast and Musashi, the two who initiated the topic, apologized one after another.
Their postures were devout, and their prominent cleavage formed an abyss that seemed bottomless.
Jack patted their heads: "I didn't mean to blame you, and I understand why you want to be Secretary Ship—you just want to spend more time with me."
"Regarding this issue, I think we can establish a secretarial group, where you act as secretaries in a team format.
While I can't guarantee everyone will be Secretary Ship every day, it will ensure that each of you gets more and longer time in the secretarial group.
How about that?"
There was indeed such a thing as a secretarial group in the game.
However, only one person could be on the main screen at a time; they could only be switched out.
What Jack meant was for the entire secretarial group to be on the main screen together.
After all, he had long anticipated that his office might become a frequent battlefield.
To treat these Shipgirls fairly, Jack could only make his little brother suffer a bit more.
Indeed, upon hearing this solution,
Several clever Shipgirls' minds immediately became active.
Belfast: Teamwork, huh? This is precisely the Royal Maid Corps's forte!
Musashi: It seems Taihou and Akagi's Sakura Empire idol group truly had foresight.
Should I pull Shinano in and form one too?
Jeanne d'Arc & Jean Bart: It's time for the Iris Orthodoxy to reunite!
Yorktown & Enterprise: Eagle Union has the most members, the advantage is ours!
Everyone had their own thoughts as they followed Jack into the office on the third floor.
Soon after entering, Jack took out a few manga books from the bookshelf.
"Laffey, the manga you wanted.
Do you want to read it here or go play with your friends?"
[Subtext: This place is about to become a battlefield; choose between reading manga or becoming the protagonist of an R18 manga.]
"Thank you~"
Laffey happily took a few volumes of Inuyasha manga, then looked up at Jack.
"Laffey is going to play with Ayanami and the others~"
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